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Owen Dodson collection,
- Title
- Owen Dodson collection, 1943-1984.
- Author
- Gordon, Sol.
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| Status | Vol/Date | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | Folder2 | Mixed material | Use in library | Sc MG 437 Folder2 | Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | Folder1 | Mixed material | Use in library | Sc MG 437 Folder1 | Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives |
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- Additional Authors
- Dodson, Owen, 1914-1983.
- Description
- 2 folders.
- Donor/Sponsor
- Schomburg NEH Automated Access to Special Collections Project.
- Subjects
- Note
- Photographs transferred to Photographs and Prints Division.
- Record album transferred to Moving Image and Recorded Sound Division .
- Source (note)
- Gordon, Sol
- Biography (note)
- Owen Dodson, poet, novelist, playwright and educator who influenced the course of African American drama.
- Processing Action (note)
- Processed
- Call Number
- Sc MG 437
- Author
- Gordon, Sol. Collector
- Title
- Owen Dodson collection, 1943-1984.
- Summary
- The Owen Dodson collection consists principally of printed matter describing Dodson's career as a poet, playwright and novelist. There are also programs, obituaries and a memorial, a few of his poems and an extensive bibliography. Additionally, the collection contains a handwritten poem (1940s), postcards he wrote to his friend Sol Gordon, court documents and correspondence regarding Dodson's estate and his will.
- Biography
- Owen Dodson, poet, novelist, playwright and educator who influenced the course of African American drama. Born in Brooklyn, New York in 1914, he received a Bachelor's degree from Bates College in Lewiston, Maine, and earned a Master of Fine Arts degree from Yale University with the writing of the play, "Divine Comedy" (1938).Dodson wrote the novels "Come Home Early, Child," (1977) and "Boy at the Window" (1951) and books of poetry including "The Harlem Book of the Dead" and "Powerful Long Ladder." His plays, totalling fifteen, "Divine Comedy," "Garden of Time," and "Bayou Legend," among others, were more akin to poetic dramas than to plays. His short story "The Summer Five" won a Paris Review award.Teaching at Atlanta University, Hampton Institute, and Spelman College, as well as serving in the U.S. Navy, helped prepare Dodson for the task that lay before him at Howard University in 1944, where he taught or worked with many contemporary successful African American actors. With two fellow professors, Dodson established Howard University as a primary source in African American theater. He remained at Howard as chairman of the Drama Department and poet in residence until he retired in 1969. Dodson lectured at colleges throughout the country and directed various colleges and repertory groups in major cities. In 1964, he was an advisory board member for the Harlem School of the Arts Community Theater. Dodson's death occurred in 1983.
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- Added Author
- Dodson, Owen, 1914-1983.
- Added Title
- Schomburg NEH Automated Access to Special Collections Project.
- Research Call Number
- Sc MG 437