Untide Press Records, 1943-1954
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http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/tf5k4004zc No online items Guide to the Untide Press Records, 1943-1954 Processed by The Bancroft Library staff The Bancroft Library. University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, California, 94720-6000 Phone: (510) 642-6481 Fax: (510) 642-7589 Email: [email protected] URL: http://bancroft.berkeley.edu © 1997 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. Additional Form Available: This finding aid has been filmed for the NATIONAL INVENTORY OF DOCUMENTARY SOURCES IN THE UNITED STATES (Chadwyck-Healey Inc.) Note Arts and Humanities --Literature --PoetryHistory --History, CaliforniaGeographical (By Place) --United States (excluding California) --OregonGeographical (By Place) --California Guide to the Untide Press BANC MSS 72/213 c 1 Records, 1943-1954 Guide to the Untide Press Records, 1943-1954 Collection number: BANC MSS 72/213 c The Bancroft Library University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, California Contact Information: The Bancroft Library. University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, California, 94720-6000 Phone: (510) 642-6481 Fax: (510) 642-7589 Email: [email protected] URL: http://bancroft.berkeley.edu Processed by: The Bancroft Library staff Date Completed: 1972 Encoded by: Hernan Cortis © 1997 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. Collection Summary Collection Title: Untide Press Records, Date (inclusive): 1943-1954 Collection Number: BANC MSS 72/213 c Creator: Untide Press Extent: Numbers of containers: 5 boxes Repository: The Bancroft Library Berkeley, California 94720-6000 Physical Location: For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog. Abstract: Correspondence with contributors and subscribers, manuscripts, mock-ups for pamphlets, accounts, clippings of reviews, mailing lists, etc., relating to the publication of The Illiterati and of books of poems. Languages Represented: English Access Collection is open for research. Publication Rights Copyright has not been assigned to The Bancroft Library. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Public Services. Permission for publication is given on behalf of The Bancroft Guide to the Untide Press BANC MSS 72/213 c 2 Records, 1943-1954 Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the reader. Preferred Citation [Identification of item], Untide Press records, BANC MSS 72/213 c, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley. Scope and Content The Untide Press was founded by William Everson, Kemper Nomland, Kermit Sheets and William R. Eshelman, in a camp of conscientious objectors in Waldport, Oregon in 1943, as an expression of protest against World War II. Vladimir Dupré was active in Untide after it was founded. The name originated in opposition to the camp weekly called The Tide, the slogan of the press being "What is not Tide is Untide". Moving later to Cascade Locks, Oregon, in December 1945 and, after the War, to Pasadena, the press produced a little magazine entitled The Illiterati, and small books of poems, many of them by the poets and writers who were later to form the nucleus of the San Francisco literary renaissance. Attempting to bring poetry to the public in an inexpensive and attractive format, the press carefully selected materials and design, and set all the work by hand. It was a part-time non-profit operation; its contributors were unpaid; and its organ, The Illiterati, appeared only occasionally, whenever enough material was assembled for an issue. The little press garnered Western Books' awards for excellence in printing and design with William Everson's War Elegies (1944), Jacob Sloan's Generation of a Journey (1945) and John Walker's Arma Virumque Cano (1950). The records of the press, purchased from John B. Nomland, May 23, 1972, have been kept in the order established by the press. They include correspondence with contributors and subscribers from 1943 to 1954, manuscripts of poems and of numbers 4 and 5 of The Illiterati, mock-ups for some of the special pamphlets, a few examples of completed printing, some fairly detailed accounts, a bibliography and promotional material. The Key to Arrangement describes the collection in greater detail. Boxes 1-3 General correspondence, arranged alphabetically by author or by organization, with copies of replies interfiled. Additional Note A partial list of correspondents follows the report. Box 4 Special correspondence files, as follows: Copyright correspondence, 1944-1947, mainly with the Library of Congress. Correspondence concerning exchanges with the following publications: Gale; Galley; Line; Meanjin