Finding aid for the Lewis Turco collection
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Lewis Turco collection |
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Cleveland State University
Phone: 216-687-2449
http://library.csuohio.edu/speccoll
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Turco, Lewis |
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1962-2004 |
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1.5 linear feet |
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Correspondences, bibliography, biographical materials, journal, and select press materials, publications, and personal belongings
of Lewis Turco, literary figure, English instructor and founder of the Poetry Center at Fenn College [Cleveland State University].
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TK001 |
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Collection is housed at Cleveland State University Special Collections |
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The records are in English |
Biography of Lewis Turco
Lewis Turco was born in Buffalo, New York on May 2, 1934. He received his BA from the University of Connecticut in 1959 and
his MA from the University of Iowa in 1962. His first full-time position as an instructor of English was at Fenn College (later
Cleveland State University). After starting a successful program in contemporary poetry with a visit to the campus from W.D.
Snodgrass on October 13, 1961, he founded the Cleveland Poetry Center in 1962, of which he was the director until 1964. He
then served as Assistant Professor at Hillsdale College in 1964-65. From 1965 until 1996, he taught at State University College
of New York at Oswego, where he was also Poet-in-Residence from 1995 until his retirement in 1996. At SUNY-Oswego he founded
and directed the Program in the Writing Arts. Turco began his publishing career in 1960, with the publication of First Poems.
Sometimes using the pseudonym Wesli Court (an anagram of Lewis Turco), he has continued to publish poetry, books about poetry,
such as the New Book of Forms and Visions and Revisions of American Poetry, and other works related to the writing arts. He
has collaborated with other artists on such projects as "While the Spider Slept," a ballet based upon his poem "November 22,
1963," performed by the Swedish Ballet and the Royal Winnipeg Ballet; The Fog, a chamber opera with Dutch composer Walter
Hekster; and Bordello: PoemPrints with printmaker George O'Connell. He has received many awards, among them the Distinguished
Alumnus Award from the Alumni Association of the University of Connecticut, the Bordighera Poetry Prize, an honorary Doctor
of Humane Letters degree from Ashland University, and the John Ciardi Award for Lifetime Achievement in Poetry. He is now
retired from University teaching and from operating an antiquarian bookshop in Maine.
Scope and Content
The majority of the Lewis Turco collection constitutes letters addressed to Lewis Turco by poets and writers associated with
the Cleveland Poetry Center. Many of Turco's replies to these letters are also included. The letters and replies were written
between 1962 and 2004. Poets and writers associated with this collection and the Cleveland Poetry Center include Russell Atkins,
John Malcolm Brinnin, Hale Chatfield, Donald Finkel, David C. French, Stuart Friebert,Mac Hammond, H. Collister Hutchinson,
d.a. levy, Nicholas (Vachel) Lindsay, Robert McGovern, William McLaughlin, Robert Mezey, William A. Patterson, Raymond
Roselip, Harry Roskolenko, Russell Salamon, Wilbert Snow, Mark Strand, Julie Sak, Alberta Turner, Robert Wallace, James
L. Weil, and Loring Williams. The remainder of the Lewis Turco Collection includes copies of press materials associated with
Lewis Turco or the Cleveland Poetry Center
Statement of Arrangement
Arranged in 5 series: 1. Cleveland Poetry Center Correspondence 1962-2004 2. Journal, Bibliography and Press Materials 1942-1996
3. Personal Belongings 1964-1999 4. Professional Career & Accomplishments 1989-1994 5. Publications
Restrictions on Use
Requests for permission to publish materials from this collection should be discussed with the Special Collections Department
at the Cleveland State University Library.
Restrictions on Access
Access to this collection is unrestricted.
Related Material: Related Material
The University of Iowa Library holds a related collection, Papers of Lewis Turco, which consists of further correspondences,
literary works, audio recordings, and other publications.
View the online finding aid at: http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/spec-coll/msc/tomsc550/msc537_turco/turcofa.html
Or contact: University of Iowa Libraries, Iowa City, Iowa 52242-1420, Phone: 319-335-5921, Fax: 319-335-5900, e-mail: lib-spec@uiowa.edu.
See also, the Lewis Turco and George O'Connell Christmas card collection, 1966-2003, at the Smithsonian Institution.
View the online finding aid at: http://siris-archives.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=122089470G7FY.75053&profile=all&source=~!siarchives&view=subscriptionsummary&uri=full=3100001~!246654~!0&ri=1&aspect=subtab157&menu=search&ipp=20&spp=20&staffonly=&term=turco&index=.GW&uindex=&aspect=subtab157&menu=search&ri=1
Or contact: Archives of American Art Smithsonian Institution Washington, D.C. 20560
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Subjects:
Poets, American -- 20th century -- Correspondence -- Poetry
Persons:
Turco, Lewis
Turco, Lewis
Organizations/Corporations:
Cleveland State University. Poetry Center
Cleveland State University. Poetry Center
Preferred Citation
[Box Number, Folder], Lewis Turco collection. Cleveland State University.
Acquisition Information
This collection was donated to Cleveland State University Library by Lewis Turco in July, 2004
Detailed Description of The Collection
Series 1: Cleveland Poetry Center Correspondence, 1962-2004 Scope and Content This series contains letters written to Lewis Turco from 1962 to 2004. The letters were written by poets and writers associated
with the Cleveland Poetry Center. Many of Turco's replies to the letters are also included with this series.
Organized alphabetically by name of correspondent.
Atkins, Russell, 1962-1989
Carbon copy of a one-page unsigned typed letter from Lewis Turco to the local Cleveland poet Russell Atkins, co-editor of
Free Lance Magazine, a Black Ohio publication, inviting him to participate in the Ohio Versewriters Conference to be held
at Fenn College., 27 December 1962
One-page typed letter unsigned to Lewis Turco at the Poetry Center of Cleveland, Fenn College, datelined Cleveland, Free Lance
Magazine, replying to the preceding item, "I received your communication regarding the Ohio Versewriters Conference, and I...", 1962-1963
One-page typed letter signed., 19 November 1963
One-page typed letter unsigned to Lewis Turco at the Poetry Center of Cleveland, Fenn College, datelined Cleveland, Free Lance
Magazine., 1962-1964
One-page typed letter signed to Lewis Turco in Hillsdale, Michigan, datelined Cleveland, Free Lance Magazine, "Have not attended
any Forums at Fenn yet. Hope to next time." - "Sorry to hear about the death of Alice Crane Williams.", 1964-1965
One-page typed letter signed to Lewis Turco in Oswego, New York, datelined Cleveland, Free Lance Magazine, "Odd that I should
receive a letter from Russ Salamon on exactly the same day as your letter arrived...", 19 January 1966
One-page typed letter signed to Lewis Turco in Oswego, New York, datelined Cleveland, Free Lance Magazine, "Well, I suppose
you might have heard that d. a. levy and some of the group here have become objects of the police, FBI and narcotics agents...", 1966-1967
Carbon copy of a one-page unsigned typed letter from Lewis Turco to Russell Atkins replying to the preceding item., 7 February 1967
One-page typed letter signed to Lewis Turco in Oswego, New York, datelined Cleveland, Free Lance Magazine, "I talked briefly
with Dave French after our short talk on the phone...", January 1966
Carbon copy of a one-page unsigned typed letter from Lewis Turco to Russell Atkins replying to the preceding item and scheduling
readings by Atkins and French in the Spring 1966 Writing Arts Festival on February 19th,1966., 4 February 1966
One-page typed letter signed to Lewis Turco in Oswego, New York, datelined Cleveland, Free Lance Magazine, "I wish to thank
you for an enjoyable visit to Oswego - my first departure from Cleveland in ten years - and for asking me to participate in...", March 1966
One-page mimeographed letter from Casper L. Jordan, Editor of Free Lance, soliciting a poem for a memorial issue for Langston
Hughes ["Parenthetics for Langston Hughes"] to Lewis Turco in Oswego, New York, datelined Cleveland, Free Lance Magazine., November 1967
One-page typed letter signed to Lewis Turco in Oswego, New York, datelined Cleveland, Free Lance Magazine, "Reading your Awaken,
Bells Falling. Saw it out on the tables at Main Lib...", 10 September 1972
One-page typed letter signed to Lewis Turco in Oswego, New York, datelined Cleveland, Free Lance Magazine, "Just a note to
inquire whether there will be a 'contributor's' copy of [Lewis Turco's new book] Poetry: An Introduction...", 29 January 1973
One-page typed letter signed to Lewis Turco [in Oswego, New York], datelined Cleveland, Free Lance Magazine, "I enclose Maleficium,
one of my latest....", 1973
One-page typed letter signed to Lewis Turco in Oswego, New York, datelined Cleveland, Free Lance Magazine, "I really have
been reading a lot of your work lately. Your control never gets in the way of the life of the poem...", 27 April 1973
One-page typed letter signed to Lewis Turco [in Oswego, New York], datelined Cleveland, Free Lance Magazine, "Enclosed, my
latest...", December 1973
One-page typed letter signed to Lewis Turco in Oswego, New York, datelined Cleveland, Free Lance Magazine, "I'm thrashing
around again to see if I can't get a book of poems [published]...", 14 September 1974
One-page typed letter signed to Lewis Turco in Oswego, New York, datelined Cleveland, Free Lance Magazine., 1 January 1976
Two-page typed letter signed to Lewis Turco in Oswego, New York, datelined Cleveland, Free Lance Magazine, "...sending you
my latest, Here in The. I felt I should have been on the 'big' series, but, for some reason, Alberta [Turner]...", October 1976
Carbon copy of a one-page unsigned typed letter from Lewis Turco to Russell Atkins replying to the preceding item, "I'm glad
to see the Poetry Center doing books now, and publishing some of the old gang. Not long back I had a letter from Julie...", 13 October 1976
One-page typed letter signed to Lewis Turco in Oswego, New York, datelined Cleveland., 17 May 1977
One-page typed letter signed to Lewis Turco in Oswego, New York, datelined Cleveland, Free Lance Magazine, "I have just turned
over some of Loring Williams' letters to my collection at Atlanta U.'s archives....", 9 May 1984
Carbon copy of a one-page unsigned typed letter from Lewis Turco to Russell Atkins replying to the preceding item, "No, I
hadn't heard about Jau's suicide - I hear very little from Cleveland these days, but that's not surprising...", 28 May 1984
One-page typed letter signed to Lewis Turco in Oswego, New York, datelined Cleveland., 20 September 1984
One-page typed letter signed to Lewis Turco in Oswego, New York, datelined Cleveland, Free Lance Magazine, "A number of things
have kept you on my mind of late: Russell Salamon came through town with a friend[,] a poet named David Ross...", 18 February 1985
One-page typed letter signed to Lewis Turco in Oswego, New York, datelined Cleveland, "Thanks for Xmas greeting. Lovely poem."
