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). At the core of this book is "The Anniad," an epic poem that details the life of a young woman in Chicago's Bronzeville neighborhood. 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.

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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 "Eventide" 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 3: Gwendolyn Brooks Personal Files

Box 300

File 1: “All Letters In Here Are Answered”

Folder 1.1-1.11: Correspondence

Folder 1.1

Item 1: “Corr 1996-1998” note, undated

Item 2: Bowers, Neal and Nancy holiday card to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1996

Folder 1.2

Item 1: Christy, Alexandra (Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1997

Includes a draft response, a copy of “Indian Prayer” poem, and an envelope.

Item 2: Cross, Delores card to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1998

Includes an envelope.

Folder 1.3

Item 1: Harper, Michael card to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1998

Includes an envelope.

Item 2: Jones, Anna holiday card to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1997

Folder 1.4

Item 1: Klappert, Peter personal newsletter, 1997

Includes a holiday card and an envelope.

Folder 1.5

Item 1: Landes, David Landes letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1997

Includes a thank you card.

Item 2: Mattioni, Dante (The Chapel of Four Chaplains) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1998

Item 3: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to McGraw Hill Companies, 1998

Includes an envelope.

Folder 1.6

Item 1: Orlikoff, Jeanne letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1997

Includes an envelope.

Item 2: Owens, Betty birthday card to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated

Folder 1.7

Item 1: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Peddy, Beverly, undated

Item 2: Petrakis, Harry Mark letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1997

Includes copies of photos of St. Constantine Koraes School (Palos Hills, IL).

Item 3: Pierce, Edith L. letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1997

Includes an envelope.

Folder 1.8

Item 1: Scott-Heron, Gil card to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1997

Item 2: Gwendolyn Brooks card to Scott-Heron, Gil, 1998

Item 3: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Viebahn, Fred, 1998

Includes a letter from Viebahn, Fred to Kunitz, Stanley and an envelope.

Folder 1.9

Item 1: Williams, Kenny card to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated

Includes a FedEx USA Airbill copy.

Item 2: Winston, Carol card to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1998

Includes an envelope.

Item 3: Young, Reggie letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1998

Item 4: Noel, B.E. (Noel Gallery) card to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated

Folder 1.10

Item 1: The Permissions Group envelope to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1998

Includes notes by Gwendolyn Brooks.

Folder 1.11

Item 1: Young, Reggie (Wheaton College. English Department) envelope to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated

Folder 1.12

Item 1: The Chapel of Four Chaplains “Fact Sheet”, undated

Item 2: The Chapel of Four Chaplains newsletter (vol. 10, no.1), 1997

Folder 1.13

Item 1: “The Chapel of Four Chaplains 32nd Annual Awards Banquet” program, 1998

File 2: “Articles, Scraps, (etc.)”

Folder 2.1

Item 1: Darby, Julia A. thank you card to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1990

Folder 2.2

Item 1: “Poets and Restriction (for “Writing!” Magazine)” by Gwendolyn Brooks, undated

Folder 2.3

Item 1: Jotting, undated

Folder 2.4

Item 1: Blank stationery for Campus Inn (Ann Arbor, MI), undated

Item 2: Blank stationery for The Summit (Hartford, CT), undated

Folder 2.5

Item 1: “Black Poets and Orators” program (Noah Webster School), undated

Folder 2.6

Item 1: The New York Times Large Type Weekly pages, 1990

Folder 2.7

Item 1: Earl grey tea bag, undated

Item 2: Notes on the National Building Museum, undated

Item 3: “Articles, Scraps, (etc.)” envelope, undated

File 3: “Beautiful Poems Written To Me (Other Little Specialties)”

Folder 3.1

Item 1: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to “Hoyt”, undated

Likely Fuller, Hoyt W.

Item 2: Grand Crossing Station notice to lock box customers, 1998

Item 3: Millican, Arthenia B. card to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1975

Folder 3.2

Item 1: Beasley, Wallace poem, 1968

Folder 3.3

Item 1: “Missing Hoyt” statement by Gwendolyn Brooks, circa 1980s

Folder 3.4

Item 1: North Park CME Church service bulletin, undated

Folder 3.5

Item 1: Pulliam, H. poem, 1974

Folder 3.6

Item 1: Bradshaw, Edwynne Green, “Big Voice” poem, 1995

Item 2: “Found” note, undated

Item 3: “URGENT (Important.)” envelope, undated

Also reads, “Lovely Little Poem (To Me).”

Folder 3.7

Item 1: “Beautiful Poems Written To Me (Other Little Specialties)” envelope, undated

File 4: “Beryl’s Reminders, Etc.”

Folder 4.1-4.2: “DONE”

Folder 4.1

Item 1: “DONE” note, undated

Item 2-5: Addresses and notes on public engagements, undated

Folder 4.2

Item 1-3: Notes on public engagements, undated

Folder 4.3-4.8: Unidentified grouping

Folder 4.3

Item 1: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Madhubuti, Haki, 1997

Item 2: Pegram, Amelia Blossom card to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1997

Item 3: Berryman, Jo (California Institute of the Arts), 1996

Folder 4.4

Item 1: Blank envelope, undated

Folder 4.5

Item 1: The Contemporary Forum contract between Gwendolyn Brooks and the California Institute of the Arts, 1997

Includes an event reminder.

Folder 4.6

Item 1: Business card for Engdahl, Bonnie Thoman, undated

Folder 4.7

Item 1: Broadside Press invoice, 1997

Includes an envelope.

Folder 4.8

Item 1: Issue of The Topeka Sentinel (March 29-April 18), 1997

Folder 4.9

Item 1: Gwendolyn Brooks, Black Love pamphlet, 1982?

Includes “Beryl’s Reminders, Etc.” note.

File 5: “Birthday Committee Addresses”

Folder 5.1

Item 1: A Gift for You pamphlet (City of Chicago. Department of Cultural Affairs), 1997

Five copies.

Item 2: Eighty Gifts: A Celebration of the 80th Birthday of Gwendolyn Brooks pamphlet, 1997

Six copies.

Item 3: “Biographies of Presenters” pamphlet for Eighty Gifts celebration, 1997

Two copies.

Item 4: Eighty Gifts: A Celebration of the 80th Birthday of Gwendolyn Brooks pamphlet (color), 1997

Includes a “Pictures sent (July 16, 1997)” note.

Item 5: Eighty Gifts: A Celebration of the 80th Birthday of Gwendolyn Brooks pamphlet (color), 1997

22 copies.

Item 6: “IMPORTANT” envelope sent to Blakely, Nora Brooks, 1997

Folder 5.2

Item 1: Gwendolyn Brooks card to Madhubuti, Safisha, 1997

Folder 5.3

Item 1-2: Blakely, Nora Brooks envelope to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated

Folder 5.4

Item 1: Address list from the Contemporary Forum, 1997

Includes a sticky note.

Folder 5.5

Item 1: Addresses, undated

Folder 5.6

Item 1: Group photo, 1997

Item 2: Photo of Preston, Adera Delaney at 29 days old, 1997?

Item 3: Photo of Preston, Adera Delaney at 34 days old, 1997?

Folder 5.7-5.8: “Cards (etc.)”

Folder 5.7

Item 1: Blakely, Nora Brooks envelope to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated

Item 2: “Special Letters: ANSWERED. (In re: my 80th birthday)” envelope, undated

Folder 5.8

Item 1: High school graduation photo from “Andrea”, undated

Item 2: “CARDS (etc.) (Answered or No Answer Needed.) Also: BIRTHDAY “PARTY” Lists (given me by NORA.)” envelope, 1997

Folder 5.9-5.10: Birthday party for Henry Blakely Sr.

Folder 5.9

Item 1: Birthday party invitation draft, 1996

Item 2: Birthday party invitation, 1996

Folder 5.1

Folder 5.11-5.13: Birthday cards

Folder 5.11

Item 1-2: Creston High School (Grand Rapids, MI) birthday card to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1997

Item 3: “CCP” birthday card to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1997

Includes an envelope.

Folder 5.12

Item 1: St. John, Eleanor birthday card to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1997

Includes an envelope and a “PACK AWAY. (No answer)” sticky note.

Item 2: “Jené” birthday card to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated

Folder 5.13

Item 1: Seminole County Library (Fern Park, FL) newsletter (May), 1997

Folder 5.14

Item 1: “JUNE 7, 1997 BIRTHDAY COMMITTEE ADDRESSES (with markings on names I’ve thanked for “contributing to the joy of my 80th Birthday”)” envelope, undated

Box 301

File 1: “Black Position No. 5 (Combined with Black Review)”

Folder 1.1: Karenga, M. Ron, “The State of Our People: Crisis and Possibility” essay, 1978?

Includes an envelope from the School of Human Behavior at United States International University.

Folder 1.2: Cato, John David, “Perspectives on Black Religious Consciousness” essay, 1976

Folder 1.3: Kent, George E., “Reflections on Addison Gayle’s The Way of the New World” essay, undated

Folder 1.4

Item 1: Gayle, Addison, “Ludell: The Other Side of Native Son” essay, undated

Item 2: Review of The Salt Eaters by Bambara, Toni Cade, undated

Folder 1.5: Plumpp, Sterling and Fuller, Hoyt W. reviews, undated

Folder 1.6: Harris, Jessica B. review of The Black Cat and the Pigs: A Modern Fable by Darby, Larry, 1976

Folder 1.7-1.8: “Black Review”

Folder 1.7

Item 1: Fuller, Hoyt W. letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1975

Item 2: Selmon(?), Joe letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1975

Folder 1.8

Folder 1: Photocopy of a Chicago Sun-Times clipping, 1975

Folder 2: “Black Review” envelope, undated

Folder 1.9-1.11: “The Black Position”

Folder 1.9: Neal, Larry envelope to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1971

Folder 1.10

Item 1: Randall, Dudley (Broadside Press) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1971

Item 2: “The Case of Hayden Carruth” essay by Randall, Dudley, undated

Item 3: “Nikki” letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1968

Possibly Giovanni, Nikki.

Folder 1.11: “The Black Position” (new magazine edited by Gwendolyn Brooks)” envelope, undated

Folder 1.12: “BLACK POSITION NO. 5 (Combined with Black Review)” envelope, undated

File 2: “Broadside Press (Contracts)”

Folder 2.1

Item 1: Mueller, L. W. (Harlo Printing Company) memo to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1971

Item 2: Randall, Dudley letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1974

Includes an envelope.

Folder 2.2

Item 1: Randall, Dudley letter to Gwendolyn Brooks (photocopy), 1974

Includes a Harlo Printing Co. delivery receipt.

Item 2: Randall, Dudley letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1974

Includes a Broadside Press royalty report and an “Aloneness” royalties envelope.

Item 3: Randall, Dudley letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1974?

Folder 2.3

Item 1: Randall, Dudley letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1974

Includes a Harlo Printing Co. invoice.

