June Oppen Degnan Papers
Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego
Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego
Copyright 2005
9500 Gilman Drive
La Jolla 92093-0175
spcoll@ucsd.edu
Descriptive Summary
Languages:
English
Contributing Institution:
Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego
9500 Gilman Drive
La Jolla 92093-0175
Title: June Oppen Degnan Papers
Identifier/Call Number: MSS 0017
Physical Description:
4 Linear feet
(8 archives boxes, 3 oversize folders)
Date (inclusive): 1959-1973
Abstract: Papers of June Oppen Degnan, writer, publisher, political activist, and sister of poet George Oppen (1908-1984). Most of the
collection documents Degnan's activities as publisher of the San Francisco Review in the 1960s, and her association with New
Directions Books. Included is correspondence and writings of many important members of the American literary community including
Jack Anderson, Robert Bly, William Bronk, Basil Bunting, Hayden Carruth, Robert Creeley, Clayton Eshleman, Lawrence Ferlinghetti,
Erich Fromm, Allen Ginsberg, David Ignatow, Denise Levertov, George Oppen, Carl Rakosi, Jerome Rothenberg, C. P. Snow, Gary
Snyder, Diane Wakoski, William Carlos Williams, and Louis Zukofsky. Virtually no references to Degnan's personal or political
life can be found in the papers. Of special significance are letters from George Oppen. The collection is arranged in four
series: 1) SAN FRANCISCO REVIEW AND NEW DIRECTIONS; 2) MISCELLANEOUS MATERIALS; 3) FILES OF MAJOR WRITERS; and 4) SAN FRANCISCO
REVIEW ANNUAL, 1963.
Scope and Content of Collection
Accession Processed in 1990
Most of the materials in the collection are related to the publishing and editing affairs of June Oppen Degnan at the SAN
FRANCISCO REVIEW and New Directions Books. In general, the papers provide documentation on the inner workings of the literary
publishing business of the 1960s. Included are materials relating to many well-known poets and writers of that time, including
Jack Anderson, Robert Bly, William Bronk, Basil Bunting, Hayden Carruth, Robert Creeley, Clayton Eshleman, Lawrence Ferlinghetti,
Erich Fromm, Allen Ginsberg, David Ignatow, Denise Levertov, George Oppen, Carl Rakosi, Jerome Rothenberg, C. P. Snow, Gary
Snyder, Diane Wakoski, William Carlos Williams, and Louis Zukofsky.
Degnan's original organization of her papers has been retained in the present collection. The materials are arranged in four
series: 1) SAN FRANCISCO REVIEW AND NEW DIRECTIONS; 2) MISCELLANEOUS MATERIALS; 3) FILES OF MAJOR WRITERS; and 4) SAN FRANCISCO
REVIEW ANNUAL, 1963.
SERIES 1: SAN FRANCISCO REVIEW AND NEW DIRECTIONS
The first series, SAN FRANCISCO REVIEW AND NEW DIRECTIONS, is comprised of four subseries of correspondence. Folders are
arranged alphabetically by correspondent, and within each folder letters are ordered chronologically. The first subseries,
"Correspondence between Degnan and other publishers," includes letters between Degnan and her fellow publishers at SAN FRANCISCO
REVIEW and New Directions. This subseries has both the letters sent to Degnan by her colleagues George Hitchcock, James Laughlin,
Robert MacGregor and Roy Miller, as well as the carbons of many of Degnan's responses. The second subseries, "General Correspondence,"
is devoted to letters sent to Degnan from her friends and associates concerning her publishing business.
"Correspondence of Other Publishers and Editors," the third subseries in SAN FRANCISCO REVIEW AND NEW DIRECTIONS, is made
up of letters sent by and to Degnan's publishing associates - Hitchcock, Laughlin, Miller, Mac Gregor, etc. - which were copied
and sent to Degnan for her files. This subseries is highlighted by a letter sent to Laughlin by Carl Rakosi in which Rakosi
informs Laughlin of his desire to begin writing after a long hiatus.
The final subseries in SAN FRANCISCO REVIEW AND NEW DIRECTIONS, "Correspondence from Writers to SFR," consists of original
letters and carbons from writers (sent to Degnan or one of her fellow publishers) whose work was published (or was being considered
for publication) in San Francisco Review. Notable examples of the writers in this subseries include Paul Blackburn, Robert
Bly, Robert Creeley, Hayden Carruth, Clayton Eshleman, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Allen Ginsberg, Jerome Rothenberg and William
Carlos Williams.
