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BOX 109-117 Professional and Academic File, 1968-2014
The Professional and Academic File series consists of material related to poetry readings and other speaking engagements, the production of two audiobooks, and Oliver’s teaching positions and residencies at several universities. The bulk of the series comprises correspondence, travel arrangements, posters, flyers, notes, and other planning material related to poetry readings across the United States, chiefly held at universities and poetry and literature societies between the years 1980 and 2010. The series also documents Oliver’s career as a poetry and creative writing educator, primarily at Bennington College and Sweet Briar College, and includes course notes and evaluations, correspondence, and event planning material for programs in which Oliver participated or helped organize. Oliver also served on numerous committees and was invited to serve as a judge for poetry prizes, many of which she previously won, including the Pulitzer Prize in poetry, the Lannan Literary Award, and the National Book Award. These files include correspondence, applicant submissions, and other associated printed matter and are arranged chronologically. Other material relates to her involvement with the United States Information Agency’s American Participant Program where, in 1984, she spoke and gave poetry readings in Southeast Asia and New Zealand. Photographs from this trip are also found in the Personal File series in the photograph albums. Physical and digital files relate to the production of two audiobooks, At Blackwater Pond and Many Miles; digital material includes audio files from several recording sessions.
Material types include correspondence, travel reports, photographs, posters, flyers, newspaper clippings, manuscript drafts, notes, contracts, and other miscellaneous printed matter. Digital material comprises audio files.
Arranged alphabetically by subject or title and chronologically thereunder. The file structure of the digital content maintained as received.
BOX 109 At Blackwater Pond: Mary Oliver Reads Mary Oliver, 2004-2006
DF At Blackwater Pond: Mary Oliver Reads Mary Oliver, audio files, 2004
Digital ID: mss86681_323_001
Digital ID: mss86681_323_003
Digital ID: mss86681_323_006
Digital ID: mss86681_323_007
Digital ID: mss86681_323_008
BOX 109 Committees and judgeships
BOX 109 1968-1972, 1984-1994
(6 folders)
BOX 110 1995-2005 See also Container OV 2, Celtic cross, Judgeship for Thomas Merton Prize
(3 folders)
BOX 110 Declined invitations, 1984-2010
(4 folders)
BOX 110 Many Miles: Mary Oliver Reads Mary Oliver, 2009
DF Many Miles: Mary Oliver Reads Mary Oliver, audio files, 2009
Digital ID: mss86681_323_011
BOX 110 The Mary Ingraham Buniting Institute of Radcliffe College, fellowship application, 1983
BOX 111 Poetry readings
BOX 111 1979-1986 See also Container OV 4, Event posters
(5 folders)
BOX 112 1987-1992 See also Container OV 4, Event posters
(6 folders)
BOX 113 1993-2007 See also Container OV 4, Event posters
(6 folders)
BOX 114 2008-2014 See also Container OV 4, Event posters
(6 folders)
BOX 114 Teaching file
BOX 114 Bennington College
BOX 114 Correspondence, 1995-2001
BOX 114 Course evaluations, 1996-1999
(2 folders)
BOX 115 Course materials, 1996-1998
BOX 115 Events, 1996-1999
BOX 115 Faculty grievances, 2000
(2 folders)
BOX 115 Miscellany, 1995-1997
BOX 115 Writing workshops, 1990-1991
BOX 115 Bucknell University, 1985-1986 See also Container OV 4, Event posters
BOX 115 Case Western Reserve University, 1979-1983
BOX 115 Duke University, 1994-1995
BOX 115 Sweet Briar College
BOX 115 General, 1990-1995 See also Container OV 4, Event posters
BOX 116 A Poetry Handbook, 1992
BOX 116 University of Cincinnati, 1986
BOX 116 University of Virginia, 1993 See also Container OV 4, Event posters
BOX 116 United States Information Agency, American Participants Program
BOX 116 General, 1984-1987
BOX 116 Indonesia, 1984
BOX 116 Japan, 1984
(2 folders)
BOX 117 Malaysia, 1984
BOX 117 New Zealand, 1984
BOX OV 1-OV 16 Oversize, 1908-2019
Material types include page and galley proofs of manuscripts, book cover mock-ups, photographs, posters, printed matter, certificates, awards, medals, calendars, cotton and wool textiles, sea shells, ceramic and glass beach findings, clay pipe fragments, bird feathers, and an electric typewriter.
Listed and described below according to the series, containers, and folders from which the material was separated. The items are physically grouped and housed by size.
Personal File
BOX OV 1 Awards, 1970-2019 (Container 3, same heading)
BOX OV 10-16 Beach findings, undated
BOX OV 2 Cremation box (empty), Percy (dog), 2009 (Container 6, Dogs)
BOX OV 4 Miscellany, 1908, 1920s, 1970s, 1991-1998, 2004-2012 (Container 3, Awards; Container 5, Collected prints and artwork; Container 7, Family papers; Container 7, Honorary degrees; Container 16, Name file, Wright, James; Container 19, Photographs, Oliver, Helen (Vlasak))
BOX OV 3 Racing shell nameplate, 1995 (Container 21, same heading)
BOX OV 6 Textiles, miscellaneous, 1920s-1940s, 2010s (Container 5, same heading)
BOX OV 7 Typewriter, Brother SX-4000, M9K102766, 1990s
BOX OV 2 Unidentified glass paperweight, undated (Container 5, Collected prints and artwork)
Molly Malone Cook File
BOX OV 6 Handkerchief, undated (Container 25, Miscellany)
BOX OV 4 Photographs, 1950s-1960s (Container 26, Photographs by Molly Malone Cook)
Writings
Publications file
Manuscripts
BOX OV 8-10 Bird feathers, Owls and Other Fantasies, 2003 (Container 47, same heading)
BOX OV 5 Page proofs
BOX OV 5 1963-2004 (Container 38, Dream Work; Container 47, No Voyage and Other Poems; Container 52, The River Styx, Ohio, and Other Poems; Container 54, "Sleeping in the Forest"; Container 56, Twelve Moons; Container 60, White Pine: Poems and Prose Poems; Container 61, Why I Wake Early: New Poems)
BOX OV 4 1995-2016 (Container 35, Blue Pastures; Container 56, A Thousand Mornings: Poems; Container 57, Upstream; Container 59, What Do We Know: Poems And Prose Poems)
BOX OV 4 Poster, 2010 (Container 55, Swan: Poems and Prose Poems)
Periodicals
BOX OV 3 Miscellany, 1963-1993 (Container 74, "H" Miscellaneous; Container 75, "L" Miscellaneous; Container 77, "N" Miscellaneous)
Printed matter, miscellaneous
BOX OV 3 Calendars, 1995-2001 (Container 93, Miscellany featuring Oliver's work)
BOX OV 5 MTA NYC Transit poster, 1999 (Container 93, Miscellany featuring Oliver's work)
General Correspondence
BOX OV 3 The Chicago Tribune, 1968 (Container 95, same heading)
Professional and Academic File
BOX OV 2 Celtic cross, judgeship for Thomas Merton Prize, 2002 (Container 110, Committees and judgeships)
BOX OV 4 Event posters, miscellaneous, 1985-2013 (Containers 111-114, Poetry readings; Container 115, Bucknell University; Container 115, Sweet Briar College; Container 116, University of Virginia)

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