Inventory
Jane Dabney Shackelford Collection
Dates: 1895-1978
Accession Number: 780222
Donor: Jane Dabney Shackelford
Description: One record storage box and one document case
Biography
Jane Dabney Shackelford, Terre Haute author of children's books about African-Americans, was born in Clarksville, Tennessee in 1895. She later moved with her family to Logansport, Indiana. After graduating from high school there, she entered Indiana State Normal School in Terre Haute, and received her A.B. degree in 1919.
Jane Dabney Shackelford taught in the Terre Haute public school system for 43 years. She completed the M.A. degree at Columbia University in 1927.
Shackelford's first book, The Child's Story of the Negro, was published in 1938. In 1944, Associated Publishers brought out her second book for children, My Happy Days. The revised edition of The Child's Story of the Negro was published in 1956.
During her teaching years, Jane Dabney Shackelford was active in such community organizations as Girl Scouts, YWCA, American Association of University Women, and the League of Women Voters. She was a founding member of Alpha Eta Omega chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha, a black sorority. She was the recipient of many awards and honors.
Jane Dabney Shackelford died on December 22, 1979.
Content and Scope of Collection
The items in this collection include the original and revised manuscripts of The Child's Story of the Negro and the original manuscript of My Happy Days; letters from Shackelford's publisher about contents of books, contract, royalties; letters from her pupils; and publications that contain material about Jane Dabney Shackelford or citations of her works.
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Record Storage Box |
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Series I - Biographical Material |
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Folder 1 |
Autobiographical notes (copies) |
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Folder 2 |
Publications which include articles about Shackelford's activities; awards received: |
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Ivy Leaf (yearbook of Alpha Kappa Alpha) page 37 |
Dec. 1959 |
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Ivy Leaf (yearbook of Alpha Kappa Alpha) page 19 |
June 1962 |
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The Saturday Spectator, page 3 |
Feb. 15, 1964 |
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ISU Alumnitems, page 6 |
April 1967 |
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Folder 3 |
Letter of congratulations from Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority upon Jane Dabney Shackelford's inclusion in Who's Who in the Midwest |
June 24, 1961 |
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Newspaper clipping w/photo re: AAUW Honor |
Dec. 17, 1972 |
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WAAC Radio's salute to Shackelford on "Citizen of the Day" |
Dec. 18, 1972 |
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Who's Who of American Women entry (copy) |
1972-73 |
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News clipping - Display at Emeline Fairbanks Memorial Library on works of four local black authors |
May 16, 1978 |
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Folder 4 |
News clippings w/photo - Alpha Kappa Alpha's 50th anniversary celebration honors Shackelford |
n.d. |
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Letter to E.
N. Howard from Jean L. Conyers inviting him to Alpha Kappa Alpha's 50th |
April 13, 1978 |
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Copy of award presented to Jane Dabney Shackelford by E. N. Howard |
n.d. |
| Series II - The Child's Story of the Negro, 1938 | ||
| Folders 1-8 | Original Manuscript | |
| Folder 9 |
Letters to Eva Knox Evans, Blanche E. Fuqua and C. G. Woodson |
1938 |
| Series III - The Child's Story of the Negro, 1956 (revised edition) | ||
| Folders 1-8 | Part I - Original Manuscript | |
| Folders 9-13 | Part II - Original Manuscript | |
| Folder 14 | List of improvements (regarding book); | |
| Letter to Dr. Wesley; | ||
| Questions raised by Book Selection Committee | ||
| Folder 15 |
The Elementary
English Review (contains comments on The Child's Story, p. 222 and other markings) |
Oct. 1943 |
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Series IV - The
Child's Story of the Negro (revised edition, 1956) - Additional materials
Note: These materials were arranged by Jane Dabney Shackelford; original order and titles have been preserved. |
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| Folder 1 | African Art | |
| Folder 2 | African Music | |
| Folder 3 | Dedication, introduction, acknowledgments | |
| Folder 4 | Valuable Aids in Teaching Negro Life and History; Contents; Bibliography | |
| Folder 5 | Camp Meetings | |
| Folder 6 | A Day with the Field Hands | |
| Folder 7 | Emancipation Day | |
| Folder 8 | Negro Folk Rhyme | |
| Folder 9 | Boasting Caterpillar | |
| Folder 10 | Seat Work | |
| Folder 11 | A Message from Angelo Patri | |
| Folder 12 | Improvements | |
| Folder 13 | Negro Spirituals | |
| Folder 14 | Phillis Wheatley | |
| Folder 15 | Booker T. Washington | |
| Folder 16 | Ira Aldridge | |
| Folder 17 | Paul Cuffe | |
| Folder 18 | Henry Tanner | |
| Folder 19 | Frederick Douglass | |
| Folder 20 | Colonel Charles Young | |
