Ralph Ellison
A Register of His Papers in the Library of Congress
Prepared by Donna Ellis with the assistance of Patricia Craig, Julie Hunsaker, Sherralyn McCoy, John Monagle, Angela Moore, and Andrew Passett
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Washington, D.C.
1997
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Latest revision: 2007 November
Title: Papers of Ralph Ellison
Span Dates: 1890-1996
Bulk Dates: (bulk 1933-1990)
ID No.: MSS83111 Creator:
Ellison, Ralph
Size:
46,100 items;
231 plus 22 oversize;
110 linear feet
Language: Collection material in English
Repository:
Manuscript Division, Library of Congress,
Washington, D.C.
Abstract: African-American author and educator. General correspondence, organizational correspondence and reports, family papers, drafts,
notes, and production files for novels, essays, poetry, short stories, reviews, and other writings, speeches, lectures, and
interviews, reference file, and miscellany documenting Ellison's career and development as a writer. Among the many works
represented are Going to the Territory (1985), Invisible Man (1952), and Shadow and Act (1964).
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the Library's online catalog. They are grouped
by name of person or organization, by subject or location, and by occupation and listed alphabetically therein.
Names: Ellison, Ralph Bellow, Saul--Correspondence Brooks, Harry, 1895-1970--Correspondence Calicutt, Harold--Correspondence Cheever, John--Correspondence Ciardi, John, 1916- --Correspondence Clark, Kenneth Bancroft, 1914- --Correspondence Davis, Henry B. O., 1911- --Correspondence Dawson, William Levi, 1899- --Correspondence Engle, Paul, 1908- --Correspondence Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967--Correspondence Hyman, Stanley Edgar, 1919-1970--Correspondence Jackson, Shirley, 1916-1965--Correspondence Murray, Albert--Correspondence Warren, Robert Penn, 1905- --Correspondence Wright, Richard, 1908-1960--Correspondence American Medical Center for Burma Bennington College Carnegie Commission on Educational Television Colonial Williamsburg Foundation Federal Writers' Project Museum of the City of New York Negro People's Theatre (Chicago, Ill.) New School for Social Research (New York, N.Y.) Wake Forest University Ellison, Fanny McConnell. Papers of Fanny McConnell Ellison Ellison, Ralph. Going to the Territory Ellison, Ralph. Invisible Man Ellison, Ralph. Shadow and Act
Subjects: African American authors American literature--African American authors--Study and teaching
Occupations: Authors Educators
Provenance:The papers of Ralph Ellison (1914-1994), author and educator, were acquired by the Library of Congress from his widow, Fanny
McConnell Ellison, through a gift, purchase, and deposit, 1995-1997.
Processing History:A description of the Ralph Ellison Papers appears in
Library of Congress Acquisitions: Manuscript Division, 1994-1995, pp. 56-60.
Transfers:Items have been transferred from the Manuscript Division to other custodial divisions of the Library. Audio and video recordings
have been transferred to the Motion Picture, Broadcasting, and Recorded Sound Division. Photographs have been transferred
to the Prints and Photographs Division. All transfers are identified in these divisions as part of the Ralph Ellison Papers.
Copyright Status:
Copyright in the unpublished writings of Ralph Ellison in these papers and in other collections in the custody of the Library
of Congress is controlled by the estate of Fanny McConnell Ellison.
Restrictions:Restrictions apply governing the use, photoduplication, or publication of items in this collection. Consult a reference librarian
in the Manuscript Division for information concerning these restrictions.
Preferred Citation:Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container number, Ralph Ellison Papers,
Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Date |
Event |
1914, Mar. 1 |
Born, Oklahoma City, Okla. |
1933-1936 |
Attended Tuskegee Institute, Tuskegee, Ala. |
1938-1942 |
Researcher, Federal Writers' Project, Works Progress Administration Married Rose Poindexter (divorced 1945)
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1939 |
Published short story "Slick Gonna Learn" in Direction
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1940 |
Published short story "The Birthmark" in New Masses
Published short story "Afternoon" in
American Writing, ed. Hans Otto Storm and others (Prairie City, Ill.: J.A. Decker)
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1941 |
Published short story "Mister Toussan" in New Masses
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1942 |
Managing editor, Negro Quarterly
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1943-1945 |
Seaman, merchant marine |
1944 |
Published short story "Flying Home" in
Cross Section, ed. Edwin Seaver (New York: L. B. Fischer)
Published short story "King of the Bingo Game" in Tomorrow
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1945 |
Received Rosenwald Fellowship |
1946 |
Married Fanny McConnell Buford |
1948 |
Published short story "Battle Royal" in '48, The Magazine of the Year
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1952 |
Published
Invisible Man (New York: Random House. 429 pp.)
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1953 |
Received National Book Award for Invisible Man
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1955-1957 |
Received American Academy of Arts and Letters Fellowship for study in Rome |
1958-1961 |
Instructor, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, N.Y. |
1960 |
Published short story "And Hickman Arrives" in The Noble Savage
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1961 |
Alexander White Visiting Professor, University of Chicago, Chicago, Ill. |
1962-1964 |
Visiting Professor of Writing, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, N.J. |
1964 |
Published
Shadow and Act (New York: Random House. 317 pp.)
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1964-1965 |
Visiting Fellow in American Studies, Yale University, New Haven, Conn. |
1966-1972 |
Honorary consultant in American letters, Library of Congress |
1967-1977 |
Trustee, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, D.C. |
1968-1979 |
Board of Directors, Educational Broadcasting Corp. |
1969 |
Decorated chevalier Ordre des Arts et Lettres, France Awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom
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1969-1982 |
Trustee, New School for Social Research, New York, N.Y. |
1970-1975 |
Trustee, Bennington College, Bennington, Vt. |
1970-1979 |
Albert Schweitzer Professor of Humanities, New York University, New York, N.Y. |
1970-1985 |
Board of Directors, Museum of the City of New York, New York, N.Y. |
1971-1984 |
Trustee, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation |
1972-1985 |
Board of Visitors, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, N.C. |
1975 |
Opening of Ralph Ellison Branch, Metropolitan Library System, Oklahoma City, Okla. |
1985 |
Awarded National Medal of Arts |
1986 |
Published
Going to the Territory (New York: Random House. 338 pp.)
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1994, Apr. 16 |
Died, New York, N.Y. |
1999 |
Posthumous publication,
Juneteenth (New York: Random House. 368 pp.)
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The papers of Ralph Ellison span the years 1890-1996 with the bulk of the items concentrated in the period 1933-1990. The
collection documenting Ellison's career as author and educator includes nine series: Family Papers; General Correspondence; Organizations File; Writings File; Speeches, Lectures, and Interviews; Reference File; Miscellany; Closed; and Oversize.
The Family Papers contain personal material pertaining to Ellison, his wife, Fanny McConnell Ellison, and their parents, siblings, former spouses,
and other relatives. A substantial file relating to Ellison's employment includes material from his many teaching appointments.
Of particular interest are the notes and reports he compiled for the Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration
(WPA). Fanny Ellison's employment papers document her work for the American Medical Center for Burma through the Harold L.
Oram agency and her contribution as one of the founders of the Negro People's Theatre in Chicago. Also noteworthy are her
drawings pertaining to the history of costume executed as a WPA project for the Chicago Board of Education. Household papers
contain material on the Ellisons' property in New York, Key West, Florida, and Plainfield, Massachusetts. The latter includes
insurance records of the fire which destroyed the first drafts of Ellison's unpublished Hickman novel. Other material in
the family papers consists of biographical information, financial, legal, and medical records, school and military records,
newspaper and magazine articles about Ellison, travel documents, notes, and printed matter.
The General Correspondence series contains Ralph and Fanny Ellison's incoming and outgoing letters to friends and business associates. Correspondents
include institutions and businesses as well as individuals. Chief among them are Saul Bellow, John Cheever, John Ciardi,
Kenneth B. Clark, William Dawson, Paul Engle, Langston Hughes, Stanley Edgar Hyman, Shirley Jackson, Albert Murray, Robert
Penn Warren, and Richard Wright. Several of Ellison's letters to friends and acquaintances such as Harry Brooks, Harold Calicutt,
and Henry B. O. Davis contain reminiscences of his childhood, college years, and early adulthood.
The Organizations File concerns a wide range of cultural, educational, and charitable institutions in which Ellison participated as an officer,
advisor, or trustee. For example, he served on the governing boards of Bennington College, the Carnegie Commission on Educational
Television, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, the Museum of the City of New York, the New School for Social Research, and
Wake Forest University. Material in the file consists primarily of correspondence and reports.
The Writings File contains drafts, notes, and production material for Ellison's literary works. The material in an essays and essay collections
file, arranged alphabetically by title, appeared as journal articles or chapters published in compilations by others. Material
pertaining to Ellison's own collections, Shadow and Act and Going to the Territory, is also included in this section. Many of his essays were reworked and republished several times. Ellison also wrote poetry,
reviews of books, films, and recordings, short stories, and forewords, introductions, and endorsements for literary works
of others. There is evidence that Ellison wrote book reviews in the 1940s under the pseudonym David Wilson. An incomplete
draft of his memoirs also contains notes and outlines. Dates in parentheses in the container list refer to the publication
date; other dates refer to the creation and span of the material in the folder.
Material relating to Ellison's novels makes up the bulk of the Writings File. In order to show Ellison's approach to writing,
his system of filing drafts alphabetically by title of episode rather than final story sequence has been maintained. Quotation
marks are used to indicate episode titles devised by Ellison. A section relating to Invisible Man includes production material, publicity items, reviews, opera and film proposals, correspondence with publishers regarding
various editions, foreign rights and translations, and the comments and criticism of others. A miscellany section in the
Writings File contains bibliographies and literary criticisms of Ellison's works, plot ideas, notes, royalty statements, and
information regarding copyrights, permissions, and reprints.
The Speeches, Lectures, and Interviews series demonstrates Ellison's popularity as a speaker at special events, club meetings, and university seminars. His customary
subjects were literary, but also included music and art. During his fellowship at the American Academy in Rome, Ellison lectured
at several European seminars. Ellison also held numerous teaching positions ranging from one semester as a visiting professor
to appointments lasting for several years. Courses included the contemporary American novel and Russian literature. He was
frequently interviewed for radio programs, magazines, and newspapers. Among his interviewers were Michael S. Harper, Irving
Howe, and Robert Penn Warren. The three sections of this series, containing texts, correspondence, notes, and printed matter,
are arranged chronologically.
The Reference File includes newspaper and magazine articles and other printed matter on subjects ranging from music, art, and literature to
sports, politics, and civil rights. A large biographical section includes material on individuals whom Ellison either knew
or considered interesting.
The Miscellany series contains address books, appointment calendars, invitations, programs, and ephemera. Also included are papers relating
to the awards, citations, and honorary degrees awarded to Ellison. The Closed series consists primarily of correspondence, writings, and drawings which are too fragile for handling. Photocopies of each
item have been placed where the original would have appeared in the collection. Material too large for the document boxes
has been moved to the Oversize series.
The collection is arranged in nine series:
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Family Papers, 1890-1996, n.d.
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General Correspondence, 1930-1996, n.d.
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Organizations File, 1939-1994, n.d.
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Writings File, 1935-1995, n.d.
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Speeches, Lectures, and Interviews, 1945-1993, n.d.
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Reference File, 1901-1995, n.d.
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Miscellany, 1904-1994, n.d.
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Closed, 1932-1994, n.d.
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Oversize, 1923-1993, n.d.
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BOX 1-34
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Correspondence between family members, vital records, school papers, military records, household, financial, and legal papers,
employment records, diaries, notes, newspaper articles, and printed ephemera relating to Ralph and Fanny Ellison and other
family members.
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BOX 35-79
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Incoming and outgoing correspondence of Ralph and Fanny Ellison with friends, colleagues, and business associates. |
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Arranged alphabetically by name of correspondent and chronologically therein. |
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BOX 80-94
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Correspondence, reports, and printed matter relating to Ellison's participation in professional and social organizations as
an officer, trustee, or advisor.
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Arranged alphabetically by name of organization and chronologically therein. |
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BOX 95-169
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Drafts of essays, novels, reviews, short stories, and other material written by Ellison. Correspondence and material relating
to the production, publicity, and reception of his works are included. Dates in parentheses in the container list refer to
the publication date; other dates refer to the period covered by the material in the folder.
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Arranged alphabetically by type of work and alphabetically by title therein. |
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BOX 170-178
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Texts of speeches, lectures, and interviews along with related correspondence, notes, and printed matter. |
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Arranged by type of material and chronologically therein. |
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BOX 179-211
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Printed matter, primarily newspaper and magazine clippings, on topics of interest to Ellison, such as jazz, blues, photography,
art, and prominent individuals.
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Arranged alphabetically by subject. |
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BOX 211-219
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Appointment books and calendars, awards and citations, honorary degrees, invitations to social, cultural, and charitable events,
mailing addresses, notes, printed ephemera, and memorabilia.
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Arranged alphabetically by type of material and chronologically therein. |
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BOX 220-231
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Fragile material, consisting mostly of correspondence, drawings, and writings, which has been removed and replaced with photocopies.
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Organized and described according to the series and folders from which the items were removed. |
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BOX OV 1-OV 22
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Oversize material consisting mostly of drawings, financial and legal records, writings, and printed material. |
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Organized and described according to the series, folders, and boxes from which the items were removed. |
Container |
Contents |
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BOX 1-34
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Family Papers, 1890-1996, n.d.
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Correspondence between family members, vital records, school papers, military records, household, financial, and legal papers,
employment records, diaries, notes, newspaper articles, and printed ephemera relating to Ralph and Fanny Ellison and other
family members.
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BOX 1
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Bell, Ida Ellison |
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Correspondence, 1912, 1921-1937, n.d. |
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Miscellany, 1918-1938, n.d. |
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Buford, Ligon |
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Citizens' Committee for Reemployment, 1938, n.d. |
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Miscellany, 1938-1945, n.d. |
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Ellison, Alfred, n.d. |
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Ellison, Fanny McConnell |
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Correspondence |
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Buford, James A., 1943-1944 |
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Buford, Ligon, 1934-1945, 1963, 1980 |
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(3 folders)
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General, 1930-1996, n.d. |
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(4 folders)
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BOX 2
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Warren, Billy ("Willy") and George, 1932-1967, n.d. |
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(3 folders)
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Warren, John, Rosanna, and Sue, 1968-1971, 1989-1992, n.d. |
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Waugh, Eliza ("Ella"), 1952-1963, n.d. |
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Waugh, Robert Harold and Mary, 1955-1957, 1967-1978, n.d. |
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Employment |
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Chicago Defender, 1939-1941, n.d.
