Register of Robert Crosson Papers

Abstract

The papers of Robert Crosson, Hollywood actor and contemporary Los Angeles poet, contain manuscript and typescript drafts for Crosson's published collected works, especially GEOGRAPHIES (1981), ABANDONED LATITUDES: NEW WRITINGS BY 3 LOS ANGELES POETS (1983), CALLIOPE (1988), and THE BLUE SOPRANO (1994); individual poems published in small literary magazines; and unpublished poetry and prose, including his novel "Round-Trip to Midland." Of particular interest are Crosson's daybooks which record his daily activities, thoughts and writings for over four decades. Also included are video and audio recordings, photographs of Crosson, and collages. The papers are arranged in eight series: 1) MISCELLANEOUS MATERIALS, 2) CORRESPONDENCE, 3) WRITINGS BY CROSSON, 4) DAYBOOKS, 5) ARTWORKS BY CROSSON, 6) CASSETTE RECORDINGS, 7) REEL-TO-REEL AUDIO RECORDINGS, and 8) ORIGINALS OF PRESERVATION PHOTOCOPIES.

Biography

Born in 1929, in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, Crosson moved with his family to Pomona, California, in 1944. He graduated from Pomona High School in 1948, attended Mt. San Antonio College and graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles, where he obtained a bachelor's degree in English and theatre arts in 1951.

Between 1952 and 1960, Crosson pursued an acting career and appeared in numerous television programs, including "Captain Midnight," "Dragnet," "Superman," "Studio 57," and the "Millionaire," as well as the Paramount pictures, WHITE CHRISTMAS and LAST DAY OF MY LIFE.

At the end of the 1950s, Crosson moved to Europe to write, but returned after two years making little progress. He entered the masters program in library science at UCLA, but soon gave up to work on his novel, "Midland." Crosson worked as a dishwasher, restaurant manager and eventually supported himself and his writing as a house painter and carpenter until 1996 when his health began to decline.

Crosson's first published book, GEOGRAPHIES (1981), was followed by ABANDONED LATITUDES: THREE LOS ANGELES WRITERS (1983), CALLIOPE (1988), THE BLUE SOPRANO (1994), and a chapbook entitled IN THE ETHERS OF THE AMAZON, POEMS 1984-1997. His work entitled "Round-Trip to Midland" remains unpublished. Crosson's daybooks document his daily activities of writing, house painting and carpentry. His collage making began after his first stay in a convalescent hospital in 1998.

Crosson died on December 10, 2001.

Scope and Content

The Robert Crosson Papers document the literary career of a Los Angeles poet and writer. Materials include typescript drafts for published collected poetry and individually published poems, as well as unpublished poetry, plays and prose. Included are his daybooks (1980-2000) in which he recorded his writing and descriptions of daily activities. The collection contains collages, drawings and slides of Crosson's watercolors; audiorecordings of Crosson's poetry readings; correspondence; and miscellaneous materials, especially photographs of Crosson and a scrapbook documenting his acting career.

The Robert Crosson Papers are arranged in eight series: 1) MISCELLANEOUS MATERIALS, 2) CORRESPONDENCE, 3) WRITINGS BY CROSSON, 4) DAYBOOKS, 5) ARTWORK BY CROSSON, 6) CASSETTE RECORDINGS, 7) REEL-TO-REEL RECORDINGS, and 8) ORIGINALS OF PRESERVATION PHOTOCOPIES.

SERIES 1: MISCELLANEOUS MATERIALS

The MISCELLANEOUS MATERIALS series, arranged alphabetically, contains formal and informal portraits of Crosson and photographs of friends. Also included is a scrapbook that documents Crosson's professional acting career and includes clippings of reviews, program announcements, correspondence, documents, black-and-white portraits of Crosson, and photographs of movie scenes.

SERIES 2: CORRESPONDENCE

The CORRESPONDENCE series is arranged alphabetically and includes correspondence with Paul Vangelisti, Lee Hickman and Lourie Madden.

SERIES 3: WRITINGS BY CROSSON

The WRITINGS BY CROSSON series is arranged in three subseries: A) College Papers, B) Published Works, and C) Unpublished Works.

A) The College Papers subseries spans the years 1947-1952 and consists of notebooks and manuscripts from high school and college writing classes.

B) The Published Works subseries, arranged chronologically, contains drafts of typescripts for GEOGRAPHIES: WILLIAM JAMES, GERTRUDE STEIN, GENERAL BOOTH AND IVES (1980); ABANDONED LATITUDES: NEW WRITINGS BY 3 LOS ANGELES POETS (1983), CALLIOPE (1988) and BLUE SOPRANO (1994). Also included are drafts of poems published in small literary magazines.

C) The Unpublished Works subseries, arranged alphabetically, contains drafts of plays, poetry and novels. Included are individual works, collected manuscripts, and drafts of Crosson's unpublished novel entitled "Round-Trip to Midland."

SERIES 4: DAYBOOKS

The DAYBOOKS series contains notebooks (1957-2001, arranged chronologically, that record thoughts and daily events in Crosson's life. Also included are pasted in clippings, photographs, correspondence, and drawings by Crosson and others.

SERIES 5: ARTWORKS BY CROSSON

The ARTWORKS BY CROSSON contains collages (1998-2001) created by Crosson during his stays in convalescent facilities. Also included are drawings and slides of his watercolor paintings.

SERIES 6: CASSETTE RECORDINGS

The CASSETTE RECORDINGS series is arranged in four subseries: A) Videorecordings, B) Audiocattettes - Readings by Crosson, C) Audiocassettes - Readings by Others, and D) Audiocassettes - Interviews.

A) The Videorecordings subseries contains a dubbed copy of MIKE'S MURDER, a movie that Crosson acted in, as well as clippings and reviews for the work. Also included are two videorecordings of Crosson reading his poetry.

