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OLPb097STA Stafford, William, 1914-1993 The William E. Stafford Archives, Series 8, Sub-Series 1: Books by Stafford in English 1946-2010 12 linear feet William Stafford (1914-1993) was one of the most prolific and important American poets of the last half of the twentieth century. This subseries of the collection includes all of Stafford's books where he is listed as author or co-author published in English. The Index to the entire Stafford Archives can be found at: http://nwda-db.wsulibs.wsu.edu/findaid/ark:/80444/xv83782 Special Collections English Biographical Note

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 Traveling through the Dark (1963). During his lifetime, Stafford wrote over sixty books of poetry that still resonate with both scholars and general readers. Stafford’s perspectives on peace, the environment, and education serve as some of the most articulate and engaging dialogues by a modern American writer about three of the most important issues of the second half of the twentieth century with lasting impacts on future generations. Howard Zinn, one America’s most iconic modern historians, was keenly aware of Stafford’s insight into modern American culture. Zinn claimed, “William Stafford’s prose and poetry, wise and eloquent, speak directly to the violence of our time, and to our hope for a different world” (from cover of Every War Has Two Losers).

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 Segues. In addition to many photographs of and relating to William Stafford, the archive includes an estimated 20,000 photographs and negatives taken and developed by Stafford of fellow poets, family, friends, and Lewis & Clark College faculty. The archive provides documentation of Stafford's teaching career, including more than one thousand index cards, some dating from research at Iowa, others from later. These were much used in preparing for classes, workshops, and lectures. The files also contain scattered notes for workshops and lectures. The archive also includes course syllabi, and faculty documents relating to Stafford's teaching years at Lewis & Clark College.

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.

Stafford, William, 1914-1993--Archives Stafford, Dorothy Stafford, Kim Lewis & Clark College (Portland, Or.) Kansas. Oregon. Poets, American--20th century. Poetry--20th century. Poetry -- Study and teaching. Poetry -- Authorship. World War, 1939-1945 -- Conscientious objectors -- United States. Pacifism--Poetry. Pacifism--United States. Literature.

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

STAFFORD PS3537.T143 Z464 1971 Down in My Heart 1946

M. A. dissertation, University of Kansas

 STAFFORD PS3537.T143 Z464 1947 Down in My Heart 1947

Brethren Publishing House; Elgin, Illinois

 Stafford Room Books Down in My Heart 1948

Brethren Publishing House; Elgin, Illinois

 STAFFORD PS3537.T143 W56 1954a Winterward 1954

Ph.D. dissertation, University of Iowa

 STAFFORD PS3537.T143 W4 1960 West of Your City 1960

The Talisman Press; Los Gatos, California

 STAFFORD PS 3537 .T143 T7 1962 Traveling through the Dark 1962

Harper & Row; New York and Evanston

 STAFFORD PS3537.T143 R4 1966 The Rescued Year 1966

Harper & Row; New York, Evanston and London

 STAFFORD PN 45 .S7 Friends to This Ground 1967

National Council of Teachers of English

 STAFFORD PS 3537 .T143 A6 1968 Eleven Untitled Poems 1968

The Perishable Press

 STAFFORD PS3537.T143 W38 Weather 1969

The Perishable Press

 Stafford Room Books Talking Along in Our Not Quite Prose Way 1969

State Universit of New York; Brockport, New York

 STAFFORD PS 3537 .T143 A8 Allegiances 1970

Harper & Row; New York, Evanston and London

 STAFFORD PS 3537 .T143 T4 Temporary Facts 1970

Duane Schneider; Athems, Ohio

 STAFFORD PS3537.T143 Z464 1971 Down in My Heart 1971

Brethren Publishing House; Elgin, Illinois

 STAFFORD PS 3537 .T143 S6 Someday, Maybe 1973

Harper & Row; New York, Hagerstown, San Francisco and London

 STAFFORD PS 3537 .T143 T44 1973 That Other Alone 1973

The Perishable Press

 STAFFORD PS3537.T143 I5 In the Clock of Reason 1973

Soft Press; Victoria, British Columbia

STAFFORD PS3537.T143 E37 1974 The Earth 1974

Printed by Scott Walker, publisher of Graywolf Press at Port Townsend, Washington

