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Guide to the David Gitin Papers, 1968-1993.
M0691
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Title: Gitin, David. Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1968-1993.
Collection number: M0691
Creator:
Gitin David
Extent:
.25 linear ft.
Repository:
Stanford University. Libraries. Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives.
Abstract: David Gitin edited Bricoleur, corresponded with Oppen from 1968-1977. He published Oppen, sought his editorial eye when writing
poetiy himself, welcomed his support when he wentjob-hunting. Oppen had sustained correspondence in this periodwith Michael
Heller, Armand Schwerner, Levertov & Michael Cuddihy, but probably not many others. Serendipity sold for Gitin letters a decade
ago, but that lot did not include Oppen, as I remember it. Below is a detailed list ofthe Oppen file, and as a courtesy, a
register of everything else Gitin brought in last week, for though it is tempting to sell these others singly in various directions,
to maximize profits, it is not courteous to Stanford to do so: I include all the non-Oppen for a lump sum additional, as indicated.
Gitin did not cooperate with Rachel Blau who did a SELECTED LETTERS for Sulphur, publishing mostly letters to her. Our letters
are unpublished. Sometimes Oppen addresses Joyce Gitin. Oppen & Gitin were often in the same city together (SF), & therefore
met, did not correspond. In this period Oppen's SEASCAPE is published & COLLECTED POEMS is in progress. Rough drafts ofPRIMTTIVE
appear in the correspondence, a bit.
Language:
English.
None.
Property rights reside with the repository. Literary rights
reside with the creators of the documents or their heirs. To
obtain permission to publish or reproduce, please contact the
Public Services Librarian of the Dept. of Special Collections.
David Gitin Papers. M0691. Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Purchased, 1994.
Purchased, 1994.
Collection Scope and Content Summary
Primarily incoming letters (42) from George Oppen, 1968-1977, including Oppen manuscripts and photographs. Rough drafts of
PRIMITIVE appear occasionally in the correspondence. There is a 39-page photocopy of a corrected typescript by Mary Oppen,
a journal kept during the couple's trip to Israel. There are also four folders of letters (and some manuscripts) from other
writers, 1971-1993.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Amirkhanian, Charles.
Baraka, Imamu Amiri, 1934-
Bly, Robert.
Bromige, DAvid.
Cage, John.
Corman, Cid.
Creeley, Robert, 1930-
Dawson, Fielding.
Di Prima, Diane.
Dorn, Edward.
Eigner, Larry, 1927-
Enslin, Theodore.
Evans, George, 1948-
Ginsberg, Allen, 1926-
Gray, Darrell, 1945-
Kyger, Joanne.
Marshall, Jack, 1936-
McClure, Michael.
Meltzer, David.
Oppen, George.
Oppen, Mary.
Owen, Maureen, 1943-
Palmer, Michael, 1942-
Rakosi, Carl, 1903-
Robinson, Kit, 1949-
Silliman, Ronald, 1946-
Sward, Robert, 1933-
Tarn, Nathaniel.
Vega, Jeanne Pomy.
Waldman, Anne.
Wieners, John, 1934-