Peters (Robert) Papers

Accession Processed in 2008

BIOGRAPHICAL

Scope and Content of Series

Series 1) BIOGRAPHICAL MATERIALS: Arranged in three subseries: A) Miscellaneous, B) Interviews and C) Peters' Family.

A) Miscellaneous: Memorabilia and documents related to important events in Peters' life, biographical and bibliographical information, and keepsakes.

B) Interviews: Arranged alphabetically by interviewer. Includes published interviews, as well as drafts of biographical questionnaires.

C) Peters' Family: Largely contains materials related to the death of Peters' four year old son, Richard, including a "death journal" and family correspondence.

Miscellaneous

Box 1, Folder 1

Arrest narrative 1969

Box 1, Folder 2

Bibliography for Robert Peters, 1948-1991

General note

Edited by Madeline Jaroch.

Box 1, Folder 3

Biographical notes by Peters

Box 1, Folder 4

Biography for Academic Personnel 1981

Box 1, Folder 5

Calendars 1997 - 2002

Oversize FB-443, Folder 11

Calendars 2003 - 2004

Box 1, Folder 6

Contemporary Authors Autobiography Series - Peters' entry

Box 1, Folder 7

Contemporary Poets

General note

Biography entry proof.

Box 1, Folder 8

Divorce papers 1968 - 1972

Box 1, Folder 9

Famous Authors Calendar with Robert Peters aphorism (signed) 1976

Oversize FB-447, Folder 2

Johnny Visits Granmama

General note

Ink on board drawing.

Box 1, Folder 10

Lists of publications and recordings

General note

Drafts.

Box 1, Folder 11

Newspaper reviews 1994 - 2002

Oversize MC-141, Folder 08

Posters of readings by Peters

Box 1, Folder 12

Reviews of Robert Peters

Interviews

Box 1, Folder 13

Jason, Philip K. "Robert Peters: An Interview by Philip K. Jason" 1987

General note

Published in The Signal Network International, vol. 1, issue no. 1. Annotated by Peters.

Box 1, Folder 14

Lerner, Linda. "Interview with Robert Peters" 1996

General note

Includes "Questionnaire for Linda Lerner."

Box 1, Folder 15

Moffet, Penelope. "Life on the Outside: Robert Peters" 1985 fall

General note

Published in Electrum Magazine.

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Oberc, Larry. "Answer to Larry's Questions"

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Oberc, Larry. "Talking to Robert Peters" 1993

General note

Published in Oxygen.

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Picano, Felice. "Not Exactly a Good Gay Grandfather of Poetry" 2002 April

General note

Published in Lambda Book Report.

Box 1, Folder 19

Weber, Mark. Peters' response to Mark's questions 1994

Peters Family

Box 1, Folder 20

Keck Family genealogy (Peters' mother's family)

Box 1, Folder 21-22

Peters, Richard - Baby book, correspondence and memorabilia following Richard's death 1955-1960

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Peters, Richard - Family correspondence surrounding his death, memorial record, photographs, and death journal written by Robert Peters 1960

Box 2, Folder 5

Willard, Leora Pepple. "A Genealogical Record of Our Kinsfolks - Peters"

CORRESPONDENCE

Scope and Content of Series

Series 2) CORRESPONDENCE: Arranged in two subseries: A) Family and B) Professional.

A) Family: Recent correspondence with Peters' two sons, Jeff and Robert, and his daughter, Meredith, among other family members.

B) Professional: Correspondence regarding the publication of Peters' poetry.

Family

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Peters, Jeff (son) 2000 - 2004

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Peters, Jeff (son) undated

Box 3, Folder 2-10

Peters, Meredith (daughter) 2001 - 2005

Box 3, Folder 11

Peters, Robert (son) 1994 - 2003

Box 4, Folder 1-2

Robert Peters' letters to all children 2001 - 2004

Box 4, Folder 3

Family - Miscellaneous 2002 - 2004

Professional

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5 AM Magazine 1999 - 2002

Box 4, Folder 5

Alvarez, Lisa 2004

Box 4, Folder 6

American Book Review (Rebecca Kaiser, editor) 2000 - 2003

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Bachardy, Don 1970 - 2014

General note

Photographs of artistic portraits of Robert Peters and Paul Trachtenberg included.

Box 4, Folder 8

Baker, Penny 2001

Box 4, Folder 9

Balaban, John 2003

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Balingit, Joann 2002 - 2004

General note

Poems enclosed.

Box 4, Folder 11

Ballard, Lara 2002

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Banbow, Mr. and Mrs. Richard 2002

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Barton, David 1994

General note

Poems enclosed.

Box 4, Folder 14

Baver, Dale 2002 - 2003

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Benway Institute Studies

General note

Undated.

Box 4, Folder 16

Berch, Eric 1993

Box 4, Folder 17

Berg, Jim 1998 - 2001

General note

Regarding "The Isherwood Century."

Box 4, Folder 18

Blind Date undated

Box 4, Folder 19

Bogen, Laurel Ann 2001

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Bogg Publications 1994

Box 4, Folder 21

Borchardt, Georges, Inc. 1994

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Bosveld, Jennifer (Pudding House Publications) 2000 - 2005

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Boyd, Greg (Asylum Arts) 2000 - 2004

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Boyd, Mary 2004

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Brockmeier, Douglas 2001

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Butscher, Ed 2001 - 2002

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Cape Review (Wayne Atherton, editor) 1999

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Cahuenga Press 2004

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Cesaretti, Robert 2004

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Chandler, Jim (Thunder Sandwich) 2001

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Chapman, David L. 2003 - 2004

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Chesnut, Glen undated

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Chichetto, James 2002 - 2004

General note

Regarding tenureship at Stonehill College.

Box 4, Folder 34

Chiron Review (Ruth Kemper) 2002

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Chorlton, David 2003

Box 4, Folder 36

Cigale, Alex undated

Box 4, Folder 37

Cirino, Leonard 2001

General note

Contains broadsides.

