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2-1. Poetry. Single title poems by Wagoner.
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| Creator: | Wagoner, David | |
| Title | David Wagoner Papers | |
| Identification: | MSS122 | |
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Standard biographical and bibliographical information on David Wagoner may be found in Contemporary Authors, Gale Publishing Company, vol. 4, p. 973. Published collections since include: New and selected poems [collection of poetry], 1969; Where is my wandering boy tonight [novel], 1970; and Working against time [collection of poetry], 1970.
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Collection includes:
1, CORRESPONDENCE 1953-1965 [41 items] including letters from Catherine Carver and other editors; John Woods and Elizabeth Bishop. (No letters originating with Wagoner).
16 Boxes, 331 items.
2-1, POETRY - single title poems arranged alphabetically, 193 titles [items], [1944]-[1966].
2-2, PLAYS, Everyman for himself [1964], 11 folders; Tomorrow for Angela [1946]; Dialogue between a poet and a lady novelist [1948-49]; Let's talk about something else, n.d.; Young Goodman Brown [1953]; One foot on the grass [1958]; The gangs all here n.d.; and two untitled plays [1953]; one folder each of the above; few are complete.
2-3, SHORT STORIES, including The appointment [1948] - [1954], The bullet and the penny 1948; The life saver 1956; Linda. Saturday in August...1943 [1943]; Move n.d.; Moving day 1956; Three beautiful months [1949] With all the trimmings [1949]; and seven untitled efforts; one folder each of the above.
3, NOVELS, including titles Up and around 1949-1950; Rock 1956; Bags for bears [1957]; The spinning ladies [1962]; The escape artist [1965]; Folders 243 - 249, [7 items].
4, ESSAYS, including The general who walked on the grass [1958] and 5 other efforts, folders 250 - 255, [6 items].
5, NOTEBOOKS, organized A - Z2, in 3 boxes, [27 items].
6, MISCELLANY, including Wagoner's comments on his own poems and the art of giving readings, clippings and a few early periodicals containing his work; ts. [carbon] of Warning [poem] by John Woods and Wagoner's report as Reader for Indiana University Press, 1962, on Modern Brazilian Poetry, by John A. Nist. [20 items]
16 Boxes, 331 items.
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Gifts, 1965, 1966.
Processed: January, 1971. HH
Additional material was added to the David Wagoner Papers in 2012 not listed on this finding aid. Please contact Curator for more information.
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1/1 | , 1953: Sept. 16 - May 25, 1954 (4 items) | ||||||||||||
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1/2 | , 1957: May 14 - Aug. 29, 1957 (2 items) | ||||||||||||
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1/3 | , 1957: Dec. 16 - Feb. 24, 1960 (2 items) | ||||||||||||
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1/4 | , 1963: May 24 - Oct. 29, 1964 (10 items) | ||||||||||||
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1/5 | , 1964: Dec. 15 - Aug. 31, 1965 (14 items) | ||||||||||||
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1/6 | , 1965: Sept. 20 - Dec. 31, 1965 (9 items) | ||||||||||||
| TLs.S., ALs.S., 41 items. No letters or drafts originating with Wagoner.1 Box | |||||||||||||
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2/7 | An address to Parnassus. Ts., ts.[carbon] Moderate to no revision. Pencil note concerning the scorn of the Muse, p. 1., n.d. (6 drafts, 7 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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2/8 | Admonition. [pub.] Ts. Title entered in pencil. Moderate revision., 1954, (2 drafts, 2 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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2/9 | Advice to the orchestra. [pub.] Ts. Drafts titled Advice to the musicians. Heavy to moderate revision. 2 drafts incomplete., 1963, (5 drafts, 9 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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2/10 | After a letter from an old neighbor. Ts. Heavy revision., n.d. (1 draft, 2 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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2/11 | After consulting my yellow pages. [pub.] Ts., ts.[carbon] Moderate to no revision., 1959, (6 drafts, 6 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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2/12 | After falling. [pub.] Ts. Heavy to moderate revision., 1959, (5 drafts, 5 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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2/13 | Afternoon of sand. [pub.] Ts. No revision., 1949, (1 draft, 1 p.) | ||||||||||||
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2/14 | An afternoon on the ground. [pub.] Ts., ts.[carbon] Moderate to no revision., 1966, (6 drafts, 12 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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2/15 | The arising. Moderate revision., n.d. (2 drafts, 2 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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2/16 | Attempted break-in. Ts. Alternate title Threatens young woman; Is held for stealing. Light revision., n.d. (1 draft, 2 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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2/17 | Bachelor. Ts. Moderate, no revision., n.d. (2 drafts, 2 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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2/18 | Backstage for King Lear. Ts. Heavy revision., n.d. (1 draft, 1 p.) | ||||||||||||
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2/19 | The balance. Notes, only. Ts. Pub. , n.d. 1958. (1 p.) | ||||||||||||
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2/20 | Ballet. Ts. No revision., n.d. (2 drafts, 2 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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2/21 | Beginning. [pub.] Ts. No revision., 1948, (2 drafts, 2 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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| Being driven home by sprangers. Ts. Heavy to no revision., n.d. (6 drafts, 12 pp.) | |||||||||||||
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2/23 | Blindman [pub,] Ts. Moderate to no revision., 1948, (2 drafts, 2 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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2/24 | The breathing lesson [pub.] Ts. Moderate revision., 1963, (1 draft, 1 p.) | ||||||||||||
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2/25 | Bums at breakfast Ts. Heavy to moderate revision. Prose notes, 1 p. also., n.d. (3 drafts, 7 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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2/26 | Burying a weasel [pub.] Ts., ts.[carbon] Light revision., 1965, (2 drafts, 2 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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2/27 | By the orchard [pub.] Ts., ts.[carbon] Moderate to no revision., 1964, (4 drafts, 4 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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2/28 | The carcass [pub.] Ts., ts.[carbon] Light revision., 1963, (4 drafts, 6 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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2/29 | The cavity [pub.] Ts. Moderate revision., 1953, (1 draft, 1 p.) | ||||||||||||
