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Collection Overview

Title: Gwendolyn Brooks Correspondence (Series 1), 1938, 1943-2002

ID: 01/01/MSS00086a

Primary Creator: Brooks, Gwendolyn (1917-2000)

Extent: 94.4 Cubic Feet

Arrangement:

Series 1: Correspondence

Sub-series 1: Alphabetical Correspondence (1.1-1.5)

Sub-series 2: Permissions Requests

Sub-series 3: Third-party Correspondence

Sub-series 4: Empty Envelopes

Sub-series 5: Gwendolyn Brooks Correspondence Files (5.1-5.2)

Forms of Material: Poets, American - 20th century - Correspondence

Languages: English

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 temporary record only contains collection content for the first series of the Gwendolyn Brooks Collection (MSS00086). Series 1 was separated from the rest of the collection and subseries 1 and 5 were sectioned into smaller groupings in an attempt to improve load times. Click "Arrangement" for the intellectual arrangement of Series 1. For additional series, click here.

Box and Folder Listing

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[Sub-series 1.1: Alphabetical Correspondence (Box 1-36)],
[Sub-series 1.2: Alphabetical Correspondence (Box 37-74)],
[Sub-series 1.3: Alphabetical Correspondence (Box 75-112)],
[Sub-series 1.4: Alphabetical Correspondence (Box 113-150)],
[Sub-series 1.5: Alphabetical Correspondence (Box 151-185)],
[Sub-series 2: Permissions Requests],
[Sub-series 3: Third-Party Correspondence],
[Sub-series 4: Empty Envelopes],
[Sub-series 5.1: Gwendolyn Brooks Correspondence Files (Box 204-219)],
[Sub-series 5.2: Gwendolyn Brooks Correspondence Files (Box 220-236)],
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Sub-series 5.2: Gwendolyn Brooks Correspondence Files (Box 220-236)

Box 220

File 6: “Holiday Cards” (cont.)

Folder 6.51

Item 1: Stewart family Christmas card to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated: Signed by Stewart, Tommy; Sherm; Tyson; and Tia.
Item 2: St. John, Eleanor holiday card to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated
Item 3: Sullivan, Melissa card to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1997: Encloses a poem: "Shepherd Song."

Folder 6.52

Item 1: Skyler family holiday card to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1997
Item 2: Tabaj, Leonard F. (East High School) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1997
Item 3: Todd, Al card to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated

Folder 6.53

Item 1: Todd, Al and Everarda letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1997
Item 2: Toff, Nancy (Oxford University Press) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1996: Encloses a business card.
Item 3: Tull, Tara card to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1997

Folder 6.54

Item 1: Vest, Don and Hilda Christmas card to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated
Item 2: Vest, Hilda card to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1996: Encloses an essay.
Item 3: Walker, Sky holiday card to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1997
Item 4: Ward, Val and Francis holiday card to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated

Folder 6.55

Item 1: Warch, Rik and Margot (Lawrence University) holiday card to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated
Item 2: Walker, Janise Easter card to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1996: Encloses a letter.

Folder 6.56

Item 1: Webb, Cory letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1997: Encloses course information.
Item 2: Webster, Kate Christmas card to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated

Folder 6.57

Item 1: Webster, Landon letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1997
Item 2: Wickert, Kelsey letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated

Folder 6.58

Item 1: Williams, Kenny letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1996: Encloses a card.

Folder 6.59

Item 1: Woods, Maria card to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1997
Item 2: Woods, Maria card to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated
Item 3: Woods, Jim; Maria; and Anna packing slip to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1997

Folder 6.60

Item 1: Wray, Ron (International Writers Center) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1996: Encloses a prospectus.

Folder 6.61

Item 1: Wright, Stephen Caldwell holiday card to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1997
Item 2: Wright, Stephen Caldwell letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1997
Item 3: Yanikoski, Richard and Mrs. Christmas card to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated

Folder 6.62

Item 1: Zitch, Beryl and Gene Christmas card to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated
Item 2: "Djata" holiday card to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated
Item 3: Holiday card to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated: Signature illegible.

Folder 6.63

Item 1-6: Blank cards, undated

Folder 6.64

Item 1-4: Empty envelopes addressed to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1995-1997

Folder 6.65-6.68: “Christmas Cards 1998”

Folder 6.65

Item 1: Blakely, Alta M. letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1997: Encloses a brochure and a flier.
Item 2: Brown, Cory letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1997

Folder 6.66

Item 1: California State University, Los Angeles envelope to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1997: Encloses a flier.
Item 2: Jacobi, Tobi Christmas card to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1996: "CHRISTMAS CARDS 1998" note stuck to card.
Item 3: Panfil, Cathy letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1997

Folder 6.67

Item 1: Smith, Elaine M. poem to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1997
Item 2: Werner, Abby letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1997
Item 3: Address for Haygood, Florence V., undated
Item 4: Empty envelope addressed to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1997

Folder 6.68

Item 1: Centofanti, Rose Marie invitation to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1997
Item 2: Hawkins, Gail "Minerva" card to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1997: "Christmas Cards for 1998" note stuck to card.
Item 3-8: Addresses and business cards, undated

Folder 6.69-6.75: “In Here: Letters to Be Answered”

Folder 6.69

Item 1: Arawak Publications letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1996

Folder 6.70

Item 1: Bickham, David letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1996: Encloses several poems.

Folder 6.71

Item 1: Hale, Amber Nicole letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1996
Item 2: Murray, Maureen letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1996: Includes a draft of Brooks's reply.
Item 3: Robinson, B. J. letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated: Includes a draft of Brooks's reply.

Folder 6.72

Item 1: Schreiner, Dave (Zino Press) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1996: Encloses a permission request form.
Item 2: Sullivan, William (Keene State College) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1996

Folder 6.73

Item 1: Wilcox, Krystal and Chenevert, Laura letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1996
Item 2: Wilde, Brad letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1996
Item 3-4: Addresses, 1996?

Folder 6.74

Item 1: The Caxtonian newsletter, 1996
Item 2: Invitation, undated: Encloses a poem entitled "For Sara Miller, Sculptor."
Item 3: Front cover of A Capsule Course in Black Poetry Writing, undated: Remainder of book not present.

Folder 6.75

Item 1: Tapahonso, Luci. Saanii Dahataal The Women Are Singing. Tuscon: University of Arizona Press, 1993: Inscribed for Gwendolyn Brooks by the author.

Box 223

File 6: “Invitations” (cont.)

Folder 6.24-6.31: Unidentified grouping

Folder 6.24

Item 1: Berek, Diana and Rosenbaum, Lew invitation to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1997
Item 2: Boorstin, Daniel J. (Library of Congress) and Mrs. invitation to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1985: Encloses an RSVP card and return envelope.

Folder 6.25

Item 1: Brooks, Rachel Monique invitation to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1997: Encloses a photograph and empty envelope. Includes a draft of Brooks's response.
Item 2: Brown, Abena Joan (ETA Creative Arts Foundation) invitation to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1998: Encloses an RSVP card.
Item 3: Cameron, Michael and Marion invitation to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1985

Folder 6.26

Item 1: Champagne, Ronald (Saint Xavier University) invitation to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1992
Item 2: Chicago magazine invitation to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1982
Item 3: Colgate-Palmolive Company, Inc. invitation sent to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1992: Encloses an RSVP card and return envelope.

Folder 6.27

Item 1: ETA Creative Arts Foundation invitation to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1993
Item 2: Evans, Walter and Linda letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1995: Encloses an invitation and a map.

Folder 6.28

Item 1: Heartland Literary Society invitation to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1996: Encloses an RSVP card, a return envelope, a note, and a bookmark.

Folder 6.29

Item 1: Heartland Literary Soceity invitation to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1996?
Item 2: Rollins College English Department invitation to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1978: Encloses a program.

Folder 6.30

Item 1: Vaught, Wilma L. (United States Military Entrance Processing Command) invitation to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated: Encloses a dress code card.

Folder 6.31

Item 1: Weissler, Fran and Barry invitation to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1984
Item 2: Western Michigan University invitation to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1998
Item 3: Program, undated

Folder 6.32-6.41: Unidentified grouping

Folder 6.32

Item 1: Academy of the Sacred Heart invitation to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1984: Encloses a program.
Item 2: African American Book Center invitation to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1984
Item 3: Brown, Abena Joan (Afrika Express) invitation to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1980
Item 4: Brown, Abena Joan (ETA Creative Arts Foundation) invitation to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1990
Item 5: Bartow, James (HSA Community and Culture Committee) invitation to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1992

Folder 6.33

Item 1: Bullins, Ed (Northeastern University) card to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1996
Item 2: Chicago Association of Black Journalists invitation to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1985: Encloses an RSVP card and return envelope.

Folder 6.34

Item 1: Connors, Jack and Fiori, Pamela (Travel & Leisure Magazine) invitation to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated
Item 2: Coordinating Council of Literary Magazines invitation to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1983
Item 3: Daley, Brendan letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1985
Item 4: ETA Creative Arts Foundation, Inc. invitation to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1994

Folder 6.35

Item 1: Hickey, William A. (Saint Mary's College) invitation to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1994
Item 2: Jenner School invitation to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1991

Folder 6.36

Item 1: Kanwit, Stephanie W. card to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1985
Item 2: Library of Congress invitation to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1985
Item 3: Mable, Phyllis (Longwood College) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1984

Folder 6.37

Item 1: Mary Washington College Women of Color letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1992: Encloses a metal bookmark.
Item 2: Midwest Community Council invitation to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1983

Folder 6.38

Item 1: O'Neal, Jennifer (Academey of American Poets) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 2000: Encloses an invitation.
Item 2: Rosenbaum, Lew and Berek, Diana invitation to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1992: Encloses a map.

Folder 6.39

Item 1: Saint Mary's College invitation to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1997: Encloses an RSVP card and inaugural schedule.
Item 2: Sullivan, Edwin and Mrs.; and Harper, Thomas, Jr. and Mrs. invitation to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1978

Folder 6.40

Item 1: Washington, Harold (City of Chicago) invitation to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1985
Item 2: WGN-TV invitation to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1998
Item 3: Woodson Regional Library Center invitation to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1993

Folder 6.41

Item 1: "Stephanie" note to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1985: Attached to an invitation.
Item 2: Invitation to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1969: Regarding an event hosted by the Black Women's Committee; We Care, We Share Committee; and 45th Oakenwald Youth Group.
Item 3: Program, 1985
Item 4-5: Programs, undated

Folder 6.42-6.49: Unidentified grouping

Folder 6.42

Item 1: Bennett, William J. invitation to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1983
Item 2: Braxton, Margaret E. letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1981: Encloses a marriage announcement.

