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Papers of Poet, Essayist, Activist June Jordan ’57 Acquired by the Schlesinger Library at Harvard’s Radcliffe Institute
The papers of Barnard alumna June Jordan ’57 have been acquired by The Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America at Harvard’s Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study. Jordan, who died in 2002, was a prolific and prize-winning writer whose poetry and prose explored topics ranging from love, self-awareness and abuse to broader social issues raised by conflicts in Nicaragua, Africa, the Balkans and elsewhere. Her writing was often political, always literary and infused with the emotion of human experience. The large collection of June Jordan's papers, acquired with the help of the W. E. B. Du Bois Institute for African and African American Research, includes her correspondence with many significant artists and feminists, such as Adrienne Rich and Alice Walker.
Jordan was awarded the Barnard’s Distinguished Alumna Award in 1997. She last visited Barnard in 2001, when she attended the 30th Anniversary celebration of Barnard’s Center for Research on Women as an honorary guest. At this occasion, she read a poem as part of her speech, which is the title for her last book, Some of Us Did Not Die, published by Basic Civitas Books in July 2002.
The Schlesinger Library collects manuscripts, books, and other materials essential for understanding women's lives and activities in the United States. A non-circulating library open to the public free of charge, it holds thousands of records of organizations and individuals, in addition to photographs, books, periodicals, ephemera, oral histories, and audiovisual materials.
To read more about the acquisition, visit Radcliffe's Schlesinger Library web site by clicking here.
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