| Title: | Gloria Oden papers |
| Call Number: | Coll069 |
| Creator: | Oden, Gloria |
| Dates: | 1937-2011; bulk 1962-1987 |
| Size: | 13 boxes (12.5 linear feet) |
| Language: | English |
| Abstract: | Collection consists of correspondence, pamphlets, research files, flyers, photographs, publications, posters and correspondence belonging to former UMBC professor Gloria Oden. The majority of material is from Oden's time as a member of the UMBC English Department. Notable items include letters received from poet Kenneth Rexroth. |
| Citation: | Gloria Oden papers, University Archives, Collection 69, Special Collections, University of Maryland, Baltimore County (Baltimore, MD). |
Gloria Catherine Oden (1923-2011) was an American poet, professor, and editor. She joined the UMBC faculty as an English professor in the 1970s, and taught there until retiring in 1996. Oden was nominated for the Pultizer Prize in 1979 for a collection of poems entitled Resurrections. Her other books of poetry include The Naked Frame: A Love Poem and Sonnets (1952), The Ties that Bind (1980), Appearances (2003), and Homage (2011).
This collection was arranged into seven series: Series 1: Personal Life Series 2: Professional Life Series 3: Publications Series 4: Unpublished Materials Series 5: Correspondence Series 6: Oversized Series 7: Audiovisuals
Contains five accessions. UARC 1997-28 and UARC 1999-27 were transferred from Gloria Oden/UMBC English Department. UARC 2008-21 materials were transferred prior to 2008 and accessioned on 7/9/2008. The original donor and receipt date of UARC 2009-020 are unknown; it was assigned an accession number in 2009. UARC 2013-003.
All associated accession were surveyed and rehoused into acid free folders and containers. University publications were weeded out of the collection and transferred to the University Publications collections. The same was done for information and correspondence related to Gloria Oden's late husband, John Price Bell, for which UMBC is also the repository for his collection.
Describing Archives: a Content Standard (DACS)
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Finding Aids available.
Finding Aid: http://library.umbc.edu/speccoll/findingaids/coll069.php
The collection is open for research. There are no restricted materials.
Permission required for all reproductions requests. UMBC is the copyright owner.
Oden, Gloria
Baldwin, James, 1924-1987
Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967
Moore, Marianne, 1887-1972
Oden, Gloria
Rexroth, Kenneth, 1905-1982
University of Maryland, Baltimore County -- Faculty
Women poets
Oden, Gloria -- Archives
Poets, American -- 20th century
Date: 1937-2007
Description: Series 1 contains materials concerning Gloria Oden's personal life, including items from the passing of her mother and sister, geneological research, family albums, and early academic achievements.
| Folder Title/Description | Date | Box # | Folder # | Additional Info. |
| Academic Programs | 1937-1940 | 1 | 1 | |
| Certificates | 1943-1991 | 1 | 2 | |
| Ethel and Georgia Oden | 1974 | 1 | 3 | |
| Ethel and Georgia Oden | 1974 | 1 | 4 | |
| Gloria Oden Images | 1986-2005 | 1 | 5 | |
| NAACP | 1977 | 1 | 6 | |
| Oden Family Geneological Research (1 of 2) | 2001-2007 | 1 | 7 | |
| Oden Family Geneological Research (2 of 2) | 2001-2007 | 1 | 8 | |
| Oden Family Albums | undated | 11 | Description | |
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2 albums are housed in one box.
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Date: 1953-2011
Description: Series 2 contains materials involving her teaching career at University of Maryland, Baltimore County and various research projects she participated throughout her academcic career. Both subjects have been divided into two subseries.
Date: 1965-2000
Description: Series 2 subseries A contains Oden's tenure dossier as she progressed to full professor status and other supportive documents.
| Folder Title/Description | Date | Box # | Folder # | Additional Info. |
| Black Faculty/ Staff Association Award: Dedicated Service | 1991 | 1 | 9 | |
| Curriculum Vitae of Gloria Oden | 1994 | 1 | 10 | |
| Deep Rivers: Teachers' Guide, by Naomi L. Madgett | 1974 | 1 | 11 | |
| Employment Recommendations | 1966-1967 | 1 | 12 | |
| Event Pamplets and Invitations | 1965-1987 | 1 | 13 | |
| Lyceum Lecture | 1990 | 1 | 14 | |
| Tenure Acceptance | 1975 | 1 | 15 | |
| Tenure: Supportive Documents | 1975 | 1 | 16 | |
| Tenure: Full Professor Dossier | 1983 | 1 | 17 | |
| University of Maryland, Baltimore County correspondence and notes | 1970-2000 | 1 | 18 |
Date: 1953-2011
Description: Series 2 subseries B contains the various research activity and collaborations with Gloria Oden.
