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Overview of the Collection

Biography

Scope and Content

Arrangement

Restrictions

Index Terms

Related Material

Administrative Information

Bibliography

Detailed Description

Series I: Correspondence, n.d., 1949-1973

Series II: Manuscripts, n.d., 1951-1970

Series III: Clippings and Ephemera n.d., 1977

Series IV: Photographs and AV Materials n.d., 1966

Vincent Ferrini Papers

Biography

Vincent Ferrini was born 24 June 1913 in Saugus, Massachusetts, the son of Italian immigrants. He received his formal education in local schools and continued his learning through a self-initiated program of study. Ferrini's first book of poems, No Smoke (1941), was written while he was employed by General Electric at the Lynn (MA) plant. Much of his poetry focuses on social issues relating to his factory experiences with GE and other large companies. In the early 1950s he edited a small magazine entitled Four Winds.

Mr. Ferrini was married first to Margaret Duffy and then to artist Mary Shore. He is the father of a son and two daughters (one deceased). Presently residing in Gloucester, MA, he continues his literary activities. He also operates his own framemaking business.

For many years, Ferrini was a close friend of the poet Charles Olson (1910-1970), and has numerous acquaintances in literary circles.

Vincent Ferrini died on 24 December 2007 at the age of 94.

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Scope and Content

The collection includes correspondence, manuscripts, notes, newspaper clippings, photographs and literary ephemera (posters, broadsides, and pamphlets).

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Arrangement

Series I: Correspondence (1949-1973) includes correspondence to and from Vincent Ferrini and numerous friends and literary figures including Robin Blaser, Stan Brakhage, Cid Corman, Robert Creeley, Larry Eigner, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Gerard Malanga, Charles Olson, and Kenneth Rexroth.

Series II: Manuscripts (n.d., 1951-1970) contains Ferrini manuscripts as well as those of others.

Series III: Clippings and Ephemera (n.d., 1977) include items that do not fall within Series I and II. Some materials can be identified and have been foldered individually.

Series IV: Photographs and AV Materials (n.d., 1966) include items that do not fall within Series I and II. The collection includes two unidentified photographs and three audio tapes.

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Restrictions

Restrictions on Access

There are no access restrictions on this collection.

Restrictions on Use

Permission to publish from these Papers must be obtained in writing from both the University of Connecticut Libraries and the owner(s) of the copyright.

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Related Material

Archives & Special Collections has a substantial collection of literary materials, especially materials associated with Black Mountain College and the Beat Generation. For detailed information on these collections please contact the curator or ask at the reference desk.

The following materials have been separated from the collection and cataloged:

Creeley, Robert. Words. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1967. Inscribed “for Vincent in the pleasure of his place—with love, Bob Gloucester, Mass. July 27, 1967”Dodd Call No. B 5488

Ferrini, Vincent. Hermit of the Clouds. The Autobiography of Vincent Ferrini. [Japanese edition] Dodd Call No. A 4457b

Dorn, Edward. What I see in the Maximus Poems. N.P.: A Migrant Pamphlet, 1960. Inscribed “for Vincent first to see how the wind lieth O” Dodd Call No. WPS 3448

Olson, Charles. A Bibliography on America for Ed Dorn. San Francisco: City Lights Books, 1964. Inscribed “Vincent Ferrini `Given' + how to my other `Carp?'—with my own hands—today with this Indice written at the same time: Blessings on me, Little Lamb What a Lion I am today! D.V. [see p. 10-11, Vince] Wednesday January 20th 1966” Dodd Call No. WPS 3450

Olson, Charles. Charles Olson Reading at Berkeley. Transcribed by Zoe Brown. San Francisco: City Lights Books, 1966. Inscribed “I hope legitmame (sic)! Especially for you Charles” Dodd Call No.

Olson, Charles. The Distances/Poems. New York: Grove Press, Inc., 1960. Inscribed “For Vincent with love from Charles” Dodd Call No. C 5402

Olson, Charles. O'Ryan 2 4 6 8 10. N.P., n.d. Inscribed “for Vince: `My stars! Why, bless my necktie!' Love, O Gloucester Jan 31 59” Dodd Call No. WPS 3449

Olson, Charles. Y ☀ X Drawings by Corrado Cagli, Poems by Charles Olson. Black Sun Press, 1948. Inscribed “The House of...(for) Vincent Ferrini Charles Olson January 20th 1966...3rd—+ firing factor of the Coordinates Y ☀ X is the K” Dodd Call No. D 1493

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Index Terms

This record series is indexed under the following controlled access subject terms.

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

[Item description, #:#], Vincent Ferrini Papers. Archives & Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center, University of Connecticut Libraries.

Acquisition Information

The collection was purchased from Mr. Ferrini by the University in August 1972.

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Bibliography

About the Author:

An incomplete bibliography of Ferrini's work can be found in folder 255 as part of his correspondence with Brown University.

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Detailed Description