Finding aid of the Carol Muske-Dukes papers 0349
Steve Bingo, Joanna Chen Cham, Jacqueline Morin, Sue Luftschein, and Bo Doub.
USC Libraries Special Collections
2009
Doheny Memorial Library 206
3550 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles, California 90089-0189
specol@usc.edu
Contributing Institution:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Title: Carol Muske-Dukes papers
Creator:
Muske-Dukes, Carol
Identifier/Call Number: 0349
Physical Description:
55.02 Linear Feet
111 boxes
Date (inclusive): 1957-2023
Abstract: The Carol Muske-Dukes papers consist of the literary works, academic files, and personal papers, photographs, and correspondence
of Carol Muske-Dukes, California poet laureate and USC professor of creative writing. The materials cover the period from
early 1957 to 2023.
Language of Material:
English
.
Biographical note
Carol Muske-Dukes is a writer and educator, whose body of work stretches from the 1970s forward and whose achievements as
an educator include the founding of two creative writing programs--one for inmates of New York area prisons and the other,
a PhD. program in Literature and Creative Writing at the University of Southern California (USC). Muske-Dukes, an accomplished
poet, novelist, and essayist, has won a number of different awards, including the Alice Fay Di Castagnola Award (Poetry Society
of America), the Witter Bynner Award (Library of Congress), and fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the
John Simon Guggenheim Foundation. While Muske-Dukes' career in education includes a number of notable positions, including
brief stints at the University of Iowa's International Writing Program, University of California at Irvine, and the Writing
Division at Columbia University, her most notable achievements include the establishment of the aforementioned doctoral program
in Literature and Creative Writing at USC and Free Space/Art Without Walls. What is distinctive about Muske-Dukes as both
an artist and educator--though it is perhaps false to draw a line between the two--involves the blurring or challenging of
conventional boundaries: the boundary between art and science (as evident in her novel Saving St. Germ), the boundary between
"high" culture that the academic world can embody and the street culture which may be attributed to the incarcerated, and
between established themes that have marked the tradition of Western literature and the more politically charged themes that
may be seen as less transcendent in nature.
Carol Muske-Dukes was born in St. Paul, Minnesota on December 17, 1945. In an article written for the December 29, 2002 edition
of the New York Times, Muske-Dukes recalls the impact that her mother, Elizabeth, made in shaping her relationship to the
English language. According to Muske-Dukes, her mother's ability to recite poems, a result from her schooling during the Great
Depression, incubated Carol Muske-Dukes' ability to learn "words with my body as well as my brain." Muske-Dukes went on to
graduate with a B.A. from Creighton University and an M.A. from San Francisco State College in 1970 (currently San Francisco
State University).
After spending time abroad, Muske-Dukes settled in New York where she established Free Space/Art Without Walls in 1972, a
writing program for female inmates at Riker's Island Prison, and developed her craft as a poet. Over the course of her time
in New York and the various writers' conferences she attended in the 1970s, Muske-Dukes developed collegial relationships
with Mark Strand, Grace Schulman, Daniel Halpern, Thomas Lux, and John Irving, amongst others. In 1975, the University of
Pittsburgh Press published Camouflage, Muske-Dukes' first book of poems. In 1979, Muske-Dukes won the Alice Fay Di Castagnola
Award from the Poetry Society of America, and in 1981, Doubleday published Skylight, her second book of poems. During her
final years in New York, Muske-Dukes accepted visiting teaching positions at the University of Iowa and University of California
at Irvine. At Irvine, Muske-Dukes met long time confidants Charles Wright, as well as Sherod Santos and Lynne McMahon (both
students at the time), and at Iowa, she developed a friendship with Larry Levis.
In 1981, Muske-Dukes was awarded a fellowship from the Guggenheim Foundation, which enabled her to travel to Italy to work
on her third book of poems. In Italy, Muske-Dukes met actor David Dukes, whom she would marry in 1983. Shortly after the marriage,
she and David moved to California, where their daughter, Annie, was born, also in 1983. By 1985, the University of Pittsburgh
Press published Muske-Dukes' third book of poems, Wyndmere, which traces an arc from her family's roots in the upper-Midwest
to poems voiced through the future-looking lens of a new mother. Muske-Dukes' first novel, Dear Digby (published by Viking-Penguin),
was published in 1989, an effort that spanned nearly a decade including an initial collaboration with Ms. editor Curtis Catherine
Ingham. Applause, which contains several poems that center around illness and the body, was also published in 1989 (by University
of Pittsburgh). Saving St. Germ and Red Trousseau, were both published in 1993 (by Viking and Penguin respectively). Saving
St. Germ, concerns the relationship between a biochemist and her daughter, who has a rather unique relationship to language.
As part of her background research for this book, Muske-Dukes corresponded with a number of biochemists, including Richard
Lewontin. Red Trousseau, like St. Germ focuses, in part, on how the mind connects and shapes the world through language. 1997
saw the completion of a volume of new and collected poems titled An Octave Above Thunder as well as Women and Poetry, a volume
of essays about influential female voices in British and American poetry. 2001 saw the publication of Life After Death (Random
House), Muske-Dukes' third novel. In October of 2000, Muske-Dukes' husband, David Dukes, died unexpectedly from a heart attack.
In the wake of this loss, Muske-Dukes compiled a collection of essays titled Married to the Icepick Killer (Random House),
which included work previously published by Muske-Dukes as well some original pieces, and Sparrow (Random House), a finalist
for the 2004 National Book Award.
In 1985, the University of Southern California hired Muske-Dukes to teach Creative Writing. While at USC, Muske-Dukes helped
establish the doctoral program in Literature and Creative Writing. The program accepted its first class of students for the
fall of 2001, making it one of only a handful of such programs in the nation. Among Muske-Dukes' other achievements during
her tenure at USC are the Witter Bynner award from the Library of Congress (awarded in 1997) and the establishment of the
David Dukes Memorial Scholarship, which is awarded to students at USC's School of Theatre.
In 2007, Random House published Channeling Mark Twain, Muske-Dukes' fourth novel, a semi-autobiographical work following the
story of a poet teaching writing to female inmates at Riker's Island. Like Dear Digby, Channeling Mark Twain is the culmination
of years of drafts and revisions, including a novel titled Edelweiss and a short story titled "Contraband," which would eventually
become the opening chapter of Twain. As this novel represents a process that spans a large bulk of Muske-Dukes' career, it
is perhaps fitting that it interweaves poetry with prose, "high" culture with popular, the act of teaching with that of creation,
political themes with those transcendent of the novel's historical moment; that is, the avenues down which have helped define
Muske-Dukes' career.
In 2009, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger appointed Muske-Dukes as California's poet laureate.
Scope and Content
The Carol Muske-Dukes papers consist of the literary works, academic files, and personal papers, photographs, and correspondence
of Carol Muske-Dukes, California poet laureate and USC professor of creative writing. The materials cover the period from
early 1957 to 2023.
Organization
Organized by series: I. Works by Carol Muske-Dukes; II. Academic Files; III. Correspondence; IV. Works by Others; V. Ephemera;
VI. Publications; VII. Photographs; VIII. Audio-Visual Materials.
Conditions Governing Access
Advance notice required for access.
Conditions Governing Use
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Manuscripts Librarian.
Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended
to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
Access to the contents of Box 22, Folder 10 is permitted only with the authorization of Carol Muske-Dukes.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Carol Muske-Dukes papers, Collection no. 0349, University Archives, Special Collections, USC Libraries,
University of Southern California
Related Material
David Dukes Papers, T-Mss 2004-012. Billy Rose Theater Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.
Processing Information
The Carol Muske-Dukes papers consists of two major (and many smaller) accessions --the first in 2006, the remainder beginning
in 2008 and continuing on a regular basis. The first accession consisted of Muske-Dukes' major literary archive--correspondence
with well-known authors and celebrities; manuscripts, typescripts, and notes for her major works published up to that point;
poetry and prose by her contemporaries; teaching materials (USC and Art Without Walls); and additional material (some ephemera,
photographs, and personal materials). The materials received after 2006 consist primarily of correspondence, most of it casual
or personal in nature, and additional materials related to both Muske-Dukes' publications and teaching. The second, and later,
accessions have been, where appropriate, integrated with the material from the first accession. The correspondence, however,
has been treated separately, and can be found in the the Correspondence by Date subseries. Subsequent accessions since the
first two are unprocessed but are included in this finding aid.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
American literature -- 20th century -- Archival resources
American poetry -- 20th century -- Archival resources
Authors, American -- 20th century -- Archival resources
Creative writing (Higher education) -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources
Poets, American -- 20th century -- Archival resources
Women authors -- 20th century -- Archival resources
Audiocassettes
Clippings
Compact discs
Correspondence
Ephemera
Manuscripts
Moving images
Notes
Photographs
Realia
Scrapbooks
Typescripts
Muske-Dukes, Carol -- Archives
Bloom, Harold -- Correspondence
Boyle, T. Coraghessan -- Correspondence
Dukes, David -- Archives
Levis, Larry -- Archives
Lux, Thomas -- Archives
Rich, Adrienne -- Correspondence
Strand, Mark -- Archives
University of Southern California -- Faculty
Wright, Charles -- Correspondence
Works by Carol Muske-Dukes
Scope and Contents
Contained in this series are drafts, proofs, and manuscripts of various works by Carol Muske-Dukes both published and unpublished.
Drafts of poems have been collected under their individual titles unless there is evidence that the author or publisher compiled
the poems to resemble a book form. In addition to documenting the process through which Muske-Dukes created her works, this
series contains publicity regarding the works, as well as published reviews. Overall, this series is intended to trace the
life of Muske-Dukes' works from their creation to their reception by the literary world.
Organization
Series I consists of the following subseries: 1. Poetry, 2. Prose, 3. Scripts/Screenplays, 4. Notebooks, 5. Interviews, 6.
Juvenilia and Student Papers.
Poetry
Abstract: The files for book length works were maintained according to original groupings found upon receipt with the following exceptions:The
proofs for Octave Above Thunder were rearranged to combine the "Rough Pages," and at least one completed proof without "Rough
Pages." The untitled manuscript of early work was cobbled together from poems contained in a folder titled "Early Work" according
to a table of contents also contained in the folder.
Applause (1989)
Scope and Contents
Manuscripts, reviews, and publicity for Applause, which was published in 1989.
Box 1, Folder 1-2
Manuscripts
Scope and Contents
Three edited manuscripts of Applause, including an early version titled After Care.
Box 1, Folder 3
Reviews and Publicity
circa 1989
Scope and Contents
Reviews of Applause and announcements for readings and publication. Announcement from January 27, 1989 Publisher's Weekly
was sent to Muske-Dukes by Peter Oresick, Promotion and Marketing Director for University of Pittsburgh Press.
Box 102, Folder 4
[Blue Rose correspondence and drafts]
2017, undated
Box 104, Folder 4
[Blue Rose draft and correspondence]
Box 109, Folder 6
Blue Rose promotional material
Box 1, Folder 4
Reviews and Publicity
Scope and Contents
Reviews of Camouflage, announcements for readings, and one copy of finished book.
Box 50
"Camouflage," paperback cover only
Box 48, Folder 5
Eye of the Poet, Manuscript
2000
Scope and Contents
Manuscript for Eye of the Poet: Six Views of the Art and Craft of Poetry, to which Carol Muske-Dukes contributed.
An Octave Above Thunder: New and Selected Poems (1997)
Scope and Contents
Manuscript, proofs, associated cover letters and cover sheets, reviews, and publicity for An Octave Above Thunder, which was
published in 1997.
Box 1, Folder 5, Box 103
Manuscript
Scope and Contents
Edited manuscript of An Octave Above Thunder.
Box 1, Folder 6-7
Proofs
Scope and Contents
Three proofs of An Octave Above Thunder from different moments in the publishing process and associated cover letters and
fax cover sheets.
Box 2, Folder 1
Proofs (Cont.)
Scope and Contents
Continuation of file consisting of three proofs for An Ocatve Above Thunder that starts in Box 1, Folder 6.
Box 2, Folder 2
Reviews, Cover Designs, and Publicity
Scope and Contents
Reviews, proofs of potential cover designs, and announcements of An Octave Above Thunder.
Box 52, Box 108, Folder 4
Outside Santa Fe
2009, 2015
Scope and Contents
Poster of Outside Santa Fe, printed by Amaranth Borsuk at Otis Laboratory Press, August 2009. Inscribed to Claude Zachary
by Carol Muske-Dukes, January 26, 2015.
Red Trousseau (1993)
Scope and Contents
Drafts (compiled by Muske-Dukes), manuscripts, proofs, reviews, publicity, contract, and associated correspondence for Red
Trousseau, which was published in 1993.
Box 2, Folder 3, Box 54, Folder 23
Drafts
circa 1991
Scope and Contents
A file of drafts and a letter to a literary agent, dated 8/2/1991, compiled by Muske-Dukes. Most drafts are for poem titled
"M. Butterfly." Includes draft for "Red Trousseau".
Box 2, Folder 4-6
Manuscripts
Scope and Contents
One incomplete manuscript and two complete manuscripts of Red Trousseau.
Box 2, Folder 7-8
Proofs
Scope and Contents
3 proofs of Red Trousseau and cover letter from Michael Hardart of Viking Penguin Books dated 7/20/1993.
Box 2, Folder 9
Reviews, Publicity, and Contract
circa 1991
Scope and Contents
Contract with Penguin USA dated 8/22/1991, in addition to reviews and announcements for readings and publication of Red Trousseau.
Skylight (1981)
Scope and Contents
Two manuscripts, three proofs, one copy of finished work, reviews, publicity, and dust jacket cover for Skylight, which was
published in 1981.
Box 2, Folder 10-12, Box 89
Manuscripts
Scope and Contents
Three manuscripts of Skylight.
Box 3, Folder 1
Proofs
Scope and Contents
Three proofs of Skylight.
Box 3, Folder 2
Reviews, Publicity, Dust Jackets, and Finished Copy
Scope and Contents
Three dust jackets for Skylight, in addition to reviews, an announcement for reading, an advertisement for release, and a
finished copy of Skylight.
Sparrow (2003)
Scope and Contents
Proofs, reviews, advertisements, and announcement of publication for Sparrow, which was published in 2003.
Box 3, Folder 2-3
Proofs
2002-2003
Scope and Contents
One incomplete proof (faxed 9/17/2002) and one complete proof (with cover letter from Lee Boudreaux dated 1/9/2003) of Sparrow.
Box 3, Folder 5
Reviews and Publicity
Scope and Contents
Reviews, advertisements, and an announcement of publication for Sparrow.
Box 54, Folder 33, Box 79, Folder 1-5, Box 83, Folder 2
Sparrow [typescript]
undated
Box 50
"Sparrows," signed copy
2003
Box 50
"Sparrows," advance uncorrected proof
2003
Wyndmere (1985)
Scope and Contents
Proofs, advertisements, and copyright permissions associated with Wyndmere, which was published in 1985.
Box 3, Folder 6, Box 48, Folder 3
Proofs
Scope and Contents
Four proofs of Wyndmere including drafts of "A Fresco," a revised version of "Reentering Eden." One proof is located in Box
48, Folder 3.
Box 3, Folder 7
Reviews, Publicity, and Copyright Permissions
circa 1985-1986
Scope and Contents
Reviews, advertisements, excerpts, and copyright permissions for Wyndmere. Also, one review essay titled "Adulthood of a Genre,"
by Alberta Turner. Review from the June 1, 1985 issue of Library Journal was enclosed in a October 1, 1985 letter from Kathy
McLaughlin, Editorial Assistant at the University of Pittsburgh Press. Review from July 14, 1985 issue of The Forum was encolsed
with a July 17, 1985 letter from the editors of the newspaper. Flyer advertising "50 Years of Books" from University of Pittsburgh
press was enclosed in a letter from Peter Oresick dated May 16, 1986.
Box 62, Folder 7
Wyndmere [introduction?]
undated
Untitled/Unidentified Manuscripts
Scope and Contents
Incomplete manuscript of an early untitled work.
Box 3, Folder 8
Manuscript
Scope and Contents
An incomplete manuscript of an early untitled work. Many of the poems contained in this manuscript found their way into Muske-Dukes'
first book of poems, Camouflage.
Box 48, envelope 1, Box 62, Folder 10-11, Box 66, Folder 3-7, Box 81, Folder 5
[Unidentified manuscripts]
Physical Description: On CD-R.
Box 65, Folder 8, Box 86, Folder 3
[Manuscript fragments]
undated
Individual Poems
Abstract: This grouping contains drafts, proofs, and photocopies of individual poems written by Muske-Dukes, including those appearing
in book length works.
Box 3, Folder 9
3 Weathers
Scope and Contents
One typewritten draft of a poem titled "3 Weathers" removed from file labeled "Early Work."
Box 3, Folder 10
The Actor's Daughter
Scope and Contents
One handwritten draft of a poem titled "The Actor's Daughter."
Box 3, Folder 11
Amaurosis
Scope and Contents
One handwritten draft of a poem titled "Amaurosis."
Box 3, Folder 12, Box 83, Folder 1
Anna
Scope and Contents
Typed drafts of a poem titled "Anna." This poem appears in Wyndmere, which was published in 1985.
Box 3, Folder 13
Applause
Abstract: Five typed drafts of a poem titled "Applause." This poem appears in a book also titled Applause, published in 1989.
