Subseries 8.2
Events, 1950-2009
Box 188 - Box 193 (folder 19), 251; OP
78-84
Scope and Content Note
The subseries contains images of Alice Walker's international and domestic travels, attendance at literary and professional conferences and meetings, lectures, book signings, socio-political activism, and leisurely gatherings and vacations. Photographs of particular interest include Walker's trip to Helsinki, Finland, where she was a delegate for the World Festival of Youth and Students in 1962, her travels to Uganda and Kenya under the auspices of a Vermont based study abroad group entitled "The Experiment in International Living" in 1965, and a number of photos of Walker's travels to Africa during the 1990s as she was documenting female genital mutilation (FGM) in Africa for the documentary and book, Warrior Marks with Prabitha Parmar.
The subseries also contains numerous photographs relating to the various productions of The Color Purple, which include photos of Walker, Oprah Winfrey, Danny Glover, and Stephen Spielberg from the set of the film adaptation of The Color Purple and photos from the premieres of the film in Los Angeles and New York. There are also images of Walker attending the debut of the Broadway production of The Color Purple in Atlanta, Georgia.
Arrangement Note
Arranged in chronological order.
Box | Folder | Content |
---|---|---|
188 | 1 | Unidentified individuals, Juan Jil School in Mexico, (photographer unknown), undated |
188 | 2 | Unidentified individuals, at event in [Zapata, Texas], (photographer unknown), undated |
188 | 3 | Walker, Alice, Robert Allen, and others, vacation photos, (various photographs), undated |
188 | 4 | Walker, Alice and unidentified other at Sweet Heart Ball, (photographer unknown), [circa 1950s] |
188 | 5 | Walker, Alice and unidentified others, at the [World Festival of Youth and Students] in Helsinki, Finland and visit to Moscow, Russia, (photographer unknown), September 1962 |
188 | 6 | Walker, Alice and unidentified others, in Kenya for "The Experiment in International Living", (photographer unknown), [circa 1965] |
188 | 7 | Walker, Alice and unidentified others, in Uganda for "The Experiment in International Living", (photographer unknown), August 1965 |
188 | 8 | Walker, Alice and others, "Coffee with Judy" show, (photographer unknown), [circa 1970s] |
188 | 9 | Walker, Alice and others, unidentified event, (photographer unknown), [circa 1970s] [1 of 2] |
188 | 10 | Walker, Alice and others, unidentified event, (photographer unknown), [circa 1970s] [2 of 2] |
188 | 11 | Walker, Alice, Paule Marshall, Sonia Sanchez, and others, unidentified event, (photographer unknown), [circa 1970s] |
188 | 12 | Walker, Alice, John O. Killens, and others at a book party, (photographer unknown), [circa 1970s] |
188 | 13 | Walker, Alice, Lee G. Pugh, and others, Humanities Workshop at the University of Miami, (photographer unknown), July 6-16, 1971 |
188 | 14 | Walker, Alice, Audre Lorde, June Jordan, Lucille Clifton, and others, Phyllis Wheatly Conference in Jackson, Mississippi, (photographer unknown), 1973 |
188 | 15 | Walker, Alice and Rebecca Walker, on vacation in Jamaica, St. Johns, the Island of Cuba, and St. Thomas, (photographer unknown), July 1973 |
188 | 16 | Walker, Alice, Mary Helen Washington, and others, party for Mary Helen (photographer unknown), Spring 1975 |
188 | 17 | Walker, Alice and others, Yaddo [Residency] in Saratoga Springs, New York, (George Bolster, photographer), 1975 |
188 | 18 | Walker, Alice, Rebecca Walker, and others, "Having Fun" at Fire Island in Brookhaven, New York, (photographer unknown), July 15, 1978 |