SERIES 2: MISCELLANEOUS MATERIALS
MISCELLANEOUS MATERIALS is the second and smallest series, and it is divided into two subseries: SAN FRANCISCO REVIEW and
NEW DIRECTIONS-related items; and Degnan's personal items.
SERIES 3: FILES OF MAJOR WRITERS
The third series, FILES OF MAJOR WRITERS, is devoted to materials relating to ten writers: William Bronk, Edward Dahlberg,
James Hall, Yukio Mishima, George Oppen, Charles Reznikoff, Mary Oppen, C. P. Snow, Gilbert Sorrentino, and Curtis Zahn. These
writers were promoted and advised by Degnan, and their work (with the exception of Mary Oppen) was published by New Directions.
Each writer has his or her own subseries, and most of the subseries contain typescripts, correspondence (from the writer to
Degnan; from Degnan or her associates to the writer; or from others to Degnan about the writer's work), publicity information
and reviews of the writers' work. Typescripts, publicity information, and reviews are arranged chronologically, and correspondence
is arranged alphabetically by author. Because Degnan did not extensively advise or promote Dahlberg, Mary Oppen, C. P. Snow
or Sorrentino, their files are relatively small.
The fifth subseries in FILES OF MAJOR WRITERS is unusual in that it is devoted to two writers rather than one. This subseries
consists primarily of materials (correspondence, publicity ephemera and reviews) relating to books written by George Oppen
and Charles Reznikoff -- books which were published by New Directions at the same time. Because of their identical publication
dates, the paperwork and publicity for these books were often created jointly; and this is probably why Degnan created this
joint file. Degnan also maintained a separate file for Oppen and Reznikoff and, in almost all cases, her original arrangement
has been preserved.
Of great significance in the FILES OF MAJOR WRITERS is the correspondence in the George Oppen file (the sixth subseries).
Here, Oppen's correspondence to Degnan provides insight into his opinions about his own writing and that of his contemporaries
-- particularly the writing of his friend, William Bronk -- as well as insight into Oppen's relationship with his sister.
SERIES 4: SAN FRANCISCO REVIEW ANNUAL, 1963
In 1963, Degnan oversaw the publication of the San Francisco Review Annual, and materials concerning the Annual comprise
the fourth and final series. This series, SAN FRANCISCO REVIEW ANNUAL, 1963, contains typescripts of selected poems for the
Annual, an annotated draft of the Annual, galley proofs, and ephemera.
SERIES 5: ORIGINALS OF PRESERVATION PHOTOCOPIES
Biography
June Oppen Degnan was born in New York City on June 7, 1918, the daughter of George August and Seville Shainwald Oppen. June's
brother was George Oppen (1908-1984), who became a well-known poet and exponent of the Objectivist school. For her higher
education, Degnan attended the University of California at Berkeley, the Sorbonne, and the University of San Francisco Law
School. She was married at least twice: once to a Mr. McKeen (a relationship which ended around 1959), and once to George
Degnan, a marriage which took place around 1960. From her first marriage, June had one daughter, Aubrey, who subsequently
married Orly Lindgren.
Beginning in 1959, Degnan served as publisher, along with George Hitchcock and Roy Miller, of the San Francisco Review, a
journal of poetry and prose published in close cooperation with New Directions book publishers of New York City. New Directions
often published (with Degnan's guidance and encouragement) books by writers who Degnan admired strongly -- writers who she
published in the San Francisco Review. These writers included George Oppen, Charles Reznikoff, William Bronk and James Hall.
Degnan appeared to have a very close but occasionally difficult relationship with her brother. George dedicated his 1965
book This In Which to her with the inscription, "For June/ Who first welcomed/ me home." With New Directions, June assisted
him in publishing the major works of his later career: The Materials (1962), This In Which (1965), Of Being Numerous (1968)
and The Collected Poems of George Oppen (1975). However, Degnan and Oppen had several disagreements about financial matters.
George often wrote to June urging her to seek happiness beyond materialism and monetary wealth.
