Humming Whispers by Angela Johnson; Orchard Books, 1995.
Publisher correspondence
Typescripts, various stages [4]
Book jacket text
Galley “master set” [2]
Galley
Book jacket
Photo of proposed book jacket
Cover for paperback edition
Publicity
Reviews
Toning the Sweep by Angela Johnson; Orchard Books, 1993.
Publisher correspondence
Typescript
Final typescript, marked for publication
Title page w/printing information
Master galley
Galley
Book jacket
Publicity [including publication information from catalog]
Curriculum guides
Publicity
Reviews
Maniac Monkeys on Magnolia Street by Angela Johnson, illustrated by John Ward; Random House, 1995.
Publisher correspondence
Manuscript [handwritten] [2 versions]
Typescripts, various stages [4]
Typescript [incomplete]
Publicity
Reviews
Heaven by Angela Johnson; Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 1998.
Publisher correspondence
Handwritten manuscript [in 3 notebooks] – stored in oversize box
First draft of typescript
Typescript
Book jacket text
2nd proof [incomplete]
3rd proof
Book jacket proof
Cover proof
Cover for paperback [2]
Publicity folder
Publicity
Reviews
Royalty statements
The First Part Last by Angela Johnson; Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2003.
Publisher correspondence
Typescripts, various stages [2]
Galley
3rd proof
Photograph samples for book jacket
Cover for paperback edition [7]
Publicity letter
Looking For Red by Angela Johnson; Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2002.
Publisher correspondence
Typescripts, various stages [4]
Editor’s notes & comments
Book jacket text
Book jacket proof [2]
Publication information
A Cool Moonlight by Angela Johnson; Dial Books for Young Readers, 2003.
Publisher correspondence
Typescript
Final typescript, marked for publication
Publicity
Gone From Home: Short Takes by Angela Johnson; DK Publishing, 1998.
Publisher correspondence
Typescripts, various stages [4]
Edited typescript pages [fax sheets]
Book jacket text [fax sheets]
Cover for paperback edition [2]
Publicity
Reviews
Royalty statements
When Mules Flew on Magnolia Street by Angela Johnson, illustrated by John Ward; Alfred A. Knopf, 2000.
Publisher correspondence
Typescripts, various stages [4]
Book jacket text
Excerpt [“We Go Fishing”] in Daily News
Reviews
Songs of Faith by Angela Johnson; Orchard Books, 1998.
Publisher correspondence
Typescript
Book jacket art
Cover proof
Cover for paperback edition [2]
Publicity
Reviews
Running Back to Ludie by Angela Johnson, illustrated by Angelo; Orchard Books, 2001.
Publisher correspondence
Handwritten manuscript [in notebook] – stored in oversize box
Typescripts, various stages [3]
Typescript [incomplete]
The Other Side: Shorter Poems by Angela Johnson; Orchard Books, 1998.
Publisher correspondence
Typescripts, various stages [2]
Editor’s notes/comments
Publicity
Reviews
The Aunt in Our House by Angela Johnson, illustrated by David Soman; Orchard Books, 1996.
Publisher correspondence
Typescript
Book jacket text
Photocopy of finished artwork
Photographs of finished artwork
Galley
Reviews
Daddy Calls Me Man by Angela Johnson, illustrated by Rhonda Mitchell; Orchard Books, 1997.
Publisher correspondence
Book jacket text/blurb
Publicity information
Reviews
The Leaving Morning by Angela Johnson, illustrated by David Soman; Orchard Books, 1992.
Review
One of Three by Angela Johnson, illustrated by David Soman; Orchard Books, 1991.
Publisher correspondence
Reviews
Down the Winding Road by Angela Johnson, illustrated by Shane W. Evans; DK Ink/Dorling Kindersley Pubishing, 2000.
Publisher correspondence
Handwritten manuscript
Typescript
Book jacket text
Publisher catalog text
The Girl Who Wore Snakes by Angela Johnson, illustrated by James E. Ransome; Orchard Books, 1993.
Book jacket text
Reviews
Article re: illustrator James Ransome
Joshua’s Night Whispers by Angela Johnson, illustrated by Rhonda Mitchell; Orchard Books, 1994.
Review
Joshua by the Sea by Angela Johnson, illustrated by Rhonda Mitchell; Orchard Books, 1994.
Reviews
Bird by Angela Johnson; Dial Books for Young Readers, 2004.
Book jacket [2]
Do Like Kyla by Angela Johnson, illustrated by James E. Ransome; Orchard Books, 1990.
Publicity
The Rolling Store by Angela Johnson, illustrated by Peter Catalanotto; Orchard Books, 1997.
Reviews
When I Am Old with You by Angela Johnson, illustrated by David Soman; Orchard Books, 1990.
Review
Tell Me A Story Mama by Angela Johnson, illustrated by David Soman; Orchard Books, 1989.
Publisher correspondence
A Sweet Smell of Roses by Angela Johnson, illustrated by Eric Velasquez; Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2005.
Publisher correspondence
Handwritten manuscript
Typescripts, various stages [2]
First proof
Book jacket proof – stored in oversize box
4th proof (final?) – stored in oversize box
Book cover [2]
Publicity
Lilly Brown’s Paintings by Angela Johnson, illustrated by E. B. Lewis; Orchard Books, 2007.
