Bill Mohr Papers
Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego Library
Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego
Copyright 2024
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Descriptive Summary
Contributing Institution:
Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego
9500 Gilman Drive
La Jolla 92093-0175
Title: Bill Mohr Papers
Creator:
Mohr, Bill
Identifier/Call Number: MSS 0844
Physical Description:
19.1 Linear feet
(44 archives boxes, 1 record carton, 2 card file boxes, and 5 oversize folders)
Physical Description:
19.7 GB
of digital files
Date (inclusive): 1959-2022
Abstract: Papers of Bill Mohr (1947-), poet, founding editor of Momentum Press, teacher, and scholar. The collection contains audiovisual
materials of Mohr's television show, Put Your Ears On, as well as many readings and events, correspondence with other poets
and artists, writings, and notebooks and journal entries.
Languages:
English
.
Scope and Content of Collection
Papers of Bill Mohr (1947-), poet, founding editor of Momentum Press, teacher, and scholar. The collection contains audiovisual
materials of Mohr's show, Put Your Ears On, as well as many readings and events, correspondence with other poets and artists,
and notebooks and journal entries. The collection also contains drafts of poetry and prose, professional materials including
grant projects with The Getty Foundation and the California Council of the Arts, and teaching materials.
Arranged in nine series: 1) AUDIOVISUAL RECORDINGS, 2) BIOGRAPHICAL, 3) CORRESPONDENCE, 4) NOTEBOOKS/JOURNALS, 5) PROSE, 6)
POETRY, 7) READINGS, TALKS, AND INTERVIEWS, 8) PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES, and 9) WRITINGS OF OTHERS.
Biography
Bill Mohr was born to Fred and Sylvia Mohr in 1947 in Norfolk, Virginia. As a young adult, Mohr moved to Los Angeles to act
with some local theater companies. A small press activist, Mohr's initial foray into editing began with the first two issues
of
Bachy Magazine, published by Papa Bach Bookstore, in 1972. He was also very active in the California Poets in the Schools program sponsored
by the California Arts Council. By 1974, Mohr founded his own small press, Momentum Press (1974-1988). Through this endeavor,
Mohr became a leading editor and publisher to emerge from the small press movement in 1970s. Momentum Press utilized grant
funds from the National Endowment for the Arts to support publication of many books. Authors published by Momentum Press include:
Jim Krusoe, Alicia Ostriker, Kate Braverman, Leland Hickman, Len Roberts, James Moore, Joseph Hansen, Holly Prado, Harry Northup,
Deena Metzler, Michael C. Ford, and many others. From 1985-1995 he also worked as a blueprint machine operator and typesetter.
His writing career was greatly influenced by this job, as he would stay after hours and write poetry, notes, and journals
on the typesetting machine, many pages of which are included in this collection.
In his academic career, Mohr received a Bachelor's degree in Theater Arts from the University of California, Los Angeles in
1970. He then received a Masters degree in Literature in 2000, followed by a Ph.D. in Literature in 2004, both from the University
of California, San Diego. Since 2006, he has been teaching at California State University, Long Beach in the English Department
advancing from Assistant Professor to Professor.
In the Los Angeles community, Mohr founded and led the Thursday night Beyond Baroque poetry workshop (founded in May 1993).
He was also a visiting scholar at the Getty Research Institute in 1996. Mohr's scholarly research during the late 1990's focused
on Los Angeles Poetry, and led to his book,
Holdouts: The Los Angeles Poetry Renaissance 1948-1992.
Mohr is the author and creator of many published works, print and spoken word, including:
Hidden Proofs (1982);
Penetralia (1984);
Vehemence (2003); and
Bittersweet Kaleidoscope (2006). He has also edited and published anthologies including:
The Streets Inside (1978) and
Poetry Loves Poetry (1985).
Bill Mohr is working on a memoir and currently lives and works in Long Beach, California with his wife, Linda Fry.
Preferred Citation
Bill Mohr Papers. MSS 844. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego Library.
Acquisition Information
Acquired 2022-2023
Publication Rights
Publication rights are held by the creator of the collection.
Digital Content
Audiovisual recordings from the collection have been digitized, and additional born digital files are available online.
Related Materials
Momentum Press Archive. MSS 412. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego Library.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Poets, American
Mohr, Bill -- Archives
AUDIOVISUAL RECORDINGS
Scope and Contents
Series 1) AUDIOVISUAL RECORDINGS. Arranged in two subseries: A) Moving Images, and B) Sound Recordings. Inclusive dates range
from 1970 through 2007.
A) Moving Images: VHS, U-Matic, and born digital content of Mohr's television program, "Put Your Ears On."
B) Sound Recordings: Poetry readings, radio appearances, and published spoken word tapes from audio cassette, reel, and born
digital items.
Box 1, Folder 1
"For Thought" - Sensible Shoes Productions
1991 December 9
Put Your Ears On - Interview with FrancEyE
1993
Put Your Ears On - Interview with FrancEyE
Box 1, Folder 2
Put Your Ears On - "The Bonding" with Ellen Sander
1995 May 3
Box 1, Folder 3-4
Put Your Ears On - Jim Moore shows 1-2
1995 October 25
General note
Show one is titled "The Long Experience of Love."
Box 1, Folder 5
Put Your Ears On - "The Ragged Vertical" with Harry Northup
1996 March 14
Box 1, Folder 6
Put Your Ears On - "One Miracle" with Bill Mohr
1996 June 3
Box 1, Folder 7-8
Put Your Ears On - "One Miracle" with Bill Mohr
1996 November 4
General note
Show one is titled "Defeat Nothing," and show 2 is titled "Rattled."
Box 1, Folder 9
Put Your Ears On - "Invisible City" with Bill Mohr
1997 January 2
General note
Broadcast on March 12, 1997.
Box 1, Folder 10
Put Your Ears On - "Final Onset"
1997 May 2
Box 1, Folder 11
Put Your Ears On - Lynn McGee show
1997 July 17
Box 1, Folder 12
Put Your Ears On - "Out of Print"
1997 September 12
Box 1, Folder 13
Put Your Ears On - "Reunions" with Harry Northup
1998 November 20
Box 1, Folder 14
Put Your Ears On - "My Turtle's Passport" with Bill Mohr
1999 March 25
Box 1, Folder 15
Wings: That Which Takes Flight adaptation - Laurel Ann Bogen
ca. 1999
Box 1, Folder 16
Put Your Ears On - Paper materials
1985-1999
General note
Also includes information for an appearance on the "Joe Sanchez Show."
Box 2, Folder 1
Critique and discussion of Bill Mohr's poetry
ca. 1970
Critique and discussion of Bill Mohr's poetry
General note
Speaker is unidentified, possibly a teacher of Mohr's.
Box 2, Folder 2
LA journal #1
between 1970 and 2000
LA journal #1
General note
Collection of LA poets each reading a poem.
Box 2, Folder 3
Professor Bill - Poetry readings with multiple speakers
1973-1974
Professor Bill - Poetry readings with multiple speakers
Box 2, Folder 4
Bill Mohr poetry reading - KPFK
1975 January 17
Bill Mohr poetry reading, KPFK
Box 2, Folder 5
Bill Mohr poetry reading - BRAGR Times Bookstore, New York
1977 October 24
Bill Mohr poetry reading - BRAGR Times Bookstore, New York City
Box 2, Folder 6
Beyond Baroque readings - James Moore and Bill Mohr
1978 February 3-5
James Moore and Bill Mohr reading at Beyond Baroque
Box 2, Folder 7
Poets in LA - Kathleen Fraser and Martha Lifson (Martha Ronk) on KCRW
between 1985 and 1988
Poets in LA - Kathleen Fraser and Martha Lifson (Martha Ronk) on KCRW
General note
Uses pre-recorded readings originally read in 1985.
