Gwendolyn Brooks Collection, 1909-2003 | Rare Book & Manuscript Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Title: Gwendolyn Brooks Collection, 1909-2003

Predominant Dates:bulk 1960-2000

ID: 01/01/MSS00086

Primary Creator: Brooks, Gwendolyn (1917-2000)

Extent: 200.0 Linear Feet

Date Acquired: 09/19/2013

Subjects: Poets, American - 20th century

Languages: English

Gwendolyn Brooks (1917-2000) was an American poet and educator born in Topeka, Kansas and raised on the South Side of Chicago. In 1950, Brooks was the first Black person to win a Pulitzer Prize in any category, receiving the award in Poetry for Annie Allen (1949). Brooks was a beloved mentor to many poets and artists from the Black Arts movement, and started the Illinois Poet Laureate Awards to encourage poetry writing amongst young people. During her life, Brooks received numerous accolades for her work, including her appointment as Poet Laureate of Illinois in 1968 and Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress (now the Poet Laureate of the United States) in 1985.

This collection contains materials that were collected by Gwendolyn Brooks throughout her life and professional career. Formats include correspondence; poetry and prose drafts; interview transcripts; notebooks and loose notes and jottings; photos and scrapbooks; drawings; calendars and diet books; public engagements files and teaching materials; awards, honorary degrees, and doctoral hoods; newspapers and news clippings; A/V media; realia; and ephemera. The collection also contains volumes, pamphlets, and periodicals from Brooks's personal library, as well as related materials collected by RBML ("Supplementary Material").

This record does not contain collection content for the first series of the Gwendolyn Brooks Collection. Series 1, which contains alphabetical correspondence and correspondence files, was separated from the rest of the collection in an attempt to improve load times. Click here to view series 1 (temporarily MS00086a).

Poet Gwendolyn Brooks was born to parents David Anderson and Keziah Wims Brooks on June 7, 1917 in Topeka, Kansas. A few weeks later, her family moved to Chicago where she would live for the rest of her life. Brooks began writing at an early age and was encouraged by her mother saying, "You are going to be the lady Paul Laurence Dunbar." When she was 13, her poem "Evening" was published in the children's magazine American Childhood [1]. By the time she graduated high school, Brooks had published over one hundred poems in the "Lights and Shadows" poetry column of the Chicago Defender [2]. After high school, Brooks graduated from a two-year program at Wilson Junior College [3]. In 1939, she married Henry Blakely, Jr. whom she met after joining the Chicago NAACP Youth Council. They soon had their first child, Henry III, and later their daughter, Nora.

Early in her career, Brooks was encouraged by poet James Weldon Johnson and Harlem Renaissance writers Langston Hughes and Richard Wright [4]. In her work, Brooks drew inspiration from her life and surroundings in Chicago. Her first book of poetry, A Street in Bronzeville (1945), received praise for its authentic portraits of the Bronzeville neighborhood of Chicago. Her second collection of poems, Annie Allen (1949), chronicles the life of a young Black Bronzeville girl. It was for this book that Brooks won the 1950 Pulitzer Prize for poetry, making her the first Black person to win the award in any category [5].

In the 1960s, Brooks work became more overtly political as she became close with activists and writers involved in the Black Arts Movement, a group of artists whose work reflected the cultural side of the growing Black Power movement [6]. She became especially close with Haki Madhubuti, to whom she became both a mentor and a mother figure. Soon Brooks began working exclusively with Black publishers, especially Broadside Press, founded by her close friend Dudley Randall, and Third World Press, founded by Madhubuti. In the 1980s, Brooks also established her own imprint called The David Company.

Throughout her long career, Brooks published more than twenty books of poetry, including The Bean Eaters (1960), Selected Poems (1963), In the Mecca (1968), Riot (1969), Family Pictures (1970), Aloneness (1971), Beckonings (1975), To Disembark (1981), Black Love (1982), The Near-Johannesburg Boy and Other Poems (1986), Blacks (1987), Gottschalk and the Grand Tarantelle (1988), Winnie (1988), and Children Coming Home (1991). She also published one novel, Maud Martha (1953), as well as children's literature such as Bronzeville Boys and Girls (1956) and The Tiger Who Wore White Gloves (1974). Brooks also published two autobiographies, Report from Part One (1972), and Report from Part Two (1995).

In addition to her writing, Brooks taught poetry and creative writing at numerous colleges and universities. In 1990, the Gwendolyn Brooks Center for Black Literature and Creative Writing was founded at Chicago State University, where Brooks served as distinguished professor and writer-in-residence [7]. Brooks influenced generations of writers, not only with her words, but with her actions. For most of the year, she traveled the country to perform her poetry for children of all ages as well as at universities, public libraries, hospitals, and prisons. As she especially encouraged young poets, Brooks sponsored youth poetry awards for over thirty years. Renowned for her generosity, Brooks dedicated her life to promoting the value of poetry and inspiring young writers.

Brooks was the recipient of more than seventy-five honorary doctorates and countless accolades [8]. In 1968, she was appointed Poet Laureate of Illinois, a position which she held until her death in 2000 [9]. In 1985, Brooks was selected for an honorary one-year term as the Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress [10]. She received lifetime achievement awards from both the National Endowment for the Arts in 1989 and the National Book Foundation in 1994. Brooks then received the National Endowment for the Humanities' highest honor when she was named the 1994 Jefferson Lecturer. The next year, Brooks received the National Medal of Arts.

Today, Gwendolyn Brooks' legacy persists as one of the most significant poets of the twentieth century, because of both her contribution to American literature and her kindness and generosity, especially toward young poets and authors of color.

Poets, American - 20th century

Repository: Rare Book & Manuscript Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Acquisition Source: Nora Brooks Blakely

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Finding Aid Revision History: This finding aid is experiencing ongoing revision, beginning in June 2023.

Box and Folder Listing

Series 7: Public Engagements

Sub-series 1: Contracts and Contemporary Forum Documents

This sub-series is restricted indefinitely. Please contact askacurator@library.Illinois.edu with any questions.

Sub-series 2: Audiovisual Recordings

Box 384

Box 385

Box 386

Sub-series 3: Advertisements and Publicity/Programs

Box 387

Folder 1: 1934-June 1958

Item 1: Invitation to graduation party of Gwendolyn Brooks, 1934

Item 2: Advertisement and ticket for the David B. Steinman Visiting Poets, 1958

Item 3: Hirsh High School commencement program, 1958

Folder 2: “A Salute to the Society of Jesus” program, 1957

Folder 3: Official inaugural program for John F. Kennedy, 1961

Folder 4: Auction catalog for The Modern Poetry Association, 1962

Folder 5: April 1964

Item 1: Book and Author Dinner by the American Association of University Women, 1964

Item 2: Annual Fine Arts Festival by Virginia Union University, 1964

Two copies.

Folder 6: May-June 1964

Item 1: The Society of Midland Authors Award Dinner, 1964

Item 2: Columbia College commencement program, 1964

Folder 7: Columbia College commencement programs, 1964

Nine copies.

Folder 8: November-December 1964

Item 1: John J. Pershing School Book Fair Assembly program, 1964

Item 2: “I see Chicago” reception, 1964

Folder 9: April 1965

Item 1: Society of Midland Authors Day, 1965

Item 2: The Hope College Fine Arts Festival program, 1965

Folder 10: Eighth National Assembly (United States Civil War Centennial Commission) program, 1965

Folder 11: Fine Arts Award Ceremony program for the Gwendolyn Brooks Fine Arts Contest, 1965

Folder 12: Lake Forest College Commencement program, 1965

Folder 13: Lake Forest College Commencement programs and envelope, 1965

Four copies.

Folder 14: Elmhurst College Bulletin, 1966

Folder 15: Spring-June 1996

Item 1: Marshall High School Gwendolyn Brooks Poetry Contest, 1996

Item 2: Elmhurst College Commencement program, 1996

Folder 16: Pulitzer Prize programs, 1966

Folder 17: Friends of Literature invitation, 1967

Folder 18: Indiana University Writers’ Conference, 1967

Folder 19-20: Chicago Picasso Dedication program, 1967

Folder 21: January 1968-May 1969

Item 1: City of Gary Official Inaugural Program, 1968

Item 2: Wisconsin Union Literary Committee and University of Wisconsin Madison flyer, 1969

Folder 22: Honors Convocation program for Lewis College, 1968

Three copies.

Folder 23: Convocation In Honor of Gwendolyn Brooks programs by Northeastern Illinois State College, 1968

Four copies.

Folder 24: Forrestville High School Commencement programs, 1968

Two copies.

Folder 25: October 1968

Item 1: “For Illinois” program, 1968

Three copies.

Item 2: Centennial Building Dedication program, 1968

Folder 26: October-December 1968, 1968

Item 1: Invitation to dinner with Illinois Governor Samuel Shapiro, 1968

Item 2: Centennial Building Dedication program, 1968

Folder 27: Cleveland Public Library Centennial Banquet program, 1969

Folder 28: Honors Convocation program for Skidmore Convocation, 1969

Folder 29: May-November 1969

Item 1: The Society of Midland Authors Annual Dinner program

Item 2: Black Women’s League Honors Gwendolyn Brooks program, 1969

Item 3: Chicago City College Wilson Campus Commencement program, 1969

Two copies.

Item 4: A Festival of Black Artists at St. Andrews program, 1969

Item 5: Mundelein College Learning Resource Center Dedication program

Folder 30: Loyola University of Chicago Third Centennial Symposium program, 1969

Folder 31: Northwestern University Commencement program, 1969

Two copies, one pulled for conservation.

Box 388

Folder 1: Loyola University Centennial Convocation, 1970

Folder 2: Northwestern University Commencement program, 1970

Folder 3: The Black Position publication, 1970

Folder 4: Gwendolyn Brooks Cultural Center at Western Illinois University Founder’s Day program, 1971

Folder 5: The Black Academy of Arts and Letters Annual Awards Banquet program, 1971

Folder 6: April 1972

Item 1: Paley Library poetry reading program, 1972

Item 2: Exchange Women’s Project Committee presenting Gwendolyn Brooks poetry reading poster, 1972

Folder 7: May-June 1972

Item 1: Johnson Publishing Company Building Opening Ceremonies program, 1972

Item 2: University of Wisconsin-Madison Commencement program, 19

Folder 8: Western Illinois University Commencement program, 1971

Two copies.

Folder 9: “The City” hosted by The Chicago Public Library program, 1972

Folder 10: July-October 1973

Item 1: Barat College Gwendolyn Brooks Day program, 1973

Two copies.

Item 2: A Day with Gwendolyn Brooks at University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 1973

Folder 11: April-May 1974

Item 1: Purdue University 43^rd Literary Awards dinner program, 1976

Item 2: University of Detroit “To Honor Our Women” 3rd<span style="font-size: 10px;"> </span>annual celebration program, 1976

Folder 12: April 1974-April 1945

Folder contains separation sheet for newspaper clipping containing Brooks, David obituary.

Item 1: Newspaper clippings, 1975

Item 2: University of Toledo event poster, 1974

Folder 13: Brown University Commencement program, 1974

Folder 14: April-May 1975

Item 1: A Day with Gwendolyn Brooks at Triton College, 1975

Two copies.

Item 2: The Lincoln Academy of Illinois Educational Achievement Award, 1975

Folder 15: Writers’ Conference pamphlet, 1975

Folder 16: University of Illinois at Chicago Circle Convocation programs and script, 1975

Folder 17: November-December 1975

Item 1: KUUMBA workshop information, 1975

Item 2: Invitations to poetry reading at Cook County Hospital, 1975

Two copies.

Item 3: Nation Information Center Poetry lecture flyer, 1975

Item 4: Invitation by Gwendolyn Brooks for autographing party for Brooks, Keziah, 1975

Folder 18: January-April 1976

Item 1: Rockford Woman’s Club “The Club News” newsletter, 1976

Item 2: The Chicago Branch NAACP salute Governor Otto Kerner program, 1976

Item 3: Gwendolyn Brooks at Kent State University event flyer, 1976

Item 4: The Poetry Society of America annual dinner program, 1976

Folder 19: May-June 1976

Item 1: St. Lawrence University Commencement programs, 1976

Two copies.

Item 2: The Cuyahoga Writers’ Conference flyer, 1976

Folder 20: Gwendolyn Brooks event at Yale University flyer, 1976

Six copies.

Folder 21: February-March 1977

Item 1: Anne Spencer Landmark Dedication program, 1977

Item 2: La Verne College Encounter Series flyer, 1977

Three copies.

Item 3: Gwendolyn Brooks at Shasta College flyer, 1977

Folder 22: May 1977

Item 1: The Central State University presents A Day In The World Of Gwendolyn Brooks program, 1977

Two copies.

Item 2: University of Pennsylvania Commencement program and ticket, 1977

Folder 23: May 1977

Item 1: The Central State University presents A Day In The World Of Gwendolyn Brooks program, 1977

Item 2: Gwendolyn Brooks at Shasta College flyer, 1977

Three copies.

Folder 24: Colby College Commencement program, 1977

Folder 25: Forrestville Upper Grade Center and Sturgis Education and Vocational Guidance Center Commencement program, 1977

Folder 26: North Central College Commencement program, speech drafts, and related materials, 1977

Folder 27: Conference for Newly-Elected Fellows for Danforth Foundation information packet, 1977

Folder 28: Invitation to Lewis University for presidential inauguration, 1977

Folder 29: Bates College Report of The President, 1977-1978

Folder 30: April-May 1978

Item 1: Gwendolyn Brooks luncheon schedule and tribute poems at College of Saint Benedict, 1978

Item 2: Gwendolyn Brooks event at Macalester College flyer, 1978

Item 3: Poetry reading at Carlow College program, 1978

Two copies.

Item 4: A Night of Cultural Enrichment with Gwendolyn Brooks, event hosted by Alpha Psi Kappa, 1978

Folder 31: Bates College Commencement program, 1978

Two copies.

Folder 32: The City College of the City University of New York Commencement program, 1978

Two copies.

Folder 33: August 1978-March 1987

Item 1: Andrew W. Mellon Lecture at Howard University program, 1982

Three copies.

Item 2: Journal of Writing Festival at University of Houston Downtown College program, 1982

Item 3: The Legacy of American Poetry in celebration of Robert Penn Warren hosted by the Library of Congress, 1987

Three copies.

Item 4: “The Day of Gwendolyn” lecture hosted by Library of Congress poster, 1986

Five copies.

Item 5: Third World Press 20^th Anniversary Conference poster, 1987

Two copies.

Item 6: Brown’s Hotel London Weekly Diary of Social Events, 1978

Folder 34: October-December 1978

Item 1: Poetry reading at Quinn Chapel AME Church, 1978

Item 2: Gwendolyn Brooks poetry reading program and schedule for visit to Grambling State University, 1978

Item 3: Gwendolyn Brooks Auditorium Dedication Assembly, 1978

Box 389

Folder 1: The Writers Forum at State University of New York, 1978

Two copies

Folder 2: Tampa Public Library programs and newspaper clippings, 1979

Folder 3: April-May 1979

Item 1: A Cultural Encounter Luncheon at the Performing Arts Center Brandley Pavilion pamphlet, 1979

Item 2: Poetry reading at The San Jose Poetry Center, 1979

Folder 4: International Black Writers Conference invitation and program, 1979

Folder 5: September-October 1979

Item 1: Abraham Lincon Center event invitation, 1979

Item 2: Poetry reading at Monroe Community College flyer and poster, 1979

Folder 6: Central State University Convocation program, 1979

Folder 7: Black Market Book Fair exhibitors’ catalogue and bookmark, 1979

Folder 8: Gwendolyn Brooks event at Saint Paul’s College program, 1980

Folder 9: February-March 1980

Item 1: An Evening with Gwendolyn Brooks at St. Petersburg Junior college program, 1980

Item 2: The African American Historical & Cultural Society Inc. 25th Anniversary celebration poster, 1980

Item 3: Tribute to Gwendolyn Brooks event by KUUMBA Professional Theater Company, 1980

Two copies.

Folder 10: Southern University-Shreveport Centennial Year Festival of the Arts flyer, newspaper clipping, and program, 1980

Folder 11: April-November 1980

Item 1: “Special Readings of Black Poetry” program at Prairie View A&M University, 1980

Item 2: Gwendolyn Brooks biography for appearance at Prairie View A&M University, 1980

Item 3: Program for event at Prairie View A&M University, 1980

Item 4: The President’s Success Convocation at Prairie View A&M University, 1980

Item 5: Metropolitan Community Church Tidings Parish Notes and Announcements

Two copies.

Folder 12: November-December 1980

Item 1: “The Afrikan Poetry Theatre Presents A Tribute To Gwendolyn Brooks” flyer, 1980

Item 2: Metropolitan Community Church Tidings Parish Notes and Announcements, 1980

Item 3: Metropolitan Community Church Tidings service program, 1980

Item 4: The Junior Church of Metropolitan Community Church service program, 1980

Folder 13: March 1981-May 1982

Includes separation sheet.

