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Awards, 1987-2022, undated

 Series
Identifier: Series 8

Scope and Contents

Series 8, Awards, 1987-2022, includes awards and honors received by Shange as well as related materials. Awards include the Barnard Medal of Honor and Woman of Achievement Award, an honorary degree from Oberlin College, a certificate of Special Congressional Recognition, and several city and state proclamations and citations in honor of Shange’s work.

Dates

  • Creation: 1987-2022, undated

Creator

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

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