Broadside Press Records (1968-1999, bulk 1985-1996)

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• Broadsides
• Programs and Events
• Business Records
• Photographic Material
• Audiovisual Material
• Ephemera
• Realia

Summary Information

Title: Broadside Press Records
Creator: Broadside Press
Inclusive dates: 1968-1999
Bulk dates: 1985-1996
Extent: 10 linear feet
Abstract:

The Broadside Press records include correspondence, typescripts, broadsides, books, financial records, audiovisual material, photographs, realia, and other printed material. These records document a portion of the history of the Detroit-based African-American-owned publisher of poetry broadside, anthologies and other works.

Call number: Broadside Press
Language: The material is in English
Repository: University of Michigan Library (Special Collections Research Center)

Access and Use

Access Restrictions:

The collection is open for research.

Copyright:

Copyright has not been transferred to the Regents of the University of Michigan. Permission to publish must be obtained from the copyright holder(s).

Preferred Citation:

Broadside Press Records, University of Michigan Library (Special Collections Research Center)

Collection History

Acquisition Information:

Acquired from Don and Hilda Vest, 2000.

Processing Information:

Collection processed and finding aid created by Vickie Connor.

Arrangement

Records are arranged in ten series: Correspondence (0.5 linear feet), Book Production Material (1 linear foot), Broadsides (0.25 linear feet), Programs and Events (0.5 linear feet), Business Records (1 linear foot), Financial Records (1 linear foot), Photographic Material (0.5 linear feet), Audiovisual Material (0.5 linear feet), Ephemera (1.5 linear feet), and Realia (.25 linear feet).

History

The Broadside Press is one of America's oldest African American owned presses, having published more that 200 poets and writers in broadsides, individual collections, anthologies, phonograph records, and videotapes.

Poet Dudley Randall founded the Broadside Press in 1965. The original mission of the Press was to publish single poems as broadsides, cloth books, and poetry tapes that could be purchased inexpensively. The first broadside was Randall's own, "The Bombing of Birmingham." The mission was later expanded to serve a broader segment of African American poets and writers whose works were not being published by the traditional presses. The establishment of the Broadside Press fostered the careers of just about every major poet to emerge during the sixties. Many of these poets document the Black Arts Movement, the Civil Rights Movement and cultural awareness in the African American community. Nikki Giovanni, the late Etheridge Knight, the late Audre Lorde, Haki Madhubuti (formerly Don L. Lee, co-founder of Third World Press), Sonia Sanchez, and Margaret Walker attained national prominence as a result of their work being published and distributed by the Broadside Press. Others, including Gwendolyn Brooks, elected to move from well-known publishers to the Broadside Press as an expression of support and ethnic unity. Three Broadside authors, Houston A. Baker, James Emanuel, and Lance Jeffers, were also authors of Lotus Press Books in the 1970s.

In 1977 ownership of the Broadside Press was transferred to the Alexander Cromwell Center, which insured the continued distribution of existing titles. No new titles were produced until 1981, when ownership reverted back to Dudley Randall, with the publication of "Homage to Hoyt Fuller."

In 1985 ownership of the Broadside Press was acquired by Don and Hilda Vest, and restructured as a non-profit organization. Hilda Vest served as editor/publisher, using her skills as an educator in the Detroit Public School System, while and Don Vest, formerly a corporate recruiter, served as the business manager. Under new ownership the outstanding inventory was consolidated and distribution network reestablished. Their primary goal was to continue the mission of preserving the artistic integrity and creative freedom that distinguished the Broadside Press through the publication, distribution, and sale of books; and emphasizing educational, literary, and cultural arts programs with schools, libraries, churches, and community organizations; and reactivating the Broadside Poets Theater.

In 1988 they began publishing new writers, including James Emanuel, Michele Gibbs, Keorapetse and Aneb Kgositsile (formerly Gloria House), Irene Rosemond, Sharon Smith-Knight, Hilda Vest, and Rayfield Waller. HIP*ology , an anthology of 65 poets, a local oral history, Reflections: An Oral History of Detroit, and a children's coloring book, Island Images , depicting Caribbean life by poet and graphic artist Michele Gibbs, were among the new publications.

