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Series 1: Biographical

Arrangement

Arranged chronologically.
Box 1, Folder 1

GI Bill 1953-1961

Box 1, Folder 2

Undergraduate Records 1955-1959

Box 1, Folder 3

The Panel of Americans 1958-1959

Box 1, Folder 4

Newspaper Articles 1958-1969

Box 1, Folder 5

Graduate School Selection Ticket of Admission, Semester Report 1959-1963

Box 1, Folder 6

Programs, Presentations 1959-1968

Scope and Contents

Includes photographs.
Box 1, Folder 7

Acceptance Letters 1960-1963

Box 1, Folder 8

"Soothsayer" Anthony and Cleopatra photographs 1963

Box 1, Folder 9

Graduate School 1960-1967

Box 1, Folder 10

Peace Corps Training Project India 7 1964

Box 1, Folder 11

Speech: Thoughts on Organizing the Poor 1966 June

Box 1, Folder 12

Awards, University of California - Berkeley Transcripts 1966-1999

Box 1, Folder 13

Harvard IEM Award, Conferences and Presentations on Survival of Black People and Stats in the City 1967, 1979

Scope and Contents

Includes photographs.
Box 1, Folder 14

Original Speech Delivered by James Foreman 1969 September

Box 1, Folder 15

Publications, Brochure, News Clippings on Presentations 1974-1993

Box 1, Folder 16

Edward Carrillo drawing of Blake 1983

Box 1, Folder 17

Rewards, Certificate of Appreciation, Honorary Degree 1985-2018

Box 1, Folder 18

Photograph of Blake and Nancy Reagan 1987

Box 1, Folder 19

Honorary Degree, California School of Professional Psychology 1988-1991

Box 1, Folder 20

Honorary Degree, St. Lawrence University 1993

Box 1, Folder 21

Honorary Degree University of Massachusetts, Amherst 1994

Box 1, Folder 22

Honorary degree photographs 1993-1994

Box 1, Folder 23

Memorial of Orville B. Luster, "How Things Look to Us" report 2005

Scope and Contents

Includes photographs.
Box 1, Folder 24

Introduction to MUSC President R. Greenberg undated

Box 1, Folder 25

Revolutionary Memorial Services pamphlet for George Jackson, Field Marshall, Black Panther Party undated

Box 1, Folder 26

Photographs: Dr. Saint Clair Drake with Blake undated

Box 1, Folder 27

Photographs: The Education Center of North Richmond undated

Box 1, Folder 28

Photographs: miscellaneous Blake 1987, undated

Box 13, Folder Unknown

Awards, "Toward Academic Excellence" event poster 1984-1987

 

Series 2: Correspondence and Subject Files

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically.
Box 1, Folder 29

AAHE Presentations 1992

Box 1, Folder 30

Academic/Scholarly Correspondence (1 of 2) 1962-1975

Box 1, Folder 31

Academic/Scholarly Correspondence (2 of 2) 1962-1975

Box 1, Folder 32

Astin, Alexander W. 1992-1996

Box 2, Folder 39

Baldwin, James Tribute to undated

Box 1, Folder 33

Barber, Edwin: W.W. Norton and Company 1989

Box 1, Folder 34

Bennett, Lerone: Indiana University 1993-1995

Box 1, Folder 35

Blake, Donald F.: Student Letters 1980-1981

Box 1, Folder 36

Blauner, Robert 1994-1997

Box 1, Folder 37

Blumer, Herbery: Robert G. McGuire Memorial 1963 February

Box 1, Folder 38

"Born Since Peace Declare", "Undergraduate Education for a Diverse Student Body", Death of Alex Haley and Asa Hilliard 1983-1992

Box 1, Folder 39

Brooks, Gwendolyn 1991-1994

Box 1, Folder 40

Brown, Milicent E. 1993-1994

Box 1, Folder 41

Brown, Milicent: Interview with Herbert Fielding 1993 July

Box 1, Folder 42

Campos, Louie 2011-2012

Scope and Contents

Includes photographs.
Box 1, Folder 43

Carlson, Elof 1991

Box 1, Folder 44

Cayton, Horace R. 1966-1970

Box 1, Folder 45

Chater, Shirley S.: Commissioner of Social Security 1996

Scope and Contents

Includes photographs.
Box 1, Folder 46

Chickering, Arthur 1995-1997

Box 1, Folder 47

Cleaver, Eldridge 1966-1967

Box 1, Folder 48

Coleman, Lerita M. 1993-1994

Box 1, Folder 49

Confirmation Copy of Message, Blake's Condolences 1985

Box 1, Folder 50

Daufuskie Letters 1982-1983

Box 1, Folder 51

Dimaio, Debra: Oprah Winfrey Show undated

Box 1, Folder 52

Ehrlich, Thomas: President of Indiana University 1993

Box 1, Folder 53

Engelharat, Sara L. 1980 December

Box 1, Folder 54

Evans, Mari 1996

Box 1, Folder 55

Evans, Mari: Daufuskie Island Poems 1973-1978 1981

Box 1, Folder 56

Geisel, Audrey: Dr. Seuss Enterprises 1993 August

Box 1, Folder 57

Gordon C. Dewey 1960 August

Box 1, Folder 58

Greenwood, MRC: University of California, Santa Cruz Chancellor 1998

Scope and Contents

Includes photographs.
Box 1, Folder 59

Gutman, Herb 1974 December

Box 1, Folder 60

Guyer, David and Carol Guyer 1983-1995

Box 1, Folder 61

Haley, Alex: Kinte Library Project 1975 November

Box 1, Folder 62

Haley, Alex: Letters to Blake 1971 September

Box 1, Folder 63

Haley, Alex: Memorial-Tribute 1992

Box 1, Folder 64

Haley, Alex: Personal Letters-Telegram 1970-1991

Box 1, Folder 65

Haley, Alex: Pictures and Dedication of Oakes College undated

Box 1, Folder 66

Haley, Alex: Tribute 1992

Scope and Contents

Includes photographs.
Box 1, Folder 67

Haley, Alex: Tribute, Auction 1992

Box 1, Folder 68

Hate Mail, Congratulatory 1967-1968

Box 1, Folder 69

Hate Mail, Congratulatory, Questions 1967-1968

Box 1, Folder 70

Healey, Donna: Extramural Educational and Community Services Program Report 1972-1973