Folder 6.43

Item 1: Donaldson, Teresa Redd and Jeff card to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1989
Item 2: DuSable Museum of African American History invitation to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1993

Folder 6.44

Item 1: Glick, Goldie and Devri card to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated
Item 2: Hirsch High School invitation to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1958

Folder 6.45

Item 1: McGowan, Maureen and Crowley, Patricia (Deborah's Place) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1997
Item 2: Murray, David and Shange, Ntozake invitation to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1977

Folder 6.46

Item 1: Owens, Betty J. donation envelope to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1987: Encloses an invitation and receipt form

Folder 6.47

Item 1: Saunders, Ronnie invitation to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1990: Encloses a sealed envelope.
Item 2: Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture invitation to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1987

Folder 6.48

Item 1: Williams, Avery invitation to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1991
Item 2: Williwams, Ruth Teena invitation to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1987

Folder 6.49

Item 1: Winston, Carol and Elwyn card to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1997

Folder 6.50-6.51: Unidentified grouping

Folder 6.50

Item 1-4: Ticket stubs, 1975
Item 5-7: Tickets, 1975
Item 8-10: Tickets, 1982
Item 11: Donation card, 1991
Item 12: Ticket, undated

Folder 6.51

Item 1: “Paulette Brooks Purchasing” envelope, undated: Encloses a nametag, a pin, and 10 food coupons.
Item 2-3: Promontory discount cards
Item 4: “Invitations” folder, undated

File 7: “June 7, 1993 – 76th Birthday”

Folder 7.1

Item 1: Adams, Jeanette birthday card to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1993
Item 2: Adams, Lorraine V. birthday card to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1993
Item 3: Bean, Carl birthday card to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1993?

Folder 7.2

Item 1: Baiocchi, Regina A. Harris birthday card to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1993?: Encloses sheet music: "Much in Common."

Folder 7.3

Item 1: Clayton, Deborah "Nia" birthday card to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1993?
Item 2: Durtschi, Erica letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1993?: Encloses a birthday card.

Folder 7.4

Item 1: Egejuru family birthday card to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1993?: Signed by Egejuru, Ugorji; Egejuru, Emezuene; and Egejuru, Phanuel.
Item 2: Glick, Goldie and David birthday Card to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1993
Item 3: H., Sherelle birthday card to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1993?

Folder 7.5

Item 1: Jones, Anna M. birthday card to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1993?
Item 2: Lyon, Evalyn G. birthday card to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1993
Item 3: Milton, Kirsten birthday card to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1993?

Folder 7.6

Item 1: Radmacher, Mary birthday card to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1993: Encloses a newspaper clipping.
Item 2: Randall, Vivian and Dudley birthday card to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1993?

Folder 7.7

Item 1: Rasheed, Zakeya N. birthday card to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1993: Includes a draft of Brooks's response.
Item 2: Richardson, Kumi birthday card to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1993?
Item 3: Richardson, Mary Ann birthday card to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1993?

Folder 7.8

Item 1: St. John, Eleanor birthday card to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1993
Item 2: Ward, Val Gray birthday card to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1993?
Item 3: Wilson, Art birthday card to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1993?

Folder 7.9

Item 1: "Elizabeth" birthday card to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1993?
Item 2: "Marty the Clown" (Clown Services) birthday card to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1993?

Folder 7.10

Item 1-2: Birthday cards to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1993: Unknown senders.
Item 3: “June 7, 1993 – 76th Birthday” envelope, undated

Box 224

File 1: “Layer III”

Folder 1.1

Item 1: Ellis, James and family holiday card to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated
Item 2: Meece, June envelope to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1996?
Item 3: Murphy, Tom postcard to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1998

Folder 1.2

Item 1: Piattoni, Gary M. (Christie's) letter to “Friend”, 1998
Item 2: Williams, Kenny card to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1998: Includes an envelope.

Folder 1.3

Item 1: “Layer III” envelope, undated

File 2: “Letter-Copies. Photographs. Notes”

Folder 2.1

Item 1: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Anderson, David, 1990: Two copies.
Item 2: Gwendolyn Brooks draft letter to Broghton, Mr., 1990

Folder 2.2

Item 1: Gwendolyn Brooks draft letter to Burrows, Vinie, 1990
Item 2: Gwendolyn Brooks draft letter to Cauley, Michael (Harlo Printing Co.), 1989
Item 3-4: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Delany, Harold; Cross, Delores; and Sesay, Chernoh (Chicago State University), 1990: Includes envelopes and a statement on the use of “Black” as opposed to “African American.”

Folder 2.3

Item 1: Edgar, Jim (State of Illinois. Office of the Secretary of State) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1990: Concerning the new Illinois State Library building. Includes photos of Gwendolyn Brooks with Edgar, Jim (Illinois State Library) and others at the dedication ceremony.

Folder 2.4

Item 1: Friebert, Stuart (Oberlin College) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1988-1989: Includes two copies of a draft response (1989).

Folder 2.5

Item 1: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Madhubuti, Haki R., 1988: Includes a “P.S.” note.

Folder 2.6

Item 1: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Madhubuti, Haki R., 1990: Includes a statement on Wray, Ron and a Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Southern, Hugh; Goodwin, Steve; Anania, Michael; and Hirsch, Adrienne.

Folder 2.7

Item 1-2: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Moyers, Bill, 1988-1989: Includes lists of public engagements.

Folder 2.8

Item 1: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Orlikoff, Richard, 1990: Regarding HarperCollins's use of Brooks's title "Family Pictures."
Item 2: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Owens, Betty (Gwendolyn Brooks Junior High School (Harvey, IL)), 1989
Item 3: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to R., Mike, 1990

Folder 2.9

Item 1: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Reichley, Robert (Brown University), 1989: Two copies.
Item 2-3: Gwendolyn Brooks notes to Richardson, Eddie, 1989: Encloses a note.

Folder 2.10

Item 1: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Richardson, Eddie, 1990
Item 2: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Sjoberg(?), Leif, 1990: Includes a Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Collins, Glenn.
Item 3: Society for the Study of Midwestern Literature call for manuscripts, 1989: Includes a statement on Anderson, David.

Folder 2.11

Item 1: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Bourne, St. Clair, 1990: Two copies. Regarding a movie adaptation of In the Mecca.
Item 2: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Walls, Cynthia, 1987: Includes notes on The David Company.

Folder 2.12

Item 1: Walter, David S. (Bradbury Press) letter to “Poet”, 1990: Includes a photo of Gwendolyn Brooks.
Item 2: Statement on Weissbluth, Jed, undated

Folder 2.13

Item 1: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Zitch, Beryl (The Contemporary Forum), 1990: Two copies. Replaced by a separation sheet.
Item 2: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to "Brenda", 1989: Replaced by a separation sheet.
Item 3: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Harlo Printing Company, 1990
Item 4: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to "Lois", 1990

Folder 2.14

Item 1: Invitation to a “mini-festival” at the University of Chicago, 1987
Item 2: Copy of “The Black Family”, undated

Folder 2.15

Item 1: Copy of “The Twenty First Century”, undated

Folder 2.16

Item 1: Copy of “Yesterday And Today”, undated: Two copies.
Item 2: Illinois Poet Laureate Awards announcement, 1987: Includes annotations by Gwendolyn Brooks.
Item 3: Illinois State Library dedication speech fragment, 1990

Folder 2.17

Item 1: Copy of “To Fit In”, undated
Item 2: List of names with annotations, undated

Folder 2.18-2.23: Unidentified grouping

Folder 2.18

Item 1: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Broughton, Mr., 1989: Two copies.
Item 2: Gwendolyn Brooks announcement on reading the manuscripts of others, 1989: Two copies.
Item 3: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Dolores Cross, 1990: Two copies.

Folder 2.19

Item 1-2: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Freeman, Brenda, 1990
Item 3: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Hemcore, Heidi (Earlham College), 1989
Item 4: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Madhubuti, Haki R., 1990
Item 5: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Polikoff, Alexander, 1990

Folder 2.20

Item 1: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Turco, Lewis, 1989: Replaced by a separation sheet.
Item 2: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to “Georgette” and Smith, Mr. and Mrs., 1989: Two copies. Concerning the death of family.
Item 3: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to “Lois”, 1990

Folder 2.21

Item 1: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to “Polly and Polly’s Family”, 1990: Also addressed to "Polly's Family."
Item 2: Chicago Foundation for Women speech fragment, 1990
Item 3: “The Chicago Picasso” speech fragment, undated
Item 4: Essay on the use of “Black” as opposed to “African American”, undated: Regarding the term "Black."
Item 5: Richardson, Edward renewed contract with Gwendolyn Brooks, 1989: Replaced by a separation sheet.

Folder 2.22

Item 1: Richardson, Edward renewed contract with Gwendolyn Brooks, 1989: Replaced by a separation sheet.
Item 2: Photo of Gwendolyn Brooks and Melhem, D.H., 1990

Folder 2.23

Item 1: Photo of Gwendolyn Brooks and a young girl reading Bronzeville Boys and Girls, 1990s

Folder 2.24

Item 1: “Letter-Copies. Photographs. Notes” envelope, undated

File 3: “LETTERS Algren, Dickey, Frank London Brown, etc. (also Clippings, etc.) also, Some of My Book Reviews”

Folder 3.1

Item 1: Algren, Nelson letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1963: Includes an envelope.
Item 2: Brown, Frank London (University of Chicago) letter to “Sir”, 1962: Copy sent to Gwendolyn Brooks. Includes an envelope.

Folder 3.2

Item 1: Couchman, Grodon W. (Elmhurst College) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1968: Includes an envelope.
Item 2: Dickey, James (The Library of Congress. Reference Department) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1967: Includes an envelope.

Folder 3.3

Item 1: Killens, John O. letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1967: Includes an envelope.
Item 2: Kunitz, Stanley (State Teachers College) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1950
Item 3: Montagu, Ashley (The Cleveland Foundation), 1969: Concerning the receipt of The Anisfield-Wolf Award in Race Relations for In the Mecca. Replaced by a separation sheet.
Item 4: Porter, Kenneth (University of Oregon) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1970

Folder 3.4

Item 1: Rodgers, Carolyn letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1968: Includes an envelope.
Item 2: Scarberry, Louise letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1969: Includes an envelope.

Folder 3.5

Item 1: Smith, Kenneth B. (Community Renewal Society (Chicago)) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1968
Item 2: Spaulding, Norm (Norm Spaulding Productions) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1962
Item 3: Zbornik, Joseph J. (Chicago Public Schools. Manley Upper Grade Center) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1965
Item 4: “A Defense of ‘Elegy’” fragment, 1960s

Folder 3.6

Item 1: “LETTERS. Algren, Dickey, Frank London Brown, etc. (also Paul Engle) (also clippings, etc.) also, Some of my Book Reviews” envelope, undated

File 4: “Letters”

Folder 4.1

Item 1: Adams, Joyce Davis (JDA Enterprises Inc.) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1992: Includes an envelope.
Item 2: Alexandroff, Jane letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1993: Includes an envelope.

Folder 4.2

Item 1: Alexandroff, Mike (Columbia College Chicago) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1993: Includes an envelope.
Item 2: “Memorandum to the Members of the Academy Institute” (American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters) sent to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1992: Includes an envelope.

Folder 4.3

Item 1: Anderson, Maggie (Kent State University. Department of English) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1993: Includes an envelope.
Item 2: Barlow, Cordelia letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1992

Folder 4.4

Item 1-2: Birts, Warner B. (Englewood High School (Chicago)) letter to “Alumni and Friends”, 1992: Includes an envelope.
Item 3: Birts, Warner B. (Englewood High School (Chicago)) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1992: Includes an envelope.

