Robert Kelly Collection
Scope and Content Note
The Robert Kelly Collection contains an extensive collection of Kelly’s autographed and typed manuscripts and notebooks (approximately 58,000 pages); over 4,000 letters to Kelly from such writers as Cid Corman, Robert Creeley, Robert Duncan, Ted Enslin, Clayton Eshleman, Charles Olson, Jonathan Williams, and Diane Wakoski; and copies of many of Kelly’s letters to others.
Dates
- 1949-1989
Creator
- Kelly, Robert, 1935- (Person)
Language of Materials
Collection material in English.
Terms of Access
The Robert Kelly Collection, 1949-1989, is open for research.
Copyright
Copyright of papers in the collection may be held by their authors, or the authors' heirs or assigns. Researchers must obtain the written permission of the holder(s) of copyright and the Poetry Collection before requesting photocopies and/or publishing quotations from materials in the collection. Once permission is obtained, most papers may be copied in accordance with the library's usual procedures unless otherwise specified.
Biographical Note
Robert Kelly (1935 – ) is a writer, editor, and teacher who has published over fifty books of poetry and fiction. Kelly edited the literary magazines Chelsea Review, Trobar, and Matter, and has served as a contributing editor for Caterpillar, Sulfur, Alcheringa, Conjunctions, and Poetry International. He is the Asher B. Edelman Professor of Literature and Co-director of the Writing Program in Fiction and Poetry at Bard College, where he has taught since 1961.
Extent
395.5 Linear Feet (463 containers and 2 map case folders)
Abstract
The Robert Kelly Collection contains an extensive collection of Kelly’s autographed and typed manuscripts and notebooks (approximately 58,000 pages); over 4,000 letters to Kelly from such writers as Cid Corman, Robert Creeley, Robert Duncan, Ted Enslin, Clayton Eshleman, Charles Olson, Jonathan Williams, and Diane Wakoski; and copies of many of Kelly’s letters to others.
Arrangement
This collection is arranged in nine series.
Acquisition Information
Purchased from Robert Kelly in two batches: 1982 and 1993.
Accruals and Additions
No further accruals are expected to this collection.
Processing Information
Collection processed by Poetry Collection staff.
Source
- The Poetry Collection (Repository, Organization)
- Title
- Finding aid for the Robert Kelly Collection, 1949-1989
- Status
- In Progress
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by James Maynard and revised by Marie Elia.
- Date
- 2008
- Description rules
- Finding Aid Prepared Using Local Best Practices
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Repository Details
Part of the The Poetry Collection Repository
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