Charles A. Frye papers, 1964-1995.

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Charles A. Frye papers, 1964-1995.

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The Charles A. Frye Papers, 1964-1995, reflect the teaching and writer career of this professor of African and African-American philosophy, religion and literature. The collection consists of files regarding his teaching career and general correspondence with colleagues, among them Fela Sowande, one of his professors at Howard University. Correspondence dealing with conferences pertains to themes of multiculturalism, literature, black studies curricula and related subjects. Only the folder for the Institute of the Black World contains conference papers including papers presented by St. Clair Drake and James Turner. Correspondence with publishers discusses manuscripts Frye submitted for publication including his novel "The Peter Pan Chronicles." The Writings series, 1964-1993, contains drafts and in some instances, photocopies and background materials for articles and other writings he authored, most of which were published. Among other topics, he wrote on African and African-American studies, black philosophy, and aspects of his study of the Don Juan figure. Included are some of his college papers, Master's thesis and Ph. D. dissertation, academic books, The Peter Pan Chronicles, an unpublished screenplay "Solina," short stories, and poems. Manuscripts for his unpublished novel "A Good Night's Leap," his unfinished study "Peasant Ways of Knowing," and papers presented at seminars and conferences also form part of this series. There are also files pertaining to Frye's consultancies and board membership as well as syllabi and course materials gathered from courses Frye took as a student and from those he taught. Reference material includes papers presented at conferences concerning the subjects which interested Frye, e.g. black studies curricula, African and African-American religion, philosophy and ideology. There are a number of articles by Fela Sowande.

11.2 lin. ft. (10 record cartons and 3 archival boxes)

New York Public Library System, NYPL

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New York Public Library System, NYPL

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Turner, James, 1940-

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Drake, St. Clair.

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Born in 1911, St. Clair Drake was an educator and social anthropologist who taught sociology at Roosevelt and Stanford Universities and at the Universities of Liberia and Ghana. His study of social life in the Caribbean and West Africa and in the black communities of Chicago and Great Britain spanned the 1930s to the 1980. His major study of Blacks in Chicago, Black Metropolis, written in collaboration with Horace Cayton, was published in 1945. A prolific lecturer and author, his many articles a...

Frye, Charles A.

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Charles Anthony Frye (1946-1994) was an early proponent of black studies and taught philosophy, religion and literature, and was also a published novelist and poet. He received the Masters of Arts (1970) in African studies (religion and philosophy) from Howard University and in 1976 was awarded the Ph. D. from the University of Pittsburgh in Higher Education (curriculum development and administration). Frye taught at several universities, among them Howard University, Hampshire Coll...

Sowande, Fela

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