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: 300.0 Linear Feet

Date Acquired: 09/19/2013

Subjects: Poets, American - 20th century

Languages: English

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Poets, American - 20th century

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

Acquisition Source: Nora Brooks Blakely

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

Series 1: Correspondence

This series has temporarily moved. Click here to view series 1.

Series 2: Writings

Sub-series 1: Poetry Drafts - Individual Poems

Box 237

Folder 1: "A Farmer”, 1988

Folder 2: "Again He Did Not Return", undated

Folder 3: "A Girl", 1998

Folder 4: "Aloneness", undated

Folder 5: "An Afternote to the Progress", 1982

Folder 6: "An Aspect of Love, Alive in the Ice and Fire", undated

Folder 7: "Another Girl", undated

Folder 8: "Another Loss", 1999

Folder 9: Art, undated

Folder 10: Behind the Scenes, 1991

Folder 11: Black Poets Today, undated

Folder 12: Blackness: Chicago, undated

Folder 13: "Black Steel", undated

Folder 14: "Books Feed and Cure and Chortle and Collide", undated

Folder 15: "Boys, Black", undated

Folder 16-17: "Brelve, A Battered Woman", 1990, undated

Folder 18: "Brooke Maj, of Hawthorn South School", undated

Folder 19-20: "Captain Delores", 1991, undated

Folder 21: "Causes for Optimism", undated

Folder 22: "A Celebration: A Hymn to Chicago", undated

Folder 23-24: "Chicago, the I Will City", 1982, undated

Folder 25-26: "The Chicago Picasso", 1986, undated

Folder 27: "Chicago State University", 1991/1992

Folder 28: "Children", undated

Folder 29-30: "Collage", 1999

Folder 31: "Collage for Today", 1972

Folder 32: "Collage for Today – I. Aurora", undated

Folder 33-35: "Computer", 1983, undated

Folder 36: "Christmas Morning Comes Too Soon", undated

Folder 37: "Danse Africaine", undated

Folder 38: "A Daughter of Africa", 1939

Folder 39: "The Decision of Senator Simon", 1994

Folder 40: "Duke Ellington", 1998

Folder 41: "The Event Downtown", undated

Folder 42: "For Charlemae Rollins", undated

Folder 43: "For Dudley Randall", 1975

Folder 44: "For Jenny Rutland", 1985

Folder 45: "For Nora on Mother’s Day", 1995

Folder 46-47: "For Sara Miller, Sculptor", 1994

Folder 48: "Friends, Black Folk, Blood of Africa", undated

Folder 49: "Ghetto Cat", undated

Folder 50: "Hillary Rodham Clinton", 1997

Folder 51: "Horses Graze", 1973

Folder 52: "The Illinois & Michigan Canal. The Sesquicentennial", undated

Folder 53: "Infirm", undated

Folder 54: "In Honor of Bill Pinkney, Voyager Extraordinaire", 1992

Folder 55: "Introduction to Myself", 1989

Folder 56-59: "Jane Addams", 1989

Folder 58 includes "From Jane Addams."

Folder 60: "Jane Addams" and "To Fit In" fragments, undated

Folder 61: "Kitchenette Building", undated

Folder 62: "Lady Delores", undated

Folder 63-63: "Last Inauguration of Mayor Harold Washington", 1987, undated

Box 238

Folder 1-2: "Letter to Sister Anne", 1977

Folder 3: "The Maid of Malvaron", 1939-1940

Folder 4-5: "Martin Luther King Jr.", 1968, undated

Folder 6: "Mayor Harold Washington", undated

Folder 7: "Mayor Richard Gordon Hatcher", undated

Folder 8: "In Memory of Henry Carter", 1947

Folder 9: "A Mood of 1950", circa 1950

Folder 10: "My Grandmother Is Waiting for Me to Come Home", undated

Folder 11: "My Mother", 1975-1977

Folder 12: "Nothing Matters" and other poems, 1936, 1997

Includes "Some Eyes Do Not Bother," "Continuity," "Old Dreams," "Gypsy Girl," "April Fool’s Day," and "Moon Vision."

Folder 13: "Of Frank Parker", 1991

Folder 14: "Of the Young Dead", undated

Folder 15-17: "An Old Black Woman, Homeless and Indistinct", 1992

Folder 16 includes "Behind the Scenes." Folder 17 includes notes.

Folder 18: "Our Lady of the Angels", undated

Folder 19: "Patrick Bowie of Cabrini Green", 1986

Folder 20: "Primer for Blacks", undated

Folder 21: "Raymond Brooks II", 1990

Also titled "Pete."

Folder 22: "Sammy Chester Leaves 'Godspell' and Visits Upward Bound on a Lake Forest Lawn", undated

Folder 23: "Shadows", undated

Folder 24: "Speech to the Young, Speech to the Progress Toward", undated

Folder 25: "Studs Terkel", undated

Folder 26: "Telephone Conversations (After Discussing William Faulkner with George Kent)", 1980

Folder 27: "Thinking of Elizabeth Steinberg", 1987

Folder 28-29: "Thinking of Elizabeth Steinberg on Friday, November 13, 1987", 1987

Folder 30-32: "The Tiger Who Wore White Gloves", undated

Folder 33: "To Be Grown Up", 1991

Folder 34: "To Beautiful Black Man", undated

Folder 35: "To the Retiree", 1978

Folder 36: "To the South Side Community Art Center (With Affectionate Gratitude)", undated

Folder 37: "To Those of My Sisters Who Kept Their Naturals (Never to Look a Hot Comb in the Teeth)" and "Primer for Blacks", undated

Folder 38: "Where, Oh Where" fragment, undated

Folder 39: "White, Male, and Well-To-Do", 1993

Folder 40: "To Whitney Young", 1981

Folder 41-44: "Winnie" draft notebook, undated

Folder 45: "The Womanhood", undated

Includes "Beverly Hills, Chicago," "Riot: A Poem in Three Parts," "The Near- Johannesburg Boy," "Speech to the Young, Speech to the Progress-Toward," and "To the Young Who Want to Die."

Folder 46: "When You Have Forgotten Sunday: The Love Story", 1999

Folder 47: "Why I Keep Off Television", undated

Folder 48: "You Think of the Dead", undated

Folder 49: Poems grouping, 1988-1991

Includes "Superbe," "Merle," "Ole Fella," and "Jane Addams, September 6, 1860 – May 21, 1935."

Sub-series 2: Poetry Drafts - Compilations

Box 239

Folder 1: Aloneness, undated

Folder 2: Blacks, undated

Folder 3-6: Bronzeville Boys and Girls, undated

Folder 7-20: Children Coming Home, 1989-1991, undated

Box 240

Folder 1-2: Children Coming Home, 1993-1993, undated

Folder 1 includes an envelope.

File 3: Children Coming Home and other compilations

Folder 3.1: Children Coming Home, undated

Folder 3.2: In the Mecca, undated

Folder 3.3: Gottschalk and the Grande Tarantelle, undated

Folder 3.4: Illinois Poet Laureate Awards, 2000

Includes poems authored by reward recipients in elementary and high school.

Folder 3.5: Gottschalk and the Grande Tarantelle, undated

Folder 4: Children Coming Home (partial), undated

Folder 5: Introductory text for Family Pictures, 1994

Folder 6-9: Gottschalk and the Grand Tarantelle, 1987-1988, undated

Folder 10: In Montgomery (partial), 1998, undated

Folder 11: In Montgomery first correction, undated

Includes an envelope.

Folder 12: In Montgomery (New York University folder), undated

Includes an envelope, blank sheets of white paper, and a black “New York University” folder.

Folder 13: In Montgomery, undated

Includes an envelope.

Box 241

Folder 1: In Montgomery, undated

Includes photocopies of In the Mecca and an envelope.

Folder 2: In Montgomery “raw copy”, undated

Includes photocopies of In the Mecca and an “In Montgomery (Raw copy.)” envelope.

Folder 3: In Montgomery, undated

Includes a portion of Gottschalk and the Grande Tarantelle.

Folder 4: In Montgomery (partial), undated

Folder 5: In Montgomery “old uncorrected version”, undated

Includes an envelope.

Folder 6: In Montgomery “original”, undated

Includes a copy of Children Coming Home and an “Original of “In Montgomery” by Gwendolyn Brooks” envelope.

Folder 7: In Montgomery list of contents, undated

File 8: “Copies In Montgomery” envelope

Folder 8.1: Pages 1-137, undated

Folder 8.2: Pages 4-137, undated

Box 242

Folder 1: In Montgomery pages 1-137, undated

Box 242, Folder 8.3

Folder 2: “Copies of In Montgomery” envelope, undated

Box 242, Folder 8.4. Contains a separation slip.

Folder 3: In the Mecca galley proof, undated

Folder 4: Winnie and Gottschalk and the Grande Tarantelle proofs, 1988

Includes a letter from Mueller, L.W. (Harlo Printing Company) to Gwendolyn Brooks.

Folder 5: Contents for “New Book”, undated

Sub-series 3: Prose Drafts

Box 243

Folder 1: "About John Schultz's Anthology", undated

Folder 2: American Book Award speech, 1982

Folder 3: “Ann Smith”, 1996

Folder 4: “The Audre Lorde I Knew”, 1993

Folder 5: “Autobiography”, undated

Folder 6: “Ballad of Pearl May Lee” reflections, undated

Folder 7: “Basic Influences”, 1994

Includes “Beatrice Wims Stewart: May 1st, 1914-1994” (poem), a program for an event honoring Ralph Ellison at The American Academy of Arts and Letters, newspaper clippings, blank papers, loose magazine pages, and a file folder marked “National Book Foundation.” Contains separation sheets.

Folder 8: Biographical sketch, early 1990s

Folder 9-10: “The Black Family” speech, 1988?

Folder 11: “Blacks”, 1989

Folder 12-13: “Black Woman in Russia”, 1994?

Both folders include a letter from Beatty, Mary Lou (National Endowment for the Humanities) to Gwendolyn Brooks. Folder 13 includes an envelope labeled “Original galleys for “Black Woman in Russia” in Humanities Mag. Note w/marginalia.”

Folder 14: Black Writers Conference speech (Chicago State University), 1995

Folder 15: “Books. Reading. Libraries.”, undated

Folder 16-17: Broadside Press (Detroit) tenth anniversary statement, 1975

Folder 16 includes a card from Broadside Press to Gwendolyn Brooks.

Folder 18: “Broadside Treasury 1971-1975”, undated

Folder 19: “Candace”, undated

Includes a plastic bag.

Folder 20: “Chicago, 2999”, undated

Folder 21: Chicago Renaissance speech, 1998

Includes two envelopes addressed to Gwendolyn Brooks, one from 1994.

Folder 22: Chicago State University commencement speech, undated

Folder 23: Chicago State University statements, 1996, undated

Includes a “Chicago State University” folder.

Folder 24: “Children of the Poor” reflections, undated

Folder 25: “The City of Many Faces, a Chicago Collage” speech, undated

Folder 26: “Congratulations—always—to Sokoni Karanja…”, 1996

Folder 27: “The Day of the Gwendolyn”, 1985

Includes a list of “Poets to Be Recorded,” a list of poets for “One-Day Poetry Festival” (1986), and a partial letter from Galbraith, Nancy (Library of Congress) to Gwendolyn Brooks.

Folder 28: “Departing from your homes is no small matter…”, undated

Folder 29: “D.H. Melhem”, undated

Folder 30: “‘Ebonical’ Improvement”, 1997

Includes a newspaper clipping on the Atlanta Black Arts Festival (1996).

Folder 31: Ethelbert Miller introduction, undated

Folder 32-33: Family Pictures speech, 1994

Folder 32 includes a biographical sketch. The copies in folder 33 are in large print.

Box 244

Folder 1-2: Family Pictures, 1994

Folder 1 includes a speech for the Jefferson Lecture series (National Endowment for the Humanities), “Black Woman in Russia” galleys and correspondence, a TV Guide clipping, and a FedEx mailer and receipt.

Folder 3: “Familyhood”

Folder 4: “For Autobiog.”, undated

Folder 5: “For Autobiog. Part II”, undated

Folder 6: Foreword for The Voice and Other Short Stories (Brooks, Keziah C.), 1974

Folder 7: Frank Wills speech, circa 1970s

Written on “Aurora” broadside (Broadside Press (Detroit)).

Folder 8: “Furious Flower” speech, 1994

Folder 9: “Garrison Keillor”, undated

Folder 10: “Chapter Four: Little Mom”, undated

Folder 11: “The Good Neighbor. Brooks Boswell: born 1898, died 1980”, 1980

Folder 12: “Goodbye to Walter Bradford”, 1997

Folder 13: Gordon Lish statement, undated

Folder 14: Graduation speech, undated

Folder 15: Grinnell College speech, undated

Folder 16: Harold Washington statement, undated

Folder 17: “Hillsdale Lecture”, 1998

Includes “Alive in the Ice and Fire,” “I am still free verse and rhyme…,” and envelopes.

Folder 18: “I am sensible of this honor…”, undated

Folder 19: “If hope is a concept…”, undated

Folder 20: “If I were to write…”, undated

Folder 21: Illinois Poet Laureate Awards introductory speech, 2000?

Folder 22: Illinois Poet Laureate Awards ceremony cues, 1989

Folder 23: Illinois State Library dedication speech, 1990

Folder 24: “I met Margaret Walker…”, 1998

Folder 25: “Inauguration—Poets”, undated

Includes “It Is Our Business to Be Bothered” torn from The Chicago Guide.

Folder 26: “Infirm”, 1997

Folder 27: “In Ghana”, undated

Folder 28: “In Re: Hillary Clinton”, 1996

Folder 29: “Intro: to poem ‘Jane Addams’”, undated

Folder 30: Introduction for Harold Washington at Columbia College Chicago event, undated

Includes statements on Paul Pearsall and Robert Wrigley.

Folder 31: Introduction to The Columbia Book of Poetry: The Top 500 Poems, 1992?

Folder 32: Introduction of children at the inauguration for an Illinois governor, undated

Folder 33: “It Is 2000”, undated

Folder 34: “Jack Mitchell”, undated

Folder 35: “James Baldwin”, 1985

Folder 36: “James Hill”, undated

Folder 37: Jane Addams speech, undated

Written on the back of the schedule of events for the 1993 Critical Issues Symposium.

Folder 38: Jane Addams Park dedication speech, 1996

Folder 39: John Trutter speech, undated

Folder 40: “Keziah”, undated

Folder 41: “Langston Hughes”, undated

Folder 42: Langston Hughes Society address, 1982

Includes a meeting program.

Folder 43: “The Last Poets”, 1990

Folder 44: “Leadership, Leadership”, 1979

Folder 45: Leon Forrest remembrance speech, 1996

Includes an event invitation.

Folder 46: “Libraries”, 1992

Box 245

Folder 1: Lisa Steinberg speech, undated

Folder 2: Literary Awards speech, undated

Folder 3: Long program speech, undated

Folder 3a: "Mama", 1978

Folder 4: “Molly Peacock”, undated

Folder 5: “Most Workers In The Wild…”, undated

Folder 6: “Movies”, undated

Folder 7: “Much is said in this time about The Children…”, undated

Folder 7a: “My mother, who always encouraged me to write, is herself…”, undated

Folder 8: “My Tribute to President Johnetta Cole…”, 1986?

Written on an order form for The David Company. Includes an “Important Letters” envelope.

Folder 9: The Nation speech, undated

Folder 10: “Nice to Everybody”, undated

Folder 11: “Notes: Chicago State University”, undated

Includes an envelope.

Folder 12: “Notes on Nancy Galbraith”, undated

Folder 13: “Of My Mother”, 1977

Folder 14: On Brooks Press, undated

Written on a schedule for the Writing and Publishing Colloquium.

Folder 15: On Lord of the Flies (Golding, William), undated

Folder 16: On George Orwell, undated

Folder 17: On the “viewpoint woman” in “A Bronzeville Mother Loiters in Mississippi. Meanwhile, a Mississippi Mother Burns Bacon”, undated

Folder 18: On “We Real Cool”, undated

Folder 19: “One of the Indelibles”, undated

Folder 20: “A Piece of the Homeless”, undated

Folder 21: “Poetry Class”, 1996

Folder 22: “Poetry is not always nice…”, undated

Includes an envelope.

Folder 23: Powerful Littles speech, undated

Folder 24: “The Progress”, undated

Folder 25-26: Report from Part One, undated

Folder 26 includes “Parts of: Afterword, Day of the Gwen, “I’m Here,” (etc.)” envelope.

Folder 27-28: Report from Part Two, 1994, undated

Folder 27 includes “Working Papers. “Report from Part Two,” “The Day of the Gwendolyn,” (I’m Here”), & Preliminary Matter” envelope. Folder 28 includes an envelope.

Folder 29: Report from Part Two original typescript, undated

Includes blue facial tissues and an “Original typed manuscript for Report from Part 2” plastic mailer.

Box 246

Folder 1: Report from Part Two corrected manuscript, undated

Includes a brochure for a speaking event at Lake Michigan College and a “Done. Report from Part II. This goes to Brenda & Nora for computering. (all corrected.)” envelope.

Folder 2: Report from Part Two, 1992, undated

Includes a letter from Ridland, John (University of California, Santa Barbara) to Gwendolyn Brooks, a “Sift through later” envelope, and a “Report from Part Two (wildly disorganized. Needs much work) –Gwendolyn Brooks” accordion file.

Folder 3: Report from Part Two, undated

Includes an “Originals: (“Report from Part Two” material.) envelope.

Folder 4: Report from Part Two “Original. Incomplete”, undated

Folder 5: Report from Part Two “Copy I”, undated

Folder 6: Report from Part Two reference materials, undated

Includes calendar pages from April and May 1986; a letter from Blakely, Henry to Randall, Dudley; and a “Report from Part Two (reference material). (Also, a sheet of plans for a little book, “Keziah.”) envelope.

Folder 7-8: Report from Part Two complete manuscript with edits, undated

Box 247

Folder 1: Report from Part Two complete manuscript with edits, undated

Includes a “Report from Part Two” envelope.

Folder 2: Report from Part Two early printings, undated

Includes “Report from Part II. (Early printings to be corrected.)” envelope.

Folder 3: Report from Part Two floppy disk, 1995

Includes a 3.5” micro floppy disk mailer.

Folder 4: Report from Part Two “extras”, undated

Includes an “Extras (Report from Part Two) envelope.

Folder 5: “Requiem Before Revival”, 1980?

Photocopy from Primer for Blacks.

Folder 6: “The Rise of Maud Martha: Theme”, undated

Folder 7: Senior Adventure speech, undated

Folder 8: “She Was Raised in the Slums”, undated

Folder 9: “Six Chicano Poets”, undated

Includes a grouping of statements on various modern poets.

Folder 10: “So Bright the Day”, undated

Includes “Tradition” (poem) and “Vacation” (poem). Contains a plastic bag.

Folder 11: “Sonia and Haki…”, undated

Regarding Madhubuti, Haki and Sonia.

Folder 12: Southern Illinois University at Carbondale speech, 1998

Includes business cards.

Folder 13: “Speech at George Kent’s Funeral”, 1982?

Folder 14: Speeches grouping, undated

Includes “For newsletter (Randall),” “How Martin Luther King…” (on August Wilson), “A nuclear blast would abolish everything…,” “To You,” and “I am grateful to everyone… It is exciting to be honored.”

Folder 15: “A Study of the Store-Front Church”, undated

Folder 16: “To Fit In”, 1987

Folder 17: “To Fit In”, 1993

Includes a commencement program for Carleton College and “Collage for Today.”

Folder 18-19: “To Fit In”, undated

Folder 20: To Involve You with Poetry speech, undated

Folder 21: “To the Pro-Lifers”, undated

Folder 22: Tribute Night speech, undated

Folder 23: Turning 80 speech, 1997?

Folder 24: University Students speech, undated

Folder 25: Val Gray Ward speech, 1998

Folder 26: “Useful ‘References’”, undated

Folder 27: “WE”, undated

Box 248

Folder 1: “What Price Cowardice”, circa 1953

Folder 2: “Winnie Mandela”, undated

Folder 3: “Words”, 1992, undated

Folder 4: Short biographies for Wright Morris and Dudley Randall, undated

Folder 5: “Yes!—Jane Addams would have wanted to be remembered…”, undated

Folder 6: “You young people…”, undated

Possibly a portion of “To Fit in.”

Folder 7: Zebra Stripes speech, 1983

Folder 8: Editorial comments on multiple poems, undated

Includes “Kingdom of Heaven,” “Negro Hero,” “Lago,” “Furlougher(?) Report,” “A Bet for A Levy(?) Lady,” “The Specimens,” “Death of the Dinosaur,” “The Kingdom of Heaven,” and “Lost Deare(?)”.

Sub-series 4: Interviews

Box 249

Folder 1: Angle, Paul (corrected typescript), 1967

Includes correspondence between Gwendolyn Brooks, Paul Angle, and W. Ronald Sims.

Folder 2: Angle, Paul, We Asked Gwendolyn Brooks About the Creative Environment in Illinois (booklet published by Illinois Bell Telephone Company), undated

Folder 3-5: Brooks, Gwendolyn (photocopies of self-interview with edits), undated

Folder 4 includes a newspaper clipping and an “Agenda for Gwendolyn Brooks.” Folder 5 includes a 1984 excerpt published in The Tri-Quarterly (Chicago).

Folder 6: Fox, Robert and Egejuru, Phanuel, “My Address Has Changed”, 1984

Includes copy of Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Philip L. Gerber (English Department, State University College).

Folder 7-8: Hawkins, B. Denise, 1998-1999

Folder 7 includes correspondence with Joanne Gabbin (Honors Program, James Madison University) and a note addressed to Edward Richardson. Folder 8 includes an edited composite copy.

Folder 9: Madhubuti, Haki (Black Books Bulletin), 1974

Folder 10: Miller, E. Ethelbert and Bourne, St. Clair, “Gwendolyn Brooks on Langston Hughes”, 1985

Folder 11: Scheele, Roy (Poets & Writers), undated

Completed in manuscript by Gwendolyn Brooks.

Folder 12: Unknown, undated

Includes questions on personal qualities, likes, dislikes, and values.

Folder 13: Unknown, undated

Includes questions that seek opinions on the fields of contemporary art and literature.

Folder 14: Unknown, undated

Includes questions that seek opinions on the field of contemporary Black poetry, insight into Gwendolyn Brooks’ poetic process and literary interests, and advice for other writers.

Sub-series 5: Notes/Jottings

Box 250

Folder 1: “Also paid on August 24, 1982…”, undated

Folder 2: “Bishop College ‘Demands’”, undated

Folder 3: Black Writers Conference file, 1995, undated

Folder 4: “The David Company (See Cynthia.)” envelope, undated

Folder 5: Diet and grocery, 1999

Folder 6: Diet and grocery, 2000, undated

Folder 7-8: Diet and grocery, undated

Folder 9: “Eddie", undated

Folder 10: “I had to finish buying…”, 1959, 1998, undated

Folder 11: “Important Notes (Do not destroy)” envelope, 1963, 1972-1977, 1981, 1996, undated

Includes “The Assassination of John F. Kennedy,” “Primer for Blacks,” and newspaper clippings.

Folder 12: “Important” envelope, 1995-1997

Includes newspaper clippings.

Folder 13: “Important ‘Scraps’ for Poetry ‘Old’ etc.” envelope, 1971, 1990, undated

Includes interview Q & A.

Folder 14: “Lawrence Brian Jr.”, undated

Folder 15: List of names, undated

Folder 16: Music and prose, 1989, 1993, 1998, undated

Folder 17: “Notes For Autobiography II,” packing list, quotes, 1977, undated

Includes notes regarding the health of Brooks, Keziah Wims.

Box 251

Folder 1: “All Taken Care Of,” “Copyrights,” “Dear Nora—,” “Financial assistance,” publications, and contests, 1993, undated

Folder 2: “Vegetable Store,” “Present Notes (June 19, 1981),” “Black Love,”, 1981, undated

Includes separation sheet to restricted.

Folder 3: White folder, 1988, undated

Topics include news and newspaper clippings, quotes, recipes and diet, race, “Water Power,” “A Farmer,” and letter to Madhubuti, Haki. Includes separation sheets for Boxes 250 and restricted.

Folder 4: Regan, Ronald; “When I visit a campus,” and quotes, undated

Folder 5: “The Chicago Network” and “Taxes (last April’s), undated

Folder 6: Contests, news and newspaper clippings, family, 1973-1980

Includes separation sheet to restricted.

Folder 7: Quotes, 1980-1981

Folder 8: “Contemporary Notes,” quotes, groceries and diet, inauguration of Washington, Harold, 1981, 1983

Includes separation sheet to restricted.

Folder 9: Quotes, groceries, undated

Includes separation sheet to restricted.

Folder 10: Quotes, news and newspaper clippings, and groceries, 1982, undated

Folder 11: Poetry and prose drafts, quotes, 1987-1988, undated

Folder 12: Quotes, 1964-1965, 1988, 1996, undated

Includes note regarding death of Blakely, Henry II.

Folder 13: “‘OLD’ – by Gwendolyn Brooks” envelope, undated

Folder 14: Quotes; diet and grocery; “Beryl notes;” and finances, 1967, 1969, 1974, 1985-1998

Includes a letter from Gwendolyn Brooks to Smith, Dorothy. Includes note on evaluating poetry.

Folder 15: Quotes; diet and grocery; finances; and moving, 1992-1995, undated

Includes separation sheet to restricted.

Folder 16: Quotes, finances, and contact information, 1980, 1992, 1994, 1996, undated

Includes separation sheet to Box 250 OS.

Box 252

Folder 1: Blakely, Henry II; quotes; contact information, 1973, 1984, 1995, 1997, undated

Folder 2: Quotes; diet; prose drafts; contact information; “What is Poetry?,” Black History Month; Blakely, Nora Brooks, 1989, 1991, 1994-1995, undated

Folder 3: Quotes and newspaper clippings, 1979, 1991, 1994-1995, undated

Includes separation sheet to restricted.

Folder 4: Quotes, prose drafts, and newspaper clipping, 1987, 1994, 2000, undated

Includes separation sheet to Box 250 OS.

Folder 5: “For Children Coming Home,” groceries, prose and poetry, quotes, and contests, 1989-1990, 1994, 1998, 2000, undated

Folder 6: “Affirmative Action;” Blakely, Nora Brooks; “Honorary Degrees;” 1973, 1986, 1996-quotes; health; Wims, Keziah; quotes: and “Medley”, 1994, 1997, undated

Folder 7: Quotes, “Mama’s Possible Gift List,” A Story”, 1998, undated

Folder 8: Prose and poetry drafts, “My Mother’s Day Gifts From Nora", 1988, 1991, 1998, undated

Folder 9: Quotes; diet; prose drafts; “Put back in tablet;” Madhubuti, Haki; “Nora: Important;” contests; and “Bookcrafters", 1993, 1995, undated

Folder 10: Quotes; health; Jackson, Mahalia; Washington, Harold; groceries; prose drafts; “Feminism;” Morrison, Toni, 1972, 1978, 1993, 1996-1998, undated

Folder 11: Quotes, Jefferson Lecture, health, 1994?, 1988, undated

Folder 12: Zitch, Beryl; prose drafts; interview requests, 1993, undated

Box 253

Folder 1: Prose drafts and quotes, 1998, undated

Folder 2: Quotes, Keziah Brooks Memorial Awards, “Miscellaneous,” news, 1974, undated

Includes newspaper clippings.

Folder 3: Quotes, “My life ‘as a poet,’” “About Desperate Critics Who Have Run Out of Material,” Lunchtime Reading Series, 1986, 1992, undated

Folder 4: Quotes, phone number and addresses, “We Real Cool” note, 1994-1995, 2000, undated

Folder 5: Prose notes, notes on “We Real Cool,” and Moorhead State University event program, 1985, 1995, undated

Folder 6: Diet and health, public engagements, “She Was Raised In The Slums", undated

Includes newspaper clippings. Includes separation sheets to Box 520 OS.

Folder 7: Gwendolyn Brooks Cultural Center event program, prose drafts, poems by school children, 1999, undated

Folder 8: Prose drafts, “Thanksgiving Menu,” television channels, and empty notebook, undated

Folder 9: Groceries and health; prose drafts; contact information; “Beyond Discrimination” panel discussion flyer, “Gwendolyn” by Blakely, Henry; “Let’s consider “Black English, 1993, undated

Folder 10: Notes on Henry and Nora Blakely, prose and poem drafts, “Old,” “Jane Addams” notes, “Instruction to Myself,” public engagements, 1989, 1994-1995, 1997

Includes pre-visit questionnaire for visit to the Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego.

Folder 11: “Keziah Brooks,” groceries, news, “Of The Dead 1987", 1978, 1985-1988, 1990-1993, undated

Includes separation sheets to restricted.

Folder 12: Correspondence, prose and poetry drafts, “The Decision of Senator Simon,” “Drugs", 1992-1994

Folder 13: Quotes, “My lovely shells…” and photos, prose drafts, “Notes from ‘Black Issues Forum'", 1993-1996

Folder 14: Moreau, Louis; personal observations, 1997-2000

Folder 15: Quotes, contact information, 1984, undated

Includes separation sheet to restricted.

Folder 16: Quotes, groceries, 1998, undated

Folder 17: Materials relating to visit to Emory Summer Writers’ Institute & Festival, “Words,” “For Sara Miller, Sculptor,” “Martin Luthor King Jr.”, 1968, undated

Box 254

Folder 1: Quotes, “Notes from Black Writer’s Conference,” public engagement, health, 1999, undated

Folder 2: Financial, mini calendar, newspaper clippings, 1969, 1977, 1979, undated

Contains separation sheet to restricted.

File 3: “Notes", 1971-1973, 1981, 1984, undated

Includes “A Capsule Course in Black Poetry Writing;” quotes; “As The World Turns,” “Richard Wright’s ‘Black Boy,’” contact information, groceries, June 1972 pocket daytimer. Includes separation sheets to restricted and Box 520 OS.

File 4: Unidentified grouping, undated

Includes quotes and groceries.

File 5: “Miscellaneous ‘Last Visit To Vi", undated

File 6: “Notes” August 10, 1998 Newsweek magazine (tucked in), 1968, 1986, 1991, 1998, undated

Includes “To Fit In,” speech to Gradwater.

File 7: “South Africa", 1985

File 8: “Notes on Poetry", 1988, undated

Includes “Rap,” “Bad Words,” and interview answers. Includes programs for Illinois College Martin & Gertrude Hahn Lecture in Comparative Literature and Chocolate Chips Theatre Programs for Kwanza, Black History Month, and beyond. Includes separation sheet to Box 520 OS.

File 9: Rubber-banded unidentified grouping, 1997

Includes groceries and shopping lists. Includes separation sheets to restricted.

File 10: “Cards etc", undated

Includes business cards, “Rap,” and newspaper clipping.

Sub-series 6: Notebooks

Box 255

Folder 1: Small blue spiral notebook, early undated

Folder 2: Writings inserted into small blue spiral notebook, early undated

Includes "Love Is Blind" and "Belulah."

Folder 3: "Class Autographs – Scholarly Memories of G.B. Class of '29, 7A", 1929, 1970

Folder 4: "Poems by G.B." booklet, circa 1936

Item 1: "Contents", undated

Item 2: “Clouds”, undated

Item 3: “The Postman Has Passed”, undated

Item 4: “Gypsy Girl”, undated

Item 5: “Winter Singer”, undated

Item 6: “Old Dreams”, undated

Item 7: “Some Eyes Do Not Bother”, undated

Item 8: “April Fool’s Day (April 1, 1936)”, 1936

Item 9: “Over”, undated

Item 10: “Continuity”, undated

Item 11: “My Books”, undated

Item 12: “I Wish That God Would Come”, undated

Item 13: “Since There Is Always Poetry”, undated

Item 14: “Prayer”, undated

Item 15: “To A Baby”, undated

Item 16: “Home”, undated

Item 17: “It Is The Same”, undated

Item 18: “Daisy”, undated

Item 19: “Star Love”, undated

Item 20: “Of Flesh Death-Glorified”, undated

Item 21: “Reunion”, undated

Item 22: “Nothing Matters”, undated

Item 23: “I Won’t Go By The Cemetery Anymore”, undated

Item 24: “The Story-Book Queen”, undated

Item 25: “You Need Not Bring Me Roses”, undated

Item 26: “Shadows”, undated

Folder 5: "Poetry Book by Gwendolyn Elizabeth Brooks", 1933

Item 1: “April,” “Fire Fancies,” and “A Window View”, undated

Item 2: “Forgive and Forget” and “Lamentation for a Pet”, undated

Item 3: “Life and Death” and “The Song of the Robin”, undated

Item 4: “Rain and Sunshine,” “The Busy Clock,” and “The Baker’s Bread”, undated

Item 5: “Stream” and “Autumn Leaves”, undated

Item 6: “Autumn,” “Halloween,” and “Graduation Wishes for a Boy”, undated

Item 7: “Grandmother” and “When at Last the Winter’s Over”, undated

Item 8: “A House” and “Two Lives”, undated

Item 9: “Grandfather” and “The Substitute”, undated

Item 10: “Pleasure,” “Christmastime Kindness,” “The Carol Singers,” and “The Treasure Hunt”, undated

Item 11: “The Forest Song,” “Farewell to Summer,” and “Summer”, undated

Item 12: “The Song of Victory,” “An Easter Song,” and “Mary Nell”, undated

Item 13: “Lullabye,” “The Easter Rabbit,” and “The Four Gossiping Winds”, undated

Item 14: “Ambition,” “The Seed,” and “Trying”, undated

Item 15: “The Sleepy Boy” and “The Mistake”, undated

Item 16: “Jake,” “Life,” and “March Wind”, undated

Item 17: “A Star,” “Fairies,” “I Will,” and “Night”, undated

Item 18: “Dawn of Spring,” “Best Wishes,” and “Day”, undated

Item 19: “A Wish,” “An Artificial Rose,” and “The Bird Who Brought Life”, undated

Item 20: “To a Child” and “The Christmas Snow”, undated

Item 21: “Mary Lee,” “Mother,” and “Repentance”, undated

Item 22: “The Last Opportunity,” “Bark,” and “Wait”, undated

Item 23: “The Fountain,” “Afternoon and Evening,” and “Friends”, undated

Item 24: “Escape,” “Nature,” and “Morning”, undated

Item 25: “Marjorie Bell” and “Hail to the Flag”, undated

Item 26: “Two Mothers,” “The Hose,” and “Never Today”, undated

Item 27: “Past and Future,” “Vacation Time,” and “Vacation”, undated

Item 28: “The Unsung Fathers” and “The Blessing”, undated

Item 29: “Death,” “Colors,” and “The Unbeliever”, undated

Item 30: “Heat,” “Heart Wound,” “Baby,” and “Music + Beauty”, undated

Item 31: “Seasons,” “A Better Road,” and “One Source”, undated

Item 32: “My Picture,” “Ink,” and “Magic Minutes”, undated

Item 33: “Bedtime,” “Champlain By Rainlight,” and “Harsh Words”, undated

Item 34: “Road Accident” and “Four Sons”, undated

Item 35: “Sunshine and Smiles,” “My Aunt,” and “Riches and Poverty”, undated

Item 36: “Playtime” and “Sonny Boy”, undated

Item 37: “Today,” “Passing Time,” and “Kindness”, undated

Item 38: “Abroad” and “Dreams”, undated

Item 39: “Equality,” “Time,” and “Song of a Schoolboy”, undated

Item 40: “Chicago” and “Smoke”, undated

Item 41: “In and Out” and “Solange”, undated

Item 42: “A Sabbath Prayer” and “Norma”, undated

Item 43: “A Halloween Riddle,” “The Phantom,” and “Puppies”, undated

Item 44: “The Fated Fowl,” “Christmas Rejoicing,” and “Light”, undated

Item 45: “The Patriot,” “Flower + Thorn,” and “Dawn + Dusk”, undated

Item 46: “To Reverend J.C. Nicholson” and “Thanksgiving”, undated

Item 47: “Amusement” and “Mood Music”, undated

Item 48: “Friends,” “Snow,” and “Falling Snow”, undated

Item 49: “Laura,” “The Wise Little Boy,” and “Rainfall”, undated

Item 50: “The Christmas Spirit,” “Two Little Girls,” and “Christmas Time”, undated

Item 51: “The Birth of a Storm” and “In Heaven”, undated

Item 52: “Green Christmas,” “Conquered,” and “Celebration”, undated

Item 53: “Gossip” and “Madame Sun”, undated

Item 54: “The World of Nature” and “Work”, undated

Item 55: “To a Bird” and “Rich Girl, Poor Girl”, undated

Item 56: “A Wanderer”, undated

Folder 6: 3-ring black notebook of poems, 1933-1936

Item 1: “Clouds”, 1933

Item 2: "Wealth", 1934

Item 3: “Another Girl", 1935

Item 4: “Myself", 1936

Item 5: “It Is The Same” and “Letter", 1936

Item 6: “Mothering Mothers” and “Braver Than They Think", 1936

Item 7: “Continuity", 1936

Item 8: “Southern Lynching", undated

Item 9: “Blend momently with human blood", 1936

Item 10: “Shadows", 1935

Item 11: “A Thousand Cheers", 1935

Item 12: “For My Friend” and “Wish", 1936

Item 13: Incomplete poem, 1936

Item 14: Incomplete poem, 1936

Item 15: “Exaltation", 1935

Item 16: “Mention Of Your Name” and “My Heart Is In My Eyes", 1935

Item 17: “Always” and “Relief", 1936

Item 18: “Lesson” and “Past", 1936

Item 19: “Mouse” and “In All This World", 1935

Item 20: “Shut Out” and “Gas", 1935

Item 21: “Now Every Hour” and “Let Them Laugh", 1936

Item 22: “Eternal” and “Do Not Pull Her Hand Away", 1936

Item 23: “Banner” and “When Death Comes", 1934-1935

Item 24: “Thinking of You Tonight” and “Escape", 1935-1936

Item 25: “Banner", 1936, 1964

Includes annotation from Gwendolyn Brooks in 1964.

Item 26: “Province” and “On Future Lose, Through Death Of Parental Love", 1936

Item 27: “Drab", 1936

Item 28: “Hidden Memories” and “Strength Evanescent", 1936

Item 29: “Old Dreams", 1935

Item 30: “Fever", 1935

Item 31: “A Little Kindness", 1935

Item 32: “Darling", 1935

Item 33: “Kismet", 1935, 1964

Includes annotation from Gwendolyn Brooks from 1964.

Item 34: “The Poison Plant", 1935

Item 35: “Selfish” and “Stare Tonight", 1935

Item 36: "Decay” and “Love Will Find A Way", 1935

Item 37: “The Empty Cup", 1935, 1964

Includes annotation from Gwendolyn Brooks from 1964.

Item 38: “Sonnets For Beatrice Abbott", 1935

Item 39: “One Thing Belongs To Me", 1935

Item 40: “Escape", 1935

Item 41: “Ice – quiet", 1935

Item 42: “Winter Warmth", 1935

Item 43: “Star Testimony” and “A Thousand Aches", 1935

Item 44: “Negroid” and “Resignation", 1935

Item 45: “In Quest Of Joy", 1935

Item 46: “Let It Pass", 1936

Item 47: “Disintegration", 1935

Item 48: “Plea For Another Girl” and “More Than You Believe", 1935

Item 49: “To My Parents” and “The Selfish One", 1935

Item 50: “Spring", 1935

Item 51: “Now I Know” and “I Lit A Match", 1935

Item 52: “Completion", 1935

Item 53: “Prison", 1933

Item 54: “Compassionless and Harsh", 1935

Item 55: "They Came With Smiling Lips To Me", 1935

Item 56: “Music and Clouds", 1935

Item 57: “Genius", 1935

Item 58: “Sunday In April” and “Beauty", 1935

Item 59: “Aftergloom” and “Pruce", 1935

Item 60: “Words for Mussolini", 1935

Item 61: “Padlocked” and “Plaint", 1935

Item 62: “Nocturne", 1935

Item 63: “Fan’(?) Gertrude (For Gertrude Price)”, 1935

Item 64: “The Supplication (A Ballad)", 1935

Item 65: “Strange Gift", 1935

Item 66: “The Smallest Things", 1935

Item 67: “Majority” and “I Cannot See Your Heart", 1935

Item 68: “Faith” and “Picnic", 1935

Item 69: “One Hundred And Fifty Years", 1936

Item 70: “Let Me Not Be Resigned", 1936

Item 71: “Floors", 1935

Item 72: “Alteration", 1935

Item 73: “Through All My Life", 1935

Item 74: “Teachers", 1936

Item 75: “The Little Flowers", 1935

Item 76: “Riches In The Morning", 1935

Item 77: “Imperfections", 1935

Item 78: “All Of My Works Will Die” and “I Would Not Have It Change", 1936

Item 79: “With Trees After Storm, 1936

Item 80: “A Hundred Times", 1935

Item 81: “April", 1935

Item 82: “Possession", 1935

Item 83: “The Bright Star", 1935

Item 84: “Dawn", 1935

Item 85: “Beauty", 1935

Item 86: “Snowdrop", 1935

Item 87: “Dusk", 1935

Item 88: “Need", 1935

Item 89: “Two Years Now", 1935

Item 90: “A Country Place", 1935

Item 91: “World End” and You Say I Am In Love", 1935

Item 92: “I Was Not Born For Happiness", 1936

Item 93: “Enough” and “Letter", 1936

Item 94: “A Picture Of Joseph S. Cotter, Jr", 1936

Item 95: “City Sidewalks” and “A Patriot, To His Flag", 1936

Item 96: “Regret” and “Paradox", 1936

Item 97: "Shut In A Prison Cell", 1936

Item 98: “People", 1936

Item 99: “So Much Of Bitterness", 1936

Item 100: “Today and Yesterday” and “Keep Faith", 1935

Item 101: “Her Last” and “Four Hours", 1935

Item 102: “This Present Dark,” and “Not In The Face Of Failure", 1936

Item 103: “April Fool’s Day", 1936

Item 104: “Now I Live", 1936

Item 105: “Prospect Of Fall” and “For Myrtle Wilson", 1936

Item 106: “The Assassin", 1935

Item 107: “Theories", 1935

Item 108: “Forgotten Possession", 1935

Item 109: “What Shall I Do” and “Hour", 1935

Item 110: “Afraid” and “Crippled", 1936

Item 111: “A Brown Girl", 1936

Item 112: “A Christmas Story” and “Evanescent", 1934-1935

Item 113: “The Last Visit", 1935

Item 114: “Omnipresent", 1935

Item 115: “Music Is Not Music", 1934

Item 116: “Transformation", 1934

Item 117: “Now Shall I Fear", 1935

Item 118: “Second Altar", 1935

Item 119: “Nocturne", 1935

Item 120: “Sonnet", 1935

Item 121: “The Story Book Queen", 1935

Item 122: “After", 1935

Item 123: “Put On Your Little Red Sweater", 1935

Item 124: “I won’t Go By The Cemetery Anymore", 1935

Item 125: “Dimness” and “Uncertain Love", 1935

Item 126: “Dark and Light” and “Sunshine Fades", 1935

Item 127: “Old Age", 1935

Item 128: “A Smile", 1935

Item 129: “Faith", 1935

Item 130: “Belief", 1935

Item 131: “Never Enough", 1934

Item 132: “Journey To A Far Realm", 1934

Item 133: “Margy Is A Brilliant Girl", 1934

Item 134: “In Memory of Mme. Ezella Mathis Carter", 1934

Item 135: “Alone In Twilight” and “Night Beauty, August", 1934

Item 136: “Snow", 1934

Item 137: “Commencement” and “Snowdrops and Sunbeams", 1934

Item 138: “Sally” and “What’s In A Frown", 1934

Item 139: “Ignorance Is Bliss", 1934

Item 140: “Postscript To Suffering", 1934

Item 141: “Virgils’ Aeneid Book III", 1934

Item 142: “Stars” and “Christmas Sentiment", 1934

Item 143: “Franklin Delano Roosevelt", 1934

Item 144: “Friend” and “Secret", 1934

Item 145: "Come Spring", 1934

Item 146: “To The Hinderer", 1933

Item 147: “Storm” and “There Is No Spirit", 1934

Item 148: “I Would Not Love You As I Do” and “Stars Tonight", 1935

Item 149: “Decay", 1935

Item 150: “Hope” and “Shell", 1935

Item 151: “Before Dawn", 1935

Item 152: “A Twilight Hour” and “Love Will Find A Way", 1935

Item 153: “Baby” and “How Many Times", 1934

Item 154: “You Keep Returning", 1934

Item 155: Baby Wisdom” and “Bottom", 1935

Item 156: “Love’s Dawn", 1934

Item 157: “Gift", 1934

Item 158: “He Loved Me Once” and “Christmas Morning", 1934-1935

Item 159: “Noon Vision” and “Description", 1933

Item 160: “Warm Light Peers Down", 1936

Item 161: “Two Paths", 1936

Item 162: "First Acquaintance", 1935

Item 163: “Infatuation", 1935

Item 164: “How Little", 1935

Item 165: “December", 1935

Item 166: “Let Her Not Mean So Much To You", 1936

Item 167: “Wise” and “College Whimsy", 1936

Item 168: “We All Are Trackmen In A Race", 1935

Item 169: “An Falstaff: Humor In Tragedy (After skimming King Henry II)” and “We", 1935-1936

Item 170: “No Second Love", 1935

Item 171: "Questions", 1935

Item 172: "Jingling Judy’s Journal", 1935

Item 173: "Song For Father’s Day", 1936

Item 174: "The Dark Lover” and “The Four Walls", 1935

Item 175: "“Red Tape", 1935

Item 176: “Midnight", 1935

Item 177: “Fragment” and “A Piece of Music and A Piece Of Joy", 1935

Item 178: “Twilight Observation” and “Change"

Item 179: Oh, Lay It Roughly In The Cold, Cold Clay", 1935

Item 180: “Solitary” and “Rather That You Look All My Wealth", 1935

Item 181: "Too Near” and “Love and Friendship", 1935

Item 182: "Penitent", 1935

Item 183: “Silence” and “Resentment", 1935

Item 184: “Rose” and “Sunshine and Shade", 1935

Item 185: “Compensation", 1935

Item 186: “My Heart Is Not Enough” and “Lament", 1935

Item 187: “Your Love And A Dusty Wind", 1936

Item 188: “On Loving The World” and “For The Disclaimers(?)”, 1935

Item 189: “There Is No Rest", 1935

Item 190: "Cinquains", 1935

Item 191: “Mate", 1935

Item 192: "Off-Note", 1935

Item 193: “Bells” and “Faith", 1934

Item 194: “Life Without Love” and Inscription", 1934

Item 195: “First Requisite", 1935

Item 196: “Last Resort” and “I Have A Need For Tears", 1935

Item 197: “A Quiet Soul", 1935

Item 198: “Pulse", 1935

Item 199: “Tears", 1935

Item 200: “Flutterin’", 1935

Item 201: “A light", 1935

Item 202: “Who Dreads To Quit The Earth” and “How Can I Keep My Mind Away", 1935

Item 203: “Showers", 1935

Item 204: “She", 1935

Item 205: “Engagement” and “Definition Of Love", 1935

Item 206: “I Must Be As My Cat", 1935

Item 207: “The Tower” and “Words", 1935

Item 208: “Plaint", 1935

Item 209: “Return", 1935

Item 210: "Panacea” and “Tears For The Grass", 1935

Item 211: “Minutes and Seconds", 1935

Item 212: “Give Me The Sweet Belief In You” and “It’s All I Ask", 1935

Item 213: “Inheritance” and “Now What Light Is", 1935

Item 214: “Warm Weather Medley” and “Orison", 1935

Item 215: “If You Should See A Think, Dark Veil", 1935

Item 216: “Voice” and “Eyes and Ears", 1935

Item 217: "Bestow Some Token” and “It Used To Pain Me Much", 1935

Item 218: “Rejoice That You Have What You Have", 1935

Item 219: “The Quiet Room", 1935

Item 220: “Flesh", 1935

Item 221: “Reflection, August” and “August Mood", 1934

Item 222: “Song", 1934

Item 223: “Beggar Woman” and “Speed", 1934

Item 224: “Question", 1934

Item 225: “I Never Heard” and “Sudden Memory", 1934

Item 226: “Song For --- Louis", 1935

Item 227: “Flies” and “He Wasn’t Here", 1935

Item 228: “I Send My Heart, 1935

Item 229: "Clay Molder", 1934

Item 230: “Reflection", 1936

Item 231: “Teachers", 1936

Item 232: “Cold” and “After Christmas", 1934

Item 233: “Disillusionment", 1935

Item 234: “Hemlock” and “I Love You", 1934

Item 235: “A Pin", 1934

Item 236: “Life Is too Short", 1934

Item 237: “Thanksgiving Day", 1934

Item 238: “Song", 1934

Item 239: “Prayer” and “Wonder", 1934

Item 240: “Life and Death", 1934

Item 241: “Meditation", 1934

Item 242: “When Death Comes” and “Old Age", 1934

Item 243: “A Song For Thanksgiving Day", 1934

Item 244: “Two Sides To Every Story", 1934

Item 245: “Love (A)” and “Love (B)", 1934

Item 246: “Without You” and “I Loved You Best", 1934-1935

Item 247: “Dream Love” and “Semblance", 1934-1935

Item 248: “Knowledge", 1934

Item 249: “Love Quatrains", 1936

Item 250: “Flesh", 1935

Item 251: “Something Finer", 1936

Item 252: “Bitter Fruit” and “Star Love", 1935

Item 253: “Vacation” and “Keep Your Kiss", 1935

Item 254: “Song” and “Chill", 1935

Item 255: “My Heart Is Yours” and “Thriving Plant", 1935

Item 256: "Plaint” and “A Little Thing", 1935

Item 257: “An Answer” and “Quenched", 1935

Folder 7: 3-ring black notebook of “Flexible” poems, 1938-1940

Item 1: “Last End", 1938

Item 2: “Why Poets Write Poems", 1938

Item 3: “To Herman Lawrence", 1938

Item 4: “Of Lavinia Chapman", 1938

Item 5: “To Bernard Goss", 1938

Item 6: “To Margaret Taylor", 1938

Item 7: “To One She Wishes She Did Not Love", 1938

Includes later annotation by Gwendolyn Brooks.

Item 8: “For Theries C. Lindsey – Flowers In The Road—", 1938

Item 9: “The Crazy Woman", 1938

Includes later annotation by Gwendolyn Brooks.

Item 10: “Bones", 1938

Item 11: “Sara-Beth", 1938

Item 12: “You Never Know When Love Is Coming", 1938

Includes later annotation by Gwendolyn Brooks.

Item 13: “Truth", 1938

Includes later annotation by Gwendolyn Brooks.

Item 14: “The Little Clock", 1938

Item 15: “The Time", 1938

Item 16: “Nothing To Say", 1938

Item 17: “Old Laughter", 1939

Item 18: “Bareness", 1939

Item 19: "November"

Item 20: “I Used To Play With Paper Dolls", 1938

Item 21: “I Like A Bit of Scantiness", 1939

Item 22: “Death And Sun And Air", 1939

Item 23: Lana Trail", 1939

Item 24: “Tradition", 1938

Item 25: “Gray Old Yesterdays", 1938

Item 26: “Lion. Robin.”, 1939

Item 27: “Dizziness", 1939

Item 28: “Elementals", 1939

Item 29: “I Weary of Confusion", 1939

Item 30: “It Is the Very Gold of Joy", 1939

Item 31: “She Has Wept For Love", 1939

Item 32: “I Shall Write No Letter", 1938

Item 33: “Life Hits and Runs", 1938

Item 34: “Failure", 1940

Item 35: “One Wonders At The Thoughts That Crawl", 1940

Item 36: “Road", 1938

Item 37: “Thinking", 1938

Item 38: “Some Eyes Do Not Bother", 1938

Item 39: “Since There Is Always Poetry", 1938

Item 40: “Chirp Again", 1939

Item 41: “Who Grants To Love", 1939

Item 42: “I Want You With Me Always", 1938

Item 43: “Time-Waste", 1938

Item 44: "Verjuice", 1938

Item 45: "Sung By A Negro Girl", 1938

Item 46: "He Died Last Evening, Mary", 1938

Item 47: “Autumn", 1938

Item 48: “For Armistice Day", 1938

Item 49: "Life Asks But Time", 1938

Item 50: “Beth", 1938

Item 51: “Relaxation", 1938

Item 52: “Fairies", 1938

Item 53: “Easter Day", 1938

Includes later annotation by Gwendolyn Brooks.

Item 54: “Poems – 1938 by Gwendolyn Brooks, 1938

Item 55: “Here Stands Convention In The Road", 1940

Item 56: “Saint Valentine’s Day", 1940

Item 57: “The Partial Physician", 1940

Item 58: “The Dying Flame", 1940

Item 59: “The New-Born Babe", 1940

Item 60: “Winter Singer", 1938

Item 61: “My Books", 1938

Item 62: “So Still The Winter Night", 1938

Item 63: “As You Are Drawn ----", 1938

Item 64: “Wish I Knew", 1938

Item 65: “Mr. And Mrs. Bernard Goss", 1938

Item 66: “For Kenyon Reid (By Request)", 1938

Item 67: “Not Every Sunday Morning", 1938

Item 68: “Snow Storm", 1938

Item 69: “The Winter’s Turning Into Spring", 1938

Item 70: “Three Talk About War", 1938

Item 71: “New", 1938

Item 72: “There Was A Little Negro Girl", 1938

Item 73: “For Robert J. McGee (Faithful Friend)", 1938

Item 74: “They Too", 1938

Item 75: “Frightened Young Soldier, Irritated By His Wife’s Farwell Tears", 1938

Item 76: “Hale Trees", 1938

Item 77: “Poet", 1938

Item 78: “Mrs. Corley And The Colored Maid", 1938

Item 79: “Possession", 1938

Item 80: “’Tomorrow I Shall See Him’”, 1938

Item 81: “High Spirits", 1938

Item 82: “Love", 1938

Item 83: “A Song For Negroes", 1938

Item 84: “Sun-Wrapped Rain", 1938

Item 85: “Is Love To You What Love’s To Me?", 1938

Item 86: “When Love All Broken", 1938

Item 87: “Because I’m Tired Of Fighting", 1938

Item 88: “Alteration", 1938

Item 89: “Over And Over", 1938

Item 90: “Night By The Lake", 1938

Item 91: “Appreciation", 1938

Item 92: “What Other Thing Is There To Tell", 1938

Item 93: “Paradise", 1938

Item 94: “I do Not Like A Palace", 1938

Item 95: “Life Is So Beautiful", 1938

Item 96: “Lord, You Have Given So Much Of Beauty", 1938

Item 97: “How Sickness Softens And Soothes A Man", 1938

Item 98: “The Ghost Girl", 1938

Item 99: “It Is A Disappearing Sun", 1938

Item 100: “Poems – 1939 By Gwendolyn Brooks", 1939

Item 101: “Romance Is Not In Old Madrid", 1939

Item 102: “To A Brown Madwoman", 1939

Item 103: “Dark Girl", 1939

Item 104: “I Want To Get Inside Your Mind", 1939

Item 105: “I Have Not Learned", 1939

Item 106: “Pick Up The Strap Again (Street Car)", 1939

Item 107: “Watermelon Man", 1939

Item 108: “Exhaust The Little Moment", 1939

Item 109: “To My Heart", 1939

Item 110: “When H Was Tender-Five", 1939

Item 111: “Booker Taliaferro Washington", 1939

Item 112: “Poem – 1940 By Gwendolyn Brooks", 1940

Item 113: “Peon", 1940

Item 114: “Perhaps", 1940

Item 115: “Little Brown Boy", 1938

Item 116: “There’s Merriment Knocking At My Door", 1938

Folder 8: “Poems G.B.” from “Flexible” 3-ring notebook, 1938

Item 1: “My Japanese Friend”, undated

Item 2: “Old Apartment House (Chicago)”, 1938

Item 3: “Ripeness”, 1938

Item 4: "Pride", 1938

Item 5: “Orison”, 1938

Item 6: “Old Age Has Beauty All Its Own”, 1938

Item 7: Scrap of paper with writing, undated

Item 8: Print of painting, undated

Item 9: “The New Bob Bale(?)”, 1940, 1942

Item 10: “Cradle Ballad”, 1941

Item 11: “Truth”, undated

Item 12: "the Ghost Girl", 1942

Folder 9: Tissue from “Flexible” 3-ring notebook, undated

Folder 10: Poems from back cover of “Flexible” 3-ring notebook, 1939

Item 1: “Mrs. Corley and the Colored Maid”, undated

Item 2: “Gray Old Yesterdays”, undated

Item 3: “To A Brown Madwoman,” “Dark Girl, “ Lion. Robin.,” “Time Does Not Hesitate,” and “The Crazy Woman”, undated

Item 4: “Prayer,” “Verjuice,” “Autumn,” and “Life Hits and Runs”, undated

Item 5: “Nothing Matters,” “To A Brown Butcher Boy,” and “I Won’t go By The Cemetery Anymore”, undated

Item 6: “The Postman Has Passed,” “Some Eyes Do Not Bother,” and “Of Flesh Death-Glorified”, undated

Item 7: “Dreams” and “Bones”, undated

Item 8: “Pick Up The Strap Again (Street Car)” and “Old Age Has Beauty All Its Own”, undated

Item 9: "Truth", undated

Item 10: “Old Laughter,” “It Is The Very Gold Of Joy,” and “Exhaust The Little Moment”, undated

Folder 11: 1950 Day Planner (Pulitzer), 1950

Folder 12: Published Verses (Defender) Notebook, 1934-1937

Item 1: “One Little Quarrel” and “You Say I am In Love", 1934, 1936

Item 2: "Never Enough", 1934

Item 3: "Song", 1934

Item 4: “A Song of Thanksgiving", 1934

Item 5: "Destiny", 1934

Item 6: “Postscript To Suffering", 1934

Item 7: "Baby Wisdom", 1935

Item 8: “To The Hinderer", 1934

Item 9: “Life Is Too Short", 1934

Item 10: “Knowledge", 1934

Item 11: “Music Is Not Music", 1934

Item 12: “Negroid", undated

Item 13: “Gift” and “After Christmas", 1934

Item 14: “A Christmas Story", 1934

Item 15: “Life and Death” and “Rejoice That You Hae What You Have", 1935

Item 16: “I Loved You Best” and “Wealth", 1934

Item 17: “A Pin” and “Shadows", 1935

Item 18: “To My Parents", 1935

Item 19: “Corner In a Portrait Gallery", 1935

Item 20: “How Can I keep My Mind Away” and “Sonnet", 1935

Item 21: “Possession” and “The Bright Star", 1935

Item 22: “Journey To A Far Realm", 1935

Item 23: “Words For Mussolini", 1935

Item 24: “Genius” and “Kismet", 1935

Item 25: “Sonnets For Beatrice", 1936

Item 26: “Where Are They Now” by Ima Twin, undated

Item 27: “Don’t Pass Me By" by G. W. Tyus, 1936

Item 28: “Letter To Sharlie Norman” by Beatrice Abbott, 1936

Item 29: “The Power of Music” by Frank S. Ingram and “It’s Never Too Late” by Dan Burley, undated

Item 30: “A Fool’s Confession” by Arthur Sempey and “O, Live!", 1936

Item 31: “Through All My Life” and “Dreams” by Short Weight, 1936

Item 32: “Exaltation” and “Not guilty Says You” by C. Powell DeShong, undated

Item 33: “Olympic Valor” by Harold E. Grady, 1936

Item 34: “I’ll Furnish Them The Feet” by William Henry Huff and “Restlessness” by Kathryn Ervin, undated

Item 35: “At Night” by Lohn Henry Owens and “For Lemuel H. Randolph", 1936

Item 36: “Our Songs For Friends", 1936

Item 37: “For Many Different Eyes", 1936

Item 38: “Light and Shadows” column including “Plaint", undated

Item 39: “People,” “Hope,” and “Now I Live", 1937

Item 40: “Poems Printed Beginning August 1934", c. 1934

Box 256

Folder 1: 1950 day planner cover and additions, 1950, 1985, 1993

Folder 2-3: “The Life of Lincoln West” notebook, 1953-1954

Folder 4-6: Sequel to Maud Martha drafting notebook, 1954, 1975-1976

Includes newspaper and magazine clippings and correspondence by Gwendolyn Brooks

Folder 7: “Reviews of Gwendolyn Brooks” notebook, 1959-1965

Includes newspaper clippings from the Chicago Sun-Times

Box 257

Folder 1-5: “Preparation Book. Poems, Notes, and Pieces” notebook, 1963-1985, undated

Includes newspaper and magazine clippings

Folder 6-7: “Honorary Degrees (Partial List)” notebook, 1967-1992

Folder 7a: April and July 1968 calendars, 1968

Folder 8: February 1969 calendar, 1969

Folder 9: July 1969 calendar, 1969

Folder 10: November 1971 calendar, 1971

Box 258

Folder 1: October 1972 calendar, 1972

Includes note “Important: See back”

Folder 2: May 1973 calendar, 1973

Includes “Illinois Wesleyan University Graduation Speech”

Folder 3: “For Mama. Love, from Gwendolyn” pale turquoise notebook, 1975

Box 259

Folder 1: January 1968 calendar, 1978

Folder 2: Silver notebook, 1974-1979

Folder 3: Diet books, 1978 June 20-November 18

Folder 4: Diet books, 1978 November 18-1979 March 7

Folder 5: Diet books, 1979 March 29-June 29

Folder 6: Diet books, 1979 June 30-September 30

Folder 7: Diet book, 1979 October 1-24

Folder 8: Diet books, 1979 October 12-1980 January 22

Box 260

Folder 1: Diet books, 1980 January 23-May 22

Folder 2: Diet books, 1980 May 22-October 1

Folder 3: Diet books, 1980 October 1-1981 January 3

Folder 4: Diet books, 1981 January 4-May 23

Folder 5: “My Daily Journal” notebook, 1980, 1994

Box 261

Folder 1: “Diary” green notebook, 1980-1997

Folder 2: Diet books, 1981 May 24-August 30

Folder 3: Diet books, 1981 August 31-1982 January 23

Folder 4: Notepad, circa 1981

Folder 5: “Russia” blue notebook, 1981

Given for birthday

Folder 6: Diet books, 1982 January 24-March 28

Folder 7: Diet books, 1982 March 28-September 16

Box 262

Folder 1: Diet books, 1982 July 5-December 31

Folder 2: Notepad, circa 1982

Folder 3: Diet books, 1983 January 1-May 4

Folder 4: Diet books, 1983 May 7-October 3

Folder 5: Diet books, 1984 January 13-1985 January 19

Folder 6: Diet books, 1985 January 19-April 24

Includes “Maud Martha”

Folder 7: Diet books, 1985 April 6-September 17

Box 263

File 1: “Daily Menus” envelope

Folder 1.1: Notes, quotations, 1992-1998, undated

Folder 1.2: Diet books, 1984-1994

Folder 1.3: Diet books, 1978-1998

Box 264

Folder 1: Diet books and “1985 Date Book”, 1985 October 25-1986 January 12

File 2: “Poems, Essayettes, Notes, Clippings, Ideas, etc.” notebook

Folder 2.1: “Poems, Essayettes, Notes, Clippings, Ideas, etc.” notebook, undated

Includes “To Fit In” and “Thinking”

Folder 2.2: Items from “Poems, Essayettes, Notes, Clippings, Ideas, etc.” notebook, 1991-1995

Includes “Letter not sent to Sonia Sanchez” and correspondence with high schoolers

Folder 2.3: Items from “Poems, Essayettes, Notes, Clippings, Ideas, etc.” notebook, 1987-1996, undated

Includes Maud Martha correspondence

Folder 3: Diet books, 1986 October 28-1987 April 21

Folder 4: Yellow flower “Monologue” journal, 1988

Folder 5: Diet books, 1988 February 8-1989 January 3

Box 265

Folder 1: Diet books, 1989 February 17-July 23

Folder 2: Diet books, 1989 July 23-1990 January 24

Folder 3: Notepad, 1989

Includes notes on the death of Anthony Nash

Folder 4: Diet books, 1990 January 24-December 19

Includes “Children Coming Home”

Folder 5: Green notebook with inserts and small notebook, 1990, undated

Box 266

Folder 1: Notes, quotations, etc., circa 1990-1992

Folder 2: Orange and black poetry notebook, 1991-1992

Folder 3: Diet books, 1978, 1991 January 14-December 30

Includes other notes and note from Henry

Folder 4: Lake Forest Academy notebook and enclosures, 1991-1999

Box 267

Folder 1: Diet books, July 1992 calendar, quotations, notes, 1992-1996

File 2: Norelco box

Folder 2.1: Diet books, 1992 January 7-December 17

Includes citation form and “RAP”

Folder 2.2: Diet book with inserts, 1992-1993

Folder 2.3: Diet books, 1993 March 30-December 4

Folder 2.4: Diet books, 1994 April 1-August 14

Box 268

File 2: Norelco box (cont.)

Item 2.5: Norelco box, undated

Box 269

Folder 1: Tree notebook with items laid in front cover, 1980, 1993

Folder 2: “Poems-in-Process (And Notes)” notebook, pink memo book, and “Miscellaneous” notebook with inserts, 1994

Folder 3: Diet book, 1993 December 12-1994 April 5

Folder 4: Diet books with inserts, newspaper, clippings, and notepad, 1981-1982; 1994 January 8-1995 February 3

Folder 5: Diet books and notepad, 1994 May 9-1995 January 24

Includes notes on Thomas Jefferson

Folder 6: Inserts from “Hi, World!” notebook, 1994

Box 270

Folder 1: Diet books, 1995 January 24-August 21

Folder 2: Diet books and Purdue University 1995 calendar with insert, 1995, 1995 August 24-December 25

Folder 3: Diet book from 1995 with inserts from 1999 diet, 1995 May 17-July 12, 1999

Folder 4: Diet books, 1996 January 1-October 21

Folder 5: Notebook and notes, 1973, 1996

Includes letter to Blakely, Henry

Box 271

Folder 1: Diet books with inserts and notebook, 1996 November 4-1997 April 1

Includes notes on Lerone Bennett and clothing receipt

Folder 2: Diet book with inserts, 1994-1998, 1998 October 1-December 31

Includes information about Fall 1997 African American Literature course taught by Dr. N. M. Yakoubou, Chicago State University

Box 272

Folder 1: Diet books, 1977 January 19-March 20

Folder 2: Notepads and books with inserts, 1997-2000

Folder 3: Notepad with inserts, circa 1997

Includes “Behind the Scenes”, self-interview, writings by Haki Madhubuti, and newspaper clippings

Folder 4: Diet book with inserts, circa 1997, 1997 May 2-August 10

Includes “To Nora” letter

Folder 5: Notepad, 1997-1998

Includes “To IRS” and “To Beryl” letters

Folder 6: Diet book with insert, 1997 August 11-September 27

Includes newspaper clipping, “Inflammation May Cause Heart Attacks” by Doug Levy, USA Today

Folder 7: Address books with inserts, 1997-1998

Includes card from Susan Vermini

Folder 8: Notepad and loose-leaf notes, 1997-1998

Box 273

Folder 1: “Daily Menus 1999” notebook with inserts, 1997-1999

Includes notes on Jasper, TX, lynching

Folder 2: Diet book with inserts, 1999 September 12-April 9

Includes Chocolate Chips Theatre Company program and annotated “The Text of Zora Neale Hurston: A Caution” by Crosland, Andrew

Folder 3: Address book with inserts, 1997-2000

Includes Gwendolyn Brooks Center and letter from Jean Hendricks

Box 274

Folder 1: Diet book and notepad with inserts, 1998 February 21-June 4

Box 275

Folder 1: Diet books with inserts, 1998

Folder 2: Diet book, 1998 June 8-September 11

Includes list of additions to “Collected Poems”

Folder 3: Two notepads, 1998

Folder 4: Diet book with insert, 1998, 1999 September 3-November 5

Folder 5: Address book with inserts, 1998-1999

Includes correspondence from Pat Bell

Folder 6: Notepad with inserts, 1998-2000

Includes “Of Haki Madhubuti”

Box 276

Folder 1: Notebook with inserts, 1998-2000

Includes contract for 1998 The Contemporary Forum event

Folder 2: Diet books and two notepads with inserts, 1999-2000, 1999 April 17-June 24

Folder 3: Diet book with inserts, 1999 June 30-August 22

Folder 4: Diet book with inserts, 1999 November 6-December 23

Includes edited poetry

Box 277

Folder 1: Diet books with insert, 2000 December 26-October 13

Includes letter to Nora Blakely about Henry Blakely III for publication in “Notes Before Nighttime”

Folder 2: Diet books with inserts, 2000 September 10-November 18

Includes Ranger workshop notes for Bradford

Box 278

Folder 1: Diet books with inserts, 2000 February 7-March 30

Folder 2: “The Campaign for the Latin School of Chicago” diet book, 2000 April 13-July 27

Folder 3: Notepad, 1996, 2000

Includes 1996 October 7 Newsweek issue

Folder 4: Notepad and spiral book, undated

Folder 5: Notebook, 1997

Includes notes on Chuck Berry

Folder 6: Notepads, 1998, undated

Includes notes on African language and cultures, diet, and leopard in grass

Folder 7: Notepads with inserts, 1997, undated

Includes recipes, poetry, prose, flyer for 28th Annual Illinois Poet Laureate Awards, and poem on Nora

Box 279

Folder 1: Notepads with inserts, undated

Includes contact information, food lists, and page from magazine

Folder 2: “Notes on my next book of poems: Children Coming Home and Other Poems, Third World Press” diet book with inserts, 2000 July 30-September 7

Folder 3: Address book and binder, undated

Includes notes on seminar “Twentieth-Century Influences”

Folder 4: Four spiral-bound notebooks, undated

Includes poetry, notes on drama, and book of quotations

Box 280

Folder 1: Notebook and notepads, undated

Folder 2: “Old” black notebook, undated

Folder 3: Notepad and binder, undated

Includes notes on Africa

Folder 4: Address books, undated

Folder 5: Blank notepads, undated

Box 281

Folder 1: Blank notebooks, 1979, undated

Folder 2: Blank notebooks and notepads, undated

Folder 3: Blank notebook with inscription, 1992

Folder 4: Blank notebook and notepads, undated

Folder 5: Blank notebooks, undated

Folder 6: Blank notebooks and notepads, undated

Box 282

Folder 1: Blank notepads, undated

Folder 2: Blank notepads and paper, undated

Sub-series 7: Stationery

Box 283

Folder 1: Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (Washington, D.C.). Israeli Lounge greeting card, 1973

Folder 2: Christmas card, undated

Shows two children spying on Santa Claus delivering gifts.

Folder 3: Sympathy card, undated

Includes an envelope.

Folder 4: Chicago landmarks greeting cards, undated

Includes paper and plastic envelopes.

Folder 5: Box of Caspari “Christmas and Holiday Cards”, undated

Includes an envelope.

Folder 6: Chicago State University. Gwendolyn Brooks Center notepad, undated

Folder 7: Paper with Vassar Collage Alumnae House letterhead, undated

Includes an envelope.

Folder 8: Springfield Hilton envelopes, undated

Includes a blank sheet of white paper.

Folder 9: Blank sheets of white paper, undated

Folder 10: Blank sheets of white paper, undated

Includes a sheet of paper embossed with floral trim.

Folder 11: Blank fragments of white paper, undated

Folder 12: Mixed envelopes in a cardboard box, undated

Folder 13: Postcards grouping

Item 1: Broadmoor Hotel (Colorado Springs, CO). Main building, undated

Item 2: Broadmoor West (Colorado Springs, CO), undated

Item 3: Broadmoor Hotel (Colorado Springs, CO). Aerial view, undated

Item 4: Broadmoor Hotel (Colorado Springs, CO). Aerial view from East golf course, undated

Item 5: Amtrak. California Zephyr train in Colorado, undated

Item 6: Northern Illinois University. Holmes Student Center, undated

Item 7: Northern Illinois University. Caulder statue, undated

Item 8: Gwendolyn Brooks (photo by Krementz, Jill), 1993

Folder 14: Postcards grouping

Item 1: St. Paul skyline, undated

Item 2: Old Federal Courts Building (St. Paul), undated

Item 3: Minnesota State Capitol. Senate Chamber, undated

Folder 15: Postcards grouping

Item 1: Hilton Inn (Durham, NC), undated

Obstructed view from parking lot.

Item 2: Hilton Inn (Durham, NC), undated

Item 3: The Vernon Manor Hotel (Cincinnati, OH), undated

Item 4: Holiday Inn (Ledgewood, NJ), undated

Item 5: The Exeter Inn (Exeter, NH), undated

Folder 16: Postcards grouping

Item 1: Winnie Mandela, undated

Item 2: Montana Sunset, undated

Item 3: The Homesteaders (artwork by Clymer, John), 1981

Item 4: Emperor’s Choice Herb Tea (artwork by Giusti, Bob), 1981

Folder 17: Mixed grouping

Item 1: Les Merveilles de Chartres greeting card, 1994

Item 2: Van Wickle Gates postcard, undated

Item 3: Card fragment depicting a cartoon snake with the text, “Relax!”, undated

Box 284

Folder 1: Mixed grouping

Item 1: Amtrak Cresent notepad, undated

Item 2: Season’s Greetings card, undated

Includes an envelope and a “Sample (1997) to keep” sticky note.

Item 3: Harbour Castle Westin postcards, undated

Includes Canadian postage stamps.

Item 4: Sheraton at Universal City paper, undated

Item 5: Blank fragment of white paper, undated

Item 6: Notepad cover with jottings on Breyer’s Ice Cream and Phyllis Theroux, undated

Item 7: Green sticky note, undated

Item 8: Yellow sticky notes, undated

Includes a draft introduction for Kendrick, Dolores.

Folder 2: Mixed grouping

Item 1: Sympathy greeting card, undated

Includes an envelope.

Item 2: Season’s Greetings cards (various), undated

Includes envelopes.

Item 3: Chicago landmarks greeting cards (various), undated

Includes envelopes.

Item 4: Village Festival greeting card (artwork by Alphonse, Inatace), undated

Item 5: The Ninety-Fifth restaurant (Chicago) postcard, undated

Item 6: Nairobi African Fauna postcard, undated

Item 7: “Woman” greeting card, undated

Shows a woman with her hair tied back by an African scarf.

Item 8: Pink floral arrangement greeting card (partial), undated

Item 9: Season’s Greetings cards (various)

Folder 3: Paper with Gwendolyn Brooks Blakely letterhead, undated

Includes blank sheets of white paper.

Folder 4: Personal stationery grouping

Item 1: Paper with Gwendolyn Brooks Blakely letterhead, undated

Item 2: “DVHS NEH GB 1993” notepad, 1993

Item 3: Envelope with The David Company letterhead, undated

Item 4: Blue cards, undated

Includes an envelope.

Item 5: White envelopes, undated

Item 6: Gray cards with an address for Gwendolyn Brooks, undated

Item 7: Paper with The Exeter Inn letterhead, undated

Item 8: Notepad with The Ritz-Carlton letterhead, undated

Folder 5: Paper with Gwendolyn Brooks Blakely letterhead, undated

Folder 6: Personal stationary, blank stationary, cards, undated

Folder 7: Greeting cards, undated

Folder 8: Pink floral greeting cards (blank), undated

Folder 9: Blank hotel stationery, undated

Sub-series 8: Published Works and Book Jackets

Box 285

Folder 1: “An Aspect of Love”, 1982

Words by Gwendolyn Brooks and music by D. Wayne Johnson.

Folder 2: “Andre”, undated

Folder 3: “Ann Smith” (poem on brochure), 1996

Folder 4: “Art Can Survive”, 1995

Folder 5: “The Assassination of John F. Kennedy,” published in the Chicago Sun-Times, 1963

Folder 6: “Aurora”, 1972

Folder 7: “Behind the Scenes,” in American Poet, 1999-2000

Folder 8: “Black Love”, 1982

Folder 9: “Books Feed and Cure and Chortle and Collide,” printed on bookmarks, undated

Folder 10: “Brelve. A Battered Woman”, 1991

Folder 11: “Chicago State University”, undated

Folder 12: “Elegy (Plain Black Boy)”, 1962

Words by Gwendolyn Brooks and music by Oscar Brown Jr.

Folder 12a: American Childhood, 1930

Includes “Evening” (also published as “Eventide”).

Folder 13: “For Illinois 1968: A Sesquicentennial Poem by Gwendolyn Brooks”, 1968

Folder 14: “A Hymn to Chicago” in New City, 1962

Includes a newspaper clipping.

Folder 15: “In Honor of David Anderson Brooks, My Father”, 1999

Folder 16: “Instructions to Myself”, 1989

Folder 17: “Jane Addams”, 1989

Folder 18: “Lady Dolores,” in The Exeter Bulletin, 1999

Folder 19: “Last Inauguration of Mayor Harold Washington,” in the Chicago Tribune, 1988

Folder 20: “Martin Luther King Jr.”, undated

Includes “Booker T. and W.E.B.” by Dudley Randall.

Folder 21: “Martin Luther King, Jr.,” in Ave Maria National Catholic Weekly, 1969

Folder 22: “Michael, Young Russia”, 1982

Folder 23: “The Mother,” in Mother’s Underground Magazine, 1993

Folder 24: “The Near-Johannesburg Boy and Other Poems” (Chicago: The David Company), 1987

Folder 24a: “On Harold Washington”, 1988

Folder 25: “People Protest in Sprawling Lightless Ways,” in Poems, 1945: Prize-Winning Poems of the Midwestern Writers’ Conference at Northwestern University, 1945

Folder 26: “Power,” in Briefings, 1989-1990

Folder 27: “The Progress” (four copies), 1982

Folder 28: “Rising Star” (eight copies), 1994

Folder 29: “Riot” (Detroit: Broadside Press), 1970

Frontispiece by Jeff Donaldson.

Folder 30: “The Second Sermon on the Warpland”, 1978

Folder 31: “To Be Grown Up”, undated

Box 286

Folder 1: “To Be In Love”, undated

Folder 2: “Tommy,” photocopied from Bronzeville Boys and Girls, undated

Folder 3: “To Prisoners,” in Illinois Issues (three copies), 1981

Folder 4: “To the South Side Community Art Center with Affectionate Gratitude”, undated

Folder 5: “To Young Readers” (tied with blue ribbon), undated

Folder 6: “To Young Readers,” yellow bookmarks from the Chicago Public Library, undated

Folder 7: “To Young Readers,” blue and yellow bookmarks from the Chicago Public Library, 1979

Two copies are signed by Gwendolyn Brooks.

Folder 8: “Very Young Poets” (photocopy), 1983

Folder 9: “Vern,” in American Voices in Celebration of Black History Month, 1998

Folder 10: “The Wall” broadside, 1967

Folder 11: “We Real Cool” broadside designed by Cledie Taylor, 1966

Folder 12: “We Real Cool” from Voices: An Anthology of Poems and Pictures (photocopies), 1969

Folder 13: “Winnie,” in Poetry Magazine, 1987

Folder 14: “Winnie” photocopies (Chicago: Third World Press), 1988

Folder 15: “Ancient Letters to Margaret” (grouping of photocopies), 1938, 1982

Folder 16: “First Editions Given to My Mother”, 1971, 1988

Includes Very Young Poets (Chicago: The David Company, 1988) and The World of Gwendolyn Brooks (New York: Harper & Row, 1971).

Box 287

Folder 1: Brooks Library-“Pages Missing from These Books”, 1963, 1981, 1983

Includes Selected Poems (1963), To Disembark (1981), Primer for Blacks (1981), and Beckonings (1983).

Folder 2: Five Poems in Harper’s Magazine, 1945

Includes “The Preacher Ruminates Behind the Sermon,” “Southeast Corner,” “The White Troops Had Their Orders But the Negroes Looked Like Men,” “My Dreams, My Works, Must Wait Till After Hell,” and “Love Note: Surely.”

Folder 3: Poems in The Black Scholar, June 1975

Includes “The Boy Died In My Alley” and “To A Proper Black Man.”

Folder 4: Poems in Living, Learning and Literature: Classic and Contemporary Works, 1994

Includes “The Bean Eaters.”

Folder 5: Poems in Every Shut Eye Ain’t Asleep: An Anthology of Poetry by African Americans Since 1945 (Boston: Little, Brown and Company), 1994

Includes inserted manuscript notes.

Folder 6: Poems in Laurels: Eight Women Poets

Includes “In the Mecca.”

Folder 7: “Errata” (photocopies from American Poet), 1999-2000

Includes “Gang Girls,” “The Lovers of the Poor,” “I Am A Black,” “The Coora Flower,” and “We Real Cool,” as well as a report to acknowledge Gwendolyn Brooks’ receipt of the Fellowship for distinguished poetic achievement.

Folder 8: Multiple Poems, undated

Includes “Sadie and Maud,” “The Womanhood,” “To Be In Love,” “The Mother,” “A Song in the Front Yard,” and “The Rites for Cousin Vit.”

Folder 9: Poems in A Broadside Treasury from “Dudley Randall to G.B.” bag, 1971

Includes “The Life of Lincoln West,” “Young Africans,” and “Paul Robeson.” Inscribed by “Dudley” for “Gwendolyn” on 2/14/84.

Folder 10: Copy of The Black Poets (ed. Dudley Randall) from “Dudley Randall to G.B.” bag, 1971

Inscribed by “Dudley” for “Gwendolyn” on November 14, 1971.

Folder 11: “Broadside Press Broadside Series” brown folder, 1965-1967

Includes broadsides for “We Real Cool” and “The Wall,” “The Sea-Turtle and the Shark” by M.B. Tolson, and an event at Drum and Spear (Washington, D.C.) and Howard University.

Box 288

Folder 1: Beckonings (Broadside Press), 1975

Folder 2: Blacks (copy of corrections), 1991

Folder 3: The Black Position, no.1 (Gwendolyn Brooks, ed.), 1971

Folder 4: The Black Position, no.3 (Gwendolyn Brooks, ed.), 1973

Folder 5: “Black Steel” broadside, 1971

Folder 6: A Capsule Course in Black Poetry Writing with inserts, 1981

Folder 6a: Book reviews, 1950-1952

Folder 7: Book reviews in Chicago Sun-Times, 1963

Folder 8: “Chicago 2999”, undated

Folder 9: Children Coming Home (The David Company)

Folder 10: “Christmas Morning Comes Too Soon”, 1986

Folder 11: “The Circle Association’s Gwendolyn Brooks Page”, 1998

Folder 12: “The Darker Brother” book review, undated

Folder 13: 45 rpm “Elegy” Columbia record, “When Malindy Sings” by Oscar Brown Jr., undated

Folder 14: Gottschalk and the Grande Tarantelle and Children Coming Home, 1995

Folder 15: Gwendolyn Brooks, 1990s

Folder 16: Gwendolyn Brooks introduction and recommended readings, undated

Box 289

Folder 1: “Of Harold Washington,” in Chicago, 1988

Folder 2: “Henry Dumas: Perceptiveness and Zeal”, 1988

Folder 3: “How to Write a Poem”, 1993

Folder 4: “Hugh Chisholm’s ‘Cantata’ Exhibits Beauty and Power”, undated

Folder 5: “It Is Your Business to Be Bothered,” in The Chicago Guide, June 1973

Folder 6: “Langston Hughes,” in The Nation, July 1967

Folder 7: “Luther,” in Tan, 1952

Folder 8: “Home,” from Maud Martha, 1998

Folder 9: Mayor Harold Washington and Chicago, the I Will City (Brooks Press), 1983

Folder 10: “Mothers and Daughters,” in Land’s End, 1992

Folder 11: “Mothers and Daughters”, undated

Folder 12: Primer for Blacks (Black Position Press), 1980

Folder 13: “Poets Who Are Negroes,” in Phylon: The Atlanta University Review of Race and Culture, 1950

Folder 14: Multiple poems and Report from Part One excerpt, undated, 1973

Folder 15: “Poetry Is Siren”, 1996

Folder 16: Excerpts from Report from Part One (published in Black World) and Report from Part Two, 1972, undated

Folder 17: Report from Part One (first unbound copy), 1972

Folder 18: Report from Part Two, 1996

Includes inserted manuscript notes.

Folder 19: Selected Poems (cover and introduction pages, photocopies), 1997

Box 290

Folder 1: Selected Poems (copy for corrections), undated

Folder 2: Selected Poems with inscriptions, 1963

Folder 3: "Thoughts on 1999", 1984

Folder 4: The Tiger Who Wore White Gloves, illustrated by Timothy Jones (two copies), 1974

Copy two marked “defective.”

Folder 5: Acknowledgement page for To Disembark(?), undated

Folder 6: “We Real Cool” in corrections for The Columbia Book of Poetry, circa 1992

Folder 7: The World of Gwendolyn Brooks (Harper & Row), 1971

Folder 8: Young Poet’s Primer (Brooks Press), 1981

Folder 9: Unknown manuscripts, undated

Folder 10: Order form for Broadside Press (Detroit, MI) featuring cover art and description for Aloneness, 1971

Folder 11: Book jacket for Maud Martha, undated

Folder 12: Book jacket for In the Mecca, undated

Folder 13: “Uncorrected Proof” slip for In the Mecca, undated

Folder 14: A Street in Bronzeville, undated

Folder 15: Book jacket for To Disembark, undated

Folder 16: To Gwen with Love: An Anthology Dedicated to Gwendolyn Brooks (Johnson Publishing Company), undated

Sub-series 9: Advertisements and Bibliographies, Contracts, and Copyright Documents

Box 291

Folder 1: University of Chicago press release for the Tenth Anniversary Poet Laureate Awards Contest, 1979

Folder 2: Maud Martha advertisement with notes, 1967

Folder 3: Selected Poems uncorrected proof, circa 1963

Folder 4: “Voices from the Ghetto” broadside, undated

Includes an advertisement by Nora Brooks Blakely.

Folder 5: “About the Author” and “On Getting a Natural” broadsides, undated

Folder 6: Broadsides and press releases featuring Beckonings and Children Coming Home and an Illinois Literary Publishers Association (ILPA) catalog, 1975, 1989, 1991, undated

Folder 7-8: “New Paperbacks from Gwendolyn Brooks”, 1992, undated

Folder 8 includes a bookmark featuring “Book Power.”

Folder 9: Central Arkansas Library System handouts, undated

Folder 10: “Gwendolyn Brooks. Poet Laureate of Illinois: A Selected Bibliography” (Harold Washington Library Center. Literature & Language Division), 1987

Folder 11: Third World Press advertisements, 1986

Includes a list of holdings at the Florida State University Library authored by Gwendolyn Brooks and a “Selected Poems by Gwendolyn Brooks” bookmark for Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI)

Folder 12: Third World Press catalogs and “Books for the Young”, 1992, 1996, undated

Folder 13: Copyright and contract papers, 1965, 1968, 1983

Folder 14: Form TX (blank or partially completed) and “The Nuts and Bolts of Copyright” (United States Copyright Office), undated

Folder 15-17: “Contracts + Broadside Royalty Renunciation", 1975-1977

Folder 18-19: Third World Press Contracts, 1981, 1990

Sub-series 10: Gwendolyn Brooks Writings Files

Box 292

Folder 1: “A Livin’ Man” by Kenny Clarke lyrics from “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge", undated

File 2: Black Glossy Folder

Folder 2.1: Poems

Item 1: “Aurora", 1972

Item 2: “Gang Girls", undated

Folder 2.2: Poems

Item 1: “SOS", undated

Item 2: “Rap", undated

Folder 2.3: Annotated magazine pages, 1997

Folder 2.4: “in Just” by E. E. Cummings, undated

Folder 2.5: “Behind the Scenes", undated

Folder 2.6: “The Preacher” notes, undated

Folder 2.7: Correspondence from West, Donda C., 1997

Folder 2.8: Financial notes, 1997

Folder 2.9: Public engagements, 1997, undated

Item 1: Caxtonian Issue, 1997

Includes article “Prize-Winning Poet Envisions Chicago in 2999 as ‘Senior Adventure.’”

Item 2: “Classic Black Literature from Gwendolyn Brooks” pamphlet by Third World Press, undated

Folder 2.10: “Black English Vernacular: The Ebonics Debate", 1997

Folder 2.11: D-Knowledge album photocopies, undated

Folder 2.12: “Important Copyright Information”, undated

Folder 2.13: Notes and work of others relating to poetry, undated

Folder 2.14: “Twenty-Eighth Annual Illinois Poet Laureate Awards", 1997

Folder 2.15: “African American” by Rabi Bouzou-Waziri, undated

Includes annotations by Gwendolyn Brooks.

Folder 2.16: Annotation selections from “The Poem in Motion", undated

Folder 2.17: Notes and works of others

Item 1: Notes regarding poem titles, undated

Item 2: “My City” by Ebony Tillman, undated

Folder 2.18: “Heartland” newspaper clipping, 1996

Folder 2.19: Correspondence from The Contemporary Forum, undated

Folder 2.20: “The Writing of Poetry (ENG 293)", circa 1997

Folder 2.21: Annotated writing primer “Questions And Answers", 1980

Folder 2.22: Anonymous review of Alain Robbe-Grillet, undated

Folder 2.23: Handwritten notes, undated

Folder 2.24: “An Evening With Gwendolyn Brooks", 1990

Folder 2.25: Handwritten notes, 1997

Folder 2.26: “Life Is For Us And Is Stunning!” event flyer, 1996

Folder 2.27: Patterned folder, undated

Folder 2.28: Black folder, undated

Folder 3: Correspondence and writings

Item 1: “Building” notes, 1985

Item 2: Correspondence from Jackson, C. E. to Wells, N., 1963

Item 3: “Building” envelope, undated

File 4: “For Poetry, In here: Some original mss”

Folder 4.1: Poetry drafts

Item 1: “A Modern Ballad", undated

Item 2: My Religion is Kindness” and “In Emanuel’s Nightmare", undated

Item 3: “Chapter 3, Ecclesiastes", undated

Item 4: “To A Proper Black Man", undated

Item 5: “Aurora", undated

Folder 4.2: Poetry drafts

Item 1: “Blackness", undated

Item 2: “Love Poem", undated

Item 3: "Out There", 1982

Item 4: "That Earth", undated

Item 5: “Comes this little thang…”, 1986

Item 6: Because our lives sing ballads, undated

Item 7: "All flat plateau", undated

Folder 4.3: Poetry drafts

Item 1: “In the middle of winter…”

Item 2: “Think of plants…”, 1980

Item 3: “And poets…”, undated

Item 4: “Every day the little new people come", undated

Item 5: “Direct the choir of makers", undated

Folder 4.4: Poetry drafts

Item 1: “Oh, so…(?)”, undated

Item 2: “Telephone Conversations", 1980

Item 3: “Aids to", 1983

Item 4: “God----”, undated

Item 5: “Of The Young Dead", 1985

Item 6: “Shorthand Possible", undated

On the back of a Kuumba “Book Party Sunday” invite.

Folder 4.5: Poetry drafts

Item 1: “Whitney Young", 1981

Folder 2: “Of The Young Dead", undated

Folder 4.6: Poetry drafts

Item 1: “Patrick Bouie", 1986

Item 2: “I am against NEGATIVE charge, undated

Item 3: “Black Steel", 1971

Item 4: “Overweight!", undated

Item 5: “Such as love life respond to charge", undated

Folder 4.7: Poetry drafts

Item 1: “The Life of Lincoln West", undated

Item 2: “Martin Luther King” notes, undated

Folder 4.8: Poetry drafts

Item 1: Notes, undated

Item 2: “The Changing World In The 10-Year Period Ahead!”, undated

Item 3: “The Life of Lincoln West", undated

Folder 4.9: Poetry drafts

Item 1: “There is more to a life than its birth and a death", undated

Item 2: “There are spoiled in America", undated

Folder 4.10: Poetry drafts

Item 1: “Enabler", undated

Item 2: “A Picture – Running Bay", undated

Folder 4.11-4.12: Notes and jottings, undated

Folder 4.13: “The World of Gwendolyn Brooks” cover, undated

Folder 4.14: Time Magazine, 1977

Folder 4.15: “A Bitter and Insistent Plague” magazine clipping, undated

Folder 4.16: “Black Is – Negro Is” by Walter Hayes, undated

Folder 4.17: Notes and jottings, undated

Folder 4.18: Notes and jottings, 1998

Folder 4.19: “A Farmer", 1988

Folder 4.20: Notes and jottings, undated

Folder 4.21: “Important Original Poetry” envelope, undated

Folder 4.22: Envelope, undated

File 5: “If The Heart Is Young”

Folder 5.1: Composition notebook, 1935

Folder 5.2: Prose drafts

Item 1: “Arabella", 1934

Item 2: “The Orchid And The Daisy", 1934

Item 3: “Light in Darkness", 1934

Item 4: “The Silver Pendant", 1934

Item 5: “Love is Blind", 1934

Folder 5.3: Prose drafts

Item 1: “Cigarette", 1934

Item 2: “1934’s Greatest Vacation Combination… Chicago And A Century Of Progress", circa 1934

Folder 5.4: Prose drafts

Item 1: “The Prospective..”, undated

Item 2: “She’ll Not Be Missed", undated

Item 3: “Letter To A Civil War Widow", undated

Folder 5.5: Prose drafts, circa 1934

Box 293

Folder 1: Poetry Drafts

Item 1: “Blackness: Chicago", undated

Item 2: “Other Music", 1976

File 2: “Important”

Folder 2.1: Correspondence

Item 1: Correspondence to Alexandroff, Michael, undated

Item 2: Correspondence regarding Clifton, Lucille, undated

Folder 2.2: Prose drafts

Item 1: “James Baldwin", undated

Item 2: “Robert Ridley", undated

Folder 2.3: “Thinking of Elizabeth Steinberg On Friday, November 13, 1987", 1987

Folder 2.4: Notes and jottings, undated

Folder 2.5: “Important” Folder (folder 5 of 6), advertisements and publicity, 1978, undated

Folder 2.6: Newspaper and magazine clippings, 1971, 1979, 1987, undated

File 3: “Important Notes”

Folder 3.1: “State Street", undated

Folder 3.2: “Hoke Norris", undated

Folder 3.3: Notes and jottings, undated

Folder 3.4: Newspapers and magazines

Item 1: “Gwendolyn Brooks On Being black, shy, a success…,”, 1976

Item has been moved to Box 21 Oversized.