Folder 4.5

Item 1: Gwendolyn Brooks voter registration form and card, 1992: Replaced by a separation sheet. Includes a City of Chicago. Board of Election Commissioners letter to Blakely, Henry, Sr.
Item 2: Booker, Stephen card to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1992: Includes an envelope.

Folder 4.6

Item 1: Bornholdt, Laura (University of Chicago. Office of University-School Relations) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1992
Item 2: Knight-Bowens, Eunice letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1992: Includes a card signed by “Hale”(?).

Folder 4.7

Item 1: Copy of “Smells: A Walk Down Memory Lane” by Brock, Mary, undated
Item 2: Broderick, John C. letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1992: Includes an envelope.

Folder 4.8

Item 1: Brooks, Avery (National Black Arts Festival) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1994: Includes an event schedule.
Item 2: Twenty-Third Annual Illinois Poet Laureate Awards announcement, 1992: Includes an envelope.

Folder 4.9

Item 1: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Evans, Joy (National Endowment for the Humanities), 1994
Item 2: Brooks, Rachel Monique high school graduation announcement, 1992: Includes a photo and a name card.
Item 3: Bryan, Ashley envelope to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1992: Includes a Gwendolyn Brooks note. Replaced by a separation sheet.

Folder 4.10

Item 1: Chicago State University. Office of the Bursar notice to “State Employees”, 1993: Includes a paystub (replaced by a separation sheet) and an envelope.
Item 2: Issue of The Boxcar (Chicago State University) special issue (April), 1994: Features “An Operational Definition of “Quality” for the Chicago State University Community” by Johnson, Kenneth Roy and Lucas, Isidro.

Folder 4.11

Item 1: Copy of “Recommendations for the Substitution of a Holistic Scoring System for the Present Method of Scoring Examinations”, undated
Item 2: Cross, Delores E. (Chicago State University) note to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1994: Taken down by “V.L.” from over the phone.
Item 3: Copy of “That Half Is Almost Gone” by Chin, Marilyn, undated

Folder 4.12

Item 1: The Christian Science Monitor. Customer Service letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1994: Includes an envelope.
Item 2: Couch, Bill letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1992: Includes an envelope.

Folder 4.13

Item 1: Couch, Bill letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1992: Includes an envelope.
Item 2: Cross, Dolores (Chicago State University) invitation to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1992: Includes an envelope.

Folder 4.14

Item 1-2: Cross, Dolores E. (Chicago State University) invitation to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1994: Includes envelopes.
Item 3: Cross, Dolores E. (Chicago State University) memorandum to “The CSU Community”, 1993

Folder 4.15

Item 1: Cross, Dolores E. (Chicago State University) memorandum to “The Chicago State University Community”, 1993: Includes an envelope.
Item 2: Egejuru, Phanuel (Loyola New Orleans) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1994: Includes an envelope.

Folder 4.16

Item 1: Gwendolyn Brooks mailgram to Evans, Joy (National Endowment for the Humanities), 1994: Includes an envelope.
Item 2: Everett, Gilda card to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1993: Includes a Barney, Christine note.

Folder 4.17

Item 1: Gwendolyn Brooks statement of accounts, 1991: Includes a First Chicago envelope. Replaced by a separation sheet.
Item 2: Flanders, Kathryn (Poetry Society of America) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1992: Includes an envelope.

Folder 4.18

Item 1: Frankenthaler, Laurie (F & F Associates) permissions request to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1992: Includes an envelope. Replaced by a separation sheet.
Item 2: Issue of Update (Chicago Public Library; Winter/Spring), 1993
Item 3: Gabbin, Joanne letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1992: Includes an envelope.

Box 226

File 1: “Letters from...National Book Awards Foundation”

Folder 1.1

Item 1: Baldwin, Neil (National Book Foundation) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1994
Item 2: Evans, Joy (National Endowment for the Humanities) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1994

Folder 1.2

Item 1: Quinson, Bruno A. (National Book Foundation) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1994
Item 2: Empty envelope, undated
Item 3: “Letters from...National Book Awards Foundation” envelope, undated: Full text on envelope: "Letters from: Nat'l Endowment for the Humanities (Juan Mestas, etc.) Nat'l Book Awards Foundation - Meg Kenny and Bruno Quinson, Chairman Board of Directors (and Editor of Henry Holt and Co. Publisher)."

File 2: “Letters in Here have all Been Answered”

Folder 2.1

Item 1: Gwendolyn Brooks envelope to Coleman, Horace, 1998
Item 2: Creeden, Virginia A. envelope, undated
Item 3: Goodman, Paulette (Naperville Community Unit School District 203) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1998

Folder 2.2

Item 1: Holland, Annie M. letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1998
Item 2: Jiggetts, Bess birthday card to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1998
Item 3: Lane, Pinkie Gordon envelope to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1998

Folder 2.3

Item 1: Martini-Efteland, Marcia letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1998: Encloses a return envelope.
Item 2: McMahon, Joe card to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated

Folder 2.4

Item 1: Reef, Catherine envelope to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1998
Item 2: Shipps, Dea postcard to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1998
Item 3: Taft, Tina (New Haven Free Public Library) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1998: Includes a draft of Brooks's response.
Item 4: Tagliabue, John A. letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1997: Enclosed with a postcard and a biographical summary.

Folder 2.5

Item 1: Gwendolyn Brooks card to Turco, Lewis, 1998: Encloses a book: Turco, Lewis. Shaping the Family Tree: A Remembrance. Bordigheria, Inc, 1998.

Folder 2.6

Item 1: Murphy, Andy (Amtrak) birthday card to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1998: Includes a draft of Brooks's response.
Item 2: Olivier, Mariann R. Grayson card to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1998
Item 3: Gwendolyn Brooks envelope to Olivier, Mariann R. Grayson, undated
Item 4: “To Gwendolyn Brooks” essay, undated

Folder 2.7

Item 14: “Letters in Here have all Been Answered” envelope, undated

File 3: “Letters That Have Been Taken Care Of as Of August 19, 1998 (Wednesday)” envelope

Folder 3.1

Item 1: American Lung Association letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated
Item 2: Bach, Kim (Riverside Publishing) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1998
Item 3: Blanken, Tamara A. (Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, Inc.) permission request to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1998: Regarding "We Real Cool" and "Old Mary."

Folder 3.2

Item 1: Curry, Mary birthday card to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1998: Encloses two programs.
Item 2: DK Research, Inc. envelope to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1998

Folder 3.3

Item 1: Farrar, Ann B. (Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, Inc.) permission request to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1998: Regarding "The Bean Eaters" and "We Real Cool."
Item 2: Fleming, Robert letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1998: Encloses a draft of Brooks's response.

Folder 3.4

Item 1: Kendrick, Brittany letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1998: Includes a draft of Brooks's response.
Item 2: Kizer, Carolyn card to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1998: Encloses two photographs.

Folder 3.5

Item 1: Lyon, Evalyn G. Christmas card to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated: Encloses a letter.
Item 2: Mailey, David letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1998

Folder 3.6

Item 1: Matlock, Frances Taylor card to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1998
Item 2: Thomas, Hollis J. card to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1997: Encloses a photograph.

Folder 3.7

Item 1: Thomas, Jacquelyn H. (Phillips Exeter Academy) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1998: Includes a draft of Brooks's response.
Item 2: Wurst, Al letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1998

Folder 3.8

Item 1: York, Pam letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1998: Enclosed with a birthday card.

Folder 3.9: Unidentified grouping (1)

Item 1: Anderson, Pat and Dave letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1996: Enclosed with a Christmas card.
Item 2: Pegram, Amelia Blossom birthday card to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated: Also signed by House, Melanie Jean.

Folder 3.10: Unidentified grouping (2)

Item 1: Conroy, Nicholas (Atlantic Center for the Arts (New Smyrna Beach, FL)) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1998: Includes a draft of Brooks's response.
Item 2: Gaspertti, Helen letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1998: Encloses a photograph.
Item 3: Vaselopulous, Leah (Chicago Public Library) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1998: Includes a response draft.

Folder 3.11: Unidentified grouping (3)

Item 1: The Gargoyle Gazette newsletter, 1998
Item 2: Simon and Schuster envelope to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1998
Item 3: Society For the Advancement of The Vivian G. Harsh Research Collection of Afro-American History and Literature letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1998: Encloses a newspaper clipping.

Folder 3.12

Item 1: “Letters That Have Been Taken Care Of as Of August 19, 1998 (Wednesday)” envelope, undated

File 4: “Letters to Mary Lou”

Folder 4.1-4.2: “Foxman”

Folder 4.1: “Foxman”

Item 1-2: Gwendolyn Brooks letter copies to Foxman, Abraham, 1994

Folder 4.2: “Foxman” grouping

Item 1-2: Gwendolyn Brooks letter copies to Foxman, Abraham, 1994

Folder 4.3

Item 1: "My Copy" sheet of paper, undated
Item 2-4: Gwendolyn Brooks letter copies to Beatty, Mary Lou, 1994

Folder 4.4

Item 1: “Letters to Mary Lou” manila envelope, undated

File 5: “Library of Congress (letter carbons) + Library of Congress Report”

Folder 5.1

Item 1-2: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Ashman, Jane, 1986
Item 3: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Backas, James (D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities), 1985
Item 4: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Backas, James (D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities), 1986
Item 5: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Bell, Michael (Arts Commission of San Francisco), 1986
Item 6: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Boorstin, Daniel J. (Library of Congress), 1986
Item 7: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Bradford, Gigi (Folger Shakespeare Library), 1986

Folder 5.2

Item 1: Broderick, John C. (Library of Congress) and Gwendolyn Brooks letter, 1986: Unknown recipient(s).
Item 2: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Brown, Karen, 1986
Item 3: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Brownlow, Mary Ann, 1986
Item 4: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Butler, John D. (University of the District of Columbia), 1985
Item 5: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Byrd, Maxine C., 1986
Item 6: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Channell, Merle (Northern Virginia Community College. Black Studies Association), 1986

Folder 5.3

Item 1: Broderick, John C. (Library of Congress) and Gwendolyn Brooks letter, 1986: Unknown recipient(s).
Item 2: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Cook, Mike (Image Alliance), 1986
Item 3: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Davis S., Veronica, 1986
Item 4: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Dixon, Alan J. (U.S. Senate), 1986
Item 5: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Edwards, Andrea (D.C. Association of School Librarians), 1986
Item 6: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Edwards, Jean (Bailey's Elementary School (Bailey's Crossroads, VA)), 1986

Folder 5.4

Item 1: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Fisher, Ada M., 1986
Item 2: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Fitch, Nancy Elizabeth, 1986
Item 3: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Fraze, Candida (The Writers' Center), 1986
Item 4: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Ganley, Natalie, 1986
Item 5: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Goodwin, Alan (Benjamin Banneker Junior High School (Burtonsville, MD)), 1985
Item 6: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Graham, Rosemary (University of Virginia), 1986

Folder 5.5

Item 1: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Graybill, Susan, 1986
Item 2: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Green, Gloria, 1986
Item 3: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Harris, Peter, 1986
Item 4: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Harteis, Richard (PEN Syndicated Fiction Project), 1985
Item 5: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Harteis, Richard (PEN Syndicated Fiction Project), 1986
Item 6: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Hatcher, Adlai, 1986

