Furious Flower Poetry Center Records, 1990-2019 *JMU Records*
Summary Information
- Repository:
- Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University
- Creator:
- James Madison University. Furious Flower Poetry Center
- Title:
- Furious Flower Poetry Center Records
- Collection No.:
- UA 0017
- Date:
- 1990-2014
- Extent:
- 13 Hollinger boxes, 1 half-Hollinger box, 1 record storage box, 1 oversize Hollinger box, 5 oversize flat boxes, 1 oversize flat folder, 8.7 Cubic Feet
- Language of the Material:
- English
- Abstract:
- The Furious Flower Poetry Center Records, consisting of 8.7 cubic feet (13 Hollinger boxes, 1 half-Hollinger box, 1 record storage box, 5 oversize flat boxes, 1 oversize flat folder), document the departmental activities of the Furious Flower Poetry Center.
Preferred Citation
[identification of item], [box #, folder #], Furious Flower Poetry Center Records, 1990-2014, UA 0017, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA.
Administrative History
The Furious Flower Poetry Center (FFPC) was established in 1999 by Joanne V. Gabbin when she was the director of James Madison University's Honors Program. With this flagship of the Honors Program, she continued the kind of programming she had begun by hosting the 1994 Furious flower Poetry Conference, which was the nation's first scholarly conference on Black poetry. The event was met with overwhelming praise, and The Washington Post called it an historic event. In 2005, following the success of the second Furious Flower Poetry Conference (2004), JMU gave the FFPC its official charter, making it the first academic center in the United States devoted to Black poetry. Gabbin became its executive director, leaving the Honors Program after 19 years of service.
Today, the FFPC is committed to "cultivating, honoring, and promoting the diverse voices of African American poets by making the genre accessible to a wide audience and collaborating with educational and cultural institutions, literary organizations, and artists." It hosts visiting poets for readings at JMU and nearby venues; sponsors workshops; holds an annual poetry camp for elementary and middle school-aged children; produces texts, videos, DVDs and other materials on African-American poetry; and gathers poets and other scholars for intimate panels and seminars, as well as major conferences. FFPC has held three decennial Furious Flower Conferences: "A Revolution in African American Poetry" (1994), "Regenerating the Black Poetic Tradition" (2004), and "Seeding the Future of African American Poetry" (2014).
FFPC is located off of Martin Luther King Jr. Way/Historic Cantrell Avenue. Beyond her duties as Executive Director of the Furious Flower Poetry Center, Joanne Gabbin is a professor of English at JMU, a published author, and a member of the International Literary Hall of Fame for Writers of African Descent.
Scope and Content
The Furious Flower Poetry Center Records, 1990-2014, consisting of 8.7 cubic feet (13 Hollinger boxes, 1 half-Hollinger box, 5 oversize flat boxes, 1 oversize flat folder), document the departmental activities of the Furious Flower Poetry Center, a unit formerly of the JMU Honor's Program that became its own separate academic center of the University in 2005. A portion of the material contained within the records derive from events and programs sponsored by the Furious Flower Poetry Center including 73 Poems for 73 Years: Celebrating the Life of Lucille Clifton, Lineage: The Margaret Walker Song Cycle, and an annual children's poetry camp. Specific types of materials include event posters and brochures, exhibit panels, logistical and planning documentation, and email correspondence. Materials related to publications produced by the Center such as Mourning Katrina: A Poetic Response to Tragedy and Shaping Memories: Reflections of African American Women Writers are comprised of draft manuscripts and correspondence with poets and publishers. Grant proposals and awards, many of which relate to the aforementioned events and projects, are also represented.
While there may be overlap in content, materials directly related to Furious Flower's decennial conferences on African-American poetry form a separate collection - Furious Flower Poetry Center Conference Records, UA 0018.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged into five series:
Series 1: Grants, 2004-2014 Series 2: Publications and Manuscripts, 1993-2012 Series 3: Events, Programs, and Workshops, 1990-2012 Series 4: Media Series 5: Oversize, 2004-2012
All series are arranged chronologically; Series 2 and Series 3 are further arranged alphabetically within a particular publication or event. At this time, no particular order has been imposed on Series 4. Series 5 is arranged chronologically according to the order determined in the "home" series.
Administrative Information
Access Restrictions
Collection is open to research. Researchers must register and agree to copyright and privacy laws before using this collection. Please contact Research Services staff before visiting the James Madison University Special Collections Library to use this collection.
Use Restrictions
Copyright for official University records is held by James Madison University; all other copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library Reference Desk (library-special@jmu.edu).
Acquisition Information
Furious Flower Poetry Center transferred these materials to Special Collections on May 16 and June 29, 2016.
Other Formats Available
Digitization of media content is in-process as of November 2016. Access will be made available to content once digitization is complete, barring any copyright or use restrictions.
Appraisal Information
Small Purchase Credit Card Statements were discarded due to lack of research value.
Processing Information
The donor's original order, including folder titles, was maintained whenever possible. The archivist imposed an order on any unordered files, titled any untitled files, and created discrete series. Social security numbers and bank account numbers have been redacted from materials. When possible, newspapers and clippings were photocopied and originals returned to donor. All material contained within three-ring binders was disbound and foldered in original order. During processing several folders were discovered to be empty. Their folder titles are as follows: Dream in Color Drafts, WHSV Children First 2010, WVPT Kid's Book Festival 2010, Poetry Month 2010, Winter Poetry Contest 2010, Marilyn Nelson Reading 2010, 73 Poems Honorariums (Music). The empty folders were discarded. Numerous folders with small purchase credit card statements and receipts were also discarded. Series I has also been renamed "Grants and Financial Files."
Location
Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University
880 Madison DriveMSC 1704Harrisonburg, Virginia 22807library-special@jmu.eduURL: https://www.lib.jmu.edu/special/
Related Materials
Related Materials
Furious Flower Poetry Center Conference Records, UA 0018
Separated Materials
A copy of Mourning Katrina: A Poetic Response to Tragedy Buena Vista, Va.: Mariner Publishing, 2009 and 73 Poems for 73 Years: Celebrating the Life of Lucille Clifton Harrisonburg, Va.: Virginia Tech Printing Services, 2010 were removed from Series 2, catalogued, and placed in the Special Collections rare book collection.
The following titles were removed from Series 3 and catalogued: Opala, Joseph A. The Gullah: rice, slavery and the Sierra Leone-American connection. Freetown, Sierra Leone: USIS, 1987; Opala, Joseph. Krio in a nutshell.: Krio Grammar with Lessons, Exercise and Vocabulary, Vol. 1. Freetown, Sierra Leone: [publisher not identified], 1991; Opala, Joseph. Krio in a nutshell.: Krio Conversation with Dialogues, Stories, Proverbs, etc., Vol. 2. Freetown, Sierra Leone: [publisher not identified], 1991; Geraty, Virginia Mixson. Bittle en' t'ing': Gullah cooking with Maum Chrish'. Orangeburg, S.C.: Sandlapper Pub., 1992.
Due to duplication elsewhere in Special Collections the following issues of Madison (known as Montpelier from 1977-2005), many with articles pertaining to Furious Flower Poetry Center, were returned to the donor: Summer 2003, Winter 2005, Spring 2006, Fall 2006, Summer 2006, Spring 2007, Summer 2007, Fall 2007, Fall 2008, Winter 2008, Summer 2009, Fall 2009, Spring/Summer 2010, Spring/Summer 2011, Fall 2011, Spring/Summer 2015. These issues were loose when donated and were not a part of any pre-established order or foldering system.
Bibliography
"Furious Flower Poetry Center." James Madison University. Accessed August 09, 2016. https://www.jmu.edu/furiousflower/index.shtml.