Box 3, Folder 14
Appraisal
Scope and Contents
One handwritten draft of a poem titled "Appraisal."
Box 3, Folder 15
The Artificial Child
Scope and Contents
One typed draft of a poem titled "Artificial Child" (unedited).
Box 3, Folder 16
Asbestos
Scope and Contents
Two typed drafts with a page of handwritten revisions of a poem titled "Asbestos." This poem was printed in Applause, published
in 1989.
Box 3, Folder 17
At Yoga Class
Scope and Contents
One photocopy of a poem titled "At Yoga Class" as it appears in Ms. Magazine. This poem also appears in Camouflage, published
in 1975.
Box 3, Folder 18
Attica: Death Studies
Scope and Contents
One handwritten and two typed drafts of a poem titled "Attica: Death Studies."
Box 4, Folder 1
Audition
Scope and Contents
Three typed and one handwritten draft of a poem titled "Audition."
Box 4, Folder 2
August, Los Angeles Lullaby
Scope and Contents
Eighteen typed drafts of a poem titled "August, Los Angeles, Lullaby." This work was printed in Wyndmere, published in 1985.
Box 4, Folder 3
Avalanche
Scope and Contents
One handwritten draft and some notes under the title "Avalanche."
Box 4, Folder 4
Big Sur
Scope and Contents
One typed draft of a poem titled "Big Sur."
Box 4, Folder 5
Blue Streak
Scope and Contents
One typed draft of a poem titled "Blue Streak."
Box 4, Folder 6
The Booby
Scope and Contents
One typed draft of a poem titled "The Booby" removed from file labeled "Early Work."
Box 4, Folder 7
Box (fr. Applause)
Scope and Contents
Thirteen typed drafts and one handwritten draft of a poem titled "Box." This poem was printed in Applause, published in 1989.
Box 4, Folder 8
Box (fr. Sparrow)
Scope and Contents
Three typed drafts and one emailed draft (to Mark Doty) of a poem titled "Box." This poem was printed in Sparrow, published
in 2003.
Box 4, Folder 9
Building the Sky
Scope and Contents
One typed draft of a poem titled "Building the Sky."
Box 4, Folder 10
By Heart
Scope and Contents
One typed draft of a poem titled "By Heart" removed from file labeled "Early Work." This poem appears in the untitled manuscript
contained in this collection.
Box 4, Folder 11
Census
Scope and Contents
Typed drafts and three handwritten draft of a poem titled "Census." This poem was printed in Applause, published in 1989.
Box 4, Folder 12
Chameleon
Scope and Contents
Two drafts of a poem titled "Chameleon" removed from file labeled "Early Work." While this short poem shares similar phrases
and imagery as "Camouflage," the table of contents included in the untitled manuscript indicates that "Chameleon" and "Camouflage"
are two different poems.
Box 4, Folder 13
Character
Scope and Contents
Four drafts of a poem titled "Character." This poem appears in Red Trousseau, published in 1992.
Box 4, Folder 14
Cheap Scent
Scope and Contents
Three typed drafts of a poem titled "Cheap Scent," and photocopy of the poem as it appeared in Ms. Magazine.
Box 4, Folder 15
Child with Six Fingers
Scope and Contents
One typed unedited draft of a poem titled "Child with Six Fingers" removed from file labeled "Early Work." This poem appears
in the untitled manuscript contained within this collection.
Box 4, Folder 16
Conversation Triolet
Scope and Contents
One draft of a poem titled "Conversation Triolet."
Box 4, Folder 17
The Counterfeiter
Scope and Contents
Three unedited drafts of a poem titled "The Counterfeiter" removed from file labeled "Early Work." This poem appears in the
untitled manuscript contained within this collection.
Box 4, Folder 18
December 8th
Scope and Contents
One proof a poem titled "December 8th" printed in the Michigan Quarterly Review (Vol. 36, No. 1: Winter 1997).
Box 4, Folder 19
De-tasseling
Scope and Contents
One typed and one handwritten draft of a poem titled "De-tasseling" removed from file labeled "Early Work." This poem appears
in the untitled manuscript listed in this collection.
Box 4, Folder 20
Dream
Scope and Contents
Typed drafts of a poem titled "Dream." This poem appears in Applause, published in 1989.
Box 4, Folder 21
Elocution: Touch
Scope and Contents
One typed draft of a poem titled "Elocution: Touch." This poem appears in Skylight, published in 1981.
Box 4, Folder 22
The Empty Chair
Scope and Contents
One typed and one emailed draft (to Mark Doty) of a poem titled "The Empty Chair." This poem appears in Sparrow, published
in 2003.
Box 4, Folder 23
Epithamalion
Scope and Contents
One handwritten draft of a poem titled "Epithamalion."
Box 4, Folder 24
Essays on Revolution Written in a Class that Ran Out of Time
Scope and Contents
Two typed drafts and a preservation photocopy of a poem titled "Essays on Revolution Written in a Class that Ran Out of Time"
removed from file labeled "Early Work." The photocopy is take from The San Francisco Quarterly, Vol.6, No. 1 (Winter, 1970).
This poem also appears in the untitled manuscript listed in this collection.
Box 4, Folder 25
The Eulogy
Scope and Contents
Ttyped drafts of a poem titled "The Eulogy." This poem appears in Applause, published in 1989.
Box 4, Folder 26
Excelsior
Scope and Contents
One handwritten draft of a poem titled "Excelsior."
Box 4, Folder 27
Ex-Embassy
Scope and Contents
Thirteen typed drafts and two handwritten drafts of a poem titled "Ex-Embassy." This poem appears in Applause, published in
1989.
Box 4, Folder 28
The Faceless Emigre
Scope and Contents
Three uneditted typed drafts of a poem titled "The Faceless Emigre" removed from file labeled "Early Work." This poem appears
in the untitled manuscript listed in this collection.
Box 4, Folder 29
The Family
Scope and Contents
One typed draft of a poem titled "The Family."
Box 3, Folder 30
The Fault
Scope and Contents
Six typed and one handwritten draft of a poem titled "The Fault." Perhaps a precursor to a poem by the same title that appears
in Skylight, published in 1981. Poem based in part on a journal Muske-Dukes wrote while living in Irvine. Pages from this
journal are included in the "Notes and Maps" file in the Ephemera series, the Box ????, Folder ????.
Box 4, Folder 31
Federal Offense
Scope and Contents
Three typed drafts of a poem titled "Federal Offense."
Box 4, Folder 32
Field Trip
Scope and Contents
One photopy of a poem titled "Field Trip." This poem appears in Red Trousseau, published in 1992.
Box 4, Folder 33
Fishing
Scope and Contents
Two typed drafts of a poem titled "Fishing" removed from file labeled "Early Work." This poem appears in the untitled manuscript
listed in this collection.
Box 4, Folder 34
For Annie (Sounding)
Scope and Contents
Typed and handwritten drafts of a poem titled "For Annie." This poem is most likely a precursor to "Sounding," which is dedicated
to Muske-Dukes' daughter, Annie Cameron. The drafts of "For Annie" share the following images with "Sounding": A man taking
an ultrasound of Annie/Annie's fingers lifting "as if to stave off a sudden wind"/The speaker's heart beating with the heart
of her unborn daughter
Box 4, Folder 35, Box 101, Folder 24
A Former Love, a Lover of Form
Scope and Contents
One typed draft of a poem titled "A Former Love, a Lover of Form." This poem appears in Wyndmere, published in 1985.
Box 4, Folder 36
Freezing to Death
Scope and Contents
One typed draft of a poem titled "Freezing to Death." This poem appears in Camouflage, published in 1975.
Box 4, Folder 37
Getting Out of the Body
Scope and Contents
Three typed drafts of a poem titled "Getting Out of the Body."
Box 4, Folder 38
Giraffe Song
Scope and Contents
One typed draft of a poem titled "Giraffe Song" removed from file labeled "Early Work." This poem appears in the untitled
manuscript listed in this collection.
Box 4, Folder 39
Gold Side Car
Scope and Contents
One handwritten draft of a poem titled "Gold Side Car."
Box 4, Folder 40
Golden Retriever
Scope and Contents
Two drafts of a poem per specifications for The New Yorker with attached cover letter dated 11/3/1983. One unmarked draft.
This poem appears in Skylight, published in 1981.
Box 4, Folder 41
Great Spirit
Scope and Contents
Two typed drafts of a poem titled "Great Spirit."
Box 4, Folder 42
Haunting the Graveyard
Scope and Contents
Three drafts of a poem titled "Haunting the Graveyard."
Box 4, Folder 43
Having Fled the Cite Universitaire, Paris, 1970
Scope and Contents
Four typed drafts of a precursor to "Having Fled the Cite Universitaire, Paris, 1970," titled "Twenty-Four, Paris, 1970."
This poem appears in An Octave Above Thunder, published in 1997.
Box 4, Folder 44
Hemophilia
Scope and Contents
One typed draft of a sestina titled "Hemophilia."
Box 4, Folder 45
I Go to Hell
Scope and Contents
One unedited typed draft of a poem titled "I Go to Hell" removed from file labeled "Early Work."
Box 4, Folder 46
I Think
Scope and Contents
One typed draft of a poem titled "I Think."
Box 4, Folder 47
Ideal
Scope and Contents
Nine typed drafts and one handwritten draft of "Ideal." Early drafts are titled "Lord, let me not have hate." This poem appears
in Applause, published in 1989.
Box 4, Folder 48
Immunity
Scope and Contents
Thrity-seven typed drafts of a poem title "Immunity." This poem appears in Applause, published in 1989.
Box 4, Folder 49
The Importance of
Scope and Contents
One typed unedited draft of "The Importance of." This poem appears in Sparrow, published in 2003.
Box 4, Folder 50
In Media Res
Scope and Contents
One typed and one handwritten draft of a poem titled "In Media Res."
Box 4, Folder 51
Inquisition
Scope and Contents
One typed draft of a poem titled "Inquisition."
Box 4, Folder 52
Iphigenia
Scope and Contents
Two drafts of a poem titled "Iphigenia."
Box 54, Folder 20
Kate Jackson's Angst (A Prose Poem)
Box 4, Folder 53
Kind (August 1974: A Tapestry)
Scope and Contents
Four typed drafts and one handwritten draft of a poem titled "Kind" that most likely is a precursor to "August 1974: A Tapestry,"
which appears in Applause, published in 1989.
Box 4, Folder 54
Le Hot Jazz
Scope and Contents
Two typed drafts of a poem titled "Le Hot Jazz." This poem appears in Sparrow, which was publised in 2003.
Box 4, Folder 55
Learning the Light Step
Scope and Contents
Three typed drafts and one handwritten draft of a poem titled "Learning the Light Step."
Box 4, Folder 56
Light Years
Scope and Contents
One typed draft of a poem titled "Light Years."
Box 4, Folder 57
Lines from the Private Eye
Scope and Contents
One typed draft of a poem titled "Lines from a Private Eye."
Box 4, Folder 58
M. Butterfly
Scope and Contents
Two typed drafts of a poem titled "M. Butterfly." This poem appears in Red Trousseau, published in 1992.
Box 5, Folder 1
Machine
Scope and Contents
One typed draft of a poem titled "Machine." This poem appears in Sparrow, published in 2003.
Box 5, Folder 2
Magnificat
Scope and Contents
One photocopy of a poem titled "Magnificat." This poem appears in Sparrow, published in 2003.
Box 5, Folder 3
Masks in Rain
Scope and Contents
Two typed drafts and one emailed draft (to Grace [Schulman?]) of a poem titled "Masks in Rain." This poem appears in Sparrow,
published in 2003.
Box 5, Folder 4
Microwave
Scope and Contents
One typed draft of a poem titled "Microwave" removed from file labeled "Early Work."
Box 5, Folder 5
Minnesota (Fairy Tale)
Scope and Contents
Five typed and four handwritten drafts of a poem titled "Minnesota," which may be a precursor to "Fairy Tale." "Fairy Tale"
appears in Wyndmere, published in 1985.
Box 5, Folder 6
Monk's House, Rodmell
Scope and Contents
Typed drafts and two clippings from The Antioch Revies of a poem titled "Monk's House, Rodmell." This poem appears in Applause,
published in 1989.
Box 5, Folder 7
Mono, 1967
Scope and Contents
One unedited draft of a poem titled "Mono, 1967."
Box 5, Folder 8
My Will
Scope and Contents
One handwritten draft of a poem titled "My Will."
Box 5, Folder 9
Night Without Objects
Scope and Contents
One handwritten draft of a poem titled "Night Without Objects."
Box 5, Folder 10
An Octave Above Thunder
Scope and Contents
Various incomplete drafts of a poem titled "An Octave Above Thunder." This poem appears in a book by the same name published
in 1997.
Box 5, Folder 11
Old Heroes Revisited
Scope and Contents
One draft of a poem titled "Old Heroes Revisited."
Box 5, Folder 12, Box 79, Folder 11
Opium
Scope and Contents
One typed draft of a poem titled "Opium." This poem appears in Skylight, published in 1981.
Box 5, Folder 13
Our Side
Scope and Contents
One typed draft and one handwritten fragment of a poem titled "Our Side." This poem appears in Sparrow, published in 2003.
Box 5, Folder 14
The Owl and the Plum
Scope and Contents
Ttyped drafts of a poem titled "The Owl and the Plum" removed from file labeled "Early Work." This poem appears in the untitled
manuscript listed in this collection.
Box 5, Folder 15
Pacemaker
Scope and Contents
Seven typed drafts of a poem titled "Pacemaker." This poem appears in An Ocatve Above Thunder, published in 1997.
Box 5, Folder 16
The Painter's Daughter
Scope and Contents
One typed draft of a poem titled "The Painter's Daughter." This poem appears in Skylight, published in 1981.
Box 5, Folder 17
Palm Sunday
Scope and Contents
One typed draft of a poem titled "Palm Sunday."
Box 5, Folder 18
The Pan Handler
Scope and Contents
One typed draft of a poem titled "The Pan Handler."
Box 5, Folder 19
The Paper Hanger
Scope and Contents
One handwritten draft of a poem titled "The Paper Hanger" removed from file labeled "Early Work." This poem appears in the
untitled manuscript listed in this collection.
Box 5, Folder 20
Pediatrics
Scope and Contents
Two typed drafts of a poem titled "Pediatrics." This poem appears in Applause, published in 1989.
Box 5, Folder 20
Pick Up Sticks
Scope and Contents
Typed drafts of a poem titled "Pick Up Sticks." This poem appears in Applause, published in 1989.
Box 5, Folder 21
Players
Scope and Contents
One typed draft of a poem titled "Players." This poem appears in Sparrow, published in 2003.
Box 5, Folder 22
Poem
Scope and Contents
Three typed drafts of a poem titled "Poem" removed from file labeled "Early Work." This poem appears in the untitled manuscript
listed in this collection.
Box 5, Folder 23
Poem
Scope and Contents
Two typed drafts and one handwritten draft of a poem titled "Poem."
Box 5, Folder 24
The Poet Macho
Scope and Contents
One handwritten draft of a poem titled "The Poet Macho" removed from file labeled "Early Work."
Box 5, Folder 25, Box 79, Folder 12
Prague: Two Journals
Scope and Contents
One typed untitled precursor to a poem titled "Prague: Two Journals," which appears in Red Trousseau, published in 1992.
Box 5, Folder 26
Proteus in Hollywood
Scope and Contents
Five typed drafts of a poem titled "Proteus in Hollywood."
Box 5, Folder 27
Rain
Scope and Contents
One unedited typed draft of a poem titled "Rain" removed from file labeled "Early Work." This poem appears in the untitled
manuscript listed in this collection.
Box 80, Folder 2, Box 104, Folder 6
Box 5, Folder 28
Real Decorations
Scope and Contents
One unedited typed draft of a poem titled "Real Decorations."
Box 5, Folder 29
Rendevous with a Harp
Scope and Contents
One typed draft of a poem titled "Rendevous with a Harp" removed from file labeled "Early Work." This poem appears in the
untitled manuscript listed in this collection.
Box 5, Folder 30
Replica
Scope and Contents
One typed draft of a poem titled "Replica."
Box 5, Folder 31
Retired Schoolteacher
Scope and Contents
One typed draft of a poem titled "Retired Schoolteacher."
Box 54, Folder 24
The Return of Weldon Kees/ Finding Weldon Kees
Box 5, Folder 32
Rhythms
Scope and Contents
One typed draft of a poem titled "Rhythms" removed from file labeled "Early Work."
Box 5, Folder 33
Richochet
Scope and Contents
Seven typed drafts of a poem titled "Richochet." This poem was published in the The New York Times (June 22, 1995).
Box 5, Folder 34
Rite
Scope and Contents
One typed draft of a poem titled "Rite" removed from file labeled "Early Work." This poem appears in the untitled manuscript
listed in this collection.
Box 5, Folder 35
Romeo
Scope and Contents
One typed draft of poem titled "Romeo." This poem appears in Sparrow, published in 2003.
Box 5, Folder 36
Safe
Scope and Contents
One typed draft of a poem titled "Safe."
Box 5, Folder 37
Separator
Scope and Contents
Three typed drafts of a poem titled "The Separator." This poem appears in Wyndmere, published in 1985.
Box 5, Folder 38
Sesimbra
Scope and Contents
One draft of a poem titled "Sesimbra."