Etc., 10 January 1986
Carbon copy of a one-page unsigned typed letter from Lewis Turco to Russell Atkins confirming Turco's return to Cleveland
in the following fall. "Forgive my depression. This spring everyone is dying around me, from suicide to heart attack. I&r, 8 May 1986
One-page typed letter signed to Lewis Turco in Oswego, New York, datelined Cleveland, "...some distortions of chronology seem
to have developed regarding my work[,] some of which is now forty years old (even my copyrights have run out)...", 16 January 1989
Brinnin, John Malcolm, 1962-1982
One-page typed letter signed to Lewis Turco in Cleveland datelined 100 Memorial Drive, Cambridge, Mass., "Your letter was
waiting for me...", October 2, 1962
One-page typed letter signed to Lewis Turco in Cleveland datelined St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, "I can understand your disappointment...", November 27, 1963
One-page a.n.s. to Lewis Turco in Oswego datelined Duxbury, Mass., "Thanks for the book...", 12 June 1968
One-page typed letter signed to Lewis Turco in Oswego, no dateline, "Good to Hear.", February 8, 1974
One page a.n.s. to Lewis Turco in Oswego w/ accompanying holograph envelope stamped Brockton, Mass., "Many thanks for that
handsome trio...", 3 May 1982
Chatfield, Hale, 1974-1981
One-page typed letter signed to Roger Dickinson-Brown at S.U.N.Y. Oswego datelined Hiram Poetry Review, Hiram, Ohio, w/long-hand
autograph note in reply signed by D.-B. written at bottom of page and on verso., 28 January 1974
Carbon copy of a one-page unsigned typed letter from Lewis Turco to Hale Chatfield, "I just received my copy of CSU's Whiskey
Island Magazine, long after its publication, and after several inquiries. Almost the first thing I noticed in it was, 30 September 1981
One-page typed letter signed to Lewis Turco in Oswego datelined Hiram Poetry Review, Hiram, Ohio, replying to the above item,
"I first became acquainted with the form through your textbook on prosody, so of course I was aware that the form had been, 28 October 1981
Carbon copy of a one-page unsigned typed letter from Lewis Turco to Hale Chatfield replying to the above item., 30 October 1981
Finkel, Donald, 1962-1963
Carbon copy of one-page unsigned typed letter from Lewis Turco to Donald Finkel in St. Louis asking him to make a tape for
The Fenn Series of Contemporary Authors., 6 August 1962
One-page typed letter signed from Donald Finkel to Lewis Turco at Fenn College in Cleveland agreeing to make a tape recording
of his poetry., 22 August 1962
Carbon copy of a one-page unsigned typed letter from Lewis Turco to Donal Finkel in St. Louis thanking him for agreeing to
make the tape recording., 24 August 1962
Signed Fenn Series form from Donald Finkel., 3 November 1962
One-page typed letter signed from Donald Finkel to Lewis Turco at Fenn College in Cleveland asking about the possibility of
reading at the Poetry Center., 14 October 1963
Carbon copy of a one-page unsigned typed letter from Lewis Turco to Donald Finkel in St. Louis to work out the details of
a Finkel reading in Cleveland., 23 October 1963
One-paged typed letter signed from Donald Finkel to Lewis Turco at Fenn College in Cleveland saying that things aren't to
work out for him on the date proposed., 2 November 1963
Holograph note signed on a Christmas card, to Lewis and Jean Turco, "How did the trip to Cleveland go?" Etc., 1986
Friebert, Stuart, 1962-1966
A folder full of twenty-one (21) signed letters all written between 1962 and 1966, but undated as to year, plus poems and
some carbon replies from Turco., 1962-1966
A folder of seven (7) signed letters and cards dated between 8 December 1961 and 10 January, 1972. 8 December 1961-10 January 1972
Hutchison, H. Collister, 1962-1973
A folder containing a signed form for the Fenn Series of Contemporary Authors dated 27 February 1962; a Christmas card [1962]
to Lewis Turco containing an autograph note signed, and an autograph letter signed by Hutchison to Lewis Turco., 27 February 1962-28 December 1973
An Internet print-out of a biographical essay by Mark S. Kuhar., 2003
A framed copy of a print by levy. Verso: "'The Angel of Death Rides the Van Aiken Local' d.a. levy - 1964 -- 51prints", 1964
McGovern, Robert, 1964-1993
A folder containing letters written by McGovern to Turco w/replies between 17 April and 12 April 1993. McGovern attended the
Fenn College Poetry Center programs while he lived in Cleveland and worked on his Ph.D. at John Carroll University. Subsequently
h, 1964-1993
McLaughlin, William, 1998-2003
One-page typed letter signed without dateline (Claremont, California) to Turco, "What a good surprise." Etc. Mezey, who was
a graduate student at Iowa with Turco for one year, taught at Western Reserve for one year while Turco was in Cleveland., 17 August 2002
One-page a.l.s. with accompanying envelope to Turco datelined Pomona College, Claremont, California, "I realize, with a bit
of shock, that it's been a whole month since I got your letter....", 25 October 2002
Patterson, William A., 1964
Journal entry copy of single-spaced letter from Lewis Turco at Fenn College in Cleveland to "Pat" Patterson, Provost of the
College, regarding the situation of Turco and the Poetry Center., August 1964-September 1964
A folder containing a tls datelined Loras College, 12 June 1962, to the Fenn Series of Contemporary Authors, a tls datelined
Loras College, 20 July 1962, to Lewis Turco, a signed Fenn Series form of the same date, and a carbon copy of a letter from
Turco, 20 June 1962
A folder containing a signed Fenn Series from dated May 24, 1963, and a carbon copy of a letter from David C. French, Director,
Audio-Visual Education at Fenn College dated June 18, 1963., June 18, 1963
Salamon, Russell, 1965-2005
One page letter from Russell Salamon to Lewis Turco, 19 February, 1965
Three-page (rectos only) a.l.s., evidently from New York, to Lewis Turco., 13 March 1967
One-page a.l.s. to Turco enclosing a ms. version of Descent Into Cleveland which he asks to have returned after it has been
read., 20 May 1967
One page a.l.s. to Turco asking what's become of his ms., 31 July 1967
One-page carbon copy of a tls from Turco in Oswego, New York, to Salamon explaining his not yet having read the Descent., 10 August 1967
One-page carbon copy of a tls from Turco in Oswego, New York, to Salamon, evidently back in Cleveland, saying he could not
set up a reading for him that spring., 17 February 1968
Two-page (recto & verso) als from Salamon, evidently in Cleveland, to Turco in Oswego asking him to send back the old
version of Descent as it was obsolete., 13 March 1968
Three-page, two-sheet als from Salamon, evidently in Atlanta, to Turco in Oswego, thanking him for his last letter which had
been written "in the style of Gabby Hayes.", 9 April, 1968
Three-page, two-sheet als from Salamon in Rome, Italy, to Turco in Oswego., 2 September, 1968
Carbon copy of a 1p. tls from Turco in Potsdam, New York, to Salamon in Rome, Italy c/o an address in NYC., 11 September, 1968
