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Series 1: Cultural Correspondence
Series II: C.L.R. James Institute
Series V: Printed Material

C.L.R. James Institute records, 1932-2003, bulk 1983-1999

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Series IV: Digital Files

Subseries IV.1: Laptops


Box 40 IBM ThinkPads (2), with power cords

Subseries IV.2: Hard Drives

Box 40 Western Digital 100AA IDE Hard Drive

Box 40 Western Digital Cavair 1210 AT Compatible Intelligent Drive, 1210

Subseries IV.3: Floppies 5.25"


Box 41 Floppy Disk 1 Reader 123 CLRJ by Anna, 5/90 Maxell 5.25" Mini-Floppy, 5/90

Box 41 Floppy Disk 2 Reader 4&5 CLRJ by Anna, 5/90 Maxell 5.25" Mini-Floppy, 5/90

Box 41 Floppy Disk 3 Reader 1 small parts Maxell 5.25" Mini-Floppy

Box 41 Floppy Disk 4 Reader 1/91 (1 of 3) Maxell 5.25" Mini-Floppy, 1/91

Box 41 Floppy Disk 5 Reader 1/91 (3 of 3) Ms Word 4.0 Maxell 5.25" Mini-Floppy, 1/91

Box 41 Floppy Disk 6 Reader 1/91 (2 of 3) Ms Word 4.0 Maxell 5.25" Mini-Floppy, 1/91

Box 41 Floppy Disk 7 Reader 1 backup Maxell 5.25" Mini-Floppy

Box 41 Floppy Disk 8 No 2: F.1.2 Reader 4/25/1991 Maxell 5.25" Mini-Floppy, 4/25/1991

Box 41 Floppy Disk 9 F: 6/10/1991\typeset; 6/10/1991\Nello Maxell 5.25" Mini-Floppy

Box 41 Floppy Disk 10 3. F 1.2 ANNAPAM "combining 3" Maxell 5.25" Mini-Floppy

Box 41 Floppy Disk 11 Anna Paper Backups; Papers 4567 & Letters; Papers K.Comboof. Maxell 5.25" Mini-Floppy, 4567

Box 41 Floppy Disk 12 A:\Anna 4 tagged files (got POP 101 and POP 104 from here) Maxell 5.25" Mini-Floppy

Box 41 Floppy Disk 13 16. Anna & Keith only ("I got popudear.doc & afhpamph.doc 12/90 version from here!") Maxell 5.25" Mini-Floppy, 12/90

Box 41 Floppy Disk 14 9. 4/23/91 List:\Anna; :\Annapam (SFHPAMPH.* inc DOC copied from here to C:\JINST") Maxell 5.25" Mini-Floppy, 4/23/91

Box 41 Floppy Disk 15 13. F1.2.\Anna 2/3/91 ("\Anna has popudem.doc and sfhpamph.doc but cannot be copied as read only") Maxell 5.25" Mini-Floppy, 2/3/91

Box 41 Floppy Disk 16 12. 4/23/91: CLJRI; pages; 570k ent. Maxell 5.25" Mini-Floppy

Box 41 Floppy Disk 17 5. \MYPAM 4/23/91. Maxell 5.25" Mini-Floppy

Box 41 Floppy Disk 18 F1.2 See 8/12/91 xtree. 8/12/backup/91\PAMFOUR. Maxell 5.25" Mini-Floppy, 8/12/91

Box 41 Floppy Disk 19 Oct 4, 1990 \nello. Maxell 5.25" Mini-Floppy, 1990

Box 41 Floppy Disk 20 10. MYPAM (with list of files). Maxell 5.25" Mini-Floppy

Box 41 Floppy Disk 21 August 91 backup see xtree 8/12/91. Maxell 5.25" Mini-Floppy

Box 41 Floppy Disk 22 Symphony.DAC:Archive + Appendix Verbatim 5.25" Minidisk

Box 41 Floppy Disk 23 Reader.DCA Disk -- 3rd movement. Verbatim 5.25" Minidisk

Box 41 Floppy Disk 24 Keith 11/90 (with list of files) Maxell 5.25" Mini-Floppy, 11/90