Collection Inventory
Series 1: Grants and Financial Files, 2004-2014
Arranged chronologically. FFPC relies heavily on funding from corporate entities and non-profits to subsidize and off-set the cost of furthering their mission of promoting African-American poetry. As such, this series contains grant proposals and awards (all closed) relating to events, publications, and other projects sponsored by the Furious Flower Poetry Center. Projects represented in this series include "Dream in Color," an online curriculum sponsored by Target that enabled elementary, middle, and high-school students to discover the works of African-American poets; and the publication of Mourning Katrina, an anthology of poems by observers and survivors of Hurricane Katrina. All grant materials were removed from three-ring binders and foldered, maintaining original order. |
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| Title/Description | Instances | ||
| Other Expenses, 2003-2004 | box 17 | folder 1 | |
| Agency Transaction Vouchers, 2004 | box 17 | folder 2 | |
| Budget Receipts (Folder 1 of 2), 2004-2005 | box 15 | folder 1 | |
| Budget Receipts (Folder 2 of 2), 2004-2005 | box 15 | folder 2 | |
| Budget Revisions, 2004-2005 | box 17 | folder 3 | |
| Travel Vouchers, 2004-2005 | box 17 | folder 4 | |
| California Newsreel, 532025 (Folder 1 of 2), 2004-2014 | box 1 | folder 1 | |
| California Newsreel, 532025 (Folder 2 of 2), 2004-2014 | box 1 | folder 2 | |
| Unfunded Rejection Letters, 2004, 2010, 2011 | box 16 | folder 3 | |
| Awards for Programming, Children's Poetry Festival, 2005 | box 17 | folder 5 | |
| Budget Receipts, 2005 | box 15 | folder 3 | |
| Cave Canem Travel Voucher, 2005 | box 17 | folder 6 | |
| Distinguished Faculty Award, 2005 | box 17 | folder 7 | |
| National Poetry Slam Travel Documents, 2005 | box 17 | folder 8 | |
| TJ Anderson, Grant Closed, , 2005 | box 1 | folder 3 | |
| Poetry Camp 2005, Grant Closed, 2005 | box 1 | folder 4 | |
| Rachel Malcolm Woods, 17 Stones Lost & Forgotten, 2005 | box 1 | folder 5 | |
| Gwendolyn Brooks and Lucille Clifton: American Poets in the African American Tradition Grant Application (Folder 1 of 2), 2005-2006 | box 16 | folder 6 | |
| Gwendolyn Brooks and Lucille Clifton: American Poets in the African American Tradition Grant Application (Folder 2 of 2), 2005-2006 | box 16 | folder 7 | |
| Nikki Giovanni, Grant Closed, 2005-2006 | box 1 | folder 6 | |
| Truth is on its Way Project Application, 2005, undated | box 16 | folder 4 | |
| Truth is on its Way Sponsorship, 2005, undated | box 16 | folder 5 | |
| Office Supply Finances, 2005-2006, 2017 | box 17 | folder 9 | |
| Budget Receipts, 2006 | box 15 | folder 4 | |
| Foundation Travel Vouchers, 2006-2007 | box 17 | folder 11 | |
| Target - 550200 (Folder 1 of 2), 2006-2009 | box 1 | folder 7 | |
| Target - 550200 (Folder 2 of 2), 2006-2009 | box 1 | folder 8 | |
| Donnelly (PC), 550201, 2006-2010 | box 2 | folder 1 | |
| Donnelly (MK), 550070 (Folder 1 of 2), 2006-2010 | box 2 | folder 2 | |
| Donnelly (MK), 550070 (Folder 2 of 2), 2006-2010 | box 2 | folder 3 | |
| Pomegranate, 532113, 2006-2012 | box 2 | folder 4 | |
| COFCU - 550173, Closed, 2006-2013 | box 2 | folder 5 | |
| Joanne V. Gabbin Travel, 2006-2008, 2011, 2012 | box 17 | folder 10 | |
| Awards for Programming, 2007 | box 17 | folder 12 | |
| Foundation Travel Vouchers, 2007 | box 17 | folder 13 | |
| Kimberly C. Ellis Travel, 2007 | box 17 | folder 14 | |
| ACV - Dr. Goddess - 550232, 2007-2008 | box 2 | folder 6 | |
| ACV Rutha Harris, 550274, 2007-2008 | box 2 | folder 7 | |
| Budget Receipts, 2007-2008 | box 15 | folder 5 | |
| Clifton VFH, 550282 (Folder 1 of 2), 2007-2008 | box 3 | folder 1 | |
| Clifton VFH, 550282 (Folder 2 of 2), 2007-2008 | box 3 | folder 2 | |
| Hill, Taylor, and Company Sponsorship, 2007, undated | box 16 | folder 8 | |
| Summer Poetry Camp Allstate Grant, 2007, undated | box 16 | folder 9 | |
| Awards for Programming, 2008 | box 17 | folder 15 | |
| Foundation Payment Vouchers, 2008 | box 17 | folder 16 | |
| Travel Vouchers, 2008 | box 17 | folder 17 | |
| Budget Receipts (Folder 1 of 2), 2008-2009 | box 15 | folder 6 | |
| Budget Receipts (Folder 2 of 2), 2008-2009 | box 16 | folder 1 | |
| Budget Receipts, 2009 | box 16 | folder 2 | |
| Copy Center Receipts, 2009 | box 17 | folder 18 | |
| Foundation Payment Vouchers, 2009 | box 17 | folder 19 | |
| Fundraising, 2009-2013, undated | box 16 | folder 10 | |
| Foundation Payment Vouchers, 2010 | box 17 | folder 20 | |
| Joanne V. Gabbin Travel, 2010-2011 | box 17 | folder 21 | |
| Kalela Williams Travel, 2010-2011 | box 17 | folder 22 | |
| Sheer Good Fortune Grant, 2012 | box 25 | folder 19 | |
| Target Grant: The Furious Flower Community Project, 2013 | box 16 | folder 11 | |
| Music Grants, 2016 | box 16 | folder 12 | |
| Throw Your Head Back and Sing Grant Application, 2016 | box 16 | folder 13 | |
| Grant Guidelines, 2016, undated | box 16 | folder 14 | |
| Application for Operating Support, undated | box 16 | folder 15 | |
| Fossett Foundation Grant, undated | box 16 | folder 16 | |
| Leo Burnett Company Camp Grant, undated | box 16 | folder 17 | |
| Virginia Foundation for the Humanities Grant, undated | box 16 | folder 18 | |
Series 2: Publications and Manuscripts, 1993-2012
Arranged chronologically by project date and sub-arranged alphabetically within each project. This series contains material related to publications and manuscripts produced by the Furious Flower Poetry Center. In many cases this refers to books in the typical sense (Mourning Katrina: A Poetic Response to Tragedy, Furious Flower: African-American Poetry from the Black Arts Movement to the Present), Furious Flower Poetry Center also oversaw the publication of The Painted Word – a set of notecards and a corresponding calendar of poets' portraits. Correspondence with various publishers is also included. |
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| Title/Description | Instances | ||
| Oxford University Press, 1993-2005 | box 3 | folder 3 | |
| UVA Contracts Furious Flower, 1994-2006 | box 3 | folder 4 | |
