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Alex Smith Papers

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Alex Smith Papers MSS 0070 1 Descriptive Summary Title: Alex Smith Papers Identifier/Call Number: MSS 0070 Contributing Institution: Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego 9500 Gilman Drive La Jolla, California, 92093-0175 Languages: English Physical Description: 11.8 Linear feet (29 archives boxes and 1 flat box) Date (inclusive): 1963 - 1987 Abstract: Papers of Alex Smith, poet, writer, teacher and bibliographer. The collection includes typescripts of hundreds of Smith's poems, manuscripts of his short stories and long poems, and correspondence with a number of important literary figures including: Steve Benson, Alan Bernheimer, George Butterick, Joan Hall, and Kit Robinson. Creator: Smith, Alexander, 1948 Scope and Content of Collection Papers of Alex Smith, poet, writer, teacher and bibliographer. The collection includes typescripts of hundreds of Smith's poems, journals, manuscripts of his short stories and long poems, and correspondence with a number of important literary figures including: Steve Benson, Alan Bernheimer, George Butterick, Joan Hall, and Kit Robinson. The bulk of the collection dates from the 1970s. Notably missing in this collection are the papers related to the scholarly work Frank O'Hara: A Comprehensive Bibliography (1979) that Smith compiled while a graduate student at the University of Connecticut. Arranged in seven series: 1) CORRESPONDENCE, 2) JOURNALS, 3) WRITINGS BY SMITH, 4) ACADEMIC MATERIALS, 5) MISCELLANEOUS DOCUMENTS, 6) EPHEMERA, and 7) WRITINGS BY OTHERS. Biography Alexander Dick Smith, Jr. - poet, writer, teacher and bibliographer - was born on October 10, 1948, in Portland, Maine, to Maryrose Ann Delano Smith and Alexander Dick Smith, Sr. His family moved to Groton, Connecticut, where Smith attended Robert E. Fitch Sr. High School for the years 1960-1966. After finishing high school, Smith went directly to Yale University in 1966. There, he met fellow poets Rodger Kamenetz, Alan Bernheimer, and Kit Robinson, with whom he maintained close ties with his life, exchanging poetry, ideas and criticism with them. After graduating from Yale University and a cross-country bicycle trip to San Francisco, Smith returned to Groton, Conn., and accepted a position as substitute teacher in the local school system. He proved to be an excellent teacher, and he received several offers for full-time teaching positions. However, he declined so that he could return to San Francisco where he felt he could best pursue his love of writing. Kit Robinson, Alan Bernheimer, Lyn Hejinian, and Bill Graves were a few of many poets Smith knew who were living and thriving in San Francisco and writing a style of poetry that Alex very much wanted to understand and practice himself. He lived in San Francisco for half a year, during which time he edited the only issue published of Nadine, a poetry magazine with work from writers all over the country, including Merill Gilfillan, Alan Bernheimer, Steve Benson and Rodger Kamenetz, as well as some of Smith's own work. Smith decided his writing would benefit from more education; thus, in 1973, he enrolled as a graduate student in the English Department at the University of Connecticut. At UConn, Smith studied Chaucer, modern and post-modern narrative, and Greek. In addition to his studies, Smith was also occupied with a graduate assistant position. During the three summers between 1974 and 1976, he worked as a research and editorial assistant to George Butterick on The Journal of the Charles Olson Archive. In 1976, Smith was awarded a monetary grant from the University of Connecticut's Computer Center, which allowed him to complete Frank O'Hara: A Comprehensive Bibliography (1979) as well as increase his computer skills. Throughout graduate school, Alex wrote and published poetry. In 1975, 1977 and 1978, he won first prize in the Wallace Stevens Poetry Contest. Alex's writing style had undergone a change by the time he entered graduate school. His earlier writing was heavily influenced by the New York School and was visual, iconographic, light, and humorous. As he grew older, his poems began to grow darker. Influenced by Walt Whitman and Wallace Stevens, Smith began to write what he called narrative poems - descriptions of real situations, with people interacting with each other, often very unhappily. Later, Smith began to use spelling and diction that were reminiscent of a Shakespearean and Elizabethan age. He wrote extremely long poems, such as "The Four Seasons," which were often a rewriting of works by Shakespeare. Smith called these poems "Snets." In Smith's letters to his friends, beginning around 1976, one can see a developing disdain for academia. He often speaks of his apathetic students, with whom he became increasingly frustrated due to their seeming indifference. Smith himself was

Alex Smith Papers MSS 0070 2 a stellar student, maintaining straight A's in all of his courses, and he had a dwindling tolerance for bored and boring students. Thus, rather than earn his PhD and remain in academia, Smith left the University in 1980 to pursue a career in computer programming. In 1980, Smith was hired as a mail-room clerk for the New England Research Application Center (NERAC), a NASA sponsored agency that specialized in computer assisted information retrieval for business and industry. He moved up rapidly within the company and, by the end of 1981, was already a computer programmer. He stayed with NERAC until 1987, earning several more promotions. Smith never put aside his love of writing poetry, often composing poems while at work. Many of his poems from the eighties are scribbled on scraps of NERAC office paper. In March or April of 1987, Smith moved with Tom Yankowski, Smith's companion for more than ten years, to the community of Hillcrest in San Diego, California. By this time, Alex had suffered from AIDS, and he attempted simply to focus on maintaining his health and continuing his writing. In July of 1987, Rodger Kamenetz, a classmate from Yale, helped Smith to publish his only collected book of poems titled Colonizing the Red Planet. Smith died of cancer in September of 1987. Preferred Citation Alex Smith Papers, MSS 70. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego. Acquisition Information Acquired 1994 and 2013. Publication Rights Publication rights are held by the creator of the collection. OFF-SITE STORAGE COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE. ALLOW ONE WEEK FOR RETRIEVAL OF MATERIALS. Subjects and Indexing Terms Benson, Steve, 1949- -- Correspondence Bernheimer, Alan, 1948- -- Correspondence Bertholf, Robert J. -- Correspondence Boer, Charles, 1939- -- Correspondence Butterick, George F. -- Correspondence Button, John -- Correspondence Kamenetz, Rodger, 1950- -- Correspondence Robinson, Kit, 1949- -- Correspondence Smith, Alexander, 1948 -- Archives AIDS (Disease) -- United States American poetry -- 20th century Gay men -- United States Gays' writings

CORRESPONDENCE Scope and Content of Series SERIES ONE) CORRESPONDENCE: Divided into two subseries. Family Correspondence contains letters from Smith's immediate family that date between 1976-1987. General Correspondence contains letters written to and, in many cases, by Smith. The letters from Steve Benson, Alan Bernheimer, Tom Devine, Bill Graves, and Joan Joffe Hall make up a significant portion of this subseries. Also included are letters from Donald Allen and Kit Robinson. The general correspondence subseries is arranged first alphabetically by correspondent and then chronologically within the folders. Smith's outgoing letters are filed with the pertinent incoming correspondence.

Family Correspondence

Box 1, Folder 1 Delano, Daniel B. [Smith's grandfather]

Alex Smith Papers MSS 0070 3 CORRESPONDENCE Family Correspondence

Box 1, Folder 2 Delano, Michael. [Smith's cousin] 1987 Box 1, Folder 3 Delano, Rose. [Probably Smith's aunt on his mother's side] 1987 Box 1, Folder 4 Smith, Alexander D. [Smith's father] 1976 - 1987 Box 1, Folder 5 Smith, Alex D. & Marirose. [Smith's mother and father] 1977 - 1985 Box 1, Folder 6 Smith, Marirose Ann Delano 1976 - 1987 Box 1, Folder 7 Smith, Tim 1976 - 1981