Box 2, Folder 8
Bill Mohr interviewed by Peter Levitt
between 1985 and 2000
Bill Mohr interviewed by Peter Levitt
Box 2, Folder 9
Let's Regress - Lynn McGee
1985
Let's Regress - Lynn McGee
General note
Produced by David Ayriss.
Box 2, Folder 10
Some From Ten Poems - Eloise Klein Healy
1985
Some From Ten Poems - Eloise Klein Healy
General note
Self published.
Box 2, Folder 11
A Tribute to Leland Hickman
1991
A Tribute to Leland Hickman
General note
KPFK, with Bill Mohr, Holly Prado, and Harry Northup.
Box 2, Folder 12-13
Bill Mohr - Session
ca. 1993
Bill Mohr - Session
Box 3, Folder 1
Jim Moore reading at Gasoline alley
1993
Jim Moore reading at Gasoline Alley
Box 3, Folder 2
Bill Mohr and Harry Northup - KCRW
1993 August 19
Bill Mohr and Harry Northup, KCRW
Box 3, Folder 3-4
Bukowski's wake - Parts 1 and 2
1994
Bukowski's wake
Box 3, Folder 5-9
Bill Mohr - Chromozones
1994
Bill Mohr - Chromozones
General note
Chromozones was supposed to be released by New Alliance (like Vehemence was), but it was never released. Includes: edited
master, copy of ref. cassette, production master, and untitled.
Box 3, Folder 10
Mohr Tape 1
ca. 1995
Bill Mohr reading
Box 3, Folder 11
Virtual engage - #2
ca. 1995
Virtual engage #2 - Discussion with Bill Mohr
Box 3, Folder 12
Interview about Bill Mohr
ca. 1996
Interview about and with Bill Mohr
General note
Discusses the Scholars and Seminars program at the Getty Research Institute.
Box 3, Folder 13
Bill Mohr on LA Xray, KPFK
ca. 1996
Bill Mohr on LA Xray, KPFK
Box 3, Folder 14
Q and A with Bill Mohr
1996
Bill Mohr Q and A
Box 3, Folder 15
John Thomas and Philomene Long reading
1996 September 11
John Thomas and Philomene Long discussion
Box 3, Folder 16
Jim Krusoe reading
1996 October 28
Bill Mohr discussion with Jim Krusoe
Box 3, Folder 17
Rae Armantrout and Ron Silliman - San Diego
1998
Rae Armantrout and Ron Silliman, San Diego
Box 3, Folder 18
Taco Shop Poets Live
1998 April 11
Taco Shop Poets Live
General note
Recorded at UCLA. Features Adrian Arancibia, Jason Edmonds, Adolfo Guzman Lopez, Tomas Riley, and Miguel Angel Soria.
Box 3, Folder 19
Bill Mohr reading - Los Angeles County Museum of Art
2000
Bill Mohr reading, Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Box 3, Folder 20
Alicia Ostriker interviewed by Bill Mohr
2000 March
Alicia Ostriker interviewed by Bill Mohr
Box 3, Folder 21
Sound exchange, KPFK
2000 May 25
Bill Mohr on Sound exchange, KPFK
Idyllwild Arts - Summer poetry festival
2005 July 19-23
Idyllwild Arts summer poetry festival, 2005
General
For paper materials relating to Idyllwild Arts, see box 44, folder 5. While primarily a sound recording, this object also
contains a video portion of this event.
Idyllwild Arts - Summer poetry festival
2006
Idyllwild Arts summer poetry festival, 2006
General
For paper materials relating to Idyllwild Arts, see box 44, folder 5.
Box 3, Folder 22-23
Mark Salerno interviewed by Bill Mohr - Parts 1 and 2
ca. 2007
Mark Salerno interviewed by Bill Mohr
BIOGRAPHICAL
Scope and Contents
Series 2) BIOGRAPHICAL: Includes curricula vitae, photographs, reviews and biographical notes, and job search materials. Materials
range in date from 1960-2018.
Box 4, Folder 1-6
Mohr's school work
1963, 1985-1997
General note
Includes a report on the Edinburgh Film Festival. Includes "Craig Bolotin Lit Notes." Folder of graded papers were graded
by a grad student at UC Berkeley. Includes hand outs from poetry classes at SDSU - Professors: Glover Davis and John Theobald.
Box 4, Folder 7
Diplomas and certificates
1967-2004
Box 4, Folder 8
Employment correspondence
1975, 2005-2006
General note
Contains letters from University of Notre Dame, University of Tennessee at Martin, and CSU San Bernadino.
Box 4, Folder 9
Prose about Anna [early girlfriend]
1977-1978
Box 4, Folder 10
Church in Ocean Park - Correspondence and ephemera
1978-1995
Box 4, Folder 11
Self portraits (self-authored bio notes)
1981, undated
Box 4, Folder 12
Letter to the editor, L.A. Times - Draft
ca. 1981-1989
Box 4, Folder 13-14
Curriculum vitae / biographical material
1985-2018
Box 4, Folder 15
Letters of recommendation
1995
Box 4, Folder 16
Reviews of Bill Mohr by others
Box 4, Folder 17-19
Photographs of Bill Mohr and Family
General note
Includes Bill Mohr and family and classroom photographs.
Photographs of Bill Mohr by Alexis Rhone Fancher
2014-2015
Box 4, Folder 21-22
Clippings and publications
General note
Includes a folder of Poetry Flash.
Box 5, Folder 2
Los Angeles Poet Laureate search - L.A. Poetry and the Public Sphere of Culture
2014
Box 5, Folder 4
Biographical mantra
undated
Box 5, Folder 5
Los Angeles-based literary magazine list
CORRESPONDENCE
Scope and Contents
Series 3) CORRESPONDENCE: Arranged alphabetically. Prominent correspondents include: Jack Grapes, Leland Hickman, James Krusoe,
Lynn McGee, Harry Northup, and Holly Prado. Materials range in date from 1960-2015.
Box 5, Folder 7
Allen, Blair
1975-1993
General note
Includes Volume 2, Number 8 of "Newsletter Inago."
Box 5, Folder 10
Arroyo Arts Collective
1995, 1997
General note
Includes correspondence about the Poetry in the Windows Contest in 1995.
Box 5, Folder 13
Bauman, Frederick - Bragr Times
1977
Box 5, Folder 15
Beyond Baroque Foundation
1977-2022
General note
Includes correspondence from editors; George Dury Smith and James Krusoe. Includes correspondence from director Richard Modiano.
Includes an email thread with Christine Palma about "The Big Picture" at Beyond Baroque.
Box 5, Folder 16
Blue Collar Review
General note
Includes poems and submission decisions.
Box 5, Folder 21
Bump, Pamela
General note
Bill Mohr's first cousin.
Box 5, Folder 23
Cahuenga Press
General note
Includes press releases and notes about the formation of the press.
Box 5, Folder 24
California State University, Long Beach
1992-2010
General note
Includes a recommendation letter written for Bill Mohr. Includes a review of Mohr and his application for tenure/promotion.
Box 6, Folder 1
Clayton, Wayne and Deborah
Box 6, Folder 2
Cleary, Sharon and Noreen (sister- and mother-in-law)
Box 6, Folder 8
D - Miscellaneous
General note
Includes a letter from Durso, the owner of Intellectuals and Liars, a bookstore that hosted many poetry readings between 1977
and 1980.
Box 6, Folder 9
David, Gerald Marshall
General note
Part of the group, "Artists interested in baseball" (AIB) with Bill Mohr.
Box 6, Folder 10
Davidson, Michael
1999-2004
Box 6, Folder 13
Ellis, Carol
General note
Includes poetry by Carol Ellis.
Box 7, Folder 1
Fuchs, Carol - Southern California Anthology
Box 7, Folder 3
Gerard, Joshua
General note
Includes sketches by Gerard.
