Randall Brock Papers, 1967-2005

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Brock, Randall
Title
Randall Brock Papers
Dates
1967-2005 (inclusive)
Quantity
8.25 linear feet, (16 boxes.)
Collection Number
Cage 907
Summary
Papers of Washington poet Randall Brock. The majority of the material is a large collection of periodical issues containing Brock's poems, along with a small number of monographs, chapbooks, and miscellaneous papers.
Repository
Washington State University Libraries' Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (MASC)
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections
Terrell Library Suite 12
Pullman, WA
99164-5610
Telephone: 509-335-6691
mascref@wsu.edu
Access Restrictions

This collection is open and available for research use.

Languages
English

Biographical NoteReturn to Top

Randall Brock (1943-2012) was born in Colfax, WA to Homer and Roberta Brock. He was raised in Pullman, WA, where he graduated from Washington State University with a Bachelor's degree in History in 1968. He earned a second BA in Education from Eastern Washington University in 1970. In 1973, he received a Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of Oregon.

Brock worked in various jobs before chronic mental illness made conventional employment impossible. He wrote thousands of poems, and published many works in magazines, ranging from mainstream poetry journals to small zines. He also published his poetry in monographs and chapbooks.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

This collection consists of papers of Washington poet Randall Brock. The majority of the material is a large collection of periodical issues containing Brock's poems, along with a small number of monographs, chapbooks, and miscellaneous papers.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

Copyright restrictions apply.

Preferred Citation

[Item description]

Randall Brock Papers, 1967-2005 (Cage 907)

Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

This collection is arranged in two series:

Series 1: Periodical issues with poems by Brock, 1967-2004. This series is arranged alphabetically by periodical title.

Series 2: Other published materials and miscellaneous papers, 1983-2005.

Processing Note

Cheryl Gunselman processed this collection in 2018.

Acquisition Information

Randall Brock donated this collection to the Washington State University Libraries in three installments, in 2000 and 2002 (MS.2002.07) and 2004 (MS.2004.22).

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Series 1: Periodical issues with poems by Brock, 1967-2004 Return to Top

