James Madison University. Furious Flower Poetry Center
source
Gabbin, Joanne V. (Joanne Veal), 1946-
Language
English
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Abstract
The Furious Flower Poetry Center Records, consisting of 17.6 cubic feet (43 boxes, 1 rolled storage container), document the
departmental activities of the Furious Flower Poetry Center.
Copyright for official University records is held by James Madison University; all other copyright is retained by the authors
of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law. For more information, contact
the Special Collections Library Reference Desk (library-special@jmu.edu).
Access Restrictions
Collection is open to research. Currently, the silk banners used in the 2004 and 2014 Furious Flower Poetry Conferences may
only be requested (in writing) by Furious Flower Poetry Center staff. Researchers must register and agree to copyright and
privacy laws before using this collection. Please contact Research Services staff before visiting the James Madison University
Special Collections Library to use this collection.
Other Formats Available
Processing of audiovisual content is in-process as of April 2022. Access will be made available to content once processing
is complete, barring any copyright or use restrictions.
Preferred Citation
[identification of item], [box #, folder #], Furious Flower Poetry Center Records, 1970-2021, UA 0017, Special Collections,
Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA.
Acquisition Information
Furious Flower Poetry Center transferred these materials to Special Collections on May 16 and June 29, 2016. Subsequent transfers
occurred in September 2017 and September 2019.
Processing Information
The donor's original order, including folder titles, was maintained whenever possible. The archivist imposed an order on any
unordered files, titled any untitled files, and created discrete series. Social security numbers and bank account numbers
have been redacted from materials. When possible, newspapers and clippings were photocopied and originals returned to donor.
All material contained within three-ring binders was disbound and foldered in original order. During processing several folders
were discovered to be empty. Their folder titles are as follows: Dream in Color Drafts, WHSV Children First 2010, WVPT Kid's
Book Festival 2010, Poetry Month 2010, Winter Poetry Contest 2010, Marilyn Nelson Reading 2010, 73 Poems Honorariums (Music).
The empty folders were discarded. Numerous folders with small purchase credit card statements and receipts were also discarded.
Series I has also been renamed "Grants and Financial Files."
In April 2022, the contents of the Furious Flower Poetry Center Conference Records (UA 0018) were incorporated into the Furious
Flower Poetry Center Records (UA 0017) due to the collections' shared provenance and their creation by the same administrative
body. The conference records were added as a separate series with subseries for each of the decennial conferences. At this
same time, accruals received after initial processing were physically arranged to match their intellectual arrangement. Additional
financial files deemed to have limited research value were also weeded in April 2022. Administrative receipts, travel vouchers,
travel expenses and reimbursements, travel authorizations, purchase orders, invoices for supplies, monthly detail budget reports,
and budget revisions were returned to FFPC.
Processing of audiovisual content is in-process as of April 2022. Access will be made available to content once processing
is complete, barring any copyright or use restrictions.
Appraisal Information
Small Purchase Credit Card Statements were discarded due to lack of research value.
Due to duplication elsewhere in Special Collections the following issues of Madison (known as Montpelier from 1977-2005),
many with articles pertaining to Furious Flower Poetry Center, were returned to the donor: Summer 2003, Winter 2005, Spring
2006, Fall 2006, Summer 2006, Spring 2007, Summer 2007, Fall 2007, Fall 2008, Winter 2008, Summer 2009, Fall 2009, Spring/Summer
2010, Spring/Summer 2011, Fall 2011, Spring/Summer 2015. These issues were loose when donated and were not a part of any pre-established
order or foldering system.
Accruals
It is anticipated that the Furious Flower Poetry Center will continue to donate conference files approximately every ten years
and other administrative records on a more frequent basis.
The Furious Flower Poetry Center (FFPC) was established in 1999 by Joanne V. Gabbin when she was the director of James Madison
University's Honors Program. With this flagship of the Honors Program, she continued the kind of programming she had begun
by hosting the 1994 Furious Flower Poetry Conference, which was the nation's first scholarly conference on Black poetry. The
conference, entitled Furious Flower: A Revolution in African American Poetry, was dedicated to acclaimed poet Gwendolyn Brooks
and featured scholars, critics, and the most accomplished and esteemed poets of the time including Nikki Giovanni, Rita Dove,
Sonia Sanchez, Michael S. Harper, Haki Madhubuti, and Gwendolyn Brooks herself. The name "Furious Flower" is derived from
Brooks' poem Second Sermon on the Warpland in which she writes:
The time
cracks into furious flower. Lifts its face
all unashamed. And sways in wicked grace.
Many who participated in the inaugural Furious Flower conference had their roots in the Black Arts Movement. The Black Arts
Movement emerged in the wake of the Black Power Movement of the 1960s and 1970s and was comprised of politically motivated
black visionaries, poets, artists, dramatists, musicians, and writers. The conference was met with overwhelming praise and
The Washington Post called it an historic event.
Due to the success of the 1994 Furious Flower Conference, the Furious Flower Poetry Center (FFPC) was established in 1999
and the Conference became a decennial event, held every ten years. The subsequent conferences were Regenerating the Black
Poetic Tradition (2004) and Seeding the Future of African American Poetry (2014). Conference programming is comprised of concerts,
readings, roundtable and panel discussions, and paper presentations.
In 2005, following the success of the second Furious Flower Poetry Conference (2004), JMU gave the FFPC its official charter,
making it the first academic center in the United States devoted to Black poetry. Gabbin became its executive director, leaving
the Honors Program after 19 years of service.
Today, the FFPC is committed to "cultivating, honoring, and promoting the diverse voices of African American poets by making
the genre accessible to a wide audience and collaborating with educational and cultural institutions, literary organizations,
and artists." It hosts visiting poets for readings at JMU and nearby venues; sponsors workshops; holds an annual poetry camp
for elementary and middle school-aged children; produces texts, videos, DVDs and other materials on African-American poetry;
and gathers poets and other scholars for intimate panels and seminars, as well as major conferences. FFPC has held three decennial
Furious Flower Conferences: "A Revolution in African American Poetry" (1994), "Regenerating the Black Poetic Tradition" (2004),
and "Seeding the Future of African American Poetry" (2014).
FFPC is located off of Martin Luther King Jr. Way/Historic Cantrell Avenue. Beyond her duties as Executive Director of the
Furious Flower Poetry Center, Joanne Gabbin is a professor of English at JMU, a published author, and a member of the International
Literary Hall of Fame for Writers of African Descent.
The Furious Flower Poetry Center Records, 1970-2021, consisting of 17.6 cubic feet (43 boxes, 1 rolled storage container),
document the departmental activities of the Furious Flower Poetry Center, a unit formerly of the JMU Honor's Program that
became its own separate academic center of the University in 2005. A portion of the material contained within the records
derive from events and programs sponsored by the Furious Flower Poetry Center including 73 Poems for 73 Years: Celebrating
the Life of Lucille Clifton, Lineage: The Margaret Walker Song Cycle, and an annual children's poetry camp. Specific types
of materials include event posters and brochures, exhibit panels, logistical and planning documentation, and email correspondence.
Materials related to publications produced by the Center such as Mourning Katrina: A Poetic Response to Tragedy and Shaping
Memories: Reflections of African American Women Writers are comprised of draft manuscripts and correspondence with poets and
publishers. Grant proposals and awards, many of which relate to the aforementioned events and projects, are also represented.
Materials related to the decennial Furious Flower poetry conferences, including administrative documentation and video recordings,
are represented in the Conference Records series.
The collection is arranged into four series. Series are arranged chronologically; Series 2, 3, and 4 are further arranged
alphabetically according to a particular publication or event.
Grants and Financial Files, 2004-2021
Publications and Manuscripts, 1993-2012
Events, Programs, and Workshops, 1990-2019
Conference Records, 1970-2015
A copy of Mourning Katrina: A Poetic Response to Tragedy Buena Vista, Va.: Mariner Publishing, 2009 and 73 Poems for 73 Years:
Celebrating the Life of Lucille Clifton Harrisonburg, Va.: Virginia Tech Printing Services, 2010 were removed from Series
2, catalogued, and placed in the Special Collections rare book collection.
The following titles were removed from Series 3 and catalogued: Opala, Joseph A. The Gullah: rice, slavery and the Sierra
Leone-American connection. Freetown, Sierra Leone: USIS, 1987; Opala, Joseph. Krio in a nutshell.: Krio Grammar with Lessons,
Exercise and Vocabulary, Vol. 1. Freetown, Sierra Leone: [publisher not identified], 1991; Opala, Joseph. Krio in a nutshell.:
Krio Conversation with Dialogues, Stories, Proverbs, etc., Vol. 2. Freetown, Sierra Leone: [publisher not identified], 1991;
Geraty, Virginia Mixson. Bittle en' t'ing': Gullah cooking with Maum Chrish'. Orangeburg, S.C.: Sandlapper Pub., 1992.
A broadside printing of Rita Dove's "Ode to My Right Knee" (no. 39 of 100) was removed from the collection and cataloged separately.
FFPC relies heavily on funding from corporate entities and non-profits to subsidize and off-set the cost of furthering their
mission of promoting African-American poetry. As such, this series contains grant proposals and awards (all closed) relating
to events, publications, and other projects sponsored by the Furious Flower Poetry Center. Projects represented in this series
include "Dream in Color," an online curriculum sponsored by Target that enabled elementary, middle, and high-school students
to discover the works of African-American poets; and the publication of Mourning Katrina, an anthology of poems by observers
and survivors of Hurricane Katrina. All grant materials were removed from three-ring binders and foldered, maintaining original
order.
