Robert Peters Papers

Mandeville Special Collections Library

The UCSD Libraries

9500 Gilman Drive

University of California, San Diego

La Jolla, California 92093-0175

Phone: (858) 534-2533

Fax: (858) 534-5950

URL: http://orpheus.ucsd.edu/speccoll/

Descriptive Summary

Creator: Peters, Robert, 1924-

Title: Robert Peters Papers,

Date (inclusive): 1960 - 2005

Extent: 19.40 linear feet (19 archives boxes, 4 card file boxes, 12 records cartons and 6 oversize folders)

Abstract: Papers of Robert Peters, American poet, critic, scholar, and teacher. A professor of literature (1968-1991) at the University of California, Irvine, Peters reviewed contemporary poetry for small press magazines beginning in the 1970s, published numerous poetry collections, and performed his work internationally. Materials include manuscript drafts of recent writing, including individual poems and drafts for collected poetry publications, especially FAMILIAL LOVE AND OTHER MISFORTUNES: POEMS OF MY EARLY YEARS (2002) and MAKAR'S DOZENS (2006); book reviews (1993-2001); several novels; play scripts; and documentation for performances of "Ludwig" and the "Blood Countess." Also includes correspondence with family members, friends, colleagues, and editors; interviews with Peters; audiocassette recordings of his readings and performances; journals (1966-2004); and photographs of people, performances, and travels.

Repository: University of California, San Diego. Geisel Library. Mandeville Special Collections Library.

La Jolla, California 92093-0175

Collection number: MSS 0672

Language of Material: Collection materials in English

Access

Collection is open for research.

Acquisition Information

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Preferred Citation

Robert Peters Papers, MSS 0672. Mandeville Special Collections Library, UCSD.

Publication Rights

Publication rights are held by the creator of the collection.

Biography

Robert Peters, distinguished American poet, critic, scholar and teacher, was born in 1924 in Eagle River, Wisconsin. His father, Samuel, and mother, Dorothy, were farmers, and his own hard physical work and closeness to the land may contribute to the preference for the concrete over the abstract in his poetry, criticism, and scholarship. He studied British literature at the University of Wisconsin, receiving the Ph.D. degree in 1952 with a dissertation on several late Victorian poets and their relationship to the visual arts. It served as the basis for his major scholarly work, THE CROWNS OF APOLLO: SWINBURNE'S PRINCIPLES OF LITERATURE AND ART (Wayne State University Press, 1965). He co-edited the 3-volume edition of THE LETTERS OF JOHN ADDINGTON SYMONS (Wayne State University Press, 1967-69) and edited LETTERS TO A TUTOR: THE TENNYSON FAMILY LETTERS TO HENRY GRAHAM DAYKINS, 1866-1911 (Scarecrow Press, 1988) and Edmund Gosse's diary of his visit to America (Purdue University, 1966) among other scholarly pursuits in the field of Victorian literature. After several post-doctoral stints (University of Idaho, Boston University, and Ohio Wesleyan University), Peters received tenure in the English Department of Wayne State University. In 1963, he was hired by the rapidly expanding University of California, Riverside and five years later transferred to the University of California, Irvine, from which he retired in 1991.

Peters had felt the urge to be a writer from his adolescent years, but college studies, military service (1943-46), his teaching and research responsibilities, and raising a family -- he was married in 1950 and had three children by 1959 -- provided him with little time to pursue non-academic writing seriously. However, the sudden death from meningitis at age five of his second son, Richard, in 1960 led to an outpouring of poetry that was collected in his first major volume, SONGS FOR A SON, published in 1967 by W.W. Norton on the strong recommendation of Denise Levertov. Early influences on his work are varied, and include Robert Bly, James Dickey, Allen Ginsberg, Theodore Roethke, and Gary Snyder.

Although he continued to teach and do research in Victorian literature, particularly on Symonds and the Tennyson family, until his retirement, from 1967 on Peters' identity increasingly became that of a poet and critic of contemporary poetry. SONGS FOR A SON was followed quickly by THE SOWS HEAD AND OTHER POEMS (1968), CONNECTIONS IN THE ENGLISH LAKE DISTRICT (1972), RED MIDNIGHT MOON (1973), COOL ZEBRAS OF LIGHT AND HOLY COW: PARABLE POEMS (both 1974), BRONCHIAL TANGLE, HEART SYSTEM (1975), GAUGUIN'S CHAIR: SELECTED POEMS 1967-1974 (1977), and THE DROWNED MAN TO THE FISH (1978). In 1973, the first of what would become a long-standing interest in biographical poetry, BYRON EXHUMED: A VERSE SUITE, appeared. It was followed by THE GIFT TO BE SIMPLE: A GARLAND FOR MOTHER ANN LEE (1975), HAWTHORNE: POEMS ADAPTED FROM JOURNALS (1977), THE PICNIC IN THE SNOW: LUDWIG OF BAVARIA (1981), HAWKER (1984, winner of the Poetry Society of America's Alice Fay di Castagnola Prize), KANE (1985), THE BLOOD COUNTESS: ERZEBET OF HUNGARY (1987), SHAKER LIGHT: MOTHER ANN LEE IN AMERICA (1987), and HAYDON (1989). Peters also adapted his work on King Ludwig and the Blood Countess into performance pieces, which he has performed internationally.

