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The Poetry Collection

 Organization

Dates

  • Usage: 2004-

Found in 688 Collections and/or Records:

30 page coronation VI B, undated

 File — Box 1: Series I [Barcode: 39072040892881], Folder: 6
Identifier: A
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This series consists of kari edwards’ writing at many stages and forms. Included are notebooks, largely focusing on Joan of Arc, manuscripts of published poems and longer works, notes, and collaborative projects.

The series contains both paper and born-digital materials. The born-digital materials are largely manuscripts accompanied by drafts, cover art, reviews, proofs, correspondence and other work related to hir published and unpublished writings.

Dates: undated

35mm slides, undated

 File — Box 2: Series II [Barcode: 39072040382560], Folder: 15
Identifier: II
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Series II consists of paper materials used and created by Prevallet while researching the life and work of Helen Adam. They include copies of Adam’s writing with notes by Prevallet, notebooks and individual pages with information and ideas, documents with Helen Adam’s family history, clippings, and transcriptions of interviews and Adam’s handwritten poetry.

Dates: undated

A day in the life of p. [reading copy], 2002

 File — Box 4: Series V; Series III [Barcode: 39072040892915], Folder: 4
Identifier: III
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This series includes academic records, official documentation of edwards’ name change, ephemera from readings and publications, photographs of friends, landscapes, and artwork, clippings of reviews and profiles, broadsides, personal copies of hir publications used for performances of hir work, chapbooks collected from an exchange program. The series also includes digital materials related to edwards’ career as a musician as well as family records.

Dates: 2002

A moment of your time, ladies and gentlemen, 1977

 File — Box 3: Series I [Barcode: 39072040892501], Folder: 17
Identifier: A
Scope and Contents From the Series: This series consists of Boone’s handwritten and typed manuscripts, including poems, talks, essays, stories and novels. He worked in a number of genres and included here with the published and unpublished works are notes and revisions, essays, reviews, and manifestos. The material in subseries B focuses on writings and research notes related to his dissertation on Frank O’Hara. Subseries C includes manuscripts of translations, different iterations and evolving titles for the works. Subseries...
Dates: 1977

A new gay society, undated

 File — Box 4: Series I [Barcode: 39072040892519], Folder: 6
Identifier: A
Scope and Contents From the Series: This series consists of Boone’s handwritten and typed manuscripts, including poems, talks, essays, stories and novels. He worked in a number of genres and included here with the published and unpublished works are notes and revisions, essays, reviews, and manifestos. The material in subseries B focuses on writings and research notes related to his dissertation on Frank O’Hara. Subseries C includes manuscripts of translations, different iterations and evolving titles for the works. Subseries...
Dates: undated

Abbett, Mel, 1968

 File — Box 3: Series III [Barcode: 39072040382578], Folder: 1
Identifier: III
Scope and Contents From the Series:

During her time researching the life and work of Helen Adam, Prevallet interviewed numerous people with personal and professional connections to Adam or the literary movements she was a part of. Series III contains written correspondence between Prevallet and these figures.

In some noted instances, the title of the folder corresponds to the subject of the correspondence or copies of correspondence between the person and Helen Adam.

Dates: 1968

Charles D. Abbott papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 13-2-1202
Abstract

Correspondence regarding administration of the University Libraries, the creation and maintenance of the Poetry Collection of Lockwood Library at the University of Buffalo; professional papers including his research and publications; personal records, including biographical material, social correspondence and clippings; records of the Fenton Lecture series, 1935-1941; and records of the Buffalo Film Society, 1935-1938.

Dates: 1919-1982; (bulk 1919-1961)

Abbott, Steve, undated

 File — Box 15: Series II [Barcode: 39072040892626], Folder: 1
Identifier: A
Scope and Contents From the Series: This series consists of letters, postcards, greeting cards, ephemera, photographs, and mail art sent to Boone between 1970 and 2014. Subseries A and B are largely related to correspondence with contemporaries and publishers, discussing topics such as writing, traveling, politics, AIDS and gay rights activism, as well as family correspondence related to updates about each other’s lives. Subseries C relates to Boone’s correspondence regarding submissions and his editing of a supplement to...
Dates: undated

Abbott, Steve, undated

 File — Box 26: Series IV [Barcode: 39072040892733], Folder: 1
Identifier: IV
Scope and Contents From the Series:

The series contains manuscripts and writings by Boone’s contemporaries in San Francisco and around the United States. In some instances, the manuscripts contain his notes.

Dates: undated

Academic papers, 1998 - 2003

 File — Box 3: Series I; Series II; Series III [Barcode: 39072040892907], Folder: 13
Identifier: III
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This series includes academic records, official documentation of edwards’ name change, ephemera from readings and publications, photographs of friends, landscapes, and artwork, clippings of reviews and profiles, broadsides, personal copies of hir publications used for performances of hir work, chapbooks collected from an exchange program. The series also includes digital materials related to edwards’ career as a musician as well as family records.