Item 2: “Important Notes” envelope, undated

Folder 4: “Interviewers and Interviewing", undated

Folder 5: “Judith” and other poems

Item 1: “Judith", undated

Item 2: "Hallowe’en", undated

Includes annotation by Gwendolyn Brooks.

Folder 6: “Kinko’s Only,” prose drafts

Item 1: Note to Brenda, undated

Item 2: “I’m Here” handwritten, undated

Item 3: “I’m Here” typed manuscript, undated

Two copies.

Item 4: “The Day Of The Gwendolyn", 1986

Item 5: “Kinko’s Only” envelope

File 7: “Lincoln Academy”

Folder 7.1: Correspondence and poems

Item 1: Correspondence to Billington, James H. (Library of Congress), 1989

Item 2: “Conducting", undated

Item 3: “To Fit In", undated

Item 4: “We", 1987

Folder 7.2: Speech drafts and poems

Item 1: Speech draft, undated

Item 2: Speech draft with “When handed a lemon, make lemonade” rhyme, undated

Item 3: Speech draft, undated

Item 4: “Familyhood", 1989

Item 5: Speech draft notes, undated

Folder 7.3: Notes and envelopes

Item 1: Notes and jottings regarding speech, undated

Item 2: “Lincoln Academy” envelope, undated

File 8: Manila Envelope

Folder 8.1: “To Disembark”

Item 1: Notebook with “To Disembark", undated

Item 2: Looseleaf notes on “To Disembark", undated

Folder 8.2-8.6: Prose drafts, circa 1930s

Folder 8.5 includes published copy of “An Old Appartment House,” undated.

Folder 9: “May 1994,” jottings and notes, undated

File 10: “More Notes + Original Pieces”

Folder 10.1: Correspondence to Dobbin, Mrs., undated

Folder 10.2: Poetry drafts

Item 1: “It is our business to be bothered", 1989

Item 2: “Brelve. A Battered Woman", 1990

Item 3: “Collage", 1987

Item 4: “To Readers", 1983

Folder 10.3: Poetry drafts

Item 1: “Jane Addams", 1989

Item 2: “Early Death", undated

Folder 10.4: Poetry drafts

Item 1: “To the Illinois Arts Council", 1985

Item 2: “On the Occasion of the Sarcastic Announcement Of A Clean Young Man…”, 1993

Folder 10.5: Prose drafts

Item 1: "First Humanitarianism", undated

Item 2: “To Fit In", undated

Item 3: “No matter what!”, undated

Folder 10.6: Prose drafts, undated, undated

Folder 10.7: “One of the Indelibles”, undated

Folder 10.8: Materials relating to Madhubuti, Haki (Don L. Lee) “Haki Madhubuti – Sonai Sanchez", undated

Folder 10.9: Materials relating to Madhubuti, Haki (Don L. Lee), undated

Folder 10.10: Notes and jottings, undated

File 11: “Nora’s Fina Perfected Copy of Children Coming Home”

Folder 11.1: Poetry Drafts, undated

Folder 11.2: Envelope, undated

Folder 12: Notes and fragments, 1985, undated

Folder 13: Notes on Chicago State University and Madhubuti, Haki (Don L. Lee), 1998-1999, undated

File 14: “Old”

Folder 14.1: Poetry Drafts

Item 1: “Original Manuscripts” envelope, undated

Item 2: “Nora, 1989

Item 3: “If anything is translatable….”, undated

Item 4: “Building", undated

Item 5: “To A Black Giant who Said ‘Suicide Would Be A Way Out’”, 1976?

Item 6: “Now for the rigid recountings", undated

Item 7: “Music For Martyrs", undated

Item 8: “A Little Girls Poem On 1983", 1983

Item 9: “Old", undated

Item 10: “Old", undated

Item 11: “Song for Hughes", undated

Folder 14.2: Notepad, undated

Includes “Old” and “For Nora.”

Folder 14.3: Interviews

Item 1: Speech, Third World Press Anniversary, 1977

Item 2: “Old” envelope, undated

File 15: “Original Manuscript (typed + written) "Report from Part Two”

Folder 15.1: Correspondence regarding 1994 Jefferson Lecture for the National Endowment of the Humanities, 1993

Includes correspondence from Gwendolyn Brooks.

Folder 15.2: Prose drafts

Item 1: “Family Pictures", undated

Item 2: “The questioner is impatient", undated

Item 3: "Our People", undated

Item 4: "On Being An American", undated

Folder 15.3: “Family Pictures", undated

Folder 15.4: Prose drafts

Item 1: “Part Two Manuscript", undated

Item 2: “Familyhood", 1989

Folder 15.5: Prose drafts

Item 1: “Report From Part Two", undated

Item 2: “Warning to Children” by Robert Graves, undated

Folder 15.6: Prose Drafts

Item 1: “The newsman Paul Harvey…”, undated

Item 2: “What is a poet…", undated

Item 3: “There are wonderful white people…”, undated

Item 4: “Recovery? Repair? Revival?”, undated

Item 5: “I wish my people had not been ripped from Afrika…”, undated

Item 6: “Conservatism", undated

Item 7: “Notes for a future essay on Bad ‘Black’ Poetry", undated

Item 8: “Dolores Cross…”, undated

Item 9: “All these sly + slimy politicos use avoidance verbiage", undated

Item 10: “Henry Taylor, Haki of Chicago, Ishamel Reed, Joyce Joyce, Clara Claiborne Park", undated

Item 11: Then there’s lil Ms. Entrepreneur", 1994

Item 12: “The Poet Norman Jordan", undated

Item 13: “Guest List", undated

Item 14: “Comes the cry…", undated

Item 15: “Little speeches…”, undated

Item 16: “The Challenges of Freedom", undated

Item 17: Quote from “Riders to the Bloodred wrath", undated

Item 18: “These are the days", 1973

Item 19: “Blacks in general have long memories", undated

Item 20: “Nobody…”

Item 21: “The Poet Norman Jordan", undated

Item 22: “One of our Black Spokesmen listened…”

Item 23: “Boys boys", undated

Folder 15.7: Newspapers and magazine articles related to other subjects, 1991, 1994, undated

Folder 15.8: Works

Item 1: “Family Pictures” book, 1971

Framed Art 2: Folder, undated

Box 294

File 1: “Notes”

Folder 1.1: Correspondence

Item 1: Prettyman, John, undated

Includes only correspondence by Gwendolyn Brooks.

Item 2: Sinkler, Ms., 1991

Includes only correspondence by Gwendolyn Brooks.

Folder 1.2: Poetry drafts

Item 1: “I am Charles Stewart", undated

Item 2: “In Indianapolis, Indiana", undated

Item 3: "But you’ve still got God", 1991

Item 4: “Best Friends", 1991

Item 5: “Since There Is Always Poetry", undated

Item 6: “Easter Day", undated

Folder 1.3: Prose drafts

Item 1: “Carl Morse", undated

Item 2: “Most big strong men…”, 1990

Item 3: “Diversity", undated

Item 4: “In Memory of Roger Smith", 1979

Folder 1.4: Prose drafts

Item 1: “Must be", undated

Item 2: “Dr. psychiatrist?”, undated

Item 3: “My daughter dancing", undated

Item 4: “I have been interested…”, undated

Folder 1.5: Prose draft, “Your letter…”, undated

Folder 1.6: Prose draft, “Poets write about…”, undated

Folder 1.7-1.20: Notes and jottings, undated

Folder 1.21: Biography review, 1973

Folder 1.22: Funeral service program for Smith, Roger, 1979

Folder 1.23: “Gwendolyn Elizabeth” by Lambert, W.", 1990

Folder 1.24: Newspapers and magazine articles related to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1989, 1992, undated

One item removed to Box 521 OS.

Folder 1.25: Newspapers and magazine articles related to other subjects, 1986-1987, 1989, 1991-1992

Some items have been removed to Box 521 OS.

Folder 1.29-1.31: “Important Important”

Folder 1.29: Poetry drafts

Item 1: “2000 Haitians"

Item 2: “Snow is wet", undated

Item 3: “Alice Browning", 1985

Folder 1.30: Prose drafts

Item 1: “Is war a viable?”, 1980

Item 2: “James Baldwin", undated

Folder 1.31: Notes and jottings, undated

Folder 1.32-1.42: “Important Notes for Autobiog.”

Folder 1.32: Notes and jottings, undated

Folder 1.33: McKinley & Pryor Vocal Duo business card, undated

Folder 1.34: Amtrak’s Metropolitan lounge ticket, 1993

Folder 1.35: Financial records: receipts, undated

Folder 1.36: Financial records: Bills, statements and invoices, 1992, undated

Folder 1.37: Newspapers and magazine articles related to other subjects, 1993, undated

Folder 1.38: “Sort”

Item 1: “Poetry – 367", 1993

Item 2: "Varied verse” by William Beyer, undated

Item 3: “How beautiful", undated

Item 4: "Important Notes For Autobiog.” envelope, undated

Folder 1.39: Prose drafts, “The Black Family”, undated

Folder 1.40: Prose drafts, "To The Young Graduates”, undated

Folder 1.41: Prose drafts, notes and jottings, undated

Folder 1.42: “About John Schultz’s Anthology”, undated

Removed for conservation.

Folder 1.43: “Maud Martha (Important)”, undated

Folder 1.44: Manila envelope

Folder 1.44: Correspondence by Gwendolyn Brooks, undated

Folder 1.45: Notes and jottings, undated

Folder 1.46: Manila envelope, undated

Folder 1.47: “Writing Plans", undated

Folder 1.48: Church notes, 1968

Folder 1.49: “Mouse", undated

Folder 1.50: Political notes and jottings, undated

Folder 1.51: Newspapers and magazine articles related to other subjects, 1989, undated

Folder 1.52: “Notes” envelope, undated

File 2: “Original Manuscript”

Folder 2.1: “The Clipping Club", undated

Folder 2.2: Poetry drafts

Item 1: “Johannesburg Boy", undated

Item 2: “Nelson Mandela", undated

Item 3: "Winnie", undated

Folder 2.3: Prose drafts

Item 1: “Raymond Brooks Jr.”, 1990

Item 2: “Robert Hayden", undated

Item 3: Paragraph from “Young Poets Primer", undated

Item 4: “Of Flowers and Fire and Flowers", undated

Folder 2.4: Prose drafts, undated

Item 1: “The last clean claim…”, 1987

Item 2: “As I…”, undated

Folder 2.5: Notes and jottings, undated

Box 295

File 1: “Notes + Clippings”

Folder 1.1: Correspondence to Blakely, Henry, undated

Folder 1.2: Poetry drafts, “R. P.”, undated

Folder 1.3: Prose drafts

Item 1: "Title: ‘Little Quick Pictures’”, undated

Item 2: Regarding poem “Sermon On The Warpland", undated

Item 3: “Blacks are always ahead of history…”, undated

Folder 1.4-1.8: Notes and jottings, undated

Folder 1.9: Return receipt for Saks Fifth Avenue, undated

Folder 1.10: Newspapers and magazine articles related to other subjects, 1994, 2000

Folder 1.11: Notes and jottings related to logistics, 1999, undated

Folder 1.12: Business cards related to logistics, undated

Folder 1.13: Social security card, undated

Folder 1.14-1.15: Notes and jottings, undated

Folder 1.16: Phone numbers and addresses, undated

Folder 1.17: Newspapers and magazine articles related to other subjects, undated

Folder 1.18: Poetry from The Song of Lawino by Okot p'Bitek, 1966

Folder 1.19: Poetry drafts

Item 1: “First School Days”, 2000

Item 2: “It’s School-Time!” and “We real cool", undated

Folder 1.20: Prose drafts, undated

Folder 1.21: Notes and jottings, undated

Folder 1.22: Gwendolyn Brooks event program from Morgan State University, 2000

Folder 1.23: Newspapers and magazine articles relating to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated

Folder 1.24: Prose draft, “Looking at me these days"

Folder 1.25: Prose drafts, notes and jottings, undated

Folder 1.26: “Why I Keep Off Television", undated

Folder 1.27: Empty envelope of Chocolate Chips theatre company addressed to Hicks, Shelley M., undated

Folder 1.28: Third World Press pamphlet, undated

Folder 1.29: Commune T-Shirt Company pamphlet, 2000

Folder 1.30: Manila envelope, undated

Folder 2: "Notes For Poetry", undated

Sealed envelope.

File 3: “Notes on existing Brooks books”

Folder 3.1-3.11: Black record book

Folder 3.1: Notes and jottings, undated

Folder 3.2: Black record book, undated

Contains recipes, phone number, and addresses.

Folder 3.3-3.11: “Northeastern Black Literature", undated

Folder 3.12-3.13: Blue nemo notebook

Folder 3.12: Blue memo notebook

Item 1: “Children Coming Home", undated

Item 2: “Notes", undated

Item 3: “Old", 1990

Item 4: Notes and jottings, undated

Item 5: “Don’t deny the diagnosis…”, undated

Item 6: “For autobiog.”, undated

Folder 3.13: Newspaper and magazine article related to other subjects, undated

Removed to Box 521 OS.

Folder 3.14-3.19: Pocket calendar labeled “Ghana”

Folder 3.14: Prose draft, 1974

Folder 3.15: Pocket calendar labeled "Ghana", 1974

Includes phone numbers, addresses, and prose drafts.

Folder 3.16: Contact information for others, 1974

Folder 3.17: “Elnira", undated

Folder 3.18: Notes and jottings, undated

Folder 3.19: Phone number and addresses, undated

Folder 3.20: Poetry drafts

Item 1: “Old Woman’s Rap,” handwritten, 1990

Item 2: “Old Woman’s Rap,” typed, 1990

Folder 3.21-3.22: Old age prose drafts, undated

Folder 3.23-3.24: Red address book

Folder 3.23: Red address book, 1982

Includes prose drafts.

Folder 3.24: Newspapers and magazine articles related to other subjects, undated

Box 296

File 2: “Notes on existing Brooks books” (cont.)

Folder 2.25: Prose draft, “Ellen", 1990

Folder 2.26: Prose draft, "Walston was determined to be a writer”, undated

Folder 2.27-2.29: Notes and jottings, undated

Folder 2.29: Notebook, “Blacks: Volume II : Short Fictions”, undated

Includes “Children, Coming Home.”

Folder 2.30: Newspaper and magazine articles related to other subjects, Mandela, Nelson, 1990

Folder 2.31: Correspondence, Parks, Carole A., 1987

Folder 2.32: Prose draft, “Seeds For the Coming Hell and Health Together”, undated

Folder 2.33: Record book, notes and jottings, undated

Folder 2.34: Record book, 1962

Includes prose drafts.

Folder 2.35: Yellow notebook, empty envelope, undated

Folder 2.36: Yellow notebook, 1989-1990

Includes “1989 resolutions,” recipes, and notes and jottings.

Folder 2.37: Poetry drafts

Item 1: “I can go right to the root", 1988

Item 2: “Peace and the anticipation of peace…”, undated

Item 3: “Soon forgotten…”, undated

Item 4: "Going to Aunt Gertie’s", undated

Folder 2.38: Prose drafts, 1985, 1988, undated

Folder 2.39: Prose drafts, undated

Folder 2.40-2.41: Notes and jottings, undated

Folder 2.42: Phone numbers and addresses, undated

Folder 2.43: Newspaper and magazine articles related to Gwendolyn Brooks, “A Remarkable Narrative Poem”, 1969

Folder 2.44: Floral notebook, 1981

Includes prose drafts relating to Mandela, Nelson and Mandela, Winnie.

Folder 2.45: Floral notebook, green bookmark, undated

Folder 2.46: “Notes on existing Brooks books” manila envelope, undated

File 3: Poems, Essays, and Speeches, undated

Folder 3.1: “In here: Poems ‘Chicago State University’ and “Captain Dolores.’ Also Haki’s latest salute to me”, undated

Includes prose by Madhubuti, Haki (Don L. Lee).

Folder 3.2-3.3: “May 5 Speech/Other Speeches", 1986, undated

Folder 3.4-3.6: “All done July 12-13”

Folder 3.4: Poetry drafts

Item 1: “The Assassination of John F. Kennedy”, 1968

Item 2: “Malcolm X", 1968

Item 3: “Kitchenette Building", 1968

Item 4: “Martin Luther King", 1968

Folder 3.5-3.6: Prose drafts, 1968

Box 297

File 1: “Originals of Graduation Speeches”

Folder 1.1: Poem and prose drafts

Item 1: Correspondence, Illinois Founders Insurance Co., 1988

Includes only correspondence from Gwendolyn Brooks.

Item 2: 3 copies of “Collage", 1999

Item 3: “To Fit In", undated

Folder 1.2: Poem and prose drafts

Item 1: "Jane Addams,” handwritten, undated

Item 2: “Jane Addams,” typed, 1989

Item 3: “Survive", undated

Item 4: “To Fit In", undated

Folder 1.3: Poem and prose drafts

Item 1: “To Fit In", undated

Item 2: "We", 1987

Item 3: “There are thousands of little things to say to young people”, undated

Folder 1.4: Prose drafts

Item 1: “The Black Family", undated

Item 2: “Read: To Those Of My Sisters", undated

Folder 1.5: Prose drafts

Item 1: “Forrestville, Commencement Day”, 1968

Item 2: “You young people", undated

Item 3: "It Is Our Business To Be Bothered", undated

Folder 1.6: Prose drafts, Addams, Jane, 1993, undated

Folder 1.7: Prose drafts, “The Life and Works of Paul Laurence Dunbar", 1987

Folder 1.8-1.9: Prose drafts, undated

Folder 1.10: Prose drafts, Brooks Junior High School, 1994

Folder 1.11-1.12: Prose drafts, 1990, undated

Folder 1.13: Prose drafts, Edward Jenner Elementary School and University of Vermont, 1986, 1997, undated

Folder 1.14-1.17: Prose drafts, undated

Folder 1.18: Public engagements

Item 1: “Jane Addams", 1989

Item 2: Gwendolyn Brooks Junior High School Promotion Exercises program, 1997

Item 3: Lecture program at Illinois College, undated

Folder 1.19: Public engagements, Gwendolyn Brooks Center, undated

One item moved to Box 521 OS.

Folder 1.20: Published works, “to disembark", 1981

Folder 2: Paperclipped grouping, poetry drafts

Item 1: “Behind the Scenes", undated

Item 2: “Last Inauguration of Mayor Harold Washington", 1987

Item 3: “Tornado Near Talladega", 1984

File 3: “Parts + Sundries” envelope

Folder 3.1: Correspondence

Item 1: Pope, Rhonda, Mary Anerison?, Harold White, and Sheila Carson, 1972

Item 2: Shaw, Katie, undated

Folder 3.2: Correspondence, unidentified, undated

Folder 3.3-3.7: Notes and jottings, undated

Folder 3.8: Notebook, notes and jottings, 1978, undated

Folder 3.9: Blank stationary paper, undated

Folder 3.10: Public engagement: phone numbers and addresses, undated

Folder 3.11-3.12: Newspapers and magazines: articles related to other subjects, 1979, undated

Folder 3.13-3.16: “Notes” envelope

Folder 3.13: “Notes” envelope, correspondence, Alexandroff, Mike, undated

Includes only correspondence by Gwendolyn Brooks.

Folder 3.14-3.15: “Notes” envelope, notes and jottings, undated

Folder 3.16: “Notes” envelope, public engagements, phone numbers, undated

Folder 3.17: Prose drafts, “Poetry And/Or Life, undated

Folder 3.18-3.19: Notes and jottings, undated

Folder 3.20: Newspapers and magazines, undated

Folder 3.21: Poetry drafts

Item 1: “Then Lullaby", undated

Item 2: “Poem", undated

Folder 3.22: Prose drafts, undated

Folder 3.23-3.25: Notes and jottings, undated

Folder 3.26: Newspapers and magazines: articles related to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1973

Folder 3.27: Newspapers and magazines: articles related to other subjects, undated

Folder 3.28-3.29: Yellow notebook

Folder 3.28: Yellow notebook, undated

Folder 3.29: Newspapers and magazines: articles related to other subjects, undated

Folder 3.30: “Parts + Sundries” envelope, undated

Box 298

File 1: “Pieces of Poetry”

Folder 1.1: Correspondence, Bolsouer, Ann, 1983

Folder 1.2: Poetry drafts, “The bullets are in the skins of my people…”, undated

Folder 1.3-1.4: Prose drafts, undated

Folder 1.5-1.7: Notes and jottings, undated

Folder 1.8: Public engagements: advertisements for non-Gwendolyn Brooks events, Metropolitan Community Church Tidings, 1982

Folder 1.9-1.13: Blank envelope

Folder 1.9-1.10: Notes and jottings, undated

Folder 1.11-1.12: Prose drafts, undated

Folder 1.13: Notes and jottings, undated

Folder 1.14: Advertisements, 1984 conference, undated

Folder 1.15: Newspapers and magazines: articles related to other subjects, undated

Folder 1.16: “Pieces of Poetry” envelope, undated

File 2: “Poems, Articles, Typed Letters, etc.”

Folder 2.1-2.10: “Typed copies of Poems, etc. (Gwendolyn Brooks)”

Folder 2.1: Correspondence, Mueller, Mr., 1986

Includes “The Near – Johannesburg Boy,” “Whitney Young,” “Blacks,” “Tornado at Talladega,” “The Good Man,” and “Infirm.”

Folder 2.2: Correspondence, Bruckner, Don, 1986

Includes only correspondence by Gwendolyn Brooks.

Folder 2.3: Correspondence

Item 1: Madhubuti, Haki (Don L. Lee), 1986

Includes only correspondence by Gwendolyn Brooks.

Item 2: Mueller, Mr., 1986

Includes only correspondence by Gwendolyn Brooks.

Item 3: “Building", undated

Folder 2.4: Poetry drafts

Item 1: “Early Death", undated

Item 2: “To The Young Who Want To Die", 1985

Item 3: “Life is fast enough!”, undated

Item 4: “The Good Man", 1965

Item 5: “In Nairobi", undated

Item 6: “Infirm", undated

Folder 2.5: Poetry drafts

Item 1: “Martin Luther King Jr.”, undated

Item 2: “To Michael Who Is Young Russia", 1982

Item 3: “To A Proper Black Man", undated

Item 4: “To The Young Who Want To Die", undated

Two copies.

Folder 2.6: Published works

Item 1: “To Those Of My Sisters Who Kept Their Naturals", undated

Item 2: “Tornado At Talladega", undated

Item 3: “Whitney Young", 1981

Item 4: Review of “The Life of Langston Hughes” by Rampersad, Arnold, undated

Folder 2.7: Published works

Item 1: Review of “The Life of Langston Hughes” by Rampersad, Arnold, undated

Item 2: “The Near-Johannesburg Boy and other poems” inside cover draft, 1986

Folder 2.8-2.9: Notes and jottings, undated

Folder 2.10: Picasso

Item 1: “The Chicago Picasso", 1986

Four copies.

Item 2: "The Chicago Picasso", 1967

Item 3: "Trapped” by Davidson, Aurelia, 1980

Item 4: “Typed copies of Poems, etc. (Gwendolyn Brooks)” manila envelope, undated

Folder 2.11: “Poems, Articles, Typed Letters, etc.” manila envelope, undated

File 3: Poetry and prose drafts

Folder 3.1: Poetry and prose drafts, undated

Includes “For Incipient Suicides.”

Folder 3.2: Prose drafts, undated

File 4: Poems, scraps, and green notebook

Folder 4.1: Poetry drafts

Item 1: “Bring on the spot brassieres!”, undated

Item 2: “My Mother", 1975

Item 3: "Primer For Blacks", undated

Item 4: “What shall we do about and for the City?”, undated

Folder 4.2: Poetry drafts, 1973, undated

Folder 4.3: Poetry drafts regarding Salisbury, Harrison, 1993

Folder 4.4-4.7: Green notebook

Folder 4.4: Poetry draft, undated

Folder 4.5: Prose drafts, undated

Folder 4.6: Notes and jottings, 1992, undated

Folder 4.7: Green notebook, undated

Includes unpublished poem “Morning.”

File 5: “Scraps + Repetitions”

Folder 5.1: Prose drafts

Item 1: “Family Pictures", undated

Item 2: “Blacks", undated

Folder 5.2: Prose drafts

Item 1: “Our Name", undated

Item 2: “had better get together…”, undated

Item 3: “Salute your siblings…”, 1994

Item 4: Prose regarding “Family Pictures", undated

Folder 5.3: Published works, “The Message", undated

Folder 5.4: “Scraps and repetitions” prose drafts, undated

Folder 5.5: “Scraps and repetitions” envelope, undated

File 6: “Special Notes”

Folder 6.1: Correspondence, Contemporary Forum, 1993

Folder 6.2: Correspondence, Gerety, Tom and Adelia Moore (Trinity College), undated

Folder 6.3: Poetry drafts, “Boy Breaking Glass", undated

Folder 6.4: Poetry drafts, "To The Young Student", undated

Folder 6.5: Prose drafts, “Most Workers In The Wild", undated

Folder 6.6: Prose drafts, undated

Folder 6.7: Prose drafts, “Most Workers In The Wild", undated

Folder 6.8: Notes and jottings, undated

Folder 6.9: Advertisements and publicity for non-Gwendolyn Brooks events, “The Black Bookworm Mail-Order Company, undated

Folder 6.10: Works of others, “You’re Special Gwendolyn Brooks” by McGaray, Lela, undated

Folder 6.11: “Special Notes” envelope, undated

Folder 7: “Speech Notes,” notes and jottings, 1998, undated

Includes “I am still free verse and rhyme.”

Box 299

File 1: “Speeches, Articles, Tributes, Special Letters”

Folder 1.1: Correspondence

Item 1: Blakely, Nora Brooks, 1998

Includes only correspondence by Gwendolyn Brooks.

Item 2: Mueller, Lothar, undated

Includes only correspondence by Gwendolyn Brooks.

Item 3: Unidentified, undated

Includes only correspondence by Gwendolyn Brooks.

Folder 1.2: Prose drafts, undated

Includes Blacks familyhood statement and “In The Whirlwind.”

Folder 1.3: Prose drafts, undated

Includes “Notes on Nancy Galbraith” and speech explaining “We Real Cool.”

Folder 1.4-1.5: Prose drafts, undated

Folder 1.6: Prose drafts, undated

Includes “Books. Reading. Libraries.” and “Haki.”

Folder 1.7: “Speeches, Articles, Tributes, Special Letters” envelope

File 2: “Third World Press (Contracts)”

Folder 2.1: Correspondence, Madhubuti, Haki (Don L. Lee), 1998, undated

Includes Third World Press contracts.

Folder 2.2: Correspondence, Madhubuti, Haki (Don L. Lee), 1996-1998

Includes Third World Press contracts.

Folder 3: “Third World Press Contracts", 1991

File 4: “To my future biographers”

Folder 4.1: Prose drafts

Item 1: “The Good Neighbor” regarding Boswell, Banks, undated

Item 2: Prose regarding Kent, George, undated

Folder 4.2: Interviews, undated

Folder 4.3-4.4: Notes and jottings, undated

Folder 4.5: “To my future biographers” envelope, undated

File 5: “Tributes”

Folder 5.1: Prose drafts

Item 1: Writing regarding Brown, Sterling, undated

Item 2: “In Memory of Roger Smith", 1979

Item 3: “Of Otto Kenner", 1976

Two copies

Folder 5.2: “Where The Kind Kills Are", undated

Item 1: “Where The Kind Kills Are", undated

Item 2: “Remembering for our forever", undated

Item 3: Prose regarding Rodgers, Carolyn, undated

File 6: “Washington D.C.”

Folder 6.1-6.6: Speeches grouping

Folder 6.1: Correspondence, Williams, Sian, 1986

Folder 6.2-6.5: Prose drafts, undated

Folder 6.6: Stationary, undated

Folder 6.7-6.11: Tributes grouping

Folder 6.7: Prose drafts, undated

Includes “Donald Hall.”

Folder 6.8: Prose drafts

Item 1: “Etheridge Knight", undated

Item 2: "Tagliabue, John", undated

Folder 6.9: Prose drafts

Item 1: “Michael Benedikt", undated

Item 2: “Yevgeny Yevtushenko", undated

Folder 6.10: Prose drafts, undated

Includes photo.

Folder 6.11: “Washington D.C.” envelope", undated

File 7: “Xeroxes (Letters, Poems)”

Folder 7.1: Correspondence, Feeley, Betsey, 1993

Includes correspondence by Gwendolyn Brooks.

Folder 7.2: Correspondence, Madhubuti, Haki (Don L. Lee), undated

Includes only correspondence by Gwendolyn Brooks.

Folder 7.3: Correspondence, “Molly”, 1993, undated

Includes only correspondence by Gwendolyn Brooks.

Folder 7.4: Correspondence, unidentified correspondent, undated

Includes only correspondence by Gwendolyn Brooks.

Folder 7.5: Published works, “Captain Dolores", 1991

Seven copies

Folder 7.6: Published works

Item 1: Kinko’s receipt", undated

Item 2: “Collage For Today", undated

Item 3: “The Great Man", undated

Item 4: "Jane Addams", 1989

Three copies

Folder 7.7: Published works, “To An Old Black Woman, Homeless and Indistinct”, 1992

Five copies

Folder 7.8: Notes and jottings, undated

Folder 7.9: Correspondence, Rochmon, Hazel, 1993

Includes only correspondence by Gwendolyn Brooks

Folder 7.10: Public engagements: advertisements and publicity, “Go Ahead and Live Your Life”, undated

Three copies

Folder 7.11: Works of others, “Corrupt Originals: The Paradox of Censorship” by Holquist, Michael, undated

Folder 7.12: Newspaper articles related to Gwendolyn Brooks, review by Beyer, William, undated

Seven copies

Folder 7.13: Photographs of Gwendolyn Brooks, undated

Two copies

Folder 7.14: Financial records, undated

Folder 7.15: “Xeroxes (Letters, Poems)” envelope, undated

Series 3: Personal Files

Replaced by separation sheets to restricted.

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

Includes separation sheet to restricted.

Item 1: “DONE” note, undated

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

Folder 4.2

Includes separation sheet to restricted.

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

Includes an event reminder. Includes separation sheet to restricted.

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: “Brooks Papers”

Folder 2.1-2.9: Correspondence

Folder 2.1

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 2.2

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

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

Folder 2.3

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 2.4

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 2.5

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 2.6

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 2.7

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

Item 2: Mitchell Museum Newsletter (July), 1977

Folder 2.8: Packet of correspondence between Zitch, Beryl (The Contemporary Forum) and Cosby, Janet L. (Cosby Bureau International, Inc.), 1989-1990

Includes contracts. Includes separation sheet to restricted.

Folder 2.9

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

Folder 2.11

Item 1: James, Joan B. (Sewickley Academy) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1991

Includes note from Gwendolyn Brooks to Zitch, Beryl.

Item 2: McClurg, Donald C. letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1973

Includes note from Gwendolyn Brooks to Zitch, Beryl.

Folder 2.12: Melhem, D. H. letter to Salman, Jack, 1991

Includes Gwendolyn Brooks biography.

Folder 2.13

Item 1: Nicolai family holiday card to Zitch, Beryl, undated

Item 2: Nims, Bonnie postcard to Zitch, Beryl, 1989

Includes Nims, Bonnie letter to MacArthur Fellows Committee.

Item 3: Olds, Sharon (New York University) letter of Zitch, Beryl, 1993

Folder 2.14

Item 1: Peterson, Terry (Hallmark Properties) letter to Zitch, Beryl, 1991

Item 2: Ridland, John (University of California, Santa Barbara) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1992

Includes Jordan, Vernon E. Jr. letter to Gwendolyn Brooks and Ridland, John letter to Clinton, Bill.

Folder 2.15: Zitch, Beryl letter to Robertson, Deb (Writers Live at the Library), 1992

Includes Robertson, Deb letters to Gwendolyn Brooks. Replaced by separation sheet to restricted.

Folder 2.16: Siegel, Bill (Directors International) letter to Zitch, Beryl, 1991

Includes Siegel, Bill letters to Gwendolyn Brooks.

Folder 2.17

Item 1: Webster, Lee (Independent Literary Publishers Association) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1989

Item 2: Weisberg, Lois (City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1990

Item 3: Williams, Ann M. (Bloomfield Township Public Library) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1993

Item 4: Zitch, Beryl note to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated

Replaced by separation sheet to restricted.

Folder 2.18

Item 1: Gwendolyn Brooks notes to Zitch, Beryl, 1991, undated

Includes separation sheet to restricted.

Item 2: Zitch, Beryl letter to unknown, 1991

Folder 2.19: Gwendolyn Brooks notes to Zitch, Beryl, 1982, 1991, undated

Includes separation sheet to restricted.

Folder 2.20: Gwendolyn Brooks notes to Zitch, Beryl, 1979, 1989

Folder 2.21: Gwendolyn Brooks notes to Zitch, Beryl, 1982, 1990, 1992

Includes Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Thier, Ms.

Folder 2.22: Gwendolyn Brooks cards and postcards to Zitch, Beryl and Gene, 1989-1990, undated

Folder 2.23-2.26: Writings

Folder 2.23: Poetry drafts

Item 1: “State Street, undated

Item 2: “State Street", undated

Includes note to Zitch, Beryl.

Item 3: “Nora", 1989

Folder 2.24: Interview, undated

Folder 2.25: Published works, “Mrs. Small", 1963

Ten copies.

Folder 2.26: Bibliography, 1979

Folder 2.27-2.39: Public engagements

Folder 2.27: Biography, undated

Folder 2.28: Evaluation form for visit to Pace University, 1981

Folder 2.29-2.36: Advertisements and publicity/programs, 1977, 1981-1983

Folder 2.37: Contact information, undated

Folder 2.38-2.39: Travel materials, 1974-1988

Includes separation sheet to restricted.

Folder 2.40: Advertisements and publicity for non-Gwendolyn Brooks events, 1988

Folder 2.41-2.48: Photographs, professional events, 1973, 1981, undated

Folder 2.49: Works of others, 1987

Folder 2.50-2.51: Newspaper and magazine clippings related to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1977, 1981-1983, undated

Folder 2.52: Newspaper and magazine clippings related to other subjects, undated

Folder 2.53: Keziah Wims Brooks papers, funeral program, 1978

Folder 2.54-2.65: “Kit Davis. Blackstone Pictures”

Folder 2.54-2.55: Correspondence between Davis, Christopher and Zitch, Beryl, 1994-1995

Folder 2.56: Correspondence

Item 1: Zitch, Beryl fax to Davis, Christopher, 1994

Item 2: Gwendolyn Brooks notes to Zitch, Beryl, 1990, 1995

Folder 2.57: Works of others, Works of others, curriculum vitae for Davis, Christopher Olga, 1994

Replaced by separation sheet to restricted.

Folder 2.58: Works of others, “The Seer and the Seen: The Work & Life of Gwendolyn Brooks” by Davis, Christopher O. and Bate, Peter, 1994

Folder 2.59: Works of others, “Poetry and Power", 1994

Folder 2.60-2.62: Correspondence grouping of correspondence between Davis, Christopher and Zitch, Beryl, 1994-1995

Folder 2.63: Notes grouping, undated

Folder 2.64: 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 2.65: Works of others

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

Replaced by separation sheet to restricted.

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.

Box 302

File 2: “Brooks Papers” (cont.)

Folder 2.66-2.69: “Kit Davis. Blackstone Pictures” (cont.)

Folder 2.66

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 2.67

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

Replaced by separation sheet to restricted.

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

Folder 2.68: “The Seer and the Seen: The Work & Life of Gwendolyn Brooks” by Davis, Christopher O. and Bate, Peter (Blackstone Pictures Limited), 1994

Folder 2.69

Item 1: Small pressed leaf, undated

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

Folder 2.70-2.71: Unidentified grouping

Folder 2.70

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 2.71: “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 2.72-2.73: Unidentified grouping

Folder 2.72: Holiday cards, 1986

Folder 2.73: Poetry and Literature broadside announcing “The Day of the Gwendolyn” lecture, 1986

Folder 2.74-2.77: Unidentified grouping

Folder 2.74: Holiday card from Gwendolyn Brooks; Blakely, Henry; and Blakely, Nora, undated

Folder 2.75: Notes, undated

Folder 2.76: Fall calendar, 1995

Folder 2.77: 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 2.78: “Brooks Papers” envelope, 1995

Contains a separation sheet.

File 3: “Check Through for Collage”

Folder 3.1: Illinois Arts Council administrative documents, 1968

Folder 3.2: Rodgers, Carolyn M. letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1984

Folder 3.3: “There are thousands of little things to say to young people…” essay, undated

Folder 3.4: Notes, undated

Folder 3.5: “Black American Women Writers: A Symposium” (The William Patterson College of New Jersey) program, 1982

Folder 3.6: Advisory panel membership lists, undated

Folder 3.7: “Illinois Poet Laureate Awards 1987” announcement, 1987

Folder 3.8: “Local Color and Social Myth in Gwendolyn Brooks’ ‘In the Mecca’” essay by an unknown author, undated

Folder 3.9: Derogatory flyer circulated by “Chicago whites”, undated

Includes a list of names.

Folder 3.10: Announcement of Illinois Poet Laureate Awards contest (Illinois Times), 1981

Folder 3.11: Newspaper clippings on the Blackstone Rangers, 1966

Folder 3.12

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 3.13-3.14: Marchette Chute

Folder 2.13: Drafts of “Marchette Chute”, 1995

Folder 2.14: Quotes, 1994

Folder 3.15-3.16: Jottings and drafts

Folder 2.15: Statement on Algren, Nelson, undated

Folder 2.16: Notes, undated

Includes an empty envelope.

Folder 3.17-3.19: 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 3.20: “Check Through for ‘Collage’” envelope, undated

File 4: “Chicago, 2999”

Folder 4.1: “Chicago 2999” typescripts and a letter from Gwendolyn Brooks to Blades, John”, 1996

Folder 4.2: Speech draft, 1995

Folder 4.3: “Carl Sandburg” speech written in a pocket calendar, 1970

Folder 4.4: Washington School (Harvey, IL) entries to the Illinois Poet Laureate Awards, 1996

Contains a separation sheet.

Folder 4.5-4.6: Poems submitted by children for a contest, 1996

Contains a separation sheet.

Folder 4.7: “Programs” list, 1995

Folder 4.8-4.11: Poems submitted by children for a contest, 1996

Contains a separation sheet.

Folder 4.12: “Chicago, 2999 – by G. Brooks” envelope, undated

File 5: “Chicago State U. (Class & Dinner Matters)”

Folder 5.1

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 5.2

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

Includes a contract and an envelope. Replaced by separation sheet to restricted.

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

Includes an envelope.

Folder 5.3

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 5.4

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 5.5

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 5.6

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 5.7

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 5.8: Addresses and phone numbers, undated

Folder 5.9: Contact information for students attending a dinner at the Ritz Carleton, 1997?

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

Folder 5.10: Course materials for English 321, 1997

Folder 5.11: Chicago State University student tributes, 1997

Folder 5.12: Newspaper clippings, undated

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

File 6: “Chicago State University”

Folder 6.1

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 6.2

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 6.3

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 6.4: “Behind the Scenes” poetry draft, undated

Folder 6.5: Bookmarks and a flyer for the Gwendolyn Brooks Center, 1997-1998

Folder 6.6: Flyers for the Twenty-Ninth Annual Illinois Poet Laureate Awards, 1998

Folder 6.7: Issue of the Wisconsin State Journal (October 6), 1998

Folder 6.8-6.11: Unidentified grouping

Folder 6.8: “Duke Ellington” draft, 1998

Folder 6.9: “I’ll Stay” note, undated

Folder 6.10: Program for the Hilldale Lectures (University of Wisconsin-Madison), 1998

Folder 6.11: Introductory statement for Gwendolyn Brooks, 2000?

Folder 6.12: “Chicago State University” folder and a sheet of blue paper, undated

Folder 7: “Christmas Cards for 1997”, 1997?

Cards are blank. Includes envelopes.

Box 303

Box 304

File 1: “Collage”

Folder 1.1: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Ellen, 1987

Folder 1.2: Hackney, Sheldon letters to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1994

Folder 1.3: Hanson, Joseph O. (Chicago Sunday Evening Club) letters to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1967-1968

Includes Chicago Sunday Evening Club 61st season flyer.

Folder 1.4: “Collage for Today” poems, 1993

Includes note about recitation for swearing-in of Moseley-Braun, Carol (US Senator)

Folder 1.5: “The Audre Lorde I Knew,” “Requiem Before Revival,” “Missing Hoyt,” “Interview,” “Chinua Achebe,” and “Harold Washington” writings, 1984, 1993-1995

Includes two pages of handwritten notes.

Folder 1.6: “The Last Poets” prose draft, 1990

Folder 1.7: Marshall High School notes, undated

Folder 1.8: Notes and written tributes, 1993-1994, undated

Includes “Positive Country,” “Of Alice Ryerson Hayes,” “Robert Hayden,” “Sterling Brown,” “Nelson Algren,” “Chinua Achebe,” “Goodbye to Harrison Salisbury,” “Randson Boykin’s Memorial,” “Dudley Randall,” and untitled notes

Folder 1.9

Item 1: Flyer for Poet Laureate Awards, 1987

Item 2: “Illinois Poet Laureate Awards” note, undated

Item 3: Flyer for Illinois Poet Laureate Awards, 1995

Item 4: “I Dream a World” interview answers, undated

Folder 1.10

Item 1: “Poet Gwendolyn Brooks Life, Captured and Capsuled Q&A” article, 1977

Separation sheet.

Item 2: “Perhaps Our Greatest Living Poet” article (The Sun, May), 1994

Folder 1.11-1.18: “Collage”

Folder 1.11: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Colleague, undated

Folder 1.12: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Herman Mitchell, 1987

Folder 1.13: Draft of article about life and writing career, 1991

Folder 1.14: Notes and jottings, 1992, 1995, undated

Includes “Collage,” “Add to Collage: Snapshot,” “In The Age of Anger,” Back-cover notes of ‘Report From Part One,’” “My parents were Pleased to be alive,” “Young Black Progress” and “Jumpin Jewelry,” “Sheila becomes a nurse, Celebration!”, and “Of white photographers”

Folder 1.15: “Aurora” poem recited at swearing-in of Moseley-Braun, Carol (US Senator), 1993

Folder 1.16: Census magazine clipping, 1995

Folder 1.17: “Author Haki Madhubuti to open ‘Writers’ Voice’ at Duncan YMCA” article (Chicago Defender, April), 1994

Folder 1.18: Introduction for Gwendolyn Brooks, undated

Folder 1.19-1.22: “Haki’s Preface”

Folder 1.19: Madhubuti, Haki letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated

Folder 1.20: Drafts of Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Madhubuti, Haki, 1996

Folder 1.21: Drafts of foreword for Madhubuti, Haki book of poetry, undated

Folder 1.22: “Haki’s Preface” envelope, undated

Folder 1.23-1.30: “In Here: Haki’s beautiful letter”

Folder 1.23: Englehardt, Elaine letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1994

Folder 1.24: Gwendolyn Brooks greeting card to Englehardt, Elaine, 1994

Includes an envelope.

Folder 1.25: Griffith, Linden letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated

Folder 1.26: Madhubuti, Haki letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1994

Includes an envelope.

Folder 1.27: Wright, Stephen Caldwell letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1994

Includes an envelope.

Folder 1.28: The Henley Park Hotel note, undated

Folder 1.29: Poems by Ashby, Nicole L., undated

Includes “Exposed,” “My Voice,” and “Dedication poems”

Folder 1.30: Washington Seniors Wellness Center envelope, undated

Folder 1.31-1.38: “In Here: Tributes”

Folder 1.31

Folder 1.32

Folder 1.33

Folder 1.34

Folder 1.35

Folder 1.36

Folder 1.37

Folder 1.38

Folder 1.39-1.45: Mead writing tablet notebook

Folder 1.39: Gwendolyn Brooks note to Blakely, Henry, undated

Folder 1.40: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Eddie, 1997

Folder 1.41: “A Collage In Honor Of” poetry draft, undated

Folder 1.42: “As always in these matters” note, undated

Folder 1.43: Shopping lists and diet notes, undated

Folder 1.44: “Old Limerick” poem by anonymous, undated

Folder 1.45: Mead writing tablet notebook, undated

Folder 1.46: “Collage” envelope, undated

File 2: “Contemporary Forum News Notices”

Folder 2.1: Poetry drafts, “Music for Martyrs", undated

Folder 2.2: Notes/jottings, undated

Folder 2.3: Advertisements and bibliographies, undated

Folder 2.4: “Contemporary Forum News Notices” envelope, undated

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

Replaced by separation sheet to restricted.

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

Replaced by separation sheet to restricted.

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

Enclosure note was taped over. Replaced by separation sheet to restricted.

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

Replaced by separation sheet to restricted.

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

Replaced by separation sheet to restricted.

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

Replaced by separation sheet to restricted.

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

Includes separation sheets.

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. Includes separation sheet to restricted.

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”

Folder 7.1

Item 1: American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters card announcing the death of Bernstein, Leonard, 1990

Item 2: Alexandroff, Mike (Columbia College Chicago) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1991

Includes a draft response and an envelope.

Item 3: Allen, Nancy letter to The David Company, 1990

Includes an envelope.

Folder 7.2

Item 1: Amini-Hudson, Johari M. (Amini Chiropractic Clinic) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1990

Includes a draft response.

Item 2: Anderson, Angelia Denise letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1988

Item 3-4: Anderson, David D. (Michigan State University) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1989

Includes an envelope.

Folder 7.3

Item 1: Stick It In Yo’ Ear by Barber, Marchel’le Renise, 1990

Cover is missing.

Item 2: Barber, Renise Marchel’le (Ebony) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1990

Folder 7.4

Item 1: Bennett, Patricia L. (South Shore Bank. Financial Service Center) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1989

Includes an envelope.

Item 2: Berek, Ellen (Williams College. Office of Public Information) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1988

Includes an envelope.

Folder 7.5

Item 1: Billington, James H. (Library of Congress (Washington, D.C.)) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1989

Includes an envelope.

Item 2: Billington, James H. (Library of Congress (Washington, D.C.)) letter to Alexander, Margaret Walker, 1989

Carbon copy sent to Gwendolyn Brooks. Includes an envelope.

Folder 7.6

Item 1: Billington, James H. (Library of Congress (Washington, D.C.)) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1989

Includes an envelope.

Item 2: Chocolate Chips Theatre Company newsletter, 1990

Includes an envelope.

Folder 7.7

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

Item 2: Borum, Vera letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1990

Folder 7.8

Item 1: Boys & Girls Clubs of Chicago letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1990

Includes a business card for King, R. Sporty.

Item 2: The Boys & Girls Clubs of Chicago Inc. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Unit profile, undated

Includes a portion of an envelope with notes.

Item 3: Brooks, Keith E. letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1991

Folder 7.9

Item 1: Brown, Dorothy letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1989

Item 2: Capalbo, Viki (The Guild Complex), 1990

Includes an envelope.

Item 3: Carroll, Paul (The University of Illinois at Chicago. Department of English), 1990

Includes an envelope.

Folder 7.10

Item 1: Checole, Kassahun (The Red Sea Press) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1988

Item 2: Small, Clarence letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated

Item 3: Claus, Marilyn letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1989

Includes “My Mother’s Mind,” “Familyhood,” and a draft response, as well as an envelope.

Folder 7.11

Item 1: Cook, Verna S. (Black Women in Sisterhood for Action. Metropolitan Washington Area, Inc.) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1990

Item 2: Cooney, Rian letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1990

Includes an envelope.

Item 3: Crayton, Pearl (Ragdale Foundation) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1990

Includes an envelope.

Folder 7.12

Item 1: D’Amboise, Jacques postcard to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1990

Item 2: Darby, Larry holiday card to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated

Folder 7.13: Devine-Reed, Pat (Boulevard Arts Center) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1990

Includes a newsletter and an envelope.

Folder 7.14

Item 1: Dobson, Frank E. (Wright State. Bolinga Cultural Resources Center) to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1989

Includes separation sheet to restricted.

Item 2: Dobson, Frank E. (Wright State. Bolinga Cultural Resources Center) to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1988

Includes an envelope. Includes separation sheet to restricted.

Item 3: Drewry, Cecelia Hodges floral arrangement card to Gwendolyn Brooks (Princeton University. Department of Afro American Studies), undated

Folder 7.15

Item 1: Illinois Democratic Party sample ballot, 1988

Item 2: Dyson, Thomas (Papa Company) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1988

Includes an envelope.

Folder 7.16: Edelberg, Cynthia (Cleveland State University. Department of English) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1990

Includes an envelope.

Folder 7.17: Edelston, Martin (Boardroom Classics) letter to “Colleague", undated

Folder 7.18

Item 1: Elliott, Kenneth W. (University Press of Kentucky) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1988

Includes an envelope.

Item 2: Essence magazine “Super Savings Certificate"

Item 3: Faucette, Michael (The Daily (University of Washington)) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1991

Item 4: Fink family card to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1990

Folder 7.19

Item 1

Item 2

Folder 7.20

Item 1: Franklin, Kay (Michigan City Public Library (Michigan City, IN)) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1990

Item 2: Friedman, Richard and Pearlstein, Darlene holiday card to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1990

Item 3: Gathing, Mary letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1990

Folder 7.21

Item 1: Gibbons, Reginald (TriQuarterly) permissions request to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1989

Concerning “Keziah.”

Item 2: Gibbons, Reginald (TriQuarterly) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1988

Includes a photocopy of a Chicago Tribune newspaper clipping and an envelope.

Folder 7.22

Item 1: Hahn, Susan (TriQuarterly) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1988

Item 2: Harris, Burton M. (Bates College) letter to “The Bates College Community", 1988

Item 3: Havel, Jim letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1990

Folder 7.23

Item 1: Holman, Bob letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1990

Includes a copy of “1990” poem and an envelope.

Item 2: Hughes, Douglas letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1990

Includes an envelope.

Folder 7.24

Item 1: Illinois Writers Incorporated periodical subscription form, 1988?

Item 2: Domestic return receipt, 1988

Item 3: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to the Internal Revenue Service, 1988

Includes separation sheet to restricted.

Item 4: Jones, Evora W. (Virginia Union University) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1990

Includes an envelope.

Folder 7.25

Item 1: Jordan, Glendora J. letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1990

Includes an envelope.

Item 2: Kimball, Brenda letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1990

Item 3: Kingsbury, Linda (The New York Public Library) letter to “Literary Lions", 1990

Includes an envelope.

Folder 7.26

Item 1: Klappert, Peter (George Mason University. English Department) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1989

Includes administrative information for the Klappert-Ai Poetry Award and a photocopy of a newspaper article from The Mason Gazette.

Item 2: Grouping of letters from Klappert, Peter to Klappert-Ai Poetry Award contest participants, 1989

Includes a “Send to Gwen Brooks” sticky note.

Item 3: Eleventh Annual Student Awards Ceremony (George Mason University) program, 1989

Folder 7.27

Item 1: Kogan, Marilew mailgram to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1989

Item 2: Kraut, Diane (Macmillan Publishing Company) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1988

Includes an envelope.

Item 3: Lambert, Delphine letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1990

Includes an envelope.

Folder 7.28

Item 1: Address for Lane, Pinkie Gordon, 1991

Item 2: Card to Lane, Pinkie Gordon, 1988

Item 3: Lane, Pinkie Gordon letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1991

Includes photocopies of informational sheets for the African Literature Association conference, 1991.

Item 4: Lane, Pinkie Gordon note to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1991

Includes a copy of and a permissions request for “On Being Head of the English Department.”

Item 5: Lane, Pinkie Gordon note to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1991

Includes a photocopy of a Louisiana Literature issue (Fall 1990).

Folder 7.29: Lee, Carol D. (Madhubuti, Safisha) to the Teaching/Learning Processes Search Committee at Northwestern University, 1990

Includes a curriculum vitae and an envelope. Includes separation sheet to restricted.

Box 306

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

Folder 7.30: Lee, Jim letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1988

Includes poetry.

Folder 7.31

Item 1: Lee, Li-Young letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1988

Includes an envelope.

Item 2: Lessen, Laurie Suzanne letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1988

Includes an envelope.

Item 3: Lester, Larry letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1990

Includes an envelope.

Folder 7.32: Madhubuti, Haki R. letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1988

Includes a memorandum from Madhubuti, Haki R. to Sesay, Chernoh (Chicago State University) about the Gwendolyn Brooks Center and a Third World Press envelope.

Folder 7.33

Item 1: Malcolm, Richard G. (Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1988?

Includes an envelope.

Item 2: Manley, Nancy S. (State of New York. Riverview Correctional Facility) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1989

Folder 7.34

Item 1: Marconi, Catherine letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1990

Includes “—WEEEE—” poem and an envelope.

Item 2: Marks, Fred M. (Marquis Who’s Who) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1990

Item 3: Madhubuti, Haki R. card to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1989

Includes an envelope.

Folder 7.35: Madhubuti, Haki R. note to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1990

Includes photocopies from issues of PMLA (vol. 105, no. 6) and The Westsider (vol. 19, no. 44), and an envelope.

Folder 7.36: Madhubuti, Haki R. letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1990

Includes a flyer calling for submissions to The Undergarment Collective and an envelope.

Folder 7.37

Item 1: Melhem, D.H. letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1989

Includes a letter from Madhubuti, Haki R. and an envelope.

Item 2: Merel, Nancy letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated

Item 3: Merrell, Barbara letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1989

Folder 7.38: Miller, E. Ethelbert note to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1988

Includes a poem, a photocopied page from a course catalog, and an envelope.

Folder 7.39

Item 1: Modern Language Association of America members’ preregistration card, 1990

Includes an envelope.

Item 2: Moise, Leslie (Thinker (University of Louisville)) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1989

Includes “A Response to Gwendolyn Brooks” by Pruitt, Lisabeth. Includes separation sheet to restricted.

Folder 7.40

Item 1: Monsour, Leslie letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1990

Includes a poem and an envelope.

Item 2: Mortenson, Randy letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1987

Item 3: Moyers, Bill (Public Affairs Television, Inc.) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1988

Includes an envelope.

Folder 7.41

Item 1: Moyers, Bill (Public Affairs Television, Inc.) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1988

Includes an envelope.

Item 2: Munselle, James letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1990

Includes an envelope.

Folder 7.42

Item 1: Newgarden, Albert letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1989

Includes an envelope.

Item 2: Local 1930 New York Library Guild (New York) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1990

Includes an envelope.

Folder 7.43: North Avenue Lumber & Construction Co. letter to “Customer", 1989

Includes a brochure and an envelope.

Folder 7.44

Item 1: Oakes, Gordon N., Jr. (University of Massachusetts. Board of Trustees) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1990

Includes an envelope.

Item 2: Parisi, Joseph (Poetry) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1987

Includes an envelope.

Folder 7.45

Item 1: Paschen, Elise (Poetry Society of America) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1989

Includes an envelope.

Item 2: Parks, Patrick and Tecza, Rachael P. (Elgin Community College) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1990

Folder 7.46: Perry, Margaret card to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1990

Includes a letter.

Folder 7.47: Pierce, Edith card to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1989

Includes an envelope.

Folder 7.48

Item 1: Perlongo, Bob (Tri-Quarterly) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1989

Includes an envelope.

Item 2: Philbin, Marianne (Chicago Foundation for Women) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1990

Includes a photocopy of a newspaper clipping from the Chicago Tribune and an envelope.

Folder 7.49: Pointer, Yvonne letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1990

Folder 7.50: Raby, Elizabeth card to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1990

Includes a copy of The Hard Scent of Peonies.

Folder 7.51

Item 1: Radziminski, Wayne (Haddonfield Public Schools (Haddonfield, NJ)) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1990

Includes an envelope.

Item 2-3: Rhodes, Lillie S. card to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated

Folder 7.52

Item 1: Robinson, Doris (Prentice Hall. School Division) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1990

Includes an envelope. Includes separation sheet to restricted.

Item 2: Rosenbaum, Lew note to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1991

Folder 7.53: City of Chicago invitation to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1988

Folder 7.54: Scales-Trent, Judy letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1990

Includes an envelope.

Folder 7.55

Item 1: Shapiro, Claire M. letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1989

Includes an envelope.

Item 2: Sidereas, Eugenia letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated

Folder 7.56: Slade, Leonard A., Jr. (University at Albany. State University of New York), 1990

Includes an issue of Habari (Summer 1990) and an envelope.

Folder 7.57: Society of Midland Authors newsletter (October), 1990

Folder 7.58

Item 1

Item 2

Folder 7.59: Sullivan-Beall, Jean (Jamestown Publishers) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1990

Includes an envelope.

Folder 7.60: Swanson, Elizabeth J. (The Connoisseur Network, Ltd.) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1990

Includes interview questions and an envelope.

Folder 7.61: Tart, Indrek letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1988

Includes a holiday card and an envelope.

Folder 7.62: Turcos, Lewis holiday card to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1990

Includes a print and a copy of “A Voice in an Old House” poem by Bourne, Priscilla.

Folder 7.63

Item 1: University of Illinois at Chicago. Campus Programs card to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1988

Item 2: Issue of Valpo Commentary (vol. 2, no. 1), 1988

Item 3: Vance, Andrea card to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated

Folder 7.64

Item 1: Venn, Kathleen (City of Chicago. Department of Cultural Affairs), 1988

Includes an envelope.

Item 2: Vest, Hilda card to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1988

Folder 7.65: Vogel, Edna family newsletter, 1990

Includes an envelope.

Folder 7.66: Warr, Michael letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1989

Includes a biographical statement, business cards, and an envelope.

Folder 7.67

Item 1: Washington, Jerome personal newsletter, 1990

Includes an envelope.

Item 2: Waters, Robert A. letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1990

Includes a letter from Waters, Jim.

Folder 7.68

Item 1: Watt, Nancy letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1990

Includes an article and an envelope.

Item 2: Weiner, Lauren letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1988

Folder 7.69

Item 1: Whitfield, Mary card to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated

Item 2: Wilkerson, Michael (Ragdale Foundation) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1990

Includes an envelope.

Folder 7.70

Item 1: Wille, Lois (Chicago Tribune) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1989

Includes an envelope.

Item 2: Williams, Carol (Salisbury State University) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1990

Includes an envelope.

Folder 7.71: Wilson, Arthur card to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated

Folder 7.72: Zitch, Beryl (The Contemporary Forum) memos to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated

Contains one memo and a separation sheet.

Folder 7.73

Item 1-2: Zitch, Beryl (The Contemporary Forum) memo to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated

Item 2 replaced by a separation sheet.

Item 3: Zitch, Beryl (The Contemporary Forum) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated

Enclosure replaced by a separation sheet. Includes an envelope.

Folder 7.74: Hass, Doris (Boulder Public Library Foundation) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1989

Enclosure replaced by a separation sheet. Includes an envelope.

Folder 7.75

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

Item 2: “Charlotte and Harrison” postcard to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1991

Item 3: “Jamont(?)” note to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1990

Written on an article featuring Knight, Etheridge. Includes an events list for PEN American Center.

Folder 7.76: “Robin” card to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1990

Box 307

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

Folder 7.77: Letter to “Friend", undated

Folder 7.78-7.83: Permissions requests

Folder 7.78

Item 1: Bode, Walter (Grove Press), 1989

Includes an envelope.

Item 2: Hale, Barbara J., 1989

Replaced by separation sheet.

Folder 7.79

Item 1: Jackson, David (Chicago), 1990

Includes envelopes.

Item 2: Kennedy, William J. and Mary Lynch (Cornell University), 1989

Folder 7.80

Item 1: Kombem, Sim, undated

Includes a response draft.

Item 2: Marconi, Chatherine L., 1990

Folder 7.81

Item 1: Nodelman, Perry, 1990

Includes an envelope.

Item 2: Pettis, Joyce (North Carolina State University. Department of English), 1989

Includes an envelope.

Folder 7.82

Item 1: Reeves, Trish (University of Missouri–Kansas City), 1990

Replaced by a separation sheet.

Item 2: Schoolfield, Stacy (Holt, Rinehart and Winston Inc.), 1990

Includes an envelope.

Item 3: Stern, Dorothy (Stern Publishers Limited), 1989

Replaced by separation sheet to restricted.

Folder 7.83

Item 1: Strasshofer, Craig (Modern Curriculum Press)

Includes an envelope.

Item 2: Strickland, Georgiana W. (University Press of Kentucky), 1989?

Includes an envelope.

Folder 7.84: Zitch, Beryl (The Contemporary Forum) memo to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated

Includes a letter from Hampton, Henry E. (Blackside, Inc.) to Zitch, Beryl.

Folder 7.85

Item 1: Bowling Green State University. University Bookstore envelope, 1990

Item 2-3: The Center for Learning and Creeden, Virginia V. envelopes, 1988-1989

Replaced by separation sheet to restricted.

Item 4: Department of the Treasury envelope, undated

Folder 7.86

Item 1: Gibbs, Tamara B. envelope, undated

Item 2: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Inc. envelope, 1990

Item 3: Hoos, Neil Ryder envelope, 1990

Replaced by separation sheet to restricted.

Item 4: Kinko’s Service Corporation envelope, 1990

Folder 7.87

Item 1: “Margaret McElderry Brooks” envelope (sealed), undated

Item 2: Murphy, Beth envelope, 1988

Item 3: The New York Public Library envelope, 1988

Item 4: Pen/Faulkner Award for Fiction envelope, 1989

Folder 7.88

Item 1: Silver Burdett & Ginn envelope, 1989

Replaced by separation sheet to restricted.

Item 2: Johnson, Lillian M. (Wright State University) envelope, 1990

Item 3: Envelope from Sanford, FL, 1988

Folder 7.89: “To Black Women” draft, undated

Folder 7.90: Notes and jottings, 1986-1989, undated

Includes notes on Library of Congress (Washington, D.C.) copyright cards.

Folder 7.91

Item 1: Bicentennial Celebration of the United States Competition program, 1987

Item 2: Forum Assembly “Conducting Notes” and “Forum Luncheon List", 1990

Folder 7.92: Addresses and phone numbers, undated

Folder 7.93

Item 1: Declaration of Mission and Principles pamphlet by the American Copyright Council, 1985?

Item 2: Ticket to a poetry reading by Nemerov, Howard, 1990

Includes an informational pamphlet for Hermann, MO and an envelope.

Item 3: Printers Row Book Fair and Chicago Book & Memorabilia Fair event bookmark, 1987

Item 4: Yellow Press benefit flyer, 1990

Folder 7.94

Item 1: Amistad Bookplace receipt, 1989

Item 2: Illinois Bell bill, 1989

Includes an envelope.

Folder 7.95

Item 1: Illinois Bell bill, 1988

Includes envelopes.

Item 2: Horn, Steve (Illinois Bell) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1988

Includes an informational handout and an envelope.

Folder 7.96

Item 1: Photocopy of a partial clipping from The Detroit News, 1988

Two copies.

Item 2: hotocopy of “We’re the Only Colored People Here” by Gwendolyn Brooks, 1990

Replaced by a separation sheet. Includes an envelope.

Folder 7.97: Newspaper clippings featuring Gwendolyn Brooks, 1987, undated

Folder 7.98: Melhem, D.H. notes to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1990

Written on a photocopied newspaper clipping, a flyer, and an envelope.

Folder 7.99: Melhem, D.H. note to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1988?

Includes copies of book reviews by Melhem, D.H. and an envelope.

Folder 7.100: Newspaper clippings, 1988, undated

Folder 7.101: Issue of Chicago State University Tempo (no. 7), 1990

Folder 7.102: Newspaper clippings, 1983, 1992

Includes an envelope.

Folder 7.103

Item 1: Photocopy of an issue of CLA Journal (vol. 34, no. 1), 1990

Item 2: Invitation to a poetry recital by Slade, Leonard A., Jr., 1990

Folder 7.104: People Weekly Extra magazine, 1989?

Front page is missing.

Folder 7.105: Moffet, Penelope (Mother Jones magazine) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1988

Includes an envelope with notes by Gwendolyn Brooks.

Folder 7.106: Issue of TV Guide (vol. 36, no. 47), 1988

Folder 7.107: Don’s/G & R Limousine Services business card, undated

Folder 7.108: Press of Ward Schori miniature books, 1982, 1985, 1987, undated

Folder 7.109-111: Unidentified grouping

Folder 7.109

Item 1: Chocolate Chips Theatre Company invitation to a production of Bridges, 1988

Item 2: Bruner, Charlotte card to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1988

Includes an envelope.

Folder 7.110: Notes and jottings, 1987, undated

Folder 7.111: Newspaper and magazine clippings, 1987-1988, undated

Folder 7.112: “File These Important Letters” bag, undated

Box 308

File 1: “Fluffy”

Folder 1.1: Notes on burial costs for Fluffy the dog, undated

Folder 1.2: Illinois Citizens Animal Welfare League, Inc. contract, 1961

File 2: “Fourth Annual Poet Laureate Awards”

Folder 2.1: Todd, Jay letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1987

Folder 2.2: Speech notes and an autobiographical essay, undated

Folder 2.3: Self-interview, undated

Folder 2.4: Questions and notes for a discussion on symbolism, undated

Written on stationery from Glenwood Manor Motor Hotel.

Folder 2.5: Notes and jottings, 1996, undated

Folder 2.6: Notes on writing poetry, undated

Folder 2.7: Photocopy of “Jane Addams” from a book, undated

Folder 2.8: 21st Annual Poet Laureate Awards announcement, 1990

Folder 2.9: Fourth Annual Poet Laureate Awards program, 1973

Folder 2.10: Jottings on Winnie Mandela, undated

Folder 2.11-2.14: Unidentified grouping

Folder 2.11: Notes, undated

Folder 2.12: Excerpt from “Jane Addams”, undated

Folder 2.13: Illinois Poet Laureate Awards submission, 1995

Contains a separation sheet.

Folder 2.14: Interview questions about poetry, undated

Folder 2.15-2.16: Unidentified grouping

Folder 2.15: “Computer” poem draft, undated

Folder 2.16: Notes and jottings, undated

File 3: “Fran Quinn”

Folder 3.1: “In Montgomery” poetry draft, 2000

Folder 3.2: Prose drafts

Folder 3.2-3.3: Jefferson Lecture, 1994

Folder 3.3-3.4: National Book Award Medal Speech, 1994

Folder 3.5: Public Engagements

Folder 3.5: 10th Annual Gwendolyn Brooks Writers’ Conference “Ready for the Millennium” programs, 2000

Three copies.

Folder 3.6: Event materials, undated

Three copies.

Folder 3.7: Contact information, 2000

Folder 3.8: 30th Annual Illinois Poet Laureate Awards flyer, 1999

Folder 3.9: Newspapers and magazines, articles not related to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated

File 4: “Guggenheim Applicants” statements of plans, 1989

Includes an envelope.

File 5: “Gwendolyn Brooks?”, 1998

Includes separation sheet to restricted.

File 6: “Gwendolyn Brooks Day”

Folder 6.1: Hoad, Bruce letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1991

Folder 6.2: Satville, Pat letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1991

Folder 6.3: State of Kansas Senate Resolution No. 1859, 1991

Five copies.

Folder 6.4: “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

File 4: “Hoyt Fuller + Lenore Bennett”

Includes prose drafts, funeral program, and envelope.

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 sheet 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 sheet to restricted.

Folder 3.6: Photos of Gwendolyn Brooks, 1976

Folder 3.7: South Side Bank booklet, 1975

Includes separation sheet 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 sheet 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 sheet 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

Includes separation sheets to restricted.

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 4.39-3.41: “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

Folder 8.53-8:54: Unidentified grouping #3

Folder 8.53: Prose drafts, undated

Folder 8.54: Notes/jottings, undated

Folder 8.55-8.59: Unidentified grouping #4

Folder 8.55: Poetry drafts, undated

Folder 8.56: Prose drafts, undated

Folder 8.57-8.58: Notes/jottings, undated

Folder 8.59: Magazine clipping related to other subjects, 1988

Folder 8.60-8.63: Unidentified grouping #5

Folder 8.60: Poetry drafts

Item 1: “The Lord Is At the Door", 1937

Item 2: “A Lady Lean and Fair", undated

Folder 8.61-8.62: Notes/jottings, undated

Folder 8.63: Memo notebook, undated

Folder 8.64-8.70: Unidentified grouping #6

Folder 8.64-8.65: Correspondence

Folder 8.64

Item 1: Lennon, Lester note to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated

Item 2: Lipman, Joel letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1969

Folder 8.65: The University of Wisconsin Madison Campus Report, 1969

Folder 8.66: Notes/jottings, undated

Folder 8.67: Teaching materials and contest materials, 1969, undated

Folder 8.68: Works of others, Douglas, David Paul poem, undated

Folder 8.69-8-70: Newspaper clipping related to other subjects, “Speak Out", 1969

Folder 8.71: “Notes for Report from Part Two” folder, undated

File 9: “Notes on Edward Jenner – School Awards”

Folder 9.1: Correspondence, Konigsbery, Caty letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated

Folder 9.2: Public engagements, travel materials to Los Angeles Festival, 1993

Folder 9.3: Newspaper clippings related to other subjects, 1993

Folder 9.4-9.6: Unidentified grouping

Folder 9.4: Correspondence, Marquez, Rosamaria letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated

Folder 9.5: Notes/jottings, undated

Folder 9.6: Public engagements, Los Angeles Festival itinerary, 1993

Folder 9.7-9.10: Unidentified grouping #2

Folder 9.7: Prose draft, speech draft, undated

Folder 9.8: Notes/jottings, circa 1987

Folder 9.9: Public engagements, Edward Jenner Elementary School commencement program, 1993

Folder 9.10: 1993 Gwendolyn Brooks Awards, 1993

Folder 9.11: “Notes on Edward Jenner – School Awards", undated

Box 324

File 10: “Notes – Very Important” box

Folder 10.24: “Notes – Very Important” box, undated

File 11: “Old Papers”

Folder 11.1-11.4: Correspondence

Folder 11.1

Item 1: Bell, Eva postcard to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1971

Item 2: Bell, Curtis Mr. and Mrs. wedding invitation for La Wana, Joyce and Blakely, Julius J. Jr., 1964

Item 3: Blakely, Henry card, undated

Item 4: “Mama” card, undated

Folder 11.2

Item 1: Hurst, Ted and Joan holiday card and letter, 1964

Item 2: Morgan, Maryanne card to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated

Folder 11.3: Okai, Atukwei letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1974

Includes newspapers and publication.

Folder 11.4: Valentine’s Day booklet, undated

Folder 11.5: Poetry draft, “That Song", undated

Folder 11.6: Public engagements, Lake Forest College Commencement program, 1965

Folder 11.7: Advertisements for non-Gwendolyn Brooks events, “Metropolitan Community Church Tidings, 1958

Folder 11.8: Financial records, account books, 1950-1951, 1959-1961

Includes separation sheet to restricted.

Folder 11.9-11.10: Newspaper clippings and magazines related to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1951, 1961

Folder 11.11-.13: Newspaper clippings and magazines related to other subjects, 1951, 1959, undated

File 12: “Old Passports” envelope

Folder 12.1: Correspondence, Hall, Felix letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1974

Folder 12.2: Financial records, receipts, 1981

Folder 12.3-12.4: Unidentified grouping

Folder 11.3: Blakely, Henry passport, 1973-1978

Includes separation sheet to restricted.

Folder 11.4: Financial records, travelers checks, undated

Folder 12.5: Unidentified grouping #2

Folder 12.5: Gwendolyn Brooks passport and passport pictures, 1971-1976

Includes separation sheet to restricted.

Folder 12.6: Financial records, receipts, 1971, 1973, 1978, undated

Includes separation sheet to restricted.

Folder 12.7: “Old Passports” envelope and passport receipt, 1981

Box 325

File 1: “Photos from the Commons Office of Gwendolyn Brooks (4/4/91)”

Folder 1.1: Correspondence, Shankel, Delbert M. (The University of Kansas) letter to Drummond, William J., 1991

Folder 1.2: Photos, 1991

Folder 1.3-1.4: Newspaper clippings regarding Gwendolyn Brooks, 1991

Folder 1.5: “Photos from the Commons Office of Gwendolyn Brooks (4/4/91)” envelope, 1991

File 1a: “Picasso’s Installation, (Etc.)”

Folder 1a.1: “Notes: Creative Writing Workshop (at Northeastern – 1960’s)” notebook, 1960s

Includes typed and handwritten notes and envelope.

Folder 1a.2: “Picasso’s Installation, (Etc.)” envelope, 1967

Includes “Our Sculpture’s Meaning? Picasso Roars” newspaper article by Ferris, Irene.

File 2: “Pieces of Poetry”

Folder 2.1: Correspondence, The Cliff Dwellers to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1998

Includes public engagement flyer.

Folder 2.2-2.6: Poetry drafts

Folder 2.2

Item 1: “Power", 1989

Three copies.

Item 2: “Of Frank Lindon Brown", undated

Item 3: “Ghetto Cat Approaching Abandoned Building", undated

Item 4: “Alice Browning", 1985

Folder 2.3: “Duke Ellington", 1998

Ten copies of one version, one copy of another.

Folder 2.4

Item 1: “Old Woman Rap", 1990

Item 2: “Aunt Viola", undated

Item 3: “Aurora", undated

Item 4: “Aloneness", undated

Item 5: “In the Mecca", undated

Folder 2.5

Item 1: “The Life of Kenan Heise", 1998

Three separate copies.

Item 2: “We Real Cool", undated

Includes “Intro to poem Harold Washington."

Item 3: “Last Inauguration of Mayor Harold Washington", 1987

Item 4: “Viola Brooks Death", undated

Item 5: “To A Proper Black Man", undated

Folder 2.6

Item 1: “Ethel Ambrose", 1992

Item 2: “R.R.", 1980

Item 3: “Jack Conroy", 1990

Item 4: “Behind The Scenes", 1991

Item 5: “Lady Dolores", undated

Item 6: “Of Franklin London Brown", undated

Folder 2.7-2.8: Prose drafts, 1982, 1995-1996, undated

Includes “In Honor of Bill Pinkney” and “Chicago, 2999.”

Folder 2.9: Notes/jottings and stationery, undated

Folder 2.10: Published works

Item 1: “Mayor Harold Washington and Chicago, The I Will City", 1983

Item 2: “Aurora", 1972

Item 3: “Primer for Blacks", undated

Folder 2.11: Public engagements publicity materials

Item 1: Lindenwood College event program, undated

Item 2: Norfolk State College, 1974

Item 3: Contemporary Forum publicity flyer, undated

Folder 2.12-2.13: Newspaper clippings related to other subjects, 1974, undated

Folder 2.14: Works of others, “Varied verse” by Beyer, William, undated

Folder 2.15-2.23: “’In Here’ Essayettes + ‘Extra poems’” grouping

Folder 2.15: Correspondence, Dunham, Leni letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1980

Folder 2.16: Poetry drafts

Item 1: “No Word Spoken"

Item 2: “Aurora", undated

Item 3: “To The Memory of Edgar William Blakely", 1980

Item 4: “The Decision of Senator Simon", 1994

Item 5: “Our Lady of the Angels", undated

Folder 2.17-2.18: Prose drafts, undated

Includes “Missing Hoyt."

Folder 2.18

Folder 2.19: Notes/jottings, undated

Folder 2.20: Published works, “Harold Washington", undated

Folder 2.21: Gwendolyn Brooks biography, undated

Folder 2.22: Newspaper clippings related to other subjects, 1998, undated

Folder 2.23: “’In Here’ Essayettes + ‘Extra poems’” on “Mayor Harold Washington and Chicago, the I Will City", 1983

Folder 2.24: “Poem-pieces” grouping, undated

Includes “To the South Side Community Art Center of Chicago.”

File 3: “Poetry and Notes”

Folder 3.1: Poetry drafts

Item 1: “Assessed", undated

Item 2: “The Cloning of Gwendolyn B", 1997

Item 3: “In Celebration of Continuous Rising", undated

Folder 3.2: Prose drafts, 1994, undated

Folder 3.3-3.4: Notes/jottings, undated

Folder 3.5: Notebook, 1968

Folder 3.6: Advertisement for non-Gwendolyn Brooks event, Ascension Poetry reading series, 1986

Folder 3.7: Newspaper clippings related to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1986-1987

Folder 3.8: Newspaper clippings related to other subjects, 1973, 1981, 1988

Folder 3.9-3.10: Unidentified grouping

Folder 3.9: Poetry drafts, 1985, undated

Includes “Johannesburg Boy."

Folder 3.1: Notebooks, undated

Folder 3.11-3.14: Unidentified grouping #2

Folder 3.11: Poetry drafts, “To the Young Who Want To Die", 1985

Folder 3.12: Notes/jottings, 1985

Folder 3.13: Public engagements, United Nations Staff Recreation Council, undated

Folder 3.14: Works of others, Kinnell, Galway, undated

Folder 3.15: “Poetry and Notes” envelope, undated

File 4: “Prairie View”

Folder 4.1: The Charles Gilpin Players (Prairie View A&M University) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1980

Folder 4.2: Public engagements, Southern University Shreveport-Bossier City Campus Presents the Centennial Year Festival of the Arts event program, 1980

Two copies.

Folder 4.3: Prairie View A&M University award, 1980

Folder 4.4-4.6: “Fine Lines”

Folder 4.4: Stationary, undated

Folder 4.5: Advertisement for non-Gwendolyn brooks event, Prairie, 1980

Folder 4.6: Works of others, “Fine Lines", 1979

Folder 4.7: “Prairie View” folder, undated

Box 326

File 1: “Precious Keepsakes” envelope

Folder 1.1: Poetry drafts, “An Arrival", 1972

Folder 1.2-1.3: Prose drafts, undated

Folder 1.4: Notes/jottings, 1968, undated

Folder 1.5: Public engagements, 1973-1974

Includes West Los Angeles College event flyer.

Folder 1.6: Advertisements and publicity for non-Gwendolyn Brooks events, 1960

Folder 1.7: Works of others, children’s poems, undated

Folder 1.8: Newspaper clippings related to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1963

Folder 1.9: Newspaper clippings related to other subjects, undated

Folder 1.10-1.15: “Chicago Daily News”

Folder 1.10: Correspondence, Knight, John S. letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1958

Includes program.

Folder 1.11: Correspondence, Youngberg, Arthur C. letters to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1958

Folder 1.12-1.13: Contest and scholarship notes, undated

Folder 1.14: Public engagements, Silver Knight Awards program, 1958

Folder 1.15: “Chicago Daily News” envelope, 1958

Folder 1.16-1.24: “Illinois Awards”

Folder 1.16: Correspondence, Glauber, Robert H. (Illinois Bell Telephone Company) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1965

Folder 1.17: Correspondence, Illinois Arts Council press release addressed to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1965

Folder 1.18: Correspondence

Item 1: Irwin, George M. letters to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1965

Item 2: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Pas, S. Leonard Jr., 1965

Folder 1.19: Notes/jottings, undated

Folder 1.20-1.21: Contests and scholarships, undated

Folder 1.22: Unidentified grouping, State of Illinois travel regulations, 1964

Folder 1.23: Unidentified grouping, Illinois Arts Council budget and meeting minutes, 1964

Folder 1.24: “Illinois Awards” envelope, undated

Folder 1.25-1.26: “U. of Pennsylvania speech”

Folder 1.25: Prose drafts, undated

Folder 1.26: “U. of Pennsylvania speech” envelope, undated

Folder 1.27-1.32: Unidentified grouping

Folder 1.27-1.30: “I See Chicago” drafts and published work, 1964, undated

Folder 1.31-1.32: Newspaper clippings related to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1963, 1968

Folder 1.33: Poster and note by “Alice", undated

Folder 1.34: “Precious Keepsakes” envelope, 1967

Box 326a

File 1: “Reviews By Gwendolyn Brooks Letters (Algren, etc) Paul Engle, etc”

Folder 1.1-1.5: Correspondence grouping

Folder 1.1

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

Item 2-3: Clemens, Cyril (Mark Twian Journal) letters to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1969-1970

Item 4-5: Engle, Paul (The State University of Iowa) letters to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1948, 1958

Folder 1.2

Item 1: Hill, Pati letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1960

Item 2: Lee, Harley C. (Cleveland Public Library) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1969

Item 3: Long, Fern (Cleveland Public Library) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1969

Folder 1.3

Item 1: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Marks, Herbert E., 1962

Regarding “Elegy,” includes prose draft.

Item 2: Pandolfi, Dominic (Ambrose E. Burnside Elementary School (Chicago)) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1965

Item 3: Pasqual, Mary letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1968

Folder 1.4

Item 1: Rollins, Charlemae note to Gwendolyn Brooks

Item 2: Sculteure, Linda card to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated

Item 3: Rollins, Charlemae note to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1956

Includes Means, Florence letter to Rollins, Charlemae.

Folder 1.5: Empty envelope, Hugh Manley (Upper Grade Center Elementary School (Chicago)) to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1965

With note saying letter concerned poem “We Real Cool.”

Folder 1.6: Prose drafts, “Report From Part One", undated

Folder 1.7: Published works, ““Report From Part One", undated

Folder 1.8: Newspapers and magazines related to Gwendolyn Brooks, Engle, Paul review of “Selected Poems", undated

Folder 1.9: Newspapers and magazines related to other subjects, 1955, 1971, undated

Folder 1.10-1.17: James Baldwin grouping

Folder 1.10: Correspondence

Item 1: Henderson, Shaun O. letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1987

Includes photo of Gwendolyn Brooks and Baldwin, James.

Item 2: Melhem, D. H. note to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1987

Includes funeral program for Baldwin, James.

Folder 1.11: Cox, Barbara Daniel memo to “Anna", 1986

Includes photo of Baldwin, James.

Folder 1.12: James Baldwin photo, undated

Folder 1.13: Newspaper clipping related to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated

Folder 1.14: Newspaper clipping related to Baldwin, James, 1987

Folder 1.15: Works of others, poems by Henderson, Shaun O., 1987

Folder 1.16: Baldwin, James funeral program, 1987

Folder 1.17: “Picture of James Baldwin” envelope, undated

Folder 1.18-1.20: Unidentified grouping

Folder 1.18: Prose drafts, undated

Includes “Of Harry Marks Petrakis” and “The Liberation of the Jew.”

Folder 1.19: Notes/jottings, undated

Folder 1.20: Newspaper clipping related to other subjects, undated

Folder 1.21: “Reviews By Gwendolyn Brooks Letters (Algren, etc) Paul Engle, etc” note and express mail envelope, undated

File 2: “Save”

Folder 2.1: Preston, Rohan B. letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1997

Includes writing by Preston, Rohan B.

Folder 2.2-2.3: Works of others, Curtis, Bill, 1981, 1985, 1987, 1991-1993, 1996-1997

Folder 2.4: Newspaper clippings related to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1997

Folder 2.5: Newspaper clippings related to other subjects, 1997

Folder 2.6: “Save” envelope, undated

File 3: “Special Hands on Hips Picture in Here!”

Folder 3.1: Correspondence

Item 1: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Walls, Cynthia, 1988

Item 2: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Zitch, Beryl, 1988

Includes photo. Includes separation sheet to restricted.

Folder 3.2: Published works, Children Coming Home, 1991

Folder 3.3: Photos, Honorary Doctorate at Williams College, 1988

Two copies.

Folder 3.4: Newspaper clippings related to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1987

Folder 3.5: “Special Hands on Hips Picture in Here!” envelope, 1995

Box 327

File 1: “Special Letters”

Folder 1.1-1.31: Correspondence

Folder 1.1

Item 1: Adams, Jeanette letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1987

Item 2: Atlanta University letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1987

Item 3: Awoonor, Kofi (Embassy of Ghana) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1986

Folder 1.2

Item 1: Bailie, Cynthia A. (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1986

Item 2: Bradford, Walter letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1987

Item 3: Receipt for package sent to Farrow, Genevieve by Gwendolyn Brooks, undated

Folder 1.3

Item 1: Brown, Jonee Music letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1987

Includes funeral program.

Item 2: Byant, Jackie (Virginia Beach City Public Schools) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1987

Item 3: Carey, Lillie (Library of Congress) thank you card, undated

Folder 1.4: Carter, Christine letters to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1987

Folder 1.5

Item 1: Carter, Tina letters to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1986

Includes note from “Jen."

Item 2: Carus, Marianne letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1987

Folder 1.6

Item 1: Cavalieri, Henry letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1985

Item 2: Conin, David card to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1986

Folder 1.7

Item 1: Farrow, Genevieve letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1987

Item 2: Hayes, Charles letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1985

Folder 1.8

Item 1: Holmes, Michael newsletter, 1987

Item 2: Jefferson, Minnie S. letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1984

Item 3: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Jenkins, Mrs., 1982

Folder 1.9

Item 1: Kleiman, Carol letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1987

Item 2: Knight, Etheridge letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1987

Folder 1.10: Kreiter-Kurylo, Carolyn letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1986

Includes newspaper clippings and poems by Kreiter-Kurylo, Carolyn.

Folder 1.11: Library of Congress Information Bulletin issues (February), 1986

Folder 1.12

Item 1: Linthwaite, Illona letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1987

Item 2: London, Pearl (New School for Social Research) to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1981

Folder 1.13

Item 1: McRoberts, Margaret letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1987

Item 2: Melhem, D. H. letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1987

Folder 1.14

Item 1: Moore, Leonard letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1986

Includes separation sheet to restricted.

Item 2: Musser, Erika letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1987

Includes Holmes, Michael newsletter.

Folder 1.15: Newhouse, Richard H. letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1987

Includes executive summary.

Folder 1.16

Item 1: Nims, Bonnie Larkin letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1987

Item 2: O’Neill letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1987

Includes note.

Folder 1.17

Item 1: Orfalea, Gregory letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1986

Item 2: Palmer, Deborah letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1987

Includes Black Women in Publishing materials.

Folder 1.18

Item 1: Powell, Sharon L. letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1987

Item 2: Price, Madalin letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1986

Folder 1.19

Item 1: Purves, Christine letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1987

Includes photo of Purves, Christine.

Item 2: Ross, Norman postcard to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1987

Item 3: Sarkissian, Adele (Gale Research Company) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1987

Folder 1.20

Item 1: Schaffenburg, Carlos letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1986

Item 2: Scott, Norma letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1986

Folder 1.21: Sinkevich, Valentina letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1986

Includes Gwendolyn Brooks poems in Russian.

Folder 1.22

Item 1: Spencer-Walters, Tom letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1987

Item 2: Stone, Dakota letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1986

Folder 1.23

Item 1: Swain, Theresa (Black Entertainment Television) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1987

Item 2: Tart, Indrek letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1987

Folder 1.24

Item 1: Walker, Donald invitation to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1987

Item 2: Wilson, Velma J. letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1986

Folder 1.25: Wright, S. Caldwell letters to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1987

Folder 1.26

Item 1: Wrigley, Robert letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1987

Item 2: “Carolyn” postcard to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1987

Folder 1.27-1.29: Permissions requests, 1986-1987

Folders 1.28-1.29 includes separation sheet to restricted.

Folder 1.30: Anderson, Andy letter to Zitch, Beryl, 1989

Folder 1.31: Empty envelopes, 1987, undated

Folder 1.32: Notes/jottings, undated

Folder 1.33-1.36: Public engagements, advertisements and publicity/programs, 1986-1987, undated

Folder 1.37: Public engagements, contact information, undated

Folder 1.38: Works of others, Clockwatch review (Vol IV, Number 1), 1987

Folder 1.39-1.41: Newspaper clippings related to other subjects, 1987

Folder 1.42: The Mixquilhuala Letters by Castillo, Ana and enclosures, 1986

Folder 1.43: “Special letters” envelope, undated

Box 328

File 1: “St. Albon’s”

Folder 1.1: St. Albon’s School student poetry for Gwendolyn Brooks, undated

Folder 1.2: Works of others, student poetry, undated

Folder 1.3-1.4: Monographia grouping

Folder 1.3: Works of others, student poetry, undated

Folder 1.4: Monographia (Volume III, Number 2), 1991

Folder 1.5: “St. Albon’s” envelope, undated

File 2: “Termination Agreement Papers”

Folder 2.1-2.2: Legal records, literary copyright, 1944-1945, 1949, 1971

Folder 2.3-2.5: “Very important, old copyrights, legal letters etc.”

Folder 2.3: HarperCollins Publishers royalty statement, 1998

Includes separation sheet to restricted.

Folder 2.4: Legal records, literary copyright, 1986

Folder 2.5: “Very important, old copyrights, legal letters etc.” and “Termination Harper + Row” envelopes, undated

Folder 2.6-2.10: Unidentified grouping

Folder 2.6: Legal records, literary copyright, 1944-1945, 1960, 1968

Folder 2.7: Correspondence

Item 1: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Belsky, Wendy, 1986

Item 2: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Gillis, Ms., 1985

Item 3: Targ, Roslyn letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1985

Folder 2.8: Legal records, literary copyright, 1960, 1968

Folder 2.9-2.10: Legal records, literary copyright, 1945, 1950, 1953

Folder 2.11: “Termination Agreement Papers” envelope, 1985

File 3: “Travel Book”

Folder 3.1: Correspondence

Item 1: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Lawson, Jennifer, undated

Item 2: Hairston, Allena card to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated

Item 3: Gwendolyn Brooks to “Snehal", undated

Item 4: Zitch, Beryl note to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated

Folder 3.2-3.4: Poetry drafts, undated

Folder 3.2 includes “Ant.” Folder 1.3 includes “The Tiger Who-Wore White Gloves.”

Folder 3.5: Prose drafts, undated

Includes “Martin Luther King” and “Books. Reading. Libraries.”

Folder 3.6: Notes/jottings, undated

Folder 3.7: Published works, biography, undated

Folder 3.8: Public engagements, pre-visit questionnaire for visit to Carter G. Woodson Regional Library, 1987

Folder 3.9-3.11: Public engagements, advertisements and publicity/programs, 1990-1991, undated

Folder 3.12-3.13: Newspaper clippings related to other subjects, 1989-1991

Folder 3.14: “Confusion By Any Other Name, undated

Folder 3.15-3.17: “A Tribute to Martin Luther Kind Jr.” program grouping

Folder 3.15: Poetry drafts, “Shorthand Possible", undated

Folder 3.16: Prose drafts, “Martin Luther King", undated

Folder 3.17: Public engagements, itinerary and program, 1991

Folder 3.18: “Travel Book” envelope, undated

File 4: “Vastly Important Addresses” and other items

Folder 4.1: Correspondence, Reitz, Miriam letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1996

Folder 4.2: Notes/jottings, undated

Includes separation sheet to restricted.

Folder 4.3: Public engagements, contact information, undated

Folder 4.4-4.6: “Vastly Important Addresses”

Folder 4.4: Notes/jottings, undated

Includes separation sheet to restricted.

Folder 4.5: Public engagements, contact information, undated

Folder 4.6: “Vastly Important Addresses", undated

File 5: “Very Important (Jeffersonian Lecture)”

Folder 5.1-5.2: Correspondence

Folder 5.1

Item 1: Evans, Joy (National Endowment for the Humanities) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1994

Item 2: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to National Endowment for the Humanities, undated

Folder 5.2

Item 1: Zitch, Beryl letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated

Item 2: Scott, Peter letter to Zitch, Beryl, 1994

Folder 5.3: Prose speech draft, undated

Folder 5.4: Public engagements, National Endowment for the Humanities facts sheet, undated

Folder 5.5: “Very Important (Jeffersonian Lecture)” envelope, 1994

File 6: “Walter Bradford”

Folder 6.1: Notes/jottings, 1997

Folder 6.2: Works of others, poems, 1997, undated

Folder 6.3: Advertisements and publicity for non-Gwendolyn Brooks events, 1997

Folder 6.4: “Walter Bradford” envelope and funeral marker, undated

File 7: “Walter Gholson Joyce Joyce", undated

Sealed envelope.

Box 329

File 1: “Wonderful Pictures!”