Collection Scope and Content Note

The Broadside Press records include correspondence, typescripts, broadsides, books, financial records, audiovisual material, photographs, realia, and other printed material. The ten linear feet span the years 1968 to 1998, with the bulk of materials falling between 1985 and 1996. Records are arranged in ten series: Correspondence (0.5 linear feet), Book Production Material (1 linear foot), Broadsides (0.25 linear feet), Programs and Events (0.5 linear feet), Business Records (1 linear foot), Financial Records (1 linear foot), Photographic Material (0.5 linear feet), Audiovisual Material (0.5 linear feet), Ephemera (1.5 linear feet), and Realia (.25 linear feet).

Subject Terms

Subjects:

• Detroit (Mich.) -- Poetry
• Randall, Dudley, 1914-
• African American business enterprises -- Michigan -- Detroit
• African American poets -- Michigan -- Detroit
• American literature -- African American authors
• American poetry -- 20th century
• American poetry -- African American authors
• Literature publishing -- Michigan -- Detroit
• Publishers and publishing -- Michigan

Contributors:

• Baker, Houston A.
• Brooks, Gwendolyn, 1917-
• Crews, Stella L.
• Emanuel, James A.
• Gibbs, M. (Michele), 1946-
• Giovanni, Nikki
• Harris, Bill, 1941-
• Jackson, Murray (Murray E.)
• Jewell, Terri L.
• Kgositsile, Aneb
• Knight, Etheridge
• Lorde, Audre
• Odarty, Bill, 1938-
• Randall, Dudley, 1914-
• Reese, Leslie A.
• Spencer, Chauncey E., 1906-
• Thompson, Julius Eric
• Vest, Donald
• Vest, Hilda
• Waller, Rayfield Allen
• Williams, Karen Lynn
• Williams, Willie J.

Genre Terms:

• Administrative records
• Audiocassettes
• Videotapes
• Business records
• Clippings
• Correspondence
• Drafts
• Financial records
• Manuscripts for publication
• Photographs.
• Videotapes

