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2. Free Southern Theater records, 1963-1978
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Free Southern Theater (Author)
- Format:
- Unpublished Material
- Publication Date:
- 1980
- Published:
- New Orleans, LA
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Journal Title Details:
- 65.2 Linear Feet
- Notes:
- "Materials reflect the creative output of the FST, and include play scripts, collected ephemera, and photographs of the troupe’s performances. Also included are collected publications from other organizations pertaining to the Black Arts Movement and the Black Theater Movement." (Amistad Research Center) Series 1: Administrative Series, 1964-1978; Sub-series 5: Congresses, Conferences, and Conventions Subseries, 1964-1978 includes Box 22, Folder 12: Caribbean Unity Conference, 1973
3. Gwendolyn Midlo Hall papers, 1943-2001
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Hall,Gwendolyn Midlo (Author)
- Format:
- Unpublished Material
- Publication Date:
- 1972
- Published:
- New Orleans, LA
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Journal Title Details:
- 5.4 Linear Feet
- Notes:
- "The papers of historian Gwendolyn Midlo Hall are comprised of correspondence; professional working papers, including applications, reports, resumes, and grants; professional writings, including book and chapter drafts, essays, and lectures; and research materials including articles, news clippings, interviews, notes, vital records, and publications in English, French and Spanish. The collection includes reproductions of research materials and research notes dating from 1705-1820 and 1929-1970s, while all other material spans the years 1943-2001. ...Dr. Gwendolyn Midlo Hall is a historian whose work has largely focused on the historical connections between Louisiana, the Caribbean, and Latin America. She has taught at the University of New Orleans and Rutgers University, and been recognized by numerous professional awards. She is a prolific writer of articles and books, most of whose subjects deal with African-American and Afro-Creole Culture." (Amistad Research Center)
4. Harold Egbert Allan papers, 1923-1974
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Allan,Harold Egbert (Author) and Allan,Edris (Author)
- Format:
- Unpublished Material
- Publication Date:
- unknown
- Published:
- New Orleans, LA
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Journal Title Details:
- 0.8 Linear Feet
- Notes:
- "The papers of the noted Jamaican political leader, businessperson, and teacher Sir Harold Egbert Allan are comprised of items that document his political career and the family business, the Capitol Theatre. They include correspondence (letters, cards, and telegrams), biographical data and obituaries, speeches, clippings, photographs, programs, and scrapbooks. Letters, speeches and clippings related to Lady Edris Allan are also present. ... The collection complements the Center's holdings of American Missionary Association (AMA) documents that cover a forty-year period of the Association's educational work with freed Jamaican slaves in the nineteenth century. In addition, the papers of Dr. Kenneth B. Crooks, a native Jamaican educator and scientist, complement the Allan papers. The three collections have great potential for the study of Jamaican affairs." (Amistad Research Center)
5. J. Susannah Norton papers
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Norton,J. Susannah (Author)
- Format:
- Unpublished Material
- Publication Date:
- 2002
- Published:
- New Orleans, LA
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Journal Title Details:
- 15.0 Boxes
- Notes:
- "The collection is rich with documentation on languages, folklore, and music from the Caribbean and West Africa. Research materials regarding African American dialects and language are also extensively covered in the collection. Slides from her trips to Ghana and the Caribbean (West Indies) can be found in box 6. Course materials and research notes are found throughout the collection. Audiocassettes and reels containing over 92 hours of dialect, folklore and folk song recordings from Africa and the Caribbean are located in box 2 and 7. Lastly, an extensive book collection is included in the donation." (Amistad Research Center)
6. James Egert Allen papers, 1917-1976
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Allen,James Egert (Author)
- Format:
- Unpublished Material
- Publication Date:
- 2009?
- Published:
- New Orleans, LA
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Journal Title Details:
- 18.3 Linear Feet
- Notes:
- "The bulk of the papers are organizational materials relating to Allen's involvement in the YMCA, the NAACP, and as a District School Community Coordinator for the Board of Education for New York. The main strength of the collection is the celebration of African American cultural identity through the education of both children and adults alike." (Amistad Rsearch Center) Series 2: Recreational Materials, 1923-1973 includes Box 15, Folder 6 includes Travel: Caribbean and Mexico [Brochures, correspondence, travel guides, receipts]; Series 3: Writings by James Egert Allen, 1925-1965 includes Box 17, Folder 17: Black History, Past and Present: Blacks and the Caribbean; Tappian Brother; and Series 5: Collected Publications, Printed Ephemera and Clippings, 1925-1973 includes Box 33, Folder 25: Periodicals: Caribbean League of America, 1957
7. John Mercer Langston: personal papers
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Langston,John Mercer (Author)
- Format:
- Unpublished Material
- Publication Date:
- 1958
- Published:
- Nashville, TN:: Fisk University
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Journal Title Details:
- 1 microfilm reel
- Notes:
- Correspondence, speeches, drafts of writings, receipts, estate papers, banking papers, handbills, passports, minutes, a scrapbook, and newspaper clippings. Concerns slavery in the United States, the abolition movement, Reconstruction, American relations with Haiti and the Dominican Republic, Howard University, the War Department, and the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands. Filmed from originals at Fisk University, Erastus Milo Gravath Library