Finding Aid for the Judson Crews Papers, 1936-1961
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The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Finding Aid for the Judson Crews Papers, 1936-1961
Collection number: 673
UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
Manuscripts Division
Los Angeles, CA
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- UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
- Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library
- Box 951575
- Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
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Descriptive Summary
Title: Judson Crews Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1936-1961
Collection number: 673
Creator: Crews, Judson
Extent:
4 boxes (2 linear ft.)
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Abstract: Judson Campbell Crews (1917- ) was a lecturer in social development studies at the University of Zambia, Lusaka (1974-78)
wrote numerous books of poetry and contributed to some 350 periodicals. The collection consists of correspondence, literary
manuscripts, published works and ephemera related to Crews' career as poet and editor of avant-garde and poetry magazines.
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.
Language:
English.
Administrative 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.
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.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of Judson Crews, 1949.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Judson Crews Papers (Collection 673). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research
Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
UCLA Catalog Record ID
UCLA Catalog Record ID:
964564
Biography
Judson Campbell Crews was born on June 30, 1917 in Waco, Texas; BA (1941), MA (1944), and studied Fine Arts (1946-47) at Baylor
University; pursued graduate study at University of Texas at El Paso, 1967; landscape architect in Waco, 1936-39; publisher
of Motive press (Waco, Texas) and Este Es Press (Taos, New Mexico), 1946-66; printer at
Taos Star,
El Crepusculo, and Taos News Publishing Company, 1948-66; lecturer in social development studies, University of Zambia, Lusaka, 1974-78;
wrote numerous books of poetry and contributor to some 350 periodicals, including
Beloit Poetry Journal,
Poetry Now,
Wormwood Review,
Puerto del Sol, and
Southwestern American Literature.
Scope and Content
Collection consists of correspondence, literary manuscripts, published works and ephemera related to Crews' career as poet
and editor of avant-garde and poetry magazines. Correspondents include Henry Miller and Anaïs Nin. Collection also contains
submitted manuscripts from Henry Miller, Charles Birkin, Bruce Brown, Montgomery Hare, Norman MacLeod, Paul Potts, David S.
Savage, and others.
Organization and Arrangement
Arranged in the following series:
- Correspondence (Boxes 1-4).
- Poetry and short story manuscripts (Box 4).
- Manuscripts by Henry Miller (Box 4).
- Ephemera (Box 4).
- Publications (Box 4).
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Subjects
Crews, Judson--Archives.
Miller, Henry, 1891- --Correspondence.
Nin, Anaïs, 1903-1977--Correspondence.
Poets, American--20th century--Archival resources.
Authors, American--20th century--Archival resources.
Box 1, Folder 1
Anderson, Wendell. November 1941-October 1943.
Physical Description: 20 items (61 leaves).
Box 1, Folder 2
Anderson, Wendell. November 1943-January 1944.
Physical Description: 21 items (78 leaves).
Box 1, Folder 3
Anderson, Wendell. January-March 1944.
Physical Description: 26 items (66 leaves).
Box 1, Folder 4
Anderson, Wendell. March 1944-February 1945.
Physical Description: 29 items (68 leaves).
Box 1, Folder 5
Anderson, Wendell. April-November 1945.
Physical Description: 19 items (35 leaves).
Box 1, Folder 6
Appleman, Stratton. 1939-1943.
Physical Description: 24 items (44 leaves).
Box 1, Folder 7
Barclay, Aura Lee. ca. 1945.
Physical Description: 6 items (10 leaves).
Box 1, Folder 8
Beaudoin, Kenneth Lawrence. July 1936-May 1942.
Physical Description: 41 items (85 leaves).
Box 1, Folder 9
Beaudoin, Kenneth Lawrence. 1942-1947.
Physical Description: 31 items (55 leaves).
Box 1, Folder 10
Best, Betty Jo. October 1946-November 1947.
Physical Description: 25 items (77 leaves).
Box 1, Folder 11
Briscoe, Lila Bess. April 1943-October 1946.
Physical Description: 15 items (20 leaves).
Box 1, Folder 12
Collier, Oscar. May 1942-January 1947.
Physical Description: 40 items (106 leaves).
Box 1, Folder 13
Croft, Maxwell Howard. October 1940-September 1942.
