The Inventory of the Josephine Jacobsen Collection #723 Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center JACOBSEN, JOSEPHINE June 1977 OUTLINE OF INVENTORY I. CORRESPONDENCE II. MANUSCRIPTS AND NOTES II I. CALENDAR IV. LIBRARY OF CONGRESS POETRY CONSULTANT FILE, 1971-1973. V. DOCUMENTS RELATED TO PUBLICATIONS. VI. PRINTED ITEMS JACOBSEN, JOSEPHINE June, 1977 BOX# 1 I. CORRESPONDENCE Arranged alphabetically by J.J.: most under personal names; some under journal, society> institution, or publisher's name. A. Folder 1 50 TLS; 35 ALS; 3 xerox TLS; 1 telegram; Incl. Abrahams, William (editor) ALS on card. Jan. 17, 1971. (See also Doubleday folder) Academy of American Poets 13 items. Agnew, Spiro T. Telegram dated January l, 1967. Alexander, Holmes (journalist) ALS April 1, 1971 Alfred, William (educator, playwright) TLS April 15, 1973 with envelope. Allen, Samuel Washington (lawyer, educator) 6 ALS December 7, 1972; February 5, 1973; May 24, 1973, May 9, 1974; August 7, 1974; November 4, 1974. Alonso, J.M. See Boston Critic America. Moffitt, John ALS Nov. 29, 1967. See also Moffitt, John. Ammons, Archie Randolph (poet) 22 TLS May 9, 1965; July 22, 1966; October 8, 1966; October 31, 1968; December 4, 1968; March 27, 1969; June 21, 1969; August 21, 1969; October 4, 1969; December 30, 1969; April 12, 1970; May 23, 1970; June 20, 1970; Nov. 28, 1970; JACOBSEN, JOSEPHINE Page 2. BOX # 1 July 26, 1971; August 3, 1972; July 30, 1973; October 31, 1974; December 7, 1974; May 17, 1975; July 17, 1975; August 15,. n.y. 8 ALS October 26, 1968; January 17, 1969; April 16, 1971; May 22, 1972, July 11, 1973, Feb. 5, 1976, undated. 3 ALS on postcard June 16, 1965, June 24, 1965, June 13, 1971; 2 TLS on postcard and undated June 25, 1975,jo flizabeth Bartelme, xerox TLS July 4, 1973. Ammons, Phyllis (Mrso Archie) 2 ALS November 17, 1974; L February 18, 1975. Anderson, Lee (author) 6 ALS;J August 25, 1968; October 13, 11 1969� 11 Thanksgiving 1969 ; August 2, 1971 ALS on postcard Aug. 24, 1965 ALS, on card Oct. 17, 1960 with biblio of JJ's works typescript, 11 p. Asbell, Bernard (author) TLS October 21, 1958. Ashbery, John (author) TLS January 19, 1975 11 Avirett, Barbara (Mrs. John Williams 2nd) TLS 11 Aggust 5 on card ALS undated (#1) B. Folder 2. 116 TLS, 34 ALS, 11 signed poems, 4 xerox TLS, 2 Christmas Cards, 1 xerox TL, 1 CTLS, 1 CTL, 1 TLS fragment, 1 TL, Incle Babb, Howard S. (educator) TLS October 22, 1975. Backas, James Jacob (Executive Director of the Maryland Arts Council) 2 TLS June 21, 1973; August 4, 1975. Ballantine, Betty TLS �form letter /contract) Jan. 2, 1953. Ballantine: JACOBSEN, JOSEPHINE Page 3. Box# l Humphries, Rolfe 3 TLS November 29, 1952, December 21 , 1952; February 20, 1953; 2 ALS, March l, 1953; March 27, 1957; Kauffmann, Stanley 5 TLS Jan. 2, Jan. 13, Jan. 26, March 17, Aug .