Like George, June is avidly concerned with political, social and environmental issues. For a short period she was editor
and publisher of Oceans magazine. She was an active member of the Oceanic Society and of Conservation International. In 1968
she served on the board of directors of the New School for Social Research, and she was president of the International Child
Art Center in San Francisco from 1971-1972. Starting in 1956, she regularly assisted the finance committee of the California
Democratic Central Committee, and she actively involved herself in the presidential campaigns of Eugene McCarthy and George
McGovern.
Degnan has a reputation as a competent, dedicated and assertive businessperson who is deeply concerned with both literary
and political issues.
Publication Rights
Publication rights are held by the creator of the collection.
Preferred Citation
June Oppen Degnan Papers, MSS 0017. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.
Acquisition Information
Acquired 1985.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Publishers and publishing -- United States
American poetry -- 20th century
San Francisco review (San Francisco : 1958-1962)
New Directions Publishing
Wakoski, Diane -- Correspondence
Williams, William Carlos, 1883-1963 -- Correspondence
Zukofsky, Louis, 1904-1978 -- Correspondence
Degnan, June Oppen -- Archives
Bunting, Basil -- Correspondence
Ignatow, David, 1914-1997 -- Correspondence
Carruth, Hayden, 1921-2008 -- Correspondence
Sorrentino, Gilbert -- Correspondence
Snyder, Gary, 1930- -- Correspondence
Rothenberg, Jerome, 1931- -- Correspondence
Reznikoff, Charles, 1894-1976 -- Correspondence
Rakosi, Carl, 1903-2004 -- Correspondence
Oppen, Mary, 1908-1990 -- Correspondence
Levertov, Denise, 1923-1997 -- Correspondence
Oppen, George -- Correspondence
Anderson, Jack, 1935- -- Correspondence
Blackburn, Paul, 1926-1971 -- Correspondence
Bly, Robert -- Correspondence
Bronk, William -- Correspondence
Creeley, Robert, 1926-2005 -- Correspondence
Eshleman, Clayton -- Correspondence
Ferlinghetti, Lawrence -- Correspondence
Ginsberg, Allen, 1926-1927 -- Correspondence
SAN FRANCISCO REVIEW AND NEW DIRECTIONS
Correspondence between Degnan and other publishers
Box 1, Folder 1
Hitchcock, George
1961 - 1962
Box 1, Folder 2
Kuhlman, Gilda
1962 - 1962
Box 1, Folder 3
Laughlin, James B.
1961 - 1978
Box 1, Folder 4
Laughlin, James B.
1961 - 1978
Box 1, Folder 5
Lorch, Else B.
1965 - 1973
Box 1, Folder 6
Mac Gregor, Robert M.
1962 - 1974
Box 1, Folder 7
Mac Gregor, Robert M.
1962 - 1974
Box 1, Folder 8
Martin, Frederick R.
1969 - 1975
Box 1, Folder 10
Bly, Robert (The Sixties Press)
1967 - 1967
Box 1, Folder 11
Borchardt, Georges
1962 - 1966
Box 1, Folder 12
Cheshire Publishing Pty Ltd.
1972 - 1972
Box 1, Folder 16
Houghton Mifflin Company
1970 - 1972
Box 1, Folder 17
King, Martin Luther, Jr.
1961 - 1961
Box 1, Folder 18
Kray (Ussachevsky), Betty
1962 - 1976
Box 1, Folder 20
NEW YORKER Magazine
1963 - 1963
Box 1, Folder 22
Pritchett, Victor S.
1962 - 1962
Box 1, Folder 23
Ray, Man and Julie
1959 - 1977
Box 1, Folder 24
Scott, Foresman and Company
1968 - 1970
Box 1, Folder 25
Spender, Stephen
1959 - 1959
Box 1, Folder 26
Webb, Thompson, Jr.
1969 - 1969
Box 1, Folder 27
Whittemore, Reed (THE CARLETON MISCELLANY)
1961 - 1961
Box 1, Folder 28
Miscellaneous Correspondence, A-Z
Box 1, Folder 29
Unidentified Correspondence
Correspondence of Other Publishers and Editors
Box 1, Folder 30
Atheneum Publishers and SAN FRANCISCO REVIEW Editors
1963 - 1963
Box 1, Folder 31
Hitchcock, George and Roy Miller
1958 - 1959
Box 2, Folder 1
Hitchcock, George and Roy Miller
1959 - 1962
Box 2, Folder 2
Laughlin, James B.