Physical Description: 37 items (47 leaves).
Box 1, Folder 14
Croft, Maxwell Howard. September 1942-September 1946.
Physical Description: 19 items (46 leaves).
Box 1, Folder 15
Crowley, Joseph. July 1941-January 1947.
Physical Description: 27 items (35 leaves).
Box 1, Folder 16
Dewey, Dorothy. January 1944-September 1947.
Physical Description: 25 items (47 leaves).
Box 1, Folder 17
Fraenkel, Michael. June 1945-October 1948.
Physical Description: 26 items (38 leaves).
Box 2, Folder 1
Gordon, Kenneth. December 1944-October 1946.
Physical Description: 7 items (9 leaves).
Box 2, Folder 2
Greer, Scott. March-July 1942.
Physical Description: 20 items (51 leaves).
Box 2, Folder 3
Greer, Scott. July-October 1942.
Physical Description: 21 items (49 leaves).
Box 2, Folder 4
Greer, Scott. October-November 1942.
Physical Description: 25 items (52 leaves).
Box 2, Folder 5
Greer, Scott. November 1942-March 1943.
Physical Description: 34 items (54 leaves).
Box 2, Folder 6
Greer, Scott. March-December 1943.
Physical Description: 41 items (59 leaves).
Box 2, Folder 7
Greer, Scott. December 1943-April 1944.
Physical Description: 27 items (55 leaves).
Box 2, Folder 8
Greer, Scott. August 1944-June 1946.
Physical Description: 37 items (73 leaves).
Box 2, Folder 9
Greer, Scott. June 1946-January 1947.
Physical Description: 22 items (79 leaves).
Box 2, Folder 10
Greer, Scott. January-December 1947.
Physical Description: 35 items (79 leaves).
Box 2, Folder 11
Greer, Scott. December 1947-November 1948.
Physical Description: 18 items (41 leaves).
Box 2, Folder 12
Hanson, Kenneth O. ca. 1947.
Physical Description: 9 items (23 leaves).
Box 2, Folder 13
Harper, Carol Ely. July 1946-May 1947.
Physical Description: 28 items (43 leaves).
Box 2, Folder 14
Harper, Carol Ely. June 1947-October 1948.
Physical Description: 53 items (127 leaves).
Box 2, Folder 15
Harwell, Meade. March 1944-February 1947.
Physical Description: 8 items (8 leaves).
Box 2, Folder 16
Hoffman, Joseph. February 1941-July 1942.
Physical Description: 11 items (14 leaves).
Box 2, Folder 17
Jordan, Sidney. n.d.
Physical Description: 4 items (8 leaves).
Box 3, Folder 1
Kapustka, Bruce. June 1936-October 1937.
Physical Description: 28 items (46 leaves).
Box 3, Folder 2
Kapustka, Bruce. November 1937-June 1942.
Physical Description: 34 items (49 leaves).
Box 3, Folder 3
Kinzinger, Delia Hildegarde. July 1943-July 1944.
Physical Description: 25 items (52 leaves).
Box 3, Folder 4
Leite, George and Nancy. March 1944-March 1945.
Physical Description: 11 items (14 leaves).
Box 3, Folder 5
Lewis, James Franklin. September 1943-September 1944.
Physical Description: 13 items (24 leaves).
Box 3, Folder 6
Lisle, Floy Dewey. November 1942-December 1945.
Physical Description: 13 items (24 leaves).
Box 3, Folder 7
Meyer, Christine. December 1939-September 1942.
Physical Description: 8 items (18 leaves).
Box 3, Folder 8
Miller, Henry. October 1942-August 1944.
Physical Description: 42 items (49 leaves).
Box 3, Folder 9
Miller, Henry and Lepska. October 1944-February 1947.
Physical Description: 43 items (62 leaves).
Box 3, Folder 10
Miller, Henry and Lepska. March 1947-November 1948.
Physical Description: 34 items (53 leaves).
Box 3, Folder 11
Moore, Everett. 1960-1961.
Physical Description: 3 items (4 leaves), 3 pieces ephemera.
Box 3, Folder 12
Moser, Alice. July 1940-September 1946.
Physical Description: 7 items (7 leaves).
