TABLE OF CONTENTS


Overview of the Collection

Biography

Scope and Content

Arrangement

Restrictions

Index Terms

Related Material

Administrative Information

Detailed Description

Series I: Works, undated, 1927-1969

Series II: Correspondence, undated, 1910-1970

Series III: Personal and Professional Papers

Series IV: Family Papers

Series V: Photographs

Series VI: Black Mountain College Records

Series VII: Ephemera

Series VIII: Related Materials

Oversized Materials






Charles Olson Research Collection



Finding aid prepared by Sean Doherty, Patricia Triplett and Amy Albert.

Finding aid encoded by Sean Doherty and Patricia Triplett.


This finding aid was prepared with generous support from the Delmas Foundation.



Archives & Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center
405 Babbidge Road, Unit 1205
Storrs, Connecticut 06269-1205



© 2004 University of Connecticut



Overview of the Collection
Repository: Archives & Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center.
Creator: Olson, Charles.
Title: Charles Olson Research Collection.
Dates: 1910-1970.
Extent: 130 linear feet.
Record Series: MSS19690001
Language English.
Abstract: The Charles Olson Research Collection contains the literary works, correspondence, photographs, and personal, professional, and family papers of writer and poet Charles Olson. This collection also includes some administrative records of Black Mountain College.

Biography

Charles Olson was born in Worcester, Massachusetts, on 27 December 1910, to Karl Joseph and Mary Hines Olson. He attended Wesleyan University where he received a B.A. in 1932 and a M.A. in 1933. He continued his graduate studies at Harvard University from 1936 to 1938. His daughter Katherine was born during his first marriage, to Constance Wilcock. His second marriage, to Elizabeth Kaiser, produced a son, Charles Peter. Elizabeth, or Betty as she was known to her friends, died tragically in a car accident in March 1964. Charles Olson received several prestigious awards during his long career, including two Guggenheim Fellowships, in 1939 and 1948; a Wenner-Gren Foundation grant in 1952; a Longview Foundation award for The Maximus Poems in 1961; and an Oscar Blumenthal Prize (Poetry magazine), 1965. Charles Olson died from cancer on 10 January 1970.

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Scope and Content

The Charles Olson Research Collection features a wide range of materials covering such diverse topics as the Life and Works of Herman Melville, Black Mountain College, the Beat Generation, the Office of Wartime Information, and the Literary and Cultural Revolution of the 1960's. Correspondents of note include T.S. Eliot, Allen Ginsberg, LeRoi Jones, and Ezra Pound. The collection includes Olson's prose and poetry, correspondence with more than 1500 individuals, documents and ephemera from Olson's personal life, family papers, photographs, newspapers, atlases, books, journals and records from Black Mountain College. The bulk of the collection dates from Olson's lifetime, 1910-1970. However, as the Archives and Special Collections continued collecting donations from friends, acquaintances and family members after Olson's death, some items in the collection date from after Olson's death.

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Arrangement

Series I: Works (undated, 1927-1969) include manuscripts of poetry and essays, project notes, notebooks, diaries, subject files, and fragments. Manuscripts of published poetry are arranged according to the critical edition in which they are collected.

Series II: Correspondence (undated, 1910-1970) encompasses over 10,000 items, including letters, postcards, telegrams, manuscripts, clippings, and manuscript envelopes. All items are filed alphabetically by last name of sender, including outgoing correspondence from Olson. Outgoing correspondence is subdivided and arranged alphabetically according to the last name of the recipient.

Series III: Personal and Professional Papers (undated, 1910-1970) contain juvenilia, academic materials, financial documents, and ephemera. This series is arranged by topic, then chronologically.

Series IV: Family Papers (undated) include documents relating to Olson's parents, wives and children, including his father's philatelic materials and Betty Kaiser's diaries.

Series V: Photographs (undated) contains more than 200 photographs of Charles Olson and his family, friends and correspondents. The Collection includes original photographs owned by Charles Olson, original photographs or copies of original prints donated to the Archives, and reference prints (copies) made by the Archives for publication or preservation. Photographs are divided into eight sub-series: Photographs taken by Charles Olson; Photographs of Charles Olson (alone and in groups); Olson's family; Friends and associates; Black Mountain College; Gloucester; Miscellaneous photographs owned by Charles Olson; and Copy prints of manuscripts.

Series VI: Black Mountain College Records () contains some official records from Black Mountain College, including student applications and financial records.

Series VII: Ephemera () contains a wide range of items, including objects such as Olson's typewriter and tarot cards. Paper ephemera is arranged by year; other objects are simply listed according to their placement on the shelves.

Series VIII: Related Materials contains materials related to Charles Olson that were donated to the University of Connecticut by individuals following Charles Olson's death. These materials may include correspondence (often between Olson and the donor), Olson manuscripts, and other items of interest. These materials are arranged by the last name of the donor.

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Restrictions

Restrictions on Access

By stipulation of some donors, some materials are restricted from research use. Consult with the Curator for further information.

Restrictions on Use

Permission to publish from these Papers must be obtained in writing from both the University of Connecticut Libraries and the owner(s) of the copyright.

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Related Material

Archives & Special Collections has a substantial collection of literary collections pertaining to Charles Olson, Black Mountain College and the Beat Generation. See especially, the papers of Ed Dorn, John Wieners and the records of Oyez Press For detailed information on these collections please contact the curator or ask at the reference desk.

Archives & Special Collections and the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center, University of Connecticut Libraries, also maintains Charles Olson's personal library. While the library is not described here as part of the papers, it should be regarded as an important primary source. A full listing of Olson's library is provided, as well as via the Libraries' online catalog, HOMER.

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Index Terms

This record series is indexed under the following controlled access subject terms.

Persons:

Olson, Charles, 1910-1970

Organizations:

Black Mountain College.

