Amiri Baraka papers, 1945-2015, bulk 1970s-2000s

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Series VII: Visual Art and Photographs, 1950-2007

This series includes visual art in a variety of mediums both made by Baraka and by others. The series is arranged by medium, with each medium grouping given its own particular arrangement. The photographs grouping has two arrangements, by date and alphabetical by subject. Included in the photographs are portraits of Baraka, as well as images of his family and personal acquaintances, readings and performances, and productions of his plays. The visual art grouping contains primarily art made by Baraka in several mediums, including paintings, ink and pencil sketches, and computer generated (MS Paint).


Photographs, 1950-2008


General, 1950-2005



Box 70 Folder 1 1950-1959


Box 70 Folder 2-3 1960-1969, (2 Folders)


Box 70 Folder 4-5 1970-1971, (2 Folders)


Box 70 Folder 6-7 1980-1989, (2 Folders)


Box 70 Folder 8-11 1990-1999, (4 Folders)


Box 70 Folder 12-15 2000-2005, (4 Folders)


Box 70 Folder 16-18 Undated, undated, (3 Folders)



Box 72 Folder 1 Undated, undated



Box 71 Folder 1-6 Undated, undated, (6 Folders)


Box 71 Folder 7 Air Force, 1955-1956


Box 71 Folder 8 "AB Roast", undated


Box 71 Folder 9 Abayomi, undated


Box 71 Folder 10 Album, undated


Box 71 Folder 11 American Academy of Arts and Letters Ceremony,", 2001


Box 71 Folder 12 Amiri Baraka 60th Birthday


Box 71 Folder 13 "Amiri Baraka & Allen Ginsberg", 1994


Box 71 Folder 14 "Amiri Baraka & May a Angelou at the Schomberg Center Dancing on Langston Hughes' Ashes,", undated


Box 71 Folder 15 "Amiri Baraka with Miguel Algarin", undated


Box 71 Folder 16 "Amiri Baraka & Sunny Murray at DC Space", 1989


Box 71 Folder 17 Berlin, 1994


Box 71 Folder 18 Berlin Jazz Festival, 1999


Box 71 Folder 19 "Black Arts Atlanta" Conference, 1994


Box 71 Folder 20 "Bumpy Slides,", 1991


Box 71 Folder 21 CAP, undated


Box 71 Folder 22 CFUN, undated


Box 71 Folder 23 Coltrane, John, 1959-1962


Box 71 Folder 24 Community Hospital, 2005


Box 71 Folder 25 Cuba, undated


Box 71 Folder 26 DNC, 1988


Box 71 Folder 27 Digging , 2008


Box 71 Folder 28 Finland, 2001


Box 71 Folder 29 Gertrude Kay, 1931


Box 71 Folder 30 Guelph Jazz Festival, 2004


Box 71 Folder 31 Grachan Moncur, 1987


Box 71 Folder 32 Harlem Book Fair, 2004


Box 71 Folder 33 Joe Lee Wilson, 2007


Box 71 Folder 34 Ken Gibson, 1970


Box 71 Folder 35 Kimako's Blues People, 1991


Box 71 Folder 36 LA/Oakland, Dominique", 2005


Box 71 Folder 37 Lampkin, Shayla, undated


Box 71 Folder 38 La Villette Jazz Festival, 1996


Box 71 Folder 39 Lisbon, undated


Box 71 Folder 40 Malcolm X, (1996)


Box 71 Folder 41 Meeting Lillie , undated


Box 71 Folder 42 Miles Davis, 1983


Box 71 Folder 43 Moncada 50th Anniversary, 2003


Box 71 Folder 44 National Black Touring Circuit, undated


Box 71 Folder 45 Negatives, 2003


Box 71 Folder 46 New Arkestra, 1998


Box 71 Folder 47 Nina Simone and Duma Ndlovu, 1985


Box 71 Folder 48 Orono Conference, 2000


Box 71 Folder 49 Ossie Davis, 1983


Box 71 Folder 50 Photo Album, 1971


Box 71 Folder 51 Police Assault on Amiri Baraka, 1979


Box 71 Folder 52 Promotional, by others, undated



Box 72 Folder 2 "Ras", undated


Box 72 Folder 3 Ras Baraka and Sista Souljah, 1990


Box 72 Folder 4 Ras Campaign, undated


Box 72 Folder 5 "Ras Set 01", 2001


Box 72 Folder 6 "Somebody Blew Up America" Rally, 2002


Box 72 Folder 7 Shani Funeral, 2003


Box 72 Folder 8 "Slide Order", undated


Box 72 Folder 9 Sonia Sanchez, undated


Box 72 Folder 10 Spirit House, 1970


Box 72 Folder 11 St. Louis, 2005


Box 72 Folder 12 "Tanzania", 1971


Box 72 Folder 13 What was the Relationship of the Lone Ranger to the Means of Production Rehearsals and Performances,, undated


Box 72 Folder 14 "William Carlos Williams & Son, Patterson", undated


Box 72 Folder 15 William Patterson College, 2002


Visual Art, 1979-2004


By Baraka, 1995-2004



Box 74 Folder 1-5 General, 1995-2004, (5 Folders)


Box 74 Folder 6 Shows, 2004



Box 75 Folder 1 Sketchbook, undated


By Others, 1979-2002



Box 74 Folder 7 General, 1989-2002


Box 74 Folder 8 M. Wagner, 1979-2001


Box 74 Folder 9 Portraits of Amiri Baraka, 1991-2002