| LSU Press, 1998-2001 | box 3 | folder 5 | |
| Furious Flower Manuscript (Folder 1 of 5), 2003 | box 3 | folder 6 | |
| Furious Flower Manuscript (Folder 2 of 5), 2003 | box 3 | folder 7 | |
| Furious Flower Manuscript (Folder 3 of 5), 2003 | box 4 | folder 1 | |
| Furious Flower Manuscript (Folder 4 of 5), 2003 | box 4 | folder 2 | |
| Furious Flower Manuscript (Folder 5 of 5), 2003 | box 4 | folder 3 | |
| Manuscript - Greening (Folder 1 of 2), 2003 | box 4 | folder 4 | |
| Manuscript - Greening (Folder 2 of 2), 2003 | box 4 | folder 5 | |
| Defining Moments table of contents, 2003 | box 4 | folder 6 | |
| FFPC Brochure 2006, 2003-2006 | box 4 | folder 7 | |
| Lynda Koolish Book Project, 2004-2007 | box 5 | folder 1 | |
| Library - Books Desired, 2005-2006 | box 5 | folder 2 | |
| Mourning Katrina correspondence, 2005-2006 | box 5 | folder 3 | |
| Mourning Katrina Submissions I, 2005 | box 5 | folder 4 | |
| Mourning Katrina Submissions II (Folder 1 of 2), 2005-2007 | box 5 | folder 5 | |
| Mourning Katrina Submissions II (Folder 2 of 2), 2005-2007 | box 5 | folder 6 | |
| Mourning Katrina Talent Releases, 2005-2006 | box 6 | folder 1 | |
| Mourning Katrina Poems A-E, 2005-2009 | box 6 | folder 2 | |
| Mourning Katrina Poems F-J, 2005-2009 | box 6 | folder 3 | |
| Mourning Katrina Poems K-O, 2005-2006 | box 6 | folder 4 | |
| Mourning Katrina Poems P-T, 2005-2006 | box 6 | folder 5 | |
| Mourning Katrina Poems U-Z, 2005-2009 | box 6 | folder 6 | |
| Mourning Katrina Poems not yet sent, 2005-2006 | box 6 | folder 7 | |
| Mourning Katrina Press, 2005-2007 | box 6 | folder 8 | |
| Mourning Katrina JVG Writing, 2005-2010 | box 7 | folder 1 | |
| Katrina & Rita Articles, 2006 | box 7 | folder 2 | |
| Mourning Katrina Contacts, 2006 | box 7 | folder 3 | |
| Mourning Katrina UVA Press, 2006 | box 7 | folder 4 | |
| Praise for My Soul CD, 2006-2007 | box 7 | folder 5 | |
| Mourning Katrina Background Information, 2006-2008 | box 7 | folder 6 | |
| Mourning Katrina Mariner Publishing, 2006-2008 | box 7 | folder 7 | |
| Mourning Katrina Permissions to Poets, 2006-2009 | box 7 | folder 8 | |
| Mourning Katrina CD Sales & Promotion, 2006-2011 | box 7 | folder 9 | |
| Mourning Katrina CD Project, 2007 | box 7 | folder 10 | |
| Mourning Katrina Invoices, 2007 | box 7 | folder 11 | |
| Preview of My Soul is Anchored CD, 2007 | box 7 | folder 12 | |
| Mourning Katrina Book Project, 2007-2011 | box 7 | folder 13 | |
| Mourning Katrina Promotional & Event Materials [SELECTED ITEMS REMOVED TO OVERSIZE], 2008 | box 7 | folder 14 | |
| Mourning Katrina book, undated | box 7 | folder 15 | |
| Mourning Katrina Draft Manuscript, undated | box 8 | folder 1 | |
| Mourning Katrina Draft Manuscript, undated | box 8 | folder 2 | |
| Furious Flower Poetry Center - Malaika Favorite Quilt Portrait - 2007 Calendar, 2005-2008 | box 8 | folder 3 | |
| Pomegranate (Folder 1 of 2), 2005-2010 | box 8 | folder 4 | |
| Pomegranate (Folder 2 of 2), 2005-2010 | box 8 | folder 5 | |
| The Painted Word: African American Poets, 2008 calendars (Pomegranate) [REMOVED TO OVERSIZE], 2008 | box 8 | folder 6 | |
| The Painted Word: African American Poets Notecards (Pomegranate), undated | box 8 | folder 7 | |
| Intellectual Property Disclosures, 2006-2007 | box 8 | folder 8 | |
| JVG - Manuscript - Wintergreen (Folder 1 of 2), 2006-2008 | box 9 | folder 1 | |
| JVG - Manuscript - Wintergreen (Folder 2 of 2), 2006-2008 | box 9 | folder 2 | |
| Shaping Memories Publication & Orders, 2007-2009 | box 9 | folder 3 | |
| Permissions - Wintergreen Book, 2008 | box 9 | folder 4 | |
| Shaping Memories, JVG Book Release, 2008-2009 | box 9 | folder 5 | |
| Wintergreen biographies and list of unedited essays, 2009 | box 9 | folder 6 | |
| Dream in Color Press [SELECTED ITEMS REMOVED TO OVERSIZE], 2006-2007 | box 9 | folder 7 | |
| Target, 2006 | box 9 | folder 8 | |
| Cave Canem , 2006, undated | box 17 | folder 23 | |
| Dream in Color Curricula, 2007 | box 9 | folder 9 | |
| Dream in Color Lessons, 2007 | box 10 | folder 1 | |
| FFPC - Target, 2007 | box 10 | folder 2 | |
| Permissions for Poems (Poetry Writing Contest), 2008 | box 10 | folder 3 | |
| R. R. Donnelley Calendar, 2008 | box 17 | folder 24 | |
| Publishers' Contact Information, 2010-2012 | box 10 | folder 4 | |
| Database Project-African American Poetry, 2010, undated | box 17 | folder 25 | |
| Dove Broadside, 2014 | box 17 | folder 26 | |
| Permissions Book, Lagunju Book, 2014 | box 17 | folder 27 | |
| Miscellaneous Readings, undated | box 17 | folder 28 | |
Series 3: Events, Programs, and Workshops, 1990-2012
Arranged chronologically by event and sub-arranged alphabetically within each event. This series is comprised of material relating primarily to the many events, programs, and workshops hosted and sponsored by the Furious Flower Poetry Center. Major events represented in this series include Tell Me Your Names: The Poetry of Lucille Clifton, a week-long seminar held June 14 –June 21, 2009 and 73 Poems for 73 Years: Celebrating the Life of Lucille Clifton, a tribute program held September 21, 2010. Of particular interest are 57 oversize exhibit panels from Among Poets: Lucille Clifton Commemorative Exhibition. This 2012 exhibition held at the Reginald F. Lewis Museum and the Enoch Pratt Free Library, both in Baltimore, Maryland, primarily feature photographs by Lynda Koolish of Lucille Clifton, her contemporaries, and her family and friends. The Center's annual Children's Poetry Camp is also well documented. Researchers should note that there are some files in this series (e.g. materials concerning Oni Lasana Productions) that are not directly related to events held by FFPC. These events are likely ones attended by FFPC staff or documented because they serve as examples of comparable outreach initiatives or similar types of promotion. |
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| Title/Description | Instances | ||
| Oni Lasana Productions Presents Adventures in Poetry, Storytelling, & More!, 1990-2009 | box 10 | folder 5 | |
| Programs and promotional materials, 1994-2011 | box 10 | folder 6 | |
| Joe Opala, 1999-2003 | box 10 | folder 7 | |
