![BRIGADIER GENERAL BENJAMIN O. DAVIS
U. S. A. (RET.)
1721 S STREET, N.W.
WASHINGTON 9, D. C.
22 July 1962
Dear Mr. Emanual:
I want to acknowledge with thanks your very
kind note extending good wishes re my birthday.
I feel rather flattered that you not only remembered
it but that you took time out to let me know that
you thought of it.
Mrs. Davis joins me in thanking you and and
extending our congratulations on your success in
your chosen field. We both always felt that you
would go places in your chosen field. In addition
to thanking you we extend to you our wishes for
your continued success. Mrs. Savis as an old school
teacher is greatly pleased with the news of your success
up to date and wish for you further advancees in your
field. With kindest regards and thanks from both of
us and good wishes, I am,
Sincerely,
[signature]
B. 0. Davis.](https://cuny.manifoldapp.org/system/resource/1/3/7/1377cccb-fe7a-4594-a790-ed92cb74fa79/attachment/7a2487b6af21529948f7a7ea6b31cbf1.jpg)
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EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS
UNITED STATES ARMY
A.P.O 887
BOD/br
10 January 1945
Mr. J. A. Emanuel
Fort Devens, Mass.
Dear Mr. Emanuel:-
Your letter on the 6th of December, 1944, has just reached
me. On the 17th of November I was relieved from duty with the
Inspector General’s Department, and I am now serving in an ad-
visory capacity to the Theater Commander.
I have gotten around quite a bit since I have been over
here. In fact, I have visited nearly all of the fronts. I
had the pleasure of spending some little time during the month
of September with Colonel Davis and his Fighter Group.
I did welcome the opportunity to get away from Washington.
I am sorry that this brings about a separation from Mrs. Davis,
but that is one of the fortunes of war, and as an Army wife, she
is taking it in stride. She knows that she really has a claim on
me at this time because he had every reason to expect my society
after I reached the retirement age, and I am afraid if she were
too insistent, I might ask to be relieved from active duty.
However, I think you will agree that she is still a good sport.
I am very glad to know that you are getting along nicely,
and I would have been greatly disappointed had you not finished
the Administration School at the top of your class. I would like
to remind you of General Peterson’s request that you advise him
when you finish your basic training. That is, of course, if you
would like to work in that office. It was always a comfort and
pleasure to me to hear the good things said about you by all the
people who worked with us; not only the officers of the department,
but the civilian employees as well.
I did receive from you a long time ago a “V...-“ mail letter.
I did not reply to it because at that time I figured you would
complete your basic training before a reply could reach you. It
was nice to hear from you, and I hope that you will be good enough to let me keep in touch with you. Again thanking you for your
letter, and good wishes, I am,
Very sincerely yours,
[signature]
B.O. DAVIS,
Brigadier General, U.S.A.](https://cuny.manifoldapp.org/system/resource/3/e/d/3ed26f67-637b-4376-8b7d-79f37a9c798d/attachment/25f957994870de4bb89b0dedb3ebb6b3.jpg)
Letter from Benjamin O. Davis
Photograph of John's Cab KE 3414
![THE CITY COLLEGE
OF
THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK
NEW YORK, N.Y. 10031
DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH (212) 690.5408
March 26, 1981
AIR MAIL
Professor James A. Emanuel
201, rue de Vaugirard, A7
75015 Paris
FRANCE
Dear Jim,
Following our recent phone conversation, I have filed an application for leave
without pay on your behalf.
Let me repeat the terms on which the leave will be granted: you will not re—
ceive retirement credit or increment credit. This means that for 1981—1982,
there will be no contribution to your pension plan; since you are at the top
of the salary scale for Professors, the denial of increment credit will have
no bearing on your salary when you return.
Please keep in mind that there is always a chance that the BHE will turn
down your application; we should have word in about two months. Meanwhile,
there would seem to be no point in worrying about courses for the fall
semester.
With best wishes (and a good deal of envy).
Yours truly,
[signature]
Saul N. Brody, Chairman
Department of English
SNB/gth
c.c. to: Dr. Julius Shevlin
AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER](https://cuny.manifoldapp.org/system/resource/d/6/e/d6edb09e-d138-4b91-98cd-a03c12edbe56/attachment/4bf0ab4b244ee6724558ff908ec2f226.jpg)
Letter from Saul N. Brody, Chairman of Department of English CUNY
Photograph of James A. Emanuel
James Emanuel at LeBarry on Christmas Photo
![I loved your story about the Amer. Ch. jazz/poetry event.
