J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections
Brewster Ghiselin papers
Ghiselin, Brewster, 1903-2002
MS 0528
44 linear feet
61 boxes
1928-1996
The Brewster Ghiselin papers (1928-1996) consist of materials related to Ghiselin's career as an author, poet, and professor at the University of Utah. The collection contains materials related to the University of Utah Writer's Conference, primarily from 1944 to 1966, materials from the Poetry Society of America, a large number of books of poetry by various authors, and manuscripts of much of Ghiselin's own work, both poetry and essays. The materials consist of manuscripts, notes, letters, brochures, news clippings, correspondence, reader evaluation forms, bulletins, posters, preparatory materials, and other items. Ghiselin joined the University of Utah faculty in 1929, and served as director of the University of Utah Writer's Conference for nineteen years.
English
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Brewster Ghiselin was born in Webster Groves, Missouri, in 1903, but once said that he felt more at home in California near Mt. Tamalpais, where he moved at age 18. Ghiselin is specifically well-known for his poem "The Rattlesnake," but has many finely developed and diversified abilities. In addition to publishing numerous collections of poetry, Ghiselin was responsible for creating and teaching a course on the creative process, which in turn birthed his over 500,000-copy bestseller,
The Creative Process. Not being limited merely to the exposition and sublimation of the written word, Ghiselin held a showing of watercolors and drawings at the Salt Lake Art Council's Art Barn in 1937. The result of Ghiselin's achievements: a garner of awards and immense recognition of achievement in the arts. In 1970, Ghiselin received an award from the National Institute of Arts and Letters and had his "Country of the Minotaur" selected by Masterplots as one of the oustanding books printed in 1970. To further the list, in 1981 and 1982 respectively, Ghiselin received the William Carlos Williams Award from the Poetry Society of America and the Governor's Award for the Arts.
The University of Utah Writer's Conference was established, conducted, and supplied with well-known and gifted teachers and writers through the efforts of Ghiselin, who served as conference director for nineteen years. Ghiselin joined the University of Utah faculty in 1929 after receiving his A.B. degree from UCLA in 1927, his M.A. from UC Berkeley in 1928 and after completing a year of study at Oxford, where he had gone in pursuit of "finding a large-minded faculty and a liberal view" and D. H. Lawrence. A strong vein of naturalism runs through Ghiselin's work, and Wallace Stegner, in Ghiselin's
The Water of Light, seems to sum Ghiselin's ability and his interpretation of the natural world the best: "That has been his double mark--the capacity to take in through the senses the whole range of the natural world, and the curiosity and patience and passion to know it in its quintessence, its ultimate quiddity, its absolute right image or word" (pg. 214).
As for Ghiselin's personal excellence in poetry, he has been called "one of the brightest of the young poets;" as for the University of Utah Writer's Conference, the Ghiselin excellence is apparent. "On the whole, though, I am very well satisfied with what seems to me the essential success of the conference in serving the needs of the writers in the community who matter most. It is a comfort, too, to find that the smart and talented young people all feel I have been doing the best thing possible for them in handling the conference as I have" (excerpt from a letter to Caroline Gordon, dated July 3, 1952).
(Sources for the biography include newspaper articles and shorts from his published works.)
The Brewster Ghiselin papers (1928-1996) consist of materials related to Ghiselin's career as an author, poet, and professor at the University of Utah. The collection contains materials related to the University of Utah Writer's Conference, primarily from 1944 to 1966, materials from the Poetry Society of America, a large number of books of poetry by various authors, and manuscripts of much of Ghiselin's own work, both poetry and essays. The materials consist of manuscripts, notes, letters, brochures, news clippings, correspondence, reader evaluation forms, bulletins, posters, preparatory materials, and other items.
Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.
Some original items have been removed and placed in Reserve. Access must be given by the Manuscripts Curator and by appointment. An archivist must remain with the items if being used. Photocopies are available in the collection for research use.
The library does not claim to control copyright for all materials in the collection. An individual depicted in a reproduction has privacy rights as outlined in Title 45 CFR, part 46 (Protection of Human Subjects). For further information, please review the J. Willard Marriott Library's Use Agreement and Reproduction Request forms.
Collection Name, Collection Number, Box Number, Folder Number. Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, The University of Utah.
Boxes 1-25 were donated in the 1980s.
Boxes 26-31 were donated in 1990.
Box 32 was donated in 1993.
Boxes 33-40 were donated in 1995.
Boxes 41-51 were donated in 1996.
Boxes 52-61 were donated in 1997.
Box 61, folder 15 was donated in 2001.
Processed by Julie Reiser and other Manuscripts staff from 1989-2003.
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Cheever, John
Fisher, Vardis, 1895-1968
Krutch, Joseph Wood, 1893-1970
La Farge, Oliver, 1901-1963
Nabokov, Vladimir Vladimirovich, 1899-1977
Stegner, Wallace, 1909-1993
West, Jessamyn
Williams, William Carlos, 1883-1963
De Voto, Bernard, 1897-1955
Dos Passos, John, 1896-1970
Caldwell, Erskine, 1903-1987
University of Utah. Department of English--Faculty--Archives
Poetry Society of Amerca--Archives
University of Utah. Writers' Conference--Archives
Authors--Congresses--20th century--Archives
Poets--Congresses--20th century--Archives
Authorship--Marketing--20th century
Poetry--Competitions
College students' writings--Specimens--20th century
Poets as teachers--Utah
Authors--Scholarships, fellowships, etc.--20th century
Literature
Poetry
Manuscripts
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
Personal correspondence
Business correspondence
Brochures
Financial records
Conference materials
Conference papers and proceedings
Promotional materials
Biographies
Instructional and educational works
Essays
Newsletters
University of Utah Writers' Conference
I
Brochures
1947-1966
1
A compilation of the brochures of the University of Utah Writers' Conference, under the direction of Brewster Ghiselin. The bulletins contain brief biographical sketches of writers leading the workshops as well as schedules, registration blanks, and other miscellaneous information.
Clipping Files
2
A compilation of clippings announcing the conference, delineating brief synopses of workshops and meetings, and giving biographical summaries of leaders.
Complimentary Tickets
1950-1964
3
A chronological compilation of correspondence and lists of people--in and out of the English department--given complimentary tickets to attend some or all of the workshops.
Finances, A-Z
Miscellaneous financial material strictly related to the costs of running, maintaining, advertising, and funding the conference. Most categories are incomplete chronologically. Also included are budget materials, advertising expenses, university receipts, income and expense statements, and other miscellaneous financial records in moderately complete sections.
Advertising Expenses
4
1
Budget Material
1951-1966
4
2
This includes a limited account of the budget for the non-inclusive years of 1951-1966. Included are a few separate budget ledger entries and brief budget summaries.
Correspondence
1949-1964
4
3
Income and Expenses
1949-1953
4
4
Summary sheets of total income and expenses of the conference.
Income and Expenses
1954-1966
4
5
Miscellaneous
4
6
Miscellaneous Handwritten Notes
4
7
Payroll
4
8
Purchase Orders
1949-1964
4
9
Receipts--Cash Receipts
1960-1964
4
10
Receipts--Stenographic Bureau
4
11
Receipts--Union Building Food Service
4
12
Receipts--University Book Store
1947-1964
4
13
Receipts--University Miscellaneous
5
1
Receipts--University Press
5
2
Reimbursements
5
3
Requisitions
5
4
Requisitions and Miscellanea
5
5
Salaries
5
6
Scholarship Fund Contributions
5
7
Included are receipts and summaries of actual contributions. For more detailed information please see Scholarship Fund Correspondence, box 15; or, for other types of financial support, such as corporate sponsorship, see Conference Files, box 22, folder 27.
Telephone Charges
5
8
Ticket Sales
1949-1950
5
9
Time Cards
1947-1964
5
10
Tuition and Manuscript Fees
5
11
University Services
5
12
Mailing List Index
6
A compilation of three-by-five index cards listing members of the conference, participants, writers, leaders, and other interested persons. Address, correspondence record, contribution record, and conference attendance is noted on each card. The upper right corner of each card is color-coded to indicate the individual's attendance. A explanation card is located immediately behind the introductory card.
Miscellaneous Conference Brochures
An alphabetical file of brochures and announcements from other conferences. Each brochure is listed according to conference title, with the university or location listed in parentheses.
