US-RPB-msmaas Guide to the Willard Maas Papers1931-1968 Finding aid prepared by Robert Rosa. Brown University Library
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English 1.25 Linear feet 1931-1968 Includes correspondence, manuscripts, play scripts, film scripts, photographs, drawings, galley proofs, and ephemera of the American poet, experimental filmmaker, editor, and educator Willard Maas, dating from 1931 to 1968. Maas, who was openly bisexual and married to artist and filmmaker Marie Menken, with whom he often collaborated, is especially known for his pioneering avant-garde films, many of which explored homoerotic themes. These films, which were created from the early 1940s to the late 1960s, influenced the work of a number artists from that era, including Kenneth Anger and Andy Warhol; and they continue to garner much critical attention and acclaim by many contemporay scholars, filmmakers, and artists who acknowlege Maas' influential contribution to the history of cinematography. Highlights of this collection include: manuscripts of Maas' poetry; documents associated with the production of Maas' film, Image in the Snow; and correspondence from prominent writers and intellectuals about their views on the poetry of the Beat poets which Maas collected for the inaugural issue of the Wagner Literary Magazine. Maas, Willard Maas (Willard) Papers Biographical note

Willard Maas, a native of California born on June 24, 1906, was a poet, experimental filmmaker, editor and teacher. He attended San Jose College and the University of California before heading east to New York City, around 1934, where he continued to work on his poetry.

In 1937, Maas married New York abstract artist and filmmaker Marie Menken with whom he collaborated on several of his films. Their marriage, often characterized as turbulent and combative, was fraught with a number of conflicts, including issues surrounding Menken's miscarriage for which they blamed each other. Yet they remained married for the rest of their lives and forged an enduring legacy in the world of experimental filmmaking. They were also well-known for their salons, which gathered together many well-known and like-minded artists, writers, filmmakers, and intellectuals of that era. In the mid-1940s, they established a film collective known as The Gryphon Group, which remained active until late 1960s and played a role in the production of films by Maas, Menken and others, including Ben Moore, Charles Boultenhouse, John Hawkins, and Charles Henri Ford. Its lists of associates and collaborators included filmakers Gregory Markopoulos, Stan Brakhage, Norman McLaren, Maya Deren, Kenneth Anger, and Andy Warhol, composer Ben Weber, and the British poet, George Barker.

Maas, who was bisexual and openly engaged in affairs with men, created films which often explored homoerotic themes. They are recognized for their pioneering queer aesthetic by many contemporary academics, and continue to inspire contemporary filmakers and artists. His most noteworthy films include Geography of the Body (1943), Image in the Snow (1943-48), the Mechanics of Love (1955), and Narcissus (1956).

Maas joined the English faculty at Wagner College in 1958. Shortly after, in 1959, he served as faculty advisor of the college’s literary journal, which was then called Nimbus, but renamed by Maas the Wagner Literary Magazine. He launched the newly-titled magazine by featuring a symposium on the Beats, in which Allen Ginsberg, Gregory Corso, and Peter Orlovsky respond to commentary about Beat poetry from well-known writers and intellectuals, including Marianne Moore, Herbert Read, Philp Rahv, Paul Tillich, Lionel Trilling, Robert Lowell, W C Williams, Norman Mailer, e.e. cummings, and Edmund Wilson. He also was an organizer of the New York City Writer's Conference at the college and co-edited an anthology of prose, The Essential Prose, published by Bobbs-Merrill Co. in 1965.

In addition to his films, Maas also published two books of poetry, Fire Testament (1935) and Concerning the Young (1938). Many of his poems were also published in leading American periodicals and anthologies.

He died on January 2, 1971, just four days after the death of Menken.

Sources: Wikipedia, viewed on August 30, 2016 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willard_Maas, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Menken) ; and Myth, Matter, Queerness: the Cinema of Willard Maas, Marie Menken, and the Gryphon Group, 1943-1969 (http://www.mitpressjournals.org/doi/pdf/10.1162/grey.2009.1.36.58)

Collection information

The Willard Maas Papers consist of approximately five hundred letters, manuscripts, galley proofs, photographs, drawings, play scripts, and film scripts from the period 1931-1967.

