Found 4 collections related to Memoirs

Maya Angelou (1928-2014) was one of the most renowned and celebrated voices in American literature. The Maya Angelou papers consist of original manuscripts, computer generated typescripts, galleys, and proofs of published work as well as manuscripts for unpublished work and dozens of poems. Additionally, there is personal and professional correspondence, teaching files, printed matter, and materials from public and academic appearances and engagements. less

Susannah McCorkle (1946-2001) was an important American jazz / pop singer as well as a talented writer. Her papers consist of her writings, correspondence, business and personal papers, scores, concert programs, clippings, publicity material, photographs and books. less

Edward Alfred Allworth (1920-2016), a specialist on ethnic minority populations in former Soviet Central Asia, was a professor of Turco-Soviet Studies in the Middle Eastern and Asian Languages and Cultures Department at Columbia University. The Edward Allworth papers, spanning 1934 to 2012, document his interest in and research on ethnic minority groups and the question of nationality in Soviet Central Asia and on the Soviet conflict in Afghanistan, as well as the drama and theater of Central Asian cultures. Populations represented in the collection are Crimean Tatars, Uzbeks, Tajiks and Bukharan Jews. The collection contains correspondence, writings, interview transcripts, research notes, citations, statistical analyses, photographs, biographical scrapbooks, printed matter, artifacts, and oral history and audio recordings. They also hold a small file of personal papers and a memoir. less