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Alchemy Theatre Collection

 Collection
Identifier: GV021
Abstract

Collection contains scripts.

Dates: 1985-2006

Archie Givens Jr. and Carol Meshbesher Papers

 Collection
Identifier: GV014
Abstract

Personal Papers of Archie Givens and Carol Meshbesher, founders of the Givens Foundation for African American Literature.

Dates: 1970 - 2012

Charles Johnson and E. Ethelbert Miller correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: GV005
Abstract

Contains correspondence from Charles Johnson to E. Ethelbert Miller and other related materials.

Dates: 1989-2006

Clarence Major Papers

 Collection
Identifier: GV006
Abstract

Collection contains manuscripts and incoming and outgoing correspondence of author Clarence Major.

Dates: 1968-2001

Countee Cullen Correspondence Collection

 Collection
Identifier: GV001
Abstract

The collection consists of letters from poet Countee Cullen to his childhood friend William Fuller Brown, Jr. Much of the correspondence refers to Cullen's writing and includes many handwritten and manuscript copies of poems.

Dates: 1918-1939; Majority of material found within ( 1918-1927)

E. Ethelbert Miller collection of Amiri Baraka

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: GV024
Abstract

Collection contains correspondence, newspaper clippings, flyers and publicity, interviews, photos, and other miscellaneous items related to Amiri Baraka.

Dates: 1970s-2002

E. Ethelbert Miller collection of Clarence Major

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: GV025
Abstract

Collection includes correspondence with Clarence Major, as well as a biography of Clarence Major and an excerpt from "Inlet," by Clarence Major.

Dates: 1975-1978

Eartha Kitt - Thursday's Child manuscript

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: GV026
Abstract

Collection contains an undated edited manuscript of Thursday's Child by Eartha Kitt.

Dates: Undated

Endesha Ida Mae Holland Papers

 Collection
Identifier: GV009
Abstract

This collection includes the correspondence, manuscripts, publicity, academic materials, production materials, and audio/visual materials of Endesha Ida Mae Holland.

Dates: c. 1962-2006

Ephemera Collection

 Collection
Identifier: GV019
Abstract

Includes press clippings, playbills, correspondence, and manuscripts excerpts/short drafts, and other ephemera about African-American history and culture.

Dates: 1857-1988

Ezra Hyland Collection of Black Radical Press

 Collection
Identifier: GV022
Abstract

Collection includes newspapers, magazines, LP records, and small press pamphlets.

Dates: 1987-2010

Federal Writers’ Project Narratives by Formerly Enslaved Peoples Collection

 Collection
Identifier: GV017
Abstract

Collection contains 22 original narratives by formerly enslaved people, transcripts, and digital surragates.

Dates: 1930s

Gwen Gilliam Black Theater Collection

 Collection
Identifier: GV020
Abstract

Collection contains programs, flyers, scripts, scores, and other production material collected and created by stage manager Gwen Gilliam.

Dates: 1953-2011

June Jordan and Arthur Luce Klein Collection

 Collection
Identifier: GV029
Abstract

[One to two sentence description of the collection.]

Dates: 1978 - 1979

Kathryn Gagnon Papers

 Collection
Identifier: GV010
Abstract

This collection of papers was donated by the estate of Kathryn Rebecca Coram Gagnon and contains correspondence, ephemera, and organizational materials related to her life in the Twin Cities.

Dates: 1988-2004

Letters of Josephine Zeak

 Collection
Identifier: GV027
Abstract

A collection of letters from Josephine Zeak to Toni McNaron.

Dates: 1991-2004, undated

Lorenz Smythe Norton Papers

 Collection
Identifier: GV008
Abstract

This collection contains materials from Lorenz Smythe Norton, Minnesota resident and his work as an advocate for African American history.

Dates: 1930-1990

Lou Bellamy Black Playwrights Script Collection and Directors Papers

 Collection
Identifier: GV028
Abstract

Collection contains scripts and correspondence written by playwrite Lou Bellamy. Collection also includes production notes, set designs, costume sketches, CDs, playbills, contracts, photographs and tickets relating to Bellamy's works.

Dates: 1957-2020

Minnesota Hip-Hop Collection

 Collection
Identifier: GV013
Abstract

The Minnesota Hip-Hop collection is a collection of audio recordings, published materials, and other print and physical ephemera documenting hip hop in Minnesota. The collection also includes raw footage shot by Justin Schell for We Rock Long Distance, a film about the meaning of home and place in the music of Twin Cities hip hop artists Maria Isa, Tou SaiKo Lee, and M.anifest.

Dates: 1996-2014

Penny Mickelbury Papers

 Collection
Identifier: GV003
Abstract

Includes manuscripts and galleys for several of Mickelbury's published works, correspondence, reviews and appearance notices, and two audiotaped interviews.

Dates: 1997-2000

Penumbra Theatre Company Records

 Collection
Identifier: GV002
Abstract

Collection contains production records, administrative records, and audio/visual material.

Dates: 1953-2013 (bulk 1980-2000)

Sara Roberson papers

 Collection
Identifier: GV007
Abstract

Collection from former Minneapolis Public School teacher, Sara Roberson.

Dates: The Sara Roberson Papers

Summit-University Free Press Collection

 Collection
Identifier: GV015
Abstract

Collection contains a near-complete run of the Summit-University Free Press.

Dates: 1974-1988

Waring Cuney collection

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: GV023
Abstract

Collection contains manuscript drafts from Puzzles, a poetry collection by Waring Cuney, as well as single drafts of poems and some correspondence.

Dates: 1955-1976