| ALP |
Alain Locke Papers, Moorland-Spingarn Research Center, Howard University |
| ARC |
Amistad Research Center, Tulane University |
| CJMC |
Countee Cullen–Harold Jackman Memorial Collection, Robert W. Woodruff Library, Atlanta University Center |
| CVV |
Carl Van Vechten Papers, New York Public Library, Rare Books and Manuscripts Division |
| ERN |
Ethel Ray Nance Papers, Bancroft Library, University of California at Berkeley |
| GFP |
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Papers, New York |
| HFC |
Hoyt Fuller Collection, Robert W. Woodruff Library, Atlanta University Center |
| HFP |
William T. Harmon Foundation Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC |
| HRHRC |
Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center, University of Texas, Austin |
| JFC |
Joseph Freeman Collection, Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace, Stanford University |
| JWJ |
James Weldon Johnson Collection, Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Yale University |
| LP |
Liveright Publishing Co. Papers, W. W. Norton Co., New York |
| MSRC |
Moorland-Spingarn Research Center, Howard University |
| NUL |
National Urban League Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC |
| RPP |
Rosey E. Pool Papers, University of Sussex Library, UK |
| RWW |
Robert W. Woodruff Library, Atlanta University Center |
| SCNYPL |
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, New York Public Library |
| SGD |
Shirley Graham Du Bois Collection, Schlesinger Library, Harvard University |
| WFP |
Walrond Family Papers, possession of Joan Stewart |