Guide to the Records of the Institute of Afro-American Affairs
1970-1991

New York University Archives
Elmer Holmes Bobst Library
70 Washington Square South
New York, NY 10012

Phone: (212) 998-2641
Fax: (212) 995-4225
E-mail: university.archives@library.nyu.edu

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Descriptive Summary

Creator: New York University. Institute of Afro-American Affairs.
Title: Records of the Institute of Afro-American Affairs
Dates: 1970-1991
Abstract: The Institute of Afro-American Affairs at New York University was founded in 1969 to research, document, and celebrate the cultural and intellectual production of Africa and its diaspora in the Atlantic world and beyond. The collection contains correspondence of IAAA director Earl S. Davis, conference and event materials, and information about Association of Education in Journalism internships.
Quantity: 35 linear feet (35 boxes)
Call Phrase: RG 9.8
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Historical/Biographical Note

The Institute of Afro-American Affairs at New York University was founded in 1969 to research, document, and celebrate the cultural and intellectual production of Africa and its diaspora in the Atlantic world and beyond. The Institute is affiliated and shares leadership, staff, and facilities with NYU's Africana Studies Program. Both organizations are committed to the study of Blacks in modernity through concentrations in Pan-Africanism and Black Urban Studies. Now called the Institute of African American Affairs, the Institute each year brings to NYU Artists and Scholars-in-Residence, who during their residencies, participate in seminars, offer public presentations of their work, and meet with students. Past Artists-in-Residence have included author Walter Mosley; poet and essayist Amiri Baraka; actor, playwright, and performance artist Anna Deavere Smith; poet Jayne Cortez; actor and producer Danny Glover; and Malian musician Salif Keita. Our Scholars-in-Residence have included Nigerian author and Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka; and David Levering Lewis, MacArthur Fellow and Martin Luther King, Jr. Professor of History at Rutgers.

Sources:

Afro-American Affairs, Institute of, Archives H, NYU Archives.

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Scope and Content Note

The collection contains correspondence of IAAA director Earl S. Davis, conference and event materials, and information about Association of Education in Journalism internships.

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Arrangement

Folders are arranged chronologically.
The files are grouped into 3 series:
I, Events Files
II, Association for Education in Journalism
III, Earl S. Davis Correspondence
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Separated Material

There is no information about materials that are associated by provenance to the described materials that have been physically separated or removed.

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Restrictions

Access Restrictions

Records are closed for 20 years from date of creation.

Use Restrictions

Permission to publish materials must be obtained in writing from the:
New York University Archives
Elmer Holmes Bobst Library
70 Washington Square South
New York, NY 10012
Phone: (212) 998-2641
Fax: (212) 995-4225
E-mail: university.archives@library.nyu.edu

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Access Points

Subject Names:
Davis, Earl S.
Subject Organizations:
New York University. Institute of Afro-American Affairs.
Subject Topics:
African American college students
Subject Places:
New York (State) -- New York
Document Types:
Administrative records
Clippings
Correspondence
Reports
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Administrative Information

Provenance

This collection was transferred to the University Archives in 1994.

Preferred Citation

Published citations should take the following form:

Identification of item, date (if known); The Records of the Institute of Afro-American Affairs; RG 9.8; box number; folder number;
New York University Archives

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Container List

[The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.]

 

Series I: Events Files
Box Folder Title Date
1 1 Black Scholars Lecture Series: "The Black Church in the 80's" Rev. Herbert Daughtry 1978-1982
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 042260185

  
1 2 Emerging African Nations 1978-1982
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226018 5

  
1 3 MLK Memorial Concert 1978-1982
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226018 5

  
1 4 Benin Catalog Orders/Sales, Exhibition Date 1981 - Present (Receipts of Payment) 1981
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226018 5

  
1 5 Benin Exhibition "Images of Power" Correspondence 1981
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226018 5

  
1 6 Benin Exhibition Listings 1981
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226018 5

  
1 7 Benin Exhibition Publicity 1981
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226018 5

  
1 8 Benin Exhibition "Images of Power" Publicity, 1981
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226018 5

  
1 9 Black Scholars Lecture Series: "The Labor Union Movement - It's Importance in Developing Countries"/ Lillian Roberts, Speaker. 1978-1982
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226018 5

  
1 10 Honorable Robert Davis, Comm. Lecture. Series 1978-1982
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226018 5

  
1 11 Black Scholar Lecture Series: "Housing Trends in the Black Community: What Will the 80's Bring" 1978-1982
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226018 5

  
1 12 Black History Reception 1982
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226018 5

  
1 13 Black History Month Reception, Feb 4, 1982
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226018 5

  
1 14 Community Lecture Series: Rev. Daughtry Feb 23, 1982
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226018 5

