TABLE OF CONTENTS


Overview of the Collection

Biography

Scope and Content

Arrangement

Restrictions

Index Terms

Related Material

Administrative Information

Bibliography

Detailed Description

Series I: Correspondence, undated, 1947-1988

Series II: Poetry, undated, 1953-1987

Series III: Prose, undated, 1947-1988

Series IV: Notes and Ephemera, undated, 1925-1986

Series V: Unprocessed materials, undated, 1970-1987





Joel Oppenheimer Papers



Finding aid prepared by James W. Scannell.

Finding aid encoded by Betsy Pittman in November 2003.





Archives & Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Center
405 Babbidge Road, Unit 1205
Storrs, Connecticut 06269-1205



© 2003 University of Connecticut



Overview of the Collection
Repository: Archives & Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center.
Creator: Oppenheimer, Joel.
Title: Joel Oppenheimer Papers
Dates: 1925-1988.
Extent: 100 linear feet.
Record Series: MSS19900056
Language English.
Abstract: Born in Yonkers in 1930, Joel Oppenheimer was a student of Charles Olson's at Black Mountain College from 1950-1953. He published over a dozen books of poetry, a play, a book on baseball, and was a columnist for the Village Voice from 1968 to 1984. Oppenheimer was the first director of the St. Mark's Poetry Project in Greenwich Village (from 1966 to 1968) and was an active teacher of poetry throughout his life. He died of complications from cancer in 1988. The collection contains only a small amount of Oppenheimer's writing and correspondence prior to his time at Black Mountain College. The Black Mountain period itself is also represented somewhat poorly, although there are a few items of ephemera. The content of the collection becomes more comprehensive in the late 1950s and into the 1960s, with a substantial number of poetry manuscripts and a wider range of correspondence. While most of Oppenheimer's published poems are represented in the collection, it is often difficult to discern between first drafts and later copies.

Biography

Joel Oppenheimer was born in Yonkers, New York, in 1930 to Jewish parents. He failed out of Cornell University after one year (in 1948) and spent less than one semester at the University of Chicago. In February of 1950 he enrolled at Black Mountain College in North Carolina, where he became friends with Fielding Dawson and Ed Dorn and took classes with Paul Goodman and poet Charles Olson, while also working at the school's print shop. In his earliest poetry, Oppenheimer shows clearly the influence of William Carlos Williams, but he soon developed his own style. While at Black Mountain, Oppenheimer met and married his first wife, Rena Furlong ("Cissie"). He left the school in January of 1953 without taking a degree, eventually settling in New York and working in a print shop while continuing to write poetry.

The Dutiful Son was published by Jonathan Williams in 1956. The Love Bit and Other Poems came out on 1962. Oppenheimer's marriage fell apart by 1960, and his wife and two sons moved to New Mexico (Oppenheimer saw these two sons only rarely after this time). Oppenheimer had another son with activist Margaret Randall, although he was to see this son even less frequently (Margaret Randall spent years in Mexico and Cuba with her family). Oppenheimer enjoyed a period of sexual freedom in New York during the early 1960s, and attended parties given by LeRoi Jones. Oppenheimer wrote a successful play, The Great American Desert, in 1961. Publisher Jonathan Williams held on to a manuscript of poems from this period, entitled Just Friends/ Friends and Lovers from 1962 until its eventual publication in 1980. Oppenheimer married his second wife, Helen, in 1964, and eventually had two more sons. He left his job as a printer in 1966, when he became the director of the St. Mark's Poetry Project. This lasted until 1968, when Oppenheimer handed over the reins to Anne Waldman. Subsequently, Joel made ends meet by giving poetry readings, teaching classes at the City University of New York, and by writing a column for the Village Voice. Oppenheimer reached the height of his popularity as a poet in the late 1960s and early 1970s, publishing three books with Bobbs-Merrill Company, including In Time (1968), On Occasion (1973), and The Woman Poems in 1975. He also wrote a popular book about his love of baseball and the New York Mets in The Wrong Season (1972), as well as a book about Marilyn Monroe, Marilyn Lives! (1981).

In addition to his work as a poet and a journalist, Oppenheimer is interesting to consider in some other contexts. He was a well known figure in the New York scene of the late 1960s. He supplied the name for Max's Kansas City restaurant. He was a regular at a pub called The Lion's Head from the 1960s through much of the 1970s, even after he quit drinking cold turkey in 1971. Oppenheimer also lived for many years in the Westbeth artists's community in Manhattan. His correspondence also shows that he was something of a mentor to many of his own students.

Oppenheimer moved to New Hampshire in 1984. That same year he married his third wife, Theresa Maier (a former student). He worked at New England College and wrote a column for a local newspaper. Two new volumes of poetry, Why Not and New Spaces, both appeared in 1985. By this time Oppenheimer was battling lung cancer. By the spring of 1988, the cancer had spread to Oppenheimer's brain, and he was forced to give up both teaching and writing. He died at home in October of 1988.

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Scope and Content

The collection contains only a small amount of Oppenheimer's writing and correspondence prior to his time at Black Mountain College. The Black Mountain period itself is also represented somewhat poorly, although there are a few items of ephemera. The content of the collection becomes more comprehensive in the late 1950s and into the 1960s, with a substantial number of poetry manuscripts and a wider range of correspondence. Oppenheimer's mode of composition seems to have involved writing poetry by hand on small scraps of paper (or in notebooks) and then typing the poems with some revision. He typed multiple copies of his poems so that they could be sent out for publication. While most of Oppenheimer's published poems are represented in the collection, it is difficult to discern between first drafts and later copies.

From the 1970s and onward, the collection becomes quite comprehensive with regard to Oppenheimer's writing projects and the correspondence that he received. Much of this correspondence remains unprocessed, including birthday and Christmas cards, "junk mail," and other pieces for which the correspondent could not be fully identified. Noteworthy correspondents include Robert Creeley, Ed Dorn, Anne Waldman, Robert Bertholf, and George Butterick. Oppenheimer preserved carbon copies of his outgoing correspondence in some, but not all cases. The collection also contains carbon copies for much of the prose writing, including the Village Voice columns. He wrote dates on his work very infrequently, making the precise arrangement of this material difficult.

The balance of the collection comprises a sampling of Oppenheimer's notes and personal records, including materials related to trips taken for lectures and poetry readings, as well as a good deal of work submitted by Oppenheimer's students and other poetry submissions. There are some audiovisual records of Oppenheimer reading his work, and there are other pieces of ephemera, including copies of publications in which his work appears or in which he is mentioned or quoted.

A number of books, including Oppenheimer's personal copies of his own published works, have been removed from the collection and catalogued with the Monograph collection in Archives & Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Center. See "Separated Materials" for a list.

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Arrangement

Series I: Selected Correspondence (undated, 1947-1988) contains incoming correspondence, sorted alphabetically, with separate folders for major correspondents, outgoing correspondence, and a small collection of correspondence arranged by subject.

Series II: Poetry (undated, 1953-1987) provides an alphabetical listing of individual poetry manuscripts, along with several unidentified (untitled) poems and materials relating to the publication of Oppenheimer's poetry, including some correspondence with publishers.

Series III: Prose (undated, 1947-1988) focuses on Oppenheimer's prose and journalism, and contains three boxes of typescripts.

Series IV: Notes and Ephemera (undated, 1925-1986) comprises additional personal notes and ephemera.

Organization of the collection was limited to those materials expected to be of research interest. Approximately 50 boxes of additional correspondence, ephemera, and work by Oppenheimer's students remain unprocessed, although a box list for these materials is included at the end of this finding aid.

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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 manuscript materials. See especially, the Papers of Charles Olson, Fielding Dawson, Michael Rumaker, Robert Creeley, Ed Dorn, Bill Costley, Diane DiPrima, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Vincent Ferrini, Robert Kelly, Ed Sanders, Aram Saroyan, Philip Whalen.

For detailed information on these collections please view online guide, contact the curator or ask at the reference desk.

A partial list of books by the author in the Dodd Monograph collection presumed to be from the Joel Oppenheimer Papers:

2 from At Fifty Dodd WPS 2061

Acts Dodd WPS 992

At Fifty Dodd B 6174

The Dancer Dodd WPS 1063

Del quien lo tomó : a suite Dodd WPS 1705

The Dutiful Son Dodd WPS 3180

Four Poems to Spring Dodd WPS 831

Generations Dodd WPS 2308

The Ghost Lover Dodd WPS 1922

The Great American Desert Dodd WPS 1727

Houses Dodd WPS 1654

In Time Dodd B 2496

Just friends/friends and lovers Dodd C 4930

The love bit, and other poems Dodd WPS 3084

Marilyn Lives! Dodd C 4928

Names and Local Habitations Dodd C 5008

Names, Dates, and Places Dodd C 7

New Spaces Dodd C 3787

Notes toward the definition of David Dodd WPS 2018

On Occasion Dodd B 4984

Pan's Eyes Dodd WPS 744

Poetry, The Ecology of the Soul Dodd B 3758

The Progression Begins Dodd WPS 1729

Sirventes on a sad occurrence Dodd WPS 300

The Uses of Adversity Dodd WPS 2383

Why Not Dodd C 3789

The Woman Poems Dodd B 2936

The Wrong Season Dodd B 2689

Multimedia materials identified in Series IV have been removed from the collection and housed separately. Please contact the curator to determine accessibility.

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Index Terms

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

Persons:

Butterick, George F.
Creeley, Robert, 1926-.
Dorn, Edward.
Olson, Charles, 1910-1970.
Waldman, Anne, 1945-.

Subjects:

American literature--20th century.
American literature--New York (State)--New York.
American newspapers--New York (State)--New York.
American poetry--20th century.
Authors and publishers--United States.
Black Mountain (N.C.)--Cultural affairs--Literature.
Black Mountain (N.C.)--Education--Universities and colleges.
Black Mountain College (Black Mountain, N.C.)--Students.
City University of New York. City College--Faculty--Personal and professional papers.
Henniker (N.H.).
New England College--Faculty--Personal and professional papers.
New Hampshire--Cultiral affairs--Literature.
New Hampshire--Education--Universities and colleges.
New York (N.Y.)--Cultural affairs--Literature.
New York (N.Y.)--Education--Universities and colleges.
New York (N.Y.)--Newspapers, periodicals, and journalism.
New York (State)--Cultural affairs--Literature.
New York (State)--Education--Universities and colleges.
Newspapers--Sections, columns, etc.
North Carolina--Cultural affairs--Literature.
North Carolina--Education--Universities and colleges.
Oral interpretation of poetry.
Poet as teachers.
Poetry--Editing.
Poetry--Study and teaching--United States.
Rochester (N.Y.)--Education--Universities and colleges.
Rochester Institute of Technology--Faculty--Personal and professional papers.
St. Mark's Church In-the-Bowery (New York, N.Y.). Poetry Project.
Teachers & Writers Collaborative.
Universities and colleges--United States.
Village voice (New York, N.Y.: Newspaper).

Document Types:

Audio visual materials.
Books.
Correspondence.
Financial Records.
Fliers. [printed matter]
Galley proofs.
Interviews.
Manuscripts.
Newspapers.
Notebooks.
Notes.
Photocopies.
Photographs.
Poems.
Publications.
Typescripts.

Occupations:

Poets, American.

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

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

Acquisition Information

Circa 1977, the University of Connecticut Libraries' purchased approximately 8 linear feet of manuscripts and correspondence from Mr. Oppenheimer. The remainder of the collection was purchased after Oppenheimer's death in 1988.

Processing Information

Organization of the collection was limited to those materials expected to be of immediate research interest. Approximately 50 boxes of additional correspondence, ephemera, and work by Oppenheimer's students remain unprocessed, although a box list for these materials is included at the end of this finding aid.

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Bibliography

Gilmore, Lyman. Don't Touch the Poet: The Life and Times of Joel Oppenheimer, New Jersey: Talisman House, 1998.

For a more complete listing of Oppenheimer's early writings and periodical publications, see:

Butterick, George. Joel Oppenheimer: A Checklist of His Writings, Storrs, Ct.: University of Connecticut Library, 1975.

