Amiri Baraka papers, 1945-2015, bulk 1970s-2000s

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Series II: Writings, 1958-2009

Subseries 1: Non-Fiction, 1966-2009

This series contains the manuscript drafts and publication materials relating to Amiri Baraka's published and unpublished body of non-fiction essays, memoirs, and books.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a large group of material, including drafts, notes, interview transcripts, and research materials, relating to the unpublished Max Roach autobiography.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.

General, 1966-2007

Alphabetical By Title, 1966-2007

Box 14 is missing

Request Box 12

Box 12 Folder 1 A, 1985-2001

Box 12 Folder 2-4 B, 1969-2005, (3 Folders)

Box 12 Folder 5 C, 1970-2006

Box 12 Folder 6 D, 1970-2005

Box 12 Folder 7 E, 1969-1997

Box 12 Folder 8 F, 1984-2006

Box 12 Folder 9 G, 1983-2006

Box 12 Folder 10 H, 1970-2003

Box 12 Folder 11 I, 1976-2002

Box 12 Folder 12 J, 1989-2001

Box 12 Folder 13 K, 1992-2002

Box 12 Folder 14 L, 1982-2004

Box 12 Folder 15 M, 1970-2000

Request Box 13

Box 13 Folder 1 N, 1967-2007

Box 13 Folder 2 O, 1981-1999

Box 13 Folder 3-4 P, 1970-2003, (2 Folders)

Box 13 Folder 5 R, 1981-2005

Box 13 Folder 6-7 S, 1980-2005, (2 Folders)

Box 13 Folder 8 T, 1976-1998

Box 13 Folder 9 U, 1998-2003

Box 13 Folder 10 V, 1981-2004

Box 13 Folder 11 W, 1966-2006

Box 13 Folder 12 Y, undated

Box 13 Folder 13 Z, undated

Untitled By Date, 1970s-2000s

Box 13 Folder 14 1970s 1972-1979, 1970s, 1972-1979

Box 13 Folder 15 1980s 1982-1988, 1980s, 1982-1988

Box 13 Folder 16 1990s 1990-1999, 1990s, 1990-1999

Box 13 Folder 17 2000s 2002-2006, 2000s, 2002-2006

Box 13 Folder 18 Untitled, undated

Request Box 14

Box 14 Folder 1 Untitled, undated

Note: Box 14 missing

Box 14 Folder 2 "Abbie Hoffman Memorial", 1980

Box 14 Folder 3 Activist and Political, 1979-2003

Box 14 Folder 4 "An Afro-American Family Call for Unity & Struggle,", 1995

Request Box 28

Box 28 Folder 1 Afro-America, 'White America' & The Million Man March,", 1997

Request Box 14

Box 14 Folder 5 "Agit-Prop Committee", 1976

Box 14 Folder 6 "Aides (sic): Whose Epidemic", undated

Box 14 Folder 7 Albert Ayler, 2002-2003

Box 14 Folder 8 "Anti-Imperialist Cultural Union", 1975-1976

Box 14 Folder 9 "Anti-Semitism: A Personal Understanding", 1990

Box 14 Folder 10 "Art and the Political Crisis, 1989

Box 14 Folder 11 "Amiri Baraka v Rutgers", 1988

Anthologies, 1999

Black Fire , undated

Box 14 Folder 12 "New Introduction", undated

Box 14 Folder 13 Notes, undated

Box 14 Folder 14 Table of Contents, undated

Box 14 Folder 15 Black Fire 2--Book Proposal,, 1999

Confirmation , undated

Box 14 Folder 16 General, undated

Box 14 Folder 17 Correspondence, undated

MS Drafts, undated

Box 14 Folder 18 Corrected, undated, (3 Folders)

Box 14 Folder 19 Inclusions, undated, (2 Folders)

Box 14 Folder 20 Notes, undated

Box 14 Folder 21 Introduction, undated

Box 14 Folder 22 Reviews and Listings, undated

Box 14 Folder 23 "Arts Review", undated

Autobiography of LeRoi Jones

Box 14 Folder 24 Correspondence and Notes, 1980

Box 14 Folder 25 Contract--Chicago Review Press, 1989

Drafts, 1984-1997

Box 14 Folder 26-27 Holograph, undated, (2 Folders)

Box 14 Folder 28 Freundlich Edition, 1984

Request Box 15

Box 15 Folder 1-3 First, 1984, (3 Folders)

Box 15 Folder 4 Photocopy Published Version, 1984

Box 15 Folder 5-8 Second, 1984, (4 Folders)

Lawrence Hill Edition, 1994-1997

Box 15 Folder 9 Chapter 1, 1994

Box 15 Folder 10-12 Proofs, 1997, (3 Folders)

Box 15 Folder 13 "Baraka Family Minus One at Dutchman ", undated

Box 15 Folder 14 "The Beginnings: Words as Notes and Beats", 1989

Box 15 Folder 15 Beginning of National Movement--Jihad Production Edition, 1972

Box 15 Folder 16 "The Big Sea", 1985

Box 15 Folder 17 Bios, undated

Box 15 Folder 18 Black Arts Bulletin , undated

Box 15 Folder 19 "The Black Arts Movement", 1994

Box 15 Folder 20 "Black and Latino Unity Statement", 1989

Box 15 Folder 21 "Black Leadership in the 90s and the Politics of Racism", (1990s)

Box 15 Folder 22 "Black Music as a Force for Social Change", undated

Box 15 Folder 23 Black Music Table of Contents

Box 15 Folder 24 Black Radical Bibliography, undated

Box 15 Folder 25 Black Studies and Public Education,1990

Box 15 Folder 26 "The Blues Aesthetic and the Black Aesthetic,", undated

Box 15 Folder 27 Blues People Cover Proofs, undated

Box 15 Folder 28 Bushwacked , 2000

Box 15 Folder 29 "CFUN Newsletter: Words from Imamu", undated

Box 15 Folder 30 Changes in the Black Liberation Movement , 1980-1989

Box 15 Folder 31 "The Changing Line in the Organization", 1974

Box 15 Folder 31 The Creation of the New Ark , 1970-1971

Box 15 Folder 32 MS Draft with Hand Corrections, 1970-1971

Request Box 16

Box 16 Folder 1-2 MS Draft with Hand Corrections, 1970-1971, (2 Folders)

Request Box 48

Box 48 Folder 1 Proofs, undated

Request Box 16

Box 16 Folder 3 "Cultural Revolution and the Literary Canon", (1990s)

Box 16 Folder 4 Daggers & Javelins --Introduction,, 1983

Box 16 Folder 5 "Death to Apartheid!", (1990s)

Box 16 Folder 6 "Democracy, Self-Determination, Elections and the Black Radical Congress",, 1990s

Digging , 1986-2009

Box 16 Folder 7 Correspondence, 1999-2008

Drafts, 1986-2009

Box 16 Folder 8-11 Complete, 2009, (4 Folders)

Box 16 Folder 12-14 Individual Essays, 1986-2001, (3 Folders)

Box 16 Folder 15 Research Material, 1999-2001

Box 16 Folder 16 "Duncan Spoke of Dance", 1998-1999

Box 16 Folder 17 "The Education Crisis", 1973

Box 16 Folder 18 Essence of Reparation , 2001-2003

Box 16 Folder 19 Essence of Reparations and Somebody Blew Up America Proofs, 2003