B) The Audiocassettes - Readings by Crosson subseries, arranged by title, contains audio recordings of poetry readings by Crosson and spans the years 1977-1997. Includes Crosson's reading of GEOGRAPHIES, "Old Venice Jailhouse, PARTY: A REUNION, and Walt Whitman's "Song of Myself."

C) The Audiocassettes - Readings by Others subseries consist of readings by other poets and includes a reading by Paul Vangelisti entitled the "Villa."

D) The Audiocassettes - Interviews subseries contains recordings of interviews with Crosson and spans the years 1978-1982.

SERIES 7: REEL-TO-REEL RECORDINGS

The REEL-TO-REEL RECORDINGS series is arranged in two subseries: A) Readings by Crosson, B) Readings with Others.

A) The Readings by Crosson subseries contains recordings of readings of prose and selected unpublished writings.

B) The Readings with Others subseries contains recordings of readings with others.

SERIES 8: ORIGINALS OF PRESERVATION PHOTOCOPIES

The ORIGINALS OF PRESERVATION PHOTOCOPIES contain original items from the collection which have high acid content. These papers are photocopied and segregated at the end of the collection.

Box	Folder	Oversize
1	1		Appointment and address book, 1992.
1	2		Barron, Todd. "Tell", 1993. Typescript with annotations.
1	3		Biographical statements, 1977.
1	4		Crosson as an actor, scrapbook. Includes photographs and correspondence.
1	5		Photographs of Crosson - Informal portraits, 1969.
1	6		Photographs of Crosson with others, 1961 - 1973.
1	7		Photographs of Crosson with others. No date.
1	8		Photographs of others. No date.
1	9		Photographs - Miscellaneous, 1963.
1	10		Pomona Junior College Yearbook, 1945.
1	11		Pomona Junior College Yearbook, 1946.
1	12		Zachary, R. Y. "Signs of a New Poetry in California". No date. Essay mentions Crosson.

Box	Folder	Oversize
1	13		A-Z - Miscellaneous.
1	14		BACHY (Leland Hickman, editor), 1978 - 1981.
1	15		CONTEMPORARY QUARTERLY (Kenneth John Archity, editor), 1976 - 1981.
1	16		Coulter, Larry, 1965.
1	17		Engh, George, 1966.
2	1		ESQUIRE, 1959 - 1980.
2	2		Green, Benson, 1963. Includes letters from Peter.
2	3		Holden, John M., 1963 - 1984.
2	4		Holden, Valentine, 1968.
2	5		Jesson, L. M. and Ralph, 1964 - 1966.
2	6		Los Angeles Theater of Ear (LATE), 1980 - 1981.
2	7		MacDowell Colony, 1964.
2	8		Madden, Lourie, 1990 - 1994.
2	9		Madden, Lourie, 1994 - 1998.
2	10		Monica McCall, Inc. (Mary Pritchett, associate), 1955 - 1958.
2	11		New American Library of World Literature, Inc., 1955.
2	12		OCCIDENTAL POETS, 1978.
2	13		Shinsky, Laura [?], 1966 - 1980.
2	14		Shinsky, Stan, 1963 - 1966.
2	15		Souza, Frank R., 1963.
2	16		TRIQUARTERLY (Elliott Anderson, editor), 1979 - 1980.
2	17		Tuttle, Tony, 1963.
2	18		Vangelisti, Paul, 1963 - 1998. Includes creative writing assignments by Jaimes Ayala with corrections by Paul Vangelisti.
2	19		Warren, Tatjiana (Tanya), 1974 - 1990.
2	20		Weil, Wendy, 1965 - 1969.
2	21		Wolfe, Grace, 1962 - 1966.
2	22		Unidentified correspondents.

Box	Folder	Oversize
2	23		English 1-B, 1947. Notebook, manuscript.
2	24		Chaucer - Class writing, 1952.
2	25		Notes of Attendance: The Formulation of a Story: Upon Initiation of a Novel - Writing Class. No date. Typescript, draft.
3	1		Notes on "Toward A Philosophy of History". No date. Typescript.
3	2		Opera - Music 170, 1951. June 19. Notebook.
3	3		Stephen's English Classes. No date. Manuscripts.

Box	Folder	Oversize
3	4		Book reviews by Crosson - "Corner Creasin", 1948. For MOUNTAIN newspaper at Mt. San Antonio College.
3	5		GEOGRAPHIES: WILLIAM JAMES, GERTRUDE STEIN, GENERAL BOOTH AND IVES (1980) - Original typescript, 1980. First titled as "American Geographies."
3	6		GEOGRAPHIES: WILLIAM JAMES, GERTRUDE STEIN, GENERAL BOOTH AND IVES (1980) - Typescript draft, 1980. Part 1. First titled as "American Geographies."
3	7		GEOGRAPHIES: WILLIAM JAMES, GERTRUDE STEIN, GENERAL BOOTH AND IVES (1980) - Typescript draft, 1980. Part 2. First titled as "American Geographies."
3	8		GEOGRAPHIES: WILLIAM JAMES, GERTRUDE STEIN, GENERAL BOOTH AND IVES (1980) - "William James", 1980. August. Published in INVISIBLE CITY, Numbers 26-27.
3	9		GEOGRAPHIES: WILLIAM JAMES, GERTRUDE STEIN, GENERAL BOOTH AND IVES (1980) - "Selection from GEOGRAPHIES...", 1981. Published in BACHY #18.
3	10		ABANDONED LATITUDES: NEW WRITINGS BY 3 LOS ANGELES POETS (1983) - "Rockford File", 1980. Typescript, first version.
3	11		ABANDONED LATITUDES: NEW WRITINGS BY 3 LOS ANGELES POETS (1983) - "Wet Check", 1982. Typescript, draft. Published in BOXCAR #1.
3	12		ABANDONED LATITUDES: NEW WRITINGS BY 3 LOS ANGELES POETS (1983) - Reviews, 1983.
3	13		Day Sam Goldwyn Stepped Off the Train, 1983. BOXCAR #2. Includes original typescript.
3	14		Lemon, 1983. BOXCAR #2. Photocopy.
3	15		From Daybook, 1984. Spring. MAGAZINE, vol. 14, no. 12.
3	16		CALLIOPE, 1987. Original draft and book cover.
3	17		Rabbits, 1988. FOREHEAD 1. Typescript.
3	18		Egypt (A First Recital) from Field Notes. To Lily, 1989. TEMBLOR 9. Photocopy.
3	19		Egypt (1989) - "Field Notes", 1988. Typescript, drafts. Includes note to Lee Hickman.
3	20		Yevtushenko is Fake. He Says, 1990. FOREHEAD 2. Typescript, photocopy.
3	21		On Memory for Todd, 1992. RE*MAP #4.
3	22		BLUE SOPRANO (1994), 1994. Typescript, drafts. See also, Series 3C: Unpublished Writings, "The Price of Lemons."
3	23		Mengele, 1994. RIBOT 2. Photocopy.
3	24		Robert Crosson: Friday December 13. No date. Red Hill Press, INVISIBLE CITY. Brochure.

