Linda Oppen Mourelatos Correspondence
Finding aid prepared by Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego
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Copyright 2005
Descriptive Summary
Title: Linda Oppen Mourelatos Correspondence
Identifier/Call Number: MSS 0033
Contributing Institution:
Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego
9500 Gilman Drive
La Jolla, California, 92093-0175
Languages:
English
Physical Description:
1.0 linear foot
(3 archives boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1956-1982
Abstract: The papers of Linda Oppen Mourelatos, daughter of the Objectivist poet George Oppen and his wife Mary. Of particular importance
is the correspondence between Oppen and her parents; 3 folders of typescript poetry by George Oppen; and 8 folders of material
by Mary Oppen, including 6 folders of a typescript for her autobiography MEANING A LIFE. The papers are arranged in three
series: 1) CORRESPONDENCE, 2) WRITINGS and 3) MISCELLANY.
Creator:
Mourelatos, Linda Oppen, 1940-
Scope and Content of Collection
Correspondence of Linda Oppen Mourelatos, daughter of the Objectivist poet George Oppen and his wife Mary. Of particular importance
is the correspondence between Oppen and her parents; 3 folders of typescript poetry by George Oppen; and 8 folders of material
by Mary Oppen, including 6 folders of a typescript for her autobiography MEANING A LIFE.
The papers are arranged in three series: 1) CORRESPONDENCE, 2) WRITINGS and 3) MISCELLANY.
1) CORRESPONDENCE is the largest series in the collection. It is arranged alphabetically by correspondent. Most of the letters
in this series are those of George Oppen to Linda Oppen.
2) WRITINGS contains no written material by Linda Oppen. Of special note in this series, besides the manuscripts of George
Oppen, are typescripts of Mary Oppen's autobiography MEANING A LIFE.
Biography
Linda Oppen Mourelatos, daughter of Objectivist poet George Oppen and his wife Mary, was born 7 May 1940 in Brooklyn, New
York. For the next six years the Oppen family lived on Long Island and in Detroit, eventually settling in Redondo Beach, California,
where they lived for four years. From Autumn 1950 to Spring 1958 Linda attended the American School in Mexico City. She then
entered Sarah Lawrence College, N.Y., in Autumn 1958, and graduated with a BA. in Spring 1962.
On June 12, 1962 Linda married Alex Mourelatos, then a graduate student in philosophy at Yale. In Autumn 1962 she entered
the Yale Medical School. She discontinued her studies in 1964 while on a leave of absence with Alex, who was then a Post-doctoral
Fellow at The University of Wisconsin at Madison's Institute for Research in the Humanities.
From 1965 to the present Linda and Alex Mourelatos have travelled extensively, in conjunction with Alex's teaching career,
including lengthy stays in West Germany; Washington, D.C.; Princeton, N.J.; Canberra, Australia; and Cambridge, Britain. Their
permanent residence during this period has been Austin, Texas, where Alex teaches in the Philosophy Department of The University
of Texas, and where Linda Oppen has been active in equestrian training and showing.
Publication Rights
Publication rights are held by the creator of the collection.
Preferred Citation
Linda Oppen Mourelatos Correspondence, MSS 0033. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.
Acquisition Information
Acquired, 1985.