Eulogies , 1980-1997

Box 16 Folder 20 Essay MSS, 1980-1997

Box 16 Folder 21 General, 1980-1997

Request Box 17

Box 17 Folder 1 Anna Lois Jones, 1987

Box 17 Folder 2 James Baldwin, 1987

Box 17 Folder 3 Sheila Bittle, 1984

Box 17 Folder 4 Expansion of the Reader , 1991-2000

Box 17 Folder 5 Five Slave Narratives Notes, undated

Box 17 Folder 6 "Fuck Reagan", undated

Box 17 Folder 7 Ginsberg Tribute, 1997

Box 17 Folder 8 "Greenwich Village and African-American Music", 1987

Box 17 Folder 9 "Griot/Djali", 1996

Box 17 Folder 10 "Henry Dumas: Afro-Surreal Expressionist", 1988

Box 17 Folder 11 "High Art", undated

Box 17 Folder 12 History of CAP , 1971-1976

Home: Social Essays , 1997

Ecco Press Edition, 1997

Box 17 Folder 13 Contract and Intro, 1997

Box 17 Folder 14 Cover, 1997

Box 17 Folder 15 "Preface", 1997

Box 17 Folder 16 Houston Baker--with Correspondence, 1997

Box 17 Folder 17 Holy Terror Introduction, 1995

Interviews, 1983-2007

Box 17 Folder 18-19 General, 1983-2004, (2 Folders)

Box 17 Folder 20 "AB with Allen Ginsberg,", 1990

Box 17 Folder 21 "Artist and Influence Series", 1984

Box 17 Folder 22 Chops Jones, undated

Box 17 Folder 23 Chris Funkhouser, 2000

Box 17 Folder 24 Grachan Moncur, undated

Box 17 Folder 25 Hamiet Bluiett, 1995

Box 17 Folder 26 In Motion Transcripts, 1982

Box 17 Folder 27 Mark Hillringhouse, 1991

Box 17 Folder 28 Melhem, D.H., 1990

Box 17 Folder 29 "Miles Interview", undated

Box 17 Folder 31 New Jersey Historical Society, 2007

Box 17 Folder 32 "Jackie McClean", 2006

Box 17 Folder 33 "Jazz and the White Critic, 30 Years Later"--Holograph, undated

Jesse Jackson, 1984-1998

Box 17 Folder 34 Correspondence, 1984-1990

Box 17 Folder 35-38 DNC Material, 1984-1988, (4 Folders)

Request Box 18

Box 18 Folder 2-4 Jackson Campaign Material, 1984-1989, (3 Folders)

"Jesse 88" (Essay), 1988

Box 18 Folder 5 Drafts, 1988

Box 18 Folder 6 Playboy Proofs, 1988

Jesse Jackson and Black People--Drafts, 1988-1998

Box 18 Folder 7 General, 1988-1998

Box 18 Folder 8 Third World Press Edits, 1998

Box 18 Folder 9 Typescript, undated

Box 18 Folder 10 Notes, 1984-1988

Box 18 Folder 11 Notebooks, 1984-1988

Box 18 Folder 12-14 Printed Matter, 1984-1989, (3 Folders)

John Coltrane, 2001-2003

Box 18 Folder 15 Cassette, undated

Essays, 2003

Box 18 Folder 16 General, undated

Box 18 Folder 17 "John Coltrane: Where Does Art Come From?", undated

Box 18 Folder 18 "Late Trane", 2001-2003

Box 18 Folder 19-20 Research Material, 1969-1997, (2 Folders)

Box 18 Folder 21 Kimako Baraka Funeral, 1984

Request Box 19

Box 19 Folder 1 "Lanie Poo", undated

Box 19 Folder 2 Larry Neal, 1984

Box 19 Folder 3 Last Poets on a Mission--Foreword, 1996

Liner Notes, 1996-2004

Box 19 Folder 4 Albert Ayler, 2004

Box 19 Folder 5 Andrew Cyrille Trio, 1996

Box 19 Folder 6 Doctor E. Pelikan Chalto, 1997

Box 19 Folder 7 Hugh Ragin, 1999

Box 19 Folder 8 Ravi Coltrane, 1998

Box 19 Folder 9 Malcolm X, 1988-2001

Box 19 Folder 10 Malcolm X Writer's Workshop, undated

Box 19 Folder 11 "Manning Marable,", undated

Max Roach Book, 1983-1997

Box 19 Folder 12-15 MS, 1983-1997, (4 Folders)

Box 19 Folder 16-17 Notes, 1988-1995, (2 Folders)

Box 19 Folder 18-19 Notebooks, 1995, (2 Folders)

Box 19 Folder 20 Research Material, undated

Box 19 Folder 21 "May Day Insert", undated

Box 19 Folder 22 Miles Davis, 1985-1997

Box 19 Folder 23 "Miles Interview" Notebook, 1984

Box 19 Folder 24 "Monk and Train", 2005

The Music , 1986

Box 19 Folder 25 Copyeditor's Questions, 1986

Box 19 Folder 26 Correspondence, 1986

Box 19 Folder 27-29 Drafts, 1986, (3 Folders)

Box 19 Folder 30 Uncorrected Proofs, undated

Request Box 20

Box 20 Folder 1 Music Reviews, 1998-2000

Box 20 Folder 2 National Black Arts Festival, 1994-1996

Box 20 Folder 3 NEA Theatre Residency Program Application, 1997

Box 20 Folder 4 "The Negro", undated

Box 20 Folder 5 "Negrossity", undated

Box 20 Folder 6 The New Ark's A Moverin: Sequences of Live Music , undated

Box 20 Folder 7 "Newark Influence on American Music", 1999-2004

Box 20 Folder 8 "Newark, My Newark", 1998

Box 20 Folder 9 "New York Art Quintet", 1999-2000

Box 20 Folder 10 "Nina Returns", 1986

Box 20 Folder 11 "Northern Iowa Slave Story and Poetry", 1994

Notes, 1978-1998

Box 20 Folder 12 General, undated

Box 20 Folder 13 "The Big Sea", undated

Box 20 Folder 14 "Black Bolshevik", 1978

Box 20 Folder 15 "Black Boy", undated

Box 20 Folder 16 "Cultural Revolution", undated

Box 20 Folder 17 "Haiti", undated

Box 20 Folder 18 History of Capitalism, undated

Box 20 Folder 19 "The Oral Tradition", undated

Box 20 Folder 20 "Petals of Blood", undated

Box 20 Folder 21 Ras Baraka, 1998

Box 20 Folder 22 "Sidney B's", undated

Box 20 Folder 23 "On Accepting Feroni Prize,", 1994

Box 20 Folder 24 "On Patriotism", (1980s)

Box 20 Folder 25 "An Organization of Young Men,"1961

Box 20 Folder 26 "An Open Letter to the Black Nation", 1991

Box 20 Folder 27 "Petty Bourgeois Totalitarianism and the Newark School Board Elections",, undated

Box 20 Folder 28 "PFLAG It's Called", (2000s)

