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Inventory of the Celeste Turner Wright Papers
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Series 1. About Celeste Turner Wright and Her Works 1963-1975

Physical Description: 9 folders

Scope and Content Note

Contains several articles about Wright as well as reviews of her work.
Box 1:1

Clipping from the Press Herald 1963 January 23

Box 1:2

Mention of Wright winning the Reynolds Lyric Prize in The Lyric 1964 Spring

Box 1:3

Profile of Wright published in Dimension 1964 Fall

Box 1:4

Review by J.E. Chamberlin published in The Hudson Review 1975 Spring

Box 1:5

Review by Denis Donoghue published in The Hudson Review 1964 Summer

Box 1:6

Review by George P. Elliott published in The Hudson Review Autumn 1964

Box 1:7

Review by Don W. Kleine published in Epoch 1965 Spring

Box 1:8

Review by Don W. Kleine published in Arizona Quarterly 1975 Winter

Box 1:9

Review by Jennie M. Palen published in The New Laurel Review 1975 Spring & Fall

 

Series 2. Works 1928-1994

Physical Description: 5 linear feet

Scope and Content Note

Contains writings by Celeste Turner Wright. Organized into two subseries: Manuscripts and Published.
 

Subseries 2.1 Manuscripts 1971-1993

Physical Description: 1 linear foot

Scope and Content Note

Contains manuscripts of Wright's works. Arranged alphabetically by title.
Box 1:10

Cleveland State University manuscript 1990

Box 1:11

Eve, Shylock, and Other Elizabethans undated

Box 1:12

W.W. Norton 1991-1992

Box 1:13-1:15

Notes 1988-1993

Box 1:16-1:21

Thumbprint: Collected Poems 1988-1991

Box 1:22

University of Missouri circa 1992

Box 1:23

University of Pittsburgh Press 1971-1991

Box 1:24-1:29; 2:1-2:9

University Woman: the Memoir of Celeste Turner Wright 1981-1987

Scope and Content Note

Described as the "copy text for University Woman in the final format of an oral history but in reality Wright's autobiography."
 

Subseries 2.2 Published 1928-1994

Physical Description: 4 linear feet

Scope and Content Note

Contains Wright's published works, the majority of which are her poems published in journals. Arranged alphabetically by title.
Box 2:10

"The Abbot's Kitchen" and "The Cliff Palace," published in Midwestern University Quarterly 1967 May

Box 2:11

"Aberration," published in Florida Magazine of Verse 1945 Winter

Box 2:12

"Abundance," published in Talaria 1943 Summer

Box 2:13

"Acquiescence," published in Westward 1942 June

Box 2:14

"Acquiescence" and "Counsel," published in In an Eggshell 1974 Spring

Box 2:15

"Affirmation," published in Wings 1945 Spring

Box 2:16

"Afterthought," published in Wings 1942 Autumn

Box 2:17

"Against Mailing a Letter of Condolence," "Jewel Box at Bradford," and "Rarities," published in Quoin 1967 October

Box 2:18

"Ali Baba in Maine," published in Cardinal 1968 Winter

Box 2:19-2:20

Anthony Mundy: An Elizabethan Man of Letters 1928 December

Box 2:21

"Arch of Triumph" and "Etruscan Princess," published in Western Humanities Review 1959 Summer

Box 2:22

"The Archaeologists," published in The Archer 1968 Summer

Box 2:23

"Artificial Fireplace" and "The First-Axe," published in The Prairie Poet 1960-1961 Winter

Box 2:24

"Astronaut," published in The Lyric 1967 Summer

Box 2:25

"At Coventry," published in The University Review 1964 Summer

Box 2:26

"Aztec Calendar Stone," published in the University of Kansas City Review 1958 March

Box 2:27

"Ballade of the Unloved Ladies," published in Westward 1946 Spring

Box 2:28

"The Big House" and "Schedule," published in The Poetry Chap-Book 1948 Fall

Box 2:29

"Bread and Roses," published in American Poet 1943 May

Box 2:30

"Brief Communion," published in South and West 1966 Autumn

Box 2:31

"Buckeye Honey: A Fable," "Tricho-Nympha," and "Lecture Near Nottingham," published in The Beloit Poetry Journal 1967-1968 Winter

