Holly Prado Papers

Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego Library
Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego
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Descriptive Summary

Contributing Institution: Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego
9500 Gilman Drive
La Jolla 92093-0175
Title: Holly Prado Papers
Creator: Prado, Holly
Identifier/Call Number: MSS 0597
Physical Description: 22 Linear feet (55 archives boxes, 3 oversize folders)
Physical Description: 6.2 GB of digital files
Date (inclusive): 1890-2019
Abstract: The Holly Prado Papers include material spanning the career of poet Holly Prado, from examples of early efforts written in her youth in the 1950s, through her professional work in the 2010s. Prado's personal journals, dating from 1960 - 2019, make up the largest portion of the collection. Influenced by Jungian psychology, Prado has described journals an important tool for "nourishing" her writing. The second largest group of material consists of drafts of poetry, prose, and talks and lectures. The collection also includes correspondence, photographs, artwork, audiovisual recordings, and publication materials from Cahuenga Press.
Languages: English .

Scope and Content of Collection

The Holly Prado Papers include material spanning the career of poet Holly Prado, from examples of early efforts written in her youth in the 1950s, through her professional work in the 2010s. Prado's personal journals, dating from 1960 - 2019, make up the largest portion of the collection. Influenced by Jungian psychology, Prado has described journals an important tool for "nourishing" her writing. The second largest group of material consists of drafts of poetry, prose, and talks and lectures. The collection also includes correspondence, photographs, artwork, audiovisual recordings, and publication materials from Cahuenga Press.
Accessions Processed in 2006
Arranged in nine series: 1) BIOGRAPHICAL MATERIALS, 2) CORRESPONDENCE, 3) WRITINGS, 4) NOTES, 5) READINGS, 6) TEACHING MATERIALS, 7) CONFERENCES, 8) JOURNALS, 9) WRITINGS BY OTHERS & MISCELLANEOUS.
Accessions Processed in 2008, 2022
Arranged in nine series: 10) BIOGRAPHICAL, 11) CORRESPONDENCE, 12) WRITINGS, 13) READINGS AND LECTURES, 14) JOURNALS, 15) CAHUENGA PRESS, 16) PHOTOGRAPHS, 17) ARTWORK, and 18) AUDIOVISUAL RECORDINGS.

Biography

Holly Prado was born Holly Kay Johnson on May 2, 1938 in Lincoln, Nebraska. She attended Grand Rapids Junior College and Albion College, where she was awarded a bachelor of arts with honors in 1960. After graduating, she moved to Los Angeles, where she remained to become an active, influential member of the Southern California literary community as a poet, educator, and regular participant in live poetry readings and literary events. She began writing as Holly Prado during her marriage to George Prado (1967-1975) and continued using that name after her marriage to actor and poet Harry Northup in 1990. She has also used the names Holly Schwartz and Holly Prado Northup.
Prado became involved in poetry and literary education for all age groups in the mid-1960s. She taught English at John Marshall High School in Los Angeles (1965-1972), participated in a Poetry in the Schools Program sponsored by the Department of Labor and the National Endowment for the Arts (1973-1974), and has taught numerous writing workshops offered through a variety of schools and organizations. Prado was hired as a faculty member for the University of Southern California Master of Professional Writing Program in 1973.
Prado began writing for publication while still in college, but attributes a 1970 writing workshop taught by Alvaro Cardona-Hine with helping her develop her mature style. Prado's first published collection was Nothing Breaks Off at the Edge (1976). Her other published collections include Specific Mysteries (1990), Esperanza: Poems for Orpheus (1998), These Mirrors Prove It: Selected Poems and Prose, 1970-2003 (2005), Oh, Salt/Oh, Desiring hand (2013), and Weather: A Poem/A Chronicle (2019). Her poetry has also appeared in various anthologies, poetry journals, and magazines such as Ms. and Rolling Stone. In addition to poetry, Prado has contributed essays and reviews to several periodicals, notably the Los Angeles Times Book Review, and published two books of prose, Feasts (1976) and Gardens (1985). Prado became a founding member of the Cahuenga Press Poets Publishing Cooperative in 1989 with James Cushing, Phoebe MacAdams, Bill Mohr, Cecilia Woloch, and Harry Northup.
Prado's work is often noted for her use of a mythic voice and references to classical myths and mysteries. In the introduction to her collection Greatest Hits (2000), she described the work in Specific Mysteries and Word Rituals (released as a spoken word recording in 1993) as "ceremonies making words sacred." Jungian psychology has also had a significant influence on Prado's work, especially her enthusiasm for keeping personal journals. In the literary journal Chrysalis (no. 7, 1979) she discussed personal journaling as an important tool for keeping in touch with the unconscious, developing intuitiveness, and exploring emotional states without self-censoring, as well as a means of "nourishing" writing intended for publication. Her personal journals record thoughts, experiences, and dreams and sometimes include drawings, photographs, or ephemera.
Holly Prado and Harry Northup shared a home on Mariposa Avenue in East Hollywood for more than thirty years. In July 2017 an electrical fire in the apartment destroyed their study along with their computer and much of their correspondence, records, and artwork. A box of Prado's family photographs, slightly singed and smoke damaged, survived the fire. Prado and Northup relocated to housing on the Motion Picture and Television Fund campus in Woodland Hills. Holly Prado died on June 14, 2019 in Los Angeles, California.

Publication Rights

Publication rights are held by the creator of the collection.

Preferred Citation

Holly Prado Papers, MSS 597. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego Library.

Acquisition Information

Acquired 2002, 2006-2019.

Restrictions

Original audiovisual and digital media are restricted; listening/viewing copies may be available for researchers.

