Collection context
Summary
- Creator:
- Jackson, Bruce, State University of New York at Buffalo. English Department, and University Archives
- Abstract:
- Papers of Bruce Jackson, Samuel P. Capen Professor of American Culture and State University of New York Distinguished Professor of English. Included are manuscripts, working copies, drafts, notes, related correspondence, and tape transcripts for three of Jackson's published works: The Negro and His Folklore,Thief's Primer, In the Life; Versions of the Criminal Experience,and Wake Up Dead Man: Hard Labor and Southern Blues.
- Extent:
- 2.71 Linear Feet and 6 manuscript boxes, 1 half manuscript box
- Language:
- Collection material in English.
- Preferred citation:
[Description and dates], Box/folder number, 16/4F/133, Bruce Jackson papers 1964-1971, University Archives, The State University of New York at Buffalo.
See the Archives' preferred citations instructions for additional information.
Background
- Scope and Content:
- The Negro and His Folklore,Thief's Primer, In the Life; Versions of the Criminal Experience,Wake Up Dead Man: Hard Labor and Southern Blues.
- Biographical / Historical:
Bruce Jackson is the Samuel P. Capen Professor of American Culture and
State University of New York Distinguished Professor of English. Having taught
at UB for nearly forty years, and the author or editor of 22 books, Jackson has
produced documentary films, important folkloric recordings, photographs, and
articles addressing aspects of American culture, including southern work songs,
prison reform, drug culture, and racial politics. In 2002, the government of
France named him Chevalier in L'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, France's highest
award in the arts and humanities. Jackson is also editor of the web journal, buffaloreport.com.
- Acquisition information:
Donated by Bruce Jackson, in multiple accessions dating January
1968, March 1971 and August 1971.
- Processing information:
Collection processed by Archives staff, circa 1970's.
- Arrangement:
This collection is arranged in five series: I. The Negro and His Folklore in Nineteenth Century Periodicals,1967, II. A Thief's Primer,1969, III. Articles, 1964-1968, undated, IV. Wake up dead man: hard labor and Southern blues,1971, and V. A thief's primer,1969. This collection is organized by date of accession. Folder titles
remain original, however many are missing dates. Folders in Box 5 are not
titled, titles described in this finding aid for Box 5 derive from a
transmittal list, prepared by Jackson (1971).
- Accruals:
No further accruals are expected to this collection.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed Terms
- Subjects:
- English literature -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- United States
Music in prisons
Prison -- Fieldwork
Prisons -- Songs and music
Folk songs -- Texas
Drafts (documents)
Fieldwork (research)
Folklore
Manuscripts (document genre)
Transcripts
Typescripts - Names:
- State University of New York at Buffalo. English Department
University Archives
State University of New York at Buffalo -- Archives
State University of New York at Buffalo. English Department -- Faculty
Jackson, Bruce -- Archives
Jackson, Bruce -- Correspondence
Access
- RESTRICTIONS:
-
The Bruce Jackson Papers, 1964-1971, are open for research.
- TERMS OF ACCESS:
-
Copyright of papers in the collection may be held by their authors,
or the authors' heirs or assigns. Researchers must obtain the written
permission of the holder(s) of copyright and the University Archives before
publishing quotations from materials in the collection. Most papers may be
copied in accordance with the library's usual procedures unless otherwise
specified.
- PREFERRED CITATION:
-
[Description and dates], Box/folder number, 16/4F/133, Bruce Jackson papers 1964-1971, University Archives, The State University of New York at Buffalo.
See the Archives' preferred citations instructions for additional information.
- LOCATION OF THIS COLLECTION:
- CONTACT:
-
716-645-2916lib-archives@buffalo.edu