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Collection Contents

 

Accession Processed in 1996

 

BIOGRAPHICAL MATERIALS

 

Miscellaneous

box 1, folder 1, oversize FB12601

Birth certificate 1903

box 1, folder 2

Certificates and academic transcripts 1910 - 1953

box 1, folder 3

Poetry lecture flyers

box 1, folder 4

Professional profile of Callman Rawley 1968 - 1990

Note

Includes newspaper clippings.
 

Interviews

box 1, folder 5

Cohn, Jim. - "A conversation with Carl Rakosi"

Note

Published in BOMBAY GIN, Summer 1988.
box 1, folder 6

Conversation with Carl Rakosi 1994

Note

"Some of the questions put to me at Poet's House." Contains only the questions asked.
box 1, folder 7

Evans, George and August Kleinzahler - "An interview with Carl Rakosi" 1986

Note

Correspondence and proofs of interview published in CONJUNCTIONS 11.
box 1, folder 8

Rosenblum, Martin J. - "Carl Rakosi: An Interview"

Note

Published in MARGINS, no.17, 1975. Published copy, annotated by Rakosi.
box 1, folder 9

Shaw, Mary Ellen

Note

"We're not supposed to be guides to the world: A conversation with Carl Rakosi." Published in PREVIEW, June 1975. Photocopy.
box 1, folder 10

Shoemaker, Steve 1981

Note

Correspondence and typescript.
box 1, folder 11

Sommers, Piotr

Note

Typescript, annotated by Rakosi.
 

CORRESPONDENCE

box 1, folder 12

Unidentified correspondents

box 1, folder 13

A - miscellaneous

box 1, folder 14

AMERICAN POETRY REVIEW 1992

box 1, folder 15

Another Chicago Press 1994

box 1, folder 16

Auxemery, Jean-Paul 1989 - 1991

box 1, folder 17

B - miscellaneous

box 1, folder 18

Bacon, Sydney 1989 - 1990

box 1, folder 19

Baker, Tony 1988 - 1989

box 1, folder 20

Bernstein, Maurice 1989 - 1994

box 1, folder 21

Biggs, Mary 1926 - 1927

box 1, folder 22

Black Sparrow Press (John Martin) 1992

box 1, folder 23

Buckeye, Bob 1988 - 1990

box 1, folder 24

Burwash, Nathaniel 1990 - 1994

box 1, folder 25

C - miscellaneous

box 1, folder 26

Caddel, Richard 1988 - 1994

box 1, folder 27

Chartres, Samuel 1990

box 1, folder 28

Codrescu, Andrei 1992 - 1994

box 1, folder 29

Cole, Peter 1989 - 1994

box 1, folder 30

Cope, David 1993 - 1995

box 1, folder 31

Corman, Cid 1989 - 1993

box 2, folder 1

Crozier, Andrew 1989 - 1993

box 2, folder 2

D - miscellaneous

box 2, folder 3

Dawson, Fielding 1990 - 1995

box 2, folder 4

Dennis, Rodney G. (Harvard University Library) 1978 - 1982

box 2, folder 5

di Prima, Diane 1992

box 2, folder 6

Dominguez Rey, Antonio 1990

box 2, folder 7

Duggan, Laurie 1989 - 1991

box 2, folder 8

DuPlessis, Rachel Blau 1989 - 1994

box 2, folder 9

E - miscellaneous

box 2, folder 10

Ebin, Jennifer and Julie 1989 - 1991

box 2, folder 11

Eshleman, Clayton 1992

box 2, folder 12

F - miscellaneous

box 2, folder 13

Fitterman, Robert 1990

box 2, folder 14

Foley, Jack 1993

box 2, folder 15

G - miscellaneous

box 2, folder 16

George, Kathi 1990 - 1992

box 2, folder 17

George, Kathi 1992

box 2, folder 18

Gilonis, Harry 1990 - 1993

box 2, folder 19

Griffin, Jonathan 1986 - 1993

box 2, folder 20

H - miscellaneous

box 2, folder 21

Haberman, Daniel and Barbara 1989 - 1994

box 2, folder 22

Hamburger, Michael 1989 - 1990

box 2, folder 23

Harry N. Abrams, Inc. 1993

box 2, folder 24

Heller, Michael 1987 - 1994

box 2, folder 25

Hollo, Anselm 1989

box 2, folder 26

Holman, Bob 1989

box 2, folder 27

Humleker, Ruth 1989

box 2, folder 28

I - miscellaneous

box 2, folder 29

J - miscellaneous

box 2, folder 30

Jensen, Don 1992

box 2, folder 31

K - miscellaneous

box 2, folder 32

Kessler, Milton 1990 - 1992

box 2, folder 33

King, Martha and Basil 1989 - 1994

box 2, folder 34

Kleinzahler, August 1989 - 1990

box 2, folder 35

L - miscellaneous

box 2, folder 36

Lebensohn, Zigmond M. 1992

box 2, folder 37

Levy, John 1993 - 1994

box 3, folder 1

Lieberman, E. James 1992 - 1993

box 3, folder 2

M - miscellaneous

box 3, folder 3

MARGIN (Robin Magowan) 1988

box 3, folder 4

Marshall, Jack 1990 - 1992

box 3, folder 5

Money, Peter 1993 - 1995

box 3, folder 6

Morrow, Bradford 1990

box 3, folder 7

N - miscellaneous

box 3, folder 8

Naropa Institute 1991 - 1993

box 3, folder 9

National Poetry Festival (Keith Anderson) 1973

Note

Includes an index of Rakosi's audio tapes recorded at the festival.
box 3, folder 10

