Donald Finkel Papers (MSS045), 1947-1983 | MSS Manuscripts

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Collection Overview

Title: Donald Finkel Papers (MSS045), 1947-1983

ID: MSS/MSS/045

Primary Creator: Donald Finkel, 1929-

Extent: 51.0 Boxes

Languages: English

Scope and Contents of the Materials

The Donald Finkel Papers include his extensive research materials, journals, notes, and heavily revised manuscripts. A large collection of editorial matter toward all of his books and a small, yet revealing professional correspondence with editors and literary colleagues completes the Finkel Papers.

Collection Historical Note

Donald Finkel was an American poet best known for his unorthodox styles. Finkel wrote his poetry in free verse, juxtaposing different subjects against each other. Some of his poetry was extremely lengthy, with single pieces filling a volume. He strayed from abstraction and used common language in his writing. Finkel would interlace his poetry with sections taken from a wide range of works, including the writings of authors including Lenny Bruce, Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd, Albert Camus and Franz Kafka.

Born in New York, Finkel attended Columbia University, where he was awarded a bachelor's degree in philosophy in 1952 and a master's degree in English in 1953. Most of his teaching career has been at Washington University where he helped develop the Writers' Program with his wife, Constance Urdang, but he has also taught at the University of Iowa, Bard College, and Bennington College. Finkel was the poet-in-residence emeritus at Washington University until his death.

Some of Finkel's best-known poems include Answer Back (1968) about Mammoth Cave, Adequate Earth (1972) book of poems about Antarctica, and his 1987 work The Wake of the Electron (1987) which was inspired by the story of sailor Donald Crowhurst, who died in 1969 while competing in the Sunday Times Golden Globe Race. Finkel was sent to Antarctica in 1968, as part of a scientific expedition sponsored by the National Science Foundation to send artists to Antarctica. The subject appeared in his 1978 book, Endurance: An Antarctic Idyll.

The 14 books of poetry and other works he published include Simeon (1964), A Joyful Noise (1966), The Garbage Wars (1970), A Mote in Heaven’s Eye (1975), Endurance: An Antarctic Idyll (1978), Going Under (1978), What Manner of Beast (1981) and Not So the Chairs: Selected and New Poems (2003). He translated A Splintered Mirror: Chinese Poetry From the Democracy Movement with Carolyn Kizer, which was published in 1991.

Administrative Information

Repository: MSS Manuscripts

Access Restrictions: Open

Use Restrictions:

Users of the collection must read and agree to abide by the rules and procedures set forth in the Materials Use Policies.

Providing access to materials does not constitute permission to publish or otherwise authorize use. All publication not covered by fair use or other exceptions is restricted to those who have permission of the copyright holder, which may or may not be Washington University.

If you wish to publish or license Special Collections materials, please contact Special Collections to inquire about copyright status at (314) 935-5495 or spec@wumail.wustl.edu. (Publish means quotation in whole or in part in seminar or term papers, theses or dissertations, journal articles, monographs, books, digital forms, photographs, images, dramatic presentations, transcriptions, or any other form prepared for a limited or general public.)

Preferred Citation: Name of the Collection, Washington University Libraries, Department of Special Collections

Other Note: Additional material was added to the Donld Finkel Papers in 2008, not yet listed on this finding aid. Please contact the Manuscript Department for more information.

Box and Folder Listing

Browse by Series:

[Series G1-1: Correspondence, 1953-1983],
[Series G1-2: Poems],
[Series G1-3: Miscellaneous Manuscripts],
[Series G1-4: Material toward The Clothing's New Emperor],
[Series G1-5: Material toward Simeon],
[Series G1-6: Material toward A Joyful Noise],
[Series G1-7: Material toward Answer Back],
[Series G1-8: Material toward Garbage Wars],
[Series G1-9: Material toward Adequate Earth],
[Series G1-10: Material toward A Mote in Heaven's Eye],
[Series G1-11: Material towards Going Under/Endurance],
[Series G1-12: Material toward What Manner of Beast],
[Series G1-13: Miscellaneous],
[Series G1-14: Printed Material],
[Series G2-1: Correspondence],
[Series G2-2: Poems],
[Series G2-3: Miscellaneous Manuscript],
[Series G2-4: Material toward Simeon],
[Series G2-5: Material toward A Joyful Noise],
[Series G2-6: Material toward Answer Back],
[Series G2-7: Material toward Garbage Wars],
[Series G2-8: Material toward Adequate Earth],
[Series G2-9: Material toward A Mote in Heaven's Eye],
[Series G2-10: Material toward Going Under/Endurance],
[Series G2-11: Material toward What Manner of Beast],
[Series G2-12: Material toward The Detachable Man],
[Series G2-13: Material toward Selected Shorter Poems],
[Series G2-14: Material toward The Wake of the Electron],
[Series G2-15: Material toward A Splintered Mirror],
[Series G2-16: Material toward Beyond Despair],
[Series G2-17: Miscellaneous],
[Series G2-18: Little Magazines With Contributions by Donald Finkel or Constance Urdang],
[Series G2-19: Little Magazines Without Contributions by Donald Finkel or Constance Urdang],
[Series G2-20: Realia],
[All]