Box	Folder	Oversize
4	1		List of poems.
4	2		3/ in LA. No date. Typescript.
4	3		Aborted first drafts, 1986 - 1990. Original typescripts.
4	4		Adjunct to the Narrative, 1991. Typescript, drafts.
4	5		Advantage at Fort Bragg, 1992. Typescript, photocopy.
4	6		After A Trip to the Dentist. No date. Typescript, photocopy.
4	7		Ambient Noise Has No Duration. No date. Typescript, draft.
4	8		Analym. No date. Typescript.
4	9		Arrogance of Poverty - From Daybooks. No date. Manuscript, photocopy.
4	10		Ars Poetica, 1991. Typescript, draft.
4	11		As Regards, 1994. Typescript, draft.
4	12		At the Red Ox in Heidelburg, 1958. Typescript, draft.
4	13		At Work. No date. Typescript.
4	14		B.G., 1957. May. Typescript.
4	15		Ballad of Old Sam, 1950. Typescript.
4	16		Being a Gentleman, He Took Me to Coffee, 1958. May. Typescript.
4	17		Bird in Some Visions, 1957. Typescript.
4	18		Black Storm, 1959. Typescript.
4	19		Bleeding Hearts, A Shallow Mercy, 1997. Typescript, drafts.
4	20		Blonde Figure, Reclining, 1959. March. Typescript.
4	21		Blue Ballet of Mr. Fielding. No date. Typescript.
4	22		Bogus Diaries of S. Freud, 1991. Original typescript and photocopy.
4	23		Brecht/ Revised. For Tanya, 1988. Typescript, drafts.
4	24		Burning Bush. No date. Typescript, drafts.
4	25		Caesar, 1992. Typescript, photocopy.
4	26		Casual Exchange, 1990. Typescript, draft.
4	27		Catarock, 1990. Typescript.
4	28		Chekhov, Anton. "Cherry Orchard" (Adaptation for television series). No date. Format copyrighted. Typescript.
4	29		Chief Use of Men Over Forty-Five. No date. Typescript.
4	30		Churchyard, From a Spanish Balcony, 1958. July. Typescript.
4	31		City View, 1957. Original typescript.
4	32		Collar. No date. Typescript.
4	33		College of Neglected Science (CONS), 1991 - 1993. Typescript drafts, paginated. Contains "Transforming Death Into Carnal Pleasure," "Do You Know Him?," "The Photograph," "Wee Mouse, and All That," "Apollo Gold," "City of Angels," "Clocks Were Invented by Insomniacs," "Pretty on the Table," "Portents (and Omens) of Things Beautiful," "The Plague," "Book of Music," "Carbon Canyon," "Glass Menagerie," "After Fact," "No Belts, No Shoestrings," "Total Eclipse," "Ari(e)l," "Boulder Rock," "The Red Wagon," "A Summersday in Paris...," "On the Nature of Things," "The Architect: On Urban Design," "The Portable Artaud," "From the Province of Monarchs," "Mengele," " The Rustic," "The Other Ends of Modernity," "Last Letter From Bernie," "Without: A Daybook," and "Facsimile." Includes stationary.
4	34		Confirmation of Objectives. The Alphabet - On the Letter A. No date. Original typescript.
4	35		Continuities. To Paulo, A Revision, 1987. Typescript, drafts.
4	36		Count of Flutes and Sashes, 1991. Typescript, drafts.
4	37		Coxcomb. No date. Typescript.
4	38		CROSSsections and Happenings - Casa Jovenita et Etienne, 1967. Original typescript.
4	39		Curtis Ikuo Kobo, 1998. Typescript original.
4	40		Day Book Narratives. An Accounting of the Month of August, 1972: A Forty-Third Year, 1972. Typescript, photocopy.
5	1		Daybook, 1976. Original typescript, draft.
5	2		Daybook, 1983. Typescript, drafts.
5	3		Daybook - Chanukah, 1994. Typescript, drafts.
5	4		Deep North, 1992. Typescript, photocopy.
5	5		Dickrosariobalestrierio, 1977. Typescript letter, photocopy draft.
5	6		Disciple, 1956. Typescript, drafts.
5	7		Don't Ask Me Nothing. No date.
5	8		Dr. Willie. No date. Typescript, draft.
5	9		Dugan's Fern, 1973. Typescript, 109pp. Includes letter from Houghton Mifflin Company and comments on drafts by Ben Pleasants.
5	10		Dugan's Fern, 1983. Typescript with revision, 110pp.
5	11		Early Works, 1964 - 1965. Original typescripts, drafts.
5	12		Embarrassing/Old Stuff, 1986. Original typescripts, drafts.
5	13		End of the War. No date. Typescript, draft.
5	14		Extraordinary Disappearance of Mary Margaret McBride. No date. Typescript, draft.
5	15		Fading Like Cocksuckers at a Lesbian Ball, 1991. Typescript.
5	16		Family. No date. Original typescript, pp. 1-7.
5	17		Farewell to the Piano, 1969. Typescript, drafts.
5	18		Fire in the Barn. No date. Original typescript, draft.
5	19		Flying Down Ducks. No date. Typescript.
5	20		Friends - A Correspondence, 1950 - 1959. No date. Original letters.
6	1		Friends - A Correspondence, 1950-1959. No date. Original typescript with pagination.
6	2		Friends - A Correspondence, 1950-1959, 1988. January. First draft, original typescript.
6	3		Friends - A Correspondence, 1950-1959. Second title, "LETTERS: A CORRESPONDENCE." Typescript photocopies, annotated.
6	4		Friends - A Correspondence, 1950-1959, 1988. May. Second draft, typescript.
6	5		From A Manual of Pieties (Die Hauspostille), 1994. Typescript, photocopy.
6	6		From A View of Toledo, 1998. June 29. Original typescript.
6	7		From Daybooks - To Susan Howe, 1990. Manuscripts, photocopies.
6	8		From Dog City. No date. Typescript, photocopy with corrections.
6	9		From the Dream Life of Balzo Schell. No date. Original typescript, draft.
6	10		Game Called Remembering, 1956 - 1957. For Richard. Original typescript, draft.
6	11		General Booth Enters Heaven (Radioplay). No date. Typescript, draft.
6	12		Geography Is. No date. Original typescript, fragment of a play.
6	13		Gift. No date. Typescript.
6	14		Godard, 1993. Typescript, draft.
6	15		Going Up the Hill to Fetch a Pail Of. No date. Typescript.
7	1		Hang Together: A Hot Day in May (Screenplay), 1969. Original. Typescript, draft.
7	2		Happy Tree. No date. Typescript.
7	3		Hawker (Radioplay), 1984. Typescript and letter.
7	4		Heterosexual View of the World Is Not Mine. Neither Pan, Nor Caliban...Fuck Aquinas and His Angels, 1991. Announcement card.
7	5		Honeybun, 1992. Typescript, photocopy.
7	6		House of Women, 1991 - 1994. Typescript, drafts. See also in the same series, "Tubbs Hotel" for draft of "Turkey Trot," 1989 in box 14, folder 11.
7	7		How Solemn Occasion. No date. Typescript, draft.
7	8		Humiliated Piano (Conversation with Maestro), 1989 - 1991. Typescript, drafts.
7	9		Hymns to the Pomona Public Library. No date. Original typescript, drafts.
7	10		I Ching. No date. Typescript.