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Detailed Description

Series I: Correspondence, undated, 1947-1988
Subseries A: Incoming Correspondence, undated, 1953-1988
1:1 "Ab" to "Am", undated
1:2 "An" to "Ay", undated
1:3 Abrams, Sam, 1968-1981
1:4 Abrams, Sam, 1982-1988
1:5 Abrams, Sam--Poetry (TSS), 1982
1:6 Abrams, Sam--Poetry (TSS), 1985
1:7 Alexander, Charles, 1984-1985
1:8 Allen, Donald, 1958-1966
1:9 Allgood, Steve, 1977-1979
1:10 Aman, Reinhold (Maledicta), 1977, 1984
1:11 Amussen, Robert (Bobbs-Merrill), 1969-1970
1:12 Anthony, William, 1982-1986
1:13 "Ba" to "Be", undated
1:14 "Be" to "Bo", undated
1:15 "Br" to "By", undated
1:16 Bailey, Dan, 1980
1:17 Bakken, Dick, 1976
1:18 Balmer, Steve, 1979-1983
1:19 Banks, Russell, 1969, 1982-1983
1:20 Barnhouse, Dorothy, 1979-1983
1:21 Bayes, Ronald, 1980-1986
1:22 Berge, Carol, 1971-1986
1:23 Bertholf, Robert, 1974-1988
1:24 Blackburn, Paul, 1953-1969
1:25 Bowering, George, 1969-1978
1:26 Brill, Kastle, ca. 1979-1981
1:27 Brody, Saul (City College), 1981
1:28 Brown, Gordon, 1971-1973
1:29 Buck, Fred, 1967-1977
2:30 Budbill, David, 1980-1985
2:31 Butterick, George, 1975-1986
2:32 "Ca" to "Cl", undated
2:33 "Co" to "Cu", undated
2:34 Caimi, Ann, 1978-1982
2:35 Carlson, Douglas, 1979-1983
2:36 Carroll, Paul, 1967
2:37 Carruth, Hayden, 1975-1987
2:38 Cerrato, Celia, 1974-1980
2:39 Chodor, Kathleen, 1973-1975
2:40 Clancy Brothers - Clancy, Tom, 1969
2:41 Codrescu, Andrei, 1982-1986
2:42 Cohen, Murray, ca. 1975-1977
2:43 Cohn, Frederick, 1977-1980
2:44 Collins, Rabia (friend of Nick Oppenheimer with whom JO had an affair), 1981-1987
2:45 Connellan, Leo, 1973-1975
2:46 Contogenis, Constantine ("Gus"), 1975-1986
2:47 Coolidge, Clark, ca. 1964-1965
2:48 Costley, Bill (1 pc.), 1980
2:49 Creed, Lisa, 1978-1984
2:50 Creeley, Robert, 1953-1984
2:51 Cuomo, Mario (1 pc.), 1980
2:52 "D", undated
2:53 Davies, Jordan, 1983-1986
2:54 Dawson, Fielding (1 pc.), 1962
2:55 Degener, Claire (Sterling Lord Agency) (includes correspondence from Karen Schnitzler and Barbara Lowenstein), 1966-1969
2:56 DeLoach, Allen, 1968-1983
2:57 Derricotte, Toi, 1974-1983
2:58 DiPrima, Diane, ca. 1968-1985
2:59 Donzella, D. W., 1973-1980
2:60 Donzella, Niccolo, 1980-1981
2:61 Doreski, Carole (worked on a JO bibliography), 1986-1987
2:62 Dorfman, Elsa, ca. 1962-1978
2:63 Dorn, Edward, 1961-1983
2:64 DuPlessis, Rachel Blau, 1984-1987
3:65 "E", undated
3:66 Elber, Mark, 1982
3:67 Elman, Richard, 1975-1980
3:68 Eshleman, Clayton, 1967-1969
3:69 "F", undated
3:70 Farragher, Shaun, 1973-1981
3:71 Ferlinghetti, Lawrence (1 pc.), 1982
3:72 Ferrini, Vincent (1 pc.), 1970
3:73 Finstein, Max (2 poems - i.d. not confirmed), pre-1970
3:74 Fox, Siv Cedering, 1977-1984
3:75 French, David (New England College), 1982-1986
3:76 Furlong, Rena ("Cissie") (JO's first wife), 1967-1979
3:77 "Ga" to "Gl", undated
3:78 "Go" to "Gw", undated
3:79 Gaffney, John (includes poetry TSS), 1980-1985
3:80 Gatenby, Greg, ca. 1978
3:81 Gilmore, Lyman (1 pc.) (JO's biographer), 1982
3:82 Giordano, Julia, 1976-1983
3:83 Glotzer, David (Mulch), 1973-1977
3:84 Goldman, Wendy, 1980-1982
3:85 Goldthwait, Sheldon, 1978-1984
3:86 Gottlieb, Richard, 1974-1975
3:87 Greenwald, Roger, 1979-1987
3:88 Grossinger, Richard, 1971-1981
3:89 "Ha" to "Haz", undated
3:90 "He" to "Hi", undated
3:91 "Ho" to "Hy", undated
4:92 Habacker, James A., 1985-1987
4:93 Haberman, Daniel, 1974-1975
4:94 Hamady, Walter, 1967-1988
4:95 Hamalian, Leo, 1980-1983
4:96 Hamill, Pete, 1968-1969, 1985
4:97 Harris, Hal (Kalamazoo College), 1968
4:98 Harvey, Nancy, 1982
4:99 Henderson, Gil, 1969-1982
4:100 Herman, Bob, 1967-1975
4:101 Hightower, John B. (New York State Council on the Arts), 1967
4:102 Hitzig, Karen, 1971-1975
4:103 Hoffman, Stan, 1969-1970
4:104 Hollo, Anselm, 1961, 1967, 1988
4:105 Hunter, Phyllis, 1979-1981
4:106 "I", undated
4:107 "J", undated
4:108 Johnson, Jeanine, ca, 1972-1975
4:109 Johnson, Virginia, 1981-1983
4:110 Jones, F. Whitney, 1976-1982
4:111 Jones, LeRoi (Amiri Baraka), 1958-1984
4:112 Joyce, Michael, 1983-1986
4:113 "Ka" to "Kl", undated
4:114 "Kn" to "Ku", undated
4:115 Kachline, Clifford (SABR), 1982-1985
4:116 Kahn, Peter and Mary (212 Project), 1967-1987
4:117 Kaplan, Ed, 1980-1982
4:118 Kaplan, Ed, 1982-1983
4:119 Katz, David, 1975-1976
4:120 Keegan, Michael, ca. 1976
4:121 Kelly, Robert, 1966-1967
4:122 Kidd, Peter, 1984-1987
4:123 Kimmelman, Burt, 1985-1988
4:124 King, Martin Luther, Jr. (1 pc.), 1956
4:125 Koblin, Al, 1971-`985
4:126 Koch, Edward I., 1970-1974
4:127 Koch, Robert G., 1979-1980
4:128 Krim, Seymour, 1962-1975
4:129 Kronenberg, Claudia, 1985-1986
4:130 Krupa, Charles, ca. 1984-1987
4:131 Kunkle, Steven, 1979-1985
5:132 "La" to "Laz", undated
5:133 "Le" to "Lew", undated
5:134 "Li" to "Ly", undated
5:135 Lampe, Dave, 1983-1988
5:136 Larsen, Ernest, 1974-1983
5:137 Laughlin, James (New Directions), 1981
5:138 LaVilla-Havelin, Jim, 1979-1987
5:139 Lee, Rob, 1975-1983
5:140 Leslie, Alfred, 1959-1964
5:141 Levertov, Denise, 1967-1983
5:142 Levy, Judy, 1985
5:143 Lewis, Harry (Mulch), 1974
5:144 Longville, Tim, 1964-1973
5:145 Lorczak, David (and Marlene Polson-Lorczak), 1984-1987
5:146 Lowenfish, Lee, 1980-1986
5:147 "Ma" to "Mc", undated
5:148 "Me" to "Mi", undated
5:149 "Mo" to "My", undated
5:150 MacAdams, Lewis, 1964-1971
5:151 Mahoney, Jeanne-Noel, 1981-1983
5:152 Maier, Theresa (JO's third wife), ca. 1981-1984
5:153 Major, Clarence, 1959, 1968
5:154 Maloney, Dennis, 1977-1987
5:155 Mathieu, Bert, 1972-1977
5:156 McClure, Michael, ca. 1972, 1976
5:157 McRae, Jean, 1977-1981
5:158 Meade, Nancy Lee, 1982-1984
5:159 Mendez, Charlotte, 1977-1983
5:160 Moffett, Martha, 1975-1982
5:161 Montgomery, George, 1975-1976
5:162 Morris, James Ryan, 1967-1980
6:163 "N", undated
6:164 Negosanu, Petronela, 1976-1981
6:165 Nelson, Howard, 1976-1980
6:166 Nolan, Paul, 1973-1975
6:167 "O", undated
6:168 O'Brien, Michael, 1979-1982
6:169 Ostrander, Mary, 1979-1980
6:170 O'Connor, William P., 1974-1975
6:171 Olson, Charles, 1961-1968
6:172 Oppen, George (and Mary Oppen), 1975-1978
6:173 Oppenheimer, Bertram (JO's brother), 1975-1977
6:174 Oppenheimer, Daniel (JO's son), 1966-1980
6:175 Oppenheimer, Helen (Helen Bukberg) (JO's second wife), 1973-1977
6:176 Oppenheimer, Kate (JO's mother), 1972-1981
6:177 Oppenheimer, Lemuel (JO's son), 1986-1987
6:178 Oppenheimer, Leonard (JO's brother), ca. 1983
6:179 Oppenheimer, Martin (JO's nephew?), 1969, ca. 1975
6:180 Oppenheimer, Nathaniel (JO's son), 1980-1988
6:181 Oppenheimer, Nicholas (JO's son),
6:182 Oppenheimer, Sharifa (wife of Nicholas Oppenheimer), 1966-1980
6:183 "P", undated
6:184 Pachas, Emilio "Pop" (uncle of JO) (Includes clippings), 1967-1972
6:185 Padgett, Ron, 1974, 1978
6:186 Patterson, J. Hunter, 1977
6:187 Patterson, Tom, 1977-1985
6:188 Pentre, Barbara, 1976-1977
6:189 Perniciaro, Tony, 1973-1981
6:190 Phenix, Richard, 1985-1986
6:191 Pollet, Sylvester, 1979-1988
6:192 Press, Marcia, 1976-1978
6:193 Putnam, Jane, 1982-1986
6:194 "Q", undated
7:195 "Ra" to "Ri", undated
7:196 "Ro" to "Ry", undated
7:197 Rachlis, Eugene, 1973-1981
7:198 Randall, Gregory (JO's son by Margaret Randall), 1974-1985
7:199 Randall, Margaret, 1962-1987
7:200 Reed, Diana (woman with whom JO had an affair), 1961-1986
7:201 Reed, Ishmael, 1969
7:202 Rich, Adrienne (1 pc.), 1974
7:203 Richtmeyer, Shelley, 1976-1978
7:204 Rixon, Bob (includes Christine Dolonich), 1974-1977
7:205 Rixon, Bob, 1977-1984
7:206 Rosenthal, Macha, 1959
7:207 Ross, Sandra, 1979
7:208 Roth, Henry H., 1981
7:209 Rubenstein, Carol, 1971-1986
7:210 Rukeyser, Muriel, 1974
7:211 Rumaker, Michael, 1975-1981
7:212 Ryan, Lisa, 1979-1982
7:213 "Sa" to "Se", undated
7:214 "Sh" to "Si", undated
7:215 "Sk" to "St", undated
7:216 "St" to "Sy", undated
8:217 Sanders, Ed, 1970, 1976
8:218 Saroyan, Aram, 1977
8:219 Skeeter, Sharyn, 1976-1983
8:220 Sloman, Joel, 1967-1980
8:221 Smith, Craig, 1980-1986
8:222 Smith, C. Shaw, 1976-1982
8:223 Smith, Terry, 1976-1980
8:224 Smith, Terry, 1981-1987
8:225 Sorrentino, Gilbert, 1967-1969
8:226 Stark, Brad, 1971-1979
8:227 Stephens, Michael, 1971-1986
8:228 Stephenson, Shelby, 1980-1983
8:229 Swoboda, Ron, 1973-1982
8:230 Sylvester, Bill (includes transcript of interview with JO), 1984-1986
8:231 "T", undated
8:232 Talen, William, 1974
8:233 Thibodaux, David , 1981
8:234 Tinling, David, 1985-1987
8:235 Torregian, Sotere, ca. 1966
8:236 Tosh, Ellen, 1975-1983
8:237 Townley, Rod, 1973-1986
8:238 Trainer, Barbara (includes poetry TSS by Diane Levenberg), 1979
8:239 "U", undated
8:240 Ungar, Barbara, 1978-1988
8:241 "V", undated
8:242 Vas Dias, Robert, 1969-1982
8:243 Viereck, Peter, ca. 1967
8:244 "Wa" to "We", undated
8:245 "Wel" to "Wi", undated
8:246 "Wil" to "Wy", undated
9:247 Wakoski, Diane, 1971-1974
9:248 Waldman, Anne, 1967-1986
9:249 Wang, David Rafael, 1959
9:250 Wasserman, Seymour (JO's brother-in-law?), 1966-1974
9:251 Weinberger, Tony, 1972-1988
9:252 Whalen, Philip (photocopies - originals not present), 1971-1973
9:253 Whitney, John D., 1975-1977
9:254 Wilentz, Eli, 1968-1985
9:255 Williams, Galen, 1968-1981
9:256 Williams, Jonathan, 1954-1977
9:257 Williams, Jonathan, 1978-1988
9:258 Williams, William Carlos (1 pc.), 1956
9:259 Wrenn, Chip, 1975-1976
9:260 "X" to "Y" to "Z", undated
9:261 Ziegler, Alan, 1971-1975
9:262 Zukofsky, Louis (2 pcs.), 1961-1962
Subseries B: Outgoing Correspondence, undated
9:263 "A", undated
9:264 "B", undated
9:265 "C", undated
9:266 "D" to "E", undated
9:267 "F" to "G", undated
9:268 "H" to "I" to "J", undated
9:269 "K", undated
9:270 "L", undated
9:271 "M", undated
9:272 "N" to "O", undated
9:273 "P" to "Q", undated
9:274 "R", undated
9:275 "S", undated
9:276 "T" to "U", undated
9:277 "V" to "W", undated
9:278 "X" to "Y" to "Z", undated
9:279 Outgoing - not identified, 1970-1972
9:280 Additional printouts of outgoing correspondence, 1985-1988
Subseries C: Subject Correspondence, undated, 1947-1988
10:281 Solicitations from fraternities at MIT, 1947
10:282 College life prior to JO's arrival at Black Mountain, 1948-1950
10:283 Letters by Ed Dorn, Robert Creeley, and Gary Snyder for "Paterson Society", 1960-1961
10:284 Telegrams received at JO's second wedding (to Helen), 1966
10:285 Materials regarding abandoned newspaper project (project involved JO, Leonard Shecter, Pete Hamill), 1967
10:286 Memos and clippings related to Group 212 Summer Project, 1967
10:287 Various postcards and wedding announcements, 1967-1970
10:288 Correspondence and poetry submissions from aspiring poets (sent to St. Mark's Poetry Project?), ca. 1966-1968
10:289 Correspondence and administrative documents relating to St. Mark's Poetry Project, 1967-1968
10:290 Correspondence regarding film and drama projects (film version of Great American Desert and other abandoned projects), 1968-1970
10:291 New York State Council on the Arts, 1967-1970
10:292 Correspondence regarding readings and professional activity, 1966-1968
10:293 Correspondence and other material regarding poetry reading by JO in Saratoga, NY, 1968
10:294 Requests for Submissions, ca. 1967-1969
10:295 Announcements and Mailings, 1968-1970
10:296 Bobbs-Merrill Company - regarding publication of In Time and JO's work as poetry consultant, 1968-1969
10:297 Bobbs-Merrill Company - regarding JO's work as poetry reader, includes correspondence by JO, Eugene Rachlis, Connie Gia, Betty Kelly, and others, 1969-1974
10:298 City College of CUNY - materials regarding poetry course taught by JO, 1969
10:299 Correspondence regarding JO review of poetry TSS by Paul Pines (includes photocopy of TSS), 1976
10:300 Letters to JO as poetry editor of The Village Voice (most poetry enclosures have been removed), 1976
