John Howard Griffin papers, 1920-2004

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Series VIII: Black Like Me



Box Manuscript Box [Vault] Griffin, John Howard Original manuscripts of Black Like Me, [n.p.], 1961, 211 page t.ms.

[This is the only typescript made by Griffin--from both hisSepiaseries, "Journey into Shame," and his journals of the aftermath--of the bestseller for which he is best known. The manuscript is in superb condition, separated by fly-sheets, and stored in a manuscript box.. This working copy of the original typescript includes all of the editor's suggestions, as well as the author's revisions



Box 6 Folder 201 Addison Wesley Publishing Co., Inc. To John Howard Griffin, CA, 8 September 1967, 1 t.l.s.


Box 6 Folder 202 Bunch, Ralph To Anne Ford, New York, 22 August 1961, 1 t.l.s. (copy


Box 6 Folder 203 Cash, Noel Thomas Account of the hanging of John Howard Griffin's effigy, [n.p.],, [n.d.], 9 page a.ms. (photocopy

[Cash, a Mansfield resident, who, with several boyhood friends, claim that they are the ones who hung Griffin's effigy in downtown Mansfield after the publication ofBlack Like Me. The tale is entertaining but not quite convincing. The original manuscript is in the files of the Mansfield Historical Society


Box 6 Folder 204 The Catholic Book Store To John Howard Griffin, New Orleans, 11 August 1961, 1 page t.l.s.


Box 6 Folder 205 Citizens for Moral Responsibility Excerpts from Black Like Me, Milwaukee, WI, [n.d.], 2 page t.ms. (photocopy


Box 6 Folder Folder 206 Clippings re. Black Like Me, [n.p.], 1964-1993, 15 pieces


Box 6 Folder 207-210 Rosica Colin Agency To John Howard Griffin, London, 2 May 1961 - 30 May 1968, 44 t.l.s.


Box 6 Folder 211 William Collins Sons To John Howard Griffin, London, 28 November 1961 - 16 August 1965, 4 t.l.s.


Box 6 Folder 212 Conover, Ronald Brice To Elizabeth Griffin-Bonazzi, Los Angeles, CA, 15 January 1991, 1 t.l.s. (with photocopy


Box 6 Folder 213 Cosgrove Meurer Productions, Inc. To Elizabeth Griffin-Bonazzi, CA, 13 July 1990, 1 page t.l.s.


Box 6 Folder 214 The Darnforth Foundation To John Howard Griffin, St. Louis, MO, 22 June 1981, 2 page t.l.s.


Box 6 Folder 215 ERIC. Columbia University To John Howard Griffin, New York, 28 October 1970, 1 page t.d.s.


Box 6 Folder 216 Letters re. foreign editions of Black Like Me, [v.p.], 5 December 1961 - 6 June 1968, 3 t.l.s.


Box 6 Folder 217 Freemantle, Anne Statement on Black Like Me in Commonweal, [n.p.], [n.d.], 1 page t.ms. (copy


Box 6 Folder 218 Geismar, Max Cliff Notes on Black Like Me, [n.p.], [n.d.], 8 page t.ms. (carbon


Box 6 Folder 219 Griffin, John Howard To Perry Israel, Fort Worth, TX, 4 March 1976, 1 page t.l. (copy

[With 2 page enclosure


Box 6 Folder 220 Griffin, John Howard To Superintendent Hungerford, [Texas], 30 May 1969, 1 page t.l.s. (copy


Box 6 Folder 221 Griffin, John Howard To the Editors WAY, Mansfield, Texas, 18 July 1966, 2 page t.l. (copy


Box 6 Folder 222 The Hilltop Company To John Howard Griffin, Washington, D.C., 1 Feb. 1965, 2 page a.l.s.

[With enclosures


Box 6 Folder 223 Houghton Mifflin Company To John Howard Griffin, Boston, 16 Feb. 1961 - 23 March 1977, 15 t.l.s.

[With related material


Box 6 Folder 224 Houghton Mifflin Company To John Howard Griffin, Boston, 30 Nov. 1961, 1 t.l.s.

[Re. damage to negatives


Box 6 Folder 225 Houghton Mifflin Company To John Howard Griffin, Boston, 9 Oct. 1963 - 4 May 1966, 4 t.l.s., 1 telegram

[Re. reviews



Box 7 Folder 226 Interracial Review To John Howard Griffin, New York,, 27 Nov. & 3 Dec. 1961, 2 t.l.s.

[With related material


Box 7 Folder 227 Jesuit Media Associates To Robert and Elizabeth Bonazzi, Los Angeles, CA,, 26 July & 30 Nov. 1984, 2 t.l.s.


