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Inventory of the Fred Chappell Papers, 1960-2003 and undated

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Descriptive Summary

Title
Fred Chappell Papers, 1960-2003 and undated
Creator
Chappell, Fred, 1936-
Extent
89.9 Linear Feet
32,150 Items
Repository
Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library, Duke University
Language
English.
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Administrative Information

Access Restrictions
Collection is open for research.
However, patrons must sign the Acknowledgment of Legal Responsibility and Privacy Rights form before using this collection.
Also, all or portions of this collection may be housed off-site in Duke University's Library Service Center. Consequently, there may be a 24-hour delay in obtaining these materials.
Please contact Research Services staff before visiting the Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library to use this collection.
Use Restrictions
The copyright interests in this collection have not been transferred to Duke University. For more information, consult the copyright section of the Regulations and Procedures of the Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Fred Chappell Papers, Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library, Duke University.
Provenance
The Fred Chappell Papers were received by the Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library as a purchase in 1964-1997.
Processing Information
The fully processed part of this collection merges all twenty-nine additions acquired prior to 1998 with one exception noted below.
Processed by Michael Shumate, Florence Eliza Glaze, Anne Jackson, Katie Pettiss, Brad Siegele, Nicole Teal
Completed February 28, 1998
Additions 93-102, 1998-0299, 1999-0272, 2000-0272, 2001-0145, 2002-0171, and 2003-0089 were minimally processed by Michael Shumate, Lisa Stark, Ruth Bryan, Kate Crassons, and Fuad Naeem and are described in this finding aid. The bulk of accession 93-102 has been fully processed and is incorporated into the main body of the collection and finding aid.
Completed July 23, 2003.
Encoded by Michael Shumate and Elizabeth Arnold
This finding aid is NCEAD compliant.
            

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Biographical Note

1936, May 28Born in Canton, N.C., to James Taylor and Anne (Davis) Taylor
1959, Aug. 2Married Susan Nicholls
1960Birth of son, Heath
1961B.A., Duke University
1964M.A., Duke University
1964-Member of English Department Faculty, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
1966Rockefeller Foundation Grant
1968National Institute and American Academy award in literature
1971Prix de Meilleur des Lettres Etrangers, Académie Française, for Dagon
1972Roanoke-Chowan Poetry Cup for The World Between the Eyes
1973Sir Walter Raleigh Award for The Gaudy Place
1978Roanoke-Chowan Poetry Cup for River: A Poem
1979Roanoke-Chowan Poetry Cup for Bloodfire: A Poem
1980North Carolina Award in Literature
1985Bollingen Prize in Poetry, Yale University Library
1988Named Excellence Foundation Professor, Burlington Industries Professorship at UNC-G
1993T.S. Eliot Award, Ingersoll Prizes in Literature and the Humanities
1997-2002Poet Laureate of North Carolina
2000SEBA (Southeast Booksellers Association) Book Award, Fiction

