Lowenfels (Walter) Papers, 1967-1969

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Title:: Walter Lowenfels Papers,
Dates:: 1967-1969
Creators:: Lowenfels, Walter, 1897-1976
Abstract:: Walter Lowenfels (1897-1976) was a poet and the managing editor of the Pennsylvania edition of the Daily Worker (1940-55). The collection consists of materials related to the literary anthology, The Writing on the Wall and includes correspondence, manuscripts, galleys and a folder of reviews.
Extent:: 2 boxes (1 linear ft.)
Language:: English.
Preferred citation:: [Identification of item], Walter Lowenfels Papers (Collection 336). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

Scope and content:: Collection consists of materials related to the literary anthology, The Writing on the Wall (1969), edited by Walter Lowenfels. Includes correspondence with various poets who appear in the anthology, and correspondence between Doubleday editor Georgess McHargue and Lowenfels. Also contains manuscripts and galleys, and a folder of reviews.
Biographical / historical:: Lowenfels was born on May 10, 1897 in New York City; published poetry includes Episodes and Epistles (1925), Sonnets of Love and Liberty (1955), and Found Poems and Others (1972); books include The Poetry of My Politics (1968), The Writing on the Wall: 108 American Poems of Protest (1969), and The Revolution is to be Human (his autobiography, 1973); managing editor of the Pennsylvania edition of the Daily worker (1940-55); a member of the Communist Party, Lowenfels was convicted under the Smith Act, which was later repealed.
Acquisition information:: Gift of Walter Lowenfels, 1970.
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.

Subjects:: Political poetry, American.
Poets, American--20th century--Archival resources.
Manuscripts for publication.
Names:: Lowenfels, Walter, 1897-1976--Archives.
Lowenfels, Walter, 1897-1976-- Writing on the Wall .

Collection Guide Author:: Processed by Brooke Whiting; machine-readable finding aid created by Caroline Cubé
Date Prepared:: © 1999
Date Encoded:: Machine-readable finding aid derived from card-file by rekeying, May 1999 . Frontmatter gathered from MARC record. Supplementary encoding and revision supplied by Caroline Cubé.

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Restrictions:: COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access.
Terms of access:: 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], Walter Lowenfels Papers (Collection 336). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

Location of this collection:: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library

A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library

Box 951575

Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US