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A/III/1 The wrong attitude: a bad boy at a good school. By Chandler A. Chapman. New York : J.P. Puttnam Sons, [c1940].
A/V/4 Wuthering Heights. By Emily Brontë. Franklin Center, PA : Franklin Library, [c1979].
Deck E Xaipe. By E.E. Cummings. Edited, with an afterword, by George James Firmage. New York : Liveright, 1979.
B/II/4 Yale French studies. Passion and the Intellect, or, Andre Malroux. No. 18, Winter, 1957. New Haven, CN : Yale University, 1957.
Deck E Yankee from Olympus: Justice Holmes and his family. By Catherine Drinker Bowen. Boston : Little, Brown and Company, 1944.
Deck E Yates Paul, his grand flights, his tootings. By James Baker Hall. Cleveland, OH : The World Publishing Company, 1963.
A/VI/5 Yazoo: integration in a deep-southern town. By Willie Morris. New York : A Harper's Magazine Press Book published in association with Harper and Row., [c1975].
A/III/5 The year 2000: a framework for speculation on the next thirty-three years. By Herman Kahn and Anthony J. Weiner. Introduction by Daniel Bell. New York : MacMillan, Co, [c1967].
B/IV/4 The year of decision. By Bernard DeVoto. Boston : Little, Brown and Co., 1943.
A/V/4 The yearling. By Marjorie Kinnan Taelings. Franklin Center, PA : Franklin Library, [c1983].
B/VI/3 "Yellow Kid" Weil: the autobiography of America’s master swindler. As told to W.T. By Joseph Weil. Brannon. Published in Chicago : Ziff-Davis Publishing, [c1948].
Deck E The yogi and the commissar and other essays. By Arthur Koestler. New York : The Macmillan Company, 1946.
A/VI/5 You can't get lost in Cape Town. By Zoe Wicomb. New York : Pantheon Books, [c1987].
A/IV/4 You, emperors, and others: poems, 1957-1960. By Robert Penn Warren. New York : Random House, [c1960].
A/III/5 Young American writers: fiction, poetry, drama, and criticism. Edited by Richard Kostelanetz. New York : Funk and Wagnells, [c1967].
A/VI/2 Zero. No.2, 1949. Summer issue. Edited by Albert Benveniste and Themistocles Hoetis. Tangier : Zero Press, 1949.
X/X/X Miscellaneous : Baldwin, James. Photocopy of James Baldwin v. Stationery with Outlined Hand and Signature.
A/VII/3 Miscellaneous : Certificate of life membership. "This certifies that Ralph Ellison is a life member of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)... December, 1973."
A/VIII/4 Miscellaneous : Flute. Owned by Ellison.
A/VIII/5 Miscellaneous : National Book Award. For the most distinguished book of fiction in 1952. Awarded to Ralph Ellison.
CONSULT Reference Staff Journals, 1937-1992
Serials and journals owned by Ralph Ellison.
Arranged alphabetically and by date.
50° Congresso Mondale. P.E.N. Club International. Lugano, 10-17maggio 1987. Writers and Border Literature.
Paperback.
American Academy of Arts and Sciences: Records of the Academy 1963-1964. Boston: American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Annotation on front cover states, “Notice of my election here.” [1964]. Writers and Border Literature.
Paperback.
American Academy of Arts and Sciences: Records of the Academy 1977-1978. Boston: American Academy of Arts and Sciences, [1977]. Writers and Border Literature.
Paperback.
American Scholar: A quarterly for the independent thinker. Volume 35, Number 2. Washington, D.C.: United Chapters of Phi Beta Kappa, Printed by The William Byrd Press, Inc., 1966. Spring, 1966. Writers and Border Literature.
Laid-in photocopy of letter removed and housed separately; filed immediately adjacent to this volume. Paperback.
Beloit Poetry Journal. Chapbook number 1. Beloit, WI: Beloit College, 1951.
Inscribed to Ralph and Fanny by Langston Hughes inside front cover. Paperback.
Bennington Review. Volume III, Number 1. Winter, 1969. Bennington, VT: Bennington College, 1969.
Laid-in photocopy of letter removed and housed separately; filed immediately adjacent to this volume. Paperback.
Black Photographers Annual. Volume 3. Foreword by Gordon Parks. Introduction by James Baldwin. Brooklyn, NY: Black Photographers Annual, Inc., 1975.
Laid-in letter removed and housed separately; filed immediately adjacent to this volume. Hardcover.
Brown, Sterling A. Negro poetry and drama. Bronze Booklet Number 7. Washington, D.C.: The Associates in Negro Folk Education, Annotated throughout. 1937.
