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Paul Blackburn Papers

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Paul Blackburn Papers MSS 0004 1 Descriptive Summary Languages: English Contributing Institution: Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego 9500 Gilman Drive La Jolla 92093-0175 Title: Paul Blackburn Papers Identifier/Call Number: MSS 0004 Physical Description: 22 Linear feet(51 archives boxes, 2 card file boxes and 1 flat box) Date (inclusive): 1919 - 1971 Abstract: Papers of Paul Blackburn, an American poet, translator, editor, and literary agent. Blackburn was the author of nineteen books of poetry published between 1955 and 1980, the last six appearing posthumously. He translated the work of such writers as Pablo Picasso, Federico Garcia Lorca and Julio Cortazar, and served as Cortezar's agent. He was also a contributing editor of the Black Mountain Review and the poetry editor of The Nation for a short time. Over half of the collection is composed of photographs and correspondence. The correspondence relates to both personal and professional matters, and consists not only of letters received by Blackburn, but also of many copies of his own letters. Among the prominent correspondents are Julio Cortazar, Charles Reznikoff, Ezra Pound, Octavio Paz, Charles Olson, Allen Ginsberg, Robert Creeley, and Blackburn's mother, Frances Frost. The collection also includes manuscripts and typescripts of poems, prose and translations dated from the 1940s through the early 1970s and materials relating to the business aspects of Blackburn's career, including contracts, reading schedules and some business correspondence. Scope and Content of Collection Papers of Paul Blackburn, an American poet, translator, editor, and literary agent. Over half of the collection is composed of photographs and correspondence which document his life and literary career. The correspondence relates to both personal and professional matters, and consists not only of letters received by Blackburn, but also of many copies of his own letters. Among the prominent correspondents are Julio Cortazar, Charles Reznikoff, Ezra Pound, Octavio Paz, Charles Olson, Allen Ginsberg, Robert Creeley, and Blackburn's mother, Frances Frost. The collection also includes manuscripts and typescripts of poems, prose and translations dated from the 1940s through the early 1970s and materials relating to the business aspects of Blackburn's career, including contracts, reading schedules and some business correspondence. Although some family documents such as photographs date from the early 1900s, the bulk of the materials relate directly to Blackburn's life and date from the early 1940s to the early 1970s. Separation Note: Books, journals and audiorecordings received in the 1973 accession of the Paul Blackburn Papers have been separated from the collection and added elsewhere to the library's holdings. To identify audiorecordings he owned, conduct an author search in ROGER on the term "Blackburn, Paul former owner," then click on the "Limit the Search" button, and in the "Material type" box select "Records/Tapes" from the pull-down menu. The collection is arranged in eight series: 1) ORIGINAL POETRY, 2) TRANSLATIONS, 3) PROSE AND INTERVIEWS, 4) POETRY/TRANSLATION BUSINESS, 5) PERSONAL AND FAMILY MATERIALS, 6) EPHEMERA, 7) CORRESPONDENCE, and 8) MISCELLANEOUS MATERIALS. Biography Born in Saint Albans, Vermont, November 24th, 1926, Paul Blackburn influenced contemporary literature through his poetry, translations and the encouragement and patronage he offered to fellow poets. His parents, William Gordon Blackburn and Frances Frost (also a poet, novelist and author of children's books) separated when Blackburn was three. He was cared for primarily by his maternal grandparents until he was fourteen, when his mother took him back to New York City to live with her in Greenwich Village. He began writing poetry in his late teens under her encouragement. Just after enrolling in New York University in 1945, Blackburn joined the army in hopes of being sent overseas. The war ended shortly thereafter however, and he served as a laboratory technician in Colorado. In 1947 he returned to NYU, and subsequently transferred to the University of Wisconsin, Madison, in 1949, graduating in 1950. It was during his college years that Blackburn first came under the influence of Ezra Pound. While at the University of Wisconsin he began corresponding with Pound, and hitchhiked to Washington D.C. several times to visit him at St. Elizabeth's Hospital. Via Pound, he came in to contact with Cid Corman, Robert Creeley, Charles Olson, Joel Oppenheimer and Jonathan Williams. Through this contact came an ancillary involvement with the first two issues of Olson's magazine, Black Mountain Review, and consequent, the inexact [erroneous?] inclusion of Blackburn in the Black Mountain school of poets. Blackburn neither attended the college, not taught there, and as Edith Jarolim points out in her intoduction to the Collected Poems, "Blackburn always opposed the division of poets into schools and did not like the role of Black Mountain poet into which he was cast by Donald Allen's anthology The New American Poetry (1960). He embraced all types of poetry,

Paul Blackburn Papers MSS 0004 2 citing the value of "all work, if you work 'em right." (E. Jarolim in The Collected Poems of Paul Blackburn, 1985) It was Pound as well, who pointed Blackburn in the direction of Provencal poetry, and he studied the languages of Provence while at the University of Wisconsin. His work on Provencal translations intensified following the 1953 publication of a slim selection of the translations and with a Fulbright Fellowship in 1954 to study Provencal language and literature in France. This vein of his work continued for the rest of his life and didn't see full publication until after his death because he was never quite satisfied with it. Blackburn was also well-known for his translations from Spanish of the epic Poem for the Cid, Lorca, a book of Pablo Picasso's poems, and of contemporary South American writers such as Octavio Paz and his friend Julio Cortazar. In addition to the poetry and the translating, Blackburn played an important part in the poetry community, helping fledgling poets develop, and providing emotional support and opportunities to read for both unknown and established writers at the various reading series with which was involved. He was central in organizing readings that offered work from the Beats, the New York School, the Deep Image Poets, and the Black Mountain Poets. Clayton Eshleman has written, "Many, not just a few, but many poets alive today are beholden to him for a basic artistic kindness, for readings, yes, and for advice, but more humanly for a kind of comradeship that very few poets are willing to give." The readings he ran were progenitors to the Poetry Project at St. Marks Church on the Bowery. Up until the mid-1960s Blackburn supported himself by various print-shop, editorial and translating jobs, including a short stint as poetry editor of The Nation. Some of his early jobs included working in-house on encyclopedias, and writing free lance reviews. By the mid-1960s Blackburn began receiving offers of teaching positions, and in 1965, 1966 and 1967 he directed workshops at the Aspen Writers' Conference. He was Poet-In-Residence at City College of New York in 1966-67. A Guggenheim Fellowship in 1967 enabled him to return to Europe to work on his translations and poetry. Upon returning to the U.S. he supported himself through reading tours and teaching at the State University of New York at Cortland. Blackburn was married three times: to Winifred Grey McCarthy from 1954 to 1958; Sara Golden from 1963 to 1967; and to Joan Diane Miller in 1968, with whom he had his son, Carlos T. Blackburn died in 1971 of the esophageal cancer. During his lifetime Blackburn published thirteen books of poetry: The Dissolving Fabric (1955), Brooklyn Manhattan Transit: A Bouquet for Flatbush (1960), The Nets (1961), 16 Sloppy Haiku and a Lyric for Robert Reardon (1966), Sing Song (1966), The Reardon Poems (1967), The Cities (1967), In. On. Or About the Premises (1968), Two New Poems (1969), The Assassination of President McKinley, Three Dreams and an Old Poem, Gin: Four Journal Pieces (1970), and The Journals: Blue Mounds Entries (1971); and 5 major works of translations: Proensa (1953), Poem of the El Cid (1996), Julio Cortazar's End of the Game and Other Stories (1967), Pablo Picasso' s Hunk of Skin and Julio Cortazar's Cronopios and Famas. Nine other books of poetry were published posthumously: Early Selected y Mas: Poems 1949-1966 (1972), The Journals, Halfway Down the Coast (1975), By Ear (1978), Against the Silences (1980), The Selection Of Heaven (1980), The Collected Poems of Paul Blackburn (1985), The Selected Poems(?) and The Parallel Voyages (1987); and 2 works of translation: Proensa: An Anthology of Troubador Poetry (1978) and Lorca/Blackburn: Poems of Federico Garcia Lorca Chosen by Paul Blackburn (1979). For a complete bibliography see Kathleen Woodward, Paul Blackburn: A Checklist (San Diego: Archive for New Poetry, University of California, San Diego, 1980). Publication Rights Publication rights are held by the creator of the collection. Preferred Citation Paul Blackburn Papers, MSS 0004. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego. Restrictions Boxes 52 and 53 contain fragile originals that may be used only with permission of the Director of Special Collections & Archives. Preservation photocopies of these items are available in the collection. Acquisition Information Acquired 1973. Subjects and Indexing Terms Photographic prints -- 1960-1969 Photographic prints -- 1970-1979 Photographic prints -- 1950-1959 American poetry -- 20th century Provençal poetry -- Translations into English Zukofsky, Louis, 1904-1978 -- Correspondence

Paul Blackburn Papers MSS 0004 3 Williams, Jonathan, 1929-2008 -- Correspondence Pound, Ezra, 1885-1972 -- Correspondence Paz, Octavio, 1914-1998 -- Correspondence Olson, Charles, 1910-1970 -- Correspondence Lowenfels, Walter, 1897-1976 -- Correspondence Wakoski, Diane -- Correspondence Rothenberg, Jerome, 1931- -- Correspondence Raworth, Tom -- Correspondence Randall, Margaret, 1936- -- Correspondence Allen, Donald, 1912-2004 -- Correspondence Frost, Frances Mary, 1905-1959 -- Correspondence Creeley, Robert, 1926-2005 -- Correspondence Cortázar, Julio -- Correspondence Levertov, Denise, 1923-1997 -- Correspondence Loewinsohn, Ron -- Correspondence Jiménez-Landi, Antonio -- Translations into English Picasso, Pablo, 1881-1973 -- Translations into English Blackburn, Paul, 1926-1971 -- Archives Eshleman, Clayton -- Correspondence Duncan, Robert, 1919-1988 -- Correspondence Kelly, Robert, 1935- -- Correspondence Hamady, Walter -- Correspondence Corman, Cid -- Correspondence

ORIGINAL POETRY Scope and Content of Collection SERIES 1) ORIGINAL POETRY: Manuscripts and typescripts of poetry and related materials. The majority of these papers were collected from notebooks which Blackburn usually dated; the material is arranged chronologically by those dates. The notebooks often reveal Blackburn's location at the time that he was working on that material; e.g., folder 4.11 is titled "Fragile, mostly Europe." This series includes both unpublished work and early versions of work that was published later.

Ca. 1945 - 1951

Box 1, Folder 1 TSS originally in loose-leaf binder labelled by Blackburn "October 1945 - October 1946" Box 1, Folder 2 TSS originally in loose-leaf binder 1945 October - ca. 1950 Box 1, Folder 3 TSS in black loose-leaf binder with poems and some Provencal translations 1949 - 1951 Box 1, Folder 4 TSS in grey loose-leaf binder with poems and some Provencal translations 1949 - 1951 Box 1, Folder 5 TSS, 19 drafts of "The Innocents Who Fall Like Apples" 1949 - 1950 Box 1, Folder 6 TSS, transferred from other (non-poetry) materials ca. late 1940s and early 1950s

Ca. early 1950s - 1958

Box 1, Folder 7 TSS unmarked folders 1953 - 1956 Box 1, Folder 8 TSS originally in folder marked by Blackburn "mostly 1954-57"

Paul Blackburn Papers MSS 0004 4 ORIGINAL POETRY Ca. early 1950s - 1958

Box 1, Folder 9 MSS from notebook from Toulouse 1955 - 1956 General note Containing notes on Provencal language and literature.

Box 1, Folder 10 Xeroxes of MSS in Toulouse notebook no. 6, June-Aug. 1955 General note See Series II, Provencal translations.

Box 1, Folder 11 Xeroxes of MSS in Toulouse notebook no. 7, June-Aug. 1995/ March 1956 General note See Series II, Provencal translations.

Box 1, Folder 12 Xeroxes of MSS in Toulouse notebook no. 8, Nov. 1955 - Feb. 1956 General note See Series II, Provencal translations.

Box 1, Folder 13 Xeroxes of MSS in Toulouse notebook no. 9, late 1956 - July 1957 General note See Series II, Provencal translations.

Box 1, Folder 14 TSS and MSS originally in folder marked by Blackburn 1954 - 1958 General note "Early notebook sheets and worksheets/mostly Europe."

Box 1, Folder 15 Part II (1.14) Box 1, Folder 16 Part III (1.14) Box 2, Folder 1 2 early 1950s poems found loose among Blackburn ephemera Box 2, Folder 2 7 TSS, early to mid-1950s Box 2, Folder 3 9 TSS, early to mid-1950s Box 2, Folder 4 24 TSS, most written in Europe ca. 1954-1957 Box 2, Folder 5 13 TSS, early to mid-1950s Box 2, Folder 6 Carbon of The Double-Axe General note Unpublished collection of 35 TSS, most written in Europe and compiled in 1956. (see 2.13 for original TS).

Box 2, Folder 7 MS of South General note Unpublished collection of 30 TSS, most written in Europe and compiled in 1957.

Box 2, Folder 8 Rexograph publication, undated, of Brooklyn-Manhattan Transit General note Translation by Agusti Bartra of "Meditation on the BMT" into Spanish. Also three dittoes of "Meditation on the BMT," with poems by Robert Kelly and Gary Snyder.

Box 2, Folder 9 "Night Song for Two Mystics," TS Box 2, Folder 10 TSS and some MSS originally in folder labelled "carbons of early poems 1951-8, by Blackburn. Part I Box 2, Folder 11 Part II (2.10) Box 2, Folder 12 Miscellaneous TSS and one MS of late 1950s poems. General note Includes TS of The Dissolving Fabric, Brooklyn-Manhattan Transit, and Cabras ( an unpublished collection of 53 poems).

Paul Blackburn Papers MSS 0004 5 ORIGINAL POETRY Ca. early 1950s - 1958

Box 2, Folder 13 TS of The Double-Axe, unpublished 1956 collection Box 2, Folder 14 Misc. mid to late 1950s TSS and MSS Box 2, Folder 15 TSS, mid to late 1950s, originally in folder labelled "Finish!" by Blackburn General note This group in sub-folder marked by Blackburn "already done." Part 1 of 2: see also 4.9.

Box 2, Folder 16 PP of "The Signals" ( Big Table 1), "Cabras" and "A Permanence" ( New Directions 16)

Mid-1950s to Early 1960s

Box 2, Folder 17 TSS originally in unmarked black dissertation binder, ca. mid-1950s to 1961 General note Part 3 of 4: see also 6.7, 10.3, and 10.5.

Box 2, Folder 18 TSS and MSS originally in folder labelled "English Dept LIU" by Blackburn 1958 - 1962 Box 3, Folder 1 TSS and MSS originally in folder labelled "Fragile, mostly Europe" by Blackburn General note This group was in sub-folder marked by Blackburn "done/fragile," ca. mid-1950s to mid-1960s. Part 1 of 3: see also 3.2 and 4.11.

