Paul Blackburn Papers
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Descriptive Summary
Creator:
Blackburn, Paul
Title: Paul Blackburn Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1919 - 1971
Extent:
20.50 linear feet
(49 archives boxes, 2 card file boxes and 8 oversize folders)
Abstract: Papers of an American poet, translator, editor, and literary agent, containing materials that detail the course of his career
and personal life from the early 1940s through the early 1970s. Blackburn was the author of nineteen books of poetry published
between 1955 and 1980, the last six appearing posthumously. He translated the work of such writers as Pablo Picasso, Federico
Garcia Lorca and Julio Cortazar, and served as Cortezar's agent. He was also a contributing editor of the BLACK MOUNTAIN REVIEW
and the poetry editor of THE NATION for a short time. Over half of the collection is composed of photographs and correspondence.
The photographs are primarily of Blackburn's family and friends. The correspondence relates to both personal and professional
matters, and consists not only of letters received by Blackburn, but also of many copies of his own letters. Among the prominent
correspondents are Julio Cortazar, Charles Reznikoff, Ezra Pound, Octavio Paz, Charles Olson, Allen Ginsberg, Robert Creeley,
and Blackburn's mother, Frances Frost. The collection also includes manuscripts and typescripts of poems, prose and translations
dated from the 1940s through the early 1970s and materials relating to the business aspects of Blackburn's career, including
contracts, reading schedules and some business correspondence.
Repository:
University of California, San Diego. Geisel Library. Mandeville Special Collections Library.
La Jolla, California 92093-0175
Collection number: MSS 0004
Language of Material:
Collection materials in English
Access
Collection is open for research.
Acquisition Information
Not Available
Preferred Citation
Paul Blackburn Papers, MSS 0004. Mandeville Special Collections Library, UCSD.
Publication Rights
Publication rights are held by the creator of the collection.
Biography
Born in Saint Albans, Vermont, November 24th 1926, Paul Blackburn influenced contemporary literature through his poetry, translations
and the encouragement and patronage he offered to fellow poets. His parents, William Gordon Blackburn and Frances Frost (also
a poet, novelist and author of children's books) separated when Blackburn was three. He was cared for primarily by his maternal
grandparents until he was fourteen, when his mother took him back to New York City to live with her in Greenwich Village.
He began writing poetry in his late teens under her encouragement.
Just after enrolling in New York University in 1945, Blackburn joined the army in hopes of being sent overseas. The war ended
shortly thereafter however, and he served as a laboratory technician in Colorado. In 1947 he returned to NYU, and subsequently
transferred to the University of Wisconsin, Madison, in 1949, graduating in 1950.
It was during his college years that Blackburn first came under the influence of Ezra Pound. While at the University of Wisconsin
he began corresponding with Pound, and hitchhiked to Washington D.C. several times to visit him at St. Elizabeth's Hospital.
Via Pound, he came in to contact with Cid Corman, Robert Creeley, Charles Olson, Joel Oppenheimer and Jonathan Williams.
Through this contact came an ancillary involvement with the first two issues of Olson's magazine, BLACK MOUNTAIN REVIEW, and
consequent, the inexact [erroneous?] inclusion of Blackburn in the Black Mountain school of poets. Blackburn neither attended
the college, not taught there, and as Edith Jarolim points out in her intoduction to the Collected Poems, "Blackburn always
opposed the division of poets into schools and did not like the role of Black Mountain poet into which he was cast by Donald
Allen's anthology THE NEW AMERICAN POETRY (1960). He embraced all types of poetry, citing the value of "all work, if you
work 'em right." (E. Jarolim in THE COLLECTED POEMS OF PAUL BLACKBURN, 1985)
It was Pound as well, who pointed Blackburn in the direction of Provencal poetry, and he studied the languages of Provence
while at the University of Wisconsin. His work on Provencal translations intensified following the 1953 publication of a
slim selection of the translations and with a Fulbright Fellowship in 1954 to study Provencal language and literature in France.
This vein of his work continued for the rest of his life and didn't see full publication until after his death because he
was never quite satisfied with it.
Blackburn was also well-known for his translations from Spanish of the epic Poem for the Cid, Lorca, a book of Pablo Picasso's
poems, and of contemporary South American writers such as Octavio Paz and his friend Julio Cortazar.
In addition to the poetry and the translating, Blackburn played an important part in the poetry community, helping fledgling
poets develop, and providing emotional support and opportunities to read for both unknown and established writers at the various
reading series with which was involved. He was central in organizing readings that offered work from the Beats, the New York
School, the Deep Image Poets, and the Black Mountain Poets. Clayton Eshleman has written, "Many, not just a few, but many
poets alive today are beholden to him for a basic artistic kindness, for readings, yes, and for advice, but more humanly for
a kind of comradeship that very few poets are willing to give." The readings he ran were progenitors to the Poetry Project
at St. Marks Church on the Bowery.
Up until the mid-1960s Blackburn supported himself by various print-shop, editorial and translating jobs, including a short
stint as poetry editor of THE NATION. Some of his early jobs included working in-house on encyclopedias, and writing free
lance reviews. By the mid-1960s Blackburn began receiving offers of teaching positions, and in 1965, 1966 and 1967 he directed
workshops at the Aspen Writers' Conference. He was Poet-In-Residence at City College of New York in 1966-67. A Guggenheim
Fellowship in 1967 enabled him to return to Europe to work on his translations and poetry. Upon returning to the U.S. he
supported himself through reading tours and teaching at the State University of New York at Cortland.
Blackburn was married three times: to Winifred Grey McCarthy from 1954 to 1958; Sara Golden from 1963 to 1967; and to Joan
Diane Miller in 1968, with whom he had his son, Carlos T. Blackburn died in 1971 of the esophageal cancer.
During his lifetime Blackburn published thirteen books of poetry: THE DISSOLVING FABRIC (1955), BROOKLYN MANHATTAN TRANSIT:
A BOUQUET FOR FLATBUSH (1960), THE NETS (1961), 16 SLOPPY HAIKU AND A LYRIC FOR ROBERT REARDON (1966), SING SONG (1966), THE
REARDON POEMS (1967), THE CITIES (1967), IN. ON. OR ABOUT THE PREMISES (1968), TWO NEW POEMS (1969), THE ASSASSINATION OF
PRESIDENT MCKINLEY, THREE DREAMS AND AN OLD POEM, GIN: FOUR JOURNAL PIECES (1970), and THE JOURNALS: BLUE MOUNDS ENTRIES (1971);
and 5 major works of translations: PROENSA (1953), POEM OF THE CID (1996), Julio Cortazar's END OF THE GAME AND OTHER STORIES
(1967), Pablo Picasso' s HUNK OF SKIN and Julio Cortazar's CRONOPIOS AND FAMAS.
Nine other books of poetry were published posthumously: EARLY SELECTED Y MAS: POEMS 1949-1966 (1972), THE JOURNALS, HALFWAY
DOWN THE COAST (1975), BY EAR (1978), AGAINST THE SILENCES (1980), THE SELECTION OF HEAVEN (1980), THE COLLECTED POEMS OF
PAUL BLACKBURN (1985), THE SELECTED POEMS(?) and THE PARALLEL VOYAGES (1987); and 2 works of translation: PROENSA: AN ANTHOLOGY
OF TROUBADOR POETRY (1978) AND LORCA/BLACKBURN: POEMS OF FEDERICO GARCIA LORCA CHOSEN BY PAUL BLACKBURN (1979).
For a complete bibliography see Kathleen Woodward, PAUL BLACKBURN: A CHECKLIST (San Diego: Archive for New Poetry, University
of California, San Diego, 1980).
Scope and Content of Collection
The papers document the life and literary career of Paul Blackburn. Although some family documents such as photographs date
from the early 1900s, the bulk of the materials relate directly to Blackburn's life and date from the early 1940s to the early
1970s. The collection is arranged in nine series: 1) ORIGINAL POETRY, 2) TRANSLATIONS, 3) PROSE AND INTERVIEWS, 4) POETRY/TRANSLATION
BUSINESS, 5) PERSONAL AND FAMILY MATERIALS, 6) EPHEMERA, 7) CORRESPONDENCE, 8) MISCELLANEOUS MATERIALS, and 9) ORIGINALS OF
PRESERVATION PHOTOCOPIES.
SERIES 1: ORIGINAL POETRY
The first series consists of manuscripts and typescripts of poetry and related materials. The majority of these papers were
collected from notebooks which Blackburn usually dated; the material is arranged chronologically by those dates. The notebooks
often reveal Blackburn's location at the time that he was working on that material; e.g., folder 4.11 is titled "Fragile,
mostly Europe." This series includes both unpublished work and early versions of work that was published later.
SERIES 2: TRANSLATIONS
The TRANSLATIONS series is arranged by the original language and the name of the author. This series contains not only formal
translations, but related materials such as notes on foreign languages and lists of translations as well. Within each subseries
the work is arranged chronologically. The first subseries is titled "Provencal Translations" and consists primarily of materials
taken from ten notebooks titled "Toulouse." These notebooks are dated from 1954 through 1964 and contain translations, notes
and expense lists. The subseries titled "Blackburn's Provencal File" contains an alphabetical file that Blackburn compiled
of his translations. Subsequent subseries are arranged according to the work or author translated and deal successively with
his translations of Proensa, The Cid, and work by Julio Cortazar, Frederico Garcia Lorca, Pablo Picasso, Antonio Jimenez Landi,
Octavio Paz, Herberto Padilla, Nicolas Guillen, Eduardo Escobar, Javier Heraud, and Leandro Katz. The series concludes with
a collection of work in foreign languages, translations of Blackburn's work into foreign languages, and miscellaneous translations
into English. Correspondence related to translations can be found in the series POETRY/TRANSLATION BUSINESS.
SERIES 3: PROSE AND INTERVIEWS
The PROSE AND INTERVIEWS series is made up of both fiction and non-fiction work. There are reviews of a number of books,
including Hugh Kenner's THE POETRY OF EZRA POUND and Robert Creeley's LE FOU. Two transcripts of interviews are also included,
along with a short story and a synopsis for a screenplay. The series also contains miscellaneous readers' reports, recommendations
and notes on articles for Funk and Wagnall's NEW INTERNATIONAL YEARBOOK.
