OLPb169NOR Lars Nordstrom Collection 1980-2000 Lars Nordstrom Collection Zachariah Selley Lewis & Clark College, Special Collections and Archives 2017-03-20
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Lars Nordstrom Collection Nordström, Lars, 1954 OLPb169NOR 1.5 linear feet 1980-2000 Papers, research notes and drafts relating to Lars Nordstrom's work with Swedish and American translation of literature and poetry.

Lars Nordström was born in 1954 in Stockholm, Sweden, where he lived until 1974. He was educated at the University of Stockholm and Portland State University in Portland, Oregon, where he received a BA in English in 1981. He then moved to Uppsala University, Sweden, where he received his Ph.D. in American literature in 1989. He is the recipient of several Fulbright grants, a Scandinavian Foundation grant for academic research in the USA, and several Swedish Institute grants and awards, as well as a Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center fellowship. In 1988 he settled with his wife and two sons on a small vineyard in Beavercreek, Oregon. For many years Lars Nordström worked as a technical translator in the high tech industry, but now divides his time between growing wine grapes and writing and translating literature, as well as giving talks on various Swedish-American subjects. Lars Nordström has published prose, poetry, translations, interviews, articles, and scholarly materials in Sweden, Norway, Finland, Canada, Japan and the United States in magazines such as Studia Neophilologica, Horisont, the new renaissance, Translation, The Greenfield Review, Calapooya Literary Review, Hubbub, ICE-FLOE, Northwest Review, PRISM International, International Poetry Review, The Chariton Review, and WRIT.

Research and notes for translations, journal articles, and Uppsala University dissertation. Materials related to William Stafford, Gary Snyder, V. Gale, Vern Rutsala, and other poets of the Pacific Northwest. Box 1 contains typed and handwritten materials. Box 2 contains audio tapes of interviews with Stafford, Gale, and Rutsala.

Collection is open for research.

This collection has no restrictions and is open for research.

This collection was donated to Lewis & Clark College by Lars Nordstrom in 2016.