Box 7, Folder 5
The Getty Research Institute
Box 7, Folder 7
Grapes, Jack - ONTHEBUS
General note
Includes Grapes' thoughts on the introduction to Poetry Loves Poetry.
Box 7, Folder 8
Groves, Adam, Becky, John, and Susan
Box 7, Folder 9
H - Miscellaneous
General note
Includes correspondence with Carla Harryman.
Box 7, Folder 11-12
Hickman, Leland
General note
Includes "The Second Dream," by Brooks Roddan, published by Momentum Press. Includes memorial remarks and an obituary written
by Bill Mohr.
Box 7, Folder 13
Higgins, Larkin
1996-2001
Box 7, Folder 14
Hilger, Christina
General note
Includes poetry.
Box 7, Folder 16
Horovitz, Michael
General note
Includes issue 13 of
New Departures.
Box 7, Folder 18
Idyllwild Arts - Steven Fraider
Box 7, Folder 19
J - Miscellaneous
General note
Includes a letter from Bill Mohr to Judson Jerome in which Jerome used a quote from this letter in an article for "Writer's
Digest."
Box 7, Folder 20
James, David E.
General note
Includes correspondence about Backlit.
Box 7, Folder 21
Jones, Jordan - Bakunin
General note
Includes poetry submitted to Bakunin. Includes correspondence from Gerald Burns, influenced by Mohr's poem in Bakunin.
Box 8, Folder 3
Keen, Joni and Larry
General note
Includes photographs. Joni is Bill Mohr's sister.
Box 8, Folder 4
Kessler, Stephen
General note
Includes an announcement for Kessler's book,
Need I Say More?.
Box 8, Folder 7
Kozaitis, Anastasios
General note
Includes poems: "The Wish," by Abraham Cowley, "Listening to Baseball in the Car," by Gail Mazur, and "Analysis of Baseball,"
by May Swenson, and more, sent over email format.
Box 8, Folder 9
Krusoe, James [Jim]
General note
Includes correspondence about accepting poetry into the Santa Monica Review as well as personal correspondence. Includes Krusoe's
edits on Bill Mohr's poem, "Where." Includes a page of notes written by Bill Mohr about Krusoe's poetry. Includes an article
from the magazine, "Westways, April 1995," written by James Kruoe about a trip to Tucson with Bill Mohr.
Box 8, Folder 11
Kuntz, Bob - Fuse Magazine
Box 8, Folder 15
Levine, Phil
General note
Includes poetry by Levine.
Box 8, Folder 16-17
The Loft - A Place for Writing and Literature
General note
Includes a folder of correspondence and information about a ceili for Tom McGrath, put on by The Loft. An oversize flyer for
the ceili is located with flyers in FB-008.
Box 8, Folder 18
Lond, Harley - Intermedia
General note
Bill Mohr's nephew.
Box 8, Folder 19
Long, Philomene
1990-1998
General note
Includes an issue of "the Ten Directions." Includes a table of contents for an unidentified work of Philomene Long and John
Thomas' poems. Includes a piece of correspondence between Lee Hickman and John Thomas.
Box 9, Folder 1
Lummis, Suzanne - Los Angeles Poetry Festival
Box 9, Folder 2
M - Miscellaneous
General note
Includes Music City Song Festival judges commentary.
Box 9, Folder 3
MacAdams Ozuna, Phoebe - Cahuenga Press
Box 9, Folder 5
McBride, John - Red Hill Press
Box 9, Folder 7-11
McGee, Lynn
General note
Includes photographs. Includes "Milk" and "Bears" by Lynn McGee.
Box 10, Folder 1
McVicker, James
1987-2002
General note
Includes photographs. Includes a catalog for McVicker's artwork with an introduction essay written by Bill Mohr. Includes
a letter from Cathay Gleeson to "Karen," a friend of Jim McVicker.
Box 10, Folder 2
Metzger, Deena
General note
Includes a flyer for Metzger's play, "Dreams Against the State."
Box 10, Folder 4-7
Mohr, Fred and Sylvia
1960-2008
General note
Bill Mohr's parents. Includes correspondence from Bill Mohr addressed to his parents and all his siblings, from 1965-1971
(during his time at St. Mary's College), and ca. 1985-1995. Includes a folder of biographical prose/stories from Sylvia Mohr,
about herself and her husband Fred. Also includes one card from Mohr's paternal grandmother.
Box 10, Folder 8
Drafts of familial correspondence
Box 10, Folder 12
Moore, Jim
General note
Includes poems sent to Jim's magazine, The Lamp in the Spine.
Box 11, Folder 3
Northup, Harry and Holly Prado
1983-2010
General note
Includes a Momentum Press draft bibliography. Includes a Los Angeles Reader article entitled, "The Difficult Poetry of Harry
Northup."
Box 11, Folder 5
Olinka, Sharon
General note
Includes poetry by Sharon Olinka.
Box 11, Folder 6
Ostriker, Alicia
General note
Includes a 1996-1997 NEH proposal narrative for Ostriker's review.
Box 11, Folder 9
Perlman, Jim - Holy Cow Press
General note
Includes an essay by Bill Mohr entitled, "The Landscape of the Other," about Walt Whitman.
Box 11, Folder 14
Ring, Quentin - Beyond Baroque
Box 11, Folder 15
Robbins, Doren and Linda Janakos
Box 11, Folder 17
Roddan, Brooks
General note
Includes "Sugar Donuts," and "Two sad poems, three poems about poetry, four nature poems" by Brooks Roddan.
Box 12, Folder 1
S - Miscellaneous
General note
Includes a letter from Mohr to Gary Snyder about Bruce Boyd.
Box 12, Folder 5
Scully, Vin
General note
Scully was a broadcaster for the Los Angeles Dodgers. Mohr wrote a poem dedicated to Vin Scully. This folder includes a copy
of outgoing correspondence to Vin Scully of the poem written for Scully.
Box 12, Folder 11
Silliman, Ron
General note
Includes correspondence to and from Bill Mohr and Leland Hickman regarding Mohr's work, Your Move.
Box 12, Folder 12
[concerning] Silverblatt, Michael
Conditions Governing Access note
Restrictions Apply - Restricted through October 2032
Box 12, Folder 13
Skelley, Jack and others - Wednesday Night Poetry Workshop/Beyond Baroque Administration
1999
General note
Includes email correspondence with other people involved in the Wednesday night workshop and the Beyond Baroque Board of Directors,
including, Mat Gleason, Amelie Frank and duVergne Gaines.
Box 12, Folder 16
Smith, George Drury and Lester Chandler Buell
Box 12, Folder 18
Spears, Eric - California Continuation Education Association
General note
Includes correspondence about the Jerry Dean Medallion Award.
Box 12, Folder 20
Spingarn, Lawrence - Poet's West
Box 12, Folder 22
Taus, Chris
General note
Roger Taus' son. Includes poetry.
Box 12, Folder 23
Taus, Roger
General note
Includes a review by Roger Taus of
Washing a Language by Laurel Ann Bogen.
Box 13, Folder 2
University of California, Los Angeles
Box 13, Folder 3
University of California, San Diego
Box 13, Folder 7
Vangelisti, Paul
General note
Includes a section of "The Resurrection," that Mohr sent to Vangelisti. Includes a copy of "2x2," by Vangelisti and William
Xerra.
Box 13, Folder 8
Van Schelven
General note
Mohr's maternal grandparents. Includes photographs.
Box 13, Folder 11
Warden, Robert
General note
Includes "Heaven and Earth," by Robert Warden.
Box 13, Folder 12
Warwick, Ionna
General note
Includes a collection of Mohr's poems with edits by Warwick.
Box 13, Folder 14
Weekes, Peggy, Kenny, and Susan
Box 13, Folder 17
Woloch, Cecilia
General note
Includes correspondence from Cahuenga Press announcing Woloch's
Sacrifice.
Box 13, Folder 18
Woolf Hedley, Leslie
General note
Includes biographical information on Hedley and a photograph.