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Collection Overview

The fully processed portion of the Fred Chappell Papers spans the dates 1960-1997, with the bulk being dated after 1970. There are several additions covering the years 1998 through 2003. The collection consists of correspondence; writings by Chappell and other authors; printed material (primarily serials containing stories, poems, and articles by Chappell but also clippings); legal and financial papers; speeches and addresses; interviews; and other material. Documents relate to Chappell's personal life and career, both as a student and writer at Duke University, where he studied under well-known creative writing teacher William Blackburn, and as a writer and professor at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNC-G). The collection documents the entire length and breadth of Chappell's multifaceted career, beginning with the years just after he completed his undergraduate studies at Duke and started his first novel at the urging of Hiram Haydn, an editor to whom Blackburn had introduced him. Letters, manuscripts, and notebooks provide insight into Chappell's developing literary career, his academic activities at UNC-G, and his growing involvement with a large network of writers, including a number of his former students. Many prominent American authors, especially Southern ones, are represented in the collection. Among the most frequent correspondents are Kelly Cherry, Grace DiSanto, George Garrett, Marianne Gingher, Dana Gioia, Donald Hall, Heather Ross Miller, Robert Morgan, Eve Shelnutt, and Dabney Stuart. Notebooks, manuscripts, typescripts, proofs, and printed material document the development of Chappell's career across all the genres in which he writes. Supporting material in non-print media, including photographs and audio and video cassettes of readings, document public aspects of his career.
The Correspondence Series, arranged chronologically in Incoming and Outgoing subseries, discloses the range of Chappell's interests and activities in the literary community. The letters not only provide a portrait of his development as a poet and novelist but also demonstrate his active roles in supporting the careers of other writers and promoting the literary community. These latter activities are documented by his numerous affirmative responses to a broad range of requests to read drafts of works-in-progress, write recommendations for other writers for grants and awards, write reviews and provide blurbs for new publications, serve as the judge of contests, speak at conferences and workshops, and serve in various advisory and editorial capacities for literary journals. The correspondence also provides much information about his teaching career and his legacy of students who develop successful careers of their own, such as Cherry, Miller, Morgan, and Shelnutt. The bulk of the outgoing correspondence dates to 1990 or after, when, at the request of the Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library, Chappell began retaining copies of all outgoing correspondence.
The Writings by Chappell Series is divided into subseries by genres with the exception of one subseries based on format, the Notebooks Subseries. Since Chappell writes with relatively few hand corrections on any particular stage of his work, the development of an individual work is often apparent only by comparing various complete drafts in manuscripts, typescripts, and proofs. The notebooks are particularly valuable in this regard, providing what often appear to be the earliest versions of works. The notebooks also indicate the facility with which Chappell moves from one genre to another, as most of them are not devoted to a single work or genre but rather include poems, stories, novel fragments, essays, reviews, translations, and drafts of correspondence following one after the other. This versatility is further reflected by the Printed Materials Series, which contains extensive serials with Chappell's publications in multiple genres, especially fiction, poetry, and reviews. At the end of this series, the Clippings Subseries documents his public and critical reception with copies of reviews and essays about his work and publicity about it.
The Miscellaneous Series contains a variety of flyers, leaflets, newsletters, and examples of fan mail that further demonstrate his literary career. Prominent here are such items as the proofs for a 1990 symposium about his poetry and newsletters of the Fellowship of Southern Writers. It also contains two small subseries of audio and video cassettes of readings, interviews, and work by other authors.
The Writings by Others Series contains manuscripts from well-known contemporary writers, ex-students, and aspiring writers seeking advice. Chappell's reactions to the manuscripts are written on many of them, often as the first draft of a letter or requested recommendation. Most writers are represented by only one or two items, but Cherry and Shelnutt are both represented by more than a dozen pieces that, together with their frequent correspondence, outline the development of their respective careers.
The bulk of the 1993 addition (accession #93-102) (1000 items, 3.0 linear feet, dated 1992-1993) has been incorporated into the fully processed portion of the collection. The remaining two boxes consist primarily of incoming correspondence. A small portion of this includes enclosures and attachments, some of which are writings by other authors.
The bulk of the 1998 addition (accession #1998-0299) (1694 items, 14 linear feet, dated 1989-1998, bulk 1997-1998) comprises correspondence received by Chappell. It also includes several folders of outgoing correspondence, drafts and published versions of works by Chappell and others, nineteen books, awards, miscellaneous printed materials, and one audio cassette and video cassette.
The 1999 addition (accession #1999-0272) (7200 items, 12 linear feet, dated ca. 1978-1999) comprises correspondence, drafts and published versions of works by Chappell and others, photographs, clippings, awards, one video tape, and other items.
The 2000 addition (accession #2000-0272) (5425 items, 13.7 linear feet, dated 1989-2000) comprises correspondence received by Chappell; drafts and published versions of works by Chappell and others; reviews; items relating to his teaching; thirty-three books and periodicals; and other related materials further documenting his work as a poet, novelist and teacher. The addition includes two compact disks and four videocassettes.
The 2001 addition (accession #2001-0145) (4344 items, 7.7 linear feet, dated 2000-2001 and undated) comprises correspondence received, drafts and published versions of works by Chappell and others, reviews, audio and video tapes, approximately fifty books and periodicals, and other related materials documenting his work as a poet, novelist and teacher.
The 2002 addition (accession #2002-0171) (4895 items, 8.9 linear feet, dated 1944-2002 and undated, bulk 1995-2002) consists primarily of incoming correspondence. It also includes Chappell's outgoing correspondence; drafts of his writing; newspaper and journal articles and reviews by and about Chappell; his Duke University diplomas (1961; 1964); the North Carolina Award in Literature (1980); thirteen black-and-white and three color photographs; seven audio cassettes; one audio CD; and one Betamax and three VHS videocassettes. The audio and videocassettes include recordings of Chappell with George Garrett, as well as of Chappell reading.
The 2003 addition (accession #2003-0089) (2150 items, 5.9 linear feet, dated 2001-2003 and undated) consists mainly of Chappell's personal and professional correspondence, 2002-2003. Also includes handwritten journals (including poetry journals) and drafts of articles and lectures; clippings and printed material; manuscripts; and framed awards.
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Subject Headings

