[Next Project] Home to Harlem by Claude McKay

[Weijia Cheng]

Transcription: https://scalar.lehigh.edu/african-american-poetry-a-digital-anthology/claude-mckay-home-to-harlem-full-text-1928

Scans: https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000629420

Repo: https://github.com/weijia-cheng/claude-mckay_home-to-harlem

Can we use the original dust cover? It is by Aaron Douglas like some of our other Harlem Renaisssance covers: https://sites.utexas.edu/ransomcentermagazine/wp-content/uploads/sites/4401/2010/02/ps_3525_a2_01.tif_.jpg

Proof of publication date here: https://www.abebooks.com/first-edition/HOME-HARLEM-McKay-Claude-Harper-Brothers/32333586859/bd

[Alex Cabal]

OK, Lukas will manage with Robin reviewing.

Yes we could use that dust jacket, just remove the title/author. If
you're using that exact scan then it looks sun faded on the sides, it
would be good if you could restore the original color there.

On 2/9/26 8:53 PM, 'Weijia Cheng' via Standard Ebooks wrote:
> Transcription: https://scalar.lehigh.edu/african-american-poetry-a-
> digital-anthology/claude-mckay-home-to-harlem-full-text-1928

> Scans: https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000629420
> Repo: https://github.com/weijia-cheng/claude-mckay_home-to-harlem
>
> Can we use the original dust cover? It is by Aaron Douglas like some of
> our other Harlem Renaisssance covers: https://sites.utexas.edu/
> ransomcentermagazine/wp-content/uploads/sites/4401/2010/02/
> ps_3525_a2_01.tif_.jpg
> Proof of publication date here: https://www.abebooks.com/first-edition/
> HOME-HARLEM-McKay-Claude-Harper-Brothers/32333586859/bd
>

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[Weijia Cheng]

How does this look? I was able to use a trick with posterize in GIMP to select the entire background and replaced it all with one color before upscaling the image. It looks pretty good to me.

[Alex Cabal]

I think it looks great!

On 2/10/26 6:24 PM, 'Weijia Cheng' via Standard Ebooks wrote:
> How does this look? I was able to use a trick with posterize in GIMP to
> select the entire background and replaced it all with one color before
> upscaling the image. It looks pretty good to me.
>
> On Tuesday, February 10, 2026 at 1:55:39 PM UTC-5 Alex Cabal wrote:
>
> OK, Lukas will manage with Robin reviewing.
>
> Yes we could use that dust jacket, just remove the title/author. If
> you're using that exact scan then it looks sun faded on the sides, it
> would be good if you could restore the original color there.
>
> On 2/9/26 8:53 PM, 'Weijia Cheng' via Standard Ebooks wrote:
> > Transcription: https://scalar.lehigh.edu/african-american-poetry-

> a- <https://scalar.lehigh.edu/african-american-poetry-a->
> > digital-anthology/claude-mckay-home-to-harlem-full-text-1928
> > Scans: https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000629420 <https://
> catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000629420>
> > Repo: https://github.com/weijia-cheng/claude-mckay_home-to-harlem

> <https://github.com/weijia-cheng/claude-mckay_home-to-harlem>
> >
> > Can we use the original dust cover? It is by Aaron Douglas like
> some of
> > our other Harlem Renaisssance covers: https://sites.utexas.edu/
> <https://sites.utexas.edu/>
> > ransomcentermagazine/wp-content/uploads/sites/4401/2010/02/
> > ps_3525_a2_01.tif_.jpg
> > Proof of publication date here: https://www.abebooks.com/first-

> edition/ <https://www.abebooks.com/first-edition/>

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[Lukas Bystricky]

I think it looks good too Weijia. Just wondering, how do you know it's by Aaron Douglas? It certainly looks like his work, but I don't see him credited anywhere in the scans. 

[Weijia Cheng]

It is attributed to him on several sites.

https://sites.utexas.edu/ransomcentermagazine/2010/02/23/claude-mckay-and-the-making-of-home-to-harlem/

https://guides.lib.unc.edu/aaron-douglas/wilson-library

https://beinecke.library.yale.edu/article/book-art-harlem-renaissance-artist-aaron-douglas-bibliography

[Lukas Bystricky]

Alright, nice research. I've approved it.