Series G1-1: Correspondence, 1953-1983

Consists of professional, personal and business correspondence. Correspondence is listed alphabetically in the finding aid, but is physically arranged chronologically.

Sub-Series G1-1.1: General Correspondence, 1961-1983

Consists of personal and professional correspondence. Physically arranged chronologically.

Box 1

Folder 1-6

Item 1: Bell, Marvin Hartley, No date: 1 item
Item 2: Bly, Robert Elwood, 1961: 1 item
Item 3: Booth, Philip E., 1973: 1 item
Item 4: Bullis, Jerald Leroy, 1975: 1 item
Item 5: Clewell, David, 1981: 1 item
Item 6: Croce, Benedetto, 1972: 1 item
Item 7: Cutler, Bruce, 1979: 1 item
Item 8: Dickey, James, 1962: 1 item
Item 9: Dubie, Norman Evans, 1970: 1 item
Item 10: Edson, Russell, No date; 1961-1963: 8 items. Included 1 item to Constance Urdang, 1963.
Item 11: Eigner, Larry, 1972-1975: 6 items
Item 12: Elliott, George P., 1968: 1 item
Item 13: Engle, Paul Hamilton, 1972-1977: 2 items
Item 14: Everwine, Peter Paul, No date; 1961-1973: 6 items. Includes 6 items to Constance Urdang, 1961.
Item 15: Fox, Siv Cedering, No date; 1976: 2 items
Item 16: Gafford, Charlotte H., 1967: 1 item
Item 17: Galler, David, 1960-1961: 3 items
Item 18: Gardner, Joan, 1961: 1 item
Item 19: Gardner, John Champlin, No date, 1968: 2 items
Item 20: Garst, Tom, 1972: 1 item
Item 21: Goedicke, Patricia McKenna, 1978: 1 item
Item 22: Hadas, Pamela White, 1981: 1 item
Item 23: Halperin, Mark, No date; 1977: 3 items
Item 24: Halpern, Daniel, 1973: 1 item
Item 25: Harper, Michael Steven, 1972: 2 items
Item 26: Hartman, Charles O., 1981: 1 item
Item 27: Hecht, Anthony Evan, 1972: 1 item
Item 28: Hoffman, Daniel G., 1963-1979: 11 items
Item 29: Holden, Jonathan, 1972: 1 item
Item 30: Howard, Richard, 1966-1972: 3 items
Item 31: Kemp, Lysander Schaffer, 1960-1969: 3 items
Item 32: Kennedy, X. J., No date; 1966-1970: 3 items
Item 33: Kizer, Carolyn Ashley, 1965-1967: 3 items
Item 34: Levertov, Denise, No date: 1 item
Item 35: Levine, Philip, No date; 1972-1982: 18 items
Item 36: Marten, Harry Neil, 1978-1981: 2 items
Item 37: Merwin, William Stanley, No date; 1960-1972: 4 items
Item 38: Nemerov, Howard, 1975-1979: 2 items
Item 39: Parker, Stephen, 1968: 1 item
Item 40: Perlberg, Mark, 1983: 1 item
Item 41: Ryan, Rick M., 1977-1979: 5 items
Item 42: Shapiro, Karl Jay, 1965: 1 item
Item 43: Simic, Charles, 1972: 1 item
Item 44: Simpson, Peter Lawton, 1970: 1 item
Item 45: Skinner, Knute Ramsey, 1966-1969: 2 items
Item 46: Smith, Philip M., 1970: 1 item
Item 47: Snyder, Gary, 1971: 1 item
Item 48: Sobin, Anthony, 1976: 1 item
Item 49: Strand, Mark, No date; 1967-1970: 4 items
Item 50: Sward, Robert, 1964-1971: 15 items
Item 51: Sweet, Nan Frederick, 1975: 1 item
Item 52: Swenson, May, 1963: 1 item
Item 53: Urdang, Constance, No date; 1961: 10 items
Item 54: Van Duyn, Mona Jane, No date; 1966-1970: 10 items
Item 55: Weiss, Theodore Russell, 1965-1974: 9 items
Item 56: Williams, Miller, 1971: 2 items
Item 57: Wykes, Robert, 1976: 1 item

Sub-Series G1-1.2: Business Correspondence, 1953-1983

Consists of business correspondence relating to Finkel's career, readings and publishing.