1962 - 1965
Box 2, Folder 3
Mac Gregor, Robert
1962 - 1973
Box 2, Folder 4
Pollinger, Laurence and Robert Mac Gregor
1963 - 1974
Box 2, Folder 5
Orlovitz, Gil and Roy Miller
1958 - 1960
Box 2, Folder 6
Villiers Publications
1957 - 1961
Correspondence, Writers to SAN FRANCISCO REVIEW
Box 2, Folder 7
Allen, Marijane
1960 - 1962
Box 2, Folder 8
Anderson, Jack
1960 - 1961
Box 2, Folder 9
Banks, Richard
1960 - 1961
Box 2, Folder 13
Birney, Earle
1961 - 1961
Box 2, Folder 14
Blackburn, Paul
1961 - 1962
Box 2, Folder 15
Burdick, Eugene
1958 - 1958
Box 2, Folder 16
Carney, Matthew
1960 - 1962
Box 2, Folder 17
Carruth, Hayden
1961 - 1963
Box 2, Folder 18
Christie, David
1959 - 1962
Box 2, Folder 19
Corrington, William
1960 - 1962
Box 2, Folder 20
Creeley, Robert
1960 - 1960
Box 2, Folder 21
Cullen, Robert
1962 - 1962
Box 2, Folder 22
Cuomo, George
1961 - 1962
Box 2, Folder 23
Czerniawski, Adam
1962 - 1963
Box 2, Folder 24
Ellison, Miriam T.
1959 - 1959
Box 2, Folder 25
Eshleman, Clayton
1961 - 1962
Box 2, Folder 27
Ferlinghetti, Lawrence
1959 - 1959
Box 2, Folder 29
Galler, David
1961 - 1962
Box 2, Folder 30
Ginsberg, Allen
1959 - 1959
Box 2, Folder 31
Gonzalez-Gerth, Miguel
1960 - 1962
Box 2, Folder 36
Ishikawa, Robert
1960 - 1961
Box 2, Folder 37
Kroll, Ernest
1961 - 1962
Box 2, Folder 39
Levertov, Denise
1961 - 1961
Box 2, Folder 40
Lowenfels, Walter
1961 - 1962
Box 2, Folder 41
Marsh, Willard
1961 - 1962
Box 2, Folder 42
McGrath, Thomas
1961 - 1963
Box 2, Folder 44
Montgomery, Jean
1962 - 1962
Box 2, Folder 45
Nelson, Raymond
1962 - 1962
Box 2, Folder 47
Oates, Joyce Carol
1961 - 1961
Box 2, Folder 48
Ordon, Edmund
1962 - 1962
Box 2, Folder 50
Ozick, Cynthia
1960 - 1962
Box 2, Folder 52
Ridland, John M.
1962 - 1963
Box 2, Folder 53
Rothenberg, Jerome
1961 - 1962
Box 2, Folder 55
Russell, Bertrand
1958 - 1961
Box 2, Folder 56
Saroyan, William
1958 - 1959
Box 2, Folder 57
Shapiro, Norman R.