Signed by Ellison on title page. Paperback.
Callaloo. Volume 11, Number 3. Summer, 1988. Baltimore, MD: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1988.
Annotated on front cover and on title page. Paperback
Callaloo. Volume 18, Number 2. Spring, 1995. Baltimore, MD: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1955.
Annotated on front cover. Paperback.
Callaloo #25. Volume 8, Number 3. Fall, 1985. Recent essays from Europe: A special issue. Charlottesville, VA : Department of English, University of Virginia, 1985.
Annotated on front cover. Paperback.
Cardozo Studies in Law and Literature. Volume 2, Number 2. Fall-Winter, 1990. New York: Jacob Burns Institute for Advanced Legal Studies, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law of Yeshiva University, 1990.
Laid-in letter from Barrie Stavis to Ralph and Fanny Ellison removed and housed separately; filed immediately adjacent to this volume. Inscribed to Ralph by Barrie Stavis on title page. Paperback.
Beloit Poetry Journal. Chapbook number 1. Beloit, WI: Beloit College, 1951.
Inscribed to Ralph and Fanny by Langston Hughes inside front cover. Paperback.
Chandler, Raymond. The finger man and other stories. Murder Mystery Monthly. Number 43. New York: Avon Publications, Paperback.1946.
Heavily annotated on title page with some light annotation throughout.
Chisholm, G.B. The psychiatry of enduring peace and social progress. The William Alanson White Memorial Lectures. Second Series. Foreword by Abe Fortas. Discussion by Henry A. Wallace, Watson B. Miller, Samuel W. Hamilton, et al. Baltimore, MD: The William Alanson White Psychiatric Foundation, Inc., 1946.
Paperback.
Classic Johannesburg Quarterly. Volume 1, Number 1. 1963. Editor: Nathaniel Nakasa. Johannesburg: The Classic Magazine Trust Fund, 1963.
Laid-in photocopy of letter from editor to Ellison removed and housed separately; filed immediately adjacent to this volume. Paperback
Confluence: An international forum. Volume 3, Number 1. March, 1954. Cambridge, MA: President and Fellows of Harvard College, 1954.
Laid-in letter removed and housed separately; filed immediately adjacent to this volume. Paperback.
Confluence: An international forum. Volume 3, Number 4. December, 1954. Cambridge, MA: President and Fellows of Harvard College, 1954.
Laid-in letter removed and housed separately; filed immediately adjacent to this volume. Paperback.
Confluence: An international forum. Volume 4, Number 1. April, 1955. Cambridge, MA: President and Fellows of Harvard College, 1955.
Laid-in photocopy of letter removed and housed separately; filed immediately adjacent to this volume. Paperback.
Confluence: An international forum. Volume 4, Number 2. July, 1955. Cambridge, MA: President and Fellows of Harvard College, 1955.
Laid-in photocopy of letter removed and housed separately; filed immediately adjacent to this volume. Paperback.
Confluence: An international forum. Volume 4, Number 4. January, 1956. Cambridge, MA: President and Fellows of Harvard College, 1956.
Laid-in photocopy of letter removed and housed separately; filed immediately adjacent to this volume. Paperback.
Beloit Poetry Journal. Chapbook number 1. Beloit, WI: Beloit College, 1951.
Inscribed to Ralph and Fanny by Langston Hughes inside front cover. Paperback.
Congressional Record. Proceedings and Debates of the 89th Congress, 1st Session. Volume 111, Number 170. Washington, Wednesday, September 15, 1965.
Laid-in letter removed and housed separately; filed immediately adjacent to this volume.
Coronet. Volume 2, Number 5. September 1, 1937. Chicago, IL: David A. Smart, 1937.
Paperback/housed in archival envelope.
Daedalus: Journal of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Perspectives on the novel. Volume 92, Number 2. Spring 1963. Boston: American Academy of Arts and Sciences, LCCN 12-30299. 1963.
Annotated throughout, including on very last page. Paperback.
Drumvoices Revue: A confluence of literary, cultural and vision arts. Fall/Winter 1991/92. Volume 1, Numbers 1 and 2. Premier Issue: “From Ethiopia to East St. Louis: A Tapestry of Wordweavings.” Edwardsville, IL: Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville, Department of English, 1992.
Inscribed, “To Ralph Ellison: who elevated us through word and deed” by Eugene B. Redmond on first page. Paperback.
Encounter. Volume XXXII, Number 1. January 1969. Edited by Melvin J. Lasky and Nigel Dennis. Haymarket, London: Encounter, Ltd., 1969.
Paperback.