Sub-Series G1-1.2.a: General Business

Consists of correspondence relating to Finkel's publishing, teaching and readings. Physically arranged chronologically.

Box 1b-3

Folder 7-28

Item 1: Adams, Leonie, 1959

1 item. Filed in Series I.2.f Guggenheim Foundation

Item 2: Adams, Phoebe, Lou, 1954

1 item

Item 3: Aldan, Daisy, 1954-1957

2 items

Item 4: Armstrong, Harold C., No date

1 item

Item 5: Ashman, Richard, [1958]

2 items

Item 6: Barnes, Jim, 1971

1 item

Item 7: Barnet, Sylvan, 1966

1 item

Item 8: Bartlett, Elizabeth, 1961-1977

4 items

Item 9: Bartlett, Paul, 1974

1 item

Item 10: Barwell, Jay, No date

1 item

Item 11: Bates, Louise, 1963

1 item

Item 12: Bell, Marvin, 1967-1979

8 items

Item 13: Bennett, Joseph, 1954-1963

15 items

Item 14: Bensen, Nell, 1963

2 items

Item 15: Bentley, Beth, 1977

1 item

Item 1: To Editors, 1962: 1 item

Item 16: Berg, Stephen, 1974-1979

4 items

Item 17: Berge, Carol, 1978

1 item

Item 18: Bernays, Anne, 1953

1 item

Item 19: Bertolino, James, 1977

1 item

Item 20: Binney, Frank, 1977

2 items

Item 21: Binni, Francesco, [1975]

1 item

Item 22: Bloustein, Edward J., 1966

1 item

Item 23: Blum, Margaret, 1975

1 item

Item 24: Boer, Charles

Item 1: To Editors, 1960: 1 item

Item 25: Bogan, Louise, 1968

1 item

Item 26: Booth, Philip E., 1967-1979

3 items

Item 27: Bourjaily, Vance Nye, 1953

1 item

Item 28: Bowen, Robert O.

Item 1: To Gardner, John Champlin, 1959: 1 item

Item 29: Boyars, Arthur, 1954

1 item

Item 30: Brower, Brock, 1964

1 item

Item 31: Brown, Rosellen, No date

1 item

Item 32: Browne, Michael Dennis, 1971-1974

2 items

Item 33: Brucker, Roger Warren, 1977-1979

4 items

Item 34: Buddle, Shirley, 1979

1 item

Item 35: Bullis, Jerald Leroy, 1974-1975

2 items

Item 36: Burford, William, 1959

1 item

Item 37: Burkard, Michael, 1974

3 items

Item 38: Burns, Gerald P., No date; 1966

2 items

Item 39: Cargas, Harry J., 1973

2 items

Item 40: Caskie, Marion Maxwell, 1957

1 item

Item 41: Causley, Charles, 1964

1 item

Item 42: Chatfield, Hale, 1966

1 item

Item 43: Chaves, Jonathan, 1978

1 item

Item 44: Cheuse, Alan, 1977

1 item

Item 45: Ciardi, John, 1959

1 item

Item 46: Clark, Basil A., 1983

3 items

Item 47: Cole, Andrew Thomas, 1953-1954

3 items

Item 48: Cole, William, 1966-1967

2 items

Item 49: Commanday, Robert P.

