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The Ishmael Reed Papers
V. Academic, 1967-1994
Extent: 2 linear ft.
Contents: Notes, letters, forms, newspapers, magazines, clippings, brochures, manuscripts, flyers, catalogs, certificates.
Arrangement: Series V.1. Chronological Teaching Files are generally in chronological order, with some overlap created by folders representing more than one semester or school year. Series V.2. Information and Resources are divided into two sub-headings, Afro-American Studies and Teaching Materials. There is also a small amount of correspondence related to teaching in Series V.3. Teaching Correspondence. This correspondence is a small and limited collection, however. The General Correspondence files in Series VIII. should be consulted for more correspondence related to academic activities. The Recommendations files in Series VIII. should also be consulted for correspondence concerning of recommendations and references, including those for students and academic colleagues.
Description:
The Academic series consists of materials directly related to Ishmael Reed's regular teaching assignments. These include course lists, departmental correspondence and announcements, syllabi and reading lists, lecture notes, and student papers. They generally do not include materials pertaining to short-term (less than an academic semester or session) visiting writer or lecturer appointments. Those are included in Series VI. Appearances.
Series V.1. The Chronological Teaching Files begins with materials from his appointment as a visiting instructor at the University of Washington in Seattle during the winter of 1969. He taught at the University of California at Berkeley in the spring of 1969. Files from 1974 to 1993 document his regular teaching assignments at Berkeley and his appeals for a permanent assignment there. He was given security of employment as a lecturer in 1987. Reed also accepted appointments as visiting instructor at a number of universities, including the State University of New York at Buffalo (1975, 1980), Washington University in St. Louis (1977), Dartmouth College (1980, 1981), Harvard University (1986-1987), University of California at Santa Barbara as Regents' Lecturer (1988-1989), and University of Washington (1989). These temporary assignments were often in winter and summer sessions when he was not at Berkeley.
The methods and effects of Reed's teaching are documented by student papers, many with his corrections and comments; student evaluation forms; and letters and notes from students to Reed and to University administrators about the quality of his teaching. There is instructional material for some classes, including photocopies of reading assignments; holograph lecture notes, and reading lists. Reed taught both English and African-American studies, and the contents of a substantial file of African-American resources, including newsletters, catalogs, and announcements is included in this series. Letters, notes, syllabi and reading lists from colleagues which demonstrate Reed's involvement in the academic community are contained in this series where they are directly related to a particular teaching assignment or time period. There are a few carbon copies of typed letters from Reed, generally to administrators or colleagues, in this series.
Teaching materials and resources which are not directly associated with particular classes are located in Series V.2. Reed taught both English and Afro-American studies, and the contents of a substantial file of African-American resources, including newsletters, catalogs, and announcements is located in this subseries. Stories and essays presumed to be photocopied for classroom use and the contents of a file labeled "other people's teaching materials" are also included here.
Series V.3. consists of two folders of correspondence. The first contains undated information from the American Association of University Professors. The second is a small file of letters and information about potential teaching opportunities for Reed. See Series VIII for additional correspondence from his students and professional colleagues.
Contents List
40 Series V. Academic files, 1967-1994
Series V.1. Chronological teaching files, 1968-1994
University of Washington, Seattle, 1968-1969
F1 Correspondence and information, 1968-1969
F2 Course materials, 1968-1969
F3 University of California at Berkeley, 1969 Spring
F4 "Short story class" (unidentified), 1973
University of California at Berkeley, 1974-1975
F5 Teaching, 1974 Fall
F6 Report: Undergraduate Perspectives, 1975 Jun
F7 California Monthly Alumni magazine, correspondence, 1975
F8 State University of New York at Buffalo, 1975
University of California at Berkeley, 1975-1977
F9 1975 Fall
F10 1976 Winter
F11 Tenure files, 1976-1977
F12 1977 Winter
F13 1977 Spring
F14 Washington University, St. Louis, 1977
University of California at Berkeley, 1978-1980
F15 Student anthology: Let it Fly, 1978-1981
F16 Teaching, 1978-1979
F17 Teaching, 1979 Fall
F18 Tenure files, 1979
F19 Teaching, 1980 Spring
41 Index to Johnson Microfilm Collection, 1980
Copy of an index prepared for the George P. Johnson collection of
microfilmed materials relating to Blacks in entertainment, sports, and the
arts. Collection is in the General Library at Berkeley.