Digital Content

The collection contains a small number of individually described digital files.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

American poetry -- 20th century
Poetry -- Congresses
Poetry -- Study and teaching (Secondary)
Prado, Holly -- Archives
Northup, Harry E.
Woman's Words Conference

 

Accessions Processed in 2006

 

BIOGRAPHICAL MATERIALS

Scope and Content of Series

SERIES 1) BIOGRAPHICAL MATERIALS: General background on Holly Prado's life and career, including drafts of her resumes from the 1970s through late 1980s, brief biographies, a grant application, photographs, and newspaper clippings of articles about Prado.
Box 1, Folder 1

Biographies and resumes 1974 - 1991

Box 1, Folder 2

Newspaper clippings 1960 - 1991

Box 1, Folder 3-4

Photographs - Holly Prado and Judy Brown 1973 - 1975

Box 1, Folder 5

Shatterproof Press Poetry Production and Social Action Award 1987

 

CORRESPONDENCE

Scope and Content of Series

SERIES 2) CORRESPONDENCE: Personal and professional correspondence. Given Prado's active involvement with poetry publications and acquaintance with other writers, professional and personal may overlap, with personal letters from friends occasionally including comments on Prado's work. Query letters to poetry journals and magazines are also present.
Box 1, Folder 6

A -- Miscellaneous

Box 1, Folder 7

Alwan, Ameen 1976 - 2017

Box 1, Folder 8

Apple (David Curry) 1971

Box 1, Folder 9

Atlantic Monthly 1973 - 1974

Box 1, Folder 10

B -- Miscellaneous

Box 1, Folder 11

Brooks, Elaine 1970 - 1978

Box 1, Folder 12

Brown, Judy 1972 - 1976

Box 1, Folder 13

Brown, Rob 1975 - 2004

Box 1, Folder 14

C -- Miscellaneous

Box 1, Folder 15

Caterpillar (Clayton Eshleman) 1970 - 1971

Box 1, Folder 16

Dacotah Territory (Mark Vinz) 1971

Box 1, Folder 17

Eisky, Herb undated

Box 1, Folder 18

Fire Exit (Bill Corbett) 1973

Box 1, Folder 19

G -- Miscellaneous

Box 1, Folder 20

H -- Miscellaneous

Box 1, Folder 21

Hickman, Leland (Lee) 1977 - 1990

Box 1, Folder 22

Hill, Diane 1991

Box 1, Folder 23

Hudson Review (Erin Seely) 1980

Box 1, Folder 24

Hughes, Barbara 1975 - 1977

Box 1, Folder 25

Ironwood (Michael Cuddihy) 1974

Box 1, Folder 26

K -- Miscellaneous

Box 1, Folder 27

Kayak (George Hitchcock) 1970

Box 1, Folder 28

L -- Miscellaneous

Box 1, Folder 29

Lamp in the Spine (Patricia Hampl) 1974

Box 1, Folder 30

Lifson, Martha 1976 - 1980

Box 1, Folder 31

M -- Miscellaneous

Box 1, Folder 32

Margins (Angela Peckenpaugh) 1974

Box 1, Folder 33

Miles, Jack 1985 - 1988

Box 1, Folder 34

Minnesota Review (C.W. Truesdale) 1972 - 1973

Box 1, Folder 35

Mohr, Bill 1976 - 1977

Box 1, Folder 36

Moore, Jim 1971 - 1976

Box 1, Folder 37

Ms. 1974 - 1996

Box 1, Folder 38

N -- Miscellaneous

Box 1, Folder 39

The New Republic 1970

Box 1, Folder 40

The New Yorker 1970

Box 1, Folder 41

Nin, Anaïs ca. 1973

Box 1, Folder 42-44

Northup, Harry 1979 - 1983

General

Includes postcards from Harry Northup to Prado while he worked on the movies Tom Horn and Used Cars.
Box 1, Folder 45

O -- Miscellaneous

Box 1, Folder 46

P -- Miscellaneous

Box 1, Folder 47

Pebble (Greg Kuzma) 1971

Box 1, Folder 48

Q -- Miscellaneous

Box 1, Folder 49

Robertson, Kell 1972 - 1973

Box 1, Folder 50

Rolling Stone 1971 - 1973

Box 1, Folder 51

S -- Miscellaneous

Box 1, Folder 52

Samuel, Jean 1974 - 1986

Box 1, Folder 53

Stoltzfus, Ben 1988 - 1989

Box 2, Folder 1

T -- Miscellaneous

Box 2, Folder 2

Townsend, Alison -- Includes notes on Island 1980 - 1989

Box 2, Folder 3

U -- Miscellaneous

Box 2, Folder 4

Weatherby, Terry 1975

Box 2, Folder 5

Unidentified correspondents

 

WRITINGS

Scope and Content of Series

SERIES 3) WRITINGS: Primarily Prado's poetry, typically in typescript form, sometimes annotated. Some examples of Prado's earliest writing efforts from the 1950s and early 1960s are also present, including work Prado submitted for publication while still a student at Albion College and clippings of a column Prado wrote for the Albion College student newspaper. Arranged in six subseries: A) Childhood and Early Writings, B) Student Work, C) Poems, D) Poetry Collections, E) Poetry Miscellaneous, and F) Prose.
A) Childhood and Early Writings: Material Prado describes in a note as writing created "before I had any idea I could have a writing life." Includes poems from the early 1950s, short prose and a one act play.
B) Student Work: Primarily short prose written between 1954 and 1960, when Prado was a student at Albion College. Includes several clippings of her column for the Albion College student newspaper, The Pleiad, and a paper written for a Contemporary American Literature class taught by Peter Marin at CSU Los Angeles.
C) Poems: Individual poems and prose-poems, finished and unfinished, some in more than one version. Poems are typically typed, occasionally with handwritten annotations, and date from the late 1970s to early 1990s.
D) Poetry Collections: Groups of poems from Prado's files with a collective title. Some work is grouped thematically, some created as a poem cycle, and some grouped in collections intended for publication. Work dates from the 1970s to early 1990s.
E) Poetry Miscellaneous: Poems and prose-poems from Prado's files grouped to represent various date spans. The largest portion of material dates from the 1970s.
F) Prose: Several works of short prose, typed drafts and newspaper clippings of Prado's reviews for the Los Angeles Times, and a draft of her unpublished novel The Bright Obvious from 1989.
 