1962 - 1962
Box 2, Folder 58
Simpson, Louis
1961 - 1962
Box 2, Folder 60
Stoutenburg, Adrien
1961 - 1962
Box 2, Folder 61
Tagliabue, John
1962 - 1962
Box 3, Folder 1
Taylor, H. George
1960 - 1962
Box 3, Folder 3
Thomas, Norman
1958 - 1959
Box 3, Folder 4
Touster, Saul
1961 - 1966
Box 3, Folder 6
Wang, David Rafael
1960 - 1962
Box 3, Folder 7
Weingarten, Robert
1961 - 1962
Box 3, Folder 8
Williams, William Carlos
1958 - 1958
Box 3, Folder 10
Zukofsky, Louis
1958 - 1960
Box 3, Folder 11
Miscellaneous Correspondence A-Z
Box 3, Folder 12
Miscellaneous Correspondence A-Z
Box 3, Folder 13
Miscellaneous Correspondence A-Z
Box 3, Folder 14
Unidentified Correspondence
Box 3, Folder 15
SAN FRANCISCO REVIEW and New Directions - Book Sales and Inventory Records
1965 - 1974
Box 3, Folder 16
SAN FRANCISCO REVIEW and New Directions - New Directions Catalogs
1962 - 1980
Box 3, Folder 17
SAN FRANCISCO REVIEW and New Directions - New Directions Catalogs
1962 - 1980
Box 3, Folder 18
SAN FRANCISCO REVIEW and New Directions - Basic Review List
1962 - 1962
General note
List of periodical names and addresses
Box 3, Folder 19
SAN FRANCISCO REVIEW and New Directions - Unidentified Items
Box 3, Folder 20
Degnan's Personal Items - RAMPARTS Magazine - Financial Statements
1966 - 1968
Box 3, Folder 21
Degnan's Personal Items - Miscellaneous Financial Records
Box 3, Folder 22
Bronk, William - Miscellaneous Works - Selected Published Poems -
General note
Two booklets: one complied by the author and one copy of AUDIT vol 2. no. 5
Box 3, Folder 23
Bronk, William - Miscellaneous Works - Selected Typescript
General note
With some notes by the author
Box 3, Folder 24
Bronk, William - Books - EMPTY HANDS -
1965 - 1965
General note
Early version with dedication and signature
Box 3, Folder 25
Bronk, William - Books - WORLD, THE WORLDLESS -
1964 - 1964
General note
Typescript version submitted to the Lamont Poetry Selection
Box 3, Folder 26
Bronk, William - Books - WORLD, THE WORLDLESS -
1963 - 1964
General note
Legal and copyright forms, carbons, photocopies
Box 3, Folder 27
Bronk, William - Books - WORLD, THE WORLDLESS -
1965 - 1965
General note
Advertisement in "Americans for Democratic Action" Convention brochure, ad on page 17
Box 3, Folder 28
Bronk, William - Books - WORLD, THE WORLDLESS -
1964 - 1964
General note
Selected Advertisements and Mailing List for Review Copies
Box 4, Folder 1
Bronk, William - Books - WORLD, THE WORLDLESS -
1965 - 1965
Box 4, Folder 2
Bronk, William - Correspondence - Letters about WORLD, THE WORLDLESS
1963 - 1967
General note
Mailed to June Degnan
Box 4, Folder 3
Bronk, William - Correspondence - Letters from Bronk to Degnan
1962 - 1978
Box 4, Folder 4
Bronk, William - Correspondence - General Correspondence
1964 - 1966
General note
Mostly letters from New Directions publishers
Box 4, Folder 5
Bronk, William - Royalty Statements -
1968 - 1973
Box 4, Folder 6
Dahlberg, Edward - Publicity information on BECAUSE I WAS FLESH
1964 - 1964
Box 4, Folder 7
Hall, James - Miscellaneous Works - Letters Never Mailed -
General note
Spring 1963, pages from the printed version in KENYON REVIEW; also includes a note from Hall
Box 4, Folder 8
Hall, James - Miscellaneous Works - God Cares, But Waits
General note
Spring 1969, short story reprinted from VIRGINIA QUARTERLY REVIEW, 45:2, typeset copy with note from Hall
Box 4, Folder 9
Hall, James - US HE DEVOURS - Selected Stories for the final version
1964 - 1964
General note
Photocopies of printed material, two copies
Box 4, Folder 10
Hall, James - US HE DEVOURS - Selected Stories for the final version
1964 - 1964
General note
Photocopies of printed material, two copies
Box 4, Folder 11
