Path Press Archives

Descriptive Summary

Title: Path Press Archives
Identifier: BMRC.HARSH.PATH_PRESS
Dates: 1962-1988
Creator: Path Press.
Language: Finding aid written in English
Size: 41 linear feet, 89 archival boxes
Repository: Chicago Public Library, Vivian G. Harsh Research Collection, Woodson Regional library

Chicago Public Library

Carter G. Woodson Regional Library

Vivian G. Harsh Research Collection of Afro-American History and Literature

9525 S. Halsted St.

Chicago, IL 60628

Indexed Terms

Provenance

Donation of Bennett J. Johnson, 1997. In December 2006, additional Path Press material was transferred to this collection from the private papers of Bennett J. Johnson, donated in 2000. Further Path Press material was donated by Bennett J. Johnson in October 2007.

Access

No restrictions

Citation

When quoting material from this collection the preferred citation is:

Path Press Archives, [Box #, Folder #], Chicago Public Library, Carter G. Woodson Regional Library, Vivian G. Harsh Research Collection of Afro-American History and Literature.

Organizational History

Path Press, one of the first black-owned publishing companies in the United States, was founded in Chicago in 1969 and remained in operation from 1969-1972 and then again from 1982-2001. In fact, the press had been in the works since as early as 1961, when Bennett J. Johnson (now the Vice President of Third World Press) and Herman C. Gilbert (the late author of The Negotiations)— along with novelist Frank London Brown and journalist and later congressman Gus Savage—first began discussing the venture. A business prospectus was written as early as 1962, and the press was incorporated as early as 1963. However, several factors kept the press from getting off the ground: first, Frank London Brown died of leukemia in 1962; second, the remaining participants could not raise the capital that the press would require.

It was only in 1969, armed with an investment of $10,000, that Gilbert and Johnson were able to launch the press with two publications—the late Frank London Brown’s second and final novel, and Herman C. Gilbert’s first. The posthumous publication of Brown’s The Myth Maker on December 7, 1969, was marked by a public tribute held at the Parkway Ballroom in Bronzeville, where guests included such prominent members of the black community as Pulitzer Prize-nominee John Oliver Killens and the future mayor of Chicago, Harold Washington. Jointly sponsored by Path Press and the Frank London Brown Historical Association, the tribute received substantial attention from Chicago’s black press. Nonetheless, despite the moderate success of Gilbert’s The Uncertain Sound, published later that month, the press folded in 1972 having published no further titles.

Ten years later, Johnson and Gilbert re-launched the press with Gilbert’s second novel, The Negotiations (1983). Unlike The Uncertain Sound, The Negotiations was a huge critical and commercial success for the press, selling 11,000 copies and helping them finance several further publications. In 1987 alone, they published five books, including American Diary, the autobiography of former Chicago Defender editor Enoch P. Waters, and Mary Wilson’s To Benji, With Love. Written after the tragic death of a rising young basketball star, To Benji was another big release for the press; featuring a forward by the current mayor of Chicago, Harold Washington, the book sold 4,000 copies in hardback and 9,000 in paperback.

Fueled by these successes, Path Press published several more books that year, including a collection of poems [Up North Big City Street, 1987] by Herman Gilbert’s brother, Zack Gilbert, already a well-established poet; a novel by David Covin [Brown Sky, 1987]; and a children’s book by Darlene Matthews Smith [What Happens When Children Write, 1987]. Although Johnson and Gilbert had several other books in the works at this point, including Al Boswell’s Every Day in African-American History and Margaret Burroughs’s Best of the Best Poetry Anthology, they all fell through for one reason or another, and the press published nothing more until William Goodlett’s Congo Crew appeared in 1990, and Claudette Pinckney-Harris’s Monroe Pinckney, My Father was published in 1995. Business continued to slow after Gilbert’s death in 1997, and when Johnson officially closed the press in 2001 to join Haki Madhubuti at Third World Press, Path had published only ten books over a period of twenty-four years.

However, by the 1990s, the press had begun to concentrate most of its efforts on other aspects of the black media. Armed with a screen treatment of The Negotiations, Johnson and Gilbert attempted several times to bring the book to the screen, first by founding a black film production company of their own, and later by selling the screen rights to Greenlight Films. While this plan never came to full fruition, plans to make black publications more widely available were more successful. By the mid-1980s Path Press had developed Pathways, which sought to bring black publishers into the mainstream by uniting their publications under the banner of a single annual catalog and book fair presence. Teaming up with the Chicago Public Library, Pathways also held annual black book bazaars in conjunction with African-American History Month at the Woodson Regional Library. By 1988, Johnson and Gilbert had also launched the African-American Book Distributors, Inc., which served a similar purpose well into the mid-1990s. Thus, while Path Press may have put aside its own editorial interests in its latter years, it played a central role in making such interests not only possible but sustainable for other African-American publishers.

Although Johnson and Gilbert founded and ran Path Press almost entirely on their own, several others played a notable part in its development – from Frank London Brown and Gus Savage, who helped originate the idea early on; to civil rights activist Brenetta Howell Barrett, who handled publicity during the press’s first years of operation; to poet Joe C. Brown, who did a little press work after Barrett left; and to poet Zack Gilbert, who offered his editing, illustration and layout services throughout the press’s run. Ultimately, despite its brief list of published titles, the press remains central to the early history of black publishing and entrepreneurship in Chicago.

Bibliography

Anderson, Monroe. “Dream Lives Despite Hard Times.” Chicago Tribune 10 Oct. 1984, LF6.
“Black Business of the Day.” Chicago Daily Defender (Daily Edition) 2 Dec. 1969, 4.
“Book Publishing Firm Wants to Hasten ‘Black Renaissance.’” Chicago Daily Defender (Daily Edition) 2 Dec 1969. 4.
“Frank London Brown Tribute is Slated Here.” Chicago Daily Defender (Big Weekend Edition) 1 Nov. 1969. 4.
“Herman Cromwell Gilbert, 1923-1997.” Contemporary Authors Online, Gale, 2006. Reproduced in Biography Resource Center. Farmington Hills, MI: Thomson Gale. http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/BioRC
“Johnson, Bennett J.” Who’s Who Among African-Americans, 19th ed. Ed. Kristen B. Mallegg. Farmington Hills, MI: Thomson Gale, 2006.
Joyce, Donald Franklin. “Path Press, Inc.” Black Book Publishers in the United States: A Historical Dictionary of the Presses, 1817-1990. New York: Greenwood Press, 1991.
Puente, Teresa. “Herman Gilbert, Writer, Political Aide.” Chicago Tribune 9 Mar. 1997, 6.

Related Archival Materials note

Bennett Johnson Papers - Chicago Public Library - Carter G. Woodson Regional Library

Processing Information note

This collection was surveyed as part of the Black Metropolis Research Consortium's Survey Initiative in 2010.

The collection was fully processed and described as part of the University of Chicago's Mapping the Stacks project by Mollie Godfrey in October 2007 (revised August 2008).

When the Path Press Archives were first donated, they consisted of forty-one archival boxes. These were followed by an accession of six archival boxes and fourteen photographs, which were transferred to the collection from Bennett Johnson’s private papers. In turn, roughly two archival boxes from the original accession were identified as belonging to Johnson’s private papers and have been removed. In 2007, Bennett Johnson donated additional manuscripts, correspondence and photographs relating primarily to unpublished authors. These materials doubled the original size of the collection, but fit neatly into the original arrangement. They now occupy the bulk of Series 3 and part of Series 10.

Scope and Content

In its current state, the collection consists of five major parts: 1) administrative materials, detailing the legal, financial and organizational activities of the press; 2) manuscripts, correspondence and other materials relating to authors whose work was published by the press; 3) manuscripts and correspondence relating to authors whose work was not published by the press; 4) documents relating to the general business activities of the press, including production, publicity, sales, distribution and events; and 5) photographs, the most interesting of which document events held or attended by the press’s founders, Herman C. Gilbert and Bennett J. Johnson.

Other materials of note include extensive correspondence and materials relating to Herman C. Gilbert’s The Negotiations; multiple manuscript versions of Mary Wilson’s bestselling To Benji, With Love; and fragments of an early manuscript of Enoch Waters’ American Diary. In addition to a great deal of correspondence with these and other authors published by the press, the collection includes correspondence with Margaret Burroughs, Alice Browning and John Oliver Killens. It also includes the press’s MBE certification applications for several years, multiple business prospectuses, several cases of litigation and Better Business Bureau complaints filed against the press, a full record of the press’s attempts to produce Black films, and detailed records from their years in Black book distribution. The majority of these materials date from between 1982-1992, though there are also a number of documents from 1962-1972, and a few that date as late as 1998.

These materials have been rearranged into the following ten series: Administrative, Published Authors, Unpublished Authors, Film Projects, Production, Publicity, Events, Sales & Distribution, Subject Research Files & Serials, and Photographs & Memorabilia.

Arrangement

Though we have respected the original order where one was clear and consistent, many of these series have been reorganized in the interest of researchers according to alphabetical or chronological arrangements, as indicated below. A small number of envelopes, documents and duplicate materials have been discarded.

Scope and Content

Series 1: Administrative, 1962-1997

This series is of particular interest insofar as it offers insight into the legal, financial and managerial activities of the press, including its certification as a minority business and its relationship with its advisory board, its employees and the organizations with which it became involved. General correspondence has been filed chronologically, with the exception of individuals such as Margaret Burroughs and Roberta Ramzy (a member of the Path Advisory board and a frequent correspondent), both of whom have been given their own folder and have been filed alphabetically. Within the following arrangement, all legal and financial records have been filed chronologically, while employee records, resumes and organizations appear in alphabetical order:

Business prospectuses & proposals
Stock share certificates
Articles of Inc. applications
Business license applications
MBE certification
General correspondence
Path Press Advisory Board materials
Employee records
Misc. resumes
Legal documents
Financial documents
Organizations (with which Path Press was involved)

Series 2: Published Authors, 1969-1995

This series constitutes a little less than a quarter of the collection as a whole, and includes all materials relating to authors whose work was published by the press. While the collection does contain some material relating to the press’s early years, there are no manuscripts of The Myth Maker (1969) or the Uncertain Sound (1969). Instead, the bulk of the collection’s manuscript holdings are from 1982-1990, the primary and most productive years of the press’s operation. The collection includes manuscripts and/or galleys of all of the books published in this period with the exception of What Happens When Children Write (1987), of which there is only a fragment.

Most significant amongst these holdings is the sizable collection of manuscripts and materials relating to Herman Gilbert’s The Negotiations (1983), which enjoyed massive critical and popular acclaim and helped finance the rest of the press’s operations for several years. In addition to manuscript and galley versions of the book, the collection contains several folders of correspondence, some of Gilbert’s composition, lecture and interview notes, and a detailed record of his promotional appearances. In addition, the folder of individual sales and distribution agreements contained in this series, as well as the many book parties Path Press held for the book chronicled in Series 7, help demonstrate the creative ways that Path Press made use of the local community to market Gilbert’s book. This series also contains brief notes for an unpublished memoir by Gilbert, titled This Needs Saying after the column that he wrote for Chicago’s Westside Booster from 1959-1960. There is also a full manuscript of Lenwood Robinson’s screen adaptation of The Negotiations, written in 1983.

Also of interest are the many manuscript versions of Mary Wilson’s To Benji, With Love (1987), which beautifully document her writing process and Path’s editorial suggestions; the book was also the subject of some interesting litigation between Wilson and Path Press. Enoch Waters’ American Diary (1987) was also a significant publication for the press; unfortunately, while it is known that Waters’ original manuscript was much longer than the published version, only a fragment of his original manuscript remains in this collection. Finally, in addition to several manuscript versions of David Covin’s novel, Brown Sky (1988), there are also multiple drafts of an unpublished novel by Covin, entitled Wimbey’s Corner (undated).

Arrangement

In reorganizing the collection, we have chosen to file all sales and distribution materials in a series separate from the published manuscripts. Production materials of real interest (including liner notes, page layouts, etc.) we have kept with the books, whereas more general correspondence with production houses has been filed separately. Likewise, correspondence and publicity pertaining to a single book has been filed with that book, whereas more general correspondence and publicity (i.e. regarding the press itself) has been filed separately. The remaining materials have been filed according to the following arrangement:

Alphabetical by author:

1. Alphabetical by title (published)
i. Correspondence
ii. Contracts
iii. Production
iv. Publicity
v. Litigation (if any)
vi. Manuscripts
vii. Galleys
2. Alphabetical by title (unpublished)

Scope and Content

Series 3: Unpublished Authors, 1969-1995

This material, constituting one half of the collection as a whole, is also arranged alphabetically by author. Here, one folder is devoted to each potential author for whom the collection possesses a manuscript, a manuscript fragment and/or any significant correspondence. We have also provided individual folders for each author whose work was seriously considered by the press for publication, such as Al Boswell, John Oliver Killens and Ellis Cose. All of the remaining submission and rejection letters have been filed in miscellaneous folders by the first letter of the author’s name. In addition to the folders of James Garside and Albert Sewell—both of whom submitted complaints to the Better Business Bureau (claiming that Path Press was negligent in its duties regarding reading and returning unsolicited manuscripts)—the following folders contain items of particular interest:

Browning, Alice: Herman C. Gilbert first contacted Alice Browning (publisher of the World War II-era magazine Negro Story) about publishing her own work in 1970. While they never succeeded in publishing anything together, they did maintain a long correspondence. During this time, Browning made many suggestions for original and reprinted publications; they also discussed the International Black Writers Conference, of which she was founder and director and they were regular participants. By coincidence, Gilbert’s first poem appeared in Negro Story in April/May 1946.

Boswell, Al: Every Day in African-American History came very close to being published by the press (and is even erroneously listed by OCLC as having been published by the press). In fact, however, Boswell died in a tragic car accident just before the book was to be released, and the book was cancelled at the last minute. The collection contains two manuscripts and one galley version of the book.

Brutus, Dennis: A South African poet and activist, Brutus spent eighteen months on Robben Island as a political prisoner before fleeing South Africa for the United States and taking a professorship at Northwestern University. Rains of Hate, which was submitted to Path Press as part of a manuscript seriously considered for publication, was later published as For a Dead African in A Simple Lust (London: Heinemann, 1973). The version of the poem featured here is, with the exception of two line breaks, identical to the published version.

Clay, Nathaniel: News editor for the Chicago Metro News and former columnist and editor for the Chicago Daily Defender, Nathaniel Clay was contracted by Path Press to write a biography Harold Washington entitled Washington of Chicago. The first six chapters of the manuscript are here, but the book was never completed.

Cose, Ellis N.: Cose is a longstanding columnist and correspondent for the Chicago Sun-Times, a contributing editor to Newsweek and New York Daily News and the best-selling author of A Nation of Strangers (1992), Color-Blind (1997), The Rage of a Privileged Class (1994), The Envy of the World (2002) and Bone to Pick (2004). Path Press had gone so far as to draw up contracts for Cose’s Essence of Blue before the book fell through in 1970. Had it been published, it would have been Cose’s very first book. The book remains unpublished, however, and the manuscript is contained here in full.

Fair, Ronald: A lesser-known writer of the Black Arts Movement, Fair published several novels, including Many Thousand Gone (1965), Hog Butcher (1966), which was made into a film starring Laurence Fishburne, World of Nothing (1970) and We Can’t Breathe (1972). He has also published two books of poetry, including Excerpts (1975), published by Heritage Press. Fair began work on The Migrants in 1975, after winning a Guggenheim fellowship, but the novel was rejected by several publishers, including Path Press, and remains unpublished today. The collection contains this manuscript in full.

Killens, John Oliver: Killens is the acclaimed author of several novels, including Youngblood (1954), And Then We Heard the Thunder (1962), Sippi (1967) and One Good Bull is Half the Herd (1971)—two of which earned Pulitzer Prize nominations. Killens was close to Bennett Johnson and Herman Gilbert; he spoke at their Frank London Brown Tribute upon the publication of Myth Maker and corresponded with them about various aspects of their business (including international sales and their proposed MLK anthology). In 1982-1983, Path was keen to publish Killens’ latest novel, The Great Black Russian, but the arrangement fell through due to disagreements over the contract. The book was eventually published in 1989 by Wayne State University instead. Correspondence only.

Himaya, Tafadhali H.: The collection contains a huge number of pre-publication orders and a near complete manuscript of this polemical book on American race relations that Path Press ultimately never published.

Powell, Adam Clayton: Elected New York’s first black congressman in 1944, Powell penned and published The Marching Blacks: An Interpretive History of the Rise of the Black Common Man with Dial Press in 1945. Path Press enquired about reprinting the book in 1969, but Dial Press retained the rights and reprinted the book after Powell’s death in 1973.

Smith, Ald. Edward H.: A Chicago Alderman since 1983, Ed H. Smith published two novels, Love the Town Couldn’t Stop (1996) and Almost Too Late (2002). Path Press considered but turned down an earlier manuscript, It Ain’t Mr. Charley’s in 1991-1992; the collection holds this manuscript in full.

Best of the Best poetry anthology: Margaret Burroughs, founder of the DuSable Museum of African-American Art in Chicago, was an early supporter of Path Press (see General Correspondence: Burroughs in Series 1) and was commissioned to edit an anthology of black poetry for the press in 1982. Although she gathered a great deal of material over several years (all of which is retained here), she never completed the manuscript and the project was abandoned. These folders include general correspondence, a complete mailing list of possible contributors, and submissions and related correspondence filed by contributor. This material includes numerous unpublished poems by little-known poets, but most of the poems submitted by well-known poets have been published elsewhere. However, Amiri Baraka, Nikki Giovanni, Useni Eugene Perkins, Sterling Plumpp, Dudley Randall, Eugene Redmond and Elma Stuckey all submitted explanations of varying lengths for how and why they chose their “best” poems. Stuckey also submitted three unpublished poems, entitled "Universal," “These Old Feet” and “Humanity.” Frank Marshall Davis’s file also contains a personal letter from him to his old friend, Margaret Burroughs.

MLK, Jr.—An Assessment: Marking the first anniversary of Dr. King’s assassination, Gilbert and Johnson planned to release an anthology of essays by King’s contemporaries that they hoped would be the first book to assess the man’s life and work. Among those they invited to contribute to the volume were Dr. John Hope Franklin, Reverend Jesse Jackson, Dr. Charles V. Hamilton, Harold Washington, Floyd McKissick, Charles Hayes, Sterling Stuckey and Diane Nash. Although they received a positive response from many of the people they contacted to write articles, the book was never published and no manuscript remains.