  
1 15 Community Lecture Series: Dr. Albert Oliver Mar 16, 1982
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226018 5

  
1 16 Cinema Series "Common Denominators" - Mar 30, 1982
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226018 5

  
1 17 Black Male Conference Part I: Correspondence - Speakers. Mar 30, 1982
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226018 5

  
1 18 Black Male Conference Part I: Correspondence - Forms 1982
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226018 5

  
1 19 Black Male Conference Part I: Correspondence - Personalized 1982
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226018 5

  
1 20 Black Male Conference Part I: Forms 1982
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226018 5

  
1 21 Black Male Conference Part I: Program Operation, Logistics 1982
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226018 5

  
1 22 Black Male Conference Part I: Public Correspondence - Info. Requests, Comments, Etc. 1982
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226018 5

  
1 23 Black Male Conference Part I: Publicity 1982
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226018 5

  
1 24 Registrants Forms/Responses, & Questionnaire Responses, Part I: Black Male Conference 1982
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226018 5

  
1 25 Black Male Conference Pt. I: Speakers' Papers/Correspondence. 1982
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226018 5

  
1 26 Black Male Conference Pt. I: Topic Information 1982
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226018 5

  
1 27 Black Male Conference Pt. I: Programming, Logistics, Logistics-Operation 1982
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226018 5

  
1 28 Dr. Wyatt T. Walker Apr 12, 1982
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226018 5

  
1 29 Martin Luther King Salute: Canaan Baptist Church Apr 12, 1982
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226018 5

  
1 30 Black Theatre Forum - Correspondence to Speakers/Participants 1982
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226018 5

  
1 31 Black Theatre Forum Conference Expenditures, Revenues, & Pre-registration 1982
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226018 5

  
1 32 Black Theatre Forum Conference Forms 1982
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226018 5

  
1 33 Black Theatre Forum Conference Forms 1982
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226018 5

  
1 34 Black Theatre Forum Conference Funding: Proposals & Correspondence 1982
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226018 5

  
Box Folder Title Date
2 1 Black Male Conference Pt. II: Correspondence/Form Letters to Lecturers/Speakers. 1982
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226019 3

  
2 2 Black Male Conference Pt. II: Advance Registration Forms/Responses 1982
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226019 3

  
2 3 Black Male Conference Correspondence-Personalized Pt. II: 1982
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226019 3

  
2 4 Black Male Conference Pt. II: Forms 1982
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226019 3

  
2 5 Black Male Conference Pt. 2 Lecturer/Speaker. Responses 1982
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226019 3

  
2 6 Black Male Conference Pt. II: Lecturer/Speaker. Responses, Correspondence, Papers 1982
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226019 3

  
2 7 Black Male Conference Pt. II: Papers of Speakers 1982
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226019 3

  
2 8 Black Male Conference Pt. II: Pgm. Operation/Logistics & Publicity 1982
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226019 3

  
2 9 Black Male Conference Pt. II: Public Correspondence 1982
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226019 3

  
2 10 Black Male Conference Pt. II: Questionnaires to Public Responses 1982
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226019 3

  
2 11 Black Male Conference Pt. II: Registrants Forms/Responses 1982
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226019 3

  
2 12 Black Male Conference Pt. II: Speakers Info. 1982
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226019 3

  
2 13 Black Male Conference Pt. II: Workshop(s) Info. 1982
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226019 3

  
2 14 Making America Work Exhibition: Exhibition Budget & Expenses Feb 3, 1983-Feb 18, 1983
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226019 3

  
2 15 Making America Work Exhibition: External Correspondence concerning Exhibition Feb 3, 1983-Feb 18, 1983
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226019 3

  
2 16 Making America Work Exhibition: Patents and Pictures of Exhibition Feb 3, 1983-Feb 18, 1983
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226019 3

  
2 17 Making America Work Exhibition: Chronological Files Feb 3, 1983-Feb 18, 1983
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226019 3

  
2 18 Making America Work Exhibition: External Correspondence regarding exhibition Feb 3, 1983-Feb 18, 1983
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226019 3

  
2 19 Making America Work Exhibition: University Correspondence regarding exhibition Feb 3, 1983-Feb 18, 1983
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226019 3

  
2 20 Making America Work Exhibition Feb 3, 1983-Feb 18, 1983
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226019 3

  
2 21 Blacks in the West; W.L. Katz, Prof. Feb 4, 1983
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226019 3

  
Box Folder Title Date
3 1 Black History Month Reception: A Salute to Paul Robeson Feb 7, 1983
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226020 1

  
3 2 Black History Month Reception: Paul Robeson Tribute 1982-1983
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226020 1

