Van Mais i V. Vil'son

[Romy Taylor]

Simon,
"Van Mais" is "Vaughn Mise," the CP pseudonym of Maude May White (later,
Katz), an African American woman from Pennsylvania who studied in Moscow
from 1927-1930. 

Maxim Matusevich recently published excerpts from a US consulate de-briefing
on her, when she needed to renew her passport in 1929; she eventually
returned to the NY area and was active in the CP for years.

Yours, Romy Taylor

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Sent: Monday, February 27, 2012 7:25 AM
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Subject: [SEELANGS] Van Mais i V. Vil'son

Dear all,

 

The preface of the 1929 Russian translation of Claude McKay's Home to Harlem
is signed "Van Mais i V. Vil'son".  Does anyone out there have any idea who
they were?

 

Many thanks,

 

Simon 

 


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