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The Alice Browning Papers, 1936-1998 (bulk 1944-1985)
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Accession Number: |
2000/08 |
Provenance: |
Gift of Barbara Cordell, 2000 |
Size: |
8 linear feet (12 archival boxes) |
Repository: |
Vivian G. Harsh Research Collection of Afro-American History and Literature Carter G. Woodson Regional Library (Chicago Public Library) |
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No restrictions |
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Processed by: |
Melissa Barton, June 2008 |
Alice Browning (née Crolley) was born in 1907 at Provident Hospital in Chicago, the first of three children of Liattah Marshall Crolley and Richard A. Crolley. The family was active at St. Mark’s M.E. Church at 50th Street and Wabash Avenue, where Richard Crolley was Sunday School superintendent and a trustee. In an autobiographical sketch, Alice Browning writes that she was married at age 16, presumably to George Franklin (Alice Browning’s teaching certificate gives her name as Alice Franklin). Franklin was a sociologist who would later contribute to the study that became Black Metropolis. The couple had one daughter, Barbara (who married WVON radio disc jockey Lucky Cordell). Alice took courses at Chicago Normal College before earning a B.Phil. from University of Chicago in 1931. While it is not clear how her marriage to George Franklin dissolved, it was at the University of Chicago that Barbara met classmate and fellow philosophy student Charles Patrick Browning. They married in 1936, while Charles was employed as the Illinois state director of the National Youth Administration. Charles would spend the rest of his career at the Chicago Defender, serving as vice president and director of advertising. In 1925, Alice suffered the first of several tragedies when her mother Liattah took her life; her father, Richard, died suddenly in 1938. Charles Browning died in 1954 after being struck in the head with a plane propeller in Little Rock, Arkansas, while on a visit to the Hot Springs Baptist Bath House, where he had assumed the post of manager.
Alice Browning received her Illinois teaching certificate in 1930 and taught at Forrestville Elementary School in the Chicago Public Schools until she retired in 1973. In 1941, Browning took a sabbatical year to complete course work for an M.A. in English from Columbia University. While there, she wrote her thesis on the African American novel before 1900 with eminent scholar Vernon Loggins. Browning also took courses at Northwestern University and the Social Services Administration at University of Chicago, but she never completed her M.A.
Though she later professed an interest in writing beginning at the age of 7, it was while a student at Columbia that Browning began writing short stories for publication. That year, she sent a story entitled “Tomorrow” to Esquire magazine, only to have it rejected. She had better success with the Pittsburgh Courier with a story called “New Years Eve: 1942.” Nevertheless, Alice’s experience with Esquire inspired her to create an outlet for African American writers to publish their short fiction. Her first attempt appeared in 1942, a journal called N.Y.P.S. (Negro Youth Photo Script). But it wasn’t until 1944 that she would hit upon a success, teaming up with her friend Fern Gayden, a social worker who had been involved with the South Side Writers Group in the late 1930s. With the help of Gayden and Parkway Community House director Horace Cayton, Browning gained permission from Richard Wright to reprint his story “Almos’ a Man,” which had appeared Harper’s Bazaar in January 1940. Borrowing $200 from her husband Charles, Browning launched Negro Story from her home at 4019 Vincennes Avenue.
Negro Story ran from 1944-1946, publishing a total of nine issues featuring nearly every prominent African American writer of the time, including Ralph Ellison, Chester Himes, Langston Hughes, Frank Marshall Davis, Margaret Burroughs, Richard Wright, Gwendolyn Brooks, and Owen Dodson. Browning published one of her own stories in nearly every issue under the pseudonym Richard Bentley. It was around this time that Browning completed the first draft of a novel, Chicago Girl, which she would continue to revise throughout her life.
When Fern Gayden stepped down as co-editor for the December 1944/January 1945 issue, citing her heavy case load, Alice Browning began to pursue ever more ambitious projects under the auspices of the new Negro Story Press. These included a children’s magazine modeled after the Chicago Defender’s “Bud Billiken” page entitled Child’s Play, the sole issue of which appeared in 1945. Lionel Hampton’s Swing Book, a guide to the contemporary music scene, featured biographical sketches and photographs of such key figures as Duke Ellington, Count Basie, and, of course, Lionel Hampton. Now extremely rare, it is considered a key text for understanding the influence of black popular music in the 1940s.
In 1953 Browning launched a new publication endeavor, The Browning Letter, which for three years ran feature articles and society gossip. Contributors included Frederick H. Robb (Hammurabi), a Pan-Africanist and famed street corner speaker, actress Louise Pruitt, who wrote a theater column, and novelist Chester Himes. In May 1954 The Browning Letter began including a section called “Zip” to celebrate “Zip girls,” one of whom was Browning’s own daughter Barbara Cordell. In 1963 Browning repackaged Zip as its own monthly magazine.
In 1970, nearing retirement from teaching at Forrestville, Browning met with fellow leaders in the African American community, including Judge Sidney Jones, Roma Jones, Leo Sparks, Marian Stevenson, Ilena Crushon and June Perryman, at the Washington Park Community Fieldhouse to plan the first annual International Black Writers Conference. Over the next decade the conference would grow into a three-day affair attended by such prominent writers as Lerone Bennett, Herman Gilbert, Lu Palmer, Oscar Brown, Jr., Henry Blakely, Gwendolyn Brooks, Sam Greenlee, Alex Haley, Vernon Jarrett, Haki Madhubuti, Dudley Randall, Margaret Walker Alexander, and John Oliver Killens. Browning organized the conference until her health began to fail in 1984. She died October 15, 1985 at Crestwood Nursing Home in Chicago.
Sources
Bone, Robert. “Richard Wright and the Chicago Renaissance.” Callaloo. 28 (Summer 1986) 446-468.
Mullen, Bill. Popular Fronts: Chicago and African-American Cultural Politics, 1935-1946. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1999.
The Alice Browning Papers consist chiefly in manuscripts, serials, pamphlets, photographs, and ephemera from throughout Browning’s life, concentrated largely from 1968-1985, the years when she was organizing the International Black Writers Conference. The collection has been divided into 8 series: Manuscripts, Biographical, Clippings, Organizations, Booklets, Serials, Publicity and Memorabilia, and Photographs and Audiovisual material. A single folder of correspondence, including a six-page letter about housing concerns signed “The Block Clubs of the South Side” and sent to President Jimmy Carter, is filed at the end of the Manuscripts series in Box 2.