• 26, 1953. Barth, John (author) TLS November 21, 1974. Basler, Dr. Roy (educator, writer) 10 TLS December 1, 1969; March 7, 1970; March 4, 1971; April 21, 1971; April 26, 1971; June 11, 1971; July 28, 1971; October 4, 1973; November 28, 1973; February 25, 1974; 3 ALS April 8, 1975; January 27, 1976; April 13, 1976. l xerox TLS June 11, 1969, 1 xerox CTL, May 11, 1971. Beloit Poetry Journal: Stocking, David M. 3 TLS June 18, 1958, March 18, 1968; July 4, 1975 Berry, Paul (librarian - Director of Reference, Library of Congress) 2 ALS May 29, 1974, October 5, TLS December 23, 1974 Bethel, John H. ee Milton S. Eisenhower Library Biddle, Katherine (poet) TLS June 11, 1973, ALS Oct 14. Cat. as Chapin, Katherine Garrison Boas, George TLS June 23, 1971, May 27, 1974. Boston Critic, Inc. ,Alonso J. Mc Jis March 17, Sept. 24, Oct. 2 Bradl ee' , BenJamrn' (See Washington Post) 1975 Bradley, Sam (See Kutztown State College) Broderick, John C. (poe~ Asst. Chief Manuscript Div. L.CJ 8 ALS, October 8, 1974, Feb. 2, 1975; July 5, 1975; July 20, 1975; Friday the 13th, August 12, ·October 23, 1 February 22' (torn in half), xerox ALS, March 4, 1975, on xerox letter to him from Ammons, 5 signed poems 2 undated, April 10, 1972, Jan. 19, April 17, xerox CTL to Archie Ammons, Jan. 28, 1975, _ . I :J.973 · 2 TLS October 3, 1973; Nov. 27, 1974, xerox TLS to Archie Ammons. JACOBSEN, JOSEPHINE Page 4. Box# 1 Brown, Sterling A., ALS, July 4, 1973. Brustein, Robert (DeanJ Yale School of Drama) TLS (thank you letter) June 24, 1974. Bullock, Hugh and Marie Picture Christmas card 1974 with autograph note Burack, A.S., see The Writer. Burden, Jean (author) ; 8 TLS - October 14, 1973; March 13, 1974; April 2, 1974; April 11, 1974; November 6, 1974; November 21, 1974; March 18, 1976; June 21, 1976. 10 ALS September 20, 1973 (postcard); November 1, 1973; January 12, 1975; July 6, 1975; September 30, 1975; January 30, 1976 (postcard); September 10 (postcard); June 22, August 8, undated Christmas card signed. Burford, Lolah TLS January 15, 1975. Burford, William 16 TLS; 12 TLS postcards, June 19, 1963; November 10, 1966, February 17, 1967; April 19, 1967; April 28, 1967; October 29, 1972; November 26, 1972; postcard May 30, 1972; postcard June 22, 1972; postcard June 23, 1972; Aug. 12, 1973; postcard September 11, 1973; postcard Sept. 17, 1973; February l, 1974; postcard May 30, 1974; postcard Jan. 27, 1975; postcard May 6, 1975; June 10, 1975; postcard June 25, 1975; postcard August 18, 1975; postcard December 11, 1975; postcard Feb. 2, 1976; n.,:. 'fl ·'I · Oct. Friday, Monday Sept. 8, Saturday,A8, n.y., Saturday, Oct. 8, n.y.' 6 signed poems: Carbon typescript, Oct. 28, 1972; 11 Nijinsky 1 s Soul" typescript, November 25, 1972; 11 11 11 11 Famine in Africa - printed May 30, 1974; Panama the Song 11 11 June 10, 1975. June 15, 1975. Song at the Isthmus , 2 versions, 1 undated (#2). JACOBSEN, JOSEPHINE Page 5. Box # 1. C. Folder 3 73 TLS, 18 ALS, 2 TL, 2 xerox TL; 2 xerox TL; 2 CTL incl. Cairns, Huntington (lawyer, author) 2 TLS - Jan. 15, 1975; incomplete (no date,only bottom half of letter) 'Xerox of TLS - June 17, 1972; Chapin, Katherine Garrison, see Biddle, Katherine Garrison Chapin Ciardi, John (Poet, educator) 