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

Title: Gwendolyn Brooks Collection, 1909-2003

Predominant Dates:bulk 1960-2000

ID: 01/01/MSS00086

Primary Creator: Brooks, Gwendolyn (1917-2000)

Extent: 200.0 Linear Feet

Date Acquired: 09/19/2013

Subjects: Poets, American - 20th century

Languages: English

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Poets, American - 20th century

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

Acquisition Source: Nora Brooks Blakely

Related Materials:

Celebrating Brooks @ 100

Gwendolyn Brooks Supplementary Materials

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

Box and Folder Listing

Series 1: Correspondence

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Series 2: Writings

Sub-series 1: Poetry Drafts - Individual Poems

Box 237

Folder 1: "A Farmer”, 1988

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

Folder 3: "A Girl", 1998

Folder 4: "Aloneness", undated

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

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

Folder 7: "Another Girl", undated

Folder 8: "Another Loss", 1999

Folder 9: Art, undated

Folder 10: Behind the Scenes, 1991

Folder 11: Black Poets Today, undated

Folder 12: Blackness: Chicago, undated

Folder 13: "Black Steel", undated

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

Folder 15: "Boys, Black", undated

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

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

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

Folder 21: "Causes for Optimism", undated

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

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

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

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

Folder 28: "Children", undated

Folder 29-30: "Collage", 1999

Folder 31: "Collage for Today", 1972

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

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

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

Folder 37: "Danse Africaine", undated

Folder 38: "A Daughter of Africa", 1939

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

Folder 40: "Duke Ellington", 1998

Folder 41: "The Event Downtown", undated

Folder 42: "For Charlemae Rollins", undated

Folder 43: "For Dudley Randall", 1975

Folder 44: "For Jenny Rutland", 1985

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

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

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

Folder 49: "Ghetto Cat", undated

Folder 50: "Hillary Rodham Clinton", 1997

Folder 51: "Horses Graze", 1973

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

Folder 53: "Infirm", undated

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

Folder 55: "Introduction to Myself", 1989

Folder 56-59: "Jane Addams", 1989

Folder 58 includes "From Jane Addams."

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

Folder 61: "Kitchenette Building", undated

Folder 62: "Lady Delores", undated

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

Box 238

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

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

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

Folder 6: "Mayor Harold Washington", undated

Folder 7: "Mayor Richard Gordon Hatcher", undated

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

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

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

Folder 11: "My Mother", 1975-1977

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

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

Folder 13: "Of Frank Parker", 1991

Folder 14: "Of the Young Dead", undated

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

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

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

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

Folder 20: "Primer for Blacks", undated

Folder 21: "Raymond Brooks II", 1990

Also titled "Pete."

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

Folder 23: "Shadows", undated

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

Folder 25: "Studs Terkel", undated

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

Folder 27: "Thinking of Elizabeth Steinberg", 1987

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

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

Folder 33: "To Be Grown Up", 1991

Folder 34: "To Beautiful Black Man", undated

Folder 35: "To the Retiree", 1978

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

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

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

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

Folder 40: "To Whitney Young", 1981

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

Folder 45: "The Womanhood", undated

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

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

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

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

Folder 49: Poems grouping, 1988-1991

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

Sub-series 2: Poetry Drafts - Compilations

Box 239

Folder 1: Aloneness, undated

Folder 2: Blacks, undated

Folder 3-6: Bronzeville Boys and Girls, undated

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

Box 240

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

Folder 1 includes an envelope.

File 3: Children Coming Home and other compilations

Folder 3.1: Children Coming Home, undated

Folder 3.2: In the Mecca, undated

Folder 3.3: Gottschalk and the Grande Tarantelle, undated

Folder 3.4: Illinois Poet Laureate Awards, 2000

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

Folder 3.5: Gottschalk and the Grande Tarantelle, undated

Folder 4: Children Coming Home (partial), undated

Folder 5: Introductory text for Family Pictures, 1994

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

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

Folder 11: In Montgomery first correction, undated

Includes an envelope.

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

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

Folder 13: In Montgomery, undated

Includes an envelope.

Box 241

Folder 1: In Montgomery, undated

Includes photocopies of In the Mecca and an envelope.

Folder 2: In Montgomery “raw copy”, undated

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

Folder 3: In Montgomery, undated

Includes a portion of Gottschalk and the Grande Tarantelle.

Folder 4: In Montgomery (partial), undated

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

Includes an envelope.

Folder 6: In Montgomery “original”, undated

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

Folder 7: In Montgomery list of contents, undated

File 8: “Copies In Montgomery” envelope

Folder 8.1: Pages 1-137, undated

Folder 8.2: Pages 4-137, undated

Box 242

Folder 1: In Montgomery pages 1-137, undated

Box 242, Folder 8.3

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

Box 242, Folder 8.4. Contains a separation slip.

Folder 3: In the Mecca galley proof, undated

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

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

Folder 5: Contents for “New Book”, undated

Sub-series 3: Prose Drafts

Box 243

Folder 1: American Book Award speech, 1982

Folder 2: “Ann Smith”, 1996

Folder 3: “The Audre Lorde I Knew”, 1993

Folder 4: “Autobiography”, undated

Folder 5: “Ballad of Pearl May Lee” reflections, undated

Folder 6: “Basic Influences”, 1994

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

Folder 7: Biographical sketch, early 1990s

Folder 8-9: “The Black Family” speech, 1988?

Folder 10: “Blacks”, 1989

Folder 11-12: “Black Woman in Russia”, 1994?

Both folders include a letter from Beatty, Mary Lou (National Endowment for the Humanities) to Gwendolyn Brooks. Folder 12 includes an envelope labeled “Original galleys for “Black Woman in Russia” in Humanities Mag. Note w/marginalia.”

Folder 13: Black Writers Conference speech (Chicago State University), 1995

Folder 14: “Books. Reading. Libraries.”, undated

Folder 15-16: Broadside Press (Detroit) tenth anniversary statement, 1975

Folder 15 includes a card from Broadside Press to Gwendolyn Brooks.

Folder 17: “Broadside Treasury 1971-1975”, undated

Folder 18: “Candace”, undated

Includes a plastic bag.

Folder 19: “Chicago, 2999”, undated

Folder 20: Chicago Renaissance speech, 1998

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

Folder 21: Chicago State University commencement speech, undated

Folder 22: Chicago State University statements, 1996, undated

Includes a “Chicago State University” folder.

Folder 23: “Children of the Poor” reflections, undated

Folder 24: “The City of Many Faces, a Chicago Collage” speech, undated

Folder 25: “Congratulations—always—to Sokoni Karanja…”, 1996

Folder 26: “The Day of the Gwendolyn”, 1985

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

Folder 27: “Departing from your homes is no small matter…”, undated

Folder 28: “D.H. Melhem”, undated

Folder 29: “‘Ebonical’ Improvement”, 1997

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

Folder 30: Ethelbert Miller introduction, undated

Folder 31-32: Family Pictures speech, 1994

Folder 31 includes a biographical sketch. The copies in folder 32 are in large print.

Box 244

Folder 1-2: Family Pictures, 1994

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

Folder 3: “Familyhood”

Folder 4: “For Autobiog.”, undated

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

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

Folder 7: Frank Wills speech, circa 1970s

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

Folder 8: “Furious Flower” speech, 1994

Folder 9: “Garrison Keillor”, undated

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

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

Folder 12: “Goodbye to Walter Bradford”, 1997

Folder 13: Gordon Lish statement, undated

Folder 14: Graduation speech, undated

Folder 15: Grinnell College speech, undated

Folder 16: Harold Washington statement, undated

Folder 17: “Hillsdale Lecture”, 1998

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

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

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

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

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

Folder 22: Illinois Poet Laureate Awards ceremony cues, 1989

Folder 23: Illinois State Library dedication speech, 1990

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

Folder 25: “Inauguration—Poets”, undated

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

Folder 26: “Infirm”, 1997

Folder 27: “In Ghana”, undated

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

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

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

Includes statements on Paul Pearsall and Robert Wrigley.

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

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

Folder 33: “It Is 2000”, undated

Folder 34: “Jack Mitchell”, undated

Folder 35: “James Baldwin”, 1985

Folder 36: “James Hill”, undated

Folder 37: Jane Addams speech, undated

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

Folder 38: Jane Addams Park dedication speech, 1996

Folder 39: John Trutter speech, undated

Folder 40: “Keziah”, undated

Folder 41: “Langston Hughes”, undated

Folder 42: Langston Hughes Society address, 1982

Includes a meeting program.

Folder 43: “The Last Poets”, 1990

Folder 44: “Leadership, Leadership”, 1979

Folder 45: Leon Forrest remembrance speech, 1996

Includes an event invitation.

Folder 46: “Libraries”, 1992

Box 245

Folder 1: Lisa Steinberg speech, undated

Folder 2: Literary Awards speech, undated

Folder 3: Long program speech, undated

Folder 4: “Molly Peacock”, undated

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

Folder 6: “Movies”, undated

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

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

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

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

Folder 9: The Nation speech, undated

Folder 10: “Nice to Everybody”, undated

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

Includes an envelope.

Folder 12: “Notes on Nancy Galbraith”, undated

Folder 13: “Of My Mother”, 1977

Folder 14: On Brooks Press, undated

Written on a schedule for the Writing and Publishing Colloquium.

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

Folder 16: On George Orwell, undated

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

Folder 18: On “We Real Cool”, undated

Folder 19: “One of the Indelibles”, undated

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

Folder 21: “Poetry Class”, 1996

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

Includes an envelope.

Folder 23: Powerful Littles speech, undated

Folder 24: “The Progress”, undated

Folder 25-26: Report from Part One, undated

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

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

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

Folder 29: Report from Part Two original typescript, undated

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

Box 246

Folder 1: Report from Part Two corrected manuscript, undated

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

Folder 2: Report from Part Two, 1992, undated

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

Folder 3: Report from Part Two, undated

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

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

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

Folder 6: Report from Part Two reference materials, undated

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

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

Box 247

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

Includes a “Report from Part Two” envelope.

Folder 2: Report from Part Two early printings, undated

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

Folder 3: Report from Part Two floppy disk, 1995

Includes a 3.5” micro floppy disk mailer.

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

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

Folder 5: “Requiem Before Revival”, 1980?

Photocopy from Primer for Blacks.

Folder 5a: “The Rise of Maud Martha: Theme”, undated

Folder 6: Senior Adventure speech, undated

Folder 7: “She Was Raised in the Slums”, undated

Folder 8: “Six Chicano Poets”, undated

Includes a grouping of statements on various modern poets.

Folder 9: “So Bright the Day”, undated

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

Folder 10: Southern Illinois University at Carbondale speech, 1998

Includes business cards.

Folder 11: “Speech at George Kent’s Funeral”, 1982?

Folder 12: Speeches grouping, undated

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

Folder 13: “A Study of the Store-Front Church”, undated

Folder 14: “To Fit In”, 1987

Folder 15: “To Fit In”, 1993

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

Folder 16-17: “To Fit In”, undated

Folder 18: To Involve You with Poetry speech, undated

Folder 19: “To the Pro-Lifers”, undated

Folder 20: Tribute Night speech, undated

Folder 21: Turning 80 speech, 1997?

Folder 22: University Students speech, undated

Folder 23: Val Gray Ward speech, 1998

Folder 24: “Useful ‘References’”, undated

Folder 25: “WE”, undated

Box 248

Folder 1: “What Price Cowardice”, circa 1953

Folder 2: “Winnie Mandela”, undated

Folder 3: “Words”, 1992, undated

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

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

Folder 6: “You young people…”, undated

Possibly a portion of “To Fit in.”

Folder 7: Zebra Stripes speech, 1983

Folder 8: Editorial comments on multiple poems, undated

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

Sub-series 4: Interviews

Box 249

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Completed in manuscript by Gwendolyn Brooks.

Folder 12: Unknown, undated

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

Folder 13: Unknown, undated

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

Folder 14: Unknown, undated

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

Sub-series 5: Notes/Jottings

Box 250

Box 251

Box 252

Box 253

Box 254

Sub-series 6: Notebooks

Box 255

Folder 1: G.B. small blue spiral notebook, early undated

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

Includes "Love Is Blind" and "Belulah."

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

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

Item 1: "Contents", undated

Item 2: “Clouds”, undated

Item 3: “The Postman Has Passed”, undated

Item 4: “Gypsy Girl”, undated

Item 5: “Winter Singer”, undated

Item 6: “Old Dreams”, undated

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

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

Item 9: “Over”, undated

Item 10: “Continuity”, undated

Item 11: “My Books”, undated

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

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

Item 14: “Prayer”, undated

Item 15: “To A Baby”, undated

Item 16: “Home”, undated

Item 17: “It Is The Same”, undated

Item 18: “Daisy”, undated

Item 19: “Star Love”, undated

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

Item 21: “Reunion”, undated

Item 22: “Nothing Matters”, undated

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

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

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

Item 26: “Shadows”, undated

Folder 5: "Poetry Book by Gwendolyn Elizabeth Brooks", c. 1932-1933

Inscription on back of book states "Ended in January 1933."

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Item 56: “A Wanderer”, undated

Folder 6: 3 ring black notebook, G.B. poems from 1933-1936

Item 1: “Clouds”, 1933

Item 2: "Wealth", 1934

Item 3: “Another Girl", 1935

Item 4: “Myself", 1936

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

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

Item 7: “Continuity", 1936

Item 8: “Southern Lynching", undated

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

Item 10: “Shadows", 1935

Item 11: “A Thousand Cheers", 1935

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

Item 13: Incomplete poem, 1936

Item 14: Incomplete poem, 1936

Item 15: “Exaltation", 1935

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

Item 17: “Always” and “Relief", 1936

Item 18: “Lesson” and “Past", 1936

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

Item 20: “Shut Out” and “Gas", 1935

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

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

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

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

Item 25: “Banner", 1936, 1964

Includes annotation from Gwendolyn Brooks in 1964.

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

Item 27: “Drab", 1936

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

Item 29: “Old Dreams", 1935

Item 30: “Fever", 1935

Item 31: “A Little Kindness", 1935

Item 32: “Darling", 1935

Item 33: “Kismet", 1935, 1964

Includes annotation from Gwendolyn Brooks from 1964.

Item 34: “The Poison Plant", 1935

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

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

Item 37: “The Empty Cup", 1935, 1964

Includes annotation from Gwendolyn Brooks from 1964.

Item 38: “Sonnets For Beatrice Abbott", 1935

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

Item 40: “Escape", 1935

Item 41: “Ice – quiet", 1935

Item 42: “Winter Warmth", 1935

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

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

Item 45: “In Quest Of Joy", 1935

Item 46: “Let It Pass", 1936

Item 47: “Disintegration", 1935

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

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

Item 50: “Spring", 1935

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

Item 52: “Completion", 1935

Item 53: “Prison", 1933

Item 54: “Compassionless and Harsh", 1935

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

Item 56: “Music and Clouds", 1935

Item 57: “Genius", 1935

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

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

Item 60: “Words for Mussolini", 1935

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

Item 62: “Nocturne", 1935

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

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

Item 65: “Strange Gift", 1935

Item 66: “The Smallest Things", 1935

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

Item 68: “Faith” and “Picnic", 1935

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

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

Item 71: “Floors", 1935

Item 72: “Alteration", 1935

Item 73: “Through All My Life", 1935

Item 74: “Teachers", 1936

Item 75: “The Little Flowers", 1935

Item 76: “Riches In The Morning", 1935

Item 77: “Imperfections", 1935

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

Item 79: “With Trees After Storm, 1936

Item 80: “A Hundred Times", 1935

Item 81: “April", 1935

Item 82: “Possession", 1935

Item 83: “The Bright Star", 1935

Item 84: “Dawn", 1935

Item 85: “Beauty", 1935

Item 86: “Snowdrop", 1935

Item 87: “Dusk", 1935

Item 88: “Need", 1935

Item 89: “Two Years Now", 1935

Item 90: “A Country Place", 1935

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

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

Item 93: “Enough” and “Letter", 1936

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

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

Item 96: “Regret” and “Paradox", 1936

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

Item 98: “People", 1936

Item 99: “So Much Of Bitterness", 1936

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

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

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

Item 103: “April Fool’s Day", 1936

Item 104: “Now I Live", 1936

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

Item 106: “The Assassin", 1935

Item 107: “Theories", 1935

Item 108: “Forgotten Possession", 1935

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

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

Item 111: “A Brown Girl", 1936

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

Item 113: “The Last Visit", 1935

Item 114: “Omnipresent", 1935

Item 115: “Music Is Not Music", 1934

Item 116: “Transformation", 1934

Item 117: “Now Shall I Fear", 1935

Item 118: “Second Altar", 1935

Item 119: “Nocturne", 1935

Item 120: “Sonnet", 1935

Item 121: “The Story Book Queen", 1935

Item 122: “After", 1935

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

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

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

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

Item 127: “Old Age", 1935

Item 128: “A Smile", 1935

Item 129: “Faith", 1935

Item 130: “Belief", 1935

Item 131: “Never Enough", 1934

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

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

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

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

Item 136: “Snow", 1934

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

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

Item 139: “Ignorance Is Bliss", 1934

Item 140: “Postscript To Suffering", 1934

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

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

Item 143: “Franklin Delano Roosevelt", 1934

Item 144: “Friend” and “Secret", 1934

Item 145: "Come Spring", 1934

Item 146: “To The Hinderer", 1933

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

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

Item 149: “Decay", 1935

Item 150: “Hope” and “Shell", 1935

Item 151: “Before Dawn", 1935

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

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

Item 154: “You Keep Returning", 1934

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

Item 156: “Love’s Dawn", 1934

Item 157: “Gift", 1934

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

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

Item 160: “Warm Light Peers Down", 1936

Item 161: “Two Paths", 1936

Item 162: "First Acquaintance", 1935

Item 163: “Infatuation", 1935

Item 164: “How Little", 1935

Item 165: “December", 1935

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

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

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

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

Item 170: “No Second Love", 1935

Item 171: "Questions", 1935

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

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

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

Item 175: "“Red Tape", 1935

Item 176: “Midnight", 1935

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

Item 178: “Twilight Observation” and “Change"

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

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

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

Item 182: "Penitent", 1935

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

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

Item 185: “Compensation", 1935

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

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

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

Item 189: “There Is No Rest", 1935

Item 190: "Cinquains", 1935

Item 191: “Mate", 1935

Item 192: "Off-Note", 1935

Item 193: “Bells” and “Faith", 1934

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

Item 195: “First Requisite", 1935

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

Item 197: “A Quiet Soul", 1935

Item 198: “Pulse", 1935

Item 199: “Tears", 1935

Item 200: “Flutterin’", 1935

Item 201: “A light", 1935

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

Item 203: “Showers", 1935

Item 204: “She", 1935

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

Item 206: “I Must Be As My Cat", 1935

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

Item 208: “Plaint", 1935

Item 209: “Return", 1935

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

Item 211: “Minutes and Seconds", 1935

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Item 219: “The Quiet Room", 1935

Item 220: “Flesh", 1935

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

Item 222: “Song", 1934

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

Item 224: “Question", 1934

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

Item 226: “Song For --- Louis", 1935

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

Item 228: “I Send My Heart, 1935

Item 229: "Clay Molder", 1934

Item 230: “Reflection", 1936

Item 231: “Teachers", 1936

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

Item 233: “Disillusionment", 1935

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

Item 235: “A Pin", 1934

Item 236: “Life Is too Short", 1934

Item 237: “Thanksgiving Day", 1934

Item 238: “Song", 1934

Item 239: “Prayer” and “Wonder", 1934

Item 240: “Life and Death", 1934

Item 241: “Meditation", 1934

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

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

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

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

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

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

Item 248: “Knowledge", 1934

Item 249: “Love Quatrains", 1936

Item 250: “Flesh", 1935

Item 251: “Something Finer", 1936

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

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

Item 254: “Song” and “Chill", 1935

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

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

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

Folder 7: 3 ring black notebook "Flexible", poems from 1938-1940

Item 1: “Last End", 1938

Item 2: “Why Poets Write Poems", 1938

Item 3: “To Herman Lawrence", 1938

Item 4: “Of Lavinia Chapman", 1938

Item 5: “To Bernard Goss", 1938

Item 6: “To Margaret Taylor", 1938

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

Includes later annotation by Gwendolyn Brooks.

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

Item 9: “The Crazy Woman", 1938

Includes later annotation by Gwendolyn Brooks.

Item 10: “Bones", 1938

Item 11: “Sara-Beth", 1938

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

Includes later annotation by Gwendolyn Brooks.

Item 13: “Truth", 1938

Includes later annotation by Gwendolyn Brooks.

Item 14: “The Little Clock", 1938

Item 15: “The Time", 1938

Item 16: “Nothing To Say", 1938

Item 17: “Old Laughter", 1939

Item 18: “Bareness", 1939

Item 19: "November"

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

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

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

Item 23: Lana Trail", 1939

Item 24: “Tradition", 1938

Item 25: “Gray Old Yesterdays", 1938

Item 26: “Lion. Robin.”, 1939

Item 27: “Dizziness", 1939

Item 28: “Elementals", 1939

Item 29: “I Weary of Confusion", 1939

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

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

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

Item 33: “Life Hits and Runs", 1938

Item 34: “Failure", 1940

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

Item 36: “Road", 1938

Item 37: “Thinking", 1938

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

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

Item 40: “Chirp Again", 1939

Item 41: “Who Grants To Love", 1939

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

Item 43: “Time-Waste", 1938

Item 44: "Verjuice", 1938

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

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

Item 47: “Autumn", 1938

Item 48: “For Armistice Day", 1938

Item 49: "Life Asks But Time", 1938

Item 50: “Beth", 1938

Item 51: “Relaxation", 1938

Item 52: “Fairies", 1938

Item 53: “Easter Day", 1938

Includes later annotation by Gwendolyn Brooks.

