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The Glen Coffield Collection, 1945-2008

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Coffield, Glen, 1917-
Title
The Glen Coffield Collection
Dates
1945-2008 (inclusive)
Quantity
1 cubic foot, (2 boxes)
Collection Number
OLPb132COF
Summary
This collection includes publications and other materials created by Glen Coffield, a poet, teacher, publisher, and pacifist, who lived in Oregon.
Repository
Lewis & Clark College, Special Collections and Archives

Aubrey R. Watzek Library
615 S. Palatine Hill Rd.
Portland, OR
97219
Telephone: 5037687758
Fax: 5037687282
archives@lclark.edu
Access Restrictions

This collection has no restrictions and is open for research.

Languages
English
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Biographical Note

Glen Coffield (1917-1981) was a poet, teacher, and World War II conscientious objector, born in Prescott, Arizona (June 15, 1917). Coffield attended Central Missouri State Teachers College, where he played basketball and pursued his interest in writing as president of the English Club and editor of the literary review. After being given conscientious objector status, Coffield spent much of the World War II at the Waldport, Oregon Civilian Public Service Camp where he was activities coordinator and editor of the camp's underground newsletter, "The Untide." After the war Coffield did some acting in San Francisco, and from 1947-1954 ran the Grundtvig Folk School near Eagle Creek, Oregon. As a part of his Grundtvig Folk School experiment, Coffield published numerous mimeographed serials and books of poetry including: The Bridge, the Creative Advertiser, Creative Review, Creativity Newsletter, Golden Gate, Grundtvig Review, and Western Bookman. In the 1960s Coffield moved back to San Francisco, where he was severely injured in a hit and run accident. Coffield spent the rest of his life in Missouri. Throughout his life, particularly during the period in Oregon and San Francisco, Coffield published his own writings, as well as a series of small literary journals. Throughout his life, Coffield remained close with fellow C.O.'s, Kemper Nomland and William Stafford.

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Content Description

Includes mimeographed newsletters, pamphlets, photographs, letters, and audio recordings.

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Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Use

Permission to publish, exhibit, broadcast, or quote from materials in the Watzek Library Archives & Special Collections requires written permission of the Head of Archives & Special Collections.

Preferred Citation

The Glen Coffield Collection (OLPb132COF), Lewis & Clark College Aubrey Watzek Library Archives & Special Collections, Portland, Oregon.

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Administrative Information

Arrangement

Arranged in a single series with files grouped by material type.

Location of Collection

Special Collections

Acquisition Information

Assembled from gifts to Lewis & Clark College by Kemper Nomland, William Stafford, Kermit Sheets, and Brian Booth.

Processing Note

Processed in 2012.

Separated Materials

Books authored by Coffield are housed with Special Collections rare books and can be found on the online library catalog.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.

  • Description: Coffield corresp. w/ Kemper Nomland

    Includes one sheet with three photographs taken by Coffield of his Grundtvig cabin.

    Dates: September 13, 1948
    Container: Box/Folder 1.1
  • Description: The Bridge

    2:10, 3:7, 3:12, 4:12, 7:1-7:6.

    Dates: 1948-1953
    Container: Box/Folder 1.2
  • Description: The Bridge

    8.:1, 9:6, 10:1-10:12, 11:5-11:6

    Dates: 1954-1957
    Container: Box/Folder 1.3
  • Description: Grundting Review

    no. 3, no. 5

    Dates: 1952-1956
    Container: Box/Folder 1.4
  • Description: The Creative Advertiser

    1:2, 2:1, 2:2

    Dates: 1954-1956
    Container: Box/Folder 1.5
  • Description: Golden Gate

    nos. 3-7, 9-10, 2:2, 2:5, 2:6

    Dates: 1958-1959
    Container: Box/Folder 1.6
  • Description: Creative Review

    1:1, 1:3-1:4, 2:1-2:4

    Dates: 1960-1963
    Container: Box/Folder 1.7
  • Description: Creative Review

    5:2-5:3, 6:1-6:4, 7:1-7:4, 9:1, 10:2, 12:2-12:4

    Dates: 1965-1972
    Container: Box/Folder 1.8
  • Description: Creative Review

    13:1-13:4, 14:1-14:4, 15:1-15:4, 17:4, 18:4, 19:1

    Dates: 1972-1979
    Container: Box/Folder 1.9
  • Description: CD Recording of Glen Coffiled singing folk songs

    41 min. 29 seconds

    Dates: ca. 1945
    Container: Box/Folder 2.1
  • Description: Western Bookman

    Dates: Spring 1957
    Container: Box/Folder 2.2
  • Description: Letter from Shirley Gilsnud Osredkar to Brian Booth (about Glen Coffield)
    Dates: Feb. 20, 1957
    Container: Box/Folder 2.3
  • Description: Finding aid for Coffield Collection with letter to Kim Stafford from Joyce Coffield Bower
    Dates: 1999
    Container: Box/Folder 2.4
  • Description: Article about Glen Coffield by Kim Stafford in Oregon Quarterly

    Dates: Summer 2008
    Container: Box/Folder 2.5
  • Description: Misc. publication listings/sales lists/flyers by Coffield

    Dates: Various dates
    Container: Box/Folder 2.6
  • Description: Creativity Newsletter (incomplete run)

    1-5, 37-38, 41-42, 57-80, 87-88, 127, 152, 154, 188-190, 194-197, 205, 208-213

    Dates: 1965-1973
    Container: Box/Folder 2.7

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Personal Names

  • Coffield, Glen, 1917-

Corporate Names

  • Grundtvig Folk School

Geographical Names

  • Carthage (Mo.)
  • Eagle Creek (Or.)
  • Eugene (Or.)
  • San Francisco (Ca.)

Titles within the Collection

  • Creative Advertiser
  • Creative Review
  • Creativity Newsletter
  • Golden Gate
  • Grundtvig Review
  • The Bridge
  • Western Bookman

Jeremy Skinner
2012

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