Item 1: “Gwendolyn Brooks Reads Gwendolyn Brooks” program presented by Erie Community College, 1981

Item 2: Lincolnwood Library Literary Festival program, 1982

Item 3: Duke University Graduation program, 1981

Folder 14: University of Massachusetts at Amherst Commencement materials, 1981

Folder 15: June 1981

Item 1: Englewood High School Dedication program, 1981

Item 2: Remembering Nelson Algren flyer, 1981

Folder 16: Gwendolyn Brooks with Harryette Mullen event by Sum Concerts materials, 1981

Folder 17: November 1981

Item 1: Dedication of the Gwendolyn Brooks High School invitations and programs, 1981

Item 2: Poetry Magazine 10th Annual Poetry Day program, 1981

Folder 18: The American Book Awards booklet, 1982

Folder 19: June-September 1982

Item 1: Edison L. Hoard Early Childhood Learning Center Tribute to Gwendolyn Brooks program, 1982

Item 2: Leader Luncheon for the YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago program and materials, 1982

Item 3: Program for event in Leningrad, USSR, 1982

Item 4: List of members of Soviet delegation for the Soviet and American Writers’ Meeting, undated

Folder 20: September-November 1982

Item 1: Colloquy fall events flyer, 1982

Item 2: Colloquy and the Paul Robeson Cultural Center Gwendolyn Brooks event flyer, 1982

Item 3: International Poetry Forum presents Word/Song pamphlet, 1982

Item 4: Gwendolyn Brooks poetry reading at Bethel Church (Cheston, MD), 1982

Folder 21: “The Progress” by Gwendolyn Brooks, 1982

Folder 22: 1982-1983

Item 1: “Share The Dream…” West Suburban Celebration Committee, 1982

Item 2: The Academy of American Poets poetry reading even series flyer, 1982-1983

Folder 23: Sesquicentennial Birthday Poetry Reception programs, 1983

Folder 24: January-February 1983

Item 1: Gwendolyn Brooks poetry event at College of William and Mary programs, 1983

Two copies.

Item 2: Gwendolyn Brooks poetry event at College of William and Mary poster, 1983

Item 3: Artists for Harold Washington Jubilee flyer, 1983

Folder 25: International Poetry Forum Word/Song program, 1983

Folder 26: April-June 1983

Item 1: The Barns of Wolf Trap Foundation “Word/Song” program, 1983

Item 2: Columbia College Chicago Honors program and script, 1983

Item 3: Washburn University Commencement program, 1983

Folder 27: Gwendolyn Brooks Junior High School Promotions programs, 1983

Six copies.

Folder 28: June-September 1983

Item 1: Dial-A-Poem pamphlet, 1983

Item 2: Mercyhurst College “Celebrating The Pulitzers” pamphlets, 1983

Two copies.

Folder 29: Write On Chicago conference schedule and leaflet, 1983

Folder 30: College of Lake County Annual Report, 1984

Folder 31: Saint Xavier College Chicago Commencement programs and script, 1984

Two copies of program.

Box 390

Folder 1: February-April 1984

Item 1: Chicago State University presents Gwendolyn Brooks program, 1984

Four copies.

Item 2: Third Charlemae Hill Rollins Colloquium (Durham, NC) program, 1984

Folder 2: May 1984

Item 1: DePaul University Freshman-Sophomore Honors Convocation program, 1984

Two copies.

Item 2: College of Lake County Commencement program, 1984

Folder 3: May 1984

Item 1: The Carver Community Cultural Center and San Antonio Festival present Poetry Day Gwendolyn Brooks flyer, 1984

Two copies.

Item 2: Northwestern University Five Eminent Writers series flyer and poster, 1984

Folder 4: June-September 1984

Item 1: Carver Community Cultural Center event schedule, 1984

Item 2: The Carver Community Cultural Center and San Antonio Festival present Poetry Day Gwendolyn Brooks flyer, 1984

Item 3: Poetry and Painting with Gwendolyn Brooks and Lois Mailou Jones seminar program and flyer, 1984

Folder 5: Annual Literature & Writing Workshop at Wayne State University program, 1984

Two copies.

Folder 6: Middle-Atlantic Writers Association conference materials, 1984

Folder 7: The Anisfield-Wolf Book Award in Race Relations materials, 1984

Three copies of program.

Folder 8: January-February 1985

Item 1: Humanitarian Awards Program and Reception of The Harlem School of the Arts invitation, 1985

Item 2: Black Creativity at Museum of Science and Industry event schedule, 1985

Item 3: Gwendolyn Brooks poetry reading at UCLA, 1985

Item 4: Classic Black event schedule by Chicago Public Library Cultural Center, 1985

Folder 9: Arts Council Illinois Governor’s For the Arts program, 1985

Folder 10: May 1985

Folder 11: May-November 1985

Item 1: Fair Avenue School (Columbus, OH) Welcomes Gwendolyn Brooks program, 1985

Two copies.

Item 2: Edison L. Hoard Early Childhood Learning Center tribute to Gwendolyn Brooks program, 1985

Item 3: Gwendolyn Brooks Bates College Poetry Reading script, 1985

Item 4: Poetry Society of America Fall 1985 Calendar, 1985

Item 5: Wharton Center for Performing Arts presents Gwendolyn Brooks program, 1985

Two copies.

Folder 12: Phillips Exeter Academy Gwendolyn Brooks event poster, 1986

Three copies.

Folder 13: Chicago Welcomes Bishop Desmond Mpilo Tutu program, 1986

Folder 14: February-March 1986

Item 1: Chicago Public Schools tribute to Gwendolyn Brooks program, 1986

Three copies.

Item 2: Gwendolyn Brooks event at Georgetown High School program, 1986

Folder 15: Langston Hughes Festival program, 1986

Two copies.

Folder 16: Lotus Press Inc. Celebration reading information letter, 1986

Folder 17: Gwendolyn Brooks Poetry Award For Seniors materials

Folder 18: April 1986

Item 1: Talent Search for Young Black Writers Awards Ceremony program, 1986

Two copies.

Item 2: “The Beauty of Her Works” Library of Congress Gwendolyn Brooks event flyer and program, 1986

Item 3: “Friends of Teacher Support Committee (Washington DC) Gwendolyn Brooks event flyer, 1986

Folder 19: George Washington University Commencement program, 1986

Folder 20: Poetry and Literature Library of Congress event posters and envelope, 1986

Three posters.

Folder 21: UDC Lorton College poetry reading workshop flyer, 1986

Folder 22: May 1986

Item 1: “With Gwen, With Love.” event in Atlanta flyer, 1986

Two copies.

Item 2: Spelman College Commencement program, 1986

Four copies.

Folder 23: University of Vermont Commencement program and material, 1986

Folder 24: University of Vermont Commencement programs, 1986

Three copies.

Folder 25: Seattle University Commencement program, 1986

Two copies.

Folder 26: Chicago’s Picasso Sculpture Birthday program, 1986

Five copies.

Folder 27: Gwendolyn Brooks Day program, 1986

24 copies.

Box 391

Folder 1: December 1986

Item 1: The Geraldine R. Dodge Poetry Festival pamphlet, 1986

Item 2: The Poetry Center of the 92^nd Street Y Gwendolyn Brooks and Robert Creeley program, 1986

Item 3: Hallmark Networks Gwendolyn Brooks poetry reading invite, 1986

Two copies.

Item 4: Gwendolyn Brooks: Poetry and the Heroic Voice publication event invitation, 1986

Item 5: Teacher Discovery Gwendolyn Brooks interview class materials, 1986

Folder 2: January 1987

Item 1: The Montclair Art Museum Gwendolyn Brooks feature pamphlet, 1987

Item 2: 1987 State of Illinois Year of the Reader kickoff flyer, 1987

Item 3: 1987 State of Illinois Year of the Reader kickoff program, 1987

Folder 3: Florida Community College at Jacksonville Black History Month materials, 1987

Folder 4: February-March 1987

Item 1: UCLA Center for Afro-American Studies Gwendolyn Brooks event postcard, 1987

Item 2: Boise State University programs spring schedule, 1987

Item 3: Bellarmine College Lecture series, 1987

Moved to Box 154, oversized.

Folder 5: Bluffton College English/Speech Festival programs and pamphlet, 1987

Four programs.

Folder 6: Temple University tribute to Gwendolyn Brooks program, 1987

Folder 7: The National Endowment for the Arts and the Library of Congress presents The Legacy of American Poetry in celebration of Robert Penn Warren programs, 1987

12 copies.

Folder 8: Consultants’ Reunion for Library of Congress program, 1987

Three copies.

Folder 9: March-April 1987

Item 1: The 1987 Consultants’ Reunion for Library of Congress readings list, 1987

Item 2: Seminole Community College Gwendolyn Brooks event flyer, 1987

Folder 10: Inaugural Program City of Chicago, 1987

Two copies.

Folder 11: Clark University Commencement program and speech, 1987

Folder 12: Chicago State University Commencement program, 1987

Folder 13: June 1987

Item 1: Gwendolyn Brooks Junior High School Promotion program, 1987

Item 2: Publication Party at The Institute for Positive Education flyer, 1987

Two copies.

Folder 14: “Under The Stars” Juneteenth Celebration at Adler Planetarium programs, 1987

Folder 15: San Jose Poetry Center visit promotional materials, 1987

Folder 16: October-December 1987

Item 1: Philip Hackett presents Gwendolyn Brooks at the Press Club of San Francisco flyers, 1987

Item 2: A Gift of Poetry at Elgin Community College program, 1987

Item 3: Third World Press: Twenty Years and Beyond 20^th Anniversary Conference flyer, 1987

Item 4: Mid-Austins Shining Path Book Club Family and Friends Night program, 1987

Folder 17: Tribute to the Arts IV Illinois Arts Alliance Foundation program, 1988

Folder 18: January-February 1988

Item 1: “Neutral Turf” at Blues etcetera program, 1988

Item 2: Founders Day Convocation Blackburn College (Carlinville, IL) program, 1988

Two copies.

Folder 19: February 1988

Item 1: An Evening with Gwendolyn Brooks at Breck School (Minneapolis, MN), 1988

Two copies.

Item 2: Gwendolyn Brooks cordially invites you to Share The Dream in pamphlet, 1988

Item 3: Open reading at North High School (Minneapolis, MN) schedule, 1988

Folder 20: March-April 1988

Item 1: Tucson Poetry Festival pamphlet, 1988

Item 2: Third Annual AAUW Combined Spring Luncheon program, 1988

Item 3: Kansas City American Arts Festival schedule, 1988

Item 4: Kansas City American Arts Festival pamphlet, 1988

Two copies.

Item 5: “The Langston Hughes Lecture Series in the Arts” at Mount Moriah AME Church (Annapolis, MD) program, 1988

Folder 21: Klappert-AI Poetry Award at George Mason University materials, 1988

Includes publication of Carousel newspaper.

Folder 22: May 1988

Item 1: Poetry reading at Austin Peay State University program, 1988

Includes thank you card.

Item 2: National Black Wholistic Retreat flyer, 1988

Item 3: Lincoln School presents “I am Unique", 1988

Folder 23: June 1988

Item 1: Centers for New Horizons Edison L. Hoard Early Learning Center tribute to Gwendolyn Brooks

Item 2: Oatka Residential Center Six Annual Awards Day program, 1988

Folder 24: September-October 1988

Item 1: Nichols Library presents The World of Gwendolyn Brooks program, 1988

Two copies.

Item 2: “Author, Author!” by Chicago Cultural Center pamphlet, 1988

Five copies.

Item 3: DC Friends of Third World Press presents “Words, Thoughts, and Moonlight” program, 1988

Item 4: City College of Chicago National Conference pamphlet, 1988

Item 5: Millikin University visit schedule, 1988

Item 6: Simpson College Poets and Writers Series pamphlet, 1988

Folder 25: Chicago Tribune Literary Awards poster, 1988

Folder 26: National Women’s Hall of Fame annual report and honors ceremony program, 1988

Includes newspaper clipping.

Folder 27: Essence Awards program and supplement, 1988

Two copies.

Folder 28: North Caroline State University University-Community Brotherhood Dinner program, 1988

Four programs and enclosures.

Box 392

Folder 1: “Developing The Content of Our Character” Annual Dr. Martin Luther King Memorial Forum by Alpha Phi Alpha at Northwestern University (Evanston, IL) program, 1989

Two copies.

Folder 2: Blacks in the Arts: Resources for Diversity University of Michigan program, 1989

Two copies.

Folder 3: Reading at State University of New York at Binghamton posters and flyer, 1989

Includes two posters and a newspaper clipping.

Folder 4: February 1989

Item 1: Virgie-Lu Children’s Center and Houston Preparatory School event flyer, 1989

Four copies.

Item 2: DePauw University Black History Month Convocation poster, 1989

Folder 5: Jackson State University Sixteenth Annual Communicative Festival of the Arts, 1989

Two copies.

Folder 6: March 1989

Item 1: Colorado State University Black Expressions Celebration for pamphlet and flyer, 1989

Item 2: Morton College Gwendolyn brooks event program, 1989

Item 3: Penn State poetry reading program, 1989

Four copies.

Folder 7: Purdue University Cultural Arts Series calendar, 1989

Folder 8: “Writers as Workers” Illinois Labor History Society project materials, 1989

Folder 9: April 1989

Item 1: Hammond Public Library presents an afternoon with Gwendolyn Brooks flyer, bookmarks, and newspaper clipping, 1989

Item 2: Friends of the Gary Public Library National Library Week Celebration program, 1989

Two copies.

Item 3: Gary Public library March/April calendar and business cards

Two copies of both.

Folder 10: Paderewski School poetry workshop, 1989

Includes note from Zitch, Beryl.

Folder 11: April-June 1989

Item 1: Woodson Foundation April event pamphlet, 1989

Item 2: Newark Public Library Lorraine Hansberry Lecture Series program, 1989

Item 3: Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago Dedication of the Centennial Fountain program, 1989

Four copies.

Folder 12: April 1989

Item 1: Messiah College Arts Forum poetry reading flyer, 1989

Item 2: Poetry Society of America Annual Awards programs, 1989

Three copies.

Folder 13: Poetry Society of America Annual Awards programs and logistics notes, 1989

Folder 14: May 1989

Item 1: Academy of American Poets Calendar, 1989

Item 2: Earlham College Convocations flyer, 1989

Folder 15: Friends of Literature Fifty-Eighth Annual Shakespeare Birthday Program materials, 1989

Folder 16: Friends of Literature Fifty-Eighth Annual Shakespeare Birthday Program invitation, 1989

Folder 17: Kennedy-King College Commencement programs, 1989

Three copies.

Folder 18: May 1989

Item 1: The Humanities Institute of Brooklyn College of The City University of New York African-American Poetic Genius flyer, 1989

Two copies.

Item 2: The Poetry Center of the 92^nd Street Y Fiftieth Anniversary Reading program, 1989

Folder 19: The Society of Midland Authors annual awards dinner materials, 1989

Folder 20: June 1989

Item 1: Gwendolyn Brooks Junior High School Promotion program, 1989

Item 2: Center For New Horizons Edison L. Hoard Early Childhood Learning Centers Gwendolyn Brooks birthday celebration program, 1989

Item 3: Morgan Park Academy Commencement program, 1989

Folder 21: Chicago Poetry Festival Poetry on the Pier materials, 1989

Three copies of program.

Folder 22: Edward Jenner Elementary School Commencement program, 1989

Folder 23: Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago Dedication of the Centennial Fountain programs, 1989

Three copies.

Folder 24: Wang International Festival of Authors information packet and calendar, 1989

Folder 25: September 1989

Item 1: Chicago Foundation for Women Gwendolyn Brooks event invitation, 1989

Item 2: Jane Addams' Hull-House Centennial program, 1989

Folder 26: National Council for Culture and Art Inc. IX Annual Monarch Awards  program, 1989

Folder 27: Rainbow Sound Women Read at Trinity College program, 1989

Folder 28: League of Black Women event materials, 1989

Folder 29: Hannah Kahn Poetry Foundation Gwendolyn Brooks event program, 1989

Two copies.

Box 393

Folder 1: Pen/Faulkner Award program, 1989

Folder 2: November 1989

Item 1: Glendale Community College Staff Development Gwendolyn Brooks event flyer, 1989

Item 2: California State Los Angeles Prisms pamphlet, 1989

Item 3: San Diego State University Living Writers Series poster and flyer, 1989

Folder 3: Morton College event program, 1989

Folder 4: Harlem School of the Arts Humanitarian Awards, 1990

Folder 5: February 1990, 1990

Item 1: Gospel Jubilee Extravaganza flyer and program, 1990

Item 2: University of Michigan Robert Hayden and Black American Poetry program, 1990

Item 3: Hartford College for Women African American Women Writers Conference pamphlet, 1990

Folder 6: March 1990

Item 1: Gwendolyn Brooks Visits Westinghouse program, 1990

Two copies.

Item 2: University of Kentucky Women Writers Conference, 1990

Folder 7: The Afro American Historical and Cultural Museum event programs, 1990

Seven copies.

Folder 8: The Academy of American Poets celebration of Sterling A. Brown materials, 1990

Folder 9: St. Ambrose University Commencement program, 1990

Folder 10: Trinity College Commencement programs, 1990

Three copies.

Folder 11: Illinois State Library materials, 1990

Folder 12: June 1990

Item 1: Gwendolyn Brooks Junior High School Promotion program, 1990

Item 2: Chicago Sixth Annual Printers Row Book Fair schedule, 1990

Item 3: Printers Row Book Fair Opening Night Celebration program, 1990

Folder 13: Dedication of the Illinois State Library materials, 1990

Folder 14: September 1990, 1990

Item 1: Chicago Foundation for Women Fifth Annual Meeting and Symposium program, 1990

Item 2: Gwendolyn Brooks Cultural Center 20th<span style="font-size: 10px;"> </span>Anniversary Celebration flyer, 1990

Folder 15: Friends of the San Francisco Public Library Literary events materials, 1990

Two copies of schedule and six copies of “Jane Addams.”