Box 3, Folder 13
Night, Ralph. August 1938-January 1939.
Physical Description: 4 items (5 leaves).
Box 3, Folder 14
Nin, Anaïs. 1943-1945.
Physical Description: 14 items (17 leaves).
Box 3, Folder 15
Peterson, William. August 1937-August 1940.
Physical Description: 37 items (51 leaves).
Box 3, Folder 16
Peterson, William. September 1940-November 1945.
Physical Description: 41 items (81 leaves).
Box 3, Folder 17
Phillips, Wayne. February-August 1948.
Physical Description: 20 items (38 leaves).
Box 3, Folder 18
Plummer, Honey Briggs. February-October 1948.
Physical Description: 24 items (47 leaves).
Box 3, Folder 19
Powell, Lawrence Clark. August 1946-July 1952.
Physical Description: 32 items (32 leaves), 2 enclosures.
Box 3, Folder 20
Rice, Dorabel. October 1944-July 1946.
Physical Description: 27 items (89 leaves).
Box 3, Folder 21
Rice, Dorabel. July 1946-November 1947.
Physical Description: 32 items (59 leaves).
Box 3, Folder 22
Rice, Dorabel. December 1947-October 1948.
Physical Description: 12 items (13 leaves).
Box 4, Folder 1
Stephens, Pauline Francis. December 1947-August 1948.
Physical Description: 7 items (7 leaves).
Box 4, Folder 2
Swallow, Alan. May 1938-January 1947.
Physical Description: 23 items (38 leaves).
Box 4, Folder 3
Uppedegraff, Kay. August 1942-July 1947.
Physical Description: 39 items (79 leaves).
Box 4, Folder 4
Weatherby, Meredith. August 1937-December 1944.
Physical Description: 38 items (60 leaves).
Box 4, Folder 5
White, Emil. ca. 1947-1948.
Physical Description: 7 items (7 leaves).
Box 4, Folder 6
Winslow, Walker. 1946.
Physical Description: 4 items (5 leaves).
Box 4, Folder 7
Rejection letters. v.p., v.d.
Physical Description: 121 items (121 leaves).
Note
Includes letters from James Baughlin and Caresse Crosby.
Poetry and Short Story Manuscripts
Box 4, Folder 8
A - C.
Physical Description: 30 items (65 leaves).
Box 4, Folder 8
Barth, Ruvin.
Physical Description: 2 poems (2 leaves) Typescript.
Box 4, Folder 8
Beamish, Rae.
Physical Description: 3 poems (4 leaves) Typescript.
Box 4, Folder 8
Beaudoin, Kenneth Lawrence.
Physical Description: 5 poems (5 leaves), typescript; book review (5 leaves), typescript; Conversation of a lady, 4 leaves, typescript.
Box 4, Folder 8
Bennell, Florence M.
Physical Description: 2 poems (2 leaves) Typescript.
Box 4, Folder 8
Birkin, Charles. Chains. London, n.d.
Physical Description: 16 leaves. Typescript (carbon).
Box 4, Folder 8
Bostwick, Lawrence.
Physical Description: 1 poem (1 leaf) Typescript.
Box 4, Folder 8
Bovey, John. Night life. Cambridge, Massachusetts, n.d.
Physical Description: 8 leaves. Typescript.
Box 4, Folder 8
Bradley, Arthur F.
Physical Description: 1 poem (1 leaf) Typescript.
Box 4, Folder 8
Brown, Bruce. Klondike. Hillsdale, New Jersey, n.d.
Physical Description: 5 leaves. Typescript.
Box 4, Folder 8
Chaloupa, Marge.
Physical Description: 1 poem (1 leaf) Typescript.
Box 4, Folder 8
Croft, Maxwell Howard.
Physical Description: 5 poems (5 leaves) Typescript.
Box 4, Folder 8
Cunningham, M.J.
Physical Description: 1 poem (1 leaf) Typescript.
Box 4, Folder 9
D - F.
Physical Description: 10 items (15 leaves).
Box 4, Folder 9
Dark, Robert L., Jr.
Physical Description: 4 poems (7 leaves) Typescript.
Box 4, Folder 9
Day, Charles, Jr.
