Collection ID: 4077414 MS#0423
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Collection context

Summary

Creator:
Appel, Allan and Gioseffi, Daniela
Extent:
0.5 linear feet and 1 boxes
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); First Poems of American Poets records; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.

Background

Scope and Content:

Correspondence and manuscripts of many authors who were asked to contribute to the proposed anthology, as well as letters from publishers to whom the project had been offered. Among the cataloged correspondents are: John Ashbery, W.H. Auden, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, David Ignatow, W.S. Merwin, Ron Padgett, and May Sarton.

Biographical / Historical:

This was to be an anthology of very early poems by contemporary American authors edited by Allan Appel and Daniela Gioseffi. It was never published.

Acquisition information:
Files: Source of acquisition--2293B. Method of acquisition--Purchase; Date of acquisition--03/23/1995. Accession number--M-95-03-23.
Processing information:

Files Cataloged 10/17/2000.

Arrangement:

Selected materials cataloged; remainder arranged. Materials are organized in one series.

Accruals:

Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access

RESTRICTIONS:

This collection is located on-site.

This collection has no restrictions.

TERMS OF ACCESS:

Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. The RBML maintains ownership of the physical material only. Copyright remains with the creator and his/her heirs. The responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.

PREFERRED CITATION:

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); First Poems of American Poets records; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.

LOCATION OF THIS COLLECTION:
6th Floor East Butler Library
535 West 114th St.
New York, NY 10027, United States
Link to repository site
CONTACT:
(212) 854-5590
rbml@library.columbia.edu