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By Meg Hixon, Siobhan McKissic, Ruthann Mowry, Dana Miller, and RBML Staff
Collection Overview
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
Abstract
This collection consists of a variety of materials related to Gwendolyn Brooks, a Black American poet from Chicago, Illinois.
Scope and Contents of the Materials
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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Collection Historical Note
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.
Subject/Index Terms
Administrative Information
Repository:
Rare Book & Manuscript Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Acquisition Source:
Nora Brooks Blakely
Related Materials:
Celebrating Brooks @ 100
Gwendolyn Brooks Supplementary Materials
Gwendolyn Brooks Collection (Sc MG 271) | New York Public Library
Gwendolyn Brooks Papers (BANC MSS 2001/83 z) | University of California, Berkeley
Dudley Randall Papers (2017014 Aa 2) | University of Michigan
Sterling Plumpp Collection (MUM00368) | University of Mississippi
Useni Eugene Perkins Papers (2014/01) | Chicago Public Library
Finding Aid Revision History:
This finding aid is experiencing ongoing revision, beginning in June 2023.
Box and Folder Listing
Browse by Series:
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Series 1: Correspondence],
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Series 2: Writings],
[Series 3: Gwendolyn Brooks Personal Files],
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Series 4: Photos and Scrapbooks],
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Series 5: Drawings],
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Series 6: Calendars],
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Series 7: Public Engagements],
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Series 8: Contests and Scholarships],
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Series 9: Teaching Materials],
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Series 10: Programs, Broadsides, Posters, and Ephemera],
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Series 11: David Company Records],
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Series 14: Gwendolyn Brooks Personal Realia/Artifacts],
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Series 15: Gwendolyn Brooks Library],
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Series 16: Sheet Music],
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Series 17: LPs],
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Series 18: Newspapers and Magazines],
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Series 19: Works of Others],
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Series 24: Supplementary Material],
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- 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
- Box 322
- 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
- Box 323
- 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
- Box 324
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