These are searchable subject entries for this collection. Performing a search on these subjects in the Duke University Libraries online catalog will bring up other related research materials.
  • Chappell, Fred, 1936-
  • Blackburn, William (William Maxwell), 1899-1972.
  • Cherry, Kelly
  • DiSanto, Grace
  • Haydn, Hiram Collins, 1907-1973.
  • Garrett, George P., 1929-
  • Gingher, Marianne
  • Gioia, Dana
  • Hall, Donald, 1928-
  • Miller, Heather Ross, 1939-
  • Morgan, Robert, 1944-
  • Shelnutt, Eve, 1943-
  • Stuart, Dabney, 1937-
  • Duke University. Dept. of English--History.
  • Fellowship of Southern Writers
  • University of North Carolina at Greensboro--Faculty.
  • American literature--20th century.
  • American poetry--North Carolina.
  • Authors, American--20th century--Correspondence.
  • Authors and publishers.
  • College teachers as authors.
  • Creative writing (Higher education)
  • Compact disks.
  • Videocassettes.
  • Black-and-white photographs.
  • Color photographs.
  • Audio cassettes.
List of Series in Collection
Correspondence Series, 1960-1997 and undated
Legal and Financial Papers Series, 1962-1997 and undated
Writings by Chappell Series, 1960-1997 and undated
Printed Material Series, 1955-1997 and undated
Miscellaneous Series, ca. 1960-1997 and undated
Writings by Others Series, 1966-1997 and undated
Oversize Material, 1963-1997 and undated
Accession 93-102
Accession 1998-0299
Accession 1999-0202
Accession 2000-0272
Accession 2001-0145
Accession 2002-0171
Accession 2003-0089
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Detailed Description of Collection

Correspondence Series, 1960-1997 and undated

Arranged in Incoming Correspondence and Outgoing Correspondence subseries.

Incoming Correspondence Subseries, 1960-1997 and undated
Includes letters from friends, family members, writers, teachers, students, editors, publishers, and readers of Chappell's works. Letters are arranged chronologically with undated letters at the end. Some letters include short writings as attachments. Longer writings such as drafts of entire books, complete issues of serials, and so on appear in the Writings by Others Series. Chappell frequently uses the backs of letters, envelopes, or attachments to write drafts of various material: responses to the letter at hand, poems, story fragments, translations, and autobiographical statements. A chronological list of these items appears following the box list for this subseries.
Box CI-1
1960 Nov.-1970 Jun.   (21 folders)
Box CI-2
1970 Jul.-1975 Apr.   (17 folders)
Box CI-3
1975 May-1979 Oct.   (17 folders)
Box CI-4
1979 Nov.-1982 Apr.   (17 folders)
Box CI-5
1982 May-1984 Jun.   (16 folders)
Box CI-6
1984 Jul.-1985 Oct.   (19 folders)
Box CI-7
1985 Dec.-1986 Nov.   (18 folders)
Box CI-8
1986 Dec.-1987 Dec.   (17 folders)
Box CI-9
1988 Jan.-1989 Apr.   (17 folders)
Box CI-10
1989 May-1990 Feb.   (16 folders)
Box CI-11
1990 Mar.-1990 Dec.   (18 folders)
Box CI-12
1991 Jan.-1991 Sept.   (18 folders)
Box CI-13
1991 Oct.-1992 Jun.   (16 folders)
Box CI-14
1992 Jul.-1993 Aug.   (16 folders)
Box CI-15
1993 Sept.-1994 May   (19 folders)
Box CI-16
1994 Jun.-1995 Feb.   (17 folders)
Box CI-17
1995 Mar.-1995 Oct.   (18 folders)
Box CI-18
1995 Nov.-1996 Jul. 18   (17 folders)
Box CI-19
1996 Jul. 19.-1997 Jan.   (17 folders)
Box CI-20
