First Poems of American Poets records, 1969-1970

Summary Information

Description

Summary

Correspondence and manuscripts of many authors who were asked to contribute to the proposed anthology, as well as letters from publishers to whom the project had been offered. Among the cataloged correspondents are: John Ashbery, W.H. Auden, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, David Ignatow, W.S. Merwin, Ron Padgett, and May Sarton.

Arrangement

Selected materials cataloged; remainder arranged. Materials are organized in one series.

Using the Collection

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Terms Governing Use and Reproduction

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); First Poems of American Poets records; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.

Accruals

Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Files: Source of acquisition--2293B. Method of acquisition--Purchase; Date of acquisition--03/23/1995. Accession number--M-95-03-23.

About the Finding Aid / Processing Information

Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Processing Information

Files Cataloged 10/17/2000.

Biographical sketch

This was to be an anthology of very early poems by contemporary American authors edited by Allan Appel and Daniela Gioseffi. It was never published.

Subject Headings

The subject headings listed below are found in this collection. Links below allow searches for other collections at Columbia University, through CLIO, the catalog for Columbia University Libraries, and through ArchiveGRID, a catalog that allows users to search the holdings of multiple research libraries and archives.

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Genre/Form
Essays	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Manuscripts (documents)	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Poems	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Name
Anderson, Jack, 1935-	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Appel, Allan	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Ashbery, John, 1927-2017	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Auden, W. H. (Wystan Hugh), 1907-1973	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Bly, Robert	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Ciardi, John, 1916-1986	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Codrescu, Andrei, 1946-	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Eberhart, Richard, 1904-2005	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Elmslie, Kenward	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Ferlinghetti, Lawrence	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Gardner, Isabella	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Giorno, John	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Gioseffi, Daniela	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Glück, Louise, 1943-	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Goyen, William	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Hall, Donald, 1928-2018	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Ignatow, David, 1914-1997	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Justice, Donald, 1925-2004	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Koch, Kenneth, 1925-2002	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Merwin, W. S. (William Stanley), 1927-	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Padgett, Ron	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Rosenthal, M. L. (Macha Louis), 1917-1996	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Rukeyser, Muriel, 1913-1980	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Sanders, Ed	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Sarton, May, 1912-1995	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Starbuck, George, 1931-1996	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Unterecker, John, 1922-1989	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Subject
American literature -- 20th century	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Authors	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Essayists	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Poets	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Publishers and publishing	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Publishers and publishing	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID