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Howard McCord Papers, 1953-1979

Overview of the Collection

Creator: McCord, Howard, 1932-
Title: Howard McCord Papers
Dates: 1953-1979 (inclusive)
19531979
Quantity: 12 containers., (12 linear feet of shelf space.)
Collection Number: Cage 578
Summary: Collection contains correspondence, manuscripts of poetry, published works and ephemeral publications, all relating in some way to the work and career of Howard McCord.
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
Sponsor: Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Biographical NoteReturn to Top

Howard McCord was born on November 3, 1932, in El Paso, Texas. After a hitch in the U.S. Navy during the Korean War, he returned to El Paso and attended Texas Western College receiving a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business. The following year he received a Master of Arts degree in English from the University of Utah. In 1960, he began teaching at Washington State University offering courses in Poetry and Eastern Civilizations. He also began the graduate program in Creative Writing. In 1965 he was awarded a Fulbright scholarship which allowed him to travel extensively in India and Nepal and study for a year at the University of Mysore. In 1971, he was appointed Professor of English and Director of the MFA program at Bowling Green State University. The North Carolina Poetry Circuit selected him as visiting poet for the fall of 1971, and he gave readings at campuses throughout the state. Besides his studies in India, he also traveled through Iceland and published a book of poetry about his trip. His published works include poems in over 15 collections of poetry, as well as inclusion in numerous journals and monographs. From 1960 to 1977 his Tribal Press published many works of poetry in various formats.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

The papers of Howard McCord relate to his activities as a poet, publisher, editor, and professor.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

Preferred Citation

[Item description]

Howard McCord Papers, 1953-1979 (Cage 578)

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

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

The initial papers are arranged in six series: Correspondence; Manuscripts; Published works in Journals; Monographs by McCord; Monographs by Others; and Ephemeral Publications. The first series, Correspondence, is arranged in alphabetical order by the subject of the correspondence or with the subject being the correspondent in keeping with McCord's original order. Most of the subjects are people that McCord had dealings with. The series of Manuscript Poetry consists of mostly typed poems, many with handwritten notes. These are arranged alphabetically by title of the piece. The third series consists of serials in which McCord's poems were published. This series is arranged in alphabetical order by the title of the serial. The fourth series, Monographs by Howard McCord, consists of books by McCord arranged alphabetically by title. Monographs by Others contains books by others that McCord usually had something to with (i.e. editor or publisher). The last series, Ephemeral Publications, consists of works, such as broadsides or poetry postcards, these works are arranged alphabetically by title. The last three works were placed in Box 8 because they are oversized pieces that would not fit in the series where they belonged. Additional material was later annexed to the collection and is arranged in two series: Correspondence and Poems, and Miscellaneous Files.

Acquisition Information

The papers of Howard McCord were purchased by the Washington State University Libraries from Howard McCord in 1978, 1980, and 1981 (MS 78-43, MS 80-5, MS 81-35). Additional material was annexed to the collection at an unknown date between 1990 and 2004.

Related Materials

Howard McCord Papers, 2003-2005 (Cage 697)

Preliminary Guide to the Howard McCord Papers, circa 1950-2012 (MSSM.032)

Preliminary Guide to the Dan McLachlan Papers on Howard McCord, circa 1970-2004 (MS 2004.19)

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

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

Series 1: Personal CorrespondenceReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
1	1	Randall W. Ackley	1969-1971
1	2	Randall W. Ackley	1971-1973
1	3	Randall W. Ackley	1974-1979
1	4	Randall W. Ackley, Troll Songs	1972
1	5	Randall W. Ackley, Union Graduate School	1972-1973
1	6	Randall W. Ackley, Union Graduate School	1974
1	7	Floyce M. Alexander	1966-1972
1	8	Dick Bakken	1966-1973
1	9	Dick Bakken	1974-1977
1	10	Russell Banks	1971-1972
1	11	Paul and Elizabeth Bartlett	1964-1966
1	12	James Bertolino	1968-1979
1	13	Dick Bianchi	1966-1971
1	14	Gus Blaisdell	1964-1969
1	15	Gus Blaisdell	1968-1977
1	16	Douglas Blazek	1971-1976
1	17	Rich Blevins	1972
1	18	Haldeen Braddy	1960-1974
1	19	Stan Brakhage	1978
1	20	John Brandi	1972-1976
1	21	John Brandi	1975-1979
1	22	Roy and Besmilr Brigham	1972-1976
1	23	Eileen Callahan	1974-1975
1	23.1	Fielding Dawson	1973-1975
1	23.2	Ted Enslin	1973-1976
1	24	General	1974-1976
1	25	Andrew M. Greely	1971
1	26	The Infamous Follett-Mietian Affair	1970
1	27	James Liddy	1970-1976
1	28	James Liddy	1976-1979
1	29	Haniel Long	1964-1972
1	30	Tim Longville	1970-1973
1	31	Walter Lowenfels	1971-1974
1	32	Walter Lowenfels, Love Letters to a Hemiplegic	undated
1	33	Howard McCord, Letters from India to Greece	1965
1	34	Howard McCord, Reviews	1969-1979
1	35	Sylvia Coe McCord	1978-1979
2	36	Tom McGrath	1973
2	37	Don McLachlan	1972-1978
2	38	Kenneth McTeer	1966
2	39	Don Madden	1970-1972
2	40	William Mathews	1970-1979
2	41	Arvind Mehrotra	1972-1977
2	42	Paul Metcalf	1973-1976
2	43	Rob Hollis Miller	1978-1979
2	44	Henri Montadon	1968-1970
2	45	Dick Morton	1972-1974
2	46	Conny Nelson	1965-1966
2	47	Sheila Nickerson	1979
2	48	Howard Norman	1974-1975
2	49	Anselm Parlatore	1972-1975
2	50	M.S. Patel	1966-1978
2	51	M.S. Patel's Poetry, Manuscripts	1966-1967
2	52	Allen Plantz	1973
2	53	Samuel G. Pendergast	1965-1967
2	54	Bob Peters	1974-1975
2	55	Poetry Society Of America	1978
2	56	debi Ray and Subimal Basak	1965-1979
2	57	Ann and Pat Rogers	1974-1979
2	58	Ralph and Patte Rogers	1974-1975
2	59	Alfred Sams	1966-1978
2	60	Michael Saso	1972-1973
2	61	Bruce Sendry	1969-1976
2	62	James Singer	1964-1968
2	63	Gary Snyder	1971-1979
2	64	Celia Stobie	1971-1974
2	65	Ron Sukenick	1972
2	66	Phyllis Thompson	1973
2	67	Jack Shoemaker and Gnomonological Letters	1970-1973
2	68	Jack Shoemaker and Gnomonological Letters	1974-1979
2	69	Michael Tobias	1977-1979
2	70	Bill Treusdale	1973-1975
2	71	Diane Wakoski	1973-1975
2	72	Keith Wilson	1972-1979
2	73	Dick Wolter	1967-1969

