Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Clark Coolidge Correspondence,
- Dates:
- 1966-1971
- Creators:
- Coolidge, Clark, 1939-
- Abstract:
- Clark Coolidge (1939- ) was the producer of Words (weekly hour of new poetry) at KPFA-FM in Berkeley, California (1969-70), the author of various books of poetry, and co-editor of Joglars (1964-66). The collection consists of correspondence to Coolidge from various poets.
- Extent:
- 3 boxes (1.5 linear ft.)
- Language:
- English.
- Preferred citation:
-
[Identification of item], Clark Coolidge Correspondence (Collection 2036). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Background
- Scope and content:
-
Collection consists of correspondence to Coolidge from various poets, including: Vito Acconci, John Ashbery, Bill Berkson, Ted Berrigan, Michael Brownstein, Tom Clark, Larry Fagin, John Giorno, David Meltzer, Ron Padgett, Aram Saroyan, James Schuyler, Tom Veitch, Anne Waldman, Lewis Warsh, and Philip Whalen.
- Biographical / historical:
-
Coolidge was born February 26, 1939 in Providence, Rhode Island; attended Brown University, 1956-58; drummer with Serpent Power, a San Francisco rock group; producer of Words (weekly hour of new poetry) at KPFA-FM in Berkeley, California, 1969-70; author of various books of poetry, including Flag flutter and U.S. Electric (1966), Clark Coolidge (1967), Space (1970), The so (1971), Suite V. (1973), The maintains (1974), and Polaroid (1975); co-editor of Joglars, 1964-66.
- Acquisition information:
- Clark Coolidge, purchase, 1972.
- Physical location:
- Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Indexed terms
About this collection guide
- Date Prepared:
- © 2003
- Date Encoded:
- Machine-readable finding aid derived from typescript by rekeying. Date of source: 1973/74 .
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access.
- Terms of access:
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Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections. Literary rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
- Preferred citation:
-
[Identification of item], Clark Coolidge Correspondence (Collection 2036). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
- Location of this collection:
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A1713 Charles E. Young Research LibraryBox 951575Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
- Contact:
- (310) 825-4988