NEW AMERICAN WRITING (Paul Hoover and Maxine Chernoff) 1989 - 1993

box 3, folder 11

O - miscellaneous

box 3, folder 12

P - miscellaneous

box 3, folder 13

Pacernick, Gary 1993 - 1994

box 3, folder 14

Peterson, David 1992 - 1993

box 3, folder 15

Prynne, Jeremy 1988 - 1994

box 3, folder 16

R - miscellaneous

box 3, folder 17

Rakosi (stepmother) 1940 - 1941

box 3, folder 18

Rosenblum, Martin Jack 1989 - 1991

box 3, folder 19

Rosenthal, Gary 1993

box 3, folder 20

Rothenberg, Jerome 1994

box 3, folder 21

Rudolf, Anthony 1988 - 1991

box 3, folder 22

S - miscellaneous

box 3, folder 23

Salerno, Mark 1994

box 3, folder 24

Serendipity Books 1973 - 1978

box 3, folder 25

Shoemaker, Steve 1992 - 1994

box 3, folder 26

Sipper, Ralph B. 1977

box 3, folder 27

Szegedy-Maszak, Mihaly 1989 - 1990

box 3, folder 28

T - miscellaneous

box 3, folder 29

TALISMAN (Ed Foster) 1989 - 1993

box 3, folder 30

TO (Seth Frechie) 1993

box 3, folder 31

Tranter, John 1989 - 1991

box 3, folder 32

Trip to England 1988

box 3, folder 33

Trip to London and France 1989

box 3, folder 34

Turnbull, Gael 1989 - 1993

box 3, folder 35

U - miscellaneous

box 3, folder 36

University Library of Wisconsin - Madison 1978 - 1979

box 3, folder 37

University of California, Berkeley 1992 - 1993

box 3, folder 38

University of California, San Diego 1985 - 1987

box 3, folder 39

University of Virginia. Hillel Jewish Student Center 1991

box 3, folder 40

V - miscellaneous

box 3, folder 41

W - miscellaneous

box 3, folder 42

Y - miscellaneous

box 3, folder 43

Young, Karl 1989 - 1994

box 3, folder 44

ZYZZYVA 1992

 

WRITINGS BY RAKOSI

 

Lectures

box 4, folder 1

Lecture on George Oppen at The Poetry Center 1994

Note

Notes and correspondence.
box 4, folder 2

Lecture on "Psychology of the Poet" at Jefferson College, Michigan

Note

Notes, ca. 1970s.
 

Prose

box 4, folder 3

Literary agreements 1974 - 1980

box 4, folder 4

Autobiography (Part I)

Note

Data and primary sources.
box 4, folder 5

Autobiography (Part II)

Note

Data and primary sources.
box 4, folder 6

Autobiography

Note

First draft.
box 4, folder 7

Book Reviews 1967 - 1985

box 4, folder 8

Charles Reznikoff: A Tribute

Note

Magazine clipping from MARGINS, nos. 28-30, 1976.
box 4, folder 9

Comments on Sorrentino's THE ORANGERY

Note

Photocopy.
box 4, folder 10

From Sixth Session on Writing

Note

A lecture on language given at the Naropa Institute and published in ROCKY LEDGE #5, July/August 1980.
box 4, folder 11

George Oppen, the last days

Note

Photocopy.
box 4, folder 12

George Oppen, 1908-1984

Note

Obituary article published in J.A.C.O.B.'S. LETTER: THE JEWISH QUARTERLY OF THE ARTS FOR SAN FRANCISCO AND THE BAY AREA, vol. V, no. 1, January-March 1985.
box 4, folder 13

Kiesel, Stanley. THE PEARL IS A HARDENED SINNER

Note

Forward by Rakosi.
box 4, folder 14

New Forms - Introductory Statement

Note

Published in THE POETRY PROJECT, #129, Summer Issue, 1988.
box 4, folder 15

Objectivist Connection

Note

Two page typescript on the origin of the term "Objectivist." Also included are notes, drafts, and articles for the essay.
box 4, folder 16

Observations

Note

Photocopy of typescript.
box 4, folder 17

Poetry book reviews written by Rakosi

Note

Published in the MINNEAPOLIS STAR AND TRIBUNE. Newspaper clippings and typescript drafts.
box 4, folder 18

Robert Duncan

Note

Typescript.
box 4, folder 19

Royaumont: A Few Observations

Note

Magazine clipping from POETRY FLASH, no.204, March 1990. Included is correspondence related to Rakosi's article on the Conference on the American Objectivists held at Royaumont, France in September 1989.
 

Poetry

box 4, folder 20

COLLECTED POEMS OF CARL RAKOSI

Note

Typescripts and photocopies of poems (Part I).
box 4, folder 21

COLLECTED POEMS OF CARL RAKOSI

Note

Typescripts and photocopies of poems (Part II).
box 4, folder 22

Contributions to the liturgy for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur 1970 - 1980

Note

Printed programs and notes.
box 5, folder 1

DROLES DE JOURNAL 1982 - 1989

Note

French translation by Jean-Paul Auxemery.
box 5, folder 2

Miscellaneous poems (Part I)

box 5, folder 3

Miscellaneous poems (Part II)

box 5, folder 4

Miscellaneous poems (Part III)

box 5, folder 5

Miscellaneous poems (Part IV)

box 5, folder 6

POEMS, 1923-1941

Note

Photocopy of typescript for the Sun and Moon Press publication edited by Andrew Crozier.
box 5, folder 7

POEMS, 1923-1941 1993

Note

Proof copy.
 

