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The Darwin Turner and Afro-American Institute Collection

: Aaron Favors, James Rogers, Fred Woodard, and Vinnie Bell "An Appreciation of Langston Hughes" reading and discussion at the University of Iowa, July 1967

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

: Darwin Turner reading his poetry, 1971

: Frank Bullard reading of Charles Waddell Chesnutt stories at the University of Iowa, March 21, 1976

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

: George Barlow poetry reading at the University of Iowa, March 29, 1973

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

: Ishmael Reed reading from his own works, at the University of Iowa, October 9, 1974

: John Wideman lecture and reading at the University of Iowa, September 30, 1975

: Margaret Walker Alexander reading at the University of Iowa, November 1, 1977

: Margaret Walker reading of prose and poetry at the University of Iowa, November 1, 1977

: Rita Dove reading poetry at the University of Iowa, March 2, 1976

: Sarah Fabio lecture on contemporary black verse at the University of Iowa, May 5, 1970

: Sarah Fabio lecture on contemporary black verse at the University of Iowa, May 6, 1970

: Sarah Fabio lecture on contemporary black verse at the University of Iowa, May 7, 1970

: Sarah Fabio lecture on contemporary black verse at the University of Iowa, May 8, 1970

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

: Val Gray Ward performing "The Image Makers," at the University of Iowa, June 8, 1973

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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