Afro-American Studies entered the curriculum when Jay Saunders Redding '28 was a visiting professor at Brown during the first semester of 1949-50. His course on the negro in American literature was said to be the first such course taught in a Northern college. Redding described his course: "Of course, you cannot get very far in a course in Negro literature or any other type of literature without considering the history and sociology involved. I try to teach that part of American history that touches on the Negro and where the Negro touches it. So much of the material is absolutely new. The blues, as literature, and folk expressions, is new. Up until now most of the class had considered the blues, for example, as just honky-tonk music." In September 1968 the administration responded to student demand and added a course in American negro literature to the already planned history course, "History of the Negro in America," a colloquium limited to twenty students and conducted by Professor John L. Thomas. In January 1969 a seminar on "Black assertion" was taught by Professor Edward N. Beiser and Dean William A. Brown, with bi-weekly visiting lecturers. By the end of 1968-69 an independent concentration in Afro-American Studies designed by a committee of both faculty and students headed by Charles H. Philbrick was approved. The committee also designed a "black assertion" seminar program. Professor Charles H. Nichols arrived in July 1969 to became chairman of the new interdepartmental concentration. In his first year as chairman Professor Nichols established the "Community Relations Seminar," a course he offered which brought black community leaders each week to the campus for lectures and discussion. In 1969-70 one of the "Special Topics in Literature" courses offered in the Department of English was "Negro Literature in America from the Harlem Renaissance to the Present," taught by Professor Nichols. An announcement of Afro-American Studies courses appeared as an insert in the annual catalogue for 1970-71, which announced the Afro-American Studies Program with W. A. Jeanpierre as chairman, and listed new courses which focused attention on aspects of the black experience which were not covered by the courses related to Afro-American studies in the Anthropology, English, French, History, Music, and Political Science Departments. In 1971 the Afro-American Studies Program, the undergraduate Afro-American Society and the Graduate Minority Association received Churchill House for use as as academic and cultural center. In 1981 the program was ranked in the top fifteen in the country by the Chicago Center for Afro-American Studies and ranked fourth in articles published in scholarly black studies journals and fifth in service on editorial boards of such journals. Its faculty have published have published articles in every major black studies journal in the country. The program has also won major research awards from the Ford Foundation, the Rockefeller Foundation, and the National Endowment for the Humanities. The program has developed to cover not only the Afro-American experience in the United States, but also the cultures of Brazil, the Caribbean, and some regions of Africa. Courses are taught by faculty members who speak African languages and have visited or lived in Africa and India. Some students spend their junior year at Tougaloo College.
Rites and Reason, the research theatre and performing arts component of Afro-American Studies, formed in 1970, provided interaction with the local Afro-American community. George H. Bass, professor of Afro-American studies, on his arrival at Brown reorganized an earlier group led by Sheryl Grooms '71 and James Borders '71 which had grown out of the frustrations of black students who had no outlet for their culture. Bass had been an assistant to poet Langston Hughes from 1959 to 1964. At the formal initiation of Rites and Reason Bass presented James Borders with a ceremonial gown, which had been given to him by Langston Hughes, who had received it from a Nigerian chief. In April 1971 the new group performed Bass’s Black Masque. Other performances which followed included Bass's anti-war Oh Lord, This World! and a play about Marcus Garvey by Barry Beckham '66. After a few seasons Bass entered into cooperation with Rhett Jones, chairman of the Afro-American Studies Program, and they developed a "research-to-performance method" with Bass as artistic director and Jones as research director. They proceeded to engage scholars to produce papers on issues affecting blacks which could be turned into performances by Rites and Reasons. The first of these was based on a 1973 independent study, "Oral History as An Index to Change," in which Jones’s students interviewed elderly blacks on the subject of race relations in Providence from 1920 to 1940. The resulting performance was The Providence Garden Blues, written by Bass and staged in 1975. The first presentation expressly for children was Trick Track Tales, written by Ramona Wilkins Bass '72. The chorus, dance group, band, and theatre group offer presentations on the campus and at local schools and community facilities. Early performances were held at the drop-in center in Fox Point. In 1988 Rites and Reason was cited by the New England Theatre Conference for "original work on the New World and Afro-American Experience," and by the National Council for Culture and Arts for sustained "excellence in Afro-American Theatre.""Mulebone,"a Rites and Reason play, was produced on Broadway in 1989. In 1992 Rites and Reason was the first black theatre invited to represent the United States at the International Theatre Festival, at which "Letters from a New England Negro," written by Sherley Anne Williams '73 A.M. and directed by Benny Sato Ambush '73, was performed. Elmo Terry-Morgan '74, one of the student founders of Rites and Reason, is now its artistic director. Rites and Reason has recently launched an endowment campaign, which if successful would make it the first endowed black theatre in the United States.
