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Poetry, Modern -- 20th century.

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 22 Collections and/or Records:

Additional Papers of John Rolph and the Scorpion Press, approximately 1958-1967

 Collection
Identifier: 2007-030
Scope and Contents

The Additional Papers of John Rolph and the Scorpion Press consist of correspondence, business documents, publication notices, financial records, etc relating to the Press.

Dates: approximately 1958-1967

Anselm Hollo papers, 1973-1975

 Collection
Identifier: 1993-005
Scope and Contents

Collection consists of photocopy typescripts of "Heavy Jars," (1975), a collection of poems inscribed to Ted Berrigan and Alice Notley and "Push of Joy," (1973), with cover sheet signed by Ted Berrigan and Alice Notley. Also included is a signed typescript draft translation from the German by Anselm and Josephine Clare Hollo of "Birthday," ([1974]) by Peter Altenberg, which is also inscribed to Ted Berrigan.

Dates: 1973 - 1975

Bibliographic catalog cards

 File
Identifier: 1988.012.1.52-57
Scope and Contents

Several sets of bibliographic catalog cards featuring authors, poets, articles and books on various literary figures and topics, one of which may be an inventory of Ellmann's private library.

Dates: 1837 - 1990

David Bearden archive, 1958-2012

 Collection
Identifier: 2016-003
Content Description

Letters, poetry, photographs, personal documents, by and about the poet David Bearden

Dates: 1958 - 2012-07-01

David Emery Gascoyne papers, 1954-1985

 Collection
Identifier: 1985-001
Scope and Contents The collection is comprised of correspondence between British author David Gascoyne and his friends and colleagues, and manuscript and typescript drafts of his writings. The correspondence has been arranged alphabetically by correspondent, followed by unidentified correspondence and four groups of letters arranged in the categories of "British painter friends," British poet contemporaries, "Literary friends and acquaintances," and "Requests for permission to quote" as organized by Gascoyne....
Dates: 1954 - 1985

D.H. Lawrence papers, 1913-1977

 Collection
Identifier: 1976-013
Scope and Contents Organized into 3 series:Series 1: Correspondence consists of the following: D.H. Lawrence: 17 handwritten letters, 3 handwritten postcards, and a typed letter, 1918-1930.Frieda Lawrence: 3 telegrams and 4 handwritten and carbon copy typeed letters to Willard Houghland, Mr. Mercer, Jake Zeitlin and others; a photostatic reproduction of an handwritten letter to "Auntie;" a handwritten letter from Alfred Stieglitz to Frieda Lawrence; and a telegram from Morris L. Ernst...
Dates: 1913 - 1977

Eliot Bliss diaries, 1959-1980

 Collection
Identifier: 1995-001
Scope and Contents

The Eliot Bliss diaries, housed in five legal-sized document boxes, consist of 19 volumes of daily diaries dating from January 1959 to December 1960, and January 1963 to August 1980. Additional notes, correspondence, poems, photographs, and sales receipts are laid into many of the diaries, all of which have been noted in the inventory. Please refer to "Notes on my Diaries", written by Bliss.

Dates: 1959 - 1980

Elizabeth Jennings manuscripts, 1973-1992

 Collection
Identifier: 1986-001
Scope and Contents The Elizabeth Jennings manuscripts consist of 39 notebooks and loose sheets of handwritten working drafts of approximately 2,225 poems, many with handwritten revisions, written between 1973 and 1992. The poems were said to be unpublished at the time of acquisition and cover a wide range of topics including artists, composers, and writers. They are arranged chronologically by the date provided by Elizabeth Jennings. They are also indexed alphabetically by title. This collection...
Dates: 1973 - 1992

Faye Beard (Wilhouite) scrapbooks, 1926-1999

 Collection
Identifier: 2006-014
Scope and Contents

Two scrapbooks, 3 books of handwritten poetry, and wedding photos, all dealing with the TU alumna and coloratura soprano, Faye Beard Wilhoite.

Dates: 1926 - 1999

Gregory Corso notebooks, 1960-1984

 Collection
Identifier: 1978-002
Scope and Contents This collection consists of eleven notebooks which contain handwritten rough drafts of poems and letters, drawings, calculations, autobiographical notes, and in some cases, addresses and appointments. Poem titles include "Love poems to Jocelyn", "O World, Who is God", "Recollections of the 1930s", "Sadism", "I saw an angel today", "Theory on new poetics", and "The historian of the ape". Most poems are untitled. Drawings include one of Allen Ginsberg and Basil Bunting reading...
Dates: 1960 - 1984; Majority of material found within 1975 - 1977