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: Gerald Patton lecture, "Survival and Catastrophe: Former Slaves' Responses to Emancipation and Reconstruction," at the University of Iowa, June 10, 1974

: Gerald Patton lecture, "World War I: The Issue of the Establishment of a Black Officers' Camp," at the University of Iowa, June 20, 1975

: Glenn Carrington lecture, "Personal Experiences in Harlem During the Renaissance," at the University of Iowa, August 1970

: Gloster B. Current lecture, "The Significance and Impact of the NAACP During the 1960s," at the University of Iowa, June 14, 1978

: Government publications list compiled by Robert A. Corrigan, October 16, 1969

: Houston Baker lecture, "Modernism and the Harlem Renaissance" part one, at the University of Iowa, April 22, 1986 and Great Awakening speech, undated

: Gwendolyn Brooks poetry reading and commentary at the University of Iowa, March 4, 1974

: Haki R. Madhubuti lecture, "Black Writers and Critics: Developing a Critical Process With Our Readers," at the University of Iowa, February 1, 1982

: Hal S. Chase lecture, "The Afro-American Press and the Protest Tradition, 1875-1920," at the University of Iowa, June 1975

: Harold Cruse lecture, "Afro-American Culture and the Paul Robeson Legend: A Critical Assessment," at the University of Iowa, June 9, 1977

: Harold Cruse lecture, "DuBois, Washington, and Garvey: A Triangle," at the University of Iowa, June-July 1972

: Henrietta Hock lecture, "Music of the Harlem Renaissance," at the University of Iowa, August 9, 1970

: Henrietta Hock lecture, "Music of the Harlem Renaissance," at the University of Iowa, August 1970

: Henry H. Mitchell lecture, "Black Religion: Reconstruction to Renaissance," at the University of Iowa, June 18, 1975

: Henry Louis Gates interview by Darwin Turner at the University of Iowa, March 1990

: Henry Louis Gates lecture at the University of Iowa, 1990

: Henry Louis Gates lecture, "Fanon and the Colonial Discourse Theory," at the University of Iowa, March 15, 1990

: Henry Louis Gates lecture, "Transforming the American Mind, Race and the Canon," at the University of Iowa, March 19, 1990

: Herbert Aptheker lecture, "DuBois and His Approach to Social Transformation," at the University of Iowa, June 28, 1972

: Herbert Aptheker lecture, "The Abolitionist Movement and the Black Liberation Movement: An Analytical Comparison," at the University of Iowa, June 2, 1976

: Herbert Aptheker lecture, "The Life and Work of W.E.B. DuBois," at the University of Iowa, June 28, 1972

: Hiroko Sato lecture, "The Fiction of Jesse Fauset, Nella Larsen, and Zora Neale Hurston," at the University of Iowa, August 12, 1970

: History of the establishment of Afro-American Studies at the University of Iowa, 1967-1969

: Houston Baker lecture, "Modernism and the Harlem Renaissance," at the University of Iowa, April 22, 1986

: Hoyt Fuller lecture, "The Black Publishing Scene," at the University of Iowa, June 1978

: Hylan Lewis lecture, "Black Life in the Depression Years," at the University of Iowa, June 10, 1977

: Imamu Amiri Baraka lecture, "Black Arts Drama," at the University of Iowa, June 7, 1973

: Iowa City newsletter, "Black On White," November 14, 1969-April 17, 1970

: J. Mason Brewer lecture, "Folktales and Slave Narratives," at the University of Iowa, June 9, 1974

: J. Mason Brewer lecture, "The Afro-American Slave Experience: As Reflected in Individual and Group Narrative," at the University of Iowa, June 10, 1974

: J. Saunders Redding lecture, "Afro-American Culture: Notes for Redefinition," at the University of Iowa, June 16, 1975

: J. Saunders Redding lecture, "Afro-American Culture: Notes for Redefinition," at the University of Iowa, June 16, 1975

: J. Saunders Redding lecture, "The Black Writer in America," at the University of Iowa, August 14, 1970

: J. Saunders Redding lecture, "W.E.B. DuBois: Portrait Against Background," at the University of Iowa, June 27, 1972

: James C. Corman lecture, "Perspectives on Civil Disorders," at Grinnell College, April 30, 1968

: James Farmer lecture, "Black Political Action," at the University of Iowa, June 6, 1978

: James Hill lecture, "Apostasy of Frank Yerby as a Black Protest Writer," and Dolly McPherson lecture, "Maya Angelou and Black women's Autobiography," at the University of Iowa, February 27, 1989