Container(s) Description
Box Folder
1 1
Abbey: numbers 50 (Spring 1986), 52 (January 1987).
1 1
The Abraxas/5 Anthology: 1972.
1 1
Absinthe: volume 1, number 1 (May 1978).
1 1
After the End: numbers 3 (November 1985), 4 (March 1986).
1 1
Alabama Dogshoe Moustache: number 4 (1989).
1 1
The Alchemist: number 7, also labeled as volume 2, number 3 (1982).
1 1
American Muse: number 5 (Spring 2002).
1 2
Amython: number 3 (1972).
1 2
Apex Annual: number 2 (1993).
1 2
Angel Hour: number 26 (1976).
1 2
The Archer: volume 28, number 2 (Summer 1983).
1 2
Artpaper: volume 1, numbers 3 and 4 (September and October 1985).
1 2
Arulo!: volume 7 (August 1980), volume 19 (August 1982).
1 3
Attention Please!: volume 1, number 3 (October 1976), volume 2, numbers 1 and 3 (February and October 1977), volume 4, number 1 (February 1979), volume 5, numbers 1, 2, and 3 (February, June, and October 1980).
1 3
Augur: volume 3, number 8 (January 21-February 3 [no year]).
1 4
Backyard Bamboo: unnumbered issue (undated).
1 4
Bartleby's Review: volume 1, number 1 (Fall 1972).
1 4
Bay Area Poets Coalition: Anthology 24 (2002).
1 4
Big Intersection: 2003.
1 4
Black Bear: number 1 (1985).
1 4
Blackbird: number 5 (2003).
1 5
The Blackbird Circle: number 4 (Spring 1973).
1 5
Blindman's Rainbow: volume 4, numbers 3 and 4 (February-March and May 1999), volume 5, number 2 (November 1999), volume 8, number 1 (Autumn 2002), volume 10, number 1 (Fall 2004).
1 5
Blow Four: number 4 (1983).
1 5
Bold Print: unnumbered issue (undated).
1 5
Brains: number 1 (Spring 1979).
2 6
Brick: number 21 (Spring 1984).
2 6
The Brobdingnagian Times: Broadsheet number 5 (Autumn 1997).
2 6
Broken Streets: numbers 1, 2, and 4 (1982, 1981, 1983).
2 6
Brouhaha: number 13 (January 1998).
2 7
Cache Review: volume 2, number 2 (Fall 1984).
2 7
Cairn: number 35 (2001).
2 7
Calliope's Corner: number 22 (Winter 1988).
2 7
Canvass: volume 3, number 3 (Spring 1982).
2 7-8
Carpe Laureate Diem: volume 3, numbers 2 and 3 (1998), volume 4, numbers 1, 2, and 3 (1999).
2 8
Catalyst: unnumbered issue (June-July 1982).
2 8
Catalyst 18: volume 1 (1990), volumes 2 and 3 (1990?).
2 8
Cement Squeeze: number 12 (Winter 1999-2000).
2 8
Central Park: volume 1, number 1 (Spring 1981).
2 9
Charas: volume 1, number 1 (1971), volume 2, number 3 (1973).
2 9
Cicada: a supplement to AMELIA (1986).
2 9
Chimera: volume 11 (1984).
2 9
Cocklefish: volume 1, number 9 (October 1990).
2 9
Coma Goats Press catalog (Winter 1983).
2 9
Contributors' Copy: volume 1, number 2 (October-December 1970), volume 2, number 3 (October-November 1971).
2 9
Crazed Nation: volume 5, number 1 (2000), volume 7, number 2 (2002), volume 9, number 2 (2004?).
2 10
Crow's Nest: number 2 (1976).
2 10
Cumberlands: volume 16, number 2 (Fall 1979).
3 11
Dan River Anthology (1984, 1987, 1993, 1995).
3 12
Dirt City: number 17 (June-July 1999).
3 12
Dog River Review: volume 3, number 2 (Autumn 1984).
3 12
Dogsoldier: number 2 (1974).
3 12
Duck: volume 2, number 3 (March 1976).
3 13
Eat Me Literally: number 8 (undated), volume 3, number 3 (January-March 1989), volume 3, number 4 ("April-Infinity" 1989).
3 13
Echoes: volume 3, number 1 (2000).
3 14
The Eclectics: volume 2b (August 1999)
3 14
Eerie Country: number 6 (1982).
3 14
Egad: numbers 2 and 3 (Fall 1986-Spring 1987).
3 14
Egorag: number 3 (undated).
3 14
Encore: volume 9, number 2 (Winter 1974), volume 10, number 2 (Winter 1975), volume 18, number 4 (Summer 1984).
3 15
English Plug (unnumbered, undated issue).
3 15
Etcetera: volume 2, number 2 (December 1997).
