This collection consists of materials pertaining to the life of Theodore Russel Weiss and his activities as a poet, academic, critic, editor and publisher. Theodore Weiss was a professor at several institutions including Bard College and Princeton University as well as the co-founder and editor of acclaimed literary journal, the Quarterly Review of Literature (QRL). He was also an award winning poet, over a dozen volumes of his poetry were published by the likes Macmillan, NYU Press and others. A significant portion of this collection consists of original drafts of poetry by Weiss. The collection also contains materials pertaining to his marriage to poet, musician and editor, Renée Karol including their correspondences and drafts of their co-written poetry. The two were prolific collaborators on the QRL which they ran together for nearly sixty years.