1 p. tls from Salamon in Los Angeles to Turco in Oswego, "I had a pleasant surprise the other day as I was looking through
the reference copy of Poetry: An Introduction Through Writing at the Los Angeles Public Library. I had seen the book earlier
an, 11 June, 1976
Carbon copy of a 2 p. tls from Turco in Dresden, Maine, to Salamon in Los Angeles replying to the previous item., 1 July, 1976
1 p. als from Salamon in L.A. replying to the previous item., 7 July, 1976
1 p. tls datelined L. A. to Turco in Oswego, "It is great to see such interest in levy. As a matter of fact, not long ago
a film-maker from Ohio, Constantine Petrochek, came by to interview me about levy and took 45 minutes of voice tape and 15
minut, 3 May, 1980
1 p. tls datelined L. A. to Turco in Oswego, "Thank you very much for the Poetic License." -- "Sometime within the next 6
months I want to take a trip to the East Coast. OK if I look you up?" Flyer for "a sheaf of recent poetry&qu, 26 June, 1982
A photocopy of a ms. titled Notes Toward a Universe inscribed on the tp by Salamon to Turco during a visit to Oswego., 1 November, 1984
2 p. als *1 sheet recto & verso) from Salamon in NYC to Turco in Oswego giving the news of the rest of his trip through
New York (visiting A. R. Ammons in Ithaca, Stanley Kunitz, and others). A ms. titled The Hello Book is Enclosed., 13 November, 1984
2 p. als (1 sheet, recto & verso) from Salamon to Turco talking about the published The Hello Book, which he had enclosed,
and the visit of four years previous., 27 January, 1988
1 p. tls from Turco in Oswego to Salamon in L. A., "many thanks for sending me those wonderful haiku. I really am delighted
with many of them. I think you've written some real Haiku in English, a feat which very few other poets have managed. It's
tru, 17 February, 1988
1p. t.l.s. from Salamon in North Hollywood to Turco in Oswego enclosing a copy of his published Descent into Cleveland. Spring
1995, 1995
Signed copy of a 2 p. tls from Turco in Oswego to Salamon in North Hollywood, "Thanks very much for sending me a copy of Descent
into Cleveland, which I read right away. I think it's fascinating, but why do you call it a 'novel' in your letter? There, 25 May, 1995
1 p. tls from Salamon in No. Hollywood to Turco in Oswego replying to the preceding item., 1 October, 1995
E-mail messages between Salamon in Cal. And Turco in Maine., 3 March, 2000
1 p. als from Salamon in No. Hollywood to Turco in Dresden, Maine, "Thanks for the Book of Lit. Terms.", 8 May, 2000
E-mail messages between Salamon in Cal. and Turco in Maine., 22 March, 2001
Carbon copy of a 1 p. tls from Turco in Cleveland to Snow in Middletown, Conn., asking him if he would be willing to make
a taped reading for the Fenn Series of Contemporary Authors., 25 July, 1962
Photocopy of a 1 p. tls from Snow replying to the previous item. Brochure and blurbs sheet accompanies., 9 July, 1962
Carbon copy of a 1 p. tls from Turco replying to the above item inquiring about Snow's fees., 2 August, 1962
Carbon copy of a 1 p. tls from Turco replying to the previous item., 10 August, 1962
Photocopy of a 1 p. tls from Snow replying to the previous item. 3 January 1962, 1963
Carbon copy of a 1 p. tls from Turco replying to the previous item., 8 January, 1963
Signed release from for the Fenn Series of Contemporary Authors., 11 October, 1962
1 p. tls from Suk datelined Charlotte NC to Turco in Dresden, "How nice to hear from you," etc., August 2003
2 pp. tls copy from Turco in Dresden to Suk answering the previous letter., 8 September, 2003
Photocopy of material later published by Suk in Steven E. Swerdfeger's Lewis Turco and His Work: A Celebration, 2004
Turner, Alberta, 1962-2003
A.l.s. of 2 pp. (2 sheets, rectos only) from Turner in Oberlin, Ohio, to Turco in Cleveland talking about family troubles
in the Turner household including husband Arthur's breaking his leg. She asks about Randolph Randall, chair of English at
Fenn: ", 10 July, 1962
Signed release for the Fenn Series of Contemporary Authors., 10 July, 1962
A.l.s. of 2 pp. (2 sheets, rectos only) from Turner in Oberlin, Ohio, to Turco in Cleveland accepting an invitation to read
her poetry at the Poetry Center during hte Ohio Versewriters Conference in the spring., 2 January, 1963
A.l.s. of 3 pp. (3 sheets, rectos only) from Turner in Oberlin, Ohio, to Turco in Cleveland giving him biographical information
for the Conference and including a photo (included here)., 3 March, 1963
Carbon copy of a 1 p. als from Turco in Cleveland to Turner in Oberlin regarding an apparent non-payment of a check due her
for the Conference the previous spring. Turco tracked it down and found that it had in fact been issued and cashed., 9 December, 1963
A.c.s. in red ink from Turner in Oberlin to Turco in Cleveland saying that the rumor had been wrong, she had received the
check, and the check she hadn't gotten was for a contest she had judged for the Ohio Poetry Society., 10 December, 1963
A.l.s. of 2 pp. (2 sheets, rectos only) from Turner in Oberlin, Ohio, to Turco in Cleveland saying that she had never heard
from Loring Williams about a manuscript she had sent him and wondering if Turco had heard anything about it. "P.S." Just, 20 January, 1964
Carbon copy of a 1 p. t.l.s. from Turco in Cleveland to Turner in Oberlin saying he had talked with Loring Williams about
her ms. who said that Clarence Farrar of Golden Quill Press had it. Turco also told her that she had not received her check
from the, 22 January, 1964
A.l.s. of 3 pp. (3 sheets, rectos only) from Turner in Oberlin, Ohio, to Turco in Cleveland, "What's the matter with Fenn
anyway? Doesn't it want to be put on the map? Or doesn't it want to be famous as a poetry center? I'm puzzled. -- But Fenn
can f, 13 February, 1964
A.l.s. of 2 pp. (2 sheets, rectos only) from Turner in Oberlin, Ohio, to Turco in Dresden, Maine, "Guess what -- they've asked
me to take over the poetry center for next year. I accepted, but with trepidation. No one could give it the vitality you ga, 26 June, 1964
A.l.s. of 1 p. (recto only) from Turner in Oberlin, Ohio, to Turco in Hillsdale, "I talked with [Dean of Arts & Sciences]
Ken Jenkins about your program for next year. We both felt that it would be best to wait a quarter or two until things here, 15 July, 1964
A.l.s. of 3 pp. (3 sheets, rectos only) from Turner in Oberlin, Ohio, to Turco in Hillsdale, Michigan, discussion programs
and events at both Oberlin and Fenn, "Something will have to be done about those forums, by the way. Russ Salamon and Co.
made, 24 November, 1964
A.l.s. of 2 pp. (2 sheets, rectos only) from Turner in Oberlin, Ohio, to Turco in Hillsdale, "I'll note be able to get to
your poetry festival next weekend." Etc., 3 April, 1965
A.l.s. of 2 pp. (2 sheets, rectos only) from Turner in Cleveland to Turco in Oswego, New York, "I'm sending this to Oswego,
in hopes that by now you are all settled and the nightmare of Hillsdale forgotten, or at least dimmed." Etc., 20 September, 1965
A.c.s. from Turner in Cleveland to Turco in Oswego, "Would you be willing to judge the Poetry Forum Contest again this year?"