Box 14, Folder 1
Students - Thank you notes
Box 14, Folder 2-5
Outgoing correspondence - Photocopies and drafts
General note
Some outgoing correspondence with known/pertinent recipients is located within those recipients' named folders. Includes a
folder of correspondence titled "The Dick Cheney Comment."
Box 14, Folder 6
Outgoing correspondence - Letters to Hansen, Olinka (Sharon), and Safdie (Joe)
1995
NOTEBOOKS AND JOURNALS
Scope and Contents
Series 4) NOTEBOOKS/JOURNALS: Includes notebooks and loose-leaf journal entries and notes. Includes entries and writings on
typesetting paper. Materials range in date from 1970-2022.
Box 14, Folder 8
Notes on NYC/Publishers
1974
Box 15, Folder 1
Notes, dreams, and poems
1979-1984
General note
Includes a handwritten draft of "Embed."
Box 15, Folder 2
Collection of notes - Includes "creating territory with language"
1980
Box 15, Folder 4
Notebook - Lines of poetry, poetics, fragments
1982-1983
Box 17, Folder 1
Notebook - Loose journal entries, poems, and notes
1988-1989
Box 17, Folder 4
Pages from a notebook
undated
Box 17, Folder 5-9
Journal entries
1960-1999
General note
These entries, usually undated, are train of thought and sometimes correspondence format typed on long sheets of paper. Poems
are included.
Box 18, Folder 1-4
Journal entries
2017-2020, undated
General note
These entries, usually undated, are train of thought and sometimes correspondence format typed on long sheets of paper. Poems
are included.
Box 18, Folder 5-7
Miscellaneous notes
1970-1989
Box 19, Folder 1-4
Miscellaneous notes
1990-2020
Box 19, Folder 5
Notes - "The Art Form of the 20th Century"
undated
Box 19, Folder 6
Notes- "CARS - 'Cigarettes, Accident'"
undated
Box 19, Folder 7
Notes - "Inching through the Everglades, Beyond Baroque, Manazar, and Obras"
undated
Box 19, Folder 8
Notes - "Listen you theorists of literature"
undated
General note
Also includes a note on Pound and Olson.
Box 19, Folder 9
Notes - On The Outsider and questions concerning New Directions
undated
Box 19, Folder 10
List - "Intellectuals and Liars"
undated
Box 19, Folder 11
Calendar jottings and notes
1974, 1982, undated
Box 19, Folder 12
Material for in-progress memoir - Due Date (possible title)
General note
Includes many journal entries, including dream journaling.
Box 19, Folder 13
Emails to self
General note
Notetaking and reference emails from Mohr sent to himself. Includes a grouping of poems with email notes about different journals.
PROSE
Scope and Contents
Series 5) PROSE. Arranged in three subseries: A) Short Fiction, B) Plays, and C) Reviews and Nonfiction Writings. Inclusive
dates range from 1959 through 2016.
A) Short Fiction: Prose writings, arranged chronologically and then alphabetically when undated.
B) Plays: Plays written by Mohr, arranged chronologically and then alphabetically when undated.
C) Reviews and Nonfiction Writings: Includes reviews, articles, and writings in memoriam. Arranged chronologically.
Box 20, Folder 1
Fiction
1967
General note
Includes Rudy and The Justice of the Rain. Some content might stem from coursework of creative writing classes.
Box 20, Folder 3
"Prose poem"
1977 June 16
Box 20, Folder 5
Writings
1980
General note
Includes ephemera and correspondence.
Box 20, Folder 6
Embed - For Cathay Gleeson
ca. 1983
General note
Includes edits and notes. Includes contract from Beyond Baroque for the work to be published in their magazine.
Box 20, Folder 7
Biographical prose with poems and notes
ca. 1983
Box 20, Folder 8
Tribulation at the Nekton Theater
2001 November 3
Box 20, Folder 9
Unidentified manuscript
2002
General note
Edited by Michael Kincaid.
Box 20, Folder 10
Thinking Alone in Company: Los Angeles Poetry Anthologies and West Coast Marginality
2002
Box 20, Folder 12
The Gossip of Ideology: Sexual Jokes and the Tumescence of Power
2003 September 28
General note
Includes edits.
Box 20, Folder 13
3: The Bill Mohr Anthology
undated
General note
This is a partial piece from a larger unidentified work.
Box 20, Folder 14
Confinement, and other writings
undated
Box 20, Folder 15
Cow in a Ring - Story outline
undated
Box 20, Folder 16
Death's Real Job, The Substitute Teacher, and The Drop
undated
Box 20, Folder 18-19
holo------/ball of tension
undated
General note
Heavily edited, possibly by Brooks Roddan.
Box 20, Folder 22
Premonition - Song lyrics
undated
Box 20, Folder 23
Satirical radio station story
undated
Box 20, Folder 24
Short stories
undated
General note
"Rewrite for contest/circulation."
Box 20, Folder 25
Signing up in '39
undated
Box 20, Folder 26-28
Where - Drafts with edits
undated
General note
Includes edits by Howard Junker (ZYZZYVA). One folder includes "Where" collected with other poems and writings.
Box 21, Folder 1-2
Miscellaneous writings
undated
General note
Includes "The Party," and a writing that begins with: "The bumblebee bobs..." Also includes, "My father painted..." with edits.
Box 21, Folder 3
Unidentified work with notes
undated
Box 21, Folder 4-7
The Weighing of Feathers and Gold - A play about Frantz Fanon
ca. 1959-1975
General note
Includes a folder of research done on the American revolutionary period and James Otis, possibly for use in this play.
Box 21, Folder 8-9
The Packages - A one act play in three scenes
ca. 1967
General note
Also includes one untitled play, "Checkers and Checkmate," and technical theater paperwork about recordings and lighting equipment.
Box 21, Folder 10
Two plays - The Volunteer and Blisters
ca. 1969
Box 22, Folder 1
The Guards, with a revised final draft
1970
General note
Also includes a copy of The Volunteer and Blisters.
Box 22, Folder 2-4
Red Lion, Black Sky
1972- 1975
General note
May also be referred to as "The Race Car Play."
Box 22, Folder 5
Checkers and Checkmate, with notes
ca. 1973
Box 22, Folder 6
Fireman | Lunchbag | Arsonist
ca. 1973
Box 22, Folder 7
Fragment of "Burbage" - A political poetry play
1973-1974
Box 22, Folder 8
Five plays - Ladder, The Guards, The Volunteer, The Weighing of Feathers and Gold, and Dead Heat
ca. 1975
General note
Compiled with a theater CV. Ladder, The Guards, and The Volunteer are one act poems.
Box 22, Folder 9-10
Cocoon Above a Shallow Grave
1977
Box 22, Folder 11
The Bulldozer
ca. 1978
General note
Includes a character list for "Cocoon Above a Shallow Grave."
Box 23, Folder 4-5
The Chrono - A one act comedy
ca.1983
General note
Includes a typeset version.
Box 23, Folder 6
Bible Bus story outline
undated
Box 23, Folder 9
Oedipus, Don't Trip Over Your Mother
undated
Box 23, Folder 11-12
Unidentified play with notes
undated
Box 23, Folder 13
Play reviews and replies to scripts
General note
Includes notes by Mohr and correspondence from theaters in which he sent his scripts.
Reviews and Nonfiction Writings
Box 23, Folder 14-15
Miscellaneous reviews and notes
ca. 1973, ca. 1975
Box 24, Folder 1
Review of Patricia Hampl's "Woman Before an Aquarium"
ca.1978
Box 24, Folder 2
Review of Clayton Eshleman's
The Name Encanyoned River
1986 March 3
Box 24, Folder 3
"A Moment, Not a Movement" - Review of Ron Silliman's "In the American Tree"
ca. 1986
General note
Includes 2 copies. This review was originally sent to Lee Hickman for publication in Temblor, it was rejected. It was then
published in Aerial Magazine.
