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Contributing Institution:
The Huntington Library
Title: Poetry Northwest collection
Creator:
University of
Washington
Identifier/Call Number: mssPoetry
Physical Description:
0.4 Linear Feet
(1 box)
Date (inclusive): 1959-1961
Abstract: A collection poems, galley proofs, and
ephemera related to the first issue (June 1959) of "Poetry Northwest."
Language of Material: Materials are in
English.
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[Identification of item]. Poetry Northwest collection, The Huntington Library, San Marino,
California.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Dr. Ann Stanford, February 1980.
Poetry Northwest was founded as a quarterly, poetry-only journal in 1959 by Errol
Pritchard, with Carolyn Kizer, Richard Hugo, and Nelson Bentley as co-editors. The first
issue was 32 pages in length and included the work of Richmond Lattimore, May Swenson,
Philip Larkin, James Wright, and William Stafford. During the magazine's four decades it
gained an international reputation for publishing some of the best poetry by established and
up-and-coming poets in the United States, Great Britain, and beyond. The journal was
originally a publication of the University of Washington, with continuous publication until
2002 when it ceased publication due to financial difficulties. It resumed publication in
2006, and is currently published by Everett Community College, Everett, Washington.
A collection of 75 items from 1959 to 1961, it contains galley proofs, poems, press
releases, and ephemera related to Poetry Northwest's first issue in June 1959. There are
poems by Jean Clower, Robert Conquest, Robert Dodge, Richard Eberhart, Carol Hall, Kenneth
Hanson, Philip Larkin, Richmond Lattimore, William Stafford, Joan Swift, David Wagoner, John
Woods, and James Wright.
Processed by Gina C Giang, September 2013. In 2020, Gayle Richardson created the electronic
finding aid derived from an earlier finding aid.
Arranged alphabetically.
Former call number: mssPoetry Northwest collection.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Poetry -- Periodicals
Poetry, Modern -- 20th century
Bulletins -- United States -- 20th century
Fliers (printed matter) -- United States -- 20th century
Galley proofs -- United States -- 20th century
Poems -- United States -- 20th century
Press releases -- United States -- 20th century
Clower, Jean
Conquest, Robert
Dodge, Robert
Eberhart, Richard, 1904-2005
Hall, Carol, 1914-
Hanson, Kenneth O.,
1922-2003
Larkin, Philip
Lattimore, Richmond, 1906-1984
Stafford, William,
1914-1993
Swift, Joan, 1926-2017
Wagoner, David
Woods, John, 1926-1995
Wright, James, 1927-1980