Zora Neale Hurston's New York Years (1925–1935)

1. Hurston moves to New York City

   Jan 1, 1925Labels: Zora Neale, Harlem, New York

   • Library of Congress
   • Barnard

2. Opportunity awards boost Hurston’s Harlem visibility

   May 1, 1925Labels: Opportunity magazine, Spunk, Color Struck

   • LOC Plays
   • Hurston Trust

3. Hurston enters Barnard College on scholarship

   Sep 1, 1925Labels: Barnard College, Zora Neale

   • Library of Congress
   • Barnard Archives

4. Hurston studies anthropology at Columbia University

   Jan 1, 1926Labels: Columbia University, Anthropology

   • Library of Congress
   • Guggenheim

5. Fire!! publishes Hurston’s experimental Harlem work

   Nov 1, 1926Labels: Fire magazine, Sweat

   • Poetry Fdn
   • Fire

6. Hurston begins funded folklore fieldwork in the South

   Jan 1, 1927Labels: Carter G, Folklore fieldwork

   • Library of Congress
   • Guggenheim

7. Hurston gains patron Charlotte Osgood Mason

   May 19, 1927Labels: Charlotte Osgood, Patronage

   • Library of Congress
   • Hurston Bio

8. Hurston earns Barnard degree and continues field collecting

   May 1, 1928Labels: Barnard degree, New Orleans

   • Library of Congress
   • Barnard Archives

9. Hurston and Hughes collaborate on Mule Bone

   Jan 1, 1930Labels: Langston Hughes, Mule Bone

   • Library of Congress
   • Mule Bone

10. Hurston stages The Great Day in New York

    Jan 1, 1932Labels: The Great, Performance

    • Library of Congress
    • Guggenheim

11. Jonah’s Gourd Vine launches Hurston’s novel career

    May 1, 1934Labels: Jonah's Gourd, Novel

    • Library of Congress
    • Jonah s GV

12. Hurston joins WPA theater and records folk music

    Jun 1, 1935Labels: WPA, Alan Lomax

    • Library of Congress
    • Yale Daily

13. Mules and Men publishes Hurston’s folklore scholarship

    Oct 10, 1935Labels: Mules and, Folklore collection

    • Library of Congress
    • Kirkus