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Series 1: Correspondence 1960-2013

Scope and Content

Contains personal and professional letters and emails to and from Coleman, as well as correspondence and materials detailing her submissions process and rejections/acceptances. Includes letters to and from John Martin, her publisher at Black Sparrow Press, and correspondence with major figures such as Amiri Baraka, Sherman Alexie, Octavia Butler, Exene Cervenka, Cornelius Eady, Sesshu Foster, S.A. Griffin, Allen Ginsberg, C.S. Giscombe, Anna Halprin (San Francisco Dancers' Workshop), Terrance Hayes, bell hooks, Yusef Komunyakaa, Audre Lorde, Clarence Major, E. Ethelbert Miller, Ishmael Reed, Diane Wakoski, and Anne Waldman.

Organization and Arrangement

Series maintains original order. Coleman organized the bulk of her personal and professional correspondence alphabetically, but the latter part of the series includes correspondence not included within this alphabetical arrangement, ordered chronologically and by type. Correspondence with major individuals and institutions has been gathered throughout processing and is included within the alphabetical sequence.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

SERIES CONTAINS AUDIOVISUAL MATERIALS: Audiovisual materials in this collection will require assessment and possible digitization for safe access. To review these audiovisual materials, you must notify the UCLA Library Special Collections Reference Desk in advance of your visit.
SOME ITEMS IN THIS SERIES HAVE BEEN DIGITIZED. Please contact the reference desk for details on arranging access.
box 46, folder 6

Correspondence: A 1985-2011

box 1, folder 1

Correspondence: Abee, Steve- African American Review 1992-2010

box 1, folder 2

Correspondence: AK-AL 1987-2012

Scope and Content

Includes letter to John Martin (Black Sparrow Press) regarding Will Alexander and correspondence with Jeffrey Renard Allen.
box 1, folder 3

Correspondence: AL- Another Chicago Magazine 1987-2013

box 1, folder 4

Correspondence: Another Chicago Magazine -AR 1988-2012

box 44, folder 3

Correspondence: Maya Angelou Controversy 2002-2003

Scope and Content

Contains correspondence to and from Coleman regarding her controversial 2002 review of Angelou's A Song Flew Up to Heaven, along with drafts of her essay on the public's response, "Black on Black: Fear and Reviewing in Los Angeles."
box 1, folder 5

Correspondence: AR-Amiri Baraka 1985-2013

box 53, folder 1-3

Correspondence: Art on Saturdays 1981-1999

Scope and Contents

Coleman did all the secretarial work for her brother George Evans' A.R.T. workshop for high schoolers. She used the pseudonym "Joyce Grant," (a combination of her middle name and her second husband's last name).
box 2, folder 1

Correspondence: BA-BE 1975-2013

box 2, folder 2

Correspondence: BE-Beyond Baroque 1987-2012

box 2, folder 3

Correspondence: Beyond Baroque-BL 1981-2009

box 2, folder 4

Correspondence: BL 1978-2003

box 42, folder 1-6

Correspondence: Black Sparrow Press 1971-2001

box 2, folder 5

Correspondence: BO 1995-2003

Scope and Content

Includes correspondence with Laurel Ann Bogen.
box 3, folder 1

Correspondence: BO-BR 1985-2009

Scope and Content

Includes correspondence with Malcolm Boyd.
box 3, folder 2

Correspondence: Kate Braverman-Priscilla Ann Brown 1977-2006

box 50, folder 3

Correspondence: Priscilla Ann Brown (Interview) 2002

box 50, folder 6-7

Correspondence: Priscilla Ann Brown 2002-2004

Scope and Contents

Contains drafts of and correspondence regarding Brown's 2002 interview with Coleman, published in Callaloo.
box 3, folder 3

Correspondence: BR-BU 1990-2006

Scope and Content

Includes correspondence with Jericho Brown and Fred Burkhart and emails regarding Charles Bukowski.
box 49, folder 6-7

Correspondence: Sha-Ron Buie 1997-1999

box 3, folder 4

Correspondence: BU- Caliban 1986-2012

box 3, folder 5

Correspondence: CA 1985-2013

box 4, folder 1

Correspondence: Callaloo 1981-2009

box 4, folder 2

Correspondence: Bliss Carnochan 1968-2011

box 4, folder 3

Correspondence: CA-CH 1979-2012

Scope and Content

Includes correspondence with and ephemera relating to Exene Cervenka (X).
box 4, folder 4

Correspondence: Wes Christensen 1992-2012

box 4, folder 5

Correspondence: CH 1988-2013

Scope and Content

Includes correspondence with Marilyn Chin.
box 5, folder 1

Correspondence: CI-Michelle T. Clinton 1990-2005

box 164, folder 5

Correspondence: Michelle T. Clinton (blurb) 1985-1986

box 52, folder 4-5

Correspondence: City of Los Angeles Artist Fellowship 2003-2004

Scope and Contents

Coleman's application to and correspondence regarding the City of Los Angeles Artists' Fellowships (she was the first writer to be awarded one).
box 5, folder 2

Correspondence: CL-CO 1992-2003

Scope and Content

Includes letters to Bill Clinton.
box 51, folder 4

Correspondence: Cleveland State University 2005-2006

box 5, folder 3-4

Correspondence: CO 1985-2006

Scope and Content

Includes correspondence relating to Jayne Cortez memorial panel.
box 5, folder 5

Correspondence: CR-DA 1983-2011

Scope and Content

Includes correspondence with Jim Cushing (Dr. Punk).
box 6, folder 1

Correspondence: DA-DL 1981-2011

Scope and Content

Includes letter to Kwame Dawes and correspondence with Fred Dewey (Beyond Baroque).
box 6, folder 2

Correspondence: DI-DU 1986-2012

box 55, folder 4

Correspondence: Djerassi Foundation 1989-1992

box 6, folder 3

Correspondence: EA-ES 1984-2011

Scope and Content

Includes letter to Cornelius Eady and correspondence with C.S. Giscombe and David Lehman regarding Epoch Magazine.
box 6, folder 4

Correspondence: ES-EV 1975-2013

Scope and Content

Includes correspondence with family members (Evans).
box 7, folder 1

Correspondence: EV-FE 1984-2011

box 53, folder 5-6

Correspondence: Renard Faroux (France trip) 2005-2009

box 7, folder 2

Correspondence: FE-FO 1991-2005

Scope and Content

Includes correspondence with Susannah Foster.
box 7, folder 3

Correspondence: Sesshu Foster 1986-2009

box 7, folder 4

Correspondence: FO-FU 1986-2008

box 7, folder 5

Correspondence: FU-GA 1995-2010

box 8, folder 1

Correspondence: GA-GE 1993-2009

box 8, folder 2

Correspondence: Joel Gersmann 1993-2013

box 8, folder 3

Correspondence: GE-GI 1994-2011

Scope and Content

Includes correspondence with Allen Ginsberg and C.S. Giscombe; materials related to Ginsberg Memorial Celebration.
box 8, folder 4

Correspondence: GL-GO 2000-2013

Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence with David R. Godine, the publisher who took over Black Sparrow titles after the press shut down.
box 116, folder 2-3

Correspondence: Godine 2002-2005

box 8, folder 5, box 9, folder 1

Correspondence: Fred Glienna and Nanette McLane 2006-2013

box 9, folder 2

Correspondence: GO-GR 1986-2013

Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence with Stephen Grant, Coleman's former husband.
box 9, folder 3

Correspondence: GR-GU 1977-2010

Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence with S.A. Griffin.
box 47, folder 1

Correspondence: S.A. Griffin (book blurb) 2001

Scope and Content

Contains a packet of S.A. Griffin's poems.
box 9, folder 4-5

Correspondence: HA 1988-2012

Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence with Marilyn Hacker.
box 10, folder 1

Correspondence: HA-Lee Hickman 1979-2008

Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence with Odie Hawkins, Eloise Klein Healy, and Lee Hickman.
box 10, folder 2