General Correspondence

Box 1, Folder 8 A miscellaneous 1977 - 1987 Box 1, Folder 9 Allen, Donald - Uncollected Frank O'Hara materials Box 1, Folder 10 Ann 1985 - 1987 Box 1, Folder 11 Axelrod, Giancoplos and Johnson, P.C. 1987 Box 1, Folder 12 B miscellaneous 1981 - 1987 Box 1, Folder 13 Barone, Dennis and Debbie 1978 - 1980 Box 1, Folder 14 Benson, Steve 1976 - 1987 Box 2, Folder 1 Bernheimer, Alan 1977 - 1987 Box 2, Folder 2 Bertholf, Robert 1976 - 1982 Box 2, Folder 3 Bittker, Susan 1976 - 1987 Box 2, Folder 4 Bly, Robert 1978 Box 2, Folder 5 Boer, Charles 1977 - 1987 Box 2, Folder 6 Boggs, Leslie 1980 Box 2, Folder 7 Business letters 1973 - 1979 Box 2, Folder 8 Butterick, George and Collette 1976 - 1987 Box 2, Folder 9 Button, John 1977 - 1979 Box 2, Folder 10 C miscellaneous 1976 - 1987 Box 2, Folder 11 Chow, Vivian 1979 - 1987 Box 2, Folder 12 Cobble, Sue 1976 Box 2, Folder 13 Copies of letters received and sent 1974 Box 2, Folder 14 Cummings, Hildy [William Benson Museum of Art] 1980 - 1981 Box 2, Folder 15 D miscellaneous 1987 Box 2, Folder 16 Danon, Ruth 1979 - 1980 Box 2, Folder 17 Dena 1977 Box 2, Folder 18 Devine, Tom 1973 - 1980 Box 3, Folder 1 Dibaggio, John A. 1982 - 1985 Box 3, Folder 2 Dorbin, Sandy 1976 - 1980 Box 3, Folder 3 E miscellaneous 1978 - 1979 Box 3, Folder 4 F miscellaneous 1978 Box 3, Folder 5 Fairbanks, Hop 1976 Box 3, Folder 6 Falvey, Dave 1977 - 1980 Box 3, Folder 7 Forman, Bill 1976 - 1980 Box 3, Folder 8 G miscellaneous 1978 - 1987 Box 3, Folder 9 Goldman, Wendy 1977 Box 3, Folder 10 Graves, Bill 1976 - 1984 Box 3, Folder 11 H miscellaneous 1976 - 1987 Box 3, Folder 12 Hall, Joan Joffe 1978 - 1987 Box 3, Folder 13 Halvely [?], Myra 1977 Box 3, Folder 14 Hanisch, Carol [ Meeting Ground newspaper] 1978 Box 3, Folder 15 Hausmann, Wayne [Quartro book service] 1976 - 1977 Box 3, Folder 16 Heiko, Michael 1976 - 1984 Box 3, Folder 17 International Preview Society 1979 - 1980 Box 3, Folder 18 K miscellaneous 1987 Box 3, Folder 19 Kamenetz, Rodger 1978 - 1987 Box 3, Folder 20 Kennedy, Sean 1987 Box 4, Folder 1 Konowitch, Bonnie 1976 - 1980 Box 4, Folder 2 L miscellaneous 1976 - 1987 Box 4, Folder 3 M miscellaneous 1975 - 1987 Box 4, Folder 4 Mayer, Howard 1976 - 1977

Alex Smith Papers MSS 0070 4 CORRESPONDENCE General Correspondence

Box 4, Folder 5 McKain, David 1977 Box 4, Folder 6 Michaels, Clair 1987 Box 4, Folder 7 Miller, Jeannette [Small Press distribution] 1978 - 1982 Box 4, Folder 8 Morgan, Bill 1980 Box 4, Folder 9 Morgan, Richard 1978 - 1982 Box 4, Folder 10 Morse, David 1984 - 1987 Box 4, Folder 11 N miscellaneous Box 4, Folder 12 Newbury, Penny 1987 Box 4, Folder 13 O miscellaneous 1978 Box 4, Folder 14 P miscellaneous 1976 - 1981 Box 4, Folder 15 Padgett, Ron 1981 - 1983 Box 4, Folder 16 Parker, Alice 1981 Box 4, Folder 17 Perkins, Joyce 1976 - 1985 Box 4, Folder 18 Peterson, Doug 1976 Box 4, Folder 19 Pollard, Martin 1976 Box 4, Folder 20 Quinn, Hugh 1977 Box 4, Folder 21 R miscellaneous 1977 - 1980 Box 4, Folder 22 Rideout, Lucy 1976 - 1987 Box 4, Folder 23 Robinson, Kit 1973 - 1987 Box 4, Folder 24 Russell, Roberta 1977 - 1978 Box 4, Folder 25 S miscellaneous 1976 - 1986 Box 4, Folder 26 Sonsteom, Anne 1980 Box 4, Folder 27 Spencer, Lisa 1979 Box 4, Folder 28 State of Connecticut Judicial Department 1981 Box 4, Folder 29 Stern, Milton 1976 Box 4, Folder 30 Stricklan, Margaret 1979 - 1980 Box 4, Folder 31 T miscellaneous 1981 Box 4, Folder 32 Ungar, Barbara [Book of the Month Club] 1980 Box 4, Folder 33 University of California Press 1977 Box 4, Folder 34 Village Voice 1977 Box 4, Folder 35 Vold, Jan Eric 1980 Box 4, Folder 36 W miscellaneous 1977 - 1985 Box 4, Folder 37 Watts, Tom 1987 Box 4, Folder 38 Welti, Laura 1981 - 1982 Box 4, Folder 39 Weple, Noel 1987 Box 4, Folder 40 Wrexham Foundation 1977 - 1987 Box 4, Folder 41 Wilde, Daniel and Helen 1987 Box 4, Folder 42 Y miscellaneous 1987 Box 5, Folder 1 Yankowski, Tom [letters to him] 1976 - 1984 Box 5, Folder 2-3 Yankowski, Tom 1975 - 1982 Box 5, Folder 4 Z Press 1975 - 1980 Box 5, Folder 5 Zeising, Michael and Mark Box 5, Folder 6-7 Unidentified correspondents 1970 - 1987 JOURNALS Scope and Content of Series SERIES TWO) JOURNALS: Journals that Smith kept between the years 1965 and 1987. These journals record ideas for poems and stories, musings, and Smith's responses to events and people. Many of the journals are pocket-sized note books that Alex could carry with him and jot down his thoughts whenever he felt the urge. In most cases, Smith did not date the individual entries in his journals. Instead, he tended to indicate the inclusive dates of a notebook of its cover. This series has been arranged chronologically.

Box 5, Folder 8 1965 - 1972 Box 6, Folder 1 Sensation 1970 Box 6, Folder 2 Alex Smith and Alan Bernheimer Color Book 1971 Box 6, Folder 3 Personal Matters, a Heartbreak Book 1974 Box 6, Folder 4 Untitled journals 1975 Box 6, Folder 5 In S Back Time 1975

Alex Smith Papers MSS 0070 5 JOURNALS

Box 6, Folder 6-7 Wines: I Own, I Drank and Index 1976 - 1977 Box 6, Folder 8 In the Peaceable Kingdom 1976 Box 6, Folder 9 #12 1977 Box 6, Folder 10 #13 1977 - 1978 Box 6, Folder 11 Work Book #1 1977 - 1979 Box 7, Folder 1 Untitled journal 1977 Box 7, Folder 2 While Moving 1978 Box 7, Folder 3 #14 1978 Box 7, Folder 4 #15 1978 Box 7, Folder 5 #16 1978 Box 7, Folder 6 #17 1978 Box 7, Folder 7 #18 1978 Box 7, Folder 8 Untitled journal 1978 Box 7, Folder 9 I Just Do 1978 - 1979 Box 7, Folder 10 Untitled journal 1979 Box 7, Folder 11 Strong Wind 1979 Box 7, Folder 12 Untitled journal 1979 Box 7, Folder 13 Stamped Blind 1979 Box 7, Folder 14 Calls, Songs and Cries 1979 Box 7, Folder 15 Untitled journal 1979 Box 7, Folder 16 As it is 1980 Box 7, Folder 17 The New Vernacular 1980 Box 7, Folder 18 Untitled journal 1980 Box 7, Folder 19 PO, Hard Times 1980 Box 7, Folder 20 Untitled journal 1980 Box 8, Folder 1 Narrotology 1981 - 1982 Box 8, Folder 2 Untitled journal 1981 Box 8, Folder 3 The Girl Can't Help it 1981 Box 8, Folder 4 Untitled journal 1982 Box 8, Folder 5 The Pre-AIDS 1982 Box 8, Folder 6-7 The Sonnets of William Shakespeare 1982 Box 8, Folder 8 Reinventing the Wheel 1983 Box 8, Folder 9 Untitled journal 1983 Box 8, Folder 10 This That and the Other Thing, etc. 1983 Box 8, Folder 11 Use the Decorative 1983 Box 8, Folder 12 Untitled journal 1983 Box 8, Folder 13 Untitled journal 1987 Box 8, Folder 14 Freewrite Box 8, Folder 15 The Life and Times of Anton Bruckner Box 8, Folder 16 Miscellaneous poems Box 9, Folder 1 Notes Toward a Dialogue Box 9, Folder 2-3 Untitled journals WRITINGS BY SMITH Scope and Content of Series SERIES THREE) WRITINGS BY SMITH: This is the largest series of the collection and is arranged in three subseries. Most of the material is undated; therefore, all of the items in this series have been arranged alphabetically by title or by first line of the work. The first subseries, Published Writings, contains typescripts, hand-written drafts, and, in many instances, the published version of Smith's poem or article. Published poems make up the bulk of this subseries. Also included are rock concert reviews Smith wrote for The Advocate and Connecticut Daily News, as well as an article he wrote for the San Diego newspaper Update recounting his struggle of living with AIDS. The second subseries, Unpublished Poetry collections, etc., is comprised of collections of poems and narratives gathered together in a notebook or some other form under a single title. The subseries also includes rejection letters from publishers, ideas for narratives, and lists of poems written by Smith. The third subseries, Drafts of Unpublished Poems, is arranged alphabetically by the poem's title or first line.