10:301 Submissions to the poetry editor of The Village Voice, 1976-1982
10:302 Correspondence responding to JO's use of capital letters in his The Village Voice columns, 1977
10:303 Correspondence and ephemera regarding William Saroyan tribute at which JO appeared, 1981
10:304 Notre Dame University Sophomore Literary Festival, 1983-1984
10:305 Correspondence, planning notes, and ephemera for "Poetry of Place" conference organized by JO at RIT in 1985; correspondenc by Bertholf, Budbill, Butterick, DiPrima, and others, 1984-1985
10:306 Correspondence - not identified, ca. 1960-1962
10:307 Correspondence - not identified, ca. 1962-1966
10:308 Correspondence - not identified, ca. 1967-1969
Series II: Poetry, undated, 1953-1987
Subseries A: Individual Poems, undated,
11:309 1 November 1975, 1975
11:310 11 July 1975, 1975
11:311 The 150th Anniversary of the Battle of New Orleans (In Time), ca. 1958-1962
11:312 17-18 April, 1961 (In Time), 1961
11:313 17 March 1963 in the Park (On Occasion), 1963
11:314 2 / 2 / 73, 1973
11:315 2 / 2 / 76 (Names, Dates, and Places) (includes variant TSS, 1976
11:316 2 / 14 / 77, 1977
11:317 21 March 1976, 1976
11:318 23 March (Names, Dates, and Places), ca. 1972-1976
11:319 26 November 1970 (On Occasion), 1970
11:320 3 / 19 / 72, 1972
11:321 3 / 20 / 72 (Names, Dates, and Places), 1972
11:322 3 April 1972, ca. 1972
11:323 3 Poems for the Annunciation (second page torn), ca. 1960
11:324 3rd of April (Just Friends/ Friends and Lovers), 1959-1962
11:325 5 November 1958 (multiple versions), 1958
11:326 6 / 24 / 73 for Pete, 1973
11:327 A (The Dutiful Son), 1953-1955
11:328 The Aces (Just Friends/ Friends and Lovers), 1959-1962
11:329 The Acolyte (The Dutiful Son), 1953-1955
11:330 An Acrostic for Dennis, 1974
11:331 The Act (On Occasion), ca. 1970
11:332 The Active Natives, ca. 1958-1966
11:333 Acts (New Spaces) (includes variant TSS and clipping), 1975
11:334 Adornment of Body Poem (Del Quien Lo Tomo), 1975
11:335 African Memories (In Time), 1962-1968
11:336 After a Poem (New Spaces), 1975-1983
11:337 After the War is Over (includes variant TSS titled "Review"), 19774-1976
11:338 Ah, These Ungenerous Lovers (On Occasion), 1958
11:339 Ahza, ca. 1962-1963
11:340 The Alba (In Time), 1962-1968
11:341 Alba: East Third Street (Just Friends/ Friends and Lovers), 1959-1962
11:342 The All-Star (On Occasion), ca. 1965-1970
11:343 An Alphabet, 1961
11:344 All the Spring Flowers (includes variant TSS), ca. 1962-1970
11:345 Almost a Blessing, ca. 1973-1977
11:346 The American School (On Occasion) (includes variant TSS), 1960-1970
11:347 America vs. Mr. Groundhog, ca. 1972-1976
11:348 Amerika, the Beautiful (On Occasion), 1970
11:349 Anarchists (Why Not), ca. 1983-1984
11:350 And Jesus, 1953
11:351 And if Rimbaud, ca. 1960-1970
11:352 And on the Seventh Day (On Occasion) (includes variant), 1969
11:353 Anniversary (The Love Bit), 1957
11:354 An Anniversary ("Minnie and Sam Bukberg 2 July 1967") (On Occasion), 1967
11:355 The Anniversary of One Death, the Date of Another, 7/22 (Names, Dates, and Places), ca. 1972-1978
11:356 Another Country (includes variant TSS, "The Brag"), ca. 1958-1962
11:357 Another Old Man Gone (On Occasion), ca. 1966-1971
11:358 The Answer (The Dutiful Son), 1955
11:359 The Answer Not Given (New Spaces) (includes variant TSS), 1975-1983
11:360 Anti-Semitism (On Occasion), ca. 1968-1970
11:361 The Anybody Blues (The Love Bit), 1957-1962
11:362 Apocrypha (The Love Bit), 1957-1962
11:363 Apologia Pro Sua Dylan (On Occasion), 1970
11:364 An Apology, ca. 1960-1966
11:365 The Apples (Just Friends/ Friends and Lovers), 1959-1962
11:366 An Approach to Le Bain (The Dutiful Son), 1955
11:367 April Fool (The Love Bit), 1957-1958
11:368 The Argument (includes variant TSS, "The Lesson"), ca. 1977-1979
11:369 Aromas (New Spaces), 1975-1983
11:370 Art, ca. 1980-1985
11:371 As This Rain Falls (On Occasion), 1965
11:372 As We Go Marching On (On Occasion), ca. 1971
11:373 At Eleven Fifteen (On Occasion), ca. 1965-1971
11:374 374 Autumn (New Hampshire Journal) (includes variant TSS), ca. 1976-1980
11:375 Autumn (Del Quien Lo Tomo), ca. 1982
11:376 Balling (In Time), 1962-1968
11:377 Balso's Blues (On Occasion) (includes variant TSS), 1960-1970
11:378 Batshebe Seen, ca. 1972-1976
11:379 Beach, ca. 1958-1966
11:380 Because All Asses Need Kissing, ca. 1972-1974
11:381 381 The Beer Hall Putsch (The Love Bit), 1957-1962
11:382 A Beginning (New Spaces), 1975-1983
11:383 Benediction (Collected Later Poems) (TSS not titled), ca. 1984-1988
11:384 Bertha Wasserman, 1974
11:385 Big Aye Poem (On Occasion), ca. 1958-1962
11:386 Billie's Blues (Why Not), 1983-1985
11:387 A Birth ("For Kristin") (On Occasion), 1969
11:388 A Birthday ("Bertha Wasserman") (On Occasion), 1969-1971
11:389 A Birthday ("Moses Sugden"), 1971-1980
11:390 A Birthday ("such/ truth"), 1971-1980
11:391 A Birthday ("The year is to grow on"), 1971-1980
11:392 Birthday, Birthday, Burning Bright, 1975
11:393 Birthday Presence, ca. 1960-1970
11:394 Birthdays (On Occasion), ca. 1966-1970
11:395 The Birthright (Names, Dates, and Places), ca. 1972-1978
11:396 Blonde Ladies' Sonnet (In Time), 1962-1968
11:397 Blood (The Love Bit), 1957-1962
11:398 Blue Funk (The Love Bit), 1957-1962
11:399 The Body Politic (On Occasion), ca. 1965-1970
11:400 Book Review (On Occasion), ca. 1966-1970
11:401 The Boys Whose Fathers (Just Friends/ Friends and Lovers) (includes variant MSS version), 1959-1962
11:402 The Breadwinner (The Love Bit), 1957-1962
11:403 Breast Poem (The Woman Poems) (includes variant TSS), ca, 1973-1975
11:404 The Bridge (Collected Later Poems), 1985
11:405 Bronxus (In Time), ca. 1958
11:406 Brother Poem (The Woman Poems) (variant TSS), ca. 1973-1975
11:407 The Brushes (In Time) (includes severe variant TSS), 1962-1968
11:408 Burning it Down, ca. 1973-1975
11:409 The Bye-Bye Happiness Swing (In Time), ca. 1962-1968
11:410 Cacti (New Spaces), 1975
11:411 The Camel in Cleo's Needle, ca. 1962-1968
11:412 Camille Older (New Spaces), 1975-1983
11:413 Cartography (The Love Bit), 1957-1962
11:414 Celebrating the Peace (Names, Dates, and Places), 1975
11:415 A Celebration (The Dutiful Son), 1953-1955
11:416 The Champion 2 / 25 / 64 (In Time) (includes variant TSS), 1964
11:417 A Change (On Occasion), 1960-1970
11:418 Changes (Why Not), ca. 1983-1985
11:419 Chaos (New Hampshire Journal) (copy only, not titled), ca. 1983
11:420 Charivari, ca. 1960-1966
11:421 The Charm (Why Not), ca. 1983-1984
11:422 The Chart (The Love Bit), 1957-1962
11:423 Charts, ca. 1972-1976
11:424 Child Poem (The Woman Poems) (TSS not titled), ca. 1973-1975
11:425 Cities This City (New Spaces), 1975-1983
11:426 Clams on the Half Shell (Just Friends/ Friends and Lovers), 1959
11:427 The Clash (In Time), 1962-1968
11:428 The Class, ca. 1972-1976
11:429 Clothes Poem (The Woman Poems) (variant TSS), 1973-1975
11:430 Columbus Day, ca. 1966-1970
11:431 Come on Baby (On Occasion), 1960-1970
11:432 Commentary (Names, Dates and Places) (includes variant TSS, "Notes Which Will Elucidate..."), ca. 1972-1978
11:433 Commercial, ca. 1983-1987
11:434 The Concrete Ass, ca. 1960-1964
11:435 The Cop-Out (In Time), 1962-1963
11:436 A Corny Poem (On Occasion), 1970
11:437 The Correspondents (Why Not), ca. 1983-1984
11:438 Country Alba (New Hampshire Journal) (original MSS), 1983-1984
11:439 The Couple (The Dutiful Son), 1953-1955
11:440 Credo (New Hampshire Journal), ca. 1982-1984
11:441 A Cricket Sonata, ca. 1960-1966
11:442 Cultural Oppression (Names, Dates, and Places), ca. 1972-1978
11:443 The Cushion Poem, ca. 1960-1970
11:444 Dab of Cornpone (In Time), 1962-1968
11:445 Daddy Warbucks, Punjab, Asp, ca. 1960-1970
11:446 Dance as Seen (On Occasion), 1960-1970
11:447 Dancer (re-typing of poem published in 1951), 1951, 1985
11:448 Dancers, ca. 1966-1970
11:449 David 2 / 4/ 36, ca. 1975?
11:450 Dear Miss Monroe (In Time), 1962-1968
11:451 Death and Knowledge, ca. 1980
11:452 Death Poem (The Woman Poems) (TSS not titled), ca. 1973-1975
11:453 Debt (Collected Later Poems) (includes variant), ca. 1985-1987
11:454 Definition Poem (The Woman Poems) (TSS not titled), ca. 1973-1975
11:455 Difficult Grace (Names, Dates, and Places) (w/ variant), 1974
11:456 Dirty Drawing (On Occasion), ca. 1966-1971
11:457 Dirty Picture Poem (The Woman Poems) (TSS not titled), ca. 1973-1975
11:458 Dirty Story, ca. 1961?
11:459 Discovery (New Hampshire Journal), ca. 1982-1984
11:460 Discovery Poem (The Woman Poems) (TSS not titled), ca. 1973-1975
11:461 Doing It (New Spaces), 1975-1983
11:462 Double Haiku, 1972-1976
11:463 The Dream (New Spaces), ca. 1979
11:464 Dream Mother Poem (The Woman Poems) (TSS not titled), ca. 1974
11:465 Dream Poem (The Woman Poems) (TSS not titled), ca. 1973-1975
11:466 Dreams of Glory (In Time), 1962-1968
11:467 Drunk Song (On Occasion), ca. 1965-1970
11:468 Dutch Interior : Sewing (Just Friends/ Friends and Lovers), 1959-1962
11:469 The Economy of Art (In Time), ca. 1962
11:470 Education : The Museum of Our Youth (In Time), 1962-1968
11:471 Elephant Blues (Collected Later Poems) (includes variant TSS and news clippings), 1986
11:472 E. P. 1885-1972 (Names, Dates, and Places), ca. 1972
11:473 Epithalamion, 1976
11:474 Ethics (includes TSS variant and MSS draft), ca. 1972-1976
11:475 Ethnological Art, ca. 1972-1978
11:476 "-etic" (Why Not), ca. 1983-1984
11:477 Eulogy, ca. 1960-1970
11:478 Eve, ca. 1957
11:479 Evening (New Hampshire Journal) (includes variant TSS and original MSS), ca. 1982-1984
11:480 Evening Star, 1953
11:481 Evensong, ca. 1960-1964
11:482 Even Though, ca. 1972-1976
11:483 Events (On Occasion), ca. 1966-1970
11:484 Everytime Wondering (The Woman Poems), ca. 1973-1975
11:485 The Excuses (In Time), 1962-1968
11:486 Eyes for You (The Love Bit), 1957-1962
11:487 A Fable (In Time), 1962-1968
11:488 The Fake Smile (In Time) (includes MSS version and TSS draft "The Lake Isle" w/ corrections), ca. 1962-1964
11:489 A Family's Passover Graces (Collected Later Poems) (includes variant TSS, "Pesach 1983"), 1983
11:490 Fantasy Poem (The Woman Poems) (variant TSS, not titled), ca. 1973-1975
11:491 Farmer that Found Horses, ca. 1973-1975
11:492 Father Poem (The Woman Poems) (includes multiple TSS variants), ca. 1973-1975
11:493 February (Collected Later Poems), ca. 1984
11:494 February 14, 1976, 1976
11:495 Fencer, ca. 1958-1964
11:496 Fighting it Out on This Line if it Takes All Summer (In Time), ca. 1967
11:497 Figure (Just Friends/ Friends and Lovers), 1959-1962
11:498 Fine Movement (includes variant TSS), ca. 1958-1962
11:499 Finishing Poem, 1960-1962
11:500 Fire in the Windowbox, ca. 1962-1964
11:501 First, ca. 1956-1960
11:502 First Law of Realism, ca. 1957-1962
11:503 First Poem for My Last Son (Names, Dates, and Places) (includes variant TSS), ca. 1972-1978
11:504 First Song at Saint Andrews (Names, Dates, and Places) (includes TSS with First, Second, and Third Songs), ca. 1972-1978
11:505 Five Act Play (Just Friends/ Friends and Lovers) (includes variant TSS, "Kind of a Five Act Play"), 1959-1962
11:506 Five Songs ("for the Clancy Boys to Fiddle With") (includes "Sad Song", "Man's Song", "Spring Song", "A Wedding Song", "Short Song"), c. 1968-1970
11:507 Flesh Poem (The Woman Poems), ca. 1973-1975
11:508 Flitch of Dunmow (Why Not), ca. 1983-1984
11:509 Flora (Just Friends/ Friends and Lovers) (includes variant TSS, "Floral Piece"), 1959-62
11:510 Flowering Avocado Tree (The Love Bit), 1957-1962
11:511 Flowers (Why Not), 1976
12:512 Footprints of Man-like Creatures Found (New Spaces) (includes news clipping of source story), 1975-1983
12:513 For a Birthday, 1958, 1958
12:514 For a Christening (On Occasion), 1969
12:515 For a Friend and His Wife, ca. 1958-1964