Series 4: Film Projects, 1983-1993

These files chronicle Path Press’s increasing efforts to enter into the business of Black film production. After an initial period of investigation, Johnson and Gilbert entered into negotiations with a company called Greenlight Films for the film rights to The Negotiations. Although the project was eventually abandoned, this series contains extensive correspondence, contracts and other material, including a brief screen treatment of The Negotiations. A complete screenplay of The Negotiations by Lenwood Robinson can be found in Box 13.

Series 5: Production, 1962-1996

While the bulk of this material was originally mixed together in no particular order, several folders were grouped by production house, and we have chosen to follow this arrangement throughout. Correspondence and invoices are thus arranged alphabetically by name of the production business and chronologically within. Any material relating to one specific book has been removed and re-filed with that book in the manuscript series. See Cueno Press and Fairfield Graphics for details regarding litigation filed against Path Press.

Series 6: Publicity, 1969-1993

As with production materials, all publicity materials relating to a particular book have been removed and filed with that book. In the cases where a particular review referred to two or more books, we have made multiple copies and filed a copy of the review with each book. The remaining publicity materials are more general, referring to Path Press itself rather than particular titles. These materials, though originally largely mixed together, have been divided into the following subsections and arranged chronologically within each subsection:

General press releases
Correspondence with TV advertisers
Correspondence with book listing agencies & advertisers
Correspondence with Black Studies directors
Correspondence with book award organizations
Correspondence with book reviewers
Clippings regarding Path Press
Directories
Mailing lists (of various kinds)

Series 7: Events, 1970-1998

The original arrangement of these files was clear and relatively consistent, and has been for the most part retained. Ranging from publicity and sales events for particular books, to trade and writers conferences in which Path participated, to black book fairs that Path organized, these files reflect Path’s changing engagement with the world of black publishing. They have been arranged in the following roughly chronological subsections, which are then arranged chronologically within each subsection:

Book parties
Conferences
Book expos at the Chicago Public Library

Series 8: Sales and Distribution, 1969-1997

Arranged as a single series, since so many of these materials ultimately concern both sales and distribution, the first half of this series is nevertheless oriented primarily towards sales while the latter half is oriented primarily towards distribution. For the sales portion of the series, we have retained Path Press’s original arrangement in full, to better reflect its own business practice:

Individual book and catalog orders (arranged chronologically)
Sales arranged by individual account (arranged alphabetically)
Paid/unpaid sales arranged by individual accounts (arranged alphabetically)
Accounts receivable (arranged alphabetically)
Monthly sales (arranged chronologically)

The distribution portion of the series ranges from the distribution of Path Press books to Path’s distribution of other individual titles to their distribution of books released by other black publishers. Pathways and AABDI are distribution companies that Path spearheaded and devoted increasing attention to after they had for the most part stopped publishing books of their own. As with the production files, we decided to arrange the following materials by distributor, since some (though not all) were already so arranged:

Translation & international sales (arranged chronologically)
Individual distributors (arranged alphabetically)
Clients: individual authors followed by publishers that Path distributed (arranged alphabetically)
Pathways material (arranged chronologically)
AABDI material (arranged chronologically)

See Chicago Review Press/IPG for details regarding litigation filed against Path Press.

Series 9: Subject Research Files and Serials, 1968-1993

The subject research files in this collection are small and relatively random. Of most interest are the files on African-American film, Black Studies programs and literary issues, all of which constitute areas of business that the press directly pursued. These files have been arranged alphabetically by topic. The serials, several of which contain some reference to the press, have been arranged alphabetically by title.

Series 10: Photographs and Memorabilia, 1969-1987

This series contains one hundred and fifty photographs, many of which were taken of the press’s founders at various conferences and events. There are also a number of photographs featuring Harold Washington, John Oliver Killens, Gus Savage, Margaret Burroughs, Zack Gilbert and Haki Madhubuti, among others. In relation to the press’s publications, there are many nearly identical publicity photographs of William Goodlett (Congo Crew), a full set of the photographs that were published in Mary Wilson’s To Benji, With Love, and portraits of many of the contributors to Best of the Best, including Margaret Danner, Frank Marshall Davis and Dudley Randall. The series also includes a UNIA Marcus M. Garvey Centennial Committee button; its provenance is unknown.

Inventory

Series 1: Administrative, 1962 - 1997

Box 1

Folder 1

Note: Path Press Prospectus [30 Mar 1962]

Box 1

Folder 2

Note: Path Press Board of Directors meetings, minutes [1969]

Box 1

Folder 3

Note: Path Press Loan Proposal [1982]

Box 1

Folder 4

Note: Path Press Investment Memorandum [1982-86]

Box 1

Folder 5

Note: Illinois Arts Council/NEA Grant Applications [1984-90]

Box 1

Folder 6

Note: Path Press Stock Share Certificates [1982-85]

Box 1

Folder 7

Note: Path Press Stock Share Certificates "To Be Transferred" [1985-93]

Box 1

Folder 8

Note: Path Press Articles of Inc. [1963-86]

Box 1

Folder 9

Note: Path Press State of Illinois Annual Reports [1983-85]

Box 1

Folder 10

Note: Path Press Business License [1982-97]

Box 1

Folder 11

Note: Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) Regulations [N.D.]

Box 1

Folder 12

Note: Path Press MBE Certification [1985]

Box 1

Folder 13

Note: Path Press MBE Certification [1986-88]

Box 1

Folder 14

Note: Path Press MBE Certification [1989-91]

Box 1

Folder 15

Note: Path Press MBE Certification [1992-94]

Box 1

Folder 16

Note: Path Press MBE Certification [1995-96]

Box 2

Folder 1

Note: Misc. messages, messenger service, postal receipts [N.D.]

Box 2

Folder 2

Note: General correspondence: Burroughs, Margaret [1968-69]

Box 2

Folder 3

Note: General correspondence: Harsh Collection (CPL) [1997]

Box 2

Folder 4

Note: General correspondence: Ramzy, Roberta [1968-70]

Box 2

Folder 5

Note: General correspondence: Misc. [1968-96]

Box 2

Folder 6

Note: Path Press Employees and Shareholders, correspondence [1969-89]

Box 2

Folder 7

Note: Path Press Advisory Board, mailing lists [N.D.]

Box 2

Folder 8

Note: Path Press Advisory Board, correspondence (1) [1983]

Box 2

Folder 9

Note: Path Press Advisory Board, correspondence (2) [1983-84]

Box 2

Folder 10

Note: Path Press Advisory Board, resumes [1983]

Box 3

Folder 1

Note: Employee Records: Brown, Joe

Box 3

Folder 2

Note: Employee Records: Gilbert, Herman Cromwell

Box 3

Folder 3

Note: Employee Records: Gilbert, Vincent N.

Box 3

Folder 4

Note: Employee Records: Hickman, Joan

Box 3

Folder 5

Note: Employee Records: Irono, Dan: reviews (see unpublished reviews)

Box 3

Folder 6

Note: Employee Records: Johnson, Bennett J.

Box 3

Folder 7

Note: Employee Records: Johnson, Diana L.

Box 3

Folder 8

Note: Employee Records: Johnston, Anne

Box 3

Folder 9

Note: Employee Records: Lamb, Milton C.

Box 3

Folder 10

Note: Employee Records: Mayo, Cora

Box 3

Folder 11

Note: Employee Records: Ragano, Anthony (see also Box 70, Folder 5)

Box 3

Folder 12

Note: Employee Records: Rouselle, Jeanette

Box 3

Folder 13

Note: Employee Records: Springfield, Marti J.

Box 3

Folder 14

Note: Employee Records: Young, Lexia B.

Box 3

Folder 15

Note: Misc. Resumes: A-F

Box 3

Folder 16

Note: Misc. Resumes: G-I

Box 3

Folder 17

Note: Misc. Resumes: J-Q

Box 3

Folder 18

Note: Misc. Resumes: R-Z

Box 3

Folder 19

Note: Misc. Resumes: notes, contacts [N.D.]

Box 3

Folder 20

Note: Legal correspondence (Katten Muchin & Zavis) [1988-92]

Box 3

Folder 21

Note: Bank statements and correspondence [1969-84]

Box 3

Folder 22

Note: Misc. Fiscal Documents [c. 1982]

Box 4

Folder 1

Note: Af-Am Publishers & Booksellers Assn (AAPBA), organization & meeting notes [1988-91]

Box 4

Folder 2

Note: AAPBA, legal & financial records [1987-91]

Box 4

Folder 3

Note: AAPBA, newsletters, conferences & events [1988-90]

Box 4

Folder 4

Note: AAPBA, clippings & mailing lists [1986-90]

Box 4

Folder 5

Note: African Community and Information Center, Inc. (ACICI) [1986-88]

Box 4

Folder 6

Note: Black Designers' Forum International, Inc. [1985]

Box 4

Folder 7

Note: Black Educational Systems, Inc. [N.D.]

Box 4

Folder 8

Note: Black Press Hall of Fame [1987]

Box 4

Folder 9

Note: New Chicago Committee (NCC) [1984]

Box 4

Folder 10

Note: Society of Midland Authors [1983-88]

Series 2: Published Authors, 1969 - 1995

Box 4

Folder 11

Note: Brown, Frank London: Myth Maker, correspondence [1969-71]

Box 4

Folder 12

Note: Brown, Frank London: Myth Maker, contract [1969]

Box 4

Folder 13

Note: Brown, Frank London: Myth Maker, publicity [1969-70]

Box 5

Folder 1

Note: Covin, David: Brown Sky, correspondence [1983-88]

Box 5

Folder 2

Note: Covin, David: Brown Sky, contracts [1988]

Box 5

Folder 3

Note: Covin, David: Brown Sky, production [N.D.]

Box 5

Folder 4

Note: Covin, David: Brown Sky, publicity [1988]

Box 5

Folder 5

Note: Covin, David: Brown Sky, mss. (version 1, pp. 1-111) [N.D.]

Box 5

Folder 6

Note: Covin, David: Brown Sky, mss. (version 1, pp. 112-222) [N.D.]

Box 5

Folder 7

Note: Covin, David: Brown Sky, mss. (version 1, pp. 223-333) [N.D.]

Box 5

Folder 8

Note: Covin, David: Brown Sky, mss. (version 1a, pp. 1-111) [N.D.]

Box 5

Folder 9

Note: Covin, David: Brown Sky, mss. (version 1a, pp. 112-222) [N.D.]

Box 5

Folder 10

Note: Covin, David: Brown Sky, mss. (version 1a, pp. 223-333) [N.D.]

Box 6

Folder 1

Note: Covin, David: Brown Sky, galley (version 1) [31 Oct 1986]

Box 6

Folder 2

Note: Covin, David: Brown Sky, galley (version 1a) [31 Oct 1986]

Box 6

Folder 3

Note: Covin, David: Brown Sky, galley (version 2, fragment) [23 Mar 1987]

Box 6

Folder 4

Note: Covin, David: Brown Sky, galley (version 3, pp. 1-45) [N.D.]

Box 6

Folder 5

Note: Covin, David: Brown Sky, galley (version 3, pp. 46-111) [N.D.]

Box 6

Folder 6

Note: Covin, David: Brown Sky, galley (version 3, pp. 112-197) [N.D.]

Box 6

Folder 7

Note: Covin, David: Brown Sky, galley (version 3, pp. 198-274) [N.D.]

Box 6

Folder 8

Note: Covin, David: Brown Sky, misc., mss. and, galley pages [N.D.]

Box 6

Folder 9

Note: Covin, David: Brown Sky, play mss. (pp. 1-76) [31 Mar 1993]

Box 6

Folder 10

Note: Covin, David: Brown Sky, play mss. (pp. 77-130) [31 Mar 1993]

Box 6

Folder 11

Note: Covin, David: "The New Black Vote," lecture mss. [Mar 1986]

Box 7

Folder 1

Note: Covin, David: Wimbey’s Corner, mss. (version 1, pp. 1-146) [N.D.]

Box 7

Folder 2

Note: Covin, David: Wimbey’s Corner, mss. (version 1, pp. 147-269) [N.D.]

Box 7

Folder 3

Note: Covin, David: Wimbey’s Corner, mss. (version 1, pp. 270-392) [N.D.]

Box 7

Folder 4

Note: Covin, David: Wimbey’s Corner, mss. (version 1, pp. 393-515) [N.D.]

Box 7

Folder 5

Note: Covin, David: Wimbey’s Corner, mss. (version 2, pp. 1-100) [N.D.]

Box 7

Folder 6

Note: Covin, David: Wimbey’s Corner, mss. (version 2, pp. 101-199) [N.D.]

Box 7

Folder 7

Note: Covin, David: Wimbey’s Corner, mss. (version 2, pp. 200-304) [N.D.]

Box 8

Folder 1

Note: Covin, David: Wimbey’s Corner, mss. (version 2, pp. 305-404) [N.D.]

Box 8

Folder 2

Note: Covin, David: Wimbey’s Corner, mss. (version 2, pp. 405-510) [N.D.]

Box 8

Folder 3

Note: Covin, David: Wimbey’s Corner, mss. (version 2, pp. 511-617) [N.D.]

Box 8

Folder 4

Note: Covin, David: Wimbey’s Corner, mss. (version 2a, pp. 1-100) [N.D.]

Box 8

Folder 5

Note: Covin, David: Wimbey’s Corner, mss. (version 2a, pp. 101-223) [N.D.]

Box 8

Folder 6

Note: Covin, David: Wimbey’s Corner, mss. (version 2a, pp. 224-313) [N.D.]

Box 8

Folder 7

Note: Covin, David: Wimbey’s Corner, mss. (version 2a, pp. 314-414) [N.D.]

Box 8

Folder 8

Note: Covin, David: Wimbey’s Corner, mss. (version 2a, pp. 415-497) [N.D.]

Box 8

Folder 9

Note: Covin, David: Wimbey’s Corner, mss. (version 2a, pp. 498-590) [N.D.]

Box 9

Folder 1

Note: Covin, David: Wimbey’s Corner, mss. (version 3, pp. 1-96) [N.D.]

Box 9

Folder 2

Note: Covin, David: Wimbey’s Corner, mss. (version 3, pp. 97-193) [N.D.]

Box 9

Folder 3

Note: Covin, David: Wimbey’s Corner, mss. (version 3, pp. 194-287) [N.D.]

Box 9

Folder 4

Note: Covin, David: Wimbey’s Corner, mss. (version 3, pp. 288-356) [N.D.]

Box 9

Folder 5

Note: Covin, David: Wimbey’s Corner, mss. (version 4, pp. 1-82) [N.D.]

Box 9

Folder 6

Note: Covin, David: Wimbey’s Corner, mss. (version 4, pp. 83-162) [N.D.]

Box 9

Folder 7

Note: Covin, David: Wimbey’s Corner, mss. (version 4, pp. 163-246) [N.D.]

Box 9

Folder 8

Note: Covin, David: Wimbey’s Corner, mss. (version 4, pp. 247-327) [N.D.]

Box 9

Folder 9

Note: Covin, David: Wimbey’s Corner, mss. (version 4, pp. 328-401) [N.D.]

Box 9

Folder 10

Note: Covin, David: Wimbey’s Corner, mss. (version 4, pp. 402-474) [N.D.]

Box 10

Folder 1

Note: Gilbert, Herman: Uncertain Sound, correspondence [1969-86]

Box 10

Folder 2

Note: Gilbert, Herman: Uncertain Sound, production [N.D.]

Box 10

Folder 3

Note: Gilbert, Herman: Uncertain Sound, publicity [1970]

Box 10

Folder 4

Note: Gilbert, Herman: Negotiations, correspondence (1) [1979-83]

Box 10

Folder 5

Note: Gilbert, Herman: Negotiations, correspondence (2) [1984]

Box 10

Folder 6

Note: Gilbert, Herman: Negotiations, correspondence (3) [1985-93]

Box 11

Folder 1

Note: Gilbert, Herman: Negotiations, production [N.D.]

Box 11

Folder 2

Note: Gilbert, Herman: Negotiations, interview & lecture prep. [N.D.]

Box 11

Folder 3

Note: Gilbert, Herman: Negotiations, promotional appearances & press calendars [1983-84]

Box 11

Folder 4

Note: Gilbert, Herman: Negotiations, promotional appearance press releases [1983-84]

Box 11

Folder 5

Note: Gilbert, Herman: Negotiations, promotional appearance on Tony Brown's Journal [1983]

Box 11

Folder 6

Note: Gilbert, Herman: Negotiations, promotional appearances misc. [1983-84]

Box 11

Folder 7

Note: Gilbert, Herman: Negotiations, press releases [1983-84]

Box 11

Folder 8

Note: Gilbert, Herman: Negotiations, awards [1983-84]

Box 11

Folder 9

Note: Gilbert, Herman: Negotiations, unpublished reviews [1983]

Box 11

Folder 10

Note: Gilbert, Herman: Negotiations, published reviews [1983-84]

Box 11

Folder 11

Note: Gilbert, Herman: Negotiations, sales & distribution agreements [1983-84]

Box 12

Folder 1

Note: Gilbert, Herman: Negotiations, composition notes [N.D.]

Box 12

Folder 2

Note: Gilbert, Herman: Negotiations, mss. (version 1, pp. 1-132) [N.D.]

Box 12

Folder 3

Note: Gilbert, Herman: Negotiations, mss. (version 1, pp. 133-260) [N.D.]

Box 12

Folder 4

Note: Gilbert, Herman: Negotiations, mss. (version 1, pp. 261-437) [N.D.]

Box 12

Folder 5

Note: Gilbert, Herman: Negotiations, mss. (version 1a) [N.D.]

Box 13

Folder 1

Note: Gilbert, Herman: Negotiations, galley (version 1, fragment) [N.D.]

Box 13

Folder 2

Note: Gilbert, Herman: Negotiations, galley (version 2, pp. 1-92) [N.D.]

Box 13

Folder 3

Note: Gilbert, Herman: Negotiations, galley (version 2, pp. 93-175) [N.D.]

Box 13

Folder 4

Note: Gilbert, Herman: Negotiations, galley (version 2, pp. 176-249) [N.D.]

Box 13

Folder 5

Note: Gilbert, Herman: Negotiations, galley (version 2, pp. 250-381) [N.D.]

Box 13

Folder 6

Note: Gilbert, Herman: Negotiations, galley (version 3, fragment) [N.D.]