Series 1, Manuscripts Presented to the Harris Collection, October 1962 is comprised primarily of correspondence, but also includes an assortment of literary manuscripts and galley proofs. The bulk of the correspondence includes business letters from editors of literary journals responding to submissions of poetry by Maas. It also includes an interesting mix of letters from both friends and associates of Maas—some personal, others professional, and often a mixture of the two. The most notable correspondents include George Barker, Maya Deren, J. Ronald Lane Latimer, Ezra Pound, Elizabeth Smart, Robert Penn Warren, and William Carlos Williams. Also notable in this series is an interesting collection of literary manuscripts. It includes: poetry by Maas; a small collection of poetry, plays, and filmscripts by George Barker, including text that he wrote for Maas’ film, The Geography of the Body; and writings by Elizabeth Smart, including her best known work, By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept. Galley proofs of a book that Maas co-edited, The Essential Prose, are also included in this series.

Series 2, Wagner Literary Magazine - Manuscripts and Correspondence Relating to the Spring 1959 Issue, comprises materials associated with the inaugural publication of the Wagner Literary Magazine under Maas’ direction, which featured a symposium of the Beat poets. The documents included here are mostly correspondence from major 20th-century writers and intellectuals in response to Maas’ inquiry about their views on Beat poetry. It includes a copy of Maas’ original letter of inquiry and letters from such dignitaries as George Barker, Gregory Corso, Allen Ginsberg, Marianne Moore, Paul Tillich, Lionel Trilling and William Carlos Williams. This series also includes scattered poetry manuscripts that were enclosed within some of the correspondence, including poems by Gregory Corso and Mina Loy.

Among the most notable materials in Series 3 and 4, Additional Manuscripts (Groups 1 and 2) is a set of manuscripts relating to the production of Maas’ film, Image in the Snow. This set includes commentary, a film script, a music script, and directorial notes about the planning of this film.

Although Brown University has physical ownership of the collection and the materials contained therein, it does not claim literary rights. Researchers should note that compliance with copyright law is their responsibility. Researchers must determine the owners of the literary rights and obtain any necessary permissions from them.

There are no restrictions on access, except that the collection can only be seen by prior appointment. Some materials may be stored off-site and cannot be produced on the same day on which they are requested.

Willard Maas Papers, Ms. Maas, Brown University Library.

The collection is divided into 4 series. The items in each series are arranged alphabetically.

Series 1. Manuscripts Presented to the Harris Collection, October 1962 Series 2. Wagner Literary Magazine - Manuscripts and Correspondence Relating to the Spring 1959 Issue Series 3. Additional Manuscripts (Group 1) presented November 1969 Series 4. Additional Manuscripts (Group 2) presented September 1975

Administrative information

The Willard Maas Papers were a gift of Willard Maas and Marie Menken in October 1962. Additional materials were received in November 1969 and September 1975. The galley proof of "The Essential Prose" by Maas was a gift in 1985 from Adele Menken (A85-317).

 Additional information

See also: Maas, Willard. Contributions to magazines, 1933-1951. 2-SIZE 1926 MA119co, Harris Collection, John Hay Library, Brown University Willard Maas Collection, Harry Ransom Center, University of Texas at Austin

Brown University Library catalog record for this collection: Willard Maas Papers

Names Barker, George, 1913-1991 Corso, Gregory Cummings, E. E. (Edward Estlin), 1894-1962 Ginsberg, Allen, 1926-1997 Gryphon Productions. Lowell, Robert, 1917-1977 Loy, Mina Maas, Willard Menken, Marie, 1909-1970 Moore, Marianne, 1887-1972 Pound, Ezra, 1885-1972 Sitwell, Edith, Dame, 1887-1964 Smart, Elizabeth, 1913-1986 Warren, Robert Penn, 1905- Subjects American literature--20th century Artists--United States--20th century Beat generation Bisexuals--United States--20th century College teachers--United States--20th century Dramatists--20th centry Motion picture producers and directors--United States--20th century Poets, American--20th century Queer theory Occupations Poets Types of Materials Correspondence Drawings Galley proofs Manuscripts Photographs Plays Screenplays RIAMCO Browsing Term Language and Literature Manuscripts presented to the Harris Collection, October 1962 Series 1 1931-1966 Alcestis Press 1 1 1935-1937 Scope and Contents note

Eight prospectuses and other ephemera

 Barker, George - The Degradation of Guatemozin 1 2 1.0 leaf, 42 pages n.d. Scope and Contents note

Typed playscript. Possibly produced on the B.B.C. Appears to be incomplete.

 Barker, George - Dido and Aeneas 1 3 13.0 pages n.d. Scope and Contents note

1 hand-written manuscript of a filmscript. Never produced

 Barker, George - Geography of the Body 1 3A 1.0 page ca. 1943 Scope and Contents note

1 typed manuscript of commentary by Barker, dictated by telephone, 5/2/59, for the experimental film directed and produced by Maas.