| Folder Title/Description | Date | Box # | Folder # | Additional Info. |
| Albany Institute | undated | 1 | 19 | |
| Baravalle, Vivian | 1986-1992 | 1 | 20 | |
| Battle, Samuel J. | 2006-2007 | 1 | 21 | |
| Bell, Edward Price (1 of 2) | 1965-2004 | 1 | 22 | |
| Bell, Edward Price (2 of 2) | 1994-2008 | 1 | 23 | |
| Bishop, Elizabeth (1 of 2) | 1984-2008 | 1 | 24 | |
| Bishop, Elizabeth (2 of 2) | 1994-2008 | 1 | 25 | |
| Black History | 1968-2001 | 1 | 26 | |
| Charlotte Forten Article: Letters | 1983-1984 | 1 | 27 | |
| Charlotte Forten Diary Research (1 of 2) | undated | 1 | 28 | |
| Charlotte Forten Diary Research (2 of 2) | undated | 1 | 29 | |
| Charlotte Forten: Reviews of Billington | 1953-1954 | 1 | 30 | |
| Clonneg, James G | undated | 1 | 31 | |
| Collected Articles on James Baldwin (1 of 2) | 1962-1964 | 2 | 1 | |
| Collected Articles on James Baldwin (2 of 2) | 1963-1965 | 2 | 2 | |
| Colonial Williamsburg, Inc. | 1971 | 2 | 3 | |
| Eastman, Johnson | undated | 2 | 4 | |
| Filreis, Al | 2008 | 2 | 5 | |
| Frost, Robert (1 of 4) | 2007-2008 | 2 | 6 | |
| Frost, Robert (2 of 4) | 2007-2008 | 2 | 7 | |
| Frost, Robert (3 of 4) | 2007-2008 | 2 | 8 | |
| Frost, Robert (4 of 4) | 2007-2008 | 2 | 9 | |
| Frost, Robert at Breadloaf | 2007-2009 | 2 | 10 | |
| Iredell, James | 1990 | 2 | 11 | |
| Johnston, Joshua | 1971 | 2 | 12 | |
| King, Charles B. | undated | 2 | 13 | |
| Krimmel, John H. | 1970 | 2 | 14 | |
| Life of Frederic Barbadoes Research (1 of 2) | 1999 | 2 | 15 | |
| Life of Frederic Barbadoes Research (2 of 2) | 1999 | 2 | 16 | |
| Maryville | 1995-2007 | 2 | 17 | |
| Moore, Marianne (1 of 4) | 2008 | 2 | 18 | |
| Moore, Marianne (2 of 4) | 2008 | 2 | 19 | |
| Moore, Marianne (3 of 4) | 2008 | 2 | 20 | |
| Moore, Marianne (4 of 4) | 2008 | 2 | 21 | |
| Moravian Church | undated | 2 | 22 | |
| Neagle, John | undated | 2 | 23 | |
| Oden slides and transparencies | 1977, undated | 2 | 24 | |
| Oral History Transcript of Gloria Oden | 1977 | 2 | 25 | Description |
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Interviewed by Saunders Redding
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| Peale, Charles Wilson | undated | 2 | 26 | |
| Ponsonby, Arthur | 1989 | 2 | 27 | |
| Putnam Letters | 1990 | 2 | 28 | |
| Raine, Kathleen (1 of 3) | 2009 | 3 | 1 | |
| Raine, Kathleen (2 of 3) | 2009 | 3 | 2 | |
| Raine, Kathleen (3 of 3) | 2009 | 3 | 3 | |
| Roupel, George | undated | 3 | 4 | |
| Socet, Gerard Zoust | undated | 3 | 5 | |
| Taylor Family Geneology | 1985-1990 | 3 | 6 | |
| The History of the Black Women's Club Movement | 1984 | 3 | 7 | |
| Tilyard, Phillip T.C. | undated | 3 | 8 | |
| Walker, William Aiken | undated | 3 | 9 | |
| West Newton, Masssechusetts | 1984-2011 | 3 | 10 | |
| Woods, T.W | undated | 3 | 11 | |
| Woodville, Richard Caton Sr. | undated | 3 | 12 | |
| Research Cards | undated | 12 | ||
| Research Cards | undated | 13 | ||
Date: 1959-2011
Description: Series 3 contains the various publications of Gloria Oden throughout her professional career. Most publications identfy the specific page her poetry or essay's can be found.
| Folder Title/Description | Date | Box # | Folder # | Additional Info. |
| The Writer's Voice Vol. 2, No. 9 | 1959 | 3 | 13 | Description |
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Oden on Page 3.
"To my nephew on the second breaking of a leg"
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| The Muse Vol. 3. No.1 | 1959 | 3 | 14 | Description |
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Oden on page 28.
"With Love To Miss Marianne Moore"
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| The Blue River Poetry Magazine Vol. XXVII No. CIV | 1959 | 3 | 15 | Description |
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Oden on page 23.
"Now Winter Comes"
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| Caravan, Vol. 4 No. 5 | 1959 | 3 | 16 | Description |
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Oden on page 15.
"Testament of Loss"
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| The Gallery Sail Review, Vol.1 No.4 | 1959 | 3 | 17 | Description |
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Oden on page 7.
"A Private Letter to Brazil"
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| Voices, No. 170 | 1959 | 3 | 18 | Description |
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Oden on pages 24-25.
"Winter is for Burying"
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| The Carolina Quarterly, Vol.XI No. 3 | 1960 | 3 | 19 | Description |
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Oden on page 20-22.
"I Pledge Allegiance"
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| The Wormwood Review, Vol. 1, No. 4 | 1961 | 3 | 20 | Description |
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Oden on page 9.
"Poem"
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| The Outsider | 1961 | 3 | 21 | Description |
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Issue #1 (Oden on page 81), Issue #2 (Oden on page 49).
"Lay your head here" and "Low calvary"
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| EPOS, Vol. 12 No. 3 | 1961 | 3 | 22 | Description |
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Oden pages 10-11.
