The Finding Aid of the Deborah Meadows Collection 0026
Sara Heimann
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. Special Collections and Archives
June 2017
3801 West Temple Avenue
Pomona, CA 91768
speccollections@cpp.edu
Title: Deborah Meadows Collection
Creator:
Meadows, Deborah
Identifier/Call Number: 0026
Contributing Institution:
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. Special Collections and Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
0.42 Linear Feet
(1 box)
Date (inclusive): 1990-2012, undated
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.
Conditions Governing Access
Advance notice required for access.
Conditions Governing Use
Unpublished manuscripts are protected by copyright. Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository
and the copyright holder.
Preferred Citation
[Box/folder# or item name], Deborah Meadows Collection, Collection no. 0026, University Archives, Special Collections and
Archives, University Library, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The collection was donated to California State Polytechnic University, Pomona by Deborah Meadows in 2016.
Biographical / Historical
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.
Scope and Contents
The collection contains journals and magazines in which Meadows' poetry has been published and other materials related to
her writing.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged in two series: 1. Publications and 2. Papers.
Separated Materials
Longer publications that include Meadows' poetry were transferred to the Rare Book Collection and can be found by searching
the library catalog for "Deborah Meadows Collection."
Processing Information
The collection was processed by Sara Heimann in 2017.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Poetry
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
Publications
1990-2009, undated
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by title. Multiple issues of the same title are arranged chronologically.
Scope and Contents
The series includes journals and magazines in which Meadows' poetry has been published. The publications include both print
and electronic formats.
box 1, folder 1
Alabama Dogshoe Moustache (Number 8)
1990
box 1, folder 2
Alabama Dogshoe Moustache (Number 10)
1991 April 25
Scope and Contents
Includes letter and catalog from publisher.
box 1, folder 3
Alabama Dogshoe Moustache (Number 12)
undated
box 1, folder 4
Alabama Dogshoe Moustache (Number 14)
1994
Scope and Contents
Includes letter from publisher.
box 1, folder 5
The Argotist Online
2006 December 23
box 1, folder 6
Boog City (Issue 39)
2007 March
box 1, folder 7
Eccolinguistics (Issue 1, Volume 1)
undated
box 1, folder 8
Generator 12
2004
Scope and Contents
Contains CD-ROM computer disc. Includes note from publisher.
box 1, folder 9
Generator Magazine (Number 12)
2003
box 1, folder 10
Grugprab (Number 20)
1992 May 1
box 1, folder 11
Hemorrhagingimaging (Issue 7)
undated
box 1, folder 12
Hemorrhagingimaging (Issue 8)
undated
box 1, folder 13
Logic with Mr. Quine (Number 6, copy 43/200)
2005
box 1, folder 14
Mirage #4/Period(ical) (Number 113)
2004 April
box 1, folder 15
Moria Poetry Journal (Volume 7, Issue 1, Summer)
2004
box 1, folder 16
Moria Poetry Journal (Volume 11, Issues 3 and 4, Winter and Spring)
2009
box 1, folder 17
Newark Review (Volume 2, Set 5)
1999-2000
Scope and Contents
Includes letter dated February 2, 2000.
box 1, folder 18
Nine Poems from Thread Involved (Winter)
1993
box 1, folder 19
Poetic Briefs 17
1994 August-September
box 1, folder 20
Poets Against the War
2003-2004
box 1, folder 21
Remixsponse Categoriarry (Edition One)
1993
box 1, folder 22
Selections from Beginnings, Birth/Rebirth and the New World
undated
Scope and Contents
Publication is issue 17 of
Five Fingers Review.
box 1, folder 23
Shearsman Magazine (Issue 67/68)
2006
box 1, folder 24
The Subtle Journal of Raw Coinage (Number 87)
1995 June 16
Scope and Contents
Contains cover only.
box 1, folder 25
Temm Poetry Magazine
1990 June
Papers
2002-2012, undated
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
Scope and Contents
The Papers series includes letters from publishers, publications containing announcements of Meadows' work, a book review
written by Meadows, and an audio recording of a reading performed by Meadows in 2004.
box 1, folder 27
The Nation - Letter to the Editor
2002 May 20
box 1, folder 28
Woodland Pattern Book Center Newsletter and Audio Recording
2004 May
Scope and Contents
Includes newsletter and audio recording of Meadows' reading.
box 1, folder 30
Letter Enclosed in
The Poker (Number 6)
2005
box 1, folder 31
Postcard from Daniel Buchard
2005
box 1, folder 32
Shearsman Announcement of
Involutia
2006 September 9
box 1, folder 34
The PIP (Project for Innovative Poetry) Blog: Deborah Meadows
2009 October 25
Scope and Contents
Contains a print-out of a blog post.
box 1, folder 35
Letter Enclosed in
A Best of Fence: The First 9 Years
2009
box 1, folder 36
Deborah Meadows' review of
Memory Wing
2012
Scope and Contents
Review published in the journal
Jacket2. Includes notes.
box 1, folder 37
Notes Toward a Theoretical Exploration of "Contradictions. Irony. Sentimentality"
undated
Scope and Contents
Contains photocopy of an article by Deborah Meadows published in
Cross Cultural Poetics (Number 20).
