Kenneth Koch papers ca. 1939-1995

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Kenneth Koch papers ca. 1939-1995

http://archives.nypl.org/brg/19344

Kenneth Koch was an American poet, playwright, essayist, screenwriter, novelist, and short-story writer. The Kenneth Koch papers document the personal and professional activities of the writer, Kenneth Koch. Holograph and typescript drafts comprise the bulk of the collection. The papers contain holograph manuscripts and typescripts of the author's published and unpublished work (in every genre, including plays, "comics," and games), notes and other material related to the works, Koch's correspondence, photographs, collaborations, material related to his work with children, miscellaneous personal documents, printed material, ephemera, scrapbooks, press cuttings and photocopied reviews of his books, and holograph manuscripts and typescripts of works by other writers (especially Frank O'Hara and John Ashbery). Also included in the papers are 9 boxes of unsorted printed ephemera, and 3 boxes of journals, magazines, and newspapers. The correspondence in the collection is mostly made up of incoming material, of which there are three categories: personal, professional, and fan mail. The personal and professional correspondence is arranged alphabetically by author; within each author's folder letters are arranged by date. Of the personal correspondence and works by others, the most substantial holdings are by "New York School" artists such as Frank O'Hara, John Ashbery, James Schuyler, Larry Rivers, Harry Mathews, Fairfield Porter, and Jane Freilicher. Also noteworthy are letters and works by Koch's former students, Ron Padgett, Frank Lima, Tony Towle, David Shapiro, and Jordan Davis. Also present are publishing contracts and royalty statements for several of Koch's books.

112.98 linear feet (269 boxes)

The New York Public Library. Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature.

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Ashbery, John, 1927-2017

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American poet and editor of Art & Literature. From the description of The Tennis Court Oath galley proof, 1961. (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC); University of Texas at Austin). WorldCat record id: 122685058 The letters cover a span starting two days after Ashbery and Gregg graduated from Deerfield Academy, and continue through the following summers and during a period of time when Gregg was drafted into the Army and served in postwar Eur...

Freilicher, Jane, 1924-2014

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Jane Freilicher was an American painter. Born in 1924 in Brooklyn, New York, she attended Brooklyn College and then studied with artist Hans Hofmann. She left the Hofmann studio in 1948 to paint in New York City, collaborating with a group of artist and writer friends known collectively as the New York School and including John Ashbery, Kenneth Koch, Frank O'Hara, Larry Rivers, and James Schuyler. She married jazz pianist Jack Freilicher when she was 17; the marriage was annulled five years late...

Koch, Kenneth, 1925-2002

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Poet. From the description of Reminiscences of Kenneth Koch : oral history, 1971. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309743269 American Poet; born in Cincinnati, Ohio. He studied at Harvard (B.A. 1948) and Columbia University (Ph.D. 1959). He was a leading figure of the New York school of poetry. Koch also wrote a novel and plays, some of which have been produced off-Broadway. From the description of Kenneth Koch collection. [n.d.]...

Davis, Jordan

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O'Hara, Frank, 1926-1966

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The inscription is to the author's Harvard roommate Harold Fondren. Edward Gorey was an earlier roommate of O'Hara. From the description of Creation : a Christmas story : typescript, 1949. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612794273 Frank O'Hara was an American art critic, essayist, playwright, and poet. From the description of Frank O'Hara collection of papers, 1955-1966. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122533765 From the guide to...

Padgett, Ron, 1942-....

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Padgett was born on June 17, 1942, in Tulsa, OK; A.B., Columbia Univ., 1964; poetry workshop instructor, St. Mark's-in-the-Bowery, New York City, 1968-69; poet in various NYC Poets in the Schools programs, 1969-76; cofounded Full Court Press publishers in 1973; writer in the community, South Carolina Arts Commission, 1976-78; director, St. Mark's Poetry Project, NYC, 1978-81; director of publications, Teachers and Writers Collaborative, beginning in 1982; published works include: Seventeen : col...

Shapiro, David, 1947-....

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Mathews, Harry, 1930-....

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Lima, Frank

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Rivers, Larry, 1925-2002

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Larry Rivers (1925-2002) was a painter from Southampton, N.Y.). From the description of Oral history interview with Larry Rivers, 1968 Nov. 2 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 84233674 Larry Rivers was born Yitzhok Loiza Grossberg to Russian-Jewish parents in 1923 (sometimes claimed to be 1925) in the Bronx, New York, changing his name to Larry Rivers in 1940 after being introduced as "Larry Rivers and the Mudcats" performing at a local pub. From 1940-1945 he...

Schuyler, James Marcus 1923-1991

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Born on November 9, 1923 in Chicago, Illinois, James Marcus Schuyler experienced a peripatetic childhood. His family lived for a time in Downer's Grove, a suburb of Chicago, then Washington, D.C., and later Chevy Chase, Maryland. His parents divorced early in Schuyler's childhood and he remained with his mother and step-father. At the age of twelve, his family moved to Buffalo, New York, and two years later to East Aurora, a suburb outside of Buffalo. Schuyler attended B...

Porter, Fairfield, 1907-1975

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Fairfield Porter (1907-1975) was a painter and critic from Southampton, N.Y. Fairfield Porter was born near Chicago in 1907, the fourth of five children of James and Ruth Furness Porter. His father was an architect, his mother a poet from a literary family, and Porter grew up in an environment where art and literature were highly valued. His father designed the family homes in Winnetka, Illinois and on Great Spruce Head Island, an island in Maine that he purchased for the family in 1912....

Towle, Tony, 1939-

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American poet. From the description of [Letter] 1977 October, New York [to] San Francisco Review of Books / Tony Towle. (University of Connecticut). WorldCat record id: 18341849 American poet. Berrigan is also an American poet. From the description of [Letter] 1977 October 22, New York [to] Ted [Berrigan] / Tony Towle. (University of Connecticut). WorldCat record id: 18341777 ...