American Baptist Assembly (Green Lake, Wisconsin)
7
1
Annual Writers' Round-Up
7
2
Antioch Writing and Publishing Seminar (Antioch College)
7
3
Banff School of Fine Arts (University of Alberta)
7
4
Bard College
7
5
Bread Loaf Writers' Conference (Middlebury College)
7
6
Conference on New Criticism (Georgetown University)
7
7
A Conference on Writing (Pomona College)
7
8
Connecticut Writer's Conference (University of Connecticut)
7
9
Contemporary Literature Workshop (State Teacher's College, Millersville, Pennsylvania)
7
10
Creative Writing (University of British Columbia)
7
11
Creative Writing (University of Oregon)
7
12
Famous Writers School (Westport, Connecticut)
7
13
Fundamentals of Book Editing (Hunter College of The City of New York)
7
14
Huckleberry Workshop (Hendersonville, North Carolina)
7
15
Indiana University Writers' Conference
7
16
Instituto Mende (University of Guanajuato)
7
17
Johns Hopkins Poetry Festival
7
17A
Kansas Writer's Conference (University of Kansas)
7
18
The Kenyon School of English (Kenyon College)
7
19
Live Oak Writers Conference (University of Mississippi)
7
20
Mexico City Writing Center (Mexico City College)
7
21
Missouri Writers Workshop (University of Missouri)
7
22
Ohio Valley Writers' Conference (Marietta College)
7
23
Pacific Coast Writers Conference (Los Angeles State College)
7
24
Poetry Workshop for Teachers (San Francisco State College)
7
24A
The Program in Creative Writing (University of Iowa)
7
25
Riviera Writers' Workshop (San Remo, Italy)
7
26
Santa Clara Writers Institute
7
27
The School of Letters (Indiana University)
7
28
Short Course on Professional Writing (University of Oklahoma)
7
29
Sinclair Lewis Writers' Workshop (University of Minnesota--Sauke Center)
7
30
Summer Program in the Creative Arts (University of Wyoming)
7
31
Summer Writing Conference (New York University)
7
32
University of Colorado
7
33
Utah Writer's Conference (Utah State Agricultural College)
7
34
Utah Writer's Conference (Correspondence) (Utah State Agricultural College)
7
35
Workshop for Writers (University of Denver)
7
36
Writer's Colony (Tecolutla, Veracruz, Mexico)
7
37
Writers Conference (Columbia University)
7
38
Writers' Conference (Portland Summer Session)
7
39
Writer's Conference (University of New Hampshire)
7
40
Writers Conference (Wagner College)
7
41
The Writers' Institute (University of Wisconsin)
7
42
Writing at Washington Square (New York University)
7
43
The Writing Center (New York University)
7
44
The Writing Seminars at Johns Hopkins
7
45
Participants
1947-1966
8
A chronological compilation of lists of participants and some participant correspondence concerning registration and fees.
Publications and Periodicals
A collection of printed brochures, magazines, and periodicals in which the University of Utah Writers' Conference and other conferences are mentioned. Some miscellaneous printed material does not specifically relate to the University of Utah Writers' Conference, but to the craft of writing and publishing. In some cases, the articles concern the director of the conference, Brewster Ghiselin, the conference itself, or a conference advertisement.
American Poetry Magazine
1954
9
1
American Poetry Magazine
1955
9
2
Author & Journalist
April 1957
9
3
Author & Journalist
April 1961
9
4
Author & Journalist (reprint)
9
5
Creator and Critic: A Controversy between Jack London and Philo M. Buck. Jr., by King Hendricks
9
6
Exposition Press General Catalogue
1954-1955
9
7
The Literature of Virginia in the Seventeenth Century, by Howard Mumford Jones
9
8
Modern Verse in English, by Lord David Cecil and Allen Tate
1900-1950
9
8A
A Moth's Wing, by Flora J. Arnstein
9
9
On Reading Fiction, by Shirley Watkins (Steinman)
1956
9
10
Saturday Review
April 30, 1960
9
11
A Study in Defoe: Moral Vision and Structural Form, by Mark Shorer
9
12
"Their Blood is Strong," by John Steinbeck
9
13
Thomas Y. Crowell Company Catalog
Spring 1960
9
13A
'Twas Ever So and Events of Years (poetry), by Floyd Weston Stafford
9
14
Two Tributes
1970
9
15
The Utah Alumnus
July 1963
9
16
Utah Wilderness Photography
9
17
Variegation: A Free Verse Quarterly
9
18
The Writer
April 1955
9
19
The Writer
April 1956
9
20
The Writer
April 1958
9
21
The Writer
April 1959
9
22
The Writer
April 1960
9
23
The Writer
April 1963
9
24
The Writer
April 1966
9
25
Writer's Digest
May 1963
9
26
Writer's Digest
January 1966
9
27
Writer's Digest
May 1966
9
28
Publicity
1947-1966
10
Publicity materials arranged chronologically. Each year, or chronological division, is divided in three parts: announcements, clippings and related correspondence. In most cases, the correspondence is of an introductory or business nature, and not directed personally to Brewster Ghiselin, but rather to him as the conference director.
Publicity Broadsides
1949-1973
11
Questionnaires
1947-1950
12
Questionnaires soliciting responses to the conference. Included are original questionnaire responses and original tabulation sheets for statistical purposes.
Scholarship Application/Award Correspondence
Correspondence with and applications from students and writers seeking scholarship to the conferences. Also included are scholarship letters of recommendation and award announcement letters.
Correspondence
1953
13
1
Correspondence
1954
13
2
Correspondence
1955
13
3
Correspondence
1956
13
4
Correspondence
1957
13
5
Correspondence
1958
13
6
Correspondence
1959 January-May
13
7
Correspondence
1959 June-December
13
8
Correspondence
1960
14
1
Correspondence
1961
14
2
Correspondence
1962
14
3
Correspondence
1963
14
4
Correspondence
1964
14
5
Correspondence, miscellaneous
14
6
Scholarship Fund
Scholarship fund materials including correspondence with sponsors of scholarships, and correspondence regarding the financial aspect of securing scholarship monies and of awarding scholarships.
Correspondence
1950
15
1
Correspondence
1951
15
2
Correspondence
1952
15
3
Correspondence
1953
15
4
Correspondence
1954
15
5
Correspondence
1955
15
6
Correspondence
1956
15
7
Correspondence
1957
15
8
Correspondence
1958
15
9
Correspondence
1959
15
10
Correspondence
1960
15
11
Correspondence
1961
15
12
Correspondence
1962
15
13
Correspondence
1963
15
14
Correspondence
1964
15
15
Correspondence
1966
15
16
Correspondence--Charles R. Mabey Scholarship
15
17
Correspondence--Grey Memorial Fund
15
18
Financial Material--Cash Receipts
15
19
Financial Material--Contribution Check Records
15
20
Financial Material--Contribution Receipts
15
21
Financial Material--Miscellaneous Handwritten Notes
15
22
Financial Material--Restricted Funds
15
23
Financial Material--Schedule of Accounts
15
24
Financial Material--Scholarship Awards
15
25
Financial Material--Scholarship Contributions
15
26
Financial Material--Statement of Account
15
27
Student Writing Files
A collection of fiction, poetry, and other writings by students within the conference. Student work is arranged alphabetically and is not inclusive of all students attending the conference; in fact only a small percentage of students are represented in this file. For other writings not necessarily generated by the writers conference, see individual student applications listed chronologically within Student Application/Award Correspondence, boxes 13-14. Also included is correspondence concerning the work of past and prospective conference students and group writing projects. This box may be perused, but no photocopying may be made.
Ackerlind, Betty
16
1
Allred, Gordon
16
2
Browning, Robert Pack
16
3
Champlin, Ardath
16
4
Davis, Kay
16
5
Dozzi, Denise Danielle
16
6
Foster, Robert
16
7
Goff, Margaret Tuttle
16
8
Hill, Lael W.
16
9
Hunter, Rodelle Hicks
16
10
Hurst, Jean
16
11
Jeppsen, Allan
16
12
Jessop, Bernice
16
13
Marcus, Adrianne
16
14
Martin, Kathryn
16
15
Olsen, Betty
16
16
Robinson, Helen James
16
17
Correspondence
1953-1955
16
18
Correspondence regarding the work of past and prospective students.
Correspondence
1956-1960
16
19
Correspondence regarding the work of past and prospective students.
Correspondence
1952-1962
16
20
Correspondence regarding the work of conference participants.
Comments on Conference Participants
16
21
Letters of Recommendation
1952-1964
16
22
PEN Magazine
1956
16
23
A student-leader collaboration of published material produced, in part, by the writers conference.
Poetry by Participants
1966
16
24
Additional poetry produced by writer conference participants.