| Folder 21 | Ralph Bunche | |
| Folder 22 | Mary McLeod Bethune | |
| Folder 23 | George Washington Carver | |
| Folder 24 | Mary Church Terrell | |
| Folder 25 | Paul Laurence Dunbar | |
| Folder 26 | Charles Clinton Spaulding | |
| Folder 27 | Carter G. Woodson | |
| Folder 28 | Charles Henry Turner | |
| Folder 29 | Riddles; Something to Think About | |
| Series V - My Happy Days | ||
| Folder 1 | Original Manuscript, Part 1 | |
| Folder 2 | Original Manuscript, Part 2 | |
| Series VI - Publisher's letters to Jane Dabney Shackelford | ||
| Folder 1 | Correspondence | 1934-1936 |
| Memorandum of Agreement between Jane Dabney Shackelford and the Associated Publishers transferring ownership of The Child's Story of the Negro to Associated Publishers | July 10, 1936 | |
| Folder 2 | Correspondence | 1937-1939 |
| Folder 3 | List of royalties received from The Child's Story of the Negro | 1938-1946 |
| Folder 4 | Letters about royalties; billings of Jane Dabney Shackelford for purchase of books | 1938-1949 |
| Folder 5 | Correspondence | 1951-1958 |
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Record of
correspondence concerning revisions of The Child's Story of the Negro and royalties |
1953-1956 |
| Series VII - Miscellaneous | ||
| Folder 1 | Promotional materials | 1938; 1969 |
| Folder 2 | Correspondence with Charlemae Rollins | 1963; n.d. |
| Folder 3 | The Negro History Bulletin (Includes article about the National Association of Colored Women) | Summer 1954 |
| Student Teaching Guide | 1951 | |
| Folder 4 | Letters from students | 1959; 1961; n.d. |
| Folder 5 | 50th Class Reunion, Indiana State University | 1969 |
| Folder 6 | Miscellaneous items | 1953-1955 |
| Addendum | ||
| Folder 1 | Newspaper and magazine article clippings | 1939-1967 |
| Folder 2 | Letters of congratulations | 1938-1972 |
| Certificates and awards | 1945-1978 | |
| Folder 3 | Newspaper and magazine article clippings | 1938-1946 |
| Folders 4-5 | "Guide Right" Inspirational Display for Negro Youth, Kappa Alpha Psi | 1941 |
| Folder 6 | Christmas poem mentioning Shackelford, Terre Haute Tribune-Star | Dec. 25, 1946 |
| Folder 7 | Photograph: Rex Nelson Manuel | n.d. |
| Newspaper clippings w/photos | 1949 | |
| Survey Graphic article | 1945 | |
| Folder 8 | Carter G. Woodson: Correspondence; Newspaper article | 1937 |
| Lois Maillou Jones: Samples of art work |
1940; 1944;
1962; 1978 |
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| Folder 9 | Student poems | n.d. |
| Folder 10 | Letters to Jane Shackelford from 4th grade students at Booker T. Washington School regarding The Child's Story of the Negro | n.d. |
| Folder 11 | Miscellaneous correspondence | 1934; 1946; 1959 |
| Photographs of Jane Dabney Shackelford and Lois Mailou Jones | n.d. | |
| Newspaper clippings | 1941 | |
| Telegrams, cards and letters of congratulations | 1938 | |
| Folder 12 | Newspaper clippings and correspondence | 1937-1939 |
| Folder 13 | Correspondence | 1938-1939 |
| Folder 14 | Newspaper and magazine article clippings; letters of inquiry | 1938-1940 |
| Folder 15 | "Reviews by Northern Critics" (includes clippings and correspondence) | 1944-1945 |
| Folder 16 |
"Reviews by Negro Critics" |
1945 |
| "Terre Haute Reactions" | 1937; 1945 | |
| "Booklists" | 1945-1947 | |
| Folder 17 | "Congratulations Letters and Cards" | 1944-1946 |
| "Exhibits of 'My Happy Days' " | 1945-1947 | |
| Document Case - Addendum | ||
| Folder 18 | Recent Books for Primary Grades | 1944-1945 |
| Lists of newspapers and magazines that have reviewed My Happy Days | n.d. | |
| Correspondence regarding My Happy Days | 1945 | |
| "Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Reactions" | 1945 | |
| Book lists regarding race relations and African-Americans (booklet) | 1945 | |
| Folder 19 | Correspondence | 1940-1945 |
| Speaking Engagements | 1945-1946 | |
| Newspaper clippings | 1945-1962 | |
| Folder 20 | Newspaper clippings and correspondence | 1945; 1960s 1973 |
| "Speaking Engagements at Churches" | 1939-1945 | |
| Folder 21 | Booklet: The Womans Association of the Central Presbyterian Church | 1947-1948 |
| Newspaper clippings | 1946-1948 | |
| Correspondence | 1946-1948 | |
| List of speaking engagements | 1945-1946 | |
| Folder 22 | "Christmas Greetings from Patricia Young" | 1970s |
| Folder 23 | "Honors and Awards" (correspondence, newspaper clippings, memorabilia) | 1957-1967 |
| Folder 24 | Miscellaneous photographs, clippings, correspondence, certificates | 1946; 1960s |
| Folder 25 |
Miscellaneous
clippings, memorabilia, correspondence |
1949; 1960s-1970s |
| Folder 26 |
Souvenir
Program: 50th anniversary celebration, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Alpha Eta Omega Chapter |
1978 |
| ISU Alumni Magazine | Summer 1978 | |
| Terre Haute Star article on Shackelford | June 12, 1978 | |
| Folder 27 | Alpha Kappa Alpha Book of Gold: 50th Anniversary Endowment Fund (1908-1958) | 1958 |
| Folder 28 | Mark Twain Quarterly (Summer/Fall issue) | 1945 |
| Mark Twain Quarterly (Winter/Spring issue) | 1945 | |
| Folder 29 | Book list - Chicago Public Library | 1940 |
| Newspaper clippings | 1950s | |
| Folder 30 | Book lists - Emeline Fairbanks Memorial Library | 1947 |
| Book lists - McLean School | 1972 | |
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"Reading for
Democracy: Books for Young Americans" |
1945-1946 | |
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