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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

Fleda Brown papers

 Collection
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

Cid Corman letters to Richard Aaron

 Collection
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

Charles Henri Ford papers related to Om Krishna II

 Collection
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 letters to Gregory Corso

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0907
Abstract

Allen Ginsberg wrote these postcards and letters to Gregory Corso between 1982 and 1985.

Dates: 1982-1985

Allen Ginsberg poems and letters

 Collection
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

Robert Hawley letters to David Meltzer

 Collection
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

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

Ezra Pound postcard written to H. L. Pound

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0750
Abstract

Autograph note written by Ezra Pound to his father, H. L. Pound on a picture postcard of Venice, dated July 23, 1908.

Dates: 1908 July 23

Muriel Rukeyser letters to David Posner

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0833
Abstract

This small collection of letters and miscellaneous items from American poet Muriel Rukeyser to David Posner reflects their shared interests in poetry and spans the dates of 1942 to 1944.

Dates: 1942-1944

Michael von Uchtrup collection of Jonathan Williams correspondence and ephemera

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0752
Abstract American poet and publisher Jonathan Williams (1929-2008), often associated with the Beat poets and the Black Mountain School, is known as a founder of The Jargon Society, a publishing firm that popularized the poetry of the post-World War II American avant-garde. The Michael von Uchtrup collection of Jonathan Williams correspondence and ephemera details the relationship that developed between Williams and von Uchtrup in the 1990s and provides insight into Williams’s publishing career,...
Dates: 1969-2003

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

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Authors, American--20th century 2
Authors, American--20th century--Correspondence 2
Beat generation--Correspondence 2
Black Mountain school (Group of poets) 2
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English poetry--20th century 2
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Ginsberg, Allen, 1926-1997 4
Corso, Gregory 2
Creeley, Robert, 1926-2005 2
Ginsberg, Allen, 1926-1997--Correspondence 2
Williams, Jonathan, 1929-2008 2
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Wilson, Robert A. (Robert Alfred), 1922-2016 2
American University (Washington, D.C.) 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
Berlin, Lucia 1
Berrigan, Daniel 1
Bly, Robert 1
Bogan, Louise, 1897-1970 1
Borges, Jorge Luis, 1899-1986 1
Boyle, Kay, 1902-1992 1
Branaman, Robert R. 1
Brilliant, Alan--Correspondence 1
Cherry Valley Editions 1
Clark, Tom, 1941-2018 1
Corman, Cid 1
Corso, Gregory--Correspondence 1
Creator unidentified 1
Di Prima, Diane 1
Duerden, Richard 1
Duncan, Robert, 1919-1988 1
Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns), 1888-1965 1
Erdmann, Jack 1
Ford, Charles Henri 1
Ford, Charles Henri--Correspondence 1
Germain, Edward B.--Correspondence 1
Göteborgs universitet 1
Hawley, Robert, 1929- 1
Hawley, Robert, 1929- --Correspondence 1
Hollins College 1
Howe, Marie, 1950- 1
Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-1986 1
Jackson, Fleda Brown, 1944- 1
Jaffe, Rhoda, 1923-1967 1
Joans, Ted 1
Justice, Donald, 1925-2004 1
Kallman, Chester, 1921-1975 1
Kearney, Larry, 1943- 1
Kerouac, Jack, 1922-1969 1
Kevorkian, Karen 1
Kyger, Joanne 1
McCann, Richard 1
McCann, Richard--Archives 1
McClure, Michael 1
Meltzer, David 1
Meltzer, David--Correspondence 1
Moore, Marianne, 1887-1972 1
Morrison, Toni 1
New York School of poets and painters 1
Oates, Joyce Carol, 1938- 1
Orlovsky, Peter, 1933-2010 1
Oyez (Firm) 1
Plymell, Charles 1
Plymell, Charles--Correspondence 1
Plymell, Pamela 1
Plymell, Pamela--Correspondence 1
Posner, David Louis--Correspondence 1
Pound, Ezra, 1885-1972 1
Pound, Homer L. (Homer Loomis), 1858-1942 1
Reed, Ishmael, 1938- 1
Rukeyser, Muriel, 1913-1980 1
Rukeyser, Muriel, 1913-1980--Correspondence 1
Scalapino, Leslie 1
Selby, Hubert, Jr., 1928-2004 1
Snyder, Gary, 1930- 1
Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971 1
Tamang, Indra--Correspondence 1
Thorpe, John 1
University of Iowa 1
Virginia Commonwealth University 1
Waldman, Anne, 1945- 1
Walker, Jeanne Murray 1
Yaddo (Artists' colony) 1
von Uchtrup, Michael 1
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