Mixed Materials [1000898512] box: 1 folder: 1
California Newsreel, 532025 (Folder 1 of 2)
2004-2014
Mixed Materials [1000898512] box: 1 folder: 2
California Newsreel, 532025 (Folder 2 of 2)
2004-2014
Mixed Materials [1000898512] box: 1 folder: 3
Unfunded Rejection Letters
2004, 2010, 2011
Mixed Materials [1000898512] box: 1 folder: 4
Awards for Programming, Children's Poetry Festival
2005
Mixed Materials [1000898512] box: 1 folder: 5
Distinguished Faculty Award
2005
Mixed Materials [1000898512] box: 1 folder: 6
TJ Anderson, Grant Closed
2005
Mixed Materials [1000898512] box: 1 folder: 7
Poetry Camp 2005, Grant Closed
2005
Mixed Materials [1000898512] box: 1 folder: 8
Rachel Malcolm Woods, 17 Stones Lost & Forgotten
2005
Mixed Materials [1000898512] box: 1 folder: 9
Truth is on its Way Project Application
2005, undated
Mixed Materials [1000898512] box: 1 folder: 10
Truth is on its Way Sponsorship
2005, undated
Mixed Materials [1000898512] box: 1 folder: 11
Gwendolyn Brooks and Lucille Clifton: American Poets in the African American Tradition Grant Application (Folder 1 of 2)
2005-2006
Mixed Materials [1000898512] box: 1 folder: 12
Gwendolyn Brooks and Lucille Clifton: American Poets in the African American Tradition Grant Application (Folder 2 of 2)
2005-2006
Mixed Materials [1000898512] box: 1 folder: 13
Nikki Giovanni, Grant Closed
2005-2006
Mixed Materials [1000898513] box: 2 folder: 1
Target - 550200 (Folder 1 of 2)
2006-2009
Mixed Materials [1000898513] box: 2 folder: 2
Target - 550200 (Folder 2 of 2)
2006-2009
Mixed Materials [1000898513] box: 2 folder: 3
Donnelly (PC), 550201
2006-2010
Mixed Materials [1000898513] box: 2 folder: 4
Donnelly (MK), 550070 (Folder 1 of 2)
2006-2010
Mixed Materials [1000898513] box: 2 folder: 5
Donnelly (MK), 550070 (Folder 2 of 2)
2006-2010
Mixed Materials [1000898513] box: 2 folder: 6
Pomegranate, 532113
2006-2012
Mixed Materials [1000898514] box: 3 folder: 1
COFCU - 550173, Closed
2006-2013
Mixed Materials [1000898514] box: 3 folder: 2
Awards for Programming
2007
Mixed Materials [1000898514] box: 3 folder: 3
Hill, Taylor, and Company Sponsorship
2007, undated
Mixed Materials [1000898514] box: 3 folder: 4
Summer Poetry Camp Allstate Grant
2007, undated
Mixed Materials [1000898514] box: 3 folder: 5
Children's Poetry Camp and R. R. Donnelley Partnership
circa 2007
Mixed Materials [1000898514] box: 3 folder: 6
Fossett Foundation Grant
circa 2007
Mixed Materials [1000898514] box: 3 folder: 7
Leo Burnett Company Camp Grant
circa 2007
Mixed Materials [1000898514] box: 3 folder: 8
ACV - Dr. Goddess - 550232
2007-2008
Mixed Materials [1000898514] box: 3 folder: 9
Awards for Programming
2008
Mixed Materials [1000898514] box: 3 folder: 10
ACV Rutha Harris, 550274
2007-2008
Mixed Materials [1000898514] box: 3 folder: 11
Clifton VFH, 550282 (Folder 1 of 2)
2007-2008
Mixed Materials [1000898514] box: 3 folder: 12
Clifton VFH, 550282 (Folder 2 of 2)
2007-2008
Mixed Materials [1000898514] box: 3 folder: 13
Virginia Foundation for the Humanities Grant
2009
Mixed Materials [1000898514] box: 3 folder: 14
Fundraising
2009-2013, undated
Mixed Materials [1000898514] box: 3 folder: 15
Application for Operating Support
2010
Mixed Materials [1000898515] box: 4 folder: 1
Sheer Good Fortune Grant
2012
Mixed Materials [1000898515] box: 4 folder: 2
Target Grant: The Furious Flower Community Project
2013
Mixed Materials [1000898515] box: 4 folder: 3
Music Grants
2016
Mixed Materials [1000898515] box: 4 folder: 4
Throw Your Head Back and Sing Grant Application
2016
Mixed Materials [1000898515] box: 4 folder: 5
Grant Guidelines
2016, undated
Mixed Materials [1000898515] box: 4 folder: 6
Mellon Foundation "JMU Flowerings Project Phase II" proposal letter
Arranged chronologically by project date and sub-arranged alphabetically within each project.
This series contains material related to publications and manuscripts produced by the Furious Flower Poetry Center. In many
cases this refers to books in the typical sense (Mourning Katrina: A Poetic Response to Tragedy, Furious Flower: African-American
Poetry from the Black Arts Movement to the Present), Furious Flower Poetry Center also oversaw the publication of The Painted
Word – a set of notecards and a corresponding calendar of poets' portraits. Correspondence with various publishers is also
included.
Arranged chronologically by event and sub-arranged alphabetically within each event.
This series is comprised of material relating primarily to the many events, programs, and workshops hosted and sponsored by
the Furious Flower Poetry Center. Major events represented in this series include Tell Me Your Names: The Poetry of Lucille
Clifton, a week-long seminar held June 14 –June 21, 2009 and 73 Poems for 73 Years: Celebrating the Life of Lucille Clifton,
a tribute program held September 21, 2010. Of particular interest are 57 oversize exhibit panels from Among Poets: Lucille
Clifton Commemorative Exhibition. This 2012 exhibition held at the Reginald F. Lewis Museum and the Enoch Pratt Free Library,
both in Baltimore, Maryland, primarily feature photographs by Lynda Koolish of Lucille Clifton, her contemporaries, and her
family and friends. The Center's annual Children's Poetry Camp is also well documented. Researchers should note that there
are some files in this series (e.g. materials concerning Oni Lasana Productions) that are not directly related to events held
by FFPC. These events are likely ones attended by FFPC staff or documented because they serve as examples of comparable outreach
initiatives or similar types of promotion.
One file of materials related to the Furious Flower Poetry Center's 25th Anniversary Celebration, held in September 2019 at
the National Museum of African American History and Culture, include promotional material, a schedule of events, and a copy
of the invocation presented by Rev. Edward A. Scott. Of particular interest is a promotional card inscribed by Qiniso "Qibho"
Motsa, a poet, musicion, author, and social activist from Eswatini.
Mixed Materials [1000898522] box: 11 folder: 1
Oni Lasana Productions Presents Adventures in Poetry, Storytelling, & More!
Among Poets: Lucille Clifton Commemorative Exhibition panels
2012
Mixed Materials [1000898003] box: OV 2 folder: 1
Alexia Clifton as a child, born in 1965 (circa 1970)
2012
Mixed Materials [1000898003] box: OV 2 folder: 2
Lucille Clifton with all six of her children: her daughters, Sidney, Fredrica, Gillian, and Alexia and her sons, Channing
and Graham (circa 1960)
2012
Mixed Materials [1000898003] box: OV 2 folder: 4
Opal Moore, poet, educator, and Furious Flower Advisory Board member (2010)
2012
Mixed Materials [1000898003] box: OV 2 folder: 3
Fred James Clifton, Lucille's husband, whom she married in 1958 and with whom she had six children between 1959 and 1967
(circa 1970)
2012
Mixed Materials [1000898003] box: OV 2 folder: 5
Lucille Clifton with her grandsons, Clifton Brown and Dakotah Brown (2006)
2012
Mixed Materials [1000898003] box: OV 2 folder: 6
Young bass player in the Elliott Family String Quartet at the Clifton tribute (2010)
2012
Mixed Materials [1000898003] box: OV 2 folder: 7
Hilary Hollady, educator and author of Wild Blessings: the Poetry of Lucille Clifton (2010)
2012
Mixed Materials [1000898003] box: OV 2 folder: 8
Lucille Clifton, holding a photograph of her deceased daughter, Fredrica, with Alexandra, Gillian, Alexia, Bailey, Sidney,
and Noah (2006)
2012
Mixed Materials [1000898003] box: OV 2 folder: 9
Portrait of Lucille Clifton (circa 1960)
2012
Mixed Materials [1000898003] box: OV 2 folder: 10
Haki Madhubuti, poet, educator, and founder of Third World Press (2004)
2012
Mixed Materials [1000898003] box: OV 2 folder: 11
Hermine Pinson, poet, educator, and Wintergreen Women Writers' Collective member (2007)
2012
Mixed Materials [1000898003] box: OV 2 folder: 12
Eugene Redmond, poet and founder of the Drumvoices Revue at Clifton tribute (2004)
2012
Mixed Materials [1000898003] box: OV 2 folder: 13
Thomas Sayers Ellis, poet, educator, and former member of the Dark Room Collective (2004)
2012
Mixed Materials [1000898003] box: OV 2 folder: 14
Fred D' Aguiar, poet and educator (2004)
2012
Mixed Materials [1000898003] box: OV 2 folder: 15
W. S. Merwin, poet and former Chancellor of the Academy of American Poets (2000)
2012
Mixed Materials [1000898004] box: OV 3 folder: 1
Joanne Gabbin and Lynda Koolish, curators of the exhibit "Won't You Celebrate With Me" (2010)
2012
Mixed Materials [1000898004] box: OV 3 folder: 2
Lucille Clifton with daughters Gillian and Alexia (2000)
2012
Mixed Materials [1000898004] box: OV 3 folder: 3
Val Gray Ward, actor, director, and founder of the Kuumba Theater Company and Joanne Gabbin at the Clifton tribute at JMU
(2010)
2012
Mixed Materials [1000898004] box: OV 3 folder: 4
Kwame Dawes, poet, educator, and Cave Canem Faculty (2008)
2012
Mixed Materials [1000898004] box: OV 3 folder: 5
Jericho Brown, poet and educator (2008)
2012
Mixed Materials [1000898004] box: OV 3 folder: 6
Kelly Norman Ellis, Nikky Finney, Rachel Eliza Griffiths, Aisha Moon, Alexia Clifton, Gillian Clifton, Samantha Thornhill,
Treasure Williams, and Tayari Jones at JMU (2010)
2012
Mixed Materials [1000898004] box: OV 3 folder: 7
Quraysh Ali Lansana, poet and educator, and Joanne Gabbin at JMU (2010)
2012
Mixed Materials [1000898004] box: OV 3 folder: 8
Lamont Steptoe, poet, photographer, and Vietnam veteran (2008)
2012
Mixed Materials [1000898004] box: OV 3 folder: 9
Tayari Jones, author and speaker (2007)
2012
Mixed Materials [1000898004] box: OV 3 folder: 10
Lucille with daughters, Alexia, Sidney, and Gillian (2000)
2012
Mixed Materials [1000898004] box: OV 3 folder: 12
Kimberly Ellis, Joanne Gabbin, Rita Dove, Aisha Moon, and Rachel Eliza Griffiths at the Clifton tribute at JMU (2010)
2012
Mixed Materials [1000898004] box: OV 3 folder: 13
Lucille (Sayles) Clifton with her father Sam Sayles, Sr. and Fred Clifton (circa 1957)
2012
Mixed Materials [1000898004] box: OV 3 folder: 14
Alicia Ostriker, poet and author of important critical essay on Clifton (2007)
2012
Mixed Materials [1000898005] box: OV 4 folder: 1
Marilyn Nelson, Poet Laureate of Connecticut and Cave Canem Elder (2007)
2012
Mixed Materials [1000898005] box: OV 4 folder: 2
C. D. Wright, taken at the Desert Nights, Rising Stars: the ASU Writers' Conference (2005)
2012
Mixed Materials [1000898005] box: OV 4 folder: 3
Yusef Komunyakaa, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and Cave Canem Faculty (2008)
2012