After his divorce in 1972 and meeting with life partner and fellow poet Paul Trachtenberg (b. 1948) later that year, Peters' poetry began to reflect his experiences as a middle-aged gay man; this theme is particularly apparent in COOL ZEBRAS OF LIGHT (1974), THE POET AS ICS-SKATER (1975), LOVE POEMS FOR ROBERT MITCHUM (1981), and WHAT DILLINGER MEANT TO ME (1983). In his mid-sixties, Peters began to write autobiographical work, including CRUNCHING GRAVEL: GROWING UP IN THE THIRTIES (1988), FOR YOU, LILI MARLENE: A MEMOIR OF WORLD WAR II (1995), and FEATHER: A CHILD'S DEATH AND LIFE (1997).

Feeling that too much academic criticism of poetry had become overly theoretical, Peters began publishing reviews of contemporary poetry in the 1970s, primarily in small-press magazines. These reviews were collected in three volumes entitled The Great American Poetry Bake-Off (1979, 1982, 1987). In this same vein, he began writing reviews of the little magazines themselves; these have been published, also in three volumes, as The Peters Black and Blue Guide(s) to Current Literary Journals (1983, 1985, 1987). The astuteness and the directness of tone and language in these reviews and their wide circulation among small press readers led Peters to receive and write an unusually large amount of correspondence with contemporary poets, all of which is preserved in archives here at UCSD and at the University of Kansas.

Peters and Trachtenberg live in Huntington Beach, California, where they continue to write, read, and attend Scrabble® tournaments and the occasional casino.

Scope and Content of Collection

The papers of poet Robert Peters contain manuscript drafts of recent writing, including individual poems, collected poetry publications, book reviews (1993-2001), plays, journals (1957-2004), and novels. Also includes correspondence with family members, friends, colleagues and editors; interviews; audiocassette tapes of Peters' readings and performances; and photographs of Peters. Photograph albums document Peters' personal life, travels and his relationship with his partner, Paul Trachtenberg. The papers are arranged in seven series: 1) BIOGRAPHICAL MATERIALS, 2) CORRESPONDENCE, 3) WRITINGS, 4) WRITINGS OF OTHERS, 5) JOURNALS, 6) PHOTOGRAPHS, and 7) AUDIORECORDINGS.

SERIES 1: BIOGRAPHICAL MATERIALS

The BIOGRAPHICAL MATERIALS series is arranged in three subseries: A) Miscellaneous, B) Interviews and C) Peters' Family.

A) The Miscellaneous subseries contains memorabilia and documents related to important events in Peters' life, biographical and bibliographical information, and keepsakes.

B) The Interviews subseries, arranged alphabetically by interviewer, includes published interviews, as well as drafts of biographical questionnaires.

C) The Peters' Family subseries largely contains materials related to the death of Peters' infant son, Richard, including a "death journal" and family correspondence.

SERIES 2: CORRESPONDENCE

The CORRESPONDENCE series is arranged in two subseries: A) Family and B) Professional. The first subseries contains recent correspondence with Peters' two sons, Jeff and Robert, and his daughter, Margaret, among other family members. The Professional subseries largely relates to the publication of his poetry.

SERIES 3: WRITINGS

The WRITINGS series is arranged in nine subseries: A) Reviews, B) Novels, C) Short Fiction, D) Plays, E) Collected Poetry, F) Individual Poems, G) Non-Fiction, H) Essays, and I) Miscellaneous.

A) The Reviews subseries includes manuscript drafts of recent (1993-2001) book reviews by Peters' of other poet's published work. The reviews are arranged chronologically.

B) The Novels subseries, arranged chronologically, contains drafts of unpublished novels.

C) The Short Fiction subseries includes three works.

D) The Plays subseries contains scripts for many of Peters' performances, including the "Blood Countess," "Ludwig of Bavaria" and "Serial Killer: A Play for Single Performer." The subseries also includes the costume for "Ludwig of Bavaria."

E) Materials in the Collected Poetry subseries date from 1992 and include LOVE POEMS FOR ROBERT MITCHUM (1992), FAMILIAL LOVE AND OTHER MISFORTUNES: POEMS OF MY EARLY YEARS (2002), and MAKAR'S DOZENS (2006).

F) The Individual Poems subseries contains drafts of poems arranged alphabetically by title.

