The James Weldon Johnson Memorial Collection (JWJ) documents and celebrates the cultural and artistic achievements and the intellectual and political activities of African Americans.
Well known on campus and around the world as a site of important historical documents of all kinds, the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript is also a regional...
Beinecke Library resources for contemplating and studying a broad range of topics related to writing the self: memoir, self-portraiture, self-presentation,...
The Ann Petry Manuscripts collection in the James Weldon Johnson Memorial Collection ( JWJ MSS 206 ) contains the writings of American author Ann Petry...
This Sway by Curator Melissa Barton provides an introduction to Zora Neale Hurston in the archives. Barton begins, “ What can we know about a person from what...
We asked Justin, poet and student at the Yale Prison Education Initiative, to reflect on creativity in 2020. In response, he shared this poem, a rich and...
Expecting to be waiting in line any time soon? Stressed and looking for prompts from the past for reflection in the present about paths for the future? For...
