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American and English poetry readings fliers, posters, and cards

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0878
Abstract

This collection of American and English poetry readings fliers, posters, and cards comprises promotional ephemera documenting live poetry events in America and England. The collection contains posters, fliers, postcards, calendars, newsletters, programs and other printed and hand-drawn ephemera documenting the activities of poets, live performance venues, and literary networks largely associated with the California and New York experimental poetry scenes.

Dates: 1951-2011; Majority of material found within 1965-1998

Summer Brenner papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0617
Abstract

The Summer Brenner papers offers a comprehensive view of an American poet and novelist's life across four decades beginning in the 1960s. The collection includes extensive personal correspondence and journals, literary manuscripts and drafts documenting all stages of the writing and publishing process, and Brenner's work from magazine contributions, book publications, and community projects.

Dates: 1962-2005

Brian Coffey papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0382
Abstract

The Brian Coffey papers consist of personal and literary papers which document the life and career of the avant-garde Irish poet from 1917 to 1996.

Dates: 1917-1996

Rudi Holzapfel letters to Ellen Shannon-Mangan

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Identifier: MSS 0491
Abstract

Letters from Irish poet Rudi Holzapfel to the biographer of Clarence Mangan, Ellen Shannon-Mangan.

Dates: 1978-2000

Alan Kaufman papers

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Identifier: MSS 0599
Abstract The papers of Alan Kaufman--an American Jewish author, editor, performer, artist, and impresario--include drafts of his memoir Jew Boy, his novel Matches, editorial material related to volumes in his Outlaw Bible series, and the magazine Davka: Jewish Cultural Revolution. There are numerous notebooks with notes, observations, lists, and drafts of poetry and writing, as well as original...
Dates: circa 19th century, 1952-2007; Majority of material found within 1952-2007

Larry Kearney papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0808
Abstract Larry Kearney (born 1943) is an American poet and author who has published numerous poetry collections, prose, and nonfiction works. Kearney is associated with a circle of San Francisco poets and writers he befriended in the 1960s that included Jack Spicer, Robert Duncan, Joanne Kyger, and Richard Brautigan. The Larry Kearney papers comprise the author’s typescript and manuscript drafts of poems, playscripts, prose, and autobiographical works, both published and unpublished. The collection...
Dates: 1962-2012

Richard McCann papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0616
Abstract The Richard McCann papers document the personal life and professional career of this American author, poet, and educator. The collection includes McCann's early creative writing; teaching materials; reviews, essays, and critical writing; personal and professional correspondence; and extensive drafts of McCann's poetry and fiction. McCann's fiction has autobiographical roots, often drawn from family relationships and personal experiences, as illustrated in photographs and family memorabilia...
Dates: 1920s-2008; Majority of material found within 1978-2005

Louis Untermeyer papers

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Identifier: MSS 0111
Abstract

The Louis Untermeyer papers consist of five linear feet of manuscript material abandoned by Untermeyer when he sold his Adirondack home, Stony Water, around 1970. Dating from 1902 through 1972, with the bulk of the papers dating 1912–1935, the collection is composed of correspondence, proofs, lists, scrapbooks, notes, photographs, programs, announcements, lectures, anthologies, poems, reviews, essays, and a bookplate.

Dates: 1902-1972; Majority of material found within 1912-1935

Lewis Warsh collection of twentieth-century poetry ephemera

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Identifier: MSS 0701
Abstract

American poet Lewis Warsh (born 1944) compiled this collection of promotional ephemera primarily documenting what is known as the second generation of the New York School. The collection also includes material relating to Warsh's own readings and performances, writing, and publishing ventures.

Dates: 1962-2012

Robert A. Wilson John Wieners collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0555
Abstract The Robert A. Wilson John Wieners collection comprises one linear foot of materials, spanning the dates between 1958-1988, relating to the literary career of and publication of works by Boston-born poet John Wieners (1934-2002). The collection includes manuscripts, page and galley proofs, mock-ups of some of Wieners's shorter publications, postcards, correspondence to Robert Wilson from Wieners, sheet music, flyers for Wieners's New York readings, reviews of Wieners's work, and...
Dates: 1958-1988

Robert A. Wilson W. H. Auden collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0982
Abstract W. H. Auden (1907-1973) was an English and American poet, translator, librettist, playwright, and essayist. The Robert A. Wilson W. H. Auden collection comprises Wilson’s collected materials created by and related to W. H. Auden. The collection includes manuscript and typescript drafts, proofs, and published versions of Auden’s poetry, translations, prose, and dramatic works; programs and promotional ephemera for Auden’s readings and events as well as other performances related to the...
Dates: circa 1930-2007, undated; Majority of material found within 1950-2000

