Collection Outline
Beloved do not think of me [collection of poems] 1957: Oct. 7-n.d.
His thoughts made pockets and the plane buckt [collection of poems] n.d: n.d.
Short poems [collection of poems] n.d:n.d. 1967.
Acceptance speech, National Book Award in Poetry, March 12, 1969,
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Descriptive Summary |
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| Title: | Berryman, John, 1914-, American author. Typescripts, editorial matter. | |
| Dates: | 1957-1967 | |
| Quantity: | 2 items | |
| Identification: | WTU00145 [Accessions: 802, 897, 1396] | |
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Standard biographical information about John Berryman can be found in Kunitz, Twentieth century authors, first supplement, 1955.
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Ts. of Beloved, do not think of me [collection of poems] published as His thoughts made pockets and the plane buckt, 15 pp. Page proof of His thoughts made pockets and the plane buckt [collection of poems] 13 pp.
Uncut page proof of Short poems [collection of poems] 37 galleys and Acceptance speech have been transferred to the print collection.
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Collection is open to research.
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Purchase, 1967, 1968
Processing: April, 1970 JS
Short poems and Acceptance speech transferred to printed 9/20/82
Entire collection transferred to Misc. 2/23/83
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Beloved do not think of me [collection of poems] 1957: Oct. 7-n.d. 1 item (15 pp.): TS with MS revision |
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| Published as His thoughts made pockets and the plane buckt. Ts. very light ms. revision, ms. pagination upper right corners, Black book [poem] inserted after original compilation | |||||||||||||
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His thoughts made pockets and the plane buckt [collection of poems] n.d: n.d. 1 item (13 pp.): page proof |
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| Earlier title, Beloved do not think of me, crossed out, final version written. Page proof light revision, moderate printers marks. | |||||||||||||
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Short poems [collection of poems] published Farrar, Straus & Giroux Inc., n.d:n.d. 1967. 37 galleys |
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| Contains - beginning galley 30, p. 95 - the earlier collection His thoughts made pockets and the plane buckt. `Dillon' in bold faced type inserted between the lines of The mysteries [poem] Galley proof, no revisions or notations. | |||||||||||||
| This item was transferred to Special Collections print 9/20/82. | |||||||||||||
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Acceptance speech, National Book Award in Poetry, March 12, 1969, 1 item (1 p.): Ts. [duplicated] |
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| Awarded for His toy, his dream [collection of poems] | |||||||||||||
| This item was transferred to Special Collections print 9/20/82. | |||||||||||||
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