Box 20 Folder 29 "Poetry Journal Collective Project", undated

Box 20 Folder 30 "The Poetry of Urgent Necessity", 1986

Box 20 Folder 31 "The Position of the Congress of African People", 1974

Box 20 Folder 32 Presentation for Percy Sulton, (1980s)

Box 20 Folder 33 "Proposed 'Arts Journal & Review'", undated

Radio Transcripts, 1976-1987

Box 20 Folder 34 "Peter Kemper/Wolfgang Mohrhenn", undated

Box 20 Folder 35-36 WNJR, 1976-1987, (2 Folders)

Box 20 Folder 37 "A Raisin in the Sun 's Enduring Passion"--Photocopy,, undated

RAZOR, 1994-2004

Box 20 Folder 38 Correspondence, 2000-2003

Box 20 Folder 39-42 Drafts, 1994-2004, (4 Folders)

Box 20 Folder 43 Organizational Material, 2004

Box 20 Folder 44 Pamphlets, 2004

Box 20 Folder 45 RAZOR History--Holograph, undated

Box 20 Folder 46 "Recent Black Literature: The Political Dimensions", (1980s)

Box 20 Folder 47 "Reorganization of National Black Assembly", (1990s)

Box 20 Folder 48 Response to Nat Hentoff, 1983-1984

Box 20 Folder 49 The Retrograde Trend", undated

Reviews, 1999-2000

Box 20 Folder 50 The Great Whirl of Exile , 1999

Box 20 Folder 51 Slo Dance , 2000

Box 20 Folder 52 "Revolutionary Art", 1994

Box 20 Folder 53 "Revolutionary Democratic Art from the Cultural Commonwealth of Afro America" from Souls Grown Deep, 2000

Box 20 Folder 54 "Revolutionaries Oppose Terrorism", undated

Box 20 Folder 55 "Rhythm", undated

Box 20 Folder 56 "Rosa Parks", undated

Box 20 Folder 57 Sam Cornish Blurb, undated

Box 20 Folder 58 Sarah Vaughn Tribute, 1998-1999

Box 20 Folder 59 "Second Answer to Houston CAP", 1975

Box 20 Folder 60 "Self Determination is the First Step in the Struggle for Democracy and Socialism",, 1997

Request Box 21

Box 21 Folder 1 "Singers and the Music", 1998

Box 21 Folder 2 "Social Change and Poetic Tradition", 1997

Box 21 Folder 3 Some Newark Secrets: One-Eyed Jacks, Brothers, and Others", 2000

Speeches, Lectures, and Talks, 1979-2005

Box 21 Folder 5 General, 1979-2000

Box 21 Folder 6 "Address to Asian American Student Organization, Northwestern University,", 2005

Box 21 Folder 7 "League of Revolutionary Struggle (M-L),", 1980

Box 21 Folder 8 "National Black United Front", 1980

Box 21 Folder 9 "Revolutionary Art", 1994

Box 21 Folder 10 "The State of Black America", 2000

Box 21 Folder 11 Statement from an African American Artist to the US Supreme Court",, 1989

Box 21 Folder 12 "Stop Killer Cops,", 1992

Box 21 Folder 13 "Strategy and Tactics of a Pan-African Nationalist Party"--Jihad Pamphlet,, 1971

Box 21 Folder 14 SUNY Grant Proposal, 1987

Box 21 Folder 15 "Tom Feelings: A People's Artist", (1970s)

Request Box 147

Box 147 "Unity and Struggle": History of the Revolutionary Communist League (M-L-M)--Galleys, 1980

Request Box 22

Box 22 Folder 1-2 Venezuela, 2004-2007, (2 Folders)

Box 22 Folder 3 "Vincent Has Booked,", 2003

Box 22 Folder 4 "Vincent the Hip", 2004

Box 22 Folder 5 What Is to Be Done Here. The US, the end of the 20th c. by us?",, undated

Box 22 Folder 6 "What Role for the Black Liberation Movement", undated

Box 22 Folder 7 "What's New?: Charlie Braxton,", 1988

Box 22 Folder 8 "When Miles Split!", 1991

Box 22 Folder 9 Whitney Houston Profile--Playboy, 1986

Box 22 Folder 10 "Why Our Grieving is Celebration", 2003

Box 22 Folder 11 "Wilbur Morris Tribute Celebration", 2002

Box 22 Folder 12 "Zora", 1999

Subseries 2: Poetry, 1966-2007

This series contains holograph, typescript, and computer print drafts of Baraka's published and unpublished poetry and poetry collections, including individual poems from and full drafts of the volumesFunk Lore, Hard Facts, The Selected Poetry of Amiri Baraka/LeRoi Jones, Transbluesency,andWise, Why's, Y's,as well as a published copy of the Jihad Press edition ofBlack Artfrom 1966. Also contained herein is much of Baraka's later, largely unpublished mixed-media poetry. The bulk of the individual poems in this series are grouped alphabetically by title and, additionally, chronologically, while materials relating to poetry collections or with multiple drafts and other attendant materials have been arranged individually.

Box 22 Folder 13 5 Bop Trees, 1980s

Request Box 23

Box 23 Folder 1 5 Bop Trees, undated

Box 23 Folder 2 Allah Mean Everything, undated

Alphabetical By Title, 1968-2007

Box 23 Folder 3-4 A, 1973-2002, (2 Folders)

Box 23 Folder 5-6 B, 1970-2002, (2 Folders)

Box 23 Folder 7-8 C, 1979-2002, (2 Folders)

Box 23 Folder 9 D, 1975-2002

Box 23 Folder 10 E, 1980-2004

Box 23 Folder 11 F, 1977-2004

Box 23 Folder 12 G, 1989-1998

Box 23 Folder 13 H, 1967-2004

Box 23 Folder 14 I, 1968-2004

Box 23 Folder 15 J, 1978-2003

Box 23 Folder 16 K, 1985-1995

Box 23 Folder 17 L, 1975-2003

Box 23 Folder 18-19 M, 1971-2007, (2 Folders)

Request Box 24

Box 24 Folder 1 N, 1982-2003

Box 24 Folder 2 O, 1986-1998

Box 24 Folder 3-4 P, 1970-2003, (2 Folders)

Box 24 Folder 5 Q, undated

Box 24 Folder 6 R, 1977-2004

Box 24 Folder 7-8 S, 1969-2004, (2 Folders)

Box 24 Folder 9 T, 1982-2003

Box 24 Folder 10 U, 1968-2000s

Box 24 Folder 11 V, (1988)

Box 24 Folder 12-13 W, 1978-2003, (2 Folders)

Box 24 Folder 14 X, 1991

Box 24 Folder 15 Y, 1970-2002

Box 24 Folder 16 Z, 1998

Box 24 Folder 17-19 Untitled, undated, (3 Folders)