"Legacy" and "The Waves"
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| Mutiny, Vol.3 No.2 | 1961 | 3 | 23 | Description |
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Oden on page 148.
"Epitaph for Anne E. Edmonds"
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| The Wormwood Review, Vol.2. No, 2. Issue No. 6 | 1962 | 3 | 24 | Description |
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Oden on page 3.
"Dark Justice"
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| The Wormwood Review, Vol.2, No.4, Issue No. 8 | 1962 | 3 | 25 | Description |
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Oden on pages 15-17.
"August Sets Its Stone" and "Love Weighs Me"
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| Approach: A Literary Quarterly, No. 48 | 1963 | 3 | 26 | Description |
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Oden on page 40.
"Recoil"
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| Poetry Northwest, Vol. V, No. 5. | 1964 | 3 | 27 | Description |
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Oden on pages 36-38.
"Bible Study", "Man White, Brown Girl and all that Jazz", "Herself Surprised"
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| Reflectively Speaking | 1964 | 3 | 28 | |
| The Massachusetts Review Vol. VI No. 3 | 1965 | 3 | 29 | Description |
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Oden on pages 650-652.
"Civil Rights and White Intellectuals" by Gloria Oden
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| Negritude, So What! | 1965 | 3 | 30 | |
| Negro American Literature Forum Vol. 3, No. 2 | 1969 | 3 | 31 | Description |
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Oden on page 49.
"Literature and Politics- The Black Investment"
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| Humanization of Knowledge in the Social Sciences: A Symposium | 1972 | 4 | 1 | Description |
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Oden on page 18.
"The Black Colonial Experience (And Somewhat Beyond): Search and Research"
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| Mid~Night, No.1 | 1974 | 4 | 2 | Description |
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Oden on page 33-34.
"I think of you"
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| The Massachusetts Review Vol. XV No. 3 | 1974 | 4 | 3 | Description |
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Oden on pages 502-504.
"This Child is the Mother"
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| Negro History Bulletin, Vol. 38, No.3 | 1975 | 4 | 4 | Description |
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Oden on page 376.
"This Child is the Mother"
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| Essence Magazine | 1975 | 4 | 5 | Description |
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Oden on page 8.
"Bring It Down Front: I's About Time"
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| Negro History Bulletin, Vol. 40, No.4 | 1977 | 4 | 6 | Description |
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Oden on page 716.
"Bonsai"
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| The Poetry Society of America Bulletin | 1977 | 4 | 7 | Description |
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Name referenced;
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| New England Review Vol.1 No.1 | 1978 | 4 | 8 | Description |
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Oden on page 112.
Metaphor as Illness: A Meditation on Recent Poetry by Kenneth Pitchford
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| New York Clippings | undated | 4 | 9 | |
| Seer | 1979 | 4 | 10 | Description |
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Oden on page 8. Recognized as poet of the year..
Announcement of Poet of the year
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| The Poetry Society of America Bulletin Vol. LXIX Nos. 1 &2 | 1979 | 4 | 11 | Description |
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Oden on pages 17, 43, and 44.
"Review
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| Multi-Ethnicity in American Publishing: Midwest Region, Vol.8, No. 4 | 1980 | 4 | 12 | Description |
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Announcement of The ties that bind
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| Coda: Poets & Writers Newsletters Vol.9 No. 1 | 1981 | 4 | 13 | Description |
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"Our Poet in Washington" reference G.O
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| Seer | 1981 | 4 | 14 | Description |
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Oden on page 3.
"… the road we trod"
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| Ms. Vol. XI, Nos. 1 & 2 | 1982 | 4 | 15 | Description |
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Oden on page 74.
"23"
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| Religion & Intellectual Life, Vol. IV No. 1 | 1986 | 4 | 16 | Description |
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Oden on page 79.
"Sunday, October 23, 1983"
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| Religion & Intellectual Life, Vol. IV No. 3 | 1987 | 4 | 17 | Description |
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Oden on pages135-136.
"Sister of the Spirit" reviewed by Gloria Oden
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| The Canadian Forum | April 1959 | 4 | 18 | Description |
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Oden on page 13.
"...As When Emotions Too Far Exceeds Its Cause"
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| The Canadian Forum | December 1959 | 4 | 19 | Description |
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Oden on page 202.
"The Atlantic"
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| Saturday Review | September 23, 1961 | 4 | 20 | Description |
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Oden on page 50.
"There are things that are important beyong all this fiddle"
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| Saturday Review | April 6, 1963 | 4 | 21 | Description |
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Oden on page 29.
"The Walls of Jerichow"
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| Fire and James Baldwin | January 27, 1964 | 4 | 22 | Description |
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Published by the New York Post.
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| Down Beat | October 8, 1964 | 4 | 23 | Description |
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Oden on page 36.
The New Equality"
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| Down Beat | November 5, 1964 | 4 | 24 | Description |
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Oden on page 34.
"Feather's Nest" review by Leonard Feather
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| Stenographic Transcript of Proceedings: Panel Discussion Poetry and Polemic | April 24, 1965 | 4 | 25 | Description |
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Panel composed of Samuel W. Allen, Calvin C. Hernton, Leroi Jones, and Gloria Oden.
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| The New School Bulletin Vol.23, No. 8 | November 16, 1965 | 4 | 26 | Description |
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"Literature and Politics- The Black Investment"
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| Inside American Institute of Physics (AIP) | March 1, 1966 | 4 | 27 | Description |
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Oden as the editor.
