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Accessions 2001-267 and 2002-10 Box-level survey

Scope and Contents

Box-level listing of the unprocessed Toby Olson papers. Includes the materials listed in boxes 1-8 as well as additional papers not previously listed. The survey was conducted after the existing listing and may be more accurate, as materials have been reboxed.
carton 1

Correspondence; Life of Jesus proof; Seaview drafts and notes 1970s-1990s

Box 2

The Life of Jesus proof; Dorit in Lesbos first draft circa 1976, 1988

carton 3

Human Nature draft; Certain Women draft; At Sea draft; Tampico draft; Billy draft, other drafts and miscellaneous materials 1990s - 2000s

carton 4

Coffee House Press correspondence from 2000; The Life of Jesus correspondence from 1970s - 1990s; Utah correspondence 1980s - 1990s; At Sea correspondence 1990s; Dorit (Opera) newspaper clippings, correspondence, rehersal schedule, libretto drafts and misc.; Human Nature correspondence, newspaper clippings; Dorit in Lesbos misc. material 1980s, Seaview correspondence 1980s - 1990s, Write Letter to Billy correspondence 2000, The Florence Poem and Unfinished Building correspondence, misc.; We Are the Fire draft, We Are the Fire misc. correspondence, The Wrestlers and other poems; The Woman Who Escaped from Shame correspondence; grant and fellowship information removed and placed in restricted box; letters and misc. materials related to reading trips; royalty statements 1970s - 2000s

carton 5

Miscellaneous correspondence 1990s - 2000s

carton 6

Dorit in Lesbos: orginal manuscript;second and third drafts. Notes and research materials, early manuscript materials. Drafts of poems (1972) 1970s - 1990s

Box 7

Uncorrected manuscript Dorit in Lesbos; Wakoski Symposium correspondence 1970s-1990s

carton 8

Woman Who Escaped From Shame: first, second drafts w. some ed. notes, third draft, typescript with "some revisions", other draft. Drafts of Excursion, Brace's Cover, Slow Song for Mark Rothko. Correspondence - John Taggart. 1970s-1990s

carton 9

Correspondence 1990s

carton 10

Friends' poems and fiction - various manuscripts. Nathaniel Tarn; Dennis Barone; Karl Young; Harold Jaffe; Toby Olson; Bobby Byrd; David Allen Stark 1960s-1990s

carton 11

Correspondence: Dennis Barone; Thayler, Mathow, Jonathan Williams, Mossonli, Transtromer, Montag, Metcalf, Schwerner, Lewis, OTT, Openheimer, Oppen, Olivarez, Morrow, Veasey, Silkin, Joy Williams, DeLillo, Davenport, Warkoski, Olivares. undated

carton 12

Correspondence: Tam, Sherman, misc., Epstein, Owens, Economon, Hoepffner, Noledo, Low, Creeley, Wiley, Loover, Autin

carton 13

Manuscripts: "The Brand"; Correspondence-- misc., Peacock, New Directions, Glusman, Galassi, Levine, Abrams, Ray, Randal, Berge, Betts, Banks, Bernard, Braverman, Broumas, Porter, Gurganus, Joris, Low, Gaddis, Gangemi, Hamady, Kaposcinski, Major, Ignatow, Lapate, Fisher, Purdy, Ducornet, Blackburn, Spielberg 1970-1990s

carton 14

Correspondence: misc., Hoffman, Sanders, Scalapino, Rosenblum, Rothenberg, Gurney, Hollo, Hecht, Styron, Logan, Jaffe, Foss,Heller, Howe, Tarn, Byrd, Bugin, Coover, Colescott,

