Diane Di Prima Papers An inventory of her papers at Syracuse University (original) (raw)
Manuscripts by others
Box 3, Folder 1
Baker, Richard, "Beer" July 1961 - ts poem signed, 1 p.
Box 3, Folder 1
Baker, Richard, "Struggle" June 1961 - ts poem signed, 1 p.
Box 3, Folder 1
Blackburn, Paul, "Collecting the mail" - ts, 2 pp.
Box 3, Folder 1
Brecht, George, "Statement for James Goldsworthy" 7/11/60 - typescript carbon, 1 p.
Box 3, Folder 2
Creeley, Robert, "The skeleton" - ts poem, 1 p.
Box 3, Folder 3
Dorn, Ed, "In my youth I was a tireless dancer" - ts poem, 1 p.
Box 3, Folder 3
Dorn, Ed, "Nose from newswhere" - ts signed, 3 pp.
Box 3, Folder 3
Dorn, Ed,"The poet lectures famous potatoes" - anno. ts poem, 1 p.
Box 3, Folder 3
Dorn, Ed, "The song is ended" - ts poem, 1 p.
Box 3, Folder 3
Dorn, Ed, "Time blonde" - ts poem, 1 p.
Box 3, Folder 3
Dorn, Ed, "A wild blue,yonder" - ts poem, 1 p.
Box 3, Folder 3
Doyle, Kirby, "Moon poem" - typescript carbon poem, 1 p.
Box 3, Folder 3
Duncan, Robert, "Night scenes" - ts poem, 3 pp.
Box 3, Folder 4
Elmslie, Kenward, Review of dance works by Yvonne Rainer and Fred Herko - ts, 1 p.
Box 3, Folder 4
F[ ], A.M., "'The automobile graveyard' by Arrabel" - ts, 2 pp.
Box 3, Folder 4
Feldman, Morton, letter to the editor of Floating Bear. 1962 Oct 17 - als
Box 3, Folder 4
Hollo, Anselm, "Bertolt Brecht, A letter to his fascist friend Arnolt Bronnen in the summer of 1923" - ts, 1 p.
Box 3, Folder 5
Johnson, Ray, untitled review of Claes Oldenburg happening. - ts signed, 1p.
Box 3, Folder 5
Jonas, Steve, "Green" 1958 - ts poem, 1 p.
Box 3, Folder 5
Jonas, Steve, "Reply to Koenig's (Nouvelle Vague) in the 'Bear' 6" 1960 - ts poem, 1 p.
Box 3, Folder 5
Jonas, Steve, "Sub voce" 1961 - ts poem, 1 p.
Box 3, Folder 5
Jones, LeRoi, ("Frank Buck") "Consumer's guide" - ts, 1 p.
Box 3, Folder 5
Jones, LeRoi, "Footnote to a pretentious book" - ts poem, 1 p.
Box 3, Folder 5
Jones, LeRoi, "The politics of rich painters" - ts poem, 2 pp.
Box 3, Folder 5
Jones, LeRoi, ("John King") "Rejoinder: Concerning the reviews by Miss Zazeela and Mr. Marlowe in F.B. 16" - ts, 1 p.
Box 3, Folder 6
Kaprow, Allan, "The construction of Boston" - anno. holo. signed, 9 pp., with a covering letter to Alan [Marlowe] dated May 20, [1962]
Box 3, Folder 6
Katz, Micheal, "4 short stories for Passover" and postmarked 1963 Apr 11 - four typed cards in an envelope addressed to William Linich
Box 3, Folder 7
Koch, Kenneth, "At the railway station" - anno. ts poem, 1 p.
Box 3, Folder 7
Koch, Kenneth, "The building of Florence" - anno. ts signed with initials, 3 pp.
Box 3, Folder 7
Koch, Kenneth, "Chiarascuro" - ts poem signed, 1 p. On the same page is the ts poem "Religiously"
Box 3, Folder 7
Koch, Kenneth, "Dostoevski's The Gambler" - ts poem signed, 1 p.
Box 3, Folder 7
Koch, Kenneth, "Heanorupeatomos" - ts poem signed, 1 p.
Box 3, Folder 7
Koch, Kenneth, "Mateeyanah" - ts poem signed, 1 p. On the same page are the ts poems "Wahego" and "In harmonium"
Box 3, Folder 7
Koch, Kenneth, "The return of Yellowmay" - anno. ts poem signed with initials, 3 pp.
Box 3, Folder 7
Koch, Kenneth, "The revolt of the giant animals" - ts poem signed with initials, 1 p.
Box 3, Folder 7
Koch, Kenneth, "Trieste e una donna" - ts poem signed, 1 p. On the same page are the ts poems "Morro rock" and "Schweitzerreich"
Box 3, Folder 7
Koch, Kenneth, "An X ray of Utah" - ts poem signed, 1 p.
Box 3, Folder 8
Krim, Seymour, letter to the editor 1962 Feb 26 - tls
Box 3, Folder 8
Landers, Dale, "Of a growth of " - ts poem, 1 p.
Box 3, Folder 8
LeSueur, Joseph, "Random thoughts about recent plays, on and off Broadway" - anno. typescript, 3 pp.
Box 3, Folder 8
LeSueur, Joseph, "Rotten apples" - anno. typescript, 1 p.
Box 3, Folder 8
Lima, Frank, "Pudgy" - mimeographed typescript, 2 pp.