Alex Smith Papers MSS 0070 6 WRITINGS BY SMITH Published Writings

Published Writings

Box 9, Folder 4 Advocate newpaper - rock concert reviews 1976 - 1977 Box 9, Folder 5 Americana Box 9, Folder 6 Ballad, Saved by a ... 1977 Box 9, Folder 7 Books, he said - Zeising Brothers Book Emporium bookmark Box 9, Folder 8 The Child and the Charms - Theatre production translated by Alex Smith Box 9, Folder 9 Coldness On the Other End Box 9, Folder 10 The Collected Thoughts of Professor Plato Box 9, Folder 11 Colonizing the Red Planet 1983 Box 9, Folder 12 Colonizing the Red Planet - FSSO Forum, Vol. IV, two copies 1977 Box 9, Folder 13 Composition Box 9, Folder 14 Enigma Variations Box 9, Folder 15 Exploded View Box 9, Folder 16 Fall Semester Box 9, Folder 17 A Few Minutes of Your Time Box 9, Folder 18 First Mowing Box 9, Folder 19 Her Ultimatum Box 9, Folder 20 In Love Alone Box 9, Folder 21 Just Talk Box 9, Folder 22 Little Dissertation Box 9, Folder 23 Magic for an old Hat Box 9, Folder 24 Miss Monroe Concluded for Her Box 9, Folder 25 Nadine 1972 Box 9, Folder 26 The New Life Box 9, Folder 27 O'Hara, Frank bibliography - Painting and Literary references Box 9, Folder 28 Olson, for George Butterick - Published in Five Writers 1974 Box 10, Folder 1 Olson, for George Butterick 1974 Box 10, Folder 2 Poem - Miss Monroe... Ziesing Brothers Book Emporium bookmark Box 10, Folder 3 Prayer for the First of Spring - Zeising Brothers Book Emporium bookmark Box 10, Folder 4 Revelations Box 10, Folder 5 Secret Agent Box 10, Folder 6 Shared Shelter Box 10, Folder 7 Slow Dance Box 10, Folder 8 The Sorrows of K Box 10, Folder 9 Surviving AIDS, Update newspaper 1987 Oversize FB-009, Surviving AIDS - Newspaper 1987 Folder 1 Box 10, Folder 10 Take the stranger.. Box 10, Folder 11 They Lie in Bed Box 10, Folder 12 The Things we Do for Love 1977 Box 10, Folder 13 Three Priests Box 10, Folder 14 To a Slow Music Box 10, Folder 15 Two Poems by Alex Smith 1987 Box 10, Folder 16 A Woman Speaks Box 10, Woman With Filet of Fish - 15th annual Wallace Stevens Program. Smith won first Folder 17-18 prize with this poem 1978

Unpublished Poetry Collections, etc.

Box 10, Folder 19 Correspondence - rejects and tries 1977 - 1987 Box 10, Ideas for stories Folder 20-21 Box 10, Folder 22 Lists of University of Connecticut poems 1973 - 1974 Box 10, Folder 23 Miscellaneous lists of Smith's poems

Alex Smith Papers MSS 0070 7 WRITINGS BY SMITH Unpublished Poetry Collections, etc.

Box 10, Folder 24 21 Poems 1970 - 1973 Box 10, Folder 25 Album of Sentiments 1968 - 1969 Box 10, Folder 26 Answer Book 1979 - 1980 Box 10, Folder 27 Arguments for the Defense Box 10, As You Were and Other Songs 1973 - 1975 Folder 28-29 Box 10, Folder 30 The Bird and the Bear Box 11, Folder 1 Bits sketch book Box 11, Folder 2 Elective Affinities 1973 - 1978 Box 11, Folder 3 Enigma Variations 1978 - 1979 Box 11, Folder 4-5 The Erasurehead Shakespeare - Entire manuscript 1983 Box 11, Folder 6 The Erasurehead Shakespeare, Snets 1982 Box 11, Folder 7 First Loves Box 11, Folder 8 First Poems When I Was Young Enough to Write 1963 - 1965 Box 11, Folder 9 Four Poems From the French 1974 Box 11, The Four Seasons 1983 - 1987 Folder 10-11 Box 11, Folder 12 The French Poetry 1971 Box 11, Folder 13 From the Journals of Lucky Pierre Box 11, Folder 14 From Vladimar Mayakovsky 1972 Box 11, Folder 15 Generation 1985 Box 11, Folder 16 Harmony 1974 Box 11, Folder 17 The Image of a Hhhhheart 1984 Box 12, Folder 1 Magic for an Old Hat 1977 Box 12, Folder 2 My Moment 1978 Box 12, Folder 3 The New Vernacular 1974 Box 12, Folder 4 Poems Box 12, Folder 23 Poems for the Eight Days in a Week 1974 General note Folder of typewritten poems, with a dedication by Smith to Susan Bittker on the title page. The second portion of the folder contains photocopies of typed poems, with extensive annotations by Smith, addressed to Joan Joffe Hall. Donated to the Library by Bittker in 2013.

Box 12, Folder 5 Poems Without a Place or Mostly Shit 1972 Box 12, Folder 6 San Diego 1987 Schuyler bibliography Box 12, Folder 7 Correspondence re: first printings of American authors Box 12, Folder 8 Correspondence, general Box 12, Folder 9 General materials Box 12, Folder 10 A-E translations Box 12, Folder 11 FPAA lists, etc Box 12, Folder 12 Notes re: reviews on Schuyler Box 12, Folder 13 The Secret, Five Poems 1974 Box 12, Folder 14 Sentimental Obsessions, Selected California 1970 - 1973 Box 12, Folder 15 Six Poems Box 12, Folder 16 Stories and Sketches Box 12, Folder 17 The Teacher 1974 Box 12, Folder 18 Thirteen Poems for Wallace Stevens contest Box 12, Folder 19 Three Letters Box 12, Tokay 1972 Folder 20-21 Box 12, Folder 22 You and I: Poems in California 1970 - 1972 Box 13, Folder 1 Untitled writing 1973 Box 13, Folder 2 Untitled writing Box 13, Folder 3 Untitled writing 1985 Box 13, Folder 4-5 Untitled - handwritten group of poems Box 13, Folder 6 Untitled - The bus had..

Alex Smith Papers MSS 0070 8 WRITINGS BY SMITH Unpublished Poetry Collections, etc.

Box 13, Folder 7 Untitled - Well, goodbye..

Drafts of Unpublished Poems

Box 13, Folder 8 1+1-1 Box 13, Folder 9 2 Poems Box 13, Folder 10 2 Poems After the Egyptian Box 13, Folder 11 2 Refrains Box 13, Folder 12 5 Lines Before 7 Box 13, Folder 13 6 Days on the Road Box 13, Folder 14 10-3 Box 13, Folder 15 18 in Motor City Box 13, Folder 16 Above as Below Box 13, Folder 17 The Accused Will Stand Box 13, Folder 18 The actor said he never.. Box 13, Folder 19 Adam Laughed Box 13, Folder 20 Acrobatics.. Box 13, Folder 21 Adolescence Box 13, Folder 22 Advertisement 1972 Box 13, Folder 23 Advice to a Friend Box 13, Folder 24 Advice to a Poet Box 13, Folder 25 After All and Before That Box 13, Folder 26 After Catullus Box 13, Folder 27 After Dinner Box 13, Folder 28 After Image Box 13, Folder 29 After LaForgue, for Elizabeth Bishop Box 13, Folder 30 After Making Love Box 13, Folder 31 After Mellarme Box 13, Folder 32 After the Death of a Child 1978 Box 13, Folder 33 After the Funeral Box 13, Folder 34 After Translating from the Chinese or The Construction Worker Box 13, Folder 35 After Verlaine Box 13, Folder 36 After World War III Box 13, Folder 37 The aging teachers chat.. Box 13, Folder 38 Alan's Hat Box 13, Folder 39 Alex Smith Heard These 1974 Box 13, Folder 40 All in One Box 13, Folder 41 All night he dreams.. Box 13, Folder 42 All the books.. Box 13, Folder 43 All the News Box 13, Folder 44 Almost 1 to 10 Box 13, Folder 45 Although his lilt's... 1974 Box 13, Folder 46 Always for the First Time Box 13, Folder 47 Always happy, debonair.. Box 13, Folder 48 Amarillo Variations Box 13, Folder 49 American Gothic Box 13, Folder 50 An American Story Box 13, Folder 51 Amy and All 1976 Box 13, Folder 52 Ancient History Box 13, Folder 53 Ancient World 1974 Box 13, Folder 54 And now awake.. Box 13, Folder 55 And the secretary.. Box 13, Folder 56 Andre Breton in Abysinia 1973 Box 13, Folder 57 Anemones in an Round Frame Box 13, Folder 58 The Answer Was No Box 13, Folder 59 Apropos d'une Photo Sans Defauts Box 13, Folder 60 Arguments for the Defense 1973 Box 13, Folder 61 Arizonalized