Folder 16: October 1990

Item 1: Friends of the Stockton Public Library event flyer, 1990

Item 2: Beyond Baroque Foundation pamphlet, 1990

Item 3: Chicago Public Library The Nation’s 125^th Birthday Bash in Chicago event program, 1990

Folder 17: The Modern Poetry Association and The Poetry Society of America Poetry Day program, 1990

Four copies.

Folder 18: The Modern Poetry Association and The Poetry Society of America Poetry Day program

Fifteen copies.

Folder 19: Kentucky Center for the Arts African American Jazz and Poetry Festival pamphlets, 1990

Folder 20: October 1990

Item 1: Gwendolyn Brooks at University of Maryland Eastern Shore programs, 1990

Eight copies.

Item 2: Gwendolyn Brooks event at Salisbury University, 1990

Two copies.

Item 3: University of Maryland Eastern Shore Gwendolyn Brooks selective bibliography, 1990

Folder 21: Gwendolyn Brooks Junior High School Gwendolyn Brooks Day flyer and folder, 1990

Folder 22: November 1990

Item 1: Eisenhower Junior High School event flyers, 1990

Item 2: Forum Assembly at Marriot Center schedule, 1990

Item 3: Literary Festival at the Lincolnwood Library program, 1990

Folder 23: January 1991

Item 1: Le Petite Theatre “Real Cool” Brunch with Gwendolyn Brooks invitation and program, 1991

Item 2: University of Iowa A Tribute to Martin Luthor King Jr. by Gwendolyn Brooks poster, 1991

Folder 24: February 1991

Item 1: Lewis University African American History Month Convocation program and leaflets, 1991

Item 2: Hannah G. Solomon Elementary School Black History Month program, 1991

Item 3: Gwendolyn Brooks at Clemson University program, 1991

Folder 25: February 1991

Item 1: University of Wisconsin-Parkside workshop and poetry reading flyer, 1991

Includes newspaper clipping.

Item 2: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boys and Girls Clubs of Chicago King Legacy Awards program, 1991

Folder 26: Vincennes University poetry reading program and poster, 1991

Folder 27: “Heroism in Black Poetry” flyers, 1991

Ten copies.

Folder 28: Gwendolyn Brooks Women’s History Month event flyer, 1991

Folder 29: 17th Annual American Library Association Conference program, 1991

Includes notes enclosures by Gwendolyn Brooks.

Folder 30: Rockford College Uncommon Lives program, 1991

Five copies.

Folder 31: University of Kansas poetry reading materials, 1991

Folder 32: “We Real Cool” read at Emerson College, 1991

Eight copies.

Folder 33: April 1991

Item 1: The North Shore Writing Consortium Annual Conference on Writing Centers information packet, 1991

Item 2: Poetry Society of America Constitution, 1991

Box 394

Folder 1: George Armstrong Authors’ Workshop compilation of student poetry, 1991

Folder 2: May 1991

Item 1: Triton College Salute to Lifelong Learning and Creativity programs, 1991

Item 2: Correspondence, Lynn Dowdell (District Librarian) to junior high school community, 1991

Folder 3: Chicago State University Commencement program, 1991

Folder 4: Bowen High School event program, 1991

Two copies.

Folder 5: Esmond Elementary School event program, 1991

34 copies.

Folder 6: Wesleyan University Commencement materials, 1991

Includes two copies of program and photos of Gwendolyn Brooks.

Folder 7: Gwendolyn Brooks Junior High School Promotion program, 1991

Folder 8: “Vantile Whitfield’s Among All This You Stand Like A Fine Brownstone” ETA creative Arts Foundation programs, 1991

Includes Donaldson, Jeff program enclosure, invitation, and comment cards.

Folder 9: Chicago Historical Society “I Dream A World” exhibit promotional materials, 1991

Includes photo of Gwendolyn Brooks.

Folder 10: ETA Creative Arts Foundation Inc. “Celebrating the Divas of the 20^th Century” gala promotional materials, 1991

Includes newspaper.

Folder 11: The Pulitzer Prizes 75^th Anniversary Celebration programs, 1991

Two copies.

Folder 12: Dia Center for the Arts (New York City) event pamphlet, 1991

Four copies.

Folder 13: Eclectic Literary Forum (ELF) event programs and publication, 1991

Folder 14: Lowell Lectures at Boston College fall humanities series schedule, 1991

Folder 15: Ninth Illinois Heritage Conference at Harold Washington Library Center materials, 1991

Folder 16: Chicago State University First Annual Conference on Black Literature, Creative Writing, Criticism and Publishing “Black Literature and Knowledge; Developing a Liberating Worldview” pamphlets, 1991

Folder 17: Chicago State University First Annual Conference on Black Literature, Creative Writing, Criticism and Publishing “Black Literary Arts, Culture and Criticism: Imitation or Innovation?” leaflet, 1991

Folder 18: November 1991

Item 1: Rockford College Jane Addams Medal materials, 1991

Includes student poetry.

Item 2: Riverside-Brookfield High School event program, 1991

Two copies.

Item 3: TA-SETI Black Awareness Conference program, 1991

Box 395

Folder 1: December 1991

Item 1: “Children Coming Home” order form, 1991

Four copies.

Item 2: Third World Press programs for book signings, 1991

Folder 2: December 1991

Item 1: Pre-Kwanzaa Festival newspaper clipping, 1991

Item 2: Before Columbus Foundation American Book Awards program, 1991

Folder 3: January 1992

Item 1: Roosevelt University Convocation program, 1992

Four copies.

Item 2: Chicago State University 125^th Anniversary Kickoff program, 1992

Folder 4: January-February 1992

Item 1: Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis First Flight… Then Fiddle Gwendolyn Brooks event flyer, 1992

Item 2: Fredonia State event flyer, 1992

Item 3: TA-SETI African History Month program, 1992

Folder 5: February 1992

Item 1: Mount Zion Harold Bell Scholarship Committee Scholarship Luncheon program, 1992

Two copies.

Item 2: Haki Madhubuti’s 50^th Birthday Celebration programs and flyer, 1992

Folder 6: Valencia Community College Evening of Literature pamphlet, 1992

Folder 7: Seminole Community College “Finding Beauty In The Whirlwind” promotional materials, 1992

Folder 8: March 1992

Item 1: Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis “An Evening with Gwendolyn Brooks” program, 1992

Item 2: Lockport Township High School “Evening Impressions” program, 1992

Item 3: Central Arkansas Library System “I Dream a World” flyer, 1992

Folder 9: March-April 1992

Item 1: Paterson Museum (Paterson, NJ) 200^th Anniversary Celebration flyers and pamphlet, 1992

Item 2: Literary Volunteers of New York City program, 1992

Folder 10: University of the South (Sewanee, TN) Aiken Taylor Award for Modern American Poetry promotional materials, 1992

Includes 17 programs, flyer, and campus week newsletter.

Folder 11: Union University event programs, 1992

Six copies.

Folder 12: April 1992

Item 1: Paterson Museum “The Poem and The City” poetry reading flyers, 1992

Two copies.

Item 2: New Jersey Poetry Calendar, 1992

Folder 13: Seminole Community College “Chronicle” A Compilation of Award Winning Poetry”, 1992

Eight copies.

Folder 14: YWCA Women of Distinction Recognition Luncheon program, 1992

Three copies of programs. Enclosures include programs for visit to Anna W. Bontemps Elementary School and Centers for new Horizons Edison L. Hoard Early Childhood Learning Center Gwendolyn Brooks Birthday Celebration programs.

Folder 15: Des Moines National Poetry Festival promotional materials, 1992

Folder 16: Northern Illinois University Commencement program, 1992

Folder 17: Literary Volunteers of New York City program, 1992

Three copies.

Folder 18: American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters Ceremonial program, 1992

Folder 19: Seminole Community College (Sanford, FL) “Revelry” program, 1992

Two copies.

Folder 20: Centers for new Horizons Edison L. Hoard Early Childhood Learning Center Gwendolyn Brooks Birthday Celebration programs, 1992

12 copies.

Folder 21: June 1992

Item 1: Writers on Writing at Barnard College flyer, 1992

Folder 2: Edward Jenner Elementary School Commencement program, 1992

Folder 22: June-September 1992

Item 1: The Cliff Dwellers poetry reading with Gwendolyn Brooks and James Ballowe flyer and dinner menu, 1992

Item 2: 25th Birthday Celebration Picasso Sculpture program, 1992

Item 3: Roosevelt University Poetry Reading to Help the Homeless, 1992

Box 396

Folder 1: October 1992

Item 1: Ball State University event materials, 1992

Includes flyer, newspaper clipping, and thank you note.

Item 2: Chicago State University Conference on the Black Literary Arts pamphlet, 1992

Two copies.

Item 3: Chicago State University 75^th Birthday Celebration for Gwendolyn Brooks program, 1992

Four copies.

Folder 2: Barat College Rose Philippine Duchesne Society Recognition Dinner program and invitation, 1992

Folder 3: James McCosh Elementary School Tribute to Gwendolyn Brooks program, 1992

Four copies.

Folder 4: 1992

Item 1: District 130 Fast Facts (Blue Island, IL), 1992

Item 2: Stephen Caldwell Wright Acceptance Tribute programs, 1992

Two copies, one signed by Wright, Stephen Caldwell.

Item 3: Kennedy-King College Muntu Dance Theatre “Rituals” program and feedback sheets, Teachers & Writers Collaborative presents The Gwendolyn Brooks Award for Poetry Winners, 1992

Folder 5: January-February 1993

Item 1: Illinois Secretary of State Black History Month “Celebrating Everyday Heroes” pamphlet, 1993

Item 2: A Celebration of Audre Lorde at Du Sable Museum (Chicago) flyer, 1993

Item 3: Percy Julian High School Gwendolyn Brooks event, 1993

Item 4: 92nd Street Y Tribute to Audre Lorde program, 1993

Folder 6: University of Virginia “The Origin and Significance of Black History Month” poster, 1993

Folder 7: Annual Southern Wisconsin Educational In-service Organization Conference pamphlet, 1993

Folder 8: YWCA XIII Annual Leader Luncheon program, 1993

Folder 9: Hendrix-Murphy Foundation Programs poster, 1993

Folder 10: Freedom Black History program and newsletter from Malcolm X College and Cook County Department of Corrections, 1993

Folder 11: March 1993

Item 1: S. A. Yoder Lecture Series programs, 1993

Three copies.

Item 2: Edward K. Dule Ellington School Gwendolyn Brooks Day flyer, 1993

Folder 12: College of St. Francis (Joliet, IL) Second Annual Undergraduate Conference on English Language and Literature programs, 1993

Two copies.

Folder 13: March-April 1993

Item 1: Illinois College Gwendolyn Brooks Poetry Recital program, 1993

Item 2: Fort Worth visit materials, 1993

Includes flyer for visit to Texas Wesleyan University and newspaper clipping.

Folder 14: Texas Wesleyan University event programs, 1993

Thirteen copies.

Folder 15: April 1993

Item 1: “Poems for Gwendolyn Brooks from East Handley Elementary School” (Fort Worth, TX)

Item 2: Phillips Exeter Academy (Exeter, NH) event posters, 1993

Two copies.

Folder 16: April-May 1993

Item 1: The College at Lincoln Center “Poets Out Loud” pamphlet, 1993

Item 2: National Cathedral School Writers’ Day Program schedule, 1993

Item 3: Kennedy-King College Anniversary Alumni/Scholarship Banquet program and invitations, 1993

Item 4: Culture in Action Full Circle poster, 1993

Folder 17: May 1993

Item 1: Kennedy-King College Anniversary Alumni/Scholarship Banquet program, 1993

Item 2: Symphony Space presents “Selected Shorts” program, 1993

Folder 18: Carthage and University of Wisconsin Parkside English Festival poster, 1993

Includes newspaper clipping.

Folder 19: University of Wisconsin Parkside Commencement programs, 1993

Two copies.

Folder 20: West Middle School “A Morning with Gwendolyn Brooks” programs, 1993

Four copies.

Folder 21: Chicago State University Dedication of the Gwendolyn Brooks Center program, 1993

Three copies.

Folder 22: Full Circle invitations, 1993

Folder 23: New School for Social Research Commencement programs, 1993

Two copies.

Folder 24: Gwendolyn Brooks Junior High School Promotion programs, 1993

Five copies.

Folder 25: Carleton College Commencement materials, 1993

Includes script, program, and viewbook.

Folder 26: The Marcy-Newberry Association Fifth Annual June Gala “The Original West Side Story” invitation, 1993

Folder 27: The Marcy-Newberry Association Fifth Annual June Gala “The Original West Side Story” programs, 1993

Two copies.

Box 397

Folder 1: Los Angeles Festival promotional materials, 1993

Folder 2: Champaign Public Library event programs

Two copies.

Folder 3: September 1993

Item 1: Hope College “The Occasional Paper” issue, 1993

Item 2: Champaign Public Library “Writers Live at the Library” promotional materials, 1993

Folder 4: Robert Morris College Commencement programs, 1993

Two copies.

Folder 5: The University of Michigan-Dearborn Inauguration of the Chancellor programs

Two copies.

Folder 6: Hope College Critical Issues Symposium program, 1993

Folder 7: State Community College (St. Louis, MO) “Break Word With The World III” booklet, 1993

Folder 8: KUUMBA Theatre 25th Anniversary Awards Program, 1993

Folder 9: Chicago State University’s Third Annual Black Writers’ Conference “The Black Writer: Culture, Commitment, and Community” programs, 1993

Five copies.

Folder 10: Chicago State University’s Third Annual Black Writers’ Conference “The Black Writer: Culture, Commitment, and Community” flyers, 1993

Folder 11: Chicago State University’s Third Annual Black Writers’ Conference “The Black Writer: Culture, Commitment, and Community” programs, 1993

21 copies.

Folder 12: Doane College Lucille Cobb Memorial Lecture promotional materials, 1993

Folder 13: Poetry Society of America “Festival of the Living World” flyer, 1993

Folder 14: Lake Michigan College event pamphlets, 1993

16 copies.

Folder 15: January 1994

Item 1: The College of Wooster Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration “An Unfinished Agenda” programs

Four copies.

Item 2: The College of Wooster Black Studies Seminar flyer, 1994

Item 3: 1994 William McKinley Visiting Scholar pamphlet, 1994

Item 4: University at Albany Sesquicentennial Distinguished Lecture and Opening Convocation program, 1994

Folder 16: Alma College Heritage Center for the Performing Arts visit promotional materials, 1994

Folder 17: February 1994

Item 1: McCutcheon High School “Beyond the Pages” program, 1994

Item 2: 1994 William McKinley Visiting Scholar pamphlet, 1994

Two copies.

Folder 18: February-March 1994

Item 1: Hendrix College (Conway, AR) Hendrix-Murphy Foundation Programs in Literature and Language schedule, 1994

Item 2: The Black Heritage Reference Center (Corona, NY) pamphlet, 1994

Folder 19: Plymouth United Church of Christ Elizabeth and Emory Hood Scholarship & Lecture Committee event booklet, 1994

Two copies.

Folder 20: March-April 1994

Item 1: Plymouth United Church of Christ event program, 1994

Item 2: Purdue University Fall Cultural Arts Series, 1994

Item 3: Birmingham-Southern College Writing Today fourteenth writers’ conference program, 1994

Folder 21: National Endowment for the Humanities “Gwendolyn Brooks Black, Poet, Woman: American” program and booklet, 1994

Folder 22: April 1994

Item 1: Moberly Area Community College “Jack Conroy: From Reader to Worker to Writer” program, 1994

Two copies.

Item 2: Governors State University Literary Chicago workshop pamphlet, 1994

Two copies.

Folder 23: Wittenberg Guild Wittenberg Series event program, 1994

Box 398

Folder 1: National Endowment of the Humanities Jefferson Lecture materials, 1994

Includes four copies of bibliography, newspaper clipping, two copies of program, and publication.

Folder 2: May 1994

Item 1: National Endowment for the Humanities and Chicago State University Jefferson Lecture “Family Pictures” invitation, 1994

Two copies.

Item 2: Saint Mary’s College Commencement program, 1994

Folder 3: Chicago Public Library Gwendolyn Brooks Sculpture Unveiling Ceremony invitation and programs, 1994

Four copies of programs.

Folder 4: Center for New Horizons Program, 1994

Folder 5: DePaul University Commencement material, 1994

Includes program, schedule, and list of honorary degree recipients.

Folder 6: Walt Whitman Cultural Arts Center event promotional materials, 1994

Includes programs and flyers.

Folder 7: James Madison University “Furious Flower: A Revolution in African American Poetry” promotional materials, 1994

Folder 8: SOS Children’s Village Illinois Dedication Ceremony materials, 1994

Includes separation sheet for letters from school children, moved to oversized.

Folder 9: Chicago State University Fourth Annual Conference on Black Literary Arts “The Influence of Africa on Black Literature and Culture of the Diaspora” programs, 1994

Two copies.

Folder 10: November 1994

Item 1: Danville Junior College visit flyer, 1994

Item 2: Chicago Public Library The Poets Room Dedication materials, 1994

Includes invitation, program, and newspaper clipping.

Folder 11: National Book Awards promotional materials, 1994

Includes a flyer and two copies of programs.

Folder 12: January 1995

Item 1: Biography update for Gwendolyn Brooks, 1995

Item 2: Chicago Sinfonietta program and ticket, 1995

Folder 13: Chicago State University Commencement program, 1995

Includes name place card for Gwendolyn Brooks.

Folder 14: February 1995

Item 1: Saint James Episcopal Cathedral “Creative Arts” The Lives and Works of Legendary Pioneers” program, 1995

Item 2: The African American Diversity Network of Steelcase event programs

Three programs.