Item 2: Romaine, Marguerite (Field Enterprises Inc.) letter to Randall, Dudley (carbon copy), 1970

Item 3: Targ, Roslyn (Roslyn Targ Literary Agency, Inc.) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1970

Folder 2.4

Item 1: Targ, Roslyn (Roslyn Targ Literary Agency, Inc.) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1970

Includes a note by Gwendolyn Brooks and an envelope.

Item 2: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Ude, Chi, 1970

Folder 2.5

Item 1: Randall, Dudley letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1970

Item 2: Randall, Dudley letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated

Item 3: Randall, Dudley letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1974

Includes an order form for The Black Position.

Folder 2.6: Randall, Dudley letter to Segmetz(?), Ms., 1972

Includes an envelope.

Folder 2.7: Randall, Dudley letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1974

Includes an envelope.

Folder 2.8: Agreement between Gwendolyn Brooks and Broadside Press for the publication of Family Pictures, 1970

Two copies. Includes an envelope.

Folder 2.9: Paul Breman Limited catalog for “The Heritage Series”, 1974?

Folder 2.10

Item 1: Harlo Printing Company invoice, 1971

Item 2: Broadside Press royalty reports, 1974

Concerning The Black Position (no. 1 and 2) and Family Pictures. Includes an envelope.

Folder 2.11

Item 1: Broadside Press royalty report, 1972

Concerning Aloneness. Includes an envelope.

Item 2: Roslyn Targ Literary Agency, Inc. royalty statement, 1972

Folder 2.12

Item 1: Broadside Press invoice for Rappin’ & Readin’ by Lee, Don L. (Madhubuti, Haki R.), 1971

Item 2: Broadside Press invoice for a poster involving Randall, Dudley, 1970

Item 3: Roslyn Targ Literary Agency, Inc. royalty statement, 1972

Concerning The World of Gwendolyn Brooks. Includes an envelope.

Folder 2.13: Broadside Press royalty reports, 1973

Concerning Jump Bad: A New Chicago Anthology and A Broadside Treasury. Includes an envelope.

Folder 2.14-2.16: “Aloneness ‘Broadside’ Contract”

Folder 2.14: Randall, Dudley letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1970

Folder 2.15: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Randall, Dudley, 1970

Includes an early typescript of “Aloneness.”

Folder 2.16: Agreement between Gwendolyn Brooks and Broadside Press for the publication of Aloneness, 1970

Includes an envelope.

Folder 2.17-2.21: “Report from Part One (Contract)”

Folder 2.17

Item 1: Randall, Dudley letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1972

Includes an envelope.

Item 2: Randall, Dudley letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1972

Includes a reproduction agreement for “Paul Robeson” in The Poetry of Black America: Anthology of the 20th Century and an envelope.

Folder 2.18

Item 1-2: Randall, Dudley letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1972

Item 3: Issue of Broadside News (no. 15), 1972

Item 4: Photocopy of an encyclopedia page for “Negro, American”, 1972

Includes a note by Randall, Dudley, and an envelope.

Folder 2.19: Agreement between Broadside Press and Roslyn Targ Literary Agency, Inc. concerning works by Gwendolyn Brooks, 1972

Includes a photocopied letter from Randall, Dudley to Targ, Roslyn.

Folder 2.20: Issue of Broadside News (no. 15), 1972

Two copies. Includes an envelope.

Folder 2.21

Item 1: “Report from Part One -Contract-” envelope, 1972

Item 2: “Broadside Press (Contracts)” envelope, undated

Folder 2.22: “The Life of Lincoln West”

Folder 2.22: Flood, Alva E. (Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.) letter to Berlin, Elizabeth (Harper & Row, Publishers), 1963

Folder 2.23

Item 1: Critchley, Faith (Ginn and Company. Secondary School English Department) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1969

Item 2: Hill, Herbert letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1963

Folder 2.24

Item 1: Merrill, Marguerite (Harper & Row, Publishers) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1963

Item 2: Flood, Alva E. (Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.) letter to Berlin, Elizabeth (Harper & Rowe Publishers), 1963

Item 3: Recordation of transfer of copyright ownership, 1963

Item 4: “Life of Lincoln West” envelope, 1963

Folder 2.25: “‘The Life of Lincoln West’ (Copyright, etc.)” envelope, undated

File 3: “Broadside Press (Letters)”

Folder 3.1

Item 1: Randall, Dudley letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1975

Item 2: Broadside Press envelope (sealed), 1976

Concerning a tenth anniversary event.

Item 3: Randall, Dudley letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1976

Includes an envelope.

Folder 3.2: ​Schwing, Lee (Women in Distribution, Inc.) letters to Randall, Dudley, 1975

Includes a contract for the distribution of Report from Part One and envelopes.

Folder 3.3

Item 1: Randall, Dudley letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1976?

Concerning the use of “Martin Luther King.” Includes an envelope.

Item 2: Randall, Dudley letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1975?

Concerning the use of text from Family Pictures. Includes an envelope.

Folder 3.4

Item 1: Randall, Dudley letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated

Concerning the use of “The Life of Lincoln West,” “Riot,” and “Horses Graze.”

Item 2: Randall, Dudley letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated

Concerning the use of “Martin Luther King, Jr.” Includes an envelope.

Folder 3.5

Item 1: Randall, Dudley letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated

Concerning the use of “The Time of the Fever. The Time of the Tall-Walkers.”

Item 2: Randall, Dudley letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated

Concerning the use of “To Don at Salaam.”

Item 3: Randall, Dudley letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated

Concerning the use of “Riot” and “The Third Sermon on the Warpland.”

Item 4: “Permissions” envelope, 1975

Folder 3.6

Item 1: Randall, Dudley letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1976?

Concerning the use of “To Don at Salaam.” Includes an envelope.

Item 2: Randall, Dudley letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated

Concerning the use of “Interview with Gwendolyn Brooks” by Lewis, Ida. Includes an envelope.

Folder 3.7

Item 1: Randall, Dudley letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated

Concerning the use of “Speech to the Young. Speech to the Progress-Toward.” Includes an envelope.

Item 2: Randall, Dudley letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated

Concerning the use of selections from Report from Part One. Includes an envelope.

Folder 3.8

Item 1: Randall, Dudley letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated

Concerning the use of selections from Report from Part One. Includes an envelope.

Item 2: Randall, Dudley letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated

Concerning the use of “The Life of Lincoln West.” Includes an envelope.

Folder 3.9: Randall, Dudley letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated

Concerning the use of “Martin Luther King, Jr.” Includes an envelope.

Folder 3.10

Item 1: Broadside Press royalty report, 1975

Concerning Report from Part One.

Item 2: Broadside Press invoice, 1976

Item 3: Harlo Printing Company invoice, 1974

Includes a note from Randall, Dudley to Mueller, Ms. (Harlo Printing Company) and an envelope.

Folder 3.11: “Broadside Press (Letters)” envelope, undated

Box 302

File 1: “Brooks Papers”

Folder 1.1-1.9: “Kit Davis. Blackstone Pictures”

Folder 1.1

Item 1: Ashby, W. Allen (Union County College. English Department) letter to Zitch, Beryl, 1985

Item 2: Gwendolyn Brooks holiday card to “You 2”, undated

Item 3: Gwendolyn Brooks Easter card to an unknown recipient, undated

Folder 1.2

Item 1-2: Gwendolyn Brooks holiday card to an unknown recipient, undated

Item 3: Gwendolyn Brooks holiday card to “dear friends”, undated

Folder 1.3

Item 1: Gwendolyn Brooks holiday card to an unknown recipient, undated

Item 2: Gwendolyn Brooks and Blakely, Nora Brooks holiday card to an unknown recipient, undated

Item 3: Gwendolyn Brooks holiday card to an unknown recipient, undated

Folder 1.4

Item 1: Gwendolyn Brooks holiday card to an unknown recipient, undated

Item 2-3: Gwendolyn Brooks; Blakely, Nora Brooks; and Blakely, Henry, Sr. holiday card to an unknown recipient, undated

Folder 1.5

Item 1-2: Gwendolyn Brooks and family holiday card to an unknown recipient, undated

Item 3: “Gwen and all” holiday card to an unknown recipient, undated

Folder 1.6

Item 1: Carpenter, Lisa (Poet’s Market) letter to Zitch, Beryl, 1990

Item 2: Mitchell Museum Newsletter (July), 1977

Folder 1.7: Packet of correspondence between Zitch, Beryl (The Contemporary Forum) and Cosby, Janet L. (Cosby Bureau International, Inc.), 1989-1990

Includes contracts.

Folder 1.8

Item 1: Drummond, W.J. letter to Zitch, Beryl, 1991

Item 2: Galbraith, Nancy (Library of Congress (Washington, D.C.)) letter to Zitch, Beryl, 1988

Item 3: Ginsberg, Allen letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1989

Folder 1.9: Giovanni, Nikki (Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Department of English) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1990

Box 303

File 1: “Brooks Papers” (cont.)

Folder 1.10-1.16: “Kit Davis. Blackstone Pictures” (cont.)

Folder 1.10: Notes grouping, undated

Folder 1.11: Faxed copy of “The Seer and the Seen: The Work & Life of Gwendolyn Brooks” by Davis, Christopher O. and Bate, Peter (Blackstone Pictures Limited), 1994

Folder 1.12

Item 1: Curriculum vitae for Davis, Christopher Olga

Item 2: Faxed copy of “The Span of Life, the Multiple Youths of Gwendolyn Brooks” by Davis, Christopher O. and Bate, Peter (Blackstone Pictures Limited), 1994

Includes a note.

Folder 1.13

Item 1: Letter from Davis, Christopher O. (Blackstone Pictures Limited) to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1994

Item 2-3: Letter from Davis, Christopher O. (Blackstone Pictures Limited) to Zitch, Beryl (The Contemporary Forum), 1994

Folder 1.14

Item 1: Curriculum vitae for Davis, Christopher Olga, 1994

Item 2: “Despite all her honors, Gwendolyn Brooks…” essay, undated

Folder 1.15: “The Seer and the Seen: The Work & Life of Gwendolyn Brooks” by Davis, Christopher O. and Bate, Peter (Blackstone Pictures Limited), 1994

Folder 1.16

Item 1: Small pressed leaf, undated

Item 2: “Christopher (Kit) Davis. Blackstone Pictures” file folder, undated

Folder 1.17-1.18: Unidentified grouping

Folder 1.17

Item 1: Meece, June G. (Jacksonville Community College) card to Zitch, Beryl (The Contemporary Forum), 1992

Item 2: Gwendolyn Brooks card to Zitch, Beryl (The Contemporary Forum), 1992

Folder 1.18: “Leading Ladies: What they Did for Chicago’s Reputation… and What Chicago Did to Their Reputations” article by Kogan, Rick (Chicago Sun-Times Midwest), 1977

Includes a Buffalo Photo Company wax paper bag.