3 15
Expressive Spirals (April 1998, May 1998, June 1998).
3 16
The Fault: number 9 (1976).
3-4 16-17
Feelings of the Heart: volume 1, numbers 1, 2, and 4 (November 1999, February and August 2000), volume 2, numbers 2, 3, and 4 (February, May, and August 2001), volume 4, numbers 2 and 3 (2002), unnumbered issues (February-May and August-November 2003).
4 17
Fireflower (November 1968).
4 18
First Time: number 24 (Spring 1993).
4 18
Fragments: number 6 (1973).
4 18
Fuel: numbers 3 and 4 (undated and Summer 1993).
4 19
Gamut: volume 7 (undated), volume 9 (1968).
4 19
Gesture Press checklist (1992).
4 19
Glassworks: volume 2, numbers 2 and 3 (1977).
4 20
Glimpse: numbers 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, and 13 (2002-2004).
4 20
Global Tapestry: numbers 13 and 16 (August 1982, Spring 1985).
4 20
Gone Soft: volume 2, number 2 (Spring 1976).
4 21
Graffito: volume 4, number 1 (1999).
4 21
Green Feather: volume 1, number 4 (1984).
4 21
The Green Fuse: volume 1, number 2 (July 1976).
4 21
Green's Magazine: volume 17, number 3 (Spring 1989), volume 19, number 1 (Summer 1991).
4 22
Haktup!: numbers 1, 6, 7, 13, 14, and 15 (1999-2001).
5 23
The Hanged Men Dance: unnumbered issue (undated).
5 23
Hell's Belly: number 4 (undated).
5 23
Hemispheres: number 2 (1989).
5 23
Hob-Nob: number 39, also labeled as volume 11, number 1 (1981).
5 23
Huron Review (Spring 1976).
5 24-25
Impetus: numbers 2, 3, 7, 10, 14, 17 (1984-1989).
5 25
In a Nutshell: volume 2, number 1 (Winter 1976).
5 25
Indefinite Space: volume 2, number 2 (Winter 1993), volume 4 (1995), volume 7 (1998).
5 25-26
Industrial Sabotage: numbers 9 (1982), 14 (undated), 18 (1983), 22 (1983), 24 (1983), 30 (1985), 32 (1985), 37 (1986), 41 (1988), 42 (1988), 44 (1988), 57 (1998).
5 26
Inkblot: number 5 (1985).
5 26
Inkstone: volume 4, number 1 (1988).
5 26
Inland Writers Magazine: number 3 (February 1974).
5 26
Innisfree: number 3 (Spring 1969), volume 2, number 1 (Winter 1970).
5 27
iREADWRITE: unnumbered issue (1989).
5 27
International Directory of Little Magazines: ninth edition (1973-1974).
5 27
International Poets: book 8 (June 1993).
5 27
Isles of Mist Review: unnumbered issue (March 2002).
5 27
)ism(: number 2 (undated).
5 27
Issue One: unnumbered issue (August 1987).
6 28
The James White Review: volume 3, number 2 (Winter 1986).
6 28
Juice: numbers 1 (1975), 3 (undated), 5 (1977).
6 29
Karaki: number 3 (May 1972).
6 29
Kimera: volume 6 (Spring 2001).
6 29
The Kindred Spirit: number 10 (Winter 1986), volume 2, number 2 (Summer 1988).
6 30
The Last Cookie: volume 1, number 1 (1972).
6 30-31
Late Knocking: volume 2, numbers 3 and 4 (1986), volume 4, number 1 (1988), volume 5, number 1 (1991).
6 31
Laughing Bear: number 2-3 (1977).
6 31
Laughing Unicorn: volume 11, number 1 (1980).
6 32
Look Quick: numbers 4 (Spring 1976), 9 (Winter 1981), 12 (Winter 1984).
6 32
Lost and Found Times: number 16 (July 1984).
6 32
Lucky Jim's: number 4 (1985), number 5 (1986).
6-7 33-35
Lucid Moon: number 26, parts 1 and 2 (October 1998), number 27, parts 1 and 2 (November 1998), number 32, parts 1 and 2 (April 1999).
7 36
The Mainstreeter: number 29-30 (November 1971), number 9 (Summer 1978).
7 36
Manna: volume 2, number 1 (1981), volume 8, number 1 (Spring 1987).
7 36
Mamashee: volume 3, number 1 (Spring 1979).
7 36-37
Mary's Scrapbook of Poetry: numbers 14 (November-December 1970), 15 (January-February 1971), 16 (March-April 1971), 17 (May-June 1971), 18 (July-August 1971), 20 (November-December 1971), 21 (February-March-April 1972), 23-24 (undated).