Box 24 Folder 20 Anthology Proofs, undated

Request Box 22

Box 22 Folder 14 "Ba-ra-ka,", undated

Request Box 24

Box 24 Folder 21 Black Art--Jihad Version, 1966

Request Box 22

Box 22 Folder 15 Black Magic--Proofs, 1969

Box 22 Folder 16 "Black People Meet Puppet Man", 1969

Box 22 Folder 17 "Blood Rites,", 1970s

Box 22 Folder 18 Book of Monk , 2000

Box 22 Folder 19 Booklet, Untitled, 1997-2000

By Date, (1960s)-2007

Box 22 Folder 20 "60s, 70s,", 1965-1979

Box 22 Folder 21 "70s and 80s", 1970-1989

Box 22 Folder 22 1970s 1970-1979, 1970s, 1970-1979

Box 22 Folder 23 1980s 1980-1989, 1980s, 1980-1989

Box 22 Folder 24 1990s 1990-1999, 1990s, 1990-1999

Box 22 Folder 25 2000s 2000-2007, 2000s, 2000-2007

Box 22 Folder 26 Callallo--Selections--Proofs, 2002

Box 22 Folder 27 "Caution, A Disco Near You Wails Death Funk,", undated

Box 22 Folder 28 "Chant"/"Black Power Chant,", undated

Box 22 Folder 29 "Corduroy Wings", 2003

Box 22 Folder 30 "Dialectics", undated

Box 22 Folder 31 "Digging Poetry", undated

Box 22 Folder 32 "Duke Book", undated

Box 22 Folder 33 For Bob Thompson, undated

Funk Lore , 1989-1999

Box 22 Folder 34-35 Drafts, 1989-1999, (2 Folders)

Box 22 Folder 36 Proofs, 1996

Request Box 25

Box 25 Folder 1 "Griot", 1980

Hard Facts , 1975

Box 25 Folder 2 Congress of Afrikan People Edition, 1975

Box 25 Folder 3 Photocopies, undated

Box 25 Folder 4-5 "Holographs", 1987-1994, (2 Folders)

"In the Tradition, 1980-1983

Box 25 Folder 6 Drafts and Performance Notes, 1980

Box 25 Folder 7 Orders, 1982-1983

Request Box 22

Box 22 Folder 37 "It's Nation Time" Recording Notes, undated

Request Box 28

Box 28 Folder 2 Journal Galleys, undated

Request Box 25

Box 25 Folder 8 "Jungle Jim Flunks His Screen Test", undated

Request Box 22

Box 22 Folder 38 "Junkies Are Full of (SHHH…), 1969-1975

Request Box 25

Box 25 Folder 9 "Low Coup Matrix,", 1998

Box 25 Folder 10 Malcolm X, undated

Box 25 Folder 11 Mixed Media, 1996-2004

Request Box 147

Box 147 Mixed Media, undated

Request Box 25

Box 25 Folder 12 Notebooks, undated

Box 25 Folder 13 "Our Flesh of Flames" Callaloo, 2002

Box 25 Folder 14 Photocopies with Performance Notes, undated

Box 25 Folder 15 "Phrenology,", 2001

Box 25 Folder 16 "A Poem of Destiny", 1989-1990

Box 25 Folder 17 Poetry for the Advanced , undated

Request Box 22

Box 22 Folder 39 Preface to a Twenty Volume Suicide Note Photocopies, undated

Request Box 25

Box 25 Folder 18 Printed Materials, 1970-2003

Request Box 22

Box 22 Folder 40 "Rockgroup", undated

Box 22 Folder 41 "Spacepoem for Four Jones", undated

Request Box 25

Box 25 Folder 19-21 Selected Poetry of Amiri Baraka/LeRoi Jones , 1979, (3 Folders)

Box 25 Folder 22 "To Raise the Roof", with David Murray and Steve McCall, 1983

Transbluesency , 1995-1996

Box 25 Folder 23 Introduction and Correspondence, 1996

Box 25 Folder 24 Press Release, 1995

Box 25 Folder 25 Translations of AB, undated

Box 25 Folder 26 "Un Poco Low Coup,", 1999-2000

Box 25 Folder 27 "Weimar II", undated

Wise, Why's, Y's , 1985-1997

Box 25 Folder 28 "MS Draft and Photocopies,", undated

Box 25 Folder 29-32 Proofs, 1997, (4 Folders)

Request Box 22

Box 22 Folder 42 Early Drafts, 1985

Box 22 Folder 43-45 Drafts, 1986, (3 Folders)

Box 22 Folder 46 Proofs, with Hand Corrections, 1994

Request Box 25

Box 25 Folder 33 "When We'll Worship Jesus", undated

Subseries 3: Plays and Performances, 1966-2009

Covering materials from Baraka's career as a playwright, this series includes the drafts, correspondence, compositional and staging notes, photos, and published material relating to both scripts and productions of individual plays. Of particular note, in terms of scope, are folders with items relating to Baraka's playsDutchman, The Life and Life of Bumpy Johnson, Portrait of the Lion, Primitive World, Song,andMoney,as well as a 1979 production ofWhat was the Relationship of the Lone Ranger to the Means of Production?The items in this series are arranged alphabetically by title.

Request Box 26

Box 26 Folder 1-2 General, 1970-2000s, (2 Folders)

Box 26 Folder 3 Amiri Baraka: Poetry of the 50s-60s & 70s , undated

Box 26 Folder 4 "Archie, Philly Joe, AB", 1984

Box 26 Folder 5 Arm Yrslf or Harm Yrself , 1967

Box 26 Folder 6 The Bike Project , 1996

Box 26 Folder 7 "Billy Harper Project--Some Ideas,", 2006

Box 26 Folder 8 The Birthday , 1973

Box 26 Folder 9 Black Mass , undated

Box 26 Folder 10 Black People Meet Puppet Man , undated

Box 26 Folder 11 A Black Quartet: Four New Black Plays , undated

Box 26 Folder 12 Black Theatre USA Table of Contents,, undated

Box 26 Folder 13 Blue Ark , 2007

Box 26 Folder 14 Blue Ladies of the Music , 1998

Box 26 Folder 15 Board of Education: A Skit for Youth , 1967-1968

Box 26 Folder 16 Boy and Tarzan Appear in a Clearing , 1980

Request Box 49

Box 49 Folder 1 Candace Awards Script , 1991

Request Box 26

Box 26 Folder 17 Car Nazi , undated

Box 26 Folder 18 Columbia the Gem of the Ocean, (1970s)

Box 26 Folder 19-20 Dr. King and the Mountain , 1997, (2 Folders)

Request Box 16

Box 16 Folder 22 Dr. King and the Mountain , 1997

Request Box 26

Box 26 Folder 21 DuBois--Untitled, undated

Dutchman , 1964-2007

Drafts, 1964

Box 26 Folder 22 Adaptation with Duma Ndlovu, undated

Box 26 Folder 23 Typescript, 1964

Box 26 Folder 24 Performance Photographs, 2007

Box 26 Folder 25 Poder Negro--Brazilian Performance,, 1968

Box 26 Folder 26 Epistrophe , undated

Box 26 Folder 27 Fire! , undated

Box 26 Folder 28 Force! , undated

Box 26 Folder 29 General Hag's Skeezag , undated

Box 26 Folder 30 Home on the Range , undated

Box 26 Folder 31 Images of Struggle and Revolution , undated

Box 26 Folder 32 Incredible Rocky or Black Power , undated

Box 26 Folder 33 Jack Pot Melting: A Commercial , undated

Box 26 Folder 34 Knee Cult Surveillance , undated

Box 26 Folder 35 Langston Hughes 90th Birthday Celebration Script, 1992

The Life and Life of Bumpy Johnson , 1972-1993

Box 26 Folder 36 Budget, undated

Box 26 Folder 37 Correspondence, 1990-1993

Box 26 Folder 38-39 Drafts, 1987, (2 Folders)

