Poems - combined on page, manuscript and typescript, 1971 - 1989
Scope and Contents
File Includes: "The Warden Said to Me the Other Day," with "Rehabilitation and Treatment"; "Sigh, cry, broken hearted," with "Eat Helen B. Happy"; "Genesis II," with "For a Brookline Lady I Love," and "Worcester woman..."; "Eulogy by 'Slick'" by Harvey Cummings, with "You Are (for E.C.A.)"; "This Sun is Hot," with "The Hypocrite," and "Old Man Know-All"; "Run, Nigger, Run!," with "Sharecropping Economics 101," and "Wild Nigger Bill"; "The Messenger (for the Honorable Elijah Muhammad, Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon Him)," with "memo 333," and "memo 3442"; "memo #9," with "memo #15"; "Plea Poem," with "A Mother's Day Poem, 1985," and "On the Projects Playground"; and a gathering of notepad pages containing several manuscript poems.
Dates
- Creation: 1971 - 1989
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research use. Health, financial and legal records are restricted until 2041 (Boxes 20-21, 29).
Extent
From the Collection: 14.59 Linear Feet (27 boxes, 2 oversize boxes)
From the Collection: 2.67 Gigabytes (6 digital oral history interviews)
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Repository Details
Part of the Butler University Special Collections and University Archives Repository
4600 Sunset Avenue
Irwin Library 345
Indianapolis Indiana 46208 United States
specialcollections@butler.edu