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 18: Newspapers and Magazines

Sub-series 1: Clippings About Gwendolyn Brooks and Family

Box 570

Folder 1: February 1945, 1945

Includes Harper’s Magazine.

Folder 2: 1949, 1949

Folder 3: Winter 1950-May 1950, 1950

Includes The Virginia Quarterly Review and separation sheet to oversized.

Folder 4: June 1950, 1950

Includes Current Biography issue with Gwendolyn Brooks featured on pages 10-11.

Folder 5: November 1953-March 1991, 1953-1991

Includes Ebony magazine and separation sheet to Box 680 OS.

Folder 6: October 1953, 1953

Folder 7: January 1954, 1954

Includes Book Bulletin of the Chicago Public Library.

Folder 8: 1955, 1955

Includes issue of Chicago (February) with Gwendolyn Brooks featured on pages 51-52 and Jet (October 13) with Gwendolyn Brooks featured on page 47.

Folder 9: October 1956-January 1959, 1956-1959

Includes separation sheets to Box 680 OS.

Folder 10: 1960, 1960

Folder 11: December 1961, 1961

Includes issue of Negro Digest.

Folder 12: September 1962, 1962

Includes issue of Negro Digest.

Folder 13: September 1963, 1963

Folder 14: March-May 1964, 1964

Folder 15: May 1964, 1964

Folder 16: May?-June 1964, 1964

Folder 17: December 1964, 1964

Includes separation sheet to Box 680 OS.

Folder 18: 1964, 1964

Folder 19: February-March 1965, 1965

Folder 20: April 1965, 1965

Includes separation sheet to Box 680 OS.

Folder 21: Spring 1965, 1965

Includes separation sheet to Box 680 OS.

Folder 22: May 1966, 1966

Includes issue of Jet (May 5) and two issues of Jet (May 20).

Folder 23: September 1967, 1967

Includes two issues of Time magazine (September 29).

Folder 24: January-February 1968, 1968

Folder 25: March-April 1968, 1968

Includes separation sheets to Box 680 OS and Illinois Junior Colleges College Bulletin.

Box 571

Folder 1: June-October 1968, 1968

Folder 2: October 1968, 1968

Folder 3: December 1968, 1968

Includes two copies of issue of Ramparts.

Folder 4: 1968, 1968

Folder 5: February-May 1969, 1969

Includes separation sheets to Box 681 OS.

Folder 6: July-November 1969, 1969

Includes separation sheets to Box 681 OS.

Folder 7: October 1969, 1969

Includes two copies of an issue of This Day.

Folder 8: January 1970-Feburary 1974, 1970-1974

Includes separation sheets to Box 681 OS.

Folder 9: October 1970, 1970

Includes separation sheet to Box 681 OS.

Folder 10: January 1971, 1971

Includes issue of Contact.

Folder 11: April 1971, 1971

Includes two copies of issue of Essence.

Folder 12: June 1971, 1971

Includes issue of The Pennsylvania Gazette.

Folder 13: December 1971, 1971

Includes two copies of issue of McCalls’ with Gwendolyn Brooks featured on pages 136-139.

Folder 14: 1971, 1971

Folder 15: January-November 1972, 1972

Folder 16: 1972, 1972

Folder 17: January-December 1973, 1973

Includes separation sheets to Box 681 OS.

Folder 18: 1973, 1973

Folder 19: 1973-April 1976, 1973-1976

Includes thank you letter from Williams, Victoria for visit to Spelman College (Atlanta, GA).

Folder 20: February 1974, 1974

Folder 21: November-December 1974, 1974

Folder 22: 1974, 1974

Folder 23: February 1975, 1975

Folder 24: April 1975, 1975

Includes four copies of issue of Jet (April 6).

Folder 25: October 1975, 1975

Folder 26: January-February 1976, 1976

Folder 27: April-June 1976, 1976

Box 572

Folder 1: November 1976, 1976

Includes separation sheets to Box 682 OS.

Folder 2: November December 1976, 1976

Folder 3: February-May 1977, 1977

Folder 4: Spring 1977, 1977

Includes two copies of issue of Black Books Bulletin.

Folder 5: June 1977, 1977

Folder 6: July 1977-December 1977, 1977

Includes issue of Current Biography (July 1977).

Folder 7: March-Spring-Summer 1978, 1978

Includes separation sheets to Box 682 OS.

Folder 8: September 1978, 1978

Includes issue of Town & Country.

Folder 9: October 1978, 1978

Folder 10: December 1978, 1978

Folder 11: 1978, 1978

Folder 12: April-June 1979, 1979

Includes separation sheets to Box 682 OS.

Folder 13: February-October 1979, 1979

Includes separation sheets to Box 682 OS.

Folder 14: February 1980, 1980

Folder 15: March/April 1980, 1980

Includes issue of The Black Scholar.

Box 573

Folder 1: June-November 1980, 1980

Folder 2: 1980-1981, 1980-1981

Includes separation sheets to Box 683 OS.

Folder 3: February-November 1981, 1981

Folder 4: July 1981, 1981

Folder 5: January-March 1982, 1982

Includes separation sheets to Box 683 OS.

Folder 6: August-September 1982, 1982

Folder 7: January 1983, 1983

Includes separation sheets to Box 683 OS.