1997 Feb.-1997 Jun. and undated   (16 folders)
List of Incoming Correspondence Containing Chappell Writings
Box CI-1
1964 Jul. 7: Harriet Doar; story on back, "Band of Brothers"
1964 Aug. 24: Charlotte Kohler, Virginia Quarterly Review; poems attached, "Hymn and Hir," "The Survivors," and "Renting"
1966 Mar. 28: George Lynn; poem attached, "Hangover Thursday"
1967 Aug. 28: Paul Carroll; poems attached, rejected for anthology of young American poets
1968 Jul. 22: Andrew Lytle, Sewanee Review; poem attached, "The Farm"
1969 Nov. 3: T.J., Aim; several poems attached
Box CI-2
1971 Dec. 13: George Lynn; poem stanza on envelope
1974 Sep. 26: LSU Press; changes in plan of The River
Box CI-3
1976 Jun. 18: George Core; statement on "regionalism"
1978 Mar. 20: Brian Swann; translations of Italian poems
Box CI-7
1986 Jan. 14: Peter [?] of Tar River Poetry; attached poems with Chappell's revisions of "Two Visions of the Magic Mirror"
1986 Mar. 13: Stephen Corey; notes re: poem "A Prologue to the Georgics"
Box CI-8
1987 Aug. 18: Joanne Wyckoff; blurb for Elizabeth Socolow's Laughing At Gravity
Box CI-9
1988 Feb. 21: Warren Moore; blurb for Moore's untitled book
1988 Jul. 19: Michael Skube; drafts of poem, "Liberal"
1988 Aug. 27: Mark Raney; poem "Campaign Speech" written on envelope
Box CI-10
1989 Nov. 20: Jane Hill; blurb for Warren Leamon's book, Unheard Melodies
1989 Dec. 16: Resa Crane-Rodger; poem about "ghost love" on envelope
1989 Dec. 28: Walter Bode; blurb for Chilton Williamson's The Homestead
1990 Feb. 5: Gaylord Dold; blurb for William Peden's Fragments and Fictions
1990 Mar. 26: Marita Garin; handwritten draft of autobiographical statement
Box CI-11
1990 Mar. 31: William Stevens; verse on envelope
1990 Nov. 9: LSU Press; blurb for Kelly Cherry's The Exiled Heart
Box CI-12
1991 Feb. 13: Claire Watchel; blurb for Karen Osborne's Patchwork
1991 Feb. 19: Loni Jakiela; reply about poets taking NEA or public money and the obligations thereof
1991 Jul. 26: Ethan Ellenberg; blurb for Clay Reynold's book, Franklin's Crossing
Box CI-13
1991 Oct. 23: Catherine Landry; annotated publication history of poems in C
1991 Nov. 25: Michael Bujega; drafts of limericks
Box CI-15
1993 Nov. 23; Stephen Corey; revisions of essay "Let Me Count the Ways -- Five Love Poets"
1994 Feb. 12: Annie Finch, Poems and Poetics; translations of poems, Thomas More and Charles d'Orleans
1994 Apr. 27: Styron Harris; poetical toast to Jack Higgs, on envelope
Box CI-16
1994 Jul. 5: Wilkie Conner; "The Kiss -- Fifty Years Late" by F. C. and Wilkie Conner
1994 Sep. 14: Margaret Britton Vaughn; blurb for Vaughn's Kim
1994 Dec. 22: David Slavitt; poem about and for Slavitt
Box CI-17
1995 May 20: Martin L. Hester; blurb for Hester's With Crockett at the Alamo
1995 Aug. 7: James Applewhite; lines on back of envelope
Box CI-18
1995 Nov. 13: Robert (Bob) Sterling Gingher; draft of recommendation for Gingher on back of envelope
1995 Dec. 13: Doug McCarty; draft of recommendation for McCarty on back of envelope
1996 Feb. 4: Thomas Payton; blurb for Judson Mitcham's The Sweet Everlasting
1996 Mar. 11: Elizabeth Tallent; recommendation for April Heck
1996 Apr. 30: Stanley Lindberg; response in form of a poem on back of envelope
Box CI-20
n. d.: Stephen Heller; analysis of Stephen Heller's work on back of Heller's project proposal

