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Series I: Correspondence, 1940s-2009
Series III: Personal and Family Materials, 1895-2009
Series IV: Printed Materials, 1941-2000s
Series VI: Audio, Visual, and Photographic Materials, 1918-2000s
Series VII: LeRoi Jones/Amiri Baraka Material, 1940s-2004

Hettie Jones papers, 1895-2009, bulk 1958-2009

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Series V: Teaching Materials, 1982-2009

Reflecting several decades as a teacher at colleges, universities, and prisons, this series holds documents relating to writing workshops, led by Jones, at various institutions from the early 1980s to the 2000s. Materials include syllabii and other teaching material, drafts of Jones' collections of prison writing, and correspondence with students.

Subseries V.1: Prison, 1982-2008

The material relating to Jones' work as a writing teacher in a number of different prisons, as well as her work with the PEN Prison Writing Committee, is contained in this subseries. Included are syllabi, assignments and other handouts, correspondence with students, examples of student work, and grant proposals. Another major part of this subseries is the material—mostly drafts and correspondence—relating to three books edited by Jones of prison workshop writing,Words Over Walls, More in than OutandAliens at the Border.Also here are a number of cassette recordings of poetry readings at prisons, recorded in the 1990s.


Box 48 Folder 1 to 2 Correspondence, 1982-2009 (2 Folders), 1982-2009

Bedford Hills Correctional Facility Writing Workshop, 1989-2002

Teaching Materials, 1989-2002

Box 48 Folder 3 Articles, 1995-1999

Box 48 Folder 4 Business Correspondence, 1989-2002

Box 48 Folder 5 Syllabi and Lessons, 1989-1990

Grants, 1989-2000

Box 48 Folder 6 Arts, 1989-1997

Box 48 Folder 7 Grant Proposals, 1992-2000

Box 48 Folder 8 Grant-Funded Events, 1998-1999

Aliens at the Border , 1995-2007

Correspondence, 1995-2007

Box 48 Folder 10 Release and Order Forms, 1995-2007

Box 48 Folder 11 Publishing, 1996-1997

Box 48 Folder 12 Copyright, 1997

Box 48 Folder 13 Flyers and Order Forms, 1996


Box 49 Folder 1 Reviews, 1997

Box 49 Folder 2 Unused Pieces, 1997

Box 49 Folder 3 Video Correspondence and Documents, 1997-2002

More in than Out , 1991-2000

Box 49 Folder 5 Copyright, 1992

Box 49 Folder 6 Original Published Version, 1991

Box 49 Folder 7 Reviews, 1992-1994

Box 49 Folder 8 SPD, 1997-2000

Bedford College Project, 1993-1999

Box 49 Folder 9 Correspondence, 1993-1999

Box 49 Folder 10 Syllabus and Student Writing, 1999

Box 49 Folder 11 "Dance of the Mind Among Words,", 1999

PEN Prison Writing Committee, 1991-2008

Box 49 Folder 12 Charles Norman, 2005-2008

Box 49 Folder 13 Conference on "Death and Dying in Prisons and Jails,", 1998

Box 49 Folder 14 General Correspondence, 1991-2004

Box 49 Folder 15 Grant Proposals, 1991


Box 50 Folder 1 to 2 PWC Annual Writing Awards for Prisoners, 1990-2002 (2 Folders), 1990-2002

Box 50 Folder 3 PWC Radio Broadcasts, 1999-2001

Words Over Walls , 1998-2000

Box 50 Folder 4 Correspondence, 1998-2000

Box 50 Folder 5 Drafts, 1998

Box 50 Folder 6 Proofs, 1998

Writing Workshops, 1988-2004

Box 50 Folder 7 General,, 1999-2001

Box 50 Folder 8 Eastern Correctional Institute, 1997-2000

Box 50 Folder 9 Louisiana Prison, 1999

Box 50 Folder 10 Noise! Women, Writing, and Incarceration, 2004

Box 50 Folder 11 Sing Sing, 1988-1989


Box 51 Folder 1 Taconic, 1994-1995


Box 57 Poetry Reading Recordings, 1991-2000 (8 Audio Cassettes), 1991-2000

Subseries V.2: University Courses and Community Workshops, 1984-2009

Held in this subseries is material from Jones time as a teacher in universities, colleges, and community based writing programs. The material includes syllabi, assignments and classroom handouts, and examples of student work, as well as flyers and other advertisements for various universities of the various courses she taught. Following Jones' own organization, the documents are arranged alphabetically by school under the headings "Semester-Long Courses" and "Workshops", with the exception of Parsons and SUNY-Stonybrook.


Box 51 Folder 2 Caring Community, 2009

Box 51 Folder 3 Correspondence, 1990-2007

Box 51 Folder 4 Guest Lectures and Thesis Advisement, 1999-2005

Box 51 Folder 5 to 6 Parsons, 2003-2005 (2 Folders), 2003-2005

Box 51 Folder 7 Riverstone, 2009

Box 51 Folder 8 Rosters and Grades, 1997-2007 (restricted until 2087), 1997-2007


Box 52 Folder 1 to 3 SUNY Purchase, 2002-2005 (3 Folders), 2002-2005

Box 52 Folder 4 Students Work, 2003-2006

Box 52 Folder 5 to 9 Semester-Long Classes, 1994-2007 (5 Folders), 1994-2007


Box 53 Folder 1 to 3 Workshops, 1984-2009 (3 Folders), 1984-2009