Subseries 2.2
Writings about Harleston, circa 1960-2005
Boxes 16-18
Scope and Content Note
Writings contain both published and unpublished biographies of Harleston written by Edwina Whitlock, Mae Gentry, and Edward Ball between 1960 and 2005. Materials include correspondence, outlines, notes, legal agreements, partial and complete typescript drafts, and printed material relating to exhibits produced in conjunction with the writings.
"The Harleston Project" (1960-1997) documents the collaboration between Edwina Whitlock and her daughter Mae Gentry on an unpublished biography of Edwin Harleston. Materials include editor information, outlines, and typescripts, many of which are written by Mae in Edwina's voice. This project evolved into the more formulated (but also unpublished) biography Companions in Time: The Art of Edwin and Elise Harleston. For more information on the material gathered for this biography, including interviews and research notes, see Subseries 2.1: Research files.
Material on Edwina Whitlock's 1983 catalogue essay "Edwin A. Harleston: Painter of an Era" pertains both to the essay and to the exhibit for which it was written, produced by Your Heritage House in Detroit for the 101st anniversary of Harleston's birth. Much of this section consists of printed material and notes relating to the exhibit.
The section on Edward Ball's The Sweet Hell Inside (2001) includes correspondence, proposals, typescripts, and interview transcripts with Edwina Whitlock and others who knew Harleston or the family. Other material pertains to authorship disputes between Ball and Whitlock.
The final section of this series pertains to Mae Gentry's unpublished Companions in Time: The Art of Edwin and Elise Harleston (variant title Edwin and Elise: The Love Letters of Two African-American Artists). This section contains correspondence, book proposals, and drafts from circa 2001-2005. The majority of the material consists of typescripts featuring the correspondence between Edwin and Elise Harleston.
Arrangement Note
Arranged by record type.
Edwina Whitlock and Mae Gentry, "The Harleston Project," circa 1960-1997 (unpublished | ||
Box | Folder | Content |
---|---|---|
16 | 1 | Agreement between Edwina Harleston Whitlock and Mae Whitlock Gentry, 1997 |
16 | 2 | Independent Editors Group, 1997 |
16 | 3 | Introductions and forwards |
16 | 4 | Outlines [1 of 2] |
16 | 5 | Outlines [2 of 2] |
16 | 6 | Travel for project, 1982-1991 |
16 | 7 | Typescript fragments |
16 | 8 | Typescripts [1 of 7] |
16 | 9 | Typescripts [2 of 7] |
16 | 10 | Typescripts [3 of 7] |
16 | 11 | Typescripts [4 of 7] |
16 | 12 | Typescripts [5 of 7] |
16 | 13 | Typescripts [6 of 7] |
16 | 14 | Typescripts [7 of 7] |
Edwina Whitlock, biographical sketch in "Edwin A. Whitlock: Painter of an Era," exhibit catalogue (1983) | ||
16 | 15 | Correspondence, 1980-1985 |
16 | 16 | Exhibit material, 1983-1984 |
16 | 17 | Published catalogue, 1983 |
16 | 18 | Typescripts, Parts 1-2 |
17 | 1 | Typescripts, Parts 3-6 |
17 | 2 | Typescript, complete draft, 1982 |
17 | 3 | Typescript, complete draft, circa 1983 |
17 | 4 | Typescript fragments |
Edward Ball, The Sweet Hell Inside: The Rise of an Elite Black Family in the Segregated South | ||
17 | 5 | Authorship Collaboration Agreement, 1998 |
17 | 6 | Authorship Collaboration Agreement, notes and correspondence, 2001 |
17 | 7 | Correspondence, 1999 |
17 | 8 | International Creative Management, agent agreement, circa 1998 |
17 | 9 | Interviews, contacts, 1998-1999 |
17 | 10 | Interviews, Edwina Whitlock, 1998 |
17 | 11 | Interviews, Edwina Whitlock, 1999 |
17 | 12 | Interviews, Edwina Whitlock, handwritten notes, 1998-2000 |
17 | 13 | Interviews, letters of introduction, 1999 |
17 | 14 | Proposals, 1998 |
17 | 15 | Typescript, April 29, 2000 |
18 | 1 | Typescript, May 1, 2000 |
18 | 2 | Typescript, May 24, 2000 |
18 | 3 | Typescript, June 21, 2000 |
Mae Gentry, Companions in Time: The Art of Edwin and Elise Harleston (circa 2001-2005) (unpublished) | ||
18 | 4 | Correspondence, 2005 |
18 | 5 | Proposals and project descriptions [1 of 2] |
18 | 6 | Proposals and project descriptions [2 of 2] |
18 | 7 | Typescripts [1 of 5] |
18 | 8 | Typescripts [2 of 5] |
18 | 9 | Typescripts [3 of 5] |
18 | 10 | Typescripts [4 of 5] |
18 | 11 | Typescripts [5 of 5] |