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