Box 3, Folder 2 TSS lists of poems, 1950s through early 1960s, labelled "scopes" by Blackburn General note Part 3 of 3: see also 3.1 and 4.11.

Box 3, Folder 3 TSS originally in folder labelled "1960" by Joan Blackburn General note Includes one mid-1950s TS.

Box 3, Folder 4 Notebook labelled by Blackburn "Readings 1961" General note Includes MSS from 1961-1963, addresses, and itinerary and expense list from poetry reading tour.

Box 3, Folder 5 TSS originally in folder marked by Joan Blackburn "1961-62" Box 3, Folder 6 Unbound copies of The Nets (Trobar, 1961)

Early 1960s

Box 3, Folder 7 TSS and MSS transcriptions of dreams ca. 1958-1966 Box 3, Folder 8 MSS in small blue and white notebook 1962 Box 3, Folder 9 MSS in notebook labelled "Poems 1962" by Blackburn Box 3, Folder 10 MSS in notebook labelled "Spring 1963-December 1963" by Blackburn General note Also includes addresses, expense lists and schedules for poetry readings.

Box 3, Folder 11 TS, "The Selection of Heaven", sections 1-10 Box 3, Folder 12 Eight copies of "Robert Schiller: Exhibition of Photographs;" a pamphlet General note Also includes Blackburn poem "The Subject Becomes Object/Subject" (November 1963).

Paul Blackburn Papers MSS 0004 6 ORIGINAL POETRY Early 1960s

Box 3, Folder 13 TSS originally in unmarked black dissertation binder General note May be collection of poems published in serials ca. 1958-1963. Part 2 of 4: see also 2.17, 6.6, and 6.8.

Box 4, Folder 1 MSS in notebook labelled "January 1964" by Blackburn ca. 1963 November to 1964 Summer General note Includes addresses, lists of poems submitted, dream transcriptions.

Box 4, Folder 2 Xerox of 4.1 Box 4, Folder 3 TSS originally in folder labelled "1963-64" and "110 Thompson St" General note By Joan Blackburn.

Box 4, Folder 4 MSS in notebook labelled "Spring 1964-Nove 1964" by Blackburn General note Includes many transcriptions of Provencal poetry and notes on history of the troubadors, addresses, dream transcriptions, and notes on publications.

Box 4, Folder 5 7 TSS submitted to Essence Records, 1964, and recording contract Box 4, Folder 6 TSS originally in dissertation binder, unmarked - Part I ca. early to mid-1960s Box 4, Folder 7 Part II of 4.6 General note Includes some late 1960s poems.

Box 4, Folder 8 TSS originally in unmarked folder, misc. early through mid-1960s Box 4, Folder 9 TSS originally in folder labelled "Finish!" by Blackburn General note Mostly early-mid 1960s with some late 1950s. Part 2 of 2: see also 2.15.

Box 4, Folder 10 TSS originally in folder marked in known hand "clean copies for marketing" General note Overwritten by Blackburn "leave"; ca. 1961-1965.

Box 4, Folder 11 TSS and MSS originally in folder labelled "Fragile, mostly Europe" by Blackburn General note This group in unmarked sub-folder, ca. 1961-1965 with some earlier and later poems. Part 2 of 3: see also 3.1 and 3.2.

Box 4, Folder 12 TS for Sing Song (Caterpillar, 1966) Box 4, Folder 13 MSS in notebook labelled "Nov 1964 to November 1965" and "The City" by Blackburn General note Also includes introductions and schedules for readings, addresses and submission lists.

Box 4, Folder 14 TSS originally in folder labelled "a selection from a book called Recognitions: the cities" General note By Blackburn.

Paul Blackburn Papers MSS 0004 7 ORIGINAL POETRY Early 1960s

Box 5, Folder 1 TSS and MSS in unlabelled collection of mostly Cities poems General note Includes poems omitted from Grove edition and drafts of introductions and dedication to The Cities.

Box 5, Folder 2 TSS originally in folder labelled "Paul Blackburn/In, On, or About the Premises" General note By Blackburn.

Box 5, Folder 3 MSS list of poems to be included in The Cities General note Indicates omissions from the Grove edition.

Box 5, Folder 4 Black dissertation binder containing MS of The Cities - Part I Box 5, Folder 5 Part II (5.4) Box 5, Folder 6 Part III (5.4) Box 5, Folder 7 TSS originally in unmarked folder, mostly early to mid 1960s General note Also some 1950s and late 1960s.

Box 5, Folder 8 TSS and MSS in notebook labelled "November 1965 - November 1966" by Blackburn General note Includes dream transcriptions, addresses, expense lists, submissions lists, and medical information.

Box 5, Folder 9 TSS and MSS originally in folder labelled "Marketing" by Blackburn General note And over that "leave;" ca. 1964-1966 with some late 1950s and early 1960s.

Box 5, Folder 10 TSS originally in folder labelled "take and work" by Blackburn General note And "7th St. but no years" by Joan Blackburn; ca. 1964-1966.

Box 5, Folder 11 TSS and MSS originally in folder labelled "In the Works" one the side General note And "leave" on the front by Blackburn; ca. early to mid-1960s.

Box 5, Folder 12 TSS and MSS originally in folder labelled "1965-66" by Joan Blackburn Box 6, Folder 1 TSS and MSS originally found loose in cartons - Part I General note Ca. early to mid-1960s with some 1950s and early 1970s.

Box 6, Folder 2 Part II (6.1) Box 6, Folder 3 TSS and MSS found among other Blackburn papers General note Mostly fragments or unpublished; ca. early to late 1960s.

Ca. 1964-1967

Paul Blackburn Papers MSS 0004 8 ORIGINAL POETRY Ca. 1964-1967

Box 6, Folder 4 MSS in notebook labelled "Compost and Uriah" by Blackburn ca. 1965 June to 1966 April General note Also includes addresses, lists for readings, expense lists, dream transcriptions, chronology of early childhood events (1930), drafts of translations of Picasso's Hunk of Skin, and Provencal research notes.

Box 6, Folder 5 MSS in notebook labelled "November 1966-7" by Blackburn General note Also includes call slips from the N. Y. Public Library, one photo of Blackburn, addresses, submission lists, expense list for divorce trip to Juarez, and translations of Picasso's Hunk of Skin.

Box 6, Folder 6 TSS originally in unmarked black binder ca. 1965-1967 General note Part 1 of 4: see also 2.17, 3.13, and 6.8.

Box 6, Folder 7 TSS originally in folder labelled "Poems marketed" by Blackburn ca. 1964-1967 Box 6, Folder 8 TSS originally in unmarked black binder ca. 1966-1967 General note Part 4 of 4: see also 2.17, 3.13, and 6.6.

Box 6, Folder 9 PP of The Reardon Poems (Perishable Press, 1967) Box 6, Folder 10 Partial list of subscribers for The Reardon Poems Box 6, Folder 11 List of poems on tapes ca. 1958-1967

Mid to Late 1960s

Box 6, Folder 12 MSS in unlabelled notebook ca. 1966-1967 General note Also includes two journal entries.

Box 6, Folder 13 MSS in notebook labelled "June 1967-February 1968" by Blackburn General note Also includes journal entries, addresses and expense lists.

Box 7, Folder 1 MSS in notebook labelled "Nov. 1967 (7th St.)/ The Pyrenees (end of March)/The Alps (end of April)" General note By Blackburn. Poems are from the Journals. Also includes addresses, phone numbers, and one expense list.

Box 7, Folder 2 MSS in unlabelled notebook containing Journals poems General note Also includes notes on Provencal, list of women (not in Blackburn's hand), and a few addresses; ca. Nov. 1967 with one dated July 1970.

Box 7, Folder 3 TSS, "The Selections of Heaven" nos. 1-17 originally in folder stamped "Barbara" General note 1 complete copy of the poems with multiple copies of sections 1, 2 and 3, 4, 16, and 17.

Paul Blackburn Papers MSS 0004 9 ORIGINAL POETRY Mid to Late 1960s

Box 7, Folder 4 TSS in black dissertation binder labelled "S" (Sara) by Blackburn General note Ca. late 1950s and one from 1968 regarding relationship with Sara Blackburn. TS for Against the Silences (Permanent Press, 1980).

Box 7, Folder 5 TSS and MSS originally in folder labelled "Sara" by unknown hand General note Many poems duplicate those of 7.4. Also includes some letters and journal entries about Sara.

Box 7, Folder 6 TSS and MSS - Part I ca. mid to late 1960s Box 7, Folder 7 Part II (7.6) Box 7, Folder 8 TS of "The Crossing" rejected by The New Yorker

Late 1960s

Box 7, Folder 9 MSS in notebook labelled "February 1968" by Blackburn General note Includes poems collected in The Journals (Black Sparrow, 1975) and Half-Way Down the Coast (Mulch, 1975), some addresses and notes on Provencal.

Box 7, Folder 10 Xerox MSS of "Accepting the Gift" from "Mayo '68" notebook Box 7, Folder 11 MSS in notebook General note Labelled "Barcelone 1968/ New York, Fall-Winter/ Boqueron, Puerto Rico/ Jan. 1969" by Blackburn. Includes poems mostly from The Journals, addresses, phone numbers, transcripts of and notes on Provencal texts, budget lists, and catalogue of signs of labor for Carlos' birth.

Box 7, Folder 12 MSS in notebook labelled "1969" by Blackburn General note Includes poems mostly from The Journals, two translations from Chinese, addresses, lists of people to receive copies of "A McClure Poem," and two MSS by other poets.

Box 7, Folder 13 MSS originally in folder labelled by Joan Blackburn "hand-written orig" General note And by Robert Kelly "PB ms poems, first drafts, 1969-71".

Box 7, Folder 14 TSS of poems collected in Three Dreams and an Old Poem (University Press of Buffalo, 1970) General note Also includes two xeroxes of completed TS.

Box 8, Folder 1 TSS and MSS originally in folder labelled "Europe" by Joan Blackburn General note And "European worksheets, drafts, finished versions" by Robert Kelly. Mostly late 1967-1968 poems collected in THE JOURNALS.

Box 8, Folder 2 TSS and MSS General note Ca. 1966-1968, with some from 1950s and early 1960s.

Box 8, Folder 3 TSS and MSS ca. 1967-1968

Paul Blackburn Papers MSS 0004 10 ORIGINAL POETRY Late 1960s

Box 8, Folder 4 4 Rexographs of "From the November Journal" General note Also includes 5 xeroxes of "A McClure Poem" (numbered and signed), one xerox of "Take a room/ in New York" from inside cover of Blackburn's copy of End of the Road.

Box 8, Folder 5 TSS originally in folder labelled "1969" by Joan Blackburn General note Includes some prose poems and one dream transcript.

Box 8, Folder 6 MSS in notebook with a few travel notes and addresses ca. 1969 Spring

Ca. 1969-1971

Box 8, Folder 7 MSS in small brown notebook ca. 1970-1971 General note Contains poems from The Journals, including Blue Mounds Entries (Perishable Press, 1971), addresses, phone numbers, and expense lists.

Box 8, Folder 8 MSS in small brown and orange notebook ca. 1970 Spring to 1971 July General note Some addresses and phone numbers.

Box 8, Folder 9 PP of Gin (Perishable Press, 1970) General note Labelled "Gin galleys from Walter" by Blackburn.

Box 8, Folder 10 TSS and MSS in folder labelled by Robert Kelly General note 1970 MSS and drafts, worksheets of The Journals.

Box 8, Folder 11 Three mimeographs of "The Beautiful Killers" General note One TS of "Journal: December 11, 1969" (here untitled) on back of title page of Cortazar's Cronopios and Famas (see series II).

Box 8, Folder 12 MSS in large red and blue notebook 1971 June General note Also includes a newspaper clipping.

Box 8, Folder 13 MSS in green "Composition Book" with one note General note Only date in book is 22 June 1971.

Box 8, Folder 14 MSS in notebook labelled "June 1971" by Blackburn ca. 1971 June-August General note Also includes some journal entries, addresses, phone numbers, record of laetrile treatments, parody of Robert Bly (written in notebook by George Kimball), expense lists, prose introduction to book of Robert Vas Dias' poetry, and expense list in hand other than Blackburn's.

Box 8, Folder 15 Xeroxes of misc. poems from The Journals ca. 1967-1971 General note Probably made by Robert Kelly.

Paul Blackburn Papers MSS 0004 11 ORIGINAL POETRY Ca. 1969-1971

Box 8, Folder 16 TSS originally in folder labelled by Robert Kelly "Cortland 1971, drafts 7 worksheets" General note Mostly 1971 poems from The Journals.

Box 8, Folder 17 TSS originally if folder labelled by Robert Kelly "Halwy Down the Coast and end of Journals" Box 9, Folder 1 Lists of poems to be included in Early Selected y Mas (Black Sparrow, 1972) General note Also order and publication information. One list in an unknown hand.

Box 9, Folder 2 TSS and MSS originally in folder labelled "Summer 1971 (Michigan)/ drafts and miscellany" General note By Robert Kelly. Also includes poetry festival schedule, copies of prescription for and notes on doctor's use of laetrile.

Box 9, Folder 3 TS and 17 photocopies of "Alice's Restaurant" General note Noted by Robert Kelly on original folder to have been "written and distributed at the Festival at Grant Valley State College in July 1971."

Box 9, Folder 4 TS of Halfway Down the Coast with letter from Harry Lewis, Mulch Press Box 9, Folder 5 Black dissertation binder containing TS of The Journals TRANSLATIONS Scope and Content of Series SERIES 2 )TRANSLATIONS: Arranged by the original language and the name of the author. This series contains not only formal translations, but related materials such as notes on foreign languages and lists of translations as well. Within each subseries the work is arranged chronologically. The first subseries is titled "Provencal Translations" and consists primarily of materials taken from ten notebooks titled "Toulouse." These notebooks are dated from 1954 through 1964 and contain translations, notes and expense lists. The subseries titled "Blackburn's Provencal File" contains an alphabetical file that Blackburn compiled of his translations. Subsequent subseries are arranged according to the work or author translated and deal successively with his translations of Proensa, The Cid, and work by Julio Cortazar, Frederico Garcia Lorca, Pablo Picasso, Antonio Jimenez Landi, Octavio Paz, Herberto Padilla, Nicolas Guillen, Eduardo Escobar, Javier Heraud, and Leandro Katz. The series concludes with a collection of work in foreign languages, translations of Blackburn's work into foreign languages, and miscellaneous translations into English. Correspondence related to translations can be found in the series POETRY/TRANSLATION BUSINESS.

Provencal Translations, ca. 1950-1957

Box 9, Folder 6 Toulouse notebook no. 1, ca. October 1954 following General note French study notes of Paul and Freddie Blackburn.