Series 2: Manuscript Poetry (By Howard McCord, unless stated otherwise.)Return to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
2	74	The Barefoot Bandit	1962
2	75	Beggar with a Stick	undated
2	76	Beggar with a Stick, description	undated
2	77	Beggar with a Stick: The Bitter Withy	undated
2	78	Beginnings, I, Part 1	1953-1964
2	79	Beginnings, I, Part 1	1963-1964
2	80	Beginnings, I, Part 2	1953-1964
3	81	Beginnings, II	1964-1965,
3	82	Beginnings, II	1964-1965
3	83	Beginnings, III	1965-1966
3	84	Beginnings, III	1965-1966
3	85	Beginnings, IV	1966-1961
3	86	Beginnings, V, Part 1	1967-1970
3	87	Beginnings, V, Part 1	1967-1970
3	88	Beginnings, V, Part 2	1967-1970
3	89	Beginnings, VI, Part 1	1970-1971
3	90	Beyond Pollution: The Revolution Of Necessity	1970
3	91	Bone/Hueso: Poems In Spanish and English	undated
3	92	The Brigadier & the Nephew	1966
3	93-95	Circle Of It-inter: A History in Two Voices, by Siv Cedering Fox and Howard McCord	undated
3	96	The Climbing Hunter, galley proof	1966
3	97	The Common Exile, the Single Ground	undated
3	98	The Death Of the World: A Mediation On Michael Fraenkel	undated
3	99	Fables and Transfigurations	1965
4	100	Fire Lady	1962
4	101	Fire Lady	undated
4	102	The Fire Visions	1970
4	103	For Dora, galley proofs	undated
4	104	The Great Toad Hunt	1964
4	105	The Great Toad Hunt & Other Expeditions, Poems, & Narratives	1972-1977
4	105	The Great Toad Hunt & Other Expeditions, Poems, & Narratives, galley proof	undated
4	106	The Layman's Guide To Castration	1965
4	107	The Life Of Battleship Billy, galley proof	1964
4	108	The Life Of Battleship Billy, reprint from Western Humanities Review	1965
4	109	Life Of Fraenkel's Death, by Howard McCord and Walter Lowenfels, galley proof	1969
4	110	Longjuaunes, His Periplus	undated
4	111	Maps: A Book Of Poems	1967-1968
4	112	The Odd Book	undated
4	113	The Old Beast, VII	1971-1972
4	114	The Old Beast, VII	1971-1972
4	115	The Old Beast, VIII	1972-1973
4	116	The Old Beast, VIII	1972-1973
4	117	The Old Beast, IX	1973
4	118	The Old Beast, IX	1973
4	119	The Old Beast, X	1974
4	120	The Old Beast, X	1974
4	121	The Old Beast, XI	1975
4	122	The Old Beast, XI	1975
4	123	The Old Beast, XII	1975-1976
4	124	The Old Beast, XII	1975-1976
5	125	The Old Beast, XIII	1977-1978
5	126	Peyote & the Tarahumara	1957
5	127	The Pilgrim's Tale, from Circle of Winter, by Siv Cedering Fox and Howard McCord	undated
5	128	Precise Fragments	undated
5	129	The Selected Poems of Howard McCord	1955-1971; undated
5	130	The Spanish Dark & Other Poems	1965
5	131	The Spanish Dark & Other Poems, galley proof	1965
5	132	What I Want To Do: The Poet's Task, television program in poem form	1969