G) The Non-Fiction subseries, arranged chronologically, contains published and unpublish works related to Peters' early life and career.

H) In the Essays subseries are short essays on poets Katherine Ann Porter and Charles Bukowski, the Los Angeles poetry scene and a visit with William S. Burroughs.

I) The Miscellaneous subseries contains a tribute to Charles Bukowski of poems by other authors collected by Peters and files related to publication business.

SERIES 4: WRITINGS OF OTHERS

Included in the WRITINGS OF OTHERS series are several works by Peter's relatives, as well as other authors.

SERIES 5: JOURNALS

The JOURNALS series, arranged in chronologically, contains bound blank books (bulk 1966-2004) with diaristic entries, poem drafts, memorabilia and photographs pasted in, and occasional letters that document Peters' life.

SERIES 6: PHOTOGRAPHS

The PHOTOGRAPHS series is arranged in two subseries: A) Photoalbums and B) Prints and Slides.

A) The Photoalbums (1977-2003) subseries comprises snapshot color photoprints pasted into albums that describe Peters' travels, especially with Paul Trachtenberg. At the end of this series is a World War II album documenting his service in Europe.

B) The Prints and Slides subseries largely documents Peters' performances and contains publicity images taken for book jackets and portfolios.

SERIES 7: AUDIORECORDINGS

The AUDIORECORDINGS series is arranged in three subseries: A) Readings by Peters, B) Readings by Others and C) Interviews.

A) The Readings by Peters subseries contains audiocassette tapes of poetry readings at UCI and other venues.

B) The Readings by Others subseries contains tapes collected by Peters.

C) The Interviews subseries includes audio versions of interviews with Peters.

Indexing Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.

Subjects

Peters, Robert, 1924- -- Archives

American poetry -- 20th century

Gay men -- United States

Gay men -- United States -- Poetry

Contributors

Eshleman, Clayton, -- correspondent

Northup, Harry E., -- correspondent

Prado, Holly, -- correspondent

Collection Contents

BIOGRAPHICAL MATERIALS

Miscellaneous

box 1, folder 1

Arrest narrative 1969

box 1, folder 2

Bibliography for Robert Peters, 1948-1991

Note

Edited by Madeline Jaroch.

box 1, folder 3

Biographical notes by Peters

box 1, folder 4

Biography for Academic Personnel 1981

box 1, folder 5

Calendars 1997 - 2002

box 1, folder 6, oversize FB44311

Calendars 2003 - 2004

box 1, folder 7

Contemporary Authors Autobiography Series - Peters' entry

box 1, folder 8

Contemporary Poets

Note

Biography entry proof.

box 1, folder 9

Divorce papers 1968 - 1972

box 1, folder 10

Famous Authors Calendar with Robert Peters aphorism (signed) 1976

box 1, folder 11, oversize FB44702

Johnny Visits Granmama

Note

Ink on board drawing.

box 1, folder 12

Lists of publications and recordings

Note

Drafts.

box 1, folder 13

Newspaper reviews 1994 - 2002

box 1, folder 14, oversize MC14108

Posters of readings by Peters

box 1, folder 15

Reviews of Robert Peters

Interviews

box 1, folder 16

Jason, Philip K. "Robert Peters: An Interview by Philip K. Jason" 1987

Note

Published in THE SIGNAL NETWORK INTERNATIONAL, vol. 1, issue no. 1. Annotated by Peters.

box 1, folder 17

Lerner, Linda. "Interview with Robert Peters" 1996

Note

Includes "Questionnaire for Linda Lerner."

box 1, folder 18

Moffet, Penelope. "Life on the outside: Robert Peters" 1985

Note

Fall. Published in ELECTRUM MAGAZINE.

box 1, folder 19

Oberc, Larry. "Answer to Larry's Questions"

box 1, folder 19

Picano, Felice. "Not exactly a good gay grandfather of poetry" 2002

Note

April. Published in LAMBDA BOOK REPORT.

box 1, folder 20

Oberc, Larry. "Talking to Robert Peters" 1993

Note

Published in OXYGEN.

box 1, folder 22

Weber, Mark. Peters' response to Mark's questions 1994

Peters Family

box 1, folder 23

Keck Family genealogy (Peters' mother's family)

box 1, folder 24

Peters, Richard - Baby book

box 1, folder 25

Peters, Richard

Note

Correspondence and memorabilia following Richard's death.

box 2, folder 1

Peters, Richard - Family correspondence surrounding his death

box 2, folder 2

Peters, Richard - Memorial record 1960

box 2, folder 3

Peters, Richard - Photographs

box 2, folder 4

Richard's Death Journal written by Robert Peters

box 2, folder 5

Willard, Leora Pepple. "A Genealogical Record of Our Kinsfolks - Peters"

CORRESPONDENCE

Family

box 2, folder 6

Peters, Jeff (son) 2000 - 2001

box 2, folder 7

Peters, Jeff (son) 2002

Note

January - June.