Box 15

Correspondence: Sorrentino, Leventov, Batchelor, Karl Young (1972-1973), Enslin, Absin, Autin, Armantrout, Austen, Barthelme, Balitas, Eshleman, Creeley Contoski 1990s

carton 16

Poetry, Tampico 3 Drafts, Certain Women Notes, Certain Women 3 Drafts, Human Nature drafts and notes, Newspaper (The Advocate 5/17/1990), undated

carton 17

Poetry, Travel memorablia (Catalina Island), Research Notes, 3 drafts of novel Write Letter to Billy, Certain Women notes and draft 1990s

carton 18

Correspondence personal, University of Wisconsin, personal notes, copies of articals, correspondence with Walter Hamady, The friends of the Wesley Library Fall Meeting invite, letters, postcards, PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction correspondence and notes, flyer 1969-1998

carton 19

Utah: copyedited MS; - 1st draft finished July 1985, 2nd draft (yellow); Utah 3rd draft (white), final draft, galleys. Road maps, tourist guides, notes, clippings. Write Letter to Billy: copyedited proof; Notes - bitter half; Billy drafts 6/99; 1985 - 2000

carton 20

Pen/Faulkner material: Pen/Faulkner award 1983; Mysterious Barricades 1; "The 13"; The Nation, December 1, 1969 and August 31, 1974; Tracks volume 5 number 1, Fall 1976 & Volume 6 number 1, Fall 1977; Intrepid, 11/12 fifth anniversary issue & 18/19; 1983 - 2000

carton 21

Tampico Revison, drafts, Dorit in Lesbos draft and flyers, Chihuahua, poetry, Fiction, Washington Post and articles, Contemporary Authors Autobiography Series, Revisions, Vilas Associaties Fellowship Proposal and Resume 1970-1997

carton 22

Personal card catalog; Fine press prints; Toby Olson reading Home section 26-36 (cassette); Time Marches On (Poems by Toby Olson) (CD); Relache: On Edge. Chamber works by Epstein, Albert and Tenney (text by Toby Olson) (CD); Photos 1937-1960; Photos 1960-2000; Large photos; Dorit [chamber opera] - cassette tape and libretto; Chihuahua [chamber opera] - cassette tape and libretto; circa 1937-2000

carton 23

Poetry in public places; Poetry in motion - large prints for public poetry projects in NY and SF 1990s

carton 24

Chihuahua opera, Human Nature drafts, poems, Unfinished Building - Poems by Toby Olson, 1990s

Box 25

Paul Blackburn: 12 letters and cards; other correspondence undated

carton 26

Typescripts, poems, and short stories 1960s-80s

carton 27

Poetry posters circa 1980s

Box 28

RESTRICTED: Grants and fellowships documentation; Last will of Armand Schwerner undated

Access Restrictions

This file contains personal information and is restricted until 2070.
Box 1

Seaview Accession no. 2001-267

Scope and Contents note

First and second drafts ; A draft with notes ; Final draft ; Letter: Bernard Hoepffner, regarding French translation
Box 1

The Life of Jesus Accession no. 2001-267

Scope and Contents note

First draft, with roughs and notes ; Rough manuscript ; Third draft ; Proof
Box 2

At Sea Accession no. 2001-267

Scope and Contents note

First called "Angle of Repose," then "Certain Women". Various drafts ; Research materials
Box 2

Tampico and Write Letter to Billy Accession no. 2001-267

Scope and Contents note

Various drafts and notes ; Some false starts
Box 3

Dorit [Opera] Accession no. 2001-267

Scope and Contents note

Drafts ; Materials ; Programs ; Reviews
Box 3

Chihuahua [Opera] Accession no. 2001-267

Scope and Contents note

Drafts and notes
Box 3

The Bitter Half Accession no. 2001-267

Scope and Contents note

Drafts and notes
Box 3

Poetry manuscripts and revisions Accession no. 2001-267

Box 3

Susanna Styron movie correspondence and her screenplay Accession no. 2001-267

Box 3

Gale Research autobiography correspondence Accession no. 2001-267

Box 4

Dorit in Lesbos Accession no. 2001-267

Scope and Contents note

First draft ; Notes and research materials ; Raw, early manuscript material ; Second and third drafts ; Proof and edited manuscript ; Final manuscript ; Poem copies
Box 4

Diane Wakoski: Symposium [edited by Olson] Accession no. 2001-267

Scope and Contents note

Correspondence and materials ; Wakoski correspondence
Box 5

The Woman Who Escaped From Shame Accession no. 2001-267

Scope and Contents note

First and second drafts ; Notes ; Third draft ; Other drafts and revisions ; Some correspondence ; John Taggart Correspondence
Box 6