SERIES 4: POETRY/TRANSLATION BUSINESS
The material relating to POETRY/TRANSLATION BUSINESS is divided into three categories: the first dealing with royalties, contracts,
permissions, and reading tours for Blackburn's own work; the second containing correspondence concerning the literary estate
of Frances Frost; and the third relating to Blackburn's duties as Julio Cortazar's agent.
SERIES 5: PERSONAL AND FAMILY MATERIALS
The PERSONAL AND FAMILY MATERIALS series, arranged chronologically, contains a wide range of materials detailing Blackburn's
activities from 1944 through 1971. The materials not only shed light on his private life, but provide a wealth of information
relating to his family history. The early sections contain such items as diplomas, notebooks, resumes, and job applications.
The second part of the series is made up of photographs relating to Blackburn's own activities and to his family's background.
Some of the pictures of his family date back to the early 1900s.
SERIES 6: EPHEMERA
The EPHEMERA series is made up of miscellaneous materials including pamphlets, newspaper clippings, proofs of poems, and materials
found in Blackburn's books.
SERIES 7: CORRESPONDENCE
The CORRESPONDENCE, divided into three subseries, constitutes the largest series in the collection. Each of the subseries
is arranged alphabetically by correspondent. The first subseries consists of family correspondence, including copies of letters
sent by Blackburn himself. Each folder contains the letters of a single correspondent, and the correspondent is identified
in the container list. The second subseries consists of general correspondence, and these letters offer a wide range of insights
into Blackburn's personal life and work. The third subseries, comprising miscellaneous correspondence, is made up primarily
of unidentified correspondence, including a large number of Christmas cards and unidentified postcards.
SERIES 8: MISCELLANEOUS MATERIALS
The MISCELLANEOUS MATERIALS series is divided into four subseries. The first is a collection of photocopies of Blackburn's
publications compiled by Kathleen Woodward. This subseries begins with a chronological arrangement of Blackburn's published
poems and is followed by copies of non-fiction prose, poems from anthologies, and translations-- all arranged chronologically.
The second subseries contains a copy of Edith Jarolim's dissertation on Blackburn, which was later published by Perseus Press.
Two card indexes constitute the final subseries; one is of Blackburn's published work, the other of his unpublished work.
SERIES 9: ORIGINALS OF PRESERVATION PHOTOCOPIES
The ORIGINALS OF PRESERVATION PHOTOCOPIES series contains fragile or brittle items that have been photocopied and segregated.
Separation Note
Books, journals and audiorecordings received in the 1973 accession of the Paul Blackburn Papers have been separated from the
collection and added elsewhere to the library's holdings. To identify audiorecordings he owned, conduct an author search
in ROGER on the term "Blackburn, Paul former owner," then click on the "Limit the Search" button, and in the "Material type"
box select "Records/Tapes" from the pull-down menu.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Subjects
Blackburn, Paul -- Archives
Picasso, Pablo, 1881-1973 -- Translations into English
Jiménez-Landi, Antonio -- Translations into English
Provençal poetry -- Translations into English
American poetry -- 20th century
Photographic prints -- 1950-1959.
Photographic prints -- 1960-1969.
Photographic prints -- 1970-1979.
Contributors
Frost, Frances Mary, 1905-1959, -- correspondent
Allen, Donald Merriam, 1912- -- correspondent
Corman, Cid, -- correspondent
Cortázar, Julio, -- correspondent
Creeley, Robert, 1926- -- correspondent
Duncan, Robert Edward, 1919- -- correspondent
Eshleman, Clayton, -- correspondent
Hamady, Walter, -- correspondent
Kelly, Robert, 1935- -- correspondent
Levertov, Denise, 1923-1997 -- correspondent
Loewinsohn, Ron, -- correspondent
Lowenfels, Walter, 1897-1976, -- correspondent
Olson, Charles, 1910-1970, -- correspondent
Paz, Octavio, 1914-1998, -- correspondent
Pound, Ezra, 1885-1972, -- correspondent
Randall, Margaret, 1936- -- correspondent
Raworth, Tom, -- correspondent
Rothenberg, Jerome, 1931- -- correspondent
Wakoski, Diane, -- correspondent
Williams, Jonathan, 1929- -- correspondent
Zukofsky, Louis, 1904-1978, -- correspondent
Collection Contents
box 1, folder 1
TSS originally in loose-leaf binder labelled by Blackburn "October 1945 - October 1946"
box 1, folder 2
TSS originally in loose-leaf binder, October 1945 - ca. 1950
box 1, folder 3
TSS in black loose-leaf binder with poems and some Provencal translations
1949 - 1951
box 1, folder 4
TSS in grey loose-leaf binder with poems and some Provencal translations
1949 - 1951
box 1, folder 5
TSS, 19 drafts of "The Innocents Who Fall Like Apples"
1949 - 1950
box 1, folder 6
TSS, ca. late 1940s and early 1950s transferred from other (non-poetry) materials
box 1, folder 7
TSS unmarked folders
1953 - 1956
box 1, folder 8
TSS originally in folder marked by Blackburn "mostly 1954-57"
box 1, folder 9
MSS from notebook from Toulouse
1955 - 1956
Note
Containing notes on Provencal language and literature.
box 1, folder 10
Xeroxes of MSS in Toulouse notebook no. 6, June-Aug. 1955
Note
See Series II, Provencal translations.
box 1, folder 11
Xeroxes of MSS in Toulouse notebook no. 7, June-Aug. 1995/ March 1956
Note
See Series II, Provencal translations.
box 1, folder 12
Xeroxes of MSS in Toulouse notebook no. 8, Nov. 1955 - Feb. 1956
Note
See Series II, Provencal translations.
box 1, folder 13
Xeroxes of MSS in Toulouse notebook no. 9, late 1956 - July 1957
Note
See Series II, Provencal translations.
box 1, folder 14
TSS and MSS originally in folder marked by Blackburn
1954 - 1958
Note
"Early notebook sheets and worksheets/mostly Europe."
box 2, folder 1
2 early 1950s poems found loose among Blackburn ephemera
box 2, folder 2
7 TSS, early to mid-1950s
box 2, folder 3
9 TSS, early to mid-1950s
box 2, folder 4
24 TSS, most written in Europe ca. 1954-1957
box 2, folder 5
13 TSS, early to mid-1950s
box 2, folder 6
Carbon of THE DOUBLE-AXE
Note
Unpublished collection of 35 TSS, most written in Europe and compiled in 1956. (see 2.13 for original TS).
box 2, folder 7
MS of SOUTH
Note
Unpublished collection of 30 TSS, most written in Europe and compiled in 1957.
box 2, folder 8
Rexograph publication, undated, of BROOKLYN- MANHATTAN TRANSIT
Note
Translation by Agusti Bartra of "Meditation on the BMT" into Spanish. Also three dittoes of "Meditation on the BMT," with
poems by Robert Kelly and Gary Snyder.
box 2, folder 9
"Night Song for Two Mystics," TS
box 2, folder 10
TSS and some MSS originally in folder labelled "carbons of early poems 1951-8"
Note
By Blackburn. Part I.
box 2, folder 12
Miscellaneous TSS and one MS of late 1950s poems.
Note
Includes TS of THE DISSOLVING FABRIC, BROOKLYN MANHATTAN TRANSIT, and CABRAS ( an unpublished collection of 53 poems).
box 2, folder 13
TS of THE DOUBLE-AXE, unpublished 1956 collection
box 2, folder 14
Misc. mid to late 1950s TSS and MSS
box 2, folder 15
TSS, mid to late 1950s, originally in folder labelled "Finish!" by Blackburn
Note
This group in sub-folder marked by Blackburn "already done." Part 1 of 2: see also 4.9.
box 2, folder 16
PP of "The Signals" (BIG TABLE 1), "Cabras" and "A Permanence" (NEW DIRECTIONS 16)
box 2, folder 17
TSS originally in unmarked black dissertation binder, ca. mid-1950s to 1961
Note
Part 3 of 4: see also 6.7, 10.3, and 10.5.
box 2, folder 18
TSS and MSS originally in folder labelled "English Dept LIU" by Blackburn
1958 - 1962
box 3, folder 1
TSS and MSS originally in folder labelled "Fragile, mostly Europe" by Blackburn
Note
This group was in sub-folder marked by Blackburn "done/fragile," ca. mid-1950s to mid-1960s. Part 1 of 3: see also 3.2 and
4.11.
box 3, folder 2
TSS lists of poems, 1950s through early 1960s, labelled "scopes" by Blackburn
Note
Part 3 of 3: see also 3.1 and 4.11.
box 3, folder 3
TSS originally in folder labelled "1960" by Joan Blackburn
Note
Includes one mid-1950s TS.
box 3, folder 4
Notebook labelled by Blackburn "Readings 1961"
Note
Includes MSS from 1961-1963, addresses, and itinerary and expense list from poetry reading tour.
box 3, folder 5
TSS originally in folder marked by Joan Blackburn "1961-62"
box 3, folder 6
Unbound copies of THE NETS (Trobar, 1961)
box 3, folder 7
TSS and MSS transcriptions of dreams
box 3, folder 8
MSS in small blue and white notebook
1962
box 3, folder 9
MSS in notebook labelled "Poems 1962" by Blackburn
box 3, folder 10
MSS in notebook labelled "Spring 1963-December 1963" by Blackburn
Note
Also includes addresses, expense lists and schedules for poetry readings.
box 3, folder 11
TS, "The Selection of Heaven", sections 1-10
box 3, folder 12
Eight copies of "Robert Schiller: Exhibition of Photographs;" a pamphlet
Note
Also includes Blackburn poem "The Subject Becomes Object/Subject" (November 1963).
box 3, folder 13
TSS originally in unmarked black dissertation binder
Note
May be collection of poems published in serials ca. 1958-1963. Part 2 of 4: see also 2.17, 6.6, and 6.8.
box 4, folder 1
MSS in notebook labelled "January 1964" by Blackburn
Note
Ca. November 1963 to Summer 1964. Includes addresses, lists of poems submitted, dream transcriptions.