Series 3: Published Works from Journals (By Howard McCord, unless stated otherwise.)Return to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
5	133	Abraxas, v. 1, no. 2. Each of Us	1969
5	134	American Notes & Queries, v. 3, no. 1. Marianne Moore's Chinese Tadpoles	Sept, 1964
5	135	AMYTHON. Craft Interview: Howard McCord, no author	undated
5	136	The Animal Training Center Bulletin. Four Admissions, a Question	undated
5	137	Apple, no. 3. Three Poems From Cusik and North Skookum Creek	Summer 1969
5	138	El Burro. Astride the Yule Log (A Fable Revisited), by Smectymnuan (Howard McCord)	Dec. 1955
5	139	----. Murder Is Two Deeds	Jan. 1956
5	140	----. Almonds	May 1957
5	141	----. A Sord Of Sinners and Zoganes	undated
5	142	California Quarterly, no. 6. Friend	1973
5	143	Carolina Quarterly, vol. 26, no. 2. In This House	Spring 1974
5	144	----, vol. 27, no. 1. Storm	Winter 1975
5	145	Caterpillar, no. 8. The Country Of Our Consciousness, by Theodore Enslin, book review	April 1972
5	146	Changes Magazine. The Bear That Came To the Wedding and Metanoia: The Fullness	1971
5	147	----, vol. 2. Inside, Jade Ideogram, My Son's Speech, and Statement On Poetry	1973
5	148	Center, no. 6. Prior Causes Justify	1975
5	149	Cincinnati Poetry Review, no. 1. Instructions and Null Gestures	Spring 1975
5	150	City Lights Journal, no. 3. Note On the Hungry Generation	1966
5	151	The Classical Journal, v. 66, no. 6. The Wryneck In The Waste Land	March 1965
5	152	The Cold Spring Journal, no. 3. Two Days the Buddha Wind Was Blowing	Nov. 1974
5	153	Concerning Poetry, v. II, no. 1. Longjaunes His Periplus, book review, by Donald Ross	Spring 1969
5	154	Contributor's Copy, v. 2, no. I. Holding His Hand and Walking With the Moon Calf	Jan.-March 1971
5	155	----, v. 2, no. II. Christ the Dancer From The Diary of a Lost Girl	June 1971
5	156	Cougar. Particular Definition	undated
5	157	Cronopios, no. 6. Longjaunes His Periplus, book review, by James Stephen	Oct. 1969
5	158	Decal: Poetry Review, no. 3. The Lesson From The Diary of a Lost Girl and March	Winter 1972/73
5	159	----. Genesis, Silence	undated
5	160	Dialogue, no. 3. The Poet As Teacher (about McCord's teaching)	Fall 1970
5	161	Doones, v. 1, no. 4. The Circumnavigation of the Void, The Old Beast After Supper, The Old Beast Drabs and Mulligrubs, and The Old Beast Has Religion	1971
5	162	Etc.: A Review Of General Semantics, v. 23, no. 4. Jade Ideogram	Dec. 1966
5	163	Fervent Valley 3. Hell	Spring 1973
5	164	Gamut. Translation	March 1963
5	165	----. Certain Exhibits, by T. Macoutes (with notes by Howard McCord)	May 1963
5	166	----, v. 8. For Ovid's First Wife and The Lesson Of Iron	May 1967
5	167	Gamut, no.5. Protocol,, by E. S. Morales (i.e. Howard McCord) (Serial missing 3-4-1992.)	1964
5	168	----, no. 6. Age and Equipment	1965
5	169	Gegenschein Quarterly, v. 1, no. 3. A Memory, A Religious Question, and Yes	1972
5	170	The Goodly Co, no. 4. The Layman's Guide To Castration	Dec. 1965
5	171	----, no. 12. The Brigadier and the Nephew	July 1968
5	172	----, no. Dupuytren's Contracture, An Interview With a Poet, and A Rape	May 18, 1973
5	173	Granite, no. 4. Commercial, For the Closed Door, Language, The Last Demand, and Postscript At Evening: Some History	Autumn 1972-1973
5	174	----, no. 5. Fool's Mate, Guns, Martingale, and Yes, Odi Et Amo Again	Spring 1973
5	175	----, no. 6. 'Dupuytren's Contracture	Autumn 1973
6	176	Grosseteste Review, v. 3, no. 2. Travel In the Chiricahuas	Autumn 1972
6	177	----, v. 3, no. 3. Travel	Autumn 1971
6	178	----, v. 5, no. 2. A Note On Howard McCord's Gnomonology, book review by Tim Longville; also Kai and The Rock Climber	Summer 1972
6	179	guabi, no. 1. Fabels and Transfigurations and Longinus His Periplus	1969
6	180	----. The Rim Of the Great Basin	1970
6	181	Hearse, v. 13. The Fire Vision	1970
6	182	----, v. 15. The Rim Of the Great Basin	1971
6	183	----, v. 17. She	1972
6	184	Handbook Silence, v. 2. Envoi, Last Saturday and Peach Mountain Smoke Out	1978
6	185	The Iowa Review, v. 2, no. 2. Oh	Spring 1971
6	186	----, v. 8, no. 2. Three Admissions	Spring 1977
6	187	Kaldron 2. The Old Beast Has Religion, Ontology, A Ramble In Northwest Ohio and The Sanctuary Of Need	undated
6	188	Kamadhenu, v. 3, no. 1. Gnomonology: A Handbook Of Systems, book review, by Geoff Young	April 1972
6	189	----, v. 3, no. 2. On the Pasqueflower and Systemics	Dec. 1972
6	190	Kasaba. The Childhood of the Old Beast, The Old Beast Dreams and The Old Beast Gives Advice	1971
6	191	Kayak, no. 29. Chicago-Albuquerque-Sangre de Cristo and Knowledge	1972
6	192	----, no. 32. Some Epitaphs	1973
6	193	----, no. 37. Seven Early Theories Of Fire	1975
6	194	Kuksu: Journal Of Backcountry Writing, no. 5. Candlemas and A Grackle's Poem	1976
6	195	The Lace Curtain, no. 3. For Chris	Summer 1970
6	196	Language and Style: An International Journal, v. X, no. 2. Free and Non-Free Verse: A Response To Howard McCord's Breaking and Entering Review, by Daniel Laferriere.	Spring 1977
6	197	----, no. 7. Walking To The Sea: A Suite For Bear and Gary Snyder: An Appreciation	Summer/Fall 1969
6	198	----, no. 8. Love Poem, May By North and A New Moon Moving Into Taurus	Winter 1970
6	199	----, no. 9. Five Schemes For the Culture Of the Damned, Midrash on Hosea I, Some Information About the Devil and Sparrow Lore (four poems from The Diary Of a Lost Girl)	Summer/Fall 1970
6	200	----, nos. 10 do 11. Three Dream Writings: Separation 24 xi 70, Simplicity 22 x 69 and Uncle Shorty 7 vii 70	1971
6	201	Maiden Lane. Overheads, Poker Anyway, Sam Pendergrast Talks Cowboy Talk, S. P. Recommends and Stolen Poem	1974
6	202	Mill Mountain Review, v. II, no. 2. The Old Beast Mourns	1975
6	203	Mosaic, first issue. Friend and Friend	1973
6	204	New Mexico Magazine, v. 53, no. 5. Sam Pendergrast Talks Cowboy Talk	May 1975
6	205	----, v. 53, no. 6. S.P. Recommends	June 1975
6	206	----, v. 55, no. 3. Sam Pendergrast Again	March 1977
6	207	New Mexico Quarterly, v. XXXV, no. 2. Being Men do Women Together	Summer 1965
6	208	----, v. XXXVI, no. 4. Kathmandu Valley: A Hillside and How	Winter 1966-67
6	209	----, v. XXXVIII, no. 4. After Gilles' Requiem, Consummation and My Cow	Winter-Spring 1969
