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Part 1

Box Item Contents
BOX 1 Film, Theater, and Television Scripts
Item: 1. Ballad of a Blackbird, copy 1, undated, photocopy.
2. Ballad of a Blackbird, copy 2, undated, photocopy.
3. Ballad of a Blackbird, copy 1, 2/25/80, photocopy.
4. Ballad of a Blackbird, copy 2, 2/25/80, title page is missing, photocopy.
5. Barbados, a Ballad for Bimshire, outline, June 28, 1981, photocopy.
6. Barbados, a Ballad for Bimshire, lyrics, undated, photocopy.
7. Barbados, a Ballad for Bimshire, rewrite, July 20, 1981, photocopy.
8. Barbados, a Ballad for Bimshire, partial copy 1, pgs. 3, 20-89, photocopy.
9. Barbados, a Ballad for Bimshire, partial copy 2, pgs. 1-2-1 to 1-2-7, typescript original.
10. Barbados, a Ballad for Bimshire, partial copy 3, pgs. 7-14 photocopy.
11. Barbados, a Ballad for Bimshire, partial copy 3, pgs. 1-2-1 to 1-2-8, typescript original.
12. Black Cavalcade, outline for six television movies about theatrical pioneers, copy 1, 1980, photocopy.
13. Black Cavalcade, outline for six television movies about theatrical pioneers, copy 2, 1980?, photocopy.
14. Bubbling Brown Sugar, first draft, 1975, photocopy.
14a. Bubbling Brown Sugar, 1985, published script.
15. Cartoons for a Lunch Hour, 1978, photocopy.
16. Cartoons for a Lunch Hour, January 1979, typescript original.
17. Cartoons for a Lunch Hour, partial copy, pgs. 1-28, typescript original.
18. Carver, lyrics for “My Friend Booker T.”, undated, photocopy.
See BOX 12 for accompanying oversized musical scores for Items 18-20.
19. Carver, lyrics for “Peanut Man”, undated, photocopy.
See BOX 12 for accompanying oversized musical scores for Items 18-20.
20. Carver, lyrics for “Thru the Years, I will Remain with You”, undated, photocopy.
See BOX 12 for accompanying oversized musical scores for Items 18-20.
21. City Called Harlem, undated, photocopy.
BOX 2 1. A Gypsy Girl, Act I, first draft plus notes, May 9, 1982, photocopy.
2. A Gypsy Girl, Act II, May 9, 1982, photocopy.
3. A Gypsy Girl, Pine Buff version, October 7, 1982, photocopy.
4. A Gypsy Girl, partial copy, undated, typescript original.
5. A Gypsy Girl, partial copy, undated, photocopy.
6. A Gypsy Girl, partial copy, pgs. 1-3-14 to 2-2-22, March 17, 1982, photocopy.
7. A Gypsy Girl, partial copy, pgs. 1-1-1-1 to 1-1-6, undated, photocopy.
8. A Gypsy Girl, partial copy, pgs. 1-1-2 to 1-1-25, 1-14-19 to 1-4-21, undated, photocopy.
9. A Gypsy Girl, partial copy, March 17, 1982, photocopy.
10. Her Stormy Weather, Scenes in the Life of Ethel Waters, first draft, 1/16/82, photocopy.
11. Her Stormy Weather, Scenes in the Life of Ethel Waters, copy 2, undated, photocopy.
12. I'm Sorry, undated, typescript original, script was first titled A City of Tears.
BOX 3 1. The Phonograph, Scenes in the Life of a Harlem Family, undated, photocopy.
2. The Phonograph, Scenes in the Life of a Harlem Family, signed copy, November 13, 1980, photocopy.
3. Sojourn to the South of the Wall, copy 1, March 25, 1971, photocopy.
4. Sojourn to the South of the Wall, copy 2, March 25, 1971, photocopy.
5. Sojourn to the South of the Wall, Act II of an early script, May 28, 1979, photocopy.
6. Sojourn to the South of the Wall, November 8, 1983 script version, photocopy.
7. A Song for Langston Hughes, undated, typescript original.
8. Star of the Morning, discarded page, undated, typescript original.
9. Star of the Morning, April 1984, photocopy.
BOX 4 1. Tell Pharaoh, copy 1, undated, typescript original and photocopies interleaved.