Box 4, Folder 38

Coake, Art 2001 - 2009

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Collins, Billy 2002

Box 4, Folder 40

Collins, Richard 2000 - 2010

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Congdon, Kirby 2001 - 2005

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Connecticut Poetry Review 2004 - 2005

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Cory, Jim 2002 - 2009

Box 4, Folder 44

Cotter, Craig 1999 - 2004

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Dakyns, Andrew 2004 - 2005

General note

Great grandson of Henry G. Dakyns (Alfred Tennyson's son's tutor).

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Dale, Scott 2001 - 2002

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Davis, Gray

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Dewey, Fred 2002

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Duffy, Dan 2005

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Electronic Poetry Review (Doug Powell) 2002

General note

Poems with line edits enclosed.

Box 5, Folder 7

Elysium Press (David Deiss) 2004

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Eshleman, Clayton 2001

Box 5, Folder 9

Europa Publications (Alison Neale, associate editor) 2003

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Fellows, Will 2001 - 2004

Box 5, Folder 11

Field, Edward 2001 - 2006

Box 5, Folder 12

Fisher, David 2002 - 2003

General note

San Francisco poet.

Box 5, Folder 13

Flores, Cristian

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Ford, Michael 2001

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Frank, Amelie 2002

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Fulton, Len 2002

General note

Dust book publication.

Box 5, Folder 17

Gale Group 2002

Box 5, Folder 18

Giles, Fiona 1998 - 1999

General note

Regarding "Pig-Family Game" reprint.

Box 5, Folder 19

Gilgun, John 2002

Box 5, Folder 20

Glaze, Andrew 2002 - 2003

General note

Alabama poet.

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Handorf, Dug 2002 - 2005

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Harrey, Jack 2001 - 2002

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Hart, Henry 2000

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Hathaway, Michael (Chiron Review) 1998 - 2006

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Hauk, Barbara 2003 - 2004

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Healy, Eloise Klein 2005

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Healey, Trebor 2003 - 2004

General note

Los Angeles fiction writer.

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Heeltap (Richard Houff) 1999 - 2000

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Hewett, Greg 2001

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Hippen, Robert 2002

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Hofstadter, Marc 2001

General note

Poems and graphics enclosed.

Box 5, Folder 32

Holsclaw, Susan 2001

Box 5, Folder 33

Home Planet News 2000

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Hood, Charles 2000 - 2005

General note

Photos enclosed. Includes manuscript entitled "Tiger Songs".

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Hoppenbrouwers, Toke 2005

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Hunt, Nan 2002

General note

Broadside enclosed.

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Iddings, Kathleen 2001

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Johnston, Devin 1999

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Jones, Bovien 2003

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Jones, Seaborn 2001 - 2004

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Kaiser, Rebecca (American Book Review, editor) 2003

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Katcher, Antje (Three Mile Harbor, editor)

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Kempher, Ruth Moon 2001 - 2003

General note

Broadside enclosed, Florida poet.

Box 6, Folder 10

Killacky, John 1992

Box 6, Folder 11

Kim, Chungmi 2003

General note

Korean-American poet, Robert Peters review enclosed.

Box 6, Folder 12

Kostos, Dean (Painted Leaf Press) 1999

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Krause, Richard 2002

Box 6, Folder 14

Kuzme, Greg 2001

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Los Angeles Times Book Review (Steve Wasserman, editor) 1999

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Last, Curt 2001 - 2002

Box 6, Folder 17

Leaping Dog Press 2001 - 2003

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Lee, Terry 2002

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Lerner, Linda 1996 - 2005

General note

Includes 1996 edition of Poets on the Line.

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Lev, Donald 2001

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Library of Congress Copyright Office 1996

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Lifshin, Lyn

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Linehan, Katherine 2002

General note

Oberlin College.

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Liveright Publishing Corporation 2004

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Lummox Press 2000

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Louisiana State University 1993

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Mallory, Lee

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Manic d Press (Lisa Taplin) 1994

General note

Excerpt from unpublished novel Candyman enclosed.

Box 6, Folder 29

Manners, Robert 2001

Box 6, Folder 30

Manza, Jenny (Copper Canyon Press) 2001

Box 6, Folder 31

Marquis Who's Who in America (Fred Marks, managing director) 2002

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McClellan, Dennis 2001

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McCombs, Judith 2004 - 2014

Box 6, Folder 34

McCrie, Bob and Fulvia 2001 - 2015

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McDaniel, Wilma E. 2000 - 2003

Box 6, Folder 36

McKee, Louis 2001 - 2003

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McKinnon, Patrick

General note

Poet.

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Metras, Gary 2001

General note

Poems enclosed.

Box 6, Folder 39

Millett, John 2001 - 2002

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Minotaur Press (Jim Watson-Gove) 2004

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Mohr, Bill 2002

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Mohring, Ron 2000

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Murie, Martin 2002

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Murphy, Sheila 2002

General note

Regarding Leo Connellan.

Box 6, Folder 45

Mycue, Edward 2004

Box 6, Folder 46

Neon (Kirk Robertson, editor) 1999

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The New Yorker 2002

Box 6, Folder 48

Northup, Harry and Holly Prado 2001 - 2003

General note

Poems enclosed.

Box 6, Folder 49

Nusbaum, Arthur S. 2001

Box 6, Folder 50

Offen, Ron (Free Lunch, editor) 2002 - 2009

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Parkinson, Carol 2003

Box 6, Folder 52

Pearl (Barbara Hauk) 1993 - 2004

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Perchik, Simon 2001

Box 6, Folder 54

Picano, Felice 1998 - 2005

General note

Los Angeles writer.

Box 6, Folder 55

Pliura, Vytautas 2003

Box 6, Folder 56

Plumb, David 2004

General note

Poet.

Box 6, Folder 57

Plymell, Charles 1998 - 2004

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Potts, Charlie

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Powers, Michael 2002 - 2015

Box 7, Folder 3

Prado, Holly 2002 - 2004

General note

Los Angeles poet.

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Pygmy Forest Press (Leonard Cirino, editor) 2001

General note

Includes broadsides.