Folder 15: February 1995

Item 1: Samford Speaker Series “The Significance and Meaning of Poetry” pamphlet, 1995

Two copies.

Item 2: Harvard Black Men’s Forum “Phenomenal Woman” programs, 1994

Three copies.

Folder 16: February 1995

Item 1: Friends of the Minneapolis Public Library promotional materials, 1995

Item 2: “At the Loft” publication (Minneapolis, MN), 1995

Folder 17: February-March 1995

Item 1: Roosevelt University event leaflet, 1995

Item 2: The Etheridge Knight Festival of the Arts materials, 1995

Includes program, flyers, correspondence.

Folder 18: The Etheridge Knight Festival of the Arts materials, 1995

Includes programs, flyers, and poems.

Folder 19: April 1995

Item 1: Manhattan Theatre Club Writers in Performance pamphlet, 1995

Item 2: Eureka College Arts and Lecture Series event program, 1995

Item 3: The Etheridge Knight Festival of the Arts “Black Poets Should Live…” program, 1995

Folder 20: The Guild Complex “Muse, Music & Moves” programs, 1995

Three copies.

Folder 21: May 1995

Item 1: Joliet Junior College Commencement program, 1995

Item 2: American Book Award materials, 1995

Folder 22: Bradley University Convocation programs, 1995

Three copies.

Folder 23: North Central College Honors Convocation materials, 1995

Box 399

Folder 1: Chicago Historical Society “Making History Awards” program, 1995

Folder 2: The Learning Corporation Art Institute “A Multi-Cultural Celebration of Literary” programs, 1995

Folder 3: YWCA Leader Luncheon program, 1995

Folder 4: Peoples Church of Chicago event materials, 1995

Includes flyers and programs.

Folder 5: Moorhead State University “Celebrate with Gwendolyn Brooks” event programs and leaflet, 1995

Includes six copies of program and program draft.

Folder 6: “Eyes: A New Musical” program and newspaper clippings, 1995

Not related to Gwendolyn Brooks.

Folder 7: October 1995

Item 1: Fourth Presbyterian Church program, 1995

Item 2: Emporia State University event flyer, 1994

Item 3: John Brown University and Sager Creek Arts Center event program, 1995

Three copies.

Folder 8: Chicago State University’s Fifth Annual Black Writers’ Conference “Living by the Word” promotional materials, 1995

Folder 9: Gwendolyn Brooks Elementary School Dedication Ceremony programs, 1995

22 copies.

Folder 10: November 1995

Item 1: Beloit College Great Lecture Series leaflet, 1995

Item 2: “The Black Family Holiday Expo” flyer, 1995

Item 3: Word Songs presents “The HomeComing: An Evening With Gwendolyn Brooks” program, 1995

Folder 11: December 1995

Item 1: Rising Star invitation, 1995

Item 2: 1995 National Medal of Arts Recipient flyer, 1995

Folder 12: American Book Awards Program, 1995

Folder 13: Chicago State University Commencement materials, 1996

Includes program, name place card, and script.

Folder 14: February 1996

Item 1: Governors State University February Calendar of Events, 1996

Item 2: Cambridge Public Library flyers and pamphlet, 1996

Two copies.

Folder 15: University of Notre Dame 29^th Annual Sophomore Literary Festival programs, 1996

Includes list of poems for Gwendolyn Brooks to select and separation sheet for poster to oversized box 155.

Folder 16: National Portrait Gallery and Smithsonian Black History Month Committee “Cultures in Motion” program, 1996

Five copies.

Folder 17: Elgin High School “A Bouquet of Flowers” poetry collection, 1996

Folder 18: February 1996

Item 1: Eisenhower Junior High School program, 1996

Item 2: Southern Arkansas University “Brooks on Brooks” event program, 1996

Three copies.

Folder 19: Chicago State University “A Private Evening with Gwendolyn Brooks” promotional materials, 1996

Includes invitation, seven copies of programs, an Etheridge Knight Festival of the Arts program.

Folder 20: April 1996

Item 1: Chicago State University “My Soul Is A Witness” program, 1996

Item 2: Chicago Park District “Sacred Memories” exhibit flyer, 1996

Item 3: The Caxton Club event pamphlet, 1996

Item 4: Fortnightly of Chicago event dinner menu, 1996

Folder 21: April 1996

Item 1: Cook County Sheriff’s Senior Medal of Honor Award Ceremony programs, 1996

Two copies.

Item 2: State of Kansas Certificate of Recognition for Gwendolyn Brooks, 1996

Folder 22: Topeka Public Schools honoring Gwendolyn Brooks, 1996

Folder 23: May 1996

Item 1: Gwendolyn Brooks Park Dedication materials, 1996

Includes photo and twelve copies of programs.

Item 2: Kaw Valley Girl Scout Council Women of Distinction materials, 1996

Includes flyers.

Item 3: Gwendolyn Brooks Day Proclamation in Topeka, Kansas, 1996

Box 400

Folder 1: May 1996

Item 1: English Department poetry reading program, 1996

Item 2: Chicago Urban League “A Positive Self Image Workshop with Ms. Gwendolyn Brooks” flyer, 1996

Item 3: The College of Wooster Commencement program, 1996

Item 4: The University of Toledo Seventh Annual Richard M. Summers Memorial Lecture program, 1996

Folder 2: Rockhurst College & Research College of Nursing Commencement program, 1996

Folder 3: College of Notre Dame of Maryland Centennial Commencement program, 1996

Folder 4: Chicago State University Commencement program, 1996

Folder 5: June-September 1996

Item 1: Barnes & Noble Events newsletter, 1996

Item 2: Dedication of Jane Addams Memorial Park program, 1996

Item 3: Chicago State University The Gwendolyn Brooks Center Literary Awards flyer, 1996

Item 4: Alma College Opening Convocation program, 1996

Item 5: The Geraldine R. Dodge Poetry Festival flyer, 1996

Item 6: Illinois Authors Book Fair poster, 1996

Item 7: Illinois Authors Book Fair newsletter, 1996

Item 8: Chicago State University George Kent Award to Eleanor Traylor notes, 1996

Folder 6: Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum Sor Juana Festival promotional materials, 1996

Folder 7: October 1996

Item 1: John Brown University visit materials, 1996

Includes pamphlet, flyer, and magazine clipping.

Item 2: Illinois Authors Book Fair pamphlets, 1996

Three copies.

Folder 8: October 1996

Item 1: Lawrence High School Library event flyers, 1996

Two copies.

Item 2: Barnes & Noble event flyers, 1996

Two copies.

Folder 9: Chicago State University’s Sixth Annual Black Writers’ Conference “Black Aesthetic and Black Nationalism” promotional materials, 1996

Six copies.

Folder 10: The Immaculate Conception Parish program, 1996

Folder 11: October 1996, 1996

Item 1: Lincoln University Gwendolyn Brooks book signing, 1996

Item 2: Lincoln University “Words and Worlds of Langston Hughes” promotional materials, 1996

Includes three programs and two copies of Langston Hughes Bibliography.

Folder 12: 1996

Item 1: St. John de la Salle Catholic School Commencement program, 1996

Item 2: Emory Creative Writing Program Reading Series Spring pamphlet, 1996

Four copies.

Item 3: Emory 1996 Summer Writers’ Institute & Festival pamphlet, 1996

Three copies.

Folder 13: Chicago State University Commencement materials, 1997

Includes three copies of commencement programs, script of ceremony, and business card.

Folder 14: Howard University event programs, 1997

Folder 15: February-March 1997

Item 1: Chicago State University Gwendolyn Brooks Center Intellectual Series event schedule, 1997

Item 2: Auraria Campus event bookmarks, 1997

Five copies.

Folder 16: March-April 1997

Item 1: Wayne County Community College District honors Broadside press pamphlet, 1997

Includes four copies and a photocopy.

Item 2: Folger Shakespeare Library Folger Poetry Series pamphlet, 1997

Folder 17: Folger Shakespeare Library Folger Poetry Series “A Street in Bronzeville” pamphlet, 1997

Two copies.

Folder 18: Lannan Foundation Readings & Conversation series promotional materials, 1997

Includes University of Illinois at Springfield event program and newspaper clipping.

Folder 19: Museum of Contemporary Art (San Diego, CA) “Artists on the Cutting Edge V: Cross Fertilizations” pamphlets, 1997

Three copies.

Folder 20: April 1996

Item 1: The Poetry Center & American Poetry Archives at San Francisco State University Spring calendar, 1997

Item 2: Library of Congress “Poetry’s ‘Catbird Seat; at 60” program, 1997

Box 401

Folder 1: May 1997

Item 1: Smith College Commencement program, 1997

Item 2: American Academy of Arts and Letters Ceremonial program, 1997

Folder 2: Chicago’s 13th Annual Printers Row Book Fair pamphlet, 1997

Folder 3: June 1997

Item 1: Gwendolyn Brooks Junior High School Promotion program, 1997

Item 2: Rezin Orr Community Academy High School Graduation program, 1997

Item 3: Edward Jenner Academy of the Arts Graduation program and invitation, 1997

Folder 4: City of Chicago “Eighty Gifts: A Celebration of the 8^0th Birthday of Gwendolyn Brooks” promotional materials, 1997

Includes biography of presenters, two copies of poetry programs, and 32 copies of event programs.

Folder 5: September 1997

Item 1: Third World Press Gala Celebration ticket, 1997

Item 2: Chicago State University Gwendolyn Brooks Center Literary Awards flyer, 1997

Item 3: Western Illinois University Gwendolyn Brooks Cultural Center event program, 1997

Three copies.

Folder 6: Glenview Public Library visit materials, 1997

Includes flyers and newspaper copies, and four copies of Chicago State University’s 7^th Annual Black Writers Conference “Poetry and Fiction: Engaging the Possible” bookmarks.

Folder 7: Wayne State University Darius G. Jackson Memorial Seminar and Award for Women in Administration and Management materials, 1997

Folder 8: October 1997

Item 1: Chicago State University’s 7^th Annual Black Writers Conference “Poetry and Fiction: Engaging the Possible” schedule and programs, 1997

Five copies of programs.

Item 2: The Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation “How is the Truth to-be Said?” event pamphlet, 1997

Folder 9: October 1997

Item 1: Hillary Rodham Clinton Women’s Park of Chicago Groundbreaking program, 1997

Item 2: Chicago Public Library “The Chicago Renaissance, 1932-1950: A Flowering of Afro-American Culture” flyers, 1997

Item 3: “A Morning with Gwendolyn Brooks at Chicago State University” flyer, 1997

Folder 10: Seminole Community College Dr. Stephen Caldwell Wright Poetry Awards “Chronicle” programs, 1997

Includes two copies of programs and a Crown Plaza notepad.

Folder 11: February-March 1998

Item 1: Dillard University “An Evening of Poetry and Music with Gwendolyn Brooks and Amiri Baraka” program, 1998

Item 2: Wingate University “An Evening of Poetry with Gwendolyn Brooks” program, 1998

Item 3: SUNY Cortland Women’s History Month event flyer, 1998

Item 4: State University of New York College at Cortland, 1998

Folder 12: March-June 1998

Item 1: Terra Museum of American Art “Truth Be Told” materials, 1998

Item 2: Gwendolyn Brooks Junior High School Promotion program

Item 3: Edward Jenner Academy of the Arts Graduation program, 1998

Folder 13: April 1998

Includes materials for events at Cleveland Public Library, Chicago State University, and Seminole Community College.

Folder 14: April 1998

Item 1: Poetry Society of America “Tribute to Poetry: 85^th Anniversary Celebration” flyer, 1998

Item 2: I&M Canal 150^th Birthday Celebration invitation, 1998

Item 3: ETA Creative Arts Foundation “Avery Brooks In Paul Robeson” invitation, 1998

Folder 15: April 1998

Item 1: Illinois College Martin & Gertrude Hahn Lecture in Comparative Literature event program, 1998

13 copies.

Item 2: 29th Annual Illinois Poet Laureate Awards announcement flyer, 1998

Two copies.

Folder 16: April-May 1998

Item 1: National Poetry Foundation John Tagliabue order form, 1998

Item 2: Chicago Public Library 1932-1950: A Flowering of Afro-American Culture” program, 1998

Folder 17: University of Wisconsin Madison Hilldale Lectures, 1998

Folder 18: University of Missouri-Columbia “A Celebration of Black Poetry” materials, 1998

Includes George Washington Carver Primary School program and correspondence from Warr, Michael (Guild Complex, Chicago).

Folder 19: Chicago State University Eighth Annual Gwendolyn Brooks Writers’ Conference on Black Literature and Creative Writing materials, 1998

Box 402

Folder 1: January-March 1999

Item 1: South Shore Cultural Center “I’ll Make Me A World… A Century of African-American Arts, Artists & Communities pamphlet, 1999

Item 2: Illinois Wesleyan University Poster, 1999

Removed to oversized box 155.

Item 3: National First Ladies’ Library “First Ladies Salute First Women” event invitation, 1999

Folder 2: National First Ladies’ Library “First Ladies Salute First Women” event materials, 1999

Folder 3: April 1999

Item 1: McLennan Community Collee and Baylor University event flyers, 1999

Three copies.

Item 2: “A Century of Hope: The Juvenile Court of Cook County at 100” program, 1999

Folder 4: April 1999

Item 1: Funeral programs for Hamutioni Pianky Kumunyaka “Kumi” Richardson, 1999

Four copies.

Item 2: Gwendolyn Brooks Center 2^nd Annual Spring Poetry Slam program, 1999

Folder 5: April 1999-June 2000

Item 1: 31st Annual Illinois Poet Laureate Awards announcement flyer, 2000

Item 2: Annual Dinner of the Friends of the Library of Chicago State university, 1999

Item 3: Manchester College event flyer, undated

Folder 6: June-September 1999

Item 1: Edward Jenner Academy of the Arts Graduation program, 1999

Item 2: Northwestern University Robert R. McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science Convocation ticket, 1999

Item 3: TransAfrica Forum 22nd Annual Awards Dinner program, 1999

Item 4: “Gwendolyn Brooks; World Reunion Author", 1999

Removed to oversized box 155.

Folder 7: Chicago State University Inauguration Ceremony of Dr. Elnora D. Daniel program, 1999

Folder 8: October 1999

Item 1: New York University “Slave Routes: The Long Memory” materials, 1999

Item 2: Robert Morris College Fall Commencement Associate Degree Ceremony program, 1999

Folder 9: Chicago State University 9th Annual Gwendolyn Brooks Writers’ Conference on Black Literature and Creative Writing “Black Writers Approaching the Millennium” programs, 1999

Five copies.

Folder 10: October-November 1999

Item 1: University Press of Virginia event flyer, 1999

Item 2: Chicago State University “Cover Me in Poetry” program, 1999

Folder 11: November 1999

Item 1: “Power Lines: Guild Complex 10^th Anniversary Benefit” promotional materials, 1999

Item 2: Cottage Grove Middle School Family Reading Night flyer, 1999

Folder 12: December 1999-1999

Item 1: Third World Press Fall pamphlet, 1999

Item 2: City of Chicago International Millennium Celebration program, 1999

Folder 13: January 2000

Item 1: Northwestern University Martin Luthor King, Jr. Day program, 2000

Item 2: The Latin School of Chicago event programs, 2000

Folder 14: Northwestern University “Cross Currents” publication, 2000

Folder 15: February 2000

Item 1: Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne event pamphlet, 2000

Item 2: Amtrak event at Chicago Union Station materials, 2000

Item 3: Illinois Office of the Governor African-American History Month “Salute To Illinois African-American History Makers” flyer, 2000

Includes copy of “Lift Every Voice and Sing.”

Folder 16: Borders’ News & Events February newsletter, 2000

Folder 17: March 2000

Item 1: University of Illinois at Chicago Visiting Artists Series of the African-American Cultural Center flyer, 2000

Item 2: Kean University Contemporary Writers Series flyer, 2000

Item 3: Drum and Spear event flyers, 2000

Two copies.

Folder 18: March 2000

Item 1: Lenoir Community College event program and schedule, 2000

Item 2: The Art Institute of Chicago “Art and Stories” syllabus, 2000

Folder 19: April 2000

Item 1: North Park University “Sounds of the Century” program, 2000

Item 2: Kennedy-King College Chocolate Chips Theatre presents “Words of Wonder” program, 2000

Folder 20: St. Louis Public Library Signature Series pamphlets, 2000

Three copies.

Folder 21: May 2000

Item 1: Academy of American Poets award information, 2000

Item 2: Chicago Academy for the Arts Commencement program, 2000

Item 3: 18th Annual International Conference of the Duke Ellington Study Group program, 2000

Folder 22: Academy of American Poets award information, 2000

Folder 23: Gwendolyn Brooks Junior High School Promotion programs, 2000

Two copies.

Folder 24: June 2000

Item 1: Betty Shabazz Wholistic Retreat Center at Kings Lodge Black Writers’ Retreat, 2000

Nine copies.

Item 2: North Austin Branch Library event program, 2000

Folder 25: Public Policy Institute What I have Learned promotional materials, 2000

Includes three copies of programs and flyer.

Folder 26: The Geraldine R. Dodge Poetry Festival information packet, 2000

Folder 27: Berkshire School (Sheffield, MA) event programs, 2000

Four programs.

Folder 28: October-November 2000

Item 1: Eugene B. Redmond Writers Club workshop schedule, 2000

Item 2: List of events, 2000

Folder 29: 10th Annual Gwendolyn Brooks Writers’ Conference on Black Literature and Creative Writing “Reading for the Millennium: Black Writers’ Approaches to the Diaspora” programs, 2000

Box 403

Folder 1: February of Unknown Year

Item 1: Gwendolyn Brooks Center Black History month event schedule, undated

Four copies.