Mixed Materials [1000898005] box: OV 4 folder: 4
Adrienne Rich (1929-2012), poet and former Chancellor of the Academy of American Poets (1978)
2012
Mixed Materials [1000898005] box: OV 4 folder: 5
Cornelius Eady, poet and co-founder of Cave Canem (2003)
2012
Mixed Materials [1000898005] box: OV 4 folder: 6
Alfredteen Harrison, Civil Rights activist and co-convener of Unsettling Memories Conference (2004)
2012
Mixed Materials [1000898005] box: OV 4 folder: 7
Unnamed healer at slave burial grounds in Natchez, Mississippi (2004)
2012
Mixed Materials [1000898005] box: OV 4 folder: 8
Alice Walker, author, poet, and collector of quilts (2002)
2012
Mixed Materials [1000898005] box: OV 4 folder: 9
Eugene Redmond, Amiri Baraka, Sonia Sanchez and Joanne Gabbin at 2004 Furious Flower Poetry Conference (2004)
2012
Mixed Materials [1000898005] box: OV 4 folder: 10
Gordon Parks (1912-2006) photographer, poet, novelist, musician, and filmmaker (circa 2004)
2012
Mixed Materials [1000898005] box: OV 4 folder: 11
Ronald L. Freeman, long-time photographer for the Smithsonian Institute (2004)
2012
Mixed Materials [1000898005] box: OV 4 folder: 12
James Allen, curator of lynching exhibit Without Sanctuary (2004)
2012
Mixed Materials [1000898005] box: OV 4 folder: 13
Lynda Koolish, primary photographer and assembler of this quilt-like exhibit (2008)
2012
Mixed Materials [1000898005] box: OV 4 folder: 14
Dennis Brutus (1924-2009) South African poet and imprisoned activist against apartheid (2008)
2012
Mixed Materials [1000898005] box: OV 4 folder: 15
Sonia Sanchez, poet, educator, playwright, and Cave Canem Elder (2010)
2012
Mixed Materials [1000898006] box: OV 5 folder: 1
Lucille (Sayles) Clifton as a child (circa 1940)
2012
Mixed Materials [1000898006] box: OV 5 folder: 2
Thelma Moore Sayles, Lucille's mother (1914-1959) (circa 1950)
2012
Mixed Materials [1000898006] box: OV 5 folder: 3
Clifton Home 1967-1981, 2605 Talbot Road, Baltimore, Maryland (circa 1980)
2012
Mixed Materials [1000898006] box: OV 5 folder: 4
Clifton Home 1981-1984, 2437 Pickwick Road, Dickeyville, Maryland (circa 1982)
2012
Mixed Materials [1000898006] box: OV 5 folder: 5
Audre Lorde (1934-1992) poet, writer, and feminist visionary (1978)
2012
Mixed Materials [1000898006] box: OV 5 folder: 6
Toi Derricotte, poet and co-founder of Cave Canem (2000)
2012
Mixed Materials [1000898006] box: OV 5 folder: 7
Galway Kinnell, poet and presenter at the Squaw Valley Writers' Conference (1991)
2012
Mixed Materials [1000898006] box: OV 5 folder: 8
Lucille Clifton, who received Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2004 Furious Flower Conference at JMU (2004
2012
Mixed Materials [1000898006] box: OV 5 folder: 9
Patricia Smith, poet, activist, and Cave Canem Faculty (2004)
2012
Mixed Materials [1000898006] box: OV 5 folder: 10
Toni Morrison, Nobel Laureate novelist, educator, and former editor at Random House (1987)
2012
Mixed Materials [1000898006] box: OV 5 folder: 11
Gwendolyn Magee, quilter and Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters Visual Artist of 2003 (2004)
2012
Mixed Materials [1000898006] box: OV 5 folder: 12
Children of Philadelphia, Mississippi, heirs of the Civil Rights struggle of the 1960s (2004)
2012
Mixed Materials [1000898006] box: OV 5 folder: 13
June Jordan (1936-2002) poet, playwright, and activist (1984)
2012
Mixed Materials [1000898532] box: 21 folder: 8
Enoch Pratt Library and Reginald Lewis Museum Exhibits
James Madison University. Furious Flower Poetry CenterFurious Flower Conference (1st ) (Location of meeting: James Madison University). Date of meeting or treaty signing: 1994
:.)Furious Flower Conference (2nd ) (Location of meeting: James Madison University). Date of meeting or treaty signing: 2004
:.)Furious Flower Conference (3rd ) (Location of meeting: James Madison University). Date of meeting or treaty signing: 2014
:.)1970-2015English.
Arrangement
The series is arranged chronologically into three sub-series:
The donor's original order, including folder titles, was maintained whenever possible. The archivist imposed an order on any
unordered files, titled any untitled files, and created discrete series. Social security numbers and bank account numbers
have been redacted from materials. When possible, newspapers and clippings were photocopied and originals returned to donor.
The collection of magnesium letterpress die plates are individually boxed and organized by the poem's appearance in the publication
Furious Flower: A Revolution in African American Poetry into larger boxes (one record storage box and one oversize Hollinger
box). Furious Flower Poetry Center donated a box of rolled posters in cardboard tubes, all identical, from the 1994 and 2004
conferences – each cardboard tube contained one 1994 poster and one 2004 poster. Due to duplication elsewhere in this collection,
only one set of posters was retained. They were flattened and placed in the Oversize series. Processing of audiovisual content
is in-process as of April 2022. Access will be made available to content once processing is complete, barring any copyright
or use restrictions.
Scope and Content
This series comprises materials related to the decennial Furious Flower poetry conferences, beginning with the inaugural conference
in 1994. A significant portion of the records include logistical and planning documentation for each conference as well as
marking and promotional items. These materials are comprised of calls for papers, contracts, correspondence, address lists,
ticket requests, travel, transportation, and lodging reservations, and menus. The records include nontraditional items as
well. Of interest are exhibit panels (text labels and images) describing and depicting the participants of the 1994 conference.
Magnesium letterpress die plates used to print a limited edition portfolio Furious Flower: A Revolution in African American
Poetry, a special collection of 23 poems selected by poets (who participated in the 1994 conference) to represent their work,
are included. Six silk banners that adorned the Wilson Hall auditorium during the 2004 and 2014 conferences are included.
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1994 Conference: A Revolution in African American Poetry
1970-2009
Scope and Content
Arranged alphabetically with the exception of the Exhibit of Participants materials and the magnesium letterpress die plates
which are located at the end of the series due to their size. Note that the numbering system for the letterpress die plates
is sequential based on each poem's order in the publication Furious Flower: A Revolution in African American Poetry. As such
the first folder/four-flap enclosure in box nine is labeled 9:21b. This is the plate for page two of the 21st poem in the
publication.
Materials in this series primarily document the planning and implementation of the 1994 Furious Flower Poetry Conference:
A Revolution in African American Poetry. Records include travel and lodging reservations, correspondence with participating
poets, financial documentation and budgets, and mailing lists. Marketing and promotional items such as posters and brochures
are included. Conference evaluations completed by attendees and folders labeled "Positive Responses" document the overwhelming
success of the conference. Of particular interest are exhibit components from the 1994 conference that include text labels
and images of each participating poet. The photographs for these panels were taken by C. B. Claiborne. Copy 225 of 300 of
Furious Flower: A Revolution in African American Poetry is located in box 2, folder 5. The magnesium letterpress die plates
used to print this collection of poetry are also included here. Each plate is individually housed in a four-flap enclosure
and then boxed in order of appearance in the publication. Of significance are the video recordings documenting conference
proceedings and interviews with Black poets.
Mixed Materials [1000898537] box: 26 folder: 1
1994 Conference Program
1994
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1994 Conference Video Recordings
Furious Flower Poetry Center (1999-2004)Hodges, John L.1994
Access Restrictions
Researchers may access digitized archival audiovisual materials in the JMU Special Collections Reading Room by appointment.
Digital files may also be requested through the JMU Special Collections Request System.
Arrangement
Event footage is arranged chronologically by capture time, with the exception of the "supercuts," consisting of video montages,
which are arranged by program day. See the Interviews with Poets sub-group for additional arrangement details.
Bio/Historical Note
The 1994 Conference Video Recordings, 1994 September 29-October 1, were produced by John L. Hodges. The videos represent the
raw footage captured during the 1994 Conference.
Processing Note
Video recordings were digitized for preservation and research access by Scene Savers in 2016 and 2017. Select records were
decribed by JMU graduate assistant Mitchell Teal in 2018 and 2019 for research access through JMU Scholarly Commons in support
of a JMU X-Labs course. Description is ongoing as of 2022. Access to content will be made available once description is complete,
barring any copyright or other use restrictions.
Scope and Content
This series contains 45 video recordings captured by John L. Hodges during the 1994 Furious Flower Poetry Conference as well
as interviews with poets.
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License Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works. Details for licensing can be found here: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/
Gabbin, Joanne V. (Joanne Veal), 1946-Wright, StevenFacknitz, SusanBrice-Finch, JacquelineClaiborne, C. B.Carrier, Ronald E., 1932-2017Hunt, DorisWard, Val GrayBrown, Vernisha1994 September 29
Opening invocation and welcome to participants for the 1994 Furious Flower Conference at James Madison University. The Opening
Session was held at the Grafton-Stovall Theatre at James Madison University on Thursday, September 29, 1994 at 8:30 a.m. This
footage was originally recorded on 1 MII videocassette.
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Tape 1
1 videocassettes (Mii) Note on original videocassette: "1994 Opening Session B Joanne Gabbin Ronald Carrier" running time: 00:47:58
The Critics' Roundtable, "African American Poetry and the Vernacular Matrix," was held at the Grafton-Stovall Theatre at James
Madison University on Thursday, September 29, 1994 at 9:30 a.m.