12:516 For a Goddaughter (On Occasion) (includes variant TSS), ca. 1965-1970
12:517 For a Lady, After Vidal (Just Friends/ Friends and Lovers), 1959-1962
12:518 For a Man ("leon seidel") (On Occasion), 1968
12:519 For a Minister (On Occasion), 1966
12:520 For an Anniversary ("lewis and helene herman"), 1980
12:521 For Andrew David Dillman, 1983
12:522 For Anne ("2 April 1967") (On Occasion), 1967
12:523 For Anne ("3 March 1967") (On Occasion), 1967
12:524 For a Painter Beyond Hazardville (Why Not) (includes variant TSS, "Alfred Beyond Hazardville"), ca. 1983-1985
12:525 For Archie, ca. 1973-1975
12:526 For Aunt Bert and Uncle Harry, 1974
12:527 For a Wedding ("16 October 1965") (On Occasion), 1968
12:528 For a Wedding ("25 April 1968 Jerry & Roz"), 1968
12:529 For a Wedding ("Victor and Roberta"), 1976
12:530 For a Wedding ("What it is we all..."), ca. 1957-1964
12:531 For a Young Poet in a Dry Season, ca. 1971-1972
12:532 For Basil Bunting (Collected Later Poems), 1985
12:533 For C. B. (On Occasion) (includes MSS), 1971
12:534 For Charles Reznikoff (Names, Dates, and Places), ca. 1976
12:535 For Cottie, 1975
12:536 For Danielle (New Spaces), 1975-1983
12:537 For Danny, undated
12:538 For David (On Occasion), ca. 1965-1970
12:539 For David and Jeanie (Collected Later Poems), 1985
12:540 For Dick Quinn, 51, and John Leo, 40, 1975
12:541 For DW's Wedding (includes MSS), ca. 1972-1976
12:542 For Fee and Barbara (draft of personal card?), 1962
12:543 For Forty (On Occasion), 1970
12:544 For George and Vickie, 1976
12:545 For Han Yu After Almost 1200 Years (New Spaces) (includes variant TSS), ca. 1975-1980
12:546 For Halley's Comet (Collected Later Poems), ca. 1986-1987
12:547 For Helen 2 / 2 / 72 (with color-by-numbers groundhog), 1972
12:548 For James Laughlin (Collected Later Poems), ca. 1975-1983?
12:549 For Jean, Her Birthday, 1974
12:550 For Jeff and Lisa (Collected Later Poems) (includes original MSS), 1987
12:551 For Joe, His Fortieth, ca. 1975-1977
12:552 For John and Lucy (On Occasion), 1970
12:553 For John and Rona (On Occasion), ca. 1972
12:554 For John Dobbs, 1972 (Collected Later Poems), ca. 1972
12:555 For Karen, ca. 1972-1976
12:556 For K B O, 1976
12:557 For Leo Hamalian, ca. 1983-1984
12:558 For Louis Zukofsky (New Spaces), ca. 1978
12:559 Formal Verse, Father of Seventy Three (The Love Bit), 1957-1962
12:560 For Matthew, Dead (On Occasion) (includes obituary), 1967
12:561 For Maurice, ca. 1973-1983
12:562 For Max (Collected Later Poems), ca. 1983-1984
12:563 For Michael and OK Hee, 1974
12:564 For My Father (On Occasion) (TSS has no title), ca. 1960-1970
12:565 For My Father, One Year Older (On Occasion), ca. 1963
12:566 For My Grandmother (On Occasion), 1954
12:567 For My Mother, 1975
12:568 For My Parents ("on their fortieth anniversary"), ca. 1961-1962
12:569 For My Wife's Grandfather, Dead, 1967
12:570 For Nat and Elaine, a Batch of Sangria (On Occasion) (includes variant TSS, "A Wedding Song"), ca. 1970
12:571 For Nicholas, ca. 1958-1962
12:572 For Nicholas and Daniel, ca. 1962
12:573 For Nick and Sharon (Collected Later Poems), 1985
12:574 For Pat and Larry, 1980
12:575 For Pete Hamill, His Fiftieth (Collected Later Poems), ca. 1982-1984
12:576 For Peter 17 July 1975, 1975
12:577 For Peter and Mary on Their Wedding (On Occasion), 1968
12:578 For Robert and Anne (Collected Later Poems), 1980
12:579 For Sebastian, One-Third this Month, 1972
12:580 For Sylvester, ca. 1973-1980
12:581 For the Annual Reading (Names, Dates, and Places), 1975
12:582 For the Barbers (The Love Bit), 1957-1961
12:583 For the Birds, ca. 1960-1966
12:584 For the Bulls, ca. 1960-1966
12:585 For the Eighth Street Visitors, ca. 1972-1980
12:586 For the Inauguration of William R. O'Connell, Jr., 1985
12:587 For the New Year, 1971 (On Occasion), 1971
12:588 For the O-Yanks (New Spaces), 1979
12:589 For Those, There (New Spaces), 1975-1983
12:590 For the Skiers, ca. 1962-1966
12:591 For the Wedding of Suzanne Sylvester (Collected Later Poems) (includes variant TSS, "7 July 1984" and Original MSS), 1984
12:592 For the Younger, 1958
12:593 For Tom Blackburn (New Spaces), 1975-1983
12:594 For Victor and Roberta ("4 April 1976"), 1976
12:595 For Vine, ca. 1975-1977
12:596 For William Carlos Williams (On Occasion), ca. 1953?
12:597 For Willie Sutton (New Spaces), 1980
12:598 Found Art (In Time), 1964
12:599 Found Son Poem (The Woman Poems) (variant TSS), 1973-1975
12:600 Four Fathers (New Spaces), ca. 1975-1983
12:601 Four Photographs by Richard Kirstel, ca. 1966-1971
12:602 Fourth Ark Royal (Just Friends/ Friends and Lovers), 1961
12:603 Foster Mother (Collected Later Poems) (includes 1987 news clipping of source story), 1987
12:604 Fragment from the Works of Anacreon (On Occasion), 1960-1970
12:605 Free Country, ca. 1972-1974
12:606 Friend (The Dutiful Son), 1953-1955
12:607 Fugue, ca. 1960-1964
12:608 F Y I (On Occasion), ca. 1966-1971
12:609 Game, ca. 1960
12:610 Garden (Why Not), ca. 1983-1984
12:611 Gardener (The Dutiful Son), 1955
12:612 Getting There (The Woman Poems), ca. 1973-1975
12:613 Ghost Lover (includes variant TSS, w/ corrections), ca. 1983
12:614 Ghosts (includes variant TSS, "Drunks", "For a Friend"), 1975
12:615 Ghosts (Collected Later Poems) (includes variant TSS), ca. 1985-1987
12:616 Gift (On Occasion), 1960-1970
12:617 God (The Dutiful Son), 1953-1955
12:618 God Knows, ca. 1960-1962
12:619 Gone Fishing, ca. 1958-1962
12:620 Grace (On Occasion) (includes variant TSS, "Grace Before Dinner"), 1960-1970
12:621 Grace ("for Thanksgiving 1963") (On Occasion), 1963
12:622 Grace ("Thanksgiving 1973"), 1973
12:623 Grace (News, Dates, and Places) (includes variant TSS, "Thanksgiving Grace"), ca. 1975-1978
12:624 Grace Before Breakfast, ca. 1960-1966
12:625 Grace for Painters (Just Friends/ Friends and Lovers), 1961
12:626 Grace for Thanksgiving ("11/22/62") (On Occasion) (includes MSS version), 1962
12:627 Grace for Thanksgiving, 1971
12:628 Granite (Collected Later Poems) (includes variant TSS), ca. 1985-1987
12:629 Grant Us (New Spaces), 1975-1983
12:630 Great American Novel (In Time), 1965
12:631 Great Clod, ca. 1958-1964
12:632 Greenery, ca. 1960-1964
12:633 Grown Alba (In Time), ca. 1962-1968
12:634 Gryllidae Achene (New Hampshire Journal) (includes variant TSS), ca. 1983-1984
12:635 Haggadah : A Telling, ca. 1957-1960
12:636 Hah-hah (In Time), 1962-1968
12:637 Haiku ("Joy! One Happy Nexus..."), 1979
12:638 Haiku in Double Time, ca. 1972-1976
12:639 Hair of the Friend (includes variant TSS), 1972-1976
12:640 Happy New Year (On Occasion), ca. 1964
12:641 Hardboiled Mystery (New Spaces) (includes variant, longer TSS, "Poem for Dashiell Hammett..."), 1975-1983
12:642 Harvest Moon (On Occasion) (includes variant TSS), ca. 1968-1970
12:643 Having Learned, ca. 1960?
12:644 Heart (In Time), 1958
12:645 Heart Full Of (The Love Bit), ca. 1958-1962
12:646 Hello There (On Occasion), 1960-1970
12:647 Heroes in the Shape of Monstrosities, 1956
12:648 Herself Wrenched Out of Herself (includes variant TSS), ca. 1955-1960
12:649 Her Son the Star, ca. 1972-1976
12:650 Hike You, ca. 1972-1976
12:651 Historical Notes (signed as "sol d siple"), ca. 1976-1982
12:652 History, ca. 1953
12:653 Hokku 237B (On Occasion), 1960
12:654 Hold That Line, ca. 1957-1960
12:655 Homage to Nicanor Parra (On Occasion), ca. 1970
12:656 Homeless, ca. 1960-1966
12:657 Home Thoughts (In Time), 1962-1968
12:658 Houses (New Spaces) (w/ first draft MSS), 1975-1983
12:659 How Bad it Gets, ca. 1957-1962
12:660 How the Pomegranate Proved Useless, ca. 1960-1970
12:661 How to Approach Black Art (On Occasion), 1971
12:662 Hunter (Names, Dates, and Places), ca. 1972-1978
12:663 Hunters, ca. 1964-1967
12:664 Hurricane (Collected Later Poems) (TSS not titled), ca. 1986
12:665 Husband, 1960-1962
12:666 Husband (In Time), 1962-1968
12:667 Hyacinthus (Names, Dates, and Places), ca. 1972-1976
12:668 Hymn, ca. 1953-1959
12:669 I Can't Call My Momma Any More, ca. 1972-1978
12:670 If I'm Allowed, 1963
12:671 If There was Sense (Names, Dates, and Places), ca, 1972-1976
12:672 I Have Let My Hair Grow Long, ca. 1962-1966
12:673 Iliad (On Occasion), 1958
12:674 Immediate Present, ca. 1972-1976
12:675 In Answer ("to someone's plea for 170 syllables"), ca. 1960-1964
12:676 Incantation (Collected Later Poems), ca. 1984
12:677 In Mind, In Body (The Dutiful Son), 1955
12:678 In New Hampshire (New Hampshire Journal) (includes variant TSS, "The Earth Moved Today"), 1983
12:679 Innocent Breasts (In Time), 1962-1968
12:680 Inscribed in a Book Offered at Auction, 1975
12:681 In Springtime ("for m.f."), ca. 1962-1968
12:682 In the Beginning (In Time), ca. 1962-1968
12:683 In the Cards, ca. 1964
12:684 In the Clutch, ca. 1958-1961
12:685 In the Morning (Just Friends/ Friends and Lovers), 1959-1962
12:686 In the Science Museum, ca. 1985
12:687 Issue at Hand (The Love Bit), 1957-1962
12:688 I Surrender Dear, ca. 1971-1980
12:689 It Ain/t News (In Time), ca. 1962-1968
12:690 I Think I Need a Drink (In Time), 1964
12:691 It is a Sign of Spring, ca. 1958-1964
12:692 Ivoe, ca. 1960-1964
12:693 I Was Not Sick, Just Dissatisfied, ca. 1958-1962
12:694 Jane Street Poems, ca. 1982
12:695 Jewish Poem, ca. 1961-1966
12:696 Joe Flaherty (Collected Later Poems), 1983
12:697 Joel L. Oppenheimer Memorial Garden (On Occasion), ca. 1970
12:698 Just One More Time, ca. 1957-1960
12:699 Kaddish, ca. 1960-1965
12:700 Kopf that Cheers (On Occasion), 1960-1970
12:701 Ladies of Westbeth (On Occasion), ca. 1966-1971
12:702 Lady (Why Not), ca. 1983-1984
12:703 Lady Across (On Occasion), 1968-1971
12:704 Lady of Madness (The Woman Poems) (includes variant TSS), ca. 1973-1975
12:705 Laertes Speaks (Collected Later Poems) (includes variant TSS and MSS notes), ca. 1985-1987
12:706 La Huelga (On Occasion), ca. 1970
12:707 Landscape (Collected Later Poems) (TSS carries title "Autumn Landscape - Rochester"), ca. 1983-85
12:708 La Revolucion (Just Friends/ Friends and Lovers), 1959-1962
12:709 Late Winter Poem (New Spaces), 1975-1983
12:710 Leave it to Me Blues (The Love Bit), 1957-1962
12:711 Legend (New Spaces), 1975-1983
12:712 Leo Oppenheimer (On Occasion), 1969
12:713 Lesbian Poem (The Woman Poems), ca. 1973-1975
12:714 Lesson, 1963
12:715 Lesson (In Time), 1962-1968
12:716 Lesson (Why Not), ca. 1983-1985
12:717 Lesson I (Just Friends/ Friends and Lovers), 1959-1962
12:718 Lessons I (New Spaces), 1975-1983
12:719 Lessons II (New Spaces), 1975-1983
12:720 Life Studies (New Spaces), 1975-1983
12:721 Let Me Go Home Whiskey (In Time), 1962-1968
12:722 Letter to Irving Layton, ca. 1958
12:723 Letter to Philip (Names, Dates, and Places) (includes variant TSS, "A Letter to Philip Whalen on His Becoming a Zen Student"), ca. 1973
12:724 Letters for M C (Collected Later Poems), 1986
12:725 Lie Poem (The Woman Poems), ca. 1973-1975
12:726 Life (In Time), ca. 1962-1966
12:727 Life, ca. 1975-1980
12:728 Life as it is Lived (In Time), 1962-1968
12:729 Life Savers, ca. 1960-1964
12:730 Like a, ca. 1958-1964
12:731 Lilies and Roses all Sorts of, ca. 1958-1964
12:732 Li Po and the Lilies, ca. 1960-1966
12:733 Little Boys Poem (The Woman Poems) (TSS variant), ca. 1973-1975
12:734 Little Mayan Head (Just Friends/ Friends and Lovers), 1959-1962
12:735 Long Blues (Collected Later Poems) (variant TSS, preliminary version), ca. 1984-1987
12:736 Long Distance, ca. 1970-1980
12:737 Long Story, ca. 1962-1970
12:738 Long Testament (Just Friends/ Friends and Lovers), 1959-1962
12:739 Long Way (In Time) (Includes variant TSS), 1962-1968
12:740 Lordy, Lordy (Includes variant TSS, MSS versions), ca. 1972-1976
12:741 Love Bit (The Love Bit), 1957-1962
12:742 Love Poem (Just Friends/ Friends and Lovers), 1959-1962