Play entitled "Disappearance"
Grant proposal.
Grant proposal.
Fund requisitioning correspondence.
Correspondence recruiting Veve Clark to department.
Correspondence for New England touring roster.
Correspondence and employee recruitment.
Grant proposal.
Employee profile on Pharnal longus
Profit and loss statement for "Rich."
Audelco awards, newspaper article.
Play and department correspondence to Vartan Gregorian.
Grant correspondence.
Background on Rites and Reason, list of productions.
Option agreement and correspondence.
Grant rejection from the Rockefeller foundation.
"A social history of Southern Africa" publication.
Employee profile and correspondence on Lena Fryzetti.
Production on "Be Bop Blue."
Proposal to the Rhode Island Black Heritage Society.
News release.
Correspondence requesting space for "'nouncements" production.
Play pamphlet.
Grant applications, and correspondence, contains social security numbers.
Correspondence to OIC (pictures)
Correspondence for event.
Press release for Brer Rabbit
Department information and biographies.
Grant application
Grant number 5-29692.
Fiscal statements for National Endowments of the arts NEA Grant.
Paper on black women in various afro-societies.
Script for production of "Malacoff Blue"
Publication for brown alumnus
Informational pamphlet for Afro-American studies.
Informational pamphlet on "The Blacker The Berry."
Langston Hughes center for the arts informational packett.
Preliminary paperwork for the establishment of an undergraduate degree.
Report of action taken by the screening committee of the educational policy committee.
Correspondence requesting conference membership.
Executive committee meeting minutes and financial statements.
Correspondence between Department Chairman, 1982.
Retreat pamphlet, 2003.
Article entitled "Trends in High Education and the Future of Black Studies."
"The Black Experience: Popular Dances and Popular Dance Music" included VHS cassette tape
News Releases for the Blacker the Berry.
Program packet for the Blacker the Berry.
Participants agreement for the Blacker the Berry.
Background on the Blacker the Berry.
Distribution list for the Blacker the Berry.
Grant application form for the Blacker the Berry.
Thank You list for the Blacker the Berry.
Grant application to NCA.
Dialogue on Brother Ah's concert.
Production notes on "Voice in the Wilderness."
Correspondence requesting space for Sound Awareness.
Article correspondence from Spurgeon M. Stamps Jr.
First annual meeting minutes of the RI Black Heritage Society.
Grant application to RI BHS.
Meeting Minutes for February 23, 1981.
Correspondence and "Microfilm records of the African Union society, 1793-1863."
Publication by RI Department of Human Services as a reference guide for Emergency Shelters.
Correspondence gathering information for the RIBHS. CONTAINS SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS.
Course information for AA101.
Miscellaneous "C" titled articles and correspondence.
Job offers upon graduation based on degree.
Department review on Afro-studies.
Procedure for appointment guidelines.
Miscellaneous "E" titled articles and correspondence.
Various concentrations for Afro-American studies.
Black Childrens Day screenplay.
Miscellaneous "D" titled articles and correspondence.
Grant application.