7	11		Ibiza, 1957. December. Typescript.
7	12		Ides of March. No date. Typescript, photocopy.
7	13		Impertinence of Frailty. A Saturday, 1993. Original typescript, revised.
7	14		Imposter. No date. Original typescript.
7	15		Imposture of Lemons: Or; Some of the Worst Movies Ever Made, 1993. Typescript, drafts. Second draft is titled, "The Price of Lemons: Or; Some of the Worst Movies Ever Made."
7	16		In Aethers of the Amazon, 1998. Typescript, drafts.
7	17		In Passing, 1992 - 1994. Typescript, drafts. See also in the same series, "Oranges and Tangerines."
7	18		In the Soup. No date. Typescript, draft.
7	19		Insert in a Work Diary, 1973. Typescript.
7	20		Inside Story of Terreno, 1958. August. Typescript, drafts.
7	21		Journey, 1959. Typescript.
7	22		Jesus-Christ First-National Bank - Six Chronicles. ca. 1968. Typescript. See also Series 7A: Reel-to-Reel Recordings in box 47, folder 3.
7	23		July 4, 1992. Typescript.
7	24		Jungle Papers and Others, 1993. Typescript, drafts and manuscripts by Christine?.
8	1		Kindertotenlieder. No date. Original typescript.
8	2		Kuan Song in Praise of Ambiguity. No date. Typescript.
8	3		Ladder. No date. Typescript.
8	4		Lady I Work For. No date. Typescript, draft.
8	5		Laughing Times At Willow Creek (Fragments), 1954 - 1959. Typescript.
8	6		Letter From Those Who Went Back - This Time to Stay, 1954 - 1960. Typescript, drafts.
8	7		Letter to Dr. Laing, 1971. Typescript, unfinished.
8	8		Letter... (To Margot?), 1974. Typescript, draft.
8	9		Letter to Ralph Borgesson. No date. Typescript, drafts.
8	10		Lida Rose, 1994. Typescript, photocopy.
8	11		Little Girl Blue, 1957. Typescript.
8	12		Little Miss Muffet, 1958 - 1959. Typescript, drafts.
8	13		Lost Harbor. No date. Typescript.
8	14		Love. No date. Typescript.
8	15		Love Story, 1971. Manuscript, draft.
8	16		Man and People - Index. No date. Typescript and handwritten notes.
8	17		Meeting: (A Preface to Antonio and Marie Perez). No date. Typescript, draft.
8	18		Meg's-Kat, 1989. Typescript.
8	19		Mein Kampf, 1998. Typescript, drafts.
8	20		Meistersinger. No date. Typescript, photocopy.
8	21		Memorium: In the Season of Gerald, When He Might Have Laughed, 1957. Typescript.
8	22		Midland, 1991. April - July. Original typescript, drafts.
8	23		Midland, 1991. September. Typescript, draft.
8	24		Midnight, 1959. Typescript, draft.
8	25		Mingo Junctions, 1973. Typescript, draft.
8	26		Mink. No date. Typescript, draft.
8	27		Mister, Mister, Spare a Dime. No date. Typescript, draft.
8	28		Modes of Transport, 1942. Original typescript.
8	29		Mood of Peyote: (Not Everyone Reacts the Same), 1956. Typescript.
8	30		Moon Over Athens, 1995. Typescript, photocopy.
8	31		Most Notable Feature of the Poem, 1988. Typescript. See also in the same series, "Nemo's Boat."
8	32		Mrs. O'Leary's Kitchen, 1999 - 2000. Typescript, drafts.
8	33		My Love Has Golden Hair, 1953. Typescript.
8	34		Narrative of Beginning, 1957. Original typescript.
8	35		Nemo's Boat. No date. Typescript.
8	36		New Work, 1991 - 1992. Typescript, drafts. Contains "Drought," "Listening to the Dogs Bark," "On Reflection of the Beautiful," "Live Lobster," "Reception," "Paragraph," and "Lullaby." Includes RE*MAP newsletter.
9	1		Newton's Apple, 1991. Original typescript, draft. See also "Egypt (1989) - 'Field Notes' in Series 3B: Published Writings for earlier draft.
9	2		Note to the Reader, In Passing, 1973. Typescript.
9	3		Noun and Pronoun, 1990. Typescript, draft.
9	4		Ohio on the Farm, 1941. Typescript, draft.
9	5		On Men and Women. Three Pieces (A Reading). No date. Typescript, photocopies.
9	6		On the Head of a Dead Cat, 1956. Original typescript.
9	7		OQQ Book Illustrated, 1980. Composition book. Manuscript.
9	8		Oranges and Tangerines, 1991. Typescript. See also in the same series, "In Passing."
9	9		Orchard Rain, 1955. Typescript.
9	10		Party: A Reunion (Radioplay). ca. 1976. Original typescript, drafts. Includes announcement clipping, 1979. See also, Series 6B: Audio and Videocassette Recordings, in box 45, folder 5-6 and Series 7A: Reel-to-Reel Recordings in box 47, folder 6.
9	11		Party: A Reunion (Radioplay), 1976. Typescript, edited drafts.
9	12		Party: A Reunion (Radioplay) - "Moon-Soup Apocalypse", 1969. Typescript, drafts.
9	13		Party: A Reunion (Radioplay) - "Sunburst of Insanity: A Chronicle of Impermanences", 1969. Typescript drafts.
9	14		Pasolini/On Freud. No date. Typescript.
9	15		Passing of Childe Harold, 1989 - 1993. Typescript, drafts.
9	16		Peacocks Are So Strange to Look At, 1954. Summer. Typescript.
9	17		Peeping Tom. No date. Typescript.
9	18		Personal. No date. Typescript.
9	19		Phone Bernie, a reading at Art Center College of Design. No date. Typescript.
9	20		Picture At the Galleria, 1955. Typescript, draft.
9	21		Pieties. No date. Typescript.
9	22		Poem, 1992. Typescript, draft.
9	23		Poem. No date. Typescript.
9	24		Poems of Carlos Illescas translated by Victor Valle, 1990. September 9. At LA Festival/La Terra Firma. Typescript, draft. Includes letter and photographs of Carlos Illescas.
9	25		Portland. No date. Typescript, drafts.
9	26		Price of Lemons, 1995. Original typescript with letter from the editors of Littoral Books. Includes also, second title, "On Spicer and Other Poems" in print, [published? pp. 89-108].
9	27		Prism As the Eye of Sun, 1957. Typescript, draft.
9	28		Pythagoras, 1994. Typescript.
10	1		Rabbits, 1990. Original typescript and drafts.
10	2		Rain, Chase the Angels. No date. Typescript, drafts.
10	3		Ramblas, 1960. Typescript, draft.
10	4		Red-Shuttered Room. A fiction, 1989 - 1993. Typescript, drafts.
10	5		Reunion: An Account of the Month of August, 1972; Upon the Occasion of My Forty-Third Year, 1972. Typescript, photocopy.
10	6		Reunion: Eleven. No date. Typescript with comments by editor, J.R.
10	7		River House. No date. Original typescript, draft.
10	8		Rome is Melrose Avenue, 1991. Typescript, draft.
10	9		Roses for the Traveling Sun, 1957. Typescript, photocopy.
10	10		Round-Trip to Midland - First draft - "Book One". No date. Typescript.
10	11		Round-Trip to Midland - First draft - "Book One," pp. 1-26. No date. Typescript.
