Collection context
Summary
- Abstract:
- The
Intrepid collection is comprised of the personal correspondence and manuscripts of Allen De Loach, including some material pertaining to the literary scene in Buffalo, as well as the working papers, business records, correspondence, and manuscripts relating to both the complete life ofIntrepid (1964-1980) and the publication ofThe East Side Scene (1968, 1972). - Extent:
- 95 Linear Feet and (116 clamshell boxes, 1 mapcase drawer)
- Language:
- Collection material in <language encodinganalog="041" langcode="eng">English</language>.
- Preferred citation:
[Description and dates], Box/folder number, PCMS-0005, Intrepid collection, 1951-1983, The Poetry Collection, State University of New York at Buffalo.
See the Special Collections' preferred citations instructions for additional information.
Background
- Scope and Content:
The
Intrepid collection is comprised of the personal correspondence and manuscripts of Allen De Loach, including some material pertaining to the literary scene in Buffalo, as well as the working papers, business records, correspondence, and manuscripts relating to both the complete life ofIntrepid (1964-1980) and the publication ofThe East Side Scene (1968, 1972).De Loach's correspondence includes letters from Paul Blackburn, Ed Dorn, Robert Duncan, Gerard Malanga, Eric Mottram, Louis Zukofsky, William Burroughs, Gregory Corso, Allen Ginsberg, Walter Lowenfels, and John Wieners.
The files of
Intrepid include correspondence and manuscripts (some 100 of which are signed and/or with the author's revisions) from writers such as Robert Creeley, George Economou, Joel Oppenheimer, Ed Sanders, Michael McClure, Jeff Nuttall, Ted Enslin, and Philip Whalen. All together, theIntrepid collection contain approximately 4,000 letters and 3,000 manuscripts.- Biographical / Historical:
Edited by Allen De Loach in New York (issues 1-5) and then Buffalo (issues 6-41),
Intrepid (1964-1980) published a large number of poets directly and indirectly associated with the New American Poetry, and especially Beat writers. Contributors included a long list of such influential figures as Allen Ginsberg, Gregory Corso, LeRoi Jones (Amiri Baraka), Philip Whalen, William Burroughs, Diane di Prima, Charles Bukowski, Ted Berrigan, Gary Snyder, Ted Enslin, and Charles Olson.The magazine published a number of special issues on topics ranging from jazz poetry to Indian poetry, William Burroughs, Canadian poetry, and William Carlos Williams. In 1968 De Loach edited
The East Side Scene , an anthology of poetry from New York's Lower East Side during the 1960s. His Intrepid Press also published books by Paul Blackburn, Eric Mottram, Peter Orlovsky, and others.- Acquisition information:
- Purchased from L.A. Wallrich of About Books, Toronto in 1984.
- Processing information:
Collection processed by Poetry Collection staff.
- Arrangement:
This collection is arranged in five series.
- Accruals:
No further accruals are expected to this collection.
- Rules or conventions:
- Finding aid prepared according to DACS.
Indexed Terms
- Subjects:
- Audio materials
Photographs - Names:
- Poetry Manuscripts Collection (State University of New York at Buffalo)
Poetry Manuscripts Collection (State University of New York at Buffalo)
Western New York Collection of Small Presses and Cultural Institutions (State University of New York at Buffalo)
Blackburn, Paul
Access
- RESTRICTIONS:
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The Intrepid> collection, 1951-1983, is open for research.
- TERMS OF ACCESS:
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Copyright of papers in the collection may be held by their authors, or the authors' heirs or assigns. Researchers must obtain the written permission of the holder(s) of copyright and the Poetry Collection before requesting photocopies and/or publishing quotations from materials in the collection. Once permission is obtained, most papers may be copied in accordance with the library's usual procedures unless otherwise specified.
- PREFERRED CITATION:
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[Description and dates], Box/folder number, PCMS-0005, Intrepid collection, 1951-1983, The Poetry Collection, State University of New York at Buffalo.
See the Special Collections' preferred citations instructions for additional information.
- LOCATION OF THIS COLLECTION:
- CONTACT:
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716-645-2917lpo-poetry@buffalo.edu