Contents List

Container / Location		Title
		Correspondence [series]: The Correspondence series is comprised of three subseries: Poets and Writers, Permissions to Reprint, and General Correspondence. The Poets and Writers and Permissions to Reprint subseries are arranged alphabetically, and within folders, chronologically. The poets and writers collection includes letters written by Gwendolyn Brooks, Etheridge Knight, Nikki Giovanni, Audre Lorde, and Dudley Randall. The most prolific correspondents were Gwendolyn Brooks and James Emanuel. The General Correspondence subseries is arranged chronologically.
		Poets and Writers
Box   1		Baker, Houston
Box   1		Brooks, Gwendolyn, to Dudley Randall (2 folders)
Box   1		Brooks, Gwendolyn (4 folders)
Box   1		Crews, Stella
Box   1		Emanuel, James (4 folders)
Box   1		Gibbs, Michele
Box   1		Giovanni, Nikki
Box   1		Harris, Bill
Box   1		House, Gloria (Aneb Kgositsile)
Box   1		Jackson, Murray
Box   1		Jewell, Terri
Box   1		Knight, Etheridge
Box   1		Lorde, Audre
Box   1		Odarty, Bill
Box   1		Randall, Dudley (2 folders)
Box   1		Reese, Leslie
Box   1		Spencer, Chauncey
Box   1		Thompson, Julius
Box   1		Vest, Hilda
Box   1		Waller, Rayfield
Box   1		Williams, Karen
Box   1		Williams, Willie
		Miscellaneous
Box   1		A-B
Box   1		C-D
Box   1		E-H
Box   1		I-L
Box   1		M-P
Box   1		Q-T
Box   1		U-Z
Box   1		Permissions to Reprint (3 folders)
Box   1		General Correspondence (3 folders)
		Book Production Material [series]: The Book Production Material series contains material documenting the editing and production process for eight publications. Materials include printer's correspondence, typescripts and printer's proofs, unbound signatures, cover mock-ups, book jackets and photographs. Especially notable are the materials for Jazz From the Haiku King by James Emanuel, an expatriate living in France at the time of its production. This series also contains original artwork by Michele Gibbs.
		A Capsule Course in Black Poetry Writing
Box   1		Book mock-up
		Island Images
Box   1		Cover proofs
Box   1		Unbound pages
		Jazz From the Haiku King
Box   1		Printer's correspondence
Box   1		Dust jacket photographs
Box   1		Typescript and page proofs
Box   1		Printer's proofs (5 folders)
		Jazz From the Haiku King
Box   2		Unbound signatures
Box   2		Page design mock-ups
Box   2		"Dummy" book
		Riffin' to a Maroon Tune
Box   2		Cover proofs and photographs
Box   2		Dust jacket artwork
Box   2		Printer's proofs
Box   2		Unbound signatures
		Riffs & Coda
Box   2		Printer's correspondence
Box   2		Cover proofs and photographs
Box   2		Printer's proofs (2 folders)
Box   2		Unbound signatures
Box   2		"Dummy" book
Box   2		Zip disks (2 disks)
		A Safari of African Cooking
Box   2		Dust jackets and photographs
Box   2		Book mock-up
		Who Is Chauncey Spencer?
Box   2		Printer's correspondence
Box   2		Negatives and prints
Box   2		Dust jackets
		Wine Sip and Other Delicious Poems
Box   2		Cover mock-up
		Broadsides [series]:
		Broadside Poets Theater Series II [subseries]:
Box   2		Litany , by Hilda Vest; no. 2
Box   2		Designer Romance , by Leonard King; no. 3
Box   2		Satchmo: Man About to Die , by Ray McKinney; no. 4
Box   2		They Made Music , by Sharon Smith-Knight; no. 5
Box   2		Efrem , by Vievee Francis; no. 6
Box   2		Fats , by M.L. Liebler; no. 7
Box   2		Frozen Flamingoes , by Melba Boyd; no. 8
Box   2		Useless Parts , by Esperanza Cintron; no. 9
Box   2		Poem for the Daughter I Know , by Rayfield Waller; no. 10
Box   2		Keeper , by Laurel Federbush; no. 11
Box   2		Father Berry , by Marcia Federbush; no. 12
Box   2		If Hard Rock and A Heart , by Willie Williams; no. 13
Box   2		Sankai Juku: Butoh Dancers of the Soul , by Schaarazetta Natelege; no. 14
Box   2		Consolation, by We-Clear-The-Land; no. 16
Box   2		A Welcome For Etheridge , by James Cunningham; no. 17
Box   2		Africa in Detroit , by Jose Garza; no. 18
Box   2		My Muse , by Kenyette Adrine-Robinson; no. 19