Box 24, Folder 4-5
Water Stations - An essay on working at Radio and Records [R&R]
ca. 1987
Box 24, Folder 6
"The Falling of a God: John Caddy's Portrait of a Town, Its Men, and Boys" - Review of John Caddy's
The Color of Mesabi Bones
ca. 1989
General note
Published in the Hungry Mind Review.
Box 24, Folder 7
"A Sound of Lapping Water, and Leaves": The Melancholy Mysticism of Louis Simpson
ca. 1989
General note
Published in the Hungry Mind Review.
Box 24, Folder 8
The "Where You At" of Jim Daniels' Poetry: Breaking the Machine, Line Breaks, and the "Here" of Silence
between 1990 and 2020
Box 24, Folder 9
Review of James Krusoe's
Hotel de Dream
1991
Box 24, Folder 10-12
Review of Peter Levitt's
Bright Root, Dark Root
1991-1994
General note
Includes a typeset version of the review of Krusoe's
Hotel de Dream and Levitt's
Bright Root, Dark Root. Includes a draft of the review sent to Joyce at Poetry Flash. This folder also includes Mohr's poems from 1992-1994 that
were included with the review.
Box 24, Folder 13-14
Review of David St. John's
Study for the World's Body
1994-1996
General note
Includes a folder of drafts.
Box 24, Folder 15
Depiction and Domain: Jim McVicker's Recent Harvest
ca. 1996
Box 24, Folder 16-17
To Cite the Intransigent: Invisible City [drafts]
ca. 1996
Box 24, Folder 18
"I Don't Have Much Money Riding on Them": Venice West and
The New American Poetry
2003 April 28
General note
Draft, to Michael Davidson.
Box 24, Folder 19
"A Covenant of Radiant Thirst: Three Poets"
2003 July-September
General note
For Beyond Baroque Magazine. A review of works by Alice Ostriker, Doren Robbins, and Gloria Vando. Includes an introduction
of Doren Robbins.
Box 24, Folder 20
"The Wheelbarrow in Question: Ideology and the Radical Pellucidity of William Carlos Williams' Images
ca. 2004
General note
Written for the
William Carlos Williams Review, Volume 24, number 2.
Box 24, Folder 21
West Coast Literary Capitols in the Republic of Literature
ca. 2010
Box 24, Folder 22
Endnotes to "Peripheral Outlaws"
ca. 2010
Box 24, Folder 23
Probability of Survival: The Poems of Paul Vangelisti
2010
General note
Translated into Italian by Gianluca Rizzo.
Box 24, Folder 24
Remembering Joseph Hansen
2014
General note
Published in the Los Angeles Review of Books.
Box 24, Folder 25
Essay on
Culture, by Terry Eagleton
ca. 2016
Box 24, Folder 26
"When you put your ear down to it" - Leland Hickman's
Tiresias and other poems
undated
POETRY
Scope and Contents
Series 6) POETRY. Arranged in five subseries: A) Uncollected Poems, B) Collected Poems - Unpublished, C) Published Works,
D) Reference Materials for Writing, and E) Submission Requests and Correspondence. Inclusive dates range from 1967 through
2012.
A) Uncollected Poems: Poems and drafts including titled and untitled works, arranged chronologically and then alphabetically
when undated.
B) Collected Poems: Unpublished: Collections of poems, arranged chronologically and then alphabetically when undated.
C) Published Works: Reviews, drafts, manuscripts, and promotional material for published works. Arranged chronologically.
D) Reference Materials for Writing: Includes lists used for writing poems.
E) Submission Requests and Correspondence: Submissions of work to journals and magazines. Arranged alphabetically by title
of the journal/magazine.
Box 25, Folder 1-3
Early poems
1967-1974
General note
Includes a folder of early poems and notes, including "Through This Tree" and "Date Stamp all Prints." Also includes "Gap,"
which was started on the front porch of S.T.'s house in Herman Beach, late 1972.
Box 25, Folder 4
Gap - For Harry Northup, and other poems
ca. 1970
Box 25, Folder 6
The Local Arsonist: A Diary
1972 August 14
Box 25, Folder 8
Poems
1973-1975
General note
Includes Spain and Milk. Includes issue one of Evangel from July 1973.
Box 25, Folder 9
14 poems
1974 August 6
General note
Includes Clothes, The Jacket, The Averages, Sleep, Burial, The Cameras, Country, Cremation, Beard/Artery, and Pine Box.
Box 25, Folder 10-14
The Resurrection - A poem
1973-1974
General note
A portion of The Resurrection was published in
Lamp in the Spine.
Box 26, Folder 2
Poems and notes
1974-1987
Box 26, Folder 3-4
The Furnaces
between 1975 and 1985
Box 26, Folder 5
Poems and writings
ca. 1975
General note
Includes a copy of the play, "Ladder."
Box 26, Folder 6
Apartment #6 - Drafts
ca. 1976
Box 26, Folder 7
Early poems - including Apartment #6
ca. 1976
General note
Also includes some "paste-ups" of poems.
Box 26, Folder 8
Apartment #6 and other poems - Edits by Pat
1977
Box 26, Folder 10
Within
1977
General note
Original typeset and paste-up.
Box 26, Folder 11-12
Poems
ca. 1977
General note
Includes a draft of The Resurrection.
Box 26, Folder 14
Birthdays Among Sad Strangers and other poems
1978
General note
Includes notes, ephemera, daily to do list, and many untitled poems.
Box 27, Folder 1
Manuscript - Sent to Michael Braziller
1978
Box 27, Folder 2
Collection of poems and notes
between 1979 and 1992
Box 27, Folder 6
Poems
between 1980 and 1989
Box 27, Folder 8-9
Your Move and Barely Holding Distant Things Apart
ca. 1980
General note
Includes edits. Includes "Echolocation" and "Ball of Tension" from "Barely Holding..."
Box 27, Folder 10
Your Move
1981
General note
Long poem. Dedicated to Cathay Gleeson. Includes a draft and a typeset version of a poem from "Penetralia."
Box 28, Folder 1-2
Your Move
1981
General note
Long poem. Dedicated to Cathay Gleeson. Includes a draft and a typeset version of a poem from "Penetralia."
Box 28, Folder 4
Poem about Cathay Gleeson
ca. 1985
Box 28, Folder 5
Poem and poetics
ca. 1985
Box 28, Folder 8
The Bridge at Quince and Third
ca. 1987
General note
With notes and other poems.
Box 28, Folder 9
Untitled poems and notes
ca. 1987-1989
Box 28, Folder 11
Six Years - Wedding/marriage poem - Cathay
ca. 1990
Box 28, Folder 12
We could hear the dryer, Election day blues, Predestination, For Miko, and Fire fish
ca. 1990
Box 28, Folder 14
Shakespeare: The Monkey King
ca. 1990
Box 28, Folder 16
The Impatience of Courage and Twenty Common Mistakes about the End of the World
1991
Box 28, Folder 18
To My Students
1991
General note
Includes a draft.
Box 28, Folder 20
Ark II, Moby I - Krusoe and Healy
1991-1992
General note
Note: "Leaving the Country" anecdote.
Box 28, Folder 21
Poems - Edited by Richard Jones, Jim Krusoe, and Clayton Eshleman
1991-1993
Box 28, Folder 22
Desperation and Gratitude
1992 September
Box 28, Folder 23
Dostoivsky's Dream and Shell Game with edits - Plus other poems
ca. 1992
Box 29, Folder 1
The Rowers Launch
ca. 1992
Box 29, Folder 2
The White Charger
ca. 1992
General note
Includes notes and edits. Includes a copy of a related letter from Bill Mohr to Lynn McGee.
Box 29, Folder 4
The Grief Camps
1993
General note
Includes other poems and correspondence.
Box 29, Folder 5
Poems with "Birth Hour Meditations"
1993
General note
Many of these poems are included in Thoughtful Outlaw.
