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Caroline D. Murray collection on Robert Hayden and his poetry
1938-2006 (bulk 1955-2004)
John Hay LibrarySpecial Collections
Box A
Brown University
Providence, RI 02912
Tel: 401-863-2146
email: hay@brown.edu
Published in 2008
©Brown University Library
Collection overview
Title:
Caroline D. Murray collection on Robert Hayden and his
poetry
Date range:
1938-2006, (bulk 1955-2004)
Creator:
Murray, Caroline D.
Extent:
6.5 Linear feet
Abstract:
The Murray collection consists chiefly of study guides to
Robert Hayden's poetry. There is some correspondence,
photographs, print outs, photocopies of Hayden's poems,
extracts from interviews with Hayden, newspaper
clippings and a bibliography of both primary and
secondary sources.
Language of materials:
English
Repository:
John Hay LibrarySpecial Collections
Collection number:
Ms.2008.028
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Scope & content
This collection consists chiefly of study guides to Robert Hayden's poetry. There is some
correspondence, photographs, printouts, photocopies of Hayden's poems, extracts from
interviews with Hayden, newspaper clippings and a bibliography of both primary and
secondary sources. The collection spans about seventy years including photocopies of
Hayden's earliest poetry, "Heart-shape in the dust", from 1940 and e-mail to Murray in
2006. As the first African-American poet laureate, Hayden has an important place in the
history of American poetry in the 20th century, but it was chiefly as a follower of the Baha#i
religion that he attracted the attention of Caroline Murray while she was studying literature
in community college courses. She developed a series of study guides so that she or other
facilitators could lead discussions of the poetry in small Baha#i study groups.
Series one consists of correspondence of both Murray's and Hayden's. Murray's
correspondence is about Baha#i discussion groups. Hayden's correspondence is about the
publication of a book of his poetry which languished on an editor's desk too long.
The second series is the heart of the collection. It consists of multiple study guides to
Hayden's poetry. Each guide focuses on a different aspect of his poetry: art and artist,
childhood memory, and African American history. This section includes a talk developed
for a Mount Holyoke book club and a special study guide to a single poem "Runagate,
runagate".
Series three is a bibliography of the sources Murray used. Primary and secondary sources
are listed separately. Articles and books are also listed separately and there is yet another
category for web resources. This bibliography includes the first publication dates for all of
Hayden's works.
The fourth series consists of commentary filed under the title of the poem to which the
material relates. Some of this material also appears as appendices in the study guides.
There are quotations from interviews with Hayden and background information gleaned
from Murray's research.
Series five is supplementary material which Murray hoped would help explain Hayden's
poems. There are laminated photographs of lightening, ice storms, a night blooming
cereus, famous African Americans and biographical information on people like Paul
Robeson and Frederick Douglass who are the subjects of two of Hayden's poems. These
are largely filed by poem title.
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The sixth series consists of further resources. These folders contain information on
scholars who have expertise in the field of African American poetry and institutions with
collections of African American poetry and Hayden's work in particular.
Series seven covers songs and singers. Murray assembled a list of musical works that she
determined reflected Hayden's poems. She transcribed the lyrics, listed the performers who
are largely African American and noted the source, including the CD number. These are
filed in alphabetical order by the title of the piece.
Series eight consists of Murray's class notes from the community college courses on such
topics as the Harlem Renaissance and World Literature. These are filed by course title.
The ninth series contains information on the Baha#i religion and commentary on several
of Robert Hayden's poems which directly reflect his own faith. This series also includes
Murray's biographical information because it focuses on her faith as well.
