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Series I: Correspondence, 1952-1990, undated
Series V: Teaching, circa 1970-1981
Series VIII: Books From James's Library
Addition to the Papers, 2017

C. L. R. James papers, 1933-2001, bulk 1948-1989

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Series VI: Subject Files, 1952-1992

This series contains writings and printed material about James and various subjects as well as a few personal materials. Some of the printed material contained here has been annotated by James.

Subseries VI.1: About C.L.R. James, 1966-1992

Tributes to, and writings about, James comprise this subseries.


Box 24 Folder 1 Researching James, circa 1980s

Box 24 Folder 2 Writings--General, 1984-1993, undated

Box 24 Folder 3 Grimshaw, Anna--On C.L.R. James, 1991, 4 pamphlets

Box 24 Folder 4 Legacy of, in Against the Currents, 1991

Box 24 Folder 5 Journal, C. L. R. James, 1991, 1998

Box 24 Folder 6 Radical America--Special Issue, 1970 May

Box 24 Folder 7 Sancho, T. Anson--"C. L. R. The Man and His Work", undated

Tributes

Box 24 Folder 8 General, 1972-1993

Box 24 Folder 9 Addresses and Lectures, 1989-1990s

Box 24 Folder 10 Birthday--65th, 1966

Box 24 Folder 11 Institute--Proposal, 1982

Box 24 Folder 12 Oakland University--Honorary Degree, 1971

Box 24 Folder 13 University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA)--Celebration of Life, 1989

Box 24 Folder 14 University of West Indies--Symposium, 1971-1972

Box 24 Folder 15 University of West Indies--Tribute to a Scholar, circa 1990

Box 24 Folder 16 Urgent Tasks , 1981

Box 24 Folder 17 WBAI Memorial, circa 1990

Box 24 Folder 18 Wellesley College--Conference, 1991-1992

Subseries VI.2: Personal, 1952-1989

Some material in this series dates from James' time at Federal City College in the 1970s and is related to his employment and finances. Drafts of his will, obituaries and information regarding his funeral are also here. Legal briefs from James' struggles with the United States Immigration and Naturalization Service, and redacted photocopies of the FBI files on James and the Johnson-Forest Tendency are also here.

Box 24 Folder 19 General, circa 1970s

Box 24 Folder 20 Death--Funeral, 1989

Box 24 Folder 21 Death--Obituaries, 1989

Box 24 Folder 22 Ephemera, circa 1970s

Box 24 Folder 23 Federal City College--Employment, 1969-1977

Financial

Box 24 Folder 24 Banking and Income, 1976-1978

Box 24 Folder 25 Bills and receipts, 1970s

Box 24 Folder 26 Correspondence, 1976-1979

Box 24 Folder 27 Contracts, 1976

Box 24 Folder 28 Taxes, 1977-1979

Box 24 Folder 29 Will--Olive James (sister), 1977

Box 24 Folder 30 Notes and Addresses, circa 1970s

Box 24 Folder 31 Will--Drafts, circa 1980s

Legal

Box 24 Folder 32 Immigration--Legal Briefs, 1952-1953

Box 24 Folder 33 to 35 FBI Files--James--Redacted Photocopies, circa 1950s, 3 folders

Box 24 Folder 36 to 37 FBI Files, Johnson-Forest-- Redacted Photocopies, circa 1950s, 2 folders

Subseries VI.3: General, 1957-1986

Conference materials, and printed material regarding Caribbean and Africa countries primarily, comprise the bulk of this subseries.


Box 25 Folder 1 Africa, 1976-1978, undated

Box 25 Folder 2 African Elected Member's Organisation, 1957

Box 25 Folder 3 Black Manifesto, The Church's Response to, 1969

Box 25 Folder 4 Boggs, James, circa 1993

Box 25 Folder 5 Bookfair of Third World Radicals, 1982

Box 25 Folder 6 Caribbean, circa 1970s

Box 25 Folder 7 Caribbean--Frome Monymusk Land Company, 1974-1975

Box 25 Folder 8 Caribbean--Papers by others, 1974, undated

Conferences

Box 25 Folder 9 1970-1980

Box 25 Folder 10 Black National, 1972

Box 25 Folder 11 Black Power--1st Regional, 1969

Box 25 Folder 12 Caribbean Historians, 1975

Box 25 Folder 13 Caribbean Unity, 1967, 1972-1974, 1982

Box 25 Folder 14 Pan-African Conferences, circa 1970s, 1981

Box 25 Folder 15 Texas, University of--Austin, 1972

Box 25 Folder 16 Ghana, 1980, undated

Box 25 Folder 17 Guyana, 1975-1976, undated

Box 25 Folder 18 Henry's Citadelle--Paper, 1973

Box 25 Folder 19 Howard University, 1977, undated

Box 25 Folder 20 James, Selma, 1972-1994, undated

Box 25 Folder 21 Lamming, George, 1972, 1974

Box 25 Folder 22 Manley, Michael, undated

Box 25 Folder 23 New Beginning Movement, 1974, undated

Box 25 Folder 24 Nigeria--Draft Constitution, 1976-1977

Box 25 Folder 25 Oilfield Workers Trade Union, 1973, 1977

Box 25 Folder 26 Puerto Rico, 1976-1977

Box 25 Folder 27 Papua New Guinea, circa 1970s

Box 25 Folder 28 Race Today Collective--Carnival, 1977

Box 25 Folder 29 Quebec--Manifesto, 1970

Box 25 Folder 30 South Africa, 1977-1979

Box 25 Folder 31 Tanzania, 1968, undated

Box 25 Folder 32 Third World Book Review, 1985-1986

Box 25 Folder 33 Trinidad and Tobago--Constitution, 1962, 1972

Box 25 Folder 34 Trinidad and Tobago--Documents, 1965, 1972, 1977

Box 25 Folder 35 Unemployment--United States Senate Study, circa 1959

Box 25 Folder 36 Union of Revolutionary Organisations (URO), circa 1970s

Box 25 Folder 37 Zimbabwe, 1977-1979