Collection Contents

Location		Title
Box MF 3423		2003 Kerlan Award Speech (1 folder)  Box MF 3423 Note  Contains: corrected typescript (27 p.)
Box MF 3231		Aneesa Lee and the Weaver's Gift , published New York: Lee and Shephard, 1999 (3 folders)  Box MF 3231 Note  Contains: holographs (17 p., 5 p.); typescript (19 p.); corrected typescripts (52 p.); photocopy of corrected typescript (13 p.); front matter (1 p.); correspondence (5 p.); notes (34 p.); clippings (1 p.)
Box MF 3586		At Break of Day , published Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans Books for Young Readers, 1999 (2 folders)  Box MF 3586 Note  Contains: corrected holograph (5 p.); typescripts (42 p.); corrected typescript (18 p.); front matter (2 p.); correspondence (19 p.); notes (13 p.); clippings; 1 photograph
Box MF 3423, MF 3586		At Jerusalem's Gate: Poems of Easter , published Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans Books for Young Readers, 2005 (9 folders)  Box MF 3423, MF 3586 Note  Contains: holograph (31 p.); corrected holograph (33 p.); typescript (86 p.); corrected typescript (135 p.); photocopy of corrected typescript (25 p.); front matter (6 p.); corrected page proof (53 p.); photocopy of illustrations (24 p.); correspondence (1 p.); notes (5 p.)
Box MF 4251		Barack Obama: Son of Promise, Child of Hope , published New York: Simon and Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2008 (4 folders)  Box MF 4251 Note  Contains: typescript (39 p.); corrected typescript (104 p.); back matter (2 p.); correspondence (35 p.); notes (8 p.); promotional material: 1 postcard; promotional material: 2 buttons; research material (51 p.)
Box MF 3084, MF 3085, MF 3239		Bronx Masquerade , published New York: Dial Books, 2002 (37 folders)  Box MF 3084, MF 3085, MF 3239 Note  Contains: holograph (100 p.); typescript (521 p.); corrected typescript (649 p.); photocopy of corrected typescript (141 p.); front matter (4 p.); page proof (174 p.); corrected page proof (174 p.); jacket proof (1 p.); flap proof (2 p.); correspondence (13 p.); notes (79 p.)
Box MF 2429		"C" is for City , illustrated by Pat Cummings, published New York: Lothrop, Lee, and Shepard, 1995 (1 folder)  Box MF 2429 Note  Contains: typescript (10 p.); corrected typescript (11 p.); correspondence (2 p.)
		Come Sunday , illustrated by Michael Bryant, published Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 1996 (4 folders)  Box MF 2429 Note  Contains: holograph (1 p.); typescript (34 p.); corrected typescript (57 p.); fax photocopy of typescript (7 p.); photocopy of corrected typescript (12 p.); corrected page proof (32 p.); correspondence (6 p.); notes (36 p.); color copies of illustrations (11 p.)
		Correspondence from Children (1 folder)  Box MF 2429 Note  Contains: correspondence (15 p.)
Box MF 3261		Danitra Brown Leaves Town , published New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 2002 (4 folders)  Box MF 3261 Note  Contains: corrected holograph and typescript (60 p.); photocopy of typescript (7 p.); photocopy of corrected typescript (106 p.); galley proof (4 p.); correspondence (2 p.); notes (2 p.)
Box MF 3647, MF 4036		Dark Sons , published New York: Hyperion Books for Children, 2005 (14 folders)  Box MF 3647, MF 4036 Note  Contains: typescript (156 p.); front matter (1 p.); typescript with notes (98 p.); front matter with notes (1 p.); correspondence with notes (12 p.); corrected typescript with notes (126 p.); front matter (1 p.); corrected typescript (135 p.); correspondence (1 p.); corrected page proofs (115 p., 112 p.); jacket proof (2 p.); photocopy of illustrations (4 p.)