Box 2:32

"Buffo" and "Armory," published in Poetry 1962 April

Box 2:33

"Campus Doorway," published in American Weave 1943 Spring

Box 2:34

"Candid Camera," "Fifth Column," and "Ballade of Synthetic Heaven," published in American Poet 1944 February

Box 3:1

"Capitol," published in The Sonneteer 1944 Spring

Box 3:2

"Chinese Lady," published in Orange Street Poetry Journal 1963 Spring

Box 3:3

"Civilian," published in Wings 1944 Autumn

Box 3:4

"Class Reunion," published in Blue Unicorn 1986 February

Box 3:5

"Columbia Dry Falls" and "Daguerreotype," published in The New Mexico Quarterly Review 1943 Fall

Box 3:6

"Complaint," published in Parodos 1961 May

Box 3:7

"Counsel," published in the Prairie Poet Anthology 1961

Box 3:8

"Credibility Gap," published in Poetry Venture 1968 Fall

Box 3:9

"Credibility Gap" and "Michaelangelo's Day," published in Poetry Ventured Anthology 1972

Box 3:10

"Daguerreotype," published in Wisconsin Poetry Magazine 1963 Summer

Box 3:11

"Death of a Dragon," "Les Baux Legend," and "Pastourelle," published in The Poets' Guild Anthology 1972

Box 3:12

"Distrust," published in Arizona Quarterly 1957 Autumn

Box 3:13

"Donner Lake," published in Cycle 1942 December

Box 3:14

"Doting Parent" and "Salutation to the Body," published in the Antioch Review 1958 Summer

Box 3:15

"Dumdo," published in The Lyric 1970 Summer

Box 3:16

"Elizabeth Rudisill Homann," published in In Memoriam 1985

Box 3:17

"Epitaph," published in Wings 1944 Spring

Box 3:18

"Etruscan Princess," published in Wisconsin Poetry Magazine 1964 October

Box 3:19

"The Exploit," published in Descant 1968 Winter

Box 3:20

"Exploration" and "Lasting Resentment," published in Yearbook of Modern Poetry 1971

Box 3:21

"Family Photograph," published in Essence 1965-1966 Winter

Box 3:22

"Figure Salon," published in The Ina Coolbrith Circle 1985

Box 3:23

Fisherman's Luck," published in The Guild 1967 Autumn

Box 3:24

"Flagellate," published in Modern American Lyrics 1963

Box 3:25

"Folktale," published in The Poets' Guild 1973 Autumn

Box 3:26

"Folktale," published in Talaria 1943 Spring

Box 3:27

"Folktale," published in Three Songs for Chorus and Piano 1968

Box 3:28

"The Forgotten Language" and "Pastourelle," published in Wings 1942 Spring

Box 3:29

"Fortified City, Spain," published in Western Humanities Review 1960 Spring

Box 3:30

"The Galloping Consumer," published in The Pacific Spectator 1948 Winter

Box 3:31

"Genesis of a Short Story," published in A College Treasury 1956

Box 3:32

"Giotto's Chapel at Padua" and "On a Larger Scale," published in Imprints Quarterly 1969 Winter

Box 3:33

"Grapevine," published in the Beloit Poetry Journal 1970 Spring

Box 4:1

"Grave in the Foothills," published in The Yale Review 1947 Summer

Box 4:2

"Grave in the Foothills," published in The Arts and Humanity 1949

Box 4:3

"Grave in the Foothills," published in The Arts and Humanity 1952

Box 4:4

"Guide at Moosehead Lake" and "At Hardscrabble," published in Quoin 1972 July

Box 4:5

"Gwendolyn Bridges Needham" and "Robert Alonzo Wiggins," published in In Memoriam 1989

Box 4:6

"Handsome Unknown," published in Kaleidograph 1942 June

Box 4:7

"Handsome Unknown" and "Visitation," published in Sierra Journal 1978

Box 4:8

"Handsome Unknown" and "Lines Commending Self-Deception," published in Ina Coolbrith Circle 1981

