<emph render="italic">Coercion Review</emph>

Clarence Major Archives Clarence Major Archives Karla Davis University of Minnesota Libraries September, 2004

University of Minnesota Libraries Minneapolis, MN 55455

EAD encoding by Karla Davis, Leslie Czechowski, and Will Wright September-October, 2004 English University of Minnesota Libraries. Givens Collection of African-American Literature, Special Collections and Rare Books [scrbg] Major, Clarence Clarence Major Archives 1968-2001 108 boxes Contains manuscripts of author Clarence Major and correspondence to and from him. S1 English Administrative Information Use of Materials

Permission to examine this collection will be granted to any qualified researcher upon completion of an application form. The original documents do not circulate and may only be used in the Reading Room.

Photo reproduction of any materials in which Clarence Major holds copyright shall be performed only with the written permission of Mr. Major. For items that Mr. Major does not own the copyright, written permission must be gained from the copyright holder before photoreproductions are made.

Acquisition

Purchased for the collection in three installments, 1999-2001.

Processing Information

The collection was processed by Kathryn Neal and Rachel Mordecai. The finding aid was created by Karla Davis in 2004.

Preferred Citation

Records from the Clarence Major Archives, Givens Collection of African American Literature, University of Minnesota Libraries, Minneapolis.

Arrangement

This collection is organized into three sections:

Correspondence Books Other Writings Scope and Content

Clarence Major, born in Atlanta, Georgia, was raised in Chicago where he briefly attended the Chicago Art Institute. He began writing before joining the U.S. Air Force in 1955, during which he continued to write poems and short stories. From 1958 to 1961 he edited <emph render="italic">Coercion Review</emph>, which put him in touch with such writers as William Carlose Williams, Robert Creeley, and Allen Ginsberg, and allowed him to continue to develop his craft. In 1966 Major moved to New York City, where he became further immersed in the black literary culture. He has held professorships at the City University of New York, Sarah Lawrence College, Queens College, Howard University, the University of Washington at Seattle, and the University of Colorado at Boulder. A painter and novelist as well as poet, Major currently teaches at the University of California, Davis, as a professor of English.

Index Terms

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the University of Minnesota Libraries. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.

Major, Clarence Detailed Contents of Collection Correspondence 1 Miscellaneous A 1 Abbott, Susan 1 Academy of American Poets 1 Acheson, Alice 1 Addresses (re review copies, etc) 1 Albany State College, 1983-84 1 Albert, Mimi 1 Allen, Bruce 1 Alteri, Charles