Papers; Pamphleteer Monthly; Retort. Fine Arts School proposal correspondence, 1943-1944, re the establishment of a specialized camp or school to foster the arts. Includes letters from: Kermit Sheets, Morris Keeton, Henry Geiger, Tom Miller, Kenneth W. Morgan, William E. Stafford, Kemper Nomland, William Everson and Martin Ponch. Correspondence with the following libraries, mainly regarding subscriptions: Buffalo, N. Y. University California. State Library, Sacramento. From Mabel R. Gillis California. University, Berkeley California. University, Los Angeles. From Robert Vosper and Lawrence Clark Powell Connecticut. University, Storrs Indiana. University, Bloomington Los Angeles. Public Library Northwestern University Oregon. University, Eugene Swarthmore College. Friends Historical Library. From D. Burnham Terrell and Ellen Starr Brinton Guide to the Untide Press BANC MSS 72/213 c 3 Records, 1943-1954 Key to Arrangement Western Books correspondence Additional Note Including three letters, 1946-1950, by H. Richard Archer and Carey S. Bliss, on behalf of the Rounce & Coffin Club, with reply by W. R. Eshelman. Announcements, catalogues, award certificates, etc. for Western Books and various announcements for the Rounce & Coffin Club included. Jacob Sloan's Generation of Journey and William Everson's War Elegies were selected for awards in 1946; John Walker's Arma Virumque Cano, in 1951. Correspondence and accounts re supplies, arranged alphabetically by firm, then chronologically within each folder. 1943-1953 Bibliography, compiled by William Everson and William R. Eshelman. Miscellaneous material pertaining to Illiterati subscriptions and promotional material. Announcements (Not Untide) Misc. crank letters, etc. Box 5 Illiterati manuscripts Additional Note Including poems and/or stories by Jan Brevet, Glen Coffield, W. R. Eshelman, Earl Fowler, Lloyd Frankenberg, Tom Korn, Hardy Langworthy, Dexter MacBride, J. B. Nomland, Harry Prochaska, Martin Ponch, William Read, Jacob Sloan, R. D. Snyder, Irwin Stark, Lloyd Sullivan, William G. Webb, Adrian Wilson Manuscripts chosen for Illiterati nos. 4 and 5 Correspondence concerning publicity with Available Books, Cumulative Book Index, Miniverse, Partisan Review, Western Printer and Lithographer; publicity releases etc. Reviews of Illiterati no. 4 and various Untide Press publications. Mailing lists Photographs Accounts: ledger, 1944-1945 journal, 1943-1946 Accent Letter, July 31, 1944, by Kerker Quinn, with copy of letter from William R. Eshelman, July 19, 1947. Adeane, Louis Letter, Nov 10, 1944, in reply to letter of Kemper Nomland, Sept. 27, 1944 Anderson, Forrest, 1903- 17 letters, 1945-1949. With copies of replies of Kermit Sheets and William R. Eshelman. Anderson, Wendell B. 6 letters, 1945-1952, with copies of replies by Kermit Sheets and William R. Eshelman. Archer, Horace Richard Printed Christmas card, n.d. Additional Note See also Western Books correspondence folder in Box 4. Arts, Inc. 2 letters, 1948, by Jan Munzer, with copy of reply by William R. Eshelman. Asbell, Ruth H. Letter, May 8, 1945. With copy of reply by William Everson. Aviles, Alonso 7 letters, 1948, re poems of Mosén Francisco de Avila. With copies of replies by William R. Eshelman. Beaudoin, Kenneth Lawrence 2 letters, 1949 and n.d. With copy of reply by William R. Eshelman. Beckwith, Osmond Guide to the Untide Press BANC MSS 72/213 c 4 Records, 1943-1954 Partial List of Correspondents 2 letters, 1947. With copy of reply by Tom Polk Miller. Berns, Walter Letter, July 28, 1946, commenting on Spud Johnson and D. H. Lawrence. See also Goyen, William. Bertrand, G. Vivian Postcard, Apr 28, 1954, with copy of reply by William R. Eshelman. Borrow, Antony 2 letters, 1950. Brooks, Edwin L. Letter, Oct 15, 1949, with copy of reply by William R. Eshelman. Broughton, James Richard, 1913- 5 letters, 1945-1948. Brownell, Florence Kerr 5 letters, 1948, with copy of reply by William R. Eshelman. Bruce, Irene Letter, Mar 16, 1945, with copy of reply by Vladimir Dupré, and two clippings re Mrs. Bruce. Cahoon, Herbert, 1918- 5 letters, 1945-1949. Some written while editor of The Tiger's Eye. With copies of replies by William R. Eshelman. Chiarito, Americo Letter, Sept 25, 1944, with copies of replies by William Everson. Church of the Brethren. Brethren Service Committee 5 letters, 1943-1945. From various camps. City Lights Books, San Francisco Postcard, July 5, 1953, from Peter Martin. With copy of reply by William R. Eshelman. Clark, David R. Letter, Dec 30, 1946. Clements, Grace Letter, July 4, 1946. Cloud, Jess H. Postcard, Mar 22, 1946, with copy of reply by Kermit Sheets. Coffield, Glen, 1917- 15 letters, 1943-1948. Typescripts of some of his poems included.