The Manuscripts series is divided into manuscripts by Alice Browning and manuscripts by other authors. Included in the manuscripts by Browning are drafts of several short stories, essays, and poetry, as well as a complete draft of her novel Chicago Girl and a typescript draft and mock-up of her cartoon book, “It’s No Fun to Be Black” (the manuscript is titled “It’s No Fun to Be a Negro”). The section of manuscripts by other authors predominantly consists in play scripts by Robert M. Morris, who led sessions on drama at the International Black Writers Conference. Browning’s daughter Barbara Cordell starred in a production of Morris’s play Teacher Night Out. Also included in this section is a manuscript of Gwendolyn Brooks’s poem tribute to Browning, which Brooks read at Browning’s funeral in 1985.
The Biographical series includes a brief autobiographical sketch by Browning, her Chicago teaching and retirement certificates, and obituaries and Browning’s funeral program. It also includes a copy of Charles Browning’s funeral program and materials about George Franklin, Barbara Cordell’s father, and William West Franklin, her uncle.
The Clippings series is divided into clippings by Alice Browning, clippings about Alice Browning, clippings about the International Black Writers’ Conference, and other clippings. For other articles by Alice Browning, see Serials.
The Organizations series includes material from Negro Story Press and the International Black Writers Conference. The material relating to Negro Story Press comprises solely a letter from the United States Copyright Office with instructions for applying for the copyright for Lionel Hampton’s Swing Book and publicity materials for Lionel Hampton’s Swing Book. Material for the International Black Writers Conference is organized by year and includes a program for nearly every year of the conference from 1970-1985 and then more sporadically through 1994. The file for the 15th anniversary conference in 1985 is particularly extensive. Some material from other conferences is included at the end of the IBWC subseries.
The Booklets series predominantly comprises poetry chapbooks that Browning collected throughout the 1970s. Most of these are quite rare.
The Serials series includes nearly-complete runs of the magazines Browning edited: Negro Story, The Browning Letter, Zip, Black Writers News, and The Black Writer, as well as single issues of Child’s Play and Travel News. All nine issues of Negro Story are included. Researchers should note the irregular dating and numbering of The Browning Letter and Black Writers News. Browning’s review of Gwendolyn Brooks’s Report from Part One appears in the Association for the Study of Afro-American Life and History Newsletter; her article “Sciffle Music and the Jazz Era” appears in the single issue of Villager.
Miscellaneous Publicity materials appear to relate to performers contracted for the International Black Writers Conference. Memorabilia includes several award certificates given to Alice Browning. A pair of checks from the Douglas National Bank, Chicago’s first black-owned bank, appear to have been given to Barbara Cordell as souvenirs in return for a donation to St. Mark’s M.E. Church (see the Correspondence in Box 2, Folder 14 for the letter that accompanied the checks).
The majority of the Photographs date from the International Black Writers Conferences of 1974, 1976, and 1978. Figures represented include Gwendolyn Brooks, Sam Greenlee, Vernon Jarrett, Glennette Turner, Haki Madhubuti, and Val Gray Ward. Audiovisual material comprises two VHS tapes of IBWC proceedings in 1985 and 1986.
Series 1: Manuscripts, ca. 1946-1985
The Manuscripts series is divided into manuscripts by Alice Browning, arranged alphabetically by title, and manuscripts by others, arranged alphabetically by author’s last name.
Manuscripts by Alice Browning
Box 1 |
– |
Folder 1: |
"Analysis of the Business at Hand," notes |
1955 |
Box 1 |
– |
Folder 2: |
"A Box Seat at the Harlem Riots," ms. |
[n.d.] |
Box 1 |
– |
Folder 3: |
Chicago Girl, Chapter 1, ms. |
ca. 1946 |
Box 1 |
– |
Folder 4: |
Chicago Girl, Chapter 2, ms. |
ca. 1946 |
Box 1 |
– |
Folder 5: |
Chicago Girl, Chapter 3, ms. |
ca. 1946 |
Box 1 |
– |
Folder 6: |