Box 5, Folder 39
Shock
Scope and Contents
One typed draft of a poem titled "Shock" removed from file labeled "Early Work." This poem appears in the untitled manuscript
listed in this collection.
Box 5, Folder 40
Short Histories of the Sea
Scope and Contents
Typed drafts and handwritten fragment of "Short Histories of the Sea." This poem appears in Skylight, published in 1981.
Box 5, Folder 41
The Skaters (A Swan Dream)
Scope and Contents
Two typed drafts of a poem titled "The Skaters (A Swan Dream)."
Box 5, Folder 42
Skid
Scope and Contents
This poem appears in Applause, published in 1989.
Box 5, Folder 43
Sled
Scope and Contents
Typed drafts of a poem titled "Sled."
Box 5, Folder 44
Sleeping Beauty
Scope and Contents
Two typed drafts of a poem titled "Sleeping Beauty."
Box 5, Folder 45
Slot Machine
Scope and Contents
Two typed drafts of a poem titled "Slot Machine" removed from file labeled "Early Work." This poem appears in the untitled
manuscript listed in this collection.
Box 5, Folder 46
Solar Machinery
Scope and Contents
Two typed drafts of a poem titled "Solar Machinery."
Box 5, Folder 47
Song for the Soon to Be Orphaned
Scope and Contents
One typed draft of a poem titled "Song for the Soon to Be Orphaned" removed from file labeled "Early Work."
Box 5, Folder 48
Songs for Traveling South
Scope and Contents
One typed draft of "Songs for Traveling South" removed from file labeled "Early Work." This poem appears in the untitled manuscript
listed in this collection.
Box 5, Folder 49
Stage and Screen, 1989
Scope and Contents
Copy of a poem titled "Stage and Screen, 1989" as it appears in Red Trousseau, published in 1992.
Box 5, Folder 50
The Star of Quoquoe, L.I.
Scope and Contents
One typed draft of a poem titled "The Star of Quoque, L.I."
Box 5, Folder 51
Stepfather
Scope and Contents
Typed drafts of a poem titled "Stepfather" removed from file labeled "Early Work." This poem appears in the untitled manuscript
listed in this collection.
Box 5, Folder 52
Still Life with Supernintendo
Scope and Contents
Two typed drafts of a poem titled "Still Life with Supernintendo" with a clipping from The New Yorker and a handwritten fragment
attached to one of the drafts.
Box 5, Folder 53
Strange Interlude
Scope and Contents
Three typed drafts and one emailed draft (to Mark Doty) of a poem called "Strange Interlude." This poem appears in Sparrow,
published in 2003.
Box 5, Folder 54
Summer Cold
Scope and Contents
Four typed drafts and three photopies of a poem titled "Summer Cold" labeled "May 12th: 1986 The New Yorker" and one photocopy
of a handwritten copy on letterhead reading "1989-90 Poetry Readings and Seminars at the Folger Shakespeare Library." This
poem appears in Applause, published in 1989.
Box 5, Folder 55
Teaching at the School for the Gifted
Scope and Contents
Four typed drafts of "Teaching at the School for the Gifted." This poem appears in An Octave Above Thunder, published in 1997.
Box 5, Folder 56
There is a Man
Scope and Contents
One handwritten draft of a poem titled "There is a Man."
Box 5, Folder 57
Three Letters
Scope and Contents
One handwritten draft of a section II from the sequence "Three Letters," "To J." This poem appears in Wyndmere, published
in 1985.
Box 54, Folder 30
Though My Little Daughter Plays with An Ideal Farmyard
Box 54, Folder 31
To My Muse/ New Year's Eve
Box 5, Folder 58
To the Subway Pervert
Scope and Contents
One unedited draft of a poem titled "To the Subway Pervert."
Box 5, Folder 59
Trees
Scope and Contents
Two typed drafts of a poem titled "Trees" removed from file labeled "Early Work." This poem appears in the untitled manuscript
listed in this collection.
Box 5, Folder 60
Trudy's Piano Bar: Tangier
Scope and Contents
One typed draft and one photocopy of a poem titled "Trudy's Piano Bar: Tangier."
Box 5, Folder 61
The Truth
Scope and Contents
One typed draft of a poem titled "The Truth."
Box 5, Folder 62
Tuesday Again
Scope and Contents
One typed draft of a poem titled "Tuesday Again." This poem appears in Skylight, published in 1981.
Box 48, Folder 2, Box 101, Folder 25
Twin Cities
2010, 2013
Scope and Contents
Various drafts and correspondence with publishers for "Twin Cities."
Box 5, Folder 63
Unsent Letter 3
Scope and Contents
One typed draft of a poem titled "Unsent Letter 3." This poem appears in Red Trousseau, published in 1992.
Box 5, Folder 64
Unsent Letter 4
Scope and Contents
One photocopy of a poem titled "Unsent Letter 4." This poem appears in Red Trousseau, published in 1992.
Box 5, Folder 65
Vermont
Scope and Contents
One typed draft of a poem titled "Vermont."
Box 5, Folder 66
Vermont Farmhouse, 3 AM
Scope and Contents
Three typed drafts and two handwritten drafts of a poem titled "Vermont Farmhouse, 3 AM." This poem appears in Applause, published
in 1989.
Box 5, Folder 67
Villanelle
Scope and Contents
One typed draft of a poem titled "Villanelle." This poem appears in Sparrow, which was published in 2003.
Box 5, Folder 68
Visitor
Scope and Contents
One typed draft of a poem titled "Visitor."
Box 5, Folder 69
Voice
Scope and Contents
Two typed and one handwritten draft of a poem titled "Voice."
Box 5, Folder 70
Voices
Scope and Contents
One unedited typed draft of a poem titled "Voices" removed from file labeled "Early Work." This poem appears in the untitled
manuscript listed in this collection.
Box 5, Folder 71
War Crimes
Scope and Contents
One typed draft of a poem titled "War Crimes." This poem appears in Skylight, published in 1981.
Box 5, Folder 72
War Crimes" and "Invention of Cuisine
Scope and Contents
One draft of each poem marked to the page specifications for The New Yorker. These poems appear in Skylight, published in
1981.
Box 5, Folder 73
The Way a Swan Turns
Scope and Contents
One unedited typed draft of a poem titled "The Way a Swan Turns." This poem appears in Wyndmere, published in 1985.
Box 18, Folder 17, Box 86, Folder 4
We Drive Through Tyndall's Theory of Sight
Scope and Contents
Three prints of broadside of a poem titled "We Drive Through Tyndall's Theory of Sight" printed by Iron Mountain Press. This
poem appears in Wyndmere, published in 1985.
Box 5, Folder 74
Weather Report
Scope and Contents
Two typed drafts of a poem titled "Weather Report" removed from file labeled "Early Work."
Box 5, Folder 75
White Key
Scope and Contents
Eight typed drafts of a poem titled "White Key." This poem appears in Wyndmere, published in 1985.
Box 5, Folder 76
The Wish Foundation
Scope and Contents
Typed drafts and one handwritten draft of a poem titled "The Wish Foundation." This poem appears in Applause, published in
1989.
Box 5, Folder 77
Poems from Wyndmere
Scope and Contents
Eight photocopies of typed poems gathered by Muske-Dukes, perhaps for a reading. The poems included are: "Anna," "Fairy Tale,"
"The Way a Swan Turns," "Panis Angelicus," "Afterwards," "White Key," "Coming Over Coldwater," and "Surprise." All of these
poems appear in Wyndmere, published in 1985.
Box 48, Folder 1
Poetry Drafts
Scope and Contents
Various drafts of individual poems, including "Passport," "A Private Matter," "Two Coasts," etc.
Box 5, Folder 78
Untitled Drafts
Scope and Contents
Drafts of untitled poems.
Box 80, Folder 6-10, Box 83, Folder 3-4, Box 86, Folder 7
Box 86, Folder 6, Box 95, Folder 10
Poetry fragments/untitled
Translations
Abstract: Poems translated into English by Muske-Dukes.
Box 84, Folder 2
Collected Poems of Anna Swir
Box 6, Folder 1
Poems by Delmira Augustini
Scope and Contents
Several drafts of works translated from Augustini with a letter regarding stating that Augustini's work is in the public domain.
Box 48, Folder 3
Proofs, Wyndmere and Poems
2010-2011
Scope and Contents
Proofs for "Poems by Carol Muske-Dukes," along with a note to her mother, and for "Wyndmere."
Box 105, Folder 3, 6, Box 101, Folder 28-29
Box 101, Folder 1
Published poems
1966-1986
Box 101, Folder 2
Poems: Wildfire Moon, Brushfire Moon, Rain Room
circa 2016
Box 101
Sloe-Eyed Decoy: Poems
1970-06
General
"A creative work submitted to the faculty of San Francisco State College in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the
degree, Master of Arts."
Box 109, Folder 9
Drafts: Ping Pong, Weatherman, Religion, Ganges, and Koan
Channeling Mark Twain (2007)
Abstract: Manuscripts, drafts, notes, and publicity for Channeling Mark Twain, published in 2007.
Box 6, Folder 4
Early Versions
Scope and Contents
Prior to completing Channeling Mark Twain, Muske-Dukes sent out a short story titled "Contraband," which she submitted to
The New Yorker and Esquire. Although this story was ultimately rejected by both publications, it contains many key elements
for the opening to Channeling Mark Twain. This story is based on a chapter from an unpublished novel titled The Honey-Producers
or Edelweiss, depending upon the draft. Both submitted copies of "Contraband" and the editors' replies are housed in Box 6,
Folder 4.
Box 6, Folder 5-7, Box 7, Folder 1-2, Box 60, Folder 13, Box 95, Folder 2
Manuscripts
Scope and Contents
Two complete manuscripts of Channeling Mark Twain and one incomplete manuscript. Enclosed with the manuscript contained in
folders 6:7-6:8 is a poem deleted from final draft (p.220). Enclosed with the incomplete manuscript (7:2) are letters from
Random House Associate Editor Laura Ford that regarding her recommendations for revision before sending the manuscript along
to production.
Box 7, Folder 3
Notes and Drafts
Scope and Contents
Notes and drafts of various passages from Channeling Mark Twain compiled by Muske-Dukes. Contents include a partial draft
of Chapter 1 and a spiral bound notebook containing drafts of passages from the novel.
Box 7, Folder 4, Box 107, Folder 1
Publicity
Scope and Contents
A mailing announcing the publication date for Channeling Mark Twain.
Dear Digby (1989)
Scope and Contents
Drafts, manuscripts, notes, revisions, reviews and publicity for the novel Dear Digby. Screenplays by Muske-Dukes and Janet
Kovalcik are also contained within this subseries as is the stage adaptation written by Joseph Megel. While all the scripts
based on Digby are filed with the manuscripts of the novel, they are described separately. The Muske-Dukes screenplay is described
in this series under "Subseries 3: Scripts [by Muske-Dukes]." The scripts written by Kovalcik and Megel are described in the
series "Works by Others."
Box 7, Folder 5-8, Box 8, Folder 1-2, Box 63, Folder 2
Drafts
1981-1989, undated
Scope and Contents
Several drafts of the collaboration between Muske-Dukes and Curtis Ingham, a former editor at Ms. Magazine. Enclosed amongst
these drafts was a letter from Muske-Dukes to Lynn Nesbit, dated November 3, 1981 regarding Nesbit's service as a literary
agent. Unlike the final version of Dear Digby, published in 1989, the collaboration with Ingham saw Willis Digby undertake
an expedition to Libya.
Box 8, Folder 3-4, Box 63, Folder 1, 4
Manuscripts
Scope and Contents
One manuscript of a novel titled Dear Digby.
Box 8, Folder 5, Box 95, Folder 4
Notes and Revisions
Scope and Contents
Notes and revisions regarding Dear Digby including a letter from John Irving with suggestions for revision.
Box 8, Folder 6
Reviews, Invitations, and Publicity
Scope and Contents
Reviews, invitations to a party celebrating the publication of Dear Digby, a copy of a congratulatory letter sent to the editor
of the novel, and adversitements for Digby, including announcements for readings.
Dear Digby Copy w/Notes
1989
Box 63, Folder 3, Box 86, Folder 5
Dear Digby galley and corrections
undated
Edelweiss / The Honey-Producers
Box 6, Folder 2-3
Drafts
Scope and Contents
Prior to completing Channeling Mark Twain, Muske-Dukes wrote a precursor novel titled The Honey-Producers, or Edelweiss, depending
upon the draft. Using a chapter of this novel, Muske-Dukes produced a short story titled "Contraband," which she submitted
to The New Yorker and Esquire. Although this story was ultimately rejected by both publications, it contains many key elements
for the opening to Channeling Mark Twain. Both submitted copies of "Contraband" and the editors' replies are housed in Box
6, Folder 4.
Box 61, Folder 12
For the Benefit of Mr. Kite chapters 1-3
undated
Box 61, Folder 15
The Honey Producers
undated
Life After Death (2001)
Abstract: Manuscripts, proofs, articles, publicity, a dust jacket design, and a style sheet for Life After Death.
Box 9, Folder 5
Drafts
Scope and Contents
An incomplete gathering of revised pages for Life After Death.
Box 9, Folder 6-8, Box 81, Box-Folder 2-4
Manuscripts
Scope and Contents
One folder full of fragments of Life After Death, and a manuscript inluding pages 1-261.
Box 10, Folder 1-4
Proofs
2000
Scope and Contents
Two sets of proofs for Life After Death. One set includes a cover letter dated 11/3/2000 from Random House Copy Editor Veronica
Windholz. The other set includes edits and a cover letter dated 12/2/2000 from Windholz.
Box 10, Folder 5
Articles, Publicity, and Notes
Scope and Contents
Articles, style sheet, cover design, research notes, and a book signing announcement for Life After Death.
Box 65, Folder 3-7
Life After Death galleys
2000
Married to the Icepick Killer: A Poet in Hollywood
2002
Box 10, Folder 6
Proofs and Notes
Scope and Contents
One proof of Married to the Icepick Killer, documents regarding copyright permissions for previously published essays, and
a draft of the dust jacket notes.
Box 10, Folder 7
Reviews and Publicity
Scope and Contents
Reviews for Married to the Icepick Killer and announcements for readings.
Box 61, Folder 16
Married to the Ice Pick Killer edits
undated
Box 61, Folder 20
A Poet in Hollywood: An Introduction
1999
Box 64, Folder 2-6, Box 65, Folder 1-2
Married to the Icepick Killer
undated
Box 80, Folder 11-12
Icepick Killer and manuscript fragments
Box 95, Folder 5
I Married the Ice-Pick Killer
Box 101, Folder 22
I Married the Icepick Killer
2016-01-17
Box 10, Folder 8-9, Box 11, Folder 1-5
Drafts
Scope and Contents
Two complete drafts, one of them labeled "bible" that compiles multiple layers of revisions, and one incomplete draft.
Box 12, Folder 1-5, Box 13, Folder 1-5
Manuscripts
1992
Scope and Contents
One manuscript formerly housed with berets between plasitc covers, one manuscript labeled "binding die copy," and one manuscript
with comments from editor at Viking Penguin. The last manuscript mentioned is enclosed with a letter from editor Dawn Seferian
of Viking Penguin dated May 26, 1992 summarizing the recommendations and margin notes made upon the text.
Box 14, Folder 1-5
Proofs
Scope and Contents
Two copies of galley proof, one marked "rough pages", the other marked "Author's second pass," and one bound copy of unedited
proof. A letter from Michael Hardart, assistant to Dawn Seferian of Viking Penguin, dated June 24, 1993.
Box 14, Folder 6
Notes and Research
Scope and Contents
A file compiled by Muske-Dukes of clippings, notes, and correspondants to experts in the scientific community. Added to this
file is a copy of an article titled "Chirality Forces" from The Journal of the American Chemical Society, issue 109, pages
2887-2894.
Box 14, Folder 7
Reviews and Publicity
Scope and Contents
Reviews, advertisments, an announcement of publication, and articles regarding Saving St. Germ.
Women and Poetry: Truth, Autobiography, and the Shape of the Self (1997)
Box 15, Folder 1
Drafts
Scope and Contents
Two drafts of the introduction to Women and Poetry.
Box 15, Folder 2, Box 103
Manuscripts
Scope and Contents
One completed manuscript of Women and Poetry.
Box 15, Folder 3
Proofs
1997
Scope and Contents
One incomplete set of page proofs enclosed with accompanying correspondance to and from University of Michigan Press. Correspondence
consists of two letters from copy editor Kristen Lare, dated January 28, 1997 and March 19, 1997, and one letter from Muske-Dukes
to LeeAnn Fields, dated June 25, 1997. The contents of this file were compiled by Muske-Dukes.
Box 15, Folder 4
Reviews and Publicity
Scope and Contents
Reviews and publicity for Women and Poetry. Reviews enclosed were mailed to Muske-Dukes by the University of Michigan Press
publicity department.
Box 15, Folder 6-7
New York Times
Scope and Contents
Reviews written by Muske-Dukes that appear in the New York Times.
Box 15, Folder 8
Los Angeles Times and Washington Post
Scope and Contents
Reviews by Muske-Dukes that appear in the Los Angeles Times or the Washington Post.
Box 15, Folder 9
Magazines and Journals
Scope and Contents
Reviews written by Muske-Dukes that appear in various magazines and journals including The Hungry Mind Review, The Nation,
and The Yale Review.
