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- Title
- Bound in Brown (Something of the Negro in Verse)
- Creator(s)
- Allison, Hughes
- Summary
- Poetry collection, with illustrations by Laura Winter
- Subjects
- Allison, Hughes, c. 1908-1974, , ,
- In Collection(s)
- Hughes Allison Collection, Charles F. Cummings New Jersey Information Center, Newark Public Library Repository
- Title
- Copy of letter from Harold A. Lett to Dr. L. Greeley Brown
- Creator(s)
- Allison, Hughes
- Date Created
- 1940-08-13
- Summary
- Correspondence, Interracial Council: Letter in support of desegregation of City Hospital
- Subjects
- Allison, Hughes, c. 1908-1974, , , , ,
- In Collection(s)
- Hughes Allison Collection, Charles F. Cummings New Jersey Information Center, Newark Public Library Repository
- Title
- Corollary
- Creator(s)
- Allison, Hughes
- Summary
- The Adventures of Joe Hill: Short story
- Subjects
- Allison, Hughes, c. 1908-1974, , , , , ,
- In Collection(s)
- Hughes Allison Collection, Charles F. Cummings New Jersey Information Center, Newark Public Library Repository
- Title
- Down to Earth
- Creator(s)
- Allison, Hughes
- Summary
- Stranger Than Fiction: Short story
- Subjects
- Allison, Hughes, c. 1908-1974, , , , ,
- In Collection(s)
- Hughes Allison Collection, Charles F. Cummings New Jersey Information Center, Newark Public Library Repository
- Title
- Folder
- Creator(s)
- Allison, Hughes
- Summary
- Folder containing short story collection
- Subjects
- Allison, Hughes, c. 1908-1974, , , ,
- In Collection(s)
- Hughes Allison Collection, Charles F. Cummings New Jersey Information Center, Newark Public Library Repository
- Title
- Forenote
- Creator(s)
- Allison, Hughes
- Summary
- The Adventures of Joe Hill: Preface to short story collection
- Subjects
- Allison, Hughes, c. 1908-1974, , , ,
- In Collection(s)
- Hughes Allison Collection, Charles F. Cummings New Jersey Information Center, Newark Public Library Repository
- Title
- Hughes Allison
- Creator(s)
- Newark Evening News
- Date Created
- 1950
- Summary
- "Hughes Allison was born in Greenville, South Carolina on March 29, 1908. His family moved to Newark in 1919 and he attended Bergen Street Grammar School, Barringer High School, and Upsala College. His first short story was published in Challenge Magazine in 1935. In 1937 his first play, The Trial of Dr. Beck , was produced on Broadway, starring William Bendix. Throughout the 1930s Allison worked as a reporter for True Story Magazine . He later authored a series of articles about school segregation for the Newark Evening News , and wrote over 2,000 radio scripts. Allison’s most famous character is African-American detective Joe Hill, who was modeled after a real Newark Police Homicide Detective, Carlton B. Norris. Hughes Allison was married to Elitea Bulkley Allison, a children’s librarian at the Newark Public Library. He died at Presbyterian Hospital in Newark on August 26, 1974. Plays include: The Trial of Dr. Beck (1937); Panyared (1939); Midnight Over Newark (1941); and Corollary (
- Subjects
- Allison, Hughes, c. 1908-1974, ,
- In Collection(s)
- Newark Picture Collection, Charles F. Cummings New Jersey Information Center, Newark Public Library Repository
- Title
- Imposture
- Creator(s)
- Allison, Hughes
- Summary
- The Adventures of Joe Hill: Short story
- Subjects
- Allison, Hughes, c. 1908-1974, , , , , ,
- In Collection(s)
- Hughes Allison Collection, Charles F. Cummings New Jersey Information Center, Newark Public Library Repository
- Title
- It's Midnight Over Newark
- Creator(s)
- Allison, Hughes
- Date Created
- 1941
- Summary
- Souvenir program for performance at Mosque Theatre, Newark
- Subjects
- Allison, Hughes, c. 1908-1974, , , , , , ,
- In Collection(s)
- Hughes Allison Collection, Charles F. Cummings New Jersey Information Center, Newark Public Library Repository
- Title
- It's Midnight Over Newark
- Creator(s)
- Allison, Hughes
- Date Created
- 1941
- Summary
- Handbill for performance at Mosque Theatre, Newark "A thrilling and sensational new type of drama of discrimination in the City of Newark."
