Box 98

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1979 typewritten manuscript of A Photograph: Lovers in Motion with handwritten epigraph page and handwritten, photocopied edits and additions to script; program for "The Mighty Gents" 1979 New York Shakespeare Festival production, directed by Shange.

Scope and Contents From the Series: Series 6, Photographs, 1952-2018, undated, includes primarily candid photographs of family and friends; rehearsals and performances; vacations; and limited headshots and portraits of Shange and her family members. Family gatherings pictured include weddings, birthday parties, holiday celebrations, and reunions. Formats include color and black and white prints, negatives, and multi-photograph frames. Photographs are largely unlabeled; where labels are available they have been summarized in...

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Hector, Fania; Gloria Estefan, Greatest Hits; Marc Anthony, Libre; Yolanda Adams, Christmas With; Eurythmics, Sweet Dreams are made of this; Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Best of

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DJ Donald O. Moore, Summer Hits 2016; Trinidad Rio & Brigo, Raw Kaiso 2; Tito Puente, Beny More, y Tito Rodriguez, Vol. 1; David Murray 4tet & Strings, Waltz Again

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Subseries 1.25, Other and multiple works, 1996-2018, undated, includes materials related to other works by Shange (for which there were not enough items to constitute a subseries). This subseries also contains groupings of materials in which multiple works were originally arranged together (for example, photocopies of multiple excerpts or poems grouped and edited for performance or anthologies). Types of materials include photocopies of published works (some with notes), typewritten and...

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Recording of Shange live at the Blue Note 2017 Recording of Shange at Art Sanctuary 2013 Poetry Queen Ntozake Shange and Her World

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Subseries 1.13, lost in language & sound: or how i found my way to the arts, 2005-2013, undated, includes various versions and drafts with edits, copyedits, and revisions. lost in language & sound: or how i found my way to the arts, originally published in 2011 by St. Martin's Press, is a collection of original and collected personal essays that discuss writing, dancing, the arts, and Shange’s creative...

Scope and Contents From the Series: Series 3, Journals, Agendas, and Notes, 1972-2018, undated, includes notebooks, journals, agendas, notepads, lists, scratch paper, photocopies, and other notes related to Shange’s personal, professional, and creative life. The materials in this series contain personal diary entries and musings, some of which make mention of family and friends; journal entries about dreams; notes and materials related to personal health and recovery from substance abuse and strokes; notes, research materials,...

Scope and Contents From the Series: Series 4, Press, Programs, and Ephemera, 1970-2019, undated, includes newspapers and magazine clippings with coverage and reviews of Shange’s and others’ works; playbills and programs; flyers and posters; press materials for works of Shange’s and works of others that she attended; recordings of television and radio media appearances; and ephemera such as travel itineraries, theater tickets, and book jackets. This series documents both Shange’s own creative output and frequent speaking...