Box 9, Folder 7 Toulouse notebook no. 2, ca. December 1954 following General note Class notes on Occitan language and literature.

Paul Blackburn Papers MSS 0004 12 TRANSLATIONS Provencal Translations, ca. 1950-1957

Box 9, Folder 8 Toulouse notebook no. 3, ca. January 1955 following General note Notes on language and history of the troubadors.

Box 9, Folder 9 Toulouse notebook no. 4, ca. February 1955 following General note Mostly language notes with some. Also includes a newspaper clipping.

Box 10, Folder 1 Toulouse notebook no. 5, ca. April 1955 following General note Notes on Occitan language and history with a few troubador and Lorca translations.

Box 10, Folder 2 Toulouse notebook no. 6, ca. June-August 1955 following General note Mostly expense lists, some notes on troubador verse forms, vocabulary lists and a few original poems.

Box 10, Folder 3 Toulouse notebook no. 7, ca. June-August 1955 following March 1956 General note Some history and language notes, several translations and some original poems.

Box 10, Folder 4 Toulouse notebook no. 8, ca. November 1955-February 1956 General note Language and history notes, one journal entry, prose piece on De Born, and some original poems.

Box 10, Folder 5 Toulouse notebook no. 9, ca. late 1956-July 1957 General note Many expense lists, some class notes, troubador translations, and some original poems.

Box 10, Folder 6 Toulouse notebook no. 10, undatable General note Expense lists, addresses of hotels in Europe, and many notes in hand other than Paul's or Freddie's.

Box 10, Folder 7 Xeroxes of Provencal MSS, originally in loose-leaf binder labelled "MSS Biblioteque Nationale" by Blackburn General note SEE OVERSIZED MATERIALS, SECTION VIII, FOR MICROFILMS FROM BIBLIOTEQUE NATIONALE.

Box 10, Folder 8 Xeroxes of Provencal MSS originally in unmarked loose-leaf binder General note Presumably also from Biblioteque Nationale.

Oversize FB-071-01 Microfilms of Provencal manuscripts from the Biblioteque Nationale Box 11, Folder 1 Notes on Provencal MSS describing materials in 8.17 and 9.1 General note Also some correspondence with Biblioteque Nationale, call slips from Vatican Library and libraries in Florence.

Box 11, Folder 2 Troubador translations originally found loose among Blackburn's undergraduate papers

Paul Blackburn Papers MSS 0004 13 TRANSLATIONS Provencal Translations, Mid to Late 1950s

Provencal Translations, Mid to Late 1950s

Box 11, Folder 3 Materials labelled by Blackburn - Part I General note "As of Sept. 57: all adjunctive Occitan material: versions prose bits, articles, odd texts and Catalan ditto." Includes MSS, TSS, and published materials.

Box 11, Folder 4 Part II (11.3) Box 11, Folder 5 Translations found among miscellaneous papers, mostly from Europe General note Some TSS and MSS.

Box 11, Folder 6 Misc. translations found loose in box of Provencal materials General note Includes table of contents for Blackburn's collections of troubador translations. Mostly TSS.

Box 11, Folder 7 TSS found in front of (but not bound in with) black dissertation binder General note See 11.8.

Box 11, Folder 8 Black dissertation binder labelled "P" (Provencal) by Blackburn General note Contains troubador anthology with notes by reader Ramon Guthrie and his report on the collection. See also 19.11.

Box 11, Folder 9 Misc. Provencal translations in unmarked folder - Part I General note Some TSS and MSS.

Box 12, Folder 1 Part II (11.9)

Blackburn's Provencal File

Box 12, Folder 2 Occitan notes of a general nature General note Also includes carbons of Blackburn letters to editors and publishers, MS of "A Sad Story" (prose, Black Mountain Review, Summer 1955), and TSS.

Box 12, Folder 3 Materials for Vol. II, Occitan General note Misc. TSS and translations.

Box 12, Folder 4 Occitan Texts / Unused (inc. comp. Sordello edtn) General note TSS and MSS of transcribed texts.

Box 12, Folder 5 Institute for Advanced Study General note Carbons of assorted translations. Originals were presumably sent to the Institute.

Paul Blackburn Papers MSS 0004 14 TRANSLATIONS Blackburn's Provencal File

Box 12, Folder 6 Occitan Texts / Used (outside editions) General note Transcriptions with notes by Blackburn about correct readings. Also includes carbon of letter to Biblioteque Nationale and two translations.

Box 12, Folder 7 Unlabelled misc. materials General note Mostly De Born translations but also include lists of poems, introduction to Latin American poetry reading, and notes on texts.

Box 12, Folder 8 Occitan / prose-trys [sic], notes to the poems, articles already completed etc General note Includes submissions lists, resume, a few translations (mostly Europe materials).

Box 12, Folder 9 Blackburn's alphabet file of translations - Part I: A-C General note Assorted TSS filed under name of troubador, sometimes alphabetically by first name, sometimes by last.

Box 13, Folder 1 Part II (12.9): D-H Box 13, Folder 2 Part III (12.9): I-M Box 13, Folder 3 Part IV (12.9): N-R Box 13, Folder 4 Part V (12.9): S-Z

Materials for Proensa

Box 13, Folder 5 Translations originally in folder labelled "PB's Provencal" (by George Economou [?] ) General note Paginated TS of Proensa with holograph notes by Blackburn and Economou.

Box 13, Folder 6 Carbons of late, ca. 1967 and after, translations General note Includes notes and vitas.

Box 13, Folder 7 Translations originally in envelope labelled "xerox of Provencal General note [title continues] (incomplete- -Vidal Marcabru Bertran? missing)" by Joan Blackburn. Includes most of PROENSA.

The Cid and Julio Cortazar's poetry

Box 13, Folder 8 May 1965 notebook with some holograph drafts of translation of The Cid Box 14, Folder 1 Unbound TS of The Cid with holograph corrections Box 14, Folder 2 Black dissertation binder containing TS of The Cid Box 14, Folder 3 Publisher's carbon of The Cid TS Box 14, Folder 4 Four pamphlets (in Spanish) of Cortazar's poetry General note Preludios y Sonetos (1944-1957); Circumstancia (Argentian, Europa, 1945-1956); Razones de la Colera (Buenos Aires, 1950-1951); Resumen en Otono (undated, n.p.), all inscribed and signed by Cortazar.

Box 14, Folder 5 Misc. TSS tranlations of Cortazar's poetry

Paul Blackburn Papers MSS 0004 15 TRANSLATIONS Cortazar's End of the Game

Cortazar's End of the Game

Box 14, Folder 6 3 TSS, "Axolot 1" Box 14, Folder 7 5 TSS, "House Taken Over" - One with notes by Cortazar Box 15, Folder 1 2 TSS, "The Distances" Box 15, Folder 2 2 TSS, "The Idol of the Cyclades" - One with notes by Cortazar Box 15, Folder 3 4 TSS, "Letter to a Young Lady in Paris" - One with notes by Cortazar Box 15, Folder 4 1 TS, "A Yellow Flower" - Notes by Cortazar General note Also first page of draft of another MS.

Box 15, Folder 5 3 TSS, "Continuity of Parks" - One with notes by Cortazar Box 15, Folder 6 3 TSS, "Bestiary" General note One xerox of New Directions version and one TS with notes by Cortazar.

Box 15, Folder 7 4 TSS, "The Night Face Up" General note Also 1 pp for The New Yorker.

Box 15, Folder 8 3 MSS, "The Gates of Heaven" - One with notes by Cortazar Box 15, Folder 9 "Blow-Up" with notes by Cortazar, but no Blackburn TS Box 15, Folder 10 3 TSS, "End of the Game" Box 15, Folder 11 3 TSS, "At Your Service" General note One with notes by Cortazar and letter from Princeton attached.

Box 15, Folder 12 1 TS, "The Pursuers" Box 15, Folder 13 2 TSS, "Secret Weapons" Box 15, Folder 14 Reviews of End of the Game and Other Stories Box 15, Folder 15 3 TSS, "The Blocked Door" General note One with notes by Cortazar (perhaps intended for inclusion in The End of the Game).

Box 15, Folder 16 3 TSS, "Alechinsky County," one in Spanish General note Cortazar introduction to 1968 art show. 1 copy of pamphlet included.

Box 15, Folder 17 Unidentified materials found among End of the Game TSS General note Notes by Cortazar to an unknown story and incomplete MSS of two unknown stories.

Translations of Cortazar's Cronopios and Famas

Box 15, Folder 18 Spanish texts of "The Instructions Manual" (Manual de Instrucciones") General note And "Unstable Stuff" ("Material Plastico").

Box 15, Folder 19 February 1968 notebook with MSS of translations - Part I General note From "The Instructions Manual," "Usual Occupations," and "Unstable Stuff."

Paul Blackburn Papers MSS 0004 16 TRANSLATIONS Translations of Cortazar's Cronopios and Famas

Box 16, Folder 1 Part II (15.19) Box 16, Folder 2 Misc. TSS from "The Instruction Manual" Box 16, Folder 3 Photocopies of numbered TSS from "Unusual Occupations." Box 16, Folder 4 Misc. TSS and 1 MSS from "Unstable Stuff" General note One in Spanish.

Box 16, Folder 5 Misc. TSS of "Cronopios and Famas" (Series IV) General note Also includes drafts of biographical statements about Cortazar, introduction to the book, some correspondence regarding reprinting of stories from book, photocopy of stories in New Directions, two collages (by Cortazar [?] ), and two photos of Cortazar.

Box 16, Folder 6 Drafts of jacket copy for Cronopios and Famas Box 16, Folder 7 TS carbon of Cronopios and Famas General note Includes additional, original TS of series IV.

Box 16, Folder 8 Photocopy TS of Cronopios and Famas Box 16, Folder 9 PP of a number of Cortazar cronopio stories and of his story "Meeting" (not translated by Blackburn) General note Published in a Friendship Press anthology. Also contains permissions letter regarding these stories.

Box 16, Folder 10 Reviews of Cronopios and Famas Box 16, Folder 11 Misc. Cortazar materials General note 2 lists of submissions of Cortazar pieces, one MS, one TS, two carbons of Blackburn's "cronopio" story "Collecting the Mail" ( Floating Bear, 1962), TS of another, untitled "cronopio" story by Blackburn, "cronopio" story "Fortunate Escape from a Sinister City" by RK (Robert Kelly), and signed pamphlet introducing an art show (in Spanish) by Cortazar.

Box 16, Folder 12 Reviews and articles about Cortazar books published in America General note Those not translated by Blackburn.

Box 16, Folder 13 M.A. thesis by F. F. Dean, introducing and translating four Cortazar stories Box 16, Folder 14 Translations of Cortazars "Silvia" by Gregory Rabassa General note TS and photocopy.

Translations of Lorca, Picasso, and Landi

Box 17, Folder 1 Early Lorca materials General note TS of Lorca poems in Spanish, some early translations (Europe, 1950s), xerox of translations published in Chicago Review, clippings of pieced published in The Nation. See also 10.1.

Paul Blackburn Papers MSS 0004 17 TRANSLATIONS Translations of Lorca, Picasso, and Landi

Box 17, Folder 2 Pieces originally in folder labelled "Lorca Translations" by Blackburn General note Includes misc. poems, many rough drafts, some MSS, many early (Europe 1950s) versions.

Box 17, Folder 3 Complete TSS of Lorca poems, 1960s, originals and copies Box 17, Folder 4 Lorca translations from the 1960s General note Mostly poetry but also the prose piece "Puppet Theatre" (with Spanish text). See also 19.4.

Box 17, Folder 5 Misc. TSS and MSS of Pablo Picasso's Hunk of Skin (City Lights, 1968) General note See also 6.4 and 6.5.

Box 17, Folder 6 Pieces originally in folder labeled "Picasso's Hunk of Skin" by Blackburn General note Complete TS unbound. Includes also Spanish text with holograph notes by the author of the forward to the book, Cela. See also 6.4, 6.6, 18.11, and 18.12.

Box 17, Folder 7 TS of The Treasure of the Muleteer and Other Tales by Antonio Jiménez-Landi (Doubleday,1974) General note Paginated with many holograph corrections.

Box 17, Folder 8 Later draft of TS of Treasure of the Muleteer General note Paginated and with table of contents.

Box 17, Folder 9 PP of Treasure of the Muleteer Box 17, Folder 10 PP of Treasure of the Muleteer Oversize FB-071-04 Pasted up camera ready copy of Treasure of the Muleteer by Antonio Jiménez-Landi General note Translated by Blackburn.

Translations of Paz, Padilla, Guillen and Others

Box 17, Folder 11 7 TSS of Octavio Paz's "Wind from All Compass Points" Box 17, Folder 12 2 TSS of Paz's "Vrindiban," 2 TS of "To My Friend Swaminathan, the Painter" General note And a copy of the pamphlet introducing the art show (Bombay, 1965) that includes this poem.

Box 17, Folder 13 Spanish text of Paz's "Madurai" and Blackburn's translation of it General note Spanish text and English of two Paz poems by other translators. Program for Paz reading at Poetry Center at which Blackburn read the above three poems.

Box 18, Folder 1 Notebook with MSS translations of Paz's "Eagle or Sun" General note And Herberto Padilla's "Important Occasions" (July 1970) and "Travellers".

Paul Blackburn Papers MSS 0004 18 TRANSLATIONS Translations of Paz, Padilla, Guillen and Others

Box 18, Folder 2 Spanish texts of Padilla's "Important Occasions" (Las Grandes Ocasiones) and "Travellers" (Viajeros) General note And TSS of Blackburn's translations; copy of letter commissioning these translations for The New York Review of Books and photocopies of newspaper clippings about Padilla; TS of Padilla's "Postcard to the U.S."; photocopies of galley proofs of the two Padilla poems in the N.Y. Review; photocopies of proofs of Blackburn's translations Jaime Sabines' "Bach's Music Moves Curtains" and "Smashed" (for the Borzoi Anthology of Latin American Poets).

Box 18, Folder 3 PP of Spanish text and translations of Nicolas Guillen's "Balada de los Abuelos" General note Also includes ("Ballad of the Two Grandfathers") and "Guadalupe, W. I." (also another, untitled piece that may not be a Blackburn translation) for Pa'lante; TSS of Guillen's "Soldiers in Abyssinia," "Royal Ebony," "Sensemaya," and "Mi Patria Es Dulce por Fuera".

Box 18, Folder 4 Spanish texts and translations of various untitled poems by Eduardo Escobar Box 18, Folder 5 Translations of Javier Heraud's "The Flies," "The Art of Poetry," and "Word of the Guerilla Fighter" Box 18, Folder 6 Translation of untitled poem by Leandro Katz Box 18, Folder 7 Augusti Bartra's "Demeter" (prose) translated by Elinor Randall

Misc. Translations and Adaptations

Box 18, Folder 8 Various TSS translations, mostly Spanish, some French; mostly poetry with some prose; ca. 1960s General note Also some letters regarding these translations.

