Papers of Susan Howe, American poet. The papers primarily document Howe's literarycorrespondence, poetry manuscripts, manuscripts of readings and talks, personal andworking journals and art/poetry installations dating from the early 1970s to themid-1980s. A small group of personal and family materials is also included. Prominentcorrespondents include George Butterick, Ian Hamilton Finlay, Lyn Hejinian, and JohnTaggart. The bulk of the collection consists of Howe's working manuscripts and journals.Also part of the collection are over one hundred recordings from Howe's late 1970s radioprogram, "Poetry," at WBAI Radio Station, N.Y. The collection is arranged in five series: 1) CORRESPONDENCE, 2) WRITINGS, 3) PHOTOGRAPHSAND EPHEMERA, 4) TAPE RECORDINGS, and 5) ORIGINALS OF PRESERVATION PHOTOCOPIES. The accession processed in 2003 continues to document Susan Howe's career as a writer andprofessor (primarily at the State University of New York at Buffalo), as well as elementsof her personal life. The bulk of the materials date from 1990 to 1997 with somebiographical and correspondence files from 1953 to 1989. Correspondents include family,friends and colleagues, especially Charles Bernstein, Rachel Blau DuPlessis, KatheenFraser, and Fanny Howe. Manuscript drafts for works published in the 1990s includeSINGULARITIES (1990), NONCONFORMIST'S MEMORIAL (1993), BIRTH-MARK (1993), and FRAMESTRUCTURES (1996). Also included are notebooks, visual materials, and teaching materials. The materials are arranged in ten series: 1) CORRESPONDENCE, 2) NOTEBOOKS, 3) WRITINGS,4) VISUAL MATERIALS, 5) TEACHING MATERIALS, 6) INTERVIEWS AND CRITICISM, 7) WBAI RADIOMATERIALS, 8) DAVID VON SCHLEGELL MATERIALS, 9) BIOGRAPHICAL AND EPHEMERA, and 10)ORIGINALS OF PRESERVATION PHOTOCOPIES.