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(2 folders)
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Chicago, Ill., Board of Education, Visual Education Project |
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"Ancient Roman and Byzantine Costume," n.d.
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(3 folders)
See also Oversize
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BOX 3
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Correspondence, 1938-1939, n.d. |
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"Costume of the Eighteenth Century," n.d.
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(5 folders)
See also Oversize
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Costume of the Middle Ages and seventeenth century, n.d.
See also Oversize
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(5 folders)
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BOX 4
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(12 folders)
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BOX 5
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(1 folder)
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"Egyptian Costume," n.d.
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(7 folders)
See also Oversize
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"Greek Costume," n.d. |
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(4 folders)
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BOX 6
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(1 folder)
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Miscellany, 1938-1939, n.d. |
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Persian and Chinese costume, n.d. |
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Harold L. Oram (fund-raising agency), 1950-1970, 1980-1981, n.d. |
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(3 folders)
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Miscellany, 1933-1955, 1967, n.d. |
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National Urban League, 1943-1946, n.d.
See also Oversize
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Negro People's Theatre, Chicago, Ill. |
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Constitution and organization, 1939, n.d. |
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Correspondence, 1937-1940, n.d. |
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(4 folders)
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BOX 7
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Financial papers, 1938-1939, n.d. |
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Meetings, 1938-1939, n.d. |
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Membership and officers, 1938-1939, n.d. |
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Miscellany, 1936-1940, n.d. |
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(2 folders)
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Proposals, 1939, n.d. |
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New York City Housing Authority, New York, N.Y., 1945-1946, n.d. |
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Résumés, 1929-1956 |
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United States Navy, Bureau of Yards and Docks, 1941-1942, n.d. |
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War Production Board, Traffic Section, 1937-1944 |
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BOX 8
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Works Progress Administration, 1937-1941, n.d. |
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World Organization of the Lamp of Brotherhood, 1956-1963, n.d. |
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Young Women's Christian Association, 1937-1941, n.d. |
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Legal papers, 1937, 1944-1954, 1963-1981 |
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(2 folders)
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Medical papers, 1938-1984, 1995, n.d. |
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(4 folders)
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Miscellany, 1929, 1937-1944, 1958-1963, n.d. |
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BOX 9
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Notes |
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1942-1995 |
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(5 folders)
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BOX 10
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Undated |
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(5 folders)
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BOX 11
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(7 folders)
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BOX 12
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(1 folder)
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School papers |
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Elementary and high school, Chicago, Ill., 1921-1932, n.d.
See also Oversize
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Fisk University, Nashville, Tenn. |
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Creative Literature, 1933 |
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General, 1931-1938, n.d. |
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General, 1931, 1936-1949, n.d. |
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(3 folders)
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University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa |
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Contemporary British drama, 1933-1936, n.d. |
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Fundamentals of speech, 1936 |
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General, 1934-1942, n.d. |
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BOX 13
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Miscellaneous notes, n.d. |
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(2 folders)
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Modern drama, 1934-1935, n.d. |
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Stagecraft, n.d. |
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Writings, 1930-1943, n.d. |
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(5 folders)
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Ellison, Herbert M. |
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Correspondence, 1934-1937, n.d. |
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Miscellany, 1928-1944, n.d. |
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School papers, n.d. |
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BOX 14
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Ellison, Ralph |
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Biographical material, 1943-1994, n.d. |
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(6 folders)
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Correspondence |
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Bell, Ida Ellison |
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1933 |
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(2 folders)
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BOX 15
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1934-1937, n.d. |
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(6 folders)
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Bell, John, 1933-1935, n.d. |
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Brown, Lewis Thomas and Othello Albertha, 1953-1980, n.d. |
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Buford, Ligon, 1980 |
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Ellison, Fanny McConnell |
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1944-1959 |
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(4 folders)
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BOX 16
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1961-1963, 1970, 1984-1990, n.d. |
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(2 folders)
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Ellison, Herbert M., 1933-1993, n.d. |
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(6 folders)
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Ellison, Rose Poindexter, 1939-1943, n.d. |
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Johnston, May Belle DeWitt, 1936-1953, n.d. |
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BOX 17
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Miscellaneous family members, 1937-1983, n.d. |
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Diaries, 1934-1936, n.d. |
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Drawings, 1932, n.d. |
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Employment |
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Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, N.Y., 1956-1984, n.d. |
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(2 folders)
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Bennington College, Bennington, Vt., 1958, 1964, 1974, 1982-1983 |
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City University of New York, New York, N.Y., 1959, 1965-1993 |
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(2 folders)
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General, 1937-1942 |
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New York University, New York, N.Y. |
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1960-1971 |
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(2 folders)
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BOX 18
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1972-1995, n.d. |
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(10 folders)
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BOX 19
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Rutgers University, New Brunswick, N.J., 1959-1969, 1984-1992, n.d. |
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(2 folders)
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Tuskegee Institute, Tuskegee, Ala., 1953-1954 |
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University of Chicago, Chicago, Ill., 1959-1962, n.d. |
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Works Progress Administration, Federal Writers' Project |
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Assignments, 1938-1941, n.d. |
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Correspondence, 1938-1942, 1976-1980, n.d. |
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Miscellany, 1938-1942, n.d. |
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Reports |
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Anti-Semitism, n.d. |
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"Cultural Contributions of the American Negro," 1940, n.d. |
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BOX 20
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"Famous Trials," 1941 |
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(4 folders)
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Folklore, ca. 1938 |
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(2 folders)
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History of New York, N.Y., n.d. |
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"Jews in American Theatre," ca. 1939 |
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"The Negro and the War," ca. 1940 |
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(3 folders)
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"Negro Leadership," n.d. |
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BOX 21
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"Negroes of New York" |
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Outline and comments, 1940 |
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Chapt. II, n.d. |
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Chapt. V, n.d. |
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Chapt. VI, n.d. |
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Chapt. VII, n.d. |
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Chapt. XVII, n.d. |
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Chapt. XVIII, 1940 |
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Notes, n.d. |
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Radio, n.d. |
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Religion and abolitionism, n.d. |
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Sociological studies, 1929, 1938, n.d. |
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(2 folders)
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Financial papers |
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Income and expenses
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1936-1937, 1945-1970 |
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(3 folders)
See also Oversize
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BOX 22
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1971-1992, n.d. |
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(5 folders)
See also Oversize
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Income taxes |
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1949-1971 |
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(4 folders)
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BOX 23
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1972-1993, n.d. |
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(8 folders)
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Miscellany, 1942, 1964-1994, n.d. |
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Pensions and investments |
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1968-1979 |
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BOX 24
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1980-1996, n.d. |
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(3 folders)
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Household papers |
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Automobile papers, 1942, 1950-1991, n.d. |
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(3 folders)
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Dog records, 1945-1951, 1960-1972, n.d. |
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Domestic service, 1964-1966, 1973-1976, 1995, n.d. |
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Inventories and insurance
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1945, 1955-1956, 1964-1973 |
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(3 folders)
See also Oversize
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BOX 25
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1974-1994, n.d. |
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(5 folders)
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Key West, Fla. |
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Correspondence, 1975-1994, n.d. |
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(3 folders)
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Financial papers, 1976-1984
See also Oversize
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Inventories and insurance, 1976-1977, 1990-1994, n.d. |
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Legal papers, 1976, 1986, n.d.
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(2 folders)
See also Oversize
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BOX 26
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Miscellany, 1989-1994, n.d.
See also Oversize
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Miscellany, 1979-1980, n.d. |
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Plainfield, Mass. |
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Correspondence, 1959, 1966-1970, 1976-1986, 1995, n.d. |
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(2 folders)
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Financial papers, 1967-1993 |
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Inventories and insurance, 1967-1968, 1993, n.d.
See also Oversize
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Legal papers, 1967 |
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Miscellany, 1969, 1984-1990, n.d. |
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New York, N.Y. |
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Correspondence |
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1940-1942, 1952, 1961-1986 |
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(5 folders)
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BOX 27
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1987-1993, n.d. |
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(3 folders)
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Financial papers, 1939-1944, 1950, 1969-1991, n.d. |
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(2 folders)
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Inventories, 1959, 1978-1979, n.d. |
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Legal papers, 1939, 1970-1971, 1993 |
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Miscellany, 1941, 1970-1990, n.d. |
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Tenants' Association |
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1963-1989 |
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(4 folders)
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BOX 28
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1990-1994, n.d. |
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(2 folders)
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Legal papers |
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Alfred Rice (law firm), 1967-1972, 1989, n.d. |
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General, 1937-1945, 1954-1959, 1964-1984, 1994 |
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Medical papers, 1936-1948, 1955-1956, 1961-1994, n.d. |
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(2 folders)
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Military papers |
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Correspondence, 1942-1945, n.d. |
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Employment records and wages, 1942-1945, n.d. |
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Medical records, 1944-1945, n.d. |
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Miscellany, 1943-1945, n.d. |
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Publications, 1943-1944 |
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Seaman's certificates and classifications, 1937-1945, n.d. |
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Newspaper and magazine articles |
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1937, 1944-1947 |
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(2 folders)
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BOX 29
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1950-1969 |
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(5 folders)
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BOX 30
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1970-1994, n.d. |
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(5 folders)
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Notes |
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1930-1943, 1951-1958, 1963-1980, 1988 |
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(2 folders)
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BOX 31
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Undated |
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(3 folders)
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Photography, 1947-1954, n.d. |
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Printed matter, 1933, 1941-1946, 1955-1994, n.d.
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(3 folders)
See also Oversize
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BOX 32
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School papers |
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Douglass High School, Oklahoma City, Okla., 1929-1935, 1953, 1975, n.d. |
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Tuskegee Institute, Tuskegee, Ala. |
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Correspondence, 1933-1936, n.d. |
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Course work, 1934-1936, n.d. |
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(3 folders)
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Financial papers, 1933-1936, n.d. |
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Grades and schedules, 1933-1936 |
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Miscellany, 1933-1936, 1947, n.d. |
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Music, 1890, 1905-1935, n.d.
See also Oversize
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(2 folders)
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BOX 33
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(4 folders)
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Poetry and notes, 1934, n.d. |
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Programs, 1927-1936, 1948-1953, n.d. |
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(2 folders)
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Publications, 1931-1937, 1952-1953, n.d.
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(2 folders)
See also Oversize
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BOX 34
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Travel |
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England, France, Germany, and Switzerland, 1956-1959, n.d. |
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Hong Kong, 1963 |
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India, Japan, and Thailand, 1957 |
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Italy, 1955-1957 |
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Miscellany, 1955-1957, 1966-1967, n.d. |
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Spain, 1954 |
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United States, 1953-1954, 1962-1968, 1978-1984, n.d. |
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Ellison, Lewis (Louis) Albert, 1912-1916, 1966, n.d. |
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Ellison, Rose Poindexter, 1911, 1939-1948, n.d. |
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Miscellany, 1919, 1938, 1959, n.d. |
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Warren, George, 1959-1968 |
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Warren family, 1955-1968, 1975, n.d. |
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BOX 35-79
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General Correspondence, 1930-1996, n.d.
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Incoming and outgoing correspondence of Ralph and Fanny Ellison with friends, colleagues, and business associates. |
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Arranged alphabetically by name of correspondent and chronologically therein. |
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BOX 35
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A. Philip Randolph Institute, New York, N.Y., 1969-1972, 1979, 1985-1986, n.d. |
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Adult Education Council of Greater Chicago, Ill., 1967-1970, n.d. |
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Aldridge, John W. and Leslie, 1955-1957, n.d. |
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Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., 1948-1979, n.d. |
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Allen, Betty
See Container 55, Lee, Edd
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American Heritage Publishing Co., 1959, 1972-1976 |
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American Studies Association, 1965-1966 |
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Amsden, Arthur and Mabel, 1947-1948, n.d. |
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Antioch College, Yellow Springs, Ohio, 1952-1954, 1968, 1979, n.d. |
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Antioch Review, 1943-1946, 1952-1954, 1964, 1976-1980, n.d.
See also Container 37, Bixler, Paul
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Arnold, Fritz and Ursula, 1950-1962, n.d. |
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Arter, Anne, Callye, and Paul, 1949-1992, n.d. |
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(2 folders)
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Atheneum (New York, N.Y.), 1960-1981, n.d. |
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Atlantic Monthly, 1944-1945, 1952-1953, 1960, 1966-1977, n.d.
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BOX 36
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"A" miscellaneous, 1939-1993, n.d. |
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(7 folders)
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BOX 37
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Babb, Sonora, 1941-1958, n.d. |
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(3 folders)
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Ballard, Allen B., 1983 |
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Barton, Robert D., 1954-1956, 1964, 1977, n.d. |
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Bearden, Romare, 1944, 1968-1971, 1986, n.d. |
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Bellow, Saul, 1952-1964, 1977, 1994, n.d. |
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(2 folders)
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Bibby, Henry Lambert, 1940-1944, n.d. |
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Bixler, Paul and Norma, 1958-1962, n.d. See also Container 35, Antioch Review
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Blanchard, Daniel L.