Box 13

Folder 7

Note: Gilbert, Herman & Lenwood Robinson: Negotiations, screenplay mss. (pp. 1-90) [14 Sept 1983]

Box 13

Folder 8

Note: Gilbert, Herman & Lenwood Robinson: Negotiations, screenplay mss. (pp. 91-177) [14 Sept 1983]

Box 13

Folder 9

Note: Gilbert, Herman: Negotiations, screenplay mss. (fragment) [1988]

Box 14

Folder 1

Note: Gilbert, Herman: "God Calls Ben McGee," short story mss. [N.D.]

Box 14

Folder 2

Note: Gilbert, Herman: This Needs Saying, memoir notes &, mss. (fragment) [1984]

Box 14

Folder 3

Note: Gilbert, Herman: This Needs Saying, research file [1984]

Box 14

Folder 4

Note: Gilbert, Herman: correspondence regarding unwritten article on Henry Dumas [1987-88] (see also Box 86, Folder 9)

Box 14

Folder 5

Note: Gilbert, Zack: Up North Big City Street, correspondence [1986-87]

Box 14

Folder 6

Note: Gilbert, Zack: Up North Big City Street, publicity [N.D.]

Box 14

Folder 7

Note: Gilbert, Zack: Up North Big City Street, mss. (version 1) [N.D.]

Box 14

Folder 8

Note: Gilbert, Zack: Up North Big City Street, galley (version 1) [23 Apr 1986]

Box 14

Folder 9

Note: Gilbert, Zack: Up North Big City Street, galley (version 1a) [23 Apr 1986]

Box 14

Folder 10

Note: Gilbert, Zack: Up North Big City Street, galley (version 2) [28 Jul 1986]

Box 14

Folder 11

Note: Gilbert, Zack: Up North Big City Street, galley corrections (version 2) [4 Aug 1986]

Box 14

Folder 12

Note: Gilbert, Zack: Up North Big City Street, galley (version 3) [17 Sep 1986]

Box 14

Folder 13

Note: Gilbert, Zack: Up North Big City Street, galley (version 4) [N.D.]

Box 14

Folder 14

Note: Gilbert, Zack: Up North Big City Street, galley corrections (version 4) [N.D.]

Box 14

Folder 15

Note: Gilbert, Zack: Voices from Inside of the Skull, mss. [N.D.]

Box 14

Folder 16

Note: Goodlett, William: Congo Crew, correspondence [1983-90]

Box 14

Folder 17

Note: Goodlett, William: Congo Crew, contract [28 Jan 1983]

Box 14

Folder 18

Note: Goodlett, William: Congo Crew, production [N.D.] (see also photographs in Box 88)

Box 14

Folder 19

Note: Goodlett, William: Congo Crew, publicity [1990-91]

Box 15

Folder 1

Note: Goodlett, William: Congo Crew, mss. (version 1, pp. 1-132) [N.D.]

Box 15

Folder 2

Note: Goodlett, William: Congo Crew, mss. (version 1, pp. 133-276) [N.D.]

Box 15

Folder 3

Note: Goodlett, William: Congo Crew, galley (version 1, pp. 1-135) [N.D.]

Box 15

Folder 4

Note: Goodlett, William: Congo Crew, galley (version 1, pp. 136-273) [N.D.]

Box 15

Folder 5

Note: Goodlett, William: Congo Crew, galley (version 2, pp. 1-126) [8 Jul 1988]

Box 15

Folder 6

Note: Goodlett, William: Congo Crew, galley (version 2, pp. 126-253) [8 Jul 1988]

Box 16

Folder 1

Note: Goodlett, William: Congo Crew, galley (version 2a, pp. 1-126) [N.D.]

Box 16

Folder 2

Note: Goodlett, William: Congo Crew, galley (version 2a, pp. 127-253) [N.D.]

Box 16

Folder 3

Note: Goodlett, William: Congo Crew, galley (version 3, pp. 1-126) [16 Jun 1989]

Box 16

Folder 4

Note: Goodlett, William: Congo Crew, galley (version 3, pp. 127-253) [16 Jun 1989]

Box 16

Folder 5

Note: Goodlett, William: Congo Crew, galley (version 3a) [16 Jun 1989]

Box 16

Folder 6

Note: Goodlett, William: Congo Crew, silver print, galley (version 4) [N.D.]

Box 17

Folder 1

Note: Pinckney-Harris, Claudette: Monroe Pinckney, My Father, legal [1994-95]

Box 17

Folder 2

Note: Pinckney-Harris, Claudette: Monroe Pinckney, My Father, production [4 Jan-24 Aug 1995]

Box 17

Folder 3

Note: Pinckney-Harris, Claudette: Monroe Pinckney, My Father, illustrations [ca. 1995] (see also photographs in Box 89)

Box 17

Folder 4

Note: Pinckney-Harris, Claudette: Monroe Pinckney, My Father, clippings file [28 Jul 1994-31 Jan 1995]

Box 17

Folder 5

Note: Pinckney-Harris, Claudette: Monroe Pinckney, My Father, publicity [Aug 1995]

Box 17

Folder 6

Note: Pinckney-Harris, Claudette: Monroe Pinckney, My Father, mss. (version 1) [N.D.]

Box 17

Folder 7

Note: Pinckney-Harris, Claudette: Monroe Pinckney, My Father, mss. (version 1a) [N.D.]

Box 17

Folder 8

Note: Pinckney-Harris, Claudette: Monroe Pinckney, My Father, mss. (version 2) [ca. 1995]

Box 17

Folder 9

Note: Pinckney-Harris, Claudette: Monroe Pinckney, My Father, mss. (version 2a) [ca. 1995]

Box 17

Folder 10

Note: Pinckney-Harris, Claudette: Monroe Pinckney, My Father, mss. (version 3) [ca. 1995]

Box 17

Folder 11

Note: Pinckney-Harris, Claudette: Monroe Pinckney, My Father, book [1995]

Box 18

Folder 1

Note: Smith, Darlene: What Happens When Children Write, correspondence, mss. fragment [1987]

Box 18

Folder 2

Note: Waters, Enoch: American Diary, correspondence [1980-88]

Box 18

Folder 3

Note: Waters, Enoch: American Diary, production [1987]

Box 18

Folder 4

Note: Waters, Enoch: American Diary, publicity [1987]

Box 18

Folder 5

Note: Waters, Enoch: American Diary, early, mss. & notes [N.D.]

Box 18

Folder 6

Note: Waters, Enoch: American Diary, galley (version 1, pp. 1-156, fragment) [N.D.]

Box 18

Folder 7

Note: Waters, Enoch: American Diary, galley (version 1, pp. 157-320, fragment) [N.D.]

Box 18

Folder 8

Note: Waters, Enoch: American Diary, galley (version 1a, pp. 1-152) [N.D.]

Box 19

Folder 1

Note: Waters, Enoch: American Diary, galley (version 1a, pp. 153-323) [N.D.]

Box 19

Folder 2

Note: Waters, Enoch: American Diary, galley (version 1a, pp. 324-523) [N.D.]

Box 19

Folder 3

Note: Waters, Enoch: American Diary, galley (version 2) [N.D.]

Box 19

Folder 4

Note: Waters, Enoch: American Diary, galley (version 2a [?], index only) [N.D.]

Box 20

Folder 1

Note: Waters, Enoch: American Diary, galley (version 2b, pp. 1-176, fragment) [N.D.]

Box 20

Folder 2

Note: Waters, Enoch: American Diary, galley (version 2b, pp. 195-380, fragment) [N.D.]

Box 20

Folder 3

Note: Waters, Enoch: American Diary, galley (version 2b, pp. 382-520, fragment) [N.D.]

Box 20

Folder 4

Note: Waters, Enoch: American Diary, galley (version 2c, misc. pages) [N.D.]

Box 20

Folder 5

Note: Waters, Enoch: American Diary, galley (version 3, pp. 1-52) [N.D.]

Box 20

Folder 6

Note: Waters, Enoch: American Diary, galley (version 3, pp. 53-128) [N.D.]

Box 20

Folder 7

Note: Waters, Enoch: American Diary, galley (version 3, pp. 129-200) [N.D.]

Box 21

Folder 1

Note: Waters, Enoch: American Diary, galley (version 3, pp. 201-279) [N.D.]

Box 21

Folder 2

Note: Waters, Enoch: American Diary, galley (version 3, pp. 280-364) [N.D.]

Box 21

Folder 3

Note: Waters, Enoch: American Diary, galley (version 3, pp. 365-452) [N.D.]

Box 21

Folder 4

Note: Waters, Enoch: American Diary, galley (version 3, pp. 453-520) [N.D.]

Box 21

Folder 5

Note: Waters, Enoch: American Diary, silver print, galley (version 4, pp. 1-232, fragment) [N.D.]

Box 21

Folder 6

Note: Waters, Enoch: American Diary, silver print, galley (version 4, pp. 233-488, fragment) [N.D.]

Box 22

Folder 1

Note: Wilson, Mary: To Benji, With Love, correspondence [1986-87]

Box 22

Folder 2

Note: Wilson, Mary: To Benji, With Love, contract [10 Jan 1986]

Box 22

Folder 3

Note: Wilson, Mary: To Benji, With Love, production [N.D.] (see also photographs in Box 89)

Box 22

Folder 4

Note: Wilson, Mary: To Benji, With Love, publicity [1985-87]

Box 22

Folder 5

Note: Wilson, Mary: To Benji, With Love, litigation [1988]

Box 22

Folder 6

Note: Wilson, Mary: To Benji, With Love, misc. [N.D.]

Box 22

Folder 7

Note: Wilson, Mary: To Benji, With Love, mss. (version 1, fragment) [N.D.]

Box 22

Folder 8

Note: Wilson, Mary: To Benji, With Love, mss. (version 2, fragment) [N.D.]

Box 22

Folder 9

Note: Wilson, Mary: To Benji, With Love, mss. (version 3, fragment) [N.D.]

Box 22

Folder 10

Note: Wilson, Mary: To Benji, With Love, mss. (version 4, fragment) [N.D.]

Box 22

Folder 11

Note: Wilson, Mary: To Benji, With Love, mss. (version 5, fragment) [N.D.]

Box 22

Folder 12

Note: Wilson, Mary: To Benji, With Love, mss. (version 5a, fragment) [N.D.]

Box 23

Folder 1

Note: Wilson, Mary: To Benji, With Love, mss. (version 6) [N.D.]

Box 23

Folder 2

Note: Wilson, Mary: To Benji, With Love, mss. (version 6a) [N.D.]

Box 23

Folder 3

Note: Wilson, Mary: To Benji, With Love, galley (version 1, fragment) [N.D.]

Box 23

Folder 4

Note: Wilson, Mary: To Benji, With Love, galley (version 2) [16 Jan 1987]

Box 23

Folder 5

Note: Wilson, Mary: To Benji, With Love, galley (version 2a) [16 Jan 1987]

Box 23

Folder 6

Note: Wilson, Mary: To Benji, With Love, galley (version 3) [14 Apr 1987]

Box 23

Folder 7

Note: Wilson, Mary: To Benji, With Love, galley (version 3a, pp. 1-69) [N.D.]

Box 23

Folder 8

Note: Wilson, Mary: To Benji, With Love, galley (version 3a, pp. 70-141) [N.D.]

Series 3: Unpublished Authors, 1969 - 1995

Box 24

Folder 1

Note: Editorial Guidelines for Authors [N.D.]

Box 24

Folder 2

Note: Editorial Forms for Receipt & Rejection Letters [N.D]

Box 24

Folder 3

Note: Manuscript Log [1983-92]

Box 24

Folder 4

Note: Manuscript List [1992-93]

Box 24

Folder 5

Note: Manuscript Action List [1994]

Box 24

Folder 6

Note: Adenle, Mercy: Changes [1987-92]

Box 24

Folder 7

Note: Ahjel, Trish: Chocolate Souflle, correspondence [30 June 1995]

Box 24

Folder 8

Note: Ajaya, Malachi: I Hear it in the Wind, mss. [ca. 1996]

Box 24

Folder 9

Note: Ali, Najiyyah: short story mss. [1983-92]

Box 24

Folder 10

Note: Allen, Debra: poetry mss. [1993-94]

Box 24

Folder 11

Note: August, Mark: Reporting Apartheid, correspondence [1982]

Box 24

Folder 12

Note: Baker, J.G.: Mankind's Second Giant Leap, mss. (fragment) [1985]

Box 24

Folder 13

Note: Baker, Melissa: Holy Piece, mss. [19 Mar 1996]

Box 24

Folder 14

Note: Ball, Jane: Dawn Dance, correspondence [1985]

Box 24

Folder 15

Note: Ballard, Robert C.: Evelyn, publicity [1993-94]

Box 24

Folder 16

Note: Ballard, Robert C.: Evelyn, mss. [8 Feb 1994]

Box 25

Folder 1

Note: Banks, Theresa: Tantra's Web, mss. (pp. 1-99) [3 Sept 1996]

Box 25

Folder 2

Note: Banks, Theresa: Tantra's Web, mss. (pp. 100-209) [3 Sept 1996]

Box 25

Folder 3

Note: Barnes, S. Brandi: Blackberries in the China Cabinet, poetry mss. [9 Oct 1992]

Box 25

Folder 4

Note: Bates, Robert: Seeing the World with Left-eyed Clarity, correspondence [1994-95]

Box 25

Folder 5

Note: Becton, Henry (Kamau): Family, Friends & Lovers, correspondence & clippings [1980-92]

Box 25

Folder 6

Note: Belkaoui, A. R. & Janice Monti-Belkaoui: Quaddafi, mss. (pp. 1-99) [5 Dec 1994]

Box 25

Folder 7

Note: Belkaoui, A. R. & Janice Monti-Belkaoui: Quaddafi, mss. (pp. 1-99) [5 Dec 1994]

Box 25

Folder 8

Note: Bell, Jocelyn: Iquitos, mss. (fragment) [7 Aug 1996]

Box 25

Folder 9

Note: Bell-Valletto, Barbara: Night Terrors, mss. (pp. 1-90) [1996]

Box 25

Folder 10

Note: Bell-Valletto, Barbara: Night Terrors, mss. (pp. 91-193) [1996]

Box 25

Folder 11

Note: Bergamino, Gina: My Name isn't Richard Brautigan, poetry mss. [1989]

Box 25

Folder 12

Note: Bey, Kimmah Sha: Silent Yells, mss. [4 Dec 1995]

Box 25

Folder 13

Note: Bly, William: Trees Along the River, poetry mss. (fragment) [1983-84]

Box 26

Folder 1

Note: Bond, Terisha: poetry mss. [4 Feb 1994]

Box 26

Folder 2

Note: Borchardt, Lovie Lee: Eternally Yours, mss. (fragment) [1984]

Box 26

Folder 3

Note: Borner, Barbara: poetry mss. [19 Mar 1994]

Box 26

Folder 4

Note: Boswell, Al: Every Day in African-American History, correspondence, production & publicity [1987-88]

Box 26

Folder 5

Note: Boswell, Al: Every Day in African-American History, mss. (version 1, pp. 1-100) [ca. 1988]

Box 26

Folder 6

Note: Boswell, Al: Every Day in African-American History, mss. (version 1, pp. 101-206) [ca. 1988]

Box 26

Folder 7

Note: Boswell, Al: Every Day in African-American History, mss. (version 1, pp. 207-318) [ca. 1988]

Box 26

Folder 8

Note: Boswell, Al: Every Day in African-American History, mss. (version 1, pp. 319-426) [ca. 1988]

Box 26

Folder 9

Note: Boswell, Al: Every Day in African-American History, mss. (version 1, pp. 427-540) [ca. 1988]

Box 26

Folder 10

Note: Boswell, Al: Every Day in African-American History, mss. (version 1, pp. 541-630) [ca. 1988]

Box 26

Folder 11

Note: Boswell, Al: Every Day in African-American History, mss. (version 2, pp. 1-100) [ca. 1988]

Box 26

Folder 12

Note: Boswell, Al: Every Day in African-American History, mss. (version 2, pp. 101-205) [ca. 1988]

Box 27

Folder 1

Note: Boswell, Al: Every Day in African-American History, mss. (version 2, pp. 206-311) [ca. 1988]

Box 27

Folder 2

Note: Boswell, Al: Every Day in African-American History, mss. (version 2, pp. 312-418) [ca. 1988]

Box 27

Folder 3

Note: Boswell, Al: Every Day in African-American History, mss. (version 2, pp. 419-524) [ca. 1988]

Box 27

Folder 4

Note: Boswell, Al: Every Day in African-American History, mss. (version 2, pp. 525-633) [ca. 1988]

Box 27

Folder 5

Note: Boswell, Al: Every Day in African-American History, galley (pp. 1-77) [ca. 1988]

Box 27

Folder 6

Note: Boswell, Al: Every Day in African-American History, galley (pp. 78-148) [ca. 1988]

Box 27

Folder 7

Note: Bradley, Connie: Pathways, correspondence [1984]

Box 27

Folder 8

Note: Bramhall, John: BlackGuard, correspondence [1991-92]

Box 27

Folder 9

Note: Brandon, Everett: Book of Romance, mss. [N.D.]

Box 27

Folder 10

Note: Brandy, Donald: Rising Above Deception, mss. (version 1 [?]) [9 Aug 1995]

Box 28

Folder 1

Note: Brandy, Donald: Rising Above Deception, mss. (version 2 [?]) [9 Aug 1996]

Box 28

Folder 2

Note: Brick, Martin: A Dog's Day of Summer, mss. (fragment) [26 April 1996]

Box 28

Folder 3

Note: Bridges, Lee: Cracked Ridges, Worn Discs, poetry mss. [1991-92]

Box 28

Folder 4

Note: Brock-Parker, Sherrie, correspondence [15 Jan 1995]

Box 28

Folder 5

Note: Brown, Cheryl: I'm Spice, But Very Little Sugar, mss. (fragment) [12 Apr 1994]

Box 28

Folder 6

Note: Brown, Lisa: Topa, mss. (pp. 1-146) [23 Apr 1996]

Box 28

Folder 7

Note: Brown, Lisa: Topa, mss. (pp. 147-298) [23 Apr 1996]

Box 28

Folder 8

Note: Brown, Lisa: Topa, mss. (pp. 299-460) [23 Apr 1996]

Box 28

Folder 9

Note: Brown, Lisa: Topa, mss. (pp. 461-592) [23 Apr 1996]

Box 29

Folder 1

Note: Brown-Banks, Jennifer: misc. manuscripts [1993-94]

Box 29

Folder 2

Note: Browning, Alice: correspondence [1970-83] (see also IBWC material in Box 74)

Box 29

Folder 3

Note: Brutus, Dennis: "The Rains of Hate," poetry mss. [N.D.]