seminar at Univ. of Washington, 6-8 Feb, 1987

1 Alters, Kathe 1 American Book Review 1 American International College 1 Amerika, Mark 1 Ammann, Patricia 1 Anderson, Colleen 1 Anglesey, Zoe 1 Arias-Misson, Alain 1 Aridjis, Homero 2 Associated Writing Programs 2 A.S.U.N.M.- GSA Poetry Series / Gail Carbee 2 Aurora College 2 Authors Guild, Inc. 2 Awoonor, Kofi 2 MISC. B 2 BABRA Awards 2 Bailey, J. Edward III (photographer) 2 Baker, Will 2 Baldwin, James 2 Bamberger Books / Bill Bamberger 2 Bandry, Anne 2 Banks, Russell 2 Bantam Lecture Bureau 2 Baraka, Amiri 2 Bardolph, Jacqueline 2 Barr, Tina 3 Barrett, Barbara DeMarco 3 Bartkowech, Ray 3 Barzan, Manuela 3 Battle, Sol 3 Baumbach, Jon 3 Baumgarten, Susan 3 Bay Bridge Books (reading) 25 March 1990 3 Bell, Madison 3 Bell, Marvin 3 Bell, Mike 3 Belton, Don 3 Berge, Carol 3 Berger, Art 3 Berkley, Constance (Connie) 3 Berwick, Leslie 3 Best, Zoe 3 Bibbs, Hart Leroy 3 Blackside (film and TV productions) 3 Boelhower, William (Bill) 3 Boston University 3 Bourdette-Donon, Marcel 3 Breman, Paul 3 Brewer, Terry Swanson 3 Britton, Burt / Strand Book Store 3 Bromberg, Gloria 3 Brooklyn College 4 Brooks, Gwendolyn 4 Brown, Martin (Marty) 4 Bruchac, Joseph (Joe) 4 Bulgheroni, Marisa 4 Bunge, Nancy 4 Bus, Heiner 4 MISC. C 4 Caedmon Records / Carolyn Ferris 4 California Polytechnic State University 4 Cannon, Steve 4 "Carolyn" (UC Boulder) 4 Caroselli, Lynne (typist) 4 Carroll, Charles (Charlie) 4 Cartier, Xam Wilson 4 Castedo, Elena 4 Catonsville Community College / Michael Scott Cain 4 Cazenovia College 4 Center for Urban Education, NY (workshop, 1968) 4 Chapman, Abraham (Abe) 4 Charyn, Jerome 4 Chedid, Andree 4 Chelton, Mary K. 4 Chen, Sabina 4 Chenetier, Marc 4 Cheuse, Alan 5 Clark, Tena 5 Clayton Institute for the Arts and Humanitites (Summer 1986) 5 Clemmons, Carole Gregory 5 Cliff, Michelle 5 Climats (art exhibit) 5 Colorado State Univeristy 5 Columbia University 5 Columbia University, Translation Center 5 Combs, Bruce 5 Connecticut, State of 5 Cooper, Jane 5 Coordinating Council of Literary Magazines (CCLM) 5 Coover, Robert (Bob) 5 Cornish, Sam 5 Cortez Cruz, Ricardo 5 Cosmep, Inc. 5 Couturier, Maurice and Yvonne 5 Crist, Robert (Greece) 5 Crone, Moira 5 Cultural Council Foundation / CAPS or Creative Artist Public Service 5 Cupeksi, Vladimir 5 MISC. D 5 D'Amico, Maria Vittoria 5 Dance Theater Workshop (reading, 20 October 1987) 5 Danticat, Edwidge 5 Danto, Elizabeth (Lizzie) 5 Davis, Ossie & Ruby Dee 5 Davis, Robert Murray 6 Derricotte, Toi 6 DeVoti, Bill 6 Dictionary of Literary Biography Supplement - entry on C. M. 6 Dictionary Society of North America, and Society for the Study of Dictionaries and Lexicography 6 Dietze, Rudolph 6 Dillon, Millicent 6 Distler, Bette 6 Doctorow, E. L. 6 Dodson, Owen 6 Dorfman, Elsa (Ellie) (photographer) 6 Duesing, Laurie 6 Durczak, Jurek (Jerzy) 6 MISC. E. 6 Early, Gerald 6 Edelberg, Cynthia 6 Elliott, William (Bill) 6 Ellis, Thomas Sayers 6 Ellison, Ralph 6 Enoch Pratt Free Library / Judy Cooper 6 Everett, Percival 6 MISC. F 6 Fabre, Michel and Genevieve 7 Fair, Ronald (Ron) 7 Falk, Marcia 7 Family 7 Beal, Sallie Mae (aunt) 7 Huff, Willie Lue and Son (aunt & uncle) 7 Major, Aaron, Clarence, Angela (children) 7 Major, Pamela (wife) 7 Major, Sheila (ex-wife) 7 Ming, Inez (mother) 7 Ritters (in-laws) 7 Skeeter, Sharon (ex-wife) 7 Federman, Raymond 7 Feinstein, Sascha 7 Feld, Ross 7 Ferguson Library, The / Kathy Paxton 7 Field, Edward 7 Fleming, Robert (Bob) 7 Folger Shakespeare Library 7 Ford Foundation 7 Fox, Siv Cedering 8 France, 1981-82 8 Correspondence 8 Fulbright Program 8 Travel Grant 8 University of Nice 8 Univ. of Nice exchange 8 Visa 8 MISC. G 8 Gaess, Roger 8 Garber, Eugene (Gene) 8 Gayle, Addison 8 Giles, James 8 Gingran (?), Kate and Lynn 8 Giovanni, Nikki 8 Giscombe, C. S. 8 Glave, Thomas 8 Goldsen, Bernette 9 Govan, Donald / Nancy Moore 9 Gover, Robert (Bob) 9 Great Basin Book Festival (Reno, NV - Sept. 1999) 9 Green, Kim and Bruce 9 Greer, Robert 9 Gross, Ronald 9 Gruntz, George 9 Guggenheim, Mary Alice 9 Gunderson, Mary Alice 9 MISC. H 9 Hagerman, Willie 9 Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center / Ed Cardoni 9 Halman, Talat 9 Halpern, David 9 Hamilton, Roxanne 9 Hammer, Adam 9 Hampton Day School, The 9 Hanson, Mardi 9 Harper, Michael 9 Harris, Helen Joyce 9 Harris, William J. (Billy Joe) 9 Hauser, Marianne 9 Hawkins, Odie 10 Henderson, David 10 Hernton, Calvin 10 High Plains Literary Review 10 Himes, Chester 10 Hogan, Linda 10 Hom, Sharon (also Sharon Chan) 10 Glenn Horowitz, Bookseller 10 Howard University - business 10 Howe, Fanny 10 Howe, Florence 10 Howe, Kaye 10 Hutchinson, Earl Ofari 10 MISC. I 10 Illinois Arts Council 10 Institute for the Arts and the Humanities, Howard University 10 Institute for the Preservation and Study of African American Writing 10 International Poetry Forum 10 Intersection for the Arts (May 4, 1994) 10 MISC. J 10 Jaramillo, Canela 11 Job Search, 1974-75 11 Job Search, 1992-93 11 Jobs - inquiries and responses (misc.) 11 Johnson, Abby 11 Johnson, Charles 11 Johnson, Dan 11 Johnson, Gwendolyn 11 Johnson, Judith 11 Jones, Gayl 11 Jong, Erica 11 Jordan, June 11 MISC. journals (2 folders) Journals 12 African American Review 12 The Agni Review / Askold Meinyczuk 12 Alcatraz / Stephen Kessler 12 American Dialog / Lewis Moroze 12 American Poetry Review 12 The American Review / Ted Solotaroff 12 Aspen Anthology 12 Bachy / Bob Mehlman 12 Big Deal / Barbara Barracks 12 Black American Literature Forum 12 The Black Scholar / Robert Chrisman 12 Black World 12 Callaloo 12 Chelsea / Sonia Raiziss 12 Chicago Review 12 Contact II 12 El Corno Emplumado 12 Croton Review / Ruth Lisa Schechter 12 Die Horen 12 Dodeca 12 Dues, aka Bandung-It 13 Essence 13 Eureka Review 13 Exquisite Corpse / Andrei Codrescu 13 Fence 13 Fiction / Ted Mooney 13 Fiction International 13 Fiction Network 13 The Free Lance 13 Impact 13 The John O'Hara Journal 13 Journal of Black Poetry / Joe Goncalves 13 The Kenyon Review 13 Muleteeth