2 TLS June 3, 1942; Nouember 4, 1952. ALS July 9, 1965, to Roy Basler, xerox TLS Dec. 26, 1972. and article "Non-Fiction - Whatever That Is 11 Xerox t. 12 p. Claire, William, ALS March 26, 1973; ALS n.d. co. 1975 Cole, William: see Saturday Rev4ww World Coleman, Elliott (author - Johns Hopkins) 11 TLS - October 20, 1950; November 27, 1951; January 27, 1954; Oct. 4, 1966; May 7, 1971; May 21, 1971; June 5, 1971; February 2, 1972; April 10, 1972; July 9, 1972; Postcard July 29, 1972; Sunday, Sept. 25, n.d.; 4 ALS - March 4, 1966; June 6, 1971; Postcard, December 10, 1975; Postcard July 9, 1976; Coleman, George M. Jr. (Government Official) TLS November 9, 1971 Commonweal: O'Gara, James V. Jr. (Editor) 3 TLS, August 4, 1965; July 19, 1967; January 3, 19680 Skillin, Edward S. (publisher) 3 TLS November 18, 1958, December 27, 1972; May 15, 1975. CTL to Mark Mccloskey, August 24, 1965. · D. 27 TLS, 17 ALS, l CTL, l xerox TLS, includes: Folder 4 Davidson, Gustav (See Poetry Society of America) De Ford, Sara Whitcraft (educator) TLS - September 28, 1966; ALS - July 14, 1972 JACOBSEN, JOSEPHINE Page 6. Box# 1 Dickey, James 3 TLS February 23, 1972; June 12, 1972; September 19, 1973. Dillard, Annie (Poet) TLS July 21, 1974. Dillard, R.H.W. · '.See Hollin's College Dodson, Owen (author) 2 ALS, May 21, 1973, undated on postcardJ xerox TLS June 12, 1973. Dorsey, John Russell (Baltimore Sun journalist) 11 TLS: 1968-1975 11 Doubleday 11 (letters are arranged chronologically) 56 TLS, 2 TL, 2 xerox CTL, 1 CTL, 1 telegram, incl.: Abrahams, William TLS August 27, 1970; Vaughan, Samuel S. 10 TLS January 12, 1965; February 23, 1965; August 26, 1966; October 17, 1966; August 27, 1970; May 19, 1971; August 3, 1971, signed by sec.~ March 31, 1975; May 13, 1975; October 28, 1975. E. 9 TLS, 9 ALS including Folder 5. Eberhart, Richard (poet) 4 ALS June 9, 1971; August 11, 1971 (on postcard); December 19, 1975 (on postcard), June 16, 1976 (postcard). TLS June 20, 1971. Egan, Michael 3 TLS May 5, 1971; TL on card September 21, 1973, 11 11 TLS undated (2d page only), 2 ALS August 17 • undated. J Milton S. Eisenhower Library: Berthel, John H. - TLS October 10, 1966 Stam, David H. - TLS - March 3, 1975. EPOCH: Hathaway, Baxter L. TLS April 5, 1967 Slatoff, Walter J. TLS December 16, 1975. Evans, Elizabeth 2 TLS July 11, 1972; May 21, 1975. JACOBSEN, JOSEPHINE Page 7. Box# l F. 40 TLS; 8 ALS Folder ,5 Incl. Faber &Faber, 11 pieces, 1965-1975. Flanner, Hildegarde, 5 TLS, Nov. 11, 1974, April 5,1975, Aug. 25, 1975, Dec. 31, 1975, Feb. 11, 1976. Folger Shakespeare Library, Hardison, O.B. TLS, Sept. 11, 1973. G. 46 TLS, 42 ALS, 1 TL, l CTL, 1 xerox TLS, 1 signed poem, Folder 6 includes: Gardner, Isabella (Stewart) (poet) 2 ALS, June 9, 1973; June 5, 1974; Garrett, George (poet, U. of South Carolina) ALS February 10, 1973. Ginsberg, Louis (poet) ALS May 4, 1971 Goldberg, Dorothy K. (Mrs. Arthur) xerox TLS April 27, 1973. TLS May 7, 1974. ALS January 6, 1975. Green, Constance McLaughlin (author) ALS on card, October 5, 1973.