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

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Collection Overview

Title: Gwendolyn Brooks Collection, 1909-2003

Predominant Dates:bulk 1960-2000

ID: 01/01/MSS00086

Primary Creator: Brooks, Gwendolyn (1917-2000)

Extent: 200.0 Linear Feet

Date Acquired: 09/19/2013

Subjects: Poets, American - 20th century

Languages: English

Abstract

This collection consists of a variety of materials related to Gwendolyn Brooks, a Black American poet from Chicago, Illinois.

Scope and Contents of the Materials

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

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).

Collection Historical Note

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Subject/Index Terms

Poets, American - 20th century

Administrative Information

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

Acquisition Source: Nora Brooks Blakely

Related Materials:

Celebrating Brooks @ 100

Gwendolyn Brooks Supplementary Materials

Gwendolyn Brooks Collection (Sc MG 271) | New York Public Library

Gwendolyn Brooks Papers (BANC MSS 2001/83 z) | University of California, Berkeley

Dudley Randall Papers (2017014 Aa 2) | University of Michigan

Sterling Plumpp Collection (MUM00368) | University of Mississippi

Useni Eugene Perkins Papers (2014/01) | Chicago Public Library

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

Box and Folder Listing

Browse by Series:

[Series 1: Correspondence],
[Series 2: Writings],
[Series 3: Gwendolyn Brooks Personal Files],
[Series 4: Photos and Scrapbooks],
[Series 5: Drawings],
[Series 6: Calendars],
[Series 7: Public Engagements],
[Series 8: Contests and Scholarships],
[Series 9: Teaching Materials],
[Series 10: Programs, Broadsides, Posters, and Ephemera],
[Series 11: David Company Records],
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[[information restricted]],
[Series 14: Gwendolyn Brooks Personal Realia/Artifacts],
[Series 15: Gwendolyn Brooks Library],
[Series 16: Sheet Music],
[Series 17: LPs],
[Series 18: Newspapers and Magazines],
[Series 19: Works of Others],
[[information restricted]],
[[information restricted]],
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[Series 24: Supplementary Material],
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Series 4: Photos and Scrapbooks

Sub-series 1: Personal Photos

Box 350

Folder 1

Item 1: Studio portrait of Blakely, Nora Brooks, 1971: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_01_001
Item 2: Camera Studios Chicago cardboard frame, 1971?: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_01_002
Item 3: Blakely, Nora Brooks envelope to Blakely, Henry, Sr., 1971?: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_01_003

Folder 2

Item 1: Manuscript note by Gwendolyn Brooks, undated: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_02_001
Item 2: Walgreens photo negatives envelope, undated: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_02_002
Item 3: Walgreens photo coupon sheet, undated: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_02_003
Item 4: Walgreens photo envelope, undated: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_02_004

Folder 3

Item 1: Dimly lit face in profile, undated: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_03_001
Item 2: Kodak photo envelopes, undated: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_03_002

Folder 4

Item 1: Blakely, Henry, Sr. passport prints, 1973: 11 copies.
Item 2: U.S. Passport Photo Service envelope, 1973: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_04_002

Folder 5

Item 1: Burrell, Joseph holding Sukari (cat), undated: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_05_001
Item 2: Marching band in a tunnel, undated: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_05_002
Item 3: Marching band in a tunnel, undated: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_05_003
Item 4: Partial view of flag bearers, undated: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_05_004
Item 5: Marching trombone players, undated: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_05_005

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: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_06_001
Item 2: Blakely, Nora Brooks in graduation regalia, 1972: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_06_002
Item 3: Blakely, Henry, Jr.; Nora Brooks; and Henry, Sr. in the Assembly Hall parking lot, 1972: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_05_048
Item 4: Blakely, Henry, Jr.; Nora Brooks; and Henry, Sr. in the Assembly Hall parking lot, 1972: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_03_014
Item 5: Blurry view of Blakely, Henry, Jr.; Nora Brooks; and Henry, Sr. in the Assembly Hall parking lot, 1972: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_05_048
Item 6: Blakely, Henry, Jr. with his hands in his pockets, 1972: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_06_004_002
Item 7: Blakely, Henry, Jr. laughing, 1972: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_06_004_001
Item 8: Blurry view of the Brooks-Blakely family getting into a car, 1972: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_06_005_001
Item 9: Brooks-Blakely family getting into a car, 1972: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_06_005_002

Folder 7

Item 1: Three boys in a Christmas-themed sleigh (negative), undated: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_07_001
Item 2: Seated woman wearing a beaded necklace (negative), undated: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_07_002
Item 3: “Share your snaps!” Kodak envelope, undated

Folder 8

Item 1: View of a storefront from a window across the street, circa 1970: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_08_001
Item 2: Seated man speaking on the phone, circa 1970: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_08_002
Item 3: Book advertisement, undated: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_08_003
Item 4: Blurry view of a court transcript, undated: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_08_004

Folder 9

Item 1: Plymouth Fury missing the driver’s side headlight, 1960s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_09_001_001
Item 2: Driver’s side of a Plymouth Fury parked on the street, 1960s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_09_001_002
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: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_09_002
Item 5: Blurry view of four women at a family gathering (negative), 1960s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_09_003
Item 6: Family around table (negative), 1960s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_09_004
Item 7: Woman smoking a cigarette in front of a staircase (negative), 1960s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_09_006_001
Item 8: Two women standing in a kitchen (negative), 1960s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_09_006_002
Item 9: Blurry view of two women and small dog (negative), 1960s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_09_005_001
Item 10: Three family members at gathering (negative), 1960s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_09_005_002
Item 11: Six family members on a staircase (negative), 1960s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_09_008_001
Item 12: Four women and a small dog on a staircase, 1960s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_09_008_002
Item 13: Seven young women on a staircase, 1960s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_09_007_001
Item 14: Kodak negatives envelope, undated: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_09_009

Folder 10

Item 1: Chicago highway entrance, 1960s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_10_001_001
Item 2: Blurry view of a car and semitruck driving on a Chicago highway, 1960s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_10_002_001
Item 3: Chicago highway entrance, 1960s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_10_001_002
Item 4: Blurry view of a car and semitruck driving on a Chicago highway, 1960s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_10_002_002
Item 5: Blurry view of a car and semitruck driving on a Chicago highway, 1960s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_10_002_003
Item 6: Street corner in the rain, 1960s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_10_004
Item 7: View of a car driving on a highway from another vehicle, 1960s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_10_003

Folder 11

Item 1: Parked Volkswagen Beetle, undated: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_11_001
Item 2: Partial view of a moving station wagon, undated: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_11_002
Item 3: Man working in an office environment (negative), 1960s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_11_003_001
Item 4: Woman in an office environment (negative), 1960s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_11_003_002
Item 5: Woman resting her chin on her fist, 1960s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_11_003_003
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: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_12_001_001
Item 2: Pontiac Firebird driver’s side rear, 1970s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_12_001_002
Item 3: Blakely, Nora Brooks in the driver’s seat of a Pontiac Firebird, 1970s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_12_001_003
Item 4: Partial view of a Pontiac Firebird, 1970s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_12_001_004

Folder 13

Item 1: “Share your snaps!” Kodak photo envelope, undated

Item 2: Woman sitting in a chair, undated

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_13_001

Item 3: Woman sitting in a chair (negative), undated

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_13_002

Item 4: Young woman and two children at a beach (negative), 1960s

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_13_008_001

Item 5: Seated woman holding a can of beer at a beach (negative), 1960s

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_13_008_002

Item 6: Blurry partial view of a child wrapped in a beach towel (negative), 1960s

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_13_008_003

Item 7: Boy wrapped with a black sheet at the beach (negative), 1960s

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_13_008_004

Item 8: Partial view of the United Nations building in New York City (negative), 1960s

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_13_006_001

Item 9: United Nations building in New York City (negative), 1960s

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_13_006_002

Item 10-16: Folded into “Julius” note

Item 10: Partial view of a Chevrolet car driver’s side rear, 1960s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_13_007_002
Item 11: Chevrolet Bel-Air driver’s side rear, 1960s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_13_007_001
Item 12: Partial view of a Chevrolet car, 1960s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_13_010
Item 13: Partial view of a red car passenger’s side, 1960s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_13_009_001
Item 14: Red car passenger's side front, 1960s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_13_009_002
Item 15: Red car driver's side front, 1960s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_13_009_003
Item 16: “Julius” note, undated

Item 17: Assurance Inspections Group office entrance (negative), 1960s

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_13_003_001

Item 18: Assurance Inspections Group employee at a desk, 1960s

Item 19: Blakely, Henry, Sr. reading at an office desk, 1960s

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_13_003_003

Item 20: Blakely, Henry, Sr. writing at an office desk, 1960s

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_13_003_004

Item 21: Chicago highway entrance (negative), 1960s

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_13_004_001

Item 22: Blurry view of a car and semitruck driving on a Chicago highway (negative), 1960s

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_13_004_002

Item 23: Street corner in the rain (negative), 1960s

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_13_004_003

Item 24: Urban intersection in the rain (negative), 1960s

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_13_004_004

Item 25: Parked car next to a highway entrance ramp (negative), 1960s

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_13_005_001

Item 26: Blurry view of two Assurance Inspections Group employees (negative), 1960s

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_13_005_002

Item 27: View of houses from a road (negative), 1960s

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_13_005_003

Item 28: Landscape from moving car (negative), 1960s

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_13_005_004

Folder 14

Item 1: Woman sitting on a desk holding a cigarette (negative), undated: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_14_001
Item 2: Closer view of a woman sitting on a desk holding a cigarette (negative), undated: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_14_002
Item 3: Woman standing between two windows (negative), undated: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_14_003
Item 4: Woman in a trench coat (negative), undated: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_14_004
Item 5: Underexposed view of woman on a sofa (negative), undated: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_14_005
Item 6: Woman in green (negative), 1967: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_14_006

Folder 15

Item 1: Two women sitting on a sofa, one holding a picture (negative), 1970s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_15_003_001
Item 2: Two seated women looking at a picture (negative), 1970s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_15_003_002
Item 3: Three seated friends posing for the camera (negative), 1970s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_15_003_003
Item 4: Man posing next to a fireplace (negative), 1970s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_15_003_004
Item 5: Two women sitting on a sofa (negative), 1970s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_15_001_001
Item 6: Two seated women talking on a sofa (negative), 1970s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_15_001_001
Item 7: Woman in green touching flowers (negative), 1970s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_15_001_002
Item 8: Blakely, Henry, Sr. sitting on a sofa with two friends (negative), 1970s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_15_001_003
Item 9: Blakely, Henry, Sr. and friends looking at a picture (negative), 1970s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_15_001_004
Item 10: Two seated women looking at a picture (negative), 1970s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_15_002_002
Item 11: Two women sitting on a sofa (negative), 1970s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_15_002_003
Item 12: Two seated women looking at a picture (negative), 1970s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_15_002_004
Item 13: Group of women in line during a performance (negative), 1970s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_15_004_001
Item 14: Woman sitting on a blanket at the beach (negative), 1970s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_15_005
Item 15: Empty yellow Walgreens envelope, undated: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_15_006

Folder 16

Item 1: Helen’s Wig storefront, undated: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_16_001
Item 2: Front entrance of a building (address 6252) with shattered glass, undated: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_16_002
Item 3: Ceiling water damage, undated: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_16_003
Item 4: Apartment building staircase, undated: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_16_004
Item 5: Boiler room covered in trash, undated: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_16_005
Item 6: Wooden apartment door, undated: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_16_006
Item 7: Blurry view of an open doorway, undated: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_16_007

Folder 17

Item 1: Partial view of two parked cars (negative), 1960s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_17_001_001
Item 2: Partial view of the parked car driver’s side (negative), 1960s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_17_001_002
Item 3: Partial view of two parked cars from driver’s side (negative), 1960s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_17_001_003
Item 4: Partial view of parked cars from driver’s side rear (negative), 1960s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_17_001_004
Item 5: Photo negatives envelope, undated: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_12_004

Folder 18

Item 1: Woman sitting in a living room (negative), 1970s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_18_006_001
Item 2: View of a Chicago intersection (negative), 1970s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_18_006_002
Item 3: Group running on a Chicago street with commercial spaces (negative), 1970s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_18_006_003
Item 4: View of a Chicago street with commercial spaces (negative), 1970s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_18_006_004
Item 5: Blakely, Henry, Sr. talking to another man in front of a fireplace (negative), 1970s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_18_005_001
Item 6: Woman standing in front of a fireplace (negative), 1970s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_18_005_002
Item 7: Group of friends gathered around a piano (negative), 1970s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_18_005_003
Item 8: Woman sitting next to a man playing the piano (negative), 1970s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_18_005_004
Item 9: Apartment building staircase (negative), undated: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_18_004_001
Item 10: Blurry view of an open doorway (negative), undated: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_18_004_002
Item 11: Front entrance of a building (address 6252) with shattered glass (negative), undated: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_18_004_003
Item 12: Helen’s Wig storefront (negative), undated: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_18_004_004
Item 13: Blurry view of a band performing on a stage (negative), 1970s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_18_002
Item 14: Ceiling water damage (negative), undated: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_18_003_001
Item 15: Wooden apartment door (negative), undated: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_18_003_002
Item 16: Boiler room covered in trash (negative), undated: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_18_003_003
Item 17: Coupon sheet for Walgreens photo services, undated: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_18_007
Item 18: “Bring me back to Walgreens” photo negatives envelope, undated: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_02_002

Folder 19

Item 1: “PICTURES” envelope, undated: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_19_001

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: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_20_005
Item 3: Gwendolyn Brooks seated with arm on chair, 1980s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_20_006
Item 4: Gwendolyn Brooks looking to her right, 1980s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_20_004
Item 5: Gwendolyn Brooks smiling and looking to her right, 1980s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_20_007
Item 6: Gwendolyn Brooks speaking at a podium in Tucson, Arizona, 1980s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_20_003
Item 7: Gwendolyn Brooks speaking at a podium in Tucson, Arizona, 1980s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_20_001
Item 8: Gwendolyn Brooks smiling at the camera, 1980s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_20_002

