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Series III: Manuscripts and Editorial Files, 1962-circa 2014

This series includes James Sherry's creative prose and poetry files, including published and unpublished creative manuscripts (among them Our Nuclear Heritage, In Case, Lazy Sonnets); collaborations with other poets and artists such as Bruce Andrews, Charles Bernstein, Hank Lazer, and Nina Wiener; drafts and manuscript submissions to Roof and Segue Books, editorial files, and other creative materials including proofs, artwork, and transcripts of readings or talks by Sherry and others; and personal and collaborative grant applications. Writers and artists of note include Michael Anderson, Bruce Andrews, Brandon Brown, Charles Bernstein, Mei-mei Berssenbrugge, Abigail Child, Alan Davies, Ray DiPalma, Craig Dworkin, Ken Edwards, Larry Eigner, Rob Fitterman, Serge Gavronsky, Michael Gottlieb, Barbara Guest, Lyn Hejinian, Henry Hills, Hank Lazer, Andrew Levy, Jackson Mac Low, Tom Mandel, Steve McCaffery, Laura Moriarty, Jena Osman, Gil Ott, Bob Perelman, Nick Piombino, John Reed, Leslie Scalapino, Ron Silliman, Fiona Templeton, Anne Waldman, and Diane Ward. Many submissions are accompanied by correspondence. Of particular note are manuscripts pertaining to Roof magazine (1976-1979).

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Subseries III.1: James Sherry Manuscripts and Editorial Files, 1962-2013


Box 4 Folder 20 Sherry, James -- Against One Model Alone -- Manuscript Corrections, undated

Box 4 Folder 21 Sherry, James -- Amoretto -- Manuscript, 1976

Poems collected and arranged by a friend, possibly Peter Kaplan; contains related correspondence.

Box 4 Folder 22 Sherry, James -- Another Modest Proposal -- Manuscript Corrections, 1970 November 5

Contains related correspondence with The Realist magazine and editorial notes from Paul Krasner.

Box 4 Folder 23 Sherry, James -- Beautiful Poems for my Friends -- Draft, 2007

Box 4 Folder 24 Sherry, James -- C & ∞ -- Library Research Report, 1962 July 30

High school Library Research Report.

Box 4 Folder 25 Sherry, James -- Consciousness Conscience -- Drafts, circa 1970s-1980s

Box 4 Folder 26-28 Sherry, James -- CONVERSES -- Drafts and Manuscripts (3 Folders), circa 1982

Contains a notebook.

Box 4 Folder 29 Sherry, James -- CONVERSES -- Manuscript, 1977 December

Box 4 Folder 30-38 Sherry, James -- Drafts and Manuscripts (9 Folders), circa 1970s

Contains poems, prose, plays, and other material including "Straights," and "Prince Valiant"; folder (10 of 10) is legal size.


Box 20 Folder 1 Sherry, James -- Drafts and Manuscripts (10 Folders), circa 1970s

Drafts of poems, prose, plays, and related material including "Straights" and "Prince Valiant"; only folder (10 of 10) is legal size.

Box 20 Folder 2 Sherry, James -- Drafts and Manuscripts, circa 1980s-1990s

Contains miscellaneous manuscripts including "Menus A Clef" and "Comic Frames," and related material, drafts, and a notepad; contains an essay by Howard Rheingold called "Dildonics Text."


Box 4 Folder 39 Sherry, James -- Glory --Thesis, 1968 May

Undergraduate Senior Thesis.

Box 4 Folder 40 Sherry, James -- In Case -- Manuscript, circa 1970s

Box 4 Folder 41 Sherry, James -- "Ideology and Consistency" -- Drafts, circa 1999

Box 4 Folder 42-44 Sherry, James -- Lazy Sonnets -- Manuscript (3 Folders), circa 1986


Box 7 Folder 1 Sherry, James -- Made in China -- Manuscript Corrections (Folder 1, of 2 Folders), circa 1970s


Box 20 Folder 3 Sherry, James -- Made in China -- Manuscript Corrections (Folder 2, of 2 Folders), circa 1970s


Box 7 Folder 2 Sherry, James -- Manuscripts and Related Material, circa 1992-1995, 2013

Contains a notepad, a fine paper printing by Barbara Guest, handwritten notes, and manuscripts for "Les Tres Riches Heures de Bebe Rebozo," "Against One Model Alone," "Humanitarianism and Environment," and "Is There Such a Thing as Writing?"