Box 29

Folder 4

Note: Burkes, Greg: The Triad Alternative, correspondence [1988]

Box 29

Folder 5

Note: Burns, Stephen: Old God's Ashes, mss. (fragment) [1 Jan 1996]

Box 29

Folder 6

Note: Burnham, Forbes: autobiography, correspondence [1982]

Box 29

Folder 7

Note: Caliste, Herbert: Criminals are Stupid, mss. [31 Aug 1996]

Box 29

Folder 8

Note: Cargile, Phillip: Once in a Blue Moon, mss. (fragment, ch. 3-12) [1984-92]

Box 29

Folder 9

Note: Cargile, Phillip: Once in a Blue Moon, mss. (fragment, ch. 13-23) [1984-92]

Box 29

Folder 10

Note: Cargile, Phillip: Once in a Blue Moon, mss. (fragment, ch. 24-38) [1984-92]

Box 29

Folder 11

Note: Cargile, Phillip: Across the Universe, mss. [22 Oct. 1992] [?]

Box 29

Folder 12

Note: Cargile, Phillip: Firestorm, mss. [22 Oct 1992] [?]

Box 30

Folder 1

Note: Carter, James P.: The Aesculaplus-Gate Conspiracy, mss. (fragment) [23 Jul 1990]

Box 30

Folder 2

Note: Carter, James P.: Racketeering in Medicine, mss. (fragment 1) [5 Oct 1990]

Box 30

Folder 3

Note: Carter, James P.: Racketeering in Medicine, mss. (fragment 2) [5 Oct 1990]

Box 30

Folder 4

Note: Carter, James P.: Racketeering in Medicine, mss. (fragment 3) [5 Oct 1990]

Box 30

Folder 5

Note: Carter, James P.: Racketeering in Medicine, mss. (fragment 4) [5 Oct 1990]

Box 30

Folder 6

Note: Carter, James P.: Getting' Over on Health, mss. (fragment, intro-ch. 3) [N.D.]

Box 30

Folder 7

Note: Carter, James P.: Getting' Over on Health, mss. (fragment, ch. 4-10, part of II) [N.D.]

Box 31

Folder 1

Note: Cash, Jamiz: Af-Am Complete Car Buying Guide, mss. [16 Oct 1996]

Box 31

Folder 2

Note: Casimere, Dwight: Killing Floor Power, screenplay mss. (fragment) [N.D.]

Box 31

Folder 3

Note: Causey Karen, correspondence [1981-84]

Box 31

Folder 4

Note: Chattman, Gerald: A Deadly Orientation, mss. (fragment) [2 Dec 1996]

Box 31

Folder 5

Note: Chihyelu, Mamadi: The Voice of One Crying in the Wilderness, correspondence [1983]

Box 31

Folder 6

Note: Ching, Marvin: China's Soul in Poetry, 1980-1989, poetry mss. (fragment) [1991]

Box 31

Folder 7

Note: Clay, Nathaniel: Washington of Chicago, publicity [N.D.]

Box 31

Folder 8

Note: Clay, Nathaniel: Washington of Chicago, mss. (fragment) [N.D.]

Box 31

Folder 9

Note: Cochran, Barbara, “The Phone,” short story mss. & correspondence [1984-87]

Box 31

Folder 10

Note: Cohen, Christopher: Cook County Perm. Index #s, mss. [N.D.]

Box 31

Folder 11

Note: Cohen, Christopher: Real Estate Taxes in Illinois, mss. [ca. 1995]

Box 31

Folder 12

Note: Cohen, Christopher: Illinois Real Estate Tax Reduction, mss. [N.D.]

Box 31

Folder 13

Note: Cohen, Christopher: Cook County Neighborhood Class Codes, mss. [N.D.]

Box 31

Folder 14

Note: Cohen, Christopher: Guide for Taxpayers, mss. [ca. 1993]

Box 31

Folder 15

Note: Cohen, Christopher: Guide for Taxpayers, mss. [ca. 1994]

Box 31

Folder 16

Note: Cohen, Marion: “Death Bed,” poetry mss. & correspondence [1983-84]

Box 31

Folder 17

Note: Collier, Ernest: Rebirth, mss. (fragment) [30 May 1995]

Box 32

Folder 1

Note: Cose, Ellis N.: Essence of Blue, contracts [1969-70]

Box 32

Folder 2

Note: Cose, Ellis N.: Essence of Blue, mss. (part 1, pp. 1-64) [ca. 1969]

Box 32

Folder 3

Note: Cose, Ellis N.: Essence of Blue, mss. (part 1, pp. 65-133) [ca. 1969]

Box 32

Folder 4

Note: Cose, Ellis N.: Essence of Blue, mss. (part 2, pp. 1-103) [ca. 1969]

Box 32

Folder 5

Note: Cose, Ellis N.: clippings [1969-70]

Box 32

Folder 6

Note: Crawford, Joy: untitled children's story, mss. [25 Jan 1994]

Box 32

Folder 7

Note: Currin, Jon: Stoems from the Soul, mss. [23 Apr 1996]

Box 32

Folder 8

Note: Daniels, George M.: correspondence [1988-89]

Box 32

Folder 9

Note: Davis, Cleveland: And I Carry My Bags, mss. [1 Sept 1995]

Box 32

Folder 10

Note: Davis, Donald: Music Knows No Fear of Night, correspondence [1984-92]

Box 32

Folder 11

Note: Davis, Larry: Leadership: The Catalyst for Success, correspondence [Mar 1992]

Box 32

Folder 12

Note: Davis, Mona: "The Man at the Crossroads," poetry mss. [1970]

Box 32

Folder 13

Note: Davy, Gary: Silent Days, mss. [2 Dec 1996]

Box 32

Folder 14

Note: Dejean, Marvin: poetry mss.[30 Mar 1990]

Box 32

Folder 15

Note: Dejoie, Carolyn M.: Sun and Shadows, mss. (pp. 1-70) [3 Oct 1996]

Box 32

Folder 16

Note: Dejoie, Carolyn M.: Sun and Shadows, mss. (pp. 71-143) [3 Oct 1996]

Box 33

Folder 1

Note: de la Cuesta, Barbara: Ordonez, mss. (pp. 1-98) [22 Feb 1985]

Box 33

Folder 2

Note: de la Cuesta, Barbara: Ordonez, mss. (pp. 99-198) [22 Feb 1985]

Box 33

Folder 3

Note: Dfenninger, Darla: correspondence [Apr-Oct 1996]

Box 33

Folder 4

Note: Dickerson, Leon: Life Within Two Decades, correspondence [1986-88]

Box 33

Folder 5

Note: Dranow, Rachel: Exile, correspondence [1983-84]

Box 33

Folder 6

Note: Dumke, Mick: Sullivan House, mss. (fragment) [27 Jul 1995]

Box 33

Folder 7

Note: Dumke, Mick: Sullivan House, mss. (pp. 1-128) [9 Jul 1996]

Box 33

Folder 8

Note: Dumke, Mick: Sullivan House, mss. (pp. 129-261) [9 Jul 1996]

Box 33

Folder 9

Note: Dunn, Ken: correspondence [1985-94]

Box 33

Folder 10

Note: Dwyer, Tamarina: poetry mss. [1989]

Box 33

Folder 11

Note: Ehvi, Felix: What if Blacks Didn't Exist, mss. (fragment) [26 Jul 1996]

Box 33

Folder 12

Note: Eka, Lawrence: Kintu, mss. (ch. 1-6) [31 Aug 1992]

Box 33

Folder 13

Note: Eka, Lawrence: Kintu, mss. (ch. 7-12) [31 Aug 1992]

Box 34

Folder 1

Note: El'Zabar, Kai: collected works, correspondence [29 Aug 1987-25 Jul 1991]

Box 34

Folder 2

Note: El'Zabar, Kai: short story mss. [1984-86]

Box 34

Folder 3

Note: El'Zabar, Kai: short story mss. [1989]

Box 34

Folder 4

Note: El'Zabar, Kai: poetry mss. [1986-87]

Box 34

Folder 5

Note: El'Zabar, Kai: Fo'Real Baby, mss. (pp. 1-113) [ca. 1988]

Box 34

Folder 6

Note: El'Zabar, Kai: Fo'Real Baby, mss. (pp. 114-228) [ca. 1988]

Box 34

Folder 7

Note: Emadi, Hafizullah: poetry mss. [19 May 1995]

Box 34

Folder 8

Note: Ensley, James: The Partisans, mss. (fragment) [14 May 1996]

Box 34

Folder 9

Note: Estinvil, Guy: The Story of the Little Father, mss. (pp. 1-110) [7 Mar 1996]

Box 34

Folder 10

Note: Estinvil, Guy: The Story of the Little Father, mss. (pp. 111-224) [7 Mar 1996]

Box 34

Folder 11

Note: Estinvil, Guy: The Story of the Little Father, mss. (pp. 225-336) [7 Mar 1996]

Box 35

Folder 1

Note: Fair, Ronald: The Migrants, mss. (pp. 1-52) [29 Oct 1990]

Box 35

Folder 2

Note: Fair, Ronald: The Migrants, mss. (pp. 53-108) [29 Oct 1990]

Box 35

Folder 3

Note: Fair, Ronald: The Migrants, mss. (pp. 109-157) [29 Oct 1990]

Box 35

Folder 4

Note: Faison, Edward: Together Again Forever, correspondence [30 Jun 1995]

Box 35

Folder 5

Note: Faukner, Sheri: Love Poems, mss. [N.D.]

Box 35

Folder 6

Note: Feldman, Sheryl: Learning My Color, mss. (pp. 1-90) [11 Sept 1996]

Box 35

Folder 7

Note: Feldman, Sheryl: Learning My Color, mss. (pp. 91-186) [11 Sept 1996]

Box 35

Folder 8

Note: Flanders, Gladys: Hawaiian Homicide, correspondence & outline [1984-94]

Box 35

Folder 9

Note: Floyd, Bianca: The Sunflower, mss. [1981-92]

Box 35

Folder 10

Note: Flynn, Robert: The Killing of Chaminuka, mss. (fragment) [1984-85]

Box 35

Folder 11

Note: Ford, Anthony: Playing the Harlot, correspondence & reader evaluation [28 Jun 1995]

Box 35

Folder 12

Note: Ford, Wilbert S.: Pretty Boy, correspondence & reader evaluation [23 Jun 1995]

Box 35

Folder 13

Note: Ford, Wilbert S.: Pretty Boy, mss. (pp. 1-128) [22 Apr 1994]

Box 35

Folder 14

Note: Ford, Wilbert S.: Pretty Boy, mss. (pp. 129-262) [22 Apr 1994]

Box 36

Folder 1

Note: Ford, Wilbert S.: Pretty Boy, mss. (pp. 263-395) [22 Apr 1994]

Box 36

Folder 2

Note: Foster, Barbara: poetry mss. (fragment) [1983-84]

Box 36

Folder 3

Note: Fox, Monique Nicole: News You Can Use, reader evaluation, [N.D.]

Box 36

Folder 4

Note: Gabel, Barbara: Male Order Bride, mss. (fragment) [22 June 1996]

Box 36

Folder 5

Note: Gantuah, Harry: poetry mss. [19 Jan 1995]

Box 36

Folder 6

Note: Garside, James: Their Kind of President, Better Business Bureau (BBB) complaint [1990-91]

Box 36

Folder 7

Note: Gaskin, Aaron: correspondence [1984-85]

Box 36

Folder 8

Note: Gaston, Blanche: I Like Me, mss. [1979-92]

Box 36

Folder 9

Note: Gilbert, James: Morphodite Reader, mss. (fragment) [17 Jul 1996]

Box 36

Folder 10

Note: Golden, Oliver: untitled, mss. (fragment, ch. 1) [31 Mar 1993]

Box 36

Folder 11

Note: Golden, Oliver: untitled, mss. (fragment, ch. 2) [31 Mar 1993]

Box 36

Folder 12

Note: Guillory, Harold: Sacrifice of the Lone Star Mesquite, mss. (fragment) [3 Jul 1996]

Box 36

Folder 13

Note: Goode, Margaret: Fall and Rise of Lazarus Small, mss. (pp. 1-120) [8 Aug 1995]

Box 37

Folder 1

Note: Goode, Margaret: Fall and Rise of Lazarus Small, mss. (pp. 121-228) [8 Aug 1995]

Box 37

Folder 2

Note: Goode, Margaret: Some Folks..., mss. [18 Sept 1995]

Box 37

Folder 3

Note: Gordon, William: The New South, correspondence [31 Jan 1989-22 Oct 1992]

Box 37

Folder 4

Note: Gordon, William: The New South, mss. (version 1, fragment, ch. 1-8) [N.D.]

Box 37

Folder 5

Note: Gordon, William: The New South, mss. (version 2, fragment, ch. 1-7) [N.D.]

Box 37

Folder 6

Note: Gordon, William: The New South, mss. (version 2, fragment, ch. 8-13) [N.D.]

Box 37

Folder 7

Note: Granger, Elie: Peter's Prison, mss. (pp. 1-132) [10 Feb 1992/93] [?]

Box 37

Folder 8

Note: Granger, Elie: Peter's Prison, mss. (pp. 133-291) [10 Feb 1992/93] [?]

Box 38

Folder 1

Note: Grant, Patrice A.: Searching, Finding and Losing Love mss, 30 Aug 1996

Box 38

Folder 2

Note: Grantham, Blake: Off the Wall, mss. [17 May 1996]

Box 38

Folder 3

Note: Griffin, Booker: True Blue, screenplay mss. [Dec 1986]

Box 38

Folder 4

Note: Griffin, Peggy: correspondence [1984-92]

Box 38

Folder 5

Note: Grulke, Dag: Bloodline, mss. [N.D.]

Box 38

Folder 6

Note: Haghighi, Jafar J.: A Wayward Journey, mss. (pp. 1-125) [25 Oct 1996]

Box 38

Folder 7

Note: Haghighi, Jafar J.: A Wayward Journey, mss. (pp. 126-250) [25 Oct 1996]

Box 38

Folder 8

Note: Hankins, George: From Drug Addict to Usher, mss. [8 June 1995]

Box 38

Folder 9

Note: Hardy, Shirley: It's the Thunder…That Makes the Rainy Day Sad, mss. [1982]

Box 38

Folder 10

Note: Hargrett, Andrew: Unyoking, correspondence [1983-85]

Box 38

Folder 11

Note: Hemesath, Sister Caroline: Our Black Shepherds, correspondence [1985]

Box 39

Folder 1

Note: Himaya, Tafadhali H.: Genocide, pre-publication orders [1969-70]

Box 39

Folder 2

Note: Himaya, Tafadhali H.: Genocide, mss. (section 1) [ca. 1969]

Box 39

Folder 3

Note: Himaya, Tafadhali H.: Genocide, mss. (section 2) [ca. 1969]

Box 39

Folder 4

Note: Himaya, Tafadhali H.: Genocide, mss. (section 3) [ca. 1969]

Box 39

Folder 5

Note: Hilton, Peter: An Eye for an Eye, mss. (fragment) [1988]

Box 39

Folder 6

Note: Hinton, William F.: No Secrets, mss. [N.D.]

Box 39

Folder 7

Note: Holloman, Albert: Bonestripper, reader evaluation [20 June 1995]

Box 39

Folder 8

Note: Holstein, Michael: Monsoon Season, poetry mss. (fragment) [1988]

Box 39

Folder 9

Note: Horton, Lynn: Rebellion in the Segovias, mss. (pp. 1-91) [9 Jun 1995]

Box 39

Folder 10

Note: Horton, Lynn: Rebellion in the Segovias, mss. (pp. 92-198) [9 Jun 1995]

Box 39

Folder 11

Note: Horton, Lynn: Rebellion in the Segovias, mss. (pp. 199-269) [9 Jun 1995]

Box 40

Folder 1

Note: Horton, Michael: Getting Past the Pain, mss. (pp. 1-99) [ca. 1996]

Box 40

Folder 2

Note: Horton, Michael: Getting Past the Pain, mss. (pp. 100-198) [ca. 1996]

Box 40

Folder 3

Note: Hunt, Sharon: He Who Sits High and Looks Low, correspondence [1984-92]

Box 40

Folder 4

Note: Iam, Jah-Ra: Science Friction, reader evaluation [22 May 1995]

Box 40

Folder 5

Note: Imani, Nikitah Okembe-Ra: Deadly Poet, mss. (fragment) [29 Jan 1996]

Box 40

Folder 6

Note: Israel, Keilah: Avoiding the Merry-Go-Round, mss. (fragment) [12 Sept 1996]

Box 40

Folder 7

Note: Jackson, John L.: Mr. John's Techniques for Successful Black Hair Growth, mss. [N.D.]

Box 40

Folder 8

Note: Janis, Brett: Red Moon Cycle, mss. [6 Oct 1996]

Box 40

Folder 9

Note: Johnson, Charles R.: correspondence [1970]

Box 40

Folder 10

Note: Johnson, Stanley, III: correspondence [1984-85]

Box 40

Folder 11

Note: Jones, Sgt. Lorraina Nyanza: poetry mss. [1989]

Box 40

Folder 12

Note: Kahn, Dorothy: Children of the Sun, mss. (fragment) [12 May 1996]

Box 40

Folder 13

Note: Kajangu, Kykosa: Ma Africa, My Witness, mss. [26 July 1996]

Box 40

Folder 14

Note: Kotzer, Mordechai: Fool's Day Affair, mss. (fragment) [8 April 1996]

Box 40

Folder 15

Note: Killens, John Oliver: Great Black Russian, correspondence [1982-83] (see also Box 58, Folder 21 and several photographs in Box 88)

Box 40

Folder 16

Note: Lathan, Eugene: Black Man's Guide to Working, mss. [21 Oct 1996]

Box 41

Folder 1

Note: Lawrence, Oliver: poetry mss. [22 April 1996]

Box 41

Folder 2

Note: Lawrence, Othalene J.: Pentitude, mss. [21 Nov 1996]

Box 41

Folder 3

Note: Lee, George L.: Interesting People, correspondence [1983-92]

Box 41

Folder 4

Note: Lewis, Jeffrey: A Victim of Society / stories, reader evaluation [N.D.]

Box 41

Folder 5

Note: Li, Zhi-Sui: Bloody China in a Tumble, mss. (fragment) [1988-89]

Box 41

Folder 6

Note: Lightfoot, Claude M.: From the Plantation to the Ghetto to World Politics, mss. (fragment) [N.D.]

