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Stephen Caldwell Wright, 1996. Letter. Notifying Joyce of release of "On Gwendolyn Brooks: Reliant Contemplation"

Stephen Cardwell Wright, 1996. Letter sent with copies of Reverly in which S. C. Wright had made a review of Henry Blakely's book.

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Anonymous (Joyce ??), no date: Paper entitled "Living the Word" for a conference in honor of Alice Walker.

1996: Letter. Critical of Joyce's article in Tempo, Chicago State University Paper. Also copy of the paper. Letter copied to Delores Cross.

Florida International University, 1997: Letter. Regarding Joyce's request for a position in the English Department, Florida International University.

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Joyce A. Joyce served as the editor of the Temple University Faculty Herald. We have 11 of these papers in storage.

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Joyce Joyce's introduction as the editor of the Faculty Herald. She writes about changes Temple University President implemented. She writes about the wide range of students and their prior educational experience. She expects her views will "...will ressult in my being shunned by many faculty on the Main Campus particularly and vilified by others."

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Joyce Papers consist mainly of correspondence with colleagues and students.  It also includes  a few photographs, articles and copies of all of her books. Although some items date to Joyce's childhood in Valdosta, the bulk of the papers are from the early 1980's to 2001. Most of the correspondence discusses works in progress by her or her colleagues.  The most prolific correspondent is the prominent Richard Wright scholar Michel Fabre,  who seems to have had a significant impact on...

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Joyce disccusses Henry A. Giroux's Teachers as Intellectuals: Toward a Critical Pedagogy of Learning. She argues that language is a political tool and that students shouldn't impact their self-worth and identity. Discusses students failing to cite sources. Discusses school desgregation and how the "...Golden State was arguably a racial paradise when juxtaposed against the Deep South...."   Pages 2 & 8

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Joyce A. Joyce diccusses an Honors level course she taught at the University of Maryland entitled "Popular Rhythms and Poetic Expression," which examined politics and music. She discusses various song lyrics and compares them to the duties of being a university professor.

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Joyce A. Joyce discusses whether Black Studies can be saved.

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Joyce discusses hurricane Katrina and its aftermath.

Scope and Contents Joyce discusses Black History Month at Temple University. She refuses to give a presentation on diversity "...because I refuse as a Black Woman intellectual to have anybody tell me how I should think or what I should write." She dicusses John A. Williams' biography The King God Didn't Save: Reflections on the Life and Death of Martin Luther King, Jr. which argues that King's stand against the "...immoral position in the Vietnam War forced his death" and how Catholics, Jews and Protestants...

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Joyce discusses the stories of several controversial college presidents, Dr. Elizabeth Hoffman of the University of Colorado ,Dr. Manny Aragon of the New Mexico Highlands University, and Dolores Cross of Chicago State University and Brown College.

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Joyce writes that University professors have no life outside of academia. After a surgery, Joyce reexamines her life and how her time is spent. She argues that schoarship must ask hard questions of its students and strive for rigorous grading.

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Joyce dicusses the National Basketball Association Dress Code.

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Joyce discusses her past career and difficulties at the University of Maryland and argues that deans, provosts, and presidents should be scholars.

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Joyce discusses people's tendency to see thier actions as good even when they cause other's harm. She corralates this human fallacy with Temple President David Horowitz's resignation and the HR 177 hearings.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Joyce Papers consist mainly of correspondence with colleagues and students.  It also includes  a few photographs, articles and copies of all of her books. Although some items date to Joyce's childhood in Valdosta, the bulk of the papers are from the early 1980's to 2001. Most of the correspondence discusses works in progress by her or her colleagues.  The most prolific correspondent is the prominent Richard Wright scholar Michel Fabre,  who seems to have had a significant impact on...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Joyce Papers consist mainly of correspondence with colleagues and students.  It also includes  a few photographs, articles and copies of all of her books. Although some items date to Joyce's childhood in Valdosta, the bulk of the papers are from the early 1980's to 2001. Most of the correspondence discusses works in progress by her or her colleagues.  The most prolific correspondent is the prominent Richard Wright scholar Michel Fabre,  who seems to have had a significant impact on...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Joyce Papers consist mainly of correspondence with colleagues and students.  It also includes  a few photographs, articles and copies of all of her books. Although some items date to Joyce's childhood in Valdosta, the bulk of the papers are from the early 1980's to 2001. Most of the correspondence discusses works in progress by her or her colleagues.  The most prolific correspondent is the prominent Richard Wright scholar Michel Fabre,  who seems to have had a significant impact on...

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Barbara T. Christian: Note

Marimba: Letter. Thanks for supporting her promotion.

Jessica Dames: Postcard from student studying in Africa.

Kathy: Letter. Warm tribute from a student and friend.

Scope and Contents Gwendolyn Brooks, no date: Thank you card.Gwendolyn Brooks, 1993: Check and note from Brooks.Gwendolyn Brooks, 1993: Note about a conference "The Black Writer: Culture, Commitment, and Community" featuring August Wilson.Gwendolyn Brooks, 1994: Card. Holiday greeting.Gwendolyn Brooks and Henry Brooks, 1994. Card [Greeting]Gwendolyn Brooks, 1995. Note About some upcoming visit and event.Gwendolyn Brooks (The Blakely...