Box 88

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Includes magazines

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...

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Correspondence and schedules about various speaking engagements and appearances; program for Liliane: Resurrection of the Daughter, Rites & Reason Theatre production

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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1996 Ensemble Theatre gala program, i had five nose rings poem, Jar on the Floor program, word:life program, Cocaine Anonymous convention program, Atlantic South Regional convention reservation sheet, fax with order of performers for 1997 event, raw98 program

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African American Theatre: The Next Stage conference program; reviews of If I Can Cook, You Know God Can; description of position papers on Black Theatre for National Black Theatre Summit, including response position paper by Shange titled "Porque Tu No M'entiendes? Whatcha Mean You Can't Understand Me?"; photocopy of handwritten draft of "beneath the necessity of talkin'" labeled Original; notes for panel at the Black Theatre Summit

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Press kits about Ntozake, clippings, program for The Love Space Demands (Renaissance Performing Arts Center production), program for Hydraulics Phat Like Mean & More...: A Work-in-progress (Dartmouth student production), flyers

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...

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...

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Poem dedicated to Shange by Jamie Lopez