Social Work and Psychotherapy

box 5, folder 8

Articles about social work and psychology by Callman Rawley 1937 - 1992

box 5, folder 9

Seven Case Histories 1942 - 1950

Access Information

Restrictions Apply
box 5, folder 10

Notes on clients (Part I)

Access Information

Restrictions Apply
box 5, folder 11

Notes on clients (Part II)

Access Information

Restrictions Apply
 

WRITINGS OF OTHERS

 

Manuscripts

box 6, folder 1

Cohn, Jim. "Prairie Falcon: Selected Poems, 1976-1987" 1987

Note

Bound mimeograph.
box 6, folder 2

Cole, Peter. "Ambit" 1969

box 6, folder 3

Fielding, Dawson. "The Black Mountian Book"

Note

Proof.
box 6, folder 4

Evans, George. "A walk in the garden of heaven"

Note

Mimeograph.
box 6, folder 5

Glass, Jesse

Note

Miscellaneous poems.
box 6, folder 6

Kleinzahler, August. "Earthquake Weather"

Note

Photocopy of annotated proof.
box 6, folder 7

Morrow, Bradford. "Posthumes"

Note

Proof.
box 6, folder 8

Schwarty, Naomi

 

Critical Essays on Rakosi

box 6, folder 9

Corman, Cid 1989 - 1990

Note

"Caught in the Act: The Comedian as Social Worker, the work of Carl Rakosi"
box 6, folder 10

Fixel, Lawrence

Note

"The mindscape of Carl Rakosi: Towards a reading of THE COLLECTED POEMS"
box 6, folder 11

Riemer, Ruby

Note

"Carl Rakosi and the Metaphoric Mode"
 

Accessions Processed in 2003

 

BIOGRAPHICAL MATERIALS

 

Interviews and Writings about Rakosi

box 7, folder 1

Bromige, David - "On the Page: Discussing the Objectivists" 1989

Note

December. Published in POETRY FLASH.
box 7, folder 2

Devaney, Tom - "Carl Rakosi Interview with Oliver Bressard" 2001

Note

March 30.
box 7, folder 3

Dickison, Steve - Interview with Carl Rakosi 1998 - 2001

Note

Includes correspondence with the Poetry Center.
box 7, folder 4

Evans, George and August Kleinzahler - "Interview with Carl Rakosi" 1986

Note

July 6. San Francisco. Published in CONJUNCTIONS. Includes notes and drafts.
box 7, folder 5

From Sixth Session on Writing - Interview with Carl Rakosi

box 7, folder 6

Hatlen, Burton - Interview with Cark Rakosi 1985

box 7, folder 7

Rosenblum, Martin - "Unexpected Arrangement" 1987

box 7, folder 8

Miscellaneous newspaper aricles and reviews of Rakosi 1968 - 1997

 

Miscellaneous Materials

box 7, folder 9

Biographical sketch by unknown author

Note

Incomplete copy with editorial marks.
box 7, folder 10

Business cards

box 7, folder 11

Curriculum vitae 1936 - 1976

Note

Includes C.V.'s and resumes of Rakosi's professional life as a social worker and as a writer.
box 7, folder 12

DICTIONARY OF LITERARY BIOGRAPHY 193: AMERICAN POETS SINCE WWII, Sixth Series, ed. Joseph Conte 1997 - 1998

Note

Includes master proofs with correspondence with Elizabeth Losh.
box 7, folder 13

Education

box 7, folder 14

Family photographs on videocasstte

box 7, folder 15

Rakosi, Leah (Carl's wife) 1939 - 1989

Note

Part 1. Includes Carl Rakosi's notes, diaristic musings and notes and drafts of poems and letters. Also includes Leah's reminiscences.
box 7, folder 16

Rakosi, Leah (Carl's wife) 1939 - 1989

Note

Part 2. Includes newspaper clippings, Carl's notes and musing on Leah, notes and drafts of poems and letters.
box 7, folder 17

Rakosi, Leah (Carl's wife) 1939 - 1989

Note

Includes cards to and from Leah (birthday, anniversary, etc), letters of condolence written to Carl when Leah died in 1989 and responses from Carl.
box 7, folder 18

Tribute to Carl Rakosi - Housing Works Used Book Cafe 2001

Note

April 11. New York. Includes flyers, photos, lists of readers, and audiocassette tape.
box 7, folder 19

Miscellaneous materials

 

CORRESPONDENCE

box 8, folder 1

A - Miscellaneous

box 8, folder 2

Abrams, Sam 1997 - 1998

box 8, folder 3

Almond, Gabriel

box 8, folder 4

AMERICAN POETRY REVIEW (Arthur Vogelsang, editor) 1993 - 2000

Note

Includes page proofs of Rakosi's "Ballad of the Diminished I" and "Field Notes."
box 8, folder 5