Places:

Gloucester, Massachusetts.

Subjects:

Document Types:

Administrative Records.
Artwork.
Books.
Broadsides.
Correspondence.
Diaries.
Drawings.
Financial Records.
Galley proofs.
Manuscripts.
Maps.
Newsletters.
Newspapers.
Notebooks.
Notes.
Photocopies.
Photographs.
Poems.
Publications.
School Records.
Sketches.
Typescripts.

Occupations:

Poet.

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

[Item, Folder #], Charles Olson Research Collection. Archives & Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center, University of Connecticut Libraries.

Acquisition Information

The Charles Olson Papers were purchased by the University of Connecticut from the Estate of Charles Olson in 1972. The University also purchased from the Estate the literary rights to all of Olson's writing that remained unpublished at the time of his death. Since then, the original papers have been augmented by numerous additions through purchase and by gift. In 2003, the decision was made to rename the papers The Charles Olson Research Collection to better describe the scope and content of the collection. Researchers should consult with the Curator to establish the provenance of any particular document.

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Detailed Description

Series I: Works, undated, 1927-1969
A. Maximus Poems
Individual poems are filed in order of appearance in The Maximus Poems, ed. George F. Butterick (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1983)
1:1 Epigraph to the Maximus Poems. Typescript. 4p. June 1, 1953.
1:2 I, Maximus. Typescript. 4p. May 1950.
1:3 I, Maximus. Photocopy. 3p. May 17, 1950.
1:4 Notes on the Maximus Poems "from 22 on." Manuscript/Photocopy. 28p. 1953.
1:5 I, Maximus, of Gloucester, to you. Typescript. 4p. May 1950.
1:6 The Maximus Poems 1-10. Proofs. 47p.
1:7 I, Maximus of Gloucester, to You. Galley Proof. 1p.
1:8 The Maximus Poems 1-10. Typescript/Carbon copy. 67p. ca. 1953.
1:9 Maximus, to Gloucester: Letter 2. Typescript/Carbon copy. 5p. June 2, 1951.
1:10 Maximus, to Gloucester, Letter 3. Typescript/Carbon copy. 4p.
1:11 The Songs of Maximus. Typescript. 7p.
1:12 Maximus Letter 5. Manuscript/Typescript. 9p. ca. 1953.
1:13 Letter 6. Typescript. 3p.
1:14 Letter 7. Manuscript/Typescript. 6p. Manuscript written on envelope, dated April 2, 1953, from the National Bank of Washington to CO. ca. 1953.
1:15 Tyrian Businesses. Typescript. 8p.
1:16 Letter 9. Typescript/Photocopy. 14p.
1:17 Letter 10. Typescript/Photocopy. 14p.
1:18 To Gloucester - Letter 11. Manuscript/Typescript. 24p.
1:19 Maximus, to Himself. Typescript/Carbon copy. 5p.
1:20 The Song and Dance of. Typescript/Carbon copy. 15p.
1:21 Maximus to Gloucester: Letter 14. Typescript/Carbon copy. 21p.
1:22 Maximus, to Gloucester, Letter 15. Typescript. 9p.
1:23 Letter 16. Typescript. 11p.
1:24 The Twist. Typescript. 4p. January 10, 1954.
1:25 On First Looking Out of Juan De La Cosa's Eyes. Typescript/Carbon copy. 21p.
1:26 Maximus, to Gloucester, Letter 19 (A Pastoral Letter. Typescript. 5p.
1:27 Letter 20 - not a pastoral letter. Typescript. 3p.
1:28 Maximus, at Tyre, and Boston, wherever. Typescript. 1p.
1:29 Letter 22. Manuscript/Typescript. 4p.
1:30 Letter 25. Manuscript/Typescript. 16p.
1:31 A Plantation a beginning. Typescript. 7p.
1:32 Maximus, to Gloucester [I don't mean, just like that, to put down...]. Typescript. 2p.
1:33 History is the Memory of Time. Typescript/Carbon copy. 6p.
1:34 So Sassafras. Typescript/Carbon copy. 4p.
1:35 The Picture. Typescript/Carbon copy. 4p.
1:36 The Record. Manuscript/Typescript/Carbon copy. 5p.
1:37 Some Good News. Empty.
1:38 Stiffening, in the Master Founders' Wills. Manuscript/Typescript. 12p.
1:39 Capt Christopher Levett (of York). Manuscript/Typescript/Carbon copy. 16p.
1:40 1st Letter on Georges. Typescript. 4p.
1:41 [2nd Letter on Georges.] Typescript/Carbon copy. 5p.
1:42 John Burke. Manuscript/Typescript. 7p.
1:43 Letter, May 2, 1959. Manuscript/Typescript/Carbon copy. 35p.
1:44 Maximus, to Gloucester, Sunday, July 19. Photocopy/Carbon copy. 6p.
1:45 April Today Main Street. Manuscript/Carbon copy. 20p.
2:46 Letter 41 [broken off]. Typescript/Photocopy/Carbon copy. 4p.
2:47 Maximus, From Dogtown - I. Typescript/Photocopy/Carbon copy. 25p. November 20, 1959.
2:48 All My Life I've Heard About Many. Typescript/Photocopy/Carbon copy. 4p. November 29, 1959.
2:49 A Note on the Above. Typescript/Photocopy/Carbon copy. 4p. November 29, 1959.
2:50 Maximus, From Dogtown - II. Manuscript/Typescript/Photocopy/Carbon copy. 21p.
2:51 Maximus, to himself, as of "Phoenicians." Manuscript/Typescript/Photocopy/Carbon copy. 5p. December 22, 1959.