Publisher correspondence – stored in oversize box
Dummy pages w/sketches & pasted text [photocopy] – stored in oversize box
Shoes Like Miss Alice’s by Angela Johnson, illustrated by Ken Page; Orchard Books, 1995.
Publisher correspondence
Photographs of prospective art [2]
Typescripts, various stages [2]
Galley – stored in oversize box
Reviews
Julius by Angela Johnson, illustrated by Dav Pilkey; Orchard Books, 1993.
Publisher correspondence
Typescript
Original early illustration by Dav Pilkey
Proof of cover
Book jacket
Folded & gathered pages [F&G] [photocopy]
Publication information [in catalog]
Reviews
Fan mail
Just Like Josh Gibson by Angela Johnson, illustrated by Beth Peck; Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2004.
Galley [unknown version] – stored in oversize box
Book jacket proof – stored in oversize box
1st proof – stored in oversize box
2nd proof – stored in oversize box
2nd proof of book jacket – stored in oversize box
I Dream of Trains by Angela Johnson, illustrated by Loren Long; Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2003.
Research
Publisher correspondence
Handwritten manuscript
Typescripts, various versions [4]
Text w/editor’s notes and comments
Book jacket text w/author’s note
Proposed book jacket [reduced]
Proof
Galley w/sketches – stored in oversize box
1st proof – stored in oversize box
Book jacket proof – stored in oversize box
Review – stored in oversize box
Violet’s Music by Angela Johnson, illustrated by Laura Huliska-Beith; Dial Books for Young Readers, 2004.
Publisher correspondence
Handwritten manuscript [“Delilah’s Music”]
Typescripts, various stages [“Delilah’s Music”] [6]
Galley
Dummy pages w/sketches & pasted text – stored in oversize box
Proof pages/finished art – stored in oversize box
Review
The Wedding by Angela Johnson, illustrated by David Soman; Orchard Books, 1999.
Publisher correspondence
1st draft of typescript
3rd draft of typescript
Color print out of illustrations – stored in oversize box
Galley/proof pages [photocopy] – stored in oversize box
Book jacket galley/proof [photocopy] – stored in oversize box
Book jacket [8] – stored in oversize box
Publicity
Reviews
Wind Flyers by Angela Johnson, illustrated by Loren Long; Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2007.
Publisher correspondence – stored in oversize box
Editor’s comments/notes – stored in oversize box
1st proof [w/editor’s notes & comments] – stored in oversize box
2nd proof [w/editor’s notes & comments] – stored in oversize box
2nd proof – stored in oversize box
2nd proof of book jacket – stored in oversize box
Proof [unknown version] – stored in oversize box
Publicity/curriculum guide – stored in oversize box
“A Kind of Music” by Angela Johnson in One Hot Second: Stories About Desire by Cathy Young; Alfred A. Knopf, 2002.
Publisher correspondence
Handwritten manuscript
Typescripts, various stages [2]
Author biographical information
“Her Daddy’s Hands” by Angela Johnson in In Daddy’s Arms I Am Tall: African Americans Celebrating Fathers illustrated by Javaka Steptoe; Lee & Low Books, 1997.
Publisher correspondence
Publisher’s contract/agreement
Galley page
Author bio for Angela Johnson
Publicity
Publication information [from catalogs]
Reviews
“Atomic Blue Pieces” by Angela Johnson in Snapshots: Literature for Young Adults; Perfection Learning, 2009.
Publisher correspondence
Typescript, various stages [2]
“A Girl Like Me” by Angela Johnson in On Her Way: Stories and Poems About Growing Up Girl by Sandy Asher; Dutton Children’s Books, 2004.
Publisher correspondence
Handwritten manuscript
Typescript
“Our Song” by Angela Johnson in Memories of Sun: Stories of Africa and America by Jane Kurtz; Greenwillow Books, 2004.
Publisher correspondence
Typescript
“From Above” by Angela Johnson in Heart to Heart: New Poems Inspired by Twentieth-Century American Art by Jan Greenberg; Harry N. Abrams, 2001.
Publisher & author correspondence
Author correspondence
Typescripts [3]
Galley page
Biographical sketch re: Angela Johnson
“Through A Window” by Angela Johnson in On the Fringe by David R. Gallo; Dial Books, 2001.
Publisher correspondence
Typescript
Published story excerpt [photocopy]
Reviews
“Among the Scuppernongs” by Angela Johnson in Down to Earth: Garden Secrets! Garden Stories! Garden Projects You Can Do! by Michael Rosen; Harcourt Brace, 1998.
Publisher & author correspondence
Author correspondence
Typescript
Galley page
“Family is What You Have” by Angela Johnson in Horn Book Magazine; March/April 1997.
Publisher correspondence
Typescripts [“Family or More Aliens and Animals”] [3]
“Julius’s Summer” by Angela Johnson, illustrated by Jos. A. Smith; Orchard Books [unpublished]
Publisher correspondence – stored in oversize box
Book dummy – stored in oversize box
Miscellaneous:
Other writings
Awards:
Coretta Scott King Awards/Honors
PEN/Norma Klein Award
McArthur Genius Award
Ezra Jack Keats New Writer Award
Ohio awards & recognition – additional items stored in oversize box
General awards & recognition
Correspondence
Appearances/workshops/school visits
Fan mail
Articles/biographical information
Miscellaneous items