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100 1 _aEllison, Ralph.
245 0 0 _aRalph Ellison papers,
_f1890-2005
_g(bulk 1930-1994).
300 _a74,800
_fitems.
300 _a314
_fcontainers plus
_a25
_foversize.
300 _a143
_flinear feet.
351 _aPart I arranged in 9 series. Series 1: Family Papers, 1890-1996; Series 2: General Correspondence, 1930-1996; Series 3: Organizations File, 1939-1994; Series 4: Writings File, 1935-1995; Series 5: Speeches, Lectures, and Interviews, 1945-1993; Series 6: Reference File, 1901-1995; Series 7: Miscellany, 1904-1994; Series 8: Closed, 1932-1994; and Series 9: Oversize, 1923-1993.
351 _aPart II arranged in 8 series. Series 1: Family Papers, 1896-2005; Series 2: General Correspondence, 1935-2004; Series 3: Organizations File, 1946-2000; Series 4: Writings File, 1935-2001; Series 5: Reference File, 1933-2004; Series 6: Miscellany, 1934-2002; Series 7: Addition, 1964; and Series 8: Oversize, 1896-2002.
506 1 _aRestrictions apply.
520 8 _aGeneral correspondence; organizational correspondence and reports; drafts, notes, and production files for novels, essays, poetry, short stories, reviews, and other writings; speeches, lectures, and interviews; reference file; Ellison and McConnell family papers; and other papers documenting Ellison's career and development as a writer. Among the many works represented are Going to the Territory (1985), Invisible Man (1952), and Shadow and Act (1964). Includes material on Ellison's affiliations with such charitable, cultural, and educational institutions as Bennington College, Carnegie Commission on Educational Television, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, Museum of the City of New York, New School for Social Research, and Wake Forest University. Also documented are his research for the Federal Writers' Project and his many teaching assignments. Subjects include art, civil rights, literature, music, politics, and sports. Papers of his wife, Fanny McConnell Ellison, pertain to her work for the American Medical Center for Burma; her contributions as one of the founders of the Negro People's Theatre, Chicago, Ill.; and African Americans in Chicago from the 1930s to the 1960s.
520 8 _aCorrespondents include Romare Bearden, Saul Bellow, Harry Brooks, Harold Calicutt, John Cheever, John Ciardi, Kenneth Bancroft Clark, Henry B.O. Davis, William Levi Dawson, Paul Engle, Michel Fabre, Michael S. Harper, John Hersey, Langston Hughes, Phoebe Hyman, Stanley Edgar Hyman, Shirley Jackson, James Weldon Johnson, James Alan McPherson, Albert Murray, Joseph F. Newhall, Myron Donald Olmanson, Nathan A. Scott, Gordon Stifler Seagrave, Robert Penn Warren, and Richard Wright.
544 _3Audio and video recordings
_etransferred to
_aLibrary of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division.
544 _3Books and some artifacts
_etransferred to
_aLibrary of Congress Rare Book and Special Collections Division.
544 _3Flute and sheet music
_etransferred to
_aLibrary of Congress Music Division.
544 _3Photographs
_etransferred to
_aLibrary of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.
545 0 _aAfrican American author and educator. Born 1914; died 1994.
546 _aCollection material in English.
555 8 _aFinding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at
_uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms002008
600 1 0 _aBearden, Romare,
_d1911-1988
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aBellow, Saul
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aBrooks, Harry,
_d1895-1970
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aCalicutt, Harold
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aCheever, John
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aCiardi, John,
_d1916-1986
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aClark, Kenneth Bancroft,
_d1914-2005
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aDavis, Henry B. O.,
_d1911-
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aDawson, William Levi,
_d1899-1990
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aEngle, Paul,
_d1908-1991
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aFabre, Michel
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aHarper, Michael S.,
_d1938-
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aHersey, John,
_d1914-1993
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aHughes, Langston,
_d1902-1967
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aHyman, Phoebe
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aHyman, Stanley Edgar,
_d1919-1970
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aJackson, Shirley,
_d1916-1965
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aJohnson, James Weldon,
_d1871-1938
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aMcPherson, James Alan,
_d1943-
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aMurray, Albert
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aNewhall, Joseph F.
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aOlmanson, Myron Donald
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aScott, Nathan A.
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aSeagrave, Gordon Stifler,
_d1897-1965
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aWarren, Robert Penn,
_d1905-1989
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aWright, Richard,
_d1908-1960
_vCorrespondence.
600 3 0 _aEllison family.
600 3 0 _aMcConnell family.
610 2 0 _aAmerican Medical Center for Burma.
610 2 0 _aBennington College.
610 2 0 _aCarnegie Commission on Educational Television.
610 2 0 _aColonial Williamsburg Foundation.
610 2 0 _aFederal Writers' Project.
610 2 0 _aMuseum of the City of New York.
610 2 0 _aNegro People's Theatre (Chicago, Ill.)
610 2 0 _aNew School for Social Research (New York, N.Y. : 1919-1997)
610 2 0 _aWake Forest University.
650 0 _aAfrican American authors.
650 0 _aAfrican Americans
_zIllinois
_zChicago.
650 0 _aAmerican literature.
650 0 _aAmerican literature
_xAfrican American authors.
650 0 _aArt.
650 0 _aCivil rights.
650 0 _aLiterature.
650 0 _aMusic.
650 0 _aPolitical science.
650 0 _aSports.
656 7 _aAuthors.
_2itoamc
656 7 _aEducators.
_2itoamc
700 1 _aEllison, Fanny McConnell.
_tFanny McConnell Ellison papers.
700 1 2 _aEllison, Ralph.
_tGoing to the territory.
_f1985.
700 1 2 _aEllison, Ralph.
_tInvisible man.
_f1952.
700 1 2 _aEllison, Ralph.
_tShadow and act.
_f1964.
856 4 _3Finding aid
_uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms002008
856 4 _3Finding aid (PDF)
_uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms002008.3
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_d44367