Collection Contents

Indices to the Poetry and Prose of Mary Oppen

A-a-all Gone

After a Conversation with George

Andy's family

At Home in the World

Best of All

Bond

Chosen One [Maria]

Counterpoint [Anne, Captain Frank, Josephine]

Compulsion

Daughter

Deaths

Declaration of Independence

Depression

Dilettante

Does She Think She Is A Legend? [on Mary Oppen]

Evolution

Fame

Frances [Margaret]

Generations [Julian, Steve, Toby]

Grandma Op as a Girl...

Hana

In dream sometimes...

Islands

Jill

Jon

Josephine [Captain Frank]

Journal of trip to Israel, 1975 [Jerusalem Journal]

Leni and George K.

Libby

Maine

Mama

Meaning [cont.][1978]

Meeting with a Japanese Woman-Writer [1977]

Naomi

1930

Our Very Own

Overnight at Rosie's

Paula

Picasso's Women

Possession

Reporter

San Francisco is my Mother

Secure and powerful central government...

Splurge

Sucha

Survivor [Daniel]

Thanksgiving

Venus of the Shell

Walking with Charles Reznikoff

Who is Lottie?

Woman's Destiny

Women

On women

On Robert Duncan and Oppenheimer

Sketches: Pan and Andy (Paris, 1932); Paul, Mari

David, Maria, Michael

Unfinished sketches

Notes

Notes on reading

Untitled prose piece

Miscellaneous and unidentified prose

Dreams

Infant (non-speaking)

Letter from San Francisco, 1971

Pearl

Printed poems

Poems for OCCIDENT

Miscellaneous poetry

Miscellaneous poetry

Poems read May 12, 1979 ["Grand Piano Reading"]

Poems read at Intersection, May 13, 1980

Poetry worksheets

Translations

Translation worksheets and notes

Memoirs 1959 - 1960

Notebook

Notebook pages

Journal [1979]

Journal 1982 - 1983

Journal pages 1988 - 1989

Dreams 1970 - 1970

Dream journal 1970 - 1970

Materials concerning George Oppen - George Oppen's passport

Materials concerning George Oppen - [Mary Oppen's passport]

Materials concerning George Oppen - George Oppen's birth certificate

Materials concerning George Oppen - Awards

Materials concerning George Oppen - Decree changing name

Materials concerning George Oppen - Social security cards

Materials concerning George Oppen - Draft registration certificate

Materials concerning George Oppen - Non-commissioned Officers' School material

Materials concerning George Oppen - US Army Separation Qualification Record

Materials concerning George Oppen - Enlisted Record and Report of Separation

Materials concerning George Oppen - Veteran affairs material

Materials concerning George Oppen - Death certificate

Materials concerning George Oppen - NEA Senior Fellowship announcement

Materials concerning George Oppen - George Oppen on Libby [his sister]

Materials concerning George Oppen - George Oppen, "A Narrative" [poem]

Materials concerning George and Mary Oppen - George and Mary Oppen: a chronology

Materials concerning George and Mary Oppen - Mary Oppen: death certificate

Materials concerning George and Mary Oppen - Marriage license

Materials concerning George and Mary Oppen - Address books

Materials concerning George and Mary Oppen - Address books

Materials concerning George and Mary Oppen - Address books

Materials concerning George and Mary Oppen - Mary Oppen: etching plate [0wl]

Materials concerning George and Mary Oppen - Obituary of Mary Oppen's mother

Materials concerning George and Mary Oppen -

Writings by others - Chana Black, poems

Writings by others - Jeff Peterson, writings

Writings and paintings by others - Unidentified ms., "Warring Sentiments"

Writings and paintings by others - Unidentified ms., [poems]

Writings and paintings by others - Catalogues pertaining to painting and prints

Publications - Mary Oppen: publication list

Publications - Cover for "St. John" (photocopy of sketch)

Publications - Mss. for MONTEMORA

Publications - Mss. for PAIDEUMA

Publications - Magazine page proofs

Publications - MEANING A LIFE: publication notice in CHOICE magazine

Publications - NATION issues, with poems by Mary Oppen

Publications - "Conversation with George and Mary Oppen,"