 Barker, George - Hanlon Omega or the Insurrection 1 4 33.0 pages 1939 Scope and Contents note

Typed manuscript of a play, with some corrections in Barker's hand, in wrappers. Produced on the B.B.C.

 Barker, George - Sacred Elegies 1 5 24.0 pages n.d Scope and Contents note

Typed manuscript with a few corrections in Barker's hand

 Barker, George - Miscellaneous manuscript verse 1 6 ca. 1943-1944 Scope and Contents note

6 typed pages, 17 pages in holograph, 1 pencil drawing, and 3 corrected galley proofs from "The Sacred Elegies"; 2 folded autograph sheets "Notes for a film.

 Barker, George - Drawings 1 7 n.d. Scope and Contents note

33 ink drawings in 6 notebooks and 3 ink drawings on a separate sheet

 Barker, George - Correspondence 1 8 29.0 pages ca. 1942-1948 Scope and Contents note

1 typed letter, 1 autograph post card , 1 telegram, 1 autograph letter, 6 autograph letters signed, 3 typed letters signed

 Benét, William Rose 1 9 9.0 pages 1945-1947 Scope and Contents note

1 autograph letter signed, 1 telegram, 6 typed letters signed, one typed sheet regarding William Rose Benet film

 Bishop, John Peale - "Picasso: A Divigation" 1 10 27.0 pages ca. 1933 Scope and Contents note

Signed typescript of an essay, with some additions and corrections in Bishop's hand. Many passages resemble those in "The Passion of Pablo Picasso," The Collected Essays of John Peale Bishop, ed. Edmund Wilson (New York, 1948), pp. 191-201

 Bogan, Louise 1 11 2.0 pages 1945 Scope and Contents note

2 typed letters signed

 Breit, Harvey - "October 1917" 1 12 3.0 pages ca. 1940 Scope and Contents note

Typed poem, 1 autograph letter signed

 Brinnin, John Malcolm 1 13 1.0 page 1945 Nov 11 Scope and Contents note

1 typed letter signed

 Burnshaw, Stanley 1 14 1.0 page 1934 Jun 11 Scope and Contents note

1 typed letter signed

 Conroy, Jack 1 15 1.0 page 1933 May 25 Scope and Contents note

1 typed post card signed

 Creekmore, Hubert 1 16 1.0 page 1945 Oct 16 Scope and Contents note

1 typed letter signed

 Damon, Samuel Foster - "Introduction" to Willard Mass and correspondence 1 17 2.0 pages 1934-1948 Scope and Contents note

Fire Testament, (The Alcestis Press, 1935). Page proofs, 2 pp.; typescript, 2 pp; and 4 typed letters signed

 Davis, George 1 18 1.0 page 1945 Scope and Contents note

1 typed letter signed and 1 telegram

 De Jong, David C. 1 19 1934 Nov 15 Scope and Contents note

1 typescript signed letter.

 De Vries, Peter 1 20 2.0 pages 1941, 1945 Scope and Contents note

2 typed letters signed

 Deren, Maya 1 21 1.0 page ca. 1940 Scope and Contents note

1 typed letter signed

 Derwood, Gene 1 21A 1944 Sep 23, n.d. Scope and Contents note

3 typed letters signed. 1 dated which includes inscription from Oscar Williams.

 Eberhart, Richard 1 22 1.0 page 1941 Jul 24 Scope and Contents note

1 typed letter signed

 Evans, Luther H. 1 23 2.0 page 1945 May 31, 1945 Jun 6 Scope and Contents note

2 typed letters signed

 Field, Sara Bard 1 24 1937-1941, n.d. Scope and Contents note

4 typescript signed letters.

 Friend, Robert 1 25 1.0 page 1947 May 30 Scope and Contents note

1 typed letter signed

 Hay, John 1 26 1.0 page ca. 1945 Scope and Contents note

1 typed letter signed

 Hemley, Cecil - The Voyagers 1 27 29.0 pages ca. 1955 Scope and Contents note

Carbon copy of 24 poems inscribed "This copy for Maris [Mass] With affection, Cecil."

