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MSS-2010-10-04
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Title: Poetry Journals and Chapbooks Collection
Dates: 1930-1984
Bulk Dates: 1970-1984
Collection number: MSS-2010-10-04
Collector:
San Jose Museum of Art
Collection Size:
7 boxes
(6.3 linear feet)
Repository:
San José State University. Library.
San José, California 95192-0028
Abstract: The Poetry Journals and Chapbooks Collection provides a representative sample of the poetry published in the United States
during the 1970s and early 1980s. The collection includes poetry chapbooks and journal issues, literary catalogs, publishing
guides, magazine and press directories, broadsides, art prints, and other items. Most of the poetry journals and chapbooks
were produced by small presses in the United States. A few of the journals contain interviews with writers and poets and
some contain articles of poetry criticism. The journal titles include
Big Moon,
Bug Tar,
The Chowder Review,
Green's Magazine,
Kayak,
Vagabond,
Wind, and
The Wormwood Review. This collection is arranged into two series: Series I. Poetry Journals and Chapbooks 1930-1984 (bulk 1972-1983), n.d.; Series
II. Miscellaneous Poetry 1970-1984 (bulk 1973-1979), n.d. In addition, there are a few feature poems by Charles Bukowski located
in Series II.
Physical location: Vault 1, Range 21A
Languages:
Languages represented in the collection:
English,
Spanish,
French
The collection is open for research.
Copyright has not been assigned to the San José State University Library Special Collections &
Archives. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to
the Director of Special Collections. Copyright restrictions also apply to digital
reproductions of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research and educational purposes.
Poetry Journals and Chapbooks Collection, MSS-2010-10-04 , San José State University Library Special Collections & Archives.
This collection was donated to San José State University Special Collections by the San Jose Museum of Art in 1992.
Collection processed by Tom Hewitt. Finding aid EAD encoded by Tom Hewitt. Reviewed by Danelle Moon.
Scope and Content of Collection
The Poetry Journals and Chapbooks Collection provides a representative sample of the poetry published in the United States
during the 1970s and early 1980s. The collection includes poetry chapbooks and journal issues, literary catalogs, publishing
guides, magazine and press directories, broadsides, art prints, and other items. Most of the poetry journals and chapbooks
were produced by small presses in the United States. A few of the journals contain interviews with writers and poets and some
contain articles of poetry criticism. The journal titles include
Big Moon,
Bug Tar,
The Chowder Review,
Green's Magazine,
Kayak,
Vagabond,
Wind, and
The Wormwood Review. This collection is arranged into two series: Series I. Poetry Journals and Chapbooks 1930-1984 (bulk 1972-1983), n.d.;
Series II. Miscellaneous Poetry 1970-1984 (bulk 1973-1979), n.d. In addition, there are a few feature poems by Charles Bukowski
located in Series II.
This collection is arranged into two series: Series I. Poetry Journals and Chapbooks 1930-1984 (bulk 1970-1984), n.d.; Series
II. Miscellaneous Poetry 1970-1984 (bulk 1973-1979), n.d.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in
the library's online public access catalog.
American poetry -- 20th century -- Periodicals.
American poetry -- 20th century -- History and criticism -- Periodicals.
Poets, American -- 20th century -- Interviews -- Periodicals.
Chapbooks, American.
Small presses -- United States -- Catalogs.
Brown, Christy, 1932-1981.
Bukowski, Charles, 1920-1994.
Cohen, Leonard, 1934- .
Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert), 1885-1930.
Shelley, Percy Bysshe, 1792-1822.