12:743 Love Poem ("for carlos and gerry"), ca. 1976-1980
12:744 Lovesong (The Dutiful Son), 1955
12:745 Love's Other Side, ca. 1971-1976
12:746 Loving Machine (In Time), 1962-1968
13:747 MacDonald's Arches : A Plot, ca. 1972-1976
13:748 Magazine (In Time), 1962-1968
13:749 Magick, ca. 1960-1966
13:750 Making a Valentine (Collected Later Poems), ca. 1972-1976
13:751 Man and Boy (Names, Dates, and Places), ca. 1972-1976
13:752 Man Discovered Through the Kitchen Window (New Spaces), ca. 1975
13:753 Map of the Island of Puerto Rico (In Time), 1962-1968
13:754 Mare Nostrum (The Love Bit), 1957-1962
13:755 Marriage ("28 may 1967, for lewis and anne") (On Occasion), 1967
13:756 Mathematics (In Time) (includes TSS variant), ca. 1962-1968
13:757 May Day in the Park (The Dutiful Son), 1955
13:758 Mea Culpa (In Time), 1962-1968
13:759 Meat Poem (The Woman Poems) (TSS not titled), ca. 1973-1975
13:760 Medgar Evers, ca. 1963
13:761 Meditations (New Spaces), 1975
13:762 Memo, ca. 1956-1960
13:763 Memories of the Last of the Hot Young Men, ca. 1960-1966
13:764 Merrily We Row Along, ca. 1972-1976
13:765 Method for Suppplementarily Tracking Tornadoes... (includes source news clipping), 1976
13:766 Mid-Passage (The Love Bit), 1957-1962
13:767 Migrant Workers (On Occasion), 1960-1970
13:768 Mind, ca. 1958-1962
13:769 Mind is the Easy Way Out (In Time), ca. 1962-1968
13:770 Mineralogy 101 (In Time), 1962-1968
13:771 Mirror Poem (The Woman Poems), ca. 1973-1975
13:772 Mis Quote from Burns, ca. 1960-1964
13:773 Mister Intelligence (In Time), 1962-1968
13:774 Modern Times (In Time) (includes TSS variant, "In Our Times"), 1962-1968
13:775 Monosyllable Poem (The Woman Poems) (variant TSS), ca. 1973-1975
13:776 Moratorium (On Occasion), 1969
13:777 Morning, ca. 1960-1966
13:778 Morning Song (Just Friends/ Friends and Lovers), 1959-1962
13:779 Mother Loose, ca. 1973-1983
13:780 Mother Poem (The Woman Poems) (Includes variant TSS), ca. 1974
13:781 Mother Prayer (The Woman Poems) (TSS variant, "In Memory of Rod Rademacher) (with clipping), ca. 1973-1975
13:782 Mother Prayer (The Woman Poems) (TSS carries title, "This Child"), ca. 1973-1975
13:783 Moving Out (The Woman Poems), ca. 1973-1975
13:784 Murder, ca. 1958-1964
13:785 Muse Poem (The Woman Poems) (includes variant TSS), ca. 1974
13:786 My Blue Heaven (The Love Bit), 1957-1962
13:787 My Oldest Son (On Occasion) (TSS titled, "The Oldest Son"), 1960-1970
13:788 My Sons, ca. 1960-1964
13:789 Mythology (In Time), 1964
13:790 Mythos, ca. 1971-1975
13:791 Naked Poem (The Woman Poems) (TSS not titled), ca. 1973-1975
13:792 Naked Poem II (The Woman Poems) (TSS not titled), ca. 1973-1975
13:793 Napalm Poem (On Occasion), 1960-1970
13:794 Nathaniel's Grace, 1974
13:795 Nathaniel's Valentine (New Spaces), 1975-1983
13:796 Nature Boy (Just Friends/ Friends and Lovers), 1959-1962
13:797 N. B. (Just Friends/ Friends and Lovers), 1959-1962
13:798 New Basket, ca. 1960-1962
13:799 New Blues for the Moon (Just Friends/ Friends and Lovers), ca. 1960-1962
13:800 New, Fiercer Look, ca. 1955-1958
13:801 New Line (Why Not), ca. 1983-1985
13:802 New Nightgown (In Time), 1964
13:803 New Place in Town (On Occasion) (includes variant TSS, "A New House"), 1963
13:804 News (On Occasion), ca. 1968-1971
13:805 New Standard Simplified American Cabala for Home Use (In Time), 1964
13:806 New Year (Names, Dates, and Places), ca. 1973
13:807 Night Air Becomes Noisome (In Time), 1962-1968
13:808 Night and Day (New Spaces), 1975-1983
13:809 Night Piece for Barbara, ca. 1960-1964
13:810 Night Piece for Diana, 1964
13:811 Nine to Five (New Spaces), 1975-1983
13:812 Nobody Ever Said It, ca. 1962-1968
13:813 No Ifs, Ands, or Buts (In Time), 1962-1968
13:814 No Room at the Inn, ca. 1960-1970
13:815 North : Studies, ca. 1978
13:816 North : Summer, 1962-1968
13:817 North : The Mother, ca. 1978
13:818 Note (In Time), 1962-1968
13:819 Note for the Community Bulletin Board (On Occasion), ca. 1965-1970
13:820 Notes for Poems for Summer, ca. 1976-1980
13:821 Notes for the Holiday, ca. 1960-1964
13:822 Notes Towards Lessons to Be Learned at Thirty (In Time), ca. 1960
13:823 Not Needed (poem cut from Names, Dates, and Places), ca. 1971-1977
13:824 Not Quite Half a Sonnet (Just Friends/ Friends and Lovers), 1959-1962
13:825 Nude Portrait (4 TSS Variants, same title), ca. 1959-1962
13:826 Numbers (The Dutiful Son), ca. 1959-1962
13:827 Obituary (On Occasion), ca. 1971
13:828 Obscene Graces (The Love Bit), 1957-1962
13:829 October 10, ca. 1972-1975
13:830 October - Clouds , ca. 1973-1976
13:831 Ode to a Study at Last (On Occasion), 1960-1970
13:832 Okay (Just Friends/ Friends and Lovers), 1959-1962
13:833 Older Man Thinking of Kore (New Spaces), 1975-1983
13:834 Old Hannah (song lyrics by Doc Reese?), ca. 1959-1960
13:835 Old Man Poem (The Woman Poems), ca. 1973-1975
13:836 Old Song, 1956-1960
13:837 Old Story (In Time), 1962-1968
13:838 On a Mezuzah (Just Friends/ Friends and Lovers), 1959-1962
13:839 On a New Anthology, ca. 1972-1976
13:840 On a Tureen of Matzo-Ball Soup Given for Rosh Hashonah, ca. 1971-1974
13:841 On Cardboard, 1974
13:842 One Day at a Time (New Spaces), 1975-1983
13:843 Only Anarchist General (On Occasion) (includes MSS copy), 1971
13:844 Only Lester Hamp Poem (Collected Later Poems) (TSS has title, "The First Lester Hamp Poem"; includes MSS note signed by Lester Hamp), ca. 1984
13:845 On Parade (The Love Bit), ca. 1958
13:846 On the Giving of the Tallis (published as "Ritual" in Generations), 1979
13:847 Orpheus (Just Friends/ Friends and Lovers) (includes TSS fragment with same title), 1959-1962
13:848 Ought to Know Better, ca. 1960-1970
13:849 Paean, Prematurely for the Phillipines (Collected Later Poems) (includes variant TSS), ca. 1985-1987
13:850 Paranoia Poem (The Woman Poems), ca. 1973-1975
13:851 Paranoid Dream, ca. 1960-1970
13:852 Passing the Time Away (In Time), 1962-1968
13:853 Pat and Mike (In Time), 1962-1968
13:854 Peaches (The Dutiful Son), 1953-1955
13:855 Peire Vidal at Thirty-Two, ca. 1958-1962
13:856 People are Starving in Europe (On Occasion), 1960-1970
13:857 Perfections (The Dutiful Son), 1953-1955
13:858 Peter's Suite (Collected Later Poems), ca. 1985
13:859 Piece Goods (The Love Bit), 1957-1962
13:860 Pin the Tail on the Donkey (On Occasion), ca. 1970?
13:861 Plan (The Love Bit), 1957-1962
13:862 Plant, -- The Con, ca. 1966-1970
13:863 Plus Ca Change (Why Not)(includes TSS variant), ca. 1983-1984
13:864 Poem ("31 December 1976"), 1976-1977
13:865 Poem ("lady come on like"), ca. 1958-1966
13:866 Poem ("listen: ") (On Occasion), ca. 1965-1970
13:867 Poem ("they have returned") (In Time), 1962-1968
13:868 Poem for Bonnie or Clyde (Parts I-IV) (In Time), 1962-1968
13:869 Poem Based on Stasis (Collected Later Poems) (includes variant TSS), 1985
13:870 Poem in Tune with its Time (Just Friends/ Friends and Lovers), 1959-1962
13:871 Poem for Alfred and Constance (includes variant TSS, "Once More into the Breach"), ca. 1975
13:872 Poem for Children (On Occasion), ca. 1970
13:873 Poem for Loud Laughter (Just Friends/ Friends and Lovers), 1960
13:874 Poem for New Children (Just Friends/ Friends and Lovers), 1961
13:875 Poem for Soho (On Occasion), 1970
13:876 Poem for Sugar Ray and the Girl Washing My Tub, ca. 1962-1970
13:877 Poem for Theresa, ca. 1985-1987
13:878 Poem for the New Year (Names, Dates, and Places), 1973
13:879 Poem for the New Year, 1978
13:880 Poem for the State (On Occasion), ca. 1968-1971
13:881 Poem for Westbeth ("16 December 1970") (On Occasion), 1970
13:882 Poem for Westbeth ("26 May 1970) (On Occasion), 1970
13:883 Poem in Praise of Perseverance (In Time), ca. 1963
13:884 Poem on the Death of W C W 3 / 4 / 63 (In Time), 1963
13:885 Poems Don't Help, ca. 1956-1960
13:886 Poem Written in and for New York City (On Occasion), ca. 1965-1970
13:887 Poem Written in the Light of Certain Events April 14, 1967 (In Time), 1967
13:888 Polish Cavalry (On Occasion), 1970
13:889 Porto Rican (The Dutiful Son), 1953-1955
13:890 Postcard (The Love Bit), 1958
13:891 Postcard 37 (On Occasion), ca. 1966-1971
13:892 Prayer ("for a wedding 11/29/63") (On Occasion), 1963
13:893 Prayer ("oh, the word, and the"), ca. 1960-1970
13:894 Prayer Poem (The Woman Poems), ca. 1973-1975
13:895 Preface (The Love Bit), 1957-1962
13:896 Preliminaries: How to Take a Walk, ca. 1966-1970
13:897 Presence, 1964
13:898 Present (In Time), 1962-1968
13:899 President Nixon's Thanksgiving Day Poem, ca. 1972-1976
13:900 Pride (The Dutiful Son), 1953-1955
13:901 Progression Begins (also published as "The Progression" in New Spaces), ca. 1981
13:902 Progress Report (On Occasion), 1960-1970
13:903 Proposal, ca. 1962-1966
13:904 Prospectus, ca. 1960-1966
13:905 Provence (The Dutiful Son), 1953-1955
13:906 Psalm (Just Friends/ Friends and Lovers), 1961
13:907 Public Affairs (In Time), 1962-1968
13:908 Pure in Heart (The Dutiful Son), 1953-1955
13:909 Purple Blue in the (The Love Bit), 1958
13:910 Purple Flowers (Just Friends/ Friends and Lovers), 1959-1962
13:911 Q E D, ca. 1960-1970
13:912 Quadrivia (Just Friends/ Friends and Lovers), 1959-1962
13:913 Quasi-Formal Piece, ca. 1964-1966
13:914 Quatrain (Why Not), ca. 1983-1985
13:915 Question, ca. 1962-1966
13:916 Question Poem (The Woman Poems) (Variant TSS, not titled), ca. 1973-1975
13:917 Questions, ca. 1972-1976
13:918 Questions for the Mother (The Woman Poems), ca. 1973-1975
13:919 Quiet Blues (In Time), ca. 1962-1968
13:920 Racial Memory (In Time), 1964
13:921 Rage and, ca. 1956-1960
13:922 Rain (The Dutiful Son), 1955
13:923 Ralph (On Occasion), 1967
13:924 Raw Taste of, ca. 1960-1966
13:925 Reading In, ca. 1966-1970
13:926 Recapitulation, ca. 1955?
13:927 Recipe (In Time), 1962-1968
13:928 Red Star over China (On Occasion), ca. 1966-1971
13:929 Reflection Ten to Fifteen Years After, ca. 1958?
13:930 Renewal (The Dutiful Son), 1955
13:931 Re-Organization (Names, Dates, and Places) (includes variant TSS and variant MSS), ca. 1972-1976
13:932 Riddle (In Time), 1962-1968
13:933 Rock and the Hard Place (New Spaces), 1975-1983
13:934 Romance is a Eulogy for the Dead Past (In Time), 1962-1968
13:935 Root GN (Collected Later Poems), ca. 1985-1987
13:936 Round (Collected Later Poems), ca. 1984
13:937 Rule ("for bruce and roxanne") (On Occasion), 1965
13:938 Running it Down, ca. 1972-1976
13:939 Sad Song, ca. 1970
13:940 Safe at Home Blues, ca. 1957-1962
13:941 Scene (The Love Bit), 1957
13:942 Schizophrenia (New Spaces) (Includes variant TSS), ca. 1975-1983
13:943 Screaming Poem (The Woman Poems) (variant TSS, not titled), ca. 1973-1975
13:944 Sea Poem (In Time), ca. 1958
13:945 Season Poem I (The Woman Poems) (includes variant untitled TSS), ca. 1974
13:946 Season Poem II (The Woman Poems), ca. 1974
13:947 Second Song at Saint Andrews (Names, Dates, and Places), ca. 1972-1978
13:948 Section : Settlement, 1977
13:949 Seize the Day (In Time), 1962-1968
13:950 Self-Pity Blues, ca. 1974
13:951 Serving Notice (Names, Dates, and Places) (includes variant TSS), ca. 1972-1976
13:952 Shooting the Moon (In Time), 1962-1968
13:953 Short Blues (The Love Bit), 1957-1962
13:954 Short Grace, ca. 1958-1966
13:955 Sioux Song (Names, Dates, and Places), ca. 1972-1978
13:956 Sirventes Against Waiting (In Time) (includes variant TSS, "Against Waiting"), 1962-1968
13:957 Sirventes on a Sad Occurrence (In Time), ca. 1962-1968
13:958 Six Candles, 1962
13:959 Six-Day and Ball-Bearing (In Time), ca.1962
13:960 Social Poem (The Dutiful Son), 1953-1955
13:961 Some Children, Kansas, One Night, Other Things, Anomalies (On Occasion), 1968
13:962 Some Questions for Today (On Occasion), 1969
13:963 Some Suggested Guidelines ("from DADDY") (On Occasion), ca. 1968-1970
13:964 So New I, ca. 1964-1968
