Collection Outline
Correspondence. Robert Creeley to Timothy Leach.
Correspondence. Edward Dahlberg to Timothy Leach.
Correspondence. Richard Eberhart to Timothy Leach.
Correspondence. George Paul Elliott to Timothy Leach.
Richmond Lattimore to Timothy Leach.
Correspondence. William Stafford to Timothy Leach.
Robert Sward to Timothy Leach.
Correspondence. May Swenson to Timothy Leach.
Correspondence. Jonathan Williams to Timothy Leach.
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| Title | Timothy Leach Papers | |
| Identification: | MSS066 | |
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Scope and Contents Note
Folders 1-9, 1964-1965, include correspondence to Leach from Robert Creeley, Edward Dahlberg, Richard Eberhart, George P. Elliott, Richmond Lattimore, William Stafford, Robert Sward, May Swenson, and Jonathan Williams, primarily concerned with poetry readings at Washington University, 31 items; folder 10, organizational material, 2 items; folder 11, miscellaneous material including biographical data, reading itinerary and photograph of Richard Eberhart, etc., 6 items.
39 items.
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February, 1970
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Correspondence. Robert Creeley to Timothy Leach., (2 items (ALS)) |
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| Discusses arrangements for poetry reading, and in letter dated Apr. 15, 1965 gives biographical data. | |||||||||||||
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Correspondence. Edward Dahlberg to Timothy Leach., (1 item (TLS)) |
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| Discusses arrangements for poetry reading, and gives information about recent work. | |||||||||||||
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Correspondence. Richard Eberhart to Timothy Leach., (3 items (TLS)) |
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| Discusses arrangements for poetry reading, includes a complete itinerary for May 20, 1964-May 24, 1964. | |||||||||||||
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Correspondence. George Paul Elliott to Timothy Leach., (6 items (TLS., ALS)) |
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| Discusses arrangements for poetry reading. | |||||||||||||
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Richmond Lattimore to Timothy Leach., (6 items (ALS)) |
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| Discusses arrangements for poetry reading. In letter dated Sept. 4, 1964, lists published books and awards. | |||||||||||||
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Correspondence. William Stafford to Timothy Leach., (4 items (TLS)) |
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| Discusses arrangements for poetry reading. In letter dated Nov. 17, 1964, comments on Denise Levertov and John Berryman, and a benefit given for Poetry magazine. | |||||||||||||
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Robert Sward to Timothy Leach., (3 items (TLS )) |
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| Discusses arrangements for poetry reading. | |||||||||||||
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Correspondence. May Swenson to Timothy Leach., (5 items (TLS)) |
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| Discusses arrangements for poetry reading. In letter dated Jan. 21, 1965, Swenson explains that she will be reading `shape poems,' i.e. poems which have a typographical frame, chosen mainly from the collection To mix with time. | |||||||||||||
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Correspondence. Jonathan Williams to Timothy Leach., (1 item (TLS)) |
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| Comments that Dahlberg had suggested that he [Williams] read at Washington University. | |||||||||||||
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Correspondence., (2 items (TLS)) |
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| Organizational material includes letters from Burroughs Mitchell and Jean E. Morris concerning the readings of Robert Sward and May Swenson. | |||||||||||||
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Miscellany., (6 items) |
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| Includes Eberhart's itinerary, biographical data, mimeographed poetry, and photograph; May Swenson's biographical data; and a printed list of Jonathan Williams publications. | |||||||||||||
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