Collection Summary
Harry Ransom Center, The University of Texas at Austin
Bergé, Carol,
1928-2006
Carol Bergé Papers
1960-1969
4 boxes (1.6 linear feet)
The Carol Bergé Papers,
1960-1969, include drafts, notes, manuscripts, galleys, and page proofs of her
works, plus correspondence, research materials, clippings, and contracts. The
manuscripts for Poems Made of Skin (1968) and Circles, as in the Eye (1969) are found in this
collection, as are those prose pieces that focus on local histories of contemporary
art/literary scenes and trends. The bulk of the collection consists of
Bergé's extensive correspondence with friends, writers, and editors. Also
included are notes and press releases for the numerous benefits in which
Bergé participated or organized. The remainder of the collection includes
manuscripts by other authors, most of which were gifts to Bergé. The
materials found in this collection document Bergé's work and life prior to
1970.
English
Manuscript Collection MS-0349
Acquisition:
Purchase, 1969 (R5081)
Access:
Open for research
Processed by:
John Minniece, Eric Speas; Revised January 1994 by David Hatfield Sparks
Biographical Sketch
Carol Bergé, born in 1928, in New York City, was primarily a poet and
fiction writer. She was educated at New York University, 1946-1952, and at the New
School for Social Research, 1952-1954. Bergé worked as a journalist and
editorial assistant during the 1950s for such organizations as Simon and Schuster
and
Forbes magazine. In 1970, she founded CENTER Magazine and Press and served as editor and
publisher until 1992. She also served as editor of The
Mississippi Review (1977-1978) and of Ahsahta
Press (1983).
Bergé lectured extensively at such universities as the University of New
Mexico, the University of California at Santa Cruz, Indiana University at
Bloomington, the State University of New York at Albany, and the University of
Southern Mississippi. She was a board member of organizations such as American
Center of P.E.N. and Poets and Writers. Bergé was also awarded numerous
literary honors. These include the Helene Wurlitzer Foundation fellowship (1964),
four fellowships-in-residence at the MacDowell Colony (1970-1975), and a National
Endowment for the Arts Fellowship in Fiction (1980).
Bergé was a prominent figure in New York's East Village poetry scene of the
late 1950s and 1960s. Her work could be characterized as including Beat and early feminist elements, but reflects such
diverse influences as Chaucer, Shakespeare, D. H. Lawrence, Dylan Thomas, William
Carlos Williams, and Pablo Neruda. Bergé was involved with poets of the San
Francisco poetry renaissance as well as poets of the
Deux
Megots, Le Métro cafe, and
participated in the multimedia happenings which
characterized New York's East Village poetry scene. She was involved in the origins
of the poetry series at St. Mark's Church in the Bowery, which continues to
introduce and support contemporary poets. In this capacity, and as very much a part
of an urban avant-garde, she helped organize a number of important benefits and
conferences.
A selection of her early poems was included in Imamu Amiri Baraka's (LeRoi Jones')
1962 anthology
Four Young Lady Poets. Her later poems
were frequently anthologized and appeared in numerous important literary magazines
of the 1960s-1980s, as well as in journals such as Poetry and The Nation. In 1964, she
published the first of a dozen small press books, The
Vulnerable Island. A volume of reportage, The
Vancouver Report, was published in 1965, and two poetry volumes, Poems Made of Skin and Circles,
as in the Eye, were published in 1968 and 1969. In 1971, Bergé
published From a Soft Angle: Poems about Women, which
reflected a trend towards women's issues as a focus in writing. During the 1970s,
Bergé's writing focus moved into prose and fiction. Her first novel, Acts of Love: An American Novel, appeared in 1973. In
1981, she published a collection of short fiction pieces entitled Fierce Metronome, and in 1984, she published her second
novel, Secrets, Gossip and Slander.
Carol Bergé died in Santa Fe, New Mexico, on February 12, 2006.
Sources:
Carruth, Hayden, in
Hudson Review (New York), 1969
Contemporary Authors, New Revision Series, Volume 7,
1982
Contemporary Authors Autobiography Series, Volume 10,
1989
Contemporary Poets, 1985
de Loach, Allen (ed.),
The East Side Scene, 1972
McCord, Howard, in
Measure (Pullman, Washington), 1970
Reed, Ishmael, in Washington, D C.
