MTGMss488.xml Guide to the Richard Hugo Papers circa 1965 Hugo (Richard) Papers Finding aid prepared by Jodi Allison-Bunnell Funding for creating this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Historic Publications and Records Commission. Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities. Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library, The University of Montana--Missoula © 2004
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Finding aid encoded by Jodi Allison-Bunnell 2004 Finding aid written in English. 2021 Series II and Series III were added in 2021. University of Montana, Mansfield Library, Archives and Special Collections
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Mss 488 Hugo, Richard, 1923-1982 Richard Hugo Papers 1942-1983 1.2 linear feet and 11 reels microfilm Richard Hugo was a poet who taught at the University of Montana. The collection contains fifteen of his poetry notebooks and other miscellaneous literary manuscripts. Materials are in English Biographical Note

Richard Hugo was born in 1923 in Seattle, Washington. He was raised by his grandparents in White Center, Washington. He served in the Army Air Corps in World War II. After the war, he attended the University of Washington where he earned his B.A. in 1948 and his M.A in 1952 and was a student of Theodore Roethke. He worked as a technical writer for the Boeing Aircraft Company in Seattle. His first book of poetry, A Run of Jacks, was published in 1961; it was followed by another, Death of Kapowsin Tavern, in 1965. In 1963 he resigned his position at Boeing, and went with his wife Barbara Williams (whom he married in 1951) to Italy for a year. On returning to the United States, he was offered a position teaching creative writing at the University of Montana, where he would become head of that program. He also taught at the University of Washington and the University of Iowa. He published The Lady in Kicking Horse Reservoir (1973), What Thou Lovest Well Remains American (1975), 31 Letters and 13 Dreams (1977), White Center (1980) and The Right Madness on Skye (1980). After his divorce from Barbara Williams in 1965, he married Ripley Schamm in 1974. By the end of his life Hugo had accumulated many prizes and awards, including a Guggenheim fellowship, a Rockefeller Foundation creative writing grant, and the Theodore Roethke Memorial Prize. Richard Hugo died of leukemia in 1982.

The collection contains fifteen of Hugo's poetry notebooks and other miscellaneous literary manuscripts.

This collection has three series:

Series I: Notebooks and Writings, circa 1965, 1.0 linear foot

Series II: Richard Hugo Papers on Microfilm, 1942-1983, 11 reels microfilm

Series III: Faculty Papers, 1971-1982, 0.2 linear foot RESTRICTED

This collection and Hugo's papers held by the University of Washington are available on microfilm.

Researchers must use collection in accordance with the policies of Archives and Special Collections, the Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library, and The University of Montana--Missoula.

Researchers are responsible for using in accordance with 17 U.S.C. and any other applicable statutes. Copyright not transferred to the University of Montana. Please contact Archives and Special Collections for additional information.

Richard Hugo Papers, Archives and Special Collections, Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library, The University of Montana--Missoula.

The papers in Series I remained in Hugo's possession until donation to the Archives. Materials in Series III were originally donated to the University of Washington and were transferred in 2019.

Gift of Richard Hugo, 1969 and Univesity of Washington in 2019.

Series I of this collection was originally processed as UM 6, Richard Hugo Papers. In 2004, the collection was re-numbered as Mss 488 and a new finding aid was produced and encoded. Microfilm and faculty papers were added to the collection in 2021.

The main body of Hugo's papers are held by the University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections.

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the online catalog. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or places should search the catalog using these headings.

Hugo, Richard, 1923-1982--Manuscripts University of Montana--Missoula--Faculty American poetry--20th century American poetry--Montana Poems Montana Literature Poets, American--Montana--Missoula Series I Notebooks and Writings circa 1965 1.0 linear foot

This series contains fifteen of Hugo's poetry notebooks and other miscellaneous literary manuscripts.

1/1 Notebook 1 (pages 1-120) undated 1/2 Notebook 2 (pages 1-120) undated 1/3 Notebook 3 (pages 1-120) undated 1/4 Notebook 4 (pages 1-120) undated 1/5 Notebook 5 (pages 5-118) undated 1/6 Notebook 6 (pages 33-108) undated 1/7 Notebook 7 (pages 5-116) undated 1/8 Notebook 8 (pages 1-118) undated 1/9 Notebook 9 (pages 21-110) undated 2/1 Notebook 10 (pages 1-120) undated 2/2 Notebook 11 (pages 1-120) undated 2/3 Notebook 12 (pages 1-120) undated 2/4 Notebook 13 (pages 1-120) undated 2/5 Notebook 14 (pages 1-120) undated 2/6 Notebook 15 (pages 1-120) undated 2/7 Spiral notebook (unpaged, 158 pages or 79 leaves) undated

First poem in notebook is "Where Rock Creek Pools Against the Rock"

 2/8 Spiral notebook (unpaged, 126 pages or 63 leaves) undated 2/9 "Good Luck in Cracked Italian" with printers marks undated 2/10 "Good Luck in Cracked Italian" same as above with no marks undated 2/11 Group of 7 leaves undated

Includes "Snoqualmie October""October Snocualmiet' "Salmon in October"

 2/12 Group of 11 leaves undated

Includes "Stafford's Landscapes" "West of Your City"

 Series II Richard Hugo Papers on Microfilm 1942-1983 11 reels microfilm

This series consists of eleven reels of microfilm of the Richard Hugo Papers held at the University of Washington. The filming of both the collection materials held by the University of Montana and those held by the University of Washington was completed in the 1980s.

A microfilm reel of restricted material from Richard Hugo's time as a faculty member at UM was discarded when the original materials were delivered to UM in 2019. Those restricted materials are Series III of this collection.

 Series III Faculty Papers 1971-1982 0.2 linear feet

This series contains materials from Richard Hugo's time as a faculty member at the University of Montana.

This series was processed by the University of Washington. The orignial materials were transfered to the University of Montana by the University of Washington in 2019.Two reels of microfilm (positive and negative) were discarded during processing of this series.

This series is restricted because it contains student information. Contact Archives and Special Collections for information.

 3/1 General Correspondence 1973-1982 3/2 Department Correspondence 1975-1980 3/3 Class Evaluations 1981-1982 3/4 Students 1973-1982 3/5 Recommendations of MFA Students, A-H 1971-1980 3/6 Recommendations of MFA Students, I-P 1971-1980 3/7 Recommendations of MFA Students, R-Z 1971-1980 3/8 Notes re: Applicants to Creative Writing Program undated