US-RPB-ms2010.030 Guide to the West Coast Poetry Review records1969-1984 Finding aid prepared by Gaelen Adam. Brown University Library 2010 July 01
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 West Coast Poetry Review West Coast Poetry Review records 1969-1984 West Coast Poetry Review records 3 linear feet Founded as a quarterly in 1970 by William Ransom, the West Coast Poetry Review was based in Reno, Nevada, and was a member of the Coordinating Council of Literary Magazines. The magazine was later published and edited by poets William Lyman Fox and Bruce McAllister. This collection includes correspondence, editorial archives (with typescript poems and prose), production archives, material relating to copyright and financial business, and printed items. Ms. 2010.030 Historical note

Founded as a quarterly in 1970 by William Ransom, the West Coast Poetry Review was based in Reno, Nevada, and was a member of the Coordinating Council of Literary Magazines. The magazine was later published and edited by poets William Lyman Fox and Bruce McAllister. It focused on experimental forms in typography, conceptual art, and writing; with some attention to concrete poetry and translations. Printed by R. W. Stovall Printing, Inc. (Reno); typeset by Nevada Typesetting. Contributors included: Eugene Guillevic, Pablo Neruda, Andre Pieyre de Mandiargues, Francois Dodat, Douglas Blazek, Ron Arias, Greg Kuzma, Deena Metzger, William Stafford, Richard Kostelanetz, Hugh Fox, Joanne de Longchamps, Aaron Marcus, William Lyman Fox and Bruce McAllister.

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West Coast Poetry Review records, Ms. 2010.030, Brown University Library.

The collection includes correspondence, editorial archives (with typescript poems and prose), production archives, material relating to copyright and financial business, and printed items.

The collection is arranged into three series by type of material. Series 1. Correspondence Series 2. Editorial Materials Series 3. Business Records

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Gift: 11/16/81, William L. Fox, A81-34; Gift: 12/17/81, William L. Fox, A81-67; Gift: 03/05/82, William L. Fox, A82-145; Gift: 11/05/82, William L. Fox, A82-185; Gift: 08/05/83, William L. Fox, A83-110; Gift: 10/24/84, William L. Fox, A84-143

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Series 1 Correspondence Bruce McAllister Correspondence1969-1974

Arranged chronologically.

1 1 Bruce McAllister Correspondence1969 15 items 1 2 Bruce McAllister Correspondence1970 5 items 1 3 Bruce McAllister Correspondence1971 18 items 1 4 Bruce McAllister Correspondence1972 29 items 1 5 Bruce McAllister Correspondence1973 33 items 1 6 Bruce McAllister Correspondence1974 42 items General Correspondence

Arranged alphabetically by author.