 Hudeburg, Charles 1 28 1.0 page 1939 Mar 4 Scope and Contents note

1 typed letter

 Johns, Orick 1 29 2.0 pages 1931 Aug 27 Scope and Contents note

1 autographed letter signed

 Kees, Weldon 1 30 1.0 page 1938 Nov 10 Scope and Contents note

1 typed postcard signed

 Larsson, Raymond E. F. 1 31 3.0 pages ca. 1944-1945 Scope and Contents note

1 typed letter signed, 1 typed postcard signed

 Latimer, James Ronald Lane 2 1 62.0 pages ca. 1934-1935 Scope and Contents note

21 autographed letters signed, 1 typed postcard signed, 2 autographed postcards signed, 3 typed letters signed

 Laughlin, James 2 2 9.0 pages 1947-1950 Scope and Contents note

3 typed letters signed, 3 typed letters, 3 typed postcards, and 1 clipping

 Lechlitner, Ruth 2 3 2.0 pages 1934-1941, n.d. Scope and Contents note

Carbon copies of drafts of "Clinical Prescription," and of part "IV" [of "This Body Politic"],Tomorrow's Phoenix, (Alcestic Press, 1937); also 6 typed letters signed, 1 autographed postcard.

 Loveman, Amy 2 4 2.0 pages 1945 May 9 Scope and Contents note

2 typed letters signed

 Maas, Willard - Poems 2 5 73.0 pages ca. 1938 Scope and Contents note

Typescripts and carbon copies of 47 poems, 24 of which appear in his Concerning The Young. (Farrar and Rinehart, Inc., New York, 1983). 7 poems are present in several drafts.

 Maas, Willard - Letters 2 6 2.0 pages ca. 1935 Scope and Contents note

3 typed letters, 2 from Maas to R. Lechtiner, 1 from Maas to Ceres [A. Porter?].

 Maas, Willard - Notebook, Calendar, Scattered Notes 2 7 n.d. Scope and Contents note

1 notebook with handwritten entries by W. Maas; 1 calendar of events (for the Poetry Center, NYC); and 7 pages of scattered handwritten notes.

 Maas, Willard - Lists of volumes and magazines presented to the Harris Collection by Maas 2 8 ca. 1962 Scope and Contents note

Comprised of two typed bibliographies of materials presented to the Harris Collection by W. Mass: list of volumes (3 leaves); and list of periodicals (2 leaves).

 Maas, Willard - The Essential Prose, corrected typescript (pages 1-130) 4 1 ca. 1965-1966 Scope and Contents note

Galley proofs with corrections of The Essential Prose. Edited by Dorothy Bendon Van Ghent and Willard Maas and published by Bobbs-Merrill Co. in 1965.

 Maas, Willard - The Essential Prose, corrected typescript (pages 131-244) 4 2 ca. 1965-1966 Scope and Contents note

Galley proofs with corrections of The Essential Prose. Edited by Dorothy Bendon Van Ghent and Willard Maas and published by Bobbs-Merrill Co. in 1965.

 Maas, Willard - The Essential Prose, corrected typescript (pages 245-442) 4 3 ca. 1965-1966 Scope and Contents note

Galley proofs with corrections of The Essential Prose. Edited by Dorothy Bendon Van Ghent and Willard Maas and published by Bobbs-Merrill Co. in 1965.

 Maas, Willard - The Essential Prose, corrected typescript (pages 443-655) 4 4 ca. 1965-1966 Scope and Contents note

Galley proofs with corrections of The Essential Prose. Edited by Dorothy Bendon Van Ghent and Willard Maas and published by Bobbs-Merrill Co. in 1965.

 Maas, Willard - The Essential Prose, corrected typescript (pages 656-804) 4 5 ca. 1965-1966 Scope and Contents note

Galley proofs with corrections of The Essential Prose. Edited by Dorothy Bendon Van Ghent and Willard Maas and published by Bobbs-Merrill Co. in 1965.

 Maas, Willard - The Essential Prose, corrected typescript (pages 805-927) 4 6 ca. 1965-1966 Scope and Contents note

Galley proofs with corrections of The Essential Prose. Edited by Dorothy Bendon Van Ghent and Willard Maas and published by Bobbs-Merrill Co. in 1965.

 Maas, Willard - The Essential Prose, Galley proofs (pages 1-75) 4 7 ca. 1965-1966 Scope and Contents note

Galley proofs with corrections of The Essential Prose. Edited by Dorothy Bendon Van Ghent and Willard Maas and published by Bobbs-Merrill Co. in 1965.

 Maas, Willard - The Essential Prose, Galley proofs (pages 76-111) 4 8 ca. 1965-1966 Scope and Contents note

Galley proofs with corrections of The Essential Prose. Edited by Dorothy Bendon Van Ghent and Willard Maas and published by Bobbs-Merrill Co. in 1965.

 Maas, Willard - The Essential Prose, Galley proofs (pages 112-249) 4 9 ca. 1965-1966 Scope and Contents note

Galley proofs with corrections of The Essential Prose. Edited by Dorothy Bendon Van Ghent and Willard Maas and published by Bobbs-Merrill Co. in 1965.