Grace DiSanto Correspondence Sub-subseries, 1978-1993 and undated
A former student of Chappell's, DiSanto carried on a voluminous correspondence with Chappell, especially in the late 1970s, frequently attaching many pages of new poems to the letters. The decision to organize her works in a separate subseries was based on the volume of her letters and writings.
Box CD-1
1974 May-1977 Dec.   (17 folders)
Box CD-2
1978 Jan.-1993 Jul.   (11 folders)

Outgoing Correspondence Subseries, 1964-1997 and undated
Includes letters to friends, family members, writers, teachers, students, editors, publishers, and readers of Chappell's works. Letters are arranged chronologically with undated letters at the end. The bulk of this series dates after 1990 when, at the Library's request, Chappell began retaining copies of all his outgoing correspondence. Drafts of outgoing correspondence also appear in the Writings by Chappell Series, Notebooks Subseries.
Box CO-1
1964 Mar.-1993 Dec.   (23 folders)
Box CO-2
1994 Jan.-1996 Dec.   (36 folders)
Box CO-3
1997 Jan.-1997 Jun.   (7 folders)

Legal and Financial Papers Series, 1962-1997 and undated

Arranged in chronological order. Includes royalty statements, tax information, contracts, etc.
Box LF-1
1962 Sept. - 1997 May and undated   (8 folders)

Writings by Chappell Series, 1960-1997 and undated

Divided into the following genre subseries: Fiction, Poetry, Essays, Reviews, Speeches and Addresses, and Miscellaneous. Additionally, one subseries based on format, Notebooks, should be consulted to ensure seeing all versions of an item in any genre. Each subseries is alphabetized by title, with multiple drafts of individual works arranged, to the extent it can be determined, in order of composition. With all of Chappell's writings it should be noted that he seldom dates his work, so often the only clues to the date of composition are the date of publication and the date the Library received a particular accession. This latter is noted in brackets on many items as [Rec'd date]. The date in boldface after the titles of books is the original publication date.

