Gorham Collection

Item set

Title

Gorham Collection

Description

The Gorham collection consists of papers of Florida A&M University professor, Thelma T. Gorham, 1913-1992. The Collection spans over Gorham’s lifetime. It includes papers, correspondence, photographs, greeting and postcards, and memorabilia. The arrangement of the collection is in both series and box identification. The series are: correspondence, educational and professional career, memorabilia, three- dimensional objects, JET Magazine collection, Ebony Magazine Collection, miscellaneous publications, miscellaneous articles collected by Gorham, photographs, audio and video, greeting and post cards, and pamphlets and brochures collected by Gorham, outside of the series are single boxes with box identification.

Physical Location

Thelma T. Gorham Collection, John G. Riley House Archives, Tallahassee Community College Library, Tallahassee, Florida.

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Letter from Mary Day to Thelma T. Gorham, July 26, 1967

A letter from Mary Day to Thelma T. Gorham. Mary provides the list of assignments for the United States Authors Series, requested by Gorham through A. Hines.
Letter from Thelma T. Gorham to William P. Grayson, August 1, 1967

A letter from Thelma T. Gorham to William P. Grayson. Gorham notifies Grayson that she would like to return to the University of Minnesota to work toward a Ph.D. She asks Grayson if there are any employment opportunities in the Minneapolis area for a woman of her background. Gorham encloses a promotion folder for "BRAND NEWS" and asks Grayson for his thoughts on the idea.
Letter from Thelma T. Gorham to Michael D. Caver, July 31, 1967

A letter from Thelma T. Gorham. Gorham wishes to be informed of any opportunities in advertising promotion or merchandising at Proctor and Gamble, specifically in what Gorham refers to as "the Negro market."
Letter from Thelma T. Gorham to McIntosh and Otis, August 3, 1967

A letter from Thelma T. Gorham. Gorham contacts the literary agents of author John Steinbeck, wondering how she can get in contact with him. She is looking to use phrases from his Nobel prize acceptance speech as the title of and introduction to a book she wants to write.
Draft of letter from Thelma T. Gorham to John Steinbeck

A draft of a letter written by Thelma T. Gorham, intended for John Steinbeck and his literary agents. Gorham opens by informing Steinbeck that she clipped a quotation of his from the K. C. Star. She notes that she thinks one of the phrases he used would be the perfect title for a collection of trilogies she intends to publish. She also notes that a forward by Steinbeck would be the perfect introduction for the book. Gorham briefly discusses the trilogy and wonders if she could send a copy to Steinbeck for his reaction as a successful author. Gorham continues with a note on herself, writing that she is an assistant professor of journalism at FAMU and has experience working in the newspaper industry, but has not been able to get off the ground with the kind of writing she wants most to do; she notes, however, that she "can't, or won't, give up." She goes on to write, "I look at the successes of some of my illustrious white, male former classmates, like Eric Sevareid, and I keep saying 'In spite of my being a black woman in this business, some day I'll make it [?].'" Gorham then explains that her big goals are to get her book published and to complete the requirements for her Ph.D.. She closes by writing that any encouragement or assistance from Steinbeck would mean more than she could say.
Letter from Thelma T. Gorham to Dodd, Mead and Company, August 3, 1967

A letter from Thelma T. Gorham. Gorham wishes to be notified if permission is necessary for her use of titles and poems by Paul Laurence Dunbar in her own original work of fiction.
Draft and Final Copy of Letter from Thelma T. Gorham to Sylvia E. Bowman, July 12, 1967

A letter from Thelma T. Gorham to Sylvia E. Bowman. Gorham expresses her interest in contributing to the Twayne U.S. Author's Series with a list of writers she would like to write about.
Letter from A. Hines to Thelma T. Gorham, July 15, 1967

A letter from A. Hines to Thelma T. Gorham. Hines informs Gorham that Dr. Sylvia E. Bowman is out of town for the summer and will not be making any additional assignments to the United States Authors Series or in the English Series. Hines informs Gorham that she will be referred to another secretary that can send Gorham a list of assignments "in TUSAS" (Twayne's United States Authors Series) once it is complete.
Letter and Accompanying Envelope from William P. Grayson to Thelma T. Gorham, June 8, 1967

A letter from William P. Grayson to Thelma T. Gorham. Grayson thanks Gorham for inspiring Isaac Hamilton, Jr. to apply to the Johnson Publishing Company, Inc. Grayson also asks for additional information on Hamilton to see if he is qualified to work for the company.
Letter from Michael Radock to William L. Nunn, April 7, 1966

A letter from Michael Radock to William L. Nunn. Radock thanks Nunn for sending a letter and copy of a news release by Thelma T. Gorham. These two items are in reference to 1966 Florida State University Inauguration, where Black graduates were in attendance.