Publications - Jack Mathew, "Children of the Blacklist," LOS ANGELES TIMES

Miscellaneous texts on the Oppens - George Oppen on Mary Oppen

Miscellaneous texts on the Oppens - Janet Rodney on MEANING A LIFE

Miscellaneous texts on the Oppens - Reviews of George and Mary Oppen's work

Baker, Tony 1987 - 1987

Berl, Christine 1988 - 1988

[Mary Oppen and J. H Prynne to] Blau-Duplessis, Rachel 1984 - 1988

Booth, Philip 1979 - 1987

Bronk, William 1978 - 1988

Corman, Cid 1983 - 1987

Cuddihy, Michael, to George Oppen with poems 1983 - 1983

Cuddihy, Michael, to George Oppen with poems 1983 - 1983

Dembo, Larry 1983 - 1983

DiManno, Yves 1985 - 1985

Enslin, Theodore

Fauchereau, Serge 1982 - 1984

Finlay, Alec

Gattey, Stephen 1982 - 1982

Gerber, Dan 1987 - 1987

Griffin, Jonathan 1982 - 1989

Guedella, Roger 1984 - 1984

Hatlen, Burt 1989 - 1989

Hindus, Milton 1982 - 1982

Hix, Harvey, to Linda Mourelatos 1987 - 1987

Jaffer, Frances 1983 - 1983

Laughlin, James 1985 - 1985

Longville, Tim 1980 - 1980

Martin, John [Black Sparrow Press]

Middleton, Christopher 1979 - 1979

Mottram, Eric 1979 - 1979

Mourelatos, Alex 1989

[Mary Oppen to] Mourelatos, Linda 1978 - 1984

O'Gorman, Kathleen, to George Oppen , re. Charles Tomlinson 1982 - 1982

Oppen, George, Sr., to George Oppen 1953 - 1953

Oppenheimer, Elsie, to George Oppen, Sr., originals, with Mary's transcript 1913 - 1913

Oppenheimer, Elsie, to George Oppen, Sr., originals, with Mary's transcript 1913

Ozleworth, Charles 1986 - 1986

Royet-Journaud, Claude 1988 - 1988

Santos Henry, Mary

Shapiro, Harvey 1981 - 1981

Syrkin, Marie 1978 - 1978

Taggart, John 1978 - 1978

Taggart, John 1978 - 1978

Terrell, Carroll F. [PAIDEUMA] 1981 - 1981

Tomlinson, Charles 1990 - 1990

Tomlinson, Charles 1990 - 1990

Weinberger, Eliot 1981 - 1981

Wellman, John, to George Oppen 1982 - 1982

Wilson, John

Young, Dennis 1987 - 1987

Miscellaneous and unidentified correspondence

Catalogue of paintings loaned

Artwork by Naomi Replanski, gift to Mary Oppen

Thirteen small sketchbooks

Miscellaneous - Charles Tomlinson, "Landscape with Bathers for George and Mary"

Buildings and smokestacks, pencil on paper, c. 1920s, 8.5" x 11"

Buildings, oil on particle board, c. 1920s, 15" x 17"

Canyon, gouache on wood, c. 1920s, 9" x 12"

Church and houses on hillside, oil on particle board, n.d., 18" x 24"

Cityscape with train, watercolor on paper, c. 1920s, 12" x 10"

Cityscape, oil on particle board, c. 1920s-1930s, 12" x 16"

Clothesline on rooftop, watercolor on paper, c. 1930's, 10.5" x 12"

Flowers, gouache, n.d., signed, 7.5" x 10"

Orient, pencil on paper, c. 1920s, 8" x 9.5"

Picket fence through doorway, oil on cardboard, signed, c. 1920s, 4.5" x 6.5"

Port scene, watercolor on paper, c. 1930s, 9" x 11"

Port scene, watercolor on paper, c. 1930s, 5" x 6" [heart shaped]

Portrait of a woman, "Oppen copy of Louvre painting"

Rooftop and brick building, oil on heavy cardboard, c. 1930s, 12" x 16"

Sketch of face and upper body, charcoal on paper, c. 1930s, 11.5" x 16"

Sketch of face and upper body in repose, charcoal on paper, c. 1930s

Sketch of torso and legs, charcoal on paper, c. 1930s, 11" x 16"