 Macleish, Archibald 2 9 1.0 page 1941 Apr 11 Scope and Contents note

1 typed copy of a letter.

 Mansfield, Margery 2 10 1.0 page 1935 May Scope and Contents note

1 typed letter signed

 Miller, Arthur 2 11 1.0 page 1956 Jul 12 Scope and Contents note

1 typed letter

 Miller, Fred 2 11a 1.0 page 1933 April 25 Scope and Contents note

1 typed letter

 Mills, Clark 2 12 1.0 page 1941 May 11 Scope and Contents note

1 typed letter signed

 Monroe, Harriet 2 13 4.0 pages 1931-1933 Scope and Contents note

2 typed postcards signed, 1 autographed postcard signed

 Moss, Stanley 2 14 1.0 page 1949 Jul 9 Scope and Contents note

1 typed letter signed

 Nemerov, Howard 2 15 2.0 pages [1947]-1962 Scope and Contents note

1 typed letter signed, 1 typed postcard signed

 Ney, Lew 2 15a circa 1933 Scope and Contents note

Galley proof (7 pages) for a publication by Lew Ney (pseudonym for Luther Emanuel Widen) which includes 9 poems: The Hour of Lateness by James Neugass; The Poet and the Body Politic by Ruth Lechlitner; The Strong Man of Luxury by Harold Rosenberg; Neginoth by Robert Scales-Whittington; Fine Work with Pitch and Copper by William Carlos Williams; Child and Mother by Muriel Rukeyser; In the New York Public Library by Isidor Schneider; Three Poems by John Wheelwright; Season for Action by Willard Maas.

 Nutt, Howard 2 16 14.0 pages 1940-1941 Scope and Contents note

1 autographed letter signed, 6 typed letters signed

 O'Donnell, George Marion 2 17 7.0 pages 1946-1947 Scope and Contents note

2 autographed letters signed, 2 typed letters signed

 Plant, Richard 2 18 1.0 page 1945 Jun 25 Scope and Contents note

1 typed letter signed

 Pound, Ezra 2 19 6.0 pages ca. 1954-1955 Scope and Contents note

3 typed letters signed and 2 typed letters, all with additions and corrections in Pound's hand

 Putman, James 2 20 6.0 pages 1941 Scope and Contents note

5 typed letters signed

 Quinn, Kerker 2 21 2.0 pages 1940 Nov 14 Scope and Contents note

1 typed letter signed, 1 typed postcard signed

 Robinson, Dinah Forbes 2 22 3.0 pages 1942-1947 Scope and Contents note

2 typed letters signed, 1 typed letter

 Rosenberg, Harold 2 23 1.0 page 1934 Dec 28 Scope and Contents note

1 typed letters signed

 Rothbard, Lorraine 2 24 2.0 pages 1949, u.d. Scope and Contents note

2 typed letter signed

 Rukeyser, Muriel 2 25 2.0 pages 1935 Jul 10, n.d. Scope and Contents note

2 typed letters signed

 Schacht, Marshall 2 26 1.0 page 1942 Jul 9 Scope and Contents note

1 typed letter signed

 Schneider, Isidor 2 27 4.0 pages 1935 Scope and Contents note

4 typed letters signed

 Seldes, Gilbert 2 28 1.0 page 1945 Sep 14 Scope and Contents note

1 typed letter signed

 Semsel, George 2 29 1963 Scope and Contents note

1 typed manuscript (essay on the Beat Generation by G. Semsel) and 1 typed letter signed (from Maas to Roger E. Stoddard).

 Smart, Elizabeth - Letter and biographical note 2 30 1951 Oct 3, n.d. Scope and Contents note

1 autographed letter signed and 1 typed biographical note (attributed to R. E. Stoddard)

 Smart, Elizabeth - The Escort (poem) 2 31 3.0 pages n.d. Scope and Contents note

Typescript of a poem, 2 copies.

 Smart, Elizabeth - By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept (Prose) 2 32 75.0 pages ca. 1940 Scope and Contents note

1 typescript bound volume (handmade with decorative cover) with a few corrections in author's hand

 Smart, Elizabeth - Notebook 2 33 n.d. Scope and Contents note

1 notebook (118 pages) with label "Elizabeth Smart" affixed to page 1. Pages are mostly blank, with the exception of 3 pages in the author's hand.

 Spender, Stephen 3 1 1.0 page ca. 1935 Scope and Contents note

Copy in Latimer's hand, of a letter to him from Spender's secretary (Mrs. Gardner)

 Stamos, Theodoros 3 2 4.0 pages n.d. Scope and Contents note

1 autographed illustrated letter signed from Stamos.

