Subseries 2.5
Compilations, 1970-1992
Boxes 53-54
Scope and Content Note
This subseries consists of material related to the two compilations Killens wrote and edited. Black Man's Burden (1970) is a collection of his essays; this material includes manuscripts, typescripts, galleys, and printed material. The material on Black Southern Voices (1992) demonstrates Killens's extensive involvement in conceiving of, editing, and arranging the anthology, which was published after his death. Material in these files includes rejected submissions, selection lists, and other documents related to the arrangement of the anthology. Several typescripts of Killens's introduction to the anthology are also located here.
Arrangement Note
Arranged by record type.
| Black Man's Burden (1970) | ||
| Box | Folder | Content |
|---|---|---|
| 53 | 2 | Typescript |
| 53 | 3 | Typescript, "Original Manuscript" |
| 53 | 4 | Typescript fragments |
| 53 | 5 | Book jackets |
| 53 | 6 | Book reviews |
| 53 | 7 | Excerpt from Negro Digest, August 1965 |
| 53 | 8 | Excerpts |
| 53 | 9 | Galley proof, 1965 |
| Black Southern Voices (1992) | ||
| 53 | 10 | Foreword, "Of Vision and Voice," typescript |
| 53 | 11 | Headnotes and biographical sketches, circa 1991 |
| 53 | 12 | Material request lists |
| 53 | 13 | Notes |
| 53 | 14 | Project proposals, typescripts |
| 53 | 15 | Rejected material, drama |
| 53 | 16 | Rejected material, fiction |
| 53 | 17 | Rejected material, non-fiction and critical essays |
| 54 | 1 | Rejected material, poetry |
| 54 | 2 | Selection lists, 1989 |
| 54 | 3 | Selections, critical essays |
| 54 | 4 | Selections, drama |
| 54 | 5 | Selections, fiction [1 of 2] |
| 54 | 6 | Selections, fiction [2 of 2] |
| 54 | 7 | Selections, non-fiction |
| 54 | 8 | Selections, poetry |
| 54 | 9 | Table of contents, 1989 |
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