Box 1, Folder 71

Heath, Shirley B.: Stanford University 1999

Box 2, Folder 1

Herman Blake's Inauguration (1 of 2) 1985

Box 2, Folder 2

Herman Blake's Inauguration (2 of 2) 1985

Box 2, Folder 3

Horace, Charles: President of the African Culture Class in Soledad, California 1966

Box 2, Folder 4

IUPUI - AREA undated

Box 2, Folder 5

Jones, Marion D.: Payments 1976

Box 2, Folder 6

Journal of Negro Education TRIO Programs, Guest Editor 1997-1998

Box 2, Folder 7

Kawaoka, Maureen I. 1994-1997

Box 2, Folder 8

Kerr, Clark 2001

Box 2, Folder 9

Kaiser Foundation Minorities in the Health Professions - Report, Consultant - J Herman Blake 1985-1987

Box 2, Folder 10

Lang, Eugene 1994-1997

Box 2, Folder 11

Lang, Eugene M. 2004 September

Box 2, Folder 12

Ledet, Janina: Poetry, Student at University of California, Santa Cruz 1977

Box 2, Folder 13

Letter from Joel 1988

Box 2, Folder 14

Lilly Endowment : Consultant (Education Division) Black Colleges - Evaluation 1988-1989

Box 2, Folder 15

Lilly Endowment Workshop 1991

Box 2, Folder 16

Limerick, Patricia 1995 May

Box 2, Folder 17

London, Howard 1981

Box 2, Folder 18

Massiah, Louis: Producer of "Eyes on the Prize" 1989 July

Box 2, Folder 19

McGuire, Robert G. III, "Stream of Consciousness" undated

Box 2, Folder 20

McHenry, Dean E. 1972-1997

Box 2, Folder 21

Melson, Gloria B.: Poetry, Student at Mills College 1970

Box 2, Folder 22

Minority Achievement Program Report of Association of American Colleges 1984-1985

Box 2, Folder 23

Mitchell, Frieda R. 1997

Box 2, Folder 24

Moore, Emily 1998

Box 2, Folder 25

Morgan, Virginia B.: Letter - Edisto Island Self Development of People Incorporated 1992

Box 2, Folder 26

Nicholas, Patricia C. 1981

Box 2, Folder 27

Pifer, Allen: President of Carnegie Corporation undated

Box 2, Folder 28

Rickford, John 1992

Box 2, Folder 29

Rickford, John R. 1986-1997

Box 2, Folder 30

Riesman, David: Harvard University 1983

Box 2, Folder 31

Robinson, Bernice: "Growing Up" undated

Box 2, Folder 32

Sinsheimer, Robert: Former Chancellor of University of California, Santa Cruz 1983

Box 2, Folder 33

Smith, Page 1995

Box 2, Folder 34

Smith, Roger Guenveur 1997

Box 2, Folder 35

Stanford/UCSC: Annuity/Acquisitions 2015

Box 2, Folder 36

Swarthmore College, "My Assimilation in the North as a Southern Black Female" 1989

Box 2, Folder 37

Sweeney, Jane 1982

Scope and Contents

Includes photographs.
Box 2, Folder 38

Thurman, Howard 1981

Box 2, Folder 40

Warren, Rueben C.: Associate Director for Minority Health 1993

Box 2, Folder 41

Wilkerson, Margaret B. 1990-1994

Scope and Contents

Includes photographs.
Box 2, Folder 42

Wright, Stephan J.: President of Fisk University 1959-1987

Box 2, Folder 43

Wyman, Sandra J. 1981

 

Series 3: Writings

Arrangement

Arranged chronologically.
Box 2, Folder 44

Concluding Thoughts on The Panel of Americans, Negro Church 1959

Box 2, Folder 45

Birth Control Policy in Japan 1959 January

Box 2, Folder 46

Changing Family Life in New Guinea 1959 May

Box 2, Folder 47

Rural-Urban Fertility in Mexico 1960

Box 2, Folder 48

Rural-Urban Fertility in Mexico (graded) 1960

Box 2, Folder 49

College Professors and Loyalty Oaths 1961 May

Box 2, Folder 50

Urban Growth in Mexico 1930-1960 1962 January

Box 2, Folder 51

The Family in Mexico 1962 January

Box 2, Folder 52

The Family in Mexico (graded) 1962 January

Box 2, Folder 53

Social Structure and Fertility 1962 June

Box 2, Folder 54

The Mexican Revolution of 1910 1962 October

Box 2, Folder 55

The Mexican Revolution of 1910 (graded) 1962 October

Box 2, Folder 56

Graduate Paper: The Blackways of Kent, A Critique 1962 November

Box 2, Folder 57

Socialization and Negro Personality 1963 January

Box 2, Folder 58

Talcott Parsons' Theory of Value-Orientations (graded) 1963 January

Box 2, Folder 59

Collective Behavior and Social Change 1963 June

Box 2, Folder 60

Collective Behavior and Social Change (graded) 1963 June

Box 2, Folder 61

Value Orientations and Social Change 1964 January

Box 2, Folder 62

Value Orientations and Social Change (graded) 1964 January

Box 2, Folder 63

Application for Appointment as a Kent Fellow 1964

Box 2, Folder 64

Graduate Writings: Infant Mortality and Child-Women Ratio in Urban Mexico 1964 December

Box 2, Folder 65

The Watts Riots 1966 May

Box 2, Folder 66

Dissertation Instructions/Agreements 1971

Box 2, Folder 67

Doctoral Dissertation (1 of 2) undated

Box 2, Folder 68

Doctoral Dissertation (2 of 2) undated

Box 3, Folder 1

Papers Written for Speeches (1 of 2) 1960s

Box 3, Folder 2

Papers Written for Speeches (2 of 2) 1960s

Box 3, Folder 3

Negro Social Movement 1965

Box 3, Folder 4

Black Nationalism in America 1965 August

Box 3, Folder 5

"They Say It's Goin' Aroun'" 1966 September

Box 3, Folder 6

Speeches and Presentations 1966-1990

Box 3, Folder 7

"The Black University and its Community" 1968 January

Box 3, Folder 8

"In Memory of Our Departed Brother and Leader: Martin Luther King Jr." 1968 April