Folder 8: February 1983, 1983

Folder 9: March 1983, 1983

Folder 10: November 1983, 1983

Folder 11: January 1984, 1984

Includes two copies of an issue of Chicago.

Folder 12: February 1984, 1984

Includes Instructor and Teacher catalog.

Folder 13: March 1984, 1984

Folder 14: Winter 1984, 1984

Includes four copies of Chicago State University Campus Line newsletter.

Folder 15: April 1984, 1984

Includes issue of Ebony magazine.

Folder 16: August 1984, 1984

Includes issue of Harper’s Magazine.

Folder 17: November 1984, 1984

Folder 18: January-May 1985, 1985

Folder 19: July-September 1985, 1985

Folder 20: October-December 1985, 1985

Folder 21: November 1985, 1985

Includes issue of Ebony (40^th anniversary).

Folder 22: December 1985, 1985

Includes issue of Better Homes and Gardens Christmas issue.

Folder 23: 1985, 1985

Box 574

Folder 1: February-March 1986, 1986

Folder 2: May-December 1986, 1986

Folder 3: Fall/Winter 1986-1987, 1986-1987

Includes two copies of issue of The University Press of Kentucky magazine.

Folder 4: 1986, 1986

Folder 5: January-April 1987, 1987

Includes separation sheets to Box 684 OS.

Folder 6: March/April 1987, 1987

Includes two copies of an issue of Perspective on Aging.

Folder 7: May-October 1987, 1987

Folder 8-9: June 1987, 1987

Includes five copies of issue of Ebony.

Folder 10: July 1987, 1987

Includes issue of Cricket.

Folder 11: September 1987, 1987

Includes four copies of an issue of The Nation.

Folder 12: November-December 1987, 1987

Folder 13: 1987, 1987

Folder 14: January-February 1988, 1988

Folder 15: February 1988, 1988

Includes issue of Illinois Issues.

Folder 16: February 1988, 1988

Includes two copies of issue of Chicago.

Folder 17: March-April 1988, 1988

Folder 18: May-July 1988, 1988

Folder 19: October 1998, 1998

Includes three copies of issue of Essence.

Folder 20: November-December 1988, 1988

Includes three copies of issue of Essence.

Folder 21: 1988, 1988

Includes issue of Essence.

Box 575

Folder 1: January-March 1989, 1989

Folder 2: March-April 1989, 1989

Includes separation sheet to Box 684 OS.

Folder 3: April-June 1989, 1989

Folder 4: May 1989-April 1993, 1989-1993

Folder 5: Summer 1989, 1989

Includes issue of SAGE: A Scholarly Journal on Black Women.

Folder 6: August 1989, 1989

Includes issue of National Geographic.

Folder 7: August-December 1989, 1989

Includes separation sheets to Box 685 OS.

Folder 8: December 1989, 1989

Includes two copies of an issue of Chicago Tribune Magazine.

Folder 9: 1989, 1989

Includes separation sheets to Box 685 OS.

Folder 10: January-March 1990, 1990

Folder 11: April 1990, 1990

Folder 12: May 1990, 1990

Includes two copies of an issue of Ebony magazine.

Folder 13: May-September 1990, 1990

Includes separation sheet to Box 685 OS.

Folder 14: June 1990-February 1993, 1990-1993

Folder 15: October 1990, 1990

Folder 16: November 1990, 1990

Includes two issues of Ebony magazine.

Folder 17: November-December 1990, 1990

Folder 18: 1990, 1990

Box 576

Folder 1: February-March 1991, 1991

Folder 2: Spring 1991, 1991

Includes issue of Chicago State University Magazine.

Folder 3: May 1991, 1991

Folder 4: June 1991, 1991

Folder 5: Summer-June 1991, 1991

Folder 6: August 1991, 1991

Folder 7: October 1991, 1991

Folder 8: November 1991, 1991

Folder 9: February 1992, 1992

Folder 10: March 1992, 1992

Folder 11: April 1992, 1992

Folder 12: May 1992, 1992

Includes two copies of an issue of Land’s End magazine.

Folder 13: May-June 1992, 1992

Folder 14: August-October 1992, 1992

Includes separation sheets to Box 686 OS.

Folder 15: November 1992, 1992

Includes issue of Ebony magazine.

Folder 16: December 1992, 1992

Folder 17: December 1992, 1992

Includes issue of Publishers Weekly.

Folder 18: December 1992, 1992

Includes two copies of an issue of Chicago Tribune Magazine.

Folder 19: 1992, 1992

Folder 20: 1992-1993, 1992-1993

Box 577

Folder 1: February-March 1993, 1993

Folder 2: March 1993, 1993

Folder 3: April 1993, 1993

Includes separation sheet to Box 688 OS.

Folder 4: May 1993, 1993

Includes separation sheets to Box 687 OS.

Folder 5: May/June 1993, 1993

Includes two copies of an issue of Humanities.

Folder 6: June-October 1993, 1993

Folder 7: November-Winter 1993, 1993

Includes separation sheets to Box 687 OS.

Folder 8: 1993, 1993

Folder 9: 1993-1994, 1993-1994

Folder 10: January 1994, 1994

Includes separation sheets to Box 687 OS.