Original 1994 Furious Flower Poetry Conference program reads, "African American poetry, perhaps more so than fiction and drama,
has lent and continues to lend itself to the thematic and formalistic expression of its matrixing in African American culture,
in the vernacular (folk and popular) culture in particular. This roundtable will investigate the nature and extent of this
matrixing. It will consider the relationship of the folk to the popular vernacular mode, whether "continuity" or "disjuncture"
best describes that relationship and how the difference between the two is imprinted upon the literature. It will also consider
the nature and validity of rural/urban, southern/northern distinctions as they apply to cultural expressive manifestations
such as the blues, and the degree to which these distinctions spill over into the poetry as a literary production. (Alvin
Aubert)"
This footage was originally recorded on 3 MII videocassettes.
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Tape 1
1 videocassettes (Mii) Note on original videocassette: "1994 Critics' Roundtable A"
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Tape 3
1 videocassettes (Mii) Note on original videocassette: "Furious Flower 3A African American Poetry and the Vernacular Matrix Shirley Ann Williams
and Panel Discussion"
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Keynote Speech: Michael S. Harper and Poetry Reading 1
Harper, Michael S., 1938-2016Ellis, Thomas SayersGabbin, Joanne V. (Joanne Veal), 1946-Keene, John, 1965-Barrax, Gerald W.Alexander, Elizabeth, 1962 August 6-Derricotte, Toi, 1941-Miller, E. Ethelbert1994 September 29
[Aviary] Keynote Speech Michael S. Harper and Poetry Reading 1 1994 September 29 Tape 1 FF0040.mp4
Michael S. Harper's Keynote speech at the 1994 Furious Flower Conference. The session continued with poetry readings by Elizabeth
Alexander, Gerald Barrax, Toi Derricotte, and E. Ethelbert Miller. The Keynote Speech and Poetry Reading was held at the Grafton-Stovall
Theatre at James Madison University on Thursday, September 29, 1994 at 1 p.m.
This footage was originally recorded on 2 MII videocassettes.
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Tape 1
1 videocassettes (Mii) Note on original videocassette: "1994 Keynote Speech B Michael Harper, 1994 Poetry Reading B" running time: 00:57:41
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Poetry Reading 2
Allen, Samuel W.Phillips, Carl, 1959-Lane, Pinkie GordonMadhubuti, Haki R., 1942-Madgett, Naomi Cornelia LongGabbin, Joanne V. (Joanne Veal), 1946-1994 September 29
Poetry Readings by Sam Allen, Pinkie Gordon Lane, Haki Madhubuti, and Naomi Long Madgett at the 1994 Furious Flower Conference.
The Poetry Reading was held at the Grafton-Stovall Theatre at James Madison University on Thursday, September 29, 1994 at
4:45 p.m.
This footage was originally recorded on 2 MII videocassettes.
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Tape 1
1 videocassettes (Mii) Note on original videocassette: "1994 Poetry Reading B Sam Allen, Pinkie Gordon Lane, Haki Madhubuti" running time: 00:54:37
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Poetry Reading 3
Baraka, Amiri, 1934-2014Touré, Askia M.Evans, Mari, 1919-2017Harper, Michael S., 1938-2016Sanchez, Sonia, 1934-Gabbin, Joanne V. (Joanne Veal), 1946-James Madison University. Jazz Ensemble1994 September 29
[Aviary] Poetry Reading 3 1994 September 29 Tape 1 FF0029.mp4
Poetry Readings by Amiri Baraka, Mari Evans, Michael S. Harper, and Sonia Sanchez at the 1994 Furious Flower Conference. The
JMU Jazz Ensemble opened the session by playing "Cherry Juice." The Poetry Reading was held at Wilson Hall, James Madison
University on Thursday, September 29, 1994 at 8 p.m.
This footage was originally recorded on 2 MII videocassettes.
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Tape 1
1 videocassettes (Mii) Note on original videocassette: "Furious Flower JMU Jazz Ensemble- "Cherry Juice" Poetry Reading Amiri Baraka, Mari Evans" running time: 01:05:17
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Critics' Roundtable: Critical Theories and Approaches in African American Poetry
Ward, Jerry W., Jr., 1943-Joyce, Joyce Ann, 1949-Nielsen, Aldon LynnRampersad, ArnoldThomas, Lorenzo, 1944-2005Stover, Darrell "SCIPOET"Renegade, D. J.Evans, Mari, 1919-2017Salaam, Kalamu ya, 1947-McDowell, Deborah E., 1951-1994 September 30
[Aviary] Critics Roundtable Critical Theories and Approaches in African American Poetry 1994 September 30
The Critics' Roundtable, "Critical Theories and Approaches in African American Poetry," was held at the Grafton-Stovall Theatre
at James Madison University on Friday, September 30, 1994 at 9:30 a.m.
Original 1994 Furious Flower Poetry Conference program reads, "The work of literary theory and of theorizing in other areas
of the human sciences is to specify what conditions obtain among those who create, those who make use of creations, and the
languages (or signs) that enable creators and consumers to negotiate in a world of social constructions. In short, theory
is obligated to explain relations between people and artifacts in the contexts of history and culture. In that sense, theory
is necessary for rigorous examination of African American poetry. How might theory advance the study and appreciation of African
American poetry? Within the frame of this questions, scholars on the panel will be asked to address what kind of critical
or cultural theory seems most appropriate for understanding poetry, how such theories influence interpretive methods and approaches,
and how must theorists themselves grapple with their own historicity in light of African American poetry's evolution from
orature to literature to newer genres that mix orality and literacy. The aim of the panel is to clarify some problems of theory
and poetry as they affect various audiences (Jerry W. Ward, Jr.)"
This footage was originally recorded on 4 MII videocassettes.
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Tape 1
1 videocassettes (Mii) Note on original videocassette: "Furious Flower Tape 1A Critical Theories and Approaches in African American Poetry" running time: 00:56:48
Rita Dove and Gwendolyn Brooks' Keynote Speeches at the 1994 Furious Flower Conference. The Keynotes were held at Wilson Hall,
James Madison University on Friday, September 30, 1994 at 1 p.m.
This footage was originally recorded on 2 MII videocassettes.
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Tape 1
1 videocassettes (Mii) Note on original videocassette: "Wilson Day 2" running time: 01:05:43
Poetry Readings by Dolores Kendrick, Nikki Giovanni, and Eugene Redmond at the 1994 Furious Flower Conference. The Poetry
Reading was held at Wilson Hall, James Madison University on Friday, September 30, 1994 at 3 p.m.
This footage was originally recorded on 2 MII videocassettes.
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Tape 1
1 videocassettes (Mii) Note on original videocassette: "Furious Flower Wilson #1 Poetry Reading- Dolores Kendrick, intro Dr. Gabbon Nikki Giovanni,
reading, intro- Lucille Clifton" running time: 01:04:57
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Tribute Banquet
Gabbin, Joanne V. (Joanne Veal), 1946-Stover, Darrell "SCIPOET"Collier, Eugenia W.Evans, Mari, 1919-2017Redmond, EugenePatterson, Raymond R.Graham, MaryemmaMcDowell, Deborah E., 1951-Madgett, Naomi Cornelia LongWard, Jerry W., Jr., 1943-Allen, Samuel W.Moore, OpalLane, Pinkie GordonSanchez, Sonia, 1934-Ward, Val GrayBrooks, Gwendolyn, 1917-20001994 September 30
[Aviary] Tribute Banquet 4 1994 September 30 Tape 1 FF0045.mp4
Tribute Banquet to honor important black poets at the 1994 Furious Flower Conference. Mari Evans, Raymond Patterson, Margaret
Walker, Naomi Long Madgett, Samuel W. Allen, Pinkie Gordon Lane, and Gwendolyn Brooks were the honored poets. The banquet
was held at Phillips Hall, James Madison University on Friday, September 30, 1994 at 7 p.m.
This footage was originally recorded on 2 MII videocassettes.
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Tape 1
1 videocassettes (Mii) Note on original videocassette: "Furious Flower Banquet #1" running time: 00:56:04
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Critics' Roundtable: Writing a Literary History of African American Poetry
Redmond, EugeneAsim, Jabari, 1962-Braxton, Joanne M.Patterson, Raymond R.Taylor, ClydeGabbin, Joanne V. (Joanne Veal), 1946-Steptoe, Lamont B., 1949-Gillespie, CarmenAubert, AlvinWard, Jerry W., Jr., 1943-Salaam, Kalamu ya, 1947-Stover, Darrell "SCIPOET"Miller, Adam David1994 October 1
[Aviary] Aviary Aviary Critics Roundtable Writing a Literary History of African American Poetry 1994 October 1 Tape 1 FF0111.mp4
The Critics' Roundtable, "Writing a Literary History of African American Poetry," was held at the Grafton-Stovall Theatre
at James Madison University on Saturday, October 1, 1994 at 9:30 a.m.
Original 1994 Furious Flower Poetry Conference program reads, "As the drum stands at the crossroads of traditional African
and African American culture, so the poets stand at the center of the drum providing the cadence, connections and continuity
that define their literary history. Panelists on this roundtable will speak on periodicity and identify significant literary
movements from the Harlem Renaissance through the Black Arts Movement to hip-hop. In an attempt to provide a valid historical
framework for the poetry, panelists will discuss major literary milestones and important poets emerging during the twentieth
century. (Eugene Redmond)"
This footage was originally recorded on 3 MII videocassettes.
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Tape 1
1 videocassettes (Mii) Note on original videocassette: "Furious Flower Tape 1A" running time: 00:59:59
Poetry Free Read at the 1994 Furious Flower Conference. The Free Read was held at Grafton-Stovall Theatre, James Madison University
on Saturday, October 1, 1994.
This footage was originally recorded on a MII videocassette.
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Tape 1
1.0 videocassettes (Mii) Note on original videocassette: "SAT 10-1 Free Read" running time: 00:51:58
Redmond, EugeneBrice-Finch, JacquelineSalaam, Kalamu ya, 1947-Kein, SybilMiller, Adam DavidOsbey, Brenda MarieIverem, Esther, 1960-Saloy, Mona Lisa1994 October 1
Poetry Readings by Jacqueline Brice-Finch, Gwen Butler, Kalamu ya Salaam, Jeannette Drake, Sybil Kein, Adam David Miller,
Brenda Marie Osbey, Fabu Carter, Ester Iverem, and Mona Lisa Saloy at the 1994 Furious Flower Conference. The Poetry Reading
was held at Grafton-Stovall Theatre, James Madison University on Saturday, October 1, 1994 at 2 p.m.