Etc., 11 March, 1966
A.l.s. of 1 p. (recto only) from Turner in Cleveland to Turco in Oswego, "Here are the finalists for the Poetry Center Contest
[that Turco is to judge]. I'm having the Finance Office mail you check under separate cover.", 2 May, 1966
A.l.s. of four pp., folio from Turner to Turco, "Bless you for the prompt selection." -- "And I am looking gleefully forward
to reading the 'Hillsdale Epistles.' Etc., 7 May, 1966
Carbon copy of a 1 p. t.l.s. from Turco in Oswego to Turner in Cleveland, "It was to be expected. Ken & Deri Jenkins stopped
here for lunch last Saturday on their way up to ski in Montreal. Ciardi asked me the other day to do the S[aturday Review, 1934-1940
A.l.s. of 1 p. (recto only) from Turner in Cleveland to Turco in Oswego, "The Omnibus is rolling again." -- Would you be willing
and able to judge the short stories and poetry and decide who is to receive the prizes?" Etc., 4 March, 1968
A.c.s. from Turner in Cleveland to Turco in Oswego, "The Omnibus editors yearn for a contribution from you: a poem or prose
(preferably the latter -- they're short on prose." Etc., 21 March, 1968
A.l.s. of 2 pp. (rectos only) from Turner in Oberlin to Turco in Oswego, "I just got back from Alaska..." Etc., 28 July, 1968
Carbon copy of a 1 p. t.l.s. from Turco in Dresden, Maine, to Turner in Oberlin, "So you were in Alaska too!" "I'm now poetry
editor (just appointed) for Readers & Writers magazine. How about sending me something? "We visited Lorin, 31 July, 1968
A.l.s. of 1 p. (recto only) from Turner in Cleveland to Turco in Dresden, "Hope these [poems by Turner] don't chase you to
Bread Loaf and back, just to your new winter address." Etc., 28 August, 1968
A.l.s. of 1 p. (recto only) from Turner in Cleveland to Turco in Oswego, "Is this the picture you mean?" Etc., 11 November, 1969
A.l.s. of 2 pp. (rectos only) from Turner in Cleveland to Turco in Dresden Maine, "At long last our anthology is about ready
to go to press. We received literally a bushel of poems. We four local editors agrees on so few of them initially that we
spe, 6 July, 1970
A.l.s. of 1 p. (recto only) from Turner in Cleveland to Turco in Oswego, "Darn! Your letter came too late. We've already signed
up for Gary Snyder, Adrienne Rich, Mark Strand, and Anthony Hecht, as well as Paul Zimmer and a couple of lesser lights fo, 10 August, 1970
Carbon copy of a 1 p. t.l.s. from Turco in Dresden, Maine, to Turner in Cleveland, "You told me you'd like to have me write
this fall...," etc., 11 November, 1970
A.l.s. of 2 pp. (rectos only) from Turner at Field in Oberlin to Turco in Oswego: "your book, The Inhabitant, has been sitting
on my desk for several months...." -- "Did y ou hear that Stuart Friebert published two books of his own poems la, 15 June, 1971
Carbon copy of a 1 p. t.l.s. from Turco at Oswego to Turner in Cleveland, "I'm truly pleased you like The Inhabitant. It's
different from my earlier work, but it itself is 3 years old -- finished in 1968. I haven't written that way since. Right
now I, 23 June, 1971
Carbon copy of a 1 p. t.l.s. from Turco in Dresden, Maine, to Turner in Cleveland, "You asked me to let you know about a year
ago if I'd like a reading at Cleveland State." Etc., 8 July, 1971
A.l.s. of 2 pp. (rectos only) from Turner in Oberlin to Turco in Oswego, "I've thought long and hard about getting C.S.U.
on your tour next fall, but two things are in the way: we are already scheduled to have Mark Strand in October and are dickering, 16 July, 1971
Carbon copy of a 1 p. t.l.s. from Turco in Oswego to Turner in Cleveland, "A thousand thanks for sending me the four CSU Poetry
Booklets." Etc., 21 January, 1972
A.l.s. of 2 pp. (recto & verso of one sheet), from Turner in Cleveland to Turco in Oswego, "A little delay while the library
searched for Miss [I. Elizabeth] Beam's research guide, but they finally found it." Etc., 4 March, 1973
Carbon copy of a 1 p. t.l.s. from Turco in Oswego to Turner in Cleveland, "I see by the Friebert pamphlet that you have a
new poetry series going. Would you have any objections to my submitting the enclosed manuscript, Seasons of the Blood, for
you t, 5 August, 1974
A.l.s. of 1 p. from Turner in Cleveland to Turco in Oswego, "This [manuscript] didn't work out for us." Etc., 19 October, 1974
Christmas card signed from the Turners to the Turcos w/autograph verse by Turner., December, 1975
Carbon copy of a 1 p. t.l.s. from Turco in Oswego to Turner in Cleveland, "Sorry you didn't like Seasons of the Blood, but
perhaps you'll like this one better., 3 January, 1975
A.l.s. of 1 p. from Turner in Cleveland to Turco in Oswego, "A cluster of good manuscripts, including yours, made the selection
of the next book for the Cleveland State Univ. Poetry Center's series a difficult one. -- But thank you for submitting to, 25 April, 1975
A.l.s. of 2 pp. (rectos only) from Turner in Oberlin to Turco in Oswego, "I'm engaged in a hot new project which I hope you'll
want to be part of. Your work as a successful and highly articulate teaching poet makes it a real necessity that you be par, 26 March, 1977
Carbon copy of a 1 p. t.l.s. from Turco in Oswego to Turner in Oberlin, "I'm unsure of the logistics of the thing, but you're
handling that, so, sure, I'll be happy to do whatever it is you want me to do." Etc., 28 March, 1977
A.l.s. of 1 p. (recto only) from Turner in Cleveland to Turco in Oswego, "Thank you for the poem. I wonder what the other
two teacher poets and you will find to say about it that will improve it. (It's so good to start with!)" -- "I include, 17 June, 1977
Carbon copy of a 1 p. t.l.s. from Turco at Yaddo in Saratoga Springs to Turner in Oberlin or Cleveland, "here's the article
you asked me for. I got here yesterday and wrote it today -- I'd been saving it to get me started here, and it's done that,
bu, 2 July, 1977
A.l.s. of 2 pp. (rectos only) from Turner in Oberlin to Turco in Saratoga Springs: "Thank you for the good essay. It compares
and contrasts beautifully with the only other contribution I've so far had from your group (Bill Stafford's)." -- ", 23 July, 1977
Carbon copy of a 1 p. t.l.s. from Turco at Yaddo in Saratoga Springs to Turner in Oberlin or Cleveland, "Sure, go ahead and
use the sestina, However, I don't approve (not that you'll care) of using the students' poems anonymously. I think, for one
th, 29 July, 1977
A.l.s. of 1 p. (recto only) from Turner in Cleveland to Turco in Oswego, "As for the anonymity of the students poets, I don't
care either way. "Congratulations on the size and drawing power of your writing program. It would have been the same wi, 20 August, 1977
Carbon copy of a 1 p. t.l.s. from Turco at Oswego to Turner in Cleveland, "This note is long overdue. Forgive me. This has
been a very busy spring, and I've almost spend more time off campus than on - meetings in Albany to help plan the SUNY Universi, 20 April, 1980
A.c.s. from Turner in Cleveland to Turco in Oswego, "Thank you for the kind words on Poets Teaching. It did turn out well,
didn't it -- thanks to some dear people I could name." -- "I believe I got a query on d.a. levy. I hope it was from t, 24 May, 1980
A.l.s. of 1 p. (recto only) from Turner in Cleveland to Turco in Oswego, "Thank you for Seasons of the Blood. It's a beautiful
and terrifying book. All the monsters come alive in it, yet the wise fool is never fooled. Neat -- and tight." NOTE: S, 10 March, 1981
Carbon copy of a 1 p. t.l.s. from Turco at Oswego to Turner in Cleveland, "I'm very pleased you liked Seasons." -- "I'm glad
you've got a writing major going at CSU. There are remarkably few undergraduate majors around. And I could have tol, 13 March, 1981
Carbon copy of a 1 p. t.l.s. from Turco in Oswego to Turner in Cleveland, "Congratulations on your new book, which I thought
was charming." Etc., 31 December, 1983