Box 41

Folder 7

Note: Martin, Ernest: Casualty of Justice, mss. [ca. 1995]

Box 41

Folder 8

Note: McClendon, S.M.: Number One, mss. [1 Jun 1993]

Box 41

Folder 9

Note: Miller, Sammy: Thunder in a Green Cathedral, mss. [29 May 1995]

Box 41

Folder 10

Note: Mills, Jeffrey: Poverty Trap, Bottled Up Rage, mss. [ca. 1996]

Box 41

Folder 11

Note: Milsap, Valinda: Bittersweet, reader evaluation [13 May 1988]

Box 41

Folder 12

Note: Mitchell, Cheryl: poetry mss. [25 Nov 1996]

Box 41

Folder 13

Note: Mitchell, Drew: Twin Killing, mss., synopsis and reader evaluation [4 Nov 1996]

Box 41

Folder 14

Note: Mitchell-Davis, Judy: Suite 1515, mss. [28 Nov 1989]

Box 42

Folder 1

Note: Moorer, Elaine: Deliberate Choice, mss. (fragment, pp. 1-125) [14 May 1996]

Box 42

Folder 2

Note: Moorer, Elaine: Deliberate Choice, mss. (fragment, pp. 126-252) [14 May 1996]

Box 42

Folder 3

Note: Moorer, Elaine: Deliberate Choice, mss. (fragment, pp. 253-377) [14 May 1996]

Box 42

Folder 4

Note: Moorer, Elaine: Deliberate Choice, mss. (fragment, pp. 378-485) [14 May 1996]

Box 42

Folder 5

Note: Morin, Ramon: Romantic Thoughts…Sheltered Mind, mss. (fragment) [22 Jan 1996]

Box 42

Folder 6

Note: Mroue, Haas: Far From America & Other Poems, poetry mss. (fragment) [1992]

Box 42

Folder 7

Note: Mujica, Barbara: Far From My Mother's Home, mss. (fragment) [26 Jul 1996]

Box 42

Folder 8

Note: Mutsaers, Anthony: American Lives, mss. (fragment) [7 Dec 1995]

Box 42

Folder 9

Note: Myrick, Timothy: In the Waters of My Mind, mss. (fragment) [2 Jun 1995]

Box 43

Folder 1

Note: Neal, Tracy A.: Bloodlust, reader evaluation [N.D.]

Box 43

Folder 2

Note: Ndukwe, Ernest: Why I Disagree with Rush Limbaugh, mss. [7 Jan 1995]

Box 43

Folder 3

Note: Nelson, Jerry Ray: Men and Women in the Yellow Shirts, mss. (fragment) [15 May 1996]

Box 43

Folder 4

Note: Nichols, Eric: Rembrandt, mss. (ch. 1-8) [21 Mar 1996]

Box 43

Folder 5

Note: Nichols, Eric: Rembrandt, mss. (ch. 9-23) [21 Mar 1996]

Box 43

Folder 6

Note: Nielson, Elizabeth: Soda Bread on Sunday, mss. (fragment) & reader evaluation [4 Nov 1996]

Box 43

Folder 7

Note: O'Brien, Catherine: Urgent Action, mss. (fragment) [8 Aug 1995]

Box 43

Folder 8

Note: Okpala, Chukwudi: Uncircumcised, mss. (pp. 1-115) [29 May 1996]

Box 43

Folder 9

Note: Okpala, Chukwudi: Uncircumcised, mss. (pp. 116-231) [29 May 1996]

Box 43

Folder 10

Note: Paddio-Johnson, Eunice: poetry mss. [1991]

Box 43

Folder 11

Note: Parrish, Gail: Meeting / Lost and Found, mss. with comments [1982-83]

Box 43

Folder 12

Note: Patel, Nital: History of Dust, mss. (fragment) [13 Jun 1996]

Box 43

Folder 13

Note: Pearcey, Anthony A.: Rupert Jr., mss. [24 Oct 1996]

Box 44

Folder 1

Note: Phillips, Pamela Kelly: Listening Close to Evening, mss. [N.D.]

Box 44

Folder 2

Note: Phillips, Pamela Kelly: poetry mss. [N.D.]

Box 44

Folder 3

Note: Pittman, Roxanne: Bits and Pieces, mss. (fragment) [7 Sept 1995]

Box 44

Folder 4

Note: Pollard, William: Elegies, correspondence / From Lincoln Hill, mss. [22 Oct 1996]

Box 44

Folder 5

Note: Powell, Adam Clayton: The Marching Blacks (1945), correspondence [1969]

Box 44

Folder 6

Note: Powell, Barry M. (Classic Visions, Inc.): calendars [29 Nov 1996]

Box 44

Folder 7

Note: Presson, Joan: Waning Moon—Rising Stars, mss. (fragment) [16 April 1996]

Box 44

Folder 8

Note: Puchel, Chris: Do it, To it, Buckateers, mss. (fragment) [24 Nov 1996]

Box 44

Folder 9

Note: Quick, Jonathan (Max Alfert): American Nightmare, reader evaluation [ca. 1995]

Box 44

Folder 10

Note: Rawn, Michael: A Wanderer's Cabala, mss. [1991-92]

Box 44

Folder 11

Note: Ray, Mary Ellen: Air Finished, mss. (pp. 1-88) [4 Dec 1996]

Box 44

Folder 12

Note: Ray, Mary Ellen: Air Finished, mss. (pp. 89-176) [4 Dec 1996]

Box 44

Folder 13

Note: Raymond, Kevin: We Should Have Gone Golfing, mss. (pp. 1-120) [19 April 1996]

Box 44

Folder 14

Note: Raymond, Kevin: We Should Have Gone Golfing, mss. (pp. 121-240) [19 April 1996]

Box 45

Folder 1

Note: Raymond, Kevin: We Should Have Gone Golfing, mss. (pp. 241-360) [19 April 1996]

Box 45

Folder 2

Note: Raymond, Kevin: We Should Have Gone Golfing, mss. (pp. 361-495) [19 April 1996]

Box 45

Folder 3

Note: Redmond, Renee: Vengeance by Nature, mss. [N.D.]

Box 45

Folder 4

Note: Reece, Clarence: autobiography, mss. [1979]

Box 45

Folder 5

Note: Reed, Adolph: correspondence [1993]

Box 45

Folder 6

Note: Rigsby, Patricia: Poetry for the People, mss. [ca. 1996]

Box 45

Folder 7

Note: Robinson, John: Kilimanjaro Burning, mss. [20 Feb 1996]

Box 45

Folder 8

Note: Robinson, Lenwood, Jr.: Black American Golfer - A History, mss. [1982]

Box 45

Folder 9

Note: Rosier, Patricia: A Subject of Race, mss. (pp. 1-150) [N.D.]

Box 46

Folder 1

Note: Rosier, Patricia: A Subject of Race, mss. (pp. 151-300) [N.D.]

Box 46

Folder 2

Note: Rosier, Patricia: A Subject of Race, mss. (pp. 301-450) [N.D.]

Box 46

Folder 3

Note: Rosier, Patricia: A Subject of Race, mss. (pp. 451-600) [N.D.]

Box 46

Folder 4

Note: Rosier, Patricia: A Subject of Race, mss. (pp. 601-753) [N.D.]

Box 46

Folder 5

Note: Rossi, Mark Anthony: correspondence & poetry mss. [26 Jun 1992-18 Dec 1993]

Box 46

Folder 6

Note: Rossi, Mark Anthony: Shade Shy of Midnight, mss. [10 Aug 1992]

Box 46

Folder 7

Note: Rossi, Mark Anthony: essay, mss. [ca. 1992-93]

Box 46

Folder 8

Note: Rossi, Mark Anthony: book review, mss. [ca. 1992-93]

Box 46

Folder 9

Note: Rossman, Vern: Lo Sampson, mss. (fragment) [30 Oct 1995]

Box 46

Folder 10

Note: Salahuddin, Abu B.: Scheme, correspondence [1984]

Box 47

Folder 1

Note: Saltmarsh, Arthur: Circle of Stone, correspondence [1984]

Box 47

Folder 2

Note: Saltmarsh, Arthur: Circle of Stone, mss. (prologue-ch. 5) [ca. 1984-86]

Box 47

Folder 3

Note: Saltmarsh, Arthur: Circle of Stone, mss. (ch. 6-11) [ca. 1984-86]

Box 47

Folder 4

Note: Saltmarsh, Arthur: Circle of Stone, mss. (ch. 12-19) [ca. 1984-86]

Box 47

Folder 5

Note: Saltmarsh, Arthur: Circle of Stone, mss. (ch. 20-26) [ca. 1984-86]

Box 47

Folder 6

Note: Saltmarsh, Arthur: Circle of Stone, mss. (ch. 27-31) [ca. 1984-86]

Box 47

Folder 7

Note: Saltmarsh, Arthur: Circle of Stone, mss. (ch. 32-end) [ca. 1984-86]

Box 48

Folder 1

Note: Santander: poetry mss. [10 Oct 1995]

Box 48

Folder 2

Note: Scot, Barbara: Violet Shyness of their Eyes: Notes from Nepal, mss. [1991-92]

Box 48

Folder 3

Note: Seals, Theodore H.: Discovery / Demon Killer / Godfrey, mss. [1993]

Box 48

Folder 4

Note: Sewell, Albert: Solitudes of Poetry, Better Business Bureau (BBB) complaint [1992-93]

Box 48

Folder 5

Note: Shabazz, Nimrod: Contradictions, mss. [21 Oct 1996]

Box 48

Folder 6

Note: Shahid, Mark J.: Frontline Chicago, mss. (pp. 1-84) [6 Nov 1996]

Box 48

Folder 7

Note: Shahid, Mark J.: Frontline Chicago, mss. (pp. 85-171) [6 Nov 1996]

Box 48

Folder 8

Note: Shelley, Mark: Saints of Bartholomew, mss. (fragment) [30 Jun 1996]

Box 48

Folder 9

Note: Simmons, George W.: A Determined May, mss. (fragment) [26 Feb 1996]

Box 48

Folder 10

Note: Simmons, William J., Sr.: Operation Desert Shield, correspondence & publicity [1993]

Box 48

Folder 11

Note: Sisya, Frank D. : A Glimpse at the Other Earth, reader evaluation [24 Mar 1995]

Box 48

Folder 12

Note: Skinner, Barbara Williams: Congressional Black Caucus, correspondence [1982]

Box 48

Folder 13

Note: Smith, Ald. Edward H.: It Ain't All Mr. Charley's, mss. (Ch. 1-6) [1991-92]

Box 48

Folder 14

Note: Smith, Ald. Edward H.: It Ain't All Mr. Charley's, mss. (Ch. 7-10) [15 Jul 1991]

Box 49

Folder 1

Note: Smith, Philip G.: A Generation of Black Mayors, correspondence [1982-83] (see also Box 86, Folder 11)

Box 49

Folder 2

Note: Smith, Robert Lee: Survivor, correspondence [1984]

Box 49

Folder 3

Note: Snider, Diane: Single Girls Anonymous, mss. (fragment) [18 Sept 1996]

Box 49

Folder 4

Note: Sopher, Sharon: Witness to Apartheid, book proposal [1988]

Box 49

Folder 5

Note: Ssekasozi, Englebert: Philosophical Defense of Affirmative Action [31 Jul 1995]

Box 49

Folder 6

Note: Starks, Carlethia: poetry mss. [9 Nov 1995]

Box 49

Folder 7

Note: Sulek, Robert: Bright Black Voices, mss. [26 May 1996]

Box 49

Folder 8

Note: Suniville, Harry: Badlands, mss. (fragment) [14 Feb 1996]

Box 49

Folder 9

Note: Thompson, Clinton: Moon Child, mss. [1 Oct 1996]

Box 49

Folder 10

Note: Thompson-Turner, Priscilla: poetry mss., reader evaluation [22 May 1995]

Box 49

Folder 11

Note: Turner, Dolly: correspondence [26 Mar 1984] (see also Box 11, Folder 11)

Box 49

Folder 12

Note: Udo, Uko-Bendi: Village Stories, mss. / Homeward Bound, correspondence [ca. 1996]

Box 49

Folder 13

Note: Van Houten, Mark: Loved for a Lie, mss. [ca. 1996]

Box 49

Folder 14

Note: Vasko, Jonathan: Crooked on the Wall, mss. (fragment) [17 Apr 1996]

Box 50

Folder 1

Note: Walton, Darwin M.: Mayor Who Conquered Chicago, correspondence & contract [1990-91]

Box 50

Folder 2

Note: Warren, Roland: Salem Dynasty, mss. (fragment) [4 Jan 1996]

Box 50

Folder 3

Note: Washington, Elaine: Land of Gold, correspondence [26 Jan 1991-12 Apr 1996]

Box 50

Folder 4

Note: Washington, Elaine: Land of Gold, mss. (version 1, pp. 1-150) [ca. 1991]

Box 50

Folder 5

Note: Washington, Elaine: Land of Gold, mss. (version 1, pp. 151-305) [ca. 1991]

Box 50

Folder 6

Note: Washington, Elaine: Land of Gold, mss. (version 1, pp. 306-460) [ca. 1991]

Box 50

Folder 7

Note: Washington, Elaine: Land of Gold, mss. (version 1, pp. 461-614) [ca. 1991]

Box 50

Folder 8

Note: Washington, Elaine: Land of Gold, mss. (version 1, pp. 615-770) [ca. 1991]

Box 51

Folder 1

Note: Washington, Elaine: Land of Gold, mss. (version 1, pp. 771-877) [ca. 1991]

Box 51

Folder 2

Note: Washington, Elaine: Land of Gold, mss. (version 1, pp. 878-984) [ca. 1991]

Box 51

Folder 3

Note: Washington, Elaine: Land of Gold, mss. (version 2, ch. 1-9) [N.D.]

Box 51

Folder 4

Note: Washington, Elaine: Land of Gold, mss. (version 2, ch. 10-15) [N.D.]

Box 51

Folder 5

Note: Washington, Elaine: Land of Gold, mss. (version 2, ch. 16-26) [N.D.]

Box 51

Folder 6

Note: Washington, Elaine: Land of Gold, mss. (version 2, ch. 27-32) [N.D.]

Box 51

Folder 7

Note: Washington, Elaine: Land of Gold, mss. (version 2, ch. 33-38) [N.D.]

Box 52

Folder 1

Note: Washington, Elaine: Land of Gold, mss. (version 2, ch. 39-43) [N.D.]

Box 52

Folder 2

Note: Washington, Elaine: Land of Gold, mss. (version 2, ch. 44-48) [N.D.]

Box 52

Folder 3

Note: Washington, Elaine: Land of Gold, mss. (version 3, fragment, ch. 1-9) [N.D.]

Box 52

Folder 4

Note: Washington, Elaine: Land of Gold, mss. (version 4, pp. 1-150) [N.D.]

Box 52

Folder 5

Note: Washington, Elaine: Land of Gold, mss. (version 4, pp. 151-302) [N.D.]

Box 52

Folder 6

Note: Washington, Elaine: Land of Gold, mss. (version 4, pp. 303-454) [N.D.]

Box 52

Folder 7

Note: Washington, Elaine: Land of Gold, mss. (version 4, pp. 455-606) [N.D.]

Box 53

Folder 1

Note: Watkins, Ron: Danger Zone Diary, outline [N.D.]

Box 53

Folder 2

Note: Waton, Kathleen: Halcyon, mss. (fragment) [2 Nov 1996]

Box 53

Folder 3

Note: Watson, Delton: Rising of a Bastard Child, mss. [21 Nov 1996]

Box 53

Folder 4

Note: Watson, Sam: Side by Side, My Life with George S. Halas [1989-92]

Box 53

Folder 5

Note: Weisinger, Will: The Dodgers Never Left Brooklyn, mss. [21 Oct 1996]

Box 53

Folder 6

Note: Wheeler, John: Revelations, mss. (pp. 1-43) [17 Oct 1996]

Box 53

Folder 7

Note: Wheeler, John: Revelations, mss. (pp. 44-197) [17 Oct 1996]

Box 53

Folder 8

Note: Wheeler, John: Revelations, mss. (pp. 198-343) [17 Oct 1996]

Box 53

Folder 9

Note: Willard, Charles & Melvin Johnson: miscellaneous, mss. (fragment) [ca. 1992-94]

Box 53

Folder 10

Note: Williams, Wilbert: Dancing in Fire, mss. (fragment) & reader evaluation [4 Nov 1996]

Box 53

Folder 11

Note: Wilson, Carol: Something Happens, mss. (fragment) [19 Jan 1996]

Box 53

Folder 12

Note: Wilson, Leroy: Reaching for Eternity, reader evaluation [N.D.]

Box 53

Folder 13

Note: Wink, Steven: Potter and the Prophet, mss. (fragment) [23 Mar 1996]

Box 54

Folder 1

Note: X, Conrad: A Verse from the Book of the Black God, mss. [N.D.]

Box 54

Folder 2

Note: Young, Emma: miscellaneous, mss. [N.D.]

Box 54

Folder 3

Note: Young, Emma: Extremely Yours, screenplay mss. [N.D.]

Box 54

Folder 4

Note: Young, Emma: City Woman, screenplay mss. [N.D.]

Box 54

Folder 5

Note: Young, Emma: Stop in the Name of Love, play mss. [N.D.]

Box 54

Folder 6

Note: Yuric, Eleanor: Deadly Games, mss. (fragment) [13 Sept 1996]

Box 54

Folder 7

Note: Compilation & anthology ideas [N.D.]

Box 54

Folder 8

Note: Best of the Best Poetry Anthology (ed. Margaret Burroughs), correspondence [1983-88] (see also photographs in Box 89)

Box 54

Folder 9

Note: Best of the Best: Ajayi, Malachi [N.D.]

Box 54

Folder 10

Note: Best of the Best: Anderson, Carolyn [14 Jan-14 Mar 1985]

Box 54

Folder 11

Note: Best of the Best: Armstrong, Denise C. [N.D.]

Box 54

Folder 12

Note: Best of the Best: Baraka, Amiri [17 Mar-10 Jun 1983]

Box 54

Folder 13

Note: Best of the Best: Barnes, S. Brandi [N.D.]

Box 54

Folder 14

Note: Best of the Best: Boadu, Yaley [19 Sept 1983]

Box 54

Folder 15

Note: Best of the Best: Braxton, Charlie [18 Mar 1985]

Box 54

Folder 16

Note: Best of the Best: Brooks, Gwendolyn [11 Jan 1983]

Box 54

Folder 17

Note: Best of the Best: Brown, Holly [30 Dec 1987]

Box 55

Folder 1

Note: Best of the Best: Brown, Joe C. [N.D.]