This footage was originally recorded on 2 MII videocassettes.
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Tape 1
1 videocassettes (Mii) Note on original videocassette: "Furious Flower Tape 4 B Poetry Reading- Intro, Eugene Redmond Jacqueline Brice-Finch, Gwen
Butler, Kalamau ya Salaam Jeannette Drake, Sybil Kein" running time: 00:59:04
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The Dark Room Collective: A Fisted Reading
Dance, Daryl CumberRedmond, EugeneTrethewey, Natasha D., 1966-Jackson, Major, 1968-Beatty, Vera L.Keene, John, 1965-Strange, SharanYoung, Kevin, 1970-Ellis, Thomas Sayers1994 October 1
[Aviary] The Dark Room Collective A Fisted Reading 1994 October 1 Tape 1 FF0025.mp4
Poetry Readings by The Dark Room Collective at the 1994 Furious Flower Conference. Established in Boston in 1988, The Dark
Room Collective was first a reading series and later a small community of black poets and writers. The Dark Room Collective's
poetry reading at the 1994 conference was held at Grafton-Stovall Theatre, James Madison University on Saturday, October 1,
1994 at 4:15 p.m.
Tape 1 begins with the last 10 minutes of Poetry Reading 5 and The Dark Room Collective reading starts at the 12 minute mark.
This footage was originally recorded on 2 MII videocassettes.
General Note
Additional information on the Dark Room Collective can be found here.
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Tape 1
1 videocassettes (Mii) Note on original videocassette: "Furious Flower Tape 6B" running time: 01:02:51
Conference Finale for the 1994 Furious Flower Conference. A celebration of black arts and culture, the conference finale featured
musical and spoken word performances by Mellasenah Morris, the JMU Contemporary Gospel Singers, Val Gray Ward, and Bernice
Johnson Reagon. The Conference Finale was held at Wilson Hall, James Madison University on Saturday, October 1, 1994 at 8
p.m.
This footage was originally recorded on 6 MII videocassettes.
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Tape 1
1 videocassettes (Mii) Note on original videocassette: "1994 Conference Finale Tape Three Bullock, Morris, Gospel Singers" running time: 00:18:12
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Supercuts
1994 September 29-October 1
Scope and Content
Supercuts of the 1994 Furious Flower Conference, featuring footage from all 3 days of the conference. This footage was originally
recorded on 10 MII videocassettes.
Moving Images Media Cabinet: 2 FF0154
Supercut 1
Gabbin, Joanne V. (Joanne Veal), 1946-Wright, StevenFacknitz, SusanBrice-Finch, JacquelineClaiborne, C. B.Carrier, Ronald E., 1932-2017Hunt, DorisWard, Val GrayBrown, VernishaAubert, AlvinAlexander, Elizabeth, 1962 August 6-Traylor, Eleanor W.Williams, Sherley Anne, 1944-1999Stover, Darrell "SCIPOET"Drew, Shahara BrookinsMiller, Adam DavidLove, Monifa A.Thompson, Mylea
Supercut 1/10 of the 1994 Furious Flower Conference, featuring selections from the conference opening session and Critics'
Roundtable: African American Poetry and the Vernacular Matrix.
This footage was originally recorded on a MII videocassette.
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Moving Images Media Cabinet: 2 FF0155
Supercut 2
Alexander, Elizabeth, 1962 August 6-Barrax, Gerald W.Derricotte, Toi, 1941-Miller, E. EthelbertKeene, John, 1965-Stover, Darrell "SCIPOET"Gabbin, Joanne V. (Joanne Veal), 1946-Allen, Samuel W.Lane, Pinkie GordonMadhubuti, Haki R., 1942-Madgett, Naomi Cornelia Long
Supercut 2/10 of the 1994 Furious Flower Conference, featuring selections from Poetry Reading 1 (Elizabeth Alexander, Gerald
Barrax; Toi Derricotte; and E. Ethelbert Miller) and Poetry Reading 2 (Sam Allen, Pinkie Gordon Lane, Haki Madhubuti, Naomi
Long Madgett).
This footage was originally recorded on a MII videocassette.
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Moving Images Media Cabinet: 2 FF0156
Supercut 3
Madgett, Naomi Cornelia LongGabbin, Joanne V. (Joanne Veal), 1946-Baraka, Amiri, 1934-2014Touré, Askia M.Evans, Mari, 1919-2017Harper, Michael S., 1938-2016Sanchez, Sonia, 1934-James Madison University. Jazz Ensemble
1 videocassettes (VHS) Note on original videocassette: "Furious Flower Tape 3 Madgett (con't) JMU Jazz Ensemble Poetry Reading- Baraka, Evans, Harper,
Sanchez" running time: 2:13:19
Supercut 3/10 of the 1994 Furious Flower Conference, featuring selections from Poetry Reading 2 (Naomi Long Madgett) and Poetry
Reading 3 (Amiri Baraka, Mari Evans, Michael S. Harper, Sonia Sanchez).
This footage was originally recorded on a MII videocassette.
Access Restrictions
Researchers may request digital video reference copies at the file level through the JMU Special Collections Request System.
Moving Images Media Cabinet: 2 FF0157
Supercut 4
Ward, Jerry W., Jr., 1943-Joyce, Joyce Ann, 1949-Nielsen, Aldon LynnRampersad, ArnoldThomas, Lorenzo, 1944-2005Stover, Darrell "SCIPOET"Evans, Mari, 1919-2017Salaam, Kalamu ya, 1947-McDowell, Deborah E., 1951-Gabbin, Joanne V. (Joanne Veal), 1946-Dove, RitaKendrick, Dolores, 1927-2017Brooks, Gwendolyn, 1917-2000
1 videocassettes (VHS) Note on original videocassette: "Furious Flower Tape 4 Critics Roundtable- Chair, Jerry Ward Joyce, Nielsen, Rampersad, Thomas
Keynote Speeches-intro, Dr. Gabbin and Dolores Kendrick Rita Dove and Gwendolyn Brooks" running time: 03:23:05
Supercut 4/10 of the 1994 Furious Flower Conference, featuring selections from Critics' Roundtable: Critical Theories and
Approaches in African American Poetry and the keynote speeches by Rita Dove and Gwendolyn Brooks.
This footage was originally recorded on a MII videocassette.
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Moving Images Media Cabinet: 2 FF0158
Supercut 5
Brooks, Gwendolyn, 1917-2000Madhubuti, Haki R., 1942-Gabbin, Joanne V. (Joanne Veal), 1946-Kendrick, Dolores, 1927-2017Giovanni, NikkiRedmond, Eugene
1 videocassettes (VHS) Note on original videocassette: "Furious Flower Tape 5 Gwendolyn Brooks (con't) Poetry Reading-Dolores Kendrick, Nikki Giovanni,
Eugene Redmond, Dr. Gabbin, closing" running time: 02:06:48
Supercut 5/10 of the 1994 Furious Flower Conference, featuring the remainder of Gwendolyn Brooks' keynote speech and selections
from Poetry Reading 4 (Dolores Kendrick, Nikki Giovanni, Eugene Redmond).
This footage was originally recorded on a MII videocassette.
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Moving Images Media Cabinet: 2 FF0159
Supercut 6
Stover, Darrell "SCIPOET"Gabbin, Joanne V. (Joanne Veal), 1946-Collier, Eugenia W.Evans, Mari, 1919-2017Redmond, EugeneMcDowell, Deborah E., 1951-Madgett, Naomi Cornelia LongWard, Jerry W., Jr., 1943-Allen, Samuel W.Moore, OpalLane, Pinkie GordonSanchez, Sonia, 1934-Ward, Val GrayBrooks, Gwendolyn, 1917-2000
1 videocassettes (VHS) Note on original videocassette: "Furious Flower Tape 6 Tribute Banquet- Music by "The Spoken Word" Presentations and awards
Sonia Sanchez- reading, Val Gray Ward-speech/reading Dr. Gabbin- recognition and gift. Conclusion." running time: 01:28:44
Supercut 6/10 of the 1994 Furious Flower Conference, featuring selections from the Tribute Banquet.
This footage was originally recorded on a MII videocassette.
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Moving Images Media Cabinet: 2 FF0160
Supercut 7
Gabbin, Joanne V. (Joanne Veal), 1946-Steptoe, Lamont B., 1949-Gillespie, CarmenRedmond, EugeneAubert, AlvinBraxton, Joanne M.Patterson, Raymond R.Asim, Jabari, 1962-Taylor, ClydeWard, Jerry W., Jr., 1943-Salaam, Kalamu ya, 1947-Stover, Darrell "SCIPOET"Miller, Adam David
1 videocassettes (VHS) Note on original videocassette: "Furious Flower Tape 7 Writing a Literary History Pane 1-Eugene Redmond, chair Redmond, Alvin
Aubert read poems Pane 1- Joanne Braxton, Raymond Patterson, Jabari Asim, Clyde Taylor" running time: 02:35:54
Supercut 7/10 of the 1994 Furious Flower Conference, featuring selections from Critics' Roundtable: Writing a Literary History
of African American Poetry.
This footage was originally recorded on a MII videocassette.
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Moving Images Media Cabinet: 2 FF0161
Supercut 8
Redmond, EugeneBrice-Finch, JacquelineSalaam, Kalamu ya, 1947-Kein, SybilMiller, Adam DavidOsbey, Brenda MarieIverem, Esther, 1960-Saloy, Mona Lisa
1 videocassettes (VHS) Note on original videocassette: "Furious Flower Tape 8 Poetry Reading The Dark Room Collective: A Fisted Reading" running time: 02:04:59
Supercut 8/10 of the 1994 Furious Flower Conference, featuring selections from Poetry Reading 5 (Jacqueline Brice-Finch,
Gwen Butler, Kalamu ya Salaam, Jeannette Drake, Sybil Kein, Adam David Miller, Brenda Marie Osbey, Fabu Carter, Ester Iverem,
Mona Lisa Saloy, and Quo Vadis Gex-Breaux).
This footage was originally recorded on a MII videocassette.
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Moving Images Media Cabinet: 2 FF0162
Supercut 9
Dance, Daryl CumberTrethewey, Natasha D., 1966-Jackson, Major, 1968-Beatty, Vera L.
1 videocassettes (VHS) Note on original videocassette: "Furious Flower Tape 9 The Dark Room Collective: A Fisted Reading (con't) Sharan Strange,
Kevin Young, Thomas Sayers Ellis" running time: 00:17:28
Footage of posters, books, various artifacts, and exhibits at the 1994 Furious Flower Conference. This footage was originally
recorded on a MII videocassette.
