Judith Shannon Paine Papers

Judith Shannon Paine Papers, 1978-1994

Overview of the Collection

Title: Judith Shannon Paine Papers
Dates: 1978-1994 (inclusive)
19781994
Quantity: 2 linear feet, (2 boxes)
Collection Number: MSS 121
Summary: The Judith Shannon Paine Papers date from 1978 through 1994. The bulk of the collection consists of personal and professional correspondence Paine received while editor of the small press magazines The Village Idiot and Delirium between 1987 and 1993. This correspondence often includes poetry and short story manuscripts, artwork, and chapbooks or literary magazines. The collection contains Paine's notebooks logging all submissions she received during this time. Additionally the collection includes some of Paine's own poetry as well as materials relating to her work as a substitute teacher, and a community correspondent for the Shoshone County News Press.
Repository: Boise State University Library, Special Collections and Archives
Special Collections and Archives
1910 University Drive
Boise ID
83725
Telephone: 2084263990
archives@boisestate.edu
Access Restrictions: Collection is available for research.
Languages: English

Biographical NoteReturn to Top

Judith Shannon Paine is a writer, editor and publisher who settled in Harrison, Idaho in the mid-1980s with husband Richard, daughter Nancy and son Shawn.

In 1987 Paine's poetry chapbook The Lizard King was published by the Harrison-based imprint Mother of Ashes Press established by Joe M. Singer. She subsequently became editor of Singer's irregularly published literary magazine, The Village Idiot.

Paine founded her own literary magazine, Delirium, in association with Muggwart Press of Riverside, California in 1989 and remained editor of the publication until a fire stopped production in 1991.

Judith Paine was awarded the World of Poetry Press' Golden Poet award in 1985.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

The Judith Shannon Paine Papers date from 1978 through 1994. The bulk of the collection consists of personal and professional correspondence Paine received while editor of the small press magazines The Village Idiot and Delirium between 1987 and 1993. This correspondence often includes poetry and short story manuscripts, artwork, and chapbooks or literary magazines. The collection contains Paine's notebooks logging all submissions she received during this time.

Additionally the collection includes some of Paine's own poetry as well as materials relating to her work as a substitute teacher, and a community correspondent for the Shoshone County News Press.

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Preferred Citation

[item description], Judith Shannon Paine Papers, Box [number] Folder [number], Boise State University Special Collections and Archives.