Correspondence: Anna Halprin (San Francisco Dancers' Workshop) 1969-2006

box 10, folder 3

Correspondence: High Performance -HI 1986-2002

box 53, folder 1

Correspondence: Jack Hirschman 1981

Scope and Contents

Contains correspondence with Jack Hirschman regarding a reading he and Coleman gave at Beyond Baroque, along with Wanda's set list of poems and event flyers.
box 10, folder 4

Correspondence: HI-HO 1985-2010

box 10, folder 5

Correspondence: bell hooks-HU 1985-2004

box 11, folder 1

Correspondence: HY-International Black Writers and Artists 1993-2005

box 11, folder 2

Correspondence: International Black Writers and Artists-IV 1983-2013

box 11, folder 3

Correspondence: JA-JE 1985-2011

box 11, folder 5-6, box 12, folder 1

Correspondence: Billy Jones (Bones) 1979-2012

box 11, folder 4

Correspondence: JI-JO 1988-2009

box 12, folder 2

Correspondence: JU-KA 1985-2008

box 12, folder 3-4

Correspondence: Pamala Karol (La Loca) 1988-2006

box 50, folder 1

Correspondence: Kerouac Connection (Greg Zobel) 1994-2004

box 12, folder 5

Correspondence: KA-Stephen Kessler 1981-2011

box 13, folder 1-5, box 55, folder 1, box 14, folder 1-3

Correspondence: Stephen Kessler 1978-2013

box 45, folder 4

Correspondence: Stephen Kessler (book blurb) 1999

box 14, folder 4

Correspondence: KI-KN 1986-2007

box 14, folder 5

Correspondence: KO 1980-2006

Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence with Yusef Komunyakaa and Ishmael Reed ( Konch magazine).
box 15, folder 1

Correspondence: KO-KU 1983-2011

box 15, folder 2

Correspondence: LA 1991-2000

box 15, folder 3

Correspondence: Jeff Land 1989-2011

box 15, folder 4

Correspondence: Jeff Land- LA Weekly 1981-2004

box 15, folder 5

Correspondence: LE 1986-2011

Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence with Les Figues Press.
box 49, folder 5

Correspondence: Adam Leipzig (Artists' Circle) 1997-1999

box 16, folder 1

Correspondence: LE-LI 1987-2011

box 52, folder 3

Correspondence: Steve Light 2000-2002

box 16, folder 2

Correspondence: LI-LO 1989-2011

box 16, folder 3

Correspondence: LO 1977-2009

Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence with Audre Lorde.
box 17, folder 1, box 16, folder 4-5

Correspondence: Philomene Long 2000-2002

box 17, folder 2

Correspondence: LO-LY 1990-2010

box 16, folder 3-4

Correspondence: MA 1988-2012

Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence with Clarence Major and Lynn Manning.
box 51, folder 1

Correspondence: Lynn Manning 1982-1984

box 17, folder 5

Correspondence: MA-ME 1981-2013

box 18, folder 1

Correspondence: MI-E. Ethelbert Miller 1975-2011

box 18, folder 2

Correspondence: E. Ethelbert Miller 1985-2013

box 18, folder 3

Correspondence: MI 1986-2008

box 18, folder 4

Correspondence: MO 1977-2011

box 18, folder 5

Correspondence: MO-MS 1976-2013

Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence with Tracie Morris.
box 19, folder 1

Correspondence: MU 1985-2007

Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence with Carol Muske-Dukes.
box 43, folder 1-2

Correspondence: Donna Mungen 1983-2002

box 19, folder 2

Correspondence: NA 1981-2007

box 19, folder 3

Correspondence: NA-National Endowment for the Arts 1986-2011

box 19, folder 4

Correspondence: National Endowment for the Arts 1994-2009

box 19, folder 5

Correspondence: Paul Nelson 1998-2010

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

File contains one 1/8 inch audio cassette. Audiovisual materials in this collection will require assessment and possible digitization for safe access. To review these audiovisual materials, you must notify the UCLA Library Special Collections Reference Desk in advance of your visit.
box 20, folder 1-2

Correspondence: F.A. Nettlebeck 1979-2012

box 20, folder 3

Correspondence: NE-NI 1975-2007

Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence with Maxine Chernoff and Paul Hoover regarding New American Writing submissions, and submissions correspondence with The New Yorker.
box 20, folder 4

Correspondence: NO-NU 1982-2008

Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence with Giovanni Singleton regarding nocturnes submissions.
box 20, folder 5

Correspondence: OB-OS 1979-2009

box 21, folder 1

Correspondence: OS-OZ 1985-2007

Scope and Contents

Includes letter of complaint to editors of The Oxford Companion to African American Literature .
box 21, folder 3

Correspondence: The Parness Agency 1991-1994

box 22, folder 1-2

Correspondence: PEN Center USA 1980-2006

box 22, folder 3-4

Correspondence: Poetry Connexion (KPFK) 1984-1995

box 184, folder 14

Correspondence: P and misc. 1986-2005

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

THIS ITEM HAS BEEN DIGITIZED. Please contact the reference desk for details on arranging access.
box 21, folder 2

Correspondence: PA 1997

box 184, folder 15

Correspondence: PA-PI 1978-2006

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

THIS ITEM HAS BEEN DIGITIZED. Please contact the reference desk for details on arranging access.
box 184, folder 16

Correspondence: PI-PL 2005-2007

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

THIS ITEM HAS BEEN DIGITIZED. Please contact the reference desk for details on arranging access.
box 22, folder 5

Correspondence: PE-PO 2005-2012

Scope and Contents

Includes materials relating to Coleman's run for poet laureate of Los Angeles.
box 23, folder 1-2, box 22, folder 6-7

Correspondence: PO 1974-2012

box 23, folder 3

Correspondence: PO-PR 1985-2004

box 23, folder 4

Correspondence: PR-PU 1985-2010

Scope and Contents

Includes Pushcart Prize nominations.
box 23, folder 5

Correspondence: QU-RA 1992-2011

box 24, folder 1

Correspondence: RA-Red Hen Press (Kate Gale) 1998-2010

box 24, folder 2

Correspondence: RE-Sylvia Rosen 1982-2010

box 24, folder 3

Correspondence: Sylvia Rosen-RO 1992-2012

Scope and Contents

Includes letter from Luis Rodriguez.
box 24, folder 4

Correspondence: Rita Rosenkrantz (agent) 1990-2001

box 24, folder 5

Correspondence: RO-SA 1977-2012

box 24, folder 6

Correspondence: Natasha Saje 2008-2012

Scope and Contents

Contains Saje's long interview with Coleman.
box 25, folder 1

Correspondence: SA-Carol Schwalberg 1983-2009

box 25, folder 2

Correspondence: Carol Schwalberg 1997-2013

box 25, folder 3

Correspondence: Carol Schwalberg-SE 1975-2013

box 48, folder 2

Correspondence: SC-SM 1985-2003

Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence with Patricia Smith.
box 25, folder 4

Correspondence: SE-SH 1982-2010

box 25, folder 5

Correspondence: SH-ST 1995-2012

Scope and Contents

Includes letter to Evie Shockley.
box 48, folder 3

Correspondence: SN-SO 1994-2003

Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence with Alan Snitow regarding his documentary Blacks and Jews, which Coleman participated in the making of.
box 48, folder 4

Correspondence: SO-SY 1997-2003

Scope and Contents

Includes letter to Gerald Stern.
box 26, folder 1

Correspondence: ST-TA 1995-2013

Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence with Bobbi Sykes and Amber Tamblyn.
box 55, folder 5

Correspondence: Sandra Stanley 1999

Scope and Content

Correspondence regarding Stanley's entry on Coleman for the Dictionary of Literary Biography .
box 49, folder 1, box 48, folder 5

