MS 34 Gitin Collection

The David and Maria Gitin Collection MS 34 Personal Papers BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH

David Gitin was born December 19, 1941 in Buffalo, New York. He graduated from the State University of New York at Buffalo with a B.A. in 1966; from San Francisco State College with an M.A. in 1971; and did graduate study at the University of Wisconsin from 1972-1973 A poet, Mr. Gitin lived in San Francisco's Haight-Ashbury district from 1967-1970. He was co-founder of Poets Theatre in 1968. He taught at Free University in 1968, at the University of Wisconsin Extension School from 1971-1974, and at Chapman University, Orange, CA and Monterey Peninsula College, 1974--. He held many different jobs, from coffeehouse counter person to postal clerk, social caseworker, record salesperson and library page. Mr. Gitin has published several books on poetry, and his work is in many anthologies, journals, and magazines. He received the Arx Foundation award in 1970 for four poems appearing in Arx magazine. His work was represented with that of eleven other poets for National Poetry Month on MSNBC in 2000. Mr. Gitin lives in Monterey, CA. [Note: the above information is from Contemporary Authors Online, Gale, 2007]

SCOPE AND CONTENT

The collection includes correspondence to David and Maria Gitin from various writers and editors. There is a mix of both personal and professional correspondence. There are also many drafts of poems and a few manuscripts sent to Gitin to read through.

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Series I: Correspondence from Writers MS 34_01 Personal Papers Container List Container Folder Date Title Box 01 Folder 01 November 20, 1972 - October 15, Correspondence with Bruce Andrews 1974 11 Items postmarked from Novermber 20, 1972 to October 15, 1974. Three of the letters are undated/postmark unclear.

Box 01 Folder 02 November 17, 1971 - March 18, Correspondence with David Bromige 1974 7 items postmarked from November 17, 1971 - March 18, 1974.

Box 01 Folder 03 February 19, 1970 - November 16, Correspondence with William Bronk 1971 6 items dated from February 19, 1970 - November 16, 1971

Page 1 Box 01 Folder 04 September 25, 1973 - December 3, Correspondence with John Cage 1973 2 items dated from September 25, 1973 - December 3, 1973

Box 01 Folder 05 May 25, 1971 - April 28, 1974 Correspondence with 2 items dated from May 25, 1971 - April 28, 1974

Box 01 Folder 06 August 21, 1968 - August 6, 1974 Correspondence with Andrew Crozier 9 items dated from August 21, 1968 - August 6, 1974

Box 01 Folder 07 August 17, 1971 - October 2, 1972 Correspondence with Diane Di Prima 8 items dated from August 17, 1971 - October 2, 1972

Box 01 Folder 08 September 10, 1968 - October 31, Correspondence with Richard Duerden 1968 4 items dated from September 10, 1968 - October 31, 1968

Box 01 Folder 09 July 11, 1973 - September 14, 1974 Correspondence with Theodore Enslin 4 items dated from July 11, 1973 - September 14, 1974

Box 01 Folder 10 February 16, 1973 - November 13, Correspondence with 1973 3 items dated from February 16, 1973 - November 13, 1973

Box 01 Folder 11 August 4, 1972 - August 3, 1974 Correspondence with Darrell Gray 17 items dated from August 4, 1972 - August 3, 1974

Box 01 Folder 12 September 30, 1968 - November 7, Correspondence with Edward Kissam 1962 6 items dated from September 30, 1968 - November 7, 1962

Box 01 Folder 13 September 19, 1971 - February 14, Correspondence with 1974 5 items dated from September 19, 1971 - February 14, 1974

Box 01 Folder 14 April 11, 1968 - December 1974 Correspondence with Lewis MacAdams 13 items dated from April 11, 1968 - December 1974. 2 items not dated/postmark unclear.

Box 01 Folder 15 December 31, 1972 Correspondence with Michael McClure 3 items, one dated December