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http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8h41z7n No online items Guide to the J. Herman Blake Papers Elizabeth Saetern, Irene Reti, Kate Dundon University of California, Santa Cruz 2019 1156 High Street Santa Cruz 95064 [email protected] URL: http://guides.library.ucsc.edu/speccoll Guide to the J. Herman Blake MS.415 1 Papers Language of Material: English Contributing Institution: University of California, Santa Cruz Title: J. Herman Blake papers creator: Blake, J. Herman Identifier/Call Number: MS.415 Physical Description: 12 Linear Feet(13 boxes) Physical Description: 0.29 GB(11 digital files) Date (inclusive): 1949-2018 Conditions Governing Access Collection is open for research. Audiovisual media is unavailable until reformatted. Contact Special Collections in advance for information regarding access. Digital files are available in the UCSC Special Collections and Archives reading room. Some files may require reformatting before they can be accessed. 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Special Collections and Archives, University Library, University of California, Santa Cruz. Biographical / Historical John Herman Blake was born in Mount Vernon, New York on March 15, 1934. After serving in the U.S. Army during the Korean War, J. Herman Blake earned his B.A. degree in sociology from New York University and an M.A. and Ph.D. in sociology from the University of California at Berkeley. In 1966, Blake was recruited by Founding Chancellor Dean McHenry to teach sociology at Cowell College at the newly opened University of California, Santa Cruz. He became the first African American on the University of California Santa Cruz faculty and remained at UCSC for eighteen years. Dr. Blake is beloved at UCSC, both as a charismatic, rigorous, and brilliant teacher/mentor and as the visionary leader who founded UCSC's seventh college, Oakes, and served as its first provost. Oakes College emerged from a larger history of grassroots education in transformational politics in the United States centered in the Citizenship School Movement in the Sea Islands of South Carolina and the Highlander Folk School in Appalachia. After leaving UC Santa Cruz, Blake served as the President of Tougaloo College until 1987; held positions at Swarthmore College; served as the Vice Chancellor at Indiana University; and was the Director of African American Studies at Iowa State University. In 2008, the Medical University of South Carolina appointed Blake as the first Humanities Scholar in Residence. He retired from the Medical University of South Carolina in December of 2014. Throughout his career, Dr. Blake has focused on students of color in higher education, urban militants in the African American community, and social change and community development in rural and urban African American communities. His publications include over fifty full-length contributions and a book, the autobiography of Huey P. Newton, Revolutionary Suicide. He has been awarded six honorary degrees and two presidential medals. Professor Blake has devoted much of his life to preserving Gullah culture. He was the founding director of the Sea Islands Institute at the University of South Carolina, Beaufort, and formerly served as the Executive Director of the Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor. - Cameron Vanderscoff and Irene Reti. Text adapted from Look'n M' Face and Hear M' Story": An Online Exhibit about Professor J. Herman Blake See also "Look'n M' Face and Hear M' Story": An Oral History with Professor J. Herman Blake. Oral history by Cameron Vanderscoff, 2014. (LD781.S518 B58 2014) Content Description Collection includes writings, speeches, correspondence, photographs, administrative records, research files, and audio recordings that document Blake's involvement in the founding of Oakes College at UC Santa Cruz and his research on marginalized students in higher education and the South Carolina Sea Islands. Guide to the J. Herman Blake MS.415 2 Papers Related Materials J. Herman Blake and Emily L. Moore papers (Manuscript Collection No. 1357) at Emory University's Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives and Rare Book Library. Subjects and Indexing Terms Faculty papers Photographs Series 1: Biographical Arrangement Arranged chronologically. Box 1, Folder 1 GI Bill 1953-1961 