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Finding Aid for the Clark Coolidge Correspondence, 1966-1971
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  • Descriptive Summary

    Title: Clark Coolidge Correspondence,
    Date (inclusive): 1966-1971
    Collection number: 2036
    Creator: Coolidge, Clark, 1939-
    Extent: 3 boxes (1.5 linear ft.)
    Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Dept. of Special Collections.
    Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
    Abstract: Clark Coolidge (1939- ) was the producer of Words (weekly hour of new poetry) at KPFA-FM in Berkeley, California (1969-70), the author of various books of poetry, and co-editor of Joglars (1964-66). The collection consists of correspondence to Coolidge from various poets.
    Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
    Language: English.

    Administrative Information

    Restrictions on Use and Reproduction

    Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections. Literary rights, including copyright, 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.

    Provenance/Source of Acquisition

    Clark Coolidge, purchase, 1972.

    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item], Clark Coolidge Correspondence (Collection 2036). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

    UCLA Catalog Record ID

    UCLA Catalog Record ID: 964523 

    Biography

    Coolidge was born February 26, 1939 in Providence, Rhode Island; attended Brown University, 1956-58; drummer with Serpent Power, a San Francisco rock group; producer of Words (weekly hour of new poetry) at KPFA-FM in Berkeley, California, 1969-70; author of various books of poetry, including Flag flutter and U.S. Electric (1966), Clark Coolidge (1967), Space (1970), The so (1971), Suite V. (1973), The maintains (1974), and Polaroid (1975); co-editor of Joglars, 1964-66.

    Scope and Content

    Collection consists of correspondence to Coolidge from various poets, including: Vito Acconci, John Ashbery, Bill Berkson, Ted Berrigan, Michael Brownstein, Tom Clark, Larry Fagin, John Giorno, David Meltzer, Ron Padgett, Aram Saroyan, James Schuyler, Tom Veitch, Anne Waldman, Lewis Warsh, and Philip Whalen.

    Indexing Terms

    The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
    Coolidge, Clark, 1939- --Archives.
    Poets, American--20th century--Correspondence.
    Poets, American--20th century--Archival resources.