See Container 49, Grapevine Gallery
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Blaustein, Albert P. and Lottie, 1956-1958, n.d. |
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Bond, Nina, 1955-1957, n.d. |
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(2 folders)
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Bone, Robert and Dotty, 1966-1970, 1981, n.d. |
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Book-of-the-Month Club, 1944, 1968-1970, 1986, 1993, n.d. |
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BOX 38
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Botkin, Henry, 1964-1966, n.d. |
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Bourjaily, Vance and Tina, 1961-1968, 1986, n.d. |
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Branam, Virgil and Ethel, 1934, 1942-1973, n.d. |
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(2 folders)
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Brandel, Kuno and Elsa, 1950-1959, n.d. |
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Breadloaf Writers' Conference, Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vt., 1958-1960, 1986, n.d. |
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British Broadcasting Corp., 1963-1965, 1975, 1981-1984, n.d. |
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Brooks, Lucille
See Container 45, Dillon, Lucille
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Burke, Kenneth, 1945-1954, 1964-1972, 1981-1985, n.d. |
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(2 folders)
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"B-Bay" miscellaneous, 1936, 1948-1993, n.d. |
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(3 folders)
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BOX 39
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"Be-Bo" miscellaneous, 1937-1994, n.d. |
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(7 folders)
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BOX 40
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"Br-By" miscellaneous, 1937-1993, n.d. |
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(5 folders)
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Calicutt, Harold, 1940-1952, 1971-1975, n.d. |
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Callahan, John F., Susan, Eve, and Sasha, 1977-1995, n.d. |
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(2 folders)
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BOX 41
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Carleton College, Northfield, Minn., 1965-1972, 1981-1982, 1988-1989, n.d. |
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(2 folders)
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Cayton, Horace R., 1945-1947, 1957-1970, n.d. |
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Cheever, John and Mary, 1958-1964, n.d. |
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Cherne, Leo and Phyllis, 1953-1958, 1970, 1976, 1985-1992, n.d. |
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Chute, Marchette Gaylord and Joy, 1956-1976, 1986, n.d. |
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Ciardi, John, 1956, 1962-1964, 1981-1988 |
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Clark, Kenneth Bancroft and Mamie, 1955-1963, 1970-1976, 1982-1987, n.d. |
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(2 folders)
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Coe College, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, 1960-1969, 1983 |
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Columbia University, New York, N.Y., 1953-1983, 1990-1993, n.d. |
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(2 folders)
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Congress for Cultural Freedom, 1956-1966, n.d. |
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BOX 42
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Copeland, Virginia, 1957, 1984-1994, n.d. |
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Covo, Jacqueline, 1953-1957, 1964, 1971-1975, n.d. |
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(2 folders)
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Crouch, Stanley, 1971, 1977-1989, n.d. |
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Curry, Frances and Jimmy, 1954-1957, 1975-1976, n.d. |
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"Ca" miscellaneous, 1950-1994, n.d. |
|
(4 folders)
|
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BOX 43
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"Ce-Com" miscellaneous, 1942-1994, n.d. |
|
(7 folders)
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BOX 44
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"Con-Cu" miscellaneous, 1943-1993, n.d. |
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(3 folders)
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Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 1962-1969, 1976, 1983-1988 |
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Davidson, Charles, 1962-1977, n.d. |
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Davis, Henry B. O. ("Hoolie"), 1984-1985 |
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Dawson, William L., 1933-1934, 1954-1988, n.d. |
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(2 folders)
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DeCredico, Jessan, 1980-1990 |
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Deren, Maya, 1948-1954, n.d. |
|
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Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, Mich., 1986-1987 |
|
BOX 45
|
Dial Press, 1954-1971 |
|
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Diamond, David, 1968, 1987, n.d. |
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Dillon, Lucille, 1945-1959, n.d.
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Doubleday and Co., 1943-1946, 1958-1982 |
|
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Douglas, Jean, 1952-1957, n.d. |
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Drye, F. L., 1935 |
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Ducornet, Guy, 1960-1962, n.d. |
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"Da-Di" miscellaneous, 1937-1994, n.d. |
|
(5 folders)
|
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BOX 46
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"Do-Dy" miscellaneous, 1942-1994, n.d. |
|
(3 folders)
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Edel, Leon, 1976, 1986-1987 |
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Educational Services, 1964-1965 |
|
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Ellington, Duke, n.d.
See Oversize
|
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Engle, Paul, and Hualing Nieh, 1945, 1955-1991, n.d.
|
|
(3 folders)
|
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BOX 47
|
Esquire, 1949, 1958-1981, 1987, 1994, n.d.
|
|
(2 folders)
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"E" miscellaneous, 1934, 1952-1954, 1961-1994, n.d. |
|
(4 folders)
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Fabre, Michel, 1970-1973, 1983, 1989, n.d. |
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Faulkner, William, 1956-1957, n.d. |
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Fisk University, Nashville, Tenn., 1949-1953, 1963-1966, n.d. |
|
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Ford, Harry, 1947, 1955-1956, n.d. |
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BOX 48
|
Forrest, Leon and Anne, 1972-1981, 1987-1988, n.d. |
|
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Frank, Joseph, 1964-1975, 1981-1986, n.d. |
|
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"F" miscellaneous, 1937-1940, 1948-1994, n.d. |
|
(5 folders)
|
|
BOX 49
|
Golsan, Lucy, 1978-1980 |
|
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Grapevine Gallery, Oklahoma City, Okla., 1976-1996, n.d.
|
|
(2 folders)
|
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Gray, Walter L., Jr.
See same container, Grapevine Gallery
|
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Grinnell College, Grinnell, Iowa, 1967 |
|
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Guggenheimer, Ida E., 1944-1959, n.d. |
|
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"Ga-Go" miscellaneous, 1944-1994, n.d. |
|
(3 folders)
|
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BOX 50
|
"Gr-Gy" miscellaneous, 1948-1994, n.d. |
|
(3 folders)
|
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Hagopian, Sylvia der
See Container 71, Tamm, Sylvia
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Hanes, R. Philip, 1966-1981, 1987, n.d. |
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Harper, Michael S., 1971-1976, 1982-1994, n.d. |
|
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Harper and Row Publishers, 1953-1969, 1977-1980, 1987, n.d. |
|
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Harper's Magazine, 1943, 1949-1953, 1960-1968, 1990, n.d.
|
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Harrison, Hazel, 1936-1940, 1954, 1967-1969, n.d. |
|
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Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., 1962-1993, n.d. |
|
(2 folders)
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BOX 51
|
Healy, Arthur and Sophia, 1959-1969, n.d. |
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Hebestreit, Ludwig, n.d. |
|
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Hemingway, Mary, 1964-1978, n.d. |
|
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Hersey, John and Barbara, 1971-1974, 1980-1987, n.d. |
|
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Hicks, Elizabeth, 1954-1962, 1974, 1988, n.d. |
|
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Hines, Odette Harper, 1974, 1984-1987 |
|
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Honsaker, Debbie and Coy, 1971, 1977-1992, n.d. |
|
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Houghton Mifflin Co., 1944-1947, 1966-1970, 1976-1980, 1987-1993, n.d. |
|
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Howard, Marie Toynet, 1935-1938 |
|
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Howard University, Washington, D.C., 1954, 1964-1967, 1977-1987, n.d. |
|
|
Howe, Irving, 1976-1981, 1988, n.d. |
|
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Hughes, Langston, 1936-1966, n.d. |
|
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Humphrey, Hubert H., 1966-1968 |
|
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Hyman, Stanley Edgar, and Shirley Jackson, 1942-1972, 1986, n.d.
|
|
(2 folders)
|
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BOX 52
|
"Ha-Hs" miscellaneous, 1934, 1940-1994, n.d. |
|
(10 folders)
|
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BOX 53
|
"Hu-Hy" miscellaneous, 1954-1994, n.d. |
|
(2 folders)
|
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"I" miscellaneous, 1940, 1949-1993, n.d. |
|
(3 folders)
|
|
|
Jackson, Shirley
See Container 51, Hyman, Stanley Edgar
|
|
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John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 1944-1945, 1954-1989, n.d. |
|
(2 folders)
|
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|
Johnson, Lyndon B. and Lady Bird, 1965-1979, 1986, n.d. |
|
|
Julius Rosenwald Fund, 1944-1946, n.d. |
|
BOX 54
|
"J" miscellaneous, 1935-1993, n.d. |
|
(5 folders)
|
|
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Katz, Donald, 1972-1989, n.d. |
|
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Kazin, Alfred, 1947, 1954-1955, 1987 |
|
|
Kostelanetz, Richard, 1964-1992, n.d. |
|
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Kouwenhoven, John Atlee, 1970-1988 |
|
BOX 55
|
"K" miscellaneous, 1950-1994, n.d. |
|
(5 folders)
|
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Langston University, Langston, Okla., 1953, 1966-1970, 1978, 1985 |
|
|
Lazenberry, Joe, 1935-1939, n.d. |
|
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Lee, Edd and Betty Allen, 1958-1964, 1974-1975, 1985-1988, n.d.
|
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Lerner, Max and Edna, 1955-1957, 1968, n.d. |
|
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Lewis, Richard W. B. and Nancy, 1954-1970, 1977-1991, n.d. |
|
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Lillard, Stewart, Jr., 1967-1989, n.d. |
|
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Lynes, Russell and Mildred, 1955-1956, 1970-1987, n.d. |
|
BOX 56
|
"L" miscellaneous, 1936-1941, 1952-1994, n.d. |
|
(6 folders)
|
|
|
MacLeish, Archibald, 1956-1957, n.d. |
|
|
Macmillan Co., 1957, 1963-1974, 1980, n.d. |
|
|
Mann, Augusta and Sam, 1948-1958, 1964-1972, 1979-1984, n.d. |
|
BOX 57
|
Martin, David, 1952-1953, 1971-1974, n.d. |
|
|
Mazzetti, Annamarie and Mario, 1957-1965, n.d. |
|
|
McGraw-Hill Book Co., 1953-1972, 1983-1984, n.d. |
|
|
McPherson, James Alan, 1956, 1969-1994, n.d. |
|
(3 folders)
|
|
|
Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vt., 1958-1971 |
|
|
Miller, Lucille
See Container 45, Dillon, Lucille
|
|
|
Moore, Julia A. ("Chubby"), 1933-1938 |
|
|
Morisey, Alexander, 1934, 1943-1968, 1979-1980, 1987-1992, n.d. |
|
(2 folders)
|
|
BOX 58
|
Murray, Albert, and Murray family, 1947-1962, 1967-1970, 1978-1988, n.d. |
|
(2 folders)
|
|
|
"Ma" miscellaneous, 1941-1994, n.d. |
|
(5 folders)
|
|
BOX 59
|
"Mc-Mo" miscellaneous, 1932, 1942-1994, n.d. |
|
(8 folders)
|
|
BOX 60
|
"Mr-My" miscellaneous, 1953-1976, 1982-1993, n.d. |
|
|
Nadel, Alan, 1984-1991 |
|
|
Naguid, Jack and Nina, 1937-1938, n.d. |
|
|
National Educational Television and Radio Center, 1965-1966 |
|
|
Negro Quarterly, 1940-1945, 1968, n.d.
|
|
(2 folders)
|
|
|
New Masses, 1939-1947, n.d.
|
|
|
New York Times, 1953-1955, 1963-1987
|
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|
New Yorker, 1945-1960, 1966, 1976-1978, n.d.
|
|
|
Newsweek, 1963-1966, 1974, 1992
|
|
|
Nieh, Hualing
See Container 46, Engel, Paul
|
|
|
Norman, Dorothy and Edward, 1948-1959, 1965-1966, 1976, n.d. |
|
BOX 61
|
"N" miscellaneous, 1938-1993, n.d. |
|
(8 folders)
|
|
BOX 62
|
Oklahoma Heritage Association, Hall of Fame, 1986, 1992, n.d. |
|
|
O'Meally, Robert G., 1973-1988 |
|
(2 folders)
|
|
|
Organization of American Historians, 1971-1972, n.d. |
|
|
"O" miscellaneous, 1936, 1943-1994, n.d. |
|
(4 folders)
|
|
|
Paris Review, 1954-1967, 1980-1984, n.d.
|
|
|
Partisan Review, 1952-1966, 1983, n.d.
|
|
BOX 63
|
Peterson, Renee and William, 1950-1952, n.d. |
|
|
Playboy, 1962, 1981, n.d.
|
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|
Po, Pansy, 1968-1993, n.d. |
|
(2 folders)
|
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|
Porter, Horace, 1976-1992, n.d. |
|
(2 folders)
|
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Princeton University, Princeton, N.J., 1952-1983, n.d. |
|
(3 folders)
|
|
|
Pushcart Book Press, 1975-1983 |
|
BOX 64
|
"P" miscellaneous, 1936-1993, n.d. |
|
(7 folders)
|
|
|
"Q" miscellaneous, 1957, 1963-1969, 1976-1977, n.d. |
|
BOX 65
|
Ralph Ellison Branch, Metropolitan Library System, Oklahoma City, Okla., 1973-1990, n.d.
|
|
(2 folders)
See also Oversize
|
|
|
Rampersad, Arnold, 1980-1988 |
|
|
Randolph, James and Madeline, 1953, 1966-1982, n.d. |
|
|
Random House, 1947-1994, n.d. |
|
(2 folders)
|
|
|
Rhone, Camille and Mamie, 1954-1955, 1985-1986 |
|
|
Roark, James L., 1980-1986 |
|
|
Roche, Connie and John, 1971, 1977-1992, n.d. |
|
|
Rockefeller Foundation, 1964-1980, n.d. |
|
BOX 66
|
"R" miscellaneous, 1939-1994, n.d. |
|
(9 folders)
|
|
BOX 67
|
Sarser, David and Gloria, 1955-1969, 1975-1982, 1989-1990, n.d. |
|
|
Saturday Evening Post, 1963-1966, n.d.
|
|
|
Saturday Review, 1952-1962, 1982
|
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|
Schiwetz, Berthold ("Tex"), 1956-1971, n.d. |
|
|
Schwartz, Bernard Lee and Ronny, 1978-1983, n.d. |
|
|
Scott, Nathan A. and Charlotte, 1961-1995, n.d |
|
(4 folders)
|
|
|
Slaughter, Edna, 1954-1969, n.d. |
|
|
Smith, William Jay, 1959, 1970, 1977-1992 |
|
BOX 68
|
Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., 1966-1990, n.d. |
|
|
Spence, Muriel, 1982-1987, n.d. |
|
|
Sprague, Morteza D., 1943, 1952-1967, n.d. |
|
|
State Department, 1937, 1955, 1963-1967, 1974-1975 |
|
|
State University of New York, Albany, N.Y., and other locations, 1963-1984, n.d. |
|
|
Stavis, Barrie, 1982-1988 |
|
|
Steegmuller, Francis, and Steegmuller family, 1947-1958, 1971, 1979-1986, 1994, n.d. |
|
|
Stein, Edwin and Gretchen, 1947-1959, 1979, n.d. |
|
|
Stepto, Robert B., 1976-1984 |
|
|
Stern, Richard, and family, 1960-1968, 1975, n.d. |
|
|
Stevens, Roger L. and Christine, 1970, 1976-1978, 1989-1993, n.d. |
|
BOX 69
|
Steveson, Vivian E., 1931-1936, 1964, 1991, n.d. |
|
(4 folders)
|
|
|
Stewart, James E., 1972-1992, n.d. |
|
|
Stokowski, Leopold, 1969-1970 |
|
|
"S-Sc" miscellaneous, 1943, 1952-1993, n.d. |
|
(3 folders)
|
|
BOX 70
|
"Se-Sp" miscellaneous, 1937-1995, n.d. |
|
(9 folders)
|
|
BOX 71
|
"St-Sz" miscellaneous, 1937-1994, n.d. |
|
(6 folders)
|
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|
Tamm, Sylvia, 1958-1970, n.d.
