| Description |
10 items (one folder) |
| Summary |
Eight signed documents by Gwendolyn Brooks. The collection consists of: one TLS commenting, as a member of the jury, on books nominated for the 1959 Thormod Monsen Award; one TLS to Van Allen Bradley announcing her retirement as a book reviewer at the age of fifty (1967), and one ALS to "Marshall," April 20, 1963. Writings by Brooks include one holograph excerpt from "The Sermon on the Warpland," n.d. and 4 undated typed poems: "Medgar Evers," "The Sermon on the Warpland," "Malcolm X : For Dudley Randall," "Old Mary." |
| Note |
Two additional typed poems are filed in the Literary and Scholarly Manuscripts Collection, "Malcolm X" and "Old Mary." |
| Biography |
African-American poet, novelist and lecturer. |
| Subject |
Brooks, Gwendolyn, 1917-2000.
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American poetry -- African American authors.
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African American women poets.
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| Added Author |
Brooks, Gwendolyn, 1917-2000.
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| Donor/Sponsor |
Schomburg NEH Automated Access to Special Collections Project.
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| Call No. |
Sc MG 271
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| Research Call Number |
Sc MG 271
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