Box 3, Folder 9

"Blue Themes" 1968 May

Box 3, Folder 10

"Junior Leadership" 1968

Box 3, Folder 11

Speeches 1968-1976

Box 3, Folder 12

Black Nationalism

Box 3, Folder 13

"Goin' Down Slow" 1969 September

Box 3, Folder 14

Citizenship Participation Democracy and Social Change 1969 December

Box 3, Folder 15

"Horace Roscoe Cayton, Jr.: Soul Most Precious in a Land Most Strange" 1970 February

Box 3, Folder 16

Interview with James Carr 1970 June

Box 3, Folder 17

James Carr: "Thoughts Upon Release From Seven Years of Incarceration" 1970 July

Box 3, Folder 18

"Beyond Affirmative Action" 1977

Box 3, Folder 19

"Doctors Can't Do Me No Good" 1977 May

Box 3, Folder 20

"Through the Hourglass" 1980

Box 3, Folder 21

"Day-Clean" on Daufuskie 1980 October

Box 3, Folder 22

"The Day the Old Men Stumbled" 1980 December

Box 3, Folder 23

"A Tribute to Septima Poinsette Clark, The Promise of Generations", Interview 1980-1981

Box 3, Folder 24

Danforth Conference 1981

Box 3, Folder 25

Review of Making Ends Meet 1981

Box 3, Folder 26

Speeches 1981-1987

Box 3, Folder 27

Demographic Change and Curriculum "New" Students in Higher Education 1982 August

Box 3, Folder 28

Beyond Civility: Human Relations and the Academy 1982 November

Box 3, Folder 29

Presentations/Speeches 1985-1990

Box 3, Folder 30

Black Colleges: A National Resource Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Fall '86 1986

Box 3, Folder 31

"The Black College and the Church in the New Coming Age" 1986 November

Box 3, Folder 32

"Black Colleges: A National Resource", Tougaloo News, "Closer Look at Student Retention" 1986-2001

Box 3, Folder 33

Creating Climates of Excellence with Diverse Students 1988 January

Box 3, Folder 34

The Challenge of Diversity 1989

Box 3, Folder 35

Africans in Afro-America 1989 October

Box 3, Folder 36

"Access + Quality = Equity, The Iupui Equation" 1989 October

Box 3, Folder 37

Africans in Afro-America: Journal of Negro History 1989-1998

Box 3, Folder 38

Creating Community: Goals and Challenges 1990 March

Box 3, Folder 39

Letter from Bill May about copies of "Ethics in Higher Education", "The Challenges of Diversity" 1990

Box 3, Folder 40

Manchester Commencement 1991

Box 3, Folder 41

77th Annual Meeting of the Association of American College "Campus Values and the New Diversity" 1991 January

Box 3, Folder 42

"Diversity and Community: The Role of Liberal Education" 1991 May

Box 3, Folder 43

Letter from Clarence, Rotary Club of Indianapolis Luncheon 1991-1992

Box 3, Folder 44

Lilly Endowment Workshop on the Liberal Arts 1993 June

Box 3, Folder 45

Warriors: African-American Women 1994 May

Box 3, Folder 46

Symposium Draft 1996

Box 3, Folder 47

Contract. "Lilacs" - Our Mother's Spirits: Death of Mothers and the Grief of Men 1997

Box 3, Folder 48

Speech: Northwest United Methodist Church 1997 October

Box 3, Folder 49

Agenda with Elder Rush, David Fredricks, and Arthur Cribbs 1998

Box 3, Folder 50

Journal of Negro Education, Guest Editor's comments 1998

Box 3, Folder 51

A Celebration of the Life of Dean McHenry, Remarks by Blake, "Bicoastal Reflection" 1998, 2015

Box 3, Folder 52

The Color Line: The Enduring Challenge in Higher Education circa 1999

Box 3, Folder 53

Joint Presentations: Black and Moore 2000-2002

Box 3, Folder 54

The Red Top Community Johns Island, South Carolina 2006 May

Box 3, Folder 55

Author's Proof - "The Caged Panther: Prison Years of Huey P. Newton" 2011

Box 3, Folder 56

Tribute to Andrew Billingsley: Howard University 2016

Box 3, Folder 57

Beyond Equity in the 80s undated

Box 3, Folder 58

The Challenge of Our Past, The Promise of Our Future undated

Box 3, Folder 59

Modernization and Culture undated

Box 3, Folder 60

My Story - Oakes undated

Box 3, Folder 61

Draft: Idea - Emotion undated

Box 3, Folder 62

The Black Experience in the United States of America undated

Box 3, Folder 63

Martin Luther King: Reflections on a Dreamer undated

Box 3, Folder 64

Higher Learning and the Hood undated

Box 3, Folder 65

Harlem: The Future as Tragedy undated

Box 3, Folder 66

The Negative Self Image undated

Box 3, Folder 67

Black Colleges: Ports of Entry-Gateways to Success undated

Box 3, Folder 68

untitled (service learning, higher education, community) undated

 

Series 4: Research

Conditions Governing Access

Digital files are available in the UCSC Special Collections and Archives reading room. Some files may require reformatting before they can be accessed. Technical limitations may hinder the Library's ability to provide access to some digital files. Access to digital files on original carriers is prohibited; users must request to view access copies. Contact Special Collections and Archives in advance to request access to digital files.
 

Subseries 1: Kinte Library Project

Arrangement

Arranged in order original to creator.