|
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Tate, Ethel, 1936 |
|
|
Taylor, Frank E., 1944-1950, 1959-1964, 1976, n.d. |
|
|
Tomorrow, 1943-1944
|
|
|
Tuskegee Institute, Tuskegee, Ala., 1952-1989 |
|
BOX 72
|
"T" miscellaneous, 1937-1946, 1952-1994, n.d. |
|
(7 folders)
|
|
|
Ullian, Edith and Lew, 1954-1956, n.d. |
|
BOX 73
|
University of California, Berkeley, Calif., and other locations, 1957, 1963-1989 |
|
|
University of Chicago, Chicago, Ill., 1959-1980, n.d. |
|
|
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich., 1966-1969, 1977, 1983, n.d. |
|
|
University of Mississippi, University, Miss., 1976-1987 |
|
|
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, N.C., and other locations, 1962-1970, 1979-1983, n.d. |
|
|
University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Ind., 1965-1973, n.d. |
|
|
University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wis., and other locations, 1963-1972, 1978, n.d. |
|
BOX 74
|
"U" miscellaneous, 1953-1993, n.d. |
|
(7 folders)
|
|
BOX 75
|
Van Lanschot, W.C.J.M. ("Bib"), 1956-1958, n.d. |
|
|
Viking Press, 1945, 1954-1969, n.d. |
|
|
"V" miscellaneous, 1944-1945, 1954-1983, 1989-1991, n.d. |
|
(2 folders)
|
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|
Warren, Robert Penn, 1953-1990, n.d. |
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Weaver, Edith and Richard, 1952-1967, n.d. |
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Weisberg, Bernard and Lois, 1962-1968, 1975-1980, 1988, n.d. |
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Wesleyan University, Middletown, Conn., 1962-1966, 1974-1977, 1986 |
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Whitby, Malcolm, 1930-1949, n.d. |
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Whittaker, Joseph, 1971-1977, n.d. |
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Wiig, Francesca, 1967-1981, n.d. |
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Wilbur, Charlee and Richard, 1962-1987, n.d. |
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William Morris Agency |
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1943, 1953-1955, 1964-1968 |
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BOX 76
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1969-1993, n.d. |
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Williams, Walter B., 1934-1944, n.d. |
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Wilson, Ed, 1974-1990, n.d. |
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Wright, John S., 1981-1991, n.d. |
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Wright, Richard and Ellen, 1937-1953, n.d. |
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(2 folders)
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Wright, Thew and Kit, 1966-1971, 1984, 1990-1991, n.d. |
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BOX 77
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"W-Wk" miscellaneous, 1936-1994, n.d. |
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(8 folders)
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BOX 78
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"Wm-Wy" miscellaneous, 1940-1994, n.d. |
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(3 folders)
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"X-Y" miscellaneous,
1938, 1947-1994, n.d.
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"Z" miscellaneous, 1940, 1960-1978, 1986-1990, n.d. |
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Unidentified |
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1933-1969 |
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(5 folders)
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BOX 79
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1970-1995, n.d. |
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(5 folders)
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BOX 80-94
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Organizations File, 1939-1994, n.d.
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Correspondence, reports, and printed matter relating to Ellison's participation in professional and social organizations as
an officer, trustee, or advisor.
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Arranged alphabetically by name of organization and chronologically therein. |
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BOX 80
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American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, New York, N.Y. |
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1964-1994 |
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(6 folders)
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BOX 81
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Undated |
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(2 folders)
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American Academy in Rome, Rome, Italy, 1955-1960, 1971-1986, 1992-1994, n.d. |
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American Committee for Cultural Freedom, 1956 |
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American Revolution Bicentennial Commission, 1967-1969, 1976, n.d. |
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American Scholar, 1955, 1961-1969, 1976-1981, n.d.
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Associated Councils of the Arts, 1965-1974, n.d. |
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Association of American Publishers, 1979 |
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Authors Guild, 1963-1973, 1984-1986, n.d. |
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Authors League of America, 1939, 1974-1975, 1985-1988 |
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Bennington College, Bennington, Vt., 1955-1959, 1967-1977, 1982-1989, 1994, n.d. |
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(2 folders)
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BOX 82
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Brandeis University, Waltham, Mass., Creative Arts Awards, 1971-1972, n.d. |
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Carnegie Commission on Educational Television, 1965-1968, n.d. |
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(2 folders)
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Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine, New York, N.Y., 1987-1993, n.d. |
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Century Association |
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1954, 1964-1994 |
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(5 folders)
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BOX 83
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Undated |
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(2 folders)
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Citizens Committee for Peace with Freedom in Vietnam, 1967-1968, n.d. |
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Citizens for Humphrey, 1963-1968, n.d. |
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(2 folders)
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Colonial Williamsburg Foundation |
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1968-1976 |
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(4 folders)
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BOX 84
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1977-1994, n.d. |
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(7 folders)
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BOX 85
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Commission on Negro History and Culture, 1967-1968, n.d. |
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Coordinating Council of Literary Magazines, 1975-1982, 1988-1990, n.d. |
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Educational Broadcasting Corp., 1968-1979, n.d. |
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Educational Development Center, Newton, Mass., 1968, 1974 |
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Fellowship of Southern Writers, 1988-1993 |
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Ford Foundation, 1958-1972, 1979, 1984, n.d. |
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Foundation for the Arts, Religion, and Culture, 1962-1970, n.d. |
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt Centennial Commission, 1981-1984, n.d. |
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Franklin Library, 1976-1986, n.d. |
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(2 folders)
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BOX 86
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Hampshire College, Amherst, Mass., 1967-1988, n.d. |
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Harlem School of the Arts, New York, N.Y., 1980-1993, n.d. |
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Holy Land Conservation Fund, 1972-1973, n.d. |
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Hudson Institute, Croton-on-Hudson, N.Y., 1970-1975, 1982-1991 |
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Institute for Natural Philosophy, Princeton, N.J., 1979-1981 |
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Institute of Jazz Studies, New York, N.Y., 1953-1955 |
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International Rescue Committee, 1951, 1964-1994, n.d. |
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(4 folders)
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BOX 87
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John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, 1962-1992, n.d. |
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(2 folders)
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John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, D.C., 1965-1976, 1987, n.d. |
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(2 folders)
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League of American Writers, 1939-1942, n.d. |
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Library of Congress, 1962-1976, 1982-1983, n.d.
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(2 folders)
See also Container 100, "Hidden Name and Complex Fate"
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Meharry Medical College Fund, 1977-1984, n.d. |
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BOX 88
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Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, N.Y., 1975-1993, n.d. |
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(2 folders)
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Modern Language Association of America, 1965-1976, 1983-1992 |
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Museum of African Art, Washington, D.C., 1963-1987, n.d. |
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Museum of Broadcasting, New York, N.Y., 1979-1980, n.d. |
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Museum of Modern Art, New York, N.Y., 1964-1967, 1975, n.d. |
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Museum of the City of New York, New York, N.Y., 1970-1994, n.d. |
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NAACP |
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ca. 1942, 1954-1955, 1961-1971 |
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(2 folders)
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BOX 89
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1972-1994, n.d. |
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(2 folders)
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National Book Foundation |
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1953-1976, 1988-1989 |
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(6 folders)
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BOX 90
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1990-1992, n.d. |
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National Citizens' Committee for Public Television, 1967-1974, n.d. |
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National Council on the Arts, 1964-1989, n.d. |
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(4 folders)
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National Endowment for the Arts, 1966, 1975-1992, n.d. |
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(2 folders)
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BOX 91
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National Endowment for the Humanities, 1972-1980, n.d. |
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(2 folders)
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National Medical Fellowships, 1984, n.d. |
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National Negro Congress, 1940, n.d. |
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National Portrait Gallery, Washington, D.C., 1972-1978, 1984 |
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New School for Social Research, New York, N.Y., 1965-1988, n.d. |
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(6 folders)
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BOX 92
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New York Public Library, New York, N.Y., 1947, 1953, 1966-1992, n.d. |
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(3 folders)
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Newport Jazz Festival, Newport, R.I., 1955-1958, n.d. |
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Oklahoma Ambassador Corps, Oklahoma City, Okla., 1966-1969, 1990 |
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Ossabaw Foundation, 1971-1982, n.d. |
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P.E.N. |
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1952-1958 |
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(2 folders)
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BOX 93
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1959-1992, n.d. |
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(4 folders)
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Rutgers University, New Brunswick, N.J., 1965-1972, n.d. |
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Society for the Arts, Religion, and Contemporary Culture, 1965-1972, 1983, n.d. |
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University of California, La Jolla, Calif., and other locations, 1975-1982, n.d. |
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Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, N.C., 1964, 1972-1989, n.d. |
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(2 folders)
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BOX 94
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WNET/Thirteen, New York, N.Y., 1968-1986, 1992-1993, n.d. |
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(4 folders)
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Yale University, New Haven, Conn., 1964-1988, n.d. |
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(3 folders)
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BOX 95-169
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Writings File, 1935-1995, n.d.
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Drafts of essays, novels, reviews, short stories, and other material written by Ellison. Correspondence and material relating
to the production, publicity, and reception of his works are included. Dates in parentheses in the container list refer to
the publication date; other dates refer to the period covered by the material in the folder.
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Arranged alphabetically by type of work and alphabetically by title therein. |
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BOX 95
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Essays and essay collections |
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"Adventures of an Unintentional New Yorker," n.d. |
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"The American Artist and His Audience" (1977), 1994 |
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American Civilization: a Portrait from the Twentieth Century (1972), unpublished chapter, 1968-1970
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American Negro Congress, ca. 1940 |
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"The Art of Fiction: An Interview,"
1970
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"As the Spirit Moves Mahalia," 1958, 1969 |
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Author's statement, Attacks of Taste, 1971
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"Camp Lost Colony," 1940 |
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"Change the Joke and Slip the Yoke" |
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Correspondence, drafts, and partial drafts, 1957, n.d. |
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Draft fragments, n.d. |
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Notes, n.d. |
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"The Charlie Christian Story," 1958 |
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"Charlie Houston," n.d. |
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"A Congress Jim Crow Didn't Attend," 1940 |
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"The Constitution as Ground or Scene for the Enactment of the Drama of American Democracy," n.d. |
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Down Home, with Bob Adelman, 1969-1972, n.d.
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Editorial comments |
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General, ca. 1937, 1970, n.d. |
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BOX 96
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Negro Quarterly, 1942-1944, n.d.
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(2 folders)
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"February" (1955), ca. 1937-1938, 1955, n.d. |
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"Flamenco," 1954 |
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Going to the Territory (1986)
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"An Extravagance of Laughter"
See also Container 99, "Going to the Territory," and Container 103, "New York, 1936"
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First draft, ca. 1985 |
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Edited draft, 1985 |
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Partial drafts, ca. 1985 |
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BOX 97
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Work folder, ca. 1985 |
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(2
folders)
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Contract, 1984 |
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Correspondence, 1984-1987, n.d. |
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Printer's setting copy, 1986 |
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(3 folders)
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BOX 98
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Galleys |
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Author's edited version, 1986 |
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(2 folders)
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Master set |
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First pass, 1986 |
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(3 folders)
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BOX 99
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Second pass, 1986 |
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(3 folders)
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Inscriptions and mailing lists, 1986-1987, n.d. |
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Miscellany, 1985-1987, n.d. |
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Reviews, 1986-1987, n.d. |
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"Going to the Territory," Carleton Miscellany: A Review of Literature and the Liberal Arts, 1980
See also Containers 96-97, Going to the Territory, "An Extravagance of Laughter"
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"The Golden Age, Time Past" (1959), 1958-1961, 1972, 1983, n.d. |
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BOX 100
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"Harlem Is Nowhere" (1964), 1947-1948, n.d. |
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(3 folders)
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"Harlem Twenty-Four Hours After--Peace and Quiet Reign," 1943 |
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Hemingway, Ernest, unfinished essay, ca. 1940 |
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The hero in literature, n.d. |
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"Hidden Name and Complex Fate: A Writer's Experience in the U.S.," 1964
See also Container 87, Library of Congress
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"Homage to Duke Ellington on His Birthday" (1969), 1969-1970 |
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"Imprisoned in Words," 1946-1947, n.d. |
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BOX 101
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"Indivisible Man" (1970), 1970-1973, n.d. |
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"James Armistead Lafayette" (1974), 1974-1976, n.d. |
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"Let Us Consider the Harlem Crime Wave," ca. 1943 |
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"The Little Man at Chehaw Station" (1977) |
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Drafts and partial drafts, n.d. |
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(2 folders)
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Miscellany, 1976-1978, n.d. |
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"Living with Music," 1955 |
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"Minority Provincialism as a Problem in Creative Writing," n.d. |
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BOX 102
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Miscellaneous notes, 1943, 1953-1991, n.d. |
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(6 folders)
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BOX 103
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"The Myth of the Flawed White Southerner" (1968), 1967-1969, n.d. |
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New American left wing writers, ca. 1935 |
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"New York, 1936," 1936
See also Containers 96-97, Going to the Territory, "An Extravagance of Laughter"
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"Notes on the American Language and Literature" |
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Drafts and draft fragments, 1970, n.d. |
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(4 folders)
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BOX 104
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Notes and research material, 1970, n.d. |
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"The Novel as a Function of American Democracy" (1967), 1967, n.d. |
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"On Becoming a Writer" (1965), 1964-1965 |
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On Being Black: Writings By Afro-Americans from Frederick Douglass to the Present, 1970
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"On Being the Target of Discrimination," 1989 |
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"On Birdwatching Bird and Jazz" (1962), 1962, n.d. |
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"Perspective of Literature" (1976), 1976-1977 |
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"Philippine Writers Report," 1941 |
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"Ralph Ellison: Notre Lutte Nous Proclamé à la Fois 'Nègres et Americains,'" Preuves (1958), 1957, 1969
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"Recent Negro Fiction" (1941), 1941, n.d. |
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(2 folders)
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"Rejoiner" (1964)
See also Container 108, "The World and the Jug"
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Drafts and draft fragments, n.d. |
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Miscellany, 1964-1969, n.d. |
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Notes, n.d. |
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"Remembering Jimmy," 1958 |
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BOX 105
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"Remembering Richard Wright" (1984), 1983-1984, n.d.
See also Container 174, Lectures, 1971, 18 July
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"Richard Wright and Negro Fiction," 1941 |
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"Richard Wright's Blues" (1945), 1945, n.d. |
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Drafts and partial drafts |
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Draft fragments and notes |
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"Romare Bearden: Paintings and Projections" (1970), 1969-1970, 1985 |
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"The Shadow and the Act" (1949), 1949-1950, n.d. |
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Shadow and Act (1964)
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Contracts, 1964-1968 |
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Correspondence, 1964-1978 |
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Drafts |
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"Introduction," n.d. |
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"An American Dilemma: A Review," 1944, n.d.