Folder 1.1-1.4: Correspondence

Folder 1.1: Melhem, D.H. envelope addressed to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated

Folder 1.2: Permenter, Rachela (Slippery Rock University) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1994

Includes newspaper clippings.

Folder 1.3: Schwartzwald, Lawrence letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1993

Includes photos of Gwendolyn Brooks and Boyle, Frank and business card.

Folder 1.4: Empty envelopes, undated

Folder 1.5: Stationery, undated

Folder 1.6-1.9: Photographs, professional events, undated

Includes photos of Madhubuti, Haki (Don L. Lee), Margaret Walker, Mari Evans, Val Gray Ward, Henry Blakely, Lerone Bennett, Eugene Redmond, and others.

Folder 1.10: Personal photo and “Wonderful Pictures!” note, undated

File 2: 1977-1978

Folder 2.1-2.3: Correspondence

Folder 2.1

Item 1: Bruccoli, Matthew (University of South Carolina) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1977

Item 2: Howard, Lillie (Wright State University) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1977

Item 3: Zamora, Antonio (Purdue University) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1977

Folder 2.2: Permissions request, Harper & Rows Publishers, 1977

Folder 2.3: Empty envelopes, 1977

Folder 2.4-2.5: Public engagements

Folder 2.4: Contemporary Forum documents, 1977

Includes pre-visit questionnaire for visit to Luther College and Iowa State University. Includes separation sheet to restricted.

Folder 2.5: Itinerary, undated

File 3: Various Events, 1970s-1990s

Folder 3.1-3.3: Correspondence

Folder 3.1: Blue Gargoyle Adult Learning Program class letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1996

Includes newsletter.

Folder 3.2: Gold, Barbara George (Illinois Arts Council) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1985

Includes materials for Governor’s Award Ceremony.

Folder 3.3

Item 1: Old Dominion University literary festival promotional materials addressed to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1984

Item 2: “Rettaliata, John T. (Illinois Institute of Technology) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1968

Folder 3.4: Notes/jottings, undated

Folder 3.5-3.10: Public engagements, programs, 1968, 1992, 1995, 1999, undated

Folder 3.10 includes two copies of Illinois Institute of Technology 75^th anniversary convocation program, 1968.

Folder 3.11: Teaching materials, undated

Folder 3.12: Photo from Williams College event, 1988

Folder 3.13: Magazine related to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1999

Includes The Exeter Bulletin (Spring).

Folder 3.14-3.17: Northwestern University commencement grouping

Folder 3.14: Public engagements, honorary doctorate script for Northwestern University, 1970

Folder 3.15: Public engagements, Northwestern University commencement program, 1970

Folder 3.16: Correspondence, Miller, J. Roscoe letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1970

Folder 3.17: Public engagements, Northwestern University commencement program, 1970

File 4: 1990s

Folder 4.1: Notes/jottings

Folder 4.2: Public engagements, flyers for events, 1996-1997

Folder 4.3: Newspaper clippings related to other subjects, 1997, undated

Folder 4.4: Prose drafts, undated

File 5: Feb/Mar 1994 – Public Engagement

Folder 5.1: Public engagements, evaluation form for visit to Hendrix-Murphy Foundation Hendrix College, 1994

Folder 5.2: Newspaper clippings related to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1994

File 6: CSU Fall 1994

Folder 6.1-6.4: Chicago State University correspondence, 1994-1995

Folder 6.5: Flyers for non-Gwendolyn Brooks, 1994

Folder 6.6: Gwendolyn Brooks Center for Black Literature and Creative Writing envelope, 1994

Box 330

File 1: Public Appearances 1995

Folder 1.1: Correspondence, Schoenfelder Paula (Indian Plains Elementary School) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1995

Folder 1.2: Public engagements, evaluation form for visit to Beloit College, 1995

Folder 1.3: Newspaper clippings related to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1995

File 2: Public Appearances 1998

Folder 1.1: Correspondence

Item 1: Third World Press invitation for Releasing the Spirit", 1998

Item 2: Bracken Library Ball State University newsletter, 1998

Folder 1.2: Notes/jottings, undated

Folder 1.3: Advertisements and publicity for non-Gwendolyn Brooks, Chicago State University Theatre season pamphlet, 1988-1999

Folder 1.4: Newspaper clippings related to other subjects, 1998

Folder 1.5-1.8: “Very Important Poems”

Folder 1.5: Poetry drafts, “College For Today", undated

Folder 1.6: Notes/jottings, undated

Folder 1.7: Photo, Chicago State University conference, 1998

Folder 1.8: Works of others, poems, undated

File 3: Public Appearances 1999

Folder 3.1: Notes/jottings, undated

Folder 3.2: Public engagements, programs, 1999

Folder 3.3: Public engagements, contact information, undated

Folder 3.4: Newspaper clippings related to other subjects, 1992, 1999

File 4: 37th Poet Laureate Awards Packet

Folder 4.1: Poetry drafts, 1991

Includes “Hip-Hop Mama.”

Folder 4.2: Notes/jottings, undated

Folder 4.3: Public engagements, flyer for event at Longfellow, undated

Folder 4.4: Public engagements, travel material, 1996-1997

Folder 4.5: Publicity for non-Gwendolyn Brooks events, 1996

Folder 4.6: Works of others, Yasin, Jon A., undated

Folder 4.7: 37th Poet Laureate Awards Packet, 1996

File 5: 38th Annual Poetry Day

Folder 5.1: Correspondence, Modern Poetry Association to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated

Folder 5.2: Public engagements Annual Poetry Day by Modern Poetry association materials, undated

File 6: 50th Annual Scholarship Luncheon

Folder 6.1: Correspondence

Item 1: McCauley, Cassie (The National Association of University Women) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1991

Item 2: RSVP for The Modern Poetry Association events, undated

Replaced by separation sheet to restricted.

Folder 6.2: Public engagements, program, 1991

Folder 6.3: McCauley, Cassie letters to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1991

Includes invitation/

Folder 6.4-6.6: University of Kansas grouping

Folder 6.4: Doty, Carolyn (University of Kansas) letter to Zitch, Beryl, 1991

Includes itinerary.

Folder 6.5: Prose drafts, undated

Folder 6.6: Public engagements, pre-visit questionnaire, 1991

Folder 6.7: The National Association of University Women 50th Annual Scholarship Luncheon  program, 1991

File 7: Address Book and Contents

Folder 7.1: Correspondence

Item 1: Hayes, Alice card to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated

Item 2: Johnson, Helen P. (Executive Committee of the Tenant/Owners Association) letter to Tenant/Owners, 1999

Item 3: Executive Committee of the Tenant/Owners Association letter to Tenant/Owners, 1999

Includes separation sheet to restricted.

Folder 7.2: Empty envelopes, 1999

Folder 7.3: Notes/jottings, 1998, undated

Folder 7.4-7.8: Public engagements

Folder 7.4: Program, 1999

Folder 7.5: Itineraries and travel materials, 1999

Folder 7.6-7.8: Contact information, undated

Folder 7.9: Newspaper and magazine clippings related to other subjects, 1999, undated

Folder 7.10-7.12: Unidentified grouping #1

Folder 7.10: Correspondence

Item 1: Bowers, Nancy and Neal holiday card, undated

Item 2: Durham, Clarice holiday card to Gwendolyn Brooks, 2000

Item 3: King, Tim (Hales Franciscan High School) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1999

Item 4: Espinosa, Miriam holiday card, undated

Item 5: Nipson, Herbert and Yelson holiday card, undated

Item 6: Winston, Carol letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1999

Folder 7.11: Poetry drafts, “Jane Addams", 1989

Folder 7.12: Public engagements, contact information, undated

Folder 7.13-7.15: Unidentified grouping #2

Folder 7.13: Correspondence, Richardson, Yvonne Orr letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1999

Sealed envelope.

Folder 7.14: Public engagements, contact information, undated

Folder 7.15: Newspaper and magazine articles related to other subjects, 1999

Annotated by Gwendolyn Brooks.

Folder 7.16-7.18: Unidentified grouping #3

Folder 7.16: Correspondence

Item 1: Gwendolyn Brooks card to “C.S.W.", undated

Item 2: Kearney, Constance letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated

Folder 7.17: Notes/jottings, undated

Folder 7.18: Public engagements, contact information, undated

Folder 7.19: Address book, undated

Box 331

File 1: Envelope addressed to Bernard de Flippo

Folder 1.1-1.2: Correspondence

Folder 1.1: Ali, Najiyyah letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1980

Includes newspaper clipping and prose by Ali, Najiyyah.

Folder 1.2: International Black Writers Conference invitation to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1979

Folder 1.3: Public engagements, program, 1980

Folder 1.4: Advertisement and publicity for non-Gwendolyn Brooks events, undated

Folder 1.5: DuSable Museum calendar, 1981

Folder 1.6-1.7: Works of others

Folder 1.6: Gibbs, Debra R., 1978

Folder 1.7: Egan, Paula, 1979

Folder 1.8-1.9: Gwendolyn Brooks: A Consideration

Folder 1.8: Public engagements, California State College event program, 1981

Folder 1.9: Gwendolyn Brooks: A Consideration by de Flippo, Bernard

Folder 1.10-1.11: “A Musical Extravaganza” and enclosures

Folder 1.10: Correspondence

Item 1: Melhem, D. H. letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1979

Item 2: “Lines Around Her Blackness” with note from Thames, James to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1980

Folder 1.11: Advertisements and publicity for non-Gwendolyn Brooks events, “A Musical Extravaganza” program, 1979

Two copies.

Folder 1.12: Advertisements and publicity for non-Gwendolyn Brooks events

Folder 1.13-1.16: Newspaper and magazine articles related to other subjects, 1980

Related to death of Lennon, John.

Folder 1.17: Envelope addressed to Bernard de Flippo, undated

File 2: Black folder 1

Folder 2.1-2.5: Correspondence

Folder 2.1: Bismarck, Julie letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1994

Includes prose by Bismarck, Julie.

Folder 2.2: Chicago State University Campus Assembly to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1994

Folder 2.3

Item 1: Deutsch, Louise DeSantis card to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1994

Item 2: DuSable Museum newsletter, 1994

Folder 2.4

Item 1: Gold, Amy Paine poem addressed to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated

Item 2: The Legacy Company to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated

Includes “The Road to Cultural Revolution” by Brown, Oscar, Jr.

Item 3: Madhubuti, Haki (Don L. Lee) memo to Chicago State University Community and Alumni Board, 1994

Folder 2.5

Item 1: National Endowment of the Humanities memo regarding Hackney, Sheldon, 1993

Item 2: Nicholson, Dolores sheet music addressed to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1994

Item 3: “Vivian” letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1994

Folder 2.6

Item 1: “Patrick Bouie", 1986

Item 2: “Ballad of Pearl May Lee", undated

Item 3: “An Old Black Woman", 1992

Folder 2.7: Prose drafts, 1994, undated

Folder 2.8: Notes/jottings, undated

Folder 2.9: Published works, “Aurora", 1972

Folder 2.10: Advertisements and bibliographies, Third World Press, 1994

Folder 2.11-2.12: Public engagements, programs, 1994-1996

Folder 2.13: Advertisements and publicity for non-Gwendolyn Brooks events, 1994-1995

Folder 2.14: Works of others, Bouvier, Elizabeth, undated

Folder 2.15-2.17: Newspaper clippings related to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1992-1994

Folder 2.18-2.24: Newspaper clippings related to other subjects, 1994, undated

Folder 2.25: Unidentified grouping of advertisements and publicity for non-Gwendolyn Brooks events, 1994-1995, undated

Includes correspondence between Katzenberg, Jeffery and Murphy, Kimosha.

Folder 2.26: Black folder 1, undated

Box 332

File 1: Black folder 2

Folder 1.1-1.18: Correspondence

Folder 1.1

Item 1: Ballowe, Jim letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1994

Item 2: Bartholf, Judith H. (The Lincoln Academy of Illinois) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1997

Includes public engagement materials.

Folder 1.2

Item 1: Berte, Neal R. (Birmingham-Southern College) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1994

Item 2: Collins, William H. A. letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1994

Includes business card and newspaper clipping.

Item 3: Couch, Bill letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1994

Folder 1.3

Item 1: Cross, Delores letter to the Chicago State University Community, 1994

Item 2: Curry, Mary (National Women’s Hall of Fame) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1994

Folder 1.4

Item 1: Gooden, Bruce (First Card) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated

Includes separation sheet to restricted.

Item 2: Gray, Pamela (The Learning Corporation) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1994

Folder 1.5

Item 1: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Hodgkins, Mary Ann B., 1994

Item 2: Jiggetts, Elizabeth S. card to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated

Folder 1.6

Item 1: Kimmel, Joey letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1994

Item 2: Lawson, Vernetta card to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated

Item 3: The Lincoln Academy of the Arts invitation to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1997

Folder 1.7

Item 1: Lindsey, Trudy (Champaign Public Library) card to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1994

Item 2: Mann, Ron letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated

Item 3: Mayfield, Sandra J. (University of Central Oklahoma) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1994

Folder 1.8: Meece, June letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1996

Includes Meece, June letter to Seator, Lynette.

Folder 1.9: Newspaper clippings sent by Meece, June, 1996

Folder 1.10

Item 1: Monroe, Lisa letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1994

Item 2: Nesmith, Eugene (Langston Hughes Festival) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1994

Folder 1.11

Item 1: Pasquith, Kate McDonough (Literacy Chicago) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1994

Item 2: Rice, Julie card to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1994

Includes pamphlet.

Folder 1.12

Item 1: Slade, Minitria Elizabeth commencement invitation addressed to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1994

Item 2: Southerland, Ellease letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1994

Folder 1.13

Item 1: Towns, Sandra letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1989

Item 2: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Truther, John, 1997

Folder 1.14

Item 1: Williams, Kenny letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1994, 1998

Item 2: Wright, Stephen Caldwell letters to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1994

Folder 1.15

Item 1: “A” postcard to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1994

Item 2: “dn”(?) note to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1996

Folder 1.16: Permission requests, The Permissions Group, 1998

Includes separation sheet to restricted.

Folder 1.17: Provost of Walsh University letter to Zitch, Beryl, 1994

Folder 1.18: Empty envelope, 1994

Folder 1.19: Notes/jottings, undated

Folder 1.20: Public engagements, The Lincoln Academy of Illinois event programs, 1996-1997

Folder 1.21: Calendar, undated

Includes separation sheet to restricted.

Folder 1.22-1.23: Newspaper and magazine clippings related to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1994, 1986, 1994, undated

Folder 1.24-1.26: Newspaper and magazine clippings related to other subjects, 1983

Folder 1.27-1.32: Illinois Poet Laureate Awards grouping, 1987

Includes flyers.

Folder 1.33: Black folder, undated

File 2: Black folder, 1988-1989

Folder 2.1: Correspondence

Item 1: Needham, Russell (Sigma Tau Delta, Xi Delta chapter) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1989

Item 2: Gwendolyn Brooks letters to unknown, 1989, undated

Folder 2.2: Permissions request, Turco, Lewis, 1989

Includes separation sheet to restricted.

Folder 2.3: Poetry drafts, 1989

Item 1: “Introduction To Myself", 1989

Five copies.

Item 2: “We", undated

Item 3: “We", undated

Folder 2.4: Prose drafts, undated

Includes Marian College speech draft.

Folder 2.5: Poetry and prose drafts, undated

Includes “Today’s Black Woman.”

Folder 2.6: Notes/jottings, undated

Includes separation sheet to restricted.

Folder 2.7: Stationery, undated

Folder 2.8: Published works, “Primer For Blacks", 1986

Folder 2.9: Advertisements, circa 1987

Folder 2.10: Photo and contact information, undated

Folder 2.11-2.14: Public engagements, publicity materials, 1988-1989

Folder 2.14 includes inauguration program for Spellman College event.

Folder 2.15: Advertisements and publicity for non-Gwendolyn Brooks events, 1989, undated

Folder 2.16: Public engagements, travel materials, 1988-1989

Folder 2.17: Newspapers related to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1989

Folder 2.18-2.19: Newspaper and magazine clippings related to other subjects, 1989, undated

Folder 2.20-2.21: Works of others

Folder 2.20: The Black Scholar (Volume 19, Numbers 4 &5), 1988

Folder 2.21: Poems by children, undated

Folder 2.22: Black folder, undated

Box 333

File 1: Blue folder

Folder 1.1-1.5: Left sleeve

Folder 1.1: Public engagements, contact information, undated

Folder 1.2-1.3: Contests and scholarships, Illinois Poet Laureate Awards, 1989, 1992

Folder 1.4-1.5: Newspaper and magazine clippings related to other subjects, 1992

Folder 1.6-1.13: Right sleeve

Folder 1.6: Correspondence

Item 1: Brocker, Johanna letters to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1991

Includes response by Gwendolyn Brooks.

Item 2: Dannhauser, Fanya (The University of Chicago) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1994

Item 3: Gorny, Julianne (The University of Chicago) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1991

Item 4: Mogil, Victoria (Elementary School District 64 (Park Ridge, IL)) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1992

Folder 1.7: Empty envelopes, undated

Folder 1.8: Stationery, undated

Folder 1.9: Public engagements, contact information, 1987, undated

Folder 1.10-1.11: Contests and scholarships, Illinois Poet Laureate Awards flyers and flyer drafts, 1992, undated

Folder 1.12: Contests and scholarships, Illinois Poet Laureate Awards submission, undated

Folder 1.13: Newspaper and magazine clippings related to other subjects, undated

Folder 1.14-1.16: Unidentified grouping

Folder 1.14: Notes/jottings, undated

Folder 1.15: Contests and scholarships, Illinois Poet Laureate Awards, 1992

Includes correspondence with winner Coleman, Christopher.

Folder 1.16: Contests and scholarships, Illinois Poet Laureate Awards submissions, 1992

Folder 1.17: Blue folder, undated

File 2: Blue folder 2

Folder 2.1-2.3: Correspondence

Folder 2.1: Bell, Walter W. letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1987

Includes work by Bell, Walter W.

Folder 2.2

Item 1: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to unknown, 1984

Item 2: Teachers’ Network newsletter (Vol 1, No. 1), 1987

Item 3: Mildred D. Johnson Publications event invitation, 1987

Folder 2.3: Empty and sealed envelopes, undated

Folder 2.4: Newspaper and magazines related to other subjects, 1984

Includes The Chicago Neighbor (Vol. 1, No. 1).

Folder 2.5: Blue folder, undated

File 3: Broadside Press / Dudley Randall

Folder 3.1: Correspondence, Randall, Dudley notes to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1974

Folder 3.2: Advertisements and publicity for non-Gwendolyn Brooks events, Broadside Press, 1974

Folder 3.3: Financial records, literary records, 1974

Includes separation sheet to restricted.

File 4: California State University Los Angeles folder

Folder 4.1: Correspondence, Gwendolyn Brooks letter to friends, 1989

Folder 4.2-4.3: Writings

Folder 4.2: Poetry drafts, “Instruction To Myself", 1989

Folder 4.3: Advertisements and publicity, undated

Folder 4.4: Contests and scholarships, Illinois Poet Laureate Awards submissions, 1988

Folder 4.5: Advertisements and publicity for non-Gwendolyn Brooks events, undated

Folder 4.6: California State University Los Angeles folder, undated

File 5: Carolyn Moseley Brown Ceremony

Folder 5.1-5.5: Correspondence

Folder 5.1: Petaros, Maria (Office of Senator Carol Moseley Braun) fax to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1993

Folder 5.2: Correspondence with Tate, Desiree (Office of Senator Carol Moseley Braun), 1992

Folder 5.3-5.4: Invitation to swearing-in ceremony, 1993

Folder 5.5: Celebration invitations, 1993

Folder 5.6-5.7: Writings

Folder 5.6: Poetry drafts, “Collage For Today", undated

Folder 5.7: Notes/jottings, undated

Includes separation sheet to restricted.

Folder 5.8: Public engagements, contact information, undated

Folder 5.9: Advertisements and publicity for non-Gwendolyn Brooks events, Congressional Special Services, undated

Folder 5.10: Works of others, “Statement of Neil Hartigan…”, 1993

Folder 5.11-5.12: “Paper on G. Brooks”

Folder 5.11: Works of others, Toscano, Maria G., 1982

Folder 5.12: Envelope, undated

Folder 5.13-5.15: Unidentified grouping (Roy Lewis)

Folder 5.13: Advertisement for Roy Lewis exhibition, 1992

Folder 5.14: Photo, undated

Folder 5.15: Newspaper and magazines related to other subjects, 1992

Related to Lewis, Roy.

Folder 5.16: “Carolyn Moseley Brown” envelope, 1992

File 6: Chicago Jaycees Junior Citizenship Award

Folder 6.1: Correspondence

Item 1: Gilmore, Sharon and Scott D. Payant (Chicago Jaycees) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1993

Item 2: Madhubuti, Safisha letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated

Folder 6.2-6.3: Public engagements

Folder 6.2: 40th Annual Junior Citizenship Awards Banquet program, 1993

Folder 6.3: Public engagements, 40^th Annual Junior Citizenship Awards Banquet event schedule, 1993

Box 334

File 1: Chicago State University

Folder 1.1-1.15: Correspondence

Folder 1.1

Item 1: Antti, Heather letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1998

Item 2: Barnet, Will letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1998

Folder 1.2

Item 1: Smith, William Jay event flyer sent by Chicago State University Los Angeles, circa 1997

Item 2: The Cliff Dwellers event flyer sent to Chicago State University, 1998

Item 3: Cotner, Robert (The Caxton Club) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1997

Folder 1.3

Item 1: Darby, L. Jason card to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1998

Includes poem by Darby, L. Jason.

Item 2: Dee and David Foundation postcard to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1998

Folder 1.4: Downs, Pam (Promontory Apartments) to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1998

Includes correspondence by Gwendolyn Brooks regarding construction.

Folder 1.5

Item 1: Forrest, Karianne letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1998

Item 2: Gowley, Phil letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1998

Folder 1.6: Hudson, Johari M. letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1998

Includes CV.

Folder 1.7: Illinois Center For the Book newsletter (Fall), 1998

Folder 1.8

Item 1: Samuels, Mignonne letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1998

Item 2: Seator, Lynette letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1990

Item 3: The Society of Midland Authors newsletter (September), 1998

Folder 1.9

Item 1: The Society of Midland Authors newsletter (October), 1998

Item 2: Stark, Georgia letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1998

Folder 1.10

Item 1: Votto, Laura (Tifany & Co.) to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1998

Item 2: Whittingham, Brent letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1998

Folder 1.11-1.12: Art Institute of Chicago class syllabus sent by Winston, Carol, 1997-1998

Folder 1.13

Item 1: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to “Gene", 1998

Item 2: 100 Heroines invitation sent to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1998

Folder 1.14: Permission requests

Includes separation sheets to restricted.

Item 1: CTB/McGraw-Hill, 1998

Item 2: Riverside Publishing, 1998

Item 3: Bedford Books, 1998

Folder 1.15: Permission requests, 1998

Folder 1.16-1.17: Public engagements, advertisements and publicity

Folder 1.16: Chicago Public Library, 1998

Folder 1.17: Chicago Labor & Arts Festival, 1998

Folder 1.18: Advertisements and publicity for non-Gwendolyn Brooks events, undated

Folder 1.19: Works of others, undated

Folder 1.20: Newspaper clippings related to other subjects, undated

Folder 1.21-1.22: Unidentified grouping #1, correspondence

Folder 1.21

Item 1: Barnes, Versie (Chicago Public Library) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1998

Includes event flyer.

Item 2: Jervay, Regina letters to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1998

Folder 1.22: Permissions request, DK Research envelope, 1998

Includes a separation sheet to restricted.

Folder 1.23-1.25: Unidentified grouping #2, correspondence

Folder 1.23: Evanchyk, Linda (Choctawhatchee Senior High School) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1998

Folder 1.24

Item 1: Keys, Joy Jones (District Representative for Senator Max Cleland) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1998

Item 2: Lane, Pinkie Gordon note to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1998

Sympathy note regarding Zitch, Beryl.

Folder 1.25

Item 1: Nolan, Valdavia letter to Gwendolyn Brooks., 1998

Includes photo.

Item 2: Richardson, Mary Ann letter to Gwendolyn Brooks and Nora Brooks Blakely, 1998

Includes response by Gwendolyn Brooks.

Folder 1.26: Chicago State University envelope, undated

File 2

Folder 2.1-2.20: Left Pocket

Folder 2.1: Correspondence, Bolden, B. J. (Gwendolyn Brooks Center) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1999

Folder 2.2: Writings, advertisements and bibliographies, undated

Folder 2.3: Public engagements, Chicago State University Gwendolyn Brooks Writers’ Conference on Black Literature and Creative Writing materials, 1999

Folder 2.4: Henry Blakely biography, undated

Folder 2.5-2.6: “Approaches to Poetry Writing,” works of others, undated

Folder 2.7

Item 1: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to “classmate", 1997

Item 2: Lazard, Dorothy email to Clink, Barbara, 1997

Folder 2.8: “Approaches to Poetry Writing,” list of poems, undated

Folder 2.9: “Approaches to Poetry Writing,” public engagements, 1999

Includes itinerary for visit to Guild Complex/South Shore Cultural Center.

Folder 2.10: “Approaches to Poetry Writing,” teaching materials, undated

Folder 2.11: “Approaches to Poetry Writing,” newspaper clippings related to other subjects, 1997

Folder 2.12: “Approaches to Poetry Writing,” prose drafts, “Ebonics”, undated

Folder 2.13-2.14: “Approaches to Poetry Writing,” newspaper clippings related to other subjects, 1997

Folder 2.15: “Approaches to Poetry Writing,” teaching materials, undated

Folder 2.16: “Approaches to Poetry Writing,” prose drafts, “Cloning", undated

Folder 2.17: “Approaches to Poetry Writing,” teaching materials, undated

Folder 2.18: “Approaches to Poetry Writing,” prose drafts, “Building Future Leaders", undated

Folder 2.19: “Approaches to Poetry Writing,” works of others, Kgositsile, Keoapetse, 1994

Folder 2.20: Left pocket folder, pencil, and napkin, undated

Folder 2.21-2.24: Right pocket

Folder 2.21: Prose drafts and teaching materials, undated

Folder 2.22: Notes/jotting, undated

Folder 2.23-2.24: Public engagements publicity material, 1999, undated

Folder 2.25: Chicago State University folder, undated

File 3: “CSU Magazine Spring/Summer”

Folder 3.1: Correspondence

Item 1: College of Arts and Science (Chicago State University) announcement memo, 1993

Item 2: CSU magazine survey, 1993

Item 3: Cross, Dolores memos to Chicago State University Community, 1993

Item 4: Madhubuti, Haki (Don L. Lee) memo to Chicago State University Community and Alumni Board, 1993

Folder 3.2: CSU Calendar of Events correspondence, 1993-1994

Folder 3.3: Advertisements and publicity for non-Gwendolyn Brooks events, 1993, undated

Folder 3.4: Teaching materials, 1971

Folder 3.5: Newspaper and magazines related to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1993

Folder 3.6: Newspaper clippings related to other subjects, 1993

Box 335

File 1: Black Chicago State University folder

Folder 1.1: Left pocket, public engagements, publicity, Gwendolyn Brooks Center National Poetry Festival, 2000

Folder 1.2-1.3: Right pocket

Folder 1.2: Public engagements, publicity, Gwendolyn Brooks Center National Poetry Festival, 2000

Folder 1.3: Advertisements and publicity for non-Gwendolyn Brooks events, 2000

Folder 1.4-1.8: Green folder

Folder 1.4: Contests and scholarships, Illinois Poet Laureate Awards, 1999

Folder 1.5: Works of others, Perkins, Useni Eugene, 2000

Folder 1.6: Public engagements, publicity, Gwendolyn Brooks Center National Poetry Festival, 2000

Folder 1.7: Advertisements and publicity for non-Gwendolyn Brooks events, 2000

Folder 1.8: Green folder, undated

Folder 1.9: Black Chicago State University folder, undated

File 2: Clear plastic bag

Folder 2.1: Correspondence

Item 1: Gray, Alberta card to Gwendolyn Brooks and Henry Blakely, undated

Item 2: Hayes, Alice postcard to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1995

Item 3: Hudson, Lynn M. return receipt, 1994

Item 4: Whitehouse, Sheldon (National Endowment of the Humanities) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1996

Item 5: Madhubuti, Haki (Don L. Lee) letter to Johnson, Kelly, 1996

Item 6: Minogue, John P. (DePaul University) letter to Madhubuti, Haki (Don L. Lee), 1996

Item 7: Stamps, undated

Folder 2.2-2.4: Public engagements

Folder 2.2: Pre-visit questionnaire for visit to Borders Bookstore (Evanston, IL), 1996

Folder 2.3: Event leaflet, 1996

Folder 2.4: Contact information, undated

Folder 2.5: Notes/jottings, undated

Folder 2.6: Newspaper clipping related to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated

Folder 2.7: Newspaper and magazine clippings related to other subjects, undated

Folder 2.8: “March 26, 1996 (Ben Pau Restaurant)” receipt and envelope, 1996

Folder 2.9: Clear plastic bag, undated

File 3: Commentary on Brooks’ Works

Folder 3.1-3.3: Poetry and prose drafts, undated

Folder 3.4: Notes/jottings, 1970, undated

File 4: Council on Interracial Books

Folder 4.1: Correspondence

Item 1: Wims, Belulah letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated

Item 2: “Lewis” letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1982

Folder 4.2: Poetry drafts, “R.R.”, undated

Folder 4.3: Notes/jottings, undated

Folder 4.4: Jake and Honeybunch grouping

Item 1: Correspondence, Chambers, Bradford (The Council on Interracial Books for Children Inc) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1983

Item 2: Newspaper clipping about Jake and Honeybunch, 1983

Item 3: Jake and Honeybunch Go to Heaven by Zemach, Margot, 1982

Item 4: Envelope, 1983

File 5: DePaul University Commencement Program and enclosures

Folder 5.1: Correspondence, Morros, Lucy (Barat College) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1992

Folder 5.2: Public engagements, Eureka College visit program, 1995

Folder 5.3: Advertisements and publicity for non-Gwendolyn Brooks events, undated

Folder 5.4: Illinois Poet Laureate Awards flyer, 1997

Folder 5.5: DePaul University Commencement program, 1994

File 6: Dodge Foundation

Folder 6.1: Correspondence

Item 1: Hampton, Henry and Sam Pollard (Blackside) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1997

Item 2: Pollard, Sam (Blackside) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1997

Folder 6.2: Published works, “We Asked Gwendolyn Brooks…", undated

Folder 6.3: Public engagements, publicity, 1997

Folder 6.4: Public engagements, pre-visit questionnaire for visit to Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, 1997

File 7: Drafts, etc.

Folder 7.1: Poetry drafts, 1999, undated

Includes “Another Loss” and “A Salute To A Soldier Still Saluting.”

Folder 7.2: Prose drafts, 1997, 1999, undated

Folder 7.3: Notes/jottings, undated

Folder 7.4: Public engagements, contact information, undated

Folder 7.5: Illinois Poet Laureate Awards flyer, 1999

Folder 7.6-7.7: Newspaper and magazine clippings related to other subjects, undated

Folder 7.8: Notes grouping, undated

Includes separation sheet to restricted.

Folder 7.9-7.10: Unidentified grouping

Folder 7.9: Poetry drafts, “Jane Addams", 1989

Folder 7.10: Prose drafts, undated

Box 336

Box 337

Box 338

File 1: ETA folder

Folder 1.1-1.5: Left pocket

Folder 1.1: Correspondence, ETA Theatre schedule, 1990-1991

Folder 1.2-1.3: Advertisements and publicity for non-Gwendolyn Brooks events, ETA, 1991

Folder 1.4: Newspaper clippings related to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1991

Folder 1.5: Newspaper clippings related to other subjects, 1990-1991, undated

Folder 1.6-1.16: Right pocket

Folder 1.6: Correspondence, ETA, 1991

Folder 1.7: Works of others, Hughes, Langston, undated

Folder 1.8-1.14: Newspaper and magazine clippings related to other subjects, 1989-1991

Folder 1.15: Unidentified grouping, public engagements, publicity and programs, 1991

Folder 1.16: Newspaper clippings related to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1991

Folder 1.17: ETA folder, undated

File 2: Film and TV Projects

Folder 2.1-2.3: Correspondence

Folder 2.1-2.2: Letters between Levy, Ollie and Zitch, Beryl, 1988-1989

Folder 2.3: Letter draft likely written by Zitch, Beryl, undated

Folder 2.4: Notes/jottings, undated

Folder 2.5-2.6: Newspaper clippings related to other subjects, 1988-1989

Folder 2.7-2.9: Unidentified grouping #1

Folder 2.7: Correspondence, Zitch, Beryl letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated

Folder 2.8: Notes/jottings, undated

Folder 2.9: Newspapers related to other subjects, 1988

Folder 2.10-2.11: Unidentified grouping #2

Folder 2.10: Correspondence

Item 1: Zitch, Beryl letters to Kazurinsky, Tim, 1988

Item 2: Zitch, Beryl letter to Dee, Ruby, 1988

Item 3: Zitch, Beryl letter to Nims, Bonnie, 1988

Folder 2.11: Notes/jottings, undated

Folder 2.12-2.14: Unidentified grouping #3

Folder 2.12: Correspondence, letter draft likely written by Zitch, Beryl, undated

Folder 2.13: Notes/jottings, undated

Folder 2.14: Newspaper related to other subjects, 1988

Folder 2.15-2.16: Unidentified grouping #4

Folder 2.15: Correspondence

Item 1: Zitch, Beryl letter to Ritt, Marty, 1988

Item 2: Zitch, Beryl note, undated

Folder 2.16: Notes/jottings, undated

Folder 2.17-2.19: Unidentified grouping #5

Folder 2.17-2.18: Correspondence, letters between Levy, Ollie and Zitch, Beryl, 1988, undated

Includes script.

Folder 2.19: Notes/jottings, undated

Folder 2.20: “Gwen-misc” folder, undated

File 3: Fine Business Paper box

Folder 3.1-3.2: Correspondence

Folder 3.1

Item 1: Lopez, Ken letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 2000

Item 2: Randall, Dudley letters to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1980

Folder 3.2: Blakely, Edgar, Dorthy, and Diane holiday card to Blakey, Henry, 1972

Folder 3.3-3.4: Stationery, undated

Folder 3.5: Public engagements, contact information, undated

Folder 3.6: Advertisements and publicity for non-Gwendolyn Brooks events, 1992

Five copies of flyer for Chocolate Chips Company event.

Folder 3.7: Chicago Children’s Choir CD, 1994

Folder 3.8: Financial records, royalty report, 2000

Includes separation sheet to restricted.

Folder 3.9: Newspaper  and magazines related to other subjects, 1930, 1988

Folder 3.10: Wallet, undated

Box 339

File 3: Fine Business Paper box cont.

Folder 3.11: Tape, undated

Folder 3.12: Safety pins and wax paper sleeve, undated

Folder 3.13: Printer paper, undated

Folder 3.14: Fine Business Paper box, undated

Box 340

File 1: Envelope with Russian Text

Folder 1.1: Tegner, Dr. letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1982

Regarding trip to Russia.

Folder 1.2: Newspaper clippings regarding other subjects, 1969, 1982, undated

Folder 1.3: Envelope with Russian text, undated

File 2: First Class folder

Folder 2.1: Permission requests, University Press of New England, 1993

Folder 2.2-2.5: Writings

Folder 2.2: Poetry drafts, 1983, 1987, undated

Includes “Mayor,” “Last Inauguration of Mayor Harold Washington,” and “Jane Addams.”

Folder 2.3: Prose drafts, undated

Folder 2.4: Notes/jottings, undated

Folder 2.5: Published works, undated

Folder 2.6: Teaching materials, undated

Folder 2.7-2.11: “Black Love” (“Important”)

Folder 2.7: Prose drafts, undated

Folder 2.8: Notes/jottings, 1996, undated

Folder 2.9: Public engagements, advertisements and publicity, 1996

Folder 2.10: Public engagements, travel materials, 1996

Folder 2.11: Published works, “Black Love” with “Inside: Important” on cover, 1982

Folder 2.12: First Class folder, undated

File 3: Gold CSU folder

Folder 3.1-3.3: Left pocket

Folder 3.1-3.2: Public engagements, advertisements and publicity, 2000, undated

Folder 3.3: Advertisements and publicity for non-Gwendolyn Brooks events, undated

Folder 3.4-3.6: Right pocket

Folder 3.4: Correspondence, Bolden, BJ note to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated

Folder 3.5: Public engagements, advertisements and publicity, undated

Folder 3.6: Works of others, Vertreace, Martha, undated

Folder 3.7: Gold Chicago State University folder, undated

File 4: Floral bag

Folder 4.1: Inaugural Committee for Lyndon B. Johnson to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1965

Folder 4.2-4.8: Public engagements, 1961, 1965-1966, 1968-1971, 1976, undated

Folder 4.9-4.10: Works of others, 1969, 1972, undated

Folder 4.11-4.33: Newspapers and magazines related to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1957-1958, 1960, 1962-1965, 1968, 1970,1974-1975, undated

Includes separation sheet to Brooks library.

Folder 4.34: Newspapers and magazines related to other subjects, undated

Folder 4.35-4.36: Unidentified grouping

Folder 4.35: Correspondence

Item 1: Marks, Herbert E. (Edward B. Marks Music Corporation) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1962

Includes correspondence between Marks, Herbert E. and Trilling, Al and Sullivan, John and Marks, Herbert E.

Item 2: Shelden, Jeff (WNEW) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1948

Folder 4.36: Financial records, royalty report, Edward B. Marks Music Corporation, 1963

Includes separation sheet to restricted.

Box 341

File 4: Floral bag cont.

Folder 4.37: Bag, undated

Box 342

File 1: Gerri’s Palm Tavern

Folder 1.1: Correspondence, Oliver, Gerri note to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated

Folder 1.2: Oliver, Gerri business card, undated

Folder 1.3: Advertisements and publicity for non-Gwendolyn Brooks, undated

Folder 1.4: Lifestyle analysis form, 1994

Replaced by separation sheet to restricted.

File 2: Gwendolyn Brooks Elementary School

Folder 2.1: Correspondence

Item 1: Letter from Gwendolyn Brooks, 1999

Item 2: Baker, Pam letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1999

Folder 2.2: Public engagements, Gwendolyn Brooks Elementary School Dedication program, 1999

File 3: Guild Complex Newsletter

Folder 3.1-3.3: Correspondence

Folder 3.1

Item 1: Janes, Barbara Hudges card to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1999

Item 2: Jones, Cynthia card to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated

Folder 3.2: Woods, Jim, Maria, Anna and Jessie card to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated

Folder 3.3

Item 1: Campbell, Carolyn (Wims), Jimmy, and Erica card to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated

Item 2: Empty card, undated

Folder 3.4: Notes/jottings, undated

Folder 3.5: Advertisements and publicity for non-Gwendolyn Brooks, 1997

Folder 3.6: Guild Complex Newsletter (February), 2000

File 4: Howard Nemerov

Folder 4.1-4.3: Writings

Folder 4.1: Poetry drafts, “Captain Dolores", undated

Folder 4.2: Prose drafts, “Howard Nemerov…”, undated

Folder 4.3: Advertisements and bibliographies, undated

Folder 4.4: Howard Nemerov event poster, 1991

File 5: Lincoln folder

Folder 5.1-5.3: Left pocket, Correspondence, Lincoln University newsletters and publications, 1996, undated

Folder 5.4-5.9: Right pocket

Folder 5.4-5.5: Correspondence, Lincoln University newsletters and publications, 1996, undated

Folder 5.6-5.9: Newspaper and magazines related to other subjects, 1951, 1988, 1991-1992, 1996

Folder 5.10: Lincoln folder, undated

File 6: Nelson Mandela

Folder 6.1: Gwendolyn Brooks to Clinton, Hillary, 1995

Folder 6.2: Prose drafts, undated

Folder 6.3: Notes/jottings, undated

Folder 6.4: Newspaper and magazines related to other subjects, 1990

File 7: Manila envelope

Folder 7.1-7.7: Unidentified grouping

Folder 7.1: Correspondence

Item 1-3: Notes from Zitch, Beryl, 1993, undated

Item 3 includes pre-visit questionnaire for Prairie State College and newspaper clipping.

Item 4: Empty envelope, “Stewart” (Hanover Brace Jovanovich College Publishers), 1993

Item 5: Empty envelope, The Contemporary Forum, 1992

Folder 7.2: Public engagements, pre-visit questionnaires, 1993

Includes visits to National Cathedral School, Kent State University, Duke Ellington School, Kenwood Academy, and College of St. Francis.

Folder 7.3: Public engagements, pre-visit questionnaires, 1993

Includes visits to Lisle Public Library, Denison University, Madison Metropolitan School District, and South West Educational In-Service Organization.

Folder 7.4: Public engagements, pre-visit questionnaires, 1993

Includes visits to MacMurray College, Illinois College, University of St. Thomas, Columbia College, and the University of Chicago. Includes itineraries for Columbia College, and the University of Chicago.

Folder 7.5: Contemporary Forum contracts, 1993

Includes Kenwood Academy, Lisle Public Library, Goshen College, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, MacMurray College, Illinois College, Columbia College Chicago, University of St. Thomas, and Texas Wesleyan University. Replaced by separation sheet to restricted.

Folder 7.6: Contemporary Forum documents for visit to William Beye Elementary School, 1993

Includes separation sheet to restricted.

Folder 7.7: Contemporary Forum documents, 1993

Includes Goshen College and Piedmont Virginia Community College. Includes separation sheet to restricted.

Folder 7.8-7.11: Unidentified grouping #2

Folder 7.8: Correspondence, First Chicago Bank, 1992, undated

Folder 7.9-7.10: Financial records, The First National Bank of Chicago bank statements, 1993

Replaced by separation sheet to restricted.

Folder 7.11: Empty envelopes and Peoples gas pamphlet, 1993, undated

Includes separation sheet to restricted.

Folder 7.12-7.33: Unidentified grouping #3

Folder 7.12: Notes and jottings, undated

Folder 7.13: Financial records, 1993, undated

Replaced by separation sheet to restricted.

Folder 7.14: Correspondence

Item 1: Jackson, Hugh (Gwendolyn Brooks Junior High School) letter to Zitch, Beryl, 1993

Includes note from Zitch, Beryl,

Item 2: Empty envelope, Friends of University of Chicago Association to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1993

Item 3: Empty envelope, Wolin-Levin, Inc., 1993

Replaced by separation sheet to restricted.

Folder 7.15: Notes and jottings, 1993

Includes separation sheet to restricted.

Folder 7.16: Contemporary Forum documents and contracts, 1993

Includes Roosevelt University and Robert Morris College. Includes separation sheet to restricted.

Folder 7.17: Public engagement materials, 1993, undated

Folder 7.18: Tax and Financial Planning Report (April), 1994

Folder 7.19: Correspondence

Item 1: The David Company public engagements calendar to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1993

Item 2: Kim, Frances (Columbia University Press) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1992

Item 3: Tax return documents, 1994

Folder 7.20: Contemporary Forum documents and contract, 1993

Includes Goshen College, The New School for Social Research, St. Clotilde School, and Gwendolyn Brooks Junior High School. Includes separation sheet to restricted.

Folder 7.21: Financial records, 1992-1993

Includes separation sheet to restricted.

Folder 7.22: Financial records, tax documents, 1990

Replaced by separation sheet to restricted.

Folder 7.23: Financial records, receipts and royalty report, 1992-1993

Replaced by separation sheet to restricted.

Folder 7.24: Contemporary Forum documents, 1993

Includes Ft. Wayne Museum of Art and Indiana/Purdue University and notes from Zitch, Beryl.

Folder 7.25: Public engagement materials, Ft. Wayne Museum of Art and Indiana/Purdue University, 1993

Folder 7.26-7.28: “’Stuff from ’92’ – Nora,” financial records, 1992

Replaced by separation sheets to restricted.

Folder 7.29-7.33: Empty envelopes, 1993

Folders 7.30-7.33 include separation sheets to restricted.

Folder 7.34: Manila envelope, undated

Box 343

File 1: Millennial Celebration Sandra Howe Royster Obituary

Folder 1.1: Correspondence, Weisberg, Lois (Department of Cultural Affairs (Chicago)) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1999

Folder 1.2: Poetry drafts, “Collage", undated

Folder 1.3

Item 1: Royster, Sandra Howe funeral program, 1999

Item 2: The Academy of American Poets print out, undated

Folder 1.4: White envelope, undated

File 2: Morgan Park Academy

Folder 2.1: Morgan Park Academy commencement program, 1989

Folder 2.2-2.4: Morgan Park Academy program grouping

Folder 2.2: Correspondence, Jones, David A. (Morgan Park Academy) letters to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1988

Folder 2.3: Contemporary Forum documents and contract, 1989

Includes separation sheet to restricted.

Folder 2.4: Morgan Park Academy commencement program, 1989

File 3: National Book Awards, 1993-1994

Folder 3.1: Correspondence, National Book Awards invitation, 1994

Folder 3.2: Stationary, The Plaza postcards, undated

Three copies.

Folder 3.3-3.6: Works of others

Folder 3.3: “The Politics of Science” by Monette, Paul, 1993

Folder 3.4: “The National Book Awards: Winners and Finalists", 1992

Folder 3.5: “To the Curious, Intelligent Reader” by Fadiman, Clifton, 1994

Folder 3.6: “Her Achievements speak for Themselves” by Mosley, Walter, 1994

Folder 3.7: Newspaper clippings related to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1994

Folder 3.8: Newspaper clipping related to Thomas, Clarence, 1994

Folder 3.9-3.11: 1993 National Book Awards program (back cover) grouping

Folder 3.9: Correspondence, Baldwin, Neil (National Book Foundation) letter to Zitch, Beryl, 1994

Folder 3.10: Prose drafts, 1994

Includes “Basic Influences.”

Folder 3.11: 1993 National Book Awards program, 1993

Folder 3.12-3.13: “Writing in an Era of Conflict” and enclosures

Folder 3.12: Correspondence, Baldwin, Neil (National Book Foundation) note to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated

Includes newspaper clipping and report.

Folder 3.13: Works of others, “Writing in an Era of Conflict” by Rhodes, Richard and Thomas L. Friedman, 1990

Folder 3.14: National Book Awards envelope, 1994

File 4: National Endowment for the Arts

Folder 4.1-4.8: Unidentified grouping

Folder 4.1: Correspondence, Invitation to The White House to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated

Folder 4.2: Prose drafts, undated

Folder 4.3: White House program for National Medal of the Arts award, 1995

Folder 4.4: Public engagements, Itineraries and travel materials, undated

Includes note by Zitch, Beryl.

Folder 4.5: White House pamphlets, undated

Folder 4.6: National Endowment for the Arts booklet, undated

Folder 4.7: “National Endowment for the Arts: A Brief Chronology of Federal Involvement in the Arts", 1995

Folder 4.8: Newspaper clipping related to other subjects, undated

Includes cardstock.

Folder 4.9-4.17: Unidentified grouping #2

Folder 4.9-4.10: Correspondence, Invitation to The White House to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1995

Folder 4.11: Correspondence, Gwendolyn Brooks Elementary School dedication invitation, 1995

Folder 4.12: Correspondence, Melhem, D.H. card to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1995

Includes “250 House Letter."

Folder 4.13: National Endowment for the Arts Guest Passes envelope, undated

Folder 4.14: Public engagements, itineraries, tickets, and travel materials, 1995

Folder 4.15: White House press release, 1995

Folder 4.16: White House program and dinner menu for National Medal of the Arts award, 1995

Folder 4.17: White House program and name plate for National Medal of the Arts award, 1995

Folder 4.18: National Endowment for the Arts envelope, undated

File 5: National Medal of Arts and Misc. Notes

Folder 5.1: Correspondence

Item 1: Crary, Alexander D. (National Endowment for the Arts) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1995

Item 2: Alderson, Daniel envelope to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1995

Folder 5.2: Notes and jottings, undated

Includes separation sheet to restricted.

Box 344

File 1: New York University folder

Folder 1.1-1.4: Center

Folder 1.1: Correspondence, Winks, Christopher (New York University) letter, 1999

Folder 1.2: : Public engagement materials, “Slave Routes: The Long Memory", 1999

Folder 1.3: Public engagement materials, “Slave Routes: The Long Memory” conference materials, 1999

Folder 1.4: Public engagement materials, Manhattan bus map, 1997

Folder 1.5-1.8: Left pocket

Folder 1.5: Correspondence

Item 1: Noel-Doyle, Glenda (New York University) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1999

Item 2: New York University invitation for “Slave Routes: The Long Memory” awards dinner to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1999

Folder 1.6: Public engagement materials, panelists and panel topics packet, undated

Folder 1.7: Public engagement materials, awardee biographies, undated

Folder 1.8: Public engagement materials, MTA map, 1999

Folder 1.9-1.11: Right pocket

Folder 1.9: New York University press release, 1999

Folder 1.10: Business card, undated

Folder 1.11: Slave Routes: The Long Memory” promotional materials, 1999

Folder 1.12: New York University, undated

File 2: Newspapers – rubber-banded

Folder 2.1: Notes/jottings, undated

Folder 2.2: Newspaper clippings related to other subjects, 1991

Folder 2.3-2.8: “to disembark” and enclosures

Folder 2.3: Prose drafts, undated

Folder 2.4: Notes/jottings, undated

Folder 2.5: Writings grouping, undated

Includes prose drafts and notes.

Folder 2.6: Stationery, undated

Folder 2.7: Newspaper clippings related to other subjects, 1999, undated

Folder 2.8: Published works, “to disembark", 1981

File 3: Notes, News Clippings, and Business Cards

Folder 3.1: Correspondence

Item 1: Burrell, Frank note to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1994

Includes newspaper clipping.

Item 2: Tribute poem to Gwendolyn Brooks by The Dead Poet’s Society, 1995

Item 3: McCloud(?), Adam Percy note to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated

Item 4: Temple, Ronald (City Colleges of Chicago) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks and response, 1994

Item 5: Wright, Jeremiah A. note, undated

Folder 3.2: Notes and jottings, undated

Folder 3.3: Phone numbers, addresses, and business cards, undated

File 4: Notes, News Clippings, and Business Cards, IPE Applications

Folder 4.1: Institute of Positive Education application, undated

Folder 4.2: Notes/jottings, undated

Folder 4.3: Black notebook, undated

Folder 4.4: Address, undated

Folder 4.5: Newspaper and magazine clippings related to other subjects, undated

File 5: Notes, News Clippings, and Business Cards, Poems, and Newspaper Clippings

Folder 5.1: Notes/jottings, undated

Folder 5.2: Booklet of published poems, undated

Folder 5.3: Newspaper and magazine clippings related to other subjects, undated

File 6: Notes, Quotations

Folder 6.1: Correspondence, notes to Blakely, Nora Brooks and others, undated

Folder 6.2: Empty envelope, 1994

Folder 6.3: Poetry drafts, 1994, undated

Folder 6.4: Prose drafts, undated

Includes “I’ve Never Heard Of You Before.”

Folder 6.5-6.24: Notes/jottings, 1964, 1974, 1977-1978, 1983, 1988, 1992, 1994-1995, 1997-1998, 2000, undate

Folder 6.13 includes separation sheet to restricted.

Folder 6.25: Phone numbers and addresses, undated

Folder 6.26-6.37: “Notes and Preservations From Decades Ago”

Folder 6.26: Correspondence

Item 1: Alexandroff, Mike (Columbia College Chicago) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1983

Includes prose drafts to introduction speech for Washington, Harold.

Item 2: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to American Express, 1976

Replaced by separation sheet to restricted.

Item 3: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Newman, Ralph, 1973

Folder 6.27: Correspondence

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

Includes review of “Riot.”

Item 2: Sudarkasa, Niara (University of Michigan) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1980

Includes newspaper clipping regarding Hayden, Robert, 1980.

Folder 6.28: Correspondence

Item 1: Ward, Val Grey note to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1971

Includes invitation dedication of the Gwendolyn Brooks Library.

Item 2: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to “Lois", 1982

Item 3: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to “THEM", undated

Folder 6.29: Poetry drafts, undated

Folder 6.30-6.32: Prose drafts, undated

Folder 6.33-6.36: Notes/jottings, 1983, undated

Folder 6.37: Writings, interview, undated

Box 345

File 6: Notes, quotations (cont.)

Folder 6.38-6.42: “Notes and Preservations” (cont.)

Folder 6.38: Public engagements, Kuumba Workshop event, 1971

Two copies.

Folder 6.39: Public engagements, itinerary and travel materials, undated

Folder 6.40: Newspapers clippings related to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1980-1981, undated

Folder 6.41: Newspapers clippings related to other subjects, 1970, 1979, 1983, undated

Folder 6.42: “Notes and Preservations From Decades Ago” envelope, undated

Folder 6.43-6.48: “Notes and Scribbles”

Folder 6.43: Prose drafts, undated

Folder 6.44-6.46: Notes/jottings, 1987-1988, undated

Includes separation sheet to restricted.

Folder 6.47: Newspaper clipping related to other subjects, undated

Folder 6.48: “Notes and Preservations” envelope and back of notepad

Folder 6.49-6.51: Unidentified grouping

Folder 6.49: Notes/jottings, undated

Folder 6.50: Business cards, undated

Folder 6.51: Newspaper clipping related to other subjects, undated

Folder 6.52-6.53: Unidentified grouping #2

Folder 6.52: Prose drafts, undated

Folder 6.53: Empty envelopes, undated

Folder 6.54: Empty envelopes, 1994, undated

File 7: Office Max bag

Folder 7.1-7.18: Empty envelopes, 1999, undated

Folder 7.19: Gift bag and Office Max bag, undated

File 8: Poetry Drafts, Newspaper Clippings, and Correspondence Drafts

Folder 8.1: Poetry drafts, “A man went forth with gifts, 1968

Includes plastic bag.

Folder 8.2: Prose drafts, Zitch, Beryl memorial speech, 1998

Folder 8.3: Notes/jottings, undated

Folder 8.4-8.9: “My review of Collected Poems of Langston Hughes”

Folder 8.4: Poetry drafts, undated

Folder 8.5: Prose drafts

Item 1: “The Cloning of Gwendolyn B.", undated

Item 2: “Publishing My Own Work", undated

Item 3: “The Audre Lorde I Knew", undated

Item 4: “Mrs. Weathering Boling Lowell…”, 1995

Item 5: "Diversity", undated

Item 6: “For the Black Mens Forum (Harvard)”, 1995

Includes separation sheet to restricted.

Item 7: “To Be Revised", undated

Item 8: “A-I", undated

Folder 8.6: Published works, “Requiem Before Revival", undated

Folder 8.7: Magazine clipping of other subjects, TV schedule, undated

Folder 8.8: “Poetic Heritage” edited by Fleming, Maria, 1991

Folder 8.9: “My review of Collected Poems of Langston Hughes” first class envelope, undated

Folder 8.10-8.13: Unidentified grouping

Folder 8.10: Prose drafts, undated

Folder 8.11: Notes/jottings, undated

Folder 8.12: Newspaper clippings related to other subjects, 1989

Folder 8.13: Works of others, poem by child, undated

Box 346

File 1: Poetry Society of America Awards (1985)

Folder 1.1-1.3: Correspondence

Folder 1.1: Peacock, Molly (Poetry Society of America) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1991

Folder 1.2: Poetry Society of America newsletter (May), 1985

Folder 1.3

Item 1: List of award nominees, undated

Replaced by separation sheet to restricted.

Item 2: Poetry Pilot newsletter, 1985

Folder 1.4: Poetry Society of America budget, 1990-1991

Folder 1.5: Poetry Society of America 75th<span style="font-size: 10px;"> </span>Annual Poetry Awards program, 1985

Folder 1.6: Poetry Society of America 75th<span style="font-size: 10px;"> </span>Annual Poetry Awards program cover, 1985

File 2: Plastic bag

Folder 2.1: Correspondence

Item 1: Cross, Dolores note to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated

Item 2: Dixon, Jacqueline note to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1997

Item 3: Fink, Eloise invitation to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1992

Item 4: Jackson, Norma Jean note to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1991

Item 5: Peddy, Beverly and Jay card to Gwendolyn Brooks and Henry Blakely, undated

Item 6: Cookies By Design delivery form for Wilford, Valarie from Gwendolyn Brooks, undated

Item 7: Zitch, Beryl and Gene birthday card to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated

Item 8: “Jessie” card to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated

Item 9: Sealed florist envelope, undated

Folder 2.2-2.3: Writings

Folder 2.2: Notes/jottings, undated

Includes separation sheet to restricted.

Folder 2.3: Notebooks, 1996, undated

Folder 2.4-2.5: Public engagements

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

Folder 2.5: Travel materials, 1992, undated

Folder 2.6: Ephemera

Item 1: Ballot stub for general election, 1994

Item 2: Two bookmarks, undated

Item 3: Clothing tag, undated

Folder 2.7: Realia, undated

Includes spectacle repair kit and plastic bags.

Folder 2.8: Newspaper clipping related to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1994

Folder 2.9: Newspaper clippings related to other subjects, 1981, 1994, undated

File 3: Prose drafts, newsletters and clippings, education material

Folder 3.1: Prose drafts, undated

Folder 3.2: Published works, textbook excerpt, 1996

Folder 3.3: Public engagements, advertisements and publicity/programs

Item 1: A Positive Self-Image Workshop program, 1996

Two copies.

Item 2: Caxtonian newsletter, 1996

Folder 3.4: Newspaper clippings related to other subjects, 1994, 1996, undated

File 4: Published poems and drafts

Folder 4.1: Poetry drafts, “The Tiger Who Wore White Gloves", undated

Folder 4.2: Prose drafts, undated

Folder 4.3: Notes/jottings, undated

Folder 4.4-4.6: Published works, undated

Folder 4.7: Illinois Poet Laureate Awards flyer, 1987

File 5: Red folder

Folder 5.1-5.4: Center

Folder 5.1: Correspondence, “Jneri(?)” note to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1995

Includes New Yorker article.

Folder 5.2-5.4: Newspaper  clippings related to other subjects, 1994-1995

Folder 5.5-5.13: Right pocket

Folder 5.5: Advertisements and publicity, 1994, undated

Includes for Chocolate Chips Theater Company and Gwendolyn Brooks Center.

Folder 5.6-5.13: Newspaper clippings related to other subjects, 1992, 1994-1995, undated

Folder 5.7 includes issue of Jet.

Box 347

File 5: Red folder (cont.)

Folder 5.14-5.28: Left pocket

Folder 5.14: Correspondence, Farth(?), Tanya, undated

Folder 5.15: Poetry drafts, “For Sara Miller, Sculptor", 1994

Seven copies.

Folder 5.16: Prose drafts

Item 1: “Art hurts", undated

Item 2: “Words! Words!”, undated

Folder 5.17: Public engagements, Contemporary Forum pre-event questionnaire form for visit to Hendrix College, 1994

Folder 5.18: Public engagements, publicity for Hendrix/Murphy Foundation, 1994

Folder 5.19: Public engagements, itineraries, 1994

Includes note by Gwendolyn Brooks on poet’s responsibility “What will they say about me?”

Folder 5.20: Public engagement materials, 1994, undated

Includes materials about Hendrix College and Chocolate Chip Theatre Company.

Folder 5.21-5.22: Newspaper clippings related to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated

Folder 5.23-5.26: Newspaper and magazine clippings related to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1993-1995, undated

Folder 5.27: Works of others, poetry by students, undated

Folder 5.28: African Arts Alliance grouping, 1994

Includes Paul Robeson Award event.

Folder 5.29: Red folder, undated

File 6: Red folder #2

Folder 6.1: Correspondence, Maselli, Kimberly (Northwestern University Press) to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1993

Includes response by Gwendolyn Brooks.

Folder 6.2: Correspondence, Maselli, Kimberly (Northwestern University Press) sealed envelope of newspaper clippings to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1993

Folder 6.3: Works of others, “Dark Legs and Silk Kisses” by Jackson, Angela, 1993

Folder 6.4: Red folder, undated

File 7: Rockhurst College

Folder 7.1: Correspondence

Item 1: Beck, Mary Anne (Rockhurst College) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1995

Item 2: Savage, Thomas invitation to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1996

Folder 7.2: Rockhurst College promotional booklet, 1996

Folder 7.3: Public engagements, itinerary, 1996

File 8: Russia (1982)

Folder 8.1: Correspondence, Ambassador of the United States invitation to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1982

Folder 8.2: Prose drafts, undated

Folder 8.3: Notes/jottings, 1982, undated

Folder 8.4: Public engagements, guest list, 1982

Folder 8.5: Public engagements, post tour program, 1982

File 9: White “SCC Celebrates 25” folder

Folder 9.1-9.11: Left pocket

Folder 9.1: Correspondence

Item 1: Monitor newsletter (Vol 3. No. 12), 1992

Item 2: Pinchney, Sandra (University of Chicago Medical Center) call back message for Gwendolyn Brooks, 1992

Folder 9.2: Writings, advertisements, 1991

Eight copies.

Folder 9.3: Public engagements, Third World Press 25^th anniversary program, 1992

Folder 9.4: Public engagements, advertisements and publicity, 1992, undated

Includes visits to Central Arkansas Library System, ETA Creative Arts Foundation, and the Second Annual Chicago State University on the Black Literary Arts.

Folder 9.5-9.6: Newspapers and magazine clippings related to other subjects, 1991-1992, undated

Folder 9.7: Works of others, undated

Folder 9.8

Item 1: Correspondence, Chocolate Chips Theatre Company flyer, undated

Item 2: Published works, “Introduction to Myself” with notes on back, 1989

Folder 9.9: Food Group Box worksheets, undated

Folder 9.10: Correspondence, Chocolate Chips Theatre Company flyers, 1992

Folder 9.11: Chocolate Chips Theatre Company schedule of events, 1993

Folder 9.12-9.18: Right pocket

Folder 9.12: Public engagements, 1993, undated

Folder 9.13: Newspaper clippings related to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1992

Folder 9.14-9.18: Newspaper clippings related to other subjects, 1992, undated

Folder 9.19: “SCC Celebrates 25” folder, undated

File 10: Smith College (1997)

Folder 10.1: Correspondence between Simmons, Ruth J. (Smith College) and Gwendolyn Brooks, 1995

Folder 10.2: Public engagements, travel materials, 1997

Box 348

File 1: Sophisticate’s Black Hair

Folder 1.1: Correspondence, Boswell, Arnita letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1998

Includes Jones, Lafayette (Segmented Marketing Services, Inc. (“SMSi”)) letter to Boswell, Arnita and SMSi marketing materials.

Folder 1.3: Business card, undated

Folder 1.4: Sophisticate’s Black Hair newsletter excerpt, undated

Folder 1.5: Sophisticate’s Black Hair “Styles and Care Guide” magazine issues, 1997-1998

Folder 1.6: White folder, undated

File 2: Speech drafts

Folder 2.1: Prose drafts, speech draft for Fisk Conference, 1967

Folder 2.2: Newspaper and magazine clippings related to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1965

Folder 2.3: The Black Position (Number 1), 1971

File 3: Student letters, poems, and teaching materials

Folder 3.1: Correspondence, Melhem, D.H. letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1971

Includes Melhem, D.H. biography. First letter between Melhem, D.H. and Gwendolyn Brooks.

Folder 3.2: Notes/jottings, undated

Folder 3.3-3.4: Teaching materials, 1967, 1971, undated

Folder 3.5-3.6: Newspaper clippings related to other subjects, 1968, 1971

Folder 3.7: Envelope, undated

File 4: Third World Papers, 1992

Folder 4.1-4.9: Inserted in front cover

Folder 4.1: Prose drafts, undated

Folder 4.2: Notes/jottings, undated

Folder 4.3: Published works, “We Real Cool", undated

Folder 4.4-4.5: Public engagements, Langston Hughes Festival flyers, 1979

Folder 4.6: Public engagements, contact information, undated

Folder 4.7: Works of others, “My City” by Tillman, Ebony, undated

Poem by child, 8 years old.

Folder 4.8-4.9: Newspapers related to other subjects, 1995, undated

Folder 4.10: “Distribution pages,” prose drafts, undated

Folder 4.11: Pages 24-25, newspapers related to other subjects, 1995

Folder 4.12-4.17: Pages 54-55

Folder 4.12: Empty envelope, undated

Folder 4.13: Notes/jottings, undated

Folder 4.14: Published works, “We Real Cool", 1979

Folder 4.15: Writings, advertisements and stationery, 1991, undated

Folder 4.16: Illinois Poet Laureate Awards materials, 1973, 1993

Folder 4.17: Works of others, “Life Ev’ry Voice", undated

Folder 4.18: “Third World Press: 25 Years of Progressive Black Publishing", 1992

File 5: Topeka (1996)

Folder 5.1: Notes/jottings, undated

Folder 5.2-5.3: Public engagements, publicity, 1996

Includes newspaper clipping.

Folder 5.4: Public engagements, travel materials, 1996

Folder 5.5: Unidentified grouping, correspondence, Scroggins, C. E. “Sonny” and Verlene letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1996

Includes response by Gwendolyn Brooks.

File 6: A Tribute to the Gwendolyn Brooks Program

Folder 6.1: Poetry drafts, “To An Old Black Woman, Homeless and Indistinct", 1992

Folder 6.2: Prose drafts, undated

Folder 6.3: A Tribute to the Gwendolyn Brooks event at James McCosh Elementary School program, 1992

File 6a: Unlabeled manila envelope

Folder 6a.1: Burress, Lee letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated

Includes statistics related to school library book bans.

Folder 6a.2: Natambu, Kofi note to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1990, undated

Includes poems, essay, and course syllabi by Natambu, Kofi.

Folder 6a.3: Manning, Lynn letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1990

Includes poetry drafts by Manning, Lynn.

Folder 6a.4: Addresses, undated

Folder 6a.5: CalArts performance calendar flyers, 1990/1991

Folder 6a.6: Poems by Wood, Christopher, 1989-1990

Folder 6a.7: Newspaper clippings regarding Manning, Lynn, 1986, 1990, undated

Folder 6a.8: Blank stationery and unlabeled manila envelope, undated

File 7: Unlabeled white envelope

Folder 7.1-7.5: Correspondence

Folder 7.1

Item 1: Alexandroff, Mike letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1997

Item 2: Gray, Alberta A. letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1996

Item 3: Lamont, Bridget L. (Illinois State Library) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1995

Folder 7.2

Item 1: Owens, Betty (Harvey Schools) card to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1996

Item 2-4: Reitz-Baer, Miriam letters to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1997

Folder 7.3

Item 1: Roberts, Carol sermon invitation to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1997

Item 2: Simon, Paul (Southern Illinois University at Carbondale) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1997

Folder 7.4

Item 1: Vote, Jeanne Fryberger (St. Mary’s College of Maryland) letter to “friend of Lucille"

Regarding Clifton, Lucille.

Item 2: Weisberg, Lois letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1996

Folder 7.5: Williams, Kenny J. letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1993

Folder 7.6: Notes/jottings, 1996, undated

Includes separation sheet to restricted.

Folder 7.7-7.8: Public engagements, phone numbers, addresses, and business cards, undated

Folder 7.9-7.11: Unidentified grouping

Folder 7.9: Hooper, Emily envelope (empty), undated

Folder 7.10: Contemporary Forum pre-visit questionnaire for the dedication of Gwendolyn Brooks Park, 1996

Folder 7.11: Guest list for a public engagement, undated

Folder 7.12-7.13: Unidentified grouping

Folder 7.12: Gwendolyn Brooks note to Scott-Heron, Gil, undated

Folder 7.13: Phone numbers, addresses, and business cards, undated

File 8: "Unsorted miscellaneous"

Folder 8.1: “Awards” speech draft, undated

Folder 8.2: Gwendolyn Brooks Elementary School dedication ephemera, 1999

Includes letters from and poems by children, a program, a “Programs for Ms. Gwendolyn Brooks” envelope, and flyers for an African-American Heritage Month Poetry Reading.

Folder 8.3: Twenty-Ninth Annual Illinois Poet Laureate Awards announcement flyer, 1998

Folder 8.4: U.S. Army Service Album cover, undated

Brown leather. Includes an Order of the Eastern Star pin. Replaced by a separation sheet

Folder 9: Empty envelope, undated

Folder 10-11: Miscellaneous empty folders, undated

Box 349-349d: Restricted materials

Series 4: Photos and Scrapbooks

Sub-series 1: Personal Photos

Box 350

Folder 1

Item 1: Studio portrait of Blakely, Nora Brooks, 1971

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Item 2: Camera Studios Chicago cardboard frame, 1971?

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Item 3: Blakely, Nora Brooks envelope to Blakely, Henry, Sr., 1971?

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Folder 2

Item 1: Manuscript note by Gwendolyn Brooks, undated

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Item 2: Walgreens photo negatives envelope, undated

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Item 3: Walgreens photo coupon sheet, undated

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Item 4: Walgreens photo envelope, undated

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Folder 3

Item 1: Dimly lit face in profile, undated

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Item 2: Kodak photo envelopes, undated

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Folder 4

Item 1: Blakely, Henry, Sr. passport prints, 1973

11 copies.

Item 2: U.S. Passport Photo Service envelope, 1973

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Folder 5

Item 1: Burrell, Joseph holding Sukari (cat), undated

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Item 2: Marching band in a tunnel, undated

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Item 3: Marching band in a tunnel, undated

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Item 4: Partial view of flag bearers, undated

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Item 5: Marching trombone players, undated

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Folder 6: University of Illinois graduation (Blakely, Nora Brooks)

Item 1: Blakely, Henry, Jr.; Blakely, Nora Brooks; Brooks, Keziah C. Wims; and Gwendolyn Brooks in front of Assembly Hall, 1972

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Item 2: Blakely, Nora Brooks in graduation regalia, 1972

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Item 3: Blakely, Henry, Jr.; Nora Brooks; and Henry, Sr. in the Assembly Hall parking lot, 1972

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Item 4: Blakely, Henry, Jr.; Nora Brooks; and Henry, Sr. in the Assembly Hall parking lot, 1972

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Item 5: Blurry view of Blakely, Henry, Jr.; Nora Brooks; and Henry, Sr. in the Assembly Hall parking lot, 1972

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Item 6: Blakely, Henry, Jr. with his hands in his pockets, 1972

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Item 7: Blakely, Henry, Jr. laughing, 1972

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Item 8: Blurry view of the Brooks-Blakely family getting into a car, 1972

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Item 9: Brooks-Blakely family getting into a car, 1972

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Folder 7

Item 1: Three boys in a Christmas-themed sleigh (negative), undated

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Item 2: Seated woman wearing a beaded necklace (negative), undated

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Item 3: “Share your snaps!” Kodak envelope, undated

Folder 8

Item 1: View of a storefront from a window across the street, circa 1970

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Item 2: Seated man speaking on the phone, circa 1970

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Item 3: Book advertisement, undated

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Item 4: Blurry view of a court transcript, undated

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Folder 9

Item 1: Plymouth Fury missing the driver’s side headlight, 1960s

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Item 2: Driver’s side of a Plymouth Fury parked on the street, 1960s

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Item 3: Partial view of a Plymouth Fury missing the driver’s side headlight, 1960s

Item 4: Two men on sitting on a couch (negative), 1960s

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Item 5: Blurry view of four women at a family gathering (negative), 1960s

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Item 6: Family around table (negative), 1960s

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Item 7: Woman smoking a cigarette in front of a staircase (negative), 1960s

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Item 8: Two women standing in a kitchen (negative), 1960s

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Item 9: Blurry view of two women and small dog (negative), 1960s

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Item 10: Three family members at gathering (negative), 1960s

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Item 11: Six family members on a staircase (negative), 1960s

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Item 12: Four women and a small dog on a staircase, 1960s

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Item 13: Seven young women on a staircase, 1960s

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Item 14: Kodak negatives envelope, undated

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Folder 10

Item 1: Chicago highway entrance, 1960s

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Item 2: Blurry view of a car and semitruck driving on a Chicago highway, 1960s

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Item 3: Chicago highway entrance, 1960s

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Item 4: Blurry view of a car and semitruck driving on a Chicago highway, 1960s

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Item 5: Blurry view of a car and semitruck driving on a Chicago highway, 1960s

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Item 6: Street corner in the rain, 1960s

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Item 7: View of a car driving on a highway from another vehicle, 1960s

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Folder 11

Item 1: Parked Volkswagen Beetle, undated

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Item 2: Partial view of a moving station wagon, undated

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Item 3: Man working in an office environment (negative), 1960s

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Item 4: Woman in an office environment (negative), 1960s

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Item 5: Woman resting her chin on her fist, 1960s

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Item 6: “OFFICE” Kodak photo envelope, undated

Includes an ad for Christmas-themed photographic cards. View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_11_004

Folder 12

Item 1: Blakely, Henry, Sr. and two women on a beach, 1970s

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Item 2: Pontiac Firebird driver’s side rear, 1970s

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Item 3: Blakely, Nora Brooks in the driver’s seat of a Pontiac Firebird, 1970s

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Item 4: Partial view of a Pontiac Firebird, 1970s

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Folder 13

Item 1: “Share your snaps!” Kodak photo envelope, undated

Item 2: Woman sitting in a chair, undated

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Item 3: Woman sitting in a chair (negative), undated

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Item 4: Young woman and two children at a beach (negative), 1960s

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Item 5: Seated woman holding a can of beer at a beach (negative), 1960s

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Item 6: Blurry partial view of a child wrapped in a beach towel (negative), 1960s

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Item 7: Boy wrapped with a black sheet at the beach (negative), 1960s

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Item 8: Partial view of the United Nations building in New York City (negative), 1960s

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Item 9: United Nations building in New York City (negative), 1960s

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Item 10-16: Folded into “Julius” note

Item 10: Partial view of a Chevrolet car driver’s side rear, 1960s

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Item 11: Chevrolet Bel-Air driver’s side rear, 1960s

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Item 12: Partial view of a Chevrolet car, 1960s

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Item 13: Partial view of a red car passenger’s side, 1960s

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Item 14: Red car passenger's side front, 1960s

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Item 15: Red car driver's side front, 1960s

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Item 16: “Julius” note, undated

Item 17: Assurance Inspections Group office entrance (negative), 1960s

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Item 18: Assurance Inspections Group employee at a desk, 1960s

Item 19: Blakely, Henry, Sr. reading at an office desk, 1960s

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Item 20: Blakely, Henry, Sr. writing at an office desk, 1960s

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Item 21: Chicago highway entrance (negative), 1960s

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Item 22: Blurry view of a car and semitruck driving on a Chicago highway (negative), 1960s

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Item 23: Street corner in the rain (negative), 1960s

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Item 24: Urban intersection in the rain (negative), 1960s

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Item 25: Parked car next to a highway entrance ramp (negative), 1960s

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Item 26: Blurry view of two Assurance Inspections Group employees (negative), 1960s

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Item 27: View of houses from a road (negative), 1960s

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Item 28: Landscape from moving car (negative), 1960s

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Folder 14

Item 1: Woman sitting on a desk holding a cigarette (negative), undated

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Item 2: Closer view of a woman sitting on a desk holding a cigarette (negative), undated

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Item 3: Woman standing between two windows (negative), undated

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Item 4: Woman in a trench coat (negative), undated

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Item 5: Underexposed view of woman on a sofa (negative), undated

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Item 6: Woman in green (negative), 1967

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Folder 15

Item 1: Two women sitting on a sofa, one holding a picture (negative), 1970s

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Item 2: Two seated women looking at a picture (negative), 1970s

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Item 3: Three seated friends posing for the camera (negative), 1970s

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Item 4: Man posing next to a fireplace (negative), 1970s

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Item 5: Two women sitting on a sofa (negative), 1970s

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Item 6: Two seated women talking on a sofa (negative), 1970s

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Item 7: Woman in green touching flowers (negative), 1970s

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Item 8: Blakely, Henry, Sr. sitting on a sofa with two friends (negative), 1970s

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Item 9: Blakely, Henry, Sr. and friends looking at a picture (negative), 1970s

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Item 10: Two seated women looking at a picture (negative), 1970s

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Item 11: Two women sitting on a sofa (negative), 1970s

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Item 12: Two seated women looking at a picture (negative), 1970s

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Item 13: Group of women in line during a performance (negative), 1970s

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Item 14: Woman sitting on a blanket at the beach (negative), 1970s

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Item 15: Empty yellow Walgreens envelope, undated

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Folder 16

Item 1: Helen’s Wig storefront, undated

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Item 2: Front entrance of a building (address 6252) with shattered glass, undated

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Item 3: Ceiling water damage, undated

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Item 4: Apartment building staircase, undated

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Item 5: Boiler room covered in trash, undated

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Item 6: Wooden apartment door, undated

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Item 7: Blurry view of an open doorway, undated

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Folder 17

Item 1: Partial view of two parked cars (negative), 1960s

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Item 2: Partial view of the parked car driver’s side (negative), 1960s

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Item 3: Partial view of two parked cars from driver’s side (negative), 1960s

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Item 4: Partial view of parked cars from driver’s side rear (negative), 1960s

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Item 5: Photo negatives envelope, undated

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Folder 18

Item 1: Woman sitting in a living room (negative), 1970s

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Item 2: View of a Chicago intersection (negative), 1970s

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Item 3: Group running on a Chicago street with commercial spaces (negative), 1970s

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Item 4: View of a Chicago street with commercial spaces (negative), 1970s

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Item 5: Blakely, Henry, Sr. talking to another man in front of a fireplace (negative), 1970s

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Item 6: Woman standing in front of a fireplace (negative), 1970s

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Item 7: Group of friends gathered around a piano (negative), 1970s

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Item 8: Woman sitting next to a man playing the piano (negative), 1970s

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Item 9: Apartment building staircase (negative), undated

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Item 10: Blurry view of an open doorway (negative), undated

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Item 11: Front entrance of a building (address 6252) with shattered glass (negative), undated

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Item 12: Helen’s Wig storefront (negative), undated

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Item 13: Blurry view of a band performing on a stage (negative), 1970s

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Item 14: Ceiling water damage (negative), undated

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Item 15: Wooden apartment door (negative), undated

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Item 16: Boiler room covered in trash (negative), undated

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Item 17: Coupon sheet for Walgreens photo services, undated

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Item 18: “Bring me back to Walgreens” photo negatives envelope, undated

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Folder 19

Item 1: “PICTURES” envelope, undated

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Folder 20

Item 1: “Gwendolyn Brooks, a gift from LaVern H. Clark” envelope, undated

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_20_008

Item 2: Gwendolyn Brooks smiling and looking down, 1980s

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Item 3: Gwendolyn Brooks seated with arm on chair, 1980s

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Item 4: Gwendolyn Brooks looking to her right, 1980s

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Item 5: Gwendolyn Brooks smiling and looking to her right, 1980s

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Item 6: Gwendolyn Brooks speaking at a podium in Tucson, Arizona, 1980s

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Item 7: Gwendolyn Brooks speaking at a podium in Tucson, Arizona, 1980s

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Item 8: Gwendolyn Brooks smiling at the camera, 1980s

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Folder 21: Dedication of Gwendolyn Brooks Park (Topeka, KS)

Item 1: Gwendolyn Brooks and Slade, Leonard, 1996

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Item 2: Gwendolyn Brooks and Slade, Roberta, 1996

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Item 3: Public near an outdoor podium, 1996

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Item 4: Public near an outdoor podium, 1996

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Item 5: Gwendolyn Brooks approaching an outdoor podium, 1996

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Item 6: Gwendolyn Brooks and a speaker near an outdoor podium, 1996

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Item 7: Gwendolyn Brooks and a speaker near an outdoor podium, 1996

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Item 8: Group gathered around a park sign, 1996

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Item 9: Group gathered around a park sign, 1996

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Item 10: Group gathered around a park sign, 1996

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Item 11: Seated crowd, 1996

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Item 12: Gwendolyn Brooks speaking before an audience, 1996

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Item 13: Gwendolyn Brooks and others standing near an outdoor podium, 1996

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Item 14: Children standing near an outdoor podium, 1996

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Item 15: Woman in an orange dress speaking at an outdoor podium, 1996

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Item 16: Woman in green speaking at a podium, 1996

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Item 17: Crowd in front of an outdoor stage, 1996

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Item 18: Three photographers, 1996

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Item 19: Gwendolyn Brooks clapping at the unveiling of a park sign, 1996

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Item 20: Gwendolyn Brooks speaking at an outdoor podium, 1996

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Item 21: Gwendolyn Brooks unveiling a park sign, 1996

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Item 22: Gwendolyn Brooks unveiling a park sign, 1996

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Item 23: Gwendolyn Brooks speaking an outdoor podium, 1996

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Item 24: Gwendolyn Brooks greeting a child, 1996

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Item 25: Gwendolyn Brooks greeting children, 1996

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Item 26: Woman in green speaking at an outdoor podium, 1996

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Item 27: Gwendolyn Brooks with a veiled park sign, 1996

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Item 28: Letter from Swearingen, Paul to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1996

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Item 29: Shipping envelope from Swearingen, Paul to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1996

Includes a sticky note. View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_21_029

Folder 22

Item 1: 80th birthday cake for Gwendolyn Brooks, 1997

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Item 2: Keziah Wims Brooks standing in front of a Chicago house, undated

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Item 3: Black cardboard photo frame, undated

Includes a manuscript note by Gwendolyn Brooks. View digital content: 00086_04_01_01_22_003

Folder 23

Item 1: Craig, Vivian; Leath, Viola; and Gwendolyn Brooks, undated

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Item 2: Group photo at a Chicago multicultural event, undated

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Folder 24: Edward Jenner School (Chicago)

Item 1: Gwendolyn Brooks seated in front of a classroom, 1989

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Item 2: Students in a classroom, 1989

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Item 3: Students in a classroom, 1989

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Item 4: Students in a classroom, 1989

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Item 5: Gwendolyn Brooks speaking at a podium, 1989

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Item 6: “July 11, 1989: Edward Jenner School Graduation Day Pictures (sent by former assistant Principal Arthur Wilson)” envelope, undated

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Folder 25

Item 1: Family attending an African wedding, 1980

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Item 2: Bride, groom, and officiant at an African wedding, 1980

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Item 3: Gwendolyn Brooks and Johnson, Sybil inside of a library, undated

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Item 4: Gwendolyn Brooks and Alvin, Glenda inside of a library, undated

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Folder 26

Item 1: Writing portfolio cover, undated

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Folder 27

Item 1: Note from Blakely, Nora Brooks to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated

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Item 2: Name card for Blakely, Nora Brooks, undated

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Folder 28

Item 1: Studio portrait of Blakely, Nora Brooks in a cover, undated

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Folder 29: Poetry Festival (Waterloo, CA)

Item 1: Peccorini, Francisco and Carole letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1996

View an envelope. View digital content: 00086_04_01_01_29_001

Item 2: Gwendolyn Brooks speaking at a podium, 1996

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Item 3: Gwendolyn Brooks and Peccorini, Francisco, 1996

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Item 4: Poetry reading near a creek, 1996

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Item 5: Peccorini, Francisco talking to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1996

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Folder 30

Item 1: Blakely, Nora Brooks on her high school graduation day, 1968

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Item 2: Gwendolyn Brooks at a College Language Association event, 1982

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Item 3: Gwendolyn Brooks with Turner, Darwin and another woman at a College Language Association event, 1982

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Item 4: Gwendolyn Brooks and two others sitting in a courtyard, 1984

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Item 5: Gwendolyn Brooks and Bolton, Linda, 1984

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Folder 31

Item 1: Gwendolyn Brooks and two others sitting in a courtyard, 1984

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Item 2: Gwendolyn Brooks seated on a ledge, 1984

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Item 3: Gwendolyn Brooks standing at a podium with a man in a gray suit, 1984

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Item 4: Gwendolyn Brooks signing autographs at her 80th birthday party, 1997

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Item 5: Gwendolyn Brooks standing with Madhubuti, Haki near a painted portrait at her 80th birthday party, 1997

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Folder 32

Item 1: Gwendolyn Brooks opening presents at her 80th birthday party, 1997

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Item 2: Blakely, Nora Brooks at the 80th birthday party for Gwendolyn Brooks, 1997

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Item 3: Gwendolyn Brooks and young man on a stage, undated

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Folder 33

Item 1: Gwendolyn Brooks with Bennett, Lerone, Jr. and others, undated

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Item 2: Bennett, Lerone, Jr. at a microphone, undated

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Item 3: Melhem, D.H. and a “newish Ford”, 1993

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Item 4: Person sitting in the driver’s seat of a Ford Probe, 1993

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Folder 34

Item 1: Gwendolyn Brooks with Bennett, Lerone, Jr. and others, undated

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Item 2: Gwendolyn Brooks and children at Oatka Residential Center, undated

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Item 3: Gwendolyn Brooks standing next to a plant, undated

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Item 4: Melhem, D.H. photographic envelope, undated

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Folder 35: Accra Zoo (Ghana)

Item 1: Chimpanzee in an enclosure (negative), 1974

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Item 2: Crowned crane enclosure sign (negative), 1974

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Item 3: Very underexposed view of an African crowned crane in an enclosure (negative), 1974

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Item 4: Partial view of two lions in enclosures (negative), 1974

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Item 5: Partial view of a lion in an enclosure (negative), 1974

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Item 6: Closer look at a lion in an enclosure (negative), 1974

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Item 7: Visitor looking at a lion (negative), 1974

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Item 8: Lion in an enclosure (negative), 1974

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Item 9: Children in front of enclosures (negative), 1974

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Item 10: Blurry view of an enclosure (negative), 1974

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Item 11: Duckling in an enclosure (negative), 1974

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Item 12: Duck and ducklings (negative), 1974

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Item 13: Macaw parrot in an enclosure (negative), 1974

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Item 14: Blurry view of an enclosure (negative), 1974

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Item 15: Group of people looking at a young hippopotamus in an enclosure (negative), 1974

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Item 16: Two children and a woman looking at a young hippopotamus in an enclosure (negative), 1974

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Item 17: Plant with long leaves in a wooded area (negative), 1974

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Item 18: Wooded area with vegetation (negative), 1974

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Item 19: Two animals in an enclosure (negative), 1974

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Item 20: Small animal in an enclosure (negative), 1974

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Item 21: Kodacolor photo envelope, undated

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Folder 36

Item 1: Landscape around Cambridge University (negative), 1974

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Item 2: Landscape around Cambridge University (negative), 1974

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Item 3: Scenery from a car window en route to Cambridge University (negative), 1974

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Item 4: A view of two young men from a car window en route to Cambridge University (negative), 1974

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Item 5: Group walking toward King’s College at Cambridge University (negative), 1974

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Item 6: Group walking toward King’s College at Cambridge University (negative), 1974

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Item 7: Scenery from a car window en route to Cambridge University (negative), 1974

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Item 8: Building, pond, and gardens at Rebecca West’s country estate in Buckinghamshire, England (negative), 1974

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Item 9: Blurry view of a group in a punt boat at Cambridge University (negative), 1974

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Item 10: Partial view inside King’s College at Cambridge University (negative), 1974

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Item 11: Partial view of a stained-glass window from King’s College at Cambridge University (negative), 1974

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Item 12: Partial view of a stained-glass window from King’s College at Cambridge University (negative), 1974

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Item 13: Group watching the Changing of the Guard in London (negative), 1974

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Item 14: Building, pond, and gardens at Rebecca West’s country estate in Buckinghamshire, England (negative), 1974

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Item 15: Blurry view of a building, pond, and gardens at Rebecca West’s country estate in Buckinghamshire, England (negative), 1974

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Item 16: View of a lamb grazing in a field taken from a car window, 1974

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Item 17: Partial view of a Cambridge University building (negative), 1974

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Item 18: Partial view of a stained-glass window from King’s College at Cambridge University (negative), 1974

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Item 19: Underexposed view of a stained-glass window from King’s College at Cambridge University (negative), 1974

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Item 20: Kodacolor photo envelope, undated

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Folder 37

Item 1: Landers, Ann, “10 Ways to Get Along With Others” article in the Chicago Sun-Times (January 13), 1977

Includes a note on “Mama’s ‘List’” by Gwendolyn Brooks. View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_37_001

Item 2: “PICTURES (temporary home)” envelope, undated

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_38_001

Box 351

Folder 1: National Endowment for the Humanities Jefferson Lecture

Item 1: Simon, Paul (U.S. Senator) standing at a podium, 1994

View digitized content:  00086_04_01_02_01_002

Item 2: Gwendolyn Brooks standing at a podium, 1994

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_01_003

Item 3: Gwendolyn Brooks speaking at a podium, 1994

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_01_004

Item 4: Gwendolyn Brooks standing at a podium, 1994

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_01_005

Item 5: Gwendolyn Brooks walking in a crowd, 1994

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Item 6: Front view of Gwendolyn Brooks walking in a crowd, 1994

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_01_007

Item 7: Gwendolyn Brooks and Simon, Paul (U.S. Senator) talking at a table, 1994

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_01_008

Item 8: Simon, Paul (U.S. Senator); Gwendolyn Brooks; Hackney, Francis Sheldon; and one other talking at a table, 1994

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_01_009

Item 9: Simon, Paul (U.S. Senator); Gwendolyn Brooks; Hackney, Francis Sheldon; and one other talking at a table, 1994

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_01_010

Item 10: Three event attendees smiling for the camera, 1994

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_01_011

Item 11: Gwendolyn Brooks seated and signing an autograph for a man, 1994

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_01_012

Item 12: Gwendolyn Brooks seated and signing an autograph for a woman, 1994

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_01_013

Item 13: Gwendolyn Brooks lifting her glasses to look at a document, 1994

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_01_014

Item 14: Blakely, Nora Brooks; Blakely, Henry, Sr.; and Gwendolyn Brooks standing on the sidewalk, 1994

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_01_015

Item 15: Gwendolyn Brooks signing an autograph with Hackney, Francis Sheldon; Blakely, Nora Brooks; and Blakely, Henry, Sr., 1994

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_01_016

Item 16: Hackney, Francis Sheldon; Blakely, Nora Brooks; Gwendolyn Brooks; and Blakely, Henry, Jr. posing for a photo, 1994

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_01_017

Item 17: Hackney, Francis Sheldon; Blakely, Nora Brooks; Gwendolyn Brooks; and Blakely, Henry, Jr. posing for a photo, 1994

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_01_018

Item 18: Handwritten note with a phone number for Collins, Jim and Karen, undated

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_01_019

Item 19: Photo album with a sticker for Roy Lewis Photography (Hyattsville, MD), 1997

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_01_001c

Folder 2: Dedication of Gwendolyn Brooks Junior High (Harvey, IL)

Item 1: Gwendolyn Brooks and Bakeman, Emma, 1981

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_02_002

Item 2: Index card describing front- and opposite-page photos, 1981

Corresponds to items 1 and 3.

Item 3: Gwendolyn Brooks and Green, Barbra, 1981

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_02_003

Item 4: “Unveiling the Portrait” index card, 1981

Item 5: Gwendolyn Brooks and others at her portrait unveiling, 1981

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_02_004

Item 6: Index card describing opposite page photo, 1981

Corresponds to item 7.

Item 7: Gwendolyn Brooks; Owens, Betty; and Isham, Ayana, 1981

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_02_005

Item 8: Index card describing a photo not present, 1981

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Item 9: Blank index card, 1981

Item 10: Two students, 1981

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Item 11: Index card describing a group photo not present, 1981

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_02_008

Item 12: Index card describing opposite page photo, 1981

Corresponds to item 13.

Item 13: Group of students, 1981

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_02_009

Item 14: Index card describing opposite page photo, 1981

Corresponds to item 15.

Item 15: Gwendolyn Brooks and others on a stage with her portrait, 1981

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_02_010

Item 16: Gwendolyn Brooks; Owens, Betty; and another woman posing with her portrait, 1981

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_02_011

Item 17: Index card describing a photo not present, 1981

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_02_012

Item 18: Photocopy of a text on friendship, undated

Item 19: Gwendolyn Brooks and Green, Barbra, 1981

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_02_013

Item 20: Photo album, 1981

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Folder 3: Brooks-Wims Family

Permalife groupings were numbered by the archivist in 05/2024.