Box 7 Folder 3 Sherry, James -- Manuscripts and Related Material, circa 2013

Manuscripts for "Entangled Bank" and "Les Tres Riches Heures de Bebe Rebozo; or, Not That There's Anything Wrong with That: A Tabloid poem"; contains note from Serge Gavronsky

Box 7 Folder 4 Sherry, James -- Notes and Related Material, circa 1980s

Box 7 Folder 5-13 Sherry, James -- Oops! -- Manuscripts and Manuscript Correction, circa 1998-1999, 2007, 9 folders

Box 7 Folder 14 Sherry, James -- Our Nuclear Heritage -- Manuscript Corrections and Related Material, circa 1980-1990s

Box 7 Folder 15 Sherry, James -- Our Nuclear Heritage -- Manuscript Corrections and Related Material, circa 1985-1986

Contains drafts and corrections, notes, an interview with Alan Davies, and correspondence with Awede Press.

Box 7 Folder 16 Sherry, James -- Our Nuclear Heritage -- Manuscript and Related Material, circa 1991

Box 7 Folder 17 Sherry, James -- Our Nuclear Heritage -- Notes, circa 1990s

Box 7 Folder 18 Sherry, James -- Our Nuclear Heritage -- Related Material, circa 1990-1992

Contains color prints, related correspondence, press release, reviews, translations of poems by Daniel Rosenbaum by Ray DiPalma, and an essay by Hank Lazer on Sherry's "Our Nuclear Heritage."

Box 7 Folder 19-23 Sherry, James -- Popular Fiction -- Manuscripts and Related Materials, circa 1978-81, 5 folders

Contains drafts, notes, related correspondence, a Segue 1981 distribution catalogue and two copies of Sherry and Wiener's "Integers" program.

Box 7 Folder 24 Sherry, James -- Reading Menus -- Manuscript and Related Material, circa 1970s-1980s

Box 7 Folder 25 Sherry, James -- Rehearsals -- Manuscript, 1975

Box 7 Folder 26 Sherry, James -- Repressive Measures -- Drafts, circa 1980-1982

Contains edits by Charles Bernstein and Bruce Andrews and related correspondence.

Box 7 Folder 27 Sherry, James -- Returned Submissions -- Manuscripts and Related Correspondence, circa 1970-1978

Returned, self-addressed envelops containing submissions sent to presses and magazines; contains related correspondence.

Box 7 Folder 28 Sherry, James -- Scenes from Fallen Arches -- Copies, circa 2009

Box 7 Folder 29 Sherry, James -- Selected Poems -- Manuscript, circa 1976

40 pages of selected poems sent to Peter Kaplan's Pourboire Press.

Box 7 Folder 30-31 Sherry, James -- Sharkey -- Manuscript, 1979, 2 folders

Box 7 Folder 32 Sherry, James -- Sorry -- Manuscript Corrections and Related Material, 1994-1995, circa 2013

Box 7 Folder 33 Sherry, James -- Taking a Stand -- Manuscript Corrections, circa 1970s-1980s

Essay on Ron Silliman.

Box 7 Folder 34 Sherry, James -- Tales and Related Lines -- Manuscripts, circa 1970s-1980s

Box 7 Folder 35 Sherry, James -- Untitled Creative Prose -- Manuscript Corrections, circa 1970s-1980s

Box 7 Folder 36 Sherry, James -- Urban Bunny -- Manuscripts and Related Material, 1992

Box 7 Folder 37 Sherry, James and Bruce Andrews -- Untitled Collaboration -- Notes, circa 1970s-1980s

Contains notes, word lists, and diagrams.


Box 8 Folder 1 Sherry, James, and Bruce Andrews -- Miscellaneous Editorial Notes, undated

Box 8 Folder 2 Sherry, James, Bruce Andrews, Charles Bernstein -- "Technology / Art" -- Proposal and Related Material, 1984

Technology proposal to the National Academy of Engineering; contains notes, drafts, and related correspondences.

Box 8 Folder 3 Sherry, James, Madeline Gins, and Stephen-Paul Martin -- MISTAKE -- Program and Related Material, circa 1991

Includes Martin's "Man of Steel."