Item 2: Florida Community College at Jacksonville event poster, undated

Item 3: Black History Month event hosted by English Department held in the Triangle theater flyer, undated

Four copies.

Folder 2: February of Unknown Year

Item 1: Lindenwood College poetry reading event flyer, undated

Item 2: Lake City Community College event program, undated

Item 3: Franklin and Marshall College event poster, undated

Item 4: Chicago State University Gwendolyn Brooks Center Intellectual Spring Festival calendar, undated

Item 5: Tulsa City-Council Library System and Rudisill North Regional Library flyer, undated

Folder 3: March-April of Unknown Year

Item 1: Lisle Library Writers Live at the Library bookmark, undated

Item 2: Bluffton College event leaflets, undated

Item 3: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill event poster, undated

Item 4: University of St. Thomas event flyers, undated

Folder 4: April of Unknown Year

Item 1: Hammond Public Library press release, undated

Item 2: The Studio Museum “Vital Expressions in American Art” schedule, undated

Item 3: Texas Wesleyan University event flyer, undated

Folder 5: April of Unknown Year

Item 1: Lincoln University Fine Arts Festival program, undated

Item 2: Manchester College event flyer, undated

Folder 6: April of Unknown Year

Item 1: University of Wisconsin-La Crosse? Event flyer, undated

Item 2: Wayne State University “Dialogues on the Art of Poetry” pamphlet, undated

Item 3: Austin Community College event flyer copy, undated

Folder 7: May of Unknown Year

Item 1: Northeastern Illinois State College Convocation invitation, undated

Two copies.

Item 2: Guild Hall (East Hampton, NY) event leaflet, undated

Folder 8: May of Unknown Year

Item 1: Austin Peay State University flyer and poster, undated

Flyer has been removed to oversized.

Item 2: The Poetry Center at The Museum of Contemporary Art Gwendolyn Brooks and Etheridge Knight event poster, undated

Folder 9: June of Unknown Year

Item 1: Third World Press and African American Book Center event, undated

Item 2: Friendship Village Senior Artists Series pamphlet, undated

Three copies.

Folder 10: July-August of Unknown Year, undated

Includes Anchor Arts Organization event flyers.

Folder 11: August-September of Unknown Year

Item 1: Andre De Shields Midnight flyer, undated

Item 2: Los Angeles Festival event materials, undated

Item 3: Colloquy and The Paul Robeson Cultural Center event, undated

Item 4: Fourth Presbyterian Church 12^th Annual Festival of the Arts pamphlet, undated

Folder 12: Event badge and pin, undated

Folder 13: October of Unknown Year

Item 1: Rutgers University-Camden event flyer, undated

Two copies.

Item 2: Los Angeles City College event flyer, undated

Item 3: Beyond Baroque event leaflets, undated

Four copies.

Folder 14: October of Unknown Year

Item 1: Stephens College event leaflet, undated

Item 2: California State University, Northridge event flyer, undated

Folder 15: November of Unknown Year

Item 1: Department of English event flyer, undated

Item 2: Adams State College event flyer, undated

Folder 16: December of Unknown Year

Item 1: Seward County Community College event materials

Item 2: Clark University event pamphlet, undated

Seven copies.

Folder 17: Undated materials

Item 1: International Black Writers’ Conference membership card, undated

Item 2: Illinois Center for Rehabilitation and Education event program, undated

Item 3: Gwendolyn Brooks biography and poems flyer for The Contemporary Forum, undated

Item 4: Gwendolyn Brooks biography and poems flyer, undated

Item 5: Third World Press Classic Black Literature from Gwendolyn Brooks pamphlet, undated

Item 6: Chicago Public Library selected biography pamphlet, undated

Item 7: “State Street", undated

Folder 18: Gwendolyn Brooks promotional materials, undated

Folder 19: Undated materials

Item 1: Centers for New Horizons Edison L. Hoard Early Childhood Learning Center Gwendolyn Brooks celebration program, undated

Item 2: Kuumba Professional Theatre Co. Tribute to Gwendolyn Brooks program, undated

Folder 20: Gwendolyn Brooks biography pamphlet, undated

Three copies.

Folder 21: “Words speak listen” Illinois Arts Alliance pamphlet, undated

Folder 22: Chicago Public Library Gwendolyn Brooks selected bibliography pamphlet, undated

Eleven copies.

Folder 23: Undated materials

Item 1: Maywood Public Library event pamphlet, undated

Item 2: Western Illinois University Gwendolyn Brooks Cultural Center pamphlet, undated

Folder 24: Keller Gifted Magnet Center event program, undated

Folder 25: Shelby State Community College event program, undated

Two copies.

Folder 26: Undated materials

Item 1: “Path/Prism:  Worlds to Discover” materials, undated

Item 2: “Music in Motion” Musilog Corporation event format, undated

Folder 27: Undated materials

Item 1: Gwendolyn Brooks Literary Society pamphlet, undated

Item 2: The D.C. Black Repertory Company “Among All This You Stand Like a Fine Brownstone” programs, undated

Three copies.

Item 3: Kuumba Professional Theatre Co. Tribute to Gwendolyn Brooks program, undated

Folder 28: Undated materials

Item 1: First World pamphlet, undated

Item 2: The National Women’s Hall of Fame pamphlet, undated

Item 3: York High School event menu, undated

Folder 29: Undated materials

Item 1: WDMS Parent Teacher Association event program, undated

Item 2: Illinois Center for Rehabilitation and Education event programs, undated

Two copies.

Item 3: “A Poetry in Reading” sign, undated

Item 4: Event seating plan, undated

Item 5: Zebra Crossing Theatre notes, undated

Item 6: The City College of The City University of New York honorary recipients list, undated

Item 7: Anna W. Bontemps Elementary School program, undated

Seven copies.

Folder 30: The Contemporary Forum promotional materials, undated

Folder 31: Chicago State University Gwendolyn Brooks Center for Black Literature and Creative Writing pamphlets, undated

96 copies.

Box 404

Sub-series 4: Phone Numbers, Addresses, and Business Cards

Box 405

Folder 1: Loose Addresses Ad-Al, undated

Folder 2: Loose Addresses Am-Ay, undated

Folder 3: Loose Addresses Ba, undated

Folder 4: Loose Addresses Be-Bi, undated

Folder 5: Loose Addresses Bl, undated

Includes Blakely, Henry and Blakely, Nora Brooks.

Folder 6: Loose Addresses Bo-Br, undated

Folder 7: Loose Addresses Bu-By, undated

Folder 8: Loose Addresses Ca-Ci, undated

Folder 9: Loose Addresses Cl-Co, undated

Folder 10: Loose Addresses Cr-C.W., undated

Folder 11: Loose Addresses Da-De, undated

Folder 12: Loose Addresses Di-Do, undated

Folder 13: Loose Addresses Dr-Dy, undated

Folder 14: Loose Addresses E, undated

Folder 15: Loose Addresses F, undated

Folder 16: Loose Addresses G, undated

Folder 17: Loose Addresses Ha, undated

Folder 18: Loose Addresses He-Hi, undated

Folder 19: Loose Addresses Ho-Hu, undated

Folder 20: Loose Addresses Ja-Ji, undated

Folder 21: Loose Addresses Jo-Ju, undated

Folder 22: Loose Addresses I, undated

Folder 23: Loose Addresses K, undated

Folder 24: Loose Addresses La-Le, undated

Folder 25: Loose Addresses Li-Ly, undated

Folder 26: Loose Addresses Ma, undated

Folder 27: Loose Addresses Mc, undated

Folder 28: Loose Addresses Me-Mi, undated

Folder 29: Loose Addresses Mo-My, undated

Folder 30: Loose Addresses N, undated

Folder 31: Loose Addresses O, undated

Folder 32: Loose Addresses Pa-Pe, undated

Folder 33: Loose Addresses Ph-Pr, undated

Folder 34: Loose Addresses Pa-Pe, undated

Folder 35: Loose Addresses Q, undated

Folder 36: Loose Addresses Ra-Ri, undated

Folder 37: Loose Addresses Ro-Ru, undated

Folder 38: Loose Addresses Sa-Sc, undated

Folder 39: Loose Addresses Se-Sl, undated

Folder 40: Loose Addresses Sm-Sp, undated

Folder 41: Loose Addresses St-Su, undated

Folder 42: Loose Addresses Ta-Tu, undated

Bulk of contact information is Ta-Th.

Folder 43: Loose Addresses Ti-Tu, undated

Folder 44: Loose Addresses U, undated

Folder 45: Loose Addresses V, undated

Folder 46: Loose Addresses Wa, undated

Folder 47: Loose Addresses We, undated

Folder 48: Loose Addresses Wh-Wi, undated

Folder 49: Loose Addresses Wo-Wr, undated

Folder 50: Loose Addresses Y, undated

Folder 51: Loose Addresses Z, undated

Includes Zitch, Beryl.

Box 406

Folder 1-16: Loose Addresses

Folder 1-13: Items with contact information for multiple people, undated

Folder 14: First name only, undated

Folder 15: No name, undated

Folder 16: Numbers, undated

Folder 17: Stamp

Folder 18: “Addresses” envelope, undated

Folder 19: The Chicago Network Directory of Members, 1983

Folder 20: The Cliff Dwellers directory, undated

Folder 21: The Society of Midland Authors Yearbook, 1993

Folder 22: Memo book notebook, undated

Includes Aguila, Caroline.

Folder 23: Blue address book, undated

Folder 24: Red address book, undated

Folder 25: Mini composition book, undated

Box 407

File 1: “Addresses (including Jack Tar Hotel [the mouse hotel!])”

Folder 1.1: Correspondence, 1982

Includes correspondence from Goddard Library; Brooks, Iris; and Elkhart Community Schools.

Folder 1.2: Correspondence, 1981-1982

Includes correspondence from Frazier, Ruby; Girardi, Diane; Hargrave, Edward; Jones, Ashanti; Kadre, S.M., and Landt, Mary.

Folder 1.3: Correspondence, 1981-1982

Includes correspondence from Leer, Norm; Ray, David; and Richardson, Julian.

Folder 1.4: Correspondence, 1981-1982

Includes correspondence from Settles, D. Oh; Sizemore, Carol Danner; Welch, Jonathan; and Wheeler, Susie W.

Folder 1.5: Empty envelopes, 1981-1982

Includes envelopes from Topeka Public Library, The New York state Small Press Association, Yale University Library, The Book House, and Hofstra University.

Folder 1.6-1.11: Loose contact information, undated

Folder 1.12: “Addresses” envelope, sealed, undated

Folder 1.13-1.18: Financial statement for Black Position Press, 1982

Folder 1.19: “Addresses (to add to address book)", undated

Folder 1.20: Grouping of Addresses #1, undated

Folder 1.21: Grouping of Addresses #2, undated

Folder 1.22: Grouping of Addresses #3, undated

Folder 1.23: Grouping of Addresses #4, undated

Folder 1.24: Grouping of Addresses #5, undated

Folder 1.25: Grouping of Addresses #6, undated

Folder 1.26: Envelope, undated

Box 408

File 1: “Addresses” envelope, undated

File 2: “Contacts”

Folder 2.1: Loose contact information, undated

Folder 2.2: Yellow address book, circa 1970

Folder 2.3: Blue memo book, undated

Folder 2.4: Pink memo book, undated

Folder 2.5: “Bloomington” envelope, 1999

Folder 2.6: “First World Subscriptions” envelope, undated

Folder 2.7: “Important Addresses” envelope, undated

Folder 2.8: “Important Russian addresses” envelope, undated

Folder 2.9-2.10: Burgundy “Phone-Address” book, undated

Folder 2.11: Grouping of contact information #1, undated

Folder 2.12: Grouping of contact information #2, undated

Folder 2.13: Envelope, undated

Box 409

File 1: “Special Addresses” Capitol Hill envelope, 1986, undated

Includes photo of child.

File 2: “Special Addresses” yellow envelope

1986, undated

File 3: “Special Addresses + Telephone Numbers", 1986-1987, undated

File 4: “Very Important List of Address and Telephone Numbers", 1998, undated

Includes news clippings of Zitch, Beryl obituary.

Folder 5: Grouping of contact information #1, undated

Folder 6: Grouping of contact information #2, undated

Folder 7: Grouping of contact information #3, undated

Folder 8: Grouping of contact information #4, undated

Folder 9: Grouping of contact information #5, 1992-1993, undated

Folder 10: Grouping of contact information #6, 1938, 1997-1999, undated

Folder 11: Grouping of contact information #7, undated

Folder 12: Grouping of contact information #8, undated

Folder 13: Grouping of contact information #9, undated

Folder 14: Grouping of contact information #10, undated

Includes address book.

Folder 15: Grouping of contact information #11, undated

Includes address book.

Box 410

Folder 1: Grouping of contact information #12, undated

Includes address book.

Folder 2-3: Grouping of contact information #13, undated

Includes address book with red floral pattern.

Folder 4: Grouping of contact information #14, circa 1980

Includes address book and newspaper clippings.

Folder 5: Grouping of contact information #15 in blue envelope, undated

Folder 6: Grouping of contact information #16, undated

Sub-series 5: Itineraries, Tickets, and Travel Materials

Box 411

Folder 1: 1966, 1966

Include materials relating to visit to Catholic Adult Education Center dinnerInclude materials relating to visit to Catholic Adult Education Center dinner.

Folder 2: 1971, 1971

Include materials relating to visit to London and Kenya.

Folder 3: 1972, 1972

Includes University of Illinois Commencement ticket.

Folder 4: April 1973-June 1976, 1973-1976

Include materials relating to visit to Franklin College.

Folder 5: July 1976-March 1978, 1976-1978

Include materials relating to visit to Lombard Junior High School and Knox College (Galesburg, IL), Loras College (Dubuque, IA), and Illinois State University.

Folder 6: August 1978, 1978

Include materials relating to visit to France and England.

Folder 7: May 1980-April 1982, 1980-1982

Include materials relating to visit to Washburne School, Augustana College, Hawthorne Elementary School, Peirre Moran Jr. High School, and Memorial High School (Elkhart, IN), and Western Illinois University.

Folder 8: May-October 1982, 1982

Include materials relating to visit to NCDC 10^th Anniversary Celebration (Chicago, IL) and the 5^th Soviet-American Writers’ Meeting, as well as travel to Atlanta, GA, and Columbus, OH. Includes program for vocal and organ music in Kiev, SSR.

Folder 9: April 1983-September 1984, 1983-1984

Include materials relating to travel to Kansas City; Tulsa, OK; Washington D.C.; New York City; Frankfort, KY; Denver, CO; Dayton, OH; San Antonio, TX; Boston, and Greensboro, NC.

Folder 10: October-November 1984, 1984

Include materials relating to visit to Fiftymiddle-Atlantic Writers Association 5^th Annual Conference, and travel to Los Angeles.

Folder 11: 1985-1986, 1985-1986

Include materials relating to visit to Swarthmore College and travel to Charlottesville, SC and Westfield, NJ.

Folder 12: 1986, 1986

Includes hotel brochures and Amtrak timetable.

Folder 13: January 1987-September 1988, 1987-1988

Include materials relating to visit to George Mason University, Consultants’ Reunion, and Converse College, and list of visits from September 1987-April 1988.

Folder 14: March-September 1987, 1987

Folder 15: April-May 1990, 1990

Folder 16: April 1991-February 1992, 1991-1992

Include materials relating to visit to St. Albans School (Washington, D.C.).

Folder 17: August 1991, 1991

Include materials relating to “I Dreamed A World” exhibit by Chicago Historical Society.

Folder 18: December 1991-October 1992, 1991-1992

Include materials relating to travel to Osceola, IA and Cleveland, OH.

Folder 19: 1992-1993, 1992-1993

Includes Amtrak national timetable.

Folder 20: February 1993, 1993

Includes material relating to visit to Fort Wayne Museum of Art (Fort Wayne, IN).

Folder 21: April-June 1993, 1993

Include materials relating to visit to Kenosha-Racine Unified School District and Carleton College (Northfield, MN).

Folder 22: August-December 1993, 1993

Include materials relating to visit to Champaign, IL, Lake Michigan College, Doane College, and travel to Los Angeles.

Folder 23: January 1994, 1994

Include materials relating to visit to University at Albany. Includes separation sheet to restricted materials.

Folder 24: April 1994, 1994

Include materials relating to visit to Wittenberg University and travel to Washington D.C, Atlanta, and Philadelphia.

Folder 25: May 1994, 1994

Includes materials relating to the Jeffersonian Lecture.

Folder 26: August 1994, 1994

Includes materials relating to travel to Philadelphia.

Folder 27: October 1994, 1994

Includes materials relating to visit to SOS Children’s Village.

Folder 28: February-September 1995, 1995

Includes materials relating to visits to Black Community Crusade for Children, College of Notre Dame of Maryland, and National Black Theatre Festival.

Folder 29: January-February 1996, 1996

Include materials relating to visit to the College of Wooster.

Folder 30: February-April 1996, 1996

Include materials relating to visit to Southern Arkansas University.

Folder 31: June-July 1996, 1996

Folder 32: April 1997-September 1997, 1997

Include materials relating to visit to Lincoln Academy (Springfield, IL).

Folder 33: February 1998, 1998

Include materials relating to visit to Hiram College.

Folder 34: March 1998, 1998

Include materials relating to visit to Wingate University and travel to Washington D.C.

Folder 35: April 1998, 1998

Include materials relating to visit to Philip Exeter Academy and travel to Springfield, IL.

