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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

W. H. Auden letters to Reed Whittemore

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0816
Abstract

Two letters written by W. H. Auden to Reed Whittemore.

Dates: 1970-1972

Daniel Berrigan correspondence and Hanoi poems

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0894
Abstract

Daniel Berrigan wrote these letters to Elizabeth Bartelme, his editor at Macmillan Company, to accompany enclosed poems, such as the Hanoi poems found in this collection, or to discuss his books which were in the works.

Dates: 1965-1969

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

Fleda Brown papers

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Identifier: MSS 0800
Abstract

Fleda Brown (born 1944) is an American poet, scholar, and educator, and was poet laureate for the state of Delaware from 2001-2007. The Fleda Brown papers, spanning circa 1950-2014 (bulk 1963-2014), comprise early works, poem drafts and notes, journals, correspondence, and materials related to Brown’s professional life as a poet and professor of English at the University of Delaware.

Dates: 1950-2014; Majority of material found within 1963-2014

Jim Carroll poems

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Identifier: MSS 0099-F0755
Abstract

Ten poems by New York poet and musician Jim Carroll.

Dates: 1969-1970

Collection of uncorrected poetry proofs

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0869
Abstract Originally compiled by bookseller Chloe's Books, this collection contains uncorrected proofs of poetry collections written by various authors between 1984 and 1998, arranged alphabetically by the last name of the author or editor. These advance proofs allowed authors to make corrections to the books before the final versions were printed and released. Publicity materials that were originally laid into the proofs, including newsletters, press releases, publishers’ letters to reviewers, and...
Dates: 1984-1998

Cid Corman letters to Richard Aaron

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Identifier: MSS 0099-F0692
Abstract

Six postcards and two typescript letters written by Cid Corman to Richard Aaron, dated between 2000 and 2001.

Dates: 2000 July 11-2001 December 11

At three : poem

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Identifier: MSS 0099-F0911
Abstract

American poet and novelist Stephen Dobyns submitted this poem, "At Three," for a class taught by Marvin Bell at the Iowa Writers' Workshop at the University of Iowa.

Dates: [1967]

Edward Dorn letters and poems

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Identifier: MSS 0099-F0823
Abstract

Three letters and four poems written by American poet Edward Dorn.

Dates: 1959-1968

Paul Laurence Dunbar letters to Reginald Wright Kauffman

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Identifier: MSS 0099-F0948
Abstract

In 1905, African American poet Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872-1906) responded to an inquiry from Reginald Kauffman (1877-1959), an associate editor of the Saturday Evening Post, who was soliciting Dunbar for poems or stories.

Dates: 1905

Larry Eigner letters and poems

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Identifier: MSS 0099-F0824
Abstract

One typed card, one typed letter, and fifteen typed poems written by American poet Larry Eigner.

Dates: 1960-1978; Majority of material found within 1973-1976

Brian C. Felder small press poetry archive

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Identifier: MSS 1030
Abstract Brian C. Felder (1945-2021) was an American poet who had over 400 poems published in small press literary journals, magazines, and anthologies between 1969 and 2021. From 1969 to 1971, he was co-editor of The Bummer, a Milwaukee-based literary magazine. The Brian C. Felder small press poetry archive contains issues of periodicals in which Felder's poems were published between 1969 and 2021, correspondence concerning his accepted submissions, logs and indices of his...
Dates: 1969-2021

An elegy for honor : poem

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Identifier: MSS 0099-F0878
Abstract

This one-page typescript of Hildegarde Flanner's poem, "An Elegy For Honor," is signed by the author.

Dates: [1973]

Charles Henri Ford papers related to Om Krishna II

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Identifier: MSS 0294
Abstract These letters from American poet Charles Henri Ford (and others) to publishers Charles and Pamela Plymell concern publication plans for Ford's Om Krishna II (Cherry Valley Editions, 1981). In addition to Ford's letters there are single letters from Beat poet Allen Ginsberg, Nepalese artist Indra Tamang, bookbinder Alan Brilliant, writer Ed Germain, and the Plymells. A draft typescript of Om Krishna II,...
Dates: 1966-1981; Majority of material found within 1979-1981

Allen Ginsberg poems and letters

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Identifier: MSS 0099-F0759
Abstract

Typescript poems, a published letter, a postcard written by Allen Ginsberg, and items related to the article "The Sound of Beat" published in the July 1959 issue of Playboy.

Dates: 1959-1966, 1984

Sir Joseph Gold literary manuscript collection

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Identifier: MSS 0658
Abstract

British attorney and author Sir Joseph Gold (1912-2000) was a collector of modern first editions of British and American writers and poets. The Sir Joseph Gold literary manuscript collection comprises correspondence, manuscripts, publishing files, and publications of mid-twentieth century British and American poets, publishers, and scholars.

Dates: 1904-1972; Majority of material found within 1949-1972

Robert Hawley letters to David Meltzer

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Identifier: MSS 0099-F0897
Abstract

These letters, written by American publisher Robert Hawley to poet and musician David Meltzer between 1964 and 1966, reflect their book and poetry interests, their friendship, and the business of Oyez Press.

