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Bernadine Oliver papers
- Title
- Bernadine Oliver papers, 1968-1993.
- Author
- Oliver, Bernadine, 1950-1993.
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| Status | Container | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | box 1 | Mixed material | Use in library | Sc MG 540 box 1 | Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | box 2 | Mixed material | Use in library | Sc MG 540 box 2 | Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives |
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- Description
- .6 lin. ft. (1 archival box, 1/2 archival box)
- Summary
- The Bernadine Oliver Papers consist of handwritten, typed and published poems, prose, and sketches and drawings. Oliver's poems speak of life and its trials of personal and social injustices for working people, the unemployed and the young, as well as growth and change, and hope for the future. There are also a few letters, information regarding her memorial service, some biographical material, and notes.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Sketchbooks.
- Note
- Photographs transferred to Photographs and Prints Division.
- Source (note)
- Sally Chaffee
- Biography (note)
- Bernadine Oliver wrote poetry of which a sampling and some essays were published in two volumes "It Begins Softly" (1980) and "Seeds of Ourselves" (1984) by Women for Racial and Economic Equality. Oliver was a founding member of the New York chapter of this organization. She was also published in an anthology, "Leaving the Bough: 50 American Poets of the 80s" (1982). Oliver studied at the School of Visual Arts in New York City in 1979 after she was stricken with multiple sclerosis in 1974 at the age of 24.
- Call Number
- Sc MG 540
- OCLC
- 568583586
- Author
- Oliver, Bernadine, 1950-1993.
- Title
- Bernadine Oliver papers, 1968-1993.
- Biography
- Bernadine Oliver wrote poetry of which a sampling and some essays were published in two volumes "It Begins Softly" (1980) and "Seeds of Ourselves" (1984) by Women for Racial and Economic Equality. Oliver was a founding member of the New York chapter of this organization. She was also published in an anthology, "Leaving the Bough: 50 American Poets of the 80s" (1982). Oliver studied at the School of Visual Arts in New York City in 1979 after she was stricken with multiple sclerosis in 1974 at the age of 24.
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- Local Subject
- Black author.
- Research Call Number
- Sc MG 540