Folder 21: Dedication of Gwendolyn Brooks Park (Topeka, KS)

Item 1: Gwendolyn Brooks and Slade, Leonard, 1996: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_21_001
Item 2: Gwendolyn Brooks and Slade, Roberta, 1996: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_21_002
Item 3: Public near an outdoor podium, 1996: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_21_003
Item 4: Public near an outdoor podium, 1996: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_21_004
Item 5: Gwendolyn Brooks approaching an outdoor podium, 1996: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_21_005
Item 6: Gwendolyn Brooks and a speaker near an outdoor podium, 1996: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_21_006
Item 7: Gwendolyn Brooks and a speaker near an outdoor podium, 1996: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_21_007
Item 8: Group gathered around a park sign, 1996: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_21_008
Item 9: Group gathered around a park sign, 1996: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_21_009
Item 10: Group gathered around a park sign, 1996: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_21_010
Item 11: Seated crowd, 1996: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_21_011
Item 12: Gwendolyn Brooks speaking before an audience, 1996: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_21_012
Item 13: Gwendolyn Brooks and others standing near an outdoor podium, 1996: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_21_013
Item 14: Children standing near an outdoor podium, 1996: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_21_014
Item 15: Woman in an orange dress speaking at an outdoor podium, 1996: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_21_015
Item 16: Woman in green speaking at a podium, 1996: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_21_016
Item 17: Crowd in front of an outdoor stage, 1996: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_21_017
Item 18: Three photographers, 1996: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_21_018
Item 19: Gwendolyn Brooks clapping at the unveiling of a park sign, 1996: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_21_019
Item 20: Gwendolyn Brooks speaking at an outdoor podium, 1996: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_21_020
Item 21: Gwendolyn Brooks unveiling a park sign, 1996: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_21_021
Item 22: Gwendolyn Brooks unveiling a park sign, 1996: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_21_022
Item 23: Gwendolyn Brooks speaking an outdoor podium, 1996: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_21_023
Item 24: Gwendolyn Brooks greeting a child, 1996: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_21_024
Item 25: Gwendolyn Brooks greeting children, 1996: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_21_025
Item 26: Woman in green speaking at an outdoor podium, 1996: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_21_026
Item 27: Gwendolyn Brooks with a veiled park sign, 1996: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_21_027
Item 28: Letter from Swearingen, Paul to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1996: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_21_028
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: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_22_001
Item 2: Keziah Wims Brooks standing in front of a Chicago house, undated: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_22_002
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: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_23_001
Item 2: Group photo at a Chicago multicultural event, undated: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_23_002

Folder 24: Edward Jenner School (Chicago)

Item 1: Gwendolyn Brooks seated in front of a classroom, 1989: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_24_001
Item 2: Students in a classroom, 1989: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_24_002_003
Item 3: Students in a classroom, 1989: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_24_002_002
Item 4: Students in a classroom, 1989: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_24_002_001
Item 5: Gwendolyn Brooks speaking at a podium, 1989: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_24_003
Item 6: “July 11, 1989: Edward Jenner School Graduation Day Pictures (sent by former assistant Principal Arthur Wilson)” envelope, undated: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_24_004

Folder 25

Item 1: Family attending an African wedding, 1980: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_25_001
Item 2: Bride, groom, and officiant at an African wedding, 1980: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_25_002
Item 3: Gwendolyn Brooks and Johnson, Sybil inside of a library, undated: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_25_003
Item 4: Gwendolyn Brooks and Alvin, Glenda inside of a library, undated: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_25_004

Folder 26

Item 1: Writing portfolio cover, undated: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_26_001

Folder 27

Item 1: Note from Blakely, Nora Brooks to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_27_001
Item 2: Name card for Blakely, Nora Brooks, undated: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_27_002

Folder 28

Item 1: Studio portrait of Blakely, Nora Brooks in a cover, undated: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_28_001

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: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_29_002
Item 3: Gwendolyn Brooks and Peccorini, Francisco, 1996: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_29_003_002
Item 4: Poetry reading near a creek, 1996: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_29_004
Item 5: Peccorini, Francisco talking to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1996: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_29_003_001

Folder 30

Item 1: Blakely, Nora Brooks on her high school graduation day, 1968: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_30_001
Item 2: Gwendolyn Brooks at a College Language Association event, 1982: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_30_002
Item 3: Gwendolyn Brooks with Turner, Darwin and another woman at a College Language Association event, 1982: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_30_003
Item 4: Gwendolyn Brooks and two others sitting in a courtyard, 1984: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_30_004
Item 5: Gwendolyn Brooks and Bolton, Linda, 1984: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_30_005

Folder 31

Item 1: Gwendolyn Brooks and two others sitting in a courtyard, 1984: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_31_001
Item 2: Gwendolyn Brooks seated on a ledge, 1984: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_31_002
Item 3: Gwendolyn Brooks standing at a podium with a man in a gray suit, 1984: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_31_003
Item 4: Gwendolyn Brooks signing autographs at her 80th birthday party, 1997: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_31_004
Item 5: Gwendolyn Brooks standing with Madhubuti, Haki near a painted portrait at her 80th birthday party, 1997: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_31_005

Folder 32

Item 1: Gwendolyn Brooks opening presents at her 80th birthday party, 1997: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_31_006
Item 2: Blakely, Nora Brooks at the 80th birthday party for Gwendolyn Brooks, 1997: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_32_002
Item 3: Gwendolyn Brooks and young man on a stage, undated: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_32_003

Folder 33

Item 1: Gwendolyn Brooks with Bennett, Lerone, Jr. and others, undated: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_33_001
Item 2: Bennett, Lerone, Jr. at a microphone, undated: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_33_002
Item 3: Melhem, D.H. and a “newish Ford”, 1993: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_33_003
Item 4: Person sitting in the driver’s seat of a Ford Probe, 1993: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_33_004

Folder 34

Item 1: Gwendolyn Brooks with Bennett, Lerone, Jr. and others, undated: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_34_001
Item 2: Gwendolyn Brooks and children at Oatka Residential Center, undated: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_34_002
Item 3: Gwendolyn Brooks standing next to a plant, undated: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_34_003
Item 4: Melhem, D.H. photographic envelope, undated: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_34_004

Folder 35: Accra Zoo (Ghana)

Item 1: Chimpanzee in an enclosure (negative), 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_35_005_004
Item 2: Crowned crane enclosure sign (negative), 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_35_005_003
Item 3: Very underexposed view of an African crowned crane in an enclosure (negative), 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_35_005_002
Item 4: Partial view of two lions in enclosures (negative), 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_35_005_001
Item 5: Partial view of a lion in an enclosure (negative), 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_35_004_004
Item 6: Closer look at a lion in an enclosure (negative), 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_35_004_003
Item 7: Visitor looking at a lion (negative), 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_35_004_002
Item 8: Lion in an enclosure (negative), 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_35_004_001
Item 9: Children in front of enclosures (negative), 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_35_003_004
Item 10: Blurry view of an enclosure (negative), 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_35_003_003
Item 11: Duckling in an enclosure (negative), 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_35_003_002
Item 12: Duck and ducklings (negative), 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_35_003_001
Item 13: Macaw parrot in an enclosure (negative), 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_35_002_004
Item 14: Blurry view of an enclosure (negative), 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_35_002_003
Item 15: Group of people looking at a young hippopotamus in an enclosure (negative), 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_35_002_002
Item 16: Two children and a woman looking at a young hippopotamus in an enclosure (negative), 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_35_002_001
Item 17: Plant with long leaves in a wooded area (negative), 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_35_001_004
Item 18: Wooded area with vegetation (negative), 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_35_001_003
Item 19: Two animals in an enclosure (negative), 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_35_001_002
Item 20: Small animal in an enclosure (negative), 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_35_001_001
Item 21: Kodacolor photo envelope, undated: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_35_007

Folder 36

Item 1: Landscape around Cambridge University (negative), 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_36_001_004
Item 2: Landscape around Cambridge University (negative), 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_36_001_003
Item 3: Scenery from a car window en route to Cambridge University (negative), 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_36_001_002
Item 4: A view of two young men from a car window en route to Cambridge University (negative), 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_36_001_001
Item 5: Group walking toward King’s College at Cambridge University (negative), 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_36_002_003
Item 6: Group walking toward King’s College at Cambridge University (negative), 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_36_002_002
Item 7: Scenery from a car window en route to Cambridge University (negative), 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_36_002_001
Item 8: Building, pond, and gardens at Rebecca West’s country estate in Buckinghamshire, England (negative), 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_36_003_004
Item 9: Blurry view of a group in a punt boat at Cambridge University (negative), 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_36_003_003
Item 10: Partial view inside King’s College at Cambridge University (negative), 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_36_003_002
Item 11: Partial view of a stained-glass window from King’s College at Cambridge University (negative), 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_36_003_001
Item 12: Partial view of a stained-glass window from King’s College at Cambridge University (negative), 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_36_004_004
Item 13: Group watching the Changing of the Guard in London (negative), 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_36_004_003
Item 14: Building, pond, and gardens at Rebecca West’s country estate in Buckinghamshire, England (negative), 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_36_004_002
Item 15: Blurry view of a building, pond, and gardens at Rebecca West’s country estate in Buckinghamshire, England (negative), 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_36_004_001
Item 16: View of a lamb grazing in a field taken from a car window, 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_36_005_004
Item 17: Partial view of a Cambridge University building (negative), 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_36_005_003
Item 18: Partial view of a stained-glass window from King’s College at Cambridge University (negative), 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_36_005_002
Item 19: Underexposed view of a stained-glass window from King’s College at Cambridge University (negative), 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_36_005_001
Item 20: Kodacolor photo envelope, undated: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_05_008

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: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_01_006
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: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_02_006
Item 9: Blank index card, 1981
Item 10: Two students, 1981: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_02_007
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: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_02_001c

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: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_03_001
Item 2: Woman wearing a spectacle chain, 1970s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_03_002
Item 3: Brooks, Raymond, Sr. and his wife, 1950s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_03_003
Item 4: Split-level house with an attached garage, 1950s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_03_004
Item 5: Brooks, Raymond, Jr. and his wife under a wedding arch, 1960s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_03_005
Item 6: Two women seated at a dining table, 1950s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_03_006
Item 7: Man and a toddler in living room, 1960s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_03_007
Item 8: Blakely, Henry, Jr. in formal attire, 1950s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_03_008

Item 9-17: Grouping 2

Item 9: Roundtree, Fred and Julia with an unknown woman, 1940s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_03_009
Item 10: Woman revising papers, 1960s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_03_010
Item 11: Family of six posing outside of a house, 1950s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_03_011
Item 12: Gwendolyn Brooks at 15 years old, 1932: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_03_012
Item 13: Blakely, Nora Brooks as a child, circa 1956: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_03_013
Item 14: Man in double breasted suit standing by a curb, 1950s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_03_014
Item 15: Blakely, Henry, Sr.; Gwendolyn Brooks, and Blakely, Henry, Jr. sitting on a handrail, circa 1945: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_03_015
Item 16: Man in a police officer uniform, 1950s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_03_016
Item 17: Brooks, Keziah C. Wims and two others, 1950s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_03_017

Item 18-25: Grouping 3

Item 18: Brooks, Dorothea studio portrait, 1970s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_03_018
Item 19: Wims, Carolyn with another young girl, circa 1950: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_03_019
Item 20: Infant and a quilted pillow on a couch, 1960s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_03_020
Item 21: Brooks, Keziah C. Wims as a young woman, 1920s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_03_021
Item 22: Headshot of a young man in a suit, 1930s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_03_022
Item 23: Woman seated with her arm resting on a table, 1930s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_03_023
Item 24: Side view of a man with mustache and glasses, undated: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_03_024
Item 25: Two toddlers sitting on a living room floor, 1960s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_03_025

Item 26-32: Grouping 4

Item 26: Wims, Carolyn standing on a sidewalk, 1960s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_03_026
Item 27: Boy in a collared coat, 1900s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_03_027
Item 28: Williams, Kayola wearing a pearl necklace, 1960s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_03_028
Item 29: Brooks, Raymond, Sr. as a young man, 1950s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_03_029
Item 30: Older man wearing a suit with a waistcoat, 1920s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_03_030
Item 31: Brooks, David (nephew of Gwendolyn Brooks), 1970s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_03_031
Item 32: Brooks, Raymond, Sr. standing near a car, 1940s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_03_032

Item 33-39: Grouping 5

Item 33: Blakely, Nora Brooks studio headshot, 1971: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_03_033
Item 34: Gwendolyn Brooks; Brooks, Raymond, Sr.; and another woman, circa 1935: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_03_034
Item 35: Gwendolyn Brooks as a child, circa 1925: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_03_035
Item 36: Man in a white suit jacket, 1940s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_03_036
Item 37: Couple and their baby, 1950s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_03_037
Item 38: Woman posing in front of a house, 1950s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_03_038
Item 39: Man and woman seated next to one another, 1950s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_03_039

Item 40-41: Grouping 6

Item 40: Woman wearing a polka dot dress and gloves, 1950s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_03_040
Item 41: Torn photo of a person with their hand on a car door handle, 1950s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_03_041

Item 42-51: Grouping 7

Item 42: Wims, Luvenia studio portrait, 1920s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_03_042
Item 43: Wife of Brooks, Raymond, Jr. wearing a lace sunhat, 1960s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_03_043
Item 44: Toddler and an infant dressed in white, 1900s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_03_044
Item 45: Woman wearing a high-necked dress, 1900s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_03_045
Item 46: Brooks, Paulette and another young girl, 1950s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_03_046
Item 47: Three Black WWI soldiers, circa 1917: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_03_047
Item 48: Family portrait of two women and three children, 1960s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_03_048
Item 49: Brooks, David Anderson, 1930s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_03_049
Item 50: Brooks, Keziah C. Wims, 1930s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_03_050
Item 51: Wims, Carolyn wearing a short-sleeved dress, 1960s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_03_051