Item 1-8: Grouping 1

Item 1: Blakely, Nora Brooks during her college years, 1970s

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Item 2: Woman wearing a spectacle chain, 1970s

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Item 3: Brooks, Raymond, Sr. and his wife, 1950s

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Item 4: Split-level house with an attached garage, 1950s

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Item 5: Brooks, Raymond, Jr. and his wife under a wedding arch, 1960s

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Item 6: Two women seated at a dining table, 1950s

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Item 7: Man and a toddler in living room, 1960s

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Item 8: Blakely, Henry, Jr. in formal attire, 1950s

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Item 9-17: Grouping 2

Item 9: Roundtree, Fred and Julia with an unknown woman, 1940s

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Item 10: Woman revising papers, 1960s

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Item 11: Family of six posing outside of a house, 1950s

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Item 12: Gwendolyn Brooks at 15 years old, 1932

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Item 13: Blakely, Nora Brooks as a child, circa 1956

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Item 14: Man in double breasted suit standing by a curb, 1950s

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Item 15: Blakely, Henry, Sr.; Gwendolyn Brooks, and Blakely, Henry, Jr. sitting on a handrail, circa 1945

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Item 16: Man in a police officer uniform, 1950s

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Item 17: Brooks, Keziah C. Wims and two others, 1950s

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Item 18-25: Grouping 3

Item 18: Brooks, Dorothea studio portrait, 1970s

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Item 19: Wims, Carolyn with another young girl, circa 1950

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Item 20: Infant and a quilted pillow on a couch, 1960s

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Item 21: Brooks, Keziah C. Wims as a young woman, 1920s

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Item 22: Headshot of a young man in a suit, 1930s

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Item 23: Woman seated with her arm resting on a table, 1930s

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Item 24: Side view of a man with mustache and glasses, undated

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Item 25: Two toddlers sitting on a living room floor, 1960s

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Item 26-32: Grouping 4

Item 26: Wims, Carolyn standing on a sidewalk, 1960s

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Item 27: Boy in a collared coat, 1900s

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Item 28: Williams, Kayola wearing a pearl necklace, 1960s

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Item 29: Brooks, Raymond, Sr. as a young man, 1950s

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Item 30: Older man wearing a suit with a waistcoat, 1920s

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Item 31: Brooks, David (nephew of Gwendolyn Brooks), 1970s

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Item 32: Brooks, Raymond, Sr. standing near a car, 1940s

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Item 33-39: Grouping 5

Item 33: Blakely, Nora Brooks studio headshot, 1971

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Item 34: Gwendolyn Brooks; Brooks, Raymond, Sr.; and another woman, circa 1935

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Item 35: Gwendolyn Brooks as a child, circa 1925

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Item 36: Man in a white suit jacket, 1940s

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Item 37: Couple and their baby, 1950s

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Item 38: Woman posing in front of a house, 1950s

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Item 39: Man and woman seated next to one another, 1950s

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Item 40-41: Grouping 6

Item 40: Woman wearing a polka dot dress and gloves, 1950s

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Item 41: Torn photo of a person with their hand on a car door handle, 1950s

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Item 42-51: Grouping 7

Item 42: Wims, Luvenia studio portrait, 1920s

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Item 43: Wife of Brooks, Raymond, Jr. wearing a lace sunhat, 1960s

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Item 44: Toddler and an infant dressed in white, 1900s

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Item 45: Woman wearing a high-necked dress, 1900s

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Item 46: Brooks, Paulette and another young girl, 1950s

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Item 47: Three Black WWI soldiers, circa 1917

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Item 48: Family portrait of two women and three children, 1960s

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Item 49: Brooks, David Anderson, 1930s

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Item 50: Brooks, Keziah C. Wims, 1930s

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Item 51: Wims, Carolyn wearing a short-sleeved dress, 1960s

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Item 52-59: Grouping 8

Item 52: Woman in graduation regalia, 1950s

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Item 53: Group of four people outside during wintertime, 1940s

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Item 54: Young couple posing together, 1940s

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Item 55: Woman wearing layered chain necklaces, 1970s

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Item 56: Woman in a gingham dress and a child at a bus station, 1960s

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Item 57: Man wearing a police uniform standing in front of a television, 1960s

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Item 58: Woman sitting next to a Christmas tree, 1970s

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Item 59: Woman in a polka dot headscarf, 1970s

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Item 60-67: Grouping 9

Item 60: Toddler girl with her hair in two buns, 1970s

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Item 61: Brooks, Keziah C. Wims sitting in a chair, 1970s

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Item 62: Women posing in front a of house, 1960s

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Item 63: Two teenagers posing in front of house, 1950s

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Item 64: Brooks, Keziah C. Wims wearing a black hat, 1920s

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Item 65: Studio headshot of a woman, 1960s

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Item 66: Woman wearing a gingham skirt and blazer, 1950s

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Item 67: Teenage girl posing outside, 1950s

Item 68-76: Grouping 10

Item 68: Group of nine girls posing in front of a house, 1950s

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Item 69: Two toddlers, 1970s

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Item 70: Two toddlers, 1940s

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Item 71: Woman arranging flowers in a kitchen, 1950s

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Item 72: Woman posing in front of a house porch, 1940s

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Item 73: Woman dressed in a long winter coat, 1940s

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Item 74: Brooks, Dorothea studio portrait, 1970s

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Item 75: Bride and groom posing under a wreath, 1960s

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Item 76: Man standing on porch steps, 1940s

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Item 77-81: Grouping 11

Item 77: Studio portrait of a woman wearing a high-necked dress, 1890s

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Item 78: Brooks, Keziah C. Wims, 1930s

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Item 79: Seated man in a pinstripe suit, 1940s

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Item 80: Man with a mustache wearing a three-piece suit, 1920s

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Item 81: Family of five posing for a studio portrait, 1920s

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Item 82-90: Grouping 12

Item 82: Family of five gathered around a table, 1950s

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Item 83: Brooks, Raymond, Jr. as a teenager, 1950s

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Item 84: Blakely, Henry, Jr. as a toddler, circa 1941

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Item 85: Two toddlers wearing matching dresses, 1940s

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Item 86: Older woman wearing a plaid dress, 1950s

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Item 87: Boy playing a snare drum next to a Christmas tree, 1950s

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Item 88: Woman wearing a checkered blazer, 1970s

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Item 89: Two women posing in a garden, 1940s

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Item 90: Man wearing a black suit, 1950s

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Item 91-96: Grouping 13

Item 91: Brooks, Raymond, Sr. and family during wedding celebration, 1970s

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Item 92: Brooks, David Anderson and Keziah C. Wims posing with others, 1960s

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Item 93: Blakely, Nora Brooks studio portrait, 1970s

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Item 94: Young man wearing a suit with a bow tie, 1950s

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Item 95: Portrait of a woman wearing a polka dot blouse, 1960s

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Item 96: Smiling couple seated on a couch, 1960s

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Item 97: “Family Pictures (From the Album) Acid-free Paper Separated” folder, undated

Folder 4: Trip to Nairobi, Kenya (reel)

Item 1: “Makony & Gayleatha” Super 8 film roll in blue casing, 1971

Item 2: “Nairobi, (etc.?)” color finishing envelope, 1971

Item 3: Film strip fragment, 1971?

Folder 5: Trip to Nairobi Game Preserve (reel)

Item 1: “Nairobi Game Preserve” Super 8 film roll in blue casing, 1971

Item 2: “Nairobi Game Preserve” color finishing envelope, 1971

Folder 6

Item 1: “Blank” Super 8 film roll in blue casing, undated

Item 2: Scribbled out color finishing envelope, undated

Folder 7: Trip to Nairobi, Kenya

Item 1: View of a road from a hotel balcony (negative), 1971

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Item 2: Blurry view of a road from a hotel balcony (negative), 1971

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Item 3: View of a road from a hotel balcony (negative), 1971

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Item 4: Blurry view of foliage (negative), 1971

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Item 5: Three hyenas in an enclosure (negative), 1971

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Item 6: Partial view of a tree against a cloudy sky (negative), 1971

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Item 7: Two Nairobian women near a game preserve (negative), 1971

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Item 8: Lioness resting in an enclosure (negative), 1971

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Item 9: Lion club eating in an enclosure (negative), 1971

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Item 10: Man watching lions eat in an enclosure (negative), 1971

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Item 11: Close view of a fence at a hyena habitat (negative), 1971

Item 12: View of an outdoor hyena habitat (negative), 1971

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Item 13: Blurry view of three people next to an enclosure (negative), 1971

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Item 14: Blurry view of an enclosure, 1971

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Item 15: Gazelle at a feeding station (negative), 1971

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Item 16: Blurry view of a man watching a warthog in an enclosure (negative), 1971

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Item 17: Warthog in an enclosure (negative), 1971

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Item 18: Animals resting in an enclosure (negative), 1971

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Item 19: Leopard in an enclosure (negative), 1971

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Item 20: Note on Kodacolor-X cardboard fragment, 1971

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Item 21: Madsen photo envelope, 1971?

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Item 22: Photo negative envelope, undated

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Folder 8: Trip to England

Item 1: Blurry view of a cityscape from a moving vehicle (negative), 1971

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Item 2: Couple standing in a hotel room (negative), 1971

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Item 3: Blurry view of two women in a hotel room (negative), 1971

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Item 4: View of Shaftesbury Memorial Fountain (negative), 1971

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Item 5: View of Shaftesbury Memorial Fountain (negative), 1971

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Item 6: View of London Bridge from afar (negative), 1971

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Item 7: Panoramic view of London (negative), 1971

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Item 8: Upward view of a monument in London (negative), 1971

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Item 9: London streetscape (negative), 1971

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Item 10: Red Fiat 850 driver’s side (negative), 1971

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Item 11: View of a city fountain from a car (negative), 1971

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Item 12: View of a sunset from an airplane window (negative), 1971

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Item 13: View of an airplane wing in the sky (negative), 1971

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Item 14: Man smoking on an airplane (negative), 1971

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Item 15: Blurry view of an airplane passenger (negative), 1971

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Item 16: Airport building and travelers (negative), 1971

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Item 17: Airport building and runway (negative), 1971

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Item 18: View of an airplane from another airplane window (negative), 1971

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Item 19: Curtained window in a dark room (negative), 1971

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Item 20: Madsen photo service envelope, 1971?

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Item 21-22: Photo negative envelope, undated

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Item 23: Young woman wearing a headband (negative), 1971

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Item 24: Woman leaning on a bed (negative), 1971

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Item 25: Blakely, Nora Brooks wearing a sleeveless shirt (negative), 1971

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Item 26: Blurry view of a young woman at Iverness Court Hotel (negative), 1971

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Item 27: Blurry view of two women getting ready in a room at Iverness Court Hotel (negative), 1971

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Item 28: Filigree archway at Iverness Court Hotel (negative), 1971

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Item 29: Dim view of the Iverness Court Hotel lobby (negative), 1971

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Item 30: Iverness Court Hotel façade (negative), 1971

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Item 31: Big Ben clock tower (negative), 1971

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Item 32: Blurry view of a streetscape from a window at night (negative), 1971

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Item 33: View of the Palace of Westminster from across the Thames River (negative), 1971

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Item 34: View of Big Ben clock tower from across the Thames River (negative), 1971

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Folder 9: Trip to Tanzania

Item 1: Photo negative envelope, undated

Item 2: Madsen Photo Service coupon, undated

Item 3: Madsen Photo Service envelope, undated

Item 4: View of an airplane cabin (negative), 1971

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Item 5: Airplane passenger (negative), 1971

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Item 6: Blurry view of Cobb, Charlie and Fayleatha (negative), 1971

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Item 7: Chain link fence (negative), 1971

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Item 8: YWCA building in Dar es Salaam (negative), 1971

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Item 9: Partial view of a YWCA building in Dar es Salaam (negative), 1971

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Item 10: Blurry view of the Cobb, Charlie and Fayleatha house in Dar es Salaam (negative), 1971

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Item 11: Blurry view of the Cobb, Charlie and Fayleatha house in Dar es Salaam (negative), 1971

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Item 12: Backyard of the Cobb, Charlie and Fayleatha house in Dar es Salaam (negative), 1971

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Item 13: Cobb, Charlie and Fayleatha house in Dar es Salaam (negative), 1971

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Item 14: Blurry view of people dancing at the Cobb, Charlie and Fayleatha house in Dar es Salaam (negative), 1971

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Item 15: Candle in the dark (negative), 1971

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Item 16: People at an event at the Cobb, Charlie and Fayleatha house in Dar es Salaam (negative), 1971

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Item 17: People at an event at the Cobb, Charlie and Fayleatha house in Dar es Salaam (negative), 1971

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Item 18: Blurry view of a man near Dar es Salaam Harbor (negative), 1971

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Item 19: Blurry view of Cobb, Charlie and Fayleatha posing for the camera (negative), 1971

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Folder 10: Visit to the National Museum of Tanzania

Item 1: Madsen Photo Service photo envelope, 1971

Labeled “Tanzania 1971.” View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_10_001

Item 2: Photo negative envelope, undated

Item 3: Madsen Photo Service coupon, undated

Item 4: Blurry view of the museum’s façade (negative), 1971

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Item 5: Garden view of the National Museum of Tanzania (negative), 1971

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Item 6: Women gathered next to a building and parking lot (negative), 1971

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Item 7: Women next to a building and a parking lot (negative), 1971

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Item 8: Four-story apartment building (negative), 1971

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Item 9: Façade of a residence with French windows and arches (negative), 1971

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Item 10: Blurry view of a gated residence (negative), 1971

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Item 11: Façade of a cobblestone house with a round porch (negative), 1971

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Item 12: House with a gable roof (negative), 1971

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Folder 11: Visit to Nairobi National Park

Item 1: Warthog in an enclosure, 1971

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Item 2: Lion club eating in an enclosure, 1971

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Item 3: Two Nairobian women near a game preserve, 1971

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Item 4: Gazelle at a feeding station, 1971

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Item 5: Blurry view of visitors on a sidewalk, 1971

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Item 6: Person laying in a grassy field, 1971

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Item 7: Blurry view of an enclosure, 1971

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Item 8: Lioness resting in an enclosure, 1971

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Folder 12: Trip to Nairobi, Kenya

Item 1: View of a road from a hotel balcony, 1971

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Item 2: View of a road from a hotel balcony, 1971

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Item 3: Blurry view of three people next to an enclosure, 1971

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Item 4: View of an outdoor hyena habitat, 1971

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Item 5: Three hyenas in an enclosure, 1971

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Item 6: Close view of a fence at a hyena habitat, 1971

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Item 7: Leopard in an enclosure, 1971

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Item 8: Partial view of a tree against a cloudy sky, 1971

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Folder 13: Trip to Nairobi, Kenya

Item 1-3: Madsen Photo Service coupon, undated

Item 4: Photo negative envelope, undated

Item 5: Madsen Photo Service envelope, undated

Item 6: Man watching lions eat in an enclosure, 1971

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Item 7: Young man wearing glasses, 1971

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Item 8: Visitors walking at Nairobi National Park (negative), 1971

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Item 9: Façade of All Saints Anglican Cathedral (negative), 1971

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Item 10: Blurry façade of All Saints Anglican Cathedral (negative), 1971

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Item 11: Group of children wearing school uniforms (negative), 1971

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Item 12: Man riding a bicycle (negative), 1971

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Item 13: View of a recreational park (negative), 1971

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Item 14: Kenyatta International Convention Centre (negative), 1971

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Item 15: Dimly lit hotel room (negative), 1971

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Item 16: Hotel room with glass porch doors (negative), 1971

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Item 17: Lightbulb in the dark (negative), 1971

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Item 18: Streetscape and an urban park (negative), 1971

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Item 19: Person laying in grassy field in Nairobi National Park (negative), 1971

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Item 20: Dimly lit restaurant interior (negative), 1971

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Item 21: View of a resort garden and swimming pool from a window (negative), 1971

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Item 22: View of a resort garden and swimming pool from a window (negative), 1971

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Item 23: Dimly lit hotel room (negative), 1971

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Item 24: View of road from a hotel balcony (negative), 1971

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Item 25: Underexposed view of framed artwork (negative), 1971

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Folder 14: Trip to Kenya and England

Item 1: View of a house’s front garden, 1971

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Item 2: Leopard in an enclosure, 1971

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_14_002

Item 3: Two giraffes in game reserve, 1971

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_14_003

Item 4: Blurry view of an animal enclosure, 1971

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_14_004

Item 5: Open savanna outside of Nairobi, 1971

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Item 6: Parked tourist bus in London, 1971

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Item 7: View of Westminster Palace over the Thames River, 1971

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Folder 15: Trip to Tanzania and England

Item 1: Man walking near Dar es Salaam Harbor, 1971

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Item 2: Cobb, Charlie and Fayleatha house in Dar es Salaam, 1971

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Item 3: Partial view of a cobblestone Dar es Salaam house, 1971

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Item 4: Woman in an orange shirt at a window, 1971

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Item 5: Man and woman surrounded by red and white table umbrellas, 1971

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Item 6: Blurry view of a crowd gathered for a cultural event in London, 1971

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Item 7: Blurry view of a crowd gathered for a cultural event in London, 1971

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_15_007

Item 8: Crowd standing in front of Buckingham Palace, 1971

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Item 9: Blurry view of a Dar es Salaam home and landscape, 1971

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_15_009

Item 10: View of a courtyard from inside a Dar es Salaam building, 1971

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_15_010

Box 352

Folder 1: Trip to Kenya, Tanzania, and England

Item 1: Façade of All Saints Anglican Cathedral in Nairobi, 1971

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_16_001

Item 2: YWCA building in Dar es Salaam, 1971

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Item 3: Man riding a bicycle on a Nairobi street, 1971

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Item 4: Façade of a house built with natural materials in Dar es Salaam, 1971

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Item 5: Garden view of the National Museum of Tanzania, 1971

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Item 6: Outdoor market in Dar es Salaam, 1971

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Item 7: People at an outdoor market in Dar es Salaam, 1971

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_16_007

Item 8: Dar es Salaam cityscape, 1971

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Item 9: Four-story apartment building in Dar es Salaam, 1971

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Item 10: Herd of animals on open savanna outside of Nairobi, 1971

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Item 11: Herd of animals on open savanna outside of Nairobi, 1971

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Item 12: Cheetah enclosure at Nairobi National Park, 1971

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Item 13: Chimpanzee in an enclosure at Nairobi National Park, 1971

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Item 14: Distant view of a chimpanzee in an enclosure at Nairobi National Park, 1971

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Item 15: View of antelopes on savanna from a vehicle, 1971

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Item 16: View of savanna from a car window, 1971

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Item 17: Monkey in an enclosure at Nairobi National Park, 1971

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Item 18: People on a street in London, 1971

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Item 19: Blurry view of a military parade in London, 1971

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Folder 2: Trip to Kenya, Tanzania, and England

Item 1: Cobb, Fayleatha and Charlie at their home in Dar es Salaam, 1971

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Item 2: Group of children wearing school uniforms in Nairobi, 1971

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Item 3: Façade of All Saints Anglican Cathedral in Nairobi, 1971

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Item 4: Buckingham Palace with a crowd of people and uniformed guardsmen, 1971

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Item 5: Women gathered next to a building and parking lot, 1971

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Item 6: View of a resort garden and swimming pool from a window, 1971

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Item 7: Kenyatta International Convention Centre, 1971

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Item 8: Hotel room with glass porch doors, 1971

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Item 9: Women next to a building and a parking lot, 1971

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_17_009

Folder 3: Trip to Tanzania and Kenya

Item 1: View of a courtyard from inside a Dar es Salaam building (negative), 1971

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Item 2: Man and woman talking on a restaurant patio (negative), 1971

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Item 3: Woman in an orange shirt at a window (negative), 1971

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Item 4: Blurry view of a man in the patio section of a restaurant (negative), 1971

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Item 5: Blurry view of a young man in glasses surrounded by red and white table umbrellas (negative), 1971

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Item 6: Man and woman surrounded by red and white table umbrellas (negative), 1971

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Item 7: Man and woman sitting in the patio section of a restaurant (negative), 1971

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Item 8: Blurry view of Dar es Salaam cityscape (negative), 1971

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Item 9: Dar es Salaam cityscape (negative), 1971

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Item 10: People at an outdoor market in Dar es Salaam (negative), 1971

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Item 11: Outdoor market in Dar es Salaam (negative), 1971

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Item 12: Blurry view of a seated woman with a child on her lap (negative), 1971

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Item 13: Blurry view of a tree with a wide canopy (negative), 1971

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Item 14: Foliage next to a house in Dar es Salaam (negative), 1971

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Item 15: Façade of a house built with natural materials in Dar es Salaam (negative), 1971

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Item 16: Partial view of a road from over a car dashboard (negative), 1971

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Item 17: Partial view of trees from over a car dashboard (negative), 1971

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Item 18: Partial view of trees from over a car dashboard (negative), 1971

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Item 19: Children sitting in the back seat of a car (negative), 1971

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Item 20: Madsen Photo Service envelope, undated

“Tanzania” written on front. View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_18_006

Item 21: Photo negative envelope

Item 22: Man and woman sitting in the patio section of a restaurant, 1971

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_18_007

Item 23: Man and woman surrounded by red and white table umbrellas, 1971

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Item 24: Dimly lit restaurant interior in Nairobi, 1971

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Item 25: Children sitting in the back seat of a car, 1971

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Folder 4: Trip to Kenya, Tanzania, and England

Item 1: Blurry view of Gwendolyn Brooks in Nairobi, 1971

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Item 2: Two giraffes in a Nairobi game reserve, 1971

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Item 3: Front yard of the Cobb home in Dar es Salaam, 1971

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Item 4: Cobb, Fayleatha and guests at her home in Dar es Salaam, 1971

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Item 5: Two monkeys on the side of a Nairobi road, 1971

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Item 6: Monkey sitting on the side of a Nairobi road, 1971

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Item 7: Blurry view of the façade of the National Museum of Tanzania, 1971

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Item 8: YWCA building in Dar es Salaam, 1971

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_19_008

Item 9: Boy standing in front of a “No Parking” sign in London, 1971

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Item 10: Mini Cooper passing the Old Curiosity Shop in London, 1971

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Item 11: View of a recreational park in Nairobi, 1971

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Item 12: Parade of Scots Guards passing Buckingham Palace, 1971

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Item 13: House with a gable roof, 1971

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Item 14: Façade of a cobblestone house with a round porch, 1971

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_19_014

Item 15: Two police officers crossing a London street, 1971

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_19_015

Folder 5: Trip to England and Kenya

Item 1: Man watching a warthog at Nairobi National Park, 1971

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_20_007

Item 2: View of forest through a vehicle’s windshield, 1971

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Item 3: Partial view of savanna from a vehicle, 1971

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_20_005

Item 4: View of a road from a hotel balcony, 1971

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Item 5: View of a resort garden and swimming pool from a window, 1971

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Item 6: Streetscape and an urban park in Nairobi, 1971

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Item 7: Partial view of the Tower of London, 1971

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Item 8: Distant view of Westminster Palace, 1971

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Item 9: Madsen Photo Service coupon, undated

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_09_006

Folder 6: Trip to Kenya and Tanzania

Item 1: Photo negative envelope, undated

Item 2: Madsen Photo Service envelope, undated

Item 3: Leopard in an enclosure at Nairobi National Park (negative), 1971

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Item 4: Cheetah enclosure at Nairobi National Park (negative), 1971

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_21_001_002

Item 5: Distant view of a chimpanzee in an enclosure at Nairobi National Park (negative), 1971

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_21_001_003

Item 6: Monkey enclosure at Nairobi National Park (negative), 1971

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_21_001_004

Item 7: Monkey in an enclosure at Nairobi National Park (negative), 1971

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_21_002_001

Item 8: Chimpanzee in an enclosure at Nairobi National Park (negative), 1971

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_16_013

Item 9: View of a house’s front garden (negative), 1971

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_21_002_003

Item 10: Partial view of a cobblestone Dar es Salaam house (negative), 1971

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_21_002_004

Item 11: View of forest through a vehicle’s windshield (negative), 1971

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Item 12: View of forest through a car window (negative), 1971

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Item 13: Two monkeys on the side of a Nairobi road (negative), 1971

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Item 14: Monkey sitting on the side of a Nairobi road (negative), 1971

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Item 15: Three antelopes on savanna outside of Nairobi (negative), 1971

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Item 16: View of antelopes on savanna from a vehicle (negative), 1971

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Item 17: Two giraffes in a Nairobi game reserve (negative), 1971

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Item 18: Two giraffes in game reserve (negative), 1971

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Item 19: Partial view of savanna from a vehicle (negative), 1971

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Item 20: Three antelopes on savanna outside of Nairobi (negative), 1971

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Item 21: Herd of gazelles on savanna in Nairobi (negative), 1971

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_21_005_003

Folder 7: Photo envelopes

Item 1: Envelope fragment with postage stamps featuring President Dwight D. Eisenhower and Frank Lloyd Wright, 1970s

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_22_001

Item 2: Edward Madsen & Sons color finishing envelope, 1970

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Item 3: Edward Madsen & Sons color finishing envelope, 1971

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_22_003

Item 4: Edward Madsen & Sons color finishing envelope, 1971

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_22_004

Folder 8: Photo envelopes

Item 1: Edward Madsen & Sons color finishing envelope, 1971

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_23_001

Item 2: Edward Madsen & Sons color finishing envelope, 1971

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_23_002

Item 3: “Afrika, 1971” envelope, undated

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_23_003

Box 353

Folder 1: Visit to the Rebecca West country estate (Buckinghamshire, England)

Item 1: Building, pond, and gardens, 1974

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_03_01_001

Item 2: Blurry view of the building, pond, and gardens, 1974

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Item 3: Building, pond, and gardens, 1974

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Item 4: Building, pond, and gardens, 1974

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_03_01_004

Folder 2: Trip to Cambridge University and London

Item 1: Group walking toward King’s College at Cambridge University, 1974

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_03_02_001

Item 2: Group walking toward King’s College at Cambridge University, 1974

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_03_02_002

Item 3: Partial view of a Cambridge University building, 1974

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_03_02_003

Item 4: Group watching the Changing of the Guard in London, 1974

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_03_02_004

Folder 3: Trip to England and Ghana

Item 1: Partial and blurry view of an historic brick building, 1974

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_03_03_001

Item 2: Tourists in front of an historic brick building, 1974

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_03_03_002

Item 3: Children posing together in a courtyard in Accra, Ghana, 1974

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_03_03_003

Item 4: Two monkeys behind a chain link fence, 1974

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_03_03_004

Folder 4: Deer and a caged dove

Item 1: Herd of deer grazing on an open field, 1974

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_03_04_001

Item 2: Herd of deer grazing on an open field, 1974

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_03_04_002

Item 3: Herd of deer grazing on an open field, 1974

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_03_04_003

Item 4: Caged dove on a perch, 1974

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_03_04_004

Folder 5: Scenery and animals

Item 1: View of treetops, 1974

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Item 2: Yellow-leafed tree, 1974

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_03_05_002

Item 3: Blurry view of cattle grazing, 1974

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_03_05_003

Item 4: Street with brick buildings and pedestrians, 1974

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Item 5: Blurry view of a street with brick buildings and a vehicle, 1974

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_03_05_005

Item 6: Blurry view of flowering foliage, 1974

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_03_05_006

Folder 6: Scenery

Item 1: Dimly lit path and a stone wall, 1974

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Item 2: Blurry view of a storefront and a pedestrian, 1974

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Item 3: Garden seen through a stone arch, 1974

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Item 4: Cement and brick building on a street with pedestrians, 1974

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Folder 7: Scenery

Item 1: Row of townhomes with five towers in the distance, 1974

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_03_07_001

Item 2: Dimly-lit view of a tree base, 1974

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Item 3: Two women walking on a sidewalk, 1974

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Item 4: Green- and yellow-leaved trees, 1974

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_03_07_004

Folder 8: Westminster Palace and other buildings

Item 1: Blurry view of a bridge in London, 1974

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Item 2: Blurry view of Big Ben, 1974

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Item 3: Austin Reed storefront, 1974

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Item 4: Partial view of Imperial Hotel in London, 1974

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_03_08_004

Folder 9: Chartres Cathedral (Chartres, France)

Item 1: Carved pillars, 1974

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Item 2: Cathedral façade with stained glass windows, 1974

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Item 3: Blurry view of the façade, 1974

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Item 4: View of a town from a park on a hill, 1974

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Folder 10: Chartres Cathedral and a French town

Item 1: Carved pillars at Chartres Cathedral, 1974

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Item 2: Blurry view of the cathedral façade with stained glass windows, 1974

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_03_10_002

Item 3: Brick building on a hill in Chartres, 1974

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Item 4: Blurry view of a brick building near a bed of red and white flowers, 1974

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_03_10_004

Folder 11: Chartres and London

Item 1: Blurry view of the portal of Chartres Cathedral, 1974

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Item 2: Blurry view of a crowd outside of Buckingham Palace, 1974

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Item 3: Crowd outside of Buckingham Palace, 1974

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_03_11_003

Item 4: View of the Union Jack flag against the sky, 1974

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_03_11_004

Folder 12: Changing of the Guard (Buckingham Palace, London)

Item 1: Three guardsmen in procession, 1974

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_03_12_001

Item 2: Blurry view of guardsmen in procession from behind, 1974

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_03_12_002

Item 3: Blurry view of State Ceremonial Musicians in procession, 1974

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_03_12_003

Item 4: Man on horseback, 1974

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_03_12_004

Folder 13: Changing of the Guard (Buckingham Palace, London)

Item 1: Musicians and a man on horseback in procession, 1974

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_03_13_001

Item 2: State Ceremonial Musicians in procession, 1974

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_03_13_002

Item 3: State Ceremonial Musicians in procession, 1974

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_03_13_003

Item 4: State Ceremonial Musicians in procession from behind, 1974

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_03_13_004

Folder 14: Changing of the Guard (Buckingham Palace, London)

Item 1: Crowd watching the guards in procession, 1974

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_03_14_001

Item 2: Single guardsman in procession, 1974

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_03_14_002

Item 3: Blurry view of guardsmen in procession, 1974

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_03_14_003

Item 4: Blurry view of an armored man on a horse, 1974

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_03_14_004

Folder 15: English scenery

Item 1: Blurry view of Buckingham Palace guardsmen through a wrought iron fence, 1974

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_03_15_001

Item 2: Blurry view of an English manor from across a field, 1974

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Item 3: Field surrounded by trees, 1974

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Item 4: Blurry view of a field with deer, 1974

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_03_15_004

Folder 16: Trip to Accra, Ghana

Item 1: Two children among others at Accra Zoo, 1974

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_03_16_001

Item 2: Duck and ducklings in a cage at Accra Zoo, 1974

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Item 3: Partial view of two lions in enclosures at Accra Zoo, 1974

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_03_16_003

Item 4: Blurry view of a field with large birds, 1974

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_03_16_004

Folder 17: Trip to Accra, Ghana

Item 1: Scarlet Macaw in an enclosure at Accra Zoo, 1974

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_03_17_001

Item 2: Group of people looking at a young hippopotamus in an enclosure at Accra Zoo, 1974

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_03_17_002

Item 3: Visitor looking at a lion in an enclosure at Accra Zoo, 1974

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_03_17_003

Item 4: Dimly lit lion enclosure at Accra Zoo, 1974

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Item 5: Lion in a cage at Accra Zoo, 1974

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_03_17_005

Folder 18: Photo envelopes

Item 1: Mercury Photo Service envelope, 1975

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_03_18_001

Item 2: “Foreign Pictures, Ghana, England” envelope, 1974

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_03_18_002

Folder 19: Visit to Indianapolis, Indiana

Item 1: Gwendolyn Brooks sitting on a sunny porch, 1991

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_03_19_001

Item 2: Gwendolyn Brooks signing an autograph in the sun, 1991

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_03_19_002

Item 3: Evans, Mari and another woman on a sunny porch, 1991

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_03_19_003

Item 4: Sanchez, Sonia; Evans, Mari; and Gwendolyn Brooks, 1991

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_03_19_004

Item 5: Note from Evans, Mari fixed to cardboard, 1991

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_03_19_005

Item 6: Reed Visuals envelope to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated

Folder 20: Visit to the Library of Congress (Washington, D.C.)

Item 1: Gwendolyn Brooks and Miller, May in the Library of Congress Poetry Room, 1986

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_03_20_001

Item 2: Blakely, Henry, Sr.; Gwendolyn Brooks; and Miller, May in the Library of Congress Poetry Room, 1986

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_03_20_002

Item 3: Parry, Betty card to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1986

Includes an envelope. View digitized content: 00086_04_01_03_20_003

Folder 21: Visit to University of Chicago

Item 1: Blakely, Nora Brooks sitting in a busy auditorium, 1992

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_03_21_001

Item 2: Young girl standing at a microphone, 1992

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_03_21_002

Item 3: Blakely, Nora Brooks standing near a microphone, 1992

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_03_21_003

Item 4: Girl at a microphone in an auditorium, 1992

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_03_21_004

Item 5: Blakley, Nora Brooks and Henry, Sr. in the front row of an auditorium, 1992

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Item 6: Gwendolyn Brooks and others in an auditorium, 1992

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Item 7: “Good pictures of Henry in here, taken by Steve Caldwell Wright (of Sanford, Florida.” envelope, undated

Also labeled "SCW. Photographs For Gwen." View digitized content: 00086_04_01_03_21_007

Item 8: Wright, Steven Caldwell (Seminole Community College) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1992

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Folder 22: Letter to Gwendolyn Brooks from a Library of Congress staffer, 1986

Includes an envelope. View digitized content: 00086_04_01_03_22_001

Folder 23: Gwendolyn Brooks and others

Item 1: Williams, Edna and Gwendolyn Brooks, 1986

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Item 2: Gwendolyn Brooks holding a wrapped fruit basket, 1985

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Item 3: Gwendolyn Brooks sitting in a yellow armchair, 1986

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Item 4: Gwendolyn Brooks and Josey, E.J. (NAACP Albany), 1986

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Folder 24: Gwendolyn Brooks and others

Item 1: Gwendolyn Brooks posing with a group at the Library of Congress, 1986

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Item 2: Meredith, William and Harteis, Richard, 1986

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Item 3: Gwendolyn Brooks at home, 1986

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Item 4: Gwendolyn Brooks at home with houseguests, 1986

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Folder 25: Gwendolyn Brooks and others

Item 1: Gwendolyn Brooks talking to fans at an event, 1970s

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Item 2: Gwendolyn Brooks signing a book for a fan at an event, 1970s

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Item 3: Gwendolyn Brooks and others at the Library of Congress, 1986

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Item 4: Galbraith, Nancy Burdick and others at the Library of Congress, 1986

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Folder 26: Gwendolyn Brooks at a speaking event

Item 1: View of Gwendolyn Brooks at a podium from stage right, 1970s

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Item 2: View of Gwendolyn Brooks at a podium from stage left, 1970s

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Item 3: Close view of Gwendolyn Brooks at a podium, 1970s

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Item 4: Gwendolyn Brooks with a little girl and others in an auditorium, 1992

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Folder 27: Gwendolyn Brooks and Jeanette Adams in the Library of Congress Poetry Room

Item 1: Adams, Jeanette holding a program, 1986

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Item 2: Adams, Jeanette speaking into a microphone, 1986

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Item 3: Gwendolyn Brooks writing in a notebook, 1986

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Item 4: Gwendolyn Brooks speaking to a person out of frame, 1986

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Folder 28: Gwendolyn Brooks and others

Item 1: Gwendolyn Brooks speaking at a podium, 1980s

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Item 2: Gwendolyn Brooks; Redmond, Eugene; and Evans, Mari, 1980s

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Item 3: Baldwin, James surrounded by a crowd, 1980s

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Item 4: Baldwin, James surrounded by a crowd, 1980s

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Folder 29: Library of Congress reception and University of Chicago event

Item 1: Crowd at a Library of Congress reception, 1986

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Item 2: Crowd at a Library of Congress reception, 1986

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Item 3: McGuire, William and Blakely, Henry, Sr. at a Library of Congress reception, 1986

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Item 4: Blakely, Henry, Sr. and Nora Brooks with others at a University of Chicago event, 1992

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Folder 30: Library of Congress (Washington, D.C.) event

Item 1: Miller, May and Gwendolyn Brooks with others, 1986

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Item 2: Miller, May and Gwendolyn Brooks looking at each other, 1986

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Item 3: Miller, May speaking with another guest, 1986

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Item 4: Guests at a Library of Congress autographing reception, 1986

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Folder 31: Library of Congress Poetry Room event

Item 1: Gwendolyn Brooks and Washington, Valerie, 1985

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Item 2: Gwendolyn Brooks reading from The Black Poets by Randall, Dudley, 1985

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Item 3: Washington, Valerie letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1986

Includes envelopes. View digitized content: 00086_04_01_03_31_003

Folder 32: Jefferson Lecture at Chicago State University

Item 1: Blakely, Nora Brooks talking to a man and woman at a table, 1994

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Item 2: Blakely, Nora Brooks talking to a man at a table, 1994

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Item 3: Blakely, Nora Brooks talking to a man at a table, 1994

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Item 4: Guests gathered at buffet tables, 1994

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Folder 33: Jefferson Lecture at Chicago State University

Item 1: Event crowd, 1994

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Item 2: Event sign, 1994

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Item 3: Event crowd, 1994

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Item 4: Blurry view of a man in an office, 1994

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Item 5: Event crowd, 1994

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Item 6: Event crowd, 1994

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Folder 34: Events at Chicago State University, Library of Congress, and James Madison University

Item 1: “Chicago State W. pictures of my Jefferson Lecture Day” envelope, 1994?

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Item 2: Photographer holding a camera and supplies at the Jefferson Lecture, 1994

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Item 3: Three women in conversation at the Jefferson Lecture, 1994

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Item 4: Blakely, Henry, Sr. and Gwendolyn Brooks in the Library of Congress Poetry Room, 1986

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Item 5: Madhubuti, Haki R.; Gwendolyn Brooks; and others at the “Furious Flower” Conference (James Madison University), 1994

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_03_34_005

Folder 35: Tribute to the Children's Artists Award

Item 1: Children performing on a stage (negative), 1990

Item 2: Young children performing on a stage with drums and dancers (negative), 1990

Item 3: Young children performing on a stage with drums (negative), 1990

Item 4: Woman speaking on a stage (negative), 1990

Item 5: “Cynthia;” Blakely, Henry, Sr.; and Cullers, Terry sitting in an auditorium, 1990

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_03_35_001

Item 6: Blakely, Nora Brooks; “Cynthia;” and Blakely, Henry, Sr. sitting in an auditorium, 1990

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_03_35_002

Item 7: Blank film strip, 1990?

Item 8: Blurry view of three people on stage, 1990

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Item 9: Blurry view of two women on stage, 1990

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Folder 36: Tribute to the Children's Artists Award

Item 1: Partial view of Blakely, Nora Brooks holding an award, 1990

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_03_36_001

Item 2: Man speaking at a microphone on a stage, 1990

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Item 3: Man holding an award on a stage, 1990

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Item 4: Blurry view of Blakely, Nora Brooks collecting an award, 1990

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_03_36_004

Folder 37: Tribute to the Children's Artists Award

Item 1: View of a theatrical performance, 1990

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Item 2: Blurry view of a theatrical performance, 1990

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Item 3: Young children performing on a stage with drums, 1990

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Item 4: Blakely, Nora Brooks with a hand on her hip, 1990

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_03_37_004

Folder 38: Tribute to the Children's Artists Award

Item 1: Blurry view of a woman accepting an award, 1990

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Item 2: Woman accepting an award on a stage, 1990

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Item 3: Blurry view of a woman collecting an award, 1990

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Item 4: Young children performing on a stage with drums and dancers, 1990

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Folder 39: Library of Congress and Tribute to the Children's Artists Award

Item 1: Gwendolyn Brooks signing an issue of Poetry & Literature at the Library of Congress, 1986

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Item 2: Gwendolyn Brooks signing an issue of Poetry & Literature at the Library of Congress, 1986

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Item 3: Children performing at the Tribute to Children's Artists Award event, 1990

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Item 4: Blurry view of two women on stage at the Tribute to Children's Artists Award event (negative), 1990

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Item 5: Woman speaking on a stage at the Tribute to Children's Artists Award event (negative), 1990

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Item 6: “Cynthia;” Blakely, Henry, Sr.; and Cullers, Terry sitting in an auditorium (negative), 1990

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_03_39_010_001

Item 7: Blakely, Nora Brooks; “Cynthia;” and Blakely, Henry, Sr. sitting in an auditorium (negative), 1990

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Item 8: Blurry view of a woman accepting an award (negative), 1990

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Item 9: Woman accepting an award on a stage (negative), 1990

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Item 10: Blurry view of a woman collecting an award (negative), 1990

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Item 11: Blurry view of three people on stage (negative), 1990

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Item 12: Blakely, Nora Brooks and Henry, Sr. with two other women at the Tribute to Children's Artists Award event (negative), 1990

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Item 13: Partial view of Blakely, Nora Brooks holding an award (negative), 1990

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Item 14: Man speaking at a microphone on a stage (negative), 1990

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Item 15: Man holding an award on a stage (negative), 1990

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Item 16: Blurry view of Blakely, Nora Brooks collecting an award (negative), 1990

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Item 17: Blurry view of Blakely, Nora Brooks collecting an award (negative), 1990

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Item 18: Blakely, Nora Brooks speaking at a microphone on a stage (negative), 1990

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Item 19: Blakely, Nora Brooks collecting an award (negative), 1990

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Item 20: Blurry view of Blakely, Nora Brooks collecting an award (negative), 1990

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Item 21: View of a theatrical performance (negative), 1990

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Item 22: Blurry view of a theatrical performance (negative), 1990

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Item 23: Blakely, Nora Brooks with a hand on her hip (negative), 1990

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_03_39_007_004

Item 24: Walgreens Photo Center envelope, undated

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Folder 40: Mixed materials

Item 1: “Black History Through Literature program—Albany, New York” note on a piece of cardboard, circa 1980s

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Item 2: Blank piece of cardboard, circa 1980s

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Item 3: “Important Pictures (most, “current.”)—1986” envelope, 1986

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_03_40_003

Folder 41: Mixed materials

Item 1: Gwendolyn Brooks in profile (slide), 1966

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Item 2: Gwendolyn Brooks speaking to a classroom (slide), 1966

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Item 3: Gwendolyn Brooks seated with her arms crossed, 1968

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Item 4: Governor of Illinois inauguration ceremony program, 1973

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_03_41_004

Folder 42: Mixed materials

Item 1: Gwendolyn Brooks at a podium, 1970s

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Item 2: Watercolor bust portrait of a Black woman, 1970

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Item 3: “Photos, Slides, (G Brooks)” envelope, undated

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Box 354

Folder 1: Gwendolyn Brooks' family photos

Item 1: Bicycles in a junk heap (negative), 1970s

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Item 2: Lawn furniture and bicycles in a junk heap (negative), 1970s

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Item 3: Raincoat and bicycles in a junk heap (negative), 1970s

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Item 4: Vinyl record player, lawn furniture, and bicycles in a junk heap (negative), 1970s

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_01_001_004

Item 5: Shovel, bicycles, and scrap metal in a junk heap (negative), 1970s

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Item 6: View of an elderly person in hospice (negative), 1970s

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Item 7: Right side view of an elderly person in hospice (negative), 1970s

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Item 8: Left side view of an elderly person in hospice (negative), 1970s

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Item 9: View of an elderly person in hospice (negative), 1970s

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Item 10: View of an elderly person in hospice (negative), 1970s

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Item 11: Close view of an elderly person in hospice (negative), 1970s

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Item 12: Close side view of an elderly person in hospice (negative), 1970s

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_01_003_004

Item 13: Children of Brooks, Raymond, 1970s

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Item 14: Gwendolyn Brooks and Brooks, Raymond as small children, circa 1922

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Item 15: “Aunt Lizzie”, 1962

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Item 16: Wims, Luvenia, 1920s

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Item 17: Blakely, Henry, Sr. in Warwick, England, 1973

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Item 18: Blakely, Henry, Sr. at a Thanksgiving dinner, 1970s

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Item 19: Blakely, Henry, Jr. on a baby scooter, 1941

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Item 20: Blakely, Nora Brooks and Henry, Sr. at an event in formal dress, 1976

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Item 21: Brooks, Raymond; Dorothea; David; and Paulette, 1950s

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Item 22: Wims, Beulah as a young woman, 1940s

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Item 23: “My Family Home, The living room - 3332 Champlain Ave, Chicago.” Walgreens photo envelope, undated

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Item 24: Front window with plants, floral drapes, and a lamp, 1970s

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Item 25: Couch with an embroidered cushion, two framed art pieces, and a lamp, 1970s

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Item 26: Armchair by a piano and floral window drapes, 1970s

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Item 27: Front window and a bright ceiling light, 1970s

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Item 28: Armchair by a fireplace, 1970s

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Item 29: Piano and three framed art pieces, 1970s

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Item 30: Mantelpiece decorated with portraits and books, 1970s

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Item 31: Armchair between a fireplace and a doorway, 1970s

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Item 32: Blakely, Nora Brooks floral arrangement card to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1950s

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Item 33: Sculpture affixed to a brick wall in England, 1973

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Item 34: Postcard featuring the Duke and Duchess of Bedford at Woburn Abbey, circa 1973

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Item 35: Storefronts in Stratford-upon-Avon (England), 1973

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Item 36: View of a small English church through a bus window, 1973

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Item 37: Blakely, Henry, Sr. in Stratford-upon-Avon (England), 1973

Photo is torn. View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_01_028

Item 38: View of an intersection from a tour bus in England, 1973

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Item 39: “Bob;” a young woman; and Champion, Walter at Trinity College, 1970s

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Item 40: Champion, Walter and Humpers, Harvey at Trinity College, 1970s

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Item 41: Living room furniture at Trinity College, 1970s

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Item 42: Study space at Trinity College, 1970s

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_01_033

Item 43: Gwendolyn Brooks and a young woman sitting at a table, 1974

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_01_034

Item 44: Randall, Dudley wearing a yellow cardigan, 1970s

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Item 45: Gwendolyn Brooks and a family friend, 1920s

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Item 46: Blakely, Henry, Sr. sitting on a train to Hartford, CT, 1976

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Item 47: Fluffy (dog) next to a dining room chair, 1960s

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Item 48: Fluffy (dog) walking outside, 1960s

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Item 49: View of Fluffy (dog) next to a piano, 1960s

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Item 50: Fluffy (dog) yawning under a table, 1960s

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Item 51: “Precious Pictures” envelope, undated

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Folder 2: “Poet Laureate Awards Photos, 1977” cardboard mailer, undated

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_02_001

Folder 3: Gwendolyn Brooks’ family photos

Item 1-5: Grouping 1

Item 1: Gwendolyn Brooks seated, 1970s

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_03_001

Item 2: Gwendolyn Brooks posing with another woman, 1970s

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_03_002

Item 3: Gwendolyn Brooks posing with another woman, 1970s

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_03_003

Item 4: Gwendolyn Brooks and a woman sitting in armchairs, 1970s

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_03_004

Item 5: “Send a snapshot!” photo processing envelope, undated

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_03_005

Item 6-38: Grouping 2

Item 6: View of a demolished house on the 1100 block of Kansas Avenue, 1940s

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Item 7: “The 1940s were happy days” newspaper clipping, undated

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Item 8: Seated man with two children on his lap, 1970s

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Item 9: Sukari (cat) drinking from a bathroom sink, 1972

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Item 10-11: “How Great Thou Art” religious poem bookmark, undated

Labeled “Idelle & Eugene Titus.” View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_03_010

Item 12: Blakely, Nora Brooks at five years old, 1956

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Item 13: Cracker house with mounds of mud in the front, 1940s

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Item 14: Blakely, Henry, Jr.; Nora Brooks; and Henry, Sr. in the Assembly Hall (University of Illinois) parking lot, 1972

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_03_014

Item 15: Brooks, Gwendolyn and Raymond with a tricycle, circa 1925

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Item 16: Blakely, Henry, Jr. as a teenager, 1950s

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Item 17: Brooks, Gladys studio portrait, early 1900s

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_03_017

Item 18: Blakely, Nora Brooks sitting in an armchair by a window, circa 1958

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_03_018

Item 19: Stewart, Prilla Lou posing by an evergreen tree, undated

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_03_019

Item 20: Toddler boy standing near a curb and light pole, undated

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Item 21: Man posing outside of a building or terminal, undated

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_03_021

Item 22: Brooks, Paulette; Raymond, Jr.; and David, undated

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Item 23: View of a totaled car from driver’s side front, 1940

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Item 24: View of a totaled car from passenger’s side front, 1940

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Item 25: Blakely, Henry, Jr. wearing a cowboy costume, undated

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Item 26: Blakely, Henry, Jr. wearing a cowboy costume, undated

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Item 27: Wims, Carolyn and Campbell, J.J. standing outside, 1960

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Item 28: Brooks, Raymond, Jr. dressed in a formal suit, undated

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_03_028

Item 29: “Aunt Gertie” sitting on the grass, undated

Photo is torn. View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_03_029

Item 30: Blakely, Nora Brooks as an infant, 1951

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Item 31: Stewart, Prilla Lou sitting in a pram, undated

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Item 32: Blakely, Nora Brooks studio portrait, circa 1960

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Item 33: Gwendolyn Brooks sitting in a chair, 1960s

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Item 34: Gwendolyn Brooks and Blakely, Nora Brooks, 1954

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_03_034

Item 35: Wims, Carolyn playing with a doll in a living room, 1950s

Photo is attached to the verso of item 33. View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_03_035

Item 36: Blakely, Henry, Sr.; Henry, Jr.; and Gwendolyn Brooks holding hands, 1942

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_03_036

Item 37: Studio portrait of a young girl with a large hair bow, 1900s

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Item 38: Edward Mansen & Sons photo finishing envelope, 1975

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_03_038

Item 39: Grouping 3

Item 39: Empty cardboard photo frame, undated

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_03_039

Folder 3a: Gwendolyn Brooks’ family photos (cont.)

Item 1-36: Grouping 4

Item 1: View of the Blackstone Rangers and the Disciples quieting unrest in Chicago following the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., 1968

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_03_040

Item 2: View of a man watching the Blackstone Rangers and the Disciples quiet unrest in Chicago following the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., 1968

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_03_041

Item 3: Blackstone Rangers and the Disciples on the streets quieting unrest in Chicago following the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., 1968

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_03_042

Item 4: Blackstone Rangers and the Disciples on the streets quieting unrest in Chicago following the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., 1968

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_03_043

Item 5: Blackstone Rangers and the Disciples on the streets quieting unrest in Chicago following the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., 1968

Photo fragment. View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_03_044

Item 6: Fluffy (dog) sitting under a piano, 1960s

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_03_045

Item 7: Group of children posing next to a house or school, 1920s

Photo fragment. View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_03_046

Item 8: Gwendolyn Brooks wearing an aqua dress, circa 1969

Photo fragment. View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_03_047

Item 9: Wims, Beula posing next to a car in formal dress and pearls, 1960s

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_03_048

Item 10: View of “Cynthia” statue by Spadaro, Giorgio I., 1960s

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_03_049

Item 11: Blue knit scarf atop wrapping paper, 1970s

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_03_050

Item 12: Becker, Martin; Malcolm; and Monti posing with Gwendolyn Brooks, 1977

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_03_051

Item 13: View of “Art African Ancien” framed graphic print hanging next to a bookcase, 1970s

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_03_052

Item 14: Blakely, Nora Brooks posing in front of a house in a brown coat, 1970s

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_03_053

Item 15: Brooks, Elizabeth (paternal grandmother of Gwendolyn Brooks), 1910s

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_03_054

Item 16: Gwendolyn Brooks holding a newspaper, 1970s

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_03_055

Item 17: View of “Cynthia” statue by Spadaro, Giorgio I., 1960s

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_03_056

Item 18: Gwendolyn Brooks and Dotson, William, 1975

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_03_057

Item 19: Gwendolyn Brooks sitting in a room at Somerset Inn (Shaker Heights, OH), 1977

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_03_058

Item 20: Presents under a Christmas tree at the Brooks-Blakely house, 1970s

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_03_059

Item 21: Sukari (cat) drinking from a bathroom sink, circa 1972

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_03_060

Item 22: Sukari (cat) hiding in a closet, circa 1972

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_03_061

Item 23: Gwendolyn Brooks at home in her kitchen, 1965

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_03_062

Item 24: Burrell, Joseph wearing a military uniform, 1972

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_03_063

Item 25: Gwendolyn Brooks teaching at Rend Lake College, 1970s

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_03_064

Item 26: Brooks, Keziah Wims sitting on a couch with Brooks, Dorothea and another young woman, 1970s

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_03_065

Item 27: Brooks, Keziah Wims surrounded by potted poinsettias in a living room, 1970s

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_03_066

Item 28: Brooks, Keziah Wims posing by a flower bouquet, 1970s

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_03_067

Item 29: Blakely, Henry, Sr.; Gwendolyn Brooks; Craig, Vivian; Kent, George; and Leath, Viola, 1970s

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_03_068

Item 30: Group of four children at the Brooks-Blakely house, 1976

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_03_069

Item 31: Two children at the Brooks-Blakely house, 1976

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_03_070

Item 32: Group of four children at the Brooks-Blakely house, 1976

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_03_071

Item 33: Two children playing a toy piano at the Brooks-Blakely house, 1976

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_03_072

Item 34: Wims, Beulah greeting card, undated

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_03_073

Item 35: Gwendolyn Brooks headshot, 1970s

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_03_074

Item 36: Randall, Dudley headshot, 1968

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_03_075

Item 37-42: Grouping 5

Item 37: Guests at the wedding of Lee, Don L. (Madhubuti, Haki R.), 1974

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_03_076

Item 38: Randall, Dudley at the wedding of Lee, Don L. (Madhubuti, Haki R.), 1974

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_03_077

Item 39: Blakely, Henry, Sr. among guests at the wedding of Lee, Don L. (Madhubuti, Haki R.), 1974

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_03_078

Item 40: Gwendolyn Brooks among guests at the wedding of Lee, Don L. (Madhubuti, Haki R.), 1974

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_03_079

Item 41: Randall, Dudley (Broadside Press) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1974

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_03_080

Item 42: Randall, Dudley (Broadside Press) envelope to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1974

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_03_081

Item 43-96: Grouping 6

Item 43: Madsen photo processing label, 1975

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_03_093

Item 44: Randall, Dudley at a book presentation (negative), 1970s

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_03_092_003

Item 45: Bradford, Walter at a social event (negative), 1970s

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_03_092_002

Item 46: Group of women at a social event in a banquet hall (negative), 1970s

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_03_092_001

Item 47: Photo processing order form, 1975?

Item 48: Attendees at a social event in a banquet hall (negative), 1970s

View digital content: 00086_04_01_04_03_086_004

Item 49: Blakely, Henry, Sr. and Bradford, Walter at a social event (negative), 1970s

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_03_086_003

Item 50: Hill, Walter and Sheila Radford at a social event (negative), 1970s

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_03_086_002

Item 51: Attendees at a social event in a banquet hall (negative), 1970s

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_03_086_001

Item 52: Fuller, Hoyt W. and Madhubuti, Haki R. at a social event (negative), 1970s

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_03_085_003

Item 53: Group of attendees at a social event (negative), 1970

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_03_085_002

Item 54: Group of women at a social event (negative), 1970s

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_03_085_001

Item 55: Wiley, Drenda and a student (negative), 1970s

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_03_084_004

Item 56: Teacher and children in a middle school classroom (negative), 1970s

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_03_084_003

Item 57: Underexposed view of foliage (negative), 1970s

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_03_084_002

Item 58: Front view of a sportscar (negative), 1970s

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_03_084_001

Item 59: Man lecturing to a group of students (negative), 1970s

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_03_082_004

Item 60: Gwendolyn Brooks surrounded by students during a lecture (negative), 1970s

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_03_082_003

Item 61: Gwendolyn Brooks surrounded by students during a lecture (negative), 1970s

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_03_082_002

Item 62: Gwendolyn Brooks surrounded by students during a lecture (negative), 1970s

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_03_082_001

Item 63: Broadside Press storefront displaying a sign for the 10th anniversary (negative), 1975?

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_03_083_004

Item 64: Detroit Public Library building (negative), 1970s

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_03_083_003

Item 65: Smiling woman at a class lecture (negative), 1970s

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_03_083_002

Item 66: Man lecturing to a group of students (negative), 1970s

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_03_083_001

Item 67-74: Photo processing order form, 1970s?

Item 75: Friends of Gwendolyn Brooks gathered in a dining room (negative), 1970s

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_03_088_004

Item 76: Bradford, Walter at a house party (negative), 1970s

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_03_088_003

Item 77: Blakely, Nora Brooks wearing a red dress (negative), 1970s

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_03_088_002

Item 78: Blakely, Nora Brooks wearing a red dress and smiling (negative), 1970s

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_03_088_001

Item 79: Four children in a room (negative), 1970s

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_03_089_004

Item 80: View of vehicles parked at O’Hare International Airport from a car window (negative), 1970s

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_03_089_003

Item 81: View of airplanes on the runway at O’Hare International Airport from a car window (negative), 1970s

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_03_089_002

Item 82: Façade of a brick Mid-Century Modern house (negative), 1970s

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_03_089_001

Item 83: Blakely, Nora Brooks during her teaching years (negative), 1970s

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_03_090_004

Item 84: Woman seated in an empty office (negative), 1970s

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_03_090_003

Item 85: Young woman smiling for the camera (negative), 1970s

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_03_090_002

Item 86: Young woman speaking (negative), 1970s

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_03_090_001

Item 87: Partial view of Richardson, Edward “Eddie” (negative), 1970s

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_03_087_004

Item 88: Two young women posing in a living room (negative), 1970s

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_03_087_003

Item 89: Richardson, Edward “Eddie” smiling for the camera (negative), 1970s

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_03_087_002

Item 90: Young woman posing in a living room (negative), 1970s

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_03_087_001

Item 91: View of a university campus (negative), 1970s

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_03_091_004

Item 92: View of a university’s music building (negative), 1970s

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_03_091_003

Item 93: Bedroom with two twin beds (negative), 1970s

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_03_091_002

Item 94: Living room with a TV set (negative), 1970s

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_03_091_001

Item 95-96: Photo processing order form, 1970s?

Item 97-115: Grouping 7

Item 97: “Quality Prints” photo envelope, undated

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_03_094

Item 98: Blakely, Nora Brooks wearing a red shirt and bonnet, 1970s

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_03_095

Item 99: Hill, Walter and Sheila Radford at a social event, 1970s

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_03_096

Item 100: Detroit Public Library building, 1970s

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_03_097

Item 101: Sanchez, Sonia; Parks, Carole; and Smith, Ann, 1970s

Photo is cut. View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_03_098

Item 102: View of vehicles parked at O’Hare International Airport from a car window, 1970s

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_03_099

Item 103: View of airplanes on the runway at O’Hare International Airport from a car window, 1970s

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_03_100

Item 104: Group of women at a social event in a banquet hall, 1970s

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_03_092_001

Item 105: People standing in the doorway of an office building, 1970s

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_03_102

Item 106: Two young women posing in a living room, 1970s

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_03_103

Item 107: Living room with a TV set, 1970s

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_03_104

Item 108: Façade of a brick Mid-Century Modern house, 1970s

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_03_105

Item 109: Blakely, Nora Brooks posing near a vase on a pedestal, 1970s

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_03_106

Item 110: Blakely, Henry, Sr. and Bradford, Walter at a social event, 1970s

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_03_107

Item 111: Richardson, Edward “Eddie” smiling for the camera, 1970s

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_03_108

Item 112: Fuller, Hoyt W. and Madhubuti, Haki R. at a social event, 1970s

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_03_109

Item 113: Wiley, Drenda and a student, 1970s

Item 114: Man in a gray suit leaning forward to talk to someone, 1970s

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_03_110

Item 115: Man lecturing to a group of students, 1970s

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_03_111

Item 116-119: Grouping 8

Item 116: Williams, Brian studio portrait, 1977

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_03_112

Item 117: Gwendolyn Brooks Poetry Contest participants, 1977

From Iowa-Maple Elementary School (Cleveland, OH). View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_03_113

Item 118: Gwendolyn Brooks Poetry Contest winners, 1977

From Iowa-Maple Elementary School (Cleveland, OH). View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_03_114

Folder 4: Nora Brooks Blakely’s family photos

Item 1: Burrell, Joseph posing next to a Christmas tree, 1972

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_04_001

Item 2: Burrell, Joseph and Sukari (cat), 1972

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_04_002

Item 3: “Favorite Pictures” envelope, 1970s

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_04_004

Item 4: Greeting card with orange brush calligraphy, undated

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_04_005

Item 5: Blakely, Nora Brooks on her fourth birthday, 1955

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_04_006

Item 6: Blakely, Nora Brooks with her friends and their prom dates, 1969

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_04_007

Item 7: Sukari (cat) drinking from the bathroom sink, 1970s

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_04_008

Item 8: Sukari (cat) drinking from the bathroom sink, 1970s

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_04_009

Item 9: Sukari (cat) in a closet behind a row of handing sweaters, 1970s

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_04_010

Item 10: Blakely, Henry, Jr. at ten months old, 1941

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_04_011

Item 11: Clark, Crystal as a toddler sitting on porch steps, 1970s

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_04_012

Item 12: Christmas tree with silver lametta, 1970s

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_04_013

Item 13: Clark, Crystal and Karen, 1970s

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_04_014

Item 14: Blakely, Nora Brooks lying in bed with Sukari (cat), 1970s

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_04_015

Item 15: Closer view of Blakely, Nora Brooks lying in bed with Sukari (cat), 1970s

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_04_016

Item 16: Sukari (cat) drinking from the bathroom sink, 1970s

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_04_017

Item 17: Burrell, Joseph posing next to a Christmas tree, 1972

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_04_018

Item 18: Burrell, Joseph wearing a military uniform, 1970s

Item 19: Blakely, Nora Brooks during her college years, 1970s

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_04_020

Item 20: Blakely, Nora Brooks during her college years, 1970s

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_04_021

Item 21: Pile of wrapped presents under a Christmas tree decorated with silver lametta, 1970s

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_04_022

Item 22: Clark, Karen and Crystal sitting on porch steps, 1970s

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_04_023

Item 23: Cardboard photo frame, undated

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_17_006

Item 24: Cardboard photo frame, undated

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_17_007

Item 25: Cardboard photo frame, undated

Same as item 24-25.

Box 355

Folder 1: Nora Brooks Blakely's family photos

Item 1: Blakely, Nora Brooks and her class at Copernicus School, 1977

Photo is inside of a “School Days” frame. View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_05_001

Item 2: Blakely, Nora Brooks with her first grade class at Cornell School, 1957

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_05_002

Item 3: Blakely, Nora Brooks with her second grade class at Cornell School, 1958

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_05_003

Item 4: Blakely, Nora Brooks with her third grade class at Cornell School, 1959

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_05_004

Item 5: Blakely, Nora Brooks at six years old, 1957

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_05_005

Item 6: Blakely, Nora Brooks driving a Volkswagen Beetle, 1971/1972

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_05_006

Item 7: Brooks, Keziah Wims headshot, 1940s

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_05_007

Item 8: Brooks, Keziah Wims sitting in an armchair in her living room, 1955

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_05_008

Item 9: Brooks, Paulette holding a baby doll, 1957

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_05_009

Item 10: Brooks, Paulette and Blakely, Nora Brooks sitting in a living room, 1973

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_05_010

Item 11: “Maturity for Plastic” by Landers, Ann (Chicago Sun-Times) newspaper clipping, 1968

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_05_011

Item 12: “Science Fair Opens” Chicago Sun-Times newspaper clipping, 1958

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_05_012

Item 13: Brooks, Gwendolyn sitting in her childhood home living room, 1950s

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_05_013

Item 14: Brooks, Gwendolyn at Lake Mary High School (Lake Mary, FL), 1987

Includes a silver cardboard frame. View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_05_014

Item 15: Roberson, Naomi C. (Seminole Community College) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1987

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_05_015

Item 16: Gwendolyn Brooks at a public event, 1980s

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_05_016

Item 17: Gwendolyn Brooks smiling with her hand on her chin, 1950s

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_05_017

Item 18: Gwendolyn Brooks in profile, 1970s

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_05_018

Item 19-20: Gwendolyn Brooks wearing a patterned headscarf, 1970s

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_05_019

Item 21: Gwendolyn Brooks with her head resting on her hand, 1980s

Photo by Lewis, Roy. View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_05_021

Item 22: Blakely, Henry, Sr. and Gwendolyn Brooks in their living room, 1960s

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_05_022

Item 23: Gwendolyn Brooks and Brooks, Keziah C. Wims at Northeastern University, 1950s

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_05_023

Item 24: Gwendolyn Brooks; Blakely, Nora Brooks; and Blakely, Henry, Sr. sitting together at their home, 1980s

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_05_024

Item 25: Gwendolyn Brooks holding a Sharpie marker, 1980s

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_05_025

Item 26: Gwendolyn Brooks posing with her hands on her hips, 1980s

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_05_026

Item 27: Petrakis, Diane; Gwendolyn Brooks; and Brooks, Keziah C. Wims, 1970s

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_05_027

Item 28: Gwendolyn Brooks and Brooks, Robert, 1959

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_05_028

Item 29: Contact sheet with 12 candid images of Gwendolyn Brooks, 1961

Taken during her interview with Brown, Frank London, 1961. View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_05_029

Item 30: Contact sheet with 12 candid images of Blakely, Nora Brooks and Gwendolyn Brooks, circa 1988

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_05_030

Item 31: Contact sheet with nine candid images of Blakely, Nora Brooks and Gwendolyn Brooks, circa 1988

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_05_031

Item 32: “Photos by Dwight Carter” envelope addressed to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1988

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_05_032

Item 33: Blakely, Nora Brooks as a little girl, 1958

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_05_033

Item 34: Blakely, Nora Brooks in her grandparents’ house, 1950s

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_05_034

Item 35: Blakely, Nora Brooks posing with a group during a trip to Saint-Malo, France, 1960s

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_05_036

Item 36: Blakely, Henry, Jr. and Nora Brooks, 1952

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_05_037

Item 37: Blakely, Henry, Jr. and Nora Brooks, 1952

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_05_038

Item 38: Blakely, Nora Brooks at six years old, 1957

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_05_039

Item 39: Blakely, Nora Brooks meeting Santa Claus at Carson, Pirie, Scott & Co., 1958

Photo in a paper frame. View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_05_040

Item 40: Blakely, Nora Brooks at the birthday party of Brooks, Paulette, 1950s

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_05_041

Item 41: Blakely, Nora Brooks at Christmastime with a large plush tiger, 1950s

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_05_042

Item 42: Brooks, Paulette and Blakely, Nora Brooks sitting in a living room, 1973

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_05_043

Item 43: Brooks, Rachel as a toddler in a blue dress, 1973

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_05_044

Item 44: Blakely, Nora Brooks with Fluffy (dog), 1960s

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_05_045

Item 45: Brooks, Paulette and Blakely, Nora Brooks standing in front of a Christmas tree, 1950s

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_05_046

Item 46: Gwendolyn Brooks; Blakely, Nora Brooks; and Brooks, Keziah C. Wims standing in front of Assembly Hall (University of Illinois), 1972

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_05_047

Item 47: Blakely, Henry, Jr.; Nora Brooks; and Henry, Sr. in the Assembly Hall (University of Illinois) parking lot, 1972

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_05_048

Folder 2: Brooks-Blakely family photos

Item 1: View of backyard near an alley with vine-covered walls after a flood, undated

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_06_001

Item 2: Mud piled against the exterior wall of a house and visible yard strewn with junk after a flood, undated

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_06_002

Item 3: Traces of junk strewn across a backyard and a house missing a cellar door after a flood, undated

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_06_003

Item 4: Traces of junk strewn across a backyard and at a neighbor's house after a flood, undated

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_06_004

Item 5: Front view of a house with debris on the lawn after a flood, undated

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_06_005

Item 6: Wims, Carolyn as an infant, 1940s

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_06_006

Item 7: Members of the Milwaukee Urban League Glee Club, 1940s

Includes Wims, William. View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_06_007

Item 8: View of a totaled car owned by Brooks, Raymond, 1940

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_06_008

Item 9: Brooks, Luther wearing a suit, undated

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_06_009

Item 10: Brooks, Raymond, Jr. and Raymond, Sr. in formal suits, circa 1970

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_06_010

Item 11: Stewart, Freddie and Tommy as young children, 1940s

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_06_011

Item 12: Wims, Carolyn dressed in graduation regalia, 1950s

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_06_012

Item 13: Small, Clara and Clarence as toddlers, 1920s

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_06_013

Item 14: Cardboard photo frame, 1920s

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_06_014

Item 15: Gwendolyn Brooks; White, Paulette; and an unidentified man, 1980s

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_06_015

Item 16: Brooks, Paulette and Raymond, Jr. as children, circa 1956

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_06_016

Item 17: Blakely, Henry, Sr. wearing graduation regalia, circa 1934

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_06_017

Item 18: Blakely, Henry, Jr. and Wims, Carolyn L. on a Christmas card, 1950s

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_06_018

Item 19: Christmas card featuring a toddler, 1950s

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_06_019

Item 20: “Album Prints” Kodak booklet cover, undated

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_06_020

Item 21: Brooks, Paulette positing in front of a living room window, 1956

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_06_021

Item 22: Wooden chair with a sculpture on the seat, 1956

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_06_022

Item 23: Partial view of Brooks, Raymond, Jr. posing in front of a living room window, 1956

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_06_023

Item 24: Brooks, Raymond, Jr. posing in front of a living room window, 1956

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_06_024

Item 25: Brooks, Raymond, Jr. posing in front of a living room window, 1956

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_06_025

Item 26: View of a living room with an armchair covered in plastic next to a TV set, 1950s

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Item 27: View of the Wims family gravestone, 1950s

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Item 28: Brooks, Raymond, Jr. dressed in a suit, 1950s

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Item 29: View of a sofa draped in a plastic cover, 1950s

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Item 30: Young boy holding a ball, 1957

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Item 31: View of a dining room table set and a china cabinet, 1950s

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Item 32: Brooks, Paulette standing next to a lamp and TV set, 1950s

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Item 33: View of living room furniture from a countertop, 1950s

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Item 34: Baby dressed for winter sitting in a toy car, 1940s

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Item 35: Backlit view of an ornament hanging from a Christmas tree, 1950s

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Item 36: Wims, Carolyn as a little girl sitting in a toy car, 1946

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Item 37: Strip of Blakely, Henry, Jr. school portraits, 1950s

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Item 38: Everlastone “Album Prints” paperboard booklet, 1957

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Item 39: Boy and girl holding a doll posing outside of a house, 1957

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Item 40: View of a curving street with brick buildings, 1950s

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Item 41: Toddler boy posing in front of bushes, 1950s

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Item 42: Woman and man handing out party favors at an event, 1978

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Item 43: Blakely, Henry, Jr. and Hardiman, Kathleen, 1970s

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Item 44: Couple posing with an infant, 1970s

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Item 45: Young boy in a necktie standing by an outdoor wooden staircase, 1950s

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Item 46: Woman posing in front of an automobile, 1940s

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Item 47: Blakely, Henry, Sr. during his time in the National Guard, 1940s

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Item 48: Doll wearing a tulle dress, 1940s

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Item 49: Brooks, Paulette wearing a dress with a bow at the neckline, 1959

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Item 50: Wims, Carolyn standing outside of a bus station, 1960

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Item 51: Three young men dressed in formal suits for prom, 1969

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Item 52: Partial view of a woman enjoying a boat ride, 1970s

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Item 53: Brooks, Keziah C. Wims and Blakely, Nora Brooks standing before a front porch, 1970s

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Item 54: Young man in three-quarter bust view, 1950s

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Item 55: Woman in white gloves posing next to a TV set, 1950s

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Item 56: Wims, Carolyn posing with her bicycle, 1950s

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Item 57: Tabletop Christmas tree decorated with lametta, 1950s

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Item 58: Woman drinking from an outdoor water fountain, 1965

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Item 59: Brooks, Raymond, Jr. and Paulette, 1950s

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Item 60: Brooks, Raymond, Jr. and Paulette posing with a small boy, 1959

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Item 61: Young man in a trench coat standing outside during winter, 1960

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Item 62: Woman in a long wool coat posing by a brick building, 1950s

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Item 63: Wims, Freddie; Tommy; and Carolyn posing with other children outside of an outhouse, 1950s

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Item 64: Blakely, Henry, Jr. standing with his hands on his hips on a rooftop, 1950s

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Item 65: Interior view of a doorway and sitting area, 1950s

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Item 66: Young woman in a skirt suit standing outside during winter, circa 1960

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Item 67: Older woman and a young girl posing for the camera, 1980s

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Folder 3: Brooks-Blakely family photos

Item 1: Brooks, Raymond, Jr. in a wool coat standing outside, 1950s

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Item 2: Blakely, Henry, Jr. studio portrait, circa 1948

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Item 3: Young woman standing outside of a bus station, 1960

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Item 4: Brooks, Raymond, Jr. and Paulette wearing hats and wool coats, 1950s

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Item 5: Brooks, Paulette and Raymond, Jr. standing outside during summer, 1950s

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Item 6: Brooks, Paulette wearing a hat and wool coat, 1950s

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Item 7: Young girl wearing a wool coat, 1950s

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Item 8: Woman posing in front of an automobile, 1940s

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Item 9: Brooks, Paulette and Raymond, Jr. as toddlers, 1950s

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Item 10: Blakely, Henry, Jr. in Topeka, KS, 1946

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Item 11: Blakely, Henry, Sr. and another man in the National Guard, 1940s

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Item 12: Blakely, Henry, Jr. as a little boy, 1945

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Item 13: Blakely, Henry, Jr. as a toddler, 1942

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Item 14: Brooks, Keziah C. Wims wearing a wool coat and pearls, 1960s

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Item 15: Brooks, Paulette and Raymond, Jr. holding hands, 1950s

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Item 16: Steward, Tommy and Freddie playing with dolls with another girl, 1940s

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Item 17: Blakely, Henry, Jr. around age eight, circa 1948

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Item 18: Steward, Tommy and Freddie playing with dolls with another girl, 1940s

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Item 19: Wims, Carolyn wearing a hooded wool coat, 1950s

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Item 20: Wims, Carolyn studio portrait, 1940s

Photo is hand-colored. View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_07_020

Item 21: Toddler wearing a jumpsuit, 1940s

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Item 22: Wims, Carolyn with three young girls wearing matching outfits and hair bows, 1950s

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Item 23: Woman wearing a formal large-sleeved jacket, 1900s

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Item 24: Wims, Beulah leaning on a porch fence with another woman, 1920s

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Item 25: Brooks, Keziah C. Wims wearing a dark coat and hat, 1920s

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Item 26: Blakely, Henry, Jr. and Nora Brooks, 1952

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Item 27: Blakely, Henry, Jr. at eight months old, 1941

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Item 28: Side view of Blakely, Henry, Jr. at eight months old, 1941

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Item 29: Blakely, Henry, Jr. around age seven, 1947

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Item 30: Teddy bear in a cowboy hat, 1949

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Item 31: Blakely, Henry, Jr. at five years old, 1945

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Item 32: Wims family burial plot, 1940s

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Item 33: Wims, Beulah visiting the family burial plot, 1940s

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Item 34: Stewart, Tommy sitting in a baby feeding chair, 1940s

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Item 35: Woman sitting in an armchair, 1950s

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Item 36: “Family” label, undated

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Item 37: “Family” envelope, undated

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Box 356

Folder 1: Gwendolyn Brooks' 80th birthday party

Item 1: “Touring & Professional” envelope, undated

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Item 2: Gwendolyn Brooks speaking to another person at her 80th birthday party, 1997

Photo is torn. View digitized content: 00086_04_01_05_01_003

Item 3: Blakely, Nora Brooks; Gwendolyn Brooks; and two women talking at her 80th birthday party, 1997

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Item 4: Blakely, Nora Brooks; Gwendolyn Brooks; and others at her 80th birthday party, 1997

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Item 5: Blakely, Nora Brooks in conversation with others at Gwendolyn Brooks’ birthday party, 1997

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Item 6: Adams, Jeanette letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1997

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Item 7: Adams, Jeanette envelope to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1997

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Folder 2: Black Writers' Conference (Chicago State University) and Alex Gildzen

Item 1: Two conference attendees, 1995

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Item 2: Lynch, Acklyn at the Black Writers’ Conference, 1995

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Item 3: Ani, Marimba speaking with a conference attendee, 1995

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Item 4: Brooks-Macaulay, Amanda Lee card to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1995

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Item 5: Brooks-Macaulay, Amanda Lee envelope to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1995

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Item 6: Sonnenschein, Hugo F. letter to Amanda Lee Brooks-Macaulay, 1995

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Item 7: Gwendolyn seated with others by a window in the Gildzen, Alex home, 1993

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Item 8: Gwendolyn Brooks and Gildzen, Alex, 1993

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Item 9: Gwendolyn Brooks posing with an unidentified man, 1993

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Item 10: Gwendolyn Brooks and others having dinner at the Gildzen, Alex home, 1993

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Item 11: Gildzen, Alex letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1993

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Item 12: Gildzen, Alex envelope to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1993

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Folder 3

Item 1: Hickey, William A. (Saint Mary’s College) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1994

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Item 2: Hickey, William A. (Saint Mary’s College) and Gwendolyn Brooks wearing graduation regalia, 1994

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Item 3: Cole, Johnetta; Gwendolyn Brooks; and other attendees at the commencement ceremony for Saint Mary’s College, 1994

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Item 4: Lingo, Jane Tunstall (George Washington University) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1986

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Item 5: Fragment of a Wims family portrait, 1970s

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Item 6: Gwendolyn Brooks writing on a notepad held by Lopez, Eddie, 1976

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Item 7: Lopez, Eddie envelope to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1976

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Folder 4: University Club of Chicago Award

Item 1: Milan, Talmadge and Bolden, B.J. envelope to Gwendolyn Brooks, 2000

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Item 2: Smart, Allen R. letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1989

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Item 3: Issue of Seventy Six newsletter (vol. 44, no. 7), 1989

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Item 4: White, William J.; Gwendolyn Brooks; and Smart, Allen holding the Distinguished Service Award at the University Club of Chicago, 1989

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Folder 5: Gwendolyn Brooks Day at Chateaux School (Hazel Crest, IL)

Item 1: Prairie-Hills Elementary School District envelope to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1987

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Item 2: Gwendolyn Brooks and a student looking at a large sheet of paper, 1987

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Item 3: Gwendolyn Brooks and two teachers, 1987

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Item 4: Gwendolyn Brooks holding roses and posing with two students, 1987

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Item 5: Gwendolyn Brooks seated in a school gym and speaking with a teacher, 1987

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Item 6: Gwendolyn Brooks receiving a bouquet of roses, 1987

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Item 7: Gwendolyn Brooks posing with a student, 1987

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Item 8: Gwendolyn Brooks giving books to students, 1987

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Item 9: Students sitting in rows, 1987

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Item 10: Students sitting in rows, 1987

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Item 11: Students standing in a line, 1987

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Item 12: Ukelshen, Sharon (Chateaux School) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1987

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Folder 6: Photos sent by Affa M. Weaver

Item 1: Simmons College. Department of English envelope to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1997

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Item 2: Door at the Weaver, Afaa M. home in Somerville, Boston, 1997

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Item 3: Backyard of the Weaver, Afaa M. home in Somerville, Boston, 1997

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Item 4: Weaver, Kala Oboi; Alya; and Sean sitting on porch steps, 1997

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Folder 7

Item 1: Gwendolyn Brooks posing with the Indiana University Writers’ Conference faculty, 1966

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Item 2: Gwendolyn Brooks accepting a framed poem from Nelson, Hale (Illinois Bell Telephone Co.), 1954

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Item 3: Bowe, Augustine; Gwendolyn Brooks; and Nelson, Hale looking at a copy of “I See Chicago”, 1954

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Item 4: Gwendolyn Brooks and others at Lake Forest College, 1962

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Folder 8

Item 1: Gwendolyn Brooks being interviewed by Glauber, Robert, 1968

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Item 2: Gwendolyn Brooks and Freeman, Gaylord at Northwestern University, 1968

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Item 3: Gwendolyn Brooks speaking at the Cathedral of Saint James (Chicago), 1981

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Item 4: Gwendolyn Brooks giving signatures at her first reception as the Consultant in Poetry for the Library of Congress (Washington, D.C.), 1985

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Folder 9: Library of Congress (Washington, D.C.) and Harvey Public School District (Harvey, IL)

Item 1: Gwendolyn Brooks examining a portrait of Fuller, Hoyt W., 1986

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Item 2: Harvey Public School District faculty dressed in graduation regalia, 1987

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Item 3: Gwendolyn Brooks holding an award plaque with Blakely, Henry, Sr. while surrounded by Harvey Public School District faculty, 1987

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Item 4: Gwendolyn Brooks and Blakely, Henry, Sr. holding an award plaque, 1987

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Folder 10: National Book Award and Gwendolyn Brooks Park (Topeka, KS)

Item 1: Gwendolyn Brooks receiving a medal, 1994

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Item 2: Gwendolyn Brooks giving a speech, 1994

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Item 3: Gwendolyn Brooks receiving flowers on stage from a young girl, 1994

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Item 4: Gwendolyn Brooks receiving flowers on stage from a young girl, 1994

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Item 5: Park sign, 1990s

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Item 6: Three people standing next to a park sign, 1990s

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Folder 11: Gwendolyn Brooks and others

Item 1: Gwendolyn Brooks and Angle, Paul, 1960s

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Item 2: Gwendolyn Brooks resting her elbows on a table, 1950s

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Item 3: Cuscaden, Robin Reay (Midwest); Gwendolyn Brooks; and Bishop, Susan (Chicago Tribune Books), 1954

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Item 4: Gwendolyn Brooks and Lake Forest College faculty dressed in regalia, 1965

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Folder 12: Gwendolyn Brooks photos by Roy Lewis

Item 1: Gwendolyn Brooks walking with others in Washington, D.C., 1986

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Item 2: Crowd gathered in front of the Wall of Respect (Chicago), circa 1967

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Item 3: Two children playing in front of the Gwendolyn Brooks portrait on the Wall of Respect (Chicago), circa 1967

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Item 4: Gwendolyn Brooks receiving a proclamation from Daley, Richard J. (City of Chicago), 1950s

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Folder 13: Gwendolyn Brooks and others

Item 1: Gwendolyn Brooks standing with two men, 1980s

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Item 2: Plastic frame with brown wood grain, undated

Folder 14: Gwendolyn Brooks at public speaking events

Item 1: Gwendolyn Brooks receiving attendees after a public event, 1980s

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Item 2: Gwendolyn Brooks talking to an attendee at a book-signing event, 1990s

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Item 3: Gwendolyn Brooks and others dressed in graduation regalia, 1990s

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Item 4: Gwendolyn Brooks walking arm-in-arm with two U.S. military sergeants, 1990s

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Folder 15: Gwendolyn Brooks in Washington D.C.

Item 1: Gwendolyn Brooks receiving attendees after a public event, 1980s

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Item 2: Gwendolyn Brooks and Princess Irene of the Netherlands, 1980s

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Item 3: Clinton, Bill (President); Blakely, Henry, Sr.; and Gwendolyn Brooks, 1990s

Photo is cut. View digitized content: 00086_04_01_05_15_003

Item 4: Clinton, Hillary (First Lady); Blakely, Henry, Sr.; and Gwendolyn Brooks, 1990s

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Folder 16: Gwendolyn Brooks at public events

Item 1: Gwendolyn Brooks shaking hands with Clinton, Bill (President), 1990s

Two copies. View digitized content: 00086_04_01_05_16_001

Item 2: Gwendolyn Brooks speaking at a podium, 1990s

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Item 3: Gwendolyn Brooks seated and signing a book, 1990s

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Folder 17: Friends of Gwendolyn Brooks

Item 1: Victorin, Annette and her granddaughter standing at the entrance to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1963

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Item 2: Fair, Ronald at Ellis’ Book Store (Chicago), 1967

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Item 3: Madhubuti, Haki and Fair, Ronald at Ellis’ Book Store (Chicago), 1967

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Folder 18: Gwendolyn Brooks at public events

Item 1: Close view of a “Welcome Gwendolyn Brooks” Holiday Inn sign (Mt. Clemens, MI), 1982

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Item 2: “Welcome Gwendolyn Brooks” Holiday Inn sign (Mt. Clemens, MI), 1982

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Item 3: View of an audience sitting in an auditorium, 1982

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Item 4: Brooks, Avery and Gwendolyn Brooks at the National Black Arts Festival (Atlanta), 1996

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Folder 19: Gwendolyn Brooks and friends

Item 1: Finn, Julio and Bray, Richard at Guild Book Store (Chicago), 1989

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Item 2: Gwendolyn Brooks and a man at a book-signing event, 1980s

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Item 3: Steed, Linda Sipior and Gwendolyn Brooks, 1980s

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Item 4: Gwendolyn Brooks and Kearney, Meg at an autograph party for Melhem, D.H., 1980s

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Folder 20: Gwendolyn Brooks teaching at Columbia College Chicago

Item 1: “Columbia College Class Pictures (Poetry Workshop)” envelope, 1960s

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Item 2: Gwendolyn Brooks talking to students (photo strip), 1960s

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Item 3: Students and instructors (photo strip), 1960s

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Item 4: Students (photo strip), 1960s

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Item 5: Gwendolyn Brooks talking to students (photo strip), 1960s

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Item 6: Gwendolyn Brooks and students, 1960s

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Item 7: Gwendolyn Brooks writing on a chalkboard, 1960s

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Item 8: Gwendolyn Brooks standing in front of a chalkboard, 1960s

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Item 9: Gwendolyn Brooks talking to a student, 1960s

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Item 10: Gwendolyn Brooks and another instructor (photo strip), 1960s

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Item 11: Gwendolyn Brooks and seated students (photo strip), 1960s

Top edge of the photo strip is torn off. View digitized content: 00086_04_01_05_20_011

Item 12: View of a classroom full of students, 1960s

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Folder 21: Third World Press 30th anniversary celebration

Item 1: “Third World Press Thirtieth Anniversary at Cultural Center Downtown” envelope, 1997

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Item 2: Madhubuti, Safisha and Haki R.; and Brown, Abena Joan standing at a podium, 1997

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Item 3: Blakely, Nora Brooks and Gwendolyn Brooks, 1997

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Folder 22: Gwendolyn Brooks' visit to SUNY at Cortland

Item 1: “Brooks Expresses Blackness in Her Poetry” by Stigall, John (SUNY College at Cortland) newspaper clipping, 1977

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Item 2: Note with public speaking event details, 1977

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Item 3: Gwendolyn Brooks and students, 1977

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Folder 23: Gwendolyn Brooks in Washington D.C.

Item 1: Gwendolyn Brooks walking with others, 1986

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Item 2: Portrait of Gwendolyn Brooks sitting in the Library of Congress, 1986

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Item 3: Gwendolyn Brooks examining a portrait of Fuller, Hoyt W., 1986

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Folder 24: Gwendolyn Brooks at an outdoor public speaking event

Item 1: “Please excuse the makeshift packaging. Love, Jessie” envelope, undated

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Item 2: Gwendolyn Brooks wearing a pink headscarf and black jacket, 1990s

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Item 3: Gwendolyn Brooks speaking at an outdoor podium, 1990s

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Folder 25: Gwendolyn Brooks and friends

Item 1: Randall, Dudley; Gwendolyn Brooks; and others in a classroom, 1973

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Item 2: Randall, Dudley; Gwendolyn Brooks; and others in a classroom, 1973

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Folder 26: Anchor Arts Organization

Item 1: Blakely, Nora Brooks (Anchor Arts Organization (Chicago)) letter to Hall, Mr. (Wolin-Levin Inc.), 1981

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Item 2: “Fundamentals in Communication” course proposal by Blakely, Nora Brooks, 1981

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Item 3: “Fundamentals in Communication” course proposal by Blakely, Nora Brooks, 1981

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Item 4: “Touching the Ground” workshop flyer, 1981

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Item 5: “Children’s Express” activity photocopied from the Sunday Sun-Times, 1980

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Item 6: Anchor Arts Organization for Children materials booklet, 1979

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Folder 27: SOGEZA Dance Troupe

Item 1: Springin’ Feet program from Copernicus School (Chicago), 1978

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Item 2: Classmates of Blakely, Nora Brooks dressed for prom, 1969

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Item 3: Sogeza dance troupe program, 1979

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Folder 28

Item 1: First AME Church of Los Angeles program, 1960

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Item 2: “Demarest Lloyd Lecture” newspaper clipping, 1980s

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Item 3: “Honorary Degree Recipients” (Journal Courier (Jacksonville, IL)) newspaper clipping, 1990

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Folder 29: Gwendolyn Brooks with Phillips, Herbert and Heimer, Muriel K. (Lake City Community College), 1990s

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Box 357

Folder 1: Trip to London

Item 1: “Changing of the Guard” Kodacolor photo envelope, 1974?

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Item 2: Photo processing order form, 1974?

Item 3: Mounted guard at the Horse Guards building (negative), 1974

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Item 4: Blurry view of guardsmen through a wrought iron fence (negative), 1974

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Item 5: Blurry view of guardsmen through a wrought iron fence (negative), 1974

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Item 6: Tour bus grouping looking at the Albert Memorial (negative), 1974

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Item 7: Photo processing order form, 1974?

Item 8: View of a woman in a white flat cap watching the changing of the guard procession (negative), 1974

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Item 9: Guardsman on a horse in procession (negative), 1974

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Item 10: Three guardsmen in procession (negative), 1974

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Item 11: Dark and blurry view of an archway (negative), 1974

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Item 12: Photo processing order form, 1974?

Item 13: Blurry view of a guardsman in procession (negative), 1974

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Item 14: State Ceremonial Musicians in procession (negative), 1974

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Item 15: State Ceremonial Musicians and a guardsman on a horse in procession (negative), 1974

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Item 16: Distant view of State Ceremonial Musicians and a mounted guardsman in procession (negative), 1974

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Item 17: Photo processing order form, 1974?

Item 18: View of a mounted guard over parked cars outside Buckingham Palace (negative), 1974

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Item 19: Blurry view of a crowd outside Buckingham Palace for the changing of the guard (negative), 1974

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Item 20: Blurry view of guardsmen in procession (negative), 1974

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Item 21: Blurry view of guardsmen in procession (negative), 1974

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Folder 2: Trip to Chartres (France)

Item 1: “Chartres, etc.” Kodacolor photo envelope, 1974?

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Item 2: Photo processing order form, 1974?

Item 3: Sculptured pillars at the west portal of Chartres Cathedral (negative), 1974

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Item 4: Blurry view of sculptured pillars at the west portal of Chartres Cathedral (negative), 1974

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Item 5: Blurry view of the west portal of Chartres Cathedral (negative), 1974

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Item 6: West portal of Chartres Cathedral (negative), 1974

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Item 7: Photo processing order form, 1974?

Item 8: Underexposed view of the Chartres Cathedral interior (negative), 1974

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Item 9: Underexposed view of the south transept rose window at Chartres Cathedral (negative), 1974

Item 10: Underexposed view of a stained glass window at Chartres Cathedral (negative), 1974

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Item 11: Underexposed view of the west rose window at Chartres Cathedral (negative), 1974

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Item 12: Photo processing order form, 1974?

Item 13: Chartres Cathedral interior (negative), 1974

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Item 14: Photo processing order form, 1974?

Item 15: View of a park on a hill by the Musée Des Beaux Arts (negative), 1974

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Item 16: Blurry view of Blakely, Henry, Sr. at a park overlooking the Musée Des Beaux Arts (negative), 1974

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Item 17: Blurry view of the Chartres Cathedral façade (negative), 1974

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Item 18: Blurry view of the Chartres Cathedral façade (negative), 1974

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Item 19: Photo processing order form, 1974?

Item 20: View of the Chartres Cathedral façade (negative), 1974

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Item 21: Blurry view of a red and white flower bed at the Musée Des Beaux Arts (negative), 1974

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Item 22: Distant view of the Musée Des Beaux Arts in Chartres (negative), 1974

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Item 23: Gwendolyn Brooks at a park overlooking the Musée Des Beaux Arts (negative), 1974

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Folder 3: Nora Brooks Blakely's family

Item 1: “Remember the Day… in Pictures” photo negative envelope, 1972

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Item 2: Sukari (cat) drinking from the bathroom sink (negative), 1970s

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Item 3: Sukari (cat) drinking from the bathroom sink (negative), 1970s

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Item 4: Sukari (cat) drinking from the bathroom sink (negative), 1970s

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Item 5: Sukari (cat) drinking from the bathroom sink (negative), 1970s

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Item 6: Sukari (cat) resting on a bed (negative), 1970s

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Item 7: Sukari (cat) resting on a bed (negative), 1970s

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Item 8: Close-up of Sukari (cat) resting on a bed (negative), 1970s

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Item 9: Blurry view of Blakely, Nora Brooks sitting in an armchair (negative), 1970s

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Item 10: Blurry view of Blakely, Nora Brooks posing in her grandmother’s front yard (negative), 1970s

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Item 11: Blakely, Nora Brooks posing in her grandmother’s front yard (negative), 1970s

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Item 12: Blurry view of Blakely, Nora Brooks posing in front of her grandmother’s porch (negative), 1970s

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Item 13: Blurry view of Blakely, Nora Brooks posing in front of her grandmother’s porch (negative), 1970s

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Item 14: Blurry view of Blakely, Nora Brooks posing in front of her grandmother’s porch (negative), 1970s

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Item 15: Brooks, Keziah C. Wims and Blakely, Nora Brooks posing in front of a porch (negative), 1970s

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Item 16: Brooks, Keziah C. Wims and Blakely, Nora Brooks posing in front of a porch (negative), 1970s

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Item 17: “Remember the Day… in Pictures” photo negative envelope, 1970s

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Item 18: Blakely, Nora Brooks during her college years (negative), 1970s

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Item 19: Blakely, Nora Brooks during her college years (negative), 1970s

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Item 20: Blakely, Nora Brooks lying in bed with Sukari (cat) (negative), 1970s

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Item 21: Closer view of Blakely, Nora Brooks lying in bed with Sukari (cat) (negative), 1970s

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Item 22: Sukari (cat) in a closet behind a row of hanging sweaters (negative), 1970s

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Item 23: Sukari (cat) in a closet behind a hanging white fur coat (negative), 1970s

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Item 24: Burrell, Joseph posing next to a Christmas tree (negative), 1972

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Item 25: Burrell, Joseph posing next to a Christmas tree (negative), 1972

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Item 26: Randall, Dudley wearing a yellow suit jacket (negative), 1970s

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Item 27: Gwendolyn Brooks placing a flower vase on a TV set (negative), 1970s

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Folder 4: Photo envelopes

Item 1: Madsen photo service envelope, 1970s

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Item 2: “Remember the Day… in Pictures” photo negative envelope, 1970s

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Folder 5: Trip to Ghana and England

Item 1: Photo processing order form, 1974?