Box 4:9

"Heritage," published in The Lantern 1943 July, August, September

Box 4:10

"Hexham Abbey," published in Maelstrom 1969 Spring

Box 4:11

"The House That Isn't There," published in Arizona Quarterly 1972 Summer

Box 4:12

"Icy Harvest," published in The University Review 1968 June

Box 4:13

"Imperial Tomb" and "Dinner Time at Port Royal," published in The Beloit Poetry Journal 1962 Fall

Box 4:14

"In the Fish Hatchery," published in The Beloit Poetry Journal 1960-1961 Winter

Box 4:15

"In the Repair Shop," published in Quoin 1968 October

Box 4:16

"In Those Days," published in The Poet's Guild 1972 May-June

Box 4:17

"Inscription Rock," published in the Northwest Review 1959 Spring

Box 4:18

"Inside the Cathedral" and "The Phoenix Nest," published in The Lyric 1967 Winter

Box 4:19

"Interlude," published in The Poetry Chap-Book 1944 Fall

Box 4:20

"The Jewel Box at Bradford" and "Murgatroyd," published in the Ina Coolbrith Circle 1969

Box 4:21

"Kineo Mountain", "Noblesse Oblige", and "Thumbprint," published in Poetspeak 1991

Box 4:22

"King Philip Far Away," published in The Lyric 1968 Summer

Box 4:23

"The Leper Window" and "Natural Process," published in American Weave 1963 Spring-Summer

Box 4:24

"Lines Commending Self-Deception," published in Imprints Quarterly 1967 Autumn

Box 4:25

"Lines in Praise of Mental Lapses," published in The New Laurel Review 1971 Fall

Box 4:26

"Lost Poems," published in The University Review 1968 March

Box 4:27

"March of the Turtles," published in The Poets' Guild 1973 Spring

Box 4:28

"Meditations on Grief," published in Southern Poetry Review 1965-1966 Winter

Box 4:29

"Metamorphosis," published in The Pacific Spectator 1954 Fall

Box 4:30

"Metamorphosis," published in The Poets' Guild 1973 Summer

Box 4:31

"Michelangelo's 'Day'," published in Poetry Venture 1971 Spring

Box 4:32

"Minor Medici," published in The Lyric 1971 Spring

Box 4:33

"More Stately Mansions," published in Southern Poetry Review 1967 Fall

Box 4:34

"Murgatroyd," published in The American Bard 1967 July, August, September

Box 4:35

"Murgatroyd," published in The Poet's Guild 1971 February-March

Box 4:36

"Natural Enemies," published in Poet 1967 January

Box 4:37

"Near an English Cathedral" and "On a Friend's Achievement," published in Poet Lore 1966 Summer

Box 4:38

"Near The Penobscot," published in Down East 1972 September

Box 4:39

"New Acquaintance", "Old Master", and "Retrospect," published in Wings 1943 Winter

Box 4:40

"New Acquaintance," published in the Ina Coolbrith Golden Circle 1963-1964

Box 5:1

"New England Renewal," published in West Coast Review 1968 Winter

Box 5:2

"Next of Kin," published in The Archer 1968 Autumn

Box 5:3

"Noblesse Oblige," published in Poetry 1943 September

Box 5:4

"Northern Waterfall," published by The Poetry Chap-Book 1945 Summer

Box 5:5

"Northern Waterfall," published in The Poet's Guild 1972 Autumn

Box 5:6

"Not As Ordered," published in Florida Magazine of Verse 1946 Summer

Box 5:7

"Octopus," published in Rocky Mountain Review 1946 Winter

Box 5:8

"On a Friend's Achievement," published in Poet Lore 1966 Winter

Box 5:9

"On a Friend's Achievement", and "Against Mailing a Letter," published in Ina Coolbrith Circle Anthology 1979

Box 5:10

"On a Place," published in The Poetry Chap-Book 1945 Winter

Box 5:11

"On a Way of Keeping Records," published in Voices 1965

Box 5:12

"On a Way of Keeping Records," and "The Showpiece," published in Poets on a Parade Anthology 1970