box 2, folder 8

Peters, Jeff (son) 2002

Note

July - December.

box 2, folder 9

Peters, Jeff (son) 2003 - 2004

box 2, folder 10

Peters, Jeff (son)

box 3, folder 1

Peters, Jeff (son)

box 3, folder 2

Peters, Margaret (daughter) 2001

box 3, folder 3

Peters, Margaret (daughter) 2002

Note

January - June.

box 3, folder 4

Peters, Margaret (daughter) 2002

Note

June - December.

box 3, folder 5

Peters, Margaret (daughter) 2003

Note

January - April.

box 3, folder 6

Peters, Margaret (daughter) 2003

Note

May - August.

box 3, folder 7

Peters, Margaret (daughter) 2003

Note

September - December.

box 3, folder 8

Peters, Margaret (daughter) 2004

box 3, folder 9

Peters, Meredith 2003 - 2004

box 3, folder 10

Peters, Meredith 2004 - 2005

box 3, folder 11

Peters, Robert (son) 1994 - 2003

box 4, folder 1

Robert Peters' letters to all children 2001 - 2004

box 4, folder 2

Robert Peters' letters to all children

box 4, folder 3

Family - Miscellaneous 2002 - 2004

Professional

box 4, folder 4

5AM Magazine 1999 - 2002

box 4, folder 5

Alvarez, Lisa 2004

box 4, folder 6

AMERICAN BOOK REVIEW (Rebecca Kaiser, editor) 2000 - 2003

box 4, folder 7

Bachardy, Don 1998 - 2005

Note

Art and portraits of Robert Peters and Paul Trachtenberg included.

box 4, folder 8

Baker, Penny 2001

box 4, folder 9

Balaban, John 2003

box 4, folder 10

Balingit, Joann 2002 - 2004

Note

Poems enclosed.

box 4, folder 11

Ballard, Lara 2002

box 4, folder 12

Banbow, Mr. and Mrs. Richard 2002

box 4, folder 13

Barton, David 1994

Note

Poems enclosed.

box 4, folder 14

Baver, Dale 2002 - 2003

box 4, folder 15

Benway Institute Studies

Note

Undated.

box 4, folder 16

Berch, Eric 1993

box 4, folder 17

Berg, Jim 1998 - 2001

Note

Regarding "The Isherwood Century."

box 4, folder 18

BLIND DATE

Note

Undated.

box 4, folder 19

Bogen, Laurel Ann 2001

box 4, folder 20

Bogg Publications 1994

box 4, folder 21

Borchardt, Georges, Inc. 1994

box 4, folder 22

Bosveld, Jennifer (Pudding House Publications) 2000 - 2005

box 4, folder 23

Boyd, Greg (Asylum Arts) 2000 - 2004

box 4, folder 24

Boyd, Mary 2004

box 4, folder 25

Brockmeier, Douglas 2001

box 4, folder 26

Butscher, Ed 2001 - 2002

box 4, folder 27

CAPE REVIEW (Wayne Atherton, editor) 1999

box 4, folder 28

Cahuenga Press 2004

box 4, folder 29

Cesaretti, Robert 2004

box 4, folder 30

Chandler, Jim (Thunder Sandwich) 2001

box 4, folder 31

Chapman, David L. 2003 - 2004

box 4, folder 32

Chesnut, Glen

Note

Undated.

box 4, folder 33

Chichetto, James 2002 - 2004

Note

Regarding tenureship at Stonehill College.

box 4, folder 34

CHIRON REVIEW (Ruth Kemper) 2002

box 4, folder 35

Chorlton, David 2003

box 4, folder 36

Cigale, Alex

Note

Undated.

box 4, folder 37

Cirino, Leonard 2001

Note

Contains broadsides.

box 4, folder 38

Coake, Art 2001 - 2004

box 4, folder 39

Collins, Billy 2002

box 4, folder 40

Collins, Richard 2000

box 4, folder 41

Congdon, Kirby 2001 - 2005

box 4, folder 42

CONNECTICUT POETRY REVIEW 2004

box 4, folder 43

Cory, Jim 2002 - 2004

box 4, folder 44

Cotter, Craig 1999 - 2004

box 5, folder 1

Dakyns, Andrew 2004 - 2005

Note

Great grandson of Henry G. Dakyns (Alfred Tennyson's son's tutor).

box 5, folder 2

Dale, Scott 2001 - 2002

box 5, folder 3

Davis, Gray

box 5, folder 4

Dewey, Fred 2002

box 5, folder 5

Duffy, Dan 2005

box 5, folder 6

ELECTRONIC POETRY REVIEW (Doug Powell) 2002

Note

Poems with line edits enclosed.

