Accession Processed in 1977
CORRESPONDENCE
Academy of American Poets. 7 ALs, 22 TLs, 4 D; 8 Rc
American Jewish History Center. 10 TLs, 8 D; 8 Rc
American Poetry Review. 1 TLs; 2 Rc
Anonymous. 8 ALs; 2 Rc
Auster, Paul. 2 ALs, 1 TLs, 1 D; 2 Rc
Axelrod, Susan. 1 ALs, 7 TLs; 4 Rc
A (misc.) 1 ALs, 7 TLs; 4 Rc
Barnes, Djuna. 1 TLs, 1 D
Berkson, Bill. 3 ALs, 2 TLs; 2 Rc
Buck, Fred ( Bezoar Magazine). 2 TLs; 2 Rc
Business. 1 AL, 4 TLs; 7 Rc
Business (cont.) 33 D
B (misc.) 4 ALs, 1 TLs; 5 Rc
Caplan, Ron. 3 TLs, 1 D; 1 Rc
Carruth, Hayden. 1 ALs, 3 TLs, 1 D; 6 Rc
Chapman, Abraham. 3 TLs, 1 D; 2 Rc
Clark, Tom. 1 Rc
Commentary Magazine. 1 ALs, 8 TLs; 3 Rc
Cook, Albert. 5 TLs; 4 Rc
Cooney, Seamus. 4 ALs, 14 TLs, 4 D; 14 Rc
Corman, Cid. 4 TLs, 2 PP; 1 Rc; see also 19.1/2/3
Crozier, Andrew. 4 ALs, 8 TLs, 4 D; 15 Rc
Cuddihy, Michael. 2 TLs; 2 Rc
C (misc.) 6 ALs, 6 TLs; 1 Rc
Degnan, June Oppen. 13 ALs, 3 TL, 50 TLs, 32 D, 1 AR, 36 Rc
Deemer, Bill. 1 ALs, 1 TLs; 2 MS; 1 Rc
Dembo, L.S. 3 TLs; 2 Rc
D (misc.) 1 ALs, 1 TLs; 2 Rc
Enslin, Theodore. 2 TLs; 1 Rc
Enters, Angna. 1 TLs, 3 D; 1 Rc
Evanier, David. 8 TLs, 1 D; 7 Rc
E (misc.) 1 ALs, 1 TLs; 2 Rc
Fagin, Larry. 1 ALs
Falk, Marcia. 1 ALs, 3 TLs, 2 D; 2 Rc
Faucherau, Serge. 3 ALs, 1 TL; 3 Rc
Finley, Ian Hamilton. 1 ALs; 2 Rc
F (misc.) 2 ALs, 2 TLs; 2 Rc
Gitin, David and Marcia. 2 ALs
Gotham Book Mart. 12 TLs, 13 D; 3 Rc
Guedalla, Roger. 5 TLs; 4 Rc
G (misc.) 7 ALs, 5 TLs; 9 Rc
Halper, Albers and Lorna. 4 ALs, 2 TLs; 1 Rc
Halpern, Daniel. 2 TLs; 2 Rc
Hays, H. R. 1 TLs; 2 Rc
Heilman, Robert. 5 TLs, 3 Rc
Hoffman, Stanton. 5 TLs; 2 E; 3 Rc
Hoberger, Eric. 2 TLs, 2 Rc
H (misc.) 5 ALs, 16 TLs; 1 MS; 8 Rc
Ignatow, David. 1 ALs, 6 TLs; 1 MS; 1 AR, 3 Rc
Ishilf, Joseph. 1 ALs
I (misc.) 1 TLs; 1 Rc
Jewish Frontier. 1 ALs, 3 TLs, 1 D; 2 Rc
Jewish Magazines. 2 ALs, 7 TLs, 1 D; 6 Rc
Jewish Organizations. 2 ALs, 56 TLs, 11 D; 25 Rc
J (misc.) 1 ALs, 3 TLs; 2 Rc
Katz, Steve. 1 TLs, 1 D; 4 Rc
Kesslar, Milton. 2 ALs, 1 TLs; 3 Rc
Kherdian, David. 1 ALs, 1 TLs; 3 Rc
Kosakoff, Reuven. 2 ALs
K (misc.) 1 ALs, 13 TLs; 2 Rc
Laughlin, James. 3 ALs, 6 TLs, 2 D; 5 Rc
Levendosky, Charles. 2 TLs; 1 Rc
Levertov, Denise. 2 ALs
Libraries. 99 D
Lopate, Phillip. 2 TLs; 1 MS; 1 Rc
Lowenfels, Walter. 3 TLs; 1 MS; 1 Rc
Luce, Gay. 1 TLs
L (misc.) 5 ALs, 10 TLs, 3 D; 10 Rc
Magazines (misc.) 5 ALs, 10 TLs, 3 D; 10 Rc
Malanga, Gerard. 5 TLs, 1 D; 4 Rc
Marshall, James. 6 TLs; 4 Rc
Martin, John (Black Sparrow Press). 33 TLs, 11 D
Martin, John. 1 AR, 25 Rc
Meltzer, David. 4 TLs; 3 Rc
Menorah Journal by Marie Syrkin. 6 TLsc; 16 Rc; 1 ALs
Midstream. 7 TLs, 1 D; 1 MS; 3 Rc
Montgomery, Stuart and Deirdre (Fulcrum Press). 7 TLs, 5 D; 1 AR, 6 Rc
Museum of Modern Art (Lita Hornick). 2 TLs, 1 D
M (misc.) 1 ALs, 7 TLs; 7 Rc
National Institute of Arts and Letters. 5 TLs, 3 D, 3 Rc
National Poetry Festival, Allendale, Mich. 1 ALs, 7 TLs, 4 D; 7 Rc
New Directions. 2 ALs, 26 TLs, 34 D; 1 AR, 16 Rc
New York University Law School. 2 TLs
Niedecker, Lorine. 2 TLs; 2 MS
N (misc.) 3 ALs, 6 TLs, 2 D; 5 Rc
Objectivist Press. 1 D
Oppen, George and Mary. 7 ALs, 3 TL, 10 TLs, 4 D; 4 Rc