Folder 11-12: February 1994, 1994

Folder 13: March 1994, 1994

Folder 14: April-May 1994, 1994

Folder 15-16: May 1994, 1994

Box 578

Folder 1-2: May 1994, 1994

Folder 2: May 1994, 1994

Folder 3: June 1994, 1994

Folder 4: August 1994, 1994

Folder 5: September-October 1994, 1994

Includes separation sheets to Box 689 OS.

Folder 6: November 1994, 1994

Includes issue of Poets & Writers Magazine and separation sheet to Box 689 OS

Folder 7-8: 1994, 1994

Folder 9: 1994-1996, 1994-1996

Folder 10: January-February 1995, 1995

Folder 11: February 1995, 1995

Includes issue of The New York Times Magazine.

Folder 12: February-March 1995, 1995

Includes separation sheets to Box 689 OS.

Folder 13: March-June 1995, 1995

Includes separation sheets to Box 689 OS.

Folder 14: May 1995, 1995

Includes issue of Essence which features Gwendolyn Brooks on page 137.

Folder 15: May-June 1995, 1995

Includes two copies of an issue of Jet (June 12).

Folder 16: July 1995, 1995

Includes 11 copies of The Caxtonian.

Folder 17: August 1995, 1995

Includes Roosevelt University President’s Annual Report.

Folder 18: September-December 1995, 1995

Folder 19: 1995, 1995

Box 579

Folder 1: February-April 1996, 1996

Folder 2: Spring 1996, 1996

Includes Third World Press 1996 catalog.

Folder 3: May-June 1996, 1996

Includes issues of Jet (May 6) and two copies of (June 10).

Folder 4: September-November 1996, 1996

Folder 5: 1996, 1996

Folder 6: February-March 1997, 1997

Folder 7: April 1997, 1997

Folder 8: May/June-June 1997, 1997

Folder 9: June 1997, 1997

Includes issue of Jet (June 30).

Folder 10: September 1997, 1997

Includes issue of Ebony.

Folder 11: September 1997-Winter 1997-1998, 1997-1998

Includes separation sheets to Box 690 OS.

Folder 12: February 1998, 1998

Includes separation sheets to Box 690 OS.

Folder 13: March 1999, 1999

Includes issue of Ebony magazine and separation sheet to Box 690 OS.

Folder 14: April 1999, 1999

Folder 15: December 1999, 1999

Includes copies of issue of Ebony.

Folder 16: December 1999, 1999

Includes copies of issue of Ebony.

Box 580

Folder 1: December 1999, 1999

Includes copies of issue of Ebony.

Folder 2: Winter 1999-2000, 1999-2000

Folder 3: 1999-2000, 1999-2000

Folder 4: January 2000, 2000

Includes issue of Ebony that includes Blakely, Henry on page 24.

Folder 5: January-February 2000, 2000

Includes Poetry issue and separation sheets to Box 691 OS.

Folder 6: February 2000, 2000

Includes Poetry issue.

Folder 7: March/April 2000, 2000

Folder 8: Summer 2000, 2000

Includes issue of American Poet.

Folder 9: September/October 2000, 2000

Includes issue of Black Issues.

Folder 10: September-December 2000, 2000

Includes Black Issues magazine issue (November-December).

Folder 11: January 2001, 2001

Includes issue of The New York Times Magazine.

Folder 12: Undated, undated

Sub-series 2: Clippings Not About Gwendolyn Brooks

Box 581

Folder 1: 1919, 1919

Includes clippings of cartoons.

Folder 2: March 1935, 1935

Includes issue of “The Pink Rag.”

Folder 3: 1957, 1957

Includes World Literature Made Simple by Alcock, Richard.

Folder 4: 1957-1958, 1957-1958

Includes separation sheets to Box 692 OS.

Folder 5: 1962, 1962

Includes issue of TV Guide.

Folder 6: October 1963, 1963

Includes issue of Writer’s Digest.

Folder 7: 1965, 1965

Includes issue of Jet (May 20) that features announcement of Blakely, Henry, Jr.’s marriage.

Folder 8: July 1966, 1966

Includes issue of The Writer.

Folder 9: July 1966-October 1968, 1966, 1968

Includes separation sheets to Box 692 OS.

Folder 10: March 1967, 1967

Includes issue of Writer’s Digest.

Folder 11: June 1967, 1967

Includes notes from Gwendolyn Brooks from circa 1989.

Folder 12: November 1967, 1967

Includes issue of Negro Digest.

Folder 13: May 1968, 1968

Includes issue of Jet (May 30).

Folder 14: July 1968, 1968

Includes issue of Negro Digest.

Folder 15: July-October 1968, 1968

Includes separation sheet to Box 692 OS.

Folder 16: May-July 1969, 1969

Includes letter from Judson, Jean (Sussex School (Shaker Heights, OH)) separation sheet to Box 692 OS.

Folder 17: January 1970-February 1971, 1970-1971

Includes separation sheets to Box 692 OS.

Folder 18: April 1970, 1971

Includes issue of Time magazine (April 6).

Folder 19: April 1971, 1971

Includes issue of Ebony magazine.

Folder 20: April-May 1971

Includes issue of The Black Collegian.

Folder 21: May 1971, 1971

Folder 22: June-July 1971, 1971

Includes separation sheets to Box 692 OS.

Folder 23: July 1971, 1971

Includes issue of Sunday Review.

