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Letter to Paula Baldwin from James Baldwin

ca. 1966

Smithsonian NMAAHC collection

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Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A handwritten letter from James Baldwin to his sister, Paula, in which he mentions his move into a "marvelous house" and that a photograph of himself and the wife of his friend, Engin Cezzar, is enclosed.

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Catalog reference: 2011.99.20

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