Item 52-59: Grouping 8

Item 52: Woman in graduation regalia, 1950s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_03_052
Item 53: Group of four people outside during wintertime, 1940s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_03_053
Item 54: Young couple posing together, 1940s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_03_054
Item 55: Woman wearing layered chain necklaces, 1970s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_03_055
Item 56: Woman in a gingham dress and a child at a bus station, 1960s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_03_056
Item 57: Man wearing a police uniform standing in front of a television, 1960s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_03_057
Item 58: Woman sitting next to a Christmas tree, 1970s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_03_058
Item 59: Woman in a polka dot headscarf, 1970s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_03_059

Item 60-67: Grouping 9

Item 60: Toddler girl with her hair in two buns, 1970s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_03_060
Item 61: Brooks, Keziah C. Wims sitting in a chair, 1970s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_03_061
Item 62: Women posing in front a of house, 1960s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_03_062
Item 63: Two teenagers posing in front of house, 1950s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_03_063
Item 64: Brooks, Keziah C. Wims wearing a black hat, 1920s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_03_064
Item 65: Studio headshot of a woman, 1960s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_03_065
Item 66: Woman wearing a gingham skirt and blazer, 1950s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_03_066
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: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_03_068
Item 69: Two toddlers, 1970s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_03_069
Item 70: Two toddlers, 1940s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_03_070
Item 71: Woman arranging flowers in a kitchen, 1950s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_03_071
Item 72: Woman posing in front of a house porch, 1940s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_03_072
Item 73: Woman dressed in a long winter coat, 1940s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_03_073
Item 74: Brooks, Dorothea studio portrait, 1970s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_03_074
Item 75: Bride and groom posing under a wreath, 1960s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_03_075
Item 76: Man standing on porch steps, 1940s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_03_076

Item 77-81: Grouping 11

Item 77: Studio portrait of a woman wearing a high-necked dress, 1890s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_03_077
Item 78: Brooks, Keziah C. Wims, 1930s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_03_078
Item 79: Seated man in a pinstripe suit, 1940s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_03_079
Item 80: Man with a mustache wearing a three-piece suit, 1920s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_03_080
Item 81: Family of five posing for a studio portrait, 1920s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_03_081

Item 82-90: Grouping 12

Item 82: Family of five gathered around a table, 1950s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_03_082
Item 83: Brooks, Raymond, Jr. as a teenager, 1950s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_03_083
Item 84: Blakely, Henry, Jr. as a toddler, circa 1941: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_03_084
Item 85: Two toddlers wearing matching dresses, 1940s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_03_085
Item 86: Older woman wearing a plaid dress, 1950s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_03_086
Item 87: Boy playing a snare drum next to a Christmas tree, 1950s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_03_087
Item 88: Woman wearing a checkered blazer, 1970s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_03_088
Item 89: Two women posing in a garden, 1940s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_03_089
Item 90: Man wearing a black suit, 1950s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_03_090

Item 91-96: Grouping 13

Item 91: Brooks, Raymond, Sr. and family during wedding celebration, 1970s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_03_091
Item 92: Brooks, David Anderson and Keziah C. Wims posing with others, 1960s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_03_092
Item 93: Blakely, Nora Brooks studio portrait, 1970s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_03_093
Item 94: Young man wearing a suit with a bow tie, 1950s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_03_094
Item 95: Portrait of a woman wearing a polka dot blouse, 1960s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_03_095
Item 96: Smiling couple seated on a couch, 1960s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_03_096

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: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_07_001_001
Item 2: Blurry view of a road from a hotel balcony (negative), 1971: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_07_001_002
Item 3: View of a road from a hotel balcony (negative), 1971: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_07_001_003
Item 4: Blurry view of foliage (negative), 1971: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_07_001_004
Item 5: Three hyenas in an enclosure (negative), 1971: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_07_001_005
Item 6: Partial view of a tree against a cloudy sky (negative), 1971: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_07_001_006
Item 7: Two Nairobian women near a game preserve (negative), 1971: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_07_001_007
Item 8: Lioness resting in an enclosure (negative), 1971: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_07_001_008
Item 9: Lion club eating in an enclosure (negative), 1971: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_07_001_009
Item 10: Man watching lions eat in an enclosure (negative), 1971: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_07_001_010
Item 11: Close view of a fence at a hyena habitat (negative), 1971
Item 12: View of an outdoor hyena habitat (negative), 1971: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_07_001_012
Item 13: Blurry view of three people next to an enclosure (negative), 1971: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_07_001_013
Item 14: Blurry view of an enclosure, 1971: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_07_001_014
Item 15: Gazelle at a feeding station (negative), 1971: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_07_001_015
Item 16: Blurry view of a man watching a warthog in an enclosure (negative), 1971: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_07_001_016
Item 17: Warthog in an enclosure (negative), 1971: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_07_001_017
Item 18: Animals resting in an enclosure (negative), 1971: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_07_001_018
Item 19: Leopard in an enclosure (negative), 1971: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_07_001_019
Item 20: Note on Kodacolor-X cardboard fragment, 1971: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_07_006
Item 21: Madsen photo envelope, 1971?: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_07_007
Item 22: Photo negative envelope, undated: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_07_008

Folder 8: Trip to England

Item 1: Blurry view of a cityscape from a moving vehicle (negative), 1971: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_08_001_001
Item 2: Couple standing in a hotel room (negative), 1971: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_08_001_002
Item 3: Blurry view of two women in a hotel room (negative), 1971: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_08_001_003
Item 4: View of Shaftesbury Memorial Fountain (negative), 1971: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_08_001_004
Item 5: View of Shaftesbury Memorial Fountain (negative), 1971: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_08_002_001
Item 6: View of London Bridge from afar (negative), 1971: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_08_002_002
Item 7: Panoramic view of London (negative), 1971: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_08_002_003
Item 8: Upward view of a monument in London (negative), 1971: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_08_002_004
Item 9: London streetscape (negative), 1971: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_08_003_001
Item 10: Red Fiat 850 driver’s side (negative), 1971: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_08_003_002
Item 11: View of a city fountain from a car (negative), 1971: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_08_003_004
Item 12: View of a sunset from an airplane window (negative), 1971: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_08_004_001
Item 13: View of an airplane wing in the sky (negative), 1971: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_08_004_002
Item 14: Man smoking on an airplane (negative), 1971: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_08_004_003
Item 15: Blurry view of an airplane passenger (negative), 1971: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_08_004_004
Item 16: Airport building and travelers (negative), 1971: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_08_005_001
Item 17: Airport building and runway (negative), 1971: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_08_005_002
Item 18: View of an airplane from another airplane window (negative), 1971: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_08_005_003
Item 19: Curtained window in a dark room (negative), 1971: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_08_005_004
Item 20: Madsen photo service envelope, 1971?: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_04_001
Item 21-22: Photo negative envelope, undated: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_19_006
Item 23: Young woman wearing a headband (negative), 1971: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_08_006_001
Item 24: Woman leaning on a bed (negative), 1971: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_08_006_002
Item 25: Blakely, Nora Brooks wearing a sleeveless shirt (negative), 1971: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_08_006_003
Item 26: Blurry view of a young woman at Iverness Court Hotel (negative), 1971: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_08_006_004
Item 27: Blurry view of two women getting ready in a room at Iverness Court Hotel (negative), 1971: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_08_007_001
Item 28: Filigree archway at Iverness Court Hotel (negative), 1971: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_08_007_002
Item 29: Dim view of the Iverness Court Hotel lobby (negative), 1971: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_08_007_003
Item 30: Iverness Court Hotel façade (negative), 1971: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_08_007_004
Item 31: Big Ben clock tower (negative), 1971: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_08_008_001
Item 32: Blurry view of a streetscape from a window at night (negative), 1971: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_08_008_002
Item 33: View of the Palace of Westminster from across the Thames River (negative), 1971: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_08_008_003
Item 34: View of Big Ben clock tower from across the Thames River (negative), 1971: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_08_008_004

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: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_09_005_001
Item 5: Airplane passenger (negative), 1971: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_09_005_002
Item 6: Blurry view of Cobb, Charlie and Fayleatha (negative), 1971: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_09_004_001
Item 7: Chain link fence (negative), 1971: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_09_004_002
Item 8: YWCA building in Dar es Salaam (negative), 1971: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_09_001_001
Item 9: Partial view of a YWCA building in Dar es Salaam (negative), 1971: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_09_001_002
Item 10: Blurry view of the Cobb, Charlie and Fayleatha house in Dar es Salaam (negative), 1971: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_09_001_003
Item 11: Blurry view of the Cobb, Charlie and Fayleatha house in Dar es Salaam (negative), 1971: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_09_001_004
Item 12: Backyard of the Cobb, Charlie and Fayleatha house in Dar es Salaam (negative), 1971: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_09_002_001
Item 13: Cobb, Charlie and Fayleatha house in Dar es Salaam (negative), 1971: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_09_002_002
Item 14: Blurry view of people dancing at the Cobb, Charlie and Fayleatha house in Dar es Salaam (negative), 1971: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_09_002_003
Item 15: Candle in the dark (negative), 1971: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_09_002_004
Item 16: People at an event at the Cobb, Charlie and Fayleatha house in Dar es Salaam (negative), 1971: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_09_003_001
Item 17: People at an event at the Cobb, Charlie and Fayleatha house in Dar es Salaam (negative), 1971: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_09_003_002
Item 18: Blurry view of a man near Dar es Salaam Harbor (negative), 1971: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_09_003_003
Item 19: Blurry view of Cobb, Charlie and Fayleatha posing for the camera (negative), 1971: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_09_003_004

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: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_10_002_001
Item 5: Garden view of the National Museum of Tanzania (negative), 1971: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_10_002_002
Item 6: Women gathered next to a building and parking lot (negative), 1971: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_10_002_003
Item 7: Women next to a building and a parking lot (negative), 1971: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_10_002_004
Item 8: Four-story apartment building (negative), 1971: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_10_003
Item 9: Façade of a residence with French windows and arches (negative), 1971: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_10_004_001
Item 10: Blurry view of a gated residence (negative), 1971: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_10_004_002
Item 11: Façade of a cobblestone house with a round porch (negative), 1971: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_10_004_003
Item 12: House with a gable roof (negative), 1971: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_10_004_004

Folder 11: Visit to Nairobi National Park

Item 1: Warthog in an enclosure, 1971: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_11_001
Item 2: Lion club eating in an enclosure, 1971: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_11_002
Item 3: Two Nairobian women near a game preserve, 1971: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_11_003
Item 4: Gazelle at a feeding station, 1971: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_11_004
Item 5: Blurry view of visitors on a sidewalk, 1971: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_11_005
Item 6: Person laying in a grassy field, 1971: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_11_006
Item 7: Blurry view of an enclosure, 1971: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_11_007
Item 8: Lioness resting in an enclosure, 1971: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_11_008

Folder 12: Trip to Nairobi, Kenya

Item 1: View of a road from a hotel balcony, 1971: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_12_001
Item 2: View of a road from a hotel balcony, 1971: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_12_002
Item 3: Blurry view of three people next to an enclosure, 1971: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_12_003
Item 4: View of an outdoor hyena habitat, 1971: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_12_004
Item 5: Three hyenas in an enclosure, 1971: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_12_005
Item 6: Close view of a fence at a hyena habitat, 1971: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_12_006
Item 7: Leopard in an enclosure, 1971: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_12_007
Item 8: Partial view of a tree against a cloudy sky, 1971: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_12_008

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: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_13_006
Item 7: Young man wearing glasses, 1971: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_13_007
Item 8: Visitors walking at Nairobi National Park (negative), 1971: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_13_001_001
Item 9: Façade of All Saints Anglican Cathedral (negative), 1971: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_13_001_002
Item 10: Blurry façade of All Saints Anglican Cathedral (negative), 1971: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_13_001_003
Item 11: Group of children wearing school uniforms (negative), 1971: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_13_002_001
Item 12: Man riding a bicycle (negative), 1971: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_13_002_002
Item 13: View of a recreational park (negative), 1971: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_13_002_003
Item 14: Kenyatta International Convention Centre (negative), 1971: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_13_002_004
Item 15: Dimly lit hotel room (negative), 1971: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_13_005_001
Item 16: Hotel room with glass porch doors (negative), 1971: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_13_005_002
Item 17: Lightbulb in the dark (negative), 1971: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_13_005_003
Item 18: Streetscape and an urban park (negative), 1971: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_13_003_001
Item 19: Person laying in grassy field in Nairobi National Park (negative), 1971: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_13_003_002
Item 20: Dimly lit restaurant interior (negative), 1971: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_13_003_003
Item 21: View of a resort garden and swimming pool from a window (negative), 1971: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_13_003_004
Item 22: View of a resort garden and swimming pool from a window (negative), 1971: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_13_004_001
Item 23: Dimly lit hotel room (negative), 1971: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_13_004_002
Item 24: View of road from a hotel balcony (negative), 1971: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_13_004_003
Item 25: Underexposed view of framed artwork (negative), 1971: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_13_004_004

Folder 14: Trip to Kenya and England

Item 1: View of a house’s front garden, 1971: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_14_001
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: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_14_005
Item 6: Parked tourist bus in London, 1971: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_14_006
Item 7: View of Westminster Palace over the Thames River, 1971: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_14_007