Manuscripts from Friends Accession no. 2001-267

Box 6

Correspondence Accession no. 2001-267

Box 7

Review of Contemporary Fiction: Barthelme/Olson Issue Accession no. 2001-267

Scope and Contents note

Correspondence and materials
Box 7

Misc. Correspondence. Accession no. 2001-267

Box 7

Correspondence: Various Writers Accession no. 2001-267

Box 8

Correspondence, Editors Accession no. 2001-267

Scope and Contents note

Ellen Levine Literary Agency ; New Directions ; James Laughlin ; Jonathan Galassi ; John Glussman ; Alan Peacock
Box 8

Correspondence: Various Writers and Others Accession no. 2001-267

Box 9

At Sea [called Certain Women] Accession no. 2001-267

Scope and Contents note

Drafts and notes
Box 9

Human Nature Accession no. 2001-267

Scope and Contents note

Drafts and notes
Box 9

Tampico Accession no. 2001-267

Scope and Contents note

Drafts and notes
Box 10

At Sea Accession no. 2001-267

Scope and Contents note

Edited draft
Box 10

Write Letter to Billy Accession no. 2001-267

Scope and Contents note

First, second, third drafts, notes
Box 10

Unfinished Building Accession no. 2001-267

Scope and Contents note

Copyedited copy
Box 11

Walter Hamady correspondence Accession no. 2001-267

Box 12

Utah Accession no. 2001-267

Scope and Contents note

First draft ; Notes and materials ; Second and third drafts ; Copyedited manuscript ; Last draft, with some work ; Galleys
Box 13

The Bitter Half Accession no. 2001-267

Scope and Contents note

Notes
Box 13

Write Letter to Billy Accession no. 2001-267

Scope and Contents note

Copyedited proof ; Drafts and notes
Box 14

BOOKS Accession no. 2001-267

Scope and Contents note

Dorit in Lesbos ; Utah ; The Woman Who Escaped From Shame ; Seaview ; At Sea ; The Life of Jesus ; Write Letter to Billy ; We Are the Fire ; Human Nature ; Unfinished Buildinq ; Changing Appearance ; Home ; The Florence Poems ; Vectors ; City ; The Hawk-Foot Poems ; Writing Talks ; Standard--4, Aviator Press [broadside] ; Anima [off-print of poems]
Box 14

Magazines Accession no. 2001-267

Scope and Contents note

Center #6 ; Philadelphia magazine, Nov. 1986 ; Inquirer magazine, July, 1993 ; Margins [Diane Wakoski Symposium 1/2/3, 1976 ; New Directions #29 ; New Directions #35 ; New Directions #40 ; Loves, Etc. ; Inside Outer Space ; Boundary 2, 1980 ; Intrepid Anthology, 1976 ; The Paris Review #99 ; The American Experience: A Radical Reader, 1970 ; Contemporary American Fiction, 1983 ; Caterpillar #5 ; New Letters, 1981-82 ; Sumac, 1971 ; Handbook #111 ; The Falcon#4 ; Stations #2 ; Mulch #1 ; Occurrence #6 ; The Gettysburg Review, Vol.2 #1 ; The Painted Bride, Vol. 3 #2 ; The Painted Bride, Vol. 4 #1 ; The Painted Bride, 1975-1993 ; The Painted Bride #45 ; Sumac: An Active Anthology, 1974 ; Perfect Lies ; The review of Contemporary Fiction [Barthelme/Olson issue] ; Washington Square #6 ; Colorado Review #2, Fall, 1992 ; Colorado Review #1, 1999 ; Denver Quarterly, Vol. 34 #4, 2000 ; Conjunctions #3 ; Conjuctions #13 ; Conjunctions #28 ;
Box 1

Miscellaneous letters -113 Accession no. 2002-010

Box 1

Letters: Accession no. 2002-010

Scope and Contents note

Walter Hamady -38, John Taggart -15, Gil Sorrentino -17, Nathaniel Tarn -16
Box 1

Letters, Reviews, etc.: related to the following: Accession no. 2002-010

Scope and Contents note

We Are the Fire and The Wrestlers and Other Poems ; The Florence Poems and Unfinished Building ; The Life of Jesus ; Write Letter to Billy ; Seaview ; The Woman Who Escaped From Shame ; Dorit In Lesbos ; Utah ; Dorit (opera)
Box 1

