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BOX II:1-12 Part II: General Correspondence, 1946-1991
Letters sent and received with enclosed and related matter.
Arranged chronologically by year and alphabetically within the year.
BOX II:1 1946-1955
(3 folders)
1956
A-S
(8 folders)
BOX II:2 T-Z, unidentified
(5 folders)
1957
A-K
(10 folders)
BOX II:3 L-Z, unidentified
(10 folders)
1958
A-D
(4 folders)
BOX II:4 E-Y, unidentified
(15 folders)
1959
A-B
(2 folders)
BOX II:5 C-Z, unidentified
(16 folders)
BOX II:6 1960
A-W, unidentified
(3 folders)
1961-1962
(5 folders)
1963
A-H
(8 folders)
BOX II:7 I-W
(11 folders)
1964
1965
A
BOX II:8 B-Me
(11 folders)
BOX II:9 Mi-Mu
1966
A-Me
(12 folders)
BOX II:10 Mi-Z
(8 folders)
1967
1968
A-M
(7 folders)
BOX II:11 N-W
(5 folders)
1969-1970
(12 folders)
BOX II:12 1971-1991, undated
(22 folders)
BOX II:13-18 Part II: Professional File, 1936-1989
Articles, brochures, contracts, correspondence, drafts, essays, expense accounts, itineraries, photographs, poetry reviews, press releases, reviews of phonograph recordings of poetry and drama, and material relating to publishing and sound recordings.
Arranged alphabetically by type of material, name of organization, or subject and chronologically therein.
BOX II:13 “Accent,” CBS television program with Ciardi as host and narrator, 1961-1963
Bread Loaf Writers' Conference, Ripton, Vt., 1955-1989, undated
(3 folders)
Conferences on writing and poetry
Library of Congress Conference on Teaching Creative Writing, 1973
Miscellaneous, 1952, 1960, 1973-1986
(2 folders)
Harry Walker, Inc., speakers bureau
Advertisement, circa 1949
Correspondence, 1961-1967
Engagements, 1962-1975
Expense accounts, 1962-1965
(2 folders)
Itineraries, 1962-1968
Harvard College, Cambridge, Mass., 1939-1949, undated
Middlebury College Library, Middlebury, Vt.
1964-1966
BOX II:14 1978
Rutgers University, New Brunswick, N.J.
Library, 1954-1955
Miscellaneous, 1953-1958
Saturday Review
Letters to the editor regarding Ciardi, 1949, 1958
Photographs of poetry reviewers, 1948-1949, undated
Poetry editor file
1956-1961
(8 folders)
BOX II:15 1962-1972
(20 folders)
BOX II:16 Poetry reviewers, 1948-1950
(2 folders)
Poetry reviews by others, 1948-1949
(5 folders)
Press releases and miscellany, 1955-1947, undated
Reviews by Ciardi of phonograph recordings of poetry and drama, 1957-1966
Sound recordings by Ciardi
Folkway Records, 1956-1966, undated
Harcourt, Brace & World, 1961-1966, undated
(2 folders)
Library of Congress, circa 1971
BOX II:17 Twayne Publishers
Correspondence, 1949-1952
(11 folders)
Miscellaneous, 1953-1956, undated
Science fiction anthology, working title “The Unimagined Universe”
Correspondence, 1952-1953, undated
(3 folders)
Foreword by Ciardi, “Science Fiction – What Is It?” 1953
List of contributors, 1952
Texts, 1948-1952, undated
What Happened in Salem?
Correspondence, undated
Sample assignments for college term paper project, undated
Witches Three
Correspondence, 1952, undated
Jacket note, 1951
Publisher's note, undated
BOX II:18 “Unity of the Arts,” proposed series for educational television with Ciardi as host and narrator, 1958, undated
University of Missouri, Kansas City, Mo., 1936-1941, undated
(5 folders)
BOX II:18-62 Part II: Writings, 1910-1997
Drafts, proofs, and printed versions of articles, book reviews, books, columns, essays, etymological dictionaries, limericks, poems, radio scripts, and speeches and lectures as well as advertisements, contracts, correspondence, press releases, royalty statements, and material relating to anthologies and textbooks.
Arranged according to writings by Ciardi and by others and therein alphabetically by type of writing, title, or name of author. Articles, columns, essays, and poems lacking titles are alphabetized by their first line enclosed in brackets.
BOX II:18 By Ciardi
Anthologies
Kansas City Outloud, edited by Dan Jaffe with introduction by Ciardi (“Kansas City Softspoken”), draft and printed version, 1975, undated
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