O (misc.) 2 ALs, 1 TLs; 1 Rc
Padgett, Ron. 5 ALs, 5 TLs, 3 D; 5 Rc
Perlman, John. 2 TLs; 1 MS; 1 Rc
Pickard, Tom. 1 ALs
Poetry Conference, Readings. 1 ALs, 1 TL, 9 TLs, 4 D; 3 Rc
Publishers. 3 ALs, 1 TL, 35 TLs
Publishers (cont.) 9 D; 24 Rc
P (misc.) 2 ALs, 2 TLs; 2 Rc
Rokosi, Carl. 2 ALs, 3 TLs; 1 Rc
Reznikoff, Charles (family papers). 2 D
Riley, Peter. 2 TLs; 2 Rc
Rosenblum, Martin J. 4 TLs; 1 Rc
Rosenmann, Julius
Ross, James. 1 TLs
Rudolf, Anthony. 1 ALs, 3 TLs, 3 D; 2 Rc
R (misc.) 7 ALs, 15 TLs, 4 D; 9 Rc
Samperi, Frank. 2 ALs; 1 Rc
San Francisco State Poetry Center. 4 TLs, 3 D; 7 Rc
Savitt, Lynne. 1 ALs; 1 Rc
Schneider, Duane. 5 TLs, 8 D; 4 Rc
Seed, John. 6 ALs, 1 TLs, 2 D; 12 MS; 5 Rc
Shapiro, Harvey. 1 TLs; 2 Rc
Spann, Marcella. 1 TLs; 1 Rc
Syrkin, Marie. 11 ALs, 5 D; 2 Rc
S (misc.) 9 ALs, 13 TLs, 1 TL; 10 Rc
Tarn, Nathaniel. 1 ALs
Tobias, Thoma. 1 ALs, 5 TLs; 3 Rc
Tucker, Harvey. 1 TLs, 1 Rc
T (misc.) 3 TLs, 1 D; 1 Rc
U (misc.) 1 TL, 1 TLs; 1 Rc
V (misc.) 1 TLs
Waldman, Anne. 2 TLs, 1 D; 2 Rc
WBAI Radio. 1 ALs, 5 TLs, 2 D; 2 Rc
Weil, James. 5 TLs, 1 D; 5 Rc
Weinberger, Eliot. 1 ALs, 5 TLs, 1 D; 4 Rc
Williams, Gil. 4 TLs, 4 D; 1 Rc
Williams, Jonathan. 1 TL, 1 TLs; 1 Rc
Williams, William Carlos. 1 ALs, 1 TLs, 1 D
W (misc.) 3 ALs, 8 TLs, 2 D; 1 AR, 7 Rc
YMHA. 6 TLs, 2 D; 2 Rc
Y (misc.) 1 ALs
Zukofsky, Louis and Celia. 3 ALs, 3 D; 1 Rc
Zychlinska, Rajzel. 6 ALs, 3 D; 7 MS
Z (misc.) 2 TLs, 1 D
WRITINGS
Books
By the Waters of Manhattan
Corrected proofs - Includes New Directions Volume
Script for dramatic reading. Performed by the Sharon Temple Players, Temple Israel; Sharon, Mass
Reviews
General
1962 - 1963
Ca. late 1960s & early 1970s
By the Well of Living and Seeing
Ts of early draft, with corrections. Sections titled: A) "Notes for an Autobiography", B) "Notes for a Commonplace Book", C) " Family Chronicle: Notes for an Autobiography"
Corrected 1968 TS
Carbon TS with extensive revisions
TS and paste-ups with corrections. Note from C.R. to publisher entitled "Printing Guide," concerning type, spacing, paper, etc
TS of selected verse with heavy corrections
Page paste-ups, version with corrections 1972 - 1972
Omitted materials - Omitted from 1969 and 1974 versions
"Notes for an Autobiography" - Prose TS with corrections of material that later appeared in BTWoLAS. Also find paste-ups with corrections of "From a Notebook," material that appeared in BTWoLAS and was published separately in Midstream, Winter 1968
Reviews
Holocaust
Early draft with corrections
Early drafts - Incomplete TS, complete TS marked "second draft" with corrections
TS marked "third revision" - Also carbon with corrections and paste-ups
TS marked "third revision" and arranged as script for dramatic reading
TS marked "fourth revision" - Also carbon of letter sent to John Martin of Black Sparrow Press concerning proofs
Xeroxed transcripts of Nazi War Trials, the basis for Holocaust
Notes and news clippings with an "Introductory Note" by C.R. Also Night Words; a Midrash on the Holocaust by David Ruskies