Folder 36: October 1998-Febraury 1999, 1998-1999

Include materials relating to visit to the 9^th annual Gwendolyn Brooks Conference for Black Literature and Creative Writing, Illinois Wesleyan University, Amtrak African American History Month Celebration, and Guild Complex/South Shore Cultural Center.

Folder 37: February-March 1999, 1999

Include materials relating to visit to Chicago Sun-Times’ program for 20^th Century Chicago: 100 Years – 100 Voices, Northwestern University, and St. Louis Jazz Train.

Folder 38: April 1999, 1999

Include materials relating to visit to McLennan Community College and Baylor University, Centennial of Hope – Cook Country Juvenile Court Lifetime Achievement Awards Dinner, and CSA2 Enterprises.

Folder 39: June 1999, 1999

Include materials relating to visit to CSA2 Enterprises and Transafrica Forum.

Box 412

Folder 1: July-October 1999

Include materials relating to visit to National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges annual conference and New York University.

Folder 2: October 1999, 1999

Include materials relating to the 9^th Annual Gwendolyn Brooks Conference for Black Literature and Creative Writing and visit to University of Virginia Press.

Folder 3: November 1999-February 2000, 1999-2000

Include materials relating to visit to Steppenwolf Theatre Company (Chicago), The Daniel Murphy Foundation (Chicago), and University of Akron.

Folder 4: March-April 2000, 2000

Include materials relating to visit to Kean University and Langston Hughes Poetry Society at Morgan State University.

Folder 5: April 2000, 2000

Include materials relating to visit to Manchester College (North Manchester, IN) and The Art Institute of Chicago.

Folder 6: April-May 2000, 2000

Include materials relating to visit to St. Louis Central Library.

Folder 7: May 2000, 2000

Include materials relating to visit to Seattle Poetry Festival.

Folder 8: May-June 2000, 2000

Include materials relating to visit to New York City and Gwendolyn Brooks Junior High School (Harvey, IL).

Folder 9: August 2000, 2000

Includes material relating to visit to Southern Illinois University and Butler University.

Folder 10: September 2000, 2000

Includes material relating to visit to the Geraldine Dodge Foundation and Sothern Illinois University.

Folder 11: September 2000, 2000

Include materials relating to visit to Geraldine R. Dodge Poetry Festival.

Folder 12: January-March of Unknown Year, undated

Include materials relating to visit to Valencia Community College, Seminole Community College, The State University of New York College at Cortland, and Piedmont Virginia Community College.

Folder 13: March-April of Unknown Year, undated

Include materials relating to visit to Greene Inc. (New York City) and Detroit Public Library.

Folder 14: May-August of Unknown Year, undated

Include materials relating to travel to Seattle, New York, Copenhagen, and Moscow.

Folder 15: September-December of Unknown Year, undated

Include materials relating to visit to Southern Illinois University Carbondale and McKay Campus School (Fitchburg, MA) and travel to Detroit and Indianapolis.

Folder 16: Undated materials, undated

Includes “Your Heritage House” guide to the Josephine Harrold Love Collection and “The Oxford Literary Guide to the United States and Canada."

Folder 17: Undated materials, undated

Includes guide to the Dunbar House State Memorial (Dayton, OH) and the funeral train tour of Lincoln, Abraham.

Folder 18: Undated materials, undated

Includes guide to the Cathedral Church of Saint John The Divine (New York City).

Folder 19: Undated materials, undated

Includes material relating to visit to Nathan Hale Middle School (Crestwood, IL) and Brooklyn College, and a map of Harrod’s (London).

Folder 20: Undated materials, undated

Includes guide to Purdue University.

Folder 21: Undated materials, undated

Includes pamphlets regarding Monticello (Charlottesville, VA), The Library of Congress, and the East Avenue Inn (Rochester, NY).

Folder 22: Undated materials, undated

Includes postcards and stationery of the Hotel Pontchartaín (Detroit).

Folder 23: Undated materials, undated

Includes material relating to visit to Campau Park, and promotional materials for Illinois State Library and Illinois Beach State Park.

Folder 24: Undated materials, undated

Includes materials for Red Lion Hotel (Omaha, NE) and Sovetskaya Hotel (Soviet Union).

Folder 25: Undated materials, undated

Includes postcards from Leningrad (Soviet Union).

Folder 26: Undated materials, undated

Includes guides to France.

Folder 27: Undated materials, undated

Includes introduction speech by Cherie Caswell Dost.

Folder 28: Undated air travel material, undated

Sub-series 6: Honorary Degrees

Box 415

Folder 1: Alma College (Doctor of Letters), 1996

Includes a note from “Joanne,” a grouping of poems (photocopies), and an envelope reading “Dr. Gwendolyn Brooks.”

Folder 2: Atlanta University (Doctor of Literature), 1982

Includes correspondence with Cleveland L. Dennard (Atlanta University), a letter from Richard A. Long, convocation ceremony programs, and notes.

Folder 3: Aurora University (Doctor of Humane Letters), 1992

Includes a commencement booklet.

Folder 4: Bates College (Doctor of Letters), 1978

Folder 5-6: Blackburn University (Doctor of Humane Letters), 1988

Folder 6 contains Salutation and Citation statements.

Folder 7: Bradley University (Doctor of Humane Letters), 1995

Includes a convocation ceremony program.

Folder 8: Brown University (Doctor of Letters), 1974

Folder 9: Buena Vista College (Doctor of Humane Letters), 1995

Includes a commencement ceremony program and a notepad from Red Lion Hotels & Inns.

Folder 10: Carleton College (Doctor of Humane Letters), 1993

Folder 11: Central State University (Participation in Convocation Series), 1980

Folder 12: The Chicago Academy for the Arts, 2000

Folder 13: City College of New York (Doctor of Letters), 1978

Folder contains a separation sheet.

Folder 14: City University of New York (Doctor of Humane Letters), 1983

Includes a letter addressed to Robert Bengé and a convocation program. Contains a separation sheet.

Folder 15: Colby College (Doctor of Letters), 1977

Folder 16: College of Wooster (Doctor of Letters), 1996

Contains a separation sheet.

Folder 17: Columbia College Chicago (Doctor of Humane Letters), 1964

Includes a commencement program and an invitation to the ceremony.

Folder 18: Culver-Stockton College (Doctor of Humane Letters), 1988

Folder 19-20: DePaul University (Doctor of Humane Letters), 1972, 1994

Includes a commencement program and a letter from Cortelyou, John R. (DePaul University). Folder 20 contains a separation sheet.

Box 416

Folder 1: Duke University (Doctor of Letters), 1981

Includes a commencement program and a Citation statement.

Folder 2: Eastern Illinois University (Doctor of Humane Letters), 1990

Includes commencement programs, a speech transcript, and notes.

Folder 3: Elmhurst College (Doctor of Literature), 1967

Includes a Citation statement and a program itinerary.

Folder 4: Emerson College Alumni Association (Certificate of Appreciation), 1991

Folder 5: Franklin College (Doctor of Humane Letters), 1974

Folder 6: George Washington University (Doctor of Humane Letters), 1986

Includes a commencement program, a Citation statement, and a telegram from Zitch, Beryl and Gene.

Folder 7: Gwendolyn Brooks Junior High School, 1992

Folder 8: Howard University (Doctor of Literature), 1973

Folder 9: Howard University (Membership in The Stylus Literary Society), 1984

Includes a program. Contains a separation sheet.

Folder 10: Illinois Institute of Technology (Doctor of Laws), 1968

Folder 11: Illinois Wesleyan University (Doctor of Humanities), 1973

Folder 12: Ithaca College (Doctor of Letters), 1992

Includes a blue ribbon. Contains a separation sheet.

Folder 13: Lake Forest College (Doctor of Letters), 1965

Includes a commencement program and a Citation statement.

Box 417

Folder 1: Lawrence University of Wisconsin (Doctor of Literature), 1995

Includes commencement programs, a speech transcript, a postcard, and notes.

Folder 2: Lewis College (Doctor of Humane Letters), 1968

Includes a convocation program.

Folder 3: Lincoln Academy of Illinois (Order of Lincoln Award), 1997

Includes a white ribbon. Contains a separation sheet.

Folder 4: Lincoln University (The President’s Award for Distinguished Achievement), 1996

Includes a folder of Lincoln University publications and a copy of a newspaper clipping from Daily Local News.

Folder 5: Loyola University Chicago (Doctor of Humane Letters), 1970

Folder 6: Millikin University (Doctor of Letters), 1972

Includes a commencement program and letter from Miller, J. Roger (Millikin University).

Folder 7: Morgan State University (Distinguished Achievement Award), 2000

Folder 8: Mundelein College (Doctor of Humane Letters), 1969

Includes a dedication booklet and an issue of Mundelein Today (vol. 2, no. 5).

Folder 9: New School for Social Research, 1993

Contains a separation sheet.

Folder 10: North Park College and Theological Seminary (Doctor of Letters), 1992

Includes commencement programs.

Folder 11: Northern Illinois University (Doctor of Letters), 1992

Contains a separation sheet.

Folder 12: Northwestern University (Doctor of Literature), 1970

Folder 13: Rockford College (Doctor of Humane Letters), 1973

Includes a charter day program and a pamphlet for the Rockford College Forum Series.

Folder 14: Rockhurst College (Doctor of Fine Arts), 1996

Includes a commencement program.

Folder 15: Roosevelt University (Doctor of Humane Letters), 1990

Folder 16: Rosary College (Doctor of Letters), 1981

Includes commencement programs.

Box 418

Folder 1: Saint Mary’s College, 1994

Contains a separation sheet.

Folder 2: Saint Xavier College (Doctor of Humane Letters), 1984

Contains a separation sheet.

Folder 3: Seattle University (Doctor of Humanities), 1986

Folder 4: Skidmore College (Doctor of Letters), 1969

Folder 5: Smith College (Doctor of Letters), 1997

Includes an itinerary for commencement weekend and other informational documents related to the ceremony.

Folder 6: Southern Illinois University (Doctor of Humane Letters), 1970

Folder 7: Spelman College (Doctor of Humane Letters), 1986

Includes a letter from Allen, Jeanne H. (Spelman College) and an envelope.

Folder 8: State University of New York (Doctor of Letters), 1994

Includes a convocation program and an issue of Update (vol 17., no. 13).

Folder 9: St. Lawrence University (Doctor of Humane Letters), 1976

Includes a Citation statement and a ribbon folded into a bow. Contains separation sheets.

Folder 10: Trinity College (Doctor of Letters), 1990

Folder 11: University of Cincinnati (Doctor of Literature), 1974

Contains a separation sheet.

Folder 12: University of Illinois (Doctor of Letters), 1975

Includes a convocation program.

Folder 13: University of Massachusetts, 1981

Contains a separation sheet.

Folder 14: University of Pennsylvania (Doctor of Humane Letters), 1977

Contains a separation sheet.

Folder 15: University of Vermont (Doctor of Humane Letters), 1986

Folder 16: University of Wisconsin-Green Bay (Award of Merit), 1974

Folder 17: University of Wisconsin-Madison (Doctor of Literature), 1972

Folder 18: University of Wisconsin-Parkside (Doctor of Humane Letters), 1993

Folder 19: Valparaiso University (Doctor of Letters), 1988

Includes a commencement program and a note from Trost, Ann F. Contains a separation slip.

Folder 20: Washington University, 1973

Includes convocation programs.

Box 419

Folder 1: Wesleyan University (Doctor of Letters), 1991

Folder 2: Western Michigan University (Doctor of Humanities), 1978

Includes a citation statement.

Folder 3: Williams College (Doctor of Letters), 1988

Includes a commencement program and a citation statement.

Folder 4: Washburn University of Topeka (Doctor of Letters), 1983

Folder 5: Western Illinois University (Doctor of Letters), 1971

Sub-series 7: Awards and Medals

Box 420

Item 1: African American Alliance of Columbia College Chicago, 22 May 1989

Glass frame

Item 2: African American Arts Alliance, 1993

Metal on wooden plaque

Item 3: Afrikan Poetry Theatre, INC., 14 October 1980

Metal on wooden plaque

Item 4: Afro-American Society Seminole Community College, 1984

Metal on wooden plaque

Item 5: Akron, 24 February 2000

Golden key in a red textile pocket

Item 6: Alice C. Browning, undated

Metal on wooden plaque

Box 421

Item 1: Alpha Chi Northeastern Illinois University, 24 May 1988

Metal on wooden plaque

Item 2: Alpha Lambda Delta, Wayne State College, 31 March 1974

Enclosed with a stiffener, typed letter, and envelope

Item 3: American Black Achievement Award, undated

Separation sheet for brown framed award

Item 4: American Black Artist, INC., 25 October 1984

Metal on wood plaque

Item 5: American Heritage Commission, State of Illinois, 1966, 1967

Letter and separation sheet for two certificates

Item 6: Anchor Arts Organization, 31 January 1982

Loose metal plate

Item 7: Arkansas Traveler Award, 26 March 1992

Separation sheet

Item 8: Askari, M’Wile Yaw, 14 April 1986

Poem and a copied sheet with writing on verso

Item 9: Atlanta City Council, 18 May 1986

Glass frame

Item 10: Before Columbus Foundation, 1995

Metal on wooden plaque

Item 11: Birmingham-Southern College, 1994

Separation sheet for metal award on wooden base

Item 12: The Black Book Club, undated

Item in Use slip

Item 13: Black Book Club, 16 April 1989

Plastic frame

Item 14: Black History Week 1980, 1980

Separation sheet for metal frame on marble on wooden base

Box 422

Item 1: Black Students Association of Western Illinois University, 1 March 1970

Glass frame

Item 2: Blackburn College, Carlinville, Illinois, 1 February 1988

Metal on wooden plaque

Item 3: Boys & Girls Club of Chicago, 1991

Separation sheet for glass award

Item 4: Bradford, Walter, 5 January 1968

Metal on wooden plaque

Item 5: Burnside Elementary School, undated

Metal on wooden plaque

Box 423

Item 1: Caldwell School, 7 April 1989

Certificate of Appreciation with program

Item 2: California State University, Dominguez Hills, 27 October 1987

Certificate of Appreciation

Item 3: Caxton Club of Chicago, 17 April 1996

Metal on wooden with red textile

Item 4: Centers for New Horizons, undated

Separation sheet for metal on wooden plaque

Item 5: Chicago Book Clinic, 5 May 1990

Glass frame

Item 6: Chicago Sesquicentennial, 1983

Metal Gold

Item 7: C.E. “Sonny” Scroggins Community Service Award, 2 May 1996

Metal on wooden plaque

Box 424

Item 1: Chicago State University, 1998

Medal with ribbon

Item 2: Chicago State University, 12 May 2000

Certificate of Appreciation. Loose papers.

Item 3: Chicago State University Office of Student Activities, 7 February 1991

Metal on wooden frame

Item 4: Chicago State University, 7 February 1994

Separation sheet for metal on wooden plaque

Item 5: Chicago State University, 5 March 1999

Separation sheet for clock

Item 6: Citizens Schools Committee, 13 October 1983

Golden Anniversary Tribute to Chicago Public Education.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Loose paper.

Item 7: City and County of San Francisco, 8 September 1987

Separation sheet for Certificate of Honor

Item 8: City Colleges of Chicago, undated

Separation sheet for metal on wooden plaque

Item 9: City College of New York, 23 March 1986

Gold medal

Item 10: City Council of the City of Chicago, 19 May 1993

“A resolution…”. Two frames hinged.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Separation sheet for OS framed award.

Box 425

Item 1: City of Atlanta, Office of the Mayor, 16 April 1985

Separation sheet

Item 2: City of Atlanta, 16 April 1985

Separation sheet for stapled papers

Item 3: City of Buffalo, 2 February 1988

Glass frame

Item 4: City of Camden, New Jersey, undated

Gold key

Item 5: City of Chicago Heights, 25 January 1993

Separation sheet for framed award

Item 6: City of Dowagiac, Michigan, 20 January 1992

Separation sheet for framed award

Item 7: City of Indianapolis, 13 February 1994

Loose paper

Item 8: City of Knoxville and Clark 100 Class of 1987, 1987, undated

Charms in a plastic container

Item 9: City of Newark, NJ, 14 April 1989

Separation sheet for unframed award

Box 426

Item 1: City of Macomb, Illinois, 29 September 1997

Gold key on wooden plaque.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Metal on wooden plaque.

Item 2: City of Muskegan, State of Michigan, 7 March 1988

Loose paper

Item 3: City of San Francisco, California, 16 October 1987

Loose papers (2)

Item 4: City of San Jose, California, undated

Separation sheet for loose sheet in paper folder

Item 5: City of Shreveport, Louisiana, undated

Medal

Item 6: City of Tampa, Florida, undated

Golden key

Item 7: City of Tuscan, 18 March 1988

Glass frame. Printed on metal sheet.

Item 8: Colgate-Palmolive Company, undated

Glass plaque

Item 9: College of Lake County, 12 May 1984

Metal on wooden plaque

Item 10: Columbia University, Pulitzer Prize, 1991

Separation sheets for glass award and blue envelope with Pulitzer Prize documentation, accompanied by brown mailing envelope, “Pulitzer Prize Gwendolyn Brooks 1950” (12 items)

Box 427

Item 1: Cook County Juvenile Court, 16 April 1991

Separation sheet for acrylic award

Item 2: CUL’s Health Programs, 9 May 1996

Metal on wooden frame

Item 3: Cum Laude Society, 1977-1978

Three loose papers

Item 4: Detroit City Council, 29 May 1986

Loose paper in two blue folders and a medal

Item 5: Detroit City Council, 16 March 1994

Separation sheet for printed letter in paper folder. Metal pin in a plastic bag, stapled on the folder cover. Stored in manila envelope.