Childhood and Early Writings

Box 2, Folder 6

1952 - 1969

Box 2, Folder 7

Undated

 

Student Work

Box 2, Folder 8-10

Prose written at Albion College 1954-1960, undated

Box 2, Folder 11

"Wallace Stevens and Paul Klee" - Written at CSU Los Angeles 1966 May

 

Poems

Box 2, Folder 12

10 pm 1977 - 1979

Box 2, Folder 13

1965: What I Have Not Said About the House on MacBeth Street 1978 - 1992

Box 2, Folder 14

Art 1988

Box 2, Folder 15

Climate: A Letter for Harry 1978

Box 2, Folder 16

Coming Back ca. 1976

Box 2, Folder 17

Dwarf 1988 - 1990

Box 2, Folder 18

Dream of Frog Christ, unfinished 1990

Box 2, Folder 19

For Judy, Driving from Los Angeles to Ojai Right Now ca. 1975

Box 2, Folder 20

Gathering 1992

Box 2, Folder 21

The Griffith Park Observatory: A Ritual 1978

Box 2, Folder 22

Hades' Wife, unfinished 1992

Box 2, Folder 23

A Life of Service 1987

Box 2, Folder 24

Literature 1987

Box 2, Folder 25

Natives, unfinished 1987

Box 3, Folder 1

Romance 1987

Box 3, Folder 2

Stone ca. 1990

Box 3, Folder 3

Truth 1987

Box 3, Folder 4

What is it in Us that Almost Sees Itself: A Serenade for Cat 1978 - 1995

 

Poetry Collections

Box 3, Folder 5

Astrologer Poems 1973 - 1974

Box 3, Folder 6-7

Dream Combinations 1982 and undated

Box 3, Folder 8-11

Dream Fictions - Stones, Marla and the Singer, finished dream fictions, dreams to possible work with as fiction 1988 - 1991

Box 3, Folder 12

Earned Gifts ca. 1975

Box 3, Folder 13-14

From One to the Next - Drafts 1989 and undated

Box 3, Folder 15

Introductions: 15 Morning Love Stories undated

Box 3, Folder 16-20

Island - Drafts and notes 1989

Box 3, Folder 21-23

Luna - Originals, rewrites, and selections 1984 - 1987

Box 3, Folder 24

Marriage Poems - Drafts 1990

Box 4, Folder 1-2

Marriage Poems - Drafts and unused poems 1990 - 1991

Box 4, Folder 3

Myth/Muse Poems 1986

Box 4, Folder 4

Novels About England and France 1976

Box 4, Folder 5-6

Poems on the Mooncycle - Groups 1 and 2 1989

Box 4, Folder 7

S'Associent Dans Une Menage a Trois Scandaluese, with Michael C. Ford and Neal Spiegel ca. 1975

Box 4, Folder 8

Soft Essays: Explorations of the Creative Process undated

Box 4, Folder 9-14

Specific Mysteries - Drafts, manuscripts, revisions, book jacket, A Book of a Year, and poems published in Analytic Psychology Club of Los Angeles 1978 - 1982

Box 4, Folder 15

The Word in the Middle of the Body - Unpublished typescript ca. 1980

Box 4, Folder 16-17

Word Rituals - Drafts and poems 1983 - 1993

Box 5, Folder 1-2

Word Rituals undated

 

Poetry Miscellaneous

Box 5, Folder 3

Poems 1970

Box 5, Folder 4

From Prado's file "Completed Poems" 1970

Box 5, Folder 5

Sketchbook including drawings and poetry 1970s

Box 5, Folder 6-13

Poems 1970 - 1986

Box 6, Folder 1-6

Poems 1976 - 1991, undated

 

Prose

Box 6, Folder 7

To Approach Poetry, Fiction, and Symbolic Sense 1989

Box 6, Folder 8-9

The Bright Obvious June 1989

Box 6, Folder 10

Eucalyptus 1985

Box 6, Folder 11

Fortunes 1987

Box 6, Folder 12

Guesses undated

Box 6, Folder 13

Looking Toward America's Third Century: The Artist as Harpo Marx -- And More undated

Box 6, Folder 14-15

Los Angeles Times - Book reviews 1976 - 1989

Box 6, Folder 16

Luke Stone's Sister undated

Box 6, Folder 17

Mankind magazine - Book reviews and article 1976 - 1977

Box 7, Folder 1

Moonglow undated

Box 7, Folder 2

On Censorship 1989

Box 7, Folder 3

The Other Side of the Family 1987

Box 7, Folder 4

A Plain Story undated

Box 7, Folder 5

Romance undated

 

NOTES

Scope and Content of Series

SERIES 4) NOTES: Chiefly consists of notepads which Prado and her husband, actor and poet Harry Northup, kept by their bedside between 1980 and 1995. On the notepads Prado and Northup shared thoughts, feelings, observations, and short messages. The subseries also includes a small amount of Prado's writing notes, notes from and about classes she attended in 1963 and 1964, and some working lists of material she had submitted for publication and information about sources for grants and awards.
Box 7, Folder 6-19

Bedside notepads 1980 - 1996

Box 7, Folder 20

Class notes 1963 - 1964

Box 7, Folder 21

Grants and awards

Box 7, Folder 22

Lists of work submitted for publication 1970 - 1989

Box 7, Folder 23-24

Notebooks 1971 - 1972

Box 7, Folder 25

Miscellaneous

 

READINGS

Scope and Content of Series

SERIES 5) READINGS: Preparatory material and annotated poems used for live readings during the 1970s and 1980s.
Box 8, Folder 1