2:52 Maximus further on (December 28th 1959). Typescript/Photocopy/Carbon copy. 4p. December 28, 1959.
2:53 For "Moira." Typescript/Photocopy. 2p. December 15, 1959.
2:54 Maximus to Gloucester, Letter 27. Typescript/Photocopy/Carbon copy. 25p.
2:55 The River - 1. Manuscript/Typescript/Photocopy. 7p. ca. October 21, 1960.
2:56 The River - 2. Manuscript/Photocopy. 4p. November 14, 1960.
2:57 The Poimanderes... Typescript/Photocopy/Carbon copy. 5p. Spring 1960.
2:58 Dogtown the dog town... Typescript/Carbon copy. 4p.
2:59 Cashes. Typescript/Photocopy/Carbon copy. 6p.
2:60 Like Mr. Pester acknowledges his sinfulness... Typescript/Photocopy/Carbon copy. 5p.
2:61 Of old times, there was a very beautiful woman... Manuscript/Typescript/Photocopy/Carbon copy. 12p. 1 page of manuscript written on the back of a letter, dated July 11, to CO from "John" [Weiners?].
2:62 They said she went off fucking every Sunday. Manuscript/Typescript/Photocopy/Carbon copy. 6p.
2:63 A Maximus. Manuscript/Typescript/Photocopy/Carbon copy/Proof. 6p. August 13.
2:64 December, 1960. Manuscript/Typescript/Photocopy/Carbon copy. 38p. December 1960.
2:65 Maximus Letter No. whatever. Typescript/Photocopy/Carbon copy. 3p.
2:66 Maximus, March 1961 - 1. Typescript/Photocopy/Carbon Copy. 7p.
2:67 Maximus, March 1961 - 2. Manuscript/Typescript/Photocopy. 9p.
2:68 The Account Book of B Ellery. Manuscript/Typescript/Photocopy. 5p.
2:69 A Maximus Song. Manuscript/Typescript. 3p. March 13, 1961.
2:70 Later Tyrian Business. Manuscript/Typescript/Photocopy. 5p. March 12, 1961.
2:71 For Robt Duncan, who understands what's going on - written because of him. Manuscript/Typescript/Photocopy. 34p. March 17, 1961.
2:72 O John Josselyn you. Typescript/Photocopy. 20p.
2:73 Further Completion of Plat. Manuscript/Typescript/Photocopy/Carbon copy. 5p.
2:74 A Prayer, to the Lord... Manuscript/Typescript/Photocopy/Carbon copy. 6p. March 28, 1961.
2:75 Bohlin 1. Manuscript/Typescript. 25p.
2:76 Bohlin 2. Manuscript/Typescript/Photocopy/Carbon copy. 8p. March 1961.
2:77 Gee avenue, what I call the upper road... Manuscript/Typescript/Photocopy. 6p.
2:78 B. Ellery Cinvat Bridge aer. Manuscript/Typescript/Photocopy. 4p.
2:79 The winning Thing. Manuscript/Typescript. 11p. 1962-1963.
2:80 Bailyn shows sharp rise... Manuscript/Typescript/Carbon copy. 3p. ca. January 4, 1964.
2:81 23 School and 16 Columbia... Manuscript/Typescript/Photocopy/Carbon copy. 5p. May 1, n.y.
2:82 The bottom backward... Manuscript/Typescript/Photocopy/Carbon copy. 5p.
2:83 Jl 17 1961. Manuscript/Typescript/Photocopy/Carbon copy. 6p. July 17, 1961.
2:84 Letter 72. Manuscript/Typescript/Photocopy/Carbon copy. 13p.
2:85 The View - July 29, 1961. Manuscript/Typescript. 37p. July 29, 1961.
2:86 Descartes soldier... Manuscript/Typescript. 6p. September 10, 1961.
2:87 In the interleaved Almanacks for 1646 and 1647 of Danforth. Manuscript/Typescript/Photocopy. 5p.
2:88 Ta meteura... Manuscript/Typescript. 2p.
2:89 Thurs Sept 14th 1961. Manuscript/Typescript/Photocopy/Carbon copy. 28p. September 14, 1961.
2:90 Of the Parsonses. Manuscript/Typescript/Photocopy/Carbon copy. 12p. September 29, 1961.
2:91 The Beginnings. Manuscript/Typescript/Photocopy/Carbon copy. 7p. October 15, 1961.
2:92 On Bemo Ledge he fell... Manuscript/Typescript/Photocopy. 7p.
2:93 The Cut. Manuscript/Typescript/Photocopy. 8p. October 18, 1961.
2:94 Scheria - ? Manuscript/Typescript/Photocopy. 6p. October 18, 1961.
2:95 My Carpenter's Son's Son's Will. Manuscript/Typescript/Photocopy. 6p.
2:96 Maximus, at the Harbor. Typescript/Photocopy/Carbon copy. 6p. October 23 and 4, 1961.
2:97 Brang that thing out... Manuscript/Typescript/Photocopy/Carbon copy. 8p. December 3, 1961.
2:98 Going Right out of the Century. Manuscript/Typescript/Photocopy/Carbon copy. 7p. November 19, 1961.
2:99 A Later Note on Letter No. 15. Manuscript/Typescript/Photocopy/Proof. Manuscript on envelope from New England Electric System to Betty Olson. 6p. January 15, 1962.
2:100 128 a mole... Manuscript/Typescript/Photocopy. Manuscript on envelope from Addison Gilbert Hospital. 4p.
3:101 "View": fr the Orontes, fr where Typhon. Manuscript/Typescript/Photocopy/Carbon copy. 6p. January 15, 1962.
3:102 The East Gloucester Young Ladies Independent Society... Manuscript/Typescript/Photocopy/Carbon copy. 6p. October 2, 1960.
3:103 Patriotism is the preserved park... Manuscript/Typescript/Photocopy. 6p. Manuscript of poem written on letter, dated June 8, 1960, to President, Black Mountain College, from Leo Marcus, President of Girltown Inc.
3:104 Bk ii chapter 37. Manuscript/Typescript/Photocopy/Galley Proof. 11p. Manuscript of poem written on back of manuscript of note, undated, from CO to Jean Katz.
