Leonard Ray Teel Erma collection
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Not requestable
Scope and Contents of the Papers
The Leonard Ray Teel Erma collection consists of a galley proof of the book by Erma Calderon with Teel, circa 1980, and of two brief manuscripts by Teel, one a remembrance of Calderon, circa 2006, and the other about the book's editor, novelist Toni Morrison, circa 1993. The galley proof was the preliminary version of Erma: A Black Women Remembers, 1912-1980 for publication and was reviewed by the author, proofreaders and the editor. The pages are arranged in sequential order.
Dates
- Creation: circa 1980
Creator
- Teel, Leonard Ray (Person)
Restrictions on Access
Collection is open for research use.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction
Georgia State University is the owner of the physical collection and makes reproductions available for research, subject to the copyright law of the United States and item condition. Georgia State University may or may not own the rights to materials in the collection. It is the researcher's responsibility to verify copyright ownership and obtain permission from the copyright holder before publication, reproduction, or display of the materials beyond what is reasonable under copyright law. Researchers may quote selections from the collection under the fair use provision of copyright law.
Historical Note
Leonard Ray Teel worked for the Atlanta Journal and Constitution, CNN, the Washington Evening Star, and the Miami Herald. In the late 1980s he switched from daily journalism to teaching journalism at Georgia State University, where he had earned a Ph.D. in British history. A professor of communication, Teel was the founding director of the Center for International Media Education. His books include a biography of Atlanta Constitution editor Ralph McGill and, with Ron Taylor, Into the Newsroom: An Introduction to Journalism, which has been translated into Chinese, Arabic, and Spanish.
Erma: A Black Women Remembers, 1912-1980 by Erma Calderon with Teel, was his first book (Random House, 1981). Erma Calderon was "a self-taught Southern black woman who struggled from the age of nine years to manage her own life," and Teel helped her put her story into autobiography form. The book was edited at Random House by the novelist and Nobel Prize winner Toni Morrison.
Extent
2 Linear Feet (in 2 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract:
Correspondence related to and galley proof of Erma: A Black Women Remembers, 1912-1980, by Erma Calderon and Ray Teel, edited by Toni Morrison, form the collection.
Arrangement
Unarranged.
Acquisition Information
Donated by Leonard Ray Teel, 2014.
Separated Materials
Separated to Women's Printed Collection: Spec Books, see online catalog for access
- Erma Calderon and Leonard R. Teel. Erma. New York: Random House, 1981.
Processing Information
Processed by Hilary Morrish at the item level, August 18, 2014.
Subject
- Calderon, Erma (Person)
- Morrison, Toni (Person)
- Title
- Leonard Ray Teel:
- Subtitle
- A Guide to His Erma Collection at Georgia State University Library
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Hilary Morrish
- Date
- August 2014
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections Repository
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