Jeni Couzyn papers, 1969-1971

Summary Information

At a Glance

Call No.:
MS#0291
Bib ID:
4078656 View CLIO record
Creator(s):
Couzyn, Jeni
Repository:
Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Physical Description:
0.5 linear feet (1 box)
Language(s):
English .
Access:
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Description

Summary

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

Arrangement

Selected materials cataloged; remainder arranged.

Using the Collection

Restrictions on Access

You will need to make an appointment in advance to use this collection material in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room. You can schedule an appointment once you've submitted your request through your Special Collections Research Account.

This collection is located on-site.

This collection has no restrictions.

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); Jeni Couzyn papers; 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

Accession number--M-59.

About the Finding Aid / Processing Information

Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Processing Information

Cataloged Christina Hilton Fenn 06/--/89.

PDF finding aid deemed duplicative, fall 2018.

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.

Subject Headings

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Genre/Form
Galley proofs CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Manuscripts (documents) CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Poems CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Name
Camden Festival CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Causley, Charles, 1917-2003 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Day Lewis, C (Cecil), 1904-1972 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Hughes, Ted, 1930-1998 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Logue, Christopher, 1926-2011 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
London Poetry Secretariat CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
MacDiarmid, Hugh, 1892-1978 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Poets' Trust CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Snyder, Gary CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Zukofsky, Louis, 1904-1978 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Subject
English literature -- 20th century CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
English poetry -- 20th century CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID