The bulk of this series comprises multiple drafts of chapters and sections of the C.L.R. James autobiography, unfinished at his death. The drafts are in a variety of formats—carbon copies, handwritten or typed—and for the most part are undated. Also here are transcripts of interviews of James, or of others regarding James; lectures or talks—most of which are transcripts—titled by topic or, if untitled, by location; a few writings; printed material including obituaries and tributes; and a sketch of James.
Autobiography/Biography
Box 1 Folder 1
Chronology, circa, 1980s
Box 1 Folder 2
Outline, circa, 1980s
Box 1 Folder 3
Proposal--Biography, circa, 1980s
Drafts
Box 1 Folder 4
General, circa 1980s Undated, 1980s, Undated
Box 1 Folder 5
General--By Section, circa 1980s Undated, 1980s, Undated
Box 1 Folder 6
1932-1938 circa 1980s, 1932-1938, 1980s
Box 1 Folder 7
Up to 1932 circa 1980s Undated, 1932, 1980s, Undated
Box 1 Folder 8
1932-1938 circa 1980s Undated, 1932-1938, 1980s, Undated
Box 1 Folder 9
Black Jacobins, circa 1980s Undated, 1980s, Undated
Box 1 Folder 10
Coop, circa 1980s Undated, 1980s, Undated
Box 1 Folder 11
Early Days, circa 1980s Undated, 1980s, Undated
Box 1 Folder 12
Johnson-Forrest, circa 1980s Undated, 1980s, Undated
Box 1 Folder 13
Lahr, Charlie, circa 1980s Undated, 1980s, Undated
Box 1 Folder 14
Prep for England, circa 1980s Undated, 1980s, Undated
Box 1 Folder 15
Robeson, Paul, circa 1980s Undated, 1980s, Undated
Box 1 Folder 16
Shakespeare, circa 1980s Undated, 1980s, Undated
Box 1 Folder 17
Sharecroppers, Organizing, circa 1980s Undated, 1980s, Undated
Box 1 Folder 18
United States, Observations, circa 1980s Undated, 1980s, Undated
Box 1 Folder 19
Williams, Eric, circa 1980s Undated, 1980s, Undated
Box 1 Folder 20
World Revolution, circa 1980s Undated, 1980s, Undated
Box 1 Folder 21
Wright, Richard, circa 1980s Undated, 1980s, Undated
Box 1 Folder 22 to 23
Drafts and Notes--General, circa 1980s Undated (2 of 3 Folders), 1980s, Undated
Box 2 Folder 1
Drafts and Notes--General, circa 1980s Undated, 1980s, Undated
Box 2 Folder 2 to 12
Drafts and Notes-- 1901-1960s circa 1980s Undated (11 Folders), 1901-1960s, 1980s, Undated
Box 2 Folder 13
Drafts--Photocopies, circa 1980s Undated (1 of 8 Folders), 1980s, Undated
Box 3 Folder 1 to 7
Drafts--Photocopies, circa 1980s Undated (7 of 8 Folders), 1980s, Undated
Interviews
Box 3 Folder 8
by C.L.R. James--Leon Trotsky, 1939
of C.L.R. James
Box 3 Folder 9
Interviewer: Paul Buhle, 1987
Box 3 Folder 10
Interviewer: Anna Grimshaw, circa, 1980s
Box 3 Folder 11
Interviewer: Stuart Hall, Undated
Box 3 Folder 12
Interviewer: Woody Haut, 1989
Box 3 Folder 13
Interviewer: Charles Nevin, 1984
Box 3 Folder 14
Interviewer: Al Richardson, 1986
Box 3 Folder 15
Interviewer: Paul Robeson, Jr., 1985
Box 3 Folder 16
Interviewer: K. T. Sunitha, 1983
Box 3 Folder 17
"An Audience with C.L.R. James"--Interviewer: Angus Calder, 1984
Box 4 Folder 1
Cricket, Undated
Box 4 Folder 2
"End of Empire--Interview with C.L.R. James", circa, 1980s
Box 4 Folder 3
"C.L.R. James and British Trotskyism; an Interview", 1987
Box 4 Folder 4
Padmore, George--Regarding-- Interviewer: Martin Page, 1987
Box 4 Folder 5
