Finding Aid for the Tom Clark Papers, 1963-1991
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Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
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Finding Aid for the Tom Clark Papers, 1963-1991
Collection number: 1020
UCLA Library Special Collections
UCLA Library Special Collections staff
Los Angeles, CA
Contact Information
- UCLA Library Special Collections staff
- UCLA Library Special Collections
- Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library
- Box 951575
- Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
- Telephone: 310/825-4988 (10:00 a.m. - 4:45 p.m., Pacific
Time)
- Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
- URL: http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/special/scweb/
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- Tine Spencer, March 1973
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- Alight Tsai
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© 2002 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Descriptive Summary
Title: Tom Clark Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1963-1991
Collection number: 1020
Creator:
Clark, Tom, 1941-
Extent:
7 boxes (3.5 linear ft.)
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Abstract: Thomas Willard Clark (1941- ) was the poetry editor of
The Paris Review (1963-73), senior writer of
The Boulder Monthly (1978-79) and instructor in poetics at New College of California (1988- ). He wrote numerous books of poetry, wrote a biography
of musician Neil Young (1971) and books on baseball. The collection consists of correspondence and manuscripts sent to Clark
by various authors for possible publication. Also includes many of Clark's manuscripts as well as manuscripts and correspondence
from other authors.
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library Special
Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Language:
English.
Administrative Information
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
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are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright
and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
Restrictions on Access
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access.
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A copy of the original version of this online finding aid is available at the UCLA Library Special Collections for in-house
consultation and may be obtained for a fee. Please contact:
- Public Services Division
- UCLA Library Special Collections
- Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library
- Box 951575
- Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
- Telephone: 310/825-4988 (10:00 a.m. - 4:45 p.m., Pacific
Time)
- Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Tom Clark Papers (Collection 1020). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research
Library.
UCLA Catalog Record ID
UCLA Catalog Record ID:
964290
Biography
Thomas Willard Clark was born March 1, 1941 in Chicago, Illinois; attended John Carroll University (1959-60), University of
Michigan (BA, 1963), Cambridge University (MA, 1965), and University of Essex (1965-67); poetry editor,
Paris Review (1963-73); instructor in American poetry, University of Essex (1966-67); senior writer,
Boulder Monthly (1978-79); instructor in poetics, New College of California, beginning in 1988; author of numerous books of poetry, including
Stones (1969),
Air (1970), and
Blue (1974); also wrote a biography of musician Neil Young (1971) and books on baseball.
Scope and Content
Collection consists of correspondence and manuscripts sent to Clark by various authors for possible publication. Also includes
Clark's manuscripts for the following titles:
Stones,
Air,
Chicago,
Neil Young, and
Blue. Correspondents and manuscripts by other authors include writings from Clark Coolidge, Donald A. Davie, Donald Hall, Ron
Padgett, Aram Saroyan, Ted Berrigan, and John Martin.
Organization and Arrangement
Arranged in the following series:
- Correspondence (Boxes 1-3).
- Poetry of Ron Padgett, Aram Saroyan, and Clark Coolidge (Box 1).
- Tom Clark manuscripts (Boxes 1, 4-6).
- Galleys, proofs, photographs, and drawings (Boxes 6-7).
- Prospectus for GAS High Octane Poetry, quarterly review (Box 7).
- Bumper sticker: More more hair every day (Box 8).
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Clark, Tom, 1941- --Archives.
Berrigan, Ted.
Coolidge, Clark, 1939- .
Davie, Donald.
Hall, Donald, 1928- .
Padgett, Ron.
Saroyan, Aram.
Poets, American 20th century--Archival resources.
Box 2
Coolidge, Clark, 1939- .
Physical Description: 91 items.
Box 1
Davie, Donald A. 1922- .
Physical Description: 12 items.
Box 1
Hall, Donald, 1928- .
Physical Description: 43 items.
Box 3
Padgett, Ron.
Physical Description: 252 items.
Box 2
Saroyan, Aram, 1943- .
Physical Description: 81 items.
Box 1
Miscellaneous.
Physical Description: 3 items.
Box 2
Berrigan, Ted.
Physical Description: 54 items.
Box 3
Martin, John.
Physical Description: 3 items.
Miscellaneous Manuscripts of Tom Clark
Box 4, Folder 1
1963-65.
