Poetry
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms
Scope Note: Use for works that ARE in forms such as these variant terms:
Lyrics (Poetry)
Poems
Poetic literature
Rhymes (Poetry)
Rimes (Poetry)
Verse (Poetry)
Verses (Poetry)For works ABOUT Poetry, use the LCSH topical heading
Found in 89 Collections and/or Records:
Acting Materials and Poetry, 1975-1986
Series
Identifier: M035.04
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The materials in this collection document the professional life of R. Russell Porter while he was a member of the faculty of the University of Denver, from 1946 until his retirement in 1976. Administrative materials provide a chronological framework for the artistic works that follow. They include biographies, obituaries, press releases and newspaper clippings, faculty personnel records and evaluations, insurance packages, travel records, brochures, personal papers, interviews, photographs...
Dates:
1975-1986
Box 1: Scripts, Poems, Lyrics, c. 1920
File
Identifier: B458.04.0001
Abstract
Box includes five [5] file folders from the writing and music series. File folder six: lyrics and sheet music; file folder seven: notes and short stories; file folder eight: poems; file folder nine: short story by Dorothy Grey; file folder ten: scripts.
Dates:
c. 1920
Box 2, 1958-2015
File — Box M410.0002: [Barcode: U186023260506]
Identifier: M410.0002
Abstract
Box contains seventy (70) distinct items, each in various sized file folders 11 x 14 inches or smaller. Folders are labeled and in alphabetical order by author's last name. Descriptions are as follows:1. One letter file folder –
Anderson, Jon.
A Letter to John Clare.
Rook Press, 1976.
8 1/2 x 11 inches. This is no. 115 from an edition of 250 signed by the poet. Illustration by William Lint.
Rook Folios 4.2. One legal file folder –
Artaud, Antonin.
[“It is thought from...
Dates:
1958-2015
Box 3, 1964-2015
File — Box M410.0003: [Barcode: U186023260718]
Identifier: M410.0003
Abstract
Box contains fifty-seven (57) distinct items, each in fifty-six (56) various sized file folders 11 x 14 inches or smaller. Folders are labeled and in alphabetical order by author's last name. Descriptions are as follows:1. One letter file folder –
Henri, Adrian.
Winter Poem for Elizabeth.
7 x 11 1/4 inches. From the Unicorn Folio Album Series 3, no. 2, printed by Noel Young, designed by Alan Brilliant, edition of 375.
[Unicorn Press, 1970].2. One letter file folder –...
Dates:
1964-2015
Box 4: Acting Career Files, Poetry, and Character Portrait, 1975-1986
File — Box M035.0004: Series M035.02; Series M035.03; Series M035.04 [Barcode: U186019602275]
Identifier: M035.04.0004
Abstract
This box contains files on different tv and movie projects that Russell Porter took part in as well as poetry by Porter and a character portrait. Acting files include: resume and headshots, Kate McShane (1975), Audrey Rose (1976), The Betsy (1977), Harvey (1977), 10 Little Indians (1981), Martin Luther Film Project, and miscellaneous and playbills. One poetry folder contains loose poems and edits while the other is a bound volume.
Dates:
1975-1986
Box 5, 1964-2011
File — Box M410.0005: [Barcode: U186023260695]
Identifier: M410.0005
Abstract
Box contains seventy-three (73) distinct items, each in seventy-one (71) various sized file folders 16 x 20 inches or smaller. Folders are labeled and in alphabetical order by author's last name. Descriptions are as follows: 1. One 16 x 20 print file folder – Adam, Helen. Dog Star Run. Bellevue Press, 1975. 12 3/4 x 12 3/4 inches. Printed in an edition of 100 copies of which 25 were reserved for the poet. This copy is signed.; 2. One 16 x 20 print file folder – Ashbery, John and Ginny...
Dates:
1964-2011
Box 6, 1957 - 2012
File — Box M410.0006: [Barcode: U186023271913]
Identifier: M410.0006
Abstract
Box contains fifty-six (56) distinct items, in fifty-five (55) various sized file folders 14 x 18 inches or smaller. Folders are labeled and in alphabetical order by author's last name. Descriptions are as follows: 1. One 14 x 18 print file folder –
MacAdams, Lewis. A Birthday Greeting. 11 x 17 inches. This is no. 90 from an unstated edition, signed. N.p., n.d.; 2. One 14 x 18 print file folder – MacEwen, Gwendolyn. Jewellery. 12 3/4 x 18 inches. Illustrated by Joan Bray. Quarry, n.d.; 3....
Dates:
1957 - 2012
Box 7, 1963 - 2002
File — Box M410.0007: [Barcode: U186023271882]
Identifier: M410.0007
Abstract
Box contains forty-eight (48) distinct items, in forty-seven (47) various sized file folders 16 x 20 inches or smaller. Folders are labeled and in alphabetical order by author's last name. Descriptions are as follows: 1. One 16 x 20 print file folder –
Adam, Helen. Third Eye Shining. 20 x 12 1/2 inches. Illustrated by the poet, designed and printed in two colors by Arion Press. This is no. 80 from an edition of 100 signed copies. Intersection, 1980. 2. One 16 x 20 print file folder –...
Dates:
1963 - 2002
Box 7, 1924-2000
File — Box B250.03.0007: Series B250.01 [Barcode: U186023303443]
Identifier: B250.01.0007
Abstract
The box contains books of poetry by Jennie Charsky Spivak and a memoir by Lynn Spivak. There are two copies of "Joseph the Carpenter: Drama in Poetic Form," two copies of "Boaz the Agrarian: Drama In Poetic Form," one copy of "Persons Lowly Born: Drama in Poetic Form," and "two copies of poetry book "Lays." One of the copies is inscribed "1/23/61, To my dear Grandson and his wife--With all of my Love to the both of you and their beautiful children. Your G. Mother, Jennie C Spivak." There is...
Dates:
1924-2000
Box 8, 1964 - 2012
File — Box M410.0008: [Barcode: U186023271874]
Identifier: M410.0008
Abstract
Box contains forty-eight (48) distinct items, in forty-six (46) various sized custom file folders up to 25 inches in length. Folders are labeled and in alphabetical order by author's last name. Descriptions are as follows: 1. One custom print file folder, 24.5 x 16.5 inches – Artaud, Antonin. Indian Culture. 16 x 24 inches. Translated from the French by Clayton Eshleman and Bernard Bador with artwork by Nancy Spero. This is no. 65 from an edition of 150 numbered and signed by Eshleman and...
Dates:
1964 - 2012