3:105 The rocks in Settlement Cove... Manuscript/Typescript/Photocopy/Carbon copy. 5p.
3:106 My memory is the history of time. Typescript/Manuscript/Photocopy. 3p.
3:107 Peloria... Manuscript/Typescript/Photocopy/Carbon copy. 6p. November 12, 1961.
3:108 In the Face of a Chinese View of the City. Manuscript/Typescript/Photocopy/Carbon copy. 12p. January 5, 1962.
3:109 Shag Rock... Manuscript/Typescript/Photocopy/Carbon copy. 7p.
3:110 While on Obadiah Bruen's Island... Manuscript/Typescript/Photocopy/Carbon copy. 6p. Manuscript poem written on back of note, undated, from "the Snowbird" to CO and Betty.
3:111 A 'learned man' sd Strabo... Manuscript/Typescript. 4p. January 17, 1962.
3:112 Cyprus, the strangled Aphrodite... Manuscript/Typescript/Photocopy. 6p. January 17, 1962.
3:113 After the storm was over... Manuscript/Typescript/Photocopy/Carbon copy. 5p. January 17, 1962.
3:114 To travel Typhon from the old holdings... Manuscript/Typescript/Photocopy/Carbon copy. 8p. January 18, n.y.
3:115 Up the steps, along the porch... Manuscript/Typescript/Photocopy/Carbon copy. 8p. January 18, 1962.
3:116 People want delivery... Manuscript/Typescript/Photocopy/Carbon copy. 5p. January 18, n.y.
3:117 The Coast goes from Hurrian Hazzi to Tyre... Manuscript/Typescript/Photocopy/Carbon copy. 7p. January 19, 1962.
3:118 Tesserae. Manuscript/Typescript/Photocopy/Carbon copy. 7p. Manuscript poem written on back of letter, undated, to CO from Oyez Press. January 19, 1962.
3:119 Lane's eye-view of Gloucester... Manuscript/Typescript/Photocopy/Carbon copy. 7p.
3:120 Older than Byblos... Typescript/Photocopy/Carbon copy. 4p.
3:121 Chronicles. Manuscript/Typescript/Photocopy/Carbon copy. 13p. January 23, 1962.
3:122 Sanuncthion lived before the Trojan War... Manuscript/Typescript/Photocopy/Carbon copy. 9p.
3:123 John Watts took salt... Typescript/Photocopy/Carbon copy. 4p.
3:124 3rd letter on Georges. Manuscript/Typescript/Photocopy. 16p.
3:125 The Gulf of Maine. Manuscript/Typescript. 9p.
3:126 Existed 3000 BC? Manuscript/Typescript/Photocopy. 6p. Manuscript written on statement of earnings for the Italian edition of The Distances, from Grove Press, Inc., dated 1962.
3:127 Phalaropes... Manuscript/Typescript/Photocopy. 7p.
3:128 Aristotle and Augustine... Manuscript/Typescript/Photocopy. 9p. ca. April 1962.
3:129 Off-upland... Manuscript/Typescript/Photocopy/Carbon copy. 8p. June 17, 1962.
3:130 The earth with a city in her hair... Manuscript/Typescript/Photocopy/Carbon copy. 6p. September 29, 1962.
3:131 So now let all the ships come in... Manuscript/Typescript/Photocopy. 8p.
3:132 HEPIT-NAGA-ATOSIS. Manuscript/Typescript/Photocopy/Carbon copy. 6p. October 11 or 13, n.y.
3:133 Barbara Ellis, ramp. Manuscript/Typescript/Photocopy/Carbon copy. 5p. October 12, 1962.
3:134 The diadem of the Dog... Manuscript/Typescript/Photocopy/Carbon copy. 8p. October 19, 1962.
3:135 They brawled on the streets... Manuscript/Typescript/Photocopy. 6p. November 5, n.y.
3:136 Out over the land skope view... Manuscript/Typescript/Photocopy/Carbon copy. 12p. November n.y.
3:137 Part of the Flower of Gloucester. Manuscript/Typescript/Photocopy. 6p.
3:138 Veda upanishad edda than. Manuscript/Typescript/Photocopy. 3p.
3:139 Wrote my first poems... Typescript/Photocopy. 4p. November n.y.
3:140 The 1st lot from the Cutt... Manuscript/Typescript/Photocopy/Carbon copy. 6p.
3:141 I am the Gold Machine... Alternative title: Almadine. Typescript/Photocopy/Carbon copy. 6p. November 19, 1962.
3:142 In the harbor... Manuscript/Typescript/Photocopy. 6p. November 23, 1962.
3:143 Kent Circle Song. Manuscript/Typescript/Photocopy. 8p.
3:144 I swung out... Manuscript/Typescript/Photocopy. 5p. Manuscript on flattened box of Robt. Burns Cigarillos.
3:145 JW (from the Danelaw)... Manuscript/Typescript. 5p. November 23, 1962.
3:146 Proem. Manuscript/Typescript/Photocopy/Carbon copy. 19p. November 21, 1962.
3:147 Not the intaglio method... Manuscript/Typescript/Photocopy/Carbon copy. 9p. November 23, n.y.
3:148 The Battle of the Small Animals. Manuscript/Typescript/Photocopy. 6p. November 25, 1962.
3:149 Monday, November 26th, 1962. Manuscript/Typescript/Photocopy/Carbon copy. 5p. November 26, 1962.
3:150 He who walks with his house on... Manuscript/Typescript/Photocopy/Carbon copy. 5p. November 27, 1962.
3:151 She who met the serpent in the pond... Manuscript/Typescript/Photocopy/Carbon copy. 5p. November 27, n.y.
3:152 The woman who said she went out every Sunday... Manuscript/Typescript/Photocopy/Carbon copy. 5p. November 27, 1962.
3:153 Into the stream... Manuscript/Typescript. 3p. Manuscript written on Western Union Telegram envelope.