Hall, James - US HE DEVOURS - Reviews
1964 - 1965
General note
Photocopies, some originals
Box 4, Folder 12
Hall, James - Correspondence - Letters between Hall and Degnan
1962 - 1965
Box 4, Folder 13
Hall, James - Correspondence - Letters between Hall and George Hithcock
1958 - 1962
Box 4, Folder 14
Hall, James - Correspondence - Letters about Hall to New Directions
1962 - 1964
Box 4, Folder 15
Hall, James - Miscellaneous Materials - Contract, Copyright form, advertisements
1962 - 1964
Box 4, Folder 16
Hall, James - Miscellaneous Materials - Royalty Statements
1968 - 1969
Box 4, Folder 17
Mishima, Yukio - Miscellaneous Works - Dojoji
General note
Play translated by Donald Keene, photocopy of typescript, ca. 1965
Box 4, Folder 18
Mishima, Yukio - Miscellaneous Works - Onnagata
General note
Short story translated by Donald Keene, photocopy of a typescript, ca. 1965
Box 4, Folder 19
Mishima, Yukio - Swaddling Clothes
General note
Translated by Ivan Morris in TODAY'S JAPAN, copy of printed version
Box 4, Folder 20
Mishima, Yukio - Correspondence - Letters between Mishima and Robert MacGregor
1962 - 1965
Box 4, Folder 21
Mishima, Yukio - Correspondence - Letters from Robert MacGregor about Mishima
1962 - 1965
General note
Carbons of originals
Box 4, Folder 22
Mishima, Yukio - Ephemera
1963 - 1965
Box 4, Folder 23
Oppen/Reznikoff - BY THE WATERS & THE MATERIALS - Bluestone, George
1962 - 1962
General note
Publicity Correspondence
Box 4, Folder 24
Oppen/Reznikoff - BY THE WATERS & THE MATERIALS - Bogan, Louise
1962 - 1962
General note
Publicity Correspondence
Box 4, Folder 25
Oppen/Reznikoff - BY THE WATERS & THE MATERIALS - Coulette, Henri
1962 - 1962
General note
Publicity Correspondence
Box 4, Folder 26
Oppen/Reznikoff - BY THE WATERS & THE MATERIALS - Erbe, Edwin
1962 - 1962
General note
Publicity Correspondence
Box 4, Folder 27
Oppen/Reznikoff - BY THE WATERS & THE MATERIALS - Levine, Philip
1962 - 1962
General note
Publicity Correspondence
Box 4, Folder 28
Oppen/Reznikoff - BY THE WATERS & THE MATERIALS - Rago, Henry
1962 - 1962
General note
Publicity Correspondence
Box 5, Folder 1
Oppen/Reznikoff - BY THE WATERS & THE MATERIALS - Smith, Roger
1962 - 1962
General note
Publicity Correspondence
Box 5, Folder 2
Oppen/Reznikoff - BY THE WATERS & THE MATERIALS - Miscellaneous A-Z
General note
Publicity Correspondence, ca. 1962
Box 5, Folder 3
Oppen/Reznikoff - BY THE WATERS & THE MATERIALS - Publicity Ephemera
General note
Includes list of persons to be sent review copies of the books, ca. 1962
Box 5, Folder 4
Oppen/Reznikoff - BY THE WATERS & THE MATERIALS - Gotham Book Mart reception
1962 - 1962
General note
Publicity Photographs of Oppen and Reznikoff, also includes photos of C.P. Snow and Degnan
Box 5, Folder 5
Oppen/Reznikoff - BY THE WATERS & THE MATERIALS - Gotham Book Mart reception
1962
General note
Article and Photographs of the reception in THE VILLAGER, photocopy
Box 5, Folder 6
Oppen/Reznikoff - BY THE WATERS & THE MATERIALS - Gotham Book Mart reception
1962 - 1962
General note
Reviews of the two books
Box 5, Folder 7
Oppen/Reznikoff - THIS IN WHICH & TESTIMONY - Publicity ephemera
Box 5, Folder 8
Oppen/Reznikoff - Publicity for Poetry Center Ready by Reznikoff and Oppen
1974 - 1974
Box 5, Folder 9
Oppen, George - Miscellaneous Work - Published Work - The Mind's Own Place
General note
Carbon of typescript
Box 5, Folder 10
Oppen, George - Miscellaneous Work - Published Work - 20 poems and an Interview
1973 - 1973
General note
In CHICAGO, October 1973, no. 1, photocopy
Box 5, Folder 11
Oppen, George - Miscellaneous Work - Published Work - Selected poems
1980 - 1980
General note