: James Hill lecture, "The Apostasy of Frank Yerby," and Dolly McPerson lecture, "Order Out of Chaos: The Autobiographical Works of Maya Angelou," at the University of Iowa, February 27, 1987

: James Turner lecture, "The Political Economy of Structural Unemployment in the Black Community: Cultural and Social Consequences," at the University of Iowa, June 12, 1978

: Jean Yellin lecture, "Bibliography Problems With the Harlem Renaissance," at the University of Iowa, August 10, 1970

: Jean Yellin lecture, "Bibliography Problems With the Harlem Renaissance," at the University of Iowa, August 1970

: Jean Yellin lecture, "W.E.B. DuBois and Women's Rights," at the University of Iowa, June-July 1972

: Jeanette Carter lecture, "The Back to Africa Movement," at the University of Iowa, August 11, 1970

: Jewish Theological Seminary asking Darwin Turner for advice, 1975

: Jibreel Khazan lecture, "The Advent of Divine Justice: Attitudes for Freedom," at the University of Iowa, June 6, 1978

: John Blassingame lecture, "Using the Testimony of Ex-Slaves: Approaches and Problems," at the University of Iowa, June 11, 1974

: John Bracey lecture, "Black Nationalism in the Thought of W.E.B. DuBois," at the University of Iowa, June-July 1972

: John Bracey lecture, "The Social Bases of Afro-American Culture, 1890-1920," at the University of Iowa, June 15, 1975

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Title: The Darwin Turner and Afro-American Institute Collection
Creator: Turner, Darwin T., 1931-1991
Creator: University of Iowa Afro-American Institute
Date Created: 1960/1991
Description: African American Studies programs proliferated on U.S. college campuses during the 1970s, and the University of Iowa was at the forefront of this newly-emerging discipline thanks largely to the efforts of Darwin Turner, Ph.D. (1931-1991). Audio recordings assembled by Dr. Turner reflect the breadth and depth of the Iowa program, a collection that encompasses what scholars consider the apex of twentieth-century political, literary, and academic thought in this field. The majority of the recordings in the Darwin Turner Audio Collection are lectures from the Institute for Afro-American Culture, given from 1969 to 1978 as part of the Iowa Consortium for Black Studies. They feature a diverse cast of leading scholars in the then new and emerging fields of Black Studies, Afro-American Studies, African American History, Caribbean Studies, etc.; including Julian Bond, Ralph Ellison, Vincent Harding, Arna Bontemps, Val Gray Ward, John Hope Franklin, and Rita Dove among many others. The institutes were held for the benefit of scholarly research projects and additional training for college instructors of Afro-American history and culture. Faculty and programs from several higher education institutions in Iowa participated in the institutes and the Iowa Consortium for Black Studies, including the University of Iowa, Iowa State University, University of Northern Iowa, Des Moines Area Community College, Drake University, Grinnell College, Coe College, St. Ambrose University, and Simpson College.
In addition to the audio recordings, this collection also includes the Darwin T. Turner Papers which contains curriculum vitae, correspondence, texts, bibliographies, photographs of participants, papers from his service in national organizations, his presentations, and his collections of writings by African American authors. Darwin Turner served as the chair of the Afro-American Studies Department at the University of Iowa where he taught from 1971 until his death in 1991. Together, these collections document the development of the African American World Studies Program within the English Department at the University of Iowa.
Language: English
Subjects: Library of Congress Subject Headings: African Americans
Universities and colleges
African American college students
African American college teachers
Civil rights movements
Subjects: Persons: Turner, Darwin, 1931-1961
Subjects: Corporate Bodies: Institute for Afro-American Culture
University of Iowa
Iowa Consortium for Black Studies
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University
Subject: Time: 1960-1970
1970-1980
1980-1990
Archival Collection: The Darwin Turner and Afro-American Institute Collection
Darwin T. Turner Papers
Afro-American Institute Audio Collection
Collection Identifier: RG30.0004.008
RG99.0340
Collection Guide: http://aspace.lib.uiowa.edu/repositories/3/resources/1728
Host institution: University of Iowa Libraries. University Archives
Rights Management: Educational use only, no other permissions given. U.S. and international copyright laws may protect this digital object. Commercial use or distribution is not permitted without prior permission of the copyright holder.
Contact Information: Contact the University of Iowa Archives at https://www.lib.uiowa.edu/sc/contact/
Item Type (DCMI): Text
Still Image
Sound
Item Type (AAT): lectures
reports
posters
newsletters
curricula
résumés (personnel records)
correspondence
fliers (printed matter)
Item Type (IMT): tiff
pdf
mp3