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Add MS 88998/2/16
- Record Id:
- 040-002788525
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002354004
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100023463313.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 88998/2/16
- Title:
- Lee Harwood: Letters Received (Corbett, William)
- Scope & Content:
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24 communications from William Corbett.
- (1). [Boston, Mass.], 14 January 2009. Folding card (John Walker, Drawings 1973-1975). Refers to Obama's election victory. 'John Walker is a Brit, long resident in Boston'.
- (2). [Boston, Mass.], 3 February 2009. Cutting: obituary for George Schneeman, New York Times (31 January 2009): 'known in an intimate New York circle for his long, fruitful collaborations with a flock of well-known poets, among them Peter Schjeldahl, Anne Waldman, Larry Fagin and Ted Berrigan'. With brief accompanying note: 'another good man gone'.
- (3). 13 February 2009. Autograph letter (1 sheet).
- (4). [Greensboro], 8 June 2009. Autograph letter (2 sheets), with 'souvenir from an old Monopoly game' (small orange card: 'Chance / Advance to Illinois Ave.').
- (5). 21 October 2009. Autograph postcard (Pressed Wafer). 'I've sold Pressed Wafer's archive so we'll keep going for a few more years'.
- (6). 15 November 2009. Autograph postcard (Pressed Wafer). 'John Koethe here Thursday 12th & gave a strong reading'.
- (7). [Boston, Mass.], 24 November 2009. Autograph note immediately following typed poem, 'The Great Gatsby' (4 sheets).
- (8). Boston, Mass., 14 December 2009 (postmark). Folding card ('Recent Acquisitions' including Albert York), with message: 'with luck my short work on him will appear in 2010'. With envelope.
- (9). [Boston, Mass.], 31 December 2009. Identical folding card (Albert York), with New Year greetings.
- (10). 14 April 2010. Autograph postcard (Guston, Pressed Wafer).
- (11). Cambridge, Mass., 9 July 2010. Autograph letter ( 1 sheet).
- (12). 31 August 2010. Four numbered autograph postcards with continuous message.
- (13). 13 September 2010. Autograph postcard.
- (14). 14 September 2010. Autograph postcard. Harwood visiting in October: 'you can attend Fanny Howe's MIT reading on the 21st'.
- (15). Boston, Mass., 26 November 2010. Autograph plain card.
- (16). [Boston, Mass.], 11 February 2011. Autograph postcard. 'Pressed Wafer has a new Ed Barrett in the works'.
- (17). Boston, Mass., 16 May 2011. Autograph plain card. 'Ed's book is a beaut. Ric Caddel book has been designed & will appear sometime this summer. Pressed Wafer humming but cellar has more books in it than are at our distributor. We'll keep going but how long I can't say.'
- (18). Boston, Mass., 29 August 2011. Autograph plain card, and typed poem ('Sancerre', 4 sheets).
- (19). [Greensboro], 30 August 2011. Autograph plain card.
- (20). 29 December 2011. Autograph postcard (de Kooning). 'Thrillingly beautiful de Kooning retrospective at MOMA. I've been three times.' Moving to Brooklyn in the summer.
- (21). 17 January 2012. Autograph postcard (de Kooning).
- (22). 19 May 2012. Folding card, incorporating two photographs of William and Beverly Corbett: 'Forty-Four Years of Boston Literary Life at 9 Columbus Square (moderated by Fanny Howe)'.
- (23). 31 December 2012. Autograph bespoke postcard, advising new address ('Moving to Brooklyn / not changing our Sox'). Postcard image is a photograph of Corbett.
- (24). 12 March 2013. Brief message on blue 'post-it' sheet referring to enclosures regarding artist John Walker, who has asked Corbett to 'write a book on his paintings'. Enclosures: 2 folding promotional cards from galleries and 1 gallery card.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002354004
036-002787732
040-002788525 - Is part of:
- Add MS 88998 : The Papers of Lee Harwood
Add MS 88998/2 : Lee Harwood: Letters Received
Add MS 88998/2/16 : Lee Harwood: Letters Received (Corbett, William) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002354004[0002]/036-002787732[0016]/040-002788525
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 88998
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 2009
- End Date:
- 2013
- Date Range:
- 2009-2013
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Corbett, William, American poet, editor, teacher, born 1942