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Theodore Roethke collection, 1891-2002

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Roethke, Theodore, 1908-1963
Title
Theodore Roethke collection
Dates
1891-2002 (inclusive)
Quantity
118.13 cubic feet, (205 boxes and 3 vertical files)
Collection Number
0418, 0653, 1484, 1624, 1922, 1923
Summary
Correspondence, literary manuscripts, notebooks, annotated publications, sound recordings, and other materials of Theodore Roethke, a poet and professor of English at the University of Washington, Seattle
Repository
University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA
98195-2900
Telephone: 2065431929
Fax: 2065431931
speccoll@uw.edu
Access Restrictions

Open to all users with specific research projects.

Microfilm must be used in place of originals whenever possible. Permission of the Pacific Northwest Curator is required to use original materials when microfilm is available.

Request at UW

Languages
English
Sponsor
Funding for encoding this finding aid was partially provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
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Biographical Note

American poet and author Theodore Roethke (1908-1963) was born in Saginaw, Michigan to Helen Huebner Roethke and Otto Roethke. He attended the University of Michigan from 1929 to 1936 and received BA and MA degrees. He married Beatrice Heath O'Connell in 1953. Roethke began his career as a teacher in 1931. Roethke taught English at a number of universities, culminating in an appointment to the University of Washington in 1947 that lasted until his death.

In 1941 Roethke wrote his first volume of verse, Open House. Roethke went on to write many other books of collected poetry. In 1954 Roethke received a Pulitzer Prize for his book The Waking: Poems 1933-1953. He inspired several other poets as an advisor to graduate students at the University of Washington including Carolyn Kizer, Richard Hugo, David Wagoner, and many others.

Sources:

"Roethke, Theodore (1908-1963) - HistoryLink.org." Accessed September 26, 2017. http://www.historylink.org/File/5410.

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Content Description

Correspondence, literary manuscripts, notebooks, annotated publications, sound recordings and other materials.

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Use of the Collection

Alternative Forms Available

Microfilm reproductions of select portions of the papers are available.

Restrictions on Use

Creator's literary rights not transferred to the University of Washington Libraries .

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Administrative Information

Arrangement

Organized into 33 accessions.

  • Accession No. 0418-001, Theodore Roethke papers, 1930-1963
  • Accession No. 0418-002, Theodore Roethke poems from the Richard P. Blackmur papers at Princeton University, undated
  • Accession No. 0418-003, Theodore Roethke correspondence to Dorothy Gordon, 1933-1945
  • Accession No. 0418-004, Theodore Roethke poems, undated
  • Accession No. 0653-001, Rolfe Humphries recordings and notes on Theodore Roethke, circa 1966
  • Accession No. 0653-002, Theodore Roethke correspondence to Rolfe Humphries, 1933-1952
  • Accession No. 0653-003, Theodore Roethke papers, 1933-1963
  • Accession No. 1396-001, Theodore Roethke correspondence to John Warriner, 1931
  • Accession No. 1484-001, Transcription of sound recording of Theodore Roethke and Linenthal Myers, 1963
  • Accession No. 1624-001, Theodore Roethke papers, 1953-1959
  • Accession No. 1624-002, Theodore Roethke papers, circa 1966-1968
  • Accession No. 1624-004, Theodore Roethke photographs, 1954
  • Accession No. 1624-005, Theodore Roethke microfilmed correspondence, 1935-1962
  • Accession No. 1624-006, Theodore Roethke papers, 1961, undated
  • Accession No. 1624-007, Theodore Roethke artifacts and memorabilia, circa 1898-1963
  • Accession No. 1624-008, Theodore Roethke poems, undated
  • Accession No. 1624-009, Theodore Roethke telegram, 1947
  • Accession No. 1624-010, Sound recordings, writings, and portrait of Theodore Roethke, 1937-1955
  • Accession No. 1624-011, Theodore Roethke memorabilia and scrapbooks, undated
  • Accession No. 1624-012, Music scores of Theodore Roethke poems, 1947-1963
  • Accession No. 1624-013, Theodore Roethke periodical collection, 1922-1965
  • Accession No. 1624-014, Theodore Roethke annotated books,
  • Accession No. 1624-015, Theodore Roethke letters to Mary Kunkel, 1935-1938
  • Accession No. 1624-016, Theodore Roethke microfilmed notebooks, 1930-1962
  • Accession No. 1624-018, Theodore Roethke sound recordings of poetry readings, 1937-1955
  • Accession No. 1624-020, Collected materials about Theodore Roethke, circa 1982-1990
  • Accession No. 1624-021, Theodore Roethke papers, 1947-1971
  • Accession No. 1624-022, Theodore and Beatrice Roethke letters and notes, 1944-1963, 2002
  • Accession No. 1624-023, Theodore Roethke poem, undated
  • Accession No. 1922-001, Catalog of Theodore Roethke's personal library, undated
  • Accession No. 1923-001, Selections from Theodore Roethke's personal library, undated
  • Accession No. 1624-024, Theodore Roethke letters to Richard Eberhart, 1952-1953
  • Accession No. 1624-025, Theodore Roethke correspondence, 1948-1950

Bibliography

Publication information about Roethke's work may be found in Matheson, John W.Theodore Roethke: a bibliography (University of Washington School of Librarianship Master's Thesis, 1958.)

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Detailed Description of the Collection

 

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Subject Terms

  • American periodicals
  • American poetry--20th century
  • Authors and publishers--United States
  • Personal Papers/Corporate Records (University of Washington)
  • Poetry--Study and teaching
  • State universities and colleges--Pennsylvania
  • Universities and colleges--Pennsylvania
  • Universities and colleges--Vermont
  • Universities and colleges--Washington (State)

Personal Names

  • Auden, W. H. (Wystan Hugh), 1907-1973--Correspondence
  • Bagster-Collins, Mary Kunkel--Correspondence
  • Bogan, Louise, 1897-1970--Correspondence
  • Burke, Kenneth, 1897-1993--Correspondence
  • Caetani, Marguerite--Correspondence
  • Ciardi, John, 1916-1986--Correspondence
  • Cummings, E. E. (Edward Estlin), 1894-1962--Correspondence
  • Eberhart, Richard, 1904-2005--Correspondence
  • Gardner, Isabella--Correspondence
  • George, Jean Craighead, 1919-2012--Correspondence
  • Graves, Morris, 1910-2001--Correspondence
  • Heilman, Robert Bechtold, 1906-2004--Correspondence
  • Hellman, Lillian, 1905-1984--Correspondence
  • Holmes, John, 1904-1962--Correspondence
  • Humphries, Rolfe--Correspondence
  • Roethke, Beatrice--Correspondence
  • Roethke, Theodore, 1908-1963--Archives
  • Warriner, John E.--Correspondence

Other Creators

  • Personal Names

    • Humphries, Rolfe (creator)
    • Roethke, Beatrice (collector)


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