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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

John Digby papers supplement

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0569s
Abstract British-born poet and collagist John Digby (born 1938) immigrated to the United States in 1978 and lives on Long Island with his wife Joan Digby, whose creative work is also represented in this collection. The John Digby papers supplement reflects Digby's prolific artistic and literary career, Joan Digby's creative and professional work, and their collaboration as editors and contributors to their imprint, The Feral Press, between 2002-2016. The Digbys published nearly 100 authors and...
Dates: circa 1860-2016

Edward Field papers

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Identifier: MSS 0363
Abstract

The Edward Field papers consist of twenty-one linear feet of the personal and literary papers which document the life and writing career of American writer and poet Edward Field (b. 1924) from 1943–1994.

Dates: 1943-1994

Larry Kearney papers

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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author’s typescript and manuscript drafts of poems, playscripts, prose, and autobiographical works, both published and unpublished.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

Mia Phoebus collection of Tennessee Williams papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0828
Abstract

Items collected or created by Mia Phoebus, all but one of which are related to Tennessee Williams.

Dates: 1940, 2007-2008

William G. Thompson Briarwood Writers' Alliance correspondence and publicity records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0671
Abstract

William G. Thompson as President of the Briarwood Writers' Alliance, Inc., represented more than 150 writers, poets, and performers by booking lectures and readings at educational institutions, literary gatherings, and community events.

Dates: 1964-2007

Louis Untermeyer papers

 Collection
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

Carl Van Vechten photograph portrait of Owen Dodson

 Collection
Identifier: GRA 0099-F0037
Abstract

Black-and-white photograph portrait of poet, novelist, playwright, and educator Owen Dodsen taken by photographer Carl Van Vechten in New York on June 18, 1942.

Dates: 1943 June 18

Lewis Warsh collection of twentieth-century poetry ephemera

 Collection
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 collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0481
Abstract

The Robert A. Wilson collection comprises 9 linear feet of material related to 36 prominent literary figures, previously in the private collection of Robert A. Wilson, the final owner of the Phoenix Book Shop, in New York City (1962-1988).

Dates: 1906-2011

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 - Marianne Moore collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0641
Abstract

The Robert A. Wilson - Marianne Moore collection comprises 1 linear foot of material spanning the dates between 1925 and 1997 and includes correspondence to and from American poet Marianne Moore, the majority of which was written to Phoenix Book Shop proprietor Robert A. Wilson; works by and about Moore; newspaper clippings, photographs, pamphlets, broadsheets, and invitations documenting aspects of Moore’s career and public appearances; audio recordings; and realia.

Dates: 1925-1997; Majority of material found within 1950-1977

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

 Collection
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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Wilson, Robert A. (Robert Alfred), 1922-2016 5
Creeley, Robert, 1926-2005 3
Di Prima, Diane 3
Ginsberg, Allen, 1926-1997 3
McClure, Michael 3
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Phoenix Book Shop 3
Berlin, Lucia 2
Berrigan, Daniel 2
Bly, Robert 2
Bogan, Louise, 1897-1970 2
Boyle, Kay, 1902-1992 2
Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-1986 2
Kyger, Joanne 2
Moore, Marianne, 1887-1972 2
Oppenheimer, Joel, 1930-1988 2
Sandy, Stephen 2
Snyder, Gary, 1930- 2
Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964 2
Waldman, Anne, 1945- 2
Whalen, Philip 2
Windham, Donald 2
Adam, Helen, 1909-1993 1
Aiken, Conrad, 1889-1973 1
Albee, Edward, 1928- 1
Andre, Michael 1
Angel Hair Books (New York, N.Y.) 1
Anvil Press Poetry (London, England) 1
Auden, W. H. (Wystan Hugh), 1907-1973 1
Bai, Hong Ai 1
Baldwin, James, 1924-1987 1
Baraka, Imamu Amiri, 1934-2014 1
Barkan, Stanley H. 1
Beam, Jeffery, 1953- 1
Beat Generation (Group of writers) 1
Beck, Heather McCloskey 1
Bergé, Carol, 1928-2006 1
Berkson, Bill 1
Berrigan, Ted 1
Berry, Wendell, 1934- 1
Berryman, John, 1914-1972 1
Booth, Philip, 1925-2007 1
Borges, Jorge Luis, 1899-1986 1
Bowles, Jane, 1917-1973 1
Bowles, Paul, 1910-1999 1
Brakhage, Stan 1
Briarwood Writers' Alliance, Inc. 1
Broughton, James, 1913-1999 1
Bumbershoot (Festival) (Seattle, Wash.) 1
Burke, Clifford 1
Burroughs, William S., 1914-1997 1
Capote, Truman, 1924-1984 1
Clark, Tom, 1941-2018 1
Congdon, Kirby 1
Corso, Gregory 1
Cranium Press 1
Creator unidentified 1
Dalachinsky, Steven 1
DePol, John, 1913-2004 1
Decossaux, Mary Lou 1
Derrick, Neil 1
Digby, Joan 1
Digby, John, 1938- 1
Dodson, Owen, 1914-1983 1
Dolis, John, 1945- 1
Dorn, Edward 1
Duerden, Richard 1
Duncan, Robert, 1919-1988 1
Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns), 1888-1965 1
Elkovsky, Ethel 1
Erdmann, Jack 1
Everson, William, 1912-1994 1
Feral Press 1
Field, Edward, 1924- 1
Gallup, Donald Clifford, 1913-2000 1
Gerber, Nancy, 1956- 1
Giannini, David 1
Goodnough, Robert, 1917-2010 1
Gordon, Joan, 1947- 1
Guyton, Daniel 1
Harter, Jim 1
Hermes Free Press 1
Jaffe, Rhoda, 1923-1967 1
Jarrell, Randall, 1914-1965 1
Jess, 1923-2004 1
Jhaverī, Dilīpa, 1943- 1
Joans, Ted 1
Joyce, James, 1882-1941 1
Justice, Donald, 1925-2004 1
Kallman, Chester, 1921-1975 1
Kearney, Larry, 1943- 1
Koch, Kenneth, 1925-2002 1
LaVigne, Robert, 1928-2014 1
Laughlin, James, 1914-1997 1
Leale, B. C. 1
Lehtpere, Ilmar 1
Levertov, Denise, 1923-1997 1
Levin, Dan, 1914-2015 1
London, Rick 1
Lucie-Smith, Edward 1
Magowan, Robin 1
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