Item 2: Street with brick buildings and pedestrians (negative), 1974

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Item 3: Blurry view of a street with brick buildings and a vehicle (negative), 1974

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Item 4: Street with brick buildings and pedestrians (negative), 1974

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Item 5: Herd of deer grazing on an open field (negative), 1974

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Item 6: Photo processing order form, 1974?

Item 7: One monkey behind a chain-link fence (negative), 1974

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Item 8: Two monkeys behind a chain-link fence (negative), 1974

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Item 9: Blurry view of two monkeys behind a chain-link fence (negative), 1974

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Item 10: Two monkeys behind a chain-link fence (negative), 1974

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Item 11: Photo processing order form, 1974?

Item 12: Crowd in front of an entrance to Knole House (negative), 1974

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Item 13: Close-up of a grazing deer at Knole House (negative), 1974

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Item 14: Deer grazing at Knole House (negative), 1974

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Item 15: Deer grazing at Knole House (negative), 1974

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Item 16: Photo processing order form, 1974?

Item 17: Blurry view of an open field from a tour bus (negative), 1974

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Item 18: Blurry view of a tour bus interior (negative), 1974

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Item 19: Blurry view of cattle grazing (negative), 1974

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Item 20: Blurry view of an open field from a tour bus (negative), 1974

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Item 21: Photo processing order form, 1974?

Item 22: Blurry view of flowering foliage (negative), 1974

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Item 23: View of treetops (negative), 1974

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Item 24: Blurry view of a tour bus interior (negative), 1974

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Item 25: View of sheep grazing in an open field from a tour bus (negative), 1974

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Item 26: Photo processing order form, 1974?

Item 27: Dimly lit path and a stone wall (negative), 1974

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Item 28: Obscured view of a house and trees (negative), 1974

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Item 29: Blurry view of a storefront and a pedestrian (negative), 1974

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Item 30: Kodacolor photo envelope, undated

Folder 6: Gwendolyn Brooks' family and Sukari's kittens

Item 1: Blakely, Nora Brooks sitting in a bassinet (negative), 1952

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Item 2: Close up of Blakely, Nora Brooks sitting in a bassinet (negative), 1952

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Item 3: Indistinct view of a photo album (negative), undated

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Item 4: Indistinct view of a photo album (negative), undated

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Item 5: Blakely, Henry, Jr. laughing while holding a briefcase and a stack of papers (negative), 1970s

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Item 6: View of a dark room and a window to trees (negative), 1970s

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Item 7: Indistinct view of a photo album (negative), undated

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Item 8: Indistinct view of a photo album (negative), undated

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Item 9: Indistinct view of a photo album (negative), undated

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Item 10: Indistinct view of a photo album (negative), undated

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Item 11: Blakely, Nora Brooks with Sukari (cat) and her kittens in a playpen (negative), 1970s

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Item 12: Kittens of Sukari (cat) climbing out of a playpen (negative), 1970s

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Item 13: Sukari (cat) with one of her kittens next to a playpen (negative), 1970s

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Item 14: View of a dark room and a window to trees (negative), 1970s

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Item 15: Blurry view of a floral carpet (negative), 1970s

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Item 16: Kittens of Sukari (cat) in a playpen (negative), 1970s

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Item 17: Kittens of Sukari (cat) in a playpen (negative), 1970s

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Item 18: Blakely, Nora Brooks with a kitten curled up in a food dish (negative), 1970s

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Item 19: Kitten eating from a food dish (negative), 1970s

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Item 20: Kittens of Sukari (cat) playing and eating (negative), 1970s

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Item 21: Kittens of Sukari (cat) playing and eating (negative), 1970s

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Item 22-23: Kodacolor Enlargement Masking Guide slip, 1975

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Item 24: “Pay for Two and Get One Free” Kodak photo coupon, 1975

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Item 25: Kodacolor photo envelope, undated

Folder 7: Nora Brooks Blakely's family, friends, and graduation day

Item 1: Burrell, Joseph holding Sukari (cat) (negative), 1960s

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Item 2: Burrell, Joesph looking over his shoulder while holding Sukari (cat) (negative), 1960s

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Item 3: Underexposed view of a person sitting in a dark room (negative), 1960s

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Item 4: “Remember the Day… in Pictures” photo negative envelope, 1970s

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Item 5: Blakely, Nora Brooks posing in her room (negative), circa 1968

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Item 6: Blakely, Nora Brooks posing in her room (negative), circa 1968

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Item 7: Gwendolyn Brooks standing in front of a piano in her living room (negative), 1960s

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Item 8: Madhubuti, Haki; Gwendolyn Brooks; Randall, Dudley; and a young man standing together in the Brooks family home (negative), 1960s

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Item 9: Blakely, Nora Brooks standing outside of Assembly Hall (University of Illinois) (negative), 1972

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Item 10: Partial view of Blakely, Henry, Jr.; Blakely, Nora Brooks; Brooks, Keziah C. Wims; and Gwendolyn Brooks in front of Assembly Hall (University of Illinois) (negative), 1972

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Item 11: Blakely, Henry, Jr.; Blakely, Nora Brooks; Brooks, Keziah C. Wims; and Gwendolyn Brooks in front of Assembly Hall (University of Illinois) (negative), 1972

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Item 12: Gwendolyn Brooks; Blakely, Nora Brooks; and Brooks, Keziah C. Wims in front of Assembly Hall (University of Illinois) (negative), 1972

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Item 13: “Remember the Day… in Pictures” photo negative envelope, 1970s

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Folder 8: Nora Brooks Blakely's University of Illinois graduation day

Item 1: Assembly Hall (University of Illinois) interior obscured by a lens glare (negative), 1972

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Item 2: Darkened view of the Assembly Hall (University of Illinois) interior (negative), 1972

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Item 3: Darkened view of the Assembly Hall (University of Illinois) interior (negative), 1972

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Item 4: Blakely, Nora Brooks standing outside of Assembly Hall (University of Illinois) (negative), 1972

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Item 5: “Remember the Day… in Pictures” photo negative envelope (negative), 1972

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Item 6: Blakely, Henry, Jr. and Nora Brooks walking through the Assembly Hall (University of Illinois) parking lot (negative), 1972

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Item 7: Blakely, Henry, Jr.; Nora Brooks; and Henry, Sr. in the Assembly Hall (University of Illinois) parking lot (negative), 1972

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Item 8: Blurry view of Blakely, Henry, Jr.; Nora Brooks; and Henry, Sr. in the Assembly Hall (University of Illinois) parking lot (negative), 1972

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Item 9: Blakely, Henry, Jr.; Nora Brooks; and Henry, Sr. in the Assembly Hall (University of Illinois) parking lot (negative), 1972

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Item 10: “Remember the Day… in Pictures” photo negative envelope, 1970s

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Folder 9: Nora Brooks Blakely's University of Illinois graduation day

Item 1: “Remember the Day… in Pictures” photo negative envelope, 1970s

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Item 2: Blurry view of the Brooks-Blakely family getting into a car (negative), 1972

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Item 3: Brooks-Blakely family getting into a car (negative), 1972

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Item 4: Blakely, Henry, Jr. laughing (negative), 1972

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Item 5: Blakely, Henry, Jr. with his hands in his pockets (negative), 1972

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Item 6: Edward Madsen & Sons color finishing envelope, 1972

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Folder 10: Trip to Paris and Accra (Ghana)

Item 1: Photo processing order form, 1974?

Item 2: Blurry view of an Accra neighborhood (negative), 1974

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Item 3: View of a busy Accra street (negative), 1974

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Item 4: View of a busy Accra street from a car window (negative), 1974

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Item 5: View of Highstreet Standard Chartered Bank and a busy Accra street (negative), 1974

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Item 6: Photo processing order form, 1974?

Item 7: Blurry view of a ceiling light (negative), 1974

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Item 8: View of the Eiffel Tower from a tour bus (negative), 1974

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Item 9: View of the Paris skyline from the Seine River (negative), 1974

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Item 10: View of the Statue of Liberty model on the Allée des Cygnes (negative), 1974

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Item 11: Blurry view of an Accra neighborhood through a windshield (negative), 1974

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Item 12: View of an Accra neighborhood through a windshield (negative), 1974

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Item 13: Partially-obstructed view of women shopping at street stalls from a car window (negative), 1974

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Item 14: Blurry view of a boy crossing an Accra street from a car’s rear window (negative), 1974

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Item 15: Dark room with a lamp (negative), 1974

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Item 16: Dark room with a lamp (negative), 1974

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Item 17: Photo processing order form, 1974?

Item 18: View of the Mirabeau bridge on the Seine from a tour boat (negative), 1974

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Item 19: Blurry view of the Seine from a tour boat (negative), 1974

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Item 20: Close view of tourists on a tour boat on the Seine (negative), 1974

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Item 21: View of the Seine from a moving car (negative), 1974

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Item 22: Kodacolor photo envelope, undated

Folder 11: Trip to Accra Zoo (Ghana)

Item 1: Photo processing order form, 1974?

Item 2: Trees and roots (negative), 1974

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Item 3: Blurry view of wooden fencing (negative), 1974

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Item 4: Cage bars (negative), 1974

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Item 5: Visitor looking into a dark enclosure (negative), 1974

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Item 6: Photo processing order form, 1974?

Item 7: Enclosure fencing (negative), 1974

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Item 8: Enclosure fencing (negative), 1974

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Item 9: Indistinct view of an enclosure (negative), 1974

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Item 10: Indistinct view of an enclosure (negative), 1974

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Item 11: Photo processing order form, 1974?

Item 12: Indistinct view of an enclosure (negative), 1974

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Item 13: Indistinct view of an enclosure (negative), 1974

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Item 14: Indistinct view of an enclosure (negative), 1974

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Item 15: Close up of foliage (negative), 1974

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Item 16: Photo processing order form, 1974?

Item 17: Bear in an enclosure (negative), 1974

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Item 18: Blurry view of a visitor looking at a leopard in an enclosure (negative), 1974

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Item 19: Blurry view of a yellow-leafed tree (negative), 1974

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Item 20: Blurry view of an African collared dove in an enclosure (negative), 1974

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Item 21: Kodacolor photo envelope, undated

Folder 12: Trip to London

Item 1: Photo processing order form, 1974?

Item 2: Blurry view of Westminster Abbey obscured by trees (negative), 1974

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Item 3: Partial view of the Government Offices Great George Street building (negative), 1974

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Item 4: Blurry view of Big Ben (negative), 1974

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Item 5: Partially-obstructed view of the Richard Coeur de Lion statue at Westminster Hall (negative), 1974

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Item 6: Photo processing order form, 1974?

Item 7: Blurry view of a man in front of a brick building (negative), 1974

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Item 8: Green- and yellow-leaved trees (negative), 1974

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Item 9: Dimly-lit view of a tree base (negative), 1974

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Item 10: Garden seen through a stone arch (negative), 1974

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Item 11: Photo processing order form, 1974?

Item 12: Blurry view of a power plant through the window of a moving vehicle (negative), 1974

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Item 13: View of a power plant through the window of a vehicle (negative), 1974

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Item 14: Row of houses with a power plant in the distance (negative), 1974

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Item 15: Blurry view of residential housing and fences (negative), 1974

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Item 16: Photo processing order form, 1974?

Item 17: Blurry view of the Palace at Westminster (negative), 1974

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Item 18: Blurry view of Westminster Bridge (negative), 1974

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Item 19: Two women walking on a sidewalk (negative), 1974

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Item 20: Blurry view of a power plant (negative), 1974

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Item 21: Photo processing order form, 1974?

Item 22: Guardsman holding a Regimental Colours flag (negative), 1974

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Item 23: State Ceremonial Musicians in procession from behind (negative), 1974

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Item 24: State Ceremonial Musicians in procession (negative), 1974

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Item 25: State Ceremonial Musicians in procession (negative), 1974

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Item 26: Photo processing order form, 1974?

Item 27: Austin Reed storefront (negative), 1974

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Item 28: Partial view of Imperial Hotel in London (negative), 1974

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Item 29: Blurry view of Westminster Palace (negative), 1974

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Item 30: Blurry façade of a building in Westminster (negative), 1974

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Item 31: Kodacolor photo envelope, undated

Folder 13: Trip to Woburn (England)

Item 1: Photo processing order form, 1974?

Item 2: Blurry view of an open field (negative), 1974

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Item 3: Blurry view of a fenced dirt road next to an open field (negative), 1974

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Item 4: Open field with trees (negative), 1974

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Item 5: Photo processing order form, 1974?

Item 6: Partial and blurry view of an historic brick building (negative), 1974

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Item 7: Blurry view of Woburn Abbey (negative), 1974

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Item 8: Partial and blurry view of Woburn Abbey (negative), 1974

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Item 9: Blurry view of a field with deer (negative), 1974

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Item 10: Photo processing order form, 1974?

Item 11: Herd of deer grazing on an open field (negative), 1974

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Item 12: Herd of deer grazing on an open field (negative), 1974

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Item 13: Herd of deer grazing on an open field (negative), 1974

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Item 14: Blurry view of an open field from a moving vehicle (negative), 1974

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Item 15: Photo processing order form, 1974?

Item 16: Blurry view of grazing deer and a distant person (negative), 1974

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Item 17: Blurry view of an open grassy field (negative), 1974

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Item 18: Blurry view of a person sitting under an umbrella next to a river (negative), 1974

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Item 19: Blurry view of a tree in an open park (negative), 1974

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Item 20: Photo processing order form, 1974?

Item 21: Indistinct view of a bird sitting in a tree (negative), 1974

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Item 22: Indistinct view of a bird sitting in a tree (negative), 1974

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Item 23: Indistinct view of a bird sitting in a tree (negative), 1974

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Item 24: Tourists in front of an historic brick building (negative), 1974

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Item 25: Kodacolor photo envelope, undated

Folder 14: Trip to Accra (Ghana) and Cambridge (England)

Item 1: Man weaving on a loom (negative), 1974

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_14_001_001

Item 2: Man holding a spindle (negative), 1974

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Item 3: Teachers and students outside of a school building (negative), 1974

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Item 4: Blurry view of a toddler in a school courtyard (negative), 1974

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Item 5: Young girl posing in front of a cement house (negative), 1974

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Item 6: Gwendolyn Brooks with a family posing in front of their home (negative), 1974

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Item 7: Gwendolyn Brooks and two young girls (negative), 1974

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Item 8: Gwendolyn Brooks and an unidentified man in front of a patterned curtain (negative), 1974

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Item 9: Blakely, Henry, Sr. posing with an unidentified man (negative), 1974

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Item 10: Blakely, Henry, Sr. posing with an unidentified man (negative), 1974

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Item 11: Blakely, Henry, Sr. posing with an unidentified man (negative), 1974

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Item 12: Man posing in front of a patterned curtain (negative), 1974

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Item 13: Man posing in front of a patterned curtain (negative), 1974

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Item 14: Man posing in front of a patterned curtain (negative), 1974

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Item 15: Close-up of a man posing in front of a patterned curtain (negative), 1974

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Item 16: Building, pond, and gardens at Rebecca West’s country estate in Buckinghamshire, England (negative), 1974

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Item 17: Great East Window in King's College Chapel at Cambridge University (negative), 1974

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Item 18: Underexposed view of the Great East Window in King's College Chapel at Cambridge University (negative), 1974

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Item 19: Great East Window in King's College Chapel at Cambridge University (negative), 1974

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Item 20: “Pay for Two and Get One Free” Kodak photo coupon, 1975

Item 21-24: Kodacolor Enlargement Masking Guide slip, 1975

Item 25: Kodacolor photo envelope, undated

Folder 15: Trip to Cambridge (England)

Item 1: Photo processing order form, 1974?

Item 2: Indistinct view of people in a dark interior space (negative), 1974

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Item 3: Indistinct view of a person in a dark interior space (negative), 1974

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Item 4: Indistinct view of a dark interior space (negative), 1974

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Item 5: Photo processing order form, 1974?

Item 6: Indistinct view of a dark interior space (negative), 1974

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Item 7: Indistinct view of a dark interior space (negative), 1974

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Item 8: Photo processing order form, 1974?

Item 9: Indistinct view of a dark interior space (negative), 1974

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Item 10: Kodacolor photo envelope, undated

Folder 16: Photo envelopes

Item 1: “Burrell” Kodak color processing envelope, 1975

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Item 2: “Burrell” Kodak color processing envelope, 1975

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Item 3: “Duke of Bedford Castle etc.” Kodak color processing envelope, 1975

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Item 4: “London” Kodak color processing envelope, 1975

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Item 5: “J. Burrell” Kodak color processing envelope, 1975

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Folder 17: Photo envelopes

Item 1: Cardboard photo frame, undated

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_17_006

Item 2: Cardboard photo frame, undated

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_17_007

Item 3: “Burrell” Kodak color processing envelope, 1975

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Item 4: Edward Madsen & Sons color finishing envelope, 1972

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Folder 18

Item 1: Randall, Dudley arranging a Broadside Press book display, 1970s

Features Don’t Cry, Scream by Lee, Don L. (Madhubuti, Haki R.). View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_18_001

Item 2: Randall, Dudley sitting at a Broadside Press booth, 1970s

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Item 3: Gwendolyn Brooks standing in front of a piano in her living room (negative), 1960s

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Item 4: Burrell, Joseph posing next to a Christmas tree, 1972

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Item 5: Burrell, Joseph posing next to a Christmas tree, 1972

Item 6: Burrell, Joseph posing next to a Christmas tree, 1972

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Folder 19: Gwendolyn Brooks' family and friends

Item 1: Randall, Dudley at a Broadside Press booth, 1970s

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Item 2: Gwendolyn Brooks at a Broadside Press booth, 1970s

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Item 3: Presents under a Christmas tree (negative), 1972

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Item 4: Presents under a Christmas tree (negative), 1972

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Item 5: Presents under a Christmas tree (negative), 1972

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Item 6: Blurry view of a curtain (negative), 1970s

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Item 7: Sukari (cat) sitting next to a window (negative), 1970s

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Item 8: Blurry view of Sukari (cat) on a bathroom sink (negative), 1970s

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Item 9: Blakely, Nora Brooks during her college years (negative), 1970s

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Item 10: Blurry view of Blakely, Nora Brooks posing outside (negative), 1970s

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Item 11: Blurry view of Gwendolyn Brooks writing at a dining table (negative), 1970s

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Item 12: Burrell, Joseph holding Sukari (cat) (negative), 1970s

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Item 13-14: “Remember the Day… in Pictures” photo negative envelope, 1972

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Folder 20: Gwendolyn Brooks' family (Chicago Tribune)

Item 1: Blakely, Nora Brooks; Blakely, Henry, Jr.; and Gwendolyn Brooks (negative), 1961

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Item 2: Blakely, Nora Brooks; Blakely, Henry, Jr.; and Gwendolyn Brooks (negative), 1961

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Item 3: Gwendolyn Brooks and Blakely, Nora Brooks walking in Chicago (negative), 1961

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Item 4: Gwendolyn Brooks and Blakely, Nora Brooks talking with another woman on a Chicago sidewalk (negative), 1961

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Item 5: Gwendolyn Brooks and Blakely, Nora Brooks talking with another woman on a Chicago sidewalk (negative), 1961

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Item 6: Gwendolyn Brooks and Blakely, Nora Brooks talking with another woman on a Chicago sidewalk (negative), 1961

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Item 7: Blakely, Henry, Jr. and Gwendolyn Brooks (negative), 1961

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_20_004_001

Item 8: Blakely, Henry, Jr. and Gwendolyn Brooks (negative), 1961

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Item 9: Corner on South Giles Ave in Chicago (negative), 1961

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Item 10: Demolished city block in Chicago (negative), 1961

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Folder 21: Gwendolyn Brooks' family (Chicago Tribune)

Item 1: Blakely, Nora Brooks; Blakely, Henry, Jr.; and Gwendolyn Brooks (negative), 1961

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_21_004_001

Item 2: Blakely, Nora Brooks; Blakely, Henry, Jr.; and Gwendolyn Brooks (negative), 1961

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_21_004_002

Item 3: Blakely, Henry, Jr.; Gwendolyn Brooks; and Blakely, Nora Brooks (negative), 1961

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_21_003_001

Item 4: Blakely, Henry, Jr.; Gwendolyn Brooks; and Blakely, Nora Brooks (negative), 1961

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_21_003_002

Item 5: Blakely, Nora Brooks; Blakely, Henry, Jr.; and Gwendolyn Brooks (negative), 1961

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_21_002_001

Item 6: Blakely, Nora Brooks; Blakely, Henry, Jr.; and Gwendolyn Brooks (negative), 1961

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_21_002_002

Item 7: Demolished city block in Chicago (negative), 1961

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Item 8: Demolished city block in Chicago (negative), 1961

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_21_001_002

Item 9: Gwendolyn Brooks writing while surrounded by her written work (negative), 1961

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_21_005

Folder 22: Interview with Frank London Brown

Item 1-6: Grouping 1

Item 1: Gwendolyn Brooks resting her arm on a porch chair (negative), 1961

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_22_001_001

Item 2: Gwendolyn Brooks resting her arm on a porch chair (negative), 1961

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_22_001_002

Item 3: Gwendolyn Brooks holding her knee with interlocked hands (negative), 1961

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_22_002_001

Item 4: Gwendolyn Brooks holding her knee with interlocked hands (negative), 1961

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_22_002_002

Item 5: Gwendolyn Brooks resting her arm on a porch chair (negative), 1961

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_22_003_001

Item 6: Blurry view of Gwendolyn Brooks resting her arm on a porch chair (negative), 1961

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_22_003_002

Item 7-12: Grouping 2

Item 7: Gwendolyn Brooks smiling and resting her arm on a porch chair (negative), 1961

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_22_004_001

Item 8: Gwendolyn Brooks resting her arm on a porch chair (negative), 1961

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_22_004_002

Item 9: Gwendolyn Brooks resting her arm on a porch chair (negative), 1961

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_22_005_001

Item 10: Gwendolyn Brooks resting her arm on a porch chair (negative), 1961

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_22_005_002

Item 11: Gwendolyn Brooks and Blakely, Nora Brooks on a Chicago street (negative), 1961

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_22_006_001

Item 12: Gwendolyn Brooks and Blakely, Nora Brooks on a Chicago street (negative), 1961

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_22_006_002

Item 13-18: Grouping 3

Item 13: Blakely, Henry, Jr. and Gwendolyn Brooks with arms linked (negative), 1961

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_22_007_001

Item 14: Blakely, Henry, Jr. and Gwendolyn Brooks walking up porch steps (negative), 1961

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_22_007_002

Item 15: Blakely, Henry, Sr.; Gwendolyn Brooks; and Blakely, Nora Brooks (negative), 1961

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_22_008_001

Item 16: Blakely, Henry, Sr.; Gwendolyn Brooks; and Blakely, Nora Brooks (negative), 1961

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_22_008_002

Item 17: Blakely, Nora Brooks and Gwendolyn Brooks on a Chicago street (negative), 1961

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Item 18: Blakely, Nora Brooks and Gwendolyn Brooks on a Chicago street (negative), 1961

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_22_009_002

Item 19-24: Grouping 4

Item 19: Gwendolyn Brooks holding her knee with interlocked hands (negative), 1961

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Item 20: Gwendolyn Brooks holding her knee with interlocked hands (negative), 1961

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_22_010_002

Item 21: Blakely, Henry, Sr.; Gwendolyn Brooks; and Blakely, Nora Brooks (negative), 1961

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_22_011_001

Item 22: Blakely, Henry, Sr.; Gwendolyn Brooks; and Blakely, Nora Brooks (negative), 1961

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_22_011_002

Item 23: Gwendolyn Brooks writing while surrounded by her written work (negative), 1961

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Item 24: Gwendolyn Brooks writing while surrounded by her written work (negative), 1961

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_22_012_001

Item 25-30: Grouping 5

Item 25: Gwendolyn Brooks resting her arm on a porch chair (negative), 1961

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_22_013_001

Item 26: Brown, Frank London talking to Gwendolyn Brooks (negative), 1961

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_22_013_002

Item 27: Blakely, Nora Brooks; Blakely, Henry, Jr.; and Gwendolyn Brooks (negative), 1961

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_22_014_001

Item 28: Close view of Blakely, Nora Brooks; Blakely, Henry, Jr.; and Gwendolyn Brooks (negative), 1961

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_22_014_002

Item 29: Gwendolyn Brooks writing while surrounded by her written work (negative), 1961

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_22_015_001

Item 30: Gwendolyn Brooks writing while surrounded by her written work (negative), 1961

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_22_015_002

Item 31-36: Grouping 6

Item 31: Gwendolyn Brooks resting her arm on a porch chair (negative), 1961

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Item 32: Gwendolyn Brooks resting her arm on a porch chair (negative), 1961

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_22_016_002

Item 33: Gwendolyn Brooks resting her arm on a porch chair (negative), 1961

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_22_017_001

Item 34: Gwendolyn Brooks resting her arm on a porch chair (negative), 1961

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_22_017_002

Item 35: Gwendolyn Brooks smiling and resting her arm on a porch chair (negative), 1961

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_22_018_001

Item 36: Close view of Gwendolyn Brooks holding her knee with interlocked hands (negative), 1961

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_22_018_002

Item 37-40: Grouping 7

Item 37: Brown, Frank London talking to Gwendolyn Brooks (negative), 1961

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_22_019_001

Item 38: Gwendolyn Brooks resting her arm on a porch chair (negative), 1961

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_22_019_002

Item 39: Blakely, Henry, Sr.; Gwendolyn Brooks; and Blakely, Nora Brooks (negative), 1961

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_22_020_001

Item 40: Blakely, Henry, Sr.; Gwendolyn Brooks; and Blakely, Nora Brooks (negative), 1961

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_22_020_002

Item 41: “Chicago Tribune Photos” photo negative envelope, 1961

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_22_021

Folder 23: Photo envelopes

Item 1: Edward Madsen & Sons reprint order envelope, undated

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_23_001

Item 2: Blank envelope, undated

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_23_002

Folder 24: Visit with President Jimmy Carter and First Lady Rosalynn Carter

Item 1: Carter, Rosalynn (First Lady); Gwendolyn Brooks; and White House staff, 1980

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_24_001

Item 2: Blank piece of cardboard, undated

Item 3: Carter, Jimmy (President) shaking hands with Gwendolyn Brooks, 1980

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_24_002

Item 4: Blank piece of cardboard, undated

Folder 25: Visit with First Lady Barbara Bush and others

Item 1: Gwendoyln Brooks at an award event with Bush, Barbara (First Lady) and others, 1992

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_25_001

Item 2: Blank piece of cardboard, undated

Item 3: Gwendolyn Brooks and Bush, Barbara (First Lady), 1992

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_25_002

Item 4: Blank piece of cardboard, undated

Folder 26

Item 1: “Pictures w/ Carter. Pictures w/ Barbara Bush” note, undated

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_26_001

Item 2: The White House (Washington, D.C.) envelope to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1980

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_26_002

Box 358

Folder 1

Item 1-13: Grouping 1

Item 1: Jones, Gwendolyn and Gwendolyn Brooks, 2000?

Item 2: Cross, Delores and Gwendolyn Brooks, 1980s

Item 3: Redmond, Eugene; Dove, Rita; Gwendolyn Brooks; and another man, 1980s

Item 4: Gwendolyn Brooks and four smiling men, 1970s

Item 5: Gwendolyn Brooks; Redmond, Eugene; and Bess, Georgene, 1980s

Item 6: Gwendolyn Brooks sitting with a man in a gray suit, 1980s

Item 7: Gwendolyn Brooks and Browne, Dallas (Southern Illinois University-Carbondale), 1980s

Item 8-9: Gwendolyn Brooks and Blakely, Nora Brooks, 1990s

Item 10: Gwendolyn Brooks holding baby “Kathleen”, 1986

Item 11: Gwendolyn Brooks watching Blakely, Nora Brooks hold baby “Kathleen”, 1986

Item 12: Gwendolyn Brooks and “Candy”, 1980s

Item 13: Gwendolyn Brooks and Bennett, Lerone, Jr. (Ebony), 1980s

Item 14: Gwendolyn Brooks and Blakely, Henry, Sr. in a Paris park, 1974?

Includes a cardboard frame.

Item 15: Blakely, Henry, Sr. and Gwendolyn Brooks on a Paris street, 1974?

Includes a cardboard frame.

Item 16: Petrakis, Diane; Gwendolyn Brooks; Brooks, Keziah C. Wims, and another woman in a room with books, 1973

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_05_027

Item 17: “Harold;” Randall, Vivian; and Gwendolyn Brooks sitting near a fireplace, 1966

Item 18: Gwendolyn Brooks and Washington, Valerie sitting on a couch, 1986

Item 19: Madhubuti, Haki R. and Gwendolyn Brooks with a woman in a floral jacket, 1990s

Item 20: Lelyveld, Katie; Gwendolyn Brooks; and Goldblatt, Halli, 1992

Item 21: Oura, (?); Blakely, Nora Brooks; Gwendolyn Brooks, and another woman, 1993

Item 22: Galbraith, Nancy; Gwendolyn Brooks; and Rutland, Jenny sitting together on a bench, 1986

Labeled “The Poetry Squad.”

Item 23: Gwendolyn Brooks and a woman wearing a patterned suit, 1980s

Item 24: Gwendolyn Brooks and Joans, Ted standing in front of a New York pawn shop, 1970s

Item 25: Gwendolyn Brooks and Angle, Paul talking while seated on a couch, 1960s

Item 26: Gwendolyn Brooks and Angle, Paul, 1960s

Item 27: Madhubuti, Haki R. and Gwendolyn Brooks standing with others, 1990s

Item 28: Gwendolyn Brooks posing in an office with another woman, 1996

Item 29: Cross, Delores and Gwendolyn Brooks sitting at a banquet table, 1990s

Item 30: Washington, Valerie; Gwendolyn Brooks; and Galbraith, Nancy sitting on a bench, 1986

Item 31: Dimly-lit view of Gwendolyn Brooks and two others, 1990s

Item 32: Gwendolyn Brooks surrounded by conference attendees, 1990s

Item 33: Partially-obstructed view of Randall, Dudley; Gwendolyn Brooks; Whitsitt, Joyce; and Lawrence, Harold sitting on a couch, 1960s

Item 34-35: Madhubuti, Haki; Gwendolyn Brooks; Randall, Dudley; and a young man standing together in the Brooks family home, 1960s

Item 36: Gwendolyn Brooks and three others at an event, 1980s

Item 37: Gwendolyn Brooks and two event staff members, 1980s

Item 38: Gwendolyn Brooks; Redmond, Eugene; and Randall, Dudley at a conference table, 1980s

Item 39: Gwendolyn Brooks and Angle, Paul looking at the camera, 1960s

Item 40: Scoggins, Cory Levin and Gwendolyn Brooks with a train conductor, 1990s

Item 41: Gwendolyn Brooks; Redmond, Eugene; Ward, Val Gray; and others in front of a space backdrop, 1990s

Item 42: Gwendolyn Brooks and Mitchell, Jack in a room with tiled walls, 1960s

Item 43: “Irene” and Gwendolyn Brooks at Navy Pier (Chicago), 1989

Item 44: Gwendolyn Brooks signing a book for a parent at Dulles Elementary School (Chicago), 1960s

Item 45: Taylor, Lisa (Essence) and Gwendolyn Brooks, 1990s

Item 46-53: 50 years of publishing celebration

Item 46: Gwendolyn Brooks and others dining at Dixie Kitchen & Bait Shop (Hyde Park, Chicago), 1995?

Item 47-48: Blakely, Nora Brooks; Gwendolyn Brooks; and Alexander, Elizabeth posing with a sheet cake, 1995?

Item 49: Gwendolyn Brooks; Alexander, Elizabeth; and two children standing behind a sheet cake, 1995?

Item 50: Gwendolyn Brooks; Blakely, Nora Brooks; and others sitting at a restaurant table, 1995?

Item 51: Gwendolyn Brooks signing a plate for Dixie Kitchen & Bait Shop (Hyde Park, Chicago), 1995?

Item 52: Gwendolyn Brooks; Blakely, Henry, Sr.; Blakely, Nora Brooks; and others sitting at a restaurant table, 1995?

Item 53: Young people sitting at a restaurant table with a red checkered tablecloth, 1995?

Folder 2: Portraits of Gwendolyn Brooks by Krementz, Jill, 1994

Five photos. Includes a plastic sleeve, pieces of cardboard, and an envelope.

Folder 3: Landscape portrait of Gwendolyn Brooks, 1983

Includes pieces of cardboard and an envelope.

Folder 4: Portraits of Gwendolyn Brooks, 1986

Three photos. Includes two contact prints, an invoice by Bruce Reedy Photography, and two envelopes.

Folder 5: “Nora Brooks Blakely. Brooks Photos”

Item 1: Headshot of Gwendolyn Brooks wearing a graduation gown, 1980s

Two sizes. Nine copies total.

Item 2: Gwendolyn Brooks at home with her books, 1980s

Three copies.

Item 3: Gwendolyn Brooks at the Library of Congress, 1986

Three copies.

Item 4: Gwendolyn Brooks walking with others in Washington, D.C., 1986

Item 5: Gwendolyn Brooks examining a portrait of Fuller, Hoyt W., 1986

Item 6: Gwendolyn Brooks holding a Sharpie marker, 1980s

Four copies.

Item 7: Gwendolyn Brooks at the Library of Congress, 1986

Two copies.

Item 8: “Nora Brooks Blakely. Brooks Photos” envelope, undated

Folder 6

Item 1: Close-up portrait of Gwendolyn Brooks, 1970s

Item 2: Gwendolyn Brooks resting her head on her hand, 1980s

Item 3: Wax paper sleeve, undated

Item 4: Gwendolyn Brooks looking directly at the camera, 1980s

Item 5: Gwendolyn Brooks sitting on a train to Hartford, CT, 1976

Includes an envelope.

Item 6: Gwendolyn Brooks at the Tradeway Inn (Wellesley, MA), 1984

Item 7: Gwendolyn Brooks talking to a person out of view, 1990s

Item 8: Gwendolyn Brooks resting her chin on her hand, 1990s

Item 9: Gwendolyn Brooks posing with a statue of Benjamin Franklin, 1994

Item 10: Gwendolyn Brooks cutting a congratulatory cake, 1960s

Item 11: Gwendolyn Brooks at home with her books, 1980s

Item 12: Gwendolyn Brooks toasting a banquet hall of people, 1980s

Folder 7: “Good pictures”

Item 1: Brooks, Keziah C. Wims studio portrait, 1940s

Item 2: Brooks, Gwendolyn sitting in her childhood home living room (negative), 1954?

Item 3-7: Brooks, Gwendolyn sitting in her childhood home living room, 1954?

Item 8: Quality Rexall Drugs photo finishing envelope, 1954

Folder 8

Item 1: Fluffy (dog) sitting under a piano, 1960s

Item 2: Blakely, Nora Brooks with a kitten curled up in a food dish, 1970s

Item 3: Kittens of Sukari (cat) in a playpen, 1970s

Item 4-5: Kittens of Sukari (cat) playing and eating, 1970s

Item 6: Kittens of Sukari (cat) climbing out of a playpen, 1970s

Item 7: Kittens of Sukari (cat) in a playpen, 1970s

Item 8: Sofa between two lamps, undated

Item 9: Elaborate metal staircase and a large painting, undated

Item 10: Two children and a woman looking at a young hippopotamus in an enclosure, 1974

Item 11: File cabinet next to a window with floral drapes, 1961

Item 12: View of a living room with a TV set, 1960s

Item 13: Christmas tree and presents, 1964

Item 14: Couch, a coffee table, and an ottoman, 1960s

Item 15: Christmas tree and presents between a TV set and an armchair, 1964?

Item 16: View of a door frame with curtains, 1960s

Item 17: Colorful art piece portraying a family, undated

Item 18-28: Grouping 1

Item 18-20: View of a kitchen with green and blue floral wallpaper, 1994

Item 21-24: View of a living room with staged houseplants, 1994

Item 25-26: View of a kitchen with green and blue floral wallpaper, 1994

Item 27-28: View of a living room with staged houseplants, 1994

Item 29-30: Gwendolyn Brooks Elementary School (Aurora, IL), 1990s

Item 31: Façade of a bungalow-style house, undated

Item 32: Car parked in front of Gwendolyn Brooks Elementary School (Aurora, IL), 1990s

Item 33-71: Grouping 2

Item 33-34: Blank film strips, undated

Item 35-36: Kitten sitting on storage shelving (negative), 1970s

Item 37: Kitten looking at the camera (negative), 1970s

Item 38: Kitten leaning against a wall and looking at the camera (negative), 1970s

Item 39: Woman holding a kitten on her lap (negative), 1970s

Item 40: Woman and a litter of kittens on a bed (negative), 1970s

Item 41-42: Litter of kittens on a bed (negative), 1970s

Item 43-44: Blurry view of a kitten on a bed (negative), 1970s

Item 45: Kitten walking on a bed (negative), 1970s

Item 46: English masonry building (negative), 1973

Item 47: English storefronts and pedestrians (negative), 1973

Item 48: People gathered in a landscaped area (negative), 1973

Item 49: Sculpture affixed to a brick wall in England (negative), 1973

Item 50: View of a room with diamond lattice windows (negative), 1973

Possibly in Stratford-upon-Avon (England).

Item 51: View of an intersection from a tour bus in England (negative), 1973

Item 52-53: Blurry view of a bus interior (negative), 1973

Item 54: Masonry flooring (negative), 1973

Item 55-56: English storefronts and pedestrians (negative), 1973

Item 57-58: Blurry view of foliage (negative), 1973

Item 59-60: View of masonry buildings from a tour bus in England (negative), 1973

Item 61-64: Passengers on a tour bus in England (negative), 1973

Item 65: View of a home from a tour bus in England (negative), 1973

Item 66: Walgreens photo negatives envelope, 1970s

Item 67: View of a home from a tour bus in England, 1973

Item 68: English storefronts and pedestrians, 1973

Item 69: View of masonry buildings from a tour bus in England, 1973

Item 70: English storefronts and pedestrians, 1973

Item 71: Empty yellow Walgreens envelope, undated

Labeled “England (poor quality).”

Folder 8a

Item 1-11: Grouping 3

Item 1: Notice of attempt to deliver mail, 1973

Item 2: View of a castle gatehouse and portcullis, 1973

Item 3: Blakely, Henry, Sr. standing in front of a castle tower, 1973

Item 4: Gwendolyn Brooks standing next to a cannon, 1973

Item 5: English cottages, 1973

Item 6: Cottages and an English garden, 1973

Item 7: View of a church front door and cemetery, 1973

Item 8: Pedestrians and a masonry structure on a hill, 1973

Item 9: Courtyard view of a castle tower and walls, 1973

Item 10: Exterior view of a castle tower with a balcony, 1973

Item 11: Empty yellow Walgreens envelope, undated

Labeled “England.”

Item 12-19: Grouping 4

Item 12: View of a round building with a dome from a tour bus in England, 1973

Item 13: Blurry view of an iron gate on a masonry building, 1973

Item 14: View of a stone arch bridge from a tour bus in England, 1973

Item 15: Castle with a pond and rowboat, 1973

Item 16: Masonry tunnel structure and a road, 1973

Item 17: Courtyard view of a masonry building with a lawn sign, 1973

Item 18: Partial view of a castle tower and walls, 1973

Item 19: Empty yellow Walgreens envelope, undated

Labeled “England.”

Item 20-53: Grouping 5

Item 20: Castle façade and driveway (negative), 1973

Item 21: Gwendolyn Brooks standing in front of a castle (negative), 1973

Item 22: Indistinct view of a structure (negative), 1973

Item 23: Indistinct view of foliage (negative), 1973

Item 24: View of a round building with a dome from a tour bus in England (negative), 1973

Item 25: Blurry view of an iron gate on a masonry building (negative), 1973

Item 26: Courtyard view of a castle and pedestrian (negative), 1973

Item 27: Courtyard view of a castle (negative), 1973

Item 28: Courtyard view of a castle and pedestrians (negative), 1973

Item 29-30: View of a stone arch bridge from a tour bus in England, 1973

Item 31: View of a winding road (negative), 1973

Item 32-33: Castle with a pond and rowboat (negative), 1973

Item 34: Indistinct view of an object (negative), 1973

Item 35: Gwendolyn Brooks and Blakely, Henry, Sr. in Stratford-upon-Avon (negative), 1973

Item 36-37: Cottages and landscaping in Stratford-upon-Avon (negative), 1973

Item 38: Exterior view of a castle tower with a balcony (negative), 1973

Item 39: Pedestrians and a masonry structure on a hill (negative), 1973

Item 40: Courtyard view of a castle tower and walls (negative), 1973

Item 41: Gwendolyn Brooks standing next to a cannon (negative), 1973

Item 42-43: Blakely, Henry, Sr. standing in front of a castle tower, 1973

Item 44: View of a castle gatehouse and portcullis (negative), 1973

Item 45: Gwendolyn Brooks in Stratford-upon-Avon (negative), 1973

Item 46: Blakely, Henry, Sr. in Stratford-upon-Avon (negative), 1973

Item 47: Cottages and an English garden (negative), 1973

Item 48: Gwendolyn Brooks and Blakely, Henry, Sr. in Straford-upon-Avon (negative), 1973

Item 49: View of nature from a thin window or doorway (negative), 1973

Item 50: View of a church front door and cemetery (negative), 1973

Item 51: Cottages and an English garden (negative), 1973

Item 52: Walgreens photo negatives envelope, 1970s

Item 53: Walgreens photo finishing envelope, 1970s

Box 359

Folder 8b

Item 1: Person weaving a red garment on a loom (slide), 1980

Labeled “Bahía abdías dos guremento[?] nobre at work. June 1980.”

Item 2-10: Grouping 6

Item 2: Gwendolyn Brooks Elementary School (Aurora, IL) sign and landscaping, 1990s

Item 3: Gwendolyn Brooks Elementary School (Aurora, IL) sign and parking lot, 1990s

Item 4: Gwendolyn Brooks Elementary School (Aurora, IL) front entrance, 1990s

Item 5-6: Gwendolyn Brooks Elementary School (Aurora, IL) sign and façade, 1990s

Item 7: Gwendolyn Brooks Elementary School (Aurora, IL) sign and parking lot, 1990s

Item 8-9: Gwendolyn Brooks Elementary School (Aurora, IL) façade, 1990s

Item 10: “Gwendolyn Brooks Elementary School (Aurora) envelope, 1990s

Item 11-28: Grouping 7

Item 11-16: TV set, plants, and living room seating, 1996

Item 17-21: Poinsettia plant on a living room floor, 1996

Item 22: Windows with venetian blinds, 1996

Item 23-24: Piano sitting between a dining room and front entrance, 1996

Item 25-28: TV set, plants, and living room seating, 1996

Item 29-54: Grouping 8

Item 29: Person lying down in a bed next to a desk (negative), 1996

Item 30-33: Piano sitting between a dining room and front entrance (negative), 1996

Item 34-43: TV set, plants, and living room seating (negative), 1996

Item 44-49: Poinsettia plant on a living room floor (negative), 1996

Item 50-51: Windows with venetian blinds (negative), 1996

Item 52: Portion of a film strip, 1996

Labeled “9374.”

Item 53: Photo negatives contact sheet, 1996?

Item 54: Walgreens One Hour Photo Lab envelope, 1996?

Item 55: “Pictures of the coop at The Promontory. 55th & South Shore Dr.” Walgreens photo lab envelope, 1998

Item 56: Façade of 4332 S. Champlain Avenue (Chicago), 1959

Item 57-58: Christmas tree and presents in a living room, 1961

Item 59: Vine-covered garden wall with a door, 1961

Item 60: Exterior view of the Tavern on the Green restaurant (New York), undated

Item 61: Interior view of the Tavern on the Green restaurant (New York), undated

Item 62: Lincoln Tomb (Springfield, IL), undated

Item 63: DOP silver gelatin print (blank), undated

Includes a “Pictures: Trianon” envelope.

Item 64: Corner view of the Trianon (Chicago) building from the street, 1967

Item 65: Trianon (Chicago) building during demolition, 1967

Item 66: View of the Trianon (Chicago) building during demolition from across the street, 1967

Item 67: Beyer, William posing at the Chicago lakeshore, 1967?

Item 68: Furnished living room, undated

Item 69: The Wall of Respect (Chicago) and a gathered crowd, 1967

Folder 8c

Item 1: Kodak Colorwatch system envelope, undated

Labeled “Old Train On Exhibition. (Seen From My Front Window—5530 South Shore Drive, apt. 2A.”

Item 2: Corner of a living space with a young man sitting on the floor, 1994

Item 3: TV set, plants, and living room seating, 1995

Item 4-9: Santa Fe 2903 train (Illinois Railway Museum (Union, IL)) on display outside in Chicago, 1995

Item 10-11: Corner of a living space with a young man sitting on the floor, 1994

Item 12: Blakely, Nora Brooks sitting on a couch surrounded by packing materials, 1994

Item 13: Cardboard boxes on floral carpet, 1994

Item 14-15: Blakely, Nora Brooks sitting on a couch surrounded by packing materials, 1994

Item 16: Double exposure of two photos, 1994

One photo shows Blakely, Nora Brooks sitting on a couch surrounded by packing materials. The second photo shows a TV set, plants, and living room seating.

Item 17: Blakely, Nora Brooks sitting on a couch surrounded by packing materials, 1994

Item 18-22: Santa Fe 2903 train (Illinois Railway Museum (Union, IL)) on display outside in Chicago, 1995

Item 23-29: TV set, plants, and living room seating, 1995

Item 30-31: Blakely, Nora Brooks sitting on a couch surrounded by packing materials (negative), 1994

Item 32: TV set, plants, and living room seating (negative), 1995

Item 33: View of a kitchen with green and blue floral wallpaper (negative), 1994

Item 34-36: Corner of a living space with a young man sitting on the floor (negative), 1994

Item 37: Cardboard boxes on floral carpet (negative), 1994

Item 38: TV set, plants, and living room seating, 1995

Item 39-40: Santa Fe 2903 train (Illinois Railway Museum (Union, IL)) on display outside in Chicago, 1995

Item 41-44: Plants and living room seating, 1995

Item 45-48: Santa Fe 2903 train (Illinois Railway Museum (Union, IL)) on display outside in Chicago, 1995

Item 49: TV set, plants, and living room seating, 1995

Item 50-51: Santa Fe 2903 train (Illinois Railway Museum (Union, IL)) on display outside in Chicago, 1995

Item 52-59: Santa Fe 2903 train (Illinois Railway Museum (Union, IL)) on display outside in Chicago (negative), 1995

Item 60-64: TV set, plants, and living room seating (negative), 1995

Item 65-66: Plants and living room seating (negative), 1995

Item 67-70: Santa Fe 2903 train (Illinois Railway Museum (Union, IL)) on display outside in Chicago (negative), 1995

Item 71-75: Santa Fe 2903 train (Illinois Railway Museum (Union, IL)) on display outside in Chicago, 1995

Item 76-77: View of a kitchen with green and blue floral wallpaper, 1994

Item 78: Double exposure of two photos, 1994

One photo shows Blakely, Nora Brooks sitting on a couch surrounded by packing materials. The second photo shows a TV set, plants, and living room seating.

Item 79: Cardboard boxes on floral carpet, 1994

Item 80-82: Corner of a living space with a young man sitting on the floor, 1994

Item 83: “Pictures of 7428 S. Evans St. Moving Day. Train On Exhibition” Dominick’s photo envelope, 1994?

Folder 9: Gwendolyn Brooks Park (Topeka, KS)

Item 1: Gwendolyn Brooks unveiling a park sign, 1996

Item 2: Gwendolyn Brooks with a veiled park sign, 1996

Item 3-4: Gwendolyn Brooks unveiling a park sign, 1996

Item 5: Gwendolyn Brooks resting her hand on a park sign, 1996

Item 6: Gwendolyn and another woman standing next to a park sign, 1996

Item 7: Gwendolyn Brooks clapping at the unveiling of a park sign, 1996

Item 8: Orchestra on an outdoor stage, 1996

Item 9: Gwendolyn Brooks hugging a small child, 1996

Item 10: Gwendolyn Brooks and a woman standing at an outdoor podium, 1996

Item 11: Blakely, Nora Brooks hugging a child as Gwendolyn Brooks sits, 1996

Item 12: Woman in a hat with a flower talking at an outdoor podium, 1996

Item 13: Girls standing at an outdoor podium as Gwendolyn Brooks and another woman look on, 1996

Item 14: Woman in sunglasses speaking at an outdoor podium, 1996

Item 15: Man with a horseshoe mustache speaking at an outdoor podium, 1996

Item 16: Seated crowd, 1996

Item 17: Gwendolyn Brooks and Blakely, Nora Brooks greeting a child, 1996

Item 18: Woman at an outdoor podium holding a photo of children with a cake, 1996

Item 19: Woman in a white coat and hat speaking at an outdoor podium, 1996

Item 20-23: Gwendolyn Brooks and a woman standing at an outdoor podium, 1996

Item 24: Gwendolyn Brooks receiving a certificate from a woman who is kissing her cheek, 1996

Item 25: Gwendolyn Brooks shaking hands with a man in a green jacket, 1996

Item 26: Gwendolyn Brooks holding a medal next to Felker, Butch (City of Topeka), 1996

Item 27: Gwendolyn Brooks shaking hands with Felker, Butch (City of Topeka), 1996

Item 28: Woman with a bob haircut speaking at an outdoor podium, 1996

Item 29-30: Blakely, Nora Brooks speaking at an outdoor podium, 1996

Item 31: Felker, Butch (City of Topeka) reaching to shake hands with Gwendolyn Brooks, 1996

Folder 10: Interview with Paul Angle

Item 1-2: Gwendolyn Brooks and Angle, Paul looking at the camera, 1960s

Item 3: Gwendolyn Brooks and Angle, Paul talking while seated on a couch, 1960s

Item 4: Gwendolyn Brooks and Angle, Paul looking at the camera, 1960s

Item 5: Gwendolyn Brooks and Angle, Paul talking while seated on a couch, 1960s

Item 6: Gwendolyn Brooks and Angle, Paul looking at the camera, 1960s

Item 7: Gwendolyn Brooks and Angle, Paul talking while seated on a couch, 1960s

Item 8: Gwendolyn Brooks wearing a silk blouse with a bow neckline, 1960s

Item 9-10: Gwendolyn Brooks and Angle, Paul talking while seated on a couch, 1960s

Folder 11

Item 1: Bowling Green State University graduation program, 1983

Includes a photo of Johnson, Frank W. wearing graduation regalia; a Johnson, Frank W. letter to Gwendolyn Brooks; and “Sandy” letter to Gwendolyn Brooks (1984).

Item 2: Madhubuti, Haki R.; Ellis, Curtis; Blakely, Henry, Sr.; and Gwendolyn Brooks, 1960s

Item 3: Bennett, Leon speaking to a crowd gathered in front of the Wall of Respect (Chicago), 1967

Bradford, Walter is also present.

Item 4: Madhubuti, Haki R. speaking in front of the Wall of Respect (Chicago), 1967

Item 5: Madhubuti, Haki R. and Safisha viewing the Wall of Respect (Chicago), 1967

Item 6: Washington, Valerie letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1997

Item 7: Walken, William painting the Wall of Respect (Chicago), 1967

Item 8: “Friends and History” folder, undated

Item 9: Rodgers, Gwendolyn; Davis, Ronda; Cunningham, Jim; Joyner, Glenda; and Blakely, Nora Brooks at a Northeastern University reception in honor of Gwendolyn Brooks, 1970s

Item 10: “Friends at Events” folder, undated

Item 11: Gwendolyn Brooks and others at an event, 1980s

Item 12: Gwendolyn Brooks speaking into a microphone at the Wall of Respect (Chicago), 1967

Item 13: Baldwin, James and Gwendolyn Brooks, 1986

Box 359a

Folder 1: Birjkouff–Joyner

Item 1: Birjkouff, Susan stitching of “Vern” poem, undated

Item 2: Bland, Alden holding a pair of glasses, 1947?

Item 3: Blomstedt, Erik (Three Rivers Public Library) playing an Appalachian dulcimer, 1981

Item 4: Boswell, Tracy studio portrait, 1971

Item 5-6: Boswell, Wendy studio portrait, 1971, 1974

Item 7: Brainerd, Elise and Stuart birth announcement, 1999

Item 8-9: Studio portrait of Brock, Ada in graduation regalia, circa 1900s

Item 10: Brown, Frank, Jr. and family holiday card, 1950s

Item 11: Burrell, Joseph wearing a military uniform, 1970s

Item 12: Burrell, Joseph posing next to a Christmas tree, 1972

Item 13-16: Burrell, Joseph holding Suki (cat), 1970s

Item 17: View of a party at the home of Burroughs, Margaret, 1960s

Item 18: Chrisman, Robert leaning over a railing to talk to a seated man, 1980s

Labeled “Momento! Harper/Chrisman.”

Item 19: Chrisman, Robert and Turner, Darwin shaking hands, 1980s

Item 20: Cromie, Bob studio portrait, 1960s

Item 21: Cromie, Bob and Norris, Hoke holding a sheet cake, 1963

Item 22: Cromie, Jamie studio portrait, 1960s

Item 23: Cross, Dawn Kayla studio portrait, 1993?

Item 24: Cross, Dawn Kayla sitting on a couch, 1993

Item 25: Cross family studio portrait, 1993?

Item 26: Cunningham, Jim writing at a desk, 1970s

Item 27: Cunningham, Jim resting his arm on a file cabinet, 1970s

Item 28: Daniels, Frankcene and "Glenda" with children, 1970s

Photo is ripped and taped back together. Labeled “Glenda & Frankcene. Frankcene Daniels.”

Item 29: Dudley, Barbara and Henry, 1970s

Unknown person cut out of photo.

Item 30: Dumas, April Diana studio portrait, 1990s

Item 31: Dumas, Martin L., III studio portrait, 1980s

Item 32: Gabbins, Joanne and Gab holiday card to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1973

Item 33: Goreleigh, Rex (South Side Community Art Center (Chicago)) holding a pipe to his mouth, 1940s

Item 34: Jarrett, Vernon and Shabazz, Attallah at a “Hall of Fame” installation, 1999

Item 35: Johnson, Alicia portrait, 1967

Item 36: Johnson, Joya Elizabeth studio portrait, 1992

Item 37: Fernando Jones’ Blues Kids of America, Ltd. promotional photos, 1990s

Item 38: Signed photo of Jones, Fernando for Gwendolyn Brooks, 1990s

Item 39: Joyner, Glenda reading Black Pride book, 1970s

Item 40-45: School photos grouping

Item 40: Glick, Devri posing with a staircase, 1980s

Item 41: Glick, Devri studio portrait, 1980s

Item 42-43: Johnston, Carey(?) studio portrait, 1982, 1984

Item 44: “Chris” studio portrait, 1984

Item 45: Blank envelope, 1980s

Folder 2: Lane–Williams

Item 1: Lane, Gordon and Jessica embracing in a living room, 1995

Includes a business card for Lane, Pinkie Gordon.

Item 2: Lane, Pinkie Gordon holiday card to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1997

Item 3: Lansana, Nile sleeping in a christening gown, 1997?

Item 4: Lansana, Nile wearing blue and white striped overalls, 1998

Item 5: Lansana, Quraysh; Hooper, Emily; and Lansana, Nile, 1997

Item 6: Lewis, Tasha studio portrait, 1985

Item 7: Memmi, Albert resting his head on his hand, 1967

Item 8: Meredith, William standing in front of a river, 1986

Potentially the Seine (Paris).

Item 9: Norris, Hoke; Conroy, Jack; Petrakis, Diane; and Oates, Jeanette gathered at a party for Norris, Hoke and Cromie, Bob, 1963

Item 10: Paynter, Anne holding her diploma from Indiana University, 1960s

Item 11: Front gate at the Paynter, Mab estate (Bloomington, IN), 1960s

Item 12: View of the Paynter, Mab estate from the front yard, 1960s

Item 13: Backyard at the Paynter, Mab estate, 1960s

Item 14: Perry, Margaret resting her arm on a surface, 1990s

Item 15: View of Reed, Ishmael in side profile, 1990s

Photo is cut.

Item 16: Reed, Ishmael and Evans, Mari, 1990s

Item 17-18: Richardson, Edward and Wanda seated next to each other, 1980s

Item 19: Richardson, T. (Pastor) and family, 1960s

Item 20: Shaw, Deanna studio portrait, 1980

Item 21: Shaw, Steven studio portrait, 1980

Item 22: Sloan, Helen and family, 1962

Item 23: Smith, Mrs. John Justin and Loring(?), Dick talking at a party, 1963

Also includes Rielens(?), Joseph; Conroy, Gladys; Petrakis, Diane; Williamson, Stan; Smith, John Justin; and Hill, Herbert.

Item 24: Southerland, Ellease and Kofi at the Brooklyn Botanic Gardens, 1999

Item 25: Travis, Alphonzo sitting on a rattan couch, 1984

Item 26: Thompson, Dminin(?); Kandi; and Malik, 1987

Item 27: Thompson, Eva Bell and Spadaro, Giorgio talking at a party for Norris, Hoke and Cromie, Bob, 1963

Item 28-29: Walls, Tahanni studio portrait, 1983, 1986

Item 30: West, Valdaira(?) and Dorsey on their wedding day, 1999

Item 31: Williams, John A. sitting next to another woman on a panel, 1980s

Item 32: Williams, Karen L. wearing a green gown and holding a trophy, 1970s

Item 33: Man holding a bundled infant, undated

Folder 3: Henry Blakely Jr.

Item 1: Christman, Lillian; Blakely, Henry, Jr.; and Christman, Nicholas sitting on the ledge of a fountain, 1990s

Item 2-7: Christman, Nicholas and Blakely, Henry, Jr. playing at a park, 1990s

Item 8: View of a garden from a second floor window, 1990s

Item 9: View of houses from a second floor window, 1990s

Item 10: Tan and purple houses, 1990s

Item 11: Archway leading to the backyard of a tan house, 1990s

Item 12: Dimly-lit view of Christman, Nicholas; Christman, Lillian; and Blakely, Henry, Jr., 1990s

Item 13: Christman, Lillian with her hair blowing into her face, 1990s

Item 14: View of a garden from a second floor window, 1990s

Item 15-19: Christman, Nicholas and Blakely, Henry, Jr. playing at a park, 1990s

Item 20: Christman, Nicholas sitting on a seal statue, 1990s

Item 21: Christman, Lillian; Blakely, Henry, Jr.; and Christman, Nicholas sitting on the ledge of a fountain, 1990s

Item 22: Christman, Nicholas playing at a park, 1990s

Item 23: Christman, Nicholas sitting on a seal statue (negative), 1990s

Item 24-25: Christman, Nicholas and Blakely, Henry, Jr. playing at a park (negative), 1990s

Item 26-27: Dimly-lit view of Christman, Nicholas; Christman, Lillian; and Blakely, Henry, Jr. (negative), 1990s

Item 28: View of a garden from a second floor window (negative), 1990s

Item 29: Archway leading to the backyard of a tan house (negative), 1990s

Item 30: Tan and purple houses (negative), 1990s

Item 31: Christman, Lillian with her hair blowing into her face (negative), 1990s

Item 32-33: Christman, Lillian; Blakely, Henry, Jr.; and Christman, Nicholas sitting on the ledge of a fountain (negative), 1990s

Item 34-35: Christman, Nicholas and Blakely, Henry, Jr. playing at a park (negative), 1990s

Item 36: View of a garden from a second floor window (negative), 1990s

Item 37: View of houses from a second floor window (negative), 1990s

Item 38-45: Christman, Nicholas and Blakely, Henry, Jr. playing at a park (negative), 1990s

Item 46: Osco Photo Express envelope, 1990s

Includes a piece of paper with indistinct photocopied information.

Folder 4: Henry Blakely Sr.

Item 1: Blakely, Henry, Sr. seated at a table in a gymnasium with others, 1990s

Item 2: Blakely, Henry, Sr. and others sitting in rows at a conference venue, 1990s

Item 3: Blakely, Henry, Sr. and others seated at a table near a podium, 1990s

Item 4: Redmond, Eugene B. and others, 1990s

Item 5: Redmond, Eugene B. and two women standing in front of an “MBU Donations” board, 1990s

Item 6-9: Blakely, Henry, Sr. and others seated at a table near a podium, 1990s

Item 10: Blakely, Henry, Sr. and a woman holding a framed certificate

Item 11: Blakely, Henry, Sr. and a man holding a framed certificate, 1990s

Item 12: Blakely, Henry, Sr. and a woman holding a framed certificate, 1990s

Item 13: Blakely, Henry, Sr. and a woman in a leaf-patterned coat, 1990s

Item 14-15: Blakely, Henry, Sr.; Redmond, Eugene B.; and others gathered at a table, 1990s

Item 16: Blakely, Henry, Sr. and two women at a bookstore, 1996

Item 17: Blakely, Henry, Sr. and a woman at a conference center, 1992

Item 18: Blakely, Henry, Sr.; Redmond, Eugene B.; and others seated at a table, 1990s

Item 19: Blakely, Henry, Sr. as best man at the wedding of Price, Ernest and Anna Lee Mays, 1940s

Folder 5: Brooks-Blakely family

Item 1: Johnston, Allen; Blakely, Nora Brooks; and “Brenda” at a cultural event, 1971

Item 2: Brown, Pamela; Sherry; and Debby playing with Blakely, Nora Brooks as a child, 1957

Item 3: Blakely, Nora Brooks laughing as another woman looks at the camera, 1990s

Item 4: Blakely, Nora Brooks with Sukari (cat) and her kittens in a playpen, 1970s

Item 5: Blakely, Henry, Jr.; Blakely, Nora Brooks; Brooks, Keziah C. Wims; and Gwendolyn Brooks in front of Assembly Hall (University of Illinois), 1972

Item 6: Blakley, Nora Brooks and Burrell, Joseph in a photobooth, 1970s

Item 7: Blakely, Nora Brooks with her friends and their prom dates, 1969

Item 8: Friend of Blakely, Nora Brooks with her prom date, 1969

Item 9-10: Blakely, Nora Brooks with her friends and their prom dates, 1969

Item 11: Blakely, Nora Brooks and her friends dressed up for prom, 1969

Item 12: Blakely, Nora Brooks with her friend and their prom dates, 1969

Item 13: Burrell, Joseph during his service in the U.S. Army, 1972

Item 14: Blakely, Nora Brooks and an older woman sitting in auditorium seating, 1990s

Item 15: Blakely, Nora Brooks with her friends and their prom dates, 1969

Item 16: Blakely, Nora Brooks speaking to a room of persons seated at tables, 1990s

Folder 7: Haki R. Madhubuti

Item 1: Double exposure of Randall, Dudley; Madhubuti, Haki R.; Brown, Sterling A.; and Knight, Etheridge at Howard University’s Festival of Black Poets, 1972

Item 2: Onwueme, Osonye Tess; Madhubuti, Haki R.; and Redmond, Eugene B. at Shrine of the Black Madonna church (Detroit), 1989

Item 3: Madhubuti, Safisha and Haki R., 1989?

Item 4: Redmond, Eugene B.; Madhubuti, Safisha; and Madhubuti, Haki R. at a conference center in St. Louis, 1988

Folder 8: D.H. Melhem

Item 1-5: “DH Melhem”

Item 1: Dolea(?) and “S” on a dock at Montauk Point (New York), 1995?

Item 2: View of a garden with outdoor seating from the doorway of a latticed fence, 1995

Item 3: “Blight – D.H. Melhem” and a small airplane on a white wall, 1995

Item 4: “Blight – D.H. Melhem” on a sky banner over a beach, 1995

Item 5: “DH Melhem” Kodalux photo processing envelope, 1995?

Item 6: Melhem, D.H.; Kendrick, Dolores; and two others in the Henley Park Hotel dining room, 1994

Item 7: Kendrick, Dolores and Melhem, D.H. seated at a table in the Henley Park Hotel dining room, 1994

Item 8: Melhem, D.H. sitting among a crowd under a large tent, 1995

Item 9: Melhem, D.H. sitting in an auditorium, 1990s

Folder 9: Dudley Randall

Item 1: Randall, Dudley signing a book for a woman, 1970s

Item 2: Randall, Dudley resting his head on his hand, 1969

Item 3: Randall, Dudley sending a letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1970

Item 4: Randall, Dudley standing in front of a “Negro History” book display, 1970s

Item 5: Randall, Dudley standing in front of a “Pool Rules” sign, 1982

Item 6: Randall, Dudley in front of a bookcase, 1968

Item 7: Randall, Dudley and Butch (dog) next to a fireplace, 1960s

Item 8-9: Randall, Dudley wearing a tan jacket, 1970s

Folder 10: Susan Taylor

Item 1: Redmond, Eugene B.; Taylor, Susan (Essence); and Burns, Khephra, 1990s

Item 2: Sanchez, Sonia; Burns, Khephra; and Taylor, Susan (Essence), 1990s

Item 3: Burns, Khephra and Taylor, Susan (Essence), 1990s

Folder 11: Beryl Zitch

Item 1: Zitch, Beryl and Gene in a dimly-lit event space, 1995

Item 2: Zitch, Beryl and Gene sitting among event attendees, 1995

Folder 12: 70th birthday party for Gwendolyn Brooks

Item 1: Bennett, Lerone, Jr. greeting Gwendolyn Brooks at a table, 1987

Item 2: Gwendolyn Brooks wearing a pink patterned dress, 1987

Item 3: Group photo, 1987

Includes Redmond, Eugene B.; Bennett, Lerone, Jr.; Brown, Abena Joan; Gwendolyn Brooks; Blakely, Henry, Sr.; Blakely, Nora Brooks; Evans, Mari; and others.

Item 4: Group photo, 1987

Includes Perkins, Eugene; Adams, Jeanette; Redmond, Eugene B.; Boypen(?), Randson(?); Jackson-Apopu, Sandra; Jackson, Angela; Bennett, Lerone, Jr.; Sanches, Sonia; Madhubuti, Haki R.; Gwendolyn Brooks; Blakely, Henry, Sr.; Blakely, Nora Brooks; and others.

Item 5: Blakely, Henry, Sr; Madhubuti, Haki R.; Gwendolyn Brooks; and Blakely, Nora Brooks standing at a podium, 1987

Item 6: Gwendolyn Brooks sitting at a table, 1987

Item 7: Redmond, Eugene B.; Gwendolyn Brooks; and Madhubuti, Haki R., 1987

Item 8: Group photo, 1987

Includes Perkins, Eugene; Adams, Jeanette; Redmond, Eugene B.; Boypen(?), Randson(?); Jackson-Apopu, Sandra; Jackson, Angela; Bennett, Lerone, Jr.; Sanches, Sonia; Madhubuti, Haki R.; Gwendolyn Brooks; Blakely, Henry, Sr.; Blakely, Nora Brooks; and others.

Item 9-10: Blakely, Henry, Sr; Madhubuti, Haki R.; Gwendolyn Brooks; and Blakely, Nora Brooks standing at a podium, 1987

Item 11-12: Group photo, 1987

Includes Perkins, Eugene; Adams, Jeanette; Redmond, Eugene B.; Boypen(?), Randson(?); Jackson-Apopu, Sandra; Jackson, Angela; Bennett, Lerone, Jr.; Sanches, Sonia; Madhubuti, Haki R.; Gwendolyn Brooks; Blakely, Henry, Sr.; Blakely, Nora Brooks; and others.

Item 13: Bennett, Lerone, Jr.; Blakely, Henry, Sr.; Gwendolyn Brooks; and Blakely, Nora Brooks, 1987

Folder 13: 80th birthday party for Gwendolyn Brooks

Item 1: Rows of clapping attendees, 1997

Item 2-3: 80th birthday cake for Gwendolyn Brooks, 1997

Item 4-5: Gwendolyn Brooks talking to party attendees, 1997

Item 6: Blakely, Nora Brooks sitting at a table with Zitch, Gene and Beryl, 1997

Item 7: Blakely, Nora Brooks talking to Jones, Ana; Dumas, Helen; and Owens, Betty, 1997

Item 8: Rows of seated attendees, 1997

Item 9: “80 Gifts” envelope, 1997?

Folder 14: First name only

Item 1: “Alice” in Italy, undated

Includes a cardboard Polaroid frame and a plastic bag.

Item 2: “Randy” in graduation regalia, 1982

Item 3: “Floyd” and a friend, 1940s

Item 4: “Marsha” and her sons, 1980s

Folder 15: Unidentified

Item 1: A man and a woman eating dinner at a table, 1978

Item 2: Woman in a patterned poncho, 1980s

Item 3: Man in a patterned tie smiling as two women walk past, 1990s

Item 4: Young girl crossing her arms in front of a house porch, 1940s

Item 5: Woman in a blue and white patterned dress sitting in an auditorium, 1990s

Item 6: Man holding a kitten on his lap, 1978

Item 7: Young woman in a blue gown and her date, 1960s

Item 8: Studio portrait of a man with a mustache, 1970s

Item 9: Woman wearing a brooch, 1960s

Item 10: Man wearing a shirt and tie at a bus station, 1960s

Item 11: Blakely, Henry, Jr. and family, 1990s

Replaced by a separation sheet.

Item 12: A girl and boy standing next to “De Koven” poem broadside, 1970s

Item 13: Two young girls standing next to “Ella” poem broadside, 1970s

Item 14: Two pieces of blank cardboard, undated

Item 15: Man wearing a white sweater and jeans, 1970s

Item 16: Woman in a patterned scarf sitting on a bus, 1990s

Item 17: Woman in a sequined sweater sitting on a bus, 1990s

Item 18: Woman in a patterned shirt speaking at a podium, 1990s

Item 19: Woman in a taupe dress standing at a table, 1990s

Item 20: Man sitting on a wooden chair with red upholstery, 1980s

Item 21: Man in a dark green sweater smiling for the camera, 1980s

Item 22: Man sitting on wooden chair with blue and pink upholstery, 1980s

Item 23: Young woman in a blue gown and her date, 1960s

Photo labeled “Fluffy under the table.”

Folder 16: Pets

Item 1: Sgt. Kenneth L. Brooks (cat) lying next to a food bowl, 1991

Item 2: Blurry view of a small rabbit, 1991

Folder 17: Barefoot young boy sitting on a city doorstep, 1980s

Labeled “A Little Slugger!”

Box 360

Folder 1

Item 1: Gwendolyn Brooks signing a program for a young man, 1990s

Item 2: McCartney, David (Community Art Gallery Committee. College of Lake County); Gwendolyn Brooks; and Rostron, Eleanor (Board of Directors. College of Lake County), 1984

Signed by Gwendolyn Brooks in 2000.

Item 3: Randall, Dudley; Gwendolyn Brooks; and others dining at a restaurant, 1982

Item 4-6: Gwendolyn Brooks Junior High School (Harvey, IL)

Item 4: Gwendolyn Brooks posing under a school sign, 1980s

Item 5: Young boy throwing a basketball to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1980s

Item 6: “Gwendolyn Brooks Junior High School. Best pictures” envelope, undated

Item 7-28: Unidentified event

Item 7: Gwendolyn Brooks sitting at a table in front of a curtain, 1996

Item 8: Teenaged boy speaking into a microphone, 1996

Item 9-11: Two young wheelchair users attending an event, 1996

Item 12: Melhem, D.H. speaking into a microphone, 1996

Item 13: Boy speaking into a microphone, 1996

Item 14: Man in a patterned kufi speaking into a microphone, 1996

Item 15: Man in a shirt and tie speaking into a microphone, 1996

Item 16: Woman in a white dress and beige blazer speaking into a microphone, 1996

Item 17: Blakely, Nora Brooks and Henry, Sr. standing at a desserts table with others, 1996

Item 18: Blakely, Henry, Sr. and two women holding small plates, 1996

Item 19: Melhem, D.H.; Blakely, Nora Brooks; Zitch, Gene; and another man posing for the camera, 1996

Item 20: Zitch, Gene and Beryl standing at a microphone, 1996

Item 21-25: Zitch, Beryl and Gene; Melhem, D.H.; and Blakely, Nora Brooks sitting in an auditorium, 1996

Item 26: Zitch, Gene; Blakely, Henry, Sr.; and Zitch, Beryl in an auditorium, 1996

Item 27-28: Gwendolyn Brooks speaking into a microphone, 1996

Item 29-30: Gwendolyn Brooks and Melhem, D.H. signing copies of Blacks and Gwendolyn Brooks: Poetry and the Heroic Voice, 1987

Item 31: Gwendolyn Brooks signing a book for conference attendees, 1980s

Labeled “St. Louis, MO.”

Item 32: Gwendolyn Brooks and conference attendees, 1980s

Labeled “St. Louis, MO.”

Item 33: Zitch, Gene; Blakely, Henry, Sr.; and Zitch, Beryl in an auditorium, 1996

Item 34: Gwendolyn Brooks holding an award plaque with Blakely, Henry, Sr. while surrounded by Harvey Public Schools District faculty, 1987

Item 35: Gwendolyn Brooks and Blakely, Henry, Sr. holding an award plaque, 1987

Item 36: Blakely, Nora Brooks; Gwendolyn Brooks; Blakely, Henry, Sr. and another woman sitting at a dining table, 1995

Item 37: Melhem, D.H.; Blakely, Nora Brooks; Gwendolyn Brooks; Blakely, Henry, Sr.; Zitch, Gene; and Zitch, Beryl sitting at a dining table with other women, 1995

Item 38: Melhem, D.H. standing in front of a marble staircase, 1995

Item 39: Zitch, Beryl; Blakley, Nora Brooks; and another woman standing outside the southern entrance of the White House (Washington, D.C), 1996?

Item 40: U.S. Marine Band and event attendees underneath an outdoor tent, 1996?

Item 41: U.S. Marine Band performing underneath an outdoor tent, 1996?

Item 42: Redmond, Eugene B. speaking into a microphone, 1980s

Item 43: Blakely, Nora Brooks speaking into a microphone next to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1980s

Item 44: Blakely, Nora Brooks talking to another woman, 1980s

Item 45-46: Gwendolyn Brooks wearing a silk jacket, 1980s

Item 47: Griffith, James H. and Davis, Gary W. (Illinois Community College Trustees Association) with Gwendolyn Brooks, late 1980s

Includes a Brady, Nelvia M. (City Colleges of Chicago) note.

Item 48: Rives, Stanley G. (Eastern Illinois University); Warfield, William (Eastern Illinois University); Gwendolyn Brooks; and another man in graduation regalia, 1990

Item 49: Gwendolyn Brooks at the graduation ceremony for Eastern Illinois University, 1990

Item 50: Gwendolyn Brooks in graduation regalia speaking at a podium, 1990

Item 51: Gwendolyn Brooks receiving an honorary degree from Brown University, 1974

Item 52: Gwendolyn Brooks receiving an honorary degree from MacMurray College, 1990

Item 53: Brooks, Keziah C. Wims; Gwendolyn Brooks; and another woman at Lake Forest College, 1965

Item 54: Gwendolyn Brooks dressed in graduation regalia and standing at a podium with Cole, William (Lake Forest College) and another man, 1965

Angle, Paul is also present.

Item 55: Gwendolyn Brooks holding a portrait painted by McGraw, A.C., 1989

Item 56: Gwendolyn Brooks holding an award plaque with Blakely, Henry, Sr. while surrounded by Harvey Public School District faculty, 1987

Item 57-61: Harvey Public School District faculty dressed in graduation regalia, 1987

Folder 1a

Item 1: Gwendolyn Brooks wearing a red suit-dress and standing next to a podium, 1990s

Item 2: Gwendolyn Brooks standing at a microphone, 1980s

Item 3: Gwendolyn Brooks and another seated man looking up at a man and woman speaking, 1990s

Item 4: Zitch, Gene and Beryl; Blakely, Nora Brooks; and others watching a woman in a teal blazer speak, 1990s

Item 5-6: Speaking event

Item 5: Gwendolyn Brooks speaking before a group of people, 1980s

Photo is cut.

Item 6: Gwendolyn Brooks reading from a document, 1980s

Item 7: Daniels, Frankcene giving Gwendolyn Brooks a gift in a busy auditorium, 1970s

Item 8: Gwendolyn Brooks and three people talking at a table, 1990s

Item 9: Gwendolyn Brooks shaking hands with a man as Madhubuti, Haki R. speaks to a room of people, 1990s

Randall, Dudley is also present.

Item 10-12: Gwendolyn Brooks with Sparrow, Sandra (Swarthmore-Rutledge School (Swarthmore, PA)) and her class, 1980s

Item 13: Gwendolyn Brooks; Redmond, Eugene B.; and others posing with a copy of Blacks, 1990s

Item 14: Gwendolyn Brooks and others standing behind an unlit kinara, 1990s

Item 15: Woman in a red blazer bending down to talk to Gwendolyn Brooks

Item 16: Gwendolyn Brooks signing copies of Blacks, 1990s

Item 17: Photographer taking a photo of Gwendolyn Brooks with her arm around a reading boy, 1990s

Item 18: Gwendolyn Brooks and a woman in a tan dress reading a document, 1990s

Item 19: Gwendolyn Brooks standing with two teenaged girls and holding a certificate, 1980s

Item 20: View of a speakers at a podium from behind two men, 1990s

Item 21: View of Gwendolyn Brooks speaking at a podium from behind two men, 1990s

Item 22: Gwendolyn Brooks speaking at a podium next to a large bouquet, 1990s

Item 23-27: View of a speakers at a podium from behind two men, 1990s

Item 28: Woman speaking at a podium next to a large bouquet, 1990s

Item 29: “Welcome Gwendolyn Brooks” Holiday Inn sign (Mt. Clemens, MI), 1982

Item 30: Sanchez, Sonia; Gwendolyn Brooks; Madhubuti, Haki R.; and others posing for the camera, 1990s

Item 31: Gwendolyn Brooks holding a framed document and speaking at a podium, 1990s

Item 32: “Personal” envelope, undated

Folder 2: Gwendolyn Brooks talking with Willis, Jill before a reading at Wellesley College, 1973

Folder 3: “1978 AND 1979 Poet Laureate Awards”

Item 1-17: “1979 Poet Laureate Awards”

Item 1: “1979 Poet Laureate Awards” label, undated

Item 2: Birthday cake for Gwendolyn Brooks, 1979

Item 3: Gwendolyn Brooks sitting with contest participants, 1979

Item 4: Gwendolyn Brooks and a girl standing at a podium, 1979

Item 5: Randall, Dudley speaking at a podium in front of the University of Chicago crest, 1979

Item 6: Blakely, Henry, Sr. speaking at a podium in front of the University of Chicago crest, 1979

Item 7: Bruckner, Don; Ward, Val Gray; and Gwendolyn Brooks in a dining room at University of Chicago, 1979

Item 8: Gwendolyn Brooks speaking at a podium in front of the University of Chicago crest, 1979

Item 9: Girl standing at a podium, 1979

Photo is cut.

Item 10: Woman in a geometric patterned shirt standing at a podium, 1979

Photo is cut.

Item 11: Boy wearing a dark shirt standing at a podium, 1979

Photo is cut.

Item 12: Gwendolyn Brooks speaking at a podium in front of the University of Chicago crest, 1979

Item 13: Teenaged girl at a podium handing a document to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1979

Item 14: Gwendolyn Brooks and a girl standing at a podium, 1979

Item 15: Gwendolyn Brooks speaking at a podium next to a stack of books, 1979

Bruckner, Don and Athanases, Steve are also present.

Item 16: Cherry, Eileen speaking at a podium in front of the University of Chicago crest, 1979

Item 17: Headshot of Gwendolyn Brooks, 1979

Item 18-24: “1978 Poet Laureate Awards”

Item 18: “1978 Poet Laureate Awards” label, undated

Item 19-20: Gwendolyn Brooks standing with contest participants, 1978

Item 21: Gwendolyn Brooks wearing an Africa necklace and speaking at a podium, 1978

Jackson, Angela is also present.

Item 22: Boy with curly hair speaking at a podium while a girl watches, 1978

Item 23: Boy with curly hair speaking at a podium, 1978

Item 24: Jackson, Angela speaking at a podium, 1978

Item 25: “1978 AND 1979 Poet Laureate Awards” envelope, 1979

Folder 4: University of Chicago

Item 1: Gwendolyn Brooks posing with five women at a benefit, 1981

Item 2: Gwendolyn Brooks speaking to a crowd in a room with vaulted ceilings, 1983

Includes a cardboard photo frame.

Item 3: Gwendolyn Brooks speaking with a group of young adults, 1983

Includes a cardboard photo frame.

Item 4-7: Unidentified grouping

Item 4: Gwendolyn Brooks posing with a plaque next to her portrait, 1984

Item 5: Hunter, John (College of Lake County) and Gwendolyn Brooks standing next to her portrait, 1984

Item 6: Photocopy from The Red and Black (vol. 91, no. 102 (University of Georgia)), 1984

Item 7: Blank envelope, undated

Folder 5: “Important. Colorado State W.”

Item 1: Melhem, D.H. posing with a group of women in a crowded room, 1989

Item 2: Blakely, Nora Brooks speaking at a podium, 1989

Item 3: Gwendolyn Brooks and a man sharing a glance, 1989

Item 4: Blakely, Nora Brooks smiling in a muted floral shirt, 1989

Item 5: Blakely, Nora Brooks and Gwendolyn Brooks in a crowded room, 1989

Item 6: Gwendolyn Brooks signing a copy of The Tiger Who Wore White Gloves at a table with Melhem, D.H. and Blakely, Nora Brooks, 1989

Item 7: Blakely, Nora Brooks; Gwendolyn Brooks; and Melhem, D.H. in a crowded room, 1989

Item 8: Blakely, Nora Brooks and Gwendolyn Brooks sitting on a panel, 1989

Item 9: Gwendolyn Brooks wearing a red blazer and lace shirt, 1989

Item 10: View of a snowy road and parking lots, 1989

Item 11: Melhem, D.H. posing with a group in a crowded room, 1989

Item 12: Gwendolyn Brooks and a man speaking at a podium, 1989

Photo is stuck to an envelope labeled “G.”

Item 13: “Important. Colorado State W.” Fotorush envelope, 1989?

Folder 6: “PHOTOGRAPHS”

Item 1: Gwendolyn Brooks portrait by Lewis, Roy, 1988

Item 2: Blakely, Henry, Sr.; Boorstin, Daniel J. (Library of Congress (Washington, D.C.)); Broderick, John (Library of Congress); and Gwendolyn Brooks, 1988

Item 3-5: Unidentified grouping

Item 3: Gwendolyn Brooks examining a portrait of Fuller, Hoyt W., 1986

Item 4: Gwendolyn Brooks receiving attendees after a public event, 1980s

Item 5: Gwendolyn Brooks walking with others in Washington, D.C., 1986

Rutland, Jenny is also present.

Item 6: Gwendolyn Brooks listening to a man talk with the U.S. Capitol building behind her, 1980s

Item 7: Galbraith, Nancy; Allen, Samuel; Kahn, Hannah; Kendrick, Dolores; and Gwendolyn Brooks talking at a banquet table, 1980s

Item 8: Kendrick, Dolores; Gwendolyn Brooks; Broderick, John (Library of Congress (Washington, D.C.)); and Meredith, William talking at a banquet table, 1980s

Item 9: Gwendolyn Brooks shaking hands with McGuire, Bill, 1980s

Broderick, John and another man are also present.

Item 10: Oman, Ralph (U.S. Copyright Office); Gwendolyn Brooks; and Broderick, John (Library of Congress (Washington, D.C.)), 1980s

Item 11: “PHOTOGRAPHS” envelope sent by Lewis, Roy, 1990

Folder 7: Lincolnwood Library Literary Festival (Lincolnwood, IL)

Item 1: Gwendolyn Brooks looking at a book held by a women in a polka dot shirt, 1990

Item 2: Gwendolyn Brooks and two men sitting in front of the Children’s Non-Fiction section, 1990

Item 3: Gwendolyn Brooks signing a copy of Gwendolyn Brooks: Poetry & the Heroic Voice for a woman in red glasses, 1990

Item 4: Gwendolyn Brooks talking to a man holding a stack of books, 1990

Item 5: Business card for Leavitt, Harice, 1990?

Item 6: Gwendolyn Brooks signing books, 1990

Item 7: Cromie, Alice and Petrakis, Harry Mark having a conversation, 1990

Item 8: Gwendolyn Brooks and a man sitting in front of the Children’s Non-Fiction section, 1990

Item 9: Melhem, D.H. signing a copy of Gwendolyn Brooks: Poetry & the Heroic Voice for a woman in red glasses, 1990

Item 10: Gwendolyn Brooks talking to a woman in front of the Children’s Fiction section, 1990

Item 11: Gwendolyn Brooks writing on a packet of papers, 1990

Item 12: Photo protector sheet, undated

Folder 8

Item 1-28: Grouping 1

Item 1: Gwendolyn Brooks sitting on a red couch with floral pillows, 1993

Item 2: Gwendolyn Brooks holding a white box with red ribbon, 1993

Item 3: Three women wearing cultural clothes and singing, 1992

Item 4: Blakely, Nora Brooks; Gwendolyn Brooks; and others watching a performance, 1992

Item 5: Gwendolyn Brooks sitting at a banquet table with pink flowers, 1993

Item 6: Display table for Third World Press, 1992

Item 7: Madhubuti, Safisha talking to another woman, 1992

Item 8: Event attendees watching a performance, 1992

Item 9: Gwendolyn Brooks speaking at a Chicago Public Library podium, 1991?

Item 10: Photographer with multiple cameras hanging around his neck, 1991?

Item 11: Madhubuti, Haki R. and others gathered around a Chicago Public Library podium, 1991?

Item 12: Harold Washington Library (Chicago) façade, 1991?

Item 13: Redmond, Eugene B. speaking at a podium with Gwendolyn Brooks, 1991?

Item 14: Redmond, Eugene B.; Madhubuti, Haki R.; and another man with their arms around each other’s shoulders, 1991?

Item 15: Redmond, Eugene B. and a man wearing a matching dashiki and kufi, 1991?

Item 16: Blakely, Nora Brooks and Gwendolyn Brooks talking while seated, 1991?

Item 17: College graduation ceremony held in a church, 1993

Item 18: Blurry view of a band performing at a college graduation ceremony, 1993

Item 19: View of college graduates from behind a band performance, 1993

Item 20: Gwendolyn Brooks and Melhem, D.H. sitting together in a restaurant booth, 1993

Item 21: Madhubuti, Safisha and Haki R.; Blakely, Nora Brooks; Gwendolyn Brooks; and Redmond, Eugene B., 1991?

Item 22: “The Blues and Royals” London postcard, undated

Item 23: Gwendolyn Brooks sitting on a red couch with floral pillows, 1993

Item 24: Gwendolyn Brooks and another woman sitting at a banquet table with pink flowers, 1993

Item 25: College faculty gathered on a stage in a church, 1993

Item 26-27: Gwendolyn Brooks and college faculty on a stage in a church, 1993

Item 28: Man in a kufi speaking at a Chicago Public Library podium, 1991?

Item 29-39: Grouping 2

Item 29: Zitch, Gene and Blakely, Nora Brooks in an embrace, 1993

Item 30: Blakely, Nora Brooks talking to Zitch, Beryl and Gene, 1993

Item 31: Blakely, Nora Brooks; Zitch, Beryl and Gene; and Blakely, Henry, Sr. in an auditorium, 1993

Item 32: Young man reading from a blue booklet at a microphone, 1993

Item 33: Blakley, Henry, Sr. reading from a piece of paper at a microphone, 1993

Item 34: Man reading from a packet at a microphone, 1993

Item 35: Girl in a blue and white floral dress standing at a microphone, 1993

Item 36: Blakely, Henry, Sr. having a conversation with Zitch, Gene and Beryl, 1993

Item 37: View of Gwendolyn Brooks through a crowd, 1993

Item 38: Gwendolyn Brooks receiving a framed certificate from a man, 1993

Item 39: “Pictures by Stephen C. Wright of Sanford, Florida (Taken June 21 in Chicago) 1993 envelope, undated

Folder 9: Illinois State Library (Springfield, IL)

Item 1: Gwendolyn Brooks speaking at a podium outside the library, 1990s

Includes a Lamont, Bridget L. (Illinois State Library) business card.

Item 2: Gwendolyn Brooks receiving a framed photo of her name on the library building from Ryan, George H. (State of Illinois), 1997

Item 3: “George Ryan” note, 1997

Folder 10: Bust unveiling at Harold Washington Library (Chicago)

Item 1: Gwendolyn Brooks speaking to a crowd near her bust at the library, 1994

Item 2: Gwendolyn Brooks bust by Miller, Sara, 1994

Item 3: View of a bust created by Miller, Sara with Gwendolyn Brooks in the background, 1994

Item 4: Chicago Tribune envelope to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1994

Box 360a

Folder 1: Gwendolyn Brooks receiving flowers on stage from a young girl, 1994

15 copies. Includes a Radziminski, Wayne envelope to Gwendolyn Brooks.

Folder 2

Item 1-5: Alma College (Grouping 1)

Item 1: Gwendolyn Brooks showing a child a page from The Tiger Who Wore White Gloves, 1994

Item 2: Pattison, Gene (Alma College) and Gwendolyn Brooks, 1994

Item 3: Nelson, Pat (Alma College); Gwendolyn Brooks; and a college student, 1994

Item 4: Hughes, Dena; McNeal, Shannon; and Gwendolyn Brooks, 1994

Item 5: Premium Color Prints envelope, 1994

Item 6-7: Bust unveiling at Harold Washington Library (Grouping 2)

Item 6: Gwendolyn Brooks smiling at her bust created by Miller, Sara, 1994

Item 7: Gwendolyn Brooks receiving applause from an audience, 1994

Blakely, Henry, Sr. and Nora Brooks; Madhubuti, Haki R.; and Ryan, George H. (State of Illinois) are also present.

Item 8: Gwendolyn Brooks receiving flowers on stage from a young girl, 1994

Three copies.

Item 9-14: Grouping 3

Item 9: Gwendolyn Brooks and three women in coats, 1994

Item 10: Gwendolyn Brooks speaking into a microphone while on a panel, 1994

Item 11-12: Gwendolyn Brooks watching a woman in a white hat speak into a microphone while on a panel, 1994

Item 13: Gwendolyn Brooks and five other women, 1994

Item 14: Redmond, Eugene B.; Gwendolyn Brooks; and a woman wearing a white hat, 1994

Item 15-18: Grouping 4

Item 15: Blurry view of Gwendolyn Brooks and Blakely, Henry, Sr. in a hotel dining room, 1994

Possibly the Henley Park Hotel.

Item 16: Zitch, Gene; Blakely, Nora Brooks; Gwendolyn Brooks; Blakely, Henry, Sr.; and Zitch, Beryl in a hotel dining room, 1994

Possibly the Henley Park Hotel.

Item 17: Melhem, D.H.; Zitch, Gene; Blakely, Nora Brooks; Gwendolyn Brooks; Blakely, Henry, Sr.; and Zitch, Beryl in a hotel dining room, 1994

Possibly the Henley Park Hotel.

Item 18: Zitch, Gene and Blakely, Nora Brooks in a hotel dining room, 1994

Possibly the Henley Park Hotel.