3:154 The Frontlet. Manuscript/Typescript/Photocopy. 9p. Manuscript written on Tish 15, A Poetry Newsletter - Vancouver, dated November 14, 1962. December 9, 1962.
3:155 Homo Anthropos... Manuscript/Typescript/Photocopy/Carbon copy. 7p. January 10, 1963.
3:156 To enter into their bodies... Manuscript/Typescript/Photocopy/Carbon copy. 12p. January 23, 1963.
3:157 The Cow of Dogtown. Manuscript/Typescript/Photocopy/Carbon copy. 31p. February 11, 1963.
3:158 Stage Fort Park. Manuscript/Typescript/Photocopy/Carbon copy. 12p. January 4, 1964.
3:159 Further Completion of Plat (before they drown Dogtown with a reservoir, and beautify it. Manuscript/Typescript/Photocopy. 19p. February 16, 1963.
3:160 Sequentior. Manuscript/Typescript/Photocopy/Carbon copy. 5p. Manuscript written on envelope, dated November 29, 1962, from YMCA Cape Ann to CO. February 22, 1963.
3:161 Licked man (as such)... Manuscript/Typescript/Photocopy/Carbon copy. 5p. Manuscript written together with manuscript by Peter Olson.
3:162 Gylfaginning VI. Manuscript/Typescript/Photocopy/Carbon copy. 5p.
3:163 Heaven as sky is made of stone... Typescript/Photocopy/Carbon copy. 4p.
3:164 All night long I was a Eumolpidae... Manuscript/Typescript/Photocopy/Carbon copy. 5p. Manuscript written on envelope, dated February 27, 1963, from Ronald Johnson to CO.
3:165 The Vault of Heaven, from which the rains spring... Manuscript/Typescript/Photocopy/Carbon copy. 8p. Manuscript written on back of letter dated February 23, 1963, from Ronald Johnson to CO.
4:166 Turn out your ever-loving arms... Manuscript/Typescript/Photocopy. 3p.
4:167 "At the boundary of the mighty world." Manuscript/Typescript/Photocopy/Carbon copy. 22p.
4:168 Maximus, From Dogtown -- IV. Manuscript/Typescript/Photocopy/Carbon copy/Proofs/Galley Proofs. 64p.
4:169 I looked up and saw its form through everything... Manuscript/Typescript/Photocopy/Carbon copy. 5p.
4:170 One of the Bronze Plaques Which Decorate These Shores... Typescript/Photocopy/Carbon copy. 3p.
4:171 A Letter, on FISHING GROUNDS OF by Walter H. Rich. Typescript/Photocopy/Carbon copy. 6p.
4:172 Maximus, to Gloucester, Letter 157. Typescript/Photocopy/Carbon copy. 13p.
4:173 Why light, and flowers?... Typescript/Photocopy/Carbon copy. 9p. May 23, 1963.
4:174 You drew the space in reticule... Typescript/Photocopy/Carbon copy. 5p.
4:175 Civic Disaster. Manuscript/Typescript/Photocopy/Carbon copy. 7p.
4:176 June 6th, 1963. Typescript/Photocopy/Carbon copy. 8p. June 6, 1963.
4:177 Into the hill... Manuscript/Typescript/Photocopy/Carbon copy. 3p.
4:178 The distances up and down... Manuscript/Typescript/Photocopy. 7p. August 8, 1966.
4:179 Tantrist sat saw on the Lingam... Typescript/Photocopy/Carbon copy. 3p.
4:180 I stand up on you, Fort Place. Manuscript/Typescript/Photocopy/Carbon copy. 5p.
4:181 Rotundum... Manuscript/Photocopy. 4p.
4:182 Or Lindsay roared upon the town firing barges... Manuscript/Typescript/Photocopy/Photostat. 21p.
4:183 13 vessels... Manuscript/Typescript/Photocopy/Carbon copy. 15p. Manuscript written on letter, dated May 29, 1963, from Jeremy Prynne to CO. June 1963.
4:184 The lap of one of the two women... Manuscript/Typescript/Photocopy. 6p. Manuscript written on envelope, date June 12, 1963, from Totem Press to CO.
4:185 A Contract Entered Into By the Aforesaid Ship... Manuscript/Typescript/Photocopy. 12p.
4:186 The River Map and we're done. Manuscript/Typescript/Photocopy. 8p. June 15, 1963.
4:187 I set out now in a box upon the sea. Manuscript/Typescript/Photocopy/Carbon copy. 3p.
4:188 Having descried the nation... Manuscript/Typescript. 2p.
4:189 Said Mrs. Tarantino... Manuscript/Typescript. 6p.
4:190 Bona Dea... Manuscript/Proof. Manuscript written on envelope, dated March 23, 1963, from Ken Irby to CO.
4:191 The last man... Empty.
4:192 I believe in God... Empty.
4:193 I told the woman... Empty.
4:194 Main Street is deserted... Manuscript. 6p.
4:195 Imbued with the light of heaven... Manuscript. 23p.
4:196 I looked up and saw... Empty.
4:197 The shape of Weymouth... Manuscript/typescript. 2p. Manuscript written on back of envelope, dated June 28, 1963, from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation to CO. June 29, 1963.
4:198 It says the Amitie sailed for New England with etc... Manuscript/Typescript. 3p.
4:199 The Return to the Mail-Bag... Manuscript/Typescript. 2p.
4:200 Followed his sow to apples... Manuscript. 1p.
4:201 The authority of Cape Ann... Manuscript. 1p. Manuscript written on a copy of excerpts from three letters, one dated March 9, 1963, from Ed Dorn to "Ken", the second undated from Robert Kelly, and the third dated October 27, 1963, from Ron Loewinsohn to "Fred."
