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An elegy for honor : poem

 Collection
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 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

Gloria Frym publicity materials and typescripts

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Identifier: MSS 0099-F0956
Abstract

The Gloria Frym publicity materials and typescripts comprise seven poetry typescripts by award-winning American poet, lecturer, and writer Gloria Frym (1947-), as well as publicity material relating to her receipt of the San Francisco State University Poetry Center's 1982 Book Award for Back to Forth. These items were originally laid into American poet Tom Clark's (1941-) copy of Back to Forth, which was inscribed to him by Frym.

Dates: 1983 and undated

Amy Gerstler letter and postcards to Tom Clark

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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

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

A conversation with Alastair Johnston : typescript

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Identifier: MSS 0099-F0768
Abstract

A typescript (photocopy) of A Conversation with Alastair Johnston, an interview conducted by Robert Grenier, on February 12, 1987. The first page is inscribed and initialed by Grenier.

Dates: 1987 February 12

John Clellon Holmes letters to Richard Douglass

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Identifier: MSS 0099-F0902
Abstract

American poet John Clellon Holmes wrote these letters, filled with encouragement and critique, to a young poet named Richard Douglass, who identified with the Beats.

Dates: 1976-2011; Majority of material found within 1976-1977

Suona per te : poem

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Identifier: MSS 0099-F0769
Abstract

One typescript (computer) poem, Suona Per Te, written by Alexander Hutchison. The poem is initialed and the page bears an autograph note written by the author.

Dates: 2006

Dennis Jackson collection of letters

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Identifier: MSS 0099-F0982
Abstract

Four typed letters sent from various correspondents, including W. D. Snodgrass, to Dennis Jackson spanning from 1984 to 2001.

Dates: 1984 March 6-2001 January 14

Lucy R. Jackson letters to Elizabeth Shippen Green Elliott

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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

For Clarence Major : poem

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Identifier: MSS 0099-F0913
Abstract

American novelist and poet Gayl Jones wrote this poem, "For Clarence Major," after meeting Major at Connecticut College in 1970.

Dates: 1970, 2006

Donald Justice papers

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Identifier: MSS 0191
Abstract Scope and Content NoteThe Donald Justice papers span the dates 1936 to 1998, with the bulk of the collection dating between 1952 and 1996. Correspondence and drafts of poetry comprise the majority of the ten linear feet of manuscripts; however, drafts of other genre, such as reviews, stories, lectures, plays, and librettos complement the poetry. The papers are completed by photographs, clippings, programs, books, posters, transcripts, scrapbooks, calendars, broadsides, and...
Dates: 1936-1998; Majority of material found within 1952-1996

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

The Naomi Poems : autograph notebook

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Identifier: MSS 0099-F0770
Abstract

One spiral notebook containing 36 pages of handwritten poems written by Bill Knott and published as the The Naomi Poems, in 1968.

Dates: 1968

Raymond Ellsworth Larsson letter to William Carlos Williams

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Identifier: MSS 0099-F0961
Abstract

American Catholic poet Raymond Larsson (1901-) wrote to his friend, American poet and physician William Carlos Williams (1883-1963), seeking assistance in gaining release from Rockland State Hospital.

Dates: 1969

Meridel Le Sueur papers

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Identifier: MSS 0409
Abstract

The papers of the American writer of the political left Meridel Le Sueur consist of typescripts of Le Sueur’s poems and stories, sixty-three letters to her friend writer and journalist Doris Kirkpatrick (1902-1984), letters written to Le Sueur by others, photos and other images, news clippings and a periodical.

Dates: 1929-1942

Brad Leithauser letters and manuscript

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Identifier: MSS 0099-F0777
Abstract

Three letters (two typed and one handwritten) written by Brad Leithauser, one to Jeff Schaire and two to Celia B. McGee, as well as a typescript by Leithauser, titled In Praise of the Haunted spanning January 22, 1984, to August 26, 1985.

Dates: 1984 January 22-1985 August 26

Ron Loewinsohn letters to Basil King

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Identifier: MSS 0099-F0719
Abstract

Eighteen typed and signed letters from Ron Loewinsohn to Basil King concerning domestic affairs, school, writing, publishing, and financial worries, dated from 1964 to 1970.