Published in Poetry Pilot, issued by Academy of American Poets
Box 5, Folder 12
Oppen, George - Miscellaneous Work - Typescripts - Poems
1960 - 1961
General note
Sent by Oppen to Degnan for review
Box 5, Folder 13
Oppen, George - Miscellaneous Work - Typescripts - Miscellaneous Poems
Box 5, Folder 14
Oppen, George - Miscellaneous Work - Typescripts - Miscellaneous Poems
Box 5, Folder 15
Oppen, George - Miscellaneous Work - THE MATERIALS - Typescript of poems
1962 - 1962
General note
Includes some correspondence between Oppen and Degnan relating to the poems
Box 5, Folder 16
Oppen, George - Miscellaneous Work - THE MATERIALS - Publicity ephemera
Box 5, Folder 17
Oppen, George - Miscellaneous Work - THIS IN WHICH - Typescripts of poems for
Oversize MC-037, Folder 13
Oppen, George - Miscellaneous Work - THIS IN WHICH - Galley Proofs
1965 - 1965
General note
Three copies
Box 5, Folder 19
Oppen, George - Miscellaneous Work - THIS IN WHICH - Ephemera
General note
Includes contract and publicity materials, ca. 1964-1965
Box 5, Folder 20
Oppen, George - Miscellaneous Work - THIS IN WHICH - Reviews
1966 - 1966
Box 5, Folder 21
Oppen, George - Miscellaneous Work - OF BEING NUMEROUS - Typescripts of poems
1968 - 1968
Box 5, Folder 22
Oppen, George - Miscellaneous Work - OF BEING NUMEROUS - Publicity material
1969 - 1969
Box 5, Folder 23
Oppen, George - Miscellaneous Work - COLLECTED POEMS - Reviews
1972 - 1972
Box 5, Folder 24
Oppen, George - Correspondence - Letters between Oppen and Degnan
1965 - 1981
Box 5, Folder 25
Oppen, George - Correspondence - Letters between Oppen and Degnan
1965 - 1981
Box 5, Folder 26
Oppen, George - Correspondence - Letters between Oppen and Degnan
1965 - 1981
Box 5, Folder 27
Oppen, George - Correspondence - Letters regarding THIS IN WHICH
1965 - 1976
Box 5, Folder 28
Oppen, George - Correspondence - Letters from New Directions to Oppen
1969 - 1976
Box 6, Folder 1
Oppen, George - Miscellaneous Items - Poetry in the Sixties
1969
General note
Article in NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW, Mentions Oppen's poetry, three copies
Box 6, Folder 2
Oppen, George - Miscellaneous Items - Royalty Statements
1968 - 1973
Box 6, Folder 3
Oppen, George - Miscellaneous Items - Review PRIMITIVE, MEANING A LIFE
1978
General note
Reviews by Michael Heller in NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW
Box 6, Folder 4
Oppen, George - Miscellaneous Items - A Tribute to George Oppen
1983 - 1983
General note
By Charles Amirkhanian in FOLIO
Box 6, Folder 5
Oppen, George - Miscellaneous Items - From Pulitzer to Alzheimer
1984
General note
Article on the life of Oppen in NORTHERN CALIFORNIAN JEWISH BULLETIN, vol. 132. no. 15, photocopy
Box 6, Folder 6
Oppen, Mary - Typescripts of Poems
General note
ca. 1970's, photocopies
Box 6, Folder 7
Oppen, Mary - Poems by Mary Oppen
Box 6, Folder 8
Oppen, Mary - Reviews of MEANING A LIFE
1979 - 1979
General note
Her autobiography
Box 6, Folder 9
Reznikoff, Charles - Miscellaneous Poems - Selected Poems
General note
Three carbon copies of typescript
Box 6, Folder 10
Reznikoff, Charles - Miscellaneous Poems - Selected Poems
General note
Three carbon copies of typescript
Box 6, Folder 11
Reznikoff, Charles - Miscellaneous Poems - Collected Poems
General note
ca. 1959, three carbon copies of typescript
Box 6, Folder 12
Reznikoff, Charles - Miscellaneous Poems - Collected Poems
General note
ca. 1959, three carbon copies of typescript
Box 6, Folder 13
Reznikoff, Charles - Miscellaneous Poems - Collected Poems
General note
ca. 1959, three carbon copies of typescript
Box 6, Folder 14
Reznikoff, Charles - Books - BY THE WATERS OF MANHATTAN
1962 - 1962
General note