Notebooks, 1991

Box 26 Folder 40 One and Two, 1991

Box 26 Folder 41 Three and Four, 1991

Box 26 Folder 42 Five, 1991

Box 26 Folder 43 Photos, undated

Box 26 Printed Material, 1972-1991

Box 26 Folder 45 Clippings and Reviews, 1972-1991

Box 26 Folder 46 Performance Material, 1991

Box 26 Folder 47 Lyrics and Music, undated

Box 26 Folder 48 Madheart: A Morality Play , undated

Box 26 Folder 49 Marvin X, undated

Box 26 Folder 50 Meeting Lillie , 1988-2003

Money , 1982

Request Box 27

Box 27 Folder 1 Correspondence, 1982

Box 27 Folder 2 Drafts, undated

Box 27 Folder 3 Photos, 1982

Box 27 Folder 4 Printed Material, 1982

Box 27 Folder 5 Score, 1982

Box 27 Folder 6 The Most Dangerous Man in America , 1991

Box 27 Folder 7 The Motion of History , 1977

Nat Turner , 2004

Box 27 Folder 8 Drafts, 2004

Box 27 Folder 9 Stage Blocking, undated

Box 27 Folder 10 New Arkestra , 1998

Box 27 Folder 11 The New Voice , undated

Box 27 Folder 12 Othello, Jr. , undated

Box 27 Folder 13 Performance Notes

Portrait of the Lion , 1998

Box 27 Folder 14 Drafts, undated

Box 27 Folder 15 Performance Notes, undated

Box 27 Folder 16 Printed Material, 1998

Box 27 Folder 17 Score, undated

Primitive World , 1983-1997

Box 27 Folder 18 Budget, undated

Box 27 Folder 19 Contract, 1983-1984

Drafts, undated

Box 27 Folder 20 Proofs, undated

Box 27 Folder 21 Typescript, undated

Box 27 Folder 22 Press Release, 1983

Box 27 Folder 23 Printed Material, 1997

Box 27 Folder 24 The Prophet , undated

Box 27 Folder 25 Itineraries, 1988-2009

Box 27 Folder 26 Real Song , 1996

Box 27 Folder 27 A Recent Killing , 1987

Box 27 Folder 28 Red, Black, and Green, (1970s)

Box 27 Folder 29 Remembering We Selves , 1997

Box 27 Folder 30 Ritual Massacre , undated

Box 27 Folder 31 Round About Midnight , 1987

Box 27 Folder 32-33 S-1 , 1976, (2 Folders)

Box 27 Folder 34 A Skit For Young Boys , undated

Box 27 Folder 35 The Sidnee Poet Heroical , 1969

Request Box 27A

Box 27A Folder 27: 36-37 The Sisyphus Syndrome , 1992-2004, (2 Folders)

Box 27A Folder 27: 38 Slaughter in Harlem , 2001

Box 27A Folder 27: 39 The Slave--French Translation by Pierre Saintons,, undated

Box 27A Folder 27: 40 Slave Ship--Drafts and Printed Material,, 1966-1980

Song , 1980-1983

Box 27A Folder 27: 41 Budget, Contract, Correspondence, and Press Release, 1980-1983

Box 27A Folder 27: 42 Drafts, 1983

Box 27A Folder 27: 43 Photos, 1983

Box 27A Folder 27: 44 Printed Material, 1983

Box 27A Folder 27: 45 The Toilet--Japanese Production,, undated

Box 27A Folder 27: 46 Vomit and the Jungle Bunnies , undated

Box 27A Folder 27: 47 Waiting for Death to Die , 1988

Box 27A Folder 27: 48 "We Said No" , undated

Box 27A Folder 27: 49 What was the Relationship of the Lone Ranger to the Means of Production?--Correspondence, Notes, Photos, 1979

Request Box 28

Box 28 Folder 3 Workers of the World Unite , undated

Subseries 4: Screenplays, 1983-1996

This series is comprised of the manuscripts, correspondence, and press material of screenplays written by Baraka or with which he was associated as a co-writer, actor, or interviewee, includingW.E.B. DuBois: A Biography in Four Voices, The Life Sign,andMiles!.The materials are arranged alphabetically by title.

Box 28 Folder 4 Bulworth , 1996

Box 28 Folder 5 In Motion: Amiri Baraka--Press Release,, 1983

Box 28 Folder 6 The Life Sign , undated

Box 28 Folder 7 Miles! , undated

Box 28 Folder 8-9 WEB DuBois Film Project , 1985-1992, (2 Folders)

Subseries 5: Fiction, 1973-2003

This series contains holograph and typescript drafts, as well as proofs and galleys, of Baraka's published and unpublished fiction. Along with drafts of many individual short stories, there are also contained herein full drafts of story collections and novels6 Persons, The Fiction of LeRoi Jones/Amiri Baraka, The New World,andTales of the Out and Gone.The material in this series is arranged alphabetically by title.

Box 28 Folder 10 General, (1999)

Box 28 Folder 11-13 6 Persons--Typescript, 1973-1974, (3 Folders)

Box 28 Folder 14 "999 With String", undated

Box 28 Folder 15 "The Election Machine Warehouse", undated

Box 28 Folder 16-17 The Fiction of LeRoi Jones/Amiri Baraka , 2000, (2 Folders)

Box 28 Folder 18 "The Great Music Robbery", undated

Box 28 Folder 19 "Honky's Return", undated

Box 28 Folder 20 "Honky Tonk Bud", undated

Box 28 Folder 21 "A Letter", undated

Box 28 Folder 22 "Negroduction", undated

Box 28 Folder 23 The New World , undated

Box 28 Folder 24 "Politics at the End of the 20th Century,", undated

Box 28 Folder 25 "Post and Pre Mortem Dialog", 2003

Box 28 Folder 26 "Ray Robinson,", undated

Box 28 Folder 27 "Some Missing Bulworth Scrolls", undated

Box 28 Folder 28 Tales of the Out and Gone--Introduction, undated

Box 28 Folder 29 "You", undated

Subseries 6: Editorship, 1958-2007

Baraka's work as an editor of various literary, arts, and political journals and little magazines is the focus of this series. Included are the typescripts and galleys of individual issues, correspondence and internal editorial matter, drafts of individual submissions and published items, artwork, and published material forYugen, Cricket, The Black Nation, Rising Tide,and, most comprehensively, the political newsletter and newspaperUnity & Struggle.The material is arranged alphabetically by journal or magazine title.