Box 18, Folder 9 Part II (18.8) Box 18, Folder 10 TSS of Leonardo Froes' "Upon Hanging a European Work of Art in a Brazillian House" General note Includes a literal translation by another translator and Portugese text of the poem. Also includes 1969 letter acknowledging the translation.

Box 18, Folder 11 Misc. TSS translations, poetry and prose, from the Spanish, Brazilian, Chinese ca. 1960s General note Adaptations; file included some MSS literal translations by others.

Box 18, Folder 12 TSS translations and adaptations in black dissertation binder General note Including some texts in their original languages. Spanish, French, Mozarabe, Chinese, Portugese, Russian. Some published materials.

Box 18, Folder 13 Translations of Blackburn poems into other languages, mostly Spanish and German General note Also includes translations of Larry Eigner and Robert Creeley poems and list of other American writers for a German anthology. Translations of other Blackburn poems are scattered throughout series I.

Paul Blackburn Papers MSS 0004 19 PROSE AND INTERVIEWS

PROSE AND INTERVIEWS Scope and Content of Series SERIES 3) PROSE AND INTERVIEWS: Fiction and non-fiction work. There are reviews of a number of books, including Hugh Kenner's The Poetry of Ezra Pound and Robert Creeley's Le Fou. Two transcripts of interviews are also included, along with a short story and a synopsis for a screenplay. The series also contains miscellaneous readers' reports, recommendations and notes on articles for Funk and Wagnall's New International Yearbook.

Box 19, Folder 1 TSS of reviews and articles General note "Das Kennerbach" (review of Hugh Kenner's THE POETRY OF EZRA POUND), NEW MEXICO QUARTERLY, Summer 1953 (TS here without title); "The Roles of Childhood" (review of Ramon Sender's BEFORE NOON), NATION, 19 April 1958; Statement for the Paterson Society, 25 March 1961; "The International Word," NATION, 21 April 1962 (here titled "Modern poetry - - notes from the underground"); "The Grinding Down," KULCHUR, Summer 1963 (two drafts). See also 16.11 for "Collecting the Mail" and 20.7 for "A Sad Story."

Box 19, Folder 2 TSS of journal entries ca. 1945-1949 General note One piece is the source for the poem "The Birds." Materials originally in with undergraduate papers from N.Y.U. and Univ. of Wisconsin.

Box 19, Folder 3 2 TSS of Blackburn's 1952 review of Robert Creeley's LE FOU Box 19, Folder 4 Misc. TSS, ca. 1954-1959 General note Includes short story (written in Europe ca. 1955), statement on poetics, two drafts of "Destruction is a Woman," and synopsis for a screen play.

Box 19, Folder 5 Misc. TSS, ca. 1958-1962, originally in folder labelled by Blackburn "ordered work/prose" General note Includes mostly reader's reports, some translations of legal documents, notes on articles for Funk and Wagnall's New International Yearbook.

Box 19, Folder 6 3 TSS of "What's New: an interim report on the socio-literary uses of the mimeograph machine" General note One draft marked for printer. Intended for NATION but never published. Ca. 1963 [?].

Box 19, Folder 7 Misc. reviews, reader's reports, recommendations for fellowships, mid-1960s through 1971 General note See also 20.13 for unpublished "cronopio" story, and notebooks in series I for other prose MSS.

Box 19, Folder 8 Transcript of 31 May 1959 "Eye on New York" General note Television show interview with Blackburn and Galway Kinnell.

Box 19, Folder 9 Transcript of 8 January 1970 interview with Blackburn by Joshua Stoller, NYC Box 19, Folder 10 MS of unidentified novel

Paul Blackburn Papers MSS 0004 20 POETRY/ TRANSLATION BUSINESS

POETRY/ TRANSLATION BUSINESS Scope and Content of Series SERIES 4) POETRY/TRANSLATION BUSINESS: Materials are divided into three categories: the first dealing with royalties, contracts, permissions, and reading tours for Blackburn's own work; the second containing correspondence concerning the literary estate of Frances Frost; and the third relating to Blackburn's duties as Julio Cortazar's agent.

Box 19, Folder 11 Poetry-related correspondence, lists of readings, addresses, financial statements, etc ca. 1955-1959 Box 19, Folder 12 File on "Provencal Songbook" General note Blackburn's collection of troubador poetry, accepted by MacMillan in 1958 but never published. Includes correspondence with Emile Copouya, M. L. Rosenthal, Ramon Guthrie, John Ciardi, and some carbon Blackburn letters.

Box 19, Folder 13 Poetry and translation related correspondence, permissions, announcements of readings, etc 1960 - 1963 Box 19, Folder 14 Materials originally in folder labelled by Blackburn "Reading Tour - - Spring 1961" (for the Paterson Society) General note Includes receipts, schedules, printed statements on poetics for the Paterson Society by Blackburn, LeRoi Jones, Robert Creeley, Denise Levertov, Ed Field, Philip Whalen, Michael McClure, Jonathan Williams. Also letters relating to tour, some of which have been retained here in xerox while the originals are located in the correspondence section.

Box 20, Folder 1 Poetry correspondence, announcements, etc. - Part I ca. 1964-1966 General note Includes some carbons of Blackburn letters.

Box 20, Folder 2 Part II (20.1) Box 20, Folder 3 Reading schedules, lists of poems accepted for The Nation General note Blackburn was poetry editor from January to June 1962. Also includes poetry mailing lists, ca. 1962-1966.

Box 20, Folder 4 Materials relating to Aspen Writer's Workshop 1965 - 1968 General note Includes letters from Robert Vas Dias, newsletters, stationary, etc.

Box 20, Folder 5 Three contracts (duplicates) from Grove Press for The Cities 1966 October Box 20, Folder 6 Assorted flyers, announcements of readings, poetry records, books, etc ca. early to mid-1960s Box 20, Folder 7 Materials relating to 1967 poetry tour of colleges in the south General note Originally in folder labelled by Blackburn "Paperwork on the Southern swing (complete)." Includes receipts, reading schedules, dittoes of poems, etc.

Box 20, Folder 8 Cape Goliard Press file for In. On. Or About the Premises General note Includes correspondence, royalty statements, etc.

Box 20, Folder 9 Correspondence, permissions, etc. - Part I ca. 1967-1969 Box 20, Folder 10 Part II (20.9) Box 20, Folder 11 Correspondence 1970 and after, including some posthumous permissions by Joan Blackburn

Paul Blackburn Papers MSS 0004 21 POETRY/ TRANSLATION BUSINESS

Box 20, Folder 12 Black Sparrow Press file for Early Selected y Mas General note Includes correspondence with John Martin, materials relating to book, etc.

Box 21, Folder 1 Correspondence relating to literary estate of General note Frances Frost, Blackburn co-executor (with N. Carr Grace).

Box 21, Folder 2 Contract making Blackburn agent for Cortazar General note Also reader's report on Los Premios ( The Winners) for Pantheon, editor's (Sara Blackburn) recommendation for publication, contract with Pantheon for Los Premios, and other materials surrounding publication of the novel, 1961.

Box 21, Folder 3 Royalty statements, contract for Rayuela ( Hopscotch) ca. 1964-1965 General note Contract for collection of short stories (here titled "Letters to Mama" and later published as End of the Game and Other Stories, reissued as Blow-Up and Other Stories), royalty statements, permissions, etc.

Box 21, Folder 4 Correspondence, royalty statements, etc. 1966 - 1967 Box 21, Folder 5 Contract for Cronopios and Famas, correspondence, royalty statements, etc Box 21, Folder 6 Correspondence, royalty statements, etc ca. 1969 Box 21, Folder 7 Correspondence, royalty statements, etc ca. 1970 and after General note Includes some correspondence with Joan Blackburn.

PERSONAL AND FAMILY MATERIALS Scope and Content of Series SERIES 5) PERSONAL AND FAMILY MATERIALS: A range of materials detailing Blackburn's activities from 1944 through 1971. The materials not only shed light on his private life, but provide a wealth of information relating to his family history. The early sections contain such items as diplomas, notebooks, resumes, and job applications. The second part of the series is made up of photographs relating to Blackburn's own activities and to his family's background. Some of the pictures of his family date back to the early 1900s. Arranged chronologically.

Ca. 1944-1954

Box 21, Folder 8 Diplomas General note From Haaren High School, NYC (June 1944) and University of Wisconsin, Madison (June 1950).

Box 21, Folder 9 Parasitology sketch book General note Likely from Blackburn's days as army lab technician, 1946.

Box 21, Folder 10 New York University notebook (1947-1948 [?]) General note With notes on Greek grammar and vocabulary.

Paul Blackburn Papers MSS 0004 22 PERSONAL AND FAMILY MATERIALS Ca. 1944-1954

Box 22, Folder 1 New York University notebook (Fall 1947 [?]) General note With French and German language notes, notes on English history and philosophy. Also contains a few diary entries and one poem. See 1.6.

Box 22, Folder 2 Undergraduate notes, handouts, etc General note Mostly University of Wisconsin, some New York University.

Box 22, Folder 3 Fall 1950 transcript from Univ. of Wisconsin General note Also includes notes and papers from N.Y.U., including one on Pound's Canto II for M. L. Rosenthal.

Box 22, Folder 4 Family history, written down by John Blackburn (grandfather) ca. 1949-1950 General note Later transcribed by Paul Blackburn. Original holograph and photocopy of the history, original and carbon of Blackburn's transcription.

Box 22, Folder 5 Misc. personal business materials, 1951 and after, mostly relating to Europe (1954-1957) General note Includes international driver's license, teaching and study notes from the University of Toulouse, list of books owned (for shipping), correspondence with the bank of Tangiers, etc.

Ca. 1955-1965

Box 22, Folder 6 Blackburn's application for a Guggenheim fellowship 1955 Box 22, Folder 7 Insurance receipts 1957 - 1958 Box 22, Folder 8 Application for treatment at the New York Psychoanalytic Institute 1959 General note Letter applying for treatment.

Box 22, Folder 9 Carbons of job application letters 1957 - 1958 Box 22, Folder 10 Materials relating to estate of Amos Frost - Part I 1958 - 1960 General note Blackburn's maternal grandfather, d. 1958. Includes carbons of Blackburn's letters to lawyers, obituaries, etc.

Box 22, Folder 11 Part II (22.10) Box 22, Folder 12 Receipts, income tax forms 1956 - 1960 Box 23, Folder 1 Driver's license, bank book, library card 1959 - 1962 Box 23, Folder 2 Application for D. H. Lawrence fellowship, surrounding correspondence 1961 - 1962 Box 23, Folder 3 Resumes from 1962 Box 23, Folder 4 Papers, correspondence, relating to Blackburn's divorce from Freddie Blackburn 1963 Box 23, Folder 5 Receipts, tax materials - Part I 1962 - 1963 Box 23, Folder 6 Part II (23.5) Box 23, Folder 7 Receipts, tax materials - Part I 1963 - 1964 Box 23, Folder 8 Part II (23.7)

Paul Blackburn Papers MSS 0004 23 PERSONAL AND FAMILY MATERIALS Ca. 1955-1965

Box 23, Folder 9 Materials relating to 19 E. 7th St. apartment 1963 - 1967 General note Leases, insurance forms, etc.

Box 23, Folder 10 Unemployment insurance: forms, passbook, social security card 1964 - 1965 Box 23, Folder 11 Receipts for psychotherapy 1965

Ca. 1963-1970

Box 23, Folder 12 Resumes 1963 - 1970 Box 23, Folder 13 Job and fellowship applications, filled-out biographical information forms for CONTEMPORARY AUTHORS series Box 23, Folder 14 Tax forms and receipts - Part I 1965 Box 23, Folder 15 Part II (23.14) Box 23, Folder 16 Receipts and W-2 forms - Part I 1966 Box 23, Folder 17 Part II (23.16) Box 23, Folder 18 Fellowship, editing, and teaching related materials 1963 - 1971 General note Mostly flyers announcing award requirements, schedules for classes, also teacher evaluations at Cortland.

Box 24, Folder 1 Application, acceptance notice, correspondence surrounding Guggenheim fellowship 1967 Box 24, Folder 2 Receipts - Part I 1967 Box 24, Folder 3 Part II (24.2) Box 24, Folder 4 Datebook, mostly Europe 1968 Box 24, Folder 5 Application and acceptance letter General note State Univ. of New York research grant (1970) and application for National Endowment of the Humanities grant (June 1971 - - includes resumes, photocopies of published translations).

Box 24, Folder 6 1970 calendar with appointments written in [?] Box 24, Folder 7 Papers relating to teaching at the New School (1970) and Cortland (1970-1971) Box 24, Folder 8 Life insurance forms and correspondence about laetrile with clippings 1971 Box 24, Folder 9 Datebook 1971 Box 24, Folder 10 Black and white family photographs from early 1900s through 1946 - Part I Box 24, Folder 11 Part II (24.10) Box 24, Folder 12 Part III (24.10) Box 25, Folder 1 Part IV (24.10) Box 25, Folder 2 Part V (24.10) Box 25, Folder 3 Part VI (24.10) Box 25, Folder 4 Album of black and white photographs - Part I ca. early to mid-1960s General note Of Blackburn, Sara Blackburn, and various friends, mostly taken in New York City.

Box 25, Folder 5 Part II (25.4) Box 25, Folder 6 Part III (25.4) Box 25, Folder 7 Part IV (25.4) Box 25, Folder 8 Part V (25.4) Box 25, Folder 9 Part VI (25.4) Box 25, Folder 10 Album of black and white photographs - Part I early 1960s General note Most of poetry readings at Le Metro and Les Deux Megots, NYC.

Box 25, Folder 11 Part II (25.10)

Paul Blackburn Papers MSS 0004 24 PERSONAL AND FAMILY MATERIALS Ca. 1963-1970

Box 25, Folder 12 Part III (25.10) Box 26, Folder 1 Part IV (25.10) Box 26, Folder 2 Part V (25.10) Box 26, Folder 3 Part VI (25.10) Box 26, Folder 4 Assorted photographs of friends and family - Part I General note Black and white and color, mostly mid to late 1960s.

Box 26, Folder 5 Part II (26.4) Box 26, Folder 6 Part III (26.4) Box 26, Folder 7 Part IV (26.4) Box 26, Folder 8 Part V (26.4) Box 26, Folder 9 Part VI (26.4) Box 26, Folder 10 Part VII (26.4) EPHEMERA Scope and Content of Series SERIES 6) EPHEMERA: Miscellaneous materials including pamphlets, newspaper clippings, proofs of poems, and materials found in Blackburn's books.