Item 6: Division on Black American Literature and Culture of the Modern Language Association, 28 December 1995

Metal on wooden plaque

Item 7: Dixwell House, 15 January 1985

Wooden plaque

Item 8: Drury College, 1973

Medal

Item 9: Duke Ellington Family, 16 March 1993

Metal on wooden plaque

Item 10: Elgin Community College, undated

Separation sheet for glass award

Item 11: Eugene B. Redmond Writers Club, 17 December 1991

Metal with wooden plaque

Box 428

Item 1: Essence Literature Award, 1988

Separation sheet for glass award

Item 2: Faulkner School, 3 March 1988

Black Arts Celebration Participation Certificate

Item 3: First Ladies Salute First Women, 1999

Glass award. Glass award with metal pin in the center. Housed in a custom-fit teal box, “Tiffany & Co” with a small notecard.

Item 4: Frank London Brown Historical Association, 1968

Metal on wooden plaque

Item 5: Full Circle Monuments to Women, 19 May 1993

Loose paper with yellow envelope

Item 6: Furious Flower Poetry Center, James Madison University, 28 October 1999

Metal on wooden plaque

Item 7: “G” shape medal, undated

Item 8: Gamma Phi Delta Zeta Chapter, May 1981

Metal on wooden plaque

Item 9: Gary, Indiana, 21 September 1994

Separation sheet for white “Certification of Appreciation”

Item 10: Gary, Indiana, 9 April 1989

Metal on wooden plaque. Key is missing.

Item 11: Gary Public Library, 9 April 1989

Metal on wooden plaque

Box 429

Item 1: GBB ‘96, 1996

Metal letter opener?

Item 2: Geraldine R. Dodge Poetry Festival, 10 October 1986

Glass frame

Item 3: Go On Girl Literary Lifetime Achievement Award, 2000

Ceramic award

Item 4: Gober, Cliff, 9 May 1994

Glass frame

Item 5: Golden Sable, INC., Tampa, Florida, 1 March 1979

Metal on wooden plaque

Item 6: Gompers Upper Cycle School, 12 December 1980

Metal on wooden plaque

Item 7: Girl Scouts, 1987

Separation sheet for glass award

Item 8: “Gwendolyn Brooks 9-7-91”, 7 September 1991

Separation sheet for base

Item 9: “Gwendolyn Brooks Artist”, undated

Loose metal plate

Item 10: Gwendolyn Brooks Cultural Center, 16 April 1982

Separation sheet for wooden plaque

Item 11: Gwendolyn Brooks For Your Contribution to the African-American Community and the World, 1996

Separation sheet for glass top and marble bottom pyramid award

Box 430

Item 1: Harvard University, 10 March 1995

Medal with red and black stripe ribbon. Accompanied by a letter and envelope.

Item 2: Harvey Public Schools District 152, 9 June 1987

Separation sheet for metal on wooden plaque

Item 3: Heritage House Writers Series, 29 May 1986

Metal on wooden plaque

Item 4: Heritage House Writers Series, 29 May 1986

Separation sheet for metal on wooden plaque

Item 5: Howard University, Liberal Arts Student Council, 17 February 1979

Separation sheet for metal on wooden plaque

Item 6: Hyde Park Historical Society, 2000

Separation sheet for framed award

Item 7: “I See Chicago” poem, undated

Separation sheet

Item 8: IBWC, INC., 1978

Separation sheet for award statue (2 copies)

Item 9: ICRE-R, 2 June 1994

Metal on wooden plaque

Item 10: Illinois Alliance For Arts Education, 23 April 1998

Glass frame

Item 11: Illinois Arts Council, 8 October 1965

Letter.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Separation sheet for Illinois Arts Council Certificate.

Item 12: Illinois Association of Teachers of English, 1998

Separation sheet for wooden plaque

Item 13: Illinois Community College Trustees Association, 28 June 1991

Metal on wooden plaque

Item 14: Jackson State University, 23 February 1989

Metal on wooden plaque

Item 15: James McCosh Elementary School, 14 December 1992

Glass frame

Box 431

Item 1: James McCosh School Primary Library, 14 December 1992

Metal on wooden plaque

Item 2: Jazz Unites, INC., 4 August 1995

Metal on wooden plaque

Item 3: Jenner Academy of the Arts, June 2000

Metals on wooden plaque

Item 4: Jenner Academy of the Arts, June 2000

Metal on wooden plaque. Taped sticky note on verso.

Item 5: Jenner School, 1988

Metal clock on wooden plaque

Item 6: Jenner School, 1979

Separation sheet for framed poem

Box 432

Item 1: Jesuit Centennial in Chicago, 12 December 1957

Certificate in degree folder

Item 2: Joliet Junior College, 12 May 1995

Metal on wooden plaque

Item 3: Jones Metropolitan High School of Business and Commerce, 7 May 1996

Metal on wooden plaque

Item 4: Kennedy-King College, 1 May 1993

Separation sheet for metal on wooden plaque

Item 5: King County, Washington, 13 October 1977

Felt stole (folded).<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Separation sheet for loose sheet.

Item 6: Langston Hughes Writers Guild, 17 May 1992

Loose papers

Item 7: League of Black Women, 22 October 1989

Metal on wooden plaque

Box 433

Item 1: Library of Congress, undated

Metal medal with textile ribbon in a textile lined wooden box

Item 2: Library of Congress, 2000

United States Mint in a textile lined box in a paper box. Folded note in the box.

Item 3: Library of Congress, undated

Booklet and degree folder

Item 4: Lincoln Academy, 1965

Medal with red, purple, green stripe ribbon

Item 5: Lincoln College, 1965

Medal

Box 434

Item 1: Lincolnwood Library, 3 May 1982

Metal plaque on wood/textile frame. Pamphlet taped on verso.

Item 2: Loyola University, Chicago, 1970

Medal

Item 3: Marquis Who’s Who Publications Board, 1982/1983

Certificate with envelope

Item 4: Marquis Who’s Who Publications Board, 1983/1984

Certificate

Item 5: Marquis Who’s Who Publications Board, 1992/1993

Loose paper with envelope

Item 6: Marquis Who’s Who Publications Board, 1996

Certificate with envelope

Item 7: Maxson Middle School, 19 May 1988

Separation sheet for silver plate

Box 435

Item 1: Medgar Evers College, 1 March 1988

Metal on wooden plaque

Item 2: Metropolitan Community Church, 26 October 1980

Glass frame

Item 3: Middle College High School, Creative Writing Club, undated

Separation sheet

Item 4: Miracle on 95th Street, 15 March 1997

Certificate in green folder with yellow plastic envelope

Item 5: Model of Excellence, 1992

Separation sheet for glass award

Item 6: Moraine Valley Community College, 1 February 1989

Metal on wooden plaque

Item 7: Mt. Olive Baptist Church, 25 April 1995

Glass frame

Item 8: Muntu Dance Theatre, 10 December 1992

Separation sheet for metal on wooden plaque

Item 9: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, 20 November 1981

Loose paper

Item 10: National Association for Poetry Therapy, 18-21 April 1991

Loose paper

Item 11: National Association of University Women, 6 April 1991

Metal on wooden plaque

Box 436

Item 1: National Book Award, 1994

Round metal medal with blue textile ribbon hanging in a velvet lined two-door box. Taped note on the back of the box.

Item 2: National Coalition of 100 Black Women, Inc., 24 May 1994

Metal on wooden plaque

Item 3: National Council for Culture and Art, INC., 1989

Separation sheet for acrylic award

Item 4: National First Ladies Library, undated

Ornament in box

Item 5: National Medal of the Arts, 1995

Separation sheet for loose sheets and medal in a wooden box

Item 6: National Naval Officers Association, 4 February 1990

Certificate inside blue folder

Box 437

Item 1: National Sorority of Phi Delta Kappa, Inc., 1 February 1989

Metal on wooden plaque

Item 2: National Women’s Hall of Fame, undated

Separation sheet for metal and foam base

Item 3: Naval Training Station Great Lakes, Illinois, undated

Loose sheet in plastic sleeve

Item 4: New York Public Library, undated

Medal with orange ribbon. Separation sheet for NYPL glass award.

Item 5: New York University, The Bobst Library, undated

Medal

Item 6: New York University’s Institute of African-American Affairs and Africana Studies Program, 6 October 1999

Separation sheet for glass award

Item 7: Newark Public Library, undated

Glass frame

Item 8: Normandy High School, 13 February 1987

Metal on wooden plaque

Item 9: Northeastern Illinois State College, undated

Separation sheet for 4 plaques: “I See Chicago”, “Northeastern Illinois State College”, “First Annual Gwendolyn Brooks Award”; black leather case with seal of Illinois

Item 10: Oakland University, 14 February 1985

Metal on wooden plaque

Item 11: ORR High School, 1997

Metal on wooden plaque

Box 438

Item 1: Paul Laurence Dunbar, undated

Postage stamp on glass plaque

Item 2: Poetry Society of America, 1974

Metal coin in box

Item 3: Prairie State College, 3 February 1993

Metal on wooden plaque

Item 4: Press Club of San Francisco, 16 October 1987

Loose metal plate

Item 5: Rochester City Council, 28 March 1988

Glass frame

Item 6: Sacramento City College, California, undated

Medal

Item 7: Sesquicentennial Distinguished Lecture, 27 January 1994

Separation sheet for wooden base

Box 439

Item 1: Sheriff’s Senior Medal of Honor, 1996

Item 2: Society of Midland Authors, 3 June 1980

Separation sheet for metal on wooden plaque

Item 3: Southside Community Art Center, 17 June 1981

Separation sheet for framed award

Item 4: Springfield, Illinois, 4 May 1965

Metal plate taped on ceramic tile, mounted on a wooden key

Item 5: State of Illinois Center, 1907

Separation sheet for metal plaque and medal in two-door box

Item 6: State of Illinois Executive Department, undated

Separation sheet for paper mounted on wooden plaque with plastic

Item 7: State of Kansas, 4 April 1991

Loose sheets (3).<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Separation sheet for [“Proclamation by the governor” and “Members Copy…”].

Item 8: State of Michigan, 13 January 1991

Separation sheet for framed award

Item 9: St. James Cathedral Commons, 5 October 1980

Framed award

Item 10: Texas, undated

Metal letter opener

Item 11: Third World Press, 25 September 1977

Separation sheet for wooden plaque

Item 12: Third World Press, “30th Anniversary Builders Award”, 19 September 1997

Separation sheet for wooden plaque

Item 13: Tinkham, Charles B., Purdue University, undated

Framed poem

Box 440

Item 1: Topeka, Kansas, 1968, undated

Two medals (Topeka medal and Illinois Sesquicentennial medal).<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>One manila envelope.

Item 2: TransAfrica Forum, 1999

Separation sheet for acrylic award

Item 3: Tucson High School, 18 March 1988

Honorary Tucson Badger

Item 4: U.M.M. – B.S.U., 8 February 1982

Metal on wooden plaque

Item 5: University at Albany, 1994

Separation sheet for glass award

Item 6: University of Akron, undated

Metal medal and a base in box with two newspaper clippings

Item 7: University of Chicago, 1994

Framed award

Item 8: University of Illinois at Springfield, African American Studies Program, 12 November 1997

Metal on wooden plaque

Item 9: University of Iowa, La Petite Theatre, Inc., 20 January 1991

Metal on wooden plaque

Box 441

Item 1: University of Pennsylvania, 27 March 1977

Framed award

Item 2: University of Vermont, 23 May 1986

Pewter case

Item 3: University of Wisconsin, Green Bay, 27 May 1974

Loose papers (2)

Item 4: Urban Gateways, 5 March 1986

Separation sheet for framed textile drawing

Item 5: Village of Greenview, 5 October 1997

Framed award

Item 6: Walker, Larry D., 25 November 1987

Separation sheet for framed tribute

Item 7: Washington, D. C. Proclamation Gwendolyn Brooks Day, 14 February 1997

Separation sheet for paper certificate in folder with copied sheet and a ribbon

Item 8: Western Illinois University, 1982-1983

Framed award

Item 9: YWCA Leader Luncheon, 1977

Separation sheet for glass award

Item 10: Glass plaque with Ankh Cross(?) symbol, undated

Item 11: Glass weight (no inscription), undated

Separation sheet

Item 12: Golden key with screw (no inscription), undated

Separation sheet

Item 13: Metal plate with inscription design, undated

Separation sheet

Sub-series 8: Gwendolyn Brooks Public Engagements Files (includes Contract Bundles)

Box 447

File 1: “85 Warriors” Gwendolyn Brooks Junior High School Yearbook and enclosures

Folder 1.1: Gwendolyn Brooks Junior High School Promotion programs, 1985

Folder 1.2: Brooks Warrior newsletter, 1985

Folder 1.3: “85 Warriors” yearbook, 1985

Folder 1.4: Newspaper clipping, Minor, Byron Obituary, 1983

Folder 1.5: Ribbons, undated

File 2: 1994 Illinois Treasures Awards Dinner

Folder 2.1-2.3: Correspondence

Folder 2.1: Chicago State University Funding Prospects publication, 1995

Folder 2.2: Daggers, Steve (Joliet Junior College), 1995

Folder 3: Smith, Velma, 1995

Folder 2.4: Langston Hughes Festival program, 1979

Folder 2.5: 1994 Illinois Treasures Awards Dinner program, 1994

Folder 3: Academy of American Poets Awards program and enclosures, 2000

Folder 4: Advertisements, 1991-1992

Includes note.

Folder 5: American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, 1979

File 6: “Bakersfield, California”

Folder 6.1: Correspondence and programs, 1989

Includes correspondence from Spencer, Jeffery, poem “First Draft” by Wright, David, and Hannah Kahn Poetry Foundation programs (two copies).

Folder 6.2: Programs and poster, 1989

Includes materials for events for Hannah Kahn Poetry Foundation, Providence College, and California State University Bakersfield.

Folder 6.3: 21st Illinois Poet Laureate Awards booklet, 1990

Folder 6.4: Folder and newspaper clippings, 1989

File 7: Carleton College folder, 1993

Includes commencement materials.

File 8: Chicago State University (Red Folder)

Folder 8.1: Promotional materials, 2000

Includes biography of Daniel, Elnora D. and two copies of Delta Sigma Theta event programs.

Folder 8.2: Promotional materials, 2000

Includes material for 10^th Annual Gwendolyn Brooks Writer’s Conference on Black Literature and Creative Writing, “Delta Sweetheart Song,” and newspaper clipping.

Folder 8.3: Promotional materials, 1999, undated

Folder 8.4: Chicago State University red folder, undated

File 9: Chicago State University (Black Folder)

Folder 9.1: Prose draft “Unity” and promotional materials, 1998

Folder 9.2-9.3: Promotional materials, 1998

Folder 3: Chicago State University black folder, undated

File 10: “Chicago State University George Kent Awards", 1994

File 11: Chicago State University Sixth Annual Black Writers Conference

Folder 11.1: Correspondence, Joyce, Joyce A., 1996

Folder 11.2: Notes/jottings, undated

Folder 11.3: Talent release form, undated

Folder 11.4: Limousine schedule, 1996

Folder 11.5: Conference feedback form, 1996

Folder 11.6: Flyer for non-Gwendolyn brooks event, 1997

Folder 11.7: Poems by Jones, Melvin, 1996

Folder 11.8: Illinois Schools Journal Volume 75 Number 1, 1995

Folder 9: Chicago State University Sixth Annual Black Writers Conference program, 1996

File 12: Cleveland Public Library

Folder 12.1: Cleveland Public Library booklet, 1997

Folder 12.2: Issues of Architecture (September) and Stone World (October), 1997

Folder 12.3: Annual Report, 1996

Folder 12.4: Pamphlets, 1997

Folder 12.5: Pamphlets, 1998

Folder 12.6: Stationary, undated

Folder 12.7: Gwendolyn Brooks event flyers, 1998

Folder 12.8: Photo, 1969

Folder 12.9: Newspaper articles not about Gwendolyn Brooks, 1997

Folder 12.10: Gwendolyn Brooks event flyer, 1998

Folder 12.11: Venable, Andrew A. Jr. business card, undated

Folder 12.12: Photo, 1969

Folder 12.13: Blue Cleveland Public Library folder, undated

Folder 12.14: Cleveland Public Library envelope, undated

File 13: College of St. Francis program

Folder 13.1: “Echoes of Maud Martha” by Brandolino, Gina, 1993

Folder 13.2: College of St. Francis program, 1993

Box 448

File 1: “Evans Avenue Club”

Folder 1.1-1.3: Unidentified correspondence, undated

Folder 1.4: Correspondence, Gwendolyn Brooks, undated

Folder 1.5: “Evans Avenue Club January 17, 1976", 1976

Folder 1.6-1.9: Prose drafts, undated

Folder 1.10: “July 1972” day planner and notes, 1972

Folder 1.11: “Address and Phone Directory” day planner and notes, undated

Folder 1.12: “Evans Avenue Club” envelope, undated

Folder 2: Events, circa 1960, 1968

Folder 3-12: Events, 1974-1979

Folder 3: The National Institute of Arts and Letters materials, 1977

Folder 4: First World materials, 1976-1977

Folder 5: Kuumba News, 1974

Folder 6: Publications, 1976

Includes issue of American PEN Newsletter (December) and Insider (February).