Folder 1.19-1.20: Unidentified grouping

Folder 1.19: Holiday cards, 1986

Folder 1.20: Poetry and Literature broadside announcing “The Day of the Gwendolyn” lecture, 1986

Folder 1.21-1.24: Unidentified grouping

Folder 1.21: Holiday card from Gwendolyn Brooks; Blakely, Henry; and Blakely, Nora, undated

Folder 1.22: Notes, undated

Folder 1.23: Fall calendar, 1995

Folder 1.24: Packet of notecards and correspondence, 1995, undated

Includes letters from Zitch, Beryl (The Contemporary Forum) to Freeman, Paul (Chicago Sinfonietta) and from Zitch, Beryl (The Contemporary Forum) to Griffin, Bill (Chicago Sinfonietta).

Folder 1.25: “Brooks Papers” envelope, 1995

Contains a separation sheet.

File 2: “Check Through for Collage”

Folder 2.1: Illinois Arts Council administrative documents, 1968

Folder 2.2: Rodgers, Carolyn M. letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1984

Folder 2.3: “There are thousands of little things to say to young people…” essay, undated

Folder 2.4: Notes, undated

Folder 2.5: “Black American Women Writers: A Symposium” (The William Patterson College of New Jersey) program, 1982

Folder 2.6: Advisory panel membership lists, undated

Folder 2.7: “Illinois Poet Laureate Awards 1987” announcement, 1987

Folder 2.8: “Local Color and Social Myth in Gwendolyn Brooks’ ‘In the Mecca’” essay by an unknown author, undated

Folder 2.9: Derogatory flyer circulated by “Chicago whites”, undated

Includes a list of names.

Folder 2.10: Announcement of Illinois Poet Laureate Awards contest (Illinois Times), 1981

Folder 2.11: Newspaper clippings on the Blackstone Rangers, 1966

Folder 2.12

Item 1: “Scott-Heron Puts Re-Rons Behind Him” article by Ruffin, Mark (Chicago Sun-Times), 1990

Item 2: Review of Nightmare in Detroit: A Rebellion and Its Victims by Sauter, Van Gordon and Hines, Burleigh, undated

Folder 2.13-2.14: Marchette Chute

Folder 2.13: Drafts of “Marchette Chute”, 1995

Folder 2.14: Quotes, 1994

Folder 2.15-2.16: Jottings and drafts

Folder 2.15: Statement on Algren, Nelson, undated

Folder 2.16: Notes, undated

Includes an empty envelope.

Folder 2.17-2.19: Blackstone Rangers

Folder 2.17: “These Are the Blackstone Rangers” article (Chicago Daily News), 1966

Folder 2.18-2.19: Chicago Daily News clippings, 1966, undated

Folder 2.20: “Check Through for ‘Collage’” envelope, undated

File 3: “Chicago, 2999”

Folder 3.1: “Chicago 2999” typescripts and a letter from Gwendolyn Brooks to Blades, John”, 1996

Folder 3.2: Speech draft, 1995

Folder 3.3: “Carl Sandburg” speech written in a pocket calendar, 1970

Folder 3.4: Washington School (Harvey, IL) entries to the Illinois Poet Laureate Awards, 1996

Contains a separation sheet.

Folder 3.5-3.6: Poems submitted by children for a contest, 1996

Contains a separation sheet.

Folder 3.7: “Programs” list, 1995

Folder 3.8-3.11: Poems submitted by children for a contest, 1996

Contains a separation sheet.

Folder 3.12: “Chicago, 2999 – by G. Brooks” envelope, undated

File 4: “Chicago State U.”

Folder 4.1

Item 1: Bolden, B.J. card to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1998

Item 2: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Bolden, B.J., 1998

Includes an envelope for item 1.

Item 3: Chicago State University envelope, 1996, undated

Folder 4.2

Item 1: Cross, Dolores E. (Chicago State University) offer letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1992

Includes a contract and an envelope.

Item 2: Daniel, Elnora D. (Chicago State University) letter to “Chicago State University Community of Scholars”, 1998

Includes an envelope.

Folder 4.3

Item 1: Dixon, Jacqueline letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1997

Includes an envelope.

Item 2: Keene, Glynis and Wade card to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1997

Item 3: Evans, Walter and Linda envelope to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1997

Folder 4.4

Item 1: Mathews, Rossari letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1997

Includes an envelope.

Item 2: D(?), Alifah card to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1997

Includes an envelope.

Folder 4.5

Item 1: Shipps, Dea card to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1997

Includes an envelope.

Item 2: Silas, Tani birth announcement to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1997

Item 3: Smith, Bryant letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated

Folder 4.6

Item 1-2: West, Donda C. (Chicago State University) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1996

Item 3: West, Donda C. (Chicago State University) letter to “Colleagues”, 1997

Folder 4.7

Item 1: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to West, Donda (Chicago State University), 1997

Item 2: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to West, Donda (Chicago State University),, 1998

Item 3: York, Kimberly holiday card to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated

Folder 4.8: Addresses and phone numbers, undated

Folder 4.9: Contact information for students attending a dinner at the Ritz Carleton, 1997?

Includes a flyer advertising “Black English Vernacular: The Ebonics Debate.”

Folder 4.10: Course materials for English 321, 1997

Folder 4.11: Chicago State University student tributes, 1997

Folder 4.12: Newspaper clippings, undated

Includes “Chicago State U. (Class & Dinner Matters)” envelope.

Box 304

File 1: “Chicago State University”

Folder 1.1

Item 1: Bolden, B.J. (Chicago State University) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1998

Item 2: El, Rasu Frederick letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated

Item 3: Day, Jacqueline letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1998

Item 4: Bolden, B.J. (Chicago State University) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1998

Item 5: Daniels, Suekina letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1998

Item 6: Hampton, Guineivere letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated

Folder 1.2

Item 1: Scott, Vanessa R. letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1998

Item 2: Turner, Beverly S. letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1998

Item 3: Okoro, Festus letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1998

Item 4: Bradley, Paris letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated

Item 5: Day, Jacqueline letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1998

Item 6: Shipps, Dea letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1998

Folder 1.3

Item 1: Shipp, LaKeshia letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1998

Item 2: Mitchell, Marilyn Gilbert letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1998

Item 3: Berry, Tammy letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1998

Folder 1.4: “Behind the Scenes” poetry draft, undated

Folder 1.5: Bookmarks and a flyer for the Gwendolyn Brooks Center, 1997-1998

Folder 1.6: Flyers for the Twenty-Ninth Annual Illinois Poet Laureate Awards, 1998

Folder 1.7: Issue of the Wisconsin State Journal (October 6), 1998

Folder 1.8-1.11: Unidentified grouping

Folder 1.8: “Duke Ellington” draft, 1998

Folder 1.9: “I’ll Stay” note, undated

Folder 1.10: Program for the Hilldale Lectures (University of Wisconsin-Madison), 1998

Folder 1.11: Introductory statement for Gwendolyn Brooks, 2000?

Folder 1.12: “Chicago State University” folder and a sheet of blue paper, undated

Folder 2: “Christmas Cards for 1997”, 1997?

Cards are blank. Includes envelopes.

File 3: “(“The Mother”) “Diacritics” etc.”

Folder 3.1: McGuire, Bill letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1986

Includes a photocopy of The Evening Star (Washington, D.C.) with a drawing of Gwendolyn Brooks at a Robert Frost lecture.

Folder 3.2

Item 1: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Tillemans, Virginia (Diacritics), 1986

Item 2: Tillemans, Virginia (Diacritics) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1986

Item 3: Address for the Institute of International Education, undated

Item 4: Galley proof of “Apostrophe, Animation, and Abortion” (Diacritics) by Johnson, Barbara, 1986

Folder 3.3: “Stars in Our Eyes” poem by Price, Madalin, 1986

Folder 3.4: Page from USA Today (February 26), 1986

Folder 3.5: “(“The Mother”) “Diacritics” etc.” envelope, undated

File 4: “Dr. Joseph Young”

Folder 4.1

Item 1: Boese, Sally K. (Independent Schools Association of the Central States) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1987

Item 2: Bozym, Michael H. (Whitehall District Schools (Whitehall, MI)) letter to Zitch, Beryl (The Contemporary Forum), 1983

Item 3: Brown, R. Warner (York Community High School (Elmhurst, IL)) letter to Zitch, Beryl (The Contemporary Forum), 1982

Enclosure note was taped over.

Item 4: Grubbin, Dan (Ferrum College) letter to Zitch, Beryl (The Contemporary Forum), 1984

Item 5: Haba, James (Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation) letter to Zitch, Beryl (The Contemporary Forum), 1986

Folder 4.2

Item 1: Halperin, Corrine S. (Mercyhurst College) letter to Zitch, Beryl (The Contemporary Forum), 1983

Item 2: Kendrick, Dolores T. (Phillips Exeter Academy (Exeter, NH)) letter to “Friends” (The Contemporary Forum), undated

Item 3: Myers, Bill (Ottawa Township High School (Ottawa, IL)) letter to Zitch, Beryl (The Contemporary Forum), undated

Item 4: Norman, John C. (Northeastern University) letter to Zitch, Beryl (The Contemporary Forum), 1984

Item 5: Parsons, Alice M. (University of California, Irvine) letter to Zitch, Beryl (The Contemporary Forum), 1987

Item 6: Reddick, Karen (Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Black Cultural Center) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated

Folder 4.3

Item 1: Speller, Benjamin F., Jr. (North Carolina Central University. School of Library Science) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1984

Item 2: Sweeney, Francis (The Boston College Humanities Series) letter to Zitch, Beryl (The Contemporary Forum), 1981

Item 3: Weimar, Stephen (Philadelphia Educators for Social Responsibility) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1986

Item 4: Zulauf, Sandy (County College of Morris) letter to Zitch, Beryl (The Contemporary Forum), 1983

Folder 4.4-4.12: Contemporary Forum documents, 1979, 1982-1987, undated

Folder 4.13: Publicity pamphlets for Gwendolyn Brooks, 1984, 1986, undated

Folder 4.14: Chicago Public Library publicity for Gwendolyn Brooks, 1985, undated

Includes an advertisement for Third World Press.

Folder 4.15: The University Press of Kentucky catalog (Fall-Winter), 1986-1987

Folder 4.16-4.25: Newspaper clippings featuring Gwendolyn Brooks, 1980-1987, undated

Folder 4.16 includes magazine clippings and newspaper clippings on other topics. Folders 4.19, 4.21-4.22 and 4.24-4.25 include photocopies.

Box 305

File 4: “Dr. Joseph Young” (cont.)

Folder 4.26-4.29: Newspaper and magazine clippings featuring Gwendolyn Brooks, 1979-1983, 1986, undated

Folder 4.30: “Dr. Joseph Young” file folder, undated

Includes a blank sheet of paper.

File 5: “England (Sotheby-Arvon Foundation Poetry Competition)”

Folder 5.1

Item 1: Hughes, Ted (Arvon Foundation Poetry Competition) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1981

Includes an envelope.

