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Box.Folder	Description

Series I. Works, 1962-1998, undated

1.1		Notebook, 1962
1.2-5, 2.1	Poetry and prose drafts (juvenilia), 1962-1964
2.2		"A Nice Day for No Parade," draft, circa 1965
2.3-5		THE LOST PILOT, drafts, paste-ups, printer's copy, dust
				jacket, and correspondence, 1966-1967
3.1		"Fear and the Weather," drafts, 1966-1968, undated
3.2-3		NOTES OF WOE: POEMS, drafts, 1968, undated
3.4-5, 4.1	THE TORCHES, drafts and first edition, 1968
4.2-3		Poetry drafts, 1965-1969
4.4-5		Notebooks, circa 1967-1969
5.1-2		ROW WITH YOUR HAIR, drafts, 1969, undated
5.3		SHEPHERDS OF THE MIST, drafts, 1969, undated
5.4		Prose drafts, 1963-1970
5.5		THE LOST PILOT and THE OBLIVION HA HA, drafts, 1966-
				1970, undated
5.6-8		THE OBLIVION HA HA, drafts, printer's copy, and page
				proofs, 1969-1970
5.9-10		ARE YOU READY MARY BAKER EDDY (with Bill Knott),
				drafts, 1970
6.1		Collaborations with Robert Grenier, poetry fragments,
				1971, undated
6.2-3*		ABSENCES, drafts, galley proofs and page proofs, 1970-
				1972 (* galleys removed to galley folder)
6.4		Notebook, 1972
6.5		Swedish journal and correspondence, 1972-1973
6.6		Prose drafts, 1963-1974
6.7		Trinidad and Tobago journal, 1974
6.8		Notebook, 1974
6.9		HOTTENTOT OSSUARY, drafts and first edition, 1974, undated
7.1		Introduction for Keith Achepohl exhibit catalog, The
			F	ine Arts Museums of San Francisco, 1975
7.2		"The Inroad of Thrips," drafts, 1975, undated
7.3		"Raked Ashes, Lost Rivers," drafts, 1975, undated
7.4-7		VIPER JAZZ, drafts, proofs, 1974-1976
7.8		BREATHING (with Susan Hurley), sheet music, 1976
7.9		"The Route as Briefed," THE NORTH AMERICAN REVIEW,
				Spring 1976, drafts, offprints, 1976
8.1		"Automatic Writing," prose and poetry drafts, 1976-1977
8.2-5		RIVEN DOGGERIES, drafts, 1976-1977, undated
9.1-6, 10.1-2	Spain journals, 1976-1977
10.3-7		LUCKY DARRYL: A NOVEL (with Bill Knott), drafts, and
				review, 1977, undated
11.1		Notebooks, 1975-1978, undated
11.2		"From a Diary, 1978-1979," notes and drafts, 1978-1979
11.3		"The Abominable Thugs of India," drafts and notes,
				1979, undated
11.4		Journal notes, 1972-1980, undated
11.5		Notebook, circa 1980
11.6-7		"Scrap Pile (of Lost Chances)," drafts and notes, 1978-
				1981
11.8		"The Ague of Your Housing Project," drafts, 1970-1982,
				undated
11.9		"An American Poet in Sweden," SCANDINAVIAN REVIEW,
				Vol. 70, No. 4, notes, drafts, and page proofs,
				1982
12.1-7		CONSTANT DEFENDER, drafts, page proofs, and
				correspondence, 1983, undated
12.8-10, 13.1	Memoirs / Autobiographical, notes and drafts, 1966-
				1984
13.2-4		"Wonder of the Age," drafts and bound mimeo copy,
				1978-1984, undated
13.5		Rejected poems / drafts, notes and drafts, 1979-1984
13.6		"The Papyrus of Nu," drafts, 1981-1984, undated
13.7		Prose and notes, 1982-1984, undated
13.8		Poetry drafts, 1984, undated
13.9		JUST SHADES, notes, drafts, page proofs, and
				correspondence, 1985, undated
14.1		RECKONER, printer's copy and page proofs, 1986
14.2		Rejected poems, drafts, 1981-1987
14.3		"In My Own Backyard," drafts and correspondence,
				1990, undated
14.4-8		DISTANCE FROM LOVED ONES, drafts and printer's copy,
				1990, undated
14.9		Poetry drafts, 1986-1991, undated
14.10		Prose drafts, 1990-1991, undated
15.1-6, 16.1-3	"The Invisible Twins," drafts and correspondence, 	1985-
				1992, undated
16.4-6		SELECTED POEMS, drafts and page proofs, 1992, undated
17.1		Notes, 1984-1994, undated
17.2		Poetry drafts, 1990-1994
17.3-8, 18.1-3	WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF FLETCHERS, drafts and page
				proofs, 1987-1994
18.4		Notes, 1992-1995, undated
18.5		Poetry drafts, 1968-1997
18.6-7		WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF FLETCHERS and SHROUD OF THE
				GNOME, drafts, 1992-1997
18.8, 19.1-2	SHROUD OF THE GNOME, drafts, page proofs, jacket copy
				and correspondence, 1997, undated
19.3		THE BEST AMERICAN POETRY, 1997, introduction drafts and
				correspondence, 1997
19.4		THE ROUTE AS BRIEFED, 1994-1998, undated
19.5-9		Poetry drafts, undated
19.10-11		Poetry and prose drafts, undated