Open readings - Beyond Baroque 1980

Box 8, Folder 2

Miscellaneous readings 1972 - 1988

Box 8, Folder 3

From Prado's file "Pieces About Writing from Various Readings" 1979 - 1987

Box 8, Folder 4-5

Miscellaneous readings 1980 - 1993

Box 8, Folder 6-7

Reading announcements 1971 - 1991, undated

 

TEACHING MATERIALS

Scope and Content of Series

SERIES 6) TEACHING MATERIALS: Preparatory material for writing workshops led by Prado, and courses for which Prado was a guest lecturer.
Box 8, Folder 8

Los Angeles Council of English Teachers talk 1985

Box 8, Folder 9

Olivia's classes 1985

Box 8, Folder 10

Whitman, Walt - Session for course taught by Bob Peters, July 1989

Box 8, Folder 11-12

Writing workshops 1976 - 1990

 

CONFERENCES

Scope and Content of Series

SERIES 7) CONFERENCES: Chiefly consists of notes and organizational material for conferences in which Prado participated. The largest amount of material relates to the Woman's Words Conference (1975), including promotional materials which Prado helped create and a packet of writings by various authors who participated in the conference.
Box 8, Folder 13

Beyond Baroque panel on "The Politics of the Politics of Poetry," 1990

Box 8, Folder 14

The Diary, the Journal, the Autobiography conference - Reprint of article, "Journal Writing: Where it Can Go From Where It is," by Prado, published in New 44 1977 May

Box 8, Folder 15

Writing Inside Out 1992

Box 8, Folder 16-20

Woman's Words - Correspondence, notes, organizational and promotional materials, and writings 1974 - 1975

 

JOURNALS

Scope and Content of Series

SERIES 8) JOURNALS: Comprises the largest amount of material in the collection. Prado's personal journals date from 1960 through 1999. Influenced by Jungian psychology, Prado has described journals an important tool for "nourishing" her writing. They record thoughts, experiences, and dreams, and sometimes include drawings, photographs, or ephemera. Some journals deal specifically with trips Prado took, or dreams, and are typically handwritten.
Box 9, Folder 1

Journal 1960

Box 9, Folder 2

Acting with Jeff Corey 1962

Box 9, Folder 3-4

Journals 1964 - 1966

Box 9, Folder 5

English 140 1966

Box 9, Folder 6-8

Journals 1967, 1972

Box 10, Folder 1-9

Journals 1973 - 1977

Box 11, Folder 1-8

Journals 1977 - 1978

Box 12, Folder 1-10

Journals 1978 - 1979

Box 13, Folder 1-10

Journals 1979 - 1981

Box 14, Folder 1-10

Journals 1981 - 1982

Box 15, Folder 1-11

Journals 1982 - 1983

Box 16, Folder 1-12

Journals 1983 - 1984

Box 17, Folder 1-11

Journals 1984 - 1985

Box 18, Folder 1-12

Journals 1985 - 1986

Box 19, Folder 1-12

Journals 1986 - 1987

Box 20, Folder 1-13

Journals 1987 - 1988

Box 21, Folder 1-14

Journals 1988 - 1989

Box 22, Folder 1-13

Journals 1990 - 1991

Box 23, Folder 1-14

Journals 1991 - 1992

Box 24, Folder 1-15

Journals 1992 - 1993

Box 25, Folder 1-17

Journals 1993 - 1995

Box 26, Folder 1-17

Journals 1995 - 1997

Box 27, Folder 1-18

Journals 1997 - 1998

Box 28, Folder 1-7

Journals 1998 - 2000

Box 28, Folder 8

Prado's responses to re-reading journals 1999-2001

 

WRITINGS BY OTHERS & MISCELLANEOUS

Scope and Content of Series

SERIES 9) WRITINGS BY OTHERS & MISCELLANEOUS: A small selection of material, chiefly short prose, on subjects of interest to Prado.
Box 28, Folder 9

Cooper, Dennis and Mark Watt. It's a Small World: Los Angeles Poets, Gosh! 1978 November

Box 28, Folder 10

Cushing, Jimm. L.A. Poets Drive Alone on Metaphysical Freeway, Reader (Los Angeles free weekly) 1983 June 10

Box 28, Folder 11

Delp, Laurel. The License to Write: L.A.'s Poets Start a New Tradition of Their Own, Los Angeles Herald Examiner 1982 January 31

Box 28, Folder 12

Doubiago, Sharon. Review of Poetry Loves Poetry: An Anthology of Los Angeles Poets, edited by Bill Mohr. Electum Magazine 1987 fall/winter

Box 28, Folder 13

Hampl, Patricia. A Woman's Journal: Where Public and Private Merge, Literata 1975 April 21

Box 28, Folder 14

Koval, Amy. Prado's "Bread Worth Eating" Explains Process, Outcome of Self Satisfaction, New York Times ca. 1990

Box 28, Folder 15

Margolis, Susan. 100 American Seducers on Their Craft and Sullen Art, Rolling Stone 1973 August 16

Box 28, Folder 16

Nolan, Tom. The Storytellers, Los Angeles 1987 March

Box 28, Folder 17

Northup, Harry - Miscellaneous notes and poetry 1977 - 1985

Box 28, Folder 18

Schwarz, John. Everything at the Same Time ca. 1980

Box 28, Folder 19

Zweig, Paul. The Art of Poetry undated

Box 28, Folder 20

On Hearing Holly Read Her Poem undated

Box 28, Folder 21

Poems and broadsides - Miscellaneous 1975 - 1989

Oversize FB-411-04

Davis, Marshall. The Rhythm Bridge - Black and white photograph with inscription on reverse, "For Holly Prado" 1980

Box 28, Folder 22

Hickman, Leland - Memorial service 1991 August 3

Box 28, Folder 23

Los Angeles Times Book Review dispute 1987 - 1989

Box 28, Folder 24

Publication announcements 1971 - 1985

Oversize FB-411-05

Whole Woman Calendar 1978

General

September includes a quote from Prado.
 