Dates: 1964 September 10-1970 June 29

Harriet Monroe letters to Grant Hyde Code

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Identifier: MSS 0099-F0159
Abstract

Letters from American poet and Poetry editor Harriet Monroe (1860-1936) to American poet, editor, and teacher Grant Hyde Code (1896-1974), detailing a professional correspondence centering on his submissions to and support of Poetry.

Dates: 1925-1933, 1936

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

Mia Phoebus collection of Tennessee Williams papers

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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

Janine Pommy-Vega manuscripts

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Identifier: MSS 0456
Abstract

Autograph and typescript drafts, galleys, and correspondence related to the publication of three of American poet Janine Pommy-Vega’s books: Morning Passage (1976), Journal of a Hermit (both the original 1974 edition, and the reprinting with new material published as Journal of a Hermit & in 1979), and The Bard Owl (1980).

Dates: 1967-1980

David Posner poems and correspondence with John Ciardi

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Identifier: MSS 0099-F0884
Abstract

American poet David Posner (1921-1985) sent these four poems to American poet and critic John Ciardi (1916-1986), together with a handwritten letter added to the bottom of a previous letter from Ciardi.

Dates: 1950-1958

Helen Ann Raiber papers

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Identifier: MSS 0981
Abstract

Helen Ann Raiber (1926-1971) was a writer born and raised in Pennsylvania. Throughout her life, she wrote letters to writers and other artists whose work she admired. The Helen Ann Raiber papers consist of an album of letters she received from authors and artists, a journal with a story she wrote as a child, and a scrapbook containing her published poems and articles.

Dates: 1937-1970; Majority of material found within 1937-1943

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Dorn, Edward 3
Field, Edward, 1924- 3
Justice, Donald, 1925-2004 3
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Sandy, Stephen 3
Wieners, John, 1934-2002 3
Allen, Donald Merriam, 1912-2004 2
Berlin, Lucia 2
Bly, Robert 2
Bogan, Louise, 1897-1970 2
Bynner, Witter, 1881-1968 2
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Corso, Gregory 2
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Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-1986 2
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Moore, Marianne, 1887-1972 2
Olson, Charles, 1910-1970 2
Oppenheimer, Joel, 1930-1988 2
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Pound, Ezra, 1885-1972 2
Rutsala, Vern 2
Snodgrass, W. D. (William De Witt), 1926-2009--Correspondence 2
Snyder, Gary, 1930- 2
St. Mark's Church In-the-Bowery (New York, N.Y.). Poetry Project 2
Turco, Lewis 2
Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964 2
Waldman, Anne, 1945- 2
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Williams, Jonathan, 1929-2008 2
Williams, William Carlos, 1883-1963 2
Williams, William Carlos, 1883-1963--Correspondence 2
Windham, Donald 2
Adam, Helen, 1909-1993 1
Adams, Léonie, 1899-1988 1
Ai, 1947-2010 1
Aiken, Conrad, 1889-1973 1
Albee, Edward, 1928- 1
Algarín, Miguel 1
Andre, Michael 1
Angel Hair Books (New York, N.Y.) 1
Anvil Press Poetry (London, England) 1
Ashbery, John, 1927- 1
Auden, W. H. (Wystan Hugh), 1907-1973 1
Bai, Hong Ai 1
Baldwin, James, 1924-1987 1
Barkan, Stanley H. 1
Barker, Eric, 1905-1973 1
Bartelme, Elizabeth 1
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Beam, Jeffery, 1953- 1
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Beck, Heather McCloskey 1
Bell, Marvin, 1937- 1
Bergé, Carol, 1928-2006 1
Berkson, Bill 1
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Berry, Wendell, 1934- 1
Berryman, John, 1914-1972 1
Black Mountain College (Black Mountain, N.C.) 1
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Booth, Philip, 1925-2007 1
Borges, Jorge Luis, 1899-1986 1
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Boyle, Kay, 1902-1992--Correspondence 1
Brakhage, Stan 1
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Briarwood Writers' Alliance, Inc. 1
Brilliant, Alan--Correspondence 1
Broughton, James, 1913-1999 1
Bukowski, Charles 1
Bullins, Ed 1
Bumbershoot (Festival) (Seattle, Wash.) 1
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Burckhardt, Tom 1
Burke, Clifford 1
Burroughs, William S., 1914-1997 1
Capote, Truman, 1924-1984 1
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