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By Meg Hixon, Siobhan McKissic, Ruthann Mowry, Dana Miller, and RBML Staff
Collection Overview
Title: Gwendolyn Brooks Collection, 1909-2003
Predominant Dates:bulk 1960-2000
ID: 01/01/MSS00086
Primary Creator: Brooks, Gwendolyn (1917-2000)
Extent: 200.0 Linear Feet
Date Acquired: 09/19/2013
Subjects: Poets, American - 20th century
Languages: English
Abstract
This collection consists of a variety of materials related to Gwendolyn Brooks, a Black American poet from Chicago, Illinois.
Scope and Contents of the Materials
Gwendolyn Brooks (1917-2000) was an American poet and educator born in Topeka, Kansas and raised on the South Side of Chicago. In 1950, Brooks was the first Black person to win a Pulitzer Prize in any category, receiving the award in Poetry for Annie Allen (1949). At the core of this book is "The Anniad," an epic poem that details the life of a young woman in Chicago's Bronzeville neighborhood. Brooks was a beloved mentor to many poets and artists from the Black Arts movement, and started the Illinois Poet Laureate Awards to encourage poetry writing amongst young people. During her life, Brooks received numerous accolades for her work, including her appointment as Poet Laureate of Illinois in 1968 and Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress (now the Poet Laureate of the United States) in 1985.
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Collection Historical Note
Poet Gwendolyn Brooks was born to parents David Anderson and Keziah Wims Brooks on June 7, 1917 in Topeka, Kansas. A few weeks later, her family moved to Chicago where she would live for the rest of her life. Brooks began writing at an early age and was encouraged by her mother saying, "You are going to be the lady Paul Laurence Dunbar." When she was 13, her poem "Eventide" was published in the children's magazine American Childhood [1]. By the time she graduated high school, Brooks had published over one hundred poems in the "Lights and Shadows" poetry column of the Chicago Defender [2]. After high school, Brooks graduated from a two-year program at Wilson Junior College [3]. In 1939, she married Henry Blakely, Jr. whom she met after joining the Chicago NAACP Youth Council. They soon had their first child, Henry III, and later their daughter, Nora.
Early in her career, Brooks was encouraged by poet James Weldon Johnson and Harlem Renaissance writers Langston Hughes and Richard Wright [4]. In her work, Brooks drew inspiration from her life and surroundings in Chicago. Her first book of poetry, A Street in Bronzeville (1945), received praise for its authentic portraits of the Bronzeville neighborhood of Chicago. Her second collection of poems, Annie Allen (1949), chronicles the life of a young Black Bronzeville girl. It was for this book that Brooks won the 1950 Pulitzer Prize for poetry, making her the first Black person to win the award in any category [5].
In the 1960s, Brooks work became more overtly political as she became close with activists and writers involved in the Black Arts Movement, a group of artists whose work reflected the cultural side of the growing Black Power movement [6]. She became especially close with Haki Madhubuti, to whom she became both a mentor and a mother figure. Soon Brooks began working exclusively with Black publishers, especially Broadside Press, founded by her close friend Dudley Randall, and Third World Press, founded by Madhubuti. In the 1980s, Brooks also established her own imprint called The David Company.
Throughout her long career, Brooks published more than twenty books of poetry, including The Bean Eaters (1960), Selected Poems (1963), In the Mecca (1968), Riot (1969), Family Pictures (1970), Aloneness (1971), Beckonings (1975), To Disembark (1981), Black Love (1982), The Near-Johannesburg Boy and Other Poems (1986), Blacks (1987), Gottschalk and the Grand Tarantelle (1988), Winnie (1988), and Children Coming Home (1991). She also published one novel, Maud Martha (1953), as well as children's literature such as Bronzeville Boys and Girls (1956) and The Tiger Who Wore White Gloves (1974). Brooks also published two autobiographies, Report from Part One (1972), and Report from Part Two (1995).
In addition to her writing, Brooks taught poetry and creative writing at numerous colleges and universities. In 1990, the Gwendolyn Brooks Center for Black Literature and Creative Writing was founded at Chicago State University, where Brooks served as distinguished professor and writer-in-residence [7]. Brooks influenced generations of writers, not only with her words, but with her actions. For most of the year, she traveled the country to perform her poetry for children of all ages as well as at universities, public libraries, hospitals, and prisons. As she especially encouraged young poets, Brooks sponsored youth poetry awards for over thirty years. Renowned for her generosity, Brooks dedicated her life to promoting the value of poetry and inspiring young writers.
Brooks was the recipient of more than seventy-five honorary doctorates and countless accolades [8]. In 1968, she was appointed Poet Laureate of Illinois, a position which she held until her death in 2000 [9]. In 1985, Brooks was selected for an honorary one-year term as the Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress [10]. She received lifetime achievement awards from both the National Endowment for the Arts in 1989 and the National Book Foundation in 1994. Brooks then received the National Endowment for the Humanities' highest honor when she was named the 1994 Jefferson Lecturer. The next year, Brooks received the National Medal of Arts.
Today, Gwendolyn Brooks' legacy persists as one of the most significant poets of the twentieth century, because of both her contribution to American literature and her kindness and generosity, especially toward young poets and authors of color.