see also Thomas Sayers Ellis, Nathaniel Mackey

13 Negative Capability 13 New Lazarus Review 13 New Letters 13 New Myths / Bob Mooney 13 New York Post Book Reviews 13 New York Quarterly 13 New York Times Book Review 13 Poetry Review / Eric Mottram 13 Par Rapport / Doug Bolling 13 Pais Review / Michael Benedikt 13 Partisan Review / William Phillips 13 Ploughshares 13 Oyez 13 Profile 13 Quadrant 13 River City 13 San Jose Mercury News 13 Thoth 13 Trace / James Boyer May 13 Unmuzzled Ox 13 Urbanus 13 What's Happening? 13 Witness 14 Works 14 Zyzzyva 14 Jovanovski, Meto 14 Juhasz, Joe 14 July, William 14 MISC. K 14 Kafka, Paul 14 Kamvisseli, Euridice ("E") 14 Kansas State University, 29 March 1978 14 Katz, Steve 14 Kaul, Mythili 14 Kenny, Maurice 14 Kessler, Milton 14 King, Woodie 14 Klawans, Stuart 14 Klinkowitz, Jerome (Jerry) 14 Kolyszko, Anna 14 Komunyakaa, Yusef 15 Kramer, Aaron 15 KRON-TV/ Lailee Van Dillen 15 Kuhner, Herbert (Harry) 15 Kutnik, Kerzy (Poland trip) 15 MISC. L 15 Lacotte, Muriel 15 Lane, Pinkie Gordon 15 Larkin, Joan 15 Lasky, Cynthia 15 Laurent, Camille 15 Lee, Robert A. (Bob) 15 Lerman, Rhoda 15 Leyner, Mark 15 Lilly, Robert 15 Lincoln University 16 MISC. literary agents (queries & responses) Lit. Agents 16 Bergholz, Susan 16 Cohen, Ruth 16 Hobbs, Ronald 16 Lapautre, Michelle 16 Moorepark, Howard 16 William Morris Agency (Marcia Higgins, Owen Laster) 16 Neighbors, Charles 16 Loft, The 16 Loft-McKnight Awards, 1992-93 16 Lorde, Audre 16 Loverro, Gillian 16 Low, Jackson Mac 17 Lowenfels, Walter 17 Jowery, Jan 17 Lucas, James S., Jr. 17 MISC. M 17 Macebuh, Sandy 17 Mackey, Nathaniel (Nate) 17 Madden, David 17 Madison, Winifred C. M. 17 Collecting Quotations 17 Clippings, publicity, etc. 17 Humor 17 Income, 1970 17 Journal pages, Italy 17 Papers (archiving with a library) 17 Mann, William 17 Marist College / Evelyn Fisher 17 Marquis Who's Who 17 Martin, Richard 18 Martinelli, Sheri 18 Masiello, Thomas 18 Massachusetts Arts and Humanities Foundation 18 Massachusetts Institute of Technology 18 Mayes, Sharon 18 McCabe, Pat 18 McCaffery, Larry 18 McCorkle, Kate 18 McDonald, Caitlin Grace 18 McElroy, Colleen 18 McMillan, Terry 18 McPherson, Sandra (Sandy) 18 Menarini, Gianni 18 Meredith, William (Bill) 18 Ingram Merrill Foundation 18 Miami Book Fair 18 Miller, Adam David 18 Miller, E. Ethelbert 18 Miller, Walter James 18 Mills College, July 19-21, 1991 18 Miscellaneous correspondence 18 Mitchell, Loften 18 Monday, Brian 18 Monroe, Lisa 18 Moore, Honor 19 Moore, Lenard D. 19 Moramarco, Fred 19 Morrison, Toni 19 Movement Speakers Bureau 19 Mowry, Jess 19 Myers, Carol 19 MISC. N 19 Nathans, Rhoda (photographer) 19 National Book Awards, Nov. 1991

