Diane Di Prima Papers

An inventory of her papers at Syracuse University


Finding aid created by: FD
Date: May 1972

Revision history:
Jul 1979 unspecified revisions (EL)
14 Sep 2006 converted to EAD (AMCon)
21 Sep 2006 bio updated (MRR)

Overview of the Collection
Creator: Di Prima, Diane
Title: Diane Di Prima Papers
Dates: 1948-1971
Quantity: 2.5 linear ft.
Abstract: Papers of the American poet, author, and editor. Correspondence (1960-1971); diaries, playscripts and miscellaneous writings (1948-1966); and original manuscripts by others (Paul Blackburn, Robert Creeley, Ed Dorn, Kirby Doyle, Robert Duncan, Anselm Hollo, Steve Jonas, LeRoi Jones, Allan Kaprow, Kenneth Koch, Joseph LeSueur, Ron Loewinsohn, Clive Matson, David Meltzer, Frank O’Hara, Charles Olson, Stuart Perkoff, Gary Snyder, Norman Solomon, Gilbert Sorrentino, A.B. Spellman, Mike Strong, James Waring, Philip Whalen, Jonathan Williams) submitted for publication in The floating bear.
Language: English
Repository: Special Collections Research Center,
Syracuse University Library
222 Waverly Avenue
Syracuse, NY 13244-2010
http://scrc.syr.edu

Biographical History

Diane di Prima, poet, editor and teacher, was born August 6, 1934, in New York City, the daughter of Francis and Emma (Mallozzi) di Prima. She attended Swarthmore College briefly in 1951-1952.

In the late 1950's and early 1960's Diane di Prima became a member of a group of New York poets and writers, frequently known as the "Beats," who were centered in Greenwich Village. There she wrote and published several volumes of verse, and helped to found the American Theatre for Poets. She was co-editor of a literary newsletter, The Floating Bear, with LeRoi Jones (Imamu Amiri Baraka) during 1961-1962, and became the sole editor from 1963 to 1968. She was also the associate editor for Signal Magazine (1963-1065) and contributing editor of Kulchur magazine. She was publisher and printer of her own small-scale publishing houses, The Poets Press (1963-1969) and Eidolon Editions (1972-1976) and taught at Naropa Institute School of Poetics, New College of California, California College of Arts and Crafts, San Francisco Art Institute, and California Institute of Integral Studies.

In addition to founding the American Theatre for Poets, di Prima was the director and co-founder of the New York Poets Theatre (1961-1965) and the San Francisco Institute of Magical and Healing Arts (1983-1990), and founder of the Poets Institute.

Her numerous books include more than thirty collections of poetry as well as plays, short stories, novels, non-fiction, translations, and an autobiographical novel, The Calculus of Variation (1966). She has twice received grants from the National Endowment for the Arts (1973, 1979) and her work has been translated into over twenty languages.

Diane di Prima was married twice, first to actor/director Alan S. Marlowe 1962-1969) and then to poet Grant Fisher (1972-1976). She has five children: Jeanne (b. 1957), Dominique (b. 1962), Alexander (b. 1963), Tara (b. 1967) and Rudra (b. 1970).

Scope and Contents of the Collection

The Diane di Prima Papers comprise Correspondence, Writings in manuscript and printed form, Manuscripts by other authors, Miscellaneous items, and a file of The Floating Bear newsletter. The papers, which date from 1948 to 1971, are arranged in six archival boxes.

Correspondence (boxes 1-2) dates from 1960 to 1971 and is arranged chronololgically. Incoming and outgoing letters are interfiled, but the bulk of the correspondence is addressed to Diane di Prima. Her correspondents include John Ashbery, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Allen Ginsberg, Denise Levertov, Walter Lowenfels, Charles Olson, Kenneth Patchen, Louis Zukofsky, and other persons notable in contemporary American literature. There are 98 letters, 1969-1971, from Alan Marlowe and 18 letters from Michael McClure. Some of the letters (including those from "Miles Campion," Edwin Denby, Diane Wakoski, "Anton Webern," and John Wieners) were published in The Floating Bear. A complete name index of the letters is appended to this inventory, and a chronological shelf list of the letters is available in the Manuscripts Division.

Manuscripts submitted to The Floating Bear and copies of the published newsletter itself are arranged in box 3. Of the 37 newsletters that were published, the first 35, 1961-1968, are present in the papers. The 86 manuscripts are submission copies of articles, poems, and reviews, arranged alphabetically by the authors' names. Prominent among the authors are Robert Creeley, LeRoi Jones, Kenneth Koch, Frank O'Hara, and Gary Snyder. Details on individual manuscripts appear in the accompanying shelf list; standard abbreviations indicate the physical form of the manuscripts, and dates are listed in the shelf list when they appear on the manuscripts. The number of the newsletter in which the manuscripts appeared is marked on most of them. All manuscripts of Diane di Prima are isolated in the next section, Writings.

Note: Other Floating Bear records are reported at Indiana University.

Writings of Diane di Prima in manuscript and printed form (boxes 3-6) date from 1948 to 1968 and have been organized first by type and then alphabetically by title. These include a diary, nine notebook volumes, four manuscript plays, four reels of recording-tape readings, manuscripts of three groups of collected verse, and two folders of miscellaneous verse. The physical form of the writings is indicated by standard abbreviations.

A group of Miscellaneous material closes the papers in box 6. There is one folder of material on the American Theatre for Poets. Other items relate to the editing of The Floating Bear.

Purchases, 1963, 1968-1971

Restrictions

Access Restrictions: There are no access restrictions on this material.

