Guide to the Marsha Truman Cooper papers Mss 157

Preliminary arrangement and description by Special Collections staff; revision K. Dodd, 2013; latest revision by Zachary Liebhaber, 2019.
UC Santa Barbara Library, Department of Special Research Collections
University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara 93106-9010
special@library.ucsb.edu
2013; 2019


Title: Marsha Truman Cooper papers
Identifier/Call Number: Mss 157
Contributing Institution: UC Santa Barbara Library, Department of Special Research Collections
Language of Material: English
Physical Description: 8.94 linear feet (1 document box, 1 flat oversize box, 6 flat boxes, 2 audiocassettes)
Creator: Cooper, M. Truman
Date (inclusive): circa 1970-2003
Date (bulk): 1970-1989
Abstract: Papers of award-winning poet Marsha Truman Cooper, including correspondence with other poets, manuscripts, broadsides, ephemera, chapbooks and serials (cataloged separately).
Physical Location: Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library

Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research.

Use Restrictions

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

[Identification of Item], Marsha Truman Cooper papers, Mss 157. Department of Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Acquisition Information

Donated by Marsha Truman Cooper, 2013; 2019.

Biographical Note

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).

Scope and Content

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."

Separated Material

Chapbooks and serials have been separated for cataloging, and may be accessed through the UC Santa Barbara Library's online catalog.

Related Archival Material

Marvin Allen Truman Saipan Island World War II collection, Bernath Mss 498, Department of Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Poets, American -- 20th century -- Archives
Audiocassettes
Broadsheet (format)
Chapbooks
Correspondence
Essays
Manuscripts (documents)
Photographs
Poems
Printed ephemera
Serials (publications)
Cooper, M. Truman -- Archives

Box-folder 1: 1

Books - Six Poets

Box-folder 1: 2

Broadsides - Sheets with a poem printed on one or both sides

Box-folder 1: 3

Correspondence

Scope and Content

Correspondents include: Joseph Bruchac, Christopher Buckley, James Dickey, Ted Kooser, William (Bill) Matthews, Steven Osterlund, David Spicer, William Stafford, and Elie Wiesel.
Box-folder 1: 4

Ephemera - Small pamphlets, handouts, poetry postcards, audio tapes, bookseller catalogues, and order forms.

 

Manuscripts and essays

Box-folder 1: 5

"A Poet's Alphabet"

Box-folder 1: 5

"Dull Subjects"

Box-folder 1: 5

Fatigues

Box-folder 1: 5

Foreseeable Futures by William Matthews

Box-folder 1: 5

"Growing Old"

Box-folder 1: 5

"Merida, 1969"

Box-folder 1: 5

"Old Haunts"

Box-folder 1: 5

"On the Tennis Court at Night"

Box-folder 1: 5

"Richard Hugo and Detective Fiction"

Box-folder 1: 5

"Young Ezra" by William Matthews

Box-folder 1: 6

Photographs - Truman Cooper, Marsha

 

Poems

Box-folder 1: 7

"great granny"

Box-folder 1: 7

"Lifesaving"

Box-folder 1: 7

"Sailors"

Box-folder 1: 7

"The Task"

 

Poetry chapbooks

 

Blazek, Douglas

Box-folder 1: 8

I Am a Weapon

Box-folder 1: 8

Lethal Paper

Box-folder 1: 8

Booth, Martin - Yogh

Box-folder 1: 8

Gray, Darrell and Allan Kornblum - Good Morning

Box-folder 1: 8

Kelly, Dave - Did you know they're beheading Bill Johnson today?

Box-folder 1: 8

Krapf, Norbert - The Playfair Book of Hours

Box-folder 1: 8

Masarik, Al - A Post Card From Europe

Box-folder 1: 8

Matthews, Jack - Private Landscapes

Box-folder 1: 8

Jessye, Dr. Eva - Selected Poems

Box-folder 1: 8

Truman Cooper, Marsha - Substantial Holdings

Box-folder 1: 8

Wakoski, Diane - The Fable of the Lion & the Scorpion

 

Serials

Box-folder 1: 9

Bachy, no. 8

Box-folder 1: 9

Blueline: A literary magazine dedicated to the spirit of the Adirondacks, vol. 24

Box-folder 1: 9

Charas, vol. 3 no. 3: Letter laid in from Claire Levenhagen

Box-folder 1: 9

Coda: Poets & Writers Newsletter, vol. 12 no. 5

Box-folder 1: 9

Cottonwood Review, no. 18

Box-folder 1: 10

Inland Writers Magazine, no. 3

Box-folder 1: 10

Local Tenderness, vol. 1 no. 2

Box-folder 1: 10

Loon: A journal of poetry, no. 10/11: Japan issue

Box-folder 1: 10

Matrix: For She of the New Aeon, vol. 1-2

Box-folder 1: 10

Nausea, vol. 3 no. 1

Box-folder 1: 10

Pacific Rim Review, vol. 1 no. 1-2

Box-folder 1: 10

River Styx, Issue 66: The Route 66 Issue

Box-folder 1: 11

Star-Web Paper, no. 7

Box-folder 1: 11

Southern Literary Messenger, vol. 1 no. 2

Box-folder 1: 12

The Chowder Review Winter 1973

Box-folder 1: 12

The Wormwood Review, no. 67, 69, 71

Box-folder 1: 12

Vagabond Magazine, no. 23/24: includes a supplement and pamphlet laid in; no. 30: A special issue entitled "Crazy Girl on the Bus"

flat-oversize 2: 1

Broadsides - Oversize

 

2019 Accession

Flat-box 3

Poems "A"

Flat-box 4

Poems "B-D"

Flat-box 5

Poems "E-H"

Flat-box 6

Poems "K-Q'"

Flat-box 7

Poems "The"

Flat-box 8

Poems "R-Z"

item A38446/CS

"The Fire" by Marsha Truman Cooper

item A23148/CS

"The Fire" by Marsha Truman Cooper 2002 November 26