Finding Aid to the Barbara Christian Papers, 1967-2000
Finding Aid to the Barbara Christian Papers, 1967-2000
Collection Number: BANC MSS 2003/199c
The Bancroft LibraryUniversity of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, California
- Finding Aid Written By:
- Bancroft Library staff
- Date Completed:
- August 2007
Scope and Content of Collection
Series 1 Barbara Christian's Files- Older 1967-1996
Arrangement
Scope and Content Note
African-American art 1974, 1988
African-American celebrities 1975-1990
African-American children's literature undated
African-American critics 1984-1988
African-American essays 1975-1992
African-American film 1990, undated
African-American literary debates 1986-1991
African-American literature- early 1985, undated
African-American literature and music- "Voices of Struggle: An Exploration of the Relationship between African-American Women's Music and Literature- Past and Present" by Maria Johnson 1990
African-American women's history 1986-1991
African-American women's theology- "Black Women's Literature and the Task of Feminist Theology" by Delores S. Williams 1985
African-American women writers 1977-1990
African literature 1980-1990
Anti-apartheid 1991
Asian women writers 1987-1991
Bambara, Toni Cade 1985-1996
Bibliographies 1987-1991
Black Britain 1986-1991
Black Feminist Criticism-Perspectives on Black Women Writers - reviews 1985-1992
Black Women Novelists- publishing history 1975-1978
Caribbean literature 1987-1994
Colleagues- papers, projects 1979-1989
Consultancies 1984-1986
Contracts 1987-1996
Correspondence- letters, personal 1977-1991
Correspondence- letters from prospective foreign students 1985
Correspondence- letters to be answered 1986
Cultural Nationalism undated
Cultural studies 1990, undated
Faculty for Divestment 1985
Feminism-domestic 1982-1993
Feminism- women of color 1984-1990, undated
Feminism- black feminist criticism 1976-1989
Grant proposals 1983-1996
Hawaii- black 1983
Honors 1983-1991
Hurston, Zora Neale- clippings and reviews 1981-1991
International/translations undated
Jordan, June 1982-1986
Lorde, Audre- criticism 1978-1992
Marshal, Paule 1975-1989
Men's studies undated
Morrison, Toni- biography 1972-1988
Morrison, Toni- reviews 1977-1992
Morrison, Toni- criticism 1981-1990, undated
Naylor, Gloria 1991-1996
Political correctness 1989-1991
Promotion 1974-1993
Published works 1981-1991, undated
Race 1984
Reed, Ishmael 1983
Sexuality- African American 1990
Shange, Ntozake 1977-1990
Silko, Leslie Marmon 1992, undated
Sociology 1967, undated
South African event 1990
Spirituality- general undated
Swarthmore visiting professorship- "places to go" 1990
Syllabus- "Wild Women in Music and Literature" 1991
Theory 1970, 1980-1990, undated
Third World literature 1983, 1986
University of California Press 1991
Unpublished works 1971, undated
Walker, Alice
Bibliography 1987
Biography 1986-1989
The Color Purple 1984-1986
The Color Purple 1985-1986
The Color Purple essays 1986-1987
The Color Purple essays 1985-1989
The Color Purple film 1985-1988
The Color Purple writings 1986-1989
Essays 1976-1979
Interviews 1982-1992
Living by the Word- Christian's notes 1986, undated
Novels 1989-1990, undated
Post-1985 1995
Reviews 1983-1996
Reviews, criticism by black men 1984, 1986
Short stories 1985, 1994
"What Came Before The Color Purple" undated
Women writers- Southern undated
Women's Literature- Euro-American 1985-1986
Wright, Richard 1985
Series 2 Barbara Christian's files- Newer 1967-2000
Arrangement
Scope and Content Note
Adisa, Opal Palmer 1985-1996
Affirmative action 1995-1998
Affirmative action protest- Daily Californian article 1998
African-American 19th century literature 1988-1994, undated
African-American Art 1991-1996
African-American celebrities 1998
African-American critical theory 1992
African-American criticism on white literature 1992
African-American critics 1986-1997
African-American dance 1996
African-American film 1984-1992
African-American history 1996-1998
African-American language 1996
African-American literary criticism 1986, undated
African-American literary debates 1992
African-American literature 1997
African-American men 1995
African-American music 1990-1997
African-American orality 1990-1991
African-American photography 1986-1996
African-American poetry 1984-1989
African-American political economy undated
African-American quilts 1997, undated
African-American research 1992
African-American spirituality 1992-1996
African-American Studies 1994-1997
African-American Studies PhD Program 1996-1997
African-American Studies PhD Program- class canon formation undated
African-American television and media 1986-1996