13:965 Song Before Bed (The Love Bit), 1958
13:966 Song for Two Voices (On Occasion), 1965
13:967 Song for a Happy Man (The Love Bit), 1957
13:968 Sonnet (On Occasion) (includes MSS version), 1960-1970
13:969 Speech (In Time), 1962-1968
13:970 Spring, ca. 1971-1980
13:971 Spring (Why Not), ca. 1983-1985
13:972 Spring (New Hampshire Journal) (variant TSS, not titled), ca. 1984
13:973 Spring and Some (Names, Dates, and Places), ca. 1972-1978
13:974 Spring Poem (Just Friends/ Friends and Lovers), 1959-1962
13:975 Spring Some Years This Year, ca. 1971-1980
13:976 Stamped Paid (On Occasion), ca. 1960-1970
13:977 Statement to the Citizens (New Spaces), 1975-1983
13:978 Stone Used as a Pillow, a Sacred Pillar, 1953
13:979 Story of a Rent Strike, ca. 1971-1980
13:980 Studies in Arabia Deserta (In Time) (includes variant TSS, "Travels in Arabia Deserta"), 1963-1964
13:981 Suck Villanelle (In Time), 1962-1968
13:982 Sue's Birthday (On Occasion), ca. 1971
13:983 Suite : Paranoia, 1972-1976
13:984 Summer (Why Not), ca. 1983-1985
13:985 Summer Hits Rte 9 (New Hampshire Journal), ca. 1982-1984
13:986 Summer Songs (New Spaces), 1974-1983
13:987 Sum Total (On Occasion), 1971
13:988 Sun Alone, 1953
13:989 Sunday at High Noon (On Occasion), 1960-1970
13:990 Sunday Morning (In Time), 1962-1968
13:991 Sunday Poem (The Woman Poems) (TSS not titled), ca. 1973-1975
13:992 Surgeon in Spite of Himself (In Time), ca. 1962-1968
13:993 Sweet Blues, and Other Songs (In Time), ca. 1962-1968
14:994 Tail in Two Cities, ca. 1960-1962
14:995 Talking (New Spaces), 1974-1983
14:996 Talking About Scott, Reaching for Kleenex, ca. 1956-1960
14:997 Tango Poem I (The Woman Poems) (TSS not titled), ca. 1973-1975
14:998 Tango Poem II (The Woman Poems) (TSS not titled), ca. 1973-1975
14:999 Teacher, ca. 1982-1984
14:1000 Teachers (In Time), 1962-1968
14:1001 Ted Berrigan (Collected Later Poems), 1983-1984
14:1002 Terror Codder (On Occasion), ca. 1958-1962
14:1003 Text ("for some of my best friends"), 1962
14:1004 Thanksgiving 1981, 1981
14:1005 Thanksgiving Grace (On Occasion), 1967
14:1006 Thanksgiving Grace (Names, Dates, and Places), ca. 1972-1976
14:1007 Thanksgiving Grace, 1975
14:1008 That Voice, ca. 1983-1984
14:1009 These Days (New Spaces), 1973
14:1010 Third Baseball Poem (The Wrong Season), ca. 1972
14:1011 Thirty Days, Next Case (In Time), ca. 1962-1968
14:1012 This is Stop Time (On Occasion), 1960-1970
14:1013 This Was Some Sort of Haiku (New Spaces), 1975-1983
14:1014 Those Old Men (Fragile/ Stained), ca. 1958-1962
14:1015 Thick as Thieves, ca. 1956-1960
14:1016 Thoughts of the Fat Man's Father (Why Not) (includes variant TSS), ca. 1983-1984
14:1017 Three and a Half Minute Mile (In Time), 1962-1968
14:1018 Three for Sam Greenberg (In Time) (includes variant TSS, "Three Hospital Poems"), 1962-1968
14:1019 Three Old Ladies (In Time), 1962-1968
14:1020 Tide, ca. 1953-1959
14:1021 Time Out, ca. 1973-1980
14:1022 Timesense (On Occasion), ca. 1958-1962
14:1023 Title Repeats (In Time), 1962-1968
14:1024 To a Friend (The Love Bit), 1957-1962
14:1025 Today a Bathsheba, ca. 1953
14:1026 Torn Nightgown (The Love Bit), 1957-1962
14:1027 To See, ca. 1973-1980
14:1028 To See the World as the World Is, ca. 1964?
14:1029 To the Congress, ca. 1972-1976
14:1030 Touch Poem (The Woman Poems) (variant TSS, not titled), 1973-1975
14:1031 Transcendental Experience, ca. 1971-1980
14:1032 Trapping, ca. 1958-1960
14:1033 Traveling Poem (The Woman Poems) (TSS not titled), ca. 1973-1975
14:1034 Treatise (In Time), 1962-1968
14:1035 Triplets (The Love Bit), 1957
14:1036 Truck Farmer (Just Friends/ Friends and Lovers), 1959-1962
14:1037 Trunk (On Occasion), 1971
14:1038 Truth, ca. 1958-1962
14:1039 Turning, ca.1956-1960
14:1040 Two Baseball Poems (The Wrong Season), ca. 1972
14:1041 Two Deaths ("david stern, r f k, 6 june 1968) (On Occasion), 1968
14:1042 Two Haiku to Be Read Either One First (Why Not), ca. 1983-1985
14:1043 Two Headed Coin, ca. 1960-1970
14:1044 Two Portraits All Ways, ca. 1972-1976
14:1045 Undefined Tenderness (The Love Bit), 1957
14:1046 Untitled (On Occasion), ca. 1966-1971
14:1047 Valentine (On Occasion), ca. 1966-1971
14:1048 Valentine (Names, Dates, and Places), 1975
14:1049 Valentine, 1984
14:1050 Valentine's Day 1974 (Names, Dates, and Places), 1974
14:1051 Valentine's Day 1975, 1975
14:1052 Venz L'amors Mas Sol Mezeis, ca. 1958-1966
14:1053 Verities (On Occasion), ca. 1968-1971
14:1054 Victorian Hakku (On Occasion), 1960-1970
14:1055 View, ca. 1960-1966
14:1056 Village Poem (New Spaces), ca. 1975-1980
14:1057 Virtue (incomplete - second page missing?), ca. 1960-1970
14:1058 Vowels (Names, Dates, and Places), ca. 1972-1978
14:1059 Waking in a Bed By a Ringing Telephone (New Spaces), 1975-1983
14:1060 Walk in the Country, ca. 1973-1980
14:1061 Water Poem (The Woman Poems) (TSS not titled), ca. 1973-1975
14:1062 Way it is (On Occasion), ca. 1958-1962
14:1063 Way we Were (New Spaces), 1978
14:1064 Weaving Poem (The Woman Poems), ca. 1973-1975
14:1065 Wedding ("8 december 1968 tom and joan clancy") (On Occasion), 1968
14:1066 Wedding ("diane and nyles"), 1976
14:1067 Wedding ("for dick and Alison burchell") (On Occasion), 1969
14:1068 Wedding ("for gordon and sue, 29 december 1969" (On Occasion), 1969
14:1069 Wedding ("for phillip and judy, 27 june 1970) (On Occasion), 1970
14:1070 Wedding ("for nick and sharifa"), 1977
14:1071 Wedding ("under the spring moon"), 1980
14:1072 Wedding Gifts (Collected Later Poems), 1984
14:1073 We Mark the Centennial of William Carlos Williams' Birth Observing a New Hampshire Patriot (New Hampshire Journal) (variant TSS with variant titles), ca. 1983-1984
14:1074 Wet Leaves, 1961
14:1075 What Ought to Be a Psalm, 1957
14:1076 What the (On Occasion), 1960?
14:1077 When the Drums Stopped (In Time), 1959-1962
14:1078 When What You Dream (Just Friends/ Friends and Lovers), 1959-1962
14:1079 White Hope (In Time), 1965
14:1080 Will He Nill He, ca. 1960-1964
14:1081 Wind Changes, 1964
14:1082 Window, The Window (2) (The Love Bit), 1957-1962
14:1083 Woman Joys, ca. 1962-1970
14:1084 Word (Why Not), ca. 1983-1985
14:1085 Wrenching Out, ca. 1960-1966
14:1086 Your Serve, ca. 1958-1962
14:1087 Yellow Crone (Names, Dates, and Places), ca. 1972-1978
14:1088 Yesterday (In Time), 1964
14:1089 Young Bloods (The Love Bit), 1957-1962
14:1090 Young Lovers (In Time), 1962-1968
14:1091 Young Mother Blues (The Love Bit), 1957-1962
14:1092 Your Tits Poem (The Woman Poems), ca. 1973-1975
14:1093 Zeus, in May, Reflects on a Recent Letter from Astarte (In Time), 1962-1968
14:1094 Zoom Lens (In Time), 1962-1968
14:1095 Zoo Story (In Time) (includes variant TSS, untitled), 1962-1968
14:1096 Unidentified/ Untitled Poetry TSS (I), ca. 1957-1964
14:1097 Unidentified/ Untitled Poetry TSS (II), ca. 1957-1964
14:1098 Unidentified/ Untitled Poetry TSS (III), ca. 1957-1964
14:1099 Unidentified/ Untitled Poetry TSS (IV), ca. 1975-1980
14:1100 Unidentified/ Untitled Poetry TSS (V), ca. 1975-1983
14:1101 Unidentified/ Untitled Poetry TSS (VI), ca. 1975-1985
14:1102 Untitled Poem - long rant against America (style similar to Ginsberg?), ca. 1963?
14:1103 Untitled Poem in style of William Carlos Williams, ca. 1960
14:1104 Untitled "Confessional" Poems, ca. 1962-1964
14:1105 Untitled poems in MSS, ca. 1960
14:1106 Untitled poem in MSS ("The candles all have red tips"), ca. 1957-1064
14:1107 Untitled poems in MSS, 1975-1985
14:1108 Untitled poems in MSS (includes poem dated 9/18/88-possibly JO's last poem), 1983-1988
Subseries B: Supporting materials (proofs, galleys, notes, etc.), undated, ca. 1947-1988
14:1109 Loose-Leaf for Literary Largess (Juvenalia) (JO's earliest poetry, unpublished), ca. 1947-1951
14:1110 Poetry TSS - Translations from French and Greek, ca. 1956-1962
14:1111 Unidentified Song Lyrics in TSS and MSS, ca. 1959-1966
14:1112 Song Lyrics by JO in TSS (some MSS), ca. 1960-1964
14:1113 Poems by JO in The Nation - "April Fool", "Orpheus", 1959, 1962
14:1114 Bound TSS of The Dutiful Son and The Love Bit, ca. 1961?
14:1115 Review of The Dutiful Son by Robert Creeley (printed in New Mexico Quarterly xxvii), ca. 1955-1957
14:1116 The Love Bit - TSS typesetting copy, galleys w/ corrections, ca. 1962
14:1117 TSS - Just Friends/ Friends and Lovers, ca. 1962?
14:1118 Bound TSS - Just Friends/ Friends and Lovers, ca. 1962
14:1119 TSS of Just Friends/ Friends and Lovers (w/ typesetting notes), 1962, 1980
14:1120 TSS of poems, "The Night Air Becomes Noisome", "Zoo Story", "Come on Baby", "The Three Old Ladies", bound to 1 pc. correspondence (editor of The Bridge?), 1964
14:1121 Bound TSS (copy) In Time (different pagination from published version), ca. 1967-1968
14:1122 In Time - photocopies of preliminary versions (as submitted to Sterling Lord Agency), ca. 1966?
15:1123 In Time - photocopy of TSS, includes several poems later published in On Occasion, ca. 1968
15:1124 In Time - TSS with typesetting notes, ca. 1969
15:1125 In Time - Galleys, ca. 1969
15:1126 In Time - confirmation page proofs, ca. 1969
15:1127 In Time - Partial proofs and jacket proof, ca. 1969
15:1128 In Time - clippings of reviews, 1969-1970
15:1129 On Occasion - early version 20 poem TSS, ca. 1968-1969
15:1130 On Occasion - bound TSS with corrections, does not reflect final arrangement of poems, ca. 1971
15:1131 On Occasion - bound TSS with hand corrections and printing notes, poems in final arrangement, ca. 1971
15:1132 On Occasion - photocopy TSS, ca. 1971
15:1133 On Occasion - photocopy TSS, includes dust jacket proof, ca. 1971
15:1134 On Occasion - Jacket proofs, ad clipping, 1 pc. correspondence, 1971-1973
15:1135 Collection of TSS Poems with note "To Mulch, Jan. '72" includes "Spring Poem", "N.B.", "Peire Vidal at Thirty-Two", "A Long Testament", 1972
15:1136 The Woman Poems - original TSS with printer's notes, 1975
15:1137 The Woman Poems - copy of TSS, some hand corrections (includes "return" note from William Morris Agency), 1975
15:1138 The Woman Poems - copy of TSS (some poems marked with gold star stickers), ca. 1975
15:1139 The Woman Poems - preliminary dust jacket proofs, 1975
15:1140 The Woman Poems - publicity materials, copies of reviews and ads, correspondence from Bobbs-Merrill, 1975
15:1141 The Woman Poems - publicity note, including JO's mailing list and copies of review solicitations, 1975
15:1142 The Woman Poems - related correspondence, including reviews from Muriel Rukeyser, Philip Whalen, Anne Waldman, and others, 1975
15:1143 The Woman Poems - correspondence between JO and Allen Ginsberg, Diane DiPrima, Robert Creeley, ca. 1975
15:1144 TSS sequence - "Meditations", "Camille Young, Camille Older", "Service Notice", "Celebrating the Peace", "The Man Discovered Through the Kitchen Window", ca. 1975-1978
15:1145 Names, Dates, and Places - TSS, 1978
15:1146 Names, Dates, and Places - copy of proof set, cover proofs, 1 pc. correspondence, 1978
15:1147 "Poem for the New Year" - copy of Village Voice clipping, 1978
15:1148 "On the Giving of the Tallis" - folded card (printer's sample?) (identical poem to "Ritual" in Generations), 1979
17:1149 At Fifty - two pages preliminary notes, ca. 1980
17:1150 At Fifty - poems not organized, numbering different from published version, ca. 1980
17:1151 At Fifty - partial TSS, ca. 1980
17:1152 At Fifty - TSS, 1980
17:1153 At Fifty - copy of TSS, 1982
17:1154 "Two from At Fifty" - proofs of mailer/flyer with envelope and 1 pc. correspondence, 1982
17:1155 TSS of poems about the death of John Lennon - "For Sean Lennon" by JO, "For John Lennon" by Nat Oppenheimer, "The Songwriter" by Lem Oppenheimer, 1980
17:1156 "Five Attempts at the Armenian" - includes "The Owl", "Give Me My Eyes", "Target Shooting", "We Were Walking", "For Hazmik", ca. 1980