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BOX 106
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"Twentieth Century Fiction and the Black Mask of Humanity," ca. 1946, 1953 |
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Miscellaneous text, 1964-1966, n.d. |
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Miscellany, 1964-1967, 1995, n.d. |
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Reviews, 1964-1967, n.d. |
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Royalty statements, 1966-1974 |
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"Society, Morality, and the Novel," The Living Novel (1957), 1956-1963, n.d.
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(3 folders)
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"Speaking for You: Ralph Ellison's Cultural Vision" (1987), 1981-1988
See also Container 171, Speeches, 1975, 21 June
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"The Swing to Stereo," 1958 |
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BOX 107
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"Tape, Disks, and Coexistence," ghostwritten by Ellison, 1955 |
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"Tell It Like It Is, Baby" (1965) |
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Drafts, 1965-1969, 1990, n.d. |
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(4 folders)
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Galleys, notes, and general material, 1965-1969, 1990, n.d. |
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"Three Southern Novels," 1944, n.d. |
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"Twentieth Century Writing and the Black Mask of Humanity" (1953), 1946, 1953
See also Container 172, Lectures, 1953, 3-5 Aug.
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BOX 108
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Unidentified fragments, n.d. |
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(2 folders)
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"The Uses of History in Fiction," with William Styron, Robert Penn Warren, and C. Vann Woodward, 1969
See also Container 170, Speeches, 1968, 6 Nov.
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"The Way It Is," 1942 |
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"What America Would Be Like Without Blacks," 1970 |
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(2 folders)
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"What's Wrong with the American Novel?" 1955 |
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"When Does a Black Join the Middle Class? 'Not When He Has a Good Paying Job,'" 1975 |
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"The World and the Jug" (1963)
See also Container 104, "Rejoiner"
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Correspondence, 1963-1964, n.d. |
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Drafts and draft fragments, n.d. |
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Notes, n.d. |
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BOX 109
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Forewords, introductions, and endorsements |
|
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Crane, Stephen, The Red Badge of Courage, 1959-1961, 1988, n.d.
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(3 folders)
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General, 1953-1974, 1981, 1990, n.d. |
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Kouwenhoven, John Atlee, The Beer Can by the Highway, 1987-1988, n.d.
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Romare Bearden: Paintings and Projections, The Art Gallery, State University of New York, Albany, N.Y., 1968-1969, n.d.
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Valentine, Charles A., Culture and Poverty, 1967-1968
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Walker, Scott, ed., Buying Time, 1985
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BOX 110
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Memoirs |
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Typescript draft, ca. 1981 |
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(3 folders)
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Draft fragments, n.d. |
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Notes and outlines, 1938, 1968, 1981-1985, n.d. |
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Miscellany |
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Bibliographies, 1968-1977, 1986, n.d. |
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(2 folders)
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Copyrights, 1963-1979, 1989 |
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Literary criticism about Ellison |
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1943-1959 |
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BOX 111
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1960-1994 |
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(7 folders)
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BOX 112
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Undated |
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(2 folders)
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Notes, 1941-1988, n.d. See also Container 142, Invisible Man |
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(4 folders)
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BOX 113
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(3 folders)
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Permissions and reprints |
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1956-1970 |
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(5 folders)
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BOX 114
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1971-1992, n.d. |
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(4 folders)
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Plot ideas, n.d. |
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Royalty statements, 1956-1958, 1964-1992
See also Oversize
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Unidentified fragments, ca. 1940, 1963, n.d. |
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(3 folders)
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BOX 115
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Novels |
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Airman novel, 1942-1945, n.d. |
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Hickman novel |
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Contract |
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Drafts |
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Episodes |
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"As Hickman Turned the Corner," n.d. |
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(2 folders)
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"Backwacking, A Plea to the Senator," 1976, n.d. |
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Bliss and Hickman at the circus, n.d.
See also Container 116, Bliss, Body, and Meatwhistle
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Bliss and Hickman at the movies, n.d. |
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Bliss and Severin's mother, n.d. |
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Bliss and Sister Georgia, n.d. |
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BOX 116
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Bliss and the coffin, n.d. |
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Bliss, Body, and Meatwhistle, 1959, 1981, n.d.
See also Container 115, Bliss and Hickman at the movies
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Bliss recalls making the movie, n.d. |
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Bliss relates tale of Reverend Eatmore, n.d. |
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Bliss runs away to the moviehouse, n.d. |
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Bliss's kidnapping from church, n.d. |
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Briscoe and Silvester in the barbershop, n.d. |
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"Cave of the Winds," n.d. |
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"Charlee," n.d. |
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Cliofus and Miss Janey, n.d. |
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Cliofus describes "whooping," n.d. |
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(1 folder)
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BOX 117
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(1 folder)
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"Cliofus Recalling Halloween," n.d. |
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Cliofus relates tale of "Big Mama and the Six Little Children" and Russian novel, 1982, n.d. |
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(2 folders)
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Cliofus relates tale of castration and the movie scene, n.d. |
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(3 folders)
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BOX 118
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(3 folders)
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Cliofus relates tale of Miss Kindly and the whale, n.d.
See also Container 130, "A Song of Innocence"
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Cliofus relates tale of the elephant, 1983, n.d. |
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Cliofus talks with McIntyre, n.d. |
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(3 folders)
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BOX 119
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Cliofus talks with Severin, n.d. |
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(2 folders)
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"Epigram for Novel," n.d. |
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Hickman and his congregation at the Lincoln Memorial, n.d. |
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Hickman and McIntyre: "How dare you force yourself into my secrets...," n.d. |
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Hickman and Milsap, n.d. |
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(2 folders)
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Hickman and Miss Janey, n.d. |
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Hickman and the birth of Bliss |
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1965, 1976 |
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BOX 120
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1985, n.d. |
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Hickman and Wilhite at Mister Jessie's, n.d. |
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Complete sequences, 1968, n.d. |
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(6 folders)
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Detective tells of scam, n.d. |
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BOX 121
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Junk room, ca. 1985, n.d. |
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(3 folders)
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Lonnie Barnes's speech, 1972 |
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Maud, the cross-eyed lady, n.d. |
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McMillen speaks to Hickman and Wilhite, 1976, 1990, n.d. |
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Miscellaneous scenes, n.d. |
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Police interrogate Hickman and Wilhite, n.d. |
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Hickman and Wilhite leave the Lincoln Memorial, n.d. |
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BOX 122
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Hickman and Wilhite search for the senator's mistress, n.d. |
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Hickman arrives in Oklahoma, ca. 1987, n.d. |
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(2 folders)
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Hickman at Mr. Jessie's, n.d. |
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(3 folders)
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Hickman dreams about a funeral, n.d. |
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Hickman encounters Leroy, n.d |
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(2 folders)
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BOX 123
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(2 folders)
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"Hickman in Paris," 1989 |
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"Hickman reaches decision to see Janey," n.d. |
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"Hickman Reminiscing," n.d.
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(3 folders)
See also Container 124, "Ish Is Not a Fish"
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Hickman studies the tapestry, n.d. |
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BOX 124
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Hickman with Bliss at the hospital, n.d.
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(3 folders)
See also Container 164, "Night Talk"
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Hickman witnesses the shooting, n.d. |
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"Ish Is Not a Fish" and "Reconcilement," n.d. See also Container 123, "Hickman Reminiscing"
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"It Always Breaks Out," n.d. |
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"Juneteenth," 1965, n.d. |
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BOX 125
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LeeWillie and the car burning, n.d.
See also Container 162, "Cadillac Flambé"
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"Love. Two," 1987-1988, n.d. |
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(3 folders)
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McIntyre and Laura, n.d. |
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McIntyre at Mister Jessie's, n.d. |
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(3 folders)
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BOX 126
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McIntyre in Salzburg, n.d. |
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McIntyre witnesses the shooting, n.d. |
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McIntyre's cousin, Gertrude, Buster, and the mother-in-law, n.d. |
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"McIntyre's Dream" |
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Hitching post boy, n.d. |
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Mother Strothers, 1971, n.d. |
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(4 folders)
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BOX 127
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Sam, n.d. |
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(2 folders)
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McIntyre's letter from Vannec, n.d. |
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"Milsap's Report," n.d. |
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Miss Janey tells Hickman about the "smoking" incident, n.d. |
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Miss Janey's letter to Hickman, n.d. |
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Mother Strothers, n.d. |
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Mr. Love New, n.d. |
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BOX 128
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Mr. Love New and Hickman, 1987-1988, n.d. |
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(3 folders)
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Mr. Love New and McIntyre, n.d. |
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Mr. Love New and Severin, n.d. |
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(2 folders)
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BOX 129
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"Prologue," n.d.
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(5 folders)
See also Container 162, "And Hickman Arrives"
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"The Roof, the Steeple, and the People," n.d. |
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Senator and the Canadian River hunting party, n.d. |
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Senator's delirium, n.d. |
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(1 folder)
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BOX 130
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(2 folders)
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"The Senator's Practical Joke," n.d. |
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"The Senator's Secretary," n.d. |
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Severin and Cliofus as youths, n.d. |
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Severin and Miss Janey, n.d. |
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Severin and the shooting of the senator, n.d. |
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Severin in Europe, n.d. |
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"Severin Remembers," n.d. |
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"A Song of Innocence," 1978, n.d.
See also Container 118, Cliofus relates tale of Miss Kindly and the whale
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(2 folders)
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BOX 131
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Sunraider and the old gentleman, n.d. |
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Sunraider and the telephones, n.d. |
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"Sunraider Remembering," 1983 |
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"Sunraider Visits a Hospital...," n.d. |
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Sunraider's speech on the Senate floor, n.d. |
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"They Beat You, Bliss," n.d. |
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"Through the Lilt and Tear," 1971, 1978, n.d. |
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(3 folders)
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"Uncle Bud with the Portable Radio," 1987, n.d. |
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Unidentified pages, n.d. |
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(2 folders)
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BOX 132
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Original typescript |
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Book I, Apr. 1972 |
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(3 folders)
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Book II, 1972 |
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(3 folders)
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BOX 133
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Revised typescript |
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Book I, July 1972 |
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(2 folders)
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Book II, July 1972, n.d. |
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(3 folders)
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Sequential fragments, 1990-1991, n.d. |
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(1 folder)
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BOX 134
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(6 folders)
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BOX 135
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(6 folders)
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BOX 136
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(6 folders)
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BOX 137
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(6 folders)
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BOX 138
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(1 folder)
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Notes and notebooks, 1956-1989, n.d. |
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(5 folders)
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BOX 139
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(6 folders)
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BOX 140
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(7 folders)
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BOX 141
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(6 folders)
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BOX 142
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Invisible Man
See also Container 113, Miscellaneous notes |
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Drafts |
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Episodes |
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"At Mary's," n.d. |
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(2 folders)
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"Bar Scene, Downtown," n.d. |
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"Bar Scene, El Toro," n.d. |
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"Battle Royal," n.d. |
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"Blind Man," n.d. |
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"Blues," also titled, "Something about Blues," n.d. |
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"Brockaway (Paint Factory)," n.d. |
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"Brotherhood," n.d. |
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(1 folder)
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BOX 143
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(5 folders)
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"Brotherhood, Arena Speech," n.d. |
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"Brotherhood, Bear in Window," n.d. |
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"Brotherhood, Chtonian," n.d. |
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"Brotherhood, Clifton," n.d.
See also Container 210, Times Square
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"Brotherhood, Fired Tenement," n.d. |
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"Brotherhood, Louise," n.d. |
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BOX 144
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"Campus," n.d. |
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(2 folders)
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"Chapel," first draft and notes, n.d. |
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"Cleo and Mt. Morris Park," n.d. |
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"Emerson," n.d. |
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"Eviction," n.d. |
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"Factory Hospital," n.d. |
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"Fat Man on a Bridge," n.d. |
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"Golden Day--True Blood," n.d. |
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"Harlem," n.d. |
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"Hattie and Julius Franklin," n.d. |
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"Hospital Alley Scene," also titled, "Nigger, What Kinda Man Am I?" n.d. |
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"Hospital and Escape," 1949 |
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"Hospital and St. Mary's" (in continuity), n.d. |
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(2 folders)
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BOX 145
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"Hospital Scene" |
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General, n.d. |
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(3 folders)
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Working copy, n.d. |
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"Jazz Music," n.d. |
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"Leroy's Journal," n.d. |
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"Lostness," n.d. |
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"Manhole," n.d. |
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"Men's House," n.d. |
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Miscellaneous scenes, n.d. |
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"Money Changers," n.d. |
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"New York," first draft and notes, n.d. |
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"New York Arrival," n.d. |
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"Norton in the Subway," n.d. |
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"Old Barbee," n.d. |
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"Paint Factory," n.d. |
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BOX 146
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"Perception," original draft titled "Eviction, Priest, Parade, Party, Bank, and Apartment," n.d. |
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(2 folders)
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"Priest Scene," n.d. |
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"Prologue," n.d. |
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"Ras," n.d. |
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"Red Robe," n.d. |
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"Revenge in Mt. Morris Park," n.d. |
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"Rhinehart," n.d. |
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"Riot," n.d. |
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"Sea Cook," also titled, "One-Eyed Cook," n.d. |
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"Sybil," n.d |
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"Uncle Charles," n.d. |
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"Vet," n.d. |
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"Wheelchair," n.d. |
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"White Man in Harlem," n.d. |
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"Woodridge," n.d. |
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BOX 147
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Original typescript, n.d. |
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(6 folders)
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BOX 148
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Final typescript, n.d. |
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(6 folders)
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BOX 149
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Corrected carbons |
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Set 1, n.d. |
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(4 folders)
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Set 2, n.d. |
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(3 folders)
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Set 3, n.d. |
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(1 folder)
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BOX 150
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(3 folders)
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Preface to the Franklin Library edition, ca. 1980 |
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Foreword to thirtieth edition, 1982, n.d. |
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(3 folders)
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Fragments and partial drafts, 1951, n.d. |
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(1 folder)
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BOX 151
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(5 folders)
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Notes, 1942-1950, n.d. |
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(5 folders)
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BOX 152
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(7 folders)
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Author's first proof, 1951
See also Oversize
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BOX 153
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Uncorrected proof, 1952 |
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Blue lines for thirtieth edition, 1982 |
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Film proposals, 1960-1971, 1978-1990, n.d. |
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(2 folders)
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Foreign rights and translations |
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1952-1978 |
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BOX 154
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1980-1989, n.d. |
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Literary agents, 1943-1953, 1989-1990, n.d. |
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Opera proposal, 1964-1965 |
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Publicity, 1952-1953, 1981, 1992-1994, n.d. |
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Published editions |
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Franklin Library, 1976-1980, n.d. |
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New American Library of World Literature, 1951-1971, n.d. |
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Random House |
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Correspondence, 1947-1988, n.d. |
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(2 folders)
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Royalties, 1951-1980
See also Oversize
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BOX 155
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Westinghouse Learning Corp., 1970-1977, n.d. |
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Reviews |
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General, 1947-1955, 1964-1971, 1985, n.d. |
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(6 folders)
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Scrapbook, 1952 |
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(2 folders)
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BOX 156
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Writings by others |
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Balmer, Simone, 1968 |
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Bourrel, Anne-Marie, 1973 |
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Brown, Daniel Webster, II, 1977 |
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Ducornet, Guy, 1962 |
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Giza, Joanne, 1972-1974, n.d. |
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Jordet, Brit Harstad, 1969 |
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Mebane, Mary E., 1961 |
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BOX 157
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Miscellaneous authors, 1954, 1961-1982, n.d. |
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(6 folders)
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Reith, Emma A., n.d. |
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BOX 158
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Thomas, Gwendolyn A., 1974 |
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Ulle, Carol H., 1971 |
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BOX 159
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Slick novel |
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Drafts |
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Episodes |
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Booker's reveries, n.d. |
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"Mister Mac" or "Tale of a Southern Road," n.d. |
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Slick and Booker above the drugstore, n.d. |
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Slick and Booker hunting, n.d. |
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Slick and Bostic, n.d. |
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Slick and Callie at the hospital, n.d. |
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Slick and Liles, n.d. |
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Slick and Lilly-Mae, n.d. |
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Slick and Snodgrass, n.d. |
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Original typescript, sections I and II, ca. 1939 |
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(2 folders)
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Miscellaneous pages, ca. 1939 |
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Notes, n.d. |
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Poetry, 1935-1937, n.d. |
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(2 folders)
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Reviews |
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1937-1939 |
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BOX 160
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1940-1946 |
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(10 folders)
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BOX 161
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1947-1980, n.d. |
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(8 folders)
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BOX 162
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Short stories |
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"Afternoon," n.d. |
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"And Hickman Arrives," 1959-1960
See also Container 129, "Prologue"
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"Battle Royal," 1947-1948, 1975, n.d. |
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"The Birthmark," 1940, n.d. |
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"The Black Ball," n.d. |
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"Bullfighting," n.d. |
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"Butler Boy and the TV Set," n.d. |
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"Cadillac Flambé," 1972-1973, 1984
See also Container 125, LeeWillie and the car burning
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"A Coupla Scalped Indians," 1956, n.d. |
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"Did You Ever Dream Lucky?" 1953, 1975, 1980, n.d. |
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"The Dream," 1941, n.d. |
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(3 folders)
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BOX 163
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"Flying Home," 1944, 1971-1974, 1992, n.d. |
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(3 folders)
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"Gann Wilson," n.d. |
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"A Gari in Karachi," n.d. |
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"Goodnight Irene," n.d. |
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"A Hard Time Keeping Up" (posthumous title), n.d. |
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"Hymie's Bull" (posthumous title), n.d.