Name published as editor
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| New School Bulletin Vol. 23, No. 17 | April 14, 1966 | 4 | 28 | Description |
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Oden on page 67.
Name published
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| Out of Sight | September-October 1974 | 4 | 29 | Description |
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September (Oden on page 2), October (Oden on pages 2-3).
"Once Upon Our Time"; "Perspective"
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| Weid: The Sensibility Review, Vol.XII No.1-3 Whole Number 45-47 | December 1976 | 4 | 30 | Description |
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Oden on page 120..
#1 and #29: A Work in Progress- Growing out of the slaying of my mother and sister
two years ago by persons unknown.
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| Interview with Gloria Oden by Saunders Redding | 1977 | 4 | 31 | |
| Weid: The Sensibility Revue, Vol. XIV No. 1 Whole Number 51 | March 1978 | 4 | 32 | Description |
|
Oden on page 7-42.
Interview with Gloria Oden by Saunders Redding
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| Seer | June 1979 | 4 | 33 | Description |
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Oden on page 6.
Review by Linda of "Resurections"
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| Targets: A Quarterly of Poetry, No. 3 | September 1980 | 4 | 34 | Description |
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Oden on page 11.
"Love Breaks Upon Me From My Left"
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| The A.M.E. Zion Quarterly Review, Vol.XCIII No.1 | April 1981 | 4 | 35 | Description |
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Oden on page 42.
"The Tie That Binds"
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| Ms. Vol. XIV, Nos. 2 | August 1985 | 4 | 36 | Description |
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Oden on page 86.
"The Other Side of the Blanket: A White Woman Finds her Black Cousin"
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| Redstart, Vol.1 No.1 | February 1, 1988 | 4 | 37 | Description |
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Oden pages 59-60.
Review of Michelle T. Clinton's "High Blood Pressure"
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| The Naked Frame | 1953-1955 | 4 | 38 | |
| Quicksilver | 1958-1960 | 4 | 39 | Description |
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Vol.11 No. 4 (Oden on pages 21 and 25), Vol.13 No. 1 (Oden on page 12).
"January's Child" (1960)
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| Poetry Digest | 1959-1960 | 4 | 40 | Description |
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Vol.5 No. 5., Vol.5, No.3 (Oden on page 24), Vol. 5, No. 1 (Oden on page 35).
"So a negro spoke of Israel"
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| The Half Moon | 1959-1960 | 4 | 41 | Description |
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No.1 (Oden on page 5), No. 4 (Oden on page 13).
"We Unwise Men"; "The Carousel"
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| Oak Leaves: A Magazine of Poetry | 1959-1961 | 4 | 42 | Description |
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Vol.2 No.1 (Oden page 8), Vol.3 No. 2 (Oden on page 14), Vol.1 No. 6 (Oden on page
10).
"Passing Fancy"; "Faith"; "Credo"
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| Poetry | 1959-1965 | 4 | 43 | Description |
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Vol. 98 No. 2, Vol. 94 No. 4, Vol.106 No.3 (Oden on page 246).
Name referenced;
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| Impetus | 1960-1961 | 4 | 44 | Description |
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Oden on page 12.
"The First Hundred Hardest"
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| Lynx | 1962-1963 | 4 | 45 | Description |
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Vol.1 No.2 (Oden on page 11), Vol.1 No. 4 (Oden on pages 6-7).
"Baptism of Desire" and "Love Letter"; "Full Circle"
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| "Relatively Speaking | 1964-1965 | 5 | 1 | Description |
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"Relatively Speaking
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| James Baldwin Manuscript | 1967-1972 | 5 | 2 | |
| Public Announcements | 1972-1982 | 5 | 3 | |
| BONSAI by Gloria Oden | 1976-1977 | 5 | 4 | |
| The New Laurel Review | 1977-1978 | 5 | 5 | Description |
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Vol. VII No.2 (Oden on page 72-74), Vol.VIII No.2 (Oden on page 46).
"Growing Up" and "Resurrections" review by Robert Tucker
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| Various Other Publications | 1978-1992 | 5 | 6 | |
| MELUS: The Society for the Study of the Multi-Ethnic Literature of the United States (1 of 2) | 1978-1980 | 5 | 7 | Description |
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Vol.5 No.1 (Oden on page 38), Vol.4, Vol.7 No3 (Oden on page 83).
"Chesnutt's Conjure as African Survival"; Review of Resseuractions by Jascha Kessler
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| MELUS: The Society for the Study of the Multi-Ethnic Literature of the United States | 1983-1987 | 5 | 8 | Description |
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Vol. 10 No.3, MELUS 1985, MELUS 1987.
"The Black Putnams of Charlotte Forten's Journal" and The Journal of Charlotte L.
Forten: The Salem-Philadelphia Years (1854-1862) Reexamined"
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| Essex Institute Historical Collections | 1983-1990 | 5 | 9 | Description |
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Vol.119 No.2 (Oden on pages 119-139), Vol.126 No.4 (Oden on pages 237-253).
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| Newspaper Announcements | 1983-1996 | 5 | 10 | |
| Caprice | 1988-1990 | 5 | 11 | Description |
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June (Oden page 49), October (Oden page 18), and December (Oden page 60).