| FFPC Press & Publicity, 1999-2006 | box 10 | folder 8 | |
| Celebrating Black Women, 2000 | box 10 | folder 9 | |
| Materials from Event binder (Folder 1 of 2) [SELECTED ITEMS REMOVED TO OVERSIZE], 2000-2011 | box 10 | folder 10 | |
| Materials from Event binder (Folder 2 of 2), 2000-2011 | box 11 | folder 1 | |
| 2004-2005 Events [REMOVED TO OVERSIZE], 2004 | box 11 | folder 2 | |
| Shenandoah Valley Slam Team, 2004-2006 | box 11 | folder 3 | |
| Virginia Commission for the Arts, 2004-2006 | box 11 | folder 4 | |
| 73 Poems for 73 Years Photographs, 2004, 2010 | box 27 | folder 13 | |
| Gwendolyn Brooks Writers' Conference, 2005 | box 27 | folder 1 | |
| Modern Language Association Conference, 2005 | box 27 | folder 2 | |
| National Council of Teachers of English Annual Convention, 2005 | box 27 | folder 3 | |
| National Council of Teachers for English Conference, 2005 | box 27 | folder 4 | |
| Wintergreen Conference Travel, 2005-2006 | box 27 | folder 5 | |
| Franklin Street Gallery, 2005, 2009, undated | box 27 | folder 6 | |
| Children's Poetry Festival, 2005, undated | box 18 | folder 2 | |
| Camp Feedback, 2005, 2009, undated | box 18 | folder 3 | |
| National Poetry Slam, 2005 | box 11 | folder 5 | |
| Poetry Camp, Festival T-Shirt Designs, 2005 | box 18 | folder 1 | |
| Furious Flower I to III Video Anthologies, 2005, 2016 | box 27 | folder 14 | |
| National Humanities Center, 2005-2006 | box 11 | folder 6 | |
| "Notes to Make the Sound Come" Poetry Reading by TJ Anderson III, 2005, undated | box 27 | folder 15 | |
| Children's Poetry Camp Staff, 2006 | box 18 | folder 4 | |
| Piedmont Writer's Institute, 2006 | box 27 | folder 7 | |
| Poetry Camp Payments, 2006 | box 18 | folder 5 | |
| Children's Poetry Camp Newsletters, 2006-2007 | box 18 | folder 6 | |
| Children's Poetry Camp, 2006, undated | box 18 | folder 7 | |
| Children's Poetry Camp Registration, 2006, undated | box 18 | folder 8 | |
| Slam Emcee, 2006 | box 27 | folder 16 | |
| Still I Rise: Networking for the Future, 2006 | box 27 | folder 8 | |
| Truth Is On Its Way, 2006 | box 11 | folder 7 | |
| 2006-2007 Events, 2006-2007 | box 11 | folder 8 | |
| Poetry Readings & Performances [SELECTED ITEMS REMOVED TO OVERSIZE], 2006-2011, undated | box 11 | folder 9 | |
| Children's Poetry Camp, 2007 | box 18 | folder 9 | |
| Children's Poetry Camp Counselors, 2007 | box 18 | folder 10 | |
| Children's Poetry Camp Donations, 2007 | box 18 | folder 11 | |
| Children's Poetry Camp Staff, 2007 | box 18 | folder 12 | |
| Children's Poetry Camp Correspondence, 2007-2008 | box 18 | folder 13 | |
| Children's Poetry Camp [SELECTED ITEMS REMOVED TO OVERSIZE], 2007-2012 | box 11 | folder 15 | |
| Poetry Camp Finances, 2007-2008 | box 18 | folder 14 | |
| Poetry Camp Schedules, 2007-2008, undated | box 18 | folder 17 | |
| Poetry Camp Budget and Expenses, 2007-2009 | box 18 | folder 15 | |
| Poetry Camp Ideas, 2007-2011, undated | box 18 | folder 16 | |
| FFPC - Education, 2007 | box 11 | folder 10 | |
| Poetry Readings, 2007 | box 27 | folder 17 | |
| Richard Wright Project, 2007 | box 11 | folder 11 | |
| Virginia Literary Awards, 2007 | box 11 | folder 12 | |
| 2007-2008 Events, 2007-2008 | box 11 | folder 13 | |
| Visiting Speakers 2008: Dr. Goddess, Goes to Jail, 2007-2008 | box 11 | folder 14 | |
| Joanne Gabbin Conferences, 2007, undated | box 27 | folder 9 | |
| Wintergreen Conference, 2007, undated | box 27 | folder 10 | |
| Visiting Speakers 2008: David Mills, 2008 | box 11 | folder 16 | |
| 2008-2009 Events, 2008-2009 | box 12 | folder 1 | |
| Children's Poetry Camp, 2008 | box 18 | folder 18 | |
| Poetry Camp Attendees, Campers, and Staff, 2008 | box 18 | folder 19 | |
| Poetry Camp Correspondence, 2008 | box 18 | folder 20 | |
| Poetry Camp Counselors, 2008 | box 18 | folder 21 | |
| Poetry Camp Facilities Management, 2008 | box 19 | folder 1 | |
| Poetry Camp Flyers, Forms, and Programs, 2008 | box 19 | folder 2 | |
| Poetry Camp Food, 2008 | box 19 | folder 3 | |
| Poetry Camp Interns, 2008 | box 19 | folder 4 | |
| Poetry Camp Meeting and Training, 2008 | box 19 | folder 5 | |
| Poetry Camp Notes, 2008 | box 19 | folder 6 | |
| Poetry Camp Photography, 2008 | box 19 | folder 7 | |
| Poetry Camp Schedules, 2008 | box 19 | folder 8 | |
| Poetry Camp Staff Information, 2008 | box 19 | folder 9 | |
| Poetry Camp Supplies and Shirts, 2008 | box 19 | folder 10 | |
| Poetry Camp Teachers, 2008 | box 19 | folder 11 | |
| Poetry Camp Thank-Yous, 2008 | box 19 | folder 12 | |
| Poetry Camp Transportation and Parking, 2008 | box 19 | folder 13 | |
| Poetry Camp Guest Performances, 2008 | box 19 | folder 14 | |
| Poetry Camp Workshop Information, 2008 | box 19 | folder 15 | |
| Poetry Camp Workshop Registration, 2008 | box 19 | folder 16 | |
| Children's Poetry Camp Workshop Registration, 2008, undated | box 19 | folder 17 | |
| Poetry Camp Blank Forms, 2008, undated | box 19 | folder 18 | |
| Poetry Camp Meeting Notes, 2008-2009, undated | box 19 | folder 19 | |
| Poetry Camp Teacher's Meeting, 2008-2010, undated | box 19 | folder 20 | |
| Collegiate Poetry Summit Finances, 2009 | box 24 | folder 17 | |
| Collegiate Poetry Summit Speakers, 2009 | box 24 | folder 18 | |
| Continuous Fire Seminar Food, 2009, 2011, undated | box 26 | folder 10 | |
| Events 2009, Children's Museum & WVPT Kid's Book Festival, 2009 | box 12 | folder 2 | |
| Poetry Camp Blank Forms, 2009 | box 19 | folder 21 | |
| Poetry Camp Facilities Management, Memorial Hall, 2009 | box 19 | folder 22 | |
| Poetry Camp Final Performance, 2009 | box 19 | folder 23 | |
| Poetry Camp Food, 2009 | box 19 | folder 24 | |
| Poetry Camp Flyers and Advertising, 2009 | box 19 | folder 25 | |
| Poetry Camp Registration Forms, 2009 | box 19 | folder 26 | |
| Poetry Camp Shirts and Journals-R.R Donnelley Laughing Dog, 2009 | box 20 | folder 1 | |
| Poetry Camp Transportation, 2009 | box 20 | folder 2 | |
| Poetry Camp Volunteers and Interns, 2009 | box 20 | folder 3 | |
| Poetry Camp Workshop Registration, 2009 | box 20 | folder 4 | |
| Poetry Camp Receipts, 2009-2010 | box 20 | folder 5 | |
| Poetry Camp Staff, 2009, undated | box 20 | folder 6 | |