188 | 19 | Walker, Alice, Robert Allen, and others, I Have Myself book party at Daphne's in San Francisco, (Nan Parks, photographer), [circa 1979] [1 of 2] |
188 | 20 | Walker, Alice, Robert Allen, and others, I Have Myself book party at Daphne's in San Francisco, (Nan Parks, photographer), [circa 1979] [2 of 2] |
188 | 21 | Walker, Alice, at a Reading for Good Night, Willie Lee, I'll See You in the Morning: Poems, (Lashaune Fitch, photographer), [circa 1979] |
188 | 22 | Walker, Alice, at Reading for I Love Myself When I am Laughing..and Then Again When I Am Looking Mean and Impressive: A Zora Neale Hurston Reader, (photographer unknown), [circa 1979] |
188 | 23 | Walker, Alice and others, Ujamaa Lounge Reception for One Child of One's Own, (Photographer unknown), March 8, 1979 |
188 | 24 | Walker, Alice, Kate Millet, Gloria Steinem, and others, unidentified event, (photographer unknown), [circa late 1970s/1980s] |
188 | 25 | Walker, Alice and unidentified others, at parade in unknown location, (photographer unknown), [circa late 1970s/1980s] |
188 | 26 | Walker, Alice, Robert Allen, and others, at Spelman College in Atlanta, Georgia, (photographer unknown), [circa 1980s] |
188 | 27 | Walker, Alice, Robert Allen, unidentified awards ceremony, (Mark Castantini, photographer), [circa 1980s] |
188 | 28 | Walker, Alice and unidentified other, unidentified event, (Sara Krulwich, photographer), [circa 1980s] |
188 | 29 | Walker, Alice and others, at [book signing], (photographer unknown), [circa 1980s] |
188 | 30 | Walker, Alice, Daniel Ortega, and others, in Nicaragua, (Unid de Fotogratia), [circa 1980s] |
189 | 1 | Walker, Alice, Angela Davis, and Maxine Waters, Winnie Mandela Concert, (Sean Reynolds, photographer), [circa 1980s] |
189 | 2 | Walker, Alice and Robert Allen, [at reading for Horses Make the Landscape More Beautiful] (Lynda Koolish, photographer), [circa 1980s] |
189 | 3 | Walker, Alice, [at reading for The Color Purple], (Linda Koolish, photographer), [circa 1980s] |
189 | 4 | Walker, Alice, undentified event, (photographer unknown), [circa 1980s] |
189 | 5 | Walker, Alice, Belvie Rooks, and others, Spelman College, Atlanta, Georgia, (photographer unknown), [circa 1980s] |
189 | 6 | Walker, Alice and unidentified others, lecture on Zora Neale Hurston at Spelman College in Atlanta, Georgia, (photographer unknown), [circa 1980] |
189 | 7 | Walker, Alice, Ruth Walker, and unidentified others, at "Welcome Home" Ceremony sponsored by the Legion, (photographer unknown), April 1980 |
189 | 8 | Walker, Alice, Lynn Ballard, and others, Black Women's Forum in [Houston, Texas], November 17th, [1980] |
189 | 9 | Walker, Alice, Tillie Olsen, and others, [an outdoor reading], (photographer unknown), [1981] |
189 | 10 | Walker, Alice, 2nd Annual Women's Cultural Festival near Yosemite, California, (photographer unknown), September, 1981 |
OP3 | 7 | Walker, Alice and Ernest Gaines, at a book party for The Color Purple, (Kaz Tsuruta, photographer), 1982 |
189 | 11 | Walker, Alice, Joyce Wellman, and others, at book signing for the Color Purple in Washington, D.C., (Sharon C. Farmer, photographer), 1982 |
189 | 12 | Walker, Alice, Mary Helen Washington, and others, Color Purple book party, (photographer unknown), October 1982 |
189 | 13 | Walker, Alice, Rebecca Walker, and others, National Book Awards, (Donna Cesare and Nancy Crampton, photographers), [1983] |
189 | 14 | Walker, Alice, Tillie Olsen, Paule Marshall, and others, Trip to China, (photographer unknown), 1983 [1 of 2] |
189 | 15 | Walker, Alice, Tillie Olsen, Paule Marshall, and others, Trip to China, (photographer unknown), 1983 [2 of 2] |
189 | 16 | Walker, Alice, Reading at San Francisco County Jail, (Gary Wong, photographer), December 14, 1983 |
