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The Darwin Turner and Afro-American Institute Collection

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: Darwin Turner memorial service at the University of Iowa, February 23, 1991

: Manning Marable interview by Darwin Turner at the University of Iowa, September 1990

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

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

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

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

: Darwin Turner speech "Robert Hayden: Remembered," February 22, 1990

: Darwin Turner speech "Sterling Brown: White Playwrights and 'The Negro on the Stage'," November 1989

: 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

: Darwin Turner lecture, "Black Writers and the American Dream," at the University of Iowa, November 10, 1988

: Patricia Blissett lecture, "Caribbean Thought in the Children's Novels of Andrew Salkey" and Wilfred Samuels lecture, "Trickster: The Narrative of Oloudah Equrano, the African," at the University of Iowa, February 28, 1987

: Anthony Bolden lecture, "Sterling Brown: Poet of the People," at the University of Iowa, February 27, 1987

: 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

: Darwin Turner reading, "For My People" by Margaret Walker at the University of Iowa, 1987?

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

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

: Darwin Turner describing trip to Upper Volta at the University of Iowa, 1984

: William Branch lecture, "The Challenge of the Black Writer," at the University of Iowa, December 1, 1983

: William Branch interview by Darwin Turner at the University of Iowa, November 1983

: Darwin Turner presentation at "Symposium on the Current Status of Black Literature," April 30, 1983

: Toni Morrison lecture and reading at the University of Iowa, March 1, 1982

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

: Darwin Turner interview on Soundings, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, January 24, 1983

: Panel discussion on "Perspectives of the Renaissance," at the University of Iowa, December 8, 1981

: Darwin Turner speech "Blacks and the American Dream," December 8, 1981

: Darwin Turner Human Relations speech, September 29, 1980

: Frank Bullard reading, "Selected works of Langston Hughes," at the University of Iowa, July 1, 1980

: Darwin Turner lecture, "The Modern Black Novel: Ralph Ellison and Friends," at the University of Iowa, April 28, 1979

: Darwin Turner interview about MLK Day recognition by University of Iowa Broadcast News Service, January 15, 1979

: Darwin Turner "Thoughts about literature, the Diaspora, and Africa" conference speech, 1979

: Ed Bullins lecture at the University of Iowa, June 15, 1978

: Lawrence P. Neal lecture, "The Social Backgrounds of the Black Movement," at the University of Iowa, June 15, 1978

: Charles Henry Turner lecture, "A Dream Deferred," at the University of Iowa, June 14, 1978

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

: Charles Turner lecture, "A Dream Deferred," at the University of Iowa, June 14, 1978

: Lamont Yeakey lecture, "The Impact of the Montgomery Bus Boycott," at the University of Iowa, June 13, 1978

: Lawrence D. Reddick lecture, "Contrast: 1965 vs 1975," at the University of Iowa, June 12, 1978

: 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

: Lawrence Reddick lecture, "Contrast: 1965 vs 1975," at the University of Iowa, June 12, 1978

: Vincent Harding lecture, "The Sources of the Modern Revival of Black History," at the University of Iowa, June 9, 1978

: Stephen Henderson lecture, "Black Poetry of the 1960s: The Continuing Challenge," at the University of Iowa, June 9, 1978

: Stephen Henderson lecture, "Black Poetry of the 1960s: The Continuing Challenge," at the University of Iowa, June 8, 1978

: Robert Williams lecture at the University of Iowa, June 8, 1978

: Lou Emma Holloway lecture, "The Blacks in Soul Music Lyrics During the 1960s," at the University of Iowa, June 8, 1978

: Robert Williams lecture, "The Future of Black People in the 1970s," at the University of Iowa, June 8, 1978

: Sonia Sanchez lecture, "The Impact of Malcolm X on Black Writers and the Black Arts Movement," at the University of Iowa, June 7, 1978

: Sonia Sanchez lecture, "The Impact of Malcolm X on Black Writers," at the University of Iowa, June 7, 1978

: Toni Cade Bambara lecture, "Black Women as a Political Force," at the University of Iowa, June 7, 1978

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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