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Part I: Reference File, 1901-1995 (continued)
New York, N.Y., 1947-1990 (continued)
(2 folders)
News reporting, 1972-1985
BOX I:207 Oklahoma, 1948-1990
(3 folders)
Photography, 1937-1955, 1984 See also Oversize
Plainfield, Mass., 1968-1978
Politics, 1944-1992
(2 folders)
BOX I:208 Prisons
Attica, N.Y., 1971-1972
Miscellany, 1971-1975
Radicals, 1970-1975
Religion, 1940-1993
Science, 1982-1983
Segregation, 1940-1989
(3 folders)
Sex, 1935-1966, 1982
Southern United States, 1948-1990
BOX I:209 Sports
Boxing, 1938-1971
Bullfighting, 1947-1953
Miscellany, 1936-1984
Studio Museum, Harlem, New York, N.Y., 1978-1985
Teachers' guides, 1973
Television
Miscellany, 1951-1993
National Citizens Committee for Broadcasting, 1971
Public broadcasting, 1966-1975
Theater, 1901, 1934-1990
(1 folder)
BOX I:210 Theater, 1901, 1934-1990
(2 folders)
Times Square, New York, N.Y., dancing doll vendors (Clifton's dolls), 1964 See also Container 143, “Brotherhood, Clifton”
Travel, 1943-1987
United States Supreme Court, 1947, 1971-1991
Watergate Affair, 1972-1975
(3 folders)
Western civilization, 1947-1950, 1971
(2 folders)
BOX I:211 Writers and writing, 1939-1995
(2 folders)
BOX I:211-219 Part I: Miscellany, 1904-1994
Appointment books and calendars, awards and citations, honorary degrees, invitations to social, cultural, and charitable events, mailing addresses, notes, printed ephemera, and memorabilia.
Arranged alphabetically by type of material and chronologically therein.
BOX I:211 Addresses, 1953
(4 folders)
BOX I:212 Addresses, 1953
(4 folders)
Appointment calendars
1944-1953
(2 folders)
BOX I:213 1957-1965, 1975-1978, 1985-1993 See also Oversize
(4 folders)
Awards, citations, and honorary degrees
Brown University, Providence, R.I., 1979-1980
Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, France, 1968-1969
Chicago Defender, Chicago, Ill., 1953
BOX I:214 City University of New York, New York, N.Y., 1992-1993
College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Va., 1972 See also Oversize
Friends of American Writers, 1953
Harold Washington Literary Award, 1992
Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., 1974 See also Container 171, Speeches, 1974
National Abortion Rights Action League, 1992
National Book Award, 1953, 1974
National Medal of Arts, 1985
Oklahoma, 1975, 1986
Oklahoma Arts and Humanities Council, Oklahoma City, Okla., 1966-1967
Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Okla., 1969
Presidential Medal of Freedom, 1969
Russwurm Award, 1953
Rutgers University, New Brunswick, N.J., 1966
Top Hat Award, New Pittsburgh Courier, Pittsburgh, Pa., 1975-1976
Tuskegee Institute, Tuskegee, Ala., 1963
University of Maryland, College Park, Md., 1974 See also Oversize
Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, N.C., 1974 See also Oversize
Wesleyan University, Middletown, Conn., 1979-1980
BOX I:215 Birthday tributes, 1989
Communist party, 1937-1942
Entertaining, 1963-1968, 1988
International Workers Order, 1939
Invitations
Exhibitions
1943-1946, 1952-1989
(6 folders)
BOX I:216 1990-1994
(2 folders)
General
1935-1979
(5 folders)
BOX I:217 1980-1994
(6 folders)
BOX I:218 Undated
(2 folders)
Social
1935, 1946-1994
(5 folders)
BOX I:219 Undated
Memberships and licenses, 1954-1960, 1969, 1987
Notebook covers, undated
Printed matter, 1904, 1921-1955, 1968-1985, 1993
(2 folders)
Programs, 1932-1976, 1992
(2 folders)
Ration and public assistance books, 1943
Receipts, 1932-1938, 1959
Recipes, 1969-1976, 1990-1991
BOX I:220-231 Part I: Closed, 1932-1994
Fragile material consisting mostly of correspondence, drawings, and writings removed from their original location because of condition. Photocopies have been made of each item and are available for use where the original would have appeared in the collection.
Organized and described according to the series and folders from which the items were removed.
BOX I:220 Family papers
Ellison, Fanny McConnell
Notes, undated
School papers
General, undated
University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, fundamentals of speech, 1936
(2 folders)
Writings, undated
(2 folders)
Ellison, Ralph
Correspondence
Bell, Ida Ellison, 1937
Ellison, Fanny McConnell, 1944-1945
(2 folders)
Ellison, Herbert M., undated
Drawings, 1932
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