189 | 17 | Walker, Alice, Barbara Christian, Mary Helen Washington,and Paule Marshall, "The Sisterhood" at a reception at the University of California at Berkeley, (Ron Delany, photographer), [1984] |
189 | 18 | Walker, Alice, Robert Allen, and others, [Trip to England], (photographer unknown), [1985] |
190 | 1 | Walker, Alice, Oprah Winfrey, Steven Spielberg, and others, set of the film The Color Purple, (photographer unknown), [1985] |
OP3 | 8 | Walker, Alice, on the set of The Color Purple, (Gordon Parks, photographer), Summer 1985 |
OP3 | 9 | Set of The Color Purple, (photographer unknown), [1985] |
190 | 2 | Walker, Alice, at reading in Albuquerque, New Mexico, (Margaret Randall, photographer), 1985 |
190 | 3 | Walker, Alice, Robert Allen, and others, at L.A. Premiere of The Color Purple, (photographer unknown), 1985 |
190 | 4 | Walker, Alice and Robert Allen, trip to Sedona, Arizona, (photographer unknown), March 1985 |
190 | 5 | Walker, Alice, Susan Griffin, Maya Angelou, and others, at Anti-Apartheid demonstration at the University of California Berkeley, (photographer unknown), July 11, 1985 |
190 | 6 | Walker, Alice, at Art Pocket Book event in New York, (photographer unknown), October 7, 1985 |
190 | 7 | Walker, Alice, Rebecca Walker, and Robert Allen, New York Premiere of The Color Purple, (photographer unknown), December 11, 1985 |
190 | 8 | Walker, Alice and Robert Allen, Trip to Bali, (photographer unknown), 1986 |
190 | 9 | Walker, Alice, Robert Allen, and other, Color Purple event, (photographer unknown), February 1986 |
190 | 10 | Dapne, David, Anya, and others, unidentified event, (photographer unknown), July 1986 |
190 | 11 | Zenaida, Christian, Ruth and Lisa, Prison Inmate Theatre Program, (photographer unknown), August 1986 |
190 | 12 | Walker, Alice and Tonya Richardson, Sisterfire in Atlanta, Georgia, [circa 1987] |
190 | 13 | Walker, Alice, Julius E. Coles, and Sweet Honey in the Rock, and others, at Sisterfire in Atlanta, Georgia, (photographers unknown), [1987] |
190 | 14 | Walker, Alice, Sandra Shelton, and others, Sisterfire in Atlanta, Georgia, (photographer unknown), [circa 1987] |
190 | 15 | Walker, Alice, at Sisterfire in Atlanta, Georgia, (photographer unknown), [circa 1987] |
190 | 16 | Walker, Alice, Rebecca Walker, and others, visit to Yalape, Mexico, (photographer unknown), 1987 |
190 | 17 | Walker, Alice, Jesse Jackson, and others, "Free South Africa" Movement Rally in Los Angeles, (photographer unknown), [1987] |
190 | 18 | Walker, Alice, Robert Allen, and others, on the way to a book party for Septima Clark at Oakland Museum, (photographer unknown), February 1987 |
190 | 19 | Walker, Ruth and others, the Color Purple Ball, (photographer unknown), May 25, 1987 |
190 | 20 | Walker, Alice, Robert Allen, and others, Port Chicago Protest Rally in Concord, Chicago,(Jon McNally and Belvie Rooks, photographer), June 12, 1987 |
OP3 | 10 | Walker, Alice, and Robert Allen, Port Chicago Protest Rally in Concord, Chicago, (photographer unknown), June 12, 1987 |
191 | 1 | Walker, Alice, Robert Allen, and others, Visit to Jung's Retreat in Bolligen, Switzerland, (Robert Allen, photographer), Spring 1987 |
191 | 2 | Walker, Alice, Jesse Jackson, and others, Jesse Jackson Presidential Campaign in Mendocino, California, (photographer unknown), Spring 1988 |
191 | 3 | Walker, Alice, Catherine Deeter, and others, at the To Hell with Dying book party at Exploratorium in San Francisco, (photographer unknown), May 14, 1988 |
191 | 4 | Walker, Alice, Tom Files, and Jesse Jackson at Mendocino High School in Mendocino, California, (photographer unknown), May 14, 1988 |
191 | 5 | Walker, Alice, Mamie Walker, and other, "Mamie's Visit," (photographer unknown), June 1988 |
