William Stafford (1914-1993) was one of the most prolific and important American poets of the last half of the twentieth century. Among his many credentials, Stafford served as consultant in poetry at the Library of Congress, and received the National Book Award for his poetry collection
The William Stafford Archives, donated to Lewis & Clark College by the Stafford family in 2008, contain the private papers, publications, photographs, recordings, and teaching materials of the poet William Stafford. The Lewis & Clark College Special Collections actively add to this collection by acquiring unique Stafford related materials.
Stafford wrote every day of his life from 1950 to 1993. These 20,000 pages of daily writings form a complete record of the poet’s mostly early morning meditations, including poem drafts, dream records, aphorisms, and other visits to the unconscious, recorded on separate sheets of yellow or white paper or when traveling, often in spiral-bound reporters’ steno pads. The archive also includes typescripts of poems submitted for publication and for use in readings. Stafford listed where he submitted each poem, and whether it was accepted for publication on the typescript. Each of his published collections, large and small, is represented by its gathering of documentary copies (typescripts), called by Stafford a “put-together.” Unpublished poems, poems published in journals, and reading copies of published poems were also gathered, in a virtually complete record from 1937 to 1993, totaling about 7,000 items. The collection also includes copies of all known Stafford books and translations. Stafford saved correspondence received, with an indication of the date of reply, and sometimes a copy of the reply, from the early 1960s to August 1993. Estimated at 100,000 sheets, the collected correspondence contains some full exchanges of correspondence initiated by WS. One such exchange is the correspondence with Marvin Bell on their sequence
Books printed in the English language.
All of the books listed in this finding aid listed chronologically, and shelved according to Library of Congress classification numbers.
This collection has no restrictions and is open for research.
Permission to publish, exhibit, broadcast, or quote from materials in the Watzek Library Archives & Special Collections requires written permission of the Head of Archives & Special Collections.
The William Stafford Archives, Lewis & Clark College Aubrey Watzek Library Archives & Special Collections, Portland, Oregon.
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the online catalog. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or places should search the catalog using these headings.
The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.
M. A. dissertation, University of Kansas
Brethren Publishing House; Elgin, Illinois
Brethren Publishing House; Elgin, Illinois
Ph.D. dissertation, University of Iowa
The Talisman Press; Los Gatos, California
Harper & Row; New York and Evanston
Harper & Row; New York, Evanston and London
National Council of Teachers of English
The Perishable Press
The Perishable Press
State Universit of New York; Brockport, New York
Harper & Row; New York, Evanston and London
Duane Schneider; Athems, Ohio
Brethren Publishing House; Elgin, Illinois
Harper & Row; New York, Hagerstown, San Francisco and London
The Perishable Press
Soft Press; Victoria, British Columbia
Printed by Scott Walker, publisher of Graywolf Press at Port Townsend, Washington
West Coast Poetry Review; Reno, Nevada
Spring Rain Press; Seattle, Washington
Confluence Press Inc.; Lewiston, Idaho
West Coast Poetry Review; Reno, Nevada
Slow Loris Press; Buffalo, New York
Main Street Press; Northampton, Massachussets
Harper & Row; New York, Hagerstown, San Francisco and London
Night Heron Press; Mount Horeb, Wisconsin
University of Michigan Press; Ann Arbor, Michigan
Croissant Press; Athens, Ohio
Graywolf Press; Port Townsend, Washington
The Perishable Press
The Sceptre Press; Knotting, Bedfordshire, England
The Deerfield Press; Old Deerfield, Massachussets and Gallery Press; Dublin, Ireland
The Sceptre Press; Knotting, Bedfordshire, England
Nadja Press; New York, New York
Gypsy Press; Irondale, Washington and Portland, Oregon
The Sceptre Press; Knotting, Bedfordshire, England
BOA Publications; Brockport, New York
Tideline Press; Tannersville, New York
Caribe Bookstore; Yokohama, Japan
Scarab Press; Salisbury, Maryland
Copper Canyon Press
Harper & Row; New York, Cambridge, Philadelphia, San Francisco and London, Mexico City, Sao Paulo, Sydney
The Barnwood Press Cooperative; Daleville, Indiana
Graywolf Press; Port Townsend, Washington
David R. Godine Publisher; Boston, Massachussets
BOA Publications; Brockport, New York
Penmaen Press; Great Barrington, Massachussets
Honeybrook Press; Rexburg, Idaho
Amprsand Press; Roger Williams College, Bristol, Rhode Island
The Bench Press; Swarthmore, Pennsylvania
Honeybrook Press; Rexburg, Idaho
University of Michigan Press; Ann Arbor, Michigan
Harper & Row; New York, Cambridge, Philadelphia, San Francisco and London, Mexico City, Sao Paulo, Sydney
Honeybrook Press; Rexburg, Idaho
Honeybrook Press; Rexburg, Idaho
Alembic Press; Baltimore, Maryland
Honeybrook Press; Rexburg, Idaho
Brethren Publishing House; Elgin, Illinois
Confluence Press Inc.; Lewiston, Idaho
Woodley Memorial Press; Topeka, Kansas
United States Information Service; Warsaw, Poland
Willamette University Press; Salem, Oregon
Honeybrook Press; Rexburg, Idaho
Adrienne Lee Press; Monmouth, Oregon
Harper Collins Publishers; New York, New York
Melia Press
Harcourt Brace Jovanovich Publishers; San Diego, New York, London
Honeybrook Press; Rexburg, Idaho
Confluence Press Inc.; Lewiston, Idaho
Harper Collins Publishers; New York, New York
Honeybrook Press; Rexburg, Idaho
Western Slope Press; Salt Lake City, Utah
Harcourt Brace & Company; New York, New York
The Library of Congress; Washington, D.C.
Weatherlight Press; Bristol, England
Aperture Foundation, Inc.; New York, New York
Confluence Press Inc.; Lewiston, Idaho
Confluence Press Inc.; Lewiston, Idaho
Weatherlight Press; Bristol, England
Graywolf Press; Saint Paul, Minnesota
University of Michigan Press; Ann Arbor, Michigan
Oregon State University Press; Corvallis, Oregon
Brethren Publishing House; Elgin, Illinois
Cedar Fence Press; St. Paul Minnesota
Milkweed Editions; Minneapolis, Minnesota
University of Michigan Press; Ann Arbor, Michigan
Second Edition of 2002 version
Edition Edda of Uppsala Sweden
Hurdy-Gurdy Press; Seattle, Washington
Oregon State University Press; Corvallis, Oregon
Graywolf Press; Saint Paul, Minnesota
Washburn University Press; Topeka, Kansas
Z'roah; New York, New York