John Wieners Papers

Overview of the Collection

Biography

Scope and Content

Restrictions

Index Terms

Related Material

Administrative Information

Bibliography

Detailed Description

Series I: Manuscripts, 1958-197?

Series II: Correspondence, 1967-1986

John Wieners Papers

Finding aid prepared by Betsy Pittman

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

© 2005 University of Connecticut


Overview of the Collection
Repository:	Archives & Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Center.
Creator:	Wieners, John.
Title:	John Wieners Papers.
Dates:	1958-1986.
Quantity:	.75 linear feet
Identification:	MSS19860010
Language:	English.
Abstract:	Born in 1934, near Boston, John Wieners studied at Black Mountain College from 1955-1956. An associate of the San Francisco and Beat Writers, he is an American poet and gay activist.

Biography

Born in Boston, MA, on 6 January 1934, John Wieners is the son of Albert Eugene and Anna Elizabeth (Laffan) Wieners. He studied at Boston College (A.B., 1954) and attended Black Mountain College (1955-1956) and SUNY-Buffalo (1965-1969). Wieners was an actor and stage manager for the Poets Theatre in Boston, MA, in 1956 before establishing and editing the magazine, Measure (1957-1962). He has been a teacher at the Beacon Hill Free School in Boston since 1973. The author of over 25 books and three plays, Wieners has won awards from the Poets Foundation (1962), New Hope Foundations (1963), National Institute of Arts and Letters (1968) and a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts (1968-1969). A member of the Academy of American Poets, Wieners resides in Boston, MA.

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Scope and Content

The collection consists of correspondence and a small amount of manuscripts. The bulk of the materials are those assembled by Raymond Foye in the course of editing Wieners' Selected Poems, 1958-1984 (Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1986). These files include correspondence with Wieners and others (1984-1985) and Allen Ginsberg's working manuscripts for the book's foreword.

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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 papers. See especailly: the Papers of Donald Allen, Bill Berkson, George Butterick, Cid Corman, Diane DiPrima, Edward Dorn, Larry Eigner, Larry Fagin, Charles Olson, Michael Rumaker, and Ed Sanders. For detailed information on these collections please contact the curator or ask at the reference desk.

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Index Terms

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

Subjects:

Berkson, Bill—Correspondence.

Creeley, Robert, 1926- —Correspondence.

Di Prima, Diane—Correspondence.

Dorn, Edward—Correspondence.

Fagin, Larry—Correspondence.

Foye, Raymond, 1957-

Ginsberg, Allen, 1926- —Correspondence.

Kyger, Joanne—Correspondence.

MacAdams, Lewis, 1944- —Correspondence.

McNaughton, Duncan, 1942- —Correspondence.

Meltzer, David—Correspondence.

Poets, American—20th century.

Rumaker, Michael, 1932- —Correspondence.

Wieners, John, 1934- Poems. Selctions.

Document Types:

Correspondence.

Manuscripts.

Occupations:

Poet.

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

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

Acquisition Information

The collection was purchased by the University of Connecticut from various individuals from 1976 through 1986.

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Bibliography

About the Author:

Contemporary Authors Online, The Gale Group,1999.

Edited by Ann Charters. Dictionary of Literary Biography, Volume 16: The Beats Literary Bohemians in Postwar America, A Bruccoli Clark Layman Book. University of Connecticut. Gale Research,1983. Pp. 572-583.

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Detailed Description

Series I: Manuscripts, 1958-197?

1:1

“Ailsa's Last Will and Testament”, 197?

1:2

Behind the State Capitol: or Cincinnati Pike, undated

1:3

Ephemera, 1965-1986

1:4

“I have Swallowed my teeth...”, 1958

1:5

“Justice”, 197?

1:6

“Klugwerth”, 197?

1:7

Memories of You, 1965

1:8

Selected Poems—foreword (Ginsberg), 1985

1:9

“To Ross”, 197?

1:10

Unidentified mss, undated

Series II: Correspondence, 1967-1986

1:11

Minkhoff, George, 1967-1968

1:12-18

Wieners, John, 195?-1972

Selected Poems, 1958-1984