Correspondence, Publishers, Agents, etc: Roslyn Targ Literary Agency, 1974 May 29-1975 August 11

Correspondence in the Chester Himes papers includes correspondence between Himes and various individuals, including writers, publishers, literary agents, friends, fans, researchers, and others. Also present are letters written by Himes' wife, Lesley, on his behalf later in his life. The correspondence is divided into two units: letters with publishers, literary agents, and others involved in the publication of Himes' work (boxes 1-2) and personal correspondence (boxes 3-6). This arrangement reflects how the correspondence was organized when the collection was initially organized and there is some overlap between the two units. The publisher/agency files are arranged alphabetically by name of publisher, agency, etc. and then chronologically. Personal correspondence is arranged alphabetically by individual name and then chronologically.

Prominent correspondents include: Dick Adler, Frederick William Ayer, Pearl Bailey, Lurton Blassingame, Christian Bourgios, Melba J. Boyd, Matthew J. Bruccoli, Charles R. Byrne, Joyce Cadoo, Steve Cannon, Frank Deodene, Marcel Duhamel, Ralph Ellison, Michel Fabre, Ronald Fair, Regine Fischer, Walter Freeman, Hoyt W. Fuller, Dick Gallup, Donald Gallup, Henry Louis Gates Jr., Herbert Gentry, Nikki Giovanni, Maurice Girodias, Samuel Goldwyn Jr., Emilio Garcia Gomez, Lester Granger, Kenneth Hansen, Oliver Harrington, Stanley R. Harrison, Patricia Highsmith, Herbert Hill, Edward Himes, Joe and Estelle Himes, Lesley Himes, Albert and Helen Hoare, Willy Hochkeppel, Peggy Howlett, Lawrence Edwin Hyde, Helen Jackson, Janheinz Jahn, David Jenkins, Lawrence Jordan, Claude Julien, Ishmael C. Kelley, Bruce Kellner, Dorothea Kesser, Tatiana Koslova, Claire Cloutier La Chance, S.P. "Phil" Lomax, Clarence Major, Yves and Yvonne Malartic, Pierre Marcou, Arthur Miller, Jean Miotte, Isabel Monteaguado, Phillip Oakes, Jean Pettit (nee MacKellar), Chris Pirozek, Donald Phelps, Ishmael Reed, James Sallis, Edwina Schiffer (nee Rubenstein), James H. Silberman, Janie and Rick Spencer, Roslyn and William Targ, John and Yolanda Taylor, Robert A. Thomas, Willa Thompson, Nicole Toutain, Davina Traller, Carl Van Vechten, John A. Williams, Michael and Sarah Yaeger, and Al Young.