Dates: 1964-1966

Lucy R. Jackson letters to Elizabeth Shippen Green Elliott

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0896
Abstract

These three letters, written by Philadelphia poet Lucy R. Jackson to American illustrator Elizabeth Shippen Green Elliott, along with two of her poems, were originally laid in a copy of Jackson's book, Verses, which she inscribed to Elizabeth and Huger Elliott.

Dates: circa 1930

Alan Kaufman papers

 Collection
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

Raymond Ellsworth Larsson letters, poems, and manuscripts

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0867
Abstract

American Catholic poet Raymond Larsson's letters to his friend James Gallagher include handwritten copies and a galley proof of his poems.

Dates: 1940-1953; Majority of material found within 1940-1941

Walter Lowenfels letters to Allen De Loach

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0870
Abstract

In this collection of nineteen letters, American poet Walter Lowenfels wrote to his editor Allen De Loach, praising him for recent editorial work on Lowenfels's autobiography and discussing his writing and the work of other poets, particularly Walt Whitman and "poets of old age."

Dates: 1965-1970; Majority of material found within 1968-1970

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

Thomas Parkinson papers

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Identifier: MSS 0790
Abstract

The Thomas Parkinson papers consist of typescripts and manuscripts of poetry and prose by Parkinson, Parkinson's correspondence, periodicals and clippings related to Parkinson's work, and four original pen-and-ink drawings, probably created by Parkinson's wife, Ariel. The materials were created circa 1957-1972.

Dates: circa 1957-1972

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Dorn, Edward 2
Ferlinghetti, Lawrence 2
Hawley, Robert, 1929- 2
Justice, Donald, 1925-2004 2
Whittemore, Reed, 1919-2012 2
Williams, Jonathan, 1929-2008 2
Wilson, Robert A. (Robert Alfred), 1922-2016 2
Aiken, Conrad, 1889-1973 1
Algarín, Miguel 1
American University (Washington, D.C.) 1
Baldwin, James, 1924-1987 1
Bartelme, Elizabeth 1
Bartelme, Elizabeth--Correspondence 1
Beat Generation (Group of writers) 1
Bell, Marvin, 1937- 1
Berkson, Bill 1
Berlin, Lucia 1
Berrigan, Daniel--Correspondence 1
Bly, Robert 1
Bogan, Louise, 1897-1970 1
Borges, Jorge Luis, 1899-1986 1
Boyle, Kay, 1902-1992 1
Branaman, Robert R. 1
Brenner, Summer 1
Brenner, Summer--Archives 1
Brilliant, Alan--Correspondence 1
Carroll, Jim 1
Cassian, Nina 1
Cherry Valley Editions 1
Chester, Laura 1
Chester, Laura--Correspondence 1
Chloe's Books (Firm) 1
Clark, Tom, 1941-2018 1
Codrescu, Andrei, 1946- 1
Codrescu, Andrei, 1946- --Correspondence 1
Communist Party of the United States of America 1
Corman, Cid 1
Corso, Gregory 1
Creator unidentified 1
Crumb, R. 1
Crumb, R.--Correspondence 1
De Loach, Allen 1
De Loach, Allen--Correspondence 1
Di Prima, Diane 1
Digges, Deborah 1
Dobyns, Stephen, 1941- 1
Dorfman, Ariel 1
Duerden, Richard 1
Dunbar, Paul Laurence, 1872-1906 1
Dunbar, Paul Laurence, 1872-1906--Correspondence 1
Duncan, Robert, 1919-1988 1
Eigner, Larry, 1927-1996 1
Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns), 1888-1965 1
Elliott, Elizabeth Shippen Green 1
Elliott, Elizabeth Shippen Green--Correspondence 1
Erdmann, Jack 1
Felder, Brian C., 1945-2021 1
Flanner, Hildegarde, 1899-1987 1
Ford, Charles Henri 1
Ford, Charles Henri--Correspondence 1
Frym, Gloria 1
Frym, Gloria--Correspondence 1
Gallagher, James 1
Gallagher, James--Correspondence 1
Germain, Edward B.--Correspondence 1
Gifford, Barry, 1946- 1
Gifford, Barry, 1946- --Correspondence 1
Ginsberg, Allen, 1926-1997--Correspondence 1
Gioseffi, Daniela 1
Gioseffi, Daniela--Correspondence 1
Gitin, David 1
Gitin, Maria 1
Gold, Joseph, 1912- 1
Gregor, Arthur, 1923- 1
Göteborgs universitet 1
Hawley, Robert, 1929- --Correspondence 1
Hirschman, Jack, 1933- 1
Hollins College 1
Horovitz, Michael, 1935- 1
Howe, Marie, 1950- 1
Iowa Writers' Workshop 1
Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-1986 1
Jackson, Fleda Brown, 1944- 1
Jackson, Lucy R. 1
Jackson, Lucy R.--Correspondence 1
Jaffe, Rhoda, 1923-1967 1
Joans, Ted 1
Johns, Orrick, 1887-1946--Correspondence 1
Justice, Donald, 1925-2004--Correspondence 1
Kallman, Chester, 1921-1975 1
Kauffman, Reginald Wright, 1877-1959 1
Kauffman, Reginald Wright, 1877-1959--Correspondence 1
Kaufman, Alan 1
Kaufman, Alan. Jew Boy 1
Kaufman, Alan. Matches 1
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