DODSON, OWEN, 1914-1983.
Owen Dodson papers
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Series 5
Personal, 1919-1983
Box 22-23 and 26
Scope and Content Note
The personal papers contain biographical and personal materials, business files, and family files. Biographical and personal materials include Dodson's funeral program and published obituaries, as well as information relating to his life, including a chronology of his work, résumés, and his Yale University transcript. The business files contain contracts and earnings statements from various publishers and permissions letters for republication of Dodson's plays and poetry. These files demonstrate which of Dodson's poems were most popular and where his works were republished. The family files contain materials relating to Dodson's immediate family, including a card for his father's news service and death announcements for his siblings.
Arrangement Note
Arranged by record type.
| Biographical and personal materials | ||
| Box | Folder | Content |
|---|---|---|
| 22 | 1 | Anthology of writings, by James Hatch and D. Ward |
| 22 | 2 | Bibliography of plays |
| 22 | 3 | Biographical sketches |
| 22 | 4 | Black Oral History Program, Fisk University, 1972 |
| 22 | 5 | Bookplate |
| 22 | 6 | Certificate, Thomas Jefferson High School, 1932 |
| 22 | 7 | Chronology |
| 22 | 8 | Door plate, Howard University |
| 22 | 9 | Drawing by Sara Lobell, 1966 |
| 22 | 10 | Drawings of Owen directing Hamlet, Gregory, 1964 |
| 22 | 11 | Funeral and memorial programs, 1983-1984 |
| 22 | 12 | Howard University Service Award, 1969 |
| 22 | 13 | List of guests for 1971 Christmas dinner |
| 22 | 14 | Medical |
| 22 | 15 | Obituaries, 1983 |
| 22 | 16 | Passport |
| 22 | 17 | Remembering Owen Dodson, James Hatch, 1984 |
| 22 | 18 | Report card, Thomas Jefferson High School |
| 22 | 19 | Résumés |
| 26 | 14 | Telephone messages, 1982 |
| 22 | 20 | "Through the Years with Dr. Owen V. Dodson (1914-1983): A Personal Chronicle of Correspondence, 1975-1983", compiled for Darryl Croxton by Billy Simmons, 1983 |
| 22 | 21 | University of Houston faculty candidate profile, 1974 |
| 22 | 22 | Yale University transcript |
| Business records | ||
| 22 | 23 | Boy at the Window |
| 22 | 24 | California State College at Los Angeles contract, 1969 |
| 22 | 25 | City College of New York, appointment letter and correspondence |
| 22 | 26 | Copyright certificate, New World A-Comin', 1944 |
| 22 | 27 | Dictionary of American Negro Biography, 1971 |
| 22 | 28 | Farrar, Straus and Co., contract and press release, 1946 |
| 22 | 29 | Fawcett Books royalty statement, 1979 |
| 22 | 30 | Grambling College royalty statement, 1970 |
| 22 | 31 | Jonathan Cape Limited, 1969 |
| 22 | 32 | Permissions letters, plays and stories, 1958-1977 |
| 23 | 1 | Permissions letters, poetry, 1967-1974 |
| 23 | 2 | Popular Library Publishers agreement, 1975 |
| 23 | 3 | Spoken Arts contract, 1968 |
| 23 | 4 | York College, payroll stub, 1974 |
| 23 | 5 | Woodie King Associates, Inc., 1972-1982 |
| Family materials | ||
| 23 | 6 | Dodson, Edith, death announcement and funeral program, 1983 |
| 23 | 7 | Dodson, Edith, employment information |
| 23 | 8 | Dodson, Edith, marriage announcement, 1948 |
| 23 | 9 | Dodson, Kenneth, death announcement and funeral program, 1940 |
| 23 | 10 | Dodson, Lillian, death announcement, 1950 |
| 23 | 11 | Dodson, Lillian, scrapbook page, 1919 |
| 23 | 12 | Dodson, Nathaniel, Dodson News Service card |
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