The Black Nation , 1981-1986

Box 28 Folder 30 "Introduction to Black Nation 2", 1982

Box 28 Folder 31 Issue 3 Typescript, 1981

Box 28 Folder 32 Issue Galleys, 1986

Box 28 Folder 33 "Issue on Music" Typescript, 1985

Box 28 Folder 34 Submissions, 1983-1986

Box 28 Folder 35 Cricket--Submissions, 1972

Box 28 Folder 36 Rising Tide No. 1, 1989

Unity & Struggle , 1975-2007

Request Box 21

Box 21 Folder 16-17 Correspondence, 1975-2006, (2 Folders)

Article Drafts, 1989-2007

Box 21 Folder 18-22 By Baraka, 1989-2007, (5 Folders)

Box 21 Folder 23 By Others, 1997-1998

Box 21 Folder 24-25 Organizational Material, 1989-1998, (2 Folders)

Request Box 29

Box 29 Folder 1-13 Unity & Struggle Issues,, 1977-2005, (13 Folders)

Request Box 89

Box 89 Unity & Struggle Issues,, 1981-1987

Yugen , 1958-2002

Request Box 28

Box 28 Folder 37 Drawings, (2002)

Box 28 Folder 38 Issues 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 1958-1962

Subseries 7: New Jersey Poet Laureate and Somebody Blew Up America Materials, 2001-2004

This subseries contains the manuscript drafts of Baraka's poem "Somebody Blew Up America," as well as contracts, orders, and other materials relating to the print edition. Also found here are materials surrounding the controversial afterlife of the poem in which Baraka was removed from the position of New Jersey Poet Laureate—materials include drafts of essays about his removal, correspondence, letters of support and petitions, press packets, and schedules of NJPL events prior to Baraka's dismissal.

Request Box 67

Box 67 General, 2002-2004

Box 67 Correspondence, 2002-2004, 4 folders

Box 67 Confirmation Letter, 2002

Box 67 Letters of Support and Petitions, 2002

Box 67 Press Packet, 2002

Box 67 Printed Material, 2002-2003, 2 folders

Box 67 Schedules and Budgets, 2002-2004, 2 folders

Writings, 2001-2004

Box 67 General, 2002-2003

Box 67 By Others, 2002

Box 67 "I Will Not Apologize, I Will Not Resign", 2002

Box 67 "Critical Questions of the Anti-Defamation League", undated

Box 67 "New Jersey's Poet Laureate Fights Back", 2002

Box 67 "Nincompoops of the New Jersey Legislature: You Can't Fire Poetry!",, 2002

"Somebody Blew Up America,", 2001-2004

Box 67 General, 2002-2004

Box 67 Drafts, undated

Somebody Blew Up America and Other Poems , 2003

Box 67 Orders, 2003

Box 67 Introduction, 2003

Box 67 Contract, 2003

Box 67 Broadsides and Posters, undated

Box 67 Chapbook, 2001

Subseries 8: Writings By Others, 1966-2008

Arranged by form, and within these sub-groupings, alphabetically by author, the series contains manuscript drafts, and some correspondence, of fiction, non-fiction, plays, screenplays, anthologies, and poetry written by others and held by Baraka. The bulk of these writings are unmarked. Highlights include writings by Stanley Crouch, Larry Neal, Quincy Troupe, Komozi Woodard, Thomas Sayers Ellis, Sam Greenlee, Robert Stone, Ben Caldwell, Ossie Davis, Toni Morrison, Diane DiPrima, David Henderson, Clarence Major, Marvin X, AB Spellman, Manning Marable, Spike Lee, and Aldon Nielsen.

Poetry, 1966-2008

Request Box 30

Box 30 Folder 1 General, 1970-2007

Request Box 32

Box 32 Folder 1-3 General, 1970-2007, (3 Folders)

Alphabetical by Author, 1967-2008

Request Box 30

Box 30 Folder 2-5 A, 1981-2007, (4 Folders)

Box 30 Folder 6-8 B, 1986-2003, (3 Folders)

Box 30 Folder 9 C, 1978-1999

Box 30 Folder 10-12 D, 1985-2004, (3 Folders)

Box 30 Folder 13 E, 1980-2003

Box 30 Folder 14 F, 1989-2004

Request Box 31

Box 31 Folder 1 G, 1986-2003

Box 31 Folder 2-4 H, 1970-2006, (3 Folders)

Box 31 Folder 5 I, (2004)

Box 31 Folder 6-7 J, 1977-2003, (2 Folders)

Box 31 Folder 8 K, 1987-2002

Box 31 Folder 9 L, 1967-2003

Box 31 Folder 10-12 M, 1980-2005, (3 Folders)

Box 31 Folder 13-14 N, 1985-2007, (2 Folders)

Box 31 Folder 15-16 O, 1977-2005, (2 Folders)

Request Box 89

Box 89 P, 1981-2004, 2 folders

Box 89 Q, undated

Box 89 R, 1981-2003, 2 folders

Request Box 32

Box 32 Folder 4-6 S, 1982-2008, (3 Folders)

Box 32 Folder 7-8 T, 1976-1999, (2 Folders)

Box 32 Folder 9 V, (2000s)

Box 32 Folder 10-12 W, 1970-2005, (3 Folders)

Box 32 Folder 13 Y, (2005)

Box 32 Folder 14 Z, undated

Box 32 Folder 15 Al-Jahizz, Ibrahim

Box 32 Folder 16 Abrams, Sam

Box 32 Folder 17 Baraka, Ahi, undated

Box 32 Folder 18 Baraka, Amina (Sylvia Jones), (2003)

Box 32 Folder 19 Baraka, Kimako, 1972-1984

Box 32 Folder 20 Baraka, Ras, 1998

Request Box 33

Box 33 Folder 1 Beatty, Paul, 1990

Box 33 Folder 2 Beehive: A Collection of Contemporary Writing , undated

Box 33 Folder 3 Brisby, Stewart, 1985

Box 33 Folder 4-6 Cantalupo, Charles, 1970-1981, (3 Folders)

Box 33 Folder 7-8 Cardenal, Ernesto--Cosmic Canticle, undated, (2 Folders)

Box 33 Folder 9 Cave Canem , 2006

Box 33 Folder 10 Cleage, Pearl, 1986

Box 33 Folder 11 Coke, Allison, A.H., undated

Box 33 Folder 12 Conway, Arthur Lee, 1984

Box 33 Folder 13 Cortez, Jayne, 1981

Box 33 Folder 14 Craft, Howard, undated

Request Box 49

Box 49 Creeley, Robert Signed Broadside, 1995

Request Box 33

Box 33 Folder 15 Crenshaw, Thomas, 1985

Box 33 Folder 16 Crouch, Stanley, 1967-1968

Box 33 Folder 17 Davis, Randall, 1991

Box 33 Folder 18 Dawson, Fielding, 1994-1998

Box 33 Folder 19 DiPrima, Diane, 2001-2006

Box 33 Folder 20 Fast Talk, Full Volume, 1992

Box 33 Folder 21 For My People, 1999

Box 33 Folder 22 Fridge, Lanell, 1996

Box 33 Folder 23 Gayton, Tomas, 1997

Box 33 Folder 24 Glanville, Cecil, 1989

Box 33 Folder 25 Gilbert, Derrick, undated

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Box 49 Folder 2 Gray-El, Ty--Breath of My Ancestors, undated

Request Box 33

Box 33 Folder 26 Henderson, David, undated

Box 33 Folder 27 Hoagland, Everett, 2001

Box 33 Folder 28 Inclined to Speak , 2008

Box 33 Folder 29 Iman, Yuseff, 1971

Request Box 34

Box 34 Folder 1 Ismaili, Rashidah, undated

Box 34 Folder 2 Katz, Eliott, 1987-1990

Box 34 Folder 3 King, Basil, 2002

Box 34 Folder 4 Klein, Jim, undated

Box 34 Folder 5 Liebler, ML, 1999

Box 34 Folder 6 Major, Clarence, 1967-1968

Box 34 Folder 7 Marvin X, 2005

Box 34 Folder 8 Mason Dixon Line , undated

Box 34 Folder 9 Medina, Tony, undated

Box 34 Folder 10 National Crime Victims Rights Week Anti-Violence Poetry Contest Submissions,, 2005