Writer Files, A-Z
An alphabetical file of individual writers who were asked to be conference leaders. Included in the folders is biographical information printed in the conference syllabus, correspondence with Brewster Ghiselin, and other information pertaining the specific writer. In some cases, the correspondence does not contain the autograph of the writer, as the correspondence was relayed to the writer through the writer's secretary.
Aiken, Conrad
1950-1951
17
1
Two original letters have been removed and placed in Reserve. Photocopied versions are available in the collection for access purposes. Access to the originals must be given by the Manuscripts Curator and by appointment. An archivist must remain with the items if being used.
Basso, Hamilton
1955-1956
17
2
Bates, Ralph
1955
17
3
Bechtel, Louise Seaman
1949
17
4
Bellow, Saul
1959-1961
1965
17
5
Three original letters have been removed and placed in Reserve. Photocopied versions are available in the collection for access purposes. Access to the originals must be given by the Manuscripts Curator and by appointment. An archivist must remain with the items if being used.
Bemelmens, Ludwig
1949-1950
17
6
Benet, Marjorie Flack
1950
17
7
Bentley, Eric
1947
17
8
Berryman, John
1959
17
9
Bessie, Alvah
1947
17
10
Birney, Earle
1952
17
11
Blackmur, R. P.
1961
17
12
Bogan, Louise
1949-1950
17
13
Boyle, Kay
1947
1964
17
14
Brand, Millen
1947
17
15
Brickell, Herschel
1948-1950
17
16
Brooks, Cleanth
1949
17
17
Buck, Pearl S.
1949
17
18
Burnett, Whit
1947-1966
17
19
Caldwell, Erskine
1947
17
20
One original letter has been removed and placed in Reserve. A photocopied version is available in the collection for access purposes. Access to the original must be given by the Manuscripts Curator and by appointment. An archivist must remain with the item if being used.
Cannon, Josephine Johnson
1952
17
21
Cary, Joyce
1951
17
22
Cheever, John
1958-1959
17
23
Ciardi, John
1952-1955
17
24
Twelve original letters have been removed and placed in Reserve. Photocopied versions are available in the collection for access purposes. Access to the originals must be given by the Manuscripts Curator and by appointment. An archivist must remain with the items if being used.
Clark, Walter van Tilberg
1947-1964
17
25
Fourteen original letters have been removed and placed in Reserve. Photocopied versions are available in the collection for access purposes. Access to the originals must be given by the Manuscripts Curator and by appointment. An archivist must remain with the items if being used.
Corle, Edwin
1953
17
26
Cowley, Malcolm
1951-1953
17
27
Cozzens, James G.
1954
17
28
Davis, George
1949
17
29
Davis, H. L.
1954-1956
17
30
DeVoto, Bernard
1947
17
31
Dickey, James
1965-1966
1981
17
32
Dillon, George
1947
17
33
Dos Passos, John
1947
1949-1951
17
34
Three original letters have been removed and placed in Reserve. Photocopied versions are available in the collection for access purposes. Access to the originals must be given by the Manuscripts Curator and by appointment. An archivist must remain with the items if being used.
Eberhart, Richard
1954
1960
17
35
Eliot, T. S.
1948
1949
17
36
Elliott, George P.
1962-1963
17
37
Engle, Paul
1947
1951-1957
1961
1964
17
38
Enright, Elizabeth
1952
1955
17
39
Farrell, James T.
1955
18
1
Fergusson, Francis
1952
18
2
Fiedler, Leslie A.
1951, 1956
18
3
Fisher, M. F. K.
1952, 1953
18
4
Fisher, Vardis
1947, 1953
18
5
Foley, Martha
1949
18
6
Frost, Robert
1947
18
7
Geisel, Theodor "Dr. Seuss"
1949-1953
18
8
One original letter has been removed and placed in Reserve. A photocopied version is available in the collection for access purposes. Access to the original must be given by the Manuscripts Curator and by appointment. An archivist must remain with the item if being used.
Gold, Herbert
1958-1959
18
9
Gordon, Caroline
1947-1958
18
10
Gorman, Herbert
1950
18
11
Green, Paul
1947, 1950
18
12
Guerard, Albert S.
1955-1961
18
13
Guthrie, A. B., Jr.
1954-1956
18
14
Hall, Donald
1958
18
15
Hawkes, John
1961-1962
18
16
Hersey, John
1949
18
17
Hillyer, Robert S.
1948
18
18
Horgan, Paul
1947
18
19
Humphries, Rolfe
1956-1957
18
20
Huxley, Aldous
1947
18
21
Jackson, Shirley
1955, 1956
18
22
Jarrell, Randall
1954, 1956
18
23
Jeffers, Robinson
1947
18
24
Johnson, Josephine
1952
18
25
Josephsen, Marba
1953
18
26
Krutch, Joseph Wood
1955
18
27
Kunitz, Stanley
1960-1962
18
28
LaFarge, Oliver
1950-1952
18
29
Laughlin, James
1947-1950
18
30
Leaf, Munro
1950
18
31
Lewis, C. Day
1956
18
32
Lowell, Robert
1952-1957, 1960
18
33
Lytle, Andrew
1954, 1957, 1961-1964
18
34
McCleary, Dorothy
1956, 1960
19
1
McElderry, Margaret
1957
19
2
McGinley (Hayden), Phyllis
1949-1950
19
3
McWilliams, Carey
1952
19
4
Macauley, Robert
1960-1963
19
5
Macliesh, Archibald
1947, 1950
19
6
Maisel, Albert Q.
1958
19
7
Malamud, Bernard
1961
19
8
One original letter has been removed and placed in Reserve. A photocopied version is available in the collection for access purposes. Access to the original must be given by the Manuscripts Curator and by appointment. An archivist must remain with the item if being used.
Maltz, Albert
1947
19
9
Merwin, W. S.
1956-1957, 1960-1961
19
10
Michener, James A.
1950, 1953
19
11
Three original letters have been removed and placed in Reserve. Photocopied versions are available in the collection for access purposes. Access to the originals must be given by the Manuscripts Curator and by appointment. An archivist must remain with the items if being used.
Mizener, Arthur
1951
19
12
Moore, Marianne
1954, 1957
19
13
Morris, Wright
1955
19
14
Nabakov, Vladimir
1948, 1949
19
15
Nemerov, Howard
1959, 1964
19
16
O'Connor, Frank
1957, 1961
19
17
Patchen, Kenneth
1957
19
18
Porter, Katherine Anne
1953
19
19
Powers, J. F.
1957
19
20
Ransom, John C.
1948-1949, 1954
19
21
Richards, I. A.
1947, 1949
19
22
Richter, Conrad
1947, 1954
19
23
Roethke, Theodore
1961
19
24
Roth, Philip
1961
19
25
Sandburg, Carl
1949
19
26
One original letter has been removed and placed in Reserve. A photocopied version is available in the collection for access purposes. Access to the original must be given by the Manuscripts Curator and by appointment. An archivist must remain with the item if being used.
Schorer, Mark
1947-1962, 1965
19
27
Schramm, Wilbur
1949, 1952-1953
19
28
Schwartz, Delmore
1949-1951
19
29
Scowcraft, Dick C
1947
19
30
Shapiro, Karl
1949-1956
19
31
Shaw, Harry
1950-1957
19
32
Shaw, Irwin
1947-1950
19
33
Smith, William Jay
1960
19
34
Sorenson, Virginia
19
35
Biographical and miscellaneous material.
Sorenson, Virginia
1953-1966
19
36
Correspondence.
Spencer, Theodore
1947
19
37
Spender, Stephen
1951-1959
19
38
Squires, Radcliffe
1962-1963
19
39
Stafford, Jean
19
40
Stafford, William
1965-1966
19
41
Stanford, Ann
1956-1957
19
42
Stegner, Wallace
19
43
Biographical and miscellaneous material.
Stegner, Wallace
1949-1971
19
44
Correspondence.
Stewart, George R.
1947-1951
19
45
Suckow, Ruth
1947
19
46
Swados, Harvey
1960
19
47
Tate, Allen
20
1
Biographical and miscellaneous material.
Tate, Allen
1947-1961
20
2
Correspondence.
Taylor, Peter
1951-1952
1957-1963
20
3
Thomas, Dylan
1950-1952
20
4
Towne, Charles Harrison
1939
20
5
Trilling, Lionel
1949
20
6
Van Doren, Mark
1947
20
7
Wain, John
1958
20
8
Warren, Robert Penn
1947-1951
1955
20
9
Nine original letters have been removed and placed in Reserve. Photocopied versions are available in the collection for access purposes. Access to the originals must be given by the Manuscripts Curator and by appointment. An archivist must remain with the items if being used.