4:202 Ships for the West Indies... Manuscript/Typescript. 3p.
4:203 Watch-house Point... Empty.
4:204 West Gloucester. Manuscript/Typescript/Photocopy. 6p.
4:205 Williams Stevens, first to venture... Manuscript. 5p.
4:206 Stevens song. Typescript. 1p. Manuscript notebook separated to "Notebooks."
4:207 The Bulgar... Manuscript. 2p.
4:208 Astride the Cabot fault... Manuscript/Typescript. 12p.
4:209 Rages strain Dog of Tartarus... Manuscript/Typescript. 15p. February 12, n.y.
4:210 7 years and you cld carry cinders in yr hand... Typescript. 1p.
4:211 Wonis kvam... Typescript. 1p.
4:212 The Condition of the Light from the Sun. Manuscript. 1p. Written on back of State of New York Employee's Statement of Salary and Deductions, dated December 11, 1963.
4:213 Signature to Petition. Manuscript. 2p. Broadsheet copy of poem separated to oversized materials.
4:214 Space and Time the saliva... Empty.
4:215 The Alligator... Manuscript/Typescript. 2p.
4:216 Sun upside down... Manuscript. 14p.
4:217 "Home", to the shore... Manuscript/Typescript. 2p. March 14, 1964.
4:218 Her Headland... Typescript. 1p.
4:219 To have the bright body of sex and love... Manuscript/Typescript. 2p. March 28, n.y.
4:220 Maximus to himself June 1964. Manuscript. 1p.
5:221 Publish my own soul... Typescript. 1p. August 1, 1964.
5:222 I believe in religion not magic or science... Typescript. 1p.
5:223 Fire it back into the continent... Typescript. 1p.
5:224 The sky of Gloucester... Manuscript/Typescript. 3p. Manuscript written on photocopies of poems by Victor Coleman, Gerrit Lansing, Diane Di Prima, William Dorn and Kidder Smith. August 6, n.y.
5:225 The-Man-With-The-House-On-His-Head... Manuscript/Typescript. 3p. August 8, 1964.
5:226 The Feathered Bird of the Harbor of Gloucester. Manuscript/Typescript. 3p. August 8, 1964.
5:227 Coiled, throughout the system... Typescript. 1p. August 8, 1964.
5:228 Right at the Cut... Typescript. 1p.
5:229 The Wolf slinks off... Manuscript. 1p.
5:230 There was a salt-works at Stage Fort. Manuscript/Typescript. 2p. August 19, 1964.
5:231 The NEW Empire. Typescript. 1p. August 20, n.y.
5:232 The Cormorant and the Spindle... Manuscript/Typescript. 5p. Manuscript written on back of shipping envelope, undated, from Peter Smith to CO.
5:233 Cole's Island. Manuscript/Typescript/Photocopy. 17p. September 9, 1964.
5:234 My shore, my sounds, my earth... Manuscript. 1p.
5:235 Hector-body... Manuscript/Typescript. 1p. and 1 notebook. January 20, 1965.
5:236 Sweet Salmon... Photocopy. 1p. March 15, 1965.
5:237 Poem 143. The Festival Aspect. Manuscript/Typescript. 8p. March 29, 1965.
5:238 George Decker... Photocopy. 2p.
5:239 Ramp: to eat God's food raw. Typescript. 1p. April 1, 1965.
5:240 He came accompanied by the night... Manuscript/Typescript. 3p. Manuscript written on enveloped, dated March 15, 1965, from the Socratic Literary Society to CO. ca. March 30, 1965.
5:241 "Each Night is No Loss..." Manuscript. 5p. ca. July 28, 1965.
5:242 Maximus, in Gloucester Sunday, LXV. Manuscript/Typescript. 4p. August 22, 1965.
5:243 "O Quadriga..." Manuscript/Photocopy. 5p. Manuscript written on back of letter, dated August 3, from Michel Beaujois to CO. ca. August 3, 1965.
5:244 Fierce work it were to do again. Photocopy. 1p. ca. August-September 1965.
5:245 The Savages, or Voyages of Samuel de Champlain of Brouage. Typescript. 3p. Manuscript note on back of last page.
5:246 Physically, I am home... Manuscript. 7p. September 29, 1965.
5:247 North in the ice... Manuscript. 2p. September 29, n.y.
5:248 Lost from the loss of her dragger... Manuscript. 1p.
5:249 The Ocean. Manuscript/Typescript. 2p. and 1 notebook. Typescript note from CO to "Harv" at bottom of page 2. September 30, 1965.
5:250 Dogtown - Ann, Robinson Davis... Typescript. 3p. Typescript note from CO to "Robert" on top of page 1.
5:251 To make those silent vessels go... Manuscript. 4p.
5:252 Cornely... Manuscript. 4p.
5:253 "Cromlech" of course it is... Manuscript. 6p.
5:254 Echidna is the bite of the asp... Empty.
5:255 "Cut Creek," the River is... Manuscript. 2p.
5:256 Maximus of Gloucester. Manuscript/Typescript. 3p. Manuscript written on card, "SMILE: Deaf Mute Educational System." November 5, 1965.
5:257 The Death of Carl Olsen. Manuscript. 6p. November 5, 1965.
5:258 Tall in the Fort... Manuscript/Typescript. 2p. November 18, 1965.
5:259 Here in the Fort my heart doth harden... Manuscript. 1p.
5:260 Migration in fact... Photocopy. 1p. November 20, 1965.
5:261 The winter the Gen. Starks was stuck. Manuscript/Typescript. 5p. December 21, 1965.
5:262 December 22nd. Manuscript. 1p.