Use Restrictions: Written permission must be obtained from SCRC and all relevant rights holders before publishing quotations, excerpts or images from any materials in this collection.

Subject Headings

Persons

Ashbery, John, 1927-
Allen, Donald Merriam, 1912-
Baraka, Imamu Amiri, 1934-
Bergé, Carol, 1928-
Berkson, Bill
Berman, Wallace, 1926-1976
Bissett, Bill, 1939-
Blackburn, Paul
Brilliant, Alan
Codrescu, Andrei, 1946-
Corman, Cid
Creeley, Robert, 1926-
Cruz, Victor Hernández, 1949-
Dawson, Fielding, 1930-
De Loach, Allen
Denby, Edwin, 1903-
Di Prima, Diane, Archives
Dorn, Edward
Doyle, Kirby
Doyle, Mike, 1928-
Duncan, Robert Edward, 1919-1988
Eigner, Larry, 1927-
Ferlinghetti, Lawrence
Fraser, Kathleen
Gadd, Maxine
Gervais, Charles Henry, 1946-
Ginsberg, Allen, 1926-1997
Girodias, Maurice
Guest, Barbara
Henderson, David
Hollo, Anselm
Jonas, Stephen
Jordan, Fred
Kaprow, Allan
Kelly, Robert.
Knox, Hugh.
Koch, Kenneth, 1925-2002
Kupferberg, Tuli
Lake, Larry
Lansing, Gerrit
Laughlin, James, 1914-
LeSueur, Joseph
Levertov, Denise, 1923-1997
Loewinsohn, Ron
Lowenfels, Walter, 1897-1976
Malanga, Gerard
Marlowe, Alan
Matson, Clive, 1941-
McClure, Michael
Meltzer, David
Merwin, W. S. (William Stanley), 1927-
Morris, James Ryan, 1933-
Motherwell, Robert
Olson, Charles, 1910-1970
O’Hara, Frank, 1926-1966
Patchen, Kenneth, 1911-1972
Perkins, Michael
Perkoff, Stuart Z
Reed, Sweeney
Rexroth, Kenneth, 1905-1982
Rumaker, Michael, 1932-
Snyder, Gary
Solomon, Norman
Sorrentino, Gilbert
Soyer, Raphael, 1899-1987
Spellman, A. B.
Strong, Mike
Vas Dias, Robert
Wakoski, Diane
Waldman, Anne, 1945-
Waring, James
Whalen, Philip
Wieners, John, 1934-
Williams, Jonathan, 1929-
Zukofsky, Louis, 1904-1978

Associated Titles

Floating bear

Subjects

American literature, 20th century
American literature, Women authors
American poetry, 20th century
Bohemianism, United States
Italian Americans
Literature, Experimental
Periodical editors, United States
Periodicals Publishing, United States
Women authors, American
Women poets, American

Genres and Forms

Correspondence
Diaries
Manuscripts for publication
Scripts

Occupations

Authors
Editors
Poets

Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Preferred citation for this material is as follows:

Diane Di Prima Papers,
Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Library

Table of Contents

Correspondence

The Floating Bear

Manuscripts

Writings

Miscellaneous material

Index to correspondence in the Diane di Prima papers

Unidentified

Inventory

Correspondence
Box 1 1960
Box 1 1961 Jan-Jul
Box 1 1961 Aug-Sep
Box 1 1961 Oct-Dec
Box 1 1962
Box 1 1963
Box 1 1965
Box 1 1966
Box 1 1967
Box 1 1968 Jan-Jun
Box 1 1968 Jul-Dec
Box 1 1969 Jan-Apr
Box 1 1969 May
Box 1 1969 Jun
Box 1 1969 Jul 1-15
Box 1 1969 Jul 16-31
Box 1 1969 Aug-Sep
Box 1 1969 Oct
Box 1 1969 Nov-Dec
Box 1 1970 Jan-Feb
Box 1 1970 Mar-Jun
Box 2 1970 Jul
Box 2 1970 Aug
Box 2 1970 Sep
Box 2 1970 Oct
Box 2 1970 Nov
Box 2 1970 Dec
Box 2 1971 Jan
Box 2 1971 Feb
Box 2 1971 Mar
Box 2 1971 Apr
Box 2 1971 May-Jun
Box 2 undated - (arranged alphabetically by writer)
Box 2 no year - (arranged by month and day)
Envelopes not matched with letters
Box 2 1961-1969 - (19 items)
Box 2 1970-1971 - (23 items)
Box 2 undated - (13 items)
The Floating Bear
Box 3 The Floating Bear newsletter 1961-1968 - Issues #1-35, pub, mat. (35 folders)
Manuscripts - (by authors other that Diane di Prima)
Box 3, Folder 1 Baker, Richard, "Beer." July 1961 - ts poem signed, 1 p.
Box 3, Folder 1 Baker, Richard, "Struggle." June 1961 - ts poem signed, 1 p.
Box 3, Folder 1 Blackburn, Paul, "Collecting the mail." - ts, 2 pp.
Box 3, Folder 1 Brecht, George, "Statement for James Goldsworthy." 7/11/60 - tsc, 1 p.
Box 3, Folder 2 Creeley, Robert, "The skeleton." - ts poem, 1 p.
Box 3, Folder 3 Dorn, Ed, "In my youth I was a tireless dancer." - ts poem, 1 p.
Box 3, Folder 3 Dorn, Ed, "Nose from newswhere." - ts signed, 3 pp.
Box 3, Folder 3 Dorn, Ed,"The poet lectures famous potatoes." - anno. ts poem, 1 p.
Box 3, Folder 3 Dorn, Ed, "The song is ended." - ts poem, 1 p.
Box 3, Folder 3 Dorn, Ed, "Time blonde." - ts poem, 1 p.
Box 3, Folder 3 Dorn, Ed, "A wild blue,yonder." - ts poem, 1 p.
Box 3, Folder 3 Doyle, Kirby, "Moon poem." - tsc poem, 1 p.
Box 3, Folder 3 Duncan, Robert, "Night scenes." - ts poem, 3 pp.
Box 3, Folder 4 Elmslie, Kenward, Review of dance works by Yvonne Rainer and Fred Herko - ts, 1 p.
Box 3, Folder 4 F[ ], A.M., "'The automobile graveyard' by Arrabel." - ts, 2 pp.
Box 3, Folder 4 Feldman, Morton, letter to the editor of Floating Bear. 1962 Oct 17 - als
Box 3, Folder 4 Hollo, Anselm, "Bertolt Brecht, A letter to his fascist friend Arnolt Bronnen in the summer of 1923." - ts, 1 p.
Box 3, Folder 5 Johnson, Ray, untitled review of Claes Oldenburg happening. - ts signed, 1p.
Box 3, Folder 5 Jonas, Steve, "Green." 1958 - ts poem, 1 p.
Box 3, Folder 5 Jonas, Steve, "Reply to Koenig's (Nouvelle Vague) in the 'Bear' 6." 1960 - ts poem, 1 p.
Box 3, Folder 5 Jonas, Steve, "Sub voce." 1961 - ts poem, 1 p.
Box 3, Folder 5 Jones, LeRoi, ("Frank Buck") "Consumer's guide." - ts, 1 p.
Box 3, Folder 5 Jones, LeRoi, "Footnote to a pretentious book." - ts poem, 1 p.
Box 3, Folder 5 Jones, LeRoi, "The politics of rich painters." - ts poem, 2 pp.
Box 3, Folder 5 Jones, LeRoi, ("John King") "Rejoinder: Concerning the reviews by Miss Zazeela and Mr. Marlowe in F.B. 16." - ts, 1 p.
Box 3, Folder 6 Kaprow, Allan, "The construction of Boston." - anno. holo. signed, 9 pp., with a covering letter to Alan [Marlowe] dated May 20, [1962]
Box 3, Folder 6 Katz, Micheal, "4 short stories for Passover." and postmarked 1963 Apr 11 - four typed cards in an envelope addressed to William Linich
Box 3, Folder 7 Koch, Kenneth, "At the railway station." - anno. ts poem, 1 p.
Box 3, Folder 7 Koch, Kenneth, "The building of Florence." - anno. ts signed with initials, 3 pp.
Box 3, Folder 7 Koch, Kenneth, "Chiarascuro." - ts poem signed, 1 p. On the same page is the ts poem "Religiously."
Box 3, Folder 7 Koch, Kenneth, "Dostoevski's The Gambler" - ts poem signed, 1 p.
Box 3, Folder 7 Koch, Kenneth, "Heanorupeatomos." - ts poem signed, 1 p.
Box 3, Folder 7 Koch, Kenneth, "Mateeyanah." - ts poem signed, 1 p. On the same page are the ts poems "Wahego" and "In harmonium."