Waugh, Alec
20
10
Biographical and miscellaneous material.
Waugh, Alec
1966
20
11
Correspondence.
Wecter, Dixon
1948
20
12
Weeks, Edward
1949
20
13
Welty, Eudora
1949
20
14
Wescott, Glenway
20
15
Biographical and miscellaneous material.
Wescott, Glenway
1956-1963
20
16
Correspondence.
West, Jessamyn
20
17
Biographical and miscellaneous material.
West, Jessamyn
1951-1962
20
18
Correspondence.
West, Ray B.
20
19
Biographical and miscellaneous material.
West, Ray B.
1947
1950-1952
20
20
Correspondence
West, Rebecca
1948
20
21
White, E. B.
1949
1950
20
22
One original letter has been removed and placed in Reserve. A photocopied version is available in the collection for access purposes. Access to the original must be given by the Manuscripts Curator and by appointment. An archivist must remain with the item if being used.
Whittemore, Reed
20
23
Biographical and miscellaneous material
Whittemore, Reed
1961
20
24
Correspondence.
Wilbur, Richard
1956
1958
20
25
Wilder, Isabel
1947
1948
20
26
Williams, Oscar
20
27
Biographical and miscellaneous material
Williams, Oscar
1949
1950-1956
20
28
Correspondence.
Williams, William Carlos
1947-1956
20
29
Twelve original letters have been removed and placed in Reserve. Photocopied versions are available in the collection for access purposes. Access to the originals must be given by the Manuscripts Curator and by appointment. An archivist must remain with the items if being used.
Williams, William Carlos
20
30
Speech
Wilson, Edmund
1947
20
31
Wouk, Herman
1954
20
32
One original letter has been removed and placed in Reserve. A photocopied version is available in the collection for access purposes. Access to the original must be given by the Manuscripts Curator and by appointment. An archivist must remain with the item if being used.
Miscellaneous Writer Correspondence
20
33
Writer Files (Readers' Evaluation Forms) University Credit Awarded
Reader evaluations of conference participant manuscripts, listed alphabetically by evaluator. Also included are several folders of correspondence awarding grades and university credit to student conference participants, This box is restricted.
Benet, Marjorie Flack
21
1
Berryman, John
21
2
Birney, Earle
21
3
Burnett, Whit
21
4
Ciardi, John
21
5
Clark, Walter V. T.
21
6
Cowley, Malcolm
21
7
Dickey, James
21
8
Eberhart, Richard
21
9
Elliott, George P.
21
10
Enright, Elizabeth
21
11
Fiedler, Leslie A.
21
12
Fisher, M. F. K.
21
13
Ghiselin, Brewster
21
14
Gold, Herbert
21
15
Gordon, Caroline
21
16
Guerard, Albert J.
21
17
Hawkes, John
21
18
Humphries, Rolfe
21
19
Kunitz, Stanley
21
20
LaFarge, Oliver
21
21
Lytle, Andrew
21
22
McCleary, Dorothy
21
23
Macauley, Robert
21
24
Nemerov, Howard
21
25
Schwartz, Delmore
21
26
Shapiro, Karl
21
27
Shaw, Harry
21
28
Shaw, Irwin
21
29
Sorenson, Virginia
21
30
Spender, Stephen
21
31
Squires, Radcliffe
21
32
Stewart, George R.
21
33
Stafford, William
21
34
Swados, Harvey
21
35
Tate, Allen
21
36
Taylor, Peter
21
37
Unidentified
21
38
Waugh, Alec
21
39
Wescott, Glenway
21
40
West, Jessamyn
21
41
West, Ray
21
42
Whittemore, Reed
21
43
Williams, Oscar
21
44
University Credit
1947-1964
21
45
University Credit
21
46
Comments, grades
Conference Files, A-Z
Conference subject files listed alphabetically. Included are organizational materials, comments on conferences, admission cards, conference correspondence, and other pertinent material. Also included is workshop information, pertaining to publishing, children's literature, and copyright laws, This information is a good indication of the writing and publishing market during the 1950s and 1960s, but it does not specifically pertain to the conference. A section of correspondence in 1962 came from Italy where the Ghiselins were vacationing. It is directed to the conference secretary and also contains many descriptions of the countryside as well as the plans of the trip.
Admission Cards
22
1
Approval and Early Organization
1946-1948
22
2
Articles
22
3
Articles written about other writers conferences.
Articles
22
3A
Articles and clippings from magazines, brochures, and unidentified booklets giving brief biographical notes about the writers at the conference and other writers in general.
Bibliographies
22
4
Suggested reading lists for conference participants,
Book Announcements
22
4A
Announcements and lists for newly published books.
Children's Literature Information
22
5
Comments on Conference
1946-1949
22
6
Comments on Conference
1950
22
7
Comments on Conference
1951-1952
22
8
Comments on Conference
1953-1955
22
9
Comments on Conference
1956-1957
22
10
Comments on Conference
1958-1960
22
11
Comments on Conference
1961-1964
22
12
Comments on Conference
1965-1966
22
13
Conference Committee
1955-1964
22
14
Conference Dinner--Correspondence
22
15
Conference Dinner--Food Service Facilities
22
16
Conference Dinner--Lists
22
17
Conference Dinner--Notes
22
18
Conference Dinner--Speeches
22
19
Conference Inquiries
1961-1962, 1964
22
20
Conference Newsletter
1959
22
21
Conference Tea
1949
1951
1957
22
22
Copyright Information
22
23
Correspondence--Bentley, Harold W.
22
24
Correspondence--Colorado State University
22
25
Correspondence--Conference Secretaries
22
26
Correspondence--Financial Support
22
27
Correspondence--Italy Trip
22
28
Correspondence--Jarvis, Boyer
22
29
Correspondence--Miscellaneous
23
1
Correspondence--Publishing Companies
23
2
Equipment
23
3
Facility Arrangements
23
4
File Headings
1961
23
5
Final Examinations
1947
1950
23
6
Lists of the questions offered as a final examination for credit on the university level for the conference.
Group Leader Consideration
23
7
Notes and lists of possible and actual leaders.
Leader Suggestions
23
7A
Correspondence from writers suggesting other writers for the conference.
Literary Agent Information--Addresses
23
8
Literary Contests--Announcements
23
9
Literary Contests--Correspondence
23
10
Literary Contests--Personal Notes
23
11
Literary Contests--Wilson Thornley Students
23
12
Literary Fellowships
23
13
Literary Organizations
23
14
Manuscript Assignments
1947
1949
1950
1964
23
15
Miscellaneous Handwritten Notes
23
16
Miscellaneous Staff Articles
23
17
Miscellaneous Staff Correspondence
23
18
Miscellaneous Staff Notes
23
19
Miscellaneous Staff Posters and Notices
23
20
Picnic
1952-1960
23
21
Poetry Readings--Brewster Ghiselin
23
22
Publishing Information
24
1
Publishing Information--Brochures, Offers, Addresses
24
2
Publishing Information--Correspondence
24
3
Purpose, Scope, Policy and Procedure
24
4
A file of correspondence and articles regarding the general aims and goals of the conference.
Recreational Information
24
5
References on Style
24
6
Suggested style guides for the conference
Registration
1963
24
7
Correspondence from prospective conference participants asking for brochures and further registration information.
Registration--Forms
1963
24
8
Completed registration forms,
Registration
1964
24
9
Correspondence from prospective conference participants asking for brochures and further registration information. Also included is a list of conference participants who attended the 1964 conference.
Report for Writers' Conference
24
10
Report written by Brewster Ghiselin delineating the functions, aims, interests, and statistics of the conference.
Room/Board Accommodations
24
11
Room/Board Accommodations--Correspondence
24
12
Round Table--Correspondence
1956
24
13
Round Table--Notes
24
14
Round Table--Schedules
1947-1966
24
15
Schedules
1947-1950
24
16
Rough drafts, preliminaries, and final forms of schedules for the conference. The arrangement of workshops and conference leader lectures are included.
Speeches--Ghiselin
24
17
Transcripts and notes from speeches delivered by Brewster Ghiselin during the conferences
Staff Instruction Guides
1957-1964
24
18
Staff Position Applications
1949-1953
24
19
Correspondence with Brewster Ghiselin from writers interested in becoming conference leaders
Staff Position Applications
1954-1964
24
20
Summer School
24
21
Tape Recordings
24
22
Correspondence and notes concerning the acquisition, payment, and logistics of recording lectures at the conference.
University Bookstore Correspondence
24
23
University Credit
24
24
Guidelines on university credit for participants in the conference.