Box   2		Charles Mingus , by Leslie Reese; no. 21
Box   2		Nighttime Caller , by Leslie Lockhart; no. 22
Box   2		Creation , by Wanda Denise Williams; no. 23
Box   2		Bloods , by Willie Williams; no. 24
Box   2		Untitled , by Teresa Tan; no. 25
Box   2		Moon Eclipses , by Leisia Duskin; no. 27
Box   2		Upon Hearing James Baldwin Dead , by Rayfield Waller; no.28
Box   2		Osiris , by James J. Haynes; no. 28 [sic]
Box   2		The Theatre of the Flaming Arrow , by Ibn Pori Pitts; no. 30
Box   2		Women Turning , by Rhonda M. Greene; no. 30 [sic]
Box   2		Mama (Dedicated to My Mother Obirtha Hunter-Williams), by Willie Williams; no. 31
Box   2		Out on the Rainbow Bridge , by Larry Gabriel; no. 32
Box   2		Justified Rage (for critics decrying a mother's right to mourn and Camille Cosby) , by Karen Williams; no. 34
		Single Poems [subseries]:
Box   2		Gabriel , by Robert Hayden; no. 3
Box   2		Ballad of the Free , by Margaret Walker; no. 4
Box   2		The Sea Turtle and the Shark , by M.B. Tolson; no. 5
Box   2		We Real Cool , by Gwendolyn Brooks; no. 6
Box   2		A Poem for Black Hearts , by LeRoi Jones; no. 7
Box   2		Booker T. and W.E.B. , by Dudley Randall; no. 8
Box   2		Letter From a Wife , by Carolyn Reese; no. 12
Box   2		Backlash Blues , by Langston Hughes; no. 13
Box   2		Race Results , U.S.A.,  1966 By Sarah F. Fabio; no. 14
Box   2		Song of the Son , by Jean Toomer; no. 15
Box   2		Back Again, Home , by Don L. Lee; no. 16
Box   2		The Black Narrator , by Le Graham; no. 17
Box   2		Black Madonna , by Harold Lawrence; no. 18
Box   2		The Wall , by Gwendolyn Brooks; no. 19
Box   2		At That Moment , by Raymond Patterson; no. 20
Box   2		Poems for Black Relocation Centers , by Etheridge Knight; no. 21
Box   2		Not Light, Nor Bright, Nor Feathery , by Margaret Danner; no. 22
Box   2		At Bay , by James A. Emanuel; no. 23
Box   2		Black and White , by Tony Rutherford; no. 28
Box   2		The Squared Circle , by Carl Killibrew; no. 29
Box   2		Ginger Bread Mama , by Doughtry Long; no. 32
Box   2		One Sided Shoot-Out , by Don L. Lee; no. 33
Box   2		Granny Blak [sic] Poet (in Pastel): for Mrs. Margaret Danner , by Arthur Pfister; no. 35
Box   2		For Black Poets Who Think of Suicide , by Etheridge Knight; no. 36
Box   2		Now Ain't That Love?, by Carolyn Rodgers; no. 37
Box   2		Slaughterhouse , by Helen Pulliam; no. 38
Box   2		County Jail , by Jill Witherspoon; no. 39
Box   2		Rip-Off , by Ronda Davis; no. 40
Box   2		All I Gotta Do , by Nikki Giovanni; no. 41
Box   2		Goodnight , by Paula Alexander; no. 42
Box   2		Muslim Men , by Sterling Plumpp; no. 43
Box   2		A Long Rap/For Flip Wilson , by Carolyn Rodgers; no. 44
Box   2		The Nigger Cycle , by K.A. Mwandishe; no. 45
Box   2		A Simple Poem to Mae , by O.K. Tarajia; no. 46
Box   2		Black Henry , by Rockie Taylor; no. 47
Box   2		Two Poems , by Robert Keeby & Stephany; no. 48
Box   2		For H.W. Fuller , by Carolyn Rodgers; no. 50
Box   2		A Father Tells His Son About the Status of Liberty, by Bobb Hamilton; and Crossing the International Date Line , by George Buggs; no. 51
Box   2		To My Immortality , by Yusuf; Attempted Genocide, Sometimes -- When it Doesn't Work , and Good Times , by Jeanne Newkirk Smith; Childhood; Love , by Robert T. Bowen; and Poem by Carole Gregory Clemmons; no. 52
Box   2		Hoes Are for Raking Leaves , by Hodari Kinamo; Unite , by LaDonna Tolbert; The Black Man's Life , by B.H. Rogers; and Superblack , by Alvin Kingcade; no. 53
Box   2		Ebony Woman , by Lawrence C. Reily; Growing Pains , by Thomas Washington, Jr.; Convict Warrior No. 122088 , by Robert L.; and Sisters Love to Rap , by M.K. Malik; no. 54
Box   2		Black Song , by J.D. Perry; no. 55
Box   2		Black Gifts for a Black Child , by Chaka Shango (Horace Coleman); no. 56
Box   2		Gonna Free Him , by Evelyn Clarke; no. 57
Box   2		Three Poems , by Karl W. Carter; no. 58
Box   2		A Hip Tale in the Death Style , by Johari M. Amini (Jewel Latimore); no. 59