17:1157 Del Quien Lo Tomo - TSS suite includes "Adornment of Body Poem", "Jane Street Poem", "Autumn", ca. 1975
17:1158 Del Quien Lo Tomo - proofs, correspondence from Walter Hamady, 1982
17:1159 New Hampshire Journal - TSS, includes variant TSS, 1982
17:1160 Notes Toward a Definition of David - TSS with author's proof and 2 pcs. printing correspondence, 1980-1983
17:1161 4 sets TSS packet including "Houses", "The Charm", and "Cacti" (all poems appeared in New Spaces), 1975-1983
17:1162 New Spaces - original TSS, arranged, with working title "Drawing from Life", ca. 1983-1985
17:1163 New Spaces - TSS (2 sets), ca. 1983-1985
17:1164 New Spaces - Publicity, reviews, promotional materials, 1985
17:1165 Why Not - TSS, set of corrected galleys, 1985
17:1166 Why Not - page proofs, TSS of preface, correspondence with David Lorczak (printer), 1983-1985
17:1167 Why Not - review by Don Wellman (including Hayden Carruth and Jonathan Williams), ca. 1987
17:1168 Generations - early TSS, includes "Oldest", "What My Father Said", "Child", "Mother", "Son", ca. 1980-1983
17:1169 Generations - TSS ("Bob's Slow Foods Edition 4 of 5") includes correspondence between JO and publisher regarding galleys, 1984
17:1170 Generations - galleys, correspondence, 1986
17:1171 "The Poetry of Porking" - proofs of Maledicta article includes 1 pc. correspondence from Reinhold Aman (Variant poem title - "Greens"), 1985
17:1172 "Ger" - as printed in The New Hampshire Home Defender, 1986
17:1173 The Uses of Adversity - TSS drafts, ca. 1986
17:1174 The Uses of Adversity - reviews and correspondence, 1987
17:1175 Names and Local Habitations - production materials, correspondence, TSS of Accolade and Introduction, draft of index, partial proofs (copy), 1988
17:1176 Names and Local Habitations - copies of The Dutiful Son and The Love Bit, 1988
17:1177 Names and Local Habitations - copies from In Time, 1988
17:1178 Names and Local Habitations - copies from Just Friends/Friends and Lovers, and On Occasion, 1988
17:1179 Names and Local Habitations - copies of "Baseball" poems (The Wrong Season) and The Woman Poems, 1988
"Active Folders" at time of JO's death
17:1180 New Hampshire Poems - TSS of "Charms", "We Mark the Centennial...", "In New Hampshire", "Country Alba", "Summer Hits Route 9", "A New Hampshire Journal", "Discovery", "Spring", "Credo", "Autumn", "Evening", and "Gryllidae Achene", ca. 1987
17:1181 Collections - TSS of "Five Attempts at the Armenian", "Generations", "Greens", ca. 1983-1985
17:1182 Occasions - see inside folder for poem listing, most poems published in Collected Later Poems, 1983-1987
17:1183 Straight - see inside folder for poem listing, most poems published in Collected Later Poems, 1983-1987
17:1184 News Poems - TSS of "Paean, Prematurely...", "Granite", "Hurricane", "Elephant Blues", "For Hoyt Wilhelm", "For Halley's Comet", "The News", "The Foster Mother", ca. 1985-1987
17:1185 To Work -- "Long Blues", "Grace" (MSS), "Slam Stewart" (MSS), "Dull Burnt" (MSS), "To Hear", "Toker Looks Like a Pig", "Plates (from Fenollosa)", ca. 1982-1985
Series III: Prose, undated, 1947-1988
Early Prose and Political Writings, 1960-1968
17:1186 "And the World Shall Yield Forth Food", ca. 1960?
17:1187 "Guerilla Warfare", "War and Western Man" - fragments of political writings, includes flyer for political lecture given by JO, ca. 1962
17:1188 "Fair Play for Cuba Committee" - TSS fact sheets (not clear that author is JO), ca. 1962?
17:1189 Clippings related to Guerilla Warfare, 1961-1962
17:1190 Short Prose Fragments in TSS, ca. 1962?
17:1191 Short Prose Pieces in TSS, ca. 1968
Drama and Film Projects
17:1192 The Great American Desert - TSS marked "1st draft - variant", ca. 1960
17:1193 The Great American Desert - variant TSS versions, outline notes, theater programs, reviews, 1961, 1970
17:1194 The Great American Desert - TSS, ca. 1961-1966
17:1195 The Great American Desert - TSS photocopy and TSS carbon, ca. 1961-1966
17:1196 Flyer for "The Last of the Bummers" - freeform project by Theatre Genesis, inspired by The Great American Desert, ca. 1964-1969
17:1197 The Great American Desert - copies of publication in The Off Off Broadway Book, 1972
17:1198 The Great American Desert - William Morris Agency contract regarding performance in San Jose, CA, 1975
17:1199 The Great American Desert - copy of play with notes, program for Westbeth 10th anniversary party, 1980
17:1200 Miss Right - TSS of play with song lyrics by JO, flyers, copy of Village Voice review, ca. 1963
17:1201 Miss Right - copy of TSS with one piece correspondence from George Butterick, ca. 1963, 1980
17:1202 Like a Hill - TSS, ca. 1966
17:1203 Like a Hill - program (The Loft on 54th Street), ca. 1966
17:1204 Drama fragments in TSS - "Two Worms in the Apple", "An Interview", "Show-down in the South Forty", ca. 1960-1965
17:1205 Drama Fragments - not identified, undated
17:1206 Drama TSS - not identified (Cupid, Pan, Sam, Ruth), undated
17:1207 The Perfect Detonator - TSS photocopy (copy 1), ca. 1968?
17:1208 The Perfect Detonator - TSS photocopy (copy 2), ca. 1968?
17:1209 The Perfect Detonator - TSS photocopy (copy 3), ca. 1968?
17:1210 The Perfect Detonator - TSS, with one piece correspondence from Gloria Steinem, ca. 1968?
17:1211 "The Oyster and the Wind" - film treatment (with MSS Corrections) (2 sets), ca. 1968-1972?
17:1212 "Grass Land" - treatment and early draft of screenplay, ca. 1969?
17:1213 Undeveloped plays and screenplays, ca. 1970
Short Stories and Non-Fiction Book Projects
17:1214 Last Call - TSS Drafts and contracts (unfinished/unpublished novel), ca. 1969
17:1215 The Wrong Season - News clippings about the NY Mets, 1971-1972
17:1216 The Wrong Season - TSS fragments not yet organized, ca. 1972
18:1217 The Wrong Season - Bound TSS, ca. 1972-1973
18:1218 The Wrong Season - Bound TSS (Clean/ revised copy), ca. 1972-1973
18:1219 The Wrong Season - TSS of introduction by Joe Flaherty, notes and ephemera, including baseball programs, 1972
18:1220 The Wrong Season - cover proofs, reviews, notes, and promotional materials, 1973
18:1221 TSS copy of short stories "I Could Marry Her", and "Friday Night was Always a Ball", ca. 1966?
18:1222 TSS of short story "Re-entry", ca. 1975
18:1223 Pan's Eyes - TSS of stories, some variant TSS, ca. 1966-1970?
18:1224 Pan's Eyes - TSS of stories, ca. 1966-1970?
18:1225 Pan's Eyes - TSS copy of stories, ca. 1966-1970
18:1226 Pan's Eyes - 2 copies of contract, 1 pc. correspondence, 1976
18:1227 TSS Proposal for The Single Father's Cookbook (not produced), 1077-1979
18:1228 TSS of children's book (not produced) with 1 pc. correspondence, 1976
18:1229 TSS of children's books The Friends and How Big Was Lemuel? (neither produced), ca. 1975-1979
18:1230 "Drying Out" - autobiographical essay (unfinished book?), 1977
18:1231 TSS of pornographic short stories (never published?), ca. 1970-1980?
18:1232 TSS copies of pornographic stories, ca. 1970-1980?
18:1233 Marilyn Lives - TSS with corrections, ca. 1980
18:1234 Marilyn Lives - Publicity Photo of JO and two copies of publisher's press release, 1981
18:1235 TSS Book on Fatherhood (not published), 1982
18:1236 Submission by JO for humor book, Bred Any Good Rooks Lately? (never published?), 1986
Non-Fiction Articles
18:1237 Copies, clippings of publications by JO (some Village Voice, also a letter to New York Magazine, also reviews for The World), 1969-1970
18:1238 TSS carbons of Village Voice columns, ca. 1970-1972
18:1239 TSS Articles by JO (mostly Village Voice) (some not published), ca. 1970-1972?
18:1240 Copies of articles and reviews in Newsday and Book World, 1971-1973
18:1241 Copies of Village Voice articles (some poetry publications), 1972-1973
18:1242 TSS carbons of Village Voice columns (includes TSS of poems published in VV), 1972-1973
18:1243 Copies of Village Voice columns/ Publications, 1974
19:1244 TSS carbons of Village Voice columns, 1974
19:1245 TSS carbons of Village Voice columns, 1975
19:1246 TSS of unfinished, unpublished Village Voice columns, 1975
19:1247 TSS Review of Lost and Found by John Nonce, with one piece correspondence, clipping of published version, 1975
19:1248 TSS carbons of Village Voice columns (includes 1 pc. editorial correspondence), 1976
19:1249 Village Voice Ephemera - Publicity materials and research notes, 1976
19:1250 TSS carbons of Village Voice columns, 1976-1977
19:1251 Copies of Village Voice articles, 1976-1978
19:1252 Book Reviews by JO (some for New York Times), ca. 1976-1980
19:1253 Columns by JO (some Village Voice?), ca. 1976-1980
19:1254 TSS carbons of Village Voice columns, ca. 1978
19:1255 TSS carbons of Village Voice columns, 1979
19:1256 TSS carbons of undated articles (some Village Voice?), ca. 1975-1979
19:1257 "Down on the Farm" - TSS of baseball article for New York Magazine, with correspondence and notes, 1979
19:1258 Articles/ Columns by JO (some Village Voice?), ca. 1980
19:1259 Articles/Columns by JO (publications unknown), ca. 1977-1985?
19:1260 TSS Carbons of Village Voice columns, 1981
19:1261 Copies of Village Voice columns, 1981-1983
19:1262 TSS of book reviews, other prose articles, ca. 1983-1984
19:1263 Copies of articles by JO (Ararat, New Hampshire Profiles, Options, Gallery), ca. 1983-1984
19:1264 TSS Carbons of articles for Village Voice, Ararat, New Hampshire Profiles, 1983-1985
19:1265 TSS Carbons of Village Voice articles, ca. 1984-1985
19:1266 TSS Articles on Baseball, ca. 1985
19:1267 TSS of Columns for New Hampshire Times, 1985-1986
19:1268 Copies of articles in New Hampshire Times (includes letters published in response to JO), 1985-1986
19:1269 Copies of articles by JO (ACUCAA Bulletin, Daily News Magazine), 1986
19:1270 TSS Articles and Columns (includes Village Voice obituary for Eugene Rachlis, some TSS may be for speeches), 1986-1987
Interviews and Lectures
19:1271 Poetry, "The Ecology of the Soul" - proofs of lectures by JO, correspondence from David Landrey, 1983
19:1272 "Language vs. Poetry" - transcript of JO lecture (draft TSS with corrections by JO), ca. 1983-1985
19:1273 Transcript TSS of JO interviews by Bill Sylvester, 1985
19:1274 TSS of commencement address by JO for New England College (multiple drafts), 1985-1986
19:1275 Transcript TSS of JO interview by Chris Beach, 1986-1988
19:1276 TSS "About New Forms" - Lecture given by JO at The Poetry Project, 4/9/88, 1988
Series IV: Notes and Ephemera, undated, 1925-1986
Ephemera--Personal notes and records
20:1277 Two sketch illustrations (poor quality - not identified), undated
20:1278 High School Football Program, JO's ID card at age 19, 1946, 1949
20:1279 Cornell University Scholarship Information, ca. 1947
20:1280 Black Mountain College Ephemera - flyers and catalogs, including flyer for play Cuchulain in which JO appeared, 1949-1952
20:1281 Black Mountain College - Event Announcement Cards (layout by JO? - marked as Sad Devil Press), 1952
20:1282 1 pc. painting, 1 pc. drawing by Fielding Dawson, 1952
20:1283 JO's Thanksgiving Menu (in French), 1958
20:1284 Poetry Notebook - MSS version of "The Crooked Will," JO's reading list for fall 1959, 1959
20:1285 Two Notebooks - largely empty, one poem in MSS, undated
20:1286 Notebook - notes and philosophical journal, 1959
20:1287 Financial Records (3 pieces), 1959-1961
20:1288 Income Tax Records, Court Papers, Insurance Records, 1960-1966
20:1289 Galleys and notes from JO's work as editor of Kulchur 5, ca. 1961
20:1290 Clippings regarding Poetry Readings by JO, 1961-1967
20:1291 Program for Ezra Pound's 78th Birthday Dinner, includes transcript of readings by JO and others, 1963
20:1292 Adult Education Brochure promoting seminar involving JO and LeRoi Jones, 1963-1964