Box 61, Folder 13
The Habit of Time
circa 1985
Box 62, Folder 3
Alice Fulton, Felt [review, LA Times Poets' Corner]
2001
Box 62, Folder 2
Linda Gregg, Too Bright to See [review]
circa 1981
Box 62, Folder 9
Louise Gluck, The Wild Iris
circa 1992
Box 62, Folder 14
Adrienne Rich, The Fact of a Doorframe [review]
circa 1985
Box 62, Folder 16
The Letters of Vita Sackville-West [review]
1984
Box 62, Folder 1
[Reviews by Carol Muske-Dukes]
1995-1999
Box 84, Folder 1
[Reviews by Muske-Dukes]
2002-2003
Box 109, Folder 15
[Reviews by Muske-Dukes]
2019-2020, undated
Box 62, Folder 22
Witness and Wonder
undated
Book and Essay Proposals
Scope and Contents
Proposals by Muske-Dukes for books that have not been published.
Box 61, Folder 1
The Autobiography of Joe Jackson
undated
Box 16, Folder 1
Blinding the Mind's Eye: The Death of the Heart
Scope and Contents
The proposal and supporting documents for a co-authored book (with Michelle Latolais) to be titled Blinding the Mind's Eye:
The Death of the Heart. Supporting documents include correspondence between Arthur Miller and Muske-Dukes and Latolais, photocopied
essays by Theodore Adorno and Laura Mulvey, and drafts and notes for the proposal. The documents in this folder were compiled
by Muske-Dukes.
Box 48, Folder 4
Prose Drafts, undated
Scope and Contents
Sub-series includes Carol Muske-Dukes' drafts of prose, including "Easeful Death" and "Channeling Mark Twain." Cross-reference
with "Channeling Mark Twain" materials in another sub-series in this collection.
Box 15, Folder 10
Short Fiction
Scope and Contents
Drafts of short fiction by Muske-Dukes.
Box 66, Folder 1
A Scent for Winter
undated
Box 15, Folder 5, Box 83, Folder 7, Box 86, Folder 2, Box 101, Folder 4, Box 105, Folder 7
Articles and Essays
1971-2016, undated
Scope and Contents
Articles and essays written by Muske-Dukes, with the exception of book reviews. Some of the pieces are filed with their respective
drafts. "Ann Stafford: In Memoriam," "Evil Science Runs Amok--Again," and "War of the Edens," are included in Married to the
Icepick Killer, while "Paris: Split Ends" contains some of the context for the chapter titled "Let Me Play the Lion Too: A
Remembrance" and "Conception Point" presents much of what appears in the chapter titled "Slouching Toward a Brief Literay
History of Southern California." "Carolyn Kizer: Superkid" appears in Women and Poetry. Works are filed alphebetically by
title.
Box 63, Folder 10
The Hip Northwest and the Week That Was
undated
Box 61, Folder 14
History and the 'Hood
undated
Box 65, Folder 9
Grace Schulman, Days of Wonder [Poets' Corner review]
2002
Box 62, Folder 17
Making Art at Elkhart: The 3 R's
undated
Box 61, Folder 17
My Poetics Esssay
undated
Box 61, Folder 21
Prison as a Metaphor
undated
Box 61, Folder 22
Retrieving the Lament
2000
Box 109, Folder 8
Shattering the City of Ice
Box 62, Folder 5
Something upon which to Rejoice
undated
Box 62, Folder 6
Two Poems: East and West, Right and Left
circa 1998
Box 62, Folder 8
West Point essay
circa 1997
Box 62, Folder 23
Women's Perspectives: Tradition and the Individual Talent
1992
Box 101, Folder 30
[Prose - drafts and printouts]
Box 49, Folder 2, Box 60, Folder 11, 12, Box 81, Folder 6, Box 95, Folder 1
Box 9, Folder 1-2, Box 54, Folder 32, Box 63, Folder 1
Dear Digby (Screenplay)
1989, 1992, 2003
Box 101, Folder 5
Dear Digby screenplay by Anne Kenney
2014
Box 16, Folder 2-3
Drafts
Scope and Contents
Three drafts of a play titled Elixir: A Play. Two drafts are labeled "Revision Draft" and dated May 2, 1999. One revision
draft has names penned in next to the list of characters, the other revision draft is highlighted for the part of Colonel
James Blood.
Box 16, Folder 4
Publicity, Programs, and Notes
1999
Scope and Contents
An announcement for a reading at the Matrix Theatre on May 17, 1999, cast listings, and notes for Elixir.
Box 63, Folder 5-8
Elixir manuscripts
undated
Box 109, Folder 13
Elixir! The True Story of the First Woman to Run for President
Box 49, Folder 3, Box 64, Folder 1-2, Box 81, Folder 7
I Married the Icepick Killer
Box 109, Folder 18
I Married the Icepick Killer: an Afterthought
2013-05-31
Box 49, Folder 4
Rhymes with Crime (draft)
2011
Box 62, Folder 4
Shortwave Screenplay
undated
Box 65, Folder 11, Box 83, Folder 6, Box 109, Folder 12
Notebooks
Scope and Contents
The notebooks contained within this subseries contain drafts of many works by Muske-Dukes. They are roughly arranged by work.
Since most notebooks contain drafts of multiple works, a strict arrangement by work, regrettably, is impossible.
Box 17, Folder 1
Channeling Mark Twain
Scope and Contents
Two notebooks containing drafts of Channeling Mark Twain. Manuscripts, drafts, and publicity for this novel are contained
in Box 6, Folder 4 through Box 7, Folder 4.
Box 17, Folder 2
Channeling Mark Twain and Reviews
Scope and Contents
One notebook containing drafts of Channeling Mark Twain and book reviews by Muske-Dukes. Manuscripts, drafts, and publicity
for Channeling Mark Twain are contained in Box 6, Folder 4 through Box 7, Folder 4.Drafts of book reviews by Muske-Dukes are
contained in Box 15, Folders 6-9.
Box 17, Folder 3
Channeling Mark Twain and Saving St. Germ
Scope and Contents
One notebook containing drafts of Channeling Mark Twain and Saving St. Germ. Manuscripts, drafts, and publicity for Channeling
Mark Twain are contained in Box 6, Folder 4 through Box 7, Folder 4.Drafts, manuscripts, proofs, reviews, and publicity for
Saving St. Germ are contained in Box 10, Folder 8 to Box 14, Folder 7.
Box 17, Folder 4
Channeling Mark Twain and World Leaders Program
Scope and Contents
One notebook containing notes for an international program to stimulate advancement in poetry and drafts of Channeling Mark
Twain.Manuscripts, drafts, and publicity for Channeling Mark Twain are contained in Box 6, Folder 4 through Box 7, Folder
4.
Box 18, Folder 2
Circus and Good Roles
Scope and Contents
One notebook containing drafts of a poem titled "Circus" and a screenplay titled Good Roles.
Box 17, Folder 5
Dear Digby
Scope and Contents
Four notebooks containing drafts of Dear Digby.Drafts, manuscripts, proofs, reviews, and publicity for Dear Digby are contained
in Box 7, Folder 5 through Box 8, Folder 6. Manuscripts of screenplays are contained in Box 8, Folder to Box 7, Folder 2,
and manuscripts for the stage play are contained in Box 9, Folders 3-4.
Box 17, Folder 6
Dear Digby and Poems from Applause
Scope and Contents
One notebook containing drafts of Dear Digby and drafts of poems from Applause. Drafts, manuscripts, proofs, reviews, and
publicity for Dear Digby are contained in Box 7, Folder 5 through Box 8, Folder 6. Manuscripts of screenplays are contained
in Box 8, Folder to Box 7, Folder 2, and manuscripts for the stage play are contained in Box 9, Folders 3-4.Manuscripts, reviews,
and publicity for Applause are contained in Box 1 Folders 1-3.
Box 17, Folder 7
Dear Digby and "Monk's House, Rodmell
Scope and Contents
One notebook containing drafts of Dear Digby and "Monk's House, Rodmell."Drafts, manuscripts, proofs, reviews, and publicity
for Dear Digby are contained in Box 7, Folder 5 through Box 8, Folder 6. Manuscripts of screenplays are contained in Box 8,
Folder to Box 7, Folder 2, and manuscripts for the stage play are contained in Box 9, Folders 3-4.Drafts of "Monk's House,
Rodmell" are contained in Box 5, Folder 6.
Box 17, Folder 8
Edelweiss
Scope and Contents
One notebook containing drafts of Edelweiss.Drafts of Edelweiss are contained in Box 6, Folders 2-3.
Box 18, Folder 10
Elkhart Schools Project
Scope and Contents
One notebook containing notes for a report by Muske-Dukes regarding public schools in Elkhart, Indiana.
Box 18, Folder 3
Epithalamion
Scope and Contents
One notebook containing a draft of a poem titled "Epithalamion."Another draft of this poem may be found in Box 4, Folder 23.
Box 18, Folder 8
Good Roles
Scope and Contents
One notebook containing drafts of a screenplay titled Good Roles.
Box 18, Folder 9
Good Roles and Letter to George Washington University
Scope and Contents
One notebook containing drafts of a screenplay titled Good Roles and a letter to George Washington University.
Box 101, Folder 37, Box 109, Folder 16
Ina D. Coolbrith - notes and web printouts
2014
Box 18, Folder 14
India and Kashmir Journal
Scope and Contents
One notebook containing a journal for a trip taken in August of 1973 to India and Kashmir.
Box 18, Folder 4
Kenya Summer and Untitled Poem
Scope and Contents
One notebook containing drafts of an untitled poem dated November 5, 1973 and a poem titled "Kenya Summer."
Box 17, Folder 9
Life After Death
Scope and Contents
One notebook containing drafts for Life After Death.Drafts, proofs, reviews, and publicity for Life After Death are contained
in Box 9, Folder 5 to Box 10, Folder 5.
Box 17, Folder 10
Life After Death, Poetry to the Point Article, and Paul Monette Piece
Scope and Contents
One folder containing drafts of Life After Death, "Shakespeare Meets the Long Gray Line" (about Poetry to the Point), and
a piece on Paul Monette.Drafts, proofs, reviews, and publicity for Life After Death are contained in Box 9, Folder 5 to Box
10, Folder 5.A photocopy of "Shakespeare Meets the Long Gray Line" is filed with other articles written by Muske-Dukes in
Box 15, Folder 5.
Box 17, Folder 11
Life After Death, Elixir, and Speech for Parents' Anniversary
Scope and Contents
One notebook containing drafts of Life After Death, Elixir, and a speech for the 50th wedding anniversary of Muske-Dukes'
parents.Drafts, proofs, reviews, and publicity for Life After Death are contained in Box 9, Folder 5 to Box 10, Folder 5.Drafts,
publicity, programs and notes for Elixir are contained in Box 16, Folders 2-4.
Box 17, Folder 12
Notes for Life After Death, Saving St. Germ, and Eavan Boland Essay
Scope and Contents
One notebook containing notes for Life After Death regarding mortuaries, drafts of Saving St. Germ, and drafts of an essay
about Eavan Boland.Drafts, proofs, reviews, and publicity for Life After Death are contained in Box 9, Folder 5 to Box 10,
Folder 5Drafts, manuscripts, proofs, reviews, and publicity for Saving St. Germ are contained in Box 10, Folder 8 to Box 14,
Folder 7.
Box 18, Folder 13
Notes Regarding Lynne McMahon, Christopher Buckley, and Kate Daniels
Scope and Contents
One notebook containing passages resembling introductions or letters of recommendation regarding McMahon, Buckley, and Daniels.
Box 18, Folder 5
Pediatrics and Notes for Will
Scope and Contents
One notebook containing drafts of a poem titled "Pediatrics" and notes for a will and testament.
Box 18, Folder 1
Saving St. Germ and Journal
Scope and Contents
One notebook containing drafts of Saving St. Germ and journal entries from 1989.Drafts, manuscripts, proofs, reviews, and
publicity for Saving St. Germ are contained in Box 10, Folder 8 to Box 14, Folder 7.
Box 18, Folder 11
Something Unlikely and Joe Jackson Article
Scope and Contents
One notebook containing drafts for a story called "Something Unlikely" and an article on Joe Jackson, father of the Jackson
5.
Box 18, Folder 6
Sounding and Elkhart Schools Project
Scope and Contents
One notebook containing drafts of a poem titled "Sounding" and notes for Muske-Dukes' paper on public schools in Elkhart,
Indiana.Other drafts of "Sounding" may be found in Box 4, Folder 34.
Box 18, Folder 7
Unsent Letter and University Business
Scope and Contents
One notebook containing drafts of "Unsent Letter" and notes regarding Muske-Dukes' responsibilities at USC.Other drafts and
copies from the "Unsent Letter" sequence are contained in Box 5, Folders 62-63.
Box 18, Folder 12
Woolf Essay and Letters and Long Island
Scope and Contents
One notebook containing drafts of an essay about Virginia Woolf and drafts of letters to Random House and Jean Gould. One
notebook in various hands with notes for stories or poems related to Long Island.
Box 106, Folder 3, Box 111, Folder 16
Box 61, Folder 11
Farrah Fawcett interview
1990
Box 62, Folder 15, Box 101, Folder 31, Box 106, Folder 10
Interview with Nola Gignere
2014-2015
Box 49, Folder 1
Interviews
2008-2011
Abstract: Interview scripts with Carol Muske-Dukes about herself or others.
Box 84, Folder 4, Box 91, Folder 8
Interviews with Muske-Dukes
Juvenilia and Student Papers
Box 18, Folder 15
Juvenilia
Scope and Contents
Pieces of short stories written by Muske-Dukes, one spiral notebook for a high school creative writing course, and a sketchbook
containing a story, sketches, and magazine photographs of James Dean.
Box 18, Folder 16
Student Papers
1970, undated
Scope and Contents
One essay titled "The Great White Goddess," and two copies of a directed reading assignment titled "A Dialogue: Sappho and
the Women's Liberation Front" dated April 14, 1970.
Box 66, Folder 8, Box 101, Folder 21
[Copies of published works]
undated
Box 101, Folder 26, Box 105, Folder 11
Publishing contracts
2013-2019
Box 106, Folder 2
Royalty reports from
Camouflage
1976-08
Box 106, Folder 12-13
Elixir!; My Defense; Accident; Hillary: True Story; More Than Heaven; and other works
2007-2018
Box 110, Folder 1-15
Gun Control; Weatherman; Out-Spoken!; Some Say Sappho; Koan Fail; Coolbrith; and other works
2018-2022
Processing Information
This material was added to the collection from parts of accession nos. 2022-066 and 2023-012.
Correspondence
Scope and Contents
This series contains the vast bulk, but not all, of the correspondence contained in this collection. For example, correspondence
from publishers enclosed with manuscripts of Muske-Dukes' work have been kept together under the series titled "Works by Muske-Dukes."
And in certain other cases, correspondence files have been created under "Academic Files" to better document various projects
that Muske-Dukes has undertaken over her lifetime.
Organization
Series II is organized into two subseries: Correspondence by Correspondence, and Correspondence by Date.
By Correspondent
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically.
Box 33, Folder 2
Aaron M. Priest Literary Agency
2001-2004
Scope and Contents
Correspondence regarding Sparrow and Life After Death. Amongst the correspondents are literary agent Molly Friedrich, among
others.
Box 21, Folder 12
Abani, Christopher
2001, undated
Biographical / Historical
Poet, novelist, and former student of Muske-Dukes.
Box 33, Folder 3
Academy of American Poets - Adamska, Ludmilla
1980-2002
Scope and Contents
Academy of American Poets, Ace Gallery of New York, Diane Ackerman, Ludmilla Adamska
Box 21, Folder 14
Adewslia-Ostowslea, Lushnita
1992
Box 33, Folder 4
Agee, Louis - The American Review
1974-1996, undated
Scope and Contents
A letter from the editor of Amazon Quarterly, Audre Lorde, requesting poems by inmates from Riker's Island is contained in
this file.While this file also contains correspondence from The American Poetry Review, it does not contain any correspondence
written by editor Arthur Vogelsang. These letters may be found under "Vogelsang, Arthur" in the Personal Correspondence file.
Box 33, Folder 5
The American Voice - Associated Writing Programs
1975-1999
Scope and Contents
The American Voice, American Writers Congress, Amnesty International, Amorosano Associates, Andover / Phillips Academy, Antaeus,
Antioch University, Arcade Publishing, The Armory Gallery, Aspen Writers' Conference, Aspen Anthology, The Associated Writing
Programs
Box 21, Folder 19
Appleman, Philip
1976-1997
Box 21, Folder 22
Atwater, Lerri
1995, undated
Box 33, Folder 6
The Atlantic Monthly - Baruch College
1984-2003
Scope and Contents
Included are responses to poems submitted to The Atlantic Monthly, a fax from Russell Banks regarding a letter of recommendation
for Muske-Dukes, and a letter requesting a review of poet Grace Schulman for the position of Distinguised Professor at Barnard
College.
Box 21, Folder 23
Auberjonois, Rene
2001-2002
Box 22, Folder 3
Baudo, Laura
2004
Laura Baudo
Writer and wife of Robert F.X. Sillerman.