Box 7 Folder 38 Sherry, James and Hank Lazer -- Understanding Innovative Poetry -- Manuscript Corrections, circa 1990s

Box 7 Folder 39 Sherry, James and Ralph Stavins -- Manuscript and Related Material, circa 1993

Collaboration on Vincent Foster for the Institute for Policy Studies.


Box 20 Folder 4 Sherry, James and Nina Wiener -- Integers -- Files, circa 1980


Box 7 Folder 40 Sherry, James and John Yau -- Legal Tenders -- Manuscript Corrections and Notes, circa 1970s


Box 8 Folder 4 Sherry et al. -- Wildlife News -- Notes and Drafts, undated

A collaborative performance/talk; names listed in running order include Christy, Betty, Marcel, and Peter.

Box 8 Folder 5 Miscellaneous Materials, circa 2010

On poetry and biodiversity; contains correspondence with Heidi Bean regarding an essay Sherry wrote about ecology and Fiona Templeton.

Box 8 Folder 6-20 Miscellaneous Poems and Related Material, 1970-circa 1976, 15 folders

Poetry and creative works by James Sherry including multiple drafts of "Lazy Sonnets," "Photosynthesis" which appeared in ROOF I; workshop notes, material for a concert/reading "Amin's Dream" at Naropa 1976; correspondence with Tom Savage; and misc poetry by Beverly Day and Ann Katz.

Subseries III.2: Other Manuscripts and Editorial Files, 1969-circa 2014


Box 9 Folder 1 A Poet's Workbench -- Manuscript, 1989

A set of procedures written in Turbo-PASCAL by Softwerewolf & Co.

Box 9 Folder 2 Anderson, Michael -- Salt of Insomnia -- Manuscript and Related Correspondence, 1984

Box 9 Folder 3 Anderson, Michael -- The Walks -- Manuscripts and Related Correspondence, circa 1980-1984, 1985

Box 9 Folder 4 Andrews, Bruce -- "New York Writing - November 1977 -- List, 1977 November

List of poet names.

Box 9 Folder 5 Andrews, Bruce -- Before -- Manuscript, circa 1970s

Box 9 Folder 6 Andrews, Bruce -- LEGEND -- Partial Manuscript, circa 1980

Box 9 Folder 7 Andrews, Bruce -- Manuscripts, circa 1979

Contains correspondence and list of submissions to ROOF, including "How," from "TRANSBLUCENCY," "Great Misery," "The Problem of Titles," from "MOEBIUS," "PLECTRUM," and "The Love of Laughter."

Box 9 Folder 8 Andrews, Bruce -- Manuscripts and Related Material, circa 1986-1991

Contains "Voodoo for Anti-Communist Tourists," a rare book by Andrews and Bob Cobbing; manuscripts titled "Social Topography," "Poetry Project," "Which is Which," "Redaction"; copies of "Be Careful Now" and a talk on "Total Equals What;" interview by Benjamin Friedlander and Andrew Ross; and related correspondence.

Box 9 Folder 9 Andrews, Bruce -- Paradise and Method -- Transcript and Related Material, 1991

Contains flyers and a talk transcript for the Poetry Project, 7 April 1991.

Box 9 Folder 10 Andrews, Bruce -- Swaps Ego -- Manuscript, circa 1970s

Box 9 Folder 11 Auster, Paul -- HAPPINESS -- Manuscript, 1979

Box 9 Folder 12 Ausubel, Jesse H. -- "Energy and Environment" -- Manuscript and Related Material, circa 1990-1991

Box 9 Folder 13 Bennett, John M. -- Chapbooks and Related Material, 1978

Box 9 Folder 14 Benson, Steve -- Realism -- Manuscript Corrections, 1981 May 13

Box 9 Folder 15 Bernstein, Charles -- Idleness as the Political Value of Poetry -- Notes, 1980 March-April

Box 9 Folder 16 Bernstein, Charles -- Manuscripts, circa 1977-1980

Contains manuscripts for "Reading Cavell Reading Wittgenstein," "The Dollar Value of Poetry," "The Occurrence of Tune," "Meaning the Meaning" (with Susan B. Laufer), "Hearing 'Here': Robert Creeley's Poetics of Duration," "Team Bias," "Semblance," "Writing (as) (&) Thinking," "LODE," and "Substance Abuse."

Box 9 Folder 17 Bernstein, Charles -- Provisional Institutions -- Talk, 1994

Box 9 Folder 18 Berssenbrugge, Mei-mei -- Manuscripts and Related Material, circa 1978

Contains related correspondence, manuscript for "Random Possession," and a copy of Gerald Burn's essay "'Homage Fromage."