box 5, folder 7

Elysium Press (David Deiss) 2004

box 5, folder 8

Eshleman, Clayton 2001

box 5, folder 9

Europa Publications (Alison Neale, associate editor) 2003

box 5, folder 10

Fellows, Will 2001 - 2004

box 5, folder 11

Field, Edward 2001

box 5, folder 12

Fisher, David 2002 - 2003

Note

San Francisco poet.

box 5, folder 13

Flores, Cristian

box 5, folder 14

Ford, Michael 2001

box 5, folder 15

Frank, Amelie 2002

box 5, folder 16

Fulton, Len 2002

Note

Dust book publication.

box 5, folder 17

Gale Group 2002

box 5, folder 18

Giles, Fiona 1999

Note

Regarding "Pig-Family Game" reprint.

box 5, folder 19

Gilgun, John 2002

box 5, folder 20

Glaze, Andrew 2002 - 2003

Note

Alabama poet.

box 5, folder 21

Handorf, Dug 2002 - 2005

box 5, folder 22

Harrey, Jack 2001 - 2002

box 5, folder 23

Hart, Henry 2000

box 5, folder 24

Hathaway, Michael (CHIRON REVIEW) 1998 - 2005

box 5, folder 25

Hauk, Barbara 2003 - 2004

box 5, folder 26

Healy, Eloise Klein 2005

box 5, folder 27

Healey, Trebor 2003 - 2004

Note

Los Angeles fiction writer.

box 5, folder 28

HEELTAP (Richard Houff) 1999 - 2000

box 5, folder 29

Hewett, Greg 2001

box 5, folder 30

Hippen, Robert 2002

box 5, folder 31

Hofstadter, Mark 2001

Note

Poems and graphics enclosed.

box 5, folder 32

Holsclaw, Susan 2001

box 5, folder 33

HOME PLANET NEWS 2000

box 5, folder 34

Hood, Charles 2000 - 2002

Note

Photos enclosed.

box 5, folder 35

Hood, Charles 2003 - 2005

box 5, folder 36

Hood, Charles

Note

Includes manuscript entitled "Tiger Songs".

box 6, folder 1

Hoppenbrouwers, Toke 2005

box 6, folder 2

Hunt, Nan 2002

Note

Broadside enclosed.

box 6, folder 3

Iddings, Kathleen 2001

box 6, folder 4

Johnston, Devin 1999

box 6, folder 5

Jones, Bovien 2003

box 6, folder 6

Jones, Seaborn 2001 - 2004

box 6, folder 7

Kaiser, Rebecca (AMERICAN BOOK REVIEW, editor) 2003

box 6, folder 8

Katcher, Antje (THREE MILE HARBOR, editor)

box 6, folder 9

Kempher, Ruth Moon 2001 - 2003

Note

Broadside enclosed, Florida poet.

box 6, folder 10

Killacky, John 1992

box 6, folder 11

Kim, Chungmi 2003

Note

Korean-American poet, Robert Peters review enclosed.

box 6, folder 12

Kostos, Dean (Painted Leaf Press) 1999

box 6, folder 13

Krause, Richard 2002

box 6, folder 14

Kuzme, Greg 2001

box 6, folder 15

LA TIMES BOOK REVIEW (Steve Wasserman, editor) 1999

box 6, folder 16

Last, Curt 2001 - 2002

box 6, folder 17

Leaping Dog Press 2001 - 2003

box 6, folder 18

Lee, Terry 2002

box 6, folder 19

Lerner, Linda 1996 - 2005

Note

Includes 1996 edition of Poets on the Line.

box 6, folder 20

Lev, Donald 2001

box 6, folder 21

Library of Congress Copyright Office 1996

box 6, folder 22

Lifshin, Lyn

box 6, folder 23

Linehan, Katherine 2002

Note

Oberlin College.

box 6, folder 24

Liveright Publishing Corporation 2004

box 6, folder 25

Lummox Press 2000

box 6, folder 26

Louisiana State University 1993

box 6, folder 27

Mallory, Lee

box 6, folder 28

Manic d Press (Lisa Taplin) 1994

Note

Excerpt from unpublished novel "Candyman" enclosed.

box 6, folder 29

Manners, Robert 2001

box 6, folder 30

Manza, Jenny (Copper Canyon Press) 2001

box 6, folder 31

MARQUIS WHO'S WHO IN AMERICA (Fred Marks, managing director) 2002

box 6, folder 32

McClellan, Dennis 2001

box 6, folder 33

McCombs, Judith 2004 - 2005

box 6, folder 34

McCrie, Bob and Fulvia 2001 - 2002

box 6, folder 35

McDaniel, Wilma E. 2000 - 2003

box 6, folder 36

McKee, Louis 2001 - 2003

box 6, folder 37

McKinnon, Patrick

Note

Poet.

box 6, folder 38

Metras, Gary 2001

Note

Poems enclosed.