Fiction Subseries, 1963-1996 and undated
Arranged alphabetically by title, books first followed by individual stories. Versions of collected stories may appear under their own title or that of the collection. Individual stories are grouped with the collection if the Library received them that way or if page renumbering clearly indicates that a manuscript was part of a larger organization. Additional versions may appear in the Notebooks Subseries.
Box WF-1
Brighten the Corner Where You Are (1989)   (6 items in 10 folders)
miscellaneous manuscripts, undated, rec'd 1986 June
miscellaneous typescripts, undated, rec'd 1989 June
typescript, 1988 Dec. 23
photocopy of author-corrected typescript, undated, rec'd 1989 June
typescript, ca. 1988 Dec.
dead manuscript, 1989 Oct. 25
Dagon (1968) See also Oversize Material   (8 folders)
notebook, undated
notebook, undated
manuscript fragments, undated
first complete draft, undated
typescript, undated, rec'd 1970 Apr.
typescript, 1968
dead manuscript, 1968
digital files for Boson Books electronic edition, 1995
Farewell, I'm Bound to Leave You (1996)   (2 items in 3 folders)
miscellaneous typescripts and manuscripts, undated
photocopy of fair typescript, undated
Box WF-2
Farewell, I'm Bound to Leave You (1996)   (1 item in 2 folders)
dead manuscript, 1996 Dec. 31
The Fred Chappell Reader (1990)   (1 folder)
miscellaneous notes, undated
The Gaudy Place (1973) See also Oversize Material   (4 items in 5 folders)
miscellaneous manuscripts, ca. 1970 Apr., 1971
typescript, 1973 Apr. 19
partial typescript, ca. 1971?
dead manuscript, ca. 1972
I Am One of You Forever (1985)   (3 items in 4 folders)
miscellaneous typescripts, undated, rec'd 1986 June
dead manuscript, 1985
miscellaneous proofs, ca. 1985
The Inkling (1965) See also Oversize Material   (5 items in 7 folders)
3 notebooks, undated
typescript, number 2 copy, undated
carbon copy, undated
bound proof, 1965
miscellaneous typescript chapters and plot summary (Masterplots article), undated
It Is Time, Lord (1963) See also Oversize Material   (2 folders)
notebook, undated
manuscript pages, undated
Box WF-3
It Is Time, Lord (1963)   (3 items in 5 folders)
typescript, 1963
carbon copy, undated
author's proof fragment, 1963 Mar.
Moments of Light (1980) See also Oversize Material   (1 folder)
page proofs, 1980 Sep. 11
More Shapes Than One (1991)   (4 items in 7 folders)
typescript (as Waltzes Noble and Sentimental), undated, rec'd 1991 July
typescript with author's corrections, undated, rec'd 1991 July
miscellaneous typescripts, undated, rec'd 1991 July
dead manuscript, 1992 Feb. 20
Pete and Shirley: The Great Tarheel Novel (1995)   (1 folder)
corrected typescript, 1995 Nov. 1
The Thousand Ways (unpublished, ca. 1960-1969)   (5 folders)
typescripts, manuscripts, notebooks, ca. 1960-1969   (4 folders)
typescript, 1967 Dec. 8
Box WF-4
Untitled Novel (unpublished, ca. 1960-1969)   (2 folders)
carbon, ca. 1960-1969
notebook, ca. 1960-1969
Individual stories, in alphabetical order:
"The Admirer," undated, rec'd 1985 Oct.
"After Revelation," undated, rec'd 1985 Oct.
"Alphabet," undated, rec'd 1985 Oct.
"Aubade," undated, rec'd 1985 Oct.
"Astolpho Recalls," undated, rec'd 1985 Oct.
"After Revelation," undated, rec'd 1985 Oct.
"The Bad Luck," undated
"Band of Brothers," undated, rec'd 1985 Oct.
"Barcarole," undated, rec'd 1985 Oct.
"Basic Training," undated, rec'd 1985 Oct.
"The Beard," undated, rec'd 1985 Oct.
"Blood Shadow," undated, rec'd 1985 Oct.
"Blue Dive," undated, rec'd 1985 Oct.
"A Broken Beginning," undated, rec'd 1985 Oct.
"Broken Blossoms," undated, rec'd 1985 Oct.
"Crow Knows," undated, rec'd 1991 July
"Dangers of the First Floor," undated, rec'd 1970 Jan.
"A Day in the Life," undated, rec'd 1985 Oct.
"Detour on 51," undated, rec'd 1985 Oct.
"The Devil-Possum," 1987 May 26
"The Dreaming Orchid," undated, rec'd 1985 Oct.
"Duet," undated, rec'd 1985 Oct. and 1990 July (2 items)
"Elmer and Buford," ca. 1960-1969 and rec'd 1985 Oct. (2 items)
"Going Downhill," section of unidentified novel or collection, undated, rec'd 1995 June
"The Good Things," undated, rec'd 1970 Jan.
"The Good Time," undated, rec'd 1985 Oct.
"Haydn Takes a Peek," undated, rec'd 1985 Oct.
"Homage to Plato," ca. 1960-1969
"Indiscretions," undated, rec'd 1985 Oct.
"Inheritance," undated, rec'd 1985 Oct.
"Invasions," undated, rec'd 1985 Oct.
"Judas," undated, rec'd 1985 Oct.
"Linnaeus Forgets," undated, rec'd 1985 Oct.
"The Lodger," undated, rec'd 1993 July
"Man Twice Married to Fire," undated, rec'd 1985 Oct.
"The Memorial Poem," undated, rec'd 1985 Oct.
"The Mentor," 1990 Dec. 31
"Miss Prue," undated, rec'd 1985 Oct.
"Mr. Bones," undated, rec'd 1985 Oct.
"Morning Star," undated, rec'd 1986 June
"The Mountains," undated, rec'd 1985 Oct.
"The Ninety-Ninth Foxfire Book," undated, rec'd 1985 Oct.
"Notes Toward a Theory of Flight," undated, rec'd 1985 Oct.
"O, Suprême Clairon," undated, rec'd 1985 Oct.
"Old Times, New Times," ca. 1960-1969
"The Overspill," undated, rec'd 1985 Oct.
"A Penance on Ember Mountain," undated, rec'd 1985 Oct.
"Poets," undated, rec'd 1985 Oct.
"The Posse," undated, rec'd 1985 Oct.
"Prodigious Words," undated, rec'd 1985 Oct.
"A Property of Hope," undated, rec'd 1985 Oct.
"The Snow That Is Nothing in the Triangle," undated, rec'd 1985 Oct.
"The Story Teller," undated, rec'd 1985 Oct.
"Thatch Retaliates," undated, rec'd 1985 Oct.
"Thatch Strikes Back," undated, rec'd 1985 Oct.
"The Three Boxes," undated, rec'd 1985 Oct.
"The Twins: Story of Anselm the Wrestler," undated, rec'd 1985 Oct.
"The Watch," undated, rec'd 1985 Oct.
"Weird Tales," undated, rec'd 1985 Oct.
"Witchcraft," undated, rec'd 1991 July
"The World of Nature as By Harlequin Conceived," undated, rec'd 1985 Oct.
Untitled story, manuscript, ca. 1960-1969
Untitled story, typescript, ca. 1960-1969
Untitled story, manuscript, undated, rec'd 1985 Oct.