C.M., judge

19 National Book Awards, 1991

mostly clippings of book reviews

19 National Book Awards, 1999

C.M., finalist

19 National Conference of Afro-American Writers, Howard Univ. April 1976 20 National Endowment for the Arts (applications) 20 Navero, Bud 20 Neubauer, Alex 20 New York University 20 Newgarden, Albert 20 Nicholson, David 20 Nigerian letter scams and other strange mail 20 Nilon Award 20 Norris, Kathleen 20 North Carolina Writers' Network 20 MISC. O 20 Obayani, Kambon 20 O'Brien, John/Jack (Aurora College) 20 O'Brien, John (N. Illinois Univ.) 20 O'Halloran, Jamie 20 Ohio Arts Council, Nov. 6-7, 1988 20 Old Dominion University

literary festival, Oct. 2-4, 1988

20 Ollier, Jacqueline 20 Olsen, Lance 20 Orange County Community College 20 MISC. P 20 Paniker, K. Ayyappa 20 Papaleo, Joe 20 "Paris Stuff, 1998" 21 Paterson Free Public Library 21 Patterson, Raymond / Black Poets Reading 21 Pavlich, Walter 21 Pearson, Norman Holmes 21 P.E.N. 21 P.E.N./Faulkner Award for Fiction, 1998 21 P.E.N./Faulkner prize, 1988

Bell/ Prouix/Major correspondence

21 Pennsylvania State University 21 Perpelitt, Manna Lowenfels 21 Poetry Center, The 21 Poetry-in-the-Schools / Arts & Humanities Center, Richmond (VA) public schools 21 Poetry International, 1977

autographed poems

21 Poetry Miscellany, The 21 Poetry Project, The 21 MISC. publishers

(2 folders)

22 Publishers 22 A.M.S. Press 22 Beacon Press 22 Bruccoli, Clark, Layman, Inc. 22 Doubleday 22 Fiction Collective

(4 folders)

23 Gale Research Company 23 Graywolf Press 23 Greenwood Press (American Literary Magazines) 23 Grove Press 23 Harcourt Brace (earlier, Harcourt, Brace and World) 23 Harper Collins 23 Harper & Row 23 Houghton Mifflin 23 Liveright 23 Macmillan 23 New Dimensions in Education 23 New Earth Books / Michael Largo 23 WW Norton & Co. 23 Permanent Press / Robert Vas Dias 23 Persea Books 23 Picador USA 23 Pushcart Press 23 Random House 23 Roth Publishing 23 Simon and Schuster 23 St James Press 23 Swallow Press 23 University of Georgia Press 23 University of Illinois Press 23 University of Pittsburgh Press / Paul Zimmer 24 Wesleyan University Press 24 Poetry Resource Center of Michigan 24 Poetry Society of America 24 Poets & Writers / Galen Williams 24 Poets House

reading, June 29, 1997

24 Poland Trip (1985) 24 Polite, Helene / Polite, Allen 24 Porter, Connie 24 Portland State University / William A. Little 24 Printer's Ink, Palo Alto, March 30, 1990 24 Pritchard, Norman Henry 24 Projects in Innovative Fiction 24 Proulx, E. Annie 24 Pruden, Durward ("Doc") 24 Publishing information, incl. copyright 24 MISC. Q, R 24 Quaker US/USSR Committee 24 Queens College 25 Quist, Susan 25 Raby, Elizabeth 25 Randall, Margaret

also see Journals - El Corno Emplumado

25 Raphael, Lennox 25 Rasey, Dave 25 Ratner, Rochelle 25 Raymond, Linda 25 Readings at Schools, 1971-72 25 Reed College 25 Reed, Ishmael 25 Reed, Kit 25 Remeny, Ronald David (Ronny) 25 "Rest" (painting, 1991)

"All Creatures Great and Small", John Natsoulas Gallery, Aug. 8, 1992

25 Richardson, Riche 25 Riggin, Craig 25 Robertson, David 25 Rockcastle, Mary Francois 25 Rocky Mountain Writers Guild

seminar, Feb 1978

25 Roosevelt Public Library 25 Rotterdam Arts Council 25 Roy, Lucinda 25 RTSI / Matteo Bellinelli 25 Ryan, Barbara Ann 26 MISC. S 26 Sacramento City College

reading, 29 Oct 1999

26 Sacramento Public Library, Friends of 26 Saginaw Valley State College 26 Salt of the Earth Books 26 Samyn, Anne 26 San Francisco Bay Area book festival, 1998 (reading) 26 San Francisco State University 26 Sarah Lawrence College 26 Scharper, Alice 26 Schevill, James 26 Schlanger, Steve 26 Schools

corresp. re jobs, 1968-71 (readings, workshops, poet-in-rez, etc)