6	210	The Nation, v. 210, no. 10. The Bear That Came To the Wedding	March 16, 1970
6	211	Notes and Queries, v. 8, no. 3. Dylan Thomas and Bhartrihari	March 1961
6	212	Nova, v. 4, no. 4. Ysleta, Texas	Summer 1969
6	213	----, v. 9, no. 2. Charting the Darker Mountains, by Les Standiford (about Howard McCord)	March 1974
6	214	Occurrence, issue 1. Dry Spell, Sheet Music and To Someone Standing	undated
6	215	The Ohio Review, v. XVI, no. 3. Tongues For Samuel Palmer	Spring 1975
6	216	The Old Palace, issue 6, no.26. On a Line By Dorothy Osborne	1961
6	217	----, issue 6, no. 38. Lost Arrow and Two There Are I Wish To Celebrate	1963
6	218	Out of Sight, no. 46. Again, Today and Beginning a Lecture On the Upanishads	undated
6	219	Overflow, v. 3, no. 3. Jade Ideogram and Solitude	1970
6	220	Paintbrush, no. 1. Gift and Honey	Spring 1974
6	221	Partisan Review, v. XLI, no. 3. Alexandria	1974
6	222	Pembroke, no. 2. Christ the Dancer: From The Diary of a Lost Girl	1971
6	223	Pocket Poetry, v. 2, no. 2, issue 8. The Duke of Chemical Birds Meets the Loupgarou of Wood Country and Jennifer	August 1976
6	224	Poetry Now, v. III, no. 2, issue 14. Field Note	1976
6	225	----, v. IV, no. 1, issue 19. Call	1978
6	226	Potato, no. 2. On the War, Poem and 3 Words, 2 Dates, 1 Direction	October 1969
6	227	Quarterly West, no. 2. Tonight and What's Happening Right Now	Winter 1977
6	228	Quetzal. Bike Trip, For Chris, Rivers, Stones, a Long Tangle Of Grapevine in the Poplars, Two Days the Buddha Wind Was Blowing: For Mary Ann, Travel in the Chiricahuas and Unfinished Poem	Spring 1970
6	229	----, v. I, no. 3. The Old Beast Warms To a Subject: In Two Versions	Summer 1971
6	230	----, v. II, no. 3. (Made up of material from the Southwest Poets' Conference '72.) For Dora, The Great Beasts and The Honey Bee and the Mustang	Summer 1972
6	231	Raspberry Press: The Definitive Laundromat Edition, no. 2. The Economy Of Things	1975
6	232	Redstart Magazine, v. I, no. 1. Pronunciamientos and Unfinished Poem	Spring 1970
6	233	Research Studies, v. 30, no. 2. Law and Equity In Measure For Measure	June 1962
6	234	----, v. 34, no. 4. Jackson MacLow	December 1966
6	235	----, v. 35, no. 4. Michael Fraenkel: A Biographical and Bibliographical Sketch	December 1967
6	236	----, v. 36, no. 2. Sad Jackself Hamlet	June 1968
7	237	Rogue River Gorge, no. 1. Midrash on Nahum I:5, The Question Of McCord's Head and Two Poems Of Wounds	1970
7	238	Rozinante, no. 1. I Thought It Was the Ballock. . ., Later, Off a Bit, Poem On Hunger, Language, Wind and XXVI	1978
7	239	Rupambara. For George Eliot and Mute Women	July 1969
7	240	San Marcos Review, first issue. Little Sutra For Los Angeles and Travel.
7	241	Schist, no. 2. Definition and Siddhi: Aux Sorciers Alanque's	Summer 1974
7	242	Seizure :Magazine, v. 2, no. 1. Friend and Friend	Spring/Summer 1973
7	243	----, no. 5/6. The Artic Desert: Section Three	1975
7	244	Sol Tide. Poem For Scriabin Who Used the Earth For Bell Moon For Clapper Broke the Sky To Dust	undated
7	245	Spectrum, v. VIII, no. 1. From The Spanish Dark, The Objects and Categories and Poem and Mosaic For Sargis Tmogveli	Spring 1965
7	246	----, v. VIII, no. 3. Fables and Transfigurations: After an Autobiography and Wants	Summer 1966
7	247	Stony Brook, no. 3/4. Signs and Gifts	1969
7	248	Stooge, no. 2. The He-Linnet, Homenaje a Su Cumpleanos don Roberto Sterling and The Poet's Prayer	undated
7	249	----, no. 3. The Childhood Of the Old Beast, KAI, Listening To Maps, The Old Beast and Power and The Old Beast Has Religion	undated
7	250	----, no. 6. Four Dreams includes: The Great Beasts 15 v 70, The Mirror 4 iv 70, Initiation 11 ii 70 and The Kabbalah 29 xi 69	1971
7	251	----, no. 7. Holding, Muse, iv 72 and Out the Window	May 1972
7	252	----, no. 8. The Green Qutub, Or, 137.036 the Number Which Rules Nature,., The Little Tao, A Rape and What Ohio Needs	March 1973
7	253	----, no. 9. From: The Artic Dessert: Section One	undated
7	254	----, no. 11. The Duke Of Chemical Birds	undated
7	255	----, no. 13. Love Poem and No Title	Spring 1975
7	256	The Sunstone Review, v. 4, no. 1. Two Lives	1975
7	257	----, v. 4, no. 4. Ojos Verdes: For Dora	1975
7	258	Sur, nos. 322-323. Consumacion	1970
7	259	Three Rivers Poetry Journal, nos. 7/8. On Games and Walking Away Song For Poor John Clare	1976
7	260	Their Place in the Heat, v. III, no. 1. Prologue	Spring 1971
7	261	Three Witch. The Rock Climber	1974
7	262	Toothpick, Lisbon and the Orcas Islands. Five Dreams includes: The Great Beasts 15 v 70, The Mirror 4 iv 70, Initiation 11 ii 70, The Kabbalah 29 xi 69 and Kundalini 17 iii 70	1971
7	263	----, v. 2, nos. 1-2. The, Nihilist 's Lesson: For Gus and A Note On Order, On Time	Fall 1972
7	264	Trace, v. 6, no. 6. The Vision Of Rumpelstiltskin	1966
7	265	Tractor, no. 6. Howard McCord A the Prayer Of the Heliotrope	1975
7	266	Tree, no. 5. A Hymn Or Letter To the Lady	Summer 1975
7	267	Trellis, no. 2. About the Old Beast; and Eight Poems From The Old Beast including: Old Beast Talk, The Old Beast Dreams, The Old Beast Heals a Paralytic, The Old Beast After Supper, The Childhood Of the Old Beast, The Old Beast On Retreat, Sermon In Jacksonville and The Old Beast Gives Advice	Spring 1975
7	268	University of Portland Review, v. XVIII, no. 2. The Wisdom Of Silenus: Myth In the Modern World	Fall 1966
7	269	----, v. XIX, no. 2. Out	Fall 1967
7	270	W.S.U. News Bulletin. The Plight Of the Renegade Thinker	February 25, 1966
7	271	Western Humanities Review, v. XIX, no. 4. The Life Of Battleship Billy	Autumn 1965
7	272	Where, no. 1. The Existence Of Augustine: A Counterplaint With Raniel Long	Summer 1966
7	273	Which Way, no. 1. Call, Consumation, Critical Histories, Flying, Just Past, A Lesson In Famous Chemists, Menestor Of Sybaris: His Fragment, The Observations Of Benjamin Syke, Ode and Entracte For Timon Of Athens, On Fallacies, On Energy, Poem For an Older Child, Purity Of Heart Is To Will One Thing, Ragnarok, The Sanctuary Of Meed, Some Music, 3 Words, 2 Dates, 1 Direction,', Two Lives and Two Poems Of Wounds	Spring 1975
7	274	Writers In Residence, no. 5. What He Is Saying On One Greek Island (Two copies-one for review.)	Fall 1975