Item 1: To Snyder, Gary, 1978: 1 item. Filed with autograph letter signed to Finkel from Snyder, 1978: circa February

Item 50: Constantin, Mary, 1976

1 item

Item 51: Contoski, Victor, 1979-1980

3 items

Item 52: Cook, Albert Spaulding

Item 1: To Gardner, John Champlin, 1959: 1 item

Item 53: Corman, Cid, 1953

1 item

Item 54: Costello, James A, 1975

1 item

Item 55: Coxe, Louis, 1974

1 item

Item 56: Crenner, James T, no date

1 item

Item 57: Cruff, Mary Ellen, 1972

1 item

Item 58: Curley, Daniel, 1979-1982

2 items

Item 59: Dana, Robert Patrick, 1974

1 item

Enclosure: July 4th, 1972, [poem], by Dana, typescript [photocopy]

Item 60: Davison, Peter, 1962-1963

2 items

Item 61: Day, Richard, 1959

1 items

Item 62: Delbanco, Nicholas, 1971-1975

4 items

Item 63: DeRemigis, John J., 1967

1 items

Item 64: Deutsch, Babette, 1970

1 item

Item 65: Dickey, James, 1963

1 item

Item 66: Dickey, R(obert) P(reston), 1958-1966

2 items

Item 67: Dobyns, Stephen, 1965

2 items

Item 68: Drum, Dennis., 1977

1 item

Item 69: Dunning, Stephen, 1962

2 items

Item 1: To Dunning, Stephen, 1963: 1 item

Item 70: Dyer, Lisa, 1955

2 items

Item 71: Eaton, Casindania P., 1980

1 item

Item 72: Eaton, Charles Edward

Item 1: To Urdang, Constance Henriette, 1963: 1 item

Item 73: Eberl, Galen., 1963-1964

3 items

Item 74: Edens, Walter, no date

2 items

Item 75: Editor., 1957

1 item

Item 76: Editors., 1957

1 item

Item 77: Edson, Russell, 1961-1963

4 items

Item 78: Eigner, Edwin M, 1965

1 item

Item 79: Elliot, George P.