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2/30 | Chrysalis [pub.] Ts., ts.[carbon] Moderate revision., 1962, (3 drafts, 6 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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2/31 | The circuit [pub.] Ts., ts.[carbon] Light revision. One page of prose notes also., 1965, (2 drafts, 5 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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2/32 | The clearing Ts., ts.[carbon] Moderate to light revision., n.d. (9 drafts, 9 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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2/33 | Climbing Mr. storm king Ts., ts.[carbon] Heavy to no revision., n.d. (7 drafts, 15 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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2/34 | Closed shop Ts. Heavy to no revision. One draft notes `Folio' in upper corner., n.d. (2 drafts, 2 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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2/35 | Closing time [pub.] Ts., ts.[carbon], ms. Heavy to light revision., 1963, (7 drafts, 13 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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2/36 | Coleoptera Ts. Minor revision. Word list in ink., n.d. (1 draft, 1 p.) | ||||||||||||
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2/37 | Come before his countenance with a joyful leaping. [pub.] Ts. Moderate revision., 1965, (4 drafts, 4 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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2/38 | Coots going away [pub.] Ts. Moderate revision., 1963, (2 drafts, 2 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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2/39 | Cora of Pigeon Run pub.] Ts. Heavy to moderate revision. Alternate title: The days of Cora., [1949] [1953, (1 drafts, 4 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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2/40 | The coronation Ts.[carbon] No revision., [1956] (1 draft, 1 p.) | ||||||||||||
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2/41 | Credo Adoration [pub.] Ts., ts.[carbon] Light revision., 1954, (4 drafts, 9 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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2/42 | A day in the city; situation under control [pub.] Ts., ts.[carbon] One page of notes. Heavy to no revision. One draft incomplete., 1962, (4 drafts, 13 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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2/43 | A death Ts. Heavy revision., n.d. (1 draft, 1 p.) | ||||||||||||
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2/44 | The defensive [pub.] Ts. No revison., 1948, (2 drafts, 2 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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2/45 | A declension of kings [pub.] Ts., ts.[carbon] No revision., 1959, (2 drafts, 3 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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2/46 | Deserted beachhouse Ts. no revision., [1949] (1 draft, 1 p.) | ||||||||||||
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2/47 | Diary [pub.] Ts., ts.[carbon] Alternate title: Diary of a weakling. Moderate revision., 1959, (4 drafts, 6 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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2/48 | The direction Ts. No revision., [1949] (1 draft, 1 p.) | ||||||||||||
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2/49 | The draftsmen, pub.] Ts., ts.[carbon] Two pages of notes, one autograph. Moderate revision., 1945. [1965, (3 drafts, 9 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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3/50 | The easy chair Ts. Moderate to no revision., n.d. (3 drafts, 5 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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3/51 | Elegy for Simon Corl, Botanist [pub.] Ts. Heavy revision., 1959, (2 drafts, 2 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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3/52 | The emergency-maker pub.] Ts. Light revision., [1959, Mar.] [1962, (2 drafts, 3 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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3/53 | The escape artist Ts. one page of notes. Moderate revision., n.d. (3 drafts, 4 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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3/54 | Every good boy does fine Ts.[carbon] No revision., [1963] (1 draft, 1 p.) | ||||||||||||
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3/55 | The falling house Ts. Light revision., n.d. (1 draft, 3 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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3/56 | Family reunion Ts. Light revision., [1949] (1 draft, 2 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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3/57 | The famine of reason pub.] Ts. Light revision., [1957: Aug. 4] [1959, (1 draft, 1 p.) | ||||||||||||
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3/58 | Finale [pub.] Ts. No revision., 1949, (1 draft, 1 p.) | ||||||||||||
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3/59 | Filling out a blank [pub.] Ts. Moderate revision., 1962, (2 drafts, 4 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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3/60 | The first day of a search Ts. Heavy to no revision. Some autograph notes. Alt. title: Search., [1959] (5? drafts, 15 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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3/61 | The fishing lesson Ts, ts.[carbon] Light revision., n.d. (2 drafts, 4 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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3/62 | The floating man Ts. Heavy revision., n.d. (1 draft, 1 p.) | ||||||||||||
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3/63 | For the straightening of the Sammamish river Ts. Moderate to no revision. One page of notes. Alternate title: Song for..., n.d. (6 drafts, 7 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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3/64 | For the warming of an artist's studio [pub.] Ts. Moderate revision. One page of notes. Alternate title: Speech for..., 1964, (3 drafts, 5 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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3/65 | Fragment for a bulletin board [pub.] Ts., ts.[carbon] Light revision., 1966, (2 drafts, 2 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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3/66 | Free passage [pub.] Ts., ts.[carbon] Heavy to light revision., 1963, (7 drafts, 9 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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3/67 | The fruit of the tree [pub.] Ts., ts.[carbon] Moderate revision. One page of notes., 1964, (3 drafts, 5 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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3/68 | The glittering Creek Ts. Divided into 2 parts, with 13 sections, with titles inked in. No revision., 1946 (1 draft, 49 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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3/69 | Going to pieces [pub.] Ts., ts.[carbon] One page of notes. Light revision., 1965, (2 drafts, 5 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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3/70 | Going underground Ts. Heavy to no revision., n.d. (3 drafts, 3 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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3/71 | Guide to Dungeness Spit [pub.] Ts. One page of notes. Heavy revision., 1962, (2 drafts, 4 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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3/72 | Herman Melville Ts. Light revision., n.d. (1 draft, 1 p.) | ||||||||||||
