Guide to the Poetry Journals and Chapbooks Collection
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Guide to the Poetry Journals and Chapbooks Collection
Collection number: MSS-2010-10-04
SJSU Special Collections & Archives
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library
San José State University
One Washington Square
San José, CA 95192-0028
Phone: (408) 808-2062
Fax: (408) 808-2063
Email: special.collections@sjsu.edu
URL: http://library.sjsu.edu/sjsu-special-collections/sjsu-special-collections-and-archives
Finding aid funded by the generous support of the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC).
© 2010 Trustees of the California State University. All rights reserved.
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.
Collection Contents
Series I: Poetry Journals and Chapbooks 1930-1984 (bulk 1970-1984), n.d.
Physical Description: 6 boxes
Series Scope and Content Summary
The materials in this series provide a sampling of the poetry published in the United States during the 1970s and early 1980s.
The series includes poetry chapbooks and journal issues, literary catalogs, publishing guides, magazine and press directories,
and other items. Books of poetry by Christy Brown, Leonard Cohen, D. H. Lawrence, and Percy Bysshe Shelley are also included.
This series is arranged alphabetically by title.
Series II: Miscellaneous Poetry 1970-1984 (bulk 1973-1979), n.d.
Physical Description: 1 box
Series Scope and Content Summary
This series consists of various poetry journals that include the work of Charles Bukowski (Folder 1) and others. Some of the
journals that include his poetry are the
Berkeley Poetry Review,
The New York Quarterly, and
The Wormwood Review. The remainder of this series includes journals and chapbooks that have been signed by the poet or author, small poetry
collections, poetry broadsides, and print art.
Folders 1 and 2 have been arranged together, alphabetically by title. Folders 3, 4, and 5 have each been arranged alphabetically
by title separately.