Box 3, Folder 7 Koch, Kenneth, "The return of Yellowmay." - anno. ts poem signed with initials, 3 pp.
Box 3, Folder 7 Koch, Kenneth, "The revolt of the giant animals." - ts poem signed with initials, 1 p.
Box 3, Folder 7 Koch, Kenneth, "Trieste e una donna." - ts poem signed, 1 p. On the same page are the ts poems "Morro rock" and "Schweitzerreich."
Box 3, Folder 7 Koch, Kenneth, "An X ray of Utah." - ts poem signed, 1 p.
Box 3, Folder 8 Krim, Seymour, letter to the editor 1962 Feb 26 - tls
Box 3, Folder 8 Landers, Dale, "Of a growth of ." - ts poem, 1 p.
Box 3, Folder 8 LeSueur, Joseph, "Random thoughts about recent plays, on and off Broadway." - anno. ts, 3 pp.
Box 3, Folder 8 LeSueur, Joseph, "Rotten apples." - anno. ts, 1 p.
Box 3, Folder 8 Lima, Frank, "Pudgy." - mimeographed ts, 2 pp.
Box 3, Folder 8 Loewinsohn, Ron, "Coda: As far as they pass." - anno. ts, 2 pp. On the same sheet are the ts poems "Corky stupid" and "The footlights."
Box 3, Folder 8 Loewinsohn, Ron, "The world of the lie." 1959-1960 - ts poem, 1 p. Attached are the ts poems "The mendacity of windows," 1 p., 12/59; "The mendacity of radio," 1 p., 3/31/60; and "The mendacity of sculpture," 1 p., 3/31/60
Box 3, Folder 8 McNaughton, Ferencz, "May meeting with C. Coy." - ts, 1 p.
Box 3, Folder 9 Matson, Clive, "Mainline to the heart." - anno. ts, 23 pp., inscribed "For Diane & Alan from Clive Matson" One copy of the Poets Press, 1966 edition is enclosed in the folder.
Box 3, Folder 10 Meltzer, David, "Poem to H.P.Lovecraft." - ts poem, 2 pp.
Box 3, Folder 10 Meltzer, David, "The struggle/Poems for the Muse." - ts poem, 1 p.
Box 3, Folder 10 Meltzer, David, "Heroes: 7/ The comics." - ts poem, 1 p.
Box 3, Folder 11 Nalota, Louise, "Tap City Easter circus report." - holo. signed, 5 pp.
Box 3, Folder 12 O'Hara, Frank, "For the Chinese New Year & for Bill Berkson." 2/14/61 - ts poem, 3 pp.
Box 3, Folder 12 O'Hara, Frank, "Mary Desti's ass." 4/15/61 - ts poem, 2 pp.
Box 3, Folder 12 O'Hara, Frank, "St. Paul and all that." 5/20/61 - ts poem, 1 p.
Box 3, Folder 13 Olson, Charles, "In the face of a Chinese view of the city." 1962 Jan 5 - ts poem, 2 pp.
Box 3, Folder 14 Perkoff, Stuart, "The Christian philo." - tsc poem, 2 pp.
Box 3, Folder 14 Perkoff, Stuart, "Three prayers." - tsc poem, 1 p.
Box 3, Folder 14 Perkoff, Stuart, "The swing." - tsc poem, 1 p.
Box 3, Folder 14 Rainey, Gertrude, "Sissy blues." - ts poem, 1 p.
Box 3, Folder 14 Schneemann, C., "About Claes Oldenburg's 'store'." - ts, 1 p.
Box 3, Folder 14 Schulman, Howard, "Jan Müller (1922-58) at the Guggenheim thru 2/25/62." - ts review, 2 pp.
Box 3, Folder 15 Snyder, Gary, "The curse." - ts poem, 1 p.
Box 3, Folder 15 Solomon, Norman, "962." - ts, 1 p.
Box 3, Folder 15 Solomon, Norman, "A passion play. 1." - ts, 2 pp.
Box 3, Folder 15 Sorrentino, Gilbert, "Review of a review (John Fles, Yugen 1-7, KULCHUR 3)." - ts, 2 pp.
Box 3, Folder 15 Sorrentino, Gilbert, "Prose of our time." - anno. ts, 3 pp.
Box 3, Folder 15 Sorrentino, Gilbert, "In quest of Ugendun." - anno. ts signed, 1 p.
Box 3, Folder 15 Spellman, A.B., "A home brew" and "Baltimore oriole." both poems dated 11/60 - ts poems, 1 p.
Box 3, Folder 15 Stanley, George, "From a letter to Dale Landers." 3/16/61 - ts 1 p.
Box 3, Folder 15 Stanley, George, "The Italian." - ts poem signed, 1 p.
Box 3, Folder 15 Strong, Mike, "After." - tsc poem signed, 1 p.
Box 3, Folder 15 Strong, Mike, "Mornings." - anno. ts poem signed, 1 p.
Box 3, Folder 15 Strong, Mike, "Overture." - anno. ts poem signed, 1 p.
Box 3, Folder 15 Waring, James, letter in answer to Diane Wakoski - anno. ts, 2 pp.
Box 3, Folder 15 Waring, James, letter in answer to [Edwin] Denby 1962 Feb 1 - holo. 1 p.
Box 3, Folder 15 Waring, James, untitled poem 1961 Mar - ts, 1 p.
Box 3, Folder 16 Whalen, Philip, "The art of literature." 1962-63 - ts, 19 pp.
Box 3, Folder 17 Williams, Jonathan, "Best reading list." 1962 Feb - anno. ts, 1 p.