See also Oversize
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"I Did Not Learn Their Names," ca. 1940 |
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"I'm in New York But New York Ain't in Me," n.d. |
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"In a Strange Country," also titled, "Black Yank in Britain," 1944, n.d. |
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BOX 164
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"The Initiation," n.d. |
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(5 folders)
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"Jake Smith," n.d. |
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"The King of the Bingo Game," 1944, 1970-1974, 1980, 1988-1992, n.d. |
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"A Lament for Tod Clifton," This Is My Best (1970), 1968-1969
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"Last Day," n.d. |
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"Mister Toussan," 1941-1947, 1971, n.d. |
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"Myth Mood," ca. 1937 |
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"Night Talk," 1969
See also Container 124, Hickman with Bliss at the hospital
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"Norman," 1983 |
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Notes, 1978-1980, 1988-1990, n.d. |
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BOX 165
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"Out of the Hospital and under the Bar," Soon, One Morning (1963), 1961-1968, n.d.
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"Rabid Dog," n.d. |
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"The Red Cross at Morriston, Swansea, S.W.," n.d.
See also same container, "A Storm of Blizzard Proportions"
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"Sanctuary," n.d. |
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"Slick Gonna Learn," 1939 |
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"A Song of Innocence," 1969-1971 |
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"A Storm of Blizzard Proportions," 1944, n.d.
See also same container, "The Red Cross at Morriston, Swansea, S.W."
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"That I Had the Wings," n.d. |
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(3 folders)
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Tillman and Tackhead, n.d. |
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(3 folders)
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BOX 166
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"You Can't Get Around It," n.d. |
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Untitled, n.d. |
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(3 folders)
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Writings by others |
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Bone, Robert, 1972 |
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Burgest, David R., 1980 |
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Callahan, John F., 1977, 1995, n.d. |
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Crouch, Stanley, 1986, n.d. |
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BOX 167
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Eckels, Jon, 1972 |
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Hyman, Stanley Edgar, 1946, 1970, n.d. |
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Jenkins, Betty, and Susan Phillis, 1973 |
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Long, Charles H., 1971-1976 |
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Lucas, John, 1981-1988 |
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McKay, W. Colin, 1993 |
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McPherson, James Alan, n.d. |
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Miscellaneous |
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1936-1989 |
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(2 folders)
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BOX 168
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Undated |
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(2 folders)
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Mooreland, Marc, 1969-1974 |
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Murray, Albert, n.d. |
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Oden, Gloria C., 1976 |
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Piel, Gerard, 1974 |
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Rodman, Selden, 1971 |
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Schor, Edith, 1973 |
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(2 folders)
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BOX 169
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Scott, Nathan A., 1963-1966, 1979-1989, n.d. |
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(2 folders)
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Stuckey, Elma, 1975 |
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Thomas, Bettye J., 1986 |
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Thorne, Hillery C., Jr., 1977 |
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Ward, Theodore, n.d. |
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Webb, Constance, 1966-1967 |
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Wright, Richard, n.d. |
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Yust, Larry, 1971, n.d. |
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BOX 170-178
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Speeches, Lectures, and Interviews, 1945-1993, n.d.
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Texts of speeches, lectures, and interviews along with related correspondence, notes, and printed matter. |
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Arranged by type of material and chronologically therein. |
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BOX 170
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Speeches |
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1953, 27 Jan., acceptance speech, National Book Award, New York, N.Y., 1953, n.d. |
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1963, 5 Sept., "What These Children Are Like," Seminar on Education for Culturally Different Youth, 1963-1965, n.d. |
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(3 folders)
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1964, 1 Apr., National Institute of Arts and Letters, New York, N.Y., 1964 |
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1965 |
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[May], presentation of Howells Medal to John Cheever, American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, New York, N.Y.,
n.d.
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Aug.-Sept., scripts for National Educational Television, "Arts USA: Music," 1965 |
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1966, 26 May, American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, New York, N.Y., 1966 |
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1968, 6 Nov., "The Uses of History in Fiction," Southern Historical Association, New Orleans, La., 1968
See also Container 108, "The Uses of History in Fiction"
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1970, 23 Feb., remarks on Duke Ellington, NAACP, New York, N.Y., 1969-1970, n.d. |
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1972, 4 June, commencement address, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Va., 1972, n.d. |
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(2 folders)
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BOX 171
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1974, 12 June, address to class of 1949, Associated Harvard Alumni, Cambridge, Mass., 1974, 1992
See also Container 214, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.
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1975 |
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10 May, "The Little Man Behind the Stove," Curtis Institute of Music, Philadelphia, Pa., 1974-1978, n.d. |
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(4 folders)
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21 June, dedication speech, Ralph Ellison Branch, Metropolitan Library System, Oklahoma City, Okla., 1975
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1976 |
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28 Apr., "American Music: A Personal Glance after Two Hundred Years," Society for the Libraries, New York University, New
York, N.Y., 1976
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30 Apr., "Perspective of Literature," School of Law, New York University, New York, N.Y., 1975-1976, n.d. |
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1978, 17 May, introduction of newly-elected members, American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, New York, N.Y., n.d. |
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BOX 172
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1979, 19 Sept., Ralph Ellison Festival, Brown University, Providence, R.I., 1979-1980, n.d. |
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(2 folders)
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1983, 18 May, presentation of Gold Medal for Fiction to Bernard Malamud, American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters,
New York, N.Y., 1966-1973, 1979-1983, n.d.
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(2 folders)
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1988, 6 Apr., "Bearden," Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine, New York, N.Y., 1988 |
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1992, "Intellectuals and Writers Since the Thirties," Partisan Review conference, 1992, n.d.
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1993, Apr., American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, 1993 |
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Lectures |
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1945, 1 Nov., "American Negro Writing, A Problem of Identity," Bennington College, Bennington, Vt., 1945, n.d. |
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1953 |
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27 May, "Invisible Man," Hunter College, New York, N.Y., 1953 |
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3-5 Aug., class on the contemporary novel, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., 1952-1954, n.d.
See also Container 107, "Twentieth Century Writing and the Black Mask of Humanity"
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BOX 173
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1954 |
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Aug.-Sept., "The Role of the Novel in Creating the American Experience," Salzburg Seminar in American Studies, Salzburg, Austria,
1953-1955, 1961-1966, 1976, n.d.
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(4 folders)
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Sept.-Oct., Symposium on North American Studies, El Escorial, Spain, 1954 |
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1969 |
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26 Mar., lecture on Invisible Man, United States Military Academy, West Point, N.Y., 1968-1974, n.d.
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(3 folders)
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BOX 174
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18 Apr., "The Negro Writer: His Contributions, His Problems," Lafayette College, Easton, Pa., 1968-1969 |
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1971, 18 July, "Remembering Richard Wright," University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, 1971-1972, n.d.
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(2 folders)
See also Container 105, "Remembering Richard Wright"
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Undated |
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Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, N.Y. |
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"Hidden Name and Complex Fate," Library of Congress |
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"The Meaning of American Diversity," Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio |
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New York University, New York, N.Y. |
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(2 folders)
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University of Chicago, Chicago, Ill. |
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Interviews |
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1952, Denver Post, Denver, Colo., 1952
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1953, 8 Feb., "Faulkner, The Bear," radio broadcast, Irving Howe and Lyman Bryson, 1953
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BOX 175
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1955, "Ralph Ellison, The Art of Fiction," Paris Review, Spring 1955
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(3 folders)
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1960, 11 May, "A Talk with Ralph Ellison," Richard G. Stern, 1960-1961, n.d. |
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1964, "An Interview with Ralph Ellison," Allen Geller, Tamarack Review, Summer 1964
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1965 |
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May, Umbra, 1965-1966, n.d.
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(2 folders)
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4-18 Nov., National Educational Television, 1965 |
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Pierre Dommergues, 1965-1967 |
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Richard Kostelanetz, 1965, 1989, n.d. |
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BOX 176
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Who Speaks for the Negro? Robert Penn Warren, 1964-1965, n.d.
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(2 folders)
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1966 |
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1 Feb., National Educational Television, 1966 |
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30 Aug., United States Senate, Subcommittee on Reorganization of the Committee on Government Operations, 1966-1967, n.d. |
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(3 folders)
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1967 |
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Mar., "A Very Stern Discipline," Harper's Magazine, 1966-1967, n.d.
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(4 folders)
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BOX 177
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May, America (Russian edition), 1967
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Radio broadcast, WGBH, Boston, Mass., Richard H. Lee, 1966-1967 |
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1969, "Ralph Ellison, La Invisibilidad del Negro y el Pluralismo Cultural," Esther Tusquets, Triunfo, Spring 1969
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1970, "The Scholar's Bookshelf," radio broadcast, John Graham, 1970-1973, n.d. |
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1971, 30 Sept., "Ralph Ellison, 20 Years After," David L. Carson, 1971-1974, n.d. |
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(3 folders)
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1972 |
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Dec., "Interview with Ralph Ellison," John O'Brien |
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ca. 1972, John Hersey, 1972-1973, n.d. |
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1976 |
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27 Jan., "Interview with Ralph Ellison," Ron Welburn, Grackle, 1976-1977
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7 Mar., "Ralph Ellison: An Interview," Michael S. Harper and Robert B. Stepto, 1975-1977, n.d. |
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(2 folders)
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BOX 178
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"An Interview with Ralph Ellison: Visible Man," Howard Sage, Pulp, Summer 1976
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Ishmael Reed, Steve Cannon, and Quincy Troupe, Yardbird Reader, 1976-1978, n.d.
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(2 folders)
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1982 |
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Oct., Playboy, 1982
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No month, John Hersey, 1982, n.d. |
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Undated, "An Interview with Ralph Ellison," N. A. Samstag and Ted Cohen, n.d. |
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Miscellaneous notes and fragments, ca. 1940, 1954-1960, 1966-1969, n.d. |
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(4 folders)
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BOX 179-211
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Reference File, 1901-1995, n.d.
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Printed matter, primarily newspaper and magazine clippings, on topics of interest to Ellison, such as jazz, blues, photography,
art, and prominent individuals.
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Arranged alphabetically by subject. |
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BOX 179
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A. Philip Randolph Institute, New York, N.Y., 1969-1972, n.d. |
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Abortion, 1983, 1993 |
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Africa, 1943-1989
See also Oversize
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African-American leadership, 1943-1981 |
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African-American organizations, 1972-1989 |
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African-American studies, 1917, 1940-1994, n.d.
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(2 folders)
See also Oversize
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American Indians, 1949-1993, n.d.
See also Oversize
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Animals, 1936-1982, n.d. |
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Anti-Semitism, 1939-1992, n.d. |
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BOX 180
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Architecture and interior design, 1948-1987, n.d. |
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Art |
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African art, 1970-1992, n.d. |
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Catalogs, 1947, 1959-1982, n.d. |
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(2 folders)
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Institute of Negro Art, 1929 |
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Miscellany, 1937-1991, n.d. |
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(2 folders)
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BOX 181
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(1 folder)
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Sculpture, 1951-1973, n.d. |
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Audio equipment and technology, 1940-1958, n.d. |
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Biographical information |
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Agee, James, 1949-1991, n.d. |
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Ali, Muhammad (Cassius Clay), 1963-1969 |
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Anderson, Marian, 1958-1993, n.d. |
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Armstrong, Louis, 1954-1983 |
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"A" miscellaneous, 1949-1989, n.d. |
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Baker, Josephine, 1950-1994 |
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Baldwin, James, 1953, 1971-1994, n.d. |
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Baraka, Imamu Amiri (LeRoi Jones), 1964-1968, 1983-1990, n.d. |
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BOX 182
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Barry, Marion, 1988-1990 |
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Bearden, Romare, 1967-1981, 1991, n.d. |
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Bellow, Saul, 1953, 1970-1987 |
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Berryman, John, 1972, 1982 |
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Branam, Virgil, 1973 |
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Brown, Lewis Thomas, 1979-1980 |
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Burke, Kenneth, 1959-1987, n.d. |
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"B" miscellaneous, 1935-1990, n.d. |
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(3 folders)
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Chambers, Whittaker, and Alger Hiss, 1930, 1948-1952, 1970, n.d.