Box 7, Folder 5

Questia Media, Inc. (Ashlee Ross) 2000

Box 7, Folder 6

Raindog 2002 - 2003

Box 7, Folder 7

Ratch, Jerry 2001 - 2009

Box 7, Folder 8

Ratner, Rochelle (American Book Review, editor) 2001 - 2003

General note

New York poet, novelist.

Box 7, Folder 9

Red Hen Press (Mark Cull and Kate Gale, editors) 2001 - 2004

Box 7, Folder 10

Reynolds, Eric 2001 - 2003

General note

Graphic artist for Robert Peters' Love Poems for Robert Mitchum.

Box 7, Folder 11

River King Poetry Press (Wayne Lanter, editor) 2000

Box 7, Folder 12

Sandy, Stephen 2001 - 2006

Box 7, Folder 13

Schneider, Dan 2002

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Shakespeare and Co. Booksellers 1999 - 2001

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Shenandoah: The Washington and Lee University Review

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Speer, Laurel 2004

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Stier, Daryn 1999

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Stoloff, Carolyn 2001 - 2005

General note

Poet and painter.

Box 7, Folder 19

Stolzfus, Ben 2002

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Strongin, Lynn 2002 - 2005

General note

Poet and editor.

Box 7, Folder 21

Sundog (Jarret Keene, editor) 2000

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Suntup, Paul (Three Penny Poets, editor) 2000 - 2003

General note

Council for Tebot Bach Anthology of California Poetry.

Box 7, Folder 23

Taggart, Phil 2000 - 2006

Box 7, Folder 24

Thomas, John and Philomene Long 2002 - 2007

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Thus Spake the Corpse (Mark Spitzer, editor) 2000

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Tieger, Harold and Helen 1999-2002

Box 7, Folder 28

Titus, Tom

Box 7, Folder 29

Trachtenberg, Paul 2001

Box 7, Folder 30

Turney, Robert 2001 - 2004

Box 7, Folder 31

UCSD Soft Reserves Services 1999

Box 7, Folder 32

University of Iowa Press 1999

Box 7, Folder 33

University of Wisconsin Press 1998 - 2003

Box 7, Folder 34

Urbanus Press (Peter Drizhal, editor) 1993

Box 7, Folder 35

Van Gogh's Ear (Ian Ayres, editor) 2004

Box 7, Folder 36

Vazquez, Paul 2003 - 2005

General note

Painter.

Box 7, Folder 37

Voss, Jason 2001

Box 8, Folder 1

Wakoski, Diane 2002

General note

Poet.

Box 8, Folder 2

Warner, Bill (GLB Publishers) 1998 - 2004

Box 8, Folder 3

West Beach Books (Jim Ericson) 2001

General note

Regarding Robert Peters' erotica submission.

Box 8, Folder 4

West, Eleanor (Sandy) 2001 - 2002

Box 8, Folder 5

Wheeler, Jackson 2002

Box 8, Folder 6

Whoreson Dog (Dennis Nishi, editor) 1993

Box 8, Folder 7

Wilkie, Phil 2001

Box 8, Folder 8

Willard, Leorah (great aunt)

Box 8, Folder 9

Williams, Jonathan 2002

Box 8, Folder 10

Williams, Walter (One Institute Center for Advanced Studies, director) 2000

Box 8, Folder 11

Wisconsin River Valley Journal 2003 - 2004

Box 8, Folder 12

Yaddo News

Box 8, Folder 13

Yamada, Mitsuye May 2004 - 2005

Box 8, Folder 14

Yon, Paul 2002

Box 8, Folder 15-17

Unidentified correspondents

WRITINGS

Scope and Content of Series

Series 3) WRITINGS: Arranged in nine subseries: A) Reviews, B) Novels, C) Short Fiction, D) Plays, E) Collected Poetry, F) Individual Poems, G) Non-Fiction, H) Essays, and I) Miscellaneous.

A) Reviews: Includes manuscript drafts of recent (1993-2001) book reviews by Peters' of other poet's published work. Arranged chronologically.

B) Novels: Drafts of unpublished novels, arranged chronologically.

C) Short Fiction: Includes three works.

D) Plays: Scripts for many of Peters' performances, including The Blood Countess, Ludwig of Bavaria and Serial Killer: A Play for Single Performer. The subseries also includes the costume for Ludwig of Bavaria.

E) Collected Poetry: Dating from 1992, materials include Love Poems for Robert Mitchum (1992), Familial Love and Other Misfortunes: Poems of My Early Years(2002), and Makar's Dozens (2006).

F) Individual Poems: Drafts of poems arranged alphabetically by title.

G) Non-Fiction: Published and unpublished works related to Peters' early life and career. Arranged chronologically.

H) Essays: Short essays on poets Katherine Ann Porter and Charles Bukowski, the Los Angeles poetry scene and a visit with William S. Burroughs.

I) Miscellaneous: Contains a tribute to Charles Bukowski of poems by other authors collected by Peters and files related to publication business.

Reviews

Box 8, Folder 18

Bibliography of Robert Peters reviews 1988 - 1999

Box 8, Folder 19

Review of Dakota: A Spiritual Biography, by Kathleen Norris 1993

General note

Includes edited draft.

Box 8, Folder 20

Review of City of Coughing and Dead Radiators, by Martin Espada 1994

Box 8, Folder 21

Review of Back: Brazil-Peru Poems, by Hugh Fox 1997

Box 8, Folder 22

Review of "Fireflies", by Carol Muske 1997

General note

Includes correspondence with Michael Hathaway.

Box 8, Folder 23

Review of Quantum Genesis and Other Poems, by Philip Fried 1997

Box 8, Folder 24

Review of Still Life with Buddy: A Novel Told in Fifty Poems, by Leslea Newman 1997

General note

Includes correspondence with Michael Hathaway.

Box 8, Folder 25

Review of Alphabet Soup: A Laconic Lexicon for Word Lovers, by Paul Trachtenberg 1998

General note

Includes draft copy.