Related Materials
George Oppen Papers (MSS 0016) and the June Oppen Degnan Papers (MSS 0017), Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Degnan, June Oppen -- Correspondence
Mourelatos, Alexander P.D., 1936- -- Correspondence
Mourelatos, Linda Oppen, 1940- -- Archives
Oppen, George -- Correspondence
Oppen, Mary, 1908-1990 -- Correspondence
American poetry--20th century
Box 1, Folder 1
Aunt Agnes to Linda Oppen
1959 - 1959
Box 1, Folder 2
Beauvais, Rick and Aubrey to George and Mary Oppen
1962 - 1963
Box 1, Folder 3
Beauvais, Rick and Aubrey to Linda Oppen and Alex Mourelatos
1962 - 1962
Box 1, Folder 4
Haight, Eve to George and Mary Oppen
Box 1, Folder 5
Mayer, Diane and Andy to George and Mary Oppen
Box 1, Folder 6
Mayer, Diane and Andy to Linda Oppen
1965 - 1971
Box 1, Folder 7
Mourelatos, Alex to George Oppen
1968 - 1972
Box 1, Folder 8
Oppen, George to Aubrey Beauvais
1964 - 1964
Box 1, Folder 9
Oppen, George to Eve Haight
Box 1, Folder 10
Oppen, George to Diane and Andy Meyer
Box 1, Folder 11
Oppen, George to Alex Mourelatos
Box 1, Folder 12
Oppen, George to June Oppen Degnan
Box 1, Folder 13
Oppen, George to Linda Oppen
1956 - 1958
Box 1, Folder 14
Oppen, George to Linda Oppen
1959 - 1960
Box 1, Folder 15
Oppen, George to Linda Oppen
1961 - 1963
Box 1, Folder 16
Oppen, George to Linda Oppen
1964 - 1966
Box 1, Folder 17
Oppen, George to Linda Oppen
1967 - 1970
Box 1, Folder 18
Oppen, George to Linda Oppen
1971 - 1972
Box 1, Folder 19
Oppen, George to Linda Oppen
1973 - 1978
Box 1, Folder 20
Oppen, George to Linda Oppen
1979 - 1980
Box 1, Folder 21
Oppen, George to Linda Oppen - Miscellaneous undated letters
Box 1, Folder 22
Oppen, George miscellaneous correspondence from 1958 to 1972
1958 - 1972
Box 1, Folder 23
Oppen, Mary to Alex Mourelatos
1968 - 1971
Box 1, Folder 24
Oppen, Mary to Linda Oppen
1956 - 1958
Box 1, Folder 25
Oppen, Mary to Linda Oppen
1959 - 1959
Box 1, Folder 26
Oppen, Mary to Linda Oppen
1960 - 1962
Box 1, Folder 27
Oppen, Mary to Linda Oppen
1963 - 1964
Box 2, Folder 1
Oppen, Mary to Linda Oppen
1965 - 1965
Box 2, Folder 2
Oppen, Mary to Linda Oppen
1966 - 1966
Box 2, Folder 3
Oppen, Mary to Linda Oppen
1967 - 1968
Box 2, Folder 4
Oppen, Mary to Linda Oppen
1969 - 1970
Box 2, Folder 5
Oppen, Mary to Linda Oppen
1971 - 1972
Box 2, Folder 6
Oppen, Mary to Linda Oppen
1973 - 1974
Box 2, Folder 7
Oppen, Mary to Linda Oppen
1975 - 1976
Box 2, Folder 8
Oppen, Mary to Linda Oppen
1977 - 1978
Box 2, Folder 9
Oppen, Mary to Linda Oppen
1979 - 1980
Box 2, Folder 10
Degnan, June Oppen to George and Mary Oppen
1958 - 1969
Box 2, Folder 11
Degnan, June Oppen to Linda Oppen
1959 - 1979
Box 2, Folder 12
Haight, Eve to Linda Oppen
1964 - 1970
Box 2, Folder 13
Oppen, Linda to George and Mary Oppen
1964 - 1982
Box 2, Folder 14
Mary Oppen - Poetry and Prose, TS and PP.
Box 2, Folder 15
Mary Oppen - Poetry, TS and PP.
Box 2, Folder 16
Mary Oppen - Selections from MEANING A LIFE - 2 copies corrected TS of "Kalispel"
Box 2, Folder 17
Mary Oppen - Selections from MEANING A LIFE - Corrected TS of "WWI 1918-1920,"
Box 2, Folder 18
Mary Oppen - Selections from MEANING A LIFE - Corrected TS of "Belvedere 1930,"
Box 3, Folder 1
Mary Oppen - Selections from MEANING A LIFE - TS of "New York 1935-1939"
Box 3, Folder 2
Mary Oppen - Selections from MEANING A LIFE
General note
Corrected TS of "Trip West After the War, 1942-1946."
Box 3, Folder 3
Mary Oppen - Selections from MEANING A LIFE - Corrected TS of untitled material
Box 3, Folder 4
By George Oppen - Poems, including "A Narrative," and "A Morality Play: Preface.
Box 3, Folder 5-6
By George Oppen - Poems, TSSc.
Box 3, Folder 7
Publishing information
General note
Concerning June Oppen Degnan's efforts on behalf of William Bronk.
Box 3, Folder 8
Calendar of readings from Academy of American Poets
1963 - 1964
General note
"Coming From a Great Distance," program
Box 3, Folder 9
Letters of condolence to Mary Oppen, upon the 1984 death of George
General note
Photocopies, 10 ALs, 5 TLs, 1 TL