Series 4: Monographs by Howard McCordReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
7	275	America As Desolation, monograph	1971
7	276	American Family Mottoes, collected by Howard McCord, monograph	1975
7	277	The Arctic Desert, monograph	1975
7	278	Community, Howard McCord editor, journal	1970-1971
7	279	Fables & Transfigurations, monograph	1965
8	280	Fables & Transfigurations: Poems, monograph	1967
8	281	The Fire Visions, monograph	1970
8	282	Friend, monograph	1974
8	283	Gnomonology: A Handbook Of Systems, monograph. (Two copies in different sizes.)	1971
8	284	The Honey Bee and the Mustang, Or. . ., monograph	1976
8	285	The Life of Fraenlel's Death, by Walter Lowenfels and Howard McCord, monograph	1970
8	286	Longjaunes His Periplus, monograph	1968
8	287	Maps: Poems Toward an Iconography Of the West, monograph	1971
8	288	Mirrors, with drawings by Cheryl Doering, monograph	1973
8	289	The Old Beast, monograph	1975
8	290	Ovens: Poems On the War and Tyranny, monograph	1970
8	291	Peach Mountain Smoke Out, monograph	1977
8	292	Perfecting an Unspeakable Act, monograph	1975
8	293	[Poems], monograph	undated
8	294	The Selected Poems of Howard McCord, monograph	1975
8	295	Some Notes To Gary Snyder's Myths & Texts, typescript of monograph	1968
8	296	Some Notes to Gary Snyder's Myths & Texts, monograph	1971
8	297	The Spanish Dark and Other Poems, monograph	1965
8	298	Ten Poems For a Friend, monograph	New Year's Day 1973