Alex Smith Papers MSS 0070 9 WRITINGS BY SMITH Drafts of Unpublished Poems

Box 13, Folder 62 Arms and Feet Box 13, Folder 63 Art in Heaven Box 13, Folder 64 The Art of Drawing in a Cave Box 13, Folder 65 The Art of Noise 1973 Box 13, Folder 66 The Art of Standing in a Cave Box 13, Folder 67 The Art of the Helmet Box 13, Folder 68 As a hand.. Box 13, Folder 69 As I Drive to QVCC Box 13, Folder 70 As I Grade Papers in November 1976 Box 13, Folder 71 As Is Box 13, Folder 72 As she passed a.. Box 13, Folder 73 As the Ad Was Answered a Sloop Appeared Box 13, Folder 74 As the Story Advances, His Slant Changes Box 13, Folder 75 At Best Box 13, Folder 76 At Diana's Pool Box 13, Folder 77 At the age of.. Box 13, Folder 78 At the Chateau Box 13, Folder 79 At the moment you are... 1976 Box 13, Folder 80 At the Woman's Center Box 13, Folder 81 Atonal Box 13, Folder 82 Automatic Writing 1977 Box 13, Folder 83 Autumn Sonatina Box 13, Folder 84 Avoiding Action 1974 Box 13, Folder 85 Away! he said.. Box 13, Folder 86 B Minor Box 13, Folder 87 Ballad - I fell asleep.. Box 13, Folder 88 Ballad...Satan sits Box 13, Folder 89 The Bathers Box 13, Folder 90 Bearings Box 13, Folder 91 Because he thinks... 1977 Box 13, Folder 92 The Before I Say Goodbye Box 13, Folder 93 Before the music.. Box 14, Folder 1 Behind Dark Glasses Box 14, Folder 2 Being so intent to be... 1974 Box 14, Folder 3 Bell Song for the Buddha Box 14, Folder 4 Berta, for the bread... 1976 Box 14, Folder 5 A big black sheep.. Box 14, Folder 6 Big Idea in a Small Space Box 14, Folder 7 Birdsong Box 14, Folder 8 Bits Box 14, Folder 9 Blah, blah, blah, all.. Box 14, Folder 10 The Blossum Box 14, Folder 11 Blue Box 14, Folder 12 The blue bird brings.. Box 14, Folder 13 Both Sides Now Box 14, Folder 14 The boy in red flannel.. Box 14, Folder 15 A boy surrounded.. Box 14, Folder 16 Boy With a Cock Box 14, Folder 17 Bozoes With the Hots Box 14, Folder 18 Brazilian Songs Box 14, Folder 19 Breakfast Dishes Box 14, Folder 20 The Brunt Box 14, Folder 21 But don't forget.. Box 14, Folder 22 But What Is Box 14, Folder 23 By the Old Mill Stream Box 14, Folder 24 By the Rise of the Bank Box 14, Folder 25 Cabaret Box 14, Folder 26 Call them boys..

Alex Smith Papers MSS 0070 10 WRITINGS BY SMITH Drafts of Unpublished Poems

Box 14, Folder 27 Camera Obscura Box 14, Folder 28 Car Wreck on the Highway Box 14, Folder 29 Card to Michael Herko 1976 Box 14, Folder 30 Catechism Box 14, Folder 31 Cedar forests.. Box 14, Folder 32 Central Heating by Pierre Reverdy Box 14, Folder 33 Certain people say.. Box 14, Folder 34 Certainly Not You Box 14, Folder 35 Changes As Is Box 14, Folder 36 Chinese Poems Box 14, Folder 37 Chino/Serie [?] Box 14, Folder 38 Circe Box 14, Folder 39 The clock's arms.. Box 14, Folder 40 Codger Box 14, Folder 41 Cold Greeting Box 14, Folder 42 The cold woman.. Box 14, Folder 43 Command Perforamnce Box 14, Folder 44 Common sense is.. Box 14, Folder 45 Composition, Two Birds Box 14, Folder 46 Concealed weapon Box 14, Folder 47 The Concourse at 11:25 A.M Box 14, Folder 48 Connecticut 1973 Box 14, Folder 49 Connecticut Schicksalied Box 14, Folder 50 Connective Tissues Box 14, Folder 51 Correspondence, by Charles Boudelaire Box 14, Folder 52 The Cougar Box 14, Folder 53 Count of Ten Box 14, Folder 54 Country LIfe Box 14, Folder 55 A Couple in Housing Complex 1977 Box 14, Folder 56 Cover Box 14, Folder 57 Crackers wilt on.. Box 14, Folder 58 Crank Call Box 14, Folder 59 Crasis Box 14, Folder 60 Crazy Birds Box 14, Folder 61 Crazy Lady 1977 Box 14, Folder 62 Creme Yellow Box 14, Folder 63 Crossroads Revery 1976 Box 14, Folder 64 Curled up inside.. Box 14, Folder 65 Cut it out, Catullus.. Box 14, Folder 66 Day after day.. Box 14, Folder 67 Day and Night Box 14, Folder 68 Dead Man At a Desk Box 14, Folder 69 Deadline Box 14, Folder 70 A Death in the Family Box 14, Folder 71 Defying gravity... 1975 Box 14, Folder 72 Deja Vu Box 14, Folder 73 Demoralization Box 14, Folder 74 Desert Music Box 14, Folder 75 Design for a Monument Box 14, Folder 76 A Desk of Obligations Box 14, Folder 77 Determinations Box 14, Folder 78 Diary of a Mad Housewife Box 14, Folder 79 Divorcee Box 14, Folder 80 Do what you came for.. Box 14, Folder 81 Do you want to be an angel? Box 14, Folder 82 Does Europe's sunshine.. Box 14, Folder 83 Does my best friend... 1973 Box 14, Folder 84 Does not think..

Alex Smith Papers MSS 0070 11 WRITINGS BY SMITH Drafts of Unpublished Poems

Box 14, Folder 85 Domestic Poetry, to David Kheridan Box 14, Folder 86 Double Negative 1974 Box 14, Folder 87 Down like water.. Box 14, Folder 88 Down the Road, Down the Road Box 14, Folder 89 Down to dirty duds.. Box 14, Folder 90 Dramatization Box 14, Folder 91 Dream Box 14, Folder 92 Dry Stalks Box 14, Folder 93 Dully rising.. Box 14, Folder 94 Ears Box 14, Folder 95 Eau de Vie Box 14, Folder 96 Either Orpheus died.. Box 14, Folder 97 Elegy Box 15, Folder 1 Emotion is the most.. Box 15, Folder 2 The empty cage.. Box 15, Folder 3 Envoi Box 15, Folder 4 Epitaph Box 15, Folder 5 Euphonic Sounds, After Max Jacob Box 15, Folder 6 Even if no one.. Box 15, Folder 7 Everyday Life at the Opera Box 15, Folder 8 Exact in bitter verse.. Box 15, Folder 9 Excavation Box 15, Folder 10 Excised Lives Box 15, Folder 11 Explanations With Some Red Box 15, Folder 12 The Eye Hung in Space Box 15, Folder 13 The Eyes in Any Head of Mine Box 15, Folder 14 The face behind.. Box 15, Folder 15 The face in the window.. Box 15, Folder 16 Fame: this thought.. Box 15, Folder 17 Fantasy Life Box 15, Folder 18 Farewell dew, weeds.. Box 15, Folder 19 Fashions come.. Box 15, Folder 20 F.D Box 15, Folder 21 Fear and Loathing in a Light Vein Box 15, Folder 22 Fear and Loving at tthe Opera Box 15, Folder 23 Fears Before Fall Box 15, Folder 24 Few of us are.. Box 15, Folder 25 The final approach.. Box 15, Folder 26 First Day Box 15, Folder 27 First Draft Box 15, Folder 28 First he picks up.. Box 15, Folder 29 First Impressions Box 15, Folder 30 The First Move Box 15, Folder 31 First Supper Box 15, Folder 32 First There Box 15, Folder 33 Five Easy Pieces Box 15, Folder 34 The Flat Broke Views Box 15, Folder 35 The flesh of her.. Box 15, Folder 36 Flexing the hand.. Box 15, Folder 37 Fog and Salt Box 15, Folder 38 Foolish heart, break.. Box 15, Folder 39 For a Writer Box 15, Folder 40 For Another Time of Day 1973 Box 15, Folder 41 For Benny's Birthday 1972 Box 15, Folder 42 For Bill to Fly 1973 Box 15, Folder 43 For Roberta Box 15, Folder 44 For so long I assumed.. Box 15, Folder 45 For the Duration