Miscellaneous TS and MS notes. Includes preface to a reading of Holocaust
Verse fragments (carbon) and handwritten notes on chapter organization
Reviews
Jews of Babylonia
Early drafts 1969 - 1969
Completed Portuguese translation by Maximo Siminovich, published in Mundo Israelita, Buenos Aires
Manner Music
Early drafts
Reviews
Nine Plays - "Uriel Acosta," paste-ups with corrections 1961
Persons and Places
TS with corrections 1974 - 1974
Carbon TS with corrections 1974 - 1974
Rejoice Young Man - Original typescript
Testimony: The United States, 1885-1915
Testimony: The United States, 1885-1890
TS with preface and corrections
Unmarked carbon of final TS
Final printing version, corrections
Proof sheets, with corrections
Carbon of title page with notes on page and separate note on "the right of privacy"
Outline of sections and lists of characters
Reviews from 60s and early 70s
Testimony: The United States, 1891-1895
First TS with corrections
Carbon of first TS, corrections
Carbon - Marked "as submitted to New Directions and afterwards revised"
Carbon of TS, sent to New Directions, with corrections
Early TS draft, with source materials
"South" section
"West" section
"North" section
Revision of "South" section
Testimony: The United States, 1896-1900
First draft - Handwritten outline, with xerox of original source materials
Cover, with markings
Original MS. 1891-1895 and 1896-1900 were originally conceived as separate books, this is the first attempt at merger, with corrections
Carbon TS
Final copy for private printing
Testimony: The United States, 1901-1905
Source materials from law journals, with notes
TS with numerous corrections
Carbon of original TS. First assimilation of materials from 1901-1905 and 1906-1910
Testimony: The United States, 1901-1910
Original MS with corrections, with some carbon and TS pages
Carbon of original sent to England for Ferry Press edition (1968) with paste-ups and corrections, pages 1-236
Carbon of original sent to England for Ferry Press edition (1968) with paste-ups and corrections, pages 238-308
Carbons and discards, items with corrections
Testimony: The United States, 1911-1915
Source materials from law journals
TS with corrections and additional law journal notes
Early drafts and source materials
Copy sent to Stephen Berg of American Poetry Review, letter enclosed
Idea File
Idea File - index
Idea File - a
Idea File - b
Idea File - c
Idea File - f
Idea File - j
Idea File - k
Idea File - m
Idea File - p
Idea File - r
Idea File - s
Idea File - t
Idea File - w
Lectures and Readings
American Jewish Historical Society
Introduction to lecture titled "The Jews in American and English Poetry" 1965 - 1965
Xeroxes and paste-ups of poems organized with notes as materials for lecture series
"Introductions," file compiled by C.R. including introductions for readings
Sparrow Lecture Series - TS of lecture given as part of series and carbon copy of speech for series
The Menorah Journal
Short stories by C.R. for MJ, including: "Apocrypha," offprint; "In the Country," offprint; "Meetings and Partings, Friends and Strangers," offprint; Murder will Out," TS; "Nudnik," offprint; "Passage after Arms," offprint; "The Snow on the Garage," TS; untitled story on David Franks, TS