2. Tell Pharaoh, copy 2, undated, photocopy.
3. Tell Pharaoh, pgs. 28-41, undated, photocopy.
4. Tell Pharaoh, pgs. 1-5, undated, typescript original.
5. Tell Pharaoh, copy 3, 1981?, typescript originals and photocopies interleaved.
6. Tell Pharaoh, copy 4, copyright 1967, 1978, photocopy.
7. Tell Pharaoh, copy 5, 1970 copyright, photocopy.
8. Tell Pharaoh, lyrics, undated, typescript original.
9. Together! A Carver Celebration, copy 1, August 10, 1979, photocopy.
10. Together! A Carver Celebration, copy 2, August 10, 1979, photocopy.
11. The Vampires of Harlem, 1972, photocopy.
BOX 5 Loften Mitchell's Writings
Articles
1. An Anglican from Harlem, in The Episcopalian, undated, photocopy.
2. A day with the Robinsons, The Little Cat, in The New York Voice, 1982, typescript original.
3. Death of a beloved friend, The Little Cat, in The New York Voice, undated, typescript original.
4. The times are evil, The Little Cat, in The New York Voice, undated, carbon copy.
5. Upstate, The Little Cat, in The New York Voice, undated, typescript original.
6. untitled, The Little Cat, in The New York Voice, 1979, typescript original.
7. untitled, The Little Cat, in The New York Voice, October 20, 1979, carbon copy.
8. The Little Cat talks about the Pulitzer Prize and the price of programs, The Little Cat, in The New York Voice, 1982?, typescript original.
9. The Little Cat, in The Village Voice, 20 newspaper clippings from June 23, 1978 - July 7, 1979, and 1 undated photocopy.
10. Memories of the NAACP, summer 1981, prepared for publication in The Crisis, but never published, typescript original.
11. Season is now: review of two plays, in The Crisis, January/February 1967.
Monographs
12. Clarendon County, section I, copy 1, signed, 1958, carbon copy.
13. Clarendon County, section I, copy 2, missing page 6, carbon copy.
14. Negro spettacolo, in Encyclopedia Dello Spettacolo, undated, typescript original.
15. The Negro in the American theater since 1948, in the Oxford Theater, undated, typescript original.
16. untitled chapter in The Dictionary of Literary Biography, January 1982, typescript original.
17. Voices of the Black Musical Theatre, chapters 1-2, undated, photocopy.
18. Voices of the Black Musical Theatre, revised copies of chapters 1-2, photocopy.
Poems 1938-1978
19. “Jeanne”, 1945, holograph.
20. “For Louisa”, by Mitchell, France, and Peters, undated, typescript original.
21. “Harlem Allegory”, undated, typescript original.
22. untitled, 3 copies, undated, photocopy.
23. untitled, undated, typescript original.
Speeches 1972-1982
24. “The theatre of my dreams”, for the Emanuel Peterson Historical Society, undated, carbon copy.
25. “A Harlem playwright views Afro-American Studies”, Plattsburgh, 1972, carbon copy.
26. untitled, given at the 3rd Annual Community Awards Banquet, April 24, 1982, holograph.
27. “Father Langston, memories of a great writer”, given at the twelfth anniversary of the Langston Hughes Library and the Black Heritage Center, signed copy, copy 1, April 26, 1981, photocopy.
28. “Father Langston, memories of a great writer”, given at the twelfth anniversary of the Langston Hughes Library and the Black Heritage Center, signed copy, copy 2, April 26, 1981, photocopy.
Miscellaneous Writings
29. Death of a social investigator, undated, typescript original.
30. For David Rollius: memories of an extended brother, undated, typescript original.
31. Hosea Spaulding, 1891-1975, undated, carbon copy.
32. The Lightning, November 14, 1985, photocopy.
33. Notes on a collection, October 16, 1985, copy 1, photocopy.
34. Notes on a collection, October 16, 1985, copy 2, photocopy.
35. Notes on a forthcoming production, 1983?, copy 1, photocopy.
36. Notes on a forthcoming production, 1983?, copy 2, photocopy.
37. Notes on Tell Pharaoh, undated, photocopy.
38. Personal notes on a writing course, undated (circa 1970), photocopy.
39. The Vampires of Harlem, undated, photocopy.
40. untitled, undated, photocopy.