Folder 15: Trip to Tanzania and England

Item 1: Man walking near Dar es Salaam Harbor, 1971: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_15_001
Item 2: Cobb, Charlie and Fayleatha house in Dar es Salaam, 1971: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_15_002
Item 3: Partial view of a cobblestone Dar es Salaam house, 1971: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_15_003
Item 4: Woman in an orange shirt at a window, 1971: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_15_004
Item 5: Man and woman surrounded by red and white table umbrellas, 1971: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_15_005
Item 6: Blurry view of a crowd gathered for a cultural event in London, 1971: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_15_006
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: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_15_008
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: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_16_002
Item 3: Man riding a bicycle on a Nairobi street, 1971: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_16_003
Item 4: Façade of a house built with natural materials in Dar es Salaam, 1971: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_16_004
Item 5: Garden view of the National Museum of Tanzania, 1971: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_16_005
Item 6: Outdoor market in Dar es Salaam, 1971: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_16_006
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: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_16_008
Item 9: Four-story apartment building in Dar es Salaam, 1971: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_16_009
Item 10: Herd of animals on open savanna outside of Nairobi, 1971: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_16_010
Item 11: Herd of animals on open savanna outside of Nairobi, 1971: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_16_011
Item 12: Cheetah enclosure at Nairobi National Park, 1971: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_16_012
Item 13: Chimpanzee in an enclosure at Nairobi National Park, 1971: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_16_013
Item 14: Distant view of a chimpanzee in an enclosure at Nairobi National Park, 1971: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_16_014
Item 15: View of antelopes on savanna from a vehicle, 1971: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_16_015
Item 16: View of savanna from a car window, 1971: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_16_016
Item 17: Monkey in an enclosure at Nairobi National Park, 1971: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_16_017
Item 18: People on a street in London, 1971: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_16_018
Item 19: Blurry view of a military parade in London, 1971: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_16_019

Folder 2: Trip to Kenya, Tanzania, and England

Item 1: Cobb, Fayleatha and Charlie at their home in Dar es Salaam, 1971: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_17_001
Item 2: Group of children wearing school uniforms in Nairobi, 1971: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_17_002
Item 3: Façade of All Saints Anglican Cathedral in Nairobi, 1971: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_13_001_003
Item 4: Buckingham Palace with a crowd of people and uniformed guardsmen, 1971: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_17_004
Item 5: Women gathered next to a building and parking lot, 1971: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_17_005
Item 6: View of a resort garden and swimming pool from a window, 1971: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_17_006
Item 7: Kenyatta International Convention Centre, 1971: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_17_007
Item 8: Hotel room with glass porch doors, 1971: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_17_008
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: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_18_001_001
Item 2: Man and woman talking on a restaurant patio (negative), 1971: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_18_001_002
Item 3: Woman in an orange shirt at a window (negative), 1971: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_18_001_003
Item 4: Blurry view of a man in the patio section of a restaurant (negative), 1971: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_18_002_001
Item 5: Blurry view of a young man in glasses surrounded by red and white table umbrellas (negative), 1971: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_18_002_002
Item 6: Man and woman surrounded by red and white table umbrellas (negative), 1971: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_18_001_002
Item 7: Man and woman sitting in the patio section of a restaurant (negative), 1971: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_18_002_004
Item 8: Blurry view of Dar es Salaam cityscape (negative), 1971: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_18_003_001
Item 9: Dar es Salaam cityscape (negative), 1971: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_18_003_002
Item 10: People at an outdoor market in Dar es Salaam (negative), 1971: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_18_003_003
Item 11: Outdoor market in Dar es Salaam (negative), 1971: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_18_003_004
Item 12: Blurry view of a seated woman with a child on her lap (negative), 1971: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_18_004_001
Item 13: Blurry view of a tree with a wide canopy (negative), 1971: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_18_004_002
Item 14: Foliage next to a house in Dar es Salaam (negative), 1971: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_18_004_003
Item 15: Façade of a house built with natural materials in Dar es Salaam (negative), 1971: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_18_004_004
Item 16: Partial view of a road from over a car dashboard (negative), 1971: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_18_005_001
Item 17: Partial view of trees from over a car dashboard (negative), 1971: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_18_005_002
Item 18: Partial view of trees from over a car dashboard (negative), 1971: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_18_005_003
Item 19: Children sitting in the back seat of a car (negative), 1971: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_18_005_004
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: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_18_002_004
Item 24: Dimly lit restaurant interior in Nairobi, 1971: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_18_009
Item 25: Children sitting in the back seat of a car, 1971: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_18_010

Folder 4: Trip to Kenya, Tanzania, and England

Item 1: Blurry view of Gwendolyn Brooks in Nairobi, 1971: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_19_001
Item 2: Two giraffes in a Nairobi game reserve, 1971: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_19_002
Item 3: Front yard of the Cobb home in Dar es Salaam, 1971: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_19_003
Item 4: Cobb, Fayleatha and guests at her home in Dar es Salaam, 1971: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_19_004
Item 5: Two monkeys on the side of a Nairobi road, 1971: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_19_005
Item 6: Monkey sitting on the side of a Nairobi road, 1971: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_19_006
Item 7: Blurry view of the façade of the National Museum of Tanzania, 1971: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_10_002_001
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: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_19_009
Item 10: Mini Cooper passing the Old Curiosity Shop in London, 1971: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_19_010
Item 11: View of a recreational park in Nairobi, 1971: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_19_011
Item 12: Parade of Scots Guards passing Buckingham Palace, 1971: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_19_012
Item 13: House with a gable roof, 1971: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_19_013
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: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_20_008
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: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_20_006
Item 5: View of a resort garden and swimming pool from a window, 1971: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_20_003
Item 6: Streetscape and an urban park in Nairobi, 1971: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_20_004
Item 7: Partial view of the Tower of London, 1971: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_20_001
Item 8: Distant view of Westminster Palace, 1971: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_20_002
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: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_21_001_001
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: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_21_003_001
Item 12: View of forest through a car window (negative), 1971: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_21_003_002
Item 13: Two monkeys on the side of a Nairobi road (negative), 1971: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_21_003_003
Item 14: Monkey sitting on the side of a Nairobi road (negative), 1971: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_21_003_004
Item 15: Three antelopes on savanna outside of Nairobi (negative), 1971: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_21_004_001
Item 16: View of antelopes on savanna from a vehicle (negative), 1971: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_21_004_002
Item 17: Two giraffes in a Nairobi game reserve (negative), 1971: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_21_004_003
Item 18: Two giraffes in game reserve (negative), 1971: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_21_004_004
Item 19: Partial view of savanna from a vehicle (negative), 1971: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_21_005_001
Item 20: Three antelopes on savanna outside of Nairobi (negative), 1971: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_21_005_002
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: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_02_22_002
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: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_03_01_002
Item 3: Building, pond, and gardens, 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_03_01_003
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: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_03_05_001
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: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_03_05_004
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: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_03_06_001
Item 2: Blurry view of a storefront and a pedestrian, 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_03_06_002
Item 3: Garden seen through a stone arch, 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_03_06_003
Item 4: Cement and brick building on a street with pedestrians, 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_03_06_004

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: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_03_07_002
Item 3: Two women walking on a sidewalk, 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_03_07_003
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: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_03_08_001
Item 2: Blurry view of Big Ben, 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_03_08_002
Item 3: Austin Reed storefront, 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_03_08_003
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: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_03_09_001
Item 2: Cathedral façade with stained glass windows, 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_03_09_002
Item 3: Blurry view of the façade, 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_03_09_003
Item 4: View of a town from a park on a hill, 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_03_09_004

Folder 10: Chartres Cathedral and a French town

Item 1: Carved pillars at Chartres Cathedral, 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_03_10_001
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: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_03_10_003
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: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_03_11_001
Item 2: Blurry view of a crowd outside of Buckingham Palace, 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_03_11_002
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: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_03_15_002
Item 3: Field surrounded by trees, 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_03_15_003
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: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_03_16_002
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: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_03_17_004
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: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_03_21_005
Item 6: Gwendolyn Brooks and others in an auditorium, 1992: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_03_21_006
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: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_03_21_008

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: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_03_23_001
Item 2: Gwendolyn Brooks holding a wrapped fruit basket, 1985: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_03_23_002
Item 3: Gwendolyn Brooks sitting in a yellow armchair, 1986: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_03_23_003
Item 4: Gwendolyn Brooks and Josey, E.J. (NAACP Albany), 1986: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_03_23_004

Folder 24: Gwendolyn Brooks and others

Item 1: Gwendolyn Brooks posing with a group at the Library of Congress, 1986: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_03_24_001
Item 2: Meredith, William and Harteis, Richard, 1986: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_03_24_002
Item 3: Gwendolyn Brooks at home, 1986: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_03_24_003
Item 4: Gwendolyn Brooks at home with houseguests, 1986: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_03_24_004

Folder 25: Gwendolyn Brooks and others

Item 1: Gwendolyn Brooks talking to fans at an event, 1970s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_03_25_001
Item 2: Gwendolyn Brooks signing a book for a fan at an event, 1970s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_03_25_002
Item 3: Gwendolyn Brooks and others at the Library of Congress, 1986: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_03_25_003
Item 4: Galbraith, Nancy Burdick and others at the Library of Congress, 1986: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_03_25_004

Folder 26: Gwendolyn Brooks at a speaking event

Item 1: View of Gwendolyn Brooks at a podium from stage right, 1970s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_03_26_001
Item 2: View of Gwendolyn Brooks at a podium from stage left, 1970s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_03_26_002
Item 3: Close view of Gwendolyn Brooks at a podium, 1970s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_03_26_003
Item 4: Gwendolyn Brooks with a little girl and others in an auditorium, 1992: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_03_26_004

Folder 27: Gwendolyn Brooks and Jeanette Adams in the Library of Congress Poetry Room

Item 1: Adams, Jeanette holding a program, 1986: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_03_27_001
Item 2: Adams, Jeanette speaking into a microphone, 1986: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_03_27_002
Item 3: Gwendolyn Brooks writing in a notebook, 1986: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_03_27_003
Item 4: Gwendolyn Brooks speaking to a person out of frame, 1986: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_03_27_004

Folder 28: Gwendolyn Brooks and others

Item 1: Gwendolyn Brooks speaking at a podium, 1980s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_03_28_001
Item 2: Gwendolyn Brooks; Redmond, Eugene; and Evans, Mari, 1980s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_03_28_002
Item 3: Baldwin, James surrounded by a crowd, 1980s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_03_28_003
Item 4: Baldwin, James surrounded by a crowd, 1980s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_03_28_004

Folder 29: Library of Congress reception and University of Chicago event

Item 1: Crowd at a Library of Congress reception, 1986: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_03_29_001
Item 2: Crowd at a Library of Congress reception, 1986: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_03_29_002
Item 3: McGuire, William and Blakely, Henry, Sr. at a Library of Congress reception, 1986: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_03_29_003
Item 4: Blakely, Henry, Sr. and Nora Brooks with others at a University of Chicago event, 1992: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_03_29_004

Folder 30: Library of Congress (Washington, D.C.) event

Item 1: Miller, May and Gwendolyn Brooks with others, 1986: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_03_30_001
Item 2: Miller, May and Gwendolyn Brooks looking at each other, 1986: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_03_30_002
Item 3: Miller, May speaking with another guest, 1986: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_03_30_003
Item 4: Guests at a Library of Congress autographing reception, 1986: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_03_30_004

Folder 31: Library of Congress Poetry Room event

Item 1: Gwendolyn Brooks and Washington, Valerie, 1985: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_03_31_001
Item 2: Gwendolyn Brooks reading from The Black Poets by Randall, Dudley, 1985: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_03_31_002
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: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_03_32_001
Item 2: Blakely, Nora Brooks talking to a man at a table, 1994: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_03_32_002
Item 3: Blakely, Nora Brooks talking to a man at a table, 1994: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_03_32_003
Item 4: Guests gathered at buffet tables, 1994: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_03_32_004

Folder 33: Jefferson Lecture at Chicago State University

Item 1: Event crowd, 1994: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_03_33_001
Item 2: Event sign, 1994: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_03_33_002
Item 3: Event crowd, 1994: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_03_33_003
Item 4: Blurry view of a man in an office, 1994: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_03_33_004
Item 5: Event crowd, 1994: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_03_33_005
Item 6: Event crowd, 1994: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_03_33_006

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?: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_03_34_001
Item 2: Photographer holding a camera and supplies at the Jefferson Lecture, 1994: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_03_34_002
Item 3: Three women in conversation at the Jefferson Lecture, 1994: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_03_34_003
Item 4: Blakely, Henry, Sr. and Gwendolyn Brooks in the Library of Congress Poetry Room, 1986: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_03_34_004
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: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_03_35_003
Item 9: Blurry view of two women on stage, 1990: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_03_35_004

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: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_03_36_002
Item 3: Man holding an award on a stage, 1990: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_03_36_003
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: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_03_37_001
Item 2: Blurry view of a theatrical performance, 1990: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_03_37_002
Item 3: Young children performing on a stage with drums, 1990: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_03_37_003
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: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_03_38_001
Item 2: Woman accepting an award on a stage, 1990: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_03_38_002
Item 3: Blurry view of a woman collecting an award, 1990: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_03_38_003
Item 4: Young children performing on a stage with drums and dancers, 1990: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_03_38_004

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: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_03_39_001
Item 2: Gwendolyn Brooks signing an issue of Poetry & Literature at the Library of Congress, 1986: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_03_39_002
Item 3: Children performing at the Tribute to Children's Artists Award event, 1990: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_03_39_003
Item 4: Blurry view of two women on stage at the Tribute to Children's Artists Award event (negative), 1990: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_03_39_009_001
Item 5: Woman speaking on a stage at the Tribute to Children's Artists Award event (negative), 1990: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_03_39_009_002
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: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_03_39_010_002
Item 8: Blurry view of a woman accepting an award (negative), 1990: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_03_38_001
Item 9: Woman accepting an award on a stage (negative), 1990: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_03_38_002
Item 10: Blurry view of a woman collecting an award (negative), 1990: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_03_39_008_003
Item 11: Blurry view of three people on stage (negative), 1990: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_03_35_003
Item 12: Blakely, Nora Brooks and Henry, Sr. with two other women at the Tribute to Children's Artists Award event (negative), 1990: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_03_39_005_001
Item 13: Partial view of Blakely, Nora Brooks holding an award (negative), 1990: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_03_39_005_002
Item 14: Man speaking at a microphone on a stage (negative), 1990: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_03_39_005_003
Item 15: Man holding an award on a stage (negative), 1990: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_03_39_005_004
Item 16: Blurry view of Blakely, Nora Brooks collecting an award (negative), 1990: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_03_39_006_001
Item 17: Blurry view of Blakely, Nora Brooks collecting an award (negative), 1990: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_03_39_006_002
Item 18: Blakely, Nora Brooks speaking at a microphone on a stage (negative), 1990: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_03_39_006_003
Item 19: Blakely, Nora Brooks collecting an award (negative), 1990: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_03_39_006_004
Item 20: Blurry view of Blakely, Nora Brooks collecting an award (negative), 1990: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_03_39_007_001
Item 21: View of a theatrical performance (negative), 1990: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_03_39_007_002
Item 22: Blurry view of a theatrical performance (negative), 1990: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_03_39_007_003
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: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_03_39_004

