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The Darwin Turner and Afro-American Institute Collection

: American Theatre Association report, October 16-18, 1975

: Black Action Theatre programs, 1970-1988

: Carlton Molette lecture, "Ritual Drama in the Contemporary Black Theater," at the University of Iowa, June 9, 1973

: Carlton Moss lecture, "The Role of Culture in the Afro-American Freedom Movement," at the University of Iowa, June 13, 1973

: Charles T. Davis lecture, "The Art of the Slave Narrative," at the University of Iowa, June 19, 1974

: Clinton Oliver lecture on plays by black dramatists at the University of Iowa, April 27, 1970

: Clinton Oliver lecture on plays by black dramatists at the University of Iowa, April 28, 1970

: Clinton Oliver lecture on plays by black dramatists at the University of Iowa, April 29, 1970

: Clinton Oliver lecture on plays by black dramatists at the University of Iowa, April 30, 1970

: Clinton Oliver lecture on plays by black dramatists at the University of Iowa, May 1, 1970

: Darwin Turner lecture, "The History of the Black Man in American Theater," at the University of Iowa, July 1969

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

: Darwin Turner speech "The Negro in American Drama," undated

: Doris Abramson lecture, "Critical Response to Early Broadway Production of Plays by Black Playwrights," at the University of Iowa, June 5, 1973

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

: Etta Moten Barnett lecture, "The Folklore of My People," at the University of Iowa, January 29, 1976

: George Bass lecture, "Folk Traditions: Forms, Images, and Ideas for Black Dramas," at the University of Iowa, June 8, 1973

: George P. Rawick lecture, "Towards a Methodology for the Use of Slave Narratives," at the University of Iowa, June 17, 1974

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

: John H. Clark lecture, "The Influence of Slave Narratives on Afro-American Literature," at the University of Iowa, June 18, 1974

: Lindsay Patterson lecture, "The Black Actor: Dedicated Artist or Mercenary?," at the University of Iowa, June 12, 1973

: Loften Mitchell lecture, "A Harlem Playwright Views the Past and Present Theatre," at the University of Iowa, June 7, 1973

: Milford Jeremiah lecture, "Speech Acts in Slave Narratives," at the University of Iowa, June 19, 1974

: Owen Dodson lecture, "Why and What is Drama?," at the University of Iowa, June 3, 1973

: Ronald P. Ross lecture, "The Role of Blacks in the Federal Theater Project, 1935-1939," at the University of Iowa, June 11, 1973

: Ronald Ross lecture, "The Role of Blacks in the Federal Theater Project, 1935-1939," at the University of Iowa, June 11, 1973

: S. Randolph Edmonds lecture, "Educational Theater in Black Colleges and Universities," at the University of Iowa, June 11, 1973

: Sister Francesca Thompson lecture, "The Lafayette Players, 1915-1932," at the University of Iowa, June 5, 1973

: Theodore Ward lecture, "Experiences and Impressions of a Playwright in the 1930s," at the University of Iowa, June 15, 1977

: Thomas Pawley lecture, "The Black Man in American Drama and Theatre, 1865-1917," at the University of Iowa, June 6, 1973

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

: Wilfred Cartey lecture, "Wole Soyinka and Derek Walcott," at the University of Iowa, June 6, 1973

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

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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