Series II. Correspondence, circa 1944-1998, undated (bulk 1962-1998)

Subseries A. Incoming

20.1-5		Family, circa 1944-1997, undated
		General
20.6-7			A, 1962-1996, undated
21.1-2			B, 1966-1997
21.3			Banks, Russell, 1971-1991
21.4			Barnes, Harper, 1972-1973
21.5			Bell, Marvin, 1969-1980, undated
21.6			Benedikt, Michael, 1970-1985
21.7			Berger, Don, 1980-1995, undated
21.8			Berland, Dinah, 1989
22.1			Billiter, Bill, 1989
22.2			Bond, Harold, 1967-1979
22.3			Boruch, Marianne, 1979-1989
22.4			Bosselar, Laure-Anne
22.5			Breidenbach, Tom
22.6			Brockwell, Ben
22.7-8			Browne, Michael
22.9			Bullins, Amanda, 1969-1972
22.10, 23.1		C, 1966-1994
23.2			Campbell, Virginia, 1981-1985, undated
23.3			Chamberlain, Karen, 1990
23.4			Corbett, William, 1972-1994, undated
23.5-6			D, 1966-1996, undated
23.7			Deane, Seamus, 1970-1973
23.8			DeFrees, Madeline, 1976-1990
23.9, 24.1-2		DeGruson, Gene, 1967-1983
23.3			DeVeer, Leslie, 1989
24.4			E, 1967-1997
24.5			Edson, Russell, 1976-1995
24.6			F, 1967-1995, undated
24.7			G, 1967-1994
25.1			Galassi, Jonathan, 1970-1993
25.2			Gerber, Dan, 1969-1971
25.3			Graham, Jorie, 1988-1993
25.4-5			H, 1967-1997, undated
25.6			Hannigan, Paul, 1971-1975
25.7			Haviaras, Stratis, 1971-1979, undated
25.8			Hitchcock, George, 1968-1982
25.9			Holland, Andrea, 1989-1996
26.1			Howe, Fanny, 1967-1997
26.2			I, 1966-1992
26.3			J, 1966-1997
26.4			Junkins, Donald, 1970-1981
26.5			K, 1966-1996
26.6			Karapanou, Margarita, 1973-1976
26.7			Klappert, Peter, 1971
27.1			Knott, Bill, 1969-1992
27.2			Kutchins, Laurie, 1985-1992
27.3			L, 1967-1996, undated
27.4			Langland, Joseph, 1970-1991
27.5			Lee, Al, 1969-1972
27.6			Leslie, Alfred, 1972-1977
27.7-8			Love, John, 1974-1978
28.1-2			Lux, Thomas, 1971-1985
28.3-4			M, 1959-1996
28.5			Malanga, Gerard, 1971-1977
29.5			Matthews, William, 1970-1992
29.1			McCord, Howard, 1972-1973
29.2			McHugh, Heather, 1973-1989, undated
29.3			McNally, Stephen, 1989-1995
29.4			McShane, Frank, 1969-1982
29.5			Mellor, Douglas, 1964-1969, undated
29.6			Milliken, Don, 1966-1968, undated
29.7			Mintier, John, 1965-1974, undated
29.8			Moritz, Albert, 1973-1975, undated
29.9			N, 1966-1996
29.10			Newman, Charles, 1968-1974
30.1			Norris, Kathleen, 1970-1972, undated
30.2			O, 1967-1992
30.3			Orlen, Steve, 1977-1981
30.4			Orr, Gregory, 1970-1991
30.5			P-Q, 1967-1996
30.6			Piersol, Virginia, 1967-1989
30.7			R, 1967-1996, undated
31.1			Randall, Jim, 1966-1979
31.2			Ryan, Michael, 1972
31.3-4			S, 1966-1998, undated
31.5-7			Simic, Charles, 1971-1990, undated
32.1			Skillings, Roger, 1971-1981
