Peters (Robert) and Stephen Vincent Correspondence, 1972 - 1983, bulk 1979 - 1980

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Title:: Finding Aid of the Robert Peters and Stephen Vincent correspondence
Dates:: 1972 - 1983, bulk 1979 - 1980
Creators:: Peters, Robert and Vincent, Stephen
Abstract:: This collection contains correspondence between Robert Peters, one of the most widely published gay poets in the U.S., and Stephen Vincent, editor of _Shocks_, an avant-garde San Francisco literary magazine of the 1970s, and founder of Momo's Press, also in San Francisco.
Extent:: 1> 1 folder
Language:: Languages represented in the collection: English
Preferred citation:: Finding Aid of the Robert Peters and Stephen Vincent correspondence, 1997-24, Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Historical Society.

Scope and content:: The correspondence documents the literary friendship between an openly gay man and a straight man. The collection contains 27 letters, notes and cards from Peters and 12 carbon copies of Vincent's letters to Peters. While some of Peters' letters are handwritten, most are signed typescripts. One Peters letter, 02/07/1975, is a six page review of Vincent's The Ballad of Artie Bremer, signed. Many of the letters discuss their own work and the work of other literary figures such as Jack Hirshman, Anne Waldman, James Broughton, and John Gill, among others. Over the course of the letters, dialogues on the merits and styles of various poets emerge; Clayton Eshleman being one example. Many of the people discussed were known personally by Peters and/or Vincent providing a unique perspective. Included is an essay Peters wrote, The Phenomenon of James Dickey, Currently and sent a signed copy to Vincent.
Acquisition information:: Purchased by the GLBTHS from Bolerium in 1997.
Physical location:: Stored at the Archives of the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Historical Society in San Francisco, California
Rules or conventions:: Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard

Collection Guide Author:: Justin M. Edgar and Gerard Koskovich
Date Prepared:: © 2008
Date Encoded:: Machine-readable finding aid created by Justin M. Edgar. Machine-readable finding aid derived from MS Word. Date of source: August 21, 2008.

Access and use

Restrictions:: Collection open for research.
Terms of access:: Copyright to unpublished manuscript materials has been transferred to the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Historical Society.

Preferred citation:: Finding Aid of the Robert Peters and Stephen Vincent correspondence, 1997-24, Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Historical Society.

Location of this collection:: GLBT Historical Society

989 Market Street, Lower Level

San Francisco, CA 94103, US