CORRESPONDENCE
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Series 1) CORRESPONDENCE: Ignatow's correspondence documents the contemporaneous literary community. It does not contain outgoing correspondence. Arranged in six subseries: A) General Correspondence, B) Wesleyan University, C) Beloit Poetry Journal Correspondence, D) Chelsea Correspondence, E) Nation Correspondence, F) The Newsletters Correspondence, and G) American Poetry Review Folio - Manuscript and Correspondence.
The first subseries, General Correspondence, is arranged alphabetically by correspondent. A folder may contain letters from several correspondents, but each correspondent is identified in the finding list. The remaining subseries consist of correspondence relating to Ignatow's various editorships, and letters are arranged alphabetically within each.
Contents
Access and use
- Parent restrictions:
- Correspondence in box 13, folder 19 is restricted. The recommendations Ignatow wrote for colleagues and students listed in box 93, folders 47-52, are restricted for 75 years after their receipt, i.e., until 2069. Also, the recordings in the collection are restricted. Researchers must request user copies be produced
- Location of this collection:
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