| Poetry Camp Supplies, 2009, undated | box 20 | folder 7 | |
| Poetry Month, 2009 | box 12 | folder 3 | |
| National Poetry Month [SELECTED ITEMS REMOVED TO OVERSIZE], 2009-2010, undated | box 12 | folder 4 | |
| Tell Me Your Names [SELECTED ITEMS REMOVED TO OVERSIZE], 2009 | box 12 | folder 5 | |
| Tell Me Your Names schedule, 2009 | box 12 | folder 6 | |
| Tell Me Your Names Seminar - Audience Questions and Permission Forms, 2009 | box 12 | folder 7 | |
| Tell Me Your Names Seminar - Evaluations, 2009 | box 12 | folder 8 | |
| Tell Me Your Names Seminar - Expense Statement, 2009 | box 12 | folder 9 | |
| Tell Me Your Names Seminar - Facilities Management, 2009 | box 12 | folder 10 | |
| Tell Me Your Names Seminar - Information and Ads, 2009 | box 12 | folder 11 | |
| Tell Me Your Names Seminar - Master List and Contacts, 2009 | box 12 | folder 12 | |
| Tell Me Your Names Seminar - Miscellaneous Information, 2009 | box 12 | folder 13 | |
| Tell Me Your Names Seminar - Registrations, 2009 | box 12 | folder 14 | |
| Tell Me Your Names Seminar - Staff, 2009 | box 12 | folder 15 | |
| Tell Me Your Names Seminar - Web Information, 2009 | box 12 | folder 16 | |
| 73 Poems for 73 Years, 2010 | box 12 | folder 17 | |
| 73 Poems - Articles, 2010-2011 | box 12 | folder 18 | |
| 73 Poems - Bookstore, 2010 | box 12 | folder 19 | |
| 73 Poems - Budget & Expenses, undated | box 12 | folder 20 | |
| 73 Poems - Bulk Mail, 2010 | box 12 | folder 21 | |
| 73 Poems - Contact List, undated | box 12 | folder 22 | |
| 73 Poems - DVD, 2010-2011 | box 13 | folder 1 | |
| 73 Poems - DVD Requests, 2011 | box 13 | folder 2 | |
| 73 Poems - Facilities, 2010 | box 13 | folder 3 | |
| 73 Poems - Facilities, 2010 | box 13 | folder 3 | |
| 73 Poems - Giving Card, 2010 | box 13 | folder 4 | |
| 73 Poems - Invoices for Booklet, 2010 | box 13 | folder 5 | |
| 73 Poems - Lodging, 2010 | box 13 | folder 6 | |
| 73 Poems - Maps & Information, undated | box 13 | folder 7 | |
| 73 Poems - Parking, 2010 | box 13 | folder 8 | |
| 73 Poems - Permission to Use Poems, 2010 | box 13 | folder 9 | |
| 73 Poems for 73 Years Booklet, 2010 | box 27 | folder 21 | |
| 73 Poems for 73 Years: Celebrating the Life of Lucille Clifton, 2010 | box 27 | folder 22 | |
| 73 Poems for 73 Years - Photographs (B&W), 2010 | box 13 | folder 10 | |
| 73 Poems for 73 Years - Photographs (Color), 2010 | box 13 | folder 11 | |
| 73 Poems - Poems, undated | box 13 | folder 12 | |
| 73 Poems - Poets, 2010 | box 13 | folder 13 | |
| 73 Poems - Poets Correspondence, 2010 | box 13 | folder 14 | |
| 73 Poems - Programs, 2010 | box 13 | folder 15 | |
| 73 Poems - Reception, 2010 | box 13 | folder 16 | |
| 73 Poems - Souvenir Booklet, 2010 | box 13 | folder 17 | |
| 73 Poems - Talent Releases, 2010 | box 13 | folder 18 | |
| 73 Poems - Tickets, 2010 | box 13 | folder 19 | |
| 73 Poems - Transportation, 2010 | box 13 | folder 20 | |
| 73 Poems - Volunteers, 2010 | box 13 | folder 21 | |
| Writers at 73 Poems, undated | box 13 | folder 22 | |
| Collegiate Poetry Summit [SELECTED ITEMS REMOVED TO OVERSIZE], 2010 | box 14 | folder 1 | |
| Collegiate Poetry Summit Administrative Files, 2010 | box 24 | folder 19 | |
| Collegiate Poetry Summit Facilities, 2010 | box 24 | folder 20 | |
| Collegiate Poetry Summit Food, 2010 | box 24 | folder 21 | |
| Collegiate Poetry Summit Publicity, 2010 | box 24 | folder 22 | |
| Collegiate Poetry Summit Travel, 2010 | box 24 | folder 23 | |
| Collegiate Poetry Summit Logisitics, 2010, undated | box 24 | folder 24 | |
| Furious Flower Poetry Center's 6th Annual Children's Poetry Camp Notebook, 2010 | box 14 | folder 2 | |
| Lineage, 2010 | box 14 | folder 3 | |
| Lineage: A Margaret Walker Song Cycle, 2010 | box 27 | folder 18 | |
| Lineage: The Margaret Walker Song Cycle [SELECTED ITEMS REMOVED TO OVERSIZE], 2010 | box 14 | folder 4 | |
| Margaret Walker Lineage Event, 2010 | box 27 | folder 20 | |
| Marilyn Nelson, Genome, 2010 | box 27 | folder 19 | |
| Poetry Camp Counselors, 2010 | box 20 | folder 8 | |
| Poetry Camp Donations, 2010 | box 20 | folder 9 | |
| Poetry Camp Evaluations, 2010 | box 20 | folder 10 | |
| Poetry Camp Facilities and Parking, 2010 | box 20 | folder 11 | |
| Poetry Camp Photography, 2010 | box 20 | folder 12 | |
| Poetry Camp Poetry, 2010 | box 20 | folder 13 | |
| Poetry Camp Registrations, 2010 | box 20 | folder 14 | |
| Poetry Camp Registration Forms, 2010 | box 20 | folder 15 | |
| Poetry Camp Supplies, 2010 | box 20 | folder 16 | |
| Poetry Camp T-Shirts, 2010 | box 20 | folder 17 | |
| Poetry Camp Transportation, 2010 | box 20 | folder 18 | |
| Poetry Camp Workshop Descriptions, 2010 | box 20 | folder 19 | |
| Poetry Camp Food, 2010-2011 | box 20 | folder 20 | |
| Poetry Camp Administrative Files, 2010, undated | box 20 | folder 21 | |
| Poetry Camp Teachers, 2010, undated | box 20 | folder 22 | |
| Poetry Society of America Awards Ceremony, 2010 | box 14 | folder 5 | |
| WHSV Children First Day, 2010 | box 27 | folder 23 | |
| Women in the Arts, 2010 | box 14 | folder 6 | |
| WVPT Kids' Book Festival, 2010 | box 27 | folder 24 | |
| Collegiate Summit, 2010-2012 | box 14 | folder 7 | |
| Poetry Month 2010: Poet-Tree Dedication, 2010, undated | box 27 | folder 25 | |
| Continuous Fire Seminar General File, 2010-2011, undated | box 26 | folder 11 | |
| Continuous Fire Seminar Facilities, 2010-2011, undated | box 26 | folder 12 | |
| Sonia Sanchez Seminar, 2010-2011, undated | box 27 | folder 26 | |
| 2011 Poetry Camp Photography, 2011 | box 20 | folder 23 | |
| 2011 Poetry Camp Poster/Journal, 2011 | box 20 | folder 24 | |
| 2011 Poetry Camp Counselors, 2011 | box 20 | folder 25 | |
| 2011 Poetry Camp Evaluations, 2011 | box 21 | folder 1 | |
| 2011 Poetry Camp Facilities and Parking, 2011 | box 21 | folder 2 | |
| 2011 Poetry Camp Field Trip (Arboretum), 2011 | box 21 | folder 3 | |
| 2011 Poetry Camp Food, 2011 | box 21 | folder 4 | |
| 2011 Poetry Camp Materials, 2011 | box 21 | folder 5 | |
| 2011 Poetry Camp Registragtion, 2011 | box 21 | folder 6 | |
| 2011 Poetry Camp Staff Dinner, 2011 | box 21 | folder 7 | |
| 2011 Poetry Camp Supplies, 2011 | box 21 | folder 8 | |