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3/73 | The hold-up Ts. Moderate revision., n.d. (3 drafts, 3 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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3/74 | Homage [pub.] Ts. Heavy revision., 1961, (4 drafts, 4 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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3/75 | Home for old ladies [pub.] Ts. Alternate title: Nice in Halo. Minor revision., 1949, (2 drafts, 2 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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3/76 | Home town Ts. Alternate title Fastest Growing, Biggest little. Light revision., n.d. (1 draft, 1 p.) | ||||||||||||
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3/77 | House-hunting [pub.] Ts. Light revision., 1965, (1 draft, 1 p.) | ||||||||||||
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3/78 | Husband, wife tangle; booked as disorderly Ts. No revision., [1952] (1 draft, 1 p.) | ||||||||||||
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3/79 | The hypnotist Ts. Light revision. Early title: The analyst., [1949] (2 drafts, 2 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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3/80 | I give thee a new commandment Ts. Moderate revision., n.d. (1 draft, 1 p.) | ||||||||||||
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3/81 | The incantation Ts. Heavy revision. Alternate title: Ceremony in marshland., [1952: Dec.] (2 drafts, 4 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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3/82 | Instructions for the heir apparent Ts. Heavy revision. Drafts incomplete?, n.d. (c.3 drafts, 15 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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3/83 | Invective against litany Ts. No revision., n.d. (1 draft, 1 p.) | ||||||||||||
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3/84 | (for Theodore Roethke) Ts. No revision., June 1947 -- n.d. (1 draft, 1 p.) | ||||||||||||
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3/85 | Juvenile vandals break car aerials Ts. Light revision., [1952] (1 draft, 2 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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3/86 | Kids playing statue Ts. One draft One page of notes. Heavy revision., [1964] dated Sept. 15. (5 drafts, 6 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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3/87 | Landscape Ts. Light revision., n.d. (2 drafts, 2 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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3/88 | Late October [pub.] Ts, No revision., 1948, (2 drafts, 2 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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3/89 | Lawn design [pub.] Ts. Heavy to no revision., 1949, (2 drafts, 2 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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3/90 | Learning to swim Ts., ts.[carbon] Heavy to no revision., n.d. (3 drafts, 6 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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3/91 | Leaving something behind [pub.] Ts., ts.[carbon] One page of notes. Heavy revision., 1964, (3 drafts, 7 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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3/92 | Looking for mountain beavers [pub.] Ts. Heavy to light revision., 1966, (3 drafts, 6 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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3/93 | Lull [pub.] Ts. Light revision. One page of notes., 1949; 1950, (1 draft, 2 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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4/94 | Making up for a soul [pub.] Ts. Heavy revision. One page of notes. One draft incomplete., 1966, (5 drafts, 11 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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4/95 | The man in the grandstands Ts., ts.[carbon] Light revision., n.d. (3 drafts, 3 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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4/96 | The man of the house [pub.] Ts. Heavy to no revision. Ts.[carbon] One page of notes., 1964, (4 drafts, 8 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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4/97 | The March of Coxsy's army Ts. Heavy to no revision. Some autograph verses. Two drafts incomplete., n.d. (4 drafts, 17 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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4/98 | Marsh leaf [pub.] Ts. Light revision., 1948, (2 drafts, 2 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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4/99 | Mathematics revisited [pub.] Ts. Heavy revision., 1962, (1 draft, 2 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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4/100 | The meeting Ts. Heavy to no revision., [1959: Nov. 9, 10] (3 drafts, 4 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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4/101 | The melter and the scales Ts. One page of notes. Heavy revision., n.d. (2 drafts, 5 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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4/102 | Memento Ts. Light revision., n.d. (1 draft, 1 p.) | ||||||||||||
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4/103 | Midnight in my heart Ms. No revision. Meter notations., [1944] (1 draft, 3 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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4/104 | Monologue from the outer edge Ts. No revision., [1959: Mar. 21] (1 draft, 2 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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4/105 | Morning song [pub.] Ts., ts.[carbon] Original title: Aubade. One page of notes. Heavy to no revision., 1966, (4 drafts, 5 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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4/106 | My day ago Ts. Light revision., n.d. (1 draft, 1 p.) | ||||||||||||
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4/107 | Near the end of the party [pub.] Ts., ts.[carbon] One page of notes. One draft incomplete., 1965, (3 drafts, 6 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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4/108 | The nesting groung [pub.] Ts. Heavy revision., 1962, (1 draft, 1 p.) | ||||||||||||
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4/109 | The new suit Ts.[carbon] Light revision., n.d. (2 drafts, 2 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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4/110 | Night of the sad women [pub.] Ts., ts.[carbon] Two pages of notes. Heavy to no revision., 1964, (2 drafts, 5 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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4/111 | Night passage [pub.] Ts. Light revision., 1966, (2 drafts, 2 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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4/112 | No sale [pub.] Ts. Heavy to no revision., 1962, (3 drafts, 8 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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4/113 | The nun [pub.] Ts. no revision., 1953, (1 draft, 1 p.) | ||||||||||||