Accessions Processed in 2008, 2022

 

BIOGRAPHICAL

Scope and Content of Series

Series 10) BIOGRAPHICAL: Biographical information about Holly Prado, including correspondence, ephemera, photographs, diplomas, grant applications, interview notes, and poems written about her by other poets.
Box 29, Folder 1

Holly Prado biographical information 1975-2019

Box 29, Folder 2-4

High school and college materials 1955-1960

General note

Includes photographs of Holly Prado.
Box 29, Folder 5

Poems about Holly Prado by Ellen Reich, Jean Samuel, Judy Oberlander, Paul Brooks, and Olivia Sanchez Brown 1976-2019

Box 29, Folder 6

National Endowment for the Arts applications 1990-1992

Oversize FB-425, Folder 08

City of Los Angeles certificate of recognition 2006 November 15

Box 29, Folder 7

Holly Prado interviewed by Naomi Lowinsky 2009 April

Box 29, Folder 8

Notes for video interview 2013 May 11

Box 29, Folder 9

Holly Prado interviewed by John Wisniewski 2019 April

 

CORRESPONDENCE

Scope and Content of Series

Series 11) CORRESPONDENCE: Prado's correspondence with poets, publishers, and family members, arranged alphabetically. Prominent correspondents include Diane Wakoski, Alison Townsend, Harry Northup, Cecilia Woloch, and Robert Peters. Includes outgoing correspondence by both Holly Prado and Harry Northup, and correspondence with Prado's writing workshops and journal groups.
Box 29, Folder 10

A - Miscellaneous

Box 29, Folder 11

Ann, Maude 2006

Box 29, Folder 12

Anstey, Jennifer 2011-2019

Box 29, Folder 13

Askew (Phil Taggart and Marsha de la O)

Box 29, Folder 14

B - Miscellaneous

Box 29, Folder 15

Barnes, Mary 2001-2017

Box 29, Folder 16

Bartels, Sanora 2005-2006

Box 29, Folder 17

Beyond Baroque 1990-2012

Box 29, Folder 18

Brooks, Elaine 1960-2001

General note

Includes photograph of Elaine Brooks and Holly Prado at Albion College, 1960.
Box 29, Folder 19

C - Miscellaneous

Box 29, Folder 20

The Café Review (Gibson Fay-LeBlanc) 2002

Box 29, Folder 21

Chelsea (Sonia Raiziss) 1973-1992

Box 29, Folder 22

City of Santa Monica 1990

General note

Includes poems by Prado selected to appear on Santa Monica buses in 1990.
Box 29, Folder 23

Colorado Review (Bill Tremblay) 1990-1991

Box 29, Folder 24

Crane, Barbara 1993-2019

Box 29, Folder 25

Cushing, James 1989-2018

General note

Includes photographs of Jimm Cushing, 1995.
Box 29, Folder 26

D - Miscellaneous

Box 29, Folder 27

Denver Quarterly (Geri Lynn Baumblatt) 1995

Box 29, Folder 28

F - Miscellaneous

Box 29, Folder 29

Fox, Hugh 1993

Box 29, Folder 30

G - Miscellaneous

Box 29, Folder 31

Gargoyle (Richard Peabody) 2007

Box 29, Folder 32

H - Miscellaneous

Box 29, Folder 33

Harris, John

Box 29, Folder 34

I - Miscellaneous

Box 29, Folder 35

Irving, Elena 2017-2018

Box 29, Folder 36

J - Miscellaneous

Box 29, Folder 37

Johnson family 1924-1977

General note

Includes correspondence from Holly Prado to her parents while she was at Albion College.
Box 29, Folder 38