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

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

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

Item 57: “The Partial Physician", 1940

Item 58: “The Dying Flame", 1940

Item 59: “The New-Born Babe", 1940

Item 60: “Winter Singer", 1938

Item 61: “My Books", 1938

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

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

Item 64: “Wish I Knew", 1938

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

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

Item 67: “Not Every Sunday Morning", 1938

Item 68: “Snow Storm", 1938

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

Item 70: “Three Talk About War", 1938

Item 71: “New", 1938

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

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

Item 74: “They Too", 1938

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

Item 76: “Hale Trees", 1938

Item 77: “Poet", 1938

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

Item 79: “Possession", 1938

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

Item 81: “High Spirits", 1938

Item 82: “Love", 1938

Item 83: “A Song For Negroes", 1938

Item 84: “Sun-Wrapped Rain", 1938

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

Item 86: “When Love All Broken", 1938

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

Item 88: “Alteration", 1938

Item 89: “Over And Over", 1938

Item 90: “Night By The Lake", 1938

Item 91: “Appreciation", 1938

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

Item 93: “Paradise", 1938

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

Item 95: “Life Is So Beautiful", 1938

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

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

Item 98: “The Ghost Girl", 1938

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

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

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

Item 102: “To A Brown Madwoman", 1939

Item 103: “Dark Girl", 1939

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

Item 105: “I Have Not Learned", 1939

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

Item 107: “Watermelon Man", 1939

Item 108: “Exhaust The Little Moment", 1939

Item 109: “To My Heart", 1939

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

Item 111: “Booker Taliaferro Washington", 1939

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

Item 113: “Peon", 1940

Item 114: “Perhaps", 1940

Item 115: “Little Brown Boy", 1938

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

Folder 8: Poems and Ephemera from Poems by Gwendolyn Brooks, 1938-1942

Item 1: “My Japanese Friend”, undated

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

Item 3: “Ripeness”, 1938

Item 4: "Pride", 1938

Item 5: “Orison”, 1938

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

Item 7: Scrap of paper with writing, undated

Item 8: Print of painting, undated

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

Item 10: “Cradle Ballad”, 1941

Item 11: “Truth”, undated

Item 12: "the Ghost Girl", 1942

Folder 9: Tissue from "Flexible" 3 ring notebook

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

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

Item 2: “Gray Old Yesterdays”, undated

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

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

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

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

Item 7: “Dreams” and “Bones”, undated

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

Item 9: "Truth", undated

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

Folder 11: 1950 Day Planner (Pulitzer)

Folder 12: Published Verses (Defender) Notebook

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

Item 2: "Never Enough", 1934

Item 3: "Song", 1934

Item 4: “A Song of Thanksgiving", 1934

Item 5: "Destiny", 1934

Item 6: “Postscript To Suffering", 1934

Item 7: "Baby Wisdom", 1935

Item 8: “To The Hinderer", 1934

Item 9: “Life Is Too Short", 1934

Item 10: “Knowledge", 1934

Item 11: “Music Is Not Music", 1934

Item 12: “Negroid", undated

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

Item 14: “A Christmas Story", 1934

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

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

Item 17: “A Pin” and “Shadows", 1935

Item 18: “To My Parents", 1935

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

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

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

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

Item 23: “Words For Mussolini", 1935

Item 24: “Genius” and “Kismet", 1935

Item 25: “Sonnets For Beatrice", 1936

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Item 36: “Our Songs For Friends", 1936

Item 37: “For Many Different Eyes", 1936

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

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

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

Box 256

Folder 1: 1950 Day Planner Cover and additions, 1950, 1985, 1993

Folder 2: Notes for: The Life of Lincoln West folder 1 of 2

Folder 3: Tissue from "The Life of Lincoln West" notebook folder 2 of 2

Folder 4: Notebook with drafts of sequel to "Maud Martha" folder 1 of 3

Folder 5: Items enclosed in "Maud Martha" notebook folder 2 of 3

Folder 6: Items enclosed in "Maud Martha" notebook folder 3 of 3

Box 257

Folder 1: "Preparation Book. Poems, Notes, and Pieces" folder 1 of 5

Folder 2: "Preparation Book. Poems, Notes, and Pieces" folder 2 of 5

Folder 3: "Preparation Book. Poems, Notes, and Pieces" folder 3 of 5

Folder 4: "Preparation Book. Poems, Notes, and Pieces" folder 4 of 5

Folder 5: "Preparation Book. Poems, Notes, and Pieces" folder 5 of 5

Folder 6: "Honorary Degrees (Partial List)" notebook folder 1 of 2

Folder 7: "Honorary Degrees (Partial List)" notebook folder 2 of 2

Folder 8: February 1969 Calendar

Folder 9: July 1969 Calendar

Folder 10: November 1971 Calendar

Box 258

Folder 1: Important: See back "October 1972 calendar"

Folder 2: "Illinois Wesleyan University Graduation Speech" May 1973 calendar

Folder 3: "For Mama, Love, from Gwendolyn" pale turquoise notebook

Box 259

Folder 1: January 1978 calendar

Folder 2: Silver notebook

Folder 3: Small monthly books for diet

Folder 4: Small monthly books for diet 1978-1979

Folder 5: Small monthly books for diet 1979

Folder 6: Small monthly books for diet 1979

Folder 7: Diet Notes

Folder 8: Small monthly books for diet 1979-1980

Box 260

Folder 1: Small monthly books for diet

Folder 2: Small monthly books for diet

Folder 3: Small monthly books for diet

Folder 4: Small monthly books for diet

Folder 5: "My Daily Journal"

Box 261

Folder 1: Green "Diary"

Folder 2: Small monthly books for diet

Folder 3: Small monthly books for diet

Folder 4: Notepad

Folder 5: Blue "Russia" notebook given for birthday

Folder 6: Small monthly books for diet

Folder 7: Small monthly books for diet

Box 262

Folder 1: Small monthly books for diet

Folder 2: Notepad

Folder 3: Small monthly books for diet

Folder 4: Small monthly books for diet

Folder 5: Small monthly books for diet

Folder 6: Small monthly books for diet (includes "Maud Martha")

Folder 7: Small monthly books for diet

Box 263

Folder 1: Notes, quotations (from "daily menus" envelope)

Folder 2: Diet notebooks (from "daily menus" envelope)

Folder 3: Diet notebooks (from "daily menus" envelope)

Box 264

Folder 1: Small monthly books for diet "1985 Date Book"

Folder 2: Small monthly books for diet

Folder 3: "Poems, Essayettes, Notes, Clippings, Ideas, etc." folder 1 of 3 (Includes "To Fit In" and "Thinking"

Folder 4: "Poems, Essayettes, Notes, Clippings, Ideas, etc." folder 2 of 3 (Inserts include "Letter not sent to Sonia Sanchez" and "correspondence with high schoolers")

Folder 5: "Poems, Essayettes, Notes, Clippings, Ideas, etc." folder 3 of 3 (Inserts include "Maud Martha" correspondence)

Folder 6: Yellow Flower "Monologue" Journal

Folder 7: Small monthly books for diet

Box 265

Folder 1: Small monthly books for diet, February 17 - July 23, 1989

Folder 2: Small monthly books for diet, July 23, 1989 - January 24, 1990

Folder 3: Notepad - notes on the death of Anthony Nash "Teen-age artist and drug dealer" 1989

Folder 4: Small monthly books for diet, includes "Children Coming Home" January 24 - December 19, 1990

Folder 5: Green notebook with inserts and small notebook (not diet, July-August 1990)

Folder 6: Notes, quotations, etc.

Folder 7: Black and orange poetry notebook 1991-1992

Box 266

Folder 1: Small monthly books for diet, includes other notes, note from Henry (1978)

Folder 2: Lake Forest Academy notebook and enclosures

Box 267

Folder 1: Diet books, calendar, quotes, etc., 1992; 1995

Folder 2: From Norelco box; includes diet, citation form, "RAP," 1992

Folder 3: From Norelco box; diet book with inserts, 1992-1993

Folder 4: Small monthly diet books from Norelco box, March 30 - December 4, 1993

Folder 5: Small monthly books for diet from Norelco box, 1994, undated

Box 268

Item 1: Norelco box

Box 269

Folder 1: Tree Notebook and items laid in front cover - 1993

Folder 2: "Poems-in-process (and notes)" and "Miscellaneous" with insers - 1994

Folder 3: Diet book - December 12, 1993-March 14, 1994; April 1-5 1994

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

Folder 5: Diet books and notepad with notes on Jefferson - June 1994-January 1995

Folder 6: "Hi, World!" Notebook - 1994

Box 270

Folder 1: Daily diet books - January 24-August 21, 1995

Folder 2: Daily diet books and Purdue University calendar with writing in March/April and insert - 1995

Folder 3: Daily diet books from 1995 with inserts from 1999 diet - 1995; 1999

Folder 4: Daily diet books - January 1, 1996-October 21, 1996

Box 271

Folder 1: Daily diet book with inserts (1996-1997)l Notes on Lerone Bennett June 1996; Daily diet book with inserts including clothing receipt (December 1996-January 1997)

Folder 2: Daily diet book (October-December 1998) with inserts including Fall 1997 African American Literature course information from Chicago State University - 1997-1998

Box 272

Folder 1: Daily diet books - January 19-March 20, 1977

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

Folder 3: Notepad with inserts, including "Behind the Scenes"; Haki Madhubuthi, self-interview, and newspaper clippings

Folder 4: Daily diet book, including "To Nora" letter and inserts - May 2-August 10, 1997

Folder 5: Notes to Beryl and IRS, Notepad - 1997-1998

Folder 6: Diet book with clipping, "Inflammation May Cause Heart Attacks" by Doug Levy, USA Today - August 11-Sept. 27, 1997

Folder 7: Address books and notes, including card from Bill and Susan - 1997-1998

Folder 8: Notepad and looseleaf notes - 1997-1998

Box 273

Folder 1: "Daily menus 1999" including inserts, shopping lists, and notes on Jasper, TX lynching

Folder 2: Diet book with inserts, including Chocolate Chips Theatre Company and annotated "Zora Neale Hurston: A Caution"

Folder 3: Address book with inserts on Gwendolyn Brooks Center, includes letter from Jean Hendricks

Box 274

Folder 1: Daily diet book and notepad with inserts

Box 275

Folder 1: Diet books and inserted notes - 1998

Folder 2: "Menus and notes beginning June 8, 1988" and including list of additions to 'Collected Poems'

Folder 3: Two notepads - 1998

Folder 4: Diet book with insert - 1998; Sept.-Nov. 1999

Folder 5: Address book with inserts, including correspondence from Pat Bell - 1998-1999

Folder 6: Notepad with inserts including "Of Haki Madhubuti" - 1998-2000

Box 276

Folder 1: Notebook with inserts, including event at The Contemporary Forum - 1998-2000

Folder 2: Diet books with inserts - 1999

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

Folder 4: Diet book with inserts including edited poetry - Nov. 6, 1999-Dec. 23, 1999

Box 277

Folder 1: Diet books including letter to Nora about Henry III for publication in "Notes Before Night Time" - 1998-2000

Folder 2: Diet books including Ranger workshop notes for Bradford - 2000

Box 278

Folder 1: Diet books with inserts - 2000

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

Folder 3: Notepad including Newsweek issue Oct. 7, 1996 - 1996, 2000

Folder 4: Notepad and spiral book - undated

Folder 5: Notebook on Chuck Berry - undated

Folder 6: Notepads on African language and cultures, diet, leopard in grass, and other notes - undated

Folder 7: Notepads including recipes, poetry, prose, flyer for 28th Annual Illinois Poet Laureate Awards, and poem on Nora - undated

Box 279

Folder 1: Notepads including contact info, food lists, and page from magazine - undated

Folder 2: "Notes on my next book of poems: Children Coming Home: And Other Poems, Third World Press" and diet book -  July 30-Sept. 7, 2000

Folder 3: Address book and binder on seminar "Twentieth-Century Influences" - undated

Folder 4: Spiral bounds includes poetry, notes on drama, and Hitler quote - undated

Box 280

Folder 1: Notebooks - undated

Folder 2: "Old" - undated

Folder 3: Notes on Africa and Mothers - undated

Folder 4: Address books - undated

Folder 5: Notebooks blank - undated

Box 281

Folder 1: Notebooks blank - undated, 1979

Folder 2: Blank - undated

Folder 3: Empty notebook with inscription - 1992

Folder 4: Blank - undated

Folder 5: Blank notebooks - undated

Folder 6: Blank notebooks - undated

Box 282

Folder 1: Blank notebooks - undated

Folder 2: Blank and paper – undated

Sub-series 7: Stationery

Box 283

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

Folder 2: Christmas card, undated

Shows two children spying on Santa Claus delivering gifts.

Folder 3: Sympathy card, undated

Includes an envelope.

Folder 4: Chicago landmarks greeting cards, undated

Includes paper and plastic envelopes.

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

Includes an envelope.

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

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

Includes an envelope.

Folder 8: Springfield Hilton envelopes, undated

Includes a blank sheet of white paper.

Folder 9: Blank sheets of white paper, undated

Folder 10: Blank sheets of white paper, undated

Includes a sheet of paper embossed with floral trim.

Folder 11: Blank fragments of white paper, undated

Folder 12: Mixed envelopes in a cardboard box, undated

Folder 13: Postcards grouping

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

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

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

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

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

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

Item 7: Northern Illinois University. Caulder statue, undated

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

Folder 14: Postcards grouping

Item 1: St. Paul skyline, undated

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

Item 3: Minnesota State Capitol. Senate Chamber, undated

Folder 15: Postcards grouping

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

Obstructed view from parking lot.

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

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

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

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

Folder 16: Postcards grouping

Item 1: Winnie Mandela, undated

Item 2: Montana Sunset, undated

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

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

Folder 17: Mixed grouping

Item 1: Les Merveilles de Chartres greeting card, 1994

Item 2: Van Wickle Gates postcard, undated

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

Box 284

Folder 1: Mixed grouping

Item 1: Amtrak Cresent notepad, undated

Item 2: Season’s Greetings card, undated

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

Item 3: Harbour Castle Westin postcards, undated

Includes Canadian postage stamps.

Item 4: Sheraton at Universal City paper, undated

Item 5: Blank fragment of white paper, undated

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

Item 7: Green sticky note, undated

Item 8: Yellow sticky notes, undated

Includes a draft introduction for Kendrick, Dolores.

Folder 2: Mixed grouping

Item 1: Sympathy greeting card, undated

Includes an envelope.

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

Includes envelopes.

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

Includes envelopes.

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

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

Item 6: Nairobi African Fauna postcard, undated

Item 7: “Woman” greeting card, undated

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

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

Item 9: Season’s Greetings cards (various)

Folder 3: Paper with Gwendolyn Brooks Blakely letterhead, undated

Includes blank sheets of white paper.

Folder 4: Personal stationery grouping

Item 1: Paper with Gwendolyn Brooks Blakely letterhead, undated

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

Item 3: Envelope with The David Company letterhead, undated

Item 4: Blue cards, undated

Includes an envelope.

Item 5: White envelopes, undated

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

Item 7: Paper with The Exeter Inn letterhead, undated

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

Sub-series 8: Published Works and Book Jackets

Box 285

Folder 1: “An Aspect of Love”, 1982

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

Folder 2: “Andre”, undated

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

Folder 4: “Art Can Survive”, 1995

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

Folder 6: “Aurora”, 1972

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

Folder 8: “Black Love”, 1982

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

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

Folder 11: “Chicago State University”, undated

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

Words by Gwendolyn Brooks and music by Oscar Brown Jr.

Folder 12a: American Childhood, 1930

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

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

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

Includes a newspaper clipping.

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

Folder 16: “Instructions to Myself”, 1989

Folder 17: “Jane Addams”, 1989

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

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

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

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

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

Folder 22: “Michael, Young Russia”, 1982

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

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

Folder 24a: “On Harold Washington”, 1988

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

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

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

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

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

Frontispiece by Jeff Donaldson.

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

Folder 31: “To Be Grown Up”, undated

Box 286

Folder 1: “To Be In Love”, undated

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

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

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

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

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

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

Two copies are signed by Gwendolyn Brooks.

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

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

Folder 10: “The Wall” broadside, 1967

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

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

Folder 13: “Winnie,” in Poetry Magazine

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

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

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

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

Box 287

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

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

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

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

Folder 3: Poems in The Black Scholar, June 1975

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

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

Includes “The Bean Eaters.”

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

Includes inserted manuscript notes.

Folder 6: Poems in Laurels: Eight Women Poets

Includes “In the Mecca.”

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

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

Folder 8: Multiple Poems, undated

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Box 288

Folder 1: Beckonings (Broadside Press), 1975

Folder 2: Blacks (copy of corrections), 1991

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

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

Folder 5: “Black Steel” broadside, 1971

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

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

Folder 8: “Chicago 2999”, undated

Folder 9: Children Coming Home (The David Company)

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

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

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

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

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

Folder 15: Gwendolyn Brooks, 1990s

Folder 16: Gwendolyn Brooks introduction and recommended readings, undated

Box 289

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

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

Folder 3: “How to Write a Poem”, 1993

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

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

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

Folder 7: “Luther,” in Tan, 1952

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

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

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

Folder 11: “Mothers and Daughters”, undated

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

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

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

Folder 15: “Poetry Is Siren”, 1996

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

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

Folder 18: Report from Part Two, 1996

Includes inserted manuscript notes.

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

Box 290

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

Folder 2: Selected Poems with inscriptions, 1963

Folder 3: The Tiger Who Wore White Gloves, illustrated by Timothy Jones (two copies), 1974

Copy two marked “defective.”

Folder 4: Acknowledgement page for To Disembark(?), undated

Folder 5: “We Real Cool” in corrections for The Columbia Book of Poetry, circa 1992

Folder 6: The World of Gwendolyn Brooks (Harper & Row), 1971

Folder 7: Young Poet’s Primer (Brooks Press), 1981

Folder 8: Unknown manuscripts, undated

Folder 9: Order form for Broadside Press (Detroit, MI) featuring cover art and description for Aloneness, 1971

Folder 10: Book jacket for Maud Martha, undated

Folder 11: Book jacket for In the Mecca, undated

Folder 12: “Uncorrected Proof” slip for In the Mecca, undated

Folder 13: A Street in Bronzeville, undated

Folder 14: Book jacket for To Disembark, undated

Folder 15: To Gwen with Love: An Anthology Dedicated to Gwendolyn Brooks (Johnson Publishing Company), undated

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

Box 291

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

Folder 2: Maud Martha advertisement with notes, 1967

Folder 3: Selected Poems uncorrected proof, circa 1963

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

Includes an advertisement by Nora Brooks Blakely.

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

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

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

Folder 8 includes a bookmark featuring “Book Power.”

Folder 9: Central Arkansas Library System handouts, undated

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

Folder 11: Third World Press advertisements, 1986

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

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

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

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

Sub-series 10: Gwendolyn Brooks Writings Files

Box 292

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

File 2: Black Glossy Folder

Folder 2.1: Poems

Item 1: “Aurora", 1972

Item 2: “Gang Girls", undated

Folder 2.2: Poems

Item 1: “SOS", undated

Item 2: “Rap", undated

Folder 2.3: Annotated magazine pages, 1997

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

Folder 2.5: “Behind the Scenes", undated

Folder 2.6: “The Preacher” notes, undated

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

Folder 2.8: Financial notes, 1997

Folder 2.9: Public engagements, 1997, undated

Item 1: Caxtonian Issue, 1997

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

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

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

Folder 2.11: D-Knowledge album photocopies, undated

Folder 2.12: “Important Copyright Information”, undated

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

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

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

Includes annotations by Gwendolyn Brooks.

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

Folder 2.17: Notes and works of others

Item 1: Notes regarding poem titles, undated

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

Folder 2.18: “Heartland” newspaper clipping, 1996

Folder 2.19: Correspondence from The Contemporary Forum, undated

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

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

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

Folder 2.23: Handwritten notes, undated

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

Folder 2.25: Handwritten notes, 1997

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

Folder 2.27: Patterned folder, undated

Folder 2.28: Black folder, undated

Folder 3: Correspondence and writings

Item 1: “Building” notes, 1985

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

Item 3: “Building” envelope, undated

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

Folder 4.1: Poetry drafts

Item 1: “A Modern Ballad", undated

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

Item 3: “Chapter 3, Ecclesiastes", undated

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

Item 5: “Aurora", undated

Folder 4.2: Poetry drafts

Item 1: “Blackness", undated

Item 2: “Love Poem", undated

Item 3: "Out There", 1982

Item 4: "That Earth", undated

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

Item 6: Because our lives sing ballads, undated

Item 7: "All flat plateau", undated

Folder 4.3: Poetry drafts

Item 1: “In the middle of winter…”

Item 2: “Think of plants…”, 1980

Item 3: “And poets…”, undated

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

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

Folder 4.4: Poetry drafts

Item 1: “Oh, so…(?)”, undated

Item 2: “Telephone Conversations", 1980

Item 3: “Aids to", 1983

Item 4: “God----”, undated

Item 5: “Of The Young Dead", 1985

Item 6: “Shorthand Possible", undated

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

Folder 4.5: Poetry drafts

Item 1: “Whitney Young", 1981

Folder 2: “Of The Young Dead", undated

Folder 4.6: Poetry drafts

Item 1: “Patrick Bouie", 1986

Item 2: “I am against NEGATIVE charge, undated

Item 3: “Black Steel", 1971

Item 4: “Overweight!", undated

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

Folder 4.7: Poetry drafts

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

Item 2: “Martin Luther King” notes, undated

Folder 4.8: Poetry drafts

Item 1: Notes, undated

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

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

Folder 4.9: Poetry drafts

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

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

Folder 4.10: Poetry drafts

Item 1: “Enabler", undated

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

Folder 4.11-4.12: Notes and jottings, undated

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

Folder 4.14: Time Magazine, 1977

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

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

Folder 4.17: Notes and jottings, undated

Folder 4.18: Notes and jottings, 1998

Folder 4.19: “A Farmer", 1988

Folder 4.20: Notes and jottings, undated

Folder 4.21: “Important Original Poetry” envelope, undated

Folder 4.22: Envelope, undated

File 5: “If The Heart Is Young”

Folder 5.1: Composition notebook, 1935

Folder 5.2: Prose drafts

Item 1: “Arabella", 1934

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

Item 3: “Light in Darkness", 1934

Item 4: “The Silver Pendant", 1934

Item 5: “Love is Blind", 1934

Folder 5.3: Prose drafts

Item 1: “Cigarette", 1934

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

Folder 5.4: Prose drafts

Item 1: “The Prospective..”, undated

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

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

Folder 5.5: Prose drafts, circa 1934

Box 293

Folder 1: Poetry Drafts

Item 1: “Blackness: Chicago", undated

Item 2: “Other Music", 1976

File 2: “Important”

Folder 2.1: Correspondence

Item 1: Correspondence to Alexandroff, Michael, undated

Item 2: Correspondence regarding Clifton, Lucille, undated

Folder 2.2: Prose drafts

Item 1: “James Baldwin", undated

Item 2: “Robert Ridley", undated

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

Folder 2.4: Notes and jottings, undated

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

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

File 3: “Important Notes”

Folder 3.1: “State Street", undated

Folder 3.2: “Hoke Norris", undated

Folder 3.3: Notes and jottings, undated

Folder 3.4: Newspapers and magazines

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

Item has been moved to Box 21 Oversized.

Item 2: “Important Notes” envelope, undated

Folder 4: “Interviewers and Interviewing", undated

Folder 5: “Judith” and other poems

Item 1: “Judith", undated

Item 2: "Hallowe’en", undated

Includes annotation by Gwendolyn Brooks.

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

Item 1: Note to Brenda, undated

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

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

Two copies.