Box 34 Folder 11 Nielsen, A.L., 1982

Box 34 Folder 12 Nowak, Mark, 2003

Box 34 Folder 13 Odamtten, Vincent O., 1989-1990

Box 34 Folder 14 Parker, William, 1980

Box 34 Folder 15-20 Pennsylvania Council of the Arts Submissions, undated, (6 Folders)

Request Box 35

Box 35 Folder 1-2 Pennsylvania Council of the Arts Submissions, undated, (2 Folders)

Box 35 Folder 3 Pfistez, Arthur, 1981

Box 35 Folder 4 Raber, Erin, 2007

Box 35 Folder 5 Rivera, Louis, 1992

Box 35 Folder 6 Sanchez, Sonia, 1966-1967

Box 35 Folder 7 Sekou, Lasana, 1980

Box 35 Folder 8 Sinclair, John, 1986

Box 35 Folder 9 Spellman, AB, 1967

Box 35 Folder 10 Tielken, Jantje, 2006

Box 35 Folder 11 Tillman, George, undated

Box 35 Folder 12-14 Untitled Anthology, undated, (3 Folders)

Box 35 Folder 15-17 Untitled MS, undated, (3 Folders)

Box 35 Folder 18 Valadez, Luis, 2006

Box 35 Folder 19 Washairi Umoja--Prison Poem Anthology,, 1988

Box 35 Folder 20 Wright, Jeff, 1989

Box 35 Folder 21 Yoes, Ronald, undated

Non-Fiction, 1969-2008

Box 35 Folder 22-23 General, undated, (2 Folders)

Alphabetical By Author, 1974-2008

Request Box 36

Box 36 Folder 1-2 A, 1988-2005, (2 Folders)

Box 36 Folder 3 B, 1974-2000

Box 36 Folder 4 C, 1987-2002

Box 36 Folder 5 D, 1987-2006

Box 36 Folder 6 E, 1987-2002

Box 36 Folder 7 F, 1995-2003

Box 36 Folder 8 G, 1992-2000

Box 36 Folder 9 H, 1977-2000

Box 36 Folder 10 I, 2003

Box 36 Folder 11 J, 1987-2000

Box 36 Folder 12 K, 1987-1997

Box 36 Folder 13-14 L, 1983-1999, (2 Folders)

Request Box 37

Box 37 Folder 1 M, 1997-2008

Box 37 Folder 2 N, 1997-2000

Box 37 Folder 3 O, 1987

Box 37 Folder 4-5 P, 1997-2007, (2 Folders)

Box 37 Folder 6 R, 1978-2002

Box 37 Folder 7-8 S, 1980-1998, (2 Folders)

Box 37 Folder 9 T, 1984-1985

Box 37 Folder 10 U, undated

Box 37 Folder 11 V, 1989

Box 37 Folder 12 W, 1989-2001

Box 37 Folder 13 Y, undated

Box 37 Folder 14 Z, 1991

Box 37 Folder 15 Abdulla, Ahmed, undated

Box 37 Folder 16 Aranowitz, Al, 1989-1995

Box 37 Folder 17 Anderson, Sheila, 2002

Request Box 38

Box 38 Folder 1-2 Abu-Jamal, Mumia, 2000, (2 Folders)

Request Box 28

Box 28 Folder 39 Ahmad, Muhammad, undated

Request Box 38

Box 38 Folder 3 Arnold, James LaVar, 2000

Box 38 Folder 4 Alkalimat, Abdul, 1989

Box 38 Folder 5 Austerlitz, Paul, 2002

Box 38 Folder 6 About Baraka, 1981-2006

Request Box 49

Box 49 Folder 3 Baldwin Manuscript, undated

Request Box 38

Box 38 Folder 7 Baraka, Amiri Jr., undated

Box 38 Folder 8 Bios (Others), undated

Box 38 Folder 9 Blackburn, Regina Naasisah, 2002

Box 38 Folder 10 Boyd, Herb, 2004

Box 38 Folder 11 Brown, Claude, undated

Box 38 Folder 12 Campbell, Douglass, 1998

Box 38 Folder 13 Cash, Malcolm, 1997

Box 38 Folder 14 Chalto, Doctor E. Pelikan, 1991

Box 38 Folder 15 Chude-Sokei, Louis, undated

Box 38 Folder 16 Clark, Sharon Minor,1985

Box 38 Folder 17-18 Conversations: An Evening with Nate Mackey and Kamau Brathwaite , 1997, (2 Folders)

Box 38 Folder 19-20 Collins, Patricia Hill, undated, (2 Folders)

Box 38 Folder 21-22 Coke, Allison A.H., undated, (2 Folders)

Box 38 Folder 23 Copland, Anthony, 1992

Box 38 Folder 24 Daniels, Douglas, 1984

Box 38 Folder 25 Davis, Angela Y.--Incarcerated Women, undated

Box 38 Folder 26 Dawson, Michael--Why Vote?, 1982

Request Box 39

Box 39 Folder 1 Edwards, Harry, 1969

Box 39 Folder 2-3 Flowers, Arthur, 2001, (2 Folders)

Box 39 Folder 4 Franklin, VP, 1984

Box 39 Folder 5 Gaffney, Floyd, 1983

Box 39 Folder 6 Gaines, Kevin, 1997

Box 39 Folder 7 Gems, Gerald, 1993

Box 39 Folder 8 Goldman, Anita, 1994

Box 39 Folder 9-12 Graham, Joseph, 1980, (4 Folders)

Box 39 Folder 13-16 Harding, Vincent, 1990, (4 Folders)

Box 39 Folder 17 Hare, Bruce, 2002

Box 39 Folder 18 Halsey, William, undated

Box 39 Folder 19 Harris, William J., undated

Box 39 Folder 20 Hay, Sam, 1987

Box 39 Folder 21-24 Henderson, David, 1984, (4 Folders)

