Guide to the Adam Kirsch papers M2751

Gurudarshan Khalsa

Department of Special Collections and University Archives

2022

Green Library

557 Escondido Mall

Stanford 94305-6064

specialcollections@stanford.edu

URL: http://library.stanford.edu/spc

Language of Material: English

Contributing Institution: Department of Special Collections and University Archives

Title: Adam Kirsch papers

Creator: Kirsch, Adam, 1976-

source: Kirsch, Adam, 1976-

Identifier/Call Number: M2751

Physical Description: 4.0 Linear Feet (9 manuscript storage boxes and one half manuscript storage box)

Date (inclusive): 1980, 1993-2017

Content Description

The Adam Kirsch papers consists of writing notebooks, poetry drafts, correspondence, research notes, book manuscripts, newspaper clippings, book reviews, correspondence, and other materials from the poet and literary critic Adam Kirsch.

Biographical / Historical

Adam Kirsch is a poet, literary critic, and freelance writer. Kirsch was born in 1976 in Los Angeles, California. His father is Jonathan Kirsch, a lawyer and author. Adam Kirsch graduated from Harvard University and wrote articles for the New Yorker, the New Republic, Slate, and other publications. He also wrote two books of poetry and is on the seminar faculty of Columbia University's Center for American Studies.

Conditions Governing Access

Open for research. Note that material must be requested at least 36 hours in advance of intended use.

Conditions Governing Use

While Special Collections is the owner of the physical and digital items, permission to examine collection materials is not an authorization to publish. These materials are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study. Any transmission or reproduction beyond that allowed by fair use requires permission from the owners of rights, heir(s) or assigns.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item] Adam Kirsch papers, M2751, Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

Paging:

Page from library catalog: https://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/14086841

Subjects and Indexing Terms

American poetry

Reviews (Criticism).

Literature -- History and criticism

Kirsch, Adam, 1976-

Series 1. Notebooks

box 1, folder 1

Writing notebook

box 1, folder 2

Writing notebook

box 1, folder 3

Writing notebook

box 1, folder 4

Writing notebook

box 1, folder 5

Writing notebook

box 1, folder 6

Writing notebook

box 1, folder 7

Writing notebook

box 2, folder 1

Writing notebook

box 2, folder 2

Writing notebook

box 2, folder 3

Writing notebook

box 2, folder 4

Writing notebook

box 2, folder 5

Writing notebook

box 2, folder 6

Writing notebook

box 3, folder 1

Writing notebook

box 3, folder 2

Writing notebook

box 3, folder 3

Writing notebook

box 3, folder 4

Writing notebook

box 3, folder 5

Writing notebook

box 3, folder 6

Writing notebook

box 3, folder 7

Writing notebook

box 4, folder 1

Writing notebook

box 4, folder 2

Writing notebook

box 4, folder 3

Writing notebook

box 4, folder 4

Writing notebook January 7-February 28, 1998

box 4, folder 5

Writing notebook January-May, 2000

box 4, folder 6

Writing notebook May, 2000

box 4, folder 7

Writing notebook June, 2000

box 4, folder 8

Reading notebook

box 5, folder 1

Contacts notebook

box 5, folder 2

Contacts notebook

box 5, folder 3

Contacts notebook

box 5, folder 4

Contacts notebook

box 5, folder 5

Contacts notebook

box 5, folder 6

Notepads

Series 2. Writings

box 5, folder 7

Adam Kirsch graded papers (1 of 2) 1994-1996

box 5, folder 8

Adam Kirsch graded papers (2 of 2) 1994-1996

box 6, folder 1

Graded papers and other writing

box 6, folder 2

Graded papers and other writing

box 6, folder 3

Foxes and their habitat - child notebook with drawings by Adam Kirsch

box 6, folder 4

Adam Kirsch handwritten children's book with illustrations

box 6, folder 5

Poems and other writing

box 6, folder 6

Articles and poems by and about Adam Kirsch

box 6, folder 7

Poem drafts

box 7, folder 1

The thousand wells, draft with edits

box 7, folder 2

The thousand wells: poems

box 7, folder 3

The thousand wells: poems by Adam Kirsch

box 7, folder 4

The yellowing year: poems by Adam Kirsch 1997

box 7, folder 5

Memorandum of agreements and royalties 2013-2016

box 7, folder 6

Memorandum of agreement 2014

Series 3. Articles and reviews

box 7, folder 7

Articles and reviews about Adam Kirsch 2002-2006

box 7, folder 8

Articles and reviews by Adam Kirsch 2006-2007

box 7, folder 9

Reviews by Adam Kirsch (1 of 3) 1996-2005

box 8, folder 1

Reviews by Adam Kirsch (2 of 3) 1996-2005

box 8, folder 2

Reviews by Adam Kirsch (3 of 3) 1996-2005

box 8, folder 3

Articles by Adam Kirsch

box 8, folder 4

Articles and reviews by Adam Kirsch 2002-2005

box 10, folder 2

Weltanschauung: the opinion journal of the Hamilton community 1993

box 10, folder 3

Who wants to be a Jewish writer: and other essays on poetry and religion, by Adam Kirsch, draft with edits

Series 4. Correspondence

box 8, folder 5

Correspondence (1 of 3) 1994-2003

box 8, folder 6

Correspondence (2 of 3) 1994-2003

box 9, folder 1

Correspondence (3 of 3) 1994-2003

box 9, folder 2

Correspondence 2003-2010

box 9, folder 3

Correspondence 2001-2017

Series 5. Research

box 9, folder 4

Timothy Snyder and Jed Perl reading

box 9, folder 5

Sidney Hook collection and Herbert Solow collection - photocopies from the Hoover Institution

box 9, folder 6

Letters of Lionel Trilling - photocopies from the Howard Gottlieb Archival Research Center

box 9, folder 7

Notebook of research on the Lionel Trilling papers

box 10, folder 7

Enduring: poems by Dvora Heller

Series 6. Family

box 9, folder 8

Souvenir photograph from Mirage Casino

box 10, folder 1

Photographs

box 10, folder 4

Lives, works and transformations, by Robert Kirsch

box 10, folder 5

Articles by and about Jonathan Kirsch 2004-2006

box 10, folder 6

Newsweek December 22, 1980