Subject/Index Terms
Administrative Information
Repository:
Rare Book & Manuscript Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Acquisition Source:
Nora Brooks Blakely
Related Materials:
Celebrating Brooks @ 100
Gwendolyn Brooks Supplementary Materials
Gwendolyn Brooks Collection (Sc MG 271) | New York Public Library
Gwendolyn Brooks Papers (BANC MSS 2001/83 z) | University of California, Berkeley
Dudley Randall Papers (2017014 Aa 2) | University of Michigan
Sterling Plumpp Collection (MUM00368) | University of Mississippi
Useni Eugene Perkins Papers (2014/01) | Chicago Public Library
Finding Aid Revision History:
This finding aid is experiencing ongoing revision, beginning in June 2023.
Box and Folder Listing
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Series 1: Correspondence],
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Series 2: Writings],
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Series 3: Gwendolyn Brooks Personal Files],
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Series 4: Photos and Scrapbooks],
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Series 5: Drawings],
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Series 6: Calendars],
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Series 7: Public Engagements],
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Series 8: Contests and Scholarships],
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Series 9: Teaching Materials],
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Series 10: Programs, Broadsides, Posters, and Ephemera],
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Series 11: David Company Records],
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Series 14: Gwendolyn Brooks Personal Realia/Artifacts],
[Series 15: Gwendolyn Brooks Library],
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Series 16: Sheet Music],
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Series 17: LPs],
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Series 18: Newspapers and Magazines],
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Series 19: Works of Others],
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Series 24: Supplementary Material],
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- Series 15: Gwendolyn Brooks Library
- Sub-series 1: Books
- Item 1: Brooks 001-131
- Browse titles on Primo.
- Box 542
- Box 543
- Sub-series 2: Pamphlets and Periodicals
- Box 544
- Folder 1: “10 Tips for Hotel/Motel Fire Safety”, 1992
- Includes “Fire Emergency Procedure” handout.
- Folder 2: “250 Health Hints for the New Year”, 1991
- Includes notes by Gwendolyn Brooks.
- Folder 3: AfrikaNews (vol. 2, no. 4), undated
- Featuring an interview with Haki R. Madhubuti.
- Folder 4: Afro-Americans (Psycholinguistics Reading Series, book 8), 1968?
- Folder 5: AIM (vol. 10, no. 1), 1983
- Includes a Citizens Schools Committee Golden Anniversary program.
- Folder 6: American Academy of Arts and Letters
- Item 1: The American Academy of Arts and Letters, 1996-1997, 1997
- Includes a brochure with member photos.
- Item 2: Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Letters (vol. 2, no. 46), 1995
- Folder 7: American Poet (Summer), 1996
- Includes a catalog of “audiotape archives” distributed by the Academy of American Poets.
- Folder 8: American Poet (Winter), 1996-1997
- Folder 9: American Poet (Winter), 1999-2000
- Includes grouping of errata.
- Folder 10: Anchor Books (Spring), 1990
- Includes a note concerning Countee Cullen by Gwendolyn Brooks.
- Folder 11: The Art Institute of Chicago Annual Report 1966-1967, 1967
- Folder 12: Birmingham Civil Rights Institute
- Item 1: Grouping of photos and ephemera related to Beyond Birmingham: Human Rights Around the World, 1994?
- Item 2: Grouping of ephemera related to Black heritage and the Civil Rights Movement in Alabama, 1989, 1992, undated
- Item 3: Birmingham Civil Rights Institute folder, 1994
- Folder 13: “Birmingham-Southern College Annual Report”, 1993-1994
- Folder 14: Black American Poetry: A Selected Bibliography (Clinton-Essex-Franklin Library System), 1984?
- Folder 15: Black Biography (vol. 1), 1981
- Folder 16: Black Books Bulletin (vol. 2, no. 1), 1974
- Folder 17: Black Books Bulletin (vol. 7, no. 3), 1981
- Box 545
- Folder 1: Black Books Bulletin (vol. 8, Annual), 1991
- Two copies.
- Folder 2: Black Books Bulletin: WordsWork (vol. 16, no. 1-2), 1994
- Three copies.
- Folder 3: Black Books Bulletin: WordsWork (vol. 16, no. 1-2), 1994
- Copy heavily annotated by Gwendolyn Brooks. Includes a draft letter to Madhubuti, Haki R. (1981).
- Folder 4: Black Culture Quiz (The Sperry and Hutchinson Company), 1979
- Folder 5: The Blacklisted Journalist (Column 21), 1997
- Folder 6: “Black Men in the Struggle/Beautiful Black Women in the Struggle”, undated
- Folder 7: The Black Position (no. 3), 1973
- Three copies.
- Folder 8: The Black Scholar (Summer), 1972
- Folder 9: The Black Scholar (June), 1975
- Three copies.
- Folder 10: The Black Scholar (vol. 13, no. 4-5), 1982
- Folder 11: The Black Scholar (vol. 18, no. 1), 1987
- Folder 12: The Black Scholar (vol. 19, no. 4-5), 1988
- Folder 13: The Black Scholar (vol. 20, no. 3-4), 1989
- Box 546
- Folder 1: The Black Leadership Family Plan for the Unity, Survival, and Progress of Black People, 1982
- Includes fundraising appeal forms and supplementary informational leaflets for the Black Development Fund, and a plastic envelope.