Series ten consists of photocopies of Hayden's poetry, largely from various anthologies.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged into the following series:
• Series 1. Correspondence
• Series 2. Study guides
• Series 3. Sources
• Series 4. Commentary
• Series 5. Supplementary material
• Series 6. Resources
• Series 7. Songs and singers
• Series 8. Class notes
• Series 9. Baha#i
• Series 10. Photocopies
Biographical note
A graduate of Mount Holyoke College, Caroline Murray started her career as a middle
school mathematics teacher. She left teaching to raise two children and when she returned
to the work force, it was as a social worker with the Dept. of Retardation in Connecticut. In
1998 she audited some literature courses at her local community college, focusing on Black
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literature and international literature. In one of these courses, she discovered the poetry
of Robert Hayden. A follower of Baha#i herself, she became deeply interested in the way
his faith influenced his poetry. This interest resulted in her writing study guides to introduce
others outside the formal educational context to Hayden's poetry.
Asa Bundy Sheffey was born in a poor neighborhood in Detroit on August 4, 1913. His
father deserted his mother before the baby's birth and, finding herself unable to care for
her child, she gave him to her neighbors Sue Ellen Westerfield and William Hayden. The
couple changed his name to Robert Earl Hayden and raised the small, introspective child in
their reportedly tumultuous home. A voracious reader, Hayden was one of the few AfricanAmericans in his high school. He went on to Detroit City College, now called Wayne State
University, only to withdraw in 1936 for lack of money. He took W.P.A. jobs as a historical
researcher on African-American history and folk culture topics and also worked as a drama
and music critic for one of Detroit's African-American newspapers. In 1940, he married
Erma Inez Morris, a concert pianist and music teacher and also published his first work,
Heart-Shape in the Dust. He studied at the University of Michigan from 1941-1942 with W.
H. Auden who, recognizing Hayden's poetic gifts, became his mentor. In 1943, Hayden
became a Baha#i. In 1946, he took a teaching position at Fisk University in Nashville where
he remained until 1969 when he joined the faculty at the University of Michigan. He was
elected a fellow of the Academy of American Poets in 1975 and from 1976-1978, he was
Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress, a position now called Poet Laureate. He
died on February 25, 1980.
Access & use
Access to the collection:
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.
Use of materials:
Researchers are advised that express written permission
to reproduce, quote, or otherwise publish any portion or
extract from this collection must be obtained from the
Brown University Library. Although Brown University has
physical ownership of the collection and the materials
contained therein, it does not claim literary rights. It is up
to the researcher to determine the owners of the literary
rights and to obtain any necessary permissions from
them.
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Preferred citation:
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poetry Murray (Caroline D.) collection on Robert Hayden
and his poetry, Ms.2008.028, John Hay LibrarySpecial
Collections
Contact information:
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Box A
Brown University
Providence, RI 02912
Tel: 401-863-2146
email: hay@brown.edu
Administrative information
About the collection
Aquisition:
This collection was donated to the Brown University
Library by Caroline D. Murray on August 20, 2007.
About the finding aid
Author:
Finding aid prepared by Lindsay Woodel
Encoding:
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Caroline D. Murray collection on Robert Hayden and his
poetry
Search terms
Names:
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Hayden, Robert Earl--Criticism and interpretation
Hayden, Robert Earl.
Murray, Caroline D.