Item 19-28: Grouping 5

Item 19: Blurry view of Gwendolyn Brooks wearing a medal in an elaborate banquet hall, 1994

Item 20: Blurry view of Gwendolyn Brooks and two young women in an elaborate banquet hall, 1994

Item 21: Zitch, Gene and Beryl in an elaborate banquet hall, 1994

Item 22: Melhem, D.H. and Zitch, Beryl in an elaborate banquet hall, 1994

Item 23: Zitch, Gene; Gwendolyn Brooks; and Zitch, Beryl in an elaborate banquet hall, 1994

Item 24: Melhem, D.H. and Zitch, Beryl in an elaborate banquet hall, 1994

Item 25: Zitch, Gene; Gwendolyn Brooks; and Zitch, Beryl in an elaborate banquet hall, 1994

Item 26: Zitch, Gene and Beryl in an elaborate banquet hall, 1994

Item 27: Blakely, Henry, Sr. and Zitch, Gene in an elaborate banquet hall, 1994

Item 28: Blakely, Henry, Sr.; Zitch, Beryl; and Blakely, Nora Brooks in an elaborate banquet hall, 1994

Item 29-30: Grouping 6

Item 29: Gwendolyn Brooks and Gabin, Joanne at the “Furious Flower” Conference (James Madison University), 1994

Item 30: Attendees at the 60th birthday celebration for Baraka, Amiri, 1994

Item 31: Blurry view of Gwendolyn Brooks signing a book for a woman at the Henley Park Hotel, 1994

Folder 3: “IMPORTANT” (National Endowment for the Humanities)

Item 1: Gwendolyn Brooks and a woman wearing a lanyard, 1994

Item 2: Gwendolyn Brooks and Blakely, Henry, Sr. viewing the White House portrait of Elenor Roosevelt, 1994

Item 3: Blakely, Henry, Sr. shaking hands with Clinton, Hillary (First Lady) while Gwendolyn Brooks and Blakely, Nora Brooks watch, 1994

Item 4: Blakely, Nora Brooks shaking hands with Clinton, Hillary (First Lady) while Gwendolyn Brooks watches, 1994

Item 5: Clinton, Hillary and Gwendolyn Brooks sitting in yellow floral armchairs, 1994

Item 6: Gwendolyn Brooks lifting her glasses to read the plaque on the White House portrait of Elenor Roosevelt, 1994

Item 7: Gwendolyn Brooks and her family standing outside a door with the U.S. presidential seal, 1994

Item 8: “IMPORTANT” National Endowment for the Humanities envelope, 1994

Folder 4

Item 1: Gwendolyn Brooks with Clinton, Bill (President) and Hillary (First Lady), 1995

Item 2: “Teresa” (Chicago Tribune) note to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1995

Item 3: Sheet of blue paperboard, 1995?

Item 4: Empty folder, 1995?

Item 5: Chicago Tribune envelope to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1995

Folder 5

Item 1-12: Grouping 1

Item 1-2: Baraka, Amiri and Gwendolyn Brooks in a dressing room at the Manhattan Theatre Club, 1995

Item 3: Thomas, Greg (The Village Voice) and Gwendolyn Brooks, 1995

Item 4: Gwendolyn Brooks introducing Melhem, D.H. at an autograph party for Blight, 1995

Item 5: Vogel, Chester and Melhem, D.H. at an autograph party for Blight, 1995

Item 6: “CCV” and Leslie, Kay(?) standing at an hors d'oeuvres table, 1995

Item 7: Jaleshgari, Ramin P.; Melhem, D.H.; and Jaleshgari, (?) at an autograph party for Blight, 1995

Item 8: Gwendolyn Brooks and Barkan, Stanley (Cross-Cultural Communications) at an autograph party for Blight, 1995

Item 9: Gwendolyn Brooks and Melhem, D.H. at an autograph party for Blight, 1995

Item 10: Melhem, D.H.; Harrison, Sojourner; Vleya, Claudia; Wesuaid(?), Christopher; Derees(?), Ridmond(?) at an autograph party for Blight, 1995

Item 11: Melhem, D.H. speaking to a room of people, 1995

Item 12: Melhem, D.H. note to “Gwen and Family”, 1995?

Includes a blank sticky note and a Kodalux envelope.

Item 13-27: Grouping 2 (National Endowment for the Humanities)

Item 13: View of Clinton, Bill (President) speaking on a stage, 1995

Clinton, Hillary (First Lady) is also present.

Item 14-15: View of Clinton, Hillary (First Lady) speaking on a stage, 1995

Clinton, Bill (President) is also present.

Item 16: View of Hackney, Sheldon (National Endowment for the Humanities) and other personnel on a stage, 1995

Item 17: View of Clinton, Bill (President) and Hillary (First Lady) with others on a stage, 1995

Item 18: Naff, Alixa in a room with large windows, 1995

Item 19-21: View of Clinton, Bill (President) and Hillary (First Lady) honoring a man with a medal, 1995

Item 22: Crowd sitting in front of a stage under a tent, 1995

Item 23: View of Clinton, Bill (President) speaking on a stage, 1995

Gwendolyn Brooks and Clinton, Hillary (First Lady) are also present.

Item 24: View of Gwendolyn Brooks being honored with a medal by Clinton, Bill (President) and Hillary (First Lady), 1995

Item 25: View of Gwendolyn Brooks and others standing on a stage, 1995

Item 26: View of Blakely, Henry, Sr. walking in front of a stage, 1995

Item 27: Blurry view of Gwendolyn Brooks standing at a podium, 1995

Item 28: Gwendolyn Brooks and Lawrence University faculty wearing graduation regalia, 1995

Item 29-30: Grouping 3

Item 29: Gwendolyn Brooks dressed in graduation regalia and writing on a program, 1995

Item 30: Gwendolyn Brooks and Buena Vista College faculty wearing graduation regalia, 1995

Folder 6: Portrait of Gwendolyn Brooks sitting in the Library of Congress, 1986

Folder 7

Item 1: Gwendolyn Brooks smiling and looking down, 1970s

Item 2: Gwendolyn Brooks receiving an honorary degree from La Tourette, John E. (Northern Illinois University), 1992

Folder 8

Item 1-2: Gwendolyn Brooks receiving an award at New York University, 1999

Item 3-19: Grouping 1

Item 3: View of a marble bust next to an elaborate staircase, 1996

Item 4: Three event attendees in a dimly-lit room, 1996

Item 5: Two chairs on a stage next to a podium with a Smithsonian Institution (Washington, D.C.) crest, 1996

Item 6: Melhem, D.H. and another woman standing next to a bust of Gwendolyn Brooks, 1996

Item 7: Gwendolyn Brooks and another man getting settled on a stage with two chairs, 1996

Item 8: Gwendolyn Brooks smiling as a standing man applauds her, 1996

Item 9: View of Gwendolyn Brooks signing a document surrounded by a group of people, 1996

Item 10: Gwendolyn Brooks wearing a red coat and black floral shirt, 1996

Item 11: Gwendolyn Brooks and Melhem, D.H. smiling for the camera, 1996

Item 12: Blurry view of a Gwendolyn Brooks bust created by Miller, Sara, 1996

Item 13: View of a Gwendolyn Brooks bust created by Miller, Sara, 1996

Item 14: Gwendolyn Brooks talking to another woman, 1996

Item 15: Blurry view of a smiling woman at a formal event, 1996

Item 16: Madhubuti, Haki R. sitting with other event attendees, 1996

Item 17: Security personnel at a formal event, 1996

Item 18: Portrait of George Washington behind a velvet rope, 1996

Item 19: Kodalux photo processing envelope, 1996?

Item 20: Gwendolyn Brooks speaking at the Chicago Public Library, 1991?

Madhubuti, Haki R. is also present.

Item 21: Madhubuti, Haki R. talking to Gwendolyn Brooks at a Chicago Public Library podium, 1991?

Item 22: Gwendolyn Brooks and Madhubuti, Haki R. addressing a room of people at the Chicago Public Library, 1991?

Madhubuti, Haki R. is holding an issue of Black Books Bulletin.

Item 23: Gwendolyn Brooks signing a booklet at a red table, 1996

Item 24: Gwendolyn Brooks speaking at a podium with Long Island University branding, 1996

Item 25-30: National Black Arts Festival (Grouping 2)

Item 25: Brown, Donald sitting on a stool next to a bust in progress, 1996

Item 26: Clay bust of a woman in a public area at Colony Square (Atlanta), 1996

Item 27: Brooks, Avery and Gwendolyn Brooks standing in front of event signage, 1996

Item 28: Gwendolyn Brooks talking to a group of event attendees, 1996

Item 29: View of Gwendolyn Brooks sitting in front of Ford, George and Bernette, 1996

Item 30: Ford, Bernette and George talking to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1996

Folder 9: Gwendolyn Brooks photos by Roy Lewis

Item 1: Gwendolyn Brooks and friends talking at a restaurant, 1980s

Item 2: Partially blurred view of Gwendolyn Brooks and two friends, 1960s

Item 3: Gwendolyn Brooks listening to a man talk with the U.S. Capitol building behind her, 1980s

Item 4: Gwendolyn Brooks giving signatures at her first reception as the Consultant in Poetry for the Library of Congress (Washington, D.C.), 1985

Item 5: Gwendolyn Brooks receiving attendees after a public event, 1980s

Item 6: Gwendolyn Brooks examining a portrait of Fuller, Hoyt W., 1986

Item 7: Gwendolyn Brooks walking with others in Washington, D.C., 1986

Item 8: Blank manilla envelope, undated

Folder 10: Roosevelt University commencement

Item 1: Gwendolyn Brooks dressed in graduation regalia and speaking at a podium, 1990

Gross, Theodore is also present.

Item 2: Gwendolyn Brooks, Roosevelt University faculty, and another honoree dressed in graduation regalia, 1990

Gross, Theodore and “the famous conductor” are also present.

Item 3: Blue file folder, undated

Item 4: Blank white document envelope, undated

Folder 11: Gwendolyn Brooks speaking at the National Museum of African American History and Culture (Washington, D.C.), 1986

Baldwin, James is also present.

Folder 12

Item 1: Gwendolyn Brooks holding a bouquet of flowers at an honorary luncheon at the Library of Congress (Washington, D.C.), 1986

Item 2: Gwendolyn Brooks resting her head on her hand, 1970s

Item 3: Gwendolyn Brooks and attendees to a poetry reading and workshop at the Library of Congress (Washington, D.C.), 1986

Item 4: Gwendolyn Brooks giving signatures to incarcerated persons at Lorton Reformatory (Washington, D.C.) after a poetry reading and workshop, 1986

Item 5: Gwendolyn Brooks and others outside of the Library of Congress (Washington, D.C.), 1986

Photo is cut.

Item 6: Gregorian, Vartan (The New York Public Library) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1988

Item 7: The New York Public Library envelope to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1988

Folder 13

Item 1: View of “B-L-A-C-K-S” sign and artwork in an exhibit space, undated

Item 2: View of projected poems by Gwendolyn Brooks in an exhibit space, undated

Item 3-4: View of projected poems by Gwendolyn Brooks and a doorway in an exhibit space, undated

Box 361

Folder 1: Studio portraits of Gwendolyn Brooks and Brooks, Raymond, Sr., 1940s

Silver hinged bifold frame.

Folder 2: Gwendolyn Brooks and Blakely, Nora Brooks, 1990s

Brass frame with rounded edges.

Folder 3: Blakely, Henry, Sr; Christman, Nicholas; and Blakely, Henry, Jr. wearing sweaters, 1990s

Blue frame with visible wood grain.

Folder 4

Item 1: Lansana, Emily Hooper and Quraysh on their wedding day, 1990s

Small wooden frame with a geometric pattern.

Item 2: Madhubuti, Haki R; Gwendolyn Brooks; and Wigard, Pattie at North Park College, 1992

Small red wooden frame.

Folder 5

Item 1: Anderson, Albert A. wearing a three piece suit and leaning on a rattan chair, 1990s

Clear plastic frame.

Item 2: Anderson, Mary C. wearing a plaid dress and sitting on a rattan chair, 1990s

Clear plastic frame.

Item 3: Studio portrait of Blakely, Nora Brooks, 1970s

Imitation metal frame. Photo is embossed with “Camera Studios Chicago.”

Folder 6: Gwendolyn Brooks standing with her hands clasped beneath her chin, 1990s

White wooden frame.

Folder 7

Item 1: Gwendolyn Brooks resting her head on her hand, 1970s

Patterned oval frame.

Item 2: Empty gold frame, undated

Folder 8: Donaldson, Jan studio portrait, 1990s

Matted gold frame.

Folder 9

Item 1: Gwendolyn Brooks with students and school staff in a classroom, 1990s

Gold frame. Includes “Touring & Professional” note.

Item 2: Gwendolyn Brooks and Madhubuti, Haki R. at a banquet, 1990s

Light wooden frame.

Item 3: Studio portrait of a mother and child in an embrace, 1990s

Embellished silver frame.

Box 362

Folder 1: Corkboard cutout of Blakely, Henry, Sr.; Gwendolyn Brooks, and Blakely, Henry, Jr. sitting on a handrail, circa 1945

Photo is a colorized version of 00086_04_01_02_03_015.

Folder 2: Brooks, Keziah C. Wims studio portrait, 1960s

Cardboard frame.

Folder 3: Print of a man wearing a suit and tie, 1930s

Embellished gold frame.

Folder 4: Brooks, Keziah C. Wims; Gwendolyn Brooks; and Blakely, Nora Brooks sitting on a couch, late 1960s/early 1970s

Leaning black plastic frame.

Folder 5: Brooks, Raymond, Jr. sitting in a field, 1950s

Rotating wooden frame.

Box 363

Folder 1: Wims, Ella; Effie; Beulah; and Gertie posing outdoors, 1930s

Gold hinged trifold frame.

Folder 2: Blakely, Henry, Jr. and Nora Brooks, 1952

Silver grooved frame.

Folder 3: Blakely, Nora Brooks studio portrait, 1970s

Red wooden frame.

Folder 4: Gwendolyn Brooks; Blakely, Henry, Sr.; and another man speaking at a podium during an anniversary event for Kuumba Theatre Company, 1970s

Red wooden hinged trifold frame.

Folder 5: Brooks, David Anderson and Wims, Willie posing outdoors, 1930s, undated

Gold hinged bifold frame.

Folder 6: Wims, Luvenia sitting at a table and writing, 1920s

Embellished silver frame.

Sub-series 2: Albums and Scrapbooks

Box 364

Folder 1: Benefit conversazione for the Afro-American Society of Seminole Community College and the Middle Atlantic Writers Association (Baltimore), 1987

Small blue photo album.

Folder 2: Chicago Poetry Festival Tribute to Gwendolyn Brooks at Navy Pier, 1989

Red Sooters photo album. Includes “Touring & Professional” note. Madhubuti, Haki R.; Blakely, Henry, Sr.; and Blakely, Nora Brooks are also present.

Folder 3: Washington Seniors Wellness Center, 1985-1987

Gray textured “Photos” scrapbook. Includes poetry and ephemera from the Gwendolyn Brooks Poetry Awards for Seniors.

Folder 4: llinois State Library (Springfield, IL) dedication, 1990

“Carved in Stone” poem by Bray, Bob.

Folder 5: Empty taupe photo album printed with a painting of a bullfinch, 1996?

Includes a Polaroid photo of Gwendolyn Brooks wearing a gray blazer.

Box 365

Folder 1-5: Front cover grouping

Folder 1: Photos of family, friends, and colleagues, 1941, 1953, 1961, 1966-1969, 1974, undated

Includes Bennett, Lerone; Blakely, Nora Brooks and Henry, Jr.; Bradford, Walter; Brooks, Elizabeth; Gwendolyn Brooks; Brooks, Viola; Burroughs, Margaret; Cook, Mike; Cunningham, Marydeanne; Forkos, Melvyn; Fuller, Hoyt W.; Joyner, Glenda; Lee, Don L. (Madhubuti, Haki R.); Lewis, Roy; Llorens, David and Barbara; Rodgers, Carolyn; Scott, Sharon; Ward, Francis; and White, Charles.

Folder 2: Photos of family, friends, and colleagues, 1952, 1959, 1967-1970, undated

Includes Blakely, Henry, Jr., Nora Brooks, and Henry, Sr.; Gwendolyn Brooks; Brooks, Raymond, Jr., Paulette, David, and Robert; Burrell, Joseph; Cromie, Bob and Alice; Donaldson, Jeff; Greenfeld, Howard; Kalashnikoff, Nicholas; Lawrence, Elizabeth; Lee, Don (Madhubuti, Haki R.); “Lottie” (Broadside Press); Memmi, Jane and Albert; Miller, J. Roscoe (Northwestern University); Nader, Ralph (Northwestern University); Quayle, Ed; Randall, Dudley; Sachs, Jerome (Northwestern Illinois State College); Simmons, Howard; Turner, Marie Lucille; and Ward, Mary Jane.

Folder 3: Photos of family, friends, colleagues, and the Brooks family home, 1945, 1952-1959, 1971-1972, undated

Includes Blakely, Nora Brooks and Henry, Jr.; Boswell, Regina and Wendy; Gwendolyn Brooks; Brooks, Keziah C. Wims; Burrell, Joseph; Clark, Karen; Cromie, Bob; Donaldson, Jeff; Ellis, Curtis; Lewis, Roy; and Norris, Hoke. Also contains a certificate of burial for Fluffy (dog) and a Santa-Graf.

Folder 4: Photos of family, friends, and colleagues, 1962, 1965, 1970-1972, undated

Includes Blakely, Henry, Sr., Henry, Jr., and Nora Brooks; Gwendolyn Brooks; Brooks, Keziah C. Wims and Raymond, Sr.; Brown, Frank London and Evelyn; Brown, Oscar, Jr.; Fluffy (dog); Gwendolyn Brooks; Lee, Don L. (Madhubuti, Haki R.); Pace, Jean; Randall, Dudley; and Walthall, John, III. Also contains a “Ballad of Birmingham” pamphlet (Broadside Press), an issue of Broadside News (no. 4, March 1970; 2 copies), a sheet of cardboard, and an “AIR MAIL Special Delivery” envelope to Gwendolyn Brooks.

Folder 5: Photos of Gwendolyn Brooks, 1968, 1973

Includes a birth announcement for Kumonyaka, Hamutioni Piankhi; sheets of acid free paper; and an “Enlargement by Madsen” envelope.

Folder 6: Photos of family and home life, 1961, undated

Includes Blakely, Henry, Sr. and Henry, Jr.

Folder 7-10: Back cover grouping

Folder 7: Photos of family and friends, circa 1919, 1941, 1955-1956, 1961-1971, undated

Includes Blakely, Henry, Sr., Henry, Jr., Nora Brooks, Kathy, Cheryl, and Judy; Gwendolyn Brooks; Brooks, Keziah C. Wims; Conroy, Jack; Frye, Linda, Margaret, and Richard; Hill, Carol and John Albert; Ireland, Jimmy; and Price(?), Ernest.

Folder 8: Photos of family, friends, and colleagues, 1945, 1950-1959, 1963-1969, 1972

Includes Bishop, Susan (Chicago Tribune Books); Boswell, Wendy; Blakely, Nora Brooks, Henry, Jr., and Henry, Sr.; Gwendolyn Brooks; Brooks, Keziah C. Wims; Couch, Bill; Cromie, Alice; Dedmon, Emmett (Chicago Sun-Times); Fuller, Hoyt W.; Gildzen, Alex; Knight, Etheridge; Llorens, David and Barbara; Lucas, Robert; Spadaro, Giorgio I.; Thompson, Eva Bell; and Williamson, S. Contains an issue of the Dusable Dial (vol. 8, no. 5); a Llorens, David and Barbara card to Gwendolyn Brooks; a “David Llorens Wedding” envelope; a postcard of the Wall of Respect; and a cardboard frame.

Folder 9: Photos of Fluffy (dog), 1971

Contains a grouping of informational materials and receipts for Paw Print Gardens (Chicago).

Folder 10: Photos of family and friends, 1950-1952, 1958, 1962, 1969, 1970, 1972

Includes Blakely, Nora Brooks, Henry, Jr., and Henry, Sr.; Gwendolyn Brooks; Randall, Dudley; and “Sharon.” Contains a Springer, Mary and Norman postcard to Gwendolyn Brooks and newspaper clippings concerning her Pulitzer win

Box 366

Item 1: Brown scrapbook binding, undated

Cover reads, "Photographs."

Box 367

Folder 1: “Happy Birthday!” scrapbook (made by Zitch, Beryl), 1997

Box 369

Folder 1: “Autographs and Memories” scrapbook, 1930

File 2: Black journal scrapbook

Folder 2.1-2.19: Front cover grouping

Folder 2.1: Gwendolyn Brooks note to Brooks, Keziah C. Wims, 1986

Includes a Casaburro, Amy letter to Gwendolyn Brooks (1989) and an envelope.

Folder 2.2: Poetry drafts, 1991

Includes “In the Persian Gulf,” “Art,” and “Gang Girls” (two copies).

Folder 2.3: “Opening speech”, undated

Folder 2.4: “After Reading ‘A Birth’” speech, undated

Folder 2.5-2.8: Notes and jottings, 1981, 1989, undated

Folder 2.9: “Building” poem draft, 1985

Folder 2.10: Poetry drafts, 1989

Includes “Power” and “Water-trainers.”

Folder 2.11: Notes, undated

Folder 2.12: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to “Nia”, 1985

Folder 2.13: Notes, 1986, undated

Folder 2.14: Remarks on Kinnell, Galway; Guest, Barbara; and Harper, Michael, undated

Folder 2.15: Remarks on Harper, Michael; Ignatow, David; and Simpson, Louis, undated

Folder 2.16: “Guest, Harper, Ignatow, Kinnell, Grace Schulman, Simpson” note, undated

Folder 2.17: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Gregorian, Vartan (Brown University), undated

Never sent.

Folder 2.18: Notes and jottings, 1985, undated

Folder 2.19: “William Golding Wins Nobel Prize” newspaper article (The New York Times Large Type Weekly), 1983

Folder 2.21-2.35: Between “Keziah” and “Mama” pages

Folder 2.20: Remarks on Wilson, August, undated

Folder 2.21: Notes, undated

Folder 2.22-2.26: Reflections on The Color Purple film, 1985?

Folder 2.27: “Notes Along the Road”, 1991

Folder 2.28: “Important” note, undated

Folder 2.29: Remarks on family and holidays, 1991

Folder 2.30: Gwendolyn Brooks letters to Blakely, Nora Brooks and Madhubuti, Haki R. (Third World Press), 1997

Contains a separation sheet.

Folder 2.31: Speech for the funeral of Bradford, Walter, 1997

Includes a note.

Folder 2.32: Notes and jottings, 1997, undated

Folder 2.33: Newspaper clippings, 1991, undated

Folder 2.34: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Madhubuti, Haki R. (Third World Press), 1997

Contains a separation sheet.

Folder 2.35: Contact information for American Express, undated

Folder 2.36: Black journal, undated

Contains notes.

Box 370

File 1: “Abraham Lincoln Gettysburg Address”

Folder 1.1-1.2: Left pocket grouping

Folder 1.1: Gettysburg Address manuscript facsimile, 1960s

Folder 1.2: Watercolor painting of a young girl by Christmas, Edward C., 1967

Folder 1.3-1.4: Right pocket grouping

Folder 1.3: Informational pamphlet for the Gettysburg Address manuscript facsimile, 1960s

Includes articles by Walton, Clyde C. (Illinois State Historical Society) and Newman, Ralph G. (Chicago Civil War Centennial Commission).

Folder 1.4: Blakely, Nora Brooks photos, 1970s

Two photos.

Folder 1.5: “Abraham Lincoln Gettysburg Address” folder, undated

Folder 2: St. Lawrence University honorary degree scrapbook

Includes photos of Gwendolyn Brooks and St. Lawrencee University faculty and other degree recipients, newspaper clippings, an article photocopy, and a scrapbook with plastic page protectors.

Folder 3: “Poems written by me, up to January 1933 – Gwendolyn Brooks” book, 1974

Includes “Winnie.” Contains an inscription by University of California, Berkeley staff.

File 4: “Very Special–Reviews, Essays”

Folder 4.1-4.9: “Book Reviews by Gwendolyn Brooks” newspaper clippings, 1958-1965, undated

Many clippings are adhered to notebook pages.

Folder 4.10: “Book Reviews by Gwendolyn Brooks” notebook, 1980

Blank except for an inscription on the inside of the front cover.

Folder 4.11: “Very Special–Reviews, Essays” file folder, undated

Folder 5: “Published Verses (Defender)” newspaper clippings

Item 1-18: “A Pin” and “Shadows” grouping

Item 1: “Vacation”, undated

Item 2: “Selfish”, undated

Item 3: “Count No Day Lost”, undated

Item 4: “Give Up And Over”, undated

Item 5: “Baby”, undated

Item 6: “Something Finer”, undated

Item 7: “Nocturne”, undated

Item 8: “Myself”, undated

Item 9: “Friend”, undated

Item 10: “You Need Not Bring Me Roses”, undated

Item 11: “A Country Place”, undated

Item 12: “[I Know That] Music is Your Favorite”, undated

Item 13: “I Thank You for Your Kindness”, undated

Item 14: “Darling”, undated

Item 15: “Bubbles”, undated

Item 16: “For Gwendolyn Brooks (Appreciation)” by Abbott, Beatrice, 1935

Item 17: “For Gwendolyn Brooks (Who Thinks There’s No Happiness)” by Huff, William Henry, 1937

Item 18: “Completion”, undated

Item 19-20: Dan Burley grouping

Item 19: “Legend of the Old Boy”, undated

Inserted near “Sonnets for Beatrice.”

Item 20: “There’s no need to hold back the short, short, short stories!”, undated

Item 21: “Sunday In April” manuscript, undated

Inserted near “Plaint.”

Item 22: Pink sheet of cardstock, undated

Includes a small blank paper fragment.

Series 5: Drawings

Box 371

Folder 1: Ink drawing of a young boy, 1933

00086_02_02_01_001

Folder 2: Stylized graphite drawing of a woman, 1933

00086_02_02_01_003

Folder 3: Stylized graphite drawing of a woman, 1933

00086_02_02_01_004

Folder 4: “Roscoe King,” graphite drawing, 1934

00086_02_02_01_005

Folder 5: “Roscoe King,” graphite drawing, 1934

00086_02_02_01_008

Folder 6: “Mama,” crayon and graphite drawing, 1934

00086_02_02_01_006

Folder 7: “Frederic March,” graphite drawing, 1934

00086_02_02_01_007

Folder 8: Woman arranged with hair to one side, 1934

00086_02_02_02_001

Folder 9: Woman with a wrap neckline, crayon drawing, 1934

00086_02_02_02_004

Folder 10: “Girls,” graphite drawing with poems, 1937

00086_02_02_02_002

Folder 11: Ink drawing of a woman, 1979

00086_02_02_01_002

Folder 12: “Sagacious Suzie,” ink drawings with a poem, undated

00086_02_02_02_003

Folder 13: Single head graphite drawing, undated

00086_02_02_02_005. Separation sheet.

Folder 14: “Drawings Gwendolyn Brooks” envelope, undated

Box 372

Item 1: Single head graphite drawing, undated

00086_02_02_02_005. Includes separation sheet.

Series 6: Calendars

Box 373

Folder 1: Detached calendar pages for March and April 1964, 1964

Folder 2: Hallmark Date Book, 1970

Folder 3: “Yearly Appointment Calendar”, September 1970-August 1971

Folder 4: “Afrikan Date Book in Swahili” (created by the Institute of Positive Education), December 1972-January 1974

Folder 5: Smokey the Bear pocket calendar, December 1976-June 1978

Folder 6: Bates College Calendar, February-November 1978

Folder 7: Pocket calendars, 1982

Folder 8: Distinguished Black Women (Black Women in Sisterhood for Action (B.I.S.A.)) calendar, 1984

Folder 9: Daily planner and Hallmark Date Books, 1985-1986

Includes correspondence, evaluation forms, invoices, receipts, and notes for events requiring travel and accommodations.

Folder 10: Calendars, 1986

RBML Staff: See PDF finding aid.

Folder 11: “Calendar of Events in the Library of Congress”, May 1986

Folder 12: Daily planner and comb-bound calendar, January 1986-May 1989

RBML Staff: See PDF finding aid.

Folder 13: “Fortnightly Calendar”, 1988

Folder 14: “Monthly Academic” pocket calendar, 1989-1990

RBML Staff: See PDF finding aid.

Folder 15: Appointment book and calendars, 1991

RBML Staff: See PDF finding aid.

Box 374

Folder 1: Pocket calendars, planners, and date books, 1970-1975

RBML Staff: See PDF finding aid.

Folder 2: Pocket calendars and date books, 1975-1979

RBML Staff: See PDF finding aid.

Folder 3: Calendars, 1980-1983, 1991

Box 375

Folder 1: Postcard calendar (Illinois Homemakers Extension Federation), 1991

Includes cover page and pages for January-April.

Folder 2: “Made by Nora” printed calendar, October-November 1992

Folder 3: Calendars, 1993

Folder 4: Calendars, 1994

Includes a letter from “Bery” on February 22, 1994.

Folder 5: Calendars and notes, 1996

Folder 6: “October 1997” calendar page, 1997

Folder 7: “1997 First Amendment Calendar”, 1997

Folder 8: Calendars and engagement book, 1997

Folder 9: Calendar, 1998

Item is missing pages for May and June.

Folder 10: CARE calendar, April-December 1999

Folder 11: Hallmark “America” calendar, 2000

Folder 12: “February” calendar page and pocket organizer, undated

Series 7: Public Engagements

Sub-series 1: Contracts and Contemporary Forum Documents

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

Sub-series 2: Advertisements and Publicity/Programs

Box 387

Folder 1: 1934-June 1958

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

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

Item 3: Hirsh High School commencement program, 1958

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

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

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

Folder 5: April 1964

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

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

Two copies.

Folder 6: May-June 1964

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

Item 2: Columbia College commencement program, 1964

Folder 7: Columbia College commencement programs, 1964

Nine copies.

Folder 8: November-December 1964

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

Item 2: “I see Chicago” reception, 1964

Folder 9: April 1965

Item 1: Society of Midland Authors Day, 1965

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

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

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

Folder 12: Lake Forest College Commencement program, 1965

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

Four copies.

Folder 14: Elmhurst College Bulletin, 1966

Folder 15: Spring-June 1996

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

Item 2: Elmhurst College Commencement program, 1996

Folder 16: Pulitzer Prize programs, 1966

Folder 17: Friends of Literature invitation, 1967

Folder 18: Indiana University Writers’ Conference, 1967

Folder 19-20: Chicago Picasso Dedication program, 1967

Folder 21: January 1968-May 1969

Item 1: City of Gary Official Inaugural Program, 1968

Item 3: Wisconsin Union Literary Committee and University of Wisconsin Madison flyer, 1969

Item 2: City of Gary Official Inaugural Program and envelope from Lane, Pinkie Gordon, 1968, undated

Folder 22: Honors Convocation program for Lewis College, 1968

Three copies.

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

Four copies.

Folder 24: Forrestville High School Commencement programs, 1968

Two copies.

Folder 25: October 1968

Item 1: “For Illinois” program, 1968

Three copies.

Item 2: Centennial Building Dedication program, 1968

Folder 26: October-December 1968, 1968

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

Item 2: Centennial Building Dedication program, 1968

Folder 27: Cleveland Public Library Centennial Banquet program, 1969

Folder 28: Honors Convocation program for Skidmore Convocation, 1969

Folder 29: May-November 1969

Item 1: The Society of Midland Authors Annual Dinner program

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

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

Two copies.

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

Item 5: Mundelein College Learning Resource Center Dedication program

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

Folder 31: Northwestern University Commencement program, 1969

Two copies, one pulled for conservation.

Box 388

Folder 1: Loyola University Centennial Convocation, 1970

Folder 2: Northwestern University Commencement program, 1970

Folder 3: The Black Position publication, 1970

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

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

Folder 6: April 1972

Item 1: Paley Library poetry reading program, 1972

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

Folder 7: May-June 1972

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

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

Folder 8: Western Illinois University Commencement program, 1971

Two copies.

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

Folder 10: July-October 1973

Item 1: Barat College Gwendolyn Brooks Day program, 1973

Two copies.

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

Folder 11: April-May 1974

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

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

Folder 12: April 1974-April 1945

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

Item 1: Newspaper clippings, 1975

Item 2: University of Toledo event poster, 1974

Folder 13: Brown University Commencement program, 1974

Folder 14: April-May 1975

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

Two copies.

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

Folder 15: Writers’ Conference pamphlet, 1975

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

Folder 17: November-December 1975

Item 1: KUUMBA workshop information, 1975

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

Two copies.

Item 3: Nation Information Center Poetry lecture flyer, 1975

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

Folder 18: January-April 1976

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

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

Item 3: The Chicago Branch NAACP salute Governor Otto Kerner program and press release, 1976

Item 4: Gwendolyn Brooks at Kent State University event flyer, 1976

Item 5: The Poetry Society of America annual dinner program, 1976

Folder 19: May-June 1976

Item 1: St. Lawrence University Commencement programs, 1976

Two copies.

Item 2: The Cuyahoga Writers’ Conference flyer, 1976

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

Six copies.

Folder 21: February-March 1977

Item 1: Anne Spencer Landmark Dedication program, 1977

Item 2: La Verne College Encounter Series flyer, 1977

Three copies.

Item 3: Gwendolyn Brooks at Shasta College flyer, 1977

Folder 22: May 1977

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

Two copies.

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

Folder 23: May 1977

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

Item 2: Gwendolyn Brooks at Shasta College flyer, 1977

Three copies.

Folder 24: Colby College Commencement program, 1977

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

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

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

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

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

Folder 30: April-May 1978

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

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

Item 3: Poetry reading at Carlow College program, 1978

Two copies.

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

Folder 31: Bates College Commencement program, 1978

Two copies.

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

Two copies.

Folder 33: August 1978-March 1987

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

Three copies.

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

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

Three copies.

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

Five copies.

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

Two copies.

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

Folder 34: October-December 1978

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

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

Item 3: Gwendolyn Brooks Auditorium Dedication Assembly, 1978

Box 389

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

Two copies

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

Folder 3: April-May 1979

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

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

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

Folder 5: September-October 1979

Item 1: Abraham Lincon Center event invitation, 1979

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

Folder 6: Central State University Convocation program, 1979

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

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

Folder 9: February-March 1980

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

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

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

Two copies.

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

Folder 11: April-November 1980

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

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

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

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

Item 5: Metropolitan Community Church Tidings Parish Notes and Announcements

Two copies.

Folder 12: November-December 1980

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

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

Item 3: Metropolitan Community Church Tidings service program, 1980

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

Folder 13: March 1981-May 1982

Includes separation sheet.

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

Item 2: Lincolnwood Library Literary Festival program, 1982

Item 3: Duke University Graduation program, 1981

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

Folder 15: June 1981

Item 1: Englewood High School Dedication program, 1981

Item 2: Remembering Nelson Algren flyer, 1981

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

Folder 17: November 1981

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

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

Folder 18: The American Book Awards booklet, 1982

Folder 19: June-September 1982

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

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

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

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

Folder 20: September-November 1982

Item 1: Colloquy fall events flyer, 1982

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

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

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

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

Folder 22: 1982-1983

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

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

Folder 23: Sesquicentennial Birthday Poetry Reception programs, 1983

Folder 24: January-February 1983

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

Two copies.

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

Item 3: Artists for Harold Washington Jubilee flyer, 1983

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

Folder 26: April-June 1983

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

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

Item 3: Washburn University Commencement program, 1983

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

Six copies.

Folder 28: June-September 1983

Item 1: Dial-A-Poem pamphlet, 1983

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

Two copies.

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

Folder 30: College of Lake County Annual Report, 1984

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

Two copies of program.

Box 390

Folder 1: February-April 1984

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

Four copies.

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

Folder 2: May 1984

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

Two copies.

Item 2: College of Lake County Commencement program, 1984

Folder 3: May 1984

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

Two copies.

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

Folder 4: June-September 1984

Item 1: Carver Community Cultural Center event schedule, 1984

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

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

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

Two copies.

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

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

Three copies of program.

Folder 8: January-February 1985

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

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

Item 3: Gwendolyn Brooks poetry reading at UCLA, 1985

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

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

Folder 10: May 1985

Folder 11: May-November 1985

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

Two copies.

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

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

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

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

Two copies.

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

Three copies.

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

Folder 14: February-March 1986

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

Three copies.

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

Folder 15: Langston Hughes Festival program, 1986

Two copies.

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

Folder 17: Gwendolyn Brooks Poetry Award For Seniors materials

Folder 18: April 1986

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

Two copies.

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

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

Folder 19: George Washington University Commencement program, 1986

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

Three posters.

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

Folder 22: May 1986

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

Two copies.

Item 2: Spelman College Commencement program, 1986

Four copies.

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

Folder 24: University of Vermont Commencement programs, 1986

Three copies.

Folder 25: Seattle University Commencement program, 1986

Two copies.

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

Five copies.

Folder 27: Gwendolyn Brooks Day program, 1986

24 copies.

Box 391

Folder 1: December 1986

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

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

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

Two copies.

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

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

Folder 2: January 1987

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

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

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

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

Folder 4: February-March 1987

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

Item 2: Boise State University programs spring schedule, 1987

Item 3: Bellarmine College Lecture series, 1987

Moved to Box 154, oversized.

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

Four programs.

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

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

12 copies.

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

Three copies.

Folder 9: March-April 1987

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

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

Folder 10: Inaugural Program City of Chicago, 1987

Two copies.

Folder 11: Clark University Commencement program and speech, 1987

Folder 12: Chicago State University Commencement program, 1987

Folder 13: June 1987

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

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

Two copies.

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

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

Folder 16: October-December 1987

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

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

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

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

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

Folder 18: January-February 1988

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

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

Two copies.

Folder 19: February 1988

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

Two copies.

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

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

Folder 20: March-April 1988

Item 1: Tucson Poetry Festival pamphlet, 1988

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

Item 3: Kansas City American Arts Festival schedule, 1988

Item 4: Kansas City American Arts Festival pamphlet, 1988

Two copies.

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

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

Includes publication of Carousel newspaper.

Folder 22: May 1988

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

Includes thank you card.

Item 2: National Black Wholistic Retreat flyer, 1988

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

Folder 23: June 1988

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

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

Folder 24: September-October 1988

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

Two copies.

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

Five copies.

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

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

Item 5: Millikin University visit schedule, 1988

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

Folder 25: Chicago Tribune Literary Awards poster, 1988

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

Includes newspaper clipping.

Folder 27: Essence Awards program and supplement, 1988

Two copies.

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

Four programs and enclosures.

Box 392

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

Two copies.

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

Two copies.

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

Includes two posters and a newspaper clipping.

Folder 4: February 1989

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

Four copies.

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

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

Two copies.

Folder 6: March 1989

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

Item 2: Morton College Gwendolyn brooks event program, 1989

Item 3: Penn State poetry reading program, 1989

Four copies.

Folder 7: Purdue University Cultural Arts Series calendar, 1989

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

Folder 9: April 1989

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

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

Two copies.

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

Two copies of both.

Folder 10: Paderewski School poetry workshop, 1989

Includes note from Zitch, Beryl.

Folder 11: April-June 1989

Item 1: Woodson Foundation April event pamphlet, 1989

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

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

Four copies.

Folder 12: April 1989

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

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

Three copies.

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

Folder 14: May 1989

Item 1: Academy of American Poets Calendar, 1989

Item 2: Earlham College Convocations flyer, 1989

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

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

Folder 17: Kennedy-King College Commencement programs, 1989

Three copies.

Folder 18: May 1989

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

Two copies.

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

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

Folder 20: June 1989

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

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

Item 3: Morgan Park Academy Commencement program, 1989

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

Three copies of program.

Folder 22: Edward Jenner Elementary School Commencement program, 1989

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

Three copies.

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

Folder 25: September 1989

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

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

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

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

Folder 28: League of Black Women event materials, 1989

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

Two copies.

Box 393

Folder 1: Pen/Faulkner Award program, 1989

Folder 2: November 1989

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

Item 2: California State Los Angeles Prisms pamphlet, 1989

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

Folder 3: Morton College event program, 1989

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

Folder 5: February 1990, 1990

Item 1: Gospel Jubilee Extravaganza flyer and program, 1990

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

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

Folder 6: March 1990

Item 1: Gwendolyn Brooks Visits Westinghouse program, 1990

Two copies.

Item 2: University of Kentucky Women Writers Conference, 1990

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

Seven copies.

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

Folder 9: St. Ambrose University Commencement program, 1990

Folder 10: Trinity College Commencement programs, 1990

Three copies.

Folder 11: Illinois State Library materials, 1990

Folder 12: June 1990

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

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

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

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

Folder 14: September 1990, 1990

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

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

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

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

Folder 16: October 1990

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

Item 2: Beyond Baroque Foundation pamphlet, 1990

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

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

Four copies.

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

Fifteen copies.

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

Folder 20: October 1990

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

Eight copies.

Item 2: Gwendolyn Brooks event at Salisbury University, 1990

Two copies.

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

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

Folder 22: November 1990

Item 1: Eisenhower Junior High School event flyers, 1990

Item 2: Forum Assembly at Marriot Center schedule, 1990

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

Folder 23: January 1991

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

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

Folder 24: February 1991

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

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

Item 3: Gwendolyn Brooks at Clemson University program, 1991

Folder 25: February 1991

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

Includes newspaper clipping.

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

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

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

Ten copies.

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

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

Includes notes enclosures by Gwendolyn Brooks.

Folder 30: Rockford College Uncommon Lives program, 1991

Five copies.

Folder 31: University of Kansas poetry reading materials, 1991

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

Eight copies.

Folder 33: April 1991

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

Item 2: Poetry Society of America Constitution, 1991

Box 394

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

Folder 2: May 1991

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

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

Folder 3: Chicago State University Commencement program, 1991

Folder 4: Bowen High School event program, 1991

Two copies.

Folder 5: Esmond Elementary School event program, 1991

34 copies.

Folder 6: Wesleyan University Commencement materials, 1991

Includes two copies of program and photos of Gwendolyn Brooks.

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

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

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

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

Includes photo of Gwendolyn Brooks.

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

Includes newspaper.

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

Two copies.

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

Four copies.

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

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

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

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

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

Folder 18: November 1991

Item 1: Rockford College Jane Addams Medal materials, 1991

Includes student poetry.

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

Two copies.

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

Box 395

Folder 1: December 1991

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

Four copies.

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

Folder 2: December 1991

Item 1: Pre-Kwanzaa Festival newspaper clipping, 1991

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

Folder 3: January 1992

Item 1: Roosevelt University Convocation program, 1992

Four copies.

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

Folder 4: January-February 1992

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

Item 2: Fredonia State event flyer, 1992

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

Folder 5: February 1992

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

Two copies.

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

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

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

Folder 8: March 1992

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

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

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

Folder 9: March-April 1992

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

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

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

Includes 17 programs, flyer, and campus week newsletter.

Folder 11: Union University event programs, 1992

Six copies.

Folder 12: April 1992

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

Two copies.

Item 2: New Jersey Poetry Calendar, 1992

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

Eight copies.

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

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

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

Folder 16: Northern Illinois University Commencement program, 1992

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

Three copies.

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

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

Two copies.

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

12 copies.

Folder 21: June 1992

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

Folder 2: Edward Jenner Elementary School Commencement program, 1992

Folder 22: June-September 1992

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

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

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

Box 396

Folder 1: October 1992

Item 1: Ball State University event materials, 1992

Includes flyer, newspaper clipping, and thank you note.

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

Two copies.

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

Four copies.

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

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

Four copies.

Folder 4: 1992

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

Item 2: Stephen Caldwell Wright Acceptance Tribute programs, 1992

Two copies, one signed by Wright, Stephen Caldwell.

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

Folder 5: January-February 1993

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

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

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

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

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

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

Folder 8: YWCA XIII Annual Leader Luncheon program, 1993

Folder 9: Hendrix-Murphy Foundation Programs poster, 1993

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

Folder 11: March 1993

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

Three copies.

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

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

Two copies.

Folder 13: March-April 1993

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

Item 2: Fort Worth visit materials, 1993

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

Folder 14: Texas Wesleyan University event programs, 1993

Thirteen copies.

Folder 15: April 1993

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

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

Two copies.

Folder 16: April-May 1993

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

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

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

Item 4: Culture in Action Full Circle poster, 1993

Folder 17: May 1993

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

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

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

Includes newspaper clipping.

Folder 19: University of Wisconsin Parkside Commencement programs, 1993

Two copies.

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

Four copies.

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

Three copies.

Folder 22: Full Circle invitations, 1993

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

Two copies.

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

Five copies.

Folder 25: Carleton College Commencement materials, 1993

Includes script, program, and viewbook.

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

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

Two copies.

Box 397

Folder 1: Los Angeles Festival promotional materials, 1993

Folder 2: Champaign Public Library event programs

Two copies.

Folder 3: September 1993

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

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

Folder 4: Robert Morris College Commencement programs, 1993

Two copies.

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

Two copies.

Folder 6: Hope College Critical Issues Symposium program, 1993

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

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

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

Five copies.

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

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

21 copies.

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

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

Folder 14: Lake Michigan College event pamphlets, 1993

16 copies.

Folder 15: January 1994

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

Four copies.

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

Item 3: 1994 William McKinley Visiting Scholar pamphlet, 1994

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

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

Folder 17: February 1994

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

Item 2: 1994 William McKinley Visiting Scholar pamphlet, 1994

Two copies.

Folder 18: February-March 1994

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

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

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

Two copies.

Folder 20: March-April 1994

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

Item 2: Purdue University Fall Cultural Arts Series, 1994

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

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

Folder 22: April 1994

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

Two copies.

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

Two copies.

Folder 23: Wittenberg Guild Wittenberg Series event program, 1994

Box 398

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

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

Folder 2: May 1994

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

Two copies.

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

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

Four copies of programs.

Folder 4: Center for New Horizons Program, 1994

Folder 5: DePaul University Commencement material, 1994

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

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

Includes programs and flyers.

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

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

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

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

Two copies.

Folder 10: November 1994

Item 1: Danville Junior College visit flyer, 1994

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

Includes invitation, program, and newspaper clipping.

Folder 11: National Book Awards promotional materials, 1994

Includes a flyer and two copies of programs.

Folder 12: January 1995

Item 1: Biography update for Gwendolyn Brooks, 1995

Item 2: Chicago Sinfonietta program and ticket, 1995

Folder 13: Chicago State University Commencement program, 1995

Includes name place card for Gwendolyn Brooks.

Folder 14: February 1995

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

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

Three programs.

Folder 15: February 1995

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

Two copies.

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

Three copies.

Folder 16: February 1995

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

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

Folder 17: February-March 1995

Item 1: Roosevelt University event leaflet, 1995

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

Includes program, flyers, correspondence.

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

Includes programs, flyers, and poems.

Folder 19: April 1995

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

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

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

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

Three copies.

Folder 21: May 1995

Item 1: Joliet Junior College Commencement program, 1995

Item 2: American Book Award materials, 1995

Folder 22: Bradley University Convocation programs, 1995

Three copies.

Folder 23: North Central College Honors Convocation materials, 1995

Box 399

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

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

Folder 3: YWCA Leader Luncheon program, 1995

Folder 4: Peoples Church of Chicago event materials, 1995

Includes flyers and programs.

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

Includes six copies of program and program draft.

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

Not related to Gwendolyn Brooks.

Folder 7: October 1995

Item 1: Fourth Presbyterian Church program, 1995

Item 2: Emporia State University event flyer, 1994

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

Three copies.

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

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

22 copies.

Folder 10: November 1995

Item 1: Beloit College Great Lecture Series leaflet, 1995

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

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

Folder 11: December 1995

Item 1: Rising Star invitation, 1995

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

Folder 12: American Book Awards Program, 1995

Folder 13: Chicago State University Commencement materials, 1996

Includes program, name place card, and script.

Folder 14: February 1996

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

Item 2: Cambridge Public Library flyers and pamphlet, 1996

Two copies.

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

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

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

Five copies.

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

Folder 18: February 1996

Item 1: Eisenhower Junior High School program, 1996

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

Three copies.

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

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

Folder 20: April 1996

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

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

Item 3: The Caxton Club event pamphlet, 1996

Item 4: Fortnightly of Chicago event dinner menu, 1996

Folder 21: April 1996

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

Two copies.

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

Folder 22: Topeka Public Schools honoring Gwendolyn Brooks, 1996

Folder 23: May 1996

Item 1: Gwendolyn Brooks Park Dedication materials, 1996

Includes photo and twelve copies of programs.

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

Includes flyers.

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

Box 400

Folder 1: May 1996

Item 1: English Department poetry reading program, 1996

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

Item 3: The College of Wooster Commencement program, 1996

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

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

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

Folder 4: Chicago State University Commencement program, 1996

Folder 5: June-September 1996

Item 1: Barnes & Noble Events newsletter, 1996

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

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

Item 4: Alma College Opening Convocation program, 1996

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

Item 6: Illinois Authors Book Fair poster, 1996

Item 7: Illinois Authors Book Fair newsletter, 1996

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

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

Folder 7: October 1996

Item 1: John Brown University visit materials, 1996

Includes pamphlet, flyer, and magazine clipping.

Item 2: Illinois Authors Book Fair pamphlets, 1996

Three copies.

Folder 8: October 1996

Item 1: Lawrence High School Library event flyers, 1996

Two copies.

Item 2: Barnes & Noble event flyers, 1996

Two copies.

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

Six copies.

Folder 10: The Immaculate Conception Parish program, 1996

Folder 11: October 1996, 1996

Item 1: Lincoln University Gwendolyn Brooks book signing, 1996

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

Includes three programs and two copies of Langston Hughes Bibliography.

Folder 12: 1996

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

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

Four copies.

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

Three copies.

Folder 13: Chicago State University Commencement materials, 1997

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

Folder 14: Howard University event programs, 1997

Folder 15: February-March 1997

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

Item 2: Auraria Campus event bookmarks, 1997

Five copies.

Folder 16: March-April 1997

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

Includes four copies and a photocopy.

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

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

Two copies.

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

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

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

Three copies.

Folder 20: April 1996

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

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

Box 401

Folder 1: May 1997

Item 1: Smith College Commencement program, 1997

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

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

Folder 3: June 1997

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

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

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

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

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

Folder 5: September 1997

Item 1: Third World Press Gala Celebration ticket, 1997

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

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

Three copies.

Folder 6: Glenview Public Library visit materials, 1997

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

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

Folder 8: October 1997

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

Five copies of programs.

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

Folder 9: October 1997

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

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

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

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

Includes two copies of programs and a Crown Plaza notepad.

Folder 11: February-March 1998

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

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

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

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

Folder 12: March-June 1998

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

Item 2: Gwendolyn Brooks Junior High School Promotion program

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

Folder 13: April 1998

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

Folder 14: April 1998

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

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

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

Folder 15: April 1998

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

13 copies.

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

Two copies.

Folder 16: April-May 1998

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

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

Folder 17: University of Wisconsin Madison Hilldale Lectures, 1998

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

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

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

Box 402

Folder 1: January-March 1999

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

Item 2: Illinois Wesleyan University Poster, 1999

Removed to oversized box 155.

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

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

Folder 3: April 1999

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

Three copies.

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

Folder 4: April 1999

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

Four copies.

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

Folder 5: April 1999-June 2000

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

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

Item 3: Manchester College event flyer, undated

Folder 6: June-September 1999

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

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

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

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

Removed to oversized box 155.

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

Folder 8: October 1999

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

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

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

Five copies.

Folder 10: October-November 1999

Item 1: University Press of Virginia event flyer, 1999

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

Folder 11: November 1999

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

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

Folder 12: December 1999-1999

Item 1: Third World Press Fall pamphlet, 1999

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

Folder 13: January 2000

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

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

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

Folder 15: February 2000

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

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

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

Includes copy of “Lift Every Voice and Sing.”

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

Folder 17: March 2000

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

Item 2: Kean University Contemporary Writers Series flyer, 2000

Item 3: Drum and Spear event flyers, 2000

Two copies.

Folder 18: March 2000

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

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

Folder 19: April 2000

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

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

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

Three copies.

Folder 21: May 2000

Item 1: Academy of American Poets award information, 2000

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

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

Folder 22: Academy of American Poets award information, 2000

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

Two copies.

Folder 24: June 2000

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

Nine copies.

Item 2: North Austin Branch Library event program, 2000

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

Includes three copies of programs and flyer.

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

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

Four programs.

Folder 28: October-November 2000

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

Item 2: List of events, 2000

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

Box 403

Folder 1: February of Unknown Year

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

Four copies.

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

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

Four copies.

Folder 2: February of Unknown Year

Item 1: Lindenwood College poetry reading event flyer, undated

Item 2: Lake City Community College event program, undated

Item 3: Franklin and Marshall College event poster, undated

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

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

Folder 3: March-April of Unknown Year

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

Item 2: Bluffton College event leaflets, undated

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

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

Folder 4: April of Unknown Year

Item 1: Hammond Public Library press release, undated

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

Item 3: Texas Wesleyan University event flyer, undated

Folder 5: April of Unknown Year

Item 1: Lincoln University Fine Arts Festival program, undated

Item 2: Manchester College event flyer, undated

Folder 6: April of Unknown Year

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

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

Item 3: Austin Community College event flyer copy, undated

Folder 7: May of Unknown Year

Item 1: Northeastern Illinois State College Convocation invitation, undated

Two copies.

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

Folder 8: May of Unknown Year

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

Flyer has been removed to oversized.

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

Folder 9: June of Unknown Year

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

Item 2: Friendship Village Senior Artists Series pamphlet, undated

Three copies.

Folder 10: July-August of Unknown Year, undated

Includes Anchor Arts Organization event flyers.

Folder 11: August-September of Unknown Year

Item 1: Andre De Shields Midnight flyer, undated

Item 2: Los Angeles Festival event materials, undated

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

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

Folder 12: Event badge and pin, undated

Folder 13: October of Unknown Year

Item 1: Rutgers University-Camden event flyer, undated

Two copies.

Item 2: Rutgers University-Camden event feedback sheet, undated

Item 3: Los Angeles City College event flyer, undated

Item 4: Beyond Baroque event leaflets, undated

Four copies.

Folder 14: October of Unknown Year

Item 1: Stephens College event leaflet, undated

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

Folder 15: November of Unknown Year

Item 1: Department of English event flyer, undated

Item 2: Adams State College event flyer, undated

Folder 16: December of Unknown Year

Item 1: Seward County Community College event materials

Item 2: Clark University event pamphlet, undated

Seven copies.

Folder 17: Undated materials

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

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

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

Item 4: Gwendolyn Brooks biography and poems flyer, undated

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

Item 6: Chicago Public Library selected biography pamphlet, undated

Item 7: “State Street", undated

Folder 18: Gwendolyn Brooks promotional materials, undated

Folder 19: Undated materials

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

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

Folder 20: Gwendolyn Brooks biography pamphlet, undated

Three copies.

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

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

Eleven copies.

Folder 23: Undated materials

Item 1: Maywood Public Library event pamphlet, undated

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

Folder 24: Keller Gifted Magnet Center event program, undated

Folder 25: Shelby State Community College event program, undated

Two copies.

Folder 26: Undated materials

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

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

Folder 27: Undated materials

Item 1: Gwendolyn Brooks Literary Society pamphlet, undated

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

Three copies.

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

Folder 28: Undated materials

Item 1: First World pamphlet, undated

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

Item 3: York High School event menu, undated

Folder 29: Undated materials

Item 1: WDMS Parent Teacher Association event program, undated

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

Two copies.

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

Item 4: Event seating plan, undated

Item 5: Zebra Crossing Theatre notes, undated

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

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

Seven copies.

Folder 30: The Contemporary Forum promotional materials, undated

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

96 copies.

Folder 32: “Gwendolyn Brooks Day” script, undated

Box 404

Sub-series 3: Phone Numbers, Addresses, and Business Cards

Box 405

Folder 1: Loose Addresses Ad-Al, undated

Folder 2: Loose Addresses Am-Ay, undated

Folder 3: Loose Addresses Ba, undated

Folder 4: Loose Addresses Be-Bi, undated

Folder 5: Loose Addresses Bl, undated

Includes Blakely, Henry and Blakely, Nora Brooks.

Folder 6: Loose Addresses Bo-Br, undated

Folder 7: Loose Addresses Bu-By, undated

Folder 8: Loose Addresses Ca-Ci, undated

Folder 9: Loose Addresses Cl-Co, undated

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

Folder 11: Loose Addresses Da-De, undated

Folder 12: Loose Addresses Di-Do, undated

Folder 13: Loose Addresses Dr-Dy, undated

Folder 14: Loose Addresses E, undated

Folder 15: Loose Addresses F, undated

Folder 16: Loose Addresses G, undated

Folder 17: Loose Addresses Ha, undated

Folder 18: Loose Addresses He-Hi, undated

Folder 19: Loose Addresses Ho-Hu, undated

Folder 20: Loose Addresses Ja-Ji, undated

Folder 21: Loose Addresses Jo-Ju, undated

Folder 22: Loose Addresses I, undated

Folder 23: Loose Addresses K, undated

Folder 24: Loose Addresses La-Le, undated

Folder 25: Loose Addresses Li-Ly, undated

Folder 26: Loose Addresses Ma, undated

Folder 27: Loose Addresses Mc, undated

Folder 28: Loose Addresses Me-Mi, undated

Folder 29: Loose Addresses Mo-My, undated

Folder 30: Loose Addresses N, undated

Folder 31: Loose Addresses O, undated

Folder 32: Loose Addresses Pa-Pe, undated

Folder 33: Loose Addresses Ph-Pr, undated

Folder 34: Loose Addresses Pa-Pe, undated

Folder 35: Loose Addresses Q, undated

Folder 36: Loose Addresses Ra-Ri, undated

Folder 37: Loose Addresses Ro-Ru, undated

Folder 38: Loose Addresses Sa-Sc, undated

Folder 39: Loose Addresses Se-Sl, undated

Folder 40: Loose Addresses Sm-Sp, undated

Folder 41: Loose Addresses St-Su, undated

Folder 42: Loose Addresses Ta-Tu, undated

Bulk of contact information is Ta-Th.

Folder 43: Loose Addresses Ti-Tu, undated

Folder 44: Loose Addresses U, undated

Folder 45: Loose Addresses V, undated

Folder 46: Loose Addresses Wa, undated

Folder 47: Loose Addresses We, undated

Folder 48: Loose Addresses Wh-Wi, undated

Folder 49: Loose Addresses Wo-Wr, undated

Folder 50: Loose Addresses Y, undated

Folder 51: Loose Addresses Z, undated

Includes Zitch, Beryl.

Box 406

Folder 1-16: Loose Addresses

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

Folder 14: First name only, undated

Folder 15: No name, undated

Folder 16: Numbers, undated

Folder 17: Stamp

Folder 18: “Addresses” envelope, undated

Folder 19: The Chicago Network Directory of Members, 1983

Folder 20: The Cliff Dwellers directory, undated

Folder 21: The Society of Midland Authors Yearbook, 1993

Folder 22: Memo book notebook, undated

Includes Aguila, Caroline.

Folder 23: Blue address book, undated

Folder 24: Red address book, undated

Folder 25: Mini composition book, undated

Box 407

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

Folder 1.1: Correspondence, 1982

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

Folder 1.2: Correspondence, 1981-1982

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

Folder 1.3: Correspondence, 1981-1982

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

Folder 1.4: Correspondence, 1981-1982

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

Folder 1.5: Empty envelopes, 1981-1982

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

Folder 1.6-1.11: Loose contact information, undated

Folder 1.12: “Addresses” envelope, sealed, undated

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

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

Folder 1.20: Grouping of Addresses #1, undated

Folder 1.21: Grouping of Addresses #2, undated

Folder 1.22: Grouping of Addresses #3, undated

Folder 1.23: Grouping of Addresses #4, undated

Folder 1.24: Grouping of Addresses #5, undated

Folder 1.25: Grouping of Addresses #6, undated

Folder 1.26: Envelope, undated

Box 408

File 1: “Addresses” envelope, undated

File 2: “Contacts”

Folder 2.1: Loose contact information, undated

Folder 2.2: Yellow address book, circa 1970

Folder 2.3: Blue memo book, undated

Folder 2.4: Pink memo book, undated

Folder 2.5: “Bloomington” envelope, 1999

Folder 2.6: “First World Subscriptions” envelope, undated

Folder 2.7: “Important Addresses” envelope, undated

Folder 2.8: “Important Russian addresses” envelope, undated

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

Folder 2.11: Grouping of contact information #1, undated

Folder 2.12: Grouping of contact information #2, undated

Folder 2.13: Envelope, undated

Box 409

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

Includes photo of child.

File 2: “Special Addresses” yellow envelope

1986, undated

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

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

Includes news clippings of Zitch, Beryl obituary.

Folder 5: Grouping of contact information #1, undated

Folder 6: Grouping of contact information #2, undated

Folder 7: Grouping of contact information #3, undated

Folder 8: Grouping of contact information #4, undated

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

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

Folder 11: Grouping of contact information #7, undated

Folder 12: Grouping of contact information #8, undated

Folder 13: Grouping of contact information #9, undated

Folder 14: Grouping of contact information #10, undated

Includes address book.

Folder 15: Grouping of contact information #11, undated

Includes address book.

Box 410

Folder 1: Grouping of contact information #12, undated

Includes address book.

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

Includes address book with red floral pattern.

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

Includes address book and newspaper clippings.

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

Folder 6: Grouping of contact information #16, undated

Sub-series 4: Itineraries, Tickets, and Travel Materials

Box 411

Folder 1: 1966, 1966

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

Folder 2: 1971, 1971

Include materials relating to visit to London and Kenya.

Folder 3: 1972, 1972

Includes University of Illinois Commencement ticket.

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

Include materials relating to visit to Franklin College.

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

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

Folder 6: August 1978, 1978

Include materials relating to visit to France and England.

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

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

Folder 8: May-October 1982, 1982

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

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

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

Folder 10: October-November 1984, 1984

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

Folder 11: 1985-1986, 1985-1986

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

Folder 12: 1986, 1986

Includes hotel brochures and Amtrak timetable.

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

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

Folder 14: March-September 1987, 1987

Folder 15: April-May 1990, 1990

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

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

Folder 17: August 1991, 1991

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

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

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

Folder 19: 1992-1993, 1992-1993

Includes Amtrak national timetable.

Folder 20: February 1993, 1993

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

Folder 21: April-June 1993, 1993

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

Folder 22: August-December 1993, 1993

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

Folder 23: January 1994, 1994

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

Folder 24: April 1994, 1994

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

Folder 25: May 1994, 1994

Includes materials relating to the Jeffersonian Lecture.

Folder 26: August 1994, 1994

Includes materials relating to travel to Philadelphia.

Folder 27: October 1994, 1994

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

Folder 28: February-September 1995, 1995

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

Folder 29: January-February 1996, 1996

Include materials relating to visit to the College of Wooster.

Folder 30: February-April 1996, 1996

Include materials relating to visit to Southern Arkansas University.

Folder 31: June-July 1996, 1996

Folder 32: April 1997-September 1997, 1997

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

Folder 33: February 1998, 1998

Include materials relating to visit to Hiram College.

Folder 34: March 1998, 1998

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

Folder 35: April 1998, 1998

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

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

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

Folder 37: February-March 1999, 1999

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

Folder 38: April 1999, 1999

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

Folder 39: June 1999, 1999

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

Box 412

Folder 1: July-October 1999

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

Folder 2: October 1999, 1999

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

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

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

Folder 4: March-April 2000, 2000

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

Folder 5: April 2000, 2000

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

Folder 6: April-May 2000, 2000

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

Folder 7: May 2000, 2000

Include materials relating to visit to Seattle Poetry Festival.

Folder 8: May-June 2000, 2000

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

Folder 9: August 2000, 2000

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

Folder 10: September 2000, 2000

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

Folder 11: September 2000, 2000

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

Folder 12: January-March of Unknown Year, undated

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

Folder 13: March-April of Unknown Year, undated

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

Folder 14: May-August of Unknown Year, undated

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

Folder 15: September-December of Unknown Year, undated

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

Folder 16: Undated materials, undated

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

Folder 17: Undated materials, undated

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

Folder 18: Undated materials, undated

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

Folder 19: Undated materials, undated

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

Folder 20: Undated materials, undated

Includes guide to Purdue University.

Folder 21: Undated materials, undated

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

Folder 22: Undated materials, undated

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

Folder 23: Undated materials, undated

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

Folder 24: Undated materials, undated

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

Folder 25: Undated materials, undated

Includes postcards from Leningrad (Soviet Union).

Folder 26: Undated materials, undated

Includes guides to France.

Folder 27: Undated materials, undated

Includes introduction speech by Cherie Caswell Dost.

Folder 28: Undated air travel material, undated

Sub-series 5: Honorary Degrees

Box 415

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

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

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

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

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

Includes a commencement booklet.

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

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

Folder 6 contains Salutation and Citation statements.

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

Includes a convocation ceremony program.

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

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

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

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

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

Folder 12: The Chicago Academy for the Arts, 2000

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

Folder contains a separation sheet.

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

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

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

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

Contains a separation sheet.

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

Includes a commencement program and an invitation to the ceremony.

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

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

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

Box 416

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

Includes a commencement program and a Citation statement.

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

Includes commencement programs, a speech transcript, and notes.

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

Includes a Citation statement and a program itinerary.

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

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

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

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

Folder 7: Gwendolyn Brooks Junior High School, 1992

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

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

Includes a program. Contains a separation sheet.

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

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

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

Includes a blue ribbon. Contains a separation sheet.

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

Includes a commencement program and a Citation statement.

Box 417

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

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

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

Includes a convocation program.

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

Includes a white ribbon. Contains a separation sheet.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Folder 9: New School for Social Research, 1993

Contains a separation sheet.

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

Includes commencement programs.

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

Contains a separation sheet.

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

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

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

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

Includes a commencement program.

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

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

Includes commencement programs.

Box 418

Folder 1: Saint Mary’s College, 1994

Contains a separation sheet.

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

Contains a separation sheet.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Contains a separation sheet.

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

Includes a convocation program.

Folder 13: University of Massachusetts, 1981

Contains a separation sheet.

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

Contains a separation sheet.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Folder 20: Washington University, 1973

Includes convocation programs.

Box 419

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

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

Includes a citation statement.

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

Includes a commencement program and a citation statement.

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

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

Sub-series 6: Awards and Medals

Box 420

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

Glass frame

Item 2: African American Arts Alliance, 1993

Metal on wooden plaque

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

Metal on wooden plaque

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

Metal on wooden plaque

Item 5: Akron, 2000 February 24

Golden key in a red textile pocket

Item 6: Alice C. Browning, undated

Metal on wooden plaque

Box 421

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

Metal on wooden plaque

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

Enclosed with a stiffener, typed letter, and envelope

Item 3: American Black Achievement Award, undated

Separation sheet for brown framed award

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

Metal on wood plaque

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

Letter and separation sheet for two certificates

Item 6: Anchor Arts Organization, 1982 January 31

Loose metal plate

Item 7: Arkansas Traveler Award, 1992 March 26

Separation sheet

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

Poem and a copied sheet with writing on verso

Item 9: Atlanta City Council, 1986 May 18

Glass frame

Item 10: Before Columbus Foundation, 1995

Metal on wooden plaque

Item 11: Birmingham-Southern College, 1994

Separation sheet for metal award on wooden base

Item 12: The Black Book Club, undated

Item in Use slip

Item 13: Black Book Club, 1989 April 16

Plastic frame

Item 14: Black History Week 1980, 1980

Separation sheet for metal frame on marble on wooden base

Box 422

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

Glass frame

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

Metal on wooden plaque

Item 3: Boys & Girls Club of Chicago, 1991

Separation sheet for glass award

Item 4: Bradford, Walter, 1968 January 5

Metal on wooden plaque

Item 5: Burnside Elementary School, undated

Metal on wooden plaque

Box 423

Item 1: Caldwell School, 1989 April 7

Certificate of Appreciation with program

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

Certificate of Appreciation

Item 3: Caxton Club of Chicago, 1996 April 17

Metal on wooden with red textile

Item 4: Centers for New Horizons, undated

Separation sheet for metal on wooden plaque

Item 5: Chicago Book Clinic, 1990 May 5

Glass frame

Item 6: Chicago Sesquicentennial, 1983

Metal Gold

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

Metal on wooden plaque

Box 424

Item 1: Chicago State University, 1998

Medal with ribbon

Item 2: Chicago State University, 2000 May 12

Certificate of Appreciation. Loose papers.

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

Metal on wooden frame

Item 4: Chicago State University, 1994 February 7

Separation sheet for metal on wooden plaque

Item 5: Chicago State University, 1999 March 5

Separation sheet for clock

Item 6: Citizens Schools Committee, 1983 October 13

Golden Anniversary Tribute to Chicago Public Education. Loose paper.

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

Separation sheet for Certificate of Honor

Item 8: City Colleges of Chicago, undated

Separation sheet for metal on wooden plaque

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

Gold medal

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

“A resolution…”. Two frames hinged. Separation sheet for OS framed award.

Box 425

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

Separation sheet.

Item 2: City of Atlanta, 1985 April 16

Separation sheet for stapled papers.

Item 3: City of Buffalo, 1988 February 2

Glass frame.

Item 4: City of Camden, New Jersey, undated

Gold key.

Item 5: City of Chicago, undated

Item 6: City of Chicago Heights, 1993 January 25

Separation sheet for framed award.

Item 7: City of Dowagiac, Michigan, 1992 January 20

Separation sheet for framed award.

Item 8: City of Indianapolis, 1994 February 13

Loose paper.

Item 9: City of Knoxville and Clark 100 Class of 1987, 1987, undated

Charms in a plastic container.

Item 10: City of Newark, NJ, 1989 April 14

Separation sheet for unframed award.

Box 426

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

Gold key on wooden plaque. Metal on wooden plaque.

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

Loose paper

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

Loose papers (2)

Item 4: City of San Jose, California, undated

Separation sheet for loose sheet in paper folder

Item 5: City of Shreveport, Louisiana, undated

Medal

Item 6: City of Tampa, Florida, undated

Golden key

Item 7: City of Tuscan, 1988 March 18

Glass frame. Printed on metal sheet.

Item 8: Colgate-Palmolive Company, undated

Glass plaque

Item 9: College of Lake County, 1984 May 12

Metal on wooden plaque

Item 10: Columbia University, Pulitzer Prize, 1991

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

Box 427

Item 1: Cook County Juvenile Court, 1991 April 16

Separation sheet for acrylic award

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

Metal on wooden frame

Item 3: Cum Laude Society, 1977-1978

Three loose papers

Item 4: Detroit City Council, 1986 May 29

Loose paper in two blue folders and a medal

Item 5: Detroit City Council, 1994 March 16

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

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

Metal on wooden plaque

Item 7: Dixwell House, 1985 January 15

Wooden plaque

Item 8: Drury College, 1973

Medal

Item 9: Duke Ellington Family, 1993 March 16

Metal on wooden plaque

Item 10: Elgin Community College, undated

Separation sheet for glass award

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

Metal with wooden plaque

Box 428

Item 1: Essence Literature Award, 1988

Separation sheet for glass award

Item 2: Faulkner School, 1988 March 3

Black Arts Celebration Participation Certificate

Item 3: First Ladies Salute First Women, 1999

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

Item 4: Frank London Brown Historical Association, 1968

Metal on wooden plaque

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

Loose paper with yellow envelope

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

Metal on wooden plaque

Item 7: “G” shape medal, undated

Item 8: Gamma Phi Delta Zeta Chapter, 1981 May

Metal on wooden plaque

Item 9: Gary, Indiana, 1994 September 21

Separation sheet for white “Certification of Appreciation”

Item 10: Gary, Indiana, 1989 April 9

Metal on wooden plaque. Key is missing.

Item 11: Gary Public Library, 1989 April 9

Metal on wooden plaque

Box 429

Item 1: GBB ‘96, 1996

Metal letter opener?

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

Glass frame

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

Ceramic award

Item 4: Gober, Cliff, 1994 May 9

Glass frame

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

Metal on wooden plaque

Item 6: Gompers Upper Cycle School, 1980 December 12

Metal on wooden plaque

Item 7: Girl Scouts, 1987

Separation sheet for glass award

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

Separation sheet for base

Item 9: “Gwendolyn Brooks Artist”, undated

Loose metal plate

Item 10: Gwendolyn Brooks Cultural Center, 1982 April 16

Separation sheet for wooden plaque

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

Separation sheet for glass top and marble bottom pyramid award

Box 430

Item 1: Harvard University, 1995 March 10

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

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

Separation sheet for metal on wooden plaque

Item 3: Heritage House Writers Series, 1986 May 29

Metal on wooden plaque

Item 4: Heritage House Writers Series, 1986 May 29

Separation sheet for metal on wooden plaque

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

Separation sheet for metal on wooden plaque

Item 6: Hyde Park Historical Society, 2000

Separation sheet for framed award

Item 7: “I See Chicago” poem, undated

Separation sheet

Item 8: IBWC, INC., 1978

Separation sheet for award statue (2 copies)

Item 9: ICRE-R, 1994 June 2

Metal on wooden plaque

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

Glass frame

Item 11: Illinois Arts Council, 1965 October 8

Letter. Separation sheet for Illinois Arts Council Certificate.

Item 12: Illinois Association of Teachers of English, 1998

Separation sheet for wooden plaque

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

Metal on wooden plaque

Item 14: Jackson State University, 1989 February 23

Metal on wooden plaque

Item 15: James McCosh Elementary School, 1992 December 14

Glass frame

Box 431

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

Metal on wooden plaque

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

Metal on wooden plaque

Item 3: Jenner Academy of the Arts, 2000 June

Metals on wooden plaque

Item 4: Jenner Academy of the Arts, 2000 June

Metal on wooden plaque. Taped sticky note on verso.

Item 5: Jenner School, 1988

Metal clock on wooden plaque

Item 6: Jenner School, 1979

Separation sheet for framed poem

Box 432

Item 1: Jesuit Centennial in Chicago, 1957 December 12

Certificate in degree folder

Item 2: Joliet Junior College, 1995 May 12

Metal on wooden plaque

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

Metal on wooden plaque

Item 4: Kennedy-King College, 1993 May 1

Separation sheet for metal on wooden plaque

Item 5: King County, Washington, 1977 October 13

Felt stole (folded). Separation sheet for loose sheet.

Item 6: Langston Hughes Writers Guild, 1992 May 17

Loose papers

Item 7: League of Black Women, 1989 October 22

Metal on wooden plaque

Box 433

Item 1: Library of Congress, undated

Metal medal with textile ribbon in a textile lined wooden box

Item 2: Library of Congress, 2000

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

Item 3: Library of Congress, undated

Booklet and degree folder

Item 4: Lincoln Academy, 1965

Medal with red, purple, green stripe ribbon

Item 5: Lincoln College, 1965

Medal

Box 434

Item 1: Lincolnwood Library, 1982 May 3

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

Item 2: Loyola University, Chicago, 1970

Medal

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

Certificate with envelope

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

Certificate

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

Loose paper with envelope

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

Certificate with envelope

Item 7: Maxson Middle School, 1988 May 19

Separation sheet for silver plate

Box 435

Item 1: Medgar Evers College, 1988 March 1

Metal on wooden plaque

Item 2: Metropolitan Community Church, 1980 October 26

Glass frame

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

Separation sheet

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

Certificate in green folder with yellow plastic envelope

Item 5: Model of Excellence, 1992

Separation sheet for glass award

Item 6: Moraine Valley Community College, 1989 February 1

Metal on wooden plaque

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

Glass frame

Item 8: Muntu Dance Theatre, 1992 December 10

Separation sheet for metal on wooden plaque

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

Loose paper

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

Loose paper

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

Metal on wooden plaque

Box 436

Item 1: National Book Award, 1994

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

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

Metal on wooden plaque

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

Separation sheet for acrylic award

Item 4: National First Ladies Library, undated

Ornament in box

Item 5: National Medal of the Arts, 1995

Separation sheet for loose sheets and medal in a wooden box

Item 6: National Naval Officers Association, 1990 February 4

Certificate inside blue folder

Box 437

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

Metal on wooden plaque

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

Separation sheet for metal and foam base

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

Loose sheet in plastic sleeve

Item 4: New York Public Library, undated

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

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

Medal

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

Separation sheet for glass award

Item 7: Newark Public Library, undated

Glass frame

Item 8: Normandy High School, 1987 February 13

Metal on wooden plaque

Item 9: Northeastern Illinois State College, undated

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

Item 10: Oakland University, 1985 February 14

Metal on wooden plaque

Item 11: ORR High School, 1997

Metal on wooden plaque

Box 438

Item 1: Paul Laurence Dunbar, undated

Postage stamp on glass plaque

Item 2: Poetry Society of America, 1974

Metal coin in box

Item 3: Prairie State College, 1993 February 3

Metal on wooden plaque

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

Loose metal plate

Item 5: Rochester City Council, 1988 March 28

Glass frame

Item 6: Sacramento City College, California, undated

Medal

Item 7: Sesquicentennial Distinguished Lecture, 1994 January 27

Separation sheet for wooden base

Box 439

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

Item 2: Society of Midland Authors, 1980 June 3

Separation sheet for metal on wooden plaque

Item 3: Southside Community Art Center, 1981 June 17

Separation sheet for framed award

Item 4: Springfield, Illinois, 1965 May 4

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

Item 5: State of Illinois Center, 1907

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

Item 6: State of Illinois Executive Department, undated

Separation sheet for paper mounted on wooden plaque with plastic

Item 7: State of Kansas, 1991 April 4

Loose sheets (3). Separation sheet for [“Proclamation by the governor” and “Members Copy…”].

Item 8: State of Michigan, 1991 January 13

Separation sheet for framed award

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

Framed award

Item 10: Texas, undated

Metal letter opener

Item 11: Third World Press, 1977 September 25

Separation sheet for wooden plaque

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

Separation sheet for wooden plaque

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

Framed poem

Box 440

Item 1: Topeka, Kansas, 1968, undated

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

Item 2: TransAfrica Forum, 1999

Separation sheet for acrylic award

Item 3: Tucson High School, 1988 March 18

Honorary Tucson Badger

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

Metal on wooden plaque

Item 5: University at Albany, 1994

Separation sheet for glass award

Item 6: University of Akron, undated

Metal medal and a base in box with two newspaper clippings

Item 7: University of Chicago, 1994

Framed award

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

Metal on wooden plaque

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

Metal on wooden plaque

Box 441

Item 1: University of Pennsylvania, 1977 March 27

Framed award

Item 2: University of Vermont, 1986 May 23

Pewter case

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

Loose papers (2)

Item 4: Urban Gateways, 1986 March 5

Separation sheet for framed textile drawing

Item 5: Village of Greenview, 1997 October 5

Framed award

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

Separation sheet for framed tribute

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

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

Item 8: Western Illinois University, 1982-1983

Framed award

Item 9: YWCA Leader Luncheon, 1977

Separation sheet for glass award

Item 10: Glass plaque with Ankh Cross(?) symbol, undated

Item 11: Glass weight (no inscription), undated

Separation sheet

Item 12: Golden key with screw (no inscription), undated

Separation sheet

Item 13: Metal plate with inscription design, undated

Separation sheet

Sub-series 7: Gwendolyn Brooks Public Engagements Files (includes Contract Bundles)

Box 442

The contents of this box are restricted indefinitely. Please contact askacurator@library.Illinois.edu with any questions.

Box 443

The contents of this box are restricted indefinitely. Please contact askacurator@library.Illinois.edu with any questions.

Box 444

The contents of this box are restricted indefinitely. Please contact askacurator@library.Illinois.edu with any questions.

Box 445

The contents of this box are restricted indefinitely. Please contact askacurator@library.Illinois.edu with any questions.

Box 446

The contents of this box are restricted indefinitely. Please contact askacurator@library.Illinois.edu with any questions.

Box 447

File 1: “85 Warriors” Gwendolyn Brooks Junior High School Yearbook and enclosures

Folder 1.1: Gwendolyn Brooks Junior High School Promotion programs, 1985

Folder 1.2: Brooks Warrior newsletter, 1985

Folder 1.3: “85 Warriors” yearbook, 1985

Folder 1.4: Newspaper clipping, Minor, Byron Obituary, 1983

Folder 1.5: Ribbons, undated

File 2: 1994 Illinois Treasures Awards Dinner

Folder 2.1-2.3: Correspondence

Folder 2.1: Chicago State University Funding Prospects publication, 1995

Folder 2.2: Daggers, Steve (Joliet Junior College), 1995

Folder 3: Smith, Velma, 1995

Folder 2.4: Langston Hughes Festival program, 1979

Folder 2.5: 1994 Illinois Treasures Awards Dinner program, 1994

Folder 3: Academy of American Poets Awards program and enclosures, 2000

Folder 4: Advertisements, 1991-1992

Includes note.

Folder 5: American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, 1979

File 6: “Bakersfield, California”

Folder 6.1: Correspondence and programs, 1989

Includes correspondence from Spencer, Jeffery, poem “First Draft” by Wright, David, and Hannah Kahn Poetry Foundation programs (two copies).

Folder 6.2: Programs and poster, 1989

Includes materials for events for Hannah Kahn Poetry Foundation, Providence College, and California State University Bakersfield.

Folder 6.3: 21st Illinois Poet Laureate Awards booklet, 1990

Folder 6.4: Folder and newspaper clippings, 1989

File 7: Carleton College folder, 1993

Includes commencement materials.

File 8: Chicago State University (Red Folder)

Folder 8.1: Promotional materials, 2000

Includes biography of Daniel, Elnora D. and two copies of Delta Sigma Theta event programs.

Folder 8.2: Promotional materials, 2000

Includes material for 10^th Annual Gwendolyn Brooks Writer’s Conference on Black Literature and Creative Writing, “Delta Sweetheart Song,” and newspaper clipping.

Folder 8.3: Promotional materials, 1999, undated

Folder 8.4: Chicago State University red folder, undated

File 9: Chicago State University (Black Folder)

Folder 9.1: Prose draft “Unity” and promotional materials, 1998

Folder 9.2-9.3: Promotional materials, 1998

Folder 3: Chicago State University black folder, undated

File 10: “Chicago State University George Kent Awards", 1994

File 11: Chicago State University Sixth Annual Black Writers Conference

Folder 11.1: Correspondence, Joyce, Joyce A., 1996

Folder 11.2: Notes/jottings, undated

Folder 11.3: Talent release form, undated

Folder 11.4: Limousine schedule, 1996

Folder 11.5: Conference feedback form, 1996

Folder 11.6: Flyer for non-Gwendolyn brooks event, 1997

Folder 11.7: Poems by Jones, Melvin, 1996

Folder 11.8: Illinois Schools Journal Volume 75 Number 1, 1995

Folder 9: Chicago State University Sixth Annual Black Writers Conference program, 1996

File 12: Cleveland Public Library

Folder 12.1: Cleveland Public Library booklet, 1997

Folder 12.2: Issues of Architecture (September) and Stone World (October), 1997

Folder 12.3: Annual Report, 1996

Folder 12.4: Pamphlets, 1997

Folder 12.5: Pamphlets, 1998

Folder 12.6: Stationary, undated

Folder 12.7: Gwendolyn Brooks event flyers, 1998

Folder 12.8: Photo, 1969

Folder 12.9: Newspaper articles not about Gwendolyn Brooks, 1997

Folder 12.10: Gwendolyn Brooks event flyer, 1998

Folder 12.11: Venable, Andrew A. Jr. business card, undated

Folder 12.12: Photo, 1969

Folder 12.13: Blue Cleveland Public Library folder, undated

Folder 12.14: Cleveland Public Library envelope, undated

File 13: College of St. Francis program

Folder 13.1: “Echoes of Maud Martha” by Brandolino, Gina, 1993

Folder 13.2: College of St. Francis program, 1993

Box 448

File 1: “Evans Avenue Club”

Folder 1.1-1.3: Unidentified correspondence, undated

Folder 1.4: Correspondence, Gwendolyn Brooks, undated

Folder 1.5: “Evans Avenue Club January 17, 1976", 1976

Folder 1.6-1.9: Prose drafts, undated

Folder 1.10: “July 1972” day planner and notes, 1972

Folder 1.11: “Address and Phone Directory” day planner and notes, undated

Folder 1.12: “Evans Avenue Club” envelope, undated

Folder 2: Events, circa 1960, 1968

Folder 3-12: Events, 1974-1979

Folder 3: The National Institute of Arts and Letters materials, 1977

Folder 4: First World materials, 1976-1977

Folder 5: Kuumba News, 1974

Folder 6: Publications, 1976

Includes issue of American PEN Newsletter (December) and Insider (February).

Folder 7: Materials relating to Lane, Pinkie Gordon, 1985-1986

Folder 8: Middle Atlantic Writers Association materials, 1983

Folder 9: Poetry contest flyer and The Frederick Douglass Years, 1975-1976

Folder 10: MacMurray Commencement program, 1996

Folder 11: Comprehensive Alcohol and Drug Abuse Center materials, 1985-1986

Folder 12: Spelman College Messenger (Winter/Spring), 1999

File 13: Events, 1990

Folder 13.1: Reminder form and postcards, 1990, undated

Folder 13.2: University of Kentucky Women Writers Conference, 1990

Folder 13.3: Reviews and non-Brooks related newspaper clippings, circa 1990

Folder 13.4: Chronicle: A Compilation of Award Winning Poetry by the Dr. Stephen Wright Poetry Awards, 1990

Two copies.

Folder 13.5: Event materials, 1989-1990

Item 1: 11th Annual Florida Young Writers Content booklet, 1990

Item 2: Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago Centennial pamphlet, 1989

Folder 13.6: “Important", 1990-1991, undated

Includes notes and flyer.

Folder 13.7: Non-Gwendolyn Brooks newspaper article, undated

Folder 13.8: Notes and Westinghouse visit program, 1990

Folder 13.9: Notes, undated

Folder 13.10: Gwendolyn Brooks Cultural Center event materials, 1988-1989

Folder 13.11: First class folder, undated

Folder 13.12: Notes and Bill of Rights poster, undated

Folder 13.13: Poem by Madhubuti, Haki and first class folder, undated

Folder 13.14: “The Creative Process,” postcards, and stationary, undated

Folder 13.15: “Familyhood,” notes, and first class folder, undated

Folder 13.16: White folder, undated

Folder 14: Events, 1994-2000

Includes materials regarding visit to Kingswood-Oxford School (West Hartford, CT), Poets House (New York City), and poems by students.

Box 449

File 1: “Flyers, Pluggers”

Folder 1.1: Promotional materials

Item 1: News release for XVIII Annual Black Roots Festival, undated

Item 2: Writers on Writing at Barnard College program, 1992

Item 3: I’ve Been a Woman by Sanchez, Sonia publication advertisement, 1978

Item 4: Black Scholar Press press release, 1978

Item 5: Requiem For A Fine Lady by Sutton, Irma L. advertisement, 1978

Folder 1.2: Promotional materials

Item 1: Harold Washington Library Center Opening Gala invitation

Item 2: Hot House October Events, 1994

Item 3: Juliet Rago exhibition opening poster, 1983

Item 4: Nuyorican Poets Café event calendar, 1993

Item 5: Clifton, Lucille Poetry Center of Chicago event flyer, 1993

Folder 1.3: Promotional materials

Item 1: Chicago Public Library African American History Month program flyer, 1991

Item 2: Southside Community Art Center press release, 1983

Item 3: 11th Annual Detroit Festival of the Arts flyer, 1997

Item 4: Washington Seniors Wellness Center event materials, 1988

Folder 1.4: Promotional materials

Item 1: Correspondence, Packard, William, 1994

Item 2: University of California Berkeley event poster, 1964

Item 3: James Madison University event flyer, 1979

Item 4: Artists for Harold Washington Jubilee poster, 1983

Folder 1.5: Clark University centennial event leaflets, 1987

Seven copies.

Folder 1.6: Vincennes University event poster, 1991

Six copies.

Folder 1.7: Promotional materials

Item 1: Children Coming Home order forms, 1991

Two copies.

Item 2: Writers on Writing at Barnard College flyer, 1992

Item 3: Guild Complex event calendar (May/June), 1993

Item 4: Walt Whitman Cultural Arts Center event flyer, 1994

Folder 1.8: Promotional materials

Item 1: College of Staten Island event flyers, 1981

Two copies.

Item 2: Anchor Arts Organization leaflets, 1982

Nine copies.

Folder 1.9: Promotional materials

Item 1: Hallmark Networks event invitation, 1986

Item 2: 1994 Jefferson Lecture flyer, 1994

Item 3: Beloit College event flyer, 1995

Item 4: University of Toledo event flyer, 1996

Folder 1.10: Promotional materials

Item 1: Beverly Bank and Third World Press Black History Month event flyers, 1997

Two copies.

Item 2: Lorain County Community College event pamphlets, undated

Three copies.

Item 3: Washington College event leaflet, undated

Folder 1.11: Promotional and travel materials

Item 1: Young Poet’s Primer and Primer For Blacks publication advertisement, circa 1981

Item 2: University of Central Oklahoma event itinerary, 1994

Item 3: State College of Florida event poster, undated

Folder 1.12: Promotional materials

Item 1: Ohio Wesleyan University event flyer, undated

Item 2: Write On Chicago: A Festival of the Literary Arts flyer, undated

Item 3: Central Arkansas Library System event flyer, undated

Item 4: “Arkansas: The Wonder State” by Vining, Peggy Candle, 1981

Item 5: Non-Gwendolyn Brooks event flyer, 1977

Folder 1.13: Promotional materials

Item 1: International Black Writers Conference flyer, 1979

Item 2: Academic Association Academy event flyer, 1981

Item 3: Heroism in the New Black Poetry publication event flyer, 1990

Item 4: New York Public Library Langston Hughes 90^th Birthday Celebration event flyer, 1992

Item 5: Writers on Writing at Barnard College flyer, 1992

Folder 1.14: Non-Gwendolyn Brooks promotional materials, 1996-1997, undated

Folder 1.15: Promotional materials

Item 1: Brooks Player’s audition flyers, undated

Item 2: Non-Gwendolyn Brooks Chicago Historical Society event flyer, undated

Item 3: Non-Gwendolyn Brooks Hayes, Alison Ryerson reading event flyer, undated

Item 4: Destination Freedom Black Radio Days event flyer, undated

Folder 1.16: Non-Gwendolyn Brooks event flyer and folder, undated

File 2: “From The Telephone Table”

Folder 2.1: Correspondence, Jackson, Jesse L. Jr., 1997

Folder 2.2: Howard University event material and newspaper clippings, 1997

Folder 2.3: Howard University event script, 1997

Folder 2.4: Howard University event program, 1997

Folder 2.5: Jackson State University Sixteenth Annual Communicative Festival of the Arts program, 1989

Folder 2.6: Brown, Sterling A. biography, undated

Folder 2.7: “From The Telephone Table” Howard University folder and pen, undated

File 3: Geraldine R. Dodge Poetry Festival, “Gwendolyn Brooks”

Folder 3.1: Travel materials, 2000

Folder 3.2: “Teacher’s Kit” and folder, 2000

Folder 3.3: Burgundy folder, undated

File 4: Geraldine R. Dodge Poetry Festival, “In Here”

Folder 4.1: Travel materials and poetry kit, 1996

Folder 4.2: Travel materials and poems by others, 1996

Folder 4.3: “In Here” burgundy folder, undated

File 5: Geraldine R. Dodge Poetry Festival, “Poetry Kit For Teachers", 2000

File 6: “Graduation (Programs)”

Folder 6.1: Graduation programs

Item 1: Columbia College, 1964

Item 2: Chicago City College Wilson, 1969

Item 3: Forrestville Upper Grade Center and Sturgis Education and Vocational Guidance Center, 1977

Folder 6.2: Graduation programs

Item 1: Edward Jenner Elementary School, 1984

Item 2: Clark University, 1987

Folder 6.3: Graduation programs

Item 1: Gwendolyn Brooks Junior High School, 1997

Item 2: “Graduation (Programs)” folder, undated

File 7: “Hotels,” hotel receipts, 1986-1987

Box 450

File 1: “Important Photographs, Reviews, Estimates”

Folder 1.1: Contemporary Forum documents, 1993

Includes materials relating to visits to Park-Tutor School, Butler University, Yorkville Young Authors’ Program, Ball State University, Goshen College, and event sponsored by Leer, Norman.

Folder 1.2: Contemporary Forum documents and reviews, 1993

Includes materials relating to visits to Kenwood Academy, Dowagiac High School, Piedmont Virginia Community College.

Folder 1.3: Gwendolyn Brooks publishing advertisements and photos, 1991, undated

Folder 1.4-1.6: Reviews and envelope, 1992-1993

File 2: “Interesting Letters (Southern Arkansas University)”

Folder 2.1: Responses and photos, 1996

Folder 2.2: ‘Southern newspaper (Spring), 1994

Folder 2.3: Kennedy-King College Anniversary Alumni-Scholarship Banquet program, 1993

Folder 2.4: Promotional material

Item 1: Los Angeles Festival schedule, 1993

Item 2: New York University Eighth Annual Goldwater Hospital Benefit reading program, 1993

Folder 2.5: New York University/Goldwater Hospital Writing Workshop invitation, 1993

Folder included contract that was removed to restricted.

Folder 2.6: Promotional materials

Item 1: Chicago State University Dedication of the Gwendolyn Brooks Center program, 1993

Item 2: Cultural Economic Revitalization Leadership Conference press release, 1994

Item 3: William McKinley Visiting Scholar pamphlet for visits to Malone College, Mount Union College, and Walsh University, 1994

Folder 2.7: PSA News: Newsletter of the Poetry Society of America (Winter), 1994

Folder 2.8: “Interesting Letters (Southern Arkansas University)” folder, undated

File 3: “The Last Poets”

Folder 3.1: Prose draft regarding The Last Poets and flyers, 1990

Folder 3.2: Prose draft, “The Last Poets", 1990

Folder 3.3: “Black Love” pamphlets and pre-visit questionnaire for Black United Fund of Illinois, 1982, 1990

Four copies of pamphlet.