Tree through window, gouache on cardboard, signed, c. 1920s, 4.5" x 6.5"

Trees, watercolor on paper, c. 1920s, 7.5" x 11"

Bundled branches, ink on paper, n.d., 8.5" x 11"

Butterfly-cloth covered folder

Dog, charcoal on paper, n.d., 11" x 16.5"

Flowers, acrylic on paper, n.d., 13" x 15.5"

Flowers, collage and acrylic on paper, n.d., signed

Flowers in teapot, acrylic on paper, c. 1950s, signed, 10" x 13"

Flowers in vase, oil on paper, c. 1950s, signed, 6.5" x 10"

Flowers, oil on paper, c. 1950s, 20" x 26"

Flowers, oil on canvas, c. 1950s, 20.5" x 25"

Flowers, oil on paper, c. 1950s

Flowers, oil on paper, signed, c. 1950s, 17" x 23"

Flowers, oil on paper, c. 1950s, 20" x 26"

Flowers, oil on paper, c. 1950s

Human figure, reclining figure on reverse, ink on paper

Human figure, reclining figure on reverse, ink on paper

Landscape, oil on paper, signed, 1953, 22" x 30"

Paul Hoffman 1950s, double pencil sketches, on tissue and paper

Portrait of a woman, pencil on heavy cardboard, n.d., 12" x 18"

Seven girls dancing in a circle, ink and pastel on tissue, n.d.

Seven girls dancing in a circle, ink and watercolor on paper, n.d., 5" x 8"

Still life with fruits and vegetables, acrylic on paper, c. 1950s, 19" x 24"

Tree, stitching on burlap, n.d.

Trees and cliffs, watecolor on paper, c. 1950s, 10" x 13"

Trees, acrylic on paper, c. 1950s

Trees, oil on paper, c. 1950s, 20" x 26"

Trees, oil on paper, signed, c. 1953, 20" x 24"

Trees, watercolor on paper, c. 1950s, signed, 10" x 13"

Unidentified subject, with painting on reverse, oil on paper

Woman with geometric background, acrylic on particle board

Abstract landscape, watercolor and collage, c. 1970s-1980s

Abstract subject, colored etching, c. 1960s, 9" x 12"

Abstract subject, etching, c. 1960s, signed, 9" x 12"

Abstract subject, etching, c. 1960s, signed, 4" x 5"

Barn Owl, etching, c. 1960s, 9" x 9"

Biggest Frog, etching, artist's proof, signed, c. 1963, 14" x 20"

Bird on branch, two etchings, c. 1960s, 2" x 2.5"

Bird with glass, etching, c. 1960s, 2" x 2.5"

Bird, etching, c. 1960s, 2.5" x 2.5"

Bird, 2 etchings, c. 1960s, 2" x 2"

Birds, etching, c. 1960s, 2.5" x 2.5"

Black fish, etching [ two colors], c. 1960s, 14" x 17"

Bullrushes, pen and ink wash, c. 1970s, 8" x 10"

Cityscape, watercolor and charcoal on paper, c. 1970s, 6" x 9"

Cockroach, etching, artist's proof, signed, 1962, 2.5" x 4.5"

Conch shell, ink and charcoal on paper, c. 1970s, 5" x 7"

Cordillera, etching, signed, 1963, 18" x 24"

Cordillera, etching, c. 1963, 18" x 22"

Cottage, etching, c. 1960s, 2.5" x 2.5"

Forest, oil and collage, c. 1970s

Forest, watercolor and ink on paper, signed, c. 1970s, 10.5" x 14.5"

Girl with Bird, etching, artist's proof, signed c. 1960s, 11.5" x 18"

Goat's head, etching, artist's proof, signed, c. 1960s, 12" x 17.5"

Horse, etching, c. 1960s, 3" x 4"

Kitchen, ink on paper, c. 1960s, 6" x 9"

Landscape with cows, etching [2nd. proof], signed, 1961, 9.5" x 18"

Landscape with grasses, etching, signed, 1969, 5" x 7.5"

Landscape, etching, c. 1960s, 9" x 7"

Landscape, etching, signed, c. 1960s, 9" x 12"