University Credit--Correspondence
24
25
Workshop Reports
1963-1964
24
26
A brief summary and commentary on the Short Story Workshop, June 10-21, 1963, delivered by Peter Taylor. The report was written by Elaine S. McKay and contains many of her personal observations and feelings toward the workshop and the conference.
Writers' Banquet
1966
24
27
Correspondence regarding the arrangement of and preparation for the Writers' Banquet.
Book Listing and Addenda
II
Books
25
Books and publications with written notes by Brewster Ghiselin. Also included are some publications by conference leaders:
- Abercrombie. Lascelles, Interludes and Poems, New York: John Lane Company, 1908. (174 pp.)
- Abercrombie, Lascelles. Emblems of Love. New York: John Lane Company, 1912. (213 pp.)
- Brinnin, John Malcolm. The Selected Poems of John Malcolm Brinnin. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1963. (182 pp.)
- Coulette, Henri. The War of the Secret Agents and Other Poems, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1966. (111 pp.)
- Dobell, Bertram. A Century of Sonnets. London: published by the author, 1910. (102 pp.)
- Kooser. Ted. Hatcher. Lincoln. NE: Wildflower Press, 1978. (105 pp.)
- Wangsgaard. Eva Willes, Within the Root. Mill Valley, California: Wings Press, 1949. (80 pp.)
- Waugh, Alec. Island in the Sun. New York: Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, 1955. (538 pp.)
- Zilles, Luke. Conch of Bees, New York: E. P. Dutton and Company, Inc., 1956.
Biographical Information and Poetry Society of America Award
Biographical Article, Contemporary Authors Autobiography Series, volume 10
1989
26
1
Poetry Society of America: William Carlos Williams Award
1981
26
2
Poetry Society of America: Folger Awards Program, Women in Translation
1981
26
3
Poetry Society of America: Judge Committee for the William Carlos Williams Award
1982-83
26
4
Poetry Society of America: Correspondence from Committee Judge Brewster Ghiselin and his selection
1982-1983
26
5
Poetry Society of America: Correspondence from Committee Judge Alan Dugan and his selection
1982-1983
26
6
Poetry Society of America: Correspondence from Committee Judge Josephine Jacobsen and her selection
1982-1983
26
7
The Poetry Society of America Bulletin
26
8
"The House That Octopus," by Mary Swope
26
9
Poetry Books, A-J
27
- UHFO, by Harrison Fisher
- Beat Me. Whip Me. Make Me Write Bad Checks, by Marvin Gerstein
- Fathering, by Frederick Feirstein
- Somebody Talks a Lot, by Paul Hoover
- Yellow Light, by Garrett Kaoru Hongo
- Heart of the Garfish, by Kathy Callaway
- The Business of Being Alive, by Mary Belle Campbell
- Under Scorpio, by Thomas G. Bergin
- Scurrying in Rhythm, by Suzie Blues
- Stripping, by Laura Boss
- To Remember What is Lost, by Kenneth Brewer
- What's Happening, by Jimmy Santiago Baca
- Blue Mountain, by John Balaban
- Formal Application, by Donald W. Baker
- Something More Than Force, by Zoe Anglesey
- Captive of the Vision of Paradise, by Ivan Arguelles
- Signal Noise, by Miriam Goodman
- The Queen of Wands, by Judy Grahn
- Stem, by David Giannini
- Amphibian Dreams, by A.M. Caratheodory
- Unfree Associations, by Michael Covino
- Orders of the Retina, by Thomas M. Disch
- Hard Country, by Sharon Doubiago
- Memory, by Laura Jensen
- The Record of a Green Planet, by Hans Juergensen
- The Broken Face of Summer, by Michael Hogan
- The Gymnast of Inertia, by William Hathaway
- Pressure Under Grace, by William Greenway
- Magpie on the Gallows, by Madeline DeFrees
- The Train in the Rain, by Rochelle Dubois
- Home Style Cooking on Third Avenue, by John Elsberg
- The Seasons in Vermont, by John Engels
Poetry Books, K-R
28
- No Goodbye, by Stephen Philbrick
- The Feel of the Sun, by Mark Perlberg
- The Music of What Happens, by Ghita Orth
- The Book of Mouming, by Margaret Newlin
- Tongue and Groove, by Joe Napora
- Never Said I was a Lady, by O. Rosenthal
- Wind Over Ashes, by Leonard Randolph
- The Arts of Fire, by Frances Mayes
- The Plain of Smokes, by Harvey Mudd
- The Times Between, by Wyatt Prunty
- We Have Lost Our Fathers, by Nicholas Rinaldi
- Memling's Veil, by Mary Ruefle
- In the Neighboring Cell, by Mark Rudman
- Northbook, by Frederick Morgan
- The Calculation of Two, by Jim Mele
- On the Inside, by Clive Matson
- The Handyman Poems, by Leo Mailman
- Chosen Poems--Old and New. by Audre Lorde
- The Warrior in the Forest, by David M. Katz
- The Threshold of the Year, by Mary Kinzie
- Keeper of Accounts, by Irena Klepfisz
- Life on the Edge of the Continent, by Ronald Koertge
- That Nakedness, by Phyllis Koestenbaum
- Satan Sleeps With the Holy, by Carolyn Kleefeld
- Attitude, by Michael Lally
Poetry Books, S-Z
29
- The Station Plays a Lusty Song, Good
- Morning, by Gay Whitesides
- The Skate and Other Poems, by Gerry Williams
- The Snow Prince, by Harold Witt
- Icehouse Lights, by David Wojahn
- Translations of the Gospel Back Into Tongues, by C.D.Wright
- Certain Patterns, by Hastings Wyman Jr.
- Talking Cure, by Lisa Zeidner
- Beginnings, by Jack Zucker
- Interfacings, by Sandra Yeo Smith
- Razor Candy, by Scott Sonders
- Hannah's Travel, by Richard Speakes
- The Bethesda Preludes, by Walt-Christopher Stickney
- Swiftly Now, by Carolyn Stoloff
- Mr. Lampedusa Has Vanished, by Atanas Slavov
- An Apology for Loving the Old Hymns, by Jordan Smith
- The Magellan Heart, by Donald A. Sears
- Jack Tales, by Vivian Shipley
- Translucent Gears, by Richard Silberg
- The Science of Goodbyes, by Myra Sklarew
- Ninth Life, by Deborah Tall
- Signatures, by Joseph Stroud
- Homes of Locks and Mysteries, by Martin Tucker
- Meltwater, by Etta Ruth Weigl
- Nigredo, by Norman Weinstein
Finger Food by Jack De Witt (Oversize Item)
30
Correspondence and Notes
File Cards About Writers
31
1
Letters to Abby
1965-1966
31
2
Correspondence with Ruth Witt-Diamant
1956-1960
31
3
Correspondence with Leah Foerster
1974
31
4
Writer's Conference Notes
31
5
Writer's Conference Notes
31
6
Correspondence with Michael Ghiselin
1988
31
7
Correspondence with Bill Butts, Coralie Beyers, Donald Hainey
31
8
Writers Conference Correspondence
1960s
31
9
Correspondence with Ralph Ellison, and Jascha Kessler
1960-1961
31
10
Correspondence with College of Saint Mary of the Wasatch
1958-1959
31
11
Ben and Abby Grey Foundation
31
12
Correspondence with Malcolm Cowley and others
31
13
Comments and Evaluations of Student Writing
31
14
Orientation Meeting: "The Writer as a Writer," Writer's Conference
1960
31
15
Writer's Conference Materials and the Poems of Ellis Foote
Remarks of Allen Tate on the Poet's Art
1958
32
1
Orientation Meeting--Talk by Ghiselin
1960
32
2
"Reading for Writing," Talk by Ghiselin
1961
32
3
"Open Meeting--Problems and Perspectives," by Ghiselin
1960
32
4
"Open Meeting--The Writer's Development," by Ghiselin
1960
32
5
"The Writer's Creative Process," by Ghiselin
1960
32
6
"The Collected Short Poems of Ellis Foote"
1938-1985
32
7
"A Sampler of the Poems of Ellis Foote"
1940-1984
32
8
"The World's Edge," Ellis Foote
1984
32
9
"Moses," Ellis Foote
1985
32
10
Radcliffe Squires
Contained here are three folders of correspondence, 1946-1985; reviews of Squires' work; and comments and annotations by Ghiselin which he used in course work and for publication. Also included are nine books, written by Squires, personalized to Olive and Brewster Ghiselin.