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Subjects:
American poetry--20th century--African American authors
American poetry--20th century--History and criticism
Bahai Faith
Poets laureate--United States
Types of materials:
Articles
Color photographs
Letters (Correspondence)
Poetry
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Inventory
Series 1, Correspondence,
Box 1
Container
Description
Date
Box 1, Folder 1
Hayden correspondence
1955-1972
Box 1, Folder 2
Murray correspondence
2000-2006
Container
Description
Date
Box 1, Folder 3
Additional Baha#i writings appendices
undated
Box 1, Folder 4
African-American history poems: book
1 sampler
undated
Box 1, Folder 5
African-American history poems: book
2 sampler
undated
Box 1, Folder 6
African-American history poems: book
3 sampler
undated
Box 1, Folder 7
African-American history poems: book
4 sampler
undated
Box 1, Folder 8
African-American history poems: book
5 sampler
undated
Box 1, Folder 9
Appendices
undated
Box 1, Folder
10
Art and artist poems
undated
Box 1, Folder
11
Art and artist poems: book 1 sampler
undated
Series 2, Study guides,
Box 1-2
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Box 1, Folder
12
Art and artist poems: book 2 sampler
undated
Box 1, Folder
13
Art and artist poems: book 3 sampler
undated
Box 1, Folder
14
Art and artist poems: book 4 sampler
undated
Box 1, Folder
15
Art and artist poems: book 5 sampler
undated
Box 1, Folder
16
Bibliographies for books 1-3
undated
Box 1, Folder
17
Black history poems
undated
Box 1, Folder
18
Childhood memory poems
undated
Box 1, Folder
19
Childhood memory poems: book 1
sampler
undated
Box 1, Folder
20
Childhood memory poems: book 2
sampler
undated
Box 1, Folder
21
Childhood memory poems: book 3
sampler
undated
Box 1, Folder
22
Childhood memory poems: book 4
sampler
undated
Box 1, Folder
23
Childhood memory poems: book 5
sampler
undated
Box 1, Folder
24
Common materials: dedication,
comments, acknowledgement
undated
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Box 1, Folder
25
Covers and title pages
undated
Box 1, Folder
26
Discovering Robert Hayden
undated
Box 1, Folder
27
Discovering Robert Hayden--facilitator's
guide
undated
Box 1, Folder
28
Discovering Robert Hayden--other
reviewers' comments
undated
Box 1, Folder
29
Discovering Robert Hayden--presented
by Mount Holyoke book group
undated
Box 1, Folder
30
First-Fifth title pages and bibliography
title pages
undated
Box 1, Folder
31
Labels
undated
Box 1, Folder
32
Meaning of life poems: book 1 sampler
undated
Box 1, Folder
33
Meaning of life poems: book 2 sampler
undated
Box 1, Folder
34
Meaning of life poems: book 3 sampler
undated
Box 1, Folder
35
Meaning of life poems: book 4 sampler
undated
Box 1, Folder
36
Meaning of life poems: book 5 sampler
undated
Box 1, Folder
37
O Daedalus, fly away home : study
guide
undated
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Box 2, Folder 1
Poetry of Robert Hayden: book 1
sampler
undated
Box 2, Folder 2
Poetry of Robert Hayden: book 2
sampler
undated
Box 2, Folder 3
Poetry of Robert Hayden: book 3
sampler
undated
Box 2, Folder 4
Poetry of Robert Hayden: five part
poetry discussion series
undated
Box 2, Folder 5
Poetry of Robert Hayden: study guide
undated
Box 2, Folder 6
Runagate, runagate: study guide
undated
Box 2, Folder 7
Supplementary photograph (1)
undated
Box 2, Folder 8
Supplementary photograph (2)
undated
Box 2, Folder 9
Table of contents
undated
Box 2, Folder
10
Universally spiritual poems: book 1
sampler
undated
Box 2, Folder
11
Universally spiritual poems: book 2
sampler
undated
Box 2, Folder
12
Universally spiritual poems: book 3
sampler
undated
Box 2, Folder
13
Universally spiritual poems: book 4
sampler
undated
Box 2, Folder
14
Universally spiritual poems: book 5
sampler
undated
Series 3, Sources,
Box 2-3