Item 1: To Gardner, John Champlin, 1960: 1 item

Item 80: Elliott, George P., 1960

1 item

Item 1: To Urdang, Constance, 1960: 1 item

Item 81: Ellis, James D, 1967

3 items

Item 82: Ellison, Miriam T., 1959

1 item

Item 83: Elman, Richard, 1975

1 item

Item 84: Engle, Paul Hamilton, 1959-1972

3 items

Item 85: Erwin, Timothy, 1975

1 item

Item 86: Everwine, Peter, 1974

2 items

Item 87: Fairfax, John, 1967

1 item

Item 88: Falk, Marcia, 1977

1 item

Item 89: Felderman, Eric, 1976

1 item

Item 90: Feldman, Irving, 1975

1 item

Item 91: Field, Edward, 1976-1978

3 items

Item 92: Finkel, Donald, 1958-1983

75 items

Item 1: To unidentified, 1958

1 item

Item 2: To Alley, Barbara, 1959

1 item

Item 3: To Amico, Samuel, 1976

1 item

Item 4: To Antarctican Society Newsletter, 1976

1 item

Item 5: To Bates, Louise, 1963

1 item

Item 6: To Bell, Marvin, 1979

1 item

Item 7: To Buddle, Shirley, 1979

1 item

With enclosures

Item 8: To Campbell, Alistair, 1964

1 item

Item 9: To Churcher, Claire, 1973

1 item

Item 10: To Clay, Marianne, 1976

1 item

Item 11: To Contoski, Victor, 1979

1 item

Item 12: To Cruff, Mary Ellen, 1972

1 item

Item 13: To Davison, Peter, 1963

1 item

Item 14: To Eaton, Casindania P, 1980

1 item

Item 15: To Ford, Harry, 1974-1978

3 items

With enclosures

Item 16: To Gardner, John Champlin, 1959

2 items

Item 17: To Hoffman, Daniel G, 1959

1 item

Item 18: To Hosmon, Robert Stahr, 1972

1 item

Item 19: To Jackson, Richard, 1978

1 item

Item 20: To Kamm, Antony, 1963

1 item

Item 21: To Keating, Janet, 1974

1 item

Item 22: To Kemp, Lysander Schaffer, 1961

2 items

Item 23: To King, H G R, 1977-1978

2 items

Item 24: To Kizer, Carolyn Ashley, 1963

1 item

Item 25: To Kray, Elizabeth, 1963

2 items

With enclosures

Item 26: To Larsen, Ann, 1974

1 item

Item 27: To Mainzer, Susie, 1972

1 item

Item 28: To McCracken, Ralph E, 1976

1 item

Item 29: To Mills, Margaret M, 1980

1 item

Item 30: To Morris, Alton C, 1976

1 item

Item 31: To MSS, Contributors, No date

1 item

Item 32: To Muir, A Laurence, 1965

2 items

Item 33: To National Endowment for the Arts, 1974

1 item

Item 34: To Paterson, Anne, 1978

1 item

Item 35: To Pearson, Harry W, 1966

1 item

Item 36: To Quinn, Alice, 1975

1 item

Item 37: To Rentsch, Gail, 1972

1 item

Item 38: To Rosenthal, 1963

1 item

Item 39: To Schulman, Grace, 1976

1 item

Item 40: To Smeltzer, Diana, 1980

1 item

Item 41: To Starbuck, George, 1958

1 item

Item 42: To Stern, Richard G, 1981

1 item

Item 43: To [Sward], [Robert], 1963

1 item

Item 44: To Turco, Lewis, 1963

1 item

Item 45: To Van Winckel, Nance, 1979

1 item

Item 46: To Wagoner, David, 1979

1 item

Item 47: To Waskow, Betty, 1976

1 item

Item 48: To Wheelock, John Hall, 1958-1959

7 items

Item 49: To Wiley, Autrey Nell, No date

1 item

Item 50: To William Heinemann Ltd, 1977

1 item

Item 51: To Witte, George, 1980

1 item

Item 52: To Youngstrom, Elizabeth, 1963-1964

4 items

Item 93: Fitzsimmons, Thomas, No date

1 item

Item 94: Flaherty, Douglas Ernest, 1965-1966

3 items

Item 95: Ford, Harry, 1967-1983

44 items

Item 1: To Switzer, Susan M, 1975: 1 item
Item 2: To Urdang, Constance, 1976: 1 item

Item 96: Freedman, Ralph, 1957

1 items

Item 97: Friebert, Stuart, no date

1 item

Item 98: Fuller, John Grant, 1962

3 items

Item 99: Galler, David, 1960

1 item

Item 100: Galvin, James, 1975

2 items

Item 101: Gardner, Isabella Stewart, no date

1 item

Item 102: Gardner, John Champlin, No date; 1960-1963

24 items

Item 1: To Elliott, George P(aul), 1960: 1 item
Item 2: To Jerome, Judson, No date: 1 item