Dates: 1998 - 2003

Academic planners, 2001 - 2007

 File — Box 25: Series V [Barcode: 39072040384186], Folder: 1
Identifier: V
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Series V, Teaching, consists of items related to Williams’s career as an English professor at Xavier University and professional endeavors related to his teachings.

Dates: 2001 - 2007

Academic transcripts, dissertation proposals, 1978 - 1990

 File — Box 23: Series IV [Barcode: 39072040384178], Folder: 2
Identifier: IV
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Series IV consists of items from Williams’s time as a student at Wayne State University. Included here are reference letters written for Williams by others including Ed Hirsch, Colette Inez, Charles Baxter and others, course notes referencing specific works and authors he was studying throughout his education, as well as notes, ideas, proposals and drafts of his dissertation, The Poetics of Open and Closed Forms.

Dates: 1978 - 1990

Acker, Kathy, 1980

 File — Box 15: Series II [Barcode: 39072040892626], Folder: 2
Identifier: A
Scope and Contents From the Series: This series consists of letters, postcards, greeting cards, ephemera, photographs, and mail art sent to Boone between 1970 and 2014. Subseries A and B are largely related to correspondence with contemporaries and publishers, discussing topics such as writing, traveling, politics, AIDS and gay rights activism, as well as family correspondence related to updates about each other’s lives. Subseries C relates to Boone’s correspondence regarding submissions and his editing of a supplement to...
Dates: 1980

Helen Adam Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: PCMS-0079
Abstract Helen Adam (1909-1993) was a poet and visual artist of the San Francisco Renaissance. Born in Scotland, she garnered acclaim at a young age for her collection of poems titled The Elfin Peddlar. After attending Edinburgh University for two years Helen and her sister and frequent collaborator Pat Adam worked as journalists in London before moving to the United States with their mother in 1939. The family made their way to San Francisco, at the beginning of...
Dates: 1890-2009; Majority of material found within 1914-1987

Adam, Pat, undated

 File — Box 2: Series II [Barcode: 39072040382560], Folder: 12
Identifier: II
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Series II consists of paper materials used and created by Prevallet while researching the life and work of Helen Adam. They include copies of Adam’s writing with notes by Prevallet, notebooks and individual pages with information and ideas, documents with Helen Adam’s family history, clippings, and transcriptions of interviews and Adam’s handwritten poetry.

Dates: undated

Adam Too Lived in the Two Worlds Simultaneously by Wendy Kramer, undated

 Item — Box 4: Series IV [Barcode: 39072040382586], Item: 3
Identifier: A
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Series IV, consists of audiovisual materials that aided in Prevallet’s research or were created by Prevallet during the course of her research. Contained in this series are recordings of interviews Prevallet conducted as well as archival interviews with Adam's contemporaries, recordings of performances and readings of Helen Adam's work, and original works inspired by Helen Adam.

This series is subdivided into subseries based on format.

Dates: undated

Adams, Megan, 1992

 File — Box 15: Series II [Barcode: 39072040892626], Folder: 3
Identifier: A
Scope and Contents From the Series: This series consists of letters, postcards, greeting cards, ephemera, photographs, and mail art sent to Boone between 1970 and 2014. Subseries A and B are largely related to correspondence with contemporaries and publishers, discussing topics such as writing, traveling, politics, AIDS and gay rights activism, as well as family correspondence related to updates about each other’s lives. Subseries C relates to Boone’s correspondence regarding submissions and his editing of a supplement to...
Dates: 1992

Adam's Way, 1996 April 19

 Item — Box 4: Series IV [Barcode: 39072040382586], Item: 32
Identifier: C
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Series IV, consists of audiovisual materials that aided in Prevallet’s research or were created by Prevallet during the course of her research. Contained in this series are recordings of interviews Prevallet conducted as well as archival interviews with Adam's contemporaries, recordings of performances and readings of Helen Adam's work, and original works inspired by Helen Adam.

This series is subdivided into subseries based on format.

Dates: 1996 April 19

Address book, undated

 File — Box 24: Series V [Barcode: 39072040384194], Folder: 13
Identifier: V
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Series V, Teaching, consists of items related to Williams’s career as an English professor at Xavier University and professional endeavors related to his teachings.