Scope and Contents

Includes files on the Kinte Library Project, a collaboration between Blake and author Alex Haley to preserve historic records and oral histories about life on the Sea Islands of South Carolina.
Box 4, Folder 1

Oral History - USA Workshop Background Materials Appendix I 1974 June

Box 4, Folder 2

Kinte Library Project Oral History Workshop 1974 June

Physical Description: Open reel audiotape
Box 9, Folder 4

Presentation - Oral History, USA Kinte Library to Carnegie Corporation Keynote 1974 January

Box 4, Folder 3

Oral History - USA Research Workshop, Raleigh, North Carolina 1974 June

Box 4, Folder 4

The Kinte Foundation (with copy and final report, letters) 1976

Box 4, Folder 5

Oral History - USA Research Workshop Pen Community Services, South Carolina 1974

Box 4, Folder 6

Oral History USA - Kinte Proposal Editing Notes undated

Box 4, Folder 7

Oral History - USA Correspondence Kinte Library Project 1974

Box 4, Folder 8

Oral History Project Reports 1974

Box 4, Folder 9

Leonard Jeffries, City College undated

Box 4, Folder 10

Courtney Brown 1974

Scope and Contents

Includes audiocassette.
Box 4, Folder 11

Rudy Lombard 1974

Box 4, Folder 12

Gift of Chaos, Unitarian Fellowship, Blackside Incorporated, Letter from Michigan State University, "Generations of Warriors" 1965-1987

Box 4, Folder 13

Oral History - USA, Final Report 1976

Box 4, Folder 14

Final Phases - Oral History Project 1974

Box 4, Folder 15

Kinte Library Project Final Report to the Carnegie Corporation 1982

Box 4, Folder 16

Kinte library Project, Alex Haley 1974, 1988

Box 4, Folder 17

Tribute to Alex Haley 1992 February

Box 4, Folder 18

Kinte Library Project 1973-1974

Box 4, Folder 19

Alex Haley Photos/Tapes, Kinte Library Project 1973, 1976

Scope and Contents

Includes photographs and audiocassette.
Box 4, Folder 20

Letters - Kinte Library Project 1973

Box 4, Folder 21

Kinte Library Project Correspondence San Jose State University 1972-1975

Box 4, Folder 22

Correspondence 1973-1974

Box 4, Folder 23

Letters about Kinte Library Project 1973-1976

Box 4, Folder 24

Letters about financial information on Kinte Library Project 1973-1975

Box 4, Folder 25

Staff Correspondence: Alex Haley 1972-1974

Box 4, Folder 26

Kinte Library Project: Overseas Survey Report 1973-1992

Box 5, Folder 1

Oral History Report 1973-1974

Box 5, Folder 2

Kinte Library Oral History undated

Box 5, Folder 3

A Linguist Study of the English Used by New Orleans Speakers of Creole 1969 August

Box 5, Folder 4

Kinte Library Project: Barker-Barbarin Family 1973-1974

Box 5, Folder 5

Kinte Library Project: General 1973

Box 5, Folder 6

Kinte Final Report: Black Societies' Contribution to the Survival and Continuity of Afro American Culture 1974 October

Box 5, Folder 7

Kinte Library Project: "Lookin' For That Rock" undated

Box 5, Folder 8

Financial Reports 1984-1989

Box 5, Folder 9

Dov Dublin: Oral History of the Life of Isaac Brown undated

Box 5, Folder 10

New England undated

Box 5, Folder 11

Richard Tolliver 1972-1973

Box 5, Folder 12

The Family in New England 1974 October

Box 5, Folder 13

Washington, DC 1973

Box 5, Folder 14

Pat Alexander 1975

Box 5, Folder 15

Kinte Library Project: Correspondence 1975

Box 5, Folder 16

Kinte Library Project: Letters, Correspondence 1975-1976

Box 5, Folder 17

Kinte Library Project: Procedures/Guidelines/Budget, Carnegie Corporation 1972-1974

Box 5, Folder 18

Kinte Library Project: Administrative Staff, General Correspondence 1973-1974

Box 5, Folder 19

Draft: Search for the Black Family in America Part 1 (1 of 2) 1976

Box 5, Folder 20

Draft: Search for the Black Family in America Part 1 (2 of 2) 1976

Box 5, Folder 21

Search for the Black Family Part 2 Civil War to 20th Century undated

Box 5, Folder 22

Manuscript Collection in the Amistad Research Center 1974 January

Box 5, Folder 23

Unidentified typescript (1 of 2) undated

Box 5, Folder 24

Unidentified typescript (2 of 2) undated

Box 6, Folder 1

Kinte Library Project: Aldridge Family, Amistad Research Center, A. Briscoe Koger 1973

Box 6, Folder 2

Commercial Duplicating Services Receipt, Preservation of Weeksville and Bedford, Akan Civilization undated

Box 6, Folder 3

Manding Case Studies undated

Box 6, Folder 4

Manding Civilization: Bakri Sidibe, Comara Laye, and Ivan Versertima undated

Box 6, Folder 5

Kinte Report: Part 1 undated

Box 6, Folder 6

Brazil: Asa Davis undated

Box 6, Folder 7

Creole Civilization 1974

Box 6, Folder 8

Kinte Library Project: Jamaica undated

Box 6, Folder 9

Kinte Library Project: New York 1973-1974

Box 6, Folder 10

Diane Lewis and Eleanor Ramsey 1973-1974

Box 6, Folder 11

The Generations of Andrew Thompson and Silver Williamson 1972

Box 6, Folder 12

The Sluby Family undated

Box 6, Folder 13

The Collected Papers of Solomon James Johnson 1973

Box 6, Folder 14

Noble Ancestry and Descendants (Spaulding Family) 1949

Box 6, Folder 15

The Exiles: Life and Culture in a Gullah Community 1973

Box 9, Folder 5

The Exiles, J. Herman Blake 1974

 

Subseries 2: Daufuskie Island

Conditions Governing Access

Digital files are available in the UCSC Special Collections and Archives reading room. Some files may require reformatting before they can be accessed. Technical limitations may hinder the Library's ability to provide access to some digital files. Access to digital files on original carriers is prohibited; users must request to view access copies. Contact Special Collections and Archives in advance to request access to digital files.

Scope and Contents

Includes files on Blake's long-term research on the history and culture of the Sea Islands, particularly Daufuskie Island.