 Stevens, Wallace - Ideas of Order 3 3 65.0 pages 1935 Scope and Contents note

Corrected page proofs. (Alcestis Press, 1935).

 Tate, Allen 3 4 1.0 page 1945 May 22 Scope and Contents note

1 typed letter signed

 Thoma, Richard 3 5 1.0 page 1934 Dec 7 Scope and Contents note

1 typed letter signed

 Van Doren, Irita 3 6 2.0 page 1933-1936 Scope and Contents note

2 typed letters signed

 Van Vechten, Carl 3 7 2.0 page 1961 Scope and Contents note

2 typed letters signed

 Warren, Robert Penn 3 8 2.0 pages 1945 Scope and Contents note

2 typed letters signed

 Wheelwright, John Brooks 3 9 4.0 pages ca. 1935 Scope and Contents note

2 autographed letters signed

 Widen, Luther Emanuel - See: Ney, Lew Williams, Oscar 3 10 4.0 pages 1940, n.d. Scope and Contents note

2 typed letters signed, 1 typed postcard, 1 typed postcard signed

 Williams, William Carlos - "An Early Martyr, and other poems" 3 11 71.0 pages 1935-1952 Scope and Contents note

Corrected page proofs (The Alcestis Press, 1935); 2 typed signed letters from Williams to Mass and S. Foster Damon respectively; and 1 typed letter from Damon to Williams.

 Wilson, T. C. 3 12 1.0 page 1934 Nov 9 Scope and Contents note

1 autographed letter signed

 Wood, Sarah Bard Field - See: Field, Sara Bard 9.0 pages Scope and Contents note

1 autograph letter; 2 typed letters signed; 1 typed letter signed with enclosure

 Miscellaneous unidentified material 3 13 1933-1959 Scope and Contents note

2 pages of autographed notes, 5 typed letterd, 1typed manuscript, 1 envelope.

 Wagner Literary Magazine - Manuscripts and Correspondence Relating to the Spring 1959 Issue presented to Harris Collection, October 1962 Series 2 1959-1961 Aldan, Daisy 3 14 4.0 pages n.d. Scope and Contents note

Autographed manuscript, dictated over telephone and recorded by George Semsel.

 Backmeyer, P. W. 3 14 1.0 page 1959 Jun 1959 Scope and Contents note

1 typed letter signed

 Baldrige, Letitia 3 14 1961 Apr 11 Scope and Contents note

1 typed letter signed by Baldrige, social secretary of Jacqueline Kenney.

 Barker, George 3 14 1959 May 2 Scope and Contents note

1 typed sheet dictated on phone to M. Maas.

 Bewley, Marius 3 14 1.0 page n.d. Scope and Contents note

1 typed sheet, printed on pages 20-21

 Bogan, Louise 3 14 1.0 page 1961 Apr 11 Scope and Contents note

1 autographed postcard signed

 Brown, Francis 3 14 1.0 page 1961 Mar 13 Scope and Contents note

1 typed letter signed

 Buckley, William F. Jr. 3 14 1.0 page 1959 Jun 26 Scope and Contents note

1 typed letter signed

 Cecil, Lord David 3 14 2.0 pages 1959 Apr 25 Scope and Contents note

1 typed letter signed, printed on pages 21-22

 Corso, Gregory 3 14 5.0 pages n.d. Scope and Contents note

1 autographed letter signed, with illustrations by Corso.

 Corso, Gregory 3 14 n.d. Scope and Contents note

1 typed letter signed, printed on pages 30-31.

 Corso, Gregory 3 14 1.0 page 1959 May 21 Scope and Contents note

1 typed postcard

 cummings, e. e. 3 14 1.0 page 1959 May 5 Scope and Contents note

1 typed letter signed, printed on page 29

 Damon, Foster S. 3 14 1.0 page n.d. Scope and Contents note

1 autographed sheet, dictated over the telephone, printed on pages 25-26

 Damon, Foster S. 3 14 1.0 page 1961 Mar 12 Scope and Contents note

1 typed letter signed

 Davidson, Gustav 3 14 1.0 page 1959 Jun 9 Scope and Contents note

1 typed letter signed

 Empey, Lamar T. 3 14 2.0 pages 1959 Scope and Contents note

2 typed letters signed

 Farfalla, Angelica 3 14 1.0 page 1959 Jun 24 Scope and Contents note

1 typed letter

 Gallo, Gene J. 3 14 1.0 page n.d. Scope and Contents note

1 typed letter signed

 Ginsberg, Allen 3 14 3.0 pages 1959 Sep Scope and Contents note

Carbon copy of a draft of "Letter to a Lacklove Critic: on Kerouac's Old Angel Midnight," corrected in Ginsberg's hand

 Ginsberg, Allen 3 14 1961 Scope and Contents note

2 autographed postcards in Ginberg's hand.