Alex Smith Papers MSS 0070 12 WRITINGS BY SMITH Drafts of Unpublished Poems

Box 15, Folder 46 For the man of the.. Box 15, Folder 47 For the Time Being 1977 Box 15, Folder 48 Forgive this long abuse.. Box 15, Folder 49 Forgotten Things Box 15, Folder 50 The four high school.. Box 15, Folder 51 Franco Wasn't Shrewd Box 15, Folder 52 Free Fall Box 15, Folder 53 From an Alley Box 15, Folder 54 From His Reluctant Lover Box 15, Folder 55 Full contact with.. Box 15, Folder 56 Gavotte Box 15, Folder 57 Generation Box 15, Folder 58 Genius is in Question Box 15, Folder 59 Get this, bitch.. Box 15, Folder 60 Getting to Know You Box 15, Folder 61 The girl he never knew... 1977 Box 15, Folder 62 Give and Take Box 15, Folder 63 A Ghost Story Box 15, Folder 64 Glitch Box 15, Folder 65 Going from a place.. Box 15, Folder 66 Golden Moments Box 15, Folder 67 Grammer of Motives Box 15, Folder 68 A Great Ode from Antigone Box 15, Folder 69 Green Parosol Box 15, Folder 70 Grief is a despairing.. Box 15, Folder 71 The Growth of Snow 1977 Box 15, Folder 72 Hands up Box 15, Folder 73 A handsome gentleman.. Box 15, Folder 74 Happy with her.. Box 15, Folder 75 The Hardest Thing Box 15, Folder 76 Have You Had Too Much to Drink? Box 15, Folder 77 He basks in the sun.. 1974 Box 15, Folder 78 He came into the room.. Box 15, Folder 79 He could not bear.. Box 15, Folder 80 He is a scraggly.. Box 15, Folder 81 He looks ahead, still.. Box 15, Folder 82 He loved piece-meal.. Box 15, Folder 83 He pretends they are.. Box 15, Folder 84 He saw it in her soul.. Box 15, Folder 85 He Says, She Says Box 15, Folder 86 He Signs a Yellow Greeting Card and Smokes a Menthol Cigarette Box 15, Folder 87 He sweeps.. Box 15, Folder 88 He tried to jump.. Box 15, Folder 89 He walks in the gutter.. Box 15, Folder 90 He was trying... 1976 Box 15, Folder 91 He waved a flag.. Box 15, Folder 92 The heart, what's.. Box 15, Folder 93 Henry Spaeth in Willimantic Box 15, Folder 94 Her Dress 1976 Box 15, Folder 95 Her housework done.. Box 15, Folder 96 Her laughter among the craggy.. Box 15, Folder 97 Her Nature Box 15, Folder 98 Her poem mocks.. Box 15, Folder 99 Her precise views... 1977 Box 15, Here Goes, for Bob Harris Folder 100 Box 16, Folder 1 Hermaphrodite for Colette Box 16, Folder 2 The Hero of New York

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Box 16, Folder 3 Hi Christie.. Box 16, Folder 4 Hidden in a flock.. Box 16, Folder 5 A Hinge Box 16, Folder 6 The History of Art it the History of a Lonely People Box 16, Folder 7 Holding Pattern Box 16, Folder 8 Holly Box 16, Folder 9 Home Movie Box 16, Folder 10 Homo Homini Lupus Box 16, Folder 11 Honey, she said.. Box 16, Folder 12 Hornbook Box 16, Folder 13 How I work as a Poet 1973 - 1974 Box 16, Folder 14 How shall I love.. Box 16, Folder 15 How to Act Box 16, Folder 16 How to march.. Box 16, Folder 17 How to Teach Creative Writing Box 16, Folder 18 How You May Feel, for Mike Rumaker 1975 - 1975 Box 16, Folder 19 An Humid Air Box 16, Folder 20 Hurt Mended Box 16, Folder 21 Hymn for the Sun 1973 Box 16, Folder 22 I a crazy man in bed.. Box 16, Folder 23 I am done with.. Box 16, Folder 24 I am the gay boy.. Box 16, Folder 25 I am the wife.. Box 16, Folder 26 I can't keep my.. Box 16, Folder 27 I can't pay attention.. Box 16, Folder 28 I could have been.. Box 16, Folder 29 I couldn't bear.. Box 16, Folder 30 I don't know if.. Box 16, Folder 31 I have never lived.. Box 16, Folder 32 I have spent much.. Box 16, Folder 33 I loved her at least.. Box 16, Folder 34 I read the manuscript... 1976 Box 16, Folder 35 I went to Maine Box 16, Folder 36 I thought, just keep.. Box 16, Folder 37 I tunger [?] was a.. Box 16, Folder 38 I was staring.. Box 16, Folder 39 If everything I did.. Box 16, Folder 40 If Not for You Box 16, Folder 41 If there is any.. Box 16, Folder 42 If this be love.. Box 16, Folder 43 If you love him as you.. Box 16, Folder 44 If words were... 1976 Box 16, Folder 45 Il Mio Tesoro Box 16, Folder 46 I'm done with improvements.. Box 16, Folder 47 I'm Gonna Eat Box 16, Folder 48 I'm not the one you.. Box 16, Folder 49 Imitation Box 16, Folder 50 The importance of saying.. Box 16, Folder 51 In a Garden Apt Box 16, Folder 52 In a Natural Amplitheatre 1977 Box 16, Folder 53 In all this land... 1973 Box 16, Folder 54 In Back of What you See Box 16, Folder 55 In his own way.. Box 16, Folder 56 In Love Alone.. Box 16, Folder 57 In meiner heimat.. Box 16, Folder 58 In Pink Tights 1974 Box 16, Folder 59 In Small Talk Before Class 1976 Box 16, Folder 60 In the Audience of Men

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Box 16, Folder 61 In the cage.. Box 16, Folder 62 In the Canal Zone Box 16, Folder 63 In the cave.. Box 16, Folder 64 In the First Sphere Box 16, Folder 65 In the forest.. Box 16, Folder 66 In the Middle of Class He Decides to Give Up Teaching Box 16, Folder 67 In the Middle of It Box 16, Folder 68 In the middle of the.. Box 16, Folder 69 In the Midnight Sun Box 16, Folder 70 In the morning.. Box 16, Folder 71 Imitation of the Stars Box 16, Folder 72 Indirect Objects Box 16, Folder 73 Indulgences of the Heart Box 16, Folder 74 Intimations of Immorality Box 16, Folder 75 Invitation Box 16, Folder 76 Is clamor in the.. Box 16, Folder 77 Is Life Sacred Box 16, Folder 78 It is as though.. Box 16, Folder 79 It is crazy to feel... 1976 Box 16, Folder 80 It takes a while... 1978 Box 16, Folder 81 It wasn't a star.. Box 16, Folder 82 It's not all that.. Box 16, Folder 83 It's Not Enough 1974 Box 16, Folder 84 It's Yours Box 16, Folder 85 I've spent so long.. Box 16, Folder 86 Jas. Dickey Speaks to God Before the Nation 1977 Box 16, Folder 87 Jim Tate's News for Amy Lowell Box 16, Folder 88 Joseph Cornell 1974 Box 16, Folder 89 Joyce, he said.. Box 16, Folder 90 Just Off Main Box 16, Folder 91 Just Outside the Door (Calcutta) Box 16, Folder 92 Killing Me Softly 1972 Box 16, Folder 93 La Daine Box 16, Folder 94 La Preface 1973 Box 16, Folder 95 Lake Box 17, Folder 1 Lamination Box 17, Folder 2 Later than Yesterday 1974 Box 17, Folder 3 A lazy curtain... 1978 Box 17, Folder 4 Le Voyeur Vu Box 17, Folder 5 Learning How to Write Box 17, Folder 6 Learning Process Box 17, Folder 7 The leaves can't.. Box 17, Folder 8 Lerea Box 17, Folder 9 Lessons Box 17, Folder 10 Let those who merely talk.. Box 17, Folder 11 Letter from Winesburg (Winter) Box 17, Folder 12 Life at Home Box 17, Folder 13 Life is Not a Dream Box 17, Folder 14 Life of Dr. Wing Box 17, Folder 15 Life on the Sun Box 17, Folder 16 Life's Treason Box 17, Folder 17 Light Smear on Window 1977 Box 17, Folder 18 Like a Candle in the Wind Box 17, Folder 19 Like a radio with... 1975 Box 17, Folder 20 Like no value.. Box 17, Folder 21 Limbo Spring Box 17, Folder 22 Linguistic Fantasy Box 17, Folder 23 Little Bits on Living

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Box 17, Folder 24 A Little Doctrine Air for Bill Graves Box 17, Folder 25 A Little Hymn for Charles Olson 1973 Box 17, Folder 26 Little Hymn to Beauty Box 17, Folder 27 A Little Voice in the.. Box 17, Folder 28 A Local Monument 1979 Box 17, Folder 29 Look at all you.. Box 17, Folder 30 Looking for Work and Finding Nothing Box 17, Folder 31 Lookout Box 17, Folder 32 Love Poem Box 17, Folder 33 Love propells each.. Box 17, Folder 34 Love Songs Box 17, Folder 35 Love's no welcome port.. Box 17, Folder 36 Love's Seasons Box 17, Folder 37 Madsong Box 17, Folder 38 Magellan Box 17, Folder 39 Mahler, for Jonathan Wms Box 17, Folder 40 Madenhair fern.. Box 17, Folder 41 Maine is no different.. Box 17, Folder 42 Man Alive! Box 17, Folder 43 Man at a Standstill Box 17, Folder 44 Man Getting Up Box 17, Folder 45 The man she loved.. Box 17, Folder 46 Man Under Pressure Box 17, Folder 47 The Man Who Ate Grackles Box 17, Folder 48 The man who was weary.. Box 17, Folder 49 Man with Belt and Shoes Box 17, Folder 50 Man With Cold Box 17, Folder 51 The man's face.. Box 17, Folder 52 Manifesto Box 17, Folder 53 Meanwhile Penelope.. Box 17, Folder 54 Meditation Box 17, Folder 55 Meditation at the First of Spring Box 17, Folder 56 Meditation, March 5 Box 17, Folder 57 Meditation, March 6 Box 17, Folder 58 Meditation, March 10 Box 17, Folder 59 Meditation on the Second Day of Spring Box 17, Folder 60 Memoir of the Northern Hemisphere Box 17, Folder 61 Men rode... 1965 Box 17, Folder 62 Mess Observations Box 17, Folder 63 Migrations Box 17, Folder 64 The Mind of Me and Mine Box 17, Folder 65 The mind survives.. Box 17, Folder 66 Minus one Box 17, Folder 67 The Mirror Box 17, Folder 68 Miscellany Box 17, Folder 69 Modern Life Box 17, Folder 70 Modern man.. Box 17, Folder 71 The moment had.. Box 17, Folder 72 Monuments With Clouds Box 17, Folder 73 The moon, she said.. Box 17, Folder 74 More on Hartford Box 17, Folder 75 More Words for Hart Crane Box 17, Folder 76 Morning in Motor City 1974 Box 17, Folder 77 Mother as I heard.. Box 17, Folder 78 Mr. Nixon 1974 Box 17, Folder 79 Music makes us one.. Box 17, Folder 80 Muzak Box 17, Folder 81 My first years past..