Arrangement

Arranged in order original to creator.
Box 6, Folder 16

Original Drafts: Daufuskie Islands, South Carolina 1968-1983

Box 6, Folder 17

Daufuskie: Frank Smith 1970

Box 6, Folder 18

The Gullah Community, Interview with Sam Gadsen, Mina Shaughnessy Scholarship Application, Resume 1971-2011

Box 6, Folder 19

Daufuskie Project - Partial Interviews 1972

Box 6, Folder 20

Interviews: Mrs. Sarah Grant 1973 April

Box 6, Folder 21

Sea Islands as a Cultural Resource 1974

Box 6, Folder 22

Sea Island Reports 1974

Box 6, Folder 23

Daufuskie: Property Letters 1980-1981

Box 6, Folder 24

Daufuskie Essays 1980-1983

Box 6, Folder 25

Daufuskie Clippings 1981-1982

Box 6, Folder 26

Interview: Emory Campbell, Hilton Head 1982 March

Box 6, Folder 27

Daufuskie: Letters 1982

Box 6, Folder 28

Henry Blake Letters 1982

Box 6, Folder 29

The Sea Islands: A Select Biography 1995

Box 6, Folder 30

Speech: Moores, Ohio University HIV/AIDS and African Americans: The Greatest Challenge Since Slavery 2001 February

Box 6, Folder 31

Interview: Emory Campbell, Penn Center 2002 September

Box 6, Folder 32

Sea Islands Institute: South Carolina - Beaufort 2005-2006

Box 6, Folder 33

Presentations 2006-2008

Box 6, Folder 34

Daufuskie Island Heirs' Property Seminar 2007

Box 6, Folder 35

Ervin Seminar Daufuskie Island Foundation 2008

Box 6, Folder 36

Joint Presentations - Moore and Blake MUSC 2009

Box 6, Folder 37

Gullah Geechee: Traditional Herbs, Seeds, and Roots 2018

Box 6, Folder 38

Address List - Residents and Former Residents Daufuskie undated

Box 6, Folder 39

On Slavery Time on Daufuskie Island undated

Box 6, Folder 40

Photographs of Daufuskie by Frederick Baldwin, UCSC Student Fundraising Project undated

Box 6, Folder 41

Lumina Foundation Board of Directors Daufuskie Islands photographs ms415_med_0001 2007

Conditions Governing Access

Digital files are available in the UCSC Special Collections and Archives reading room. Some files may require reformatting before they can be accessed. Technical limitations may hinder the Library's ability to provide access to some digital files. Access to digital files on original carriers is prohibited; users must request to view access copies. Contact Special Collections and Archives in advance to request access to digital files.

Scope and Contents

Includes digital photographs on one CD.
Box 6, Folder 42

Daufuskie Island photographs (1 of 2) undated

Box 6, Folder 43

Daufuskie Island photographs (2 of 2) circa 1977

Box 9, Folder 6

Danny Barker Interview 1973

Box 9, Folder 7

Slaughter Talking with Robinson on Daufuskie Island, Courtney Brown 1973-1982

 

Subseries 3: Septima Clark

Biographical / Historical

Blake worked with Septima Clark on the board of Penn Center on Saint Helena Island, and facilitated several visits to UCSC in which she spoke to students and produced writings about her career.
Box 9, Folder 1

Septima Clark: interview transcripts, correspondence, notes, "Ready From Within", photograph 1973-1996

Scope and Contents

Includes photographs.
Box 9, Folder 2

Septima Clark: interview transcripts, correspondence, notes 1972-1981

Box 9, Folder 3

Septima Clark: A Fabulous Decade Montgomery to Memphis A Woman's Viewpoint

 

Series 5: UCSC Oakes College

 

Subseries 1: Administrative files and Photographs

Arrangement

Arranged in alphabetical order.

Biographical / Historical

Oakes was founded in 1972 by Professors J. Herman Blake and Ralph C. Guzmán. It was originally named College Seven.

Scope and Contents

Includes photographs, correspondence and administrative records that document Blake's role in the development of Oakes College at UCSC, and the early history of the College.
Box 7, Folder 1

Academic Plan, Academic Program, Faculty/Committee, Budgets 1973-1979

Box 7, Folder 2

Academic Program: Oakes 1977, 1980

Box 7, Folder 3

Appendix I: Status of the Evaluation of Teaching at UCSC 1973-1974

Box 7, Folder 4

Bakke vs. University of California: Crisis of American Will 1977 October

Box 7, Folder 5

Black Life at University of California, Santa Cruz undated

Box 7, Folder 6

Blake: Oakes College undated

Box 7, Folder 7

Booklets for Oakes College, and Extramural Education and Community Services Program at Cowell College undated