Correspondence: Bobbi Sykes 1982-2001

box 51, folder 2-3

Correspondence: Bobbi Sykes (Australia Trip) 1986-1997

box 49, folder 2-4

Correspondence: Bobbi Sykes (Interview) 1985

box 26, folder 2

Correspondence: TA 1986-2009

Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence with Amber Tamblyn and correspondence regarding the 1999 World Heavyweight Championship Poetry Bout in Taos (Coleman vs. Sherman Alexie).
box 26, folder 3

Correspondence: TE-TH 1983-2011

Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence with Lisa Teasley.
box 26, folder 4

Correspondence: TH-TI 1975-2009

box 26, folder 5

Correspondence: TR 1983-2012

box 52, folder 6-7

Correspondence: Truong Tran ( Letters to Poets) 2003-2008

Scope and Contents

Contains correspondence between Coleman and Tran collected in an anthology, Letters to Poets (ed. Dana Teen Lomax).
box 26, folder 6

Correspondence: TR-TU 1986-2007

Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence with Quincy Troupe.
box 27, folder 1

Correspondence: UCLA (special collections) 2012-2013

box 27, folder 2

Correspondence: UG-UR 1984-2005

Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence with David Ulin and Tony Magistrale.
box 27, folder 3-5

Correspondence: University of Pittsburgh Press 2002-2013

box 27, folder 6

Correspondence: UT-VO 1987-2011

box 28, folder 1

Correspondence: WA 1988-2012

Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence with Diane Wakoski and Anne Waldman.
box 28, folder 2

Correspondence: WA-WE 1981-2012

box 28, folder 3

Correspondence: WE-WI 1989-2009

Scope and Contents

Includes letter to Cornel West.
box 28, folder 4

Correspondence: WI 1995-2011

box 29, folder 1-2, box 28, folder 5, box 184, folder 17

Correspondence: Jokie Wilson 1992-2013

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

ITEM IN BOX 184 HAS BEEN DIGITIZED. Please contact the reference desk for details on arranging access.
box 44, folder 5-6

Correspondence: Jokie Wilson (art) 1994-1996

box 29, folder 3

Correspondence: WI-WO 1985-2009

Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence with Murray Wolfe.
box 29, folder 4

Correspondence: WO 1987-2012

Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence with Terry Wolverton.
box 29, folder 5

Correspondence: WO-Gail Wronsky 1990-2012

box 30, folder 1

Correspondence: X-ZI 1981-2011

box 30, folder 2

Correspondence: ZI- ZYZZYVA 1985-2006

box 30, folder 3

Correspondence 1969-1976

box 185, folder 1-2, box 30, folder 4

Correspondence 1970-1979

General

Items in Box 185 were treated for mold. Use caution when handling.
box 30, folder 5-6

Correspondence 1977-1979

box 31, folder 1

Correspondence 1980

box 54, folder 1

Correspondence 1980-1983

box 55, folder 2-3

Correspondence 1982

box 32, folder 2, box 54, folder 2

Correspondence 1983-1984

box 32, folder 1, box 33, folder 1, box 32, folder 3-7, box 31, folder 2-7

Correspondence 1980-1989

box 33, folder 2-6, box 34, folder 1

Correspondence 1991-1999

box 34, folder 2-5, box 37, folder 1-7, box 36, folder 1-6, box 38, folder 5-6, box 38, folder 1-2, box 35, folder 1-5

Correspondence 2000-2009

box 54, folder 3

Correspondence 2004-2006

box 51, folder 5

Correspondence 2005-2007

box 38, folder 3

Correspondence 2007-2008

box 54, folder 4-5

Correspondence 2007-2009

Scope and Content

Contains correspondence regarding 2008 benefit for poet Will Alexander.
box 38, folder 4

Correspondence 2009

Scope and Contents

Includes CD of Coleman reading.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

File contains one compact disc. Audiovisual materials in this collection will require assessment and possible digitization for safe access. To review these audiovisual materials, you must notify the UCLA Library Special Collections Reference Desk in advance of your visit.
box 54, folder 6

Correspondence 2011

box 54, folder 7

Correspondence 2011-2012

Scope and Content

Contains a "self-interview" published by The Nervous Breakdown .
box 51, folder 6

Correspondence 2013

box 44, folder 4

Correspondence: Blurbs 1988-2002

Scope and Contents

Contains requests for and correspondence regarding book blurbs for Mike Davis, Timothy Joyce, Tony Medina, Merilene Murphy, The Outlaw Bible of American Poetry , and Lisa Teasley.
box 45, folder 1

Correspondence: Cassettes (Gail Hawkins) 1995

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

File contains one 1/8 inch audio cassette. Audiovisual materials in this collection will require assessment and possible digitization for safe access. To review these audiovisual materials, you must notify the UCLA Library Special Collections Reference Desk in advance of your visit.
box 45, folder 2

Correspondence: Cassettes (Roy Schneider) 1990

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

File contains one 1/8 inch audio cassette. Audiovisual materials in this collection will require assessment and possible digitization for safe access. To review these audiovisual materials, you must notify the UCLA Library Special Collections Reference Desk in advance of your visit.
box 45, folder 3

Correspondence: Cassettes (Diane Toomey) c. 1995

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

File contains one 1/8 inch audio cassette. Audiovisual materials in this collection will require assessment and possible digitization for safe access. To review these audiovisual materials, you must notify the UCLA Library Special Collections Reference Desk in advance of your visit.
box 45, folder 4

Correspondence: Cassettes (Jeanne Spicuzzo) 1996

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

File contains one 1/8 inch audio cassette. Audiovisual materials in this collection will require assessment and possible digitization for safe access. To review these audiovisual materials, you must notify the UCLA Library Special Collections Reference Desk in advance of your visit.
box 53, folder 6

Correspondence: Christmas cards 2005-2009

box 39, folder 1-2

Correspondence: Fan Letters 1992-2012

box 50, folder 2-3

Correspondence: Invoices, Rights, Permissions 2001-2007

box 50, folder 4

Correspondence: Invoices, Rights, Permissions (A-P) 2000-2007

box 50, folder 5

Correspondence: Invoices, Rights, Permissions (P-W) 2001-2005

box 39, folder 3

Correspondence: PR 2011-2012

box 39, folder 4

Correspondence: Rolodex 1981-2002

box 43, folder 3

Correspondence: Rolodex (address book 1, A-E) c. 1980

box 43, folder 4

Correspondence: Rolodex (address book 1, F-Z) c. 1975

box 43, folder 5

Correspondence: Rolodex (address book 2, A-J) c. 1980

box 43, folder 6

Correspondence: Rolodex (address book 2, K-Z) c. 1980

box 45, folder 5

Correspondence: Submissions (A-E, Binder 1) 1981-2002

box 45, folder 6

Correspondence: Submissions (F-M, Binder 1) 1974-2001

box 45, folder 7

Correspondence: Submissions (O-S, Binder 1) 1980-2003

Scope and Contents

Contains note regarding Coleman's many submissions to Poetry Magazine.
box 46, folder 1

Correspondence: Submissions (S-W, Binder 1) 1976-1998

box 47, folder 2

Correspondence: Submissions (AB-BL, Binder 2) 1968-1995

box 47, folder 3

Correspondence: Submissions (BL-BR, Binder 2) 1968-1995

box 47, folder 4

Correspondence: Submissions (CA-EN, Binder 2) 1970-1988

box 47, folder 5

Correspondence: Submissions (ES-IS, Binder 2) 1969-1996

Scope and Contents

Includes many originals of early poems and short stories sent to magazines such as Essence and Poetry, and associated correspondence.
box 47, folder 6

Correspondence: Submissions (JO-SE, Binder 2) 1969-2000

Scope and Contents

Includes many originals of early poems and short stories.
box 48, folder 1

Correspondence: Submissions (SH-ZE, Binder 2) 1969-2000

Scope and Contents

Includes many originals of early poems and short stories.
box 39, folder 5-6, box 40, folder 1-3

