Edith Jarolim Collection, 1934-1985 (MSS 200)

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Extent: 4.4 Linear feet (9 archives boxes, and 4 oversize folders)

Edith Jarolim's project files for her two editions of Paul Blackburn's works, The Collected Poems of Paul Blackburn and The Parallel Voyages. Included are photocopies of Blackburn's correspondence and manuscripts deposited in other libraries and Jarolim's correspondence with Blackburn's family and friends. Also of interest are her copious notes on the composition of each of Blackburn's poems. The research items on Paul Blackburn date between 1934 and 1975, while the material related to her publications date between 1981-1985.

American literary scholar trained at New York University and editor of two posthumous editions of Paul Blackburn's poetry.

The Edith Jarolim Collection is a valuable resource for researchers seeking information on the life and work of Paul Blackburn and those who are interested in the process of editing a collected work. Included are photocopies of correspondence by Paul Blackburn and by Edith Jarolim, and photocopies of Blackburn's work contained in other institutional and private manuscript collections consulted by Jarolim. The collection also contains production materials for The Collected Poems of Paul Blackburn published in 1985. The Paul Blackburn items span the years 1934 to 1975, while the book production materials and related correspondence date between 1981-1985.

Arranged in two series: 1) RESEARCH MATERIALS and 2) BOOK PRODUCTION MATERIALS.

Container List

RESEARCH MATERIALS

Scope and Content of Series

Series 1) RESEARCH MATERIALS. Divided into two subseries: A) Subject Files: The Collected Poems of Paul Blackburn and B) Subject Files: Miscellaneous.

The first subseries contains the research files Jarolim used and correspondence she wrote while preparing The Collected Poems of Paul Blackburn. Included in this series are photocopies of the earliest known typescripts of Blackburn's poems and letters written to or by Blackburn. Jarolim photocopied most of the material in this series from manuscript collections from libraries and individuals around the nation. The photocopies date between 1934 and 1975. This subseries also includes correspondence between Jarolim and Blackburn's family, colleagues and friends. The Jarolim correspondence is dated 1981-1985.

Also included in this subseries are several hundred notecards filled with Jarolim's research notes on Blackburn's poems. The notecards record the name of Blackburn's poems, the date and location of the poem's composition, and the sources Jarolim used to verify this information. The notecards have been placed at the beginning of this subseries. The manuscript material and Jarolim correspondence is arranged alphabetically according to the institution or individual the material originated from, and then chronologically.

The second subseries, Subject Files: Miscellaneous, contains research material compiled by Jarolim that is not clearly linked to her editing of The Collected Poems of Paul Blackburn. Included in this subseries are photocopies of published books and articles written by Paul Blackburn with Jarolim's annotations and miscellaneous articles about Paul Blackburn. Also included are research materials, such as copies of Blackburn manuscript collections, notes and correspondence that Jarolim compiled while editing The Parallel Voyages (1987). This subseries is arranged so that the articles about and by Blackburn are placed at the beginning and are followed by the photocopies of Blackburn's published manuscripts, arranged alphabetically by title. The research material for The Parallel Voyages is placed at the end.

Subject Files: Collected Poems of Paul Blackburn

Box 1 Folder 1
Correspondence, A-Z, 1980 - 1982
Box 1 Folder 2
Dated type samples of Paul Blackburn manuscripts and letters, 1930 - 1970

Notecards

Box 1 Folder 3 Oversize FB-078-01
1958-1971
Box 1 Folder 3
Editing, books and articles
Box 1 Folder 3
Miscellaneous
Box 1 Folder 3
Posthumous anthologies
Box 1 Folder 3
Anthologies
Box 1 Folder 3
Broadsides
Box 1 Folder 3
Bibliography
Box 1 Folder 3
Poetry
Box 1 Folder 3
Black binder journals
Box 1 Folder 4
Abrams, Sue
Box 1 Folder 5
Allen, Donald. New American Poetry file
Box 1 Folder 6
Ararat Magazine (Leo Hamilton), 1982
Box 1 Folder 7
Black Sparrow Press, 1981
Box 1 Folder 8-9
Blackburn, Freddie, 1959, 1980-1983
Box 1 Folder 10-11
Blackburn, Sara, 1980-1984 & undated
Box 1 Folder 12-13
Blackburn, William Gordon, 1930 - 1981
Box 1 Folder 14
Brown University. Kinter File and Harris Collection, 1951 - 1980
Box 1 Folder 15
Byrd, Bobby, 1969 - 1982
Box 1 Folder 16
City University of New York (David Ignatow), 1982
Box 1 Folder 17
Cole, William