Box   2		Five Poems , by Alice Walker; no. 60
Box   2		Four Poems , by J.P. Randall, R. Oxford, and J. Forsh; no. 61
Box   2		Green Apples , by Dudley Randall; no. 62
Box   2		Pearl Bailey Sings Tchaikovsky , by Olumo (Jim Cunningham); no. 63
Box   2		Aurora: the Early Period of Anything Webster , by Gwendolyn Brooks; no. 65
Box   2		1965 , by Melba J. Boyd; Flowers at the Jackson Funeral Home (Daddy? Sugardaddy? You Really Dead?) , by George Barlow; and X Pressing Fellin , by Jose-Angel Figueroa; no 66
Box   2		Ain't No Mo Ain't, by Ruth Steed; Impressions of Zambia , by Chinosole; and The Little Blk [sic] Girl on the Subway , by Tom Sellers; no. 67
Box   2		Indigoes , by Jon Randall; no. 70
Box   2		Democracy , by El Gilbert; no. 71
Box   2		Summer Time Haiku , by JoAnn Anderson; no. 72
Box   2		But Not for Me , by C. Gene Drafts; no. 73
Box   2		The Sunflower Queen , by C.A. Shango (Horace Coleman); no. 74
Box   2		Four Women , By Denise Alexander Burnett; no. 75
Box   2		Traders , by Albert Wendt; no. 76
Box   2		Afro Blue (to Mongo), by Ricardo Alonso; Hold Me , by Jacelyn Lewis; and To My Man in Jail , by Susan Cottrell; no. 77
Box   2		Poem: On Moral Leadership as a Political Dilemma (Watergate, 1973), by June Jordan; no. 78
Box   2		At the Five and Dime , by Herbert Woodward Martin, no. 79
Box   2		All of Us Are All of Us , by Lucille Clifton; no. 81
Box   2		Watermelon Poems , by Deonne B. Wright; no. 82
Box   2		Counterpoem for Dudley Randall , by Eileen Tann; no. 83
Box   2		Hurl , by Eugenia Collier; no. 84
Box   2		Climbing Montmartre , by Melvin Dixon; no. 86
Box   2		Poem for Patrice Lumumba , by Hurley X (Smith); no. 87
Box   2		Strolling , by Donald Mosley; no. 88
Box   2		African Mama , by Mohezin Tejani; no. 89
Box   2		Love Deep , by Rhonda Mills; no. 90
Box   2		To an Old Man Twiddling Thumbs , by Michael S. Harper; no. 91
Box   2		The Great Gittin' Down , by Betty H. Neals; no. 92
		Commemorative Broadsides [subseries]:
Box   2		Martin Luther King, Jr . (eulogy), Gwendolyn Brooks
Box   2		Morning Glory, Mourning Glory , Ulysses Newkirk II; Winner, 5th Annual Cavalcade of Poets Contest
Box   2		Night of Respite , Sonya Marie Pouncy; Winner, 4th Annual Cavalcade of Poets Contest
Box   2		REGROUP , by Regina Reid; Winner, 1st Annual Cavalcade of Poets Contest
Box   2		[Yes Mandela] , Dennis Brutus; Silver Anniversary Edition
		Programs and Events [series]:
Box   2		A Day of Poetry
Box   2		A Tribute to Audre Lorde
Box   2		An Afternoon of Poetry and Music
Box   2		An Evening of Songs of My People
Box   2		Arts Alive
Box   2		Bates Academy Poetry Workshop
Box   2		Book Signings and Poetry Readings, Flyers
Box   2		Brazeal Dennard Chorale
		Broadside Poets Theater
Box   2		Flyers
Box   2		Poetry Reading Marathon
Box   2		Third Anniversary Program
Box   2		Broadside Press Silver Anniversary Celebration
Box   2		Broadside Press/Lotus Press Workshop Series
Box   2		Calendars
Box   2		Community Poetry Workshops at Central Michigan University
Box   2		Continuing the Heritage, Tribute to MLK
Box   2		Cultural Crossroads Poetry Forum
Box   2		Dudley Randall 78th Birthday Celebration
Box   2		Great Detroit Read Aloud '95
Box   2		Journaling Workshop with Irene Rosemond
Box   2		Kwanzaa Activities,  1992-1993
Box   2		Let's Talk About It
Box   2		The Library Connection
Box   2		The Library Connection, Receipts
Box   2		Lotus Press 20th Anniversary Celebration
Box   2		Midwest Popular Culture/Midwest American Culture Associations Conference,  1993
Box   2		Oak Park High School Poetry Workshop
Box   3		Poet-In-Residence (2 folders)
Box   3		Poet-In-Residence Summer Poetry Workshop,  1996
Box   3		Poetry As Therapy at Elmhurst Home
Box   3		Poetry in the Ark
Box   3		Poetry Plus at the DIA
Box   3		Project BAIT
Box   3		Reader's Marathon/Poet-In-Residence Showcase
Box   3		Reflections, An Oral History by Senior Detroiters
Box   3		Renaissance High School Oral History Workshop