10	12		Round-Trip to Midland - First draft - "Book Two". No date. Part 1. Typescript.
10	13		Round-Trip to Midland - First draft - "Book Two". No date. Part 2. Typescript.
10	14		Round-Trip to Midland - First draft - "Interlude". No date. Typescript.
11	1		Round-Trip to Midland - First draft - "Book Three". No date. Part 1. Typescript.
11	2		Round-Trip to Midland - First draft - "Book Three". No date. Part 2. Typescript.
11	3		Round-Trip to Midland - First draft - "Book Four". No date. Part 1. Typescript.
11	4		Round-Trip to Midland - First draft - "Book Four". No date. Part 2. Typescript.
11	5		Round-Trip to Midland - Second draft - "Book One". No date. Part 1. Original typescript. The only full copy to Tat W.
11	6		Round-Trip to Midland - Second draft - "Book One". No date. Part 2. Original typescript.
11	7		Round-Trip to Midland - Second draft - "Book Two". No date. Original typescript.
11	8		Round-Trip to Midland - Second draft - "Book Four". No date. Original typescript.
12	1		Round-Trip to Midland - Edit by Paul Vangelisti - Draft 1. [Before 1975]. Part 1. Typescript, photocopies.
12	2		Round-Trip to Midland - Edit by Paul Vangelisti - Draft 1. [Before 1975]. Part 2. Typescript, photocopies.
12	3		Round-Trip to Midland - Edit by Paul Vangelisti - Draft 2. [Before 1975]. Part 1. Typescript, photocopies.
12	4		Round-Trip to Midland - Edit by Paul Vangelisti - Draft 2. [Before 1975]. Part 2. Typescript, photocopies.
12	5		Round-Trip to Midland - Edit by Paul Vangelisti - Draft 3, 1975. Part 1. Typescript, photocopies.
12	6		Round-Trip to Midland - Edit by Paul Vangelisti - Draft 3, 1975. Part 2. Typescript, photocopies.
13	1		Round-Trip to Midland - Edit by Paul Vangelisti - Draft 4. [Post 1975]. Part 1. Typescript, photocopies.
13	2		Round-Trip to Midland - Edit by Paul Vangelisti - Draft 4. [Post 1975]. Part 2. Typescript, photocopies.
13	3		Round-Trip to Midland- For John Rechy's class, 1976. Typescripts. Includes letter.
13	4		Round-Trip to Midland - Letter to Mr. Sorrentino, 1982. Typescript, photocopy.
13	5		Round-Trip to Midland - "Finding Indians", 1992. Typescript.
13	6		Round-Trip to Midland - Editor's comments. No date. Typescript with corrections.
13	7		Sandalwood (When Birds Are Too Loud: That's the Only Time To Listen to Music), 1960. June. Typescript.
13	8		Schimmelreiter. No date. Typescript.
13	9		Schimmel's Feast, 1962 - 1971. Typescript, drafts.
13	10		See Am Mondsee, 1958. Typescript.
13	11		Segue, 1986. Original typescript.
13	12		Shadows. No date. Typescript, draft.
13	13		Sitting Alone In His Room, He Could Be Disappointed, 1958. March. Typescript, draft.
13	14		Sitting In My Old Car At the Beach, 1956. Typescript.
13	15		Six Ways to Sunday. No date. Alias, Lee Carter Lewis. Typescript, drafts.
13	16		Snow Country. No date. Typescript, draft.
13	17		Son Serra, Warmed in Whitest Sun, 1958. January. Typescript.
13	18		Songs at Campsite - The Dresden Room, 1992 - 1994. First draft is titled as "Strategic Devices." Typescript, drafts.
13	19		Sonnet, 1957. May. Typescript.
13	20		Soundtrip. No date. Original typescript.
13	21		Spending All Night in the Tunnel, 1991. Typescript, draft.
13	22		Spirit and a Sense of Geography, or Walden on an Island in Spain. No date. Typescript, drafts.
13	23		Spring, Pierced to the Root, 1992. Typescript.
13	24		Stein Song, 1956. Typescript, draft.
13	25		Strawberry That You Put on Your Mashed-Potatoes. Three Days From a Carpenter's Journal, 1978. Typescript, photocopy.
13	26		Streetcar. No date. Typescript, draft.
14	1		Susan: A Case History. No date. Original typescript, draft.
14	2		Tape-Deck. No date. Typescript, pp. 1-4.
14	3		Them Night Birds Still Flap At My Window: An Address to the Academy. No date. Typescript.
14	4		Themes - Fed and Wet Pennies, 1970. Manuscript.
14	5		Thirty-Five Pounds. No date. Typescript.
14	6		Thousands Marched And Threw Flowers. No date. Typescript.
14	7		Through the Looking Glass; A Personal View of An Absolute Sociology. No date. Typescript.
14	8		To Eloise. No date. Typescript, drafts.
14	9		Tracking the Mind is Not a Sportman's Job, 1993. Includes clippings and flyer. See also Series 4: Daybook, 1993, April 30.
14	10		Tripping in Long Skirts. A Friday from daybooks. No date. Typescript, photocopy.
14	11		Tubbs Hotel, 1989. Typescript, drafts. See also in the same series, "House of Women."
14	12		Two Sheets to the Wind, 1977. Typescript.
14	13		Up the Stairs or Fickle Up Your Finger Fate. No date. Manuscript.
14	14		Us [or] The Daily Accident. No date. Typescript.
14	15		Venice, on the Pier, 1954.
14	16		Victrola. No date. Typescript, drafts with comments by editor, J.R.
14	17		View of Toledo, 1988. Typescript.
14	18		Wait and See. No date. Typescript.
14	19		Wallpapered Bus, 1952 - 1994. Typescript, drafts. See also Series 7B: Reel-to-Reel Recordings in box 48, folder 2.
14	20		Wallpapered Bus, 1991. Typescript, draft.
14	21		Walking Through Dust on Clavo Sotelo, 1958. June. Typescript, draft.
14	22		War Games, 1979. Typescript.
14	23		Way Out West. No date. Typescript, drafts.
14	24		Wet Blue: File Code-Ten, 1969. Typescript with magazine illustrations.
14	25		What Time Was Yesterday?. No date. Typescript.
14	26		What Touching Means, 1992. Typescript, drafts.
14	27		When Other Helpers Fail in Comfortsflee. No date. Typescript, drafts.
14	28		White Collars, 1958. Original typescript.
14	29		Wilde, Oscar. "Selfish Giant" (Adaptation for cartoon). No date. Copyright. Typescript original.
14	30		Willow Ran, 1959. June. Typescript, draft.
14	31		With Circle for Eyes - Lunchtime, 1951. Typescript.
14	32		Works in the Mudslide. No date. Typescript, draft.
14	33		Writing English in French or Selling Life Insurance, 1991. Typescript, photocopy.
14	34		Unidentified short story, 1937 - 1970. Typescript, drafts. Includes contents page. Missing chapters, "Hollywood Marathon" and "Cowboys and Indians."
15	1		Unidentified short story, 1957. Typescript, drafts, pp. 41-47 and pp. 54-58.
15	2		Unidentified short story, 1982. Typescript, draft.
15	3		Unidentified short story. No date.
15	4		Unidentified writings - Miscellaneous.

