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Preliminary Guide to the Tom Clark Archive

Preliminary arrangement and description by D. Tambo Department of Special Collections Davidson Library University of California, Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA 93106 Phone: (805) 893-3062 Fax: (805) 893-5749 Email: [email protected] URL: http://www.library.ucsb.edu/speccoll/speccoll.html © 2011 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.

Preliminary Guide to the Tom Mss 14 1 Clark Archive Preliminary Guide to the Tom Clark Archive, ca. 1962-1990

Collection number: Mss 14

Department of Special Collections Davidson Library University of California, Santa Barbara Processed by: Preliminary arrangement and description by D. Tambo Date Completed: Dec. 17, 2007 Encoded by: A. Demeter © 2011 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.

Descriptive Summary Title: Tom Clark Archive Dates: ca. 1962-1990 Collection number: Mss 14 Creator: Clark, Tom, 1941- Collection Size: ca. 18 linear feet (43 document boxes, 2 oversize boxes, and 4 audiotapes). Repository: University of California, Santa Barbara. Library. Dept. of Special Collections Santa Barbara, CA 93106 Abstract: Correspondence, manuscripts and proofs of writings (monographs, poems, reviews, essays), notebooks, research and teaching files, audiotapes, and ephemera of American poet Tom Clark, who lived in Santa Barbara for several years and published several works with Black Sparrow Press. Correspondents include writers and publishers Carolyn Cassady, Andrei Codrescu, , Edward Dorn, Barry Gifford, Christopher Lemann-Haupt, John Martin, George Plimpton, Harry Reese, and Leslie Scalapino. Also includes the Great Naropa Poetry Wars Archive, with audiotapes (, Gregory Corso, Tom Clark), transcripts, correspondence, newsclippings, and publications re an investigation into a 1975 confrontation between W. S. Merwin and Chogyam Trungpa, founder and director of Naropa Institute. Physical location: SRLF (Boxes 1-43); Del Sur Oversize (Boxes 44-45); Annex 2 (Audiotapes). Languages: English Access Restrictions None. Most materials stored off-site; advance notice required for retrieval. Publication Rights Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Department of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained. Preferred Citation Tom Clark Archive. Mss 14. Department of Special Collections, Davidson Library, University of California, Santa Barbara. Acquisition Information Mainly purchase from Tom Clark, in annual accretions, ca. 1983-1990; also smaller purchases from other dealers, 1980s, and gift from Maurice Neville, 1985. Scope and Content of Collection The Tom Clark Archive includes correspondence, manuscripts and proofs of writings (monographs, poems, reviews, essays), notebooks, research and teaching files, audiotapes, and ephemera of American poet Tom Clark, who lived in Santa Barbara for several years and published several works with Black Sparrow Press. Correspondents include writers and publishers Carolyn Cassady, Andrei Codrescu, Robert Creeley, Edward Dorn, Barry Gifford, Christopher Lehmann-Haupt, John Martin, George Plimpton, Harry Reese, and Leslie Scalapino. Also includes the Great Naropa Poetry Wars Archive, with audiotapes

Preliminary Guide to the Tom Mss 14 2 Clark Archive (Allen Ginsberg, Gregory Corso, Tom Clark), transcripts, correspondence, newsclippings, and publications re an investigation into a 1975 confrontation between W. S. Merwin and Chogyam Trungpa, founder and director of Naropa Institute. Arrangement The collection contains the following series: Personal/Biographical Correspondence Notebooks (incl. many poetry notebooks) Poetry Readings (and other public events with TC - mainly announcements) Poetry Workshops Research/Subject Files Teaching Writings by TC - Monographs; and Shorter works (incl. book reviews) Writings/work by others (sent/dedicated to TC) [incl. runs of serials] Oversize Audiovisual Selected works by Tom Clark: Apocalyptic Talkshow (Stout, Ohio: Bloody Twin Press, 1987) Disordered Ideas (Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 1987). Easter Sunday (Minneapolis: Coffee House Press, 1987). Edward Dorn: A World of Difference (2002). The Exile of Céline (New York: Random House, 1986). Fractured Karma (Santa Rosa, CA: Black Sparrow Press, 1990). The Great Naropa Poetry Wars (Santa Barbara: Cadmus Editions, 1980). : A Biography (1984; 1995). Paradise Resisted: Selected Poems, 1978-1984 (Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1984). Stalin as Linguist (Madison, Wisconsin: J. Wolff and T. Sturgeon, 1987?) Abbreviations: TC = Tom Clark Indexing Terms The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog. Clark, Tom, 1941- Poets, American. Related Collections Elsewhere Columbia University Libraries. Tom Clark Papers on Jack Kerouac 1981-1983. UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections. Tom Clark Papers, 1963-1991. 7 boxes. Coll. no. 1020. Washington University Libraries (St. Louis, MO). Mainly relating to Tom Clark's second book The Sand Burg and his investigation of the Naropa Institute (Boulder, CO).