Box 41 Floppy Disk 25 Pamphlet.dca; Boundary.dca*. Verbatim 5.25" Minidisk

Box 41 Floppy Disk 26 \nello 6/90. Maxell 5.25" Mini-Floppy

Box 41 Floppy Disk 27 F \Reader 6/5/91. Maxell 5.25" Mini-Floppy

Box 41 Floppy Disk 28 Problems solved 123. Verbatim 5.25" Minidisk

Box 41 Floppy Disk 29 F1.2 WP51 #4. Maxell 5.25" Mini-Floppy

Box 41 Floppy Disk 30 F1.2 WP51 1 of 3. Maxell 5.25" Mini-Floppy

Box 41 Floppy Disk 31 F1.2 WP51 2 of 3. Maxell 5.25" Mini-Floppy

Box 41 Floppy Disk 32 F1.2 WP51 3 of 3. Maxell 5.25" Mini-Floppy

Box 41 Floppy Disk 33 F1.2 WP51/Program 1

Box 41 Floppy Disk 34 F1.2 WP5

Box 41 Floppy Disk 35 F.2 WP51 Program 2

Box 41 Floppy Disk 36 PC File Version 7 Buttonware. Disk One

Box 41 Floppy Disk 37 PC File Version 7 Buttonware. Disk Two

Box 41 Floppy Disk 38 PC File Version 7 Buttonware. Disk Three

Box 41 Floppy Disk 39 F1.2 \Spinrite. Maxell 5.25" Mini-Floppy

Box 41 Floppy Disk 40 NEC printer Support

Box 41 Floppy Disk 41-44 Ehrhardt Installation Program (4 floppies)

Box 41 Floppy Disk 45-46 DB for Windows Disks 1 & 2

Box 41 Floppy Disk 47 Utilities 1 a: setup First Disk Word 5

Box 41 Floppy Disk 48-50 Program 1 Word 5 (4 Floppy Disks)

Box 41 Floppy Disk 51-52 Word 5. Printer (2 Floppy Disks)

Box 41 Floppy Disk 53 Word 5. Thesaurus

Box 41 Floppy Disk 54 Word 5. Spell

Box 41 Floppy Disk 55 Word 5. Util/Printer

Box 41 Floppy Disk 56-61 Word 4.0 Verbatim (6 disks)

Box 41 Floppy Disk 62 WTPRO


Box 42 Floppy Disk 1 PC File Disk 1

Box 42 Floppy Disk 2 PC File Disk 2

Box 42 Floppy Disk 3 F1.2 DOS backup

Box 42 Floppy Disk 4 F1.2 backup 8/91 ("letters" and "The book"), 8/91

Box 42 Floppy Disk 5 F1.2 \struggle

Box 42 Floppy Disk 6 F1.2 \David; \ESTA; \Katibu; \Martha; \Melissa; \Tracy

Box 42 Floppy Disk 7 For Jim/SRM Americiv

Box 42 Floppy Disk 8 F1.2 3/5/89: screenfonts 24 .W1D Tables

Box 42 Floppy Disk 9 F1.2 AA20.SFL; AA28.SFL; AA48.SFL; AB20.SFL

Box 42 Floppy Disk 10 \Maillist 6/5/91; \CLRJI

Box 42 Floppy Disk 11-14 PC Tools 5.5 (4 floppies)

Box 42 Floppy Disk 15-20 VP 3.0 disks (1-7, 6 missing)

Box 42 Floppy Disk 21-32 VP disks (1-11) Old

Box 42 Floppy Disk 33-36 Ventura. Old

Box 42 Floppy Disk 37-40 Windows

Box 42 Floppy Disk 41-42 WordPerfect. Printer disks

Box 42 Floppy Disk 43-44 WordPerfect. Printer disks. "New WP"

Box 42 Floppy Disk 45-48 DOS disks

Box 42 Floppy Disk 49 DOS Show Partner

Box 42 Floppy Disk 50 DOS Paintbrush

Box 42 Floppy Disk 51 ProKey 4.0

Box 42 Floppy Disk 52-53 PC File+

Box 42 Floppy Disk 54 Verbatim: Papers 1.DCA; Papers 2.DCA

Box 42 Floppy Disk 55-56 Word 3.1

Box 42 Floppy Disk 57 F1.2 Sys Disk

Box 42 Floppy Disk 58 System Disk XTPRO

Box 42 Floppy Disk 59 Verbatim, 5/18

Box 42 Floppy Disk 60-61 Verbatim (2 disks)

Box 42 Floppy Disk 62 Tornado Notes

Box 42 Floppy Disk 63 Pub Power with Ventura

Box 42 Floppy Disk 64 Direct Access Citibank

Box 42 Floppy Disk 65 DOS Sampler

Box 42 Floppy Disk 66 "Ref-2"