Item 2: Pease, David (Arvon Foundation Poetry Competition) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated

Includes an envelope.

Item 3: Pease, David (Sotheby’s International Poetry Competition 1982) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1983

Folder 5.2

Item 1: Pease, David (Arvon Foundation Poetry Competition) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1981

Item 2: Turner, Steve letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1983

Includes a call-back slip and an envelope.

Folder 5.3: Flyer for a Creation for Liberation (London) event featuring Gwendolyn Brooks and Bloom, Valerie, 1983

Folder 5.4: Phone numbers and addresses, undated

Folder 5.5: Travel materials for Sotheby’s International Poetry Competition, 1982

Folder 5.6: “England (Sotheby-Arvon Foundation Poetry Competition)” envelope, undated

File 6: “File”

Folder 6.1: Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis bookmarks and flyer, undated

Folder 6.2: Essays on aspects of the Black diaspora (photocopies), 1985-1986, undated

Folder 6.3: “Day at the Races” article (Swarthmore College Bulletin; April), 1989

Folder 6.4: “FILE” envelope, 1991?

File 7: “File These Important Letters”

Box 306

Folder 7: “File These Important Letters” (cont.)

Box 307

File 7: “File These Important Letters” (cont.)

Box 308

File 1: “Fire, and Subsequent Legal Proceedings”

Folder 1.1: Illinois Fairplan Association envelope, 1981

Labeled “Paid—Oct., 1981.”

Folder 1.2: Lee, Robert E. (Fire Records. Chicago Fire Department) letter to “Whom It May Concern”, 1985

Concerning a fire at 4332 S. Champlain Avenue (Chicago). Includes an envelope labeled “Water bill for 4332 Champlain Ave.”

Folder 1.3-1.5: Legal

Folder 1.3: J.F. Hauling Co. (Melrose Park, IL) invoice for the demolition and removal of the house at 4332 S. Champlain Avenue, 1985

Folder 1.4: Proof of Loss notice for 4332 S. Champlain Avenue, 1985

Folder 1.5: Court proceedings, 1985?

Gwendolyn Brooks v. Illinois Fair Plan Association. Open to page 6, which contains annotations by Gwendolyn Brooks.

Folder 1.6-1.9: Legal

Folder 1.6: Orlikoff, Richard (Orlikoff and Flamm) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks and Blakely, Nora Brooks, 1986

Includes an envelope.

Folder 1.7: Utilities statement for 4332 S. Champlain Avenue (Chicago), 1984?

Folder 1.8: Gwendolyn Brooks v. Illinois Fair Plan Association court proceedings, 1985?

Includes a letter from Metz, Roger K. (Frankel and McKay Ltd.) to Gwendolyn Brooks.

Folder 1.9: Proof of Loss statement, 1985?

Folder 1.10: “Fire, and subsequent legal proceedings” envelope, undated

File 2: “Fluffy”

Folder 2.1: Notes on burial costs for Fluffy the dog, undated

Folder 2.2: Illinois Citizens Animal Welfare League, Inc. contract, 1961

File 3: “Fourth Annual Poet Laureate Awards”

Folder 3.1: Todd, Jay letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1987

Folder 3.2: Speech notes and an autobiographical essay, undated

Folder 3.3: Self-interview, undated

Folder 3.4: Questions and notes for a discussion on symbolism, undated

Written on stationery from Glenwood Manor Motor Hotel.

Folder 3.5: Notes and jottings, 1996, undated

Folder 3.6: Notes on writing poetry, undated

Folder 3.7: Photocopy of “Jane Addams” from a book, undated

Folder 3.8: 21st Annual Poet Laureate Awards announcement, 1990

Folder 3.9: Fourth Annual Poet Laureate Awards program, 1973

Folder 3.10: Jottings on Winnie Mandela, undated

Folder 3.11-3.14: Unidentified grouping

Folder 3.11: Notes, undated

Folder 3.12: Excerpt from “Jane Addams”, undated

Folder 3.13: Illinois Poet Laureate Awards submission, 1995

Contains a separation sheet.

Folder 3.14: Interview questions about poetry, undated

Folder 3.15-3.16: Unidentified grouping

Folder 3.15: “Computer” poem draft, undated

Folder 3.16: Notes and jottings, undated

File 4: “Fran Quinn”

Folder 4.1: “In Montgomery” poetry draft, 2000

Folder 4.2: Prose drafts

Folder 4.2-4.3: Jefferson Lecture, 1994

Folder 4.3-4.4: National Book Award Medal Speech, 1994

Folder 4.5: Public Engagements

Folder 4.5: 10th Annual Gwendolyn Brooks Writers’ Conference “Ready for the Millennium” programs, 2000

Three copies.

Folder 4.6: Event materials, undated

Three copies.

Folder 4.7: Contact information, 2000

Folder 4.8: 30th Annual Illinois Poet Laureate Awards flyer, 1999

Folder 4.9: Newspapers and magazines, articles not related to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated

File 5: “Guggenheim Applicants” statements of plans, 1989

Includes an envelope.

File 6: “Gwendolyn Brooks?”, 1998

Includes separation sheet to restricted.

File 7: “Gwendolyn Brooks Day”

Folder 7.1: Hoad, Bruce letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1991

Folder 7.2: Satville, Pat letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1991

Folder 7.3: State of Kansas Senate Resolution No. 1859, 1991

Five copies.

Folder 7.4: “Gwendolyn Brooks Day” envelope, 1991

Box 309

File 1: “Gwendolyn Brooks Junior High School”

Folder 1.1: Gwendolyn Brooks Junior High School Promotion programs, 1983

Three copies.

Folder 1.2: 1983 poetry entries, 1983

Folder 1.3: Gwendolyn Brook Awards, 1983

Folder 1.4: Tassel, undated

File 2: “Gwen Sale”

Item 1: Public engagements, list of colleges and universities, undated

Item 2: Zitch, Beryl letter to Salerno, Nicholas and response, 1984

Item 3: Zitch, Beryl letter to Nourie, A. R. (Auburn University) and response, 1984

Item 4: Cheek, James E. (Howard University) letter to Zitch, Beryl, 1984

File 3: “Harlo”

Folder 3.1-3.5: Correspondence

Folder 3.1: Correspondence

Item 1: Goldsmith, Barbara (PEN American Center) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1988

Item 2: Melhem, D.H. letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1986

Item 3: Return to Gwendolyn Brooks slip, 1987

Item 4: Harlo Printing Co. letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1989

Folder 3.2: Correspondence

Item 1: Gwendolyn Brooks express mail receipt for package to Mueller, Lothar, 1986

Item 2: Mueller, Lothar letters to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1986

Folder 3.3: Correspondence, Mueller, Lothar letters to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1986

Folder 3.4: Correspondence between Mueller, Lothar and Gwendolyn Brooks, 1987

Folder 3.5: Correspondence between Mueller, Lothar and Gwendolyn Brooks, 1987

Folder 3.6: Poetry drafts, undated

Folder 3.7: Poetry drafts, “The Near-Johannesburg Boy And Other Poems”

Item 1: “The Near-Johannesburg Boy", undated

Item 2: “Whitney Young", undated

Item 3: “Tornado At Talladega", undated

Item 4: “Telephone Conversations", undated

Item 5: “To Those Of My Sisters Who Kept Their Naturals", undated

Item 6: “In Nairobi", undated

Item 7: “The Chicago Picasso", 1986

Item 8: “Horses Graze", undated

Item 9: “Building", undated

Item 10: “To A Proper Black Man", undated

Item 11: "Early Death", undated

Item 12: “Shorthand Possible", undated

Item 13: “The Good Man", undated

Item 14: “Infirm", undated

Folder 3.8: Prose drafts, undated

Folder 3.9: Draft of book jacket, 1986, undated

Includes Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Mueller, Lothar.

Folder 3.10: Notes/jottings, undated

Folder moved to restricted.

Folder 3.11-3.15: Financial records: Statements, bills, and invoices – Literary records, 1986-1988

Folder 3.16-3.17: Legal records

Folder 3.16: Literary copyright, 1987

Folder 3.17: Literary contract, 1987

Folder 3.18-3.21: “Contracts (etc.)(‘Blacks’)(And ‘The N-J Boy’)”

Folder 3.18: Correspondence, Mueller, Luthor letters to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1986

Folder 3.19: Financial records: Statements, bills, and invoices – Literary records

Folder 3.20: Legal records, literary contracts, 1986

Folder 3.21: Harlo Printing Co. advertisement and envelope, undated

Folder 3.22-3.23: “HARLO Contract – etc”

Folder 3.22: Literary contract, 1986-1987

Folder 3.23: Notes/jottings and envelope, 1987

Folder 3.24-3.28: Unidentified grouping #1

Folder 3.24: Notes/jottings, undated

Folder 3.25-3.26: Receipts, 1986

Folder 3.27: Mueller, Luthor letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1986

Folder 3.28: Notes/jottings, undated

Folder 3.29-3.30: Unidentified grouping #2

Folder 3.29: Notes/jottings, undated

Folder 3.30: Published works and book jackets, undated

Folder 3.31: “Harlo” envelope, undated

Box 310

File 1: “Important Addresses”

Folder 1.1-1.2: Correspondence

Folder 1.1

Item 1: Baraka, Amiri letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1994

Item 2

Item 3: Shapiro, Claire letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1994

Folder 1.2: Melhem, D.H. letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1998

Includes contact information.

Folder 1.3: Notes/jottings, undated

Folder 1.4: Pre-visit questionnaire for visit to Chicago Historical Society, 1994

Folder 1.5-1.8: Business cards and contact information, undated

Folder 1.9: Travel itinerary for Cleveland, OH, 1998

Folder 1.1: “Important Addresses” envelope, undated

File 2: “Important Articles, Newspapers, Photographs, Announcements”

Folder 2.1-2.15: Left Pocket

Folder 2.1-2.10: Newspaper clippings related to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1953, 1989-1990

Folder 2.11-2.12: Pay stubs, 1968-1969

Includes separation sheet to restricted.

Folder 2.13: College of Lake County Commencement correspondence, 1984

Folder 2.14: College of Lake County Commencement pre-visit questionnaire, 1984

Folder 2.15: College of Lake County Commencement program, 1984

Folder 2.16-2.29: Right pocket

Folder 2.16: “Picture for ‘aloneness’” envelope, undated

Folder 2.17: Notes/jottings, 1989, undated

Folder 2.18: Photograph of Gwendolyn Brooks, undated

Folder 2.19-2.21: Newspaper clippings related to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1989-1990

Folder 2.22: Newspaper clippings related to other subjects, 1965

Folder 2.23-2.24: St. Ambrose Commencement materials, 1990

Folder 2.25-2.29: California State University Los Angeles visit materials, 1989

Folder 2.3: “Important Articles, Newspapers, Photographs, Announcements” folder, undated

File 3: “Important” brown-banded folder

Folder 3.1: Writings and drafts, including “Instruction To Myself", 1989, undated

Folder 3.2: Promotional materials for non-Gwendolyn Brooks events, 1997-1998

Folder 3.3: “My Brother’s Death Certificate Raymond Melvin Brooks", undated

Includes separation to restricted.