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

Item 5: “Kinko’s Only” envelope

File 7: “Lincoln Academy”

Folder 7.1: Correspondence and poems

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

Item 2: “Conducting", undated

Item 3: “To Fit In", undated

Item 4: “We", 1987

Folder 7.2: Speech drafts and poems

Item 1: Speech draft, undated

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

Item 3: Speech draft, undated

Item 4: “Familyhood", 1989

Item 5: Speech draft notes, undated

Folder 7.3: Notes and envelopes

Item 1: Notes and jottings regarding speech, undated

Item 2: “Lincoln Academy” envelope, undated

File 8: Manila Envelope

Folder 8.1: “To Disembark”

Item 1: Notebook with “To Disembark", undated

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

Folder 8.2-8.6: Prose drafts, circa 1930s

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

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

File 10: “More Notes + Original Pieces”

Folder 10.1: Correspondence to Dobbin, Mrs., undated

Folder 10.2: Poetry drafts

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

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

Item 3: “Collage", 1987

Item 4: “To Readers", 1983

Folder 10.3: Poetry drafts

Item 1: “Jane Addams", 1989

Item 2: “Early Death", undated

Folder 10.4: Poetry drafts

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

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

Folder 10.5: Prose drafts

Item 1: "First Humanitarianism", undated

Item 2: “To Fit In", undated

Item 3: “No matter what!”, undated

Folder 10.6: Prose drafts, undated, undated

Folder 10.7: “One of the Indelibles”, undated

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

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

Folder 10.10: Notes and jottings, undated

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

Folder 11.1: Poetry Drafts, undated

Folder 11.2: Envelope, undated

Folder 12: Notes and fragments, 1985, undated

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

File 14: “Old”

Folder 14.1: Poetry Drafts

Item 1: “Original Manuscripts” envelope, undated

Item 2: “Nora, 1989

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

Item 4: “Building", undated

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

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

Item 7: “Music For Martyrs", undated

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

Item 9: “Old", undated

Item 10: “Old", undated

Item 11: “Song for Hughes", undated

Folder 14.2: Notepad, undated

Includes “Old” and “For Nora.”

Folder 14.3: Interviews

Item 1: Speech, Third World Press Anniversary, 1977

Item 2: “Old” envelope, undated

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

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

Includes correspondence from Gwendolyn Brooks.

Folder 15.2: Prose drafts

Item 1: “Family Pictures", undated

Item 2: “The questioner is impatient", undated

Item 3: "Our People", undated

Item 4: "On Being An American", undated

Folder 15.3: “Family Pictures", undated

Folder 15.4: Prose drafts

Item 1: “Part Two Manuscript", undated

Item 2: “Familyhood", 1989

Folder 15.5: Prose drafts

Item 1: “Report From Part Two", undated

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

Folder 15.6: Prose Drafts

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

Item 2: “What is a poet…", undated

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

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

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

Item 6: “Conservatism", undated

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

Item 8: “Dolores Cross…”, undated

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

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

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

Item 12: “The Poet Norman Jordan", undated

Item 13: “Guest List", undated

Item 14: “Comes the cry…", undated

Item 15: “Little speeches…”, undated

Item 16: “The Challenges of Freedom", undated

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

Item 18: “These are the days", 1973

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

Item 20: “Nobody…”

Item 21: “The Poet Norman Jordan", undated

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

Item 23: “Boys boys", undated

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

Folder 15.8: Works

Item 1: “Family Pictures” book, 1971

Framed Art 2: Folder, undated

Box 294

File 1: “Notes”

Folder 1.1: Correspondence

Item 1: Prettyman, John, undated

Includes only correspondence by Gwendolyn Brooks.

Item 2: Sinkler, Ms., 1991

Includes only correspondence by Gwendolyn Brooks.

Folder 1.2: Poetry drafts

Item 1: “I am Charles Stewart", undated

Item 2: “In Indianapolis, Indiana", undated

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

Item 4: “Best Friends", 1991

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

Item 6: “Easter Day", undated

Folder 1.3: Prose drafts

Item 1: “Carl Morse", undated

Item 2: “Most big strong men…”, 1990

Item 3: “Diversity", undated

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

Folder 1.4: Prose drafts

Item 1: “Must be", undated

Item 2: “Dr. psychiatrist?”, undated

Item 3: “My daughter dancing", undated

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

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

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

Folder 1.7-1.20: Notes and jottings, undated

Folder 1.21: Biography review, 1973

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

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

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

One item removed to Box 521 OS.

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

Some items have been removed to Box 521 OS.

Folder 1.29-1.31: “Important Important”

Folder 1.29: Poetry drafts

Item 1: “2000 Haitians"

Item 2: “Snow is wet", undated

Item 3: “Alice Browning", 1985

Folder 1.30: Prose drafts

Item 1: “Is war a viable?”, 1980

Item 2: “James Baldwin", undated

Folder 1.31: Notes and jottings, undated

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

Folder 1.32: Notes and jottings, undated

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

Folder 1.34: Amtrak’s Metropolitan lounge ticket, 1993

Folder 1.35: Financial records: receipts, undated

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

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

Folder 1.38: “Sort”

Item 1: “Poetry – 367", 1993

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

Item 3: “How beautiful", undated

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

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

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

Folder 1.41: Prose drafts, notes and jottings, undated

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

Removed for conservation.

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

Folder 1.44: Manila envelope

Folder 1.44: Correspondence by Gwendolyn Brooks, undated

Folder 1.45: Notes and jottings, undated

Folder 1.46: Manila envelope, undated

Folder 1.47: “Writing Plans", undated

Folder 1.48: Church notes, 1968

Folder 1.49: “Mouse", undated

Folder 1.50: Political notes and jottings, undated

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

Folder 1.52: “Notes” envelope, undated

File 2: “Original Manuscript”

Folder 2.1: “The Clipping Club", undated

Folder 2.2: Poetry drafts

Item 1: “Johannesburg Boy", undated

Item 2: “Nelson Mandela", undated

Item 3: "Winnie", undated

Folder 2.3: Prose drafts

Item 1: “Raymond Brooks Jr.”, 1990

Item 2: “Robert Hayden", undated

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

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

Folder 2.4: Prose drafts, undated

Item 1: “The last clean claim…”, 1987

Item 2: “As I…”, undated

Folder 2.5: Notes and jottings, undated

Box 295

File 1: “Notes + Clippings”

Folder 1.1: Correspondence to Blakely, Henry, undated

Folder 1.2: Poetry drafts, “R. P.”, undated

Folder 1.3: Prose drafts

Item 1: "Title: ‘Little Quick Pictures’”, undated

Item 2: Regarding poem “Sermon On The Warpland", undated

Item 3: “Blacks are always ahead of history…”, undated

Folder 1.4-1.8: Notes and jottings, undated

Folder 1.9: Return receipt for Saks Fifth Avenue, undated

Folder 1.10: Newspapers and magazine articles related to other subjects, 1994, 2000

Folder 1.11: Notes and jottings related to logistics, 1999, undated

Folder 1.12: Business cards related to logistics, undated

Folder 1.13: Social security card, undated

Folder 1.14-1.15: Notes and jottings, undated

Folder 1.16: Phone numbers and addresses, undated

Folder 1.17: Newspapers and magazine articles related to other subjects, undated

Folder 1.18: Poetry from The Song of Lawino by Okot p'Bitek, 1966

Folder 1.19: Poetry drafts

Item 1: “First School Days”, 2000

Item 2: “It’s School-Time!” and “We real cool", undated

Folder 1.20: Prose drafts, undated

Folder 1.21: Notes and jottings, undated

Folder 1.22: Gwendolyn Brooks event program from Morgan State University, 2000

Folder 1.23: Newspapers and magazine articles relating to Gwendolyn Brooks, undated

Folder 1.24: Prose draft, “Looking at me these days"

Folder 1.25: Prose drafts, notes and jottings, undated

Folder 1.26: “Why I Keep Off Television", undated

Folder 1.27: Empty envelope of Chocolate Chips theatre company addressed to Hicks, Shelley M., undated

Folder 1.28: Third World Press pamphlet, undated

Folder 1.29: Commune T-Shirt Company pamphlet, 2000

Folder 1.30: Manila envelope, undated

Folder 2: "Notes For Poetry", undated

Sealed envelope.

File 3: “Notes on existing Brooks books”

Folder 3.1-3.11: Black record book

Folder 3.1: Notes and jottings, undated

Folder 3.2: Black record book, undated

Contains recipes, phone number, and addresses.

Folder 3.3-3.11: “Northeastern Black Literature", undated

Folder 3.12-3.13: Blue nemo notebook

Folder 3.12: Blue memo notebook

Item 1: “Children Coming Home", undated

Item 2: “Notes", undated

Item 3: “Old", 1990

Item 4: Notes and jottings, undated

Item 5: “Don’t deny the diagnosis…”, undated

Item 6: “For autobiog.”, undated

Folder 3.13: Newspaper and magazine article related to other subjects, undated

Removed to Box 521 OS.

Folder 3.14-3.19: Pocket calendar labeled “Ghana”

Folder 3.14: Prose draft, 1974

Folder 3.15: Pocket calendar labeled "Ghana", 1974

Includes phone numbers, addresses, and prose drafts.

Folder 3.16: Contact information for others, 1974

Folder 3.17: “Elnira", undated

Folder 3.18: Notes and jottings, undated

Folder 3.19: Phone number and addresses, undated

Folder 3.20: Poetry drafts

Item 1: “Old Woman’s Rap,” handwritten, 1990

Item 2: “Old Woman’s Rap,” typed, 1990

Folder 3.21-3.22: Old age prose drafts, undated

Folder 3.23-3.24: Red address book

Folder 3.23: Red address book, 1982

Includes prose drafts.

Folder 3.24: Newspapers and magazine articles related to other subjects, undated

Box 296

File 2: “Notes on existing Brooks books” (cont.)

Folder 2.25: Prose draft, “Ellen", 1990

Folder 2.26: Prose draft, "Walston was determined to be a writer”, undated

Folder 2.27-2.29: Notes and jottings, undated

Folder 2.29: Notebook, “Blacks: Volume II : Short Fictions”, undated

Includes “Children, Coming Home.”

Folder 2.30: Newspaper and magazine articles related to other subjects, Mandela, Nelson, 1990

Folder 2.31: Correspondence, Parks, Carole A., 1987

Folder 2.32: Prose draft, “Seeds For the Coming Hell and Health Together”, undated

Folder 2.33: Record book, notes and jottings, undated

Folder 2.34: Record book, 1962

Includes prose drafts.

Folder 2.35: Yellow notebook, empty envelope, undated

Folder 2.36: Yellow notebook, 1989-1990

Includes “1989 resolutions,” recipes, and notes and jottings.

Folder 2.37: Poetry drafts

Item 1: “I can go right to the root", 1988

Item 2: “Peace and the anticipation of peace…”, undated

Item 3: “Soon forgotten…”, undated

Item 4: "Going to Aunt Gertie’s", undated

Folder 2.38: Prose drafts, 1985, 1988, undated

Folder 2.39: Prose drafts, undated

Folder 2.40-2.41: Notes and jottings, undated

Folder 2.42: Phone numbers and addresses, undated

Folder 2.43: Newspaper and magazine articles related to Gwendolyn Brooks, “A Remarkable Narrative Poem”, 1969

Folder 2.44: Floral notebook, 1981

Includes prose drafts relating to Mandela, Nelson and Mandela, Winnie.

Folder 2.45: Floral notebook, green bookmark, undated

Folder 2.46: “Notes on existing Brooks books” manila envelope, undated

File 3: Poems, Essays, and Speeches, undated

Folder 3.1: “In here: Poems ‘Chicago State University’ and “Captain Dolores.’ Also Haki’s latest salute to me”, undated

Includes prose by Madhubuti, Haki (Don L. Lee).

Folder 3.2-3.3: “May 5 Speech/Other Speeches", 1986, undated

Folder 3.4-3.6: “All done July 12-13”

Folder 3.4: Poetry drafts

Item 1: “The Assassination of John F. Kennedy”, 1968

Item 2: “Malcolm X", 1968

Item 3: “Kitchenette Building", 1968

Item 4: “Martin Luther King", 1968

Folder 3.5-3.6: Prose drafts, 1968

Box 297

File 1: “Originals of Graduation Speeches”

Folder 1.1: Poem and prose drafts

Item 1: Correspondence, Illinois Founders Insurance Co., 1988

Includes only correspondence from Gwendolyn Brooks.

Item 2: 3 copies of “Collage", 1999

Item 3: “To Fit In", undated

Folder 1.2: Poem and prose drafts

Item 1: "Jane Addams,” handwritten, undated

Item 2: “Jane Addams,” typed, 1989

Item 3: “Survive", undated

Item 4: “To Fit In", undated

Folder 1.3: Poem and prose drafts

Item 1: “To Fit In", undated

Item 2: "We", 1987

Item 3: “There are thousands of little things to say to young people”, undated

Folder 1.4: Prose drafts

Item 1: “The Black Family", undated

Item 2: “Read: To Those Of My Sisters", undated

Folder 1.5: Prose drafts

Item 1: “Forrestville, Commencement Day”, 1968

Item 2: “You young people", undated

Item 3: "It Is Our Business To Be Bothered", undated

Folder 1.6: Prose drafts, Addams, Jane, 1993, undated

Folder 1.7: Prose drafts, “The Life and Works of Paul Laurence Dunbar", 1987

Folder 1.8-1.9: Prose drafts, undated

Folder 1.10: Prose drafts, Brooks Junior High School, 1994

Folder 1.11-1.12: Prose drafts, 1990, undated

Folder 1.13: Prose drafts, Edward Jenner Elementary School and University of Vermont, 1986, 1997, undated

Folder 1.14-1.17: Prose drafts, undated

Folder 1.18: Public engagements

Item 1: “Jane Addams", 1989

Item 2: Gwendolyn Brooks Junior High School Promotion Exercises program, 1997

Item 3: Lecture program at Illinois College, undated

Folder 1.19: Public engagements, Gwendolyn Brooks Center, undated

One item moved to Box 521 OS.

Folder 1.20: Published works, “to disembark", 1981

Folder 2: Paperclipped grouping, poetry drafts

Item 1: “Behind the Scenes", undated

Item 2: “Last Inauguration of Mayor Harold Washington", 1987

Item 3: “Tornado Near Talladega", 1984

File 3: “Parts + Sundries” envelope

Folder 3.1: Correspondence

Item 1: Pope, Rhonda, Mary Anerison?, Harold White, and Sheila Carson, 1972

Item 2: Shaw, Katie, undated

Folder 3.2: Correspondence, unidentified, undated

Folder 3.3-3.7: Notes and jottings, undated

Folder 3.8: Notebook, notes and jottings, 1978, undated

Folder 3.9: Blank stationary paper, undated

Folder 3.10: Public engagement: phone numbers and addresses, undated

Folder 3.11-3.12: Newspapers and magazines: articles related to other subjects, 1979, undated

Folder 3.13-3.16: “Notes” envelope

Folder 3.13: “Notes” envelope, correspondence, Alexandroff, Mike, undated

Includes only correspondence by Gwendolyn Brooks.

Folder 3.14-3.15: “Notes” envelope, notes and jottings, undated

Folder 3.16: “Notes” envelope, public engagements, phone numbers, undated

Folder 3.17: Prose drafts, “Poetry And/Or Life, undated

Folder 3.18-3.19: Notes and jottings, undated

Folder 3.20: Newspapers and magazines, undated

Folder 3.21: Poetry drafts

Item 1: “Then Lullaby", undated

Item 2: “Poem", undated

Folder 3.22: Prose drafts, undated

Folder 3.23-3.25: Notes and jottings, undated

Folder 3.26: Newspapers and magazines: articles related to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1973

Folder 3.27: Newspapers and magazines: articles related to other subjects, undated

Folder 3.28-3.29: Yellow notebook

Folder 3.28: Yellow notebook, undated

Folder 3.29: Newspapers and magazines: articles related to other subjects, undated

Folder 3.30: “Parts + Sundries” envelope, undated

Box 298

File 1: “Pieces of Poetry”

Folder 1.1: Correspondence, Bolsouer, Ann, 1983

Folder 1.2: Poetry drafts, “The bullets are in the skins of my people…”, undated

Folder 1.3-1.4: Prose drafts, undated

Folder 1.5-1.7: Notes and jottings, undated

Folder 1.8: Public engagements: advertisements for non-Gwendolyn Brooks events, Metropolitan Community Church Tidings, 1982

Folder 1.9-1.13: Blank envelope

Folder 1.9-1.10: Notes and jottings, undated

Folder 1.11-1.12: Prose drafts, undated

Folder 1.13: Notes and jottings, undated

Folder 1.14: Advertisements, 1984 conference, undated

Folder 1.15: Newspapers and magazines: articles related to other subjects, undated

Folder 1.16: “Pieces of Poetry” envelope, undated

File 2: “Poems, Articles, Typed Letters, etc.”

Folder 2.1-2.10: “Typed copies of Poems, etc. (Gwendolyn Brooks)”

Folder 2.1: Correspondence, Mueller, Mr., 1986

Includes “The Near – Johannesburg Boy,” “Whitney Young,” “Blacks,” “Tornado at Talladega,” “The Good Man,” and “Infirm.”

Folder 2.2: Correspondence, Bruckner, Don, 1986

Includes only correspondence by Gwendolyn Brooks.

Folder 2.3: Correspondence

Item 1: Madhubuti, Haki (Don L. Lee), 1986

Includes only correspondence by Gwendolyn Brooks.

Item 2: Mueller, Mr., 1986

Includes only correspondence by Gwendolyn Brooks.

Item 3: “Building", undated

Folder 2.4: Poetry drafts

Item 1: “Early Death", undated

Item 2: “To The Young Who Want To Die", 1985

Item 3: “Life is fast enough!”, undated

Item 4: “The Good Man", 1965

Item 5: “In Nairobi", undated

Item 6: “Infirm", undated

Folder 2.5: Poetry drafts

Item 1: “Martin Luther King Jr.”, undated

Item 2: “To Michael Who Is Young Russia", 1982

Item 3: “To A Proper Black Man", undated

Item 4: “To The Young Who Want To Die", undated

Two copies.

Folder 2.6: Published works

Item 1: “To Those Of My Sisters Who Kept Their Naturals", undated

Item 2: “Tornado At Talladega", undated

Item 3: “Whitney Young", 1981

Item 4: Review of “The Life of Langston Hughes” by Rampersad, Arnold, undated

Folder 2.7: Published works

Item 1: Review of “The Life of Langston Hughes” by Rampersad, Arnold, undated

Item 2: “The Near-Johannesburg Boy and other poems” inside cover draft, 1986

Folder 2.8-2.9: Notes and jottings, undated

Folder 2.10: Picasso

Item 1: “The Chicago Picasso", 1986

Four copies.

Item 2: "The Chicago Picasso", 1967

Item 3: "Trapped” by Davidson, Aurelia, 1980

Item 4: “Typed copies of Poems, etc. (Gwendolyn Brooks)” manila envelope, undated

Folder 2.11: “Poems, Articles, Typed Letters, etc.” manila envelope, undated

File 3: Poetry and prose drafts

Folder 3.1: Poetry and prose drafts, undated

Includes “For Incipient Suicides.”

Folder 3.2: Prose drafts, undated

File 4: Poems, scraps, and green notebook

Folder 4.1: Poetry drafts

Item 1: “Bring on the spot brassieres!”, undated

Item 2: “My Mother", 1975

Item 3: "Primer For Blacks", undated

Item 4: “What shall we do about and for the City?”, undated

Folder 4.2: Poetry drafts, 1973, undated

Folder 4.3: Poetry drafts regarding Salisbury, Harrison, 1993

Folder 4.4-4.7: Green notebook

Folder 4.4: Poetry draft, undated

Folder 4.5: Prose drafts, undated

Folder 4.6: Notes and jottings, 1992, undated

Folder 4.7: Green notebook, undated

Includes unpublished poem “Morning.”

File 5: “Scraps + Repetitions”

Folder 5.1: Prose drafts

Item 1: “Family Pictures", undated

Item 2: “Blacks", undated

Folder 5.2: Prose drafts

Item 1: “Our Name", undated

Item 2: “had better get together…”, undated

Item 3: “Salute your siblings…”, 1994

Item 4: Prose regarding “Family Pictures", undated

Folder 5.3: Published works, “The Message", undated

Folder 5.4: “Scraps and repetitions” prose drafts, undated

Folder 5.5: “Scraps and repetitions” envelope, undated

File 6: “Special Notes”

Folder 6.1: Correspondence, Contemporary Forum, 1993

Folder 6.2: Correspondence, Gerety, Tom and Adelia Moore (Trinity College), undated

Folder 6.3: Poetry drafts, “Boy Breaking Glass", undated

Folder 6.4: Poetry drafts, "To The Young Student", undated

Folder 6.5: Prose drafts, “Most Workers In The Wild", undated

Folder 6.6: Prose drafts, undated

Folder 6.7: Prose drafts, “Most Workers In The Wild", undated

Folder 6.8: Notes and jottings, undated

Folder 6.9: Advertisements and publicity for non-Gwendolyn Brooks events, “The Black Bookworm Mail-Order Company, undated

Folder 6.10: Works of others, “You’re Special Gwendolyn Brooks” by McGaray, Lela, undated

Folder 6.11: “Special Notes” envelope, undated

Folder 7: “Speech Notes,” notes and jottings, 1998, undated

Includes “I am still free verse and rhyme.”

Box 299

File 1: “Speeches, Articles, Tributes, Special Letters”

Folder 1.1: Correspondence

Item 1: Blakely, Nora Brooks, 1998

Includes only correspondence by Gwendolyn Brooks.

Item 2: Mueller, Lothar, undated

Includes only correspondence by Gwendolyn Brooks.

Item 3: Unidentified, undated

Includes only correspondence by Gwendolyn Brooks.

Folder 1.2: Prose drafts, undated

Includes Blacks familyhood statement and “In The Whirlwind.”

Folder 1.3: Prose drafts, undated

Includes “Notes on Nancy Galbraith” and speech explaining “We Real Cool.”

Folder 1.4-1.5: Prose drafts, undated

Folder 1.6: Prose drafts, undated

Includes “Books. Reading. Libraries.” and “Haki.”

Folder 1.7: “Speeches, Articles, Tributes, Special Letters” envelope

Removed for conservation.

File 2: “Third World Press (Contracts)”

Folder 2.1: Correspondence, Madhubuti, Haki (Don L. Lee), 1998, undated

Includes Third World Press contracts.

Folder 2.2: Correspondence, Madhubuti, Haki (Don L. Lee), 1996-1998

Includes Third World Press contracts.

Folder 3: “Third World Press Contracts", 1991

File 4: “To my future biographers”

Folder 4.1: Prose drafts

Item 1: “The Good Neighbor” regarding Boswell, Banks, undated

Item 2: Prose regarding Kent, George, undated

Folder 4.2: Interviews, undated

Folder 4.3-4.4: Notes and jottings, undated

Folder 4.5: “To my future biographers” envelope, undated

File 5: “Tributes”

Folder 5.1: Prose drafts

Item 1: Writing regarding Brown, Sterling, undated

Item 2: “In Memory of Roger Smith", 1979

Item 3: “Of Otto Kenner", 1976

Two copies

Folder 5.2: “Where The Kind Kills Are", undated

Item 1: “Where The Kind Kills Are", undated

Item 2: “Remembering for our forever", undated

Item 3: Prose regarding Rodgers, Carolyn, undated

File 6: “Washington D.C.”

Folder 6.1-6.6: Speeches grouping

Folder 6.1: Correspondence, Williams, Sian, 1986

Folder 6.2-6.5: Prose drafts, undated

Folder 6.6: Stationary, undated

Folder 6.7-6.11: Tributes grouping

Folder 6.7: Prose drafts, undated

Includes “Donald Hall.”