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Moving Images Media Cabinet: 2 FF0102
Audience footage of Critics' Roundtable: Critical Theories and Approaches in African American Poetry
1 videocassettes (Mii) Note on original videocassette: 9-30 Cam 4 150 running time: 01:05:44
Audience footage of Critics' Roundtable: Critical Theories and Approaches in African American Poetry from the 1994 Furious
Flower Conference. This footage was originally recorded on a MII videocassette.
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Moving Images Media Cabinet: 2 FF0104
Audience footage of Critics' Roundtable: Writing a Literary History of African American Poetry
1 videocassettes (Mii) Note on original videocassette: unlabeled running time: 01:05:15
Audience footage of Critics' Roundtable: Writing a Literary History of African American Poetry from the 1994 Furious Flower
Conference. This footage was originally recorded on a MII videocassette.
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Moving Images Media Cabinet: 2 FF0103
Audience footage of Poetry Reading 5
1 videocassettes (Mii) Note on original videocassette: SAT 10-1 3:45-4:45 150 Cam running time: 01:02:06
Interview with E. Ethelbert Miller at the 1994 Furious Flower Conference. Miller was interviewed by Eugenia Collier in this
recording. This footage was originally recorded on MII videocassettes.
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E. Ethelbert Miller interviewed by Eugenia Collier Camera A
1 videocassettes (Mii) Note on original videocassette: 1994 Interview A, E. Ethelbert Miller Eugenia Collier running time: 00:24:26
Interviews with poets at the 1994 Furious Flower Conference. Featured in this video is Eugene Redmond interviewed by Jabari
Asim, Major Jackson interviewed by Vera Beatty, Dolores Kendrick interviewed by Judith Thomas. This footage was originally
recorded on a MII videocassette.
Access Restrictions
Researchers may request digital video reference copies at the file level through the JMU Special Collections Request System.
Moving Images Media Cabinet: 2 FF0064
Eugene Redmond interviewed by Jabari Asim Camera A
1 videocassettes (Mii) Note on original videocassette: 1994 Interview A Eugene Redmond Jabari Asim running time: 00:21:53
Interviews with poets at the 1994 Furious Flower Conference. Featured in this video is Gerald Barrax interviewed by Joyce
Pettis and Nikki Giovanni interviewed by Virginia Fowler. This footage was originally recorded on a MII videocassette.
Moving Images Media Cabinet: 2 FF0075
Gerald Barrax interviewed by Joyce Pettis Camera A
1 videocassettes (Mii) Note on original videocassette: 1994 Interview A Gerald Barrax, Joyce Pettis running time: 00:19:25
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Moving Images Digital-Materials: Preservica Mixed Materials Media Cabinet: 2 FF0098
Major Jackson, Dolores Kendrick, Pinkie Gordon Lane, and Michael Harper Interviews Final Cut
Jackson, Major, 1968-Kendrick, Dolores, 1927-2017Lane, Pinkie GordonHarper, Michael S., 1938-2016Beatty, Vera L.Nielsen, Aldon Lynn
1 videocassettes (Mii) Note on original videocassette: 1994 Interview Master Major Jackson, Dolores Kendrick, Pinkie Gordon Lane, Michael Harper running time: 00:59:55
1994 September 29 - 1994 October 1
[Aviary] Major Jackson, Dolores Kendrick, Pinkie Gordon Lane, and Michael Harper Interviews Final Cut
Interviews with poets at the 1994 Furious Flower Conference. Featured in this video is Major Jackson interviewed by Vera Beatty,
Dolres Kendrick interviewed by Judith Thomas, Pinkie Gordon Lane interviewed by Sandra Govan, and Michael S. Harper interviewed
by Aldon Nielsen. This footage was originally recorded on a MII videocassette.
Moving Images Media Cabinet: 2 FF0081
Major Jackson and Vera Beatty Interview Camera A
1 videocassettes (Mii) Note on original videocassette: 1994 Interview A Major Jackson, Vera Beatty running time: 00:05:02
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Moving Images Media Cabinet: 2 FF0130
Major Jackson and Vera Beatty Interview Camera B
1 videocassettes (Mii) Note on original videocassette: 1994 Interview B Major Jackson, Vera Beatty running time: 00:05:03
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Moving Images Media Cabinet: 2 FF0066
Dolores Kendrick interiewed by Judith Thomas Camera A
1 videocassettes (Mii) Note on original videocassette: 1994 Interview A Dolores Kendrick Judith Thomas running time: 00:18:24
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Moving Images Media Cabinet: 2 FF0067
Dolores Kendrick interviewed by Judith Thomas Camera B
1 videocassettes (Mii) Note on original videocassette: 1994 Interview B Dolores Kendrick Judith Thomas running time: 00:17:55
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Digital files may also be requested through the JMU Special Collections Request System.
Moving Images Media Cabinet: 2 FF0059
Pinkie Gordon Lane interviewed by Sandra Govan Camera A
1 videocassettes (Mii) Note on original videocassette: 1994 Interview A Pinkie Gordon Lane Sandra Govan, Sam Allen Jerry Ward running time: 00:22:39
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Moving Images Media Cabinet: 2 FF0121
Pinkie Gordon Lane interviewed by Sandra Govan Camera B
1 videocassettes (Mii) Note on original videocassette: 1994 Interview B Pinkie Gordon Lane, Sandra Govan running time: 00:22:39
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Moving Images Media Cabinet: 2 FF0087
Michael Harper interviewed by Aldon Nielsen Part 1, Camera A
1 videocassettes (Mii) Note on original videocassette: 1994 Interview A Michael Harper, Aldon Nielsen, Part One running time: 00:22:02
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Digital files may also be requested through the JMU Special Collections Request System.
Moving Images Media Cabinet: 2 FF0124
Michael Harper interviewed by Aldon Nielsen Part 1, Camera B
1 videocassettes (Mii) Note on original videocassette: 1994 Interview B Michael Harper, Aldon Nielsen running time: 00:21:47
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Moving Images Media Cabinet: 2 FF0123
Michael Harper interviewed by Aldon Nielsen Part 2, Camera A. Toi Derricotte interviewed by Opal Moore Camera A
1 videocassettes (Mii) Note on original videocassette: 1994 Interview A, Michael Harper, Aldon Nielsen, Part Two, 1994 Interview A Toi Derricotte,
Opal Moore running time: 00:21:15
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Moving Images Media Cabinet: 2 FF0131
Michael Harper interviewed by Aldon Nielsen Part 2, Camera B. Toi Derricotte interviewed by Opal Moore Camera B
1 videocassettes (Mii) Note on original videocassette: 1994 Interview B Michael Harper, Aldon Nielsen. Interview B Toi Derricotte, Opal Moore running time: 00:20:02
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Moving Images Digital-Materials: Preservica Moving Images Media Cabinet: 2 FF0096
Mari Evans, Everett Hoagland, and Sonia Sanchez Interviews Final Cut
Evans, Mari, 1919-2017Hoagland, EverettSanchez, Sonia, 1934-Ward, Val GraySalaam, Kalamu ya, 1947-Thomas, Lorenzo, 1944-2005
1 videocassettes (Mii) Note on original videocassette: 1994 Interview Master Mari Evans, Everett Hoagland, Sonia Sanchez running time: 00:53:34
1994 September 29 - 1994 October 1
[Aviary] Mari Evans, Everett Hoagland, and Sonia Sanchez Interviews Final Cut
Interviews with poets at the 1994 Furious Flower Conference. Featured in this video is Mari Evans interviewed by Val Gray
Ward, Everett Hoagland interviewed by Kalamu ya Salaam, and Sonia Sanchez interviewed by Lorenzo Thomas. This footage was
originally recorded on a MII videocassette.
Moving Images Media Cabinet: 2 FF0057
Mari Evans interviewed by Val Gray Ward Camera A
1 videocassettes (Mii) Note on original videocassette: 1994 Interview A Mari Evans Val Gray Ward: Part Two running time: 00:23:39
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Moving Images Media Cabinet: 2 FF0084
Mari Evans interviewed by Val Gray Ward Camera B
1 videocassettes (Mii) Note on original videocassette: 1994 Interview B, Mari Evans, Val Gray Ward, Part One running time: 00:23:46
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Moving Images Media Cabinet: 2 FF0060
Everett Hoagland interviewed by Kalamu ya Salaam Camera A
1 videocassettes (Mii) Note on original videocassette: 1994 Interview A Everett Hoagland Kalamu ya Salaam running time: 00:19:57
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Moving Images Media Cabinet: 2 FF0078
Everett Hoagland interviewed by Kalamu ya Salaam Camera B
1 videocassettes (Mii) Note on original videocassette: 1994 Interview B Everett Hoagland, Kalamu ya Salaam running time: 00:19:50
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Moving Images Media Cabinet: 2 FF0080
Sonia Sanchez interviewed by Lorenzo Thomas Camera A
1 videocassettes (Mii) Note on original videocassette: 1994 Interview A Sonia Sanchez, Lorenzo Thomas running time: 00:20:04
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Moving Images Media Cabinet: 2 FF0129
Sonia Sanchez interviewed by Lorenzo Thomas Camera B
1 videocassettes (Mii) Note on original videocassette: 1994 Interview B Sonia Sanchez, Lorenzo Thomas running time: 00:18:47
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Moving Images Digital-Materials: Preservica Moving Images Media Cabinet: 2 FF0094
Sam Allen, Alvin Aubert, Amiri Baraka Interviews Final Cut
Allen, Samuel W.Aubert, AlvinBaraka, Amiri, 1934-2014Ward, Jerry W., Jr., 1943-Moore, Lenard D., 1958-Touré, Askia M.
1 videocassettes (Mii) Note on original videocassette: 1994 Interview Master, Sam Allen, Alvin Aubert, Amiri Baraka running time: 01:03:46
1994 September 29 - 1994 October 1
[Aviary] Sam Allen, Alvin Aubert, Amiri Baraka Interviews Final Cut
Interviews with poets at the 1994 Furious Flower Conference. Featured in this video is Sam Allen interviewed by Jerry Ward,
Alvin Aubert interviewed by Lenard Moore, and Amiri Baraka interviewed by Askia Touré. This footage was originally recorded
on a MII videocassette.