Box 55

Folder 2

Note: Best of the Best: Burroughs, Charles (Chas) [ca. 1982]

Box 55

Folder 3

Note: Best of the Best: Burroughs, Margaret [N.D.]

Box 55

Folder 4

Note: Best of the Best: Burrowes, Carl P. [14 June 1983]

Box 55

Folder 5

Note: Best of the Best: Cain, Sarah [N.D.]

Box 55

Folder 6

Note: Best of the Best: Chaney, Monica [16 Feb 1983]

Box 55

Folder 7

Note: Best of the Best: Chinyelu, Mamadi [Jan-Apr 1984]

Box 55

Folder 8

Note: Best of the Best: Clay, James “Kwame” [20 Oct 1982]

Box 55

Folder 9

Note: Best of the Best: Collier, James [9 Mar 1984]

Box 55

Folder 10

Note: Best of the Best: Cook, Mike [N.D.]

Box 55

Folder 11

Note: Best of the Best: Cortez, Jayne [22 Feb 1983]

Box 55

Folder 12

Note: Best of the Best: Crocket-Smith, D. L. [6 July 1984]

Box 55

Folder 13

Note: Best of the Best: Crowder, Michael [26 Oct 1982]

Box 55

Folder 14

Note: Best of the Best: Danner, Margaret [ca. 1982]

Box 55

Folder 15

Note: Best of the Best: Davis, Frank Marshall [28 Apr 1983]

Box 55

Folder 16

Note: Best of the Best: Dickerson, Leon [N.D.]

Box 55

Folder 17

Note: Best of the Best: Douglas, Roberta/Aisha [ca. 1983]

Box 55

Folder 18

Note: Best of the Best: Edwards, Constance [N.D.]

Box 55

Folder 19

Note: Best of the Best: Emanuel, James A. [21 Dec 1982]

Box 55

Folder 20

Note: Best of the Best: Emmons, Ronald Lee [30 Apr-31 May 1984]

Box 55

Folder 21

Note: Best of the Best: Evans, Mari [30 Mar 1983]

Box 55

Folder 22

Note: Best of the Best: Foucher, Valerie [N.D.]

Box 55

Folder 23

Note: Best of the Best: Frederick, Helen [ca. 1982]

Box 55

Folder 24

Note: Best of the Best: Freeman, Cynthia [N.D.]

Box 55

Folder 25

Note: Best of the Best: Gilbert, Zack [N.D.]

Box 55

Folder 26

Note: Best of the Best: Gildersleeve, Sandra Marlene [Jan 1986]

Box 55

Folder 27

Note: Best of the Best: Giovanni, Nikki [ca. 1983]

Box 56

Folder 1

Note: Best of the Best: G'RA [N.D.]

Box 56

Folder 2

Note: Best of the Best: Graham, Lorenz [ca. 1982]

Box 56

Folder 3

Note: Best of the Best: Gray, Margaret [ca. 1983]

Box 56

Folder 4

Note: Best of the Best: Hall-Evans, Jo Ann [25 Oct 1982]

Box 56

Folder 5

Note: Best of the Best: Hankins, Beulah [ca. 1982]

Box 56

Folder 6

Note: Best of the Best: Hardy-Leonard, Shirley [ca. 1982-83]

Box 56

Folder 7

Note: Best of the Best: Harper, Michael [6 Jan-17 May 1983]

Box 56

Folder 8

Note: Best of the Best: Harris, Cheryl [N.D.]

Box 56

Folder 9

Note: Best of the Best: House, Anthony [ca. 1982]

Box 56

Folder 10

Note: Best of the Best: Hummons, Marion T. [N.D.]

Box 56

Folder 11

Note: Best of the Best: Hunter, John [28 Feb 1983]

Box 56

Folder 12

Note: Best of the Best: Hutchinson, Gayle Gross [N.D.]

Box 56

Folder 13

Note: Best of the Best: Jackson, Leslie [30 Mar-2 Apr 1984]

Box 56

Folder 14

Note: Best of the Best: Jewel, Kathy Lee [N.D.]

Box 56

Folder 15

Note: Best of the Best: Johnson, Cheryl Jeffries [6 Jun 1983]

Box 56

Folder 16

Note: Best of the Best: Johnson, Christine [ca. 1982]

Box 56

Folder 17

Note: Best of the Best: Johnson, Freddie (Love) [20 Oct 1982]

Box 56

Folder 18

Note: Best of the Best: Johnson, Mildred [27 Feb 1983]

Box 56

Folder 19

Note: Best of the Best: Kilgore, James C. [N.D.]

Box 56

Folder 20

Note: Best of the Best: King, Leona D. [10 Jan 1983]

Box 56

Folder 21

Note: Best of the Best: Knight, Cranston S. [9 Jul 1984]

Box 56

Folder 22

Note: Best of the Best: LaCour, Renee [27 Jul 1987]

Box 56

Folder 23

Note: Best of the Best: Le Flore, Shirley [31 Jan 1984]

Box 56

Folder 24

Note: Best of the Best: Lennard, William [31 Jan 1985]

Box 56

Folder 25

Note: Best of the Best: Long, Richard A. [N.D.]

Box 56

Folder 26

Note: Best of the Best: Madhubuti, Haki [N.D.]

Box 56

Folder 27

Note: Best of the Best: Marshall, James [Mar-Apr 1984]

Box 56

Folder 28

Note: Best of the Best: McCarty, Ernest [N.D.]

Box 56

Folder 29

Note: Best of the Best: Messiah, Rocky [ca. 1982]

Box 56

Folder 30

Note: Best of the Best: Moore, Lenard [ca. 1982-83]

Box 56

Folder 31

Note: Best of the Best: Morse, Evangeline F. [ca. 1982]

Box 57

Folder 1

Note: Best of the Best: Okantah, Masatabu S. [N.D.]

Box 57

Folder 2

Note: Best of the Best: Pennington-Jones, Paulette [ca. 1983]

Box 57

Folder 3

Note: Best of the Best: Perkins, Eugene (Useni) [ca. 1983]

Box 57

Folder 4

Note: Best of the Best: Plumpp, Sterling [21 Feb 1983]

Box 57

Folder 5

Note: Best of the Best: Randall, Dudley [ca. 1983]

Box 57

Folder 6

Note: Best of the Best: Redmond, Eugene [25 May 1983]

Box 57

Folder 7

Note: Best of the Best: Roberts, Dorothy [11 May 1983]

Box 57

Folder 8

Note: Best of the Best: Roberts, Lawey [5 Jan 1984]

Box 57

Folder 9

Note: Best of the Best: Robinson, Jeannette Drake [21 Feb 1983]

Box 57

Folder 10

Note: Best of the Best: Rogers, Carolyn M. [28 Jan-13 Jun 1983]

Box 57

Folder 11

Note: Best of the Best: Ross-Jackson, Rachel [15 Feb 1984]

Box 57

Folder 12

Note: Best of the Best: Rouselle, Jeanette [11 Mar 1983]

Box 57

Folder 13

Note: Best of the Best: Rowell, Charles H. [17 Jan 1983]

Box 57

Folder 14

Note: Best of the Best: Ryan, Don [ca. 1982]

Box 57

Folder 15

Note: Best of the Best: Safeeulah, Gilda [N.D.]

Box 57

Folder 16

Note: Best of the Best: Sewood, Ernest [ca. 1982]

Box 57

Folder 17

Note: Best of the Best: Sharpe, Ronald E. [5 Feb 1992]

Box 57

Folder 18

Note: Best of the Best: Shelly, Elaine [22 Mar-11 Apr 1985]

Box 57

Folder 19

Note: Best of the Best: Simon, Jewel Woodward [3 Mar 1983]

Box 57

Folder 20

Note: Best of the Best: Smaller, Constance [11 Oct-13 Dec 1984]

Box 57

Folder 21

Note: Best of the Best: Smart, William [ca. 1982]

Box 57

Folder 22

Note: Best of the Best: Smith, David L. [26 Jan-6 Feb 1983]

Box 57

Folder 23

Note: Best of the Best: Smith, Timothy A. [30 Nov 1984]

Box 57

Folder 24

Note: Best of the Best: Southerland, Ellease [22 Jan 1983]

Box 57

Folder 25

Note: Best of the Best: Starhill, Stefanie [ca. 1982]

Box 57

Folder 26

Note: Best of the Best: Stegall, Patricia [N.D.]

Box 58

Folder 1

Note: Best of the Best: Stewart, Joffre [N.D.]

Box 58

Folder 2

Note: Best of the Best: Street, Bill [N.D.]

Box 58

Folder 3

Note: Best of the Best: Stuckey, Elma [6 July 1983]

Box 58

Folder 4

Note: Best of the Best: Talley, Jere [2 Oct 1984]

Box 58

Folder 5

Note: Best of the Best: Tate, Garth [26 Nov 1982]

Box 58

Folder 6

Note: Best of the Best: Tibbs, Delbert [Oct 1982]

Box 58

Folder 7

Note: Best of the Best: Timberlake, Detmer [ca. 1985]

Box 58

Folder 8

Note: Best of the Best: Towns, Jeanne [N.D.]

Box 58

Folder 9

Note: Best of the Best: Troupe, Quincy [4 Mar 1983]

Box 58

Folder 10

Note: Best of the Best: Turner, Bobiette [9-18 Apr 1984]

Box 58

Folder 11

Note: Best of the Best: Warner, Sharon [ca. 1987] [?]

Box 58

Folder 12

Note: Best of the Best: Watson, Beatrice [ca. 1982]]

Box 58

Folder 13

Note: Best of the Best: Weston, Tyrone (Stoneroot) [N.D.]

Box 58

Folder 14

Note: Best of the Best: Williams, Mareya [5 Jun 1984]

Box 58

Folder 15

Note: Best of the Best: Wright, Deonne Beasley [ca. 1982]

Box 58

Folder 16

Note: Best of the Best: Yohance, Leon [26 Jul 1983]

Box 58

Folder 17

Note: Best of the Best: Prison Poems (various authors) [1983-84]

Box 58

Folder 18

Note: Best of the Best: misc. authors

Box 58

Folder 19

Note: Calhoun, Greg: biography (by Cleveland Hurst), correspondence [1991-92]

Box 58

Folder 20

Note: Farrakhan, Louis: biography (by Abdul Akbar Muhammad), correspondence [1985]

Box 58

Folder 21

Note: MLK, Jr. - An Assessment, correspondence [1969-70]

Box 58

Folder 22

Note: MLK, Jr. - An Assessment, research file [1969-70]

Box 58

Folder 23

Note: StreetWords: Poetry by StreetWise Vendors, correspondence &, mss. [1993]

Box 59

Folder 1

Note: A misc. (1-1)

Box 59

Folder 2

Note: A misc. (2-1)

Box 59

Folder 3

Note: B misc. (1-1)

Box 59

Folder 4

Note: B misc. (1-2)

Box 59

Folder 5

Note: B misc. (2-1)

Box 59

Folder 6

Note: B misc. (2-2)

Box 60

Folder 1

Note: C misc. (1-1)

Box 60

Folder 2

Note: C misc. (2-1)

Box 60

Folder 3

Note: C misc. (2-2)

Box 60

Folder 4

Note: D misc. (1-1)

Box 60

Folder 5

Note: D misc. (2-1)

Box 60

Folder 6

Note: D misc. (2-2)

Box 61

Folder 1

Note: E misc. (1-1)

Box 61

Folder 2

Note: E misc. (2-1)

Box 61

Folder 3

Note: F misc. (1-1)

Box 61

Folder 4

Note: F misc. (2-1)

Box 61

Folder 5

Note: G misc. (1-1)

Box 61

Folder 6

Note: G misc. (2-1)

Box 61

Folder 7

Note: H misc. (1-1)

Box 62

Folder 1

Note: H misc. (1-2)

Box 62

Folder 2

Note: H misc. (2-1)

Box 62

Folder 3

Note: H misc. (2-2)

Box 62

Folder 4

Note: I misc. (1-1)

Box 62

Folder 5

Note: I misc. (2-1)

Box 62

Folder 6

Note: J misc. (1-1)

Box 62

Folder 7

Note: J misc. (2-1)

Box 62

Folder 8

Note: J misc. (2-2)

Box 63

Folder 1

Note: K misc. (1-1)

Box 63

Folder 2

Note: K misc. (2-1)

Box 63

Folder 3

Note: L misc. (1-1)

Box 63

Folder 4

Note: L misc. (2-1)

Box 63

Folder 5

Note: M misc. (1-1)

Box 63

Folder 6

Note: M misc. (1-2)

Box 63

Folder 7

Note: M misc. (2-1)

Box 64

Folder 1

Note: M misc. (2-2)

Box 64

Folder 2

Note: N misc. (1-1)

Box 64

Folder 3

Note: N misc. (2-1)

Box 64

Folder 4

Note: O misc. (1-1)

Box 64

Folder 5

Note: O misc. (2-1)

Box 64

Folder 6

Note: P misc. (1-1)

Box 64

Folder 7

Note: P misc. (2-1)

Box 64

Folder 8

Note: P misc. (2-2)

Box 64

Folder 9

Note: Q misc. (1-1)

Box 65

Folder 1

Note: R misc. (1-1)

Box 65

Folder 2

Note: R misc. (2-1)

Box 65

Folder 3

Note: R misc. (2-2)

Box 65

Folder 4

Note: S misc. (1-1)

Box 65

Folder 5

Note: S misc. (2-1)

Box 65

Folder 6

Note: S misc. (2-2)

Box 65

Folder 7

Note: S misc. (2-3)

Box 66

Folder 1

Note: T misc. (1-1)

Box 66

Folder 2

Note: T misc. (2-1)

Box 66

Folder 3

Note: U & V misc. (1-1)

Box 66

Folder 4

Note: W misc. (1-1)

Box 66

Folder 5

Note: W misc. (1-2)

Box 66

Folder 6

Note: W misc. (2-1)

Box 66

Folder 7

Note: W misc. (2-2)

Box 67

Folder 1

Note: W misc. (2-3)

Box 67

Folder 2

Note: X, Y & Z misc. (1-1)

Box 67

Folder 3

Note: Unknown misc.

Box 67

Folder 4

Note: Unknown author [Arnella] [?]: unknown, mss. (fragment, ch. 2-3) [N.D.]

Box 67

Folder 5

Note: Unknown author [Arnella] [?]: unknown, mss. (fragment, ch. 4-5) [N.D.]

Box 67

Folder 6

Note: Unknown author [Arnella] [?]: unknown, mss. (fragment, ch. 6-8) [N.D.]

Box 67

Folder 7

Note: Unknown author [Arnella] [?]: unknown, mss. (fragment, ch. 9-11) [N.D.]

Box 67

Folder 8

Note: Unknown author [Arnella] [?]: unknown, mss. (fragment, ch. 12-13) [N.D.]

Series 4: Film Projects, 1983 - 1993

Box 68

Folder 1

Note: Path Films, correspondence [1983-86]

Box 68

Folder 2

Note: Negotiations, screenplay mss. & budget [1989-91] (see also Box 13, Folder 7 & 8)

Box 68

Folder 3

Note: G & P Productions, Banana Bay film project [19 Mar 1991]

Box 68

Folder 4

Note: Greenlight Films, correspondence [1991-93]

Box 68

Folder 5

Note: Greenlight Films, financing [1992-93]

Box 68

Folder 6

Note: Greenlight Films, agreement [N.D.]

Box 68

Folder 7

Note: Greenlight Films, private placement [1991]

Box 68

Folder 8

Note: Greenlight Films, projects & press releases [N.D.]

Box 68

Folder 9

Note: Greenlight Films, clippings & serials [1991-92]

Box 68

Folder 10

Note: Greenlight Films, misc. [N.D.]

Box 68

Folder 11

Note: Skipper B. Productions: Unsung Heroes screen treatment [12 Nov 1995]

Series 5: Production, 1962 - 1996

Box 69

Folder 1

Note: Aleph Publishing Services [1994-95]

Box 69

Folder 2

Note: Arcata [1982-85]

Box 69

Folder 3

Note: Bookcrafters [1986-93]

Box 69

Folder 4

Note: Bookmasters [1986-95]

Box 69

Folder 5

Note: Cash Sale Instant Printing [1990]

Box 69

Folder 6

Note: Cueno Press [1962-69]

Box 69

Folder 7

Note: Cueno Press, litigation [1975-76]

Box 69

Folder 8

Note: Delmas [1988-90]

Box 69

Folder 9

Note: Fairfield Graphics, litigation [1983-85]

Box 69

Folder 10

Note: John H. Decker & Sons [1985-90]

Box 69

Folder 11

Note: Knowledge in Motion [1994]

Box 69

Folder 12

Note: McNaughton & Gunn [1982-86]

Box 69

Folder 13

Note: McNaughton & Gunn [1987]

Box 69

Folder 14

Note: McNaughton & Gunn [1988-89]

Box 69

Folder 15

Note: McNaughton & Gunn [1990-95]

Box 69

Folder 16

Note: McNaughton/Pathways [1988]

Box 70

Folder 1

Note: Modern Impressions, Inc. [1985-88]

Box 70

Folder 2

Note: Morgan Antartica [1990-94]

Box 70

Folder 3

Note: Nighthawk Design [1994-95]

Box 70

Folder 4

Note: Protypgraphy, Inc. [1985]

Box 70

Folder 5

Note: Ragano, Anthony [1988] (see also Box 3, Folder 11)

Box 70

Folder 6

Note: Rice, Chuck [1986-87]

Box 70

Folder 7

Note: Rose Printing Company, Inc. [1996]

Box 70

Folder 8

Note: R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company [1969]

Box 70

Folder 9

Note: St. James Press [1983-86]

Box 70

Folder 10

Note: Thomas, Stephen [1987]

Box 70

Folder 11

Note: Williams Typesetting [1962]

Box 70

Folder 12

Note: Misc. invoices

Box 70

Folder 13

Note: Misc. quotes & brochures

Box 70

Folder 14

Note: Path Press letterhead [N.D.]

Box 70

Folder 15

Note: Path Press brochure artwork [N.D.]