26 Seluzicki, Charles (bestseller) 26 Shamas, Laura 26 Shange, Ntozake 26 Shapiro, Harvey 26 Shapiro, Susan 26 Sharma, Prageeta 26 Shepherd, Reginald 27 Shepperd, Walt 27 Shockley, Ann Allen 27 Sigaud, Bernard 27 Silverman, Ken 27 Simic, Charles (Charlie) 27 Simons, Louise 27 Singer, Alan 27 Singer, Isaac Bashevis 27 Sister Circle Foundation (book award) 27 Smith, Allan 27 Smith, Carol Sturm 27 Snyder, Gary 27 Spieldberg, Peter 27 "Spirir Made Visible" (exhibit) 27 Squaw Valley 1991 27 Squaw Valley 1992 27 St. Johns, Primus 27 St. Moritz Hotel, New York 27 Steiner, Stan 27 Stephens, Michael 27 Stoelting, Winnie (also Wini) 27 Struga Poetry Evenings Council 27 Students - correspondence 28 Studies in Black American Fiction

Anthology - Holt-Blond Ltd. - Robert Lee

28 Sukenick, Lynn 28 Sukenick, Ron and Julia 28 SUNY Albany 28 SUNY Binghamton 28 SUNY Brockport 28 SUNY Buffalo

grad course 1976

28 SUNY Buffalo, Spring 1988 28 SUNY material, 1975 28 Syndicated Fiction Project / The Sound of Writing 28 Syracuse University 28 MISC. T 28 Tarrier, August 28 Teachers & Writers Collaborative 28 Temple University / Toby Olson 28 Torberg, Peter 28 Troupe, Quincy 28 MISC. U 28 Union Graduate School (UGS) UGS 28 letters from committee 29 letters to committee 29 official/personal letters 29 reports 29 Univ. of California, Berkeley 29 Univ. of California, Davis 29 UC Davis Chancellor's Club - Fireside Chat, 21 Feb 1991 29 UC Davis - Davis Humanities Institute - Board of Governors 29 Univ. of Colorado at Boulder 29 UC Boulder, Sept 1989

Novel of the Americas Symposium

29 UC Boulder

slide show (grant, 1981)

29 University of Maryland

business

29 Univ. of the State of New York (Albany) 29 Univ. of Utah

AALCS 2000 Conference

30 Univ. of Washington, Seattle

business

30 USICA (United Stated International Communication Agency) 30 USIS

Algeria trip, 1985

30 MISC. V 30 Van Dyke, Henry 30 Van Vliet, Eddy 30 Vassar College 30 Vaz, Katherine 30 Vernon, Jack 30 Vindtorn, Kjell Erik 30 MISC. W 30 van de Waarsenburg, Hans & Riet 30 Wada, Jenny 30 Wagoner, Dave 30 Wakoski, Diane 30 Walker, Alice 30 Lila Wallace

Reader's Digest Fund

30 Wand, Dave 30 Ward, Jerry 30 Warren Wilson College, 12-14 July 1988 30 Wayne State University 30 Webb, Jon 31 Webster, Paula 31 Weingarten, Randee 31 Weinstein, Andrew 31 Weiss, Lenore 31 Weixlmann, Joe 31 Weixlmann, Joe

articles / biblios on C. M.

31 Weiburn, Ron 31 Western State College of Colorado

reading, 28 June 1978

31 Western States Book Awards

C. M. winner, fiction, 1986

31 Walt Whitman Center

reading, 20-21 April 1996

31 Whittemore, Reed 31 Wiceman, John Edgar 31 Wilcox, Pat 31 Williams, David

Center of Afro-American Culture, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee

31 Williams, John A. 32 Williams, John A.

Safari West (poems)

32 Williams College 32 Wilson, Patrice 32 Wilson, Paul 32 Wisniewski, Mark 32 Witter Bynner Foundation for Poetry 32 Worth, Douglas 32 Wright, Charles 32 Wright, Charlottee

typing service

32 Wright, Jay 32 Writer's Center, The 32 MISC. X, Y, Z 32 X, Marvin 32 Ya Salaam, Kalama 32 Young, Al 32 Ziegfeld, Richard 32 Zimmer, Paul 32 Zu-Bolton, Ahmos Books The New Black Poetry, 1969 1 General folders (including correspondence with poets) 2 Manuscript 2 Typescript with markings 2 Correspondence with International Publishers All-Night Visitors, 1969 3 notes 3 correspondence with Olympia Press 3 early draft 3 MS with corrections 3 Muriel Lacotte's essay on ANV 4 draft (3 folders), 1969 4 1998 re-issue: correspondence with prospective publishers 4 1998 re-issue: correspondence with Northeastern UP 5 proofs with CM's corrections 5 MS with corrections 5 misc. sections 6 MS/typescript 6 galleys 6 corrected proofs Swallow the Lake, 1970 7 copies of misc. documents 7 misc. poems 7 correspondence with Wesleyan UP 7 galleys (2 folders) 7 copies of MS with markings 7 MS with markings Dictionary of Afro-American Slang, 1970 8 typescripts with corrections 8 correspondence with Routledge & Kegan Paul re British Edition