Box 22, Folder 4
Becker, Roberta
2001-2002
Box 22, Folder 5
Bedient, Calvin
1996-1997
Box 33, Folder 7
Bell, Susan
1993
Scope and Contents
A proposal for a show called "Book Talk" where Muske-Dukes and Maya Angelou review books. Enclosed are powerpoint printouts
and supporting documents.
Box 33, Folder 8
Bennington College - Buzz
1976-2003
Scope and Contents
Bennington College, Gina Bergamino, Jake Berthot, Blackbird, Blacksmith House (from Terri Trespicio), Dainn Blakely, Corey
Blechman, BOA Editions Limited, Deborah Bogen, Don Bogen, Joseph Boone (USC Colleague), Borders, Inc., Boston Unviersity,
Kay Boyle, The Bragr Times, Susan Brownmiller, Edward Brynes, Buzz, Michael Bugeja
Box 22, Folder 10
Bloom, Harold
2003-2005
Restricted Access
Access to the contents of Box 22, Folder 10 is permitted with authorization of Carol Muske-Dukes.
Box 22, Folder 12
Boland, Eavan
1993-1998, undated
Box 22, Folder 17
Boyle, T. Coraghessan
1985-1989, undated
Box 22, Folder 18
Brodsky, Joseph
undated
Scope and Contents
Attached is a note by Muske-Dukes with regards to reference in the letter from Brodsky.
Box 22, Folder 19
Brothers, Connie
1979-1986
Box 22, Folder 20
Brown, Kurt
1975-1981, undated
Box 22, Folder 21
Buckley, Christopher
1980-2000, undated
Box 22, Folder 22
Burmaster, Mary
1999-2001
Box 22, Folder 23, Box 109, Folder 4
Box 33, Folder 9
California Institute for the Arts - Cavan Kerry Press
1982-2003, undated
Scope and Contents
California Institute for the Arts, California Polytechnic State University - San Louis Obispo, California State University
- Chico, California State University - San Bernardino, Calliopea Press, Caprice, Carnegie Mellon University, Michael J. Carter,
Cavan Kerry Press
Box 51, Folder 4
California Legislature
2009
Box 33, Folder 10
Chaffey College - Chrome Yellow Films
1976-2002
Scope and Contents
A letter from John Cheever, letters from Christian Children's Fund, and correspondence from Nicholas Christopher regarding
Muske-Dukes' contributions to an anthology titled Walk on the Wild Side.
Box 33, Folder 11
City University of New York - Collier, Michael
1975-2002, undated
Scope and Contents
City University of New York, Clapperstick Institute, Claremont University (re: Kingsley Tufts award), CNN, Shirley Cohen,
College of the Holy Cross, Micheal Collier (re: Breadloaf Writers Conference)
Box 22, Folder 30
Clary, Killarney
1998-2002
Box 33, Folder 12
Columbia: A Magazine - Council of the Library Foundation
1975-2003, undated
Scope and Contents
Columbia: A Magazine of Poetry and Prose, Columbia University Press, Columbia University, Company of the Animals Fund, Conejo
Valley Unified School District, Carol Connolly, Contact Programs, Frank Corradi, The Council of the Library Foundation
Box 33, Folder 13
County and City of Los Angeles - Curtis Brown, Ltd.
1975-1999, undated
Scope and Contents
County and City of Los Angeles, Craig Krull Gallery, Crazyhorse, Creative Arists Public Service Program (CAPS),Creative Movement,
Creighton University, Alison Curie, Current, Curtis Brown, Ltd.
Box 33, Folder 14
Daedelus Books - Dutton's Brentwood
1975-2001
Scope and Contents
Daedalus Books, Ruth Daigon, Elaine Dallman, Jim Daniels, Dartmouth College, Daughters, Inc., Marie de Vaure, Delta Airlines,
A Directors' Theatre, Doubleday and Company, Dutton's Brentwood
Daniels, Kate
1984, undated
Box 23, Folder 1
Delanty, Greg
2002-2004, undated
Box 23, Folder 5, Box 98, Folder 6-7
Doty, Mark
1995-2011, undated
Box 33, Folder 15
E - F
1975-2012, undated
Scope and Contents
East Tennessee State University (signed Richard Morgan), The Ecco Press, D. Anthony English, Entropy Magazine, Esperanza High
School, Esquire (signed by Gordon Lish and others), Evergreen, Heea Fales, Farrar Straus & Giroux (signed by Jason Shinder),
Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, Field (mostly signed by Stuart Freibert), Forest Lawn Memorial Park, The Forum, Michael
Frank, Friends of the Sunland-Tujunga Branch Library
Box 23, Folder 12
Engels, John
1977, undated
Box 23, Folder 15
Everett, Percival
1998-1999
Box 23, Folder 17
Feldman, Irving
1993-1994
Box 23, Folder 21
Fossett, Judith Jackson
2001
Box 23, Folder 22
Fraser, Kathleen
1974-1997
Box 23, Folder 23
Friebert, Stuart
1981-2002, undated
Box 23, Folder 24
Fulton, Alice, 1952-
1999-2003
Box 33, Folder 16
Gale Group - General Services Administration
1991-2002
Scope and Contents
Gale Group, General Services Administration
Box 34, Folder 1
George Mason University - Gravida
1976-2004
Scope and Contents
George Mason University, Georgetown University (David Gewanter), Gibbs Smith Publishing, Gimbel Addelson Productions, Dana
Gioia, Goddard College, Gravida
Box 23, Folder 29
Gildroy, Doreen
2002-2005
Box 23, Folder 34
Gluck, Louise
1994-2003, undated
Box 23, Folder 35
Gottlieb, Annie
1975, undated
Box 34, Folder 2
Green Mountain Review - Hunter, Vicky
1971-2003
Scope and Contents
Green Mountains Review, Greenfield Review, Greywolf Press, Marilyn Hacker, Audrey Hall, Donita Hall, Sir Peter Hall, Karla
Hammond, Harold Matson Comapny, Inc., Michael Harper, Harper Collins Publishers, Harry Dejur Henry Street Playhouse, Heidi
Hart, Richard Harteis, Anthony Hecht, Heresies, Frank Hertle, Ed Hirsch, Jack Hitt, Tony Hoagland, Hollywood Center Foundation,
Holt, Reinhart, and Winston, Houghton Mifflin, The Hudson Review (from Hayden Carruth), Hungry Mind Review, Vicky Hunter
Box 23, Folder 39
Grossman, Florence
1978-1980
Box 23, Folder 40
Hall, Donald
1977-1997
Scope and Contents
Photos of Jane Kenyon enclosed.
Box 24, Folder 1
Hall, Judith
1995-1997, undated
Box 24, Folder 3-4
Halpern, Daniel
1972-1988, undated
Box 24, Folder 10
Hempel, Amy
1995-1998, undated
Box 24, Folder 11
Hillman, Brenda
1984-1997
Box 24, Folder 12
Hirshfield, Jane
1991-2002
Box 24, Folder 15
Houston, Velina Hasu
1999-2001
Box 24, Folder 17
Hudgins, Andrew
1994-1995
Box 24, Folder 18
Humphreys, Helen
1995-1996
Items Removed
Enclosed with a letter dated October 22, 1995 was a copy of Nuns Looking Anxious, Listening to Radios, by Humphreys. This
book is now in Box 38, Folder 1.
Box 34, Folder 3
I
1981-1996, undated
Scope and Contents
Collete Inez, The Ingram Merrill Foundation, The Inner City Education Foundation, The Iowa Reviw, Tara Ison, Italian Cultural
Institute
Box 24, Folder 19
Ingham, Curtis Catherine
1981-1984, undated
Box 24, Folder 20
Irving, John
1977-1997, undated
Box 24, Folder 21
Jackson, Mae
1975-2004, undated
Box 24, Folder 22
Jiracek, Meg
1971, undated
Box 25, Folder 2
Justice, Donald
1976-1996, undated
Box 25, Folder 4
Keeley, Edmund and Pamela
undated
Box 25, Folder 5
Keenan, Deborah
1994-2002, undated
Box 51, Folder 3
Keillor, Garrison
2009 August 21
Box 25, Folder 9
Kingsolving, Susan (Baumann)
1975-2003
Box 25, Folder 10
Kinnell, Galway
1994-1998
Box 25, Folder 11
Kizer, Carolyn (Woodbridge)
1977-2003, undated
Box 25, Folder 12
Klappert, Peter
1981-1996
Box 25, Folder 13
Klein, Michael
1989-2005, undated
Box 25, Folder 14
Koczywas, Marianna
1995-1997
Box 25, Folder 15
Korelitz, Jean Hanff
1997
Box 34, Folder 6
Lanese, Peyrot and Mucci, Inc. - Lifshin, Lyn
1976-2005
Scope and Contents
Lagnese, Peyrot and Mucci, Inc., Anne Lamott, Lannan Foundation, Alexis Lathem, Lerner Heller, L'Espervier Press, Lexington
Prison (from Carolyn Snow-Fulton), Library Journal, Library of Congress, Life Savers Wild Horse Rescue Ranch, Lyn Lifshin
Box 25, Folder 22
Lea, Sydney, 1942-
1977-1992, undated
Box 25, Folder 24
Leibowitz, Herbert A.
1975-1994
Box 25, Folder 27
Levis, Larry
1979-1987, undated
Scope and Contents
Drafts of poems by Levis. Box 25, Folder 27 consists of a file kept by Muske-Dukes titled "Last Letters Re: Larry Levis /
Marcia Southwick, etc."
Restricted Access
Access to the contents of Box 25, Folder 27 is permitted with authorization of Carol Muske-Dukes.
Box 26, Folder 1, Box 109, Folder 1
Box 34, Folder 7
Lila Wallace Reader's Digest Fund - Los Angeles Valley College
1985-2003
Scope and Contents
Lila Wallace Reader's Digest Fund, Doris B. Lincoln, Links Books, Lucy Lippard, Literalistic, Ltd., The Little Magazine, Sally
Livingston, Liz Darhansoff Literary Agency, The Los Angeles Institute of the Humanities, Los Angeles Poetry Festival, Los
Angeles Public Library, Los Angeles Theatre Works, The Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Valley College
Box 26, Folder 2
Lithgow, John and May
1988-2002, undated
Box 34, Folder 8
Lost Road Publishers - McQuade, Molly
1975-2004, undated
Separated Materials
Enclosed with the letter from Doris B. Lincoln dated May 26, 1975 was a book of poems by Lincoln titled, Greening the Twig.
This book is currently filed in Box ??????, Folder ???????? under "Works by Others."
Scope and Contents
Lost Road Publishers (C.D. Wright), Adrian Louis, Louis W. and Maude Hill Family Foundation, Beverly Lowry, Candace McClelland,
Connie McCreight, MacDowell Colony, Joe McElroy, Pamela Macintosh, Molly McQuade
Box 26, Folder 3
Lux, Thomas
1977-1995, undated
Restricted Access
Access to the contents of Box 26, Folder 3 is permitted with authorization of Carol Muske-Dukes.
Box 26, Folder 5
McClatchy, J.D.
1976-2003
Box 26, Folder 6
McCracken, Elizabeth
1999
Box 26, Folder 7
McFall, Gardner
1980-1997
Box 26, Folder 8
McGee, Lynn
1987-1993, undated
Box 26, Folder 9
McHugh, Heather
1979-1994, undated
Box 26, Folder 10
MacKenzie, Ginny
1983-2003, undated
Box 26, Folder 12-15
McMahon, Lynne
1978-1984, undated
Box 27, Folder 1-3
McMahon, Lynne (cont.)
1985-1994
Box 27, Folder 4
McMicheal, James
1977-2003
Box 27, Folder 5
MacShane, Frank
1977-1984
Box 27, Folder 6
Macomber, Doug
1998, undated
Box 34, Folder 9
Mademoiselle - Mattawa, Khaled
1974-1999, 2007
Scope and Contents
Mademoiselle, Maisonneuve Press (Jay Meek), Manhattan Theatre Club, Marilyn Sanders Photography, Marlborough School, Martha
Maillard Literary Agency, Sandy Marvinney, Khaled Mattawa
Box 27, Folder 8
Manning, Peter
1987-2001, undated
Box 27, Folder 9
Marhsall, Joan Van Ark
2001
Box 27, Folder 11
Martin, Steve
1995-2003, undated
Box 27, Folder 12
Mathis, Cleopatra
1986-2001
Box 34, Folder 10
Maxwell Davidson Gallery - The Missouri Review
1975-2001
Scope and Contents
Maxwell Davidson Gallery, Medina Foundation, Joseph Megel, Meridian, Michigan Quarterly Review, Middlebury College (Breadloaf
Writers' Conference), Sara Miles, Minnesota State University - Mankato, Mississippi Review, Missouri Review
Box 28, Folder 2
Mazur, Gail
1981-2003, undated
Box 28, Folder 3
Mazzocco, Robert
1977-1978, undated
Box 28, Folder 4
Merrin, Jeredith
1995-1997, undated
Box 28, Folder 5
Merwin, W.S. (William Stanley)
1990-2005, undated
Box 34, Folder 11
Mitchell, Susan - Mundus Atrium
1974-2006
Scope and Contents
Susan Mitchell, Moons and Lions Tailes, Mostow/Lieberman Productions (re: U-571), Toni Morrison, Mothers Embracing Nuclear
Disarmament, Mount San Antonio Community College, Bill Moyers, Ms., Henryette Mullens, Mundus Atrium
Box 28, Folder 9
Morris, Mary
1987-1991, undated
Box 28, Folder 11
Mosio, Jackie
1980, undated
Box 28, Folder 14
Muske, Bill and Elizabeth (Elsie)
2000-2001, undated
Box 28, Folder 15
Muske, Bob and Mary Jo
1974-2001, undated
Box 34, Folder 12
The Nation - New Virginia Review
1973-2005
Scope and Contents
The Nation, The National Book Critics Circle, The National Book Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, National Organization
for Women, New Bones, The New England Review, New School for Social Research, New Virginia Review
Box 28, Folder 17
Nelson, Marilyn
1997-2004
Box 35, Folder 1
New York Council for the Humanities - New York University
1973-2004
Scope and Contents
New York Council for the Humanities, New York Public Library, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, New York Quarterly,
New York State Council on the Arts (re: Poets in the Schools), The New York Times, New York University
Box 35, Folder 2
The New Yorker
1976-1993, undated
Box 28, Folder 18
Nims, John Frederick
1987
Box 28, Folder 19
Norman, Howard A.
1984-1993, undated
Box 28, Folder 20
Norris, Kathleen
1995-2000
Box 35, Folder 3
North Stone Review - Oxford University Press
1974-2005
Scope and Contents
The North Stone Review, Harry Northup, Northwest Airlines, Northwestern University, Odyssey Theatre, Off Main Gallery, Office
of the Governor (of California), Ohio State University, Ohio State University Press, Ohio University, Oui, Ron Overton, Oxford
University Press
Box 28, Folder 24
Olds, Sharon
1983-2002, undated
Box 28, Folder 28
Orr, Linda
1977-1979
Scope and Contents
The letter dated July 13, 1979 is addressed to Thomas Lux, who was living with Muske-Dukes at the time.
Box 35, Folder 4
Pacific Review - Pen Center USA West
1976-2001
Scope and Contents
Pacific Review, Greg Pape, Paragon House Publishers, Paris Press, The Paris Review (from Richard Howard), Parnassus (from
Herbert Leibowitz), Paul Thompson Jewelers, PEN American Center, PEN Center USA West
Box 29, Folder 7
Pellegrini, Ann
2002-2003
Box 29, Folder 8
Perloff, Marjorie
1986-1997, undated
Box 35, Folder 5
Perry, Susan - Poetry Flash
1979-2002, undated
Scope and Contents
Susan Perry, Pete and Susan Barnett Art Gallery, Pfeiffer-Guinzberg Productions (Re: Dear Digby), Penguin Putnam Inc., Sybil
Pincus, Ploughshares, Pocket Books, Poetry, Poetry East, Poetry Flash, Poetry Northwest (from David Wagonner[?])
Box 29, Folder 10
Phillips, Carl
1998-2003, undated
Box 29, Folder 14
Plumly, Stanley
1976-1998
Box 35, Folder 6
Poetry Society of America - Poets' House
1974-2002
Scope and Contents
Poetry Society of America, Poets and Writers, Poets' House
Box 35, Folder 7
Pomona Valley Writers' Association - Pushcart Press
1979-2006
Scope and Contents
Pomona Valley Writers' Association, Portland State University, Matt Prager, Prarie Lights Books, Minnie Bruce Pratt, Susan
Pratt, Princeton University, Princeton University Press, Patrick Pritchett, Public Art Fund, Pushcart Press
Box 29, Folder 16
Portnow, Marjorie
1976-1977
Box 35, Folder 9
Rector, Liam - Rutgers University Press
1980-2004
Scope and Contents
Laim Rector, David Remnick, Kathryn Rhett, David Rigsbee, River City Review (Sharon Bryan), Rockefeller Brothers Fund, The
Rockefeller Foundation, Richard Ronan, S.X. Rosenstock, Runes: A Review of Poetry, Rutgers University, Rutgers University
Press
Box 29, Folder 21
Reiss, James
1977-1995, undated
Scope and Contents
Draft of poem by Reiss. In an envelope postmarked June 3, 1977, Reiss enclosed a letter he was to have delivered to Thomas
Lux and a poem by Muske-Dukes titled "Elocution: Touch." This poem later appeared in Skylight.
