Descriptive Summary
Scope and Content of Collection
Biography
Preferred Citation
Acquisition Information
Publication Rights
Digital Content
Descriptive Summary
Contributing Institution:
Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego
9500 Gilman Drive
La Jolla 92093-0175
Title: Lou Rowan Papers
Creator:
Rowan, Lou
Identifier/Call Number: MSS 0806
Physical Description:
6.4 Linear feet
(16 archives boxes and 1 oversize folder)
Physical Description:
2.2 GB
of digital files
Date (inclusive): 1942-2018
Abstract: Papers of writer, poet and editor Lou Rowan. Rowan studied with Louis Zukofsky and was influenced by the New York, Black Mountain,
and Objectivist poets. Editor of the poetry journals
Friendly Local Press and
Golden Handcuffs Review, Rowan is also known for his poetry and fiction. The collection includes writings, correspondence, notebooks, biographical
information, photographs, and digital files.
Languages:
English
.
Scope and Content of Collection
Papers of writer, poet and editor Lou Rowan. Rowan studied with Louis Zukofsky and was influenced by the New York, Black Mountain,
and Objectivist poets. Editor of the poetry journals
Friendly Local Press and
Golden Handcuffs Review, Rowan is also known for his poetry and fiction. The collection includes writings, correspondence, notebooks, biographical
information, photographs, and digital files.
Arranged in four series: 1) BIOGRAPHICAL, 2) CORRESPONDENCE, 3) WRITINGS, and 4) EDITING.
Biography
Born in Los Angeles in 1942, Louis Richard Rowan, Jr. was educated on the East Coast, earning a bachelor's degree in history
at Harvard University in 1964 and a master's degree in English at New York University in 1969. He also studied theology at
Union Theological Seminary in New York. Rowan held teaching and upper management positions at the Manhattan School and at
Friends Seminary from 1968 to 1980, after which he switched careers to investment banking at Bankers Trust Company in New
York and Frank Russell Company in Tacoma, Washington.
Rowan began his writing career as a student in the 1960s in New York, influenced by the New York School, Louis Zukofsky, and
the Black Mountain and Objectivist poets. After his careers in teaching and banking, Rowan began writing full-time in 2003
in the Pacific Northwest. He has published fiction, poetry, and critical essays. Much of his writing is experimental and crosses
genres. Rowan has edited the poetry journals
Friendly Local Press from 1968 to 1971 and 1986 to 1989 and
Golden Handcuffs Review since 2002.
Preferred Citation
Lou Rowan Papers. MSS 806. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego Library.
Acquisition Information
Acquired 2018
Publication Rights
Publication rights are held by the creator of the collection.
Digital Content
The collection contains digital files described in the container list, as well as several thousand emails. Email may be searched
and requested for viewing via the Digital Collections website.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Rowan, Lou -- Archives