Post, 1973
Scope and Contents
The Carol Bergé Papers, 1960-1969, include drafts, notes, manuscripts,
galleys, and page proofs of her works, plus correspondence, research materials,
clippings, and contracts. The manuscripts for
Poems Made of
Skin (1968) and Circles, as in the Eye
(1969) are found in this collection, as are those prose pieces that focus on local
histories of contemporary art/literary scenes and trends. The bulk of the collection
consists of Bergé's extensive correspondence with friends, writers, and
editors. Also included are notes and press releases for the numerous benefits in
which Bergé participated or organized. The remainder of the collection
includes manuscripts by other authors, most of which were gifts to Bergé.
The materials found in this collection document Bergé's work and life prior
to 1970.
In addition to Bergé's own work and life, the papers touch upon several
subject areas: the poetry of the Beats, the San
Francisco poetry renaissance, the New York East Side scene (especially the
Deux Megots poets) and early modern feminist trends in
poetry. The papers also document the numerous poets and editors with whom
Bergé corresponded. Significant correspondents include: Imamu Amiri Baraka
(LeRoi Jones), Nelson Ball, Paul Blackburn, Jerry Bloedow, Robert Creeley, David
Cunliffe, Edward Dahlberg, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, George Hitchcock, David Ignatow,
Lenore Kandel, Denise Levertov, Gordon Lish, Walter Lowenfels, W. S. Merwin, David
Ossman, Margaret Randall, Tom Raworth, Ed Sanders, Diane Wakoski, and Louis
Zukofksy. A complete list of correspondents is located at the end of this guide.
The collection is arranged in four series: Works, 1960-1969 (1.5 boxes), Poetry
Readings, 1961-1967 (1 box), Poetry Manuscripts Collected, undated (0.5 box), and
Correspondence, 1960-1969 (2 boxes). While the materials have been arranged into
these series, the original order of material within folders has generally not been
altered.
Series Descriptions
Series I. Works, 1960-1969 (1.5 boxes)
This series consists of notes, drafts, manuscripts and proofs of
Bergé poems, essays and early chapbooks. These manuscripts have
been placed in alphabetical order by title, but the original order of
material within the folders created by Bergé has not been altered.
Published works represented include:
Circles, as in
the Eye (1969), Poems Made of
Skin (1968), and The Vancouver Report
(1964), as well as the article An Informal
Chronograph of Some New York Poets, 1960-1965. Also included are
her prose pieces concerning the contemporary poetry scene. There are several
notebooks (calendars and address books) which include, besides addresses and
daily schedules, notes and drafts for poems. Correspondence relating to the
creation of these literary works is also present in this series.
Series II. Poetry Readings, 1961-1967 (1 box)
This series consists of notes, articles, press releases, and lists of poets
for the various readings and benefits that Bergé helped organize.
The bulk of the material represents a large benefit for El Corno Emplumado and its editor Margaret
Randall. Also included are notes and flyers concerning problems that
developed when the Deux Megots readings moved
to St. Mark's Church in the Bowery in the East Village in New York City. The
materials in this series were arranged by Bergé in chronological
order and by event.
Series III. Poetry Manuscripts Collected, undated (0.5
box)
This series consists of originals and photocopies of manuscripts by
Bergé's friends and colleagues. These manuscripts were often
inscribed to her as gifts or were used in conferences and lectures. These
include a number of concrete and/or mixed media poems (e.g. drawings, maps,
postcards) as well as printed matter. Many other manuscripts of
Bergé's friends and colleagues are found in the correspondence
series. Materials in Series III are in alphabetical order by author.
Significant poets represented here include: Paul Blackburn, Cid Corman,
Fielding Dawson, Ted Enslin, Allen Ginsberg, Anselm Hollo, Robert Kelly,
Jackson Mac Low, Margaret Randall, Ed Sanders, Gael Turnbull, and Diane
Wakoski.
