Box 2
Contains 67 Results:
"White Notes", [n.d.]
One autograph draft removed to oversize.
"The Telephone Number of the Muse", [n.d.]
One autograph draft removed to oversize.
Copy of drafts for typist, 1972
Autograph, typescript, mimeographed, and photocopied drafts - all with revisions - for the typist. Also includes several lists of poems in chronological order, by categories, and where first published.
Typescript for printer, [1972-1973]
Typescript includes contents and acknowledgments.
Correspondence, 1973-1974
Letters of congratulations and appreciation from friends and colleagues, including letters from R. P. Dickey, Erica Jong, Ralph Mills, Adrienne Shapiro, and others.
Reviews, 1973-1976
Clippings, journals, and photocopies of reviews. Some newspaper clippings have been removed to oversize.
Translations of poems written by Justice, 1974-1975
Typescript or autograph copies of some of Justice's poems translated into French or Spanish. Includes letters and translations by Paulene Aspel, Dori Katz, and Melvin B. Yoken.
Selections from notebooks, 1974-1992
Autograph, typescript, and photocopied drafts of poems published in Seneca Review (1992) and later in Poet's Notebook (1995).
"Elegiac Stanzas on my Mother's Death", 1975-1985
Typescript and autograph drafts of elegies written by Justice honoring his mother, most bear extensive autograph revisions. A portion was published as "Psalm and Lament" and the remainder abandoned.
"My Blues Notebook, 1977", 1977-1980
Bound notebook in which nine pages are used for autograph drafts of blues poems titled "Blues," "Good Morning Blues," "Midnight Express," and "The Early Blues." Numerous autograph and typescript drafts are laid in the notebook, including drafts for "Gambling Blues," "Love is like Water," and "Goodbye Blues."
Spiral notebook of drafts, 1978
Ten pages of autograph drafts and notes for poems, including "Blues" and "Memories of the Depression #3."
"Childhood", 1972-1978
Numerous dated autograph and typescript drafts. One autograph draft removed to oversize.
"First Death", 1973-1975
Autograph and typescript drafts, as well as three sets of page proofs for The Ohio Review publication of the poem.
"Sonnet: A Devil", 1948 Sum
Typescript draft.