St. Mark's Poetry Project Records, 1962-1987

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Title:: St. Mark's Poetry Project records
Dates:: 1962-1987
Creators:: St. Mark's Church In-the-Bowery (New York, N.Y.). Poetry Project.
Abstract:: Collection consists of correspondence, literary manuscripts, and ephemera relating to the St. Mark's Poetry Project of New York, a government-financed program of creative arts open to "alienated" youth from ages 17 to 25.
Extent:: 1.0 linear feet (2 boxes)
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Preferred citation:: [Identification of item], St. Mark's Poetry Project Records (Collection Number 2016). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.

Scope and content:: Collection consists of correspondence, literary manuscripts, and ephemera relating to the St. Mark's Poetry Project of New York, a government-financed program of creative arts open to "alienated" youth from ages 17 to 25. Includes issues of the Project's newsletter, 1972-87. Manuscripts of poets include: Ray Bremer, Scott Cohen, Burt Kimmelman, R.A. Reinstein, M.G. Stephens, and Karen Swenson.
Biographical / historical:: The St. Mark's Poetry Project is part of a community arts program which has been operating out of St. mark's Church in the Bowery since 1966.
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.
Rules or conventions:: Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Subjects:: American poetry--20th century
Literature--Societies, etc.--Archives.
Manuscripts for publication.
Names:: St. Mark's Church In-the-Bowery (New York, N.Y.).--Poetry Project--Archives.

Collection Guide Author:: Finding aid prepared by Processed by UCLA Library Special Collections staff; machine-readable finding aid created by Caroline Cubé.
Date Prepared:: Online finding aid last updated 30 August 2017.
Date Encoded:: This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2017-08-30T15:37-0700

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Restrictions:: COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Open for research. Advance notice required for access. Contact the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Terms of access:: 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], St. Mark's Poetry Project Records (Collection Number 2016). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.

Location of this collection:: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library

A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library

Box 951575

Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US