African-American theater 1987-1997
African-American video 1994-1995
African-American women artists 1993
African-American women biographies 1993
African-American women's history 1984, 1997
African-American women politics 1994-1998
African-American women writers 1984-1992
African art 1996
African/Caribbean religions 1995
African photography 1996
African women 1995
Africana womanism 1992
African writers 1992
Agents 1984-1994
Alice Walker's Childhood Influences and Formal Education manuscript undated
American Literature Association 1995-1998
Armah, Ayi Kwei 1991
Announcements and invitations- miscellaneous 1994-1999
Asian-American literature 1988
Awards 1983, 1991-1997
Baldwin, James 1985, 1987
Baraka, Amiri 1980-1996
The Bell Curve 1994-1995
Bibliographies 1991-1994
Biography undated
Biographical Information undated
Black artists 1988
Black British 1993, 1995
Black feminism 1991
Black intellectuals 1995
Black leaders 1994-1997
Black Men and Malcolm's Memory 1994
Black middle class 1992-1993
Black publications- independent 1970
Black women writers- contemporary 1987, undated
Boards 1998, undated
Bontemps, Arna 1989
Book blurb (before computer) 1981
Books to order 1996
Brochures 2000
Brooks, Gwendolyn 1993-1997
Brown, Sterling 1989
Butler, Octavia 1988, 1994
Campbell, Bebe Moore 1994
Caribbean Art 1983, 1993
Caribbean- General 1986, 1997
Caribbean literature 1967-2000
Caribbean poetry undated
Caribbean studies undated
Caribbean women 1991-1994
Celebrities 1996
Chicano studies 1986-1990
Cliff, Michelle 1994
Clifton, Lucille 1994
Clippings- miscellaneous 1985-1998
Colleagues' talks undated
Collegium for African American Research 1995
The Color Purple film 1986
Conferences undated, 1981-1998
Contemporary debates 1996
Copy editing-current 1993
Cornell, Drucilla undated
Correspondence 1993-1996
Correspondence from writers 1979-1985
Correspondence- "letters" 1991-1998
Correspondence- letters from colleagues 1995
Cortez, Jayne 1981-1984
Course syllabi 1989, undated
Critical theory 1988-1991
Cultural studies 1993-1995
Curriculum resources 1986-1990
Curriculum resources- African-American 1986-1992
Curriculum resources- women's studies 1989-1990
Davies Forum 1995-1996
Davis, Angela 1995, undated
Delany, Samuel undated
Departmental committees 1995-1996
Departmental reorganization 1998
Diaspora literature undated
Domestic violence 1994-1995
Dove, Rita 1994
DuBois, W.E.B. 1994
Ebonics 1997
Ecofeminism 1996
Ellison, Ralph 1994-1996
Equiano undated
Essays- miscellaneous 1986-1991
Estimated Expenses- anthology 1993
Ethnic studies 1996-1998
Europeans in African-American studies 1995
Feminism- African undated
Feminism- international 1997, undated
Feminism- United States undated
Feminist perspective 1996
Feminist publications 1997
Feminist theory undated
Finney, Nikky 1995, undated
France trip 1994
Folk art 1991
Forbes, Jack 1998
Forman, Ruth 1993
Future scholars- African diaspora
German trip 1995
Giovanni, Nikki undated
Graduate course 1996
Graduate program curriculum 1998
Graduate program notes 1999
Graduate students 1998-1999
Grants circa 1994
Grayson, Edward 1994
Grenada 1998
Hansberry, Lorraine undated
Hansen, Austin (photographer) 1996
Harlem renaissance 1994-1996
Harper, Frances 1992, 1997
Henderson, Mae undated
Herron, Carolivia 1998, undated
Higginbotham, A. Leon- letter to Clarence Thomas 1991
Hill, Anita/ Clarence Thomas 1991
Historic events 1968-1994
Historical resources 1967-1991
hooks, bell undated
Hopkins, Pauline undated
Hurston, Zora Neale 1995, undated
Immigration 1992, 1996
Internet 1997
Interviews 1994-1996
Interview in Tunisia 1999
Introduction: Female Subjects in Black and White 1994, undated
Introductions (for Imiri Baraka) undated
Invitations 1991-1997
Islam 1985
Italy trip 1997
Jacobs, Harriet Brent 1987, undated
James, Joy 1998
Japan 1997
Jordan, June 1977-1992
Kelsey St. Press 1996-1998
Kincaid, Jamaica 1991-1996
Kirkland, Avon 1976-1997
KPFA project 1996
Law and Literature undated
Larsen, Nella 1993, undated
Latina literature 1995
Lesbian studies 1993, undated
Literacy 1990
Literary figures 1992
Lloyd, David undated
Manuscripts- film 1994
McKay, Claude 1989
McMillan, Terry 1992-1997
Memorials 1994, 1996, undated
Mills College 1996
Miscellaneous articles- black women 1993, undated
Modern Language Association 1996
Modern Language Association- proposals 1993-1994, 1997
Modern Language Association-women 1993-1997
Morrison, Toni
Articles (by Morrison) undated
Barbara Christian Talk 1981-1999
Bibliographies 1991-1994
Conference 1995
Criticism- Beloved 1992-1994, 1999
Criticism- The Bluest Eye 1990-1995
Criticism- Jazz undated
Criticism- novels 1977-1995