Correspondence: Submissions 1975-2012

box 40, folder 4

Correspondence: Submissions (anthologies, AF) 1990-2004

box 40, folder 5

Correspondence: Submissions (anthologies, AI-BE) 1980-2002

box 40, folder 6

Correspondence: Submissions (anthologies, BL-E) 1989-2004

box 41, folder 1

Correspondence: Submissions (anthologies, E-G) 1990-2004

box 52, folder 1

Correspondence: Submissions (anthologies, H-J) 1989-2002

box 52, folder 2

Correspondence: Submissions (anthologies, J-N) 1990-2007

box 41, folder 2

Correspondence: Submissions (anthologies, L-P) 1985-2011

box 41, folder 3

Correspondence: Submissions (anthologies, P-S) 1985-2008

box 41, folder 4

Correspondence: Submissions (anthologies, T-Z) 1988-2008

box 41, folder 5

Correspondence: Submissions (United States Artists) 2007-2012

box 41, folder 6

Correspondence: Submissions (acceptances and readings) 1975-1981

Scope and Contents

Contains a log of poems submitted to and accepted by journals, as well as some notes by Coleman regarding her experiences at readings during this time period.
box 44, folder 1-2

Correspondence: Submissions (film, TV, theater) 1973-2007

box 46, folder 2

Correspondence: Submissions (Guggenheim) 1981-1983

box 46, folder 3

Correspondence: Submissions (Guggenheim) 1984

box 46, folder 4

Correspondence: Submissions (Guggenheim) 1984-1991

box 46, folder 5

Correspondence: Submissions (rejection slips) 1963-1968

 

Series 2: Works by Wanda Coleman 1961-2012

Scope and Content

Many drafts of published and unpublished works by Wanda Coleman: poetry, fiction, nonfiction, spoken word, film, television and theater writings, and juvenilia, as well as volumes edited by Coleman. Includes related correspondence and digital materials. Highlights include correspondence with John Martin at Black Sparrow Press regarding her publications there, many unproduced screenplays, and unpublished collections of poetry and short stories.

Organization and Arrangement

Series is broken into subseries by genre, and each is ordered chronologically. Within subseries 2.1-2.3 (poetry, fiction, nonfiction), published manuscripts lead the series, followed by unpublished manuscripts, then individual drafts.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

SERIES CONTAINS AUDIOVISUAL MATERIALS: Audiovisual materials in this collection will require assessment and possible digitization for safe access. To review these audiovisual materials, you must notify the UCLA Library Special Collections Reference Desk in advance of your visit.
SOME ITEMS IN THIS SERIES HAVE BEEN DIGITIZED. Please contact the reference desk for details on arranging access.
 

Poetry 1968-2010

Scope and Content

Published and unpublished collections of Coleman's poetry, as well as drafts of individual poems. The drafts, which appear and the end of the series, are organized chronologically and include both published and unpublished poems with Coleman's edits.. Includes related correspondence. Materials for Coleman's collection of poems Ostinato Vamps (2003) are not included.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

SOME ITEMS IN THIS SUBSERIES HAVE BEEN DIGITIZED. Please contact the reference desk for details on arranging access.
box 56, folder 1

Bibliography (alphabetical) 1979-1997

box 57

Bibliography (alphabetical, includes other genres) 1969-1995

box 149, folder 3-4

Bibliography (rolodex, includes other genres) 1970-2010

box 56, folder 2

Sparrow 59 ( Art in the Court of the Blue Fag ) 1977

Scope and Content

Includes correspondence with John Martin and a signed copy of the chapbook with Coleman's notes.
box 56, folder 3

Sparrow 59 ( Art in the Court of the Blue Fag ) 1977

Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence with John Martin and Diane Wakoski, and reviews.
box 56, folder 4-5

Mad Dog Black Lady Frothing (original manuscript) 1976

box 56, folder 6-8

Mad Dog Black Lady Frothing (work manuscript) 1974-1978

box 58, folder 2-3

Mad Dog Black Lady (proofs) 1978

Scope and Contents

Contains correspondence with John Martin.
box 58, folder 4

Mad Dog Black Lady 1978-1989

Scope and Contents

Materials relating to the book's publication, including photos from the publication party, correspondence, and reviews.
box 84, folder 4

Four Poems (first and second editions, signed) c.1977

box 84, folder 5

Four Poems (second and third editions, signed) c. 1977

box 84, folder 6

Four Poems (fourth edition, signed) c. 1977

box 58, folder 6-7, box 59, folder 1

Imagoes (original manuscript) 1980

Scope and Contents

Includes letter to John Martin.
box 59, folder 2-3

Imagoes (work manuscript 1) 1980

box 59, folder 4-6

Imagoes (work manuscript 2) 1980

box 59, folder 7-8

Imagoes (second draft) 1980

box 60, folder 2, box 59, folder 9

Imagoes (first proofs) c. 1981

box 60, folder 3-4

Imagoes (second proofs) c. 1981

box 57

Imagoes (final proofs) c. 1982

box 61, folder 1

Nothing Can Shatter Night (editor) 1981-1985

Scope and Contents

Coleman's edits of poet Patrick Bianucci's manuscript and correspondence regarding her efforts to get it published.
box 61, folder 2

Alligator in Lace (editor) c. 1982

Scope and Contents

Early version of Susannah Foster manuscript Coleman edited.
box 61, folder 3-4

Earthbound in Betty Grable's Shoes (editor) (original manuscript) 1983

Scope and Contents

Includes Coleman's introduction to the volume of poetry by Susannah Foster she edited and worked to have published.
box 61, folder 5-6

Earthbound in Betty Grable's Shoes (editor) (work manuscript 1) c. 1983

Scope and Contents

Includes Coleman's edits to Foster's manuscript.
box 63, folder 1, box 61, folder 7

Earthbound in Betty Grable's Shoes (editor) (work manuscript 2) c. 1983

box 62

Earthbound in Betty Grable's Shoes (editor) (second proofs) c. 1984

box 63, folder 2-3

Earthbound in Betty Grable's Shoes (editor) (Foster notebooks) c. 1982

box 63, folder 4-5

Earthbound in Betty Grable's Shoes (editor) (correspondence) 1981-1994

box 63, folder 6, box 64, folder 1

Earthbound in Betty Grable's Shoes (editor) (memorabilia) 1974-1991

box 64, folder 2-3

Earthbound in Betty Grable's Shoes (editor) (Coleman essay) c. 1982

box 64, folder 4-5

Earthbound in Betty Grable's Shoes (editor) (manuscript rejects) 1970-1980

box 60, folder 5

Heavy Daughter Blues (original manuscript/correspondence) 1985-1988

Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence with John Martin and author photo.
box 60, folder 6

Heavy Daughter Blues (original manuscript) c. 1985

box 60, folder 7

Heavy Daughter Blues (drafts) 1984

box 60, folder 8

Heavy Daughter Blues (work manuscript 1) 1984

box 57

Heavy Daughter Blues (work manuscript 2) c. 1985

box 60, folder 9-10

Heavy Daughter Blues (work manuscript 3) 1985

box 62

Heavy Daughter Blues (first proofs) c. 1986

box 62

Heavy Daughter Blues (second proofs) c. 1986

box 65, folder 1

Dicksboro Hotel 1988-1990

Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence with Murray Wolfe of Ambrosia Press, the publisher, and a letter from John Martin.
box 65, folder 2-4