Oversize FB-071-03 Oversize photographs, originals and reproductions Box 26, Folder 11 Programs and schedules for reading held for Ezra Pound's 78th birthday, at Le Metro General note Program organized by Sam Newberry and Paul Blackburn.

Box 27, Folder 1 Copy of prospectus for and parts of Sam Newberry's mimeograph anthology "A Mosaic Portrait of Ezra Pound" General note With holograph note to Blackburn and corrections on the mimeographs.

Box 27, Folder 2 Assorted pamphlets, newspaper and magazine clippings of materials by or relating to Pound General note Also includes xerox of letter from John Kaspar to Cid Corman (see clippings for context).

Box 27, Folder 3 Materials relation to Rochelle Owens General note Four programs for Belch, two programs for Futz, program for The String Game, and assorted clippings of reviews, etc.

Box 27, Folder 4 Proofs of poems published in The Nation while Blackburn was poetry editor General note January to June 1962, with holograph corrections by Blackburn.

Box 27, Folder 5 Assorted dittoes, photocopies, and offprints of articles and poems, scripts of the following plays General note Gertrude Stein's "What happened," performed at Judson Poets' Theatre; Blackburn's (partial) script of Joel Oppenheimer's Great American Desert, performed at Judson Memorial Church; Robert Kelly's The Well Wherein a Deer's Head Bleeds, Hardware Poets Theatre Production; and partial script of unidentified play, with holograph annotations.

Box 27, Folder 6 Assorted programs, announcements of readings, art shows, concerts, and books - Part I Box 27, Folder 7 Part II (27.6)

Paul Blackburn Papers MSS 0004 25 EPHEMERA

Box 27, Folder 8 Assorted clippings from newspapers and magazines - - photographs, cartoons, articles, etc Box 27, Folder 9 Announcements of readings, shows, invitations, etc. - Part I Box 27, Folder 10 Part II (27.9) Box 28, Folder 1 Part III (27.9) Box 28, Folder 2 Part IV (27.9) General note Mostly play bills.

Box 28, Folder 3 Part V (27.9) General note Mostly announcements for openings at art galleries.

Box 28, Folder 4 Part VI (27.9) General note Mostly announcements of poetry readings, including some magazine clippings of poems, some dittoed and photocopies.

Box 28, Folder 5 Part VII (27.9) General note Including statements on poetry by Gilbert Sorrentino, Ed Dorn, Edward Field, and Clayton Eshleman (on Cesar Vallejo).

Box 28, Folder 6 Assorted newspaper and magazine clippings, mostly relating to literary matters - Part I Box 28, Folder 7 Part II (28.6) Box 28, Folder 8 Clippings of New York Post series on "The Beat Generation" 1959 Box 28, Folder 9 Programs, announcements of poetry readings, etc. Box 28, Folder 10 Galley proofs of Carol Berge's From a Soft Angle Box 28, Folder 11 Galley proofs of Charles Reznikoff's By the Waters of Manhattan Oversize FB-071-02 Posters for Smithson and Bolles shows Box 28, Folder 12 Associated Press and United Press International photographs with captions - Part I 1959 - 1960 Box 29, Folder 1 Part II (28.10) Box 29, Folder 2 Political pamphlets and fliers - Part I Box 29, Folder 3 Part II (29.2) General note Including two TS of fliers written by Paul and Sara Blackburn.

Box 29, Folder 4 Pamphlets on Puerto Rican culture, bibliography of Puerto Rican writers Box 29, Folder 5 Assorted postcards (blank), cards and art reproductions Box 29, Folder 6 Publicity photographs and brochures from American airlines Box 29, Folder 7 Assorted maps and travel brochures - Part I Box 29, Folder 8 Part II (29.7) Box 29, Folder 9 Assorted pamphlets, brochures, labels, fliers, receipts, order forms, business cards, scrap notes, etc. - Part I Box 30, Folder 1 Part II (29.9) Box 30, Folder 2 Part III (29.9) Box 30, Folder 3 Part IV (29.9) Box 30, Folder 4 Part V (29.9) Box 30, Folder 5 Framed landscape, originally with estate of Amos Frost papers General note See 22.10 and 22.11.

Paul Blackburn Papers MSS 0004 26 EPHEMERA

Box 30, Folder 6 Misc. materials found in Blackburn's books - Part I General note [Hill, Raymond; Anthology of Troubadors].

Box 30, Folder 7 Part II (30.7) General note Horovitz, Michael; Children of Albion: Poetry of the Underground in Britain.

Box 30, Folder 8 Part III (30.7) General note Blackburn, Paul tr.; Poem of the Cid.

Box 30, Folder 9 Part IV (30.7) General note Blackburn, Paul; Proensa.

Box 30, Folder 10 Part V (30.7) General note Creeley, Robert; For Love.

Box 30, Folder 11 Part VI (30.7) General note Dictionnaire D'Ancien Francais.

Box 30, Folder 12 Part VII (30.7) General note Irby, Kenneth; Relation.

Box 30, Folder 13 Part VIII (30.7) Gereral note Salvat, Abbe Joseph; Grammaire Occitane.

Box 30, Folder 14 Part IX (30.7) General note Kelly, Robert; Armed Descent.

Box 30, Folder 15 Part X (30.7) General note Smart, Christopher; The Works of Horace.

CORRESPONDENCE AND MANUSCRIPTS Scope and Content of Series SERIES 7) CORRESPONDENCE: Arranged into three subseries, this material constitutes the bulk of the collection. Each of the subseries is arranged alphabetically by correspondent. A) Family: Includes copies of letters sent by Blackburn. Each folder contains the letters of a single correspondent, and the correspondent is identified in the container list. B) General: These letters offer a wide range of insights into Blackburn's personal life and work. C) Miscellaneous: Primarily unidentified correspondence, including a large number of Christmas cards and postcards.

Family

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Box 30, Folder 16 Blackburn, Richard (paternal uncle), to Paul Blackburn. 4 ALs Box 30, Folder 17 Blackburn, Richard to William Blackburn. 1 ALs (with photographs and R of back from William to Paul) Box 30, Folder 18 Blackburn, Freddie (Winifred Grey, first wife) to Paul Blackburn. 2 ALs (with friend Gwen), 2 TL, 2 AR, 1 TR, 5 hand-drawn cards, 2 signed cards Box 30, Folder 19 Blackburn, Freddie to Frances Frost and N. Carr Grace. 1 TL, 1 APCs Box 30, Folder 20 Blackburn, Freddie to Alfred Grey (father). 1 TL, with typed enc Box 30, Folder 21 Blackburn, Freddie. 7 MSS Box 30, Folder 22 Blackburn, Gloria (half-sister, paternal). 5 ALs, 2 APCs, 1 D Box 30, Folder 23 Blackburn, Hannah and John (paternal grandparents). 6 ALs (HB), 1 ALs (JB), 1 card signed by both Box 30, Folder 24 Blackburn, Jean (sister). 2 ALs, 1 music composition Box 30, Folder 25 Blackburn, Paul to Freddie Blackburn. 1 ALs, 2 TLs, 3 TL Box 30, Folder 26 Blackburn, Paul to Jean Blackburn. 1 TL (unsent), 1 carbon Box 31, Folder 1 Blackburn, Paul to William Blackburn. 3 TLc Box 31, Folder 2 Blackburn, Paul to Amos Frost. 1 ALs, 6 TLs Box 31, Folder 3 Blackburn, Paul to Frances Frost, 1944. 3 ALs, 1 TL, 1 APCs Box 31, Folder 4 Blackburn, Paul to Frances Frost, 1945. 4 ALs, 3 TLs, 2 T, 2 DS, 2 D Box 31, Folder 5 Blackburn, Paul to Frances Frost, 1946. 15 ALS, 7 TLs (inc. 1 TSc), 1 T, 1 DS Box 31, Folder 6 Blackburn, Paul to Frances Frost, 1946. 4 ALs, 11 TLs, 1 TL, 2 APCs, 2 D Box 31, Folder 7 Blackburn, Paul to Frances Frost, 1947. 1 ALs, 11 TLs, 1 APCs, 2 T, 3 D Box 31, Folder 8 Blackburn, Paul to Frances Frost, 1949. 2 ALs, 20 TLs, 9 APCs, 1 TPc, 1 photo, 1 TS Box 31, Folder 9 Blackburn, Paul to Frances Frost, 1950. 2 ALs, 12 TLs, 1 APCs, 5 photos, 2 D Box 31, Folder 10 Blackburn, Paul to Frances Frost, 1954. 11 TLs, 3 TL, 1 APCs, 1 birthday card hand-drawn by Freddie Box 31, Folder 11 Blackburn, Paul to Frances Frost, 1955. 11 ALs, 1 AL, 9 TLs, 4 TL, 3 APCs, 4 APC, 1 card hand-drawn by Freddie, 1 drawing by FB Box 32, Folder 1 Blackburn, Paul to Frances Frost, 1956. 9 ALs, 2 AL, 16 TLs, 4 TL, 1 APCs, 1 photo, 1 hand-drawn card by FB, 3 D Box 32, Folder 2 Blackburn, Paul to Frances Frost, 1957. 1 ALs, 9 TLs, 4 TL, 2 D Box 32, Folder 3 Blackburn, Paul to Frances Frost, undated. 1 ALs, 1 TLs, 1 TL, 1 APCs Box 32, Folder 4 Blackburn, Paul to Noreen Carr Grace. 2 ALs, 1 TLs, 1 ALs with part typed Box 32, Folder 5 Blackburn, Sara (Golden, second wife). 12 ALs, 4 TLs, 2 TL, 1 APCs, 2 R, 1 hand-made cards (1 signed), 2 TS, 1 MS, 1 D, 1 photocopy of letter to Octavio Paz Box 32, Folder 6 Blackburn, William Gordon (father). 14 ALs, 25 TLs, 1 ALs with part typed, 1 R Box 32, Folder 7 Frost, Amos, 1940-1945 (maternal grandfather). 25 TL (2 with Jean Blackburn) Box 32, Folder 8 Frost, Amos, 1942-1947. 15 TL, 1 card with TN Box 32, Folder 9 Frost, Amos, 1948-1955. 32 TL Box 32, Folder 10 Frost, Amos. Ephemera, cards from others given to PB Box 32, Folder 11 Frost, Frances to PB, 1942. 1 ALs, 9 TLs, 1 TL Box 32, Folder 12 Frost, Frances to PB, 1944. 13 TLs, 6 D Box 32, Folder 13 Frost, Frances to PB, 1945. 2 ALs, 17 TLs, 1 TPCs, 23 D Box 32, Folder 14 Frost, Frances to PB, 1946. 2 ALs, 24 TLs, 14 D Box 33, Folder 1 Frost, Frances to PB, 1946. 1 ALs, 19 TLs, 11 D, 1 Ds Box 33, Folder 2 Frost, Frances to PB, 1946. 20 TLs, 1 D (also 1 ALs from "Chappie" encl. in Sept. 10 TLs) Box 33, Folder 3 Frost, Frances to PB, 1946. 1 ALs, 12 TLs, 1 Ds, 6 D, 1 photo (also 1 ALs from "Dode" and 1 from Aung Agnes encl. in Nov. 24 TLs) Box 33, Folder 4 Frost, Frances to PB, 1947. 1 ALs, 19 TLs, 1 TNs, 1 Ds, 12 D (also 1 TLs from "Peter" encl. in Jan. 11 TLs) Box 33, Folder 5 Frost, Frances to PB, 1954-1957. 1 ALs, 38 TLs Box 33, Folder 6 Frost, Frances to PB, 1958-1959. 2 TLs Box 33, Folder 7 Frost, Frances to PB, undated. 1 TL Box 33, Folder 8 Golden, Leanne (Sara Blackburn's sister). 1 ALs, 1 D Box 33, Folder 9 Grace, Noreen Carr (Frances Frost's friend). 15 ALs, 5 TLs (1 carbon of letter to and one from "Frederick"), 2 APCs, 1 R, 1 TSc of Thurber poem Box 33, Folder 10 Grey, Alfred (Freddie Blackburn's father). 3 ALs, 6 TLs, 6 TL

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Box 33, Folder 11 June, Pearl (PB's maternal grandmother) 1959-1971. 25 ALs, 1 R on TLs to Pearl June from "Ruth" Box 33, Folder 12 June, Pearl, undated. 11 ALs, 2 cards (1 signed, 1 with R enc.) Box 33, Folder 13 Taber, Edna (paternal cousin). 1 ALs Box 33, Folder 14 Aunt Agnes (paternal [?]). 1 ALs

General

Box 34, Folder 1 Abbot, Ward. 3 TLs Box 34, Folder 2 Abrams, Sam. 8 TLs, 2 APCs, 1 D, 5 MS Box 34, Folder 3 Aldan, Daisy. 2 TLs Box 34, Folder 4 Allen, Donald (PB replies are in Donald Allen archive). 21 TLs, 1 TPCs, 1 D Box 34, Folder 5 Allen, Tony. 1 TLs Box 34, Folder 6 Alexander, D. 3 ALs, 2 TLs Box 34, Folder 7 Anselm, Felix. 2 ALs, 1 TLs, 1 MS Box 34, Folder 8 Antin, David and Eleanor. 1 TLs, 1 Tc, 1 D Box 34, Folder 9 Antreassin, Jack. 1 TLs Box 34, Folder 10 Aron, Edith. 20 TLs, 1 D Box 34, Folder 11 Aster, Sidney. 2 TLs, 1 Rc Box 34, Folder 12 Austin, Alan. 1 TLs Box 34, Folder 13 Baez, Albert. 1 TLs Box 34, Folder 14 Baker, Helen and Buck. 7 TLs, 15 MS Box 34, Folder 15 Ball, David. 1 MS Box 34, Folder 16 Barker, Richard. 2 TLs, 11 MS Box 34, Folder 17 Bartra, Agusti. 3 ALs, 8 TLs, 2 APCs, 1 MS Box 34, Folder 18 Bauman, Mary Lynn. 1 TLs Box 34, Folder 19 Belfrage, Sally. 1 TLs Box 34, Folder 20 Bentley, Eric. 2 TLs Box 34, Folder 21 Bell, Richard. 1 ALs, 10 TLs, 1 MS Box 34, Folder 22 Benton, William. 1 TLs Box 34, Folder 23 Berge, Carol (see also series VIII). 1 ALs, 25 TLs, 14 MS Box 34, Folder 24 Berry, Newton. 1 TLs Box 34, Folder 25 Bialy, Harvey. 1 TLs, 1 TPCs Box 34, Folder 26 Bitterman, Edith. 1 ALs Box 34, Folder 27 Blackburn, Paul. Assorted carbons and unsent letters 1947-1951 Box 34, Folder 28 Blackburn, Paul 1954-1959 Box 34, Folder 29 Blackburn, Paul 1960-1969 Box 34, Folder 30 Blackburn, Paul 1970-1971 Box 34, Folder 31 Block, Alan. 1 MS Box 34, Folder 32 Bloemgarten, S. 2 TLs Box 34, Folder 33 Bly, Robert. 1 ALs, 1 TLs Box 34, Folder 34 Bock, Frederick. 1 TLs Box 34, Folder 35 Boer, Charles. 1 TLs Box 34, Folder 36 Boffey, Peter. 1 TLs, 5 MS Box 34, Folder 37 Bogart, Herbert. 1 TLs Box 34, Folder 38 Bolles, Robert. 3 ALs, 1 TLs, 1 APCs Box 34, Folder 39 Borregaard, Ebbe. 1 TLs Box 34, Folder 40 Borths, Judy. 1 ALs Box 34, Folder 41 Bose, Buddhaveda. 1 ALs Box 34, Folder 42 Bottsford, Keith. 2 TLs Box 34, Folder 43 Bottke, Karl. 3 TLs Box 34, Folder 44 Bottone, Anthony. 1 ALs, 1 APCs Box 34, Folder 45 Boux, Rene. 1 TLs Box 34, Folder 46 Bowering, George. 2 ALs, 1 TLs, 3 MS Box 34, Folder 47 Bradley, Sam. 2 TLs Box 34, Folder 48 Bradley, Van Allen. 2 TLs Box 35, Folder 1 Brafman, Allen. 3 Als, 5 TLs Box 35, Folder 2 Brandstein, Natalie, 1945. 18 ALs, 4 TLs, 1 APCs, 1 TPCs