Article by C.R. on The Menorah Journal for Midstream, and Reviews of The Menorah Journal
"Epitaph for a Jewish Magazine: Notes on The Menorah Journal," from Commentary 1965 - 1965
Notes
Notes for a Diary 1959 - 1959
Notes on "Projects to Finish"
Notes by C.R. concerning himself, his writings, thoughts, etc
Notes and source materials for article on Mayer Sulzherger
Notes for prose on Salvador, and Bennetto and Major Noah
Notes concerning the Jews of Cleveland - Includes letters sent to Sidney Vincent, a Cleveland Jew
Notes and TS of historical prose fragments - Prose fragments on a newspaper reporter for the New York Herald in mid 1850s
Notes and prose fragments 1946 - 1946
Notes for article on Karl Shapiro
Notes on Composition Theory
Articles from The Nation (1961), with passages underlined with regards to the problem of "writing history," and untitled poem on the difference between writing prose and verse
"The Method of Revision," file titled by C.R. with originals and xeroxes of both notes and newspaper clippings; underlined , with notes in margins
"The Objectivist Press," notes by C.R
"The secret of effective narrative verse," and "as to method"
"Studies in the Rhythm of Dialogue"
Cut out page from book (title?) with excerpts by C.R. on "writing biography"
Poetry
Collection of Poetry from 1973-1975
Items with corrections
With extensive corrections , including "Incident in Mexico" and "The Good Old Days"
Curse, poem with corrections
Good Old Days: Recitative, Historical episodes in verse. Edited and sent to Stephen Berg of American Poetry Review, May 1975
Recitative, carbon
Rhythms III: Walking in New York. Marked "sent to Malanga," for inclusion in Autumn 1975 issue of Transatlantic Review, no. 52
Miscellaneous Writings
Character sketches in prose
Charleston Jews
Proposal for novel based on life of Frances Marion
Notes on Charleston Jews
Notes and prose drafts for early history Charleston Jews, also find New York City Public Library receipts for newspapers from the 1830's, presumably check-out by C.R. as source materials
Notes from McCrady, book of history of South Carolina, with notes and prose fragments by C.R. drawn from the text
Note on ironical close to Charlestown; 1780
Charlestown: A Historical Novel
Typescript
The Palmetto Fly
Notes and TS of 2nd version of novel's opening
TS with extensive correction
Speech, typescript. Titled "The Life and times of Early American Jews, 1645-1800, in Charleston, South Carolina, and in the Beginning of the Congregation Beth Elohim"
Current Prose 1954. File titled by C.R. containing notes for a novel on David Franks and Aaron Lopez, theme of American Jewry
Encyclopedia Judaica materials
MS of article on Irving Kauffman
Collected articles
First There is Need - Xerox with corrections; essay published by Black Sparrow Press as Sparrow 52
Julius Rosenmann materials
In Memoriam: Julius (Judah) Rosenmann (d.1961)
Prose concerning Julius Rosemann from diary entry 1951 - 1951