Pan African Conference-- Interviewer: Ahmed Gora Ebrahim, circa, 1980s
Box 4 Folder 6
Pan African Conference, Focus on the Sixth, Undated
Box 4 Folder 7
Polish Solidarity, circa, 1980s
Box 4 Folder 8
"Shakespeare, C.L.R. James Talking About"-- Interviewer: Andy Erlam,, 1987
Box 4 Folder 9
"Talking History"-- Interviewer: E. P. Thompson, Undated
Box 4 Folder 10
"Trotskyism and Black Nationalism: Some Political Reflections of C.L.R. James"-- Interviewer: Alan J. Pratt,, Undated
Regarding C.L.R. James
Box 4 Folder 11 to 12
John Archer - Harry Wicks--Interviewer: Anna Grimshaw, 1984-1986 Undated, 1984-1986, Undated, (2 Folders)
Box 4 Folder 13
Robert Hill and J[im Murray], 1985
Lectures and Talks
Box 4 Folder 14
Address to Hackney Black Alliance, 1983 (Photocopy), 1983
Box 4 Folder 15
Address to Oxford University Africa Society Day School on Africa--Draft,, 1984
Box 4 Folder 16
"The Best of C.L.R. James"--Reflections on the United States, 1983
Box 4 Folder 17
"The Former Colonial World"--Cambridge University African Society, 1983
Box 4 Folder 18
"Freedom Movements in the West Indies"--Radio Trinidad, 1961
Box 4 Folder 19
"I'm a Poet,", 1981-1982
Box 4 Folder 20
Johnson-Forrest Tendency Conference--circa early 1950s 1980s, 1950s, 1980s
Box 4 Folder 21
George Lamming, 1983
Box 4 Folder 22
Nuclear War and Peace, 1983
Box 4 Folder 23
Shakespeare, circa, 1980s
Box 4 Folder 24
Shakespeare in Brixton, circa, 1980s
Box 4 Folder 25
West Indies--General, 1972 1980s Undated, 1980s, Undated
Box 4 Folder 26
Untitled--African American Teachers' Association, 1969-1970
Box 4 Folder 27
Untitled--Rutgers University, 1973
Box 4 Folder 28
Untitled--Tougaloo College, 1972
Writings
Box 4 Folder 29
Art--James to Sura Levine, 1980 (Photocopy), 1980
Box 4 Folder 30
"Durham"--Incomplete, 1963 October (Carbon Copy), 1963 October
Box 5 Folder 1
"Perspectives and Proposals"--Facing Reality, 1966 (Typescript), 1966
Box 5 Folder 2
Pamphlet--"Introduction to Party Politics in the West Indies", circa, 1962
Box 5 Folder 3
Reviews, Undated
Personal
Box 5 Folder 4
Clippings, 1986-1990
Box 5 Folder 5
Obituaries, 1989
Box 5 Folder 6
Printed Material, 1953-1991 Undated, 1953-1991, Undated
Box 5 Folder 7
Printed Material-- Black Jacobins, 1986 Undated, 1986, Undated
Box 5 Folder 8
Sketch of James, Undated
Box 5 Folder 9
Tributes and Memorials 1989 Undated, 1989, Undated
Contained here are manuscripts and drafts, often with editorial comments and notes; correspondence; and research materials related to various C.L.R. James projects undertaken by Grimshaw including American Civilization, Cricket, and The Reader, and a 1986 exhibit C.L.R. James: Man of the People. Grimshaw also worked closely with Constance Webb, the second wife of C.L.R. James and the mother of his only child, on the selection and editing of The Letters of C.L.R. James to Constance Webb, 1939-1948, and The Nobbie Stories for Children and Adults —a selection of letters written by James to his young son, C.L.R. James, Jr., whom he had nicknamed "Nobbie". The bulk of the correspondence in this series is with other C.L.R. James scholars or with associates of James whom Grimshaw contacted in the course of her research.