Series 5: Monographs by OthersReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
8	299	The All Night Salt Lick, by Laura Chester and Geoffrey Young, Howard McCord-publisher, monograph	1972
8	300	In a December Storm, by John Brandi, Howard McCord-editor, monograph	undated
8	301	Dented Fenders: Poems 1960-1975, by Gus Blaisdell, Howard McCord-publisher, monograph	1976
8	302	Drum Book, by Floyce Alexander, et al., monograph	1967
8	303	Fire Prayers, by Gordon Curtis, Howard McCordpublisher, monograph	1966
8	304	Nightlatch (also Measure, no. 8), by Laura Chester, edited by Howard McCord, monograph	1974
8	305	Some Versions Of Tres Cosas Me Tienen Preso 6y Baliazar de Alcazar, by Rich Behm, et al.	undated
8	306	Stark Electric Jesus, by Malay Ray Choudhury, typescript monograph	1966
8	307	Troll Songs, by Randall Ackley, monograph	1972

Series 6: Miscellaneous MaterialsReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
8	308	Articles and reviews on Howard McCord	1979-1980
8	309	Celebration At Elkin's Cabin, broadside	undated
8	310	Chess Or Icepicks: The Choices Of American Poetry, essay	undated
8	311	The Climbing Hunter, typescript article	1966
8	312	Dear, poetry postcard	1967
8	313	The Death Of Art, typescript article	1964
8	314	The Death Dream: Notes On Michael Franenkel, typescript article	undated
8	315	The Diary Of A Young Girl, poetry pamphlet	1972
8	316	Extra Books For John Thomas, Who Makes a Good List, typescript essay	undated
8	317	The Existence Of Augustine: A Counterplaint With Haniel Long, typescript essay	undated
8	318	Flower Ideology, typescript essay	undated
8	319	The Goosetree Poets, typescript essay	undated
8	320	The Great Toad Hunt and Other Expeditions: Poems and Narratives, order form	undated
8	321	The Honors Course In the Development Of Eastern Civilization, typescript essay and article	1968
8	322	The Hungry Generation, typescript essay	undated
8	323	In Iceland, broadside	1975
8	324	Jennifer, broadside	1975
8	325	John Beecher and the Poetry Of Social Concern, typescript essay	1967
8	326	KAI, broadside	1971
8	327	Law and Equity In Measure For pleasure, typescript essay	1962
8	328	Making the Beat Come Out Even, broadside	undated
8	329	Measure, no. 2, edited by Howard McCord, journal	1972
8	330	Measure, no. 3, edited by Howard McCord, journal	1972
8	331	Measure, no. 4, edited by Howard McCord, journal	1973
8	332	Measure, no. 4, edited by Howard McCord, typescript copy of journal with handwritten notes	1973
8	333	Measure, no. 5, edited by Howard McCord and Donald H. Ross, journal	undated
8	334	Measure, no. 6/7, edited by Howard McCord, journal	1974
8	335	Measure, edited by Howard McCord and Donald H. Ross, journal	undated
8	336	Michael Fraenkel: A Biographical and Bibliographical Sketch, typescript essay	undated
8	337	Mit Brennender Sorge (14 March 1937), braodside, March 14	1967
8	338	A Note On the Future Of the University, typescript essay	undated
8	339	The Only Journal Of the Tibetan Kite Society, edited by Howard McCord, journal	undated
8	340	On The Way Out, typescript essay	undated
8	341	The People Pattern, typescript essay	undated
8	342	Photocopies of poems printed in magazines	undated
8	343	Poem For an Older Child, broadside	undated
8	344	The Poems Of Walter Lowenfels, typescript essay	undated
8	345	The Poet and the Poem: With Apparently Seven Asides, typescript essay	undated
8	346	A Poetry Of Chaos and Death, typescript essay	undated
8	347	A Preface To Certain Poetry, typescript essay	undated
8	348	Propaedeutic To a Celebration Of Blake, typescript essay	undated
8	349	The Range Of Sensibility, typescript essay	undated
8	350	On Reading History Of the Turtle, typescript essay	undated
8	351	The Relevant Poets, typescript essay	undated
8	352	De La Respuesta A Sor Filotea De La Cruz: A Translation, typescript essay	undated
8	353	[A Review Of] El Rio de los Anos, book review	undated
8	354	[Review Of] Walter Lowenfels, Some Deaths [and] Land of Roseberries, book reviews	undated
8	355	Sad Jackself Hamlet, typescript essay	undated
8	356	Desert, typescript of work in progress	undated
8	357	A Sermon Preached to a Typewriter On Saint Gildas' Day, 1968, typescript essay	1968
8	358	A Shape of Words: The Poet and the World, typescript essay	1964
8	359	Gary Snyder: An Appreciation,, typescript essay	undated
8	360	Additional Notes To The Spanish Dark and Other Poems, typescript notes	undated
8	361	Charas, no. 5. `Something There sd/Santayna' (Ezra Pound), by Anita Wells, review of Gnomology	1973
8	362	Tongues For Samuel Palmer, broadside	undated
8	363	12 Bones, pamphlet	1964
8	364	The Universal Dictionary & Key To the Enigmas World, Or ..., author unknown, pamphlet	1972
8	365	Untitled class lecture	undated
8	366	Untitled speech	May, 1970
8	367	The Vision Of Rumpelstiltskin, typescript essay	1961
8	368	Wants, poem postcard	undated
8	369	What I Want To Do: The Poet's Task, typescript essay	undated
8	370	The Wisdom Of Silenus: Myth In the Modern World, typescript essay	1966
8	371	The Wryneck In The Wasteland, typescript essay	undated

