Charles Olson papers, ca. 1930-1969.

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Charles Olson papers, ca. 1930-1969.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/28419698

Correspondence, mss. of poetry and prose writings, personal and family papers, and memorabilia. Includes Olson's personal library.

170 boxes and 32 file drawers.

University of Connecticut, Homer Babbidge Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7260257

University of Connecticut, Homer Babbidge Library

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Olson, Charles, 1910-1970

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Charles Olson, the leading voice of the Black Mountain poets, was born in Worcester, Massachusetts, and was a notable student at Wesleyan University, where his groundbreaking work on Herman Melville evolved into the highly praised monograph, Call Me Ishmael. Inspired by Franklin Roosevelt, Olson worked his way up through the Democratic Party, but quit after Roosevelt's death, and began a brilliant career as a writer and educator. His manifesto, Projective Verse, influenced a generation of poets ...

Black Mountain College (Black Mountain, N.C.)

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Black Mountain College was founded in 1933 by a group of nonconformist faculty and students from Rollins College in Florida. Headed by John Andrew Rice, they established their experimental college and community near Black Mountain, NC. Artists and writers from all over the country were attracted to Black Mountain and the college became a nurturing ground for some of the best talents of the twentieth century. Among its faculty and students were Josef Albers, Robert Rauschenberg, Willem de Kooning...