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Cortijo y su combo- "El almo de un pueblo,' 1-800 NEW FUNK

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...

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Playbills from Crossroads Theatre Company including for The Love Space Demands: a Continuing Saga and Betsey Brown; clippings collected by Shange's aunt; American Poetry Review vol. 4, no. 3 (1975); Invisible City no. 2 (1970); On Living by Pearl Buck

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...

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...

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Festival included Resurrection of the Daughter: Liliane by Ntozake shange, directed by Ozzie Jones

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Note from Bisa Williams to hospital about physical therapy for Ntozake Shange

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1997 Kinkos fax cover sheet, excerpt of article with faded text, FedEx envelope with note from Shange to Savannah, invitation to 1997 Seniors of Color Dinner from Barnard, CMLA correspondence for proposed workshop, photograph of band, 1996 cover of Sassafrass, Cypress, and Indigo, photograph of child looking at camera

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,...