Item 103: Garrett, George P, 1962

2 items

Item 104: Gildner, Gary, 1974-1980

3 items

Item 105: Gilman, Roger, 1975

1 item

Item 106: Glass, Malcolm Sanford, 1975

1 item

Item 107: Glauber, Robert H, 1954

1 item

Item 108: Gold, Herbert, 1973

1 item

Item 109: Goldbarth, Albert, 1974-1981

14 items

Item 110: Green, Galen, 1973

1 item

Item 111: Greenstein, Milton, 1970

1 item

Item 112: Griffith, E V, 1974-1982

7 items

Item 113: Guenther, Charles, 1975-1976

2 items

Item 1: To MSS, 1963: 2 items

Item 114: Hack, Richard, 1978

1 item

Item 115: Hall, Donald Andrew, no date

3 items

Item 116: Halpern, Daniel, 1971-973

7 items

Item 117: Hammond, Florence, 1960

1 item

Item 118: Hammond, Mac, 1972

1 item

Item 119: Harper, Michael Steven, 1971-1975

6 items

Item 120: Harris, Steve, 1978

1 items

Item 121: Hathaway, Baxter L, 1976

2 items

Item 122: Hecht, Anthony Evan, 1966-1979

5 items

Item 123: Heidenry, John, 1976-1977

3 items

Item 124: Heitholt, David, 1977

1 item

Item 125: Herz, Bob, 1979

1 item

Item 126: Heyen, William, 1974-1975

2 items

Item 127: Heyman, Mark, 1979

1 item

Item 128: Himmelstein, Rosely, 1959

1 item

Item 129: Hitchcock, George, 1973-1982

8 items

Item 130: Hoffman, Daniel G, 1959-1974

5 items

Item 131: Holden, Jonathan, 1979

1 item

Item 132: Hood, Ed, no date

1 item

Item 133: Howard, Richard, 1967-1968

3 items

Item 134: Hudspeth, Frances H., 1959-1960

2 items

Item 135: Hughes, S., 1954

1 item

Item 136: Hyman, Stanley Edgar, 1965-1966

10 items

Item 137: Ignatow, David, 1966

1 item

Item 138: Irwin, John Thomas, 1976

2 items

Item 139: Jabbour, Michael., 1976

2 items

Item 140: Jackson, Richard., 1974-1982

4 items

Item 141: Jaffe, Dan, 1962-1964

3 items

Item 142: Johnson, Richard S., 1958

2 items

Item 143: Joost, Nicholas., 1953

1 item

Item 144: Justice, Donald, 1965-1975

4 items

Item 145: Kamm, Antony., 1964

1 item

Item 146: Kanfer, Elizabeth., 1965

1 item

Item 147: Kansas City Star, Editors, no date

1 item

Item 148: Kaplan, Harold, 1966

1 item

Item 149: Keeley, Edmund, 1967

1 item

Item 150: Kemp, Lysander Schaffer, 1960-1962

11 items

Item 151: Kennedy, X J, 1961-1977

8 items

Item 152: King, H G R., 1977-1979

2 items

Item 153: Kizer, Carolyn Ashley, No date; 1962-1980

20 items

Item 1: To Coriden, Guy, 1971: 1 item
Item 2: To Williams, Galen, 1967: 1 item

Item 154: Koller, James, 1972-1978

4 items

Item 155: Kray, Elizabeth, 1962-1968

6 items

Item 156: Kumin, Maxine, 1979

1 item

Item 157: Langland, Joseph, No date

1 item

Item 158: Lea, Sydney, 1979-1982

4 items

Item 159: Leary, Paris, 1964

2 items

Item 160: Leavens, Thomas R., 1976

1 item

Item 161: Legler, Philip, 1963

1 item

Item 1: To Urdang, Constance Henriette, 1963: 1 item

Item 162: Levertov, Denise, 1953

3 items

Item 163: Levis, Larry Patrick, 1977-1979

2 items

Item 164: L'Heureux, John Clarke, 1969-1983

3 items

Item 165: Lindenau, Judith Wood, 1967

1 item

Item 166: Lourdeaux, Lee, 1976

1 item

Item 167: Low, David, 1979

1 item

Item 168: MacKenzie, Rachel, 1960

2 items

Item 169: MacKenzie, Ruth, 1963

1 item

Item 170: MacShane, Frank, 1968-1973

7 items

Item 171: Malamud, Bernard

Item 1: To Watson, Richard, 1982: 1 item

Item 172: Marcus, Morton, 1960-1972

4 items

Item 1: To Urdang, Constance, No date: 1 item

Item 173: Margolis, Gary, 1974

1 item

Item 174: Mariani, Paul Louis, 1974-1979

2 items

Item 175: Marsh, Willard, 1960

1 item

Item 176: Marten, Harry Neil, 1974-1977

5 items

Item 177: Matchett, William H., 1965

1 item

Item 178: Matthews, William Proctor, 1971

1 item

Item 179: Meer, Marilyn, 1965

1 item

Item 180: Meredith, William, 1960

1 item

Item 181: Merker, Kim K., 1967

1 item

Item 182: Merwin, William Stanley, 1960

2 items

Item 183: Metz, Betty Ann

Item 1: To Merrill, James Ingram, 1964: 1 item. Autograph note signed from Merrill to Finkel on recto

Item 184: Mezey, Robert, 1970-1975

6 items

Item 185: Michaelson, Louis W, 1976

2 items

Item 186: Miller, Paul W, 1963

1 item

Item 187: Moore, Richard, 1983

2 items

Item 188: Morgan, Frederick, 1954-1955

2 items

Item 189: Morris, Harry Caesar, 1961

1 item

Item 190: Moss, Howard, 1958-1978

20 items

Item 191: Nash, Ralph, No date

1 item

Item 192: Neider, Charles, 1970

2 items

Item 193: Nemerov, Howard, 1966

2 items

Item 1: To Urdang, Constance, 1960: 2 items

Item 194: Newman, Charles Hamilton, 1967

3 items

Item 195: Nims, John Frederick, 1960-1961

2 items

Item 196: Noll, Bink, 1967

1 item

Item 197: Novak, Michael Paul, 1972

4 items

Item 198: Nyren, Dorothy, 1953-1955

2 items

Item 199: Nyren, Karl, 1953

1 item

Item 200: Orrego, Carmen, 1978

1 item

Item 201: Pack, Robert M, 1953-1975

11 items

Item 202: Parker, Stephen, 1972-1973

5 items

Item 203: Parrott, Jerry, 1971

2 items

Item 204: Pauker, John S

Item 1: To MSS, Editors, 1962: 1 item
Item 2: To Urdang, Constance Henriette, 1962: 1 item

