African American authors

Personal and professional papers of African American poet, novelist, essayist, screenwriter, and teacher, Al Young.

Family documents about Lena Horne's life and research material for Gail Lumet Buckley's books; and records concerning Buckley's book tours and book publicity.

Collection includes drafts of Sarah's Psalm; and The Spirit of Josephine, reviews and correspondence concerning the books; personal and literary correspondence; office files related to Ladd's tenure at Radcliffe College's The Bunting Institute, and Harvard's Graduate School of Design; photographs; and audio recordings of interviews with Ladd.

Correspondence, writings, photographs, etc., of Dorothy West, African American writer.

Correspondence between African American writer Ann Petry and Suffolk University English professor Edward Clark.

Audiotapes of talks by speakers featured in the Schlesinger Library Luncheon Series, 1979-1987. Most of the speakers are donors of manuscript collections housed at the library.