 Stafford, William, 1914-1993 Rutsala, Vern American poetry--20th century Authors, American--20th century Oregon. Translation Research and Notes 1980-2000 1 Snyder, Gary: Bibliography 1986 1 1 Nordström's Notes on Gary Snyder c. 1986 1 2 Interviews of Gary Snyder c. 1995 1 3 Articles on Theodore Roethke: Primary c. 1985 1 4 Theodore Roethke - Excerpts from his work Fall 1982 handwritten 1 5 Articles on Theodore Roethke: Secondary c. 1983 1 6 Theodore Roethke's role as a teacher, "The Example of Theodore Roethke" by John Haislip Spring 1975 1 7 Notes on Theodore Roethke c. 1981-82 1 8 Roethke's Ecological Vision c. 1981-82 handwritten 1 9 General Dissertation, Uppsala Universitet: Bibliography c. 1983 title in Swedish 1 10 Final Bibliographies: Theodore Roethke & William Stafford September 5, 1988 Bibliographies in English, letter in Swedish 1 11 Theodore Roethke: Bibliographical Material (draft) c. 1987-88 (November 17, 1987?) 1 12 Unused Material Misc. (no date) 1 13 Uppsala Universitet Dissertation: Conclusion Draft, Notes, and Correspondence March 30, 1988 letter in Swedish 1 14 Theodore Roethke and the Inception of the Ecological Metaphor in Northwest Poetry w/correspondence 1985-1986 Correspondence in Swedish 1 15 Theodore Roethke and the Inception of the Ecological Metaphor in Northwest Poetry (book chapter) w/correspondence 1985-86 1 15 The Lariat - Clean Western Standards (historical article) March 1923 1 16 Early Northwest Poets Research c. 1979 1 17 Non-Literary Regionalism of the Pacific Northwest w/notes October 1973 1 18 On Ecology in General: Williams, Pollard, Shinn, Smith, Compton at least 1972 1 19 New Northwest Literature: Regionalism and Western Poetry at least 1980 1 20 Gary Snyder on American Indian Material - Ethnopoetics 1987 1 21 Gary Snyder on Japan & China and Buddhism 1987 1 22 On Gary Snyder - Secondary Criticism 1987 1 23 Gary Snyder on Ecology - Articles on him or mentioning him at least 1983 1 24 Snyder's Poetry, and Reviews and Articles on his Poetry c. 1983 1 25 Gary Snyder: Reviews, Miscellaneous c. 1984 1 26 On Snyder: Primary Criticism 1987 1 27 The Frontier: A Magazine of the Northwest (copies, with notes) c. 1987, materials 1927-39 1 28 Horisont (Swedish literary journal), Articles by Lars Nordström 1987 & 1997 Articles on Vern Rutsala (1987 issue) and Vi Gale (1997 issue) 1 29 Harold Davis Research at least 1978 1 30 Early Literary Regionalism - Primary Sources and Handwritten Notes (date unknown) 1 31 Northwest Literature Periodicals - Handwritten Notes c. 1983 1 32 Regionalism, esp. Northwest "Old" - Articles and Handwritten Notes c. 1984 1 33 vi (Swedish magazine) - Nordström's translation of "Listening" by William Stafford, pg. 61 June 24, 2004 Translated title is "Att lyssna" ("to listen"), magazine section is "EN DIKT" 1 34 Early Northwest Literary Magazines w/ handwritten notes (date unknown) 1 35 A William Stafford Bibliography (printed text) 1987 1 36 The Growth of Regionalism in the Early Poetry of the American Northwest (print article) 1985 1 37 vi (Swedish magazine) - Translation of "The Mob Scene at McNeil" from Down in My Heart by William Stafford, pgs. 70-74 January 15, 1998 1 38 "William Stafford: Some Observations" - Oregon English Journal Spring 1997 1 39 William Stafford Interview by Lars Nordström December 20, 1985, published 1987 1 40 "Between Darkness and Darkness" Translation Reviews 1989 1 41 Gary Snyder Interviews by Lars Nordström April 24-25, 1986 1 42 Stafford Bibliography and Biographical Information 1987 1 43 William Stafford - Interviews c. 1985 1 44 Stafford: Critical Material, Primary, Modern Poetry Series c. 1983 1 45 William Stafford: Poetry and Article on Ecology 1970 1 46 Stafford: Critical Material, Secondary, Articles on Stafford c. 1983 1 47 Stafford: Poems from Small Editions - handwritten and typed c. 1984 1 48 William Stafford Memorials and Obituaries 1994 1 49

Stafford died on August 28, 1993

 Stafford: Small Editions (photocopies) at least 1973 1 50 Useful Quotes from Stafford: On Writing (date unknow) 1 51 Stafford - The Emotive Empire: A New Departure in American Poetry by Ronald Moran and George Lensing w/notes at least 1976 1 52 Stafford Quotes: On Region w/ notes c. 1981 1 53 Texts by Stafford: Secondary and On Him (date unknown) 1 54 Stafford's Ecological Metaphors 1986 Letters in both Swedish and English 1 55 Kenneth O. Hanson Bibliography c. 1979 1 56 Dissertation Introduction Draft 1988 Correspondence in Swedish 1 57 Richard Hugo c. 1981 1 58 James Welch - Book Reviews, Bibliography 1971-1983 1 59 General Articles including William Stafford 1983 1 60 Stafford's Interview with Lars Nordström about Regionalism and Northwest Poetry December 20, 1985 1 61 Poems from Stories That Could Be True by William Stafford 1977 1 62 Stafford's Interviews - Secondary 1983 1 63 Stafford: Uncollected Poems (date unknown) 1 64 Kenneth Rexroth - Chronology and Selected Bibliography (date unknown) 1 65 Reviews of Nordström's Dissertation 1990 1 66 Uppsala Universitet Documents 1986 1 67 Audio Tapes of Interviews 1980-2000 2 V. Gale Interview About Her Life 1992 2 1 V. Gale Interview About Her Life Part 2 1992 2 2 V. Gale Interview About Her Life Part 3 (with her brother) 1992 2 3 Gary Snyder Interview on Poetry Part 1 2 4 Gary Snyder Interview on Poetry Part 2 2 5 William Stafford Interview Part 1 2 6 William Stafford Interview Part 2 2 7 Poetry Reading - Mark Thalman and Lars Nordström 2 8 Rutsala Interview on his Life and Writings 2 9