Correspondence from the Committee on Afro-Studies.
Dress rehearsal of "The Disappearance."
Article supporting the Research-To-Performance Project.
Correspondence with Senator Claiborne Pell and Senator John O. Pastore.
Productions for 1989 to 1991.
African Writing Festival information session.
Playwrites festival play results.
Class lists for 1992.
Event Details.
Miscellaneous "A" titled articles and correspondence.
Progress report for grant from National Endowment for the Humanities.
Correspondence for African self project.
Courses instituted under leadership of Rhett S. Jones.
Floorplans and blueprints of Churchill House.
National Endowments for the Humanities application for the theatre program.
Grant support.
Grant correspondence.
April's Edition.
"Soap opera comes to the class room" article.
Production proposal for "Chaz."
Informational Pamphlet.
Fellowship information.
Attendence records.
Various articles and publications.
Correspondence for Dreams of Callahan.
TCG Correspondence
Attendance studies.
Phone fundraising notes.
Fundraising address information in addition to financial statements.
Publicity correspondence.
Fellowship information.
End of year financial report.
5 copies
Student Work.
Article written by GHB.
Letter from GHB releasing rights to Senna's work.
Proposal for community forums which target senior citizens, high school students, members of the black community and general audience members.
"Plays from URI, Brown picked for regional trials" article.
Final draft of the study guide.
Newsletter published by the Office of Minority Affairs Brown University.
Annotated version of speech.
Correspondence from Rhett S. Jones.
Correspondence regarding fellowship, financial information.
thirty copies - kept three
Letters, CV's course information.
Malacoff Blue presentation.
Correspondence for small plays, play notes.
Resumes for Administrator position.
Grant application (extra copy) and correspondence between Brown University and Department.
Grant application (extra copy) .
Grant application (extra copy) .
4th Annual black film festival correspondence.
Grant application (extra copy).
Grant application (extra copy).
Grant application (extra copy).
Application to Brown's Special Allocations Committee.
Production pamphlet.
Stills, correspondence and paperwork related to Garvey Lives.
Production information.
DMV information - various Brown Vehicle Regstration information.
project information, correspondence.
Festival brochure.
Performance schedules.
Grant paper and contracts.
Computer charges.
Residency program for Afro American Scholars manuscripts.
Consent forms.
Budget and fund allotment.
List of organizations to be contacted for fund solicitation.
Malacoff Blue reservation letters.
Corporation sponsors and mailing list.
Financial End of Year statements.
Brown University Student referrals for Rockefeller Fellowship.
Black Children's Day .
Study guide for Black Children's Day.
Auditions and casting.
Rites and Reason spring tour information.
Application proposal.
Rites and reasons theatre select fellows.
Auditions.
Auditions.
Auditions.
Reservations and informational letters.
Play and essays on the play.
Letter of recommendation.
Fund raising correspondence.
Friends committee list.
Phone tree materials.
Exposure for Rites and Reason from 1974-1975.
Correspondence for private contributions to Rites and Reason.
Exposure for Rites and Reason for 1972.
Correspondence and grant application.
Stage manager's book.
Summer theatre plans for 1974.
Precious Memories poetry event.
On display publicity event.
Performance Grant application.
Chuck Davis Dance Company Group performance.
Corporate funding correspondence.
Comprehensive Employment and Training Act for the City of Providence.
Mama Do scripts.
Production reciepts and expenses.
Blank form letters.
Contracts for productions.
Publicity.
Fiscal Year Statements.
Fiscal Year Statements.
Telemarketing prompt for Rites and Reason.
Invoices for the Financial Year 1987.
Correspondence.
Correspondence.
Correspondence.
Publicity.
Publicity.
List of participants.
Summary of productions.
Blank letterhead copies.
Agendas, contact lists and correspondence for Festival Meetings.
House managers report.
University correspondence.
Financial records.
Contribution reciepts.
Financial summary as of October 21st, 1976.