BOX 6 Incoming Correspondence
1941-1969
1. Houston Brummet, April 29, 1963, carbon copy.
2. Houston Brummet, May 6, 1963, typescript original.
3. Andrew Burris, 1942, holograph, addendum by Loften Mitchell, June 10, 1982, holograph.
4. Buel G. Gallagherr, February 25, 1943, typescript original.
5. A.C. Hall, December 1945, holograph.
6. Richard Horner, March 13, 1963, typescript original.
7. State Senator Wyona Moore Lipman, April 14, 1941, holograph.
8. Mel, June 3, 1945, holograph.
9. Bro Melvin, August 8, 1963, holograph.
10. Louis D. Mitchell, June 26, 1969, typescript original.
11. Stanford Melvin Mitchell, October 7, 1942, holograph.
12. Sut, September 25, 1943, holograph.
13. W.L. Sutlet, March 5, 1943, typescript, original.
1973-78
14. Brooks Atkinson, October 20, 1973, photocopy.
15. Beir, November 4, 1977, holograph.
16. Alfred G. Brooks, May 27, 1976, photocopy.
17. Brother Louis, September 30, 1975, typescript original.
18. Claude Brov/Patrick Farrell, March 1976?, typescript original.
19. Louise Canty, March 3, 1976, typescript original.
20. Jean Ackiss Davis, March 18, 1976, holograph.
21. Betty C. Edwards, March 2, 1976, holograph.
22. Harriet G. Eston, February 22, 1976, holograph.
23. Charles and Irene Hunter, March 5, 1976, holograph.
24. C. Peter Magrath, September 24, 1974, typescript original.
25. Eleanor F. McLean, March 14, 1976, holograph.
26. R. Baxter Miller, August 11, 1975, typescript original.
27. Jack Quander, February 4, 1976, typescript original.
28. M. David Samples, March 10, 1976, holograph.
29. Pat Speyser, August 4, 1974, holograph.
30. Amelia Irijarry Voorsaugy, March 18, 1976, holograph.
31. Paul B. Zuber, December 4, 1978, typescript original.
1980-1981
32. Phillip W. Atlakson, September 8, 1981, typescript original.
33. Dolores Bartlett, November 11, 1981, typescript original.
34. Gladys Blair, June 30, 1981, typescript original.
35. William B. Branch, November 9, 1981, typescript original.
36. Ina C. Brownridge, November 20, 1981, typescript original.
37. Ina C. Brownridge, December 22, 1981, typescript original.
38. Carl P. Coates (student), September 16, 1981, holograph.
39. Bernice Cohen, October 22, 1981, typescript original.
40. Joel Colton, April 22, 1981, photocopy.
41. Joseph E. Dahm, November 11, 1981, typescript original.
42. Dick, October 28, 1980, typescript original.
43. J.N.G. Joseph Nathan Gayles, April 27, 1981, holograph.
44. Earl G. Graves, July 29, 1981, typescript original.
45. Sheldon Grebstein, July 28, 1981, typescript original.
46. Marion Hanscom, November 18, 1981, typescript original.
47. Ja Arthur Jahannes, December 18, 1981, typescript original. Addendum: reply from Loften Mitchell, March 17, 1982, typescript original.
48. John, July 30, 1981, typescript original.
49. Office of Sponsored Program Development, December 28, 1981, typescript original.
50. Max T. Rosenberg, July 31, 1981, typescript original.
51. Rosie, November 11, 1981, typescript original.
52. Sally and William, October 14, 1981, holograph.
53. David E. Schoonover, November 20, 1981, typescript original.
54. Leon P. Spencer, March 2, 1981, holograph.
55. Lucy M. Walker, December 21, 1981, typescript original. Addendum: reply from Loften Mitchell, February 10, 1982, typescript original.
56. William H. White, February 8, 1980, typescript original.
57. David Wilk, September 1981, typescript original.
1982
58. Jervis Anderson, June 18, 1982, typescript original.
59. George H. Bass, May 25, 1982, typescript original.
60. Cynthia Reasoner Bassiry, AKA Erica Copeland and Najima Bassiry, July 1, 1981, typescript original.
61. John Bielenberg, April 26, 1982, typescript original.
61a. John Bielenberg, June 3, 1982, photocopy.