Box   3		Rochester Hills Public Library Poetry Workshop
Box   3		Sherrard Middle School Poetry Workshop
Box   3		Visions of Words Poetry Workshop
Box   3		Your Heritage House Poetry Workshop
Box   3		Other Activities
		Business Records [series]:
		Administrative Records
Box   3		Annual Meeting,  1993
Box   3		Articles of Incorporation
Box   3		Arts League of Michigan (2 folders)
Box   3		Audits
Box   3		Board Meetings, minutes
Box   3		Board of Directors
Box   3		Broadside Press, History
Box   3		Business Plan
Box   3		By-Laws
Box   3		Certificate of Assumed Name, Wayne County
		Contracts, Poets and Writers
Box   3		A-M
Box   3		N-Z
Box   3		Insurance Certificate
Box   3		Inventory,  1985
		IRS Forms
Box   3		501(c)3
Box   3		990 (3 folders)
Box   3		W-9
Box   3		ISBN Log (2 folders)
Box   3		Kinko's
Box   3		Lease Agreement, Alexander Crummel Memorial Episcopal Church
Box   3		Loan Agreement, National Bank of Detroit
Box   3		Michigan Annual Report for Non-Profit Corporations
Box   3		Mission Statement
Box   3		Restructure,  1998
		Resumes, Poets and Writers
Box   3		A-M
Box   3		N-Z
		Rosters
Box   3		Business Contacts
Box   3		Mailing Lists
Box   3		Poets and Writers
Box   3		Sales Tax License
Box   3		Sample Forms and Letters (2 folders)
Box   3		Solicitation License (2 folders)
Box   3		Miscellaneous Documents
Box   3		Miscellaneous Billings
Box   3		Miscellaneous Receipts (2 folders)
		Catalogs
Box   3		Broadside Press (2 folders)
Box   3		Paul Breman Limited
Box   3		Pittsburgh Book News
		Grant Applications
Box   3		Arts League of Michigan
Box   3		Corporation for Public Broadcasting
Box   3		Harold McKinney Book Proposal
Box   3		Michigan Bell
Box   3		Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs (MCACA) (6 folders)
Box   4		Museum of African American History
Box   4		Neighborhood Opportunity Fund (3 folders)
Box   4		Piston's Palace Foundation
Box   4		Poets & Writers Inc. (2 folders)
Box   4		Public Benefit Corporation (2 folders)
Box   4		Skillman Foundation
Box   4		Target Stores
Box   4		Unknown Application Materials
Box   4		General Correspondence (3 folders)
		Financial Records, First Independence National Bank (FINB)
Box   4		Statements, Checking,  1987-1999 (17 folders)
Box   4		Cancelled Checks,  1989-1997 (12 folders)
Box   4		Check Registers,  1992-1997 (7 folders)
Box   4		Deposit Record,  1990-1993 1995-1999 (5 folders)
Box   4		Transaction Record,  1986-1999 and  undated (4 folders)
Box   5		Statements, Savings,  1986-1999 (17 folders)
Box   5		Miscellaneous Transaction Receipts
		Financial Records, National Bank of Detroit (NBD)
Box   5		Statements, Checking,  1994-1999 (8 folders)
Box   5		Cancelled Checks,  1994-1999 (11 folders)
Box   5		Check Registers,  1994-1998 (2 folders)
Box   5		Transaction Receipts,  1994-1997
Box   5		Miscellaneous Transaction Receipts
		Photographic Material [series]:
		Photographs, Poets and Writers [subseries]:
Box   5		Boyd, Melba Joyce
Box   5		Brooks, Gwendolyn
Box   5		Brooks, Gwendolyn -- at Plymouth Church
Box   5		Brooks, Gwendolyn -- at Wayne State University
Box   5		Gibbs, Michelle
Box   5		Jackson, Murray
Box   5		Jackson, Murray -- MAAH Booksigning,  June 17, 1988
Box   5		Knight, Etheridge
Box   5		Knight, Etheridge -- African World Festival,  August 20, 1988
Box   5		Kgositsile, Aneb (Gloria House)
Box   5		Kgositsile, Aneb (Gloria House) -- MAAH Book Signing
Box   5		Kgositsile, Keorapetse -- Your Heritage House
Box   5		Madgett, Naomi Long
Box   5		McKinney, Ray
Box   5		Randall, Dudley
Box   5		Reese, Leslie
Box   5		Reese, Leslie -- Book Signing,  March 27, 1988
Box   5		Rosemond, Irene
Box   5		Smith-Knight, Sharon
Box   5		Spencer, Chauncey
Box   5		Vest, Don and Hilda
Box   5		Vest, Hilda -- Book Signing at the Shrine of the Black Madonna
Box   5		Walker, Margaret
Box   5		Walker, Margaret -- Book Signing,  May 13, 1988
Box   5		Walker, Margaret -- University of Michigan Dearborn,  January 9, 1997