Box 9 Folder 19 Ceravolo, Joseph -- Habitations -- Manuscript, circa 1990s

Box 9 Folder 20 Child, Abigail -- A Disputed Case -- Booklet, 1987 September

Box 9 Folder 21 Child, Abigail -- WEDGE -- Manuscript and Related Material, 1992

Box 9 Folder 22 Chinese Language Poetry Documents, 1993-1997

Contains manuscript corrections and related material for a proposed anthology of Chinese Language Poetry; correspondence from Yunte Huang, Liu Yongkang, and Zhang Ziqing; a perfect bound copy of Chinese Language Poetry, published in 1993, ed. Zhang Ziqing, trans. Liu Feng; and three essays on the Para-Poetic by Clark Lunberry.

Box 9 Folder 23 Corcoran, Kelvin -- The Pure Body Entirely Present -- Manuscript, circa 1980s-1990s

Box 9 Folder 24 Czernin, Franz Josef -- The Art of the Sonnet, Part 2 -- Manuscript, circa 1990s

Box 9 Folder 25 Davies, Alan -- Active 24 Hours -- Manuscript, 1982

Includes two blurbs from Ron Silliman.

Box 9 Folder 26 Davies, Alan -- Manuscripts and Related Material (Folder 1 of 2), circa 1977-1978, 1984

Manuscripts including "Square semblances," "The Fervent Lives of Joseph Cornell," "Strong in Reason," "Vitals," "ABUTTAL"; folder (2 of 2) is legal-size.


Box 19 Folder 2 Davies, Alan -- Manuscripts and Related Material (Folder 2 of 2), circa 1977-1978, 1984

Folder (1 of 2) is letter size. This file ontains manuscript for "Split Thighs."


Box 9 Folder 27 Davies, Alan -- Strong in Reason -- Draft, 1980 October 19

Box 9 Folder 28 Dickenson, George-Therese -- Manuscripts, circa 1981-1982

Contains "Louise Labe, Sonnets" and untitled manuscripts and related correspondence.

Box 9 Folder 29 DiPalma, Ray -- Manuscripts, circa 1977-1979

Contains mss for "Fourteen Poems," "My Life is a Monad," "Genesis," and "DEC."

Box 9 Folder 30 DiPalma, Ray -- Motion of the Cypher -- Manuscript, 1994

Box 9 Folder 31 DiPalma, Ray and Charles Bernstein -- Through the Motions -- Manuscript, undated

Box 9 Folder 32 Doris, Stacy -- Kildare -- Manuscript, circa 1990s

Box 9 Folder 33 Doris, Stacy -- Killdare -- Manuscript, 1994

Box 9 Folder 34 Dreyer, Lynne -- Step Work -- Drafts and Corrections, circa 1983

Drafts with edits by James Sherry.

Box 9 Folder 35 Edwards, Ken -- Manuscripts and Related Material, circa 1977-1978

includes manuscripts, a copy of "Mugshots," "A Selective List of New British Poets," and related correspondence.

Box 9 Folder 36 Eigner, Larry -- Manuscripts, 1969, 1974-1976

Four individual poems with inscriptions in Eigner's hand.

Box 9 Folder 37 Fischer, Norman -- Untitled Manuscript, 1990

Poems are individually dated Sunday, 11 February to Sunday, 30 December.

Box 9 Folder 38 Fitterman, Robert -- "Twice" and "Line/age" -- Manuscripts, 1992-1993

Box 9 Folder 39 Floppy Disks, circa 1980s-1990s

Three floppy disks containing unknown material, foldered with Roof material

Box 9 Folder 40 Franklin, George -- Untitled Manuscript, circa 1970s-1980s

Box 9 Folder 41 Friedlander, Benjamin -- Adventures in the Vernacular -- Manuscript, circa 1994

Box 9 Folder 42 Friedman, Ed -- Conversation with Laura -- Manuscript, circa 1970s

Selection from "The Telephone Book" and submitted to ROOF; contains related correspondence.

