Collection Development -- Literary Collection

Papers of over 100 American and English writers associated with the Black Mountain, Beat, and New York Schools of poetry comprise the bulk of the literary collections and include the extensive personal papers of innovative poet, literary theorist, and essayist Charles Olson. Records of a number of small literary presses, as well as strong holdings of first editions, broadsides, fine and private press editions, and literary magazines, complement the manuscript collections and document the networks of editors and contributors of which the writers were a part.

The Dodd Research Center collects:

Papers of Black Mountain writers for whom we have significant holdings including Charles Olson, Robert Creeley, Fielding Dawson, Edward Dorn, Lou Harrison, Joel Oppenheimer, and Michael Rumaker, and papers of writers associated with the Black Mountain Review including Larry Eigner, Michael McClure, and Gael Turnbull
Papers of the New York School writers including Bill Berkson, Donald Allen, Ted Berrigan, Alice Notley, Larry Fagin, Ed Sanders and Aram Saroyan
Papers of writers considered to be part of the Beat Movement including Stan Brakhage, Ann Charters, Gregory Corso, Diane DiPrima, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Harold Norse, Ed Sanders, Philip Whalen, and John Wieners, with a particular emphasis on expanding holdings of papers of and print materials by women writers
Personal archives of writers in emerging and experimental poetics in electronic literature and new media environments that draw from or demonstrate affinities with poetics of Black Mountain writers
Archives of small press publishers based in Connecticut and, selectively, in New England
Little magazines

For inquiries about the collection or possible donations please contact the curator, Melissa Watterworth or (860) 486-4508.

This page is maintained by M. Watterworth