Moving Images Media Cabinet: 2 FF0176
Sam Allen, Alvin Aubert, and Amiri Baraka Interviews, Camera B
1 videocassettes (VHS) Note on original videocassette: INT. 1, 2, B Part 1 of 3 running time: 01:02:43
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Moving Images Media Cabinet: 2 FF0077
Sam Allen interviewed by Jerry Ward Camera A
1 videocassettes (Mii) Note on original videocassette: Int. IA Df running time: 00:23:37
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Moving Images Media Cabinet: 2 FF0085
Sam Allen interviewed by Jerry Ward Camera B
1 videocassettes (Mii) Note on original videocassette: 1994 Interview B Sam Allen, Jerry Ward running time: 00:30:15
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Moving Images Media Cabinet: 2 FF0071
Alvin Aubert interviewed by Lenard Moore Camera A
1 videocassettes (Mii) Note on original videocassette: 1994 Interview A, Alvin Aubert Lenard Moore running time: 00:21:02
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Moving Images Media Cabinet: 2 FF0127
Alvin Aubert interviewed by Lenard Moore Camera B
1 videocassettes (Mii) Note on original videocassette: 1994 Interview B, Alvin Aubert, Lenard Moore running time: 00:20:22
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Moving Images Media Cabinet: 2 FF0072
Amiri Baraka interviewed by Askia Touré Part 1, Camera A
1 videocassettes (Mii) Note on original videocassette: 1994 Interview A, Amiri Baraka, Askia Touré Part One running time: 00:23:53
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Moving Images Media Cabinet: 2 FF0073
Amiri Baraka interviewed by Askia Touré Part 1, Camera B
1 videocassettes (Mii) Note on original videocassette: 1994 Interview B, Amiri Baraka, Askia Touré Part One running time: 00:22:55
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Moving Images Media Cabinet: 2 FF0177
Amiri Baraka continued, Gerald Barrax, Michael Harper (reading), and Toi Derricotte Interviews, Camera B
1 videocassettes (VHS) Note on original videocassette: INT. 3 Cont. 4, 5 B running time: 00:38:38
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Moving Images Digital-Materials: Preservica Moving Images Media Cabinet: 2 FF0115
Sherley Anne Williams interviewed by Deborah McDowell
Williams, Sherley Anne, 1944-1999McDowell, Deborah E., 1951-
1 videocassettes (Mii) Note on original videocassette: 1994 Interview Master, Sherley Anne Williams running time: 00:37:28
1994 September 29 - 1994 October 1
[Aviary] Sherley Anne Williams interviewed by Deborah McDowell
Interviews with poets at the 1994 Furious Flower Conference. Featured in this video is Sherley Anne Williams interviewed by
Deborah McDowell. This footage was originally recorded on a MII videocassette.
Moving Images Media Cabinet: 2 FF0055
Sherley Anne Williams interviewed by Deborah McDowell Part 1, Camera A
1 videocassettes (Mii) Note on original videocassette: 1994 Interview B: Part One running time: 00:20:47
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Moving Images Media Cabinet: 2 FF0119
Sherley Anne Williams interviewed by Deborah McDowell Part 1, Camera B
1 videocassettes (Mii) Note on original videocassette: 1994 Interview A Sherley Anne Williams, Deborah McDowell Part One running time: 00:20:56
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Moving Images Media Cabinet: 2 FF0061
Sherley Anne Williams interviewed by Deborah McDowell Interview Part 2, Camera A
1 videocassettes (Mii) Note on original videocassette: 1994 Interview A Sherley Anne Williams, Deborah McDowell Part Two running time: 00:21:23
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Moving Images Media Cabinet: 2 FF0056
Sherley Anne Williams interviewed by Deborah McDowell Interview Part 2, Camera B
1 videocassettes (Mii) Note on original videocassette: 1994 Interview B: Part Two running time: 00:21:13
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Moving Images Digital-Materials: Preservica Moving Images Media Cabinet: 2 FF0113
Toi Derricotte, Haki Madhubuti, and Naomi Long Madgett Interviews Final Cut
Derricotte, Toi, 1941-Madhubuti, Haki R., 1942-Madgett, Naomi Cornelia LongMoore, OpalSanchez, Sonia, 1934-Traylor, Eleanor W.
1 videocassettes (Mii) Note on original videocassette: 1994 Interview Master Naomi Long Madgett, Haki Madhubuti, Toi Derricotte running time: 00:56:38
1994 September 29 - 1994 October 1
[Aviary] Toi Derricotte, Haki Madhubuti, and Naomi Long Madgett Interviews Final Cut
Interviews with poets at the 1994 Furious Flower Conference. Featured in this video is Toi Derricotte interviewed by Opal
Moore, Haki Madhubuti interviewed by Sonia Sanchez, and Naomi Long Madgett interviewed by Eleanor Traylor. This footage was
originally recorded on a MII videocassette.
Moving Images Media Cabinet: 2 FF0090
Haki Madhubuti interviewed by Sonia Sanchez Camera A
1 videocassettes (Mii) Note on original videocassette: 1994 Interview A, Haki Madhubuti, Sonia Sanchez running time: 00:21:11
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Moving Images Media Cabinet: 2 FF0128
Haki Madhubuti interviewed by Sonia Sanchez Camera B
1 videocassettes (Mii) Note on original videocassette: 1994 Interview B Haki Madhubuti, Sonia Sanchez running time: 00:21:21
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Moving Images Media Cabinet: 2 FF0062
Namoi Long Madgett and Eleanor Traylor Interview A. Mari Evans and Val Gray Ward Interview A
1 videocassettes (Mii) Note on original videocassette: 1994 Interview A Namoi Long Madgett, Eleanor Traylor. 1994 Interview A Mari Evans, Val Gray
Ward Part II running time: 00:22:58
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Digital files may also be requested through the JMU Special Collections Request System.
Moving Images Media Cabinet: 2 FF0063
Namoi Long Madgett and Eleanor Traylor Interview B. Mari Evans and Val Gray Ward Interview B
1 videocassettes (Mii) Note on original videocassette: 1994 Interview B Namoi Long Madgett, Eleanor Traylor. 1994 Interview B Mari Evans, Val Gray
Ward Part Two running time: 00:24:02
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Mixed Materials [1000898537] box: 26 folder: 2
Addresses
1991-1999
Mixed Materials [1000898537] box: 26 folder: 3
Articles Written/Speeches Given
undated
Mixed Materials [1000898537] box: 26 folder: 4
Bell Atlantic
1994
Mixed Materials [1000898537] box: 26 folder: 5
Commitments
1993-1994
Mixed Materials [1000898537] box: 26 folder: 6
Compiled Evaluations - Furious Flower
1994
Mixed Materials [1000898537] box: 26 folder: 7
Conference - Abstracts Rejected
1993-1994
Mixed Materials [1000898537] box: 26 folder: 8
Conference Pictures
1994
Mixed Materials [1000898537] box: 26 folder: 9
Conference Responses
1993-1994
Mixed Materials [1000898537] box: 26 folder: 10
Conference Working Papers Furious Flower
undated
Mixed Materials [1000898537] box: 26 folder: 11
CVs of Various Artists
1993-2009, undated
Mixed Materials [1000898537] box: 26 folder: 12
CVs of Various Artists
1993-2009, undated
Mixed Materials [1000898537] box: 26 folder: 13
Faculty Ticket Requests
1994
Mixed Materials [1000898538] box: 27 folder: 1
FF 1994 conference
1992-19992004
Mixed Materials [1000898538] box: 27 folder: 2
FFI DVD and Video
1998-2009
Mixed Materials [1000898538] box: 27 folder: 3
FF: Critics
1993-1998
Mixed Materials [1000898538] box: 27 folder: 4
FF: Poets
1991-1994
Mixed Materials [1000898538] box: 27 folder: 5
Film Documentary
1994-1995
Mixed Materials [1000898538] box: 27 folder: 6
"Furious Flower: A Revolution in African American Poetry" Collector's Edition
1994
Mixed Materials [1000898538] box: 27 folder: 7
Furious Flower Brochure
1992-1994
Mixed Materials [1000898538] box: 27 folder: 8
Furious Flower Conference
1993-1994
Mixed Materials [1000898538] box: 27 folder: 9
Furious Flower Conference Book Exhibit
1970-1994
Mixed Materials [1000898538] box: 27 folder: 10
Furious Flower Conference Fall '93
1993-1994
Mixed Materials [1000898539] box: 28 folder: 1
Furious Flower Conference Fall '93
1993-1997
Mixed Materials [1000898539] box: 28 folder: 2
Furious Flower Conference - Menus
1994
Mixed Materials [1000898539] box: 28 folder: 3
Furious Flower Conference Transportation & Travel
1994
Mixed Materials [1000898539] box: 28 folder: 4
Furious Flower Contracts
1994
Mixed Materials [1000898539] box: 28 folder: 5
Furious Flower Inquiries - to be entered on response
1994
Mixed Materials [1000898539] box: 28 folder: 6
Furious Flower Revised Master
1994
Mixed Materials [1000898539] box: 28 folder: 7
Incoming Conference Correspondence
1994
Mixed Materials [1000898539] box: 28 folder: 8
JMU Conference Committee
1993-1994
Mixed Materials [1000898539] box: 28 folder: 9
Mailing Labels
1995
Mixed Materials [1000898539] box: 28 folder: 10
Master Copies - Tickets
1994
Mixed Materials [1000898539] box: 28 folder: 11
Media Relations
1994
Mixed Materials [1000898540] box: 29 folder: 1
Miscellaneous Conference Materials (Folder 1 of 3)
1992-1995
Mixed Materials [1000898540] box: 29 folder: 2
Miscellaneous Conference Materials (Folder 2 of 3)
1992-1995
Mixed Materials [1000898540] box: 29 folder: 3
Miscellaneous Conference Materials (Folder 3 of 3)
1992-1995
Mixed Materials [1000898540] box: 29 folder: 4
Newspapers
1994
Mixed Materials [1000898540] box: 29 folder: 5
Open Mic Furious Flower Poets
1993-1994
Mixed Materials [1000898540] box: 29 folder: 6
Outgoing Conference Correspondence (Folder 1 of 2)
1993-1994
Mixed Materials [1000898540] box: 29 folder: 7
Outgoing Conference Correspondence (Folder 2 of 2)
1993-1994
Mixed Materials [1000898541] box: 30 folder: 1
Patrons
1994
Mixed Materials [1000898541] box: 30 folder: 2
Photographs
1994
Mixed Materials [1000898541] box: 30 folder: 3
Photographs, Contact Sheets
1994
Mixed Materials [1000898541] box: 30 folder: 4
Poetry Project
1994
Mixed Materials [1000898541] box: 30 folder: 5
Positive Responses - Conference 1994 (Folder 1 of 2)
1994
Mixed Materials [1000898541] box: 30 folder: 6
Positive Responses - Conference 1994 (Folder 2 of 2)
Magnesium letterpress die plate - 3 Alexander, Elizabeth "After"
1994
Mixed Materials [1000898544] box: 33 folder: 4
Magnesium letterpress die plate - 4 Allen, Samuel "The Apple Trees in Sussex"
1994
Mixed Materials [1000898544] box: 33 folder: 5
Magnesium letterpress die plate - 5 Aubert, Alvin "Baptism"
1994
Mixed Materials [1000898544] box: 33 folder: 6
Magnesium letterpress die plate - 6 Baraka, Amiri "In the Funk World"
1994
Mixed Materials [1000898544] box: 33 folder: 7
Magnesium letterpress die plate - 7 Barrax, Gerald "Liberation"
1994
Mixed Materials [1000898544] box: 33 folder: 8
Magnesium letterpress die plate - 8 Braxton, Joanne M. "Zoning"
1994
Mixed Materials [1000898544] box: 33 folder: 9
Magnesium letterpress die plate - 9 Brooks, Gwendolyn "The Second Sermon on the Warpland"
1994
Mixed Materials [1000898544] box: 33 folder: 10
Magnesium letterpress die plate - 10 Derricotte, Toi "Boy at the Paterson Falls"
1994
Mixed Materials [1000898544] box: 33 folder: 11
Magnesium letterpress die plate - 11 Dove, Rita "The Island Women of Paris"
1994
Mixed Materials [1000898544] box: 33 folder: 12
Magnesium letterpress die plate - 12 Evans, Mari "I Am A Black Woman"
1994
Mixed Materials [1000898544] box: 33 folder: 13
Magnesium letterpress die plate - 13 Giovanni, Nikki "Nikki-Rosa"
1994
Mixed Materials [1000898544] box: 33 folder: 14a
Magnesium letterpress die plate - 14a Harper, Michael S. "The Beauty Shell" (plate 1 of 3)
1994
Mixed Materials [1000898544] box: 33 folder: 14b
Magnesium letterpress die plate - 14b Harper, Michael S. "The Beauty Shell" (plate 2 of 3)
1994
Mixed Materials [1000898544] box: 33 folder: 14c
Magnesium letterpress die plate - 14c Harper, Michael S. "The Beauty Shell" (plate 3 of 3)
1994
Mixed Materials [1000898544] box: 33 folder: 15
Magnesium letterpress die plate - 15 Kendrick, Dolores "Black Women at the Basin"
1994
Mixed Materials [1000898544] box: 33 folder: 16
Magnesium letterpress die plate - 16 Lane, Pinkie Gordon "Girl at the Window"
1994
Mixed Materials [1000898544] box: 33 folder: 17
Magnesium letterpress die plate - 17 Madgett, Naomi Long "Reluctant Light"
1994
Mixed Materials [1000898544] box: 33 folder: 18
Magnesium letterpress die plate - 18 Madhubuti, Haki "Poet: What Ever Happened to Luther?"