Box 5:13

"On a Way of Keeping Records," "State of Preservation," and "The Unfinished Window," published in The Ina Coolbirth Circle 1966-1967

Box 5:14

"On the Dike," published in Poetry Newsletter 1965 October

Box 5:15

"On the Underground," published in The Lyric 1965 Summer

Box 5:16

"On the Underground," published in Best Poems of 1965 1966

Box 5:17

"One Life Too Short," published in The Poet's Guild 1971 May-June

Box 5:18

"One Life Too Short", and "Brief Communion," published in Ina Coolbrith Anthology 1973

Box 5:19

"Ordeal," published in Talaria 1947 Summer

Box 5:20

"The Paper Flowers," published in Wings 1943 Spring

Box 5:21

"Pastourelle", published in Wings 1942 Spring

Box 5:22

"Penance," published in Kalediograph 1942 October

Box 5:23

"Poet and Pedant," published in The Lyric 1968 Winter

Box 5:24

"Postscript," published in Prairie Schooner 1944 Fall

Box 5:25

"Prediction," Published in Westward 1942 October

Box 5:26

"Prediction" and "Flagellate," published in Motley 1968 Spring

Box 5:27

"Prediction," published in The Gathering 1993

Box 5:28

"The Private Rainbow," published in The Prairie Poet 1961 Spring

Box 5:29

"Prophets," published in Alentour 1943 Winter

Box 5:30

"Prophets," published in The Poet's Guild 1971 November-December

Box 5:31

"Quest for Identity," published in Imprints Quarterly 1971 Winter

Box 5:32

"Reprieve," published in California Quarterly 1983 Summer

Box 5:33

"Reproach," published in The Tanager 1945 June

Box 5:34

"Review of The Queer by Henry Vaughan," published in The Explicator 1955

Box 5:35

"Ricebowl," published in The Poetry Chap-Book 1943 Winter

Box 5:36

"Ricebowl" and "Metamorphosis," published in The Ina Coolbrith Golden Circle 1964-1965

Box 5:37

"Rival," published in Verse Craft 1942 September-October

Box 5:38

"Roman Aqueduct," published in Poet Lore 1966 Spring

Box 5:39

"Roughcast," published in Arizona Quarterly 1963 Summer

Box 5:40

"Russian Orchard," published in The Winged World 1946 Winter

Box 5:41

"Samples," published in Verse Craft 1944 September-October

Box 5:42

"Samples," published in The Poet's Guild 1971 August-September

Box 5:43

"Satellite" and "A Victorian Castle" published in The University of Kansas City Review 1963 March

Box 5:44

"Satellite," published in Ina Coolbrith Anthology 1977-1978

Box 5:45

"Saturn," published in The University of Kansas City Review 1944 Winter

Box 5:46

"Sea Lions' Grotto" and "California Mission Restored," published in Northwest Review 1960 Fall-Winter

Box 5:47

"Semantics," published in Wings 1942 Summer

Box 6:1

"Semantics," published in American Writing 1943

Box 6:2

"Semantics" (I, II, & III), published in Motley 1969 April

Box 6:3

"Servant Problem," published in Talaria 1945 Spring

Box 6:4

"The Showpiece," published in Cimarron Review 1968 December

Box 6:5

"Sierra Slopes," published in Wings 1944 Winter

Box 6:6

"Skull Cave," published in Queen's Quarterly 1959 Autumn

Box 6:7

"Stalagmite," published in Wings 1958 Summer

Box 6:8

"State of Preservation," published in The Lyric 1964 Winter

Box 6:9

"State of Preservation," published in A Formal Feeling Comes 1994

Box 6:10

"Statue in a Roman Theatre," published in The University of Kansas City Review 1961 Summer