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BOX 183
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Cheever, John, 1968-1982, n.d. |
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Clarke, Kenneth Bancroft, 1973-1985, n.d. |
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Cleaver, Eldridge, 1968-1976 |
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Cowley, Malcolm, 1939-1947, 1973, 1989 |
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Crouch, Stanley, 1980-1991, n.d. |
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"C" miscellaneous, 1936-1993, n.d. |
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(3 folders)
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Davis, Angela Yvonne, 1970-1971 |
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BOX 184
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Dawson, William L. and Cecile, 1934-1936, 1963-1993, n.d. |
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(2 folders)
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Deren, Maya, 1948, n.d. |
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"D" miscellaneous, 1934-1991, n.d. |
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(3 folders)
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Einstein, Albert, 1955-1972 |
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Eliot, T. S., 1949-1954, 1961-1966 |
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BOX 185
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Ellington, Duke, 1944-1976, 1992, n.d. |
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(2 folders)
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"E" miscellaneous, 1946-1992, n.d. |
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Faulkner, William, 1946-1993, n.d. |
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(3 folders)
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Fiedler, Leslie A., 1951-1964 |
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BOX 186
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Fitzgerald, F. Scott, 1945-1970 |
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Forrest, Leon, 1972-1988, n.d. |
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"F" miscellaneous, 1945-1988, n.d. |
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(2 folders)
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Gandhi, Mahatma, 1946-1948, n.d. |
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Garfield, John, 1952 |
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Gide, André, 1944-1951 |
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"G" miscellaneous, 1944-1993, n.d. |
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(2 folders)
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Hearst, William Randolph, 1951 |
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BOX 187
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Hemingway, Ernest, 1935-1978, n.d.
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(5 folders)
See also Oversize
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BOX 188
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Hersey, John, 1985-1987, n.d. |
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Himes, Chester B., 1945-1947, 1965, 1989, n.d. |
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Hiss, Alger
See Container 182, Chambers, Whittaker
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Holiday, Billie, 1991, n.d.
See also Oversize
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Horne, Lena, 1944-1986 |
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Hughes, Langston, 1944, 1953, 1961, 1983-1988 |
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Hunter-Gault, Charlayne, 1961-1970 |
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Hyman, Stanley Edgar, 1946-1978, n.d.
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(4 folders)
See also Container 189, Jackson, Shirley
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BOX 189
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"H" miscellaneous, 1931-1993, n.d. |
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(3 folders)
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"I" miscellaneous, 1947-1974, 1986-1989 |
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Jackson, George, 1971 |
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Jackson, Jesse, 1983-1989, n.d. |
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Jackson, Shirley, 1948-1965
See also Container 188, Hyman, Stanley Edgar
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James, Harry, 1945-1972, n.d. |
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Johnson, James Weldon, 1927-1950, n.d. |
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BOX 190
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Johnson, Lyndon B. and Lady Bird, 1963-1990, n.d. |
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Johnston, Alva, 1950, n.d. |
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Joyce, James, 1939-1984, n.d. |
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"J" miscellaneous, 1934, 1945-1989, n.d. |
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Kazin, Alfred, 1946-1954, 1973, n.d. |
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Kennedy, John F., 1961-1964, 1993 |
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Kierkegaard, Soren, 1945-1946 |
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Koestler, Arthur, 1945-1952, 1984, n.d. |
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Kostelanetz, Richard, 1968-1972, n.d. |
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BOX 191
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"K" miscellaneous, 1947-1990, n.d. |
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(2 folders)
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Lerner, Max, 1944-1955 |
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Lincoln, Abraham, 1955, n.d. |
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Long, Earl K. and Huey Pierce, 1959-1960, n.d. |
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Louis, Joe, 1936-1937, 1946-1981, n.d. |
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"L" miscellaneous, 1945-1993, n.d. |
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(2 folders)
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BOX 192
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MacDonald, Dwight, 1952-1954, 1964, 1975 |
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Mailer, Norman, 1960-1976, n.d. |
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Malraux, André, 1934-1976, n.d. |
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(2 folders)
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Marquand, John P., 1952 |
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Marshall, Thurgood, 1961-1991 |
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Matisse, Henri, 1948-1955, 1991 |
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McCarthy, Mary, 1950-1954, 1972, 1989 |
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McKelway, St. Clair, 1952-1953, 1976 |
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Miller, Arthur, 1944-1972, 1987 |
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BOX 193
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Mitchell, Joe, 1944, 1951-1956, 1964 |
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Moore, Marianne, 1946-1954, 1972 |
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Morisey, A. Alexander, 1966-1972, n.d. |
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Morris, Willie, 1965-1973 |
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Morrison, Toni, 1981-1994, n.d. |
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Motherwell, Robert, 1948-1976 |
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"M" miscellaneous, 1934-1939, 1945-1993, n.d. |
|
(4 folders)
|
BOX 194
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(1 folder)
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Nixon, Richard M., 1968-1975, n.d. |
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"N" miscellaneous, 1952-1989 |
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"O" miscellaneous, 1943-1990 |
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Parker, Charles, 1955, n.d. |
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Parks, Gordon, 1949-1990, n.d. |
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Picasso, Pablo, 1970-1993, n.d. |
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Powell, Adam Clayton, 1958-1972 |
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Price, Leontyne, 1955-1966, 1982 |
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"P" miscellaneous, 1939, 1953-1992, n.d. |
|
(2 folders)
|
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BOX 195
|
"Q" miscellaneous, 1978, 1989 |
|
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Randolph, A. Philip, 1989, n.d. |
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Robeson, Paul, 1967-1973, n.d. |
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Robinson, Jackie, 1945-1985 |
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Robinson, Sugar Ray, 1951-1952, 1989 |
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Roethke, Theodore, 1963-1969, n.d. |
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Rustin, Bayard, 1970-1987 |
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"R" miscellaneous, 1945-1989, n.d. |
|
(2 folders)
|
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Scott, Nathan A., 1959-1969, n.d. |
|
|
Spady, James G., 1983-1987 |
|
BOX 196
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Steegmuller, Francis, 1948-1958, 1973 |
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Stepto, Robert B., 1975-1983, n.d. |
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Stevens, Roger L., 1976 |
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Stewart, James E., 1958-1987, n.d. |
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"S" miscellaneous, 1933-1990, n.d. |
|
(3 folders)
|
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BOX 197
|
"T" miscellaneous, 1947-1991, n.d. |
|
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"U" miscellaneous, 1950, 1994 |
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"V" miscellaneous, 1954-1993 |
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Warren, Robert Penn, 1965-1990, n.d. |
|
(2 folders)
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Washington, Booker T., 1945, 1973, 1984, n.d. |
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Wertham, Frederic, 1946-1974, n.d. |
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Wideman, John E., 1973-1989, n.d. |
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Wilbur, Richard, 1963-1987 |
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Wright, John S., 1985, n.d. |
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Wright, Richard, 1938-1969, 1977-1993, n.d. |
|
(1 folder)
|
BOX 198
|
(3 folders)
|
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|
"W" miscellaneous, 1949-1990, n.d. |
|
(3 folders)
|
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Young, Whitney, 1970-1971 |
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"Y-Z" miscellaneous, 1941-1954, 1970-1992, n.d. |
|
BOX 199
|
Black Panthers, 1969-1973, n.d. |
|
|
Booksellers and publishers, 1970-1994, n.d. |
|
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British royal family, 1936, 1947-1956, 1972 |
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Burma, 1960, 1966-1994, n.d. |
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Capote, Truman, masked ball, 1966-1967 |
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Caribbean countries, 1945-1984 |
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|
Caucus of Minority Executives in Media, 1986 |
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Chicago, Ill., 1938-1940, 1951-1987, n.d. |
|
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China, 1948-1958, 1972, n.d. |
|
BOX 200
|
Cinema, 1934-1992, n.d. |
|
(2 folders)
|
|
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Circus, 1947-1949, 1970 |
|
|
Civil rights, 1958-1988 |
|
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Colleges, schools, and universities, 1932-1992, n.d. |
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Communism, 1931-1991 |
|
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Computers, 1982-1983, n.d. |
|
|
Crime |
|
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Florida bombings, 1951-1952 |
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Irwin, Walter, 1951-1952 |
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|
Miscellany, 1931-1992, n.d. |
|
|
Dance |
|
|
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, 1969-1974 |
|
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American Ballet Theatre, n.d. |
|
BOX 201
|
Harlem Dance Foundation, 1979-1982, n.d. |
|
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Miscellany, 1949-1990, n.d. |
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Discrimination, 1940-1984, n.d. |
|
|
Drugs and drug use, 1960-1989, n.d. |
|
|
Education, 1940-1992, n.d. |
|
(2 folders)
|
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Europe, 1938, 1945-1958, 1971, n.d.
See also Oversize
|
|
|
Fashion, 1941-1969, n.d. |
|
|
First Amendment, 1991 |
|
BOX 202
|
France, 1944-1994, n.d. |
|
(2 folders)
|
|
|
Fund-raising, 1949, 1955, 1973-1987, n.d. |
|
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Harlem, New York, N.Y., 1946-1991, n.d. |
|
|
Health, 1941-1990, n.d. |
|
(3 folders)
|
|
BOX 203
|
Jonestown, Guyana, People's Temple, 1978-1983 |
|
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Juvenile delinquency, 1946-1959, n.d. |
|
|
Ku Klux Klan, 1948-1993, n.d. |
|
|
La Farge Clinic, New York, N.Y., 1946-1953, n.d. |
|
|
Labor, 1935-1949, 1970, 1989, n.d. |
|
|
Libraries, 1970-1991 |
|
|
Literary publications, 1936-1993 |
|
(2 folders)
|
|
|
Lynchings, 1949-1955 |
|
|
Middle East, 1962-1983 |
|
|
Military |
|
|
African-American soldiers, 1940-1993, n.d. |
|
(2 folders)
|
|
BOX 204
|
Armed conflict |
|
|
Civil War, U.S., 1951-1958, n.d. |
|
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Korean War, 1950-1958 |
|
|
Revolutionary War, American, 1950 |
|
|
Vietnam War, 1947-1982, n.d. |
|
(2 folders)
|
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|
Nuclear weapons, 1955, 1981 |
|
|
Minority publications, 1935-1992 |
|
(2 folders)
|
|
BOX 205
|
Miscellany, 1944-1987, n.d. |
|
(2 folders)
|
|
|
Music |
|
|
African-American influence and perspective, 1938-1991, n.d. |
|
|
Jazz, 1950-1992, n.d. |
|
(3 folders)
|
|
BOX 206
|
Miscellany, 1939-1990 |
|
|
Opera, 1963-1983, n.d. |
|
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Recorders, 1955-1958, n.d. |
|
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Sheet music, 1941-1959, n.d. |
|
|
NAACP, 1974-1984 |
|
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National Urban Fellows, 1980 |
|
|
National Urban League, 1942-1970, n.d. |
|
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New York, N.Y., 1947-1990, n.d. |
|
(2 folders)
|
|
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News reporting, 1972-1985 |
|
BOX 207
|
Oklahoma, 1948-1990, n.d. |
|
(3 folders)
|
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Photography, 1937-1955, 1984, n.d.
See also Oversize
|
|
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Plainfield, Mass., 1968-1978 |
|
|
Politics, 1944-1992, n.d. |
|
(2 folders)
|
|
BOX 208
|
Prisons |
|
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Attica, N.Y., 1971-1972 |
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Miscellany, 1971-1975 |
|
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Radicals, 1970-1975 |
|
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Religion, 1940-1993, n.d. |
|
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Science, 1982-1983, n.d. |
|
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Segregation, 1940-1989, n.d. |
|
(3 folders)
|
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Sex, 1935-1966, 1982 |
|
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Southern United States, 1948-1990, n.d. |
|
BOX 209
|
Sports |
|
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Boxing, 1938-1971, n.d. |
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Bullfighting, 1947-1953 |
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Miscellany, 1936-1984, n.d. |
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|
Studio Museum, Harlem, New York, N.Y., 1978-1985, n.d. |
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Teachers' guides, 1973, n.d. |
|
|
Television |
|
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Miscellany, 1951-1993 |
|
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National Citizens Committee for Broadcasting, 1971 |
|
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Public broadcasting, 1966-1975, n.d. |
|
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Theater, 1901, 1934-1990, n.d. |
|
(1 folder)
|
BOX 210
|
(2 folders)
|
|
|
Times Square, New York, N.Y., dancing doll vendors (Clifton's dolls), 1964
See also Container 143, "Brotherhood, Clifton"
|
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|
Travel, 1943-1987 |
|
|
United States Supreme Court, 1947, 1971-1991, n.d. |
|
|
Watergate Affair, 1972-1975 |
|
(3 folders)
|
|
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Western civilization, 1947-1950, 1971, n.d. |
|
(2 folders)
|
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BOX 211
|
Writers and writing, 1939-1995, n.d. |
|
(2 folders)
|
|
BOX 211-219
|
Miscellany, 1904-1994, n.d.
|
|
Appointment books and calendars, awards and citations, honorary degrees, invitations to social, cultural, and charitable events,
mailing addresses, notes, printed ephemera, and memorabilia.
|
|
Arranged alphabetically by type of material and chronologically therein. |
|
BOX 211
|
Addresses, 1953, n.d. |
|
(4 folders)
|
BOX 212
|
(4 folders)
|
|
|
Appointment calendars |
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1944-1953 |
|
(2 folders)
|
|
BOX 213
|
1957-1965, 1975-1978, 1985-1993
|
|
(4 folders)
See also Oversize
|
|
|
Awards, citations, and honorary degrees |
|
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Brown University, Providence, R.I., 1979-1980 |
|
|
Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, France, 1968-1969, n.d. |
|
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Chicago Defender, Chicago, Ill., 1953
|
|
BOX 214
|
City University of New York, New York, N.Y., 1992-1993, n.d. |
|
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College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Va., 1972
See also Oversize
|
|
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Friends of American Writers, 1953 |
|
|
Harold Washington Literary Award, 1992, n.d. |
|
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Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., 1974, n.d.