Era. Spring, 1965. Pennsylvania: Philomathean Society of the University of Pennsylvania, 1965.
Annotated on front cover. Very light annotation throughout. Paperback.
Esquire: The magazine for men. Volume XL, Number 6. December, 1953. New York: Esquire Inc., Paperback. 1953.
Papberback.
Esquire: The magazine for men. Volume XLVIII, Number 3. September, 1957. New York: Esquire Inc., 1953.
Paperback.
Esquire: The magazine for men. Back to college issue. Volume LVIII, Number 3. September, 1962. New York: Esquire Inc., 1962.
Annotation on front cover explains that this magazine was kept for the Harlem cartoons on pages 136-139. Paperback.
Esquire: The magazine for men. Volume LXVIII, Number 6. December, 1967. Super Christmas issue. New York: Esquire Inc., 1967.
Possibly saved for article on Truman Capote. Paperback.
Essays in criticism: A quarterly journal of literary criticism. Volume II, Number 4. October 1952. Edited by F.W. Bateson. Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1952.
Light underlining throughout. Paperback.
Euros. The Origins of Culture. Number 1. Autumn 1964. London: The Continental Publishers and Distributors Ltd., 1964.
Paperback.
Fortune. Volume XXXIV, Number 4. October, 1946. Chicago, IL: Time Inc., 1946.
Paperback.
Fortune. A special issue on business and the urban crisis. Volume LXXVII, Number 1. January, 1968. Chicago, IL: Time Inc., 1968.
Paperback.
From South Africa: New writing, photographs and art. A special issue of TriQuarterly magazine. TriQuarterly 69. Spring/Summer, 1987. Edited by David Bunn and Jane Taylor with Reginald Gibbons and Sterling Plump. Evanston, IL: Northwestern University, 1987.
Laid-in photocopy of letter from Reginald Gibbons at TriQuarterly to Ellison removed and housed separately; filed immediately adjacent to this volume. Paperback.
Harper’s: An American perspective. Writing from Harper’s Magazine 1850-1984. Edited by Ann Marie Cunningham.
Laid-in item removed and housed separately; filed immediately adjacent to this volume. Paperback.
Holiday. Volume 5, Number 4. April, 1949. Philadelphia: The Curtis Publishing Company, 1949. Possibly saved by Ellison for the article on Harlem which begins on page 110. Also, a poem by Langston Hughes appears on page 164. 1949.
Paperback.
Holiday. Volume 27, Number 6. June, 1960. Philadelphia: The Curtis Publishing Company, Possibly saved for the article The Meaning of Harlem by Peter Abrahams on page 74. 1960.
Paperback.
Hound and Horn. Volume V, Number 4. July-September, 1932. Concord, NH: The Hound and Horn, Inc., 1932.
Paperback.
Images: An anthology of Black literature. Number 3. Curriculum Bulletin. 1971-72 Series. New York: Board of Education, 1971.
Laid-in photocopy of letter removed and housed separately; filed immediately adjacent to this volume. Paperback.
Journal of Social Issues. Volume IX, Number 4. 1953. Desegregation: An appraisal of the evidence. Issue author: Kenneth B. Clark. New York: Association Press, 1953.
Inscription on cover states, “To Ralph—This tries to do what you do so much better. Kenneth.” Paperback.
Kenyon Review. Winter 1940. Volume II, Number 1. Gambier, OH: Kenyon College, 1940.
Paperback.
Kenyon Review. Autumn 1959. Volume XXI, Number 4. Gambier, OH: Kenyon College, 1959.
Annotated on front and rear covers, with some light annotation throughout. Paperback.
Kenyon Review. Autumn 1959. Volume XXI, Number 4. Gambier, OH: Kenyon College, 1959.
Annotated on front and rear covers, with some light annotation throughout. Paperback.
LIFE. Volume 21, Number 3. August 6, 1956. International Edition. Chicago, IL: Time Inc., 1956.
Paperback.
LIFE. Volume 40, Number 24. June 11, 1956. Chicago, IL: Time Inc., 1956.
Paperback.
LIFE. Volume 41, Number 12. September 17, 1956. Chicago, IL: Time Inc., Possibly saved by Ellison for the articles Impact of Integration and South on Segregation. 1956.
Paperback.
LIFE. Volume 41, Number 13. September 24, 1956. Chicago, IL: Time Inc., 1956.
Annotation on front cover explains that this was saved by Ellison for the article A Segregated Life which begins on page 98. Paperback.
LIFE. Volume 44, Number 10. March 10, 1958. Chicago, IL: Time Inc., 1958.
Paperback.
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