Collection context
Summary
- Creator:
- Kelly, Robert, 1935-
- Abstract:
- The Robert Kelly Collection contains an extensive collection of Kelly's autographed and typed manuscripts and notebooks (approximately 58,000 pages); over 4,000 letters to Kelly from such writers as Cid Corman, Robert Creeley, Robert Duncan, Ted Enslin, Clayton Eshleman, Charles Olson, Jonathan Williams, and Diane Wakoski; and copies of many of Kelly's letters to others.
- Extent:
- 395.5 Linear Feet and (463 containers and 2 map case folders)
- Language:
- Collection material in <language encodinganalog="041" langcode="eng">English</language>.
- Preferred citation:
[Description and dates], Box/folder number, PCMS-0023, Robert Kelly Collection, 1949-1989, 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 Robert Kelly Collection contains an extensive collection of Kelly's autographed and typed manuscripts and notebooks (approximately 58,000 pages); over 4,000 letters to Kelly from such writers as Cid Corman, Robert Creeley, Robert Duncan, Ted Enslin, Clayton Eshleman, Charles Olson, Jonathan Williams, and Diane Wakoski; and copies of many of Kelly's letters to others.
- Biographical / Historical:
Robert Kelly (1935 – ) is a writer, editor, and teacher who has published over fifty books of poetry and fiction. Kelly edited the literary magazines
Chelsea Review ,Trobar , andMatter , and has served as a contributing editor forCaterpillar ,Sulfur ,Alcheringa ,Conjunctions , andPoetry International . He is the Asher B. Edelman Professor of Literature and Co-director of the Writing Program in Fiction and Poetry at Bard College, where he has taught since 1961.- Acquisition information:
- Purchased from Robert Kelly in two batches: 1982 and 1993.
- Processing information:
Collection processed by Poetry Collection staff.
- Arrangement:
This collection is arranged in nine series.
- Accruals:
No further accruals are expected to this collection.
- Rules or conventions:
- Finding aid prepared using local best practices.
Indexed Terms
- Subjects:
- Poets, American--20th century--Correspondence
- Names:
- Poetry Manuscripts Collection (State University of New York at Buffalo)
Poetry Manuscripts Collection (State University of New York at Buffalo)
Corman, Cid
Creeley, Robert, 1926-2005
Duncan, Robert, 1919-1988
Enslin, Theodore
Eshleman, Clayton
Olson, Charles
Wakoski, Diane
Williams, Jonathan, 1929-2008
Access
- RESTRICTIONS:
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The Robert Kelly Collection, 1949-1989, 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-0023, Robert Kelly Collection, 1949-1989, 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