- Folder 2: Blake, J. Herman. “‘Doctor Can’t Do Me No Good’: Social Concomitants of Health Care Attitudes and Practices Among Elderly Blacks in Isolated Rural Populations”, 1977
- Folder 3: Blakely, Nora Brooks, ed. “A Bit of This, A Bit of That: Creative Writing from the Students of the Englewood Catholic Schools”, 1987
- Folder 4: Bolden, B.J. “The Gwendolyn Brooks Center for Black Literature and Creative Writing Annual Report, 1997-1998”, 1998
- Folder 5: Bontemps, Arna, ed. Anthology of Negro Poets, 1961?
- Folder 6: Braxton, Joanne M. “Furious Flower: A Revolution in African American Poetry”, undated
- Enclosed in a sealed plastic sleeve.
- Folder 7: The Bret Harte School. Student Teachers: Selected Writing 1995-1996, 1996
- Two copies.
- Folder 8: Callaloo (no. 1, December), 1976
- Folder 9: Cape Cod Community College Poets, 1995
- Folder 10: Carman, Juanita C.
- Item 1: “Who Are You” (Reach Out Series), 1981?
- Item 2: Children Stories (Reach Out Series), 1981?
- “And Reading Skills” written in red ink.
- Item 3: Short Essays, Poems and Prose (Reach Out Series), 1981?
- Item 4: Reach Out Series of Young Adults Stories, 1982?
- “Teen-Ager and” and “With Instructional Aids, Applications and Other Forms” written in pink ink.
- Folder 11: Centers for New Horizons, Inc., undated
- Folder 12: Central Passages Literary Journal (Edition 1), undated
- Folder 13: “Chicago State University 1989 Annual Report”, 1989
- Folder 14: Chicago Tribune Magazine (Section 10), 2000
- Includes a letter to Gwendolyn Brooks from Reardon, Pat and an envelope.
- Folder 15: Chronicle: 1994 Prize-Winning Poems (Seminole Community College), 1994
- Two copies.
- Folder 16: Cincinnati Horizons (vol. 6, no. 3), 1977
- Folder 17: Common Outlook (vol. 1, no. 12), 1943
- Includes “On Freshness In Verse” envelope.
- Folder 18: A Common Reader: A Selection of Books for Readers with Imagination (no. 114), 1995
- Folder 19: Conexões (vol. 4, no. 2), 1992
- Folder 20: Conley, “A Unit: Contemporary Black Poetry", 1971
- Folder 21: Consultants’ Reunion: A Keepsake Anthology of the Fiftieth Anniversary Celebration of the Consultantship in Poetry (Library of Congress (Washington, D.C.)), 1987
- Folder 22: The Contemporary Forum catalog, 1990s
- Folder 23: Count Your Calories (Dell Purse Book), 1968?
- Folder 24: Creative Survival: The Providence Black Community in the 19th Century (The Rhode Island Black Heritage Society), 1980
- Includes a sticker for the “Centenário da Abolição Projeto Consciência e Liberdade” (Centennial of Abolution Conscience and Freedom Project).
- Folder 25: The Creative Woman (vol. 10, no. 2), 1990
- Box 547
- Folder 1: The Creative Woman (vol. 10, no. 4), 1990
- Folder 2: Cumpián, Carlos, ed. Emergency Tacos (March/Abrazo Press), 1989
- Signed by Badikian, Beatriz; Cumpián, Carlos; and Niño, Raúl.
- Folder 3: Daily Thoughts from the Hill (Hillside Chapel & Truth Center, Inc.), 1995?
- Folder 4: Delta Epsilon Sigma Bulletin (vol. 16, no. 1), 1971
- Folder 5: Denali (vol. 1, no. 1), 1979?
- Folder 6: Devillers, Michel. Chartres (Ouest France; English edition), 1978?
- Includes sheet music for French songs.
- Folder 7: The Drama Review (vol. 12, no. 1), 1967
- Folder 8: Drumvoices Revue (vol. 5, no. 1-2), 1996
- Folder 9: ECCO (Fall-Winter), 1992
- Folder 10: Eclectic Literary Forum (ELF; vol. 2, no. 3), 1992
- Includes a letter from “Sue.”
- Folder 11: Eclectic Literary Forum (ELF; vol. 4, no. 1), 1994
- Folder 12: Eclectic Literary Forum (ELF; vol. 5, no. 2), 1995
- Folder 13: Eclectic Literary Forum (ELF; vol. 6, no. 1), 1996
- Includes a letter from “Sue.”
- Folder 14: Ehret, Arnold. The Definite Cure of Chronic Constipation. Also Overcoming Constipation Naturally (Ehret Literature Publishing Co.), 1975
- Folder 15: Eichelberger, D.B. Aldebaran (Booktrader Press), 1994?
- Includes a loose page from Every Shut Eye Ain’t Asleep (Harper, Michael S. and Walton, Anthony, eds.).
- Folder 16: Eiden, William. Spirit Circle, 2000?
- Includes an envelope addressed to Gwendolyn Brooks.
- Folder 17: Ellmann, Richard. Samuel Beckett: Nayman of Noland, 1986
- Folder 18: Empire Builder: 70th Anniversary Commemorative Menu, 1999
- Folder 19: Engle, Paul. Christmas Poems, 1962
- Folder 20: Epic (Spring), 1994
- Includes a fragment of a possible cover page.