Chicago Girl, Chapter 4 |
ca. 1946 |
Box 1 |
– |
Folder 7: |
Chicago Girl, Chapter 5 |
ca. 1946 |
Box 1 |
– |
Folder 8: |
Chicago Girl, Chapter 6 |
ca. 1946 |
Box 1 |
– |
Folder 9: |
Chicago Girl, Chapter 7 |
ca. 1946 |
Box 1 |
– |
Folder 10: |
Chicago Girl, Chapter 8 |
ca. 1946 |
Box 1 |
– |
Folder 11: |
Chicago Girl, Chapter 9 |
ca. 1946 |
Box 1 |
– |
Folder 12: |
Chicago Girl, Chapter 10 |
ca. 1946 |
Box 1 |
– |
Folder 13: |
Chicago Girl, Chapter 11 |
ca. 1946 |
Box 1 |
– |
Folder 14: |
Chicago Girl, Chapter 12 |
ca. 1946 |
Box 1 |
– |
Folder 15: |
Chicago Girl, Chapter 13 |
ca. 1946 |
Box 1 |
– |
Folder 16: |
Chicago Girl, Chapter 14 |
ca. 1946 |
Box 1 |
– |
Folder 17: |
Chicago Girl, Chapter 15 |
ca. 1946 |
Box 1 |
– |
Folder 18: |
Chicago Girl, Chapter 16 |
ca. 1946 |
Box 1 |
– |
Folder 19: |
Chicago Girl, Chapter 17 |
ca. 1946 |
Box 1 |
– |
Folder 20: |
Chicago Girl, Chapter 18 |
ca. 1946 |
Box 1 |
– |
Folder 21: |
Chicago Girl, Chapter 19 |
ca. 1946 |
Box 1 |
– |
Folder 22: |
Chicago Girl, Chapter 20 |
ca. 1946 |
Box 1 |
– |
Folder 23: |
Chicago Girl, Chapter 21 |
ca. 1946 |
Box 1 |
– |
Folder 24: |
Chicago Girl, Chapter 22 |
ca. 1946 |
Box 1 |
– |
Folder 25: |
Chicago Girl, Chapter 23 |
ca. 1946 |
Box 1 |
– |
Folder 26: |
Chicago Girl, Chapter 24 |
ca. 1946 |
Box 1 |
– |
Folder 27: |
Chicago Girl, Chapter 25 |
ca. 1946 |
Box 1 |
– |
Folder 28: |
Chicago Girl, Chapter 26 |
ca. 1946 |
Box 1 |
– |
Folder 29: |
Chicago Girl, Chapter 27 |
ca. 1946 |
Box 1 |
– |
Folder 30: |
Chicago Girl, Chapter 28 |
ca. 1946 |
Box 1 |
– |
Folder 31: |
Chicago Girl, Chapter 29 |
ca. 1946 |
Box 1 |
– |
Folder 32: |
Essay, Untitled, on Sex Education (fragment) |
[n.d.] |
Box 1 |
– |
Folder 33: |
"The Exorcism of America" |
1974 |
Box 1 |
– |
Folder 34: |
"Good Time Harry," play script |
1979 |
Box 1 |
– |
Folder 35: |
"I Am Black" (fragment) |
[n.d.] |
Box 1 |
– |
Folder 36: |
"Introduction," draft article about IBWC |
1979 |
Box 1 |
– |
Folder 37: |
"It's No Fun to Be a Negro," ms. |
1968 [?] |
Box 1 |
– |
Folder 38: |
"Let There Be An Anti-Prejudice Day" |
1974 |
Box 1 |
– |
Folder 39: |
Life Plans (notes) |
1956, 1978 |
Box 1 |
– |
Folder 40: |
"Memories of St. Mark's M.E. Church" |
[n.d.] |
Box 1 |
– |
Folder 41: |
New Voices in Black Poetry, galley |
1973 |
Box 1 |
– |
Folder 42: |
Notebook on the Bible |
1978 |
Box 1 |
– |
Folder 43: |
Notes, untitled |
[n.d.] |
Box 1 |
– |
Folder 44: |
"The Place in Chicago" |
[n.d.] |
Box 1 |
– |
Folder 45: |
Poetry, unpublished mss |
[n.d.] |
Box 1 |
– |
Folder 46: |
Poetry, unpublished mss |
[n.d.] |
Box 1 |
– |
Folder 47: |
"The Reason Black Johnny Cannot Read" |
[n.d.] |
Box 1 |
– |
Folder 48: |
"The Riot" |
[n.d.] |
Box 1 |
– |
Folder 49: |
Short Story, untitled (fragment) |
[n.d.] |
Box 1 |
– |
Folder 50: |
Speech, draft |
1990 |
Box 1 |
– |
Folder 51: |
"Why Are Hurricanes Named for Women" (fragment) |
[n.d.] |
Manuscripts by Others
Box 2 |
– |
Folder 1: |
S. Brandi Barnes, "Dedicated to the Children of Atlanta and Survivors" |
1981 |
Box 2 |
– |
Folder 2: |
Gwendolyn Brooks, "Alice Browning" |
1985 |
Box 2 |
– |
Folder 3: |
Alice Chase, "Grandma" |
[n.d.] |
Box 2 |
– |
Folder 4: |
Allen D. Jackson, "Theme: We Walk with Martin Luther King" |
1985 |
Box 2 |
– |
Folder 5: |
Mildred D. Johnson, "Alice Browning's Blackness" |
|
Box 2 |
– |
Folder 6: |
Robert M. Morris, "African American Writers: The New Horizon for Playwrights" |
[n.d.] |
Box 2 |
– |
Folder 7: |
Robert M. Morris, "Character," "The New Black," "African-American," "Conflict" |
[n.d.] |
Box 2 |
– |
Folder 8: |
Robert M. Morris, "Eulogy for Two" |
[n.d.] |
Box 2 |
– |
Folder 9: |
Robert M. Morris, "IBWC Dialogue Workshop" |
[n.d.] |
Box 2 |
– |
Folder 10: |
Robert M. Morris, "IBWC Radio Writing Workshop" |
[n.d.] |
Box 2 |
– |
Folder 11: |
Robert M. Morris, "Teacher Night Out" |
[n.d.] |
Box 2 |
– |
Folder 12: |
Robert M. Morris, "Teacher Night Out" [2nd copy] |
[n.d.] |
Box 2 |
– |
Folder 13: |
Portia Nelson, Poems |
n.d. |
Box 2 |
– |
Folder 14: |
Correspondence |
1961-1995 |
Series 2: Biographical, 1939-1988
Biographical material relating to Alice Browning is followed by material about Charles Browning, Barbara Cordell’s father George Andrew Franklin, and her uncle William West Franklin.