Box 29, Folder 23
Rich, Adrienne
1975-2006, undated
Box 29, Folder 24
Robbins, Doren
1997, undated
Box 29, Folder 26
Rosen, Michael
1982-1999, undated
Box 29, Folder 27
Rosenberg, Liz
1997, undated
Box 29, Folder 28
Rossini, Clare
1994-2005, undated
Box 29, Folder 29
Rudman, Mark
1976-1982, undated
Box 29, Folder 30
Ryan, Michael
1976-2005
Restricted Access
Access to the contents of Box 29, Folder 30 is permitted with authorization of Carol Muske-Dukes.
Box 35, Folder 10
Sacco, Mary Anne - Sarabande Books
1975-2002
Scope and Contents
Mary Anne Sacco, Oliver Sacks, St. Johnsbury Academy (Tim Averill), St. Martin's Press, St. Mary's College of Maryland, St.
Paul Dispatch, Salt Publishing, San Diego State University, San Francisco Review, San Francisco State University, Sandra Dijkstra
Literary Agency, Sarabande BooksEnclosed with the letter from St. Paul Dispatch dated April 11, 1975, is a black and white
photograph of Muske-Dukes
Box 30, Folder 1
Sadoff, Ira
1976-1994, undated
Box 30, Folder 2
St. John, David
1999, undated
Box 30, Folder 4
Santos, Sherod
1980-1994, undated
Restricted Access
Access to the contents of Box 30, Folder 4 is permitted with authorization of Carol Muske-Dukes.
Box 30, Folder 5
Scales, Robert
2000, undated
Box 35, Folder 11
Scates, Maxine - Shenandoah
1990-2000
Scope and Contents
Maxine Scates, Jay Schapira M.D. (Cardiologist), Bart Scheider, [?] Schmitz, Thom Schram, Seneca Review, Patty Seyburn, Shapiro-Lichtman
Travel Agency, Shenandoah
Box 30, Folder 6
Schulman, Grace
1975-2003, undated
Box 30, Folder 8
Seshadri, Vijay
1997-2002
Box 30, Folder 9
Shoaf, Diann Blakely
1995-1998, undated
Box 35, Folder 13
Lynn Shoemaker - Solo Press
1981-2002
Scope and Contents
Lynn Shoemaker, Layle Silbert, Michael Silverblatt, Slate, Small World Books, Arhtur Smith, Solo Press
Box 30, Folder 10
Shore, Jane
1977-1997, undated
Box 30, Folder 11
Simic, Charles
1977-1998, undated
Box 35, Folder 14
Some - State University of New York Stony Brook
1980-2002, undated
Scope and Contents
Some, Southern California Booksellers Association, Southland Council of Teachers of English, Elizabeth Spires, The Spoon River
Poetry, Adrian Spratt, Maureen Sprunger, State University of New York (SUNY) Albany, SUNY Binghamton, SUNY Stony Brook
Box 30, Folder 16
Southwick, Marcia
1980-1992
Box 30, Folder 18
Stambler, Kirk and Victoria
1996
Box 35, Folder 15
Stearns, Kate - Swenson, Karen
1974-2002, undated
Scope and Contents
Kate Stearns, Jean Stephenson, The Steven Barclay Agency, Terry Stevenson, Story Line Press, Phyllis Stowell, Sun and Moon
Press, Sunbury: A Poetry Magazine, Karen Swenson
Box 31, Folder 2
Strand, Mark
1977-2003, 2014, undated
Box 31, Folder 4
Svendsen, Linda
1981-1985
Box 31, Folder 5
Swincord, Robin
1996, undated
Box 36, Folder 1
Taylor, Henry - The Threepenny Review
1976-2000, undated
Scope and Contents
Henry Taylor, Marcella Taylor, Patrick Thaddeus, David [Theo ?], This is Art Entertainment Group, Inc., Threepenny Review
Box 36, Folder 2
The Toby Press, Ltd. - Twitchell, Chase
1981-2004, undated
Scope and Contents
The Toby Press, Ltd., Tractor, Trafika, David Trinidad, Triquarterly, Tufts Unviersity, Alberta Turner, Chase Twitchell
Box 50, Folder 21
U
1994-2012
Scope and Contents
See also Box 36, Folder 8.
Box 36, Folder 3
Unites States Military Academy - University of California Riverside
Scope and Contents
United States Military Academy, University of Alaska - Anchorage, University of California - Berkeley, University of California
- Davis, University of California - Irvine, University of California - Los Angeles, University of California - Riverside
Box 36, Folder 4
University of Chicago - University of Iowa Press
1979-2005
Scope and Contents
University of Chicago, University of Chicago Press, University of Cincinnati University of Florida (William Logan), University
of Georgia, University of Houston, University of Illinois Press (Kevin Prufer), University of Iowa, University of Iowa Press
Box 36, Folder 5
University of Massachusetts - University of Northern Iowa
1975-2000
Scope and Contents
University of Massachusetts, University of Michigan Press, University of Minnesota, University of Minnesota Press (Thom Tammaro),
Univerity of Missouri, University of Nevada Press, University of North Carolina, University of North Dakota, University of
Northern Iowa
Box 36, Folder 6
University of Pittsburgh - University of Pittsburgh Press
1974-1994
Scope and Contents
University of Pittsburgh, University of Pittsburgh Press
Box 36, Folder 7
University of Southern California
1989-2005, undated
Scope and Contents
Department of Industrial Relations, Stephen Sample, Madeline Puzo, David E. James, Joseph Boone, Marshall Cohen, Peter M.
Shugarman, James D. Lytle, Dr. James C. Fleming, Roz Halikis, others. See also Box 50, Folder 21.
Box 36, Folder 8
University of Tennessee - Urbanski, Debbie
1974-2003
Scope and Contents
University of Tennessee, University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire, University of Wisconsin - Madison, Unterberg Poetry Center
(formerly Poetry Center), Debbie Urbanski
Box 31, Folder 9
Valentine, Jean
1996-1997
Box 36, Folder 9
Van Brunt, Lloyd - Versatility Books
1975-1999
Scope and Contents
Lloyd Van Brunt, Vanderbilt University, Retika Vazirani, Patrice Vecchione, Vermont Council on the Arts, Versatility Books
(Robert Creely)
Box 31, Folder 11
Vendler, Helen
1998, undated
Box 36, Folder 10
Viking Penguin, Inc.
1988-1993
Box 31, Folder 13
Vogelsang, Arthur
1976-2003
Box 31, Folder 14
Voigt, Ellen Bryant
1995-2003
Box 31, Folder 20
Wasserman, Steve
1997-2003
Box 36, Folder 12
Western Humanities Review - Writeoff Records
Scope and Contents
Western Humanities Review, Gail White, Who's Who in America, William Holden Wildlife Foundation, Suzanne Wise, Witherspoon
and Chernoff Associates, Inc., WNET Thirteen, Wolf-Kastler and Associates, Michelle Wolf, Woman Books, Jay Wright, Writeoff
Records
Box 31, Folder 21
Wheeler, Jackson
1993-2001
Box 32, Folder 2
Wolloch, Cecilia
1991-1995
Box 32, Folder 5
Wright, Charles
1979-1992, undated
Box 36, Folder 13
Writers at Work - Writer's Digest
1990-2003, undated
Scope and Contents
Writers at Work, A Writers' Community (Laurel Blossom), Writer's Digest
Box 36, Folder 11
W.W. Norton - Westchester County Deptartment of Correction
1975-2004
Scope and Contents
W.W. Norton (Nan Cohen), Alice Walker, Rosanna Warren, Warren Wilson College, Washington Square, Wave Hill (Natalie Robins),
Wesleyan University Press, Westchester County Department of Correction
Box 36, Folder 14
Yale Review - Zinnes, Harriet
1975-1999
Scope and Contents
Yale Review, Yellow Umbrella Press, Heidi Zeigler, Paul Zimmer, Harriet Zinnes
Box 32, Folder 7
Yenser, Stephen
1986-1997
By Date
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
Box 51, Folder 1-2, Box 103
Personal correspondence
1964-2009
Scope and Contents
Personal correspondence, primarily from family.
Box 82, Folder 1, Box 96, Folder 1
Box 47, Folder 1-3
Personal correspondence
1970s-2000s
Box 72, Folder 8
Correspondence
1970s-2000s
Box 37, Folder 4-5, Box 50, Folder 5
Correspondence from Muske-Dukes
1972-2013
Enclosed Materials
Enclosed with the letter to Toby Hershaw dated May 10, 1995 were "Having Fled the Cite Universitaire," "At the School for
the Gifted," "Pacemaker," "Unsent Letter 3," "Family," "Proteus in Hollywood," "Stage and Screen," "Audition," and "Concertina."Enclosed
with the fax coversheet to Grace Schulman dated January 25, 2003 were "Box" (from Sparrow), "Strange Interlude," and "Masks
in Rain."
Restricted Access
A small amount of this file (letter from Carol Muske to David Dukes) has been placed in Box 46 Restricted Access. Access to
this part of the file is permitted with authorization of Carol Muske-Dukes.
Box 32, Folder 11-12, Box 51, Folder 1, Box 58, Folder 1, Box 59, Folder 8-9, Box 78, Folder 1-7
Greeting Cards
1973-2015, undated
Scope and Contents
Holiday and other cards of thanks or congratulations. Personal and greeting cards, primarily from family. Also includes photographs.
Not included are cards sent by those for whom a correspondence file has been separately compiled.
Box 58, Folder 3
Professional correspondence
1974-2008
Box 106, Folder 6
Financial correspondence and checks
1975-1976
Box 96, Folder 3
Poets in the Schools
1976
Box 60, Folder 1
Professional correspondence
1976-1980
Box 47, Folder 4
Personal correspondence
1976-2000
Box 59, Folder 1
Personal correspondence
1976-2011
Box 109, Folder 3
Correspondence and related ephemera
1976-2018
Box 59, Folder 2
Personal correspondence
1979-2016
Box 47, Folder 5, Box 55, Folder 1
Personal correspondence
1980s-2000s
Box 58, Folder 4
Recommendation letters
1980
Box 58, Folder 5
Professional correspondence
1981-1997
Box 36, Folder 15
Correspondence from Students
1981-2005, undated
Scope and Contents
Includes letters and cards from past students, including students from conferences and workshops.
Box 101, Folder 7
Personal correspondence
1981-2017
Box 98, Folder 8
Wyndmere correspondence
1984
Box 77, Folder 2
Professional correspondence
1985-1993
Box 59, Folder 3
Personal correspondence
1985-2015
Box 105, Folder 1
Professional correspondence
1986, 2013-2019
Box 59, Folder 4
Personal correspondence
1986-2015
Box 55, Folder 2
Personal correspondence
1987-1994
Box 60, Folder 2
Professional correspondence
1987-2007
Box 59, Folder 5-6
Personal correspondence
1987-2015
Box 60, Folder 3
Professional correspondence
1988-1994
Box 37, Folder 1-3, Box 58, Folder 2
Fan Mail and Response to Published Works
1989-2003, undated
Scope and Contents
The contents of Box 37, Folder 1-2 contain a file compiled by Muske-Dukes labeled "Some Fan Mail." The contents of Box 37,
Folder 3 contain a file of emailed responses compiled by Muske-Dukes.
Box 55, Folder 3
Personal correspondence
1989-2001
Box 55, Folder 4, Box 57, Folder 1
Personal correspondence
1989-2013
Box 57, Folder 3-4
Personal correspondence
1990s
Box 57, Folder 5
Personal correspondence
1990s-2001
Box 57, Folder 2
Personal correspondence
1990-2002
Box 59, Folder 7
Personal correspondence
1990-2010
Box 60, Folder 4
Professional correspondence
1990-2016
Box 77, Folder 3
Professional correspondence
1993-2012
Box 58, Folder 6
Professional correspondence
1993
Box 60, Folder 5
Professional correspondence
1997-2000
Box 57, Folder 6
Personal correspondence
2000-2010
Box 32, Folder 10
Condolences Regarding Death of David Dukes
2000-2002
Box 109, Folder 5
Correspondence - primarily holiday cards
2000-2022
Box 101, Folder 6
Personal correspondence
2006-2017
Box 32, Folder 13-14
Unidentified correspondence
Box 105, Folder 2
Personal correspondence
2012-2019, undated
Box 105, Folder 8
LA Poet Laureate correspondence and ephemera
2018, undated
Box 101, Folder 20
Personal correspondence
2016-2018
Box 106, Folder 9
Financial and legal correspondence
2019-2020
Box 106, Folder 14
Land survey: Lot 4, "Green River Estates"
2005
Box 110, Folder 16-20
Correspondence
1977-1978
2006-2023
2012
Processing Information
This material was added to the collection from parts of accession nos. 2022-066 and 2023-012.
Academic Files
Scope and Contents
This series traces Muske-Dukes' various academic endeavors, inluding her career at the University of Southern California (USC),
her work in New York area prisons, and her participation in conferences and other programs. Documentation relating to Muske-Dukes'
USC tenure has been compiled in its own subseries to commerate her contribution to USC's history, in particular, her role
in the creation of USC's graduate program in Literature and Creative Writing.
Organization
Series III consists of the following subseries: 1. University of Southern California, 2. Art Without Walls, and various files
concerning other programs, projects, and conferences in which Muske-Dukes participated.
University of Southern California
Box 71, Folder 5
Course evaluation
2013, 2015
Box 16, Folder 5
Course Notes
Course Notes
One notebook containing notes outlining a week-to-week schedule for English 404 and an enclosed roster of English Department
faculty.
Box 16, Folder 6, Box 91, Folder 2
Syllabi and Course Handouts
2003-2009, undated
Syllabi and Course Handouts
Syllabi for English 304 (Intro. to Poetry Writing), English 405 (Fiction Writing), English 406 (Poetry Writing Workshop),
English 408 (Advanced Poetry Writing Workshop), English 455 (Contemporary Prose), English 456 (Contemporary Poetry), as well
as pop-quiz, a journals report worksheet, and other handouts used in class. Additional syllabi in Box 91.
Box 16, Folder 7, Box 92, Folder 6
Student Papers
Scope and Contents
Copies of student essays written for courses taught by Muske-Dukes.
Box 72, Folder 3
[Students]
2012-2015, undated
Scope and Contents
Student papers, correspondence, attendance lists.
Box 72, Folder 4
[Syllabi and course descriptions]
circa 2000
Box 104, Folder 8
GSEM, "The Dream in Poetry"
2017
Box 109, Folder 7
Syllabi, course descriptions, notes, and other material
2012-2021
Box 109, Folder 14
Certificate in Science Writing - program description and requirements
Box 91, Folder 4
Dancing the Poem event
2010, undated
Box 71, Folder 9, Box 91, Folder 5
English Department
1987-2010
Literature and Creative Writing Ph.D File
Scope and Contents
Forms, proposals, and notes related to the creation of a Ph.D program in Literature and Creative Writing at USC. Most of the
documents contained under this heading were maintained in a file kept by Muske-Dukes.
Box 16, Folder 10, Box 91, Folder 3
Correspondence and Notes
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, notes, and drafts of documents related to the creation of a Ph.D program in Literature and Creative Writing.
This file includes resumes for potential faculty members, drafts of a program prospectus, and funding information. Correspondence
kept in this file was compiled by Muske-Dukes.
Box 50, Folder 2
Creative Writing
2009-2013
Scope and Contents
Ph.D program flyers, syllabi, and faculty publication lists.
Box 71, Folder 6
Creative Writing program
1998-2010
Box 71, Folder 7
Creative Writing program
1999-2011
Box 16, Folder 8
Forms
Scope and Contents
Copies of forms filed with USC for the formation of the Ph.D program in Literature and Creative Writing.
Box 19, Folder 1
Guidelines
Scope and Contents
University guidelines and graduate program procedures.
Box 19, Folder 2
Information About Other Ph.D Programs
Scope and Contents
Information compiled by Muske-Dukes about Creative Writing programs at the University of Houston, the University of Illinois
at Chicago, the University of Utah, and the University of Iowa.
Box 16, Folder 9
Mission Statement, Syllabi, and Reading Lists
Scope and Contents
A mission statement written by the Creative Writing Task Force, proposed syllabi for graduate courses, and reading lists for
incoming students.
Box 72, Folder 2
[Ph.D. program information]
undated
Box 72, Folder 6
USC Creative Writing Task Force
Box 19, Folder 3
Information About Muske-Dukes
Scope and Contents
Information regarding Carol Muske-Dukes' academic career. This file contains a review for the 1988-1989 academic year, a personal
statement written by Muske-Dukes, a CV, and various awards and distinguishments garnered at USC.
Box 91, Folder 7
Ingram Merrill Foundation grant application
circa 1980
Box 19, Folder 4
Neighborhood Academic Enrichment Program
Scope and Contents
Handouts and completed assignments from an 8th grade writing workshop for the USC Neighborhood Academic Enrichment Program.
Box 72, Folder 1
Neighborhood Academic Initiative
1993
Box 106, Folder 4
"Page & Stage" - ARLT 101g fliers
2007, Spring 2012
Box 109, Folder 19
Research Enhancement Fellowship - Mary-Alice Daniel
2019
Box 111, Folder 1-12
[Skull and Dagger certificate; syllabi; course materials; letter of reference; "Breaking to USC: Hire a Woman (A Feminist);
"A Tour of Imagination" event; and other material]
2009-2021
Processing Information
This material was added to the collection from parts of accession nos. 2022-066 and 2023-012.