Folder 3.4-3.8: “Important” manila folder

Folder 3.4: Promotional materials for non-Gwendolyn Brooks events, undated

Folder 3.5: The First National Bank of Chicago saving account booklets, 1977

Includes separation to restricted.

Folder 3.6: Photos of Gwendolyn Brooks, 1976

Folder 3.7: South Side Bank booklet, 1975

Includes separation to restricted.

Folder 3.8: “Important” manila folder, undated

Folder 3.9-3.15: “Important Papers” envelope

Folder 3.9: Correspondence

Item 1: Internal Revenue Service envelope and leaflets, undated

Item 2: Copyright mailing, 1989

Folder 3.10-3.11: Internal Revenue Service forms, undated

Folder 3.12-3.13: Financial records, 1987-1988

Includes separation to restricted.

Folder 3.14: Orlikoff, Richard letters to Gwendolyn Brooks regarding insurance, 1965-1966

Folder 3.15: Checkbook and transaction receipts, 1992-1994

Includes separation to restricted.

Folder 3.16: “Important” brown-banded folder, undated

File 4: “Important, Important, Important”

Folder 4.1: Preibe, Karl materials to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1950, 1953

Folder 4.2: Black World (September), 1972

Folder 4.3: Newspaper and magazine clippings related to Pulitzer prize, 1950

Folder 4.4: “Important, Important, Important” envelope, undated

Box 311

File 1: “Important Letters”

Folder 1.1: Correspondence

Item 1: Lawrence, Elizabeth (Harper & Brothers Publishers) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1944

Item 2: Melendy, Alex holiday card to Randell, Dudley and Gwendolyn Brooks, 1971

Folder 1.2: Correspondence

Item 1: Wright, Richard letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1945

Item 2: Wright, Richard letter to Aswell, Edward C., 1944

Folder 1.3: “Charlie Burroughs – addresses, names", undated

Includes contact information and “Home."

Folder 1.4: “Harry & Diana’s 50th Wedding Anniversary” VHS, undated

Mark, Harry and Diane Petrakis. Includes “Important Letters” envelope.

File 2: “Important Letters (1996) (up to July)”

Folder 2.1-2.2: Correspondence

Folder 2.1: Harris, Gladys letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1995

Includes photos from Gwendolyn Brooks Cultural Center event.

Folder 2.2: Hughes, Ted and Carol letter and photos to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1982

Includes photos of Gwendolyn Brooks in Devon, England.

Folder 2.3: Personal photographs, undated

Folder 2.4: Gwendolyn Brooks Blakely vs. Illinois Fair Plan Association, 1983-1985

Regarding insurance after a fire.

Folder 2.5-2.16: “Ghana and England”

Folder 2.5-2.10: Accra, Ghana photos, 1974

Folder 2.11-2.16: Photos, negatives, and envelope, 1974

Folder 2.17-2.19: “Ghana weavers etc.” photos and envelope, 1974

Folder 2.20: “Gwendolyn Brooks Junior High School” photos, undated

Sealed envelope.

Folder 2.21: “Important Pictures” photos, 1965, undated

Folder 2.22-2.23: “Kittens/El Mina Cape Coast Ghana etc” negatives and envelope, undated

Folder 2.24-2.31: “Very important pictures” photos, negatives, and envelope, 1974

Folder 2.32-2.33: Personal photos, 1987, undated

Folder 2.34: Photo of Winfrey, Oprah and Gwendolyn Brooks at Essence Awards Ceremony, 1988

Folder 2.35: “Important Letters (1996) (up to July)” envelope, undated

Box 312

File 1: “Important Memorabilia”

Folder 1.1-1.3: Correspondence

Folder 1.1

Item 1: New Year card from Gwendolyn Brooks, undated

Item 2: Linelines II performance invitation by Chocolate Chips Theatre Company, 1988

Folder 1.2: Kirchwey, Karl (The Poetry Center) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1988

Folder 1.3: Blank cards, undated

Folder 1.4: “Jane Addams", 1985

Folder 1.5-1.10: Public engagements materials, 1984, 1990, undated

Folder 1.11: Contests and scholarships, 1990, undated

Folder 1.12: Stagebill for touring production of “Purlie Victorious", 1962

Folder 1.13: "Sarafina! The Musical of South Asian Liberation” promotional materials", 1990

Folder 1.14: Yaddo newsletter (Fall), 1989

Includes article on Gwendolyn Brooks.

Folder 1.15: A Precocious Autobiography by Yevtushenko, Yevgeny, 1964

Folder 1.16-1.18: “A Celebration of Sterling Brown” event materials, 1990

Includes photo of participants – Gwendolyn Brooks cut herself out of photo.

Folder 1.19-1.21: “Kingdom of Gold” materials, 1991

Folder 1.22: “Poem to Gwendolyn (By Sterling Plumpp)", undated

Sealed envelope.

Folder 1.23-1.25: “Eighty Years of the City College of Chicago” event materials, 1990

Includes speech by Blakely, Nora Brooks.

Folder 1.26-1.28: 79th Poetry Society of America Annual Awards event materials, 1989

File 2: “Important Notes”

Folder 2.1-2.2: Correspondence

Folder 2.1

Item 1: Gwendolyn Brooks letters to Madhubuti, Haki (Don L. Lee), undated

Item 2: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Moffett, Penelope, 1988

Item 3: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Bolton, Lorraine Williams, circa 1974

Written on back of pre-visit questionnaire for visit to Hampton Institute.

Folder 2.2

Item 1: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Ross, Norman, 1992

Item 2: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to “Kathy", undated

Item 3: Note, undated

Folder 2.3: Poetry drafts

Item 1: “Behind the Scenes", 1991

Item 2: “Comments on G Brooks poems by Inez Cunningham Stark Boulton", undated

Includes “Night By The Lake,” “To a Brown Madonna,” “Dark Girl,” and “Prayer."

Folder 2.4-2.6: Prose drafts

Folder 2.4: Prose drafts, 1993, undated

Includes “I Never Head of You Before” and “Naomi Long Madgett.”

Folder 2.5: “Insert” and “Nora", undated

Folder 2.6: “Once you were 3…”, undated

Folder 2.7-2.13: Notes/jottings, 1992, undated

Folder 2.14: Gwendolyn Brooks promotional material, undated

Folder 2.15: Newspaper and magazine clippings related to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1963, 1987

Folder 2.16: Newspaper and magazine clippings related to other subjects, 1983-1984, 1992-1993

Folder 2.17: Third World Press events materials, 1992-1993

Folder 2.18-2.23: Unidentified grouping

Folder 2.19: Smith, Church note to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1985

Includes newspaper clipping.

Folder 2.20: “We", 1987

Folder 2.21: Prose drafts

Folder 2.22: Friends of the Teacher Support Committee event program, 1986

Folder 2.23: Newspaper and magazine clippings related to other subjects, 1985, undated

Folder 2.24: “Important Notes” envelope, undated

Box 313

File 1: “Important Old Letters” bag

Folder 1.1-1.2: Correspondence

Folder 1.1: Roberts, Carol letters to Gwendolyn Brooks and Rising Star materials

Folder 1.2

Item 1: Gwendolyn Brooks letter for Rice, Demetrius, 1992

Item 2: Lawrence, Stuart letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1984

Item 3: Promontory Apartments Trust letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1993

Item 4: Wood, Luke letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1994

Folder 1.3: Notes/jottings, 1985, 1994, undated

Includes “An Idea For ‘Great Performances’ ‘Exposition’ of My Life + Work.”

Folder 1.4: Notebooks, 1983, 1985, 1992, undated

Folder 1.5: Cabrini Kids’ Connection summer schedule, 1994

Folder 1.6: First card credit card statement, 1994

Includes separation sheet to restricted.

Folder 1.7: Chicago State University Campus Assembly packet, 1996

Folder 1.8: Newspaper clippings related to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated

Folder 1.9: Newspaper clippings related to other subjects, 1993, undated

Folder 1.10-1.11: Unidentified grouping

Folder 1.10: Sapia, Yvonne letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1988

Folder 1.11: Notes/jottings, undated

Folder 1.12-1.13: Unidentified grouping #2

Folder 1.12: Notes/jottings, undated

Folder 1.13: Newspaper clippings related to other subjects, undated

Folder 1.14-1.17: Unidentified grouping #3

Folder 1.14: Correspondence

Item 1: Hammerle, Melissa (Unterberg Poetry Center) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1994

Item 2: Sprayberry, Sandra (Birmingham-Southern College) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1994

Folder 1.15: Notes/jottings, undated

Contains separation sheet to restricted.

Folder 1.16: Newspaper clippings related to other subjects, undated

Folder 1.17: Cab receipt, 1994

File 2: “Important Writing Inside”

Folder 2.1: Insurance records, 1993

Folder 2.2: Contact information, undated

Folder 2.3: Poetry drafts, undated

includes “She is not to be hurt…” and “My uncle likes me too much…”

Folder 2.4: Prose drafts, undated

Folder 2.5: Stationary, undated

Folder 2.6-2.9: “Quality Care Health Plan Overview” grouping

Folder 2.6: Public engagement materials, 1993, undated

Folder 2.7: Travel materials, 1993, undated

Folder 2.8: Works of others, undated

Includes “GwensWays” by Redmond, Eugene B. and “Hard Rock Gwen” by Shands, Annette Oliver.

Folder 2.9: Newspaper clipping related to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1993

File 2.10: “Important Writing Inside” enclosed in State of Illinois Quality Care Health Plan Member Handbook Addendum, 1993-1994

File 3: “Important (WTTW, etc.) Inside”

Folder 3.1-3.2: Correspondence

Folder 3.1: WTTW business card and envelope addressed to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1992

Folder 3.2

Item 1: McAlpin, Michael (WTTW) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1992

Item 2: Arntz, James (WTTW) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1992

Folder 3.3-3.4: Notes/jottings, undated

Folder 3.4 includes separation sheet to restricted.

Folder 3.5: Contact information, undated

Folder 3.6: Checks advertisement, undated

Folder 3.7: Newspaper clippings related to other subjects, undated

Folder 3.8: The Society of Midland Authors member card, 1992-1993

Folder 3.9: Unidentified grouping

Item 1: Note from Zitch, Beryl, undated

Item 2: Stoms, Delenah letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1992

Item 3: “Legacy” by Cross, Jane E., undated

Item 4: C, Dolores note to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated

Box 314

File 1: “Important Shoebox”

Folder 1.1-1.49: Correspondence

Folder 1.1

Item 1: Aguila, Caroline letters to Gwendolyn Brooks, 2000

Item 2: Alexander, Mike card to Gwendolyn Brooks, 2000

Folder 1.2

Item 1: American Academy of Arts and Letters empty envelope addressed to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated

Item 2: Anderson, Andrea card to Gwendolyn Brooks, 2000

Folder 1.3

Item 1: Anderson, Maggie letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1999

Item 2: Angelou, Maya card to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1999

Folder 1.4: Antonucci, Michael (Emory University) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 2000

Includes dissertation summary.