Physical Description: 1 poem (1 leaf) Typescript.
Box 4, Folder 9
Douglas, Gilean.
Physical Description: 2 poems (2 leaves) Typescript.
Box 4, Folder 9
DuBois, Arthur E.
Physical Description: 1 poem (2 leaves) Typescript.
Box 4, Folder 9
Erickson, Edwin M.
Physical Description: 1 poem (2 leaves) Typescript.
Box 4, Folder 9
Fraser, Dorothy May.
Physical Description: 1 poem (1 leaf) Typescript.
Box 4, Folder 10
G - J.
Physical Description: 14 items (15 leaves).
Box 4, Folder 10
George, Selwyn.
Physical Description: 1 poem (1 leaf) Typescript.
Box 4, Folder 10
Greene, Edward.
Physical Description: 2 poems (2 leaves) Typescript.
Box 4, Folder 10
Greenwood, Doris Audrey.
Physical Description: 1 poem (1 leaf) Typescript.
Box 4, Folder 10
Grinnell, Fannie M.
Physical Description: 1 poem (1 leaf) Typescript.
Box 4, Folder 10
Hare, Montgomery.
Physical Description: 2 poems (3 leaves) Typescript.
Box 4, Folder 10
Harper, Lawrence A.
Physical Description: 3 poems (4 leaves) Typescript.
Box 4, Folder 10
Heaton, Jouette Brawner.
Physical Description: 1 poem (1 leaf) Typescript.
Box 4, Folder 10
Hudson, T. David.
Physical Description: 2 poems (2 leaves) Typescript.
Box 4, Folder 10
Hughes, Ken.
Physical Description: 1 poem (1 leaf) Typescript.
Box 4, Folder 11
I - leaves.
Physical Description: 5 items (5 leaves).
Box 4, Folder 11
Joseph, Leah.
Physical Description: 1 poem (1 leaf) Typescript.
Box 4, Folder 11
Judson, Carmen.
Physical Description: 1 poem (1 leaf) Typescript.
Box 4, Folder 11
Kempe, Joseph C.
Physical Description: 1 poem (1 leaf) Typescript.
Box 4, Folder 11
Laurence, Richard.
Physical Description: 1 poem (1 leaf) Typescript (carbon).
Box 4, Folder 11
Liebhardt, Louise.
Physical Description: 1 poem (1 leaf) Typescript.
Box 4, Folder 12
Mc - M.
Physical Description: 5 items (9 leaves).
Box 4, Folder 12
MacLeod, Norman.
Physical Description: 1 poem (4 leaves) Typescript (carbon).
Box 4, Folder 12
McNair, Lura Thomas.
Physical Description: 1 poem (1 leaf) Typescript (carbon).
Box 4, Folder 12
Manch, Joseph Rodman.
Physical Description: 1 poem (1 leaf) Typescript.
Box 4, Folder 12
Michaux, Joy H.
Physical Description: 1 poem (1 leaf) Typescript.
Box 4, Folder 12
Miller, Henry. SEE Box 4, folder 15.
Box 4, Folder 12
Morehouse, Bert.
Physical Description: 1 poem (1 leaf) Typescript.
Box 4, Folder 13
N - R.
Physical Description: 14 items (32 leaves).
Box 4, Folder 13
Newman, Sol.
Physical Description: 3 poems (3 leaves) Typescript.
Box 4, Folder 13
O'Brien, M. N. The poet and the kitten. New York, n.d.
Physical Description: 14 leaves. Typescript.
Box 4, Folder 13
Oles, Floyd.
Physical Description: 1 poem (1 leaf) Typescript.
Box 4, Folder 13
Ott, William leaves.
Physical Description: 2 poems (2 leaves) Typescript.
Box 4, Folder 13
Potts, Paul.
Physical Description: 1 poem (1 leaf) Typescript.
Box 4, Folder 13
Renard, Norman.
Physical Description: 4 poems (8 leaves) Typescript.
Box 4, Folder 13
Ruetz, Frank.
Physical Description: 1 poem (1 leaf) Typescript.
Box 4, Folder 14
S - Z.
Physical Description: 42 items (48 leaves).
Box 4, Folder 14
Savage, David S.
Physical Description: 1 poem (1 leaf) Typescript.