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Box 35, Folder 3 Brandstein, Natalie, 1946. 25 ALs, 7 TLs (inc. 1 TS), 3 APCs, 1 TPCs, 1 card Box 35, Folder 4 Brandstein, Natalie, 1947. 13 ALs, 12 TLs, 1 TPCs, 6 APCs, 1 NS, 1 T Box 35, Folder 5 Brandstein, Natalie, 1948-1952. 16 Als, 9 TLs, 4 APCs, 1 card Box 35, Folder 6 Brasil, Emanuel. 2 ALs Box 35, Folder 7 Braun, Henry. 1 ALs, 1 TLs Box 35, Folder 8 Bremser, Ray and Bonnie. 2 TLs Box 35, Folder 9 Bronfman, Larry. 69 TLs, 2 TL, 1 D, 1 MS; 1 Rc, and 1 one unmailed R Box 35, Folder 10 Bruce, Robert. 1 D Box 35, Folder 11 Burns, Robert Grant. 4 TLs Box 35, Folder 12 Busby, C. R. 1 TL (published in Hudson Review with rebuttal by PB Box 35, Folder 13 Butler, Bill. 1 TLs, 1 MS Box 35, Folder 14 Butterick, George. 4 TLs Box 35, Folder 15 Byrd, Bobby. 10 ALs, 19 TLs, 1 TPCs, 1 MS Box 35, Folder 16 Byrd, Lee Merrill. 3 TLs Box 35, Folder 17 Calhoun, Douglas. 1 ALs, 1 TLs Box 35, Folder 18 Calville, Manuel. 1 TLs Box 35, Folder 19 Canby, Marion. 1 TLs Box 35, Folder 20 Canzani, Ariel. 1 TLs Box 35, Folder 21 Caplan, Ron. 1 ALs, 4 TLs Box 35, Folder 22 Capouya, Emile (see also 25.2). 1 Als Box 35, Folder 23 Carpentier, Hortense. 8 TLs Box 35, Folder 24 Carroll, Paul, 1953. 20 TLs Box 35, Folder 25 Carroll, Paul, 1954-1956. 6 ALs, 24 TLs Box 35, Folder 26 Carroll, Paul, 1957-1958. 2 ALs, 21 TLs Box 35, Folder 27 Carroll, Paul. 12 ALs, 12 TLs, 1 TPCs, 1 ALs from PC's wife and 1 TLs from PC to Simon Perchik; 1 R unmailed Box 35, Folder 28 Carroll, Paul. 40 MS, 2 rexographs, 1 ditto Box 36, Folder 1 Chapin, Hank. 1 TLs Box 36, Folder 2 Charters, Ann. 1 TLs Box 36, Folder 3 Chatfield, Hale. 3 TLs Box 36, Folder 4 Choudhury, Malay. 1 ALs Box 36, Folder 5 Cobos, Elvira. 1 ALs Box 36, Folder 6 Cohen, Barbara. 9 ALs, 8 TLs, 4 MS Box 36, Folder 7 Cohen, Robert David. 9 ALs, 8 TLs, 4 MS Box 36, Folder 8 Colchie, Thomas. 1 TLs Box 36, Folder 9 Cole, Sheila. 6 TLs, 1 TPCs, 1 carbon to Simon Perchik Box 36, Folder 10 Coleman, John. 1 TLs Box 36, Folder 11 Coleman, Victor. 1 ALs, 5 TLs Box 36, Folder 12 Collino, Aileen. 1 TLs Box 36, Folder 13 Collom, Jack. 1 TLs, 1 MS Box 36, Folder 14 Condit, David. 1 ALs, 6 MS Box 36, Folder 15 Congdon, Kirby. 6 TLs Box 36, Folder 16 Connally, Ron. 5 TLs Box 36, Folder 17 Coolidge, Clark. 2 TLs Box 36, Folder 18 Cooper, Robert. 1 TLs Box 36, Folder 19 Corman, Cid, 1951. 16 TLs Box 36, Folder 20 Corman, Cid, 1952. 2 ALs, 10 TLs, 1 APCs Box 36, Folder 21 Corman, Cid, 1953. 1 ALs, 16 TLs, 5 APCs, 4 TPCs Box 36, Folder 22 Corman, Cid, 1954-1955. 3 ALs, 12 TLs, 1 TPs Box 36, Folder 23 Corman, Cid, 1956-1962. 13 TLs, 1 APCs Box 36, Folder 24 Corman, Cid, 1963-1971. 6 TLs, 2 TPCs, 1 note from Corman's mother; 1 Rc and 1 R unmailed Box 36, Folder 25 Corman, Cid. 1 MS Box 36, Folder 26 Cornish, Sam. 1 TLs Box 36, Folder 27 Corso, Gregory. 2 TLs Box 36, Folder 28 Cortazar, Julio, 1958-1962. 4 ALs, 27 TLs, 1 NS Box 36, Folder 29 Cortazar, Julio, 1963-1965. 25 TLs, 8 TLsc, 1 author's questionnaire, 1 ALs Box 36, Folder 30 Cortazar, Julio, 1966-1969. 2 Als, 22 TLs, 1 APCs

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Box 36, Folder 31 Cortazar, Julio, 1970-1971. 4 ALs, 11 TLs, 1 copy of letter to Toby Olson Box 36, Folder 32 Cortazar, Julio from Paul Blackburn. 15 TLc, 2 TL unmailed Box 36, Folder 33 Cortazar, Julio from Sara Blackburn. 6 TLSc, 1 TLc Box 36, Folder 34 Creeley, Robert, 1950. 8 TLs Box 36, Folder 35 Creeley, Robert, 1951. 25 TLs, Oct. 17 typed on letter from Richard Aldington to Creeley and incl. RC's "The Party" Box 36, Folder 36 Creeley, Robert, 1952. 14 TLs Box 37, Folder 1 Creeley, Robert, 1954-1958. 22 TLs, 1 TPCs, 1 TLs from Ann Creeley Box 37, Folder 2 Creeley, Robert, 1959-1970. 2 ALs, 35 TLs, 7 APCs, 8 APCs, 1 N Box 37, Folder 3 Creeley, Robert. 5 MS, TSc of RC's introduction to reprint of Black Mountain Review; 2 R, 1 R unmailed Box 37, Folder 4 Cresswell, George (Churchy). 24 ALs Box 37, Folder 5 Cuatrecasas, Gil. 1 Als, 3 TLs, 1 APCs Box 37, Folder 6 Cummings, E. E. 1 MS Box 37, Folder 7 Davis, Jane. 1 TLs Box 37, Folder 8 Davison, Peter. 1 TLs Box 37, Folder 9 Dawson, Fielding. 2 ALs, 1 TLs Box 37, Folder 10 Dean, Frances. 2 TLs Box 37, Folder 11 Degnan, June Oppen. 1 TLs Box 37, Folder 12 De Loach, Allen and Joan. 1 ALs, 5 TLs (Allen) 1 ALs, (Joan) Box 37, Folder 13 De Longchamps, Joanne. 1 TLs Box 37, Folder 14 Demarest, Donald. 1 TLs Box 37, Folder 15 Dembo, L. S. 3 TLs Box 37, Folder 16 Dicker, Harold. 3 ALs, 6 TLs, 3 MS Box 37, Folder 17 Dorfman, Ellie. 12 ALs, 1 TLs. (see also 25.4) Box 37, Folder 18 Dorn, Ed. 3 ALs Box 37, Folder 19 Dotton, Thomas. 1 ALs, 1 TLs Box 37, Folder 20 Doubrovsky, Jeffrey. 2 ALs Box 37, Folder 21 Douglas, Max. 1 MS Box 37, Folder 22 Dowden, George. 1 ALs, 2 TLs Box 37, Folder 23 Doyle, Mike. 2 ALs Box 37, Folder 24 Dragonette, Ree. 1 MS Box 37, Folder 25 Dubno, Karen. 2 TLs Box 37, Folder 26 Dudek, Louis. 1 MS Box 37, Folder 27 Duncan, Robert. 8 ALs, 4 TLs, 1 TPCs Box 37, Folder 28 Dyer, Lisa. 3 TLs Box 37, Folder 29 Early, Joe. 1 TLs, 2 MS Box 37, Folder 30 Eberhart, Richard. 1 TLs Box 37, Folder 31 Economou, George. 2 ALs, 4 TLs, 1 MS Box 37, Folder 32 Ehrayo, Mary. 1 ALs Box 37, Folder 33 Eichorn, Douglas. 2 TLs Box 37, Folder 34 Eigner, Larry. 10 TL (1 signed), 3 TPC, 127 MS Box 37, Folder 35 Enslin, Ted. 16 TLs, 1 MS Box 37, Folder 36 Eshleman, Barbara. 1 MS Box 37, Folder 37 Eshleman, Clayton, 1960. 4 ALs, 1 APCs, 1 TPCs Box 38, Folder 1 Eshleman, Clayton, 1961. 20 TLs, 1 TPCs, 2 NS Box 38, Folder 2 Eshleman, Clayton, 1962. 18 TLs, 1 APCs, 3 TPCs, 1 TLs from Robert Hatch to CE, 1 TLs from CE to Robert Hatch Box 38, Folder 3 Eshleman, Clayton, 1963. 1 ALs, 14 TLs, 1 APCs, 1 TPCs Box 38, Folder 4 Eshleman, Clayton, 1964. 1 ALs, 9 TLs, 2 APCs, 1 TPCs Box 38, Folder 5 Eshleman, Clayton, 1965. 3 ALs with 2 TSc, 10 TLs Box 38, Folder 6 Eshleman, Clayton, 1966. 4 ALs, 13 TLs (one with note in another hand), 1 APCs, 1 TPCs, 1 NS, copy of grant application Box 38, Folder 7 Eshleman, Clayton, 1967-1968. 2 ALs, 5 TLs Box 38, Folder 8 Eshleman, Clayton, 1969-1971. 1 ALs, 11 TLs, 1 TLs to Joan Blackburn, 1 APCs Box 38, Folder 9 Eshleman, Clayton. Ephemera Box 38, Folder 10 Eshleman, Clayton from PB. 1 R, 3 Rc Box 38, Folder 11 Eshleman, Clayton. 25 MS

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Box 38, Folder 12 Feinstein, Elaine. 3 TLs Box 38, Folder 13 Ferlinghetti, Lawrence. 3 ALs, 18 TLs, 2 TPCs, copy of TLs to Howard Moss Box 38, Folder 14 Field, Edward. 1 TLs Box 38, Folder 15 Fineberg, Mike. 1 ALs Box 38, Folder 16 Finkel, Donald. 5 MS Box 38, Folder 17 Flakoll, Darwin. 1 TLs Box 38, Folder 18 Ford, Gena. 2 TLs, 1 MS Box 38, Folder 19 Fox, Hugh. 1 TLs Box 38, Folder 20 Fox, Siv Cedering. 1 TLs Box 38, Folder 21 Franks, David. 2 ALs, 7 TLs, 1 APCs, 1 TPCs, 33 MS Box 38, Folder 22 Fraser, Kathleen. 2 TLs (1 to W. S. Merwin at The Nation) Box 38, Folder 23 Freed, Ray. 2 TLs Box 38, Folder 24 Freegood, Anne. 1 TLs Box 38, Folder 25 Freeman, Elaine. 2 ALs, 2 TL, 48 MS Box 38, Folder 26 French, William. 3 TLs, 3 TS Box 38, Folder 27 Galt, Lisa. 1 ALs, 1 APCs, 3 MS Box 38, Folder 28 Gay, Reginald. 2 TLs Box 38, Folder 29 Gilbert, Jack. 1 TLs Box 38, Folder 30 Geller, Dr. S. 1 ALs, 6 TLs, 1 TL Box 38, Folder 31 Gerber, Dan. 2 TLs Box 38, Folder 32 Gerber, Irving, DDS. 2 TLs Box 39, Folder 1 Gerth, Hans, HI, Anne, and Julia. 80 TL (mostly unsigned) from various members of the family, 1 ALs from Anne, 2 ALs from Julia, 7 ALs from HI, 1 TPCs from HI, various enc., also Blackburn's holograph chronology of events leading to HI's suicide (which inspired the poem "The Dissolving Fabric"), 1 AR, never mailed, from Blackburn to the Gerths 1949 - 1953 Box 39, Folder 2 Gerth, Hans, HI, Anne and Julia. 5 ALs, 12 TLs, 1 rexograph signed Xmas letter, 1 signed offprint of article by Gerth 1954 - 1972 Box 39, Folder 3 Ghiradella, Bob. 17 MS Box 39, Folder 4 Ginsberg, Allen. 4 ALs, 3 APCs, 2 MS (2nd 27 pp., untitled, signed with enclosed note) Box 39, Folder 5 Giovannini, G. 1 TLs Box 39, Folder 6 Glasser, Marion. 1 TLs Box 39, Folder 7 Geodicke, Mrs. Victor. 1 TLs Box 39, Folder 8 Goldenson, Loreen. 5 MS Box 39, Folder 9 Goldman, Michael. 2 TLs Box 39, Folder 10 Goldwasser, Noe. 1 TLs, 1 MS Box 39, Folder 11 Goodman, Lila. 1 ALs, 1 TLs, 1 TL with resume, 1 MS Box 39, Folder 12 Gordon, David. 1 TLs Box 39, Folder 13 Graves, Robert. 3 ALs Box 39, Folder 14 Greene, Jonathan. 14 TLs, 1 TPCs, 3 MS Box 39, Folder 15 Greene, Sue. 1 ALs, 2 TLs Box 39, Folder 16 Gresser, Seymour. 1 TLs Box 39, Folder 17 Griffith, E. V. 1 TLs Box 39, Folder 18 Grinberg, Miguel. 2 ALs, TLs Box 39, Folder 19 Grossinger, Richard. 10 TLs, 2 Rc Box 39, Folder 20 Guest, Barbara. 1 TL Box 39, Folder 21 Hall, Barry. 1 ALs, see also 20.8 Box 39, Folder 22 Hamady, Walter. 35 Als, 4 TLs, 1 D, 2 MS (2nd sheaf of 15 poems) Box 39, Folder 23 Hamalian, Leo. 1 ALs, 1 TLs Box 39, Folder 24 Hamed, Mustafa Ben. 1 ALs Box 39, Folder 25 Hanson, Ken. 1 ALs, 7 TLs, 1 MS, see also 25.4 Box 39, Folder 26 Harriman, John C. 1 APCs, 1 MS Box 39, Folder 27 Harris, Marguerite. 1 ALs, 3 TLs, 5 MS Box 39, Folder 28 Harris, William. 1 ALs Box 39, Folder 29 Harrison, Jim. 10 MS Box 39, Folder 30 Hart, Rodney. 1 TLs Box 39, Folder 31 Haswell, Alice and Dick. 2 ALs, 6 TLs, 1 MS, 1 D