Box 2 |
– |
Folder 15: |
Chicago Teaching Certificate |
1939 |
Box 2 |
– |
Folder 16: |
Autobiographical Sketch |
1961 |
Box 2 |
– |
Folder 17: |
Tribute to Alice Browning |
1973 |
Box 2 |
– |
Folder 18: |
Retirement Certificate |
1973 |
Box 2 |
– |
Folder 19: |
Course Certificate |
1973 |
Box 2 |
– |
Folder 20: |
Alice Browning Testimonial materials |
1978 |
Box 2 |
– |
Folder 21: |
City Council Resolution |
1985 |
Box 2 |
– |
Folder 22: |
Tribute by Barbara Cordell |
1985 |
Box 2 |
– |
Folder 23: |
Obituaries |
1985 |
Box 2 |
– |
Folder 24: |
Alice Browning's Funeral Program |
1985 |
Box 2 |
– |
Folder 25: |
Information about Alzheimer's disease |
1988 |
Box 2 |
– |
Folder 26: |
Charles P. Browning Funeral Program |
1954 |
Box 2 |
– |
Folder 27: |
George Andrew Franklin biographical materials |
1973 |
Box 2 |
– |
Folder 28: |
William West Franklin, Jr. biographical materials |
1978 |
Series 3: Clippings, 1936-1998
Box 2 |
– |
Folder 29: |
Clippings by Alice Browning |
1961-1981 |
Box 2 |
– |
Folder 30: |
Clippings about Alice Browning |
1936-1982 |
Box 2 |
– |
Folder 31: |
Other clippings-IBWC |
1977, 1987 |
Box 2 |
– |
Folder 32: |
Other clippings-people |
ca. 1953-1998 |
Series 4: Organizations, 1946-1994
Negro Story Press
Box 2 |
– |
Folder 33: |
Copyright application for Lionel Hampton's Swing Book |
1946 |
Box 2 |
– |
Folder 34: |
General Information on Copyright |
1963 |
Box 2 |
– |
Folder 35: |
Lionel Hampton's Swing Book Publicity |
ca. 1946 |
International Black Writers’ Conference
Box 2 |
– |
Folder 36: |
IBWC-1970 |
1970 |
Box 2 |
– |
Folder 37: |
IBWC-1971 |
1971 |
Box 2 |
– |
Folder 38: |
IBWC-1972 |
1972 |
Box 2 |
– |
Folder 39: |
IBWC-1973 |
1973 |
Box 2 |
– |
Folder 40: |
IBWC-1974 |
1974 |
Box 2 |
– |
Folder 41: |
IBWC-1975 |
1975 |
Box 2 |
– |
Folder 42: |
IBWC-1976 |
1976 |
Box 2 |
– |
Folder 43: |
IBWC-1977 |
1977 |
Box 2 |
– |
Folder 44: |
IBWC-1978 |
1978 |
Box 2 |
– |
Folder 45: |
IBWC-1979 |
1979 |
Box 2 |
– |
Folder 46: |
IBWC-1980 |
1980 |
Box 2 |
– |
Folder 47: |
IBWC-1982 |
1982 |
Box 2 |
– |
Folder 48: |
IBWC-1983 |
1983 |
Box 2 |
– |
Folder 49: |
IBWC-1985 |
1985 |
Box 2 |
– |
Folder 50: |
IBWC-1986 |
1986 |
Box 3 |
– |
Folder 1: |
IBWC-1990 |
1990 |
Box 3 |
– |
Folder 2: |
IBWC-1991 |
1991 |
Box 3 |
– |
Folder 3: |
IBWC-1993 |
1993 |
Box 3 |
– |
Folder 4: |
IBWC-1994 |
1994 |
Box 3 |
– |
Folder 5: |
IBWC undated materials |
[n.d.] |
Box 3 |
– |
Folder 6: |
International Black Songwriters Luncheon |
1981 |
Box 3 |
– |
Folder 7: |
Black Writers Conference, Pittsburgh, PA |
1991 |
Box 3 |
– |
Folder 8: |
Alameen, Stephany Inua. Loveflame. |
1981 |
Box 3 |
– |
Folder 9: |
Armstrong, Naomi Young. A Child's Easter. |
1971 |
Box 3 |
– |
Folder 10: |
Armstrong, Naomi Young. Expression I. |
1973 |
Box 3 |
– |
Folder 11: |
Atkins, Cheryl. Voices from My Heart. |
1981 |
Box 3 |
– |
Folder 12: |
Battle, Corey McQueen. Poems I. |
1971 |
Box 3 |
– |
Folder 13: |
Beach, Marion "Tumbleweed." Come Ride With Me. |
1970 |
Box 3 |
– |
Folder 14: |
Ben-Izreal, Rahzahn [Ronald H. Johnson]. Poems, Short Stories, and Rhythms. |
1979 |
Box 3 |
– |
Folder 15: |
Birch, McLane. The Kandi Man. |
1970 |
Box 3 |
– |
Folder 16: |
Browning, Alice. Black 'n' Blue. |
1973 |
Box 3 |
– |
Folder 17: |
Browning, Alice. It's Fun to Be Black. |
1973 |
Box 3 |
– |
Folder 18: |
Browning, Alice. It's No Fun to Be Black. |
1972 |
Box 3 |
– |
Folder 19: |
Browning, Alice. Fragment, Lionel Hampton's Swing Book. |
1946 |
Box 3 |
– |
Folder 20: |
Browning, Alice. Lionel Hampton's Swing Book. |
1946 |
Box 3 |
– |
Folder 21: |
Bruin, John. Thoughts Abroad. |
1970 |
Box 3 |
– |
Folder 22: |
Cage, Albert P. The Nothingness of War. |
1947 |
Box 3 |
– |
Folder 23: |
Caplan, Ron. Said A Meant. |
1967 |
Box 3 |
– |
Folder 24: |
Chicago Renaissance I. |
1975 |
Box 3 |
– |
Folder 25: |
Clemmons, Vincent. Sketches by Vince. |
1973 |
Box 3 |
– |
Folder 26: |
Cristen, Fatma. Poems of Blackness. |
1970 |
Box 4 |
– |
Folder 1: |
Dalton, Betty. 1973 Easter Anthology of Prayer Poems. |
1973 |
Box 4 |
– |
Folder 2: |
Danner, Margaret. Impression of African Art Forms. |
1960 |
Box 4 |
– |
Folder 3: |
Dean, Barbara Julian. The Key. |
1970 |
Box 4 |
– |
Folder 4: |
Demus, Myles. Poems to Ponder. |
1976 |
Box 4 |
– |
Folder 5: |
Diggs, Alfred. Naturally Black. |
1968 |
Box 4 |
– |
Folder 6: |
Dinwiddie, Faye Love. Song of the Mute. |
1970 |
Box 4 |
– |
Folder 7: |
Dominique, Otis G. I Know Why the River Cries. |
1976 |
Box 4 |
– |
Folder 8: |
DuSable Museum of African American History Publications Catalogue. |
ca. 1969 |
Box 4 |
– |
Folder 9: |
G'Ra [George Hines]. Inside Head Out. |
1976 |
Box 4 |
– |
Folder 10: |
Glascoe, Melvin Marcus. Man Born of a Dark Woman. |
1971 |
Box 4 |
– |
Folder 11: |
Graham, J. Rodney. Nation. |
[n.d.] |
Box 4 |
– |
Folder 12: |
Griffin, Peggy Ann. Liberation Lyrics. |
1984 |
Box 4 |
– |
Folder 13: |
Hair Trigger III: A Story Workshop Anthology. |
1979 |
Box 4 |
– |
Folder 14: |
Hannah, Clayton L. A Collection: My Inner-Most Thoughts. |
[n.d.] |
Box 4 |
– |
Folder 15: |
Harris, Glenethel. Thoughts to Share. |
1972 |
Box 4 |
– |
Folder 16: |
