Materials relating to the preparation, publication, and reception of Black Moods: Collected Poems. It includes correspondence between Tidwell and colleagues relating to criticism of the introduction; readers reports prior to publication; correspondence between Tidwell and University of Illinois Press about text corrections and marketing; emails between Tidwell and Beth Charlton about the text; photocopies of Davis's poetry in various publications; reprint requests; royalties statements; correspondence with other university presses regarding possible publication; table of contents and outline for the book; Richard Wright Newsletter Vol 3 No 1; photocopy of portion of African American Review with a section on Davis mentioning Black Moods; drafts of letters to publishers with Tidwell's annotations; transcript of KANU radio interview with Tidwell about Davis; and the University of Illinois Press catalog for Spring/Summer 2002.