 Last, Martin 3 14 1.0 page 1960 Jan 12 Scope and Contents note

1 typed letter signed

 Laughlin, James 3 14 1.0 page 1959 Jun 15 Scope and Contents note

1 typed letter signed

 Lowell, Robert 3 14 1.0 page 1959 Apr 14 Scope and Contents note

1 typed letter signed, printed on page 24

 Lowry, Robert 3 14 1.0 page 1961 Mar 18 Scope and Contents note

1 typed letter signed

 Loy, Mina 3 14 3.0 pages ca. 1959 Scope and Contents note

2 manuscripts, drafts, and 1 typed draft of a poem "Aviators Eyes" (printed on page 540; and 1 invitation to a Loy reading).

 Maas, Willard 3 14 1959 Apr 17 Scope and Contents note

Carbon copy of original letter sent by Maas to writers and critics soliciting opinion on the Spring 1959 issue

 Mailer, Norman 3 14 1959 Apr 25 Scope and Contents note

1 typed letter, written for Mailer by Mailer's secretary, Barbara Atson

 Maniscaleo, A. 3 14 1.0 page n.d. Scope and Contents note

1 typed letter signed

 Maritain, Professor Jacques 3 14 1959 Apr 20 Scope and Contents note

1 typed letter, written for Maritain by his secretary, Cornelia N. Borgerhoff.

 Marshall, Margaret 3 14 1.0 page 1959 Jun 24 Scope and Contents note

1 typed letter signed

 Mocko, Suzanne 3 14 1.0 page n.d. Scope and Contents note

Autograph manuscript poem "Jungle Inheritance," with charcoal illustration. Printed on page 36.

 Moore, Marianne 3 14 1.0 page 1959 Apr 14 Scope and Contents note

1 typed letter signed, partially reproduced on page 18

 Moore, Marianne 3 14 2.0 pages 1959, 1961 Scope and Contents note

1 typed letter signed, 1 autographed postcard signed

 Niebuhr, Reinhold 3 14 1.0 page 1959 Apr 20 Scope and Contents note

1 typed letter signed

 O'Connell, ____? 3 14 1.0 page 1959 Jun 20 Scope and Contents note

1 typed letter

 O'Gorman, Ned 3 14 1.0 page n.d. Scope and Contents note

1 typed letter signed

 Peck, George A. 3 14 1.0 page 1959 Sep 25 Scope and Contents note

1 typed letter signed

 Pope, Willard B. 3 14 1.0 page 1961 Mar 16 Scope and Contents note

1 typed letter signed

 Rahv, Philip 3 14 1.0 page 1959 Apr 21 Scope and Contents note

1 typed letter signed, prtinted on page 20

 Read, Sir Herbert 3 14 5.0 pages 1959 Apr 30 Scope and Contents note

1 telegram, printed on pages 18-19

 Read, Sir Herbert 3 14 2.0 pages 1959 Scope and Contents note

2 typed letters signed

 Resnick, Nathan 3 14 4.0 pages 1959 Jun 9 Scope and Contents note

Carbon copies of a poem, "From San Francisco to Greenwich Village-isco," 1 typed letter, 1 handwritten letter

 Roosevelt, Eleanor 3 14 1.0 page 1959 Jun 10 Scope and Contents note

1 typed letter signed

 Sanburg, Carl 3 14 1.0 page n.d. Scope and Contents note

1 autographed letter signed, printed on pages 29-30

 Shapiro, Meyer 3 14 1.0 page 1961 Mar 11 Scope and Contents note

1 autographed postcard signed

 Schiffman, Joseph 3 14 1.0 page 1959 Jul 7 Scope and Contents note

1 typed letter signed

 Shepherd, Jean 3 14 1.0 page 1961 Apr 3 Scope and Contents note

1 typed letter signed

 Sitwell, Edith (Dame) 3 14 4.0 pages 1959 Apr 26 Scope and Contents note

1 autographed letter signed

 Sullivan, A. M. 3 14 1.0 page 1961 Feb 2 Scope and Contents note

1 typed letter signed

 Tillich, Paul 3 14 1.0 page 1959 Apr 21 Scope and Contents note

1 typed letter signed

 Trilling, Lionel 3 14 1.0 page 1959 Apr 17 Scope and Contents note

1 typed letter signed, printed on pages 23-24

 Troy, William 3 14 1.0 page 1959 May 2 Scope and Contents note

1 typed letter signed, printed on page 26

 Troy, William 3 14 1.0 page ca. 1959 Scope and Contents note

1 typed letter signed

 Tyler, Parker 3 14 1.0 page ca. 1959 Scope and Contents note

Manuscript poem, "From a Baroque Summer." Printed on page 58.