Box 3, Folder 17 Williams, Jonathan, "We take the golden road, to Samar, Kansas...." - tsc, 2 pp.
Box 3, Folder 17 Yu Suwa, "A poem, 1961-1962." - holo. poem signed, 1 p.
Unidentified by author
Box 3, Folder 18 Aquarian, untitled fragment - anno. ts, 1 p.
Box 3, Folder 18 Aquarian, 1/10 of a minyun, "Best reading list." - anno. ts, 1 p.
Box 3, Folder 18 [ ], John - untitled ts, including a poem, signed, 1 p.
Box 3, Folder 18 [ ], "All Hallows Eve." 1968 - tsc, 1 p., San Francisco
Box 3, Folder 18 [ ], "Canto." 1968 - tsc, 1 p., San Francisco
Box 3, Folder 18 [ ], "A clinging." - tsc, 1 p.
Box 3, Folder 18 [ ], "Cutting loose." 1968 - tsc, 1 p., San Francisco
Box 3, Folder 18 [ ], "Last gift." 1968 - tsc, 1 p., San Francisco, Halloween.
Writings
Box 3 Diary 1966 - holo.
Notebooks - holo.
Box 4 1948-1952
Box 4 1956 Jan 1 - Apr 28
Box 4 1956 Apr 28 - Jul 17
Box 4 1956 Jul 18 - Sep 12
Box 4 1957 Jan 5 - Jul 5
Box 4 1957 Jul 6 - Nov 23
Box 4 1957 Nov 23 - 1958 Jan 2
Box 5 1958 Jan 2 onwards
Box 5 1961-1966
Plays
Box 5 Like 1960 - pub. mat.
Poets Vaudeville
Box 5 Draft A undated - holo.
Box 5 Draft B undated - repro. (2 copies)
Box 5 Draft C 1964 - repro. with covers
Box 5 Untitled play fall and winter 1959 - holo.
Box 5 Untitled play autumn 1959 - holo.
Box 5 Untitled play fall 1959 - holo.
Readings (on tape)
Box 5 "The Calculus." undated (2 folders)
Box 5 "The Calculus of Variation" and "Whale Honey." 1963
Box 5 Selections from The Floating Bear 1961
Short stories
Box 5 "The Boy Who Made Songs." undated - tsc
Translations
Box 5 Untitled from the Latin. undated - holo., ts
Verse: miscellaneous
Box 5 Ts, ts signed 1959 undated
Box 6 Ts signed 1960-1965
Verse: collections
Box 6 Early Poems: 1940-1952 1940-1952 - tsc
Earthsong: Poems 1957-1959
Box 6 Ts 1968 - ts rev.
Box 6 Photocopy of the above ms. 1968
Box 6 "Freddie Poems." 1957-1966 - tsc
Box 6 Miscellaneous 1962 - ts, 3 pp.
Miscellaneous material
Box 6 American Theatre for Poets 1965 - (3 items)
Box 6 Announcements and leaflets undated - (8 items)
Box 6 Announcements of poetry readings - (8 items)
Box 6 Copy and layout for Floating Bear #20 - 1 p.
Box 6 Copy and miscellaneous items for Floating Bear #26 - (4 items)
Box 6 Notes, holo., ts undated - (7 items)
Press release regarding the Floating Bear obscenity case. 1961
Index to correspondence in the Diane di Prima papers
All letters are addressed to Diane di Prima, unless otherwise noted. An asterisk before a letter's date indicates an accompanying envelope. A complete shelf list of these letters, giving date, place, enclosures, and other data, is available in the Manuscripts Division.
Abrams, Sam
1970 Dec
n.y. Jan 2
Aldrich, Mike
1969 Sep 10
Allen, Don
n.y. Feb 21
* 1961 Sep 5
* 1961 Sep 20
* 1961 Oct 4
* 1961 Oct 20
1961 Oct 30 (postcard)
* 1962 Dec 6 (to Rose & Stephen)
* 1963 Mar 6 (to Rose & Stephen)
1963 May 22 (postcard, to Rose & Stephen)
* 1963 Aug 8
Allen, Samuel
* 1969 May 11
Allen, Samuel W.
1969 Aug 26
Anders, Terry Lee
1971 Mar 19
1971 Apr 13
1971 May 19
Ashbery, John
n.y. Jan 28
* n.y. Oct 19
Baynard, Ed
* 1970 Oct 13
Berenson, Betty & Julia
n.d. (card)
Bergé, Carol
1962 Nov 7 (postcard, to Soren Agenoux, c/o Diane Di Prima)
Berkson, Bill (signed as Minerva Urecal)
* 1968 Jun 28
1970 Nov 9 (postcard)
Berman, Wallace
* 1968 Jun 13
1968 Dec 17 (postcard, to Diane di Prima & Alan Marlowe)
Bissett, Bill
* 1970 Jul
* 1970 Jul
* 1970 Sep 7
* 1970 Dec 29
* 1971 Feb 2 (short ts note)
Black, Erin
1971 (postcard)
* 1971 Mar 22
?Borregaard, Angela
* 1971 May 23
Boyd, Robert
n.d. (with typescript poem "Jazz & Junkyards Endless Tour" attached)
Brakhage, Jane
1970 Nov 10 (postcard)
Breyer, Chris
* 1970 Aug 13
Brilliant, Alan
n.d. (note on an unmailed postcard)
* 1970 Aug 21
1970 Nov 4 (postcard)
1970 Nov 29
1970 Dec 15
* 1971 Jan 15
1971 Apr 1
1971 May 5 (on a poetry postcard)
* 1971 May 22
* 1971 Jun 3
Buchanon, Ann
ca. 1971
Calise, William J.
1962 Nov 26 (carbon, to Charles L. Mee, Jr.)
