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...

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This collection contains material related to the magazine Fire Exit (1967-1975), edited and published by William Corbett for four numbered issues and related broadsides, including correspondence and submissions from 1955-1992; production material for issues 1-4; and William Corbett's personal manuscripts, notebooks, and ephemera.

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....

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Contains handwritten tarot card reading sent to Susan Howe by Helen Adam.