KILLENS, JOHN OLIVER, 1916-1987.
John Oliver Killens papers > Personal papers

Series 8
Personal papers, 1934-1988
Boxes 124-126, OBV1-3

Scope and Content Note

This series contains biographical, legal, financial, and other personal material pertaining to Killens and his immediate family from 1934-1988. Promotional material, appearances, and legal agreements about Killens's novels, plays, and film adaptations are located here. Financial records consist largely of invoices from publishing companies. Killens's student and military service records can also be found here. Other material includes recommendations Killens wrote for students and acquaintances, appointment books, passports, datebooks and calendars, obituaries, and material related to his wife and children.

Arrangement Note

Arranged in alphabetical order.

Box Folder Content
124 1 Calendars, 1963-1980
124 2 Certificates, 1942-1985
124 3 Datebook, 1986
124 4 Dictionary of Literary Biography entry, 1981
124 5 Drawings [of Killens?]
124 6 Financial records, general
124 7 Financial records, Alfred A. Knopf
124 8 Financial records, Dial Press
124 9 Financial records, other publishers
124 10 Financial records, Wexler Brothers, 1959
124 11 Guggenheim applications, 1952-1989
124 12 Honorary Degree, State University of New York at Old Westbury, 1987
124 13 Killens, Barbara
124 14 Killens, Charlene
124 15 Killens, Jon Charles
124 16 Legal files, And Then We Heard the Thunder film rights, 1983-1988
124 17 Legal files, "Ballad for Bimshire," 1963
124 18 Legal files, Cotillion, 1975
124 19 Legal files, Youngblood film rights, Harry Belafonte, 1959-1961
124 20 Legal files, Youngblood ("Lower Than Angels") film rights, Wexler Brothers, 1955-1972 [1 of 2]
125 1 Legal files, Youngblood ("Lower Than Angels") film rights, Wexler Brothers, 1955-1972 [2 of 2]
125 2 Legal files, Youngblood ("Lower Than the Angels"), play adaptation, 1959-1961
125 3 Legal files, Youngblood, translation into Russian, 1958-1959
125 4 Lorraine Hansberry estate, 1972
125 5 Membership cards
125 6 National Labor Relations Board
125 7 Obituaries and tributes
125 8 Obituaries and tributes, "In Celebration of Our Long Distance Runner," January 16, 1988
125 9 Obituaries and tributes, John Oliver Killens Scholarship, circa June 1984
125 10 Passport application, 1961
125 11 Publicity, appearances, 1959-1987
125 12 Publicity, appearances, book party for Art Against Apartheid, 1984-1985
125 13 Publicity, And Then We Heard the Thunder, appearances
125 14 Publicity, And Then We Heard the Thunder, appearances, "Harlem Salutes John Oliver Killens," June 16, 1963
125 15 Publicity, And Then We Heard the Thunder, promotional
125 16 Publicity, And Then We Heard the Thunder, promotional, Harlem Writers Guild reception, January 20, 1963
125 17 Publicity, Black Man's Burden, appearances, Carnegie Endowment New Year's Party, January 2, 1966
126 1 Publicity, Black Man's Burden, promotional
126 2 Publicity, Cotillion (book), appearances
126 3 Publicity, Cotillion (play), promotional
126 4 Publicity, Great Black Russian, lecture series
126 5 Publicity, Great Black Russian, promotional
126 6 Publicity, Great Black Russian, solicited letters, 1983
126 7 Publicity, 'Sippi, promotional
OBV2 - Publicity, autograph book, Youngblood book party, 1954
126 8 Publicity, Youngblood, appearances
126 9 Publicity, Youngblood, appearances, republication parties, 1982
126 10 Publicity, Youngblood, promotional
126 11 Recommendation letters [1 of 2]
126 12 Recommendation letters [2 of 2]
126 13 Recommendation requests
126 14 Recommendation, Reid, Margaret, Rockefeller Foundation, 1986
126 15 Recommendations, Trice, Linda, 1969-1982
126 16 Resumes
OBV1 - Scrapbook, Howard University, 1971-1978
OBV3 - Scrapbook, Howard University, 1970s
126 17 Service records
126 18 Student records, Columbia University
126 19 Student records, Edward Waters College
126 20 Student records, Howard University
126 21 Student records, New York University
126 22 Student records, Robert H. Terrell Law School
126 23 Travel
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