Box 7, Folder 8

Chancellor's Self Study 1976

Box 7, Folder 9

Clippings: Herman Blake, John San Miguel, Don Rothman 1974

Box 7, Folder 10

College 7 First Commencement, Oakes College Informative Booklet 1973

Box 7, Folder 11

Commencement Address 1981 June

Box 7, Folder 12

Committee on Ethnic Experience and Cultural Pluralism in America undated

Box 7, Folder 13

General correspondence 1978-1984

Box 7, Folder 14

Demographic Change and Curriculum: New Students in Higher Education 1982

Box 7, Folder 15

Ed Dirks memorial service 1981

Box 7, Folder 16

Don Rothman 1974

Box 7, Folder 17

El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz: A Memorial 1970

Box 7, Folder 18

Extramural Education Program 1973

Box 7, Folder 19

Extramural Program 1977-1978

Box 7, Folder 20

Faculty Development AAHE 1975

Box 7, Folder 21

Faculty Mentors Program 1984

Box 7, Folder 22

FIPSE/Shaughnessy Grant 1983-1984

Box 7, Folder 23

First Commencement, Opening of College, Faculty, Financial Aid 1972-1976

Box 7, Folder 24

A General Statement of Philosophies and Programs at Oakes College undated

Box 7, Folder 25

Have You Thought About College Seven? pamphlet undated

Box 7, Folder 26

Horace Roscoe Cayton, Jr. Soul Most Precious in a Land Most Strange 1970

Box 7, Folder 27

Interview- Richard Younge 1973 June

Box 7, Folder 28

J Herman Blake Fellowship UCSC 2010

Box 7, Folder 29

LA Times Editorial 1983

Box 7, Folder 30

Letter J Herman Blake: Why I Left UCSC 1996

Box 7, Folder 31

Letter: Curricula Development in Social Sciences 1982 November

Box 7, Folder 32

Moving on Up A Little Higher Campus Planning Workshop Presentation 1975 July

Box 7, Folder 33

New Perspectives on the Black Family Heritage: Inaugural Address 1976

Box 7, Folder 34

Oakes College Conference on Academic Programs undated

Box 7, Folder 35

Oakes College Seminar Program 1982

Box 7, Folder 36

Oakes College: The Flower Blossoms 1984 April

Box 7, Folder 37

Oakes CORE Course 1982-1984

Box 7, Folder 38

Oakes Counseling Program 1973

Box 7, Folder 39

Oakes Faculty Papers 1975

Box 7, Folder 40

Oakes Periodicals 1983-1984

Box 7, Folder 41

Penn Center - Chairman of Board 1976

Box 7, Folder 42

Penn Center Draft - Missions and Goals 1978

Box 7, 13, Folder 43

Photographs: Herman Blake UCSC 1969, undated

Box 7, Folder 44

Photographs: Herman and Maria Blake: Oakes College and UCSC undated

Box 7, Folder 45

Photographs: Howard Thurman, J. Herman Blake, Richard Townsend 1968

Box 7, Folder 46

Photographs: Oakes College students 1975, undated

Box 13, Folder Unknown

Photoalbum: A Dedication to Provost Herman Blake 1984

Box 13, Folder Unknown

Photoalbum: Oakes College buildings 1976

Box 13, Folder Unknown

Photo collage: Oakes College class of 1983 dedication to J. Herman Blake circa 1983

Box 7, Folder 47

Presentation - Agenda for Renewal of Liberal Education AAHE 1978 March

Box 7, Folder 48

Program Requirements 1974

Box 7, Folder 49

Programs, Services, Budget Information, Faculty 1975-1979

Box 7, Folder 50

Proposal to the Carnegie Corporation of New York for support of Oakes College Support Service 1977 February

Box 7, Folder 51

Provost's Remarks Oakes Commencement 1982 June

Box 7, Folder 52

Reflections on Oakes College 1978

Box 7, Folder 53

Response to Black Community of Santa Cruz Demands for Black College at UCSC 1968

Box 7, Folder 54

Rockefeller Proposal 1982-1983

Box 7, Folder 55

Smith Memorial Service: Address - John Dizikes 1995

Box 7, Folder 56

Statement: Philosophies and Programs - Oakes "College Seven" 1978

Box 7, Folder 57

Stevenson Libre undated

Box 7, Folder 58

The Beginnings of Oakes notes undated

Box 7, Folder 59

Transcript of discussion with Blake and UCSC students in Beaufort County 1971

Box 7, Folder 60

UCSC Academic Advising Study 1975

Box 7, Folder 61

UCSC Chancellor's Distinguished Seminar Series 1995

Box 7, Folder 62

Undergraduate Education at University of California, Draft Paper with Notes, Final Paper 1976 March

Box 7, Folder 63

William Doyle to Dean McHenry Letter of Recommendation, Promotion - Professor 1973

 

Subseries 2: Through the Hourglass, Darkly

Arrangement

Interviews arranged alphabetically.

Biographical / Historical

Blake co-authored the unpublished manuscript Through the Hourglass, Darkly , in 1980 with Ron Saufley and Kathryn Cowan.

Scope and Contents

Includes drafts and interview transcripts for the manuscript, Through the Hourglass, Darkly . Also includes subsequent related materials.
Box 8, Folder 1

Chapters on Early Faculty and Who They Were Drafts 1983-1984

Box 8, Folder 2

Faculty Interviews - Ron (Originals) (1 of 2) 1983

Box 8, Folder 3

Faculty Interviews - Ron (Originals) (2 of 2) 1983

Box 8, Folder 4

Oakes College 1988

Box 8, Folder 5

The Basis for College Response: New Students at the University, The Flower Blossoms, Time of Innocence 1984

Box 8, Folder 6

The First Two Years, Historical Context: UCSC or UC or "The Empire Strikes Back', Time of Innocence (Drafts) 1984