Folder 5.6

Item 1: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Hixson, Bonnie (Forest Edge Elementary School), 1986
Item 2: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Howard, Anthony, 1986
Item 3: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Katrak, Ketu, 1985
Item 4: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Little, Joseph, 1986
Item 5: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to "Lori", 1986: Also addressed to Loper, Megan (City Lights School).
Item 6: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to McFall, Gardner, 1985
Item 7: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Schlossman, Beryl, 1986

Folder 5.7

Item 1: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Menezes, Angelina, 1986
Item 2: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Monteiro, Carole, 1986
Item 3: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Morris, Harold (Detroit College of Law), 1986
Item 4: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to "The Pages" (U.S. House of Representatives. Page School), 1986
Item 5: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Quinn, Frederick (Voice of America), 1985
Item 6: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Quinn, Frederick (Voice of America), 1986

Folder 5.8

Item 1: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Schmidt, Betty (Jamestown Elementary School), 1986
Item 2: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Shaffer, Rich, 1986
Item 3: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Smith, Arthur J., 1986
Item 4: Gwendolyn Brooks to Smith, Edith R. (Alexander R. Shepherd Elementary School), 1985
Item 5: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Smoot, Millie (Charles W. Woodward Senior High School (North Bethesda, MD)), 1986
Item 6: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Sparrow, Sandra, 1986
Item 7: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Threet, Lamorne C., 1986

Folder 5.9

Item 1: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Beitler, Roslyn (Smithsonian Institution), 1986
Item 2: Broderick, John C. (Library of Congress), Gwendolyn Brooks, and Seelye, Mary-Averett letter, 1986: Unknown recipient.
Item 3: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Burden, Jean, 1986
Item 4: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Elliott, Lloyd H. (George Washington University), 1986
Item 5: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Ellis, Melva (Comprehensive Alcohol and Drug Abuse Center) and family, 1986
Item 6: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Hoagland, Everett, 1986

Folder 5.10

Item 1: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Hatton, Wendi A., 1986
Item 2: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Jacobsen, Josephine, 1986
Item 3: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Johnson, Patricia A. (University of Dayton), 1986
Item 4: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Jones, Gwen, 1986
Item 5: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Kahn, Hannah, 1986
Item 6: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Marbury, Donald (Program Fund), 1986

Folder 5.11

Item 1: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to March, Genevieve, 1986
Item 2: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to McClane, Ken (Cornell University)
Item 3: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Ney, Jason, 1986
Item 4: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Pasour, Amy L. (Braddock Elementary School), 1986
Item 5: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Perel, Jane Lunin (Providence College), 1986
Item 6: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Rodgers, Carolyn M., 1986

Folder 5.12

Item 1: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Smoot, Millie M., 1986
Item 2: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Swope, Mary, 1986
Item 3: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Williams, Virginia, 1986
Item 4: Broderick, John C. letter to Randall, Dudley, 1986

Folder 5.13

Item 1: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Gaudette, Louis F., 1986
Item 2: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Jones, Robert (George Washington University), 1986
Item 3: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Korobkin, Sally (Garett Park School), 1986
Item 4: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Parry, Betty, 1986
Item 5: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Uhlmann, Nancy (Institute of International Education), 1986

Folder 5.14

Item 1: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Alexander, Anita, 1986
Item 2: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Dame, Edna, 1986
Item 3: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Henderson, Shaun O., 1986
Item 4: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Honig, Edwin (VCCA), 1986
Item 5: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Johnson, Arthur Julian, 1986
Item 6: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Golderman, Cynthia R., 1986

Folder 5.15

Item 1: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Kendrick, Dolores (Phillips Exeter Academy), 1986
Item 2: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Kimmons, Rose Marie, 1986
Item 3: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Korobkin, Sally (Garett Park School), 1986
Item 4: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Lomax, Walter E., 1986
Item 5: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Martin, Keith, Sr., 1986
Item 6: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Moore, Lenard, 1986

Folder 5.16

Item 1: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Orfalea, Gregory, 1986
Item 2: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to O'Keefe, Virginia (Thomas A. Edison High School), 1986
Item 3: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Price, Hope Lynne, 1986
Item 4: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Radice, Martha, 1986
Item 5: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Reynolds, Craig A. (Federal Poets), 1986
Item 6: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Rodgers, Carolyn M., 1986

Folder 5.17

Item 1: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Ryan, William F., 1986
Item 2: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Saalakhan, Mauri', 1986
Item 3: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Shaw, Marcus, 1986
Item 4: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Spiker, Chance (U.S. House of Representatives. Page School), 1986
Item 5: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Tippit, Sarah (University of Maryland. The Diamondback), 1986
Item 6: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Younis, Yvonne, 1986

Folder 5.18

Item 1: Broderick, John C. and Gwendolyn Brooks letter, 1985: Unknown recipient.
Item 2: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Cousins, Linda (The Universal Black Writer), 1985
Item 3: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Curry, Anna (Enock Pratt Free Library), 1986
Item 4: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Diggs, Lesa, 1985
Item 5: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Hinds, George, 1985

Folder 5.19

Item 1: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Jones, Dorothy, 1985
Item 2: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Moncrieffe, Hyacinth, 1985
Item 3: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Post, Ira (Maharishi Continental Capital of the Age of Enlightenment for North America), 1985
Item 4: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Queen, Daniel, 1985

Folder 5.20

Item 1: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Blythe, Christopher; Jeffrey; Andrew; and Reina (Ala Wai School), 1986
Item 2: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Brown, Veronica E.; Lawson, Joan; and Rogers, Courtney (Thomas Jefferson High School. Young Writers' Conference), 1986
Item 3: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Coppa, Nicholas, 1986
Item 4: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Council, Marie, 1986
Item 5: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Heller, Peggy Osna (NAPT Annual Meeting), 1986
Item 6: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Lindstrom, A., 1986

Folder 5.21

Item 1: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Murphy, Charles, 1986
Item 2: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Obaidullah, Abu Jafar (Bangladesh. Embassy (U.S.)), 1986
Item 3: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Packard, William (New York Quarterly), 1986
Item 4: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Sheppard, Tilman Wayne, 1986
Item 5: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Thomas, Clarence (U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission), 1986
Item 6: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Venable, Lucy (Trident Academy), 1986

Folder 5.22

Item 1: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Belsky, Wendy (Harper & Row, Publishers), 1986
Item 2: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Dame, Edna, 1986
Item 3: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Harris, Marie (Department of Library Science. Library and Media Services), 1986
Item 4: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Hobson Middle School (Washington, D.C.), 1986: Letter addressed to 40+ students.
Item 5: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Hoffman, Laurie, 1986
Item 6: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Schaffenburg, Carlos A. (Highland House), 1986
Item 7: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Spanel, Amy (River Run), 1986

Box 231

File 1: “Birthday and Holiday Cards, 1980-2000”

Folder 1.1

Item 1: Adams, Lorraine V. birthday card to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1991
Item 2: Anderson, Andrea envelope to Gwendolyn Brooks, 2000
Item 3: Anderson, Peggy birthday card to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1991

Folder 1.2

Item 4: Blakely, Nora Brooks Mother's Day card to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated

Folder 1.3

Item 5-6: Blakely, Nora Brooks birthday card to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated

Folder 1.4

Item 7: Blakely, Nora Brooks birthday card to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated
Item 8: Gwendolyn Brooks birthday card to Blakely, Henry, 1993
Item 9: Gwendolyn Brooks Valentine's Day card to Blakely, Henry, 1996

Folder 1.5

Item 10-11: Brooks, Gwendolyn Christmas card to Henry Blakely, undated

Folder 1.6

Item 11: Bowen, Charles birthday card to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1991
Item 12: Bowen Middle School birthday card to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated
Item 13: Carter, Mrs. F.B. (Linkhorne Middle School (Lynchburg, VA)) birthday card to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1991: Also signed by 20 students.

Folder 1.7

Item 1: Carter, Mrs. F.B. (Linkhorne Middle School (Lynchburg, VA)) birthday card to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1991: Also signed by 23 students.
Item 2: Carter, Francis (Linkhorne Middle School (Lynchburg, VA)) birthday card to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1991

Folder 1.8

Item 1: Carter, Frances (Linkhorne Middle School (Lynchburg, VA)) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1991
Item 2: ETA Creative Arts Foundation newsletter, undated

Folder 1.9

Item 1: Gathing, Mary birthday card to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated
Item 2: Gwendolyn Brooks Junior High School (Harvey, IL) birthday card to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated

Folder 1.10

Item 1: Jones, Anna M. birthday card to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1991
Item 2: Landry, Doyle birthday card to Gwendolyn Brooks, 2000

Folder 1.11

Item 1: Lyon, Evalyn G. birthday card to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1991
Item 2: Mays, Harold F., Jr. birthday card to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated

Folder 1.12

Item 1: Melhem, D.H. card to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated
Item 2: Moore, Dorothea (Writers Collective) birthday card to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated

Folder 1.13

Item 1: Murphy, Andy Easter card to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1995
Item 2: Richardson, Eddie birthday card to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated

Folder 1.14

Item 1: Southerland, Ellease birthday card to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated: Encloses four photographs.

Folder 1.15

Item 1: St. John, Eleanor (Edward Jenner Elementary School (Chicago)) birthday card to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1991: Includes a letter.
Item 2: Walls, Cynthia birthday card to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated

Folder 1.16

Item 1: Wilson, Arthur A. (Chicago Public Schools) birthday card to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated
Item 2: Womack, Bobbie P. (Bowen High School (Chicago)) card to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated

Folder 1.17

Item 1: Zitch, Beryl and Gene birthday card to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1993
Item 2: Zitch, Beryl and Gene birthday card to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated
Item 3: Ztich, Beryl and Gene card to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated

Folder 1.18

Item 1-2: "H," "L," and "N" Chirstmas card to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated: Likely Blakely, Henry, Jr.; Christman, Lillian; and Blakely, Nicholas
Item 3: "Joan" birthday card to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated

Folder 1.19

Item 1: "Nicky" birthday card to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated: Likely Blakely, Nicholas.
Item 2: "Trent and family" birthday card to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated

Folder 1.20

Item 1: Blank envelope, undated: Encloses three photographs.

Folder 1.21

Item 1-21: Brooks, Gwendolyn address cards, undated: Includes one U.S. stamp.

Folder 1.22

Item 1-20: Empty envelopes, undated

Folder 1.23

Item 1: Blakely, Nora Brooks birthday card to Blakely, Henry, undated
Item 2: Blakely, Nora Brooks card to Blakely, Henry, undated
Item 3-4: Blakely, Nora Brooks Valentine's Day card to Blakely, Henry, undated

Folder 1.24

Item 1-3: Blakely, Nora Brooks Father's Day card to Blakely, Henry, undated
Item 4: Clinton, President and Mrs. invitation to Blakely, Henry, 1995: Includes a placecard.