7 37
Mclean County Poetry Review: volume 2, number 1 (Fall-Winter 1976-1977).
7 37
Metropolis: volume 1, number 7 (Summer 1992).
7 37
The Miscellany: volume 6, number 2 (Spring 1971).
7 38
Mondo Hunkamooga: numbers 2 (October 1983), 4 (May 1985), 6 (July 1988).
7 38
Moon Reader: numbers 3 (Fall 2001), 6 (2003), 8 (2003), 10 (2004).
8 39
More Big Thoughts: volume 3, number 1 (January 1997).
8 39
Mount Houghton Miscellany: number 2 (August 1984).
8 39
Mozart Park: number 3 (Spring 1985).
8 39
Musing Place: unnumbered issue (August 2003).
8 40
Mutated Viruses: numbers 10 (undated), 11 (undated).
8 41
The Nantucket Review: number 8 (Winter 1977).
8 41
New Mirage Quarterly: unnumbered issues (June 2003, October 2004), and New Mirage Awards program (undated).
8 41
New Thought Journal: volume 1, number 5 (March-April 1993).
8 41
NRG: number 24 (1985).
8 42
O!! Zone: number 16 (undated).
8 42
On a Clear Day (1990).
8 42
One Cent: numbers 300 (1994), 350 (undated), 351 (2001).
8 43
Orphic Lute: volume 38, number 1 (1988).
8 43
Origins: volume 8, number 4 (December 1978).
8 43
Other Voices: volume 5, number 3 (November 1969).
8 43
Out of Sight: number 30 (undated).
8 43
Over the Transom: number 6 (undated).
8 44
Paisley Moon: volume 2, number 2 (Spring 1991).
8 44
Panoply: volume 1, number 2 (October 1987).
8 44
Parnassus: volume 10, numbers 1 (Spring 1986) and 2 (Summer 1986).
8 44
Peaky Hide: number 7 (1999).
8-9 44-46
Pegasus: unnumbered issues (Spring 2001, Winter 2001, Spring 2002, Fall 2002, Winter 2002, Spring 2003, Summer 2003, Fall 2003, Winter 2003, Spring 2004, Summer 2004, Fall 2004).
9 46
Perimeter: number 4 (November 1998).
9 46
Phantasm: volume 3, number 2 (March-April 1978).
9 46
Phantasmagoria: volume 2, number 2 (Autumn 1981).
9 46-47
Philadelphia Poets: volume 2, number 2 (September 1981), volume 4, numbers 11 (June 1984) and 12 (July 1984), volume 5, numbers 2 (September 1984), 7 (February 1984), 8 (March 1985), 12 (July 1985), volume 6, numbers 1 (August 1985), 2 (September 1985), 3 (October 1985), volume 8, numbers 3 (October 1987), 10 May 1988).
9 47
Phoebus: volume 1, number 2 (Spring-Summer 1984).
9 47
Piedmont Literary Review: volume 8, number 1 (1983).
9 47
Pigiron: number 2 (1976).
9 47
Po: number 16 (Winter 1993).
9 47-49
Poems of the World: volume 6, numbers 2 (Winter 2001-2002), 3 (Spring 2002), 4 (Summer 2002), volume 7, numbers 2 (Winter 2002-2003), 3 (Spring 2003), 4 (Summer 2003), volume 8, numbers 1 (Autumn 2003), 2 (Winter 2003-2004), 3 (Spring 2004), 4 (Summer 2004).
9-10 49-51
Poetalk: volume 17, number 12 (June 1993), volume 18, numbers 2 (August 1993), 3 (September 1993), 5 (November 1993), 8 (February 1994), 11 (May 1994), volume 19, numbers 1-2 (July-August 1994), 3-4 (September-October 1994), 5-6 (November-December 1994), 9-10 (March-April 1995), 15-16 (September-October 1995), 17-18 (November-December 1995), volume 20, numbers 9-10 (March-April 1997), 11-12 (May-June 1997), volume 21, numbers 1-2 (July-August 1997), 3-4 (September-October 1997), 5-6 (November-December 1996), 7-8 (January-February 1998), 9-10 (March-April 1998), unnumbered issues (September-October 1998, November-December 1998, January-February 1999, March-April 1999, September-October 1999, November-December 1999, Spring 2000).
10 51-52
Poetic Realm: numbers 5 (1998), 6 (1999), 7 (undated), 9 (2001), 10 (2001), 12 (2003).
10 53
Poetry Depth Quarterly: unnumbered issue (January-February-March 2000).
10 53
Poetry Only: unnumbered issues (undated; 2 items).