Poetry Subseries, ca. 1960-1996 and undated
Arranged alphabetically by title, books first followed by individual poems. Versions of collected poems may appear under their own title or that of the collection. Additional versions may appear in the Notebooks Subseries.
Box WP-1
Bloodfire (1978)   (3 folders)
miscellaneous manuscripts, undated
dead manuscript, 1978
proof, 1978
C (1993)   (2 folders)
typescript photocopy, undated, rec'd 1993 July
typescript photocopy, undated
Castle Tzingal (1984)   (5 folders)
notebooks and partial typescript, undated
typescript fragment, undated, rec'd 1997 July
typescript, undated, rec'd 1985 Oct.
typescript photocopy, undated
proof, 1984
Earthsleep (1980) See also Oversize Material   (1 folder)
edited typescript, 1980
Family Gathering (1996)   (4 folders)
partial typescript, undated
partial typescript, 1/12/96
typescript, undated, rec'd 1997 July
proof, 6/19/96
First and Last Words (1989)   (6 folders)
miscellaneous typescripts and manuscripts, undated, rec'd 1989 June
corrected typescript photocopy, undated, rec'd 1991 July
partial typescript, "xerox of final version," undated, rec'd 1989 June
typescript photocopy, undated, rec'd 1989 June
dead manuscript, 1989 May 29
proofs, ca. 1989
Hour of My Lives (unpublished)   (1 folder)
typescript, undated
Look Back All the Green Valley (unpublished) See also Spring Garden   (2 folders)
typescript, undated
partial typescript, undated, rec'd 1995 June
River (1975)   (2 folders)
manuscripts, undated, rec'd 1985 Oct.
typescript, 1973 Oct. 1
Source (1985)   (4 folders)
notebook, undated, and miscellaneous typescripts, rec'd 1986 June
typescript, undated
dead manuscript, ca. 1985
proof, 1985
Spring Garden (1995) See also Look Back All the Green Valley   (2 folders)
partial typescript, undated, rec'd 1995 June
partial typescript, undated, rec'd 1995 June
Box WP-2
Wind Mountain (1979) See also Oversize Material   (1 folder)
dead manuscript, ca. 1979
The World Between the Eyes (1971) See also Oversize Material   (2 folders)
author-corrected typescript, undated
dead manuscript, ca. 1971
Untitled Collection   (1 folder)
typescript, undated
Individual poems, in alphabetical order:
"2 for Michael," undated
"According to the best of my information," undated, rec'd 1970 Jan.
"Adoration of Sunlight," undated, rec'd 1985 Oct.
"After Revelation," undated, rec'd 1985 Oct.
"Afternoons with Allen," undated, rec'd 1987 July
"Afterseasons, countershades," undated, rec'd 1985 Oct.
"Al's Billiards Bar [?]," ca. 1960-1969
"An American Suicide Speaks to the Asian Dead," undated, rec'd 1985 Oct.
"The Animal Dream," undated, rec'd 1985 Oct.
"An Anniversary Toast," undated, rec'd July, 1995
"Ants at the Sugar Jar," undated, rec'd 1985 Oct.
"Apollo the God of Summer," ca. 1964 June
"Appalachian Apples," undated, rec'd 1985 Oct.
"At Ross's Landing: Anniversary Poem," undated, rec'd 1985 Oct.
"At the Grave of Virgil Campbell," undated, rec'd 1985 Oct.
"Attis and Adonis," undated, rec'd 1970 Jan.
"Aunt Alicia," undated, rec'd 1995 July
"The Autumn of the Indifferent Trombone," undated, rec'd 1985 Oct.
"Awakening to Music," undated, rec'd 1985 Oct.
"Ballads of Good Advice," undated, rec'd 1985 Oct.
"Bear," undated, rec'd 1985 Oct.
"Beech Tap Remembrance," undated, rec'd 1985 Oct.
"Beer Drinking in America," undated, rec'd 1985 Oct.
"Being and Becoming," ca. 1960-1969
"The Betrayal," undated, rec'd 1986 June
"Birthday 35: Diary Entry," undated, rec'd 1985 Oct.
"The Blessing," undated, rec'd 1989 June
"Blues for Bird," ca. 1960-1969
"Body of Knowledge," undated, rec'd 1985 Oct.
"Bon Voyage," undated, rec'd 1985 Oct.
"The Boys with the Restless Eyes," undated, rec'd 1970 Apr. and 1985 Oct.   (2 items)
"Brooks Robinson," undated, rec'd 1985 Oct.
"Burning the Frankenstein Monster: Elegiac Letter to Richard Dillard," undated, rec'd 1985 Oct.
"Busted Flush," undated, rec'd 1985 Oct.
"Cabin in Hill Shadow," undated, rec'd 1985 Oct.
"Caesura," undated, rec'd 1985 Oct.
"Caligari by Dreamlight," undated, rec'd 1985 Oct.
"Canticles and Compliments of Common Creatures," undated, rec'd 1985 Oct.
"The Capacity for Pain," undated, rec'd 1985 Oct.
"Cello, Solo," ca. 1960-1969
"Changeling," undated, rec'd 1985 Oct.
"Christopher Smart, in His Madness" (2 versions), ca. 1960-1969
"Class of '54," undated, rec'd 1985 Oct.
"Cleaning the Well," undated, rec'd 1985 Oct.
