Guide to the Charles and Barbara Paine Collection
Guide to the Charles and Barbara Paine Collection
Collection number: MS 169
The University LibrarySpecial Collections and Archives
University of California, Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz, California
- Processed by:
- UCSC OAC Unit
- Date Completed:
- 2004
- Encoded by:
- UCSC OAC Unit
Scope and Content of Collecion
- Aflame and Afun of Walking Faces. New Directions, 1970; inscribed by Kenneth Patchen "for Charles and Barbara/ springtime best/ Miriam & Kenneth/ March 1970" (paperback)
- A flame and Afun of Walking Faces. New Directions, 1970; unsigned (hardcover)
- The Argument of Innocence. Scrimshaw Press, 1976; inscribed by Miriam Patchen "For Barbara & Charles/ Who may play with the King of Toys/ Love, Sirkka-Miriam/ February 1977" (paperback)
- Because It Is. New Directions, 1960; unsigned
- But Even So. New Directions, 1968; inscribed by Miriam, signed by Kenneth Patchen "To Barbara & Charles/ Dec 1968/ With all warmest wishes/ Kenneth and Miriam Patchen" (paperback)
- The Collected Poems of Kenneth Patchen. New Directions, 1st edition; inscribed by Miriam, signed by Kenneth Patchen "To two dear friends,/ Barbara and Charles Paine/ Their Wealth Ever Enriches/ Others/ With Love/ Kenneth and Miriam/ Patchen/ December 1971." (hardcover)
- Collected Poems. New Directions, 1970; unsigned
- Doubleheader: Poems and Letter to God. New Directions, 1958; inscribed by Kenneth Patchen "for the Charles Paines/ with every wish/ Kenneth Patchen/ Dec 66" (paperback)
- Hallelujah Anyway. New Directions, 1967; inscribed by Kenneth Patchen "for Barbara and Charles/ love/ from Miriam and Kenneth/ Jun 14, 1967" (paperback)
- Hallelujah Anyway: A Kenneth Patchen Exhibition, Catalog . University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, 1974; unsigned
- The Journal of Albion Moonlight. New Directions, 1961; unsigned
- In Quest of Candlelighters. New Directions, 1972; inscribed by Miriam Patchen "For Barbara/ and Charles/ With Eternal Love/ Miriam/ & Kenneth, May 6, 1972", (paperback)
- Kenneth Patchen: Painter of Poems. The Corcoran Gallery of Art, catalog, 1970; unsigned (copy 1)
- Kenneth Patchen: Painter of Poems. The Corcoran Gallery of Art, catalog, 1970; unsigned (copy 2)
- Kenneth Patchen: Painter of Poems. The Corcoran Gallery of Art, catalog, 1970; unsigned (copy 3)
- Memoirs of a Shy Pornographer. City Lights Books, 1958; unsigned
- Patchen: The Last Interview. #40 Capra Chapbook Series, 1976; unsigned
- Patchen's Lost Plays. Capra Press, 1977; unsigned
- Peace or Perish: A Crisis Anthology. Poets for Peace, 1983; inscribed by Miriam Patchen "Peace!/ Miriam Patchen", (paperback)
- Sleepers Awake. New Directions, 1969; inscribed by Kenneth Patchen "for Barbara and Charles/ with the fondest greetings/ of Miriam and Kenneth/ December 1969" (paperback)
- Still Another Pelican in the Breadbox. Pig Iron Press, 1980; unsigned
- When We Were Here Together. New Directions, 1957; unsigned (hardcover)
- Wonderings. New Directions, 1971; inscribed by Kenneth Patchen "for Barbara & Charles/ with our admiring love/ Miriam & Kenneth/ April 1971" (hardcover)
Incoming, Miriam Patchen 1977
ALS, "It was so good to hear Barbara just now- ...", Mar 4, 1977 (+ env. and clipping "Poet's wife recalls agony, ecstasy of her husband's art", Palo Alto Times, Feb 28, 1977); and 'In Perkko's Grotto Post Card', signed "Love, Miriam & Kenneth". March 1977 undated
Christmas Cards (7) 1960 undated
Hurrah for Anything. Jonathan Williams, Highlands, 1957; "Colophon 79/ Limited to 100 copies/ prepared and painted by/ Kenneth Patchen/ number 79" (5.5" x 8.25") 1957
Poem-scapes. Jonathan Williams, Highlands, 1958; "Colophon 40/ limited to 75 copies/ prepared and painted/ by Kenneth Patchen/ copy number 40 (5.5"x 8") 1958
Books 1957-1980
Series Scope and Content Summary
Patchen Postcards
Picture Poems printed by Leslie Tobin Imports, Inc. Philadelphia, [White paper board] (7); includes "The Best Hope", "Hallelujah", "I am the Ghost", "I have a Funny Feeling", "Imagine Seeing You Here", "Little Chief", "What Can You Do Up Here" (5 1/4" x 8")
Painting Poem in Mixed Medium, (incomplete set) printed by Museum Reproductions, Alhambra, CA, 1958; includes "In Perkko's Grotto" (1), "It is Somehow Reassuring to Contemplate' (7), "The Walker Standing" (2) (4"x6")
Broadside (11" x 15"), "A Poem for Christmas" Dec. 1961
Silkscreen Print: "A Mercy-Filled & Defiant Xmas To All Still Worthy To be Called Men", no. 139/150, signed by Miriam Patchen (size: 18 x 24; gold and purple text on white Japanese silk paper) Dec. 1970
Serial issues: 1967-1972
Alameda County Weekender, "A Bay Area Poet's Fight Against Pain" Sep. 16, 1967
Liturgy, Vol 17:2 (Cover features Patchen's poem "Rest, heart of the tired world."), Mar. 1972
Liturgy, Vol 14:10 (Cover features Patchen's poem "A Mercy-Filled and Defiant Christmas to All Still Worthy To Be Called Men") Dec. 1969
The Staff , Dec 3, 1971 (Cover features Patchen's "The Best Hope" painted poem, and article "Patchen" by Barba Margolis (p. 35, 37, 43): Dec. 3, 1971
Clipping: "Deaths: Miriam Patchen, Peace activist, wife of poet and novelist Kenneth Patchen", Palo Alto Weekly Mar. 22, 2002