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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

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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

Paul Engle letters and enclosures to Alex Williams

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Identifier: MSS 0099-F0943
Abstract

American poet Paul Engle (1908-1991) wrote to Canadian book collector Alex Williams regarding his published poems and frequently enclosed copies of his privately printed work.

Dates: 1947-1962

Edward Field letters to Ilse-Margret Vogel

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Identifier: MSS 0099-F0736
Abstract

The Edward Field letters to Ilse-Margret Vogel comprise seventeen items roughly spanning the dates between 1992 and 2000, documenting the literary friendship between American poet, novelist, and editor Field and German author and illustrator Vogel. Material includes correspondence with a variety of enclosures, including manuscripts, clippings, notes, and advertisements.

Dates: 1992-2000

Charles Henri Ford letters to Ted Joans

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Identifier: MSS 0292
Abstract

This small collection of letters from American poet and collagist Charles Henri Ford to fellow artist Ted Joans illuminate Ford's extensive world travels as well as his artistic and writing projects.

Dates: 1964-1987

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

Amy Gerstler letter and postcards to Tom Clark

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0955
Abstract

Amy Gerstler (1956-) is an American poet and writer who won the National Book Critics Circle Award for her volume of poetry, Bitter Angel in 1991. Gerstler sent two postcards and a letter to American poet Tom Clark (1941-) between 1982 and 1988 in which she provided news, sought his advice on professional matters, and asked after his family.

Dates: 1982-1988

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

Carl Rakosi letters to Tom Clark

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Identifier: MSS 0099-F0706
Abstract

Two autographed postcards, and a short typed note, written by Carl Rakosi to Tom Clark in 1984 regarding the release of the author's Collected Prose.

Dates: 1984 February 2-April 12

Muriel Rukeyser letters to David Posner

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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 Tarachow letters to Ray Freed

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Identifier: MSS 0099-F0774
Abstract

Over twenty letters written by Michael Tarachow to Ray Freed between 1976 and 1978. Some of the letters are written on the verso of broadside cards with printed poetry, mostly concerning Tarachow's solicited submission for Toward a Further Definition and his small press in New York City, Doctor Generosity Press, from 1969 to 1972.

Dates: 1976-1978

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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Clark, Tom, 1941- --Correspondence 2
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Creeley, Robert, 1926-2005 2
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Ginsberg, Allen, 1926-1997 2
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Williams, Jonathan, 1929-2008 2
Wilson, Robert A. (Robert Alfred), 1922-2016 2
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
Brilliant, Alan--Correspondence 1
Cherry Valley Editions 1
Corman, Cid 1
Creator unidentified 1
Di Prima, Diane 1
Doctor Generosity Press 1
Duerden, Richard 1
Duncan, Robert, 1919-1988 1
Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns), 1888-1965 1
Engle, Paul, 1908-1991 1
Engle, Paul, 1908-1991--Correspondence 1
Erdmann, Jack 1
Field, Edward, 1924- 1
Ford, Ruth, 1911-2009--Correspondence 1
Freed, Ray 1
Germain, Edward B.--Correspondence 1
Gerstler, Amy 1
Gerstler, Amy--Correspondence 1
Ginsberg, Allen, 1926-1997--Correspondence 1
Hanuman Books 1
Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-1986 1
Jackson, Fleda Brown, 1944- 1
Jaffe, Rhoda, 1923-1967 1
Joans, Ted--Correspondence 1
Justice, Donald, 1925-2004 1
Kallman, Chester, 1921-1975 1
Kearney, Larry, 1943- 1
Kyger, Joanne 1
McClure, Michael 1
Moore, Marianne, 1887-1972 1
Morrison, Toni 1
New York School of poets and painters 1
Oates, Joyce Carol, 1938- 1
Pentagram Press 1
Plymell, Charles 1
Plymell, Charles--Correspondence 1
Plymell, Pamela 1
Plymell, Pamela--Correspondence 1
Posner, David Louis--Correspondence 1
Rakosi, Carl, 1903-2004 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
Tarachow, Michael 1
Thorpe, John 1
Vogel, Ilse Margret 1
Waldman, Anne, 1945- 1
Walker, Jeanne Murray 1
Williams, Alex 1
Williams, Alex--Correspondence 1
von Uchtrup, Michael 1
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