Auster, Paul 1999 - 2000

box 8, folder 6

B - Miscellaneous

box 8, folder 7

Bacigulpo, Massimo 1993 - 1998

Note

Includes "No Jerusalem but This - Reznikoff to Menashe," "Sant' Ambrogio in the Half-Light: Growing Up Near Olga Rudge and Ezra Pound" and "Theologian" (by Rakosi, published in VERSI PER UNSECOLO).
box 8, folder 8

Backwoods Broadsides (Sylvester Pollet) 1995 - 1996

box 8, folder 9

Bacon, Sidney 1997 - 2000

box 8, folder 10

Baker, Ed 1999 - 2000

box 8, folder 11

Barick, Bill 1993 - 1998

box 8, folder 12

Bednarik, Joesph S. (editor, THE SUMAC READER)

box 8, folder 13

Bernstein, Maurice 1996 - 1998

Note

Includes "Growing Old! Growing Old! I am Growing Old."
box 8, folder 14

BLOODAXE BOOKS (Andrew MacAllister, editor) 1996

box 8, folder 15

BOXKITE (James Taylor, editor) 1997

box 8, folder 16

Bullock, Ken 1992 - 1996

box 8, folder 17

C - Miscellaneous

box 8, folder 18

Caddell, Rick 1989 - 1997

box 8, folder 19

CAFE REVIEW (Steve Luttrell, editor) 1995 - 1996

box 8, folder 20

Cantor, Margery 1994 - 1996

box 8, folder 21

CHICAGO REVIEW (Devin Johnston, poetry editor) 1996

box 8, folder 22

Climenhaga, Joel 1997

box 8, folder 23

Cloud House Poetry Archives (Steven S. Kushner, director) 1995 - 2001

box 8, folder 24

Cohn, Jim 1991 - 1996

box 8, folder 25

Cole, Peter 1994 - 2001

box 8, folder 26

Collum, Jack 2002

box 8, folder 27

CONJUNCTIONS (Bradford Morrow, editor) 1982 - 1995

box 8, folder 28

Cope, David 1987 - 1998

box 8, folder 29

Corman, Cid 1983 - 1997

box 8, folder 30

Creeley, Robert 1997

box 8, folder 31

Crow, Jennifer (granddaughter), Dallas (her husband) and Rawley (their son) 1995 - 2002

box 8, folder 32

Cozier, Andrew 1965

Note

Includes "The Heifer (after Carl Rakosi)."
box 8, folder 33

D - Miscellaneous

box 8, folder 34

Dorn, Ed 1985

box 8, folder 35

Duncan, Robert 1994

Note

Excerpt from a letter.
box 8, folder 36

DuPlessis, Rachel Blau 1982 - 1997

Note

Includes "Prospectus: THE OBJECTIVIST NEXUS (ed. DuPlessis and Quartermain).
box 8, folder 37

Ephron, Harmon S. ("Sol" or Sollie") and Pat 1930 - 1935

box 8, folder 38

Ephron, Harmon S. ("Sol" or Sollie") and Pat 1966 - 1978

Note

Includes some copies of Rakosi's letters to Ephron.
box 8, folder 39

Ephron, Harmon S. ("Sol" or Sollie") and Pat 1979 - 1992

Note

Includes some copies of Rakosi's letters to Ephron.
box 8, folder 40

Ephron, Harmon S. ("Sol" or Sollie") and Pat

Note

Includes drafts of Rakosi's letters, notes on Ephron's letters and notes for Rakosi's poems based on correspondence with Ephron.
box 9, folder 1

Eshleman, Clayton 1987

box 9, folder 2

Evans, George 1980 - 2000

box 9, folder 3

EX-EXEC (William McCurdy, editor) 1996

box 9, folder 4

F - Miscellaneous

box 9, folder 5

Felsteiner, John 1998 - 2002

box 9, folder 6

Ferlinghetti, Lawrence 1999

box 9, folder 7

Fitzpatrick, Kevin 1997

box 9, folder 8

G - Miscellaneous

box 9, folder 9

George, Kathi 1995 - 1999

box 9, folder 10

Gilonis, Harry 1995 - 1999

Note

Includes "Echoes Series" (by Gilonis and Ian Hamilton Finlay), "From the Old Welsh" and "A Picture."
box 9, folder 11

Ginsburg, Allen 1985 - 1999

Note

Includes "A Ballad of Skeletons."
box 9, folder 12

H - Miscellaneous

box 9, folder 13

H. W. Wilson Company (Vineta Colby, editor of WORLD AUTHORS: 1980 - 1985) 1987

box 9, folder 14

Haas, Brad 1999

Note

Includes "Trifocal" and other miscellaneous poems.
box 9, folder 15

Hanging Loose Press (Robert Hershon, editor) 2000

box 9, folder 16

Heller, Michael 1989 - 2001

box 9, folder 17

Heyman, Peggy and Bill 1999

Note

Includes correspondence from Peggy's father, Bernie.
box 9, folder 18

Hofer, Jen 1997 - 1999

Note

Includes AS FAR AS (1999).
box 9, folder 19

Hollo, Anselm and Jane 1996 - 2000

box 9, folder 20

Jacob, Bob 2002

Note

Includes miscellaneous poems.
box 9, folder 21

Jeffs, Naomi (daughter of Sidney Bacon) 2002

box 9, folder 22

Jenkins, Edith 1999

box 9, folder 23

Johnson, Nicholas (editor, Etruscan Books) 1998 - 2001

Note

Includes other correspondence re. Rakosi's poetry reading tour in England in 1997.
box 9, folder 24