Landscape, pencil and ink on orange construction paper, signed

Landscape, watercolor and pastel, c. 1970s, 14.5" x 6.5"

Landscape, watercolor, c. 1970s, 12" x 9"

Landscape, watercolor, c. 1970s, 14.5" x 10.5"

Landscape, watercolor, c. 1970s, 23" x 16"

Male figure reclining, etching, signed, 1961, 3" x 5"

Marine creature and shell, ink on paper, c. 1970s, 10" x 6"

Mountainous landscape, etching, signed 1969, 4" x 5"

Other House, etching, signed, 1964, 14" x 17"

Owl, etching, c. 1960s, 5" x 5"

Owl, etching, c. 1960s, 6" x 9"

Owl, etching, signed, 1962, 9" x 12"

Owl, etching, signed, c. 1960s, 3" x 5" (two copies)

Owl, etching, signed, c. 1960s, 9" x 12"

Owl, ink and paint, c. 1970s, 5" x 6"

Owl, pencil on paper, c. 1960s, 3" x 5" [ 7 sketches on 7 sheets]

Owl, pencil on paper, c. 1960s, 5.5" x 5.5"

Pinniped, etching, c. 1960s, 4" x 5"

Plant, pencil on paper, c. 1960s-1970s, 19" x 24"

Plants, etching, c. 1960s, 9" x 11.5"

Poppies, etching, artist's proof, signed, c. 1960s, 14" x 14"

Portrait of George Oppen, collage, c. late 1970s

Portrait of a woman, etching, signed c. 1960s, 16" x 19"

Room, oil on paper, c. early 1960s 22" x 30"

Room, with charcoal sketch of seated woman on reverse

Sand dollar, ink on paper, signed, 4" x 5"

Scorpion, etching, artist's proof, signed, c. 1960s

Seeds Flowing, etching, c. 1960s, signed, 3" x 4"

Seven girls dancing in a circle #1, etching, c. early 1960s, 6" x 7"

Seven girls dancing in a circle #2, etching, c. early 1960s, 6" x 7"

Tree, watercolor, n.d., 12.5" x 19"

Trees, etching, 1969, signed, 7" x 9.5"

Trees, etching with dark grey background, c. 1969, 7" x 9.5"

Trees, etching with light grey background, c. 1969, 7" x 9.5"

Trees, watercolor and collage, c. 1960s-1970s, signed, 13" x 10"

Two birds, etching, c. 1960s, 2.5" x 4.5"

Two birds, etching with backing, c. 1960s, 2.5" x 4.5"

Two birds, rough pencil and wash, c. 1960s, 7" x 10"

Two chickens, etching, c. 1969, 4" x 11" [panel]

Two goats gamboling, etching, 1/25, c. early 1960s, 4" x 3.5"

Wasp, etching, signed, 1963, 9" x 12"

Young Owl, etching, c. early 1960s, 3.5" x 4.5" [ trapezoidal]

Abstract subject, watercolor, 11" x 14"

Animal head, crayon cartoon, 8.5" x 11.5"

Cityscape, watercolor and charcoal on paper, 6" x 4.5"

Coastal scene, collage and water color, 1984, 20" x 26"

Coastal scene, watercolor and collage, signed, 1983, 15.25" x 8"

Coastal scene, watercolor and collage, signed, 1985, 15" x 11"

Coastal scene, watercolor, 12" x 9"

Coastal scene, watercolor, 8.5" x 5.5"

Coastal scene, watercolor, signed, 1983, 8" x 3.5"

Flowers, 2 sketches,charcoal on paper, 4.5" x 4.5"

Flowers, collage and watercolor, signed, 1985, 22" x 28"

Flowers, collage and watercolor, c. 1980s, 22" x 28"

Flowers, collage and watercolor, c. 1980s, 22" x 28" [unfinished]

Flowers, collage and watercolor, c. 1980s, 24" x 32"

Flowers, collage and watercolor, signed, 1983, and 1985

Flowers, collage and watercolor, signed, 20" x 26" (water fowl on reverse)

Flowers, ink on paper, signed, 1986, 11" x 14"

Flowers, pencil sketch, signed, 3" x 4"

Flowers, watercolor and collage, 14" x 15"