- Folder 21: Epic (Spring), 1997
- Includes a letter from Monroe, Ronald W. (Kingswood-Oxford School). Page IX is loose.
- Folder 22: Esquire (April), 1970
- Includes a bookmark for page 104.
- Box 548
- Folder 1: The Esther R. LaMarr Memorial Fund, Inc. Memorial Dinner program, 1968
- Folder 2: Evans, Zishan. “Zetta” program, 1975?
- Folder 3: Favors, Eunice C. Ordinary Life Extraordinary Understanding, 1998?
- Folder 4: Florence, Milton. Selected Poems, 1991
- Folder 5: Francesca, Sister M. I Became a Catholic and a Nun, 1974
- Folder 6: The Freadom Newsletter (vol 2., no. 2), 1993
- Three copies.
- Folder 7: Free Spirit, 1976
- Folder 8: Gambit (vol. 2, no. 4), 1978
- Folder 9: A Gathering of the Tribes (vol. 1, no. 1), 1991
- Includes flyers for the New York premiere of Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind at the Home of Contemporary Theatre and Art, a subscription form for A Gathering of the Tribes, and a letter requesting financial contributions.
- Folder 10: Georgoudaki, Ekaterini. “Class, Race, and Gender Consciousness in Gwendolyn Brooks’s and Nikki Giovanni’s Poems for Children", 1990
- Three copies.
- Folder 11: The Gettysburg Review sample issue (Spring), 1998
- Folder 12: Gildzen, Alex. Cat Scratches
- Folder 13: Gildzen, Alex, ed. A Festschrift for Djuna Barnes on Her 80th Birthday (Occasional Papers No. 9; Kent State University Libraries), 1972?
- Folder 14: Gwendolyn Brooks Elementary School (Aurora, IL) yearbook, 1996-1997
- Folder 15: Halisi, Clyde and Mtume, James, eds. The Quotable Karenga, 1967?
- Folder 16: Harper & Brothers Announces a Broad Program for the Publication of Poetry, circa 1950s
- Folder 17: Harris, Lola. Hyacinths and Biscuits, 1982
- Folder 18: Harris, Lola. New Moon Life play script, 1990
- Folder 19: Health & Beauty Guide (no. 12), 1982?
- Includes a postage stamp, a grouping of correspondence sent to Brooks while in London (from “Adrian;” Pease, David; and Clarke, Beverley), and a note by Gwendolyn Brooks. Contains a sealed envelope.
- Folder 20: Hecht, Anthony. Robert Lowell (Library of Congress (Washington, D.C.)), 1993
- Folder 21: Hijjawi, Sulafa, trans. They Claim There Is No Resistance: A Collection of Poems from Occupied Palestine (The Palestine National Liberation Movement), circa late 1960s
- Folder 22: Hoffman, Daniel. “Moonlight Dries No Mittens”: Carl Sandburg Reconsidered (Library of Congress (Washington, D.C.)), 1979
- Folder 23: Hollander, John. Lyrical Interval, 1985
- Box 549
- Folder 1: Howe, Susan Elizabeth. Where Women Go When They Vanish, 1991
- Includes a letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, a piece of scrap paper, and an envelope.
- Folder 2: Illinois Alliance for Aging (Chicago). Dignity, Self-Respect and Security for Older Adults, 1993
- Includes a letter from Riley, James B., Jr. and Elling, Ronald.
- Folder 3: Illinois Arts Council. Heartland (vol. 5, no. 1), 1999
- Includes an issue of Poetry (vol. 172, no. 5; 1998).
- Folder 4: The Illinois Review (vol. 1, no. 1), 1993
- Folder 5: Illinois Writers Review (vol. 7, no. 2), 1988
- Folder 6: International Women’s Forum Roster, 1988
- Folder 7: It’s My Place (McKenzie Elementary School (Wilmette, IL)), 1991
- Folder 8: Jackson, Gale interview transcripts, 1982
- Includes a letter to Gwendolyn Brooks. Interview narrators are Brooks, Edith and Bryant, Luvinia
- Folder 9: Jackson, Juanita; Slaughter, Sabra; and Blake, J. Herman. “The Sea Islands as a Cultural Resource” (The Black Scholar), 1974
- Folder 10: John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Reports of the President and the Treasurer, 2000
- Folder 11: The Journal of Black Poetry (vol. 1, no. 4), 1967
- Folder 12: The Journal of Black Poetry (vol. 1, no. 5), 1967
- Two copies.
- Folder 13: The Journal of Black Poetry (vol. 1, no. 6), 1967
- Two copies.
- Folder 14: The Journal of Black Poetry (vol. 1, no. 7), 1967-1968
- Folder 15: The Journal of Black Poetry (vol. 1, no. 8), 1968
- Two copies.
- Folder 16: Journal of Black Poetry (vol. 1, no. 9), 1968
- Box 550
- Folder 1: Journal of Black Poetry (vol. 1, no. 19), 1968
- Includes an issue of The Skiff (vol. 69, no. 31; 1970).