Series IV. Correspondence, 1960-1969 (2 boxes)
This series consists of extensive correspondence from Bergé's
friends, colleagues, and editors. The majority of the correspondence is in a
loose chronological order from 1962 to 1967. Remaining correspondence is in
alphabetical order; individuals for whom there is more extensive material
have separate folders, and there is one general correspondence folder.
Bergé often kept carbons of her own letters and responses with the
appropriate incoming correspondence. The original arrangement is maintained
with no differentiation between incoming and outgoing correspondence.
The correspondence documents the numerous poets and editors with whom
Bergé corresponded. The letters reflect Bergé's thoughts
on relationships, lifestyles, and sexuality as well as the status and
publication of her works. Also found in this series are poetry manuscripts
and professional and literary criticism by Bergé and others.
The following Ransom Center collections also contain Bergé -related materials:- Beck, Julian – Misc.
- Corno Emplumado, El – Recip., Works/Number
13, 17, 21
- Dahlberg, Edward – Recip., Misc.
- Genesis West – Recip., Misc.
- Zukofsky, Louis – Recip.
Significant bodies of Bergé materials are also held by the Special
Collections Library at Washington University in St. Louis (representing the years
1970-1984) and by the Center for Archival Collections at Bowling Green State
University (ca. 1981-1997), which also holds her personal library. Smaller bodies of
material are available at the Beinecke Library at Yale, the Poetry Collection at
SUNY Buffalo, the University of Connecticut, and Syracuse University.
Index Terms
People
Baraka, Imamu Amiri, 1934- .
Ball, Nelson.
Blackburn, Paul.
Bloedow, Jerry.
Bowering, George, 1935- .
Childs, Barney.
Congdon, Kirby.
Coolidge, Clark, 1939- .
Creeley, Robert, 1926- .
Crozier, Andrew.
Cunliffe, David.
Curtis, C. Michael.
De Loach, Allen.
Ferlinghetti, Lawrence.
Fraser, Kathleen.
Harris, Marguerite, 1899- .
Hitchcock, George.
Hollo, Anselm.
Ignatow, David, 1914- .
Kandel, Lenore.
Levertov, Denise, 1923- .
Lish, Gordon.
Lowenfels, Walter, 1897-1976.
Marshall, Kathleen F.
Morris, Richard, 1939- .
Mosler, Charles J.
Ossman, David.
Pippett, Aileen.
Planz, Allen, 1937- .
Ragó, Henry.
Randall, Margaret, 1936- .
Raworth, Tom.
Sanders, Ed.
Schaff, David.
Sewell, M. Broccard, 1912- .
Sherman, Susan, 1939- .
Sward, Bob, 1933- .
Wakoski, Diane, 1937- .
Zukofsky, Louis, 1904-1978.
Subjects
Bohemianism -- United States.
Editors.
Poetry, American --20th century.
Poets, American -- Women authors.
Women poets, American.
Places
Greenwich Village (New York, N. Y.) --
Intellectual life -- 20th century.
San Francisco (Calif.) --Intellectual
life -- 20th century.
Document Types
Address books.
Calendars.
Chapbooks.
First drafts.
Galley proofs.
Notebooks.
Poems.
Container List
Series I. Works, 1960-1969
Circles, as in the Eye (1969)
1.1
Drafts of poems to be included in chapbook
1.2
Proofs of chapbook
1.3
East Village Poetry Scene
(1965)
1.4
Last Exit to Brooklyn -- Book
review, 1966
Magazine 2
1.5
Informal Chronograph of Some New
York Poets, 1960-1965, draft
1.6
Research on various New York reading series, worksheets and
mailing lists, 1963-1964
1.7
Magazine 2, 1965 (#427 of 500
copies)
1.8
Miscellaneous drafts and notes
Notebooks
1.9
1965-1967
1.10
1967-1968, undated
Poems Made of Skin (1968)
1.11
Drafts of poems to be included in chapbook
1.12
Correspondence (with Nelson Ball, 1968-1969) and publication
announcements
1.13
Typed manuscript, chapbook mock-up, miscellaneous
correspondence concerning publication, and signed copies
The Vancouver Report (1964)
1.14
Original edition, Fuck You Press, N.Y.