Folder 6.8: Prose drafts

Item 1: “Etheridge Knight", undated

Item 2: "Tagliabue, John", undated

Folder 6.9: Prose drafts

Item 1: “Michael Benedikt", undated

Item 2: “Yevgeny Yevtushenko", undated

Folder 6.10: Prose drafts, undated

Includes photo.

Folder 6.11: “Washington D.C.” envelope", undated

File 7: “Xeroxes (Letters, Poems)”

Folder 7.1: Correspondence, Feeley, Betsey, 1993

Includes correspondence by Gwendolyn Brooks.

Folder 7.2: Correspondence, Madhubuti, Haki (Don L. Lee), undated

Folder 7.3: Correspondence, “Molly”, 1993, undated

Folder 7.4: Correspondence, unidentified correspondent, undated

Includes only correspondence by Gwendolyn Brooks.

Folder 7.5: Published works, “Captain Dolores", 1991

Seven copies

Folder 7.6: Published works

Item 1: Kinko’s receipt", undated

Item 2: “Collage For Today", undated

Item 3: “The Great Man", undated

Item 4: "Jane Addams", 1989

Three copies

Folder 7.7: Published works, “To An Old Black Woman, Homeless and Indistinct”, 1992

Five copies

Folder 7.8: Notes and jottings, undated

Folder 7.9: Correspondence, Rochmon, Hazel, 1993

Includes only correspondence by Gwendolyn Brooks

Folder 7.10: Public engagements: advertisements and publicity, “Go Ahead and Live Your Life”, undated

Three copies

Folder 7.11: Works of others, “Corrupt Originals: The Paradox of Censorship” by Holquist, Michael, undated

Folder 7.12: Newspaper articles related to Gwendolyn Brooks, review by Beyer, William, undated

Seven copies

Folder 7.13: Photographs of Gwendolyn Brooks, undated

Two copies

Folder 7.14: Financial records, undated

Folder 7.15: “Xeroxes (Letters, Poems)” envelope, undated

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Box 330

Box 331

Box 332

Box 333

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Box 336

Box 337

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Box 349

Series 4: Photographs and Scrapbooks

Sub-series 1: Personal Photographs

Box 350

Folder 1

Item 1: Studio portrait of Blakely, Nora Brooks, 1971

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_01_001

Item 2: Camera Studios Chicago cardboard frame, 1971?

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_01_002

Item 3: Blakely, Nora Brooks envelope to Blakely, Henry, Sr., 1971?

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_01_003

Folder 2

Item 1: Manuscript note by Gwendolyn Brooks, undated

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_02_001

Item 2: Walgreens photo negatives envelope, undated

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_02_002

Item 3: Walgreens photo coupon sheet, undated

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_02_003

Item 4: Walgreens photo envelope, undated

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_02_004

Folder 3

Item 1: Dimly lit face in profile, undated

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_03_001

Item 2: Kodak photo envelopes, undated

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_03_002

Folder 4

Item 1: Blakely, Henry, Sr. passport prints, 1973

11 copies.

Item 2: U.S. Passport Photo Service envelope, 1973

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_04_002

Folder 5

Item 1: Burrell, Joseph holding Sukari the cat, undated

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_05_001

Item 2: Marching band in a tunnel, undated

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_05_002

Item 3: Marching band in a tunnel, undated

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_05_003

Item 4: Partial view of flag bearers, undated

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_05_004

Item 5: Marching trombone players, undated

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_05_005

Folder 6

Item 1: Blakely, Henry, Jr.; Blakely, Nora Brooks; Brooks, Keziah C. Wims; and Gwendolyn Brooks at University of Illinois graduation, 1972

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_06_001

Item 2: Blakely, Nora Brooks in graduation regalia, 1972

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_01_06_002

Item 3: Blakely, Henry, Jr.; Nora Brooks; and Henry, Sr. at University of Illinois graduation, 1972

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_05_048

Item 4: Blakely, Henry, Jr.; Nora Brooks; and Henry, Sr. at University of Illinois graduation, 1972

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_03_014

Item 5: Blakely, Henry, Jr.; Nora Brooks; and Henry, Sr. at University of Illinois graduation, 1972

View digitized content: 00086_04_01_04_05_048

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Box 352

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Box 354

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Box 356

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Box 360

Box 361

Box 362

Box 363

Sub-series 2: Albums and Scrapbooks

Box 364

Box 365

Box 366

Item 1: Brown scrapbook binding, undated

Cover reads, "Photographs."

Box 367

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

Box 368

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

Item 1: Graphite drawing of a cartoonish dog holding a string of sausages

Item 2: Colored pencil drawing of a bird perched on a branch

Item 3: Colored pencil drawing of a baby laying on a pillow

Item 4: Colored pencil drawing of a bird with wings spread

Item 5: “Little Jack Horner,” colored pencil drawing

Item 6: Colored pencil drawing of a bird perched on a branch

Item 7: Ink and graphite drawing of a man on a horse playing a bugle

Item 8: Graphite drawing of a German Shepard

Item 9: Colored pencil drawing of a bird perched on a branch

Item 10: Graphite drawing of Gwendolyn Brooks at 14 years old

Item 11: Graphite drawing of a woman with an umbrella

Item 12: Graphite drawing of a woman smiling

Item 13: Graphite drawing of a cartoonish dog holding a broom

Item 14: Graphite drawing of a running woman

Item 15: Graphite drawing of a chicken and a dog

Item 16: Graphite drawing of an American football player

Item 17: Graphite drawing of a cartoonish man walking

Item 18: Graphite drawing of a child and a cow

Item 19: “How Seed Plants Obtain and Use Their Food,” graphite drawing

Item 20: Graphite drawing of a child looking down

Item 21: “Division 204,” graphite drawing

Item 22: Graphite drawing of three men playing American football

Item 23: Graphite drawing of a dog drinking water

Item 24: Graphite drawing of a man waving

Item 25: Graphite drawing of a woman in a fur-lined coat and hat

Item 26: “TOOTS if none other,” graphite drawing

Item 27: “M” “D,” graphite drawing

Item 28: “Be Prepared,” graphite drawing

Item 29: “Washington Horse,” graphite drawing

Item 30: Painted drawing of a laughing man holding a hat and a cane

Item 31: “Mosaic Borders,” painted drawing

Item 32: “Keep Out of Foreign Entanglements,” painted graphite and marker drawing

Item 33: Graphite drawing of George Washington

Item 34: Graphite drawing of a woman’s head

Item 35: “Science,” graphite drawing

Item 36: Graphite drawing of a Native American wearing a headdress

Item 37: Painted drawing of a bedroom

Item 38: Graphite drawing of three men playing basketball

Item 39: Graphite drawing of Mickey Mouse

Item 40: Page of baby photos (possibly Raymond Brooks?)

Item 41: Page of Raymond Brooks photos

Item 42: Graphite drawing of an older man with a moustache

Item 43: Graphite drawing of a newspaper cartoon

Includes cartoon reference image.

Item 44: Image of Mount Rushmore likely taken from a magazine

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

Box 369

Box 370

Series 5: Drawings

Box 371

Folder 1: Ink drawing of a young boy, 1933

00086_02_02_01_001

Folder 2: Stylized graphite drawing of a woman, 1933

00086_02_02_01_003

Folder 3: Stylized graphite drawing of a woman, 1933

00086_02_02_01_004

Folder 4: “Roscoe King,” graphite drawing, 1934

00086_02_02_01_005

Folder 5: “Roscoe King,” graphite drawing, 1934

00086_02_02_01_008

Folder 6: “Mama,” crayon and graphite drawing, 1934

00086_02_02_01_006

Folder 7: “Frederic March,” graphite drawing, 1934

00086_02_02_01_007

Folder 8: Woman arranged with hair to one side, 1934

00086_02_02_02_001

Folder 9: Woman with a wrap neckline, crayon drawing, 1934

00086_02_02_02_004

Folder 10: “Girls,” graphite drawing with poems, 1937

00086_02_02_02_002

Folder 11: Ink drawing of a woman, 1979

00086_02_02_01_002

Folder 12: “Sagacious Suzie,” ink drawings with a poem, undated

00086_02_02_02_003

Folder 13: Single head graphite drawing, undated

00086_02_02_02_005. Contains a separation slip.

Folder 14: “Drawings Gwendolyn Brooks” envelope, undated

Box 372

Series 6: Calendars

Box 373

Folder 1: Detached calendar pages for March and April 1964, 1964

Folder 2: Hallmark Date Book, 1970

Folder 3: “Yearly Appointment Calendar”, September 1970-August 1971

Folder 4: “Afrikan Date Book in Swahili” (created by the Institute of Positive Education), December 1972-January 1974

Folder 5: Smokey the Bear pocket calendar, December 1976-June 1978

Folder 6: Bates College Calendar, February-November 1978

Folder 7: Pocket calendars, 1982

Folder 8: Distinguished Black Women (Black Women in Sisterhood for Action (B.I.S.A.)) calendar, 1984

Folder 9: Daily planner and Hallmark Date Books, 1985-1986

Includes correspondence, evaluation forms, invoices, receipts, and notes for events requiring travel and accommodations.

Folder 10: Calendars, 1986

RBML Staff: See PDF finding aid.

Folder 11: “Calendar of Events in the Library of Congress”, May 1986

Folder 12: Daily planner and comb-bound calendar, January 1986-May 1989

RBML Staff: See PDF finding aid.

Folder 13: “Fortnightly Calendar”, 1988

Folder 14: “Monthly Academic” pocket calendar, 1989-1990

RBML Staff: See PDF finding aid.

Folder 15: Appointment book and calendars, 1991

RBML Staff: See PDF finding aid.

Box 374

Folder 1: Pocket calendars, planners, and date books, 1970-1975

RBML Staff: See PDF finding aid.

Folder 2: Pocket calendars and date books, 1975-1979

RBML Staff: See PDF finding aid.

Folder 3: Calendars, 1980-1983, 1991

Box 375

Folder 1: Postcard calendar (Illinois Homemakers Extension Federation), 1991

Includes cover page and pages for January-April.

Folder 2: “Made by Nora” printed calendar, October-November 1992

Folder 3: Calendars, 1993

Folder 4: Calendars, 1994

Includes a letter from “Bery” on February 22, 1994.

Folder 5: Calendars and notes, 1996

Folder 6: “October 1997” calendar page, 1997

Folder 7: “1997 First Amendment Calendar”, 1997

Folder 8: Calendars and engagement book, 1997

Folder 9: Calendar, 1998

Item is missing pages for May and June.

Folder 10: CARE calendar, April-December 1999

Folder 11: Hallmark “America” calendar, 2000

Folder 12: “February” calendar page and pocket organizer, undated

Series 7: Public Engagements

Sub-series 1: Contracts and Contemporary Forum Documents

Box 376

Folder 1: The Adult Education Council of Greater Chicago, Amundsen-Mayfair College, and Queen of Peace High School, 1967-1968

Folder 2: Oak Park-River Forest High School and the International Poetry Forum, 1968

Folder 3: Glenbard West High School and DuPage Valley Teachers of English, 1968

Folder 4: Lock Haven State College, 1968

Folder 5: Doubleday & Company, Inc. and Broadside Press, 1970

Folder 6: Ulozi Productions and Ohio University, 1972, 1974

Folder 7: Rhode Island College, Providence; Lincoln University; Xavier University, Cincinnati; University of Tennessee, Knoxville; Bennett College; Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge; Niles West Township High School; College of St. Francis; DePauw University; and Phillips University, 1973-1975

Includes memos from Zitch, Beryl.

Folder 8: Evaluation forms for visit to Central College (Pella, IA), 1975

Folder 9: University of Massachusetts and Triton College, 1974-1975

Includes an evaluation form for a visit to Maine Township High School South.

Folder 10: University of Wisconsin and Trinity College, 1975

Folder 11: Eastern Arizona Junior College and Pima Community College, 1976

Includes a memo from Zitch, Beryl concerning amounts paid.

Folder 12: Evaluation forms, 1976

Folder 13: Forest Park Community College and LeMoyne-Own College

Includes a letter from Wagner, Charles A. (The Poetry Society of America); a petition from the Green Haven Correctional Facility Long Termers Committee; a note from Madhubuti, Haki; and invitations to an autograph party for Keziah C. Wims.

Folder 14: Metro High School, 1976

Includes evaluation forms for visits to the Conference of the Living Tree and Missouri Western State College.

Folder 15: Lake Community College, Union College, and the Danforth Foundation, 1977

Includes an evaluation form for a visit to Lenoir Community College. RBML Staff: See PDF finding aid.

Folder 16: The Danforth Foundation, 1977

Folder 17: Rollins College, Grambling State University, and Bethany College, 1978

Includes a letter from Zitch, Beryl.

Folder 18: Iowa Wesleyan College, 1979-1980

Includes evaluation forms for visits to Loyola University Chicago and Cornell University, as well as a letter from Zitch, Beryl.

Folder 19: Program Corporation of America; Roosevelt University; Northern Indiana Arts Association, Inc.; and Gompers Elementary School, 1980-1981

Folder 20: University of Michigan, College of DuPage, and William Penn College, 1981

Folder 21: Augustana College, William Penn College, Duke University, and Iowa Wesleyan College, 1981

Folder 22: Smith College and Fairfield University, 1981

Folder 23: Franklin & Marshall College, 1981-1982

Includes evaluation forms for visits to Eastwood Elementary School and Central High School (Elkhart, IN).

Folder 24: California State University, Fresno; Oak Park and River Forest High School; and Illinois State University, 1981

Folder 25: Allentown Community Center, Inc.; Niagara Erie Writers; Erie Community College, City Campus; Erie Community College, North Campus; and Allentown Community Center, Inc., 1981

Includes evaluation forms for visits to Illinois State University and Black Women for Progress (Fresno, CA).

Folder 26: Albright College; University of the District of Columbia; Mount Vernon Square Campus; Trenton State College; Perry School; East Stroudsburg State College; and Mostly Music, 1981

Folder 27: Lorain County Community College and Pace University, 1981

Includes an evaluation form for a visit to Pace University and travel receipt.

Folder 28: School District #147 (Harvey, IL), 1981

Folder 29: Highland Park High School (Highland Park, IL) and Triton College, 1981

Folder 30: Artlink Artspace (Fort Wayne, IN) and Glenbrook North High School (Northbrook, IL), 1981

Includes a memo and travel receipt from Zitch, Beryl

Folder 31: Project Success (Gainesville, FL), Boston College, and Mount Mercy College, 1981

Folder 32: Lehman College, University of Illinois Medical Center (Chicago), and Gustavus Adolphus College, 1981

Folder 33: Martin Luther King High School (Chicago), Wittenberg University, and Lehigh University, 1981

Folder 34: Atlantic Christian College and North Carolina Central University, 1981

Folder 35: SUM Concerts, Inc. (Houston), 1981

Includes an evaluation form and travel-related receipts.

Folder 36: La Mar University and Abilene Christian University, 1981

Folder 37: Virginia State University and University of North Carolina, 1981

Folder 38: Goodman Theatre; Chicago Writers in Performance; and St. Mark’s Church (Chicago), The Poetry Project, 1981

Includes an evaluation form for a visit to St. Mark’s Church.

Folder 39: College of Staten Island, New School for Social Research (New York), and Roosevelt University, 1981

Box 377

Folder 1: Valparaiso University, Lincolnwood Public Library, Joliet Central High School and Washington Junior High School, 1982

Includes a note from Zitch, Beryl and a note from Perkins, Useni Gene.

Folder 2: Elkhart Community Schools; University of Minnesota, Morris; St. Louis County Heritage & Art Center (Duluth); and Carleton College, 1982

Folder 3: Coe College, 1982

Includes evaluation forms for visits to the St. Louis County Heritage and Arts Center (Duluth) and Carleton College, as well as a memo from Zitch, Beryl.

Folder 4: Tulsa City-County Library, East Texas State University, Southern Methodist University, North Texas State University, and York Community High School (Elmhurst, IL), 1982

Includes a note from Zitch, Beryl.

Folder 5: New Trier Township Teachers (Kenilworth, IL), Amherst College, and Ohio Northern University, 1982

Includes a note from Zitch, Beryl and a travel invoice.

Folder 6: Howard University, Camden City Free Public Library, Meredith College, and Mary Washington College, 1982

Folder 7: Missouri Southern College; Elkhart Community Schools; University of Houston, Downtown College; and Western Illinois University, 1982

Folder 8: University of Tennessee and Lorain County Community College, 1981-1982

Folder 9: University of North Carolina, Phillips Academy, and University of Cincinnati, 1982

Includes an Amtrak ticket envelope and a note from Zitch, Beryl.

Folder 10: Phillips Exeter Academy, 1982

Includes a note by Gwendolyn Brooks and an Amtrak informational sheet.

Folder 11: Pennsylvania State University, 1982

Includes a letter from “Shelby” and notes on travel arrangements.

Folder 12: Mt. Clemens Public Library, Paul Robeson Cultural Center (Rutgers University), Central State University, and Loop College, 1982

Folder 13: Ohio Wesleyan University and California State University, 1982

Includes notes from Zitch, Beryl.

Folder 14: Loop College and Black Liberated Arts Center, Inc. (Oklahoma City, OK), 1982

Includes a note from Zitch, Beryl and notes by Gwendolyn Brooks.

Folder 15: Poetry Society of America, Cornell University, The William Patterson College of New Jersey, 1982

Includes travel receipts; a letter from McClane, Kenneth A. (Cornell University); memos from Zitch, Beryl; Amtrak envelopes; and notes on payment.

Folder 16: Glenbard West High School, 1982

Includes an evaluation form for a visit with Writers Voice (West Side YMCA (New York)).

Folder 17: Suffolk County Community College-Eastern Campus and The College of William and Mary, 1983

Includes a travel receipt and an Amtrak envelope.

Folder 18: Suffolk County Community College-East Campus, Glen Crest Junior High School (Glen Ellyn, IL), and Rich South High School-South Campus (Richton Park, IL), 1983

Folder 19: Rich South High School-South Campus (Richton Park, IL), Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis, Northland College, and Culver-Stockton College, 1983

Includes an evaluation form for a visit to Suffold County Community College and a memo from Zitch, Beryl.

Folder 20: Culver-Stockton College, Bryn Mawr College, and the Chicago Young Authors Conference, 1983

Folder 21: St. Thomas The Apostle Elementary School (Chicago) and McHenry County College, 1983

Includes an evaluation form for a visit to St. Thomas The Apostle Elementary School.

Folder 22: West Chester State College, the International Poetry Forum, and Georgetown University, 1983

Folder 23: Georgetown University, Albion College, Kalamazoo College, and University of Missouri-Kansas City, 1983

Folder 24: University of Missouri-Kansas City, LaFayette College, and University of Pennsylvania, 1983

Includes a memo from Zitch, Beryl.

Folder 25: Springside School (Philadelphia, PA) and Northern Illinois University, 1983

Includes an evaluation form for a visit to Lafayette College.

Folder 26: The Academy of American Poets and Chicago Vocational High School, 1983

Includes a letter from Cole, Henri (The Academy of American Poets) and a memo from Zitch, Beryl.

Folder 27: Chemung Valley Arts Council, Corning Community College, Chicago Vocational High School, Glenbard High School (Glen Ellyn, IL), and Harrisburg Area Community College, 1983

Includes a letter from Inglehart, Babette (Write On, Chicago: A Festival of the Literary Arts).

Folder 28: International Poetry Forum/Mercyhurst College, 1983

Includes a memo from Zitch, Beryl and a letter from Hazo, Samuel (International Poetry Forum).

Folder 29: Whitehall District Schools, Worcester County Poetry Association/Worcester State College, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), 1983

Includes memos from Zitch, Beryl and an Amtrak envelope.

Folder 30: County College of Morris, Harrisburg Area Community College, and Glenbard South High School, 1983

Includes an evaluation form for a visit to the County College of Morris and a memo from Zitch, Beryl.

Folder 31: Consolidated High School District #230 (Orland Park, IL), 1983

Includes a letter from Johnson, Carle A. (Worcester County Poetry Association, Inc.), a memo from Zitch, Beryl, and a statement from a hotel stay.

Folder 32: Chicago Council on Fine Arts, 1983-1984

Includes a letter from Spalding, Laura H. (City of Chicago. Department of Programming) and a description of programs honoring George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four.

Folder 33: Highland Park School District #108 (Highland Park, IL) and University of Montevallo, 1984

Includes a contact sheet for Kaleidoscope (organization).

Folder 34: Columbia College (Columbia, SC) and Midlands Technical College, 1984

Includes an evaluation form for a visit to University of Montevallo and a memo from Zitch, Beryl.

Folder 35: Midlands Technical College and Elushua Foundation/Francis Marion College, 1984

Folder 36: Elushua Foundation/Francis Marion College, University of Montevallo, Columbia College (Columbia, SC), and El Centro College, 1984

Folder 37: Chicago State University, Illinois Children’s and Rehabilitation Center, and Academy of the Sacred Heart High School (Chicago), 1984

Includes evaluation forms for visits to El Centro College and Whistler Elementary School (Chicago).

Folder 38: Academy of the Sacred Heart High School (Chicago); Whistler Elementary School (Chicago); and Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Columbus Chapter, 1984

Includes an information sheet on Delta Sigma Theta Sorority.

Box 378

Folder 1: State University College at Oswego, Syracuse University, and North Adams State College, 1984

Folder 2: North Adams State College and Kentucky State University, 1984

Includes an evaluation form for a visit to North Adams State College and a Bishoff, Bonnie letter to Beryl Zitch.

Folder 3: University of Kentucky, Seminole Community College, and Fort Lewis College, 1984

Folder 4: Fort Lewis College, Northern Illinois University, and George Williams College, 1984

Includes an evaluation form for a visit to Fort Lewis College.

Folder 5: North Carolina Central University, Norfolk State University, and Northern Illinois University, 1984

Includes an Amtrak travel invoice and receipt, and a brochure for the Third Charlemae Hill Rollins Colloquium.

Folder 6: Utica College and Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Alumna Chapter (Dayton, OH), 1984

Includes an evaluation form for a visit to Northern Illinois University.

Folder 7: Talladega College, University of Georgia, and Columbus College, 1984

Includes a note from Zitch, Beryl.

Folder 8: DePaul University, College of Lake County, and Northwestern University, 1984

Includes a memo from Zitch, Beryl.

Folder 9: Inner City Cultural Center – Bay Area (San Francisco), Carver Community Cultural Center, and Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, 1984

Folder 10: Menard Psychiatric Center, Wellesley College, Winston-Salem Delta Fine Arts, Inc./House Museum of American Art (Winston-Salem, NC), Longwood College, and Hampton Institute, 1984

Includes an Amtrak envelope and a travel invoice.

Folder 11: Longwood College, Hampton Institute, Old Dominion Institute, and Ferrum College, 1984

Includes a memo from Zitch, Beryl.

Folder 12: Virginia Commonwealth University and Ferrum College, 1984

Includes a Delta Airlines envelope, a promotional brochure for The Seventh Annual Old Dominion University Literary Festival, a note on travel arrangements, and an Amtrak envelope.