Folder 1.25-1.33: “Cards to Keep”

Folder 1.25: “Cards to Keep”

Item 1: Blakely, Edgar Christmas card to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1980
Item 2-3: Gwendolyn Brooks card to Blakely, Henry, undated

Folder 1.26: “Cards to Keep”

Item 1: Gwendolyn Brooks card to Blakely, Henry, undated
Item 2: Blakely, Nora Brooks card to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated

Folder 1.27: “Cards to Keep”

Item 1: Blakely, Nora Brooks birthday card to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated

Folder 1.28: “Cards to Keep”

Item 1-2: Blakely, Nora Brooks birthday card to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated

Folder 1.29: “Cards to Keep”

Item 1: Brown, Abena card to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated
Item 2: Parker, Lelia and Frank sympathy card to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated

Folder 1.30: “Cards to Keep”

Item 1: Wims, Beluah sympathy card to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated
Item 2: "Marie," "James," "Jimmy," and "Michelle" sympathy card to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated

Folder 1.31: “Cards to Keep”

Item 1-4: Blakely, Nora Brooks Father's Day card to Blakely, Henry, undated

Folder 1.32: “Cards to Keep”

Item 1: Blakely, Nora Brooks Easter card to Henry Blakely, 1990
Item 2-3: Blakely, Nora Brooks card to Henry Blakely, undated

Folder 1.33: “Cards to Keep”

Item 1: Walls, Cynthia and Tahanni birthday card to Blakely, Henry, undated
Item 2: Zitch, Beryl and Gene sympathy card to Blakely, Henry, 1981
Item 3: “Cards to Keep (Including Edgar Blakely's last Christmas Card.)” envelope, undated

Folder 1.34-1.35: Unidentified grouping

Folder 1.34: Unidentified grouping (1)

Item 1-2: Walls, Cynthia birthday card to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated
Item 3: Gwendolyn Brooks birthday card to Blakely, Henry, undated

Folder 1.35: Unidentified grouping (1)

Item 1-2: Blakely, Nora Brooks birthday card to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated
Item 3: Blakely, Nora Brooks card to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated

Folder 1.36-1.40: Unidentified grouping

Folder 1.36: Unidentified grouping (2)

Item 1: Anderson, Andrea card to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated
Item 2-3: Blakely, Nora Brooks card to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated

Folder 1.37: Unidentified grouping (2)

Item 1: Blakely, Nora Brooks birthday card to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated
Item 2: Glick, Goldie birthday card to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated

Folder 1.38: Unidentified grouping (2)

Item 1: Harris-Azor, Sherelle birthday card to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated
Item 2: Hough, Andrea birthday card to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated
Item 3: Hough, Andrejika letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 2000

Folder 1.39: Unidentified grouping (2)

Item 1: Edward Jenner Elementary School (Chicago) birthday card to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated: Signed by students.
Item 2: Jiggetts, Bess birthday card to Gwendolyn Brooks, 2000: Signed by students.
Item 3: Keller, Mary birthday card to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated: Signed by Creston High School students.

Folder 1.40: Unidentified grouping (2)

Item 1: Slade, Roberta; Minitria; and Leonard birthday card to Gwendolyn Brooks, 2000
Item 2: Walls, Cynthia birthday card to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated
Item 3: Walls, Larrie birthday card to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated

Box 232

File 1: “Birthday and Holiday Cards, 1980-2000 (continued)”

Folder 1.1

Item 1: Walls, Tahanni card to Gwendolyn Brooks, 2000
Item 2: Wilson, Arthur card to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated
Item 3: Womack, Bobbie birthday card to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated
Item 4: Zitch, Gene birthday card to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated
Item 5: Empty envelope, undated

Folder 1.2

Item 1: Johnson, Frank; Velyna; and Joya Easter card to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated
Item 2: Haygood, Florence V. card to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1995

Folder 1.3

Item 1: Madhubuti, Haki card to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1995
Item 2: Melhem, D.H. card to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1995
Item 3: Neubauer, Suzanne card to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1995
Item 4: Rodriguez, Joseph Easter card to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1995

Folder 1.4

Item 1: Southerland, Ellease card to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1995
Item 2: Springston, Marleen card to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1995: Includes a draft of Brooks's response.
Item 3: St. John, Eleanor Easter card to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated
Item 4: "Andy" bookmark to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1995: Bookmark reads: "The best thing about Easter is Jesus."

Folder 1.5

Item 1: Office Depot bag, undated

File 2: “Black Scholar and Purdue University Black Cultural Center, 1975-1978”

Folder 2.1

Item 1: Allen, Robert L. (The Black Scholar) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1975: Encloses two poems by Brooks: "The Boy Died in my Alley" and "To a Proper Black Man."
Item 2: Chrisman, Robert (The Black Scholar) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1975: Encloses and information packet regarding the Gylan Kain Defense Fund.

Folder 2.2

Item 1: Miller, Sara S. letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1994: Encloses a letter from Thornber, Judy P. to Gwendolyn Brooks.
Item 2: Zamora, Antonio "Tony" (Purdue University. Black Cultural Center) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1978: Includes a letter from Amis?, Barry D. (Purdue University) to Antonio "Tony" Zamora (Purdue University. Black Cultural Center).

File 3: “Brown University (special letters from President Vartan Gregorian.)”

Folder 3.1

Item 1: Brooks, Gwendolyn draft letter to unidentified recipient, 1989
Item 2: Farrell, M. L. (Brown University) mail slip to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1989
Item 3: Farrell, M. L. (Brown University) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1989

Folder 3.2

Item 1: Gregorian, Vartan (Brown University) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1989: Encloses Reichley, Robert A. (Brown University) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks.
Item 2: Reichley, Robert (Brown University) packing slip to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1989
Item 3: Amtrak itinerary, 1989: Includes a ticket stub and invoice.
Item 4: “Brown University (special letters from President Vartan Gregorian.)” envelope, undated

File 4: "Business Cards, Addresses"

File 5: “Business Correspondence, 1972”

Folder 5.1

Item 1: Akaishi, Tadashi (Harper & Row, Publishers) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1972
Item 2: Dragisic, Patricia (F. E. Compton Company) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1972: Includes Brooks, Gwendolyn draft letter to Roslyn Targ.
Item 3: Targ, Roslyn letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1972: Includes Dragisic, Patricia (F. E. Compton Company) letter to Roslyn Targ.
Item 4: Randall, Dudley (Broadside Press) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1972: Includes Heuer, Myrtle B. (Reader's Digest) letter to Broadside Press.
Item 5: Nordstrom, Ursula (Harper & Row, Publishers) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1972

Folder 5.2

Item 1: Rudin, Ellen (Harper & Row, Publishers) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1972
Item 2: Targ, Roslyn letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1972

File 6: “Business Correspondence, 1987-1989”

Folder 6.1

Item 1: Brooks, Gwendolyn letter to Michael Cowley (Harlo Printing Company), 1987: Includes a financial statement, a note, and an empty envelope.

Folder 6.2

Item 1: "Feldman" envelope to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1986: Encloses newspaper clippings and a list of Cleveland book shops.

Folder 6.3

Item 1-2: Harlo Printing Company envelope to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1988

Folder 6.4

Item 1: Harlo Printing Company envelope to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1989
Item 2: Mueller, L. W. (Harlo Printing Company) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1989: Includes a financial statement.
Item 3: Brooks, Gwendolyn draft letter to T.M. Mueller (Harlo Printing Company), undated

Folder 6.5

Item 1: Maud Martha proof copy, undated
Item 2-3: Notes, undated

Folder 7: Calls Received Memoranda

Item 1-14: Calls received memoranda, undated
Item 15-16: Business cards, undated

File 8: “Carolyn Aguila Materials”

Folder 8.1

Item 1: Aguila, Caroline S. (CSA2 Enterprises) memorandum to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1999

Folder 8.2

Item 1: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Aguila, Caroline S. (CSA2 Enterprises), 1998

Folder 8.3: “In Here: First draft of resignation letter to: Carolyn S. Aguila”

Item 1: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Aguila, Caroline S. (CSA2 Enterprises), 1998
Item 2: Notes, undated

Folder 8.4

Item 1: “Carolyn Aguila Materials” envelope, undated

Folder 8.5

Item 1: Travel itinerary, 1999
Item 2: Ticket holder, undated

File 9: “Chicago State University, October 1995”

Folder 9.1

Item 1: Liebenow, Frank (Chicago State University) teaching evaluation, 1995

Folder 9.2

Item 1: Nicholas, Earlene (Chicago State University) memorandum to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1995
Item 2: Washington, Elmer L. (Chicago State University) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1995: Includes minutes of Chicago State University chapter of University Professionals of Illinois meeting of September 12, 1995.

File 10: “Chicago State University, 1995”

Box 233

File 1: “Christmas Cards, 1977-1978”

Folder 1.1

Item 1-2: Acty, Ruth Christmas card to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated
Item 3: Addison, Michael letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1977
Item 4: Bailey, Cynthia A. Christmas card to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated

Folder 1.2

Item 1-2: Bell, Hazel Christmas card to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated
Item 3: Benton, Marjorie and Charles Christmas card to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1978?: Also signed by Benton, Adrianne; Benton, Craig; and Benton, Scott.
Item 4: Blakely, Edgar; Dorothy; Diane; and Vanessa Christmas card to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated

Folder 1.3

Item 1: Blakely, Henry, Jr. envelope to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1978?
Item 2: Blue Cross Blue Shield letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1977
Item 3: Blue Cross Blue Shield envelope to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1977
Item 4: Bozus(?), Diane Christmas card to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1978

Folder 1.4

Item 1: Brown, Anthony Lawrence Christmas card to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1977
Item 2: Brown, Bill holiday card to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated
Item 3: Brown, Marie and family Christmas card to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated

Folder 1.5

Item 1: Brown, Robert poem to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1977: Entitled "Stranger."
Item 2: Brown, Melvin E. (Enoch Pratt Free Library (Baltimore, MD)) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated

Folder 1.6

Item 1: Bruso, Arthur Christmas card to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1977
Item 2: Burke, Emmett and Sarah letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1977

Folder 1.7

Item 1: Bruner, Charllotte and David Christmas card to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated
Item 2: Bryson, Ralph J. letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1977
Item 3: Burden, Jean Christmas card to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated

Folder 1.8

Item 1: Burgess, Susan Christmas card to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1978
Item 2: Burns, Mary-Violet Christmas card to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated

Folder 1.9

Item 1: Carter, Henry holiday card to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated
Item 2: Cheek, James E. (Howard University) and family Christmas card to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated

Folder 1.10

Item 1: Chute, Marchette note to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1977: Encloses a newspaper clipping.
Item 2: Chute, Marchette Christmas card to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated

Folder 1.11

Item 1: Colberts, Alec and Colberts, Evelyn Brown Christmas card to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated
Item 2: Cullers, Terry Kwanzaa card to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated
Item 3-4: Darby, Larry Christmas card to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated

Folder 1.12

Item 1: Dartmouth College envelope to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1977
Item 2: Davis, Luella M. (John A. Logan College) Christmas card to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated
Item 3: Davis, Rosalie and Chuck Christmas card to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated

Folder 1.13

Item 1: Davis, Rosalie and Chuck holiday card to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated
Item 2: Deas, Joe; Lillian; and Jerry Christmas card to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated
Item 3: Dedmon, Emmett and Claire Christmas card to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated
Item 4: Dotson, Patrice Joan (Xavier University) Christmas card to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated

Folder 1.14

Item 1: Ellison, Ralph (American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1977: Includes an RSVP form.
Item 2: Gwendolyn Brooks envelope to Erkins, Ida DeBroe, 1978

Folder 1.15

Item 1: Essery, Margaret A. holiday card to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated
Item 2: Ferrill, Mikkic card to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1977
Item 3: Ferrouillet, Marie Y. and Owusu, Kwaku invitation to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1978

Folder 1.16

Item 1: Fink, Eloise and family Christmas card to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1977
Item 2: Fitzpatrick, Rita Christmas card to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated
Item 3: Florsheim, Helen and Richard holiday card to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated
Item 4: Gabbin, Joanne and Gab holiday card to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1977

Folder 1.17

Item 1: Gadd, Margaret B. holiday card to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated
Item 2: Gordon, Jacob U. (University of Kansas) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1977
Item 3: Goss, Evangeline and Yolanda Chirstmas card to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated
Item 4: Grandberry, John; Boone, Patricia J.; and Collier, Fleeta(?) holiday card to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated

Folder 1.18

Item 1: Haines, Corrie and Roberta Christmas card to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated
Item 2: Harris, George; Harriet; and Scott Christmas card to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated
Item 3: Harrison, Wanda (Xavier University) and family Christmas card to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated

Folder 1.19

Item 1: Haynes, Maurice E. Christmas card to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated
Item 2: Hicks, Mabel Christmas card to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated
Item 3: Hutts, Pat Bond and Claude holiday card to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated

Folder 1.20

Item 1: Howard, Anna and Sherri Christmas booklet to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated
Item 2: Institute of Positive Education Kwanzaa card to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated
Item 3: Ivey, Beni card to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated
Item 4: Jiggetts, Bess holiday card to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated

Folder 1.21

Item 1: Jinson, James; Audrey; and Paul Christmas card to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated
Item 2: Kanner, Grace and Julian Christmas card to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated
Item 3: Kemp, Kathryn Baker letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1977

Folder 1.22

Item 1: Kunjufu, Johari and Jawanza Kwanzaa card to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1977
Item 2: LaGrone, Alonzo card to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated
Item 3: Lynch, Charles and Gayle holiday card to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated

Folder 1.23

Item 1: Malpass, Leslie (Western Illinois University) and Winona Christmas card to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1977
Item 2: Malpass, Leslie (Western Illinois University) and Winona holiday card to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated
Item 3: Mandic, Vukosava Christmas card to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1978

Folder 1.24

Item 1: McDaniel, Reginald E. (Gemini Publishing Company) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1977
Item 2: Medina, Elsa Christmas card to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1977
Item 3: Metz, Roger Christmas card to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated

Folder 1.25

Item 1: Brooks, Gwendolyn envelope to Edna Norris, 1978
Item 2: Okantah, Mwabatu card to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1977
Item 3: Oliver, Annette and Bill Christmas card to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1977: Includes the poem "Chain Gang."

Folder 1.26

Item 1: Palamountain, Anne and Joe (Skidmore College) holiday card to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated
Item 2: Parker, Maryland; Pat; and Charles Christmas card to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated: Encloses four photographs.

Folder 1.27

Item 1: Paynter, Mab and Morrie Christmas card to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated
Item 2: Paynter, Mab letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated: Encloses a packet of alfalfa seeds.

Folder 1.28

Item 1: Petrakis, Harry and Diane Christmas card to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated
Item 2: Pierce, Edith Lovejoy note to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1977: Written on a newspaper clipping.
Item 3: Pierce, Edith Lovejoy card to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated

Folder 1.29

Item 1: Piskor, Frank P. and Anne holiday card to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated
Item 2: Pilla(?), Larry and family holiday card to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated
Item 3: Randall, Dudley and Vivian (Broadside Press) holiday card to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1977

Folder 1.30

Item 1: Regional Transportation Authority flier, undated
Item 2: Rhodes, Lillie holiday card to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated
Item 3: Rhodes, Lillie Christmas card to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated
Item 4: Richardson, Mary Ann holiday card to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated

Folder 1.31

Item 1: Richardson, Mukai; Kummi; and Reggie card to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated
Item 2: Roberts, Hermese E. (William J. and Charles H. Mayo Elementary School (Chicago)) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1977
Item 3: Rodgers, Caroyln holiday card to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated
Item 4: Rodgers, Emily and family Christmas card to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated

Folder 1.32

Item 1: Shanks, Mildred and family holiday card to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated
Item 2: Shaw, Christina and Harry B. Christmas card to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1978: Also signed by Shaw, Greg; Steven; and Deanna.
Item 3: Sheridan, Leslie W. (University of Toledo) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1977

Folder 1.33

Item 1: Southerland, Ellease Christmas card to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated
Item 2: Street, Anne; Walter, III; and Walter, IV Christmas card to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated
Item 3: Street, Anne and Walter Christmas card to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated
Item 4: Strotz, Robert Henry (Northwestern University) and Margaret Hanley holiday card to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated

Folder 1.34

Item 1: Thomas, Charles and Anita Christmas card to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated
Item 2: Titus, Eugene and Idelle Christmas card to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated
Item 3: Titus, Eugene and Idelle holiday card to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated

Folder 1.35

Item 1: Turner, Morrie card to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated: Encloses a pamphlet.
Item 2: Walker, Reverand and Mrs. Christmas card to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated
Item 3: Walker, Wayne; Virginia; and Amanecer Christmas card to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated

Folder 1.36

Item 1: Ward, Val Gray Kwanzaa card to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated
Item 2: Washington, Mary Helen holiday card to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated
Item 3: Waters, James Christmas card to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1977
Item 4: Webb, Linda(?) Christmas card to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated

Folder 1.37

Item 1: Weisman, Judy (Chicago Public Library) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1977
Item 2-3: Whelan, Paul A. (Lewis University) Christmas card to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated: Includes an invitation.

Folder 1.38

Item 1: Williams, Albert; Teena; and Sr Wycliffe Christmas card to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated
Item 2: Williams, Naomi S. (Chicago Public Library. Hiram Kelly Branch) Christmas card to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated

Folder 1.39

Item 1-2: Winterburg, Lois Christmas card to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1977
Item 3: Winterburg, Mayme and Lois Christmas card to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1978

Folder 1.40

Item 1: Wright, Dennis Christmas card to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated
Item 2: Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Christmas card to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated
Item 3: Zitch, Beryl and Gene Christmas card to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated
Item 4: Zitch, Beryl and Gene holiday card to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated

Folder 1.41

Item 1: "JC" Christmas card to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1977
Item 2: "Elizabeth" Christmas card to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated
Item 3: "Helen" and "John" holiday card to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated
Item 4: "Jane" Christmas card to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated
Item 5: "Marion?" Christmas card to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated

Folder 1.42

Item 1: "Randy" Christmas card to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated
Item 2: "Robert" Christmas card to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated
Item 3: "Robin" Christmas card to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated
Item 4: "Rosalind," "Priscilla," and "Dwight" Christmas card to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated
Item 5: Christmas card to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated: Unknown author.

Folder 1.43

Item 1: Manila envelope, undated

Box 234

Folder 1: Congratulation Cards, 1994

Item 1: Edward Jenner Elementary School (Chicago)) card to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1994
Item 2-3: St. John, Eleanor (Edward Jenner Elementary School (Chicago)) card to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1994
Item 4: Card to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1994: Unknown author.

File 2: “Correspondence and Jottings, 1998”

Folder 2.1

Item 1: Adams, Elsie Gene card to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1998
Item 2: Bruckner, Don Christmas card to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1998

Folder 2.2

Item 1: Dost, Cherie Coswell (Terra Museum of American Art) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1998: Attached to St. John, Eleanor card to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1998.

Folder 2.3

Item 1: Huckleby, Michelle and Lee, Don P. card to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated: Enclosed with four business cards and addresses, two newspaper clippings, and a jotting.
Item 2: Gwendolyn Brooks School invitation to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1998

Folder 2.4

Item 1: Kendrick, Dolores letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1998
Item 2: Kendrick, Dolores card to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated
Item 3: Krull, Gary and Margaret holiday card to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1997
Item 4: Gwendolyn Brooks draft letter to Littlefield, Elizabeth, 1998

Folder 2.5

Item 1: Madhubuti, Haki (Third World Press) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1997
Item 2: Madhubuti, Safisha letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1998
Item 3: Madhubuti, Safisha envelope to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1998
Item 4: Noel Gallery invitation to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1998

Folder 2.6

Item 1: Petrakis, Diana card to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated
Item 2: Petrakis, Harry M. holiday Card to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated

Folder 2.7

Item 1: Petrakis, Harry M. and Diana letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1998: Includes two cards.

Folder 2.8

Item 1: Simon, Paul (Southern Illinois University) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1997
Item 2: St. John, Eleanor card to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1998

Folder 2.9

Item 1: Williams, Avery letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1998
Item 2: Williams, Kenny card to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1998

Folder 2.10

Item 1-9: Addresses, undated

Folder 2.11

Item 1: Itinerary, 1998

Folder 2.12

Item 1: Newspaper clipping, 1985

File 3: “Correspondence, 1963-1965”

Folder 3.1

Item 1: Brundage, Slim (College of Complexes) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1965
Item 2: Brooks, Gwendolyn letter to Miss Hudson, 1964
Item 3: Pandolfi, Dominic (Ambrose E. Burnside Elementary School (Chicago)) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1963

Folder 3.2

Item 1: Brooks, Gwendolyn letter to Dominic Pandolfi (Ambrose E. Burnside Elementary School (Chicago)), 1963: Includes a letter draft.
Item 2: Brooks, Gwendolyn letter to Moral Thirus (Cornell School), undated

File 4: “Correspondence, 1977”

Folder 4.1

Item 1: Bruckner, D.J.R. (University of Chicago) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1977
Item 2: Bryan, Dennis card to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated
Item 3: Columbia College envelope to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1977

Folder 4.2

Item 1: Klements(?), Alice letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1977
Item 2-3: Lewis, Shawn D. (Johnson Publishing Company) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1977
Item 4: Scott, L.E. (Lewis Edward) broadsheet, "Nothing But a Man", 1977: Includes a note to Gwendolyn Brooks.