box 4, folder 3
TSS originally in folder labelled "1963-64" and "110 Thompson St."
box 4, folder 4
MSS in notebook labelled "Spring 1964-Nove 1964" by Blackburn
Note
Includes many transcriptions of Provencal poetry and notes on history of the troubadors, addresses, dream transcriptions,
and notes on publications.
box 4, folder 5
7 TSS submitted to Essence Records, 1964, and recording contract
box 4, folder 6
TSS originally in dissertation binder, unmarked, ca. early to mid-1960s
box 4, folder 7
Part II of 4.6
Note
Includes some late 1960s poems.
box 4, folder 8
TSS originally in unmarked folder, misc. early through mid-1960s.
box 4, folder 9
TSS originally in folder labelled "Finish!" by Blackburn
Note
Mostly early-mid 1960s with some late 1950s. Part 2 of 2: see also 2.15.
box 4, folder 10
TSS originally in folder marked in known hand "clean copies for marketing"
Note
Overwritten by Blackburn "leave"; ca. 1961-1965.
box 4, folder 11
TSS and MSS originally in folder labelled "Fragile, mostly Europe" by Blackburn
Note
This group in unmarked sub-folder, ca. 1961-1965 with some earlier and later poems. Part 2 of 3: see also 3.1 and 3.2.
box 4, folder 12
TS for SING SONG (Caterpillar, 1966)
box 4, folder 13
MSS in notebook labelled "Nov 1964 to November 1965" and "The City" by Blackburn
Note
Also includes introductions and schedules for readings, addresses and submission lists.
box 4, folder 14
TSS originally in folder labelled "a selection from a book called Recognitions: the cities"
box 5, folder 1
TSS and MSS in unlabelled collection of mostly CITIES poems
Note
Includes poems omitted from Grove edition and drafts of introductions and dedication to THE CITIES.
box 5, folder 2
TSS originally in folder labelled "Paul Blackburn/In, On, or About the Premises"
box 5, folder 3
MSS list of poems to be included in THE CITIES
Note
Indicates omissions from the Grove edition.
box 5, folder 4
Black dissertation binder containing MS of THE CITIES
box 5, folder 7
TSS originally in unmarked folder, mostly early to mid 1960s
Note
Also some 1950s and late 1960s.
box 5, folder 8
TSS and MSS in notebook labelled "November 1965 - November 1966" by Blackburn.
Note
Includes dream transcriptions, addresses, expense lists, submissions lists, and medical information.
box 5, folder 9
TSS and MSS originally in folder labelled "Marketing" by Blackburn
Note
And over that "leave;" ca. 1964-1966 with some late 1950s and early 1960s.
box 5, folder 10
TSS originally in folder labelled "take and work" by Blackburn
Note
And "7th St. but no years" by Joan Blackburn; ca. 1964-1966.
box 5, folder 11
TSS and MSS originally in folder labelled "In the Works" one the side
Note
And "leave" on the front by Blackburn; ca. early to mid-1960s.
box 5, folder 12
TSS and MSS originally in folder labelled "1965-66" by Joan Blackburn.
box 6, folder 1
TSS and MSS originally found loose in cartons
Note
Ca. early to mid-1960s with some 1950s and early 1970s. Part I.
box 6, folder 3
TSS and MSS found among other Blackburn papers
Note
Mostly fragments or unpublished; ca. early to late 1960s.
box 6, folder 4
MSS in notebook labelled "Compost and Uriah" by Blackburn
Note
Ca. June 1965 to April 1966. Also includes addresses, lists for readings, expense lists, dream transcriptions, chronology
of early childhood events (1930), drafts of translations of Picasso's HUNK OF SKIN, and Provencal research notes.
box 6, folder 5
MSS in notebook labelled "November 1966-7" by Blackburn
Note
Also includes call slips from the N. Y. Public Library, one photo of Blackburn, addresses, submission lists, expense list
for divorce trip to Juarez, and translations of Picasso's HUNK OF SKIN.
box 6, folder 6
TSS originally in unmarked black binder
Note
Ca. 1965-1967. Part 1 of 4: see also 2.17, 3.13, and 6.8.
box 6, folder 7
TSS originally in folder labelled "Poems marketed" by Blackburn
box 6, folder 8
TSS originally in unmarked black binder
Note
Ca. 1966-1967. Part 4 of 4: see also 2.17, 3.13, and 6.6.
box 6, folder 9
PP of THE REARDON POEMS (Perishable Press, 1967)
box 6, folder 10
Partial list of subscribers for THE REARDON POEMS
box 6, folder 12
MSS in unlabelled notebook
Note
Ca. 1966-1967. Also includes two journal entries.
box 6, folder 13
MSS in notebook labelled "June 1967-February 1968" by Blackburn
Note
Also includes journal entries, addresses and expense lists.
box 7, folder 1
MSS in notebook labelled "Nov. 1967 (7th St.)/ The Pyrenees (end of March)/The Alps (end of April)"
Note
By Blackburn. Poems are from the JOURNALS. Also includes addresses, phone numbers, and one expense list.
box 7, folder 2
MSS in unlabelled notebook containing JOURNALS poems
Note
Also includes notes on Provencal, list of women (not in Blackburn's hand), and a few addresses; ca. Nov. 1967 with one dated
July 1970.
box 7, folder 3
TSS, "The Selections of Heaven" nos. 1-17 originally in folder stamped "Barbara"
Note
1 complete copy of the poems with multiple copies of sections 1, 2 and 3, 4, 16, and 17.
box 7, folder 4
TSS in black dissertation binder labelled "S" (Sara) by Blackburn
Note
Ca. late 1950s and one from 1968 regarding relationship with Sara Blackburn. TS for AGAINST THE SILENCES (Permanent Press,
1980).
box 7, folder 5
TSS and MSS originally in folder labelled "Sara" by unknown hand
Note
Many poems duplicate those of 7.4. Also includes some letters and journal entries about Sara.
box 7, folder 6
TSS and MSS; ca. mid to late 1960s
box 7, folder 8
TS of "The Crossing" rejected by THE NEW YORKER
box 7, folder 9
MSS in notebook labelled "February 1968" by Blackburn
Note
Includes poems collected in THE JOURNALS (Black Sparrow, 1975) and HALF-WAY DOWN THE COAST (Mulch, 1975), some addresses and
notes on Provencal.
box 7, folder 10
Xerox MSS of "Accepting the Gift" from "Mayo '68" notebook
box 7, folder 11
MSS in notebook
Note
Labelled "Barcelone 1968/ New York, Fall-Winter/ Boqueron, Puerto Rico/ Jan. 1969" by Blackburn. Includes poems mostly from
THE JOURNALS, addresses, phone numbers, transcripts of and notes on Provencal texts, budget lists, and catalogue of signs
of labor for Carlos' birth.
box 7, folder 12
MSS in notebook labelled "1969" by Blackburn
Note
Includes poems mostly from THE JOURNALS, two translations from Chinese, addresses, lists of people to receive copies of "A
McClure Poem," and two MSS by other poets.
box 7, folder 13
MSS originally in folder labelled by Joan Blackburn "hand-written orig"
Note
And by Robert Kelly "PB ms poems, first drafts, 1969-71".
box 7, folder 14
TSS of poems collected in THREE DREAMS AND AN OLD POEM (University Press of Buffalo, 1970)
Note
Also includes two xeroxes of completed TS.
box 8, folder 1
TSS and MSS originally in folder labelled "Europe" by Joan Blackburn
Note
And "European worksheets, drafts, finished versions" by Robert Kelly. Mostly late 1967-1968 poems collected in THE JOURNALS.
box 8, folder 2
TSS and MSS
Note
Ca. 1966-1968, with some from 1950s and early 1960s.
box 8, folder 4
4 Rexographs of "From the November Journal"
Note
Also includes 5 xeroxes of "A McClure Poem" (numbered and signed), one xerox of "Take a room/ in New York" from inside cover
of Blackburn's copy of END OF THE ROAD.
box 8, folder 5
TSS originally in folder labelled "1969" by Joan Blackburn
Note
Includes some prose poems and one dream transcript.
box 8, folder 6
MSS in notebook with a few travel notes and addresses
box 8, folder 7
MSS in small brown notebook
Note
Ca. 1970-1971. Contains poems from THE JOURNALS, including BLUE MOUNDS ENTRIES (Perishable Press, 1971), addresses, phone
numbers, and expense lists.
box 8, folder 8
MSS in small brown and orange notebook
Note
Ca. Spring 1970 to July 1971. Some addresses and phone numbers.
box 8, folder 9
PP of GIN (Perishable Press, 1970)
Note
Labelled "Gin galleys from Walter" by Blackburn.
box 8, folder 10
TSS and MSS in folder labelled by Robert Kelly
Note
1970 MSS and drafts, worksheets of THE JOURNALS.
box 8, folder 11
Three mimeographs of "The Beautiful Killers"
Note
One TS of "Journal: December 11, 1969" (here untitled) on back of title page of Cortazar's CRONOPIOS AND FAMAS (see series
II).
box 8, folder 12
MSS in large red and blue notebook
Note
June 1971. Also includes a newspaper clipping.
box 8, folder 13
MSS in green "Composition Book" with one note
Note
Only date in book is 22 June 1971.
box 8, folder 14
MSS in notebook labelled "June 1971" by Blackburn
Note
Ca. June-August 1971. Also includes some journal entries, addresses, phone numbers, record of laetrile treatments, parody
of Robert Bly (written in notebook by George Kimball), expense lists, prose introduction to book of Robert Vas Dias' poetry,
and expense list in hand other than Blackburn's.
box 8, folder 15
Xeroxes of misc. poems from THE JOURNALS
Note
Ca. 1967-1971. Probably made by Robert Kelly.
box 8, folder 16
TSS originally in folder labelled by Robert Kelly "Cortland 1971, drafts 7 worksheets"
Note
Mostly 1971 poems from THE JOURNALS.
box 8, folder 17
TSS originally if folder labelled by Robert Kelly "Halwy Down the Coast and end of Journals"
box 9, folder 1
Lists of poems to be included in EARLY SELECTED Y MAS (Black Sparrow, 1972)
Note
Also order and publication information. One list in an unknown hand.
