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In 2019, Wright donated his collection to William \u0026 Mary so that it might be \"a helpful resource to students\" in the future.","William \u0026 Mary Libraries' archival, digital and physical collections may contain content with harmful language or difficult subject matters. We strive for transparency in making these materials available for teaching and research, but we do not endorse the attitudes, prejudices or behaviors found within them.","William \u0026 Mary Libraries' perspective on harmful content and language aligns with the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) and university libraries around the world.","Comic book volumes and other published materials included with this collection have been transfered to Rare Books and cataloged individually.","The Richard Wright collection, compiled by Richard Wright and orginally referred to by Wright as \"The Richard Wright collection of Graphic Images of African Americans,\" focuses on the evolution of the Black American image in print media, cartoons and comics. 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She was born in Redding, California and received her AB from Vassar College (summa cum laude), an M.A. from the University of California at Berkeley (musicology), and the Doctor of Musical Arts from Boston University (piano). She has held academic, conducting and performance positions at Brandeis University, Williams College, and William \u0026 Mary.","Acc. 2003.51 was processed by Brad Glasebrook, SCRC Staff, in November 2003. Material received in 2008-2010 was accessioned by Amy Schindler, University Archivist. Acc. 2008.137 inventory was completed by Wendy Korwin, SCRC Staff, in July 2008. Acc. 2009.003 inventory was completed by Tara Babb, SCRC Staff, in February 2009. Acc. 2009.114 inventory was completed by Lily Rubino, SCRC Staff. Accessions 2009.601 and 2010.024 were added to the finding aid by Steven Bookman, University Archives Specialist, in 2009 and 2010. Acc. 2010.194 was accessioned by Amy C. Schindler, University Archivist, on 3/26/2010. Acc. 2011.059 accessioned and minimally processed by Steven Bookman, University Archives Specialist, in February 2011. Acc. 2012.255 accesssioned and minimally processed by Benjamin Bromley in June 2012. Acc.2011.059 and Acc. 2012.255 inventory were completed by Mindy Gipson, SCRC Staff, in November 2013. Acc. 2013.033 accessioned and minimally processed by Steven Bookman in February 2013. Acc. 2013.033 inventory was completed by Mindy Gipson, SCRC Staff, in February 2014. Acc. 2016.002 inventory was completed by SCRC staff in February 2016.","The majority of the posters pertaining to the work, \"An Evening with Madame F,\" are housed in a special collection devoted to that work at Boatwright Library, University of Richmond. That collection covers the period from 1989 until fall, 2006. Subsequent material about \"An Evening with Madame F\" have been, and will continue to be, donated to the collection at Swem Library.","The artifacts, props, and sets from Acc. 2009.601 have been pulled from this collection and have been added to the Manuscripts Artifact Collection (Mss. 1.03).","Videocassettes, audiocassettes, CDs, DVDs, floppy disks, reel-to-reel tapes from this collection have been moved to the Manuscripts Audiovisual Collection (Mss. 1.04).","The papers of Claudia Stevens, musician, actor, performance artist, playwright, and composer, are arranged by musical theatre works in her repertoire except for Subseries 2 of Series 1, which is arranged separately and part of which was formerly known as the Carter-Sessions Papers.","The papers of Claudia Stevens include video and audio recordings, posters, flyers, brochures, programs, press coverage, newspaper clippings, correspondence, grant applications, musical and literary sketches, musical scores, librettos, scripts, a screenplay, a dissertation, books, film projection slides, photographs, artifacts, and props.  Many of the scripts have notes from productions.  A complete listing is underway and available in the Finding aid/inventory below. Note that the inventory is incomplete and does not yet include the most recent material received from Ms. Stevens.  Additions and revisions will be made on an ongoing basis.","The majority of the posters pertaining to the work, \"An Evening with Madame F,\" are housed in a special collection devoted to that work at Boatwright Library, University of Richmond. Photocopies of items from that collection, which covers the period from 1989 until fall, 2006, are in Subseries 2 of Series 2 of this collection. 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Note that the inventory is incomplete and does not yet include the most recent material received from Ms. Stevens.  Additions and revisions will be made on an ongoing basis.","The majority of the posters pertaining to the work, \"An Evening with Madame F,\" are housed in a special collection devoted to that work at Boatwright Library, University of Richmond. Photocopies of items from that collection, which covers the period from 1989 until fall, 2006, are in Subseries 2 of Series 2 of this collection. 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In 2019, Wright donated his collection to William \u0026 Mary so that it might be \"a helpful resource to students\" in the future.","William \u0026 Mary Libraries' archival, digital and physical collections may contain content with harmful language or difficult subject matters. We strive for transparency in making these materials available for teaching and research, but we do not endorse the attitudes, prejudices or behaviors found within them.","William \u0026 Mary Libraries' perspective on harmful content and language aligns with the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) and university libraries around the world.","Comic book volumes and other published materials included with this collection have been transfered to Rare Books and cataloged individually.","The Richard Wright collection, compiled by Richard Wright and orginally referred to by Wright as \"The Richard Wright collection of Graphic Images of African Americans,\" focuses on the evolution of the Black American image in print media, cartoons and comics. 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