 1 7 Adams, Betsy 3 items 1 8 Agabiti, Thomas 3 items 1 9 Ascher, Sheila and Straus Dennis 5 items 1 10 Augustine, Jane 1 item 1 11 Baldwin, Neil 4 items 1 12 Bennett, John M. 2 items 1 13 Bertolino, James 3 items 1 14 Carl, Gene 2 items 1 15 Casey, Deb 1 item 1 16 Chatterji, Nimai 1 item 1 17 Cheer, David 1 item 1 18 Clark, Thomas A. 3 items 1 19 Cohrs, Timothy 1 item 1 20 Dlugonski, Dan 1 item 1 21 Drake, Albert 6 items 1 22 Duke, Jas. H. 1 item 1 23 Elder, Gary 2 items 1 24 Elliott, Patricia 5 items 1 25 Federman, Raymond 1 item 1 26 Finch, Peter 2 items 1 27 Ford, Harry 1 item 1 28 Fox Connie 1 item 1 29 Friebert, Stuart 1 item 1 30 Frumkin, gene 1 item 1 31 Fulton, Len 4 items 1 32 Gaglione, Bill 2 items 1 33 Gibb, Robert 2 items 1 34 Gibbs, Michael 1 item 1 35 Gitlin, David 1 item 1 36 Gorbman, Leila 1 item 1 37 Griffith. E. V. 2 items 1 38 Hayes, Bryant 6 items 1 39 Helmes, Scott 1 item 1 40 Henderson, Bill 1 item 1 41 Herman, Jan 2 items 1 42 Heynen, Jim 5 items 1 43 Homson, Davi Det 2 items 1 44 Hotchkiss, Bill 1 item 1 45 Hugunin, James 1 item 1 46 Ishi, Robert 5 items 1 47 Jordan, Milton S., Jr. 3 items 1 48 Kheridian, David and Nonny 2 items 1 49 Kirsch, William 1 item 1 50 Krieger, Ian 2 items 1 51 Kuzma, Greg 1 item 1 52 Lange, Gerald 5 items 1 53 Lebovitz, Richard 1 item 1 54 Leffler, Merrill 1 item 1 55 Lipman, Joel 1 item 1 56 Lond, Harley W. 5 items 1 57 Lowell, Jim 1 item 1 58 Lunde, David 3 items 1 59 Lurie, Toby 1 item 1 60 McGrath, Tom 1 item 1 61 McKee, Carrie 1 item 1 62 McKuen, Rod 1 item 1 63 Manikkaarachchi, Sisira K. 1 item 1 64 Martin, Stephen-Paul 1 item 1 65 Massman, Gordon (changed to Lester-Massman) 3 items 1 66 Mayer, Peter 4 items 1 67 Mihg, Wang Hui 7 items 1 68 Miller, Hugh Th. 7 items 1 69 Minor, James 2 items 1 70 Montag, Tom 2 items 1 71 Moritz, Al F. 3 items 1 72 Morris, Richard 5 items 1 73 Morrissey, Stephen 3 items 1 74 Musgrave, Susan 2 items 1 75 Nations, Opal and Ellen 2 items 1 76 Nomland, John B. 2 items 1 77 Novak, Estelle Gershgoren 7 items 1 78 Osing, Gordon 1 item 1 79 Overton, Ron 1 item 1 80 Peattie, Noel 1 item 1 81 Perlman, Anne S. 3 items 1 82 Perron, Lee 3 items 1 83 Peterfreund, Stuart 1 item 1 84 Petrakos, Chris 1 item 1 85 Pierson, Philip 2 items 1 86 Raphael, Dan 1 item 1 87 Reade, Isabel 7 items 1 88 Robbins, David 1 item 1 89 Robbins, Maritn 1 item 1 90 Rosen, Kenneth 2 items 1 91 Saleh, Dennis 5 items 1 92 Scobie, Stephen 2 items 1 93 Shiomi, Mieko 1 item 1 94 Sousa, Ron 2 items 1 95 Stanton, Edward 5 items 1 96 Stedingh, R. W. 1 item 1 97 Stepanchev, Stephen 2 items 1 98 Sternlieb, Barry 2 items 1 99 Stoloff, Carolyn 3 items 1 100 Studebaker, William 3 items 1 101 Swann, Brian 7 items 1 102 Swann, Roberta Metz 1 item 1 103 Talarico, Ross 3 items 1 104 Tarachow, Michael 3 items 1 105 Taylor, Henry 1 item 1 106 Terrill, Kathy 1 item 1 107 Thomas, Lew 6 items 1 108 Varney, Edwin 1 item 1 109 Vogelsang, Arthur 1 item 1 110 Winans, Al 2 items 1 111 Winthrop, Bill 8 items 1 112 Witt, Harold 5 items 1 113 Woessner, Warren 7 items 1 114 Zekowski, Arlene and Berne, Stanley 2 items 1 115 Zelevansky, Lynn 2 items 1 116 Haines, John and MacCurtain, Austin 15 items 1 117 Sky, Alison 2 items 1 118 Slate, Ron M. 11 items 1 119 Sohm, L. 1 item 1 120 Stanford, Frank and Linda 22 items 1 121 Zawadiwisky, Christine 12 items 1 122 Ziegler, Alan 1 item 1 123 Cropper, Brian (B.C.) 1 item 1 124 Pi.O. 9 items 1 125 Fay, ken 5 items 1 161 Pierman, Carol J. memo 1 item 2 33 Ackerson, Duane 65 items 2 34 Alpert, Barry 21 items 2 35 Arias, Ron 49 items

