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Finding Aid for the St. Mark's Poetry Project Records, 1962-1987 LSC.2016
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  • Preferred Citation
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  • General note

  • Title: St. Mark's Poetry Project records
    Identifier/Call Number: LSC.2016
    Contributing Institution: UCLA Library Special Collections
    Language of Material: English
    Physical Description: 1.0 linear feet (2 boxes)
    Date (inclusive): 1962-1987
    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.
    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.
    Creator: St. Mark's Church In-the-Bowery (New York, N.Y.). Poetry Project.

    Restrictions on Access

    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.

    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.

    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item], St. Mark's Poetry Project Records (Collection Number 2016). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.

    History

    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.

    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.

    General note

    UCLA Catalog Record ID: 4233817 

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

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