Poet laureate of East Saint Louis, Illinois and professor of English and Africana Studies at Southern Illinois University in Edwardsville. Redmond is the author or editor of 18 volumes, founding editor of Drumvoices Revue, and and associate publisher of Literati Internationale and The Original Blues Annual. In 1993 he won the American Book Award for The Eye in the Ceiling and he serves as the literary executor of the Henry Dumas estate.

Programs, bulletins, memoranda, clippings, personal notes, planning material, brochures, newsletters, publications, proposals, press releases, leaflets, flyers, booklets and memorabilia documenting the activities of Redmond and the Eugene B. Redmond Writers Club. Includes a B & W photo of Redmond.