191 | 6 | Walker, Alice, Ester Hernandez, and Robert Allen, Ester's Opening, (photographer unknown), June 1988 |
191 | 7 | Walker, Alice, Rebecca Walker, and Robert Allen, visit to [England/Ireland], (photographer unknown), [circa 1989] |
191 | 8 | Walker, Alice and unidentified others, Book signing at Charis Bookstore in Atlanta, Georgia, (photographer unknown), May 1989 |
191 | 9 | Walker, Alice, Jesse Jackson, June Jordan, and others, Nora Astoraga Leadership Awards Dinner in New York City, (photographer unknown), October 1989 |
191 | 10 | Walker, Alice, Maria Anastasopulon, [event at University of Athens, Greece], (photographer unknown), November 17, 1989 |
191 | 11 | Walker, Alice and Robert Allen, in Santa Fe, New Mexico, (photographer unknown), [circa late 1980s, early 1990s] |
OP3 | 11 | Walker, Alice, Robert Allen, and unidentified others, at an unidentified [conference], (photographer unknown), [circa 1990s] |
191 | 12 | Walker, Alice and Pratibha Parmar, [unknown panel], (Benham Studio Gallery, photographer), [circa 1990s] |
191 | 13 | Walker, Alice, Susan Griffin, and Maxine Hong Kingston, University of California at Berkeley, (photographer unknown), [circa 1990s] |
191 | 14 | Walker, Alice, Michigan Women's Music Festival, (photographer unknown), [circa 1990s] |
191 | 15 | Walker, Alice, Howard Zinn, and others, (Jean Weisinger, photographer), [circa 1990s] |
191 | 16 | Walker, Alice and B.B. King, "Arsenio Hall Show," (photographer unknown), [circa 1990s] |
191 | 17 | Walker, Alice, Robert Allen, Book signing at unknown location, (Susan J. Ross, photographer), [circa 1990s] |
191 | 18 | Walker, Alice, and others, Group Discussion, (A. Navitel, photographer), [circa 1990s] |
191 | 19 | Walker, Alice, William Poy, and others, [Trip to Mexico], (photographer unknown), [circa 1990s] |
191 | 20 | Walker, Alice, Tracy Chapman, and others, Yosemite National Park in California, (photographer unknown), [circa 1990s] |
191 | 21 | Walker, Alice, Robert Allen, and others, (photographer unknown), [circa 1990s] |
191 | 22 | Walker, Alice and others, [book signing], (photographer unknown), [circa 1990s] |
191 | 23 | Walker, Alice, Zelie Duvauchelle, and others, Ke Nani Kai Resort in Molokai, Hawaii, (photographer unknown), [circa 1990s] |
191 | 24 | Walker, Alice, Robert Allen, and other, Trip to [Mexico], (photographer unknown), [circa 1990s] |
191 | 25 | Walker, Alice, Rosa Parks, Ruby Dee, and others, at the Zora Neale Hurston Festival of the Arts, Eatonville, Florida, (photographer unknown), January 25-28, 1990 |
191 | 26 | Walker, Alice, Robert Allen, and others, HueMan store benefit dinner at Denver Public Library, Denver, Colorado, (David Naylor, photographer), April 7, 1990 |
191 | 27 | Walker, Alice, Robert Allen, Sonia Sanchez, and others, Women's International League for Peace and Freedom Dinner, in Philadelphia, (photographer unknown), May 8, 1990 |
191 | 28 | Walker, Alice, Borders Bookstore reading with Gwendolyn Brooks for Black Writers Conference, (photographer unknown), October 20, [1990?] |
191 | 29 | Walker, Alice, and others, Civil Rights Memorial in Montgomery, Alabama, (Book & Wings Bookplace, photographer), April 18, 1991 |
OP3 | 12 | Walker, Alice, at the "Risin' Up Live" Concert in Berkeley, California, (Jean Weisinger, photographer), April 1992 |
191 | 30 | Walker, Alice, Deborah Matthews, and others, Possessing the Secret of Joy program in London, (photographer unknown), October 1992 |
191 | 31 | Walker, Alice and others, in [Senegal, West Africa], (photographer unknown), November 1992 |
191 | 32 | Walker, Alice, and Marlon Riggs, at Frederick Douglass Awards at Lake Merritt Park Boathouse, (photographer unknown), November 15, 1992 |