Correspondence
1946-1985
33
1-3
Notes, Comments
33
4
Early Worksheets
33
5
"Stephen Spender," by Radcliffe Squires
33
6
Comments on Poems
33
7
Manuscript for Review of Squires in Western Humanities and Related Correspondence
33
8
Review of Squires' "Waiting in the Bone"
33
9
Garden Poems
33
10
Ghiselin on Squires
33
11
"The Gateless Garden" by Ghiselin
33
12
"In the Garden of Tales," Review Copy
33
13
"In the Garden of Tales"
33
14
"In the Garden of Tales: The Poetry of Radcliffe Squires"
1984
33
15
Gardens
33
16
Photocopies with annotations by Ghiselin.
Reviews by Radcliffe Squires
33
17
"Tilbury Town Today," by Radcliffe Squires; and New Year's Day Card
33
18
"Myth, Poetry, and Critical Theory," by Lillian Feder
1980
33
19
Where the Compass Spins
1951
33
1
Major Themes of Robert Frost
1963
33
2
Fingers of Hermes
1965
33
3
Light Under Islands
1967
33
4
Daedalus
1968
33
5
Waiting in the Bone and Other Poems
1973
33
6
The First Day Out From Troy
1974
33
7
Gardens of the World
1981
33
8
Journeys
1983
33
9
Flame
Oilspill/Tribunal I
34
1
Mayday/Tribunal II
34
2
Offering/Tribunal III
34
3
"Tribunal" Notes
34
4
Flame
1991
34
5
"Tide"
34
6-13
Laguna Beach: A Celebration
34
14-21
"Green Wave of Cuyuttan"
34
22-24
5 PE "Communion of Light"
34
25
Ansel Adams
34
26
Photography Data, Notes, and Other Information
34
27-29
Flame, and the Creative Process
This subseries holds additional notes and comments regarding Flame (box 35, folders 1-8) and material for an article published in Daedalus (box 35, folders 9-13). Box 35, folders 14-29 hold documents concerned with Ghiselin's teaching of the creative process, particularly early comments and teaching materials for English 144.
Work Sheets, Notes
35
1
Manuscripts
35
2-5
Notes
35
6-8
Daedalus Article
35
9-13
Creative Process, Early Comments
35
14
Music
35
15
Creativity in the Arts and Sciences
35
16
Automatic Invention
35
17
The Imaginative Person
35
18
Introduction
35
19
Bronowski, Barron, and Other Individuals
35
20
English 144
35
21-24
Response to Drawings
35
25-26
Quoted, Annotated Pages
35
27
English 144 Bibliography
35
28-29
The Creative Process
Statements by Writers
36
1
Handouts
36
2
Talks for Hercules Powder Company
36
3
Criticism
36
4
Check List
36
5-6
Annotation of Class Cards
36
7
Research Conference
1955
36
8-9
Creativity and Problem Solving
1956
36
10
Identification of Creative Talent
1955
36
11
Criteria
36
12
Definition
36
13
Drugs
36
14
Research Conference
1957
36
15-16
"Creative Scientific Talent," Research Conference
1957
36
17
Early Notes
36
18
Composition
36
19
Accounts of Creative Production
36
20
Science and the Arts
36
21
Class Exercise
36
22
Lecture Outlines
36
23
Tests
36
24
Presentation Notes
36
25
Term Papers
37
1
Tests, Records, English 514 and 144
37
2-3
"Creativity and the Cultural Order"
1978
37
4
Notes for Talk
1979
37
5
"The Creative Process in the Integration of the Individual Life"
37
6-8
"The Voice of Conscience: A Fable"
1969
37
9
Configurate
37
10
Questionnaire
37
11
Miscellaneous
37
12
Psycho Dynamics: Wholeness and Transcendence
37
13
Configuration and Configurative Action
37
14-22
Creativity Conference
1962-1963
37
23-24
Creativity and the Cultural Order
37
25
Creativity and Its Cultivation
37
26
"Creativity in the Arts and Sciences"
37
27
Creative Process Research Conference
1962
37
28
Creativity Conference
1963
37
29
Creativity, Conference and Talk
1964
37
30
Creativity Conference
1967
37
31
Correspondence, Teaching, and Authors
Correspondence
1949 and 1958
38
1
Teaching Materials
38
2-11
English Conference
38
12
Weldon Kees
38
13-15
Jorge Luis Borges
38
16
Poetry and Anthologies
This subseries holds drafts for a variety of Ghiselin's poetry and documents regarding Ghiselin's participation in anthologies and other works.
"The Dreamer"
39
1
"Ashfall"
1983-1989
39
2-4
"Alexandrian"
1983-1985
39
3
"Fragment of a Dialogue"
39
4
"Elegy for Jon"
39
5
"Llewelyn Powys"
39
6
"Idle Poet to the Busy Evangelist"
39
7
"Haven"
39
8
"Granite"
39
9
"Pelagic"
39
10
"Here"
39
11
"Prisons"
39
12
"Vigil"
39
13
"Of Wings"
39
14
"Petrel"
39
15
"The Well-Beloved"
39
16
"Rain In Autumn"
39
17
"Ciao"
39
18
"Honor and Honors"
39
19
"Osprey"
39
20
Poetry from Against the Circle
39
21
Modern Poetry of Western America
39
22
"The Photographer as Artist"
39
23
Photographers on Photography
39
24
Poetry and Essay Manuscripts
Windrose
40
This box holds drafts and page proofs for Windrose.
"Anadyomene"
41
1
"And There Was Light"
41
2
"Annunziazione"
41
3
"Aphrodite of the Return"
41
4
"Apocalypse"
41
5
"I Saw in a Glass"
April-June, 1970
41
6
"The Architecture of Vision"
41
7
"Ark"
41
8
"Ascent"
41
9
"Atlantic Crossing"
41
10
"Augury"
41
11
"The Birth of a Poem"
41
12
"A Calm"
41
13
"Caracara"
41
14
"The Catch"
41
15
"Ciao"
41
16
"Corte Madera Hill"
41
17
"The Country of the Minotaur"
41
18
"The Country of the Minotaur," Carbon Copies and Letters
41
19
"The Country of the Minotaur," Old Manuscript and Letters
41
20
"Credo" ("Hermit")
42
1
"Crotalus Rex"
42
2
"The Dalian Plain"
42
3
"Dana Point"
42
4
"Bath of Aphrodite"
42
5
"Logos: Poem, Bittern"
42
6
"Black Vulture Over Guaymas"
42
7
"Blue Ocean"
42
8
"Day in the Fields"
42
9
"Death in Love"
42
10
"The Death of Hart Crane"
42
11
"Death of Hart Crane," Composition of
42
12
"Death of the Past"
42
13
"Death of the Past" Correspondence
42
14
"Denouement"
42
15
"D. H. Lawrence and the Peacocks of Atrani"
42
16
"D. H. Lawrence and the Peacocks of Atrani," Final Typescript
42
17
"D. H. Lawrence and the Peacocks of Atrani," Original Typescript and Corrected Proof
42
18
"Desolate Afternoon"
42
19
"Dolphins/Phosphoros"
42
20
"Dolphins"
42
21
"Emblem"
43
1
"End of Childhood"
43
2
"Equinox"
43
3
"Escape"
43
4
"Explication of Evening"
43
5
"Faceplate at Crescent Bay"
43
6
"Far Off, Alone"
43
7
"Father of Daughters"
43
8
"The Field"
43
9
"Flower Mailed from a Forgotten Post Office"
1951-1975
43
10
"The Food of Birds"
43
11
"For Love: A Shift"
43
12
"For My Children and Their Children"
43
13
"For the Bestiary"
43
14
"For the Eighth Decade"
43
15
"Formula for Revenge"
43
16
"Formation of the Soul"
43
17
"Goobah Dance"
43
18
"Gull in the Great Basin Desert"
43
19
"Headland"
43
20
"Her Mood Around Me"
43
21
"His Babylonian Heart"
43
22
"A House"
43
23
"In the Giant's House"
44
1
"The Indifferent Mountains"
44
2
"Instance: Other Waters"
44
3
"Killer Whale Inshore," and Notes on Composition
44
4
"The Known World"
44
5
"Land Birds By the Sea"
44
6
"Learning the Language"
44
7
"Let There Be Light"
44
8
"Let Us Now Praise the Artificers"
44
9
"Light" and Comments
44
10
"Limbo House"
44
11
"Lost Life"
44
12
"Love Letter"
44
13
"The Maimed"
44
14
"Marlin"
44
15
"Men Together"
44
16
"Meridian"
44
17
"The Mind Remains"
44
18
"Monster"
44
19
"Moment by Moment"
44
20
"Nayarit"
44
21
"Needle To Be Threaded"
44
22
"The Net Breaker"
44
23
"The Nets"
44
24
"New World"
44
25
"Nocturne: Laguna Beach"
44
26
"Of Freedom"
45
1
"Of Love and Thirst"
45
2
"Of Shapes and Shadows"
45
3
"Of the New Prosody"
45
4
"On a Monument: Orange Empire Trolley Museum"
45
5
"On the Cutting Block"
45
6
"On the Disappearance..."