Folder 4.3

Item 1: Raveret, Maryanne letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1977
Item 2: Uiso, G.B.E. (Chuo Kikuu cha Dar es Salaam) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1977
Item 3: Programs, undated: Three copies.
Item 4: Address, undated

File 5: “Correspondence, 1983-1984”

Folder 5.1

Item 1: Chace, William M. (Wesleyan University) and JoAn Johnstone invitation to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated
Item 2: Cremin, Lawrence A. (Columbia University. Teachers College) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1983
Item 3: Davis, Lydia J. (Johnson Publishing Company) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1984

Folder 5.2

Item 1: Garon, Paul (Beasley Books) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1984
Item 2: Sachs, Jerome M. (Northeastern Illinois University) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1983

Folder 5.3

Item 1: Turner, James (Cornell University) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1984
Item 2: Wilson, Reginald (TriQuarterly) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1983

Folder 5.4

Item 1: Bralower, Paul M. (Marquis Who's Who, Inc.) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1984
Item 2: Wattenbert, Morris (Marquis Who's Who, Inc.) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1984

Folder 6: Correspondence (September 1985)

Item 1
Item 2: Jones, Joni Lee (HOME Theatre for New Columbia) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1985: Encloses an advertisement.
Item 3: Steptoe, Lamont B. note to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1985: Written on a newsletter: Class.
Item 4: Solomon, Elizabeth D. (Poetry Society of Virginia) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1985: Includes an advertisement.

File 7: “Correspondence, 1986-1988”

Folder 7.1

Item 1-2: Broderick, John C. (Library of Congress) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1987

Folder 7.2

Item 1: Frame, J. (McGraw-Hill Book Company) envelope to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1987
Item 2: James, Joan B. letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1988
Item 3: Kaplan, Janet (Prentice-Hall Inc.) permissions request to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1987

Folder 7.3

Item 1: Pierce, Vendetta card to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1986
Item 2: Wentworth, Richard L. (University of Illinois Press) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1987: Encloses a second letter.

File 8: “Correspondence, September-October 1991”

Folder 8.1

Item 1: Goldsby, Jacqueline letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1991
Item 2: Reynolds, John (Lead Belly Society) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1991: Encloses Lead Belly Letter 1:4 (1991).

Folder 8.2

Item 1: Zitch, Beryl (Contemporary Forum) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1991: Encloses a calendar of events.
Item 2: Envelope to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1991

Folder 9: Correspondence (1992-1993)

Item 1: Brinton, Ruth and Ward, Robert (The Literary Center) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1993
Item 2: Fitzgerald, Paul letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1992: Encloses a poem ("The Man Alive in My Ally")Â and includes a draft of Brooks's response.
Item 3: Swygert, H. Patrick (State University of New York at Albany) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1993

File 10: “Correspondence, June 1994”

Folder 10.1

Item 1: American Academy of Arts and Letters envelope to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated
Item 2: Anderson, Penny card to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1994
Item 3: Bart, Barbara M. (Walt Whitman Birthplace Association) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1994

Folder 10.2

Item 1: Dybka, Jill letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1994: Includes a packet of poetry.

Folder 10.3

Item 1: Egejuru, Phanuel (Loyola University) card to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1994: Includes a flier.
Item 2: Gwynn, Sam (Lamar University) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1994

Folder 10.4

Item 1: Harper, Michael S. (Brown University) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1994: Includes a pamphlet.
Item 2: Hinton, Dorethea note to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1994: Written on a poem: "Menu of Misery."
Item 3: Morrison, Karyn (HarperCollins) permission request to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1994

Folder 10.5

Item 1: Palmer, Martha H. ("Marty the Clown") birthday card to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1994: Encloses two business cards.
Item 2: Smith, Jacob E. letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1994
Item 3: Wade-El, Rita R. Smith (Millersville University) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1994

Folder 10.6

Item 1: Ward, Val Gray birthday card to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1994
Item 2: Ward, Val Gray and Francis birthday card to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1994

Folder 10.7

Item 1: Wit, Elizabeth card to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1994: Includes a newspaper clipping.
Item 2: Womack, Bobbie P. birthday card to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1994

Folder 11: Correspondence, July 1994

Item 1: Clark, Ella letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1994
Item 2: Goldenberg, Sidney envelope to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1994
Item 3: Kennedy, Mala(?) Joy card to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1994: Includes a response draft.
Item 4: McLendon, Jacquelyn (College of William and Mary) envelope to The David Company
Item 5: Richardson, Nedra (Montgomery County Junior Miss) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1994: Includes a draft of Brooks's response.

Folder 12: Correspondence (1994)

Item 1: Braun, Carol Moseley (U.S. Senate) card to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1994
Item 2: Brown, Cheryl invitation to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1994
Item 3: Fitch, Nancy Elizabeth card to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1994
Item 4: Jones, Barbara card to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1994
Item 5: Newspaper clipping, 1994

Folder 13: Correspondence (1994)

Item 1: Beatty, Mary Lou (National Endowment for the Humanities) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1994
Item 2: Perry, LeWan M. (Hood College) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated
Item 3-4: Jefferson Lecture itineraries, 1994

File 14: “Correspondence, August 1995”

Folder 14.1: Unidentified grouping (1)

Item 1: Baggett, Lillian Faulkner letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1995: Annotated by Brooks.
Item 2: Baggett, Lillian Faulkner note to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1995: Attached to a newspaper clipping.

Folder 14.2: Unidentified grouping (1)

Item 1: Baggett, Lillian Faulkner essay, "Shakespeare's Shylock: victim or villian?", 1995?

Folder 14.3: Unidentified grouping (1)

Item 1-11: Newspaper clippings and published articles, 1995?

Folder 14.4: Unidentified grouping (2)

Item 1: Parson-Nesbitt, Julie card to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1995
Item 2: Jotting, 1995?: Regarding Julie Parson-Nesbitt.

Folder 14.5: Unidentified grouping (2)

Item 1: Finders poetry collection by Parson-Nesbitt, Julie, 1995?: Removed from black binder.

Folder 14.6

Item 1: Green folder, undated

Box 235

File 1: “Correspondence, August-September 1995”

Folder 1.1

Item 1: Davis, John (Committe for African-American Recognition) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1995
Item 2: Gladney, Marvin (Chicago State University) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1995

Folder 1.2

Item 1: Holzmeyer, Cheryl and Sage, Andrew (University of Chicago) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1995
Item 2: Muther, Elizabeth and Walton, Anthony (Bowdoin College) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1995
Item 3: Addresses and phone numbers, undated

File 2: “Correspondence, December 1995”

Folder 2.1

Item 1: First Chicago Bank letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1995
Item 2: Gllick, Goldie Christmas card to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1995: Envelope includes a draft of Brooks's response.
Item 3: Hollander, Anne (PEN American Center) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1995

Folder 2.2

Item 1: Orlikoff, Richard (Flamm & Teibloom, Ltd.) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1995: Includes a draft of Brooks's response.
Item 2: Potasiak, Teresa J. envelope to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1995
Item 3: Small, Clarence W. Christmas card to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1995

Folder 3: Correspondence (1995)

Item 1: Kraus, Florence Welch card to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1995: Includes a draft of Brooks's response.
Item 2: Montana, Lori Spear (Illinois Arts Council) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1995
Item 3: Willis, Irene letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1995: Includes a draft of Brooks's response.
Item 4: "Amy," "Alfred," and "Cruple(?)" card to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1995
Item 5: Envelope to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1995

File 4: “Correspondence, 1995”

Folder 4.1

Item 1: Bench, Carol card to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1995
Item 2: Blackman, Nicole birthday card to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1995
Item 3: Broadside Press birthday card to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated

Folder 4.2

Item 1: Cannon, Makda letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1995: Enclosed with poetry excerpts from Under the Spell of God.

Folder 4.3

Item 1: Harvey, Clyde B. letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1995
Item 2: Murphy, Andy card to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1995
Item 3: New Concept Development Center invitation to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1995

Folder 4.4

Item 1: Oliveira, David envelope to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1995?
Item 2: Randall, Jessy (Glenn Horowitz Bookseller) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1995: Includes a draft of Brooks's response.
Item 3: Wright, Stephen Caldwell letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1995
Item 4: Address, undated

Folder 4.5: “To File”

Item 1: Bryant, Rachel R. letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1995
Item 2: Cotner, Robert (Caxton Club) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1995
Item 3: Sandhorst, Ann (Scholastic Inc.) permissions request to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1995: Two copies. Includes the poem, "Martin Luther King, Jr."
Item 4: “To File” note, undated

File 5: “Correspondence, 2000”

Folder 5.1

Item 1: Bellatti, Sandy (Illinois Center for the Book) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 2000: Includes a book: Illinois Authors on the Illinois State Library Building.

Folder 5.2

Item 1: Chicago Humanities Festival letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 2000: Includes a newspaper clipping.

Folder 5.3

Item 1: Chicago State University letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 2000?
Item 2-3: Daniel, Elnora D. (Chicago State University) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 2000
Item 4: Sashington, Sarita (St. Leo the Great Parish (Chicago)) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 2000
Item 5: Empty envelope, undated

File 6: “Edward Jenner School, 1992”

Folder 6.1

Item 1: Adam, William letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1992
Item 2: Bolden, Stormy poem to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1992: Poem entitled "Sleep".
Item 3: Brooke, Mrs. (Edward Jenner Elementary School (Chicago)) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1992?: Also signed by students.
Item 4: Campbell, Alisha letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1992?
Item 5: Crosby, Lashaun letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1992

Folder 6.2

Item 1: Edward Jenner Elementary School (Chicago) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1992?
Item 2: Harrison, Robert letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1992?
Item 3: Hawkins, Thomas letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1992
Item 4: Hundley, Julie letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1992
Item 5: Jackson, Keyana letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1992

Folder 6.3

Item 1: Lavaux, Tekiya letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1992
Item 2: Lomax, Gregory letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1992?
Item 3: Lomax, Maurice letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1992
Item 4: Marshall, Roshandra letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1992
Item 5: McDaniels, Mary letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1992

Folder 6.4

Item 1: McKnight, Tiffany letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1992
Item 2: Mines, Tequila letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1992
Item 3: Murry, Jovon(?) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1992?
Item 4: Rollins, Cassandra letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1992?
Item 5: Sehy, Senque(?) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1992

Folder 6.5

Item 1: Simmons, Annie letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1992?
Item 2: Smith, Nicole letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1992?
Item 3: Thomas, Michael letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1992
Item 4: Thomas, Silvia letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1992
Item 5: Thompson, Bradone(?) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1992

Folder 6.6

Item 1: Travis, Clementine letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1992
Item 2: Vann, Levale letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1992
Item 3: Williams, Renee letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1992?
Item 4: Wilson, Annie letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1992
Item 5: Wilson, Carlotta letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1992

Folder 6.7

Item 1: Woolridge, Odesha letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1992
Item 2: Wright, Terrie letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1992
Item 3: "Crystal" letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1992

Folder 7: Floral arrangement cards

Item 1: Cross, Dolores to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated: Includes an envelope.
Item 2: Hampton, Henry, and Sam Pollard, 1996?

File 8: “Gwendolyn Brooks Center for Black Literature and Creative Writing”

Folder 8.1

Item 1: Cross, Dolores (Chicago State University) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1997
Item 2: Joyce, Joyce (Gwendolyn Brooks Center for Black Literature and Creative Writing) report, 1995: Regarding Haki Madhubuti's tenure at Gwendolyn Brooks Center for Black Writing and Creative Literature.