| 2011 Poetry Camp T-Shirts, 2011 | box 21 | folder 9 | |
| 2011 Poetry Camp Teachers, 2011 | box 21 | folder 10 | |
| 2011 Poetry Camp Transportation, 2011 | box 21 | folder 11 | |
| 2011 Poetry Camp Workshop Registrations (Folder 1 of 2), 2011 | box 21 | folder 12 | |
| 2011 Poetry Camp Workshop Registrations (Folder 2 of 2), 2011 | box 21 | folder 13 | |
| 2011 Poetry Camp Workshop Descriptions, 2011 | box 21 | folder 14 | |
| Augusta Library Poetry Workshop, 2011 | box 28 | folder 1 | |
| Continuous Fire, 2011 | box 14 | folder 8 | |
| Continuous Fire Seminar Brochure, 2011 | box 26 | folder 13 | |
| Continuous Fire Seminar Budget and Funding , 2011 | box 26 | folder 14 | |
| Continuous Fire Seminar Field Trips, 2011 | box 26 | folder 15 | |
| Continuous Fire Seminar Registration Information, 2011 | box 26 | folder 16 | |
| Continuous Fire Talent Releases, 2011 | box 26 | folder 17 | |
| Continuous Fire Seminar Transportation, 2011 | box 26 | folder 18 | |
| Continuous Fire Seminar Faculty, 2011, undated | box 26 | folder 19 | |
| Collegiate Summit Brochures and Publicity, 2011-2012 | box 25 | folder 1 | |
| Collegiate Summit Faculty, 2011-2012 | box 25 | folder 2 | |
| Collegiate Summit; Virginia Festival of Book Trip, 2011-2012 | box 25 | folder 3 | |
| David Mills Poetry Reading, 2011 | box 28 | folder 2 | |
| For My People, 2011 | box 28 | folder 3 | |
| Glenis Redmond Poetry Reading, 2011 | box 28 | folder 4 | |
| National Poetry Month, 2011 | box 28 | folder 5 | |
| Poetry Jam, 2011 | box 28 | folder 6 | |
| Summer Activities Fair, 2011 | box 28 | folder 7 | |
| WVPT Kids' Book Festival, 2011 | box 28 | folder 8 | |
| Sheer Good Fortune Travel, 2011-2012 | box 25 | folder 15 | |
| Advisory Board Fundraiser, 2011, undated | box 28 | folder 9 | |
| Africana Studies Conference, 2011, undated | box 27 | folder 11 | |
| Lillie Carol Jackson Museum, 2011, undated | box 28 | folder 10 | |
| Sonia Sanchez Seminar, 2011, undated | box 28 | folder 11 | |
| Winter Poetry Contest, 2011, undated | box 28 | folder 12 | |
| All Girls Conference, 2012 | box 27 | folder 12 | |
| Among Poets: Lucille Clifton Commemorative Exhibition panels [REMOVED TO OVERSIZE], 2012 | box 14 | folder 9 | |
| Collegiate Summit Budget and Funding, 2012 | box 25 | folder 4 | |
| Collegiate Summit Evaluations, 2012 | box 25 | folder 5 | |
| Collegiate Summit Facilities, 2012 | box 25 | folder 6 | |
| Collegiate Summit Food, 2012 | box 25 | folder 7 | |
| Collegiate Summit General File, 2012 | box 25 | folder 8 | |
| Collegiate Summit JMU Registration, 2012 | box 25 | folder 9 | |
| Collegiate Summit Registration (Folder 1 of 2), 2012 | box 25 | folder 10 | |
| Collegiate Summit (Folder 2 of 2), 2012 | box 25 | folder 11 | |
| Collegiate Summit Transportation, 2012 | box 25 | folder 12 | |
| Collegiate Summit Volunteers, 2012 | box 25 | folder 13 | |
| Enoch Pratt Library and Reginald Lewis Museum Exhibits, 2012 | box 28 | folder 13 | |
| Furiously Fun Party, Fundraiser, 2012 | box 28 | folder 14 | |
| Lucille Clifton Exhibit, Enoch Pratt Library, 2012 | box 28 | folder 15 | |
| National Poetry Month, 2012 | box 28 | folder 16 | |
| Poetry Camp Advertising, 2012 | box 22 | folder 1 | |
| Poetry Camp Counselors, 2012 | box 22 | folder 2 | |
| Poetry Camp E-Commerce, 2012 | box 22 | folder 3 | |
| Poetry Camp Facilities, 2012 | box 22 | folder 4 | |
| Poetry Camp Food, 2012 | box 22 | folder 5 | |
| Poetry Camp General Files, 2012 | box 22 | folder 6 | |
| Poetry Camp Parking, 2012 | box 22 | folder 7 | |
| Poetry Camp Photography, 2012 | box 22 | folder 8 | |
| Poetry Camp Poster, Journal, and Booklet, 2012 | box 22 | folder 9 | |
| Poetry Camp Registration (Folder 1 of 2), 2012 | box 22 | folder 10 | |
| Poetry Camp Registration (Folder 2 of 2), 2012 | box 22 | folder 11 | |
| Poetry Camp Supplies, 2012 | box 22 | folder 12 | |
| Poetry Camp Staff Dinner, 2012 | box 22 | folder 13 | |
| Poetry Camp Teachers, 2012 | box 22 | folder 14 | |
| Poetry Camp T-Shirts, 2012 | box 22 | folder 15 | |
| Poetry Camp Transportation, 2012 | box 22 | folder 16 | |
| Poetry Camp Volunteers, 2012 | box 22 | folder 17 | |
| Poetry Camp Workshop Descriptions, 2012 | box 22 | folder 18 | |
| Poetry Camp Workshop Registrations, 2012 | box 22 | folder 19 | |
| Poetry Slam: Thomas Harrison, 2012 | box 28 | folder 17 | |
| Sheer Good Fortune [SELECTED ITEMS REMOVED TO OVERSIZE], 2012 | box 14 | folder 10 | |
| Sheer Good Fortune Accomodation, 2012 | box 25 | folder 16 | |
| Sheer Good Fortune Benefactor's Page, 2012 | box 25 | folder 17 | |
| Sheer Good Fortune Correspondence, 2012 | box 25 | folder 18 | |
| Sheer Good Fortune Publicity, 2012 | box 25 | folder 20 | |
| Sheer Good Fortune Reader's Selections, 2012 | box 25 | folder 21 | |
| Sheer Good Fortune Scholar Cameo's Letters, 2012 | box 25 | folder 22 | |
| Sheer Good Fortune Tickets, 2012 | box 26 | folder 1 | |
| Sheer Good Fortune: Toni Morrison Tribute, Virginia Tech, 2012 | box 26 | folder 2 | |
| Sheer Good Fortune Tribute Advertisements/Booklet, 2012 | box 26 | folder 3 | |
| Sheer Good Fortune Talent Releases, 2012-2013 | box 26 | folder 4 | |
| Sheer Good Fortune Bus Trip, 2012, undated | box 26 | folder 5 | |
| Sheer Good Fortune Video Documentary, 2012, undated | box 26 | folder 6 | |
| Sheer Good Fortune RSVP Forms, 2012, undated | box 26 | folder 7 | |
| Sheer Good Fortune Production Outlines, 2012-2013, undated | box 26 | folder 8 | |
| WVPT Kids' Book Festival, 2012 | box 28 | folder 18 | |
| Poetry Reading Series Spring 2013, 2012-2013 | box 28 | folder 19 | |
| Enoch Pratt Exhibit Koolish, 2012, undated | box 28 | folder 20 | |
| Furiously Fun Salsa Party Fundraiser, 2013 | box 28 | folder 21 | |
| Poetry Camp Advertising, 2013 | box 23 | folder 1 | |
| Poetry Camp Counselors, 2013 | box 23 | folder 2 | |
| Poetry Camp E-Commerce, 2013 | box 23 | folder 3 | |
| Poetry Camp Evaluations, 2013 | box 23 | folder 4 | |
| Poetry Camp Facilities, 2013 | box 23 | folder 5 | |
| Poetry Camp Food, 2013 | box 23 | folder 6 | |
| Poetry Camp General Information, 2013 | box 23 | folder 7 | |
| Poetry Camp Parking, 2013 | box 23 | folder 8 | |