T.l.s of one page (recto only) from Turner in Cleveland to Turco in Oswego, "On October 23 to 26, 1986, the Cleveland State
University Poetry Center plans to celebrate its twenty-fifth anniversary with a jubilation of Poets.... Would you be free
at t, 6 May, 1985
A.c.s. from Turner in Cleveland to Turco in Oswego confirming the time and date of his panel., 4 March, 1986
T.l.s. of one page (recto only) from Turner in Cleveland to Turco in Oswego, "Plans for Jubilation of Poets are progressing
well." Etc. Copy of a flyer for the Jubilation, an announcement of the poets to appear, and a tentative program accompani, 4 March, 1986
Carbon copy of a 1 p. t.l.s. from Turco in Oswego to Turner in Cleveland, "there is something I don't understand: In the photocopy
of the announcement you sent me it lists the 'Participating poets' and below that it says, 'Readings by all participati, 19 April, 1986
Carbon copy of a 2 pp. t.l.s. (rectos only) from Turco in Oswego to Turner in Cleveland, "You're my friend, and I'll do for
you whatever you ask of me. But if it seems odd to me that, after an absence from Cleveland of 21 years, I won't be reading
my, 25 April, 1986
A.l.s. of one page (recto only) from Turner in Cleveland to Turco in Oswego, "I'm very sorry about your bad sabbatical." --
"I too would have liked to read at the festival, but we have scheduled so many readings that all the big names that, 29 August, 1986
Carbon copy of a 1 p. t.l.s. (recto only) from Turco in Oswego to turner in Cleveland, "I'd be delighted to be guest of honor
at a reception at Arnold's house." -- "(I wrote a story once about Bill [Cherubini] but it's never been publ, 30 August, 1986
"Orotund," a 37-page, double spaced lecture-reading, with one page of notes, given at Case Western Reserve University as the
first event in the "Jubilation of Poets" celebration of the 25th anniversary of the founding of the Cleveland, 22 October, 1986
T.l.s. of one page (recto only) from Turner in Cleveland to Turco in Oswego, "Now that we've crawled out from under the debris
of the Jubilation, there's time really to jubilate." -- "Your presence was essential, and you filled it tirelessl, 10 November, 1986
Carbon copy of a 1 p. t.l.s. (recto only) from Turco in Oswego to Turner in Cleveland, "Thanks for your good letter. From
my point of view the Jubilation went off practically without a hitch, an amazing feat for such a large enterprise. -- The
only t, 13 November, 1986
T.l.s. of one page (recto only) from Turner in Cleveland to Turco in Oswego, "I haven't heard from you since the 'Jubilation...,"
etc., 8 December, 1986
A.l.s. of 2 pp. (rectos only) from Turner in Cleveland to Turco in Oswego, "You may indeed have my permission...," etc., 31 July, 1989
Undated hand-made Christmas card with ans from Turner to Turco. ca. 1986, 1986
Computer copy of a t.l.s. of one page (recto only) from Turco in Dresden Maine, to Al Cahen in Moreland Hills, Ohio: "Thanks
for the article about Alberta and for your note, but I'd already heard about her death from Larry Smith of Bottom Dog Press
w, 1934-1940
Weil, James L., 1962-1965
Signed release form for the Fenn Series of Contemporary Authors. NOTE: The Poetry Center was born out of Lewis Turco's classes
to which local poets and those visiting Cleveland were invited from 1960-1962. James L. Weil, a friend of Loring Williams,
was o, 2 March, 1962
T.l.s. of one p., recto only, from Weil at the Elizabeth Press in New Rochelle, New York, to Turco in Hillsdale, Michigan,
"Thanks for the Conference [of Midwestern Poets] circular...," etc., 10 March, 1965
T.l.s. of one p., recto only, from Weil at the Elizabeth Press in New Rochelle, New York, to Turco in Hillsdale, Michigan,
"I guess I am sort of down -- thanks for bucking me up." NOTE: mention of "Dick" is probably Richard Frost, at S, 19 March, 1965
Williams, Loring, 1962-1981
Photocopies of the cover and first three pp. of American Weave, vol. xxvi, no. 2, "Accent on Fenn College" issue. Autumn-Winter
1962, 1962
A signed form for the Fenn Series of Contemporary Authors, undated Early 1962, 1962
T.n. unsigned of 2 pp. (recto & verso of one sheet) from Loring Williams in University Heights, Ohio, to Lewis Turco in
Dresden, Maine, "Since you'll probably be taking off for Maine tomorrow...," etc. Mentions of David French, Stuart Friebe, 14 July, 1964
T.l.s. of 2 pp. (recto and verso of one sheet) from Williams in University Heights to Turco in Oswego, "Sorry I caused you
such a dismal time at Ocean Park." -- "Had a two-page letter from Alberta Turner: hoping that I wouldn't let my feeli, September, 1964
Carbon copy of a t.l.s. of one p. from Turco in Hillsdale, Michigan, to Williams in University Heights, Ohio, "Hillsdale will
hold a Conference of Midwestern Poets the weekend of April 9-10 [1965]..., etc., 26 November, 1964
T.n.s. of 1 p. (recto of one sheet) from Loring Williams in University Heights, Ohio, to Lewis Turco in Hillsdale, Michigan,
"Sorry to have caused you the expense of a phone call...," -- "If you were in Cleveland, you would be getting the c, 3 October, 1964
T.l.s. of 2 pp. (recto and verso of one sheet) from Williams in University Heights to Turco in Hillsdale: "Ordinarily, as
you know, I would be glad to do the Christmas cards for you; but I am just now emerging from a state of numbness, and all
of my, 29 October, 1964
T.n.s. of 2 pp. (recto & verso of one sheet) from Loring Williams in University Heights to Lewis Turco in Hillsdale, "Sorry
you had such a tough time with viruses over the holidays." Etc., 6 January, 1965
T.n.s. of 1 p. (recto only of one sheet) from Williams in University Heights to Turco in Hillsdale, "This won't be much of
a letter...," -- "Just had a note from [Peter] Corodimas." -- "You seem to vacillate in your feelings about, 1965
T.l.s. of 2 pp. (recto and verso of one sheet) from Williams in University Heights to Turco in Hillsdale, "Sorry the registrations
[for the Conference of Midwestern Poets] are not coming in faster." -- "As to [Fred] Wickham's poem [a Hillsd, 15 March, 1965
T.l.s. of 1 p. from Williams in Univ Hts. to Turco in Hillsdale, written on the back of a 1 p. t.l.s. from Irene Warsaw in
Bay City, Michigan, on 23 March, "This letter answers the question of why one person I was sure would come to Hillsdale won't
b, March 1965
T.l.s. of 2 pp. (rectos only) from Williams in Univ Hts. to Turco in Oswego, New York, "Have I had a madhouse of conference
adventures this summer." Etc., 9 September, 1965
T.l.s. of 1 p. from Williams in Univ Hts. to Turco in Hillsdale, "The 'conference adventures' are too long and complicated
to attempt in a letter: they have to do with phonies infiltrating, people being 'fired' right and left...," etc., 14 September, 1965
T.l.s. of 1 p. from Williams in South Berwick, Maine, to Turco in Oswego, "I thought I had reached the manufacturing place
of winter when I arrived at Portsmouth in the midst of a New England blizzard, with head-high banks of snow along all the
highw, 10 February, 1966
T.l.s. of 1 p. from Williams in South Berwick, Maine, to Turco in Oswego, "I wondered how the Cleveland boys would make it
up to Oswego, with all the winter you were having. I am glad that all went well. Al and Dave are two dependable characters
and, 11 March, 1966
T.n.s. of 1 p. from Williams in South Berwick, Maine, to Turco in Oswego, "I'm finally getting used to seeing my Cleveland
furniture in its new setting." Etc., 22 April, 1966
T.l.s. of 2 pp. (recto & verso of one sheet) from Williams in South Berwick, Maine (but written on a new American Weave
stationery with David French and Al Cahen as editors), to Turco in Oswego, "Al and Dave sent me a few sheets of their new
stat, 9 May, 1966
T.l.s. of 1 p. from Williams in South Berwick, Maine, to Turco in Oswego, "Here's my check to help keep up the good work.