Happel, Edward John. Sword Dance. |
1981 |
Box 4 |
– |
Folder 17: |
Harper, Robert V. J. A Gift of Love. |
1974 |
Box 4 |
– |
Folder 18: |
Hayes, C.L. Feel Me. |
1972 |
Box 4 |
– |
Folder 19: |
Hayes, Walter T. Casing Some Niggars. |
1973 |
Box 4 |
– |
Folder 20: |
Henderson, Samuel C. From Unfathomable Depths to Unreachable Heights. |
1974 [?] |
Box 4 |
– |
Folder 21: |
Henighan, Eleanor J. The All Seeing Eye and the Hands that Pray |
1974 |
Box 4 |
– |
Folder 22: |
Hernandez, David. Waking Up: Despertando |
1971 |
Box 5 |
– |
Folder 1: |
Jackson, Spencer. Black Survival. |
[n.d.] |
Box 5 |
– |
Folder 2: |
Jamila-Ra [Maxine Hall Elliston]. The Good Book. |
1971 |
Box 5 |
– |
Folder 3: |
Jamila-Ra [Maxine Hall Elliston]. The Look at Yourself Book. |
1977 |
Box 5 |
– |
Folder 4: |
Kamau, H.B. When Men Gather. |
1982 |
Box 5 |
– |
Folder 5: |
Kilgore, James C. A Time of Black Devotion. |
1971 |
Box 5 |
– |
Folder 6: |
Kwasikpui, Doris B. A World of Their Own. |
1973 |
Box 5 |
– |
Folder 7: |
Lee, Don L. Think Black! |
1969 |
Box 5 |
– |
Folder 8: |
Lewis, Luevester. Jackie. |
1970 |
Box 5 |
– |
Folder 9: |
Luden, C.K. Coast to Coast. |
1976 |
Box 5 |
– |
Folder 10: |
LuTour, Lou. I Dreamed a Dream. |
1969 |
Box 5 |
– |
Folder 11: |
Macklin, Jacqueline. Falling Leaves. |
1973 |
Box 5 |
– |
Folder 12: |
Maida. Help! Somebody Save Me. |
1973 |
Box 5 |
– |
Folder 13: |
Marsh, Clifton E. Journey to Shamara. |
1974 |
Box 5 |
– |
Folder 14: |
Matanah. [Dorothy June Watkins]. Bits and Pieces. |
1973 |
Box 5 |
– |
Folder 15: |
McLaurin, Irma. Poems I. |
1971 |
Box 5 |
– |
Folder 16: |
McElroy, Njoki. Black Journey. |
1975 |
Box 5 |
– |
Folder 17: |
McGee, Pearl. Nigger I Love You. |
1973 |
Box 5 |
– |
Folder 18: |
McGee, Pearl. Twenty-Two Years on Welfare. |
1972 |
Box 5 |
– |
Folder 19: |
Mitchell, Joe H. Black Odyssey. |
1975 |
Box 6 |
– |
Folder 1: |
Mitchell, Joe H. Lovin' You. |
1974 |
Box 6 |
– |
Folder 2: |
Mitchell, Joe H. Nature's Child. |
1974 |
Box 6 |
– |
Folder 3: |
Mitchell, Joe H. fragment, O Woman. |
1974 |
Box 6 |
– |
Folder 4: |
Mitchell Joe H. O Woman. |
1974 |
Box 6 |
– |
Folder 5: |
Mitchell, Joe H. One Room Shack. |
1973 |
Box 6 |
– |
Folder 6: |
Mitchell, Joe H. Vignettes |
1974 |
Box 6 |
– |
Folder 7: |
Owens, Anne. Mike and Adrean. |
1974 |
Box 6 |
– |
Folder 8: |
Owens, Don Benn. The Most Controversial American and Why the Negro Race Lacks Unity. |
1963 |
Box 6 |
– |
Folder 9: |
Pahl, Stewart V. Humanism is Now! |
1972 |
Box 6 |
– |
Folder 10: |
Patterson, Lucille J. fragment, Sapphire. |
1972 |
Box 6 |
– |
Folder 11: |
Penny, Rob. Black Tones of Truth. |
1968 |
Box 6 |
– |
Folder 12: |
Perkins, Eugene. Black Expressions: An Anthology of New Black Poets. |
1967 |
Box 6 |
– |
Folder 13: |
Perkins, Eugene. Silhouette. |
1970 |
Box 6 |
– |
Folder 14: |
Pugh, Charles and Barbara. Dream of the Mask and Spear. |
1975 |
Box 6 |
– |
Folder 15: |
Randolph, Jeremy. Poems I. |
1971 |
Box 6 |
– |
Folder 16: |
Randolph, Jeremy. Poems II. |
1971 |
Box 6 |
– |
Folder 17: |
Rawls, Eugenia. A Certain Light. |
1971 |
Box 6 |
– |
Folder 18: |
Richardson, Nola. When One Loves. |
1974 |
Box 7 |
– |
Folder 1: |
Richardson, Sy. How to Survive in Hollywood. |
1982 |
Box 7 |
– |
Folder 2: |
Roby, June. My Soul. |
1974 |
Box 7 |
– |
Folder 3: |
Ruff, Robert. Accents on New Grass. |
1970 |
Box 7 |
– |
Folder 4: |
Salaam, Tayari kwa. Working Together We Can Make a Change. |
1981 |
Box 7 |
– |
Folder 5: |
Scott, Lewis E. The Coming of Lewis E. Scott. |
1972 |
Box 7 |
– |
Folder 6: |
Seals, Howard E. After 'Yuh Mamma' |
1972 |
Box 7 |
– |
Folder 7: |
Shah, Kimmah. The Giving of Love. |
1979 |
Box 7 |
– |
Folder 8: |
Simington, Ann Bowman. Love Is… |
1970 |
Box 7 |
– |
Folder 9: |
Smith, Dee. A Black Story: 8 Poems |
1973 |
Box 7 |
– |
Folder 10: |
Smith, Dee. Loving and Living. |
1973 |
Box 7 |
– |
Folder 11: |
Soul Session (poetry anthology) |
1969 |
Box 7 |
– |
Folder 12: |
Taylor, Rockie. Drum Song. |
1969 |
Box 7 |
– |
Folder 13: |
Tillman, Lise M. Of Violets and Blues. |
1974 |
Box 7 |
– |
Folder 14: |
Motley, Willard. Fragment, The Diaries of Willard Motley. |
1979 |
Box 7 |
– |
Folder 15: |
Muhammad, Elijah. Sayings of the Honorable Elijah Muhammad. |
[n.d.] |
Box 7 |
– |
Folder 16: |
New Voices in Black Poetry, 1972 |
1972 |
Box 7 |
– |
Folder 17: |
New Expressions in Black Poetry, 1974 |
1974 |
Box 7 |
– |
Folder 18: |
Trussell, Jake. After Hours Poetry. |
1964 |
Box 7 |
– |
Folder 19: |
Trussell, Jake. Collected Poems. |
1957 |
Box 7 |
– |
Folder 20: |
Urban Voices |
1985 |
Box 7 |
– |
Folder 21: |
Warner. M.W.S. The Missing Link. |
[n.d.] |
Box 7 |
– |
Folder 22: |
Whitaker, Hilda. With Foot in Mouth. |
1973 |
Box 7 |
– |
Folder 23: |
Whitaker, T. J. The Empty Road. |
1971 |
Box 7 |
– |
Folder 24: |
Williams, Jr., Edward. Liturgy of Edd. |
1973 |
Box 7 |
– |
Folder 25: |
Windham, Revish. Shades of Anger. |
1972 |
Box 7 |
– |
Folder 26: |
Windham, Revish. Shades of Black. |
1970 |
Box 7 |
– |
Folder 27: |
Zubena, Sister. Om Black. |
[n.d.] |
Serials are arranged alphabetically by title. Note that issues of The Browning Letter and Zip are in Oversize Box 12.
