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http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8fx79zs No online items Morton Marcus Poetry Archive MS.198 Special Collections University of California, Santa Cruz © 2011 1156 High Street Santa Cruz 95064 [email protected] URL: http://guides.library.ucsc.edu/speccoll Morton Marcus Poetry Archive MS.198 1 MS.198 Contributing Institution: University of California, Santa Cruz Title: Morton Marcus Poetry archive Creator: Marcus, Morton source: Marcus, Morton Identifier/Call Number: MS.198 Physical Description: 45 Linear Feet39 document boxes; 1 oversize flat; 1 oversize folder Date (inclusive): 1936-2009 Abstract: This collection includes biographical material, correspondence, manuscripts, notebooks, teaching materials, poetry and film criticism. Stored in Special Collections & Archives: Advance notice is required for access to the papers. General Physical Description note: Language of Material: English . Access Collection is available for research. Publication Rights Property rights reside with the University of California. Literary rights are retained by the creators of the records and their heirs. For permission to publish or to reproduce the material, please contact the Head of Special Collections and Archives. Preferred Citation Morton Marcus Poetry archive. MS 198. Special Collections and Archives, University Library, University of California, Santa Cruz. Acquisition Information Gift of Donna Mekis and Morton Marcus, 2009-2010 Biography Morton Marcus (September 10, 1936-October 28, 2009), poet, fillm critic, lecturer. Morton Marcus was the l999 Santa Cruz County Artist of The Year and received the Gail Rich Award in 2007 for his cultural contributions to Santa Cruz County. He published ten volumes of poetry and one novel, including The Santa Cruz Mountain Poems, Pages From A Scrapbook of Immigrants, and When People Could Fly . Morton had more than 450 poems published in literary journals, and his work has been selected to appear in over 85 anthologies in the United States, Europe and Australia. In 2002 he published his eighth and ninth books of poetry: Moments Without Names: New & Selected Prose Poems (White Pine Press) and Shouting Down The Silence: Verse Poems 1988-2001 (Creative Arts Books). In 2007, he published a new volume of prose poems, Pursuing The Dream Bone. His last book, Striking Through The Masks: A Literary Memoir (Capitola Book Company) tells the story of Marcus' growth from embattled youth to uneasy adulthood, conjuring up the last half of the twentieth century and the opening decade of the new millennium, while recounting his own struggle to find self-awareness and wisdom. Morton's trilogy of interviews on the craft of poetry appeared in the March/April 2001 issue of The Bloomsbury Review, the 2002 issue of Red Wheelbarrow and in the 25th anniversary issue of Caesura (2004). Morton read his poetry and conducted poetry workshops in dozens of universities throughout the country, among them Columbia University, Notre Dame, The University of Oregon, and several University of California campuses. He was also poet-in-residence at several State University of New York campuses, The University of Arkansas' Graduate Writing Program, and Providence College. Morton taught English and Film at Cabrillo College for thirty years, until his retirement in l998. His sixteen-part television history of film, Movie Milestones, has been shown on many cable television stations, and was for years the main visual source of film history at the AFTRS, the Australian national film school. He was a longtime co-host of KUSP radio's The Poetry Show and co-host of the film review television show Cinema Scene shown in the San Francisco Bay Area. He also lead a film discussion group at Santa Cruz's Nickelodeon theater on the first and third Saturday of every month. He curated film series at various museums and took part in several panels on literature and film at the John Steinbeck Center. From www.mortonmarcus.com/bio.html Scope and Content of Collection This collection includes biographical materials, correspondence, manuscripts, notebooks, teaching materials, poetry and film criticism Arrangement Morton Marcus Poetry Archive MS.198 2 MS.198 Arranged in seven series Series 1: Biographical material Series 2: Correspondence Series 3: Writings Series 4: Printed appearences Series 5: Teaching materials Series 6: Publicity, marketing Series 7: Artwork & Realia Separated Material Audio recordings have been converted to CD and cataloged separately. Poetry books and journals have been cataloged separately. Poetry Broadsides have been cataloged separately. Subjects and Indexing Terms American poetry -- 21st century Film criticism Authors, American -- California -- Santa Cruz County American poetry -- 20th century