Welcome aboard. I knew Charles Tyler was in Paris. Its really
quite a story, especially as told by his wife ... too long to
go into and inappropriate. Which, of course, makes the telling
all that much more tempting. Anyway Charles and I worked to-
gether over a 7 year period and I do miss his music- and his
character though he could be a most difficult individual. I also
knew Bobby Few a little from my brief time in Paris. In those
days he was playing with the great Steve Lacy.
Your life and work in Paris and the world sound so beautiful
ot me, and you sound so fine. I’d enjoy seeing a few poems ...
maybe before the summer is out. I hope to have something
ot share wiht you as well. My typing- never very good is now
really falling apart- so I will close. We miss you and think
of you often.
Love to you frome Lorna Dan Jessie and
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P. S. I just saw Sutter’s review-
it was sent by him in March
bot got lost in the mails till
just recently. I was the last to
see it. Most of the editors found
it too long and the book’s
pub. dates too far away.
I’m going to try to edit it to
make it shorters - tighter. BUT
since you have a new book
about to come out (Leo Ham - tells me)
it may be easier for ABR to
review that one and draw
some from Sutton’s review as
well - ?? What do you think?](https://cuny.manifoldapp.org/system/resource/8/6/a/86aeb1ca-a04d-4d5e-bd1e-56aadb588292/attachment/63a07891edce5d3873d09fc0ed554c58.jpg)
Letter from Anthony Suter June 25 1985 Page 2 of 2
![Oklahoma
Baptist
University
ABU
December 3, 1981
Dr. James A Emanuel
201, Rue de Vaugirard, A7
75015 Paris
France
Dear Dr. Emanuel:
Several weeks ago, I received a letter requesting me to assist a group of scholars
at the University of North Carolina by writing one or more essays for a forth—
coming edition of The Dictionary of Literary Biography, a three volume work
focussing on Afro—American literary artists. I agreed to help if I could, and
was promptly assigned an essay of approximately four thousand words on your
life and literary work.
Now, obviously, I am not the person in the world most qualified to write a purely
biographical piece about James AO Emanuel. But my background in the study of
American poetry and my interest in the poetry and fiction of Black Americans
(especially the work of Langston Hughes and Richard Wright) does, I think, make
me a fairly suitable compiler and evaluator of the data of your poetic and
critical achievements. Since, however, the essay I shall write will be, so far
as I can determine, one of the more extensive biographical—critical overviews
of your work to date, I am quite concerned that it be accurate in its presenta—
tion and representative in its perceptions. To achieve that, I am anxious to
correspond with you about your work and some of your specific intentions for it.
With your permission, I would like to submit a series of inquiries which, if
you would be go kind as to respond to them, might help to fill in gaps in my
research. In general, I would be curious to know what forces shaped your poetic
work, what is your perception of your roles as scholar and poet (and whether
these have supported or handicapped each other), does the fairly recent publica—
tion of Black Man Abroad and A Chisel in the Dark suggest a major shift in your
activity from scholar—educator to poet (and, thus, more books to come), and does
your present stay in France reflect such a shift or more a desire to return to
the country where you were earlier a Fulbright fellow?
Professors Davis and Harris at North Carolina have requested a January 30
submission deadline for my essay, so it is possible that you may receive further
and more specific requests from me in a subsequent letter (which may arrive
before there is time for me to get a response to this letter). I hope that you
will understand that my intention is not to shift the burden of my essay to you
but to help assure the essay’s accuracy. I would deeply appreciate your help.
Respectfully yours,
[signature]
Douglas Watson
Department of English (405) 275-2850 Shawnee, 0K 74801](https://cuny.manifoldapp.org/system/resource/a/1/6/a1684aa7-b2b3-4874-94fd-e8bd3e8995e9/attachment/bc93bccd95f22cee055a29ff5b993fbc.jpg)
Letter from Douglas Watson December 1981 (Page 1 of 3)
Letter from Cedric Brut Page 2 of 2
Letter to Anthony Suter March 4 1979 Page 2 of 2