Correspondence
Box 6 Folder 1
General, 1984-1996
Box 6 Folder 2 to 3
Research Inquiries, 1984-1986 (2 Folders), 1984-1986
Box 6 Folder 4
Buhle, Paul, 1985-1989
Box 6 Folder 5
Glover, Anna--C.L.R. James Portrait, 1988 1995, 1988, 1995
Box 6 Folder 6
Hart, Keith, 1987-1988
Box 6 Folder 7
Murray, Jim, 1983-1998
Box 6 Folder 8
Webb, Constance, 1985-1994
Articles and Chapters
Box 6 Folder 9
General
Box 6 Folder 10 to 11
General--Notes and Materials, circa, 1980s, (2 Folders)
Box 6 Folder 12
"Beyond the Boundary: C.L.R. James on the Arts and Social Revolution",, Undated
Box 6 Folder 13
"C.L.R. James and the Black Jacobins", circa, 1986
Box 6 Folder 14
"C.L.R. James: The Development of the Man and His Writing"-- Journal of the Cricket Society, 1986
Box 6 Folder 15
"C.L.R. James, 1901-1989 A Personal Memoir", 1990 Undated, 1901-1989, 1990, Undated
Box 6 Folder 16
"C.L.R. James: A Revolutionary Vision for the 20th Century", 1991
Box 6 Folder 17
Popular Democracy and the Creative Imagination: C.L.R. James--Preface, circa, 1991
Articles by Others
Box 6 Folder 18
General, Undated
Box 6 Folder 19
Buhle, Paul, Undated
Box 6 Folder 20
Farred, Grant, 1995 Undated, 1995, Undated
Box 6 Folder 21
Lai, Wooly Look--"C.L.R. James and Trinidad Nationalism", 1989
Box 6 Folder 22
San Juan, E., Jr., 1995-1996
Box 6 Folder 23
Worchester, Kent, circa 1980s 1991, 1980s, 1991
American Civilization
Box 6 Folder 24
Correspondence, 1989-1991 Undated, 1989-1991, Undated
Box 6 Folder 25
Introductions and Preface--Drafts, circa, 1980s-1991
Box 6 Folder 26
Manuscript, 1993
Box 6 Folder 27
Manuscript-Early, circa 1950s (Photocopy), 1950s
Box 6 Folder 28
"The Struggle for Happiness"--Proposal, 1989
Box 6 Folder 29
"The Struggle for Happiness"--Preface, circa, 1980s-1991
Box 6 Folder 30 to 32
"The Struggle for Happiness"--Notes and Drafts, Undated (3 Folders), Undated
Box 7 Folder 1
Bibliographies, circa, 1980s
Cricket
Box 7 Folder 2
Bibliography, circa, 1980s
Box 7 Folder 3
Correspondence--Research Inquiries, 1984-1985
Box 7 Folder 4
Introduction, 1985-1986 (Annotated by C.L.R. James), 1985-1986
Box 7 Folder 5
Reviews, 1987
Box 7 Folder 6 to 7
Working Materials--1950s-1960s--Correspondence and James' Drafts--Photocopies and Transcriptions, Undated (2 Folders), Undated
Exhibit: C.L.R. James--Man of the People
Box 7 Folder 8
General, 1986
Box 7 Folder 9
Catalogue, 1986
Box 7 Folder 10
Chronology, 1985 Undated, 1985, Undated
Box 7 Folder 11
Correspondence, 1985-1986
Box 7 Folder 12
Exhibits, List of, 1987
Box 7 Folder 13
Expenses, 1985-1986
Box 7 Folder 14
Lectures, 1986
Box 7 Folder 15
The C.L.R. James Archive--Bibliographies, circa, 1980s-1991
Box 7 Folder 16
The C.L.R. James Archive-- Surveys and Reports, circa, 1980s-1991
The C.L.R. James Reader
Box 7 Folder 17
Bibliography, circa, 1980s-1992
Box 7 Folder 18
Correspondence, 1990-1992
Box 7 Folder 19
Editorial Material, Undated
Box 7 Folder 20
Notes and Drafts, circa, 1980s-1990s
Box 7 Folder 21
Manuscript, 1991
Box 7 Folder 22
Manuscript--Drafts and Transcriptions, circa, 1990s
Box 7 Folder 23 to 25
Manuscripts--Transcriptions and Photocopies, circa 1990s (3 Folders), 1990s
Box 7 Folder 26 to 27
Art and Culture--Transcripts and Photocopies, Undated (2 Folders), Undated
Box 7 Folder 28
"Literary Critics"--Photocopies, Undated
Box 8 Folder 1
Port of Spain Gazette--Transcripts, Undated
Box 8 Folder 2
Section 1953-1966--Transcripts and Photocopies, Undated
Box 8 Folder 3
Section 1958-1966-- Photocopies, Undated
Box 8 Folder 4
Working Material--Transcripts and Photocopies
Box 8 Folder 5
C.L.R. James--Research Proposal, 1986 Undated, 1986, Undated
The Nobbie Stories for Children and Adults
Box 8 Folder 6
Editorial Materials, 2004
Box 8 Folder 7
Introduction, circa, 2004
Box 8 Folder 8 to 9
Manuscript, circa 2004 Undated (2 Folders), 2004, Undated
Special Delivery: The Letters of C.L.R. James to Constance Webb, 1939-1948
Box 8 Folder 10
Editorial Materials, 1995-2003
Box 8 Folder 11
Proposal to Publish, 1986
Box 8 Folder 12
Introduction--Drafts and Notes, circa, 1980s
Box 8 Folder 13 to 16
C.L.R. James to Constance Webb--Transcriptions and Photocopies, 1939-1948 (4 Folders), 1939-1948
Box 8 Folder 17 to 18
Manuscript--Draft, circa 1980s (2 Folders), 1980s
Box 8 Folder 19
Proposal--Drama, 1993
Box 8 Folder 20
Screen Play, 1995
Box 8 Folder 21
Personal--General, Undated
Box 8 Folder 22
Personal--Visual Anthropology, 1991-1995 2001, 1991-1995, 2001
Working Materials--C.L.R. James--Photocopies