Columbia University

Box 1 Folder 18
Cape Goliard Press (Barry Hall and Tom Raworth), 1966 - 1969
Box 1 Folder 19
Tom Dotten file, 1969
Box 1 Folder 20
Dowden file, 1967
Box 1 Folder 21
Leah Salisbury file, 1962
Box 1 Folder 24
Corman, Cid, 1981
Box 1 Folder 25
Cornell University Libraries, 1964 - 1982
Box 1 Folder 26
Dawson, Fielding, 1981 - 1984
Box 1 Folder 27
DeLoach, Allen
Box 1 Folder 28
Dicker, Harold, 1980 - 1981
Box 1 Folder 29
Doyle, Mike. Tuatara file, 1969
Box 1 Folder 30
Elizabeth Press (James Weil), 1981
Box 1 Folder 31
Freed, Ray, 1981 - 1983

George Arents Research Library

Box 1 Folder 32
1956 - 1968
Box 1 Folder 33
Grove Press file I
Box 2 Folder 1
Grove Press file II
Box 2 Folder 2
Griffith, E.V. Hearse file, 1958
Box 2 Folder 3
Humanities Research Center. El Corno Emplumado file
Box 2 Folder 4
Indiana University, 1980 - 1983

Indiana University, Lilly Library

Box 2 Folder 5
Cid Corman file, 1953 - 1981
Box 2 Folder 6
Le Roi Jones file, Totem Press
Box 2 Folder 7
Poetry file, 1950
Box 2 Folder 8
Kent State University, 1962 - 1981
Box 2 Folder 9
Kent State University. D.A. Levy file, 1966
Box 2 Folder 10
Klass, Rosanne, 1980
Box 2 Folder 11
Lauffer, Don. Brown paper file, 1963 - 1981
Box 2 Folder 12
Laughlin, James. New Directions file, 1956 - 1981
Box 2 Folder 13
Lindawood, Mark. A Brief Biography of Paul Blackburn

Contains both typescript and correspondence

Box 2 Folder 14
Middlebury College. Bronfman, Blackburn file, 1954 - 1957
Box 2 Folder 15
New York Times query for Paul Blackburn materials, 1980

New York University, Fales Collection

Box 2 Folder 16
Angel Hair file, 1968
Box 2 Folder 17
Camels Coming file, 1965 - 1966
Box 2 Folder 18
Caterpillar file, 1966
Box 2 Folder 19
El Corno Empleado file, 1965 - 1981
Box 2 Folder 20
Outburst files, 1961
Box 2 Folder 21
Software file
Box 2 Folder 22
New York University. Origin, 2nd series file, 1962 - 1966
Box 2 Folder 23
New York University. Rosenthal, M.L., 1978 - 1982
Box 2 Folder 24
Olson, Toby, 1967 - 1982
Box 2 Folder 25-26
Penn State. Black Sparrow Press file

Contains correspondence between Paul Blackburn and J. Martin.

Oversize FB-006 Folder 6
Penn State. Black Sparrow Press, galley proofs (photocopies) for Early Selected Y Mas
Oversize FB-006 Folder 7
Penn State. Black Sparrow Press, galley proofs (photocopies) for Early Selected Y Mas
Box 2 Folder 27
Penn State University, Charles Mann, 1981 - 1982
Box 2 Folder 28
Poetry Now, E.V. Griffith, 1958 - 1981
Box 2 Folder 29
Raiziss, Sonia, 1982
Box 2 Folder 30
Raworth, Tom, 1981 - 1982
Box 2 Folder 31
Reynolds, Tim, 1969 - 1970
Box 2 Folder 32
Rochester Insitute of Technology, Sam Abrams, 1981 - 1982

Rothenberg, Jerome

Box 2 Folder 33
1959 - 1971
Box 2 Folder 34
Poems from the Floating World file
Box 2 Folder 35
Some/Thing file
Box 2 Folder 36
Sam Houston State University. Wild Fox file, 1982

Simon Fraser University

Box 2 Folder 37
1964 - 1981
Box 3 Folder 1
Coyote Journal file
Box 3 Folder 2
Io file
Box 3 Folder 3
Michael McClure file
Box 3 Folder 4
Open Letter file
Box 3 Folder 5
State University of New York, Albany. Carol Berge, 1981

State University of New York, Buffalo

Box 3 Folder 6
1956
Box 3 Folder 7
Athanor file
Box 3 Folder 8
R.J. Bertholf file, 1981 - 1982
Box 3 Folder 9
Kayak file, 1965
Box 3 Folder 10
Robert Kelly file
Box 3 Folder 11
State University of New York, Cortland, 1980
Box 3 Folder 12
State University of New York at Stony Brook. Walter Homady, Perishable Press, 1967 - 1980
Box 3 Folder 13
Syracuse University. Edward Lyon, 1980 - 1982
Box 3 Folder 14
UC Berkeley, Bancroft Library. Lawrence Ferlinghetti, City Lights file, 1955 - 1967