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Container
Description
Date
Box 2, Folder
15
Articles: primary (1)
undated
Box 2, Folder
16
Articles: primary (2)
undated
Box 2, Folder
17
Articles: primary (3)
undated
Box 2, Folder
18
Articles: primary (4)
undated
Box 2, Folder
19
Articles secondary: A-L (1)
undated
Box 2, Folder
20
Articles secondary: A-L (2)
undated
Box 2, Folder
21
Articles secondary: A-L (3)
undated
Box 2, Folder
22
Articles secondary: A-L (4)
undated
Box 2, Folder
23
Articles secondary: A-L (5)
undated
Box 2, Folder
24
Articles secondary: M-Z (1)
undated
Box 2, Folder
25
Articles secondary: M-Z (2)
undated
Box 2, Folder
26
Articles secondary: M-Z (3)
undated
Box 3, Folder 1
Articles secondary: M-Z (4)
undated
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Box 3, Folder 2
Articles secondary: M-Z (5)
undated
Box 3, Folder 3
Bibliographies for topics
undated
Box 3, Folder 4
Bibliography of Hayden: secondary
sources
undated
Box 3, Folder 5
Books: secondary A-G (1)
undated
Box 3, Folder 6
Books: secondary A-G (2)
undated
Box 3, Folder 7
Books: secondary A-G (3)
undated
Box 3, Folder 8
Books: secondary A-G (4)
undated
Box 3, Folder 9
Books: secondary H-Z (1)
undated
Box 3, Folder
10
Books: secondary H-Z (2))
undated
Box 3, Folder
11
Books: secondary H-Z (3)
undated
Box 3, Folder
12
Books: secondary H-Z (4)
undated
Box 3, Folder
13
Books: secondary H-Z (5)
undated
Box 3, Folder
14
Complicity: how Connecticut chained
itself to slavery (special issue of
Northeast)
undated
Box 3, Folder
15
First publication date of each book's
poems
undated
Box 3, Folder
16
Further material for Hayden study
guides (1)
undated
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Box 3, Folder
17
Further material for Hayden study
guides (2)
undated
Box 3, Folder
18
Materials for laminates
undated
Box 3, Folder
19
Primary source books I don't have yet
undated
Box 3, Folder
20
Printouts: primary
undated
Box 3, Folder
21
Printouts: secondary (1)
undated
Box 3, Folder
22
Printouts: secondary (2)
undated
Box 3, Folder
23
Printouts: unsorted
undated
Box 3, Folder
24
World order, vol. 37, no. 2
2005-2006
Container
Description
Date
Box 4, Folder 1
American Journal
undated
Box 4, Folder 2
Approximations
undated
Box 4, Folder 3
As my blood was drawn
undated
Box 4, Folder 4
Astronauts
undated
Box 4, Folder 5
Aunt Jamima and the ocean waves
undated
Box 4, Folder 6
Bahá#u#lláh in the Garden of Ridván
undated
Series 4, Commentary,
Box 4
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Box 4, Folder 7
Ballad of Nat Turner
undated
Box 4, Folder 8
Ballad of remembrance
undated
Box 4, Folder 9
Ballad of Sue Ellen Westerfield
undated
Box 4, Folder
10
"Burly fading one" (Johnstown, Pa.
flood information)
undated
Box 4, Folder
11
Beginnings
undated
Box 4, Folder
12
Belsen, the day of liberation
undated
Box 4, Folder
13
Broken dart
undated
Box 4, Folder
14
Butterfly piece
undated
Box 4, Folder
15
Crispus Attucks
undated
Box 4, Folder
16
Diver
undated
Box 4, Folder
17
Double feature
undated
Box 4, Folder
18
Dream
undated
Box 4, Folder
19
Electrical storm
undated
Box 4, Folder
20
Elegies for Paradise Valley
undated
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Box 4, Folder
21
El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz
undated
Box 4, Folder
22
For a young artist
undated
Box 4, Folder
23
Frederick Douglas
undated
Box 4, Folder
24
Free fantasia: tiger flowers
undated
Box 4, Folder
25
Full moon
undated
Box 4, Folder
26
Homage to the empress of the blues
undated
Box 4, Folder
27
Ice storm
undated
Box 4, Folder
28
Incense of the lucky virgin
undated
Box 4, Folder
29
Islands
undated
Box 4, Folder
30
Kid
undated
Box 4, Folder
31
Kodachromes of the island
undated
Box 4, Folder
32
Lear is gay
undated
Box 4, Folder
33
Letter from Phillis Wheatley
undated
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Box 4, Folder