Box 50, Folder 1, Box 72, Folder 5, Box 92, Folder 8
USC Correspondence and Records
1984-2012
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence with other departments and students, department concerns, and invitations to events.
Box 50, Folder 3, Box 71, Folder 8
USC School of Theatre, David Dukes Scholarship
2001, undated
Abstract: Includes papers about the USC School of Theatre David Dukes Scholarship, established in memory of Carol Muske-Dukes' husband,
actor David Dukes.
Box 36, Folder 15
USC-Program Applicants
Scope and Contents
Letters by applicants regarding admissions to the PhD. program in Literature and Creative Writing.
Box 72, Folder 7, Box 105, Folder 10
Box 60, Folder 6
Art Without Walls
1976-1986
Box 60, Folder 7
Art Without Walls
1978-1979
Box 54, Folder 36
Art Without Walls
1976-1979
Box 60, Folder 9
Art Without Walls
1976-1980
Box 70, Folder 1
Art Without Walls
1980-1985
Box 91, Folder 1
Art Without Walls benefit brochure
1981
Box 19, Folder 5-7, Box 50, Folder 4
Correspondence, Notes, and Financial Documents
1980, undated
Scope and Contents
Documents concerning the formation and operation of Art Without Walls, a program funded by the Cultural Council Foundation
to teach poetry to inmates at Riker's Island Prison. Muske-Dukes is a founding member of this program.
Box 19, Folder 8
Flyers, Course Notes, and Student Assignments
Scope and Contents
Flyers and notes pertaining to instruction through Art Without Walls, including photocopied handouts of poems. This file also
contains the work of inmates who participated in the program.
Box 60, Folder 10
Geller House/Art Without Walls
1980
Box 60, Folder 8
Richard Bauman re Art Without Walls
1979
Box 54, Folder 35
[Prison writings]
undated
Other Programs, Projects, and Conferences
Box 20, Folder 1
Aspen Workshop
Scope and Contents
A file compiled by Muske-Dukes consisting of a directory of participants, a schedule for the Aspen Music Festival and some
notes.
Box 20, Folder 2
Breadloaf Writers Conference
1976, 2002
Scope and Contents
In 2002, Muske-Dukes agreed to participate as a faculty member at the conference. Included is the confirmation reply from
the conference, a 2002 directory, the biographies of 2002 faculty members, a speech written by Muske-Dukes, a photocopies
essay about John Donne, one issue of the conference newsletter from 2002, and two issues of the newsletter from 1976.
Box 77, Folder 19, Box 92, Folder 10
Box 20, Folder 4
Geraldine R. Dodge Poetry Festival
Scope and Contents
In 1996, Muske-Dukes was a featured poet at the Geraldine R. Dodge Poetry Festival. Included in this file is information about
programing at the festival. Also included was a set of poet trading cards, which are housed in Box 40, Folder 2.
Box 20, Folder 4-5
Giving Back the World
Scope and Contents
Notes, correspondence, and poems for a project called Giving Back the World, which was to result in an anthology of poems
by current world leaders (circa 1986). The anthology was to be edited by Muske-Dukes and Elaine Dudley. Amongst the world
leaders contributing poems to the project are President Corazon Aquino of the Philippines, Margarita Papandreou (founder of
the Women's Union of Greece), Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher of Great Britian, and Pope John Paul II.
Box 92, Folder 3
George Washington University poetry seminar
1981
Box 20, Folder 6
The Inside Circuit and Right to Write
Scope and Contents
The Inside Circuit and Right to Write consisted of readings at New York State prisons. Right to Write was a reading specifically
in response to Jerome Washington's removal from his post as editor of the Auburn Prison's newspaper. Correspondence about
Washington and the benefit reading are housed in this file. There are also copies of an ad posted in The Nation for a benefit
reading for Washington.
Box 77, Folder 20, Box 91, Folder 10
Magic Poetry Bus presentation
2009-2010, undated
Box 20, Folder 7
Narrative Impulse Festival
Scope and Contents
In 1995, Muske-Dukes participated in a panel discussion at the Narrative Impulse Festival. Included are correspondence, notes,
and programs from the festival.
Box 84, Folder 7
New School poetry workshop
2006
Box 20, Folder 8
Poetry in the Schools
Scope and Contents
Muske-Dukes participated in New York Poetry in the Schools until 1976. This file includes lecture notes, photocopies, and
Muske-Dukes' letter of resignation.
Box 20, Folder 9
Poetry Society of America West
Box 20, Folder 10
Poetry to the Point
Scope and Contents
In 1997, Muske-Dukes participated in Poetry to the Point, a program that invited poets to read and discuss poetry at Westpoint
with cadets enrolled in a section of English Literature. Included is correspondence from the United States Military Academy,
Muske-Dukes' itinerary, notes about the program, and a letter from a cadet requesting a letter of recommendation.
Box 87, Folder 2
Prague Summer Seminars
1999
Box 20, Folder 11
Rattlesnake Mountain Writers' Conference
Scope and Contents
In 1986, Muske-Dukes gave a reading at the Rattlesnake Mountain Writers' Conference. This file contains correspondence between
Muske-Dukes and event organizers, a flyer for the reading, and a completed feedback form.
Box 84, Folder 5
Southampton College Writer's Conference
Box 20, Folder 11
Watershed Foundation
Scope and Contents
In 1985, the Watershed Foundation released an audio recording of Muske-Dukes reading poems from Camouflage, Skylight, and
Wyndmere. The recording is titled The Fire in the Mirror. A copy of an audio cassette of this recording is contained in Box
45.
Box 20, Folder 13-14
Pre-USC Courses
Scope and Contents
This file contains handouts, student assignments, and a draft of a letter of grievance to Columbia University (contained in
a spiral notebook) pertaining to Muske-Dukes' teaching experience prior to her career at USC. Not included in this file are
documents pertaining to Art Without Walls, which are filed in Box 19, Folders 5-7. The materials in Box 20, Folder 14 were
enclosed in the scrapbook contained in Box 43.
Box 20, Folder 14
Visiting Positions and Boards
Scope and Contents
This file contains documents for visiting professorships, as well as advisory boards or committees during Muske-Dukes' time
at USC.
Box 21, Folder 1
Conference Advertisements
Scope and Contents
This file contains advertisements that document Muske-Dukes' participation in various conferences and workshops.
Box 21, Folder 2
Reading Announcements
Scope and Contents
This file contains announcements for readings in which Muske-Dukes' participated.
Box 21, Folder 3
Reports on Education
Scope and Contents
This file contains a series of reports regarding teaching of the arts in various American schools. Included is a report by
Muske-Dukes about arts education in Elkhart, Indiana.
Box 101, Folder 34
National Book Festival and Los Angeles Times Festival of Books
Photocopies
Scope and Contents
Photocopies of essays and poems maintained by Muske-Dukes.
Box 21, Folder 4
Criticism
Scope and Contents
Photocopies of essays falling under the category of literary criticism. One essay is inscribed with a note from Mark Strand.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Strand, Mark
Box 21, Folder 5
Poetry - 20th Century
Scope and Contents
A file of 20th century poetry kept by Muske-Dukes, which includes work by Frost, Adrian Louis, Alice Fulton, and Yusef Komunyakaa.
All other photocopies in this file were gathered by the processing archivist from other parts of the collection.
Box 21, Folder 6
Bishop, Poetic Form, and Cartoon
Scope and Contents
A file compiled by Muske-Dukes consisting of an essay titled "Poetic Persistences and Resistences: Elizabeth Bishop as 'Minor
Female Wordsworth,'" some chapters from A Poetry Handbook, by Mary Oliver (titled "The Line" and "Some Given Forms," and a
comic strip.
Box 21, Folder 7
Erasmus and Cervantes
Scope and Contents
A file compiled by Muske-Dukes consisting of the first three parts of The Praise of Folly and the prologue from Don Quixote.
Box 21, Folder 8
Milton
Scope and Contents
A file compiled by Muske-Dukes consisting of books IV, VIII, X, and XII of Paradise Lost.
Box 21, Folder 9
Pessoa
Scope and Contents
A file compiled by Muske-Dukes consisting of various translations of poems by Fernando Pessoa.
Box 21, Folder 10
Mark Strand
Scope and Contents
A file compiled by Muske-Dukes of works by and about Mark Strand, including a photocopy of Blizzard of One with a note from
Strand reading "For Carol, Love "The Blizzard."
Box 21, Folder 11, Box 84, Folder 9
Courses Taught by Others
Scope and Contents
This file includes syllabi and handouts from courses taught by instructors other than Muske-Dukes.
Box 77, Folder 22
[Creative writing exercises and teaching materials]
Box 101, Folder 33
[Teaching materials, correspondence from students, and conference material]
2003-2017
Works by Others
Scope and Contents
When possible drafts of individual poems were kept in series titled "Correspondence." This series contains larger bodies of
work Muske-Dukes kept. Perhaps the one file that breaks all boundaries defined in this finding aid is the Paul Monette file,
which includes both work by Monette to Muske-Dukes and vice-versa.
Arrangement
Series IV is organized according to the author of the work.
Box 37, Folder 6
Bell, Marvin
Scope and Contents
Poem titled "Trinket."
Box 77, Folder 4
Blechman, Cory--Dear Digby
1996 August
Box 37, Folder 7
Budbill, David
Scope and Contents
A report for the Rockefeller Brothers' Fund regarding education in public schools. Muske-Dukes wrote a report for this fund
concerning a school in Elkhart, Indiana.
Box 37, Folder 8
Campbell Hall School
Scope and Contents
Booklet of poems titled The Day I Was Born..., produced by the 5th grade class of Campbell Hall, 1993. One of the poets represented
is Annie Muske-Dukes, daughter of Carol Muske-Dukes.
Box 77, Folder 5
Cantrell, Catherine--Constance, A Novel
undated
Box 37, Folder 9
Collins, Billy
Scope and Contents
Typed poem titled "A Sense of Place" by Billy Collins, with handwritten annotations by Carol Muske-Dukes.
Box 37, Folder 10
Doty, Mark
Scope and Contents
20-page manuscript titled "Firebird."
Box 37, Folder 11, Box 53, Folder 5
Fraser, Kathleen
Scope and Contents
Letter from Kathleen Fraser to Carol Muske-Dukes, along with the galleys of her manuscript, When New Time Folds Up, 1993,
and Sawduck, 1969.
Box 37, Folder 12
Graham, Jorie
Scope and Contents
Galleys of a book of poems called Materialism, along with some loose poems and some correspondence between Graham and Muske-Dukes.
Box 53, Folder 8
Goodyear, Dana
2010
Scope and Contents
The Oracle of Hollywood Blvd (manuscript).
Box 53, Folder 3
Harvey, Yona. "Hemming the Water" Draft
Box 37, Folder 13
Heaney, Seamus
Scope and Contents
6-page copy of a speech by Seamus Heaney made in Belfast in 1995.
Box 37, Folder 14
Heine, Heinrich
Scope and Contents
The translation of Heinrich Heine's Hebrew Melodies and Other Poems with Jewish Themes and cover letter were both written
by Arnold Dunn, professor of Biological Sciences at USC. 2001.
Box 38, Folder 1
Humphreys, Helen
Scope and Contents
Published book, Nuns Looking Anxious Listening to Radios, by Helen Humphreys.
Box 53, Folder 2
Kennedy, Annie. Dear Digby screenplay
2002
Scope and Contents
First writer's draft.
Box 38, Folder 2
Kenyon, Jane
Scope and Contents
Poem by Jane Kenyon, printed as a broadside in a memorial tribute to Kenyon at Harvard University in 1996.
Box 8, Folder 7-8
Kovalcik, Janet. Dear Digby (Screenplay) manuscripts
Box 38, Folder 3
Kingsolving, Susan (Baumann)
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of a poem by Susan (Baumann) Kingsolving.
Box 38, Folder 4
Krueger, Lisa
Scope and Contents
20-page transcription of an interview between Lisa Krueger and Meta Doherty Wilde. Letter from Lisa Krueger to Carol Muske-Dukes
regarding the interview.
Box 38, Folder 5
Lannan Foundation
Scope and Contents
2-page poem from the Lannan Foundation dedicated to Carol Muske (Dukes).
Box 38, Folder 6
Levine, Phillip
Scope and Contents
Book of poems (uncorrected proof) by Philip Levine. Enclosed card from the publicity department of Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. states
"With the compliments of the author."
Box 38, Folder 7
Levis, Larry
Scope and Contents
Group of poems by Larry Levis. Introduction by Philip Levine, which was written in 1996 after Levis's death.
Box 38, Folder 8
Lincoln, Doris B.
Scope and Contents
Book of poems by Doris Brandt Lincoln.
Box 38, Folder 9
Lithgow, John
Scope and Contents
Scrapbook of photos of party guests and excerpts from books, poems, etc. from a party held at the John and Mary Lithgow's
home on New Year's Eve, 1999. Black plastic binder.
Box 38, Folder 10, Box 77, Folder 7, Box 87, Folder 7
Lux, Thomas
Scope and Contents
A notebook that once belonged to Thomas Lux. Only two pages written on, the rest blank.
Box 38, Folder 11
Maso, Carole
1993
Scope and Contents
Carol Maso's comments on her recent novel, Ava. 4 pages.
Box 9, Folder 3-4
Megel, Joseph. Dear Digby (script) manuscript
Box 38, Folder 12
Matthews, William
1987
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of a 21-page typed manuscript by William Matthews, hand-edited by Carol Muske-Dukes.
Box 38, Folder 13, Box 77, Folder 9
Monette, Paul
Scope and Contents
Folder of poems by Paul Monette, many with hand-written notes to Muske-Dukes.
Box 53, Folder 1, Box 66, Folder 2, Box 87, Folder 3
Muske, Elsie Kuchera
2013, undated
Scope and Contents
Wyndmere Wind-rows (2013). Process notes, including handwritten notes, drafts, and discussions and suggestions for the book
cover. Siren Songs. Letter to Carol. Elsie Kuchera Muske was Carol Muske-Dukes' mother.
Box 38, Folder 14
Oppenheimer, Joel
Scope and Contents
A report for the Rockefeller Brothers' Fund regarding education in public schools. Muske-Dukes wrote a report for this fund
concerning a school in Elkhart, Indiana.
Box 38, Folder 15-16, Box 39, Folder 1
Pinksy, Robert
2004
Scope and Contents
Three works: Box 38, Folder 15 contains a manuscript by Pinksy called "Democracy, Culture, and the Voice of Poetry." Folder
16 contains an anthology titled, Invitation to Poetry, edited by Robert Pinsky and Maggie Dietz. The work is an "advance uncorrected
proof." 2004. Box 39, Folder 1, contains an untitled manuscript by Pinsky about David and Goliath (2004).
Box 39, Folder 2
Rudman, Mark
Scope and Contents
Poem by Mark Rudman inscribed to Carol, David, and Annie, December 4, 1985.
Box 39, Folder 3
Schulman, Grace
Scope and Contents
Typed manuscript by Grace Schulman. In her essay, Schulman discusses the books, manuscripts, and paintings of artist E. McKnight
Kauffer (1890-1954) who was her uncle. 20 pages. Also a tearsheet with a poem titled "The Stars and the Moon" by Schulman.
Box 77, Folder 13
Assata Shakur/Joanne Chesimard
Box 39, Folder 4
Shinder, Jason
Scope and Contents
Manuscript of poems by Jason Shinder bound in plastic comb binding. 67 pages. Yellow sticky note to Carol [Muske-Dukes] from
Shinder dated 2/18/2002.
Box 53, Folder 4
Smith, Arthur. The Fortunate Era
2012
Scope and Contents
Galley.
Box 39, Folder 5
Smith, Dave
Scope and Contents
Prose manuscript by Dave Smith. 26 pages of the story, plus 8 additional pages of a curriculum unit on drawing and painting.
Box 39, Folder 6
Spratt, Adrian
Scope and Contents
A collection of poems by Adrian Spratt, written in the early 1980s. Includes his cover letter to Muske-Dukes.
Box 39, Folder 7-8
Stanford, Ann
Scope and Contents
A collected manuscript of poetry edited by David Trinidad and Maxine Scates.
Box 39, Folder 9
Strand, Mark
Scope and Contents
Manuscript of poems bound in plastic coil binding by Mark Strand. Undated.
Box 39, Folder 10
Subach, Karen
Scope and Contents
Title page and one poem titled "At the Raptor Center."
Box 10, Folder 11
Townsend, Ann
Scope and Contents
Published book of poems by Ann Townsend, 1998. Insccribed by Townsend to Muske-Dukes on the title page.
Box 39, Folder 12
Works About Muske-Dukes
Scope and Contents
Articles, newsletters, notes, etc. regarding Muske-Dukes and her poetry.
Box 77, Folder 17-18, Box 84, Folder 11-14, Box 85, Folder 1-3, Box 87, Folder 8-10, Box 92, Folder 9
Box 84
Wright, C. D.
Casting Deep Shade uncorrected proof
2019-02
Box 77, Folder 12
[Writer's Harvest poems]
1993 October 5
Box 53, Folder 6
Poem Print-outs
Scope and Contents
Print outs of poems by Maja Trochimczyk and Theodore Roethke
Box 53, Folder 7
Magazines
1962-1993
Scope and Contents
Publications include Buzz, The New Yorker, Writer's Yearbook, and Selected Poems of Vittorio Sereni.