1.15
Poetry used at Vancouver Conference, mimeographed
1.16
Correspondence -- Responses to The
Vancouver Report, 1963-1964
Volume 63: A Biannual of Poetry
(5) Summer 1966
2.1
Correspondence, 1966-1967
2.2
Poetry manuscripts, undated
2.3
Autographed copy of Volume 63,
Summer 1966
2.4
Working drafts of 30 published poems, 1960-1968 and six poems
in El Corno Emplumado
Series II. Poetry Readings, 1961-1967
2.5
Newspaper clippings, political pamphlets, 1961-1962,
1964
2.6
The Plumed Horn Benefit, November
1962
2.7
Correspondence -- Randall, Margaret (Meg), 1962
2.8
Miscellaneous, 1964, undated
2.9
Worksheets -- Miscellaneous readings, 1966, undated
2.10
Miscellaneous benefits, 1967, undated
2.11
L'Affaire St. Mark's -- Miscellaneous, 1967
Series III. Poetry Manuscripts Collected, undated
2.12
A-F; includes: C. V. J. Anderson (1 item), R. Barker (1 item),
Paul Blackburn (2 items), George Bowering (13 items), Malay Roy
Choudhury (1 item), Clark Coolidge (1 item), Cid Corman (1 item),
Fielding Dawson (1 item), Harold Dicker (3 items), David Dobbin (1
item), George Dowden (1 item), Theodore Enslin (4 items), R. Faderman (1
item), Kathleen Fraser (6 items), Gene Frumkin (6 items)
2.13
G-L; includes: Serge Gavronsky (7 items), Allen Ginsberg (1
item), Carl Ginsberg (15 items), Adrianne Garnick (1 item), Stephen
Handler (1 item), Marguerite Harris (10 items), Anselm Hollo (3 items),
Will Inman (3 items), Lenore Kandel (13 items), Allan Kaprow (1 item),
Allen Katzman (2 items), Robert Kelly (4 items), Mike Kirchberger (1
item), Alexander Lattimore (1 item), D. A. Levy (1 item)
2.14
M-R; includes: Jackson Mac Low (1 item), Herb Martin (1 item),
Mary Mayo (2 items), Taylor Mead (2 items), Kathleen Marshall (1 item),
Jack Micheline (1 item), David Ossman (12 items), Nam June Paik (1
item), Sylvester Pollet (3 items), J. H. Prynne (1 item), Margaret
Randall (37 items), David Ready (3 items)
2.15
S-Z; includes Ed Sanders (2 items), David Schaff (3 items), Susan
Sherman (15 items), Christian Sivrel (2 items), Robert Sward (8 items),
Szabo (5 items), John Thomas (1 item), Gael Turnbull (4 items), Diane
Wakoski (3 items), John Woods (12 items)
Series IV. Correspondence, 1961-1969
3.1
Abbott, Terry [Ward], 1967-1969
3.2
Blackburn, Paul, 1968
3.3
Bowering, Angela and George, 1963-1964
3.4
Gilbert, Jack -- While C. B. in Canada, 1963
Randall, Margaret (Meg)
3.5
1963
3.6
1964-1965
3.7
General Correspondence A-Z, 1964-1966
Chronological Files
3.8
Friends - The Writers, 1961-1962
3.9
1962, undated
4.1-2
1962-1963
4.3
1963
4.4
1963-1965
4.5
1964
4.6
1964-1965
4.7
1966-1967
Index of Correspondents
- Abbott, Ward Jr. (Desert Review)--3.1, 4.6
- Abramson, Martin, 1915- --4.4
- Alexander, D. (Odda Tala)--4.7
