Archive for New Poetry (University of California, San Diego). Curator.

The Archive for New Poetry (ANP) is a major library collection of the works of significant English-language poets active after 1945. It was conceived and founded by Roy Harvey Pearce, Univ. of California, San Diego professor of literature. The collecting emphasis is on the "alternative tradition" in American writing, particularly Objectivists, Black Mountain poets, New York School, and language writers. The records were created primarily by Michael Davidson, ANP curator 1974-1985, who was responsible for collection development, a poetry reading series, and various publications.