62. Bill, December 8, 1982, typescript original.
63. Brother Louis, September 14, 1982, typescript original and photo of Brother Louis.
64. Mary Lynn Broe, March 8, 1982, holograph.
65. Janet Brown, February 16, 1982, typescript original.
66. Ina C. Brownridge, September 22, 1982, holograph.
67. Hazel Bryant and Duane Jones, April 30, 1982, typescript original.
68. Dick Campbell, June 22, 1982, typescript original.
69. Horace Carter, August 13, 1982, typescript original.
70. Arlene Caruso, April 28, 1982, typescript original.
71. Clifford D. Clark, March 25, 1982, typescript original.
72. Clifford D. Clark, October 22, 1982, typescript original.
73. Bernice Cohen, April 27, 1982, typescript original.
74. Juanita M. Crabb, June 15, 1982, typescript original.
75. Ossie Davis, July 20, 1982, holograph.
76. Elton C. Fax, February 12, 1982, typescript original.
77. Walter Gidaly, December 23, 1982, typescript original.
78. Dean David Gitlitz, January 15, 1982, holograph.
79. Ronald J. Himes, Nov. 15, 1982, typescript original.
80. Ja A. Jahannes, January 6, 1982, typescript original.
81. Ja A. Jahannes, May 7, 1982, typescript original.
82. Ja A. Jahannes, August 24, 1982, typescript original.
83. Ja A. Jahannes, September 22, 1982, typescript original.
84. Ja A. Jahannes, November 18, 1982, typescript original.
85. John, March 7, 1982, typescript original.
86. Elaine Kuracina, October 15, 1982, holograph and newsclipping.
87. Kim and Robert Little, summer 1982, holograph.
88. Louis, May 11, 1982, typescript original.
89. Louis, June 3, 1982, typescript original.
90. Marjorie K. McNeil, September 2, 1982, typescript original.
91. The Right Reverend Paul Moore, Jr., April 28, 1982, typescript original.
92. Donald P. O'Dowd, February 11, 1982, typescript original.
93. Frederick O'Neal, September 21, 1982, postcard/holograph.
93a. Frank Pogue, March 4, 1982, photocopy.
94. Cynthia A. Reasoner, May 20, 1982, typescript original. Addendum: Note, May 14, 1982, typescript and holograph.
95. Max J. Rosenberg, June 18, 1982, typescript original.
96. Sister, April 27, 1982, holograph.
97. George H. Stein, January 4, 1982, typescript original.
98. Ric Wellwood, November 3, 1982, typescript original.
1983
99. Frank Avellino, March 17, 1983, holograph.
100. John Bielenberg, February 4, 1983, typescript original.
101. Cheryl Black, April 29, 1983, typescript original.
102. Carole B. Davies, March 8, 1983, typescript original.
103. Claude Fawcett, February 16, 1983, typescript original.
104. Howard Gotlieb, August 18, 1983, typescript original.
105. Rodger Allen Hall, January 12, 1983, typescript original.
106. Ja A. Jahannes, February 10, 1983, typescript original.
107. Ja A. Jahannes, March 16, 1983, typescript original. Addendum: Brochure from the Tenth Annual National Conference on the Black Family in America.
108. ASJ, September 21, 1983, holograph. Addendum: Note from Loften Mitchell.
109. Denise Josephs, July 27, 1983, typescript original.
110. Susan Kinelson, May 18, 1983, holograph.
111. Jerry Lapidus, March 7, 1983, typescript original.
112. Kenneth A. Marvald, May 2, 1983, typescript original.
113. Mical, May 1, 1983, holograph.
114. Henry Miller, January 18, 1983, typescript original.
115. Newton, March 3, 1983, holograph.
115a. Frederick O'Neal, October 6, 1983, photocopy.
115b. Carole Powell, July 26, 1983, holograph.
115c. Toy Cooke Thompson, December 1983, holograph.
