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Wilmer Ames papers

Title: Wilmer Ames papers, 1977-1993.
Author: Ames, Wilmer, 1950-1993.
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How do I pick up this item and when will it be ready?	Box 32	Mixed material	Request in advance	Sc MG 476 Box 32	Offsite
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Additional Authors

Norris, Chuck, 1940-

Description

13.2 lin. ft. (34 archival boxes)

Summary

The bulk of the collection, 1986-1992, concerns the formation and development of "Emerge" news magazine. Included here is correspondence which reveals Ames's initial concept for the magazine, along with board minutes, memoranda, detailed plans, proposals, financial records, advertising and marketing plans, and manuscripts and clippings for articles published in the magazine. Additionally, there are manuscripts, published articles, and research materials for "Time," "Sports Illustrated," and "People" magazines; typescripts for pilots written by Ames, for two television series; personal correspondence as well as professional correspondence with editors and friends; reviews; speeches; and a manuscript for a book he co-wrote, "Toughen Up: The Chuck Norris Fitness System" (1983.) There are also files for Ames's "APOLLO Magazine" (1991-1992), a magazine project that never launched.

Subject

Source (note)

Wilmer Ames

Biography (note)

Born in 1950 in Nassawadox, Virginia, African American journalist Wilmer Ames was best known as the founder and editor-in-chief of "Emerge," (1989-2000), a monthly newsmagazine which addressed social, political and economic issues from a Black perspective. Before he founded "Emerge," Ames worked as a reporter for a number of publications including "Time" and "Sports Illustrated," and freelanced for "People" and "GQ" magazines during the 1970s and 1980s. "Emerge" targeted upwardly mobile Blacks and covered popular news stories of the day, as well as in-depth portraits of leading figures in the 1990s including Louis Farrakhan, Jesse Jackson, and Clarence Thomas.

Call Number

Sc MG 476

OCLC

228069135

Author

Ames, Wilmer, 1950-1993.

Title

Wilmer Ames papers, 1977-1993.

Biography

Born in 1950 in Nassawadox, Virginia, African American journalist Wilmer Ames was best known as the founder and editor-in-chief of "Emerge," (1989-2000), a monthly newsmagazine which addressed social, political and economic issues from a Black perspective. Before he founded "Emerge," Ames worked as a reporter for a number of publications including "Time" and "Sports Illustrated," and freelanced for "People" and "GQ" magazines during the 1970s and 1980s. "Emerge" targeted upwardly mobile Blacks and covered popular news stories of the day, as well as in-depth portraits of leading figures in the 1990s including Louis Farrakhan, Jesse Jackson, and Clarence Thomas.

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Local Subject

Black author.

Added Author

Norris, Chuck, 1940-

Research Call Number

Sc MG 476

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