Box 7 Folder 228 Johns, Pappas & Flaherty To John Howard Griffin, La Crosse, WI, 12 April 1966 - 3 May 1968, 2 t.l.s., 6 documents

[Re. the civil action brought against Griffin accusing him of injuring a 13-year-old boy by writingBlack Like Me


Box 7 Folder 229 JM To Mrs. Wilber, [n.p.], 12 Sept. 1967, 1 t.l.

[Re. Braille transcription ofBlack Like Me


Box 7 Folder 230 Landis, Judson R. To John Howard Griffin, Sacramento, CA, 18 Nov. 1970, 1 page t.l.s.


Box 7 Folder 231 Lee, Erik To [Elizabeth Griffin-Bonazzi], Pasadena, CA, 11 Feb. 1992, 2 t.l.s.


Box 7 Folder 232 Litton Magazines, Inc. To John Howard Griffin, [n.p.], 16 July 1980, 1 page Check request (duplicate


Box 7 Folder 233 McNamara, Eugene To John Howard Griffin, [n.p.], 7 Sept. 1961, 2 page t.l.s.


Box 7 Folder 234 Man's Magazine To George Levitan, New York, 6 December 1961, 1 page t.l.s.


Box 7 Folder 235 NAACP To Houghton Mifflin Co., PA, 19 January 1962, 1 page t.l.s.


Box 7 Folder 236 The New American Library To John Howard Griffin, New York, 14 Sept. & 6 Feb. 1968, 2 t.l.s.


Box 7 Folder 237 Signet To John Howard Griffin, New York, 28 March 1962, 1 telegram

[With related items


Box 7 Folder 238 The Redpath Bureau To John Howard Griffin, [v.p.], 25 March 1966 - 17 July 1970, 5 t.l.s.

[With related items


Box 7 Folder 239 Rosenfield, Borod, Fones & Bogatin To John Howard Griffin, Memphis, TN,, 11 Feb. 1970, 2 page t.l.s.


Box 7 Folder 240 Rutledge, Don Biographical note, [n.p.], [n.d.], 1 page photocopy

[Photographer forBlack Like Me


Box 7 Folder 241 Saad, Ted To Elizabeth Griffin-Bonazzi, New York, 26 Aug. 1991, 3 page t.l.s. (copy


Box 7 Folder 241 Griffin-Bonazzi, Elizabeth To Ted Saad, Mansfield, TX, 29 August 1991, 1 page t.l.s.


Box 7 Folder 242 The Saturday Evening Post To John Howard Griffin, Philadelphia, 8 Dec. 1961 - 8 June 1962, 3 t.l.s.

[With related material


Box 7 Folder 243 Saturday Review To John Howard Griffin, New York,, 6 March 1962 - 24 July 1963, 3 t.l.s.

[With related material


Box 7 Folder 244 Science Digest To John Howard Griffin, New York,, 10 June 1969, 1 page t.l.s.


Box 7 Folder 245 Sherman, Frank To John Howard Griffin, Long Island, NY, 12 Jan.1962, 3 page t.l.s.


Box 7 Folder 246 Sibert, Rod To Elizabeth Griffin-Bonazzi, [Columbia, MD], 9 May 1989, 1 page t.l.s.

[With reply


Box 7 Folder 247 SAGA To John Howard Griffin, New York, 12 July 1963, 1 page t.l.s.

[With related items


Box 7 Folder 248 Talking Tapes To Houghton Mifflin, St. Louis, MO, 1 November 1967, 1 t.l.s.


Box 7 Folder 249 Correspondence regarding translations of Black Like Me into Japanese, Polish, etc., [v.p.], 1962-1984, ca. 11 letters


Box 7 Folder 250 University of Chicago Press To John Howard Griffin, Chicago, 1 December 1965, 1 t.d. (mimeograph


Box 7 Folder 251 Xerox Education Division To John Howard Griffin, New York, 23 January 1968, 1 t.l.s. (copy


Box 7 Folder 252 Spokane Public Library Reading list, Washington, [n.d.], 1 pamphlet


Box 7 Folder 253 Hernandez-Senter, Juan This single-spaced typescript (a photocopy) is the first Spanish translation of Black Like Me, [n.p.],, 1992, 156 page t.ms. (photocopy

[The translation was made by Dr. Juan Hernandez-Senter, at the invitation of the Griffin Estate, in 1989. This authorized translation has not been published. Translated from the New American Library Penguin paperback edition, it does not include that Signet edition's "Epilogue," which will be added, along with an introduction, if the translation is published.


Box 7 Folder 254 Uncorrected proof copy of Black Like Me, Houghton Mifflin: Boston,, 1961, 1 volume


Box 7 Folder 255 Paperback copy of Black Like Me, Signet: New York,, 1996, 1 volume

[Inscribed by Elizabeth and Robert Bonazzi, 31 March 1997