African Sleeping Sickness (work manuscript) 1990

box 65, folder 5

African Sleeping Sickness (correspondence) 1985-1992

box 66, folder 1, box 65, folder 6-7

African Sleeping Sickness (original manuscript) 1990

box 67

African Sleeping Sickness (first proofs-work copy) 1990

box 67

African Sleeping Sickness (first proofs) 1990

box 67

African Sleeping Sickness (second proofs) 1990

box 68

African Sleeping Sickness (final proofs) c. 1990

box 66, folder 7

African Sleeping Sickness (rejects) 1992-1995

box 66, folder 2

Hand Dance (correspondence/Coleman second edit) c. 1992

box 66, folder 3

Hand Dance (Coleman 2nd edit) c. 1992

box 66, folder 4-5

Hand Dance (Austin Straus edit) c. 1992

box 66, folder 6, box 69, folder 1

Hand Dance (work copy) c. 1992

box 68

Hand Dance (first proofs-copy one) c. 1992

box 70

Hand Dance (first proofs-copy two) c. 1992

box 70

Hand Dance (second proofs) c. 1992

box 68

Hand Dance (final proofs) c. 1992

box 69, folder 2-4

Bathwater Wine (work manuscript) c. 1997

Scope and Contents

This manuscript, which eventually became Bathwater Wine , is titled God Bless The Fire.
box 69, folder 5-7

Bathwater Wine (American Sonnets) 1994-1997

box 69, folder 8

Bathwater Wine (Lotus Press Submission) 1997

box 69, folder 9

Bathwater Wine (correspondence and original manuscript) 1997-1998

box 71, folder 1

Bathwater Wine (original manuscript) 1997

box 71, folder 2-4

Bathwater Wine (first proofs) 1998

box 71, folder 5-7

Bathwater Wine (second proofs) 1998

box 71, folder 8

Mercurochrome (correspondence and first rough) 1999-2001

box 72, folder 1-2

Mercurochrome (first rough) 2000

box 70

Mercurochrome (first proofs) 2000

box 73

Mercurochrome (second proofs) 2000

box 72, folder 3-4

Mercurochrome (final proofs-copy one) 2001

box 73

Mercurochrome (final proofs-copy two) 2001

box 72, folder 5-6

Greatest Hits 1966-2003 2003-2004

Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence with Pudding House Press, the chapbook's publisher.
box 72, folder 7

The World Falls Away (correspondence) 2003-2011

box 74, folder 1

The World Falls Away (draft two) 2003

box 74, folder 2

The World Falls Away (drafts two-four) 2003

box 73

The World Falls Away (first proofs) 2011

box 74, folder 3

The World Falls Away (final proofs) 2011

box 184, folder 8, box 74, folder 4

The Love Project (correspondence) 2001-2013

Scope and Contents

The Love Project is a collaboration between Coleman and her husband, Austin Straus. Includes correspondence with the publisher, Red Hen Press, and drawings from the book (some originals and some copies).

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

ITEM IN BOX 184 HAS BEEN DIGITIZED. Please contact the reference desk for details on arranging access.
box 74, folder 5

The Love Project (draft) c. 2000

box 74, folder 6

The Love Project (manuscript) c. 2000

box 184, folder 6

The Love Project (work copy) c. 2003

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

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box 184, folder 4

The Love Project (work copy w/edits) c. 2012

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

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box 184, folder 5

The Love Project (final proofs) 2013

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

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box 184, folder 7

The Love Project (submission copy and correspondence) 2003-2005

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

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box 77, folder 1

Keeper of the Ankh c. 1968

box 77, folder 2-3

Shades of Blackness c. 1968

box 77, folder 4

Unpublished Manuscripts 1973-1976

Scope and Content

Two early unpublished manuscripts titled Midnight Carries Me South Along Illusion Avenue and My Anger, My Prison .
box 77, folder 5

Unpublished Manuscripts c. 1976

Scope and Contents

Early unpublished manuscripts titled The Laying Down Blues and Other Laments: black blue street verse and A Gun Full of Bullets .
box 77, folder 6, box 78, folder 1

Corners 1978

box 78, folder 2-3

Spit, Bullets, and Profanities 1978

box 78, folder 4

Growing Up Black 1981

box 78, folder 5

Loud Music c. 1986

box 109, box 79, folder unknown container

God Bless the Fire 1996

box 78, folder 6-7

Sorceress of Muntu (work manuscript) 1998

box 80, folder 1-3

Sorceress of Muntu 1998

box 80, folder 4-6

Selected Early Poems c. 2000

box 81, folder 1-3, box 80, folder 7

Azrael 1998-2000

box 81, folder 4-6

Spirit Walk (work manuscript) 2000

box 81, folder 7, box 82, folder 1-2

Spirit Walk 2003

box 82, folder 3

Drafts 1966-1970

box 82, folder 4

Drafts 1968-1970

box 82, folder 5

Drafts 1970-1972

box 82, folder 6-7

Drafts 1973

box 82, folder 8

Drafts 1974

box 83, folder 1-3

Drafts 1975

box 83, folder 4-7

Drafts 1973-1994

box 84, folder 1-3

Drafts 1976-1977

box 85, folder 1-2

Work Book 2 1976-1997

box 85, folder 3-4

Drafts 1978

box 85, folder 5-6

Drafts 1979

box 86, folder 1-2

Drafts 1980

box 86, folder 3-4

Drafts 1981

box 86, folder 5-7

Drafts 1981-1984

box 87, folder 1-4

Drafts 1984-1986

box 87, folder 5

Drafts 1984-1999

box 88, folder 1-2

Drafts 1988

box 88, folder 3-4

Drafts 1989

box 87, folder 6

Drafts 1980-1989

box 88, folder 5-8

Drafts 1990

box 89, folder 1-3

Drafts 1991-1993

box 90, folder 1, box 89, folder 4-6

Drafts 1994-1997

box 90, folder 2-5

Drafts 1997-1998

box 90, folder 6

Drafts 1999-2001

box 90, folder 7

Drafts 2010

box 129, folder 4

"Bathsheba's Psalm" 2010

Scope and Contents

Drafts of and correspondence relating to "Bathsheba's Psalm," an unpublished translation intended for an anthology of Anglo-Saxon poems.
box 90, folder 8

Women's Building Anthology (editor) 1970-1999

 

Fiction 1975-2012

Scope and Content

Published and unpublished novels and short story collections, as well as individual drafts of stories. Includes related correspondence.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

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box 90, folder 9

A War of Eyes (correspondence) 1986-1996

box 91, folder 1-3

A War of Eyes (draft) c. 1986

box 91, folder 4-5

A War of Eyes (original manuscript 1) 1987

box 79

A War of Eyes (original manuscript 2) c. 1987

box 91, folder 6-7

A War of Eyes (first proofs) 1988

box 79

A War of Eyes (second proofs) 1988

box 91, folder 8, box 92, folder 1

Mambo Hips and Make Believe (Fourzon materials) 1975-1989

Scope and Content

Coleman drew on the biography of and her correspondence with Pamela Fourzon in writing Mambo.
box 92, folder 2-4

Mambo Hips and Make Believe (research/notes) c. 1995

box 93, folder 1-4, box 92, folder 5-6

Mambo Hips and Make Believe (section drafts/notes) 1999

box 94, folder 1-4, box 93, folder 5-6

Mambo Hips and Make Believe (first draft) 1998-1999

box 95, folder 1-4, box 94, folder 5-6

Mambo Hips and Make Believe (first draft, Kaliui edit) 1999

box 95, folder 5-6, box 96, folder 1-3

Mambo Hips and Make Believe (second draft) 1999

box 97, folder 1-3, box 96, folder 4-5

Mambo Hips and Make Believe (work rough) 1999

box 97, folder 4-6, box 98, folder 1-3

Mambo Hips and Make Believe (master copy) 1999

box 98, folder 4-6

Mambo Hips and Make Believe (first proofs) 1999

box 98, folder 7, box 99, folder 1-3

Mambo Hips and Make Believe (first proofs, Straus) 1999

box 100

Mambo Hips and Make Believe (second proofs) 1999

box 99, folder 4-7

Jazz and Twelve O'Clock Tales (correspondence) 2007

Scope and Content

Includes advance reading copy.
box 101, folder 1-2

Jazz and Twelve O'Clock Tales (work manuscript) 1983-1985

box 184, folder 9-11, box 100

Jazz and Twelve O'Clock Tales (draft) 2001

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

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box 101, folder 3-4

Jazz and Twelve O'Clock Tales (revision) 2006

box 101, folder 5-7

Jazz and Twelve O'Clock Tales (manuscript) 2007

box 102, folder 1

Novel Ideas 1975-1977

box 102, folder 2-3

Story Ideas 1985-2006

box 102, folder 4-5

Mama Sin Sin c. 1977

box 102, folder 6

The Saturday Night's Over and Charlie Says He Loves Me, Blues (second rough) 1972