Item 205: Petrie, Paul James

Item 1: To Gardner, John Champlin, 1960: 1 item

Item 206: Pinsky, Robert, 1981

1 item

Item 207: Planz, Allen, 1967

2 items

Item 208: Plumly, Stanley Ross, 1974

1 item

Item 209: Quinn, Kerker, No date

1 item

Item 210: Rago, Henry Anthony, 1956-1966

27 items

Item 211: Raiziss, Sonia, 1961

1 item

Item 212: Ramke, Bin, 1973

1 item

Item 213: Ramsey, Paul, 1961-1962

3 items

Item 214: Ray, David, 1956-1973

2 items

Item 215: Ritchie, Elisavietta, 1982

1 item

Item 216: Robin, Ralph, 1961

1 item

Item 1: To Editors, 1961: 1 item

Item 217: Rosenthal, M L (Macha Louis), 1959-1963

3 items

Item 218: Ryan, Rick, 1973

1 item

Item 219: Santos, Bienvenidos Nuqui, 1975

1 item

Item 220: Schott, Webster, 1963

4 items

Item 221: Schuldiner, Michael, 1968

1 item

Item 222: Schulman, Grace, 1975-1976

3 items

Item 223: Scouffas, George, 1954-1957

5 items

Item 1: To Edelstein, Sanford, 1953: 1 item

Item 224: Shelton, Lois, 1979

1 item

Item 225: Siegel, Julie, 1975

1 item

Item 226: Simpson, Louis, 1956-1975

2 items

Item 227: Skinner, Knute Ramsey, 1966-1975

4 items

Item 228: Smith, Philip M., 1970-1979

4 items

Item 229: Snodgrass, W D (William De Witt), No date

1 item

Item 230: Snyder, Gary, 1971-1979

5 items

Item 231: Sobin, Anthony, 1975-1982

3 items

Item 232: Sorrentino, Gilbert, 1967

1 item

Item 1: To Hightower, John B, 1967: 2 items

Item 233: Spears, Monroe K., 1957-1961

4 items

Item 234: Sprague, Mary, 1976

1 item

Item 235: Sprusinski, Michal, 1975

2 items

Item 236: Stafford, William, 1966

1 item

Item 1: To Gardner, John Champlin, 1959: 1 item

Item 237: Stanford, Don D, 1973

2 items

Item 238: Starbuck, George, 1958-1977

10 items

Item 239: Stern, Richard G, 1956-1981

3 items

Item 240: Stewart, Robert, 1979-1981

5 items

Item 241: Stout, Rex Todhunter, 1970

2 items

Item 242: Strand, Mark, 1967

4 items

Item 243: Stryk, Lucien, 1972-1979

3 items

Item 244: Stuart, Gaby, 1979

1 item

Item 245: Swann, Brian, 1974-1975

6 items

Item 1: To Swann, Brian, 1974: 1 item

Item 246: Sward, Robert, 1960-1979

26 items

Item 247: Swenson, May, No date

1 item

Item 248: Swope, Linda C.