Oversized materials: (all from Series 4)Return to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
8	372	Harper's Bazaar, v. 102, no. 3085. Kathmandu Valley: A Hillside	December 1968
8	373	----, v. 102, no. 3086. The Spirit Dream for Rob	January 1969
8	374	Lillabulero: A Journal of Contemporary Writing, v. II, no. 1. A Preface to Certain Poetry	Winter 1968

Annex, Series 1: Correspondence and poemsReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
9	375	Asphodel Bookshop	ca 1960s
9	376	Authors, miscellaneous correspondence	1964-1972
9	377	Authors, miscellaneous correspondence	1971-1973
9	378	Authors, miscellaneous correspondence	1978-1979
9	379	Editors	1963-1966
9	380	Editors	1978-1979
9	381	Ceaser, Norma	1967-1972
9	382	Ceaser, Norma, poems	undated
9	383	Chandra, G.S. Sharat	1971-1974
9	384	Clark, John, Institute of Foreign Studies	1968
9	385	Clinton, DeWitt	ca 1978
9	386	Collins, Paul, Graduate Theological Union	1972
9	387	Curtis, Gordon	1963-1972
9	388	Crossing Press	1973-1978
9	389	Dawson, Fee	ca 1976
9	390	Delpino, Lou	1967-1969
9	391	Delpino, Lou	1970-1971
9	392	Delpino, Lou	1972-1976
9	393	Eisenberg, Barry	ca 1976
9	394	Eshlman, Clayton	1976-1977
9	395	Forche, Carolyn, thesis	1978
9	396	Fox, Hugh	1972
9	397	Gaess, Roger	1971
9	398	Gjellsness, Barent, correspondence and poems	1968-1971
9	399	Glynn, Mary Theresa	1967-1972
9	400	Grabill, James	1975-1978
9	401	Gray, Don, Two Windows Press	1970-1972
9	402	Grossinger, Richard	1969-1971
9	403	Gunter, Larry B.	1961-1978
10	404	Hale, Robert	1974-1976
10	405	Hamill, Sam, Copper Canyon Press	1974-1977
10	406	Harris, Marguerite	1972
10	407	Harris, Marie	1972-1976
10	408	Hitchcock, George	1973-1978
10	409	Hollo, Anselm	1972-1974
10	410	Irby, Ken	1979
10	411	Kempton, Karl	1974
10	412	Kherdian, Dave	1974
10	413	Kitch, Ken K.	1974
10	414	Kryss, Tom	ca 1971
10	415	McNamara, Tom	1969
10	416	Young, Geoffrey	1967
10	417	Young, Geoffrey	1968-1971
10	418	Young, Geoffrey	1971-1972
10	419	Young, Geoffrey	1973-1974
10	420	Young, Geoffrey	1974-1979
10	421	Miscellaneous correspondence, "Friends"	1970-1979
10	422	Miscellaneous personal papers	1975-1978
10	423	Personal correspondence	September 1953
10	424	Personal correspondence	October 1953
10	425	Personal correspondence	December 1953
10	426	Personal correspondence	January 1954
10	427	Personal correspondence	February 1954
10	428	Personal correspondence	November 1954
10	429	McCord family correspondence	1964-1968
10	430	McCord family correspondence	1967-1971
11	431	McCord family correspondence, to Sylvia McCord	ca 1967-1970
11	432	McCord family correspondence, regarding Governor's Award (Washington State)	1968
11	433	McCord family correspondence, to family during sabbatical, La Jolla	ca 1969
11	434	"Special letters"	1968-1970
11	435	Family correspondence	1971-1972
11	436	Family correspondence during D. H. Lawrence fellowship, Taos, NM	1971
11	437	Family correspondence while in Wilmington, NC	1971
11	438	McCord family correspondence, Iceland, Sweden	1973
11	439	McCord family correspondence	1973
11	440	McCord family correspondence	1974
11	441	Family correspondence regarding divorce, remarriage and new family	1975
11	442	McCord family correspondence	1978