Accounting sheets representing various accounts for Providence Festival.
Funding and record statements for 1975.
National Endowment for the Arts Grant application.
Funding correspondence.
Grant application.
Grant application.
Grant correspondence.
Correspondence and financial work.
Request and evaluation forms.
Correspondence.
Correspondence.
Festival proposals.
Proposal to the RI council for the Humanities.
School rental request.
Event schedule.
Regulations and permits for events of Providence festival.
Bumper sticker inventory.
Elementary student school work.
Articles on Providence Festival.
Road Show Bookings.
Contribution reciepts.
Thank You list for Providence festival.
Thank You letters to the grantors for the program.
Meeting Agenda after the Providence Festival.
Program for Providence Festival.
Brown produced pamphlet for career and post graduate services.
Creative leadership informational brochure.
Study guide for "Malacoff Blue."
Abstracts for student work.
Job Search.
Afro-American studies program Brown University pamphlet.
Blank letters of acknowledgment.
Afro American studies program for Brown - Tougaloo relations.
Correspondence.
Misc photocopies.
Pamphlet on "Who Shall be Counted Article."
Letters to senior citizens.
Corporate prospects.
Letters from Henry D. Sharpe soliciting funding.
Letters from Jean Evansmore soliciting funding.
Letters from Marite Martins requesting funding.
Corporate contributors to Rites and Reasons .
List of donors.
Room listings and course information.
Staffing issues and correspondence for the Afro-American studies department.
Course room and finals correspondence.
Office memos and course announcement for Brown University.
Students who have cancelled courses.
Bachelors degree candidates and financial statements.
Correspondence.
Article.
Luncheon for The Blacker the Berry.
Accountant ledgers, correspondence.
Potential designs for Rites and Reason, not used, contains watercolors.
Scripts.
Permits for "Blacker the Berry."
Plans and agenda for "Blacker the Berry."
Reservations for The Blacker The Berry.
Paper by Rhett S. Jones.
Correspondence.
Correspondence.
Theatre game.
Lippitt hill tutorial school activity kit based on "The Blacker the Berry."
Creation of Freedom Day in Rhode Island - Governors Seal from J Joseph Garrahy.
The Blacker the Berry script.
Correspondence and script for the following events.
Computer Center Charges.
Class roster with student information.
Course Catalog.
Course Catalog.
Conference reimbursement.
Correspondence, bills and resume's relating to various speakers for 1990.
Professor Micheal Harris's Manuscript "Thomas Andrew Dorsey and the Rise of Gospel Blues."
Professor Micheal Harris's Manuscript "Thomas Andrew Dorsey and the Rise of Gospel Blues."
Professor Micheal Harris's Manuscript "Thomas Andrew Dorsey and the Rise of Gospel Blues."
Resumes in application for position within Rites and Reason.
Resumes in application for position within Rites and Reason.
Fund soliciting letters.
Fiscal year reports.
Rockefeller grant number 5-29692 fiscal report.
Phonothon letters.
Rockefeller grant number 5-29692 fiscal report.
Rumpler grant number 6-39687.
Rumpler grant number 6-39687.
Accounting reports.
Account summary for grant funds 5-29646.
Account summaries.
"Regrant" agreement.
Documentation report for auditing controls.
Articles and publication of the "Phoenix."
Touring Program Correspondence.
Road tour correspondence between various local universities.
Rehearsal schedule for "Sty of the Blind Pig."
Working folder, contains everything needed for "Sty of the Blind Pig."
Concert playbill.
Publicity.
Sound Awareness concert information.
Publicity for different productions.
Grant application.
Financial award.
Documents related to Mulebone.
Grant application and correspondence.
Correspondence.
Correspondence and cost of planting a tree.
Directions to church for event.
Grant number 5-29683 and correspondence.
Board of directors meeting.
Post-retreat questionnaire.
Grant funding request to Rockefeller foundation.