I would like to frame the print, but don't know just where I would put it." Etc., 18 May, 1966
Photocopy of an article, "Editor-Publisher Back at South Berwick WILLIAMS IS HOME TO STAY AND WORK," from the Portland Sunday
Telegram, 22 May, 1966
T.l.s. of 1 p. from Williams in South Berwick, Maine, to Turco in Oswego, "Jesus, but you're getting expensive!" Etc., 31 May, 1966
T.c.s. of 1 p. from Williams in South Berwick, Maine, to Turco in Oswego, (forwarded to Dresden, Maine), "Just up from the
'lower forty' where I've been breaking up clods in my vegetable garden all morning." Etc., 24 June, 1966
Carbon copy of a t.l.s. of 1 p. from Turco in Oswego to Williams in South Berwick, "Sorry not to have written sooner, but
things have been fiendish around here since school began...," etc., 4 October, 1966
T.l.s. of 2 pp. (recto & verso of one sheet) from Williams in South Berwick to Turco in Oswego, "Thanks for yours of the
fourth." Etc., 11 October, 1966
T.l.s. of 1 p. from Williams in South Berwick to Turco in Oswego, "This card doesn't look like Maine in December of 1966."
Etc., 9 December, 1966
Letter from Williams in South Berwick to Turco in Oswego, "Thank you for your Christmas remembrance...", 5 January, 1967
Carbon copy of a 1 p. t.l.s. from Turco in Oswego to Williams in South Berwick, "We're glad you like the ceramic duck. We
saw it in a shop in Maine last summer, just after we'd visited you, and we thought it would be fine in your house...", 20 January, 1967
Letter from Williams in South Berwick to Turco in Oswego, "Well, I've been in Maine a full year, and am still quite content...,"
etc. -- "I suppose your Cleveland correspondents are keeping you up-to-date on the Jim Lowell - d.a. levy...", 30 January, 1967
Letter (rectos of two sheets) from William in South Berwick to Turco in Oswego, "Congratulations are in order for you all
the way around. I am glad for you for the Associate Professorship, and share in some small way your elation...", 17 May, 1967
Letter from Williams in South Berwick to Turco, probably in Dresden, Maine, "My Brother Crow was published early in the summer,
and I have your name on my list of friends to whom copies were sent...", 1967
Letter from Williams in South Berwick to Turco, in Dresden, Maine, "I guess this is the issue of AW you wanted...", 4 July, 1968
Carbon copy of a letter from Turco in Dresden to Williams in South Berwick, "Thanks for Sending the magazine, and for your
letter. How come you're turning into such a hermit? I'm told you have stopped writing to anyone, and now you say you've...", 8 July, 1968
Letter from Williams in South Berwick to Turco, in Dresden, "Your letter of the eighth seems to put me on the defensive on
all counts...", 11 July, 1968
Carbon copy of a letter from Turco in Dresden to Williams in South Berwick, "Yes, there's a caste system of sorts [at Bread
Loaf], two castes: no, make it four: the staff, the fellows and scholars, the students and serious writers...", 12 July, 1968
Internal memo from Bruce Turner at Oswego to Turco at the same regarding Williams' volumes in the library., 3 February, 1981
Series 2: Journal, Bibliography and Press Materials, 1962-2003 Scope and Content This series includes Lewis Turco's journal entries from 1962, a bibliography of his poetry, and press materials associated
with Turco or the Cleveland Poetry Center.
Envelope addressed to Lewis Turco from Russell Salamon, containing a brief letter and assorted press clippings., 2003
Letter from Salamon to Turco, "Hey Lew, Here's some interesting Cleveland Scene stuff from 'the days of yore.'", 2003
Input, Volume 1, Number 4, December 1964, 1964
Cleveland's Poetry Surge, The Plain Dealer, June 13, 1965, 1965
Fenn College Poetry Center: Worksheets for Forum of March 12, 1965, 1965
The Cleveland Scene, Books, Volume 1, Number 11, 1964
Letter from Salamon to Turco, "Hey Lew, Here's some interesting Cleveland Scene stuff from 'the days of yore.'", 2003
Input, Volume 1, Number 4, December 1964, 1964
Cleveland's Poetry Surge, The Plain Dealer, June 13, 1965, 1965
Fenn College Poetry Center: Worksheets for Forum of March 12, 1965, 1965
The Cleveland Scene, Books, Volume 1, Number 11, 1964
Journal, 1962 April 14, 1962-December 25, 1962
Lewis Turco Poetry: A Bibliography 1962-2004, 1962-2004
Series 3: Personal Belongings, 1964-1975 Scope and Content This series is comprised of Lewis Turco's personal belongings, specifically, a photograph and a personal scrapbook.
A Scrapbook Owned by Lewis Turco, Volume One, November 22, 1964-December 31, 1975
A photograph of Lewis Turco, 1968
Series 4: Professional Career and Accomplishments, 1989-1994 Scope and Content The contents of this three folder set encompass the years 1989-1994 and include a few samples of Turco's yearly faculty evaluations,
a curriculum vitae with bibliography attached, various reviews of his work, flyers of events in which he participated, examples
of awards he has won and a selection of his poetry.
Series 5: Publications and Manuscripts, 1999-2004 Scope and Content The 2000 Poetry Desk Calendar contains a published and signed poem by Lewis Turco on May 2, 2000 entitled, "May, Merely".
The box containing the calendar has a typed letter inside from the editor, thanking him for his contribution.
"May, Merely" by Lewis Turco listed on May 2, 2000., May 2, 2000
Signed manuscript: "A Sheaf of Leaves: Literary Memoirs." Accompanied by press release with biographical and publishing information., 2004
Series 6: Audio Collection (consists of 129 digitized copies of original cassette and reel to reel tape recordings), c.1954-1969
Audio recordings available via access copies (on CD). The CD inventory is as follows: Tape 001 - Date: 1954, 1960 Description:
John Ciardi, "State of Poetry Now," April 11, 1960, and Thomas Hornsby Ferril, 1954. Tape 002 - Date: 1959 Description: John
Tagliabue, Bates College, Lewiston, Maine. Exact date unknown. Tape 003 - Date: April 17, 1961 Description: Fenn Series of
Contemporary Authors, James L. Weil. Tape 004 - Date: June 26, 1961 Description: Fenn Series of Contemporary Authors, Lewis
Turco. Tape 005 - Date: August 2, 1961. Description: Fenn Series of Contemporary Authors, W. D. Snodgrass, address at State
University College, Oneonta, New York. Tape 006 - Date: April 18, 1961. Description: John Logan reading his poems at Cornell
University. Tape 007 - Date: August 24, 1962. Description: Fenn Series of Contemporary Authors, Richard Frost. Tape 008
Date: September 18, 1962. Description: Fenn Series of Contemporary Authors, Milton Kessler. Tape 009 - Date: October 1962.
Description: Fenn Series of Contemporary Authors, Vern Rutsala, Lewis and Clark College, Portland, Oregon. Tape 010 - Date:
October 5, 1962. Description: Fenn Series of Contemporary Authors, Robert Huff reading his poetry from "Colonel Johnson's
Ride" and other published and unpublished works. Tape 011 - Date: October 20, 1962. Description: Fenn Series of Contemporary
Authors, Louis A. Williams at Fenn College reading a poem with choral background and accompaniment. Tape 012 - Date: October
22, 1962. Description: National Poetry Festival #1. Track A: L. Quincy Mumford, Henry Rago, Louise Bogan, Stanley Kunitz,
Morton Dauwen Zabel, discussion. Track B: Discussion (cont.), Leonie Adams, William Meredith, Howard Nemerov, John Crowe Ransom,
Muriel Rukeyser. Tape 013 - Date: October 22, 1962. Description: National Poetry Festival #2. Track A: Readings by Delmore
Schwartz, Karl Shapiro, Mark Van Doren, Louis Untermeyer. Introduction by L. Quincy Mumford, Library of Congress. Greetings
by August Heckscher. Randall Jarrell, lecture. Track B: Randall Jarrell (cont.). Richard Wilbur, introduction. Babette Deutsch,
talk. Tape 014 - Date: October 22, 1962. Description: National Poetry Festival #3. Track A: Talks by Howard Nemerov and Karl
Shapiro. Discussion. Track B: Discussion (cont.). Readings by John Berryman, Louise Bogan, Gwendolyn Brooks, J.V. Cunningham.