- Folder 2: Journal of Black Poetry (vol. 1, no. 12), 1969
- Folder 3: Journal of Black Poetry (vol. 1, no. 14; Pan African Issue), 1970-1971
- Folder 4: Journal of Black Poetry (vol. 1, no. 15), 1971
- Folder 5: Journal of Black Poetry (vol. 1, no. 16), 1972
- Folder 6: The Journal of Ordinary Thought (vol. 10, no. 3), 2000
- Folder 7: Journal of the Poetry Society of America (no. 51), 1998
- Folder 8: Journal of the Poetry Society of America (no. 52), 1998
- Folder 9: JuJu: Research Papers in Afro-American Studies (Winter), 1976
- Folder 10: Kansas Alumni Magazine (vol. 89, no. 6), 1991
- Includes a letter from Niebaum, Jerri to Gwendolyn Brooks.
- Folder 11: Karimi, Robert. Get Down W/Yr… Self to a Funky Disco Beat, 1996?
- Folder 12: Katherine Mansfield: An Exhibition (University of Texas at Austin), 1973
- Folder 13: Kennedy King College. Schedule of Classes (Fall), 1994
- Folder 14: Kent, George and Henderson, Stephen. A Dark and Sudden Beauty: Two Essays in Black American Poetry, 1977?
- Folder 15: King, John T. and Marcet H. Famous Black Americans, 1975?
- Folder 16: Klug, Gary. “Dedicated to the Lord”: I Pray in Rhyme. Selected Poems, 1977?
- Folder 17: Landry, John, comp. Collision, 1995?
- Folder 18: LeBlanc, Liz. Moon Shots, 1977?
- Box 551
- Folder 1: Leer, Norman. Second Lining (Mellen Poetry Press), 1997
- Various pages are marked with sticky notes.
- Folder 2: Lewis, Wendy. Spring Poems and Pictures, undated
- Folder 3: The Library of Congress (Humanities and Social Sciences Division)
- Item 1: Library of Congress Information Bulletin (vol. 45, no. 17), 1986
- Two copies.
- Item 2: Library of Congress Information Bulletin (vol. 45, no. 3), 1986
- Item 3: Library of Congress Information Bulletin (vol. 53, no. 13), 1994
- Two copies. Includes an envelope addressed to Gwendolyn Brooks.
- Folder 4: LIFE (vol. 1, no. 1), 1883
- Folder 5: Lips (no. 11), 1985
- Includes a business card for Boss, Laura and a grouping of ephemera concerning various topics and events.
- Folder 6: Literacy Volunteers of Chicago
- Item 1: Letter from Honderich, Judith K. to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1992
- Item 2: Literacy Volunteers of Chicago brochure, undated
- Item 3: Tutor Program Handbook (January-June), 1992
- Item 4: The LVC Voice (Fall), 1991
- Item 5: The LVC Voice (Spring), 1991
- Item 6: Literacy Volunteers of Chicago 1990-1991 Annual Report, 1991
- Folder 7: Lotus Press catalog, 1983
- Two copies.
- Folder 8: Long, Richard A. Ascending and Other Poems, 1975?
- Folder 9: Lou’s Fish Grotto (Monterey, CA) menu, undated
- Two copies.
- Folder 10: The Loyola Report (vol. 1, no. 2), 1961
- Three copies. Includes a letter from Maguire, James F. (Loyola University) to Gwendolyn Brooks.
- Folder 11: Lushbaugh, Elizabeth. Grandma Capps, 1983
- Folder 12: Madhubuti, Haki R. (Lee, Don L.)
- Item 1: “Interview with Gwendolyn Brooks”, circa 1990/1991
- Item 2: Loose pages from The Woman, The Work, The Music, undated
- Item 3: For Black People (and Negroes Too): A Poetic Statement on Black Existence in America with a View of Tomorrow (Third World Press), 1968?
- Folder 13: Maryland Museum of African Art (grouping of visitor ephemera), 1986
- Includes a newspaper clipping and a “Maryland Museum of African Art” folder.
- Folder 14: Massachusetts (vol. 7, no. 2), 1996
- Folder 15: Maternal and Newborn Care: An Educational Guide for Expectant Mothers (E.I. Donahue Publishing Company), 1950?
- Includes loose pages, notes, and advertisements for baby supplies.
- Folder 16: Memorial in Honor of M.L. Rosenthal, 1917-1996, 1996
- Folder 17: MidAmerica (vol. 8), 1986
- Folder 18: MidAmerica (vol. 25), 1998
- Box 552
- Folder 1: Millet, Martha. Thine Alabaster Cities: A Poem for Our Times, 1952?
- Folder 2: Mitchelson, Tom. From a Window Tree Leaves Wave…, 1976
- Folder 3: Modern Language Association. Publications: Winter-Spring 2000, 2000
- Includes an issue of To Your Health (Catholic Health Partners). Contains a separation sheet.
- Folder 4: Monroe School’s Anthology of Poems, 1995
- Two copies.
- Folder 5: Mullen, Harryette. Tree Tall Woman (Energy Earth Communications, Inc.), 1980?
- Folder 6: My Book of Paper Dolls: Big Dolls Ready to Cut Out and Dress (Saalfield Publishing Co.), 1932?
- Includes an illustration of a child with a dog and cat, a note by Gwendolyn Brooks, paper dolls, and The Sugar Doll Family and Their Favorite Recipes.