The Poet a Mystery by Gloria Oden; "Strange Flowers gone to seed"; "An Urban Story
of Good and Evil"
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| Poetry Publications | 1989-1990 | 5 | 12 | |
| MELUS: The Society for the Study of the Multi-Ethnic Literature of the United States | 1993-1994 | 5 | 13 | Description |
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Vol.18. No.3 and Vol.19 No.3.
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| UP! Vol. 1, No. 1 | November 1993 | 5 | 14 | Description |
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Oden on page 24.
"The Way it is"
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| History of Cartography | 2008 | 5 | 15 | |
| Homage by Gloria Oden | 2011 | 5 | 16 | |
| See you in the Morning: Six Songs for Soprano and Six Instruments | undated | 5 | 17 | Description |
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features "The Carousel" by Gloria Oden.
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| Homage: images | undated | 5 | 18 | |
| Homage slides | undated | 5 | 19 | |
Date: undated
Description: Series 4 contains Oden's unpublished papers and poetry. Materials have been orgnaized alphabetically.
| Folder Title/Description | Date | Box # | Folder # | Additional Info. |
| Chesnutt's Conjure as African Survival | undated | 5 | 20 | |
| Covenant | undated | 5 | 21 | |
| Early Poems | undated | 5 | 22 | |
| Jame Baldwin | undated | 5 | 23 | |
| Salem and Baltimore: Black Connections | undated | 5 | 24 | |
| The Black Huntsman | undated | 5 | 25 | |
| The Dark and the Fair | undated | 5 | 26 | |
| The Naked Frame | undated | 5 | 27 | |
| The Negro in Colonial Art: Image and Origin | undated | 6 | 1 | |
| The Trouble with Mirrors | undated | 6 | 2 | |
| Unpublished writings (1 of 2) | undated | 6 | 3 | |
| Unpublished writings (2 of 2) | undated | 6 | 4 |
Date: 1955-2010
Description: Series 5 contains Oden's personal and professional coorespondences with poets, other academics, former students, academic institutions, museums, mentors, family and friends.
| Folder Title/Description | Date | Box # | Folder # | Additional Info. |
| Adams, Leonie | 1957-1977 | 6 | 5 | |
| Academy of American Poets | 1966-1988 | 6 | 6 | |
| Baratz, Morton and Cindy | 1974-1983 | 6 | 7 | |
| Bishop, Elizabeth | 1956-1989 | 6 | 8 | |
| Bogan, Louise | 1956-1978 | 6 | 9 | |
| Bone, Robert | 1969-1976 | 6 | 10 | |
| Bontemps, Arna, Head Librarian of Fisk University | 1956-1963 | 6 | 11 | |
| Boyle, Kay | 1976-1978 | 6 | 12 | |
| Broadhead, Eleanor | 1969-1992 | 6 | 13 | |
| Burkowski, Charles | 1994 | 6 | 14 | |
| Ciandi, John | 1958-1978 | 6 | 15 | |
| Cifelli, Edward | 2002-2010 | 6 | 16 | |
| Cochrane, Pauline (Atherton) | 2000-2005 | 6 | 17 | |
| Coleman, Wanda | 2007 | 6 | 18 | |
| D.V. Smith | undated | 6 | 19 | |
| DeJesus, Tez | 1993 | 6 | 20 | |
| Diamond, Wright W. | 1993 | 6 | 21 | |
| Dodd, Mead & Company | 1975 | 6 | 22 | |
| Doreski, Carole | 1997-1998 | 6 | 23 | |
| Edgar Allen Poe Society | 1977-1981 | 6 | 24 | |
| Editors of Ms. Magazine | 1984-1985 | 6 | 25 | |
| Ellenbogen, Mrs. Kurt | 1976-1996 | 6 | 26 | |
| Fertig, Robert | 1966-1969 | 6 | 27 | |
| Fitts, Dudley | 1952-1961 | 6 | 28 | |
| Frank, Elizabeth | 1976-1986 | 6 | 29 | |
| Friar, Kimon | 1954-1956 | 6 | 30 | |
| Gardener, Geoffrey | 1979-1982 | 6 | 31 | |
| Giles, Catherine | 1986-1987 | 6 | 32 | |
| Guenther, Charles | 1977-1996 | 6 | 33 | |
| Guenther, Charles | 1998-2008 | 6 | 34 | |
| Guenther, Charles | 2001-2005 | 6 | 35 | |
| Haft, Adele | 2008-2011 | 6 | 36 | |
| Hall, Robert L. | 1989-1990 | 6 | 37 | |
| Hamalian, Linda and Rachelle Learner | 1990-1995 | 6 | 38 | |
| Hammer, Langdon | 2008 | 6 | 39 | |
| Harris, Odessa | 1978 | 6 | 40 | |
| Hoffman, Daniel | 1977 | 6 | 41 | |
| Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, Inc. | 1971 | 6 | 42 | |
| Hopewell, Virginia B. | 1985-1997 | 6 | 43 | |
| Hughes, Langston | 1960-1961 | 7 | 1 | |
| Hurrell, John D. | 1963-1964 | 7 | 2 | |
| Iggers, Georg G. and Wilma | 1990-2006 | 7 | 3 | |
| International Who's Who in Poetry | 1974 | 7 | 4 | |
