Lucille Clifton papers, circa 1930-2009.

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Lucille Clifton papers, circa 1930-2009.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/221707777

The collection contains the literary and personal papers of Lucille Clifton from circa 1930-2009. The materials document Clifton's work as a poet, children's book author, and teacher, her participation in literary organizations, and the development of her personal and professional relationships. The papers include correspondence, writings by Clifton, writings by others, teaching and workshop files, subject files, personal papers, printed material, photographs, audiovisual material, and digital files. The collection also includes the papers of Fred Clifton, Clifton's husband.

45.75 linear ft. (89 boxes, 27 oversized papers (OP), 4 bound volumes (BV), and 4 oversized bound volumes (OBV))

Emory University. Special Collections and Archives

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SNAC Resource ID: 7029784

Emory University. Special Collections and Archives

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Clifton, Lucille, 1936-2010

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Lucille Clifton (1936- 2010), African American poet and children's book author. She was born Thelma Lucille Clifton on June 27, 1936 to Samuel L. Sayles, Sr. and Thelma Moore Sayles in Depew, New York. At the age of seven, the Sayles family moved to nearby Buffalo, New York. From 1953-1955, Lucille attended Howard University from 1953-1955 and Fredonia State Teachers College (now State University of New York College at Fredonia) in 1955. Clifton's first volume of poetry, GOOD TIMES, was publishe...

Clifton, Fred J.

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