Box   5		Waller, Rayfield
Box   5		Waller, Rayfield -- Book Signing,  April 17, 1988
Box   5		Ward, Al
Box   5		Williams, Willie
Box   5		Various Individuals
		Photographs, Programs and Events [subseries]:
Box   5		A Safari of African Cooking
Box   5		African World Festival Poetry Reading,  1991
Box   5		Broadside Poets Theater 24 Hour Poetry Reading Marathon
Box   5		Broadside Poets Theater, Miscellaneous (2 folders)
Box   5		Broadside Press Silver Anniversary Celebration
Box   5		Broadside Press Silver Anniversary Celebration Conference at Wayne State University
Box   5		Cavalcade of Poets Contest,  1995
Box   5		Chicago State Conference
Box   5		Detroit Black Writer's Guild
Box   5		Hipology
Box   5		Island Images, Book Introduction
Box   5		Poet-In-Residence, Main Library (2 folders)
Box   5		Poetry Reading, Archives Book Store
Box   5		Poetry Readings, Miscellaneous (2 folders)
Box   5		Society of African American Poets Award
Box   5		Sunday at Two at the Detroit Institute of Arts
		Negatives, Poets and Writers [subseries]:
Box   5		Brooks, Gwendolyn
Box   5		Randall, Dudley
Box   5		Smith-Knight, Sharon
Box   5		"Straight Ahead"
Box   5		Vest, Don & Hilda
Box   5		Ward, Al
		Negatives, Programs and Events [subseries]:
Box   5		Downtown Library Event
Box   5		Miscellaneous Negatives
		Audiovisual Material [series]:
		Audio Tapes [subseries]:
Box   6		Don and Hilda Vest, interview with N'Kenge Zola
Box   6		Don and Hilda Vest, Murray Jackson; interview,  1992
Box   6		Graveyard Moss, Midnite Talk for Black Folk
Box   6		Hilda Vest, interview with Debra Evans,  September 9, 1991
Box   6		Irene Rosemond, Reflections: An Oral History of Detroit Workshop
Box   6		Mr. Jenkins, Greystone Balloon
Box   6		Rayfield Waller, interview with N'Kenge Zola
		Videotapes [subseries]:
Box   6		Broadside Poetry Theater Twenty-four Hour Marathon at the Urban Coffee House,  1993
Box   6		Broadside Press and Lotus Press Poetry Workshop Series,  1989
Box   6		Broadside Press and MAAH, Poetry In Black
Box   6		Detroit Black Arts Alliance, Broadside Poetry Special,  1998
Box   6		Don and Hilda Vest, For My People,  1990
Box   6		Etheridge Knight, interview,  October 19, 1990
Box   6		Etheridge Knight, poetry reading at Michigan State University,  August 11, 1990
Box   6		First Congregational Church, To Fly Away
Box   6		Margaret Walker, interview,  May 13, 1988
Box   6		Michelle Gibbs and Al Ward, Broadside Press 25th Anniversary Awards,  1990
Box   6		Museum of African American History, Broadside Press Hip Poets,  October 20, 1990
		Phonograph Records [subseries]:
Box   6		Don L. Lee, Rappin' and Readin',  1970
		Ephemera [series]:
		Event Cards [subseries]:
Box   7		Dynamite Voices,  1991 (postcard)
Box   7		Dynamite Voices,  1991 (poetry and recipe card)
		Event Programs [subseries]:
Box   7		Dynamite Voices,  1991
		Portfolios [subseries]:
Box   7		"Broadside Press Broadside Series"
		Clippings and Newsletters [subseries]:
		Clippings
Box   7		Book Reviews
Box   7		Obituary Notices
Box   7		General (9 folders)
Box   7		Magazines (3 folders)
Box   7		Newsletters
		Posters [subseries]:
Box   8		Broadside Poets Theater featuring Gwendolyn Brooks,  1988
Box   8		Broadside Poets Theater presents Leslie A. Reese,  1988
Box   8		Broadside Poets Theater presents Rayfield A. Waller,  1988
Box   8		Dynamite Voices,  1991
Box   8		For Black Poets Who Think of Suicide , c1969
Box   8		Gwendolyn Brooks, 80th Birthday Celebration,  1997
Box   8		HIP*ology , c1990
Box   8		Poet-In-Residence
Box   8		Rainrituals/Patches on Mainstreet , c1989
Box   8		Reflections: An Oral History of Detroit,  1992
Box   8		Riffin' to a Maroon Tune , c1996
Box   8		Riffs & Coda , c1998
Box   8		Watermelon Rinds and Cherry Pits , c1991
Box   8		Wine Sip and other Delicious Poems , c1991
		Realia [series]:
		T-Shirts
Box   9		"Broadside Press 1965" (black)
Box   9		"HIP*ology" (green)
		Merchandise Bag
Box   9		"Broadside Press" (white)