Poetry at the Honors College and Connecticut Poetry Circuit records, 1966 - 1990.

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Poetry at the Honors College and Connecticut Poetry Circuit records, 1966 - 1990.

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The collection is made up of 20 boxes. The first seven boxes contain material about the poetry at the Honors College each year beginning in 1966. The material in these boxes includes announcements of poets coming to campus to read, as well as Wesleyan student poets reading at the Honors College. Information for the 1975-1976 year is not present. Boxes 8 through 11 contain information on the student poets on the Connecticut Poetry Circuit for every year from 1970 to 1990. (A list of the names of the off-campus poets and student poets for both the Honors College and the Connecticut Poetry Circuit can be found above.) Boxes 12 through 14 contain more detailed information about the poets who read at the Honors College and toured on the circuit (and are listed alphabetically). The final six boxes of the collection contain more administrative information, mostly from the Connecticut Poetry Circuit, including correspondence, requests from poets to be included in the tour, financial information, information about the selection committee, and some history of the circuit.

10 linear feet.20 archival boxes.

Wesleyan University, Olin Library

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Wesleyan University, Olin Library

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Maynard, Jean-Pierre

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