David Ignatow Papers, 1929-1994

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David Ignatow Papers, 1929-1994

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Papers of David Ignatow, distinguished American poet. In the 1950s and 1960s, Ignatow edited several important periodicals, among them THE BELOIT POETRY JOURNAL (co-editor, 1950-1959), NATION (poetry editor, 1962-1963), CHELSEA (consulting editor, 1969-1971), and the AMERICAN POETRY REVIEW (editor-at-large, 1972-1976). He returned to the BELOIT POETRY JOURNAL to edit the William Carlos Williams memorial issue in 1963. Ignatow taught at many colleges and universities including the New School for Social Research (1964-1965), Southampton College (1967-1968), and Columbia University (1969-1976). He served as poet-in-residence at York College, City University of New York. The accessions processed in 1987 include manuscripts and typescripts of poems dated from the 1930s to the 1970s, notebooks, and extensive correspondence. One-fourth of the correspondence relates to Ignatow's various editorial posts. Prominent correspondents include the American poets William Carlos Williams, Charles Reznikoff, Gregory Corso, Charles Olson, Allen Ginsberg, Louis Zukofsky, Robert Creeley, and Denise Levertov. Outgoing letters written by Ignatow are largely absent from the collection. The accessions include original essays, introductions, reviews, interviews and ephemera. A substantial set of Ignatow's papers were processed in 1989. Almost half of these materials are general correspondence. Also included are fifteen of the poet's spiral-bound notebooks dated from 1978 to 1988; and typescripts and proof pages of three of Ignatow's more recent books, NEW AND COLLECTED POEMS, 1970-1985, THE ONE IN THE MANY, and WHISPER IN THE DARK. Of special interest is an extensive group of typescripts of miscellaneous poems dating from the 1930s through the 1980s, many of which include revisions. The additions also contain financial records of the bookbinding business run by Ignatow and his father, as well as a small audio-visual collection, including recordings of some of Ignatow's readings and lectures. The accessions processed in 1993 contain a chronological collection of original manuscripts and typescripts of Ignatow's poems and prose from the early 1930s to the late 1980s, correspondence, several notebooks, a collection of essays and reviews of his work, and the writings of colleagues. The accessions processed in 1994 contain correspondence, annotated poetry drafts, short stories and articles, book production materials for AGAINST THE EVIDENCE (1993) and GLEANINGS: THE UNCOLLECTED POEMS OF THE FIFTIES broadsides, drafts of opening remarks he gave at various ceremonies, drafts of statements he made, copies and video tapes of interviews, and some ephemera. The materials in the accession date from 1929 to 1994 with the bulk dating from the 1960s to 1980s.

47.60 linear feet; (93 archives boxes, 4 mapcase folders)

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University of California, San Diego. Geisel Library. Mandeville Special Collections Library.

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