Box MF 3210, MF 3385		Fire on the Mountain , published New York: Simon and Schuster, 1994 (10 folders)  Box MF 3210, MF 3385 Note  Contains: typescript (24 p.); corrected typescript (17 p.); photocopy of typescript (7 p.); typescript with notes (6 p.); dummy (78 p.); illustrator's illustrations (14 p.); photocopies (3 p.); correspondence (37 p.); contactual agreement (15 p.); notes (1 p.); clippings (45 p.); photographs; musical play (34 p.)
Box MF 2429		From a Child's Heart , published Orange, NJ: Just Us Books, 1993 (2 folders)  Box MF 2429 Note  Contains: homograph (4 p.); typescript (21 p.); corrected typescript (4 p.); corrected galley proof (35 p.); correspondence (22 p.); dummy (8 p.); photograph illustrations (8 p.)
		It's Raining Laughter , published New York: Dial Books, 1997 (2 folders)  Box MF 2429 Note  Contains: holograph (8 p.); corrected typescript (44 p.); photocopy of typescript (6 p.); correspondence (3 p.); layout pictures (2 p.); notes (6 p.)
Box MF 2421		Jazmin's Notebook , published New York: Dial Books, 1998 (9 folders)  Box MF 2421 Note  Contains: corrected typescript (289 p.); corrected page proof (6 p.); correspondence (10 p.); notes (114 p.); 2 notebooks
Box MF 2429		Malcolm X: A Force for Change , published New York: Fawcett Columbine, 1992 (9 folders)  Box MF 2429 Note  Contains: corrected typescript (183 p.); photocopy of corrected typescript (180 p.); front matter (2 p.); correspondence (28 p.); notes (4 p.); clippings (4 p.); research material: newspaper articles (3 p.); photograph illustrations (5 p.)
Box MF 3239		Meet Danitra Brown , published New York: Lothrop, Lee and Shepard, 1994 (2 folders)  Box MF 3239 Note  Contains: corrected typescripts (12 p., 49 p.); correspondence (8 p.); notes (11 p.)
Box MF 3404		My Man Blue , illustrated by Jerome Lagarrigue, published New York: Dial Books for Young Readers, 1999 (8 folders)  Box MF 3404 Note  Contains: holograph (19 p.); corrected holograph and typescript (146 p.); typescript (43 p.); corrected typescript (94 p.); carbon typescript (8 p.); corrected carbon typescript (1 p.); photocopy of corrected typescript (14 p.); corrected galley proof (14 p.); photocopy of illustrations (2 p.); correspondence (16 p.); notes (20 p.); clippings (2 p.)
Box MF 3800		Oh, Brother! , illustrated by Mike Benny, published New York: Greenwillow Books, 2008 (7 folders)  Box MF 3800 Note  Contains: holograph (16 p.); typescript (84 p.); corrected typescript (69 p.); corrected page proof (33 p.); publisher's dummy (9 p.); photocopy of illustrations (3 p.); correspondence (66 p.)
Box MF 3404		Pocketful of Poems , illustrated by Javaka Steptoe, published New York: Clarion Books, 2001 (3 folders)  Box MF 3404 Note  Contains: typescript (76 p.); corrected typescript (49 p.); front matter (2 p.); corrected galley proof (17 p.); correspondence (6 p.); notes (6 p.)
Box MF 3239, MF 3653, MF 3799, MF 3800		The Road to Paris , published New York: Putnam, 2006 (32 folders)  Box MF 3239, MF 3653, MF 3799, MF 3800 Note  Contains: holograph (124 p.); holograph and typescript (4 p.); typescript (758 p.); corrected typescript (822 p.); back matter (1 p.); jacket illustrations (8 p.); correspondence (23 p.); notes (24 p.); clippings (1 p.); miscellaneous (1 p.)
Box MF 3586		Shoe Magic , illustrated by Terry Widener, published New York: Orchard Books, 2000 (5 folders)  Box MF 3586 Note  Contains: corrected holograph (20 p.); typescripts (16 p., 16 p.); corrected typescript (56 p.); front matter (1 p.); page proof (38 p.); photocopies of illustrations (35 p.); correspondence (18 p.);
Box MF 3421		Stepping Out with Grandma Mac , published New York: Orchard Books, 2001 (14 folders)  Box MF 3421 Note  Contains: corrected holograph (69 p.); corrected typescript (515 p.); corrected page proof (24 p.); jacket proof (2 p.); photocopies of illustrations (6 p.); correspondence (34 p.)