1994
Mixed Materials [1000898544] box: 33 folder: 19
Magnesium letterpress die plate - 19 Miller, E. Ethelbert "Roy Campanella: January, 1958"
1994
Mixed Materials [1000898544] box: 33 folder: 20a
Magnesium letterpress die plate - 20a Patterson, Raymond R. "Letters to a Black Poet" (plate 1 of 2)
1994
Mixed Materials [1000898544] box: 33 folder: 20b
Magnesium letterpress die plate - 20b Patterson, Raymond R. "Letters to a Black Poet" (plate 2 of 2)
1994
Mixed Materials [1000898545] box: 34 folder: 1a
Magnesium letterpress die plate - 21a Plumpp, Sterling D. "Thaba Nchu," (plate 1 of 2)
1994
Mixed Materials [1000898545] box: 34 folder: 1b
Magnesium letterpress die plate - 21b Plumpp, Sterling D. "Thaba Nchu" (plate 2 of 2)
1994
Mixed Materials [1000898545] box: 34 folder: 2a
Magnesium letterpress die plate - 22a Redmond, Eugene B. "Barbequed Cong: or We Laid My Lai Low" (plate 1 of 2)
1994
Mixed Materials [1000898545] box: 34 folder: 2b
Magnesium letterpress die plate - 22b Redmond, Eugene B. "Barbequed Cong: or We Laid My Lai Low" (plate 2 of 2)
1994
Mixed Materials [1000898545] box: 34 folder: 3
Magnesium letterpress die plate - 23 Sanchez, Sonia "I Have Walked a Long Time"
1994
Mixed Materials [1000898545] box: 34 folder: 4a
Magnesium letterpress die plate - 24a Ward, Jerry W., Jr. "Jazz to Jackson to John" (plate 1 of 3)
1994
Mixed Materials [1000898545] box: 34 folder: 4b
Magnesium letterpress die plate - 24b Ward, Jerry W., Jr. "Jazz to Jackson to John" (plate 2 of 3)
1994
Mixed Materials [1000898545] box: 34 folder: 4c
Magnesium letterpress die plate - 24c Ward, Jerry W., Jr. "Jazz to Jackson to John" (plate 3 of 3)
1994
Mixed Materials [1000898545] box: 34 folder: 5
Magnesium letterpress die plate - Williams, Sherley Anne "Big Red and His Brothers"
1994
Mixed Materials [1000898545] box: 34 folder: 6
Magnesium letterpress die plate - Limited Edition Statement
1994
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2004 Conference: Regenerating the Black Poetic Tradition
2002-2007
Scope and Content
Arranged alphabetically.
Materials in this series primarily document the planning and implementation of the 2004 Furious Flower Poetry Conference:
Regenerating the Black Poetic Tradition. Records include travel and lodging reservations, correspondence with participating
poets, financial documentation and budgets, and mailing lists. Marketing and promotional items such as posters and brochures
are included. During the 2004 conference, notable African American scholars including Tony Bolden, Hilary Holladay, and Monifa
Love conducted interviews with presenting conference poets including Houston Baker, Rita Dove, and Tony Medina. The corresponding
transcripts are included and are particularly significant to African American poetry scholarship. Of particular interest is
congratulatory correspondence and RSVP regrets for the 2004 conference from Julian Bond, Governor Mark Warner, Senator George
Allen, the office of President George W. Bush and Senator John Kerry, President and CEO of the NAACP Kweisi Mfume, and many
others. Some of these letters were printed in the official conference program. Also of interest are evaluations completed
by conference attendees. Six silk banners used to decorate the Wilson Hall auditorium during the conference are included
in this series. The banners are rolled onto dowels and housed in a rolled storage container. Currently, the silk banners may
only be requested (in writing) by Furious Flower Poetry Center staff.
Mixed Materials [1000898546] box: 35 folder: 5
2004 Arts Council of the Valley Grant
2004
Mixed Materials [1000898546] box: 35 folder: 6
2004 Conference Contract Letters
2004
Mixed Materials [1000898546] box: 35 folder: 7
2004 Conference VCA Grant
2004
Mixed Materials [1000898546] box: 35 folder: 8
The Charles Lafitte Foundation Grant
2003
Mixed Materials [1000898058] box: RS 1
Conference Banners
2004
Did Poetry Choose you... 45" x 80"
This is the urgency LIVE! 45" x 83"
I made it up here... 45" x 81"
Time cracks... 36" x 81"
Dazzled by...36" x 81"
Summer and Autumn... 36" x 81"
Mixed Materials [1000898546] box: 35 folder: 9
FF 2004 Conference Correspondence
2004
Mixed Materials [1000898546] box: 35 folder: 10
FF 2004 Essays
2004
Mixed Materials [1000898546] box: 35 folder: 11
FF African American Theatrical Ensemble (AATE)
2003-2004
Mixed Materials [1000898546] box: 35 folder: 12
FF Barnes and Noble
2003-2004
Mixed Materials [1000898546] box: 35 folder: 13
FF Bibliography
2003
Mixed Materials [1000898546] box: 35 folder: 14
FF Call for Papers
2003-2004
Mixed Materials [1000898546] box: 35 folder: 15
FF Dignitaries
Warner, Mark R. (Mark Robert) (1954-12-15)Rose, Linwood H., 1951-Allen, George, 1952-Gabbin, Joanne V. (Joanne Veal), 1946-Mfume, Kweisi (1948-10-24)Okai, Atukwei, 1941-Bond, Julian (Horace Julian), 1940-20152004
Mixed Materials [1000898546] box: 35 folder: 16
FF Evaluations
2004
Mixed Materials [1000898546] box: 35 folder: 17
FF Letters Post Conference
2004-2005
Mixed Materials [1000898546] box: 35 folder: 18
FF Media Clips 2004
2004-2006
Mixed Materials [1000898547] box: 36 folder: 1
FF Musical Venues
2004
Mixed Materials [1000898001] box: OV 1 folder: 13
FF Poster 2004
2004
Mixed Materials [1000898547] box: 36 folder: 2
FF Programs
2004
Mixed Materials [1000898547] box: 36 folder: 3
FF Steering & Planning Committee Minutes
2002-2004
Mixed Materials [1000898547] box: 36 folder: 4
FF Talent Release Forms (Misc.)
2004
Mixed Materials [1000898547] box: 36 folder: 5
FF Transportation
2004
Mixed Materials [1000898547] box: 36 folder: 6
FFII DVD
2004-2005
Mixed Materials [1000898547] box: 36 folder: 7
Furious Flower Poets
undated
Mixed Materials [1000898547] box: 36 folder: 8
Furious Flower Quilt
undated
Mixed Materials [1000898547] box: 36 folder: 9
Interview Transcripts I
undated
Mixed Materials [1000898547] box: 36 folder: 10
Interview Transcripts II
undated
Mixed Materials [1000898001] box: OV 1 folder: 14
Mounted Photographs
2004
Mixed Materials [1000898547] box: 36 folder: 11
National Endowment for the Humanities Grant (folder 1 of 2)
2004
Mixed Materials [1000898547] box: 36 folder: 12
National Endowment for the Humanities Grant (folder 2 of 2)
2004
Mixed Materials [1000898001] box: OV 1 folder: 15
Photographs
2004
Mixed Materials [1000898547] box: 36 folder: 13
Review FFII DVD
2004
Mixed Materials [1000898548] box: 37 folder: 1
Virginia Commission for the Arts Grant
2004-2005
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