Box 8 |
– |
Folder 1: |
African American Publishers, Booksellers, and Writers Assoc. Newsletter |
1991 |
Box 8 |
– |
Folder 2: |
Aim |
1981 |
Box 8 |
– |
Folder 3: |
Assoc. for Study of Afro-American Life and History Newsletter |
1973 |
Box 8 |
– |
Folder 4: |
Black Family |
1981 |
Box 8 |
– |
Folder 5: |
Black Writers News |
1971-1972 |
Box 8 |
– |
Folder 6: |
Black Writers News |
1972 |
Box 8 |
– |
Folder 7: |
Black Writers News |
1973-1975 |
Box 8 |
– |
Folder 8: |
Black Writer, The |
1980 |
Box 8 |
– |
Folder 9: |
Black Writer, The |
1981 |
Box 8 |
– |
Folder 10: |
Black Writer, The |
1982 |
Box 8 |
– |
Folder 11: |
Black Writer, The |
1983 |
Box 8 |
– |
Folder 12: |
Black Writer, The |
1985 |
Box 8 |
– |
Folder 13: |
Black Writer, The |
1986 |
Box 8 |
– |
Folder 14: |
Child Play |
1945, 1971 |
Box 8 |
– |
Folder 15: |
Connection |
1970 |
Box 8 |
– |
Folder 16: |
Garland Court Review |
1969 |
Box 8 |
– |
Folder 17: |
Green's Magazine |
1973 |
Box 9 |
– |
Folder 1: |
Negro Story |
1944 |
Box 9 |
– |
Folder 2: |
Negro Story |
1945 |
Box 9 |
– |
Folder 3: |
Negro Story |
1946 |
Box 9 |
– |
Folder 4: |
New Infinity Review |
1974 |
Box 9 |
– |
Folder 5: |
New Writers |
1974 |
Box 9 |
– |
Folder 6: |
Poetry |
1973 |
Box 9 |
– |
Folder 7: |
Protector, The |
1949 |
Box 9 |
– |
Folder 8: |
Soul Teleguide |
1971 |
Box 9 |
– |
Folder 9: |
Travel News |
1969 |
Box 9 |
– |
Folder 10: |
Villager, The |
1961 |
Box 9 |
– |
Folder 11: |
What's Happening |
1978-1979 |
Box 9 |
– |
Folder 12: |
Business Materials for Serials |
1949-1984 |
Box 9 |
– |
|
Note: see Oversize Box 12 for issues of The Browning Letter and Zip |
|
Series 7: Publicity and Memorabilia, 1959-1983
Box 9 |
– |
Folder 14: |
Publicity Materials |
1977-1982 |
Box 9 |
– |
Folder 15: |
Flyer, “How’s Your Sex Life” (play by Alice Browning) |
n.d. |
Box 9 |
– |
Folder 16: |
Memorabilia |
1959-1983 |
Box 9 |
– |
Folder 17: |
Chino and Los Flamencos materials |
1983 |
Series 8: Photographs and Audiovisual, 1953-1990
For audiovisual material, see Oversize box 12.
