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This series is mainly Towns’ poetry, but also includes essays, odes, songs, speeches and his unfinished novel, “Breasting the Blows”. Of note is his play in one act The Sharecropper, self-published in 1932 and performed at Fort Valley State College. His biographical notes on James Weldon Johnson and biographical sketch of William Henry Crogman (Clark College’s first president) are fascinating portraits of two men dear to Towns.

This series is mainly Towns’ poetry, but also includes essays, odes, songs, speeches and his unfinished novel, “Breasting the Blows”. Of note is his play in one act The Sharecropper, self-published in 1932 and performed at Fort Valley State College. His biographical notes on James Weldon Johnson and biographical sketch of William Henry Crogman (Clark College’s first president) are fascinating portraits of two men dear to Towns.

This series is mainly Towns’ poetry, but also includes essays, odes, songs, speeches and his unfinished novel, “Breasting the Blows”. Of note is his play in one act The Sharecropper, self-published in 1932 and performed at Fort Valley State College. His biographical notes on James Weldon Johnson and biographical sketch of William Henry Crogman (Clark College’s first president) are fascinating portraits of two men dear to Towns.

These materials seem to have been collected as a result of Towns’ interest in AU. Only his lecture notes relate directly to his tenure as a teacher. The administrative file is a miscellany of memos and notes, and includes a 1941 letter regarding two lawsuits involving AU from the 1870's.

These materials seem to have been collected as a result of Towns’ interest in AU. Only his lecture notes relate directly to his tenure as a teacher. The administrative file is a miscellany of memos and notes, and includes a 1941 letter regarding two lawsuits involving AU from the 1870's.

These materials seem to have been collected as a result of Towns’ interest in AU. Only his lecture notes relate directly to his tenure as a teacher. The administrative file is a miscellany of memos and notes, and includes a 1941 letter regarding two lawsuits involving AU from the 1870's.

These materials seem to have been collected as a result of Towns’ interest in AU. Only his lecture notes relate directly to his tenure as a teacher. The administrative file is a miscellany of memos and notes, and includes a 1941 letter regarding two lawsuits involving AU from the 1870's.

These materials seem to have been collected as a result of Towns’ interest in AU. Only his lecture notes relate directly to his tenure as a teacher. The administrative file is a miscellany of memos and notes, and includes a 1941 letter regarding two lawsuits involving AU from the 1870's.

These materials seem to have been collected as a result of Towns’ interest in AU. Only his lecture notes relate directly to his tenure as a teacher. The administrative file is a miscellany of memos and notes, and includes a 1941 letter regarding two lawsuits involving AU from the 1870's.

These materials seem to have been collected as a result of Towns’ interest in AU. Only his lecture notes relate directly to his tenure as a teacher. The administrative file is a miscellany of memos and notes, and includes a 1941 letter regarding two lawsuits involving AU from the 1870's.