Folder 24: September 1971, 1971

Folder 25: November 1971, 1971

Includes issue of Intellectual Digest.

Folder 26: December 1971- January1972, 1971-1972

Includes separation sheets to Box 692 OS.

Folder 27: 1971, 1989, 1971, 1989

Box 582

Folder 1: January-March 1973, 1973

Includes separation sheets to Box 693 OS.

Folder 2: February 1973, 1973

Includes issue of American Libraries.

Folder 3: 1973, 1977, 1973, 1977

Folder 4: June 1974, 1974

Folder 5: November 1974-1976, 1974-1976

Folder 6: July-August 1975, 1975

Folder 7: October 1975, 1975

Folder 8: November 1975, 1975

Includes issue of Redbook.

Folder 9: February 1976, 1976

Folder 10: March 1976, 1976

Folder 11: May 1976, 1976

Folder 12: June 1976, 1976

Folder 13: December 1976, 1976

Folder 14: January 1977, 1977

Folder 15: February-May 1977, 1977

Includes separation sheet to Box 693 OS.

Folder 16: June 1977, 1977

Folder 17: August 1977, 1977

Folder 18: October 1977, 1977

Folder 19: November 1977, 1977

Folder 20: December 1977, 1977

Folder 21: 1977, 1977

Includes issue of Ebony Jr.

Folder 22: March 1978, 1978

Folder 23: April 1978, 1978

Folder 24: June-August 1978, 1978

Folder 25: September 1978, 1978-1979

Includes issue of Town & Country.

Folder 26: March 1979, 1979

Folder 27: June 1979, 1979

Includes issue of Chicagoland Monthly.

Box 583

Folder 1-2: October 1980, 1980

Folder 3: February-October 1981, 1981

Includes separation sheet to Box 694 OS.

Folder 4: November-December 1981, 1981

Folder 5: June-October 1982, 1982

Includes separation sheet to Box 694 OS.

Folder 6: July-December 1982, 1982

Includes separation sheet to Box 694 OS.

Folder 7: December 1982, 1982

Includes separation sheets to Box 694 OS.

Folder 8: January 1983, 1983

Folder 9: February 1983, 1983

Folder 10: February/March 1983, 1983

Includes issue of Dollars & Sense.

Folder 11: March 1983, 1983

Includes separation sheet to Box 694 OS.

Folder 12-13: April 1983, 1983

Includes separation sheets to Box 694 OS.

Folder 14: June-November 1983, 1983

Folder 15: 1983, 1983

Folder 16: February-July 1984, 1984

Includes separation sheet to Box 694 OS.

Folder 17: November-December 1984, 1984

Folder 18: April-May 1985, 1985

Folder 19: June 1985, 1985

Includes issue of Jet (June 24).

Folder 20: September 1985, 1985

Folder 21: January-March 1986, 1986

Includes separation sheet to Box 694 OS.

Folder 22: April-May 1986, 1986

Box 584

Folder 1: Summer 1986-1986, 1986

Folder 2: April 1987, 1987

Folder 3: June-July 1987, 1987

Folder 4: November 1987, 1987

Folder 5: Fall 1987, 1987

Folder 6: December 1987, 1987

Folder 7: 1987, 1987

Includes two issues of exclusive Chicago Sun-Times Series.

Folder 8: January 1988, 1988

Folder 9: February/March 1988, 1988

Includes issue of Dollars & Sense.

Folder 10: April-May 1988, 1988

Folder 13: September-October 1988, 1988

Includes separation sheets to Box 695 OS.

Folder 14: October-December 1988, 1988

Includes separation sheets to Box 695 OS.

Folder 15: December 1988-1988, 1988

Includes separation sheet to Box 695 OS.

Folder 16: January-May 1989, 1989

Folder 17: July 1989, 1989

Includes issue of Time magazine (July 17).

Folder 18: July-August 1989, 1989

Folder 19: September-October 1989, 1989

Folder 20: October 1989, 1989

Includes issue of Prevention.

Folder 21: November 1989, 1989

Folder 22: December 1989-1989, 1989

Includes separation sheets to Box 695 OS.

Folder 23: January-February 1990, 1990

Folder 24: February 1990, 1990

Folder 25: February-March 1990, 1990

Folder 26: March 1990, 1990

Folder 27: April-May 1990, 1990

Folder 28: May-June 1990, 1990

Includes separation sheets to Box 695 OS.

Folder 29: June 1990, 1990

Folder 30: June-July 1990, 1990

Folder 31: July 1990, 1990

Includes three copies of an issue of The Nation (July 16/23).

Folder 32: July-August 1990, 1990

Includes separation sheet to Box 695 OS.

Folder 33: September 1990, 1990

Folder 34: October-November 1990, 1990

Includes separation sheets to Box 695 OS.

Folder 35: November 1990, 1990

Includes separation sheets to Box 695 OS.

Folder 36: Fall 1990

Includes issue of Yorkville High School Literary Magazine.

Folder 37: December 1990, 1990

Includes issue of Chicago.

Folder 38: 1990, 1990

Includes Prevention’s Book of Home Remedies.

Box 585

Folder 1: January 1991, 1991

Folder 2: February 1991, 1991

Includes issue of Prevention and a supplement to Travel & Leisure “Rembrandt.”

Folder 3: March 1991, 1991

Includes issue of Time magazine (March 11).