5:263 The whole thing has run so fast away... Typescript. 1p. Typescript note from CO to "Dearest Kate" at top of page. January 9, 1966.
5:264 Like mountains... Manuscript. 1p.
5:265 Sunday, January 16, 1966. Manuscript/Typescript. 1p. January 16, 1966.
5:266 These People sat right out my window too. Photocopy. 1p. January 18, 1966.
5:267 On the Earth's Edge... Photocopy. 2p. January 18, 1966.
5:268 Snow At Evening. Manuscript. 1p. Written on envelope, postmarked January 17 n.y., from Artist's Workshop Press to CO. January 20, 1966.
5:269 If the Deaths Do Not Stop We'll Have No Earth or Years Left. Typescript. 1p. January 21, 1966.
5:270 February 3, 1966 High Tide 10.6 Feet 8:43 AM. Manuscript/Typescript. 2p. February 3, 1966.
5:271 The Land as Haithubu. Photocopy. 1p. ca. February 4, 1966.
5:272 A 3rd morning it's beautiful... Manuscript. 12p. February 7, 1966.
5:273 I have been an ability - a machine... Manuscript. 12p.
5:274 That island floating in the sea... Manuscript. 1p. June 17, 1962.
5:275 The Mountain of no difference... Manuscript. 1 notebook.
5:276 Bottled up for days... Manuscript. 3p.
5:277 Got me home, the light snow gives the air, falling. Manuscript/Typescript. 2p. February 16, 1966.
5:278 Same thought - 2. Manuscript/Typescript. 2p. February 16, n.y.
5:279 The living hand... Manuscript. 1p.
5:280 The Day's Beginnings. Manuscript. 2p. March 7, 1966.
6:281 Valorem is rate... Manuscript. 1p.
6:282 As of Parsonses or Fishermans Field or Cressy Beach... Manuscript. 5p. March 29, 1966.
6:283 White ships all covered with ice... Manuscript. 1p.
6:284 The northwest course of shifting man... Manuscript. 1p. April 3, 1966.
6:285 The moon is the measure... Photocopy. 1p.
6:286 The Groaner shakes louder... Manuscript. 1p. April 1966.
6:287 Land's End - Times End and then. Manuscript. 3p. Manuscript written on envelope, postmarked April 8, 1966, from Timothy Leary Defense Fund to CO. April 11, 1966.
6:288 Light signals and mass points. Manuscript. 2p.
6:289 Having developed the differences... Manuscript/Typescript. 3p. and 1 notebook. April 25, 1966.
6:290 Just as Morning Twilight and the Gulls, The Full Flower Moon, Gloucester, May 1966. Manuscript. 3p. May 3, 1966.
6:291 Essay on Queen Tiy. Manuscript. 1 notebook.
6:292 The usefulness of tramping out with great care... Manuscript/Typescript. 9p. and 1 notebook.
6:293 Oceania, the Child of the Moment of the Maid and Thought. Manuscript. 1 notebook. Manuscript written on CO's checkbook and blank checks.
6:294 Mareoceanum. Manuscript. 1p.
6:295 To my Portuguese... Manuscript. 5p. June 15, 1966.
6:296 Same day, Later. Manuscript. 1p.
6:297 When do poppies bloom... Manuscript. 2p. June 15, 1966.
6:298 An Art Called Gothonic. Manuscript/Typescript. 4p. and 1 notebook. June 14, n.y.
6:299 Night June 19th with some hope my own daughter... Manuscript/Typescript. 2p.
6:300 This town works at dawn... Manuscript. 1p. Written on envelope, postmarked June 17, 1966, from Harcourt, Brace and World, Inc. to CO. June 20, 1966.
6:301 The hour of the evening... Photocopy. 7p. July 12, 1966.
6:302 The history of Earth... Manuscript. 1p. Written on letter, dated July 14, 1966, from "Robert" to CO.
6:303 Migration in fact... Manuscript. 2p. August 8, n.y.
6:304 The boats' lights in the dawn... Photocopy. 3p.
6:305 Out of the light of Heaven... Manuscript. 9p. February 7, 1967.
6:306 Hotel Steinplatz, Berlin, December 25 (1966). Manuscript/Typescript. 5p. Manuscript written on letter, dated November 30, 1966, from C. Richard Clark to CO. December 25, 1966.
6:307 11 o'clock at night... Manuscript. 1p.
6:308 Celestial evening, October 1967. Manuscript. 4p. October 1967.
6:309 (Literary Result). Manuscript/Typescript. 3p. October 18, 1967.
6:310 The Telesphere. Manuscript. 2p. November 15, 1967.
6:311 Sun right in my eyes... Manuscript. 1p. Written on envelope. December 2, 1967.
6:312 Great Washing Rock... Manuscript. 2p. December 24, 1967.
6:313 The sea's boiling... Manuscript. 1 leather-bound "Week-At-A-Glance" notebook. ca. December 1967.
6:314 The salmon of wisdom... Manuscript. 1p. January 29, 1968.
6:315 That's the combination... Empty.
6:316 That there was a woman in Gloucester... Manuscript. 2p. February 18, 1968.
6:317 Added to making a Republic... Manuscript. 6p. Written on letter and envelope, dated February 1, 1968, from Joyce Benson to CO. March 6, 1968.
6:318 Wholly absorbed... Manuscript/Photocopy. 2p. March 1968.
6:319 Take the earth in under a single review... Manuscript. 1p. and 1 book. Manuscript written on "The Blue Stairs (poems) by Barbara Guest, New York: Corinth Books, 1968. Manuscript also written on typescript note, dated March 23-24, from unknown to "my dear Charles".