Korte, Mary 1980

Box 29, Folder 39

Kupernick, Harvey Robert (BarKubCo Music, Inc.) 1989-1991

General note

Agreements regarding spoken word performances of Prado's work.
Box 30, Folder 1

L - Miscellaneous

Box 30, Folder 2

Lazarus, Kathy 2012-2018

Box 30, Folder 3

Lecrivain, Marie 2006

Box 30, Folder 4

Long, Philomene 2007

Box 30, Folder 5

Lummox Press (R. D. Armstrong) 2001-2002

Box 30, Folder 6

M - Miscellaneous

Box 30, Folder 7

Malpais Review (Gary Brower) 2012

Box 30, Folder 8

McCreary, Jen 2017

Box 30, Folder 9

McFadden, Mary Ann 2018

Box 30, Folder 10

Mohr, Bill 2001-2008

Box 30, Folder 11

N - Miscellaneous

Box 30, Folder 12

New Rivers Press 1994-1998

Box 30, Folder 13

Nietzke, Ann 2017-2018

Box 30, Folder 14

Nightsun 1991

Box 30, Folder 15

Northup, Harry 1993-2019

Box 30, Folder 16

Oberlander, Judy 1984-2018

Box 30, Folder 17

P - Miscellaneous

Box 30, Folder 18

Pace, Rosella 1975-2002

Box 30, Folder 19

Pacific Review (Suzanne Sato) 1991

Box 30, Folder 20

Pearl (Joan Jobe Smith) 1991-1999

Box 30, Folder 21

Peninsula (Joe Safdie) 1989-1991

Box 30, Folder 22

Peters, Robert and Paul Trachtenberg 1990-2002

Box 30, Folder 23

Poetry International (Fred Moramarco) 1996

Box 30, Folder 24

Psychological Perspectives (Margaret O. Ryan) 2003-2009

Box 30, Folder 25

R - Miscellaneous

Box 30, Folder 26

Roter, Danielle 1989-2005

Box 30, Folder 27

S - Miscellaneous

Box 30, Folder 28

Salem College Center for Women Writers 2008

Box 30, Folder 29

Sanchez Brown, Olivia 1986-2019

Box 30, Folder 30

Schwarz, John 2003

Box 30, Folder 31

Sison, Maria Ramonita (Sister Maria) 2007-2009

Box 30, Folder 32

Solo (Jackson Wheeler) 2002-2004

Box 30, Folder 33

Stafford, William - Rules for Building a Labyrinth 1999

Box 30, Folder 34

T - Miscellaneous

Box 30, Folder 35

Taus, Roger 2006 - 2019

Box 30, Folder 36

Tebot Bach (Paul Suntup) 2001-2003

Box 30, Folder 37-38

Townsend, Alison 1988-2000

Box 31, Folder 1-3

Townsend, Alison 2001-2019

Box 31, Folder 4

Tripi, Anthony 2018-2019

Box 31, Folder 5

UC Los Angeles Extension, The Writer's Program (Linda Venis) 1991

Box 31, Folder 6

W - Miscellaneous

Box 31, Folder 7-10

Wakoski, Diane 1995-2001

Box 32, Folder 1-3

Wakoski, Diane 2002-2019

Box 32, Folder 4

Warwick, Ionna 1990

Box 32, Folder 5

Walker, Gary 2000

General note

Includes photos of Holly Prado and Phoebe MacAdams, 2000.
Box 32, Folder 6

Woloch, Cecilia 1993-2019

General note

Includes photos of Holly Prado and the Tuesday morning writing workshop, 2001.
Box 32, Folder 7

Writing workshops and journal group 2007-2018

Box 32, Folder 8

Zager, Ray 2001-2004

Box 32, Folder 9

ZYZZYVA (Howard Junker) 1990

Box 32, Folder 10

Outgoing correspondence by Holly Prado and Harry Northup 1976-2019

Box 32, Folder 11

Unidentified correspondents

 

WRITINGS

Scope and Content of Series

Series 12) WRITINGS. Arranged in four series: A) Notes, B) Poems, C) Poetry Collections, D) Prose and Journal Works.
A) Notes: Prado's notes from 1990-2018, including notes on possible publishers, notes on deities, and a list of loved ones for Día de los Muertos.
B) Poems: Drafts, notes, correspondence, and ephemera for Prado's published and unpublished poetry. Most of her drafts are typescript, then annotated and dated by hand. Arranged chronologically, with untitled poems at the end.
C) Poetry Collections: Drafts, manuscripts, notes, correspondence, ephemera, reviews, cover art, photographs, and promotional materials from Prado's published and unpublished works of poetry.
D) Prose and Journal Works: Drafts, notes, and correspondence for Prado's prose and prose poems, including her novels Gardens (1985) and The Bright Obvious, an untitled memoir from 1992, another personal essay written in 2010, blurbs for the publications of other writers, and an essay in honor of poets Philomene Long and John Thomas. Includes copies of Prado's work in other publications from 1973 through 2006.
 

Notes

Box 32, Folder 12

Notes 2003-2018

Box 32, Folder 13

Deities ca. 2018

Box 32, Folder 14

List of loved ones for Día de los Muertos 2018

Box 32, Folder 15

Publishers and poetry competitions 1990-2011

 

Poems

Box 32, Folder 16

Poems and prose from blue notebook 1976-1989

Box 32, Folder 17

Island 1989

Box 32, Folder 18

Guidance: Requiem (in The Kenyon Review) 1990

Box 32, Folder 19

Miscellaneous choices to work on 1993

Box 32, Folder 20

Los Angeles Poetry Festival (Grand Passion: The Poets of Los Angeles) 1994-1997

Box 32, Folder 21

One Country: 1991 (in The Southern California Anthology) 1995

Box 32, Folder 22

The Tall, Upheaving One (in The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Twelfth Annual Collection) 1999

Box 32, Folder 23

Writers at Work project (Sense of Site) 2002

Box 32, Folder 24

Santa Anas 2008

Box 33, Folder 1

February 2008-2010

Box 33, Folder 2-4

Tu Fu (Chinese Letter from LA) 2009-2010

Box 33, Folder 5

Rain 2010

Box 33, Folder 6

The Big Gate Left Open 2018-2019

Box 33, Folder 7

Even What's Broken 2019

Box 33, Folder 8

Two Sightings of the Aurora Borealis 2019

Box 33, Folder 9-12

Poems 1984-2003

 

Poetry Collections

Box 34, Folder 1

Specific Mysteries (1990) - Reviews, correspondence, notes, ephemera 1990-1991

Box 34, Folder 2-13

American Poetry - American Food and American Love 1995-1997

General note

Drafts, revisions, selections for New Rivers Press, reading copy, poetry chapbook competition, and American Poetry parts 1-2.
Box 35, Folder 1-6

American Poetry - American Food and American Love 1994-2003

General note

American Poetry parts 3- 5, original notebook, drafts and revisions.
Box 35, Folder 7

Horizon: For my Nebraska (Good Buffalo) 1997

Box 35, Folder 8

Luna's Poems 1997

Box 35, Folder 9

Esperanza: Poems for Orpheus (1998) - Notes 1990-1993

General note

Originally titled Blood Becomes Seed: Poems for Orpheus.
Box 36, Folder 1-9

Esperanza: Poems for Orpheus (1998) - Poems, drafts, and introduction 1991-1994

Box 37, Folder 1-10

Esperanza: Poems for Orpheus (1998) - Drafts, proofs, correspondence, publicity, reviews, cover art, photographs, and classes by Philomene Long and James Cushing 1991-2008

Box 37, Folder 11-12

Barnsdall Park - Drafts, notes, and correspondence 1998

Box 38, Folder 1-3

Barnsdall Park - Drafts, notes, and correspondence 1999-2000

Box 38, Folder 4

Greatest Hits, 1976-2000 (2001) - Draft and correspondence 2000-2001

Box 38, Folder 5-6

Poems for Harry 2001-2003

Box 38, Folder 7-10

These Mirrors Prove It: Selected Poems and Prose, 1970-2003 (2004) - Drafts, notes, promotional materials, and review 1978-2006