Box 10 |
– |
001: |
A. Browning at IBWC, photo by J. Guidry |
1973 |
Box 10 |
– |
002: |
Alice Browning |
1953 |
Box 10 |
– |
003: |
A. Browning at Career Seminar at Malcolm X College |
1974 |
Box 10 |
– |
004: |
Alice Browning and unidentified at IBWC, from IBWC album |
ca. 1970s |
Box 10 |
– |
|
(Note: for a photocopy of the album from which photographs 004-044 were removed, see Oversize Box 12) |
|
Box 10 |
– |
005: |
IBWC, from IBWC album |
ca. 1970s |
Box 10 |
– |
006: |
Barbara Cordell at IBWC, from IBWC Album |
ca. 1970s |
Box 10 |
– |
007: |
Alice Browning, Dorothy Donnegan, and unidentified at IBWC, from IBWC album |
ca. 1970s |
Box 10 |
– |
008: |
Alice Browning, Dorothy Donegan, and unidentified at IBWC, from IBWC album |
ca. 1970s |
Box 10 |
– |
009: |
IBWC, from IBWC album |
1974 |
Box 10 |
– |
010: |
IBWC, from IBWC album |
1974 [?] |
Box 10 |
– |
011: |
Dean Monti, Kim Kyp, Ed Happel, Alice Browning, from IBWC Album |
[n.d.] |
Box 10 |
– |
012: |
IBWC, from IBWC album |
1974 [?] |
Box 10 |
– |
013: |
from IBWC album |
[n.d.] |
Box 10 |
– |
014: |
from IBWC album |
[n.d.] |
Box 10 |
– |
015: |
from IBWC album |
[n.d.] |
Box 10 |
– |
016: |
from IBWC album |
[n.d.] |
Box 10 |
– |
017: |
Alice Browning and unidentified, from IBWC album |
ca. 1970s |
Box 10 |
– |
018: |
from IBWC album |
[n.d.] |
Box 10 |
– |
019: |
from IBWC album |
[n.d.] |
Box 10 |
– |
020: |
from IBWC album |
[n.d.] |
Box 10 |
– |
021: |
Barbara Julian Dean, unidentified, and Alice Browning, Washington D.C., from IBWC album |
1971 |
Box 10 |
– |
022: |
IBWC, from IBWC album |
ca. 1970s |
Box 10 |
– |
023: |
IBWC, from IBWC album |
ca. 1970s |
Box 10 |
– |
024: |
IBWC, from IBWC album |
ca. 1970s |
Box 10 |
– |
025: |
Sam Greenlee at IBWC, from IBWC album |
ca. 1970s |
Box 10 |
– |
026: |
Gwendolyn Brooks, from IBWC Album, photograph by Ruby Dee |
ca. 1970s |
Box 10 |
– |
027: |
from IBWC album, photograph by Ruby Dee |
[n.d.] |
Box 10 |
– |
028: |
Alice Browning at IBWC, from IBWC album |
ca. 1970s |
Box 10 |
– |
029: |
Alice Browning at IBWC, from IBWC album |
ca. 1970s |
Box 10 |
– |
030: |
Alice Browning and unidentified, from IBWC album |
1968 |
Box 10 |
– |
031: |
IBWC, from IBWC album |
ca. 1970s |
Box 10 |
– |
032: |
Al Duckett, Alice Browning, Sam Greenlee, Sidney Jones, Connie Hedgepath, Barbara Julian Dean, Spencer Jackson, and Alice Browning, from IBWC Album |
ca. 1970s |
Box 10 |
– |
033: |
from IBWC album |
[n.d.] |
Box 10 |
– |
034: |
IBWC, from IBWC album |
ca. 1970s |
Box 10 |
– |
035: |
IBWC, from IBWC album |
ca. 1970s |
Box 10 |
– |
036: |
IBWC, from IBWC album |
ca. 1970s |
Box 10 |
– |
037: |
IBWC, from IBWC album |
ca. 1970s |
Box 10 |
– |
038: |
IBWC, from IBWC album |
ca. 1970s |
Box 10 |
– |
039: |
IBWC, from IBWC album |
ca. 1970s |
Box 10 |
– |
040: |
from IBWC album |
[n.d.] |
Box 10 |
– |
041: |
from IBWC album |
[n.d.] |
Box 10 |
– |
042: |
from IBWC album |
[n.d.] |
Box 10 |
– |
043: |
Shirley Graham, from IBWC album |
[n.d.] |
Box 10 |
– |
044: |
Alice Browning and unidentified, from IBWC album |
[n.d.] |
Box 10 |
– |
045: |
Alice Browning at IBWC, photograph by Robert Williams |
1976 |
Box 10 |
– |
046: |
Darwin Walton at IBWC, photograph by Robert Williams |
1976 |
Box 10 |
– |
047: |
Glennette Turner (Children's Literature) at IBWC, photograph by Robert Williams |
1976 |
Box 10 |
– |
048: |
IBWC, photo by Robert Williams |
1976 |
Box 10 |
– |
049: |
IBWC, photo by Robert Williams |
1976 |
Box 10 |
– |
050: |
Haki Madhubuti at IBWC, photo by Robert Williams |
1976 |
Box 10 |
– |
051: |
Orlando White (Producer for WGN) at IBWC, photo by Robert Williams |
1976 |
Box 10 |
– |
052: |
Reginald Hayes (Public Relations Dir., Ebony Magazine) at IBWC, photo by Robert Williams |
1976 |
Box 10 |
– |
053: |
Kala Akbar (Assoc. Ed., Black Journalism Review) at IBWC, photo by Robert Williams |
1976 |
Box 10 |
– |
054: |
IBWC, photo by Robert Williams |
1976 |
Box 10 |
– |
055: |
Alice Browning at IBWC, photograph by Robert Williams |
1976 |
Box 10 |
– |
056: |
Madelyne Blunt (Coordinator ASALH) at IBWC, photo by Robert Williams |
1976 |
Box 10 |
– |
057: |
Madelyne Blunt (Coordinator ASALH) at IBWC, photo by Robert Williams |
1976 |
Box 10 |
– |
058: |
Alice Browning at IBWC, photograph by Robert Williams |
1976 |
Box 10 |
– |
059: |
Alice Browning at IBWC, photograph by Robert Williams |
1976 |
Box 10 |
– |
060: |
IBWC, photo by Robert Williams |
1976 |
Box 10 |
– |
061: |
Naomi Millender at IBWC, photo by Robert Williams |
1976 |
Box 10 |
– |
062: |
Frances Ward (L.A. Times reporter, founder of Kumba workshop) at IBWC, photo by Robert Williams |
1976 |
Box 10 |
– |
063: |
Val Gray Ward (Founder, Kumba Workshop), at IBWC, photo by Robert Williams |
1976 |
Box 10 |
– |
064: |
Alice Browning at IBWC, photograph by Robert Williams |
1976 |
Box 10 |
– |
065: |