6:320 That great descending light of day... Manuscript. 1p. July 21, n.y.
7:321 And melancholy. Manuscript. 1p. July 23, 1968.
7:322 Outer Darkness Inner Schoodic... Manuscript. 2p.
7:323 Above the head of John Day's pasture land... Manuscript/Carbon copy. 24p. June 30, 1968.
7:324 I'm going to hate to leave this Earthly Paradise. Manuscript/Typescript/Proof. 30p. August 5, 1968.
7:325 December 18th. Manuscript/Typescript. 6p. December 18, 1968.
7:326 Flower of the underworld. Manuscript. 1p.
7:327 Between Cruiser and Plato... Manuscript/Typescript. 3p. Manuscript written on back of postcard, dated December 27, 1968, from Radcliffe College to CO. January 1, 1969.
7:328 Full moon [staring out window... Manuscript. 1p. March 4, 1969.
7:329 The first of morning... Manuscript. 1 notebook. April 20, 1969.
7:330 The left hand is the calyx of the Flower... Manuscript. 1p. Written on the back cover of "A Curriculum for the Study of the Soul: Pleistocene Man" by Charles Olson, Institute of Further Studies, 1968. April 20, 1969.
7:331 The Island, the River, the shore... Manuscript. 1p. May 24, 1969.
7:332 Just to have her body in my mind... Manuscript. 1p. June 18, 1969.
7:333 Enyalion of brown earth... Manuscript. 1 notebook. June 22, 1969.
7:334 Slowness which are an amount... Manuscript. 2p. Written on letter, dated June 20, from "Al" to CO. June 23, 1969.
7:335 I was bold, I had courage... Manuscript. 40p. June 26, 1969.
7:336 Golden Venetian Light From Back of Agamenticus Height Falling Like Zeus' dust All Over the River and marsh as Night Falling. Manuscript/Typescript. 5p. Manuscript written on envelope, postmarked June 12, 1969, from D. Hise to CO. June 28, 1969.
7:337 Short Possible Poem to Follow... Manuscript. 1 notebook. June 29, 1969.
7:338 His health, his poetry, and his love... Manuscript. 1 notebook. July 16, 1969.
7:339 Thank God I chose a Protestant Federalist town. Typescript. 4p. July 16, 1969.
7:340 The unit the smallest there is. Manuscript/Typescript. 3p. July 16, 1969.
7:341 Father Sky Mother Earth. Manuscript. 7p. and 1 notebook. Manuscript written on some materials from "The Marquis Biographical Library Society." July 15, 1969.
7:342 Mother of the tides... Manuscript. 2p. July 28, 1969.
7:343 Melkarth of Tyre... Photocopy. 1p. September 11, 1969.
7:344 Nasturtium is still my flower... Empty.
7:345 I live underneath the light of day... Empty.
7:346 The Blow is Creation... Manuscript. 39p. November 26, 1969.
7:347 My wife my car my color myself. Manuscript. 1p. ca. 1969.
8:348 Early Proofs and Notes (1/3). Manuscript/Typescript/Photocopy/Carbon copy. 26p.
8:349 Early Proofs and Notes (2/3). Manuscript/Typescript/Photocopy/Carbon copy. 25p.
8:350 Early Proofs and Notes (3/3). Manuscript/Typescript/Photocopy/Carbon copy. 28p.
8:351 Notes to publisher regarding proofs. Manuscript/Typescript/Photocopy/Carbon copy. 41p.
9:352 Maximus Poems IV, V, VI: Front matter. Photocopied proof. 3p.
9:353 Maximus Poems Book IV (p. 1-71). Photocopied proof. 75p.
9:354 Maximus Poems Book V (p. 72-108). Photocopied proof. 38p.
9:355 Maximus Poems Book VI (p. 109-171). Photocopied proof. 65p.
9:356 Maximus Poems IV, V, VI: Four Point Section (p. 172-191). Photocopied Proof. 22p.
10:357 Maximus Poems: Book IV (p. 1-71). Photocopied proof. 74p. Copy 2.
10:358 Maximus Poems: Book V (p. 72-108). Photocopied proof. 39p. Copy 2.
10:359 Maximus Poems: Book VI (p. 109-171). Photocopied proof. 64p. Copy 2.
10:360 Maximus Poems IV, V, VI: Four Point Section (p. 172-191). Photocopied proof. 21p. Copy 2.
11:361 Maximus Poems IV, V, VI: galley proofs (1/4). Photocopy. 33p.
11:362 Maximus Poems IV, V, VI: galley proofs (2/4). Photocopy. 32p.
11:363 Maximus Poems IV, V, VI: galley proofs (3/4). Photocopy. 26p.
11:364 Maximus Poems IV, V, VI: galley proofs (4/4). Photocopy. 29p.
11:365 Maximus Poems IV, V, VI: cover, front matter printer proof. Photocopy. 2p.
11:366 Maximus Poems IV, V, VI: dedication page proof. Original print. 1p.
11:367 Maximus, From Dogtown: printer proofs and notes. Manuscript/Print/Photocopy. 14p.
12:368 Maximus IV, V, VI: annotated poems. Manuscript/Typescript. 12p.
12:369 Maximus IV, V, VI: notes and poems. Manuscript/Typescript. 24p.
12:370 Maximus IV, V, VI: notes. Manuscript. 17p.
12:371 Maximus IV, V, VI: rejected poems. Manuscript/Typescript. 9p.
B. The Distances
13:372 The Distances. Galley Proof. p. 1-19, Front Matter. ca. February 1961.
13:373 The Distances. Galley Proof. p. 20-39. ca. February 1961.
13:374 The Distances. Galley Proof. p. 40-60. ca. February 1961.
13:375 The Distances. Galley Proof. p. 61-76. ca. February 1961.
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