Folder 1.5: Bennett, Gloria S. card to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1999

Folder 1.6

Item 1: “M. B.” letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1999

Item 2: Blomstedt, Erik R. letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1999

Includes newspaper clipping.

Folder 1.7: Bolden, B. J. letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1999

Folder 1.8: Bray, Richard card to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1999

Folder 1.9

Item 1: Brooks, Dee, Eliott and Wade to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated

Includes photos of Brooks-Sims, Elliot and Dorthea.

Item 2: Letters from Gwendolyn Brooks, 2000, undated

Folder 1.10

Item 1: Brown, Christian Rago note to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated

Includes Gwendolyn Brooks letter to “Henry” regarding meeting T.S. Elliot, 1959.

Item 2: Byrd-Catson, Gwen and Henry card to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1999

Folder 1.11

Item 1: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Carbray, Richard Mrs., 1999

Item 2: Carter, Henry W. Jr. card, undated

Item 3: Castillo Theatre card to Gwendolyn Brooks, 2000

Folder 1.12: Chicago Cultural Center card to Gwendolyn Brooks, 2000

Includes news release.

Folder 1.13

Item 1: Chicago Sun-Times card to Gwendolyn Brooks, 2000

Item 2: Coleman, Horace W. Jr. card to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated

Folder 1.14: Drell, Adrienne letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 2000

Includes newspaper clipping.

Folder 1.15: Dupuis, Danielle (Sports Publishing, Inc) letters to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1999-2000

Folder 1.16

Item 1: Edwards, Debra L. card, undated

Item 2: Elinez Music empty envelope addressed to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1999

Folder 1.17

Item 1: Elling, Kent card to Gwendolyn Brooks, 2000

Item 2: Evans, Walter and Linda card to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated

Folder 1.18

Item 1: Faust, Naomi card, 1999

Item 2: Flagg, E. Alma letters to Gwendolyn Brooks, 2000

Includes poem “Of Harold Williams on his Way to Glendale Cemetery” by Flagg, E. Alma.

Folder 1.19

Item 1: Gale, Katie (Red Hen Press) note to Gwendolyn Brooks, 2000

Item 2: Gladney, Marvin letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1999

Folder 1.20

Item 1: Goewey, Andy Christmas letter, 1999

Item 2: Hamb, Edward (Office of the Governor, IL) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 2000

Folder 1.21

Item 1: Hamilton, Joetilda letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated

Sealed envelope.

Item 2: Henry, Johnny to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated

Includes “I am the Blackman."

Folder 1.22

Item 1: Kearney, Constance empty envelope addressed to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated

Item 2: Keller, Mary card to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated

Folder 1.23: Lane, Pinkie Gordon letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 2000

Includes newspaper clipping and pamphlet.

Folder 1.24: Meece, Russell and June to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1999

Includes newspaper clipping.

Folder 1.25

Item 1: MacPhail, Jessica (Racine Public Library) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1999

Includes newspaper clipping.

Item 2: Murphy, Andrew card to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1999

Folder 1.26: National Endowment for the Arts to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1999-2000

Folder 1.27

Item 1: National Women’s Hall of Fame letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1999

Item 2: Northern Illinois University Kar-Fre Flowers note to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated

Folder 1.28: Parker, James letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 2000

Includes newspaper clipping.

Folder 1.29

Item 1: Patterson, Raymond letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1999

Item 2: Pickney, Al empty envelope addressed to Gwendolyn Brooks, 2000

Includes response by Gwendolyn Brooks.

Folder 1.30: Reardon, Patrick letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 2000

Folder 1.31: Reed, Ismael letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1999

Folder 1.32

Item 1: Rosembaun, Lew and Diana Berek letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 2000

Item 2: Schlessinger, Alice W. (Hyde Park Historical Society) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1999

Folder 1.33: Sherman, Susan letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1997

Includes response from Gwendolyn Brooks.

Folder 1.34: Skims, Cheryl (Elinez Music) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated

Folder 1.35: Seidman, Barbara card to Gwendolyn Brooks, 2000

Folder 1.36: The Society of Midland Authors newsletter Literary License (February and March), 2000

Folder 1.37

Item 1: South Side Community Art Center postcard to Gwendolyn Brooks, 2000

Item 2: Stewart, Tommy and Sharon card, undated

Folder 3: Steppenwolf Arts Exchange postcard to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated

Folder 1.38: Tarr, Rodger L. (Illinois State University) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1999

Folder 1.39

Item 1: Tolliwer, Audrey card to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated

Item 2: Treffman, Stephen A. (Hyde Park Historical Society) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 2000

Folder 1.40

Item 1: Tyslett, Yvonne Pointer card to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1999

Item 2: Virginia Festival of the Book pamphlet addressed to Gwendolyn Brooks, 2000

Item 3: Wadsworth, William (The Academy of American Poets) letter to Reader, undated

Folder 1.41

Item 1: Ward, Irving M. letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1999

Item 2: Weaver, Gwena card, undated

Folder 1.42

Item 1: Wedenoja, Linda (City of Chicago) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 2000

Item 2: Welford, Theresa letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1999

Includes “The Bloody Hook” by Welford, Theresa.

Folder 1.43

Item 1: Williams, Willie card to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated

Item 2: Women and Children First Bookstore newsletter addressed to Gwendolyn Brooks (March), 2000

Folder 1.44: Woods, Anna letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated

Folder 1.45: Wright, Jeremiah A. (Trinity United Church of Christ) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 2000

Folder 1.46: Wright, Stephen Caldwell letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 2000

Folder 1.47

Item 1: “Alice” card to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated

Item 2: “Justice” letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 2000

Item 3: “Kim” card to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated

Folder 1.48

Item 1: Aguila, Caroline letter to Blakely, Nora Brooks, 2000

Item 2: “Amina” email to Blakely, Nora Brooks, 2000

Folder 1.50: Phone Numbers, Addresses, and Business Cards, undated

Folder 1.51: Empty notebooks, undated

Folder 1.52: Notes/jottings, undated

Folder 1.53: Travel itinerary for visit to The Latin School, 2000

Folder 1.54: Chicago Arts Tribute to Sandra H. Royster program, 2000

Folder 1.55: Newspaper clippings related to other subjects, 2000, undated

Folder 1.57: University of Akron page marker, undated

Box 315

File 1: “Important Shoebox” cont., shoebox, undated

Box 316

File 1: “In Here” tin

Folder 1.1-1.2: Correspondence

Folder 1.1

Item 1: Brooks, Keziah to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1967

Item 2: Hughes, Langston letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1965?

Folder 1.2: Kent, George E. (University of Chicago) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1971

Folder 1.3: Addresses and stamps, undated

Folder 1.4: Notes/jottings, 1992

Includes separation sheet to restricted.

Folder 1.5: Case Stationary company advertisement, undated

Folder 1.6: “I’ve Searched The Deep Blue Sea” mini-book, undated

Folder 1.7: Book jacket for “In The Mecca", undated

Includes note “Letters from Langston Hughes."

Folder 1.8: Ribbon, undated

Folder 1.9: “In Here” tin, undated

File 2: “Insurance”

Folder 2.1: Met life empty envelopes, 1996, undated

Folder 2.2: Letter to Venckus, M. J. (Metropolitan Life Insurance), undated

Sealed envelope.

Folder 2.3-2.8: Insurance records, 1996-1998

Includes separation sheets to restricted.

Folder 2.9: “In Here: My Old Metropolitan Policy", 1969

Includes separation sheet to restricted.

Folder 2.10-2.13: Insurance records, 1996-1998

Folder 2.14-2.19: Unidentified grouping

Folder 2.14: Empty envelopes and note to Blakely, Nora Brooks, undated

Folder 2.15-2.19: Insurance records, 1995-1997

Folder 2.20-2.21: Unidentified grouping #2

Folder 2.20: Empty envelope of Londen Insurance Group and post office receipt

Folder 2.21: Insurance records, 1996

Folder 2.22: “Insurance” folder, undated

Box 317

File 1: “Jane Addams” bag

Folder 1.1: Letter from Gwendolyn Brooks to friends, circa 1990

Folder 1.2: “Jane Addams", 1989

Folder 1.3: Copyworks receipt, 1991

Folder 1.4: Copyworks plastic bag, undated

File 2: “Jane Addams and Adrienne Drells”

Folder 2.1: Poetry draft, “Part of Jane Addams", undated

Folder 2.2: Prose draft, “I am one of the partially Brave", undated

Folder 2.3: Notes/jottings, undated

Folder 2.4: Phone numbers, addresses, and business cards, undated

Folder 2.5: “Dolor Es” by Parnell, Pat, undated

Folder 2.6: Newspaper clipping and “Jane Addams and Adrienne Drells", undated

File 3: “Johnson Publishing Co.”

Folder 3.1: Letter from Gwendolyn Brooks to friends, 1989

Folder 3.2: Johnson Publishing Co. biographies of Black Americans, undated

Folder 3.3: “Familyhood", undated

Folder 3.4: Unidentified grouping, correspondence

Item 1: Radmacher, Mary card to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1994

Item 2: Newspaper clipping, undated

Item 3: Meyer, Dorothy R. letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1994

Folder 3.5: “Johnson Publishing Co.” envelope, undated

File 4: “Keep”

Folder 4.1: Class letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1975

Folder 4.2: Gwendolyn Brooks Poetry Contest correspondence, 1975

Folder 4.3: Chocolate Chips Theatre Company advertisements, 1975

Folder 4.4-4.10: “Miscellaneous Letters, etc”

Folder 4.4: Correspondence

Item 1: Envelope from Edward Jenner Elementary School addressed to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1975

Item 2: Jones, Angela letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated

Includes poem and photo.

Folder 4.5: Jones, Jean letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1975

Includes poems by Jones, Jean and another student.