Folder 8.2

Item 1: Madhubuti, Haki (Gwendolyn Brooks Center for Black Literature and Creative Writing) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1997: Forwards a letter from Haki Madhubuti to Dolores Cross.
Item 2: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Madhubuti, Haki, 1997

File 9: “Hampton Institute, 1974”

Folder 9.1

Item 1: Gathing, Gloria letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1974?
Item 2: Grant, Emily M. letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1974?
Item 3: Smith, Francine letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1974?

Folder 9.2

Item 1: Turner, Jorice(?) Hicks letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1974
Item 2: Woodard, Cynthia G. letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1974

File 10: “Harper Collins Contracts, 1985-1989, and Will, 1995”

Folder 10.1

Item 1: Belsky, Wendy (Harper & Row, Publishers) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1986: Annotated by Gwendolyn Brooks.
Item 2: Belsky, Wendy (Harper & Row, Publishers) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1986: Includes a copyright renewal contract for Annie Allen, 1949.
Item 3: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Gillis, Teresa M. (Harper & Row, Publishers), 1985: Includes a permission form and two letters from Galt, Nancy (Harper & Row, Publishers) to Gwendolyn Brooks (1989).

Folder 10.2

Item 1: Goff, Christopher (Harper & Row, Publishers) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1989: Includes a forwarded note from Gwendolyn Brooks to Orlikoff, Richard (Flamm & Teibloom, Ltd.).
Item 2: Goff, Christopher (Harper & Row, Publishers) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1989: Includes a note from Gwendolyn Brooks to Orlikoff, Richard (Flamm & Teibloom, Ltd.).

Folder 10.3

Item 1: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Lindley, Francis (Harper & Row, Publishers), 1986

Folder 10.4

Item 1: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Lindley, Frances (Harper & Row, Publishers), 1986
Item 2-3: Orlikoff, Richard (Flamm & Teibloom, Ltd.) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1995: Includes a copy of Gwendolyn Brooks's will.
Item 4: Strasshofer, Craig (Modern Curriculum Press) permissions request to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1989

Folder 10.5

Item 1: Belsky, Wendy (Harper & Row, Publishers) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1986: Annotated by Brooks. Includes a letter from Belsky, Wendy (Harper & Row, Publishers) to Gwendolyn Brooks (1986); a Certificate of Registration of a Claim to Renewal Copyright regarding Annie Allen (1949); and a copyright termination agreement (1986).
Item 2: Gallt, Nancy (Harper & Row, Publishers) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1989: Includes a letter from Gallt, Nancy (Harper & Row, Publishers) to Gwendolyn Brooks (1989) and two letters from Gwendolyn Brooks to Lindley, Frances (Harper & Row, Publishers) (1986).
Item 3: Addresses, undated

Folder 10.6

Item 1: Lindley, Frances (Harper & Row, Publishers) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1986: Annotated by Gwendolyn Brooks.
Item 2: Strasshofer, Craig (Modern Curriculum Press) permissions request to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1989: Includes two letters from Gallt, Nancy (Harper & Row, Publishers) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1989.

Folder 10.7-10.8: Publishers

Folder 10.7

Item 1-2: Gallt, Nancy (Harper & Row, Publishers) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1989
Item 3: Lindley, Frances (Harper & Row, Publishers) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1986
Item 4: Strasshofer, Craig (Modern Curriculum Press) permissions request to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1989: Two copies.
Item 5: Addresses, undated

Folder 10.8

Item 1: Belsky, Wendy (Harper & Row, Publishers) and Gwendolyn Brooks contract termination agreement

Folder 10.9

Item 1: Addresses, undated
Item 2: Photocopied pages of Selected Poems by Gwendolyn Brooks, undated: Annotated by Gwendolyn Brooks.

File 11: “I See Chicago”

Folder 11.1

Item 1: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to CBS Television Network, 1964
Item 2: Continental Illinois National Bank envelope to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1964
Item 3: Craig, Scott (WBBM-TV (Chicago)) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1964

Folder 11.2

Item 1: Glauber, R.H. (Illinois Bell Telephone Company) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1965
Item 2: Hinds, Charles (WBBM-TV (Chicago)) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1964: Includes a contract.

Folder 11.3

Item 1: Hinds, Charles (WBBM-TV (Chicago)) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1964
Item 2: Gwendolyn Brooks draft letter to Charles Hinds (WBBM-TV (Chicago)), 1964
Item 3: Trutter, John (Illinois Bell Telephone Company) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1965

Folder 11.4

Item 1: I See Chicago manuscript, undated
Item 2: I See Chicago typescript, undated
Item 3: Prose draft, undated
Item 4: Event advertisement, 1964: Includes a business card.

Folder 11.5

Item 1: Newspaper clipping, undated
Item 2: Folder, undated

File 12: “Lawrence, Elizabeth and Reiter, Mary Jo”

Folder 12.1

Item 1: Cullers, Terry note to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1981: Written on a newspaper clipping.
Item 2: Lawrence, Elizabeth card to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1985
Item 3: Lawrence, Elizabeth card to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1990
Item 4: Lawrence, Elizabeth card to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1992
Item 5: Lawrence, Elizabeth card to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated
Item 6: Lawrence, Elizabeth envelope to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated
Item 7: Gwendolyn Brooks draft letter to Lawrence, Elizabeth, 1992

Folder 12.2

Item 1: Reiter, Mary Jo letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1995
Item 2: Reiter, Mary Jo letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1993: Encloses a photograph.

File 13: “Mark Twain Award, 1985”

Folder 13.1

Item 1-3: Anderson, David D. (Michigan State University) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1985
Item 4: Reister, Jodi (Spartan Travel Inc.) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1985

Folder 13.2

Item 1: Van Wormer, Marc (Michigan State University) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1985
Item 2: Itinerary, 1985?
Item 3: Advertisement, undated
Item 4: Empty envelope, undated

File 14: “Menard Psychiatric Center, 1984”

Folder 14.1

Item 1: Gandrimas, Paul; Hardy, Stephen L.; and Vinyard, Derry (Illinois. Deparment of Corrections) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1984
Item 2: Ivory, Wayne V. letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1984
Item 3: O'Neal, James E. letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1984

Folder 14.2

Item 1-2: Wilson, Stephen M. letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1984

File 15: “Menard Psychiatric Center poetry contest, 1984”

Folder 15.1

Item 1: Brown, Michael C. letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1984
Item 2: Ford, Kari T. letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1984
Item 3: Ivory, Wayne V. letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1984

Folder 15.2

Item 1: O'Neal, James E. letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1984
Item 2: Webb, Michael T. envelope to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1984
Item 3: Wilson, Steve letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1984

Folder 15.3

Item 1: Wilson, Stephen M. envelope to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1984
Item 2: Zounah, Carl Tate letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1984
Item 3: Jotting, undated

Box 236

Folder 1: National Medal of the Arts (October-November 1995)

Item 1: Ferris, William (University of Mississippi) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1995: Includes "Bill" note to Gwendolyn Brooks and a business card.
Item 2: Fishinger, Sondra B. (Union County College) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1995
Item 3: Stock, Ann (White House (Washington, D.C.)) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1995
Item 4: Pamphlet, 1993: Includes a ticket stub, a second pamphlet, and a blank postcard.
Item 5: Envelope to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated

File 2: “National Poetry Festival, 1962”

Folder 2.1

Item 1: Basler, Roy P. (Library of Congress) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1962: Includes a press release.
Item 2: Dubester, Henry J. (Library of Congress) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1962
Item 3: Hilker, Helen-Anne (Library of Congress) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1962
Item 4: Mumford, L. Quincy (Library of Congress) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1962

Folder 2.2

Item 1-2: The White House (Washington, D.C.) press release, 1962
Item 3: Jotting, undated
Item 4: Envelope, undated

Folder 3: “New School for Social Research”

Item 1-2: Fanton, Jonathan F. (New School for Social Research) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1993
Item 3-4: Hildebrand, Janice S. (New School for Social Research) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1993
Item 5: Map, undated
Item 6: “New School for Social Research” envelope, undated

Folder 4: Oatka Residential Center

Item 1: Otka family letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1988

Multiple signatories.

File 2: “New York State Division for Youth”

Item 2.1: Emerson, Kermitt letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1988
Item 2.2: King, Timothy letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1988
Item 2.3: Morris, Sterling letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1988
Item 2.4: Address, undated
Item 2.5: “New York State Division for Youth” envelope, undated

Item 3: Jotting, undated

File 5: “Outgoing Correspondence, 1987-1991”

Folder 5.1

Item 1: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Cady, David, 1991: Two copies.
Item 2: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Madhubuti, Haki (Third World Press), 1991
Item 3: Gwendolyn Brooks letter of recommendation to Madhubuti, Safisha, 1987: Includes a draft and notes.
Item 4: Melhem, D.H. letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1988: Includes a copy of Brooks's response.

Folder 5.2

Item 1: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Wilson, Flora (Spelman College), 1988: Includes a program.
Item 2: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Zitch, Beryl, 1988: Two copies. Includes a note "About Interviews" (four copies).

Folder 5.3

Item 1: Gwendolyn Brooks letter, 1988

Two copies. Unknown recipient.

File 2: Unidentified grouping

Item 2.1: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Slade, Leonard, undated
Item 2.2: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Owens, Betty J. (Gwendolyn Brooks Junior High School (Harvey, IL)), 1991
Item 2.3: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Weaver, Michael, undated
Item 2.4: Gwendolyn Brooks letter, 1990: Unknown recipient.
Item 2.5: Jotting, undated
Item 2.6: Advertisement

Folder 5.4

Item 1: Gwendolyn Brooks biographical sketch, undated
Item 2: Envelope, undated

File 6: “Outgoing correspondence, November-December 1985”

Folder 6.1

Item 1: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Brown, Adah, 1985
Item 2: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Bruckner, Lori and Robinson, Lori (Awareness Club), 1985
Item 3: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Kennedy, Ellen Conroy (Howard County Poetry and Literature Society), 1985
Item 4: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Kolmerten, Carol (Hood College), 1985
Item 5: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Lerner, Leon, 1985

Folder 6.2

Item 1: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Lohman, Harriet, 1985
Item 2: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to McKeldin Library (University of Maryland at College Park), 1985
Item 3: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Reiter, Berle, 1985
Item 4: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Shaffer, Richard, 1985
Item 5: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Spencer, James, 1985
Item 6: Gwendolyn Brooks letter to Whyte, Samuel W. (Northeast Regional Conference on English in Two-year Colleges), 1985

File 7: “Poetry”

Folder 7.1
Folder 7.2

File 8: “Public Engagements, 1995”

Folder 8.1

Item 1: Ludden, Ken (Max Waldman Archives) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1995: Includes proof copies of a proposed work that would pair Brooks's poem's with photographs by Max Waldman.

Folder 8.2

Item 1: Ludden, Ken (Max Waldman Archives) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1995: Encloses proofs of a work coupling Gwendolyn Brooks's poems with photographs by Max Waldman.

Folder 8.3

File 1: West Fork Middle School grouping

Item 1.1: Kahmann, Mary Ann; Reynolds, Shirley; and Scanlon, Kristen (West Fork Middle School) letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1995
Item 1.2: A., Emily letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1995
Item 1.3: Aeree, Ashley letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1995?
Item 1.4: Allen, Rachel letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1995
Item 1.5: Beim, Rebecca letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1995

Folder 8.4