Box 8, Folder 26

Review of Blessings The Body Gave, by Walter McDonald 1998

Box 8, Folder 27

Review of Bukowski in the Bathtub, by Philomene Long 1998

General note

Includes correspondence with the author.

Box 8, Folder 28

Review of Esperanza: Poems for Orpheus, by Holly Prado 1998

General note

Draft with line edits and correspondence with Chicago Review.

Box 8, Folder 29

Review of In the Flesh: Undressing for Success, by Gavin Dillard 1998

General note

Includes correspondence with Michael Hathaway (editor, Chiron Review)).

Box 8, Folder 30

Review of New and Selected Poems, by Linda Lerner 1998

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Review of Selling the Hammock, by Kate Gale 1998

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Review of A Day for a Lay: A Century of Gay Poetry, by Gavin Geoffrey 1999

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Review of Anytime Blues, by Linder Lerner 1999

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Review of Blood and Tears: Poems for Matthew Shepard, ed. Scott Gibson 1999

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Review of Early Grrrl, by Marge Piercy 1999

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Review for Endless Tongue: 22 Semi-Automatics for Andre Breton, by Richard Houff 1999

General note

Incomplete.

Box 8, Folder 37

Review of Glass Town, by Lisa Russ Spaar 1999

General note

Includes correspondence regarding publishing in ABR and edited drafts.

Box 8, Folder 38

Review of God's Haircut and Other Remembered Dreams, by Ron Offen 1999

General note

Includes edited drafts.

Box 8, Folder 39

Review of House of Peace, by Marc Hofstadter 1999

General note

Includes correspondence with author.

Box 8, Folder 40

Review of Iceman: An Expansive Narrative: WWII, by John Millet 1999

Box 8, Folder 41

Review of Lost River Mountain, by Charles Potts 1999

General note

Includes correspondence with The Cafe Review (editor, Wayne Atherton).

Box 8, Folder 42

Review of Betrayal's Like That, by John Bennett 2000

Box 8, Folder 43

Review of Cool, Calm, and Collected: 1960-2000, by Carolyn Kizer 2000

General note

Includes edited draft.

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Review of Enemies of Time, by Donald Leu 2000

Box 8, Folder 45

Review of Geography of the Forehead, by Ron Koertge 2000

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Review of Modern Love: And Other Tall Tales, by Greg Boyd 2000

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Review of "Osso Buco," by Billy Collins 2000

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Review of Picking the Lock to Paradise, by Joan Jobe Smith 2000

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Review of The Xopilote Cantos, by Charles Hood 2000

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Review of Archaeology of Desire, by Miriam Sagan 2001

General note

Includes edited draft.

Box 8, Folder 51

Review of Borrowed Coats, by Wilma E. McDaniel 2001

General note

Draft.

Box 8, Folder 52

Review of The Cave: Selected and New Poems, by C.H. Hanzlicek 2001

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Review of The Complete Poetry of James Hearst 2001

General note

Includes edited drafts.

Box 8, Folder 54

Review of Fuck You - Aloha - I Love You, by Juliana Spahr 2001

General note

Draft copy.

Box 8, Folder 55

Review of Loose Change, by Louis McKee 2001

General note

Includes chapbook with line notes by Robert Peters and correspondence.

Box 8, Folder 56

Review of The Million Dollar Hole, by Michael Casey 2001

Box 8, Folder 57

Review of The Prisons, by Maggie Jaffe 2001

Box 8, Folder 58

Review of Queen for a Day: Selected and New Poems, by Denise Duhamel 2001

Box 8, Folder 59

Various reviews - Incomplete, undated

Novels

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Joseph Lord 1986

General note

Unpublished novel; includes correspondence regarding publishing.

Box 9, Folder 4

Candyman 1992

General note

Correspondence regarding manuscript; unpublished novel.

Box 9, Folder 5

Hunting the Snark: A Compendium of New Poetic Terminology 1996 - 2007

General note

Correspondence, notes and review.

Box 9, Folder 6-7

Shadow and Stone

General note

TS with line edits by Paul Trachtenberg; unpublished.

Short Fiction

Box 9, Folder 8

Bus Ride

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The King

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The Visitor

Box 9, Folder 11-12

Miscellaneous source material

Plays

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Performance and reading shows - Contacts and correspondence

Box 9, Folder 14

The Blood Countess ca. 1985, 2007

General note

Abbreviated acting version and review.

Box 9, Folder 15-16

Daisy and Mignionette: A Chamber Play for Three Actors

General

Includes source materials and poem by Richard Peabody.

Box 9, Folder 17

Hawker of Morwenstow 1989

General note

TS and two duplicates.

Box 10, Folder 1

Hawker of Morwenstow 1989

General note

Play adapted from Hawker (1984).

Box 10, Folder 2

Haydon: A Performance Work for Single Actor 1990

General note

Version with line notes for presentation at Festival of Britain.

Box 10, Folder 3-4

Ludwig and Blood Countess - Production notes and tour diaries 1982 - 1988

Oversize FB-445, Folder 1

Ludwig - Costume

Box 10, Folder 5

Mengele's Uterus: The Sex Life of J. Edgar Hoover, A Fairy's Tale

Box 10, Folder 6

Mother Ann Lee of the Shakers

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Picnic in the Snow: Ludwig II of Bavaria

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Polaroids for a Serial Killer 1991

General note

Edited reading version.

Box 10, Folder 9

Railroad Spikes and a Bed of Shaved Ice: A Reading Version 1991

General note

Line edits for performance.

Box 10, Folder 10-11

Serial Killer: A Play for Single Performer

General note

Includes 1992 and 1993 performance flyers and materials.

Box 10, Folder 12-13

A Mad King, Two Killers, Two Saints, A Pair of Siamese Twin Vaudeville Stars, and J. Edgar Hoover: Seven Short Plays Mainly for Solo Performers - Typescript and correspondence with Asylum Arts 2001

Collected Poetry

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Picnic in the Snow: Ludwig of Bavaria - Review by Edward Butscher 1983

Box 10, Folder 15

Good Night, Paul: Poems (1992) - Reviews and contracts

Box 10, Folder 17

Love Poems for Robert Mitchum (1992) - Correspondence and miscellaneous 1981 - 2001

General note

Drafts of Eric Reynolds' Mitchum graphics, photos, and chapbook enclosed.