K - Miscellaneous

box 9, folder 25

Kane, Marilyn (companion) 1989 - 1999

Note

Includes journal kept while Rakosi was in Europe.
box 9, folder 26

Katz, Eliot 1999

Note

Includes Rakosi's "The Daily News" and "Down to Earth Suite."
box 9, folder 27

King, Basil 1989 - 2000

box 9, folder 28

Kleinzahler, August 1996

box 9, folder 29

L - Miscellaneous

box 9, folder 30

LaRose, Julie (Rawley, granddaughter, daughter of Dan and Barbara Nordby) 2001

box 9, folder 31

Lawrence, Anne 1975 - 1976

box 9, folder 32

Lebensohn, Zigmond M

box 9, folder 33

Leveton, Eva 2000

box 9, folder 34

Levine, Steve 1982

box 9, folder 35

Levy, John 1987 - 2000

box 9, folder 36

Lewis, Joel

Note

Includes "WPA Poems."
box 9, folder 37

Lieberman, Dr. E. James 1995 - 1998

box 9, folder 38

Lipschutz, Kurt 2001

box 9, folder 39

LONDON REVIEW OF BOOKS (Jeremy Harding, poetry editor) 1996 - 1998

box 9, folder 40

Los Angeles County Museum of Art 1997 - 1998

box 9, folder 41

M - Miscellaneous

box 9, folder 42

McCarthy, Eugene 1995

box 9, folder 43

Messerli, Douglas 2000

Note

Includes "The Acts, for Carl Rakosi."
box 9, folder 44

Mills, Billy and Catherine Walsh 1997 - 1999

box 9, folder 45

Minkoff, George Robert (George Robert Minkoff, Inc., Rare Books) 1986 - 1989

box 9, folder 46

Money, Peter 1995 - 2000

box 9, folder 47

MOSAIC (Suzan Berns, producer) 1996 - 1997

box 9, folder 48

Mottram, Eric 1987

box 10, folder 1

N - Miscellaneous

box 10, folder 2

Naropa Institute 1998

box 10, folder 3

Nash, Carl 1995 - 1996

box 10, folder 4

NATION 1996

box 10, folder 5

National Endowment for the Arts 1976 - 1977

box 10, folder 6

National Poetry Foundation 1985 - 1999

Note

Includes correspondence written by Sylvester Pollet, Burton Hatlen and others. See also PAIDEUMA.
box 10, folder 7

Nissman, Barbara 1996

box 10, folder 8

Nordby, Dan and Barbara (daughter) 1995 - 1997

Note

See also Rawley, Barbara.
box 10, folder 9

O' Brien, Geoffrey (executive editor, The Library of America) 1995 - 2001

box 10, folder 10

Oppen, George 1975

Note

Photocopies of originals.
box 10, folder 11

P - Miscellaneous

box 10, folder 12

PAIDEUMA (Carroll F. Terrell, editor) 1985 - 1986

box 10, folder 13

Pen Center USA West 1996

box 10, folder 14

Poetry Center, San Francisco State University 1987

box 10, folder 15

POETRY FLASH

box 10, folder 16

POETRY INTERNATIONAL (Fred Moramarco, editor) 1996

box 10, folder 17

POETRY NEW YORK (Burt Kimmelman, editor) 1996 - 1997

box 10, folder 18

POETS ON THE LINE (Linda Lerner, editor) 1995 - 1998

box 10, folder 19

Popper, Samuel and Evelyn 1972 - 2002

box 10, folder 20

Potts, Charles (Tsunami, Inc.) 1997 - 2000

box 10, folder 21

Powell, James (poetry editor, OCCIDENT) 1979 - 1987

box 10, folder 22

Prynne, Jeremy 1988 - 1997

box 10, folder 23

R - Miscellaneous

box 10, folder 24

Rawley, Barbara (daughter) 1974 - 1998

Note

See also Norby, Dan and Barbara.
box 10, folder 25

Rawley, George (son) and Leanna 1972

box 10, folder 26

Rawley, Joanna (granddaughter, daughter of Barbara Rawley) 1998 - 1999

box 10, folder 27

RIBOT (Paul Vangelisti, editor) 1996 - 1998

box 10, folder 28

Riley, Peter

box 10, folder 29

Rosenblum, Martin 1986 - 1995

box 10, folder 30

Rosenthal, Gary 1987 - 1997

box 10, folder 31

Roth Publishing, Inc. (Tina Posner, associate editor) 1987 - 1996

Note

Re. permission to reprint two of Rakosi's poems in ANNUAL SURVEY OF AMERICAN POETRY (1986).
box 10, folder 32

Rothenberg, Jerome 1995 - 1996

box 10, folder 33

Royet-Journoud, Claude 1986

box 10, folder 34

Rudolph, Anthony (The Menard Press) 1995 - 1999

box 10, folder 35

S - Miscellaneous

box 10, folder 36

Safer, Louis 2000

box 10, folder 37

Salerno, Mark (editor, ARSHILE) 1993 - 1998

box 10, folder 38

SAMIZDAT (Robert Archambeau) 2002

box 10, folder 39

Schwerner, Armand 1993 - 1999

box 10, folder 40

Scroggins, Mark 1998

box 10, folder 41

Scully, Maurice 1997 - 2000

box 10, folder 42

Shatsky, Joel (editor, CONTEMPORARY JEWISH-AMERICAN DRAMATISTS AND POETS: A BIO-BIBLIOGRAPHICAL SOURCEBOOK) 1997

box 10, folder 43

Shere, Charles 1995 - 2000

Note

Includes music for "The Old Poet's Tale" and audiocassette tape of Charles Shere's music.
box 10, folder 44