Personal / Biographical

Box 1 College papers - course work by TC Box 1 Curriculum Vitae, 1975-1990 Interviews with TC Box 1 Grenier, Robert Box 1 Hill, Owen Box 1 Linton, Debbie, 1984 Correspondence

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Box 2 Dorn, Ed – incoming, ca. 1983-1986 Correspondence - Alpha, mainly incoming, [to 1988] Box 3 A: General Box 3 Am Here Books Box 3 B: General Box 4 Berlin, Lucia Box 4 Berrigan, Ted - outgoing, 1965-1966 Box 4 Black Sparrow Press Box 4 Brenner, Summer Box 4 C: General Box 4 Cooper, Dennis Box 5 Codrescu, Andrei, ca. 1984-1987 Box 5 Creeley, Robert, ca. 1981 Box 5 D: General Box 5 Daley, John Box 5 E: General Box 6 F: General Box 6 G: General Box 6 Gerstier, Amy Box 6 Groninger, Vicki (Cooper) Box 6 Gunderson, Joanna Box 7 H: General Box 7 Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc. Box 7 I: General Box 7 J: General Box 7 Jones, Georgia Box 7 K: General Box 8 L: General Box 8 M: General Box 8 MacAdams, Lewis and Phoebe Box 8 Marin Arts Council Box 8 Martin, John (Black Sparrow Press) Box 8 Masters, Greg Box 8 McCauley, Gerard Box 8 Miller, Jeff Box 8 Montgomery, John Box 9 Morrow, Bradford Box 9 Mudborn Press Box 9 N: General Box 9 O: General Box 9 O'Brien, John Box 9 Opstedahl, Kevin Box 9 P: General Box 9 Q: General Box 10 R: General Box 10 Random House - J. D. Salinger lawsuit Box 10 Rathbun, Victoria Box 10 Reese, Harry (Turkey Press) Box 10 Richards, Brian (Bloody Twin Press) Box 11 S: General Box 11 Schneidre, Peter (Illuminati) Box 11 Shapero, Ilene Box 11 Skelly, Jack Box 12 T: General Box 12 Talcott, William Box 12 Tekavee, Val Box 12 U-V: General Box 12 W: General

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Box 12 Woolf, Michael Box 12 X-Y-Z: General Box 12 Unidentified Correspondence - Chron. Box 13 1989 Box 14 1990 Notebooks

Box 15-16 17 notebooks, with poems, articles, fiction, reviews, ca. 1963-1980s, n.d. Poetry Readings Scope and Content Note Incl. other public events with TC

Box 16 Mainly announcements, 1968-1987, n.d. Poetry Workshops

Box 17-18 Mainly work by students, critiqued by TC Research / Subject Files

Box 19 Cattle Mutilations Box 19 Kinski, Klaus Box 20-21 Naropa File: Poetry Wars - correspondence, clippings, tape transcripts, miscellany, ca. 1977-1984 Box 22-23 Nuclear Research - government reports, magazines, clippings, pamphlets, notes, etc. mainly re Rocky Flats Plant (Golden Colorado), 1970s Teaching

Box 24 California Sociology course by TC, ca. early 1980s Box 24 Class papers, 1986 (UCSB?) - with corrections/revisions by TC Box 25 Advanced Poetry Workshop - UC extension course taught by TC, 1986 Box 25 Poetry Outside the Mainstream - UC extension course taught by TC, 1986 Box 25 UC extension course taught by TC at UCB, 1990 Writings by TC

Monographs Scope and Content Note Correspondence, proposals, contracts, notes, typescript drafts, proofs, reviews, and other

Box 26 Apocalyptic Talkshow Box 26 Big Man Box 26 The Cold Execution Box 26-27 Disordered Ideas Box 27 Easter Sunday Box 28 Exchange Society Box 28-30 The Exile of Céline Box 31 Family Pictures Box 31-32 Fractured Karma Box 32 The Gang of Eight Box 32 Gutenberg Box 33 Jack Kerouac Box 33 Late Returns: A Memoir of Box 34 The Meatball Box 34-35 Paradise Resisted Box 35 The Poetry Beat Box 35 The Rodent Who Came to Dinner Box 35 Terminal Cases

Preliminary Guide to the Tom Mss 14 5 Clark Archive Writings by TC Shorter works

Shorter works

Box 36 "A's Glory Years Viewed from the Bleachers: An Interview with a Fan" Box 36 Asian Television Poems Box 36 Big Book of American Irish Culture - contributor Box 36 Black Sparrow Press - poems by TC for Black Sparrow Box 36 Black Sparrow Press - reviews and catalog listings written by TC Box 36-38 Book reviews Box 39 "The Border" Box 39 Damon Runyon Box 39 "Dark as Day" Box 39 "The End in Sight" Box 39 "Gourmet Ghetto: Wild Game Festival" Box 39 "How It Goes" Box 39 "Journey to the Ulterior" Box 40 "Literally Essays" Box 40 "New Angel" Box 40 "North Beach Poet Howard Hart: Where Poetry Met Jazz" Box 40 Postcards by TC Box 40 "Property" Box 40 "Returning to Berlin" - adaptation of passage from memoir by Hildegard Lawrence Box 40 "The Secret Ingredient of the Wee Intangible Essence Burger" Box 40 "Somewhere in the Fall" Box 40 "Stalin as Linguist" Box 40 "The True Bride" by Amy Gerstler - intro by TC Box 41 Miscellaneous poems by TC - incl. BBC broadcast of "Lakes," TC's first publication, 1963 Box 42-43 Miscellaneous serials with poems and stories by TC, 1979-1990

Box 43 Work by Others Scope and Content Note Incl. Charles Bukowski

Oversize

Box 44 "Love Is as Substantial, on the Space Shuttle to Utah They Say, as the Barney Clark Soap Bubble" - painting by TC Box 45 Miscellany - broadsides, posters, painting (artist unknown) Audiovisual

Tape No. Tom Clark Reading - Folio Books, Washington, D.C., Apr. 29, 1978 A13587/CS Tape No. Tom Clark Reading - Intersection, Jan. 12, 1982 A13588/CS Tape No. Tom Clark - Kerouac Convention, Boulder, CO, Aug. 1, 1982 A13589/CS Tape No. Tom Clark - UCen Performance, Oct. 21, 1983 A13590/CS

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