Float Like a Butterfly, 1999-2002
Scope and Contents
Subseries 1.6, Float Like a Butterfly, 1999-2002, includes manuscripts, handwritten drafts with edits, a galley, and correspondence with Shange’s agents concerning the publication of the book. Float Like a Butterfly, published in 2002 by Hyperion Books is a biographical picture book about the life of Muhammad Ali. It was written by Shange and illustrated by Edel Rodriguez.
Dates
- Creation: 1999-2002
Creator
- From the Collection: Shange, Ntozake (Person)
Access
One journal from Series 03, Journals, Agendas, and Notes, is restricted until 2050 at the request of the Ntozake Shange Trust due to sensitive material. This collection has no other access restrictions.
Extent
From the Collection: 68.8 Linear Feet (74 document boxes, 1 half document box, 16 cartons, 7 clamshell box, 3 oversized folders, 7 oversized box, 1 binder, 1 box of digital media including CD-Rs, DVD-Rs, DVD-RWs, 3.5 inch floppy disks, and a MiniDV tape)
From the Collection: 17.1 Gigabytes (1 pdf, 43 m4a music files, and 776 jpg files)
Language
From the Collection: English
From the Collection: Spanish; Castilian
Repository Details
Part of the Barnard Archives and Special Collections Repository