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4/114 | The nurse Ts. No revision., [1949] (1 draft, 1 p.) | ||||||||||||
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4/115 | Observations from the outer edge [pub.] Ts. One page of notes. Heavy to no revision., 1964, (4 drafts, 10 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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4/116 | The observer [pub.] Ts., ts.[carbon] Heavy to no revision. Alternate title: Sketch by the road., 1962, (3 drafts, 5 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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4/117 | Officers' territory Ts., ts.[carbon] Heavy to no revision., n.d. (6 drafts, 10 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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4/118 | Old man at the beach pub.] Ts. Light revision., [1949] [1953, (1 draft, 1 p.) | ||||||||||||
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4/119 | On seeing an x-ray of my head [pub.] Ts. Heavy revision. One page of notes, one page of sketch of a skull, with labels., 1963, (3 drafts, 8 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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4/120 | On the dosewallips bridge [pub.] Ts.[carbon] No revision., 1963, (1 draft, 2 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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4/121 | On the hospital lawn Ts. Light revision., n.d. (1 draft, 1 p.) | ||||||||||||
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4/122 | One for the sun; one for the moon Ts. Moderate revision. One page of notes., n.d. (3 drafts, 4 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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4/123 | Operation at St. Margaret's Ts. Light revision., n.d. (1 draft, 1 p.) | ||||||||||||
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4/124 | Origins of wonder Ts. Light revision., [1949] (2 drafts, 8 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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4/125 | The osprey's nest [pub.] Ts., ts.[carbon] Moderate revision., 1965, (5 drafts, 8 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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4/126 | Out for a night [pub.] Ts. Moderate revision., 1962, (3 drafts, 4 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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4/127 | Outdoor movie Ts. Moderate revision., n.d. (1 draft, 1 p.) | ||||||||||||
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4/129 | The penny Ts., ts.[carbon] Heavy to no revision. Original title: One red cent., n.d. (7 drafts, 7 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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4/130 | Personal history Ts., ms. Heavy revision. Alternate title: Pedigree for the last born. Verso, list of poems out., [1958: Nov.] (3 drafts, 7 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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4/131 | Plea for my house Ts. Light revision., [1948-49] (2 drafts, 6 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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4/132 | A plea for the defense Ts., ts.[carbon] Heavy to no revision. Five drafts incomplete., n.d. (16 drafts, 18 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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4/134 | The poets agree to be quiet by the swamp [pub.] Ts., ts.[carbon] Light revision., 1964, (4 drafts, 4 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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4/146 | Revival [pub.] Ts.[carbon] Two pages of notes. Light revision., 1966, (1 draft, 4 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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4/147 | A room with a view [pub.] Ts., ts.[carbon] Two pages of notes. Moderate to no revision. One draft incomplete., 1965, (4 drafts, 13 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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5/149 | The satirists [pub.] Ms., ts. Autograph note on the origin of the poem on one draft. Another illustrates meter and word scheme. Heavy to no revision., 1960, (6 drafts, 6 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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5/150 | Seance for two hands [pub.] Ts. Heavy revision. One page of notes., 1962, (2 drafts, 3 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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5/151 | The search Ts. Ms. lines, unidentified, verso one page. Moderate revision., [1952] (3 drafts, 10 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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5/155 | The shooting of John Dillinger outside the biograph theater, [pub.] Ts. Some autograph verses. One page of notes. Heavy revision. Two drafts incomplete., July 22, 1934 1966, (4 drafts, 15 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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5/156 | The shoplifter Ts. One page of notes. Heavy revisition., n.d. (4 drafts, 6 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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5/158 | Skate's egg [pub.] Ts., ts.[carbon] Moderate revision., 1963, (4 drafts, 5 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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5/159 | Sleeping beside a river [pub.] Ts., ts.[carbon] Moderate to no revision., 1966, (2 drafts, 4 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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5/161 | The soles Ts. One page of notes. Heavy revision, n.d. (4 drafts, 5 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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5/162 | Song in the dead of summer [pub.] Ts. Heavy revision. One draft marks meter scheme., 1962, (5 drafts, 5 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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5/163 | Song to accompany the arrival of bad news [pub.] Ts., ts.[carbon] Heavy to no revision., 1965, (c.6 drafts, 17 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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5/164 | South Chicago Nativity Ts. Moderate revision., [1949] (2 drafts, 4 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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5/165 | The spawning ground [pub.] Ts. Heavy revision., 1963, (2 draft, 2 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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5/166 | Speech from a comedy [pub.] Ts. Heavy revision., 1965, (1 draft, 3 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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5/167 | Speech recited in mid-air Ts. A pencil note at bottom of one draft reads `A poem for the displaced, displeased, dislocated poets of our time'. Light to no revision. One draft incomplete. Verso unidentified lines., [1958] (4 drafts, 6 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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5/168 | Standing halfway home [pub.] Ts., ts.[carbon] One page of notes. Moderate revision., 1963, (2 drafts, 3 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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5/170 | Staying alive [pub.] Ts., ts.[carbon] One page of notes. Moderate revision., 1965, (2 drafts, 7 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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5/171 | Stopping in the sun [pub.] Ts. One page of notes. Heavy revision., 1965, (3 drafts, 4 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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5/172 | Stretching canvases [pub.] Ts., ts.