Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Marsha Truman Cooper papers
- Dates:
- circa 1970-2003, bulk 1970-1989
- Creators:
- Cooper, M. Truman
- Abstract:
- Papers of award-winning poet Marsha Truman Cooper, including correspondence with other poets, manuscripts, broadsides, ephemera, chapbooks and serials (cataloged separately).
- Extent:
- 8.94 linear feet (1 document box, 1 flat oversize box, 6 flat boxes, 2 audiocassettes)
- Language:
- English
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of Item], Marsha Truman Cooper papers, Mss 157. Department of Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
Background
- Scope and content:
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Papers of award-winning poet Marsha Truman Cooper, including correspondence with other American poets (such as Ted Kooser) broadsides, ephemera, chapbooks and serials (cataloged separately).
Also included in the collection are photographs, poetry and essay manuscripts, and audiocassettes of Truman Cooper reading her poem "The Fire."
- Biographical / historical:
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Born in Modesto, California, Marsha Truman Cooper grew up in Patterson, California. Truman Cooper's father, Marvin Allen Truman, was stationed on the island of Saipan as a United States Army Air Corps service technician during World War II.
Truman Cooper's poetry chapbooks include A Knot of Worms (Finishing Line Press, 2013) and Substantial Holdings (Pudding House Publications, 2002). Truman Cooper was awarded first prize in the New Letters Literary Awards competition (1987) and was a recipient of the Bernice Slote Poetry Award from Prairie Schooner (1991).
- Acquisition information:
- Donated by Marsha Truman Cooper, 2013; 2019.
- Physical location:
- Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
About this collection guide
- Date Encoded:
- This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2019-09-12 15:19:31 -0700 .
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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The collection is open for research.
- Terms of access:
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Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Research Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Research Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Department of Special Research Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of Item], Marsha Truman Cooper papers, Mss 157. Department of Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
- Location of this collection:
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UC Santa Barbara LibrarySanta Barbara, CA 93106-9010, US
- Contact:
- (805) 893-3062