Box 42 Floppy Disk 67-69 Kodak Diskette

Box 42 Floppy Disk 70 VP Saddle

Box 42 Floppy Disk 71 WordPerfect

Box 42 Floppy Disk 72 WP 1

Box 42 Floppy Disk 73 All Hands WP 3

Box 42 Floppy Disk 74 Microsoft Mouse

Box 42 Floppy Disk 75 Demo, Soft Switch and CNTLD Files

Box 42 Floppy Disk 76-82 Bitstream

Box 42 Floppy Disk 83 GW Basic

Box 42 Floppy Disk 84-93 WordPerfecct, 1988

Box 42 Floppy Disk 94-106 VP1-13

Box 42 Floppy Disk 107 Martha for And Then 90 2/12/89 version, 2/12/89

Box 42 Floppy Disk 108 CD Sp, 1990

Box 42 Floppy Disk 109 WP51 \Seth; \Landy, etc.

Box 42 Floppy Disk 110 F1.2 Backup 5/90 UST, 5/90

Box 42 Floppy Disk 111 F1.2 Backup Clients, 3/90

Box 42 Floppy Disk 112 \Anna; \Judith;\Kramer;\Melissa, etc.

Box 42 Floppy Disk 113 Sakolsky BIOS. RS

Box 42 Floppy Disk 114 \letters 89, 90; \Martha;\Poetry; etc.

Box 42 Floppy Disk 115 Allfront & Table

Box 42 Floppy Disk 116 Unrepvoi.D88

Box 42 Floppy Disk 117 F1.2 6/90 And then 9 Backup, 6/90

Box 42 Floppy Disk 118 PCF\Maillist Backup#1, 5/21/87

Box 42 Floppy Disk 119 Maillist#4 Backup, 5/21/87

Box 42 Floppy Disk 120 Backup 5/21/87 PCF\Archive, 5/21/87

Box 42 Floppy Disk 121 Backup of PCF Maillist, 3/31/87

Box 42 Floppy Disk 122 Maillist#4 Backup, 3/30/87

Box 42 Floppy Disk 123 Brochure Pearls, 6/91

Box 42 Floppy Disk 124 \Quickens \XTPRO

Box 42 Floppy Disk 125 Backup of labels

Box 42 Floppy Disk 126 F360 maillist, masterlist, subjlist

Box 42 Floppy Disk 127 F1.2 8/91 \struggle; \PLG, 8/91

Box 42 Floppy Disk 128 \Esta 3/91; maillist; ESTA work, 2/92

Box 42 Floppy Disk 129 All ESTA 11/90 (with printout list of contents), 11/90

Box 42 Floppy Disk 130 Backup, 12/30/89

Box 42 Floppy Disk 131 F1.2 Procite files-all

Box 42 Floppy Disk 132 WordPerfect 2

Box 42 Floppy Disk 133 F1.2 Archive & cc backup

Box 42 Floppy Disk 134 F1.2 BCd 28-

Box 42 Floppy Disk 135 F 108RD\EDIT\*.doc

Box 42 Floppy Disk 136 EGA (copied to 386 8/91)

Box 42 Floppy Disk 137 \JL backup 7/89; \nello (with printout of list)

Box 42 Floppy Disk 138 22: \WPCCE; (377); \Jimlong; \CCActive; (185); \Notes

Box 42 Floppy Disk 139 \Lake; \Jim; \Poetry; \Lake; \ccandme, 6/90

Box 42 Floppy Disk 140 F1.2 Backup:\Jim (notes), 4/18/90

Box 42 Floppy Disk 141 Backup \lake, 12/30/89

Box 42 Floppy Disk 142 Aug 91 backup of 286 \business, JL, letters, me, movement, Norton

Box 42 Floppy Disk 143 F 8/91 \society from 286; 10/4/90 \society 600k, 8/91, 10/4/90

Box 42 Floppy Disk 144 loord\edit\*.doc

Box 42 Floppy Disk 145 \JL 6/80; \maillist

Box 42 Floppy Disk 146-155 Word 4.0


Box 43 Floppy Disk 1 PC File 6.5 (2 floppies)

Box 43 Floppy Disk 2 PC File 6.5 all

Box 43 Floppy Disk 3 Unidentified

Box 43 Floppy Disk 4 SKPLUS "May not need"

Box 43 Floppy Disk 5 F Word\Edit\*.doc; 4 WP/4

Box 43 Floppy Disk 6 VP 3.0 Disk 6

Box 43 Floppy Disk 7 F1.2

Box 43 Floppy Disk 8 DOS Disk Copy 1

Box 43 Floppy Disk 9 DOS 3.2 1 of 2

Box 43 Floppy Disk 10 DOS Disk Copy 2

Box 43 Floppy Disk 11 DOS Copy as per p.44

Box 43 Floppy Disk 12 Word 4 learning ADV mouse

Box 43 Floppy Disk 13 F

Box 43 Floppy Disk 14 CLRJI 5 Thurs eve

Box 43 Floppy Disk 15 F1.2 BEZ; CLRJI 4 Wed night

Box 43 Floppy Disk 16 Printer (WP)

