Joseph Leonard Grucci papers, 1932-1983 (bulk 1949-1982).

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Joseph Leonard Grucci papers, 1932-1983 (bulk 1949-1982).

The collection contains reprints and manuscripts for the prefaces of PIVOT magazine, 1958-1978, newspaper and magazine articles mentioning PIVOT and/or Grucci, proofs, and financial records. Also, includes Grucci's typewritten manuscript of Time of Hawks, a poetry anthology; carbon copy of The Insane Root, a novel; short stories; poems; and articles. Grucci's personal files, arranged alphabetically, contain newspaper clippings about and correspondence with many college officials and poets including Kenneth Burke, Milton Eisenhower, Senator Eugene McCarthy, Lorin Maazel, Marianne Moore, Joe Paterno, Governors Milton Shapp, and Dick Thornburgh. Also, includes Grucci's diary, 13-19 September 1949; biographical information about him; copies of the World War II unit newspaper, Redcat, he edited; translations, lectures, poetry reading notes, class notes, ideas for poems, quotations, and subject files.

4 cubic feet.

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