Arthenia J. Bates Millican Checklist
Checklist of Arthenia J. Bates Millican materials for
eventual transfer to JERRY WARD PAPERS,
Amistad Research Center, Tulane University
BOOKS
Seeds Beneath the Snow. New York: Greenwich Book Publishers, Inc.,
1969.
The Deity Nodded. Detroit: Harlo Press, 1973.
Seeds Beneath the Snow: Vignettes from the South. Washington: Howard University Press, 1975.
Such Things From The Valley. Self-published, 1977.
Trek to Polaris: Selected Works by Calvin Shepherd
Jackson. Ed. with a Preface and Bio-Sketch by Arthenia J. Bates Millican.
[ Bound xeroxed typescript, 49 pages,
for The Sumter County Historical Commission ], 1989.
A Journey to Somewhere: A Novella. Self-published, 1985. [ Bound xeroxed typescript, 100 pages, with an
introduction by Jerry W. Ward ]
The Bottoms and Hills: Virginia Tales. Warrenton, VA: Propertius Press, 2019. [ draft version without illustrations]
The Bottoms and Hills: Virginia Tales. [ unbound
photocopied typescript, 79 pages ]
CORRESPONDENCE
Millican to Ward, March 12, 1975
Millican to Ward, Dec. 28, 1982 with photocopy of "A
Note From Cell Thirty-Three" typescript attached
Millican to Ward, October 13, 1987
Millican to Ward, 1/23/92 [in a greeting card ]
Millican to Ward, February 20, 1992 with "The Blyden
and Robert Jackson Fellowship Benefit Performance program (February 9, 1992)
and photocopy of "Magazine" February 16,1992 (Capital City Press)
Millican to Ward, October 11, 1995
Millican to Ward, September 12, 1996
Millican to Ward, November 23, 1996
Millican to Ward, 7/7/97
Millican to Ward, 3/28, 1998 {inserted in a card ]
Millican to Ward, May 22, 1998
Millican to Ward, 7/1/98
Millican to Ward, October 23, 1998
Millican to Ward, March 22, 1999
Millican to Ward, June 11, 1999
Millican to Ward, 7/18/99
Millican to Ward, 2/19/01 [in a greeting card], with
separate note on History of South
Carolina, a book I sent to her (JWW)
Millican to Ward, 5/17/2000 [ in a greeting card ]
Millican to Ward, August 24, 2000
Millican to Ward, 2/1/02 [in a greeting card]
Millican to Ward, May 18, 2002
INTERVIEW
INTERVIEW QUESTIONS, 2 pages, incorrectly dated December 1987. It should be 1977.
[The interview
was published as "Legitimate Resources of the Soul: An Interview with
Arthenia Bates Millican." OBSIDIAN
3.1 (1977): 14-34. ]
MAGAZINE
The Last Cookie
1.1 (1972). Contains story "The
Second Stone" by Arthenia J. Bates, pp. 37-42.
SPECIAL MATERIALS
Letter to Ward, dated November 3, 1989 in manila envelope
with funeral program for Mr. Leon Shephard Jackson (November 9, 1976) and
xeroxed copies of his letters to Millican.
Letter to Ward, dated January 21, 1999, in manila
envelope with three programs: (1) "The Black Woman in the Creative Arts:
The Politics of Culture"[ Community Seminars presented by Jack and Jill,
1977-78);
(2) "Exploring the Black Experience: A Quest for
Excellence" (Southern University, March 4-9, 1985);
(3) "The Study of the Black Experience: An
Historical Review and A Contemporary Assessment" (Southern University,
March 7-9, 1985, presented by Phi Delta Kappa Professional Fraternity in
Education).
Christmas Card with note, dated 12/6/99
Post-It Note, dated 1/7/96 with article on Thylias Moss
and brochure "Praise Song for Katherine Dunham"
Baptist Advocate,
March-April 1993 (Baton Rouge, LA) with brief article "Lee's book set for
spring publication," page one re:
Millican's "Hands on the Throttle: Touchstones in the Life of Lionel Lee,
Sr. Book One: 'Holding On' "
Handwritten copy of "Zora Neale Hurston: A Unique
Failure" with Arthenia's corrections
Chapbook copies of "A Note From Cell
Thirty-Three" (with autograph note, dated10/6/87 ) (yellow cover);
"The Second Stone" (with autograph note, dated
10/6/87 ) (red cover);
"Wake Me Mama" (with Arthenia's note that it was "a cover story of the
July, 1971, issue of Black World. It is
: volume XX, No. 9, page numbers 57-68" ) (green cover)
"Laugh If You Will"" (orange cover)
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