Box 43 Floppy Disk 17 WP Printer 2

Box 43 Floppy Disk 18 *.pbd Word

Box 43 Floppy Disk 19 3 formatted, 10/20

Box 43 Floppy Disk 20 2 formatted, 10/20

Box 43 Floppy Disk 21 5

Box 43 Floppy Disk 22 4

Box 43 Floppy Disk 23 F 3rd degree, writing 9/17;, 9/19

Box 43 Floppy Disk 24 Unidentified

Box 43 Floppy Disk 25 F blk

Box 43 Floppy Disk 26 Clients 91: Kent, Beth, Leigh, etc.

Box 43 Floppy Disk 27 F \Ron 6/90 \Pages 263 \Christy 6/90 \Jimmie 6/90 \Kim 7/90, 6/90, 6/90, 6/90, 7/90

Box 43 Floppy Disk 28 \Martha (Popbook) 1/19 \PLG \Christy \Seth \ Saved 1/91, 1/19, 1/91

Box 43 Floppy Disk 29 F: 4/23/91: Clients: David, Martha, Joanne; 4/23/91: Clients: PLG, Kent, WW391

Box 43 Floppy Disk 30 Progressive Librarian #4

Box 43 Floppy Disk 31 Sakolsky Fall, 1989

Box 43 Floppy Disk 32 F1.2 Post 286

Box 43 Floppy Disk 33 F1.2 Font BC)-27

Box 43 Floppy Disk 34 F1.2 PSF & BEZ

Box 43 Floppy Disk 35 F1.2 \PSF

Box 43 Floppy Disk 36 Century -- ready

Box 43 Floppy Disk 37 F1.2 4/12/90 Park H. Future, 4/12/90

Box 43 Floppy Disk 38 F1.2 Baskervill ready to make

Box 43 Floppy Disk 39 Laser Torq Print Spooler

Box 43 Floppy Disk 40 The Brooklyn Bridge (with written list of contents)

Box 43 Floppy Disk 41 Brooklyn Bridge Program Disk 2

Box 43 Floppy Disk 42 Brooklyn Bridge Boot Disk

Box 43 Floppy Disk 43-44 Learning DOS

Box 43 Floppy Disk 45 PFC8: CLRJ all 8

Box 43 Floppy Disk 46 F1.2: Aysfile, 8/91

Box 43 Floppy Disk 47 Word 4.0 learning

Box 43 Floppy Disk 48 APS Incorporated

Box 43 Floppy Disk 49-56 F: Corel 1.1 Program, Samples

Box 43 Floppy Disk 57 Backups Clients 1/90 (with printout of contents of disk), 1/90

Box 43 Floppy Disk 58 F1.2 Backup of PCFD Bases, 2/4/89

Box 43 Floppy Disk 59 F1.2 Backup 2/89 of \pcl\maillists, 2/89

Box 43 Floppy Disk 60 F1.2 PCF db backup, 2/89

Box 43 Floppy Disk 61 2 Seth

Box 43 Floppy Disk 62 7/21/89 (after Florida) -- with names, 7/21/89

Box 43 Floppy Disk 63 3/5/89: \Poprev \Voices \Tomward \Seth


Box 44.5 Constance Disks D: "From 0069 sleeve", 0069

Subseries IV.4: Floppies 3.5"


Box 43 Floppy Disk 1-17 Unidentified

Box 43 Floppy Disk 18-20 LaserMaster disks (3)

Box 43 Floppy Disk 21 Windows 98

Box 43 Floppy Disk 22-24 DOS-6-Upgrade

Box 43 Floppy Disk 25-27 Norton 7.0

Box 43 Floppy Disk 28-34 WFWG

Box 43 Floppy Disk 35 Basic Rescue Boot Disk

Box 43 Floppy Disk 36 Unsorted material, 6/03

Box 43 Floppy Disk 37 Prospect Backup, 6/03

Box 43 Floppy Disk 38 Transfer \maillist 11/02 \jinst 03, 11/02

Box 43 Floppy Disk 39 Jamescat 1 of 2 10/03 last pre modify-save, 10/03

Box 43 Floppy Disk 40 10/03 last pre-modify-save, 10/03

Box 43 Floppy Disk 41 Norton rescue Disk

Box 43 Floppy Disk 42 Jamescat 7/13/00 all, 7/13/00

Box 43 Floppy Disk 43 Transfer 03

Box 43 Floppy Disk 44 7/02 Jamescat, 7/02

Box 43 Floppy Disk 45 House transfer disk, 1/98

Box 43 Floppy Disk 46 Transfer disk 10/23/2000 (JCD1023.zip; JCMD1023.zip; Jamescat.hdb), 10/23/2000