10 53
Poetry Plus: unnumbered issue (July 1990).
10 53
Poetry Protocol: volume 2, numbers 124 (July-August 2001), 126 (November-December 2001), 129 (July-August-September 2002), volume 3, numbers 128 (April-May-June 2002), 130 (October-November-December 2002), 133 (January-February-March 2004), 134 (October-November-December 2003), 135 (July-August-September 2004), 136 (October-November-December 2004).
10 53
Poetry Toronto newsletter: number 39 (March 1979).
10 53
Poet's Fantasy: volume 10, number 4 (Fall 1999-Winter 2000).
10 53
Poets at Work: unnumbered issue (January-February 1991).
11 54
Portals: unnumbered issues (Spring 2000, Fall 2000, Winter 2001).
11 54
Post it! Poetry: number 2 (2003).
11 54
Pres sure Press catalog (Winter 1989).
11 54
Prime Cuts: number 7 (March-April 1979).
11 54
Proper Tales Press catalog (January 1983, May 1984).
11 54
Provincial Press: volume 5, numbers 8 (May 1, 1971), 13 (undated), 16 (September 30, 1971).
11 55
Ptolemy: volume 1, number 9-10 (1985).
11 55
Prophetic Voices: numbers 8 and 9 (bound together; 1990).
11 55
Push-Machinery: number 12 (undated).
11 56-57
The Quest: volume 5 number 2 (December 1991), volume 6, number 2 (December 1992), volume 7, number 1-2 (October 1993), volume 8, number 2 (December 1994), volumes 9-10, numbers 2-1 (December 1995 and June 1996), volume 10, number 2 (December 1996), volume 11, number 1 (June 1997).
11 58
Random Weirdness: number 2 (January 1984).
11 58
Rapport: number 9 (volume 3, number 3; 1976).
11-12 58-61
Red Owl: unnumbered issue (Autumn 1998), numbers 9 (Autumn 1999), 10 (Spring 2000), 12 (Spring 2001), 13 (Autumn 2001), 14 (2002), 15 (Autumn 2002), 16 (Spring 2003), unnumbered issue (Autumn 2003), 18 (Spring 2004), 19 (Autumn 2004).
12 61
The Renovated Lighthouse Magazine: number 25 (1989), number 42 (September 1992).
12 61
Reflect: volume 4, number 1 (March 1982).
12 61
Review: number 3 (September 1976).
12 62
'Sblood: number 3 (undated).
12 62
Scopecraeft: volume 5, number 2 (December 1970).
12 62
Score: number 15 (undated)
12 62
'Scorn: unnumbered issue (undated).
12 62-63
Scroll: numbers 7 (March-April-May 2000), 8 (June-July-August 2000), 10 (December-January-February 2001).
12 63
Second Degree: volume 1, number 2 (October 1972).
12 63
Sepia: number 11 (January 1980).
12 63
Sequoia: unnumbered issue (1973).
12 63-64
Seven Stars Poetry: numbers 12 (1976), 14 (1976), 18 (1976), 25 (1977), 27 (1977), 29 (1977), 31 (1977).
12 64
SchluduSchlada: number 2 (undated).
12 64
Shockbox: number 7 (1993).
12 64
The Shore Review: number 4 (1971).
12 64
Short Fuse: numbers 81, 82, 84 (undated).
12 64
Short Stories Bimonthly: unnumbered issue (April 2001).
13 65
Sivullinen: number 18 (undated).
13 65
Skitsofreniah!: number 1 (2003).
13 65
Skywriters: volume 6 (Autumn 1996), volume 7 (Summer 1997).
13 65-66
Small Pond: numbers 18 (Winter 1970), 26 (Fall 1972), 28 (Spring 1973), 30 (Winter 1974), volume 15, number 3 (Fall 1978), volume 16, number 2 (Spring 1979), volume 18, number 2 (Spring 1981), volume 19, numbers 2 (Spring 1982), 3 (Fall 1982), volume 20, number 3 (Fall 1983), volume 21, number 1 (Winter 1984), volume 22, number 1 (Winter 1985).
13 67
Sophomore Jinx: unnumbered issues (Summer 1994, Autumn 1994).
13 67-68
The S.O.P.A. Review: volume 2, number 1 (January 1989), volume 4, number 1 (July 1992), and special 10th anniversary issue (1995).
13 68
Southern Rose Review: number 2 (September-October 1989).
13 68
Speak: number 16 (1977).
13 68
Spokane Free University Catalog, Summer Quarter 1982.