Box	Folder	Oversize
15	5		1957, September - October.
15	6		1960 - 1961. BOOK 4 and BOOK 5.
15	7		1961, May - June. BOOK 6 and BOOK 7.
15	8		1961, June - July. BOOK 8.
15	9		1961, August. BOOK 9.
16	1		1961, October - December.
16	2		1962, February - December. BOOK 12.
16	3		1966, April - 1967, January.
16	4		1967, February - July.
16	5		1967, July - 1969, January.
16	6		1970, March 31 - April 1.
16	7		1971 - 1972.
16	8		1972, August - December. Notebook and loose materials.
16	9		1975, January - 1976, October.
17	1		1975, June - 1978, May.
17	2		1978, December - 1979, May.
17	3		1979, October - December.
17	4		1979, December. GENERAL BOOTH ENTERS HEAVEN.
17	5		1980, April - October. THE LA BOX.
17	6		1980, July - 1981, September. TUESDAY NIGHT.
17	7		1980 - 1982. EAT CHICKEN.
17	8		1981, April - July. THE FASTEST GUN IN THE WEST.
17	9		1981, September - 1982, October.
18	1		1982, February - June. JUST SHOW UP THERE.
18	2		1982, November - December. LACE.
18	3		1983, January - July. PAPERS.
18	4		1983, July - October. STAKES.
19	1		1983, November - 1984, February. AFENTS.
19	2		1984, February - June.
19	3		1984, July - November. ENVELOPES AND APPLES.
19	4		1984, August - 1985, March. MOON SOUP.
20	1		1985, March - June. ROCKS AND CABBAGES.
20	2		1985, June - September. EQUIVOCAL ESSAYS ET CETERA...
20	3		1985, September - December. BLOOD WEDDING.
20	4		1985, December - 1986, March. RAIN.
21	1		1986, March - June. A SORE FOOT.
21	2		1986, June - August. INAUGURATION.
21	3		1986, August - October. TOWNS.
21	4		1986, October - 1987, February. THE ESTABLISHMENT.
22	1		1987, February - May. BIRTHDAYS.
22	2		1987, May - July. AUDIENCE.
22	3		1987, July - September. INFORMATION.
22	4		1987, September - November.
23	1		1987, November - 1988, May.
23	2		1988, May - August. NEMO.
23	3		1988, August - October.
23	4		1988, October - 1989, January.
24	1		1989, February - May.
24	2		1989, June - October.
24	3		1989, October - December. SIGNS/&SIGNALS.
24	4		1989, December - 1990, February.
25	1		1990, February - April.
25	2		1990, April - June.
25	3		1990, June - July.
26	1		1990, August 2 - 29.
26	2		1990, August - November.
26	3		1990, November - 1991, February.
26	4		1991, February - June.
27	1		1991, June - September.
27	2		1991, September - December.
27	3		1991, December - 1992, March.
27	4		1992, March - May.
28	1		1992, May - July.
28	2		1992, July - September.
28	3		1992, September - October.
28	4		1992, October - December.
29	1		1992, December - 1993, April.
29	2		1993, April - June.
29	3		1993, June - August.
30	1		1993, August - October.
30	2		1993, October - November.
30	3		1993, November - December.
31	1		1993, December - 1994, February.
31	2		1994, February - May.
31	3		1994, May - June.
32	1		1994, July - September.
32	2		1994, October - November. Includes portrait drawings by Guilano.
32	3		1994, November - 1995, January.
33	1		1995, January - April.
33	2		1995, May.
33	3		1995, June - 1996, February.
34	1		1996, February - August.
34	2		1996, August - October.
34	3		1996, September - 1997, January.
35	1		1997, January - February. Includes floppy disk from Paul Vangelisti.
35	2		1997, February - October.
35	3		1997, October - 1998, March 3.
36	1		1998, March - July.
36	2		1998, July - December.
36	3		1998, December.
37	1		1999, January.
37	2		1999, February.
37	3		1999, March.
38	1		1999, May.
38	2		1999, July.
38	3		1999, July - August.
39	1		1999, August.
39	2		1999, September.
39	3		1999, October.
39	4		1999, November.
40	1		1999, December.
40	2		2000, February - March.
40	3		2000, April.
41	1		2000, May - July.
41	2		2000, July - September.
41	3		2000, September - October.
42	1		2000, October - December.
42	2		2000, December - 2001, February.
42	3		2001, February - April.
43	1		2001, April - May.
43	2		2001, May - June.
43	3		No year. June.
43	4		No year. July - August.
43	5		No year. September - November. Journal entries at Westside Hospital.
43	6		No year. November - December.