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Box 39, Folder 32 Hatch, Robert. 19 TLs Box 39, Folder 33 Hay, John. 3 TLs Box 39, Folder 34 Hedden, Mark. 2 ALs Box 39, Folder 35 Henkin, William. 3 TLs Box 39, Folder 36 Hetzer, Fran. 1 ALs, 2 D Box 39, Folder 37 Hightower, John. 1 TLs Box 39, Folder 38 Hilberg, Conrad. 2 ALs, 1 TLs Box 39, Folder 39 Hill, Charlotte. 1 TLs Box 39, Folder 40 Hillaire, Christiane. 10 ALs Box 39, Folder 41 Hitchcock, George. 1 ALs, 2 TLs Box 39, Folder 42 Hoffman, Stanton. 1 TLs Box 39, Folder 43 Hollo, Anselm. 1 ALs, 10 TLs, 2 D (1 carbon resume), 13 MS Box 39, Folder 44 Holzman, Seymour. 1 ALs, 1 APCs Box 39, Folder 45 Honig, Edwin. 1 TL Box 39, Folder 46 Hornick, Lita. 3 TLs Box 39, Folder 47 Horowitz, Michael. 1 ALs, 3 TLs Box 39, Folder 48 Hutton, Don. 1 ALs, 1 TLs Box 39, Folder 49 Hynn, Peter. 2 TLs Box 39, Folder 50 Hyman, Steven. 1 D Box 39, Folder 51 Inman, Will. 1 MS Box 39, Folder 52 Ignatow, David. 5 TLs Box 39, Folder 53 Irby, Ken. 4 ALs, 2 TLs, 2 MS Box 40, Folder 1 Jackson, Helen. 1 TLs Box 40, Folder 2 Jacobs, Sydney. 1 ALs, 1 AL, 4 TLs, 9 TL, 2 MS Box 40, Folder 3 Jacobs, Sherry. 1 TLs, 1 MS Box 40, Folder 4 Jacobsen, Josephine. 1 ALs Box 40, Folder 5 Jacoby, Doris. 1 TLs Box 40, Folder 6 Jarrett, Dennis. 13 TLs, 7 MS Box 40, Folder 7 Jarvik, Barbara. 20 ALs, 6 TLs Box 40, Folder 8 Jensen, Maguy. 1 TLs Box 40, Folder 9 Jerome, Judson. 1 ALs, 2 TLs Box 40, Folder 10 Jess. 2 ALs Box 40, Folder 11 Jones, Allison. 1 ALs Box 40, Folder 12 Jones, F. 1 TLs Box 40, Folder 13 Jones, Jeanetta. 1 ALs, 6 TLs, 2 TPCs, 1 MS Box 40, Folder 14 Jones, LeRoi. 2 TLs Box 40, Folder 15 Junkius, Donald. 1 ALs, 1 MS Box 40, Folder 16 Kafka, Janet. 1 TLs Box 40, Folder 17 Kardass, John. 3 TLs Box 40, Folder 18 Kasdorf, Bill. 2 TLs Box 40, Folder 19 Katz, B. 1 ALs Box 40, Folder 20 Katz, Bill. 2 TLs Box 40, Folder 21 Katz, Evi and Leandro. 1 ALs, TLs, 1 APCs Box 40, Folder 22 Katz, Leandro. 1 MS Box 40, Folder 23 Kaufman, James. 1 TL Box 40, Folder 24 Kelly, Joby. 2 ALs, 6 TLs, 1 TL, 1 D Box 40, Folder 25 Kelly, Robert. 23 ALs, 29 TLs, 4 D, 6 MS Box 40, Folder 26 Kemp, Lysander. 1 ALs, 9 TLs, 1 MS Box 40, Folder 27 Kempher, Ruth. 1 TLs Box 40, Folder 28 Kessler, Jascha. 1 TLs Box 40, Folder 29 Kessler, Milton. 1 TLs Box 40, Folder 30 Keys, John. 3 ALs, 5 TLs, 1 TL, 1 MS Box 40, Folder 31 Kimball, George. 2 ALs, 7 TLs, 1 D, 1 MS, incl. tax returns and corres. between Kimball and NY phone co Box 40, Folder 32 Kimberley, Nick. 1 TLs Box 40, Folder 33 King, Marthan and Basil. 1 Als, 1 TLs Box 40, Folder 34 Kinnel, Galway. 1 ALs Box 40, Folder 35 Kinter, Bill. 4 ALs, 2 TLs, 2 APCs, 1 MS, 1 Rc

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Box 40, Folder 36 Kiviat, Erik. 1 TLs Box 40, Folder 37 Kiyooka, Roy. 2 TLs Box 40, Folder 38 Klein, Roger. 1 TLs Box 40, Folder 39 Klimpt, Werner. 11 ALs, 3 TLs, 1 APCs Box 40, Folder 40 Koller, James. 6 ALs, 7 TLs Box 40, Folder 41 Kowit, Steve. 1 TLs, 1 MS Box 40, Folder 42 Kray, Elizabeth. 6 TLs, 2 APCs, 1 TPCs, 1 TLc to NEH, 1 TLc to Robert Creeley, 2 Rc Box 40, Folder 43 Kruger, Mrs. Otto. 1 TLs Box 40, Folder 44 Kupferberg, Tuli. 2 MS Box 40, Folder 45 Kurer, Vilma. 1 TLs Box 41, Folder 1 Landreau, Anita. 1 TLs Box 41, Folder 2 Larozi, Mohammed. 1 ALs Box 41, Folder 3 Lash, Kenneth. 1 ALs, 8 TLs Box 41, Folder 4 Lattimore, Sandy. 1 ALs, 1 MS Box 41, Folder 5 Lauffer, Daniel. 1 ALs Box 41, Folder 6 Laughlin, James. 4 TLs, 1 Ds Box 41, Folder 7 Lawrence, Seymore. 1 TLs Box 41, Folder 8 Layton, Irving. 1 MS Box 41, Folder 9 Legler, Philip. 1 TLs Box 41, Folder 10 Leonardos, Stella. 6 ALs, 3 TLs Box 41, Folder 11 Levertov, Denise. 9 ALs, 2 TLs, 3 APCs, 2 Rc Box 41, Folder 12 Levine, Hedda. 1 TPCs Box 41, Folder 13 Levinson, Mike. 2 ALs Box 41, Folder 14 Lewis, Harry. 3 ALs, 4 MS, see also 9.4 Box 41, Folder 15 Linick, Anthony. 2 ALs, 2 TLs, 2 TPCs Box 41, Folder 16 Lion, T. L. 1 MS Box 41, Folder 17 Lipman, Doug. 1 MS Box 41, Folder 18 Litfin, Jeff. 1 TLs Box 41, Folder 19 Little, Bill. 1 TLs Box 41, Folder 20 Locke, Duane. 1 ALs Box 41, Folder 21 Loeb, Howard. 4 ALs, 1 TLs, 2 MS Box 41, Folder 22 Loewinsohn, Ron. 4 ALs, 10 TLs, 1 MS Box 41, Folder 23 Lorca, Concepcion Garcia. 2 ALs Box 41, Folder 24 Lowenfels, Walter. 9 TLs, 6 D, 5 MS, see also 20.11 Box 41, Folder 25 Lohf, Kenneth. 1 TLs Box 41, Folder 26 Lurie, Boris. 1 TLs Box 41, Folder 27 Lynch, Dan. 1 ALs Box 41, Folder 28 Lynch, Mike. 1 ALs Box 41, Folder 29 MacAdam, Alfred. 1 ALs Box 41, Folder 30 MacClain, Martin. 1 ALs Box 41, Folder 31 McBride, Dick. 1 TLs Box 41, Folder 32 McCloskey, Mark. 5 ALs, 2 TLs, 4 MS Box 41, Folder 33 McClure, Michael. 1 ALs, 1 TLs Box 41, Folder 34 McCullough, Ken. 1 TLs Box 41, Folder 35 MacDiarmid, Hugh (Norman MacCaig). 1 D Box 41, Folder 36 MacGregor, Robert. 10 TLs Box 41, Folder 37 McGuire, Paula and Bill. 1 ALs, 3 TLs, 5 APCs Box 41, Folder 38 McHugh, Vincent. 1 TLs Box 41, Folder 39 Mac Low, Jackson. 4 ALs, 1 TLs, 4 MS Box 41, Folder 40 MacReynolds, David. 2 TLs Box 41, Folder 41 Madison, Barbara. 1 TLs Box 41, Folder 42 Malanga, Gerard. 1 TLs Box 41, Folder 43 MacKenzie, Ian. 1 TLs Box 41, Folder 44 Marklan, Mark. 1 ALs Box 41, Folder 45 Marshall, Margaret. 1 TLs Box 41, Folder 46 Martin, Herbert W. 1 MS Box 41, Folder 47 Martin, John. 3 TLs, see also 21.1 Box 41, Folder 48 Maslow, Ellen. 1 TLs

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Box 41, Folder 49 Masserman, Morris H. 1 TLs Box 41, Folder 50 Matsuura, Mr. Naomi. 1 TLs, 1 MS Box 41, Folder 51 Maurer, Maureen. 1 ALs Box 41, Folder 52 May, Wong Box 41, Folder 53 Mayne, Seymour. 1 TLs Box 41, Folder 54 Medina, Kate. 3 TLs Box 41, Folder 55 Merriam, Eve. 2 TLs Box 41, Folder 56 Merwin, W. S. 1 ALs, 2 MS Box 41, Folder 57 Meyers, Larry. 1 ALs Box 41, Folder 58 Micheline, Jack. 1 ALs, 1 MS, 1 signed cartoon drawing Box 41, Folder 59 Miller, John. 4 MS Box 41, Folder 60 Miller, Susan. 1 TLs Box 41, Folder 61 Mitcham, Carl. 1 TLs Box 41, Folder 62 Mitchell, Mel. 2 TLs Box 41, Folder 63 Mondragon, Sergio. 3 TLs Box 41, Folder 64 Moore, Peter. 1 TL Box 41, Folder 65 Moore, Susan A. 1 TLs Box 41, Folder 66 Moraff, Barbara. 7 MS Box 41, Folder 67 Morgan, Frederick. 4 ALs Box 41, Folder 68 Morgan, Gary. 2 TLs Box 41, Folder 69 Morley, Hilda. 1 ALs Box 42, Folder 1 Morris, James Ryan. 1 TLs Box 42, Folder 2 Morris, Richard. 1 ALs, 5 TLs, 1 TL, 1 TPCs Box 42, Folder 3 Moss, Howard. 19 TLs, 1 Rc Box 42, Folder 4 Mottram, Eric. 1 ALs, 1 TL, 1 D Box 42, Folder 5 Newberry, Sam D. 5 ALs, 6 TLs, 1 MS, see also 27.1 Box 42, Folder 6 Nordfor, Margaret. 1 TLs Box 42, Folder 7 Northrop, George. 4 MS Box 42, Folder 8 Northrup, Rita. 1 ALs Box 42, Folder 9 Nusser, Helen. 2 ALs, 1 MS Box 42, Folder 10 Olson, Charles. 4 ALs, 6 TLs, 5 TL, 2 T, 2 D Box 42, Folder 11 Olson, Charles. 8 MS Box 42, Folder 12 Olson, Toby. 8 TLs, 16 MS Box 42, Folder 13 Oppenheimer, Joel. 4 TLs, 1 APCs, 5 MS Box 42, Folder 14 Orlovsky, Peter. 1 ALs Box 42, Folder 15 Ormonde, Rosemary. 5 ALs Box 42, Folder 16 Ossman, David. 7 TLs, 1 TPCs, 3 MS Box 42, Folder 17 Padgett, Ron. 2 TLs Box 42, Folder 18 Paiewonsky-Conde, Edgar. 2 TLs, 1 MS Box 42, Folder 19 Palley, Julian. 1 TLs Box 42, Folder 20 Parkinson, Thomas. 1 MS Box 42, Folder 21 Parparias, N. 1 TLs Box 42, Folder 22 Patai, Daphne (McDaniel). 8 ALs, 11 TLs Box 42, Folder 23 Pavlak, Jackie. 1 ALs Box 42, Folder 24 Payne, John. 1 TLs, 14 MS Box 42, Folder 25 Paz, Octavio. 5 ALs, 10 TLs, 2 MS Box 42, Folder 26 Pheda, Philip. 1 MS Box 42, Folder 27 Perchik, Simon. 1 ALs, 2 TLs, 6 MS Box 42, Folder 28 Perlberg, Mark. 1 TLs Box 42, Folder 29 Perrin, Stewart. 2 MS Box 42, Folder 30 Peters, Bob. 1 ALs Box 42, Folder 31 Phillips, Elisabeth. 1 ALs Box 42, Folder 32 Phillips, William Jr. 1 TLs, 1 MS Box 42, Folder 33 Pinkley, Diane. 1 MS Box 42, Folder 34 Planz, Allen. 5 TLs Box 42, Folder 35 Podhoretz, Norman. 1 TLs Box 42, Folder 36 Polite, Frank C. 4 MS Box 42, Folder 37 Pomerantz, Edward. 1 ALs

