Michael McClure Papers, 1958-1968

Summary Information

At a Glance

Call No.:
MS#0816
Bib ID:
4079060 View CLIO record
Creator(s):
McClure, Michael
Repository:
Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Physical Description:
93 items (1 box)
Language(s):
English .
Other Finding Aids

http://www.columbia.edu/cu/libraries/inside/projects/findingaids/scans/pdfs/30_LY-MAL_06.pdf

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.

Description

Summary

Letters from McClure to David Meltzer discussing McClure's writings, especially during a visit to New York in 1961. Also, three poems sent to Meltzer; one letter, dated 1965, and addressed to Joe Pinelli; letters from McClure to his agent, Max Gartenberg, 1965-1967, concerning his negotiations with Grove Press; and 43 drafts of his MEAT SCIENCE ESSAYS, published by City Lights Books in 1963 and 1966.

Arrangement

Using the Collection

Other Finding Aids

http://www.columbia.edu/cu/libraries/inside/projects/findingaids/scans/pdfs/30_LY-MAL_06.pdf

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.

Conditions Governing Use

This collection has no restrictions.

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); Michael McClure 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

Source of acquisition--409622C. Method of acquisition--Purchase; Date of acquisition--04/24/81. Accession number--M-81-04-24.

About the Finding Aid / Processing Information

Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Processing Information

Cataloged Christina Hilton Fenn 08/--/89.

Revision Description

2023 December PDF replaced with full finding aid, Madelyn Elizondo and YH

Biographical / Historical

Poet. McClure was born in 1932.

Subject Headings

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Genre/Form
Poems CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Name
Gartenberg, Max CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Grove Press CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Meltzer, David CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Pinelli, Joe CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Place
New York (N.Y.) -- Description and travel CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Subject
American poetry -- 20th century CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Beat literature CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Beats (Persons) in literature CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Bohemianism CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Literary agents CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Literature publishing CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Poets, American CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Publishers and publishing CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID