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Brooks, Gwendolyn, 1917-2000

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1917-06-07 - 2000-12-03

Gwendolyn Brooks (1917-2000), American poet, novelist, and educator
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Found in 10 Collections and/or Records:

Kathleen Foster Campbell papers

 Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 252
Overview: The Kathleen Foster Campbell Papers consist of correspondence, writings and printed materials that document the relationship between Kathleen Foster Campbell and friends from the University of Chicago Poetry Club, as well as her writings and writings of others. The papers span the years 1924 to 1992.
Dates: 1924-1992
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Kathleen Foster Campbell papers

"Charles", undated

 Part of Collection — Box: 1, Folder: GROUP 5, F-2
Call Number: JWJ MSS MISC
Scope and Contents: Poem, four lines, holograph, signed, with 'From "Bronzeville Boys and Girls"' written by Brooks on verso.
Dates: undated
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > James Weldon Johnson Collection manuscript miscellany > B > BROOKS, GWENDOLYN, 1917-2000

Children Coming Home, autograph manuscript, 1990-1991

 Part of Collection — Box: 1, Folder: GROUP 5, F-5
Call Number: JWJ MSS MISC
Scope and Contents: Autograph manuscript of a title page and drafts of three poems for Children Coming Home: "Superbe/A Something of My Own," "God is a White Gorilla," and "Richardine: White Girls are Particular People." The manuscript also includes a table of contents for In Montgomery and Other Poems. The manuscript is titled Blacks volume II.
Dates: 1990-1991
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > James Weldon Johnson Collection manuscript miscellany > B > BROOKS, GWENDOLYN, 1917-2000

Langston Hughes papers

 Collection
Call Number: JWJ MSS 26
Overview: The Langston Hughes Papers contain letters, manuscripts, personal items, photographs, clippings, artworks, and objects that document the life of the well-known African-American poet.
Dates: 1862-1980
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Langston Hughes papers

Letters : to Ely Liebon, 1966 September 2 and undated

 Part of Collection — Box: 1, Folder: GROUP 5, F-3
Call Number: JWJ MSS MISC
Scope and Contents: Two ALS and an annotated typescript of a syllabus for the "Chicago Teachers College North Poetry Workshop."
Dates: 1966 September 2 and undated
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > James Weldon Johnson Collection manuscript miscellany > B > BROOKS, GWENDOLYN, 1917-2000

Letters and inscriptions : to James E. Kelly, 1985-1986

 Part of Collection — Box: 1, Folder: GROUP 5, F-1
Call Number: JWJ MSS MISC
Scope and Contents: ANS in holiday card thanking Kelly for sharing the "Sheltered Man," in enveloped postmarked 1985 Dec 16; ALS dated 1986 Jan 4, regarding Kelly's artwork; a printed 1979 Chicago Public Library bookmark containing "To Young Readers," a poem by Brooks, inscribed to Kelly and signed by Brooks; and an undated card inscribed to Kelly and signed by Brooks.
Dates: 1985-1986
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > James Weldon Johnson Collection manuscript miscellany > B > BROOKS, GWENDOLYN, 1917-2000

Notes, 1974, 1999

 Part of Collection — Box: 48, Folder: GROUP 979, F-1
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents: Two sheets of autograph notes, signed, one starting, "Change is the essence of life," and one with the heading, "A Sassy End-of-Twentieth Century Spout."
Dates: 1974, 1999
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Yale Collection of American Literature manuscript miscellany > B > BROOKS, GWENDOLYN, 1917-2000

Poem and note, undated

 Part of Collection — Box: 48, Folder: GROUP 979, F-2
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents: Draft, autograph, corrected, of the poem, "Early Death In South Afrika," and autograph note fragment, signed. With printed version of poem, "The Near-Johannesburg Boy."
Dates: undated
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Yale Collection of American Literature manuscript miscellany > B > BROOKS, GWENDOLYN, 1917-2000
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Review of "Collected Poems of Langston Hughes."

Review of "Collected Poems of Langston Hughes.", 1994 October 25

 Part of Collection — Box: 1, Folder: GROUP 5, F-4
Call Number: JWJ MSS MISC
Scope and Contents: Autograph manuscript of Brooks' review of "Collected Poems of Langston Hughes" edited by Arnold Rampersad. Brooks provides an overview of the collection and then critiques particular poems. The manuscript is accompanied by a copy of Brooks' letter to the editor regarding the review.
Dates: 1994 October 25
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > James Weldon Johnson Collection manuscript miscellany > B > BROOKS, GWENDOLYN, 1917-2000

Richard Wright papers

 Collection
Call Number: JWJ MSS 3
Overview: The Richard Wright Papers contain manuscripts, correspondence with other writers such as Nelson Algren, Arna Bontemps, Ralph Ellison, Chester Himes, Langston Hughes, Gunnar Myrdal and Margaret Walker, photographs, financial and legal documents and printed materials relating to the life and work of Richard Wright. Included are drafts of such works as Black Boy and Native Son, photographs of trips to Spain and Ghana, various items of personal memorabilia such as Wright's Spingarn Medal, and a...
Dates: 1927-1978
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Richard Wright papers