Box 4, Folder 14
Smith, Harriet Fuller.
Physical Description: 1 poem (1 leaf) Typescript.
Box 4, Folder 14
Spaulding, Kenneth.
Physical Description: 2 poems (2 leaves) Typescript, typescript (carbon).
Box 4, Folder 14
Stirling, Glen.
Physical Description: 3 poems (3 leaves) Typescript.
Box 4, Folder 14
Stuart, Roger Winship.
Physical Description: 1 poem (1 leaf) Typescript.
Box 4, Folder 14
Wassall, Irma.
Physical Description: 7 poems (7 leaves) Typescript.
Box 4, Folder 14
Webb, W. Caldwell.
Physical Description: 24 poems (30 leaves) Typescript.
Box 4, Folder 14
Wells, Peter.
Physical Description: 1 poem (1 leaf) Typescript.
Box 4, Folder 14
West, Donald.
Physical Description: 1 poem (1 leaf) Typescript.
Box 4, Folder 14
Wilhelmson, Virginia.
Physical Description: 1 poem (1 leaf) Typescript.
Manuscripts by Henry Miller
Box 4, Folder 15
O Lake of Light. Los Angeles, n.d.
Physical Description: 1 leaf. Typescript.
Box 4, Folder 15
Letter of Thanksgiving. Big Sur, n.d.
Physical Description: 8 leaves. Typescript (carbon)
Box 4, Folder 15
Letter to Huntington Cairus. Big Sur, 1944.
Physical Description: 3 leaves. Typescript (carbon).
Box 4, Folder 15
Letter to Dear friends. Big Sur, n.d.
Physical Description: 2 leaves. Typescript (carbon) on Miller's letterhead. Another copy: 2 leaves. Multilith.
Box 4, Folder 15
The Asylum All in Gold. n.p., 1944. Miller's penciled note in upper left corner: First and only attempt at radio script--for John Cage and his music.
Physical Description: 10 leaves. Typescript (carbon). Inscribed: For Sgt. Crews from his good friend Henry Miller 12/21/43.
Box 4, Folder 15
Open letter to the
New Republic. n.p., n.d.
Physical Description: 7 leaves. Typescript (carbon).
Box 4, Folder 15
Fragment from The Rosy Crucifixion. n.p., n.d.
Physical Description: 42 leaves. Typescript (carbon).
Box 4, Folder 15
Fragment from The Rosy Crucifixion. n.p., n.d.
Physical Description: 35 leaves. Typescript (carbon).
Box 4, Folder 15
An open letter to all and sundry. Los Angeles, 1943.
Physical Description: 6 leaves. Multilith.
Box 4, Folder 15
Open letter
re publication of
The Angel Is My Watermark. n.p., ca. 1943. Photographic reproduction.
Physical Description: 1 item.
Box 4, Folder 15
Ephemera
re Miller.
Physical Description: 2 items.
Box 4, Folder 16
Ephemera.
Physical Description: 6 items.
Box 4, Folder 17
The Flying Fish (formerly
Reader's Choice). Taos, New Mexico, 1947 [Edited by Judson Crews].
Physical Description: 3 items.
Box 4, Folder 17
no.[] February/March 1948.
Box 4, Folder 18
The Naked Ear. Ranches of Taos, New Mexico, n.d. [Edited by Judson Crews].
Physical Description: 11 items.
Box 4, Folder 19
Poetry Taos. Ranches of Taos, New Mexico, 1957 [Edited by Judson Crews].
Physical Description: 1 item.
Box 4, Folder 20
Crews, Judson.
The Heart in Naked Hunger. n.p., n.d.
Physical Description: 1 item.
Box 4, Folder 21
Crews, Judson.
No is the Night [Waco, Texas, Motive Book Shop, n.d.].
Physical Description: 1 item.
Box 4, Folder 22
Mason, Mason Jordan.
Notebook #23 [Ranches of Taos, New Mexico, Motive Book Shop, n.d.].
Physical Description: 1 item.
Box 4, Folder 23
Mason, Mason Jordan.
The Yardarm of Murphy's Kite [Ranches of Taos, New Mexico, Motive Press, c. 1956] With this: variant copy.
Physical Description: 2 items.