191 | 33 | Walker, Alice and unknown others, unknown event, (photographer unknown), May 1993 |
191 | 34 | Walker, Alice, Tracy Chapman, and others, Alice Walker's 50th Birthday Party at Khan Toke Restaurant in San Francisco, (photographer unknown), February 9, 1994 |
191 | 35 | Patterson, Louise Thompson, Jean Weisinger, and unidentified other, at Louise Thompson Patterson's 93rd Birthday Celebration, (Jean Weisinger, photographer), September 1994 |
191 | 36 | Walker, Alice, Dr. Johnetta B. Cole, and others, Spelman College Commencement and Honorary Degree Ceremony, (Bud Smith, photographer), May 22, 1995 |
191 | 37 | Walker, Alice, Fidel Castro, Angela Davis, and others, Palace de la Revolution in Havana, Cuba, (Companera, photographer), September 1995 |
191 | 38 | Walker, Alice and Haki Madhubuti, National Black Writers Conference at Chicago State University, (photographer unknown), October 21, 1995 |
191 | 39 | Walker, Alice and unidentified individual, at the Book Passage, Corte Madera, California, (photographer unknown), 1996 |
191 | 40 | Walker, Alice, Women and Children First book signing in Chicago, (photographer unknown), February 21, 1996 |
192 | 1 | Walker, Alice and others, in [Ghana], (Pratibha Parmar, photographer), April, 1996 |
192 | 2 | Walker, Alice, Robert Allen, and others, San Francisco Bay Book Festival, (Najib Joe Hakim, photographer), November 2, 1996 |
192 | 3 | Walker, Alice and others, "The Moment of Birth"/Birth of Godson, (photographer unknown), December 17, 1996 |
192 | 4 | Walker, Alice and Zelie Duvauchelle, at the Drum Conference in Sausalito, (photographer unknown), 1997 |
192 | 5 | Boke, Sophia and others, Circumcision and Female Genital Mutiliation Initiation, (Julius?, photographer), [1997] |
192 | 6 | Walker, Alice, Pratibha Parmar, and others, Trip to Grand Canyon/"Running the Colorado," (photographer unknown), 1997 |
192 | 7 | Davis, Angela, Gloria Steinem, and others, at Foundations for a Compassionate Society Conference, (Jane Steig Parson, photographer), 1997 |
192 | 8 | Walker, Alice and June Jordan, National Black Gay and Lesbian Forum in Long Beach, California, (photographer unknown), February 1997 |
192 | 9 | Walker, Alice and others, Park Institute Center for Spirituality, New Orleans, Louisiana, (photographer unknown), April 24, 1997 |
192 | 10 | Walker, Alice, Ruth Walker, and others, Agnes Scott College Commencement, (photographer unknown), May 1997 |
192 | 11 | Walker, Alice, Johnnetta B. Cole, Rudolph Byrd, and others, Charter Ceremony for the Alice Walker Literary Society at Spelman College in Atlanta, Georgia, (Susan Ross, photographer unknown), May 17, 1997 [1 of 3] |
192 | 12 | Walker, Alice, Johnnetta B. Cole, Rudolph Byrd, and others, Charter Ceremony for the Alice Walker Literary Society at Spelman College in Atlanta, Georgia, (Susan Ross, photographer unknown), May 17, 1997 [2 of 3] |
192 | 13 | Walker, Alice, Johnnetta B. Cole, Rudolph Byrd, and others, Charter Ceremony for the Alice Walker Literary Society at Spelman College in Atlanta, Georgia, (Susan Ross, photographer unknown), May 17, 1997 [3 of 3] |
192 | 14 | Walker, Alice, Gloria Steinem, and others, Ms. Foundation 25th Anniversary, New York City, (Jennifer Warburg, photographer), May 29, 1997 |
192 | 15 | Walker, Alice and others, Tubman Museum Award Ceremony in Macon, Georgia, (Chi Ezekwueche, photographer), October 24, 1997 |
192 | 16 | Walker, Alice, Jill Nuvakavna, and others at University of Hawaii (photographer unknown), March 11, 1998 |
192 | 17 | Walker, Alice, Provost Lou Ann K. Simons, event at the Presidents home at Michigan State University, (photographer unknown), March 31, 1998 |