Dates: undated

Address book, circa 1999

 File — Box 29: Series V [Barcode: 39072040892766], Folder: 2
Identifier: A
Scope and Contents From the Series: This series is comprised of materials created by James Holley, Boone’s partner from the early 1990s until his death in 2009. Included are personal papers, including address books, resumes, his birth certificate, and last will and testament. The manuscripts subseries shows the breadth of Holley’s work, including poems, a manuscript of a novel titled Little Preacher Man, and song lyrics. His correspondence makes up a small part of the series, the bulk of the...
Dates: circa 1999

Agate, undated

 File — Box 2: Series II [Barcode: 39072040382560], Folder: 8
Identifier: II
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Series II consists of paper materials used and created by Prevallet while researching the life and work of Helen Adam. They include copies of Adam’s writing with notes by Prevallet, notebooks and individual pages with information and ideas, documents with Helen Adam’s family history, clippings, and transcriptions of interviews and Adam’s handwritten poetry.

Dates: undated

Ahmed, Ehsan, 1993, 2013, 2013

 File — Box 15: Series II [Barcode: 39072040892626], Folder: 4
Identifier: A
Scope and Contents From the Series: This series consists of letters, postcards, greeting cards, ephemera, photographs, and mail art sent to Boone between 1970 and 2014. Subseries A and B are largely related to correspondence with contemporaries and publishers, discussing topics such as writing, traveling, politics, AIDS and gay rights activism, as well as family correspondence related to updates about each other’s lives. Subseries C relates to Boone’s correspondence regarding submissions and his editing of a supplement to...
Dates: 1993, 2013; 2013

Aitchison, Ceil, 1982 - 1993

 File — Box 10: Series III [Barcode: 39072038464487], Folder: 1
Identifier: III
Scope and Contents From the Series: This series consists of letters, postcards, greeting cards, and ephemera sent to Tyrone Williams between circa 1977-2020. The correspondence is both personal and professional, including letters from family, friends, contemporary poets and students. Included are correspondence relating to residencies, publications and publisher-sponsored events, as well as reading invitations and agreements at institutions within Cincinnati, OH and around the country, including the Djerassi Institute, The St....
Dates: 1982 - 1993

Alaimo, Kathy, 1992 - 1993

 File — Box 10: Series III [Barcode: 39072038464487], Folder: 2
Identifier: III
Scope and Contents From the Series: This series consists of letters, postcards, greeting cards, and ephemera sent to Tyrone Williams between circa 1977-2020. The correspondence is both personal and professional, including letters from family, friends, contemporary poets and students. Included are correspondence relating to residencies, publications and publisher-sponsored events, as well as reading invitations and agreements at institutions within Cincinnati, OH and around the country, including the Djerassi Institute, The St....
Dates: 1992 - 1993

Alan/Carmines, 1995 - 2007

 Item — Box 4: Series IV [Barcode: 39072040382586], Item: 27
Identifier: B
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Series IV, consists of audiovisual materials that aided in Prevallet’s research or were created by Prevallet during the course of her research. Contained in this series are recordings of interviews Prevallet conducted as well as archival interviews with Adam's contemporaries, recordings of performances and readings of Helen Adam's work, and original works inspired by Helen Adam.

This series is subdivided into subseries based on format.

Dates: 1995 - 2007

Alcheringa collection

 Collection
Identifier: PCMS-0002
Abstract The Alcheringa Collection spans the entire history of the magazine, including approximately 100 manuscript items representing a broad range of the poetry, articles, and reviews that were published; approximately 200 letters and 46 postcards from internationally known poets, anthropologists and folklorists including Michael Corr, Robert Creeley, Ted Enslin, Jerome Rothenberg, Gary Snyder, Nathaniel Tarn, and Dennis Tedlock; approximately 1,219 items of...
Dates: 1970-1980

Alire, Vince, circa 1992

 File — Box 15: Series II [Barcode: 39072040892626], Folder: 5
Identifier: A
Scope and Contents From the Series: This series consists of letters, postcards, greeting cards, ephemera, photographs, and mail art sent to Boone between 1970 and 2014. Subseries A and B are largely related to correspondence with contemporaries and publishers, discussing topics such as writing, traveling, politics, AIDS and gay rights activism, as well as family correspondence related to updates about each other’s lives. Subseries C relates to Boone’s correspondence regarding submissions and his editing of a supplement to...
Dates: circa 1992

Allegany Mountain Press collection

 Collection
Identifier: PCMS-0095

Allen, Donald, 1998

 File — Box 3: Series III [Barcode: 39072040382578], Folder: 2
Identifier: III
Scope and Contents From the Series:

During her time researching the life and work of Helen Adam, Prevallet interviewed numerous people with personal and professional connections to Adam or the literary movements she was a part of. Series III contains written correspondence between Prevallet and these figures.

In some noted instances, the title of the folder corresponds to the subject of the correspondence or copies of correspondence between the person and Helen Adam.

Dates: 1998

Alpha Beat Press Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: PCMS-0069
Abstract

This collection contains material from Alpha Beat, an independent press publishing Beat generation and Beat-inspired work. Included are manuscripts, advertisements, reviews, and production material for monographic and periodical publications.

Dates: 1985-2003