Folder 4: April 1991, 1991

Includes separation sheets to Box 696 OS.

Folder 5: May-May/June 1991, 1991

Folder 6: June 1991, 1991

Includes separation sheets to Box 696 OS.

Folder 7: July 1991, 1991

Includes separation sheets to Box 696 OS.

Folder 8: July 1991, 1991

Includes issue of Time magazine (July 8) and catalog about Franklin McMahon in Japanese.

Folder 9: August 1991, 1991

Folder 10: August 1991, 1991

Folder 11: October 1991, 1991

Folder 12: November 1991, 1991

Includes separation sheets to Box 696 OS.

Folder 13: December 1991-1991, 1991

Folder 14: January 1992, 1992

Folder 15: February 1992, 1992

Includes separation sheets to Box 696 OS.

Folder 16: February 1992, 1992

Folder 17: April 1992, 1992

Folder 18: April 1992, 1992

Includes issue of Jet (April 27).

Folder 19: May 1992, 1992

Folder 20: May/June 1992, 1992

Includes issue of Amtrak Express.

Folder 21: June 1992, 1992

Folder 22: July 1992, 1992

Folder 23: July 1992, 1992

Includes separation sheets to Box 696 OS.

Folder 24: July/August 1992, 1992

Includes issue of Ms.

Folder 25: August 1992, 1992

Folder 26: September-October 1992, 1992

Folder 27: October 1992, 1992

Includes separation sheets to Box 696 OS.

Folder 28: October 1992, 1992

Folder 29: November 1992, 1992

Folder 30: November 1992, 1992

Includes issue of The Nation (November 16) and Newsweek (November 16).

Box 586

Folder 1: November 1992, 1992

Folder 2: December 1992, 1992

Folder 3: 1992, 1992

Folder 4: January1992, 1992

Folder 5: February 1993, 1993

Folder 6-7: March 1993, 1993

Includes separation sheets to Box 697 OS.

Folder 8: March-April 1993, 1993

Folder 9: March/April 1993, 1993

Includes issue of The Black Collegian.

Folder 10-12: April 1993, 1993

Includes separation sheets to Box 697 OS.

Folder 13: April 1993, 1993

Includes issue of Strong Coffee and Prevention.

Folder 14-15: May 1993, 1993

Folder 16: May/June-June 1993, 1993

Includes separation sheet to Box 697 OS.

Folder 17: July 1993, 1993

Includes separation sheets to Box 697 OS.

Folder 18: July-September 1993, 1993

Includes separation sheets to Box 697 OS.

Folder 19: October 1993, 1993

Folder 20: October 1993, 1993

Includes Humanities magazine issue by the National Endowment of the Humanities.

Folder 21: October-November 1993, 1993

Folder 22: November 1993, 1993

Folder 23: November 1993, 1993

Includes issue of The Nation (November 8).

Folder 24: December 1993, 1993

Includes separation sheet to Box 697 OS.

Folder 25: 1993, 1993

Box 587

Folder 1-4: January 1994, 1994

Includes separation sheets to Box 698 OS.

Folder 5: January 1994, 1994

Includes issue of Newsweek (January 3).

Folder 6: January-February 1994, 1994

Includes separation sheets to Box 698 OS.

Folder 7: February 1994, 1994

Includes separation sheets to Box 698 OS.

Folder 8: February 1994, 1994

Includes issue of Chicago.

Folder 9: February-March 1994, 1994

Includes separation sheets to Box 698 OS.

Folder 10: March 1994, 1994

Folder 11: March 1994, 1994

Includes issue of The Nation (March 7).

Folder 12: March-September 1994, 1994

Includes separation sheets to Box 698 OS.

Folder 13: April 1994, 1994

Folder 14: May/June 1994, 1994

Includes issue of Message.

Folder 15: Spring-Summer 1994, 1994

Folder 16: June 1994, 1994

Includes issues of People Weekly (June 6, “Remembering Jackie”), Newsweek (June 6), and TVPrevue (June 5-11). Includes separation sheets to Box 713 OS.

Folder 17: July 1994, 1994

Folder 18: Summer 1994, 1994

Folder 19: August-September 1994, 1994

Includes separation sheets to Box 698 OS.

Folder 20: September 1994, 1994

Includes issue of Victoria.

Folder 21: September/October 1994, 1994

Includes issue of Humanities.

Folder 22: October 1994, 1994

Folder 23-25: November 1994, 1994

Includes separation sheets to Box 698 OS.

Folder 26: November-December 1994, 1994

Includes separation sheet to Box 698 OS.

Folder 27: December 1994, 1994

Includes issue of Victoria.

Folder 28: 1994, 1994

Includes memorial magazine for Onassis, Jacqueline Kennedy.

Folder 29: January 1995, 1995

Includes separation sheets to Box 698 OS.

Folder 30: January-January/February 1995, 1995

Includes separation sheet to Box 698 OS.

Folder 31: February 1995, 1995

Includes issue of Jet (February 6).

Folder 32: February-March 1995, 1995

Folder 33: March 1995, 1995

Folder 34: March-April 1995, 1995

Box 588

Folder 1: April-May 1995, 1995

Includes separation sheets to Box 699 OS.

Folder 2: Spring/Summer 1995, 1995

Includes issue of Chicago State University Excellence.