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Box 17, Folder 82 My heart still beats... 1975 Box 17, Folder 83 My wife takes care.. Box 17, Folder 84 Myth of Mythology Box 17, Folder 85 The Mythic Method Box 17, Folder 86 The myths 1973 Box 17, Folder 87 Naked City Box 17, Folder 88 Near a Standstill Box 17, Folder 89 Near Astoria Box 17, Folder 90 Never speak the.. Box 17, Folder 91 A New Beginning Box 17, Folder 92 A New Constellation Box 17, Folder 93 The New England sky... 1975 Box 17, Folder 94 A New England Stone Box 17, Folder 95 New in Town With Some Old Things 1973 Box 17, Folder 96 New lands await.. Box 17, Folder 97 New Light Over Potatoes Box 17, Folder 98 A New Ribbon Box 17, Folder 99 A New Song to the Same Old Tune Box 18, Folder 1 New Vernacular Box 18, Folder 2 The Next to the Last Poem of These 2 People Box 18, Folder 3 Night and Day Box 18, Folder 4 Night of the Saints Box 18, Folder 5 No Blame Box 18, Folder 6 No Explanation 1972 Box 18, Folder 7 No Future Box 18, Folder 8 No Resolutions 1978 Box 18, Folder 9 Not a Lonely Man Box 18, Folder 10 Not every man or woman.. Box 18, Folder 11 Nothing I thought would.. Box 18, Folder 12 Nothing's Gonna Change Box 18, Folder 13 Now as I prepare.. Box 18, Folder 14 Now I wish to.. Box 18, Folder 15 Now love is gone.. Box 18, Folder 16 Now the fat little.. Box 18, Folder 17 Now the man slams.. Box 18, Folder 18 Now they think.. Box 18, Folder 19 Now What Box 18, Folder 20 O objects come and talk to us.. Box 18, Folder 21 O, she said.. Box 18, Folder 22 O would that you.. Box 18, Folder 23 Object Lesson Box 18, Folder 24 Observing the Amenities Box 18, Folder 25 Occasionally the old man.. Box 18, Folder 26 Off the rocks at eastern point Box 18, Folder 27 The Old Man Goes Box 18, Folder 28 The Old Man in the Afternoon Box 18, Folder 29 The Old Man is Saved Box 18, Folder 30 On a Side Street Box 18, Folder 31 On Ambition Box 18, Folder 32 On Monday.. Box 18, Folder 33 On my side of the.. Box 18, Folder 34 On Reading Canto CXX Box 18, Folder 35 On Saturday Box 18, Folder 36 On Sunday.. Box 18, Folder 37 On the bed.. Box 18, Folder 38 On the Island Box 18, Folder 39 On the Move Box 18, Folder 40 On the radio..

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Box 18, Folder 41 Once is Past Box 18, Folder 42 One After the Other 1974 Box 18, Folder 43 The one happy man.. Box 18, Folder 44 One Man, Two lives Box 18, Folder 45 One of These Nights Box 18, Folder 46 One who seemed.. Box 18, Folder 47 Orange and Black Box 18, Folder 48 Oration, After Auden 1974 Box 18, Folder 49 Orrery Box 18, Folder 50 Other Things Box 18, Folder 51 Out of the Cold 1973 Box 18, Folder 52 Out of Nowhere Box 18, Folder 53 Out the Teachers Window, After Po-Chu I Box 18, Folder 54 Outside, the dirty snow.. Box 18, Folder 55 A Performing Artist Box 18, Folder 56 Per Se Box 18, Folder 57 Period of Adjustment Box 18, Folder 58 Period of Transition Box 18, Folder 59 Persephone Box 18, Folder 60 Photograph in a Flattering Light 1975 Box 18, Folder 61 Pick someone who.. Box 18, Folder 62 Pieces of the Evening Box 18, Folder 63 Pity these poor.. Box 18, Folder 64 Plot Outline Box 18, Folder 65 The plumber.. Box 18, Folder 66 Poem [Are thoughts...] Box 18, Folder 67 Poem [As children...] Box 18, Folder 68 Poem [Curled up...] Box 18, Folder 69 Poem [Here come...] Box 18, Folder 70 Poem [Here is the room...] Box 18, Folder 71 Poem [He's there...] Box 18, Folder 72 Poem [I only have to...] Box 18, Folder 73 Poem [If you love...] Box 18, Folder 74 Poem [In the sink...] Box 18, Folder 75 Poem [The man who...] Box 18, Folder 76 Poem [Now the man...] Box 18, Folder 77 Poem [Take the man..] Box 18, Folder 78 Poem [To strain...] Box 18, Folder 79 Poem [What adds up...] Box 18, Folder 80 Poem After a War Box 18, Folder 81 Poem After Maximus 1974 Box 18, Folder 82 Poem After Vuillard Box 18, Folder 83 Poem at 26 1977 Box 18, Folder 84 Poem at 30 Box 18, Folder 85 Poem Beginning With Two Lines by Anne Bradstreet 1975 Box 18, Folder 86 Poem Breathing Down a Neck Box 18, Folder 87 Poem for Lucy 1972 Box 18, Folder 88 Poem for Women Box 18, Folder 89 Poem In Case of Atomic Attack Box 18, Folder 90 Poem on a Line by Chares Olson Box 18, Folder 91 Poem to Himself Box 18, Folder 92 Poem to My Wife Box 18, Folder 93 Poem Without Prose 1973 Box 18, Folder 94 Poems After the Egyptian Box 18, Folder 95 Poems of Love, A Poem of Despair Box 18, Folder 96 Pomp and Circumstance Box 18, Folder 97 Pond Subjects Box 18, Folder 98 A Porch by the Sea

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Box 18, Folder 99 Portrait of a man who.. Box 18, Portrait of Chaim Soutine 1974 Folder 100 Box 18, The Pose Folder 101 Box 18, Possessing having some.. Folder 102 Box 18, Pourvu Que Ca Dure 1974 Folder 103 Box 18, Praise and a Lord 1973 Folder 104 Box 18, Pratfalls in a Grand Routine Folder 105 Box 18, Prayer as Advice Folder 106 Box 18, Prayer for the First of Spring Folder 107 Box 19, Folder 1 Preludes and Fuge Box 19, Folder 2 The Presence of a Beast Box 19, Folder 3 Press Box 19, Folder 4 Prize and praise.. Box 19, Folder 5 Problems for the Gift of Gab Box 19, Folder 6 Program Guide Box 19, Folder 7 The Projective Dinner Table Box 19, Folder 8 Prologue Box 19, Folder 9 Prologue to Vladimir Mayakovsky (A Tragedy) Box 19, Folder 10 Provisions Box 19, Folder 11 The rain matted.. Box 19, Folder 12 The Recent Criticism Box 19, Folder 13 The Request Box 19, Folder 14 Revive, leave off ambition.. Box 19, Folder 15 Richardson! did you.. Box 19, Folder 16 Rolled down into.. Box 19, Folder 17 Runaway Omelet Box 19, Folder 18 Running Scared Box 19, Folder 19 The Russian Firbank Box 19, Folder 20 A Rustling in the Clearing Box 19, Folder 21 The Same Thing Box 19, Folder 22 Saturday Box 19, Folder 23 Scanning the universe.. Box 19, Folder 24 Scenes from Life Along the Fenton River Box 19, Folder 25 Sci Fi Novel Box 19, Folder 26 The Secret Box 19, Folder 27 Self Hatred Box 19, Folder 28 Sensations are many.. Box 19, Folder 29 Sew fishhooks into your.. Box 19, Folder 30 She came to understand... 1976 Box 19, Folder 31 She has slashed her thirst.. Box 19, Folder 32 She imagines she.. Box 19, Folder 33 She says she.. Box 19, Folder 34 She sees them.. Box 19, Folder 35 She sneaks a.. Box 19, Folder 36 She wishes she.. Box 19, Folder 37 Shelley Box 19, Folder 38 The ship hums in.. Box 19, Folder 39 A Short Poem on the Happiness of America 1975 Box 19, Folder 40 The Short Story 1973 Box 19, Folder 41 Show of Force