Folder 13: Wayne State University, 1984

Includes an evaluation form for a visit to Ferrum College.

Folder 14: Queens College, 1984

Includes a copy of a tax exemption certificate for Queens College Student Services Corp (1971) and an Amtrak envelope.

Folder 15: The Interpretation Division of Speech Communication Association and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, High School District 207 (Park Ridge, IL), and Barrington Area Library (Barrington, IL), 1984

Folder 16: Barrington Area Library (Barrington, IL), Glenbrook North High School (Northbrook, IL), 1984

Folder 17: Northeastern University, 1984

Includes notes by Gwendolyn Brooks and an Amtrak envelope.

Folder 18: Yale University, Kansas State University, University of Illinois at the Medical Center, 1985

Includes a note, an Amtrak envelope, an evaluation form for a visit to the University of Illinois at Chicago, and memos from Zitch, Beryl.

Folder 19: Chicago Office of Fine Arts, Western Illinois University, Museum of Science and Industry (Chicago), Lake City Community College, and Manatee Junior College, 1985

Folder 20: Lake-Sumter Community College, Kansas State University, Benedictine College, Ottawa High School (Ottawa, IL), Oakland University, Callaloo Magazine, Modern Language Association, and University of Illinois at the Medical Center, 1985

Includes business correspondence by Eckerstrom, Ralph E. (Mobium); Simpson, Robert A. (Roslyn Targ Literary Agency, Inc.) to Claudia Tate (Howard University); Hornstein, H. (AMS Press, Inc.); Lippold, George (City of New York Board of Education; and Ivory, Goldie L. to Jean Walker (Elkhart Community Schools); as well as a schedule for a visit to Eastern New Mexico University.

Folder 21: Eastern New Mexico University, University of South Carolina, and Clark University, 1985

Folder 22: Smith College, Lake Forest College, The Prairie School Performing Arts Center, and Clark College, 1985

Folder 23: Clark College, Frederick Douglass Center (Black Roots Festival (New York)), Siena College, and Starved Rock Reading Council (Ottawa, IL), 1985

Folder 24: Starved Rock Reading Council (Ottawa, IL) and Michigan State University Lifelong Education Programs, 1985

Includes an event schedule for the Midwest Poetry Festival.

Folder 25: Bates College and Howard D. Woodson Senior High School (Washington, D.C.), 1985

Includes evaluation forms for a visit to Starved Rock Reading Council (Ottawa, IL) and The Clinton-Essex-Franklin Library System (Plattsburgh, New York).

Folder 26: Lincoln University, Miami-Dade Community College, and Michigan State University, 1985

Includes an evaluation form for a visit to Union County College.

Folder 27: Michigan State University, District of Columbia Public Schools, and United Nations (Dag Hammarskjold Auditorium (New York)), 1985

Includes a memo from Zitch, Beryl.

Folder 28: Providence College, Modern Language Association, and Phillips Exeter Academy (Exeter, NH), 1985-1986

Folder 29: U.S. Department of Labor, University of Maryland, Georgetown University, Howard University, The Sidwell Friends School (Washington, D.C.), and University of Virginia, 1986

Includes an invoice for travel expenses and letters from Brooks, Gwendolyn to Marie Hanson (Johns Hopkins University Press) and Michael Manson.

Folder 30: Hood College, Swarthmore-Rutledge K-8 School (Swarthmore, PA), Audre Lorde Women’s Poetry Center (Hunter College), and Philadelphia Educators for Social Responsibility

Includes a memo from Zitch, Beryl and a School Expenditure Requisition and Purchase Order from Wells Community Academy (Chicago).

Folder 31: Philadelphia Educators for Social Responsibility and Indiana University of Pennsylvania (Indiana, PA), 1986

Includes a letter from Leigh, David (Seattle University) payment and memos from Zitch, Beryl.

Folder 32: Kalliope (Jacksonville, FL) and Bellarmine College, 1987

Includes an evaluation form for a visit to Greater St. Louis English Teachers Association and Normandy High School (St. Louis), a receipt from The Seelbach Hotel (Louisville, KY), and notes on payment.

Folder 33: St. Rita High School (Chicago), 1987

Includes an evaluation form for a visit with the Lewis and Clark Reading Council (Caseyville, IL), a St. Louis Dispatch article featuring Gwendolyn Brooks, and a memo from Zitch, Beryl.

Folder 34: Chateaux Elementary School (Hazel Crest, IL), Wright State University, and Santa Clara University, 1987

Includes an evaluation form for a visit to San Jose Unified School District (San Jose, CA) and a memo from Zitch, Beryl.

Folder 35: Los Angeles Harbor College and Clark University, 1987

Includes evaluation forms for visits with the Associated Students of Stanford University Speakers’ Bureau and to the Hemmens Auditorium (Elgin, IL) and a letter from Boese, Sally K. (Independent Schools Association of the Central States).

Folder 36: Topeka West High School (Topeka, KS), 1987

Includes correspondence between Gwendolyn Brooks, school administration, and student coordinators; a memo from Zitch, Beryl; and notes.

Folder 37: Clark University, Shining Path Book Club, Michigan City Public Library, Allentown Community Center, and University of Illinois at Chicago, 1987-1988

Folder 38: Triton College, Broadside Press (Detroit, MI), and John A. Logan College, 1988

Includes an evaluation form for a visit to Triton College.

Folder 39: Blackburn College, Illinois Wesleyan University, and the Black History Committee (Farmington, MN), 1988

Includes an itinerary for a visit to Blackburn College.

Folder 40: Black Poetry Committee (Minneapolis, MN), Faulkner School (Chicago), Pleasant Hill School (Palatine, IL), and the Urban League of Greater Muskegon (Muskegon, MI), 1988

Folder 41: Urban League of Greater Muskegon, University of Michigan-Flint, The Art Institute of Chicago, 1988

Includes a memo from Zitch, Beryl.

Box 379

Folder 1: Tuscon Poetry Festival, Public Schools of Plainfield (Plainfield, NJ), National Black Writers Conference (Brooklyn, NY), 1988

Includes an evaluation form for a visit to the Art Institute of Chicago.

Folder 2: Passaic County Community College. Delta Sigma Theta, Writers and Books (Rochester, NY), and State University College-Cortland, 1988

Folder 3: Evaluation forms for a visit to Manchester Township High School (Lakehurst, NJ), 1988

Folder 4: Association of Black Communicators (Detroit, MI), Raymond School (Chicago), Hawthorn South School (Vernon Hills, IL), and American Association of University Women (Gurnee, IL)

Includes an evaluation form for a visit with the Black History Celebration Committee of Golden Valley (Golden Valley, MN).

Folder 5: American Association of University Women (Gurnee, IL), University of Missouri-Kansas City, Poe Classical School, Mount Moriah African Methodist Episcopal Church (Annapolis, MD), and Morgan State University. Department of English, 1988

Folder 6: University of Massachusetts-Boston, Manchester Township High School (Lakehurst, NJ), Converse College, Office of Fine Arts (Chicago), and Public Schools of Plainfield (Plainfield, NJ), 1988

Folder 7: Austin Peay State University, Northeastern University. Apocalypse Literary Organization (Chicago), Hope Lutheran School (Chicago), and Chicago Public Library. North Austin Branch, 1988

Folder 8: Chicago Public Library. North Austin Branch, Friends of the [Nichols] Library (Naperville, IL), Joliet Junior College, and City College of Chicago, 1988

Folder 9: Literature Conference (Chicago), Fifth City: Chicago Reformulation Corporation, Millikin University, and Office of Fine Arts (Chicago), 1988

Folder 10: Office of Fine Arts (Chicago), Simpson College, Grinnell College, and Augustana College, 1988

Folder 11: Augustana College; Black Liberated Arts Center, Inc. (Oklahoma City, OK), National Council of Teachers of English (Urbana), Northwestern University, and University of Michigan, 1988

Includes a business card for James E. Dennis (California State University, Northridge. Pan African Studies Department).

Folder 12: University of Michigan Library, Moraine Valley Community College, and St. Lawrence University, 1988-1989

Includes a letter by Gosling, William A. (University of Michigan Library) to Beryl Zitch.

Folder 13: State University of New York at Albany. Department of African and Afro-American Studies, SUNY at Albany, SUNY at Binghamton, Promoting Excellence in Black Children (Houston), and DePauw University, 1989

Includes an itinerary for a visit to DePauw University.

Folder 14: Jackson State University, Colorado State University, Public Library Foundation & United Black Women (Boulder, CO), and University of Colorado. Women’s Studies Department, 1989

Includes an itinerary for a visit to Colorado State University.

Folder 15: American Association of University Women (Glen Ellyn, IL); Pennsylvania State University, Schuykill Campus; Franklin and Marshall College, 1989

Folder 16: Beaver College, The Poetry Center (Chicago), Marian College, and St. Mary’s College, 1989

Folder 17: St. Mary’s College, Purdue University, Eastern Illinois University, and Wesley United Methodist Church (Urbana), 1989

Folder 18: Wesley United Methodist Church (Urbana), Bradley University. Black Student Alliance, and Hammond Public Library (Hammond, IN), 1989

Includes evaluation forms for visits to DePauw University (1989) and University of Kentucky (1990).

Folder 19: Central School (Glencoe, IL), Geneva Public Library District (Geneva, IL), and Paderewski Elementary School (Chicago), 1989

Includes an itinerary for a visit to Central School (Glencoe, IL).

Folder 20: The Woodson Foundation (Newark, NJ), The Woodson Foundation (Newark, NJ), and Ulster County Community College, 1989

Includes an itinerary for a visit to Ulster County Community College.

Folder 21: Jane Addams Junior High School (Schaumburg, IL), Baker School (Evanston, IL), Messiah College, and School District of Philadelphia, 1989

Folder 22: Earlham College (Richmond, IN), Friends of Literature (Chicago), Brooklyn College, and The Poetry Center (New York), 1989

Folder 23: Brooklyn College, The Poetry Center (New York), University of Chicago. Organization of Black Students, Baker Demonstration School (Evanston, IL), 1989

Includes Myerson, Gina (Baker Parent Organization) letter to Beryl Zitch.

Folder 24: Keller Gifted Center (Chicago), The University Club (Chicago), and Friendship Village of Schaumburg (Schaumburg, IL), 1989

Includes a menu for the University of Chicago Past and Current Directors Dinner, and a place card for “Miss Brooks.”

Folder 25: Friendship Village of Schaumburg (Schaumburg, IL), Knox College, Chicago Foundation for Women, and University of Illinois at Chicago, 1989

Folder 26: Jenner School (Chicago), University of Pennsylvania, Trinity College, and University of Michigan-Flint, 1989

Folder 27: University of Michigan-Flint, 10th Annual Wang International Festival of Authors (Toronto), SUNY at Oswego, and Hannah Kahn Poetry Foundation, Ltd., 1989

Includes an itinerary for a visit to University of Michigan-Flint.

Folder 28: Hannah Kahn Poetry Foundation Ltd., Florida Memorial College, Folger Shakespeare Library (Washington, D.C.), Glendale Community College, California State University at Bakersfield, and Bakersfield College, 1989

Folder 29: San Diego State University; California State University; California State University, Los Angeles; and Northern Illinois University, 1989

Includes letters from Stuart, Gaby (California State University, Los Angeles).

Folder 30: Northern Illinois University. Sigma Tau Delta, Women & Children First Bookstore, National College of Education, and Westinghouse High School (Chicago), 1989-1990

Folder 31: Hall Elementary School (Glendale Heights, IL), 1989

Includes two copies of an evaluation form for a visit to the Women’s Caucus for Art.

Folder 32: Mellon Foundation Literacy Program for Chicago Public High School Teachers, 1990

Includes a grant proposal by Jackie Murphy (Cregier Vocational High School) and a list of Mellon Fellows Saturday Seminars.

Folder 33: Michigan City Public Library, 1990

Folder 34: Friends of the Stockton Public Library (Stockton, CA), Sacred Heart Preparatory School (Atherton, CA), San Jose Poetry Center (San Jose, CA), California Institute of the Arts (Valencia, CA), Los Angeles City College, and Beyond Baroque (Venice, CA), 1990

Includes a note from Zitch, Beryl and a letter from Mueller, John (The National Poetry Association (San Francisco)) to Gwendolyn Brooks and Beryl Zitch.

Folder 35: Los Angeles City College and University of Maryland Eastern Shore, 1990

Includes evaluation forms for visits to Fair Oaks Branch Library and Los Angeles City College and a note from Zitch, Beryl.

Folder 36: Princeton University and Vassar College, 1990

Includes a note from Zitch, Beryl; a letter concerning a forgotten fee by The Friends of the Library; and an evaluation form for a visit to Trinity United Methodist Church (Wilmette, IL).

Folder 37: Adams State College, Seward County Community College, Eastern Illinois University, and Brigham Young University, 1990

Includes a note from Zitch, Beryl.

Folder 38: Family Rescue Shelter (Chicago), Modern Language Association (New York), Loyola University Chicago. Water Tower Campus, 1990-1991

Includes notes from Zitch, Beryl and an evaluation form for a visit to Morgan Park Academy (Chicago).

Folder 39: St. Paul Lutheran School (Chicago), Chicago Public Library, and Solomon School (Chicago), 1991

Folder 40: Central Telephone Company-Illinois, Dr. Martin Luther King Unit: Boys & Girls Clubs of Chicago Third Annual Legacy Awards Luncheon, Keith Country Day School (Rockford, IL), and University of Wisconsin-Parkside, 1991

Includes a letter from Moore, Opal J. (Radford University) to Beryl Zitch and an evaluation form for a visit to Keith Country Day School.

Folder 41: Illinois Association of Educational Opportunity Program Personnel: Project FAME/Upward Bound (Chicago), Butler University, Park-Tudor School (Indianapolis), and Vincennes University, 1991

Folder 42: College of Saint Elizabeth, and Nassau Community College, 1991

Includes a note from Zitch, Beryl and an evaluation form for a visit to Vincennes University.

Folder 43: Poetry Society of America (New York), Radford University, and Hampton University, 1991

Includes an evaluation form for a visit to Manhattanville College and a contract addendum for Radford University.

Folder 44: Hampton University. English Department, Kutztown University-Student Activities Department, and Loyola University, 1991

Includes a letter from Jordan, Shirley M. (Hampton University. English Department) and an itinerary for a visit to Kutztown University.

Box 380

Folder 1: Rockford College and University of Kansas. Department of English, 1991

Includes an itinerary for a visit to Rockford College; a note from Zitch, Beryl; and an evaluation form for a visit to the University of Kansas.

Folder 2: Northern Michigan University and Emerson College, 1991

Includes a letter from Anderson, Mary Sue (Northern Michigan University) and an itinerary for a visit to Northern Michigan University.

Folder 3: National Association for Poetry Therapy, 1991

Includes an issue of The NAPT Newsletter.

Folder 4: Deerfield High School (Deerfield, IL), North Shore Writing Consortium (Deerfield, IL), and the Nineteenth Annual Black Roots Festival (New York), 1991

Includes an evaluation form for a visit to the National Association for Poetry Therapy and a note from Zitch, Beryl.

Folder 5: St. Albans School (Washington, D.C.) and Triton College, 1991

Includes notes from Zitch, Beryl.

Folder 6: Yorkville Public Library (Yorkville, IL), 1991

Includes a note from Zitch, Beryl and evaluation forms for a visit to School District #115 (Yorkville, IL).

Folder 7: George Armstrong School (Chicago), Bowen High School (Chicago), and The Art Institute of Chicago, 1991

Includes an evaluation form for a visit to Bowen High School (Chicago).

Folder 8: Deneen School (Chicago), Chicago Teachers Center, and Esmond School (Chicago), 1991

Folder 9: Esmond School (Chicago), Wesleyan University, and Gwendolyn Brooks Junior High School (Harvey, IL), 1991

Includes an invitation to a luncheon at The President’s House (Wesleyan University) and an itinerary for a visit to Wesleyan University.

Folder 10: Midwest Regional Center for Drug-Free Schools and Communities (Oak Brook, IL), and DIA Art Foundation (New York), 1991

Includes a note from Zitch, Beryl and a program for “Building Partnerships for Change: Restructuring to Make Drug-Free Schools and Communities a Reality.”

Folder 11: Bloom High School (Chicago Heights, IL), DIA Art Foundation (New York), Pennsylvania College of Technology, and Ninth Illinois Literary Haritage Conference, 1991

Includes a note from Zitch, Beryl and an agenda for a Ninth Illinois Literary Heritage Conference.

Folder 12: National Collegiate Honor Council (Chicago), University of Chicago. The Laboratory Schools, and Colgate University, 1991

Folder 13: Washington & Jefferson College and Edwin G. Foreman High School (Chicago), 1991

Includes an evaluation form for a visit to Trinity United Methodist Church (Wilmette, IL).

Folder 14: City of Dowagiac (MI)/NAACP, the Smithsonian Institution. African-American Studies Center, and an organization affiliated with Eugene Redmond (East St. Louis, IL), 1991

Includes an evaluation form for a visit to Nuyorican Poets Cafe (New York) and a  note from Zitch, Beryl.

Folder 15: The Smithsonian Institution. African-American Studies Center, Mary Washington College, and SUNY at Fredonia. Black Student Union, 1992

Folder 16: Ancona School (Chicago) and New Covenant Missionary Baptist Church, 1992

Includes an evaluation form for a visit to Ancona School (Chicago) and a copy of a newspaper clipping.

Folder 17: Chicago Public Library. North Austin Branch/Young Public School (Chicago), National Louis University, and Mt. Zion Baptist Church (Evanston, IL), 1992

Includes a note from Zitch, Beryl.

Folder 18: Valencia Community College and Seminole Community College, 1992

Includes a paper towel with a note from “Susan.”

Folder 19: Grouping of notes from Zitch, Beryl concerning engagement fees, 1992

Folder 20: Montsho Books Etc., 1992

Includes an evaluation form for a visit to Seminole Community College; a letter from Perkins, Jackie (Montsho Books Etc.) to Beryl Zitch; and notes from Zitch, Beryl.

Folder 21: Daytona Beach Community College and Indiana University—Purdue University-Indianapolis (IUPUI), 1992

Includes a note from Zitch, Beryl and evaluation forms for a visit to Addison Trail High School (Addison, IL).

Folder 22: Nathan Hale Primary School (Crestwood, IL) and Lockport Township High School (Lockport, IL), 1992

Includes an evaluation form for a visit to Lockport Township High School (Lockport, IL).

Folder 23: Central Arkansas Library System (Little Rock, AR) and Union University, 1992

Includes an evaluation form for a visit to Passaic County Community College and notes from Zitch, Beryl.

Folder 24: Teachers & Writers Collaborative (New York), 1992

Includes evaluation forms for visits to Passaic County Community College and Young People’s Theatre of the Passaic County Cultural and Heritage Council, and notes from Zitch, Beryl.

Folder 25: Morton College and Dunbar High School (Chicago), 1992

Includes an evaluation form for a visit to Guild Hall (East Hampton, NY) and a note from Zitch, Beryl.

Folder 26: Des Moines National Poetry Festival; Literacy Volunteers of New York City, Inc.; George Washington Elementary School (Chicago); and Cultural Learning Tree Book Store (Evanston, IL), 1992

Includes a note by Gwendolyn Brooks on Ithaca College stationery; a letter from Pasanen, Jane (The Chelsea Forum, Inc.); and a letter from Sargent, Betty Kelly (Literacy Volunteers of New York City, Inc.).

Folder 27: Gwendolyn Brooks Junior High School (Harvey, IL), Harold Washington School (Chicago), Barnard College/Columbia College, University of Chicago. Mellon Fellows, and The Cliff Dwellers Club (Roosevelt University), 1992

Includes a letter from Ekstrom, Roxy and Jean Dravet (Schaumburg Township District Library) to Beryl Zitch and a note from Zitch, Beryl.

Folder 28: Bloom High School (Chicago Heights, IL), Ball State University. Department of English, Ball State University, and Continental Bank (Chicago), 1992

Includes an itinerary and an evaluation form for a visit to Ball State University.

Folder 29: Barnes & Noble Booksellers (Evanston, IL) and Barat College, 1992

Includes evaluation forms for a visit to Elmhurst College.

Folder 30: Northeastern Illinois University and Christ the King School (Chicago), 1993

Includes an evaluation form for a visit to Christ the King School (Chicago) and notes from Zitch, Beryl.

Folder 31: The Writer’s Club (Chicago Heights, IL) and Bloomfield Model High School/Bloomfield Public Library (Bloomfield, MI), 1993

Includes an evaluation form for a visit to The Tandem School (Charlottesville, VA) and notes from Zitch, Beryl

Folder 32: Grouping of notes from Zitch, Beryl concerning engagement fees, 1993

Folder 33: Grouping of evaluation forms for visits to Goshen College and the YWCA of Rockford, Illinois, 1993

Includes a note from Zitch, Beryl.

Folder 34: Grouping of notes from Zitch, Beryl concerning engagement fees, 1993

Includes an evaluation form and a pre-program questionnaire for a visit to Goshen College.

Folder 35: Grouping of notes from Zitch, Beryl concerning engagement fees, 1993

Includes an evaluation form for a visit to Kenwood Academy (Chicago).

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Box 383

Sub-series 2: Audiovisual Recordings

Box 384

Box 385

Box 386

Sub-series 3: Advertisements and Publicity/Programs

Box 387

Box 388

Box 389

Box 390

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Box 401

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Box 404

Sub-series 4: Phone Numbers, Addresses, and Business Cards

Box 405

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Box 407

Box 408

Box 409

Box 410

Sub-series 5: Itineraries, Tickets, and Travel Materials

Box 411

Box 412

Box 413

Box 414

Sub-series 6: Honorary Degrees

Box 415

Folder 1: Alma College (Doctor of Letters), 1996

Includes a note from “Joanne,” a grouping of poems (photocopies), and an envelope reading “Dr. Gwendolyn Brooks.”

Folder 2: Atlanta University (Doctor of Literature), 1982

Includes correspondence with Cleveland L. Dennard (Atlanta University), a letter from Richard A. Long, convocation ceremony programs, and notes.

Folder 3: Aurora University (Doctor of Humane Letters), 1992

Includes a commencement booklet.

Folder 4: Bates College (Doctor of Letters), 1978

Folder 5-6: Blackburn University (Doctor of Humane Letters), 1988

Folder 6 contains Salutation and Citation statements.

Folder 7: Bradley University (Doctor of Humane Letters), 1995

Includes a convocation ceremony program.

Folder 8: Brown University (Doctor of Letters), 1974

Folder 9: Buena Vista College (Doctor of Humane Letters), 1995

Includes a commencement ceremony program and a notepad from Red Lion Hotels & Inns.

Folder 10: Carleton College (Doctor of Humane Letters), 1993

Folder 11: Central State University (Participation in Convocation Series), 1980

Folder 12: The Chicago Academy for the Arts, 2000

Folder 13: City College of New York (Doctor of Letters), 1978

Folder contains a separation sheet.