| Jacobsen, Josephine | 1973-1983 | 7 | 5 | |
| Janz, Janheiz | 1960-1965 | 7 | 6 | |
| Jenkins, Maude | 1979-2000 | 7 | 7 | |
| Jervis Manton, Norman | 1958-1979 | 7 | 8 | |
| John Hay Whitney Foundation | 1954-1972 | 7 | 9 | |
| Johnson Sherwin, Judith | 1977-1984 | 7 | 10 | |
| Kaplan, Louis L. | 1977-1986 | 7 | 11 | |
| Kaplan, Sydney | 1971-1983 | 7 | 12 | |
| Kenner, Hugh | 1981 | 7 | 13 | |
| Kessler, Jascka | 1981-1984 | 7 | 14 | |
| Kizer, Carolyn | 1964-1987 | 7 | 15 | |
| King, Minnie and John Hamilton | 1984 | 7 | 16 | |
| Lagier, Gary | 1979-1980 | 7 | 17 | |
| Locke, Alan | 1947 | 7 | 18 | |
| Martin, Jay | 1977-2005 | 7 | 19 | |
| Mason, Julian | 1977 | 7 | 20 | |
| McMahon, Edwina | 1974-1975 | 7 | 21 | |
| Media Plus | 1978 | 7 | 22 | |
| Middleton, Christopher | 1976-1978 | 7 | 23 | |
| Miles, Jo | 1976-1983 | 7 | 24 | |
| Poetry and Letters | 1952-1979 | 7 | 25 | |
| Moore, Marianne | 1956-1959 | 7 | 26 | |
| Negro Digest | 1965 | 7 | 27 | |
| New York Reading Invitations | 1968-1970 | 7 | 28 | |
| Norton, Irene R. | 1992-2001 | 7 | 29 | |
| Olivant Press | 1977-1979 | 7 | 30 | |
| Peterson, Virginia | 1958-1961 | 7 | 31 | |
| Penobscot Marine Museum | 1986-1989 | 7 | 32 | |
| Pereira, Mary Delfin | 1993-1994 | 7 | 33 | |
| Redding, Saunders | 1955-1978 | 7 | 34 | |
| Rexvoth, Kenneth (1) | 1960-1967 | 7 | 35 | |
| Rexvoth, Kenneth (2) | 1961-1965 | 7 | 36 | |
| Saylor, Bruce | 1989-2000 | 7 | 37 | |
| Senghor, Léopold Sédar, President of Senegal | 1975-1978 | 7 | 38 | |
| Stanford, Ann | 1975-1977 | 7 | 39 | |
| Stepanchev, Stephen | 1978-2009 | 7 | 40 | |
| Sweet Briar College | 1874-1976 | 8 | 1 | |
| The Library of Congress | 1978 | 8 | 2 | |
| The Outsider | 1961 | 8 | 3 | |
| The Whaling Museum | 1982-1983 | 8 | 4 | |
| Tucker, Bob | 1976-1983 | 8 | 5 | |
| Van Doren, Mark and Dorothy | 1952-1978 | 8 | 6 | |
| Walker, Juanita | 1986-1987 | 8 | 7 | |
| Welding, Pete | 1964-1989 | 8 | 8 | |
| Wessling, Joseph H. | 1972-1991 | 8 | 9 | |
| Winch, Julie | 1993 | 8 | 10 | |
| Winchester, Ada | 1992-1993 | 8 | 11 | |
| "The Ties that Bind" letter responses | 1980 | 8 | 12 | |
| "This Child is the Mother" reponse letters | 1974-1975 | 8 | 13 | |
| Various Coorespondence | 1981-1993 | 8 | 14 | |
| Various Coorespondence | 1994-2006 | 8 | 15 | |
| Various Coorespondence | 1966-1977 | 8 | 16 | Description |
|
Features letter from Ossie Davis
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| Various Coorespondence | 1981-1995 | 8 | 17 | |
| Various Coorespondence | 1957-1990 | 8 | 18 | |
| Various Coorespondence | 1960-2001 | 8 | 19 | |
| Various Coorespondence | 1983-1997 | 8 | 20 | |
| Various Coorespondence | 1974-2003 | 8 | 21 | |
Date: 1961-2004
Description: Series 6 contains oversized newspapers, flyers, posters and magazines that were created for and event for Oden or inspired her work.
| Folder Title/Description | Date | Box # | Folder # | Additional Info. |
| Newspapers and Newsletters (1 of 2) | 1983-2004 | 9 | 1 | |
| Newspapers and Newsletters (2 of 2) | 2004 | 9 | 2 | |
| Oden Posters and Flyers | 1976-2011 | 9 | 3 | |
| The Urbanite: Images of the American Negro | March-June 1961 | 9 | 4 |
Date: 1965-2009
Description: Series 7 contains VHS, cassette tapes, DVDs, and 3 3/4 floppy disks of various recording of interviews with poets, interviews with Oden, and features John Price Bell. Materials have been organized chronologically,
| Folder Title/Description | Date | Box # | Folder # | Additional Info. |
| Marianne Moore reads her poetry | 1965 | 10 | Coll069-001 | Description |
|
cassette.
[TRT- 00:22:00 minutes]
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| UMBC/ slides-mother | 1973 | 10 | Coll069-002 | Description |
|
cassette.
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| The Poetry and Voice of Ted Hughes | 1977 | 10 | Coll069-003 | Description |
|
cassette.
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| Special Report: Gloria Oden- WNYC Radio, New York. Interviewer: Andre Bernard | 26676 | 10 | Coll069-004 | Description |
|
cassette.