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Box 19, Folder 42 Simple Praise in the Dizzy Atmosphere Box 19, Folder 43 Since You Have Gone 1975 Box 19, Folder 44 A Singer for the Song Box 19, Folder 45 Sitting here at work... 1976 Box 19, Folder 46 Sleeping in Bed Box 19, Folder 47 A Sloop Appeared Box 19, Folder 48 Small Worlds Box 19, Folder 49 So it Goes Box 19, Folder 50 So much variation.. Box 19, Folder 51 The Soft Cars Box 19, Folder 52 Some nights her father.. Box 19, Folder 53 Someone you don't.. Box 19, Folder 54 Something doesn't.. Box 19, Folder 55 Something Every Day Box 19, Folder 56 Something, if only.. Box 19, Folder 57 Sometime After Now Box 19, Folder 58 Sometime Before 2 Box 19, Folder 59 The Sometime Breakdown Poem 1974 Box 19, Folder 60 Sometimes you don't.. Box 19, Folder 61 Song [Come Sunday...] Box 19, Folder 62 Song [A fist is no...] Box 19, Folder 63 The song that seems.. Box 19, Folder 64 Sonnet Box 19, Folder 65 Sonnet on Clarissa Box 19, Folder 66 Soon the ice cream.. Box 19, Folder 67 South America Box 19, Folder 68 Special Effects Box 19, Folder 69 Spontaneous Factories 1973 Box 19, Folder 70 Spring! The poets sing... 1976 Box 19, Folder 71 Standing in a Cave Box 19, Folder 72 A Star of Uncertain Magnitude Box 19, Folder 73 Stardust Serenade Box 19, Folder 74 Statements for the.. Box 19, Folder 75 Still life.. Box 19, Folder 76 The Storm is Over Box 19, Folder 77 Stormy Weather Box 19, Folder 78 Strange Interlude Box 19, Folder 79 The Student Argues With the Boredom of His Teacher Box 19, Folder 80 Stunt Man Box 19, Folder 81 She cares which kept.. Box 19, Folder 82 Sunday Evening 1975 Box 19, Folder 83 Swath 1977 Box 19, Folder 84 Take two pencils.. Box 19, Folder 85 The Tale of 5 Truths Box 19, Folder 86 Tales from the Sub Box 19, Folder 87 Talking Down Box 19, Folder 88 Talking Poem 1975 Box 19, Folder 89 Talking Relationships Box 19, Folder 90 T'ang Pot Box 19, Folder 91 The teacher wonders.. Box 19, Folder 92 That Old Midnight Sun Box 19, Folder 93 Theme Box 19, Folder 94 Then she checked.. Box 19, Folder 95 There is a narrows.. Box 19, Folder 96 There is a pleasant.. Box 19, Folder 97 There Really is No Time Box 19, Folder 98 There's no need.. Box 19, Folder 99 They often talk..

Alex Smith Papers MSS 0070 20 WRITINGS BY SMITH Drafts of Unpublished Poems

Box 19, They Read Folder 100 Box 19, They Were Camping Out All Summer Folder 101 Box 19, They Would Not Say No Folder 102 Box 20, Folder 1 Thinking of R Box 20, Folder 2 This is Dedicated to the One I Love Box 20, Folder 3 This is Just to Say Box 20, Folder 4 This is the task... 1974 Box 20, Folder 5 The Talk of Relationships Box 20, Folder 6 This Time the Dreams One Me Box 20, Folder 7 The tought that.. Box 20, Folder 8 Thought we found.. Box 20, Folder 9 Three Clouds 1973 Box 20, Folder 10 Three thousand, let me.. Box 20, Folder 11 Three's a Crowd Box 20, Folder 12 The tide of my heart.. Box 20, Folder 13 Til We See in His Head 1976 Box 20, Folder 14 To a Domestic Poet Box 20, Folder 15 To a Friend in California Box 20, Folder 16 To a Friend Newly Loved in Love Box 20, Folder 17 To a Poet Box 20, Folder 18 To a Reader Box 20, Folder 19 To Apollo Box 20, Folder 20 To be Set to Music 1976 Box 20, Folder 21 To David McKain Box 20, Folder 22 To flatten out a sheet.. Box 20, Folder 23 To His Cruel Lover 1975 Box 20, Folder 24 To His Cruel Mistress Box 20, Folder 25 To His Reluctant Lover Box 20, Folder 26 To make an end.. Box 20, Folder 27 To stand and know.. Box 20, Folder 28 To the Battered Page Box 20, Folder 29 To the Reader Box 20, Folder 30 To this Very Day Box 20, Folder 31 To understand completely... 1974 Box 20, Folder 32 Today Box 20, Folder 33 Together they.. Box 20, Folder 34 Tomorrow never comes... 1976 Box 20, Folder 35 Tonight mother went.. Box 20, Folder 36 Touchdown.. Box 20, Folder 37 Toward a Manifesto or Preface Box 20, Folder 38 Towards Evening Box 20, Folder 39 Trajectory Box 20, Folder 40 The Tragic View Box 20, Folder 41 The trees and bricks.. Box 20, Folder 42 Trophies Box 20, Folder 43 Try as they would.. Box 20, Folder 44 A Turtle with the Globe on His Back Box 20, Folder 45 Two Approches Box 20, Folder 46 Two Children of the Puritans Box 20, Folder 47 Two Rocks Box 20, Folder 48 Under the Influence Box 20, Folder 49 Understanding, by C.P. Cavafy Box 20, Folder 50 The Unquiet Grave Box 20, Folder 51 Unstill Life Box 20, Folder 52 Up to Know and Just Then 1973

Alex Smith Papers MSS 0070 21 WRITINGS BY SMITH Drafts of Unpublished Poems

Box 20, Folder 53 Uriel Box 20, Folder 54 Us Too Box 20, Folder 55 Use and Usefulness Box 20, Folder 56 The Usual Box 20, Folder 57 Usually I find.. Box 20, Folder 58 Uvea Box 20, Folder 59 The Vampire Speaks Box 20, Folder 60 Variation Box 20, Folder 61 Variations on a Theme by Ralph Waldo Emerson Box 20, Folder 62 A Verse of Loss 1974 Box 20, Folder 63 Voice Box 20, Folder 64 The Wages of Alienation is Torture Box 20, Folder 65 Waking After Never Dreaming Box 20, Folder 66 Walking thru the valley... 1974 Box 20, Folder 67 The wall of a heart.. Box 20, Folder 68 Walter the Haliographer Box 20, Folder 69 The Wanderer Box 20, Folder 70 War is won on the Ground and Elections are Won in the Air Box 20, Folder 71 Warm again.. Box 20, Folder 72 A Warm Week in January 1974 Box 20, Folder 73 Washed up on an island.. Box 20, Folder 74 I wasted so much time.. Box 20, Folder 75 The way it blunts.. Box 20, Folder 76 We Learn to Forget Box 20, Folder 77 The Weak Mind in the Crowd Box 20, Folder 78 The weight on the baffled.. Box 20, Folder 79 Were heavy and.. Box 20, Folder 80 WHA 1970 Box 20, Folder 81 What Are the Names Now? Box 20, Folder 82 What do they think.. Box 20, Folder 83 What is wrong? Box 20, Folder 84 What lust, Apollo! .. Box 20, Folder 85 What the Closet Said Box 20, Folder 86 What the Hitchhiker Sd, Near Tahoe Box 20, Folder 87 What the Muse Said Box 20, Folder 88 What you Said is Neither Soft or Cruel 1972 Box 20, Folder 89 What you say.. Box 20, Folder 90 When a boy.. Box 20, Folder 91 When all wear masks.. Box 20, Folder 92 When B Box 20, Folder 93 When evening leaves.. Box 20, Folder 94 When left alone I shake.. Box 20, Folder 95 When Old Van Gogh Had Ceased Box 20, Folder 96 When she.. Box 20, Folder 97 When the first flush.. Box 20, Folder 98 When the telephone rings.. Box 20, Folder 99 When You Are Seventeen 1970 Box 20, Where Have All the Flowers Gone Folder 100 Box 20, Where is there fall so warm.. Folder 101 Box 20, A white man.. Folder 102 Box 20, The White Snow Folder 103 Box 20, Who am I, he thought.. Folder 104

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Box 20, Who has five.. Folder 105 Box 20, Whose love is a denial of pride.. Folder 106 Box 20, Why I Will Not Buy Life Insurance Folder 107 Box 20, The Windows in a Suite of Rooms Folder 108 Box 21, Folder 1 Wine and daffodils.. Box 21, Folder 2 Winter was not his... 1976 Box 21, Folder 3 With bottles in her hands.. Box 21, Folder 4 With drinking in.. Box 21, Folder 5 With Eyes Like Fingers Box 21, Folder 6 Within the Green Wall Box 21, Folder 7 The Woman Box 21, Folder 8 Words at 26 Box 21, Folder 9 Words for a Man of Survival Box 21, Folder 10 Words for an Old Father Box 21, Folder 11 Words for Hart Crane Box 21, Folder 12 Words for the Man Who Was Tired of Life Box 21, Folder 13 Working Construction in Motor City Box 21, Folder 14 Would you quiz the apples.. Box 21, Folder 15 Wouldn't You Know 1973 Box 21, Folder 16 Yellow buds swell.. Box 21, Folder 17 You and I Box 21, Folder 18 You Are That Man Box 21, Folder 19 You can buy new... 1976 Box 21, Folder 20 You Didn't Think Box 21, Folder 21 You hurt me, I hurt.. Box 21, Folder 22 You keep your paintings.. Box 21, Folder 23 You make my eyes.. Box 21, Folder 24 You on the Rim 1977 Box 21, Folder 25 You risk losing me by silence... 1976 Box 21, Folder 26 You, There 1972 Box 21, Folder 27 You'd Take the Universe 1974 Box 21, Folder 28 Young Boy With a Flute Box 21, Folder 29 A Young Poet in his 24th Year Box 21, Folder 30 Your Lucky Star Box 21, Folder 31 You're a man and in the Living Room Box 21, Miscellaneous Jottings Folder 32-33 ACADEMIC MATERIALS Scope and Content of Series SERIES FOUR) ACADEMIC MATERIALS: Notes, papers, and teaching materials that Smith accrued while at Yale and the University of Connecticut. These items span the years 1966-1980. The bulk of the material is from Smith's years as a graduate student at the University of Connecticut (1973-1980). These items are arranged in three subseries. The first subseries is Course Notes, and it contains lecture notes taken by Smith. These are arranged alphabetically by course subject. The second subseries is Course Papers and Exams, and it is arranged alphabetically by the title of paper or the subject of the exam. The third subseries, Teaching Materials, contains handouts, ideas for class discussions, and notes on topics covered in the course. These items are arranged alphabetically by subject.

