This series includes drafts and preparatory materials related to the publication of the three Frank Marshall Davis volumes edited by John Edgar Tidwell, Black Moods: Collected Poems (2002), Livin' the Blues: Memoirs of a Black Journalist and Poet (1992), and Writings of Frank Marshall Davis: A Voice of the Black Press (2007). It also includes preparatory materials for shorter journal articles, papers, and talks by Tidwell about Davis.