Campion, Miles (see LeRoi Jones)
n.d.
Claremon, Neil
* 1971 May 14
Clements, Marshall
1970 Nov 19
Codrescu, Andrei
1970 Sep 11
1970 Dec 28 (postcard)
Collum, Jack
* 1970 Nov 9
* 1970 Dec 10 (attached are two tsc: "Poem for Summer Solstice" and "Signatura Rerum" by Diane di Prima)
1971 Jan 14
* 1971 Mar 16
Cooney Seamus
1970 May 20
Corman, Cid
1963 Jun 15
Creeley, Bob
* 1963 Jun 16 (with two-page enclosure)
?Creeley, Bob
1968 Dec 24 (postcard)
Cruz, Victor Hernandez
* 1969 May 24
Currey, Lloyd W.
1969 Aug 2 (postcard)
Dawson, Fielding
* 1962 Feb 17
1962 Apr 18 (postcard)
DeLoach, Allen
* 1969 Jul 29
* 1970 Aug 12
* 1970 Aug 28
* 1970 Nov 12
* 1970 Dec 18 (on a mimeographed letter of Joan Ford)
1971 Jan 5 (postcard)
* 1971 Mar 14
Denby, Edwin
n.d. (to Floating Bear [DDP])
Dine, Jim
1971 Jan 7 (postcard)
DiPrima, Diane
n.d. (to Ol' Bret )
n.d. (postcard, to Jack Collum )
n.d. (to Grant [Fisher])
n.d. (to "Dearest goon")
n.d. (from "Lucy" to Zen [Alan Marlowe])
n.d. (to Grant [Fisher])
n.d. (postcard, to Grant [Fisher])
n.d. (to Alan [Marlowe])
n.d. (postcard, to Tim Buckley )
n.d. (to Tom [ ])
n.d. (to Tom [ ])
n.y. Jan 29 (to Grant [Fisher])
n.y. Jun 16 (photocopy, to Alan [Marlowe])
n.y. Jul 24 (to Judy [ ])
* n.y. Sep 19 (to Allen [Van Newkirk])
1965 (to Daddy)
1965 Sep 9 (signed Diane di Prima Marlowe, to Mrs. Lester McEachern)
1965 Sep 19 (carbon) (signed Diane di Prima Marlowe, to Arie Hakkert)
1965 Nov 14 (to Larry [ ])
1966 Jun 6 (to Bob [ ])
1967 Aug 12 (to Gene LaRue)
1968 May 31 (carbon, to Bill Bissett)
(to DiPrima, Diane)
1968 May 31 (carbon) (to Tram Combs Bookstore)
1968 May 31 (carbon) (to Allen de Loach)
1968 May 31 (carbon) (to Panna Grady)
1968 May 31 (carbon) (to Joseph Le Sueur)
1968 May 31 (carbon) (to Josephine Miles)
1968 May 31 (carbon) (to John B. Nomland)
1968 May 31 (carbon) (to Gil Pomeroy)
1968 May 31 (carbon) (to David Wagner)
* 1969 Sep 7 (to "Friend Zen")
* 1969 Dec 5 (to Alan [Marlowe])
* 1969 Dec 20 (to Alan [Marlowe])
1970 Jan (to Alan [Marlowe])
1970 Jan (to Alan [Marlowe])
1970 Jan (holograph note on a three-page printed text, to [Alan Marlowe])
1970 Jan 17 (postcard, to Alan Marlowe)
* 1970 Mar 8 (to Alan [Marlowe])
* 1970 Mar 12 (to Alan [Marlowe], a note written on a page containing "Poem for Debbie Lee's Birthday")
1970 Jul 11 (to Alan [Marlowe])
1970 Jul 27 (postcard, to Alan Marlowe)
* 1970 Sep (signed "Mini," to Alan [Marlowe])
1970 Sep 13 (to Alan [Marlowe])
1970 Dec 7 (postcard #3, to Grant Fisher)
1970 Dec 7 (postcard #4, to Grant Fisher)
1970 Dec 16 (postcard #7, to Grant Fisher)
1970 Dec 16 (postcard #8, from "Di" to Grant Fisher)
1970 Dec 18 (postcard #9, to Grant Fisher)
1971 Jan 25 (postcard, to Grant Fisher)
1971 Jan 25 (postcard, to Grant Fisher)
* 1971 Jan 25 (to Grant [Fisher])
1971 Jan 27 (postcard, to Grant Fisher)
1971 Jan 27 (postcard, to Grant Fisher)
* 1971 Feb 2 (to Grant [Fisher])
* 1971 Mar 10 (to Bill Haines, attached is a carbon of William Haines to Dr. Haridas Chaudhuri, 1971 Mar 22)
1970 Jul 22 (to "Grams" [Emma DiPrima])
* 1970 Dec 16 (to "Grams")
DiPrima, Frankie & Weezie
* 1971 Apr 14
Doubleday & Co., Anchor Books
* 1971 Apr 13
Doyle, Mike
n.d.
1969 Jul 27
1970 Aug 26
1970 Dec 12
* 1971 Jan 5
* 1971 Mar 23
1971 Apr (note)
Durand, Bob
* 1971 May 9
Eigner, Larry
1961 Oct 27 (postcard, to LeRoi Jones)
Enslin, Ted
* 1971 Jun 3
Evergreen Review (see Fred Jordan & Jack Hoffman)
Ferlinghetti, Lawrence
1963 Jul 18 (postcard)
* 1968 May 22
1970 Dec 25 (postcard)
Follett Publishing Co. (see Patricia A. Meehan)
Forrister, Frances
* 1971 Mar 4
* 1971 May 6 (carbon) (to Moses Soyer)
1971 May 6 (carbon) (to Raphael Soyer)
Fraser, Kathleen
1969 Jul 29
Gadd, Maxine
1969 Jul
Gervais, C.H.
n.d. (postcard)
1971 Jan 21 (postcard)
Ginsberg, Allen
* 1968 Oct 13 (to Alan [Marlowe] and Diane [diPrima])
Girodias, Maurice
* 1968 Dec 13
* 1969 Oct 29
Gitlin, David
* 1971 May 23
Grady, Panna
n.y. Jul 12 (postcard)
1970 Aug 23 (postcard)
