Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Meadows, Deborah
- Abstract:
- Deborah Meadows, Professor Emerita at Cal Poly Pomona, is an accomplished poet, playwright, and essayist. The collection contains journals and magazines in which Meadows' poetry has been published and other materials related to her writing.
- Extent:
- 0.42 Linear Feet (1 box)
- Language:
- English
- Preferred citation:
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[Box/folder# or item name], Deborah Meadows Collection, Collection no. 0026, University Archives, Special Collections and Archives, University Library, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona.
Background
- Scope and content:
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The collection contains journals and magazines in which Meadows' poetry has been published and other materials related to her writing.
- Biographical / historical:
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Deborah Meadows is a noted poet, playwright, essayist, and Liberal Studies Professor Emerita at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. Born in 1956 to a working-class family in Buffalo, New York, Meadows graduated from SUNY, Buffalo with a degree in Philosophy and English. After graduating, Meadows performed factory work before moving to California to continue her education, earning an M.A. in English from CSU Los Angeles and an M.F.A. from Antioch University.
A prolific writer, Meadows has published numerous books of poetry and plays, including Translation, the bass accompaniment: Selected Poems; Representing Absence; and Itinerant Men; as well as the recently published Three Plays. Meadows has received several recognitions for her writing, including, most notably, a nomination for Los Angeles Poet Laureate in 2014. She has also received the Cal Poly Pomona University Library's Golden Leaves Award multiple times.
Active in her professional community, Meadows has served as a juror on the panel for The America Awards since 2000 and on the board of the Los Angeles River Artists and Business Association, where she also served as President in 2014.
- Acquisition information:
- The collection was donated to California State Polytechnic University, Pomona by Deborah Meadows in 2016.
- Processing information:
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The collection was processed by Sara Heimann in 2017.
- Arrangement:
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The collection is arranged in two series: 1. Publications and 2. Papers.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- Poetry
- Places:
- California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Advance notice required for access.
- Terms of access:
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Unpublished manuscripts are protected by copyright. Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository and the copyright holder.
- Preferred citation:
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[Box/folder# or item name], Deborah Meadows Collection, Collection no. 0026, University Archives, Special Collections and Archives, University Library, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona.
- Location of this collection:
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3801 West Temple Ave.Pomona, CA 91768, US
- Contact:
- (909) 869-3775