box 9, folder 2
TSS and MSS originally in folder labelled "Summer 1971 (Michigan)/ drafts and miscellany"
Note
By Robert Kelly. Also includes poetry festival schedule, copies of prescription for and notes on doctor's use of laetrile.
box 9, folder 3
TS and 17 photocopies of "Alice's Restaurant"
Note
Noted by Robert Kelly on original folder to have been "written and distributed at the Festival at Grant Valley State College
in July 1971."
box 9, folder 4
TS of HALFWAY DOWN THE COAST with letter from Harry Lewis, Mulch Press
box 9, folder 5
Black dissertation binder containing TS of THE JOURNALS
Provencal Translations, ca. 1950-1957
box 9, folder 6
Toulouse notebook no. 1, ca. October 1954 following
Note
French study notes of Paul and Freddie Blackburn.
box 9, folder 7
Toulouse notebook no. 2, ca. December 1954 following
Note
Class notes on Occitan language and literature.
box 9, folder 8
Toulouse notebook no. 3, ca. January 1955 following
Note
Notes on language and history of the troubadors.
box 9, folder 9
Toulouse notebook no. 4, ca. February 1955 following
Note
Mostly language notes with some. Also includes a newspaper clipping.
box 10, folder 1
Toulouse notebook no. 5, ca. April 1955 following
Note
Notes on Occitan language and history with a few troubador and Lorca translations.
box 10, folder 2
Toulouse notebook no. 6, ca. June-August 1955 following
Note
Mostly expense lists, some notes on troubador verse forms, vocabulary lists and a few original poems.
box 10, folder 3
Toulouse notebook no. 7, ca. June-August 1955 following March 1956
Note
Some history and language notes, several translations and some original poems.
box 10, folder 4
Toulouse notebook no. 8, ca. November 1955-February 1956
Note
Language and history notes, one journal entry, prose piece on De Born, and some original poems.
box 10, folder 5
Toulouse notebook no. 9, ca. late 1956-July 1957
Note
Many expense lists, some class notes, troubador translations, and some original poems.
box 10, folder 6
Toulouse notebook no. 10, undatable
Note
Expense lists, addresses of hotels in Europe, and many notes in hand other than Paul's or Freddie's.
box 10, folder 7
Xeroxes of Provencal MSS, originally in loose-leaf binder labelled "MSS Biblioteque Nationale" by Blackburn
Note
SEE OVERSIZED MATERIALS, SECTION VIII, FOR MICROFILMS FROM BIBLIOTEQUE NATIONALE.
box 10, folder 8, oversize FB07101
Microfilms of Provencal manuscripts from the Biblioteque Nationale
box 10, folder 9
Xeroxes of Provencal MSS originally in unmarked loose-leaf binder
Note
Presumably also from Biblioteque Nationale.
box 11, folder 1
Notes on Provencal MSS describing materials in 8.17 and 9.1
Note
Also some correspondence with Biblioteque Nationale, call slips from Vatican Library and libraries in Florence.
box 11, folder 2
Troubador translations originally found loose among Blackburn's undergraduate papers
Provencal Translations, Mid to Late 1950s
box 11, folder 3
Materials labelled by Blackburn
Note
"As of Sept. 57: all adjunctive Occitan material: versions prose bits, articles, odd texts and Catalan ditto." Includes MSS,
TSS, and published materials. Part I.
box 11, folder 5
Translations found among miscellaneous papers, mostly from Europe
box 11, folder 6
Misc. translations found loose in box of Provencal materials
Note
Includes table of contents for Blackburn's collections of troubador translations. Mostly TSS.
box 11, folder 7
TSS found in front of (but not bound in with) black dissertation binder
box 11, folder 8
Black dissertation binder labelled "P" (Provencal) by Blackburn
Note
Contains troubador anthology with notes by reader Ramon Guthrie and his report on the collection. See also 19.11.
box 11, folder 9
Misc. Provencal translations in unmarked folder
Note
Some TSS and MSS. Part I.
Blackburn's Provencal File
box 12, folder 2
Occitan notes of a general nature
Note
Also includes carbons of Blackburn letters to editors and publishers, MS of "A Sad Story" (prose, BLACK MOUNTAIN REVIEW, Summer
1955), and TSS.
box 12, folder 3
Materials for Vol. II, Occitan
Note
Misc. TSS and translations.
box 12, folder 4
Occitan Texts / Unused (inc. comp. Sordello edtn)
Note
TSS and MSS of transcribed texts.
box 12, folder 5
Institute for Advanced Study
Note
Carbons of assorted translations. Originals were presumably sent to the Institute.
box 12, folder 6
Occitan Texts / Used (outside editions)
Note
Transcriptions with notes by Blackburn about correct readings. Also includes carbon of letter to Biblioteque Nationale and
two translations.
box 12, folder 7
Unlabelled misc. materials
Note
Mostly De Born translations but also include lists of poems, introduction to Latin American poetry reading, and notes on texts.
box 12, folder 8
Occitan / prose-trys [sic], notes to the poems, articles already completed etc
Note
Includes submissions lists, resume, a few translations (mostly Europe materials).
box 12, folder 9
Blackburn's alphabet file of translations
Note
Assorted TSS filed under name of troubador, sometimes alphabetically by first name, sometimes by last. Part I: A-C.
box 13, folder 5
Translations originally in folder labelled "PB's Provencal" (by George Economou [?] )
Note
Paginated TS of PROENSA with holograph notes by Blackburn and Economou.
box 13, folder 6
Carbons of late, ca. 1967 and after, translations
Note
Includes notes and vitas.
box 13, folder 7
Translations originally in envelope labelled "xerox of Provencal
Note
[title continues] (incomplete- -Vidal Marcabru Bertran? missing)" by Joan Blackburn. Includes most of PROENSA.
box 13, folder 8, oversize FB07102
Photocopy reduction of PROENSA TS
THE CID and Julio Cortazar's poetry
box 13, folder 9
May 1965 notebook with some holograph drafts of translation of THE CID
box 14, folder 1
Unbound TS of THE CID with holograph corrections
box 14, folder 2
Black dissertation binder containing TS of THE CID
box 14, folder 3
Publisher's carbon of THE CID TS
box 14, folder 4
Four pamphlets (in Spanish) of Cortazar's poetry
Note
PRELUDIOS Y SONETOS (1944-1957); CIRCUMSTANCIA (Argentian, Europa, 1945-1956); RAZONES DE LA COLERA (Buenos Aires, 1950-1951);
RESUMEN EN OTONO (n.d., n.p.), all inscribed and signed by Cortazar.
box 14, folder 5
Misc. TSS tranlations of Cortazar's poetry
Cortazar's END OF THE GAME
box 14, folder 7
5 TSS, "House Taken Over"
Note
One with notes by Cortazar.
box 15, folder 2
2 TSS, "The Idol of the Cyclades"
Note
One with notes by Cortazar.
box 15, folder 3
4 TSS, "Letter to a Young Lady in Paris"
Note
One with notes by Cortazar.
box 15, folder 4
1 TS, "A Yellow Flower"
Note
Notes by Cortazar. Also first page of draft of another MS.
box 15, folder 5
3 TSS, "Continuity of Parks"
Note
One with notes by Cortazar.
box 15, folder 6
3 TSS, "Bestiary"
Note
One xerox of NEW DIRECTIONS version and one TS with notes by Cortazar.
box 15, folder 7
4 TSS, "The Night Face Up"
Note
Also 1 pp for THE NEW YORKER.
box 15, folder 8
3 MSS, "The Gates of Heaven"
Note
One with notes by Cortazar.
box 15, folder 9
"Blow-Up" with notes by Cortazar, but no Blackburn TS
box 15, folder 11
3 TSS, "At Your Service"
Note
One with notes by Cortazar and letter from Princeton attached.
box 15, folder 14
Reviews of END OF THE GAME AND OTHER STORIES
box 15, folder 15
3 TSS, "The Blocked Door"
Note
One with notes by Cortazar (perhaps intended for inclusion in THE END OF THE GAME).
box 15, folder 16
3 TSS, "Alechinsky County," one in Spanish
Note
Cortazar introduction to 1968 art show. 1 copy of pamphlet included.
box 15, folder 17
Unidentified materials found among END OF THE GAME TSS
Note
Notes by Cortazar to an unknown story and incomplete MSS of two unknown stories.
Translations of Cortazar's CRONOPIOS AND FAMAS
box 15, folder 18
Spanish texts of "The Instructions Manual" (Manual de Instrucciones")
Note
And "Unstable Stuff" ("Material Plastico").
box 15, folder 19
February 1968 notebook with MSS of translations
Note
From "The Instructions Manual," "Usual Occupations," and "Unstable Stuff." Part I.
box 16, folder 2
Misc. TSS from "The Instruction Manual"
box 16, folder 3
Photocopies of numbered TSS from "Unusual Occupations."
box 16, folder 4
Misc. TSS and 1 MSS from "Unstable Stuff"
box 16, folder 5
Misc. TSS of "Cronopios and Famas" (Series IV)
Note
Also includes drafts of biographical statements about Cortazar, introduction to the book, some correspondence regarding reprinting
of stories from book, photocopy of stories in NEW DIRECTIONS, two collages (by Cortazar [?] ), and two photos of Cortazar.
box 16, folder 6
Drafts of jacket copy for CRONOPIOS AND FAMAS
box 16, folder 7
TS carbon of CRONOPIOS AND FAMAS
Note
Includes additional, original TS of series IV.
box 16, folder 8
Photocopy TS of CRONOPIOS AND FAMAS
box 16, folder 9
PP of a number of Cortazar cronopio stories and of his story "Meeting" (not translated by Blackburn)
Note
Published in a Friendship Press anthology. Also contains permissions letter regarding these stories.
box 16, folder 10
Reviews of CRONOPIOS AND FAMAS
box 16, folder 11
Misc. Cortazar materials
Note
2 lists of submissions of Cortazar pieces, one MS, one TS, two carbons of Blackburn's "cronopio" story "Collecting the Mail"
(FLOATING BEAR, 1962), TS of another, untitled "cronopio" story by Blackburn, "cronopio" story "Fortunate Escape from a Sinister
City" by RK (Robert Kelly), and signed pamphlet introducing an art show (in Spanish) by Cortazar.