cover of 1976 IBWC album |
1976 |
Box 10 |
– |
066: |
Alice Browning at IBWC |
1978 |
Box 10 |
– |
067: |
IBWC |
1978 |
Box 10 |
– |
068: |
Ivan vanSertima at IBWC |
1978 |
Box 10 |
– |
069: |
IBWC |
1978 |
Box 10 |
– |
070: |
IBWC |
1978 |
Box 10 |
– |
071: |
Eugene Redmond at IBWC |
1978 |
Box 10 |
– |
072: |
IBWC |
1978 |
Box 10 |
– |
073: |
IBWC |
1978 |
Box 10 |
– |
074: |
IBWC |
1978 |
Box 10 |
– |
075: |
IBWC |
1978 |
Box 10 |
– |
076: |
IBWC |
1978 |
Box 10 |
– |
077: |
IBWC |
1978 |
Box 10 |
– |
078: |
IBWC |
1978 |
Box 10 |
– |
079: |
IBWC |
1978 |
Box 10 |
– |
080: |
IBWC |
1978 |
Box 10 |
– |
081: |
IBWC |
1978 |
Box 10 |
– |
082: |
IBWC |
1978 |
Box 10 |
– |
082a: |
IBWC |
1978 |
Box 11 |
– |
083: |
Eugene Winslow at IBWC, photograph by Barbara Cordell [?] |
1978 |
Box 11 |
– |
084: |
Alice Browning, unidentified, and Vernon Jarrett at IBWC, photo by Barbara Cordell [?] |
1978 |
Box 11 |
– |
085: |
IBWC dinner, photo by B. Cordell [?] |
1978 |
Box 11 |
– |
086: |
IBWC dinner, photo by B. Cordell [?] |
1978 |
Box 11 |
– |
087: |
Alice Browning at IBWC dinner, photo by B. Cordell [?] |
1978 |
Box 11 |
– |
088: |
IBWC dinner, photo by B. Cordell [?] |
1978 |
Box 11 |
– |
089: |
IBWC, photo by B. Cordell [?] |
1978 |
Box 11 |
– |
090: |
IBWC, photo by B. Cordell [?] |
1978 |
Box 11 |
– |
091: |
Gwendolyn Brooks and Nora Brooks at IBWC, photo by B. Cordell [?] |
1978 |
Box 11 |
– |
092: |
Nora Brooks at IBWC, photo by B. Cordell [?] |
1978 |
Box 11 |
– |
093: |
Sam Greenlee at IBWC, photo by B. Cordell [?] |
1978 |
Box 11 |
– |
094: |
IBWC, photo by B. Cordell [?] |
1978 |
Box 11 |
– |
095: |
Vernon Jarrett at IBWC, photo by B. Cordell [?] |
1978 |
Box 11 |
– |
096: |
IBWC, photo by B. Cordell [?] |
1978 |
Box 11 |
– |
097: |
Jesse Evans and unidentified at IBWC dinner, photo by B. Cordell [?] |
1978 |
Box 11 |
– |
098: |
IBWC dinner, photo by B. Cordell [?] |
1978 |
Box 11 |
– |
099: |
Alice Browning at IBWC dinner, photo by B. Cordell [?] |
1978 |
Box 11 |
– |
100: |
Sam Greenlee and Alice Browning at IBWC, photo by B. Cordell [?] |
1978 |
Box 11 |
– |
101: |
Sam Greenlee and Alice Browning at IBWC, photo by B. Cordell [?] |
1978 |
Box 11 |
– |
102: |
Gwendolyn Brooks at IBWC, photo by B. Cordell [?] |
1978 |
Box 11 |
– |
103: |
Glennette Turner at IBWC, photo by B. Cordell [?] |
1978 |
Box 11 |
– |
104: |
IBWC, photo by B. Cordell [?] |
1978 |
Box 11 |
– |
105: |
IBWC, photo by B. Cordell [?] |
1978 |
Box 11 |
– |
106: |
Lake Shore Drive from McCormick Place, photo by B. Cordell [?] |
1978 |
Box 11 |
– |
107: |
Lake Shore Drive from McCormick Place, photo by B. Cordell [?] |
1978 |
Box 11 |
– |
108: |
Alice Browning at IBWC |
[n.d.] |
Box 11 |
– |
109: |
Alice Browning at IBWC, photo by Ruby Dee [?] |
[n.d.] |
Box 11 |
– |
110: |
IBWC |
[n.d.] |
Box 11 |
– |
111: |
IBWC |
[n.d.] |
Box 11 |
– |
112: |
IBWC |
[n.d.] |
Box 11 |
– |
113: |
Glennette Turner and Mildred Johnson at IBWC |
[n.d.] |
Box 11 |
– |
114: |
IBWC |
[n.d.] |
Box 11 |
– |
115: |
unidentified funeral |
[n.d.] |
Box 11 |
– |
116: |
unidentified funeral |
[n.d.] |
Box 11 |
– |
117: |
unidentified funeral |
[n.d.] |
Box 11 |
– |
118: |
negatives from unidentified funeral |
[n.d.] |
Box 11 |
– |
119: |
negatives from unidentified funeral |
[n.d.] |
Box 11 |
– |
120: |
unidentified funeral |
[n.d.] |
Box 11 |
– |
121: |
negative from unidentified funeral |
[n.d.] |
Box 11 |
– |
122: |
negative from unidentified funeral |
[n.d.] |
Box 11 |
– |
123: |
Colostine Boatwright |
[n.d.] |
Box 11 |
– |
124: |
Colostine Boatwright |
[n.d.] |
Box 11 |
– |
125: |
Colostine Boatwright |
[n.d.] |
Box 11 |
– |
126: |
Colostine Boatwright |
[n.d.] |
Box 11 |
– |
127: |
Colostine Boatwright |
[n.d.] |
Box 11 |
– |
128: |
Colostine Boatwright |
[n.d.] |
Box 11 |
– |
129: |
Harsh Collection Exhibit: Chicago's Black Writers and Publishers |
|
Box 11 |
– |
130: |
Harsh Collection Exhibit: Chicago's Black Writers and Publishers |
|
Box 11 |
– |
131: |
Harsh Collection Exhibit: Chicago's Black Writers and Publishers |
|
Box 11 |
– |
132: |
Harsh Collection Exhibit: Chicago's Black Writers and Publishers |
|
Box 11 |
– |
133: |
Harsh Collection Exhibit: Chicago's Black Writers and Publishers |
|
Box 11 |
– |
134: |
Michael Flug at desk of Harsh Collection |
|
Box 11 |
– |
135: |
Harsh Collection Exhibit: Chicago's Black Writers and Publishers |
|
Box 12 |
– |
|
VHS tape, Tribute to Alice Browning IBWC 1986 |
1986 |
Box 12 |
– |
|
VHS tape, IBWC 15th anniversary, July 1, 1985 |
1985 |
Box 12 |
– |
Folder 1: |
The Browning Letter |
1953 |
Box 12 |
– |
Folder 2: |
The Browning Letter |
1954 |
Box 12 |
– |
Folder 3: |
The Browning Letter |
1955 |
Box 12 |
– |
Folder 4: |
Zip |
1963 |
Box 12 |
– |
Folder 5: |
Zip |
1964 |
Box 12 |
– |
Folder 6: |
Browning Letter fragments |
n.d. |
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