Black Slang

9 entry notecards 10 entry notecards Private Line, 1971 11 MS (copy) 11 correspondence with Paul Breman Symptoms of Madness, 1971 11 original MS 11 copy of MS 11 correspondence with Corinth Books The Cotton Club, 1972 MS original MS with markings correspondence with Broadside Press No 12 first draft (flats) 13 proofs for jacket 13 page proofs (2 sets) 13 MS with markings 13 carbon copy of MS 14 correspondence with Emerson Hall 14 notes, clippings, publicity Syncopated Cakewalk, 1974 14 copy of first draft 14 first draft with corrections 14 correspondence with Barlenmire House 14 copy of author's proofs The Dark and Feeling, 1974 15 MS before editing 15 original MS and page proofs 15 correspondence with The Third Press Reflex and Bone Structure, 1975 16 notes, quotes for publicity 16 scraps 16 early versions (2) 16 notes, clippings, reviews 16 original version and galleys 16 copy of typeset copy Reflex and Bone Structure, 1975; reprint 1966 17 copy of MS 17 page proofs of 1996 edition 17 Manuela Barzan's thesis on RBS 17 publishers catalogs Emergency Exit, 1979 18 draft with markings, corrections (2 versions) 18 proofs with markings 18 correspondence 18 George Braziller catalog, F/W 1979 19 MS or draft (2 versions) 19 draft (called Long Bread) 19 notes 19 draft 20 proofs (flats) 21 Xerox copy of MS 21 draft 21 one of the final drafts 22 MS with markings 22 final draft and notes 22 fragment pages 22 page proofs and sketches for cover art My Amputations, 1986 23 correspondence with prospective publishers 23 correspondence with Fiction Collective 23 MS with markings (2 versions) 23 partial draft 23 draft 24 page proofs 24 Western States Book 24 Awards materials Such Was the Season, 1987 25 page proofs 25 draft 25 2 manuscripts 26 drafts 26 manuscripts 26 pages from Running for Office (earlier title) 27 correspondence with Mercury House 27 Mercury House catalogs 27 notes 27 publicity 27 page proofs and insertions 27 edited MS 27 reviews, notices of SWS

NY Times, Washington Post

Surfaces and Masks: A Poem, 1988 28 page proofs with markings 28 MS with editor's markings 28 2 MSS 28 correspondence with Coffee Hse Press 28 correspondence with prospective publishers Painted Turtle: Woman with Guitar, 1988 29 partial gallery proof 29 gallery proof 29 correspondence with prospective publishers 29 correspondence with Sun and Moon Press (also re Some Observations... 29 notes and other materials 29 poems 29 notice in the Tattered Cover 30 manuscripts and drafts Some Observations of a Stranger at Zuni..., 1989 31 early draft (Southeastern Texts) 31 MSS 31 MS with markings 31 correspondence with prospective publishers Fun and Games, 1990 32 gallery proof with corrections 32 page proofs, etc. 32 correspondence with prospective publishers 32 correspondence with Holy Cow! 32 Holy Cow! catalog 1989 F/W 32 MS with markings 32 MS (2 versions) 32 review of FG - LA Times Book Review 32 notice in UC Davis Magazine Inside Diameter, 1985 33 correspondence with Permanent Press Parking Lots, 1992 33 correspondence with Perishable Press Calling the Wind, 1993 34 corrrespondence with contributors 34 correspondence with Harper Collins 34 permissions letters 34 drafts of CM's introductions; biographical notes on authors 34 notes, biography notes, draft of introduction 34 Harper publicity 35 MS with markings (folders 3-8 of 8) 36 MS with markings (folders 1-2 of 8) Juba to Jive, 1994 37 MS with markings (folders 1-5 of 5) 38 MS (folders 1-5 of 5) 39 Dictionary of Afro-American Slang (later Juba to Jive) - MS 39 entry notecards 40 notes 40 gallery proofs (2 folders) 40 notes and materials 41 publicity 41 MS fragments 41 correspondence with Viking Penguin 41 scrap notes (2 envelopes) The Garden Thrives, 1996 42 permission letters 42 correspondence with Harper Collins 43 poems, including omitted poems 43 biographies of the poets 43 intro & note 43 draft introduction 43 extra poems 44 Notes: bio, material, poetry, partial draft MS 44 Lorna Goodison (poetry, notes, corresp., bio) 44 gallery proof 9/15/95 45 draft MS, 1995 45 press releases 45 draft acknowledgements and bios of the poets Dirty Bird Blues, 1996 46 page proofs 47 If Blues Was Whisky(draft with markings - 4 folders) 47 publicity 47 correspondence with prospective publishers 47 partial draft ch.1 and cover art 48 If Blues Was Whisky (partial draft with markings) 48 BDD draft (2 copies or versions) 49 MS 49 partial MS 50 various sections (folders 1-5 of 5) 51 MS (2 copies or versions) 51 partial MS showing edits 52 2 drafts 53 draft (2 copies or versions) 54 page proofs 54 partial MS showing edits 54 page proofs of 1997 paperback edition 55 MS fragments 55 notes (2 folders) 55 notes and materials on blues 55 notes and materials on Omaha 55 notes and fragment of a draft Configurations: New and Selected Poems, 1998 56 2 MSS 56 correspondence with Copper Canyon Press 56 Selected Poems - correspondence with prospective publishers New and Selected Poems, 1958-1998