Box 9 Folder 43 Fuller, William -- The Central Reader -- Manuscript, 1989


Box 10 Folder 1 Gavronsky, Serge -- Memorial in Berlin -- Manuscript, circa 1990s

Box 10 Folder 2 Gavronsky, Serge -- Night Passages -- Manuscript, circa 1980s-1990s

Box 10 Folder 3 Gavronsky, Serge - [Silence of Memory] -- Manuscript, circa 2014

Box 10 Folder 4 Gevirtz, Susan -- Linen minus -- Manuscript, 1990

Box 10 Folder 5 Gins, Arakawa and Madeline -- Constructed Plan -- Manuscript Corrections, circa 1990

Box 10 Folder 6 Gottlieb, Michael -- Dear All -- Partial Copy, circa 2013

Box 10 Folder 7 Gottlieb, Michael -- from "Phlugiston" and "local color" -- Manuscripts, undated

Box 10 Folder 8 Gottlieb, Michael -- From The Great Pavement -- Manuscript, 1990 November 24

Box 10 Folder 9 Gottlieb, Michael -- Gorgeous Plunge -- Manuscript, 1999

Box 10 Folder 10 Gottlieb, Michael -- Gorgeous Plunge -- Manuscript Corrections, circa 1999

Box 10 Folder 11 Gray, James -- Index of Facadomy -- Camera-Ready Copy, 1990

Box 10 Folder 12-13 Guest, Barbara -- Durer in the Window -- Correspondence and Related Materials, circa 1999-2001, 2 folders

Box 10 Folder 14-16 Guest, Barbara -- Durer in the Window -- Manuscripts and Editorial Notes, circa 1999-2003, 3 folders

Box 10 Folder 17-18 Guest, Barbara -- Durer in the Window -- Corrected and Uncorrected Page Proofs, circa 2002, 2 folders

Box 10 Folder 19 Guest, Hadley -- A Kinder, Gentler Time -- Manuscript, 1996 August 13

Box 10 Folder 20 Gutelius, Josepha -- Manuscripts, circa 1970s

Contains four prose pieces including "There is no Wing Like Meaning," "The Coma," " Memento Mori," and untitled.

Box 10 Folder 21 Hejinian, Lyn -- Manuscripts, 1977-1979

Contains manuscripts for "SENDING," "A Mask of Hours," and "FORL."

Box 10 Folder 22 Hejinian, Lyn -- My Life -- Manuscript Corrections, 1979 January 6

Manuscript and related correspondence for "One Side, Around," later published as "My Life"

Box 10 Folder 23 Herbert, John -- Manuscripts, 1970, 1978

Contains manuscripts for "Belshazzar's Feast" and "The Collected Poems of Sir Winston Churchill" and related correspondence.

Box 10 Folder 24 Hills, Henry -- "Radio Adios" and "Plagiarism" -- Scripts, circa 1982

Box 10 Folder 25 Howe, Fanny -- These Are the Lyrics -- Manuscript, circa 1980s-1990s

Box 10 Folder 26 Inman, P. -- Criss Cross -- Manuscript, circa 1993-1995

Box 10 Folder 27 Inman, P. -- Criss Cross -- Page Proofs, 1994 June-August

Box 10 Folder 28 Inman, P. -- Drafts and Correspondence, circa 1993-1994

Box 10 Folder 29 Kuszai, Joel -- Manuscripts, circa 1989-1990

Manuscripts including "Dante's Golf Course" and "Brooklyn Yards."

Box 10 Folder 30 Lauterbach, Ann -- Saint Lucia -- Manuscript, 1979

Box 10 Folder 31-32 Lazer, Hank -- Manuscripts and Related Material, 1990, 2 folders

Contains manuscripts and related correspondence for "Compositions," "Placements," "From Outlaw to Classic," "This, That, or Some Other Place," "Negation," "EXPL/NEG," "Experimentation and Politics," "Atomic Epistemology and Constituent Knowledge," "Displayspace," and the collaboration "Early Days of the Lang Dynasty" with Che Qianzhi and Zhen Zhen.

Box 10 Folder 33 Levitt, Annabel -- Manuscripts, 1978

Box 10 Folder 34 Levy, Andrew -- After -- Manuscript, circa 1980s-1990s

Box 10 Folder 35 Levy, Andrew -- And Their Space Be Gone -- Manuscript, 1988

Box 10 Folder 36 Levy, Andrew -- from Indiana -- Manuscripts, circa 1980s-1990s

Box 10 Folder 37 Levy, Andrew -- The Replication of Care -- Manuscript, 1991

Box 10 Folder 38 Levy, Andrew -- Untitled Manuscript, 1985-1986

Box 10 Folder 39 Lib, Franklin -- Untitled Manuscript and Style Sheet, circa 1978

Box 10 Folder 40 Lorenzo, Rafael -- Manuscripts, circa 1970s-1980s

Contains manuscripts including "Words // For // Music," "The Walking Stick," "Position of the Mouth," "Primary Levels," and "A is A."