"Cobb," undated, rec'd 1985 Oct.
"Coming To," undated, rec'd 1985 Oct.
"The Common and the Uncommon," undated, rec'd 1989 June
"Confession Fragment," undated, rec'd 1985 Oct.
"Contra Martial," undated, rec'd 1989 June
"Cousin Lilias, undated" Cousin Lilias, undated
"Cow," undated, rec'd 1985 Oct.
"Cupid Asleep," undated, rec'd 1985 Oct.
"D.W. Griffith: Way Down East," undated, rec'd 1985 Oct.
"Dead Soldiers," undated, rec'd 1985 Oct.
"Death of W.H. Auden," ca. 1963
"Delayed by Mongol/Bendit Forces at the National Airport," undated, rec'd 1985 Oct.
"Detroit Pontiac," undated, rec'd 1985 Oct.
"Disencampment of the Future," ca. 1960-1969
"Dispatches." See "Messages"
"Dr. Fell," undated, rec'd 1985 Oct.
"Dr. Zorlo's (?) Mirror of Miracle Shadows," undated, rec'd 1986 June
"Dreigroschen oper," undated, rec'd 1985 Oct.
"Dressage," undated, rec'd 1985 Oct.
"Early Concert," undated, rec'd Apr. 1970
"Earth Emergent Drifts the Fire River," undated, rec'd 1985 Oct.
"Elkin Robert (Under Ember)," undated, rec'd 1985 Oct.
"Embitterment" and "The Embitterment of Charity," undated, rec'd 1986 June
"EMF [Eastern Music Festival] Poems," ca. 1986 July
"Enfolded: For Amy Charles," undated, rec'd 1986 June
"Epigram," undated, rec'd 1985 Oct.
"Epitaph," undated, rec'd 1989 June
"Epithalamion," ca. 1960-1969
"Establish, charge, and Silver," undated, rec'd 1985 Oct.
"Establish," undated, rec'd 1985 Oct.
"The Estrangement," undated, rec'd 1985 Oct.
"Eternity," undated, rec'd 1985 Oct.
"The Exile," ca. 1960-1969
"Extra Innings," undated, rec'd 1985 Oct.
"Familiar Poem," ca. 1960
"The Far Carnival," undated, rec'd 1985 Oct.
"The Farm," undated, rec'd 1985 Oct.
"The Fast Ball," undated, rec'd 1985 Oct.
"Feast: An Afterword to Annie Dillard's Pilgrim at Tinker Creek," undated, rec'd 1986 June
"February," 1969 June 29
"Festival," 1986 July 14
"The Fevered Child," ca. 1960-1969
"Firewater," undated, rec'd 1985 Oct.
"Firewood," undated, rec'd 1985 Oct.
"Fix," undated, rec'd 1985 Oct.
"Flowering Croesus," undated, rec'd 1970 Apr.
"For Reynolds Price," undated, rec'd 1987 July
"For Reynolds Price: Horace 1.1," undated, rec'd 1986 June
"A Friend, Drowned Fishing for Trout," ca. 1961
"Georgics Prolog" and "Allegory: Vermeer's 'The Astronomer,'" undated, rec'd 1986 June
"The Gift" and "The Valley," undated, rec'd 1985 Oct.
"The Gift to be Simple: A Prologue to Aaron Copland's Appalachian Spring," undated, rec'd 1987 July
"A Glorious Twilight," undated, rec'd 1989 June
"Heath, Age 8: His New Drum," ca. 1995, and "Heath, Age 2: Trying to Talk," ca. 1995
"History is a Force in Personal Life, Even," undated, rec'd 1970 Jan.
"The House of the Fathers," undated, rec'd 1992 June
"Hymn and Hir," ca. 1964 June
"I am François (Three After Villon)," undated, rec'd 1985 Oct.
"Iago by Verdi," undated, rec'd 1985 Oct.
"The Ice Coquette," undated, rec'd 1970 Apr. and 1985 Oct. (2 items)
"Ideally Grasping the Actual Flower," (2 versions) undated, rec'd 1987 July
"An Impersonation: Epilogue to The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes" An Impersonation: Epilogue to The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
"In Another Country," ca. 1960-1969
"Influences" and "Dreigroschen Oper," undated, rec'd 1985 Oct.
"Influences," undated, rec'd 1985 Oct.
"Intermezzo of Fireflies," undated, rec'd 1985 Oct.
"Intimation," undated, rec'd 1985 Oct.
"Invasion News," ca. 1960-1969
"Invitation au Voyage," ca. 1960-1969
"Irrational Kite-Flying Letter to George Garrett," undated, rec'd 1985 Oct.
"Islet," undated, rec'd 1985 Oct.
"Jim Applewhite Dreams in Springtime," ca. 1960-1969
"Junk Ball," undated, rec'd 1985 Oct.
"Kisses," undated, rec'd 1985 Oct.
"Ladybug," undated, rec'd 1985 Oct.
"The Last Rose of Summer," undated, rec'd 1985 Oct.
"Latencies," undated, rec'd 1985 Oct.
"The Latter Years: An Epilogue to The Wind in the Willows," (2 versions) undated, rec'd 1986 June
"Legions," undated, rec'd 1985 Oct.
"Let Me Lie, Will You?" ca. 1960-1969
"Literature," (2 versions) undated, rec'd 1987 July and 1989 June
"The Long Passing Away of the Visible: for Jim Wayne Miller," ca. Sept., 1996
"Lovecraft," undated, rec'd 1985 Oct.
"Malgré Lui" and "The Epigrammatist," undated, rec'd 1989 June
"The Man Twice Married to Fire," undated, rec'd 1985 Oct.
"Marine (Three After Rimbaud) ," undated, rec'd 1985 Oct.
"Martial, Lib. IX, 4," undated, rec'd 1985 Oct.