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)






Jerry W. Ward, Jr.            June 21, 2019

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