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Title: Imamu Amiri Baraka Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1958-1966
Collection number: 491
Creator:
Baraka, Imamu Amiri, 1934-
Extent:
4 boxes (2 linear ft.)
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library.
Dept. of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Abstract: Imamu Amiri Baraka (1934- ) was the founder and editor of
Yugen magazine and Totem Press (1958), founder and director of the Black Arts Repertory Theatre (1964-66), director of Spirit House,
co-founder and chairman of the Congress of African People, and author of poetry, plays, novels and essays. The collection
consists of poetry manuscripts submitted to Baraka while editor of
Yugen and correspondence. Some material relates to
Kulchur.
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department
of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Language:
English.
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections. Literary rights, including
copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds
the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold
the copyright.
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Open for research. Advance notice required for access. Contact the UCLA Library, Department
of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
[Identification of item], Imamu Amiri Baraka Papers (Collection 491). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young
Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Baraka was born Everett LeRoi Jones on October 7, 1934 in Newark, New Jersey; attended Rutgers University, 1951-52; BA, Howard
University, 1954; MA in philosophy, Columbia University; MA in German literature, the New School for Social Research; founder
and editor of
Yugen magazine and Totem Press, 1958; instructor, New School for Social Research, 1961-64; associate professor, 1983-85, then professor
of Afro-American studies at SUNY Stony Brook; founder and director, Black Arts Repertory Theatre, 1964-66, and director of
Spirit House, a black community theater; co-founder and chairman of the Congress of African People; author of poetry, plays,
novels, and essays including:
Preface to a twenty volume suicide note (1961),
Blues people: Negro music in white America (1963),
Dutchman (1964),
Home: social essays (1966), and
Daggers and javelins: Essays, 1974-1979 (1984).
Collection consists of correspondence as well as poetry manuscripts submitted to Imamu Baraka (LeRoi Jones), editor of
Yugen. Some material relates to
Kulchur. Correspondents include Ted Berrigan, Philip Whalen and William Carlos Williams.
Collection arranged alphabetically by correspondent and manuscript author.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Baraka, Imamu Amiri--Archives.
African American authors--Archives.
African American dramatists--Archives.
African American poets--Archives.
Periodical editors--United States--Archives.
Manuscripts for publication.