William M. Roth correspondence, 1941-1965

Summary

Creators:

Roth, William M. (William Matson), 1916-

Abstract:

This collection contains outgoing and incoming correspondence (letters from William Roth, Kenneth Patchen, Miriam Patchen, Jonathan Williams, J. B. de C. H. Sanders and Josephine Miles) documenting professional and personal relationship between William M. Roth and Kenneth Patchen.

Extent:

0.2 linear ft.

Language:

English.

Background

Scope and content:

A set of correspondence by William Roth, Kenneth Patchen, Miriam Patchen, Jonathan Williams, J. B. de C. H. Sanders and Josephine Miles documenting Kenneth Patchen's early publishing history (1941-1942),and his financial and medical plight in the 1960's. Material is organized into three series; Outgoing, Incoming, and Other Related Letters.

Biographical / historical:

William Matson Roth, along with Jane Grabhorn, was one of the acting managers of the Colt Press of San Francisco in the 1940's. The Colt Press published writers such as Ann Stanford, Edmund Wilson, Henry Miller, J. V. Cunningham. Through the association with the press William M. Roth, later to be U.S. Ambassador, businessman, and a negotiator, established a friendship with novelist and poet Kenneth Patchen.

Acquisition information:

Gift of William M. Roth, August 1993, to The Bancroft Library, UC Berkeley. Correspondence with reference to Kenneth Patchen transferred to Special Collection and Archives, UC Santa Cruz, November 1994.

Physical location:

Stored in Special Collections and Archives: Advance notice is required for access to the papers.

Rules or conventions:

Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard

Related resources

Related material:

William M. (William Matson) Roth Papers, 1914-1973, 1950-1973 M0333 Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford

Colt Press Records, 1920-1973 M0240 Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford

Colt Press Records, 1938-1958 The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley

Colt Press Records, ca. 1941-1942 The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley

The Colt Press: Oral history transcript and related material, 1965-1966 The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley

Grabhorn Press Records, 1917-1973 BANC MSS 73/109 c The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley

Indexed terms

Subjects:

Printers--California
Poets, American y 20th century x Correspondence

Location of this collection:

UC Santa Cruz, Special Collections and Archives

Special Collections and Archives, University Library

1156 High Street

Santa Cruz, CA 95064, US

Contact:

(831) 459-2547

speccoll@library.ucsc.edu

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