Annex, Series 2: Miscellaneous filesReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
11	443	Personal file, WSU employment	1967-1971
11	444	Community newsletter, WSU	1970-1971
11	445	Miscellaneous ephemera	undated
11	446	Additional notes to The Spanish Dark and Other Poems (ditto copy)	undated
11	447	Assorted papers for Honors 350	undated
11	448	Astrology	undated
11	449	Personal astrological data	undated
11	450	Drafts	undated
11	451	Drafts	undated
11	452	Duplicated items	undated
11	453	Environmental science lecture	1970
11	454	Gnomonology notes	undated
11	455	Gregorian chants, Dominic R. Bianchi	undated
11	456	Jarbridge request	1970
11	457	Jazz notes	undated
11	458	Magic	undated
12	459	Breaking and Entering	ca 1975
12	460	Gordon Curtis poems	undated
12	461	First poems and other items	undated
12	462	"Glyphs" manuscript	undated
12	463	Indian poets manuscripts	undated
12	464	Indian poets	1968-1970
12	465	Poems re: Anthology of Indian poetry	undated
12	466	McCord lecture notes, India	1965
12	467	McCord notes	1972
12	468	Measure 2: contributors/correspondence	1971
12	469	Measure 2: manuscripts	undated
12	470	Measure 5: original manuscripts	undated
12	471	Miscellaneous finished papers	undated
12	472	Miscellaneous finished drafts	undated
12	473	Miscellaneous finished papers	ca. late 1960s
12	474	National Council on the Arts	1968-1970
12	475	Notes	ca 1969
12	476	Notes	ca 1971
12	477	Notes, "On Poetics"	undated
12	478	One page novels, submissions	1975
12	479	One page novels, submissions	1976
12	480	Only journal of the Tibetan Kite Society, drafts by members of the Society, poems	undated
12	481	McCord poems	undated
12	482	Photographs and flyers	undated
12	483	Poems, notes	undated
12	484	Poetry dittos	undated
12	485	Poetry dittos	undated
12	486	Poetry flyers and pictures	undated
12	487	Poetry and Math	ca 1972
12	488	Research notes, poems, bibliography	undated
12	489	Research topics (for English students)	undated
12	490	Rio Grande Writers newsletters	1976
12	491	"Some Notes on Poetry," mimeographed handout	1974
12	492	Stories--Drafts	undated
12	493	Work notes	undated

Archives West Finding Aid

Table of Contents

Howard McCord Papers, 1953-1979

Overview of the Collection

Biographical NoteReturn to Top

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

Preferred Citation

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

Acquisition Information

Related Materials

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Series 1: Personal CorrespondenceReturn to Top

Series 2: Manuscript Poetry (By Howard McCord, unless stated otherwise.)Return to Top

Series 3: Published Works from Journals (By Howard McCord, unless stated otherwise.)Return to Top

Series 4: Monographs by Howard McCordReturn to Top

Series 5: Monographs by OthersReturn to Top

Series 6: Miscellaneous MaterialsReturn to Top

Oversized materials: (all from Series 4)Return to Top

Annex, Series 1: Correspondence and poemsReturn to Top

Annex, Series 2: Miscellaneous filesReturn to Top

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Personal Names

Corporate Names

Finding aid prepared by Patricia M. Hail and Tina A. Oswald
2012

Archives West Finding Aid

Table of Contents

Howard McCord Papers, 1953-1979

Overview of the Collection

Biographical NoteReturn to Top

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

Preferred Citation

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

Acquisition Information

Related Materials

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Series 1: Personal CorrespondenceReturn to Top

Series 2: Manuscript Poetry (By Howard McCord, unless stated otherwise.)Return to Top

Series 3: Published Works from Journals (By Howard McCord, unless stated otherwise.)Return to Top

Series 4: Monographs by Howard McCordReturn to Top

Series 5: Monographs by OthersReturn to Top

Series 6: Miscellaneous MaterialsReturn to Top

Oversized materials: (all from Series 4)Return to Top

Annex, Series 1: Correspondence and poemsReturn to Top

Annex, Series 2: Miscellaneous filesReturn to Top

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Personal Names

Corporate Names

Finding aid prepared by Patricia M. Hail and Tina A. Oswald 2012

Finding aid prepared by Patricia M. Hail and Tina A. Oswald
2012