[TRT- 00:25:00 minutes]
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| Sharon Olds: Coming Back to Life | 1985 | 10 | Coll069-005 | Description |
|
cassette.
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| Linda Pastan: Mosaic | 1987 | 10 | Coll069-006 | Description |
|
cassette.
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| Interview with Dr. Gloria Oden | 1993 | 10 | Coll069-007 | Description |
|
cassette.
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| Donald Hall, Prose and Poetry- Side 1 & 2 | 1997 | 10 | Coll069-009 | Description |
|
cassette.
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| Donald Hall, Prose and Poetry- Side 3 & 4 | 1997 | 10 | Coll069-010 | Description |
|
cassette.
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| Robert Tucker | November 18, 1976 | 10 | Coll069-011 | Description |
|
cassette.
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| GCO [Gloria C. Oden]- Federal City College | December 3, 1976 | 10 | Coll069-012 | Description |
|
cassette.
2 sided
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| J[ohn] + G[loria]- Carselle #1 | August 1982 | 10 | Coll069-013 | Description |
|
cassette.
2 sided
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| APBP to JAB [John A. Bell] and GCO [Gloria C. Oden] | December 31, 1982 | 10 | Coll069-014 | Description |
|
cassette.
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| Poet and The Poem: Gloria Oden | June 3, 1985 | 10 | Coll069-015 | Description |
|
cassette.
WPFW 89.3 FM- 2 sided
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| The Poet and The Poem: Gloria Oden | June 6, 1985 | 10 | Coll069-016 | Description |
|
cassette.
Hosted by Grace Cavalieri; WPFW 89.3 FM- Washington DC
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| John and Gloria- Thanksgiving 1982 | November 25, 1985 | 10 | Coll069-017 | Description |
|
cassette.
2 sided
|
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| Gloria Oden- Bucknell University | November 8, 1987 | 10 | Coll069-018 | Description |
|
cassette.
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| The Poet and The Poem: Gloria Oden | May 15, 1988 | 10 | Coll069-019 | Description |
|
cassette.
Hosted by Grace Cavalieri; WPFW 89.3 FM- Washington DC
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| Julian Mason reads nineteen of his poems | October 31, 1995 | 10 | Coll069-020 | Description |
|
cassette.
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| Poets' Corner: Gloria Oden | April 14, 1999 | 10 | Coll069-021 | Description |
|
VHS.
Channel Six Productions [TRT- 00:52:50 minutes]
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| Charlestown Today with GCO [Gloria C. Oden] | May 30, 2000 | 10 | Coll069-022 | Description |
|
VHS.
[TRT- 00:35:20 minutes]
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| Gloria Oden- Poetry Reading | November 1, 2000 | 10 | Coll069-023 | Description |
|
VHS.
A.O.K Library and Gallery [TRT- 00:45:00 minutes]
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| Charlestown Today | January 15, 2001 | 10 | Coll069-024 | Description |
|
VHS.
Channel Six Productions [TRT- 00:49:40 minutes]
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| "MLK Charlestown Today" | January 27, 2002 | 10 | Coll069-025 | Description |
|
VHS.
CTN Productions [TRT- 00:48:47 minutes]
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| Amazing Seniors Featuring Dr. Gloria Oden | March 2003 | 10 | Coll069-026 | Description |
|
VHS.
CTN Productions [TRT- 00:16:10 minutes] (2 copies)
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| Book Review- Gloria Orden | October 4, 2004 | 10 | Coll069-027 | Description |
|
VHS.
CTN66 Production [TRT- 0030:00 minutes] (2 copies)
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| Untitled- Magnetic Recording Tape | undated | 10 | Coll069-028 | Description |
|
7" reel.
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| Poets' Corner with Dr. Gloria Oden "From the beginning- 1952" | February 9, 2005 | 10 | Coll069-029 | Description |
|
VHS.
CTN66 Productions [TRT- 00:45:14 minutes] 3 copies
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| Dr. Gloria Oden "Black Methodism" | February 16, 2005 | 10 | Coll069-030 | Description |
|
VHS.
CTN66 Productions [TRT- 00:20:40 minutes] (2 copies)
|
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| Dr. Gloria Oden "Poet's Corner" (Dunbar) | November 9, 2005 | 10 | Coll069-031 | Description |
|
VHS.
2 copies
|
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| Gloria Oden- Book Review | July 2006 | 10 | Coll069-032 | Description |
|
DVD.
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| Charlestown Today Program- Book Review Preview with Gloria Oden | July 17, 2006 | 10 | Coll069-033 | Description |
|
VHS.
CTN66 Production [TRT: 00:27:45 minutes]
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| Book Review with Gloria Oden- Confronting the Veil | July 26, 2006 | 10 | Coll069-034 | Description |
|
VHS.
CTN Production [TRT- 00:52:00 minutes] 2 copies
|
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| Hometown to Charlestown interview, Dr. Gloria Oden-Bell | September 20, 2007 | 10 | Coll069-035 | Description |
|
DVD.
[TRT- 00:28:04 minutes]
|
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| Book Review- Robert Frost: The Early Years, Dr. Gloria Oden | October 16, 2007 | 10 | Coll069-036 | Description |
|
DVD.