Correspondence discussing the Afro American research center.
Proposal to the Exxon foundation.
Copy of application.
Office retreat packet.
Resume and other career related materials on Lina Fruzetti.
Resume and other career related materials on Myrtle Glascow.
Correspondence on ledger, audit included.
Notebook, various notes author DM Crossland.
Notebook, various notes and letters.
Essay awards from Brown University.
Correspondence to GHB from University of Tennesee.
Correspondence to GHB and several poems.
Graduate program petition.
Ritual drama script.
Various items, CV's, correspondence etc.
Meeting minutes for staff meeting.
Meeting minutes for staff meeting.
Meeting minutes for staff meeting.
Meeting minutes for staff meeting.
Grant correspondence and application.
Correspondence and funding requests.
Summer application and production.
Grant application and correspondence.
Grant funding breakdown per account.
Final Production budget.
Various correspondence and works by George Houston Bass.
Screenplay of "The Walls Have the Floor."
Guidelines for graduate writing showcase.
Textbook order.
Correspondence.
List of graduate students for 1983-1985.
Correspondence for fellowship and joint educational program with China.
Grant Correspondence.
Program correspondence.
Inter-office correspondence at Brown.
Works by Nelson Ritschel.
Staff meetings and agenda for the years 1981-1982.
Various media and correspondence, mostly relating to RI state laws regarding legitimacy and legal entities.
Grant correspondence.
Correspondence related to the Rites and Reason childrens theatre, including financial statements.
Review by Rhett S. Jones.
Grant correspondence.
Planning grant.
National Endowment for Humanities grant correspondence.
Application and comments from the National Endowment for the Humanities grant board.
Monograph and correspondence.
US-Nigerian higher educational proposal.
Proposed exchange program.
Hartford theatrical ethnology project.
Outside funding for Afro American studies.
Playwright residency funding correspondence.
Grant Proposal.
Correspondence.
Project proposal.
Theatre production proposal.
CV's Bio's and other career related documents.
Correspondence for position within Rites and Reason theatre.
Grant materials.
Grant materials.
Grant materials.
Correspondence from George Bass.
Application correspondence for position within Rites and Reason.
Application correspondence for position within Rites and Reason.
Application correspondence for position within Rites and Reason.
Application correspondence for position within Rites and Reason.
Application correspondence for position within Rites and Reason.
Application correspondence for position within Rites and Reason.
Memo's Deadlines and notes from R. Berry.
Financial Year 1980 ledger and day book entries.
Intellectual Project Meeting.
Thank you letters for interest in applying for positions in Africana studies department.
Proposal.
Petition.
Position applications.
CV for application for position.
Strategic plan and requests.
Position correspondence.
"A fable with music."
Improv 69 lecture notes.
Letter to Rhett S. Jones.
History of Rites and Reason as written by George Bass.
Project proposal.
Fellowship information requests.
Student Papers.
Genesis II Museum of International Black Culture.
"The Black Regiment in the American Revolution" monograph.
Working paper for the Multi Cultural Institute.
Grant application.
National Science Foundation proposal.
Conference correspondence.
Roster and survey on Black Studies Department.
Grant application.
Grant application.
Calvin Hicks review.
Funding correspondence.
Grant correspondence.
Grant correspondence.
Group study on Hip Hop and societal influences.
Syllabus for AF 88.
Minority student and faculty studies and information.
Agenda for Africana studies.
Panel meeting.
Various Africana Studies class syllabi.
Playwright conference.
Financial Aid Services ledger and daybook copies.
Daybook and ledger entries.
Rockefeller Fellowship file.
Season attendence report.
Newsletter on third world alumni from Brown University.
Shakespeare and Company advertisements for Shakespeare-in-Schools program.
Correspondence about black literature in Sao Paulo.
Publicity on "Dew Drops."
List of department heads at Brown University.
Reservations to events for 1991.
Correspondence and investment concerns.
Authorized Signatures and correspondence.