Box 11, Folder 1-2

Love Poems for Robert Mitchum (1992) - Undated manuscript and cover illustration by Meredith Peters

Box 11, Folder 3

Poems: Selected and New, 1967-1991 (1992)

General note

Revisions.

Box 11, Folder 4

Where the Bee Sucks: Workers, Drones, and Queens of Contemporary American Poetry (1994)

General note

Correspondence and reviews.

Box 11, Folder 5

Newspoems 2004

General note

January 26.

Box 11, Folder 6-13

Familial Love and Other Misfortunes: Poems of My Early Years (2002) 1999 - 2003

General note

Drafts and correspondence.

Box 12, Folder 1-5

Familial Love and Other Misfortunes: Poems of My Early Years (2002)

General note

Drafts and proofs.

Box 12, Folder 6-7

Bob's selected poems 2005

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Pulling Hens' Teeth: Poems 2005 2005 May 2

Box 12, Folder 9-28

Makar's Dozens (2006)

General

Includes poems from Pulling Hens' Teeth: "Adeline," "Berry-Gathering-Time Fears," "Bivouac: Ft. Jackson, SC," "Blephartis," Brownie Box Camera," "Cowboys at Reno," "Dietrich in Wisconsin," "Dunwich, the North Sea," "An Elegy for Marry Perry," "English Lake District Lover," "Fine Points," "For Paul on his Birthday," "Freaks at the Orange County Fair," "Frost: Early May," "Garter Snake Gurgitates a Toad," "Hiram Ewald," "How Old Men Die: Commemorating the Explorer," "Jeff and Akemi Return to Japan," "At Al Jolson's Tomb," and "July 4th Cemetery Walk."

Box 13, Folder 1-13

Makar's Dozens (2006)

General

Uncorrected proof, ephemera, and poems from Pulling Hens' Teeth,: "Mom's Friday Hair Ritual," "On the Night he Died They Sat Side by Side Swinging on Their Front Porch," "Old Man Observes a Shopping Mall Christmas Tree," "Osteoarthritis as a House Mate," "Picking Blueberries," "Pomegranates," "The Possum," "Saw-Rig, Home-Made," "Son," "Today: A Love Poem for Paul," "Traipsing Through a Local Cemetery," and "Wisconsin Snapshots."

Individual Poems

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Correspondence with small presses 2000

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Poems published in magazines

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Poems submitted to journals and magazines 1992 - 1994

General note

Correspondence enclosed.

Box 13, Folder 17

Poetry reading flyers/promos

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78th Birthday Poem: Emir for a Day

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Aging

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Aging Father Loses His Children 1994

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Arctic Nights, Wild Men, Venison

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Backyard Garden

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Basilisk in Hollywood

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Boy in a River as Painted by Seurat

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Casino

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Caught

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Celebrity poems (4-11, 15-36)

General note

Includes "For Lawrence Welsh".

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Christmas

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Christmas Tree

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On Climbing a Mountain with a Son

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Compiegne, France

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Cranberries

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Departure Poem

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Dick and Jane Poems - Unpublished 1982

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Disembodied Poem

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Elegy for Marry Perry

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Eskimo Dog

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Failed Poet

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For Paul on his 53rd birthday 2001

General note

25 November 2001.

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Frigates of Illusion: Childhood

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Gambling at the Pechanga Casino

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Geography, Agism, and Coprophagia 1994

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Grand Retirement Chair

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Hare Blight

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Heaven's Barbecued Passenger

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High Tea Poem

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Howard Warner

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How to Cook a Flamingo Old Roman Style

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I Find You at Last in Patagonia

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Indian Burial Ground, Onyx, California 1993

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Inertia: The Party Goer

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Inhabited Heart

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Intergalactic Travel, Heaven's Passenger

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It Takes Guts to Eat a Pet

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J. Edgar Hoover and the Lindbergh Baby

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Killing Turkey

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Las Vegas Poem #1

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Las Vegas Poem #3: My Brother's Keeper

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Last Testament

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Living Cycle

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Memory Loss in the Parking Lot

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Mountain Cataract

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Mountain Shape Memory

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My Son Returns to Japan

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Nude Father Sleeping with Son

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O Beautiful Ohio, in Dreams Again I See

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On Helping a Wounded Friend

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On the Steppes

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On Turtle Lake: November

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On Walking Nude on the San Bernardino Mountains

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Orange

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Our Gander

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Palm Springs

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Palm Springs Tournament

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Pig Family Game

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Playing in the Tavern Band

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Pomegranates

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Reno

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Reno Poem #2: Vignettes

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Running Away From Home

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Safe for the Night

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Sambone

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San Gorgonio Mountain Walk

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Saw-Rig, Home-Made, Picking Strawberries, Frost

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Skeleton Dance

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Skin

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Sleeping in the Mojave Desert

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So Far, Few Wolf Children Have Been Authenticated

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Songs for a Son (1967) - "I Hunger to Count Them" and "Easter"

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Suite on Death of Byron 1999

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Sun is in the Trees

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Swallows Arrive at Capistrano

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Thanksgiving Turkey Ritual

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Thirteen Ways of Looking at Wilma Elizabeth McDaniel 2000

General note

Drafts.

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Trespassing

Box 14, Folder 45

Vision of Helen Tieger

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While You Were Gone

Box 14, Folder 47

Wisconsin Deer Hunting Tale: The Severed Foot

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Poem fragments and drafts

Non-Fiction

Box 14, Folder 49

Crunching Gravel: Growing Up in the Thirties (1988) - Reviews

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Nell's Story: A Woman from Eagle River (Nell Peters with Robert Peters,1995) - Correspondence and ephemera

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For You, Lili Marlene (1995) - Photographs, correspondence, and reviews

Box 14, Folder 54-55

Feather, A Child's Death and Life (1997) - Proofs 1996

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Feather, A Child's Death and Life (1997) - Proofs, photographs, reviews, and correspondence 1996

General note

Revised page proof.