Box 11 Folder 1 Mac Low, Jackson -- Representative Works -- Manuscript and Related Material, 1983-1996

Contains notes and related correspondence from Jackson Mac Low and Jerome Rothenberg, who wrote the introduction to "Representative Works."

Box 11 Folder 2 Mac Low, Jackson -- Special Material Printings, 1974, 1975

"A Vocabulary for Vera Regina Lachmann" and "GURU-GURU GATHA"

Box 11 Folder 3 Mandel, Tom -- Letters of the Law -- Manuscript, 1990

Box 11 Folder 4 Mandel, Tom -- Realism -- Manuscript, 1986

Box 11 Folder 5 McCaffery, Steve -- from The New Work -- Manuscript, undated

Box 11 Folder 6 McCaffery, Steve -- North of Intention -- Partial Manuscript Corrections and Related Material, circa 1980s

Box 11 Folder 7 Miscellaneous Art, circa 1980s-1990

Contains cover art for Jerry Estrin's "Rome, A Mobile Home," "New from Roof Books" flyer circa 1988 and photographs including portraits of Melanie Nielson, Charles Bernstein, Nicole Brossard and Jackson Mac Low.

Box 11 Folder 8 Miscellaneous Manuscripts, circa 1977-1979

Contains manuscripts and related correspondence by Tracy Skillin, Susin Shapiro, and Lee Sherry's resume.

Box 11 Folder 9 Miscellaneous Manuscripts, circa 1981-1985

Contains undated and anonymous manuscripts.

Box 11 Folder 10 Miscellaneous Manuscripts, circa 1985

Contains manuscripts and related correspondence from William Fuller and Steven Fraccaro and an anonymous, untitled screenplay.

Box 11 Folder 11 Miscellaneous Manuscripts, 1980-1987

Contains manuscripts and related correspondence for Craig Watson's "Approaching the Present" and "Making a Response"; Dennis Barone's "Sonnets"; John Wilkinson's "Proud Flesh"; Michael Hoffman's "Unadulterated"; Jane DeLynn's "Via Negative"; Roberta Allen's "Gray Morning," "I'm an Old Man Now," and "Slaughterhouse;"

Box 11 Folder 12 Miscellaneous Manuscripts, undated

Box 11 Folder 13 Miscellaneous Manuscripts and Lists, circa 1982

Untitled review of Jackson Mac Low's "From Pearl Harbor Day to FDR's Birthday"; review of Michael Gottlieb's "Ninety-Six Tears"; and two lists titled "Islands of the World" / "Waterfalls of the World"

Box 11 Folder 14 Miscellaneous Manuscripts and Related Correspondence, 1977, 1982, 1983, 1992, 1996, 1997

Contains manuscript submissions and related correspondence; contains letters from Charles Bernstein, Gerald Burns, Douglas Messerli, and Gil Ott.

Box 11 Folder 15 Miscellaneous Manuscripts and Related Material, circa 1990s

Contains hand-written notes and a thin notebook


Box 19 Folder 5 Miscellaneous Manuscripts and Related Material, 1978-1980

Contains mss sent to Sherry by Paul Buck, Glenda George, Paul Green, Eric Mottram, Ulli McCarthy, and Roger Munier; contains related correspondence.


Box 11 Folder 16 Miscellaneous Manuscripts and Related Material, circa 1984

Contains ms corrections of Charles Bernstein's "Blood On the Cutting Room Floor"; correspondence from Ron Silliman and Tina Darragh, and a copy of a talk she gave called "Don't Face Off the Fractals"; ms on "New Writing on Letter Press" by anonymous.

Box 11 Folder 17 Miscellaneous Material, Undated

Contains drafts of a poem titled "Subjective Philosophies" and editorial notes from Bruce Andrews to James Sherry about dolphin communication.