box 6, folder 39

Millett, John 2001 - 2002

box 6, folder 40

Minotaur Press (Jim Watson-Gove) 2004

box 6, folder 41

Mohr, Bill 2002

box 6, folder 42

Mohring, Ron 2000

box 6, folder 43

Murie, Martin 2002

box 6, folder 44

Murphy, Sheila 2002

Note

Regarding Leo Connellan.

box 6, folder 45

Mycue, Edward 2004

box 6, folder 46

NEON (Kirk Robertson, editor) 1999

box 6, folder 47

THE NEW YORKER 2002

box 6, folder 48

Northup, Harry and Holly Prado 2001 - 2003

Note

Poems enclosed.

box 6, folder 49

Nusbaum, Arthur S. 2001

box 6, folder 50

Offen, Ron (FREE LUNCH, editor) 2002 - 2004

box 6, folder 51

Parkinson, Carol 2003

box 6, folder 52

PEARL (Barbara Hauk) 1993 - 2004

box 6, folder 53

Perchik, Simon 2001

box 6, folder 54

Picano, Felice 1998 - 2005

Note

Los Angeles writer.

box 6, folder 55

Pliura, Vytautas 2003

box 6, folder 56

Plumb, David 2004

Note

Poet.

box 6, folder 57

Plymell, Charles 1998 - 2004

box 7, folder 1

Potts, Charlie

box 7, folder 2

Powers, Michael

box 7, folder 3

Prado, Holly 2002 - 2004

Note

Los Angeles poet.

box 7, folder 4

Pygmy Forest Press (Leonard Cirino, editor) 2001

Note

Includes broadsides.

box 7, folder 5

Questia Media, Inc. (Ashlee Ross) 2000

box 7, folder 6

RAINDOG 2002 - 2003

box 7, folder 7

Ratch, Jerry 2001 - 2002

box 7, folder 8

Ratner, Rochelle (AMERICAN BOOK REVIEW, editor) 2001 - 2003

Note

New York poet, novelist.

box 7, folder 9

Red Hen Press (Mark Cull and Kate Gale, editors) 2001 - 2004

box 7, folder 10

Reynolds, Eric 2001 - 2003

Note

Graphic artist for Robert Peters' LOVE POEMS FOR ROBERT MITCHUM.

box 7, folder 11

River King Poetry Press (Wayne Lanter, editor) 2000

box 7, folder 12

Sandy, Stephen 2001

box 7, folder 13

Schneider, Dan 2002

box 7, folder 14

Shakespeare and Co. Booksellers 1999 - 2001

box 7, folder 15

SHENANDOAH: THE WASHINGTON AND LEE UNIVERSITY REVIEW

box 7, folder 16

Speer, Laurel 2004

box 7, folder 17

Stier, Daryn 1999

box 7, folder 18

Stoloff, Carolyn 2001 - 2005

Note

Poet and painter.

box 7, folder 19

Stolzfus, Ben 2002

box 7, folder 20

Strongin, Lynn 2002 - 2005

Note

Poet and editor.

box 7, folder 21

SUNDOG (Jarret Keene, editor) 2000

box 7, folder 22

Suntup, Paul (Three Penny Poets, editor) 2000 - 2003

Note

Council for Tebot Bach Anthology of California Poetry.

box 7, folder 23

Taggart, Phil 2000 - 2003

box 7, folder 24

Thomas, John and Philomene Long 2002

box 7, folder 25

THUS SPAKE THE CORPSE (Mark Spitzer, editor) 2000

box 7, folder 26

Tieger, Harold and Helen 1999

box 7, folder 27

Tieger, Harold and Helen 2000 - 2002

box 7, folder 28

Titus, Tom

box 7, folder 29

Trachtenberg, Paul 2001

box 7, folder 30

Turney, Robert 2001 - 2004

box 7, folder 31

UCSD Soft Reserves Services 1999

box 7, folder 32

University of Iowa Press 1999

box 7, folder 33

University of Wisconsin Press 1998 - 2003

box 7, folder 34

Urbanus Press (Peter Drizhal, editor) 1993

box 7, folder 35

VAN GOGH'S EAR (Ian Ayres, editor) 2004

box 7, folder 36

Vazquez, Paul 2003 - 2005

Note

Painter.

box 7, folder 37

Voss, Jason 2001

box 8, folder 1

Wakoski, Diane 2002

Note

Poet.

box 8, folder 2

Warner, Bill (GLB Publishers) 1998 - 2004

box 8, folder 3

West Beach Books (Jim Ericson) 2001

Note

Regarding Robert Peters' erotica submission.