box 16, folder 12
Reviews and articles about Cortazar books published in America
Note
Those not translated by Blackburn.
box 16, folder 13
M.A. thesis by F. F. Dean, introducing and translating four Cortazar stories
box 16, folder 14
Translations of Cortazars "Silvia" by Gregory Rabassa
Translations of Lorca, Picasso, and Landi
box 17, folder 1
Early Lorca materials
Note
TS of Lorca poems in Spanish, some early translations (Europe, 1950s), xerox of translations published in CHICAGO REVIEW,
clippings of pieced published in THE NATION. See also 10.1.
box 17, folder 2
Pieces originally in folder labelled "Lorca Translations" by Blackburn
Note
Includes misc. poems, many rough drafts, some MSS, many early (Europe 1950s) versions.
box 17, folder 3
Complete TSS of Lorca poems, 1960s, originals and copies
box 17, folder 4
Lorca translations from the 1960s
Note
Mostly poetry but also the prose piece "Puppet Theatre" (with Spanish text). See also 19.4.
box 17, folder 5
Misc. TSS and MSS of Pablo Picasso's HUNK OF SKIN (City Lights, 1968)
Note
See also 6.4 and 6.5.
box 17, folder 6
Pieces originally in folder labelled "Picasso's Hunk of Skin" by Blackburn
Note
Complete TS unbound. Includes also Spanish text with holograph notes by the author of the forward to the book, Cela. See
also 6.4, 6.6, 18.11, and 18.12.
box 17, folder 7
TS of THE TREASURE OF THE MULETEER AND OTHER TALES by Antonio Jimenez-Landi (Doubleday,1974)
Note
Paginated with many holograph corrections.
box 17, folder 8
Later draft of TS of TREASURE OF THE MULETEER
Note
Paginated and with table of contents.
box 17, folder 9
PP of TREASURE OF THE MULETEER
box 17, folder 10
PP of TREASURE OF THE MULETEER
box 17, folder 11, oversize FB07108
Pasted up camera ready copy of TREASURE OF THE MULETEER by Antonio Jiminez Landi
Note
Translated by Blackburn.
Translations of Paz, Padilla, Guillen and Others
box 17, folder 12
7 TSS of Octavio Paz's "Wind from All Compass Points"
box 17, folder 13
2 TSS of Paz's "Vrindiban," 2 TS of "To My Friend Swaminathan, the Painter"
Note
And a copy of the pamphlet introducing the art show (Bombay, 1965) that includes this poem.
box 17, folder 14
Spanish text of Paz's "Madurai" and Blackburn's translation of it
Note
Spanish text and English of two Paz poems by other translators. Program for Paz reading at Poetry Center at which Blackburn
read the above three poems.
box 18, folder 1
Notebook with MSS translations of Paz's "Eagle or Sun"
Note
And Herberto Padilla's "Important Occasions" (July 1970) and "Travellers".
box 18, folder 2
Spanish texts of Padilla's "Important Occasions" (Las Grandes Ocasiones) and "Travellers" (Viajeros)
Note
And TSS of Blackburn's translations; copy of letter commissioning these translations for THE NEW YORK REVIEW OF BOOKS and
photocopies of newspaper clippings about Padilla; TS of Padilla's "Postcard to the U.S."; photocopies of galley proofs of
the two Padilla poems in the N.Y.REVIEW; photocopies of proofs of Blackburn's translations Jaime Sabines' "Bach's Music Moves
Curtains" and "Smashed" (for the BORZOI ANTHOLOGY OF LATIN AMERICAN POETS).
box 18, folder 3
PP of Spanish text and translations of Nicolas Guillen's "Balada de los Abuelos"
Note
Also includes ("Ballad of the Two Grandfathers") and "Guadalupe, W. I." (also another, untitled piece that may not be a Blackburn
translation) for Pa'lante; TSS of Guillen's "Soldiers in Abyssinia," "Royal Ebony," "Sensemaya," and "Mi Patria Es Dulce por
Fuera".
box 18, folder 4
Spanish texts and translations of various untitled poems by Eduardo Escobar
box 18, folder 5
Translations of Javier Heraud's "The Flies," "The Art of Poetry," and "Word of the Guerilla Fighter"
box 18, folder 6
Translation of untitled poem by Leandro Katz
box 18, folder 7
Augusti Bartra's "Demeter" (prose) translated by Elinor Randall
Misc. Translations and Adaptations
box 18, folder 8
Various TSS translations, mostly Spanish, some French; mostly poetry with some prose; ca. 1960s
Note
Also some letters regarding these translations.
box 18, folder 10
TSS of Leonardo Froes' "Upon Hanging a European Work of Art in a Brazillian House"
Note
Includes a literal translation by another translator and Portugese text of the poem. Also includes 1969 letter acknowledging
the translation.
box 18, folder 11
Misc. TSS translations, poetry and prose, from the Spanish, Brazilian, Chinese
Note
Adaptations; file included some MSS literal translations by others; ca. 1960s.
box 18, folder 12
TSS translations and adaptations in black dissertation binder
Note
Including some texts in their original languages. Spanish, French, Mozarabe, Chinese, Portugese, Russian. Some published
materials.
box 18, folder 13
Translations of Blackburn poems into other languages, mostly Spanish and German
Note
Also includes translations of Larry Eigner and Robert Creeley poems and list of other American writers for a German anthology.
Translations of other Blackburn poems are scattered throughout series I.
box 19, folder 1
TSS of reviews and articles
Note
"Das Kennerbach" (review of Hugh Kenner's THE POETRY OF EZRA POUND), NEW MEXICO QUARTERLY, Summer 1953 (TS here without title);
"The Roles of Childhood" (review of Ramon Sender's BEFORE NOON), NATION, 19 April 1958; Statement for the Paterson Society,
25 March 1961; "The International Word," NATION, 21 April 1962 (here titled "Modern poetry - - notes from the underground");
"The Grinding Down," KULCHUR, Summer 1963 (two drafts). See also 16.11 for "Collecting the Mail" and 20.7 for "A Sad Story."
box 19, folder 2
TSS of journal entries ca. 1945-1949
Note
One piece is the source for the poem "The Birds." Materials originally in with undergraduate papers from N.Y.U. and Univ.
of Wisconsin.
box 19, folder 3
2 TSS of Blackburn's 1952 review of Robert Creeley's LE FOU
box 19, folder 4
Misc. TSS, ca. 1954-1959
Note
Includes short story (written in Europe ca. 1955), statement on poetics, two drafts of "Destruction is a Woman," and synopsis
for a screen play.
box 19, folder 5
Misc. TSS, ca. 1958-1962, originally in folder labelled by Blackburn "ordered work/prose"
Note
Includes mostly reader's reports, some translations of legal documents, notes on articles for Funk and Wagnall's New International
Yearbook.
box 19, folder 6
3 TSS of "What's New: an interim report on the socio-literary uses of the mimeograph machine"
Note
One draft marked for printer. Intended for NATION but never published. Ca. 1963 [?].
box 19, folder 7
Misc. reviews, reader's reports, recommendations for fellowships, mid-1960s through 1971
Note
See also 20.13 for unpublished "cronopio" story, and notebooks in series I for other prose MSS.
box 19, folder 8
Transcript of 31 May 1959 "Eye on New York"
Note
Television show interview with Blackburn and Galway Kinnell.
box 19, folder 9
Transcript of 8 January 1970 interview with Blackburn by Joshua Stoller, NYC
box 19, folder 10, oversize FB07003
POETRY/ TRANSLATION BUSINESS
box 19, folder 11
Poetry-related correspondence, lists of readings, addresses, financial statements, etc
box 19, folder 12
File on "Provencal Songbook"
Note
Blackburn's collection of troubador poetry, accepted by MacMillan in 1958 but never published. Includes correspondence with
Emile Copouya, M. L. Rosenthal, Ramon Guthrie, John Ciardi, and some carbon Blackburn letters.
box 19, folder 13
Poetry and translation related correspondence, permissions, announcements of readings, etc
1960 - 1963
box 19, folder 14
Materials originally in folder labelled by Blackburn "Reading Tour - - Spring 1961" (for the Paterson Society)
Note
Includes receipts, schedules, printed statements on poetics for the Paterson Society by Blackburn, LeRoi Jones, Robert Creeley,
Denise Levertov, Ed Field, Philip Whalen, Michael McClure, Jonathan Williams. Also letters relating to tour, some of which
have been retained here in xerox while the originals are located in the correspondence section.
box 20, folder 1
Poetry correspondence, announcements, etc
Note
Ca. 1964-1966. Includes some carbons of Blackburn letters. Part I.
box 20, folder 3
Reading schedules, lists of poems accepted for THE NATION
Note
Blackburn was poetry editor from January to June 1962. Also includes poetry mailing lists, ca. 1962-1966.
box 20, folder 4
Materials relating to Aspen Writer's Workshop
1965 - 1968
Note
Includes letters from Robert Vas Dias, newsletters, stationary, etc.
box 20, folder 5
Three contracts (duplicates) from Grove Press for THE CITIES
box 20, folder 6
Assorted flyers, announcements of readings, poetry records, books, etc
Note
Ca. early to mid-1960s.
box 20, folder 7
Materials relating to 1967 poetry tour of colleges in the south
Note
Originally in folder labelled by Blackburn "Paperwork on the Southern swing (complete)." Includes receipts, reading schedules,
dittoes of poems, etc.
box 20, folder 8
Cape Goliard Press file for IN. ON. OR ABOUT THE PREMISES
Note
Includes correspondence, royalty statements, etc.
box 20, folder 9
Correspondence, permissions, etc.