Folder 7: Materials relating to Lane, Pinkie Gordon, 1985-1986

Folder 8: Middle Atlantic Writers Association materials, 1983

Folder 9: Poetry contest flyer and The Frederick Douglass Years, 1975-1976

Folder 10: MacMurray Commencement program, 1996

Folder 11: Comprehensive Alcohol and Drug Abuse Center materials, 1985-1986

Folder 12: Spelman College Messenger (Winter/Spring), 1999

File 13: Events, 1990

Folder 13.1: Reminder form and postcards, 1990, undated

Folder 13.2: University of Kentucky Women Writers Conference, 1990

Folder 13.3: Reviews and non-Brooks related newspaper clippings, circa 1990

Folder 13.4: Chronicle: A Compilation of Award Winning Poetry by the Dr. Stephen Wright Poetry Awards, 1990

Two copies.

Folder 13.5: Event materials, 1989-1990

Item 1: 11th Annual Florida Young Writers Content booklet, 1990

Item 2: Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago Centennial pamphlet, 1989

Folder 13.6: “Important", 1990-1991, undated

Includes notes and flyer.

Folder 13.7: Non-Gwendolyn Brooks newspaper article, undated

Folder 13.8: Notes and Westinghouse visit program, 1990

Folder 13.9: Notes, undated

Folder 13.10: Gwendolyn Brooks Cultural Center event materials, 1988-1989

Folder 13.11: First class folder, undated

Folder 13.12: Notes and Bill of Rights poster, undated

Folder 13.13: Poem by Madhubuti, Haki and first class folder, undated

Folder 13.14: “The Creative Process,” postcards, and stationary, undated

Folder 13.15: “Familyhood,” notes, and first class folder, undated

Folder 13.16: White folder, undated

Folder 14: Events, 1994-2000

Includes materials regarding visit to Kingswood-Oxford School (West Hartford, CT), Poets House (New York City), and poems by students.

Box 449

File 1: “Flyers, Pluggers”

Folder 1.1: Promotional materials

Item 1: News release for XVIII Annual Black Roots Festival, undated

Item 2: Writers on Writing at Barnard College program, 1992

Item 3: I’ve Been a Woman by Sanchez, Sonia publication advertisement, 1978

Item 4: Black Scholar Press press release, 1978

Item 5: Requiem For A Fine Lady by Sutton, Irma L. advertisement, 1978

Folder 1.2: Promotional materials

Item 1: Harold Washington Library Center Opening Gala invitation

Item 2: Hot House October Events, 1994

Item 3: Juliet Rago exhibition opening poster, 1983

Item 4: Nuyorican Poets Café event calendar, 1993

Item 5: Clifton, Lucille Poetry Center of Chicago event flyer, 1993

Folder 1.3: Promotional materials

Item 1: Chicago Public Library African American History Month program flyer, 1991

Item 2: Southside Community Art Center press release, 1983

Item 3: 11th Annual Detroit Festival of the Arts flyer, 1997

Item 4: Washington Seniors Wellness Center event materials, 1988

Folder 1.4: Promotional materials

Item 1: Correspondence, Packard, William, 1994

Item 2: University of California Berkeley event poster, 1964

Item 3: James Madison University event flyer, 1979

Item 4: Artists for Harold Washington Jubilee poster, 1983

Folder 1.5: Clark University centennial event leaflets, 1987

Seven copies.

Folder 1.6: Vincennes University event poster, 1991

Six copies.

Folder 1.7: Promotional materials

Item 1: Children Coming Home order forms, 1991

Two copies.

Item 2: Writers on Writing at Barnard College flyer, 1992

Item 3: Guild Complex event calendar (May/June), 1993

Item 4: Walt Whitman Cultural Arts Center event flyer, 1994

Folder 1.8: Promotional materials

Item 1: College of Staten Island event flyers, 1981

Two copies.

Item 2: Anchor Arts Organization leaflets, 1982

Nine copies.

Folder 1.9: Promotional materials

Item 1: Hallmark Networks event invitation, 1986

Item 2: 1994 Jefferson Lecture flyer, 1994

Item 3: Beloit College event flyer, 1995

Item 4: University of Toledo event flyer, 1996

Folder 1.10: Promotional materials

Item 1: Beverly Bank and Third World Press Black History Month event flyers, 1997

Two copies.

Item 2: Lorain County Community College event pamphlets, undated

Three copies.

Item 3: Washington College event leaflet, undated

Folder 1.11: Promotional and travel materials

Item 1: Young Poet’s Primer and Primer For Blacks publication advertisement, circa 1981

Item 2: University of Central Oklahoma event itinerary, 1994

Item 3: State College of Florida event poster, undated

Folder 1.12: Promotional materials

Item 1: Ohio Wesleyan University event flyer, undated

Item 2: Write On Chicago: A Festival of the Literary Arts flyer, undated

Item 3: Central Arkansas Library System event flyer, undated

Item 4: “Arkansas: The Wonder State” by Vining, Peggy Candle, 1981

Item 5: Non-Gwendolyn Brooks event flyer, 1977

Folder 1.13: Promotional materials

Item 1: International Black Writers Conference flyer, 1979

Item 2: Academic Association Academy event flyer, 1981

Item 3: Heroism in the New Black Poetry publication event flyer, 1990

Item 4: New York Public Library Langston Hughes 90^th Birthday Celebration event flyer, 1992

Item 5: Writers on Writing at Barnard College flyer, 1992

Folder 1.14: Non-Gwendolyn Brooks promotional materials, 1996-1997, undated

Folder 1.15: Promotional materials

Item 1: Brooks Player’s audition flyers, undated

Item 2: Non-Gwendolyn Brooks Chicago Historical Society event flyer, undated

Item 3: Non-Gwendolyn Brooks Hayes, Alison Ryerson reading event flyer, undated

Item 4: Destination Freedom Black Radio Days event flyer, undated

Folder 1.16: Non-Gwendolyn Brooks event flyer and folder, undated

File 2: “From The Telephone Table”

Folder 2.1: Correspondence, Jackson, Jesse L. Jr., 1997

Folder 2.2: Howard University event material and newspaper clippings, 1997

Folder 2.3: Howard University event script, 1997

Folder 2.4: Howard University event program, 1997

Folder 2.5: Jackson State University Sixteenth Annual Communicative Festival of the Arts program, 1989

Folder 2.6: Brown, Sterling A. biography, undated

Folder 2.7: “From The Telephone Table” Howard University folder and pen, undated

File 3: Geraldine R. Dodge Poetry Festival, “Gwendolyn Brooks”

Folder 3.1: Travel materials, 2000

Folder 3.2: “Teacher’s Kit” and folder, 2000

Folder 3.3: Burgundy folder, undated

File 4: Geraldine R. Dodge Poetry Festival, “In Here”

Folder 4.1: Travel materials and poetry kit, 1996

Folder 4.2: Travel materials and poems by others, 1996

Folder 4.3: “In Here” burgundy folder, undated

File 5: Geraldine R. Dodge Poetry Festival, “Poetry Kit For Teachers", 2000

File 6: “Graduation (Programs)”

Folder 6.1: Graduation programs

Item 1: Columbia College, 1964

Item 2: Chicago City College Wilson, 1969

Item 3: Forrestville Upper Grade Center and Sturgis Education and Vocational Guidance Center, 1977

Folder 6.2: Graduation programs

Item 1: Edward Jenner Elementary School, 1984

Item 2: Clark University, 1987

Folder 6.3: Graduation programs

Item 1: Gwendolyn Brooks Junior High School, 1997

Item 2: “Graduation (Programs)” folder, undated

File 7: “Hotels,” hotel receipts, 1986-1987

Box 450

File 1: “Important Photographs, Reviews, Estimates”

Folder 1.1: Contemporary Forum documents, 1993

Includes materials relating to visits to Park-Tutor School, Butler University, Yorkville Young Authors’ Program, Ball State University, Goshen College, and event sponsored by Leer, Norman.

Folder 1.2: Contemporary Forum documents and reviews, 1993

Includes materials relating to visits to Kenwood Academy, Dowagiac High School, Piedmont Virginia Community College.

Folder 1.3: Gwendolyn Brooks publishing advertisements and photos, 1991, undated

Folder 1.4-1.6: Reviews and envelope, 1992-1993

File 2: “Interesting Letters (Southern Arkansas University)”

Folder 2.1: Responses and photos, 1996

Folder 2.2: ‘Southern newspaper (Spring), 1994

Folder 2.3: Kennedy-King College Anniversary Alumni-Scholarship Banquet program, 1993

Folder 2.4: Promotional material

Item 1: Los Angeles Festival schedule, 1993

Item 2: New York University Eighth Annual Goldwater Hospital Benefit reading program, 1993

Folder 2.5: New York University/Goldwater Hospital Writing Workshop invitation, 1993

Folder included contract that was removed to restricted.

Folder 2.6: Promotional materials

Item 1: Chicago State University Dedication of the Gwendolyn Brooks Center program, 1993

Item 2: Cultural Economic Revitalization Leadership Conference press release, 1994

Item 3: William McKinley Visiting Scholar pamphlet for visits to Malone College, Mount Union College, and Walsh University, 1994

Folder 2.7: PSA News: Newsletter of the Poetry Society of America (Winter), 1994

Folder 2.8: “Interesting Letters (Southern Arkansas University)” folder, undated

File 3: “The Last Poets”

Folder 3.1: Prose draft regarding The Last Poets and flyers, 1990

Folder 3.2: Prose draft, “The Last Poets", 1990

Folder 3.3: “Black Love” pamphlets and pre-visit questionnaire for Black United Fund of Illinois, 1982, 1990

Four copies of pamphlet.

Folder 3.4: “Leroi James” cassette, 1968

Folder 3.5: The Last Poets leaflets, 1990

Folder 3.6: The Last Poets and non-Gwendolyn Brook event flyers, 1990

Folder 3.7: Newspaper clippings, flyers, and “The Last Poets” envelope, 1990, undated

File 4: “Library of Congress Receipts”

Folder 4.1: Business cards, phone numbers, and addresses, undated

Folder 4.2: Travel materials, 1985, undated

Folder 4.3: Receipts and “Library of Congress Receipts” envelope, 1985, undated

File 5: “Manchester College Pictures”

Folder 5.1: Business cards, phone numbers, and addresses, undated

Folder 2: Photos, stationary, and envelope, undated

File 6: “Mayoral Inauguration”

Folder 6.1: Washington, Harold Inauguration Ceremony invitation, 1983

Folder 6.2: Poetry draft, “Mayor Harold Washington", 1983

Folder 6.3: Prose draft, speech, 1983

Folder 6.4: Inauguration program, 1983

Folder 6.5: “Mayoral Inauguration” envelope and tissue, circa 1983

Included pen that was removed for preservation reasons.

Folder 7: Peace Museum

Includes materials relating to visit to the Peace Museum and Bethel Cultural Arts Center. Also includes West Side Cultural Arts Council flyer, newspaper clipping, and note.

Folder 8: Peace Museum, 1999

Includes pamphlets for Northern Illinois University and The Peace Museum.

Box 451

Folder 1-8: Program bundle

Folder 1: Programs and promotional materials

Item 1: Illinois College event program, 1993

Item 2: Gwendolyn Brooks Junior High School Class of 1992 list, 1992

Item 3: Millercom93 event flyer, 1992

Item 4: “Paterson – The Poem and the City” pamphlet, 1992

Folder 2: Promotional materials

Item 1: Midwest Afrikan American Theatre Alliance 16^th Annual Conference pamphlet, 1991

Item 2: Central Arkansas Library System schedule, undated

Folder 3: Illinois, Beginning with Women… Histories and Cultures event materials, 1993

Folder 4: Promotional materials

Item 1: Gwendolyn Brooks Junior High School Promotion program, 1992

Item 2: Aloneness book cover, undated

Folder 5: Publisher advertisement materials, 1993, undated

Folder 6: Newsletters, 1992

Folder 7: Promotional materials

Item 1: Muntu Dance Theatre “Lighting The Path” 15^th Annual Concert Series program, 1991

Item 2: New Concept School pamphlet, undated

Folder 8: Promotional materials

Item 1: Eta Creative Arts Foundation theater schedule, 1997-1998

Item 2: Thank you note on paper plate, undated

File 9: “Programs – CSU”

Folder 9.1

Item 1: Chicago State University 4^th Annual Award Dinner event materials, 1998

Item 2: Chicago State University Black History Month program, 1984

Folder 9.2: Chicago State University 75^th Birthday Celebration program, 1992

Two copies.

Folder 9.3: Promotional materials

Item 1: Chicago State University Dedication of the Gwendolyn Brooks Center for Black Literature and Creative Writing program, 1993

Item 2: The Black Writer: Culture, Commitment, and Community conference pamphlet, 1993

Three copies.

Folder 9.4: Chicago State University “The Influence of Africa on Black Literature and Culture of the Diaspora” 4^th Annual Conference on the Black Literary Arts program, 1994

Eight copies.

Folder 9.5: Promotional materials

Item 1: 1994 Jefferson Lecturer in the Humanities programv, 1994

Item 2: Chicago State University “Black Aesthetic and Black Nationalism” 6^th Annual Conference on the Black Literary Arts program, 1996

Folder 9.6: Chicago State University “Poetry and Fiction of Black Life: Engaging the Possible” 7^th Annual Conference on the Black Literary Arts program, 1997

56 copies.

Folder 9.7: Chicago State University “Poetry and Fiction of Black Life: Engaging the Possible” 7^th Annual Conference on the Black Literary Arts program, 1997

18 copies.

Folder 9.8: Promotional materials

Item 1: Chicago State University “Power of the Tongue” program, 1999

Item 2: Gwendolyn Brooks Center Black History Month event schedule, undated

Folder 9.9: Chicago State University Commencement programs, 1995

Three copies.

Folder 9.10: “Programs – CSU” folder, undated

File 10: “Tickets, Reminders”

Folder 10.1: Evaluation forms, 1985-1986

Includes material related to visits to Union County College, The Fortnightly of Chicago, and Wharton Center for Performing Arts. Includes note from Zitch, Beryl.

Folder 10.2: Evaluation forms, 1982-1986

Includes material related to visits to Phillips Exeter Academy, H. D. Woodson Senior High School (Washington D.C.), Union County College, and Jefferson State Junior College.

Folder 10.3: Evaluation forms and envelope, 1986

Includes material related to visits to U.S. Department of Labor, Georgetown (Washington D.C.), and James Madison University.

File 11: “Special Programs”

Folder 11.1: Programs

Item 1: The Speakers Bureau of The Adult Education Council of Greater Chicago “100 Leading Personalities” 48^th annual edition, 1971-1972

Item 2: Dedication of State of Illinois Center materials, 1985

Folder 11.2: National Women’s Hall of Fame National Honors Ceremony program, 1988

Includes newspaper clippings.

Folder 11.3: Promotional materials

Item 1: The Contemporary Forum Distinguished Speakers and Performing Arts booklet, undated

Item 2: Gwendolyn Brooks Sculpture Unveiling Ceremony program, 1993

Folder 11.4: National Book Awards program, 1994

Folder 11.5

Item 1: City of Chicago “Eighty Gifts: A Celebration of the 80th Birthday of Gwendolyn Brooks” pamphlet, 1997

Item 2: Johnson Publishing Company Building Official Opening Ceremonies program, 1972

Item 3: “Special Programs” folder, undated

Box 451a

File 1: “Topeka ‘Brooks Park Dedication’ Mementos”

Folder 1.1: Gwendolyn Brooks Day declaration and commemorative photo, 1996

Folder 1.2: Topeka Capital-Journal newspaper (May 2), 1996

Folder 1.3: “Topeka ‘Brooks Park Dedication’ Mementos” envelope, 1996

File 2: “Trains and Buses (all for business reasons)", 1988

File 3: “Trains, Buses", 1989

File 4: “Transportation”

Folder 4.1-4.7: Train tickets, 1998, undated

File 5: “Various Receipts", 2000

File 6: Various ceremonies

Item 1: Brownie Girl Scout Troop 390 Girl Scouts of Chicago award, 1988

Item 2: Howard University Commencement program, ribbon, and dried flower, 1973

Item 3: The American Academy of Arts and Letters and The National Institute of Arts and Letters Ceremonial event materials, 1976

Folder 7-10: Various Events

Folder 7: Promotional materials

Item 1: Prairie View A&M University event materials, 1980

Item 2: De Anza College event poster, undated

Folder 8: Promotional materials

Item 1: St. George’s School event pamphlet, undated

Item 2: Contemporary Forum promotional pamphlet, undated

Item 3: St. John Fisher College event poster, undated

Folder 9: Promotional materials

Item 1: Montgomery Blair High School event program, undated

Item 2: Poetry Magazine Presents 15^th Annual Poetry Day program, undated

Item 3: Rollins College event materials, undated

Item 4: California Institute of the Arts Poetry Today event flyers, undated

Folder 10: Promotional materials

Item 1: Illinois College Martin & Gertrude Hahn Lecture in Comparative Literature event program, 1998

Two copies.

Item 2: Rice Media Center Contemporary Writers Series flyer, undated

Item 3: Illinois Sesquicentennial Mansion Benefit Dinner program, undated

Item 4: Clemson University event posters, undated

Three copies.

File 11: The Women’s Museum folder

Folder 11.1: Event materials

Item 1: Correspondence, Bonner, Cathy (The Women’s Museum), 2000

Item 2: Sealed envelope, undated

Item 3: 6th Annual Friends of Chicago State University Award Dinner event materials, 2000

Folder 11.2-11.3: The Women’s Museum promotional materials, 2000

Folder 11.4: The Women’s Museum folder, undated

File 12: Words in the Mourning Time

Item 1: “Familyhood", 1989

Item 2: Words in the Mourning Time promotional materials, 1990