Sale 2471 - Printed & Manuscript African Americana, March 29, 2018

223 c   (KING, MARTIN LUTHER, JR.) Archive from the office of Joan Daves, King’s literary agent. Hundreds of letters received, copies of outgoing letters, and related documents (0.3 linear feet); generally minor wear. Vp, 1962-86 [500/750] Joan Daves (1919-1997) was a German-born Holocaust refugee who estab- lished a literary agency in NewYork in the early 1950s. Offered here are part of her correspondence files relating to her most noteworthy client, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. This correspondence discusses the licensing and copyright of King’s writings and recordings for foreign markets, set to music, in motion pictures and plays, or on greeting cards.A slim file of 7 letters dates from before King’s death: letters to and from Daves’s business partner Marie Rodell regard- ing a motion picture deal for Strive Toward Freedom in 1962. Most notable is a carbon of a 7August 1962 letter from Rodell to Coretta Scott King while Dr. King worked on a desegregation project in Georgia:“Along with all the other millions of his admirers we have been following Martin’s courageous fight in Georgia . . . our thoughts are with him and you.”Most of the correspondence is dated 1969-1986. Included are many carbons of letters to Coretta Scott King, though none of Mrs. King’s responses are present. A detailed inventory of the contents is available upon request. with —a small random bonus: a circular letter advertisement from the International Railway Correspondence Institute, advertising their record in securing positions as Pullman Porters. Indianapolis, IN, circa 1920. 224 c   (KING, MARTIN LUTHER, JR.) Group of 6 press pho- tos of Martin Luther King. Each about 8 x 10 inches; minor wear, some with crop marks on recto, variety of inked stamps, captions, and clippings on verso. Vp, 1962-68 and undated [600/900] Martin and Coretta working at a desk, 10 September 1962 * King seated, 12 August 1964 * King at the head of the Montgomery march, 24 March 1965 * King at aVietnam protest, 6 February 1968 * King at a press conference, 9 February 1968 * Memorial tribute photo titled “Rev. Dr.Martin Luther King Jr.,We Shall Overcome 1929-1968,” no press markings. 225 c   (KING, MARTIN LUTHER, JR.) Layne, Cecil; pho- tographer. King with baseball star Monte Irvin and Ralph Abernathy. Photograph, 8 x 10 inches; minor wear, glue rem- nants on verso, photographer’s stamp and inscription in Irvin’s hand on verso. White Plains, NY, [11 December 1962] [500/750] A “Salute to Martin Luther King, Jr.” was held at the Westchester County Center to benefit the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, featuring Sammy Davis and the president’s brother-in-law Peter Lawford. $12,000 was raised for the cause. See Jet, 13 December 1962. Here Dr. King appears backstage with retired New York Giants star Monte Irvin and SCLC vice president Ralph Abernathy. At far right is New York Giants owner Horace Stoneham, Irvin’s former employer. This photograph, apparently unpublished, came to the consignor from Irvin’s personal collection. On the back is a caption in Irvin’s distinctive hand, as well as a typed label: “This is me with Rev. Martin Luther King . . .”