45
7
"On the Loom of Light"
45
8
"On the Playas of Mazatlan: Vipers out of the Sea"
45
9
"On the Road to Durango"
45
10
"On Teaching My Sons to Be Divers in the Undersea"
45
11
"Orca" and Comments on Composition
45
12
"Palimpsest of Air, Earth, Fire, Water"
45
13
"Palomino for an Adolescent Boy"
45
14
"Pasiphae"
45
15
"Pax Vobiscum"
45
16
"Pelicans"
45
17
"Phosphorus"
45
18
"Poem for Men at Home"
45
19
"Poetry"
45
20
"Poets Learning"
45
21
"Poiema"
45
22
"Pomp of Insects"
45
23
"Presentazione" and Pamphlet
45
24
Includes a typescript and a pamphlet for a showing of the art work of Ausonio Colorni. The pamphlet is comprised of commentary by the critic and translator Alfredo Rizzardi (in Italian), a descriptive and critical commentary (in English) by Brewster Ghiselin, a friend of Colorni's, and a reproduction, in color, of one of Colorni's pieces.
"Progress Report"
45
25
"Pursuits of a Chimera"
45
26
"Rattler Alert"
46
1
"Reading the Rose"
46
2
"Red"
46
3
"Rattlesnake"
46
4
"Red Racer"
46
5
"Return to Cactus Point"
46
6
"Return to the North" and Current Work
46
8
"Return to the Shore"
46
9
"Rite de Passage"
46
10
"Rose of the Winds: A Wreath for Allen"
46
11
"The Statesmen/Roulette"
46
12
"Sea Lion"
46
13
"Lament for an Emperor"
46
14
"Rock"
46
15
"Merwin" Worksheets of Letter Poems, III
46
16
This poem has various titles within the collection, including "Third Letter to Merwin" and "W. S. Merwin: Third Letter-Poem."
Lytle, Andrew "Selva Oscura" and Typescripts
46
17
"Semblance on Semblance"
46
18
"Shadow"
46
19
"Shore Bird"
46
20
"Shore of Refuge"
46
21
"The Silence of the Mind" and Correspondence
46
22
"Song at San Carlos Bay"
47
1
"Song at San Carlos Bay," Revisions and Extensions
1973
47
2
"The Standing Shore, The Scampering Seas"
47
3
"Suburban"
47
4
"Sum of Summer"
47
5
"Summer Noon"
47
6
"Sun"
47
7
"Surfbirds"
47
8
"Swimmer"
47
9
"Temenos"
47
10
"Theatre and Sideshows"
47
11
"Theft"
47
12
"This Is Vietnam"
47
13
"To A Lover of Perfection"
47
14
"To the South"
47
15
"Tract"
47
16
"Tuscan Noonday"
47
17
"Twentieth Century"
47
18
"Undersway"
47
19
"Upland"
47
20
"Vantage" and Comments
47
21
"Venice at Noonday"
47
22
"A View of Little Scope"
47
23
"Beyond Vision" ("Vision of Adam") and Comments
47
24
"Visions of Adam"
47
25
"Waking"
47
26
"Watercolor by Paul Nash"
47
27
"We Are Not Idle"
47
28
"What Other Man"
47
29
"Wheel"
47
30
"Winter World"
47
31
"The Young Dancer"
47
32
Notes on Poetry
47
33
Includes three worksheets of explicative comments on some of Ghiselin's work.
Essays, Lectures, Book Manuscripts, and Notes
"D. H. Lawrence in Bandol" Manuscript
48
1
D. H. Lawrence, Critical Opinion
48
2
D. H. Lawrence, Bibliography
48
3
D. H. Lawrence, Form, Landscape, and Psychic Structure
48
4
Atrani Peacocks Photograph, Extra Copy
48
5
D. H. Lawrence Lecture
48
6
Manuscript of Early Book on D. H. Lawrence
48
7
William Faulkner Bibliography
48
8
Barbara McClintock, Research
48
9
"A Higher Fidelity" Manuscript, Revision
1980
48
10
"Act of Imagination" Manuscript
48
11
"Forward" and Worksheets
48
12
Hart Crane "Bridge Into the Sea"
48
13
Hart Crane, Notes on "The Bridge"
48
14
"The Light and the Crystal" Worksheets
48
15
"Ultimate Criteria for Two Levels of Creativity" Manuscript
48
16
"Our Cretan Dilemma" Worksheets
48
17
"The Photographer as Artist"
1974
48
18
"Literary and Psychological Insight" Manuscript
48
19
"Symbolism, Religions" Original Manuscript with Revisions of 1975
48
20
Manuscripts and Correspondence
This subseries contain typescripts for a book by Ghiselin, originally titled The Light of Imagination, but subsequently changed to Creativity and the Cultural Order. The manuscript is not dated, but most of the material appears to have been revised around 1978. Dates given here are dates of revision. Earlier versions of the majority of these essays, along with some worksheets, can be found in other sections of the collection. This subseries contains correspondence with the person named in the folder title, as well as research or notes in many cases.
Forematter for the book "The Light of Imagination"
49
1
Forward for "The Light of Imagination"
49
2
"The Young, the Establishment, and the Problem of Order"
1977
49
3
"The Shaping of Cultural Order"
1978
49
4
"Our Cretan Dilemma"
49
5
"The Nature of Imaginative Action"
1978
49
6
"Ultimate Criteria for Two Levels of Creativity"
1978
49
7
"The Creative Process: An Overview"
1955
49
8
"Creativity in the Arts and Sciences"
49
9
"Cultivating Imagination"
1978
49
10
"Imagination, Communication, and the Cultural Order"
1975
49
11
"The Photographer as Artist"
49
12
"Automatism, Intention, and Autonomy in the Novelist's Production"
1978
49
13
"The Light and the Crystal"
49
14
"Literary and Psychological Insight"
49
15
"Art and Psychiatry: Characterization as Therapy, Therapy as Characterization"
49
16
"The Moment of Illumination"
1978
49
17
"Insight Symbol and Religious Insight"
1975
49
18
"The Voice of Conscience: A Fable"
49
19
Footnotes
1978
49
20
"Bridge Into the Sea"
49
21
An essay by Ghiselin on Hart Crane's The Bridge
"Richard Eberhart's The Groundhog"
49
22
"The Unity of Joyce's Dubliners"
49
23
"D. H. Lawrence in Bandol: A Memoir"
49
24
"D. H. Lawrence and the Peacocks of Atrani"
1983
49
25
"Andrew Lytle's Selva Oscura"
1983
49
26
Andrew Lytle's Early Fiction
49
27
Andrew Lytle's Nonfiction, Criticism, and Theory
49
28
Correspondence and Bibliographies Concerning Andrew Lytle
49
29
Denise Leverton
49
30
Whit Burnett
49
31
John Ciardi
49
32
Caroline Gordon
49
33
Mark Schorer
49
34
James P. Cooney
49
35
Harry T. Moore
49
36
Paul Engle
49
37
Alan Swallow
49
38
Rolfe Humphries
49
39
John Gould Fletcher
49
40
Stephen Spender
49
41
Donald (Jon) Heiney
49
42
Richard Hugo
49
43
Manuscript of "The Creative Process" with Comments
50
1
Manuscript of "The Creative Process"
50
2
Discards from "The Creative Process"
50
3
Contents and Bibliographies for "The Creative Process"
50
4
Correspondence With Editors Concerning "The Creative Process"
50
5
Permissions, Fees, Reviews, and Copies to Editors
50
6
Correspondence Concerning "The Creative Process"
50
7
E. P. Dutton and Company, Publishers
50
8
Includes correspondence and documents relating to Against the Circle and The Nets, both published by E. P. Dutton and Co.
Printer's Proofs of Windrose Manuscript
50
9
The Nets, Printer's Copy
50
10
Windrose Manuscripts
50
11
Includes typescripts of all poems included in Windrose
Elemental
50
12
Includes poetry, worksheets, and some research for a progression of poetry entitled Elemental, and is pertinent to comprehending Ghiselin's way of seeing and understanding.
Light, by Brewster Ghiselin, Abattoir Editions
1978
51
1
Includes two different copies of the book, imprinted on different types of paper.