- Allen, Donald Merriam, 1912- --4.2
- Ames, Elizabeth (Yaddo)--4.2
- Ammons, A. R., 1926- --4.2
- Anania, Michael, 1939- (Audit/Poetry)--4.7
- Angel Island Publications (The Editors)--4.2
- Appel, Melvin Robert (Snapdragon)--4.3
- Aronson, S. M. L. (Yale Literary Magazine)--4.2
- Audit/Poetry (eds. Michael Anania, Betty Cohen,
Charles Doria)--4.6
- Axel (Xanadu)--3.7
- Bakken, Dick (Salted Feathers)--4.7
- Ball, Nelson (Nels) (Weed Flower
Press)--1.12-13, 2.1, 3.7, 4.2; (Co-editor, Volume
63)--4.6
- Baraka, Imamu Amiri, 1934- --3.7, 4.2, 4.6
- Barker, Lynne--2.10
- Barker, Richard (Aquarius)--4.3, 4.6
- Basara, Tom (Dr. Truck)--4.6
- Bax, Martin--4.2
- Bellow, Richard (Random House)--3.7
- Berger, Art--4.6
- Berrigan, Ted (C Magazine)--4.6
- Bill, Kenneth--4.6
- Billow, Richard (Random House Inc.)--3.7
- Bishop, Judith--4.4
- Blackburn, Paul--1.16, 3.2, 3.8, 4.4
- Blair, Ed--4.4
- Block, Allan, 1923- --3.8
- Bloedow, Jerry--1.16, 3.8, 4.1
- Bloom, Clara--3.9
- Bly, Carol (Mrs. Robert)--3.9
- Bohen, Tom [Bergé's literary agent]--3.7
- Bonazzi, Robert (Latitudes)--4.7
- Bower, Warren (New York University)--1.16
- Bowering, Angela--3.3
- Bowering, George, 1935- (Open Letter)--3.3, 3.7
- Brayner, Nan--4.6
- Brown, Helen (Evergreen Review)--4.7
- Bryan, John (Notes from Underground)--3.7
- Bunker, Robert (New Mexico Highland University-Las Vegas)--4.6
- Butterick, George F. (State University of New York at Buffalo)--1.16
- Byrd, Robert--4.6
- Carroll, Paul (Follet Publishing Company)--4.7
- Casement, Douglas (The Sparrow)--4.6
- Chapin, Hank (Found Objects)--4.2
- Charters, Ann, 1936- --3.7
- Chiarenza, Carl--3.7, 4.7
- Chicago Choice (The Editors)--4.2
- Chicago Review (The Editors, L. Shevy)--4.6
- Childs, Barney (Genesis West)--1.16, 3.4
- Cohn, Lowell (Midnight Press)--3.7, 4.6
- Cole, William (Random House)--4.2, 4.6
- Conally, Ron (Cronopios Magazine)--4.6
- Congdon, Kirby (Interim Press)--2.1, 2.6, 4.6-7
- Cook, Albert S. (State University of New York at Buffalo)--3.7
- Coolidge, Clark, 1939- (Joglars)--4.4-6
- Corman, Cid, 1924- (Origin Press)--4.3
- Creeley, Robert, 1926- --1.16, 3.8-9, 4.6-7
- Crozier, Andrew--1.16, 4.5
- Cuddihy, William T. (New Student Review)--3.7;
(Poetry Review, University of Tampa,
Florida)--4.6
- Cunliffe, David (Poetmeat)--3.7, 4.6
- Curtis, C. Michael (Atlantic Monthly)--3.7,
4.6-7
- Cuscaden, Robert R. (Midwest)--3.7, 4.2
- Cyens, Leon--3.7
- Dahlberg, Edward, 1900-1977--3.9
- Das, Manohar (Acme)--4.6
- De Loach, Allen (State University of New York at Buffalo)--3.7, 4.6-7
- Deming, Lynn (Doubleday and Company Inc.)--3.7
- Di Prima, Diane (Floating Bear)--4.2
- Doria, Charles (Audit/Poetry)--4.6
- Dorn, Edward, 1929- --3.9
- Dorn, Helen--3.9