20:1293 Personal notes detailing JO's sexual relationships, ca. 1964
20:1294 Personal notes regarding Tarot Readings (questions JO's relationship to "D"), ca. 1964
20:1295 Notes and Fragments in TSS, ca. 1965?
20:1296 News clippings regarding JO reading interrupted by police officer, 1966
20:1297 Associated Council on the Arts Conference Materials (clipping details JO's role as guest speaker), 1966-1967
20:1298 Notes - JO's rules for imaginary board game on dating (see Gilmore, Don't Touch the Poet, p. 137-39), ca. 1967?
20:1299 Notes and outlines, including lettering designs, ca. 1966-1968
20:1300 Notes, doodles, floor plan sketches, ca. 1968
20:1301 "Bulleting Board Nonsense", and notes on 1968 election, ca. 1968
20:1302 Clippings regarding End of the Road (film in which JO had cameo) and The Great White Hope, includes part of shooting schedule for End of the Road, 1968-1969
20:1303 Clippings/ Articles in which JO is mentioned or quoted, 1968-1969
20:1304 Teachers and Writers Collaborative (budgeting, correspondence), 1969
20:1305 Teachers and Writers Collaborative (notes, clippings, correspondence), 1969
20:1306 Student Publications relating to Teachers and Writers Collaborative, 1969
20:1307 Clippings related to Charles Olson's funeral, includes correspondence, TSS of "The Polish Cavalry", 1970
20:1308 Financial Records and Travel Receipts, ca. 1970
20:1309 Fliers and Mailers for Environment! action group (includes TSS drafts by JO), ca. 1970
20:1310 Baseball Ephemera, notes, fantasy lineups, ca. 1970
20:1311 Three Notebooks (mostly names and addresses), ca. 1970?
20:1312 "Bold as Dice" - copy of article from Fourth Estate, includes section on JO, reprints The Love Bit, 1972
20:1313 Poetry Project Newsletter (incomplete), 1972-1976
20:1314 Schedule for TV appearance by JO (CAPS Public Service TV, appeared with Audre Lord and Jayne Cortez), 1975
20:1315 Teaching Materials - Exercise based on "The Artist" by William Carlos Williams, ca. 1970-1980
20:1316 NEA Grant application materials, 1975-1976
20:1317 Copies of articles that mention JO (JO not main focus), 1958, 1977-1986
20:1318 Photos of JO (professional quality - B/W), ca. 1978
20:1319 Notes, Receipts, and Financial Records, 1980-1982
20:1320 Promotional flyers for JO appearances and publications, ca. 1980-1985
21:1321 Receipts for book sales of JO's books, royalty statements, 1982-1983
21:1322 "Complete Dossier" - folder containing copies of resume, ca. 1983
21:1323 Copy of dissertation abstract about JO by David Thibodaux at Kansas State University, 1983
21:1324 Teaching Materials - quotes from Blues songs selected by JO, program for workshop "On the Blues", ca. 1984
21:1325 Ephemera related to JO at New England College, 1983-1985
21:1326 Copies of Ink - promotional articles about JO, 1982-1986
21:1327 Materials for baseball-themed poetry reading at RIT, includes correspondence by JO, Sam Abrams, 1984-1985
21:1328 "Politics and the Literary Imagination in the 60s" - TSS of lecture given at Syracuse University, correspondence, 1984-1985
21:1329 Black Mountain College Revisited Materials - TSS of article by JO about BMC, promotional materials for reading by JO, 1984-1985
21:1330 "Poetry of Place" conference materials (conference moderated by JO), 1985
21:1331 Copies of JO's résumé, ca. 1985
21:1332 Notes by JO on his cancer, possibility of his death, ca. 1985
21:1333 New England College Alumni Bulletin - publication of poem, " For the Inauguration...", 1986
21:1334 Materials for Elderhostel Summer Conference on Poetry of Place (New England College), 1986
21:1335 "Getting it Right" - article by Michael Joyce about JO, undated
Ephemera -- Publications and Other Materials Retained by JO
21:1336 Clippings and articles not related to JO, 1950-1964
21:1337 Alternative Press Ephemera, 1962-1967
21:1338 Copies of articles by Pete Hamill (friend of JO), 1969-1972
21:1339 Clippings regarding death of Leon Seidel (owner of Lion's Head Restaurant, which JO frequented), 1968
21:1340 Flyers and announcements not involving JO, ca. 1968-1969
21:1341 Flyers for poetry readings not involving JO, ca. 1968-1969
21:1342 Ephemera from South Street Seaport, ca. 1968
21:1343 Book Catalogs and Advertisements, ca. 1969-1970
21:1344 Flyers/ Announcements of local relevance to JO, ca. 1969-1970
21:1345 TSS poems by others, including Gilbert Sorrentino, George Stanley, Howard Shulman, Sam Abrams, 1961-1962
21:1346 Poems by others, including Gil Henderson, John Cowles, others, ca. 1960
21:1347 Poems in TSS by others - Knox Burger, Daniel Murray, others, undated
21:1348 Galley proofs of The Butterfly by Michael Rumaker, undated
21:1349 Galley sets of Four Love Poems by Robert Creeley, ca. 1961?
21:1350 Poetry TSS - not identified, not by JO, undated
21:1351 "Poems for Joel" - spiral bound book of poems by students, 1985
21:1352 Galleys for book of poems by Joe Early, with Fielding Dawson, 1961
21:1353 Galleys from book of psychological essays (relevance?) [FRAGILE], undated
21:1354 Printing samples, typeface cards, ca. 1954
21:1355 Printing and typesetting resources, pre-1966?
21:1356 Book on Linotype Press Operation (with inscription, addressee unknown), 1925
21:1357 Two Reel to Reel Audio Tapes - no label or date, ca. 1960?
22 [loose contents not foldered]
Box of 5 1/4" floppy disks - JO word processing files, ca. 1985
UMAX tape - "Buffalo State Presents Video Poetics II, Joel Oppenheimer, Allen DeLoach", 1983
Betamax Tape - The Great American Desert, 4/26/80, 1980
VHS tape - "Joel Oppenheimer Reading at the Maryland Institute, February 28, 1985",
VHS tape - Hall of Fame Special: Hoyt Wilhelm, ca. 1985?
VHS tape - "Joel Oppenheimer: Halley's Comet", ca. 1985?
VHS tape - "1984 Sophomore Literary Festival - University of Notre Dame" (JO reading), 1984
VHS tape - JO reading at Merrimack High School with note), ca. 1985?
Loose Audio Cassette Tapes
"Happy Birthday, Joel, 1984", 1984
"JO, talk for 20th C. Art Class, Spring 1982", 1982
"Earliest Memories, 9/88", 1988
"Joel - Early Memories, Sept. 1988", 1988
"Joel's Memorial, 12/3/88", 1988
"For Joel's Groundhog Day, Bob Creeley, Jan. 4, 1989", 1989
"Joel Oppenheimer, 2/2/89" [tribute pieces], 1989
Box of Audio Cassette Tapes - Various readings and interviews with JO, ca. 1984
Box of Audio Cassette Tapes - Readings by poets other than JO - includes William Carlos Williams, Hilda Doolittle, Marianne Moore, Hayden Carruth, Denise Levertov, Robert Frost, others, undated
Box of Audio Cassettes - Recordings of "Poetry of Place" Conference organized by JO at RIT, April 25-26, 1985, 1985
Series V: Unprocessed materials, undated, 1970-1987
[Identified correspondence has been pulled from the boxes listed below and placed in Series I.]
23 Correspondence, 1971-1972, 1977-1978, 1980-1982
24 Correspondence, 1980-1981
25 Correspondence, 1976, 1978-1979, 1982
26 Correspondence, 1976-1981
27 Correspondence, 1974-1977, 1980, 1985-1986
28 Correspondence, 1979-1980, 1985-1987
29 Correspondence, 1983-1985, 1987-1988
30 Correspondence, 1977, 1980, 1984-1987
31 Correspondence, 1983-1984, 1986-1987
32 Correspondence, 1975-1977, 1984-1985
33 Correspondence, 1982-1984
34 Correspondence, 1970-1973
35 Correspondence, 1973, 1976, 1978-1979
[Boxes below contain correspondence and poetry submitted to JO as poetry editor of the Village Voice newspaper.]
36 Village Voice submissions, 1980
37 Village Voice submissions, 1981
38 Village Voice submissions, 1971-1975, 1980-1981
39 Village Voice submissions, 1973-1974, 1980-1981
[Boxes 40-51 comprise mainly teaching materials, including student work and administrative documents, with some correspondence intermixed.]
40 Student work by D.W. Donzella, Shaun Farragher, Leo Connellan, Alan Ziegler, Michael Stephens, and others, ca. 1970-1976
41 Student work by Brian McInerney, Martha Moffett, Joe Johnson, Frank Lima, and others, ca. 1974-1979
42 Teaching materials (City College, New York), student work by Nancy Lee Meade, financial ephemera (bills), 1978-1979
43 Teaching materials, New England College, 1983-1984
44 Teaching materials, City College and New England College, 1974-1975, 1983-1984
45 Teaching materials, with student work by D.W. Donzella, Charlotte Adler, and others, 1972
46 Teaching materials, City College, student work by Shaun Farragher, Dan Gabriel, Kathleen Chodor, and Jim Mele, 1972-1976
47 Teaching, "Second Westbeth Workshop," student work by Brian McInerney, Toi Derricotte, Harry Greenberg, Howard Levy, circa 1973-1975
48 Student work by Sharyn Skeeter, Andrew Reinbach, Kathleen Chodor, ca. 1974-1976
49 Teaching materials, New England College and Rochester Institute of Technology, ca. 1984-1985
50 Teaching materials, City College, ca. 1971-1975
51 Teaching materials, including files on JO's "Poetry of Place" conference at RIT; also includes TSS of The Oyster and the Wind (novel not by JO), 1984-1985
52 Prose drafts, including TSS of Marilyn Lives!, and JO's unpublished book on Fatherhood; also some Village Voice columns, additional research materials for prose articles, undated
53 Prose drafts (possibly Village Voice columns), "Dossier Materials," news clippings, undated
[Boxes below contain additional ephemera and materials retained by JO, including fliers, catalogs, news clippings, and financial records.]
54 Westbeth materials, pamphlets on health care, posters for productions of JO's play, The Great American Desert, undated
55 Fliers, announcements, and junk mail, ca. 1974-1975
56 Outgoing correspondence by JO, correspondence, doodles, photocopy of thesis about JO, news clippings, undated, 1972
57 Financial records, correspondence, Westbeth materials, teaching materials, 1973-1978
58 Announcements and fliers, including announcements for poetry readings at St. Mark's Church, ca. 1971-1976
59 Clippings, correspondence, notebooks, doodles, and folder marked "receipts 1978", undated, 1978
60 Teaching materials, City College; baseball notes and ephemera, submissions to JO as Village Voice poetry editor, undated
61 Village Voice submissions; photocopies of Cid Corman/Charles Olson correspondence; materials relating to poetry contest judged by JO, undated, 1979
62 Press releases and correspondence from CAPS, CCLM, St. Mark's Poetry Project, other publications, undated
63 Spiral bound notebooks carried by JO - most are not dated, and contain addresses, notes, and doodles, as well as partial MSS drafts of poetry, undated
64 Publications, newsletters, some correspondence, ca. 1981-1983
65 Correspondence, fliers, clippings of JO columns, multiple issues of The Four Star Puzzler, 1977, 1983
66 Teaching materials, School of New Resources; clippings, student work, and envelope labeled "BMC at Bard, 1987", 1976, 1987
67 Tear sheets of Village Voice columns by JO; New England College ephemera, undated
68 Several issues of Gallery magazine, news clippings, Evergreen State College Bulletin, 1972-1973, 1980-1981
69 Publications, including Poets and Writers Newsletter, City College Catalog (1974-76), NY State Council on the Arts, Author's Guild, other newsletters, 1970-1976, 1984-1986
70 Periodicals and books, including books on baseball, books on sex, and the North Carolina Wesleyan University Yearbook, undated, 1977
71 Periodicals and book catalogs, ca. 1975-1982
72 Proofs/ Galleys of books by others (possibly sent to JO as review copies), undated
73 Professional Correspondence, Teachers and Writers Collaborative, 1969
74 Alternative Press Publications (folio size), ca. 1981-1987
75 Uncorrected TSS of novel by Ann Fairbairn, undated
76 TSS returned from Bobbs-Merrill, including The Wrong Season, Fielding Dawson's A Great Day for a Ballgame, and other works not by JO, undated, 1976