Box 29, Folder 6
Labials
1994 June
General note
Includes drafts and correspondence about poem's inclusion in an anthology: "Marilyn, My Marilyn."
Box 29, Folder 8
Poems and notes
1994-1995
Box 29, Folder 9
Idyllwild Grotto - For Chiwa
1995 July
Box 29, Folder 11-12
Poems
ca. 1995
General note
Includes notes, correspondence, and a flyer for Bill Mohr and Kathi Martin reading at the Santa Monica Museum of Art.
Box 29, Folder 14
Furtive Motorcade
2000 October
General note
First read at DA Art in Pomona.
Box 29, Folder 16
The Usual Bullies
2000-2001
General note
Includes multiple drafts.
Box 29, Folder 18
Sleeper Cell
2002 January
General note
Includes drafts and edits.
Box 29, Folder 19
The Blushing Song
2002 January
Box 29, Folder 20
Instant Adversary
ca. 2002
Box 29, Folder 22
Poems
2006
General note
For reading at CSULB.
Box 30, Folder 1
Poems to read at the Poetry Project - St. Mark's Church
2007 January 24
General note
Includes flyers and ephemera.
Oversize FB-008, Folder 8
Scorpio in the Summer - Poetry in the Windows VI
2014
General note
Broadside/poster, part of an Arroyo Arts Collective poetry contest.
Box 30, Folder 3-4
Poems to send out
General note
Includes biographical information and CV.
Box 30, Folder 8
Poem: Unpublished, rough draft, typeset
undated
Box 30, Folder 10
Birthday
undated
General note
Includes edits.
Box 30, Folder 11
Capture
undated
General note
With edits. Also includes Preparation of the Canvas.
Box 30, Folder 12
The Curiosity of Marlene K.
undated
Box 30, Folder 13
Draft of Ali poem
undated
Box 30, Folder 14
"Draft Physical" poem
undated
Box 30, Folder 16
Mohr - Song lyrics
undated
General note
Includes "Tough to Please," words by Bill Mohr and music by Rich Agata.
Box 30, Folder 18
Friday Afternoon Parade
undated
Box 30, Folder 19
Holograph poems
undated
General note
Includes a letter to Mark S. from Bill Mohr.
Box 30, Folder 20
I have brought the great ball of crystal
undated
Box 30, Folder 21
In Line at Pancho's Tacos - Typeset
undated
Box 30, Folder 22
"Inserts" - From unidentified work
undated
Box 30, Folder 23
Kerning
undated
General note
Includes drafts and edits.
Box 30, Folder 24
The Long Massage of Mister Chaos
undated
Oversize FB-008, Folder 2
Nameless Dread - First "sketch"
undated
General note
Eventually published in the Santa Monica Review.
Box 30, Folder 25
The Navigator
undated
General note
Includes notes, correspondence, and poems.
Box 30, Folder 26
Oedipus; The Elephant Trainer, The Ranks, and The Crescents
undated
General note
The Crescents is an "early draft."
Box 30, Folder 27
Pomona Freeway, 26th Time and Mantra for the Evacuation of Santa Monica
undated
Box 30, Folder 29
Poem for Lee Hickman - Partial draft
undated
Box 30, Folder 30
Poem with the word "sprained"
undated
Box 30, Folder 32
"Riffing"
undated
General note
Untitled poems.
Box 30, Folder 34
Slave of the Sun - Draft
undated
Box 30, Folder 36
Two poems for Kimmer Enedy
undated
Box 30, Folder 37
Welcome Ladies and Gentlemen to the USS Hades
undated
General note
Poem written on an envelope.
Box 30, Folder 38
Word Thief
undated
General note
Includes a list of publications by Momentum Press that was included with these drafts.
Box 30, Folder 39
You don't want - For Bakunin
undated
Box 30, Folder 40-41
Unidentified works
undated
Box 31, Folder 1-5
Miscellaneous poems
undated
Box 32, Folder 1-6
Miscellaneous poems
undated
Box 33, Folder 1-4
Miscellaneous poems
undated
Collected Poems - Unpublished
Box 33, Folder 7
Atop - New and Selected Poems
1980-2010
General note
Only notes, no poems.
Box 33, Folder 8
Collected poems 1984-1988
1984-1988
General note
Includes correspondence and edits by Jim Krusoe.
Box 33, Folder 9-11
Each of Us, at Birth, Is Infinitesimally Incomplete
1984-1988
General note
Includes edits by Brooks Roddan.
Box 33, Folder 13
Table of contents for a collection of poems
1985-1992
Box 33, Folder 15
Nine Poems from Breath Being Breathed
1991-1992
Box 34, Folder 1-3
Last Flight Out - Poems [for Cathay Gleeson]
ca. 1992
Box 34, Folder 5-8
Radio Solitude
ca. 1995
General note
Includes a manuscript made up of many poems, Radio Solitude is the name of a track in act three of Vehemence. Includes a folder
with a list of 50 poems and a table of contents for collected poems from 1992-1995. This folder contains most of the poems
listed in these tables of contents.
Box 34, Folder 9
Thoughtful Outlaw
ca. 2000
Box 34, Folder 10
Queasy/Easy Targets
2001 December 17
General note
Cover page only. No poetry.
Box 34, Folder 11
Collection of poems
ca. 2002
General note
Many of these poems are published poems.
Box 34, Folder 12
Dislodged - Poems
2005
General note
Edits by Brooks Roddan.
Box 34, Folder 13
Cursive Impermanence
2005
General note
A prose poem manuscript.
Box 35, Folder 1
The Abbreviations
between 2005-2010
Box 35, Folder 2
Straddling the Rims of the Mercy Cliffs
between 2005-2018
Box 35, Folder 3
The Happiness Disguises' Dumping Grounds
between 2005-2018
Box 35, Folder 4-5
Imperial Tempo - Poems
2007-2008
General note
Includes a copy of Imperial Tempo that was sent to multiple publications, cover letters included. Includes Mohr's introduction
of his poems for a Beyond Baroque reading in October 2008. Also includes a title page for a collection of poems from November
2007.
Box 35, Folder 6-8
Entr'acte Antarctic Floe Suggestion Box - Collected shorter poems, 1980-2010
2010
Box 36, Folder 1
Pre-Heated Ovens - Six short poems
ca. 2011
Box 36, Folder 3
Blueprint machine poem - "Tet Offensive" and other poems
undated
Box 36, Folder 6
The Small World and the Big World - Poems
undated
Box 36, Folder 7
The Superficies of Servitude and other poems
undated
Box 36, Folder 9
Unidentified collected poems, pages 51-172
undated
Box 36, Folder 10
The Streets Inside: Ten Los Angeles Poets
1978-1979
General note
Includes "My Sheets," and reviews.
Box 36, Folder 11-13
Hidden Proofs
1977-1983
General note
Includes manuscripts and drafts, printer and promotional material, etc.
Box 37, Folder 1-7
Hidden Proofs
1977-1983
General note
Includes manuscripts and drafts, printer and promotional material, etc.
Oversize FB-008, Folder 10
Hidden Proofs - Book cover with photograph by Marshall Davis
Box 37, Folder 8-9
Penetralia
1984
General note
Includes drafts, master sheets, and final copy. Published by Momentum Press in 1984, contains one of the only published copies.
Box 37, Folder 10-13
Poetry Loves Poetry - An anthology of Los Angeles poets
1984-1986
General note
Includes miscellaneous materials, promotional content, and correspondence with contributors. Contributors include: Charles
Bukowski, Wanda Coleman, Harry Northup, Holly Prado, and Robert Warden. Includes correspondence with Jack Grapes. Includes
a slide of the book cover design.
