Box 12
Container
Contains 13 Results:
City Proclamations, undated
File — Box: 12, Folder: 8
Identifier: Series 8
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
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:
undated
Letter from Jennie Dunham from Russell & Volkening, Inc. (literary agents) about artwork for Float Like a Butterfly, 2000
File — Box: 12, Folder: 10
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:
2000
One leather bound notebook containing daily entries, 2001 - 2005
File — Box: 12, Folder: 11
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:
2001 - 2005
Programs from Henry Street Settlement Abrons Arts Center Jamboree and Newark Symphony Hall Celebrate Amiri performance, 2015
File — Box: 12, Folder: 8
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:
2015
Letters; holiday and greeting cards to Eloise (mother) and Bisa to Ntozake, 1981 - 2006
File — Box: 12, Folder: 1
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:
1981 - 2006
Letters to Eloise and Bisa from Ntozake, 1981 - 2006
File — Box: 12, Folder: 2
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:
1981 - 2006
Letters from Eloise and Bisa to Ntozake, 1977 - 1977
File — Box: 12, Folder: 3
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:
1977 - 1977
Notes and drawings from Savannah (daughter) to her grandparents, undated
File — Box: 12, Folder: 4
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:
undated
Postcards; invitations; birthday, holiday and greeting cards; letters, 1991 - 2012
File — Box: 12, Folder: 5
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:
1991 - 2012
Greeting and birthday cards; letters; postcards, 1996 - 1996
File — Box: 12, Folder: 6
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:
1996 - 1996
Notes and letters to Shange, 1994 - 1994
File — Box: 12, Folder: 7
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 - 1994
Letter from Ashley Smiley, 2015 - 2015
File — Box: 12, 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:
2015 - 2015
Get-well and birthday cards; letters to Shange, 2005 - 2009
File — Box: 12, Folder: 9
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:
2005 - 2009