Box 11 Folder 18 Mohammad, K. Silem -- Dutch Sound -- Manuscript, circa 2007

Box 11 Folder 19 Moriarty, Laura -- RONDEAU -- Correspondence and Editorial Notes, 1987-1988

Box 11 Folder 20 Moriarty, Laura -- RONDEAU -- Manuscript, 1987 July 21

Box 11 Folder 21-22 Moriarty, Laura -- RONDEAUX -- Manuscripts, circa 1988-1990, 2 folders

Box 11 Folder 23 Nadler, Alan -- Manuscripts, 1979, 1980

Includes "Cracks 31-415."

Box 11 Folder 24 Nielson, Melanie -- Sequel and Glacial Erratic -- Manuscripts, 1991

Box 11 Folder 25 Nunez, Lisa -- Manuscripts, 1977

Box 11 Folder 26 Ott, Gil -- For the Salamander -- Manuscript, 1982

Box 11 Folder 27 Ott, Gil -- Staple Bound Manuscripts (Folder 1, of 2 Folders), circa 1978-1980


Box 19 Folder 6 Ott, Gil -- Staple Bound Manuscripts (Folder 2, of 2 Folders), circa 1978-1980


Box 11 Folder 28 Pearson, Ted -- Planetary Gear -- Manuscript, 1990-1991

Box 11 Folder 29 Peppe, Michael -- Manuscripts, 1977-1979

Box 11 Folder 30 Perelman, Bob -- The Future of Memory -- Cover Art and Related Material, circa 1998

Box 11 Folder 31 Piombino, Nick -- Manuscripts, 1978 March 14

Groupings of poetry including "Call Collect," "so that the quality...", "Before," and "Synergy"; contains related correspondence.

Box 11 Folder 32 Raworth, Tom -- Untitled Manuscript, circa 1988-1990s

Box 11 Folder 33 Reed, John -- Snowball's Chance -- Manuscript, circa 2002

Box 11 Folder 34 Reed, John -- Snowball's Chance -- Uncorrected Proof, 2002

Box 11 Folder 35 Reed, John -- Snowball's Chance -- Agreements and Related Material, circa 2002

Signed Trade Author Agreements, press releases, and drafts of a letter to the Estate of George Orwell.

Box 11 Folder 36 Reed, John -- Snowball's Chance -- Articles (Newspaper), 2002

Box 11 Folder 37 Reed, John -- Snowball's Chance -- Articles (Web) and Related Material, circa 2002

Contains distribution lists, memos, related correspondence, and copies of articles and reviews.

Box 11 Folder 38 Rofihe, Rick -- Her Majesty The Queen versus Rick Rofihe -- Manuscript, circa 1990s


Box 12 Folder 1-2 ROOF II -- Manuscript Corrections, 1977, 2 folders

Contains original drafts of the poems that appeared in ROOF II.

Box 12 Folder 3 ROOF II Leftovers -- Miscellaneous Manuscripts, 1977

Box 12 Folder 4 ROOF III Leftovers -- Misc. Manuscripts, 1977


Box 19 Folder 8 ROOF II -- Camera-Ready Copy, 1977


Box 12 Folder 5 ROOF Order Form, 1977-1978

Box 12 Folder 6-7 ROOF V -- Manuscripts (2 Folders), 1978, 2 folders

Box 12 Folder 8-9 ROOF VI -- Manuscript and Related Material (Folders 1-2, of 3 Folders), 1978, 2 folders

Contains drafts and editorial notes, one complete manuscript, and photocopies of cover art; folder (3 of 3) is legal size.


Box 19 Folder 9 ROOF VI -- Manuscript and Related Material (Folder 3, of 3 Folders), 1978

Includes corrected Proofs.


Box 12 Folder 10 ROOF VII -- Camera-Ready Copy, 1978

Box 12 Folder 11 ROOF VIII -- Manuscript Corrections, 1978

Box 12 Folder 12 Rosenfield, Kim -- Excelsior Reflector -- Manuscript, circa 2001

Box 12 Folder 13 Saidenberg, Jocelyn -- Dead Letters -- Manuscript Corrections, circa 2010s

Box 12 Folder 14 Scalapino, Leslie -- Crowd and not Evening or Light -- Manuscript, circa 1992

Box 12 Folder 15 Scalapino, Leslie -- Orion -- Manuscript, 1990

Box 12 Folder 16 Seaton, Peter -- The Son Master -- Manuscript, 1982


Box 20 Folder 5 Sherry, Lee -- Manuscripts and Related Material, circa 1980-1981

Drafts including collaboration with Ted Berrigan; contains related correspondence.