Shoemaker, Steve 1998

box 10, folder 45

Sun and Moon Press (Douglas Messerli, publisher) 1990 - 1997

box 10, folder 46

T - Miscellaneous

box 10, folder 47

TALISMAN (Ed Foster, editor) 1982 - 1997

box 10, folder 48

Thompson, Phyllis Hoge 2002

box 10, folder 49

Tobias, Rebecca (Lawrence) 1997

box 10, folder 50

Tranter, John 1987 - 1997

box 10, folder 51

Turnbull, Gael 1993 - 2000

box 11, folder 1

U - Miscellaneous

box 11, folder 2

University of Wisconsin-Madison, University Libraries (Yvonne Schofer, bibliographer) 1986 - 1989

box 11, folder 3

Vescia, Monique 1996

box 11, folder 4

W - Miscellaneous

box 11, folder 5

Watsky, Paul 2001

Note

Includes "In Montana," MORE QUESTIONS THAN ANSWERS and "What's My Line? Revisited."
box 11, folder 6

Weinberger, Eliot 1996

box 11, folder 7

Whalen, Philip 1999

box 11, folder 8

Wilson, Richard 1999

box 11, folder 9

Winthrop, Arthur 1998

box 11, folder 10

Woodland Pattern Book Center 1996 - 1998

box 11, folder 11

Young, Karl (Light and Dust Books) 1994 - 1997

box 11, folder 12

Zukofsky, Louis 1930 - 1942

Note

Includes photocopied excerpts of original correspondence and Rakosi's notes on correspondence. Originals housed at University of Texas, Humanities Research Center.
box 11, folder 13

Unidentified correspondents

 

WRITINGS BY RAKOSI

 

Prose

box 11, folder 14

Blurbs and forewards for others' books

Note

Includes blurbs for Mark Salerno's HATE, Daniel Haberman's book of poems, Beau Beausoleil's AGAINST THE HEAVENS, and foreward to Stanley Kiessel's THE PEARL IS A HARDENED SINNER.
box 11, folder 15

COLLECTED PROSE - Research materials 1921 - 1977

Note

Includes Margery Latimer's (1899 - 1932, a.k.a. Margery Latimer Toomer) letters to Blanche Matthias. Also includes Matthias' description of friendship, Rakosi's notes on Latimer-Matthias correspondence. Materials used in COLLECTED PROSE, pp. 88 - 104.
box 11, folder 16

Encounter with Jonathan Griffin

box 11, folder 17

Plan of Work - Guggenheim Fellowship

box 11, folder 18

Rakosi to Weinberger 1995

Note

Letter to Eliot Weinberger, published in EXQUISITE CORPSE.
box 11, folder 19

Robert Duncan

box 11, folder 20

Word About the Objectivists 1994

Note

Spring.
 

Poetry

box 11, folder 21

Americana

Note

Includes drafts and notes.
box 11, folder 22

Death of a Wife

Note

Includes drafts and notes.
box 11, folder 23

EARTH SUITE (1997)

Note

Includes table of contents, afterwords and press releases.
box 11, folder 24

Everyday Book - Working drafts, manuscripts and notes

Note

Part 1. Published (in part) as "Nine Poems from 'The Everyday Book'" ("The Poet," "The Moment," "The Execution," "Fragment," "The History of Man," "Tune," "How to be with A Rock," "Aie!" "Riddle") in NEW DIRECTIONS 25, 1972: 138 - 143. Also includes postcards and letters from "Mom," "Beau," Alan Leveton, Kurt Lipschutz, and others. Also includes SPARROW 53 ("My Experiences in Parnassus" by Rakosi) with notes.
box 11, folder 25

Everyday Book - Working drafts, manuscripts and notes

Note

Part 2.
box 11, folder 26

HISTORY (1981)

Note

Typescript of "Foreward."
box 11, folder 27

Instructions to the Intellect

Note

Includes drafts and notes.
box 11, folder 28

OLD POET'S TALE (1999) - Page proofs 1998

Note

Includes correspondence, notes and corrections. Also includes "George Oppen: The Last Day" (prose predecessor to THE OLD POET'S TALE).
box 11, folder 29

Working papers - Drafts and typescripts of poems

Note

Part 1. Includes "Poem Beginning Jew," "A Knight Y'clept Psychology," "On the Street," "The Slave," "The Burdens of Ambiguity," "Shory Psalm," "The Report," "Chips Off the Old Block," "The Situation," "Mysteries," "1996," and "The New Prometheus."
box 11, folder 30

Working papers - Drafts and typescripts of poems

Note

Part 2.
box 11, folder 31

Working papers - Drafts and typescripts of poems

Note

Part 3.
 

Readings and Lectures

box 12, folder 1

Programs for readings 1973 - 1987

Note

Includes lists of poems to read and some announcements.
box 12, folder 2

Programs for readings 1990 - 1999

Note

Includes lists of poems to read and some announcements.
 