34
Lions
undated
Box 4, Folder
35
Locus
undated
Box 4, Folder
36
Middle passage
undated
Box 4, Folder
37
Monet's "Water lilies"
undated
Box 4, Folder
38
Mourning poem for the queen of
Sunday
undated
Box 4, Folder
39
"Mystery boy" looks for kin in Nashville
undated
Box 4, Folder
40
Names
undated
Box 4, Folder
41
Night-blooming cereus
undated
Box 4, Folder
42
Night, death, Mississippi
undated
Box 4, Folder
43
October
undated
Box 4, Folder
44
O Daedalus, fly away home
undated
Box 4, Folder
45
Paul Laurence Dunbar
undated
Box 4, Folder
46
Peacock room
undated
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Box 4, Folder
47
Performers
undated
Box 4, Folder
48
Plague of starlings
undated
Box 4, Folder
49
Prisoners
undated
Box 4, Folder
50
Rabbi
undated
Box 4, Folder
51
Rag man
undated
Box 4, Folder
52
Richard Hunt's "Arachne"
undated
Box 4, Folder
53
Runagate, runagate
undated
Box 4, Folder
54
Soledad
undated
Box 4, Folder
55
Sphinx
undated
Box 4, Folder
56
Stars
undated
Box 4, Folder
57
Summer time and the living...
undated
Box 4, Folder
58
Tattooed man
undated
Box 4, Folder
59
Theme and variation
undated
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Box 4, Folder
60
Theory of evil
undated
Box 4, Folder
61
Those winter Sundays
undated
Box 4, Folder
62
Tour 5
undated
Box 4, Folder
63
Traveling through fog
undated
Box 4, Folder
64
Two Egyptian portrait masks
undated
Box 4, Folder
65
Veracruz
undated
Box 4, Folder
66
Whipping
undated
Box 4, Folder
67
Witch doctor
undated
Box 4, Folder
68
Words in the mourning time
undated
Box 4, Folder
69
Year of the child
undated
Box 4, Folder
70
"Zeus over Redeye"
undated
Box 4, Folder
71
Zinnias
undated
Series 5, Supplementary material,
Box 4-6
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Container
Description
Date
Box 4, Folder
72
Alcott, Amos Bronson
undated
Box 4, Folder
73
American Journal
undated
Box 4, Folder
74
Approximations
undated
Box 4, Folder
75
Armstrong, Louis
undated
Box 4, Folder
76
As my blood was drawn
undated
Box 4, Folder
77
Astronauts
undated
Box 4, Folder
78
Aunt Jamima of the ocean waves
undated
Box 4, Folder
79
Bahá#u#lláh in the Garden of Ridván
undated
Box 4, Folder
80
Ballad of Nat Turner
undated
Box 4, Folder
81
Ballad of remembrance
undated
Box 4, Folder
82
Ballad of Sue Ellen Westerfield
undated
Box 4, Folder
83
Beginnings
undated
Box 4, Folder
84
Belsen, the day of liberation
undated
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85
Blacks at the Crater
undated
Box 4, Folder
86
Blacks in America
undated
Box 4, Folder
87
Blacks millennial summary
undated
Box 4, Folder
88
Broken dart
undated
Box 4, Folder
89
Burley fading one
undated
Box 4, Folder
90
Butterfly piece
undated
Box 4, Folder
91
Crispus Attucks
undated
Box 4, Folder
92
Driver
undated
Box 4, Folder
93
Dogwood trees
undated
Box 4, Folder
94
Double feature
undated
Box 4, Folder
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Dream
undated
Box 4, Folder
96
Electrical storm
undated
Box 4, Folder
97
Elegies for Paradise Valley
undated
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El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz
undated
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Europe, James Reese
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For a young artist
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Frederick Douglas
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Free fantasia: tiger flowers
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From the corpse woodpiles, from the
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From the Snow Lamp
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Full moon
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Gillespie, Dizzy
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Gregory, Louis G.