[carbon] One page of notes. Heavy to no revision., 1964, (2 drafts, 5 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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5/173 | Sun, wind [pub.] Ms. Fragments only. From Torn notebook page., 1953, (1 draft, 2 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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5/174 | Sunday school Ts. Light revision., [1949] (1 draft, 2 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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5/175 | Talking to the forest [pub.] Ts., ts.[carbon] Two pages of notes. Moderate to no revision. One draft incomplete., 1965, (6 drafts, 14 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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5/176 | The teaching load Ts. Alternate title: In the fiction class. Heavy revision., [1958] (6 drafts, 6 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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5/177 | Terminus [pub.] Ts., Ms. Verso one page of unidentified verses. Moderate revision., 1954, (5 drafts, 6 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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5/178 | That old gang of mine [pub.] Ts., ts.[carbon] Two pages of notes. Heavy revision., 1962, (5 drafts, 13 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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5/179 | To the masterof Sea Bird of Friday harbor [pub.] Ts., ts.[carbon] One draft incomplete. Moderate to light revision., 1963, (2 drafts, 3 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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5/180 | Total eclipse [pub.] Ts. No revision., 1951, (1 draft, 1 p.) | ||||||||||||
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5/181 | Toward the interior [pub.] Ts. Heavy revision., 1949, (1 draft, 1 p.) | ||||||||||||
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5/182 | The trophy [pub.] Ts., Ms. Heavy revision., 1962, (4 drafts, 5 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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5/183 | Tumbleweed Ts., Ms. Moderate revision., n.d. (5 drafts, 5 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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5/184 | A valedictory to Standard oil of Indiana [pub.] Ts. One draft incomplete. Moderate revision., 1966, (2 drafts, 3 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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5/187 | Waiting in the Britannia tavern Ts. Drafts vary considerably. Heavy revision. One incomplete., n.d. (3 drafts, 6 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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5/188 | Waiting on the curb [pub.] Ts., ts.[carbon] One page of notes. No revision., 1965, (2 drafts, 3 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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5/189 | Walking in the snow [pub.] Ts. One page of notes. Heavy revision., 1965, (2 drafts. 3 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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5/190 | The war between my faces Ts., ts.[carbon] Alternate title: Between my faces. Moderate to no revision., [1959] (9 drafts, 9 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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5/191 | Warning Ts. No revision., [1949] (1 draft, 1 p.) | ||||||||||||
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5/192 | Watch [pub.] Ts., Ms. Incomplete. Heavy revision., 1963, (2 drafts, 3 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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5/193 | Water music for the progress of love in a life-raft down the Sammamish slough [pub.] Ts., ts.[carbon] Heavy revision., 1964, (4 drafts, 8 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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5/195 | The welcome [pub.] Ts. Light revision., 1964, (1 draft, 1 p.) | ||||||||||||
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5/196 | The widower Ts. Light revision., [1949] (1 draft, 1 p.) | ||||||||||||
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5/197 | The words Ts., ts.[carbon] Moderate revision., [1964] (3 drafts, 3 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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5/198 | Working against time [pub.] Ts. No revision., 1965, (1 draft, 1 p.) | ||||||||||||
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5/199 | Writing to order [pub.] Ts., ts.[carbon] Heavy to no revision., 1963, (2 drafts, 4 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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5/200 | And faces perched on shoulders Ts. Heavy revision., n.d. (1 draft, 2 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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5/201 | Ducks flying blind... Heavy revision., n.d. (1 draft, 1 p.) | ||||||||||||
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5/203 | The line went whistling out... Ts. Heavy revision., n.d. (1 draft, 2 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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5/204 | The pond is the novel of the wood... Ms. No revision. One page of notes., n.d. (1 draft, 2 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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5/205 | The small have gathered at his feet Ms. Notes verso., n.d. (1 draft, 1 p.) | ||||||||||||
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5/206 | Tigers await us... Ts. Heavy revision., n.d. (1 draft, 1 p.) | ||||||||||||
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5/207 | A torch is lighted... Ts. No revision., n.d. (1 draft, 1 p.) | ||||||||||||
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5/208 | Two dogs fight under the wide maple Ts. Light revision., n.d. (1 draft, 1 p.) | ||||||||||||
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5/209 | We see them now Ts. Light revision., n.d. (1 draft, 1 p.) | ||||||||||||
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5/210 | You say her kisses cut you... Ts. Light revision., [1953] (1 draft, 3 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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5/211 | When all the shades Ts. Light revision., n.d. (1 draft, 1 p.) | ||||||||||||
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| 6/212. | Notes. Synopsis of scenes and two or three incidents. Ts., ms., [1964] (3 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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| 6/213. | Scene 1. Titled Speech from a play (The wreckage of Heaven). God and Chorus. Ts.[carbon] Light revision. Complete., [1964] (4 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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| Scene 1. Titled Speech from a play (The wreckage of Heaven). God and Chorus. Ts.[carbon] Revised, incorporating corrections in previous draft. No revision. Pages not numbered., [1964] (3 pp.) | |||||||||||||
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| 6/214. | Scene 1. No title. God, Death, Chorus. Omitts Messenger's address also. Ts. Heavy revision. Complete., [1964] (5 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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| Scene 2. Everyman, Death. Ts. Light revision. 2 pp. Incomplete. Also 1 ts., ms. page describing characters., [1964] (1 p.) | |||||||||||||