Folder 40: Mixed materials

Item 1: “Black History Through Literature program—Albany, New York” note on a piece of cardboard, circa 1980s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_03_40_001
Item 2: Blank piece of cardboard, circa 1980s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_03_40_002
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: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_03_41_001
Item 2: Gwendolyn Brooks speaking to a classroom (slide), 1966: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_03_41_002
Item 3: Gwendolyn Brooks seated with her arms crossed, 1968: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_03_41_003
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: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_03_42_001
Item 2: Watercolor bust portrait of a Black woman, 1970: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_03_42_002
Item 3: “Photos, Slides, (G Brooks)” envelope, undated: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_03_42_003

Box 354

Folder 1: Gwendolyn Brooks' family photos

Item 1: Bicycles in a junk heap (negative), 1970s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_01_001_001
Item 2: Lawn furniture and bicycles in a junk heap (negative), 1970s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_01_001_002
Item 3: Raincoat and bicycles in a junk heap (negative), 1970s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_01_001_003
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: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_01_002_001
Item 6: View of an elderly person in hospice (negative), 1970s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_01_002_002
Item 7: Right side view of an elderly person in hospice (negative), 1970s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_01_002_003
Item 8: Left side view of an elderly person in hospice (negative), 1970s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_01_002_004
Item 9: View of an elderly person in hospice (negative), 1970s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_01_003_001
Item 10: View of an elderly person in hospice (negative), 1970s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_01_003_002
Item 11: Close view of an elderly person in hospice (negative), 1970s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_01_003_003
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: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_01_004
Item 14: Gwendolyn Brooks and Brooks, Raymond as small children, circa 1922: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_01_005
Item 15: “Aunt Lizzie”, 1962: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_01_006
Item 16: Wims, Luvenia, 1920s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_01_007
Item 17: Blakely, Henry, Sr. in Warwick, England, 1973: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_01_008
Item 18: Blakely, Henry, Sr. at a Thanksgiving dinner, 1970s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_01_009
Item 19: Blakely, Henry, Jr. on a baby scooter, 1941: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_01_010
Item 20: Blakely, Nora Brooks and Henry, Sr. at an event in formal dress, 1976: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_01_011
Item 21: Brooks, Raymond; Dorothea; David; and Paulette, 1950s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_01_012
Item 22: Wims, Beulah as a young woman, 1940s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_01_013
Item 23: “My Family Home, The living room - 3332 Champlain Ave, Chicago.” Walgreens photo envelope, undated: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_01_014
Item 24: Front window with plants, floral drapes, and a lamp, 1970s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_01_015
Item 25: Couch with an embroidered cushion, two framed art pieces, and a lamp, 1970s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_01_016
Item 26: Armchair by a piano and floral window drapes, 1970s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_01_017
Item 27: Front window and a bright ceiling light, 1970s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_01_018
Item 28: Armchair by a fireplace, 1970s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_01_019
Item 29: Piano and three framed art pieces, 1970s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_01_020
Item 30: Mantelpiece decorated with portraits and books, 1970s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_01_021
Item 31: Armchair between a fireplace and a doorway, 1970s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_01_022
Item 32: Blakely, Nora Brooks floral arrangement card to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1950s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_01_023
Item 33: Sculpture affixed to a brick wall in England, 1973: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_01_024
Item 34: Postcard featuring the Duke and Duchess of Bedford at Woburn Abbey, circa 1973: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_01_025
Item 35: Storefronts in Stratford-upon-Avon (England), 1973: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_01_026
Item 36: View of a small English church through a bus window, 1973: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_01_027
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: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_01_029
Item 39: “Bob;” a young woman; and Champion, Walter at Trinity College, 1970s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_01_030
Item 40: Champion, Walter and Humpers, Harvey at Trinity College, 1970s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_01_031
Item 41: Living room furniture at Trinity College, 1970s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_01_032
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: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_01_035
Item 45: Gwendolyn Brooks and a family friend, 1920s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_01_036
Item 46: Blakely, Henry, Sr. sitting on a train to Hartford, CT, 1976: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_01_037
Item 47: Fluffy (dog) next to a dining room chair, 1960s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_01_038
Item 48: Fluffy (dog) walking outside, 1960s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_01_039
Item 49: View of Fluffy (dog) next to a piano, 1960s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_01_040
Item 50: Fluffy (dog) yawning under a table, 1960s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_01_041
Item 51: “Precious Pictures” envelope, undated: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_01_042

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: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_03_006
Item 7: “The 1940s were happy days” newspaper clipping, undated: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_03_007
Item 8: Seated man with two children on his lap, 1970s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_03_008
Item 9: Sukari (cat) drinking from a bathroom sink, 1972: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_03_009
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: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_03_012
Item 13: Cracker house with mounds of mud in the front, 1940s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_03_013
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: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_03_015
Item 16: Blakely, Henry, Jr. as a teenager, 1950s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_03_016
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: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_03_020
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: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_03_022
Item 23: View of a totaled car from driver’s side front, 1940: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_03_023
Item 24: View of a totaled car from passenger’s side front, 1940: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_03_024
Item 25: Blakely, Henry, Jr. wearing a cowboy costume, undated: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_03_025
Item 26: Blakely, Henry, Jr. wearing a cowboy costume, undated: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_03_026
Item 27: Wims, Carolyn and Campbell, J.J. standing outside, 1960: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_03_027
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: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_03_030
Item 31: Stewart, Prilla Lou sitting in a pram, undated: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_03_031
Item 32: Blakely, Nora Brooks studio portrait, circa 1960: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_03_032
Item 33: Gwendolyn Brooks sitting in a chair, 1960s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_03_033
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: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_03_037
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., 1970s: 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., 1970s: 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: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_06_026
Item 27: View of the Wims family gravestone, 1950s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_06_027
Item 28: Brooks, Raymond, Jr. dressed in a suit, 1950s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_06_028
Item 29: View of a sofa draped in a plastic cover, 1950s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_06_029
Item 30: Young boy holding a ball, 1957: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_06_030
Item 31: View of a dining room table set and a china cabinet, 1950s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_06_031
Item 32: Brooks, Paulette standing next to a lamp and TV set, 1950s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_06_032
Item 33: View of living room furniture from a countertop, 1950s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_06_033
Item 34: Baby dressed for winter sitting in a toy car, 1940s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_06_034
Item 35: Backlit view of an ornament hanging from a Christmas tree, 1950s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_06_035
Item 36: Wims, Carolyn as a little girl sitting in a toy car, 1946: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_06_036
Item 37: Strip of Blakely, Henry, Jr. school portraits, 1950s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_06_040
Item 38: Everlastone “Album Prints” paperboard booklet, 1957: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_06_041
Item 39: Boy and girl holding a doll posing outside of a house, 1957: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_06_042
Item 40: View of a curving street with brick buildings, 1950s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_06_043
Item 41: Toddler boy posing in front of bushes, 1950s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_06_044
Item 42: Woman and man handing out party favors at an event, 1978: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_06_045
Item 43: Blakely, Henry, Jr. and Hardiman, Kathleen, 1970s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_06_046
Item 44: Couple posing with an infant, 1970s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_06_047
Item 45: Young boy in a necktie standing by an outdoor wooden staircase, 1950s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_06_048
Item 46: Woman posing in front of an automobile, 1940s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_06_049
Item 47: Blakely, Henry, Sr. during his time in the National Guard, 1940s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_06_050
Item 48: Doll wearing a tulle dress, 1940s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_06_051
Item 49: Brooks, Paulette wearing a dress with a bow at the neckline, 1959: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_06_052
Item 50: Wims, Carolyn standing outside of a bus station, 1960: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_06_053
Item 51: Three young men dressed in formal suits for prom, 1969: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_06_054
Item 52: Partial view of a woman enjoying a boat ride, 1970s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_06_055
Item 53: Brooks, Keziah C. Wims and Blakely, Nora Brooks standing before a front porch, 1970s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_06_056
Item 54: Young man in three-quarter bust view, 1950s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_06_057
Item 55: Woman in white gloves posing next to a TV set, 1950s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_06_058
Item 56: Wims, Carolyn posing with her bicycle, 1950s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_06_059
Item 57: Tabletop Christmas tree decorated with lametta, 1950s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_06_060
Item 58: Woman drinking from an outdoor water fountain, 1965: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_06_061
Item 59: Brooks, Raymond, Jr. and Paulette, 1950s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_06_062
Item 60: Brooks, Raymond, Jr. and Paulette posing with a small boy, 1959: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_06_063
Item 61: Young man in a trench coat standing outside during winter, 1960: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_06_064
Item 62: Woman in a long wool coat posing by a brick building, 1950s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_06_065
Item 63: Wims, Freddie; Tommy; and Carolyn posing with other children outside of an outhouse, 1950s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_06_066
Item 64: Blakely, Henry, Jr. standing with his hands on his hips on a rooftop, 1950s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_06_067
Item 65: Interior view of a doorway and sitting area, 1950s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_06_068
Item 66: Young woman in a skirt suit standing outside during winter, circa 1960: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_06_069
Item 67: Older woman and a young girl posing for the camera, 1980s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_06_070

Folder 3: Brooks-Blakely family photos

Item 1: Brooks, Raymond, Jr. in a wool coat standing outside, 1950s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_07_001
Item 2: Blakely, Henry, Jr. studio portrait, circa 1948: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_07_002
Item 3: Young woman standing outside of a bus station, 1960: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_07_003
Item 4: Brooks, Raymond, Jr. and Paulette wearing hats and wool coats, 1950s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_07_004
Item 5: Brooks, Paulette and Raymond, Jr. standing outside during summer, 1950s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_07_005
Item 6: Brooks, Paulette wearing a hat and wool coat, 1950s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_07_006
Item 7: Young girl wearing a wool coat, 1950s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_07_007
Item 8: Woman posing in front of an automobile, 1940s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_07_008
Item 9: Brooks, Paulette and Raymond, Jr. as toddlers, 1950s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_07_009
Item 10: Blakely, Henry, Jr. in Topeka, KS, 1946: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_07_010
Item 11: Blakely, Henry, Sr. and another man in the National Guard, 1940s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_07_011
Item 12: Blakely, Henry, Jr. as a little boy, 1945: Photo is attached to the verso of item 13. View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_07_012
Item 13: Blakely, Henry, Jr. as a toddler, 1942: Photo is attached to the verso of item 12. View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_07_013
Item 14: Brooks, Keziah C. Wims wearing a wool coat and pearls, 1960s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_07_014
Item 15: Brooks, Paulette and Raymond, Jr. holding hands, 1950s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_07_015
Item 16: Steward, Tommy and Freddie playing with dolls with another girl, 1940s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_07_016
Item 17: Blakely, Henry, Jr. around age eight, circa 1948: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_07_017
Item 18: Steward, Tommy and Freddie playing with dolls with another girl, 1940s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_07_018
Item 19: Wims, Carolyn wearing a hooded wool coat, 1950s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_07_019
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: Photo is hand-colored. View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_07_021
Item 22: Wims, Carolyn with three young girls wearing matching outfits and hair bows, 1950s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_07_022
Item 23: Woman wearing a formal large-sleeved jacket, 1900s: Photo is cut in half. View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_07_023
Item 24: Wims, Beulah leaning on a porch fence with another woman, 1920s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_07_024
Item 25: Brooks, Keziah C. Wims wearing a dark coat and hat, 1920s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_07_025
Item 26: Blakely, Henry, Jr. and Nora Brooks, 1952: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_07_026
Item 27: Blakely, Henry, Jr. at eight months old, 1941: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_07_027
Item 28: Side view of Blakely, Henry, Jr. at eight months old, 1941: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_07_028
Item 29: Blakely, Henry, Jr. around age seven, 1947: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_07_029
Item 30: Teddy bear in a cowboy hat, 1949: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_07_030
Item 31: Blakely, Henry, Jr. at five years old, 1945: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_07_031
Item 32: Wims family burial plot, 1940s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_07_032
Item 33: Wims, Beulah visiting the family burial plot, 1940s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_07_033
Item 34: Stewart, Tommy sitting in a baby feeding chair, 1940s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_07_034
Item 35: Woman sitting in an armchair, 1950s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_07_035
Item 36: “Family” label, undated: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_07_036
Item 37: “Family” envelope, undated: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_07_037

Box 356

Folder 1: Gwendolyn Brooks' 80th birthday party

Item 1: “Touring & Professional” envelope, undated: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_05_01_001
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: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_05_01_004
Item 4: Blakely, Nora Brooks; Gwendolyn Brooks; and others at her 80th birthday party, 1997: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_05_01_005
Item 5: Blakely, Nora Brooks in conversation with others at Gwendolyn Brooks’ birthday party, 1997: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_05_01_006
Item 6: Adams, Jeanette letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1997: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_05_01_007
Item 7: Adams, Jeanette envelope to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1997: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_05_01_002

Folder 2: Black Writers' Conference (Chicago State University) and Alex Gildzen

Item 1: Two conference attendees, 1995: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_05_02_001
Item 2: Lynch, Acklyn at the Black Writers’ Conference, 1995: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_05_02_002
Item 3: Ani, Marimba speaking with a conference attendee, 1995: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_05_02_003
Item 4: Brooks-Macaulay, Amanda Lee card to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1995: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_05_02_004
Item 5: Brooks-Macaulay, Amanda Lee envelope to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1995: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_05_02_006
Item 6: Sonnenschein, Hugo F. letter to Amanda Lee Brooks-Macaulay, 1995: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_05_02_005
Item 7: Gwendolyn seated with others by a window in the Gildzen, Alex home, 1993: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_05_02_008
Item 8: Gwendolyn Brooks and Gildzen, Alex, 1993: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_05_02_009
Item 9: Gwendolyn Brooks posing with an unidentified man, 1993: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_05_02_010
Item 10: Gwendolyn Brooks and others having dinner at the Gildzen, Alex home, 1993: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_05_02_011
Item 11: Gildzen, Alex letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1993: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_05_02_012
Item 12: Gildzen, Alex envelope to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1993: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_05_02_007