Folder 14: City University of New York (Doctor of Humane Letters), 1983

Includes a letter addressed to Robert Bengé and a convocation program. Contains a separation sheet.

Folder 15: Colby College (Doctor of Letters), 1977

Folder 16: College of Wooster (Doctor of Letters), 1996

Contains a separation sheet.

Folder 17: Columbia College Chicago (Doctor of Humane Letters), 1964

Includes a commencement program and an invitation to the ceremony.

Folder 18: Culver-Stockton College (Doctor of Humane Letters), 1988

Folder 19-20: DePaul University (Doctor of Humane Letters), 1972, 1994

Includes a commencement program and a letter from Cortelyou, John R. (DePaul University). Folder 20 contains a separation sheet.

Box 416

Folder 1: Duke University (Doctor of Letters), 1981

Includes a commencement program and a Citation statement.

Folder 2: Eastern Illinois University (Doctor of Humane Letters), 1990

Includes commencement programs, a speech transcript, and notes.

Folder 3: Elmhurst College (Doctor of Literature), 1967

Includes a Citation statement and a program itinerary.

Folder 4: Emerson College Alumni Association (Certificate of Appreciation), 1991

Folder 5: Franklin College (Doctor of Humane Letters), 1974

Folder 6: George Washington University (Doctor of Humane Letters), 1986

Includes a commencement program, a Citation statement, and a telegram from Zitch, Beryl and Gene.

Folder 7: Gwendolyn Brooks Junior High School, 1992

Folder 8: Howard University (Doctor of Literature), 1973

Folder 9: Howard University (Membership in The Stylus Literary Society), 1984

Includes a program. Contains a separation sheet.

Folder 10: Illinois Institute of Technology (Doctor of Laws), 1968

Folder 11: Illinois Wesleyan University (Doctor of Humanities), 1973

Folder 12: Ithaca College (Doctor of Letters), 1992

Includes a blue ribbon. Contains a separation sheet.

Folder 13: Lake Forest College (Doctor of Letters), 1965

Includes a commencement program and a Citation statement.

Box 417

Folder 1: Lawrence University of Wisconsin (Doctor of Literature), 1995

Includes commencement programs, a speech transcript, a postcard, and notes.

Folder 2: Lewis College (Doctor of Humane Letters), 1968

Includes a convocation program.

Folder 3: Lincoln Academy of Illinois (Order of Lincoln Award), 1997

Includes a white ribbon. Contains a separation sheet.

Folder 4: Lincoln University (The President’s Award for Distinguished Achievement), 1996

Includes a folder of Lincoln University publications and a copy of a newspaper clipping from Daily Local News.

Folder 5: Loyola University Chicago (Doctor of Humane Letters), 1970

Folder 6: Millikin University (Doctor of Letters), 1972

Includes a commencement program and letter from Miller, J. Roger (Millikin University).

Folder 7: Morgan State University (Distinguished Achievement Award), 2000

Folder 8: Mundelein College (Doctor of Humane Letters), 1969

Includes a dedication booklet and an issue of Mundelein Today (vol. 2, no. 5).

Folder 9: New School for Social Research, 1993

Contains a separation sheet.

Folder 10: North Park College and Theological Seminary (Doctor of Letters), 1992

Includes commencement programs.

Folder 11: Northern Illinois University (Doctor of Letters), 1992

Contains a separation sheet.

Folder 12: Northwestern University (Doctor of Literature), 1970

Folder 13: Rockford College (Doctor of Humane Letters), 1973

Includes a charter day program and a pamphlet for the Rockford College Forum Series.

Folder 14: Rockhurst College (Doctor of Fine Arts), 1996

Includes a commencement program.

Folder 15: Roosevelt University (Doctor of Humane Letters), 1990

Folder 16: Rosary College (Doctor of Letters), 1981

Includes commencement programs.

Box 418

Folder 1: Saint Mary’s College, 1994

Contains a separation sheet.

Folder 2: Saint Xavier College (Doctor of Humane Letters), 1984

Contains a separation sheet.

Folder 3: Seattle University (Doctor of Humanities), 1986

Folder 4: Skidmore College (Doctor of Letters), 1969

Folder 5: Smith College (Doctor of Letters), 1997

Includes an itinerary for commencement weekend and other informational documents related to the ceremony.

Folder 6: Southern Illinois University (Doctor of Humane Letters), 1970

Folder 7: Spelman College (Doctor of Humane Letters), 1986

Includes a letter from Allen, Jeanne H. (Spelman College) and an envelope.

Folder 8: State University of New York (Doctor of Letters), 1994

Includes a convocation program and an issue of Update (vol 17., no. 13).

Folder 9: St. Lawrence University (Doctor of Humane Letters), 1976

Includes a Citation statement and a ribbon folded into a bow. Contains separation sheets.

Folder 10: Trinity College (Doctor of Letters), 1990

Folder 11: University of Cincinnati (Doctor of Literature), 1974

Contains a separation sheet.

Folder 12: University of Illinois (Doctor of Letters), 1975

Includes a convocation program.

Folder 13: University of Massachusetts, 1981

Contains a separation sheet.

Folder 14: University of Pennsylvania (Doctor of Humane Letters), 1977

Contains a separation sheet.

Folder 15: University of Vermont (Doctor of Humane Letters), 1986

Folder 16: University of Wisconsin-Green Bay (Award of Merit), 1974

Folder 17: University of Wisconsin-Madison (Doctor of Literature), 1972

Folder 18: University of Wisconsin-Parkside (Doctor of Humane Letters), 1993

Folder 19: Valparaiso University (Doctor of Letters), 1988

Includes a commencement program and a note from Trost, Ann F. Contains a separation slip.

Folder 20: Washington University, 1973

Includes convocation programs.

Box 419

Folder 1: Wesleyan University (Doctor of Letters), 1991

Folder 2: Western Michigan University (Doctor of Humanities), 1978

Includes a citation statement.

Folder 3: Williams College (Doctor of Letters), 1988

Includes a commencement program and a citation statement.

Folder 4: Washburn University of Topeka (Doctor of Letters), 1983

Folder 5: Western Illinois University (Doctor of Letters), 1971

Sub-series 7: Awards and Medals

Box 420

Item 1: African American Alliance of Columbia College Chicago. Glass frame. 5/22/1989

Item 2: African American Arts Alliance. Metal on wooden plaque. 1993

Item 3: Afrikan poetry Theatre, INC. Metal on wooden plaque. 10/14/1980

Item 4: Afro-American Society Seminole Community College. Metal on wooden plaque. 1984

Item 5: Akron. Golden key in a red textile pocket. 2/24/2000

Item 6: Alice C. Browning. Metal on wooden plaque. No date

Box 421

Item 1: Alpha Chi Northeastern Illinois University. Metal on wood plaque. 5/24/1988

Item 2: Alpha Lambda Delta, Wayne State College. Enclosed with a stiffener, typed letter, and envelope. 3/31/1974

Item 3: Separation sheet for [American Black Achievement Award]. Brown framed award.<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>No date

Item 4: American Black Artist, INC. Metal on wood plaque. 10/25/1984

Item 5: American Heritage Commission, State of Illinois. Letter and Separation sheet for two certificates. 1966 & 1967

Item 6: Anchor Arts Organization. Loose metal plate. 1/31/1982

Item 7: Separation sheet for [Arkansas Traveler Award]. 3/26/1992

Item 8: Askari, M'Wile Yaw. Poem and a copied sheet with writing on verso. 4/14/1986

Item 9: Atlanta City Council. Glass frame. 5/18/1986

Item 10: Before Columbus Foundation. Metal on wood plaque. 1995

Item 11: Separation sheet for [Birmingham-Southern College]. Metal award on wooden base. 1994

Item 12: [The Black Book Club]. No date

Item 13: Black Book Club. Plastic frame. 4/16/1989

Item 14: Separation sheet for [Black History Week 1980]. Metal frame on marble on wooden base. 1980

Box 422

Item 1: Black Students Association of Western Illinois University. Glass frame.<span style="white-space:pre"> </span> 3/1/1970

Item 2: Blackburn College Carlinville, Illinois. Metal on wooden plaque. 2/1/1988

Item 3: Separation sheet for [Boys & Girls Club of Chicago]. Glass award. 1991

Item 4: Bradford, Walter. Metal on wooden plaque. 1/5/1968

Item 5: Burnside Elementary School. Metal on wooden plaque. No date

Box 423

Item 1: Caldwell School. Certificate of Appreciation with program. 4/7/1989

Item 2: California State University, Dominguez Hills. Certificate of Appreciation. 10/27/1987

Item 3: Caxton Club of Chicago. Metal on wooden with red textile. 4/17/1996

Item 4: Separation sheet for [Centers for New Horizons]. Metal on wooden plaque. N/A

Item 5: Chicago Book Clinic. Glass frame. 5/5/1990

Item 6: Chicago Sesquicentennial. Metal Gold.<span style="white-space:pre"> </span> 1983

Item 7: C.E. "Sonny" Scroggins Community Service Award. Metal on wooden plaque. 5/2/1996

Box 424

Item 1: Chicago State University. Metal with ribbon. 1867

Item 2: Chicago State University Certificate of Appreciation. Loose papers. 5/12/2000

Item 3: Chicago State University Office of Student Activities. Metal on wooden frame. 2/7/1991

Item 4: Separation sheet for [Chicago State University]. Metal on wooden plaque. 2/7/1994

Item 5: Separation sheet for [Chicago State University]. Clock. 3/5/1999

Item 6: Citizens Schools Committee. Golden Anniversary Tribute to Chicago Public Education. Loose paper. 10/13/1983

Item 7: Separation sheet for [City and County of San Francisco]. Certificate of Honor. 9/8/1987

Item 8: Separation sheet for [City Colleges of Chicago]. Metal on wooden plaque. N/A

Item 9: City College of New York. Gold medal. 3/23/1986

Item 10: City Council of the City of Chicago. "A resolution…". Two frames hinged. Separation sheet for OS framed award. 5/19/1993

Box 425

Item 1: Separation sheet for [City of Atlanta].

Item 2: Separation sheet for [City of Atlanta]. Stapled papers. 4/16/1985

Item 3: City of Buffalo. Glass frame. 2/2/1988

Item 4: City of Camden, New Jersey. Gold key. No date

Item 5: Separation sheet for [City of Chicago Heights].

Item 6: Separation sheet for [City of Dowagiac, Michigan].

Item 7: City of Indianapolis. Loose paper. 2/13/1994

Item 8: City of Knoxville & Clark 100 Class of 1987. Charms in a plastic container.

Item 9: Separation sheet for [City of Newark, N.J.]

Box 426

Item 1: City of Macomb, Illinois. Gold Key on wooden plaque. Metal on wooden plaque. 9/29/1997

Item 2: City of Muskegan State of Michigan. Loose paper. 3/7/1988

Item 3: City of San Francisco, California. Loose papers (2). 10/16/1987

Item 4: Separation sheet for [City of San Jose, California]. Loose sheet in paper folder. No date

Item 5: City of Shreveport, Louisiana. Medal.

Item 6: City of Tampa, Florida. Golden key.

Item 7: City of Tuscan. Glass frame. Printed on metal sheet. 3/18/1988

Item 8: Colgate-Palmolive Company. Glass Plaque. No date

Item 9: College of Lake County. Metal on wooden plaque. 5/12/1984

Item 10: Separation sheets for [Columbia University, Pulitzer Prize]. Glass award and Blue envelope with Pulitzer Prize documentation, accompanied by brown mailing envelope, "Pulitzer Prize Gwendolyn Brooks 1950" (12 items). 1991

Box 427

Item 1: Separation sheet for [Cook County Juvenile Court]. Acrylic award. 4/16/1991

Item 2: CUL's Health Programs. Metal on wooden frame. 5/9/1996

Item 3: Cum Laude Society. Three loose papers. 1977-1978

Item 4: Detroit City Council. Loose paper in two blue folders and a medal. 5/29/1986

Item 5: Separation sheet for [Detroit City Council]. Printed letter in paper folder. Metal pin in a plastic bag, stapled on the folder cover. Stored in manila envelope. 3/16/1994

Item 6: Division on Black American Literature and Culture of the Modern Language Association. Metal on wooden plaque. 12/28/1995

Item 7: Dixwell House. Wooden plaque. 1/15/1985

Item 8: Drury College. Medal. 1973

Item 9: Duke Ellington Family. Metal on wooden plaque. 3/16/1993

Item 10: Separation sheet for [Elgin Community College]. Glass award.

Item 11: Eugene B. Redmond Writers Club. Metal with wooden plaque. 12/17/1991

Box 428

Item 1: Separation sheet for [Essence Literature Award]. Glass award.<span style="white-space:pre"> </span> 1988

Item 2: Faulkner School. Black Arts Celebration Participation Certificate. 3/3/1988

Item 3: First Ladies Salute First Women. Glass award. Glass award with metal pin in the center. Housed in a custom-fit teal box, "Tiffany & Co) with a small notecard. 1999

Item 4: Frank London Brown Historical Association. Metal on wooden plaque. 1968

Item 5: Full Circle Monuments to Women. Loose paper with yellow envelope. 5/19/1993

Item 6: Furious Flower Poetry Center, James Madison University. Metal on wooden plaque. 10/28/1999

Item 7: "G" shape medal.

Item 8: Gamma Phi Delta Zeta Chapter. Metal on wooden plaque. May-81

Item 9: Separation sheet for [Gary, Indiana. White certification].

Item 10: Gary, Indiana. Metal on wooden plaque. Key is missing. 4/9/1989

Item 11: Gary Public Library. Metal on wooden plaque. 4/9/1989

Box 429

Item 1: GBB '96. metal letter opener(?) 1996

Item 2: Geraldine R. Dodge Poetry Festival. Glass frame. 10/10/1986

Item 3: Go On Girl Literary Lifetime Achievement Award. Ceramics award. 2000

Item 4: Gober, Cliff. Glass frame. 5/9/1994

Item 5: Golden Sable. INC. Tampa, Florida. Metal on wooden plaque. 3/1/1979

Item 6: Gompers Upper Cycle School. Metal on wooden plaque. 12/12/1980

Item 7: Separation sheet for [Girl scouts]. Glass award. 1987

Item 8: Separation sheet for ["Gwendolyn Brooks 9-7-91"]. Base. 9/7/1991

Item 9: "Gwendolyn Brooks Artist". Loose metal plate.

Item 10: Separation sheet for [Gwendolyn Brooks Cultural Center]. Wooden plaque. 4/16/1982

Item 11: Separation sheet for [Gwendolyn Brooks For Your Contribution to the African-American Community and the World]. Glass top + marble bottom pyramid award. 1996

Box 430

Item 1: Harvard University. Medal with red and black stripe ribbon. Accompanied by a letter and envelope. 3/10/1995

Item 2: Separation sheet for [Harvey Public Schools District 152].

Item 3: Separation sheet for [Heritage House Writers Series]. Metal on wooden plaque. 5/29/1986

Item 4: Separation sheet for [Heritage House Writers Series]. Metal on wooden plaque. 5/29/1986

Item 5: Separation sheet for [Howard University, Liberal Arts Student Council].

Item 6: Separation sheet for [Hyde Park Historical Society]. Framed award.

Item 7: Separation sheet for ["I See Chicago" poem].

Item 8: Separation sheet for [IBWC INC.] Award statue (2 copies). 1978

Item 9: ICRE-R. Metal on wooden plaque. 6/2/1994

Item 10: Illinois Alliance For Arts Education. Glass frame. 4/23/1998

Item 11: Illinois Arts Council. Letter and a Separation sheet for [Illinois Arts Council Certificate]. 10/8/1965

Item 12: Separation sheet for [Illinois Association of Teachers of English].

Item 13: Illinois Community College Trustees Association. Metal on wooden plaque. 6/28/1991

Item 14: Jackson State University. Metal on wooden plaque. 2/23/1989

Item 15: James McCosh Elementary School. Glass frame. 12/14/1992

Box 431

Item 1: James McCosh School Primary Library. Metal on wooden plaque. 12/14/1992

Item 2: Jazz Unites, INC. Metal on wooden plaque. 8/4/1995

Item 3: Jenner Academy of the Arts. Metals on wooden plaque. 06/2000

Item 4: Jenner Academy of the Arts. Metal on wooden plaque. Taped Post-It note on verso. 06/2000

Item 5: Jenner School. Metal clock on wooden plaque. 1988

Item 6: Separation sheet for [Jenner School]. Framed poem.

Box 432

Item 1: Jesuit Centennial in Chicago. Certificate in degree folder. 12/12/1957

Item 2: Joliet Junior College. Metal on wooden plaque. 5/12/1995

Item 3: Jones Metropolitan High School of Business and Commerce. Metal on wooden plaque. 5/7/1996

Item 4: Separation sheet for [Kennedy-King College]. Metal on wooden plaque.

Item 5: King County, Washington. Felt stole (folded) and Separation Sheet for loose sheet. 10/13/1977

Item 6: Langston Hughes Writers Guild. Loose papers. 5/17/1992

Item 7: League of Black Women. Metal on wooden plaque. 10/22/1989

Box 433

Item 1: Library of Congress. Metal medal with textile ribbon in a textile lined wooden box. No date

Item 2: Library of Congress. United State Mint in a textile lined box in a paper box. Folded note in the box. 2000

Item 3: Library of Congress. Booklet and degree folder. No date

Item 4: Lincoln Academy. Medal with red, purple, green stripe ribbon.

Item 5: Lincoln College. Medal. 1965

Box 434

Item 1: Lincolnwood Library. Metal plaque on wood/textile frame. Pamphlet taped on verso. 5/3/1982

Item 2: Loyola University, Chicago. Medal.

Item 3: Marquis Who's Who Publications Board. Certificate with envelope. 1982/1983

Item 4: Marquis Who's Who Publications Board. Certificate. 1983/1984

Item 5: Marquis Who's Who Publications Board. Loose paper with envelope. 1992/1993

Item 6: Marquis Who's Who Publications Board. Certificate with envelope. 1996

Item 7: Separation sheet for [Maxson Middle School].

Box 435

Item 1: Medgar Evers College. Metal on wooden plaque. 3/1/1988

Item 2: Metropolitan Community Church. Glass frame. 10/26/1980

Item 3: Separation sheet for [Middle College High School, Creative Writing Club]. N/A

Item 4: Miracle on 95th Street. Certificate in green folder with yellow plastic envelope. 3/15/1997

Item 5: Separation sheet for [Model of Excellence].

Item 6: Moraine Valley Community College. Metal on wooden plaque. 2/1/1989

Item 7: Mt. Olive Baptist Church. Glass frame. 4/25/1995

Item 8: Separation sheet for [Muntu Dance Theatre].

Item 9: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Loose paper. 11/20/1981

Item 10: National Association for Poetry Therapy. Loose paper.

Item 11: National Association of University Women. Metal on wooden plaque. 4/6/1991

Box 436

Item 1: National Book Award. Round metal medal with blue textile ribbon hanging in a velvet lined two-door box. Taped note on the back of the box. 1994

Item 2: National Coalition of 100 Black Women, Inc. Metal on wooden plaque. 5/24/1994

Item 3: Separation sheet for [National Council for Culture and Art, INC.] Acrylic award. 1989

Item 4: National First Ladies Library. Ornament in box. No date

Item 5: Separation sheet for [National Medal of the Arts]. Loose sheets and medal in a wooden box. 1995

Item 6: National Naval Officers Association. Certificate inside blue folder. 2/4/1990

Box 437

Item 1: National Sorority of Phi Delta Kappa, Inc. Metal on wooden plaque. 2/1/1989

Item 2: Separation sheet for [National Women's Hall of Fame]. Metal + foam base.

Item 3: Naval Training Station Great Lakes, Illinois. Loose sheet in plastic sleeve. No date

Item 4: New York Public Library. Medal with orange ribbon and Separation sheet for [NYPL glass award]

Item 5: New York University, The Bobst Library. Medal.

Item 6: Separation sheet for [New York University's Institute of African-American Affairs and Africana Studies Program]. Glass award. 10/6/1999

Item 7: Newark Public Library. Glass frame. 1937(?)

Item 8: Normandy High School. Metal on wooden plaque. 2/13/1987

Item 9: Separation sheet for [Northeastern Illinois State College]. Loose sheet in mylar sleeve.

Item 10: Oakland University. Metal on wooden plaque. 2/14/1985

Item 11: ORR High School. Metal on wooden plaque. 1997

Box 438

Item 1: Paul Laurence Dunbar. Postage stamp on glass plaque. No date

Item 2: Poetry Society of America. Metal coin in box.

Item 3: Prairie State College. Metal on wooden plaque. 2/3/1993

Item 4: Press Club of San Francisco. Loose metal plate. 10/16/1987

Item 5: Rochester City Council. Glass frame. 3/28/1988

Item 6: Sacramento City College, California. Medal.

Item 7: Separation sheet for [Sesquicentennial Distinguished Lecture]. Wooden base. 1/27/1994

Box 439

Item 1: Sheriff's Senior Medal of Honor. 1996

Item 2: Separation sheet for [Society of Midland Authors].

Item 3: Separation sheet for [Southside Community Art Center]. Framed award.

Item 4: Springfield, Illinois. Metal plate taped on ceramic tile, mounted on a wooden key. 5/4/1965

Item 5: Separation sheet for [State of Illinois Center].

Item 6: Separation sheet for [State of Illinois Executive Department]. Paper mounted on wooden plaque with plastic.

Item 7: State of Kansas. Loose sheets (3). Separation sheet for ["Proclamation by the governor" and "Members Copy…"]. 4/4/1991

Item 8: Separation sheet for [State of Michigan].

Item 9: St. James Cathedral Commons. Framed award. 10/5/1980

Item 10: Texas. Metal letter opener(?)

Item 11: Separation sheet for [Third World Press]. Wooden plaque. 9/25/1977

Item 12: Separation sheet for [Third World Press. "30th Anniversary Builders Award"]. Wooden plaque. 9/19/1997

Item 13: Tinkham, Charles B, Purdue University. framed poem.

Box 440

Item 1: Topeka, Kansas. Two medals (Topeka medal and Illinois Sesquicentennial medal) and one manila envelope.

Item 2: Separation sheet for [TransAfrica Forum]. Acrylic award. 1999

Item 3: Tucson High School. Honorary Tucson Badger. 3/18/1988

Item 4: U.M.M. - B.S.U. Metal on wooden plaque. 2/8/1982

Item 5: Separation sheet for [University at Albany]. Glass award.

Item 6: University of Akron. Metal medal and a base in box with two newspaper clippings.

Item 7: University of Chicago. Framed award. 1994

Item 8: University of Illinois at Springfield, African American Studies Program. Metal on wooden plaque. 11/12/1997

Item 9: University of Iowa, La Petite Theatre, Inc. Metal on wooden plaque. 1/20/1991

Box 441

Item 1: University of Pennsylvania. Framed award. 3/27/1977

Item 2: University of Vermont. Pewter case. 5/23/1986

Item 3: University of Wisconsin, Green Bay. Loose papers (2). 5/27/1974

Item 4: Separation sheet for [Urban Gateways].