Box 70

Folder 16

Note: Layout & art examples

Series 6: Publicity, 1969 - 1993

Box 71

Folder 1

Note: Path Press, press releases [1982-87]

Box 71

Folder 2

Note: Ashram Productions, TV advertising [1989]

Box 71

Folder 3

Note: Book listing, industry & advertising, correspondence [1969-93]

Box 71

Folder 4

Note: Black Studies Directors, correspondence [1983-87]

Box 71

Folder 5

Note: Book award organizations, correspondence [1984-93]

Box 71

Folder 6

Note: Book reviewing organizations, correspondence [1983-93]

Box 71

Folder 7

Note: Path Press clippings [1983]

Box 71

Folder 8

Note: Misc. directories (1)

Box 71

Folder 9

Note: Misc. directories (2)

Box 72

Folder 1

Note: Mailing lists: book stores

Box 72

Folder 2

Note: Mailing lists: press releases

Box 72

Folder 3

Note: Mailing lists: local TV shows accepting guests

Box 72

Folder 4

Note: Mailing lists: book reviewing organizations

Box 72

Folder 5

Note: Mailing lists: black writers

Box 72

Folder 6

Note: Mailing lists: Black Studies contacts

Box 72

Folder 7

Note: Mailing lists: black business, education & community leaders

Box 72

Folder 8

Note: Mailing lists: customers & individuals

Box 72

Folder 9

Note: Mailing lists: book parties

Box 72

Folder 10

Note: Mailing lists: misc.

Series 7: Events, 1970 - 1998

Box 73

Folder 1

Note: Quincy's book party [12 Jun 1983]

Box 73

Folder 2

Note: Gary, Indiana book party [19 Jun 1983]

Box 73

Folder 3

Note: Geter book party [26 Jun 1983]

Box 73

Folder 4

Note: Guild book party [22 Jun 1983]

Box 73

Folder 5

Note: Nurscule Kellum book party [17 Jul 1983]

Box 73

Folder 6

Note: Birdsong book party [24 Jul 1983]

Box 73

Folder 7

Note: Minority Women's Career conference [30 Jul 1983]

Box 73

Folder 8

Note: Block Club [30 Jul 1983]

Box 73

Folder 9

Note: Lewis book party [31 Jul 1983]

Box 73

Folder 10

Note: 8th Ward Democratic Organization [9 Aug 1983]

Box 73

Folder 11

Note: Howard Inn book party [21 Aug 1983]

Box 73

Folder 12

Note: Cincinnati, Ohio book party [17 Sep 1983]

Box 73

Folder 13

Note: Wolff book party [25 Sep 1983]

Box 73

Folder 14

Note: Oklahoma City [13-15 Oct 1983]

Box 73

Folder 15

Note: Amistad meeting [15 Oct 1983]

Box 73

Folder 16

Note: Smith/Detroit book party [30 Oct 1983]

Box 73

Folder 17

Note: Park Manor Church [16 Nov 1983]

Box 73

Folder 18

Note: Cleveland, Ohio book party [20 Nov 1983]

Box 73

Folder 19

Note: Gary Public Library [7 Jan 1984]

Box 73

Folder 20

Note: Smith/Bolingbrook book party [11 Feb 1984]]

Box 73

Folder 21

Note: Federation of Colored Women [13 Feb 1984]

Box 73

Folder 22

Note: South Shore Public Library [26 Feb 1984]

Box 73

Folder 23

Note: Jackson book party [17 Mar 1984]

Box 73

Folder 24

Note: Lance book party [17 Mar 1984]

Box 73

Folder 25

Note: Fine Arts Naprapathic Center [6 Apr 1984]

Box 73

Folder 26

Note: Davis/Boyden book party [26 Aug 1984]

Box 73

Folder 27

Note: Dearborn Fair [20 Jun 1987]

Box 73

Folder 28

Note: Marina City [26 Jun 1987]

Box 73

Folder 29

Note: Unknown book party [28 Nov 1987]

Box 73

Folder 30

Note: Chicago Public Library (CPL) [5 Dec 1987]

Box 73

Folder 31

Note: DuSable Museum (canceled) [13 Dec 1987]

Box 73

Folder 32

Note: 2nd Baptist book party [26 Jun 1988]

Box 73

Folder 33

Note: Johnson book party [21 Aug 1988]

Box 73

Folder 34

Note: Barnes book party [29 Oct 1988]

Box 73

Folder 35

Note: Chicago Public Library (CPL) [10 Dec 1988]

Box 74

Folder 1

Note: Book fair & workshop correspondence, misc. [1970-86]

Box 74

Folder 2

Note: Writer's Seminar & Poetry Festival [Oct 1983]

Box 74

Folder 3

Note: Write On Chicago [Oct 1983]

Box 74

Folder 4

Note: NIMM Writers & Educators Conference [Oct 1983]

Box 74

Folder 5

Note: International Black Writer's Conference [1984]

Box 74

Folder 6

Note: Role of the Black Press talk [Aug 1984]

Box 74

Folder 7

Note: Small Press Book Fair [Oct 1984]

Box 74

Folder 8

Note: National Black Writers Conference [Mar 1986]

Box 74

Folder 9

Note: International Black Writers Conference [1986]

Box 74

Folder 10

Note: Minority Book Expo [Dec 1986]

Box 74

Folder 11

Note: Claude Lightfoot & Jack Kling Tribute [17 May 1987]

Box 74

Folder 12

Note: OBAC Writers Workshop [Nov 1987]

Box 74

Folder 13

Note: International Black Writers Conference [1989]

Box 74

Folder 14

Note: American Studies Association (ASA) Conference [1990]

Box 74

Folder 15

Note: Small Press Book Fair [1990]

Box 74

Folder 16

Note: US Commission on Civil Rights reception [1991]

Box 74

Folder 17

Note: Misc. events

Box 75

Folder 1

Note: Chicago Public Library (CPL) Annual Book Bazaar [1992] (1)

Box 75

Folder 2

Note: CPL Annual Book Bazaar [1992] (2)

Box 75

Folder 3

Note: CPL Annual Book Bazaar [1992] (3)

Box 75

Folder 4

Note: CPL African-American History Month [1993]

Box 75

Folder 5

Note: CPL Annual Book Bazaar [1993] (1)

Box 75

Folder 6

Note: CPL Annual Book Bazaar [1993] (2)

Box 75

Folder 7

Note: CPL Annual Book Bazaar [1994] (1)

Box 75

Folder 8

Note: CPL Annual Book Bazaar [1994] (2)

Box 75

Folder 9

Note: CPL Annual Book Bazaar [1995] (1)

Box 75

Folder 10

Note: CPL Annual Book Bazaar [1995] (2)

Box 76

Folder 1

Note: CPL Annual Book Bazaar [1996] (1)

Box 76

Folder 2

Note: CPL Annual Book Bazaar [1996] (2)

Box 76

Folder 3

Note: CPL Annual Book Bazaar [1996] (3)

Box 76

Folder 4

Note: CPL Annual Book Bazaar [1996] (4)

Box 76

Folder 5

Note: CPL Annual Book Bazaar [1997] (1)

Box 76

Folder 6

Note: CPL Annual Book Bazaar [1997] (2)

Box 76

Folder 7

Note: CPL Annual Book Bazaar [1997] (3)

Box 76

Folder 8

Note: CPL Annual Book Bazaar [1997] (4)

Box 76

Folder 9

Note: CPL Annual Book Bazaar [1997] (5)

Box 77

Folder 1

Note: CPL African-American History Month [1998]

Box 77

Folder 2

Note: CPL Annual Book Bazaar [1998] (1)

Box 77

Folder 3

Note: CPL Annual Book Bazaar [1998] (2)

Box 77

Folder 4

Note: CPL Annual Book Bazaar [1998] (3)

Box 77

Folder 5

Note: CPL Annual Book Bazaar [1998] (4)

Box 77

Folder 6

Note: CPL Annual Book Bazaar [1998] (5)

Box 77

Folder 7

Note: Misc. publishers' pamphlets

Box 77

Folder 8

Note: Misc. press releases (from other businesses/organizations)

Series 8: Sales & Distribution, 1969 - 1997

Box 78

Folder 1

Note: Pre-publication orders [1969]

Box 78

Folder 2

Note: Catalog & book orders, correspondence [1969-94]

Box 78

Folder 3

Note: Book sales filed by account

Box 78

Folder 4

Note: Orders [11 Dec 1969 - 11 May 1970]

Box 78

Folder 5

Note: Orders [15 Jun 1970 - 27 Sep 1971]

Box 78

Folder 6

Note: Orders (on order forms) [1983]

Box 78

Folder 7

Note: Orders [1983-86]

Box 78

Folder 8

Note: Books consigned [N.D.]

Box 79

Folder 1

Note: Book sales [1983]

Box 79

Folder 2

Note: Book sales [1984]

Box 79

Folder 3

Note: Book sales [Jun 1987]

Box 79

Folder 4

Note: Book sales [Jul 1987]

Box 79

Folder 5

Note: Book sales [Aug 1987]

Box 79

Folder 6

Note: Book sales [Sep 1987]

Box 79

Folder 7

Note: Book sales [Oct 1987]

Box 79

Folder 8

Note: Book sales [Nov 1987]

Box 79

Folder 9

Note: Book sales [Dec 1987]

Box 79

Folder 10

Note: Book sales [Jan 1988]

Box 79

Folder 11

Note: Book sales [Feb 1988]

Box 79

Folder 12

Note: Book sales [Mar 1988]

Box 79

Folder 13

Note: Book sales [Apr 1988]

Box 79

Folder 14

Note: Book sales [May 1988]

Box 79

Folder 15

Note: Book sales [Jun 1988]

Box 79

Folder 16

Note: Book sales [Jul 1988]

Box 79

Folder 17

Note: Book sales [Aug 1988]

Box 79

Folder 18

Note: Book sales [Sep 1988]

Box 79

Folder 19

Note: Book sales [Oct 1988]

Box 79

Folder 20

Note: Book sales [Nov 1988]

Box 79

Folder 21

Note: Book sales [Dec 1988]

Box 80

Folder 1

Note: Paid order correspondence [1984-83]

Box 80

Folder 2

Note: Orders, paid [1984-83]

Box 80

Folder 3

Note: Orders, unpaid [1984-83]

Box 80

Folder 4

Note: Mail order, paid [1984]

Box 80

Folder 5

Note: Mail order, unpaid [1984]

Box 80

Folder 6

Note: Universities, paid [1984]

Box 80

Folder 7

Note: Universities, unpaid [1984]

Box 80

Folder 8

Note: Recorded & filed sales [1985-84]

Box 80

Folder 9

Note: Recorded & filed sales [1984]

Box 80

Folder 10

Note: Accounts receivable, book party [1984]

Box 80

Folder 11

Note: Accounts receivable, book party [1983]

Box 80

Folder 12

Note: Accounts receivable [1984]

Box 80

Folder 13

Note: Accounts receivable/distributors [1984-83]

Box 80

Folder 14

Note: Delinquent receivables [1986-84]

Box 80

Folder 15

Note: Prepaid sales [1991-90]

Box 81

Folder 1

Note: Path Press Sales, Marketing & Distribution Plan [1989]

Box 81

Folder 2

Note: Distribution reports, misc.

Box 81

Folder 3

Note: Translation & international sales [1970-88]

Box 81

Folder 4

Note: Individual distributors, misc.

Box 81

Folder 5

Note: Afro-Am Distributing Company [1983]

Box 81

Folder 6

Note: Baker & Taylor/CPL [1970-86]

Box 81

Folder 7

Note: Book Carrier [N.D.]

Box 81

Folder 8

Note: Brodart/CPL, correspondence [1970-90]

Box 81

Folder 9

Note: Brodart/CPL, contracts [1983-87]

Box 81

Folder 10

Note: Brodart/Atlanta Fulton Library [1994]

Box 81

Folder 11

Note: Brodart/Pathways, contract [1987]

Box 82

Folder 1

Note: Channel Communications Network [1983]

Box 82

Folder 2

Note: Chicago Review Press/IPG, correspondence [1983-88]

Box 82

Folder 3

Note: Chicago Review Press/IPG, distribution agreements [1982]

Box 82

Folder 4

Note: Chicago Review Press/IPG, litigation [1984-85]

Box 82

Folder 5

Note: Chicago Review Press/IPG, sales reports [1983-86]

Box 82

Folder 6

Note: Chicago Review Press/IPG, sales reports [1987]

Box 82

Folder 7

Note: Chicago Review Press/IPG, sales reports [1988]

Box 82

Folder 8

Note: Chicago Review Press/IPG, sales reports [1989]

Box 82

Folder 9

Note: Chicago Review Press catalogs [1982-83]

Box 82

Folder 10

Note: Crescent Distribution Services [1984]

Box 82

Folder 11

Note: Krock's & Brentano's [1983]

Box 82

Folder 12

Note: Liberation Information Distributing Co. [1983-84]

Box 82

Folder 13

Note: Negro Book Club [1969]

Box 82

Folder 14

Note: Scholarly Book Center, Inc. [1986-87]

Box 82

Folder 15

Note: St. James Press [1984]

Box 82

Folder 16

Note: Distribution, misc. notes [1982-88]

Box 83

Folder 1

Note: Path Distribution Clients: African-American Greeting Cards [N.D.]

Box 83

Folder 2

Note: Path Distribution Clients: Charlemae Hill Rollins, They Showed the Way [ca. 1995]

Box 83

Folder 3

Note: Path Distribution Clients: Howard Bingham, Muhammad Ali, A 30 Year Journey [ca. 1995]

Box 83

Folder 4

Note: Path Distribution Clients: Ida M. Bellegarde [1981-91]

Box 83

Folder 5

Note: Path Distribution Clients: Ming Smith, A Ming Breakfast [1990-93]

Box 83

Folder 6

Note: Path Distribution Clients: Pathfinder [N.D.]

Box 83

Folder 7

Note: Path Distribution Clients: PBS Learning Media [1996]

Box 83

Folder 8

Note: Path Distribution Clients: Red Sea Press [1987]

Box 83

Folder 9

Note: Path Distribution Clients: Shades of Midnight [1993]

Box 83

Folder 10

Note: Path Distribution Clients: University of Georgia Press [1982]

Box 83

Folder 11

Note: Path Distribution Clients: Misc.

Box 84

Folder 1

Note: Chaka (Black book distribution company) proposal [1972-85]

Box 84

Folder 2

Note: Pathways, correspondence [1986]

Box 84

Folder 3

Note: Pathways publishers' data for catalog [1989]

Box 84

Folder 4

Note: Pathways catalog entry [6 Oct 1994]

Box 84

Folder 5

Note: Pathways catalog requests [1988-97]

Box 84

Folder 6

Note: Pathways catalog [1989]

Box 84

Folder 7

Note: Pathways catalog [1995]

Box 84

Folder 8

Note: Pathways individual distributors [1987-90]

Box 84

Folder 9

Note: Pathways orders [1988]

Box 84

Folder 10

Note: Pathways orders [1990]

Box 84

Folder 11

Note: Pathways orders [1990-91]

Box 84

Folder 12

Note: Pathways orders [?], paid [12 Feb 1996]

Box 85

Folder 1

Note: African-American Book Distributors Inc. (AABDI) Articles of Inc. [1988]

Box 85

Folder 2

Note: AABDI Share Certificates [1988]

Box 85

Folder 3

Note: AABDI (1)

Box 85

Folder 4

Note: AABDI (2)

Box 85

Folder 5

Note: AABDI interview candidates

Box 85

Folder 6

Note: AABDI purchase orders [9 Apr 1993 - 12 Feb 1992]

Box 85

Folder 7

Note: AABDI purchase orders [26 Dec 1991 - 24 May 1991]

Box 85

Folder 8

Note: AABDI invoices [26 May 1995 - 15 Jul 1994]

Box 85

Folder 9

Note: AABDI invoices [12 Jul 1994 - 15 Mar 1994]

Box 85

Folder 10

Note: AABDI invoices [14 Mar 1994 - 9 Aug 1993]

Box 85

Folder 11

Note: AABDI invoices [6 Aug 1993 - 24 Nov 1992]

Box 85

Folder 12

Note: AABDI invoices [30 Sep 1992 - 7 Sep 1991]

Series 9: Subject Research Files & Serials, 1968 - 1993

Box 86

Folder 1

Note: African-Americans & the film industry [ca. 1986]

Box 86

Folder 2

Note: Black Studies programs [1969-82]

Box 86

Folder 3

Note: Farrakhan, Louis (African-Americans and Jews) [May 1989]

Box 86

Folder 4

Note: Food [July 1988]

Box 86

Folder 5

Note: Gay activism in the black community [ca. 1993]

Box 86

Folder 6

Note: Interracial relationships [March 1989]

Box 86

Folder 7

Note: Literary (publishing, prizes, libraries, book stores, reviews, etc.) [1980-93]

Box 86

Folder 8

Note: McClain, Leanita [1983-86]

Box 86

Folder 9

Note: Redmond, Eugene [1987-88] (see also Box 14, Folder 14)

Box 86

Folder 10

Note: Washington, Harold [1984-89]

Box 86

Folder 11

Note: Writing of “Willie Lynch” with letter from Philip G. Smith [1995] (see also Box 49, Folder 1)

Box 86

Folder 12

Note: Misc. clippings

Box 86

Folder 13

Note: Misc. notes

Box 87

Folder 1

Note: AAPBA Newsletter 2.1 [Jun 1991]

Box 87

Folder 2

Note: American Libraries [Jan 1993]

Box 87

Folder 3

Note: Black World [Aug 1970]

Box 87

Folder 4

Note: Book of the Month Club News [Fall - Dec 1982]

Box 87

Folder 5

Note: Chicago Tribune: Books [18 Oct 1987]

Box 87

Folder 6

Note: Chicago Tribune: Japan Today [N.D.]

Box 87

Folder 7

Note: Chicago Tribune: Perspective [5 Nov 1989]

Box 87

Folder 8

Note: Chicago Sunday Sun-Times: Parade [9 Oct 1983]

Box 87

Folder 9

Note: East St. Louis Monitor [16 Apr 1987]

Box 87

Folder 10

Note: East St. Louis School District 189 School News [Summer 1987]

Box 87

Folder 11

Note: Freedom Rag Magazine [Winter, ca. 1991] [?]