Criticism- Song of Solomon 1993-1995
Criticism- Sula 1981, 1988, undated
Criticism- Tar Baby 1986
General 1988, 1994
Morrison and Hurston 1996
Interviews 1993
Introduction undated
Manuscripts 1989, undated
Prizes 1988-1994
Toni Morrison Society 1995-1997
Tributes 1994, 1998
Ms. Representations: Post Modern Feminist Dilemmas in Studying Men - J. Newton and J. Stacey manuscript 1993
Multicultural education 1996, undated
National Black Arts Festival 1996
National Black Writers Conference 1996
Native American Studies 1985, 1992
The New York Times Book Review- 100 year celebration 1996
Obituaries 1988-1996
O'Neal, Mary 1994-1996
Original drafts undated
Our Nig by Harriet Wilson 1993
Petry, Ann 1989-1992
Poets 1990
Political correctness 1991-1992
Political debates 1997
Possible book contracts 1994
Post-colonialism 1988-1991
Presses 1991
Prospective writing 1995-1996
Promotion review 1993-1997
Female Subjects in Black and White 1995
Publishing Inquiry 1994, 1995
Race relations 1989
Radically Speaking- Feminism Reclaimed 1994
Rèdouane 1994
Research on Black Women 1982
Reviews 1985, 1991-1994, undated
Reviews of own work 1988-1996
Ringgold, Faith 1998
Robeson, Paul - "Freedom or Slavery" invitation 1998
A Rough Terrain- Thoughts on Shaping An Anthology on Caribbean Women undated
San Diego conference 1998
Sanchez, Sonia 1991
Signs 1995
Smith, Barbara 1984
South African Women 1982
Speeches 1979-1989
Spivak, Giyatri 1990
Style sheet 1996
Survey of Afro-American Literature-class assignment 1978
Syllabi 1989
Syllabi, bios, etc. 1996-1997
Takara, Kathryn 1995-1998
Teaching evaluations 1994-1997
Teish, Luisa 1991
Teleprogram on Alice Walker undated
Television programs on Alice Walker 1993, 1995
Tenure review 1996
Theater 1981-1994
Toomer, Jean 1993
Tributes 1983-1995
University of California, Berkeley 1989
University of California, Los Angeles- Women's Studies 1997-1998
University of the Virgin Islands 1996-1997
University of the Virgin Islands- commencement speech 1997
University of the West Indies 1996-1998
Unsolicited manuscripts 1995, 1996
Virgin Islands culture 1991-1997
Walker, Alice 1992, undated
Walker, Alice- coverage 1996-1997
Wall, Cheryl 1994
Wallace, Michelle 1990-1997
Welfare reform 1994-1997
Wells, Ida B. 1995
West, Dorothy 1995
White American Poetry undated
White American Women Poets 1988, 1996
Whiteness 1996
Whiteness/white women 1988-1989
White writers on people of color 1996
Wideman, John Edgar 1984, 1992, undated
Wilkerson, Margaret 1999
Williams, Sherley Anne undated
Wilson, August 1996, undated
Womanist theology 1984-1986
Women artists 1986
Women in academy 1991, 1998
Women of color 1991, 1998
Women filmmakers 1994
Woolf, Virginia 1993, undated
Wright, Jay undated
Writers biographies undated
Writings by Barbara Christian- miscellaneous 1986-1997, undated
Young, Al 1996, undated
Zimbabwe 1989, 1996-1997
Series 3 Professional Files 1970-1999
Arrangement
Scope and Content Note
"Chicanos in the Southwest: A Teacher/Student Guide" 1976
Course notebooks 1975-1976, 1989, undated
Norton Anthology work 1983-1997
Walker, Alice 1988
Morrison, Toni undated
Miscellany- Jones, Le Roi undated
Jones, Le Roi- The End of Man is His Beauty undated
Miscellany undated
Kaufman, Bob undated
Correspondence 1970-1972
Course notebook, journal 1977-1979
Department of Afro-American Studies Retreat 1990
Editorial correspondence 1978-1979
Walker, Alice- correspondence 1978-1981
Tunisia visit 1999
The department of African American Studies spring retreat 1994
Black Foremothers 1978-1979
University without Walls undated
Black Women Novelists: The Development of a Tradition manuscript undated
Course notes 1976, undated
Correspondence 1972-1998
Unidentified essay fragment undated
Black Women Novelists: The Development of a Tradition undated
Bibliography of Contemporary African-American Literature: 1940-1989 1990
Contributions of Black Women to America 1776-1977- annual report 1978
A Succinct Analysis... 1993
Marshall, Paule undated
Black Women Novelists: The Development of a Tradition manuscript with notes undated
Manuscripts with notes undated
Black Feminist Criticism manuscript 1984
Afro-American Women Poets: A Historical Introduction 1982
Miscellaneous work notes undated
Georgetown Review 1978
Les Lesbianaires 1990
Two Decades- Oral Histories of Racial Consciousness undated
Course Materials 1992-1995
Harper Collins circa 1992
Miscellaneous Writings undated
Beloved, She's Ours undated
Diminishing Returns: Can Black Feminism (s) Survive the Academy? undated
Fiction: Layered Rhythms; Virginia Woolf and Toni Morrison circa 1992
Politically Incorrect Struggles; Either/ Or Syndromes undated