Folder 3

Item 1: Hickey, William A. (Saint Mary’s College) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1994: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_05_03_001
Item 2: Hickey, William A. (Saint Mary’s College) and Gwendolyn Brooks wearing graduation regalia, 1994: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_05_03_002
Item 3: Cole, Johnetta; Gwendolyn Brooks; and other attendees at the commencement ceremony for Saint Mary’s College, 1994: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_05_03_003
Item 4: Lingo, Jane Tunstall (George Washington University) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1986: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_05_03_004
Item 5: Fragment of a Wims family portrait, 1970s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_05_03_005
Item 6: Gwendolyn Brooks writing on a notepad held by Lopez, Eddie, 1976: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_05_03_006
Item 7: Lopez, Eddie envelope to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1976: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_05_03_007

Folder 4: University Club of Chicago Award

Item 1: Milan, Talmadge and Bolden, B.J. envelope to Gwendolyn Brooks, 2000: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_05_04_001
Item 2: Smart, Allen R. letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1989: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_05_04_002
Item 3: Issue of Seventy Six newsletter (vol. 44, no. 7), 1989: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_05_04_003
Item 4: White, William J.; Gwendolyn Brooks; and Smart, Allen holding the Distinguished Service Award at the University Club of Chicago, 1989: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_05_04_004

Folder 5: Gwendolyn Brooks Day at Chateaux School (Hazel Crest, IL)

Item 1: Prairie-Hills Elementary School District envelope to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1987: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_05_05_001
Item 2: Gwendolyn Brooks and a student looking at a large sheet of paper, 1987: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_05_05_002
Item 3: Gwendolyn Brooks and two teachers, 1987: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_05_05_003
Item 4: Gwendolyn Brooks holding roses and posing with two students, 1987: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_05_05_004
Item 5: Gwendolyn Brooks seated in a school gym and speaking with a teacher, 1987: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_05_05_005
Item 6: Gwendolyn Brooks receiving a bouquet of roses, 1987: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_05_05_006
Item 7: Gwendolyn Brooks posing with a student, 1987: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_05_05_007
Item 8: Gwendolyn Brooks giving books to students, 1987: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_05_05_008
Item 9: Students sitting in rows, 1987: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_05_05_009
Item 10: Students sitting in rows, 1987: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_05_05_010
Item 11: Students standing in a line, 1987: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_05_05_011
Item 12: Ukelshen, Sharon (Chateaux School) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1987: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_05_05_012

Folder 6: Photos sent by Affa M. Weaver

Item 1: Simmons College. Department of English envelope to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1997: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_05_06_001
Item 2: Door at the Weaver, Afaa M. home in Somerville, Boston, 1997: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_05_06_002
Item 3: Backyard of the Weaver, Afaa M. home in Somerville, Boston, 1997: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_05_06_003
Item 4: Weaver, Kala Oboi; Alya; and Sean sitting on porch steps, 1997: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_05_06_004

Folder 7

Item 1: Gwendolyn Brooks posing with the Indiana University Writers’ Conference faculty, 1966: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_05_07_001
Item 2: Gwendolyn Brooks accepting a framed poem from Nelson, Hale (Illinois Bell Telephone Co.), 1954: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_05_07_002
Item 3: Bowe, Augustine; Gwendolyn Brooks; and Nelson, Hale looking at a copy of “I See Chicago”, 1954: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_05_07_003
Item 4: Gwendolyn Brooks and others at Lake Forest College, 1962: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_05_07_004

Folder 8

Item 1: Gwendolyn Brooks being interviewed by Glauber, Robert, 1968: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_05_08_001
Item 2: Gwendolyn Brooks and Freeman, Gaylord at Northwestern University, 1968: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_05_08_002
Item 3: Gwendolyn Brooks speaking at the Cathedral of Saint James (Chicago), 1981: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_05_08_003
Item 4: Gwendolyn Brooks giving signatures at her first reception as the Consultant in Poetry for the Library of Congress (Washington, D.C.), 1985: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_05_08_004

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: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_05_09_001
Item 2: Harvey Public School District faculty dressed in graduation regalia, 1987: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_05_09_002
Item 3: Gwendolyn Brooks holding an award plaque with Blakely, Henry, Sr. while surrounded by Harvey Public School District faculty, 1987: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_05_09_003
Item 4: Gwendolyn Brooks and Blakely, Henry, Sr. holding an award plaque, 1987: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_05_09_004

Folder 10: National Book Award and Gwendolyn Brooks Park (Topeka, KS)

Item 1: Gwendolyn Brooks receiving a medal, 1994: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_05_10_001
Item 2: Gwendolyn Brooks giving a speech, 1994: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_05_10_002
Item 3: Gwendolyn Brooks receiving flowers on stage from a young girl, 1994: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_05_10_003
Item 4: Gwendolyn Brooks receiving flowers on stage from a young girl, 1994: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_05_10_004
Item 5: Park sign, 1990s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_05_10_005
Item 6: Three people standing next to a park sign, 1990s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_05_10_006

Folder 11: Gwendolyn Brooks and others

Item 1: Gwendolyn Brooks and Angle, Paul, 1960s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_05_11_001
Item 2: Gwendolyn Brooks resting her elbows on a table, 1950s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_05_11_002
Item 3: Cuscaden, Robin Reay (Midwest); Gwendolyn Brooks; and Bishop, Susan (Chicago Tribune Books), 1954: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_05_11_003
Item 4: Gwendolyn Brooks and Lake Forest College faculty dressed in regalia, 1965: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_05_11_004

Folder 12: Gwendolyn Brooks photos by Roy Lewis

Item 1: Gwendolyn Brooks walking with others in Washington, D.C., 1986: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_05_12_001
Item 2: Crowd gathered in front of the Wall of Respect (Chicago), circa 1967: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_05_12_002
Item 3: Two children playing in front of the Gwendolyn Brooks portrait on the Wall of Respect (Chicago), circa 1967: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_05_12_003
Item 4: Gwendolyn Brooks receiving a proclamation from Daley, Richard J. (City of Chicago), 1950s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_05_12_004

Folder 13: Gwendolyn Brooks and others

Item 1: Gwendolyn Brooks standing with two men, 1980s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_05_13_001
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: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_05_14_001
Item 2: Gwendolyn Brooks talking to an attendee at a book-signing event, 1990s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_05_14_002
Item 3: Gwendolyn Brooks and others dressed in graduation regalia, 1990s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_05_14_003
Item 4: Gwendolyn Brooks walking arm-in-arm with two U.S. military sergeants, 1990s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_05_14_004

Folder 15: Gwendolyn Brooks in Washington D.C.

Item 1: Gwendolyn Brooks receiving attendees after a public event, 1980s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_05_15_001
Item 2: Gwendolyn Brooks and Princess Irene of the Netherlands, 1980s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_05_15_002
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: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_05_15_004

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: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_05_16_002
Item 3: Gwendolyn Brooks seated and signing a book, 1990s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_05_16_003

Folder 17: Friends of Gwendolyn Brooks

Item 1: Victorin, Annette and her granddaughter standing at the entrance to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1963: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_05_17_001
Item 2: Fair, Ronald at Ellis’ Book Store (Chicago), 1967: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_05_17_002
Item 3: Madhubuti, Haki and Fair, Ronald at Ellis’ Book Store (Chicago), 1967: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_05_17_003

Folder 18: Gwendolyn Brooks at public events

Item 1: Close view of a “Welcome Gwendolyn Brooks” Holiday Inn sign (Mt. Clemens, MI), 1982: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_05_18_001
Item 2: “Welcome Gwendolyn Brooks” Holiday Inn sign (Mt. Clemens, MI), 1982: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_05_18_002
Item 3: View of an audience sitting in an auditorium, 1982: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_05_18_003
Item 4: Brooks, Avery and Gwendolyn Brooks at the National Black Arts Festival (Atlanta), 1996: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_05_18_004

Folder 19: Gwendolyn Brooks and friends

Item 1: Finn, Julio and Bray, Richard at Guild Book Store (Chicago), 1989: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_05_19_001
Item 2: Gwendolyn Brooks and a man at a book-signing event, 1980s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_05_19_002
Item 3: Steed, Linda Sipior and Gwendolyn Brooks, 1980s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_05_19_003
Item 4: Gwendolyn Brooks and Kearney, Meg at an autograph party for Melhem, D.H., 1980s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_05_19_004

Folder 20: Gwendolyn Brooks teaching at Columbia College Chicago

Item 1: “Columbia College Class Pictures (Poetry Workshop)” envelope, 1960s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_05_20_001
Item 2: Gwendolyn Brooks talking to students (photo strip), 1960s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_05_20_002
Item 3: Students and instructors (photo strip), 1960s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_05_20_003
Item 4: Students (photo strip), 1960s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_05_20_004
Item 5: Gwendolyn Brooks talking to students (photo strip), 1960s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_05_20_005
Item 6: Gwendolyn Brooks and students, 1960s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_05_20_006
Item 7: Gwendolyn Brooks writing on a chalkboard, 1960s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_05_20_007
Item 8: Gwendolyn Brooks standing in front of a chalkboard, 1960s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_05_20_008
Item 9: Gwendolyn Brooks talking to a student, 1960s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_05_20_009
Item 10: Gwendolyn Brooks and another instructor (photo strip), 1960s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_05_20_010
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: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_05_20_012

Folder 21: Third World Press 30th anniversary celebration

Item 1: “Third World Press Thirtieth Anniversary at Cultural Center Downtown” envelope, 1997: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_05_21_001
Item 2: Madhubuti, Safisha and Haki R.; and Brown, Abena Joan standing at a podium, 1997: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_05_21_002
Item 3: Blakely, Nora Brooks and Gwendolyn Brooks, 1997: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_05_21_003

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: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_05_22_001
Item 2: Note with public speaking event details, 1977: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_05_22_002
Item 3: Gwendolyn Brooks and students, 1977: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_05_22_003

Folder 23: Gwendolyn Brooks in Washington D.C.

Item 1: Gwendolyn Brooks walking with others, 1986: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_05_23_003
Item 2: Portrait of Gwendolyn Brooks sitting in the Library of Congress, 1986: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_05_23_004
Item 3: Gwendolyn Brooks examining a portrait of Fuller, Hoyt W., 1986: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_05_23_005

Folder 24: Gwendolyn Brooks at an outdoor public speaking event

Item 1: “Please excuse the makeshift packaging. Love, Jessie” envelope, undated: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_05_24_001
Item 2: Gwendolyn Brooks wearing a pink headscarf and black jacket, 1990s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_05_24_002
Item 3: Gwendolyn Brooks speaking at an outdoor podium, 1990s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_05_24_003

Folder 25: Gwendolyn Brooks and friends

Item 1: Randall, Dudley; Gwendolyn Brooks; and others in a classroom, 1973: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_05_25_001
Item 2: Randall, Dudley; Gwendolyn Brooks; and others in a classroom, 1973: Includes a paperboard frame. View digitized content: 00086_04_01_05_25_002

Folder 26: Anchor Arts Organization

Item 1: Blakely, Nora Brooks (Anchor Arts Organization (Chicago)) letter to Hall, Mr. (Wolin-Levin Inc.), 1981: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_05_26_001
Item 2: “Fundamentals in Communication” course proposal by Blakely, Nora Brooks, 1981: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_05_26_002
Item 3: “Fundamentals in Communication” course proposal by Blakely, Nora Brooks, 1981: Includes a list of reading skills and sample activities. View digitized content: 00086_04_01_05_26_003
Item 4: “Touching the Ground” workshop flyer, 1981: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_05_26_004
Item 5: “Children’s Express” activity photocopied from the Sunday Sun-Times, 1980: Four copies. View digitized content: 00086_04_01_05_26_005
Item 6: Anchor Arts Organization for Children materials booklet, 1979: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_05_26_006

Folder 27: SOGEZA Dance Troupe

Item 1: Springin’ Feet program from Copernicus School (Chicago), 1978: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_05_27_001
Item 2: Classmates of Blakely, Nora Brooks dressed for prom, 1969: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_05_27_002
Item 3: Sogeza dance troupe program, 1979: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_05_27_003

Folder 28

Item 1: First AME Church of Los Angeles program, 1960: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_05_28_001
Item 2: “Demarest Lloyd Lecture” newspaper clipping, 1980s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_05_28_002
Item 3: “Honorary Degree Recipients” (Journal Courier (Jacksonville, IL)) newspaper clipping, 1990: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_05_28_003

Folder 29: Gwendolyn Brooks with Phillips, Herbert and Heimer, Muriel K. (Lake City Community College), 1990s

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_05_28_004

Box 357

Folder 1: Trip to London

Item 1: “Changing of the Guard” Kodacolor photo envelope, 1974?: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_01_001
Item 2: Photo processing order form, 1974?
Item 3: Mounted guard at the Horse Guards building (negative), 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_01_002_004
Item 4: Blurry view of guardsmen through a wrought iron fence (negative), 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_01_002_003
Item 5: Blurry view of guardsmen through a wrought iron fence (negative), 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_01_002_002
Item 6: Tour bus grouping looking at the Albert Memorial (negative), 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_01_002_001
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: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_01_003_004
Item 9: Guardsman on a horse in procession (negative), 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_01_003_003
Item 10: Three guardsmen in procession (negative), 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_01_003_002
Item 11: Dark and blurry view of an archway (negative), 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_01_003_001
Item 12: Photo processing order form, 1974?
Item 13: Blurry view of a guardsman in procession (negative), 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_01_004_004
Item 14: State Ceremonial Musicians in procession (negative), 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_01_004_003
Item 15: State Ceremonial Musicians and a guardsman on a horse in procession (negative), 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_01_004_002
Item 16: Distant view of State Ceremonial Musicians and a mounted guardsman in procession (negative), 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_01_004_001
Item 17: Photo processing order form, 1974?
Item 18: View of a mounted guard over parked cars outside Buckingham Palace (negative), 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_01_005_004
Item 19: Blurry view of a crowd outside Buckingham Palace for the changing of the guard (negative), 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_01_005_003
Item 20: Blurry view of guardsmen in procession (negative), 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_01_005_002
Item 21: Blurry view of guardsmen in procession (negative), 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_01_005_001