- Dowden, George--4.4-5
- Dragonette, Ree--4.4
- Dream Sheet, The (Diane Wakoski)--3.7
- Economou, George (Trobar)--3.8, 4.2
- Enslin, Theodore, 1925- --3.9, 4.3
- Eshleman, Clayton, 1935- --3.9
- Faust, Seymour--4.1
- Federman, Raymond, 1928- (Mica)--4.1
- Ferlinghetti, Lawrence (City Lights)--3.9, 4.2, 4.6
- Fokes, Fran (Genesis West)--3.4
- Foss, Jack--3.9
- Fowler, Gene (Origin)--3.9, 4.2
- Fowler, John (Grist)--4.6-7
- Fraser, Kathleen--3.8-9
- Freedman, Morris (University of New Mexico-Albuquerque)--3.7
- Freitag, Len--3.8-9
- Friar, Kimon--3.7
- Frieder, Jacqueline (American Dialog)--4.7
- Friedman, Joseph (Venture)--4.1
- Frumkin, Gene (Coastlines)--3.9
- Gabree, John (Cavalier)--3.7, 4.7
- Gaer, Joseph (Jewish Heritage Foundation)--4.2
- Gavronsky, Anne-Marie--3.8
- Gavronsky, Serge, 1932- --3.8, 4.4
- Gilbert, Jack (Genesis West)--3.4
- Gilpin, Richard (Liberation)--3.7
- Ginn, Susan E. (Aylesford Review)--4.6
- Glaze, Andy--1.16
- Glikes, Erwin (Basic Books Inc.)--4.6
- Golden, Harry (The Carolina Israelite)--4.2
- Goodell, Larry (Duende)--4.6
- Grinberg, Miguel (Argentine Anthology)--4.5-7
- Hanna, Charles (Damascus Road)--3.8, 4.7
- Harriman, John--2.5, 4.4
- Harris, Larry Janifer--3.8, 4.4
- Harris, Marguerite, 1899- (Old Lady H)--3.8,
4.4
- Hart, Howard--2.7
- Hatch, Robert (The Nation)--4.1, 4.2
- Henselmann, Evangeline--4.7
- Hermann, Jim (Chrysalis, State University of
Iowa)--4.2
- Hess, Linda (The Asia Society)--4.7
- Hickman, Berry (New Mexico Magazine)--4.6
- Higgins, Dick (Something Else Press)--4.7
- Hightower, John B. (New York Council on the Arts)--4.7
- Hill, John E.--4.5
- Hirschman, Jack--4.6
- Hitchcock, George (San Francisco
Review)--4.2-4, (Kayak)--4.7
- Hoffer, Meville T. (Centurion Press)--4.4
- Hollo, Anselm--3.9, 4.3-
- Holst, Spencer--3.8
- Horovitz, Michael (New Departures)--4.2
- Howard, Richard (Poetry Chicago)--4.6
- Howard, Susan--4.2
- Ignatow, David, 1914- (The Nation, Beloit Poetry
Journal)--3.7, 4.2, 4.4
- Irwin, Jed--4.6
- Jacobs, Willis (University of New Mexico
Quarterly)--4.6
- Janifer, Laurence M.--4.4
- Jones, Hettie (Kulchur)--4.7
- Jones, LeRoi--See Baraka, Imamu Amiri, 1934
- Kandel, Lenore--3.9, 4.3-5
- Katzman, Allen, 1937- (Seventh Street)--3.9
- Katzman, Don, 1937- (Seventh Street)--3.9
- Kelly, Robert (Trobar)--3.9, 4.3
- Kempner, Robert D.--4.4
- Keogh, Joseph (Poetry/Audit)--4.6
- Kinnell, Galway, 1927- --4.6
- Kinter, William--4.6
- Kirchberger, Mike (Hika)--3.7, 4.7
- Kissam, Ed (Burning Water)--4.2, 4.6
- Kiyooka, Roy--1.16
- Koch, Edward--4.4
- Kopala, Barbara (Contemporary Authors)--3.7
- Kover, Jonas (Theo)--4.6
- Kowit, Steve--3.9
- Larner, Jeremy, 1937- --4.4
- Levertov, Denise, 1923- --4.1, 4.4
- Levin, Peter (WCBS, New York)--3.7