1984
116. William Branch, January 28, 1984, typescript original.
117. Ja A. Jahannes, April 23, 1984, typescript original.
118. Eva Jessye, January 9, 1984, typescript original.
119. Eva Jessye, March 23, 1984, typescript original. Addendum: Photocopied award of Jessye's poem.
120. Milton Meltzer, January 3, 1984, typescript original.
121. Ray, May 17, 1984, typescript original.
122. Audrey Smedley, November 29, 1984, typescript original. Addendum: Booklet on Paul Robeson.
123. Percy Sutton, August 28, 1984, typescript original.
124. Scott L. Ufford, January 25, 1984, typescript original.
1985
125. Lucille Arazullo, February 7, 1985, holograph.
126. Henri Brown, April 1, 1985, typescript original.
127. Henri Brown, July 29, 1985, typescript original.
128. Virginia Caufield, April 29, 1985, holograph.
129. Clifford Clark, April 10, 1985, typescript original.
130. Juanita M. Crabb, March 28, 1985, typescript original.
131. Dick Gaffield, May 22, 1985, holograph.
132. Dick Gaffield, August 27, typescript original.
133. Mo'nique Gooding, September, 10, 1985, holograph.
134. Samuel A. Hay, April 25, 1985.
135. Lizzette Hill, April 30, 1965, holograph.
136. John and Grace Killens, August 1985, holograph.
137. Bill Johnson, May 1985, holograph.
138. Herbert Marshall, April 12, 1985, photocopy.
139. Norman (Gene) Niles (?), August 1985, holograph.
140. Steve Park, April 26, 1985, holograph.
140a. John and Sarah Randolph, July, 15, 1985, holograph and flyer.
141. Sickle Cell Anemia Foundation of Greater New York, July 1985, photocopy.
142. Sickle Cell Anemia Foundation of Greater New York, August 20, 1985, pholograph. Addendum: newspaper article concerning Apollo Theater Hall of Fame nominees (The New York Voice, August 17, 1985).
143. George Stein, May 1, 1985, typescript original.
Undated
144. Jerri Alexander, holograph on a brochure.
145. Bill, holograph on back of invitation.
146. Carol Dale, holograph.
147. Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee, signed portrait.
148. Francesca, holograph.
149. Gloria, holograph.
150. Bill Johnson, holograph.
151. Steve Koren, holograph.
152. Mel Leiman, holograph.
153. Michael D. Quinn, holograph on back of playbill.
154. Betsy Reinstein, holograph.
155. Adele T. Rosen, holograph.
156. Roy, (James T. White Publisher), holograph.
157. Aaron Sugarman, holograph.
158. Vernon Washington, holograph and photocopy.
Greeting Cards 1947-1976 and undated
159. Lenore Wheatly, January 25, 1947, an envelope, no actual card.
160. Agnes, August, 1974.
161. Louise Canty, August, 1974.
162. Jerry Averette, August 5, 1974.
163. Sister, August 6, 1974.
164. Nan, August 10, 1974.
165. Sarah Wright, August 11, 1974.
166. Connie Brown Bodyer, February 3, 1976.
167. Mother, undated.
168. Gloria Munoz, undated.
169. Gloria Munoz, undated.
170. Board of Directors, Library Action Committee or Corona-East Elmhurst, and the Langston Hughes Community Library and Cultural Center, undated.
