Jeni Couzyn papers, 1969-1971

Collection context

Creator:
Couzyn, Jeni
Extent:
0.5 linear feet 1 box
Language:
English .
Scope and content:

These papers are the correspondence, manuscripts, memoranda, and publicity for poetry readings at the Camden Festivals of 1969 and 1970. There is also the book-manuscript and proofs for TWELVE TO TWELVE (London, Poets' Trust, 1970), twelve poems which were commissioned for the 1970 festival. The correspondents include Charles Causley, C. Day Lewis, Ted Hughes, Christopher Logue, Hugh MacDiarmid, Gary Snyder, and Louis Zukofsky.

Cataloged Materials and Arranged Correspondence: Baybars, Tanar; Beiles, Sinclair; Booth, Martin; Brunner, John; Gausley, Charles; Clark, Thomas A.; Cutler, Ivor; Day-Lewis, Cecil; Ferlinghetti, Lawrence; Hamburger, Michael; Harwood, Lee; Heaney, Seamus; Henri, Adrian; Hidden, Norman; Hughes, Ted; Jackson, Alan; Logue, Christopher; Lichfield, Boyd K.; Lucie-Smith, Edward; MacBeth, George; MacDiarmid, Hugh; McGough, Roger; Mailer, Norman; Mitchell, Adrian; Nuttall, Jeff; Okai, John; Pickard, Tom; Plomer, William; Redgrove, Peter; Silkin, Jon; Smith, Stevie; Snyder, Gary; Tribe, David; Zukofsky, Louis

Arranged: Camden Festival 1969: Correspondence; Memoranda, lists, etc.; Printed materials Camden Festival 1970: Correspondence (misc.); Memoranda, lists, bills, etc; Printed materials Twelve to twelve. Mss. (xerox) Twelve to twelve. Page proofs

Biographical / historical:

Poetry Marathon, May 1969, and Poetry D-Day, May 1970, were organized by Jeni Couzyn for the London Poetry Secretariat and the Poets' Trust.

Access and use

Restrictions:

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Terms of access:

Reproductions may be made for research purposes. The RBML maintains ownership of the physical material only. Copyright remains with the creator and his/her heirs. The responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.

Preferred citation:

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Jeni Couzyn papers; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.

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