Item 5: Village of Greenview. Framed award. 10/5/1997

Item 6: Separation sheet for [Walker, Larry D.]. Framed tribute. 11/25/1987

Item 7: Separation sheet for [Washington, D. C.. Proclamation Gwendolyn Brooks Day]. Paper certificate in folder with copied sheet and a ribbon. 2/14/1997

Item 8: Western Illinois University. Framed award. 1982-83

Item 9: Separation sheet for [YWCA Leader Luncheon]. Glass award. 1977

Item 10: Glass plaque with Ankh Cross(?) symbol.

Item 11: Separation sheet for [Glass weight (no inscription)].

Item 12: Separation sheet for [Golden key with screw (no inscription)].

Item 13: Separation sheet for [Metal plate with inscription design].

Sub-series 8: Gwendolyn Brooks Public Engagements Files (includes Contract Bundles)

Box 442

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Box 451

Series 8: Contests and Scholarships

Sub-series 1: Illinois Poet Laureate Awards

Box 452

Folder 1: “1970 ‘Poet Laureate’ Notes”, 1970

Folder 2: Tiggs, Yolanda letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1970

Folder 3: “Poet Laureate Awards 1971 & 1972”

Item 1: Poet Laureate Awards speech transcript, 1971

Item 2: Poem by Black, Barbara, “My God – Savior or Enemy?”, 1971

Item 3: List of Poet Laureate Award winners and a copy of a poem by Williams, Willie, “A Will”, 1972

Item 4: “Poet Laureate Awards 1971 & 1972” envelope, undated

Folder 4: Third Annual Poet Laureate Awards finalist submissions, 1972

Folder 5 includes notes by Gwendolyn Brooks.

Folder 5: Notes on Poet Laureate Awards finalists, 1972

Includes an invoice for Harlo Printing Company (1974).

Folder 6: Poet Laureate Awards submissions, 1973

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Sub-series 2: Non-IPLA contests

Box 477

Folder 1: Chicago Public Library award notification, 1988

Folder 2: Dr. Stephen Caldwell Wright Poetry Awards

Item 1: Second Annual Dr. Stephen Caldwell Wright Poetry Awards (Seminole Community College) program, 1986

Item 2: “Chronicle: A Compilation of Award Winning Poetry, 1985-1986”, 1986

Item 3: Informational pamphlet, undated

Includes a business card for Jones, David Howell.

Item 4: “Chronicle: A Compilation of Prize-Winning Poetry”, 1993

Two copies.

Item 5: “Chronicle: A Compilation of Award Winning Poetry”, 1990

Folder 3: Frank E. Dobson Poetry Awards programs, 1988, 1991-1992

Folder 4: Frank Edward Dobson Poetry Contest program, 1992

Folder 5: “Governor Thompson’s Inaugural Children’s Poem Contest (Judge Gwen Brooks”

Item 1: Contest winner announcement speech, 1977?

Item 2: Grouping of Western Union Mailgram confirmations, 1977

Item 3: Grouping of poetry submissions by children, 1977?

Includes an envelope.

Item 4: “Governor Thompson’s Inaugural Children’s Poem Contest (Judge Gwen Brooks)” folder, undated

Folder 6: Gwendolyn Brooks Poetry Awards (Cook County Hospital), 1976

Includes poems from prize winners and honorable mentions, as well as a “Health and Hospitals Governing Commission of Cook County” folder.

Folder 7: Gwendolyn Brooks Poetry Contest, Longfellow envelopes (unsent and empty), undated

Folder 8: Gwendolyn Brooks Poetry Contest (Marshall High School (Chicago)), 1966

Folder 9: Henry Blakely Award (Chicago State University), 2000

Includes a letter from Gwendolyn Brooks to award recipients, an empty envelope labeled “W. Keorapetse Kgositsile,” and a blue folder.

Folder 10: Keziah Brooks Memorial Awards (Metropolitan Community Church), 1979

Includes submissions and contest guidelines.

File 11: “Students’ Typed Mss. That Have Been Taped & ‘Kinko-ed’”

Folder 11.1-11.3: Grouping of poetry submissions by children, undated

Folder 11.4: “Students Typed Mss. That Have Been Taped & ‘Kinko-ed’” Kinko’s envelope, undated

Folder 12: “Washington D.C. poetry contest”, 1985

Includes submissions and correspondence from Thomason, Rose (George Washington Junior High School (Alexandria, VA)) and Thompson, Leone B. (H.D. Woodson High School (Washington, D.C.)).

Series 9: Teaching Materials

Box 481

Box 482

Folder 1: Green leather portfolio without contents, undated

Label reads: “Columbia Poetry Workshop / Northeastern Illinois W. Workshops.”

Folder 2: Empty envelopes, undated

Folder 3: “Young Writers Workshop” envelope, “Blackstone Rangers Creative Writing Class” notes, and a letter to Walter Bradford

Folder 4: “Wisconsin Madison English 303 ‘Creative Writing Poetry’” teaching notebook, undated

Folder 5: “Columbia College Catalog Issue: 1964-1965”, 1964

Folder 6: Petty, Frank letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1965

Folder 7: Teaching and poetry notes, 1966

Folder 7a: “Rules (Writing)”, undated

Folder 8: Columbia College Chicago lesson plans and assignments, 1966

Folder 9: Elmhurst College and Columbia College Chicago lesson plans and assignments, 1966

Folder 10: “Columbia Spring Semester 1967” lesson plans and teaching notes, 1967

Folder 11: Columbia College Chicago and “Illinois North” lesson plans and teaching notes, 1967

Folder 12: “Teen-agers’ Creative Writing Course” lesson plans and assignments, 1967

Folder 13: Northeastern Illinois State College Bulletin (two issues), 1968-1969

Folder 14: “Recommended Books” and “February 3, 1969” teaching notes, 1969

Series 10: Programs, Broadsides, Posters, and Ephemera

Box 483

Folder 1: July 1944-March 1963

Folder 2: 1959, 1971

Folder 3: October 1965-January 1968

Folder 4: April 1968

Folder 5: 1970

Folder 6: October 1971

Folder 7: 1972-January 1975

Folder 8: June 1975-March 1976

Folder 9: March-November 1976

Folder 10: Funerals, 1974, 1977, 1983-1996

Folder 11: June 1977-January 1978

Folder 12: June-July 1977

Folder 13: 1978-1979

Folder 14: April 1978

Folder 15: February-April 1979

Folder 16: August-October 1980

Folder 17: October 1980

Folder 18: May 1981-1983

Folder 19: June 1983-February 1984

Box 484

Folder 1: August-October 1984

Folder 2: October 1984

Folder 3: June-November 1985

Folder 4: February-August 1986

Folder 5: December 1986-June 1989

Folder 6: May 1987

Folder 7: February-June 1990

Folder 8: September 1990-May 1991

Folder 9: January 1991

Folder 10: March-April 1991

Folder 11: 1991

Folder 12: April-November 1992

Folder 13: January-February 1993

Folder 14: April-July 1993

Folder 15: September-December 1993

Folder 16: January-May 1994

Box 485

Folder 1: October 1987-June 2000

Folder 2: 1994-1995

Folder 3: January-May 1995

Folder 4: May-June 1995

Folder 5: July-December 1995

Folder 6: April-June 1996

Folder 7: June 15, 1996

Folder 8: Spring 1996-January 1997

Folder 8a: November-December 1996, undated

Folder 9: Febraury 19, 1997

Folder 10: January-April 1997

Folder 11: April 19, 1997

Folder 12: April 22, 1997

Folder 13: May-December 1997

Folder 14: Tribute to Gwendolyn Brooks, October 1997

Box 486

Folder 1: April-November 1998

Folder 2: May 5, 1998

Folder 3: January-May 1999

Folder 3a: April 15, 1999

Folder 4: May-August 1999

Folder 5: June 1999

Folder 6: September-November 1999

Folder 7: February-April 2000

Folder 8: June 2000-June 2003

Folder 9: November 20-21, 2000

Folder 10: December 2000 and Undated

Folder 11: Western Illinois University, 2000

Folder 12: Indiana University Campus Guide, undated

Folder 13: Miscellaneous brochures, undated

Folder 14: Artists and Models Ball, undated

Folder 15-17: Event invitations and programs, undated

Box 487

Folder 1: Shaman Drum Bookshop bookmark and brochure for The White Rose Inn (Emporia, KS), undated

Folder 2: Leaflets on proposal writing, undated

Folder 3: Travel brochures, ticket forms, and envelopes, and unrelated mixed materials, undated

Folder 4: Mixed materials for various events, undated

Folder 5: John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowships to Assist Research in Artistic Creation booklet, 1971

Folder 6: Mixed materials for various events, 1959, 1991-1995, 1999, undated

Folder 7: Calling card and envelope for Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley, undated

Series 11: David Company Records

Box 488

Folder 1: Checks and account statements, 1990

Folder 2: "June Report”, undated

Folder 3: David Company Price List

Folder 4: David Company Stationary - Realia

Folder 5: David Company Correspondence and Invoices

Folder 6: David Company Reports

Folder 7: David Company Advertisements

Series 14: Gwendolyn Brooks Personal Realia/Artifacts

Box 536

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Box 541

Series 15: Gwendolyn Brooks Library

Sub-series 1: Books

Item 1: Brooks 001-131

Browse titles on Primo.

Box 542

Box 543

Sub-series 2: Pamphlets and Periodicals

Box 544

Folder 1: “10 Tips for Hotel/Motel Fire Safety”, 1992

Includes “Fire Emergency Procedure” handout.

Folder 2: “250 Health Hints for the New Year”, 1991

Includes notes by Gwendolyn Brooks.

Folder 3: AfrikaNews (vol. 2, no. 4), undated

Featuring an interview with Haki R. Madhubuti.

Folder 4: Afro-Americans (Psycholinguistics Reading Series, book 8), 1968?

Folder 5: AIM (vol. 10, no. 1), 1983

Includes a Citizens Schools Committee Golden Anniversary program.

Folder 6: American Academy of Arts and Letters

Item 1: The American Academy of Arts and Letters, 1996-1997, 1997

Includes a brochure with member photos.

Item 2: Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Letters (vol. 2, no. 46), 1995

Folder 7: American Poet (Summer), 1996

Includes a catalog of “audiotape archives” distributed by the Academy of American Poets.

Folder 8: American Poet (Winter), 1996-1997

Folder 9: American Poet (Winter), 1999-2000

Includes grouping of errata.

Folder 10: Anchor Books (Spring), 1990

Includes a note concerning Countee Cullen by Gwendolyn Brooks.

Folder 11: The Art Institute of Chicago Annual Report 1966-1967, 1967

Folder 12: Birmingham Civil Rights Institute

Item 1: Grouping of photos and ephemera related to Beyond Birmingham: Human Rights Around the World, 1994?

Item 2: Grouping of ephemera related to Black heritage and the Civil Rights Movement in Alabama, 1989, 1992, undated

Item 3: Birmingham Civil Rights Institute folder, 1994

Folder 13: “Birmingham-Southern College Annual Report”, 1993-1994

Folder 14: Black American Poetry: A Selected Bibliography (Clinton-Essex-Franklin Library System), 1984?

Folder 15: Black Biography (vol. 1), 1981

Folder 16: Black Books Bulletin (vol. 2, no. 1), 1974

Folder 17: Black Books Bulletin (vol. 7, no. 3), 1981

Box 545

Folder 1: Black Books Bulletin (vol. 8, Annual), 1991

Two copies.

Folder 2: Black Books Bulletin: WordsWork (vol. 16, no. 1-2), 1994

Three copies.

Folder 3: Black Books Bulletin: WordsWork (vol. 16, no. 1-2), 1994

Copy heavily annotated by Gwendolyn Brooks. Includes a draft letter to Madhubuti, Haki R. (1981).

Folder 4: Black Culture Quiz (The Sperry and Hutchinson Company), 1979

Folder 5: The Blacklisted Journalist (Column 21), 1997

Folder 6: “Black Men in the Struggle/Beautiful Black Women in the Struggle”, undated

Folder 7: The Black Position (no. 3), 1973

Three copies.

Folder 8: The Black Scholar (Summer), 1972

Folder 9: The Black Scholar (June), 1975

Three copies.

Folder 10: The Black Scholar (vol. 13, no. 4-5), 1982

Folder 11: The Black Scholar (vol. 18, no. 1), 1987

Folder 12: The Black Scholar (vol. 19, no. 4-5), 1988

Folder 13: The Black Scholar (vol. 20, no. 3-4), 1989

Box 546

Folder 1: The Black Leadership Family Plan for the Unity, Survival, and Progress of Black People, 1982

Includes fundraising appeal forms and supplementary informational leaflets for the Black Development Fund, and a plastic envelope.

Folder 2: Blake, J. Herman. “‘Doctor Can’t Do Me No Good’: Social Concomitants of Health Care Attitudes and Practices Among Elderly Blacks in Isolated Rural Populations”, 1977

Folder 3: Blakely, Nora Brooks, ed. “A Bit of This, A Bit of That: Creative Writing from the Students of the Englewood Catholic Schools”, 1987

Folder 4: Bolden, B.J. “The Gwendolyn Brooks Center for Black Literature and Creative Writing Annual Report, 1997-1998”, 1998

Folder 5: Bontemps, Arna, ed. Anthology of Negro Poets, 1961?

Folder 6: Braxton, Joanne M. “Furious Flower: A Revolution in African American Poetry”, undated

Enclosed in a sealed plastic sleeve.

Folder 7: The Bret Harte School. Student Teachers: Selected Writing 1995-1996, 1996

Two copies.

Folder 8: Callaloo (no. 1, December), 1976

Folder 9: Cape Cod Community College Poets, 1995

Folder 10: Carman, Juanita C.

Item 1: “Who Are You” (Reach Out Series), 1981?

Item 2: Children Stories (Reach Out Series), 1981?

“And Reading Skills” written in red ink.

Item 3: Short Essays, Poems and Prose (Reach Out Series), 1981?

Item 4: Reach Out Series of Young Adults Stories, 1982?

“Teen-Ager and” and “With Instructional Aids, Applications and Other Forms” written in pink ink.

Folder 11: Centers for New Horizons, Inc., undated

Folder 12: Central Passages Literary Journal (Edition 1), undated

Folder 13: “Chicago State University 1989 Annual Report”, 1989

Folder 14: Chicago Tribune Magazine (Section 10), 2000

Includes a letter to Gwendolyn Brooks from Reardon, Pat and an envelope.

Folder 15: Chronicle: 1994 Prize-Winning Poems (Seminole Community College), 1994

Two copies.

Folder 16: Cincinnati Horizons (vol. 6, no. 3), 1977

Folder 17: Common Outlook (vol. 1, no. 12), 1943

Includes “On Freshness In Verse” envelope.

Folder 18: A Common Reader: A Selection of Books for Readers with Imagination (no. 114), 1995

Folder 19: Conexões (vol. 4, no. 2), 1992

Folder 20: Conley, “A Unit: Contemporary Black Poetry", 1971

Folder 21: Consultants’ Reunion: A Keepsake Anthology of the Fiftieth Anniversary Celebration of the Consultantship in Poetry (Library of Congress (Washington, D.C.)), 1987

Folder 22: The Contemporary Forum catalog, 1990s

Folder 23: Count Your Calories (Dell Purse Book), 1968?

Folder 24: Creative Survival: The Providence Black Community in the 19th Century (The Rhode Island Black Heritage Society), 1980

Includes a sticker for the “Centenário da Abolição Projeto Consciência e Liberdade” (Centennial of Abolution Conscience and Freedom Project).

Folder 25: The Creative Woman (vol. 10, no. 2), 1990

Box 547

Folder 1: The Creative Woman (vol. 10, no. 4), 1990

Folder 2: Cumpián, Carlos, ed. Emergency Tacos (March/Abrazo Press), 1989

Signed by Badikian, Beatriz; Cumpián, Carlos; and Niño, Raúl.

Folder 3: Daily Thoughts from the Hill (Hillside Chapel & Truth Center, Inc.), 1995?

Folder 4: Delta Epsilon Sigma Bulletin (vol. 16, no. 1), 1971

Folder 5: Denali (vol. 1, no. 1), 1979?

Folder 6: Devillers, Michel. Chartres (Ouest France; English edition), 1978?

Includes sheet music for French songs.

Folder 7: The Drama Review (vol. 12, no. 1), 1967

Folder 8: Drumvoices Revue (vol. 5, no. 1-2), 1996

Folder 9: ECCO (Fall-Winter), 1992

Folder 10: Eclectic Literary Forum (ELF; vol. 2, no. 3), 1992

Includes a letter from “Sue.”

Folder 11: Eclectic Literary Forum (ELF; vol. 4, no. 1), 1994

Folder 12: Eclectic Literary Forum (ELF; vol. 5, no. 2), 1995

Folder 13: Eclectic Literary Forum (ELF; vol. 6, no. 1), 1996

Includes a letter from “Sue.”

Folder 14: Ehret, Arnold. The Definite Cure of Chronic Constipation. Also Overcoming Constipation Naturally (Ehret Literature Publishing Co.), 1975

Folder 15: Eichelberger, D.B. Aldebaran (Booktrader Press), 1994?

Includes a loose page from Every Shut Eye Ain’t Asleep (Harper, Michael S. and Walton, Anthony, eds.).

Folder 16: Eiden, William. Spirit Circle, 2000?

Includes an envelope addressed to Gwendolyn Brooks.

Folder 17: Empire Builder: 70th Anniversary Commemorative Menu, 1999

Folder 18: Engle, Paul. Christmas Poems, 1962

Folder 19: Epic (Spring), 1994

Includes a fragment of a possible cover page.

Folder 20: Epic (Spring), 1997

Includes a letter from Monroe, Ronald W. (Kingswood-Oxford School). Page IX is loose.

Folder 21: Esquire (April), 1970

Includes a bookmark for page 104.

Box 548

Folder 1: The Esther R. LaMarr Memorial Fund, Inc. Memorial Dinner program, 1968

Folder 2: Evans, Zishan. “Zetta” program, 1975?

Folder 3: Favors, Eunice C. Ordinary Life Extraordinary Understanding, 1998?

Folder 4: Florence, Milton. Selected Poems, 1991

Folder 5: Francesca, Sister M. I Became a Catholic and a Nun, 1974

Folder 6: The Freadom Newsletter (vol 2., no. 2), 1993

Three copies.

Folder 7: Free Spirit, 1976

Folder 8: Gambit (vol. 2, no. 4), 1978

Folder 9: A Gathering of the Tribes (vol. 1, no. 1), 1991

Includes flyers for the New York premiere of Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind at the Home of Contemporary Theatre and Art, a subscription form for A Gathering of the Tribes, and a letter requesting financial contributions.

Folder 10: Georgoudaki, Ekaterini. “Class, Race, and Gender Consciousness in Gwendolyn Brooks’s and Nikki Giovanni’s Poems for Children", 1990

Two copies.

Folder 11: The Gettysburg Review sample issue (Spring), 1998

Folder 12: Gildzen, Alex. Cat Scratches

Folder 13: Gildzen, Alex, ed. A Festschrift for Djuna Barnes on Her 80th Birthday (Occasional Papers No. 9; Kent State University Libraries), 1972?

Folder 14: Gwendolyn Brooks Elementary School (Aurora, IL) yearbook, 1996-1997

Folder 15: Halisi, Clyde and Mtume, James, eds. The Quotable Karenga, 1967?

Folder 16: Harper & Brothers Announces a Broad Program for the Publication of Poetry, circa 1950s

Folder 17: Harris, Lola. Hyacinths and Biscuits, 1982

Folder 18: Harris, Lola. New Moon Life play script, 1990

Folder 19: Health & Beauty Guide (no. 12), 1982?

Includes a postage stamp, a grouping of correspondence sent to Brooks while in London (from “Adrian;” Pease, David; and Clarke, Beverley), and a note by Gwendolyn Brooks. Contains a sealed envelope.

Folder 20: Hecht, Anthony. Robert Lowell (Library of Congress (Washington, D.C.)), 1993

Folder 21: Hijjawi, Sulafa, trans. They Claim There Is No Resistance: A Collection of Poems from Occupied Palestine (The Palestine National Liberation Movement), circa late 1960s

Folder 22: Hoffman, Daniel. “Moonlight Dries No Mittens”: Carl Sandburg Reconsidered (Library of Congress (Washington, D.C.)), 1979

Folder 23: Hollander, John. Lyrical Interval, 1985

Box 549

Folder 1: Howe, Susan Elizabeth. Where Women Go When They Vanish, 1991

Includes a letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, a piece of scrap paper, and an envelope.

Folder 2: Illinois Alliance for Aging (Chicago). Dignity, Self-Respect and Security for Older Adults, 1993

Includes a letter from Riley, James B., Jr. and Elling, Ronald.

Folder 3: Illinois Arts Council. Heartland (vol. 5, no. 1), 1999

Includes an issue of Poetry (vol. 172, no. 5; 1998).

Folder 4: The Illinois Review (vol. 1, no. 1), 1993

Folder 5: Illinois Writers Review (vol. 7, no. 2), 1988

Folder 6: International Women’s Forum Roster, 1988

Folder 7: It’s My Place (McKenzie Elementary School (Wilmette, IL)), 1991

Folder 8: Jackson, Gale interview transcripts, 1982

Includes a letter to Gwendolyn Brooks. Interview narrators are Brooks, Edith and Bryant, Luvinia

Folder 9: Jackson, Juanita; Slaughter, Sabra; and Blake, J. Herman. “The Sea Islands as a Cultural Resource” (The Black Scholar), 1974

Folder 10: John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Reports of the President and the Treasurer, 2000

Folder 11: The Journal of Black Poetry (vol. 1, no. 4), 1967

Folder 12: The Journal of Black Poetry (vol. 1, no. 5), 1967

Two copies.

Folder 13: The Journal of Black Poetry (vol. 1, no. 6), 1967

Two copies.

Folder 14: The Journal of Black Poetry (vol. 1, no. 7), 1967-1968

Folder 15: The Journal of Black Poetry (vol. 1, no. 8), 1968

Two copies.

Folder 16: Journal of Black Poetry (vol. 1, no. 9), 1968

Box 550

Folder 1: Journal of Black Poetry (vol. 1, no. 19), 1968

Includes an issue of The Skiff (vol. 69, no. 31; 1970).

Folder 2: Journal of Black Poetry (vol. 1, no. 12), 1969

Folder 3: Journal of Black Poetry (vol. 1, no. 14; Pan African Issue), 1970-1971

Folder 4: Journal of Black Poetry (vol. 1, no. 15), 1971

Folder 5: Journal of Black Poetry (vol. 1, no. 16), 1972

Folder 6: The Journal of Ordinary Thought (vol. 10, no. 3), 2000

Folder 7: Journal of the Poetry Society of America (no. 51), 1998

Folder 8: Journal of the Poetry Society of America (no. 52), 1998

Folder 9: JuJu: Research Papers in Afro-American Studies (Winter), 1976

Folder 10: Kansas Alumni Magazine (vol. 89, no. 6), 1991

Includes a letter from Niebaum, Jerri to Gwendolyn Brooks.

Folder 11: Karimi, Robert. Get Down W/Yr… Self to a Funky Disco Beat, 1996?