- Subjects
- Allison, Hughes, c. 1908-1974, , , , , , ,
- In Collection(s)
- Hughes Allison Collection, Charles F. Cummings New Jersey Information Center, Newark Public Library Repository
- Title
- Justifiable Fratricide!
- Creator(s)
- Allison, Hughes
- Summary
- Stranger Than Fiction: Short story
- Subjects
- Allison, Hughes, c. 1908-1974, , , ,
- In Collection(s)
- Hughes Allison Collection, Charles F. Cummings New Jersey Information Center, Newark Public Library Repository
- Title
- Justifiable Fratricide! References
- Creator(s)
- Allison, Hughes
- Summary
- Stranger Than Fiction: Medical references to support story detail
- Subjects
- Allison, Hughes, c. 1908-1974, , , ,
- In Collection(s)
- Hughes Allison Collection, Charles F. Cummings New Jersey Information Center, Newark Public Library Repository
- Title
- Letter from William Gauch, M.D., to Miss Beatrice K. Teeple. Copy
- Creator(s)
- Allison, Hughes
- Date Created
- 1940-05-14
- Summary
- Correspondence, Interracial Council: Letter of resolutions by the Medical Board of the Newark City Hospital in response to statements by the Interracial Council
- Subjects
- Allison, Hughes, c. 1908-1974, , , , ,
- In Collection(s)
- Hughes Allison Collection, Charles F. Cummings New Jersey Information Center, Newark Public Library Repository
- Title
- Negro Doctors Barred from Newark Hospital Staff
- Creator(s)
- Allison, Hughes
- Date Created
- 1941
- Summary
- PM (newspaper) report about barring of African American physicians from staff of Newark City Hospital
- Subjects
- Allison, Hughes, c. 1908-1974, , , , ,
- In Collection(s)
- Hughes Allison Collection, Charles F. Cummings New Jersey Information Center, Newark Public Library Repository
- Title
- Notes on "Corollary"
- Creator(s)
- Allison, Hughes
- Summary
- The Adventures of Joe Hill: Explanatory notes on short story
- Subjects
- Allison, Hughes, c. 1908-1974, , , , , ,
- In Collection(s)
- Hughes Allison Collection, Charles F. Cummings New Jersey Information Center, Newark Public Library Repository
- Title
- Preliminary Report on the Discrimination against Negro Physicians at Newark City Hospital
- Creator(s)
- Allison, Hughes
- Summary
- Correspondence, Interracial Council: Report of findings on discrimination at Newark City Hospital
- Subjects
- Allison, Hughes, c. 1908-1974, , , , ,
- In Collection(s)
- Hughes Allison Collection, Charles F. Cummings New Jersey Information Center, Newark Public Library Repository
- Title
- Samson and Delilah
- Creator(s)
- Allison, Hughes
- Summary
- Script of "Episode Two of a new Harlem detective comedy drama"
- Subjects
- Allison, Hughes, c. 1908-1974, , , , , ,
- In Collection(s)
- Hughes Allison Collection, Charles F. Cummings New Jersey Information Center, Newark Public Library Repository
- Title
- Show Business
- Creator(s)
- Allison, Hughes
- Summary
- Stranger Than Fiction: Short story
- Subjects
- Allison, Hughes, c. 1908-1974, ,
- In Collection(s)
- Hughes Allison Collection, Charles F. Cummings New Jersey Information Center, Newark Public Library Repository
- Title
- The Adventures of Joe Hill
- Creator(s)
- Allison, Hughes
- Summary
- Title page of short story collection
- Subjects
- Allison, Hughes, c. 1908-1974, , , ,
- In Collection(s)
- Hughes Allison Collection, Charles F. Cummings New Jersey Information Center, Newark Public Library Repository
- Title
- The Trial of Dr. Beck
- Creator(s)
- Allison, Hughes
- Summary
- Working script of play in 3 acts, amended; includes set sketch, props and lighting lists
- Subjects
- Allison, Hughes, c. 1908-1974, , , ,
- In Collection(s)
- Hughes Allison Collection, Charles F. Cummings New Jersey Information Center, Newark Public Library Repository