Scope and Contents This collection includes three letters from Kenneth Hansen to Chester Himes and another to Roslyn Targ, Himes' literary agent. The letters chiefly refer to a copy of Himes' book Pinktoes, which accompanies the letters. As Hansen describes, the book was read by inmates, possibly in San Quentin State Prison, until it was flagged by prison personnel as contraband and removed, somehow winding up in possession of Hansen who had taught at the prison. The book,...