RECORDINGS

 

By Carl Rakosi

box 12, folder 3

Autobiographical Sessions I and II 1995

Note

January 18. Cloud House Poetry Archives: Living History Project. 2 audiocassette tapes.
box 12, folder 4

Interviewed by Rabbi Alan Lew, Beth Shalom and MOSAIC #20 1996

Note

July 21. VHS videocassette tape.
box 12, folder 5

In the Plain Life, San Francisco 1997

Note

April 15. Produced by Alan Leveto, M.D. for his series, "Leveton's Kabinet Presents." 2 VHS videocassette tapes.
box 13, folder 1

Reading at Beth Shalom 1996

Note

March 26. Produced by Cloud House Poetry Archives. Audio compact disc.
box 13, folder 2

Reading at Library of Congress, Mumford Room 1996

Note

April 11. VHS videocassette tape.
box 13, folder 3

Reading at Poetry Center, San Francisco State University 1999

Note

September 9. Introduction by Steve Dickison. VHS videocassette tape and audio compact disc.
box 13, folder 4

Reading Six Town Poetry Festival 1996

Note

June 26. Produced by Cloud House Poetry Archives. VHS videocassette tape and audiocassette tape.
 

Miscellaneous

box 13, folder 5

Poetpourri for Carl Rakosi

Note

Includes Walt Whitman, T. S. Eliot, Gertrude Stein, Edith Sitwell, James Joyce, Ezra Pound, Robert Duncan, and William Carlos Williams. Audiocassette tape.
 

ORIGINALS OF PRESERVATION PHOTOCOPIES

box 14, folder 1

Originals of preservation photocopies

 

Accession Processed in 2005

 

BIOGRAPHICAL MATERIALS

box 15, folder 1

100th Birthday - Music by others for Rakosi's Poems 2003

Note

Includes correspondence with musicians and copies of poems.
box 15, folder 2

AMULET 1968

Note

Excerpts from reviews.
box 15, folder 3

Berrigan, Anselm. "Carl Rakosi 100th Birthday Celebration" 2004

Note

From POETRY PROJECT NEWSLETTER.
box 15, folder 4

Business Card/ C.V. (Callum Rawley)/ Writing Brochure (Rakosi)

box 15, folder 5

Carl Rakosi: A Tribute - Housing Works Usedbook Cafe 2001

Note

April 11. Flyer from event in New York.
box 15, folder 6

Obituaries

Note

POETRY PROJECT NEWSLETTER and various newspapers (copies).
box 15, folder 7

Small Press Traffic Lifetime Achievement Award, San Francisco 2003

Note

Includes correspondence and press clippings.
box 15, folder 8

Tallerton, David. [Tribute to Leah Rakosi]

box 15, folder 9

Miscellaneous newspaper clippings mentioning Rakosi 1996 - 1999

Note

Includes undated mention of Rakosi on ABC program.
 

CORRESPONDENCE

box 15, folder 10

A-Z - Miscellaneous 1970 - 2003

Note

Includes some responses by Rakosi.
box 15, folder 11

Albon, George 2003

box 15, folder 12

AND WE THE CREATURES (C.J. Sage, editor) 2003

box 15, folder 13

Armantrout, Rae 2004

box 15, folder 14

Backwoods Broadsides (Sylvester Pollet) 1996 - 2003

box 15, folder 15

Bacon, Sydney 2002

box 15, folder 16

Barich, William

box 15, folder 17

Bullock, Ken 2003

Note

Includes enclosure.
box 15, folder 18

Clitheroe, Frederic 1983

Note

Copy of originals.
box 15, folder 19

Collum, Jack 2002 - 2003

box 15, folder 20

Corman, Cid 1989

box 15, folder 21

Creeley, Robert 1987 - 2004

Note

Includes poem for Rakosi by Creeley.
box 15, folder 22

Crow, Jennifer (granddaughter), Rawley (great-grandson) 2004

box 15, folder 23

Crozier, Andrew 1983 - 2004

box 15, folder 24

Dembo, Larry S. 1987

box 15, folder 25

Devaney, Tom 2002 - 2004

Note

Includes transcript of Delaney interviewing Rakosi in 2001.
box 15, folder 26

Dorsky, Nick 2002 - 2003

box 15, folder 27

Downey, Fred 2003 - 2004

Note

Beyond Baroque Literary/Arts Center.
box 15, folder 28

Duggan, Laurie 2003

box 15, folder 29

Evans, George 2003

Note

Includes event flyer.
box 15, folder 30

Fauchereau, Serge 2004

box 15, folder 31

Felstiner, John 2002 - 2003

Note

Enclosures of Felstiner's translation of Neruda and note from Denise Levertov.
box 15, folder 32