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Box 42, Folder 38 Pound, Dorothy. 1 TLs Box 42, Folder 39 Pound, Ezra. 6 ALs, 7 TL, 1 AP, 1 TPC, 1 D Box 42, Folder 40 Pritchard, Norman H. 1 ALs Box 42, Folder 41 Quinn, Sister Bernetta. 9 ALs, 4 TLs, 1 offprint of article with R Box 43, Folder 1 Rabassa, Gregory. 3 TLs, 1 Rc Box 43, Folder 2 Rago, Henry. 7 TLs Box 43, Folder 3 Rainier, Dachine. 1 ALs, 1 TLs Box 43, Folder 4 Rand, Harry. 1 TLs, 6 MS Box 43, Folder 5 Randall, Elinor. 1 TLs, 1 Rc Box 43, Folder 6 Randall, Margaret. 17 TLs Box 43, Folder 7 Rane, Margaret. 17 ALs, 2 TLs Box 43, Folder 8 Ransom, John Crowe. 1 ALs Box 43, Folder 9 Rawley, James McKee Box 43, Folder 10 Raworth, Tom. 10 ALs, 5 TLs, see also 20.8 Box 43, Folder 11 Ray, David. 1 ALs, 2 TLs Box 43, Folder 12 Reardon, Eunice. 1 ALs, 1 TLs Box 43, Folder 13 Rebsamen, F. R. 1 TL Box 43, Folder 14 Reid, Bob. 1 TLs Box 43, Folder 15 Reynolds, Tim. 22 TLs, 13 MS Box 43, Folder 16 Rice, Dan. 2 birth announcements signed Box 43, Folder 17 Rifkin (Lezak [?]) Iris. 2 ALs, 2 TLs, 2 MS Box 43, Folder 18 Rivera, William. 5 TLs, 1 MS Box 43, Folder 19 Robbins, Connie. 1 TLs Box 43, Folder 20 Robin, Ralph. 1 TLs Box 43, Folder 21 Rosenblatt, Joel. 1 ALs, 1 TLs Box 43, Folder 22 Rosenthal, M. L. 16 ALs, 6 TLs, see also 19.11 Box 43, Folder 23 Rosenthal, Judy. 1 TLs Box 43, Folder 24 Rothenberg, Jerome. 4 ALs, 4 TLs, 1 TPCs, 3 MS Box 43, Folder 25 Rowan, Louis. 3 ALs, 3 TLs Box 43, Folder 26 Rubenstein, Carol. 4 TLs, 1 TLs to Paul Carroll re: PB, 12 MS Box 43, Folder 27 Rudge, Olga. 1 ALs Box 43, Folder 28 Rukeyser, Muriel. 1 ALs Box 43, Folder 29 Rumaker, Michael. 4 ALs, 1 TLs Box 43, Folder 30 St. Martin, Hardie. 1 ALs, 1 TLs, 1 MS Box 43, Folder 31 Sackin, Lawrence. 1 TLs Box 43, Folder 32 Salisbury, Ralph. 1 TLs Box 43, Folder 33 Samperi, Frank. 6 ALs Box 43, Folder 34 Sanders, Ed. 3 ALs Box 43, Folder 35 Savage, Norman. 1 MS Box 43, Folder 36 Saverlander, Wolfgang. 1 TLs Box 43, Folder 37 Schaff, David. 2 ALs, 2 TLs, 1 MS Box 43, Folder 38 Schecter, Ruth. 1 TLs Box 43, Folder 39 Schenker, Donald. 4 TLs, 9 TL, 15 MS Box 43, Folder 40 Schiller, Robert. 4 ALs, 2 TLs, 1 D Box 43, Folder 41 Schlegel, Gail. 1 TL Box 43, Folder 42 Schmitz, Dennis. 1 ALs Box 43, Folder 43 Scholte, John. 1 ALs Box 43, Folder 44 Schwager, Elaine. 1 ALs Box 43, Folder 45 Schwartz, M. 1 ALs Box 43, Folder 46 Schwerner, Armand. 2 ALs, 1 TLs, 3 MS Box 43, Folder 47 Scott, Nancy. 1 TLs Box 43, Folder 48 Sender, Ramon. 1 TLs Box 43, Folder 49 Seto, Elma. 1 ALs Box 43, Folder 50 Shapiro, David. 2 TLs Box 43, Folder 51 Shapiro, Karl. 1 TLs Box 43, Folder 52 Shedd, Margaret. 1 ALs, 2 TLs Box 43, Folder 53 Shepard, Flola. 1 TLs, 1 T Box 43, Folder 54 Sinclair, John. 1 ALs, 6 TLs

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Box 43, Folder 55 Skinner, Knute. 3 TLs, 2 D Box 43, Folder 56 Skrentney, Roger. 2 TLs Box 44, Folder 1 Smith, Delavan. 4 TLs Box 44, Folder 2 Smith, F. G. Walton. 1 TLs Box 44, Folder 3 Smith, Welton. 1 MS Box 44, Folder 4 Snyder, Gary. 4 ALs, 4 TLs, 1 D Box 44, Folder 5 Snyder, Gary. 1 D, 1 MS Box 44, Folder 6 Solt, Mary Ellen. 2 ALs Box 44, Folder 7 Sondheim, Alan. 1 TLs Box 44, Folder 8 Sorrentino, Gil. 3 ALs, 9 TLs, 3 D, 3 MS Box 44, Folder 9 Souchon, Dr. Edward. 1 TLs Box 44, Folder 10 Souster, Ray. 3 TLs Box 44, Folder 11 Speciner, Sandra J. 1 TLs Box 44, Folder 12 Spiegal, Stephen. 1 TLs Box 44, Folder 13 Squirru, Rafael. 3 ALs, 6 TLs, 2 D Box 44, Folder 14 Stahl, Jayne Lyn. 2 TLs, 1 MS Box 44, Folder 15 Stark, Brad. 4 ALs, 1 TLs, 2 TL, 1 D Box 44, Folder 16 Stern, Ava. 1 ALs, 12 MS Box 44, Folder 17 Stewart, Cathy. 4 ALs, 8 TLs, 5 MS Box 44, Folder 18 Stoller, Joshua. 1 TLs Box 44, Folder 19 Stoloff, Carolyn. 2 ALs Box 44, Folder 20 Stuart, Michelle. 3 ALs Box 44, Folder 21 Sullivan, Nancy. 3 TLs Box 44, Folder 22 Sutherland, Elizabeth. 5 TLs Box 44, Folder 23 Sutton, Jeffry. 19 ALs Box 44, Folder 24 Suvanto, Ed. 1 ALs Box 44, Folder 25 Sward, Robert. 2 ALs, 32 TLs, 21 MS Box 44, Folder 26 Swenson, May. 1 TLs Box 44, Folder 27 Taggart, John. 1 TLs Box 44, Folder 28 Tarn, Nathaniel. 2 ALs, 2 TLs Box 44, Folder 29 Thayler, Carl. 2 ALs, 6 TLs, 7 MS Box 44, Folder 30 Thompson, Ingrid. 23 MS Box 44, Folder 31 Thomson, Virgil. 1 APCs Box 44, Folder 32 Tipton, David. 1 ALs Box 44, Folder 33 Torregian, Sotere. 1 ALs Box 44, Folder 34 Towle, P. J. 1 ALs Box 44, Folder 35 Trachtman, Paul. 1 TLs Box 44, Folder 36 Tucker, Harvey. 1 ALs, 1 TLs, 2 MS Box 44, Folder 37 Twinem, Leonard. 2 ALs Box 44, Folder 38 Tyson, Ian. 1 TLs Box 44, Folder 39 Valenty, Lili. 2 ALs, 2 TLs Box 44, Folder 40 Van Aelstyn, Ed. 1 ALs, 1 TLs Box 44, Folder 41 Vannix, Dorothy. 1 ALs Box 44, Folder 42 Varela, Rita. 1 TL Box 44, Folder 43 Vas Dias, Robert. 3 ALs, 6 TLs, 5 MS Box 44, Folder 44 Verkuil, Nancy, 4ALs, 11TLs Box 44, Folder 45 Victor, Micheline. 2 TLs, 1 MS Box 44, Folder 46 Virtanen, Pekka. 1 TLs Box 44, Folder 47 Volpe, Edmund L. 3 TLs Box 44, Folder 48 Wach, Webster. 1 MS Box 44, Folder 49 Wagenheim, Karl. 1 TLs Box 44, Folder 50 Wainhouse, Austryn. 1 TLs Box 45, Folder 1 Wakoski, Diane. 3 ALs, 10 TLs Box 45, Folder 2 Wagner, D. R. 1 TLs Box 45, Folder 3 Wagnon, Drew. 1 TLs Box 45, Folder 4 Waldman, Anne. 1 ALs, 2 TLs Box 45, Folder 5 Wallenstein, Barry. 8 MS Box 45, Folder 6 Wang, David Raphael. 3 TLs, 1 D, 4 MS

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Box 45, Folder 7 Warren, Charlotte. 1 TLs Box 45, Folder 8 Warren, Robert Penn. 1 TLs Box 45, Folder 9 Weil, James L. 6 TLs Box 45, Folder 10 Weinberger, Tony. 1 ALs, 1 TLs Box 45, Folder 11 Weinfield, Harry. 1 MS Box 45, Folder 12 Weiss, Penelope. 1 TLs Box 45, Folder 13 Weissner, Carl. 6 TLs Box 45, Folder 14 Weschler, Anita. 2 TLs Box 45, Folder 15 Wester, T. 6 MS Box 45, Folder 16 Whiting, Barbara. 1 ALs Box 45, Folder 17 Whitman, Ruth. 1 TLs Box 45, Folder 18 Whiton, Laurene. 4 TLs Box 45, Folder 19 Whitney, J. D. 1 TLs Box 45, Folder 19 Wieners, John. 1 TLs Box 45, Folder 21 Willen, Drenka. 2 ALs Box 45, Folder 22 Williams, Jonathan. 9 TLs, 4 TPCs, 3 Jargon booklists with TNS, 1 with R, 1 without note, 1 MS Box 45, Folder 23 Williams, Flossie. 2 TLs Box 45, Folder 24 Williams, Galen. 3 ALs, 4 TLs, 3 Ds Box 45, Folder 25 Williams, Martin. 1 ALs Box 45, Folder 26 Wilson, Arthur Box 45, Folder 27 Wright, James. 1 TLs Box 45, Folder 28 Yates, Peter. 1 ALs Box 45, Folder 29 Yurkevich, Saul. 1 ALs Box 45, Folder 30 Zukofsky, Celia. 2 ALs Box 45, Folder 31 Zukofsky, Louis. 10 ALs, 1 TLs, 3 MS

Miscellaneous

Box 45, Folder 32 Miscellaneous and unidentified letters - Part I Box 45, Folder 33 Part II (45.32) Box 45, Folder 34 Unidentified postcards Box 45, Folder 35 Misc., identified and not, Christmas cards Box 45, Folder 36 Misc. envelopes and addresses Box 45, Folder 37 Unidentified MSS and MSS from various writing workshops taught by PB - Part I Box 45, Folder 38 Part II, (45.37) Box 46, Folder 1 Poems from writing workshop students - Part I Box 46, Folder 2 Part II (46.1) Box 46, Folder 3 Poems typed up by Blackburn of his students for writing workshop at City College Box 46, Folder 4 Misc. and unidentified original art pieces, mostly sketches MISCELLANEOUS MATERIALS Scope and Content of Series SERIES 8) MISCELLANEOUS MATERIALS: Arranged into four subseries. A) Photocopies of Publications: Compiled by Kathleen Woodward. This subseries begins with a chronological arrangement of Blackburn's published poems and is followed by copies of non-fiction prose, poems from anthologies, and translations, all arranged chronologically. B) Dissertation on Blackburn: Edith Jarolim's dissertation on Blackburn, later published by Perseus Press. C) Indexes: Two card indexes, one of Blackburn's published work, the other of his unpublished work. D) Originals of Preservation Photocopies

Photocopies of Publications

Box 46, Folder 5 PB's published poems; compiled by Kathleen Woodward - Part I 1951

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Box 46, Folder 6 Part II (46.5) 1952 Box 46, Folder 7 Part III (46.5) 1953 Box 46, Folder 8 Part IV (46.5) 1954 Box 46, Folder 9 Part V (46.5) 1955 Box 46, Folder 10 Part VI (46.5) 1957 Box 46, Folder 11 Part VII (46.5) 1958 Box 46, Folder 12 Part VIII (46.5) 1959 Box 46, Folder 13 Part IX (46.5) 1960 Box 46, Folder 14 Part X (46.5) 1961 Box 46, Folder 15 Part XI (46.5) 1962 Box 46, Folder 16 Part XII (46.5) 1963 Box 46, Folder 17 Part XIII (46.5) 1964 Box 46, Folder 18 Part XIV (46.5) 1965 Box 46, Folder 19 Part XV (46.5) 1966 Box 46, Folder 20 Part XVI (46.5) 1967 Box 46, Folder 21 Part XVII (46.5) 1968 Box 47, Folder 1 Part XVIII (46.5) 1969 Box 47, Folder 2 Part XIX (46.5) 1970 Box 47, Folder 3 Part XX (46.5) 1971 Box 47, Folder 4 Part XXI (46.5) General note Poems published after 1971.

Box 47, Folder 5 Part XXII (46.5) General note Undated poems.

Box 47, Folder 6 Xeroxes of essays, reviews, and interviews which appeared in serials Box 47, Folder 7 Poems from anthologies Box 47, Folder 8 Translations from Provencal - Part I 1952 - 1965 Box 47, Folder 9 Part II (47.8) 1968 - 1969 Box 48, Folder 1 Xeroxes of translations from Chinese Box 48, Folder 2 Translations of Spanish from serials Box 48, Folder 3 Translations of Spanish from anthologies

Dissertation on Blackburn

Box 48, Folder 4 Xerox typescripts of Edith Jarolim's edition of PB's collected poetry - Part I General First accepted as a Ph.D. dissertation at New York University in 1984 and subsequently published by Perseus Press in 1985.

Box 48, Folder 5 Part II (48.4) Box 48, Folder 6 Part III (48.4) Box 48, Folder 7 Part IV (48.4) Box 49, Folder 1 Part V (48.4) Box 49, Folder 2 Part VI (48.4) Box 49, Folder 3 Part VII (48.4) Box 49, Folder 4 Part VIII (48.4)

Indexes

Box 50, Folder 1 Card index of PB's published work Box 51, Folder 1 Card index of PB's unpublished work

Originals of Preservation Photocopies

Paul Blackburn Papers MSS 0004 39 MISCELLANEOUS MATERIALS Originals of Preservation Photocopies

Box 52 Fragile materials Conditions Governing Access Restrictions Apply

Box 53 Fragile materials Conditions Governing Access Restrictions Apply

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