Box	Folder	Oversize
44	1	FB-372-01	Collages. 1970, 1998-1999.
44	2	FB-373-01	Collages, 2000. January - May.
44	3	FB-374-01	Collages, 2000 - 2001.
44	4		Drawings by Crosson.
44	5		Watercolors - Slides, 1970 - 1972.

Box	Folder	Oversize
44	6		Age of Aids: Sorrow and Hope, 1991. October 25. Bruce Davison, host. At Los Angeles Poetry Festival. Recorded live, KZET, West Hollywood. The poets: Robert Crosson, Gill Cuadros, John Dorr, Carol Muske Dukes, Lewis Macadams and Harry Northup. VHS.
44	7		MIKE'S MURDER - Clippings, 1984.
44	8		MIKE'S MURDER - Videotape (VHS), 1984. Crosson played a middle aged photographer. From Dick Simon.
44	9		Old Venice Jailhouse, 1981. Robert Crosson and Ruth Weiss read poetry. Betamax and VHS. Includes flyer.

Box	Folder	Oversize
45	1		GEOGRAPHIES - Los Angeles Poetry Series, Live, 1982. May 2. Original Language Poetry Series. NPR. Fifth Street Theatre.
45	2		GEOGRAPHIES - Reading at Tatana's house, 1992. Part 1 and Part 2. "General Booth Enters Heaven," March 29 on Side A. "City of Angels," March 15 on Side B.
45	3		GEOGRAPHIES - Reading at Tatana's house, 1992. July 19. Part 3. "On Being Read the First Chapter of a Porno Novel Written By a Friend," "The Day Selah Was Born," "The Advantage at Fort Bragg," "The Art Center," "View of Toledo," "Caesar," and "July 4."
45	4		Party: A Reunion (Radioplay). The First Show, 1977. November 23. Produced and directed by Paul Vangelisti, at the Los Angeles Theatre of the Ear (LATE), KPFK Los Angeles. 10 p.m. See also, Series 3C: Unpublished Works for typescript in box 9, folder 10 and Series 7A: Reel-to-Reel Recordings in box 47, folder 6.
45	5		Party: A Reunion (Radioplay). The Second Cast, 1979. November 23. Produced and directed by Paul Vangelisti at LATE.
45	6		Party: A Reunion (Radioplay), with Banaj Bassu, 1982. May 2. Original Language Poetry Series. At Fifth Street Theatre, KPFK. See also, Series 7B: Reel-to-Reel Recordings in box 47, folder 13.
45	7		Walt Whitman's "Song of Myself" and Other Selected Works, 1997. April 6. Recorded live at Borders, Los Angeles. Part 1 and Part 2.
45	8		Walt Whitman's "Song of Myself" and Other Selected Works, 1997. April 6. Recorded live at Borders, Los Angeles. Includes reading of "Leaves of Grass" by Crosson. Part 3 and Part 4.