Filreis, Al 2002 - 2003

box 15, folder 33

Fisher, Roy 2003 - 2004

box 15, folder 34

Fixel, Justine 2003

Note

Lawrence Fixel family.
box 15, folder 35

Fleming, Gerald 2003

Note

Fleming poem enclosed with program for "Writers Remembered."
box 15, folder 36

Frym, Gloria 2003

box 15, folder 37

Gallagher, Kevin 2002 - 2003

Note

Relates to poems published in journal ARC.
box 15, folder 38

Gambarotte, Martin 2002 - 2003

Note

Rakosi's Spanish translator.
box 15, folder 39

George, Charley and Kathi 1976 - 1999

box 15, folder 40

Graham, Allan 2003

box 15, folder 41

Haas, Bradford 2004

Note

Editor for webzine flashpointmag.com.
box 15, folder 42

Hall, John 2003

box 15, folder 43

Heller, Michael 1995 - 2004

Note

Copy of journal article on Rakosi enclosed.
box 15, folder 44

Hiler, Jerome 2002

box 15, folder 45

Hirschman, Jack 2003

box 15, folder 46

Hofer, Jen 2002 - 2004

box 15, folder 47

Hollo, Anslem and Jane 2003

box 15, folder 48

Johnson, Nicholas 2001 - 2004

Note

Enclosures relating to British publication of poems.
box 15, folder 49

Kane, Marilyn 2002

box 15, folder 50

Kamenetz, Roger 2003

box 15, folder 51

Katz, Eliot 2003 - 2004

box 15, folder 52

Kiesel, Stanley 1975 - 1977

box 15, folder 53

King, Basil 2003 - 2004

box 15, folder 54

King, Mimi and Jeff (granddaughter and grandson-in-law) 2003

box 15, folder 55

Lefevere, Andre 1975

box 15, folder 56

Levy, John 2003

box 15, folder 57

Library of America (Geoffrey O'Brien) 2002

box 15, folder 58

Lieberman, James 1996 - 2004

box 15, folder 59

Lipschutz, Kurt 2001 - 2003

box 15, folder 60

Metre (Philip Coleman, University of Dublin) 2004

box 16, folder 1

Miller, David 2003

box 16, folder 2

Mills, Catherine and Billy 1997

box 16, folder 3

Money, Peter 2002

box 16, folder 4

Morrison, Yedda 1998 - 1999

box 16, folder 5

Naropa University (Steven Taylor) 2003

box 16, folder 6

NEW YORKER 2004

Note

Includes poetry submissions "A Valentine" and "Royally Stewed."
box 16, folder 7

Oppen, George 1974

Note

Photocopy of original with Rakosi's marginal notes.
box 16, folder 8

Palmer, Robert 1998 - 1999

Note

Printer for Rakosi's THE OLD POET'S TALE.
box 16, folder 9

Poets House (Suzanne Wise, program coordinator) 2002

box 16, folder 10

Popper, Steve 2003

box 16, folder 11

Prynne, Jeremy H. 1994 - 2004

box 16, folder 12

Rawley, Barbara (daughter) and Dan Nordby (son-in-law) 2003

box 16, folder 13

Rigsbee, David 1985

box 16, folder 14

Rothenberg, Jerome 2004

box 16, folder 15

Rudolph, Anthony 2002 - 2004

Note

Enclosures - Articles on Rakosi at 100.
box 16, folder 16

SF Poet museum (curator, Steven Kushner) 1999 - 2003

Note

Cloud House Poetry Archives.
box 16, folder 17

Salant, Dorothy 2003

box 16, folder 18

Salerno, Mark 2002 - 2003

box 16, folder 19

Sullivan, Nancy 1968

box 16, folder 20

Tiger, Madeline 2002

Note

Includes "Listening to the Venerable Poet."
box 16, folder 21

Turnbull, Gael 2001 - 2003

box 16, folder 22

U.S. LATINO REVIEW (Andres Castro, editor) 2001 - 2002

box 16, folder 23

VERSEtility Books (Robert Jacob) 2001

box 16, folder 24

Waldman, Anne 2003

box 16, folder 25

Whalen, Philip 1999

box 16, folder 26

Winthrop, Arthur 2003

box 16, folder 27

Wolfe, Bonny 2003

box 16, folder 28

Zukofsky, Louis - Excerpts from letters 1930 - 1933

Note

Rakosi's notes on his correspondence with Zukofsky and copies of article on Zukofsky.
 

WRITINGS BY RAKOSI

 

Prose

box 16, folder 29

George Oppen 1975 - 1985

Note

Review of collected poems (notes from), copy of obituary published in J.A.C.O.B.'s Letter, 1985.
box 16, folder 30

To the Editor 1990

Note

Article on Conference on American Objectivists in POETRY FLASH, draft; Conference held in Royamont, France, Sept. 1989; published in POETRY FLASH, no. 204, March 1990.
 

Miscellaneous

box 16, folder 52

American Folk Songs and Proverbs

box 16, folder 53

Ideas for Poems

box 16, folder 54

Journal

box 17, folder 1

Journal #2

box 17, folder 2

Material for Poems

box 17, folder 3

Musical Metaphors

box 17, folder 4

Nature

box 17, folder 5

Notes, etc

box 17, folder 6

Prose

Note

Contains notes on the Objectivists.
box 17, folder 7

Senator Joseph McCarthy

Note

Source material for poem or prose.
box 17, folder 8

Unpublished notes #1

box 17, folder 9

Unpublished Notes #2

Collection Contents
Accession Processed in 1996
BIOGRAPHICAL MATERIALS
CORRESPONDENCE
WRITINGS BY RAKOSI
WRITINGS OF OTHERS
Accessions Processed in 2003
BIOGRAPHICAL MATERIALS
CORRESPONDENCE
WRITINGS BY RAKOSI
RECORDINGS
ORIGINALS OF PRESERVATION PHOTOCOPIES
Accession Processed in 2005
BIOGRAPHICAL MATERIALS
CORRESPONDENCE
WRITINGS BY RAKOSI
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