Music provision correspondence.
Afro American department studies and black history month correspondence.
Coursework for AA 39, Development and Nation Building in Post Colonial countries.
Correspondence and financial statements for the "Black Woman's Survival Kit" production.
Minority affairs correspondence.
Grant correspondence.
Floor plans, official document from department of Plant Operations.
Correspondence on Minstrel Man Blues, Synopsis.
Correspondence from Karen Baxter.
Staffing procedure from Brown University.
National Society of Fund Raising Executives Rhode Island Chapter.
Africana Studies Dinner account information and correspondence.
After man, towards the Human correspondence and small essays published on "After Man, Towards the Human."
Correspondence from the University.
CV and correspondence for Rites and Reason Event.
Correspondence and list of required materials.
Graphic advertisement for Brer Rabbit.
Brer Rabbit pamphlet.
Blank booking request forms.
Bookings, correspondence, calendars and publicity.
Handbills for Brer Rabbit.
Event planning correspondence.
Pre-1979 publicity.
Script for "Brer Rabbit."
Manuscripts and correspondence
Faculty Rule book
Festival background book
Correspondence for internship program at Brown University
Equipment loan request and performance proposal
Email correspondence and department syllabus
Playbill for "Double Negatives"
Commencement ceremony correspondence and welcome night for high school students information.
Various event information
Various changes and information pertaining to the Afro-American studies department.
correspondence to Douglas Terry, regarding the inclusion of articles from Rhett S. Jones into the Ebenezer Grapevine.
Application for funding and attached narrative
Correspondence relating to journal publication, various staff correspondence and accounting details.
List of applicants
Post Doctoral Fellowship announcements and correspondence
Grant application.
Grant application and correspondence.
Received grants and correspondence.
Committee results and agenda from meetings.
Final account sheets from ledger, includes department and Rites and Reason.
Afro American studies travel expenses
Environmental and managerial report written by Marsha M. Senack.
Financial statements and correspondence.
Lifelong learning program applications
Subsidiary grant adjustment.
Second copy.
Discovery program screenplay and subsequent funding.
Photographs of two men. Unidentified.
Performance reviews.
Correspondence regarding potential future plays
Misc student work
course roster and class list
Expansion program including hip hop materials
Correspondence and included paper of "Researching the Collection: Guidelines for African American Museums"
Various works from Rhett S. Jones regarding the work of Afro-Americans in Museum studies and Psychology.
Fellowship proposal and Bibliographical references from Rhett S. Jones
Article for submission to the Mark Twain Journal by Rhett S. Jones.
Article by Anani Dzidzienyo prepared for RIBS and RIBHS.
Email correspondence.
Grant application and subsequent records of spending.
expansion program proposal and grant applications to support expansion
Audience Development campaign and trip to New York City
Daybook and ledger entries.
Correspondence
Production and Correspondence.
Summer funding request sheets.
Telephone request.
Fundraising letter templates and correspondence
Compiled by Black Theatre Network, dissertation catalogue.
Safety Handbook
Brown Daily Herald
Thank You Letters for pledges.
correspondence and articles written by Rhett S. Jones.
Various letters and correspondence from Rhett Jones
Play idea and funding breakdown
Correspondence and reports
Correspondence and information relating the the American Jazz Hall of Fame
Files related to Howard Swearer
Newspaper clippings on all Rites and Reason Plays.
Rhode Island State Council on the Arts funding applications and correspondence.
Addresses of all local newspapers for a public relations file.
Certification Reports. (Financial statements)
Program summary and funding proposal
Grant application
employee file
Correspondence with Glenn H. Jordan.
Recommendations from Rhett S. Jones
Correspondence and meeting minutes
Correspondence for Fellowship search and committee formation.
Reservation request forms, majority are blank.
Mellon Fellowship search and interviewing of candidates.
Telephone fund solicitation prompt.
Telephone fund solicitation prompt.