1970 Oct 11 (postcard)
1971 Jan 7 (postcard)
1971 Apr 4
Griffith, E.V.
1971 Jan 19
Grove Press (see Claudia Menza)
Guest, Barbara
* 1961 Aug 8
* 1961 Sep 25
1971 Jan 15 (postcard)
Hakkert, Arie
1965 Sep 15 (carbon) (to Mrs. Diane diPrima Marlowe)
Hall, Barry L.
* 1970 Feb 6
* 1970 Sep 7
* 1971 Apr 15
* 1971 Apr 19
Hanna, Charles S.
1970 Aug 20
Haynes, Michael
1971 Feb 20 (note on an index card)
Heinz, Drue
1969 Apr 21 (to Alan S. Marlowe, enclosed in Marlowe to diPrima, 1969 May 2)
Heinz, Mrs. [ ]
* 1969 Jun 6
Henderson, David
1968 Dec 31
* 1971 Jan 11 (attached are tsc of the poems "to M.," "The Henderson Report on Science Convention in Dallas 1969" (2 pp.) and "Hanging out in the Music, Poem 1," the first two signed by the poet.)
1971 Jan 13
Herms, George
1970 Aug 20 (postcard)
Heyman, George
n.d.
Hoffman, Jack
1970 Sep 18
Jackrell, T.L.
1969 Jul 31
Jones, LeRoi (signed as Miles Campion, pseudonym)
n.d. (to "Sirs" [Floating Bear, Diane DiPrima] )
Jordan, Fred
1970 Aug 3
1971 Jan 6
Kelly, Aby
* 1969 Jul 26
Kelly, Robert
* 1961 Jun 12
1961 Sep 20 (postcard)
* 1961 Nov 22
1970 Dec 26 (postcard)
?Kirby, Brian
1969 Aug 21
Knox, Hugh
* 1969 Mar 27
Kupferburg, Tuli
* 1971 Apr 26
Lake, Larry
1971 Feb 17 (postcard)
1971 Mar (postcard)
1971 Apr 6 (postcard)
Lansing, Gerrit
1970 Aug 20
Laughlin, James
1969 Jul 28 (postcard)
Lawlor, Deb
* 1971 May 21
Lee, Deborah & Bob
n.d. (note)
Levertov, Denise
1961 Nov 16 (to LeRoi [Jones], Hettie [Cohen], and Diane [diPrima])
Loewinsohn,Ron
* 1970 Dec 21
Longville, Tim
* 1969 Apr 21
Lowell, Robert
1961 Dec 2 (postcard)
Lowenfels, Walter
* 1962 Jan 30 (card)
* 1962 Sep 11
1968 May 23
1968 Aug 1
MacAdam, Lewis
n.d.
McClure, Keera
* 1961 Jul 27
1961 Nov 9 (postcard)
* 1962 Mar 28
1962 Aug 12 (postcard)
McClure, Michael
* 1960 Sep 15
* 1961 Jan 8
1961 Mar 23 (postcard)
* 1961 Apr 5
* 1961 Apr 15 (includes ts of 5 poems)
* 1961 Jun 6
* 1961 Jun 28 (on a card)
* 1961 Jul 10 (to Diane [diPrima] and Peter)
*1961 Jul 17
1961 Jul 18 (postcard)
1961 Jul 22 (postcard)
* 1961 Jul 27
1961 Jul 27?
1961 Dec 15 (postcard)
* 1962 Mar 10
* 1963 Mar 7
* 1963 Jul 10 (to Frank O'Hara)
* 1963 Jul 24
McDaniel, Zella
* 1971 Jan 18
Mac Donald, Dwight
1961 Nov 20
?McSilvers, Larry
1971 Mar 25 (postcard)
Malanga, Gerard
* 1969 Apr 9
Marlowe, Alan ("Daddy")
n.d. (to Alex)
n.d. Thanksgiving
1968 (postcard)
* 1968 Nov 20 (with two-page typescript poem attached)
* 1968 Nov 21
* 1968 Nov 22
* 1968 Nov 25
1968 Nov 26
1968 Nov 30
* 1968 Dec 14
1969 Apr 29 (postcard)
1969 Apr 30
* 1969 May 2 (enclosed: Drue Heinz to Alan S. Marlowe, 1969 Apr 21)
1969 May 3 (postcard)
1969 May 5 (postcard)
* 1969 May 7
* 1969 May 9
1969 May 11 (postcard)
1969 May 12 (postcard)
1969 May 19 (postcard)
* 1969 May 29
1969 Jun 1
1969 Jun 4
* 1969 Jun 7
1969 Jun 8 (postcard)
1969 Jun 9 (2 postcards of the same date)
1969 Jun 14 (postcard)
1969 Jun 27 (on postcard of Fields Book Store to Kyle Alexander)
* 1969 Jul 4
1969 Jul 6 (postcard)
1969 Jul 12 (postcard)
1969 Jul 15 (with a two page typescript of poem "For Frank O'Hara")
1969 Jul 17 (postcard)
1969 Jul 21 (to Brian Kirby)
* 1969 Jul 24
1969 Jul 27
1969 Jul 27 (postcard)
1969 Jul 28 (postcard)
1969 Jul 29 (postcard)
* 1969 Jul 30
1969 Aug 2 (postcard)
1969 Aug 5 (postcard)
1969 Aug 5 (postcard)
1969 Aug 7 (postcard)
1969 Aug 19 (postcard)
* 1969 Sep 2
* 1969 Sep 16
* 1969 Sep 25
1969 Oct 13
* 1969 Oct 18 (with enclosure)
1969 Oct 23
1969 Oct 31 (postcard)
1969 Nov 4
1969 Nov 10
1969 Nov 12 (postcard)
* 1969 Nov 20
* 1969 Nov 25
* 1969 Dec 7
1969 Dec 9
* 1970 Jan 5
1970 Jan 8
* 1970 Jan 19
* 1970 Jan 25
1970 Jan 26
1970 Jan 29 (postcard)
1970 Jan 30
1970 Feb 5 (postcard)
1970 Feb 5 (postcard)
1970 Feb 9 (with note card attached)
1970 Feb 17 (postcard)
* 1970 Feb 21
* 1970 Feb 25
1970 Mar 13 (postcard)
* 1970 Mar 14
1970 Mar 16 (postcard)
* 1970 Mar 30
* 1970 Apr 4 (with three-page typescript poem attached)
* 1970 Jul 2
* 1970 Jul 9
* 1970 Sep 3
* 1970 Sep 11