Ephemera and publicity materials
Oversize MC-037, Folder 14
Reznikoff, Charles - Books - Galley proofs
1965 - 1965
General note
Two copies, one has corrections
Box 6, Folder 16
Reznikoff, Charles - Books - TESTIMONY: THE UNITED STATES (1885-1890) -
1965 - 1966
General note
Publicity and advertising materials
Box 6, Folder 17
Reznikoff, Charles - Books - TESTIMONY: THE UNITED STATES (1885-1890) -
1966 - 1966
General note
Review by Milton Hindus in COMMENTARY
Box 6, Folder 18
Reznikoff, Charles - Books - TESTIMONY: THE UNITED STATES (1885-1890) -
1965 - 1966
General note
Miscellaneous Reviews
Box 7, Folder 1
Reznikoff, Charles - Correspondence - Letters between Reznikoff and Degnan
1961 - 1975
Box 7, Folder 2
Reznikoff, Charles - Correspondence - About BY THE WATERS OF MANHATTAN
General note
ca. 1962-1973
Box 7, Folder 3
Reznikoff, Charles - Correspondence - Correspondence about TESTIMONY
1965 - 1965
Box 7, Folder 4
Reznikoff, Charles - Correspondence - Miscellaneous Correspondence to Reznikoff
1969 - 1974
Box 7, Folder 5
Reznikoff, Charles - Miscellaneous Materials - Royalty Statements
1968 - 1973
Box 7, Folder 6
Reznikoff, Charles - Miscellaneous Materials - Reznikoff's Obituary
1976
General note
Printed in the NEW YORK TIMES, includes note from Marie Syrkin to Degnan
Box 7, Folder 7
Snow, C.P. - Preface to BY THE WATERS OF MANHATTAN
1961 - 1961
General note
Written by Snow, two copies, typescript and carbon
Box 7, Folder 8
Snow, C.P. - Miscellaneous Clippings about Snow
Box 7, Folder 9
Snow, C.P. - Correspondence between Snow and Degnan
1961 - 1978
Box 7, Folder 10
Sorrentino, Gilbert - The Perfect Fiction
1966 - 1966
General note
Short Story, typescript, also includes some correspondence between Sorrentino and Degnan
Box 7, Folder 11
Zahn, Curtis - AMERICAN CONTEMPORARY - Typescript
1963 - 1963
General note
Two copyedited versions
Box 7, Folder 12
Zahn, Curtis - AMERICAN CONTEMPORARY - Typescript
1963 - 1963
General note
Two copyedited versions
Box 7, Folder 13
Zahn, Curtis - AMERICAN CONTEMPORARY - Ephemera and Publicity Materials
1962 - 1965
Box 7, Folder 14
Zahn, Curtis - AMERICAN CONTEMPORARY - Reviews
1965 - 1965
Box 7, Folder 15
Zahn, Curtis - Correspondence - Letters between Zahn and Degnan
General note
ca. 1961-1969
Box 8, Folder 1
Zahn, Curtis - Correspondence - Letters between Zahn and George Hitchcock
1962 - 1962
Box 8, Folder 2
Zahn, Curtis - Correspondence - Letters between Zahn and James Laughlin
1962 - 1966
Box 8, Folder 3
Zahn, Curtis - Correspondence - Letters between Zahn and Roy Miller
1958 - 1960
Box 8, Folder 4
Zahn, Curtis - Correspondence - Correspondence about Zahn, A-Z
1962 - 1965
Box 8, Folder 5
Zahn, Curtis - Royalty Statements
1968 - 1974
SAN FRANCISCO REVIEW ANNUAL, 1963
Box 8, Folder 6
SAN FRANCISCO REVIEW Annual - Typescripts - Three French poems
1963 - 1963
General note
By Brierre, Damas, Gratiant
Box 8, Folder 7
SAN FRANCISCO REVIEW Annual - Typescript - Polish Poems & Related Materials
1963 - 1963
Box 8, Folder 8
SAN FRANCISCO REVIEW Annual - Typescripts - Too Soon for Pigeons, James Spencer
1963 - 1963
General note
Short story, photocopy
Box 8, Folder 9
SAN FRANCISCO REVIEW Annual - Typescript - Annotated draft of the Annual
1963 - 1963
General note
Carbon copy with annotations
Oversize MC-037, Folder 12
SAN FRANCISCO REVIEW Annual - Galley Proofs - 22 April 1963 and 5 July 1963
1963
General note
Includes corrections
Box 8, Folder 11
SAN FRANCISCO REVIEW Annual - Miscellaneous Ephemera
1963 - 1963
General note
Galley cover, contributors' note, and publicity information
ORIGINALS OF PRESERVATION PHOTOCOPIES
Box 8, Folder 12
Originals of Preservation Photocopies
1963 - 1963