Season report for 1989. Reservation forms and attendence records.
Rejection letter copies.
Correspondence from various universities regarding Rockefeller Fellowships.
Fellowship correspondence.
Graduate school correspondence and program meeting minutes.
Letter from the National Council for Black Studies
Letter of Recommendation
Meeting minutes and agenda of Afro American History Department
File on Johnetta Richards application to Afro American studies department.
Cooperation with South Providence Public library with presentations and meeting minutes.
Award recipients and relevant information.
Correspondence and available plays for Rites and Reason to use.
Correspondence from Karen Baxter.
Recommendation and employee file.
Budget for African Heritage program.
Correspondence from James Gordon.
Thank you letters from Karen Baxter.
Thank you letters.
Advertisements for the Play-rites Festival.
Periodical.
Percussion ensamble and publicity.
Correspondence.
List of committee members.
Correspondence from George H. Bass.
Correspondence and letters of recommendation from Rhett S. Jones.
Replies to correspondence for George Bass, informing the recipients of his passing.
Faculty Newsletter.
Director Notes.
Advertisements and publicity for Miss Morning Production
Advertisement constrution materials.
Information regarding the hiring of a Manager.
Grant application for funding.
Centennial Planning committee results.
Performance appraisals and evaluation forms. Salary increases.
Budget Evaluations and profit and loss statements for the Afro-American studies department.
Correspondence and articles written by Rhett S. Jones.
Union contract.
University Actors Union information.
Afro American Studies publicity expenses and informational pamphlet.
Research to performance project.
Informational pamphlets.
Correspondence.
Fund soliciting letters.
Department Summary.
Financial reports.
Correspondence from Audelco.
Program pamphlet.
Welcome sheet example and basic information on Rites and Reason.
Article on George Houston Bass.
Union contract and hiring information.
Union contract and hiring information.
Payroll request from Brown University.
Work for TA128F Class taught by George Houston Bass
Work for TA128F Class taught by George Houston Bass
Work for TA128F Class taught by George Houston Bass
Work for TA128F Class taught by George Houston Bass
Work for TA128F Class taught by George Houston Bass
Work for TA128F Class taught by George Houston Bass
Work for TA128F Class taught by George Houston Bass
Work for TA128F Class taught by George Houston Bass
Work for TA128F Class taught by George Houston Bass
Work for TA128F Class taught by George Houston Bass
Coursework for Professor King.
Student papers for Af88 with Professor King.
Student papers for Af88 with Professor King.
Soul session invite for contributors.
Publicity from event.
Event planning information.
Event planning information.
Event planning information.
Production and budget information.
Planning correspondence.
Promotion and Publicity.
Correspondence.
Planning correspondence.
Script for "Void Passage."
Union Contracts.
Planning correspondence.
Planning correspondence.
Planning correspondence.
Various short plays.
Grant applications.
Grant reports.
Course announcement and subsequent Afro American studies courses.
Department correspondence for the years 1989-1990.
Course Cancellations.
Corresponendence and class lists.
Course catalogues, course work and correspondence for the 1991-1992 school year.
Course announcements and faculty information.
Staffing search and correspondence.
Staffing search and correspondence.
Staffing search and correspondence.
Staffing search and correspondence.
Staffing search and correspondence.
Staffing search and correspondence.
Staffing search and correspondence.
Course conference information and course proposals.
Course conference information and course proposals.
Staffing search and correspondence.
Staffing search and correspondence.
Staffing search and correspondence.
Staffing search and correspondence.
Staffing search and correspondence.
Staffing search and correspondence.
Staffing search and correspondence.
Staffing search and correspondence.
Staffing search and correspondence.
Staffing search and correspondence.
Staffing search and correspondence.
Staffing search and correspondence.
Staffing search and correspondence.
Staffing search and correspondence.
Staffing search and correspondence.
Staffing search and correspondence.
Department Budget.
Department Budget.
Department budget and reports.