later titled Configurations

57 2 MSS 57 7 computer disks Selected Poems, 1967-1997

basis for Configurations MS

58 3 MSS Necessary Distance, 2001 59 partial MS 59 MS 60 misc. materials 60 fragments and correspondence with prospective publishers 60 publishing agreement with Coffee House Press 60 MS (2 versions) Other Writings Interviews 1 CM interviewed by Nancy Bunge (2 folders) 1 Conversation with Jacob Lawrence 1 CM interviewed by Larry McCaffery and Jerzy Kutnik 1 CM interviewed by Charles Rowell - offprints from Callaloo 20:3 Book of Interviews: 1 CM interviewed by Alice Scharper 1 CM interviews Jacob Lawrence 1 CM interviews by Jerome Klinkowitz 1 CM interviewed by Nancy Bunge 1 CM and Doug Bolling 1 CM interviewed by Nancy Bunge 1 CM and Charles Wright 1 CM interviewed by Ethelbert Miller Poetry 1 Published poems - copies of 1 Miscellaneous poems - MSS and copies of published poems 1 Poems accepted for publication 1 Poems - misc. MSS 1 Xeroxes of early published poems 1 The Making of a Poem 1 Black American Literature Form, 23:3 (1989) - poetry offprints - "Get Along Cindy" 2 Drafts of early published poems (folders 1-3 of 3) 2 Translated poems 2 Original typescripts of poems Short Stories 1 City Flesh and Country Manners - offprints from Callaloo 14:1 (1991) 1 Short Stories - Manuscripts 1 "Chicago Heat" 1 :Microcosm" 1 "several untitled" 1 "Raghead" 1 "Enos" 1 "Snapshot of Mother and Daughter just inside a clean, well-lighted doorway" 1 "Surgery" 1 "Resurrection" 1 "Prince Michael" 1 "Gest Pits" (2 versions) 1 "Hai" 1 "Dear Freud" 1 "An Area in the Cerebral Hemisphere" 1 "My Adventures as Agnes Moorehead's Sister" Short Stories - Manuscripts 1 "Summer Love" 1 "All American Cheese" 1 untitled 1 "Early Grave" 1 "The Real Moose" 1 "The Father Surrogate" 1 "Resurrection" 1 Ulysses, who Slept Across from Me 1 The Exchange 1 The Horror! 1 My Mother and Mitch

multiple copies with comments (from students)

1 Story ideas (notes in longhand) 1 Xeroxes of published stories 1 Summer Love 1 Scat Short Stores - MSS 1 Bourbon 1 Gelasia's Problem (changed from Gelasia's Story) 1 Gelasia's Problem 1 The Winged Monster Short Stories - published (MSS) 1 Gest Pits

5 cc. or versions of MS, and photocopy of published version

1 Asylum

2 cc. or versions of MS

1 Writer

3 cc. or versions of MS

1 Vet

2 cc. or versions of MS

1 Eli

2 cc. or versions of MS

1 Da

3 cc. or versions of MS

1 Prince Michael

3 cc. or versions of MS

1 Microcosm

2 cc. or versions of MS

1 Tattoo (marked "draft") 1 TV (marked "draft") 1 My Adventures as Agnes Moorehead's Sister 1 City Flesh and Country Manners 1 Dossy O 1 Various short fictions (mostly short sketches) - MSS 1 Eyes - as published in Out of Sight (Sept 1974) 2 Writer 2 Gest Pits 2 Edna Watson's Place Settings 2 Microcosm 2 Temporary Business 2 The Winged Monster 2 There's Hope 2 Prince Michael 2 Scat

MSS and copy from Eat It Alive

2 The Other Side 2 Driving Kenneth Home 2 Dance of Life 2 Delicate Imbalance 2 The Spirit of Scylla 2 Five Years Ago 2 Driving East 2 Dossy O 2 Crazy Girl 2 My Adventures as Agnes Moorhead's Sister 2 My Search for the Life of Ronald Faber 2 An Area in the Cerebral Hemisphere

typescripts and copy from Fiction Collective anthology

2 Sketch 2 Summer Love 2 Asylum

MSS and copies from Hambone

2 Weaver

MSS and copies from Michigan Quarterly Review

2 Honey Locust Beating 2 Short Story collection

copies of published stories

2 Innocence

MS and correspondence re Witness

2 Bourbon

MS and correspondence re Water~Stone

2 Bourbon for Breakfast 2 Da 2 Ten Pecan Pies

copy from Upstate magazine

2 Chicago Heat 2 City Flesh and Country Manners 2 Induction Short Fiction

original MSS

3 Crane Operator 3 Weaver 3 excerpts from My Amputations, a novel in progress 3 Number Four 3 Snapshot of Mother and Daughter, Just Inside a Clean, Well-Lighted Doorway 3 Ten Pecan Pies 3 The Vase and the Rose 3 The Future 3 Clara Blues 3 An Area in the Cerebral Hemisphere 3 Just Think: Survival 3 Still Love 3 Virginia 3 Fun and Games 3 Raghead 3 My Adventures as Agnes Moorehead's Sister 3 Party with Masks 3 Mother Visiting 3 Maggy: a Girl of the King 3 miscellaneous pages 3 Mother Visiting 3 Page proofs from Fun and Games: Women in Love; Virigina; The Ghetto, the Ocean, the Lynching, and the Funeral 3 My Mother and Mitch