Box 8, Folder 7

Through the Hour Glass (Darkly) draft 1979

Box 8, Folder 8

Through the Hour Glass (Darkly) second draft 1980

Box 8, Folder 9

Alcevedo, Marie 1978-1979

Box 8, Folder 10

Aldana, Raul 1978-1979

Box 8, Folder 11

Alexander, Chris 1978-1979

Box 8, Folder 12

Angulo, Frank 1978

Box 8, Folder 13

Aranda, Richard 1978-1989

Box 8, Folder 14

Arruiza, Daniel 1978-1979

Box 8, Folder 15

Avelar, Susan 1978-1979

Box 8, Folder 16

Baca, Ralph 1978-1979

Box 8, Folder 17

Brown, Chris 1978-1979

Box 8, Folder 18

Charland, Ray 1978

Box 8, Folder 19

Chibras, Jose 1978

Box 8, Folder 20

Coleman, Cheryl 1978

Box 8, Folder 21

Craig, Jana 1978-1979

Box 8, Folder 22

Cuadraz, Gloria 1978-1979

Box 8, Folder 23

Delatorre, Bertha 1979

Box 8, Folder 24

Din, Trish 1978

Box 8, Folder 25

Gallagin, Stavroula 1978

Box 8, Folder 26

Garvin, Joe 1978-1979

Box 8, Folder 27

Goldring, Stacy 1978

Box 8, Folder 28

Gonzalez, Jaime 1979

Box 8, Folder 29

Green, Denise 1978

Box 8, Folder 30

Griffen, Joette 1978-1979

Box 8, Folder 31

Henderson, Cassandra 1978-1979

Box 8, Folder 32

Hernandez, Ernie 1978-1979

Box 8, Folder 33

Home, Mabel 1978

Box 8, Folder 34

Jenkins, Garry 1978

Box 8, Folder 35

King, Josie 1978

Box 8, Folder 36

Land, Pam 1979

Box 8, Folder 37

Lara, Irene 1978-1979

Box 8, Folder 38

Ledet, Janina 1978-1979

Box 8, Folder 39

Magana, Vacilia 1978-1979

Box 8, Folder 40

Martin, Martin 1978-1979

Box 8, Folder 41

Martinez, Ofelia 1978-1979

Box 8, Folder 42

McGee, Valerie 1978

Box 8, Folder 43

McKenzie, Michelle 1978-1979

Box 8, Folder 44

Melodia, Anna 1978

Box 8, Folder 45

Nichols, Kiyo 1978

Box 8, Folder 46

Noguchi, Eileen 1978-1979

Box 8, Folder 47

Noguchi, Linda 1978-1979

Box 8, Folder 48

Parra, Victor 1978

Box 8, Folder 49

Pino, Jenny 1978

Box 8, Folder 50

Rangel, Becca 1978

Box 8, Folder 51

Reed, Lauren 1978

Box 8, Folder 52

Robinson, Jackie 1978-1979

Box 8, Folder 53

Rodriguez, Jesse 1977-1979

Box 8, Folder 54

Roe, Lisa 1978

Box 8, Folder 55

Rubalcava, Margaret 1978-1979

Box 8, Folder 56

Shackelford, Donna 1978

Box 8, Folder 57

Shaw, Carla 1978-1979

Box 8, Folder 58

Stevens, Cynthia 1978

 

Series 6: Media

Conditions Governing Access

Audiovisual media is unavailable until reformatted. Contact Special Collections in advance for information regarding access. Digital files are available in the UCSC Special Collections and Archives reading room. Some files may require reformatting before they can be accessed. Technical limitations may hinder the Library's ability to provide access to some digital files. Access to digital files on original carriers is prohibited; users must request to view access copies. Contact Special Collections and Archives in advance to request access to digital files.

Scope and Contents

Includes audio recordings of Blake's lectures and research-related recordings. Numbering schema is original to creator.

Arrangement

Arranged by format.
Box 10

Roots Discussion Tape Program II "The Middle Passage" Dub of Master (L1) no date

Physical Description: 7-inch open reel audiotape
Box 10

Oakes College Graduation (L21) no date

Physical Description: 7-inch open reel audiotape
Box 10

College 7 Workshop Tape II (L24) no date

Physical Description: 7-inch open reel audiotape
Box 10

Merrill 101: Bob Edgar, Reuden Greenberg, Mike RotKin on counterculture (L26) 1971 November

Physical Description: 7-inch open reel audiotape
Box 10

College 7 Workshop Tape I (L27) no date

Physical Description: 7-inch open reel audiotape
Box 10

Lateline Broadcast Nationally Radio Australian Broadcasting Commission Sydney (L31) no date

Physical Description: 7-inch open reel audiotape
Box 10

Christmas Eve Service Poitiers Installation (L36) 1954 December

Physical Description: 7-inch open reel audiotape
Box 10

LeRoi James in LA (L37) 1967

Physical Description: 7-inch open reel audiotape
Box 10

Herman Blake Merrill College Nite "We come from a distance: a philosophy of the black experience" (L38) 1971

Physical Description: 7-inch open reel audiotape
Box 10

Alex Haley (Smith copy) (L40) no date

Physical Description: 7-inch open reel audiotape
Box 10

Rev. Dotson Session IV (M2) 1970 September

Physical Description: 5-inch open reel audiotape
Box 10

Rev. Dotson Session 2 Tape #2 (M3) 1970 August

Physical Description: 5-inch open reel audiotape
Box 10

Discussion - Jimmy Scott and Communications Group people Tape 1 (M5) 1970 August

Physical Description: 5-inch open reel audiotape
Box 10

Film Project Discussion Reel 2 (M6) 1970 June

Physical Description: 5-inch open reel audiotape
Box 10

Black Brother Decelle Place - San Francisco Part A (M10) 1970 October

Physical Description: 5-inch open reel audiotape
Box 10

Black Brother Decelle Place - San Francisco Part B (M9) 1970 October

Physical Description: 5-inch open reel audiotape
Box 10

Black Brother Decelle Place - San Francisco Part C (M11) 1970 October

Physical Description: 5-inch open reel audiotape
Box 10

South Pacific Studies Conference Tape 1 (M22) undated

Physical Description: 5-inch open reel audiotape
Box 10

Black Community Survival Conference Oakland (M23) 1972 March

Physical Description: 5-inch open reel audiotape
Box 10

H. Blake and J. Scott Discussion of Film and Religious Community (M27) 1970 July

Physical Description: 5-inch open reel audiotape
Box 10

Conference of Black Studies Directors, Institute of the Black World, Atlanta, Georgia (M34) 1969 November

Physical Description: 5-inch open reel audiotape
Box 11

Side 1: Interview with Leola Carr, sister of Huey P. Newton, Side 2: Huey Newton, Woolsey Hall, Yale University (M37) ms0415_rec_0002 1970 July - 1971 January

Physical Description: 5-inch open reel audiotape

Access

This tape has been digitized and is available upon request. Contact Special Collections and Archives to request access.
Box 11

Seabright Baptist Church Reactions to videos Tape 1 (M40) 1970 September

Physical Description: 5-inch open reel audiotape
Box 11

Herman Blake, Scott Religious Project Tape 2 (M41) 1970 July

Physical Description: 5-inch open reel audiotape
Box 11

Prayers for Jimmy Scott's Black Church (M42) undated

Physical Description: 5-inch open reel audiotape
Box 11

Reactions to Video tape, Of Sunday School and Religious Services (M43) 1970 September