- Folder 7: Naperville North High School (Naperville, IL). Chrysalis (Spring), 1985
- Folder 8: The National Commission on Excellence in Education. A Nation at Risk: The Imperative for Educational Reform, 1983
- Folder 9: National Endowment for the Humanities. “My History Kit”, undated
- Folder 10: Negro American Literature Forum (vol. 9, no. 1), 1975
- Folder 11: The New Press Literary Quarterly (vol. 10, no. 2), 1994
- Folder 12: Nims, John Frederick. The Harper Anthology of Poetry, 1981
- Includes a letter from “John” to Gwendolyn Brooks.
- Folder 13: Nin, Anaïs. Paris Revisited (Capra Press), 1972
- Folder 14: Nommo (vol. 1, no. 3), 1975
- Folder 15: NOVA (Einstein), 1979?
- Folder 16: Ochester, Ed, ed. The Pitt Poetry Series, 1987
- Folder 17: Октябрьский Дворец Культуры (Киев Реклама), 1980
- Translates to The October Palace of Culture. Includes a folder for Готель Київ (Hotel Kyiv).
- Folder 18: “An Overview of Marcy-Newberry Association” (The Marcy-Newberry Association, Inc.), 1991?
- Folder 19: Parr, Albert Eide
- Item 1: “Environmental Design and Psychology” (reprinted from Landscape (vol. 14, no. 2)), 1964-1965
- Item 2: “City and Psyche” (reprinted from The Yale Review (vol. 55, no. 1), 1965
- Folder 20: Parr, Albert Eide. “In Search of Theory VI” (reprinted from Arts & Architecture), 1965
- Folder 21: Parr, Albert Eide. “Urbanity and the Urban Scene” (reprinted from Landscape (vol. 16, no. 3)), 1967
- Folder 22: Parr, Albert Eide. “Remarks on Climate and Environment Design” (reprinted from Human Dimensions of the Atmosphere), 1968
- Folder 23: Parr, Albert Eide
- Item 1: Letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1968
- Item 2: “The Five Ages of Urbanity” (reprinted from Landscape (vol. 17, no. 3), 1968
- Item 3: “Toward Cultural Entropy” (reprinted from Ekistics Οικιστικη (vol. 24, no. 144), 1967
- Item 4: “The Happy Habitat” (reprinted from The Journal of Aesthetic Education (vol. 6, no. 3)), 1972
- Folder 24: Parr, Albert Eide. “Heating, Lighting, Plumbing, & Human Relations” (reprinted from Landscape (vol. 19, no. 1), 1971
- Folder 25: Parr, Albert Eide. “The Design of Cities” (reprinted from Architectural Association Quarterly (vol. 3, no.3)), 1971
- Folder 26: Parr, Albert Eide. “Art and Environment in an Age of Abundance” (reprinted from Environmental Quality: Now or Never; SIM Special Publication no. 5), 1972
- Folder 27: Pathways: A Minority Press Review, 1989
- Folder 28: Pearn, Victor. Blame It on a Lightning Bolt (MAF Press), 1989
- Includes a note from Stone, Kim(?) to Gwendolyn Brooks.
- Folder 29: Pease, Roland F., Jr., ed.
- Item 1: Zoland Books Fall 1991 catalog, 1991
- Item 2: The Zoland Books Poetry Postcard Collection, 1989?
- Box 553
- Folder 1: PEN American Center Newsletter (no. 70), 1989
- Includes an article from the Chicago Tribune (1990).
- Folder 2: Perceptions (vol. 13), 1994
- Includes a letter from Sauret, Thomas J. (Gainesville College) to Gwendolyn Brooks.
- Folder 3: Perceptions (vol. 14), 1995
- Two copies.
- Folder 4: Perryman, Brenda K. Mood Swings and Magic Carpet Rides: Poems of the Heart, 1990?
- Folder 5: Phi Kappa Phi Journal (vol. 50, no. 2), 1970
- Folder 6: Philomela, undated
- Sent to Gwendolyn Brooks by Urch, Gloria.
- Folder 7: Phylon: The Atlanta University Review of Race & Culture (Fourth Quarter), 1950
- Includes an issue of Summer Northwestern (vol. 44, no. 3; 1964).
- Folder 8: Pierce, Edith Lovejoy. Poems in Later Life, 1991
- 17 copies. Includes Celebrations (1987).
- Folder 9: Poetry (vol. 74, no. 1), 1949
- Folder 10: Poetry (vol. 79, no. 5), 1952
- Folder 11: Poetry (vol. 111, no. 6), 1968
- Folder 12: Poetry (vol. 151, no. 1-2), 1987
- Folder 13: Poetry (vol. 160, no. 5), 1992
- Includes a newspaper clipping.
- Box 554
- Folder 1: Poetry (vol. 161, no. 1), 1992
- Folder 2: Poetry (vol. 167, no. 5), 1996
- Folder 3: Poetry (vol. 168, no. 2), 1996
- Folder 4: Poetry (vol. 169, no. 1), 1996
- Folder 5: Poetry (vol. 169, no. 4), 1997
- Folder 6: Poetry (vol. 170, no. 1), 1997
- Folder 7: Poetry (vol. 170, no. 2), 1997
- Folder 8: Poetry (vol. 173, no. 2), 1998
- Folder 9: Poetry Catalogue Four: Books of Contemporary Poets and Presses with a Sprinkling of Earlier Times, circa 1992
- Folder 10: The Poetry Connection: Dial-a-Poem, Chicago! Tenth Anniversary 1981-1991 (Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs), 1991
- Folder 11: Poetry Pilot (Winter), 1995-1996
- Open to page 7.
