HARRISON, PAUL CARTER,
1936-
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Subseries 2.2
Other writings, 1966-2009
Boxes 20 - 26, 47-48, and 59
Scope and Content Note
The subseries consists of prose works by Paul Carter Harrison from 1966-2009, documenting his roles as critic, fiction writer, and editor. These writings include articles, essays, and reviews as well as book-length projects written or edited by Harrison. The majority of the material consists of typescripts with some proofs, correspondence, research material, submissions for compilations, and notes. Topics primarily relate to race and the black theatre, although the essays Harrison wrote in Amsterdam in the 1960s discuss various aspects of American politics and culture. Books and compilations written by Harrison include his unpublished novel One Anonymous Mourning and a collection of short stories as well his book-length work of collected essays, The Drama of Nommo. A significant amount of material also pertains to Black Theatre: Ritual Performance in the African Diaspora and Totem Voices: Plays from the Black World Repertory, which Harrison compiled and edited.
Arrangement Note
Arranged by type of writing, then in alphabetical order.
| Articles, essays, and reviews | ||
| Box | Folder | Content |
|---|---|---|
| 47 | 7 | "August Wilson's Blood Song," typescript, 2001 |
| 47 | 8 | "August Wilson, the Blues, and the Black Aesthetic in a Culturally Diverse Society," typescript, no date |
| 47 | 9 | "August Wilson's Blues Poetics," page proofs, 1991 |
| 20 | 9 | "August Wilson's Blues Poetics," typescripts and notes, circa 1990 |
| 47 | 10 | "Black Icons of American Performing Arts," typescript, 1991 |
| 47 | 11 | "Black Light/The African American Hero," typescript, 1992 |
| 20 | 10 | "Black Theatre/A Chicago Revival," typescript, no date |
| 20 | 11 | "Black Theatre Aesthetics," typescript, no date |
| 47 | 12 | "Black Theatre Aesthetics," Afri-Canadian Playwrights Festival keynote address, typescript, 2003 |
| 20 | 12 | "Black Theatre and Multiculturalism," typescript, circa 1988 |
| 47 | 13 | "Black Theatre/Present Condition," typescript and research material, circa 1982 |
| 47 | 14 | "Black Theatre: Ritual as Method," typescript, circa 2002 |
| 47 | 15 | "Black Theatre/To Be...or Not To Be!" typescripts, 1989 |
| 21 | 1 | "Black Theatre as Transformative Performance," typescript, circa 2000 |
| 21 | 2 | "Black Star Line: The Demystification of Marcus Garvey," typescripts, January 1996 |
| 21 | 3 | "Brava Las Divas!" typescript and research materials, 1982 |
| 21 | 4 | "Chicago Diversity: Inclusion, Not Assimilation," typescript, no date |
| 47 | 16 | "The Crisis of Black Theatre Identity," proofs, 1997 |
| 21 | 5 | De Nieuwe Linie articles, typescripts (Amsterdam, Netherlands), circa 1966-1968 [1 of 2] |
| 21 | 6 | De Nieuwe Linie articles, typescripts (Amsterdam, Netherlands), circa 1966-1968 [2 of 2] |
| 21 | 7 | "Diaspora Paradigm," typescript, no date |
| 47 | 17 | "Dread-locked in America: Cultural Diversity on the Outskirts of the Heartlands," typescript, no date |
| 21 | 8 | "Dreamgirls," typescript and research materials, 1981 |
| 47 | 18 | "Form and Transformation: Immanence of the Soul in the Performance Modes of Black Church and Black Music," partial typescript, 1999 |
| 21 | 9 | "From America: A Black Monolith of Talent," typescript, no date |
| 21 | 10 | "Ganja and Hess: Beyond the Plantation," typescript, 1973 |
| 21 | 11 | "In Search of Mammy Mojo," typescript, presented at the National Black Writers Conference, Medgar Evers College, Brooklyn, New York, March 25, 1988 |
| 21 | 12 | "Larry Neal/The Genesis of a Vision," typescript and notes, 1983 |
| 21 | 13 | "Last Train to Okra: a search for archetypes," typescript, March 1979 |
| 21 | 14 | "My Carnal Appetite," typescripts, for Essence Magazine, 1996 |
| 21 | 15 | "Narcissism and Phallus Nemesis in the Mimesis of Pecong," typescript, 1993 |
| 21 | 16 | "NEC: Alive and Well!" typescript, 1981 |
| 47 | 19 | "New Technology and the Arts," typescript, no date |
| 21 | 17 | "PCH in conversation with Carmen de Lavallade," typescript, no date |
| 48 | 1 | "Pecong Notes," "George Lewis/Changing with the Times," and "Conjurer," typescript, circa 1991-1993 |
| 21 | 18 | "Performing Africa in America," typescript with correspondence, 2005 |
| 21 | 19 | "The Place of Blackness in a World of White Facts," typescript, circa 1993 |