32.2			Skinner, Knute, 1969-1970
32.3			Smith, Dave, 1981-1982
32.4			T, 1965-1991, undated
32.5			Tenebruso, Ray, 1970-1986
32.6			U-V, 1967-1990
32.7, 33.1		W, 1963-1994, undated
33.2			Wagner, John, 1990-1997
33.3			Waldman, Anne, 1972
33.4			Weigl, Bruce, 1973-1982
33.5			Weinfeld, Henry, 1969
33.6			Welch, James, 1973-1996
33.7			Wheeler, Ray, 1963-1978, undated
33.8			Wier, Dara, 1983-1995, undated
34.1			Will, Frederic, 1972-1994
34.2			Williams, Charlie, 1971-1974
34.3			Wolf, Leslie, 1974-1982, undated
34.4			Wright, Charles, 1970-1979, undated
34.5			X-Z, 1966-1986, undated
34.6			Zimmer, Paul, 1982-1986
		Literary Business
			Awards
35.1-4				Pulitzer, 1992
35.6-7				Tanning, 1995
36.1-2			Financial and legal, 1968-1995
36.3-4, 37.1-4, 38.1	General, 1969-1997, undated
			Publishers and editors
38.2-4				General, 1966-1998, undated
39.1-3				THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY Press, 1966-1983
39.4				Black Sparrow Press, 1969-1970
39.5				Ecco Press, 1971-1996, undated
39.6				Ferguson Press, 1970-1982
39.7				Follett Publishing, 1967-1968
40.1				H. W. Wilson, 1975-1976
40.2				Harper and Row, 1966-1968
40.3				Release Press, 1972-1978
40.4				Unicorn Press, 1967-1984
40.5				University of Massachusetts Press, 1974-1982
40.6-7				Wesleyan University Press, 1971-1993
40.8-9				Yale University Press, 1966-1981
41.1			Recommendations, 1968-1995, undated
41.2-4, 42.1-4, 43.1	Requests, 1966-1996, undated
		Unidentified
43.2-3			General, 1963-1997, undated
43.4, 44.1-2		First names, 1980-1997, undated

Subseries B. Outgoing

44.3-8		1966-1977
45.1-8		1978-1997, undated

Series III. Subject Files, 1964-1997, undated

45.9		American World War II Orphan Network, 1992-1996
45.10		Artwork, undated
45.11		Biographical information, 1979-1995, undated
46.1-4		Brochures and pamphlets, 1964-1997, undated
		Clippings
46.5			General, 1978-1997, undated
47.1			Tate, 1972-1996, undated
47.2		Curriculum vitae, 1984
47.3		FIRST PRINTING OF AMERICAN AUTHORS, offprints, undated
47.4		High school reunions, 1981-1991
47.5-7, 48.1	Interviews, 1967-1991, undated
48.2*		Memorabilia, 1974-1994, undated (* oversize removed
				to oversize folder)
48.3		Missouri trip, 1991
48.4		Name and address lists, undated
48.5		National Book Awards, 1994
48.6		Orange, Massachusetts high school address, 1972
48.7		Photographs, undated
48.8-12, 49.1-5	Poetry festivals and workshops, 1975-1996
49.6-9		Poetry readings and bibliographies, 1967-1995
49.10		Pulitzer Prize, 1992
49.11		Reviews, 1981-1992, undated
49.12		University of Massachusetts, 1974-1996
50.1-2		Wesleyan New Poets Program, 1983-1988