1970 Sep 13
* 1970 Sep 17
* 1970 Oct 7
* 1970 Oct 14
* 1970 Oct 24 (with attached typescript of poem "Hard Practice")
1970 Nov 7
1970 Nov 12 (postcard)
1970 Nov 17
1970 Nov 18 (postcard)
1970 Nov 25
* 1970 Dec 9
?1971 Jan
?1971 Jan 22
1971 Feb 2
1971 Feb 8
1971 Feb 23
Mee, Charles L. Jr.
* 1962 Nov 9
Meehan, Patricia A.
1970 Jun 4
Meltzer, David
* 1961 Sep 14
* 1961 Sep 23
* 1961 Oct 20
* 1961 Nov
1962 Feb 13 (postcard)
1971 Mar 22 (postcard)
Menza, Claudia
* 1971 Feb 9
Merwin, W.S. ("Bill")
1963 Feb 28 (to Roi [LeRoi Jones])
Miles, B.
1969 May 23
Morris, James Ryan
n.d.
n.d.
n.d.
1969 May 15 (postcard)
* 1969 Oct 1
* 1970 Nov 9
1971 Jan
1971 Jan 24
1971 Feb 9 (postcard)
* 1971 Feb 19
1971 May 5 (postcard)
Motherwell, Robert
1962 Feb 10 (postcard)
Mules, B.
1969 May 23
New Directions
1971 Mar 18
1971 Mar 24
Nomland, John
1968 May 23
Nunnelee, Mark
1970 Oct 9
* 1970 Nov 3
1970 Nov 10 (postcard)
* 1970 Dec 17
* 1971 Feb 8 (Attached are photocopies of 2 ts poems, "Swansong" and an untitled "I have tried more than once...")
* 1971 Mar 11
1971 Apr 12
Olson, Charles
* 1961 Nov 1 (to Diane [diPrima] and LeRoi [Jones])
Olympia Press (see Maurice Girodias and David Young)
Oppen, Mary
1971 Apr 12 (postcard)
Parrett, Jerry
* 1969 Apr 17
Partisan Review (see William Phillips)
Patchen, Kenneth & Mariam
n.d. (note on an unmailed postcard)
Perkins, Michael
* 1969 Oct 2
* 1970 Aug 25
Perkoff, Stuart Z.
1968 Jan 26
Phillips, William
* 1969 Jul 17
Prensky, Paul
* 1969 Jul 24
Puvapalli, Sontashiri
1971 Feb (postcard)
Reed, Sweeney
1969 Jul 22
Rexroth, Kenneth
* 1969 Aug 8
Rumaker, Mike
* 1961 Aug 8
Silver, Nancy (see Fred Jordan)
Snyder, Don
1971 Jan
Sottsass, Pivano
* 1969 Jul 29
Soyer, Rebecca & Raphael
n.d. (on a Christmas card)
Soyer, Raphael
* 1971 Apr 13
Standard, Michael B.
* 1971 Jan 15
Su Wa, Yu (see Yu Suwa)
University of North Carolina Library
1969 Apr 18 (to Poets Press [Diane diPrima])
Van Newkirk, Allen
* 1969 Jul 7
* 1971 Jan 29
1971 Mar 1 (postcard)
Vas Dias, Robert
* 1969 Jun 1
Villiers Publications, Ltd.
1971 Jun 1 (to Lawrence [Ferlinghetti])
Voitlee, Bob
* 1969 May 4
Wagner, Dave
1968 May 18 (postcard, to Poets Press [Diane diPrima])
Wakoski, Diane
1962 Aug 30 (to Editors, The Floating Bear)
Waldman, Anne
n.d (postcard)
n.d. (note on an unmailed postcard)
* 1968 Dec 13
1969 Mar 21 (postcard)
1970 Dec 10 (postcard)
1971 Jan 7 (postcard)
* 1971 Feb 1
1971 Feb 9
Wallrich, Larry & Ruby
1971 (New Year greeting card, unsigned)
Wallrich, Larry A.
1971 Mar 17
1971 Apr (postcard)
Waring, J.
* 1962 Nov 22
* 1970 Jun 14
Webb, Jon
1968 Jan 7 (with an attached enclosure)
Webb, Jon & Louise
1971 Jan 26 (postcard)
"Webern, Anton" (signed as)
n.d. (to Lieber "Bar")
Whalen, Philip
n.d.
Wieners, John
n.y. Apr 1 (to Billy [ ])
Willems, James R.
* 1971 Mar 24
Williams, Galen
* 1971 Jan 19
Wilson, Mark
* 1971 Feb 11
Wilson, Robert A.
n.y. Dec 8 (postcard)
1970 Aug 25 (postcard)
Wylie, Andrew
* 1971 Feb 9
Young, David
* 1970 Aug 17
Yu Suwa
n.d.
n.d.
Zukofsky, Louis
* 1961 Sep 15
1962 Mar 17 (postcard)
* 1962 Oct 20 (to Diane [diPrima] and LeRoi [Jones])
Unidentified
Anthony [ ]
1969 Nov 3
"Anton Webern" (signed as)
n.d.
Becki [ ]
1970 Dec 18 (postcard)
David and Maria [ ]
n.d. (card)
David [ ]
1971 Apr
Diane [ ]
n.d.
Diane [ ]
n.d.
Diane [ ]
* 1971 Mar 5
Diane [ ]
1971 Mar 6 (typed note)
Donna [ ], Alan [ ] and Nye[ ]
1971 Mar 12
Ellen [ ]
1971 Mar 4 (postcard)
Graham [ ]
1971 (postcard)
Harriet [ ]
1971 Jun 4 (postcard)
Idell [ ]
n.d. (postcard)
Idell [ ]
1971 Mar (postcard)
Idell [ ]
* 1971 Mar 11
Idell [ ]
1971 Mar 31 (postcard)
J [ ] (see Villiers Publications, Ltd.)
Joby [ ]
* 1971 Jan 15
John [ ]
1968 Jun 18 (postcard)
John [ ]
1971 Apr 21
Julia [ ]
n.y. Mar 28
Mel [ ]
1968 Apr 15
Reggie [ ]
n.y. Nov 7
Reggie [ ]
* 1970 Jul 23
Reggie [ ]
* 1970 Aug 10
Rudi [ ]
* 1971 Jan 9
Sam [ ]
n.d.
[Steve? ]
1971 Apr 19
Ted [ ]
1970 Nov 28
Wynn [ ]
1971 Feb 7 (postcard, to Sally, Sam & Sarah)
[ ]
* 1971 Jan 27