Physical Description: 5-inch open reel audiotape
Box 11

Play Discussion Film Discussion (M44) 1970 July

Physical Description: 5-inch open reel audiotape
Box 11

Herman Blake and Huey P. Newton (M45) 1971 November

Physical Description: 5-inch open reel audiotape
Box 11

Rev Dotson Session IV (M49) 1970 September

Physical Description: 5-inch open reel audiotape
Box 11

Rev Dotson Session III Tape 2 (M50) 1970 August

Physical Description: 5-inch open reel audiotape
Box 11

Rev Dotson - Session 2 Tape #4 (M51) 1970 August

Physical Description: 5-inch open reel audiotape
Box 11

Stevenson College Night - John Rickford and Frank Smith (M52) undated

Physical Description: 5-inch open reel audiotape
Box 11

H. Blake and J. Scott discussion of film and religious community (M54) 1970 July

Physical Description: 5-inch open reel audiotape
Box 11

Rev Dotson Session 2 Tape 3 (M56) 1970 August

Physical Description: 5-inch open reel audiotape
Box 11

Rev Dotson Session 2 Tape 2 (M57) 1970 August

Physical Description: 5-inch open reel audiotape
Box 11

Rev Dotson Session 2 Tape 4 (M59) 1970 August

Physical Description: 5-inch open reel audiotape
Box 11

Rev Dotson Session III Tape 1 (M64) 1970 August

Physical Description: 5-inch open reel audiotape
Box 11

Black Brother De Celle San Francisco Part A (M66) 1970 October

Physical Description: 5-inch open reel audiotape
Box 11

Rev Dotson - Session 2 Tape #3 (M67) 1970 August

Physical Description: 5-inch open reel audiotape
Box 11

Rev Dotson Discussion - People and Film Group Reel #1(M68) 1970 August

Physical Description: 5-inch open reel audiotape
Box 11

Professor Benjamin University of Mass Historian Junior Leadership Ticktalk (M69) 1970 June

Physical Description: 5-inch open reel audiotape
Box 11

N. Richmond, J. Scott (M70) 1970 July

Physical Description: 5-inch open reel audiotape
Box 11

RS 21 - Huey P. Newton (M74) ms0415_rec_0001 1971 March

Physical Description: 5-inch open reel audiotape

Access

This tape has been digitized and is available upon request. Contact Special Collections and Archives to request access.
Box 11

Reverend Dobson - Discussion - People and Film Group Reel #2 (M76) 1970 August

Physical Description: 5-inch open reel audiotape
Box 11

Rev Dotson Session 2 Tape 1 (M77) 1970 August

Physical Description: 5-inch open reel audiotape
Box 11

J. Herman Blake, provost Oakes College, professor of Sociology at UCSC (M91) 1976 May

Physical Description: 5-inch open reel audiotape
Box 11

Alex Haley at College 7 (M92) 1973 April

Physical Description: 5-inch open reel audiotape
Box 11

Side 1 + 2: Discussion with students in Beaufort County (M107) 1971 April

Physical Description: 5-inch open reel audiotape
Box 11

The Black Experience Tape 3 (M110) 1972 January

Physical Description: 5-inch open reel audiotape
Box 12

City Club of Portland 1993 October

Physical Description: VHS
Box 12

AAHE Awards Black Profile 1997 March

Physical Description: VHS
Box 12

African and African American Studies Learning Expedition to the Sea Islands Usher University, Penn Center Performance 1999 March

Physical Description: VHS
Box 12

Interview with Malcolm X ms415_med_0002 October 1963

Physical Description: 1 DVD, 1 VHS

Conditions Governing Access

Digital files are available in the UCSC Special Collections and Archives reading room. Some files may require reformatting before they can be accessed. Technical limitations may hinder the Library's ability to provide access to some digital files. Access to digital files on original carriers is prohibited; users must request to view access copies. Contact Special Collections and Archives in advance to request access to digital files.

Existence and Location of Copies

This video is available in the UCSC Library Digital Scholarship Commons under call number DVD8114 and Special Collections under call number VT1646.
Box 12

Daufuskie Island Cynthia Bryson of New York City (C3) 1974 August

Physical Description: Audiocassette
Box 12

Brown Daufuskie Island South Carolina (C7) undated

Physical Description: Audiocassette
Box 12

Goodbye from Daufuskie (C10) undated

Physical Description: Audiocassette
Box 12

Flossie and Suzie Washington, Sara H Grant (C14) 1968 December

Physical Description: Audiocassette
Box 12

Larry, RJ and Mrs. Byron (C16) undated

Physical Description: Audiocassette
Box 12

Spirituals with Mrs. Bryan, Sara Grant, Lillian Stafford (C19) undated

Physical Description: Audiocassette
Box 12

Georgia Sea... (C20) 1959

Physical Description: Audiocassette
Box 12

#1 Douglas Brown (C21) 1968

Physical Description: Audiocassette
Box 12

#3 Albertha Thomas (C23)

Physical Description: Audiocassette
Box 12

Herman Blake on Elders in Residence Radio Program, Interviewed by Eleanor Meyer, Lenore Farrell, and Marco Meyer KZSC (C28) 1983 May

Physical Description: Audiocassette
Box 12

#4 Blossom and Josephine Robinson (C30) undated

Physical Description: Audiocassette
Box 12

"Helping Admins./Teachers Understand Facts about Dialects" Blake, Garcia, Scott, Sledd (C32) 1975 March

Physical Description: Audiocassette
Box 12

"Helping Admins./Teachers Understand Facts about Dialects" Blake, Garcia, Scott, Sledd (C34) 1975 March

Physical Description: Audiocassette
Box 12

Ruth Boyd Reid and Mary Hundley (C37) 1974 June

Physical Description: Audiocassette
Box 12

104 Luis Valdez (C41) 1982 December

Physical Description: Audiocassette
Box 12

Mother's Day Program, cont'd - race relations - Johnny Johnson (C48) undated

Physical Description: Audiocassette
Box 12

Herbert Stafford (C49) undated

Physical Description: Audiocassette
Box 12

J. Herman Blake (UC Santa Cruz) UC Audio News Service (C60) 1976 May

Physical Description: Audiocassette
Box 12

Mrs. Sarah Grant, Holmes Sylvia and Lillian Stafford (C64) undated

Physical Description: Audiocassette
Box 12

Brown University (C69) 1980 May

Physical Description: Audiocassette
Box 12

J. Herman Blake, UCSC, second availability, new hypothesis, UC Audio news service 1976 May

Physical Description: Audiocassette
Box 12

Alex Haley Memorial Danforth Chapel 1992 February

Physical Description: Audiocassette
Box 12

ACAD Luncheon Address Tape 27 undated

Physical Description: Audiocassette
Box 12

Rosa Brisbane: On Slavery Time - edited Excerpt 1 undated

Physical Description: Audiocassette
Box 12

Rosa Brisbane Excerpt 2 undated

Physical Description: Audiocassette
Box 12

NPR - Gullah Peoples 2000 August

Physical Description: Audiocassette