IOWA WOMEN'S ARCHIVES
UNIVERSITY OF IOWA LIBRARIES
IOWA CITY, IOWA
VENISE T. BERRY (1956- )TITLE:»
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»PAPERS, DATES:»1990-1998
5 linear inches»
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The »papers (donor no.
472) were donated by »Venise Berry.
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The »papers are open
for research.
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COPYRIGHT:
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»Copyright has been transferred to the University of Iowa.
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PROCESSED BY:
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Jenny Meyer, 1998Your name,
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REVISION:
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Robert Jett, November 24, 1998. [BerryVenise.doc]
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»Biography
Venise Torriana Berry,
author, journalist and educator, was born in 1956 to Jean and Virgil Berry and
reared in Des Moines, Iowa.
In 1977, she received a bachelor’s degree with a double major in
journalism and mass communication from the University of Iowa. Two years later, she received her master’s
degree in communication studies, also from the University of Iowa. She earned her Ph.D. in Radio, Television and
Film from the University
of Texas in 1989.
Berry worked in various radio
stations in Texas
as a news reporter and director. While
in Texas, she taught mass communication and
had administrative responsibilities at Huston-Tillotson College
and served as an instructor of telecommunications at Texas Southern
University. In 1991, Berry
returned to the University
of Iowa to assume the
position of assistant professor of journalism and mass communication.
Berry is the author of the novel So Good and co-editor of Mediated Messages and African-American
Culture: Contemporary Issues, both
of which were published in 1996. She is
also the author of several articles pertaining to music and the media’s
influence on black society. In 1998, Berry received the Myers Center Award for the Study of
Human Rights in North America for her work on Mediated Messages and African American
Culture. This national award is
given annually to the best scholarship on the subject of intolerance in North America.
Berry has one daughter named
Averi, born in the fall of 1996.
Scope and
Content Note
Begin text here:The» Venise Berry papers date from 1990» to 1998 and measure five» linear inches.
The »papers consist of
biographical material, three books, manuscripts, newspaper clippings, publicity
material and writings.
The biographical material consists of a copy of Berry’s resume dated
1997 and information printed from the home page that she maintains on the
Internet. The home page includes reviews
of Berry’s
books.
The newspaper clippings include
interviews with Berry
and reviews of her books So Good and Mediated Messages and African-American
Culture. Announcements of Berry’s
readings are included in the publicity material. The collection also includes articles written
by Berry,
which examine the effects that the media and rap music have on blacks.
Copies of the hardcover and
paperback versions of So Good and a
version of Mediated Messages and
African-American Culture are shelved in the printed works collection.
»consist he
Related Collections
Jean Berry papers.
Jean
Berry is Venise Berry’s
mother.
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Box no. Description
Box 1
Biographical material, 1997
Newspaper clippings, 1996-2004
Publicity, 1996-1997
Writings
Articles, 1990-1994
Book: So Good
Manuscript, 1996 (2 folders)
Proofs (uncorrected), 1996
So Good (Penguin, 1996, hard cover)
[shelved in printed works collection]
So Good (Signet, 1997, paperback)
[shelved in printed works collection]
Book: Mediated Messages and African-American Culture: Contemporary
Issues edited by Venise T. Berry and
Carmen Manning-Miller (Sage Publications, 1996, paperback) [shelved in printed works collection]