Notes of a Native Son (1955), Giovanni's Room (1956), Another Country (1962), and The Fire Next Time (1963). History of the Collection The provenance of the James Baldwin Early Manuscripts and Papers collection is a matter of some intrigue. The donor, Bart Kaplan, acquired the papers through eminent domain, after his company took possession of a storage building in downtown Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, sometime in the early 1960s. The space in which they were stored had apparently once…
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