171. Don, Jeanne, Joanne and Chuck, undated.
172. Ron Wiggins, undated.
173. Helen Steiner Rice, undated.
174. Doug and Sally Owen, undated.
175. Fritzie, undated.
176. Jay et al., undated.
177. Jeanne, undated.
1963-1971
1. Dr. Brummet, April 30, 1963, carbon copy.
2. Edward Cambridge, April 22, 1963, photocopy.
3. Ann and Ed Carpenter, February 18, 1971, carbon copy.
4. Ann and Ed Carpenter, February 18, 1971, carbon copy.
5. Unknown (Star of the Morning?), April 23, 1963, carbon copy.
1976-1978
6. Charles and Irene, March 20, 1976, carbon copy.
7. Connie, March 20, 1976, carbon copy.
8. Carol Dale, March 20, 1976, carbon copy.
9. Dave, March 20, 1976, carbon copy.
10. Dick, March 20, 1976, carbon copy.
11. Ed, March 20, 1976, carbon copy.
12. Patric Farrell, March 20, 1976, carbon copy.
13. Harriet, March 20, 1976, carbon copy.
14. Maya, March 20, 1976, carbon copy.
15. Elmer Zinner, July 19, 1978, photocopy.
1980-1981
16. Warren Anderson, November 11, 1981, carbon copy.
17. John Bielenberg and Professor Muhammad, September 22, 1981, typescript original.
18. Bill, November 10, 1981, carbon copy.
19. Campus Security, October 8, 1981, carbon copy.
20. Richard Cuyler, October 26, 1980, photocopy and carbon copy cover letter
21. Marion Hanscom, November 11, 1981, carbon copy.
22. Melinda Hull, June 24, 1981, photocopy.
23. Innovational Project Board, January 29, 1981, carbon copy.
24. Innovational Project Board, October 4, 1980, carbon copy.
25. Edward Kennedy, November 11, 1981, carbon copy.
26. Barbara Lawler and cast, February 25, 1981, carbon copy.
27. Dan McCormack, October 3, 1980, carbon copy.
28. Sidney Poitier, November 1, 1981, carbon copies (2).
29. Pearl Primus, October 10, 1980, carbon copy.
30. Mr. Quackenbush, November 12, 1981, carbon copy.
31. Albert Stella, November 11, 1981, carbon copy.
32. Vernon Washington, March 8, 1981, photocopy.
33. Larry Williams and Glen Belgrave, October 7, 1981, typescript original.
34. Unknown (re: Patricia Whittaker), October 22, 1981, carbon copy.
35. Unknown (Mr. President), November 11, 1981, carbon copy.
1982
36. John Bielenberg, May 26, 1982, carbon copy.
37. John Bielenberg and Dr. Mohammad, May 26, 1982, photocopy.
38. Ina Brownridge, February 2, 1982, carbon copy.
39. Circle-in-the-Square Theatre School, February 3, 1982, carbon copy.
40. Clifford Clark, April 8, 1982, carbon copy.
41. Debby Epstein, March 11, 1982, carbon copy.
42. Ja A. Jahannes, June 8, 1982, carbon copy.
43. Tom Kremer, March 1, 1982, carbon copy.
44. Michael (Pelter?), May 22, 1982, carbon copy.
45. Frank Pogue, March 11, 1982, carbon copy.
46. Cynthia Reasoner, May 26, 1982, carbon copy and May 27, 1982, typescript copy.
47. David E. Schoonover, February 2, 1982, carbon copy.
48. George Stein, February 2, 1982, carbon copy.
49. William White and Ray McGill, May 21, 1982, carbon copy.
50. To whom it may concern (re: George Brown), May 4, 1982, carbon copy and undated typescript original.
51. To whom it may concern (re: Kimberly Ann Constine), March 31, 1982, typescript original.
52. To whom it may concern (re: Eva Dunbar), February 3, 1982, typescript original.
53. To whom it may concern (re: Michael Pelter), May 21, 1982, carbon copies (2).
54. To whom it may concern (re: Clarissa Robinson), February 5, 1982, carbon copy.
55. To whom it may concern (re: Bernardo Rosa Jr.), April 6, 1982, carbon copy.
56. Unknown, September 29, 1982, typescript original.
1983
57. John Bielenberg and Audrey Smedley, May 20, 1983, typescript original.
58. Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee, July/August 1983?, carbon copy.
59. Kari, January 12, 1983, holograph on envelope and Bubbling Brown Sugar tour schedules of rehearsals, performances, and travel times.
60. Denise Josephs, August 8, 1983, photocopy.
61. Kenneth Marvald, May 6, 1983, carbon copy.
62. Kenneth Marvald, August 8, 1983, photocopy.
63. Rory Monteith, April 29, 1983, holograph on manila envelope.
64. Scott Ufford, August 8, 1983, photocopy.
65. Open letter to the Playwriting and Performance Media classes, May 9, 1983, carbon copy.
1984-1985
66. John Bielenberg and Audrey Smedley, carbon copy, November 23, 1984.
67. Ralph Greene, February 7, 1984, carbon copy.
68. Christian P. Gruber, April 24, 1984, photocopy.
69. Donovan Howard, May 17, 1984, carbon copy.
70. Donovan Howard, May 22, 1984, carbon copy.
71. Herbert Marshall, May 21, 1985, typescript original.
72. Unknown, June 28, 1985, photocopy.
73. Unknown, November 16, 1985, carbon copy.
Undated
74. Debbie, holograph.
75. Woodie, holograph.

Loften Mitchell Collection