Note
Ca. 1967-1969. Part I.
box 20, folder 11
Correspondence 1970 and after, including some posthumous permissions by Joan Blackburn
box 20, folder 12
Black Sparrow Press file for EARLY SELECTED Y MAS
Note
Includes correspondence with John Martin, materials relating to book, etc.
box 21, folder 1
Correspondence relating to literary estate of
Note
Frances Frost, Blackburn co-executor (with N. Carr Grace).
box 21, folder 2
Contract making Blackburn agent for Cortazar
Note
Also reader's report on LOS PREMIOS (THE WINNERS) for Pantheon, editor's (Sara Blackburn) recommendation for publication,
contract with Pantheon for LOS PREMIOS, and other materials surrounding publication of the novel, 1961.
box 21, folder 3
Royalty statements, contract for RAYUELA (HOPSCOTCH)
Note
Contract for collection of short stories (here titled "Letters to Mama" and later published as END OF THE GAME AND OTHER STORIES,
reissued as BLOW-UP AND OTHER STORIES), royalty statements, permissions, etc., ca. 1964-1965.
box 21, folder 4
Correspondence, royalty statements, etc.
1966 - 1967
box 21, folder 5
Contract for CRONOPIOS AND FAMAS, correspondence, royalty statements, etc
box 21, folder 6
Correspondence, royalty statements, etc
box 21, folder 7
Correspondence, royalty statements, etc
Note
Ca. 1970 and after. Includes some correspondence with Joan Blackburn.
PERSONAL AND FAMILY MATERIALS
box 21, folder 8
Diplomas
Note
From Haaren High School, NYC (June 1944) and University of Wisconsin, Madison (June 1950).
box 21, folder 9
Parasitology sketch book
Note
Likely from Blackburn's days as army lab technician, 1946.
box 21, folder 10
New York University notebook (1947-1948 [?])
Note
With notes on Greek grammar and vocabulary.
box 22, folder 1
New York University notebook (Fall 1947 [?])
Note
With French and German language notes, notes on English history and philosophy. Also contains a few diary entries and one
poem. See 1.6.
box 22, folder 2
Undergraduate notes, handouts, etc
Note
Mostly University of Wisconsin, some New York University.
box 22, folder 3
Fall 1950 transcript from Univ. of Wisconsin
Note
Also includes notes and papers from N.Y.U., including one on Pound's Canto II for M. L. Rosenthal.
box 22, folder 4
Family history, written down by John Blackburn (grandfather)
Note
Ca. 1949-1950. Later transcribed by Paul Blackburn. Original holograph and photocopy of the history, original and carbon
of Blackburn's transcription.
box 22, folder 5
Misc. personal business materials, 1951 and after, mostly relating to Europe (1954-1957)
Note
Includes international driver's license, teaching and study notes from the University of Toulouse, list of books owned (for
shipping), correspondence with the bank of Tangiers, etc.
box 22, folder 6
Blackburn's application for a Guggenheim fellowship
1955
box 22, folder 7
Insurance receipts
1957 - 1958
box 22, folder 8
Application for treatment at the New York Psychoanalytic Institute
1959
Note
Letter applying for treatment.
box 22, folder 9
Carbons of job application letters
1957 - 1958
box 22, folder 10
Materials relating to estate of Amos Frost
1958 - 1960
Note
Blackburn's maternal grandfather, d. 1958. Includes carbons of Blackburn's letters to lawyers, obituaries, etc. Part I.
box 22, folder 12
Receipts, income tax forms
1956 - 1960
box 23, folder 1
Driver's license, bank book, library card
1959 - 1962
box 23, folder 2
Application for D. H. Lawrence fellowship, surrounding correspondence
1961 - 1962
box 23, folder 4
Papers, correspondence, relating to Blackburn's divorce from Freddie Blackburn
1963
box 23, folder 5
Receipts, tax materials
1962 - 1963
box 23, folder 7
Receipts, tax materials
1963 - 1964
box 23, folder 9
Materials relating to 19 E. 7th St. apartment
1963 - 1967
Note
Leases, insurance forms, etc.
box 23, folder 10
Unemployment insurance: forms, passbook, social security card
1964 - 1965
box 23, folder 11
Receipts for psychotherapy
1965
box 23, folder 13
Job and fellowship applications, filled-out biographical information forms for CONTEMPORARY AUTHORS series
box 23, folder 14
Tax forms and receipts
1965
box 23, folder 16
Receipts and W-2 forms
1966
box 23, folder 18
Fellowship, editing, and teaching related materials
1963 - 1971
Note
Mostly flyers announcing award requirements, schedules for classes, also teacher evaluations at Cortland.
box 24, folder 1
Application, acceptance notice, correspondence surrounding Guggenheim fellowship
1967
box 24, folder 4
Datebook, mostly Europe
1968
box 24, folder 5
Application and acceptance letter
Note
State Univ. of New York research grant (1970) and application for National Endowment of the Humanities grant (June 1971 -
- includes resumes, photocopies of published translations).
box 24, folder 6
1970 calendar with appointments written in [?]
box 24, folder 7
Papers relating to teaching at the New School (1970) and Cortland (1970-1971)
box 24, folder 8
Life insurance forms and correspondence about laetrile with clippings
1971
box 24, folder 10
Black and white family photographs from early 1900s through 1946
box 25, folder 4
Album of black and white photographs
Note
Of Blackburn, Sara Blackburn, and various friends, mostly taken in New York City, ca. early to mid-1960s. Part I.
box 25, folder 10
Album of black and white photographs
Note
Most of poetry readings at Le Metro and Les Deux Megots, NYC, early 1960s. Part I.
box 26, folder 4
Assorted photographs of friends and family
Note
Black and white and color, mostly mid to late 1960s. Part I.
box 26, folder 11, oversize FB07106
Oversize photographs, originals and reproductions
box 26, folder 12
Programs and schedules for reading held for Ezra Pound's 78th birthday, at Le Metro
Note
Program organized by Sam Newberry and Paul Blackburn.
box 27, folder 1
Copy of prospectus for and parts of Sam Newberry's mimeograph anthology "A Mosaic Portrait of Ezra Pound"
Note
With holograph note to Blackburn and corrections on the mimeographs.
box 27, folder 2
Assorted pamphlets, newspaper and magazine clippings of materials by or relating to Pound
Note
Also includes xerox of letter from John Kaspar to Cid Corman (see clippings for context).
box 27, folder 3
Materials relation to Rochelle Owens
Note
Four programs for BELCH, two programs for FUTZ, program for THE STRING GAME, and assorted clippings of reviews, etc.
box 27, folder 4
Proofs of poems published in THE NATION while Blackburn was poetry editor
Note
January to June 1962, with holograph corrections by Blackburn.
box 27, folder 5
Assorted dittoes, photocopies, and offprints of articles and poems, scripts of the following plays
Note
Gertrude Stein's "What happened," performed at Judson Poets' Theatre; Blackburn's (partial) script of Joel Oppenheimer's GREAT
AMERICAN DESERT, performed at Judson Memorial Church; Robert Kelly's THE WELL WHEREIN A DEER'S HEAD BLEEDS, Hardware Poets
Theatre Production; and partial script of unidentified play, with holograph annotations.
box 27, folder 6
Assorted programs, announcements of readings, art shows, concerts, and books
box 27, folder 8
Assorted clippings from newspapers and magazines - - photographs, cartoons, articles, etc
box 27, folder 9
Announcements of readings, shows, invitations, etc
box 28, folder 3
Part V (27.9)
Note
Mostly announcements for openings at art galleries.
box 28, folder 4
Part VI (27.9)
Note
Mostly announcements of poetry readings, including some magazine clippings of poems, some dittoed and photocopies.
box 28, folder 5
Part VII (27.9)
Note
Including statements on poetry by Gilbert Sorrentino, Ed Dorn, Edward Field, and Clayton Eshleman (on Cesar Vallejo).
box 28, folder 6
Assorted newspaper and magazine clippings, mostly relating to literary matters
box 28, folder 8
Clippings of NEW YORK POST series on "The Beat Generation"
1959
box 28, folder 9
Programs, announcements of poetry readings, etc.
box 28, folder 10, oversize FB07104
Galley proofs of Carol Berge's FROM A SOFT ANGLE
box 28, folder 11, oversize FB07105
Galley proofs of Charles Reznikoff's BY THE WATERS OF MANHATTAN
box 28, folder 12, oversize FB07107
Art posters for Smithson and Bolles shows
box 28, folder 13
Associated Press and United Press International photographs with captions
1959 - 1960
box 29, folder 2
Political pamphlets and fliers
box 29, folder 3
Part II (29.2)
Note
Including two TS of fliers written by Paul and Sara Blackburn.
box 29, folder 4
Pamphlets on Puerto Rican culture, bibliography of Puerto Rican writers
box 29, folder 5
Assorted postcards (blank), cards and art reproductions
box 29, folder 6
Publicity photographs and brochures from American airlines
box 29, folder 7
Assorted maps and travel brochures
box 29, folder 9
Assorted pamphlets, brochures, labels, fliers, receipts, order forms, business cards, scrap notes, etc
box 30, folder 5
Framed landscape, originally with estate of Amos Frost papers
Note
See 22.10 and 22.11.
box 30, folder 6
Two phonograph records, one made by Blackburn as a child
box 30, folder 7
Misc. materials found in Blackburn's books
Note
Part I [Hill, Raymond; ANTHOLOGY OF TROUBADORS].
box 30, folder 8
Part II (30.7)
Note
Horovitz, Michael; CHILDREN OF ALBION: POETRY OF THE UNDERGROUND IN BRITAIN.
box 30, folder 9
Part III (30.7)
Note
Blackburn, Paul tr.; POEM OF THE CID.
box 30, folder 10
Part IV (30.7)
Note
Blackburn, Paul; PROENSA.
box 30, folder 11
Part V (30.7)
Note
Creeley, Robert; FOR LOVE.
box 30, folder 12
Part VI (30.7)
Note
DICTIONNAIRE D'ANCIEN FRANCAIS.
box 30, folder 13
Part VII (30.7)
Note
Irby, Kenneth; RELATION.
box 30, folder 14
Part VIII (30.7)
Note
Salvat, Abbe Joseph; GRAMMAIRE OCCITANE.
box 30, folder 15
Part IX (30.7)
Note
Kelly, Robert; ARMED DESCENT.
box 30, folder 16
Part X (30.7)
Note
Smart, Christopher; THE WORKS OF HORACE.