192 | 18 | Walker, Alice and unidentified person, Bioneers Conference, (Jan Mangan, photographer), October 2000 |
192 | 19 | Walker, Alice and Hyun Kyung Chung, at reading for Absolute Trust in the Goodness of the Earth, (photographer unknown), [circa 2000s] |
192 | 20 | Walker, Alice and others, Midwives Conference in Florida, (photographers unknown), [circa 2000s] |
192 | 21 | Walker, Alice and Tavis Smiley, Tavis Smiley Show, (PhotoVision Inc., photographer), [circa 2000s] |
192 | 22 | Walker, Alice, Rudolph Byrd, Randall Burkett, and others, at Carter Center in Atlanta, Georgia, (photographer unknown), [circa 2000s] |
192 | 23 | Walker, Alice, Gloria Steinem, and others, unidentified event, (Jenny Warburg, photographer), [circa 2000s] |
192 | 24 | Walker, Alice, Zelie, and others, "The Cleanse" in Hawaii, (photographer unknown), [circa 2000s] |
192 | 25 | Walker, Alice and unidentified others, at Reading in Atlanta, Georgia, (photographer unknown), [circa 2000s] |
193 | 1 | Walker, Zelie and others, Trip to Amazon, (photographer unknown), May 2000 |
193 | 2 | Walker, Alice, Danny Glover, and others, "Justice Not Vengeance" Rally in California, (photographer unknown), 2001 |
193 | 3 | Walker, Alice and others, QAF Conference in San Francisco, (Lieve Shelling, photographer), June 2001 |
193 | 4 | Unidentified protestors, Rally Against War in Iraq, (photographer unknown), October 2001 |
193 | 5 | Walker, Alice and Others, The Langston Hughes: International Symposium and Celebration of the Birth of Langston Hughes Centennial in Lawrence, Kansas, (Aaron Paden, photographer), January 2, 2002 |
OP3 | 13 | Walker, Alice, at book signing in [Lawrence, Kansas], (Shakira Jackson, photographer), January/February 2002 |
193 | 6 | Walker, Alice and Valerie Boyd, Zora Hurston Salon in Berkeley, California, (photographer unknown), February 8, 2002 |
193 | 7 | Walker, Alice and others, Japanese Speaking Tour, (Iris Nelson, photographer), 2003 |
193 | 8 | Unidentified Protestors, Mass march and Rally to "Stop the War On Iraq" (photographer unknown), February 16, 2003 |
193 | 9 | Walker, Alice, Tessa Watt, and others, Lecture/Reading at Brentwood School, (photographer unknown), December 9, 2003 |
193 | 10 | Walker, Alice, Hyung Kyun, and others, Trip to Korea, (photographer unknown), June 2004 |
193 | 11 | Walker, Alice, Women's Council, and William Lee, Atlanta, Georgia, (photographer unknown), September 2004 |
193 | 12 | Walker, Alice, Evelyn White, and others, opening of the musical The Color Purple in Atlanta, Georgia, (photographer unknown), September 23, 2004 |
193 | 13 | Walker, Fred, Bobby Walker, and others, Walker Family Reunion, (photographer unknown), July 2, 2005 |
193 | 14 | Walker, Alice, Rudolph Byrd, and others, Solstice Party, (photographer unknown), December 2005 |
193 | 15 | Walker, Alice, Rudolph Byrd, Beverly Guy-Sheftall, and others, New York Premiere of The Color Purple, December 1, 2005 |
193 | 16 | Walker, Alice and others, Sangha! Gathering, (photographer unknown), 2006 |
193 | 17 | Walker, Alice, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Maria Shriver, and others, California Hall of Fame Ceremony, (photographer unknown), 2007 |
193 | 18 | Walker, Alice, Martin Luther King Convocation at the University of California at Santa Cruz, (photographer unknown), January 2007 |
193 | 19 | Walker, Alice and unidentified others, reburial of Sallie Montgomery Walker, (photographer unknown), September 20, 2007 |
251 | 16 | Walker, Alice and others, Mu Sacred Union Ceremony, Temple Jook, Philo, California, (photographer unknown) June 30, 2007 [includes invitation] |
251 | 17 | Walker, Alice at Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, (Susan J Ross photographer), April 2009 |