See also Container 171, Speeches, 1974
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National Abortion Rights Action League, 1992 |
|
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National Book Award, 1953, 1974 |
|
|
National Medal of Arts, 1985, n.d. |
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|
Oklahoma, 1975, 1986 |
|
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Oklahoma Arts and Humanities Council, Oklahoma City, Okla., 1966-1967, n.d. |
|
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Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Okla., 1969 |
|
|
Presidential Medal of Freedom, 1969 |
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Russwurm Award, 1953 |
|
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Rutgers University, New Brunswick, N.J., 1966 |
|
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Top Hat Award, New Pittsburgh Courier, Pittsburgh, Pa., 1975-1976
|
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|
Tuskegee Institute, Tuskegee, Ala., 1963 |
|
|
University of Maryland, College Park, Md., 1974, n.d.
See also Oversize
|
|
|
Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, N.C., 1974
See also Oversize
|
|
|
Wesleyan University, Middletown, Conn., 1979-1980 |
|
BOX 215
|
Birthday tributes, 1989 |
|
|
Communist party, 1937-1942, n.d. |
|
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Entertaining, 1963-1968, 1988, n.d. |
|
|
International Workers Order, 1939 |
|
|
Invitations |
|
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Exhibitions |
|
|
1943-1946, 1952-1989 |
|
(6 folders)
|
|
BOX 216
|
1990-1994, n.d. |
|
(2 folders)
|
|
|
General |
|
|
1935-1979 |
|
(5 folders)
|
|
BOX 217
|
1980-1994 |
|
(6 folders)
|
|
BOX 218
|
Undated |
|
(2 folders)
|
|
|
Social |
|
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1935, 1946-1994 |
|
(5 folders)
|
|
BOX 219
|
Undated |
|
|
Memberships and licenses, 1954-1960, 1969, 1987, n.d. |
|
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Notebook covers, n.d. |
|
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Printed material, 1904, 1921-1955, 1968-1985, 1993, n.d. |
|
(2 folders)
|
|
|
Programs, 1932-1976, 1992, n.d. |
|
(2 folders)
|
|
|
Ration and public assistance books, 1943, n.d. |
|
|
Receipts, 1932-1938, 1959, n.d. |
|
|
Recipes, 1969-1976, 1990-1991, n.d. |
|
BOX 220-231
|
Closed, 1932-1994, n.d.
|
|
Fragile material, consisting mostly of correspondence, drawings, and writings, which has been removed and replaced with photocopies.
|
|
Organized and described according to the series and folders from which the items were removed. |
|
BOX 220
|
Family Papers |
|
|
Ellison, Fanny McConnell |
|
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Notes, n.d. |
|
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School papers |
|
|
General, n.d. |
|
|
University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, fundamentals of speech, 1936 |
|
(2 folders)
|
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|
Writings, n.d. |
|
(2 folders)
|
|
|
Ellison, Ralph |
|
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Correspondence |
|
|
Bell, Ida Ellison, 1937 |
|
|
Ellison, Fanny McConnell, 1944-1945, n.d. |
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(2 folders)
|
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Ellison, Herbert M., n.d. |
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Drawings, 1932, n.d. |
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Employment |
|
|
Works Progress Administration, Federal Writers' Project |
|
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Assignments, 1938-1941, n.d. |
|
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Miscellany, 1938-1942, n.d. |
|
|
Reports |
|
|
Anti-Semitism, n.d. |
|
|
"Famous Trials," 1941 |
|
|
Folklore, ca. 1938 |
|
(2 folders)
|
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|
History of New York, N.Y., n.d. |
|
|
"Jews in American Theatre," ca. 1939 |
|
BOX 221
|
"The Negro and the War," ca. 1940 |
|
(3 folders)
|
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|
"Negro Leadership," n.d. |
|
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"Negroes of New York" |
|
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Chapt. II, n.d. |
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Chapt. V, n.d. |
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Chapt. VI, n.d. |
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Chapt. VII, n.d. |
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Chapt. XVIII, 1940 |
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Notes, n.d. |
|
|
Religion and abolitionism, n.d. |
|
|
General Correspondence |
|
|
"A-Ai" miscellaneous, 1940, 1946-1992, n.d. |
|
|
Bellow, Saul, 1952-1964, 1977, 1994, n.d. |
|
(2 folders)
|
|
BOX 222
|
Burke, Kenneth, 1945-1954, 1964-1972, 1981-1985, n.d. |
|
(3 folders)
|
|
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Harrison, Hazel, 1936-1940, 1954, 1967-1969, n.d. |
|
|
Hughes, Langston, 1936-1966, n.d. |
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Lazenberry, Joe, 1935-1939, n.d. |
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Negro Quarterly, 1940-1945, 1968, n.d.
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(2 folders)
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Wright, Richard and Ellen, 1937-1953, n.d. |
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(2 folders)
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Unidentified, n.d. |
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Organizations File |
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National Negro Congress, 1940, n.d. |
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Writings File |
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Essays and essay collections |
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American Negro Congress, ca. 1940 |
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"Camp Lost Colony," 1940 |
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"A Congress Jim Crow Didn't Attend," 1940 |
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Editorial comments |
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General, ca. 1937, 1970, n.d. |
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Negro Quarterly, 1942-1944, n.d.
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(2 folders)
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"Harlem Is Nowhere" (1964), 1947-1948, n.d. |
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(3 folders)
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Hemingway, Ernest, unfinished essay, ca. 1940 |
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(2 folders)
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"Imprisioned in Words," 1946-1947, n.d. |
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"Let Us Consider the Harlem Crime Wave," ca. 1943 |
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BOX 223
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Miscellaneous notes, 1943, 1953-1991, n.d. |
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(2 folders)
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New American left wing writers, ca. 1935 |
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"Philippine Writers Report," 1941 |
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"Recent Negro Fiction" (1941), 1941, n.d. |
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(2 folders)
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"Richard Wright's Blues" (1945), draft fragments and notes, 1945, n.d. |
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"The Shadow and the Act" (1949), 1949-1950, n.d. |
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Shadow and Act (1964)
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Drafts |
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"An American Dilemma: A Review," 1944, n.d.
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Miscellaneous text, 1964-1966, n.d. |
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"Twentieth Century Fiction and the Black Mask of Humanity," ca. 1946, 1953 |
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"Society, Morality, and the Novel," The Living Novel (1957), 1956-1963, n.d.
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"Tell It Like It Is, Baby" (1965) |
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Drafts, 1965-1969, 1990, n.d. |
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(2 folders)
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Galleys, notes, and general material, 1965-1969, 1990, n.d. |
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"Three Southern Novels," 1944, n.d. |
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Unidentified fragments, n.d. |
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(2 folders)
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"The World and the Jug" (1963), notes, n.d. |
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Memoirs, draft fragments, n.d. |
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BOX 224
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Miscellany |
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Notes, 1941-1988, n.d. |
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(4 folders)
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Plot ideas, n.d. |
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Unidentified fragments, ca. 1940, 1963 n.d. |
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(3 folders)
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Novels |
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Hickman novel |
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Drafts |
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Episodes |
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Bliss and Severin's mother, n.d. |
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Bliss and Sister Georgia, n.d. |
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Bliss, Body, and Meatwhistle, 1959, 1981, n.d. |
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Cliofus talks with McIntyre, n.d. |
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Hickman and Wilhite at Mister Jessie's, complete sequences, 1968, n.d. |
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Hickman and Wilhite leave the Lincoln Memorial, n.d. |
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"Hickman Reminiscing," n.d. |
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Hickman with Bliss at the hospital, n.d. |
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"McIntyre's Dream" |
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Hitching post boy, n.d. |
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Mother Strothers, n.d. |
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"Mr. Love New," n.d. |
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BOX 225
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Mr. Love New and Severin, n.d. |
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(2 folders)
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"Prologue," n.d. |
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Severin and the shooting of the senator, n.d. |
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Unidentified pages, n.d. |
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Notes and notebooks, 1956-1989, n.d. |
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(12 folders)
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Invisible Man
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Drafts |
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Episodes |
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"At Mary's," n.d. |
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"Bar Scene, El Toro," n.d. |
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"Battle Royal," n.d. |
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"Brockaway (Paint Factory)," n.d. |
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"Brotherhood," n.d. |
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(2 folders)
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BOX 226
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"Campus," n.d. |
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"Chapel," first draft and notes, n.d. |
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"Hospital Alley Scene," also titled "Nigger, What Kinda Man Am I?" n.d. |
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"Hospital and St. Mary's" (in continuity), n.d. |
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"Hospital Scene," working copy, n.d. |
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Miscellaneous scenes, n.d. |
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"New York," first draft and notes, n.d. |
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"Perception," orginal draft titled "Eviction, Priest, Parade, Party, Bank, and Apartment," n.d. |
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"Priest Scene," n.d.
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"Prologue," n.d. |
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"Riot," n.d. |
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"Woodridge," n.d.
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Fragments and partial drafts, 1951, n.d. |
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(5 folders)
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Notes, 1945-1950, n.d. |
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(6 folders)
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BOX 227
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(7 folders)
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Foreign rights and translations, 1952-1978 |
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Publicity, n.d. |
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Published editions |
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New American Library of World Literature, |
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1951-1971, n.d. |
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Random House, correspondence, 1947-1969 |
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Slick novel |
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Drafts |
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Episodes |
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Booker's reveries, n.d. |
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"Mister Mac" or "Tale of a Southern Road," n.d. |
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(2 folders)
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Slick and Booker hunting, n.d. |
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Slick and Bostic, n.d. |
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Slick and Callie at the hospital, n.d. |
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Slick and Liles, n.d. |
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Slick and Snodgrass, n.d. |
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Original typescript |
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Section I, ca. 1939 |
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BOX 228
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Section II, ca. 1939 |
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Miscellaneous pages, ca. 1939 |
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Notes, n.d. |
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Poetry, 1935-1937, n.d. |
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Reviews |
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1937-1946 |
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(10 folders)
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BOX 229
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1947-1964 |
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(4 folders)
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Short stories |
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"Afternoon," n.d. |
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"The Birthmark," 1940, n.d. |
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"Butler Boy and the TV Set," n.d. |
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"The Dream," 1941, n.d. |
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(6 folders)
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"Flying Home," 1944, 1971-1974, 1992, n.d. |
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(2 folders)
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BOX 230
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"Gann Wilson," n.d. |
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"A Hard Time Keeping Up" (posthumous title), n.d. |
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"Hymie's Bull" (posthumous title), n.d. |
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"I Did Not Learn Their Names," ca. 1940 |
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"The Initiation," n.d. |
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(5 folders)
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"Jake Smith," n.d. |
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"The King of the Bingo Game," 1944, 1970-1974, 1980, 1988-1992, n.d. |
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"Mister Toussan," 1941-1947, 1971, n.d. |
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"Myth Mood," ca. 1937 |
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Notes, 1978-1980, 1988-1990, n.d. |
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"The Red Cross at Morriston, Swansea, S.W.," n.d. |
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"Slick Gonna Learn," 1939 |
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"A Storm of Blizzard Proportions," 1944, n.d. |
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BOX 231
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"That I Had the Wings," n.d. |
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Tillman and Tackhead, n.d. |
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(3 folders)
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Untitled, n.d. |
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(3 folders)
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Writings by others |
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Bone, Robert, 1972 |
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Miscellaneous, 1936-1965 |
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Speeches, Lectures, and Interviews |
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Lectures |
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1945, 1 Nov., "American Negro Writing, A Problem of Identity," Bennington College, Bennington, Vt., 1945, n.d. |
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1969, 26 Mar., lecture on Invisible Man, United States Military Academy, West Point, N.Y., 1973-1974, n.d.
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Interviews |
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1960, 11 May, "A Talk with Ralph Ellison," Richard G. Stern, 1960-1961, n.d. |
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Miscellaneous notes and fragments, n.d. |
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BOX OV 1-OV 22
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Oversize, 1923-1993, n.d.
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Oversize material consisting mostly of drawings, financial and legal records, writings, and printed material. |
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Organized and described according to the series, folders, and boxes from which the items were removed. |
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BOX OV 1
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Family Papers |
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Ellison, Fanny McConnell |
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Employment |
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Chicago, Ill., Board of Education, Visual Education Project |
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"Ancient Roman and Byzantine Costume," n.d. (Container 2)
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BOX OV 2
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"Costume of the Eighteenth Century," n.d. (Container 3)
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BOX OV 3
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Costume of the Middle Ages and seventeenth century, n.d. (Containers 3-5)
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BOX OV 4
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"Egyptian Costume," n.d. (Container 5)
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BOX OV 5
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National Urban League, ca. 1944 (Container 6)
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BOX OV 6
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School papers |
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Elementary and high school, 1925, 1932
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(Container 12)
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BOX OV 7
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Ellison, Ralph |
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Financial papers |
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Income and expenses, 1965-1966, 1973-1980
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(Containers 21-22)
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BOX OV 8
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Household papers |
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Inventories and insurance, ca. 1968 (Container 24)
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BOX OV 9
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Key West, Fla. |
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Financial papers, 1976-1979 (Container 25)
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BOX OV 10
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Legal papers, 1976 (Container 25)
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BOX OV 11
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Miscellany, n.d. (Container 26)
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BOX OV 12
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Plainfield, Mass.
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Inventories and insurance, ca. 1968 |
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(Container 26)
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BOX OV 13
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Printed matter, 1967, 1976, 1983, n.d.
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(Container 31)
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BOX OV 14
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School papers |
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Tuskegee Institute, Tuskegee, Ala. |
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Music, 1923, n.d. (Containers 32-33)
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BOX OV 15
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Publications, 1934-1935 (Container 33)
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BOX OV 16
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General Correspondence |
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Ellington, Duke, n.d. (Container 46)
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BOX OV 17
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Ralph Ellison Branch, Metropolitan Library System, Oklahoma City, Okla.
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Architectural drawings, 1973 (Container 65)
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BOX OV 18
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Writings |
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Miscellany |
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Royalty statements, 1972-1992 (Container 114)
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Novels |
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Invisible Man
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Author's first proof, 1951 (Container 152)
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Published editions |
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Random House |
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Royalties, 1952-1963, 1970-1980
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(Container 154)
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BOX OV 19
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Short stories |
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"Hymie's Bull" (posthumous title), n.d.
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(Container 163)
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BOX OV 20
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Reference File |
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Africa, 1953, 1959 (Container 179)
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African-American studies, 1969 (Container 179)
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American Indians, 1971 (Container 179)
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Biographical information |
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Hemingway, Ernest, 1935 (Container 187)
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Holiday, Billie, 1991 (Container 188)
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Europe, 1954 (Container 201)
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Photography, 1937, n.d. (Container 207)
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BOX OV 21
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Miscellany |
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Appointment calendars, 1963, 1991-1993 (Container 213)
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BOX OV 22
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Awards, citations, and honorary degrees |
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College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Va., 1972 (Container 214)
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University of Maryland, College Park, Md., 1974 (Container 214)
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Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, N.C., 1974 (Container 214)
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