F20 (I) A-J
F21 (II) K-Z and addenda
41 Series V. Academic files (cont'd)
Series V.1. Chronological teaching files (cont'd)
Dartmouth College
F22 1980 Summer
F23 Lecture notes, 1980-1981
F24 1981 Summer
State University of New York at Buffalo, 1980-1981
F25 Teaching, 1980 Fall
F26 Buff. SUNY Buffalo literary journal, issues #1 and #2, 1981
University of California at Berkeley, 1981-1989
F27 1981 Winter
F28 Student anthology materials, 1981 Spring
F29 1981 Fall
F30 1982 Winter
F31 1982 Fall
F32 1983 Winter
F33 1983 Spring
F34 1983 Fall
F35 Tenure file, 1983
F36 1984 Spring
F37 1984 Fall
F38 1985 Winter
F39 1985 Spring
F40 1985 Fall
F41 Professional file, c1985
F42 1986 Spring
F43 1986 Fall
F44 Student writing: Forest John Castle, c1986
F45a Harvard University, 1986-1987
F45b Yale University, [1987]-1990
University of California at Berkeley, 1987-1988
F46 1987 Fall
F47 Evaluations, 1987
41 Series V. Academic files (cont'd)
Series V.1. Chronological teaching files (cont'd)
Evaluation forms returned from tenure review, 1988
Forms were collected and reviewed from the years 1981-1986. Foldered by class.
F48 1981 Fall: 143A
F49 1982 Winter: 143A
F50 1983 Spring: 143A
F51 1983 Fall: 43B
F52 1983 Fall: 143A
F53 1983 Winter: 143A
F54 1984 Fall: 143A
F55 1984 Fall: 43B
F56 1985 Fall: 143A
F57 1985 Fall: 43B
F58 1986 Fall: 43B
F59 1986 Fall: 143A
F60 1988 Spring
F61 1988 Fall
F62 1989 Spring
F63 University of California at Santa Barbara, Regents Lecturer, 1988-1989
F64 University of Washington, Summer 1989
University of California at Berkeley, 1989-1994
F65 1989 Fall
F66 1990 Spring
F67 1990 Fall
F68a 1991 Spring
F68b 1992
Evaluation forms returned from review, 1993
Student evaluation forms were gathered and reviewed from the years 1987-1991.
They are foldered separately by class.
F69 1987 Fall: 43B
F70 1998 Spring: 43B
F71 1988 Spring: 143A
F72 1988 Fall: 43B
F73 1989 Spring: 43B
F74 1990 Fall: 43B
F75 1991 Spring: 43B
41 Series V. Academic files (cont'd)
Series V.1. Chronological teaching files (cont'd)
University of California at Berkeley, 1989-1994 (cont'd)
1994 Spring
F76 Teaching files
F77 Re-entry mentor award certificates
F78 UC Berkeley undated
Series V.2. Information and resources, 1976-1985 and n.d.
Afro-American Studies
42 F79 Berkeley Afro-American Studies department
F80 The Source. Newsletter of the Berkeley Afro-Americans Studies Undergraduate
Association, 1983-1985
F81 CAAS Newletter. UCLA Center for Afro-American Studies, 1982-1985
F82 Gifts from Ileife
F83 Miscellaneous
Clippings, book ads, book lists
F84 (I)
F85 (II)
F86 (III)
F87 (IV)
F88 (V)
F89 (VI)
F90 (VII)
Teaching Materials
F91 "The Ben Ishmael Tribe"
F92 Black Literature and Literary Theory, Henry Louis Gates, Jr ed.
F93 "The Mouse-Trap"
F94 "Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass"
F95 The People Named the Chippewa
F96 The Third Life of Grange Copeland
F97 "The Year 1912"
F98 Chinese Stories
F99 "Other Peoples"
F100 Richard Wright
42 Series V. Academic files (cont'd)
Series V.3 Correspondence, 1967-1986
F101 American Association of University Professors
F102 Teaching Position inquiries 1970-1986
F103 University letters to Reed, 1975-1986
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The Ishmael Reed Papers
Manuscript Collection Number: 398
Accessioned: Purchases, 1980-1995.
Extent: 65 linear ft.
Content: Correspondence, novels, plays, poems, essays, reviews, speeches, magazines, posters, clippings, brochures, flyers, broadsides, photographs, artwork, books, galley and page proofs, financial documents, catalogs, programs, photocopies, sound recordings, schedules, comic books, notes, transcripts, awards, certificates, minutes, audiovisual recordings, and miscellaneous ephemera.
Access: The collection is open for research.
Processed: 1998-1999 by Shiela Pardee, completed by Anita Wellner.
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