Folder 4.6: Miles, Adrianne letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated

Folder 4.7: Contest finalist notes, undated

Folder 4.8: Edward Jenner Elementary School poetry contest notes, undated

Folder 4.9: Contest thank you notes, 1971

Folder 4.10: “Miscellaneous Letters, etc” envelope, undated

Folder 4.11-4.22: Left Pocket bundle

Folder 4.11: Poetry drafts

Item 1: “To The Young Who Want To Die", undated

Item 2: “Instruction To Myself", 1989

Folder 4.12: Prose draft, 1989

Folder 4.13: Notes/jottings, undated

Folder 4.14: Olney High School (Philadelphia, PA) visit flyer, 1989

Folder 4.15: Unidentified grouping, “For Brooks Jr. High” prose draft, 1992

Folder 4.16: Unidentified grouping, prose drafts, 1982, undated

Folder 4.17: Unidentified grouping #2, College of Wooster visit program, 1994

Folder 4.18: Unidentified grouping #2, newspaper clippings related to other subjects, 1995

Folder 4.19: Unidentified grouping #3, poetry drafts, undated

Folder 4.20: Unidentified grouping #3, prose drafts

Item 1: “Hoop Dreams", undated

Item 2: “What Is Our Purpose Here On Earth", 1991

Item 3: “South Side. Chicago. 1977.", 1977

Folder 4.21: Unidentified grouping #4, prose drafts, undated

Folder 4.22: Unidentified grouping #4, notes/jottings, undated

Folder 4.23-4.30: Right pocket bundle

Folder 4.23: Poetry and prose drafts

Item 1: Graduation speech draft, undated

Item 2: “Computer", undated

Folder 4.24: Notes/jottings, undated

Folder 4.25: Gwendolyn Brooks publicity materials, undated

Folder 4.26: Public engagement materials

Item 1: Newark Public Library visit event program, 1989

Item 2: Colorado State University visit event flyer, 1989

Three copies.

Folder 4.27: Newspaper clippings related to other subjects, Poetry Flash (October), 1987

Folder 4.28: Newspaper clippings related to other subjects, 1989, undated

Folder 4.29-4.30: Unidentified grouping

Folder 2.29: Public engagement programs

Item 1: College of Wooster visit event program, 1994

Item 2: The Black Writer; Culture, Commitment, and Community program, 1993

Folder 4.30: “Useful notes,” prose drafts, undated

Folder 4.31: “Keep” folder, undated

Box 318

File 1: “Letters. Retain”

Folder 1.1-1.4: Correspondence

Folder 1.1

Item 1: Brown, Tenna E. (University of Chicago) letter to Zitch, Beryl, 1996

Item 2: Burgoyne, Vicki and Ted card to Gwendolyn Brooks, circa 1996

Item 3: Gwendolyn Brooks note to Sanchez, Sonia, undated

Folder 1.2

Item 1: E.T.A Creative Arts Foundation letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1995

Item 2: Harper, Michael postcard to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1996

Item 3: Hutchinson, Christopher graduation invitation to Gwendolyn Brooks and Henry Blakely, 1996

Folder 1.3

Item 1: Minogue, John P. Rev. (DePaul University) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1996

Item 2: Vallely, Jack letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1996

Folder 1.4

Item 1: Winston, Carol letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1996

Item 2: “Dolores” postcard to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1986?

Folder 1.5: Permission request, 1996

Folder 1.6-1.8: Poetry drafts

Folder 1.6

Item 1: “Beatrice Wims Stewart", 1994

Item 2: “Brelve, A Battered Woman", undated

Folder 1.7

Item 1: “Henry Rago", undated

Item 2: “A Farmer", 1988

Item 3: “Alena", 1994

Item 4: “Winnie", undated

Folder 1.8

Item 1: “What Shall We Do About And For The City?”, undated

Item 2: “In Honor of Bill Pinkney, Voyager Extraordinaire", 1992

Folder 1.9-1.11: Prose drafts, 1994-1995, undated

Folder 1.12: Notes/jottings, 1993, undated

Folder 1.13: Newspaper clippings related to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated

Folder 1.14-1.15: Unidentified grouping

Folder 1.14: Correspondence

Item 1: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Blakely, Nora Brooks, 1970

Item 2: Sadtler, Carol letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1992

Folder 1.15: Prose drafts, undated

Folder 1.16: “Letters. Retain” envelope, undated

File 2: “Letters to and from son” envelope, 1969, 1982-1983, 1996

Includes last set of correspondence between Gwendolyn Brooks and Blakely, Henry III. Includes separation sheet to restricted.

File 3: “Literary Business” envelope

Folder 3.1-3.6: Correspondence

Folder 3.1

Item 1: Receipt for package sent to Aguila, Caroline from Gwendolyn Brooks, 2000

Item 2: American Academy of Arts and Letters packet to Gwendolyn Brooks, 2000

Folder 3.2: Diawara, Manthia (New York University) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1999

Includes “Slave Routes: The Long Memory.”

Folder 3.3-3.4: Drell, Adrienne (Chicago Sun-Times) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1999

Includes prose drafts by Drell, Adrienne.

Folder 3.5: Madhubuti, Haki (Don L. Lee) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 2000

Includes correspondence between Smith, Carol (Heinz Awards) and Madhubuti, Haki (Don L. Lee)..

Folder 3.6: Smith, Charles note to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1986

Includes newspaper clipping.

Folder 3.7-3.10: Permissions Requests

Folder 3.7: Harcourt Educational Measurement, 2000

Folder 3.8: Perseus Books Group, 2000

Includes separation sheet for restricted.

Folder 3.9-3.10: “The Dana Pratt Business", 1999

Folder 3.9 includes separation sheet to restricted.

Folder 3.11: Empty envelopes, undated

Folder 3.12-3.17: Prose drafts, “Copies of Corrected Introduction to Harper Perennial’s", 1999

Folder 3.18: Reading and Writing Sourcebook with selections from Maud Martha, 2000

Folder 3.19-3.21: Harper Collings Publishers contracts

Folder 3.19: “Harper” envelope, contract, 1998

Includes separation sheet to restricted.

Folder 3.20-3.21: Harper Collins Publishers

Includes separation sheet for restricted.

Folder 3.22: Financial documents, royalty report from Harper Collins Publishers, 1998

Includes separation sheet to restricted.

Folder 3.23: “Tandika Rap” by Blakely, Nora Brooks, 1987

Folder 3.24-3.36: 2nd day air envelope bundle

Folder 3.24: Correspondence

Item 1: Bruce-Kinnebrew, Debra (Northeastern Illinois University) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1999

Item 2: Saint Mary’s College card, undated

Folder 3.25: Correspondence

Item 1: Geiser, Mickey (Palatine High School) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1999

Item 2: Murphey, Thomas postcard to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1999

Folder 3.26: Notoro, Diana M. letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1999

Includes newspaper clippings.

Folder 3.27: Permissions requests

Includes separation sheets to restricted.

Item 1: Barrett Kendall Publishing, 1999

Item 2: Dana J. Pratt, 1999

Folder 3.28: Permissions requests, Computer Curriculum Corporation, 1999

Includes separation sheets to restricted.

Folder 3.29: Permission request, Barnes & Noble, 1999

Folder 3.30: Permission request, Harcourt Brace, 1999

Folder 3.31: Empty envelope, undated

Folder 3.32: Poetry compilation drafts, 1975

Folder 3.33: Your Book of Life by Ewart, James Michael Roche, 1999

Folder 3.34: Falcaro, Sabina letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1999

Includes Falcaro, Sabina letter to Aguila, Caroline and Third World Press.

Folder 3.35: Permissions request, Arkansas Comprehensive Testing Assessment and Accountability Program (ACTAAP), 1999

Includes separation sheet to restricted.

Folder 3.36: 2nd day air envelope bundle, undated

Box 319

File 3: “Literary Business” cont., envelope, undated

File 4: “Lovely, lovely letters…”

Folder 4.1: Frantz, Richard and Teri letters to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1992

Folder 4.2: Empty envelope, undated

Folder 4.3: NAACP Dawagiac (MI) branch award, 1992

Folder 4.4-4.7: Newspaper clippings related to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1991-1992

Folder 4.8: “Lovely, lovely letters…” envelope, undated

File 5: “Madison East High School” folder

Folder 5.1: Correspondence

Item 1: Ragdale Foundation Newsletter (Summer), 1993

Item 2: Hughes, Langston letters to Major, Clarence, 1967

Folder 5.2: “Obituary For A Living Lady” and notes/jottings, 1991, undated

Folder 5.3: Prospect High School student poetry contest entries, 1991

Folder 5.4: Newspaper clippings, 1991

Folder 5.5-5.8: Newspaper clippings, 1981, 1991, 1993, undated

Folder 5.5 includes article regarding race by Wilkins, Roy annotated by Gwendolyn Brooks. Folder 5.8 includes article regarding Thomas, Clarence annotated by Gwendolyn Brooks.

Folder 5.9: “Madison East High School” folder, undated

Box 320

File 1: “Margaret Walker’s Death and Funeral”

Folder 1.1: Correspondence

Item 1: Gabbin, Joanne V. letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1998

Item 2: Saunders, Doris E. letter to “Friend of the late Margaret Walker Alexander", 1998

Folder 1.2: Funeral event materials, 1998

Folder 1.3-1.4: Newspaper clippings related to Margaret Walker Alexander, 1998

Folder 1.5: “Margaret Walker’s Death and Funeral” envelope, undated

File 2: “Maud Martha – 1953”

Folder 2.1-2.4: Reviews of Maud Martha, 1953

Folder 2.4 includes newspaper clipping.

Folder 2.5: “Maud Martha – 1953” envelope, 1953

File 3: “Miscellaneous” envelope #1

Folder 3.1: Letter proposing novel on The Mecca, 1957

Folder 3.2: Prose draft, “American Family Brown"

Folder 3.3: Public engagements, Chicago Public Library November Events pamphlets, undated

Folder 3.4: Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh check receipt, 1969

Folder 3.5: Newspaper clipping related to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1952

Includes separation sheet to oversized newspapers.

Folder 3.6: Newspaper clipping related to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1967

Includes issue of TV Prevue (April 9-15).

Folder 3.7: “Miscellaneous” envelope, undated

File 4: “Miscellaneous” envelope #2

Folder 4.1: Boulton, Inez letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1949

Folder 4.2: Poetry drafts

Item 1: “What does a flag do?”, undated

Item 2: “Black Steel", 1971

Includes typed and handwritten copy.

Folder 4.3-4.6: Notes/jottings, 1971-1972, undated

Folder 4.3 includes “Nora Blakely: Dating Rules for the Age of Sixteen.” Folder 4.3 includes separation sheet to restricted. Folder 4.6 includes “A Capsule Course in Black Poetry-Writing” note.

Folder 4.7-4.8: Newspaper clippings related to other subjects, 1959, 1970, 1972, undated

Folder 4.8: Includes separation sheet to oversized newspapers.

Folder 4.9: Paperclipped grouping of congratulation letters, 1968

Regarding Gwendolyn Brooks becoming Poet Laureate of Illinois.

Item 1: Percy, Charles H. letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1968

Item 2: Cole, William Graham (Lake Forest College) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1968

Folder 4.10: “Miscellaneous” envelope, undated

File 5: “Mother”

Folder 5.1: Prayer book, undated

Folder 5.2: General Conference Special booklet, 1950

Folder 5.3: Barron, Jesse last rites program, undated

Folder 5.4: Brooks, Keziah “The Sabbath", undated

Folder 5.5-5.9: Unidentified grouping

Folder 5.5: Brooks, Keziah letters to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1962, 1972

Folder 5.6: Notes/jottings, undated

Folder 5.7: Public engagement programs, 1994, undated

Includes separation sheet to restricted.