Folder 12: Katherine Mansfield: An Exhibition (University of Texas at Austin), 1973

Folder 13: Kennedy King College. Schedule of Classes (Fall), 1994

Folder 14: Kent, George and Henderson, Stephen. A Dark and Sudden Beauty: Two Essays in Black American Poetry, 1977?

Folder 15: King, John T. and Marcet H. Famous Black Americans, 1975?

Folder 16: Klug, Gary. “Dedicated to the Lord”: I Pray in Rhyme. Selected Poems, 1977?

Folder 17: Landry, John, comp. Collision, 1995?

Folder 18: LeBlanc, Liz. Moon Shots, 1977?

Box 551

Folder 1: Leer, Norman. Second Lining (Mellen Poetry Press), 1997

Various pages are marked with sticky notes.

Folder 2: Lewis, Wendy. Spring Poems and Pictures, undated

Folder 3: The Library of Congress (Humanities and Social Sciences Division)

Item 1: Library of Congress Information Bulletin (vol. 45, no. 17), 1986

Two copies.

Item 2: Library of Congress Information Bulletin (vol. 45, no. 3), 1986

Item 3: Library of Congress Information Bulletin (vol. 53, no. 13), 1994

Two copies. Includes an envelope addressed to Gwendolyn Brooks.

Folder 4: LIFE (vol. 1, no. 1), 1883

Folder 5: Lips (no. 11), 1985

Includes a business card for Boss, Laura and a grouping of ephemera concerning various topics and events.

Folder 6: Lotus Press catalog, 1983

Two copies.

Folder 7: Long, Richard A. Ascending and Other Poems, 1975?

Folder 8: Lou’s Fish Grotto (Monterey, CA) menu, undated

Two copies.

Folder 9: The Loyola Report (vol. 1, no. 2), 1961

Three copies. Includes a letter from Maguire, James F. (Loyola University) to Gwendolyn Brooks.

Folder 10: Literacy Volunteers of Chicago

Item 1: Letter from Honderich, Judith K. to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1992

Item 2: Literacy Volunteers of Chicago brochure, undated

Item 3: Tutor Program Handbook (January-June), 1992

Item 4: The LVC Voice (Fall), 1991

Item 5: The LVC Voice (Spring), 1991

Item 6: Literacy Volunteers of Chicago 1990-1991 Annual Report, 1991

Folder 11: Madhubuti, Haki R. (Lee, Don L.)

Item 1: “Interview with Gwendolyn Brooks”, circa 1990/1991

Item 2: Loose pages from The Woman, The Work, The Music, undated

Item 3: For Black People (and Negroes Too): A Poetic Statement on Black Existence in America with a View of Tomorrow (Third World Press), 1968?

Folder 12: Maryland Museum of African Art (grouping of visitor ephemera), 1986

Includes a newspaper clipping and a “Maryland Museum of African Art” folder.

Folder 13: Massachusetts (vol. 7, no. 2), 1996

Folder 14: Maternal and Newborn Care: An Educational Guide for Expectant Mothers (E.I. Donahue Publishing Company), 1950?

Includes loose pages, notes, and advertisements for baby supplies.

Folder 15: Memorial in Honor of M.L. Rosenthal, 1917-1996, 1996

Folder 16: MidAmerica (vol. 8), 1986

Folder 17: MidAmerica (vol. 25), 1998

Box 552

Folder 1: Millet, Martha. Thine Alabaster Cities: A Poem for Our Times, 1952?

Folder 2: Mitchelson, Tom. From a Window Tree Leaves Wave…, 1976

Folder 3: Modern Language Association. Publications: Winter-Spring 2000, 2000

Includes an issue of To Your Health (Catholic Health Partners). Contains a separation sheet.

Folder 4: Monroe School’s Anthology of Poems, 1995

Two copies.

Folder 5: Mullen, Harryette. Tree Tall Woman (Energy Earth Communications, Inc.), 1980?

Folder 6: My Book of Paper Dolls: Big Dolls Ready to Cut Out and Dress (Saalfield Publishing Co.), 1932?

Includes an illustration of a child with a dog and cat, a note by Gwendolyn Brooks, paper dolls, and The Sugar Doll Family and Their Favorite Recipes.

Folder 7: Naperville North High School (Naperville, IL). Chrysalis (Spring), 1985

Folder 8: The National Commission on Excellence in Education. A Nation at Risk: The Imperative for Educational Reform, 1983

Folder 9: National Endowment for the Humanities. “My History Kit”, undated

Folder 10: Negro American Literature Forum (vol. 9, no. 1), 1975

Folder 11: The New Press Literary Quarterly (vol. 10, no. 2), 1994

Folder 12: Nims, John Frederick. The Harper Anthology of Poetry, 1981

Includes a letter from “John” to Gwendolyn Brooks.

Folder 13: Nin, Anaïs. Paris Revisited (Capra Press), 1972

Folder 14: Nommo (vol. 1, no. 3), 1975

Folder 15: NOVA (Einstein), 1979?

Folder 16: Ochester, Ed, ed. The Pitt Poetry Series, 1987

Folder 17: Октябрьский Дворец Культуры (Киев Реклама), 1980

Translates to The October Palace of Culture. Includes a folder for Готель Київ (Hotel Kyiv).

Folder 18: “An Overview of Marcy-Newberry Association” (The Marcy-Newberry Association, Inc.), 1991?

Folder 19: Parr, Albert Eide

Item 1: “Environmental Design and Psychology” (reprinted from Landscape (vol. 14, no. 2)), 1964-1965

Item 2: “City and Psyche” (reprinted from The Yale Review (vol. 55, no. 1), 1965

Folder 20: Parr, Albert Eide. “In Search of Theory VI” (reprinted from Arts & Architecture), 1965

Folder 21: Parr, Albert Eide. “Urbanity and the Urban Scene” (reprinted from Landscape (vol. 16, no. 3)), 1967

Folder 22: Parr, Albert Eide. “Remarks on Climate and Environment Design” (reprinted from Human Dimensions of the Atmosphere), 1968

Folder 23: Parr, Albert Eide

Item 1: Letter to Gwendolyn Brooks, 1968

Item 2: “The Five Ages of Urbanity” (reprinted from Landscape (vol. 17, no. 3), 1968

Item 3: “Toward Cultural Entropy” (reprinted from Ekistics Οικιστικη (vol. 24, no. 144), 1967

Item 4: “The Happy Habitat” (reprinted from The Journal of Aesthetic Education (vol. 6, no. 3)), 1972

Folder 24: Parr, Albert Eide. “Heating, Lighting, Plumbing, & Human Relations” (reprinted from Landscape (vol. 19, no. 1), 1971

Folder 25: Parr, Albert Eide. “The Design of Cities” (reprinted from Architectural Association Quarterly (vol. 3, no.3)), 1971

Folder 26: Parr, Albert Eide. “Art and Environment in an Age of Abundance” (reprinted from Environmental Quality: Now or Never; SIM Special Publication no. 5), 1972

Folder 27: Pathways: A Minority Press Review, 1989

Folder 28: Pearn, Victor. Blame It on a Lightning Bolt (MAF Press), 1989

Includes a note from Stone, Kim(?) to Gwendolyn Brooks.

Folder 29: Pease, Roland F., Jr., ed.

Item 1: Zoland Books Fall 1991 catalog, 1991

Item 2: The Zoland Books Poetry Postcard Collection, 1989?

Box 553

Folder 1: PEN American Center Newsletter (no. 70), 1989

Includes an article from the Chicago Tribune (1990).

Folder 2: Perceptions (vol. 13), 1994

Includes a letter from Sauret, Thomas J. (Gainesville College) to Gwendolyn Brooks.

Folder 3: Perceptions (vol. 14), 1995

Two copies.

Folder 4: Perryman, Brenda K. Mood Swings and Magic Carpet Rides: Poems of the Heart, 1990?

Folder 5: Phi Kappa Phi Journal (vol. 50, no. 2), 1970

Folder 6: Philomela, undated

Sent to Gwendolyn Brooks by Urch, Gloria.

Folder 7: Phylon: The Atlanta University Review of Race & Culture (Fourth Quarter), 1950

Includes an issue of Summer Northwestern (vol. 44, no. 3; 1964).

Folder 8: Pierce, Edith Lovejoy. Poems in Later Life, 1991

17 copies. Includes Celebrations (1987).

Folder 9: Poetry (vol. 74, no. 1), 1949

Folder 10: Poetry (vol. 79, no. 5), 1952

Folder 11: Poetry (vol. 111, no. 6), 1968

Folder 12: Poetry (vol. 151, no. 1-2), 1987

Folder 13: Poetry (vol. 160, no. 5), 1992

Includes a newspaper clipping.

Box 554

Folder 1: Poetry (vol. 161, no. 1), 1992

Folder 2: Poetry (vol. 167, no. 5), 1996

Folder 3: Poetry (vol. 168, no. 2), 1996

Folder 4: Poetry (vol. 169, no. 1), 1996

Folder 5: Poetry (vol. 169, no. 4), 1997

Folder 6: Poetry (vol. 170, no. 1), 1997

Folder 7: Poetry (vol. 170, no. 2), 1997

Folder 8: Poetry (vol. 173, no. 2), 1998

Folder 9: Poetry Catalogue Four: Books of Contemporary Poets and Presses with a Sprinkling of Earlier Times, circa 1992

Folder 10: The Poetry Connection: Dial-a-Poem, Chicago! Tenth Anniversary 1981-1991 (Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs), 1991

Folder 11: Poetry Pilot (Winter), 1995-1996

Open to page 7.

Folder 12: The Poetry Society of America Bulletin (vol. 70; Spring), 1980

Folder 13: Poets & Writers (vol. 23, no. 4), 1995

Folder 14: Poets & Writers (vol. 23, no. 5), 1995

Folder 15: Poets & Writers (vol. 24, no. 4), 1996

Folder 16: Poets & Writers (vol. 24, no. 6), 1996

Missing cover page.

Folder 17: Poets & Writers (vol. 26, no. 5), 1998

Front and back cover pages taped together. Includes an issue of News from the National First Ladies’ Library (vol. 1, no. 3).

Folder 18: Poets & Writers (vol. 28, no. 3), 2000

Folder 19: Poets On: Twentieth Anniversary Reprise (vol. 20, no. 2), 1996

Folder 20: Prevention magazine. Easing Arthritis Pain, 1992

Includes a letter from Hill, Larry (Prevention) to subscribers.

Box 555

Folder 1: Prickly Pear (University of South Carolina at Spartanburg), 1994?

Folder 2: Private Writers’ Literary Magazine (Yorkville High School (Yorkville, IL)), undated

Folder 3: PSA News (vol. 38), 1992

Folder 4: PSA News (vol. 40), 1992

Folder 5: PSA News (vol. 43), 1994

Folder 6: PSA News (vol. 44-45), 1994

Folder 7: PMLA (vol. 113, no. 1), 1998

Folder 8: PMLA (vol. 114, no. 2), 1999

Folder 9: Publishers Weekly (December 7), 1992

11 copies. Includes a bubble mailer addressed to Gwendolyn Brooks.

Folder 10: The Purdue Alumnus (March), 1995

Folder 11: The Quarterly Journal of the Library of Congress (July), 1969

Folder 12: Radden, Viki. Walking to New Zealand: Poems, Stories, & Recipes, 1987

Includes a photo of a woman in front of a pizza restaurant.

Folder 13: Rago, Maria Christina, ed. The Selected Poems of Henry Rago, 1915-1969, 1999

Folder 14: Randall, Dudley. Broadside Memories: Poets I Have Known (Broadside Press), 1975

Three copies.

Box 556

Folder 1: Randall, Dudley. Love You (vol. 10; Heritage series), 1971

Three copies. Includes a scrap of paper and a facial tissue.

Folder 2: The Rectangle (vol. 65, no. 2), 1990

Includes an issue of Sigma Tau Delta Newsletter (Fall 1990) and two works by Taylor, Ann R.: Hopes and Dreams (1986) and Feel’n Good (1980).

Folder 3: The Rectangle (vol. 68, no. 1), 1993

Folder 4: Red Lion Motor Inn brochure, circa 1970s

Folder 5: Redmond, Eugene B., ed. “Clashing Harmonies & Universal Particulars: A Workshop Report on the 3rd National Black Writers Conference”, 1991

Includes a blank order form for Drumvoices Revue.

Folder 6: Reflections (no. 3), 1985

Folder 7: The Renaissance (October 1), 1990

Folder 8: Revelry (vol. 7), 1994

Two copies.

Folder 9: Revelry (Tenth Anniversary Issue), 1997

Folder 10: Revelry (vol. 11), 1998

Two copies.

Folder 11: The River Newsletter (vol. 3, no. 1), 1985

Folder 12: Rottner, Courtney Hope. Sweet Thoughts, 1988

Folder 13: Sanders, Richard F. Lima Beans and Other Poems, 1995

Folder 14: The Saracen (Spring), 1993

Folder 15: Schaffenburg, Carlos A. Songs Irreverent and Old, 1995?

Folder 16: The Sewanee Review (vol. 104, no. 1)

Includes an issue of HSPE: Teaching High School Physical Education (vol. 1, no. 6; 1995).

Folder 17: The Sewanee Review (vol. 104, no. 2), 1996

Folder 18: Slaboshpitskiy, M. and Shevchenko, A. Soviet Ukrainian Literature Today (Radyansky Pismennik Publishers), 1981

Box 557

Folder 1: SML Newsletter (vol. 18, no. 2), 1988

Folder 2: SML Newsletter (vol. 24, no. 2), 1994

Folder 3: SML Newsletter (vol. 24, no. 3), 1994

Folder 4: Sokel, Walter H. Franz Kafka (Columbia Essays on Modern Writers, no. 19), 1966

Folder 5: Southerland, Ellease. A Feast of Fools, circa 1998

Unbound. Includes a plastic bag.

Folder 6: Spelman Messenger (vol. 111, no. 2), 1997

Folder 7: Stagebill (September), 1988

Features a performance of Dreamgirls by the Candlelight Dinner Playhouse.

Folder 8: Stanford, Ann Folwell. “Like Narrow Banners for Some Gathering War”: Readers, Aesthetics, and Gwendolyn Brooks’s “The Sundays of Satin-Legs Smith”, undated

Folder 9: Stanford, Ann Folwell. “‘The Tender Struggle’: War and Resistance in the Early Poetry of Gwendolyn Brooks”, 1990

Includes a letter to Gwendolyn Brooks.

Folder 10: Staying Healthy, Being Aware: Health Care After Forty (U.S. Government Printing Office), 1992

Folder 11: Stein, Jean, ed. Grand Street (vol. 15, no. 2), 1996

Missing front cover.

Folder 12: Stillwater (vol. 30; Fall-Spring), 1991-1992

Box 558

Folder 1: Tanks, Mark D. Oceans of Blood (Lithe Press), 1990

Folder 2: Tarascio, Sara. Life’s Blessings (Salesian Inspirational Books), 1985?

Folder 3: Taylor, Carol, ed. The Little Black Book: Black Male Survival in America. Or, Staying Alive and Well in an Institutionally Racist Society, 1985?

Folder 4: Tengroth, Leyla Assaf, ed. Facts on Botswana (Government Information Services, Gaborone), 1976

Water damaged.

Folder 5: Terrell, Lloyd P. Thoughts on Paper (Georgia Preston Publications), 1975?

Folder 6: Third World Press (Chicago) catalog, 1992

Folder 7: The Tower (Austin Peay State University), 1988?

Includes “An African-American Dilemma: Black Leaders in Memphis Politics” by Mock, James (Austin Peay State University); “Shattering the Window” by Hardin, Jeff; and a business card for Mock, James.

Folder 8: Traces of Wonder (Central School (Wilmette, IL)), 1991

Folder 9: A TransAfrican Aesthetic: Paintings by Jeff Donaldson (Eastern Connecticut State University), 1999

Folder 10: TriQuarterly (vol. 82), 1991

Folder 11: Turner-Barnes, Sandra. Always a Lady: Poetry for and About Today’s Woman—With Today’s Man in Mind!, 1995

Missing back cover.

Folder 12: University of the South

Item 1: All Saints’ Chapel brochure, 1990

Three copies.

Item 2: The Last Lecture Series leaflet, undated

Two copies.

Folder 13: The University Press of Kentucky (Fall and Winter), 1988-1989

Folder 14: The University Press of Kentucky (Fall and Winter), 1989-1990

Three copies.

Folder 15: VFH (vol. 24), 1998

Folder 16: Villarino, Maria de. “With Robert Frost, Poet of Eternal Return”, circa 1956

Folder 17: Vioxx medication informational booklet (Merck & Co., Inc.), 2000?

Folder 18: Vivé 81 (South Side Community Art Center (Chicago)), 1982

Includes a ticket order form for an event at the Art Institute of Chicago.

Folder 19: Glossolalia (Walsh University; Spring), 1992

Folder 20: Sundries (Walsh University; Spring), 1993

Folder 21: Ward, Francis. Kuumba, 1993

Folder 22: Warpland: A Journal of Black Literature and Ideas (vol. 1, no. 1), 1995

Two copies. Includes an order form.

Box 559

Folder 1-5: Warpland: A Journal of Black Literature and Ideas (vol. 1, no. 1), 1995

Two copies per folder.

Box 560

Folder 1: Warpland: A Journal of Black Literature and Ideas (vol. 1, no. 1), 1995

Two copies.

Folder 2: Warpland: A Journal of Black Literature and Ideas (vol. 3, no. 1), 1997

Includes notes by Gwendolyn Brooks and a poem by Tavenner, Amy.

Folder 3: Washington Review (vol. 11, no. 5), 1986

Contains a separation sheet.

Folder 4: Watts, Michael. Oxford: The City and University, 1975?

Folder 5: We the People: The Constitution of the United States of America, 1787-1987 (Illinois Bell Telephone Company), 1987

Folder 6: Why Literature Should Be Heard. (Unterberg Poetry Center. 92nd Street YMCA (New York)), 1993-1994

Folder 7: Wilkman, Jon Kurt. Black Americans: From Colonial Days to the Present, 1969?

Includes a call for contributions to an anthology concerning Gwendolyn Brooks.

Folder 8: Williams Alumni Review (vol. 80, no. 4), 1988

Includes a bookmark for page 24.

Folder 9: Wittenberg University Admission Viewbook, undated

Includes a booklet on Black student involvement, a pass for Amtrak’s Metropolitan Lounge at Union Station, and a postcard in a wax paper envelope.

Folder 10: Wright, Stephen Caldwell. Out of the Wailing (Christopherr-Burghardt Associates), 1992?

Folder 11: Wright, Stephen Caldwell. The Chicago Collective: Poems for and Inspired by Gwendolyn Brooks, Poet Laureate of Illinois, 1990?

Folder 12: Xavier Review (vol. 17, no. 2), 1997

Folder 13: Miscellaneous travel materials

Item 1: Washington D.C.: Natural Color Views of the Nation’s Capital, undated

Item 2: “Lunch on Capitol Hill” leaflet, undated

Item 3: Woburn Abbey informational booklet, undated

Includes an advertisement for Trust Houses Forte from Ambassador (November 1978).

Item 4: “Experience… Exeter, New Hampshire” brochure, 1981

Box 564

Series 16: Sheet Music

Box 565

Folder 1: Ahlert and Barris, ©1932, 1936

Folder 2: Bergman and Berlin, ©1932, 1935

Folder 3: Bernard and Bishop, ©1934, 1939

Folder 4: Bliss and Bowman, ©1925, 1935

Folder 5: Box and Brooks, ©1944, 1946

Folder 6: Brown, ©1933, 1940

Folder 7: Caesar and Cahn, ©1936

Folder 8: Carle, ©1939-1940

Folder 9: Carmichael, ©1957-1958

Folder 10: Carr and Chopin, ©1941, undated

Folder 11: Churchill and Coates, ©1937, 1940

Folder 12: Colahan and Confrey, ©1921, 1947

Folder 13: Conrad and Coots, ©1921, 1936

Folder 14: Davis and Delettre, ©1934, 1938

Folder 15: DeSylva and Donaldson, ©1926, 1935

Folder 16: Donaldson and Edwards, ©1927, 1937

Folder 17-18: Ellington, ©1931, 1933, 1972

Folder 19: Engelmann and Fain, ©1937, 1954

Folder 20: Fischer and Flynn, ©1937, 1942

Folder 21: Gershwin and Gordon, ©1930, 1934

Folder 22: Green and Harris, ©1936, 1946

Folder 23: Harris, ©1946

Folder 24: Herbert and Henreid, ©1915, undated

Folder 25: Jacobs-Bond and Johnson, ©1910, 1936

Folder 26: Kahn and Kaper, ©1935, 1946

Folder 27: Kendis and Kennedy, ©1937, 1939

Folder 28: Kenny and Kern, ©1936-1937

Folder 29: Kogen and Lange, ©1923, 1937

Folder 30: Lippman and Livingston, ©1945, 1948

Folder 31: Lombardo and Manzanero, ©1928, 1970

Folder 32: McConnell and McHugh, ©1932, 1938

Folder 33: McHugh, Miessner, ©1934, undated

Folder 34: Nevin and Olcott, ©1918, 1941

Folder 35: Petkere and Pola, ©1932, 1942

Folder 36: Rebe and Reid, ©1936, 1946

Folder 37: Revel and Richards, ©1933, 1954

Folder 38: Rito and Roberts, ©1935, 1956

Folder 39: Robertson and Robin, ©1934, 1940

Folder 40: Rodgers and Samuels, ©1935, 1945

Folder 41: Schulte, ©1942

Folder 42: Schwartz and Seiler, ©1934, 1942

Folder 43: Shivers and Silvers, ©1929, 1938

Folder 44: Simons and Sizemore, ©1927, 1930

Folder 45: Steiner and Stept, ©1936, 1942

Folder 46: Stept, ©1935, 1943

Folder 47: Suesse and Tenney, ©1935-1936

Folder 48: Tobani and Tobias, ©1909, 1935

Folder 49: Towers and Van Alstyne, ©1915, 1936

Folder 50: Van Heusen, ©1942, 1969

Folder 51: Warren and Wayne, ©1930, 1946

Folder 52: Wrubel and fragment of "Concerto for Two", undated

Box 566

Folder 1: "Choice Vocal Selections for Christmas and Easter" (Chicago: McKinley Publishers, Inc.) and "Joyous Christmas Carols", ©1925

Folder 2: "The Jewel Collection of Favorite Standards" (New York: Jewel Music Publishing Co., Inc.), ©1962

Folder 3: "The World-Famous Modern Selections for the Piano (Fourth Grade)" (Chicago: McKinley Music Co.), ©1929

Folder 4: Student piano book, undated

Folder 5: Various pages of piano music, ©1928, undated

Folder 6: Sheet music fragments, undated

Series 17: LPs

Box 567

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Series 18: Newspapers and Magazines

Sub-series 1: Clippings About Gwendolyn Brooks

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Sub-series 2: Clippings Not About Gwendolyn Brooks

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Sub-series 3: Gwendolyn Brooks Newspaper and Magazine Files

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Series 24: Supplementary Material