- Levy, Bill (Insect Trust Gazette)--4.6
- Levy, D. A. 1924-1968 (Renegade Press)--4.5-6
- Lewis, Harry (Poggamoggin)--4.6
- Lima, Robert (Columbus Publications)--4.6
- Linick, Anthony (Nomad)--3.7, 4.2
- Lish, Gordon (Genesis West)--1.16, 3.4
- Lowell, James (Asphodel)--4.6
- Lowenfels, Lillian--4.7
- Lowenfels, Walter, 1897-1976 (Dialog)--3.7,
4.6-7
- Maciunas, George (Fluxus)--4.2, 4.4
- McClure, Joanne (Keera)--3.9
- McClure, Mike--3.9
- McComas, J. (Transatlantic Review)--4.6
- McFadden, David--1.16, 4.3
- Mac Low, Jackson, 1922- [to Nelson Ball]--2.1
- Major, Clarence (Coercion)--4.7
- Malanga, Paul (Through a Window)--4.6
- Marca-Relli, C.--3.7
- Marshall, Jack--4.4
- Marshall, Kathleen F. (The Second
Coming)--2.10, 3.8, 4.2
- Mass, Stephen A. (Sirrah) (Columbus
Publications)--4.6
- Maxwell, Valerie (Greek Heritage)--4.7
- Mayo, Mary (Village Voice)--3.8
- Mazzaro, Jerry (Fresco Chapbooks)--4.1
- Mednick, Murray [Nelson Ball to]--2.1
- Merwin, W. S. (William Stanley), 1927- --3.8
- Micheline, Jack--4.4
- Millet, William--4.4
- Mondragon, Mrs. Sergio de--see Randall, Margaret, 1936-
- Montgomery, George--4.4
- Moroton, Murray (Limbo)--3.7
- Morris, Richard (Camels Coming)--4.6-7
- Morris, Tina (Screeches Publications)--4.7
- Mosler, Charles J.--3.8-9, 4.3-4
- Moss, Howard (New Yorker)--3.7, 4.7
- Nesbit, Lynn (Sterling Lord Agency)--4.6
- New School Associates [invitation]--4.4
- Newberry, Sam D.--4.4
- Newman, Robert (Spectrum Gallery)--2.1
- Nicholas, Mary Perot--3.8-9
- Nicholas, Robert--3.8, 4.3-4
- Oda, Makoto--4.5
- Olson, Charles, 1910-1970--4.5
- Olson, Tom (The Magazine)--4.7
- Orenstein, Joyce (Academy of American Poets)--3.7
- Ossman, Bettini--3.9
- Ossman, David--3.7, 3.9, 4.1-5
- Palchi, Alfredo de (Chelsea)--4.6
- Paye, Charles N.--4.1
- Perkins, Michael (Tompkins Square Press)--4.7
- Perry, Sam--1.16
- Pfeifer, Cusie (Angel Island Publications)--4.2
- Phelps, Donald (For Now Magazine)--4.7; [Thomas
Bohen to]--3.7
- Pinelli, Joe--3.7
- Pippett, Aileen--3.8-9
- Planz, Allen, 1937- --3.7, 4.6; [Nelson Ball to]--2.1
- Plymell, Charles, 1935 (Grist Magazine)--3.7
- Pollak, Reliz (University of Wisconsin-Madison)--3.7
- Pon, Dale Richard (Grope)--3.7
- Posner, David (State University of New York at Buffalo)--4.6
- Pound, Ezra, 1885-1972--3.9
- Prairie Schooner (The Editors, B. D. S.)--4.6
- Prynne, Jeremy--3.9
- Purdy, Al--4.4
- Quinn, J. Kevin--4.6
- Ragó, Henry (Poetry)--3.7, 4.2, 4.6-7
- Randall, Margaret, 1936- (El Corno
Emplumado)--1.16, 2.7, 3.1, 3.5-7, 4.7
- Raworth, Tom (Outburst and Goliard Press)--3.7,
3.9, 4.3, 4.5, 4.7
- Raworth, Val--4.3
- Reid, James (Jamie)--1.16
- Rexroth, Kenneth, 1905- --3.9
- Reyes, Carlos (Potpourri)--4.7