Folder 3: May 1995, 1995

Includes issue of Jet (May 22).

Folder 4: June 1995, 1995

Folder 5-8: July 1995, 1995

Includes separation sheet to Box 699 OS. Folder 8 includes issues of People Weekly (July 3) and Time (July 3).

Folder 9: July-August 1995, 1995

Includes separation sheets to Box 699 OS.

Folder 10: August 1995, 1995

Includes issue of Jet (August 28).

Folder 11: August-September 1995, 1995

Includes separation sheets to Box 699 OS.

Folder 12: Summer/Fall 1995, 1995

Includes issue of Spelman Messenger.

Folder 13: September 1995, 1995

Includes issue of Time (September 25).

Folder 14: September-October 1995, 1995

Includes issue of Ms.

Folder 15: October 1995, 1995

Includes separation sheets to Box 699 OS.

Folder 16: October-November 1995, 1995

Includes separation sheets to Box 699 OS.

Folder 17: November 1995, 1995

Includes issue of The New Yorker (November 6) and separation sheets to Box 699 OS.

Folder 18: November 1995, 1995

Includes issue of Good Housekeeping.

Folder 19: November-December 1995, 1995

Folder 20: December/January 1995, 1995

Includes issue of American Visions.

Folder 21: 1995, 1995

Includes copy of Prevention’s All-New Home Remedies.

Folder 22: January 1996, 1996

Includes separation sheets to Box 699 OS.

Folder 23: February-March 1996, 1996

Includes separation sheets to Box 699 OS.

Folder 24: March 1996, 1996

Folder 26: April 1996, 1996

Folder 25: March/April 1996, 1996

Folder 27-29: May 1996, 1996

Includes separation sheets to Box 699 OS. Folder 27 includes issue of Prevention.

Box 589

Folder 1-3: June 1996, 1996

Includes separation sheets to Box 700 OS.

Folder 4: July 1996, 1996

Includes separation sheet to Box 700 OS.

Folder 5-7: August 1996, 1996

Includes separation sheets to Box 700 OS.

Folder 8: August/September 1996, 1996

Folder 9-10: September 1996, 1996

Folder 10 includes issue of Chicago Tribune Magazine (September 22).

Folder 11-14: October 1996, 1996

Includes separation sheets to Box 700 OS.

Folder 15: October 1996, 1996

Includes issues of the Chicago Tribune Magazine (October 13 and 20).

Folder 16: November 1996, 1996

Includes separation sheets to Box 700 OS.

Folder 17: November 1996, 1996

Includes issue of Ebony.

Folder 18: December 1996, 1996

Folder 19: 1996, 1996

Folder 20: January 1997, 1997

Folder 21: January 1997, 1997

Includes issues of Chicago Tribune Magazine (January 12) and Ebony.

Folder 22: January-February 1997, 1997

Folder 23: January/February 1997, 1997

Includes issue of Humanities.

Folder 24: February 1997, 1997

Includes issue of About…Time.

Folder 25: February-April 1997, 1997

Includes separation sheets to Box 700 OS.

Folder 26: March 1997, February 1999, 1997, 1999

Includes issues of Time (March 17, 1997) and (February 8, 1999).

Folder 27-28: April 1997, 1997

Includes business card and separation sheet to Box 700 OS.

Folder 29: May-June 1997, 1997

Includes separation sheets to Box 700 OS.

Box 590

Folder 1: July 1997, 1997

Folder 2: August 1997, 1997

Folder 3: August 1997, 1997

Includes issue of Newsweek (August 18) and separation sheets to Box 701 OS.

Folder 4: September 1997, 1997

Includes issues of Newsweek (September 1 and 15) and The New Yorker (September 8) and separation sheet to Box 701 OS.

Folder 5: November 1997, 1997

Includes issues of Jet (November 3).

Folder 6-7: November 1997, 1997

Includes separation sheets to Box 701 OS.

Folder 8: December 1997, 1997

Includes issue of Prevention.

Folder 9: 1997, 1997

Folder 10-12: January 1998, 1998

Includes separation sheet to Box 701 OS. Folder 12 includes issue of Chicago.

Folder 13-16: February 1998, 1998

Includes separation sheets to Box 701 OS. Folder 18: Includes issue of Chicago Tribune Magazine (February 22).

Folder 17: February-March 1998, 1998

Includes separation sheets to Box 701 OS.

Box 591

Folder 1-4: March 1998, 1998

Includes separation sheets to Box 702 OS. Folder 4 includes issue of Newsweek (March 23).

Folder 5: April 1998, 1998

Folder 6-8: May 1998, 1998

Includes separation sheets to Box 702 OS. Folder 8 includes issue of Chicago Tribune Magazine (May 31).

Folder 9: May-June 1998, 1998

Includes issue of TV Guide (May 30-June 5).

Folder 10: June 1998, 1998

Folder 11: Spring 1998, 1998

Folder 12: June-July 1998, 1998

Includes issue of The New Yorker (July 13).

Folder 13: July 1998, 1998

Includes separation sheet to Box 702 OS.

Folder 14-16: August 1998, 1998

Includes separation sheets to Box 702 OS.

Folder 17: August-October 1998, 1998

Includes separation sheets to Box 702 OS.

Folder 18: November 1998, 1998

Includes separation sheets to Box 702 OS.

