Dr. Bernard William Bell is an emeritus research professor at The Pennsylvania State University and an internationally known scholar of American and African American literature, language, and culture. Throughout his forty-year career in academia, Dr. Bell’s contributions to African American scholarship included serving as a co-founder and acting head of one of the nation’s first African American Studies programs, authoring and editing nine books and more than seventy articles and reviews, and teaching and lecturing in eight countries. At the AUC Robert W. Woodruff Library we are always striving to improve our digital collections. We welcome additional information about people, places, or events depicted in any of the works in this collection. To submit information, please contact us at DSD@auctr.edu.
Nov 3, 2022

Bernard W. Bell Collection

Dr. Bernard William Bell is an emeritus research professor at The Pennsylvania State University and an internationally known scholar of American and African American literature, language, and culture. Throughout his forty-year career in academia, Dr. Bell’s contributions to African American scholarship included serving as a co-founder and acting head of one of the nation’s first African American Studies programs, authoring and editing nine books and more than seventy articles and reviews, and teaching and lecturing in eight countries.

At the AUC Robert W. Woodruff Library we are always striving to improve our digital collections. We welcome additional information about people, places, or events depicted in any of the works in this collection. To submit information, please contact us at DSD@auctr.edu.
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Octavia Butler Article, May 1, 2000 2000-05-01 Article on Octavia E. Butler and interview about her writing. African American authors, African American women Bernard W. Bell Collection
Corrrespondence to Audre Lorde From Bernard Bell, December 11, 1970 1970-12-11 Correspondence to Audre Lorde from Bernard Bell accepting her poetry for an upcoming anthology. African American authors, African American poets Bernard W. Bell Collection
Corrrespondence to Bernard Bell From Audre Lorde, October 24, 1970 1970-10-24 Correspondence to Bernard Bell from Audre Lorde about permission to reprint poems. African American authors, African American poets Bernard W. Bell Collection
Corrrespondence to Bernard Bell From Audre Lorde, October 24, 1970 1970-10-24 Correspondence to Bernard Bell from Audre Lorde about the value of her poetry. African American authors, African American poets Bernard W. Bell Collection
Corrrespondence to Audre Lorde From Bernard Bell, October 3, 1970 1970-10-03 Correspondence to Audre Lorde from Bernard Bell requesting permission to reprint her poetry in an upcoming anthology. African American authors, African American poets Bernard W. Bell Collection
Poetry Acceptance Letter, circa 1970 1968/1972 Letter to Brother Jones announcing the acceptance of poetry in a new anthology. African American authors, African American poets Bernard W. Bell Collection
Boycott Letter, circa 1970 1968/1972 Draft letter to publishing company Allyn and Bacon announcing a dissolution of a poetry anthology with the company due to Black poets boycotting the use of White publishers to represent their works. African American authors, African American poets, African Americans--Civil rights, Race discrimination Bernard W. Bell Collection