EVANS, MARI,
1923-2017.
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Series 2
Writings, 1969-2010
Boxes 16 - 40
Scope and Content Note
The series consists of writings by Mari Evans from 1969-2010 and includes personal notebooks, speeches, lecture notes, novels, book manuscripts, TV show proposals, short stories, poems, essays, original musical compositions, musicals, and stage plays. There is a significant amount of material relating to the Daybreak Project, which was an unfinished and never aired television program highlighting Black women writers. The notes about the Daybreak Project are specifically related to an episode about writer Margaret Walker called "We Have Been Believers."
The series also contains material from two different projects relating to the Exoduster movement. Exodusters were Black families from the South that migrated to Kansas in the late nineteenth century. The first project, developed by Evans in collaboration with Harry Belafonte and called "Happy Birthday Mrs. Craig" is about the matriarch of the Craig family of Nicodemus, Kansas. The other project was a proposed television show about Exodusters and Nicodemus, Kansas, and includes a genealogical chart of the Craig family.
The series has the notes from Eyes, a theatrical adaptation of Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston, as well as drafts of original music created by Evans for the adaptation. Evans was also a musician and this series contains original sheet music composed by Evans. There are additional writings by others and fragments of writings by Evans.
Arrangement Note
Arranged in alphabetical order.
Box | Folder | Content |
---|---|---|
16 | 1 | Ahidiana Conference: "Developing the New Black Woman speech, 1978 |
16 | 2 | "Bedroom," short story, undated |
16 | 3 | "Behind the Green Door," essay, undated |
16 | 4 | "Black Literature in the U.S: An Overview," book, 1969-1974 |
16 | 5 | "Black Writer in Transition," essay, 2004 |
16 | 6 | "Bluest Eye," essay, undated |
16 | 7 | Boochie, play, 1978-1989 [1 of 5] |
16 | 8 | Boochie, play, 1978-1989 [2 of 5] |
16 | 9 | Boochie, play, 1978-1989 [3 of 5] |
17 | 1 | Boochie, play, 1978-1989 [4 of 5] |
17 | 2 | Boochie, play, 1978-1989 [5 of 5] |
17 | 3 | "Black Dance as a Political Movement: A Writer's Prospective," speech, 1973 |
17 | 4 | "Black Is Such a Pretty Color," short story, undated |
17 | 5 | Central State University speech, 1981 |
17 | 6 | Clarity as Concept: A Poet's Perspective, book, 1983-2008 [1 of 8] |
17 | 7 | Clarity as Concept: A Poet's Perspective, book, 1983-2008 [2 of 8] |
17 | 8 | Clarity as Concept: A Poet's Perspective, book, 1983-2008 [3 of 8] |
18 | 1 | Clarity as Concept: A Poet's Perspective, book, 1983-2008 [4 of 8] |
18 | 2 | Clarity as Concept: A Poet's Perspective, book, 1983-2008 [5 of 8] |
18 | 3 | Clarity as Concept: A Poet's Perspective, book, 1983-2008 [6 of 8] |
18 | 4 | Clarity as Concept: A Poet's Perspective, book, 1983-2008 [7 of 8] |
18 | 5 | Clarity as Concept: A Poet's Perspective, book, 1983-2008 [8 of 8] |
19 | 1 | "Contemporary Poetry," essay, 1991 |
19 | 2 | "Critical Approach to Black Literature: The Classroom Connection," speech, 1983 [1 of 2] |
19 | 3 | "Critical Approach to Black Literature: The Classroom Connection," speech, 1983 [2 of 2] |
19 | 4 | "Curriculum Imperatives," speech, undated |
19 | 5 | A Dark and Splendid Mass (A Time to Speak), book, 1991-1995 |
19 | 6 | "Daughter-In-Law, play, undated |
19 | 7 | Daybreak Project, 1983-1999 [1 of 9] |
19 | 8 | Daybreak Project, 1983-1999 [2 of 9] |
20 | 1 | Daybreak Project, 1983-1999 [3 of 9] |
20 | 2 | Daybreak Project, 1983-1999 [4 of 9] |
20 | 3 | Daybreak Project, 1983-1999 [5 of 9] |
20 | 4 | Daybreak Project, 1983-1999 [6 of 9] |
20 | 5 | Daybreak Project, 1983-1999 [7 of 9] |
21 | 1 | Daybreak Project, 1983-1999 [8 of 9] |
21 | 2 | Daybreak Project, 1983-1999 [9 of 9] |