Includes letters from Tomas Rivera (1), Nicolas Kanellos (1) and Jose Antonio Villarreal (1)

 2 36 Blazek, Douglas 13 items 2 37 Brase, Paul 13 items 2 38 Cassidy, Jack 6 items 2 39 Contoski, Victor 11 items 2 40 Federman, Raymond 18 items 2 41 Friedman, ken 11 items 2 42 Goldbarth, Albert 14 items 2 43 Hamill, Sam 14 items 2 44 Johnson, Thomas 27 items 2 45 Kuzma, Greg 44 items 2 46 Lee, David 33 items

Includes enclosed letters from Milton Voight (1) and Henry Taylor (2).

 2 47 Matthews, William 20 items 2 48 Metzger, Deena 18 items 2 49 Meyers, Bert 74 items

includes letters, etc., written after his death by Kenneth Funsten (2), Georges Mounin (1), Bob Meguy (1), Odette Meyrs (6), and 1 other item,

 2 50 Peters, Robert 11 items 2 51 Reeves, Trevor 55 items 2 52 Sternlieb, Barry 10 items 2 53 Walker, David 54 items 2 54 Williams, Miller 10 items 2 63 Koch, Peter (Black Stone Press) 4 items 2 64 Miscellaneous Incoming Correspondence 5 items No. 12 (1974) Correspondence

Arranged alphabetically by author.

 1 126 Allard, Roger Clarence (alias Matsuo-Allard) 1 item 1 127 Augustine, Jane 1 item 1 128 Balles, P. J. 2 items 1 129 Bennett, John M. 4 items 1 130 Caldwell, Robert 1 item 1 131 Casey, Deb 2 items 1 132 Cobbing, Bob 1 item 1 133 Eigner, Larry 2 item 1 134 Elder, Gary M. 2 items 1 135 Elliott, Pat 1 item 1 136 Gibbs, Michael 2 item 1 137 Gitin, David 2 item 1 138 Grenier, Bob 1 item 1 139 Hompson, Davi Det 1 item 1 140 Ironhoresbooks (printed) 1 item 1 141 Jones, Rick 2 items 1 142 Kempton, Karl 4 items 1 143 Lange, Gerald 3 items 1 144 Matthews, Richard 2 items 1 145 Mattingly, George 2 items 1 146 Mayer, Peter 1 item 1 147 Morissey, Stephen 3 items 1 148 Okerse, Tom 1 item 1 149 Saville, Ken 1 item 1 150 Scobie, Stephen 1 item 1 151 Sisson, Jonathan 1 item 1 152 Sky, Alison 3 items 1 153 Virginia Commonwealth University. Anderson Gallery. (printed) 1 item 1 154 Wade, Seth 1 item 1 155 Williams, Ann 1 item 1 156 Zurbrugg, Nicholas 1 item Series 2 Editorial Materials Published Books

Organized by book

 1 157 Ron Arias novel: Arias, Ron ALS1975 3 items 1 158 Ron Arias novel: list of addresses for review copies1975 6 items 1 159 Ron Arias novel: requests for review/examination copies1975 17 items

from Anaya, Rudolfo; Castellano (prof.); Davila, Luis; Dorr, Richard H.; Grepe, John H.; Hiraoka, Jesse; Johnson, Ann L.; Martinez, Eliud; Moreno, Luis; Ortega, Adolfo; Ortega y Gasca, Philip D.; Pacheco, Margaret; La Pena, Frank; Perez, Ernesto; Straub, William J.; Villard, A.; Wilner, Jeffrey D.

 1 160 Concrete Poetry: camera-ready copy, etc.1977 16 items 2 55 Concrete Poetry: typescript pages, photocopies, correspondence1977 16 items

correspondence from Parks, Dennis and Sousa, Ronald W.