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Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
1	1-37	Submissions and Correspondence: A-Z Adams, Linda Allen, J.P. Amanda Anderson, Emily Anderson, Steve Arden-Betke, Susan Atkinson, Alan Baker, Anne H. Basiliere, Pamela Bass, Claudette Bateman, Mike Bellacera, Carole Bell-Valletto, Barbara Bennett, Barbara Benton, Pearl Berkowitz, Johnathan M. Binns, John Blanco, Evangeline Bottorff, William K Bramhall, John Brie (Brian?) Buckwalter, James Buffet, Josephine Burchill, James V. Burns, Cliff Busailah, Reja-e Cantu, Elizabeth C Carol Carrington, Penny Carrino, Larry Casey, Nuaia Castleman, Dave Cat Cauchi, Patrick Cennuto, Larry Centrone, Rosie Chandler, Joyce Chavez, Loraine Chester, Charlotte Christian, Farley M Cindy Citizens Against Nuclear Weapons and Extermination Cliff, Mike Coan, Brian MacLeod Congleton, Donna McKinley Conroy, Rita Cook, O'Bannon M. Copeland, Bill Corbett-Fiacco, Christopher Cotolo, F. M Cox, Sharon Eve Croasmon, George Crosby, Diane Crutch, Chris Curkendall, Jay Curtis, John Davis, Frederick B. Davis, R.G. Dean, Rev. Herman R Deiker, Tom Dennison, Matt DeVaney, Peter DeWitt, Jim Diamond, Frank Ditsky, John Doernberg, Jerry Dubbs, Chris Dunn, Robert Dusek, Karen H. Emilie England, Gerald Engle, Lew G. Erlich, P.S Evans, Lynn Fabian, R. Gerry Farmer, Rod Farrance, Rex Feinberg, Amy-Beth Fennel, James Flinn, E.C Flinn, Eugene Flinn, Patricia Floryanowich, Adolf Forcht, Jonathan Forgassy, Helen Fuqua, Christopher S Gee, Robin Gendernalik, Al Gholson, Christien Gia Gilmore, Kevin Givson, Kevin Glimmertrain Gold, Ira Goodman, Carol Gotta Write Network LitMag Gould, Kim Robert Guertin, Davida Guess, Shirley Strand Guthrie, Donna W. Hakes, Jana Hall, Joan Joffe Hanback, James R. Jr. Hardin, Jeff Harns, Skip Hartley, James Hattenhauer, Daryl Hay, Richard F. Hayes, John Haynes, William P./Elliot Healy, T.R Heuebner, K. Hewmann, Michael Hidde, Jack Hillhouse, Karin Hodor, Timothy Hogan, Wayne Honigman, Carolyn Hostetler, Jeffrey K. Howe, Patricia Hua, Li Min Huth, Geof Ianni, Denise Isakson, Connie Jackson, Fleda Jacobson, Steven James, Jeff James, Tom Jan Jean Jenkins, Diana R Jespersen, Ruth Johnson, Jean Youell Johnson, Kent D. Kahn, Maia Kalmus, Morris A. Kerbaugh, Jim Kett, Paul (see Ianni, Denise) Kincaid, Joan Krehbial, Heather Kretz, Tom Kudisch, Pearl Larry Laughlin, Scott Leake, Brent T. Lenore Lesemann-Elliott, Michael Levinsky, Frieda L. Levy, Janice Lipscomb, Dell R. Lipton, David A. Livingston, James B. Lock, Duane Logue, Carol Jean Lovelace, Robin Luk, Steven (see Obvious Front) Luking, Margaret Lunday, Elizabeth Austin Luttsel, Steven Lyn Mann, Allyson March, Curtis Margolis, Amy Marhoff, Charlie Marrs, John Marshall, Lorne Matthews, Geneva Matzen, Richard Jr. McAdam, William McDade, Thomas Michael McLean, William Milardo, Michael Miller, Rich Mitchell, Timothy Allen Morris, Bernard E. Moses, Nora Mycue, Edward Necker, Bob Neruda, Gabriel Monteleone (see Castleman, Dave) Neville, Mark Nicholsen, Michael Bent Nicholson, Frank Norris, Patrick A. Novel and Short Stories Writers Market Nutting, Ruth Obvious Front Ochoa, Jayne Claire Oregon Board of Parole and Post-Prison Supervision Ostanski, Gary A. Palmeri, Anthony P Palulis, Stephanie Parham, Jeffrey Passera, Bill Perchik, Simon Perr, G.E. Perry, Lisa K. Pete Peterson, Robert O. Petillo, Robert A. Pjerrou, Joe Porter, Karen Prado, Holly Proper, Stan Purcussion Systems Rampp, Charles Rapposelli, Denise Marie Redlake, Kevin Reedy, Penelope Richman, Elliot Rosmus, Cindy Ross, Stephen W. Rudy, Dorothy Russell, N.E. Russo, Charles Ruth Ryan, Sam SaFranko, Mark Salaga, Jack Sampson, Brent Sanstad, David Santow, Paul Saraceno, Stephen Sarahuac Savin, Jaques Savona, Dave Scaretta, Tony Schuler, Ruth Wilders Scott, Kevin Scott, Michael Shakur, Abdul O. Shandon, Jack Sheridan, Mike Sieben, Kenneth J. Singer, Joe Sjoblom, John Skinner, Brian Smith, Jody Snyder, Walter (See Jesperson, Ruth) Soldo, John Somers, Jeffrey Stancich, Chris Steven Stevens, Don Stockard, Don (see also Cauchi, Patrick) Strader, Janet Subraman, Belinda Sullivan, Jim Summer, David Swan, Marc Swanson, James L. Swope, Mike Thompson, Janine Thomsen, Halvard J. Townsend, Cheryl Trudel, Robert Trumpet, Joseph Tumable, Elkion Turner, Jeffrey H. Turner, Steph Underwood, Robyn B. Ursus Press Van Cleve, Luther Vandeloecht, Michael Vardamis, John L Vinci, Carol J. Wadley, Gwen Waldman, Mitchell Walter, Clayton K. Wareham, Marion J. Weinrich, Dan Weiss, Sigmund Wells West, Rex Alan Whitehead, John Whiting, Nathan Widener, Judy Wilmarth, Richard Wilson, Ian Randall Wilson, Sue Woods, Linda Wootlen, Ian Wright, Glenn Zeigler, R.J Ziemba, Patricia A.	1986-1994
1	38	The Village Idiot: Submission Cover Letters	1987
1	39	Delirium: Submission Cover Letters	1991
2	1-6	Notebooks: Log of Village Idiot and Delirium Submissions	1987-1993
2	7	Notebooks: Personal, General	undated
2	8	Kootenai Jr./Sr. High School	1985-1993
2	9	Idaho High School Activities Association	1991
2	10	Manuscript: The Village Idiot, Civilian Casualties	1987
2	11	Mother of Ashes Press: Publications	1987-1992
2	12	Mother of Ashes Press/Joe Singer: Printed Materials
2	13	The Village Idiot, Civilian Casualties	1987
2	14	The Village Idiot, The Family Magazine (vol. 1 no. 2)	circa 1980
2	15	The Village Idiot, Poetic Justice Edition	1984
2	16	Delirium Vol. 1 Issues 2 and 3	1990-1991
2	17	CAN WE Newsletter/The Village Idiot	1986 November 24
2	18	The Printer's Devil (Mother of Ashes Press)	circa 1986
2	19	Life and Times (Mother of Ashes Press) Vol. 1 no. 1 and no. 2	1986
2	20	The Village Idiot, Learning to Laugh	1986 April 1
2	21	The Village Idiot, Watching the Rocks Change Sections 1-8	1986-1987
2	22	Writer's Digest Books Market Verification	1990-1991
2	23	The Village Idiot Letterhead	1987
2	24	Outgoing Correspondence	1979-1993
2	25	Judith Shannon Paine Poems and Writings	1981-1993
2	26	Rainbow Books, Poetry Competition Winners	1983
2	27	Animation Workshop	1978
2	28	Chamber of Commerce Minutes	1993
2	29	"New Kid on the Block," Shoshone County News Press	1993
2	30	Writer's NW	1991-1993
2	31	The Judson Jerome Memorial Compilation of Light and Humorous Verse	undated
2	32	Dog River Review, Vol. 8 No. 1	1989
2	33	Urban Glyphics by Vincent Obregon	1990
2	34	Rhyme for The Times by Jeff Campbell	1982

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Subject Terms

American literature--20th century
Arts
Authors, American
Literature
Poetry
Poets, American

Form or Genre Terms

Little magazines

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