13 68
Spudburn: numbers 1, 2, 3 (1985-1986).
13 69
Squeezebox: volume 2, number 5-6 (Fall-Winter 1977).
13 69
Star-Web Paper: number 5 (1974).
13 69
Stone Country: volume 74, number 2 (May 1974), volume 76, number 2 (May 1976).
13 69
Straight from the Horse's Mouth: volume 3, number 1 (1983).
13 69
Sunflower Dream: volume 2, number 1 (September-October 1977).
13 69
Sunrise: number 2 (1979).
13 69
Surfside Poetry Review: number 6 (Spring-Summer 1974).
14 70
Talisman: numbers 11 (1976), 13 (1977).
14 70
Taproot: number 2 (Spring 1997).
14 70
Taurus Poetry: numbers 8 (1983), 12 (1984), 14 (1984), 15 (1984).
14 71
The Third Half: number 24 (1992).
14 71
Third Lung Review: number 1 (undated, circa 1986).
14 71
Tight: unnumbered issue (1991), volume 3, numbers 1 (January 1992) and 3 (June 1992), volume 5, number 2 (May 1994), volume 9, number 2 (March 2000).
14 72
Tiotis: volume 5, numbers 1 (February 1983) and 2 (May 1983).
14 72
Transcendent Visions: unnumbered issues (Fall 1998, Winter 1998, Fall 1999, 2000, Fall 2002, Spring 2003, Late Spring-Early Summer [no year], Fall 2004).
14 72
Truly Fine: unnumbered issues (Spring 1989, Spring 1990, and undated), volume 6, number 2 (undated), volume 9, number 1-2 (undated).
14 73
The Unit Circle: number 6 (Winter 1996).
14 73
Vagabond: number 3 (Summer 1999).
14 73
Vantage Point: numbers 40 (September 1999), 41 (October 1999), 42 (November 1999), 46 (March 2000), 48 (May 2000), 49 (June 2000), 50 (July 2000), and unnumbered special issue (April 2000).
14 73
Vega: volume 28 (July 1981).
14 73
Voices International: volume 2, number 2 (July 1967).
14 73
Vortex: numbers 6 (July 1979), 7 (August 1979), 9 (October 1979).
14 73
The Voyeur: volume 2, numbers 6 (June 1976), 7 (July 1976), 10 (October 1976), volume 4 (September 1977-January 1978).
15 74
Weird Poetry: number 2 (1995).
15 74
The White Elephant: number 2 (1972).
15 74-76
Wind: volume 4, number 13 (1974), volume 7, number 24 (1977), volume 9, number 33 (1979), volume 14, number 52 (1984), volume 17, number 59 (1987), volume 20, number 67 (1990), volume 22, number 71 (1992).
15 76
Wine Rings: volume 1, number 5 (1976).
15 76
Writer's Exchange: number 17 (Autumn 1991).
15 77
Zebra: unnumbered issues (Winter-Spring 1981), Winter 1982).
15 77
ZYX: numbers 30 (April 2003), 31 (August 2003), 32 (November 2003), 33 (March 2004), 35 (November 2004).

Series 2: Other published materials and miscellaneous, 1983-2005 Return to Top

Container(s) Description
Box Folder
15 78-79
Mirage Monograph Series: Dance of the Sun (2001, 2002), Shadows (2001), Circle of Shadows (2003), Eyes of Night (2004), Illusions (2005).
15 80
jwcurry and George Swede, Where Even the Factories Have Lawns (Gesture Press, 1988).
15 80
jwcurry and Mark Laba, editors, a microspeck of fear (Spider Plots in Rat-Holes, 1984).
15 80
An Evening of Sonnets, Auntie's Bookstore, October 22, 2003 (pamphlet).
15 81
Monographs and chapbooks by Brock: Fog of Paranoia (Snark Publishing, 2003); Inside and Out (July 8, 1988); Lost Voices (Hub Editions, 1988); Pockets of Origin (January 20, 1983).
16 82
Audio recording of Brock, Images in Stone (audiocassette). 1997
16 83
Miscellaneous items, including some poems. 1983-2000
16 84
Brock poetry manuscripts (9 items). Circa 2005
16 85
Correspondence. 1993, 1999

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Subject Terms

  • Poets, American -- 21st century -- Archives

Other Creators

  • Personal Names
    • Brock, Randall (fmo)

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