Marcus, Morton box-folder 1:1-19 Biographical material Series 1 1949-2010 Physical Description: 19 folders Scope and Contents note This series contains biographical material about Morton Marcus. Arrangement note The material has been arranged chronologically. box-folder 1:1 The Franklinite Yearbook, 1949 box-folder 1:2 The Stylus, v.61:1, pg.9 "The Atheist" May 9, 1953 box-folder 1:3 Air Force Service Records, 1954-1958 box-folder 1:4 Pocket snapshot of Marcus w/poem to Wilma, 1955 box-folder 1:5-6 State University of Iowa, box-folder 1:5 BA Diploma, Commencement program, clippings 1949 box-folder 1:6 Phi Beta Kappa Certificate of Membership 11/12/1961 box-folder 1:7 Stanford University - MA Diploma, Thesis review, grades, 1962-1968 box-folder 1:8 Miscellaneous Civil Documents - SS card, S.C. Co. Library card; U.S. Passport; International Drivers Permit, 1962-1997 box-folder 1:9 Liston vs. Clay Fight ticket, 2/25/1964 box-folder 1:10 Basketball plays, 1960-1965 box-folder 1:11 Artists Liberation Front, San Francisco, 1965-1967 box-folder 1:12 Cabrillo College box-folder 1:12 Instructor evaluations, 1969-1970 box-folder 1:12 Speech to Federation of Teachers & clippings, 1988 box-folder 1:12 Final Thoughts before Retirement, 1998 box-folder 1:13 William Everson Fund & Kingfisher Flat Foundation - spotty newsletters and minutes, 1996-1997 box-folder 1:14 Awards, Citations, Proclamations, box-folder 1:14 City of Santa Cruz, California, Mayor's Proclamation "Morton Marcus Day", March 13, 2008 box-folder 1:14 City of Santa Cruz, California, Mayor's Proclamation "Pacific Rim Film Festival Week", October 6, 2003 box-folder 1:14 Good Times"Best of Santa Cruz County - Morton Marcus, BEST LOCAL POET", 2002 Morton Marcus Poetry Archive MS.198 3 MS.198 Biographical material Series 11949-2010 box-folder 1:14 California State Senate, Certificate of Recognition presented to Morton Marcus in honor of receiving The Santa Cruz County Arts Commission 1999 Artist of the Year Award, April 30, 1999 box-folder 1:14 Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors, Proclamation Honoring Morton Marcus as Artist of the Year ... 1999, April 39, 1999 box-folder 1:14 California State Assembly, Certificate of Recognition, to Morton Marcus in honor of service & dedication over the years to Cabrillo College and the surrounding community. Congratulations on your retirement, 1998 box-folder 1:14 California State Senate, Certificate of Recognition presented to Morton Marcus in Honor of Thirty Years of Outstanding Service with Cabrillo College, May 1, 1998 box-folder 1:14 Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors, Proclamation Honoring Morton Marcus ... on his retirement from Cabrillo College, May 1, 1998 box-folder 1:14 Cabrillo College, Alpha Gamma Sigma, awards Morton Marcus "FACULTY APPRECIATION AWARD - Touch the World ", Fall 1997 box-folder 1:14 Porter Gulch Review presents the James B. Hall Award to Morton Marcus for "The Letter", May 19, 1996 box-folder 1:14 Metro Santa Cruz "Award of Excellance to Morton Marcus "BEST LOCAL POET - Gold", 1996 box-folder 1:14 Cabrillo College, Alpha Gamma Sigma, "Educator Extraordinaire", 1995 box-folder 1:14 Good Times "The Best of Santa Cruz" Morton Marcus - BEST POET, n.d. box-folder 1:15 "Mort's Connection to Cavat, Croatia", by Donna Mekis 1998-2011 box-folder 1:16 Resume, 2009 box-folder 1:17 Obituaries, 2010 box-folder 1:18 William Everson Fund & Kingfisher Flat Foundation, 1996-1997 box-folder 1:19 Miscellaneous personal materials, ca. 1964-2010 box-folder 2:1 - Correspondence, Series 2 1949-2010 8:44 Physical Description: 7 boxes Scope and Contents note This series contains incoming and outgoing correspondence. Arrangement note The material has been arranged alphabetically by correspondent, then chronologically by receipt date. The numbers in parentheses are the number of letters in each folder. box-folder 2:1 Alexander, Robert (11), 1994-2009 box-folder 2:2 Anderson, Jack (5), 1998-2002 box-folder 2:3 Anderson, Len (3), 2003-2009 box-folder 2:4 Anderson, Maggie (2), 1990-1991 box-folder 2:5 Aplon, Roger (1), 12/27/1996 box-folder 2:6 Arnold, Walter (1) 10/17/1968 box-folder 2:7 Aschbacher, James Carl (3), 1996-1997 box-folder 2:8 Austin, Alan, (2) 1967 box-folder 2:9 Austin, Waddell, (1) 1967 box-folder 2:10 Aycock, Allan, (1) n.d., 1994 box-folder 2:11 Bass, Ellen, (1) n.d. box-folder 2:12 Bates, Scott, (1) 1969 box-folder 2:13 Beauchamp, J. P., (1) 1969 box-folder 2:14 Bednarik, Joseph, (1) 2008 box-folder 2:15 Bell, Marvin, (21) n.d., 1965-1997 box-folder 2:16 Benedikt, Michael, (1) 1970 box-folder 2:17 Berg, Stephen, (6) 1966, 1997 box-folder 2:18 Bergholz, Susan, (7) 1986-1989, 2003 box-folder 2:19 Berriault, Gina, (1) 1978, (1) box-folder 2:20 Bertken, susan, (1) 1998, (1) box-folder 2:21 Bertolino, James, (5) 1988-1998