Finding Aid for the Clark Coolidge Correspondence, 1966-1971
Processed by Wendy Littell; machine-readable finding aid created by Caroline Cubé
© 2003
The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Finding Aid for the Clark Coolidge Correspondence, 1966-1971
Collection number: 2036
UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
Manuscripts Division
Los Angeles, CA
- Processed by:
- Wendy Littell, Winter 1973
- Revised by:
- Charlotte Payne, Summer 1974
- Encoded by:
- Caroline Cubé
- Online finding aid edited by:
- Josh Fiala, October 2003
© 2003 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Descriptive Summary
Title: Clark Coolidge Correspondence,
Date (inclusive): 1966-1971
Collection number: 2036
Creator:
Coolidge, Clark, 1939-
Extent:
3 boxes (1.5 linear ft.)
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library.
Dept. of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
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.
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.
Language:
English.
Administrative Information
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
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.
Restrictions on Access
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Clark Coolidge, purchase, 1972.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Clark Coolidge Correspondence (Collection 2036). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young
Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
UCLA Catalog Record ID
UCLA Catalog Record ID:
964523
Biography
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.
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.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Coolidge, Clark, 1939- --Archives.
Poets, American--20th century--Correspondence.
Poets, American--20th century--Archival resources.
Correspondence to Clark Coolidge
Box 1
Acconci, Vito, 1940- .
Physical Description: 13 items.
Box 1
Ashbery, John, 1927- .
Physical Description: 2 items.
Box 1
Berkson, Bill, 1939- . (1968- ).
Physical Description: 102 items.
Box 1
Berrigan, Ted, 1934- .
Physical Description: 19 items.
Box 1
Brownstein, Michael, 1943- .
Physical Description: 12 items.
Box 1
Clark, Tom, 1941- (1966-July 1971).
Physical Description: 57 items.
Box 2
Clark, Tom, 1941- (August 1971- ).
Physical Description: 83 items.
Box 2
Fagin, Larry.
Physical Description: 63 items.
Box 2
Giorno, John, 1935- .
Physical Description: 10 items.
Box 2
Meltzer, David, 1937- .
Physical Description: 6 items.
Box 2
Padgett, Ron, 1942- .
Physical Description: 71 items.
Box 3
Saroyan, Aram, 1943- .
Physical Description: 29 items.
Box 3
Schulyler, James, 1923- .
Physical Description: 13 items.
Box 3
Veitch, Tom, 1941- .
Physical Description: 82 items.
Box 3
Waldman, Anne, 1945- .
Physical Description: 22 items.
Box 3
Warsh, Lewis, 1944- .
Physical Description: 31 items.
Box 3
Whalen, Philip, 1923- .
Physical Description: 11 items.