Box 39, Folder 1-7

From One to the Next (2008) - Drafts, cover art and ephemera 1989-2008

General note

Includes drafts of Branch (2005) and Celery (2007).
Box 39, Folder 8-10

Monkey Journal (2008) - Drafts, notes, and correspondence 2004-2008

Box 40, Folder 1-2

Monkey Journal (2008) - Drafts and reading selections 2005-2006

Box 40, Folder 3-5

My Career (2009) - Drafts and notes 2008-2009

Box 40, Folder 6-7

Summer Mariposa - Drafts 2010-2013

General note

Originally titled Lush Severity and Bitter Greens.
Box 40, Folder 8-9

Oh, Salt/Oh, Desiring Hand (2013) - Drafts 2011-2013

Box 41, Folder 1-8

Oh, Salt/Oh, Desiring Hand (2013) - Drafts, notes, proofs, correspondence, and cover photograph 2011-2013

Box 41, Folder 9

Rogue Star - Draft 2014

General note

Early titles included World and Crux and Jubilation.
Box 42, Folder 1-4

Rogue Star - Drafts 2014-2015

Box 42, Folder 5-9

Weather: A Poem/A Chronicle (2019) - Drafts 2017-2019

General note

Early drafts were titled Nothing Like Caution or Whisper.
Box 43, Folder 1-10

Weather: A Poem/A Chronicle (2019) - Drafts, proofs, correspondence, drawings, cover art, publicity, and responses by Kathleen Bevacqua 2018-2019

Box 43, Folder 11

Prayer poems

 

Prose and Journal Works

Box 44, Folder 1-3

Gardens (1985) - Correspondence, manuscripts, publication, reviews, and excerpt 1982-1999

Box 44, Folder 4

To approach poetry, fiction, and symbolic sense 1989

Box 44, Folder 5

Tension and conflict in writing and how to create it 1990

Box 44, Folder 6

The Bright Obvious - Excerpts and correspondence 1990-1991

Box 44, Folder 7

The Musicians 1991

Box 44, Folder 8

Memoir 1992

Box 44, Folder 9

On solitude and writing 1993 October 27

Box 44, Folder 10

Widswarth 1993 December 26

Box 44, Folder 11

Green 1994

Box 44, Folder 12

Creation myth 1995 spring

Box 44, Folder 13-14

Where Have I Been? 1998 - 1999

Box 44, Folder 15

Marla 2000 October 18

Box 44, Folder 16

Water on Mars 2000 December 7

Box 44, Folder 17

Miscellaneous prose 2000-2001

Box 44, Folder 18

Blurbs 2001-2019

Box 45, Folder 1-2

Charm 2010-2011

Box 45, Folder 3

Philomene Long and John Thomas 2012

Box 45, Folder 4

Review of Spring Restaurant 2016

Box 45, Folder 5-8

Works within journals - Photocopies 1973-2006

 

READINGS AND LECTURES

Scope and Content of Series

Series 13) READINGS AND LECTURES: Drafts, notes, ephemera, correspondence, and photographs for poetry readings and talks given by Holly Prado. Includes Prado's teaching materials for the Master of Professional Writing program at the University of Southern California.
Box 45, Folder 9

The Los Angeles School of Poetry. Los Angeles Poets on Poets: A Celebration. UC Los Angeles 1983 May 21

Box 45, Folder 10

Beyond Baroque 1992 July 31

Box 45, Folder 11

Beyond Baroque. Word Rituals (spoken word, 1993) - Drafts, notes, ephemera, reviews, correspondence and photograph of Holly Prado 1994 February 4

Box 46, Folder 1

American Poetry - American Food reading selections 1996 - 1997

Box 46, Folder 2

Writers in Focus at Los Angeles County Museum of Art 1998 May 15

General note

Includes note cards with a photograph of Holly Prado reading at the event.
Oversize FB-425, Folder 08

First annual Ventura County Poetry Festival poster; Poetry Ball poster 2002, 2008

Box 46, Folder 3

Paul Brooks' memorial reading. Venice Library 2004 February 16

Box 46, Folder 4-5

USC Master of Professional Writing Program - Notes, correspondence, ephemera, reading lists, syllabus, and student comments 2007-2009

Box 46, Folder 6

The Los Angeles Bards. Poetry Ball. Presented by the Baseball Reliquary, Pasadena Central Library 2008 September 21

General note

Includes photograph of Holly Prado and the Los Angeles Bards.
Box 46, Folder 7

Introduction to Phoebe MacAdams reading Touching Stone 2012 September 23

Box 46, Folder 8

Nothing Like Caution or Whisper. Loyola Marymount and Beyond Baroque 2018 March 14 and December 2

Box 46, Folder 9

Library Girl reading with Cahuenga Press 2018 June 10

Box 46, Folder 10

The Bridge (Hart Crane, 1933). Readings by Holly Prado and others. Motion Picture and Television Fund and Beyond Baroque 2019 April 27

Box 46, Folder 11

Poetry readings - Ephemera 1990-2017

 

JOURNALS

Scope and Content of Series

Series 14) JOURNALS: Prado's journals from 2000 to 2019, both handwritten and typescript, which were usually kept in three-ring binders. Prado recorded both her life experiences and dreams, and often included notes, correspondence, drafts, and ephemera in the binders. She sometimes removed or transcribed journal entries from the binders to work on as the basis for both her prose and poetry, keeping these notes and drafts separately in the front of the binders.
Box 46, Folder 12-19

Journals 2000 January - 2001 May

Box 47, Folder 1-11

Journals 2001 June - 2003 July

Box 48, Folder 1-12

Journals 2003 August - 2006 April

Box 49, Folder 1-11

Journals 2006 May - 2008 August

Box 50, Folder 1-10

Journals 2008 September - 2011 December

Box 51, Folder 1-11

Journals 2013 January - 2015 December

Box 52, Folder 1-10

Journals 2016 January - 2019 June

Box 52, Folder 11-12

Journal notes and drafts 1988-2019

 