CORRESPONDENCE AND MANUSCRIPTS
box 30, folder 17
Blackburn, Richard (paternal uncle), to Paul Blackburn
box 30, folder 18
Blackburn, Richard to William Blackburn
Note
1 ALs (with photographs and R of back from William to Paul).
box 30, folder 19
Blackburn, Freddie (Winifred Grey, first wife) to Paul Blackburn
Note
2 ALs (with friend Gwen), 2 TL, 2 AR, 1 TR, 5 hand-drawn cards, 2 signed cards.
box 30, folder 20
Blackburn, Freddie to Frances Frost and N. Carr Grace
box 30, folder 21
Blackburn, Freddie to Alfred Grey (father)
Note
1 TL, with typed enc.
box 30, folder 23
Blackburn, Gloria (half-sister, paternal)
box 30, folder 24
Blackburn, Hannah and John (paternal grandparents)
Note
6 ALs (HB), 1 ALs (JB), 1 card signed by both.
box 30, folder 25
Blackburn, Jean (sister)
Note
2 ALs, 1 music composition.
box 30, folder 26
Blackburn, Paul to Freddie Blackburn
box 30, folder 27
Blackburn, Paul to Jean Blackburn
Note
1 TL (unsent), 1 carbon.
box 31, folder 1
Blackburn, Paul to William Blackburn
box 31, folder 2
Blackburn, Paul to Amos Frost
box 31, folder 3
Blackburn, Paul to Frances Frost, 1944
Note
3 ALs, 1 TL, 1 APCs.
box 31, folder 4
Blackburn, Paul to Frances Frost, 1945
Note
4 ALs, 3 TLs, 2 T, 2 DS, 2 D.
box 31, folder 5
Blackburn, Paul to Frances Frost, 1946
Note
15 ALS, 7 TLs (inc. 1 TSc), 1 T, 1 DS.
box 31, folder 6
Blackburn, Paul to Frances Frost, 1946
Note
4 ALs, 11 TLs, 1 TL, 2 APCs, 2 D.
box 31, folder 7
Blackburn, Paul to Frances Frost, 1947
Note
1 ALs, 11 TLs, 1 APCs, 2 T, 3 D.
box 31, folder 8
Blackburn, Paul to Frances Frost, 1949
Note
2 ALs, 20 TLs, 9 APCs, 1 TPc, 1 photo, 1 TS.
box 31, folder 9
Blackburn, Paul to Frances Frost, 1950
Note
2 ALs, 12 TLs, 1 APCs, 5 photos, 2 D.
box 31, folder 10
Blackburn, Paul to Frances Frost, 1954
Note
11 TLs, 3 TL, 1 APCs, 1 birthday card hand-drawn by Freddie.
box 31, folder 11
Blackburn, Paul to Frances Frost, 1955
Note
11 ALs, 1 AL, 9 TLs, 4 TL, 3 APCs, 4 APC, 1 card hand-drawn by Freddie, 1 drawing by FB.
box 32, folder 1
Blackburn, Paul to Frances Frost, 1956
Note
9 ALs, 2 AL, 16 TLs, 4 TL, 1 APCs, 1 photo, 1 hand-drawn card by FB, 3 D.
box 32, folder 2
Blackburn, Paul to Frances Frost, 1957
Note
1 ALs, 9 TLs, 4 TL, 2 D.
box 32, folder 3
Blackburn, Paul to Frances Frost, n. d.
Note
1 ALs, 1 TLs, 1 TL, 1 APCs.
box 32, folder 4
Blackburn, Paul to Noreen Carr Grace
Note
2 ALs, 1 TLs, 1 ALs with part typed.
box 32, folder 5
Blackburn, Sara (Golden, second wife)
Note
12 ALs, 4 TLs, 2 TL, 1 APCs, 2 R, 1 hand-made cards (1 signed), 2 TS, 1 MS, 1 D, 1 photocopy of letter to Octavio Paz.
box 32, folder 6
Blackburn, William Gordon (father)
Note
14 ALs, 25 TLs, 1 ALs with part typed, 1 R.
box 32, folder 7
Frost, Amos, 1940-1945 (maternal grandfather)
Note
25 TL (2 with Jean Blackburn).
box 32, folder 8
Frost, Amos, 1942-1947
Note
15 TL, 1 card with TN.
box 32, folder 10
Frost, Amos
Note
Ephemera, cards from others given to PB.
box 32, folder 11
Frost, Frances to PB, 1942
box 32, folder 12
Frost, Frances to PB, 1944
box 32, folder 13
Frost, Frances to PB, 1945
Note
2 ALs, 17 TLs, 1 TPCs, 23 D.
box 32, folder 14
Frost, Frances to PB, 1946
Note
2 ALs, 24 TLs, 14 D.
box 33, folder 1
Frost, Frances to PB, 1946
Note
1 ALs, 19 TLs, 11 D, 1 Ds.
box 33, folder 2
Frost, Frances to PB, 1946
Note
20 TLs, 1 D (also 1 ALs from "Chappie" encl. in Sept. 10 TLs).
box 33, folder 3
Frost, Frances to PB, 1946
Note
1 ALs, 12 TLs, 1 Ds, 6 D, 1 photo (also 1 ALs from "Dode" and 1 from Aung Agnes encl. in Nov. 24 TLs).
box 33, folder 4
Frost, Frances to PB, 1947
Note
1 ALs, 19 TLs, 1 TNs, 1 Ds, 12 D (also 1 TLs from "Peter" encl. in Jan. 11 TLs).
box 33, folder 5
Frost, Frances to PB, 1954-1957
box 33, folder 6
Frost, Frances to PB, 1958-1959
box 33, folder 7
Frost, Frances to PB, n. d.
box 33, folder 8
Golden, Leanne (Sara Blackburn's sister)
box 33, folder 9
Grace, Noreen Carr (Frances Frost's friend)
Note
15 ALs, 5 TLs (1 carbon of letter to and one from "Frederick"), 2 APCs, 1 R, 1 TSc of Thurber poem.
box 33, folder 10
Grey, Alfred (Freddie Blackburn's father)
box 33, folder 11
June, Pearl (PB's maternal grandmother) 1959-1971
Note
25 ALs, 1 R on TLs to Pearl June from "Ruth".
box 33, folder 12
June, Pearl, n. d.
Note
11 ALs, 2 cards (1 signed, 1 with R enc.).
box 33, folder 13
Taber, Edna (paternal cousin)
box 33, folder 14
Aunt Agnes (paternal [?])
box 34, folder 2
Abrams, Sam
Note
8 TLs, 2 APCs, 1 D, 5 MS.
box 34, folder 4
Allen, Donald (PB replies are in Donald Allen archive)
Note
21 TLs, 1 TPCs, 1 D.
box 34, folder 17
Bartra, Agusti
Note
3 ALs, 8 TLs, 2 APCs, 1 MS.
box 34, folder 21
Bell, Richard
Note
1 ALs, 10 TLs, 1 MS.
box 34, folder 23
Berge, Carol (see also series VIII)
Note
1 ALs, 25 TLs, 14 MS.
box 34, folder 27
Blackburn, Paul
Note
Assorted carbons and unsent letters: 1947-1951.
box 34, folder 38
Bolles, Robert
Note
3 ALs, 1 TLs, 1 APCs.
box 35, folder 2
Brandstein, Natalie 1945
Note
18 ALs, 4 TLs, 1 APCs, 1 TPCs.
box 35, folder 3
Brandstein, Natalie 1946
Note
25 ALs, 7 TLs (inc. 1 TS), 3 APCs, 1 TPCs, 1 card.
box 35, folder 4
Brandstein, Natalie 1947
Note
13 ALs, 12 TLs, 1 TPCs, 6 APCs, 1 NS, 1 T.
box 35, folder 5
Brandstein, Natalie 1948-1952
Note
16 Als, 9 TLs, 4 APCs, 1 card.
box 35, folder 9
Bronfman, Larry
Note
69 TLs, 2 TL, 1 D, 1 MS; 1 Rc, and 1 one unmailed R.
box 35, folder 12
Busby, C. R
Note
1 TL (published in HUDSON REVIEW with rebuttal by PB.
box 35, folder 15
Byrd, Bobby
Note
10 ALs, 19 TLs, 1 TPCs, 1 MS.
box 35, folder 22
Capouya, Emile (see also 25.2)