Box 39 Folder 25 Henderson, Shaun, 2003

Request Box 40

Box 40 Hungerford, David, undated

Box 40 Jones, Coyt, undated

Box 40 Jones, Mack, 1984-1988

Box 40 Kennedy, Adrienne, 1990

Box 40 Lee, Spike, 1990

Box 40 Marable, Manning, 1987-1991, 3 folders

Box 40 Marvin X, 1994-2003, 4 folders

Box 40 Morse, James, 1988

Box 40 Montclair, Medley, 1991

Box 40 McKissack, Patricia, 1997

Box 40 Melham, D.H., 1977

Box 40 McWorter, Gerald, 1984

Box 40 McAdoo, Bill, undated

Box 40 Mangione, Jerry, 1980

Box 40 Madden, Corinne, 1997

Box 40 Nelson, William, undated

Box 40 Nelson, Angela, 1996, 3 folders

Request Box 41

Box 41 Neal, Larry, 1988, 2 folders

Request Box 146

Box 146 New Jersey State Council on the Arts Applications, 1985, 9 folders

Request Box 41

Box 41 Natamba, Kofi, 2007

Box 41 Olaniyan, Tejumola, 1993

Box 41 Parenti, Michael, 2005

Box 41 Press Releases, 1981-2000

Box 41 Proud Flesh, 2002

Box 41 Ryan, Paul, 1979

Box 41 Rifkin, Jeremy, 1980

Box 41 Rahman, Aishah, 1999

Box 41 Saiyah, 1982, 2 folders

Box 41 Salaam, Kalamu ya, 1996

Box 41 Sandoval, Jose-Luis

Box 41 Stanford, Max, undated, 2 folders

Box 41 Stevenson, Bonita, undated

Box 41 Spencer, Norman, undated, 2 folders

Request Box 42

Box 42 San Juan, undated, 3 folders

Box 42 Smith, Randy Lane, 1984

Box 42 Sales, William, 1994

Box 42 Saleem, Habibullah, undated

Box 42 Sautter, Carola, 1993, 2 folders

Box 42 Toure, Sekou, undated

Box 42 "Trade Unionist Politics and Social-Democratic Politics", undated

Box 42 Tyson, Tim, undated

Box 42 Tobin, Eugene, undated

Box 42 Taylor, Clyde, undated, 3 folders

Request Box 28

Box 28 Quincy Troupe Bibliography, 1996

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Box 42 Untitled Manuscripts, undated, 6 folders

Request Box 43

Box 43 Vincent, Ted, 1989-1991, 3 folders

Box 43 Walker, Wyatt Tee, 1995

Box 43 Washington, Jerome, 1994

Box 43 Wong, G.T., undated

Box 43 Woodard, Komozi, 1995

Request Box 44

Box 44 Fiction, 1982-2003

Box 44 General, 1982-2003, 4 folders

Box 44 Ashanti, James, 1986

Box 44 Bambara, Toni Cade, undated

Box 44 Bird Lives , undated

Box 44 Cruz, Ricardo, 1994

Box 44 Doneshvar, Siemin, 1984

Box 44 Double or Nothing and All That Jazz , undated, 3 folders

Box 44 Eason, Keenan, 1994, 2 folders

Box 44 Ellison, Marvin, 1995, 2 folders

Box 44 Ellis, Thomas Sayers, undated

Box 44 Evans, Mari, undated

Box 44 Falaq, Fatima Dana

Request Box 45

Box 45 Flowers, Arthur, 1985, 2 folders

Box 45 Greenlee, Sam, undated

Box 45 Greer, Brian

Box 45 Hendricks, Obery, 2 folders

Box 45 Kennedy, Adrienne, 1990

Box 45 Knight, Michael Muhammad, undated

Box 45 Langston, George, 1991

Box 45 Lewis, Stephanie, 1983

Box 45 Pfister, Arthur, 1988

Box 45 Simanga, Michael, 1998

Box 45 Stone, Robert, undated

Box 45 Surgal, Jon, undated, 3 folders

Box 45 Wonger, B, undated, 2 folders

Box 45 Young, Darlene, undated

Box 45 Music and Song Lyrics, 1984-1999

Request Box 46

Box 46 Plays, 1968-2004

Box 46 General, 1981-2003, 2 folders

Box 46 Ain't Never Been Told , 1992

Box 46 Akinde, Akindele, 1992

Box 46 All For One , undated

Box 46 Allison, Hughes, undated

Box 46 Berry, Steven, 1986

Box 46 Barns, Larry Jr., 1973

Box 46 Berlin, Jimmy, undated

Box 46 Bones, 1996

Box 46 Briley, John, 1985

Box 46 Broadnax, Steve, 2004

Box 46 Brown, Theodore, 1938

Box 46 Brownell, John C., undated

Box 46 Bush, Carol, 1997

Box 46 Caldwell, Ben, undated

Box 46 Courtney, Ward, undated

Box 46 Croom, Phyllis, 2005

Box 46 Dalili, Davis, 1983

Box 46 Davis, Ossie, 1990

Box 46 Degelman, Charles, 1985

Box 46 Farah, Nuruddin, undated

Box 46 Garen, Leo and Jack Baran, 1991

Box 46 Greaves, Willaim, 1987

Box 46 Hall, Katori, undated

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Box 47 Harris, Bill, 1991

Box 47 Holt, L., 1968

Box 47 Howard, Kim, undated

Box 47 Johnson, Hall, undated

Box 47 Jones, Clarence, 1989

Box 47 Jones, Maria, 1993

Box 47 Kallas, John, 1981-1986

Box 47 King, Michael, undated

Box 47 Kirk, Thomas, undated

Box 47 Leonard, Chico, 2001

Box 47 Lima, Frank, 1989

Box 47 Mahan, Steven Samuel, 1987

Box 47 Malone, Leonard, 1978

Box 47 Marvin X, 1995

Box 47 Mda, Zakes, undated

Box 47 Milner, Ron, 1978

Box 47 Moncur, Grachan, undated

Box 47 Moore, Dorthey, undated

Box 47 Moran, Brian, undated

Box 47 Morrison, Toni, 1985

Box 47 Msema-Kweli, Kwane, undated

Box 47 Nassor, Anthony, undated

Box 47 Nell, Scott, undated

Box 47 Panama, Fred, 1982

Box 47 Penny, Rob, 1986

Box 47 Sciler, Conrad, undated

Box 47 Silvera, John, undated

Box 47 Smith, Deron, 1981

Box 47 Smith, J.A., undated

Box 47 Tombrello, Tom, undated

Box 47 Tyler, Kenneth--The Nam Gig, 1988

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Box 49 Folder 4-6 Tyler, Kenneth--The Nam Gig, 1988, (3 Folders)

Request Box 47

Box 47 Wadud, Ali, 1980

Box 47 Wallace, Rudy, undated

Box 47 Ward, Jay, 2002

Request Box 43

Box 43 Ward, Theodore, undated

Box 43 Washington, Jerome, undated

Box 43 Wells, Frank, undated

Box 43 Wellman, John, 1982

Box 43 Wesley, Richard, undated

Box 43 White, Joseph, undated

Box 43 Wisdom, Anthony, undated

Anthologies and Journals, 1989-2003

Request Box 49

Box 49 Folder 7-9 Baraka, Ras--The Dark Room Anthology,, 1989, (3 Folders)

Box 49 Folder 10 Collins, Evelyn, 2003

Box 49 Folder 11 In Your Face , undated

Box 49 Folder 12-14 Roll Call , undated, (3 Folders)

Request Box 89

Box 89 Folder 6 Proofs for anthology

Collection Overview

Collection Contents

Amiri Baraka papers, 1945-2015, bulk 1970s-2000s

Series II: Writings, 1958-2009

Subseries 1: Non-Fiction, 1966-2009

Subseries 2: Poetry, 1966-2007

Subseries 3: Plays and Performances, 1966-2009

Subseries 4: Screenplays, 1983-1996

Subseries 5: Fiction, 1973-2003

Subseries 6: Editorship, 1958-2007

Subseries 7: New Jersey Poet Laureate and Somebody Blew Up America Materials, 2001-2004

Subseries 8: Writings By Others, 1966-2008