 2 22 Going Places, by William Stafford -- Annotated 1 item 3 12-14 Excavations, by Don Gordon: production archive, including correspondence, pasteup, photocopies, etc. 3 and oversize 15-17 and 18X Peoplemovers, by Mary Ellen Solt: production archive, contains pasteups. 3 and oversize 19-20 and 21X The Wild Olive Tree, by Mert Meyers: production archive, including correspondence and pasteups Unpublished Poetry 1 163-164 Unpublished poetry 22 items

by Clement, B.J.; Graf, Roger; Sill, Marjorie; McCormick, Jim; Moroni, Ron; Simpson, Juanita; anonymous

 Graphic Material 2 1 Adler, Jeremy 3 items

2 ANS (1 illustration), 1 broadside

 2 2 Basu, Hella 2 items

broadsides (2 copies)

 2 3-4 Bennett, John M. 6 items

photographs, some annotated by Pi.O.

 2 5 Cory, Jean-Jaques 1 item

poetry

 2 6 Finlay, Ian Hamilton 11 items

photographs

 2 7 Gitin, David 2 items

postcard; poetry

 2 8 Higgins, Richard C. (Dick) 3 items

broadsides

 2 9 Mayer, Peter 46 items

photocopies

 2 10 Niccolai, Giulia 2 items

broadsides

 2 11 Ockerse, Tom 10 items

ALS; 9 broadsides

 2 12 "Saga" 1 item

envelope

 2 13 Sky, Allison 1 item

broadsides

 Miscellaneous Editorial Material 2 56 Robertson, Kirk: typescript of article (photocopy) 2 57 Fraher, David J.: typescript, etc. report (photocopy) 2 59 Finlay, Ian Hamilton: concrete poem 2 60 Book-dead file 2 67 Adams, Betsy: poem for WCPR 22 2 67 Calitri, Robin: poem 2 68 Federman, Raymond: prose 2 69 Johnson, Thomas: poems Series 3 Business Records 1 162 Xerox copy of page 6 of a list of available grants in Arts and Humanities: Walt Whitman Award circled 1 item 2 14 West Coast Poetry Review 2 items 2 15 EBSCO 1 item 2 16 F.W. Faxon Co. 5 items 2 17 McGregor Magazine Agency 1 item 2 18 Moore-Cottrell Subscription Agency 1 item 2 19 University Microfilms 5 items 2 20 West Coast Print Center 2 items 2 21 Printer's invoices1973 3 items 2 22 Printer's invoices1974 30 items 2 23 Printer's invoices1975 20 items 2 24 Printer's invoices1976 30 items 2 25 Printer's invoices1977 35 items 2 26 Miscellaneous invoices 2 items 2 27 Receipts for royalty payments 3 items 2 28 Statements of account with First National Bank of Nevada31 Jan. 1974-31 Dec. 1974 2 items 2 29 Cancelled checks and two deposit slips20 Sept. 1973-25 July 1975 and 1976 approx. 97 items 2 30 Basso, Dave: contract for printing, memo of money owed by1976 2 items 2 31 Receipts 3 items 2 58 Copyrights 8 items 2 61 Small Press Book Club (Robert R, Miles)1974-1977 16 items 2 62 NEA assistance to small presses 8 items 2 65 Letter to 51 WCPR contributorsJune 1981 1 item 2 66 Mailing list to 51 WCPR contributors 8 items 2 71 Receipts: Dave's Printing1972-1973 21 items 2 72 Receipts: miscellaneous1972-1973 16 items 2 73-78 Bank statements1972-1977 62 items 3 1-5 Correspondence: includes rejections, subscriber announcements, production samples, etc.mostly 1981 3 6-11 Correspondence with the Coordinating Council of Literary Magazines, accompanied by grant applications, etc.1972-1980 3 22-25 Business material, including invoices and lists of contributorsmostly 1971-1979 3 26-28 Business material, including two ledgers and miscellaneous enclosed loose notes, etc.mostly 1971-1979 3 29-32 Subscription file, reviewer file, dead file