Box 80
Container
Contains 22 Results:
Annotated draft of Betsey Brown musical adaptation (act II only) and notes from Shange, 1989
File — Box: 80, Folder: 19
Identifier: Subseries 1.2
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Subseries 1.2, Betsey Brown, 1983-1995, undated, includes copies of the published novel, multiple drafts, and scripts for the musical adaptation, including sheet music and notes. Betsey Brown, originally published as a novel in 1985 by St. Martin’s Press, presents the story of a young Black girl’s grappling with adolescence amidst racial integration of public schools in 1959 St. Louis, Missouri. The novel is drawn from...
Dates:
1989
Jackie White Queen with those Alien Eyes zine/artist book by Leanne Grabel, 1994
File — Box: 80, Folder: 12
Identifier: Series 10
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Series 10, Collected Written Works, Music, and Visual Art, 1913-2018, undated, includes selections from Shange’s personal library from her home in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn (collected by Barnard archivists and Professor Kim Hall in 2014); as well as other texts, recorded music, and visual artwork collected by Shange. Many of the books and magazines from Shange’s library speak directly to her interests and influences and are annotated; published works by Shange are also included here,...
Dates:
1994
Revised draft of script for thirtysomething episode, 1988
File — Box: 80, Folder: 20
Identifier: Series 10
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Series 10, Collected Written Works, Music, and Visual Art, 1913-2018, undated, includes selections from Shange’s personal library from her home in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn (collected by Barnard archivists and Professor Kim Hall in 2014); as well as other texts, recorded music, and visual artwork collected by Shange. Many of the books and magazines from Shange’s library speak directly to her interests and influences and are annotated; published works by Shange are also included here,...
Dates:
1988
RAM MEGA TV Show Proposal, 1994
File — Box: 80, Folder: 2
Identifier: Subseries 2.1
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Subseries 2.1, Business, 1984-2018, undated, contains professional correspondence between Shange and editors, agents, producers, as well as publicity materials, travel documents and itineraries, invitations, fundraising asks, membership materials, performance notes, recommendation letters, requests for Shange’s critique or blurbs for other works, royalty statements and payments, and contracts received or sent by Shange. Much of the correspondence relates to works by Shange and in some cases...
Dates:
1994
Professional correspondence, in folder labeled To Do 1995, 1995
File — Box: 80, Folder: 3
Identifier: Subseries 2.1
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Subseries 2.1, Business, 1984-2018, undated, contains professional correspondence between Shange and editors, agents, producers, as well as publicity materials, travel documents and itineraries, invitations, fundraising asks, membership materials, performance notes, recommendation letters, requests for Shange’s critique or blurbs for other works, royalty statements and payments, and contracts received or sent by Shange. Much of the correspondence relates to works by Shange and in some cases...
Dates:
1995
Professional correspondence, including discussion of choreographers, Dance We Do advance, and teaching, 1995 - 2013
File — Box: 80, Folder: 17
Identifier: Subseries 2.1
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Subseries 2.1, Business, 1984-2018, undated, contains professional correspondence between Shange and editors, agents, producers, as well as publicity materials, travel documents and itineraries, invitations, fundraising asks, membership materials, performance notes, recommendation letters, requests for Shange’s critique or blurbs for other works, royalty statements and payments, and contracts received or sent by Shange. Much of the correspondence relates to works by Shange and in some cases...
Dates:
1995 - 2013
Northwestern Memorial Hospital Chemical Dependence evening program materials, 1994
File — Box: 80, Folder: 8
Identifier: Subseries 2.2
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
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,...
Dates:
1994
Personal Correspondence, 2015
File — Box: 80, Folder: 14
Identifier: Subseries 2.2
Scope and Contents
Undated correspondence with Allyson Johnson, 2015 correspondence with Halifu Osumare
Dates:
2015
To-do notes, undated
File — Box: 80, Folder: 6
Identifier: Series 3
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,...
Dates:
undated
Psalm IV chapbook/artist book, 1998
File — Box: 80, Folder: 10
Identifier: Series 3
Scope and Contents
Handmade notebook with handwritten version of Psalm IV by Shange; signed, possibly published by Green House (stamp at front)
Dates:
1998
Story Line Press Benefit 1995 Invitations, 1995
File — Box: 80, Folder: 4
Identifier: Series 4
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...
Dates:
1995
A Photograph: Lovers in Motion program, Seth Rozin-directed production at Tulane Theatre, 1990
File — Box: 80, Folder: 21
Identifier: Series 4
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...
Dates:
1990
May 31, 1998 New York Times newspaper with review of Shange's work, 1998
File — Box: 80, Folder: 22
Identifier: Series 4
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...
Dates:
1998
University of Florida Department of Theatre and Dance handbook, manual, and meeting agenda, 2002
File — Box: 80, Folder: 1
Identifier: Series 5
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Series 5, Teaching Documents, 1997-2004, undated, includes materials from Shange’s work as a professor and instructor at institutions including Prairie View A&M University; Brown University; University of Florida; Dartmouth College; and DePaul University. Materials include syllabi written by Shange and others; professional biographies and curriculum vitae; teaching-related correspondence; administrative materials, such as departmental handbooks, faculty directories, memos, and meeting...
Dates:
2002
Handwritten CV and Spring 1998 Teaching Workload, 1998
File — Box: 80, Folder: 7
Identifier: Series 5
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Series 5, Teaching Documents, 1997-2004, undated, includes materials from Shange’s work as a professor and instructor at institutions including Prairie View A&M University; Brown University; University of Florida; Dartmouth College; and DePaul University. Materials include syllabi written by Shange and others; professional biographies and curriculum vitae; teaching-related correspondence; administrative materials, such as departmental handbooks, faculty directories, memos, and meeting...
Dates:
1998
Family photographs and copies, undated
File — Box: 80, Folder: 15
Identifier: Series 6
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...
Dates:
undated
Shange excerpts for Sugar in the Raw: Voices of Young Black Girls in America, 1993
File — Box: 80, Folder: 9
Identifier: Subseries 1.25
Scope and Contents
Photocopied excerpts from various Shange works for Sugar in the Raw
Dates:
1993
DVD: Ntozake Shange Performance at Funeral of Lester Bowie, 1999
File — Box: 80, Folder: 11
Identifier: Subseries 1.25
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...
Dates:
1999
Photocopied copy of It Hasn't Always Been This Way/Hyacinthe/[illegible] with possible production notes, 1997
File — Box: 80, Folder: 16
Identifier: Subseries 1.25
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...
Dates:
1997
St. Martin's Press Book Cover Design for a Daughter's Geography, circa 1991
File — Box: 80, Folder: 18
Identifier: Subseries 1.25
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...
Dates:
circa 1991
Family photographs, undated
File — Box: 80, Folder: 5
Identifier: Series 6
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...
Dates:
undated
Family photographs, negatives, circa 1990s
File — Box: 80, Folder: 13
Identifier: Series 6
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...
Dates:
circa 1990s