 STAFFORD PS3537.T143 G6 Going Places 1975

West Coast Poetry Review; Reno, Nevada

 STAFFORD PS615.S6 N67 1975 North By West 1975

Spring Rain Press; Seattle, Washington

 STAFFORD PS 3569 .T23 B7 Braided Apart 1976

Confluence Press Inc.; Lewiston, Idaho

 STAFFORD PS3537.T143 G6 Going Places 1976

West Coast Poetry Review; Reno, Nevada

 STAFFORD PS3537.T143 I496 1976 I Would Also Like to Mention Aluminum 1976

Slow Loris Press; Buffalo, New York

 STAFFORD PS3537.T143 L3 1976 Late, Passing Prarie Farm 1976

Main Street Press; Northampton, Massachussets

STAFFORD PS 3537 .T143 S7 Stories That Could be True 1977

Harper & Row; New York, Hagerstown, San Francisco and London

 STAFFORD PS3537.T143 D4 The Design on the Oriole 1977

Night Heron Press; Mount Horeb, Wisconsin

 STAFFORD PN1064 .S77 1978 Writing the Australian Crawl 1978

University of Michigan Press; Ann Arbor, Michigan

 STAFFORD PS 3537 .T143 A7 All About Light 1978

Croissant Press; Athens, Ohio

 STAFFORD PS3537.T143 S57 Smoke's Way 1978

Graywolf Press; Port Townsend, Washington

 STAFFORD PS3537.T143 T84 Tuft by Puff 1978

The Perishable Press

 STAFFORD PS3537.T143 T86 Two About Music 1978

The Sceptre Press; Knotting, Bedfordshire, England

 Stafford Room Books Tuned in Late One Night 1978

The Deerfield Press; Old Deerfield, Massachussets and Gallery Press; Dublin, Ireland

 STAFFORD PS3537.T143 A89 1979 Around You, Your House & A Catechism 1979

The Sceptre Press; Knotting, Bedfordshire, England

 STAFFORD PS3537.T143 Q5 1979 The Quiet of the Land 1979

Nadja Press; New York, New York

 STAFFORD PS3537.T143 T43 1979 That Meeting Place 1979

Gypsy Press; Irondale, Washington and Portland, Oregon

 STAFFORD PS 3537 .T143 A63 1980 Absolution 1980

The Sceptre Press; Knotting, Bedfordshire, England

 STAFFORD PS 3537 .T143 T46 1980 Things That Happen Where There Aren't Any People 1980

BOA Publications; Brockport, New York

 STAFFORD PS3537.T143 W9 1980 Wyoming Circuit 1980

Tideline Press; Tannersville, New York

 Stafford Room Books Poems 1980

Caribe Bookstore; Yokohama, Japan

 STAFFORD PS3537.T143 S55 1981 Sleeping at a Friend's House 1981

Scarab Press; Salisbury, Maryland

 STAFFORD PS3537.T143 S64 1981 Sometimes Like a Legend 1981

Copper Canyon Press

 STAFFORD PS 3537 .T143 G5 1982 A Glass Face in the Rain 1982

Harper & Row; New York, Cambridge, Philadelphia, San Francisco and London, Mexico City, Sao Paulo, Sydney

 STAFFORD PS 3537 .T143 R6 1983 Roving Across Fields 1983

The Barnwood Press Cooperative; Daleville, Indiana

 STAFFORD PS3537 .T143 S58 1983 Smoke's Way 1983

Graywolf Press; Port Townsend, Washington

 STAFFORD PS593.E63 S7 1983 Segues 1983

David R. Godine Publisher; Boston, Massachussets

Stafford Room Books Things That Happen Where There Aren't Any People 1983

BOA Publications; Brockport, New York

 STAFFORD PS3537.T143 L57 1984 Listening Deep 1984

Penmaen Press; Great Barrington, Massachussets

 STAFFORD PS3537.T143 S67 1984 Stories and Storms and Strangers 1984

Honeybrook Press; Rexburg, Idaho

 STAFFORD PS3537.T143 W89 1985 Wyoming 1985

Amprsand Press; Roger Williams College, Bristol, Rhode Island

 Stafford Room Books Down in My Heart 1985

The Bench Press; Swarthmore, Pennsylvania

 STAFFORD PS3537.T143 B7 1986 Brother Wind 1986

Honeybrook Press; Rexburg, Idaho

 STAFFORD PS3537.T143 Z477 1986a You Must Revise Your Life 1986

University of Michigan Press; Ann Arbor, Michigan

 STAFFORD PS 3537 .T143 O7 1987 An Oregon Message 1987

Harper & Row; New York, Cambridge, Philadelphia, San Francisco and London, Mexico City, Sao Paulo, Sydney

 STAFFORD PS3537.T143 Y68 1987 You and Some Other Characters 1987

Honeybrook Press; Rexburg, Idaho

 STAFFORD PS3537.T143 A86 1988 Annie-Over 1988

Honeybrook Press; Rexburg, Idaho

 STAFFORD PS3537.T143 W75 1988 Writing the World 1988

Alembic Press; Baltimore, Maryland

 STAFFORD PS3537.T143 F55 1989 Fin, Feather, Fur 1989

Honeybrook Press; Rexburg, Idaho

 STAFFORD PS3537.T143 S37 1989 A Scripture of Leaves 1989

Brethren Publishing House; Elgin, Illinois

 STAFFORD PS3537.T143 H68 1990 How to Hold Your Arms When it Rains 1990

Confluence Press Inc.; Lewiston, Idaho

 STAFFORD PS3537.T143 K36 1990 Kansas Poems of William Stafford 1990

Woodley Memorial Press; Topeka, Kansas

 STAFFORD PS 3537 .T143 W55 1991 William Stafford: Contemporary American Poet 1991