Box 15, Folder 5-11

The House that Robert Built - Drafts and correspondence 1997 - 1998

General

Unpublished memoir of the 1960s and 1970s.

Box 16, Folder 1-3

Clean Writing, Dirty Shirts: A Memoir of the Sixties - Correspondence, drafts and source material 1970 - 2001

General note

Includes correspondence with Billy Collins and Jean Peters.

Essays

Box 16, Folder 4

Gab Poetry, or Shrike vs. Nightingale Music: Charles Bukowski

Box 16, Folder 5

Gay Isherwood Visits Straight Riverside 1999

General note

With copy edits.

Box 16, Folder 6

Katherine Ann Porter on Jews, Homosexuals, and Herself

Box 16, Folder 7

The L.A. Poetry Goose Keeps on Laying Plastic Eggs: Thoughts on West Coast Poetry

Box 16, Folder 8

Trip to Hardy County 1989

Box 16, Folder 9

Visit with William S. Burroughs

General note

See also Box 16, Folder 9.

Box 31, Folder 1

Robert Turney portraits of Robert Peters ca. 1987

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Snapshots 1977 - ca. 1987

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Trachtenberg, Paul 1979 - 1985

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Travels 1985 - 1992

Box 31, Folder 5

UC Riverside's Writer's Conference 1982 February

General note

February.

Oversize FB-447, Folder 3

Will Kirkland photograph album of images of Peters

SOUND RECORDINGS

Scope and Content of Series

Series 7) SOUND RECORDINGS. Arranged in three subseries: A) Readings by Peters, B) Readings by Others and C) Interviews.

A) Readings by Peters: Audiocassette tapes of poetry readings at UC Irvine and other venues.

B) Readings by Others: Tapes collected by Peters.

C) Interviews: Audio versions of interviews with Peters.

Readings by Peters

Box 32, Folder 1

Peters, Robert reading his poetry at UC Irvine 1984 June 6

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Peters, Robert reading Spiked Iron 1988 August

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Peters, Robert performs "Killer" at UC Irvine 1990 July 16

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Peters, Robert reading in Venice Beach 1991 January 11

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Peters, Robert reading at UC Santa Barbara 1991 February 7

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Peters, Robert reading "Mitchum" 1991 March 17

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Peters, Robert in Eagle River, WI 1991 May

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Peters, Robert reading at Poetry Harbor in Duluth, MI 1991 July 18

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Peters, Robert reading "Killer" in Long Island Beach 1992 March 29

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Peters, Robert reading with students at UC Irvine 1992 July 9

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Peters, Robert reading at UC Irvine 1992 July 16

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Peters, Robert reading at the Festival of Experimental Music and Lit in Georgia 1993 December 8

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Peters, Robert reading his poetry at UC Irvine 1994 June 6

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Peters, Robert reading with Austin Strauss' "The Poetry Connection" on KPFK 1994 September 3

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Peters, Robert as "Hoover" at UC Santa Barbara 1994 October 27

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Peters, Robert reading with Nell at Ashland, Wisconsin 1995 May 16

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Peters, Robert reading with Nell at Gay/Lesbian Brother's Touch in Minneapolis 1995 May 19

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Peters, Robert and Nell Peters reading at Madison 1995 May 31

Readings by Others

Box 33, Folder 4

Ann Lee Documentary

Box 33, Folder 5

Bukowski reading 6 poems

Box 33, Folder 6

Burroughs reading with Bukowski

Box 33, Folder 7

Burroughs reading

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Chin, Marilyn and Paul Trachtenberg reading at UC Irvine 1991 June 27 - July 6

Box 33, Folder 10

Connelly, Stephen reading on "Mercury Tea" 1990 August

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Field, Edmund and Eloise Healy reading at UC Irvine 1994 April 26-28

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Healy, Eloise K. reads at UC Irvine 1992 May 28

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Healy, Eloise K. reading at UC Irvine 1994 May

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Hiller, Sharon reading on McDaniel with Lisa Havagimyan, Winnie Jong, Jennifer Naturski 1991 November

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Horner reading 1995 January

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Lesbian Writers' Series Benefit with Suzanne Leemis, Terry Wolverton, Michael Kearns, Michelle T. Clinton, Tim 1990 November 3

Box 33, Folder 17

McDaniel, Wilma reading

Box 34, Folder 1

Morgan, Aron reading with Robert Peters at UC Irvine 1994 May 19

Box 34, Folder 2

Peters, Nell interview 1995 June 9

Box 34, Folder 3

Peters, Nell - Last reading at ER public library 1995 June 10

Box 34, Folder 4

Phillips, Tim reading with Valerie Tripodi, Kristen Shaushressy, Rachel Rots, Kristen Decoster, Angeline Doran 1991 November

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Prado, Holly and Michelle Clinton reading at UC Irvine 1991 July 11-17

Box 34, Folder 6

Rodriguez, Aleida reading with Katherine Forest, Mitsuye Yamada, Michael Nava, Robert Peters at Lesbian Writer 1990 November 3

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Stein reading at UC Irvine

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Students reading Robert Peters' poetry at UC Irvine 1992 July 14

Box 34, Folder 9

Tennyson, Charles reading 4 poems by Alfred Tennyson 1956

Box 34, Folder 10

Trachtenberg, Paul reading Mercury Tea

Box 34, Folder 11

Trachtenberg, Paul reading "Making Waves" with Robert Peters in Hermosa Beach 1991 January 13

Box 34, Folder 12

Trachtenberg, Paul reading 1991 March 9

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Trachtenberg, Paul reading with Julia Stein, Robert Peters at Blue Marble Cafe in Costa Mesa 1991 July 11

Box 34, Folder 14

Trachtenberg, Paul and Peters, Robert reading at Celebration Theater, LA 1991 August 22