  
3 3 Dennis Rahim Watson, Ben Snow - Bobst Feb 16, 1983
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226020 1

  
3 4 Community Lecture Series: E. Graves Feb 23, 1982
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226020 1

  
3 5 Black Theatre Forum-Conference, Program Operation: Logistics, Budget, Programming 1982
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226020 1

  
3 6 Black Theatre Forum-Conference: Publicity 1982
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226020 1

  
3 7 Black Theatre Forum: 'A Total Perspective" Questionnaires 1982
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226020 1

  
3 8 Black Theatre Forum-Conference: Related Literature/Topics 1982
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226020 1

  
3 9 Black Theatre Forum-Conference, Speakers: Papers, Corres., Bio-Info. 1982
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226020 1

  
3 10 Black Theatre Forum-Conference: Speaker/Possible Participants Correspondence 1982
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226020 1

  
3 11 Black Theatre Forum-Conference: Speakers-Speeches, Lectures 1982
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226020 1

  
3 12 Association of Black Women in Higher Education, Inc. 4th Annual Conference May 7, 1982
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226020 1

  
3 13 Caribbean Conference Correspondence (Speaker(s) Solicitation), Letters. 1982
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226020 1

  
3 14 Caribbean Conf. Forms 1982
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226020 1

  
3 15 Caribbean Conf. Letrs. of Responses & Returned Forms (Call for Papers) 1982
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226020 1

  
3 16 Caribbean Conf. "Caribbean Culture & Politics: Today's Realities-Tomorrow's Directions," -- Program Operation (i.e. schedules, expenses) 1982
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226020 1

  
3 17 Caribbean Conference: "Caribbean Culture & Politics: Today's Realities-Tomorrow's Directions," Publicity 1982
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226020 1

  
3 18 Caribbean Conference: Related info 1982
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226020 1

  
3 19 Series V. Community Lecture Series: Dr. Ben -Jochannon May 17, 1982
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226020 1

  
3 20 Community Lecture Series: Alice Childress Oct 19, 1982
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226020 1

  
3 21 Black Theater Forum: Correspondence-Earl Davis 1982
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226020 1

  
3 22 Black Theater Forum Conference: IAAA Correspondence (1) 1982
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226020 1

  
3 23 Theater Mailing List 1982-1983
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226020 1

  
3 24 Black Theater Forum Conference: IAAA Correspondence (2) 1982
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226020 1

  
3 25 Association of Black Faculty & Students 1983-1984
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226020 1

  
3 26 Black History Reception 1984
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226020 1

  
3 27 Community Lecture Series II: Robinson, Randall 1983-1984
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226020 1

  
3 28 Catti James undated
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226020 1

  
3 29 Cinema Presentations 1983-1984
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226020 1

  
3 30 Community Lecture Series III: Cross, Dr. Delores (1) 1983-1984
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226020 1

  
3 31 Twelfth Annual Dr. Martin L. King Jr., Memorial Concert 1983-1984
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226020 1

  
3 32 Lecture "The IAAA at NYU" Spkr.: Earl Davis 1983-1984
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226020 1

  
3 33 Program Schedules & Operations 1983-1984
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226020 1

  
3 34 Minority Student/Faculty Reception 10/10/84 Oct 10, 1984
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226020 1

  
3 35 Tom Sanders: Community Lecture Series I - Black Athletes Responsibility to the Black Community 1983-1984
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226020 1

  
3 36 Cal Ramsay: Community Lecture Series I "The Black Athletes' Responsibility to the Black Community" 1983-1984
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226020 1

  
3 37 Paula Giddings 11/19/84 undated
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226020 1

  
3 38 Paula Giddings: Community Lecture Series II: "When and Where I Enter" 1983-1984
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226020 1

  
3 39 Black History Reception '85 "Diggers, Panama Canal: Creation of a Nation" 1983-1984
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226020 1

  
3 40 Making America Work: Black Contributions To American Business And Industry; Exhibition Paper by L. Bray; Pictures; Flyers 1983-1984
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226020 1

  
Box Folder Title Date
4 1 News Articles 1983-1984
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226021 9

  
4 2 Community Lecture Series III: Cross, Dr. Delores (2) 1983-1984
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226021 9

  
4 3 Community Lecture Series V: Dr. Carlos Moore 1983-1984
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226021 9

  
4 4 Dr. Carlos Moore 1983-1984
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226021 9

  
4 5 Advertising & Press Releases 1983-1984
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226021 9

  
4 6 Budget & Program Planning 1983-1984
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226021 9

  
4 7 Conference Flyers & Programs 1983-1984
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226021 9

  
4 8 Correspondence 1983-1984
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226021 9

