Access
Publication Rights
Preferred Citation
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Processing History
Scope and Content
Arrangement
Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
SJSU Special Collections & Archives
Title: Poetry Journals and Chapbooks Collection
creator:
San Jose Museum of Art
Identifier/Call Number: MSS.2010.10.04
Physical Description:
7.0 boxes
Date (inclusive): 1930-1984
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 Description: (6.3 linear feet)
Access
The collection is open for research.
Publication Rights
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.
Preferred Citation
Poetry Journals and Chapbooks Collection, MSS-2010-10-04, San José State University Library Special Collections & Archives.
Project Information
This collection was donated to San José State University Special Collections & Archives by the San Jose Museum of Art in 1992.
Processing History
Collection processed by Tom Hewitt. Finding aid EAD encoded by Tom Hewitt. Reviewed by Danelle Moon. Expanded description
and processing completed by Kate Steffens in June 2018.
Scope and Content
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.
Arrangement
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.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
American poetry -- 20th century -- Periodicals.
Poets, American -- 20th century -- Interviews -- Periodicals.
American poetry -- 20th century -- History and criticism -- Periodicals.
Small presses -- United States -- Catalogs.
Chapbooks, American.
Shelley, Percy Bysshe, 1792-1822.
Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert), 1885-1930.
San Jose Museum of Art
Bukowski, Charles, 1920-1994.
Cohen, Leonard, 1934- .
Brown, Christy, 1932-1981.