MS and copy of published version

3 Eli

draft and copies of published version

3 TV

MS and copy of published version

3 Number Four - copy from par rapport 3 The Vase and the Rose (MS) 3 The Future

MSS and copies of published version

3 Tattoo

MS and copies from the Massachusetts Review

3 Short Stories

misc. pages from published copies

3 The Adventures of Maria Sinus

MS and copies of published version

3 Five Years Ago

MSS and page proofs from Ploughshares

Short Stories - MSS: 3 Letters 3 untitled 3 The Spirit of Scylla 3 Raghead 3 Honey Locust Beating 3 Sex and Sunday Night 3 The Horror! Short Stories - Copies of published stories 3 Maggy: a Woman of the King 3 Party: with Masks 3 Inlet 3 Dear Freud 3 Marilyn 3 Resurrection 3 The Father Surrogate 3 The Faerie 3 excerpts from a novel in progress 3 excerpt from Emergency Exit 3 Eyes 3 A Statement 3 Ten Pecan Pies 3 Trumpet and Sand 3 Poet on the 8th Floor 3 Possibilities 3 Scar 3 The Vase and the Rose 3 Da 3 Fish, Tomatoes, Mama & Book 3 All-American Cheese 3 Just Think: Survival 3 Realism: A Dark Light 3 Writer 3 Ten Pecan Pies

as published in magazines/newspapers

Non-fiction 1 Notes for a lecture/essay (The Rood) 1 Articles and essays - Xeroxes of published versions 1 Book reviews (MSS) 1 Published essays and reviews 1 Essays (MSS) 1 In Search of Rebekah (essay) 1 Review of Cape of Storms for LA Times Book Review 1 Non-fiction 1 Essay on Wallace Thurman's Infants of the Spring - various drafts 1 New York Times Book Review 1 Drafts of introduction to Up to a Point 1 The Erotic Facts of Life

offprints from Revue francaise d'etudes americaines

1 Licking Stamps, Taking Chances - from Contemporary Authors autobiography series 1 Book reviews in the Washington Post - Lillane (Shange) and Cambridge (C. Phillips) 1 Review of Extravaganza (G. Lish) - LA Times Book Review 2 Assorted early non-fiction 2 Published non-fiction (extra copies) 2 Miscellaneous non-fiction and small press article 2 BAMism et al 2 Various non-fiction 2 The True Education of One Writer of Fiction, etc. 3 Who Was Dorothy Dandridge

MS, notes, materials, correspondence

3 Essays on teaching (MS for a book on teaching) 3 Scraps not used in Making Up Reality 3 Making up Reality (autobiography)

first draft - folders 1-2 of 2

4 Memoir of a Writing Life

MS with markings

4 Why Fiction is Truer than Autobiography (speaking notes)

2 versions

4 Reaching and Leaving the Point (MS) 4 From Chicago to Yugoslavia: A Memoir

draft with markings

4 From Chicago to Yugoslavia (draft) 5 Misc. nonfiction and 3 sketches 5 Uncommon Problems (essay) 5 Reaching and Leaving the Point/Notes on Becoming a Writer 5 Notes and Meditations - a MS of essays 5 James Baldwin essays 5 The 1960s and the Question of Identity Non-fiction - Column for American Poetry Review 6 selected issues of American Poetry Review from vols 2-5 6 drafts of essays for CM's column Miscellaneous 1 Correspondence re various projects, manuscripts, articles, etc. 2 Families First project - Dr. Dogmore (author) - Stingrays - collaborative writing 2 Rare books and MSS dealers 2 Copies and draft of Weixlmann's article on CM and Ishmael Reed 2 CM's bibliography 2 CM - curriculum vitae

folders 1-3 of 3

3 Teaching materials and notes for Brooklyn College Writers Workshop - TV play 3 Script for a motion picture 3 Victoria, the Woman at the Window (MS fragment) 3 Notes, misc. (longhand) 3 The War Novel - chapter fragment (longhand) 3 Mexico journals (1968) 3 Syllabus for a class: Problems in American Literature 4 Publicity - CM in the Soul Corner, Sacramento Bee Sunday Comics, August 1993 4 Publicity - CM on front page, Northern Iowan (April 1974) 4 Publicity - article about CM in Inside SUNY-Binghamton (April 1988) 4 Publicity - Misc. readings 4 Sun and Moon Press catalog

features various CM titles

4 AWP Newsletter

reference to CM on p2

4 par rapport - CM fiction, poetry, essay 4 Contemporary Authors listing

proofs with corrections

4 CM's books

assorted jackets and book covers