box 8, folder 4

West, Eleanor (Sandy) 2001 - 2002

box 8, folder 5

Wheeler, Jackson 2002

box 8, folder 6

WHORESON DOG (Dennis Nishi, editor) 1993

box 8, folder 7

Wilkie, Phil 2001

box 8, folder 8

Willard, Leorah (great aunt)

box 8, folder 9

Williams, Jonathan 2002

box 8, folder 10

Williams, Walter (One Institute Center for Advanced Studies, director) 2000

box 8, folder 11

WISCONSIN RIVER VALLEY JOURNAL 2003 - 2004

box 8, folder 12

YADDO NEWS

box 8, folder 13

Yamada, Mitsuye May 2004

box 8, folder 14

Yon, Paul 2002

box 8, folder 15

Unidentified correspondents

box 8, folder 16

Unidentified correspondents

box 8, folder 17

Unidentified correspondents

WRITINGS

Reviews

box 8, folder 18

Bibliography of Robert Peters reviews 1988 - 1999

box 8, folder 19

Review of Dakota: A Spiritual Biography, by Kathleen Norris 1993

Note

Includes edited draft.

box 8, folder 20

Review of City of Coughing and Dead Radiators, by Martin Espada 1994

box 8, folder 21

Review of Back: Brazil-Perv Poems, by Hugh Fox 1997

box 8, folder 22

Review of "Fireflies", by Carol Muske 1997

Note

Includes correspondence with Michael Hathaway.

box 8, folder 23

Review of Quantum Genesis and Other Poems, by Philip Fried 1997

box 8, folder 24

Review of Still Life with Buddy: A Novel Told in Fifty Poems, by Leslea Newman 1997

Note

Includes correspondence with Michael Hathaway.

box 8, folder 25

Review of Alphabet Soup: A Laconic Lexicon for Word Lovers, by Paul Trachtenberg 1998

Note

Includes draft copy.

box 8, folder 26

Review of Blessings The Body Gave, by Walter McDonald 1998

box 8, folder 27

Review of Bukowski in the Bathtub, by Philomene Long 1998

Note

Includes correspondence with the author.

box 8, folder 28

Review of Esperanza: Poems for Orpheus, by Holly Prado 1998

Note

Draft with line edits and correspondence with CHICAGO REVIEW.

box 8, folder 29

Review of In the Flesh: Undressing for Success, by Gavin Dillard 1998

Note

Includes correspondence with Michael Hathaway (editor, CHIRON REVIEW).

box 8, folder 30

Review of New and Selected Poems, by Linda Lerner 1998

box 8, folder 31

Review of Selling the Hammock, by Kate Gale 1998

box 8, folder 32

Review of A Day for a Lay: A Century of Gay Poetry, by Gavin Geoffrey 1999

box 8, folder 33

Review of Anytime Blues, by Linder Lerner 1999

box 8, folder 34

Review of Blood and Tears: Poems for Matthew Shephard, ed. Scott Gibson 1999

box 8, folder 35

Review of Early Grrrl, by Marge Piercy 1999

box 8, folder 36

Review for Endless Tongue: 22 Semi-Automatics for Andre Breton, by Richard Houff 1999

Note

Incomplete.

box 8, folder 37

Review of Glass Town, by Lisa Russ Spaar 1999

Note

Includes correspondence regarding publishing in ABR and edited drafts.

box 8, folder 38

Review of God's Haircut and Other Remembered Dreams, by Ron Offen 1999

Note

Includes edited drafts.

box 8, folder 39

Review of House of Peace, by Marc Hofstadter 1999

Note

Includes correspondence with author.

box 8, folder 40

Review of Iceman: An Expansive Narrative: WWII, by John Millet 1999

box 8, folder 41

Review of Lost River Mountain, by Charles Potts 1999

Note

Includes correspondence with THE CAFE REVIEW (editor, Wayne Atherton).

box 8, folder 42

Review of Betrayal's Like That, by John Bennett 2000

box 8, folder 43

Review of Cool, Calm, and Collected: 1960-2000, by Carolyn Kizer 2000

Note

Includes edited draft.

box 8, folder 44

Review of Enemies of Time, by Donald Leu 2000

box 8, folder 45

Review of Geography of the Forehead, by Ron Koertge 2000

box 8, folder 46

Review of Modern Love: And Other Tall Tales, by Greg Boyd 2000

box 8, folder 47

Review of Osso Buco, by Billy Collins 2000

box 8, folder 48

Review of Picking the Lock to Paradise, by Joan Jobe Smith 2000

box 8, folder 49

Review of the Xopilote Cantos, by Charles Hood 2000

box 8, folder 50

Review of Archaeology of Desire, by Miriam Sagan 2001

Note

Includes edited draft.

box 8, folder 51

Review of Borrowed Coats, by Wilma E. McDaniel 2001

Note

Draft.

box 8, folder 52

Review of The Cave: Selected and New Poems, by C.H. Hanzlicek 2001

box 8, folder 53

Review of Complete Poetry of James Hearst 2001

Note

Includes edited drafts.

box 8, folder 54

Review of Fuck You - Aloha - I Love You, by Juliana Spahr 2001

Note

Draft copy.