Box 6:11

"Stone Bridge at Avignon," published in The Guild 1967-1968 Winter

Box 6:12

"Tanglewood," published in Manhattan Poetry Review 1984-1985 Winter

Box 6:13

"Thumbprint", "Frontier", and "Roman Coastline," published in Wings 1942 Winter

Box 6:14

"Thumbprint" and "Today," published in The Music Makers 1945

Box 6:15

"Thumbprint," published in The Ina Coolbrith Golden Circle 1961

Box 6:16

"Timely Translation," published in The Laurel Review 1967 Fall

Box 6:17

To Eleanor: Mount Kineo, Maine," published in The Poet's Guild 1972 February-March

Box 6:18

"To a Tearful Young Poet," published in Blue Unicorn 1982 October

Box 6:19

"To a Tearful Young Poet" and "Class Reunion," published in Ina Coolbrith Circle 1989

Box 6:20

"To Pluck Bright Honour--," published in Maelstrom 1970 Spring

Box 6:21

"Today," published in Wings 1943 Autumn

Box 6:22

"Token," published in Different 1946 March-April

Box 6:23

"Two Pairs of Gloves," published in The Beloit Poetry Journal 1966-1967 Winter

Box 6:24

"Under the Bell Jar," published in The University Review 1965 Autumn

Box 6:25

"Under the Bell Jar," published in The Gathering 1991

Box 6:26

"The Unfinished Window," published in Arizona Quarterly 1965 Summer

Box 6:27

"Vessel of Grace," published in Arizona Quarterly 1956 Summer

Box 6:28

"Visitation," published in The Lyric 1945 Autumn

Box 6:29

"War Memorial," published in The Tanager 1945 December

Box 6:30

"With a Quatrain by Shakespeare," published in Blue Unicorn 1983 October

Box 6:31

"Yugoslav Cemetery," published in Beloit Poetry Journal 1958 Spring

Box 6:32

"Zone of Silence," published in Arizona Quarterly 1966 Winter

 

Series 3. Correspondence 1941-1988

Physical Description: 13 letters

Scope and Content Note

Contains a small portion of Wright's correspondence. Several additional pieces of correspondence accompany Wright's manuscripts and may be found in Series 2.1 Manuscripts.
Arranged in two subseries: Outgoing and Incoming.
 

Subseries 3.1 Outgoing 1971-1988

Physical Description: 4 letters

Scope and Content Note

Contains Wright's outgoing letters, the majority of which discuss her work, First Resort. Arranged alphabetically by correspondent.
Box 6:33

Blanchard, J. Richard 1973 November 20

Box 6:34

Alfred A, Knopf Inc. 1988 August 15

Box 6:35

Scott Meredith Literary Agency 1972 June 20

Box 6:36

Owen, Guy 1971 November 3

 

Subseries 3.2 Incoming 1941-1986

Physical Description: 9 letters

Scope and Content Note

Contains Wright's incoming correspondence. The majority of the letters discuss Wright's work, First Resort. Arranged alphabetically by correspondent.
Box 6:37

Blanchard, J. Richard 1973 November 21

Box 6:38

Baertschi, Marjorie 1985 January 2

Box 6:39

Buell, L.M. 1971 December 3

Box 6:40

Homann, Leonard G. 1986 September

Box 6:41

Doughty, LeGarde S. 1941 October 1

Box 6:42

Gilbert, Elliott 1971 October 12

Box 6:43

Owen, Guy 1970 August 17

Box 6:44

Meredith Scott Literary Agency 1972 July 18

Box 6:45

Shapiro, Karl 1971 October 7

 

Series 4. Works by Others 1921-1979

Physical Description: 5 folders

Scope and Content Note

Contains works by individuals other than Wright including one by Wright's mother, Viola Kelley Turner. Arranged alphabetically by author.
Box 6:46

Atherton, Gertrude. The Sisters-in-law 1921

Box 6:47

Baer, Janet. Poems of Presentation 1979

Box 6:48

Deane, Samuel. History of Scituate, Massachusetts from Its First Settlement to 1831 (Bicentennial Edition) 1975

Box 6:49

Howard, Walter L. Ten Generations of Virginia Howards 1949

Box 6:50

Turner, Viola Kelley. Thief at the Gates of Paradise 1955