Folder 3.4: “Leroi James” cassette, 1968

Folder 3.5: The Last Poets leaflets, 1990

Folder 3.6: The Last Poets and non-Gwendolyn Brook event flyers, 1990

Folder 3.7: Newspaper clippings, flyers, and “The Last Poets” envelope, 1990, undated

File 4: “Library of Congress Receipts”

Folder 4.1: Business cards, phone numbers, and addresses, undated

Folder 4.2: Travel materials, 1985, undated

Folder 4.3: Receipts and “Library of Congress Receipts” envelope, 1985, undated

File 5: “Manchester College Pictures”

Folder 5.1: Business cards, phone numbers, and addresses, undated

Folder 2: Photos, stationary, and envelope, undated

File 6: Manila envelope, 1977, undated

Includes pre-visit questionnaire for visit to Western Washington University and addresses.

File 7: “Mayoral Inauguration”

Folder 7.1: Washington, Harold Inauguration Ceremony invitation, 1983

Folder 7.2: Poetry draft, “Mayor Harold Washington", 1983

Folder 7.3: Prose draft, speech, 1983

Folder 7.4: Inauguration program, 1983

Folder 7.5: “Mayoral Inauguration” envelope and tissue, circa 1983

Included pen that was removed for preservation reasons.

Folder 8: Peace Museum

Includes materials relating to visit to the Peace Museum and Bethel Cultural Arts Center. Also includes West Side Cultural Arts Council flyer, newspaper clipping, and note.

Folder 9: Peace Museum, 1999

Includes pamphlets for Northern Illinois University and The Peace Museum.

Box 451

Folder 1: Phone numbers, business cards, and flyer bundle, undated

Folder 2-9: Program bundle

Folder 2: Programs and promotional materials

Item 1: Illinois College event program, 1993

Item 2: Gwendolyn Brooks Junior High School Class of 1992 list, 1992

Item 3: Millercom93 event flyer, 1992

Item 4: “Paterson – The Poem and the City” pamphlet, 1992

Folder 3: Promotional materials

Item 1: Midwest Afrikan American Theatre Alliance 16^th Annual Conference pamphlet, 1991

Item 2: Central Arkansas Library System schedule, undated

Folder 4: Illinois, Beginning with Women… Histories and Cultures event materials, 1993

Folder 5: Promotional materials

Item 1: Gwendolyn Brooks Junior High School Promotion program, 1992

Item 2: Aloneness book cover, undated

Folder 6: Publisher advertisement materials, 1993, undated

Folder 7: Newsletters, 1992

Folder 8: Promotional materials

Item 1: Muntu Dance Theatre “Lighting The Path” 15^th Annual Concert Series program, 1991

Item 2: New Concept School pamphlet, undated

Folder 9: Promotional materials

Item 1: Eta Creative Arts Foundation theater schedule, 1997-1998

Item 2: Thank you note on paper plate, undated

File 10: “Programs – CSU”

Folder 10.1

Item 1: Chicago State University 4^th Annual Award Dinner event materials, 1998

Item 2: Chicago State University Black History Month program, 1984

Folder 10.2: Chicago State University 75^th Birthday Celebration program, 1992

Two copies.

Folder 10.3: Promotional materials

Item 1: Chicago State University Dedication of the Gwendolyn Brooks Center for Black Literature and Creative Writing program, 1993

Item 2: The Black Writer: Culture, Commitment, and Community conference pamphlet, 1993

Three copies.

Folder 10.4: Chicago State University “The Influence of Africa on Black Literature and Culture of the Diaspora” 4^th Annual Conference on the Black Literary Arts program, 1994

Eight copies.

Folder 10.5: Promotional materials

Item 1: 1994 Jefferson Lecturer in the Humanities programv, 1994

Item 2: Chicago State University “Black Aesthetic and Black Nationalism” 6^th Annual Conference on the Black Literary Arts program, 1996

Folder 10.6: Chicago State University “Poetry and Fiction of Black Life: Engaging the Possible” 7^th Annual Conference on the Black Literary Arts program, 1997

56 copies.

Folder 10.7: Chicago State University “Poetry and Fiction of Black Life: Engaging the Possible” 7^th Annual Conference on the Black Literary Arts program, 1997

18 copies.

Folder 10.8: Promotional materials

Item 1: Chicago State University “Power of the Tongue” program, 1999

Item 2: Gwendolyn Brooks Center Black History Month event schedule, undated

Folder 10.9: Chicago State University Commencement programs, 1995

Three copies.

Folder 10.10: “Programs – CSU” folder, undated

File 11: “Tickets, Reminders”

Folder 11.1: Evaluation forms, 1985-1986

Includes material related to visits to Union County College, The Fortnightly of Chicago, and Wharton Center for Performing Arts. Includes note from Zitch, Beryl.

Folder 11.2: Evaluation forms, 1982-1986

Includes material related to visits to Phillips Exeter Academy, H. D. Woodson Senior High School (Washington D.C.), Union County College, and Jefferson State Junior College.

Folder 11.3: Evaluation forms and envelope, 1986

Includes material related to visits to U.S. Department of Labor, Georgetown (Washington D.C.), and James Madison University.

File 12: “Special Programs”

Folder 12.1: Programs

Item 1: The Speakers Bureau of The Adult Education Council of Greater Chicago “100 Leading Personalities” 48^th annual edition, 1971-1972

Item 2: Dedication of State of Illinois Center materials, 1985

Folder 12.2: National Women’s Hall of Fame National Honors Ceremony program, 1988

Includes newspaper clippings.

Folder 12.3: Promotional materials

Item 1: The Contemporary Forum Distinguished Speakers and Performing Arts booklet, undated

Item 2: Gwendolyn Brooks Sculpture Unveiling Ceremony program, 1993

Folder 12.4: National Book Awards program, 1994

Folder 12.5

Item 1: City of Chicago “Eighty Gifts: A Celebration of the 80th Birthday of Gwendolyn Brooks” pamphlet, 1997

Item 2: Johnson Publishing Company Building Official Opening Ceremonies program, 1972

Item 3: “Special Programs” folder, undated

Box 451a

File 1: “Topeka ‘Brooks Park Dedication’ Mementos”

Folder 1.1: Gwendolyn Brooks Day declaration and commemorative photo, 1996

Folder 1.2: Topeka Capital-Journal newspaper (May 2), 1996

Folder 1.3: “Topeka ‘Brooks Park Dedication’ Mementos” envelope, 1996

File 2: “Trains and Buses (all for business reasons)", 1988

File 3: “Trains, Buses", 1989

File 4: “Transportation”

Folder 4.1-4.7: Train tickets, 1998, undated

File 5: “Various Receipts", 2000

File 6: Various ceremonies

Item 1: Brownie Girl Scout Troop 390 Girl Scouts of Chicago award, 1988

Item 2: Howard University Commencement program, ribbon, and dried flower, 1973

Item 3: The American Academy of Arts and Letters and The National Institute of Arts and Letters Ceremonial event materials, 1976

Folder 7-10: Various Events

Folder 7: Promotional materials

Item 1: Prairie View A&M University event materials, 1980

Item 2: De Anza College event poster, undated

Folder 8: Promotional materials

Item 1: St. George’s School event pamphlet, undated

Item 2: Contemporary Forum promotional pamphlet, undated

Item 3: St. John Fisher College event poster, undated

Folder 9: Promotional materials

Item 1: Montgomery Blair High School event program, undated

Item 2: Poetry Magazine Presents 15^th Annual Poetry Day program, undated

Item 3: Rollins College event materials, undated

Item 4: California Institute of the Arts Poetry Today event flyers, undated

Folder 10: Promotional materials

Item 1: Illinois College Martin & Gertrude Hahn Lecture in Comparative Literature event program, 1998

Two copies.

Item 2: Rice Media Center Contemporary Writers Series flyer, undated

Item 3: Illinois Sesquicentennial Mansion Benefit Dinner program, undated

Item 4: Clemson University event posters, undated

Three copies.

File 11: The Women’s Museum folder

Folder 11.1: Event materials

Item 1: Correspondence, Bonner, Cathy (The Women’s Museum), 2000

Item 2: Sealed envelope, undated

Item 3: 6th Annual Friends of Chicago State University Award Dinner event materials, 2000

Folder 11.2-11.3: The Women’s Museum promotional materials, 2000

Folder 11.4: The Women’s Museum folder, undated

File 12: Words in the Mourning Time

Item 1: “Familyhood", 1989

Item 2: Words in the Mourning Time promotional materials, 1990

Series 8: Contests and Scholarships

Sub-series 1: Illinois Poet Laureate Awards

Box 452

Folder 1: “1970 ‘Poet Laureate’ Notes”, 1970

Folder 2: Tiggs, Yolanda letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1970

Folder 3: “Poet Laureate Awards 1971 & 1972”

Item 1: Poet Laureate Awards speech transcript, 1971

Item 2: Poem by Black, Barbara, “My God – Savior or Enemy?”, 1971

Item 3: List of Poet Laureate Award winners and a copy of a poem by Williams, Willie, “A Will”, 1972

Item 4: “Poet Laureate Awards 1971 & 1972” envelope, undated

File 4: "1972"

Folder 4.1: Submissions, 1972

Folder 5 includes notes by Gwendolyn Brooks.

Folder 4.2: Names, addresses, and phone numbers, submission draft of packet, and news clipping, 1972

Includes an invoice for Harlo Printing Company (1974).

Folder 4.3: Notes and receipt, 1972, 1974

Includes invoice for Harlo Printing Company (1974).

File 5: “Poet Laureate 1973 material (“Winning” 20 poems)”

Folder 5.1-5.2: Submissions, 1973

Folder 5.3: Packet, 1973

Includes a Fourth Annual Poet Laureate Awards 1973 booklet.

Folder 5.4: Notes with names, addresses and phone numbers and packet draft, 1973

Includes a partial annotated draft for the Fourth Annual Poet Laureate Awards 1973 booklet and an address list for finalists.

Folder 5.5: Correspondence

Item 1: Bieze, Linda card, 1973

Item 2: Connole, Marguerite (Madison Public Schools), 1973

Item 3: Dennis, Marilyn, 1973

Item 4: Goodkind, Allan (Murray F. Tulley High School), 1973

Item 5: Guzeman, Tracy envelope, 1973

Item 6: Kuzmyn, Steven, 1973

Folder 5.6: “Poet Laureate 1973 material (“Winning” 20 poems)” envelope, undated

Folder 6: 4th Illinois Poet Laureate Awards, 1973

Includes publication and draft of speech.

Folder 7-8: 5th Illinois Poet Laureate Awards, 1974

Folder 7: Submissions, 1974

Folder 8: List of Poet Laureate Award winners, packet, notes, and envelope, 1974

File 9: "Poet Laureate Awards 1975"

Folder 9.1: Submissions, 1975

Folder 9.2: Correspondence, 1975

Includes correspondence to Denny, Jack from Ray, Tom and thank you cards from school children.

Folder 9.3: News clipping and note, 1975

Folder 9.4: “6th Poet Laureate 1975 Awards” envelope, 1975

Folder 9.5: Submissions and “Poet Laureate Awards 1975” envelope, 1975

Box 453

File 1: "Seventh Annual Illinois Poet Laureate Awards 1976"

Folder 1.1: Submissions, 1976

Folder 1.2: Packets and winners list, 1976

Folder 1.3: Correspondence, 1976

Includes correspondence by Norris, Hoke.

Folder 1.4: Packet, 1976

File 2: Eighth Poet Laureate Awards June 7, 1977"

Folder 2.1: Submissions, 1977

Folder 2.2: Correspondence, 1977

Item 1-2: Bruckner, D. J. R., 1977

Item 3: Franklin, Mary Ann, 1977

Folder 2.3: Notes on winners, 1977

Folder 2.4: News clipping, 1977

Folder 2.5: “1977” envelope, 1977

File 3: "9th Annual Poet Laureate Awards 1978"

Folder 3.1: Submissions, 1978

Folder 3.2: Notes and “1978” envelope, 1978

File 4: "No. 10"

Folder 4.1: Submissions and printed booklet, 1978

Folder 4.2: Correspondence, 1978

Item 1: Andoniadis, Lisa, 1979

Item 2: Breneman, Kim, 1978

Include postcard and poems.

Item 3: Tessler, Sherry, 1978

Item 4: Williams, Thelma J., 1979

Folder 4.3: Packets, 1978

Folder 4.4-4.7: Chicago History enclosures, 1978

Folder 4.8: Chicago History and enclosures, 1978

Folder 4.9: Notes, announcements, speech, and envelope, 1978

Envelope removed to oversized.

Folder 5: 10th Illinois Poet Laureate Awards, publications, 1978

Box 454

File 1: "1980 Eleventh Poet Laureate Awards"

Folder 1.1-1.2: Submissions, 1980

Folder 2: 11th Illinois Poet Laureate Awards, submissions, 1980

Folder 1-3: Submissions, 1980

Folder 4: Speech draft, announcement, and correspondence, 1980

Folder 5: Notes and announcement, 1980

Folder 6: Newsprint, 1980

Folder 7: Photographs

Envelope removed to oversized.

File 3: "1980"

Folder 3.1: Speech draft, announcement, and correspondence, 1980

Folder 3.2: Notes and announcement, 1980

Folder 3.3: Newsprint, 1980

Folder 3.4: Photographs, 1980

Envelope removed to oversized.

File 4: “12th Poet Laureate Awards June 11, 1981”

Folder 4.1-4.2: Submissions, 1981

Folder 4.3: Correspondence, 1981

Item 1: Anderson, Barbara, 1981

Item 2: Saylor, Joanna, 1981

Item 3: Peroutka, Verna, circa 1981

Item 4: Unaddressed letter draft from Gwendolyn Brooks, circa 1981

Folder 4.4-4.5: Printed Packets, 1981

Folder 4.6: Speech notes and winners lists, 1981

Folder 4.7: Notes, 1981

Folder 4.8: Newspaper clippings, 1981

Folder 4.9: Newspaper, 1981

Folder 4.10: Advertisement, correspondence, and envelope, 1981

File 5: “Poet Laureate Award Material”

Folder 5.1: Correspondence

Item 1: Anderson, Barbara N., 1981

Item 2: Hirn, Kathryn, 1980

Folder 5.2: Correspondence

Item 1: Hirn, Kathryn, 1980

Includes “Heritage (L’Chaim!)” poem.

Item 2: Wille, Lois (Chicago Sun-Times), undated

Item 3: Williams, Mattie A. (City of Chicago. Board of Education), 1981

Folder 5.3: List and newspaper

Item 1: “Twelfth Poet Laureate Awards” listing, undated

Item 2: Chicago Sun-Times newspaper clipping, 1979

Folder 5.4: Newspaper and envelope

Item 1: Issue of Chicago Sun-Times (June 16), 1981

Two copies.

Item 2: “Poet Laureate Award Material” envelope, undated

Box 455

File 1: "13th Annual Illinois Poet Laureate Awards”

Folder 1.1: Submissions, 1982

Folder 1.2: Correspondence, 1982

Item 1: Invitations from Gwendolyn Brooks, 1982

Item 2: Jones, Anna M. (Gwendolyn Brooks Junior High School), 1982

Includes poems from students.

Item 3: Seaton, Maureen (McHenry Alternative High School), 1992

Folder 1.3-1.5: Printed packet, 1982

Folder 1.6-1.8: Printed poems, 1982

Folder 1.9: "13th Annual Illinois Poet Laureate Awards” envelope, 1982

Folder 2: 13th Annual Illinois Poet Laureate Awards, Correspondence and poem from student and finalist, 1982

File 3: "14th Annual Illinois Poet Laureate Awards 1983”

Folder 3.1: Submissions, 1983

Folder 3.2: Correspondence, 1982

Item 1: Benter, Doris, 1983

Item 2: St. John, E., circa 1983

Item 3: Yu, Timothy, 1983

Folder 3.3-3.4: Printed Packet, 1982

Folder 3.5: Announcements (draft) and notes, 1983

Folder 3.6: "14th Annual Illinois Poet Laureate Awards 1983” envelope, 1983

File 4: “Poet Laureate Clippings”

Folder 4.1: News clippings and event announcement, 1983

Folder 4.2: Program (Cedar Art Center), 1983

Box 456

File 1: "1984 15th Illinois Poet Laureate Awards Winners Typed And Manuscripts (with addresses)”

Folder 1.1: Submissions, 1984

Folder 1.2: Printed packet, 1984

Folder 1.3: Notes, correspondence, and envelope, 1984

File 2: "Special"

Folder 2.1: Printed packet, 1984

Folder 2.2: Correspondence, 1984

Item 1: Ammar, Alia, 1984

Includes only correspondence by Gwendolyn Brooks.

Item 2: Deal, Wendy, 1984

Includes only correspondence by Gwendolyn Brooks.

Folder 2.3: Lists and publications, 1984

Folder 4: “Special” envelope, 1984

Folder 3-8: 16th Illinois Poet Laureate Awards, Special “Health” Competition, 1985

Folder 3: Submissions, 1985

Folder 4: Packet (printed incomplete draft) and correspondence, 1985

Folder 5: Publication and correspondence, 1985

Includes correspondence by Nuno, Teresa and by Haas, Shirley.

Folder 6: Correspondence, 1985

Includes correspondence by Haas, Shirley and photo of Gwendolyn Brooks with winners.

Folder 7: Correspondence

Item 1: Athanasen, Steve, 1985

Item 2: Wilkinson, Rhonda, 1985

Folder 8: Note and announcement, 1985

File 9: “Poet Laureate 1985”

Folder 9.1: Submissions, 1985

Folder 9.2-9.3: Printed packet, 1985

Folder 9.4: Publication and newspaper, 1985

Includes a copy of Young Poet’s Primer, a grouping of poetry submissions for the 1984 Poet Laureate Awards, and newspaper clippings from the Chicago Sun-Times. Contains a separation sheet.

Box 457

Folder 1-5: 17th Illinois Poet Laureate Awards, 1986

Folder 1: Notes, lists, and correspondence, 1986

Includes correspondence by Rothberg, Nancy.

Folder 2-5: Packets, 1986

Box 458

Item 1: “Laureate Awards 1986” box, 1986

Box 459

File 1: “1986 17th Illinois Poet Laureate Awards”

Folder 1.1: Submissions, 1986

Folder 1.2: Packet, 1986

Folder 1.3: Lists, 1986

Folder 1.4: “1986 17th Illinois Poet Laureate Awards” folder, 1986

File 2: “18th Illinois Poet Laureate Awards 1987”

Folder 2.1-2.2: Submissions, 1987

Folder 2.3: Correspondence

Item 1: Alexander, Margaret Walker, 1987

Item 2-3: Carroll, Paul, 1987

Item 4: Chernoff, Maxine, 1987

Item 5: Cisneros, Sandra, 1987

Item 6: Cisneros, Sandra, circa 1987

Item 7: Dukes, Rose Marie, 1987

Item 8: Frankfather, Vidrik, 1987

Folder 2.4: Correspondence

Item 1: Galbraith, Nancy, 1987

Item 2: Hodges, Dede V., 1987

Item 3: Lewis, Melvin E., 1987

Item 4: Mueller, Lisel, 1987

Item 5-7: Nims, Bonnie

Item 6 includes a newspaper clipping.

Item 8-9: Nims, John F., 1987

Folder 2.5: Correspondence

Item 1-2: Parisi, Joseph, 1987

Item 3: Plumpp, Sterling D., 1987

Item 4: Redmond, Eugene B., 1987

Item 5-6: Rosen, Sharon, 1987

Item 7: Stryk, Lucian, 1987

Item 8: “Anania", 1987

Sealed envelope.

Item 9: "Elise", circa 1987

Item 10: “Reg", 1987

Folder 2.6: Correspondence grouping

Item 1: Redmond, Eugene B., 1987

Item 2: Thompson, James R. (State of Illinois. Office of the Governor), 1987

Item 3: Quern, Jacqueline L. (State of Illinois. Office of the Governor), 1987

Folder 2.7: Correspondence grouping

Item 1: Barnes, Brandi, 1987

Item 2: Friedman, Richard, 1987

Item 3: Hernandez, David, 1987

Item 4: Mills, Ralph, 1987

Item 5: Terk, Eloise, 1987

Item 6: Perlberg, Mark, 1987

Item 7: Wray, Ron, 1987

Folder 2.8: Packet and publication, 1987

Folder 2.9: Miscellaneous correspondence relating to Gwendolyn Brooks and other awards

Item 1: Adams, Elise G., 1987

Item 2: Cisneros, Sandra, 1987

Item 3: Jackson, Angela, 1987

Item 4: Owens, Betty J. (Gwendolyn Brooks Junior High School), 1987

Item 5: Rosen, Sharon (University of Chicago), 1987

Folder 2.10: Notes and news clippings, 1987

Folder 2.11: Envelopes, 1987

Folder 3-5: 18th Illinois Poet Laureate Awards

Folder 3: Publication/announcements and correspondence, 1987

Includes invitations by Gwendolyn Brooks.

Folder 4-5: Packet, 1987

Box 460

Folder 1-7: 19th Illinois Poet Laureate Awards

Folder 1: Submission, 1988

Folder 2: Correspondence, 1988

Item 1: Coller, Alice S. (Morgan Park Academy), 1988

Item 2: Kracht, Thomas A. (Elgin Academy), 1988

Item 3: Lossau, Kathy, 1988

Folder 3-5: Winner packets, 1988

Folder 6: Publication, 1988

Folder 7: “Nineteenth Illinois Poet Laureate Awards Monday June 20, 1988”, 1988

Box 461

File 1: “19th Illinois Poet Laureate Awards – June 20th, 1988”

Folder 1.1: Submissions, 1988

Folder 1.2: Winner list and speech draft, 1988

Folder 1.3: Correspondence and envelope

Item 1: Janousek, Kim, 1988

Item 2: Leece, Bill, 1988

Item 3-4: Masters, Marcia Lee, 1989

Item 5: Shapiro, Claire, 1988

Item 6: “19th Illinois Poet Laureate Awards – June 20th, 1988” envelope, 1988

Box 462

Folder 1: 20th Illinois Poet Laureate Awards, correspondence speech draft, publication, 1988

File 2: “1989 20th Ill. Poet Laureate Awards (Winners)”

Folder 2.1-2.4: Submissions, 1989

Folder 2.5: Correspondence, copies of invitation by Gwendolyn Brooks, 1989

Folder 2.6-2.10: Printed packets, 1989

Folder 2.11: Speech draft and winners list, 1989

Folder 2.12: Notes and miscellaneous, 1989

Folder 2.13: “1989 20th Ill. Poet Laureate Awards (Winners)” envelope, 1989

Folder 3-7: Submissions from Glenside Junior High School, 1989

Folder 8: "Important", 1990

Box 463

Folder 1-7: 21st Illinois Poet Laureate Awards

Folder 1: Submissions, 1990

Folder 2: Correspondence, Stevenson, Naeesha

Folder 3-5: Packet, 1990

Folder 6: Publications and news clippings

Folder 7: “Poet Laureate Award Receipts", 1990

Includes poems from students.

File 8: “June 18, 1990 Illinois Poet Laureate Awards Twenty First Year”

Folder 8.1: Blue folder

Item 1: “Illinois Poet Laureate Awards form letters” envelope (sealed), 1990?

Item 2: Illinois Poet Laureate Awards press release and letter, 1987

Item 3: “High School” and “Adult Winners” notes, undated

Item 4: Grouping of poetry submissions by children, 1990?

Item 5: Correspondence, McComb, Amelia (University of Chicago)  to Zitch, Beryl, 1990

Item 6: Awards speech and list of names, 1990?

Item 7: Correspondence, Spurgin, Judith R. (University of Chicago), 1990

Item 8: Statements on Sam Greenlee and Norman Leer, 1990

Item 9: Strausbaugh, Joan (University of Chicago. University News & Information) note on Jim Kaufman, undated

Item 10: Contest announcement, 1990

Item 11: “For Lois Wille, in the Rehabilitation Center", undated

Item 12: Grouping of poetry submissions by children, 1990?

Item 13: Packet, 1990

Item 14: Correspondence, Turek, Elizabeth (Warren Park School (Cicero, IL)), 1990

Item 15: Note on award winner, undated

Item 16: Grouping of correspondence, 1990

Includes Shuler, Martenia (Bowen High School (Chicago)); Boland, Bridget; Power, Peggy (empty envelope); and Brown, Debbie (Agassiz School (Chicago)).

Item 17: “Cap” poem submitted to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated

Folder 8.2: Blue folder

Item 1: Illinois Poet Laureate Awards speech, 1987

Item 2: Submissions, 1990?

Item 3: Correspondence, Steed, Linda W., 1990

Item 4: Submissions, 1990?

Item 5: Grouping of promotional leaflets for The David Company, undated

Includes a note from Walls, Cynthia (multiple copies).

Item 6: ICSRC Journal (Illinois Children’s School and Rehabilitation Center), 1990

Includes a note listing famous American women.

Item 7: Contest announcement, 1990

Item 8: “Chasing the Pig” by Steed, Linda Wipior (from Romanticizing the Past (vol. 2, no. 1), 1990

Item 9: Correspondence, Jones, David A. (Morgan Park Academy (Chicago)), 1989

Includes an envelope.

Item 10: Grouping of notes with contact information, undated

Item 11: “June 18, 1990 Illinois Poet Laureate Awards Twenty First Year” folder, undated

Box 464

File 1: “Illinois Poet Laureate Awards 1991”

Folder 1-3: Submissions, 1991

Folder 4: Printed packet, 1991

Folder 3: “Illinois Poet Laureate Awards 1991” envelope, 1991

Folder 2-5: 22nd Illinois Poet Laureate Awards

Folder 2-3: Winner packets, 1991

Folder 4: Publication and correspondence

Item 1: Currie, Meg, 1991

Item 2: Leer, Norm, 1991

Item 3: Submissions, 1991

Folder 5: News clippings

Box 465

Folder 1-3: 23rd Illinois Poet Laureate Awards, Submissions, 1992

Includes separation sheets for oversized envelopes.

Box 466

Folder 1-6: 23rd Illinois Poet Laureate Awards

Folder 1-4: Submissions, 1992

Folder 5: Beasley Academic Center, 1992

Folder 6: Carpenter School, 1992

Box 467

Folder 1-10: 23rd Illinois Poet Laureate Awards

Folder 1-3: Submissions

Folder 1: George Washington Elementary School, 1992

Folder 2: Holy Name of Mary School, 1992

Folder 3: Senn Metro Academy, 1992

Folder 4: Correspondence

Item 1: Gilmer, Damian, 1992

Item 2: Zeigler, Inger, 1992

Item 3: Congratulations announcement from Gwendolyn Brooks, 1992

Item 4: Letter to unknown recipient by Gwendolyn Brooks, 1992

Folder 5-7: Winners packet, 1992

Folder 8: Packet and enclosures, 1992

Folder 9: Publication, 1992

Folder 10: News clippings and speech draft, 1992

Box 468

File 1: “Special”

Folder 1.1: Submissions, 1992

Folder 1.2: Correspondence

Item 1-3: Banks, Jeri (Kenzie School), 1992

Item 4: Power, Peggy, 1992

Item 5: Theodore, Winnie M. (Morgan Park Academy), 1993

Folder 1.3: Packets, 1992

Folder 1.4: Lists and draft of congratulatory letter, 1992

Folder 5: Envelopes, 1992

Folder 2-3: 23rd Illinois Poet Laureate Awards

Folder 2: Empty envelopes, 1992

Folder 3: Sealed envelopes, 1992

File 4: “The 24th Illinois Poet Laureate Awards 1993 (Manuscripts)”

Folder 1-3: Submissions, 1992

Folder 5-8: 24th Illinois Poet Laureate Awards

Folder 5: “Original Typescript", 1992

Folder 6: Packet, 1992

Folder 7: Winner packets, 1992

Folder 4: Publication and correspondence, 1992

Includes correspondence from Roluiso(?), Bonita and Stamps, Derrick.

Box 469

File 1: “Illinois Poet Laureate Awards 1994”

Folder 1.1: Submissions, 1994

Folder 1.2: Correspondence

Item 1: Merel, Nancy, circa 1994

Item 2: Smith, Nichrien(?), circa 1994

Folder 1.3-1.4: Packets, 1994

Folder 1.5: Notes, news clippings, and publications, 1994

Folder 1.6: “Illinois Poet Laureate Awards 1994” envelope, 1994

Folder 2-7: 25th Illinois Poet Laureate Awards

Folder 2: Submissions, 1994

Folder 3: Correspondence

Item 1: Bruner, Elizabeth, 1994

Item 2: Craig, Meesha

Includes only correspondence by Gwendolyn Brooks.

Item 3: Friedrich, Kay, 1994

Folder 4-5: Winner packets, 1994

Folder 6: Info packets, 1994

Folder 7: Publications and news clippings, 1994

File 8: “About 1994,” IL Poet Laureate Award

Item 8.1: Grouping of poetry submissions by children, circa 1994

Item 8.2: “About 1994” envelope, circa 1994

Box 470

Folder 1: “Illinois Poet Laureate Awards Information 1995”, 1995

Folder 2-6: 26th Illinois Poet Laureate Awards

Folder 2: Correspondence

Item 1: Barber, Caitlin, 1995

Item 2: Carbajal, Susan, 1995

Item 3: Hodges, LeShanna, 1995

Item 4: Randall, Shenia, 1995

Includes correspondence from Gwendolyn Brooks.

Folder 3-4: Packets, 1995

Folder 5: Publications and winner lists, 1995

Folder 6: “Information Accessories – 1995”, 1995

Folder 7-11: 27th Illinois Poet Laureate Awards

Folder 7-9: Submissions, 1996

Folder 10: Correspondence, Gaston, Kashaundra, 1996

Folder 11: Packets and enclosures, 1996

Box 471

Folder 1-6: 27th Illinois Poet Laureate Awards

Folder 1-2: Packet, 1996

Folder 3: “Awardees Information/Poet Laureate 1996”

Restricted: Includes SSNs.

Folder 4: “Twenty Seventh Illinois Poet Laureate Awards 1996", 1996

Sealed envelope.

Folder 5: Speech draft and list, 1996

Folder 6: Returned mail packet to IPLA winner, 1996

File 7: “Kinkos”

Folder 7.1: Packet, 1996

Folder 7.2: Packet with original submissions, 1996

Folder 7.3: Receipt and envelope, 1996

Folder 8-11: 28th Illinois Poet Laureate Awards

Folder 8-9: Submissions, 1997

Folder 10: Correspondence

Item 1: Cowans, Markuiest, 1997

Item 2: Roberts, Lydia, 1997

Item 3: Stone, Donna, 1997

Sealed envelope,

Item 4: Torres, Elliot, 1997

Includes correspondence by Gwendolyn Brooks.

Folder 11: Winner packet, 1997

Box 472

Folder 1-8: 28th Illinois Poet Laureate Awards

Folder 1-3: Winner packet, 1997

Folder 4: 1997 packet enclosures, 1997

Folder 5: Programs and posters, 1997

Folder 6: Publication and speech draft, 1997

Folder 7: List, 1997

Folder 8: “Illinois Poet Laureate Awards Competition 1997", 1997

Box 473

Folder 1-7: 29th Illinois Poet Laureate Awards

Folder 1-2: Submissions, 1998

Folder 3: Correspondence

Item 1: Diamond, Michelle, 1998

Item 2: Filer, Kimberly (University of Chicago), 1988

Item 3: Galloway, J. B., 1988

Item 4: Helgerson, Glen and Samantha, 1999

Item 5: Just, Alyssa Faith, 1998

Item 6: Sylvester, Penny (Oak Park Public Schools), 1998

Folder 4: Packets, 1998

Folder 5: Publications and list of winners, 1998

Folder 6: “Names, Addresses, Telephone Nos. 1998", 1998

Folder 7: “Sam Anderson,” packet, 1998

Folder 8-12: 30th Illinois Poet Laureate Awards

Folder 8: Submissions, 1999

Folder 9: Correspondence, Arata, Suzanne and Rebecca Lay, 1999

Folder 10-12: Packet, 1999

Folder 12 includes copies of poems that do not appear to be from the 1999 IPLA.

Box 474

Folder 1-3: 30th Illinois Poet Laureate Awards

Folder 1: Publication and congratulatory letter drafts, 1999

Folder 2: Publication, folder, and pencil, 1999

Folder 3: Contact information, receipt, envelope, 1999

File 4: “Remainders”

Folder 4.1: Submissions, 1999

Folder 4.2: Correspondence

Item 1: Brown, Ellen (Lyons Township High School), 1999

Item 2: “Linda", 1999

Folder 4.3-4.4: Packet draft, 1999

Folder 4.5: Notes (contact information), 1999

Folder 4.6: “Remainders” envelope, 1999

Folder 5-9: 30th Illinois Poet Laureate Awards

Folder 5: Submissions, 2000

Folder 6: Correspondence

Item 1: Diab(?), Leila, 2000

Includes publication.

Item 2: Maki, Samuel, 2000

Item 3: Tate, Tiffany, 2000

Sealed envelope.

Item 4: “Copy of Letter Sent to Poetry Winners (Ill. Poet Laureate Awards", circa 2000

Sealed envelope.

Folder 7-8: Packet, 2000

Folder 9: Publications and congratulatory letter drafts, 2000

Box 475

File 1: “31st Contest 2000”

Folder 1.1: Submissions and list of winners, 2000

Folder 1.2: “31st Contest 2000” envelope, 2000

File 2: “31st Annual”

Folder 2.1-2.2: Packet, 2000

Folder 2.3: Publication (congratulatory), news clipping, and miscellaneous, 2000

Folder 2.4: “31st Annual” envelope, 2000

Includes separation sheet for envelope moved to oversized.

File 3: “31st Illinois Poet Laureate Awards”

Folder 3.1: Packet (drafts), 2000

Folder 3.2: List of winners, correspondence, and revisions of winning poem, 2000

Includes correspondence to Robinson, Toniea from Gwendolyn Brooks (sealed).

Folder 3.3: Kinkos envelope, 2000

Box 476

File 1: “Illinois Poet Laureate Awards” leather pouch

Folder 1.1: “Illinois Poet Laureate Awards”

Item 1: “Illinois Poet Laureate Awards” note, undated

Item 2: Awards ceremony notes, 1982

Item 3: Partial issue of the Chicago Tribune (July 29), 1991

Item 4: “Illinois Poet Laureate Awards: A Selection, 1970-1984” draft, 1984?

Includes submission groupings and a partial issue of the Chicago Sun-Times (June 10, 1982).

Folder 1.2: “Illinois Poet Laureate Awards: A Selection, 1970-1984” draft, 1984?

Folder 1.3: “Illinois Poet Laureate Awards: A Selection, 1970-1984” typescript draft, 1964, 1984?

Includes Issue of the Chicago Daily News (July 11), 1964, speech draft, and envelope.

Folder 1.4: “Illinois Poet Laureate Awards” leather pouch, undated

Folder 2: Illinois Poet Laureate Awards submissions, 1992-1993, 1998

Folder 3: Illinois Poet Laureate Awards submissions, 2000, undated

Folder 4: Illinois Poet Laureate Awards submissions, 1987, 1992, 1995

Includes an envelope.

Folder 5: Illinois Poet Laureate Awards announcements, 1987, 1992, 1995

Box 477

File 1: “Year?”

Folder 1.1-1.5: Submissions, undated

Folder 1.6: Submissions and “Year? I don’t know. (Look for same with a date in the front.” envelope, undated

Folder 2-4: Submissions, undated

Folder 5: Correspondence

Item 1: Brashear, Janet, undated

Item 2: Congratulatory letters from Gwendolyn Brooks, undated

Four letters.

Folder 6: Speech drafts, undated

Folder 7-9: Packets, undated

Folder 10: Notes and list, undated

Sub-series 2: Non-IPLA contests

Box 478

Folder 1: Chicago Public Library award notification, 1988

Folder 2: Dr. Stephen Caldwell Wright Poetry Awards

Item 1: Second Annual Dr. Stephen Caldwell Wright Poetry Awards (Seminole Community College) program, 1986

Item 2: “Chronicle: A Compilation of Award Winning Poetry, 1985-1986”, 1986

Item 3: Informational pamphlet, undated

Includes a business card for Jones, David Howell.

Item 4: “Chronicle: A Compilation of Prize-Winning Poetry”, 1993

Two copies.

Item 5: “Chronicle: A Compilation of Award Winning Poetry”, 1990

Folder 3: Frank E. Dobson Poetry Awards programs, 1988, 1991-1992

Folder 4: Frank Edward Dobson Poetry Contest program, 1992

Folder 5: “Governor Thompson’s Inaugural Children’s Poem Contest (Judge Gwen Brooks”

Item 1: Contest winner announcement speech, 1977?

Item 2: Grouping of Western Union Mailgram confirmations, 1977

Item 3: Grouping of poetry submissions by children, 1977?

Includes an envelope.

Item 4: “Governor Thompson’s Inaugural Children’s Poem Contest (Judge Gwen Brooks)” folder, undated

Folder 6: Gwendolyn Brooks Poetry Awards (Cook County Hospital), 1976

Includes poems from prize winners and honorable mentions, as well as a “Health and Hospitals Governing Commission of Cook County” folder.

Folder 7: Gwendolyn Brooks Poetry Contest, Longfellow envelopes (unsent and empty), undated

Folder 8: Gwendolyn Brooks Poetry Contest (Marshall High School (Chicago)), 1966

Folder 9: Henry Blakely Award (Chicago State University), 2000

Includes a letter from Gwendolyn Brooks to award recipients, an empty envelope labeled “W. Keorapetse Kgositsile,” and a blue folder.

Folder 10: Keziah Brooks Memorial Awards (Metropolitan Community Church), 1979

Includes submissions and contest guidelines.

File 11: “Students’ Typed Mss. That Have Been Taped & ‘Kinko-ed’”

Folder 11.1-11.3: Grouping of poetry submissions by children, undated

Folder 11.4: “Students Typed Mss. That Have Been Taped & ‘Kinko-ed’” Kinko’s envelope, undated

Folder 12: “Washington D.C. poetry contest”, 1985

Includes submissions and correspondence from Thomason, Rose (George Washington Junior High School (Alexandria, VA)) and Thompson, Leone B. (H.D. Woodson High School (Washington, D.C.)).

Series 9: Teaching Materials

Box 481

Box 482

Folder 1: Green leather portfolio without contents, undated

Label reads: “Columbia Poetry Workshop / Northeastern Illinois W. Workshops.”

Folder 2: Empty envelopes, undated

Folder 3: “Young Writers Workshop” envelope, “Blackstone Rangers Creative Writing Class” notes, and a letter to Walter Bradford

Folder 4: “Wisconsin Madison English 303 ‘Creative Writing Poetry’” teaching notebook, undated

Folder 5: “Columbia College Catalog Issue: 1964-1965”, 1964

Folder 6: Petty, Frank letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1965

Folder 7: Teaching and poetry notes, 1966

Folder 7a: “Rules (Writing)”, undated

Folder 8: Columbia College Chicago lesson plans and assignments, 1966

Folder 9: Elmhurst College and Columbia College Chicago lesson plans and assignments, 1966

Folder 10: “Columbia Spring Semester 1967” lesson plans and teaching notes, 1967

Folder 11: Columbia College Chicago and “Illinois North” lesson plans and teaching notes, 1967

Folder 12: “Teen-agers’ Creative Writing Course” lesson plans and assignments, 1967

Folder 13: Northeastern Illinois State College Bulletin (two issues), 1968-1969

Folder 14: “Recommended Books” and “February 3, 1969” teaching notes, 1969

Series 10: Programs, Broadsides, Posters, and Ephemera

Box 483

Folder 1: July 1944-March 1963, 1944-1963

Folder 2: 1959, 1971, 1959, 1971

Folder 3: October 1965-January 1968, 1965-1968

Folder 4: April 1968, 1968

Folder 5: 1970

Folder 6: October 1971

Folder 7: 1972-January 1975

Folder 8: June 1975-March 1976

Folder 9: March-November 1976

Folder 10: Funerals, 1974, 1977, 1983-1996

Folder 11: June 1977-January 1978

Folder 12: June-July 1977

Folder 13: 1978-1979

Folder 14: April 1978

Folder 15: February-April 1979

Folder 16: August-October 1980

Folder 17: October 1980

Folder 18: May 1981-1983

Folder 19: June 1983-February 1984

Box 484

Folder 1: August-October 1984

Folder 2: October 1984

Folder 3: June-November 1985

Folder 4: February-August 1986

Folder 5: December 1986-June 1989

Folder 6: May 1987

Folder 7: February-June 1990

Folder 8: September 1990-May 1991

Folder 9: January 1991

Folder 10: March-April 1991

Folder 11: 1991

Folder 12: April-November 1992

Folder 13: January-February 1993

Folder 14: April-July 1993

Folder 15: September-December 1993

Folder 16: January-May 1994

Box 485

Folder 1: October 1987-June 2000

Folder 2: 1994-1995

Folder 3: January-May 1995

Folder 4: May-June 1995

Folder 5: July-December 1995

Folder 6: April-June 1996

Folder 7: June 15, 1996

Folder 8: Spring 1996-January 1997

Folder 8a: November-December 1996, undated

Folder 9: Febraury 19, 1997

Folder 10: January-April 1997

Folder 11: April 19, 1997

Folder 12: April 22, 1997

Folder 13: May-December 1997

Folder 14: Tribute to Gwendolyn Brooks, October 1997

Box 486

Folder 1: April-November 1998

Folder 2: May 5, 1998

Folder 3: January-May 1999

Folder 3a: April 15, 1999

Folder 4: May-August 1999

Folder 5: June 1999

Folder 6: September-November 1999

Folder 7: February-April 2000

Folder 8: June 2000-June 2003

Folder 9: November 20-21, 2000

Folder 10: December 2000 and Undated

Folder 11: Western Illinois University, 2000

Folder 12: Indiana University Campus Guide, undated

Folder 13: Miscellaneous brochures, undated

Folder 14: Artists and Models Ball, undated

Folder 15-17: Event invitations and programs, undated

Box 487

Folder 1: Shaman Drum Bookshop bookmark and brochure for The White Rose Inn (Emporia, KS), undated

Folder 2: Leaflets on proposal writing, undated

Folder 3: Travel brochures, ticket forms, and envelopes, and unrelated mixed materials, undated

Folder 4: Mixed materials for various events, undated

Folder 5: John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowships to Assist Research in Artistic Creation booklet, 1971

Folder 6: Mixed materials for various events, 1959, 1991-1995, 1999, undated

Folder 7: Calling card and envelope for Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley, undated

Folder 8: Ballot slip (April), 1987

Folder 9

Item 1: Sony Trinitron Color TV Operating Instructions manual, 1988?

Includes inserts.

Item 2: General Electric Self-Cleaning Radiant Range “Use and Care & Installation Guide, undated

Folder 10: “Abraham Lincoln Gettysburg Address” folder, undated

Includes a Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address booklet and a manuscript copy of The Gettysburg Address.

Folder 11

Item 1: Oven manual, undated

Item 2: Kinko’s catalog, 1993?

Folder 12: Metallic Christmas stickers, undated

Folder 13: “How to Care For Your Mouth After Oral Surgery” info sheet, undated

Folder 14: “Once I Thought I was Wrong But I Was Mistaken” place card, undated

Folder 15

Item 1: The Society of Midland Authors member card, 1993-1994

Item 2: “decorated” fragment, undated

Folder 16: Killens, John Oliver memorial program, 1987

Two copies.

Series 11: David Company Records

This series is restricted indefinitely. Please contact askacurator@library.Illinois.edu with any questions.

Series 12: Financial Records

This series is restricted indefinitely. Please contact askacurator@library.Illinois.edu with any questions.

Series 13: Legal, Medical, and Real Estate Records

Box 535

Folder 1: Health and life insurance correspondence, 1988-1989

Folder 2: Request for insurance premium payment, 2000

Folder 3: Health and property insurance quotes, 1982, undated

Folder 4: Legal documents concerning the estate of Beulah Wims, 1983

Includes a verification of voter registration card for Gwendolyn Brooks.

Folder 5: Apartment application and renovation documents, 1987-1988

Folder 6: Trust agreements, 1973, 1989

Folder 7: Property insurance form, 1994

Folder 8: Property insurance forms, 1981, 1984, 1986

Folder 9: Policy declarations and mortgagee interest certificate, 1989, 1991-1992, 1995-1996

Folder 10: Insurance policies and receipts, 1974-1975

Folder 11: Insurance policies and receipts, 1974-1975

Folder 12: Property insurance policies, invoices, and receipts, 1965, 1971, 1984, 1988-1993

Folder 13: Legal correspondence, 1965-1967, 1984-1985

Folder 14: “By-Laws of Promontory Towers”, undated

Folder 15: Iterations of “My Living Will”, 1990-1993, 1995

Folder 16: Letters of office and notice to the creditors of Gwendolyn Brooks’ estate, 2001

Folder 17: Envelopes addressed to Richard Orlikoff (Chicago), executor of Gwendolyn Brooks’ estate, 1969, undated

Folder 18: Note from Dr. Langendorf (Chicago) and Blue Cross/Blue Shield health insurance cards, 1972, undated

Series 14: Personal Realia/Artifacts

Box 536

Folder 1: Anacin medicine bottle, undated

Includes four tablets.

Folder 2: “LOLA” matchbook, undated

Replaced by a separation sheet. Includes a black velvet drawstring bag.

Folder 3: Black two-pocket folder, undated

Folder 4: Magnifying sheet, undated

Wrapped in a plastic sleeve.

Folder 5: Geraldine R. Dodge Poetry Festival button pin, undated

Folder 6: Memorial prayer card for Daley, Richard J. (City of Chicago), 1976

Folder 7: Gray scrapbook cover, 1960s

Replaced by a separation sheet.

Folder 8: Souvenir Russian cheeseboard, 1982

Given to Gwendolyn Brooks from “Sasha (Alexander).” Wrapped in tissue paper.

Folder 9

Item 1: Major League Poet Cards deck, 1995?

Hall of Fame series. 14 cards.

Item 2: Identification card for Illinois Teachers College Chicago–North, 1960s

Item 3: PEN American Center membership card, 1992

Item 4: Harrods price tag, undated

Folder 10

Item 1: Stapler user manual, undated

Item 2: Bergdorf Goodman credit card, 1993

Includes stationery and a “Retail Installment Credit Agreement.” Replaced by a separation slip.

Folder 11

Item 1: Paper doily, undated

Item 2: Marshall Field’s magazine perfume sample, 1999?

Item 3: National First Ladies’ Library napkin, undated

Item 4: Moleskin shoe pad, undated

Item 5: Brown-and-white card, undated

Folder 12

Item 1: Flower petal fragments, undated

Item 2: Cosmetic powder puff, undated

Folder 13: Black NCA folder, undated

Folder 14

Item 1: McCormick Celery Flakes jar of keys, undated

Includes 18 keys and a pin, paperclip, button, and plastic tab.

Item 2: Shields Fifth Avenue clamshell jewelry box, undated

Includes a ring of keys and four lapel pins. Two rechargeable nickel-cadmium AA batteries were removed for preservation reasons (01/2014).

Box 537

Folder 1

Item 1: Weber’s Hof Brau metal clipboard with calendar, 1944?

Item 2-3: Bags, undated

Replaced by a separation sheet.

Folder 2: Pressed rose on a scrapbook page, 1959

Includes a burgundy scrapbook cover and a white sheet of paper.

Folder 3

Item 1: Plastic purple and blue floral frame, undated

Item 2: “FLAT FOR RENT. WORKING COUPLE” sign, undated

Folder 4: “1973 Last Christmas presents from my brother Raymond”, 1973

Includes a mechanical pencil, a plastic bag, three embroidered handkerchiefs, and a “1973 Last Christmas presents from my brother Raymond. Christmas handkerchiefs (plus pen and stationery.)” envelope.

Folder 5: “Mama’s Last Birthday. (90th). Birthday Party Napkins”, 1978

Includes six paper napkins and a “Mama’s Last Birthday. (90th). Birthday Party Napkins” envelope.

Folder 6

Item 1: “‘Words in the Mourning Time’: Conference on Robert Hayden” perforated card, undated

Item 2: The Poetry Society of America membership card, undated

Item 3: George Washington University. Columbian College of Arts and Sciences commencement ticket, 1986

Includes an envelope.

Item 4: The Cliff Dwellers membership card, 1991

Item 5: The Cliff Dwellers membership card, 1992

Includes a blank dues card and a “Membership Card” envelope.

Item 6: Voter Address Verification card, 1994

Folder 7: “Kwanza First Fruits” green button, undated

Folder 8: Blue floral wrapping paper, undated

Includes a hanging calendar and attached notes (replaced by a separation sheet).

Box 538

Folder 1

Item 1: Postcards grouping, undated

Includes Hotel Pontchartrain (Detroit) (5 copies) and the London Bridge, and a piece of yellow card.

Item 2: Carefree Koolerz bubble gum wrapper, undated

Folder 2

Item 1: Postcard for The Palm Tavern (Chicago), undated

Item 2: Flipbook calendar, 1994

Folder 3: 80th birthday celebration grouping, 1997

Includes a banner on continuous feed printer paper; a card and envelope from Meece, June and Russell; flyers on colorful paper; and a manila envelope.

Folder 4: Northeastern University button, undated

White button with green text: “NORTHEASTERN. This University Works Because WE DO.”

Folder 5: Glass heart with blue, pin, and white swirls, 1998

Includes a red drawstring bag and a mailer from Blackside, Inc. Film and Television Productions.

Folder 6: Wood train whistle toy, undated

Stamped for The Great Train Store (Pittsburgh). Wrapped in original plastic film.

Folder 7: White box and periwinkle pouch, undated

Box 539

Folder 1: Box of Kleenex facial tissues, undated

Potentially belonged to a member of the Brooks family. Includes a separation sheet.

Folder 2

Item 1: Yashica AW-mini AF 35mm film camera, 1990s

Includes a roll of film.

Item 2: Painted pink granite slab, 1970s

Reads “When life gives you lemons __ make lemonade.”

Item 3: Post-it Page Markers package backing, 2000?

Folder 3: Mansion Hill Inn travel sewing kit, undated

Folder 4: Metal pen stand, undated

Folder 5: Dr. Byte USA Stackable Letter/Legal File Drawer user instructions, undated

Includes connector pins in plastic bags and a “SPECIAL! WHITE ExacTech Companion Sensor” sticker.

Box 540

Folder 1

Item 1: Art Treasure dinner mats, undated

Replaced by a separation sheet.

Item 2: Green pillar candle, undated

Item 3: Carved wooden head rests, undated

One deep brown, one medium brown.

Item 4: Lenox Candles Inc. candle ring, undated

Plastic evergreen needles with wax and felt fruits. Wrapped in paper.

Item 5: Plastic bag filled with buttons, undated

Includes a needle with pink thread and an “Extra Buttons” paper envelope.

Folder 2: “Fashioned by Oyinda Onafeka” clothing tag, undated

Includes a Mansion Hill Inn travel sewing kit.

Folder 3: Leather strap, undated

Folder 4: Wooden door stop, undated

Wrapped in paper.

Folder 5: Recipe box contents, 1957, 1963-1973, undated

Includes manuscript recipes, newspaper clippings with recipes and health tips, and dividers. View digitized content: 00086_14_01.

Box 541

Item 1: Wooden recipe box (empty), 1960s

Lid reads “Penna Turnpike.” Contents are in box 540. View digitized content: 00086_14_01.

Series 15: Personal Library

Sub-series 1: Books and Enclosures

Item 1: Brooks 001-131

Browse titles on Primo.

Box 542

Folder 1: Brooks 003 (Quotations for Successful Living by Alan, Hal), undated

Note enclosed between pages 86-87

Folder 2: Brooks 004 (Stewards of Excellence by Alvarez, A.), undated

Partial book dust jacket enclosed inside back cover

Folder 3: Brooks 005 (Power Politics by Atwood, Margaret), 1970, undated

Magazine clippings enclosed inside front cover. Partial book dust jacket enclosed between pages 48-49.

Folder 4: Brooks 006 (Martín & Meditations on the South Valley by Baca, Jimmy Santiago), undated

Note enclosed inside back cover

Folder 5: Brooks 009 (Malcolm X Speaks by X, Malcolm), undated

Partial book dust jacket enclosed inside back cover

Folder 6: Brooks 011 (Urban Rage in Bronzeville by Bolden, B. J.), 1999, undated

Facial tissues enclosed between pages 6-7, 76-77, and 86-87. Magazine clippings enclosed between pages 140-141.

Folder 7: Brooks 012 (The Practical Encyclopedia of Natural Healing by Bricklin, Mark), 1994, 1998, undated

Newspaper and magazine clippings enclosed inside front cover and at title page. Notes enclosed between pages 58-59 and 162-163. Facial tissues enclosed between pages 124-125, 174-175, and 524-525.

Folder 8: Brooks 013 (Gone with the Windsors by Brody, Iles), 1990/1991

Amtrak train timetables enclosed inside back cover

Folder 9: Brooks 016 (The Voice and Other Short Stories by Brooks, Keziah C.), undated

Facial tissue and note enclosed between pages 50-51 and inside back cover

Folder 10: Brooks 017 (The Voice and Other Short Stories by Brooks, Keziah C.), 1977, 1991, undated

Notes enclosed inside front cover and back cover. Newspaper clipping enclosed between pages 136-137.

Folder 11: Brooks 023 (Food – Your Miracle Medicine by Carper, Jean), 1993, 1994, undated

Newspaper and magazine clippings enclosed inside front cover. Notes enclosed between pages 42-43, 218-219, and 356-357. Facial tissues enclosed between pages 102-103, 250-251, and 308-309.

Folder 12: Brooks 024 (The Garden of Earthly Delights by Carroll, Paul), undated

Note enclosed at page 11

Folder 13: Brooks 026 (Dwarf Bamboo by Chin, Marilyn), 1987

Correspondence and newsletter enclosed inside front cover

Folder 14: Brooks 027 (Another Part of the Wood by Clark, Kenneth), 1976

Magazine clipping enclosed between pages 102-103

Folder 15: Brooks 028 (The Other Half by Clark, Kenneth), 1979

Amtrak train timetables enclosed between pages 224-225

Folder 16: Brooks 029 (The Militant Black Writer by Cook, Mercer and Stephen Henderson), undated

Partial book dust jacket enclosed inside back cover

Folder 17: Brooks 031 (Ms. Africa by Crane, Louise), undated

Facial tissue enclosed between pages 80-81

Folder 18: Brooks 032 (The Man who Had His Hair Cut Short by Daisne, Johan), 1965

Note enclosed inside back cover

Folder 19: Brooks 035 (Grace Notes by Dove, Rita), undated

Notes enclosed before back endpage

Folder 20: Brooks 040 (Glamorama by Ellis, Bret Easton), 1999

Newspaper clippings enclosed between pages 18-19?

Folder 21: Brooks 041 (The Wretched of the Earth by Fanon, Frantz), undated

Partial book dust jacket enclosed between pages 152-153

Folder 22: Brooks 047 (Hurrying into the Night by Goad, Craig M.), undated

Note enclosed between pages 6-7

Folder 23: Brooks 049 (Off Balance by Gordon, Suzanne), undated

Newspaper clipping enclosed between pages 64-65. Facial tissues enclosed between pages 190-191.

Folder 24: Brooks 051 (The Power of Healing Herbs by Heinerman, John), undated

Notes enclosed between pages 42-43 and 54-55

Folder 25: Brooks 052 (Chaos, Creativity, and Culture by Heise, Kenan), undated

Note enclosed inside front cover/endpage

Folder 26: Brooks 053 (“The Universal Wears Contemporary Clothing” by Hemmingway, Beulah Smith), 1981, undated

Notes and correspondence enclosed inside back cover

Folder 27: Brooks 057 (This City and Other Poems by Hoagland, Everett), 1998

Photocopied magazine clippings enclosed inside front cover

Folder 28: Brooks 060 (Green Mountains Review. New series, vol. IV, no. 2, Winter/Spring 1991, China Writing), 1992

Correspondence enclosed between pages 34-35

Folder 29: Brooks 062 (Yin by Kizer, Carolyn), 1992, undated

Correspondence and programs enclosed between pages 62-63

Folder 30: Brooks 064 (Angela Lansbury’s Positive Moves by Lansbury, Angela), 1986

Magazine clipping enclosed between pages 152-153

Folder 31: Brooks 065 (Rose by Lee, Li-Young), undated

Note enclosed between pages 48-49

Folder 32: Brooks 065 (Rose by Lee, Li-Young), 1992

Correspondence and poems enclosed in book

Folder 33: Brooks 067 (The Publication of Poetry and Fiction), 1985, undated

Newspaper and magazine clippings and notes enclosed in book

Folder 34: Brooks 069 (Poetry’s Catbird Seat by McGuire, William), undated

Facial tissues enclosed before title page and between pages 18-19, 316-317, and 334-335. Correspondence enclosed between pages 100-101 and 368-369. Note enclosed between pages 200-201.

Folder 35: Brooks 070 (Tamaqua. Spring 1994, volume four, issue two), 1994

Note enclosed between pages 34-35

Folder 36: Brooks 071 (Ghana in Pictures by Zemba, Lydia Verona), undated

Note enclosed between pages 30-31

Folder 37: Brooks 072 (Heroism in the New Black Poetry by Melhem, D. H.), 1989, undated

Notes enclosed at front endpage, between pages 238-239, 266-267, 270-271, and inside back cover

Folder 38: Brooks 073 (The Prince by Machiavelli, Niccolò), undated

Poem enclosed between pages 72-73. Napkin enclosed between pages 114-115.

Folder 39: Brooks 075 (A Sketch of My Life by Mann, Thomas), 1984, undated

Magazine clippings enclosed in back cover

Folder 40: Brooks 080 (Pale Fire by Nabokov, Vladimir), undated

Napkin enclosed between pages 26-27

Folder 41: Brooks 081 (The English Book), 1991

Correspondence enclosed between pages 126-127

Folder 42: Brooks 083 (Arna Bontemps-Langston Hughes Letters, 1925-1967), 1979, undated

Note enclosed inside front cover. Correspondence enclosed between pages 328-329.

Folder 43: Brooks 084 (Freedom Rising by North, James), 1988, undated

Newspaper clippings enclosed inside front endpages. Newspaper clippings enclosed between pages 8-9. Note enclosed at page 136.

Folder 44: Brooks 085 (Satan Says by Olds, Sharon), undated

Note enclosed between pages 12-13

Folder 45: Brooks 089 (Reflections by Petrakis, Harry Mark), 1983

Correspondence enclosed inside front cover

Folder 46: Brooks 092 (How to Prepare for the Coming Crash by Preston, Robert L.), 1973, undated

Newspaper clippings enclosed before third advertisement

Folder 47: Brooks 096 (The Collected Poems of Langston Hughes by Hughes, Langston), 1994, undated

Notes enclosed at page 23 and between pages 30-31, 82-83, 106-107, 142-143, 146-147, 160-161, 262-263, 276-277, 280-281, 326-327, 422-423, 542-543. Program enclosed between pages 92-93.

Folder 48: Brooks 098 (Drumvoices Revue. Fall/Winter 1992/93, vol. 2, Nos. 1 & 2), 1993

Magazine clipping enclosed between pages 220-221

Folder 49: Brooks 099 (Airing Dirty Laundry by Reed, Ishmael), undated

Note enclosed between pages 104-105. Facial tissue enclosed between pages 230-231.

Folder 50: Brooks 100 (Report from Iron Mountain on the Possibility and Desirability of Peace), undated

Facial tissue enclosed between pages xx-xxi

Folder 51: Brooks 102 (Book Poems), 1998, undated

Correspondence enclosed in front cover

Folder 52: Brooks 103 (Against Borders by Rochman, Hazel), 1993, undated

Note enclosed at page 242.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Correspondence enclosed inside back cover.

Folder 53: Brooks 104 (Dictionary of Literary Biography. Yearbook: 1984), undated

Facial tissue enclosed between pages 118-119

Folder 54: Brooks 107 (Literary Essays by Sartre, Jean-Paul), undated

Newspaper clipping enclosed at contents page

Folder 55: Brooks 109 (Brief Biographies of Famous Men and Women by Sewell, W. Stuart), undated

Note enclosed between pages 236-237

Folder 56: Brooks 110 (Social Themes in the Poetry of Gwendolyn Brooks by Shaw, Harry Bernard), 1973

Correspondence enclosed inside cover

Folder 57: Brooks 111 (Southwest Review. Winter 1989, volume 74, number 1), 1989

Correspondence enclosed inside front cover

Folder 58: Brooks 113 (Biographical Essays by Strachey, Lytton), undated

Notes enclosed between pages 24-25 and 220-221.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Facial tissue enclosed between pages 84-85.

Folder 59: Brooks 115 (The Diary of Anaïs Nin, volume 2, by Nin, Anaïs), 1972, undated

Newspaper and magazine clippings enclosed between 312-313.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Facial tissue enclosed between pages 72-73

Folder 60: Brooks 116 (The Diary of Anaïs Nin, volume 7, by Nin, Anaïs), 1981

Newspaper and magazine clippings enclosed between pages 6-7 and second and third unnumbered leaves of plates

Folder 61: Brooks 116 (The Diary of Anaïs Nin, volume 7, by Nin, Anaïs), 1981, undated

Newspaper clippings enclosed between 178-179.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Airplane boarding pass enclosed between pages 142-143.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Napkin enclosed between pages 116-117.

Folder 62: Brooks 121 (Richard Wright by Webb, Constance), 1968

Correspondence enclosed between pages 80-81

Folder 63: Brooks 122 (Webster’s New World Portable Large Print Dictionary), undated

Note enclosed between pages 214-215

Folder 64: Brooks 125 (I Wanted to Write a Poem by Williams, William Carlos), 2000, undated

Notes enclosed inside front cover

Folder 65: Brooks 126 (Axel’s Castle by Wilson, Edmund), undated

Notes enclosed between pages 148-149, 246-247, and 264-265

Folder 66: Brooks 128 (On Gwendolyn Brooks), 1998

Menu enclosed in front cover

Folder 67: Brooks 129 (Washington and Two Marches, 1963 & 1983 by Yette, Frederick Walton and Samuel F. Yette), 1986

Note enclosed in book

Folder 68: Brooks 134 (Illuminations by Kaduk, Bruce), 1987

Correspondence enclosed between pages 20-21

Folder 69: Brooks 136 (The Jewish Poems by Pacernick, Gary), 1987

Correspondence enclosed in book

Box 543

Folder 1: Adisa, Opal Palmer. Bake-Face, 1987

Correspondence enclosed at title page

Folder 2: Berry Jr., Rynn. The Vegetarians, 1995, undated

Note and newspaper clippings enclosed between pages 54-55.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Newspaper clippings enclosed between pages 84-85.

Folder 3: Clark, Linda. Treating Diseases Naturally, undated

Facial tissues enclosed between pages 238-239 and 356-357 and at page 406

Folder 4: Cranton, Elmer. Bypassing Bypass, undated

Notes enclosed between pages 56-57, 114-115, 126-127, 128-129, 134-135, and 142-143

Folder 5: Ellman, Richard. Samuel Beckett, 1972, 1986, undated

Notes, programs, and poems enclosed between pages 12-13

Folder 6: Georgoudaki, Ekaterini. “Class, Race, and Gender Consciousness in Gwendolyn Brooks’s and Nikki Giovanni’s Poems for Children”, undated

Note enclosed in pamphlet

Folder 7: Kizer, Carolyn. Yin, 2000, undated

Correspondence enclosed inside front cover.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Bookmark enclosed between pages 24-25.

Folder 8: Long, Richard A. Ascending and Other Poems, undated

Note enclosed next to “An Introduction”

Folder 9: Lushbaugh, Elizabeth. Grandma Capps, 1983, 1988, undated

▪<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Correspondence enclosed between pages 20-21 and elsewhere in pamphlet

Folder 10: Revelry (Tenth Anniversary Issue), 1997

Envelope enclosed in pamphlet

Folder 11: Sarton, May. To Bid Us Still Rejoice, undated

Envelope enclosed in pamphlet

Folder 12: Southerland, Ellease, 1993

Note enclosed in work

Folder 13: Wajid, Hanan A. The Poetry Connection, 1991

Correspondence enclosed inside front cover

Folder 14: Ward Sr., Irving Milton, 1999

Correspondence enclosed inside front cover

Folder 15: Xavier Review, 1997, 1998

Newspaper and magazine clippings enclosed inside back cover

Folder 16: Yancey, Antronette, undated

Note enclosed inside front cover

Folder 17: Unidentified fragments, undated

Folder 18: Unidentified note, undated

Sub-series 2: Pamphlets and Periodicals

Box 544

Folder 1: “10 Tips for Hotel/Motel Fire Safety”, 1992

Includes “Fire Emergency Procedure” handout.

Folder 2: “250 Health Hints for the New Year”, 1991

Includes notes by Gwendolyn Brooks.

Folder 3: AfrikaNews (vol. 2, no. 4), undated

Featuring an interview with Haki R. Madhubuti.

Folder 4: Afro-Americans (Psycholinguistics Reading Series, book 8), 1968?

Folder 5: AIM (vol. 10, no. 1), 1983

Includes a Citizens Schools Committee Golden Anniversary program.

Folder 6: American Academy of Arts and Letters

Item 1: The American Academy of Arts and Letters, 1996-1997, 1997

Includes a brochure with member photos.

Item 2: Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Letters (vol. 2, no. 46), 1995

Folder 6a: American Poet

Item 1: American Poet (Spring), 1996

Item 2: The Academy of American Poets Report to the Members 1995, 1995

Item 3: American Poet (Winter), 1999-2000

Includes grouping of errata.

Folder 7: American Poet (Summer), 1996

Includes a catalog of “audiotape archives” distributed by the Academy of American Poets.

Folder 8: American Poet (Winter), 1996-1997

Folder 9: American Poet (Winter), 1999-2000

Includes grouping of errata.

Folder 10: Anchor Books (Spring), 1990

Includes a note concerning Countee Cullen by Gwendolyn Brooks.

Folder 11: The Art Institute of Chicago Annual Report 1966-1967, 1967

Folder 12: Birmingham Civil Rights Institute

Item 1: Grouping of photos and ephemera related to Beyond Birmingham: Human Rights Around the World, 1994?

Item 2: Grouping of ephemera related to Black heritage and the Civil Rights Movement in Alabama, 1989, 1992, undated

Item 3: Birmingham Civil Rights Institute folder, 1994

Folder 13: “Birmingham-Southern College Annual Report”, 1993-1994

Folder 14: Black American Poetry: A Selected Bibliography (Clinton-Essex-Franklin Library System), 1984?

Folder 15: Black Biography (vol. 1), 1981

Folder 16: Black Books Bulletin (vol. 2, no. 1), 1974

Folder 17: Black Books Bulletin (vol. 7, no. 3), 1981

Box 545

Folder 1: Black Books Bulletin (vol. 8, Annual), 1991

Two copies.

Folder 2: Black Books Bulletin: WordsWork (vol. 16, no. 1-2), 1994

Three copies.

Folder 3: Black Books Bulletin: WordsWork (vol. 16, no. 1-2), 1994

Copy heavily annotated by Gwendolyn Brooks. Includes a draft letter to Madhubuti, Haki R. (1981).

Folder 4: Black Culture Quiz (The Sperry and Hutchinson Company), 1979

Folder 4a: Black Enterprise Annual Investment Guide (April), 1999

Folder 4b: Black is Beautiful (no. 10), 1969

Folder 5: The Blacklisted Journalist (Column 21), 1997

Folder 6: “Black Men in the Struggle/Beautiful Black Women in the Struggle”, undated

Folder 7: The Black Position (no. 3), 1973

Three copies.

Folder 8: The Black Scholar (Summer), 1972

Folder 9: The Black Scholar (June), 1975

Three copies.

Folder 10: The Black Scholar (vol. 13, no. 4-5), 1982

Folder 11: The Black Scholar (vol. 18, no. 1), 1987

Folder 12: The Black Scholar (vol. 19, no. 4-5), 1988

Folder 13: The Black Scholar (vol. 20, no. 3-4), 1989

Box 546

Folder 1: The Black Leadership Family Plan for the Unity, Survival, and Progress of Black People, 1982

Includes fundraising appeal forms and supplementary informational leaflets for the Black Development Fund, and a plastic envelope.

Folder 2: Blake, J. Herman. “‘Doctor Can’t Do Me No Good’: Social Concomitants of Health Care Attitudes and Practices Among Elderly Blacks in Isolated Rural Populations”, 1977

Folder 3: Blakely, Nora Brooks, ed. “A Bit of This, A Bit of That: Creative Writing from the Students of the Englewood Catholic Schools”, 1987

Folder 4: Bolden, B.J. “The Gwendolyn Brooks Center for Black Literature and Creative Writing Annual Report, 1997-1998”, 1998

Folder 5: Bontemps, Arna, ed. Anthology of Negro Poets, 1961?

Folder 6: Braxton, Joanne M. “Furious Flower: A Revolution in African American Poetry”, undated

Enclosed in a sealed plastic sleeve.

Folder 7: The Bret Harte School. Student Teachers: Selected Writing 1995-1996, 1996

Two copies.

Folder 8: Callaloo (no. 1, December), 1976

Folder 9: Cape Cod Community College Poets, 1995

Folder 10: Carman, Juanita C.

Item 1: “Who Are You” (Reach Out Series), 1981?

Item 2: Children Stories (Reach Out Series), 1981?

“And Reading Skills” written in red ink.

Item 3: Short Essays, Poems and Prose (Reach Out Series), 1981?

Item 4: Reach Out Series of Young Adults Stories, 1982?

“Teen-Ager and” and “With Instructional Aids, Applications and Other Forms” written in pink ink.

Folder 11: Centers for New Horizons, Inc., undated

Folder 12: Central Passages Literary Journal (Edition 1), undated

Folder 13: “Chicago State University 1989 Annual Report”, 1989

Folder 14: Chicago Tribune Magazine (Section 10), 2000

Includes a letter to Gwendolyn Brooks from Reardon, Pat and an envelope.

Folder 15: Chronicle: 1994 Prize-Winning Poems (Seminole Community College), 1994

Two copies.

Folder 16: Cincinnati Horizons (vol. 6, no. 3), 1977

Folder 17: Common Outlook (vol. 1, no. 12), 1943

Includes “On Freshness In Verse” envelope.

Folder 18: A Common Reader: A Selection of Books for Readers with Imagination (no. 114), 1995

Folder 19: Conexões (vol. 4, no. 2), 1992

Folder 20: Conley, “A Unit: Contemporary Black Poetry", 1971

Folder 21: Consultants’ Reunion: A Keepsake Anthology of the Fiftieth Anniversary Celebration of the Consultantship in Poetry (Library of Congress (Washington, D.C.)), 1987

Folder 22: The Contemporary Forum catalog, 1990s

Folder 23: Count Your Calories (Dell Purse Book), 1968?

Folder 24: Creative Survival: The Providence Black Community in the 19th Century (The Rhode Island Black Heritage Society), 1980

Includes a sticker for the “Centenário da Abolição Projeto Consciência e Liberdade” (Centennial of Abolution Conscience and Freedom Project).

Folder 25: The Creative Woman (vol. 10, no. 2), 1990

Box 547

Folder 1: The Creative Woman (vol. 10, no. 4), 1990

Folder 2: Cumpián, Carlos, ed. Emergency Tacos (March/Abrazo Press), 1989

Signed by Badikian, Beatriz; Cumpián, Carlos; and Niño, Raúl.

Folder 3: Daily Thoughts from the Hill (Hillside Chapel & Truth Center, Inc.), 1995?

Folder 4: Delta Epsilon Sigma Bulletin (vol. 16, no. 1), 1971

Folder 5: Denali (vol. 1, no. 1), 1979?

Folder 6: Devillers, Michel. Chartres (Ouest France; English edition), 1978?

Includes sheet music for French songs.

Folder 7: The Drama Review (vol. 12, no. 1), 1967

Folder 8: Drumvoices Revue (vol. 5, no. 1-2), 1996

Folder 9: ECCO (Fall-Winter), 1992

Folder 10: Eclectic Literary Forum (ELF; vol. 2, no. 3), 1992

Includes a letter from “Sue.”

Folder 11: Eclectic Literary Forum (ELF; vol. 4, no. 1), 1994

Folder 12: Eclectic Literary Forum (ELF; vol. 5, no. 2), 1995

Folder 13: Eclectic Literary Forum (ELF; vol. 6, no. 1), 1996

Includes a letter from “Sue.”

Folder 14: Ehret, Arnold. The Definite Cure of Chronic Constipation. Also Overcoming Constipation Naturally (Ehret Literature Publishing Co.), 1975

Folder 15: Eichelberger, D.B. Aldebaran (Booktrader Press), 1994?

Includes a loose page from Every Shut Eye Ain’t Asleep (Harper, Michael S. and Walton, Anthony, eds.).

Folder 16: Eiden, William. Spirit Circle, 2000?

Includes an envelope addressed to Gwendolyn Brooks.

Folder 17: Ellmann, Richard. Samuel Beckett: Nayman of Noland, 1986

Folder 18: Empire Builder: 70th Anniversary Commemorative Menu, 1999

Folder 19: Engle, Paul. Christmas Poems, 1962

Folder 20: Epic (Spring), 1994

Includes a fragment of a possible cover page.

Folder 21: Epic (Spring), 1997

Includes a letter from Monroe, Ronald W. (Kingswood-Oxford School). Page IX is loose.

Folder 22: Esquire (April), 1970

Includes a bookmark for page 104.

Box 548

Folder 1: The Esther R. LaMarr Memorial Fund, Inc. Memorial Dinner program, 1968

Folder 2: Evans, Zishan. “Zetta” program, 1975?

Folder 3: Favors, Eunice C. Ordinary Life Extraordinary Understanding, 1998?

Folder 4: Florence, Milton. Selected Poems, 1991

Folder 5: Francesca, Sister M. I Became a Catholic and a Nun, 1974

Folder 6: The Freadom Newsletter (vol 2., no. 2), 1993

Three copies.

Folder 7: Free Spirit, 1976

Folder 8: Gambit (vol. 2, no. 4), 1978

Folder 9: A Gathering of the Tribes (vol. 1, no. 1), 1991

Includes flyers for the New York premiere of Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind at the Home of Contemporary Theatre and Art, a subscription form for A Gathering of the Tribes, and a letter requesting financial contributions.

Folder 10: Georgoudaki, Ekaterini. “Class, Race, and Gender Consciousness in Gwendolyn Brooks’s and Nikki Giovanni’s Poems for Children", 1990

Three copies.

Folder 11: The Gettysburg Review sample issue (Spring), 1998

Folder 12: Gildzen, Alex. Cat Scratches

Folder 13: Gildzen, Alex, ed. A Festschrift for Djuna Barnes on Her 80th Birthday (Occasional Papers No. 9; Kent State University Libraries), 1972?

Folder 14: Gwendolyn Brooks Elementary School (Aurora, IL) yearbook, 1996-1997

Folder 15: Halisi, Clyde and Mtume, James, eds. The Quotable Karenga, 1967?

Folder 16: Harper & Brothers Announces a Broad Program for the Publication of Poetry, circa 1950s

Folder 17: Harris, Lola. Hyacinths and Biscuits, 1982

Folder 18: Harris, Lola. New Moon Life play script, 1990

Folder 19: Health & Beauty Guide (no. 12), 1982?

Includes a postage stamp, a grouping of correspondence sent to Brooks while in London (from “Adrian;” Pease, David; and Clarke, Beverley), and a note by Gwendolyn Brooks. Contains a sealed envelope.

Folder 20: Hecht, Anthony. Robert Lowell (Library of Congress (Washington, D.C.)), 1993

Folder 21: Hijjawi, Sulafa, trans. They Claim There Is No Resistance: A Collection of Poems from Occupied Palestine (The Palestine National Liberation Movement), circa late 1960s

Folder 22: Hoffman, Daniel. “Moonlight Dries No Mittens”: Carl Sandburg Reconsidered (Library of Congress (Washington, D.C.)), 1979

Folder 23: Hollander, John. Lyrical Interval, 1985

Box 549

Folder 1: Howe, Susan Elizabeth. Where Women Go When They Vanish, 1991

Includes a letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, a piece of scrap paper, and an envelope.

Folder 2: Illinois Alliance for Aging (Chicago). Dignity, Self-Respect and Security for Older Adults, 1993

Includes a letter from Riley, James B., Jr. and Elling, Ronald.

Folder 3: Illinois Arts Council. Heartland (vol. 5, no. 1), 1999

Includes an issue of Poetry (vol. 172, no. 5; 1998).

Folder 3a: Illinois Quarterly (vol. 5, no. 5), 1993

Folder 4: The Illinois Review (vol. 1, no. 1), 1993

Folder 5: Illinois Writers Review (vol. 7, no. 2), 1988

Folder 6: International Women’s Forum Roster, 1988

Folder 7: It’s My Place (McKenzie Elementary School (Wilmette, IL)), 1991

Folder 8: Jackson, Gale interview transcripts, 1982

Includes a letter to Gwendolyn Brooks. Interview narrators are Brooks, Edith and Bryant, Luvinia

Folder 9: Jackson, Juanita; Slaughter, Sabra; and Blake, J. Herman. “The Sea Islands as a Cultural Resource” (The Black Scholar), 1974

Folder 10: John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Reports of the President and the Treasurer, 2000

Folder 11: The Journal of Black Poetry (vol. 1, no. 4), 1967

Folder 12: The Journal of Black Poetry (vol. 1, no. 5), 1967

Two copies.

Folder 13: The Journal of Black Poetry (vol. 1, no. 6), 1967

Two copies.

Folder 14: The Journal of Black Poetry (vol. 1, no. 7), 1967-1968

Folder 15: The Journal of Black Poetry (vol. 1, no. 8), 1968

Two copies.

Folder 16: Journal of Black Poetry (vol. 1, no. 9), 1968

Box 550

Folder 1: Journal of Black Poetry (vol. 1, no. 19), 1968

Includes an issue of The Skiff (vol. 69, no. 31; 1970).

Folder 2: Journal of Black Poetry (vol. 1, no. 12), 1969

Folder 3: Journal of Black Poetry (vol. 1, no. 14; Pan African Issue), 1970-1971

Folder 4: Journal of Black Poetry (vol. 1, no. 15), 1971

Folder 5: Journal of Black Poetry (vol. 1, no. 16), 1972

Folder 6: The Journal of Ordinary Thought (vol. 10, no. 3), 2000

Folder 7: Journal of the Poetry Society of America (no. 51), 1998

Folder 8: Journal of the Poetry Society of America (no. 52), 1998

Folder 9: JuJu: Research Papers in Afro-American Studies (Winter), 1976

Folder 10: Kansas Alumni Magazine (vol. 89, no. 6), 1991

Includes a letter from Niebaum, Jerri to Gwendolyn Brooks.

Folder 11: Karimi, Robert. Get Down W/Yr… Self to a Funky Disco Beat, 1996?

Folder 12: Katherine Mansfield: An Exhibition (University of Texas at Austin), 1973

Folder 13: Kennedy King College. Schedule of Classes (Fall), 1994

Folder 14: Kent, George and Henderson, Stephen. A Dark and Sudden Beauty: Two Essays in Black American Poetry, 1977?

Folder 15: King, John T. and Marcet H. Famous Black Americans, 1975?

Folder 16: Klug, Gary. “Dedicated to the Lord”: I Pray in Rhyme. Selected Poems, 1977?

Folder 17: Landry, John, comp. Collision, 1995?

Folder 18: LeBlanc, Liz. Moon Shots, 1977?

Box 551

Folder 1: Leer, Norman. Second Lining (Mellen Poetry Press), 1997

Various pages are marked with sticky notes.

Folder 2: Lewis, Wendy. Spring Poems and Pictures, undated

Folder 3: The Library of Congress (Humanities and Social Sciences Division)

Item 1: Library of Congress Information Bulletin (vol. 45, no. 17), 1986

Two copies.

Item 2: Library of Congress Information Bulletin (vol. 45, no. 3), 1986

Item 3: Library of Congress Information Bulletin (vol. 53, no. 13), 1994

Two copies. Includes an envelope addressed to Gwendolyn Brooks.

Folder 4: LIFE (vol. 1, no. 1), 1883

Folder 5: Lips (no. 11), 1985

Includes a business card for Boss, Laura and a grouping of ephemera concerning various topics and events.

Folder 6: Literacy Volunteers of Chicago

Item 1: Letter from Honderich, Judith K. to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1992

Item 2: Literacy Volunteers of Chicago brochure, undated

Item 3: Tutor Program Handbook (January-June), 1992

Item 4: The LVC Voice (Fall), 1991

Item 5: The LVC Voice (Spring), 1991

Item 6: Literacy Volunteers of Chicago 1990-1991 Annual Report, 1991

Folder 7: Lotus Press catalog, 1983

Two copies.

Folder 8: Long, Richard A. Ascending and Other Poems, 1975?

Folder 9: Lou’s Fish Grotto (Monterey, CA) menu, undated

Two copies.

Folder 10: The Loyola Report (vol. 1, no. 2), 1961

Three copies. Includes a letter from Maguire, James F. (Loyola University) to Gwendolyn Brooks.

Folder 11: Lushbaugh, Elizabeth. Grandma Capps, 1983

Folder 12: Madhubuti, Haki R. (Lee, Don L.)

Item 1: “Interview with Gwendolyn Brooks”, circa 1990/1991

Item 2: Loose pages from The Woman, The Work, The Music, undated

Item 3: For Black People (and Negroes Too): A Poetic Statement on Black Existence in America with a View of Tomorrow (Third World Press), 1968?

Folder 13: Maryland Museum of African Art (grouping of visitor ephemera), 1986

Includes a newspaper clipping and a “Maryland Museum of African Art” folder.

Folder 14: Massachusetts (vol. 7, no. 2), 1996

Folder 15: Maternal and Newborn Care: An Educational Guide for Expectant Mothers (E.I. Donahue Publishing Company), 1950?

Includes loose pages, notes, and advertisements for baby supplies.

Folder 16: Memorial in Honor of M.L. Rosenthal, 1917-1996, 1996

Folder 17: MidAmerica (vol. 8), 1986

Folder 18: MidAmerica (vol. 25), 1998

Box 552

Folder 1: Millet, Martha. Thine Alabaster Cities: A Poem for Our Times, 1952?

Folder 2: Mitchelson, Tom. From a Window Tree Leaves Wave…, 1976

Folder 3: Modern Language Association. Publications: Winter-Spring 2000, 2000

Includes an issue of To Your Health (Catholic Health Partners). Contains a separation sheet.

Folder 4: Monroe School’s Anthology of Poems, 1995

Two copies.

Folder 5: Mullen, Harryette. Tree Tall Woman (Energy Earth Communications, Inc.), 1980?

Folder 6: My Book of Paper Dolls: Big Dolls Ready to Cut Out and Dress (Saalfield Publishing Co.), 1932?

Includes an illustration of a child with a dog and cat, a note by Gwendolyn Brooks, paper dolls, and The Sugar Doll Family and Their Favorite Recipes.

Folder 7: Naperville North High School (Naperville, IL). Chrysalis (Spring), 1985

Folder 8: The National Commission on Excellence in Education. A Nation at Risk: The Imperative for Educational Reform, 1983

Folder 9: National Endowment for the Humanities. “My History Kit”, undated

Folder 10: Negro American Literature Forum (vol. 9, no. 1), 1975

Folder 11: The New Press Literary Quarterly (vol. 10, no. 2), 1994

Folder 12: Nims, John Frederick. The Harper Anthology of Poetry, 1981

Includes a letter from “John” to Gwendolyn Brooks.

Folder 13: Nin, Anaïs. Paris Revisited (Capra Press), 1972

Folder 14: Nommo (vol. 1, no. 3), 1975

Folder 15: NOVA (Einstein), 1979?

Folder 16: Ochester, Ed, ed. The Pitt Poetry Series, 1987

Folder 17: Октябрьский Дворец Культуры (Киев Реклама), 1980

Translates to The October Palace of Culture. Includes a folder for Готель Київ (Hotel Kyiv).

Folder 18: “An Overview of Marcy-Newberry Association” (The Marcy-Newberry Association, Inc.), 1991?

Folder 19: Parr, Albert Eide

Item 1: “Environmental Design and Psychology” (reprinted from Landscape (vol. 14, no. 2)), 1964-1965

Item 2: “City and Psyche” (reprinted from The Yale Review (vol. 55, no. 1), 1965

Folder 20: Parr, Albert Eide. “In Search of Theory VI” (reprinted from Arts & Architecture), 1965

Folder 21: Parr, Albert Eide. “Urbanity and the Urban Scene” (reprinted from Landscape (vol. 16, no. 3)), 1967

Folder 22: Parr, Albert Eide. “Remarks on Climate and Environment Design” (reprinted from Human Dimensions of the Atmosphere), 1968

Folder 23: Parr, Albert Eide

Item 1: Letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1968

Item 2: “The Five Ages of Urbanity” (reprinted from Landscape (vol. 17, no. 3), 1968

Item 3: “Toward Cultural Entropy” (reprinted from Ekistics Οικιστικη (vol. 24, no. 144), 1967

Item 4: “The Happy Habitat” (reprinted from The Journal of Aesthetic Education (vol. 6, no. 3)), 1972

Folder 24: Parr, Albert Eide. “Heating, Lighting, Plumbing, & Human Relations” (reprinted from Landscape (vol. 19, no. 1), 1971

Folder 25: Parr, Albert Eide. “The Design of Cities” (reprinted from Architectural Association Quarterly (vol. 3, no.3)), 1971

Folder 26: Parr, Albert Eide. “Art and Environment in an Age of Abundance” (reprinted from Environmental Quality: Now or Never; SIM Special Publication no. 5), 1972

Folder 27: Pathways: A Minority Press Review, 1989

Folder 28: Pearn, Victor. Blame It on a Lightning Bolt (MAF Press), 1989

Includes a note from Stone, Kim(?) to Gwendolyn Brooks.

Folder 29: Pease, Roland F., Jr., ed.

Item 1: Zoland Books Fall 1991 catalog, 1991

Item 2: The Zoland Books Poetry Postcard Collection, 1989?

Box 553

Folder 1: PEN American Center Newsletter (no. 70), 1989

Includes an article from the Chicago Tribune (1990).

Folder 2: Perceptions (vol. 13), 1994

Includes a letter from Sauret, Thomas J. (Gainesville College) to Gwendolyn Brooks.

Folder 3: Perceptions (vol. 14), 1995

Two copies.

Folder 4: Perryman, Brenda K. Mood Swings and Magic Carpet Rides: Poems of the Heart, 1990?

Folder 5: Phi Kappa Phi Journal (vol. 50, no. 2), 1970

Folder 6: Philomela, undated

Sent to Gwendolyn Brooks by Urch, Gloria.

Folder 7: Phylon: The Atlanta University Review of Race & Culture (Fourth Quarter), 1950

Includes an issue of Summer Northwestern (vol. 44, no. 3; 1964).

Folder 8: Pierce, Edith Lovejoy. Poems in Later Life, 1991

17 copies. Includes Celebrations (1987).

Folder 9: Poetry (vol. 74, no. 1), 1949

Folder 10: Poetry (vol. 79, no. 5), 1952

Folder 11: Poetry (vol. 111, no. 6), 1968

Folder 12: Poetry (vol. 151, no. 1-2), 1987

Folder 13: Poetry (vol. 160, no. 5), 1992

Includes a newspaper clipping.

Box 554

Folder 1: Poetry (vol. 161, no. 1), 1992

Folder 2: Poetry (vol. 167, no. 5), 1996

Folder 3: Poetry (vol. 168, no. 2), 1996

Folder 4: Poetry (vol. 169, no. 1), 1996

Folder 5: Poetry (vol. 169, no. 4), 1997

Folder 6: Poetry (vol. 170, no. 1), 1997

Folder 7: Poetry (vol. 170, no. 2), 1997

Folder 8: Poetry (vol. 173, no. 2), 1998

Folder 9: Poetry Catalogue Four: Books of Contemporary Poets and Presses with a Sprinkling of Earlier Times, circa 1992

Folder 10: The Poetry Connection: Dial-a-Poem, Chicago! Tenth Anniversary 1981-1991 (Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs), 1991

Folder 11: Poetry Pilot (Winter), 1995-1996

Open to page 7.

Folder 12: The Poetry Society of America Bulletin (vol. 70; Spring), 1980

Folder 13: Poets & Writers (vol. 23, no. 4), 1995

Folder 14: Poets & Writers (vol. 23, no. 5), 1995

Folder 15: Poets & Writers (vol. 24, no. 4), 1996

Folder 16: Poets & Writers (vol. 24, no. 6), 1996

Missing cover page.

Folder 17: Poets & Writers (vol. 26, no. 5), 1998

Front and back cover pages taped together. Includes an issue of News from the National First Ladies’ Library (vol. 1, no. 3).

Folder 18: Poets & Writers (vol. 28, no. 3), 2000

Folder 19: Poets On: Twentieth Anniversary Reprise (vol. 20, no. 2), 1996

Folder 20: Prevention magazine. Easing Arthritis Pain, 1992

Includes a letter from Hill, Larry (Prevention) to subscribers.

Box 555

Folder 1: Prickly Pear (University of South Carolina at Spartanburg), 1994?

Folder 2: Private Writers’ Literary Magazine (Yorkville High School (Yorkville, IL)), undated

Folder 3: PSA News (vol. 38), 1992

Folder 4: PSA News (vol. 40), 1992

Folder 5: PSA News (vol. 43), 1994

Folder 6: PSA News (vol. 44-45), 1994

Folder 7: PMLA (vol. 113, no. 1), 1998

Folder 8: PMLA (vol. 114, no. 2), 1999

Folder 9: Publishers Weekly (December 7), 1992

11 copies. Includes a bubble mailer addressed to Gwendolyn Brooks.

Folder 10: The Purdue Alumnus (March), 1995

Folder 11: The Quarterly Journal of the Library of Congress (July), 1969

Folder 12: Radden, Viki. Walking to New Zealand: Poems, Stories, & Recipes, 1987

Includes a photo of a woman in front of a pizza restaurant.

Folder 13: Rago, Maria Christina, ed. The Selected Poems of Henry Rago, 1915-1969, 1999

Folder 14: Randall, Dudley. Broadside Memories: Poets I Have Known (Broadside Press), 1975

Three copies.

Box 556

Folder 1: Randall, Dudley. Love You (vol. 10; Heritage series), 1971

Three copies. Includes a scrap of paper and a facial tissue.

Folder 2: The Rectangle (vol. 65, no. 2), 1990

Includes an issue of Sigma Tau Delta Newsletter (Fall 1990) and two works by Taylor, Ann R.: Hopes and Dreams (1986) and Feel’n Good (1980).

Folder 3: The Rectangle (vol. 68, no. 1), 1993

Folder 4: Red Lion Motor Inn brochure, circa 1970s

Folder 5: Redmond, Eugene B., ed. “Clashing Harmonies & Universal Particulars: A Workshop Report on the 3rd National Black Writers Conference”, 1991

Includes a blank order form for Drumvoices Revue.

Folder 6: Reflections (no. 3), 1985

Folder 7: The Renaissance (October 1), 1990

Folder 8: Revelry (vol. 7), 1994

Two copies.

Folder 9: Revelry (Tenth Anniversary Issue), 1997

Two copies.

Folder 10: Revelry (vol. 11), 1998

Two copies.

Folder 11: The River Newsletter (vol. 3, no. 1), 1985

Folder 12: Rottner, Courtney Hope. Sweet Thoughts, 1988

Folder 13: Sanders, Richard F. Lima Beans and Other Poems, 1995

Folder 14: The Saracen (Spring), 1993

Folder 14a: Saturday Review (July), 1962

Folder 15: Sarton, May. To Bid Us Still Rejoice, 1998

Folder 16: Schaffenburg, Carlos A. Songs Irreverent and Old, 1995?

Folder 17: The Sewanee Review (vol. 104, no. 1)

Includes an issue of HSPE: Teaching High School Physical Education (vol. 1, no. 6; 1995).

Folder 18: The Sewanee Review (vol. 104, no. 2), 1996

Folder 19: Slaboshpitskiy, M. and Shevchenko, A. Soviet Ukrainian Literature Today (Radyansky Pismennik Publishers), 1981

Box 557

Folder 1: SML Newsletter (vol. 18, no. 2), 1988

Folder 2: SML Newsletter (vol. 24, no. 2), 1994

Folder 3: SML Newsletter (vol. 24, no. 3), 1994

Folder 4: Sokel, Walter H. Franz Kafka (Columbia Essays on Modern Writers, no. 19), 1966

Folder 5: Southerland, Ellease. A Feast of Fools, circa 1998

Unbound. Includes a plastic bag.

Folder 6: Spelman Messenger (vol. 111, no. 2), 1997

Folder 6a: Spelman Messenger (vol. 112, no. 2), 1998

Folder 7: Stagebill (September), 1988

Features a performance of Dreamgirls by the Candlelight Dinner Playhouse.