Box	Folder	Oversize
45	9		Costo, Corrado - "Condor". No date. Presented by LATE.
45	10		Iredynski, Ireneusz - "Window" [side one] and Costa, Corrado - "The Dodo, Or The School for Night" [side two], 1981. January 28. Presented by LATE.
45	11		Meister, Ernst - "Apology for Doubt". No date. Presented by LATE.
45	12		Steelsmith, Mary - "Wacs in Khaki" [side one] and Lynch, Bill - "Molecular Bikeology" [side two], 1980. November 26. Presented by LATE.
45	13		Vangelisti, Paul - "Villa", 1986. January 10.
45	14		Unknown reader - "Sexy Broad/Maids", 1983. March 17. Presented by LATE.
45	15		Unknown reader - "Six Characters in Search of an Author". No date. Presented by LATE.

Box	Folder	Oversize
45	16		Interview with Crosson by Brigetta, 1979. August. Also includes Brigetta's interview with Tanya on side B.
45	17		Interview with Crosson by Erickson, 1978. June 19. Crosson also reads "Antiphonal," excerpts from the "Wallpapered Bus" and "Bagels." Recorded on 1979, October 18-19.
45	18		Poetry Connexion - Austin Strauss, Wanda Coleman and Robert Crosson, 1982. October 2. KPFK, Pacifica Radio. Also includes poetry readings by Crosson, "Homeage to a Lady" and "Bagels."

Box	Folder	Oversize
46	1		Actor, a talk [side one]. Round-Trip to Midland, chapters 1-3 [side two], 1973.
46	2		As Helen and One Child - Preface to 3 pieces, 1973. September 23-25.
46	3		In the Company of Friends: Swapmeet and Jesus-Christ First-National Bank - Six Chronicles (1968), 1973. For typescript, see also, Series 3C: Writings by Crosson in box 7 and folder 27.
46	4		Letter to Gordy Ingersall and The Voice, 1973. August 10-11.
46	5		Meeting (Summer Poems), The Party, Summer Cantos: 1957, Sandalwood, The Dishwasher, and Huxley at the Coronet, 1973. September 19-21.
46	6		Party: A Reunion (Radioplay), 1977. November 23. At KPFK, Pacifica Radio. See also, Series 3C: Unpublished Works in box 9, folder 10 and Series 6B: Audiocassette Recordings in box 45, folder 5.
46	7		Pedal-Point: Narratives and Ballads (1958-1968) and A Course in Child-Development: 'A Look Behind the News', 1973.
46	8		Poetry Live, 1977. June 9. Produced by Paul Vangelisti at KPFK, Pacifica Radio. Original copy.
46	9		Poetry Live, 1977. June 9. Produced by Paul Vangelisti at KPFK, Pacifica Radio. Duplicate. Side one only.
46	10		Revelations and Reject: 'Shaggy-dog' (1958), 1973.
46	11		Story and Upon Meeting American History, 1973. August 18.

Box	Folder	Oversize
46	12		Bassu, Banaj and Robert Crosson - Original Language Poetry Series, 1982. May 2. Produced by Paul Vangelisti at KPFK, Pacifica Radio. See also, Series 6B: Audiocassette Recordings in box 45, folder 7.
46	13		Carral, Nellie, John Halden, Connie Lindberg, et al sings "I'll Be Seeing You", 1958.
46	14		Shaw, Jonathan reads "Midnight Matinee," Crosson reads "Wallpapered Bus" and "The Delores Letters" with Borges, 1973. See also, Series 3C: Unpublished Works for typescripts of "The Wallpapered Bus" in box 14, folder 19.

Box	Folder	Oversize
47	1		Materials from boxes 1-3.
47	2		Materials from boxes 4-6.
47	3		Materials from box 7.
47	4		Materials from box 8.
47	5		Materials from boxes 9-14.
47	6		Materials from box 15.
47	7		Materials from boxes 16-44.

The Register ofRobert Crosson Papers1945 - 2001 MSS 0587

Mandeville Special Collections Library Geisel Library University of California, San Diego

Abstract

Biography

Scope and Content

MISCELLANEOUS MATERIALS

CORRESPONDENCE

WRITINGS BY CROSSON

College Papers

Published Writings

Unpublished Writings

DAYBOOKS

ARTWORKS BY CROSSON

CASSETTE RECORDINGS

Videocassette Recordings

Audiocassettes - Readings by Crosson

Audiocassettes - Readings by Others

Audiocassettes - Interviews

REEL-TO-REEL RECORDINGS

Readings by Crosson

Readings With Others

Miscellaneous

ORIGINALS OF PRESERVATION PHOTOCOPIES

The Register of
Robert Crosson Papers
1945 - 2001

MSS 0587

Mandeville Special Collections Library
Geisel Library
University of California, San Diego