Box 3, Folder 8
Loewinsohn, Ron, "Coda: As far as they pass" - anno. typescript, 2 pp. On the same sheet are the ts poems "Corky stupid" and "The footlights"
Box 3, Folder 8
Loewinsohn, Ron, "The world of the lie" 1959-1960 - ts poem, 1 p. Attached are the ts poems "The mendacity of windows," 1 p., 12/59; "The mendacity of radio," 1 p., 3/31/60; and "The mendacity of sculpture," 1 p., 3/31/60
Box 3, Folder 8
McNaughton, Ferencz, "May meeting with C. Coy" - ts, 1 p.
Box 3, Folder 9
Matson, Clive, "Mainline to the heart" - anno. typescript, 23 pp., inscribed "For Diane & Alan from Clive Matson" One copy of the Poets Press, 1966 edition is enclosed in the folder.
Box 3, Folder 10
Meltzer, David, "Poem to H.P.Lovecraft" - ts poem, 2 pp.
Box 3, Folder 10
Meltzer, David, "The struggle/Poems for the Muse" - ts poem, 1 p.
Box 3, Folder 10
Meltzer, David, "Heroes: 7/ The comics" - ts poem, 1 p.
Box 3, Folder 11
Nalota, Louise, "Tap City Easter circus report" - holo. signed, 5 pp.
Box 3, Folder 12
O'Hara, Frank, "For the Chinese New Year & for Bill Berkson" 2/14/61 - ts poem, 3 pp.
Box 3, Folder 12
O'Hara, Frank, "Mary Desti's ass" 4/15/61 - ts poem, 2 pp.
Box 3, Folder 12
O'Hara, Frank, "St. Paul and all that" 5/20/61 - ts poem, 1 p.
Box 3, Folder 13
Olson, Charles, "In the face of a Chinese view of the city" 1962 Jan 5 - ts poem, 2 pp.
Box 3, Folder 14
Perkoff, Stuart, "The Christian philo" - typescript carbon poem, 2 pp.
Box 3, Folder 14
Perkoff, Stuart, "Three prayers" - typescript carbon poem, 1 p.
Box 3, Folder 14
Perkoff, Stuart, "The swing" - typescript carbon poem, 1 p.
Box 3, Folder 14
Rainey, Gertrude, "Sissy blues" - ts poem, 1 p.
Box 3, Folder 14
Schneemann, C., "About Claes Oldenburg's 'store'" - ts, 1 p.
Box 3, Folder 14
Schulman, Howard, "Jan Müller (1922-58) at the Guggenheim thru 2/25/62" - ts review, 2 pp.
Box 3, Folder 15
Snyder, Gary, "The curse" - ts poem, 1 p.
Box 3, Folder 15
Solomon, Norman, "962" - ts, 1 p.
Box 3, Folder 15
Solomon, Norman, "A passion play. 1" - ts, 2 pp.
Box 3, Folder 15
Sorrentino, Gilbert, "Review of a review (John Fles, Yugen 1-7, KULCHUR 3)" - typescript, 2 pp.
Box 3, Folder 15
Sorrentino, Gilbert, "Prose of our time" - annotated typescript, 3 pp.
Box 3, Folder 15
Sorrentino, Gilbert, "In quest of Ugendun" - anno. ts signed, 1 p.
Box 3, Folder 15
Spellman, A.B., "A home brew" and "Baltimore oriole" both poems dated 11/60 - ts poems, 1 p.
Box 3, Folder 15
Stanley, George, "From a letter to Dale Landers" 3/16/61 - ts 1 p.
Box 3, Folder 15
Stanley, George, "The Italian" - ts poem signed, 1 p.
Box 3, Folder 15
Strong, Mike, "After" - typescript carbon poem signed, 1 p.
Box 3, Folder 15
Strong, Mike, "Mornings" - annotated ts poem signed, 1 p.
Box 3, Folder 15
Strong, Mike, "Overture" - annotated ts poem signed, 1 p.
Box 3, Folder 15
Waring, James, letter in answer to Diane Wakoski - annotated typescript, 2 pp.
Box 3, Folder 15
Waring, James, letter in answer to [Edwin] Denby 1962 Feb 1 - holo. 1 p.
Box 3, Folder 15
Waring, James, untitled poem 1961 Mar - typescript, 1 p.
Box 3, Folder 16
Whalen, Philip, "The art of literature" 1962-63 - ts, 19 pp.
Box 3, Folder 17
Williams, Jonathan, "Best reading list" 1962 Feb - annotated typescript, 1 p.
Box 3, Folder 17
Williams, Jonathan, "We take the golden road, to Samar, Kansas..." - typescript carbon, 2 pp.
Box 3, Folder 17
Yu Suwa, "A poem, 1961-1962" - holo. poem signed, 1 p.
Unidentified authors
Box 3, Folder 18
Aquarian, untitled fragment - annotated typescript, 1 p.
Box 3, Folder 18
Aquarian, 1/10 of a minyun, "Best reading list." - annotated typescript, 1 p.
Box 3, Folder 18
[ ], John - untitled typescript, including a poem, signed, 1 p.
Box 3, Folder 18
[ ], "All Hallows Eve." 1968 - typescript carbon, 1 p., San Francisco
Box 3, Folder 18
[ ], "Canto." 1968 - typescript carbon, 1 p., San Francisco
Box 3, Folder 18
[ ], "A clinging." - typescript carbon, 1 p.
Box 3, Folder 18
[ ], "Cutting loose." 1968 - typescript carbon, 1 p., San Francisco
Box 3, Folder 18
[ ], "Last gift." 1968 - typescript carbon, 1 p., San Francisco, Halloween.
Letters are listed alphabetically by sender. An asterisk before a letter's date indicates an accompanying envelope.