Richard Wilmarth papers, 1979-2003 | WorldCat.org (original) (raw)

Summary:Contains published reviews of Wilmarth's poetry, a limited number of publications that contain his poetry, appointment books, news clippings, and obituaries; preliminary versions of published and unpublished materials; handwritten drafts and revisions of his poetry, notebooks contain examples of self-reflection and personal commentary, observations on people, places, and experiences, and outlines for his writings. Some notebooks contain chronologies of poems submitted to specific publishers. Correspondence includes letters, cards, postcards and notes of business and personal nature. Among those represented in the general correspondence are Donald Hall, Ed Sanders, (poet and members of the 60's rock band the Fugs), Tracy Davis, John McKernan, and Anselm Hollo. Proofs, photographs, design materials such as photographs, postage stamps, drawings, dummies, and other items used in the production of Dead Metaphor chapbooks. Among those persons represented are John McKernan, Tracy Davis, Anselmo Hollo, Randy Roark, Mark DuCharme, Maureen Foley, and Bill Morgan. Wilmarth's MA thesis for University of Rhode Island completed in 1991 and the thesis he completed for his MFA at the Naropa Institute in 1993