Box 34, Folder 15

Trachtenberg, Paul reading at UC Irvine 1992 July 7

Box 34, Folder 16

Trachtenberg, Paul reading at UC Irvine 1994 May 12

Box 34, Folder 17

Uyematsu, Amy reading for Robert Peters at UC Irvine 1993 July 8

Box 35, Folder 1

Webb, C. reading at UC Irvine 1992 July 9

Box 35, Folder 2

Webb, C. reading with Robert Peters at UCI 1992 July 9

Interviews

Box 35, Folder 3-4

Fellows, Bill interviews Robert Peters in Huntington Beach 1992 January 16

Box 35, Folder 5

Merkt, Eric interviewing Robert Peters at UC Irvine 1995 January 8

Box 35, Folder 6-7

Peters, Robert interviews for Public Radio in Wisconsin 1991

Accession Processed in 2020, 2022

BIOGRAPHICAL

Scope and Content of Series

Series 8) BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION: Biographical materials about Robert Peters, including his faculty profiles, articles about Peters and his writings, and poems and blog posts by his husband, poet Paul Trachtenberg.

Box 36, Folder 1

Academy of American Poets certificate of recognition 2011

Box 36, Folder 2

Bill Mohr's Tribute to Robert 2014 July 4

Box 36, Folder 3

Faculty profiles 2007-2008

Box 36, Folder 4

Poems by Paul Trachtenberg about Robert Peters 2012-2014

Box 36, Folder 5

Rolle, Elisa. Persistent Voices: Robert Peters 2011

Box 36, Folder 6

Voices of a Poet - Blog posts about Peters by Paul Trachtenberg 2009

CORRESPONDENCE

Scope and Content of Series

Series 9) CORRESPONDENCE: Correspondence to and from Robert Peters and Paul Trachtenberg by poets, writers, publishers, and family members. Prominent correspondents include Kirby Congdon, David Fisher, Barbara Hauk, Charles Hood, Carolyn Stoloff, and Lawrence Welsh. Peters also corresponded frequently with his children, Jefferson, Meredith, and Rob Peters. Much of the later correspondence to Peters was answered by Paul Trachtenberg, who often printed out emails in large type for Peters to read. Arranged alphabetically by correspondent surname.

Box 36, Folder 7

Correspondent lists 2006-2014

Box 36, Folder 8

A - Miscellaneous

Box 36, Folder 9

Academy of American Poets 2007-2009

Box 36, Folder 10

Anderson, Sharon 2009-2016

Box 36, Folder 11

Ari, Daniel (Fleischman, Daniel) 2005-2006

Box 36, Folder 12

Ayre, Maggie (BBC Radio 4) 2013

Box 36, Folder 13

Ayres, Ian (Van Gogh's Ear) 2006

Box 36, Folder 14

B - Miscellaneous

Box 36, Folder 15

Balaban, John 2006-2009

Box 36, Folder 16

Bava, Allesandra 2013

Box 36, Folder 17

Blankheads (Scrabble group) 2007-2011

Box 36, Folder 18

Bonardi, Paul 2009

Box 36, Folder 19

Bosveld, Jennifer 2008-2010

Box 36, Folder 20

Bowen, Larry T. 2012

Box 36, Folder 21

Braverman, Kate 2005

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Brown, Bob 2008

Box 36, Folder 23

C - Miscellaneous

Box 36, Folder 24

Caliban (Larry Smith) 2010-2011

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Chapman, David and David Berryman 2007-2010

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Chichetto, James 2005-2009

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Chorlton, David 2005-2009

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Congdon, Kirby 2005-2007

Box 36, Folder 29

Cotter, Craig 2007-2012

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D - Miscellaneous

Box 36, Folder 31

Dakyns, Andrew 2005-2010

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Daughtry, Philip 2007

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Debritto, Abel 2007-2008

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DeWitte, Neil 2008

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Dillard, Gavin Geoffrey 1998-2017

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DiZazzo, Ray 2011

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Dug 2003-2011

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E - Miscellaneous

Box 36, Folder 39

F - Miscellaneous

Box 36, Folder 40

Faulkner, Bob 2005-2008

Box 36, Folder 41

Fellows, Will 2007-2010

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Fisher, David 2009-2013

Box 36, Folder 43

Fitzsimmons, April 2010

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Funsten, Ken 2007

Box 36, Folder 45

H - Miscellaneous

Box 36, Folder 46

Harbaugh, Lynne 2009

Box 36, Folder 47

Harris, Marie 2009

Box 36, Folder 48

Hauk, Barbara 2007-2014

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Hood, Charles 1994-2014

General note

Includes photographs of Charles Hood.

Box 37, Folder 3

J - Miscellaneous

Box 37, Folder 4

Jones, Jordan 2007-2014

Box 37, Folder 5

Jones, Seaborn 2006-2007

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K - Miscellaneous

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L - Miscellaneous

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M - Miscellaneous

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Magowan, Robin 1980-2011

Box 37, Folder 10

McCormick, Bill 2007

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McDaniel, Wilma Elizabeth 1999-2007

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Melton, Robert 2008-2012

Box 37, Folder 13

Mulkiewicz, Martha 2011-2014

Box 37, Folder 14

North Atlantic Books (Jessica Moll) 2011

General note

Correspondence regarding "A Conversation with Robert Duncan," a 1976 interview of Duncan by Peters and Trachtenberg, to be reprinted in A Poet's Mind: Collected Interviews with Robert Duncan, 1960-1985.

Box 37, Folder 15

Northup, Harry and Holly Prado Northup 2005-2014

General note

Includes photo of Harry Northup.

Box 37, Folder 16

O - Miscellaneous

Box 37, Folder 17

Offen, Ron and Beverly 2005-2006

Box 37, Folder 18

Oklahoma State University (Karen Neurohr) 2009-2011

General note

Correspondence regarding the "Remembering Wilma Elizabeth McDaniel: Poet and Oklahoma Dust Bowl Emigrant" oral history project.

Box 37, Folder 19

Orange Coast Review (Rangno, Erik) 2008-2009

Box 37, Folder 20

P - Miscellaneous

Box 37, Folder 21

Peters family 2005-2014

General note

Includes photographs of Peters family members.