- Folder 12: The Poetry Society of America Bulletin (vol. 70; Spring), 1980
- Folder 13: Poets & Writers (vol. 23, no. 4), 1995
- Folder 14: Poets & Writers (vol. 23, no. 5), 1995
- Folder 15: Poets & Writers (vol. 24, no. 4), 1996
- Folder 16: Poets & Writers (vol. 24, no. 6), 1996
- Missing cover page.
- Folder 17: Poets & Writers (vol. 26, no. 5), 1998
- Front and back cover pages taped together. Includes an issue of News from the National First Ladies’ Library (vol. 1, no. 3).
- Folder 18: Poets & Writers (vol. 28, no. 3), 2000
- Folder 19: Poets On: Twentieth Anniversary Reprise (vol. 20, no. 2), 1996
- Folder 20: Prevention magazine. Easing Arthritis Pain, 1992
- Includes a letter from Hill, Larry (Prevention) to subscribers.
- Box 555
- Folder 1: Prickly Pear (University of South Carolina at Spartanburg), 1994?
- Folder 2: Private Writers’ Literary Magazine (Yorkville High School (Yorkville, IL)), undated
- Folder 3: PSA News (vol. 38), 1992
- Folder 4: PSA News (vol. 40), 1992
- Folder 5: PSA News (vol. 43), 1994
- Folder 6: PSA News (vol. 44-45), 1994
- Folder 7: PMLA (vol. 113, no. 1), 1998
- Folder 8: PMLA (vol. 114, no. 2), 1999
- Folder 9: Publishers Weekly (December 7), 1992
- 11 copies. Includes a bubble mailer addressed to Gwendolyn Brooks.
- Folder 10: The Purdue Alumnus (March), 1995
- Folder 11: The Quarterly Journal of the Library of Congress (July), 1969
- Folder 12: Radden, Viki. Walking to New Zealand: Poems, Stories, & Recipes, 1987
- Includes a photo of a woman in front of a pizza restaurant.
- Folder 13: Rago, Maria Christina, ed. The Selected Poems of Henry Rago, 1915-1969, 1999
- Folder 14: Randall, Dudley. Broadside Memories: Poets I Have Known (Broadside Press), 1975
- Three copies.
- Box 556
- Folder 1: Randall, Dudley. Love You (vol. 10; Heritage series), 1971
- Three copies. Includes a scrap of paper and a facial tissue.
- Folder 2: The Rectangle (vol. 65, no. 2), 1990
- Includes an issue of Sigma Tau Delta Newsletter (Fall 1990) and two works by Taylor, Ann R.: Hopes and Dreams (1986) and Feel’n Good (1980).
- Folder 3: The Rectangle (vol. 68, no. 1), 1993
- Folder 4: Red Lion Motor Inn brochure, circa 1970s
- Folder 5: Redmond, Eugene B., ed. “Clashing Harmonies & Universal Particulars: A Workshop Report on the 3rd National Black Writers Conference”, 1991
- Includes a blank order form for Drumvoices Revue.
- Folder 6: Reflections (no. 3), 1985
- Folder 7: The Renaissance (October 1), 1990
- Folder 8: Revelry (vol. 7), 1994
- Two copies.
- Folder 9: Revelry (Tenth Anniversary Issue), 1997
- Two copies.
- Folder 10: Revelry (vol. 11), 1998
- Two copies.
- Folder 11: The River Newsletter (vol. 3, no. 1), 1985
- Folder 12: Rottner, Courtney Hope. Sweet Thoughts, 1988
- Folder 13: Sanders, Richard F. Lima Beans and Other Poems, 1995
- Folder 14: The Saracen (Spring), 1993
- Folder 15: Sarton, May. To Bid Us Still Rejoice, 1998
- Folder 16: Schaffenburg, Carlos A. Songs Irreverent and Old, 1995?
- Folder 17: The Sewanee Review (vol. 104, no. 1)
- Includes an issue of HSPE: Teaching High School Physical Education (vol. 1, no. 6; 1995).
- Folder 18: The Sewanee Review (vol. 104, no. 2), 1996
- Folder 19: Slaboshpitskiy, M. and Shevchenko, A. Soviet Ukrainian Literature Today (Radyansky Pismennik Publishers), 1981
- Box 557
- Folder 1: SML Newsletter (vol. 18, no. 2), 1988
- Folder 2: SML Newsletter (vol. 24, no. 2), 1994
- Folder 3: SML Newsletter (vol. 24, no. 3), 1994
- Folder 4: Sokel, Walter H. Franz Kafka (Columbia Essays on Modern Writers, no. 19), 1966
- Folder 5: Southerland, Ellease. A Feast of Fools, circa 1998
- Unbound. Includes a plastic bag.
- Folder 6: Spelman Messenger (vol. 111, no. 2), 1997
- Folder 7: Stagebill (September), 1988
- Features a performance of Dreamgirls by the Candlelight Dinner Playhouse.
- Folder 8: Stanford, Ann Folwell. “Like Narrow Banners for Some Gathering War”: Readers, Aesthetics, and Gwendolyn Brooks’s “The Sundays of Satin-Legs Smith”, undated
- Folder 9: Stanford, Ann Folwell. “‘The Tender Struggle’: War and Resistance in the Early Poetry of Gwendolyn Brooks”, 1990
- Includes a letter to Gwendolyn Brooks.