Folder 2: Trip to Chartres (France)

Item 1: “Chartres, etc.” Kodacolor photo envelope, 1974?: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_02_001
Item 2: Photo processing order form, 1974?
Item 3: Sculptured pillars at the west portal of Chartres Cathedral (negative), 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_02_002_004
Item 4: Blurry view of sculptured pillars at the west portal of Chartres Cathedral (negative), 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_02_002_003
Item 5: Blurry view of the west portal of Chartres Cathedral (negative), 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_02_002_002
Item 6: West portal of Chartres Cathedral (negative), 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_02_002_001
Item 7: Photo processing order form, 1974?
Item 8: Underexposed view of the Chartres Cathedral interior (negative), 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_02_003_004
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: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_02_003_002
Item 11: Underexposed view of the west rose window at Chartres Cathedral (negative), 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_02_003_001
Item 12: Photo processing order form, 1974?
Item 13: Chartres Cathedral interior (negative), 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_02_004
Item 14: Photo processing order form, 1974?
Item 15: View of a park on a hill by the Musée Des Beaux Arts (negative), 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_02_005_004
Item 16: Blurry view of Blakely, Henry, Sr. at a park overlooking the Musée Des Beaux Arts (negative), 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_02_005_003
Item 17: Blurry view of the Chartres Cathedral façade (negative), 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_02_005_002
Item 18: Blurry view of the Chartres Cathedral façade (negative), 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_02_005_001
Item 19: Photo processing order form, 1974?
Item 20: View of the Chartres Cathedral façade (negative), 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_02_006_004
Item 21: Blurry view of a red and white flower bed at the Musée Des Beaux Arts (negative), 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_02_006_003
Item 22: Distant view of the Musée Des Beaux Arts in Chartres (negative), 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_02_006_002
Item 23: Gwendolyn Brooks at a park overlooking the Musée Des Beaux Arts (negative), 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_02_006_001

Folder 3: Nora Brooks Blakely's family

Item 1: “Remember the Day… in Pictures” photo negative envelope, 1972: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_03_001
Item 2: Sukari (cat) drinking from the bathroom sink (negative), 1970s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_03_002_001
Item 3: Sukari (cat) drinking from the bathroom sink (negative), 1970s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_03_002_002
Item 4: Sukari (cat) drinking from the bathroom sink (negative), 1970s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_03_002_003
Item 5: Sukari (cat) drinking from the bathroom sink (negative), 1970s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_03_003_001
Item 6: Sukari (cat) resting on a bed (negative), 1970s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_03_003_002
Item 7: Sukari (cat) resting on a bed (negative), 1970s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_03_003_003
Item 8: Close-up of Sukari (cat) resting on a bed (negative), 1970s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_03_003_004
Item 9: Blurry view of Blakely, Nora Brooks sitting in an armchair (negative), 1970s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_03_004_001
Item 10: Blurry view of Blakely, Nora Brooks posing in her grandmother’s front yard (negative), 1970s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_03_004_002
Item 11: Blakely, Nora Brooks posing in her grandmother’s front yard (negative), 1970s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_03_004_003
Item 12: Blurry view of Blakely, Nora Brooks posing in front of her grandmother’s porch (negative), 1970s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_03_004_004
Item 13: Blurry view of Blakely, Nora Brooks posing in front of her grandmother’s porch (negative), 1970s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_03_005_001
Item 14: Blurry view of Blakely, Nora Brooks posing in front of her grandmother’s porch (negative), 1970s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_03_005_002
Item 15: Brooks, Keziah C. Wims and Blakely, Nora Brooks posing in front of a porch (negative), 1970s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_03_005_003
Item 16: Brooks, Keziah C. Wims and Blakely, Nora Brooks posing in front of a porch (negative), 1970s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_03_005_004
Item 17: “Remember the Day… in Pictures” photo negative envelope, 1970s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_03_009
Item 18: Blakely, Nora Brooks during her college years (negative), 1970s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_03_007_001
Item 19: Blakely, Nora Brooks during her college years (negative), 1970s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_03_007_002
Item 20: Blakely, Nora Brooks lying in bed with Sukari (cat) (negative), 1970s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_03_006_001
Item 21: Closer view of Blakely, Nora Brooks lying in bed with Sukari (cat) (negative), 1970s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_03_006_002
Item 22: Sukari (cat) in a closet behind a row of hanging sweaters (negative), 1970s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_03_006_003
Item 23: Sukari (cat) in a closet behind a hanging white fur coat (negative), 1970s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_03_006_004
Item 24: Burrell, Joseph posing next to a Christmas tree (negative), 1972: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_03_008_001
Item 25: Burrell, Joseph posing next to a Christmas tree (negative), 1972: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_03_008_002
Item 26: Randall, Dudley wearing a yellow suit jacket (negative), 1970s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_03_008_003
Item 27: Gwendolyn Brooks placing a flower vase on a TV set (negative), 1970s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_03_008_004

Folder 4: Photo envelopes

Item 1: Madsen photo service envelope, 1970s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_04_001
Item 2: “Remember the Day… in Pictures” photo negative envelope, 1970s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_04_002

Folder 5: Trip to Ghana and England

Item 1: Photo processing order form, 1974?
Item 2: Street with brick buildings and pedestrians (negative), 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_05_002_004
Item 3: Blurry view of a street with brick buildings and a vehicle (negative), 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_05_002_003
Item 4: Street with brick buildings and pedestrians (negative), 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_05_002_002
Item 5: Herd of deer grazing on an open field (negative), 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_05_002_001
Item 6: Photo processing order form, 1974?
Item 7: One monkey behind a chain-link fence (negative), 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_05_001_004
Item 8: Two monkeys behind a chain-link fence (negative), 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_05_001_003
Item 9: Blurry view of two monkeys behind a chain-link fence (negative), 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_05_001_002
Item 10: Two monkeys behind a chain-link fence (negative), 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_05_001_001
Item 11: Photo processing order form, 1974?
Item 12: Crowd in front of an entrance to Knole House (negative), 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_05_006_004
Item 13: Close-up of a grazing deer at Knole House (negative), 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_05_006_003
Item 14: Deer grazing at Knole House (negative), 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_05_006_002
Item 15: Deer grazing at Knole House (negative), 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_05_006_001
Item 16: Photo processing order form, 1974?
Item 17: Blurry view of an open field from a tour bus (negative), 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_05_004_004
Item 18: Blurry view of a tour bus interior (negative), 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_05_004_003
Item 19: Blurry view of cattle grazing (negative), 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_05_004_002
Item 20: Blurry view of an open field from a tour bus (negative), 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_05_004_001
Item 21: Photo processing order form, 1974?
Item 22: Blurry view of flowering foliage (negative), 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_05_005_004
Item 23: View of treetops (negative), 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_05_005_003
Item 24: Blurry view of a tour bus interior (negative), 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_05_005_002
Item 25: View of sheep grazing in an open field from a tour bus (negative), 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_05_005_001
Item 26: Photo processing order form, 1974?
Item 27: Dimly lit path and a stone wall (negative), 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_05_003_003
Item 28: Obscured view of a house and trees (negative), 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_05_003_002
Item 29: Blurry view of a storefront and a pedestrian (negative), 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_05_003_001
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: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_06_001_001
Item 2: Close up of Blakely, Nora Brooks sitting in a bassinet (negative), 1952: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_06_001_002
Item 3: Indistinct view of a photo album (negative), undated: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_06_003_001
Item 4: Indistinct view of a photo album (negative), undated: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_06_003_002
Item 5: Blakely, Henry, Jr. laughing while holding a briefcase and a stack of papers (negative), 1970s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_06_003_003
Item 6: View of a dark room and a window to trees (negative), 1970s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_06_003_004
Item 7: Indistinct view of a photo album (negative), undated: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_06_002_001
Item 8: Indistinct view of a photo album (negative), undated: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_06_002_002
Item 9: Indistinct view of a photo album (negative), undated: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_06_002_003
Item 10: Indistinct view of a photo album (negative), undated: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_06_002_004
Item 11: Blakely, Nora Brooks with Sukari (cat) and her kittens in a playpen (negative), 1970s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_06_005_001
Item 12: Kittens of Sukari (cat) climbing out of a playpen (negative), 1970s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_06_005_002
Item 13: Sukari (cat) with one of her kittens next to a playpen (negative), 1970s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_06_005_003
Item 14: View of a dark room and a window to trees (negative), 1970s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_06_004_001
Item 15: Blurry view of a floral carpet (negative), 1970s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_06_004_002
Item 16: Kittens of Sukari (cat) in a playpen (negative), 1970s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_06_004_003
Item 17: Kittens of Sukari (cat) in a playpen (negative), 1970s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_06_004_004
Item 18: Blakely, Nora Brooks with a kitten curled up in a food dish (negative), 1970s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_06_006_001
Item 19: Kitten eating from a food dish (negative), 1970s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_06_006_002
Item 20: Kittens of Sukari (cat) playing and eating (negative), 1970s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_06_006_003
Item 21: Kittens of Sukari (cat) playing and eating (negative), 1970s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_06_006_004
Item 22-23: Kodacolor Enlargement Masking Guide slip, 1975: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_06_007
Item 24: “Pay for Two and Get One Free” Kodak photo coupon, 1975: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_06_008
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: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_07_001_001
Item 2: Burrell, Joesph looking over his shoulder while holding Sukari (cat) (negative), 1960s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_07_001_002
Item 3: Underexposed view of a person sitting in a dark room (negative), 1960s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_07_001_003
Item 4: “Remember the Day… in Pictures” photo negative envelope, 1970s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_07_004
Item 5: Blakely, Nora Brooks posing in her room (negative), circa 1968: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_07_002_001
Item 6: Blakely, Nora Brooks posing in her room (negative), circa 1968: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_07_002_002
Item 7: Gwendolyn Brooks standing in front of a piano in her living room (negative), 1960s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_07_002_003
Item 8: Madhubuti, Haki; Gwendolyn Brooks; Randall, Dudley; and a young man standing together in the Brooks family home (negative), 1960s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_07_002_004
Item 9: Blakely, Nora Brooks standing outside of Assembly Hall (University of Illinois) (negative), 1972: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_07_003_001
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: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_07_003_002
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: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_07_003_003
Item 12: Gwendolyn Brooks; Blakely, Nora Brooks; and Brooks, Keziah C. Wims in front of Assembly Hall (University of Illinois) (negative), 1972: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_07_003_004
Item 13: “Remember the Day… in Pictures” photo negative envelope, 1970s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_07_005

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: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_08_001_001
Item 2: Darkened view of the Assembly Hall (University of Illinois) interior (negative), 1972: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_08_001_002
Item 3: Darkened view of the Assembly Hall (University of Illinois) interior (negative), 1972: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_08_001_003
Item 4: Blakely, Nora Brooks standing outside of Assembly Hall (University of Illinois) (negative), 1972: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_08_001_004
Item 5: “Remember the Day… in Pictures” photo negative envelope (negative), 1972: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_08_003
Item 6: Blakely, Henry, Jr. and Nora Brooks walking through the Assembly Hall (University of Illinois) parking lot (negative), 1972: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_08_002_001
Item 7: Blakely, Henry, Jr.; Nora Brooks; and Henry, Sr. in the Assembly Hall (University of Illinois) parking lot (negative), 1972: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_08_002_002
Item 8: Blurry view of Blakely, Henry, Jr.; Nora Brooks; and Henry, Sr. in the Assembly Hall (University of Illinois) parking lot (negative), 1972: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_08_002_003
Item 9: Blakely, Henry, Jr.; Nora Brooks; and Henry, Sr. in the Assembly Hall (University of Illinois) parking lot (negative), 1972: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_08_002_004
Item 10: “Remember the Day… in Pictures” photo negative envelope, 1970s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_08_004

Folder 9: Nora Brooks Blakely's University of Illinois graduation day

Item 1: “Remember the Day… in Pictures” photo negative envelope, 1970s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_09_002
Item 2: Blurry view of the Brooks-Blakely family getting into a car (negative), 1972: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_09_001_001
Item 3: Brooks-Blakely family getting into a car (negative), 1972: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_09_001_002
Item 4: Blakely, Henry, Jr. laughing (negative), 1972: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_09_001_003
Item 5: Blakely, Henry, Jr. with his hands in his pockets (negative), 1972: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_09_001_004
Item 6: Edward Madsen & Sons color finishing envelope, 1972: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_09_003