box 102, folder 7

The Saturday Night's Over and Charlie Says He Loves Me, Blues (third rough) 1980

box 103, folder 1-2

The Saturday Night's Over and Charlie Says He Loves Me, Blues (work manuscript 1985) 1985

box 103, folder 3-4

The Saturday Night's Over and Charlie Says He Loves Me, Blues (work manuscript 1985, copy 2) 1985

box 103, folder 5-7

The Saturday Night's Over and Charlie Says He Loves Me, Blues (second rewrite) c. 1986

box 104, folder 1-4

The Saturday Night's Over and Charlie Says He Loves Me, Blues (manuscript) c. 1986

box 104, folder 5-6

Late Night Drives c. 1988

box 104, folder 7

Clowns and Wild Birds (editor) 1997-2000

Scope and Content

Coleman edited and promoted this volume of Susannah Foster's stories and "miscellany."
box 104, folder 8

Jazzmine and Silent Nights (editor) c. 2000

Scope and Content

Alternate version of Coleman's edition of Susannah Foster's collected stories and prose.
box 100

Where The Sun Don't Shine c. 2003

Scope and Contents

Unpublished volume of collected late stories.
box 146, folder 5-6

The 13th of Never c. 2003

box 105, folder 1-3

Liver Lips Sonata 2006-2008

box 105, folder 4

Stories 1970-1979

box 105, folder 5-6

Stories 1970-1985

box 106, folder 1-5, box 107, folder 1, box 123, folder 1-7

Stories 1984-1988

box 107, folder 2

Stories ("Shades of Black") 1987

box 107, folder 3

Stories ("Shark Liver Oil") 1999

box 107, folder 4-7, box 108, folder 1-4

Stories 2000-2012

 

Nonfiction 1973-2012

Scope and Content

Published essay collections, as well as individual essays, articles, and book reviews, such as Coleman's controversial review of Maya Angelou's A Song Flung Up to Heaven. There is a large quantity of material from her time as a columnist at the Los Angeles Times . Includes related correspondence.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

SUBSERIES CONTAINS AUDIOVISUAL MATERIALS: Audiovisual materials in this collection will require assessment and possible digitization for safe access. To review these audiovisual materials, you must notify the UCLA Library Special Collections Reference Desk in advance of your visit.
SOME ITEMS IN THIS SUBSERIES HAVE BEEN DIGITIZED. Please contact the reference desk for details on arranging access.
box 109

Native in a Strange Land (book proposal, rough) 1993

box 110, folder 1

Native in a Strange Land (correspondence) 1994-1996

box 110, folder 2-4

Native in a Strange Land (book proposal) c. 1994

box 111, folder 1-2, box 110, folder 5-7

Native in a Strange Land (drafts/research) c. 1997

box 109, box 111, folder 3-4

Native in a Strange Land (original manuscript) c. 1993

Scope and Content

Bound volume contains some related correspondence.
box 111, folder 5-8, box 112, folder 1-2

Native in a Strange Land (work rough) 1996

box 112, folder 3-4

Native in a Strange Land (first proofs, author's) 1996

box 112, folder 5-7

Native in a Strange Land (first proofs, copy 1) 1996

box 112, folder 8-9, box 113, folder 1

Native in a Strange Land (first proofs, copy 3) 1996

box 113, folder 2-3

Native in a Strange Land (second proofs) 1996

box 113, folder 4-5

Native in a Strange Land (second proofs, copy 2) 1996

box 113, folder 6-8

The Riot Inside Me (correspondence) 2003-2006

box 114, folder 1-4

The Riot Inside Me (work rough) c. 2004

box 184, folder 1-3

The Riot Inside Me (final proofs) 2005

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

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box 115, folder 1, box 114, folder 5-6

High Performance (correspondence) 1992-2009

Scope and Content

On behalf of the Multi-Ethnic Coalition of Los Angeles Artists, Coleman edited a special issue of High Performance magazine, "The Verdict and the Violence" (1992). A companion CD was also made. Includes digital media.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Box 115, folder 1 contains four microcassettes. Audiovisual materials in this collection will require assessment and possible digitization for safe access. To review these audiovisual materials, you must notify the UCLA Library Special Collections Reference Desk in advance of your visit.
box 115, folder 2-7

High Performance (submissions/drafts) 1992

box 116, folder 1

High Performance (copy and CDs) 1992

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

File contains four compact discs. Audiovisual materials in this collection will require assessment and possible digitization for safe access. To review these audiovisual materials, you must notify the UCLA Library Special Collections Reference Desk in advance of your visit.
box 116, folder 4

Seoul to Soul 1993

box 116, folder 5-7, box 118, folder 1-6, box 117, folder 1-6, box 120, folder 1-2, box 119, folder 1-7

Los Angeles Times 1989-2000

box 120, folder 3-6

Maya Angelou review 2002

Scope and Contents

Drafts and correspondence relating to Coleman's controversial review of Maya Angelou's A Song Flung Up to Heaven in the Los Angeles Times. Also includes Coleman's annotated copy of Song and other books by Angelou.
box 149, folder 5-8, box 121, folder 1

"Book of Memories" 1979-2012

Scope and Contents

Notes and writings gathered by Coleman for the purpose of writing her memoirs.
box 121, folder 2-3

Drafts 1973-1979

box 121, folder 4-6, box 122, folder 1-7, box 124, folder 1

Drafts 1980-1989

box 124, folder 2

"Poetry, Race, and the Power to Change The World" 1984-1985

box 124, folder 3-5

"Baby Boomers" 1984-1990

box 125

"On Theloniousism" c. 1987

box 126, folder 1-2, box 124, folder 6-8

Drafts 1984-1990

box 126, folder 3-7, box 127, folder 1-4

Drafts 1990-1999

box 127, folder 5

"Dear Mama" 1995-1997

box 127, folder 6-7, box 128, folder 1-2

"Dancer on a Blade" 1997-1998

box 128, folder 3

"For Dad" 1998-2001

box 128, folder 4-5

"Avant-Garde With Mainstream Tendencies" 2000-2001

box 128, folder 6-7

"Blues" 2000-2001

box 128, folder 8

Drafts 2002-2009

box 128, folder 9

Drafts 2010

box 129, folder 1

"Ruminations on Riots" 2012

 

Spoken Word, TV, Film, and Theater 1970-2011

Scope and Content

Contains recorded material from New Alliance records including Coleman's projects with Exene Cervenka, Lydia Lunch, and Michelle T. Clinton; episodes written for popular television shows such as Days of our Lives (for which she won an Emmy), Starsky and Hutch, and Sanford and Son; multiple unproduced screenplays; and plays, including The Product, written in collaboration with Jim Woods of Studio Watts. Includes related correspondence.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

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box 130, folder 1-6, box 129, folder 5-7

New Alliance Records 1982-1997

Scope and Content

Includes materials related to Coleman's spoken word projects with Exene Cervenka, Michelle T. Clinton, and Lydia Lunch; compilations "Black and Tan Club" and "Jazzspeak"; as well as solo recordings "Black Angeles," "Twin Sisters," "Black and Blue News," "Beserk on Hollywood Blvd." and "High Priestess of Word." Includes digital materials.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Files contain nine 1/8 inch cassettes and one compact disc. Audiovisual materials in this collection will require assessment and possible digitization for safe access. To review these audiovisual materials, you must notify the UCLA Library Special Collections Reference Desk in advance of your visit.
box 130, folder 8

