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Contributing Institution:
Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego
9500 Gilman Drive
La Jolla 92093-0175
Title: Richard Rubenstein Papers
Creator:
Rubenstein, Richard
Identifier/Call Number: MSS 0229
Physical Description:
0.4 Linear feet
(1 archives box and 1 oversize folder)
Date (inclusive): 1950 - 1959
Abstract: Papers of Richard Rubenstein, American poet. The papers contain letters (1950-1958) to Rubenstein, letters his wife received
after his death about his manuscripts, manuscripts, and a bound scrapbook of clippings and letters. His correspondence includes
two letters from William Carlos Williams, numerous notes from small press publishers and several letters from admirers of
his poetry. His writings include a typescript of his collected poems, short stories and miscellaneous poems.
Languages:
English
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Scope and Content of Collection
The Richard Rubenstein Papers consist of correspondence sent to Rubenstein from 1950-1958 and manuscripts of his collected,
unpublished poems. Also included is his personal scrapbook with pasted letters and newsclippings. Samuel Umland, a professor
of literature at the University of Nebraska, wrote a short biographical article for the collection. The papers are arranged
in three series: 1) CORRESPONDENCE, 2) WRITINGS, and 3) SCRAPBOOK.
SEPARATION NOTE
Books and journals received in the Richard Rubenstein Papers have been separated from the collection and added elsewhere
to the Mandeville Special Collections Library's holdings. To identify and list these items, conduct an author search in ROGER
on the term "Rubenstein, Richard former owner."
Born on January 2, 1922, Richard Rubenstein began his literary career in a local prep school when he won a poetry contest.
Associated with the Beat Poets in the San Francisco Bay Area, Rubenstein worked to found and edit several small press poetry
journals -
Neurotica, first published in spring of 1948;
Inferno, in late 1949; and
Gryphon, in spring of 1950. In
Gryphon he published early works of Robert Creeley and Denise Levertov, as well as the established authors Henry Treece, D.H. Emblem,
e.e. cummings, and Cid Corman. He himself published a small chapbook,
Beer and Angels, and produced a long manuscript of collected poems which went unpublished. Rubenstein's health deteriorated because of his
long-standing nervous condition and the alcohol he drank to combat it. He died on Yom Kippur in 1958.
Publication rights are held by the creator of the collection.
Richard Rubenstein Papers, MSS 0229. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.
Acquired 1992
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE: ALLOW ONE WEEK FOR RETRIEVAL OF MATERIALS.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Bohemianism -- United States
Beat generation
American poetry -- 20th century
Inge, William
Umland, Samuel J.