Series IV. Works by Others, 1966-1965, undated

50.3		A, undated
50.4		Anderson, Douglas, undated
		Ashbery, John
50.5			AND THE STARS WERE SHINING, draft, undated
50.6			FLOW CHART, photocopy draft, undated
50.7			"Notes from the Air" (published as HOTEL
					LAUTREAMONT), drafts and correspondence,
					1991, undated
51.1			"Tuesday Evening," draft, 1994
51.2			Unidentified draft, notes and correspondence,
					1996, undated
51.3		B, 1968-1993, undated
51.4		Bamberger, Paul, 1985
51.5		Bender, Jason, undated
51.6		C, undated
51.7		Delany, Samuel, 1994
51.8		E-F, 1989, undated
51.9-11		Forch?, Carolyn, THE ANGEL OF HISTORY, drafts, 1987-1988
52.1		Gander, Forrest, circa 1993
52.2		Gipps, Marina, 1993
52.3		H, 1989-1994, undated
52.4		Hansen, Matthew, undated
52.5		Howe, Fanny, undated
52.6		K, 1995
52.7		Knott, Bill, circa 1966
52.8		Kurtzahn, Leslie, 1993
52.9		L, undated
52.10		Loring, Leila, undated
52.11		M-P, 1989-1992, undated
52.12		Paz, Ocatvio, signed offprint, undated
52.13		Q-S, 1991-1994, undated
52.14		Sandy, Stephen, undated
52.15		Shawn, Wallace, undated
52.16		Simic, Charles, undated
52.17		Stock, Norman, 1993
52.18		T-W, 1974, undated
52.19		Williams, Jim, undated
		Wolf, Leslie
52.20			"Gentle Will," drafts, undated
53.1-2			Correspondence, clippings, and draft fragments,
					1975-1984
53.3		Wright, Charles, undated
53.4		Yang, Lian, undated

Series V. Published Materials, 1966-1997

54		A REVIEW - THE AMERICAN POETRY REVIEW
55		THE AMERICAN POETRY REVIEW - ANTAEUS
56		ANTAEUS
57		ANTAEUS - THE ANTIOCH REVIEW
58		ARION'S DOLPHIN - BLACK WARRIOR REVIEW
59		BLACK WARRIOR REVIEW - BOSTON UNIVERSITY JOURNAL
60		BOULEVARD - CHICAGO REVIEW
61		CHICAGO REVIEW - CLOUD MARAUDER
62		CLOUD MARAUDER - CUTBANK
63		DENVER QUARTERLY - THE DRAGONFLY
64		DURAK - FIELD
65		FIRE EXIT - GRANITE
66		GRANITE - HARVARD REVIEW
67		HARVARD REVIEW - THE IOWA REVIEW
68		THE IOWA REVIEW
69		THE IOWA REVIEW - KAYAK
70		KAYAK - LILLABULERO
71		LILLABULERO - MARILYN
72		MARSHROOTS - MICHIGAN QUARTERLY REVIEW
73		MICROMEGAS - THE MISSOURI REVIEW
74		THE MISSOURI REVIEW - NEW HONOLULU REVIEW
75		THE NEW YORKER - OCCIDENT
76		THE OHIO REVIEW - PENUMBRA
77		POCKET PAL - POETRY
78		POETRY AUSTRALIA - PLOUGHSHARES
79		PLOUGHSHARES
80		PLOUGHSHARES - SCANDINAVIAN REVIEW
81		THE SEATTLE REVIEW - SOME
82		SOME - POST
83		PROPHECY - SUMAC
84		SUN & MOON - TENNESSEE POETRY JOURNAL
85		TO MAKE A POEM - TRIQUARTERLY
86		UNICORN JOURNAL - VORTEX


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