Box 37, Folder 14-16
Vehemence
1992-1993
General note
Vehemence is a spoken word poetry performance in three acts. Includes correspondence with Harry Northup about his work, "Personal
Crime," biographical notes, and performance schedules. 1 folder contains two original CD's held as artifacts in order to show
how they looked as a final product.
Box 38, Folder 1-4
Vehemence
1992-1993
General note
Vehemence is a spoken word poetry performance in three acts. Includes correspondence with Harry Northup about his work, "Personal
Crime," biographical notes, and performance schedules. 1 folder contains two original CD's held as artifacts in order to show
how they looked as a final product.
Vehemence - Full listening copy
1993
Vehemence - Full listening copy
Box 38, Folder 5-7
Chromozones
1994-1997
General note
Spoken word work that was produced on CD. Includes correspondence to Sydney Dawes, liner notes, and cover art. Includes a
poetry reading flyer.
Box 38, Folder 8
Bittersweet Kaleidoscope Proof
2006
Oversize FB-008, Folder 11
Bittersweet Kaleidoscope - Proofs with corrections
ca. 2005
Box 38, Folder 9-11
Hold Outs: The Los Angeles Poetry Renaissance, 1948-1992
2012
General note
Includes promotional materials. Drafts, and proofs and corrections.
Reference Materials For Writing
Box 38, Folder 12-13
List of poem titles
1978-1982
Box 38, Folder 14
Unidentified anthology corrections
1985
Box 39, Folder 2
List of poetry journals
undated
Box 39, Folder 3-4
Typeset file - Miscellaneous works
undated
Box 39, Folder 5
Projected poems to be recorded list
undated
Submissions and Correspondence
Box 39, Folder 6
Journals/Publications A-M
Box 39, Folder 7
Journals/Publications N-Z
Box 39, Folder 8
Plains Poetry Journal poems
undated
Box 39, Folder 9
Magazines to send in for
1973-1974
Box 39, Folder 10
Notes for submission requests
1992-1995
READINGS, TALKS & INTERVIEWS
Scope and Contents
Series 7) READINGS, TALKS, AND INTERVIEWS: Includes schedules, flyers, transcripts, and born digital events. Materials range
in date from 1970-2021.
Box 40, Folder 1
Talk on
Feasts by Holly Prado - Transcript with edits
circa 1976
Box 40, Folder 2
Beyond Baroque - The Alphabet by Jim Krusoe
1984
Box 40, Folder 3
Gasoline Alley - Poetry on Melrose series - Notes by Harry Northup
1987-1989
Box 40, Folder 4
Interview with Jim Krusoe
ca. 1997
Box 40, Folder 5
Interview with Barrett Watten - West Coast Print Center
1999
Box 40, Folder 6
Place as Purpose: Poetry from the Western States
2002
General note
A three day celebration of contemporary poetry. Mohr moderated a panel discussion called "City Wilderness," and this file
includes edits on his manuscript for the event, "Los Angeles: The Unrecognizable Wilderness of Purpose."
Box 40, Folder 7
Casa Romantica reading series - Introduction
2008
Box 40, Folder 8
Bonnie Cashin Lecture Series
2013
Box 40, Folder 9
The Ten Commandments - Backstory Victory Theater
2020 April 26
General note
Backstory at Victory Theater is a poetry event where readers present true stories about their backstories. Includes Mohr's
drafts for this event.
Box 40, Folder 10
The Essential Summer Reading - At Portfolio
2021 August 22
General note
Linda Albertano, Harry Northup, Bill Mohr, and Pam Nielsen. Includes biographical information about the readers.
Box 40, Folder 11
Notes and poems for readings
undated
Box 40, Folder 12
Poets in LA schedule
undated
Bill Mohr on KPFK
undated
Bill Mohr on 'Why Poetry" on KPFK
Bill Mohr reading his poems
undated
Bill Mohr reading his poems
Bill Mohr reading at Beyond Baroque
undated
Bill Mohr reading at Beyond Baroque
Box 40, Folder 13
Miscellaneous reading materials
Box 40, Folder 14
Poetry flyers featuring Mohr
Oversize FB-008, Folder 9
Poetry flyers and announcements - Oversize
Box 40, Folder 15
Los Angeles Poetry Festival ephemera
1989-1993
General note
Includes flyers typeset by Bill Mohr.
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Scope and Contents
Series 8) PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES. Arranged in six subseries: A) Graduate work, B) Grants and Funding, C) California Poets
in the Schools (CPITS), D) Teaching/Professional Activities with Students, E) Beyond Baroque Foundation, and F) Momentum Press.
Inclusive dates range from 1969 through 2022.
A) Graduate Work: Materials from the pursuing of graduate degrees. Arranged chronologically.
B) Grants and Funding: Applications and correspondence concerning grants and fellowships. Arranged chronologically.
C) California Poets in the Schools (CPITS): Teaching and other materials related to work in the CPITS program. Arranged chronologically.
D) Teaching/Professional Activities with Students: Includes worksheets, reading lists, course proposals, and materials for
the Idyllwild Arts Summer Poetry Festivals. Arranged chronologically.
E) Beyond Baroque Foundation: Poetry workshop materials and ephemera. Arranged chronologically.
F): Momentum Press: Momentum Press Materials related to the Momentum Press Archive (see MSS 412). Arranged chronologically.
Box 40, Folder 16
Notes and applications
1969-1970
Box 40, Folder 18-20
Backlit: Los Angeles and the West Coast Poetry Renaissance - Dissertation
Box 41, Folder 1-2
Backlit: Los Angeles and the West Coast Poetry Renaissance - Dissertation final proofs
General note
Final proof has edits made in red by Michael Davidson.
Box 41, Folder 3
Graduate student reports and essays
General note
Updates on Mohr's work during his graduate student period. With edits by Michael Davidson.
Box 41, Folder 4
Master of Arts in Literatures in English
2001
Box 41, Folder 6
Book-of-the-Month Club Writing Fellowship Program - Application
1969
Box 41, Folder 8
"Express Yourself" - SMARTS Poetry on the Bus Awards pamphlet
1987
Box 41, Folder 9
Artists Fellowship Council CAD - 16 unpublished poems
1988
Box 41, Folder 10
CAD grant for working at Phoenix Continuation High School
1989-1990
Box 41, Folder 11-12
The City of Los Angeles - Cultural grant
1991-1993
Box 41, Folder 13
Artist in the Community Program application
1993
Box 41, Folder 14
Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority Art program - Application
1996
General note
Includes artwork by Audri Phillips in collaboration with Bill Mohr's poem, "Providence."
Box 41, Folder 15-17
National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) - Crevices proposal narrative
1996-1997
General note
Also includes proposal correspondence.
Box 42, Folder 1
National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) - Fellowship application
2005
Box 42, Folder 2
Getty Research Institute Scholars and Seminars program - Perspectives on Los Angeles: Narratives, Images, History
1996-1997
Box 42, Folder 3
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Fellow
2001-2004
Box 42, Folder 4-9
National Endowment for the Arts (NEA)
1978-1992
General note
Includes correspondence, applications, poems submitted to the NEA, and correspondence with Frank Conroy.
Box 42, Folder 10
Beyond Baroque CAD grant application
2005
Box 42, Folder 11
MacDowell Residency application
undated
California Poets in the Schools (CPITS)
Box 42, Folder 12
Informational and promotional materials
General note
CPITS, established in 1964, was an affiliate of the Poetry Center at San Francisco State University and sponsored by the National
Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and the California Arts Council. CPITS sponsored poetry workshops in schools.
Box 42, Folder 13
California Arts Council (CAC)
General note
Includes Mohr's 1984-1985 self review of the program.