Zephyrus Image records

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Identifier: MSS 0880
Abstract Zephyrus Image, founded by Holbrook Teter and Michael Myers, was a small Northern California press operating from approximately 1969-1983, notable for its socially- and politically-subversive books and ephemera and its fine works on paper. The Zephyrus Image records document the activities of the California press and its proprietors and the planning and development of roughly 300 printed works of poetry and political and satirical books and ephemera. Zephyrus Image projects were created for...
Dates: 1960-2000; Majority of material found within circa 1969-1983

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Creeley, Robert, 1926-2005 3
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Ginsberg, Allen, 1926-1997 2
Kyger, Joanne 2
McClure, Michael 2
Snyder, Gary, 1930- 2
Waldman, Anne, 1945- 2
Advent Books (Firm) 1
Aiken, Conrad, 1889-1973 1
American University (Washington, D.C.) 1
Angel Hair Books (New York, N.Y.) 1
Apollinaire, Guillaume, 1880-1918 1
Auden, W. H. (Wystan Hugh), 1907-1973 1
Baldwin, James, 1924-1987 1
Baraka, Imamu Amiri, 1934-2014 1
Beat Generation (Group of writers) 1
Berkson, Bill 1
Berrigan, Daniel 1
Bogan, Louise, 1897-1970 1
Bonheur, Gaston 1
Borges, Jorge Luis, 1899-1986 1
Boyle, Kay, 1902-1992 1
Brakhage, Stan 1
Brenner, Summer 1
Brenner, Summer--Archives 1
Burke, Clifford 1
Burroughs, William S., 1914-1997 1
Chester, Laura 1
Chester, Laura--Correspondence 1
Clark, Tom, 1941-2018 1
Claudel, Paul, 1868-1955 1
Codrescu, Andrei, 1946- 1
Codrescu, Andrei, 1946- --Correspondence 1
Coffey, Brian, 1905-1995 1
Coffey, Brian, 1905-1995--Archives 1
Coffey, Denis J. 1
Cranium Press 1
Creator unidentified 1
Crumb, R. 1
Crumb, R.--Correspondence 1
Devlin, Denis, 1908-1959 1
Dorn, Edward 1
Duerden, Richard 1
Duncan, Robert, 1919-1988 1
Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns), 1888-1965 1
Embolador, Pinto Repentista 1
Erdmann, Jack 1
Ferlinghetti, Lawrence 1
Frym, Gloria 1
Frym, Gloria--Correspondence 1
Gifford, Barry, 1946- 1
Gifford, Barry, 1946- --Correspondence 1
Göteborgs universitet 1
Hayter, Stanley William, 1901-1988 1
Hermes Free Press 1
Hirschman, Jack, 1933- 1
Hollins College 1
Howe, Marie, 1950- 1
Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-1986 1
Jaffe, Rhoda, 1923-1967 1
Joans, Ted 1
Justice, Donald, 1925-2004 1
Kallman, Chester, 1921-1975 1
Kaufman, Alan 1
Kaufman, Alan. Jew Boy 1
Kaufman, Alan. Matches 1
Kaufman, Alan. The Outlaw Bible of American Essays 1
Kaufman, Alan. The Outlaw Bible of American Literature 1
Kaufman, Alan. The Outlaw Bible of American Poetry 1
Kearney, Larry, 1943- 1
Kevorkian, Karen 1
Kolm, Ron 1
Kominsky-Crumb, Aline, 1948- 1
Kominsky-Crumb, Aline, 1948- --Correspondence 1
Kupferberg, Tuli 1
London, Rick 1
Mallarmé, Stéphane, 1842-1898 1
Mamet, David 1
Mayer, Bernadette 1
McAlpine, Margaret Mary 1
McCann, Richard 1
McCann, Richard--Archives 1
Micheline, Jack, 1929-1998 1
Moore, Marianne, 1887-1972 1
Morrison, Toni 1
Myers, Michael, 1948-1982 1
Neruda, Pablo, 1904-1973 1
New York School of poets and painters 1
Oates, Joyce Carol, 1938- 1
Oppenheimer, Joel, 1930-1988 1
Phoenix Book Shop 1
Raworth, Tom 1
Reed, Ishmael, 1938- 1
Rodefer, Stephen 1
Rodefer, Stephen--Correspondence 1
Rosset, Barney 1
Rusk, Robert 1
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