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Gwendolyn Brooks walking with crowd at the National Endowment for the Humanities 1994 Jefferson Lecture event, May 11, 1994

National Endowment for the Humanities photographic album

Gwendolyn Brooks, Henry Blakely Sr., and Nora Brooks Blakely at the National Endowment for the Humanities 1994 Jefferson Lecture event, May 11, 1994

Gwendolyn Brooks with others looking at her portrait during the dedication of Gwendolyn Brooks Junior High, 1981

Two students attending the dedication of the Gwendolyn Brooks Junior High, 1981

Index card describing a photograph of Mrs. Owens and Mrs. Jones from the Gwendolyn Brooks Junior High Dedication photo album

Small handwritten note with a phone number for Jim and Karen Collins

Family of six posing outside a house, c. 1950s

Henry Blakely Jr. in formal attire, c. 1950s

Two toddlers in a living toom, c. 1960s

Older man in a suit with a waistcoat, c. 1920s

David Brooks, nephew of Gwendolyn Brooks, c. 1970s

Gwendolyn Brooks with husband Henry Blakely Sr. and son Henry Blakely Jr., c. 1945

Gwendolyn Brooks with brother Raymond Brooks Sr. and another young woman, c. 1935

Partial view of a hand on car door handle, c. 1950s

Nora Brooks Blakely, February 2nd, 1971

Family portrait of two women and three children, c. 1960s

Woman in graduation regalia, c. 1950s

Two teenagers posing in front of a house, c. 1950s

Couple with their baby, c. 1950s

Teenage girl posing outdoors, c. 1950s

Two toddlers, c. 1970s

Raymond Brooks Jr. as a teenager, c. 1950s

Man watching a warthog at Nairobi National Park, 1971

View of the Shaftesbury Memorial Fountain around Picadilly Circus in London, 1971

View of the Shaftesbury Memorial Fountain around Picadilly Circus in London, 1971

Lobby with red-cushioned chairs at the Inverness Court Hotel, 1971

Airplane seen from an airplane window, 1971

Young woman wearing a headband, 1971

Panoramic view of the city of London, the Thames River and the London Bridge, 1971

Young woman at a table at the Inverness Court Hotel, 1971

London streetscape, 1971

Man smoking on an airplane, 1971

Charlie and Fayleatha Cobb, 1971

YWCA building in Dar es Salaam, 1971

Madsen Photo Service photographic envelope (3)

People dancing at an event at the Charlie and Fayleatha Cobb house in Dar es Salaam, 1971

People at an event at the Charlie and Fayleatha Cobb house in Dar es Salaam, 1971

Blurry view of Charlie and Fayleatha Cobb's house in Dar es Salaam, 1971

View of an airplane cabin, 1971

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