CAHUENGA PRESS

Scope and Content of Series

Series 15) CAHUENGA PRESS: Correspondence, ephemera, notes, photographs, promotional materials, articles of incorporation and by-laws for small press Cahuenga Press. Prado was one of the founding members of Cahuenga Press with Harry Northup, James Cushing, Phoebe MacAdams, Bill Mohr, and Cecilia Woloch.
Box 53, Folder 1

Articles of association and by-laws 1992

Box 53, Folder 2

Cahuenga Press - Correspondence, ephemera, notes and finances 1989-2016

Box 53, Folder 3

Cahuenga Press - Photographs 1990-2015

General note

Includes photographs of Harry Northup, Holly Prado, James Cushing, Susan Hayden, and Phoebe MacAdams.
Box 53, Folder 4

Cahuenga Press benefit - Introduction by Holly Prado 1996 March 10

Box 53, Folder 5

Cott, Jonathan. Homelands (2000) - Promotional materials 2000

Box 53, Folder 6

Cushing, James. Solace (2018) - Introduction and correspondence 2018

Box 53, Folder 7

Cushing, James. You and the Night and the Music (1991) - Ephemera 1991-1992

Box 53, Folder 8

Northup, Harry - Articles on Cahuenga Press 1991-1997

Box 53, Folder 9

Northup, Harry. Reunions (2001) - Promotional materials 2001

Box 53, Folder 10

Stanford, Ann. Dreaming the Garden (2000) - Promotional materials 2000

Box 53, Folder 11

Woloch, Cecilia. Sacrifice (1997) - Promotional materials 1996-1997

 

PHOTOGRAPHS

Scope and Content of Series

Series 16) PHOTOGRAPHS: Prints and slides of Holly Prado, including her family; her spouses, George Prado and Harry Northup; and her friend, Diane Wakoski. Some of the photographs and slides were slightly damaged by a fire in Prado's home in 2017.
Box 53, Folder 12-16

Johnson family photographs and slides, including Holly Johnson 1890-1954

Box 54, Folder 1-3

Philip, Gladys, and Holly Johnson 1900-1959

Oversize FB-425, Folder 08

Holly and Gladys Johnson; Albion College class photographs 1944-1960

Box 54, Folder 4

Holly and George Prado 1967-1971

Box 54, Folder 5

Holly Prado and Harry Northup - Photographs by Philomene Long ca. 1995

Box 54, Folder 6

Holly Prado - Portrait by Mark Savage 1997

Box 54, Folder 7

Holly Prado, Diane Wakoski, and Harry Northup - Photographs by Robert Turney 1997-1998

Box 54, Folder 8

Holly Prado - Portrait by Ken Cogan on her 64th birthday 2002 May 2

Box 54, Folder 9

Holly Prado and Eloise Klein Healy 2002 September

 

ARTWORK

Scope and Content of Series

Series 17) ARTWORK: Watercolor paintings and line drawings by Holly Prado, many depicting her dreams or I Ching readings. Most of the paintings were dated and annotated by Prado.
Box 54, Folder 10-13

Watercolor paintings, books 1-4 2012-2015

Box 55, Folder 1

Watercolor paintings and line drawings 2013-2019

Box 55, Folder 2-3

Watercolor paintings and I Ching 2014-2018

 

AUDIOVISUAL RECORDINGS

Scope and Content of Series

Series 18) AUDIOVISUAL RECORDINGS. Arranged in two subseries: A) Sound Recordings, and B) Video Recordings.
A) Sound Recordings: Audio recordings of a poetry reading by Holly Prado and Diane Wakoski, and of an interview of Prado by Paul Lieber.
B) Video Recordings: Video recordings of interviews of Holly Prado, and of poetry readings by Prado and other poets. Includes a memorial video and photo slideshow with interview clips and photographs of Holly Prado.
 

Sound Recordings

Box 55, Folder 4

Holly Prado and Diane Wakoski. Poetry reading at Beyond Baroque (audiocassette, 73 minutes) 2001 May 25

General note

Side A: Diane Wakoski. Side B: Holly Prado.
 

Holly Prado interviewed by Paul Lieber for Why Poetry?, KPFK, Los Angeles, with readings from Esperanza: Poems for Orpheus (digital audio, 29 minutes) 2001 June 14

 

Video Recordings

Box 55, Folder 5

Holly Prado. Poetry reading at Cypress College (VHS, 70 minutes) 1996 April 10

General note

Holly Prado discusses her poetry and reads from Word Rituals, Esperanza: Poems for Orpheus, Marriage Poems, and other works.
Box 55, Folder 6

Holly Prado interviewed by Robert Greenfield for The Greenfield Code, Channel 17, Santa Barbara (VHS, 59 minutes) 1999 August 11

General note

Includes readings from Esperanza: Poems for Orpheus and other poems.
 

Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman. Show #1930, Motion Picture and Television Fund and Beyond Baroque (digital video, 102 minutes) 2018 April 14

General note

Garret M. Brown, Holly Prado, James Cushing, Harry Northup, Robert Forster, and Phoebe MacAdams read from "Song of Myself."
Box 55, Folder 7

Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman. Show #1930, Motion Picture and Television Fund and Beyond Baroque - Ephemera and notes 2018-2019

 

Holly Prado interviewed by Joe Sutton for Behind the Silver Screen. Show #2077, Motion Picture and Television Fund (digital video, 34 minutes) 2018 May 8

 

Holly Prado memorial video (17 minutes) and photo slideshow (6 minutes). Show #2201, produced by Amy Wiesenick and Harry Northup. Motion Picture and Television Fund Saban Center, Woodland Hills, CA (digital video) 2019 August 10