Box 43 Floppy Disk 47 Maillist 98-99 backup disk (archive 3/01)

Box 43 Floppy Disk 48 Cat0598

Box 43 Floppy Disk 49 \Friends \JCPORTO

Box 43 Floppy Disk 50 Maillist Transfer Disk, 9/03

Box 43 Floppy Disk 51 Filecabs trans

Box 43 Floppy Disk 52 Amoreports in sort, 7/17/00

Box 43 Floppy Disk 53-54 Norton Antivirus

Box 43 Floppy Disk 55 Maillist 3/20/01 in \Lists 3/01 \Fellows 3/01, 3/20/01, 3/01, 3/01

Box 43 Floppy Disk 56-58 Norton Antivirus #2

Box 43 Floppy Disk 59-60 Emery Utilities (2 disks)

Box 43 Floppy Disk 61 \Rachel 1/02 (has CCBASE.DBF), 1/02

Box 43 Floppy Disk 62 Backup Aug 02 \Columbia

Box 43 Floppy Disk 63 Backup 8/02 \CCLIBE, 8/02

Box 43 Floppy Disk 64 Backup: \all2002 \JCPORT \Spring01

Box 43 Floppy Disk 65 Booklibe, 8/02

Box 43 Floppy Disk 66 JCND 802.zip Aug 02 (2 of 2)

Box 43 Floppy Disk 67 Norton Rescue Disk for Jim's Thinkpad, 1/98

Box 43 Floppy Disk 68 JCND 802.zip Aug 02 (1 of 2)

Subseries IV.5: Floppy Disks 8"


Box 44 Folder 1 Constance Disks A:

Box 44 Folder 1 Disk 1 0094u: 1944 Chapter (starts at letter 12), 1944

Box 44 Folder 1 Disk 2 0095u: Disk 2 of 1944 Edited Ms., 1944

Box 44 Folder 1 Disk 3 00624 CLR Letters Volume I

Box 44 Folder 1 Disk 4 0096u: Disk 3 of 1944 Edited Ms, 1944

Box 44 Folder 1 Disk 5 0063 Disk II CLR Book Library: X, 0063

Box 44 Folder 1 Disk 6 0064 Disk III 1946-, 0064

Box 44 Folder 2 Constance Disks B:

Box 44 Folder 2 Disk 1 0076X: Disk

Box 44 Folder 2 Disk 2 0084X

Box 44 Folder 2 Disk 3 0088 1952-3 Conference Anna Grimshaw proposal list of docs. Schomberg, 0088

Box 44 Folder 3 Constance Disks C:

Box 44 Folder 3 Disk 1 0077X

Box 44 Folder 3 Disk 2 0075X

Box 44 Folder 3 Disk 3 0070 1944, 0070, 1944

Box 44 Folder 3 Disk 4 0071X

Box 44 Folder 3 Disk 5 0073X

Box 44 Folder 3 Disk 6 0074X backup disk to 0073X

Box 44 Folder 4 Constance Disks D:

Box 44 Folder 4 Disk 1 0069 Vol VII start 1943, 0069, 1943

Box 44 Folder 4 Disk 2 0068 Vol VI CLR Book 1951, 0068, 1951

Box 44 Folder 4 Disk 3 0065 CLRJ Book Vol IV, 0065

Box 44 Folder 4 Disk 4 0066X Backup to disk 0062X

Box 44 Folder 4 Disk 5 0067 Vol. V, 0067

Box 44 Folder 4 Disk 6 0069 sleeve (5.25 disk), 0069

Subseries IV.6: Zip Disks

Box 44 Disk 1 C.L.R. James Institute Images #8-11 (folders)

Box 44 Disk 2 Backups inc. email

Box 44 Disk 3 Email 2002 Jcat0295 8/23/2002 10.6 left, 2002, 8/23/2002

Box 44 Disk 4 11/2000 programs, 11/2000

Box 44 Disk 5 Cat0598 in catalog of this disk, 5/25/98

Box 44 Disk 6 7/15/00 backup from PEaturn, 7/15/00