UC San Diego

Box 3 Folder 15
Blackburn collection, find list [outdated]
Box 3 Folder 16
First line indexes of Blackburn poems
Box 3 Folder 17-18
Blackburn Collection, folder by folder listing of contents, 1945 - 1971
Box 3 Folder 19
University of Calgary, Tish and Imago records, 1955 - 1982

University of Connecticut

Box 3 Folder 20
Jim Koller file, 1966 - 1972
Box 3 Folder 21
Charles Olson file, 1952 - 1966
Box 3 Folder 22
Joel Oppenheimer file, 1953 - 1968
Box 3 Folder 23
Ed Sanders file
Box 3 Folder 24
University of Illinois at Chicago, Circle file, 1950 - 1981
Box 3 Folder 25
University of Michigan
Box 3 Folder 26
University of Texas, Austin

Washington University. Robert Creeley file

Box 3 Folder 27
1951 - 1970

Contains correspondence with Paul Blackburn.

Box 4 Folder 1
1980 - 1983, 1980 - 1983
Box 4 Folder 2
General file
Box 4 Folder 3
University of Virginia, Robert Vas Dias papers, 1969 - 1983
Box 4 Folder 4
Vas Dias, Robert, 1979 - 1982

Washington University

Box 4 Folder 5
Walter Hamady \ Perishable Press file
Box 4 Folder 6
Robert Sward file
Box 4 Folder 7
Woodward, Katherine. Document for New Poetry, Paul Blackburn, a Checklist, 1980
Box 4 Folder 8
Yale University Library, 1962 - 1982

Subject Files: Miscellaneous

Box 4 Folder 9
Articles - Miscellaneous about Paul Blackburn
Oversize FB-006 Folder 5
Articles - Miscellaneous about Paul Blackburn
Box 4 Folder 11
Miscellaneous articles by Paul Blackburn
Box 4 Folder 12-13
Cities - Photocopies with E. Jarolim annotations, 1970
Box 4 Folder 14-15
Dissolving Fabric - Photocopies with E. Jarolim annotations, 1955, 1966
Box 4 Folder 16-17
Early Selected Y Mas - Photocopies with E. Jarolim annotations, 1952 - 1964
Box 4 Folder 18
Halfway Down the Coast - Photocopies with E. Jarolim annotations, 1975
Box 4 Folder 19
In On or About the Premises - Photocopies with E. Jarolim annotations, 1968
Box 4 Folder 20
Journals - Photocopies with E. Jarolim annotations, 1975
Box 5 Folder 1
Nets - Photocopies with E. Jarolim annotations, 1961
Box 5 Folder 2
Reardon Stompout Poems - Photocopies with E. Jarolim annotations, 1967
Box 5 Folder 3
Sing Song - Photocopies with E. Jarolim annotations, 1966
Box 5 Folder 4
Miscellaneous books by Blackburn - Photocopies of pages with E. Jarolim annotations
Box 5 Folder 5-6
Research materials used for The Parallel Voyages , 1987

BOOK PRODUCTION MATERIALS

Scope and Content of Series

Series 2) BOOK PRODUCTION MATERIALS: Contains correspondence, typescripts, art work, galley pages and page proofs for The Collected Poems of Paul Blackburn. The material in this series is arranged so that it mirrors the book production process from beginning to end.

Collected Poems of Paul Blackburn

Box 5 Folder 7
Correspondence re: publication, UC Press and Persea
Box 5 Folder 8
Foreword
Box 5 Folder 9
Table of contents, index and literary criticism on Blackburn's poetry
Box 5 Folder 10
Typescript drafts of introduction
Box 5 Folder 11-15
Poems selected for Collected Poems, photocopies with Jarolim's annotations, 1948 - 1968
Box 6 Folder 1
Poems selected for Collected Poems, photocopies with Jarolim's annotations, 1969 - 1971
Box 6 Folder 2-10
Manuscript (photocopies) with Jarolim annotations
Box 6 Folder 11
Typescript for publisher, typed from xeroxed manuscript pp. 145-199
Box 7 Folder 1-12
Typescript for publisher, typed from xeroxed manuscript pp. 200-962
Box 7 Folder 13-15
Artwork
Box 8 Folder 1-6
Galley proofs, first pass with corrections
Box 8 Folder 7-10
Galley proofs, second pass with corrections, galleys 1-229
Box 9 Folder 1-2
Galley proofs, second pass with corrections, galleys 230-357
Box 9 Folder 3-5
Galley proofs, third pass proofs
Box 9 Folder 6-10
Page proofs, before artwork