Subseries 1: Non-Fiction, 1966-2009

Scope and content:

This series contains the manuscript drafts and publication materials relating to Amiri Baraka's published and unpublished body of non-fiction essays, memoirs, and books. Highlights include the holographs, typescripts, and proofs of various editions, and relevant correspondence, notes, and contracts ofThe Autobiography of LeRoi Jones,Home: Social Essays, The Creation of the New Ark,Digging,The Essence of Reparations,Eulogies,andThe Music.In addition, this series contains the drafts, submissions, notes, and correspondence relating to Baraka's anthology efforts, including the seminalBlack Fire,Black Fire 2,andConfirmation, and the mixed media poetry and political newsletterRAZOR.This series contains a large group of material, including drafts, notes, interview transcripts, and research materials, relating to the unpublished Max Roach autobiography. Also included are the drafts, notes, and research materials of Baraka's essays and books about Jesse Jackson and John Coltrane. Finally, Drafts of interviews with Baraka and Baraka's own published liner notes can also be found in the series. This series is organized largely alphabetically by title, and chronologically by date, while larger caches of material have been given their own folders.

Contents

Access and use

Parent restrictions:

This collection is located on site.

Boxes 82a, 82b, and 82c are located off-site. You will need to request this material at least three business days in advance to use the collection in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room.

Material containing information about Baraka's students or that have personal information or grades about students are restricted for 75 years from the month of creation.

Unique time-based media items have been reformatted and are available onsite via links in the container list. Commercial materials are not routinely digitized. Email rbml@columbia.edu for more information.

Parent terms of access:
Reproductions may be made for research purposes. The RBML maintains ownership of the physical material only. Copyright remains with the creator and his/her heirs. The responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.
Location of this collection:
6th Floor East Butler Library
535 West 114th Street
New York, NY 10027, USA
Before you visit:
Researchers interested in viewing materials in the RBML reading room must must book an appointment at least 7 days in advance. To make the most of your visit, be sure to request your desired materials before booking your appointment, as researchers are limited to 5 items per day.
Contact:
rbml@library.columbia.edu