Course notes

Box 21, Folder 34 Course materials - notes, paper, and research materials

Alex Smith Papers MSS 0070 23 ACADEMIC MATERIALS Course notes

Box 22, Folder 1-3 Classics 299 Box 22, Folder 4-5 English 420, Milton Box 22, Folder 6 Mythology and English 401 Box 22, Folder 7 Yale notes 1970 Box 22, Folder 8 Yale notes

Course papers and exams

Box 22, Alcestis of Euripides Folder 9-10 Box 23, Folder 1 English 401 1974 Box 23, Folder 2-3 Ontisha Market Paper: Purpose and Portrait - Research materials & typescript 1976 Box 23, Folder 4-6 People, Places and Things: Lists in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales 1974 Box 23, Folder 7 Notes and clippings on sharks Box 23, Folder 8 Masters Exam 1975 Box 23, Folder 9 Poetry workshop and single sheets Box 23, Research Materials - Blake paper Folder 10-11

Teaching materials

Box 24, Folder 1 Comedy course 1972 - 1978 Box 24, Folder 2-3 Notes on Evil Box 24, Folder 4 Poetry Box 24, Folder 5 Paper writing - rules, English 109 Box 24, Folder 6-8 Prose that I've taught Box 24, Folder 9 Victorian Novels Box 25, Folder 1 Victoran novels - from Scott to Hardy The Wilderness Box 25, Folder 2 American humor Box 25, Folder 3 The bear Box 25, Folder 4 Coming into the Country by John McPhee Box 25, Folder 5 Robert Frost Box 25, Folder 6 General wilderness 1978 Box 25, Folder 7 The prairie Box 25, Folder 8 Walden by Thoreau Box 25, Folder 9 Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain Box 25, Folder 10 Song of Myself by Walt Whitman Box 25, Folder 11 Student paper 1985 MISCELLANEOUS DOCUMENTS Scope and Content of Series SERIES FIVE) MISCELLANEOUS DOCUMENTS: Items such as job applications, wills, receipts, and date books. These items span the years 1970-1987 and are arranged alphabetically by subject.

Box 25, Folder 12 Calenders 1973 - 1974 Box 25, Folder 13 A catalogue of rare items 1978 Box 25, Folder 14 Checkbook and deposit slips Box 25, Datebooks 1977 - 1980 Folder 15-18 Box 25, Folder 19 The Delano Estate 1977 Box 25, Folder 20 Extras [photocopies, poems] Box 25, Folder 21 Gaynfo Newsletters 1975 - 1977 Box 25, Folder 22 Hornblower stock certificates 1977 Box 25, Folder 23 Job applications - rejects, deadends, and acceptances Box 26, Folder 1 Job and school applications

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Box 26, Folder 2 Legal documents - driving under the influence Box 26, Folder 3 Loan inventory records Box 26, Folder 4 Medical records 1987 Box 26, Folder 5 Miscellaneous Box 26, Folder 6 New England Research Application Center 1983 - 1987 Box 26, Folder 7 Newspaper clippings - Connecticut Daily Campus - homosexuality issues 1977 Oversize FB-009, Newspaper clippings - Connecticut Daily Campus - homosexuality issues (oversize) Folder 2 Box 26, Folder 8 Newspaper clippings - miscellaneous Oversize FB-009, Newspaper clippings - miscellaneous (oversize) Folder 3 Box 26, Folder 9 Personal questionaire Box 26, Folder 10 Public Interest Research Group brochures 1977 Box 26, Folder 11 A Quick List (of Some Uncommon Literary Items) 1978 Box 26, Folder 12 Scientific papers on ageing Box 26, Folder 13 EGSA Newsletter 1977 Box 26, Folder 14 Spring Church Book Company order form Box 26, Folder 15 Summer 1976 et al. [poems, artwork, photos and notes] 1976 Box 26, Folder 16 University of Connecticut - grants and research Box 26, Folder 17 University of Connecticut - miscellaneous Box 26, Folder 18 University Subscription Service - payment stubs EPHEMERA Scope and Content of Series SERIES SIX) EPHEMERA: Items of a personal nature, such as newspaper clippings, brochures from exhibits, ticket stubs, sketches, and other paper mementos from events and places Smith attended. Most of the items in this series are filed under Miscellaneous Ephemera because the individual items, for the most part, are unrelated to each other. This series is arranged alphabetically by subject.

Box 26, Folder 19 Book marks - Zeising Brothers Book Emporium Box 26, Folder 20 Death in Venice - photocopy of play Box 26, Folder 21 Exhibition pamphlets Box 27, Folder 1 Miscellaneous Box 27, Folder 2-3 Miscellaneous publications Box 27, Folder 4 Photographs from Susan Bittker [Scotland, 1987] Box 27, Folder 5 Photographs - street, house, and white van Box 27, Folder 6-8 Photographs - miscellaneous Box 27, Folder 9 Poetry etc. - pamphlets Box 27, Folder 10 Songs - miscellaneous lyrics Box 27, Folder 11 Stuff in process [miscellaneous ephemera] Box 27, Folder 12 Theatre programs Box 27, Folder 13 Velveteen Rabbit - script WRITINGS BY OTHERS Scope and Content of Series SERIES SEVEN) WRITINGS BY OTHERS: Smith's collection of essays, short stories, and collections of poetry written by other people. Many of the items have been inscribed by Smith. This series is arranged alphabetically by author.

Box 28, Folder 1 Ambrogio, Pam et al. - Certain Types of Fried Clams 1980 Box 28, Folder 2 Ambrogio, Pam et al. - King Lears Only Son 1980 Box 28, Folder 3 Bertlemann, Darcy M. Zymergy 1980 Box 28, Folder 4 Bertholf, Robert J. - Robert Duncan, A Descriptive Bibliography 1986 Box 28, Folder 5 Butterick, George - The Collected Lyrics of Archibald Hennessy Box 28, Folder 6 Codrescu, Andrei and Merill Gilfillan - A short anthology of surrealisms 1974 - 1977 Box 28, Folder 7 Collins, Margery - Holes and Slime: Sexism in Sartre's Psychoanalysis 1975 Box 28, Folder 8 Costa, Vincent L. - Untitled 1972 Box 28, Folder 9 Dimension 1978

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Box 28, Folder 10 Dorbin, Sandy Box 28, Folder 11 Falvey, D. - Mr. Whittney Box 28, Folder 12 The Floating Opera Box 28, Folder 13 Hollander, John - Poetic Misprision 1976 Box 28, Folder 14 Howard, Richard and Allen Ginsberg - Two Scenes 1971 Box 28, Folder 15 Journal of an Italian Excursion Box 28, Folder 16 Kamenetz, Rodger - 3 Poems by Rodger Kamenetz Box 28, Folder 17 Katz, Alex and Kenneth Koch - Interlocking Lives. Inscribed throughout by Alex Smith 1970 - 1982 Box 28, Folder 18 LaBoue, Richard - Assorted and Distorted Poems Box 28, Folder 19 LaVoie, Steven Paul - Famous 1978 Box 28, Folder 20 Lowell, Robert - Near the Ocean 1967 Box 29, Folder 1 McClure, Michael - Organism 24 1974 Box 29, Folder 2 Meeting Ground, 1-4 1977 - 1978 Box 29, Folder 3 Morse, David - A Sniff of History 1987 Box 29, Folder 4 On Being Committed to Maximum Security Box 29, Folder 5 Red Fox Review, no. 6 1979 - 1979 Box 29, Folder 6 Redfern, Scott - Unititled 1973 Box 29, Folder 7 Rideout, Lucy - Sutter's Gold Box 29, Folder 8 Robinson, Kit - Casual Blues Box 29, Folder 9 Robinson, Kit - From the Presidential Papers Box 29, Folder 10 Service, Robert W. - Cremation of Sam McGee Box 29, Folder 11 Statement by and About Him from Various Sources Box 29, Folder 12 Tracy, Robert - Minnesota Dusk Box 29, Folder 13 Unknown author - Money Imitation Slide Box 29, Folder 14 Virginia, Mary - Venerable Beads Box 29, Folder 15 Miscellaneous poems

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