Man of Honour - Thoughts on Louis Marshal
Manuscript of a Novel Never Completed. A folder labeled by C.R., containing short prose from late 1930s early 1940s and verse fragments from the same period
Pesach Rubenstein materials. Notes and rough draft (ca. 1947-50) on the Pesach Rubenstein murder case, including xerox of pamphlet "Thrilling Mysteries of the Pesach Rubenstein Murder" (1876)
Story of Old Woman - Based on conversations with Julius Rosenmann ca. 1951
Tales of Benjamin III - TS and notes
Black Sparrow Press editions of C.R.'s work
Family Chronicle 1968
Five Groups of Verse 1927
Nine Plays 1927
Poems 1920
Reading in Cleveland 1969
Inscriptions: 1944 - 1956, in Newleader
Address list
Addresses, in composition book
Addresses/mailing list for Family Chronicle
Books to Read, list suggested by Kenneth Rexroth, and list compiled by C.R
Brief biography of C.R
Draft card and autographed copy of the U.S. Army's Infantry Drill Regulations
Law school notes 1912 - 1916
Men of Achievement Award 1973 - 1973
Photos - George Oppen, Allen Ginsberg and others from the National Poetry Festival, Allendale, Michigan
Xeroxes of biographical information on Reznikoff
Things to do today - memo pad
MATERIALS RELATING TO REZNIKOFF'S PARENTS
Nathan Reznikoff
Letter to N.R., and prose by N.R
Memoirs of Nathan Reznikoff
Yiddish version
Original binder
English translation - Formed basis of "Early History of a Sewing Machine Operator" (1936)
Sarah Reznikoff
Autobiography
Typescript & copies
Manuscript
Manuscript copy - Part I
Manuscript copy - Part II-III
Memoirs, the basis of "Early History of a Seamstress" -- MS. Bound composition book
Syrkin, Marie, Gleanings - Review
Reviews and newsclippings relating to other poets
Accession Processed in 1990
CORRESPONDENCE
Letters from Reznikoff to Marie Syrkin - Includes journal entries. AL, TL, typescript carbons 1928 - 1961
Letters to Marie Syrkin after Reznikoff's death
From Black Sparrow Press, (TL) 1976
Miscellaneous Correspondence, (TL)
Unidentified Correspondence, (TL) 1933 May 16
AUTHOR'S COLLECTION
Five Groups of Verse - Annotated copy (hard-bound book) 1927
Going To and Fro and Walking Up and Down - Annotated copy (hard-bound book) 1941
By the Waters of Manhattan (soft-bound copy) - Copy has some missing sections and pages 1962
Testimony: The United States (1885-1890) (two paperback books) - Copy has missing pages 1965
JOB in Chelsea 24/25 - Annotated copy 1968
Testimony the United States (1891-1900) - Annotated copy (paperback book) 1968
By the Well of Living and Seeing and The Fifth Book of the Maccabees - Annotated copies (3 paperback books) 1969
By the Well of Living and Seeing: New and Selected Poems - Annotated copy with individual inserted notes (paperback book) 1974
Accession Processed in 1991
Boni, Charles 1930
Syrkin, Marie 1930
Pool, David de Sola 1953
Miscellaneous
FINANCIAL RECORDS
Income and Expense Journals
1947 - 1962
1948 - 1962
1965 - 1974
1968 - 1975
Expense Notebooks
1975
1976
Al Lewin memorabilia
Photograph of Reznikoff
Two poems by Reznikoff ("Sonnet I" and "Day by Day")