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Del Clements (Marcyn) Collection on Virginia Hamilton
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Title: Marcyn Del Clements Collection on Virginia Hamilton Adair
Creator:
Del Clements, Marcyn
Identifier/Call Number: 0069
Contributing Institution:
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. Special Collections and
Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
3.54 Linear Feet
(6 boxes)
Date (inclusive): circa 1927-1946, 1963-2010
Date (bulk): 1995-1998
Abstract: The collection
contains materials collected by Virginia Hamilton Adair's friend Marcyn Del Clements,
including poetry written by Virginia Hamilton Adair, drafts of Adair's first two books,
magazines with articles about Adair, and videocassettes related to Adair.
The processing of this collection and the creation of this finding aid was funded by the generous support of the National
Historical Publications and Records Commission.
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Unpublished manuscripts are protected by copyright. Permission to publish, quote, or
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[Box/folder# or item name], Marcyn Del Clements Collection on Virginia Hamilton Adair,
Collection no. 0069, Pomona Valley Historical Collection, Special Collections and Archives,
University Library, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Marcyn Del Clements donated the collection to California State Polytechnic University,
Pomona in 2010.
Marcyn Del Clements is a published poet and she was a friend of Virginia Hamilton Adair
(1913-2004). The two met in the early 1990s and belonged to a Claremont, California poetry
group called "The Fortnitelies." Along with others, Clements assisted Adair in typing her
poetry and preparing her books after Adair lost her vision.
Clements lives in Claremont and works as a massage therapist. She has had her poetry
published in
Alaska Quarterly Review,
Eureka Literary Magazine,
Literary Review, and other publications.
The collection contains materials collected by Virginia Hamilton Adair's friend Marcyn Del
Clements, including poetry that Adair shared with her poetry group "The Fortnitelies";
drafts of Adair's first poetry books,
Ants on the Melon and
Beliefs and
Blasphemies
; and animal-related poetry that Adair and Del Clements were arranging
for a possible book.
The folder poetry drafts - rituals contains a notebook and papers with poems. The poems
appear to have been written by Virginia Hamilton Adair and some contain her initials.
The collection also includes audiovisual materials, including a videocassette of Adair
receiving an honorary doctorate from Mt. Holyoke College in 1999, an audiocassette of poetry
readings of Adair's work, and audiocassettes with performances of music by Gwyneth Walker
set to Adair's poetry. Additionally, the collection includes a broadside with the text of
Adair's poem "Keyring" and posters titled "Rules of Behaviour" that were printed by Adair's
husband, Douglass, and colored by Adair.
The collection is arranged alphabetically by folder title.
Virginia Hamilton Adair Papers, Collection no. 0045, University Archives, Special
Collections and Archives, University Library, California State Polytechnic University,
Pomona.
Mary Virginia Hamilton Adair Papers, Archives and Special Collections, Mount Holyoke
College, South Hadley, Massachusetts, USA.
The following items have been removed from the collection and added to the Special
Collections and Archives Rare Books Collection:
Adair, Virginia.
Ants on the Melon. New York: Random House, 1996.
Adair, Virginia.
Beliefs and Blasphemies: A Collection of Poems. New York:
Random House, 1998.
Mount Holyoke College.
The Llamarada. South Hadley, MA: Mount Holyoke College,
1933.
The collection was processed by Rob Strauss and Alex Dan in May 2018.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Adair, Virginia, 1913-2004
Poets, American