Collection Contents
Part I. Correspondence with George Oppen
1. Responding to Bricoleur. Mentions Weinberger, Aug 9, 1968
2. On Jeffers.Jan 6, 1969
3. Very descriptive of place - Maine spots.July 14, 1969
4. Responding to Gitin's poems with very close exam.Dec 15, 1969
4 lines, response to Gitin poem, enclosed, Feb 10, 1970
6. Gitin is very promising; Oppen is an old man; one poem of Gitin's is irritating.Feb 15, 1970
7. Tiny ink sketch. n.d.
8. gift for Gitin new home: From "Some Fan Francisco Poems". n.d.
9. Short ANS, he heard Gitin on radio-"very fine indeed".May 23, 1970
10. 1 line ANS. "stay well y corragio George".June 2, 1970
11. "Dear Novice... Sept 17, 1970
12. 2 line ANS.Nov 23, 1970
13. Copy of Oppen's recommendation of Gitin. "during last three years I have talked on numerous occasions...I have been Feb 28 1971
14. Tinkering with a poetic line.April 28 1971
15.. On Maine, the beats, Kenner.July 30, 1971
16. Continuation ofcontent from previous letterJuly 31, 1971
17. About Gitin & poetry itself.Dec 13, 1971
18. "Good Luck!"/"George."Jan 30, 1972
19. Went to Stanford to hear Gunn & Levine. Praises Rod Taylor & his FLORIDA EAST COAST CHAMPION. My beloved former wrapper Chuchk Miller did the illus for that book!April 13, 1972
20. TL to Maria, Yes on Gitin, no on Vangelisti, Oct 13, 1972
21. On language; holing up; Sumac book due.Nov 9, 1972
22. Close responses to poems.n.d.
APC23. Jan 2, 1973
24. On Gitin's response to his book. On Bunting.Feb 13, 1973
25. 6 line ANS.March 25, 1973
26. "Teaching, lecturing, showing off, whatever"April 1973
27. Readings in offing, good that Ginsberg & Cage responded.April 5, 1973
1p. 28. Responds to Gitin's work. "I am limited, obsessed by my own purposes."Oct 31, 1973
29. Sending proofs to press. Theorizes about poetiy, succinctly.Nov 11, 1973
30. TLS, plus Gitin's poem, ANNOTATED BY OPPEN.Jan 5, 1974
31. To Maria Gitin. ANSMarch 22, 1974
32. On meaning in poetry.April 16, 1974
33. On Gitin's bibliog of Oppen, article I guess.Oct 7, 1974
34. note on letter from Botoomfish Mag ed to Oppen forwarded to Gitin.Jan 22, 1976
35. ANS, he would like the EPICTETUS also. To Maria Gitin.May 1976
36. Long TLS, 1p to Christopher Middleton recommending Gitin, with cover ALS to GitinOct 15, 1976
37. TLS from Middleton to Oppen, with note, Oppen to Gitin.
ALS, full page (unusual), with typed poem enclosed "for safe-keeping"June 6, 1977
38. "THAT WHICH IS STRANGE" - Best letter so far.
39. ALS, full, very unusual for Oppen to use this mode.Aug 3, 1977
40. ALS, On Oppen bibliog.Aug 1977
41. On Gitin divorce, remarkable little Un.d.
42. TLS Nov 25, 1977
Nice photo of Duncan, Oppen, Enslin, & Economou at Grand Rapids
Oppen. EPIGRAM.
Oppen. UNDER THE HOT SUN IN THE SOIL. MSS POEM,
Oppen. ORIGINAL VERSION of Oppen's DISCRETE SERIES TS,
Vincent (Steve) THE BALLAD OF ARTIE BREMER. SF: Momo1974
Oppen (George) -.
Oppen (Mary) Oblong mounted photo,
Scope and Content Note
Part II. Other Correspondence
1. Charles Amirkhanian. APC 1984
Robert Bly, ALS1973
3. David Bromige. APC
4. John Cage. ANS 1975
5. Cid Corman. APC,; ALS, 1989.; TLS, 1989.1984
6. Fielding Dawson. TPCS,. About Gitin's THE CALL.1984
7. Robert Creeley. APC, 1984; APC, 1973. Poem APC,.1977
8. LeRoi Jones (Baraka) APCS; T biog resume, annotated;
9. Diane Di Prima. APC; Brdsde poem, "Peter Hartman's Sequence" 1991
10. Edward Dorn. ANS, 1991
11. Larry Eigner. Tpoem, on env flap; TLS,
12. Theodore Enslin, TNS. 1990
13. George Evans, APC 1991.
14. Allen Ginsberg. APC 1977.
15. Darrell Gray. US,.1977
Scope and Content Note
16. Joanne Kyger. APC.
17. Jack Marshall. ALS,.1984
18. Michael McClure. 1975
19. David Meltzer, APC.1984
20. Maureen Owen. APC.1979
21. Michael Palmer. APC.1993
22. Carl Rakosi (Caliman Rawley)1984
23. Kit Robinson, ANS,. ALS,; APC, 1986
24. Ronald Silliman. APC; ANS, 1989
25. Robert Sward. TNS; TPC,. US, 1990, response to Gitin's book 1990
26. Nathaniel Tam. APC,.1990
27. Jeanne Pomy Vega. 1978
28. ROMANCE. Brdsde, by Ann Waldman1985
29. John Wieners. 1973