ANSA, TINA MCELROY.
Tina McElroy Ansa papers, 1977-2015

Restrictions on Access

Special restrictions apply: Collection stored off-site. Researchers must contact the Rose Library in advance to access this collection.

Personal journals are closed to researchers during Tina McElroy Ansa’s lifetime or until May 10, 2044, whichever is later.

Use copies have not been made for audiovisual material in this collection. Researchers must contact the Rose Library at least two weeks in advance for access to these items. Collection restrictions, copyright limitations, or technical complications may hinder the Rose Library's ability to provide access to audiovisual material.

Researchers must contact the Rose Library in advance for access to unprocessed born digital materials in this collection. Collection restrictions, copyright limitations, or technical complications may hinder the Rose Library's ability to provide access to unprocessed born digital materials.

Terms Governing Use and Reproduction

All requests subject to limitations noted in departmental policies on reproduction.

Source

Purchase from Tina McElroy Ansa, 2019.

Custodial History

The Rose Library purchased the material from Tina McElroy Ansa. Bookseller, David McCord, financially appraised and completed a detailed inventory of the material. Curator of African American collections, Pellom McDaniels, III, traveled to Ansa's home in St. Simons Island, Georgia, to pack the materials and had them shipped to the Rose Library.

Citation

[after identification of item(s)], Tina McElroy Ansa papers, Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library, Emory University.

Appraisal Note

Acquired by Curator of African American collections, Pellom McDaniels, III, as part of the Rose Library's holdings in African American history.

Processing

Arranged and described at the collection level by Brenna Edwards, 2019.

Biographical Note

Tina McElroy Ansa (1949- ) was born in Macon, Georgia, and educated in public schools and in the local Catholic High School. A graduate of Spelman College (1971), Ansa was classmates with Pearl Cleage and a student of Gloria Wade Gayles. She has worked with literary figures, such as Maya Angelou, Gwendolyn Brooks, and Mari Evans. From 1971-1979, Ansa worked for the Atlanta Journal, now the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, where she was the first woman to work as a copy editor and the first African American woman to contribute as a feature writer. Ansa founded her independent publishing company, Down South Press, in 2007. As a novelist, Ansa has written four critically acclaimed works that center on black women’s lives and relationships: Baby of The Family (1989), Ugly Ways (1995), The Hand I Fan With (1998), and You Know Better (2002).

Scope and Content Note

The collection consists of the papers of Tina McElroy Ansa from 1977-2015, including correspondence, photographs, writings, books, newspaper clippings, and audiovisual materials. Multiple revisions of The Hand I Fan With, You Know Better, and Baby of The Family are included, along with chapter and short story drafts. Correspondence, calendars, newspapers, and photographs of family members are also included. There are a number of signed books and review copies from her personal library. There are also audiovisual materials in the collection consisting of interviews done by Tina McElroy Ansa from 1986-2005 and born digital materials.

Arrangement Note

Arranged by record type. Items remain in original physical order but are arranged alphabetically by type in the container list to facilitate access.