Roy Harvey Pearce Papers 1945 - 1995

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Roy Harvey Pearce Papers 1945 - 1995

Papers of scholar, critic, and founder of the UCSD literature department and the Archive for New Poetry. Included is correspondence regarding a wide variety of topics, for example, Jack Spicer research and the creation of the poetry archive. Correspondents include Robert Bly, David Ignatow, and Marshall McLuhan. Also included are a number of Pearce's scholarly projects (including the "Transcendental Workbook") and notes for several lectures.

12.6 Linear feet; 33 archives boxes, 2 oversize folders

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McLuhan, Marshall, 1911-1980

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