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Hayden documents CD
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Hayden interview on Detroit public TV
1979
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Hayden photographs
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Homage to Paul Robeson
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Homage to the Empress of the Blues
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Ice storm
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Incense of the lucky virgin
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Islands
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"John Brown"
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Johnson, Jack
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Kid
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Knowledge cards
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Kodachromes of the island
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Lear is gay
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"Letter from Phillis Wheatley"
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Lions
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Locus
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Middle Passage
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Water lilies
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Mourning poem for the Queen of
Sunday
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"Mystery boy" looks for kin in Nashville
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Names
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Names, addresses and other sources
for further information
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Night-blooming cereus
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Night, death, Mississippi
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October
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O Daedalus, fly away home
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On Lookout Mountain
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Paul Lawrence Dunbar
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Peacock Room
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Performers
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Pirates of the Caribbean
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Plague of starlings
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Point
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Power of poetry/Reyna
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Prisoners
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Rabbi
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Racial quotas
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Ragman
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Reagon, Bernice
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Return
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Richard Hunt's "Arachne"
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Robert Hayden Poetry Fellowship
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Runagate, runagate
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Slavery in America
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Rushkin, Kate
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Sojourner Truth
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Soledad
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Sphinx
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Stars
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Summertime and the living...
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Tanner, Henry Ossawa
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Tattooed man
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Theme and variation
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Theory of evil
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Those winter Sundays
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Tour 5
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Traveling through fog
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Two Egyptian portrait masks
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Veracruz
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Web
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Wheel
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Whipping
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Witch doctor
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Words in the mourning time
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Year of the child
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Zeus over Redeye
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Chrisman, R., Goldstein, L., Nicholas,
X.
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Fetrow, Fred
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Gilmer, Van
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Harper, Michael
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Hatcher, John
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Hayden, Maia
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Kokomo
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Locke, Alain
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Murphy, Peter
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National Education Committee
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Proofreader
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Recordings
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University of Connecticut Center for
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G
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Additional information on music
selections
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Index and supplementary information
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African American literature (1)
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African American literature (2)
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Film study and appreciation
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Harlem Renaissance
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Study of Black experience
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World literature
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Baha#i faith in world community
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Bahá#u#lláh
undated
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Series 9, Baha#i,
Box 6
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Breeze of love (Baha#i publication)
undated
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59
CD of all Baha#i writings
undated
Box 6, Folder
60
Flyers for Murray's Hayden Baha#i
lectures
undated
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61
Garden of Ridván
undated
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History of the Zulu Social Aid and
Pleasure Club
undated
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Murray biography
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Afro-American writing (1972 anthology)
undated
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American Journal/Robert Hayden
undated
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American Negro poetry (1963
anthology)
undated
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American poetry (2000 anthology)
undated
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Ballad of remembrance/Robert Hayden
1962
Box 7, Folder 6
Ballad of remembrance/Robert Hayden
1962
Box 7, Folder 7
Black culture (1972 anthology)
undated
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Black poets (1988 anthology)
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Black spear/Robert Hayden
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Celebrations (1977 anthology)
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11
Chant of Saints (1979 anthology)
undated
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Conversations with writers (1977
anthology)
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13
Every shut eye ain't asleep (1994
anthology)
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14
Glass menagerie (1976 anthology)
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15
Hayden selections from anthologies (1)
undated
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16
Hayden selections from anthologies (2)
undated
Box 7, Folder
17
Heart-shape in the dust/Robert Hayden
undated
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18
I am the darker brother (1968
anthology)
undated
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19
In search of color everywhere (1994
anthology)
undated
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20
Poets reading
1999
Box 7, Folder
21
Presentation of poem "Stars"
undated
Box 7, Folder
22
Robert Hayden: the poet and his art
(interview)
undated
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23
Selected poems/Robert Hayden
undated
Box 7, Folder
24
Shimmy like my sister Kate (1996
anthology)
undated
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