Box 42, Folder 14-16
Administrative and correspondence
1970-1995
Box 43, Folder 1
CPITS lesson plans, journal and notes
1974-1978, 1982
Box 43, Folder 2
Sample poems, hand-outs, and notes
Oversize FB-008, Folder 8
Cloud Action broadside - Collaborative poem by CPITS teachers
1981
Box 43, Folder 3-10
Typesetting of student poems and anthology production
General note
Includes poems from Villacorta School, Orville Wright Junior High, John Muir School Ocean Park, Pasteur Junior High School
and more. Includes pamphlets of student work, compiled by Mohr. Includes "Poetry in the Gallery," poems written by students
at Los Feliz Elementary School and distributed by the Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery.
Box 43, Folder 11
Worksheets - Palisades Tahoe
1974 August
Box 43, Folder 12
Poetry reading list
ca. 1974
Box 43, Folder 13
Fiction reading list
undated
Box 43, Folder 14
Task Force on the Arts - City of Santa Monica
1981
Box 43, Folder 15
County of Los Angeles Public Library - Artist in residence
1983-1984
Box 44, Folder 1
Correspondence and ephemera
1988-2004
General note
Includes a summary of Backlit.
Box 44, Folder 2
Phoenix High School - Artist in residence
1990
Box 44, Folder 3
Spine poem exercise
ca. 1990
Box 44, Folder 4
Teaching - Materials and correspondence
1999-2003
Box 44, Folder 5
Idyllwild Arts ephemera and program materials
2000, 2007, 2012
General note
Includes photographs and negatives.
Box 44, Folder 6
UC San Diego Summer Session course
2004
Box 44, Folder 7
Course proposal - West Coast Writing after World War II
2010
Box 44, Folder 8
Subject file on
Winesburg, Ohio by Holly Prado
2010
General note
Mohr included this book in his curriculum.
Box 44, Folder 9
Subject file on Robert Flick
ca. 1985
Box 44, Folder 10
CSU Long Beach [CSULB]
2009-2012
General note
Includes syllabus and reading list for English 683T.
Box 44, Folder 11
DIP Sabbatical Application
2022
Box 44, Folder 12
A poetry workbook for 4th-6th grade (unfinished) with Cecilia Woloch
undated
Beyond Baroque Foundation
Box 44, Folder 14
News releases
1980
General note
Duplicative releases with unique notes on back.
Oversize FB-008, Folder 2
"Beyond Baroque's Poetic License," Los Angeles Reader
1985
Box 44, Folder 15
Reading and performance agreement
1994
Box 44, Folder 16
Wednesday nights manuscript workshop
ca. 1994
Box 44, Folder 17
Thursday night poetry workshop - Correspondence
1994-1995
General note
Includes a flyer for a reading.
Box 45, Folder 1-2
Thursday night poetry workshop - Poetry
1994-1995
General note
Works by many poets, arranged chronologically, many undated. Includes a bound copy of "volume 1" of collected Thursday Night
Poetry from 1994.
Box 45, Folder 3
Monday workshop
1995 June 5
Box 45, Folder 4
Celebration event #1 - Transcript
1998
General note
This was the first in a year long celebration of poetry and events at Beyond Baroque. This event focused on Beyond Baroque
founder, George Drury Smith.
Box 45, Folder 5
Pacific Coast Poetry Series
2013
Box 45, Folder 6
Linked poems at Beyond Baroque
undated
Box 45, Folder 7
Mohr's writing on Beyond Baroque
undated
Box 45, Folder 8-9
Miscellaneous
General note
Includes newsletters and mailers. Includes Beyond Baroque Magazine #3 and #7.
Box 45, Folder 10
Submission requests
General note
Includes "The Atlantis Trilogy" by Blair Allen.
Box 45, Folder 11
Administrative correspondence and miscellaneous
1975-1982
General note
Includes "A Brief History of Momentum Press."
Box 46, Folder 1-2
Issue #4 - Notes and drafts
ca. 1975-1980
Box 46, Folder 3
Forthcoming titles
General note
Includes a draft of a blurb for "What the Bird Sees," by James Moore.
Box 46, Folder 4
Miscellaneous
General note
Includes a proof sheet from Dustbooks.
Box 46, Folder 5
Invoices/financial correspondence - Gemini Graphics and others
1978-1980
WRITINGS OF OTHERS
Scope and Contents
Series 9) WRITINGS OF OTHERS: Works given to or collected by Bill Mohr. Materials range in date from 1972-2017. Arranged alphabetically
by last name of author.
Box 46, Folder 6
Barbara - Qualifying Pieces
1994
General note
Surname of author is unknown.
Box 46, Folder 7
Ccasa, Chris - The Burning Bush
undated
General note
Magazine created by one of Mohr's students. Volume 1, issue 3. Contains poetry by Chris Page, Cary Blockton, Marcos Sandoval,
and Ceci Virtue.
Box 46, Folder 8
Ellis, Carol - Interview of Marvin Bell
ca. 1993
Box 46, Folder 9
Gallery 1331 Xerography Calendar
1982
Box 46, Folder 10
Gogins, Mike - Selections
1975-1978
Box 46, Folder 11
Gonzalez, Liz - Edges, Recuerdas, and Clean Underwear
1994
Box 46, Folder 12
Grapes, Jack - "The Troubadour of Poets of the South of France and the Language of Erotic Desire"
ca. 2000
General note
This is a draft chapter from Grapes' book,
Etherized Upon a Table
Box 46, Folder 13-14
Groves, John - "A Circle on the Ground"
ca. 1972
General note
A play about Gandhi. Includes a rehearsal schedule in which Bill Mohr played "the Lightman."
Box 46, Folder 15
Hall, John - Poems
undated
Box 46, Folder 16
Hannon, Michael - Second Thoughts
1989 December
General note
Drawing on cover page by William T. Wiley.
Harris, John - John Harris reading his poems
2007
Box 46, Folder 17
Hayden, Susan - Poems
1988
Box 46, Folder 18
Healy, Eloise Klein - Poems
undated
Box 46, Folder 19-22
James, David -
The Sons and Daughters of Los: Culture and Community in L.A.
2002-2003
General note
Edited and compiled by David E. James. Includes an essay by Bill Mohr. Includes copyright forms requesting to use materials.
Includes draft letters sent to David James concerning participation in a research project.
Box 46, Folder 23
James, David L. - Short poems/prose
undated
Box 47, Folder 1
Johnson, Luke - Collection of poems
ca.1991
Box 47, Folder 2
Koertge, Ronald - Poems
undated
Box 47, Folder 3
Kosmicki, Greg - "Leaving Things Unfinished: Forty-some Years of Poems
2017
Box 47, Folder 4
Layman, Felix - Writing on Leland Hickman
1980
Box 47, Folder 5
Lowe, Bia - Multiple poems and prose
undated
Box 47, Folder 6
Mohr, Sylvia - "The Wedding Cake of Time" a memoir
undated
Box 47, Folder 7
Odell, Ruby -
No Towel without a Cloud
1995
Box 47, Folder 8
Reynolds, Tim - Selections from "Fist"
ca. 1968
Box 47, Folder 9
Reynolds, Tim - Collection of poems
1975-1976
Box 47, Folder 10
Roddan, Brooks - Sugar Donuts
Box 47, Folder 11
Safdie, Joe - Black Gold
1983
Box 47, Folder 12
Schneidre, P.
ca. 1984
General note
Includes collected poetry; "Not to go out in a Fog," and "Definitions of the Ex-Lover." Also includes a selection of uncollected
poems.
Box 47, Folder 13
Skelley, Jack - Disco Paradiso
undated
Box 47, Folder 14
Smith, Frances Dean (FrancEyE) - Large collection of poems/writings
1993
Taus, Roger - Roger Taus reading his poems
2014
Oversize FB-008, Folder 8
Chicano poetry poster, Trinidad Sanche and S. J. Hno
undated
Box 47, Folder 15
Woolf Hedley, Leslie - Interview transcript
ca. 1995
General note
Interview of Woolf Hedley for KPFA, never broadcast.
Box 47, Folder 17
Joanna's Manuscript part II - April Snow
undated
Box 47, Folder 18
Unidentified writing
undated