 Tyler, Parker 3 14 2.0 pages 1959 Scope and Contents note

2 typed letters signed.

 Van Ghent, Dorothy 3 14 2.0 pages ca. 1959 Scope and Contents note

1 typed letter signed, printed on pages 27-28

 Wagner, Alvin 3 14 1.0 page 1959 Jun 26 Scope and Contents note

1 autographed letter signed

 White, Emil 3 14 1.0 page 1959 Apr 15 Scope and Contents note

1 autographed letter signed on behalf of Henry Miller.

 Williams, William Carlos 3 14 1.0 page 1959 Apr 15 Scope and Contents note

1 typed letter signed (partially reproduced on page 24-25); 1 typed letter signed; 2 typed postcards (1 signed)

 Wilson, Edmund 3 14 1.0 page ca. 1959 Scope and Contents note

1 typed letter, printed on page 29

 Wright, Ellen 3 14 1.0 page 1959 May 2 Scope and Contents note

1 typed letter signed (written in behalf of Richard Wright)

 Young, Tom 3 14 1959 Scope and Contents note

Seven ink drawings, portraits, of which 3 are reproduced on pages 55, 57, 59.

 Zukofsky, Louis 3 14 1.0 page 1959 Scope and Contents note

Manuscript poem, "1959 Valentine," printed on page 56

 Zukofsky, Louis 3 14 2.0 pages 1959 Scope and Contents note

2 autographed letters signed

 Photographs 3 14 1959 Scope and Contents note

2 photographs of Willard Maas and his beat writers

 Drawing 3 14 1.0 page 1959 Scope and Contents note

1 ink drawing, reproduced on page 37. Artist unknown.

 Additional Manuscripts (Group 1) presented November 1969 Series 3 1933-1965 Maas, Willard to Davidson, Arthur O. (President of Wagner College) 3 15 1.0 page 1963 May 6 Scope and Contents note

Typed letter (copy)

 Maas, Willard - Image in the Snow, Commentary 3 16 1.0 page 1943-1948 Scope and Contents note

Typed manuscript, first version.

 Maas, Willard - Image in the Snow, Script 3 17 11.0 pages 1943-1948 Scope and Contents note

Typed manuscript, with handwritten edits and marginalia.

 Maas, Willard - Image in the Snow, Breakdown by frame and footage 3 18 10.0 pages 1943-1948 Scope and Contents note

Typed manuscript, with maginalia.

 Maas, Willard - Image in the Snow, Scenes 3 19 11.0 pages 1943-1948 Scope and Contents note

Typed manuscript, with handwritten edits and maginalia.

 Maas, Willard - Image in the Snow, Music script 3 20 4.0 pages 1943-1948 Scope and Contents note

Typed manuscript. 2 copies, one with marginalia.

 Latimer, James Ronald Lane - Photograph 3 21 1.0 item n.d. Scope and Contents note

1 black & white studio portrait of Latimer with inscription on back: James Ronald Lane Latimer, Publisher of Alcestis Editions - By Willard Maas."

 X by X (Wagner College Magazine) 3 22 23.0 pages Spring 1963 Scope and Contents note

Typed manuscript of "X by X", published by students of Wagner College. With handwritten edits.

 Additional Manuscripts (Group 2) presented September 1975 Series 4 1936-1968 Berrigan, Ted, 1934 - In honor of Foster Damon on the occasion of a celebration at Brown University, February 23d, 1968, commemorating his 70th Birthday [poem] 3 23 1968 Scope and Contents note

2 typed drafts with manuscript annotations and corrections.

 Maas, Willard, 1911-1971 - Literary vita, Clippings 3 24 1.0 page [1936?] Scope and Contents note

1 typed manuscript of Maas' literary vita. And numerous newspaper and magazine clippings of reviews of Maas' books of poetry and other works he was associated with.

 Pearce, Charles A., 1906- "New York" 3 25 1.0 page 1938 September 9 Scope and Contents note

Typed letter signed w/ enc. Enclosure: The Holliday book shop circular.