Correspondence Concerning Light
51
2
Correspondence Concerning Writing for the American Association of University Women (AAUW)
51
3
This folder, and the four following it, include materials concerning the solicitation of Brewster by the AAUW to write a guide to creative writing.
Writing, First Edition and Revised Edition
1959, 1968
51
4
Supplementary Examples for Use in Preparing Writing
51
5
Includes four booklets similar to Writing, provided by the AAUW, concerning painting, dance, acting, and music.
Correspondence with Mary-Averett Seelye and Others in AAUW
51
6
Writing Worksheets
51
7
Letters of Recommendation and Correspondence With Students
51
8
Unsorted Manuscripts and Correspondence
51
9
Authors, Essays and Poems
"Abalone"
52
1
Abstractions and Notes
52
2
Academic: Learned Societies and Journals
52
3
Academic: Policies and Standards
52
4
Adamson, Jack H.
52
5
"Ambiguity-Plurisignation,My Mode and Intent in Poetry"
52
6
Index of American Design
52
7
American Institute of American Engineers
52
8
"American Prefices"
52
9
Analogy and Logic in Poetry
52
10
Anthologies and Contributions
52
11
Anthologies, Ghiselin's Students
52
12
Apothegms
52
13
Arrowsmith, William
52
14
"Art of the Printed Book"
52
15
"Art for Life's Sake"
52
16-17
"Art as a Vision," Symposium at Brigham Young University
1979
52
18
"The Artistic Impulse: Humanistic Perspectives"
1979
52
19-21
"The Arts and Human Potential"
52
22
"The Arts as Civilizing Forces and the Responsibilities of Government"
52
23
Ashbery, John
52
24
Attention (Analysis)
52
25
"Automatism, Intention, and Autonomy in the Novelist's Production"
52
26
Authors, Essays, and Symposiums
Barron, Frank
53
1
"Beha u' llah"
53
2
Bell, Ronald
53
3
Bellow, Saul, "The Noble Lecture"
53
4
Berryman, John
53
5
Beyond Baroque Foundation
53
6
Biological Notes: Birds
53
7
Birds: Skimmers
53
8
"Blue Hotel"
53
9-10
Bodkin, Maud
53
11
Borges
53
12
"Bridge Into the Sea"
53
13
Broughton, Irving
53
14
Broughton: Introduction and Interview
53
15
Broughton: "Waters"
53
16
Browning, Robert
53
17
Bruner, Jerome
53
18
Bufano, Benjamin
53
19
Burns, Adam
53
20
Burrow, Trigant: "The Neurosis of Man in Science and Man's Behavior"
53
21
Byrne, Janet
53
22
BYU Symposium
1979
53
23
Campbell, Joseph
54
1
Camus, Albert
54
2
Cash, W.J., "The Mind of the South"
54
3
Cassirer, Ernst
54
4
Castiglione, Courtier
54
5
Children, Feral
54
6
Gifted Children
54
7-10
"Wolf Children"
54
11
Children's Literature: Symposium at University of Washington
1977
54
12-14
Children's Literature
54
15
Civilization and Community
54
16
Colleagues
54
17
College English
54
18
Communication
54
19
Communication Abilities
54
20
Compounding Words
54
21-22
Conrad, Joseph
54
23
Conservation
54
24
Contemporary Literature Criticism
54
25
Configuration Action
55
1
Dr. R. A. Crabtree and Wife, Norma Crabtree
55
2
Crane, Hart
55
3-4
Crane, Stephen
55
5
"A Creative Process Check List"
55
6
"The Creative Process"
1951
55
7
Creative Process
1968
55
8-9
Creativeness and Creativity
1991
55
10
Creativity, Bibliography
55
11
Critical Characterizations
55
12
Criticism
55
13
Criticism and Structuralism
55
14
Cultivating Imagination
55
15-17
Dance: Isadora Duncan
56
1
Dance: Talk at V. Tanner Program
56
2
Dante
56
3
"Darkness in Light" and " The Death of Hart Crane"
56
4-6
"Death of the Past"
56
7
Decker, Elwood
56
8
"De La Tour Du Pin"
56
9
"Denouement"
56
10
"Description" Exposition in the Short Essay
56
11
Deserts and Other Wild Places
56
12
"Dictionary of Birds"
56
13
Doggerel
1997
56
14
Duncan, Robert
56
15
Eble, Kenneth
56
16
Eberhart, Richard
56
17
"Educating for Creativity in Communications"
56
18
Education: Graduate Study
56
19
Education: Various Contexts
56
20
Educational Psychology
56
21
Einstein
56
22
"Elemental"
56
23
Ellison, Ralph
56
24
Eliot, T. S., Plays
56
25-28
Richard Eberhart's, "The Groundhog"
57
1
Education: Liberal
57
2
Educational Theory
57
3
Emotion
57
4
"Emotion: A Method of Creative Production"
57
5
Enclosures
57
6
England, Eugene
57
7
English, Class and Lecture Notes
57
8
Epistemology
57
9
Faulkner, William
57
10-13
Fisher, Vardis
57
14
Flygore, William, Correspondence
57
15
Foley, Martha
57
16
Former Students, Appeals and Greetings
57
17
"Forms and Forces"
57
18-19
Foster, E. M.
57
20
Ghiselin: Eberhart's, "The Groundhog"
57
21
Ghiselin: Assistance and Advice
57
22
Ghiselin: Awards and Letters of Appreciation Upon Resignation
57
23
Ghiselin: Autobiographical Sketch for "World Authors"
1980-1985
57
24
Ghiselin: "G" Programs
57
25
Ghiselin: Letters from Former Professors
57
26
Ghiselin: Letters on Poetry and Prose
57
27
Ghiselin: Letters of Recommendation
57
28
Notes and Essays
Ghiselin: Notes from Symposium
1940
58
1
Ghiselin: Publishers and Publications
58
2
Ghiselin: Records and Poems Submitted
58
3
Ghiselin: "Unity of Joyce's Dubliners
58
4
Goel, Yan, "Hemispheres"
58
5
"A Good Man: Fathers and Sons in Poetry and Prose"
58
6
Authors, Essays, and Correspondence
Hart, Ed
59
1
Hinkley, Fred
59
2
Hopkins, G.M., "Reading Springs Rhythms"
59
3
"The Arts and Human Potential"
59
4
"Humanism"
59
5
Humanities
59
6-7
Imagination
59
8
Correspondence from Jarret, Dennis
59
9
Correspondence from Johnson, Ronald L.
59
10
"Labyrinth"
59
11-14
"Landscapes"
59
15
Loughlin, New Directions
59
16
Lawrence, D. H.
59
17-19
Leavis, F. R.
59
20
Leopardi, Giacomo
59
21
Letters: Writers
59
22
Lytle, Andrew, "Selva Oscura"
59
23-24
Manuscript Collections
59
25
One original typed manuscript page from
Ulysses by James Joyce, has been removed and placed in Reserve. A photocopied version is available in the collection for access purposes. Access to the original must be given by the Manuscripts Curator and by appointment. An archivist must remain with the item if being used.
Authors, Essays, and Poems
Mill Mountain Review
60
1
Morse, Samuel Frank
60
2
Mulder, William
60
3
Miles, Josephine
60
4
"Myths and Symbolism in Indian Art"
60
5
"Nims, John Frederick, as Translator"
60
6
Notes
1958-1968
60
7
Ong, Walter J.
60
8
"Paeonic Measures in English Verse: Jeffers and Others"
60
9
Palamon Press
60
10
Patmore, Coventry
60
11
Poetry, "Twentieth Century"
60
12
Published Articles
60
13
Readings of Poetry
60
14
Shapiro, Karl
60
15
Shelley, Robert
60
16
Shinn, Gerald
60
17
Solzhenitsyn, Aleksandr
60
18
Poetry of Radcliffe Squires
60
19-20
Stegner, Wallace
1980
60
21-22
Stein, Gertrude
60
23
Strand, Mark
60
24
Students
60
25-28
"Symbols" and Concrete Forms in Poems
60
29
Symbolism in Medieval Thought
60
30
"Religious Symbolism"
60
31
Authors, Essays and Symposiums
Swallow, Alan
61
1
Tate, Allen, "A Dove"
61
2
Dr, E. W. Tedlock, Jr.
61
3
"Tremers and Transcendence: Poetry of Radcliffe Squires"
61
4
Undergraduate Papers
61
5
University of California Press
61
6
Utah State Institute of Fine Arts
61
7-11
Vendler, Helen
61
12
Virginia Wolfs Party
61
13
World Authors
1980-1985
61
14
Interview with Ghiselin
1971
61
15