- Rice, Stanley B. (Exotic)--4.2
- Roberts, Francis (Prejudices)--4.6
- Roman, U. Grant (Roman Books, Inc.)--4.6
- Rosenthal, M. L., 1917- --3.8
- Rosten, Norman, 1914- --3.1
- Rothenberg, Jerome, 1931- (Some/Thing)--4.7
- Roy Choudhury, Malay (Hungry
Generation/India)--3.9
- Ryan, William H. (Angel Island Publications)--4.2
- Salzman, Jack (Long Island University)--4.7
- Sanders, Ed (Fuck You/A Magazine of the
Arts)--3.7, 4.3-4
- Sandoval, Patricia Ann Rice, 1927- --4.4
- Schaff, David (Yale Literary Magazine)--4.2-3,
4.5
- Schevill, James Erwin, 1920- (The Poetry Center, S. F. State, CA)--3.9, 4.2
- Schwaber, Paul (Basic Books Inc.)--4.6
- Second Coming (The Editors)--4.2
- Sewell, M. Broccard, 1912- (Aylesford
Review)--3.7, 4.6-7
- Shapiro, Harvey--3.7
- Shapiro, Maxine (Harper's Bazaar)--3.7
- Sherman, Susan (Ikon Magazine)--3.7-8, 4.4
- Shustak, Lawrence--4.7
- Simon, Alvin (American Dialog)--3.7
- Sivrel, Christian B.--4.4
- Smith, J. (Quagga)--4.2
- Sohm, H.--4.7
- Soleall, Guy--4.6
- Solomont, Susan (Green Knight Press)--3.7
- Solution, Andy--3.7
- Sorrentino, Gilbert, 1929- (Grove Press and Evergreen)--3.7
- Steinberg, G. J.--4.7
- Stern, Gerd--3.9
- Stoddard, Roger E. (Brown University)--4.6
- Strevart, Ellen (La Mama Theatre)--2.11
- Sturgeon, Ted--4.5
- Sward, Bob, 1933- --4.3-4, 4.6
- Sward, Diane--4.6
- Szabo, William--4.4-5
- Thomas, John--3.9
- Tomlinson, Brenda and Charles--4.2
- Transatlantic Review (The Editors, B. Y.)--3.7,
4.6
- Tri-Quarterly (The Editors)--4.6
- Tucker, Martin (Marty) (Venture)--3.8, 4.2
- Turnbull, Gael, 1928- --4.3
- Van Alstyn, Ed (Northwest Review)--1.16
- Virtanen, Pekka (Teekari B./Finland)--3.7, 4.7
- Wah, Fred--1.16, 4.2
- Wakoski, Diane, 1937- --2.6, 3.7-9, 4.4-5
- Walsh, Chad (Beloit College)--4.6
- Wang, Arthur W. (Hill and Wang Inc.)--3.7, 4.7
- Webb, Jon Edgar (The Outsider)--4.2
- Weiner, Hannah--2.10, 4.4
- Weissner, Carl (Klactoveed Sedsteen)--3.7, 4.5
- Wieners, John, 1934- --4.4
- Wilentz, Ted (Totem/Corinth Books Inc.)--4.7
- Williams, Galen (The Poetry Center, N. Y. C.)--4.7
- Williams, William Carlos, 1883-1963 [Funeral invitation]--4.4
- Wilson, Robert A. (Phoenix Bookstore)--4.7
- Winnick, Harriet--3.9
- Woods, John--4.5
- Woodward, R. Eveleen (Edward MacDowell Association)--4.2
- Wroth, Will (Northwest Review, University of
Oregon)--4.6
- Wynn, Dudley (University of New Mexico)--3.7
- Yglesias, Helen (The Nation)--3.7
- Zukofsky, Louis, 1904-1978--3.9, 4.4
-
Unidentified
- Belle--3.1
- Bill--3.9
- [DiPrima?], Diane--4.4
- Eleanor--2.10
- J_____--4.4
- Joanne K. B.--2.10
- John--1.16, 4.4-5
- Libby--3.8
- Nerina--1.16
- Ross (Time/Space)--4.6
- Sandy--4.4
- Unidentified (Commonwealth of Kentucky)--4.6
- Unidentified [Kennedy stamp]--4.7