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Creator:
Williamson, Alan (Alan Bacher), 1944-
Title: Alan Bacher Williamson Papers
Date (inclusive): circa 1960-1997
Extent:
2 linear feet
Abstract: Alan B. Williamson, Professor of English at the University of California, Davis, is an author of poetry, short stories, and
books on poetry. His works include:
Westernness: a Meditation (2006),
Almost a Girl: Male Writers and Female Identification (2001),
Eloquence and Mere Life: Essays on the Art of Poetry (1994),
Presence: Poems (1983), and
Pity the Monsters: The Political Vision of Robert Lowell (1974), among others. The Alan Bacher Williamson Papers contain his poems, plays, short stories, and writing notebooks, as
well as literary correspondence, and manuscripts by Frank Bidart and Richard Wertime.
Physical location: Researchers should contact Special Collections to request collections, as
many are stored offsite.
Repository:
University of California, Davis. General Library. Dept. of Special Collections.
Davis, California 95616-5292
Collection number: D-522
Language of Material: Collection materials in English.
Alan Bacher Williamson was born on January 24, 1944 in Chicago, Illinois to George and Jehanne (Bacher) Williamson. He earned
a B.A. from Haverford College (1964), and an M.A. (1965) and Ph.D. (1969) from Harvard University.
Williamson worked as Assistant Professor at the University of Virginia (1969-1975), Briggs-Copeland Lecturer at Harvard University
(1977-1980), and Lecturer at Brandeis University (1980-1982) before joining the University of California, Davis faculty as
Assistant Professor in 1982. Professor Williamson has served as Professor of English at UC Davis since 1983.
His works include:
Westernness: a Meditation (2006),
The Pattern More Complicated: New and Selected Poems (2004),
Almost a Girl: Male Writers and Female Identification (2001),
Res Publica (1998),
Love and the Soul (1995),
Eloquence and Mere Life: Essays on the Art of Poetry (1994),
The Muse of Distance: Poems (1988),
Introspection and Contemporary Poetry (1984),
Presence: Poems (1983), and
Pity the Monsters: The Political Vision of Robert Lowell (1974).
Sources:
"Alan B. Williamson." University of California, Davis. Dept. of English website.
http://english.ucdavis.edu/people/directory/fzalanb . Accessed July 9, 2010.
Contemporary Authors, Detroit: Gale Research Co, 1976. volume(s) 57-60.
The Alan Bacher Williamson Papers contain his poems (circa 1960-1975), plays (1963-1966), short stories (1961-1964), and writing
notebooks (1968-1997), as well as literary correspondence (1963-1981), and manuscripts by Williamson's friends Frank Bidart
and Richard Wertime.
Future installments are expected from Professor Williamson.
The collection is arranged in three series: 1. Works by Williamson, 2. Correspondence, and 3. Works by Others.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online
public access catalog.
Williamson, Alan (Alan Bacher), 1944---Archives
Bidart, Frank, 1939-
Wertime, Richard
University of California, Davis--Faculty--Archives
American poetry--20th century
Collection is open for research.
Sara Gunasekara processed this collection with assistance from student employee Michelle Xie.
Gift of Alan Bacher Williamson in 2010 and 2012.
[Identification of item], Alan Bacher Williamson Papers, D-522, Department of Special Collections, General Library, University
of California, Davis.
Copyright is protected by the copyright law, chapter 17, of the U.S. Code. All requests for permission to
publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections.
Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Department of Special Collections, General Library,
University of California, Davis as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply
permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.