Box MF 3423		Tai Chi Morning , published Chicago: Cricket Books, 2004 (7 folders)  Box MF 3423 Note  Contains: corrected holograph (22 p.); corrected typescript (198 p.); photocopies of illustrations (12 p.); correspondence (18 p.); inscribed proof (34 p.); map (1 p.): page proof (34 p.)
Box MF 3261, MF 3385		Talkin' About Bessie: The Story of Aviator Elizabeth Coleman , published New York: Orchard Books, 2002 (13 folders)  Box MF 3261, MF 3385 Note  Contains: holograph (11 p.); corrected holograph and typescript (5 p.); typescript (33 p.); corrected typescript (74 p.); photocopy of corrected typescript (11 p.); corrected page proof (38 p.); dummy (4 p.); unbound publisher's dummy without illustrations (27 p.); illustrator's illustrations (6 p.); photocopy of illustrations (3 p.); correspondence (51 p.); contractual agreement (13 p.); notes (127 p.); layout notes (23 p.); clippings (1 p.); reviews (92 p.); 3 magazines; 3 photographs; packet of photographs
Box MF 3239		Thanks a Million , published New York: Greenwillow, 2005 (4 folders)  Box MF 3239 Note  Contains: holograph (14 p.); typescript (38 p.); corrected typescript (15 p.); page proof (5 p.); corrected page proof (15 p.); jacket proof (1 p.); photocopy of illustrations (18 p.); correspondence (28 p.); notes (4 p.); corrected page proof (17 p.); correspondence (1 p.)
Box MF 3586		There was a Pet Dragon Named Tie: A Multicultural Collection of Poetry by Children , editor, published Seattle: Young Poets Competition-Seattle Public Library, 1996 (2 folders)  Box MF 3586 Note  Contains: front matter (11 p.); page proof (92 p.)
Box MF 3648		Throwaway , poems in Necessary Noise, by Michael Cart, published New York: Hyperion Books, 2003 (10 folders)  Box MF 3648 Note  Contains: corrected holograph, (2 notebooks, 35 p.); corrected typescript with notes (494 p.); correspondence (35 p.); notes (35 p.); research material (33 p.)
Box MF 3404		Under the Tree: Poems of Christmas , illustrated by Kadir Nelson, published New York: HarperCollins Pubilshers, 2002 (5 folders)  Box MF 3404 Note  Contains: holograph and notes (43 p.); corrected holograph and typescript (6 p.); typescript (92 p.); corrected typescript (108 p.); photocopy of illustrations (2 p.); correspondence (1 p.)
Box MF 4036		Welcome, Precious , published New York: Orchard Books, 2006 (1 folder)  Box MF 4036 Note  Contains: page proofs (53 p.)
Box MF 3231		What is Goodbye? , published New York: Hyperion, 2004 (12 folders)  Box MF 3231 Note  Contains: corrected holograph (1 p.); typescript (199 p.); corrected typescript (46 p.); front matter (4 p.); corrected page proof (132 p.); publisher's dummy (32 p.); photocopies of illustrations (5 p.); correspondence (5 p.); holograph (6 p.); clippings; 1 receipt; notes (1 p.)
Box MF 3653		When Daddy Prays , published Grand Rapids, MI: Eardman's Books for Young Readers, 2002 (3 folders)  Box MF 3653 Note  Contains: corrected holograph (34 p.); corrected typescript with notes (177 p.); correspondence (5 p.): clippings (1 p.)
Box MF 3800		When Gorilla Goes Walking , illustrated by Shane Evans, published New York: Orchard Books, 2007 (3 folders)  Box MF 3800 Note  Contains: typescripts (59 p.); corrected typescript (16 p.); publishers dummy and samples of potential illustrations (30 p.); photocopy of illustration (1 p.); photocopy of unused illustration (1 p.); correspondence (17 p.)
Box MC 1402		Self Portrait  Box MC 1402 Note  Contains: 1 pencil self portrait