Guide to the Peter Veres Papers
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Guide to the Peter Veres Papers
Collection number: MS 172
The University Library
Special Collections and Archives
University of California, Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz, California
- Processed by:
- UCSC OAC Unit
- Date Completed:
- December 2004
- Encoded by:
- UCSC OAC Unit
© 2005 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Descriptive Summary
Title: Peter Veres papers
Dates: 1973-1977
Collection number: MS 172
Creator:
Veres, Peter
Collection Size:
1 box
Repository:
University of California, Santa Cruz. University Library.
Special Collections and Archives
Santa Cruz, California 95064
Abstract: Contains correspondence, manuscript pages and clippings relating to his published work "The Argument of Innocence". Included
also are the transcript and audio recording to "Miriam Patchen, an interview with Peter Veres", 1974.
Physical location: Stored in Special Collections and Archives: Advance notice is required for access to the papers.
Languages:
Languages represented in the collection:
English
Access
Collection open for research.
Publication Rights
Property rights reside with the University of California. Literary rights are retained by the creators of the records and
their heirs. For permission to publish or to reproduce the material, please contact the Head of Special Collections and Archives.
Preferred Citation
Peter Veres papers. MS 172. Special Collections and Archives, University Library, University of
California, Santa Cruz.
Acquisition Information
Gift of Peter Veres, April 1989.
Alternative Forms of Material Available
Library holdings; Bound copies of
The Argument of Innocence at McHenry Stacks (N6537.P27V47) and Special Collections (PS3531.A764A885).
Biography
Peter Veres, author of The Argument of Innocence: A selection from the arts of Kenneth Patchen" was born in 1938 in London.
He was raised in Budapest by Hungarian - Jewish parents. The family immigrated to United States in early 1949 and settled
in New York City where he attended public school and received a BA from Columbia College. In 1961 he married Ruth and moved
to Cambridge. After receiving a Harvard master's degree the couple moved to Berkeley in 1963 where they raised their two children.
In the Bay Area he's taught art history at Lone Mountain College, San Francisco and currently is making name as an mosaic
artist.
Scope and Content of Collection
Contains correspondence, manuscript pages and clippings relating to his published work
The Argument of Innocence. Included also are the transcript and audio recording to "Miriam Patchen, an interview with Peter Veres", 1974.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in
the library's online public access catalog.
Veres, Peter--1938--Archives.
Poets--United States--Biography.
Patchen, Kenneth--1911-1972.
Patchen, Miriam.
Patchen, Kenneth--1911-1972--Kenneth Patchen archive.
Related Material
The following collections in Special Collection at UCSC:
Collection Contents
Box/folder 1:1
Biographical
1977
Physical Description: 1 folder
Series Scope and Content Summary
Contains two page biographical sketch.
Box/folder 1:2-4
Correspondence
1973-1977
Physical Description: 3 folders
Series Scope and Content Summary
Contains outgoing and incoming correspondence relating to the publishing of
The Argument of Innocence. Included is a set of personal letters from Miriam Patchen to Peter Veres.
Arranged alphabetically by correspondent.
Box/folder 1:2
City magazine (Gerard Van der Leun); carbon copy,
Mar 28, 1973
Box/folder 1:2
Harry N. Abrams Inc.; carbon copy (2 pp),
Apr 27, 1973
Box/folder 1:2
Miriam Patchen; 4 carbon copies,
1973
Box/folder 1:2
Fred Richard (Foreign Language Dept. Holt, Rinehart & Winston); carbon copy,
Dec 14, 1976
Box/folder 1:2
The Scrimshaw Press (Fred Mitchell); carbon copy,
May 3, 1976 &
April 4, 1975
Box/folder 1:3
Center for the Moving Image (Joseph Fulmer); TLS,
May 24, 1977
Box/folder 1:3
City magazine (Gerard Van der Leun); TLS,
1973
Box/folder 1:3
Marty Cohen; TSL,
Jun 10, 1974
Box/folder 1:3
Harry N. Abrams, Inc.; TLS,
May 23, 1973
Box/folder 1:3
J. P. Tacher Inc. (Brian Williams); ALS,
Jan 10, 1977
Box/folder 1:3
Pantheon Books (Tom Engelhardt); 3 ALS + clippings,
1977,
undated
Box/folder 1:4
Miriam Patchen,
1973-1977
Box/folder 1:4
6 ALS, 7 cards & telegram,
1973-1977
Box/folder 1:4
6 Blank Patchen Post Cards; Painting Poem in Mixed Medium, [4 x 6], printed by Museum Reproductions, Alhambra, CA, 1958;
1 Blank Patchen Xmas Card "Season's greetings"
Box/folder 1:3
The Scrimshaw Press; 5 carbon copies, 2 TLS & invitation,
1973-1976
Box/folder 1:5-10
Manuscripts
1973-1976
Physical Description: 6 folders
Series Scope and Content Summary
Contains corrected typescripts and attached material to
The Argument of Innocence, and article "Kenneth Patchen's Picture-Poems" and the transcript to Miriam Patchen's interview with Peter Veres.
Box/folder 1:5-8
The Argument of Innocence, published 1976
Box/folder 1:5
First Draft title pg & (p. 1-33), and Revision, (p. 1-33)
Box/folder 1:7
"Patchen on Blake", typescript & attached material (8 pp)
Box/folder 1:7
Preface by Miriam Patchen, holograph, (3 pp)
Box/folder 1:7
Bio & bibliography by Miriam, holograph (3 pp), and ALS from Miriam Patchen, May 30 [ ]
Box/folder 1:7
Veres invitation list to "Patchen Party-Reading" (5 pp)
Box/folder 1:8
Clippings; Book reviews, advertisements, misc. publicity (32 pp),
1977
Box/folder 1:9
"Kenneth Patchen's Picture-Poems"; Typescript & drafts (16 pp), published article in
City Magazine(p. 44), Feb. 1, 1973.
Box/folder 1:10
"Miriam Patchen, Interview with Peter Veres", corrected transcript (p. 1-45),
Oct. 24, 1974
Box 1
Audio Tapes
1974
Physical Description: 2 reel-to reel tapes
Series Scope and Content Summary
Contains two 5" reel-to-reel tapes of Miriam Patchen's interview with Peter Veres. [See also Box/folder 1:10 for transcript]