| Poetry Camp Photography, 2013 | box 23 | folder 9 | |
| Poetry Camp Poster and Journal, 2013 | box 23 | folder 10 | |
| Poetry Camp Staff Dinner, 2013 | box 23 | folder 11 | |
| Poetry Camp Supplies, 2013 | box 23 | folder 12 | |
| Poetry Camp T-Shirts, 2013 | box 23 | folder 13 | |
| Poetry Camp Teachers, 2013 | box 23 | folder 14 | |
| Poetry Camp Registration (Folder 1 of 2), 2013 | box 23 | folder 15 | |
| Poetry Camp Registration (Folder 2 of 2), 2013 | box 23 | folder 16 | |
| Poetry Camp Workshop Descriptions, 2013 | box 23 | folder 17 | |
| Poetry Camp Workshop Registration, 2013 | box 23 | folder 18 | |
| Poetry Camp Teachers, 2013-2014, undated | box 23 | folder 19 | |
| Poetry Camp General Information, 2013-2014, undated | box 24 | folder 1 | |
| Poetry Month, 2013 | box 28 | folder 22 | |
| Poetry Reading Series, Fall 2013, 2013 | box 28 | folder 23 | |
| Skyline Middle School, 2013 | box 28 | folder 24 | |
| Summer Outreach, 2013 | box 28 | folder 25 | |
| WVPT, 2013 | box 28 | folder 26 | |
| Furious Flower Reading Club, 2013, undated | box 28 | folder 1 | |
| Poetry Reading Series-Spring 2014, 2013-2014, undated | box 28 | folder 2 | |
| Poetry Camp Counselors, 2014 | box 24 | folder 2 | |
| Poetry Camp E-Commerce, 2014 | box 24 | folder 3 | |
| Poetry Camp Facilities, 2014 | box 24 | folder 4 | |
| Poetry Camp Food, 2014 | box 24 | folder 5 | |
| Poetry Camp Parking, 2014 | box 24 | folder 6 | |
| Poetry Camp Posters and Journals, 2014 | box 24 | folder 7 | |
| Poetry Camp Promotional Material, 2014 | box 24 | folder 8 | |
| Poetry Camp Staff Dinner, 2014 | box 24 | folder 9 | |
| Poetry Camp Supplies, 2014 | box 24 | folder 10 | |
| Poetry Camp T-Shirts, 2014 | box 24 | folder 11 | |
| Winter Poetry Contest, 2014 | box 28 | folder 3 | |
| Mirrors and Windows, 2014, undated | box 28 | folder 4 | |
| Thomas Harris Middle School Poetry Slam, 2014, undated | box 28 | folder 5 | |
| Black Women in the Academy, 2015, undated | box 28 | folder 6 | |
| Bench by the Road Project Application, 2016 | box 28 | folder 7 | |
| Collegiate Summit, 2016 | box 25 | folder 14 | |
| Mirrors and Windows, 2016 | box 28 | folder 8 | |
| Poetry Camp, 2016 | box 24 | folder 12 | |
| Poetry Month, 2016 | box 28 | folder 9 | |
| Women of the World Poetry Slam, 2016 | box 28 | folder 10 | |
| WVPT Kids' Book Festival, 2016, undated | box 28 | folder 11 | |
| 73 Poems: Posters and Flyers, undated | box 28 | folder 14 | |
| Children's Ministry at Incarnation, undated | box 28 | folder 12 | |
| Children's Poetry Camp Studies, undated | box 24 | folder 13 | |
| Children's Poetry Camp and R. R. Donnelley Partnership, undated | box 24 | folder 14 | |
| Continuous Fire Seminar Evaluations, undated | box 26 | folder 20 | |
| Continuous Fire Seminar Study and Reading Lists, undated | box 26 | folder 21 | |
| Organizational Culture Assessment, undated | box 28 | folder 13 | |
| Poetry Camp Activities, undated | box 24 | folder 15 | |
| Poetry Camp Orientation, undated | box 24 | folder 16 | |
| National Poetry Month, undated | box 14 | folder 11 | |
| Sheer Good Fortune Program, undated | box 26 | folder 9 | |
Series 4: Media, undated
No particular arrangement. This series contains various types of media including CD-Rs, DVDs, and magnetic media storage tapes. All media types are in the process of being digitized as of August 2016. Access to content will be made available once digitization is complete, barring any copyright or other use restrictions. |
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Series 5: Oversize, 2004-2012
Arranged chronologically according to the order determined in the originating series with the exception of the Among Poets exhibit panels. These items are boxed together beginning with box OV2. Note that these panels are not individually foldered, but rather boxed loose. In this case, the folder titles are actually the title of the exhibit panel itself. Additionally, the date in parentheses represents the date of the original photograph while the item date of 2012 represents the date of the physical exhibit panel. The Oversize series consists of five flat oversize boxes and one additional flat folder of materials that do not fit within the standard Hollinger boxes. The Oversize series consists of materials that have been physically removed from their intellectual arrangement within the existing series due to their size and as such, the Oversize series functions only as a container list. Items removed from their original location were replaced with an acid-free separation sheet indicating the items(s) removed to its respective oversize location. The following folder titles are each represented elsewhere in the collection. |
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| Title/Description | Instances | ||
| Mourning Katrina Promotional & Event Materials, ca. 2008 | box OV1 | folder 1 | |
| The Painted Word: African American Poets, 2008 Calendars, , 2008 | box OV1 | folder 2 | |
| Dream in Color Press, 2006-2007 | box OV1 | folder 3 | |
| Materials from Event binder (Folder 1 of 2), 2000-2011 | box OV1 | folder 4 | |
| Poetry Readings & Performances, 2006-2011, undated | box OV1 | folder 5 | |
| Children's Poetry Camp, 2007-2012 | box OV1 | folder 6 | |
| National Poetry Month, 2009-2010, undated | box OV1 | folder 7 | |
| Tell Me Your Names, 2009 | box OV1 | folder 8 | |
| Collegiate Poetry Summit, 2010 | box OV1 | folder 9 | |
| Lineage: The Margaret Walker Song Cycle, 2010-2011 | box OV1 | folder 10 | |
| Sheer Good Fortune, 2012 | box OV1 | folder 11 | |
Among Poets: Lucille Clifton Commemorative Exhibition panels, undated |
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| Title/Description | Instances | ||
| Alexia Clifton as a child, born in 1965 (circa 1970), 2012 | box OV2 | folder 1 | |
| Lucille Clifton with all six of her children: her daughters, Sidney, Fredrica, Gillian, and Alexia and her sons, Channing and Graham (circa 1960), 2012 | box OV2 | folder 2 | |
| Opal Moore, poet, educator, and Furious Flower Advisory Board member (2010), 2012 | box OV2 | folder 4 | |