Tape 015 - Date: October 22, 1962. Description: National Poetry Festival #4. Track A: Readings by Richard Eberhart, Paul Engle,
Henry Rago, W. D. Snodgrass, Allen Tate. Track B: Lecture by Robert Frost, introduction by Louis Untermeyer. Tape 016 -
Date: October 22, 1962. Description: National Poetry Festival #5. Track A: Robert Frost lecture (continued), introduction
by John Crowe Ransom. Allen Tate, Leonie Adams. Track B: J. V. Cunningham, discussion. Readings by R. P. Blackmur, Katherine
B. Chapin, Babette Deutsch, Langston Hughes, Randall Jarrell. Tape 017 - Date: October 22, 1962. Description: National Poetry
Festival #6. Track A: Readings by Randall Jarrell, Stanley Kunitz, Ogden Nash, Kenneth Rexroth, Richard Wilbur, Oscar Williams.
Lecture by Sir Herbert Read. Track B: Lecture by Sir Herbert Read (continued). Tape 018 - Date: October 26, 1962. Description:
Fenn Series of Contemporary Authors, David Ignatow. Tape 019 - Date: November 1, 1962 Description: Fenn Series of Contemporary
Authors, James Crenner. Track A: "Song to a Crippled Child," "On the Loss of My Friends," "From Atlantis." Track B: "On a
Watercolor by Harold Howe," "In The Year of Drought," "Poem to William, My Brother." Tape 020 - Date: November 13, 1962.
Description: Fenn Series of Contemporary Authors, Paul Engle. Morning program at Fenn College. Tape 021 Date: November 13,
1962. Description: Fenn Series of Contemporary Authors, Paul Engle. Evening program at Fenn College. Tape 022 - Date: November
13, 1962. Description: Fenn Series of Contemporary Authors, Paul Engle. Evening program at Fenn College. Tape 023 - Date:
1963 Description: Maryland Writers' Festival, W.D. Snodgrass. Exact date unknown. Tape 024 - Date:1963. Description: Maryland
Writers' Festival. Track A: William Faulkner, Nobel Prize acceptance speech; excerpt from "As I Lay Dying"; Wallace Stevens,
"Idea of Order at Key West"; Conrad Aiken, "Tetelestai"; Elisabeth Bishop, "Manuelzinho." Track B: Lewis Turco. Exact date
unknown. Tape 025 - Date: 1963. Description: Maryland Writers' Festival. Track A: Robert Wallace. Track B: Joseph Langland.
Exact date unknown. Tape 026 - Date:1963. Description: Maryland Writers' Festival. Track A: Edward Skellings. Track B: Arnold
Kenseth. Exact date unknown. Tape 027 - Date: 1963. Description: Fenn Series of Contemporary Authors, X.J. Kennedy, Ohio
Versewriters Conference. Exact date unknown. Tape 028 - Date: January 28, 1963. Description: Fenn Series of Contemporary
Authors, Dr. Ernest J. Simmons lecture on "Literary Development in the Soviet Union." Especially concerns Boris Pasternak.
Tape 029 - Date: March 15, !963. Description: Fenn Series of Contemporary Authors, Donald Justice. Tape 030 - Date: April
26, 1963. Description: Fenn Series of Contemporary Authors, Ohio Versewriters Conference. Track A: Russell Atkins and Hammond
(first name unknown) Track B: Turner and Williams (first names unknown). Tape 031 - Date: April 27, 1963. Description: Fenn
Series of Contemporary Authors, Ohio Versewriters Conference. "The Poet's Marks": James Crenner, Irving Feldman, Miller Williams,
Lewis Turco. Tape 032 - Date: May 24, 1963. Description: Fenn Series of Contemporary Authors, Richard Wilbur. Tape 033 -
Date: November 15, 1963. Description: Fenn Series of Contemporary Authors, Nicholas Lindsay reading the poetry of Vachel Lindsay.
Tape 034 - Date: 1964. Description: Fenn Series of Contemporary Authors "Introduction '64." Jau Billera, Fay Fox, Dave French,
Russell Salamon, Julie Suk. Exact date unknown. Tape 035 - Date: February 21, 1964. Description: Fenn Series of Contemporary
Authors, Howard Nemerov. Tape 036 - Date: March 7, 1964 Description: Fenn Series of Contemporary Authors, Norton Marcus.
Tape 037 - Date: April 12, 1964. Description: Fenn Series of Contemporary Authors: Track A: Karl Shapiro, lecture. Track B:
Edith Sitwell, "Facade"; Mark Van Doren. Tape 038 - Date: April 12, 1964. Description: Fenn Poetry Center, Karl Shapiro,
reading. Tape 039 - Date: April 16, 1964. Description: Muriel Rukeyser, Department of English, State University College,
Oswego, NY. Part 1. Tape 040 - Date: April 16, 1964. Description: Muriel Rukeyser, Department of English, State University
College, Oswego, NY. Part 2. Tape 041 - Date: April 17, 1964. Description: Fenn Series of Contemporary Authors, Ohio Versewriters
Conference. Local poets Vonna Adrian, P.K. Saba, & William Sylvester. Tape 042 - Date: April 18, 1964 - Description: Fenn
Series of Contemporary Authors, Ohio Versewriters Conference. Hollis Summers. Tape 043 - Date: April 18, 1964. Description:
Fenn Series of Contemporary Authors, Ohio Versewriters Conference. James L. Weil,"Devices of Poetry." Roundtable, all speakers
and audience. Tape 044 - Date: April 18, 1964. Description: Fenn Series of Contemporary Authors, Ohio Versewriters Conference.
Discussion: "That the Creation of a Poem is Essentially an Unconscious Process." Richard Frost & Donald Petersen. Tape 045
Date: May 22, 1964. Description: Fenn Series of Contemporary Authors, Richard Eberhardt. Tape 046 Date: November 6, 1964.
Description: John Woods. Tape 047 - Date: October 14, 1964. Date: April 5, 1967 Description: Track A: David Wagoner, April
5, 1967. Track B: Richard Hugo, October 14, 1964. Tape 048 - Date: October 14, 1964. Description: Richard Hugo, Dept. of
English, State University College, Oswego, NY. Tape 049 - Date: 1965. Description: Conference of Midwestern Poets: Donald
Hall, Lewis Turco, exact date unknown. Tape 050 - Date: March 5, 1965. Description: William Dickey, e.e. cummings. Tape
051 - Date: May 14, 1965. Description: Fenn Poetry Center. Track A: W.D. Snodgrass, lecture: "An Overview, 1870-1970." Track
B: W.D. Snodgrass, poetry reading. Tape 052 - Date: February 19, 1966. Description: Fine Arts Festival, Espresso Shop, State
University College, Oswego, NY. Readings: Al Cahen and students; Russell Atkins and David C. French. Tape 053 - Date: February
16, 1966. Description: Espresso Shop. Track A: Nicholas Lindsay. Track B: Students of State University College, Oswego, NY,
and three faculty poets: Lewis Turco, Hugo Theimer, and Robert Shure. Tape 054 - Date: February 19, 1966. Description: Fine
Arts Festival, Espresso Shop, State University College, Oswego, NY. Readings : Al Cahen and students; Russel Atkins and David
C. French. Tape 055 - Date: April 30, 1966 Description: Poetry: Charles Tomlinson, April 30, 1966. Tape 056 - Date: August
28 & 30, 1967 Description: OWAW. Track A: Eric Robinson on John Glare, August 28, 1967. Track B: Mark McCloskey reading his
poems, August 30, 1967. Tape 057 - Date: 1969; December 15, 1970 Description: Track A: Reading, Morton Marcus, Oswego, NY,
December 15, 1970. Track B: Lewis Turco. Interview: "The living arts." State University College, Potsdam, NY, 1969, exact
date unknown. Tape 058 - Date: 1969 Description: tape from McGraw-Hill Sound Seminars: Erskine Cadwell, "Naturalism and
the American Novel," 1969,exact date unknown. Tape from McGraw-Hill Sound Seminars: Erskine Cadwell, "Naturalism and the
American Novel," 1969, exact date unknown. Tape 059 - Undated Description: Track A: Carl Sandburg, Archibald Macleish, William
Butler Yeats, W.H. Auden, Edith Sitwell, Robert Graves, Louis MacNeice. Track B: W.H. Auden, Roy Friedman, Louis MacNeice,
Gertrude Stein, Marianne Moore, William Empson, Stephen Spender, William Carlos Williams. Tape 060 - Undated Description:
Yale Poets #5. Track A: Allen Tate. Track B: Robert Penn Warren. Tape 061 - Undated Description: Track A: T.S. Eliot, reading
his own poetry. Track B: Robert Frost, Steven Vincent Benet, Edmund Skellings. Tape 062 - Undated Description: Yale Poets
#2. Track A: Robert Lowell. Track B: Stanley Kunitz. Tape 063 - Undated Description: Yale Poets #8. Track A: John Hollander.