Physical Description: 75 items.
Box 4, Folder 2
1965-66.
Physical Description: 163 items.
Box 4, Folder 3
1967-68.
Physical Description: 79 items.
Box 4, Folder 4
1968-69.
Physical Description: 221 items.
Box 4, Folder 5
1968-69.
Physical Description: 257 items.
Box 5, Folder 1
1970.
Physical Description: 95 items.
Box 5, Folder 2
1971.
Physical Description: 122 items.
Box 5, Folder 3
1970-1972.
Physical Description: 133 items.
Box 5, Folder 4
Suite.
Physical Description: 4 items.
Box 5, Folder 5
Ted Berrigan's mimeograph manuscripts.
Physical Description: 21 items.
Box 1
Assorted poetry.
Physical Description: 49 leaves.
Box 1
Assorted poetry, ca. 1970.
Physical Description: 20 leaves.
Box 1
Rock notes, 1970.
Physical Description: 23 leaves.
Box 1
Assorted poetry and prose, ca. 1965-1967.
Physical Description: 81 leaves.
Box 1
Assorted poetry, 1968-1971.
Physical Description: 64 leaves.
Box 1
Assorted poetry.
Physical Description: 60 leaves.
Box 1
Physical Description: 3 leaves.
Box 1
Stones, v.p., 1966-1968. New York: Harper & Row, 1969.
Physical Description: 112 leaves. Typescript with holograph corrections.
Box 1
Clark, Tom and Lewis Warsh.
Box 1
Chicago, for Edwin Denby. v.p., 1969. Published by Bolinas, California: Angel Hair Books, 1969.
Physical Description: 5 leaves. Typescript with holograph corrections.
Box 6
Neil Young. Bolinas, California: Angel Hair Books, c. 1970.
Physical Description: 9 leaves. Typescript, signed, with holograph corrections.
Box 1
Neil Young, v.p., 1970.
Physical Description: 3 leaves. Typescript and holograph.
Box 1
Air. Bolinas, California, ca. 1970. New York: Harper & Row, c. 1970.
Physical Description: 85 leaves. Typescript with holograph corrections.
Box 1
Air. Bolinas, California, ca. 1970. New York: Harper & Row, 1970. Final typescript of
Air.
Physical Description: 58 leaves. Typescript with holograph corrections.
Abstract: Also, two variant covers not used on the book and a letter from the publisher concerning the covers and publication date of
Air.
Box 6
Neil Young , 1970. Angel Hair edition.
Physical Description: 3 leaves. Typescript and holograph manuscript material.
Box 6
Neil Young, 1970. Angel Hair edition.
Physical Description: 9 leaves. Signed typescript with holograph corrections. Manuscript material.
Box 6
Neil Young. Bolinas, California: Angel Hair Books, c. 1970.
Physical Description: 9 leaves. Autograph copy.
Box 6
Neil Young, 1970. Coach House Press edition.
Physical Description: 40 leaves. Holograph and typescript manuscript material
Box 6
Neil Young by Tom Clark. Toronto: The Coach House Press, c. 1971.
Physical Description: 131pp. Autograph copy.
Box 6
Blue; poems, 1971-1973. Drafts of poems for Black Sparrow Press publication.
Physical Description: Holograph manuscript in book form.
Box 6
Blue; poems, 1971-1973. Drafts of poems for Black Sparrow Press publication.
Physical Description: Typescript carbon in notebook.
Box 6
Blue. Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1974.
Physical Description: 80pp. Signed by the author. Insert letter from publisher to author.
Box 6
Champagne and Baloney. New York: Harper and Row, 1976.
Box 6
---Galleys. n.p., n.d.
Physical Description: ca. 420 leaves. With holograph corrections.
Box 7
---Master set proofs. n.p., n.d.
Physical Description: 420 leaves.
Box 7
---Original manuscript. n.p., n.d
Physical Description: 460 leaves.
Box 7
---Photographs and drawings.
Physical Description: 21 items.
Box 8
More More Hair Every Day. Detroit: Alternative Press, ca. 1978.
Physical Description: 1 leaf. 43.5 × 7.5 cm. A bumper sticker.
Box 7
Prospectus for
GAS High Octane Poetry. A quaterly review of contemporary poetry, Edited by Kevin Opstedal and Tom Clark, 1991.