Item 1: To Atheneum, American publishers, 1974: 1 item

Item 249: Tagliabue, John, 1961

1 item

Item 250: Tambimuttu, Thurairajah, 1956

1 item

Item 251: Taylor, Yesha, 1971

1 item

Item 252: Thurston, Jarvis A, 1956-1959

3 items

Item 253: Trilling, Lionel, 1963

1 item

Item 254: Tucker, Robert G., 1978

1 item

Item 255: Turco, Lewis, 1961-1963

10 items

Item 256: Turner, Alberta Tucker, 1961

1 item

Item 257: Urdang, Constance Henriette, 1963-1974

2 items

Item 1: To Ford, Harry, 1974: 1 item

Item 258: Urdang, Laurance, 1967

1 item

Item 259: Van Duyn, Mona Jane, 1955-1966

6 items

Item 260: Van Winckel, Nance, 1979

1 item

Item 261: Vincent, Mary Louise, 1962

2 items

Item 262: Vogelsang, Arthur, 1978

1 item

Item 263: von Nickern, Lillian, 1962

1 item

Item 264: Wachstein, Beata E, 1970

1 item

Item 265: Wagoner, David, 1978

1 item

Item 266: Wakoski, Diane, 1974

1 item

Item 267: Waldrop, Bernard, 1962

1 item

Item 268: Walker, Dorothea

Item 1: To Shasta Review, No date: 1 item

Item 269: Wallace, Ronald, 1981-1982

5 items

Item 270: Walsh, Chad, 1966

1 item

Item 271: Walter, Eugene, 1956-1957

2 items

Item 272: Walters, E E., 1954

1 item

Item 273: Warren, Robert Penn, 1974

1 item

Item 274: Wasserstrom, William, 1975

1 item

Item 275: Watson, Richard, 1977

1 item

Item 1: To Wykes, Robert, 1976: 1 item

Item 276: Watson, Robert Winthrop

Item 1: To Ford, Harry, 1982: 1 item

Item 277: Waugh, D T., 1956

1 item

Item 278: Weekes, Edward, 1962

1 item

Item 279: Weigel, Henrietta, 1961

Item 1: To Gardner, John Champlin, 1961: 1 item

Item 280: Weisenthal, Bill, 1968

1 item

Item 281: Weiss, Theodore Russell, 1955-1983

19 items

Item 282: Weiss, Theodore (Ted) Russell, 1975

1 item

Item 283: Wellons, Bettie M, 1964

1 item

Item 284: West, Ray B, 1964

1 item

Item 285: Wheelock, John Hall, 1958-1960

14 items

Item 286: White, Eric W, 1962

2 items

Item 287: Whittemore, Reed, No date

1 item

Item 1: To Urdang, Constance, 1960: 1 item

Item 288: Wilbers, Steve, 1976

2 items

Item 289: Williams, Jonathan, 1964-1966

2 items

Item 290: Williams, Miller, 1971-1976

6 items

Item 291: Williams, Oscar

Item 1: To Aldridge, John W, 1953: 1 item

Item 292: Witte, John, 1983

1 item

Item 293: Wolf, Jack Clifford, 1975

1 item

Item 294: Wright, Charles Penzel, 1972-1973

3 items

Item 295: Wykes, Robert, 1967-1975

4 items

Item 296: Young, David, No date

1 item

Item 297: Young, Leontine R., 1966

1 item

Item 298: Zaranka, William, 1976

1 item

Sub-Series G1-1.2.b: Focus/Midwest, 1968-1973

Consists of correspondence and editorial matter (1968-1973) relating to Finkel's editorship of Focus/Midwest. Miscellaneous editorial material, including manuscripts, are in separate folders following correspondence and are listed in Series 8.3 Manuscripts by Others. 241 items

Box 4

Folder 29-32

Item 1: Etter, Dave, 1969: 2 items
Item 2: Fincke, Gary W., 1971: 1 item
Item 3: Gildner, Gary, 1969-1970: 2 items
Item 4: Mariah, Paul, 1969: 2 items
Item 5: McAfee, Tom, 1969: 1 item
Item 6: Perchik, Simon, 1971-1972: 3 items
Item 7: Redmond, Eugene (To: Schott, Webster), 1968: 1 item
Item 8: Reeve, F. D., No date: 3 items
Item 9: Sherwin, Judith Johnson, 1968: 1 item
Item 10: Skinner, Knute Ramsey, No date; 1968-1968: 4 items. Includes 1 item to Webster Schott (1968)
Item 11: Stout, Robert Joe, No date; 1971: 2 items
Item 12: Swann, Brian, 1971: 1 item

Sub-Series G1-1.2.c: Library of Congress International Poetry Festival, 1970

Consists of correspondence, drafts of translations, and printed materials relating to the Library of Congress International Poetry Festival (1970: April) at which Finkel read his translations of poems by Francis Ponge. Selected correspondence is listed below. Poems by Ponge are listed in Series 3.1 Translations by Finkel. 24 items

Box 4

Folder 33

Item 1: Smith, William Jay, 1970: 3 items

Sub-Series G1-1.2.d: Pulitzer Prize Committee

Consists of correspondence relating to Finkel's service on the Pulitzer Prize Nominating Jury in Poetry in 1983. Selected correspondence is listed below. 27 items

Box 4

Folder 34

Item 1: Hugo, Richard, 1982: 1 item
Item 2: Moss, Howard, 1982: 1 item

Sub-Series G1-1.2.e: Scribner's, 1960-1971

Consists of correspondence between Elizabeth Youngstrom of Scribner's and Finkel relating to royalties for anthologized poems and includes numerous royalty statements (1960-1971). 26 items

Box 4

Folder 35

Item 1: Youngstrom, Elizabeth, 1960-1971: 26 items

Sub-Series G1-1.2.f: Guggenheim Foundation

Consists of correspondence relating to the Guggenheim and other foundations. 71 items

Box 4

Folder 35a

Item 1: Guggenheim and other foundations: 71 items

Sub-Series G1-1.2.g: Bennington College and Washington University

Consists of correspondence with persons at Bennington College and Washington University. 29 items

Box 4

Folder 35b

Item 1: Bennington College and Washington University: 29 items