| Fred James Clifton, Lucille's husband, whom she married in 1958 and with whom she had six children between 1959 and 1967 (circa 1970) , 2012 | box OV2 | folder 3 | |
| Lucille Clifton with her grandsons, Clifton Brown and Dakotah Brown (2006), 2012 | box OV2 | folder 5 | |
| Young bass player in the Elliott Family String Quartet at the Clifton tribute (2010), 2012 | box OV2 | folder 6 | |
| Hilary Hollady, educator and author of Wild Blessings: the Poetry of Lucille Clifton (2010), 2012 | box OV2 | folder 7 | |
| Lucille Clifton, holding a photograph of her deceased daughter, Fredrica, with Alexandra, Gillian, Alexia, Bailey, Sidney, and Noah (2006), 2012 | box OV2 | folder 8 | |
| Portrait of Lucille Clifton (circa 1960), 2012 | box OV2 | folder 9 | |
| Haki Madhubuti, poet, educator, and founder of Third World Press (2004), 2012 | box OV2 | folder 10 | |
| Hermine Pinson, poet, educator, and Wintergreen Women Writers' Collective member (2007), 2012 | box OV2 | folder 11 | |
| Eugene Redmond, poet and founder of the Drumvoices Revue at Clifton tribute (2004), 2012 | box OV2 | folder 12 | |
| Thomas Sayers Ellis, poet, educator, and former member of the Dark Room Collective (2004), 2012 | box OV2 | folder 13 | |
| Fred D' Aguiar, poet and educator (2004), 2012 | box OV2 | folder 14 | |
| W. S. Merwin, poet and former Chancellor of the Academy of American Poets (2000), , 2012 | box OV2 | folder 15 | |
| Joanne Gabbin and Lynda Koolish, curators of the exhibit "Won't You Celebrate With Me" (2010), 2012 | box OV3 | folder 1 | |
| Lucille Clifton with daughters Gillian and Alexia (2000), 2012 | box OV3 | folder 2 | |
| Val Gray Ward, actor, director, and founder of the Kuumba Theater Company and Joanne Gabbin at the Clifton tribute at JMU (2010), 2012 | box OV3 | folder 3 | |
| Kwame Dawes, poet, educator, and Cave Canem Faculty (2008), 2012 | box OV3 | folder 4 | |
| Jericho Brown, poet and educator (2008), 2012 | box OV3 | folder 5 | |
| Kelly Norman Ellis, Nikky Finney, Rachel Eliza Griffiths, Aisha Moon, Alexia Clifton, Gillian Clifton, Samantha Thornhill, Treasure Williams, and Tayari Jones at JMU (2010), 2012 | box OV3 | folder 6 | |
| Quraysh Ali Lansana, poet and educator, and Joanne Gabbin at JMU (2010), 2012 | box OV3 | folder 7 | |
| Lamont Steptoe, poet, photographer, and Vietnam veteran (2008), 2012 | box OV3 | folder 8 | |
| Tayari Jones, author and speaker (2007), 2012 | box OV3 | folder 9 | |
| Lucille with daughters, Alexia, Sidney, and Gillian (2000), 2012 | box OV3 | folder 10 | |
| Kimberly Ellis, Joanne Gabbin, Rita Dove, Aisha Moon, and Rachel Eliza Griffiths at the Clifton tribute at JMU (2010), 2012 | box OV3 | folder 12 | |
| Lucille (Sayles) Clifton with her father Sam Sayles, Sr. and Fred Clifton (circa 1957), 2012 | box OV3 | folder 13 | |
| Alicia Ostriker, poet and author of important critical essay on Clifton (2007), 2012 | box OV3 | folder 14 | |
| Marilyn Nelson, Poet Laureate of Connecticut and Cave Canem Elder (2007), 2012 | box OV4 | folder 1 | |
| C. D. Wright, taken at the Desert Nights, Rising Stars: the ASU Writers' Conference (2005), 2012 | box OV4 | folder 2 | |
| Yusef Komunyakaa, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and Cave Canem Faculty (2008), 2012 | box OV4 | folder 3 | |
| Adrienne Rich (1929-2012), poet and former Chancellor of the Academy of American Poets (1978), 2012 | box OV4 | folder 4 | |
| Cornelius Eady, poet and co-founder of Cave Canem (2003), 2012, 2012 | box OV4 | folder 5 | |
| Alfredteen Harrison, Civil Rights activist and co-convener of Unsettling Memories Conference (2004), 2012 | box OV4 | folder 6 | |
| Unnamed healer at slave burial grounds in Natchez, Mississippi (2004), 2012 | box OV4 | folder 7 | |
| Alice Walker, author, poet, and collector of quilts (2002), 2012 | box OV4 | folder 8 | |
| Eugene Redmond, Amiri Baraka, Sonia Sanchez and Joanne Gabbin at 2004 Furious Flower Poetry Conference (2004), 2012 | box OV4 | folder 9 | |
| Gordon Parks (1912-2006) photographer, poet, novelist, musician, and filmmaker (circa 2004), 2012 | box OV4 | folder 10 | |
| Ronald L. Freeman, long-time photographer for the Smithsonian Institute (2004), 2012 | box OV4 | folder 11 | |
| James Allen, curator of lynching exhibit Without Sanctuary (2004), 2012 | box OV4 | folder 12 | |
| Lynda Koolish, primary photographer and assembler of this quilt-like exhibit (2008), 2012 | box OV4 | folder 13 | |
| Dennis Brutus (1924-2009) South African poet and imprisoned activist against apartheid (2008), 2012 | box OV4 | folder 14 | |
| Sonia Sanchez, poet, educator, playwright, and Cave Canem Elder (2010), 2012 | box OV4 | folder 15 | |
| Lucille (Sayles) Clifton as a child (circa 1940), 2012 | box OV5 | folder 1 | |
| Thelma Moore Sayles, Lucille's mother (1914-1959) (circa 1950), 2012 | box OV5 | folder 2 | |
| Clifton Home 1967-1981, 2605 Talbot Road, Baltimore, Maryland (circa 1980), 2012 | box OV5 | folder 3 | |
| Clifton Home 1981-1984, 2437 Pickwick Road, Dickeyville, Maryland (circa 1982), 2012 | box OV5 | folder 4 | |
| Audre Lorde (1934-1992) poet, writer, and feminist visionary (1978), 2012 | box OV5 | folder 5 | |
| Toi Derricotte, poet and co-founder of Cave Canem (2000), 2012 | box OV5 | folder 6 | |
| Galway Kinnell, poet and presenter at the Squaw Valley Writers' Conference (1991), 2012 | box OV5 | folder 7 | |
| Lucille Clifton, who received Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2004 Furious Flower Conference at JMU (2004, 2012 | box OV5 | folder 8 | |
| Patricia Smith, poet, activist, and Cave Canem Faculty (2004), 2012 | box OV5 | folder 9 | |
| Toni Morrison, Nobel Laureate novelist, educator, and former editor at Random House (1987) , 2012 | box OV5 | folder 10 | |
| Gwendolyn Magee, quilter and Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters Visual Artist of 2003 (2004), 2012 | box OV5 | folder 11 | |
| Children of Philadelphia, Mississippi, heirs of the Civil Rights struggle of the 1960s (2004) , 2012 | box OV5 | folder 12 | |
| June Jordan (1936-2002) poet, playwright, and activist (1984), 2012 | box OV5 | folder 13 | |
| 2004-2005 Events, 2004 | Map Case 1 | Drawer 3 | |