box 35, folder 27
Carroll, Paul
Note
12 ALs, 12 TLs, 1 TPCs, 1 ALs from PC's wife and 1 TLs from PC to Simon Perchik; 1 R unmailed.
box 35, folder 28
Carroll, Paul
Note
40 MS, 2 rexographs, 1 ditto.
box 36, folder 9
Cole, Sheila
Note
6 TLs, 1 TPCs, 1 carbon to Simon Perchik.
box 36, folder 20
Corman, Cid 1952
Note
2 ALs, 10 TLs, 1 APCs.
box 36, folder 21
Corman, Cid 1953
Note
1 ALs, 16 TLs, 5 APCs, 4 TPCs.
box 36, folder 22
Corman, Cid 1954-1955
Note
3 ALs, 12 TLs, 1 TPs.
box 36, folder 24
Corman, Cid 1963-1971
Note
6 TLs, 2 TPCs, 1 note from Corman's mother; 1 Rc and 1 R unmailed.
box 36, folder 28
Cortazar, Julio 1958-1962
Note
4 ALs, 27 TLs, 1 NS.
box 36, folder 29
Cortazar, Julio 1963-1965
Note
25 TLs, 8 TLsc, 1 author's questionnaire, 1 ALs.
box 36, folder 30
Cortazar, Julio 1966-1969
Note
2 Als, 22 TLs, 1 APCs.
box 36, folder 31
Cortazar, Julio 1970-1971
Note
4 ALs, 11 TLs, 1 copy of letter to Toby Olson.
box 36, folder 32
Cortazar, Julio from Paul Blackburn
Note
15 TLc, 2 TL unmailed.
box 36, folder 33
Cortazar, Julio from Sara Blackburn
box 36, folder 35
Creeley, Robert 1951
Note
25 TLs, Oct. 17 typed on letter from Richard Aldington to Creeley and incl. RC's "The Party".
box 37, folder 1
Creeley, Robert 1954-1958
Note
22 TLs, 1 TPCs, 1 TLs from Ann Creeley.
box 37, folder 2
Creeley, Robert 1959-1970
Note
2 ALs, 35 TLs, 7 APCs, 8 APCs, 1 N.
box 37, folder 3
Creeley, Robert
Note
5 MS, TSc of RC's introduction to reprint of BLACK MOUNTAIN REVIEWS; 2 R, 1 R unmailed.
box 37, folder 4
Cresswell, George (Churchy)
box 37, folder 5
Cuatrecasas, Gil
Note
1 Als, 3 TLs, 1 APCs.
box 37, folder 12
De Loach, Allen and Joan
Note
1 ALs, 5 TLs (Allen) 1 ALs, (Joan).
box 37, folder 17
Dorfman, Ellie
Note
12 ALs, 1 TLs. (see also 25.4).
box 37, folder 27
Duncan, Robert
Note
8 ALs, 4 TLs, 1 TPCs.
box 37, folder 34
Eigner, Larry
Note
10 TL (1 signed), 3 TPC, 127 MS.
box 37, folder 37
Eshleman, Clayton 1960
Note
4 ALs, 1 APCs, 1 TPCs.
box 38, folder 1
Eshleman, Clayton 1961
Note
20 TLs, 1 TPCs, 2 NS.
box 38, folder 2
Eshleman, Clayton 1962
Note
18 TLs, 1 APCs, 3 TPCs, 1 TLs from Robert Hatch to CE, 1 TLs from CE to Robert Hatch.
box 38, folder 3
Eshleman, Clayton 1963
Note
1 ALs, 14 TLs, 1 APCs, 1 TPCs.
box 38, folder 4
Eshleman, Clayton 1964
Note
1 ALs, 9 TLs, 2 APCs, 1 TPCs.
box 38, folder 5
Eshleman, Clayton 1965
Note
3 ALs with 2 TSc, 10 TLs.
box 38, folder 6
Eshleman, Clayton 1966
Note
4 ALs, 13 TLs (one with note in another hand), 1 APCs, 1 TPCs, 1 NS, copy of grant application.
box 38, folder 7
Eshleman, Clayton 1967-1968
box 38, folder 8
Eshleman, Clayton 1969-1971
Note
1 ALs, 11 TLs, 1 TLs to Joan Blackburn, 1 APCs.
box 38, folder 10
Eshleman, Clayton from PB
box 38, folder 13
Ferlinghetti, Lawrence
Note
3 ALs, 18 TLs, 2 TPCs, copy of TLs to Howard Moss.
box 38, folder 21
Franks, David
Note
2 ALs, 7 TLs, 1 APCs, 1 TPCs, 33 MS.
box 38, folder 22
Fraser, Kathleen
Note
2 TLs (1 to W. S. Merwin at THE NATION).
box 38, folder 27
Galt, Lisa
Note
1 ALs, 1 APCs, 3 MS.
box 39, folder 1
Gerth, Hans, HI, Anne, and Julia
1949 - 1953
Note
80 TL (mostly unsigned) from various members of the family, 1 ALs from Anne, 2 ALs from Julia, 7 ALs from HI, 1 TPCs from
HI, various enc., also Blackburn's holograph chronology of events leading to HI's suicide (which inspired the poem "The Dissolving
Fabric"), 1 AR, never mailed, from Blackburn to the Gerths.
box 39, folder 2
Gerth, Hans, HI, Anne and Julia
1954 - 1972
Note
5 ALs, 12 TLs, 1 rexograph signed Xmas letter, 1 signed offprint of article by Gerth.
box 39, folder 4
Ginsberg, Allen
Note
4 ALs, 3 APCs, 2 MS (2nd 27 pp., untitled, signed with enclosed note).
box 39, folder 11
Goodman, Lila
Note
1 ALs, 1 TLs, 1 TL with resume, 1 MS.
box 39, folder 14
Greene, Jonathan
Note
14 TLs, 1 TPCs, 3 MS.
box 39, folder 21
Hall, Barry
Note
1 ALs, see also 20.8.
box 39, folder 22
Hamady, Walter
Note
35 Als, 4 TLs, 1 D, 2 MS (2nd sheaf of 15 poems).
box 39, folder 25
Hanson, Ken
Note
1 ALs, 7 TLs, 1 MS, see also 25.4.
box 39, folder 31
Haswell, Alice and Dick
Note
2 ALs, 6 TLs, 1 MS, 1 D.
box 39, folder 43
Hollo, Anselm
Note
1 ALs, 10 TLs, 2 D (1 carbon resume), 13 MS.
box 40, folder 2
Jacobs, Sydney
Note
1 ALs, 1 AL, 4 TLs, 9 TL, 2 MS.
box 40, folder 13
Jones, Jeanetta
Note
1 ALs, 6 TLs, 2 TPCs, 1 MS.
box 40, folder 24
Kelly, Joby
Note
2 ALs, 6 TLs, 1 TL, 1 D.
box 40, folder 25
Kelly, Robert
Note
23 ALs, 29 TLs, 4 D, 6 MS.
box 40, folder 30
Keys, John
Note
3 ALs, 5 TLs, 1 TL, 1 MS.
box 40, folder 31
Kimball, George
Note
2 ALs, 7 TLs, 1 D, 1 MS; incl. tax returns and corres. between Kimball and NY phone co.
box 40, folder 35
Kinter, Bill
Note
4 ALs, 2 TLs, 2 APCs, 1 MS; 1 Rc.
box 40, folder 39
Klimpt, Werner
Note
11 ALs, 3 TLs, 1 APCs.
box 40, folder 42
Kray, Elizabeth
Note
6 TLs, 2 APCs, 1 TPCs, 1 TLc to NEH, 1 TLc to Robert Creeley; 2 Rc.
box 41, folder 11
Levertov, Denise
Note
9 ALs, 2 TLs, 3 APCs; 2 Rc.
box 41, folder 14
Lewis, Harry
Note
3 ALs, 4 MS, see also 9.4.
box 41, folder 15
Linick, Anthony
Note
2 ALs, 2 TLs, 2 TPCs.
box 41, folder 22
Loewinsohn, Ron
Note
4 ALs, 10 TLs, 1 MS.
box 41, folder 24
Lowenfels, Walter
Note
9 TLs, 6 D, 5 MS, see also 20.11.
box 41, folder 35
MacDiarmid, Hugh (Norman MacCaig)
box 41, folder 37
McGuire, Paula and Bill
Note
1 ALs, 3 TLs, 5 APCs.
box 41, folder 47
Martin, John
Note
3 TLs, see also 21.1.
box 41, folder 58
Micheline, Jack
Note
1 ALs, 1 MS, 1 signed cartoon drawing.
box 42, folder 2
Morris, Richard
Note
1 ALs, 5 TLs, 1 TL, 1 TPCs.
box 42, folder 5
Newberry, Sam D
Note
5 ALs, 6 TLs, 1 MS, see also 27.1.
box 42, folder 10
Olson, Charles
Note
4 ALs, 6 TLs, 5 TL, 2 T, 2 D.
box 42, folder 13
Oppenheimer, Joel
Note
R TLs, 1 APCs, 5 MS.
box 42, folder 16
Ossman, David
Note
7 TLs, 1 TPCs, 3 MS.
box 42, folder 25
Paz, Octavio
Note
5 ALs, 10 TLs, 2 MS.
box 42, folder 39
Pound, Ezra
Note
6 ALs, 7 TL, 1 AP, 1 TPC, 1 D.
box 42, folder 41
Quinn, Sister Bernetta
Note
9 ALs, 4 TLs, 1 offprint of article with R.
box 43, folder 10
Raworth, Tom
Note
10 ALs, 5 TLs, see also 20.8.
box 43, folder 16
Rice, Dan
Note
2 birth announcements signed.
box 43, folder 22
Rosenthal, M. L
Note
16 ALs, 6 TLs, see also 19.11.
box 43, folder 24
Rothenberg, Jerome
Note
4 ALs, 4 TLs, 1 TPCs, 3 MS.
box 43, folder 26
Rubenstein, Carol
Note
4 TLs, 1 TLs to Paul Carroll re: PB, 12 MS.
box 44, folder 8
Sorrentino, Gil
Note
3 ALs, 9 TLs, 3 D, 3 MS.
box 44, folder 15
Stark, Brad
Note
4 ALs, 1 TLs, 2 TL, 1 D.
box 44, folder 25
Sward, Robert
Note
2 ALs, 32 TLs, 21 MS.
box 45, folder 22
Williams, Jonathan
Note
9 TLs, 4 TPCs, 3 Jargon booklists with TNS, 1 with R, 1 without note, 1 MS.
box 45, folder 31
Zukofsky, Louis
Note
10 ALs, 1 TLs, 3 MS.
Miscellaneous Correspondence
box 45, folder 32
Miscellaneous and unidentified letters. Part I
box 45, folder 35
Misc., identified and not, Christmas cards
box 45, folder 36
Misc. envelopes and addresses
box 45, folder 37
Unidentified MSS and MSS from various writing workshops taught by PB. Part I
box 46, folder 1
Poems from writing workshop students. Part I
box 46, folder 3
Poems typed up by Blackburn of his students for writing workshop at City College
box 46, folder 4
Misc. and unidentified original art pieces, mostly sketches
box 46, folder 5
PB's published poems; compiled by Kathleen Woodward
1951
box 47, folder 4
Part XXI (46.5)
Note
Poems published after 1971.
box 47, folder 6
Xeroxes of essays, reviews, and interviews which appeared in serials
box 47, folder 8
Translations from Provencal
1952 - 1965
box 47, folder 9
Part II (47.8)
1968 - 1969
box 48, folder 1
Xeroxes of translations from Chinese
box 48, folder 2
Translations of Spanish from serials
box 48, folder 3
Translations of Spanish from anthologies
box 48, folder 4, oversize FB07103
Dissertation on Blackburn
box 48, folder 4
Xerox typescripts of Edith Jarolim's edition of PB's collected poetry
Note
First accepted as a Ph. D dissertation at New York University in 1984 and subsequently published by Perseus Press in 1985.
Part I.
box 50, folder 1
Card index of PB's published work
box 51, folder 1
Card index of PB's unpublished work
ORIGINALS OF PRESERVATION PHOTOCOPIES