  
4 9 Black History Month Reception: "Diggers, Panama Canal: Creation of a Nation" Ben Snow, Bobst Library Feb 4, 1985
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226021 9

  
4 10 Black History Calendar Reception - Bobst Library Feb 4, 1985
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226021 9

  
4 11 Judge Bruce Wright Lecture Series Feb 13, 1985
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226021 9

  
4 12 Catti James -Lecture Workshop "Celebration: Experiences in Black Art" Feb 13, 1985
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226021 9

  
4 13 Essence - Susan Taylor "An Agenda For the Future Economic Empowerment and Love" (1) Mar 18, 1985
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226021 9

  
4 14 Susan Taylor "An Agenda For the Future Economic Empowerment and Love" (2) Mar 18, 1985
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226021 9

  
4 15 National Association Black Counselors; The National Organizational Conference Apr 2, 1985
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226021 9

  
4 16 The National Association of Black Counselors --- The Nat'l Organizational Conference Mar 31, 1985-Apr 5, 1985
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226021 9

  
4 17 Afro-Brazilian Territory Apr 24, 1985
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226021 9

  
4 18 Association of Black Women in Higher Education, Inc. 7th Annual Conference 1985-1986
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226021 9

  
4 19 Paule Marshall - Community Lecture Series Oct 16, 1986
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226021 9

  
4 20 Dr. Michael Crowder Oct 24, 1985
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226021 9

  
Box Folder Title Date
5 1 Black Film Festival Oct 28, 1985-Oct 30, 1985
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226022 7

  
5 2 National Women's Conference in Nairobi, Kenya Oct 12, 1985
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226022 7

  
5 3 Community Symposium: Free Enterprise versus Military Rule in Third World Countries Oct 25, 1985
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226022 7

  
5 4 A Special Tribute in celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Ben Snow Lounge Jan 15, 1986
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226022 7

  
5 5 [Living the Dream] 1985-1986
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226022 7

  
5 6 Lecture: "Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.: An African Perception." by Dr. John Kerefa-Smart Feb 3, 1986
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226022 7

  
5 7 The Invisible America: "The Next Generation" Feb 7, 1986
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226022 7

  
5 8 Photography Exhibition Feb 7, 1986
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226022 7

  
5 9 Correspondence/Photographers Feb 7, 1986
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226022 7

  
5 10 Photo Exhibit-Correspondence (Program Operation, Forms, Etc) Feb 7, 1986
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226022 7

  
5 11 Photo Exhibit-Correspondence (Unselected Photographers) Feb 7, 1986
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226022 7

  
5 12 Photo Exhibition Programming: Planning, Operations, Budget & Logistical Set Up Feb 7, 1986
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226022 7

  
5 13 Program Funding, Solicitation of Sponsorship, Photo Exhibition 1985-1986
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226022 7

  
5 14 Photographer Listings Feb 7, 1986
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226022 7

  
5 15 Photo Exhibit - Photographers' Prints/Entered in Exhibition (1) Feb 7, 1986
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226022 7

  
5 16 Photo Exhibition Publicity, Press Releases, Commentaries, Etc. Feb 7, 1986
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226022 7

  
5 17 Photography Exhibition 1986
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226022 7

  
5 18 Photography Exhibition 1985-1986
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226022 7

  
5 19 Photography Exhibit - Photographers' Prints/Entered in Exhibition (2), 2/7/86 Feb 7, 1986
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226022 7

  
5 20 Photography Exhibition (2) 1986
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226022 7

  
5 21 David Dinkins Feb 10, 1986
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226022 7

  
Box Folder Title Date
6 1 Health Issues in the Black Community: Prognosis for Change undated
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226023 5

  
6 2 Black History Month Film Festival, Feb 24, 1986-Feb 27, 1986
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226023 5

  
6 3 African Film Festival Feb 24, 1986-Feb 27, 1986
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226023 5

  
6 4 "Malcolm X -The Master Teacher" Mar 3, 1986
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226023 5

  
6 5 Community Lecture Series - "Women of the Royal Court of Benin". Mar 20, 1986
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226023 5

  
6 6 Dr. Angelina Pollack-Eltz, Afro-American Folk Medicine Apr 2, 1986
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226023 5

  
6 7 Poetry Reading: Fred Ramey, Betty Lawrence Bailey May 12, 1986
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226023 5

  
6 8 South Africa: A Nation in Crisis Sep 22, 1986
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226023 5

  
6 9 IAAA's First Annual Fundraising Cabaret Dinner Dance at CJ's Seafood Restaurant Oct 12, 1986
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226023 5

  
6 10 Minority Students Fall Orientation Fall 1986
   

Barcode #: 3 1142 04226023 5