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Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Subseries 1.10, If I Can Cook/You Know God Can, 1994-1997, undated, includes handwritten and typewritten manuscripts of chapters and recipes.If I Can Cook/You Know God Can, written by Shange and first published by Beacon Press in 1998, is a culinary memoir and recipe book of traditional Black cuisine connecting significant moments in Black history throughout the diaspora with traditional dishes created or reemerging at the...

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...

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Subseries 1.14, Lulu en la Habana, 1995-2001, undated, includes drafts and notes on the play. Lulu en la Habana is a play written by Shange, based on the “Lulu” plays by Frank Wedekind.

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Subseries 1.18, Some Sing, Some Cry, 1977-2010, undated, includes extensive drafts, edits, rewrites, proofs, and correspondence. Published in 2010 and written by Shange and her sister, Ifa Bayeza, Some Sing, Some Cry is an epic novel telling the story of seven generations of a family of Black women in the U.S. Some Sing, Some Cry was originally titled How I Come By...

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Subseries 1.19, Sparkle, 1999-2001, includes scripts with notes and other production materials. Sparkle is a musical with book written by Shange, adapted from the 1976 film by Joel Schumacher by Shange and Walter Dallas, with songs by Curtis Mayfield. Sparkle was performed in 2001 at the Freedom Repertory Theatre in Philadelphia.

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,...

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,...

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,...

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,...

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,...

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,...

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,...

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,...

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,...

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,...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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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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.