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: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_10_003_004
Item 3: View of a busy Accra street (negative), 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_10_003_003
Item 4: View of a busy Accra street from a car window (negative), 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_10_003_002
Item 5: View of Highstreet Standard Chartered Bank and a busy Accra street (negative), 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_10_003_001
Item 6: Photo processing order form, 1974?
Item 7: Blurry view of a ceiling light (negative), 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_10_002_004
Item 8: View of the Eiffel Tower from a tour bus (negative), 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_10_002_003
Item 9: View of the Paris skyline from the Seine River (negative), 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_10_002_002
Item 10: View of the Statue of Liberty model on the Allée des Cygnes (negative), 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_10_002_001
Item 11: Blurry view of an Accra neighborhood through a windshield (negative), 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_10_004_004
Item 12: View of an Accra neighborhood through a windshield (negative), 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_10_004_003
Item 13: Partially-obstructed view of women shopping at street stalls from a car window (negative), 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_10_004_002
Item 14: Blurry view of a boy crossing an Accra street from a car’s rear window (negative), 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_10_004_001
Item 15: Dark room with a lamp (negative), 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_10_005_002
Item 16: Dark room with a lamp (negative), 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_10_005_001
Item 17: Photo processing order form, 1974?
Item 18: View of the Mirabeau bridge on the Seine from a tour boat (negative), 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_10_001_004
Item 19: Blurry view of the Seine from a tour boat (negative), 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_10_001_003
Item 20: Close view of tourists on a tour boat on the Seine (negative), 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_10_001_002
Item 21: View of the Seine from a moving car (negative), 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_10_001_001
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: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_11_001_004
Item 3: Blurry view of wooden fencing (negative), 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_11_001_003
Item 4: Cage bars (negative), 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_11_001_002
Item 5: Visitor looking into a dark enclosure (negative), 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_11_001_001
Item 6: Photo processing order form, 1974?
Item 7: Enclosure fencing (negative), 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_11_003_004
Item 8: Enclosure fencing (negative), 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_11_003_003
Item 9: Indistinct view of an enclosure (negative), 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_11_003_002
Item 10: Indistinct view of an enclosure (negative), 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_11_003_001
Item 11: Photo processing order form, 1974?
Item 12: Indistinct view of an enclosure (negative), 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_11_002_004
Item 13: Indistinct view of an enclosure (negative), 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_11_002_003
Item 14: Indistinct view of an enclosure (negative), 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_11_002_002
Item 15: Close up of foliage (negative), 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_11_002_001
Item 16: Photo processing order form, 1974?
Item 17: Bear in an enclosure (negative), 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_11_004_004
Item 18: Blurry view of a visitor looking at a leopard in an enclosure (negative), 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_11_004_003
Item 19: Blurry view of a yellow-leafed tree (negative), 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_11_004_002
Item 20: Blurry view of an African collared dove in an enclosure (negative), 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_11_004_001
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: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_12_004_004
Item 3: Partial view of the Government Offices Great George Street building (negative), 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_12_004_003
Item 4: Blurry view of Big Ben (negative), 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_12_004_002
Item 5: Partially-obstructed view of the Richard Coeur de Lion statue at Westminster Hall (negative), 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_12_004_001
Item 6: Photo processing order form, 1974?
Item 7: Blurry view of a man in front of a brick building (negative), 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_12_001_004
Item 8: Green- and yellow-leaved trees (negative), 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_12_001_003
Item 9: Dimly-lit view of a tree base (negative), 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_12_001_002
Item 10: Garden seen through a stone arch (negative), 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_12_001_001
Item 11: Photo processing order form, 1974?
Item 12: Blurry view of a power plant through the window of a moving vehicle (negative), 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_12_002_004
Item 13: View of a power plant through the window of a vehicle (negative), 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_12_002_003
Item 14: Row of houses with a power plant in the distance (negative), 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_12_002_002
Item 15: Blurry view of residential housing and fences (negative), 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_12_002_001
Item 16: Photo processing order form, 1974?
Item 17: Blurry view of the Palace at Westminster (negative), 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_12_003_004
Item 18: Blurry view of Westminster Bridge (negative), 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_12_003_003
Item 19: Two women walking on a sidewalk (negative), 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_12_003_002
Item 20: Blurry view of a power plant (negative), 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_12_003_001
Item 21: Photo processing order form, 1974?
Item 22: Guardsman holding a Regimental Colours flag (negative), 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_12_006_004
Item 23: State Ceremonial Musicians in procession from behind (negative), 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_12_006_003
Item 24: State Ceremonial Musicians in procession (negative), 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_12_006_002
Item 25: State Ceremonial Musicians in procession (negative), 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_12_006_001
Item 26: Photo processing order form, 1974?
Item 27: Austin Reed storefront (negative), 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_12_005_004
Item 28: Partial view of Imperial Hotel in London (negative), 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_12_005_003
Item 29: Blurry view of Westminster Palace (negative), 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_12_005_002
Item 30: Blurry façade of a building in Westminster (negative), 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_12_005_001
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: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_13_004_003
Item 3: Blurry view of a fenced dirt road next to an open field (negative), 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_13_004_002
Item 4: Open field with trees (negative), 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_13_004_001
Item 5: Photo processing order form, 1974?
Item 6: Partial and blurry view of an historic brick building (negative), 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_13_002_004
Item 7: Blurry view of Woburn Abbey (negative), 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_13_002_003
Item 8: Partial and blurry view of Woburn Abbey (negative), 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_13_002_002
Item 9: Blurry view of a field with deer (negative), 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_13_002_001
Item 10: Photo processing order form, 1974?
Item 11: Herd of deer grazing on an open field (negative), 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_13_005_004
Item 12: Herd of deer grazing on an open field (negative), 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_13_005_003
Item 13: Herd of deer grazing on an open field (negative), 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_13_005_002
Item 14: Blurry view of an open field from a moving vehicle (negative), 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_13_005_001
Item 15: Photo processing order form, 1974?
Item 16: Blurry view of grazing deer and a distant person (negative), 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_13_001_004
Item 17: Blurry view of an open grassy field (negative), 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_13_001_003
Item 18: Blurry view of a person sitting under an umbrella next to a river (negative), 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_13_001_002
Item 19: Blurry view of a tree in an open park (negative), 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_13_001_001
Item 20: Photo processing order form, 1974?
Item 21: Indistinct view of a bird sitting in a tree (negative), 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_13_003_004
Item 22: Indistinct view of a bird sitting in a tree (negative), 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_13_003_003
Item 23: Indistinct view of a bird sitting in a tree (negative), 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_13_003_002
Item 24: Tourists in front of an historic brick building (negative), 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_13_003_001
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: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_14_001_002
Item 3: Teachers and students outside of a school building (negative), 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_14_001_003
Item 4: Blurry view of a toddler in a school courtyard (negative), 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_14_001_004
Item 5: Young girl posing in front of a cement house (negative), 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_14_002_001
Item 6: Gwendolyn Brooks with a family posing in front of their home (negative), 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_14_002_002
Item 7: Gwendolyn Brooks and two young girls (negative), 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_14_002_003
Item 8: Gwendolyn Brooks and an unidentified man in front of a patterned curtain (negative), 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_14_002_004
Item 9: Blakely, Henry, Sr. posing with an unidentified man (negative), 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_14_004_001
Item 10: Blakely, Henry, Sr. posing with an unidentified man (negative), 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_14_004_002
Item 11: Blakely, Henry, Sr. posing with an unidentified man (negative), 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_14_004_003
Item 12: Man posing in front of a patterned curtain (negative), 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_14_003_001
Item 13: Man posing in front of a patterned curtain (negative), 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_14_003_002
Item 14: Man posing in front of a patterned curtain (negative), 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_14_003_003
Item 15: Close-up of a man posing in front of a patterned curtain (negative), 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_14_003_004
Item 16: Building, pond, and gardens at Rebecca West’s country estate in Buckinghamshire, England (negative), 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_14_005_001
Item 17: Great East Window in King's College Chapel at Cambridge University (negative), 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_14_005_002
Item 18: Underexposed view of the Great East Window in King's College Chapel at Cambridge University (negative), 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_14_005_003
Item 19: Great East Window in King's College Chapel at Cambridge University (negative), 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_14_005_004
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: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_15_002_003
Item 3: Indistinct view of a person in a dark interior space (negative), 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_15_002_002
Item 4: Indistinct view of a dark interior space (negative), 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_15_002_001
Item 5: Photo processing order form, 1974?
Item 6: Indistinct view of a dark interior space (negative), 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_15_003_002
Item 7: Indistinct view of a dark interior space (negative), 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_15_003_001
Item 8: Photo processing order form, 1974?
Item 9: Indistinct view of a dark interior space (negative), 1974: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_15_001
Item 10: Kodacolor photo envelope, undated

Folder 16: Photo envelopes

Item 1: “Burrell” Kodak color processing envelope, 1975: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_16_001_001
Item 2: “Burrell” Kodak color processing envelope, 1975: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_16_001_002
Item 3: “Duke of Bedford Castle etc.” Kodak color processing envelope, 1975: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_16_001_003
Item 4: “London” Kodak color processing envelope, 1975: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_16_001_004
Item 5: “J. Burrell” Kodak color processing envelope, 1975: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_16_001_005

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: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_17_001
Item 4: Edward Madsen & Sons color finishing envelope, 1972: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_17_002

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: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_18_002
Item 3: Gwendolyn Brooks standing in front of a piano in her living room (negative), 1960s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_18_003
Item 4: Burrell, Joseph posing next to a Christmas tree, 1972: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_18_004
Item 5: Burrell, Joseph posing next to a Christmas tree, 1972
Item 6: Burrell, Joseph posing next to a Christmas tree, 1972: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_18_006

Folder 19: Gwendolyn Brooks' family and friends

Item 1: Randall, Dudley at a Broadside Press booth, 1970s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_19_001
Item 2: Gwendolyn Brooks at a Broadside Press booth, 1970s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_19_002
Item 3: Presents under a Christmas tree (negative), 1972: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_19_005_001
Item 4: Presents under a Christmas tree (negative), 1972: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_19_005_002
Item 5: Presents under a Christmas tree (negative), 1972: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_19_005_003
Item 6: Blurry view of a curtain (negative), 1970s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_19_004_001
Item 7: Sukari (cat) sitting next to a window (negative), 1970s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_19_004_002
Item 8: Blurry view of Sukari (cat) on a bathroom sink (negative), 1970s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_19_004_003
Item 9: Blakely, Nora Brooks during her college years (negative), 1970s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_19_003_001
Item 10: Blurry view of Blakely, Nora Brooks posing outside (negative), 1970s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_19_003_002
Item 11: Blurry view of Gwendolyn Brooks writing at a dining table (negative), 1970s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_19_003_003
Item 12: Burrell, Joseph holding Sukari (cat) (negative), 1970s: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_19_003_004
Item 13-14: “Remember the Day… in Pictures” photo negative envelope, 1972: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_19_006

Folder 20: 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_20_001_001
Item 2: Blakely, Nora Brooks; Blakely, Henry, Jr.; and Gwendolyn Brooks (negative), 1961: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_20_001_002
Item 3: Gwendolyn Brooks and Blakely, Nora Brooks walking in Chicago (negative), 1961: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_20_002_001
Item 4: Gwendolyn Brooks and Blakely, Nora Brooks talking with another woman on a Chicago sidewalk (negative), 1961: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_20_002_002
Item 5: Gwendolyn Brooks and Blakely, Nora Brooks talking with another woman on a Chicago sidewalk (negative), 1961: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_20_003_001
Item 6: Gwendolyn Brooks and Blakely, Nora Brooks talking with another woman on a Chicago sidewalk (negative), 1961: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_20_003_002
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: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_20_004_002
Item 9: Corner on South Giles Ave in Chicago (negative), 1961: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_20_005_001
Item 10: Demolished city block in Chicago (negative), 1961: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_20_005_002

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: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_21_001_001
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: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_22_009_001
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: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_22_010_001
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: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_22_012_002
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: View digitized content: 00086_04_01_06_22_016_001
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

Box 365

Box 366

Item 1: Brown scrapbook binding, undated: Cover reads, "Photographs."

Box 367

Folder 1: “Happy Birthday!” scrapbook (made by Zitch, Beryl), 1997

Box 368

Folder 1: “Drawings by Raymond Brooks” scrapbook pages, 1940s

Item 1: Graphite drawing of a cartoonish dog holding a string of sausages
Item 2: Colored pencil drawing of a bird perched on a branch
Item 3: Colored pencil drawing of a baby laying on a pillow
Item 4: Colored pencil drawing of a bird with wings spread
Item 5: “Little Jack Horner,” colored pencil drawing
Item 6: Colored pencil drawing of a bird perched on a branch
Item 7: Ink and graphite drawing of a man on a horse playing a bugle
Item 8: Graphite drawing of a German Shepard
Item 9: Colored pencil drawing of a bird perched on a branch
Item 10: Graphite drawing of Gwendolyn Brooks at 14 years old
Item 11: Graphite drawing of a woman with an umbrella
Item 12: Graphite drawing of a woman smiling
Item 13: Graphite drawing of a cartoonish dog holding a broom
Item 14: Graphite drawing of a running woman
Item 15: Graphite drawing of a chicken and a dog
Item 16: Graphite drawing of an American football player
Item 17: Graphite drawing of a cartoonish man walking
Item 18: Graphite drawing of a child and a cow
Item 19: “How Seed Plants Obtain and Use Their Food,” graphite drawing
Item 20: Graphite drawing of a child looking down
Item 21: “Division 204,” graphite drawing
Item 22: Graphite drawing of three men playing American football
Item 23: Graphite drawing of a dog drinking water
Item 24: Graphite drawing of a man waving
Item 25: Graphite drawing of a woman in a fur-lined coat and hat
Item 26: “TOOTS if none other,” graphite drawing
Item 27: “M” “D,” graphite drawing
Item 28: “Be Prepared,” graphite drawing
Item 29: “Washington Horse,” graphite drawing
Item 30: Painted drawing of a laughing man holding a hat and a cane
Item 31: “Mosaic Borders,” painted drawing
Item 32: “Keep Out of Foreign Entanglements,” painted graphite and marker drawing
Item 33: Graphite drawing of George Washington
Item 34: Graphite drawing of a woman’s head
Item 35: “Science,” graphite drawing
Item 36: Graphite drawing of a Native American wearing a headdress
Item 37: Painted drawing of a bedroom
Item 38: Graphite drawing of three men playing basketball
Item 39: Graphite drawing of Mickey Mouse
Item 40: Page of baby photos (possibly Raymond Brooks?)
Item 41: Page of Raymond Brooks photos
Item 42: Graphite drawing of an older man with a moustache
Item 43: Graphite drawing of a newspaper cartoon: Includes cartoon reference image.
Item 44: Image of Mount Rushmore likely taken from a magazine

Folder 2: “Drawings by Raymond Brooks” scrapbook binding, 1940s

Box 369

Box 370