Folder 5.8: Brooks, Keziah funeral program, 1978

Folder 5.9: Unidentified grouping, notes/jottings, undated

Folder 5.10: “Mother” envelope, undated

File 6: “N.E.A.”

Folder 6.1-6.2: Correspondence

Folder 6.1

Item 1: Farrell, Terry (National Endowment of the Arts) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1984

Item 2: Rector, Liam (National Endowment of the Arts) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1984

Folder 6.2: Vogel, Edna M. letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1984

Includes memorial service program for Vogel, Don.

Folder 6.3: Notes/jottings, undated

Folder 6.4: Travel promotional materials, undated

Folder 6.5: Literature Program 1985 Advisory Panel documents, 1985

Folder 6.6: Stationary, undated

Folder 6.7: “N.E.A.” envelope, undated

File 7: “National Endowment for the Arts Awards”

Folder 7.1-7.3: Correspondence

Folder 7.1: Hodsoll, F. S.M. (National Endowment for the Arts) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1984

Includes packet of information.

Folder 7.2

Item 1: MacArthur, Mary (National Endowment for the Arts) letters to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1984

Item 2: Rector, Liam (National Endowment for the Arts) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1984

Folder 7.3: Rector, Liam (National Endowment for the Arts) letters to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1984

Folder 7.4: Empty envelopes, undated

Folder 7.5-7.6: Notes/jottings, undated

Folder 7.7: “Receipts (N.E.A)” receipts and envelope, 1984, undated

Folder 7.8: “National Endowment for the Arts Awards” envelope, undated

Box 321

File 1: “The New Season” envelope

Folder 1.1-1.2: Correspondence

Folder 1.1: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Donda, West (Chicago State University), 1997

Includes fall and spring schedules.

Folder 1.2: West, Donda (Chicago State University) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1997

Folder 1.3: Public engagements, pre-visit questionnaire for visit to poetry Society of America, 1997

Folder 1.4: “The New Season” envelope, 1997

File 2: “News and Clippings”

Folder 2.1: Correspondence, “Sister Mary Jude” (St. Rose Academy Academy) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1991

Folder 2.2: Newspaper clippings related to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1993, undated

Folder 2.3: Newspaper clippings related to other subjects, 1991, 1994, undated

Folder 2.4-2.6: Unidentified grouping

Folder 2.4: Advertisement for “Bimbe” celebration at the African Women’s Market Place, 1994

Folder 2.5: Newspaper clippings related to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated

Folder 2.6: Newspaper clippings related to other subjects, 1994

Articles related to Dunham, Katherine.

Folder 2.7: “News and Clippings” folder, undated

File 3: “News – Articles and News – Photos", undated

Sealed envelope.

File 4: “News Articles and News Photos in Here”

Folder 4.1: Correspondence, Scudin, Jo (The Milwaukee Journal) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1991

Includes poem “To Gwendolyn Brooks” by Scudin, Jo.

Folder 4.2: “Mayor Harold Washington and Chicago, the I Will City", 1983

Folder 4.3-4.5: Newspaper clippings related to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1989-1991

Folder 4.6: Newspaper clippings related to other subjects, 1990

Folder 4.7-4.18: “Important Pictures (and printed articles)”

Folder 4.7: Correspondence, Melhem, D.H. letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1987

Folder 4.8: Public engagements, African-American Poetic Genius event at Brooklyn College of The City University of New York event flyer, 1989

Folder 4.9: Newspaper clippings related to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1990, 1994, undated

Folder 4.10: Newspaper clippings related to other subjects, undated

Folder 4.11-4.14: “Good Photos” envelope, photos, 1987, undated

Folder 4.15: “Good Photos” envelope, “Pictures from Betty Neals” envelope, undated

Folder 4.16: “Photos from Passaic Community College", 1988

Folder 4.17: “Ms. Gwendolyn Brooks” kodak envelope and photos and “Good photos” envelope, 1988, undated

Folder 4.18: “Important Pictures (and printed articles)” envelope, undated

Folder 4.19-4.38: “Old Letters”

Folder 4.19-4.28: Correspondence (mostly book orders)

Folders 4.19-4.26 includes separation sheet to restricted.

Folder 4.19

Item 1: Neals, Betty and Bernice Bass letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated

Item 2: Braxton, Margaret E. note to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated

Item 3: Broadside press envelope addressed to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated

Item 4: Brooks, Iris letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1983

Folder 4.20

Item 1: Brown, James letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1980

Item 2: Dixon, Leon letter, undated

Item 3: Dugan, Frances letter, undated

Folder 4.21

Item 1: Green Haven Correctional Facility letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1982

Sealed envelope.

Item 2: Gwynn, Sam (Lamar University) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1981

Folder 4.22

Item 1: Harvey Public Schools to Brooks Press, 1990

Item 2: Hawkins, Thelma order, 1981

Item 3: Howard, Thelma order, undated

Item 4: Hewitt, Lura W. letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1981

Item 5: Jackson, David L. order, undated

Item 6: Liberation Bookstore Inc. order addressed to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1980

Folder 4.23

Item 1: Melhem, D.H. letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1980

Item 2: Moore, Jacquline B., letter to Black Position Press, undated

Item 3: Moody, Vearl E. (The Word Bookstore) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1981

Item 4: Oxford College order, 1982

Folder 4.24

Item 1: Peyton, Kenneth letter to Brooks Press, 1981

Item 2: Phillips, Marion letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated

Item 3: Phillips Exeter Academy order Brooks Press, 1981

Folder 4.25

Item 1: Randall, Walter letter to Black Position Press, 1981

Item 2: Schwartz, Sunny order, undated

Item 3: Shackleford, Ruby P. letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1981

Item 4: Shakour, Najah S. letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated

Item 5: Stam, David H. note to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1981

Folder 4.26

Item 1: Stewart, Marlene order, 1980

Item 2: Taylor-Davis, Rafi letter to Black Position Press, 1980

Item 3: University of Wisconsin-Madison University Libraries letter to Brooks Press, 1981

Sealed envelope.

Item 4: Washington, Paula B. order, undated

Item 5: Woman Books order, 1980

Folder 4.27: Woods, Alfred letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1981

Folder 4.28: Empty envelopes, 1980

Includes separation sheet to restricted.

Folder 4.29-4.30: Notes/jottings, 1980-1981, undated

Includes separation sheet to restricted.

Folder 4.31: Public Engagements, Black Biography interview terms, 1980

Folder 4.32-4.38: Financial records, book orders, 1980-1981

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File 4: “News Articles and News Photos in Here” continued

Folder 4.38-3.41: “Old Letters” continued

Folder 4.39: “Primers for Blacks” mailed to the enclosed, undated

Sealed envelope. Includes separation sheet to restricted.

Folder 4.40-4.41: Unidentified grouping

Folder 4.40: Correspondence, Benson, Phyllis order, 1982

Folder 4.41: Contact information and “Old Letters” envelope, undated

Folder 4.42: “News Articles and News Photos in Here” envelope, undated

File 5: “’News Review’ is in here”

Folder 5.1: Correspondence and Angle, Paul interview, undated

Folder 5.2: Prose drafts, undated

Folder 5.3: Published works, “News-Review Vol 1, No. 2, 1937

Folder 5.4: Newspaper and magazine clippings related to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1950

Folder 5.5: Newspaper and magazine clippings related to other subjects, 1971

Folder 5.6: “’News Review’ is in here” envelope, undated

File 6: “Notes and scraps”

Folder 6.1: Correspondence, Frist Federal Savings of Chicago, 1973

Folder 6.2: Prose drafts, “Of Elliott Stewarts ‘Away From The Sun’”, undated

Folder 6.3-6.5: Notes/jottings, 1975, undated

Folder 6.4 contains separation sheet to restricted.

Folder 6.6: Teaching materials, Elmhurst, 1966

Folder 6.7: Newspaper clippings related to other subjects, 1975, undated

Folder 6.8: “Notes and scraps” envelope, undated

File 7: “Notes, Clippings, Observations, etc.”

Folder 7.1: Correspondence, Amtrak to “Texas Eagle Passenger", 1996

Folder 7.2-7.3: Notes/jottings, 1954, 1994-1995, undated

Folder 7.4: Public engagements flyers and photos of school children, 1968, 1995, undated

Folder 7.5: Newspaper clippings, 1994, 1996, undated

Folder 7.6: “Notes, Clippings, Observations, etc.” envelope, undated

File 8: “Notes for Report from Part Two”

Folder 8.1: Correspondence

Includes separation sheet to conservation.

Item 1: Gwendolyn Brooks to Carlisle, Darlwin, 1988

Item 2: Hey, Phil letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated

Item 3: University of Wisconsin Central Administration memo to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1969

Item 4: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Zitch, Beryl and Mrs. Fein, 1971

Folder 8.2: Poetry drafts, undated

Includes “Jack Conroy."

Folder 8.3: Poetry drafts

Item 1: “Big Black Bear", 1960

Item 2: “Illusion", undated

Item 3: “A Child’s Nightmare", undated

Item 4: “Ballad of the Abruptly Dead", 1943

Item 5: “Spring Landscape: Detail", undated

Folder 8.4-8.16: Prose drafts, undated

Folder 8.17-8.23: Notes/jottings, 1966, 1969, 1974, 1982, 1989, undated

Folder 8.24: Public engagements, University of Wisconsin-Madison booklet, undated

Folder 8.25: Teaching materials, “Capsule Course in Poetry", undated

Folder 8.26: Works of others, undated

Folder 8.27: Newspaper clippings related to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated

Folder 8.28-8.31: Newspaper clippings related to other subjects, 1966, 1984, 1988-1989, 1999, undated

Folder 8.32-9:40: “Done” notebook

Folder 8.32: “African Fragment,” prose drafts, undated

Folder 8.33: “African Fragment,” prose drafts, “Fluffy", 1971

Folder 8.34-9.40: “African Fragment,” notes/jottings, 1971

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File 8: “Notes for Report from Part Two” continued

Folder 8:41-8:42: “Done” notebook

Folder 8.41: Notes/jottings, undated

Folder 8.42: “Done” notebook, undated

Folder 8.43-8.46: Unidentified grouping

Folder 8.43: Correspondence, Mantzounes, Mary poem and letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1990

Folder 8.44: Notes/jottings, undated

Folder 8.45: Public engagements, pre-visit questionnaire for University of North Florida, 1990

Folder 8.46: Works of others, undated

Folder 8.47-8.52: Unidentified grouping #2

Folder 8.47: Poetry drafts

Item 1: “Of An Aunt Who Died In The Hospital", undated

Item 2: “XX", undated

Item 3: “The Favorite Death", undated

Item 4: “The Village of Lidice", undated

Folder 8.48-8.50: Prose drafts, undated

Folder 8.51-8.52: Notes/jottings, undated

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