The Writer's Almanac (recording) 1995

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

File contains one 1/8 inch audio cassette. Audiovisual materials in this collection will require assessment and possible digitization for safe access. To review these audiovisual materials, you must notify the UCLA Library Special Collections Reference Desk in advance of your visit.
box 131, folder 1, box 130, folder 9

Black Girl in Search of God c. 1970

Scope and Content

Coleman's adaptation of George Bernard Shaw's play of the same name.
box 131, folder 2

Mod Squad and Rose Street c. 1970

box 131, folder 3-4

Drafts 1970-1972

box 125, box 131, folder 5

The Name of the Game 1970

box 131, folder 6-9, box 132, folder 1

Ghetto 7 1971-1972

box 132, folder 2

Temperature's Rising and Blues Part of Town c. 1972

box 132, folder 3-5

The Product 1972

Scope and Content

Play developed with Jim Woods, president of Studio Watts.
box 133, folder 1-8, box 132, folder 6-7

Days of Our Lives 1975-1976

Scope and Content

Coleman won an Emmy for her writing on Days.
box 134, folder 1-2

Are You Listening To Me Sweetie? 1975-1990

box 134, folder 3

Drafts 1977

Scope and Contents

Includes episodes co-written with Christipher Joy for Starsky and Hutch and Sanford and Son.
box 134, folder 4

Drafts 1980-1986

box 146, folder 7

Stories/Pitches 1981-1997

box 134, folder 5

Stories/Pitches 1990-1999

box 134, folder 6-8, box 135, folder 1-7, box 136, folder 1-5

Shawshi/ Independently Blue 1970-1991

Scope and Content

Coleman developed this story as both a screenplay and a novel under these two titles.
box 136, folder 6-8

Operation Move: The Trial of Ramona Africa (research) c. 1990

box 137, folder 1-8, box 147, box 138, folder 1-7, box 139, folder 1-5

Operation Move: The Trial of Ramona Africa 1990-1992

box 139, folder 6-8, box 146, folder 8, box 125, box 140, box 141, folder 1-3

Duke of Earl 1992

box 140

Angel Street c. 1992

box 148, folder 1-4, box 149, folder 1

Boom Generation (work draft) 1993-1994

box 140, box 142, folder 1-6, box 141, folder 4-7

Boom Generation 1992-2000

box 143, folder 1-3

Boom Generation (correspondence) 1992-1994

box 143, folder 4

Drafts 1992-1993

Scope and Contents

Includes Angel Street episode.
box 143, folder 5

Maximum Feedback 1994-1999

box 148, folder 5-7

Rimbaud's Demon (work draft) 1997

box 143, folder 6-8, box 144, folder 1-4

Rimbaud's Demon 1998

box 144, folder 5

Rimbaud's Demon (correspondence) 1998

box 149, folder 2

Heartbreak's Angel 2000

box 144, folder 6

Drafts and Renfield 2000-2010

box 144, folder 7

Renfield (working script) 2010

box 144, folder 8

Renfield (rough, Coleman edit) 2010

box 145, folder 1

Renfield (rough 2) 2010

box 145, folder 2

Renfield (second draft) 2010

box 145, folder 3

Renfield (third draft) 2010

box 145, folder 4

Renfield (final) 2011

box 145, folder 5

Renfield (correspondence) 2008-2011

box 145, folder 9

Drafts 2010

box 145, folder 6

Mr. Bookie (correspondence and first draft) 2011

box 145, folder 7

Mr. Bookie (first and second drafts) 2011

box 145, folder 8

Mr. Bookie (second and third drafts) 2011

box 146, folder 1

Stories/Pitches 1990-2008

box 146, folder 2-4

Beulah Land activism 1969-1980

Scope and Content

Screenplay drafts of Beulah Land, a mini-series about a 19th century Southern plantation and materials/correspondence relating to the Coalition Against the Airing of Beulah Land.
 

Juvenilia and Visual Art 1961-1998

Scope and Content

Early writings of Coleman's dating from 1961-1971 and a few more recent works of visual art by Coleman. Includes school notebooks containing class assignments, sketches and drawings; a small collection of periodicals, and early stories, poems, and essays.
box 75, folder 1

Juvenilia: High School Work 1961-1963

box 75, folder 2-6

Juvenilia: Notebooks 1963-1969

box 76, folder 1-4

Juvenilia: Famous Writers School 1968-1969

box 76, folder 5

Juvenilia: English 1 assignments 1971

box 76, folder 6

Juvenilia: Periodicals c. 1965

box 108, folder 5

Juvenilia: Stories and Poems 1962-1968

box 108, folder 6-7

Juvenilia: Stories, Poems, Essays 1966-1970

box 170, folder 1

Visual Art 1997-1998

Scope and Contents

Includes Coleman's piece "Emotional Blackmail," submitted to the Whitney Ray Johnson Exhibition, and some drawings.
 

Series 3: Gigs/PR 1969-2007

Scope and Content

Includes correspondence, ephemera such as programs, flyers, and photographs, and other documentation relating to "gigs" such as readings and lectures, serving as a panelist for various awards and grants, her time as editor of Players Magazine , and teaching jobs. She kept much of this material in "PR" files, and also included is her correspondence with the Guy Joyce PR agency, who she employed for a short time to represent her. Of particular interest are the files from her time at Loyola Marymount University as the Fletcher Jones chair in literature and writing and her correspondence with legal advisors after the university chose not to continue her appointment.

Organization and Arrangement

Series is ordered chronologically. All teaching materials were kept together to maintain original order, and appear at the series' end.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

SOME ITEMS IN THIS SERIES HAVE BEEN DIGITIZED. Please contact the reference desk for details on arranging access.
box 150, folder 1-2, box 149, folder 9

Studio Watts 1969-2010

Scope and Contents

Includes materials related to Coleman's plays The Product , Black Girl in Search of God (George Bernard Shaw adaptation) produced by Studio Watts; Ceremony of Us (collaboration between Studio Watts and Anna Halprin of the San Francisco Dancers' Workshop, in which Coleman performed); ephemera, and correspondence.
box 150, folder 3

Gigs/PR 1972-1974

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

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box 150, folder 4-7

Players Magazine (ed.) 1972-1974

box 151, folder 1, box 150, folder 8-9

Gigs/PR 1979-1982

Scope and Content

Includes PR materials related to Mad Dog Black Lady. Folder 9 includes photographs by George Evans of Coleman at the Whisky-a-Go-Go, where she performed in 1982.
box 169, folder 6-7

Gigs/PR 1983

box 151, folder 2-4

Gigs/PR 1983-1984

box 151, folder 5-7

Gigs/PR 1983-1986

box 152, folder 1-3, box 151, folder 8

Gigs/PR 1985

box 152, folder 4-6

Gigs/PR 1985-1986

box 152, folder 7

California Arts Council 1985-1987

box 152, folder 8

California Arts Council/Midnight Special reading 1986-1988

box 153, folder 1-6

Gigs/PR 1986-1988

box 153, folder 7, box 154, folder 1-2

Gigs/PR 1989

box 154, folder 3-6

Gigs/PR 1990

box 154, folder 7

Community Redevelopment Agency 1988-1992

box 154, folder 8, box 155, folder 1

Gigs/PR 1991

box 155, folder 2-6

Gigs/PR 1992

box 155, folder 7-9, box 156, folder 1

Gigs/PR 1993

box 156, folder 2

National Endowment for the Arts 1993-1994

box 156, folder 3-6

Gigs/PR 1994

box 156, folder 7, box 157, folder 1

Gigs/PR 1995

box 157, folder 2

California Arts Council 1995-1996

box 157, folder 3-4

Gigs/PR 1996

box 157, folder 5

Gigs/PR 1997-1998

box 157, folder 6

Gigs/PR 1998

box 157, folder 7

Gigs/PR 1999-2000

box 157, folder 8-9

Gigs/PR 2000

box 158, folder 1-3

Gigs/PR 2001

box 158, folder 4-7, box 159, folder 1-2

Gigs/PR 2002

box 159, folder 3

Gigs/PR 2002-2003

box 184, folder 12-13

Gigs/PR 2002-2007

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

THIS ITEM HAS BEEN DIGITIZED. Please contact the reference desk for details on arranging access.
box 159, folder 4-5