Folder 19: Fall 1998, 1998

Includes issue of DePaul University Magazine, which was folded open to pages 6-7.

Folder 20: November-December 1998, 1998

Includes separation sheets to Box 702 OS.

Folder 21: December 1998, 1998

Includes issue of Newsweek (December 14).

Folder 22: December 1998-January 1999, 1998-1999

Includes issue of TV Guide (December 26-January 1).

Folder 23: Winter 1998, 1998

Includes issue of Faculty Resource Network newsletter.

Folder 24: 1998, 1998

Folder 25: January 1999, 1999

Includes issue of Newsweek (January 18) that was folded open to pages 28-29 and separation sheets to Box 702 OS.

Folder 26: January-February 1999, 1999

Includes separation sheets to Box 702 OS.

Folder 27: January-March 1999, 1999

Folder 28-30: February 1999, 1999

Includes separation sheets to Box 702 OS.

Folder 31: February-March 1999, 1999

Includes separation sheets to Box 702 OS.

Box 592

Folder 1-5: March 1999, 1999

Includes separation sheets to Box 703 OS. Folder 5 includes issues of TV Prevue (March 21-27) and Emerge, which was folded open to pages 32-33.

Folder 6: March 1999, 1999

Includes issues of TV Guide (March 13-19 and March 20-26).

Folder 7: March-April 1999, 1999

Includes issue of TV Prevue (March 28-April 3).

Folder 8-10: April 1999, 1999

Includes separation sheets to Box 703 OS.

Folder 11: April 1999, 1999

Includes issue of The New Yorker (April 19).

Folder 12: April 1999, 1999

Includes issues of Jet (April 5 and 19).

Folder 13: May 1999, 1999

Folder 14: May 1999, 1999

Includes issues of Newsweek (May 24) and Jet (May 31).

Folder 15: May 1999, 1999

Includes issues of Chicago Tribune Magazine (May 9 and 16). May 16 issue was folded open to page 8.

Folder 16: May 1999, 1999

Includes issue of Prevention.

Folder 17: May/June 1999, 1999

Includes issue of Humanities.

Folder 18: Spring 1999, 1999

Folder 19: June 1999, 1999

Includes issues of Jet (June 14, 21, and 28).

Folder 20: June 1999, 1999

Folder 21: July 1999, 1999

Includes separation sheet to Box 703 OS.

Folder 22: July 1999, 1999

Includes issues of Prevention and Jet (July 5).

Folder 23: August 1999, 1999

Includes issue of TV Prevue and separation sheets to Box 713 OS.

Folder 24-25: August-September 1999, 1999

Includes separation sheets to Box 703 OS.

Box 593

Folder 1: September/October 1999, 1999

Folder 2: October-December 1999, 1999

Includes separation sheets to Box 703 OS.

Folder 3: 1999, 1999

Folder 4: January 2000, 2000

Includes commemorative issues of Time (January 1) and Newsweek (January 10).

Folder 5: January 2000, 2000

Folder 6: January 2000, 2000

Includes issues of Time (January 17) and Emerge.

Folder 7: February-March 2000, 2000

Includes separation sheets to Box 704 OS.

Folder 8: February-April 2000, 2000

Includes separation sheets to Box 704 OS.

Folder 9: May 2000, 2000

Folder 10: June 2000, 2000

Includes issue of Prevention and Emerge, which was folded open to pages 68-69.

Folder 11: July 2000, 2000

Folder 12: August 2000, 2000

Includes separation sheet to Box 704 OS.

Folder 13: August 2000, 2000

Includes issue of TV Guide (August 12).

Folder 14: September 2000, 2000

Includes issue of Jet (September 11) and Chicago Tribune Magazine (September 17).

Folder 15: September 2000, 2000

Includes issue of Prevention, which was folded open to the table of contents.

Folder 16: September/October 2000, 2000

Includes issue of Humanities.

Folder 17: 2000, 2000

Includes separation sheet to Box 714.

Folder 18: Winter/Spring 2002, 2002

Includes copy of Harper Collins children’s books catalog.

Folder 19: June 2003 (Nora), 2003

Includes Walgreens advertisements.

Folder 20-21: Undated, undated

Box 594

Folder 1-2: Comics/Cartoons, undated

Folder 3-6: Food/Health, undated

Folder 7-10: Literature/Author, undated

Folder 11-12: Politics/Significant Events, undated

Box 595

Folder 1: Race topics, undated

Folder 2: TV/Actors, undated

Folder 3-9: Miscellaneous, undated

Sub-series 3: Gwendolyn Brooks Newspaper and Magazine Files

Box 596

File 1: “Choice Clippings KEEP”

Folder 1.1-1.8: “Choice Clippings KEEP,”, 1993-1995

Includes separation sheets to Box 705 OS.

File 2: “Clippings", 1972, 1987

File 3: “Clippings", 1997

File 4: “DeKalb” envelope, 1999

File 5: “High School (Children Coming Home Volume II)”, 1991-1992

File 6: “Humor Cartoons”

Folder 6.1-6.9: “Humor Cartoons", 1970, 1982, undated

File 7: “Kinko’s 20 Copies Obituaries Beryl Zitch", 1998

File 8: “Panther Murder", 1969

Concerns the death of Hampton, Fred. Includes separation sheets to Box 705 OS.

