Package from Halifu Osumare including "Early Zake Memories" essay and clippings related to Osumare's performances, circa 1996
Scope and Contents
Subseries 2.2, Personal, 1972-2018, undated, contains personal correspondence between Shange and friends and family, including letters, greeting cards, event invitations, and photographs. Some correspondence with family members and friends relating to creative collaboration and other business has been placed in Subseries 2.1, Business (and Shange frequently collaborated with friends and family in her professional and creative life). Correspondents include Shange’s parents, siblings, daughter, and aunts, as well as friends and collaborators.
Dates
- Creation: circa 1996
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