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BOX II:72-74 Part II: Reference File, 1933-2004
Printed matter, primarily newspaper and magazine clippings, on topics of interest to Ellison, such as jazz, blues, photography, art, and prominent individuals.
Arranged alphabetically by subject or name of person or organization.
BOX II:72 African-American leadership, 1974, 1982, 1988-1992
African-American studies, 1964, 1970, 1987-1988
Art, 1973-1989
BOX II:73 Biographical information
“A” miscellaneous, 1973, 1988
Bearden, Romare, 1988-1991
Bellow, Saul, 1971, 1984-1987
“B” miscellaneous, 1973-1974, 1985-1988
Cheever, John, 1965
Clark, Kenneth Bancroft, undated
Crouch, Stanley, 1985-1986, 1993
“C-D” miscellaneous, 1944, 1973-1980, 1987-1989
Ellington, Duke, 1993, 2004
“E” miscellaneous, 1974, 1993
Faulkner, William, 1987-1989
Forrest, Leon, 1973, 1992-1993
“F-G” miscellaneous, 1974-1976, 1990-1994
Hersey, John, 1974, 1993
Hughes, Langston, 1937-1940, 1947-1954, 1965-1967, 1991
“H” miscellaneous, 1970-1978, 1985-1992
Jackson, Jesse, 1988
Johnson, James Weldon, 1933-1938
Johnson, Lyndon B. and Lady Bird, 1973-1974 See also Oversize
“J” miscellaneous, 1987-1991
Kennedy, Robert, 1970
“K” miscellaneous, 1973-1979
Lincoln, Abraham, 1986-1988
“L” miscellaneous, 1969-1974, 1989-1991
Malraux, André, 1973
Murray, Albert, 1964-1974
“M-O” miscellaneous, 1971-1974, 1986-1991
Price, Leontyne, 1973
“P” miscellaneous, 1967, 1974
Revere, Richard H., 1979
“R” miscellaneous, 1959, 1988-1989
Scott, Nathan A., undated
“S-T” miscellaneous, 1967, 1974, 1987-1988
Wright, Richard, 1945, 1981-1996
“W” miscellaneous, 1967, 1979-1982, 1989-1990
Burma, 1990
Chicago, Ill, 1954
Crime, 1953, 1960, 1973-1974, 1987-1988
Dance, 1965
Discrimination, 1946-1947, 1974, 1984-1991
BOX II:74 Drugs and drug use, 1989
Education, 1965-1992
Fashion, 1962, 1974
Libraries, 1981
Lynchings, 1946
Middle East, 1974
Miscellany, 1953, 1965-1994
Music, 1967, 1974, 1990
Native Americans, 1948, 1955
Oklahoma, 1973-1992
Politics, 1973
Religion, 1971-1972, 1988
School desegregation, undated
Segregation, 1973
Welfare, 1988
Writers and writing, 1941-1946, 1956, 1967-1992
BOX II:74-82 Part II: Miscellany, 1934-2002
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 II:74 Addresses
circa 1940-1946, 1962-1974
(2 folders)
BOX II:75 1964-1992
(6 folders)
BOX II:76 Appointment calendars
1946-1964
(5 folders)
BOX II:77 1965-1971
(5 folders)
BOX II:78 1972-1983
(6 folders)
BOX II:79 1984-1991
(3 folders)
Awards, citations, and honorary degrees
Adelphi University, Garden City, N.Y., 1971
American Academy in Rome, Rome, Italy, 1957 See Oversize
American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1965
Arisfield-Wolf Book Award, 1992
Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, N.Y., 1978
Brown University, Providence, R.I., 1980-1983
Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, France, 1968 See Oversize
Douglass High School, Oklahoma City, Okla., 1966
Friends of American Writers, 1953
BOX II:80 Grinnell College, Grinnell, Iowa, 1967
Harold Washington Literary Award, 1992 See also Oversize
Library of Congress National Member Roster, Washington, D.C., undated
Long Island University, Brooklyn, N.Y., 1971 See also Oversize
National Institute of Arts and Letters, 1964
National Medal of Arts, 1985
Oklahoma Hall of Fame, 2002 See Oversize
Presidential Medal of Freedom, 1969 See Oversize
Presidential recognition, 1985 See Oversize
Rutgers University, New Brunswick, N.J., 1966 See Oversize
Southern Poverty Law Center, 1984
Tuskegee Institute, Tuskegee, Ala., 1963
University of Maryland, College Park, Md., 1974 See Oversize
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich., 1967
Wesleyan University, Middletown, Conn., 1980
Williams College, Williamstown, Mass., 1970
BOX II:81 Entertaining, 1972, 1979, 1986
Invitations
Exhibitions, 1958-2002
(2 folders)
General, 1937-1940, 1946, 1957, 1966-1999
(4 folders)
Social, 1965-1986
BOX II:82 Memberships and licenses, 1986-1988, 1996
Personal papers, placement of, 1963-1982
Printed matter, 1934-1938, 1944, 1961, 1968-1993, 2000
(3 folders)
Programs, 1961-1973, 1982-1987, 1994-1998
BOX II:83 Part II: Addition, 1964
Lecture notes, 1964
BOX II:83 Lecture notes, 1964
BOX II:OV 1-OV 3 Part II: Oversize, 1896-2002
Oversize material consisting mostly of awards, citations, honorary degrees, legal records, and printed matter.
Organized and described according to the series, folders, and boxes from which the items were removed
BOX II:OV 1 Family Papers
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