File 9: “Poetry Consultant Clippings”

Folder 9.1-9.2: “Poetry Consultant Clippings”

Includes separation sheets to Box 705 OS.

Folder 9.3: “Clippings: Miscellaneous", 1985

Folder 9.4: Envelope, 1985

File 10: “News – articles and news – photos", 1988-1990

File 11: “My 80th Birthday Party Newspaper Clippings", 1997

File 12: “Wonderful Tributes", 1985, 1989

Box 597

File 1: “Important Clippings” leather bag

Folder 1.1: Chicagoland Magazine (September 1969) and correspondence, 1964-1965, 1969

Includes correspondence by “Elizabeth” and Nash, Jay (Robert).

Folder 1.2: Chicago Scene magazine, 1962

Folder 1.3-1.24: Items tucked into Ebony magazine pages 30-31

Folder 1.3-1.5: Newspaper clippings, 1947, 1950

Includes separation sheets to Box 706 OS.

Folder 1.6: Saturday Review of Literature (May), 1950

Folder 1.7: Newspaper clippings, 1950

Includes separation sheets to Box 706 OS.

Folder 1.8: Newspaper clippings, 1961

Includes separation sheets to Box 706 OS.

Folder 1.9: Newspaper clippings, 1953

Includes separation sheets to Box 706 OS.

Folder 1.10: Newspaper clippings, 1963

Includes separation sheets to Box 706 OS.

Folder 1.11: Newspaper clippings, 1956

Includes separation sheets to Box 706 OS.

Folder 1.12: Newspaper clippings, 1958

Includes separation sheets to Box 706 OS.

Folder 1.13: Newspaper clippings, 1958, 1961, 1963

Includes separation sheets to Box 706 OS.

Folder 1.14: Newspaper clippings, 1965

Includes separation sheets to Box 706 OS.

Folder 1.15: Newspaper clippings, 1966-1968

Includes separation sheets to Box 706 OS.

Folder 1.16: Newspaper clippings, 1963

Includes separation sheets to Box 706 OS.

Folder 1.17: Essence magazine (April), 1971

Includes separation sheets to Box 706 OS.

Folder 1.18: McCall’s magazine (December), 1971

Includes separation sheets to Box 706 OS.

Folder 1.19: Newspaper clippings, 1972, 1980

Includes separation sheets to Box 706 OS.

Folder 1.20: Newspaper clippings, 1997

Includes separation sheets to Box 706 OS.

Folder 1.21: Newspaper clippings, 1959

Includes separation sheets to Box 706 OS.

Folder 1.22-1.23: Newspaper clippings, 1966

Includes separation sheets to Box 706 OS.

Folder 1.24: Ebony magazine, 1969

Folder 1.25: Leather bag, undated

Box 598

File 1: Items tucked into Chicago Tribune Magazine

Folder 1.1-1.2: Pages 48-49 grouping, 1999, undated

Folder 1.3-1.27: Pages 50-51 grouping

Folder 1.3-1.6: Newspaper clippings, 1990, 1999, 2000

Includes separation sheets to Box 706 OS.

Folder 1.7-1.8: Unidentified grouping #1, 1999-2000

Includes separation sheets to Box 706 OS.

Folder 1.9-1.10: Unidentified grouping #2, 1999

Includes separation sheets to Box 706 OS.

Folder 1.11-1.12: Unidentified grouping #3, 1999

Includes separation sheets to Box 706 OS.

Folder 1.13: Unidentified grouping #4, 1999

Includes separation sheets to Box 706 OS.

Folder 1.14-1.23: Unidentified grouping #5, 1999, undated

Includes separation sheet to Box 706 OS.

Folder 1.24-1.25: Unidentified grouping #6, 1999-2000, undated

Includes separation sheets to Box 706 OS.

Folder 1.26: Unidentified grouping #7, 1999, undated

Includes separation sheets to Box 706 OS.

Folder 1.27: Chicago Tribune Magazine (December), 1999

Includes separation sheets to Box 706 OS.

File 2: Items tucked into New Yorker pages 52-53

Folder 2.1-2.8: Newspaper clippings, 1998-2000

Includes separation sheet to Box 706 OS.

Folder 2.9: Chicago Tribune’s TV Week (January 9-16), 2000

Folder 2.10: The New Yorker (December 20), 1999

Box 599

Folder 1-4: Newspaper clippings, 1991-1996

Folder 5-25: Newspaper clippings

Folder 5-14: Items enclosed in right folder pocket, 1993-1995

Includes separation sheet to Box 708 OS.

Folder 15-23: Items enclosed in left folder pocket, 1993-1995

Includes separation sheet to Box 708 OS.

Folder 24: Folder, undated

Box 600

Folder 1-49: Newspaper 1993-1994

Folder 1-25: Newspaper clippings, 1993-1994

Includes separation sheet to Box 709 OS.

Folder 26-32: Items enclosed in black portfolio, 1993-1994

Includes separation sheet to Box 709 OS.

Folder 33-49: Newspaper clippings, 1993-1994

Includes separation sheet to Box 709 OS.

Box 601

Folder 1: Chicago State University folder, 1989, 1993, 1995-1997

Folder 2: Green folder, 1992-1993

Folder 3: Rubber-banded stack, 1966, 1968, undated

Folder 4-5: Stanford folder, 1988-1990