box 8, folder 55

Review of Loose Change, by Louis Mckee 2001

Note

Includes chapbook with line notes by Robert Peters and correspondence.

box 8, folder 56

Review of The Million Dollar Hole, by Michael Casey 2001

box 8, folder 57

Review of The Prisons, by Maggie Jaffe 2001

box 8, folder 58

Review of Queen for a Day: Selected and New Poems, by Denise Duhamel 2001

box 8, folder 59

Various reviews - Incomplete, undated

Novels

box 9, folder 1

Joseph Lord 1986

Note

Unpublished novel; includes correspondence regarding publishing.

box 9, folder 2

Joseph Lord 1986

Note

Unpublished novel.

box 9, folder 3

Joseph Lord 1986

Note

Unpublished novel.

box 9, folder 4

Candyman 1992

Note

Correspondence regarding manuscript; unpublished novel.

box 9, folder 5

Hunting the Snark 1996

Note

Correspondence and miscellaneous materials.

box 9, folder 6

Shadow and Stone

Note

TS with line edits by Paul Trachtenberg; unpublished.

box 9, folder 7

Shadow and Stone

Note

TS with line edits by Paul Trachtenberg; unpublished.

Short Fiction

box 9, folder 8

Bus Ride

box 9, folder 9

The King

box 9, folder 10

The Visitor

box 9, folder 11

Miscellaneous source material

box 9, folder 12

Miscellaneous source material

Plays

box 9, folder 13

Performance and reading shows - Contacts and correspondence

box 9, folder 14

The Blood Countess

Note

Abbreviated reading version.

box 9, folder 15

Daisy and Mignionette: A Chamber Play for Three Actors

box 9, folder 16

Daisy and Migionette - Source materials

Note

Includes poem by Richard Peabody.

box 9, folder 17

Hawker of Morwenstow 1989

Note

TS and two duplicates.

box 10, folder 1

Hawker of Morwenstow 1989

Note

Play adapted from Hawker (1984).

box 10, folder 2

Haydon: A Performance Work for Single Actor 1990

Note

Version with line notes for presentation at Festival of Britain.

box 10, folder 3

Ludwig and Blood Countess production notes 1982 - 1984

Note

Includes tour diaries.

box 10, folder 4

Ludwig and Blood Countess production notes 1985 - 1988

Note

Includes tour diaries.

box 10, folder 5, oversize FB44501

Ludwig - Costume

box 10, folder 6

Mengele's Uterus: The Sex Life of J. Edgar Hoover, A Fairy's Tale

box 10, folder 7

Mother Ann Lee of the Shakers

box 10, folder 8

Polaroids for a Serial Killer 1991

Note

Edited reading version.

box 10, folder 8

Picnic in the Snow: Ludwig II of Bavaria

box 10, folder 10

Railroad Spikes and a Bed of Shaved Ice: A Reading Version 1991

Note

Line edits for performance.

box 10, folder 11

Serial Killer: A Play for Single Performer

Note

Includes 1992 and 1993 performance flyers and materials.

box 10, folder 12

Serial Killer: A Play for Single Performer

box 10, folder 13

Seven Short Plays Mainly for Solo Performers, Collected 2001

Note

Typescript.

box 10, folder 14

Seven Short Plays - Correspondence with Asylum Arts 2001

Collected Poetry

box 10, folder 15

Picnic in the Snow: Ludwig of Bavaria - Review by Edward Butscher 1983

box 10, folder 16

GOOD NIGHT, PAUL: POEMS (1992) - Reviews and contracts

box 10, folder 17

LOVE POEMS FOR ROBERT MITCHUM (1992) - Correspondence and miscellaneous 1981 - 2001

Note

Drafts of Eric Reynolds' Mitchum graphics, photos, and chapbook enclosed.

box 11, folder 1

LOVE POEMS FOR ROBERT MITCHUM (1992) - Undated manuscript

box 11, folder 2

LOVE POEMS FOR ROBERT MITCHUM (1992) - Illustration by Margaret Peters

Note

Copy of cover for original chapbook.

box 11, folder 3

POEMS: SELECTED AND NEW, 1967 -1991 (1992)

Note

Revisions.

box 11, folder 4

Where the Bee Sucks: Workers, Drones, and Queens of Contemporary American Poetry (1994)

Note

Correspondence and reviews.

box 11, folder 5

Newspoems 2004

Note

January 26.

box 11, folder 6

FAMILIAL LOVE AND OTHER MISFORTUNES: POEMS OF MY EARLY YEARS (2002) 1999 - 2003

Note

Correspondence with Red Hen Press. Includes edited proof copy.

box 11, folder 7

FAMILIAL LOVE AND OTHER MISFORTUNES: POEMS OF MY EARLY YEARS (2002)

box 11, folder 8