Department budget and reports.
Five year department plan and correspondence.
Department review supplement.
Correspondence on revision and new focus of the graduate program.
Financial statements and account balances for indicated years.
National Endowment for the Humanities grant applications.
Fellowship application information and related materials.
Wriston fellowship information and related materials.
Introductory department information and syallabus.
Afro American concentration department paperwork.
Afro American concentration department paperwork.
Afro American concentration department paperwork.
Afro American concentration department paperwork.
Afro American concentration department paperwork.
Afro American concentration department paperwork.
Afro American concentration department paperwork.
Afro American concentration department paperwork.
Afro American concentration department paperwork.
Afro American concentration department paperwork.
Afro American concentration department paperwork.
Afro American concentration department paperwork.
Afro American concentration department paperwork.
Afro American concentration department paperwork.
Afro American concentration department paperwork.
Afro American concentration department paperwork.
Afro American concentration department paperwork.
Afro American concentration department paperwork.
Afro American concentration department paperwork.
Afro American concentration department paperwork.
Afro American concentration department paperwork.
Independent concentration correspondence.
Afro American concentration department paperwork.
Afro American concentration department paperwork.
Afro American concentration department paperwork.
Correspondence with Advisor.
Afro American concentration department paperwork.
Michelle Browne
Afro American concentration department paperwork.
Afro American concentration department paperwork.
Coursework.
Afro American concentration department paperwork.
Afro American concentration department paperwork.
Afro American concentration department paperwork.
Afro American concentration department paperwork.
Afro American concentration department paperwork.
Department correspondence and CV's for department positions.
Afro American concentration department paperwork.
Afro American concentration department paperwork.
Afro American concentration department paperwork.
Afro American concentration department paperwork.
Afro American concentration department paperwork.
Afro American concentration department paperwork.
Afro American concentration department paperwork.
Afro American concentration department paperwork.
Visual materials from Malacoff Blue.
Matinee information.
Matinee information.
Opening night House managers report.
Statistics survey from audience questionnaire.
Audience questionnaire statistics.
Staffing correspondence.
House managers report and script.
Audience survey correspondence and flyers.
Crew agreement.
Actor search and production information.
House Managers report for April 5th.
Correspondence and advertising materials.
Correspondence on One Day When I Was Lost.
Opening night House managers report April 5th.
Publicity for One Day When I Was Lost.
Matinee information and house managers report.
House Managers report for April 5th.
House Managers report for April 10th.
House Managers report for April 11th.
House Managers report for April 12th.
House Managers report for April 12th, and audience statistics.
House Managers report for May 10th.
House Managers report for May 15th.
House Managers report for May 16th.
House Managers report for May 17th.
House Managers report for May 22nd.
House Managers report for May 23rd.
House Managers report for May 24th.
House Managers report for May 24th, later show.
Misc correspondence from Rites and Reason Theatre.
Letters to donors to Rites and Reason Theatre.
Apologetic letters due to correspondence issues within the department.
This collection is organized into one series:
The Afro-American Studies / Rites and Reason Theatre records contains various materials relating to the creation and development of the Afro-American Studies department. This collection consists of correspondence, financial statements, plays, visual materials and student work, all related to the Afro-American Studies Department. The creation of Rites and Reason Research-to-Performance method is one of the focal points of the collection relating to student work. The growth of the Department of Africana Studies is documented through the correspondence between George Houston Bass and Rhett S. Jones, who devoted much of their time to ensuring the success of the Africana Studies Department.
Although Brown University has physical ownership of the collection and the materials contained therein, it does not claim literary rights. Researchers should note that compliance with copyright law is their responsibility. Researchers must determine the owners of the literary rights and obtain any necessary permissions from them.
There are no restrictions on access, except that the collection can only be seen by prior appointment. Some materials may be stored off-site and cannot be produced on the same day on which they are requested.
Afro-American Studies, OF.1ZAF.1, Brown University Archives.