Gigs/PR 2003

box 159, folder 6

Gigs/PR 2003-2004

box 159, folder 7

Gigs/PR 2004

box 160, folder 1-2, box 159, folder 8

Calendar 2004

box 160, folder 3-4

Gigs/PR 2005

box 160, folder 5

Gigs/PR 2006

box 160, folder 6-7

Hurricane Katrina Fundraiser 2006

box 161, folder 1

Gigs/PR 2007

box 161, folder 2

Gigs/PR 2007-2008

box 161, folder 3-4

Gigs/PR 2008

box 161, folder 5-6

Gigs/PR 2009

box 161, folder 7, box 162, folder 1-2

Gigs/PR 2010

box 162, folder 3-5

Gigs/PR 2011

box 162, folder 6-7

Gigs/PR 2012

box 163, folder 1-3

Gigs/PR 2013

box 163, folder 4

PR: Reviews 1983-2007

box 163, folder 5

PR: Reviews/Mentions 1989-2012

box 164, folder 1-2, box 163, folder 6-8

PR: Guy Joyce 1998-2002

box 164, folder 3-4

U.S.-Chinese Writers Conference 1986

box 164, folder 6-7

Teaching 1989

box 164, folder 8

Teaching 1991-1992

box 164, folder 9

Teaching 1992-1995

box 165, folder 3-7, box 166, folder 1-3

Loyola Marymount University 1992-1996

Scope and Content

Wanda Coleman held the appointment of Fletcher Jones Chair at LMU from 1994-1996, after which she was terminated. In addition to student work and course materials, evidence toward and correspondence regarding Coleman's desire to file a wrongful termination suit against the university is included.
box 166, folder 4

Loyola Marymount University (correspondence) 1994-1995

box 166, folder 5

Loyola Marymount University (evaluations) 1994-1996

box 166, folder 6-7

Loyola Marymount University (calendar) 1995

box 166, folder 8

Loyola Marymount University (budget) 1995-1996

box 167, folder 1

Loyola Marymount University (periodicals) 1994-1995

box 147

Loyola Marymount University (campus publications) 1994-1996

box 167, folder 2

Loyola Marymount University (student essays on Coleman) 1996

box 167, folder 3-5

Loyola Marymount University (legal) 1996

box 165, folder 1

Teaching 1995

box 165, folder 2

Teaching 1995-1997

box 167, folder 6

Teaching 1997-2001

box 147

Teaching: Manuscripts by Coleman's students (LMU) c. 1995

box 167, folder 7-8, box 168, folder 1-2

Chino Prison Workshop 2000-2001

box 168, folder 3

Teaching 2002-2004

box 168, folder 4-6

San Diego State (Fiction Workshop) 2003

box 169, folder 1-2, box 168, folder 7-8

San Diego State (Poetry Workshop) 2003

box 169, folder 3-4

San Diego State (African-American Literature) 2003

box 169, folder 5

Naropa 2007

 

Series 4: Memorabilia 1963-2012

Scope and Content

Includes Coleman's "clippings files," in which she collected newspaper articles; activist materials such as flyers and periodicals; Coleman's magazine collection; a small sample of her personal book collection and copies of some of her own published books; some periodicals in which Coleman was published; photos; and other ephemera such as her Emmy award certificate.

Organization and Arrangement

Series maintains original order. Coleman arranged her "clippings files" both by topic and chronologically.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

SERIES CONTAINS AUDIOVISUAL MATERIALS: Audiovisual materials in this collection will require assessment and possible digitization for safe access. To review these audiovisual materials, you must notify the UCLA Library Special Collections Reference Desk in advance of your visit.
box 170, folder 2

Clippings: Black Women-Health and Science 1997-2001

Scope and Contents

Includes Coleman's master list of clippings files by topic.
box 170, folder 3-5

Clippings: Health and Science 1990-2002

box 170, folder 6

Clippings: Health and Science-Media and Racism 1998-2010

box 170, folder 7-8, box 171, folder 1-2

Clippings: Media and Racism 1992-1998

box 171, folder 3

Clippings: Media and Racism-Racial Incidents, Cultural Nationalism, Related Issues 1991-2003

box 171, folder 4

Clippings: Racial Incidents, Cultural Nationalism, Related Issues 1998-2003

box 171, folder 5

Clippings: Religion and Racism/The Occult/The Church 1988-2002

box 171, folder 6

Clippings: Religion and Racism/The Occult/The Church-Statistics 1976-1994

box 171, folder 7

Clippings: Statistics 1972-1992

box 172, folder 1-4

Clippings: Women-Related Issues/Sex in General 1974-2000

box 172, folder 5

Clippings: Women-Related Issues/Sex in General-People 1971-2005

box 172, folder 6-7

Clippings: People 1993-2012

box 172, folder 1

Clippings 1963-1972

box 173, folder 2

Clippings 1970-1983

box 173, folder 3-5

Clippings 1990-1999

box 174, folder 1, box 173, folder 6

Clippings 2000-2011

box 174, folder 2-3

Activist Materials 1966-1973

box 174, folder 4-5

Activist Materials 1971-1983

box 174, folder 6

Activist Materials 1983

box 176, folder 1-2, box 174, folder 7

Activist Materials 1980-1989

box 175, folder 1-7

Activist Materials: KPFK Folios 1981-1986

box 176, folder 3-4

Activist Materials: Australia/Aboriginals 1981-1982

box 176, folder 5-6

Magazines: Bomb 2001-2004

box 177, folder 1, box 176, folder 7

Magazines: Players 1973-1975

box 177, folder 2

Magazines: Journal of Black Poetry 1969-1971

box 177, folder 3

Magazines: Journal of Black Poetry- Reggae and African Beat 1972-1983

box 177, folder 4

Magazines: Reggae and African Beat- Essence 1970-1984

box 177, folder 5-6

Magazines: Essence 1970-1971

box 178, folder 1-7

Magazines: Black Magazines 1968-1984

box 179, folder 1

Magazines: Black Magazines-Literary Magazines 1984-2010

box 179, folder 3-4

Magazines: Literary Magazines 1973-1986

box 179, folder 4-6

Magazines: Miscellaneous 1967-2003

box 180, folder 1-3

Publications 1974-2012

Scope and Contents

Selected periodicals featuring Coleman's work.
box 180, folder 4

Publications/Features 1983-2011

Scope and Content

Includes selected periodicals featuring Coleman and a CD recording of Coleman and other poets reading at Southern California venues (2011).

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

File contains one compact disc. Audiovisual materials in this file will require assessment and possible digitization for safe access. To review these audiovisual materials, you must notify the UCLA Library Special Collections Reference Desk in advance of your visit.
box 180, folder 5

Photos-Books 1970-2008

box 180, folder 6

Books ( Black Reconstruction in America ) c. 1970

box 182, box 181

Books 1982-1990

Scope and Content

Box 182 includes copies of some of Coleman's published books: The Dicksboro Hotel (1989), African Sleeping Sickness (1993), Native in A Strange Land (1996), and The World Falls Away (2011). Both Boxes 181 and 182 contain a small sample of Coleman's personal book collection.
box 183, box 180, folder 7

Awards/Miscellaneous 1964-2003

Scope and Content

Box 180 includes Coleman's Emmy certificate and other awards; her birth certificate; Super Lotto records; and a piece of wall art. 183 includes plaques, awards, and a board game.