Box 12 Folder 17 Shlain, Bruce -- Manuscripts, circa 1976

Box 12 Folder 18 Shulman, Jason -- Manuscripts, 1978 March 3

Box 12 Folder 19 Silliman, Ron -- Toner -- Manuscript, circa 1992

Box 12 Folder 20 Silliman, Ron -- What -- Manuscript, circa 1988

Box 12 Folder 21 Silliman, Ron -- Xing -- Manuscript, circa 1996

Box 12 Folder 22 Skutelsky, Bob -- "Why I didn't write no poems in Afghanistan" -- Manuscript, undated

Box 12 Folder 23 Sloan, Margy -- THe Argument Needs and I Shall Recieve -- Manuscript, 1990

Box 12 Folder 24 Smith, Robert Elliott -- Manuscripts, 1976

Box 12 Folder 25-26 Taggart, John -- Deep Jewels and Songs of Degrees -- Manuscripts, circa 1990s, 2 folders

Box 12 Folder 27-28 Templeton, Fiona -- The MEDEAD -- Manuscript and Related Materials, 2000 August-November, 2 folders

Box 12 Folder 29 Van Spankeren, Kathryn -- Nomads of the Interior -- Manuscript, Before 1977

Box 12 Folder 30 Waldman, Anne -- Manuscripts, circa 1970s

Box 12 Folder 31 Ward, Diane -- Facsimile -- Partial Copies, 1977-1979

Photocopies of "On Duke Ellington's Birthday", TROP-I-DOM, "The Light American", and "Theory of Emotion."

Box 12 Folder 32 Ward, Diane -- Review (Seaton) -- Manuscript, circa 1978

Box 12 Folder 33 Watten, Barrett -- Review (Bernstein) -- Manuscript, circa 1980

Box 12 Folder 34 Wellman, John -- The Paradox of Chrysippus -- Manuscript, 1981 September

Box 12 Folder 35 Wellman, John -- Tell Me -- Manuscript, undated

Box 12 Folder 36 White, Tom -- Is As-It-Is Enough? -- Manuscript, undated


Box 13 Folder 1-7 XUL Magazine -- Copies, circa 1995, 7 folders

Box 13 Folder 8 XUL Reader -- Bluelines, 1997 February

Box 13 Folder 9 XUL Reader -- Corrected Page Proofs, 1995 July 27

Box 13 Folder 10 XUL Reader -- Corrected Page Proofs, 1997 January 14

Box 13 Folder 11 XUL Reader -- Editorial Notes and Page Proofs, circa 1997

Box 13 Folder 12 XUL Reader -- Manuscript Corrections, 1996 October-November

Box 13 Folder 13 XUL Reader -- Manuscript Corrections, circa 1995-1997

Includes one 3.5" floppy disk.

Box 13 Folder 14 XUL Reader -- Page Proofs, 1997 January

Box 13 Folder 15 XUL Reader -- Partial Draft, circa 1995-1997

Box 13 Folder 16 Yau, John -- Manuscripts, circa 1970s

Box 13 Folder 17 Ziqing, Zhang -- "Does Poetry Make Anything Happen?" -- Manuscript and Editorial Notes, circa 2009

Subseries III.3: Grant Applications, 1976-circa 1997

Box 13 Folder 18-19 Sherry, James -- CAPS Grant Application, 1976, 2 folders

Box 13 Folder 20 Sherry, James -- CAPS Grant Application, 1977

Box 13 Folder 21-22 Sherry, James -- CAPS Grant Application, 1979, 2 folders

Box 13 Folder 23 Sherry, James -- Grant Application, 1980

Box 13 Folder 24 Sherry, James, Charles Bernstein, and Susan Howe -- NEH Grant Application, 1981

Box 13 Folder 25 Sherry, James -- Partial CAPS Grant Application, 1982

Box 13 Folder 26 Sherry, James -- NEA Grant Application and Related Material, 1986

Box 13 Folder 27 Sherry, James -- Guggenheim Grant Application, 1989

Box 13 Folder 28 NEA Documents, 1988-1989, 1994

Contains application form and related material for Literature Organization NEA grant by James Sherry and Henry Hills, including a Literature Field Overview Study commissioned by the NEA in 1994.

Box 13 Folder 29 NYSCA Grant -- Draft, circa 1997

New York State Council on the Arts Grant draft material