Flowers, watercolor and collage with dried flowers

Flowers, watercolor and collage with dried flowers

Flowers, watercolor and collage, signed, 1983

Flowers, watercolor and collage, signed, 1983, 15" x 20

Flowers, watercolor and ink on paper, signed, 1983, 5.5" x 7"

Flowers, watercolor and ink on paper, signed, 1983, 6" x 9"

Flowers, watercolor and ink on paper, signed, c. early 1980s

Flowers, watercolor and ink on paper, 9" x 12"

Flowers, watercolor, 4" x 6"

Flowers, watercolor, 4.5" x 6"

Flowers, watercolor, 7.5" x 10"

Flowers, watercolor, 9" x 12"

Flowers, watercolor, signed, 1983, 6" x 9"

Four vases with flowers, watercolor and collage, 19" x 4"

Human figure, ink wash, 12" x 9.5"

Landscape with train trestle, collage and water color

Landscape, collage and water color, c. 1980s, 22" x 28"

Landscape, collage and water color, c. 1980s, 32" x 40"

Landscape, ink and charcoal on paper, 5" x 8"

Landscape, pencil sketch, 3" x 4"

Landscape, watercolor, 12" x 6"

Landscape, watercolor, initialled, 2" x 8"

Landscape, watercolor, signed, 1983 11" x 5"

Landscape, watercolor, signed, 1983, 11" x 7.5"

My Birch Tree, ink on paper, signed, 1986, 6.5" x 7.5"

Portrait of a woman, collage and watercolor with dried flowers

Portrait of a woman, collage, dated 1983

Portrait of a woman, watercolor and collage, signed, 1983, 16" x 20"

Portrait of a woman, watercolor, signed, 9" x 12"

Portrait of woman ("For Frances"), watercolor and ink on paper

Portrait of woman, collage and watercolor, c. 1980s, 24" x 32"

Portrait of woman, collage on industrial cardboard, 23" x 30"

Room with a view, paint and ink, 4.5" x 6"

Room, watercolor and ink on paper, 6" x 5"

Seascape, collage and watercolor, c. 1980s, 22" x 30"

Sketch with branch, ink on paper, 11" x 14"

Stencil with swan, ink on cut paper, 1986, 6" x 6"

Still life with bottle and mug, collage and watercolor, 19.5" x 10"

Still life with ocean in background, watercolor and collage

Still life with scenic background, collage and watercolor

Still life with scenic background, watercolor, 22" x 30"

Still life with vases, collage and water color, signed, 1985

Still life, watercolor and collage, signed, 20" x 16"

Still life, watercolor, 11" x 14"

Swan vase with flowers, ink sketch, 14" x 11"

Tree, collage and watercolor, signed, 1983, 20" x 80"

Tree, ink on paper, signed, 1986, 6.5" x 7.5"

Tree, watercolor on paper, 11" x 14" (flowers in vase on reverse)

Tree, watercolor and ink on paper, 11" x 14" (flowers on reverse)

Trees, watercolor and ink on paper, signed, 1983, 9" x 6"

Trees, watercolor, 12" x 9"

Trees with orange sky, watercolor, 6" x 4.5"

Two women, collage and watercolor, signed, 1983, 20" x 30"

Vase with plant, watercolor, 11" x 14"

Woman with dog, watercolor and collage on canvas board

Sketchbooks and unfinished artworks

Unfinished artworks (cont.)

Flowers, watercolor and collage with dried flowers, signed

Flowers, watercolor and collage with dried flowers, signed

Flowers, watercolor and collage, signed, n.d., 11.5" x 15"

Bust of a woman.

Couple, 13" x 16".

Death, 8" x 7".

Head, 12" x 17".

Industrial scene with workers, 18" x 22.5".

Landscape, preparatory sketch for carving, 20 " x 9.5".

Two figures beside tree, 22.5" x 27"

Family Album 1900 - 1943

Family Album 1946 - 1951

Mexico Album 1951 - 1953

Mexico Album 1952 - 1958

Mexico Album 1958

George Oppen, San Francisco 1977

George and Mary Oppen 1976 - 1976

George and Mary Oppen with Charles Reznikoff 1974

Photographs of furniture and wood relief carvings from Mexico

Portrait of George Oppen with cigar