Track B: C. Day Lewis. Tape 064 - Undated Description: Poet William Heyen. Tape 065 - Undated Description: Fenn Series
of Contemporary Authors, Donald Finkel. Track A: "Hunting Song," "Old Lady With Rosary on the Bus to Pueblo," "Dionysus,"
"Archaic Figurine from Nayarit," "Hypochondriac," "Marriage." Track B: "The Serpent Charmer (After Jean Leon Jerome)", "My
Painting will Never Offend," "Note in Lieu of a Suicide, Apology" (from Simeon), "Midas." Tape 066 - Undated Description:
Fenn Series of Contemporary Authors, Constance Carrier. Tape 067 - Undated Description: Fenn Series of Contemporary Authors,
Hollis Summers. Tape 068 - Undated Description: Fenn Series of Contemporary Authors, George Abbe. Tape 069 - Undated Description:
Fenn Series of Contemporary Authors, Ralph Kinsey. Tape 070 - Undated Description: Fenn Series of Contemporary Authors,
Charles Burgess. Tape 071 - Undated Description: Fenn Series of Contemporary Authors, Leonard Casper. Tape 072 - Undated
Description: Carl Sandburg, Archibald Macleish, William Butler Yeats. Tape 073 - Undated Description: Fenn Series of Contemporary
Authors, Loring Williams. Tape 074 - Undated Description: Fenn Series of Contemporary Authors, William Everson (Brother
Antoninus). Tape 075 - Undated Description: The Last Days of Hart Crane. WBAI-FM, New York. Sam Loveman, William Slater
Brown, Nathan Ashe, Solomon Grundberg, Peggy Baird, and John Unterecker. Tape 076 - Undated Description: Fenn Series of
Contemporary Authors, Judson Jerome. Tape 077 - Undated Description: Lewis Turco in Studio B. Tape 078 - Undated Description:
Jazz Poetry Concert. Tape 079 - Undated Description: Track A: New Voices in American Poetry (selection from Fenn Series
of Contemporary Authors) Track B: William Faulkner: Nobel Prize acceptance speech; excerpt from "As I Lay Dying"; Wallace
Stevens: "The Idea of Order at Key West"; Conrad Aiken: "Tetelestai"; Elizabeth Bishop: "Manuelzinho"; Nicholas Lindsay, "The
Building of the Bomb Plant, Book 1: The Egghead Blues." Tape 080 - Undated Description: Fenn Series of Contemporary Authors,
Robert Huff. Tape 081 - Undated Description: Fenn Series of Contemporary Authors, John Crowe Ransom. Tape 082 - Undated
Description: Ohio Versewriters' Conference. Richard Frost & Donald Petersen: "The Unconscious in Verse Composition." Tape
083 - Undated Description: Track A: Robert Frost. Track B: William Meredith. Tape 084 - Undated Description: Poetry of Lewis
Turco. Tape 085 - Undated Description: Track A: Hayden Carruth. Track B: Elliott Coleman, Josephine Jacobson, Henry Rago.
Tape 086 - Undated Description: Fenn Series of Contemporary Authors, Hazel Collister Hutchinson. Tape 087 - Undated Description:
Fenn Series of Contemporary Authors, W.D. Snodgrass. Tape 088 - Undated Description: Library of Congress Undated. Tape
089 - Undated Description: Lewis Turco. Tape 090 - Undated Description: Yale Poets #4: Vernon Watkins, Louis MacNeice.
Tape 091 - Undated Description: William Golding. Tape 092 - Undated Description: Fenn Series of Contemporary Authors, William
Golding, morning and afternoon lectures. Tape 093 - Undated Description: Conference of Midwestern Poetry. Track A: Loring
Williams. Track B: John Woods. Tape 094 - Undated Description: UTQ 009 Cut #2, Richard Frost. Tape 095 - Undated Description:
Fenn Series of Contemporary Authors, 1:30 session: Nicholas Lindsay reading the poetry of Vachel Lindsay. Tape 096 - Undated
Description: Fenn Series of Contemporary Authors, Mona Van Duyn, reading Poems from her book Valentines to the Wide World,
and from an [as then] unpublished book, A Time for Bees. Tape 097 - Undated Description: X.J. Kennedy. Track A: "First Confession,"
"On a Child who Lived a Minute," "The Sirens," "Overheard on the Louvre," "Elegy for a Child Who Skipped Rope," "In a Prominent
Bar in Secaucus, NJ," "Ars Poetica," "Epitaph for a Postal Clerk," "King Tut," "Be Negative." Track B: "Satori," "If You Got
a Notion." Tape 098 - Undated Description: No data. Tape 099 - Undated Description: Fenn Series of Contemporary Authors,
Paul Herr. Tape 100 - Undated Description: Bill Knott: "It Takes Two to Make a Murder." Tape 101 - Undated Description:
Fenn Series of Contemporary Authors Charles Angoff. Tape 102 - Undated Description: Fenn Series of Contemporary Authors,
Alberta Turner. Tape 103 - Undated Description: Fenn Series of Contemporary Authors, Sam Hudson, "A Light to Lighten."
Tape 104 - Undated Description: Fenn Series of Contemporary Authors, Miller Williams. Tape 105 - Undated Description: Robert
Frost. Tape 106 - Undated Description: Fenn Series of Contemporary Authors, Donald Justice. Tape 107 - Undated Description:
Fenn Series of Contemporary Authors, E. L. Mayo. Tape 108 - Undated Description: Fenn Series of Contemporary Authors, John
Hollander. Tape 109 - Undated Description: Fenn Series of Contemporary Authors, A. R. Ammons. Tape 110 - Undated Description:
Fenn Series of Contemporary Authors, Mark Strand. Tape 111 - Undated Description: Fenn Series of Contemporary Authors, Discussion:
Lewis Turco and Ray Stascewski. Tape 112 - Undated Description: Fenn Series of Contemporary Authors, John Woods. Tape
113 - Undated Description: Jau Billera, reading with drum accompaniment from his book Purgatory and Carousels Tape 114
- Undated Description: Fenn Series of Contemporary Authors,Chad Walsh, recorded at Beloit College, Beloit, Wisconsin. Tape
115 - Undated Description: Fenn Series of Contemporary Authors, Morton Marcus. Tape 116 - Undated Description: Fenn Series
of Contemporary Authors, Nicholas Lindsay reading his own poetry. Tape 117 - Undated Description: Fenn Series of Contemporary
Authors, Sam Bradley. Tape 118 - Undated Description: Yale poets #3. Tape 119 - Undated Description: Yale poets #6. Track
A: Yvor Winters, Lee Anderson. Track B: Winfield Townley Scott, R. P. Blackmuir. Tape 120 - Undated Description: Yale poets
#7. Track A: Louise Bogan. Track B: Dudley Fitts. Tape 121 - January 24, 1963 Description: Fenn Series of Contemporary Authors,
Carr Liggett. History of "The Rhymers Club" of Cleveland and readings of some of the members' poetry, plus some of Liggett's
own poems. Tape 122 - April 27, 1963 Description: Fenn Series of Contemporary Authors, Judson Jerome, "Rivalry With Madmen,"
Ohio Versewriters' Conference. Tape 123 - October 25, 1963 Description: Fenn Series of Contemporary Authors, Robert Mezey.
Tape 124 - September 5, 1964 Description: Poetry seminar, Dr. Alberta Turner. Tape 125 - Undated Description: Fenn Series
of Contemporary Authors, Lewis Turco. Tape 126 - Undated Description: Fenn Series of Contemporary Authors, discussion by
Lewis Turco and Ray Stascewski. Tape 127 - Undated Description: Fenn Series of Contemporary Authors, Lewis Turco. Tape
128 - June 26, 1961 Description: Fenn Series of Contemporary Authors, Lewis Turco. Tape 129 - Undated Description: Conference
of Midwestern Poets: Donald Hall, Lewis Turco., 1954-1969