Folder 8: Stanford, Ann Folwell. “Like Narrow Banners for Some Gathering War”: Readers, Aesthetics, and Gwendolyn Brooks’s “The Sundays of Satin-Legs Smith”, undated

Folder 9: Stanford, Ann Folwell. “‘The Tender Struggle’: War and Resistance in the Early Poetry of Gwendolyn Brooks”, 1990

Includes a letter to Gwendolyn Brooks.

Folder 10: Staying Healthy, Being Aware: Health Care After Forty (U.S. Government Printing Office), 1992

Folder 11: Stein, Jean, ed. Grand Street (vol. 15, no. 2), 1996

Missing front cover.

Folder 12: Stillwater (vol. 30; Fall-Spring), 1991-1992

Box 558

Folder 1: Tanks, Mark D. Oceans of Blood (Lithe Press), 1990

Folder 2: Tarascio, Sara. Life’s Blessings (Salesian Inspirational Books), 1985?

Folder 3: Taylor, Carol, ed. The Little Black Book: Black Male Survival in America. Or, Staying Alive and Well in an Institutionally Racist Society, 1985?

Folder 4: Tengroth, Leyla Assaf, ed. Facts on Botswana (Government Information Services, Gaborone), 1976

Water damaged.

Folder 5: Terrell, Lloyd P. Thoughts on Paper (Georgia Preston Publications), 1975?

Folder 6: Third World Press (Chicago) catalog, 1992

Folder 7: The Tower (Austin Peay State University), 1988?

Includes “An African-American Dilemma: Black Leaders in Memphis Politics” by Mock, James (Austin Peay State University); “Shattering the Window” by Hardin, Jeff; and a business card for Mock, James.

Folder 8: Traces of Wonder (Central School (Wilmette, IL)), 1991

Folder 9: A TransAfrican Aesthetic: Paintings by Jeff Donaldson (Eastern Connecticut State University), 1999

Folder 10: TriQuarterly (vol. 82), 1991

Folder 11: Turner-Barnes, Sandra. Always a Lady: Poetry for and About Today’s Woman—With Today’s Man in Mind!, 1995

Missing back cover.

Folder 11a: The University of Chicago Magazine (vol. 86, no. 3), 1994

Folder 12: University of the South

Item 1: All Saints’ Chapel brochure, 1990

Three copies.

Item 2: The Last Lecture Series leaflet, undated

Two copies.

Folder 13: The University Press of Kentucky (Fall and Winter), 1988-1989

Folder 14: The University Press of Kentucky (Fall and Winter), 1989-1990

Three copies.

Folder 15: VFH (vol. 24), 1998

Folder 16: Villarino, Maria de. “With Robert Frost, Poet of Eternal Return”, circa 1956

Folder 17: Vioxx medication informational booklet (Merck & Co., Inc.), 2000?

Folder 18: Vivé 81 (South Side Community Art Center (Chicago)), 1982

Includes a ticket order form for an event at the Art Institute of Chicago.

Folder 19: Glossolalia (Walsh University; Spring), 1992

Folder 20: Sundries (Walsh University; Spring), 1993

Folder 21: Ward, Francis. Kuumba, 1993

Folder 22: Warpland: A Journal of Black Literature and Ideas (vol. 1, no. 1), 1995

Two copies. Includes an order form.

Box 559

Folder 1-5: Warpland: A Journal of Black Literature and Ideas (vol. 1, no. 1), 1995

Two copies per folder.

Box 560

Folder 1: Warpland: A Journal of Black Literature and Ideas (vol. 1, no. 1), 1995

Two copies.

Folder 2: Warpland: A Journal of Black Literature and Ideas (vol. 3, no. 1), 1997

Includes notes by Gwendolyn Brooks and a poem by Tavenner, Amy.

Folder 3: Washington Review (vol. 11, no. 5), 1986

Contains a separation sheet.

Folder 4: Watts, Michael. Oxford: The City and University, 1975?

Folder 5: We the People: The Constitution of the United States of America, 1787-1987 (Illinois Bell Telephone Company), 1987

Folder 6: Weems, Mary E. White, 1997

Folder 7: Why Literature Should Be Heard. (Unterberg Poetry Center. 92nd Street YMCA (New York)), 1993-1994

Folder 8: Wilkman, Jon Kurt. Black Americans: From Colonial Days to the Present, 1969?

Includes a call for contributions to an anthology concerning Gwendolyn Brooks.

Folder 9: Williams Alumni Review (vol. 80, no. 4), 1988

Includes a bookmark for page 24.

Folder 10: Wittenberg University Admission Viewbook, undated

Includes a booklet on Black student involvement, a pass for Amtrak’s Metropolitan Lounge at Union Station, and a postcard in a wax paper envelope.

Folder 11: Wright, Stephen Caldwell. Out of the Wailing (Christopherr-Burghardt Associates), 1992?

Folder 12: Wright, Stephen Caldwell. The Chicago Collective: Poems for and Inspired by Gwendolyn Brooks, Poet Laureate of Illinois, 1990?

Folder 13: Xavier Review (vol. 17, no. 2), 1997

Folder 14: Miscellaneous travel materials

Item 1: Washington D.C.: Natural Color Views of the Nation’s Capital, undated

Item 2: “Lunch on Capitol Hill” leaflet, undated

Item 3: Woburn Abbey informational booklet, undated

Includes an advertisement for Trust Houses Forte from Ambassador (November 1978).

Item 4: “Experience… Exeter, New Hampshire” brochure, 1981

Box 564

File 1: “Old Cookbooks”

Folder 1.1-1.9: Clippings from cookbooks, 1935-1988, undated

File 2: Proud magazine

Folder 2.1: MIT Women Writing & Society advertisement, undated

Folder 2.2: Correspondence enclosed between pages 16-17, 1983

Folder 2.3: Proud magazine, 1983

File 3: Reflections book

Folder 3.1: Correspondence enclosed inside back cover, 1968

Folder 3.2: Correspondence enclosed between pages 18-19, undated

Folder 3.3: Speech enclosed inside book, undated

Folder 3.4: Note enclosed inside front cover, 1996

Folder 3.5: Art enclosed inside front cover, undated

Folder 3.6: Reflections book, undated

Folder 4: Doane magazine, 1992-1993

Folder 5: Touchstone magazine, 1994

Poems by others enclosed between pages 6-7.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Program enclosed inside back cover.

File 6: Yankee magazine

Folder 6.1

Item 1: Brown, Tonée letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1988

Item 2: Dowlen, Bob letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1988

Item 3: Evans, George letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1986

Separation sheet.

Item 4: Harris, Joan W. letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1988

Item 5: Hawkins, Preston letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1988

Includes an envelope.

Item 6: Salk, Judith E. letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1988

Includes an envelope.

Item 7: Webb, Earnest (National Association of Black Social Workers) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1988

Includes an envelope.

Item 8: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Webb, Earnest (National Association of Black Social Workers), undated

Includes an envelope. Envelope opened by the graduate assistant in 02/25.

Folder 6.2: Permissions requests, 1988

Separation sheet.

Folder 6.3: Yankee magazine, 1988

Series 16: Sheet Music

Box 565

Folder 1: Ahlert and Barris, ©1932, 1936

Folder 2: Bergman and Berlin, ©1932, 1935

Folder 3: Bernard and Bishop, ©1934, 1939

Folder 4: Bliss and Bowman, ©1925, 1935

Folder 5: Box and Brooks, ©1944, 1946

Folder 6: Brown, ©1933, 1940

Folder 7: Caesar and Cahn, ©1936

Folder 8: Carle, ©1939-1940

Folder 9: Carmichael, ©1957-1958

Folder 10: Carr and Chopin, ©1941, undated

Folder 11: Churchill and Coates, ©1937, 1940

Folder 12: Colahan and Confrey, ©1921, 1947

Folder 13: Conrad and Coots, ©1921, 1936

Folder 14: Davis and Delettre, ©1934, 1938

Folder 15: DeSylva and Donaldson, ©1926, 1935

Folder 16: Donaldson and Edwards, ©1927, 1937

Folder 17-18: Ellington, ©1931, 1933, 1972

Folder 19: Engelmann and Fain, ©1937, 1954

Folder 20: Fischer and Flynn, ©1937, 1942

Folder 21: Gershwin and Gordon, ©1930, 1934

Folder 22: Green and Harris, ©1936, 1946

Folder 23: Harris, ©1946

Folder 24: Herbert and Henreid, ©1915, undated

Folder 25: Jacobs-Bond and Johnson, ©1910, 1936

Folder 26: Kahn and Kaper, ©1935, 1946

Folder 27: Kendis and Kennedy, ©1937, 1939

Folder 28: Kenny and Kern, ©1936-1937

Folder 29: Kogen and Lange, ©1923, 1937

Folder 30: Lippman and Livingston, ©1945, 1948

Folder 31: Lombardo and Manzanero, ©1928, 1970

Folder 32: McConnell and McHugh, ©1932, 1938

Folder 33: McHugh, Miessner, ©1934, undated

Folder 34: Nevin and Olcott, ©1918, 1941

Folder 35: Petkere and Pola, ©1932, 1942

Folder 36: Rebe and Reid, ©1936, 1946

Folder 37: Revel and Richards, ©1933, 1954

Folder 38: Rito and Roberts, ©1935, 1956

Folder 39: Robertson and Robin, ©1934, 1940

Folder 40: Rodgers and Samuels, ©1935, 1945

Folder 41: Schulte, ©1942

Folder 42: Schwartz and Seiler, ©1934, 1942

Folder 43: Shivers and Silvers, ©1929, 1938

Folder 44: Simons and Sizemore, ©1927, 1930

Folder 45: Steiner and Stept, ©1936, 1942

Folder 46: Stept, ©1935, 1943

Folder 47: Suesse and Tenney, ©1935-1936

Folder 48: Tobani and Tobias, ©1909, 1935

Folder 49: Towers and Van Alstyne, ©1915, 1936

Folder 50: Van Heusen, ©1942, 1969

Folder 51: Warren and Wayne, ©1930, 1946

Folder 52: Wrubel and fragment of "Concerto for Two", undated

Box 566

Folder 1: "Choice Vocal Selections for Christmas and Easter" (Chicago: McKinley Publishers, Inc.) and "Joyous Christmas Carols", ©1925

Folder 2: "The Jewel Collection of Favorite Standards" (New York: Jewel Music Publishing Co., Inc.), ©1962

Folder 3: "The World-Famous Modern Selections for the Piano (Fourth Grade)" (Chicago: McKinley Music Co.), ©1929

Folder 4: Student piano book, undated

Folder 5: Various pages of piano music, ©1928, undated

Folder 6: Sheet music fragments, undated

Series 17: Audiovisual Materials

Sub-series 1: Cassettes and VHS Tapes

Box 384

Item 1-17: Cassette tapes

Item 1: The Courage to Write: Katherine Mansfield, 1998?

DS Tape 1. University of Wisconsin Board of Regents.

Item 2: Herrin Massacre, 1997

DS Tape 2. WBEZ Chicago.

Item 3: Brockport Writers Forum “Interview w/ Gwendolyn Brooks”, 1978 May 9

DS Tape 10.

Item 4: Keynote: Gwen Brooks, 1988 May 25

DS Tape 11.

Item 5: The Academy of American Poets, 1983?

DS Tape 12. Audiotape Archives. Includes “Lucille Clifton” (A) and “Gwendolyn Brooks” (B).

Item 6: An Interview with Gwendolyn Brooks, 1988 May 5

DS Tape 13. Also labeled “For Gwen, with deep appreciation!”

Item 7: An Interview with Gwendolyn Brooks, 1988

DS Tape 14. Side C.

Item 8: New Letters on the Air, 1984 April

DS Tape 15. New Letters magazine (University of Missouri, Kansas City). Includes “Gwendolyn Brooks.”

Item 9: Michigan City Library, 1990

DS Tape 16. Includes “Gwendolyn Brooks – Audio Pt. 1” (A) and “Gwendolyn Brooks Pt. 2” (B).

Item 10: Poets in Person, 1991?

DS Tape 17. Includes “W.S. Merwin” and “Gwendolyn Brooks.”

Item 11: Gwendolyn Brooks on Ill. Public Radio, 1993

DS Tape 18. WSSU-FM.

Item 12: G. Brooks at Bowen H.S. – Hip hop Mama, 1991 May 21

DS Tape 19.

Item 13: Gwendolyn Brooks Reading. Buffalo State College, 1990 November 1

DS Tape 20.

Item 14: “Two Poets in Conversation”: Gwendolyn Brooks and Stephen Caldwell Wright, 1992 February 28

DS Tape 21. Seminole Community College.

Item 15: Gwendolyn Brooks 1st Workshop, 1992 October 15

DS Tape 22. Ball State University.

Item 16: Gwendolyn Brooks 2nd Workshop, 1992 October 15

DS Tape 23. Ball State University.

Item 17: Gwendolyn Brooks. “A Poetry Reading”, 1992 October 15

DS Tape 24. Ball State University.

Box 385

Item 1-11: Cassette tapes

Item 1: The Poet’s Voice: Gwendolyn Brooks, undated

DS Tape 25. WNYC New York. The Unterberg Poetry Center (The 92nd Street Y).

Item 2: Mrs. Brooks, undated

DS Tape 26.

Item 3: MD Smith, “Sight & Insight: Poet as Social Historian”, undated

DS Tape 27. Includes “Paul Dunbar & Sterling Brown” (A) and “Sterling Brown (Part II) & Gwendolyn Brooks” (B).

Item 4: Poets: Gwen & Steph, undated

DS Tape 28.

Item 5: MAMA – reading wks on Studs Terkel 3/23, undated

DS Tape 29. B side labeled “MAMA (cont) WRMT 98.7 Wilson.”

Item 6: Martin Luther King – Words by Gwendolyn Brooks – Music by David Welsh, undated

DS Tape 30.

Item 7: Personality Profile (dub) - Portrait of Gwendolyn Brooks, undated

DS Tape 31.

Item 8: Poems recited by L.A. Thomas CCH. children, undated

DS Tape 32. Includes poetry from Bronzeville Boys and Girls.

Item 9: Nelson Algren – Remembrance, 1981 June 29

DS Tape 33. Second City (Chicago).

Item 10: Unlabeled gray cassette tape, undated

DS Tape 34. Contains “Swing Low” (A).

Item 11: Unlabeled black cassette tape, 1991 August 8

DS Tape 35. Contains “All About Anna.”

Box 386

Item 1-3: Cassette tape sets

Item 1: Black Biography, 1981?

DS Tapes 3-4. Tape 3 includes “Dr. Benjamin E. Mays: Born to Rebel” (A) and “Rev. Richard Allen and the Birth of the A.M.E. Church” (B). Tape 4 includes “The Invention of Benjamin Banneker” (A) and “The Spirit of Sojourner Truth” (B).

Item 2: Black Biography, 1981?

DS Tapes 5-6. Tape 5 includes “Hank Aaron: The Legend of the Hammer” (A) and “Jim Beckwourth: Mountain Man” (B). Tape 6 includes “Gwendolyn Brooks: Madonna of the Poets” (A) and “Tony Brown: Media Man” (B).

Item 3: The Junior Great Books Read-Aloud Program, 1998?

DS Tapes 7-9. Dragon series. Tape 7 includes “The Frog Prince” (A) and “Guinea Fowl and Rabbit Get Justice” (B). Tape 8 includes “Feraj and the Magic Lute” (A) and “The Tale of Johnny Town-Mouse.” Tape 9 includes “Buya Marries the Tortoise” (A) and “The Huckabuck Family…” (B).

Item 4-14: VHS tapes

Item 4: From Whence We Came Awards Show Media Highlights, 1999

DS Tape 36. Edelman Video Productions.

Item 5: Chicago Arts Tribute to Sandra H. Royster (draft copy), 2000

DS Tape 37. Chicago Cultural Center.

Item 6: G. Brooks Honored at the Statehouse, 1990?

DS Tape 38. WIBW-TV (Topeka, KS). Includes “Bill Drummond” and “Video footage at Kansas Senate Chambers” notes.

Item 7: A Medley in Black History, undated

DS Tape 39.

Item 8: United States of Poetry, undated

DS Tape 40.

Item 9: Show # 95 (Essence Awards), undated

DS Tape 41.

Item 10: Flash News: A Beloit College Campus News Program, undated

DS Tape 42. Includes “Men’s Soccer, Jen Davis, Gwendolyn Brooks, [and] The Women’s Exhibit.”

Item 11: Computer North Dallas Forty, undated

DS Tape 43.

Item 12: Many Thousand Gone: Lost Black History, undated

DS Tape 44.

Item 13: Battle Creek Symphony Interview: Clarence Small, undated

DS Tape 45.

Item 14: People to People–Featuring Ella Mae Clark–‘Oral Interpreter’, 1985

DS Tape 46. Also labeled “Hamlet. To Have…”

Sub-series 2: Vinyl LPs

Box 567

Folder 1: Neapolitan Trio (Victor), 1912(?)

DS Disc 1. Includes “Schubert’s Serenade” by Franz Schubert (A) and “Serenade” by A.E. Titl (B).

Folder 2: Charles Schuetze (Columbia), 1909(?)

DS Disc 2. Includes “Song without Words” (A) and “Love’s Old Sweet Song” (B) by Charles Schuetze.

Folder 3: Nightingale of Herr Reich, Bremen (Victor), undated

DS Disc 3. Includes “Song of a Nightingale” (A).

Folder 4: Columbia Quintette / Grace Kerns (Columbia), 1909(?)

DS Disc 4. Includes “The Rosary” by Ethelbert Nevin (A) and “The Last Rose of Summer” by Old Irish Air (B).

Folder 5: Nathan Glantz (Gennett), 1923

DS Disc 5. Includes “Valse La La” (A) and “Gladioli” (B).

Folder 6: Carpenter and Ingram (Gennett), undated

DS Disc 6. Includes “London Bridge Is Falling Down (On the Isle of Childhood Dreams)” by Harry I. Robinson and Louis Robinson (A) and “In Fair Hawaiia” by Melba Wirth (B).

Folder 7: Prince’s Orchestra (Columbia), 1915

DS Disc 7. Includes “Danse Macabre” by Camille Saint-Saëns (A) and “Dance of the Goblins” by William Loraine and Robert Recker (B).

Folder 8: Foy Willing (Varsity), undated

DS Disc 8. Includes “I Couldn’t Believe It Was True” (A) and “Sometimes” (B).

Folder 9: Vienna Quartette / Victor Sorlin (Victor), 1913(?)

DS Disc 9. Includes “Serenade” by Gabriel Pierné (A) and “Cradle Song” by Miska Hauser (B).

Folder 10: Conway’s Band (Okeh), undated

DS Disc 10. Includes “Coppélia Ballet No. 2 (Waltz of the Hours)” (A) and “Coppélia Ballet No. 7 (Czardas)” (B) by Léo Delibes.

Folder 11: Natzy and His Biltmore Orchestra (Gennett), 1921

DS Disc 11. Includes “Moonlight” by Con Conrad (A) and “Sunshine” by George A. Little, Jack Stanley, and Otto Motzan (B).

Folder 12: Criterion Quartette (Gennett), 1921

DS Disc 12. Includes “In the Sweet Bye and Bye” by Joseph P. Webster and Sanford Fillmore Bennett (A) and “The Church in the Wildwood” by William Pitts (B).

Folder 13: Jerry Wald and His Orchestra (Decca), 1944

DS Disc 13. Includes “Poinciana (Song of the Tree)” by Nat Simon and Buddy Bernier (A) and “Mississippi Dream Boat” by Sammy Fain, Lew Brown, and Ralph Freed (B).

Folder 14: Taylor Trio (Gennett), 1922

DS Disc 14. Includes “The Herd Girl’s Dream” by August Labitzky (A) and “Sweet Genevieve” by George Cooper and Henry Tucker (B).

Folder 15: Sergei Rachmaninoff (RCA Victor), 1928(?)

DS Disc 15. Includes “Prelude in C Sharp Minor (Op. 3, No. 2)” (A) and “Spinning Song (Song Without Words, No. 34” by Felix Mendelssohn (B).

Folder 16: Arthur Gramm (Columbia), 1909(?)

DS Disc 16. Includes “Prelude to the Deluge” by Camille Saint-Saëns (A) and “Spanish Dance (Spanischer Tanz)” by Fabian Rehfeld.

Folder 17: Learn-A-Language Record Course (Crown Publishers), 1955(?)

DS Disc 17. Record 1. Includes French lessons 1-5 (A) and 6-10 (B).

Folder 18: Learn-A-Language Record Course (Crown Publishers), 1955(?)

DS Disc 18. Record 2. Includes French lessons 11-15 (A) and 16-20 (B).

Folder 19: Learn-A-Language Record Course (Crown Publishers), 1955(?)

DS Disc 19. Record 3. Includes French lessons 21-25 (A) and 26-30 (B).

Folder 20: Learn-A-Language Record Course (Crown Publishers), 1955(?)

DS Disc 20. Record 4. Includes French lessons 31-35 (A) and 36-40 (B).

Box 568

Folder 1: Kaufman Brothers / Arthur Fields (Gennett), 1922

DS Disc 21. Includes “Mister Gallagher and Mister Shean” by Ed Gallagher and Al Shean (A) and “All Over Nothing At All” by J. Keirn Brennan, James S. Rule, and Paul Cunningham (B).

Folder 2: Merle Tillotson / Inez Barbour (Columbia), 1914

DS Disc 22. Includes “Good Bye Sweet Day” by Kate Vannah (A) and “Lullaby, from Erminie” by Edward Jakobowski (B).

Folder 3: “Sweet Hawaiian Moonlight” (A) / “Meet Me in the Moonlight” (B), undated

DS Disc 23. Handwritten label on side A; no label on side B.

Folder 4: The Four Vagabonds (Bluebird), 1943

DS Disc 24. Includes “Rose Ann of Charing Cross” by Kermit Goell and Mabel Wayne (A) and “Ten Little Soldiers (On a Ten Day Leave)” by Abner Silver, Kay Werner, and Sue Werner (B).

Folder 5: Buck Basseys Royal Yorkers (SBW), undated

DS Disc 25. Includes “In the Good Old Summer Time” by Ren Shields and George Evans (A) and “Summer Morning” by Fred Bruland (B).

Folder 6: Victor Opera Trio (Victor), 1912(?)

DS Disc 26. Includes “Faust – Trio from “Prison Scene” (Act V)” by Charles Francois Gounod (A).

Folder 7: Joseph Moskowitz (Victor), 1916

DS Disc 27. Includes “Hungarian Dance, No. 5” by Johannes Brahms (A) and “Hungarian Czardas” (B).

Folder 8: Lieut. Matt’s Orchestra (Gennett), 1922

DS Disc 28. Includes “Say Persianna Say (Oriental Fox Trot)” by Willy White (A) and “Swanee River Moon (Waltz)” by H. Pitman Clark (B).

Folder 9: Florence Hinkle (Victor), 1912

DS Disc 29. Includes “From the Land of the Sky Blue Water” from American Indian Songs by Nelle Richmond Eberhart and Charles Wakefield Cadman (A).

Folder 10: Scipione Guidi (Gennett), 1922

DS Disc 30. Includes “Schon Rosmarin” (A) and “Liebesfreud” (B) by Fritz Kreisler.

Box 569

Item 1: Mahalia Jackson, What the World Needs Now (Columbia), 1969

DS Disc 31. Includes original sleeve.

Item 2: Diana Ross and The Supremes with The Temptations, (The Original Soundtrack from) TCB (Motown), 1968

DS Disc 32. Includes original jacket.

Item 3: Bing Crosby, Crosby Classics (Harmony Records. Columbia), 1971

DS Disc 33. Includes original jacket.

Item 4: Ed Brown and Martin Plissner, John Fitzgerald Kennedy: A Memorial Album (Premier), 1963

DS Disc 34. Includes original jacket and sleeve.

Folder 5: Michael Gielen / Hans Swarowsky (Classic Platten Club), undated

DS Disc 35. Music Treasures of the World series. Includes “Symphony No. 41 in C Major, K. 551 (The “Jupiter”)” by Mozart (A) and “Symphony No. 4 in A Major, Op. 90 (The “Italian”)” by Mendelssohn (B).

Folder 6: State Orchestra of the U.S.S.R. (Classic Platten Club), undated

DS Disc 36. Music Treasures of the World series. Includes “Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 53” by Dvorak (A) and “Concerto No. 1 in E-flat Major” by Liszt (B).

Folder 7: American Recording Society Orchestra / The Vienna Festival Orchestra (Classic Platten Club), undated

DS Disc 37. Music Treasures of the World series. Includes “Symphonic Suite” by Richard Rodgers (A) and “Bouffes Parisiens” by Richard Mohaupt (B).

Folder 8: Music Treasures Philharmonic Symphony (Classic Platten Club), undated

DS Disc 38. Music Treasures of the World series. Includes “Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67” by Beethoven (A) and “Symphony No. 8 in B Minor (The “Unfinished”)” by Schubert (B).

Folder 9: Music Treasures of the World series sleeve, undated

Folder 10: Reference Recording Instantaneous (NBC), 1957

DS Disc 39. Includes “Carnival of Books Part 1” (A) and “Carnival of Books Part 3” (B).

Folder 11: Reference Recording Instantaneous (NBC), 1957

DS Disc 40. Includes “Carnival of Books Part 2” (A).

Item 12-14: Theme from Love Story and 30 More Great Hits (Columbia House), undated

DS Disc 41-43. Includes three records in original box set. Each record has five songs on each side.

Item 15: Linton Kwesi Johnson, Forces of Victory (Island), 1979(?)

DS Disc 44. Includes original jacket and sleeve.

Item 16: Linton Kwesi Johnson, Bass Culture (Island), 1980(?)

DS Disc 45. Includes original jacket and sleeve.

Item 17: “Linton Kwesi Johnson” mailer, 1982

Item 18: Michael Smith, “Mi C-YaăN beLiēVe iT” (Island), 1982(?)

DS Disc 46. Includes original jacket and sleeve.

Item 19-20: Delta Sigma Theta Members ft. Aretha Franklin and Roscoe Lee Browne, Roses & Revolutions (D.S.T. Telecommunications, Inc.), 1975

DS Disc 47-48. Two-record set. Includes original jacket and sleeves.

Item 21-22: Gwendolyn Brooks Reading Her Poetry, 1968

DS Disc 49-50. Two copies. Each includes original jacket and sleeve.

Item 23: Billy Taylor, Jazz Alive (Monmouth/Evergreen), 1977

DS Disc 51. Includes original jacket and sleeves. Artist’s inscription on the back of the jacket.

Item 24-25: Diana Ross and the Supremes, Greatest Hits (Motown), 1967(?)

DS Disc 52-53. Two-record set. Includes original jacket.

Box 569a

Item 1: Vinyl LP record storage album, undated

Brown leather. Chicago Album & Specialty Co. Housed DS Disc 1-2 and 12-16.

Item 2: Vinyl LP record storage album, undated

Brown leather. Chicago Album & Specialty Co. Housed DS Disc 3. Includes owner’s manual for a Motorola AM-FM Radio and Phonograph.

Item 3: Vinyl LP record storage album, undated

Brown leather. Chicago Album & Specialty Co. Housed DS Disc 4-11. Owner’s manual for a Motorola TV set is attached to the front cover.

Box 569b

Item 1: Vinyl LP record storage album, undated

Brown leather. Chicago Album & Specialty Co. Housed DS Disc 21-27. Page from an owner’s manual for a Motorola TV set attached to the back cover.

Item 2: Vinyl LP record storage album, undated

Brown leather. Chicago Album & Specialty Co. Housed DS Disc 28-30. Includes an inscription on the front cover recto.

Series 18: Newspapers and Magazines

Sub-series 1: Clippings About Gwendolyn Brooks

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 8a: February 1994, 1994

Includes issue of Levenger.

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: June-July 1994, 1994

Folder 17a: July 1994, 1994

Includes issue of Time (July 11).

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 3a: May/June 1995, 1995

Includes issue of Humanities.

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 20a: 1995, 1995

Includes “Black History” issue of The Multicolor Workshop.

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 10a: June 1998, 1998

Includes issue of Newsweek (June 29).

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

Includes separation sheet to Box 705 OS.

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

File 1: Newspapers clippings, 1991-1996

Folder 1.1-1.4: Newspaper clippings, 1991-1996

Folder 1.5-1.25: Newspaper clippings

Folder 1.5-1.14: Items enclosed in right folder pocket, 1993-1995

Includes separation sheet to Box 708 OS.

Folder 1.15-1.23: Items enclosed in left folder pocket, 1993-1995

Includes separation sheet to Box 708 OS.

Folder 1.24: Folder, undated

Box 600

File 1: Newspapers clippings, 1993-1994

Folder 1.1-1.49: Newspaper 1993-1994

Folder 1.1-1.25: Newspaper clippings, 1993-1994

Includes separation sheet to Box 709 OS.

Folder 1.26-1.32: Items enclosed in black portfolio, 1993-1994

Includes separation sheet to Box 709 OS.

Folder 1.33-1.49: Newspaper clippings, 1993-1994

Includes separation sheet to Box 709 OS.

Box 601

File 1: Chicago State University folder, 1989, 1993, 1995-1997

File 2: Green folder, 1992-1993

File 3: Rubber-banded stack, 1966, 1968, undated

File 4: Stanford folder

Folder 4.1-4.2: Stanford folder, 1988-1990

Sub-series 4: Oversized Materials

Box 680

Folder 1: May 1950-December 1953, 1950-1953

Includes New York Amsterdam News, “Chicago Poet Wins Pulitzer Prize.”

Folder 2: June 1958, August 1967, 1958, 1967

Bulk of folder is about the Picasso sculpture in Chicago

Folder 3: November 1952-May 1976, 1952-1976

Folder 4: November 1956-November 1961, 1956-1961

Folder 5: January-December 1963, 1963

Folder 6: September 1963-July 1964, 1963-1964

Folder 7: March-May 1964, 1964

Folder 8: November 1964, 1964

Folder 9: April 1965, 1965

Folder 10: March 1966, 1966

Folder 11: July 1967, 1967

Folder 12: September-October 1965, 1965

Folder 13: August 1967, 1967

Folder 14: September 1967, 1967

Folder 15: October 1967, 1967

Folder 16: January 1968, 1968

Folder 17: March-May 1968, 1968

Box 681

Folder 1: August-November 1968, 1968

Folder 2: October 1968-March 1969, 1968-1969

Folder 3: March-May 1969, 1969

Folder 4: September-November/December 1969, 1969

Folder 5: January 1970-February 1974, 1970-1974

Folder 6: October-December 1970, 1970

Folder 7: June-November 1971, 1971

Folder 8: January-December 1972, 1972

Folder 9: January 1972-January 1973, 1972-1973

Folder 10: January-December 1973, 1973

Folder 11: March-May 1976, 1976

Folder 12: January 1974, 1974

Folder 13: February-August 1975, 1975

Folder 14: May-June 1976, 1976

Box 682

Folder 1: June-July 1976, 1976

Folder 2: September-November 1976, 1976

Folder 3: October-December 1976, 1976

Folder 4: February-March 1977, 1977

Folder 5: June 1977-January 1978, 1977-1978

Folder 6: October 1977, 1977

Folder 7: January-April 1978, 1978

Folder 8: June 1978, 1978

Folder 9: October-November 1978, 1978

Folder 10: April 1979, 1979

Folder 11: February-October 1979, 1979

Folder 12: January 1980, 1980

Box 683

Folder 1: May-October 1980, 1980

Folder 2: February-April 1981, 1981

Folder 3: February-June 1982, 1982

Folder 4: April-June 1982, 1982

Folder 5: January 1983, 1983

Folder 6: January-February 1983, 1983

Folder 7: February-March 1983, 1983

Folder 8: April-July 1983, 1983

Folder 9: June 1983-February 1984, 1983-1984

Folder 10: February 1984-May 1985, 1984-1985

Box 684

Folder 1: September-October 1985, 1985

Folder 2: February-March 1986, 1986

Folder 3: May-Spring 1986, 1986

Folder 4: February-April 1987, 1987

Folder 5: May-October 1987, 1987

Folder 6: December 1987, 1987

Folder 7: March-April 1988, 1988

Folder 8: May-November 1988, 1988

Folder 9: February-March 1989, 1989

Folder 10: March-June 1989, 1989

Box 685

Folder 1: August 1989, 1989

Folder 2: August-December 1989, 1989

Folder 3: March-September 1989, 1989

Folder 4: February-March 1990, 1990

Folder 5: April-Spring 1990, 1990

Folder 6: May-September 1990, 1990

Folder 7: June 1990-February 1993, 1990-1993

Box 686

Folder 1: June 1990-May 1991, 1990-1991

Folder 2: June 1991, 1991

Folder 3: July-July/August 1991, 1991

Folder 4: August-September 1991, 1991

Folder 5: October 1991, 1991

Folder 6: December 1991-May 1992, 1991-1992

Folder 7: January-February 1992, 1992

Folder 8: March 1992, 1992

Folder 9: Spring 1992, 1992

Folder 10: April-July 1992, 1992

Folder 11: Summer-October 1992, 1992

Box 687

Folder 1: January-March 1993, 1993

Folder 2: March 1993, 1993

Folder 3: April 1993, 1993

Folder 4: May 1993, 1993

Folder 5: June-September 1993, 1993

Folder 6: November 1993-January 1994, 1993-1994

Folder 7: January 1994, 1994

Box 688

Folder 1: February 1994, 1994

Folder 2: February 1994, 1994

Folder 3: March 1994, 1994

Folder 4: April-May 1994, 1994

Folder 5: May 1994, 1994

Box 689

Folder 1: May 1994, 1994

Folder 2: June-Summer 1994, 1994

Folder 3: June 1994, 1994

Folder 4: July 1994, 1994

Folder 5: September-November 1994, 1994

Folder 6: January-February 1995, 1995

Folder 7: February-March 1995, 1995

Folder 8: March-June 1995, 1995

Folder 9: September-October 1995, 1995

Folder 10: October 1995, 1995

Includes article about Gwendolyn Brooks receiving National Medal of Arts.

Folder 11: October 1995, 1995

Box 690

Folder 1: February-April 1996, 1996

Folder 2: May-November 1996, 1996

Folder 3: February-March 1997, 1997

Folder 4: April-June 1997, 1997

Folder 5: May-June 1997, 1997

Folder 6: August-September 1997, 1997

Folder 7: October 1997, 1997

Folder 8: March-December 1998, 1998

Folder 9: 1998-March 1999, 1998-1999

Box 691

Folder 1: April-July 1999, 1999

Folder 2: September 1999, 1999

Folder 3: January-February 2000, 2000

Folder 4: March-May 2000, 2000

Folder 5: September-October 2000, 2000

Box 692

Folder 1: April 1935-January 1961, 1935-1961

Folder 2: January 1961, 1961

Folder 3: November 1963-February 1968, 1963-1968

Folder 4: July 1966-October 1968, 1966-1968

Folder 5: June 1967-April 1968, 1967-1968

Folder 6: June 1968-July 1969, 1968-1969

Folder 7: August 1969-March 1971, 1969-1971

Folder 8: June-September 1971, 1971

Folder 9: January 1972-January 1973, 1972-1973

Box 693

Folder 1: January 1973-June 1974, 1973-1974

Folder 2: May 1975-February 1976, 1975-1976

Folder 3: March 1976-January 1977, 1976-1977

Folder 4: January-October 1977, 1977

Folder 5: December 1977-October 1978, 1977-1978

Includes Brooks, Keziah obituary.

Folder 6: March-June 1979, 1979

Folder 7: October-November 1979, 1979

Box 694

Folder 1: June-October 1980, 1980

Folder 2: October 1980-April 1982, 1980-1982

Folder 3: June-December 1982, 1982

Folder 4: December 1982-August 1985, 1982-1985

Folder 5: February 1983, 1983

Folder 6: February-March 1983, 1983

Folder 7: April 1983, 1983

Folder 8: April 1983, 1983

Folder 9: April-May 1983, 1983

Folder 10: Spring 1983-April 1984, 1983-1984

Folder 11: December 1984-May 1985, 1984-1985

Folder 12: August 1985-March 1986, 1985-1986

Folder 13: April-August 1986, 1986

Box 695

Folder 1: January-November 1987, 1987

Folder 2: November-December 1987, 1987

Regarding death of Washington, Harold. One article in grouping contains poem by Gwendolyn Brooks.

Folder 3: November-December 1987, 1987

Regarding death of Washington, Harold

Folder 4: April-October 1988, 1988

Folder 5: September-December 1988, 1988

Folder 6: March-July 1989, 1989

Folder 7: October 1989-January 1990, 1989-1990

Folder 8: February-May 1990, 1990

Folder 9: July-August 1990, 1990

Folder 10: September-November 1990, 1990

Box 696

Folder 1: January 1991, 1991

Folder 2: March-April 1991, 1991

Folder 3: June-July 1991, 1991

Folder 4: September 1991-February 1992, 1991-1992

Folder 5: November 1991, 1991

Folder 6: January-February 1992, 1992

Folder 7: March-April 1992, 1992

Folder 8: May-August 1992, 1992

Folder 9: September 1992-February 1993, 1992-1993

Box 697 (1/2)

Folder 1: November-December 1992, 1992

Folder 2: January 1993, 1993

Folder 3: January-February 1993, 1993

Folder 4: March-November 1993, 1993

Folder 5: April 1993, 1993

Folder 6: April 1993, 1993

Box 697 (2/2)

Folder 1: April 1993, 1993

Folder 2: April 1993, 1993

Folder 3: April 1993, 1993

Folder 4: April-May 1993, 1993

Folder 5: June-August 1993, 1993

Folder 6: October-November 1993, 1993

Folder 7: December 1993, 1993

Folder 8: 1993, 1993

Box 698

Folder 1: January 1994, 1994

Folder 2: January 1994, 1994

Folder 3: January 1994, 1994

Folder 4: January-February 1994, 1994

Folder 5: February 1994, 1994

Folder 6: February-March 1994, 1994

Folder 7: March 1994, 1994

Folder 8: March-September 1994, 1994

Folder 9: June 1994, 1994

Folder 10: June-September 1994, 1994

Folder 11: September-October/November 1994, 1994

Folder 12: November 1994-April 1995, 1994-1995

Folder 13: November-December 1994, 1994

Folder 14: Fall 1994-January 1995, 1994-1995

Folder 15: January/February-March 1995, 1995

Box 699 (1/2)

Folder 1: April-July 1995, 1995

Folder 2: July 1995, 1995

Folder 3: July-August 1995, 1995

Folder 4: July-November 1995, 1995

Folder 5: August-September 1995, 1995

Folder 6: October-November 1995, 1995

Box 699 (2/2)

Folder 1: November 1995-January 1996, 1995-1996

Folder 2: January-March 1996, 1996

Folder 3: April-May 1996, 1996

Folder 4: May-June 1996, 1996

Box 700 (1/2)

Folder 1: June 1996, 1996

Folder 2: June 1996, 1996

Folder 3: July-August 1996, 1996

Folder 4: August-September 1996, 1996

Folder 5: September-October 1996, 1996

Folder 6: October-November 1996, 1996

Box 700 (2/2)

Folder 1: November-December 1996, 1996

Folder 2: December 1996, 1996

Folder 3: January-February 1997, 1997

Folder 4: February-April 1997, 1997

Folder 5: May-October 1997, 1997

Box 701

Folder 1: July-August 1997, 1997

Folder 2: September-October 1997, 1997

Folder 3: October-November 1997, 1997

Folder 4: November 1997-January/February 1998, 1997-1998

Folder 5: January 1998, 1998

Folder 6: January-March 1998, 1998

Folder 7: February-March 1998, 1998

Box 702

Folder 1: March 1998, 1998

Folder 2: March-May/June 1998, 1998

Folder 3: May-July 1998, 1998

Folder 4: July-August 1998, 1998

Box 702-2

Folder 1: August-December 1998, 1998

Folder 2: December 1998, 1998

Folder 3: June 1998, January-February 1999, 1998-1999

Folder 4: February-March 1999, 1999

Folder 5: March 1999, 1999

Folder 6: March 1999, 1999

Box 703

Folder 1: March-Spring 1999, 1999

Folder 2: April-May 1999, 1999

Folder 3: May-August 1999, 1999

Folder 4: August-December 1999, 1999

Folder 5: December-Winter 1999, 1999

Box 704

Folder 1: January-March 2000, 2000

Folder 2: February-July 2000, 2000

Folder 3: July-August 2000, 2000

Folder 4: August-November 2000, 2000

Folder 5: July 2007, undated, 2007, undated

Box 704A

Folder 1: Comics/Cartoons, 1991, undated

Folder 2: Food/Health, 1991, undated

Folder 3: Literature/Authors, 1986, undated

Folder 4: Politics/Significant Events, undated

Box 704B

Folder 1: Race topics, undated

Folder 2: TV/Actors, undated

Folder 3: Miscellaneous, undated

Folder 4: Miscellaneous, undated

Folder 5: Miscellaneous, undated

Folder 6: Miscellaneous, undated

Folder 7: Miscellaneous, undated

Box 705

File 1: “Choice Clippings KEEP”

Folder 1.1: “Choice Clippings KEEP”, 1993-1995

Includes separation sheets from Box 596.

Folder 1.2: “Choice Clippings KEEP”, 1993-1995

Includes separation sheets from Box 596.

File 2: “Clippings”, 1974-1980

File 3: “DeKalb”, 1999

File 4: “Panther Murder”, 1969

Includes separation sheets from Box 596.

File 5: “Poetry Consultant Clippings”, 1985

Box 706

File 1: “Important Clippings” leather bag

Folder 1.1: Newspaper clippings, 1947, 1950

Includes separation sheets from Box 597.

Folder 1.2: Newspaper clippings, 1953, 1956, 1961, 1963

Includes separation sheets from Box 597.

Folder 1.3: Newspaper clippings, 1958-1965

Includes separation sheets from Box 597.

Folder 1.4: Newspaper clippings, 1966-1971

Includes separation sheets from Box 597.

Folder 1.5: Newspaper clippings, 1956, 1966, 1997

Includes separation sheets from Box 597.

Box 707

File 1: Items tucked into Chicago Tribune Magazine

Folder 1.1: Newspaper clippings, 1990, 1999-2000

Includes separation sheets from Box 598.

Folder 1.2: Newspaper clippings, 1999-2000

Includes separation sheets from Box 598.

Folder 1.3: Newspaper clippings, 1999

Includes separation sheets from Box 598.

Folder 1.4: Newspaper clippings, 1999, undated

Includes separation sheets from Box 598.

Folder 1.5: Newspaper clippings, 1999-2000, undated

Includes separation sheets from Box 598.

File 2: Items tucked into New Yorker pages 52-53

Folder 2.1: Newspaper clippings, 1998-2000

Includes separation sheets from Box 598.

Folder 2.2: Newspaper clippings, 1998-2000

Includes separation sheets from Box 598.

Box 707a

Folder 1: Newspapers regarding Chicago Picasso statue, 1967

Folder 2: Newspaper clippings, 1968

Folder 3: Newspapers regarding King, Martin Luther Jr. assassination, 1968

Folder 4: Newspaper clippings, 1969-1972

Box 708

File 1: Clipping Files, 1988-1990

Folder 1.1: Newspaper clippings, 1988-1990

Includes separation sheets.

Folder 1.2: Newspaper clippings, 1988-1990

Includes separation sheets.

File 2: “Wonderful Tributes” and “Rubber-Banded Stack”, 1966, 1988-1989

File 3: “Stanford”

Folder 3.1: Newspaper clippings, 1988-1990

Folder 3.2: Newspaper clippings, 1988-1990

File 4: Presidential events grouping, 1963, 1998

Includes newspapers regarding Kennedy, John F. assassination and Starr Report regarding Clinton, Bill.

Box 709

File 1: Newspapers 1991-1996

Folder 1.1: Newspaper clippings, 1991-1996

Includes separation sheets from Box 599.

Folder 1.2: Items enclosed in right folder pocket, 1993-1995

Includes separation sheets from Box 599.

Folder 1.3: Items enclosed in right folder pocket, 1991-1996

Includes separation sheets from Box 599.

Folder 1.4: Items enclosed in right and left folder pocket, 1993-1995

Includes separation sheets from Box 599.

Folder 1.5: Items enclosed in left folder pocket, 1993-1995

Includes separation sheets from Box 599.

Folder 1.6: Items enclosed in left folder pocket, 1993-1995

Includes separation sheets from Box 599.

Folder 1.7: Items enclosed in left folder pocket, 1993-1995

Includes separation sheets from Box 599.

Box 709a

Folder 1: Newspapers 1992, 1992

File 2: Newspapers 1993-1994

Folder 2.1: Newspaper clippings, 1993-1994

Includes separation sheets from Box 600.

Folder 2.2: Newspaper clippings, 1993-1994

Includes separation sheets from Box 600.

Folder 2.3: Newspaper clippings, 1993-1994

Includes separation sheets from Box 600.

Folder 2.4: Newspaper clippings, 1993-1994

Includes separation sheets from Box 600.

Folder 2.5: Newspaper clippings, 1993-1994

Includes separation sheets from Box 600.

Folder 2.6: Newspaper clippings and items enclosed in black portfolio, 1993-1994

Includes separation sheets from Box 600.

Folder 2.7: Newspaper clippings, 1993-1994

Includes separation sheets from Box 600.

Folder 2.8: Newspaper clippings, 1993-1994

Includes separation sheets from Box 600.

Box 710

Folder 1: Newspapers, 1994

Folder 2: Newspapers, 1996

Folder 3: Newspapers, 1996

Box 710a

Folder 1: Newspapers, 1996

Folder 2: Newspapers, 1997

Folder 3: Newspapers, 1998

Folder 4: Newspapers, 1999

Folder 5: Newspapers, 2000

Folder 6: Newspapers, 2000

Inserted in Amazing Breakthrough Cures.

Box 711

Folder 1: Holiday, 1960

Folder 2: Tone, 1961

Three copies.

Folder 3: Newspapers, 1962-1963

Includes Life, Chicago Tribune Magazine, and Chicago Sunday Sun-Times.

Folder 4: Newspapers, 1963-1964

Includes Chicago Sun-Times and Life.

Folder 5: Newspapers, 1968

Includes Chicago Daily News and Chicago Sun-Times regarding King, Martin Luther Jr. assassination.

Box 712

Folder 1: Newspapers, 1968

Includes Ebony and Look. Look magazine was folded open to page 63.

Folder 2: The New York Times, 1969

Folder 3: Ebony, 1971

Two copies.

Folder 4: Ebony, 1972

Two copies.

Box 713

Folder 1: Newspapers, 1975

Includes Accent and Muhammad Speaks.

Folder 2: Newspapers, 1977-1978

Includes Sunday Plain Dealer, Chicago Tribune Magazine, Chicago Tribune.

Folder 3: Newspapers, 1981

Includes The Spectrum, Atlanta Weekly and Ebony.

Folder 4: Newspapers, 1982

Includes Chicago Tribune Magazine.

Folder 5: Newspapers, 1983

Includes Time Capsule.

Folder 6: Newspapers, 1986

Includes Washington Review.

Box 714

Folder 1: Newspapers, 1992

Includes Black Books Bulletin and Eyeball.

Folder 2: Newspapers, 1993-1994

Includes N’Digo, The Christian Science Monitor, USA Today, Education Week, and The New York Times Magazine.

Folder 3: Newspapers, 1994

Includes The New York Times and The Washington Times.

Folder 4: Newspapers, 1995

Includes Parade, Chicago Tribune Magazine, Chicago Tribune, The Christian Science Monitor, and The New York Times Review of Books.

Series 19: Works of Others

Box 612

Folder 1: Adams, Jeanette, 1985, undated

Folder 2: Adisa, Opal Palmer, 1985, undated

Folder 3: Allard, Lloyd, 1997

Folder 4: Al-Shabazz, Alexander, 1977

Folder 5: Anderson, JoAnn, 1973

Folder 6: Anderson, Mary, 1936

Folder 7: The Art Institute of Chicago, 1990-1991

Folder 8: Baraka, Amiri, 1989

Folder 9: Becker, Stanli K., undated

Folder 10: Belafonte, Beverly, undated

Folder 11: Bell, Earl, 1985

Folder 12: Benoist, Jane F., undated

Folder 13: Betts, Donnie L., 2000

Folder 14: Black Action Affairs Council, 1977

Folder 15: Bolden, Terence L., 1997

Folder 16: Borgeson, Claire, 1998

Folder 17: Broadside Press Broadside Series, 1967-1970

Folder 18: Broadside Press Broadside Series, 1971-1973

Folder 19: Brooks Biography, undated

Folder 19a: Brown, Ronald, undated

Folder 20: Billone, Amy, 1985

Folder 21: Burgest, Mwalimu David R., 1992

Folder 22: Burke, David, 1969

Folder 23: Burnett, Denise Alexander, 1973

Folder 24: Burroughs, Margaret T., 2000

Folder 25: Busailah, R., undated

Folder 26: Bush, Michelle, 2000

Folder 27: Bynum, S. Angela, 1994

Folder 28: Bynum, S. Angela, 1997

Folder 29: Caddie, undated

Folder 30: Cage, Tameka L., undated

Folder 31: Campbell, Alex, undated

Folder 32: Cargas, Harry James, 1975

Folder 33: Carroll, Paul, 1991

Folder 34: Chambers, Kenneth L., 1975

Box 613

Folder 1: Chicago State University, 1996-1997

Folder 2: Chicago State University, 1996-1997

Folder 3: Citizens Committee on the Juvenile Court, undated

Folder 4: Clarke, Cheryl, undated

Folder 5: Clarke, Evelyn, 1972

Folder 6: Collier, Eugenia, 1974

Folder 7: Collins, Janis, undated

Folder 8: Concerned Citizens Council for Executive Clemency for George E. Harris, Jr., 1977

Folder 9: Copernicus School, 1979

Folder 10: Corley, Cheryl, 1997

Folder 11: Crump, Paul, 1974

Folder 12: cummings, e. e., undated

Folder 13: Davidson, Aurelia, undated

Folder 14: Davis, Christopher Olga, 1990

Folder 15: Dennan, Dot, undated

Folder 16: Denny Middle School, undated

Folder 17: DePillars, Murry, 1997

Folder 18: Derricotte, Toi, undated

Folder 19: Dewey, Anne, 1994

Folder 20: Disroe, Peggy Anne, 1976

Folder 21: Dobson, Frank E., undated

Folder 22: Dobson, Regina, 1981

Folder 23: Donovan, Kathie, undated

Folder 24: Dove, Rita, undated

Folder 25: Drafts, C. Gene, 1973

Folder 26: Drake, Jeannette, 1984

Folder 27: Dungey, Melba, 1977

Folder 28: DuSable High School Students, 1985

Folder 29: Ebony Magazine, undated

Folder 30: Ellis, Thomas Sayers, 2000

Folder 31: Ethelbert, Miller E., 1992-1993

Folder 32: Feirstein, Sacha, 1994

Folder 33: Finley-Jackson, Deborah, undated

Folder 34: Finner-Erby, Deneen, undated

Folder 35: Fougère, Elisabeth, undated

Folder 36: French, Porter, 1973

Box 614

Folder 1: Georgoudaki, Ekaterini, 1999

Folder 2: Gilbert, El, 1973

Folder 3: Gildzen, Alex, 1970

Folder 4: Gildzen, Alex, undated

Folder 5: Godfrey, W. H., 1983

Folder 6: Goss, Yolanda, undated

Folder 7: Gotera, Vince, 1994

Folder 8: Gray, Albert, undated

Folder 9: Gray, Roberta P., 1997

Folder 10: Greene, Marvin L., 1994-1996

Folder 11: Grieve, Julie, 1997

Folder 12: Guardarrama, L., undated

Folder 13: Guillory, Dan, 1988

Folder 14: Gwendolyn Brooks Elementary School, undated

Folder 15: Hakim, Ragu A., 1975

Folder 16: Harper, Michael S., undated

Folder 17: Harris-Azor, Sherelle "I.C.Y.", 1999

Folder 18: Hayden, Erma, 1984

Folder 19: Henderson, Bill, 1991

Folder 20: Henry, undated

Folder 21: Herling, Kimberly J., undated

Folder 22: Hewitt, Chris, undated

Folder 23: Hillel, Harold, undated

Folder 24: Hines, Edgar Ignatius, undated

Folder 25: Holman, Bob, 1990

Folder 26: Holy Name Cathedral School, 1994

Folder 27: Hord, Fred, undated

Folder 28: Houston, Georgia, 1982

Folder 29: Hubbard, Stacy Carson, undated

Folder 30: Illinois Children’s School & Rehabilitation Center, 1990-1991

Folder 31: Israel, Charles, undated

Folder 32: James III, Richard C., 1971

Folder 33: Johnson, D. Wayne, undated

Box 615

Folder 1: Johnson, Keith "K. J.", undated

Folder 2: Jones, Eldred D., undated

Folder 3: Jones, Jennifer Rochelle, undated

Folder 4: Jordan, June, 1973

Folder 4a: Joseph, undated

Folder 5: Joseph, Stephen, 1977

Folder 6: Jurek, Richard, 1993

Folder 7: Kafka, Franz, undated

Folder 8: Keillor, Garrison, 2000

Folder 9: Kent, George, 1971

Folder 10: Kent, George, 1973

Folder 11: Kinder, Jeanne, undated

Folder 12: Kingswood-Oxford Senior Symposium Classes, undated

Folder 13: Knight, Etheridge, 1985, undated

Folder 14: Knowledge, D., undated

Folder 15: Kohl, John, undated

Folder 16: Krieger, Milton, 1977

Folder 17: Lane, Pinkie Gordon, 1974

Folder 18: Lane, Pinkie Gordon, undated

Folder 19: Langley, John H., 1970

Folder 20: Lansana, Quraysh Ali, 1998

Folder 21: Lappin, Brent, undated

Box 616

Folder 1: LaBelle, Patti, 1990

Folder 2: Lindberg, Kathryne Victoria, undated

Folder 3: Literary Circle, 1968

Folder 4: Liu, Jaiping, 1997

Folder 5: Logan, Wendell, undated

Folder 6: Madhubuti, Haki (Don L. Lee), 1969

Folder 7: Mahler, Mary Ann, undated

Folder 8: Malouf, Diana, undated

Folder 9: Maris, Cathy, 1985

Folder 10: Martin, Herbert Woodward, 1974

Folder 11: Matthews, Richard, undated

Folder 12: McCarthy, Mary, undated

Folder 13: McLin, Lena, 1972

Folder 14: Melhem, D. H., 1976, undated

Folder 15: Melhem, D. H., 1988

Folder 16: Melhem, D. H., 1994

Folder 17: Melhem, D. H., undated

Folder 18: Metzger, Sue, 1994

Folder 19: Miller, Baxter R., 1978

Folder 20: Miss Hudson's Reading Group, 1969

Folder 21: Mitchell, D., undated

Folder 22: Mitchell, Schery Beth, 1974

Folder 23: Monroe, William, undated

Folder 24: Montgomery Place Poetry Group, 1996-1997

Folder 25: Moore, Leonard D., undated

Folder 26: Moroney, Jeffery, 1991

Folder 27: Munsterman, John H. ("B. J."), undated

Folder 28: Murphy, Richard, undated

Folder 29: Mwandishe, Kuweka Amiri, 1971

Folder 30: Nicks, Peter Olivera, 1997

Folder 31: Okantah, Mwataba, 1977

Folder 32: Pachter, Gillian, 1996

Folder 33: Parker, Deborah, 1985

Folder 34: Perkins, Annie S., undated

Folder 35: Perkins, Useni Eugene, 1973

Folder 36: Perkins, Useni Eugene, 1999

Box 617

Folder 1: Perry, J. D., 1972

Folder 2: Perry, Margaret, 1990

Folder 3: Petrakis, Harry Mark, undated

Folder 4: Pierce, Edith Lovejoy, 1957

Folder 5: Pierce, Edith Lovejoy, undated

Folder 6: Piper, David, 1976

Folder 7: Plath, Zarina Mullan, 1997, undated

Folder 8: Pleasant Hill Poetry Club, 1990-1991

Folder 9: Plumpp, Sterling D., 1977

Folder 10: Plumpp, Sterling D., 1984, undated

Folder 11: Poethig, Margaret Juliet, 1983

Folder 12: Randall, Dudley, 1968

Folder 13: Randall, Dudley, 1971

Folder 14: Randall, Dudley, undated

Folder 15: Ranney, Edward, undated

Folder 16: Raphael, Carol, 1993

Folder 17: Rawlinson, undated

Folder 18: Ray, Alvin, 1968

Folder 19: Rodgers, Carolyn, 1971

Folder 20: Roffman, Rosaly DeMaios, undated

Folder 21: Rowley, Rosemarie, undated

Folder 22: Sandburg, Carl, undated

Folder 23: Sandburg, Carl, undated

Folder 24: Schlutow, Pat, undated

Folder 25: Saloy, Mona Lisa, 1995-1996

Box 618

Folder 1: Sarton, May, 1993

Folder 2: Senne, Meadal Denise, undated

Folder 3: Seufert, Robert, 1970

Folder 4: Shabazz, Rashid, 1994

Folder 5: Shaffer, Richard, 1985

Folder 6: Simmons, Cheryl L., undated

Folder 7: Skinner, Cheryl L., 1997

Folder 8: Smiley, Tavis, undated

Folder 9: Smith, Ann E., 1977

Folder 10: Smith, Gary, 1983-1984

Folder 11: Stein, Susan E., 1989

Folder 12: Steinacker, Marie, undated

Folder 13: Stetz, Margaret D., undated

Folder 14: Stewart, Joffre, undated

Folder 15: Strive Literary Review, 1997

Folder 16: Sutton, I., 1978

Folder 17: Tann, Eileen, 1974

Folder 18: Tate, undated

Folder 19: Taylor, Henry, 1991

Folder 20: Taylor, Rockie (Tejumola Ologboni), 1971

Folder 21: Thomas, Mark, undated

Folder 22: Thompson, Karen, 1995

Folder 23: Thornton, Mae Pearl, undated

Folder 24: Tillman, Ebony, 1977

Folder 25: Travis, undated

Folder 26: Turner-Barnes, Sandra, 2000

Folder 27: Vertreace, Martha Modena, undated

Folder 28: Walker, Nicholas, undated

Box 619

Folder 1: Wallace, Eleanor D., undated

Folder 2: Ware, K. L., 1981

Folder 3: Warren, Nagueyalti, 1992

Folder 4: Warren, Robert Penn, 1976

Folder 5: Weaver, Michael S., undated

Folder 6: Webster Fabio, Sarah, undated

Folder 7: Weisser, Mikel, 1994

Folder 8: Wendt, Albert, 1973

Folder 8a: Williams, George, 1985, undated

Folder 9: Williams, Randall, undated

Folder 10: Wims, Annette, undated

Folder 11: Worthen, W. B., 1988

Folder 12: Wright, Stephen Caldwell, undated

Folder 13: WTTW Chicago, 1993

Folder 14: Wymbs, Robert Lee, 1991

Folder 15: X, Hurley (Smith), 1974

Folder 16: Multiple Authors, Igloria, Luisa and Renee Olander, 2000

Folder 17: Multiple Authors, Lennon, John and Paul McCartney, undated

Folder 18: Multiple Authors, Walton, Clyde C. and Ralph B. Newman, undated

Folder 19: Multiple Authors, undated

Includes Malzahn, Sue; Henning, Brian; Lyons, Tom; Gustin, Richard; Stieber, Anne; Babino, Daniel; Ludwig, John; Tenuts, Jim; Quanderer, Mark; Busch, Kurt W.; Kehl, Betty; Swenson, Kim; Swartz, David; Perkins, Jean; and Frazier, D.

Folder 20: Multiple Authors, undated

Includes Sharp, Saundra; Touré, Askia M.; Traylor, Eleanor; West, Sandra; Williams, Kimmika L. H.; Woods, Alfred L.; Wright, Stephen Caldwell; and Zulauf, Sander

Folder 21: Multiple Authors, undated

Includes Rodgers, Carolyn; Mishkin, Arlene; Doughty Miller, Marjorie; Thomas, Jeff; and Joos, Betty

Box 620

Folder 1: Multiple Authors, Broadside Press Broadside Series, 1965-1966

Includes Lee, Don L.; Walker, Margaret; Fields, Julia; Tolson, M. B.; Jones, Leroi; and Hayden, Robert

Folder 2: Multiple Authors, Broadside Press Broadside Series, 1965-1968

Includes Danner, Margaret; Long Madgett, Naomi; Brooks, Gwendolyn; Randall, Dudley; and Moore, Jerry

Folder 3: Multiple Authors, Broadside Press Broadside Series, 1965-1968

Includes Patterson, Raymond; Randall, Dudley; Burroughs, Margaret; Brooks, Gwendolyn; and Toomer, Jean

Folder 4: Multiple Authors, Broadside Press Broadside Series, 1966-1968

Includes Brooks, Gwendolyn; Lee, Don L.; Emanuel, James A.; and Lawrence, Harold G.

Folder 5: Multiple Authors, Broadside Press Broadside Series, 1966-1972

Includes Graham, Le; Brooks, Gwendolyn; Webster Fabio, Sarah; Giovanni, Nikki; and Lawrence, Harold G.

Folder 6: Multiple Authors, Broadside Press Broadside Series, 1967-1968

Includes Randall, Dudley; Burroughs, Margaret; Hughes, Langston; Reese, S. Carolyn; Knight, Etheridge; Lee, Don L.; and Hamilton, Bobb

Folder 7: Multiple Authors, Broadside Press Broadside Series, 1968

Includes Knight, Etheridge

Folder 8: Multiple Authors, Broadside Press Broadside Series, 1968

Includes Bennett Hopkins, Lee and catalogs

Folder 9: Multiple Authors, Broadside Press Broadside Series, undated

Includes "Broadside Press Broadside Series" folder

Folder 10: Multiple Authors, "Very Important Class Poems. 'Nixon-Death'", 1994

Class poems from workshop

Folder 11: Derivative Works, Brooks, Gwendolyn and Oscar Brown, Jr., 1962

Folder 12: Derivative Works, Brooks, Gwendolyn and Oscar Brown, Jr., 1962

Folder 13: Derivative Works, Brooks, Gwendolyn and Motojicho, 1976

Folder 14: Unidentified, "All Done", undated

Folder 15: Unidentified, undated

Works of art

Folder 16: Unidentified, "Desiderata", undated

Folder 17: Unidentified, "Keepsakes", 1969

Folder 18: Unidentified, "On the Occasion of Meeting Miss Gwendolyn Brooks for the First Time", 1979

Folder 19: Unidentified, "The Royal Guest and His Horse", undated

Folder 20: Unidentified, Poems, undated

Folder 21: Unidentified, Prose, undated

Folder 22: Unidentified, undated

Work of art

Folder 23: Unidentified, "Chapter Four, 1984", 1984

Folder 24: Unidentified, undated

Folder 25: Unidentified, "'My Soul’s High Song:' Selected Poetry and Prose of Countee Cullen", undated

Folder 26: Unidentified, undated

Series 20: Oversize Items

Box 1

Item 1: African American Alliance of Columbia College Chicago

May 22, 1989. Glass frame.

Item 2: African American Arts Alliance

1993. Metal on wooden plaque.

Item 3: Afrikan poetry Theatre, INC

October 14, 1980. Metal on wooden plaque.

Item 4: Afro-American Society Seminole Community College

1984. Metal on wooden plaque.

Item 5: Akron

February 24, 2000. Golden key in a red textile pocket. Rehoused in envelope.

Item 6: Alice C. Browning

Undated. Metal on wooden plaque.

Box 2

Item 1: S07-SS07-B002, May 24, 1988

Alpha Chi Northeastern Illinois University. Metal on wooden plaque.

Item 2: S07-SS07-B002, March 31, 1974

Alpha Lambda Delta, Wayne State College. Enclosed with a stiffener, typed letter, and envelope.

Item 3: S07-SS07-B002, Undated

Separation sheet for [American Black Achievement Award]. Brown framed award.

Item 4: S07-SS07-B002, October 25, 1984

Amerian Black Artist, INC. Metal on wood plaque.

Item 5: S07-SS07-B002, 1966 & 1967

American Heritage Commission, State of Illinois. Letter and Separation sheet for two certificates.

Item 6: S07-SS07-B002, January 31, 1982

Anchor Arts Organization. Loose metal plate.

Item 7: S07-SS07-B002, March 26, 1992

Separation sheet for [Arkansas Traveler Award].

Item 8: S07-SS07-B002, April 14, 1986

Askari, M'Wile Yaw. Poem and a copied sheet with writing on verso. Removed from silver frame due to broken glass.

Item 9: S07-SS07-B002, May 18, 1986

Atlanta City Council. Glass frame. Unframed and discarded the frame.

Item 10: S07-SS07-B002, 1995

Before Columbus Foundation. Metal on wood plaque.

Item 11: S07-SS07-B002, 1994

Separation sheet for [Birmingham-Southern College]. Metal award on wooden base.

Item 12: S07-SS07-B002, Undated

Item in Use slip for [The Black Book Club]

Item 13: S07-SS07-B002, April 16, 1989

Black Book Club. Plastic frame.

Item 14: S07-SS07-B002, April 16, 1989

Black Book Club. Plastic frame.

Box 3

Item 1: S07-SS07-B003, March 1, 1970

Black Students Association of Western Illinois University. Glass frame.

Item 2: S07-SS07-B003, February 1, 1988

Blackburn College Carlinville, Illinois. Metal on wooden plaque.

Item 3: S07-SS07-B003, 1991

Separation sheet for [Boys & Girls Club of Chicago]. Glass award.

Item 4: S07-SS07-B003, January 5, 1968

Bradford, Walter. Metal on wooden plaque.

Item 5: S07-SS07-B003, Undated

Burnside Elementary School. Metal on wooden plaque.

Box 4

Item 1: S07-SS07-B004, April 7, 1989

Caldwell School. Certificate of Appreciation with program.

Item 2: S07-SS07-B004, October 27, 1987

California State University, Dominguez Hills. Certificate of Appreciation.

Item 3: S07-SS07-B004, April 17, 1996

Caxton Club of Chicago. Metal on wooden with red textile.

Item 4: S07-SS07-B004, Undated

Separation sheet for [Centers for New Horizons]. Metal on wooden plaque.

Item 5: S07-SS07-B004, May 5, 1990

Chicago Book Clinic. Glass frame.

Item 6: S07-SS07-B004, 1983

Chicago Sesquicentennial. Metal Gold.

Item 7: S07-SS07-B004, May 2, 1996

C.E. "Sonny" Scroggins Community Service Award. Metal on wooden plaque.

Box 5

Item 1: S07-SS07-B005, 1867

Chicago State University. Metal with ribbon.

Item 2: S07-SS07-B005, May 12, 2000

Chicago State University Certificate of Appreciation. Loose papers.

Item 3: S07-SS07-B005, February 7, 1991

Chicago State University Office of Student Activities. Metal on wooden frame.

Item 4: S07-SS07-B005, February 7, 1994

Separation sheet for [Chicago State University]. Metal on wooden plaque.

Item 5: S07-SS07-B005, March 5, 1999

Separation sheet for [Chicago State University]. Clock.

Item 6: S07-SS07-B005, October 13, 1983

Citizens Schools Committee. Golden Anniversary Tribute to Chicago Public Education. Loose paper.

Item 7: S07-SS07-B005, September 8, 1987

Separation sheet for [City and County of San Francisco]. Certificate of Honor

Item 8: S07-SS07-B005, Undated

Separation sheet for [City Colleges of Chicago]. Metal on wooden plaque.

Item 9: S07-SS07-B005, March 23, 1986

City College of New York. Gold medal.

Item 10: S07-SS07-B005, May 19, 1993

City Council of the City of Chicago. "A resolution...". Two frames hinged. Separation sheet for OS framed award.

Item 11: S07-SS07-B005A, Undated

Separation sheet for [City of Atlanta].

Item 12: S07-SS07-B005A, April 16, 1985

Separation sheet for [City of Atlanta]. Stapled papers.

Item 13: S07-SS07-B005A, February 2, 1988

City of Buffalo. Glass frame.

Item 14: S07-SS07-B005A, Undated

City of Camden, New Jersey. Gold key.

Item 15: S07-SS07-B005A, Undated

Separation sheet for [City of Chicago Heights].

Item 16: S07-SS07-B005A, Undated

Separation sheet for [City of Dowagiac, Michigan].

Item 17: S07-SS07-B005A, February 13, 1994

City of Indianapolis. Loose paper. Unframed and discarded the frame due to broken glass.

Item 18: S07-SS07-B005A, Undated

City of Knoxville & Clark 100 Class of 1987. Charms in a plastic container. Items rehoused in one box, individually. Added note that the "City of Knoxville" charm has been taken out of a plastic bag.

Item 19: S07-SS07-B005A, Undated

Separation sheet for [City of Newark, N.J.]

Box 6

Item 1: S07-SS07-B006, September 29, 1997

City of Macomb, Illinois. Gold Key on wooden plaque. Metal on wooden plaque.

Item 2: S07-SS07-B006, March 7, 1988

City of Muskegan, State of Michigan. Loose paper.

Item 3: S07-SS07-B006, October 16, 1987

City of San Francisco, California. Loose papers (2).

Item 4: S07-SS07-B006, Undated

Separation sheet for [City of San Jose, California]. Loose sheet in paper folder.

Item 5: S07-SS07-B006, Undated

City of Shreveport, Louisiana. Medal. Rehoused in envelope.

Item 6: S07-SS07-B006, Undated

City of Tampa, Florida. Golden key. Rehoused in envelope.

Item 7: S07-SS07-B006, March 18, 1988

City of Tuscan. Glass frame. Printed on metal sheet. Unframed and discarded broken glass.

Item 8: S07-SS07-B006, Undated

Colgate-Palmolive Company. Glass plaque. Looks like something was attached to the plaque.

Item 9: S07-SS07-B006, May 12, 1984

College of Lake County. Metal on wooden plaque.

Item 10: S07-SS07-B006, 1991

Separation sheets for [Columbia University, Pulitzer Prize]. Glass award and blue envelope with Pulitzer Prize documentation, accompanied by brown mailing envelope, "Pulitzer Prize Gwendolyn Brooks 1950" (12 items). In [Small Glass Awards] and in [Oversized Awards #2].

Box 7

Item 1: S07-SS07-B007, April 16, 1991

Separation sheet for [Cook County Juvenile Court]. Acrylic award.

Item 2: S07-SS07-B007, May 9, 1996

CUL's Health Programs. Metal on wooden frame.

Item 3: S07-SS07-B007, 1977-1978

Cum Laude Society. Three loose papers.

Item 4: S07-SS07-B007, May 29, 1986

Detroit City Council. Loose paper in two blue folders and a medal. Medal rehoused in envelope.

Item 5: S07-SS07-B007, March 16, 1994

Separation sheet for [Detroit City Council]. Printed letter in paper folder. Metal pin in a plastic bag, stapled on the folder cover. Stored in manila envelope.

Item 6: S07-SS07-B007, December 28, 1995

Division on Black American Literature and Culture of the Modern Language Association. Metal on wooden plaque.

Item 7: S07-SS07-B007, January 15, 1985

Dixwell House. Wooden plaque.

Item 8: S07-SS07-B007, 1973

Drury College. Medal. Rehoused in envelope.

Item 9: S07-SS07-B007, March 16, 1993

Duke Ellington Family. Metal on wooden plaque.

Item 10: S07-SS07-B007, Undated

Separation sheet for [Elgin Community College]. Glass award.

Item 11: S07-SS07-B007, December 17, 1991

Eugene B. Redmond Writers Club. Metal with wooden plaque.

Box 8

Item 1: S07-SS07-B008, 1988

Separation sheet for [Essence Literature Award]. Glass award.

Item 2: S07-SS07-B008, March 3, 1988

Faulkner School. Black Arts Celebration Participation Certificate.

Item 3: S07-SS07-B008, 1999

First Ladies Salute First Women. Glass award. Glass award with metal pin in the center. Housed in a custom-fit teal box, "Tiffany & Co" with a small notecard. Rehoused in clamshell box using corrugated boards. Rehoused the notecard in mylar sleeve.

Item 4: S07-SS07-B008, 1968

Frank London Brown Historical Association. Metal on wooden plaque.

Item 5: S07-SS07-B008, May 19, 1993

Full Circle Monuments to Women. Loose paper with yellow envelope.

Item 6: S07-SS07-B008, October 28, 1999

Furious Flower Poetry Center, James Madison University. Metal on wooden plaque.

Item 7: S07-SS07-B008, Undated

"G" shape medal. Rehoused in envelope.

Item 8: S07-SS07-B008, May 1981

Gamma Phi Delta Zeta Chapter. Metal on wooden plaque.

Item 9: S07-SS07-B008, Undated

Separation sheet for [Gary, Indiana.] White certification.

Item 10: S07-SS07-B008, April 9, 1989

Gary, Indiana. Metal on wooden plaque. Key is missing.

Item 11: S07-SS07-B008, April 9, 1989

Gary Public Library. Metal on wooden plaque.

Box 9

Item 84: S07-SS07-B009, 1996

GBB '96. Metal letter opener? Rehoused in envelope.

Item 85: S07-SS07-B009, October 10, 1986

Geraldine R. Dodge Poetry Festival. Glass frame.

Item 86: S07-SS07-B001, 2000

Go On Girl Literary Lifetime Achievement Award. Ceramic award. Broken into three pieces.

Item 87: S07-SS07-B009, May 9, 1994

Gober, Cliff. Glass frame.

Item 88: S07-SS07-B009, March 1, 1979

Golden Sable, INC. Tampa, Florida. Metal on wooden plaque. Metal plate detached from wooden plaque.

Item 89: S07-SS07-B009, December 12, 1980

Gompers Upper Cycle School. Metal on wooden plaque.

Item 90: S07-SS07-B009, 1987

Separation sheet for [Girl Scouts]. Glass award.

Item 91: S07-SS07-B009, September 7, 1991

Separation sheet for ["Gwendolyn Brooks 9-7-91"]. Base.

Item 92: S07-SS07-B009, Undated

"Gwendolyn Brooks Artist." Loose metal plate.

Item 93: S07-SS07-B009, April 16, 1982

Separation sheet for [Gwendolyn Brooks Cultural Center]. Wooden plaque.

Item 94: S07-SS07-B009, 1996

Separation sheet for [Gwendolyn Brooks For Your Contribution to the African-American Community and the World]. Glass top + marble bottom pyramid award.

Item 95: S07-SS07-B009A, March 10, 1995

Harvard University. Medal with red and black stripe ribbon. Accompanied by a letter and envelope. Rehoused the medal in envelope and letter in mylar sleeve.

Item 96: S07-SS07-B009A, Undated

Separation sheet for [Harvey Public Schools District 152].

Item 97: S07-SS07-B009A, May 29, 1986

Separation sheet for [Heritage House Writers Series]. Metal on wooden plaque.

Item 98: S07-SS07-B009A, May 29, 1986

Separation sheet for [Heritage House Writers Series]. Metal on wooden plaque.

Item 99: S07-SS07-B009A, Undated

Separation sheet for [Howard University, Liberal Arts Student Council].

Item 100: S07-SS07-B009A, Undated

Separation sheet for [Hyde Park Historical Society]. Framed award.

Item 101: S07-SS07-B009A, Undated

Separation sheet for ["I See Chicago" poem].

Item 102: S07-SS07-B009A, 1978

Separation sheet for [IBWC INC.] Award statue (2 copies).

Item 103: S07-SS07-B009A, June 2, 1994

ICRE-R. Metal on wooden plaque.

Item 104: S07-SS07-B009A, April 23, 1998

Illinois Alliance For Arts Education. Glass frame.

Item 105: S07-SS07-B009A, October 8, 1965

Illinois Arts Council. Letter and a separation sheet for [Illinois Arts Council Certificate].

Item 106: S07-SS07-B009A, Undated

Separation sheet for [Illinois Association for Teachers of English].

Item 107: S07-SS07-B009A, June 28, 1991

Illinois Community College Trustees Association. Metal on wooden plaque.

Item 108: S07-SS07-B009A, February 23, 1989

Jackson State University. Metal on wooden plaque.

Item 109: S07-SS07-B009A, December 14, 1992

James McCosh Elementary School. Glass frame.

Box 10

Item 110: S07-SS07-B0010, December 14, 1992

James McCosh School Primary Library. Metal on wooden plaque.

Item 111: S07-SS07-B0010, August 4, 1995

Jazz Unites, IN. Metal on wooden plaque.

Item 112: S07-SS07-B0010, June 2000

Jenner Academy of the Arts. Metals on wooden plaque.

Item 113: S07-SS07-B0010, June 2000

Jenner Academy of the Arts. Metal on wooden plaque. Same as 112 but without the award's name and date. Taped Post-it note on verso.

Item 114: S07-SS07-B0010, 1988

Jenner School. Metal clock on wooden plaque.

Item 115: S07-SS07-B0010, Undated

Separation sheet for [Jenner School]. Framed poem.

Box 11

Item 116: S07-SS07-B0011, December 12, 1957

Jesuit Centennial in Chicago. Certificate in degree folder.

Item 117: S07-SS07-B0011, May 12, 1995

Joliet Junior College. Metal on wooden plaque.

Item 118: S07-SS07-B0011, May 7, 1996

Jones Metropolitan High School of Business and Commerce. Metal on wooden plaque.

Item 119: S07-SS07-B0011, Undated

Separation sheet for [Kennedy-King College]. Metal on wooden plaque.

Item 120: S07-SS07-B0011, October 13, 1977

King County, Washington. Felt stole (folded) and Separation Sheet for loose sheet. Housed the sheet in mylar sleeve and moved to OS box (S07-SS07-B577OS).

Item 121: S07-SS07-B0011, May 17, 1992

Langston Hughes Writers Guild. Loose papers.

Item 122: S07-SS07-B0011, October 22, 1989

League of Black Women. Metal on wooden plaque.

Box 12

Item 123: S07-SS07-B0012, Undated

Library of Congress. Metal medal with textile ribbon in a textile lined wooden box.

Item 124: S07-SS07-B0012, 2000

Library of Congress. United States Mint in a textile lined box in a paper box. Folded note in the box.

Item 125: S07-SS07-B0012, Undated

Library of Congress. Booklet and degree folder.

Item 126: S07-SS07-B0012, Undated

Lincoln Academy. Medal with red, purple, green stripe ribbon. Rehoused the medal in envelope.

Item 127: S07-SS07-B0012, 1965

Lincoln College. Medal. Rehoused medal in envelope.

Item 128: S07-SS07-B0012A, May 3, 1982

Lincolnwood Library. Metal plaque on wood/textile frame. Pamphlet taped on verso. Rehoused in mylar sleeve.

Item 129: S07-SS07-B0012A, Undated

Loyola University, Chicago. Medal. Rehoused medal in envelope.

Item 130: S07-SS07-B0012A, 1982/1983

Marquis Who's Who Publications Board. Certificate with envelope.

Item 131: S07-SS07-B0012A, 1983/1984

Marquis Who's Who Publications Board. Certificate.

Item 132: S07-SS07-B0012A, 1992/1993

Marquis Who's Who Publications Board. Loose paper with envelope.

Item 133: S07-SS07-B0012A, 1996

Marquis Who's Who Publications Board. Certificate with envelope.

Item 134: S07-SS07-B0012A, Undated

Separation sheet for [Maxson Middle School].

Box 13

Item 135: S07-SS07-B0013, March 1, 1988

Medgar Evers College. Metal on wooden plaque.

Item 136: S07-SS07-B0013, October 26, 1980

Metropolitan Community Church. Glass frame.

Item 137: S07-SS07-B0013, Undated

Separation sheet for [Middle College High School, Creative Writing Club].

Item 138: S07-SS07-B0013, March 15, 1997

Miracle on 95th Street. Certificate in green folder with yellow plastic envelope.

Item 139: S07-SS07-B0013, Undated

Separation sheet for [Model of Excellence].

Item 140: S07-SS07-B0013, February 1, 1989

Moraine Valley Community College. Metal on wooden plaque.

Item 141: S07-SS07-B0013, April 25, 1995

Mt. Olive Baptist Church. Glass frame.

Item 142: S07-SS07-B0013, Undated

Separation sheet for [Muntu Dance Theatre].

Item 143: S07-SS07-B0013, November 20, 1981

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Loose paper.

Item 144: S07-SS07-B0013, Undated

National Association for Poetry Therapy. Loose paper.

Item 145: S07-SS07-B0013, April 6, 1991

National Association of University Women. Metal on wooden plaque.

Box 14

Item 146: S07-SS07-B0014, 1994

National Book Award. Round metal medal with blue textile ribbon hanging in a velvet lined two-door box. Taped note on the back of the box. Used to be housed with National Medal of Arts box.

Item 147: S07-SS07-B0014, May 24, 1994

National Coalition of 100 Black Women, Inc. Metal on wooden plaque.

Item 148: S07-SS07-B0014, 1989

Separation sheet for [National Council for Culture and Art, INC.] Acrylic award.

Item 149: S07-SS07-B0014, Undated

National First Ladies Library. Ornament in box.

Item 150: S07-SS07-B0014, 1995

Separation sheet for [National Medal of the Arts]. Loose sheets and medal in a wooden box.

Item 151: S07-SS07-B0014, February 4, 1990

National Naval Officers Association. Certificate inside blue folder.

Box 15

Item 152: S07-SS07-B0015, February 1, 1989

National Sorority of Phi Delta Kappa, Inc. Metal on wooden plaque.

Item 153: S07-SS07-B0015, Undated

Separation Sheet for [National Women's Hall of Fame]. Metal + foam base.

Item 154: S07-SS07-B0015, Undated

Naval Training Station Great Lakes, Illinois. Loose sheet in plastic sleeve.

Item 155: S07-SS07-B0015, Undated

New York Public Library. Medal with orange ribbon and Separation sheet for [NYPL glass award]. Rehoused medal in envelope.

Item 156: S07-SS07-B0015, Undated

New York University, The Bobst Library. Medal. Rehoused medal in envelope.

Item 157: S07-SS07-B0015, October 6, 1999

Separation sheet for [New York University's Institute of African-American Affairs and Africana Studies Program]. Glass award.

Item 158: S07-SS07-B0015, 1937?

Newark Public Library. Glass frame.

Item 159: S07-SS07-B0015, February 13, 1987

Normandy High School. Metal on wooden plaque.

Item 160: S07-SS07-B0015, Undated

Separation sheet for [Northeastern Illinois State College]. Loose sheet in mylar sleeve.

Item 161: S07-SS07-B0015, February 14, 1985

Oakland University. Metal on wooden plaque. Image came off of golden metal during cleaning; before and after images included.

Item 162: S07-SS07-B0015, 1997

ORR High School. Metal on wooden plaque.

Box 16

Item 163: S07-SS07-B0016, Undated

Paul Laurence Dunbar. Postage stamp on glass plaque.

Item 164: S07-SS07-B0016, Undated

Poetry Society of America. Metal coin in box.

Item 165: S07-SS07-B0016, February 3, 1993

Prairie State College. Metal on wooden plaque.

Item 166: S07-SS07-B0016, October 16, 1987

Press Club of San Francisco. Loose metal plate.

Item 167: S07-SS07-B0016, March 28, 1988

Rochester City Council. Glass frame.

Item 168: S07-SS07-B0016, Undated

Sacramento City College. Medal. Rehoused medal in envelope.

Item 169: S07-SS07-B0016, January 27, 1994

Separation sheet for [Sesquicentennial Distinguished Lecture]. Wooden base.

Box 17

Item 170: S07-SS07-B0017, 1996

Sheriff's Senior Medal of Honor

Item 171: S07-SS07-B0017, Undated

Separation sheet for [Society of Midland Authors].

Item 172: S07-SS07-B0017, Undated

Separation sheet for [Southside Community Art Center]. Framed award.

Item 173: S07-SS07-B0017, May 4, 1965

Springfield, Illinois. Metal plate taped on ceramic tile, mounted on a wooden key.

Item 174: S07-SS07-B0017, Undated

Separation sheet for [State of Illinois Center].

Item 175: S07-SS07-B0017, Undated

Separation sheet for [State of Illinois Executive Department]. Paper mounted on wooden plaque with plastic.

Item 176: S07-SS07-B0017, April 4, 1991

State of Kansas. Loose sheets (3). Separation sheet for ["Proclamation by the governor" and "Members Copy..."].

Item 177: S07-SS07-B0017, Undated

Separation sheet for [State of Michigan].

Item 178: S07-SS07-B0017, October 5, 1980

St. James Cathedral Commons. Framed award.

Item 179: S07-SS07-B0017, Undated

Texas. Metal letter opener? Rehoused in envelope.

Item 180: S07-SS07-B0017, September 25, 1977

Separation sheet for [Third World Press]. Wooden plaque.

Item 181: S07-SS07-B0017, September 19, 1997

Separation sheet for [Third World Press. "30th Anniversary Builders Award"]. Wooden plaque.

Item 182: S07-SS07-B0017, Undated

Tinkham, Charles B, Purdue University. Framed poem.

Box 18

Item 183: S07-SS07-B0018, Undated

Topeka, Kansas. Two medals (Topeka medal and Illinois Sesquicentennial medal) and one manila envelope. Housed the medals in small envelopes.

Item 184: S07-SS07-B0018, 1999

Separation sheet for [TransAfrica Forum]. Acrylic award.

Item 185: S07-SS07-B0018, March 18, 1988

Tucson High School. Honorary Tucson Badger.

Item 186: S07-SS07-B0018, February 8, 1982

U.M.M. - B.S.U. Metal on wooden plaque.

Item 187: S07-SS07-B0018, Undated

Separation sheet for [University at Albany]. Glass award.

Item 188: S07-SS07-B0018, Undated

University of Akron. Metal medal and a base in box with two newspaper clippings. Housed the newspaper clippings in mylar sleeves.

Item 189: S07-SS07-B0018, 1994

University of Chicago. Framed award.

Item 190: S07-SS07-B0018, November 12, 1997

University of Illinois at Springfield, African American Studies Program. Metal on wooden plaque.

Item 191: S07-SS07-B0018, January 20, 1991

University of Iowa, La Petite Theatre, Inc. Metal on wooden plaque.

Box 19

Item 192: S07-SS07-B0019, March 27, 1977

University of Pennsylvania. Framed award.

Item 193: S07-SS07-B0019, May 23, 1986

University of Vermont. Pewter case.

Item 194: S07-SS07-B0019, May 27, 1974

University of Wisconsin, Green Bay. Loose papers (2).

Item 195: S07-SS07-B0019, Undated

Separation sheet for [Urban Gateways].

Item 196: S07-SS07-B0019, October 5, 1997

Village of Greenview. Framed award.

Item 197: S07-SS07-B0019, November 25, 1987

Separation sheet for [Walker, Larry D.]. Framed tribute.

Item 198: S07-SS07-B0019, February 14, 1997

Separation sheet for [Washington, D.C. Proclamation Gwendolyn Brooks Day]. Paper certificate in folder with copied sheet and a ribbon.

Item 199: S07-SS07-B0019, 1982-83

Western Illinois University. Framed award.

Item 200: S07-SS07-B0019, 1977

Separation sheet for [YWCA LeaderLuncheon]. Glass award.

Item 201: S07-SS07-B0019, Undated

Glass plaque with Ankh Cross(?) symbol.

Item 202: S07-SS07-B0019, Undated

Separation sheet for [Glass weight (no inscription)].

Item 203: S07-SS07-B0019, Undated

Separation sheet for [Golden key with screw (no inscription)].

Item 204: S07-SS07-B0019, Undated

Separation sheet for [Metal plate with inscription design].

Item 205-223: S07-SS07-B001

African American Alliance of Columbia College Chicago. Glass frame.

Sub-series 1: Correspondence

Box 1

Box 2

Box 3

Box 4

Box 5

Series 21: Supplementary Material

View the record for Gwendolyn Brooks supplementary materials here.

Sub-series 1: Known Gifts

Box A

Folder 1

Item 1: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to McClory, Mary, 1952

Includes a photo of Blakely, Henry, Jr. and Nora Brooks. Gift of Mary A. Trauscht, daughter of Mary McClory, in 2014.

Item 2: Gwendolyn Brooks and Blakely, Henry, Jr. Christmas card to McClory, Mary, 1954

Includes an envelope. Gift of Mary A. Trauscht, daughter of Mary McClory, in 2014.

Folder 2: “To Gwendolyn” poem by Belongie, Michael (Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets; The Southwestern Educational In-service Organization), 1993

Gift of Antler, former Milwaukee Poet Laureate, in 2016.

Folder 3: Photos and photocopies of Southwestern Educational In-service Organization Convention (Madison, WI) materials, 1993, 2004

Gift of Michael Belongie (Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets; SWEIO) in 2016.

Folder 4: “For Sara Miller, Sculptor” poem gifted to Miller, Sara S. by Gwendolyn Brooks, 1994

Includes a photocopy of the poem and a printed image of the bronze bust sculpted by Miller, Sara S. on display at the National Portrait Gallery (Washington, D.C.). Gift of Batya Miller in 2017 in honor of her mother, sculptor Sara S. Miller.

Folder 5: Copy of Gottschalk and the Grande Tarantelle (Chicago: The David Company), 1988?

Inscribed for Miller, Sara S. by Gwendolyn Brooks in 1993. Gift of Batya Miller in 2017 in honor of her mother, sculptor Sara S. Miller.

Folder 6: Copy of In Montgomery (Chicago: Third World Press), 2003

Inscribed for Miller, Sara S. by Nora Brooks Blakely in 2003. Includes a Blakely, Nora Brooks card and envelope to Miller, Sara S. Gift of Batya Miller in 2017 in honor of her mother, sculptor Sara S. Miller.

Folder 7: Promotional card and hand fan for Brooks Permissions, 2017

Gift of Nora Brooks Blakely in 2017.

Folder 8: National Library Week public library poetry readings (Hammond and Gary, IN) audiocassette, 1989

Includes a description of the event by Meyers, Arthur S. Gift of Arthur S. Meyers in 2018.

Folder 9: Brooklyn College public engagement CD recording featuring Gwendolyn Brooks and Harper, Michael, 1989?

Gift of Drs. Marie Buncombe-Dodd and Sandra E. Gibbs in 2018. Digitized by UIUC Digitization Services from a VHS tape. Must get permission from the archivist to view.

Folder 10: Photo of Gwendolyn Brooks at the Indiana University Writers’ Conference, 1971

Gift of the photographer, Lauren Friesen, PhD, in 2021.

Item 1: Miller, Sara S. bronze bust of Gwendolyn Brooks, 1993-1994

Gift of Batya Miller in 2017 in honor of her mother, sculptor Sara S. Miller.

Sub-series 2: Purchases, Subscriptions, and Unknown Acquisitons

Box A

Folder 11: Third World Press Foundation 50th Anniversary Celebration promotional card, 2003?

Folder 12: Copy of Selected Poems (New York: Harper Perennial), 2006?

Folder 13: Issue of The Daily Illini (vol. 143, no. 35), 2013

Features an Ogrodnik, Jacqui article concerning RBML’s acquisition of the Gwendolyn Brooks archives.

Folder 14: Program for Full of Pepper and Light: Welcoming the Gwendolyn Brooks Papers to the University of Illinois, 2014

Folder 15: Issue of Friendscript (vol. 33, no. 3), 2014 Spring

Concerning RBML’s acquisition of the Gwendolyn Brooks archives.

Folder 16

Item 1: Poetry Foundation events catalog, 2017 Fall

Item 2: Issue of Poetry (vol. CCX, no. 3), 2017 June

“Gwendolyn Brooks” special issue.

Folder 17: Chicago Tribune clipping, 2017

Features a Kogan, Rick article concerning the centenary of Gwendolyn Brooks.

Box B

Folder 1

Item 1: Playbill for No Blue Memories: The Life of Gwendolyn Brooks, 2017?

Manual Cinema (Chicago) production commissioned by the Poetry Foundation. Includes a cast biography insert and an admission ticket.

Item 2: Flyer for Maud Martha Out Loud, 2018

Community reading of Maud Martha hosted at The Logan Center for the Arts (University of Chicago). Five copies. Includes two double-sided bookmarks.

Folder 2

Item 1: Annotated script for No Blue Memories: The Life of Gwendolyn Brooks, 2017?

Written by Ewing, Eve L. and Marshall, Nate.

Item 2: Krannert Center for the Performing Arts (Urbana) Youth Series catalog, 2018-2019

Item 3: Krannert Center for the Performing Arts (Urbana) Youth Series flyers for No Blue Memories: The Life of Gwendolyn Brooks, 2018

Includes a typescript copy of “Beverly Hills, Chicago.”

Folder 3: Poetry Foundation events catalog, 2018 Fall

Folder 4: The New York Times clipping, 2018

Features a Farago, Jason article concerning the auction of “Past Times” painting by Marshall, Kerry James.

Folder 5: Photos of Gwendolyn Brooks, 1950, 1984

One photo shows Gwendolyn Brooks sitting at a typewriter; the other shows a side view of Gwendolyn Brooks speaking at a podium. Acquired in memory of Dorothy Vernon Gee Jackson by Richard Willett Jackson, Marianne Jackson and William Thomas Jackson.