Box 71, Folder 4, Box 92, Folder 5
[Reviews of Muske-Dukes' work]
Box 77, Folder 16
[Comments on a work by Muske-Dukes]
Box 46
Address Book
Scope and Contents
Carol Muske-Duke's personal address book, almost completely filled with names, addresses, and phone numbers of personal contacts
and businesses. Many loose scraps of paper between the pages.
Restricted Access
Due to the confidential nature of the names, addresses, and phone numbers in Muske-Duke's address book, access to this item
is permitted with authorization of Carol Muske-Dukes.
Box 52
Art Prints
Scope and Contents
Art prints of Carol Muske-Dukes' poetry and others' works. Also includes two unrelated art reproduction prints. Some materials
are oversized.
Box 109, Folder 17
The Broad / Intro - Crown of Sonnets
2018
Box 42, Box 52, Box 101, Folder 10, Box 106, Folder 11, Box 107, Box 108, Folder 5
Calendars
1998-2000, 2009, 2012-2014, 2016-2018, 2022
Scope and Contents
Red leather bound journal for 1998, most pages blank. Entries consist of words and short phrases as reminders for birthdays,
dinners, readings, etc. Two large wall calendars (1999, 2000). Also includes an undated page torn out of a calendar book accompanied
by a list of names for a June 14th (no year) book party for Carol Muske-Dukes.
Box 43
Clippings
Scope and Contents
Three ov folders of miscellaneous newspaper clippings, many regarding Carol Muske-Dukes. One of the folders consists solely
of Los Angeles Times Book Reviews and New York Times Book Reviews.
Box 54, Folder 3
Commemorative Literary USPS Stamps
2012
Scope and Contents
Announcements and one sheet of USPS stamps of literary figures.
Box 40, Folder 1
Creighton University
Scope and Contents
Newspapers, booklets, flyers, etc. related to Creighton University of which Muske-Dukes is an alumnus. She was the editor
of the university's "Shadows" magazine while she was a student. 1966 yearbook for Creighton University is in Box 42.
Box 49, Box 88, Box 105, Folder 9
Box 101, Folder 11
Diary [?] entry for July 9, 1983
1983
Box 111, Folder 13-15
Event programs, website printouts, ticket stub, and other ephemera
1994-2018
Processing Information
This material was added to the collection from parts of accession nos. 2022-066 and 2023-012.
Box 40, Folder 2, Box 54, Folder 5, Box 89, Box 105, Folder 15
Family papers and significant family event programs
2000-2010, undated
Scope and Contents
Legal documents, receipts, and clippings about the Muske-Dukes family. The two blank pages with newspaper clippings taped
to them and the draft of a letter to David Dukes were compiled in a file labeled "Carol Muske File." Includes the funeral
program of Carol Muske-Dukes' late husband, actor David Dukes, and the wedding program of their daughter, Annie Muske-Dukes.
Restricted Access
Part of this file is confidential and placed in Box 46 Restricted Access. Access to the contents of this file is permitted
with authorization of Carol Muske-Dukes.
Box 40, Folder 3
General Articles
Scope and Contents
Photocopies of newspaper and magazine articles on a variety of topics including feminism, literature, salad dressing recipes,
etc.
Box 42
Guest Book
circa 1989
Scope and Contents
Partly used bound guestbook for a book party as stated on title page: "Guests of Willis Jane Digby: Book party for 1st novel,
Dear Digby, in New York City."
Box 40, Folder 4, Box 92, Folder 7
Invitations, Programs, Catalogs, Fliers
Scope and Contents
Ephemera connected with poetry readings, plays, and other events.
Box 91, Folder 9, Box 101, Folder 13
Box 40, Folder 5
Lists of Bookstores
Scope and Contents
Publication titled Literary Bookstores in the U.S., published by Poets & Writers, Inc., 1988. File also contains typed and
handwritten lists of bookstores with address information.
Box 40, Folder 6
Lists of Contacts
Scope and Contents
Typed and handwritten lists of names and addresses.The page titled "Possible List" is for a party scheduled on July 11, 2005.
Box 40, Folder 7, Box 70, Folder 3-5, Box 86, Folder 9, Box 87, Folder 1, Box 91, Folder 11, Box 105, Folder 13, Box 101, Folder 12
Notes
Scope and Contents
Various handwritten and typed notes and handwritten maps.
Box 49, Folder 5
Handwritten Notes - looseleaf, undated
Abstract: Miscellaneous handwritten notes on loose leaf pages, notepads, etc.
Box 101, Folder 32
News clippings and web printouts
2001-2018
Box 62, Folder 24, Box 67, Box 68, Box 69, Box 70, Folder 2
Newspapers, magazines, newsletters and catalogs
1957-1993
Box 49, Folder 6
Our Lady of Peace Memorabilia and Student Records
1960-1964
Scope and Contents
This file contains dance and prom memorabilia, a grade report, and a geometry assignment.
Box 49, Folder 7
Our Lady of Peace Yearbooks
1960-1964
Box 49, Folder 8
Our Lady of Peace, Peace Points (student newspaper)
1960-1962
Abstract: Our Lady of Peace, "Peace Points" was the title of the high school student newspaper to which Carol Muske-Dukes also contributed.
Box 54, Folder 2
Our Lady of Peace Commencement
1963
Scope and Contents
Commencement announcements and programs for Carol Muske-Dukes' high school graduation from Our Lady of Peace High School in
Saint Paul, Minnesota on May 31, 1963.
Box 52
Our Lady of Peace High School Sweatshirt
Physical Description: White sweater with a Our Lady of Peace High School emblem in blue. Light pink/red marks are visible on the front of the sweater.
Box 101, Folder 8
Personal ephemera
1957-2015
Box 70, Folder 6-7, Box 77, Folder 23, Box 84, Folder 6, Box 91, Folder 12, Box 102, Folder 2
Personal/Biographical
Scope and Contents
Includes resumes, information about David Dukes, miscellaneous family materials.
Box 88
Poet Laureate certificate
Box 109, Folder 2
Poets Laureate in California roster
2009
Box 88, Box 105, Folder 12
Box 54, Folder 4, Box 52, Box 90
Promotional Materials
Scope and Contents
Promotional materials for Carol Muske-Dukes' new books and speaking engagements. Some materials are oversized.
Box 71, Folder 1-2, Box 86, Folder 8, Box 90, Box 92, Folder 4, Box 102, Folder 3, Box 103, Box 104, Folder 1, Box 105, Folder 14, Box 101, Folder 9, Box 108, Folder 1
Publicity
Scope and Contents
Flyers, postcards, book jackets of Muske-Dukes' work, lectures, readings, appearances.
Box 43, Box 99, Box 100
Scrapbooks
1960s
Scope and Contents
Large scrapbook of newspaper advertisements and scripts for advertisements, 1967-68. Two high school scrapbooks, 1961-1965.
Box 54, Folder 1, Box 101, Folder 15
Tickets, Events, and Invitations
2009-2014
Scope and Contents
This file includes tickets, event flyers, invitations, travel information, and program brochures for literary, professional,
and personal events, such as book releases, poetry conferences, USC parties, and birthday parties, weddings, and funerals.
Box 107
University of Florida Writers' Festival poster
1987
Box 107
University of Virginia Rea Visiting Writer event poster
Box 108, Folder 3
USC PhD program promotional posters
2001
2009
Publications
1966-2014
Scope and Contents
The publication series includes works of Carol Muske-Dukes that have been published as poetry and/or articles. Formats include
books, anthologies, calendars, and newspaper clippings. This series also includes "New York Beijing," a poetry anthology that
includes both English and a Mandarin translation for each poem included. Assistant Ed Draft Lit. magazines are in boxes 41-43.
See also Series I, Works by Carol Muske-Dukes.
Box 41, Box 42, Box 43
Assistant Ed Draft Lit. Magazine
undated
Box 50
"Best American Poetry, 1992"
1992
Box 50
"Blue Rose" in
Solo, Vol. I, No. 1
Spring 1996
Box 107
"Carol Muske: Seven New Poems" in
The American Poetry Review, Vol. 20, No. 4
1991 July / August
Scope and Contents
Includes the original publication and a reproduction of the cover mounted on foam core.
Box 109, Folder 20
"Daphne, After" in
The New Yorker
2019-04-01
Box 50
"The Iowa Writers' Workshop Cookbook"
1986
Box 50
"Moons and Lion Tailies: A Midwestern Journal of Poetry and Comment, Vol. 2, No. 1"
1976
Box 50
"New York Beijing" poetry anthology
1987
Abstract: A poetry anthology printed in English with Chinese translations.
Box 50, Folder 24
Newspaper articles and clippings
1960-03-15-2014-11-30
Physical Description: 1 folder
Abstract: Newspaper articles clippings and print-outs both written by and about Carol Muske-Dukes, ranging from 1960-2014. Publications
include the Los Angeles Times, The Nation, Poetry Heaven, etc.
Box 50
"Poetry: Volume CXLV, Number 2"
1984-11
Box 50
"Poetry Calendar 2007: 365 Classic and Contemporary Poems"
2007
Box 50
"Shadows, Vol. V. No. 1," Creighton University, Omaha, Nebraska
1966
Box 111, Folder 17
"Translation Class" in
The Journal of the Academy of American Poets
2018 Spring-Summer
Box 44, Folder 1
Art Without Walls, 1981
1981
Scope and Contents
Six black and white photos taken by Thomas Victor at a prison benefit in 1981. Subjects include Carol Muske-Dukes, Susan Sarandon,
Hamilton Fish, Robert Flack, Gail Rosenbloom, Ruby Dee and Ossie Davis, Ed Koren, and Curtis Ingham.
Box 44, Folder 2
Compton, Richard (Photographer)
c. 1981
Scope and Contents
15 black and white photographs taken by Richard Compton of Aspen, Colorado. Envelope and note from Compton are included with
the photographs. Subjects include Kurt Brown, Stephen Dobyns, Maurya Stanton, Larry Levis, and Carol Muske-Dukes.
Box 44, Folder 3
Dukes, David
Scope and Contents
2 snapshots of David Dukes: one of him carrying copies of Muske-Dukes's new book for a book signing. Her own note on the back
of the photo indicates that it might have been the novel, Saving St. Germ. The other photo is of Dukes leaning back in a punt
in Oxford; photo is annotated on the back "Punting on the Cam--Oxford--1987."
Box 44, Folder 4
Geraldine R. Dodge Poetry Festival, 1966
1966
Scope and Contents
9 5x7 black-and-white portrait photographs of poets participating in the sixth biennial Geraldine R. Dodge Poetry Festival,
September 19-22, 1996 at the Village of Waterloo in Stanhope, New Jersey. Poets featured include: Yehuda Amichai, Gwendolyn
Brooks, Mark Doty, Allen Ginsburg, Robert Hass, Stanley Kunitz, Philip Levine, Carol Muske [as written on back of photo],
Le Thi Deim Thuy. Website describes event: http://www.dodgepoetry.org
Box 44, Folder 5
Graham, Jorie
Scope and Contents
5"x7" black and white photograph of writer Jorie Graham.
Box 52
Holy Spirit- 1954 School Group Photograph
1954
Physical Location: Oversized- stored with Box 54- Ephemera.
Box 109, Folder 11
Icepick killer - new photo
2014
Box 56, Folder 4
L.A. Times Photographs
1963, undated
Scope and Contents
Three black and white photographs sent "with love" by Los Angeles Times Book Editor Steve Wasserman. The photographs include
photos of: Kathy Schmitt, Christopher Dempsey, Carol Muske, Cadet Color Peter Matlon at a military ball in 1963; Carol Muske-Dukes
and Ali; and Carol, husband David, and actor John Lithgow (the latter two photographs are from a party for her firrst novel).
Box 44, Folder 6
Lux, Thomas
Scope and Contents
6 candid snapshots of Thomas Lux and 12 8"x10" black and white portraits of Lux and Carol Muske-Dukes. Many of the portraits
were taken by Kelly Wise; three notes by her regarding the photos are included in the file.
Box 106, Folder 1
Lux, Thomas, and Muske-Dukes
1980s
Box 44, Folder 7
MacDowell Colony Fellows
1975
Scope and Contents
4 snapshots of MacDowell Colony fellows taken in the summer of 1975: Phillip Schultz, Chuck [?], Carol Muske-Dukes, and Marjorie
Portnow.
Box 44, Folder 8
Merwin, W.S.
1979
Scope and Contents
2 candid snapshots of W.S. Merwin and Carol Muske-Dukes.
Box 44, Folder 9
Miscellaneous
Scope and Contents
8 snapshots of unidentified groups and friends.
Box 56, Folder 5
Muske-Dukes, Annie
2001-2006
Scope and Contents
Photographs of daughter Annie Muske-Dukes, includes color photographs and computer paper print-outs of digital photographs.
Box 42
Muske-Dukes, Carol
Scope and Contents
Slightly oversized photo of Muske-Dukes in "pioneer" costume holding a shotgun. It's an "old time" style photo like those
produced at amusement parks and piers.
Box 44, Folder 10
Muske-Dukes, Carol, 1950s-1960s
Scope and Contents
4 photographs of Muske-Dukes and friends.
Box 44, Folder 11
Muske-Dukes, Carol, 1970s
Scope and Contents
4 photographs of Muske-Dukes and friends.
Box 44, Folder 12
Muske-Dukes, Carol, 1980s
Scope and Contents
1 8"x10" black and white photo of Carol Muske-Dukes et al at a Writers' Community Benefit, dated "1983(?)." Three copies of
a 5"x7" photo of Muske-Dukes for a book jacket, c.1980. Color snapshot of Muske-Dukes, annotated on the back with "Charlottesville--
teaching at UVA" stamped May 1981.
Box 44, Folder 13
Muske-Dukes, Carol, 1990s
Scope and Contents
14 color snapshots of Carol Muske-Dukes. 1 8"x10" black and white photo of Muske-Dukes and Adrienne Rich. 5 black and white
8"x10" portraits of Muske-Dukes. 1 color 8"x10" portrait of Muske-Dukes.
Box 44, Folder 14
Muske-Dukes, Carol, 2000s
Scope and Contents
3 color photos of Carol Muske-Dukes, one of which she is shown with Richard Howard who won the Los Angeles Time Book Prize
in Poetry for 2004.
Box 110, Folder 121
OLP High School group photograph / Ivanhoe
circa 1962
Box 44, Folder 15
Pen/ Faulkner Award, 2002
Scope and Contents
1 8"x10" color photograph of the writers who participated in the 2002 celebration of the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction. Included
with the photo are a photocopy of a newspaper article about the event and a letter to Muske-Dukes from Janice Delaney of PEN/Faulkner.
A compact disk of the event is in Box 45.
Box 44, Folder 16
Photocopies
Scope and Contents
7 pages of photocopied photographs of Carol Muske-Dukes and others.
Box 44, Folder 17
St. John, David
Scope and Contents
7 color photos of David St. John and his family, one including Carol Muske-Dukes at a dinner party.
Box 44, Folder 18
Shrine Auditorium, 2000
Scope and Contents
2 color photos showing the exterior of the Shrine Auditorium during the 2000 Academy Awards ceremony. Both photos are glued
to a piece of paper.
Box 44, Folder 19
Strand, Mark
Scope and Contents
2 photos of poet Mark Strand, one with his wife Julia.
Box 44, Folder 20
Strand, Halpern, and Muske-Dukes
c. 1973
Scope and Contents
Black and white photo of writers Mark Strand, Stephen Halpern, and Carol Muske-Dukes.
Box 44, Folder 21
Summer 1975
Scope and Contents
24 color snapshots of Muske-Dukes and friends, many taken at a picnic.
Box 44, Folder 22, Box 91, Folder 13
Negatives
Scope and Contents
5 sleeves of negatives of Carol Muske-Dukes.
Box 56, Folder 1
Black and white Photographs
1962, undated
Scope and Contents
This file consists of signed black and white photographs of young women which are addressed to Carol, possibly as part of
a part of a photograph exchange, as well as black and white group photographs that also include a scene of graduation and
Christmas.
Box 56, Folder 2, Box 108, Folder 2
Portrait and Group Photos
1964-1971, 2006, undated
Scope and Contents
Portrait and group photos with others, including one for the "Birthday Party for Senator Hilary Rodham Clinton with William
Jefferson Clinton at Tavern on the Green, New York, New York- 10/06/2006."
Box 56, Folder 3
Travel and Locations
1970, undated
Scope and Contents
This file includes primarily scene and location shots of what looks to be from travel, and also a few photographs with people.
Box 56
Photograph album of Carol Muske-Dukes photographs
1945
Scope and Contents
Photograph album of black-and-white baby and childhood photographs as well as some color photographs of Carol Muske-Dukes
as a young woman. Most are photographs of only Carol Carol-Muske-Dukes and are enclosed in the magnetic album to preserve
original order. Loose photographs in the pages of the album have also been kept in original order.
Box 70, Folder 8, Box 90, Box 91, Folder 14, Box 92, Folder 1-2, Box 93, Box 94, Box 104, Folder 2
Photographs
Scope and Contents
Miscellaneous personal and professional photographs.
Box 45, Box 58, Box 88, Box 111
Audio-Visual Materials
Scope and Contents
Interviews and readings of and by Muske-Dukes.
