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Creator
Nelson, Jill
Call number
Sc MG 457
Physical description
1.21 linear feet (2 boxes)
Language
English
Preferred Citation
[Item], Jill Nelson papers, Sc MG 457, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library
Sponsor
Home to Harlem Project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
Repository
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division
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Jill Nelson (1952-) is a journalist and writer. The Jill Nelson papers consist of notebooks kept by Nelson during her time as a journalist with The Village Voice, as well as material documenting her time as a press agent for C. Vernon Mason's campaign for Manhattan District Attorney.

Biographical/historical information

Jill Nelson (1952-) is a journalist and writer. She is the author of the memoirs Volunteer Slavery: My Authentic Negro Experience (1993) and Straight, No Chaser: How I Became A Grown-Up Black Woman (1997), the novel Sexual Healing (2003), and the nonfiction work Finding Martha's Vineyard: African Americans at Home on an Island (2005), as well as the editor of Police Brutality: An Anthology (2000). Nelson's work has appeared in numerous publications, including The New York Times, Essence, The Washington Post, The Nation, Ms., The Chicago Tribune and The Village Voice.

Scope and arrangement

The Jill Nelson papers consist of notebooks kept by Nelson during her time as a journalist with The Village Voice. Subjects include: Marion Barry's 1990 trial, the Grenada invasion, Haiti during the events that occurred in 1986, Alton Maddox, and Nelson Mandela. In addition, there is material from Nelson's stint as press agent for C. Vernon Mason's campaign for Manhattan District Attorney.

Audiotapes from the collection, featuring interviews with politicians, celebrities and historians such as Naim Akbar, Marion Barry, Avery Brooks, Solomon Brown, Nelson Mandela, Diana Ross, and Oprah Winfrey, were transferred to the Moving Image and Recorded Sound Division.

Administrative information

Source of acquisition

Gift, Jill Nelson, 2002

Revision History

This finding aid was updated by Allison Hughes. (2022 January 18)

Separated material

Transferred to the Moving Image and Recorded Sound (MIRS) Division: audio materials. For more information, please contact the division at schomburgaudiovisual@nypl.org or 212-491-2270.

Using the collection

Location

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division
515 Malcolm X Boulevard, New York, NY 10037-1801
Second Floor

Conditions Governing Use

All requests subject to limitations noted in divisional policies on reproduction