Box 1, Folder 2 Undergraduate Records 1955-1959 Box 1, Folder 3 The Panel of Americans 1958-1959 Box 1, Folder 4 Newspaper Articles 1958-1969 Box 1, Folder 5 Graduate School Selection Ticket of Admission, Semester Report 1959-1963 Box 1, Folder 6 Programs, Presentations 1959-1968 Scope and Contents Includes photographs. Box 1, Folder 7 Acceptance Letters 1960-1963 Box 1, Folder 8 "Soothsayer" Anthony and Cleopatra photographs 1963 Box 1, Folder 9 Graduate School 1960-1967 Box 1, Folder 10 Peace Corps Training Project India 7 1964 Box 1, Folder 11 Speech: Thoughts on Organizing the Poor 1966 June Box 1, Folder 12 Awards, University of California - Berkeley Transcripts 1966-1999 Box 1, Folder 13 Harvard IEM Award, Conferences and Presentations on Survival of Black People and Stats in the City 1967, 1979 Scope and Contents Includes photographs. Box 1, Folder 14 Original Speech Delivered by James Foreman 1969 September Box 1, Folder 15 Publications, Brochure, News Clippings on Presentations 1974-1993 Box 1, Folder 16 Edward Carrillo drawing of Blake 1983 Box 1, Folder 17 Rewards, Certificate of Appreciation, Honorary Degree 1985-2018 Box 1, Folder 18 Photograph of Blake and Nancy Reagan 1987 Box 1, Folder 19 Honorary Degree, California School of Professional Psychology 1988-1991 Box 1, Folder 20 Honorary Degree, St. Lawrence University 1993 Box 1, Folder 21 Honorary Degree University of Massachusetts, Amherst 1994 Box 1, Folder 22 Honorary degree photographs 1993-1994 Box 1, Folder 23 Memorial of Orville B. Luster, "How Things Look to Us" report 2005 Scope and Contents Includes photographs. Box 1, Folder 24 Introduction to MUSC President R. Greenberg undated Box 1, Folder 25 Revolutionary Memorial Services pamphlet for George Jackson, Field Marshall, Black Panther Party undated Box 1, Folder 26 Photographs: Dr. Saint Clair Drake with Blake undated Box 1, Folder 27 Photographs: The Education Center of North Richmond undated Box 1, Folder 28 Photographs: miscellaneous Blake 1987, undated Box 13, Awards, "Toward Academic Excellence" event poster 1984-1987 Folder Unknown Guide to the J. Herman Blake MS.415 3 Papers Series 2: Correspondence and Subject Files Series 2: Correspondence and Subject Files Arrangement Arranged alphabetically. Box 1, Folder 29 AAHE Presentations 1992 Box 1, Folder 30 Academic/Scholarly Correspondence (1 of 2) 1962-1975 Box 1, Folder 31 Academic/Scholarly Correspondence (2 of 2) 1962-1975 Box 1, Folder 32 Astin, Alexander W. 1992-1996 Box 2, Folder 39 Baldwin, James Tribute to undated Box 1, Folder 33 Barber, Edwin: W.W. Norton and Company 1989 Box 1, Folder 34 Bennett, Lerone: Indiana University 1993-1995 Box 1, Folder 35 Blake, Donald F.: Student Letters 1980-1981 Box 1, Folder 36 Blauner, Robert 1994-1997 Box 1, Folder 37 Blumer, Herbery: Robert G. McGuire Memorial 1963 February Box 1, Folder 38 "Born Since Peace Declare", "Undergraduate Education for a Diverse Student Body", Death of Alex Haley and Asa Hilliard 1983-1992 Box 1, Folder 39 Brooks, Gwendolyn 1991-1994 Box 1, Folder 40 Brown, Milicent E. 1993-1994 Box 1, Folder 41 Brown, Milicent: Interview with Herbert Fielding 1993 July Box 1, Folder 42 Campos, Louie 2011-2012 Scope and Contents Includes photographs. Box 1, Folder 43 Carlson, Elof 1991 Box 1, Folder 44 Cayton, Horace R. 1966-1970 Box 1, Folder 45 Chater, Shirley S.: Commissioner of Social Security 1996 Scope and Contents Includes photographs. Box 1, Folder 46 Chickering, Arthur 1995-1997 Box 1, Folder 47 Cleaver, Eldridge 1966-1967 Box 1, Folder 48 Coleman, Lerita M. 1993-1994 Box 1, Folder 49 Confirmation Copy of Message, Blake's Condolences 1985 Box 1, Folder 50 Daufuskie Letters 1982-1983 Box 1, Folder 51 Dimaio, Debra: Oprah Winfrey Show undated Box 1, Folder 52 Ehrlich, Thomas: President of Indiana University 1993 Box 1, Folder 53 Engelharat, Sara L. 1980 December Box 1, Folder 54 Evans, Mari 1996 Box 1, Folder 55 Evans, Mari: Daufuskie Island Poems 1973-1978 1981 Box 1, Folder 56 Geisel, Audrey: Dr. Seuss Enterprises 1993 August Box 1, Folder 57 Gordon C. Dewey 1960 August Box 1, Folder 58 Greenwood, MRC: University of California, Santa Cruz Chancellor 1998 Scope and Contents Includes photographs. Box 1, Folder 59 Gutman, Herb 1974 December Box 1, Folder 60 Guyer, David and Carol Guyer 1983-1995 Box 1, Folder 61 Haley, Alex: Kinte Library Project 1975 November Box 1, Folder 62 Haley, Alex: