Hettie Jones Papers, 1895-2009 [Bulk dates: 1958-2009]

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Hettie Jones Papers, 1895-2009 [Bulk dates: 1958-2009]

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The Hettie Jones Papers contains correspondence, writings, and teaching materials related to Hettie Jones' career as a writer, editor, and teacher in the New York City Beat and Downtown literary scene, from the 1960s through the 2000s. Included are manuscripts from Jones' numerous books of poetry and children's and young adult novels, as well as her 1990 autobiography, The collection also features materials from her time as co-editor of Totem Press and literary journal. A small amount of material pertaining to Jones' former husband, the poet LeRoi Jones/Amiri Baraka, including unpublished early manuscripts and photographs is also here. How I Became Hettie Jones. Yugen

26.5 linear ft. (62 boxes: 55 document boxes, 3 note card boxes, 2 record cartons, 1 video tape box, 1 over-sized box)

Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6347656

Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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Jones, Hettie

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Epithet: district nurse of Merthyr Tydfil British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000206.0x0000ed BIOGHIST REQUIRED Hettie Jones (nee Cohen, 1934- ) was a major figure in the New York literary avant-garde of the 1950s and 1960s. Born in Brooklyn and raised in Queens, Jones returned to New York City after attending Mary Washington College, then the women's college of the University of Virginia. She found wo...

Baraka, Amiri, 1934-2014

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Amiri Baraka was born LeRoi Jones in Newark, New Jersey, in 1934. He was educated at Rutgers and Howard Universities, graduating from the latter at the age of 19. In 1958 he founded the influential poetry magazine Yugen, which ran until 1962. His writings, including fiction, essays, and poetry, appeared in such publications as The nation, Evergreen review, Downbeat, and The floating bear. From the description of Imamu Amiri Baraka papers, 1958-1982. (University of California, Berkele...