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| 6/215. | Scene 3. Stage directions included. Mom, Dad, Everyman. Ts.[carbon] Light revision. pp. 35, 36 missing. p. 40 included but crossed out. Incomplete., [1964] (11 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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| 6/216. | Scene 6. Stage directions included. Death's Mansion. Everyman, exwife, Sonny. Ts.[carbon] No revision. Complete., [1964] (8 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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| Scene 7. Stage directions included. Death's Mansion. Everyman, Hysteria, Sissy. Text is marked, but no revision. Complete. Ts.[carbon], [1964] (12 pp.) | |||||||||||||
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| 6/217. | Scenes 1 - 9. Ts. Moderate revision. Appears complete. Each scene begins new pagination. Draft appears to preceed certain scenes above., 1964. Summer. (112 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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| 6/218. | Scenes 1 - 9. Title page has A play in ten scenes crossed out to read nine scenes. Ts.[carbon] Text is marked, but not revised. Appears complete. Marked Second Version., n.d. (120 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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| 6/219. | A play in two acts. Ten scenes is crossed out to read two acts, instead of ten scenes. Ts.[carbon] Heavy revision. Some ts. scenes inserted as part of main text but pagins not consecutive. Most ts. pages unnumbered., n.d. (133 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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| 7/220 | Tomorrow for Angela Ts.[carbon] No revision. Complete., [1946] (17 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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| 7/221. | Dialogue between a poet and a lady novelist Ts. Complete? Moderate revision, p. 2., [1948-49] (2 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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| 7/222. | Let's talk about something else. An impromptu after-dinner one act play requiring no scenery and no rehearsal. Ts.[carbon] Light revision. Complete. , n.d. (8 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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| 7/223. | Young Goodman Brown Skeleton outline. Appears to be an adaptation for the stage of the Hawthorne short story. Ts. Heavily revised. Some ms. lines verso., [1953] (4 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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| 7/225. | One foot on the grass Ts.[carbon] No revision. For similar treatment, see The March of Coxey's Army [poem], Ser. 2-1., 1958: Summer. (88 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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| 7/226. | [Untitled] Ts. Moderate revision. Incomplete. Parts of Scene 1, and one page of Scene 2. Characters Pinch, Caleb, Jack, Peter. Setting: 17th Century England., n.d. (6 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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| 7/227. | The gang's all here. A play in 3 acts. Ts. Moderate revision throughout., n.d. (71 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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| Ts. Heavily revised. Note in Wagoner's hand reads Revised 1954. Appears incomplete. Thematically similar, character's names changed. | |||||||||||||
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| Ts.[carbon] Heavily revised. Order not consequent with pagination. Adds many new scenes and incidents incorporating previous drafts into the later half. Appears incomplete. | |||||||||||||
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8/229. | The Bullet and the penny Ts. Moderate revision throughout. Complete., 1948. (17 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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8/230. | The life saver Ts.[carbon] No revision. Possibly incomplete., 1956. (18 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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8/231. | Linda. Saturday in August...1943. Ms. Light revision., [1943] (1 p.) | ||||||||||||
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8/232. | Move. Ts. Light revision. Complete., n.d. (11 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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8/234. | Three beautiful months Ts. No revision. Complete., n.d. [1949?] (12 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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8/235. | With all the trimmings Ts. Light revision. Complete., n.d. [1949-50] (13 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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8/236. | [Untitled] “I backed the car down the cement landing...” Ts. Moderate revision. Appears complete., 1956. (14 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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8/237. | [Untitled] “Looking out the window...” Ts. Heavy revision. Complete., 1948. (11 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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8/238. | [Untitled] “Sam nudged the door...” Ts. Heavy revision. One page of revised paragraphs inserted. See also 2 - 2/2, folder 212 for similar treatment for the stage., [1953] (11 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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8/239. | [Untitled] “The sun was high...” Ts. Heavy revision. Apparently incomplete, two sections only., n.d. (3 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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8/240. | [Untitled] “The house stood beside...” Fragment only. Ts. No revision. Two alternate story openings., n.d. (1 p.) | ||||||||||||
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8/242. | [Untitled] “The young woman carrying a hat box...” Ts. Moderate revision. Incomplete. p 11 missing., n.d. (11 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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9/243. | Up and around Ts. Note in Wagoner's hand on title page reads `Written (as my first adult effort) in the winter of 1949-50 and, thank goodness, unpublished. This is the only copy. D.W.' Light revision. Complete., 1949-1950. (314 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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9/244. | Rock Ts. Note on title page in Wagoner's hand reads `2nd draft of Rock, 1956.' Several ms. pages of revision inserted. Light revision. Appears complete., 1956. (c.220 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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| 10/245 | Notes, [1957] (3 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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| 10/246. | draft, 1957 (190 pp.) | ||||||||||||
| Ts. Title page notes in Wagoner's hand, `First and only draft of an unpublished novel - 1957. Only copy'. Heavily revised. Pagination incomplete and misleading. Numerous scenes revised with alternate approaches, character changes, etc. Most chapter divisions indicated. Apparently incomplete and/or unfinished. Pagination usually begins fresh with each chapter. | |||||||||||||