[TRT- 01:02:43 minutes] (2 copies)
|
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| Book Review: "The Inner Journey of the Poet", Preview and Review by Gloria Oden | August 2009 | 10 | Coll069-037 | Description |
|
DVD.
2 copies
|
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| J Bell 8/69 (background) 10/71 (art) | 1969-1971 | 10 | Coll069-038 | Description |
|
cassette.
2 sided
|
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| APB- to [John and Gloria] | March 19-21, 1983 | 10 | Coll069-039 | Description |
|
cassette.
2 sided
|
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| Johnny-Gloria (Tape 1) Complete | October 8-9, 1982 | 10 | Coll069-040 | Description |
|
cassette.
2 sided (side 1 recorded 10/8/87 and side 2 recorded 10/9/82)
|
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| GCO | undated | 10 | Coll069-041 | Description |
|
3 1/4 floppy disk.
|
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| Alan Christian Show | undated | 10 | Coll069-042 | Description |
|
cassette.
2 sided; side 2 (15-20 minutes) is missing the end of the show
|
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| An Interview with Dr. Oden by Mary Delfin Pereira and Jayson Pereira (cameraman) | undated | 10 | Coll069-043 | Description |
|
VHS.
|
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| Book Review: "Homage" | undated | 10 | Coll069-044 | Description |
|
DVD.
|
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| Channel Six Productions with Dr. Gloria Oden-Bell: "Women's History Month" | undated | 10 | Coll069-045 | Description |
|
VHS.
2 copies
|
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| Charlestown TV Commerials with Dr. Gloria Oden | undated | 10 | Coll069-046 | Description |
|
VHS.
|
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| Classics of Latin Poetry and Prose | undated | 10 | Coll069-047 | Description |
|
cassette.
|
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| Conrad Aiken Reading: A Letter from Li Po, The Blues of Ruby Matri\, Time in the Rock- Selections | undated | 10 | Coll069-048 | Description |
|
cassette.
|
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| Donald Hall and Carolyn Kizer (side 1)/ Donald Hall and Robert Hayden (side 2) speak at Univrersity of Michigan | undated | 10 | Coll069-049 | Description |
|
cassette.
|
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| Donald Hall II | undated | 10 | Coll069-050 | Description |
|
cassette.
|
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| Donald Hall talking at the University of Michigan | undated | 10 | Coll069-051 | Description |
|
cassette.
|
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| Dr. Gloria Oden- WGBH | undated | 10 | Coll069-052 | Description |
|
cassette.
|
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| Gary Snyder: There is no othe life, selected poems 1954-1974 | undated | 10 | Coll069-053 | Description |
|
cassette.
[TRT- 00:30:00 minutes]
|
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| James Dickey (side 1)/ Robert Bly (side 2) | undated | 10 | Coll069-054 | Description |
|
cassette.
|
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| JPB (very little) | undated | 10 | Coll069-055 | Description |
|
cassette.
|
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| JPB and Gloria (side 1); APB tape 1 (side 2) | undated | 10 | Coll069-056 | Description |
|
cassette.
2 sided
|
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| Langston Hughes reads and talks about his poems | undated | 10 | Coll069-057 | Description |
|
cassette.
2 sided; [TRT- 00:21:00 minutes] each side
|
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| Linda Brady demo | undated | 10 | Coll069-058 | Description |
|
cassette.
|
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| Malcolm Cowley Poets Say (1 of 2) | undated | 10 | Coll069-059 | Description |
|
cassette.
|
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| Malcolm Cowley Poets Say (2 of 2) | undated | 10 | Coll069-060 | Description |
|
cassette.
[TRT- 00:10:00 minutes]
|
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| Marianne Moore | undated | 10 | Coll069-061 | Description |
|
VHS.
Labeled: "Jazz History PBS"
|
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| Mark Van Doren- Poems | undated | 10 | Coll069-062 | Description |
|
cassette.
|
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| Maryland Public Television | undated | 10 | Coll069-063 | Description |
|
3 1/4 floppy disk.
2 untitled disks in the envelope
|
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| Paul Laurence Dunbar "The Eyes of the Poet" | undated | 10 | Coll069-064 | Description |
|
VHS.
|
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| Poem 1-37 | undated | 10 | Coll069-065 | Description |
|
3 1/4 floppy disk.
blue disk reads "Blue R"
|
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| Poems 4-12 (38-45) | undated | 10 | Coll069-066 | Description |
|
3 1/4 floppy disk.
|
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| Poems 46-65 | undated | 10 | Coll069-067 | Description |
|
3 1/4 floppy disk.
|
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| Poet's Corner: Dr. Gloria Oden-Bell | undated | 10 | Coll069-068 | Description |
|
VHS.
2 copies
|
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| Redding Interview | undated | 10 | Coll069-069 A | Description |
|
cassette.
2 cassette tapes/ both two sided recordings
|
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| Redding Interview | undated | 10 | Coll069-069 B | Description |
|
cassette.
2 cassette tapes/ both two sided recordings
|
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| Robert Creeley: The Door, Selected Poems | undated | 10 | Coll069-070 | Description |
|
cassette.
|
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| The Language of Literature | undated | 10 | Coll069-071 | Description |
|
cassette.
|
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| Wiliiams Carlos Willaims | undated | 10 | Coll069-072 | Description |
|
cassette.
|
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| William Carlos Williams reads his poetry | undated | 10 | Coll069-073 | Description |
|
cassette.
Side A only
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