21 | 3 | Dear Corinne, Tell Somebody! Love, Annie: A Book about Secrets, book, 1985-1988 |
21 | 4 | "Dear Mr. President... "essay, undated |
21 | 5 | "Decolonization as Goal: Political Writing as Device," essay, 1979 |
21 | 6 | "Disk," short story, undated |
21 | 7 | "Ethos and Creativity: The Impulse as Malleable, essay, undated |
21 | 8 | "Evolution of African-Matrixed Music," essay, 2000 |
21 | 9 | "Evolution of Black Literature: A Contemporary Perspective," essay, 1983 |
21 | 10 | Exodusters projects, circa 1950-1970 [1 of 5] |
21 | 11 | Exodusters projects, circa 1950-1970 [2 of 5] |
22 | 1 | Exodusters projects, circa 1950-1970 [3 of 5] |
22 | 2 | Exodusters projects, circa 1950-1970 [4 of 5] |
22 | 3 | Exodusters projects, circa 1950-1970 [5 of 5] |
22 | 4 | Eyes, play, 1975-1986 [1 of 4] |
22 | 5 | Eyes, play ,1975-1986 [2 of 4] |
23 | 1 | Eyes, play, 1975-1986 [3 of 4] |
23 | 2 | Eyes, play, 1975-1986 [4 of 4] |
23 | 3 | Formal/folk roots of Black poetry, essay, undated |
23 | 4 | Fragments, undated [1 of 11] |
23 | 5 | Fragments, undated [2 of 11] |
23 | 6 | Fragments, undated [3 of 11] |
24 | 1 | Fragments, undated [4 of 11] |
24 | 2 | Fragments, undated [5 of 11] |
24 | 3 | Fragments, undated [6 of 11] |
24 | 4 | Fragments, undated [7 of 11] |
24 | 5 | Fragments, undated [8 of 11] |
25 | 1 | Fragments, undated [9 of 11] |
25 | 2 | Fragments, undated [10 of 11] |
25 | 3 | Fragments, undated [11 of 11] |
25 | 4 | Gemini: Six Short Stories, 1975 [1 of 2] |
26 | 1 | Gemini: Six Short Stories, 1975 [2 of 2] |
26 | 2 | Glide and Sons, dramatic musical, 1975 [1 of 2] |
26 | 3 | Glide and Sons, dramatic musical, 1975 [2 of 2] |
26 | 4 | "Granddads," song, 1997-2010 |
26 | 5 | "Gunsmoke," television episode proposal, undated |
26 | 6 | "Hold the Wind," short story, 1988 |
26 | 7 | How They Made Beri Bani, children's book, undated |
26 | 9 | "How We Came Together: Reflections on South Central and the Marches," essay, 1995 |
26 | 8 | "I accuse," TV show proposal, undated |
26 | 10 | I am A Black Woman, book, undated |
27 | 1 | Illustrations, undated |
27 | 2 | I Look At Me! children's book, 1973-1974 |
27 | 3 | I'm Late: The Story of Laneese and Moonlight and Aisha Who Didn't Have Anyone of Her Own, book, 1996-2001 |
27 | 4 | I, Man, play, undated |
38 | 4 | Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis, School of liberal arts pre-commencement address, 2007 |
27 | 5 | Incomplete list of Mari Evans' collected works, undated |
27 | 6 | International airport series script, undated |
27 | 7 | "Imperatives of Struggle: An African-American dilemma," speech, undated |
27 | 8 | "Jackson Campaign: Dress Rehearsal for Creative Political Thought," essay, 1980-1984 |
27 | 9 | JD, Children's book, 1970-1975 |
27 | 10 | Jim Flying High, children's book, 1976-1982 |
27 | 11 | "Langston Hughes, Mission and Language: Re-Inventing a Landscape," essay, 1988-1989 |
28 | 1 | "Langston Hughes Symposium," speech, 1991 |
28 | 2 | "The Language of Resistance in African-American Literary Traditions," speech, 1996 |
28 | 3 | Morning: Day One, novel, undated |
28 | 4 | Morning: Day One, novel, undated |
28 | 5 | Morning: Day One, novel, 2001 |
29 | 1 | "Musa Project, essay, undated |
29 | 2 | "Museum as Analogue: The Other Side of Alienation," essay, 1993 |
29 | 3 | "Museum as Analogue; The Other Side of Alienation," essay, 1993 |
29 | 6 | "My Father's Passage," essay, 1977-1988 |
29 | 7 | "Nature and Methodology of Colonization and Its Relationship to Creativity (A Systems Approach to Black Literature)," essay, 1978 |
30 | 1 | Nightstar: 1973-1978 [Whisper], book [1 of 2] |
30 | 2 | Nightstar: 1973-1978 [Whisper], book [2 of 2] |
30 | 3 | Notes, undated [1 of 5] |
30 | 4 | Notes, undated [2 of 5] |
30 | 5 | Notes, undated [3 of 5] |
31 | 1 | Notes, undated [4 of 5] |
31 | 2 | Notes, undated [5 of 5] |
31 | 3 | Notes from Black Enterprise essay, 1976-1977 |
31 | 4 | Notes, poetry lecture, undated |
31 | 5 | Notes, speech, 2006 |
31 | 6 | Notebooks, undated [1 of 8] |
32 | 1 | Notebooks, undated [2 of 8] |
32 | 2 | Notebooks, undated [3 of 8] |
32 | 3 | Notebooks, undated [4 of 8] |
32 | 4 | Notebooks, undated [5 of 8] |
33 | 1 | Notebooks, undated [6 of 8] |
33 | 2 | Notebooks, undated [7 of 8] |
33 | 3 | Notebooks, undated [8 of 8] |
34 | 4 | "Other Times, Other Music," short story, undated |
34 | 5 | Paul Robeson: Committed Creativity, lecture, undated |
34 | 6 | Phillis, play, 1980 |
35 | 1 | "Phillis Wheatley: Perspectives on Reality," speech, undated |
35 | 2 | Poems, circa 1960-2000 [1 of 3] |
35 | 3 | Poems, circa 1960-2000 [2 of 3] |
35 | 4 | Poems, circa 1960-2000 [3 of 3] |
35 | 5 | "Poetry as Political Force," essay, undated |
35 | 6 | "Political Writing as a Device," essay, 1978 |
35 | 7 | Portrait of a Man, play, 1984 [1 of 2] |
36 | 1 | Portrait of a Man, play, 1984 [2 of 2] |
36 | 3 | Rap Stories, children's book, 1974 |
36 | 4 | "Readings in Black Poetry," speech, 1977 |
36 | 5 | "Reality and the Dream, the Eighties: Progressive or Regressive?" essay, undated |
36 | 6 | "The Rebel," sheet music, undated |
36 | 7 | "Reflections On The March'," essay, 1995 |
36 | 8 | "Relationship of Child-Rearing Patterns to Chaos and Change in the African American Family," essay, 1987 [1 of 4] |
36 | 9 | "Relationship of Child-Rearing Patterns to Chaos and Change in the African American Family," essay, 1987 [2 of 4] |
37 | 1 | "Relationship of Child-Rearing Patterns to Chaos and Change in the African American Family," essay, 1987 [3 of 4] |
37 | 2 | "Relationship of Child-Rearing Patterns to Chaos and Change in the African American Family," essay, 1987 [4 of 4] |
37 | 3 | Renita and Charles at The Chocolate Kisses Daycare Center, children's book, undated |
37 | 6 | "Ritual for a Sister/Friend during Funeral Services," essay, 1994 |
38 | 1 | River of My Song, play, 1977 [1 of 3] |
38 | 2 | River of My Song, play, 1977 [2 of 3] |
38 | 3 | River of My Song, play, 1977 [3 of 3] |
38 | 5 | "Sigma Tau Delta Convention Indiana State University," speech, 1978 |
38 | 6 | Singing Black, children's book, 1978 |
29 | 4 | Sheet Music, 1965-2010 [1of 2] |
29 | 5 | Sheet Music, 1965-2010 [2 of 2] |
38 | 7 | "South Central: Some Reflections," essay, undated |
39 | 1 | Stations, play, 1984 [1 of 4] |
39 | 2 | Stations, play, 1984 [2 of 4] |
39 | 3 | Stations, play, 1984 [3 of 4] |
39 | 4 | Stations, play, 1984 [4 of 4] |
39 | 5 | "Struggle: A Nationalist's Perspective," essay, 1978 |
39 | 6 | Summer Picnic, children's book, undated |
39 | 7 | "Third Stop in Caraway Park," short story, undated |
36 | 2 | Unidentified project proposal, undated |
40 | 1 | Unidentified writings, undated |
40 | 2 | "Uniqueness of Race: Encounter as Influence in the Creative Process," essay, 1993 |
40 | 3 | "Using African American Poetry in the Classroom," speech, 1984 |
40 | 4 | "Watch Your Mouth," TV proposal, 1976 |
40 | 5 | We're Gonna Make a New World! play, 1984 |
40 | 6 | Where We Live: Essays about Indiana, book, 1989 |
40 | 7 | "Who I Am and How I Write," essay, undated |
40 | 8 | "Why Roots?" essay, undated |
40 | 9 | Witherspoon (a review), 1983 |
40 | 10 | "Writing as Architecture," essay, undated |
33 | 4 | Writings by others, circa 1960-2004 [1 of 5] |
33 | 5 | Writings by others, circa 1960-2004 [2 of 5] |
34 | 1 | Writings by others, circa 1960-2004 [3 of 5] |
34 | 2 | Writings by others, circa 1960-2004 [4 of 5] |
34 | 3 | Writings by others, circa 1960-2004 [5 of 5] |
37 | 4 | Writings by others, Resistance, Insurgence, And Identity: The Art of Mari Evans, Nelson Stevens and the Black Arts Movement by Robert Douglas, 2006 [1 of 2] |
37 | 5 | Writings by others, Resistance, Insurgence, and Identity: The Art of Mari Evans, Nelson Stevens and the Black Arts Movement by Robert Douglas, 2006 [2 of 2] |