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10/247. | The spinning ladies Ts. Note on title page in Wagoner's hand reads `2nd draft. Only copy of an unpublished novel. A version appeared in New World Writing in novella form'. [NO. 21, Light revision., c.1962. 1962] (287 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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| Publisher's copy. Ts. Printers' markings.in red pencil. Note in Wagoner's hand on title page reads `Final MS, publishers copy'. Includes front matter and one photocopy page of a list of acceptible hyphenation practises, submitted by the printer in an effort toward consistency. Moderate revision and heavy corrections and several revised passaged inserted. | |||||||||||||
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12/250. | `The dog beneath the skin' and `The ascent of F6 in terms of Aristotle's `Poetics'. Ts. Prepared as course theme. Instructor, [Dr. Frenz], has noted on title page `An excellent paper - original and well written. A.' No revision. Comments in ink in the instructor's hand in margins., [1948] (12 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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12/251. | [Untitled] [Essay concerning the Seattle Repertory Theatre] Ts. Heavily revised. Appears to have been written for a theatre program or public advertisement., n.d. (2 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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12/252. | The general who walked on the grass Ts. Heavily revised. Largely a biographical sketch. For similar treatment, see The March of Coxey's army [poem], folder 97 and One foot on the grass [play], folder 225., [1958?] (3 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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12/253. | A study of Herman Melville's John Marr and other sailors Ts. Submitted as a course theme. No revision. A few instructor's comments in the margins., [1948: August 6] (23 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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12/254. | Masters with many legs Ts.[carbon] No revision. Composed at Yaddo; in a comical vein., 1956. (8 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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12/255. | The mental landscape in Spenser's poetry Ts. No revision. Submitted as a course theme. Instructor's comments in red pencil in margins. Long comment on title page., 1949: Jan. 14. (12 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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| Notebook A Brown spiral, 8 1/2 × 11 Note on cover indicates #1, reads Pat Smith &&& DR; #25. Sheet of unidentified poem laid in front, Unidentified prose passages and poems; chemistry equations. A suicide speaks [poem] draft. Golf scores, , [1944] - 1945. dated 1944. July 4, 1945, 1945. (17 pp.) | |||||||||||||
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| Notebook B Brown spiral, 8 1/2 × 11 Penn State. Wagoner's name in his hand and reads #3 on cover. Many pages torn out. Consonant loafer [poem] Draft. Notes on Spenser. Caracerne [poem] Draft. Unidentified poem drafts; score sheet of unknown sport. Unidentified short story draft. 4 sheets of unidentified poems, drafts laid in. Lists of dates in English literature and history. 7 sheets of unidentifed dialogue laid in, , 1944-1945 dated 1944-45. (50 pp.) | |||||||||||||
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| Notebook C Brown spiral, 8 × 10 Penn State. Masquerade in grey [novel?] Draft, in eight chapters. Light revision. One unidentified poem draft., 1944-1945 (91 pp.) | |||||||||||||
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| Notebook D Brown spiral, `Spiral' Cover notes `Demeritus - 2/125' in Wagoner's hand. Unidentified short story and unidentified poems. 1 page of Spanish verb conjugations. Rondeau Redoublé [poem] Draft. Several pp of music score, sketches of faces and figues; notes on selected theological arguments. List of poem titles, and names. Desolate melodies [poem] Draft. Untitled sheets with poem laid in, including Lament to Gail, Ode to Ambition, Ode to Schubert. List of English history dates. Some pages cut. 8 1/2 × 11/, 1944-1945 1944-45, (59 pp.) | |||||||||||||
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| Notebook E Brown spiral, 8 1/2 × 11/ Penn State. Notes on uses of `reflective' passages in writing; drawings; Unidentified notes, notes for lit. course; Short story drafts, incomplete. word lists; poem drafts; Spanish word lists; baseball scores, bowling scores; several pages laid in., 1945-1946 1946; (73 pp.) | |||||||||||||
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| Notebook F Brown spiral, Penn State, 8 1/2 × 11. Name and note on cover. Poem drafts and notes. Baseball scores. Drart of Tomorrow for Angela [play] Draft of The twentieth room [play] Story notes; list of names and notes; scores of unidentified game., 1945-1946. (115 pp.) | |||||||||||||
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| Notebook G Brown spiral, Penn State, 8 1/2 × 11. Poem drafts, story drafts; sketches, drawings; Spanish verb conjugations; notes for various courses., 1946. (78pp.) | |||||||||||||
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| Notebook H Brown spiral, Penn State, 8 × 10. Notes, drafts Barbaric charity [play] Draft, Tomorrow for Angela [play], 1946. (41 pp.) | |||||||||||||
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| Notebook I Brown, bound. 8 × 10. Cover details list of titles and dates by year of Wagoner writings, Poem drafts, unidentified. Spanish word lists; fragments of Tomorrow for Angela [play] One poem [untitled] Sections of Sleep to be born [play] A few pages laid in., 1946-1947. 1944-1950. dates, Jan. 10, 1947. (47 pp.) | |||||||||||||
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| Notebook J Brown spiral, Penn State. 8 × 10. Sleep to be born [play] Draft, incomplete. Poem draft; wings for stone [play] Fragment. Sketches., 1947, Spring. (70 pp.) | |||||||||||||
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| Notebook K Black plastic leather, 4 1/4 × 7. Word list, definitions. Notes on The Appointment [short story] Man in the middle [novel] Notes on salvaging diseased or damaged trees; character descriptions, list of poem title and names, and notes/minutes on what appears to be meeting of a city countil, and a short record of mileage run up in 2 week period in and around Whiting, Indiana, [1948] (n.d.) (64 pp.) | |||||||||||||
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| Notebook L Brown spiral, Indiana Univ. 8 1/2 × 11. Unidentified poetry drafts and notes. You, Thomas Mann [poem] Draft Epitaph on a dead worm [oien] Fragment, 1948. (42 pp.) | |||||||||||||
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| Notebook M Tan Spiral. Michigan Univ. 8 × 10. Unidentified play notes and draft and poetry drafts and notes. Baseball score records, story notes. Notes on character of Henry VI as seen in Shakespeare., 1948. n.d. (40 pp.) | |||||||||||||
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| Notebook N Brown spiral, Indiana Univ. 8 1/2 × 11. Interval [poem] Drafts. Notes on Jean-Christophe [essay] Draft. copy by DW of The Wakening by Roethke. [poem] Unidentified poems. [June, 1947 for Theodore Roethke]? Drafts. Math notes., 1948. (41 pp.) | |||||||||||||
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| Notebook O Tan spiral. Michigan Univer. 8 × 10. [At last, Companion season] [poem] Drafts. Unidentified play, draft. Time finds me turned [poem] Draft. Unidentified poetry drafts. Baseball score records, , 1948-1949. June 11, 1949. (32 pp.) | |||||||||||||
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| Notebook P Brown spiral, Indiana Univer. 8 1/2 × 11. Max of wolf lake [poem] drafts. Poeme laid in dated A plea for my house [poem] Draft titled: Exorcism for my house., 1948-1949. [1944-45] (26 pp.) | |||||||||||||