United States Information Service; Warsaw, Poland

 STAFFORD PS 3556 .L56 H43 1991 Hearing Voices 1991

Willamette University Press; Salem, Oregon

 STAFFORD PS3537.T143 H57 1991 History is Loose Again 1991

Honeybrook Press; Rexburg, Idaho

 STAFFORD PS3537.T143 L67 1991 The Long Sigh the Wind Makes 1991

Adrienne Lee Press; Monmouth, Oregon

 STAFFORD PS3537.T143 P34 1991 Passwords 1991

Harper Collins Publishers; New York, New York

 STAFFORD PS3537.T143 S44 1991 Seeking the Way 1991

Melia Press

 STAFFORD PS3537.T143 A83 1992 The Animal that Drank Up Sound 1992

Harcourt Brace Jovanovich Publishers; San Diego, New York, London

 STAFFORD PS3537.T143 H65 1992 Holding onto the Grass 1992

Honeybrook Press; Rexburg, Idaho

 STAFFORD PS3537.T143 M9 1992 My Name is William Tell 1992

Confluence Press Inc.; Lewiston, Idaho

 STAFFORD PS3537.T143 A6 1993 The Darkness Around Us Is Deep 1993

Harper Collins Publishers; New York, New York

 STAFFORD PS3537.T143 W47 1993 Who Are You Really, Wanderer? 1993

Honeybrook Press; Rexburg, Idaho

 STAFFORD PS3537.T143 W66 1993 Words in the Cold Air 1993

Western Slope Press; Salt Lake City, Utah

 STAFFORD PS3537.T143 A6 1994 Learning to Live in the World 1994

Harcourt Brace & Company; New York, New York

 STAFFORD PS3537.T143 A6 1994b The Whole Wide World Pours Down 1994

The Library of Congress; Washington, D.C.

 Stafford Room Books Holding onto the Grass 1994

Weatherlight Press; Bristol, England

 STAFFORD TR660.5 .A3427 1994 Listening to the River 1994

Aperture Foundation, Inc.; New York, New York

 STAFFORD PS3537.T143 M48 1995 The Methow River Poems 1995

Confluence Press Inc.; Lewiston, Idaho

 STAFFORD PS3537.T143 E94 1996b Even in Quiet Places 1996

Confluence Press Inc.; Lewiston, Idaho

 Stafford Room Books Traveling through the Dark 1997

Weatherlight Press; Bristol, England

 STAFFORD PS3537.T143 W37 1998 The Way It Is 1998

Graywolf Press; Saint Paul, Minnesota

 STAFFORD PS3537.T143 Z463 1998 Crossing Unmarked Snow 1998

University of Michigan Press; Ann Arbor, Michigan

 STAFFORD PS3537.T143 Z464 1998 Down in My Heart 1998

Oregon State University Press; Corvallis, Oregon

 Stafford Room Books There's a Thread You Follow 1998

Stafford Room Books A Scripture of Leaves 1999

Brethren Publishing House; Elgin, Illinois

 STAFFORD PS3537.T143 Y68 2002 You Reading This, Be Ready 2002

Cedar Fence Press; St. Paul Minnesota

 STAFFORD PS3537.T143 A6 2003 Every War Has Two Losers 2003

Milkweed Editions; Minneapolis, Minnesota

 STAFFORD PS3537.T143 Z4627 2003 The Answers Are Inside the Mountains 2003

University of Michigan Press; Ann Arbor, Michigan

 Stafford Room Books You Reading This, Be Ready 2003

Second Edition of 2002 version

 Stafford Room Books Report from a Far Place 2003

Edition Edda of Uppsala Sweden

 STAFFORD PS3537.T143 T7 2005 Traveling through the Dark 2005

Stafford Room Books Ask Me 2005

Hurdy-Gurdy Press; Seattle, Washington

 Stafford Room Books Down in My Heart 2006

Oregon State University Press; Corvallis, Oregon

 STAFFORD PS3537.T143 A87 2008 Another World Instead 2008

Graywolf Press; Saint Paul, Minnesota

 STAFFORD PS3537.T143 K36 2010 Kansas Poems of William Stafford 2010

Washburn University Press; Topeka, Kansas

 STAFFORD PS3537.T143 S29 2010 Sayings of the Blind 2010

Z'roah; New York, New York