| 21 | 20 | "Remembrances of AM: the PERFECT past/future," typescripts, 1974 |
| 21 | 21 | Review of Al Young's Ask Me Now, circa 1980 |
| 21 | 22 | Review of August Wilson: A Casebook, proof, 2001 |
| 21 | 23 | "The Rootsical Ethos of African American Mythos," typescripts and symposium material, presented at the Classics in Contemporary Theatre Symposium, 1990 |
| 21 | 24 | "A Soldier's Play: an American Dilemma," typescripts and research material, 1981 |
| 21 | 25 | "To Be or Not To Be Othello," typescript, no date |
| 48 | 2 | Untitled presentation, 1998 |
| 21 | 26 | "Wat's His/story Got T' Do Wit It...If it Ain't Our Story?" typescripts |
| Books and compilations | ||
| 22 | 1 | Black Theatre: Ritual Performance in the African Diaspora, correspondence and contributor information, 1996-2002 |
| 48 | 3 | Black Theatre: Ritual Performance in the African Diaspora, "Praise/Word" introduction, partial typescript, 2002 |
| 22 | 2 | Black Theatre: Ritual Performance in the African Diaspora, proof, 2002 [1 of 3] |
| 22 | 3 | Black Theatre: Ritual Performance in the African Diaspora, proof, 2002 [2 of 3] |
| 22 | 4 | Black Theatre: Ritual Performance in the African Diaspora, proof, 2002 [3 of 3] |
| 22 | 5 | Black Theatre: Ritual Performance in the African Diaspora, submissions, circa 1996-2000 [1 of 3] |
| 22 | 6 | Black Theatre: Ritual Performance in the African Diaspora, submissions, circa 1996-2000 [2 of 3] |
| 48 | 4 | Black Theatre: Ritual Performance in the African Diaspora, submissions, circa 1996-2000 [3 of 3] |
| 23 | 1 | CALLALOO special issue, "Black Theatre/USA: 1960-present," correspondence and typescripts, 1987 |
| 23 | 2 | Chuck Stewart's Jazz Files, proofs and printed material, 1985 [1 of 3] |
| 23 | 3 | Chuck Stewart's Jazz Files, proofs and printed material, 1985 [2 of 3] |
| 23 | 4 | Chuck Stewart's Jazz Files, proofs and printed material, 1985 [3 of 3] |
| 23 | 5 | Chuck Stewart's Jazz Files, typescripts and correspondence, 1985 |
| 48 | 5 | Classic Plays from the Negro Ensemble Company, author biographies, photographs, and tables of contents, circa 1992-1994 |
| 23 | 6 | Classic Plays from the Negro Ensemble Company, typescripts and correspondence, 1992-1999 |
| 23 | 7 | The Drama of Nommo, notes and clippings, circa 1972 |
| 23 | 8 | The Drama of Nommo, proof, 1972 |
| 24 | 1 | The Drama of Nommo, collected essays, typescripts, circa 1972 [1 of 2] |
| 24 | 2 | The Drama of Nommo, collected essays, typescripts, circa 1972 [2 of 2] |
| 24 | 3 | Kuntu Drama: Plays of the African Continuum, typescripts, circa 1972 |
| 24 | 4 | Moreno: Selected Stories, typescripts, no date |
| 24 | 5 | One Anonymous Mourning, early typescript, circa 1985 |
| 24 | 6 | One Anonymous Mourning, fragments and notes, circa 1985 |
| 24 | 7 | One Anonymous Mourning, typescript, 1985 [1 of 3] |
| 24 | 8 | One Anonymous Mourning, typescript, 1985 [2 of 3] |
| 25 | 1 | One Anonymous Mourning, typescript, 1985 [3 of 3] |
| 25 | 2 | Totem Voices: Plays from the Black World Repertory, foul matter, 1989 [1 of 3] |
| 25 | 3 | Totem Voices: Plays from the Black World Repertory, foul matter, 1989 [2 of 3] |
| 25 | 4 | Totem Voices: Plays from the Black World Repertory, foul matter, 1989 [3 of 3] |
| 25 | 5 | Totem Voices: Plays from the Black World Repertory, master proof, 1989 [1 of 4] |
| 25 | 6 | Totem Voices: Plays from the Black World Repertory, master proof, 1989 [2 of 4] |
| 25 | 7 | Totem Voices: Plays from the Black World Repertory, master proof, 1989 [3 of 4] |
| 25 | 8 | Totem Voices: Plays from the Black World Repertory, master proof, 1989 [4 of 4] |
| 26 | 1 | Totem Voices: Plays from the Black World Repertory, proof, 1989 [1 of 3] |
| 26 | 2 | Totem Voices: Plays from the Black World Repertory, proof, 1989 [2 of 3] |
| 26 | 3 | Totem Voices: Plays from the Black World Repertory, proof, 1989 [3 of 3] |
| 26 | 4 | Totem Voices: Plays from the Black World Repertory, proof of Ameri/Cain Gothic with author notes, 1989 |
| Other | ||
| 59 | 9 | Debate on Henry Louis Gates, 1999 |
| 26 | 5 | Essay and story ideas, typescripts and notes, circa 1960s-1970s |
| 26 | 6 | Eulogies, typescripts, 1993-2009 |
| 48 | 6 | Interview, "August Wilson in Conversation with Paul Carter Harrison, 1999 |
| 26 | 7 | Poetry, circa 1980s |
| 48 | 7 | Unidentified, no date |
| 26 | 8 | Unidentified panel notes on Black Theater, no date |
| 48 | 8 | Unidentified partial typescript, no date |
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