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| Notebook Q Brown spiral, Tumbler. 8 1/2 × 11. Class schedule, list of titles unidentified poetry drafts, notes, short story drafts, notes - unidentified. Baseball scores. Decision in spring [poem] Draft, 1949. (29 pp.) | |||||||||||||
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| Notebook R Record book, bound. with margin lines, without index. Printed cover reads Record. 8 × 12. Unidentified short story, poetry drafts. With all the trimmings [short story] Drafts. Sets of baseball team records, from May 2m 1950-Apr. 18, 1953., 1949-1953. (76 pp.) | |||||||||||||
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| Notebook S Brown spiral, Penworthy, 8 1/2 × 11. First page notes #1. Notes for a lit. course; unidentified verses. List of titles; unidentified poems; one reflective passage on personal failings and resolutions., 1949. (21 pp.) | |||||||||||||
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| Notebook T Brown spiral, Indiana Univ., 8 1/2 × 11. First page notes #2. Unidentified poems and verses. Draft of a letter to Miss [Strobel] Draft of letter to unidentified author, admiring his book. Draft of essay on Thomas Mann. Scraps of verse., 1949. n.d. (35 pp.) | |||||||||||||
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| Notebook U Brown spiral, Indiana Univ., 8 1/2 × 11. First page notes #3. Ballet [poem] Draft. Deserted beachhouse [poem] Draft. Unidentified poem drafts. The Appointment [short story] Draft. Unidentified short prose piece., 1949. (54 pp.) | |||||||||||||
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| Notebook V Brown spiral, Tumbler. 8 1/2 × 11. First page notes #4. Untitled short story draft. Unidentified short story draft. Both appear complete. Credo [poem] Drafts. The weekly carnival (for John Woods) [poem] Draft. Unidentified poetry drafts. List of poem titles., 1949. (47 pp.) | |||||||||||||
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| Notebook W Brown spiral, Tumbler. 8 1/2 × 11. Unidentified poetry drafts, fragment of short story; Last will and testament [poem] Draft. Unidentified essay on Spenser. Drafts, notes toward verse play, untitled. Another version of Last will and testament. Baseball scores., 1949-1950. (36 pp.) | |||||||||||||
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| Notebook X Brown spiral, Tumbler. 8 1/2 × 11. Notes toward unidentified story. Untitled poem dated? Several unidentified story fragments, outlines. Sam the aerialist [poem] Draft. Ben of Crocker's alley [poem] Sudden frost [poem] Outline of How to pass any course in college. Unidentified poetry drafts. Cora of pigeon run [poem] Draft. Afternoon of sand [poem] Outline for Creative writing course., 1950. 1939-1947? (48 pp.) | |||||||||||||
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| Notebook Y Cover missing, spiral only. 8 × 10 1/2. Incomplete, unidentified shoot story. Unidentified poems. Word lists. Outline of story, notes; character descriptions of of another story. Basebal scores, one another , 1951. dated June 27, 1952, May 5, 1951. (33 pp.) | |||||||||||||
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| Notebook Z1 Black bound, 8 × 11. Spine broken, cover loose. Credo adoration [poem] Draft, The incantation [poem] drafts. Young goodman brown [play] Notes. I have a forest in my head [poem] Numerous complete poems, untitled and nearly all are dated, sometimes also by place. Other titles include: Pause, Lines for a dangerous day; Spring song; The hero with one face; Epitaph; The coronation; The dge of the storm; Elegy for a distant relative; Gift of a miner to a lady; Lullaby through the side of the mouth; A place to stand; Murder mystery; Man from the top of the mind; News from the court; A warning to my love; The recognition; Words above a narrow entrance; The first word; The migration; Lament for the very few; To my friend whose parachute did not open; Strangers; prayer against gardeners; The satirists; The teaching load; Personal history; Address to Parnassus; The emergency maker; Song for a bad night; After falling; The war between my faces. Inside back cover, list of titles and some numbering system., [1952-1959] dated Nov. 1952. (225 pp.) | |||||||||||||
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| Notebook Z2 Black bound, spine broken, cover loose. 5 1/2 × 8 1/2. Song in the dead of winter [poem] Draft, Unidentified story notes. Notes on Coxey, for the play version. Extensive. Notes for prose - possibly Bags for bears? Lists of ideas, scribbles, clever sayings, etc. One water colour drawing on one page., 1956-. (138 pp.) | |||||||||||||
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16/256 | [Wagoner's comments on some of his poems] Ts. List of poem titles [for a reading] With comments on the nature/purpose of readings. Verso: brief outline of current temperment of poetry tastes. List of poems with numbered (not actual) order in which to be read. Poems divided into 4 categories. 32 titles. List of 20 titles with brief introductory note to be used on occasion of reading. Notes on Wagoner's feelings and beliefs in the nature of his poetry - with reference to The nesting ground., (4 items. 5 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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16/257 | Miscellaneous notes. A sheaf of ms, introductory, explanatory material [to be used during a reading, similar to above] Few titles given., (21 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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| Ts. quotes on separate sheets by Yeats, Donne and Eliot. Each appears intended to preface different groups of poems. [unpub]-A few ms. notes appended., (3 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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16/258 | Notes preparatory to writing unidentified poems. Ts., ms. Verso: several sheets with exam questions [mimeo] [for Wagoner's students], (12 pp.) | ||||||||||||
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16/259 | Dedication page, Ts. ms. `For Ted Roethke'; list of poetry titles. Copy, The New Portfolio, April 1946 containing Shameon you [short story] by Wagoner. Published by students, Penn State. Copy, Page one ball, Hammond newspaper guild. Obituary of a rewriteman [poem] by Wagoner on inside back cover. 1952's Hammond Times [newspaper] Poet Laureate. Clipping, June 22, 1952 Hammond Times Note at top by Wagoner reads `My 1st newspaper story'. Sunday Pictorial Reviews, Seattle post inte lligencer, Contains article on Wagoner as a Northwest novelist of repute. Photo with Carolyn Kizer. Clipping, Mademoiselle, College poets Includes poems by two of Wagoner's students. Northwest today, Sunday supplement to Seattle Post Intelligencer, Article by Wagoner `Do you hate poetry?' At St. Vincent DePaul's [poem] clipping, The New Yorker, [Untitled poem] Proof sheet. Ts.[phtotcopy] of Review of The escape artist [novel] 3 poems, unidentified. Ts.[photocopy], n.d. 1952. Dec. 27, 1959. April 1961. 1961. Nov. 14, 1965. Nov. 5, 1966. n.d. (11 items.) | ||||||||||||
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16/260 | Miscellaneous notes. Ms. lyric passages. Verso large manilla envellope., (1 item.) | ||||||||||||
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16/261 | Warning [poem] by John Woods. Ts.[carbon], (1 p.) | ||||||||||||
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16/262 | Reader's report [Wagoner] of Modern Brazilian Poetry, translated and edited by John A. Nist, published Indiana University Press, Ts.[carbon] Unsigned., 1962. | ||||||||||||
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