{"value"=>"<p>This series consists of personal and biographical papers of Obi Egbuna. The personal papers include membership cards to the Honourable Society of the Inner Temple, one of the four Inns of the court in London, in which participation is required for practicing law; a personal diary and notes; personal correspondence, including fan mail; copies of different incarnations of Egbuna's curriculum vitae; medical records, which include appointments and his own notes on his health; and eulogies written for his memorial service. The educational material covers his post-graduate education at the University of Iowa and Howard University. This material includes correspondence, mostly with University of Iowa faculty, potential doctoral programs, and fellowship programs; an \"Honorary Fellow in Writing\" certificate and transcript from the University of Iowa; papers and dissertation proposals, mostly written during his time at the University of Iowa; a copy of his MFA thesis, \"Author's Diary: Impressions from Three Worlds\" (1978); and a copy of his PhD dissertation, \"The Dialectical Process in Modern African Literature: A Study in the Epistemology of Decolonization\" (1986).</p>"}