Box 37, Folder 22-24

Peters, Jefferson 1997-2015

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Peters, Meredith J. 2005-2014

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Peters, Meredith, Jefferson, and Rob 2005-2006

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Peters, Rob, Karen, and Athena 2005-2009

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Picano, Felice (Van Gogh's Ear) 1996-2011

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Pietila, Nell and Terra 2007-2009

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Pilcher, John 2012

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Plumb, David 2005-2014

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Plymale, Charles 2003-2014

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R - Miscellaneous

Box 38, Folder 14

Red Hen Press 2008-2014

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Reynolds, Eric 2007-2011

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S - Miscellaneous

Box 38, Folder 17

Shiffrin, Nancy 2006-2008

Box 38, Folder 18

Silha, Stephen (The Big Joy Project) 2010-2012

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Spivack, Kathleen 2006-2007

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Steinberger, Harlan 2011-2014

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Stoloff, Carolyn 2006-2010

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Strongin, Lynn 2006

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T - Miscellaneous

Box 39, Folder 2

Trachtenberg, Paul 2001-2014

Box 39, Folder 3

Tucker, Patricia 2013

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University of Wisconsin Press 2007-2010

Box 39, Folder 5

Venables, Ian 2007

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Voss, Joan Jobe (Smith) 1999-2015

Box 39, Folder 7

W - Miscellaneous

Box 39, Folder 8

Warner, Willis L. (GLB Publishers) 2005-2011

Box 39, Folder 9

Weber, Marc 2005-2009

Box 39, Folder 10

Weizmann, Daniel 2001

Box 39, Folder 11

Welsh, Lawrence 2008-2009

Box 39, Folder 12

White, Kelley J. 2006

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Wiley, Liz Hughes 2010

Box 39, Folder 14

Williams, Angela 2011

Box 39, Folder 15

W.W. Norton 2008

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WXPR Public Radio (Walt Gander) 1991

General note

Regarding Peters' interviews in 1991.

Box 39, Folder 17

Y - Miscellaneous

Box 39, Folder 18

Yamanaka, Chie 2009-2010

Box 39, Folder 19

Yeh, Rihan 2014

Box 39, Folder 20

Z - Miscellaneous

WRITINGS

Scope and Content of Series

Series 10) WRITINGS: Drafts, proofs, correspondence, and ephemera for Peters' works of poetry and biography, including Ikagnak (1979), Crunching Gravel: A Wisconsin Boyhood in the Thirties (1993), Pulling Hens' Teeth: Poems 2005, and I'm Now Eighty Four, An Evocative Year (2008). The series also includes drafts and photographs for Peters' 2006 poetry reading "Words and Sentiments of Tolerance" at Antelope Valley College.

Box 39, Folder 21

Crunching Gravel: A Wisconsin Boyhood in the Thirties (1993) - Correspondence and ephemera 2010

Box 39, Folder 22

Poems - Page proofs 2005

General note

Drafts of "Theme," "Scene," "Wall," "Opacity," "Easter," "Snow," "Responsibility," "Ceremony," and "Calm."

Box 39, Folder 23

Pulling Hens' Teeth: Poems 2005 - Draft 2005 March 4

Box 39, Folder 24

Words and Sentiments of Tolerance - Featured Poet, Robert Peters. Poetry reading at Antelope Valley College - Drafts, ephemera and photographs 2006 March 22

Box 39, Folder 25

New Measure 6: A Magazine of Poetry, Summer 1967 2008

General note

Ephemera for poetry journal signed and annotated by Peters.

Box 39, Folder 26-27

I'm Now Eighty Four, An Evocative Year - Drafts 2008

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I'm Now Eighty Four, An Evocative Year - Drafts 2008

Box 40, Folder 6

My Father as House Builder - Poem draft and correspondence 2013

Box 40, Folder 7

Hoover - Poem draft

Box 41

Ikagnak: The North Wind - Correspondence, drafts, layouts 1979

PHOTOGRAPHS

Scope and Content of Series

Series 11) PHOTOGRAPHS: Photographs of Robert Peters throughout his life, and of two of his children, Meredith and Jefferson Peters.

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Meredith and Jefferson Peters 1984-2013

Box 40, Folder 9

Robert Peters ca. 1940-2014

SOUND RECORDINGS

Scope and Content of Series

Series 12): SOUND RECORDINGS: Audiocassette recordings by Peters, including music and sound effects for his production of The Blood Countess, an interview and poetry reading for Wisconsin Public Radio, and a reading of Walt Whitman and Allen Ginsberg in collaboration with other poets for National Poetry Month. The series includes correspondence, proofs, and digital sound recordings for Peters' published poetry reading Going Down the River in a Hayloft Coffin: The Evocative Years of Robert Peters (2009).

Box 35, Folder 8

The Blood Countess music and sound effects - Audiocassette 1986 May

Box 35, Folder 9

Robert Peters and Jean Feraca. A Wisconsin Boyhood in the Thirties. Reading and discussion of Peters' memoir for Wisconsin Public Radio - Audiocassette 1993 September 21

Box 35, Folder 10-11

Whitman reading for National Poetry Month, Los Angeles - Audiocassettes 1997 April 6

General

Holly Prado, Lewis MacAdams, Robert Peters, Steve Abee, Garrett Brown, James Cushing, Harry Northup, Robert Crosson, and Jay Paulson read Walt Whitman's "I Sing the Body Electric," "The Sleepers," and "Song of Myself," and Allen Ginsberg's "A Supermarket in America." The reading was dedicated to Ginsberg.

Box 40, Folder 10

Going Down the River in a Hayloft Coffin: The Evocative Years of Robert Peters (2009) - Correspondence, review, and CD booklet proof 2009-2010

Going Down the River in a Hayloft Coffin: The Evocative Years of Robert Peters (2009) - Mastered digital recordings with voice and music, .WAV files (45 minutes) 2009

Going Down the River in a Hayloft Coffin: The Evocative Years of Robert Peters (2009) - Digital recordings with voice only, .WAV files (45 minutes) 2009