Personal papers

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1594271
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3221198
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{"value"=>"3221198", "type"=>"local_mss"}
unitdate
{"value"=>"ca. 1974-2005", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1974/2005", "certainty"=>"approximate"}
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{"value"=>"Personal papers"}
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{"value"=>"<p>The Personal papers series contains a biographical file with resumes, bibliographies, and autobiographical statements, as well as article clippings about Clarke and her writings, speeches, and general professional work. The Correspondence subseries features personal and professional exchanges with prominent Black LGBT writers and activists such as Joseph Beam, Jewelle Gomez, Audre Lorde, and Barbara Smith, organized by correspondent, as well as a general collection of personal and professional correspondence.</p> <p>The Collected materials subseries consists of print media from various Black, feminist, LGBT, and political publications and organizations, including journals, magazines, newspapers, and booklets. The subseries is organized by publication and organization chronologically. Of note are a promotional booklet for the African Arts Fund, an organization founded, in 1985, to assist South African artists, and poet Amiri Baraka's manifesto, \"Afrikan Women Unite...to Struggle\", presented at the Afrikan Women's Conference in 1974. Also included are funeral programs and a general file of organizational literature and clippings.</p>"}
arrangement
{"value"=>"<p>Arranged into two subseries: (1) Correspondence and (2) Collected materials.</p>"}
date_start
1974
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1974
date_end
2005
date_inclusive_start
1974
date_inclusive_end
2005

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  1. Biographical information
  2. Articles about Clarke
  3. Correspondence [11/1]
  4. Collected materials [12/1]