Other Materials Accession no. 2002-010

Scope and Contents note

Grants and Fellowships ; Reading Trips ; Royalty Statements
Box 2

Reviews Accession no. 2002-010

Box 2

PEN/Faulkner Award materials Accession no. 2002-010

Box 2

Some magazine publications Accession no. 2002-010

Box 3

Magazine Publications Accession no. 2002-010

Box 4

Revision Pages: Writer Letter to Billy Accession no. 2002-010

Box 4

Proof: Unfinished Building Accession no. 2002-010

Box 4

Proof: "Reading" Accession no. 2002-010

Box 4

Revision pages: Human Nature Accession no. 2002-010

Box 4

Revision pages: "Seeing Duchamp" [essay] Accession no. 2002-010

Box 4

Libretto, review program: "Chihuahua" Accession no. 2002-010

Box 4

The Occidental Review, edited by Olson in Undergraduate school at Occidental Accession no. 2002-010

Scope and Contents note

Two issues
Box 5

Broadsides Accession no. 2002-010

Scope and Contents note

"Another Popular Song" ; "Tools" ; "Just This" ; "from Home" ; "From El Monte" ; :A Very Cold Day" ; "The Trumpet Vine" ; "Cold House" [Perishable Press] ; "Priorities" [post card] ; "A Kind of Psychology" [post card]
Box 5

CD: "Birdsongs" Accession no. 2002-010

Box 5

CD: "Three Songs From Home" Accession no. 2002-010

Box 5

Tape: Olson Reading Home Accession no. 2002-010

Box 5

Books Accession no. 2002-010

Scope and Contents note

La Vida de Jesus [translation of The Life of Jesus] ; Seaview [English Publication] ; Seaview, U.S.A. [French translation] ; Sitting in Guesvik. Black Mesa press. ; Reading. Friend of Typography. ; Tow Standards. Salient Seedling Press. ; Still/Quiet. Landlocked Press. ; Aesthetics. Membrane Press. ; Pig/s Book. Dr. Generosity press. ; The Wrestlers and Other Poems. Barlenmir House.
Box 5

Books: the perishable press Accession no. 2002-010

Scope and Contents note

Fishing ; BirdSongs ; Maps ; The Pool ; Worms into Nails ; Doctor Miriam ; The Brand ; Three and One
Box 6

A few magazine publications Accession no. 2002-010

Box 6

Card Catalogue of all publications: 1965-1987 Accession no. 2002-010

Box 6

Dorit [chamber opera]: tape and libretto Accession no. 2002-010

Box 6

Chihuahua [chamber opera]: tape and libretto Accession no. 2002-010

Box 6

CD: Olson reading, 10-6-01, Woodland Patterns, Milwaukee Accession no. 2002-010

Box 6

TAPE: musical pieces: Accession no. 2002-010

Scope and Contents note

Reading [short story] ; Facing [poem] ; John Leonard NPR review of Dorit in Lesbos ; NPR interview with Epstein and Olson, re. Dorit [opera]
Box 6

Photographs Accession no. 2002-010

Box 7

Correspondence Accession no. 2002-010

Scope and Contents note

Includes important letter from Denise Levertov re her divorce
Box 8

Untitled : typescript poems, Accession no. 2002-010 1966 - 1973

Container Summary: 1 typed manuscript
Box 8

Unfinished business : poems / by Toby Olson, Accession no. 2002-010 circa 1990

Container Summary: 1 typed manuscript
Box 8

We are the fire : a selection of poem, 1970 - 1984 / by Toby Olson, Accession no. 2002-010 circa 1984

Container Summary: 1 typed manuscript
Box 8

Untitled : typescript poems, Accession no. 2002-010 1967 - 1985

Container Summary: 1 typed manuscript
Box 8

Untitled : typescript poems, Accession no. 2002-010 1972 - 1973 ; n.d.

Container Summary: 1 typed manuscript
Box 8

Untitled : typescript poems, Accession no. 2002-010 1972 - 1985

Container Summary: 1 typed manuscript
Box 8

The sky is a big circle, and we are in the center, safe / by Toby Olson, Accession no. 2002-010 undated

Container Summary: 1 typed manuscript