Box 87

Folder 12

Note: Karanjah 1.3 [March 1986]

Box 87

Folder 13

Note: Magic Notes 2.1 [Spring 1989]

Box 87

Folder 14

Note: Mingles: Guide to Enriching Your Social Life & Single Edition [Aug & Oct 1995]

Box 87

Folder 15

Note: National Black Monitor [March 1987]

Box 87

Folder 16

Note: Negro Book Club Newsletter 4.21 [Aug 1968]

Box 87

Folder 17

Note: Percussion Source 1.2 [July 1996]

Box 87

Folder 18

Note: Portland Skanner 18.21 [3 Mar 1993]

Box 87

Folder 19

Note: Quarterly Black Review of Books 2.3 [Jan/Feb 1995]

Box 87

Folder 20

Note: Rainbow Organizer 1.2 [Oct 1984]

Box 87

Folder 21

Note: Rhythm Music V.9 [Sept 1996]

Box 87

Folder 22

Note: Schomburg Center Journal 3.2 [Spring 1984]

Box 87

Folder 23

Note: Small Press Review 14.8 [Aug 1982]

Box 87

Folder 24

Note: Tony Brown's Journal [1983-85]

Box 87

Folder 25

Note: Victory News [Sep 1988]

Series 10: Photographs & Memorabilia, 1969 - 1987

Box 88

Folder Path Press 001

Note: Sam Stratton, Frank London Brown Tribute, Parkway Ballroom, photograph by H.A. Martin [7 Dec 1969]

Box 88

Folder Path Press 002

Note: Margaret Burroughs, FLB Tribute, Parkway [7 Dec 1969]

Box 88

Folder Path Press 003

Note: Bennett Johnson, Harold Washington & John O. Killens at FLB Tribute, Parkway [7 Dec 1969]

Box 88

Folder Path Press 004

Note: FLB Tribute, Parkway [7 Dec 1969]

Box 88

Folder Path Press 005

Note: Harold Washington, Gus Savage & Herman Gilbert, FLB Tribute, Parkway [7 Dec 1969]

Box 88

Folder Path Press 006

Note: Harold Washington & John O. Killens, FLB Tribute, Parkway [7 Dec 1969]

Box 88

Folder Path Press 007

Note: Harold Washington & Mildred Johnson, FLB Tribute, Parkway [7 Dec 1969]

Box 88

Folder Path Press 008

Note: Bennett Johnson, FLB Tribute, Parkway [7 Dec 1969]

Box 88

Folder Path Press 009

Note: Bennett Johnson, Harold Washington & John O. Killens, FLB Tribute, Parkway [7 Dec 1969]

Box 88

Folder Path Press 010

Note: FLB Tribute, Parkway [7 Dec 1969]

Box 88

Folder Path Press 011

Note: Gus Savage, FLB Tribute, Parkway [7 Dec 1969]

Box 88

Folder Path Press 012

Note: FLB Tribute, Parkway [7 Dec 1969]

Box 88

Folder Path Press 013

Note: FLB Tribute, Parkway [7 Dec 1969]

Box 88

Folder Path Press 014

Note: Herman Gilbert, FLB Tribute, Parkway [7 Dec 1969]

Box 88

Folder Path Press 015

Note: Zack & Herman Gilbert [1984]

Box 88

Folder Path Press 016

Note: OBAC 20th Anniversary Writers Workshop, Bennett Johnson, presenter [1987]

Box 88

Folder Path Press 017

Note: D. Roy, E. Redmond, G. Bros, H. Madhubuti, S. Leflore, S. Fowler [14 Jun 1987]

Box 88

Folder Path Press 018

Note: OBAC writers: H. Madhubuti, H. Gilbert, D. Travis, E. Redmond [1987]

Box 88

Folder Path Press 019

Note: OBAC 20th Anniversary program [1987]

Box 88

Folder Path Press 020

Note: OBAC 20th Anniversary Writers Workshop, Bennett Johnson and other presenters [1987]

Box 88

Folder Path Press 021

Note: OBAC Writers Workshop, Zack Gilbert [1985?]

Box 88

Folder Path Press 022

Note: OBAC Writers Workshop, Zack Gilbert [1985] [?]

Box 88

Folder Path Press 023

Note: OBAC Writers Workshop [1985] [?]

Box 88

Folder Path Press 024

Note: OBAC Writers Workshop [1985] [?]

Box 88

Folder Path Press 025

Note: OBAC Writers Workshop, Herman Gilbert (center) and other presenters [1985] [?]

Box 88

Folder Path Press 026

Note: International Black Writer's Conference, Zack Gilbert, Herman Gilbert and others [1984] [?]

Box 88

Folder Path Press 027

Note: International Black Writer's Conference, Zack Gilbert, Herman Gilbert and others [1984] [?]

Box 88

Folder Path Press 028

Note: International Black Writer's Conference, Zack Gilbert, Herman Gilbert and female attendees [1984] [?]

Box 88

Folder Path Press 029

Note: Book signing, Third World Press [?], Herman Gilbert, presenter [N.D.]

Box 88

Folder Path Press 030

Note: Book signing, Third World Press [?], Herman Gilbert, presenter [N.D.]

Box 88

Folder Path Press 031

Note: Herman Gilbert at autograph party, photograph by Albertha Abernathy [17 Jun 1983]

Box 88

Folder Path Press 032

Note: Herman Gilbert at autograph party, photograph by A. Abernathy [17 Jun 1983]

Box 88

Folder Path Press 033

Note: Herman Gilbert at autograph party, photograph by A. Abernathy [17 Jun 1983]

Box 88

Folder Path Press 034

Note: Herman Gilbert's autograph party, photograph by A. Abernathy [17 Jun 1983]

Box 88

Folder Path Press 035

Note: Herman Gilbert's autograph party, photograph by A. Abernathy [17 Jun 1983]

Box 88

Folder Path Press 036

Note: Herman Gilbert's autograph party, photograph by A. Abernathy [17 Jun 1983]

Box 88

Folder Path Press 037

Note: Herman Gilbert's autograph party, photograph by A. Abernathy [17 Jun 1983]

Box 88

Folder Path Press 038

Note: Herman Gilbert at the Chicago Public Library for the Negotiations [N.D.]

Box 88

Folder Path Press 039

Note: Herman Gilbert [N.D.]

Box 88

Folder Path Press 040

Note: Zack Gilbert, brother of Herman Gilbert, author of Up North Big City Street [N.D.]

Box 88

Folder Path Press 041

Note: William Goodlett, author of Congo Crew [N.D.]

Box 88

Folder Path Press 042

Note: William Goodlett [N.D.]

Box 88

Folder Path Press 043

Note: William Goodlett [N.D.]

Box 88

Folder Path Press 044

Note: William Goodlett [N.D.]

Box 88

Folder Path Press 045

Note: William Goodlett [N.D.]

Box 88

Folder Path Press 046

Note: William Goodlett [N.D.]

Box 88

Folder Path Press 047

Note: William Goodlett [N.D.]

Box 88

Folder Path Press 048

Note: William Goodlett [N.D.]

Box 88

Folder Path Press 049

Note: William Goodlett [N.D.]

Box 88

Folder Path Press 050

Note: William Goodlett [N.D.]

Box 88

Folder Path Press 051

Note: William Goodlett [N.D.]

Box 88

Folder Path Press 052

Note: William Goodlett [N.D.]

Box 88

Folder Path Press 053

Note: William Goodlett [N.D.]

Box 88

Folder Path Press 054

Note: William Goodlett [N.D.]

Box 88

Folder Path Press 055

Note: William Goodlett [N.D.]

Box 88

Folder Path Press 056

Note: William Goodlett [N.D.]

Box 88

Folder Path Press 057

Note: William Goodlett [N.D.]

Box 88

Folder Path Press 058

Note: William Goodlett [N.D.]

Box 88

Folder Path Press 059

Note: William Goodlett [N.D.]

Box 88

Folder Path Press 060

Note: William Goodlett [N.D.]

Box 88

Folder Path Press 061

Note: William Goodlett [N.D.]

Box 88

Folder Path Press 062

Note: William Goodlett [N.D.]

Box 88

Folder Path Press 063

Note: William Goodlett [N.D.]

Box 88

Folder Path Press 064

Note: William Goodlett [N.D.]

Box 88

Folder Path Press 065

Note: William Goodlett [N.D.]

Box 88

Folder Path Press 066

Note: William Goodlett [N.D.]

Box 88

Folder Path Press 067

Note: William Goodlett [N.D.]

Box 88

Folder Path Press 068

Note: William Goodlett [N.D.]

Box 88

Folder Path Press 069

Note: William Goodlett [N.D.]

Box 88

Folder Path Press 070

Note: William Goodlett [N.D.]

Box 88

Folder Path Press 071

Note: William Goodlett [N.D.]

Box 88

Folder Path Press 072

Note: William Goodlett [N.D.]

Box 88

Folder Path Press 073

Note: William Goodlett [N.D.]

Box 88

Folder Path Press 074

Note: William Goodlett [N.D.]

Box 88

Folder Path Press 075

Note: William Goodlett [N.D.]

Box 88

Folder Path Press 076

Note: William Goodlett [N.D.]

Box 88

Folder Path Press 077

Note: William Goodlett [N.D.]

Box 89

Folder Path Press 078

Note: Mary Wilson at Simeon High School assembly, photograph by John White, Chicago Sun-Times [21 Nov 1984]

Box 89

Folder Path Press 079

Note: Mayor Harold Washington and Mary Wilson, photograph by Diana Johnson, Path Press [1986]

Box 89

Folder Path Press 080

Note: Ben Wilson, Sr., at the funeral of Ben Wilson, Jr., photograph by John White, Chicago Sun-Times [1984]

Box 89

Folder Path Press 081

Note: Teacher and students at Simeon High School, photograph by Ovie Carter, Chicago Tribune [21 Nov 1984]

Box 89

Folder Path Press 082

Note: Rev. Jesse Jackson and Mary Wilson, planning the funeral of Benji Wilson at Rev. Jackson's home, photograph by John White, Chicago Sun-Times [1984]

Box 89

Folder Path Press 083

Note: Students at Simeon High School assembly, photograph by John White, Chicago Sun-Times [21 Nov 1984]

Box 89

Folder Path Press 084

Note: Principal Ned McCray and Mary Wilson during Simeon High School graduation exercises, photograph by Ovie Carter, Chicago Tribune [1985] [?]

Box 89

Folder Path Press 085

Note: Mary Wilson presentation, photograph by Ovie Carter, Chicago Tribune [1985]

Box 89

Folder Path Press 086

Note: Benji Wilson at age 4, private collection of Mary Wilson [c. 1970] [?]

Box 89

Folder Path Press 087

Note: Mary Wilson at age 27, private collection of Mary Wilson [N.D.]

Box 89

Folder Path Press 088

Note: Graduation photo of Benji Wilson, private collection of Mary Wilson [1984]

Box 89

Folder Path Press 089

Note: Coach Robert Hambric and Benji Wilson, photograph by Ed Wagner, Jr., Chicago Tribune [1984]

Box 89

Folder Path Press 090

Note: Benji Wilson playing basketball, photograph by Phil Valesquez, Chicago Sun-Times [1984]

Box 89

Folder Path Press 091

Note: Bennett J. Johnson (left), George Romas (right) and Mayor Harold Washington (center) planning Benji Wilson Birthday Dinner, photograph by Diana Johnson, Path Press [1986]

Box 89

Folder Path Press 092

Note: State Senators Richard Kelly, Emil Jones, Charles Chew, Glen Dawson and Howard Brookins presenting proclamation of the Illinois General Assembly to Mary Wilson, Chicago Daily Defender [1985]

Box 89

Folder Path Press 093

Note: Mary Wilson at court after guilty verdict announced, photograph by Ovie Carter, Chicago Tribune [22 Nov 1985]

Box 89

Folder Path Press 094

Note: Mary Wilson presentation, photograph by Ovie Carter, Chicago Tribune [1986]

Box 89

Folder Path Press 095

Note: Coach Richard Brennan, President of Evergreen Plaza Bank, speaking at the First Annual Benji Wilson Memorial Birthday Celebration, photograph by Diana Johnson, Path Press [Jan 1985]

Box 89

Folder Path Press 096

Note: Mary Wilson at court, Chicago Tribune [22 Nov 1985]

Box 89

Folder Path Press 097

Note: Mary Wilson and Benji's friends exiting court after guilty verdict announced, photograph by Ovie Carter, Chicago Tribune [22 Nov 1985]

Box 89

Folder Path Press 098

Note: Monroe Pinckney: James Sulton and Mrs. Rosana Felder (60% final size, 23X33.5 picas) [N.D.]

Box 89

Folder Path Press 099

Note: Monroe Pinckney: Warren Phillips, Robert Phillips, Vernezza Zeigler, Paul Smith (epilogue, ch. 20, p. 121, 63%, photo #41, cam 41%), staff photo by Jamie Francis [N.D.]

Box 89

Folder Path Press 100

Note: Monroe Pinckney: Robert Phillips, Warren Phillips, Rev. J. M. Jeffcoat, Dr. R. Phillips (epilogue, ch. 20, p. 122, photo #42, 63%), staff photo by Jamie Francis [N.D.]

Box 89

Folder Path Press 101

Note: Monroe Pinckney: Gordic Brooker (epilogue, ch. 20, p. 123, photo #43, cam 38%), staff photo by Peggy Peattie [N.D.]

Box 89

Folder Path Press 102

Note: Best of the Best: Barnes, S. Brandi [N.D.]

Box 89

Folder Path Press 103

Note: Best of the Best: Cain, Sarah [N.D.]

Box 89

Folder Path Press 104

Note: Best of the Best: Chandler, Elaine [N.D.]

Box 89

Folder Path Press 105

Note: Best of the Best: Clay, James “Kwame” [N.D.]

Box 89

Folder Path Press 106

Note: Best of the Best: Danner, Margaret [N.D.]

Box 89

Folder Path Press 107

Note: Best of the Best: Davis, Frank Marshall [ca. 1983]

Box 89

Folder Path Press 108

Note: Best of the Best: Edwards, Constance [N.D.]

Box 89

Folder Path Press 109

Note: Best of the Best: Emanuel, James [N.D.]

Box 89

Folder Path Press 110

Note: Best of the Best: Emanuel, James [N.D.]

Box 89

Folder Path Press 111

Note: Best of the Best: Emanuel, James [N.D.]

Box 89

Folder Path Press 112

Note: Best of the Best: Emanuel, James [N.D.]

Box 89

Folder Path Press 113

Note: Best of the Best: Foucher, Valerie, “Big, Bad and Freezing” [Feb 1980]

Box 89

Folder Path Press 114

Note: Best of the Best: Frederick, Helen Bureleson [N.D.]

Box 89

Folder Path Press 115

Note: Best of the Best: G’RA, photo by Nik-ki Whittingham (CA #19, 643-4247), [ca. 1983]

Box 89

Folder Path Press 116

Note: Best of the Best: Graham, Lorenz [N.D.]

Box 89

Folder Path Press 117

Note: Best of the Best: Gray, Margaret [ca. 1983]

Box 89

Folder Path Press 118

Note: Best of the Best: Hall-Evans, JoAnn [N.D.]

Box 89

Folder Path Press 119

Note: Best of the Best: Hankins, Beulah [N.D.]

Box 89

Folder Path Press 120

Note: Best of the Best: Hardy-Leonard, Shirley [ca. 1983]

Box 89

Folder Path Press 121

Note: Best of the Best: House, Anthony [N.D.]

Box 89

Folder Path Press 122

Note: Best of the Best: Hummons, Marion [N.D.]

Box 89

Folder Path Press 123

Note: Best of the Best: Johnson, Christine C. [N.D.]

Box 89

Folder Path Press 124

Note: Best of the Best: Johnson, Freddie (Love) [N.D.]

Box 89

Folder Path Press 125

Note: Best of the Best: King, Leona D. [N.D.]

Box 89

Folder Path Press 126

Note: Best of the Best: King, Leona D. [N.D.]

Box 89

Folder Path Press 127

Note: Best of the Best: Long, Richard A. [N.D.]

Box 89

Folder Path Press 128

Note: Best of the Best: McCarty, Ernest [N.D.]

Box 89

Folder Path Press 129

Note: Best of the Best: Messiah, Henry “Rocky” [ca. 1982]

Box 89

Folder Path Press 130

Note: Best of the Best: Moore, Lenard D. [Jun 1982]

Box 89

Folder Path Press 131

Note: Best of the Best: Morse, Evangeline F. [N.D.]

Box 89

Folder Path Press 132

Note: Best of the Best: Randall, Dudley [Jun 1982]

Box 89

Folder Path Press 133

Note: Best of the Best: Roberts, Dorothy R. [ca. 1983]

Box 89

Folder Path Press 134

Note: Best of the Best: Robinson, Jeannette Drake, photo by Jerri Bass [1982]

Box 89

Folder Path Press 135

Note: Best of the Best: Rouselle, Jeanette [N.D.]

Box 89

Folder Path Press 136

Note: Best of the Best: Ryan, Don [N.D.]

Box 89

Folder Path Press 137

Note: Best of the Best: Sewood, Ernest, photo by Doug Sims [26 Dec 1982]

Box 89

Folder Path Press 138

Note: Best of the Best: Sewood, Ernest, photo by Doug Sims [26 Dec 1982]

Box 89

Folder Path Press 139

Note: Best of the Best: Simon, Jewel W. [ca. 1983]

Box 89

Folder Path Press 140

Note: Best of the Best: Smart, William [N.D.]

Box 89

Folder Path Press 141

Note: Best of the Best: Tate, Garth, photo by Sharon Farmer [1982]

Box 89

Folder Path Press 142

Note: Best of the Best: Tibbs, Delbert [1979]

Box 89

Folder Path Press 143

Note: Best of the Best: Watson, Beatrice [N.D.]

Box 89

Folder Path Press 144

Note: Best of the Best: Wright, Deonne Deasley [N.D.]

Box 89

Folder Path Press 145

Note: Best of the Best: unknown contributor [N.D.]

Box 89

Folder Path Press 146

Note: Karen Causey, unpublished author, taken by Kathy Ohlrogge [N.D.]

Box 89

Folder Path Press 147

Note: Dr. Andrew L. Thomas, subject of unpublished biography by Audria Thomas-Huntington [c. 1985]

Box 89

Folder Path Press 148

Note: Faye Bryant, Path Press advisory board [N.D.]

Box 89

Folder Path Press 149

Note: Benjamin Lawson Hooks, Path Press advisory board [N.D.]

Box 89

Folder Path Press 150

Note: Unidentified photograph [N.D.]

Box 89

Folder Path Press 151

Note: UNIA Marcus M. Garvey Centennial Committee button/memorabilia [N.D.]

Contents

Collection Access

Path Press Archives

Descriptive Summary

Indexed Terms

Provenance

Access

Citation

Organizational History

Bibliography

Related Archival Materials note

Processing Information note

Scope and Content

Arrangement

Scope and Content

Arrangement

Alphabetical by author:

Scope and Content

Inventory