- Folder 10: Staying Healthy, Being Aware: Health Care After Forty (U.S. Government Printing Office), 1992
- Folder 11: Stein, Jean, ed. Grand Street (vol. 15, no. 2), 1996
- Missing front cover.
- Folder 12: Stillwater (vol. 30; Fall-Spring), 1991-1992
- Box 558
- Folder 1: Tanks, Mark D. Oceans of Blood (Lithe Press), 1990
- Folder 2: Tarascio, Sara. Life’s Blessings (Salesian Inspirational Books), 1985?
- Folder 3: Taylor, Carol, ed. The Little Black Book: Black Male Survival in America. Or, Staying Alive and Well in an Institutionally Racist Society, 1985?
- Folder 4: Tengroth, Leyla Assaf, ed. Facts on Botswana (Government Information Services, Gaborone), 1976
- Water damaged.
- Folder 5: Terrell, Lloyd P. Thoughts on Paper (Georgia Preston Publications), 1975?
- Folder 6: Third World Press (Chicago) catalog, 1992
- Folder 7: The Tower (Austin Peay State University), 1988?
- Includes “An African-American Dilemma: Black Leaders in Memphis Politics” by Mock, James (Austin Peay State University); “Shattering the Window” by Hardin, Jeff; and a business card for Mock, James.
- Folder 8: Traces of Wonder (Central School (Wilmette, IL)), 1991
- Folder 9: A TransAfrican Aesthetic: Paintings by Jeff Donaldson (Eastern Connecticut State University), 1999
- Folder 10: TriQuarterly (vol. 82), 1991
- Folder 11: Turner-Barnes, Sandra. Always a Lady: Poetry for and About Today’s Woman—With Today’s Man in Mind!, 1995
- Missing back cover.
- Folder 12: University of the South
- Item 1: All Saints’ Chapel brochure, 1990
- Three copies.
- Item 2: The Last Lecture Series leaflet, undated
- Two copies.
- Folder 13: The University Press of Kentucky (Fall and Winter), 1988-1989
- Folder 14: The University Press of Kentucky (Fall and Winter), 1989-1990
- Three copies.
- Folder 15: VFH (vol. 24), 1998
- Folder 16: Villarino, Maria de. “With Robert Frost, Poet of Eternal Return”, circa 1956
- Folder 17: Vioxx medication informational booklet (Merck & Co., Inc.), 2000?
- Folder 18: Vivé 81 (South Side Community Art Center (Chicago)), 1982
- Includes a ticket order form for an event at the Art Institute of Chicago.
- Folder 19: Glossolalia (Walsh University; Spring), 1992
- Folder 20: Sundries (Walsh University; Spring), 1993
- Folder 21: Ward, Francis. Kuumba, 1993
- Folder 22: Warpland: A Journal of Black Literature and Ideas (vol. 1, no. 1), 1995
- Two copies. Includes an order form.
- Box 559
- Folder 1-5: Warpland: A Journal of Black Literature and Ideas (vol. 1, no. 1), 1995
- Two copies per folder.
- Box 560
- Folder 1: Warpland: A Journal of Black Literature and Ideas (vol. 1, no. 1), 1995
- Two copies.
- Folder 2: Warpland: A Journal of Black Literature and Ideas (vol. 3, no. 1), 1997
- Includes notes by Gwendolyn Brooks and a poem by Tavenner, Amy.
- Folder 3: Washington Review (vol. 11, no. 5), 1986
- Contains a separation sheet.
- Folder 4: Watts, Michael. Oxford: The City and University, 1975?
- Folder 5: We the People: The Constitution of the United States of America, 1787-1987 (Illinois Bell Telephone Company), 1987
- Folder 6: Weems, Mary E. White, 1997
- Folder 7: Why Literature Should Be Heard. (Unterberg Poetry Center. 92nd Street YMCA (New York)), 1993-1994
- Folder 8: Wilkman, Jon Kurt. Black Americans: From Colonial Days to the Present, 1969?
- Includes a call for contributions to an anthology concerning Gwendolyn Brooks.
- Folder 9: Williams Alumni Review (vol. 80, no. 4), 1988
- Includes a bookmark for page 24.
- Folder 10: Wittenberg University Admission Viewbook, undated
- Includes a booklet on Black student involvement, a pass for Amtrak’s Metropolitan Lounge at Union Station, and a postcard in a wax paper envelope.
- Folder 11: Wright, Stephen Caldwell. Out of the Wailing (Christopherr-Burghardt Associates), 1992?
- Folder 12: Wright, Stephen Caldwell. The Chicago Collective: Poems for and Inspired by Gwendolyn Brooks, Poet Laureate of Illinois, 1990?
- Folder 13: Xavier Review (vol. 17, no. 2), 1997
- Folder 14: Miscellaneous travel materials
- Item 1: Washington D.C.: Natural Color Views of the Nation’s Capital, undated
- Item 2: “Lunch on Capitol Hill” leaflet, undated
- Item 3: Woburn Abbey informational booklet, undated
- Includes an advertisement for Trust Houses Forte from Ambassador (November 1978).
- Item 4: “Experience… Exeter, New Hampshire” brochure, 1981
- Box 564
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