Special Collections Department
Donald Justice Papers
Manuscript Collection Number: 191
Accessioned: Purchases, 1982-1998.
Extent: 10 linear ft.
Content: Correspondence, poems, essays, reviews, stories, lectures, interviews, clippings, photographs, plays, librettos, contracts, books, programs, journals, calendars, thesis, dissertation, translations, proofs, posters, identification cards, transcripts, scrapbooks, certificates, royalty statements, broadsides, slides, and sheet music.
Access: The collection is open for research.
Processed: 1998 by Anita A. Wellner.
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Special Collections, University of Delaware Library
Newark, Delaware 19717-5267
(302) 831-2229
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Contents List
1 Series I. Writing by Donald Justice, 1942-1998
A number of books and journals were removed from the collection and
cataloged for Special Collections. Where this has occurred a Special
Collections call number is noted in parenthesis. A list of these books and
journals is available in Appendix A.
Series I.1. Poetry, 1942-1995
Series consists of material toward Justice's published books of poetry,
unpublished drafts in notebooks, and loose worksheets. Worksheets for
abandoned or pseudonymous (a.k.a. Orville St. John, Vasco Lee, Rodney
Cook, and Manfred Stonesifer) poems are available, as are his translations.
The material is arranged in chronological order, using the publication date for material related to books. For notebooks and folders of worksheets
(the contents of folders were collected and labeled by Justice) the earliest
date noted in the material is used for the arrangement, though a range of
dates is noted.
F1 Early poems, 1942-1963
Typescript and autograph drafts of poems bearing extensive autograph revisions.
Includes one poem written in collaboration with Mark Strand, one with a note by
George Hitchcock, as well as several bearing autograph notations by poet George
Marion O'Donnell.
F2 Printed copies early poems, 1943-1969
Includes copies of magazines and journals in which Justice's poems appear, as
well as photocopies of published poems. Includes an issue of Carolina Magazine
(1947 Mar) which contains Justice's story, "The Pink Rosebush and the
Peachtree" and two clippings of early printed poems.
F3 Iowa Poetry Workshop poems, 1952-1954
Mimeographed typescript poems written by Justice while a student of Robert
Lowell and John Berryman in the Iowa Poetry Workshop. The poems bear
occasional notes on the verso.
F4 Small loose-leaf notebook, 1953-1954
Includes autograph drafts of poems, notes and ideas for poems, drafts of letters,
notes on literature, lists of books to read, a list of expenses, a list of poems and
journals to which they were submitted, names and addresses, and notes toward
grant applications. Although most of the drafts of poems are untitled, titled
poems include: "The Key" and "Dawn: May 23rd, 1954."
1 Series I. Writing by Donald Justice (cont'd)
Series I.1. Poetry (cont'd)
F5 "Versions of Songs," 1953-1970s
Autograph, mimeographed typescript, and photocopies of printed poems used as
drafts, all bearing extensive autograph revisions. Includes drafts for "Don Juan in
Hell," "The Ballad of Charles Starkweather" (with Robert Mezey), and "The
Telephone Booth in the Woods." "The Ballad of Charles Starkweather" appeared
in the winter 1976 issue of Antaeus (Spec PS3519 .U825 B35).
F6 Draft of poems, 1953-1979
Typescript and autograph drafts with extensive autograph revisions of various
songs, blues poems, and other work. Most of these poems are unpublished and
some are unfinished. A sample of titles include "Uncle Vanya," "Landscape,"
"Aboard! Aboard!," "Draft," "Angel Death Blues," and "Kiting." "Kiting"
appeared in the Summer 1962 issue of Literary Review (Spec PS3519 .U825
K55).
F7 "Beyond the Hunting Woods and other Poems," 1954 Aug
Photocopied typescript of Justice's doctoral dissertation submitted at the State
University of Iowa in 1954.
F8 Pseudonymous poems, 1954-1984
Includes typescript and autograph drafts of poems written by Justice using the
pseudonyms, Orville St. John, Vasco Lee, Rodney Cook, and Manfred Stonesifer.
Some bear notes indicating they were "failed" or "abandoned," while most bear
extensive autograph revisions. Titles include "Tiger," "Toy Pianos,"
"Homecomings," "Hopper's Women," "Stopping beside Highway 29 at Dusk,"
"Epitaph for a Pair of Old Shoes," "Variations on a Line by Jack Spicer," "To a
Friend Whose Eye Was Stolen," "It Is," and others.
F9 "Goodbye to the Houses," [1955]
A collection of typescript poems with a few autograph revisions. The twenty-eight-page collection has a title page, listing a Miami, Florida, address for Justice,
and a table of contents.
"Bad Dreams," [1959]-1962
Some poems from this collection were published in issues of Poetry (Spec
PS3519 .U825 F77), Western Review, and The Literary Review. A portion of
"Bad Dreams" was also included in New and Selected Poems (1995). Autograph
and typescript worksheets, bearing extensive autograph revisions, notes, and
photocopies of printed versions are present.
F10 "Worksheet #1," [n.d.]
F11 "Worksheet #2," [n.d.]
Poem titled "Chorus of Servants."
1 Series I. Writing by Donald Justice (cont'd)
Series I.1. Poetry (cont'd)
Bad Dreams (cont'd)
F12 "Worksheet #3," [n.d.]
F13 "Worksheet #4," [n.d.]
Poem titled "Interlude: A Hard Though Brief Pain."
F14 "Worksheet #5," [n.d.]
Poem titled "Epilogue to Bad Dreams."
F15 "Worksheet #6," [n.d.]
Poem titled "The Winding of the Watch" or "The Station Agent's Watch."
F16 "Worksheet #7," [n.d.]
F17 "Worksheet #8," [n.d.]
Poem titled "Dream of the Young Girl" or "Dream of the Grand-Niece."
F18 "Worksheet #9," [n.d.]
Poem titled "Dream of the Old Man Dying."
F19 "Worksheet #10," [n.d.]
Poem titled "Chorus of Servants."
F20 Worksheets, notes, and copies of printed poems, 1955-1962
Summer Anniversaries, 1959-1981
First edition: Middletown, Conn.: Wesleyan University Press, [1960]
Revised edition: Middletown, Conn.: Wesleyan University Press, 1981
Includes correspondence, contract, galley proofs, reviews, announcements,
typescript for the revised edition. See also the business correspondence for
Hawk's Well (F448) and Wesleyan Presses (F460-463). Copies of both editions
have been cataloged for Special Collections (Spec PS3519 .U825 S8 and Spec
PS3519 .U825 S8 1981).
F21 Contract with Hawk's Well Press, 1958 Jul 5
Because of press problems Summer Anniversaries was never published by Hawk's
Well Press. In fact, the editor, Jerome Dennis Rothenberg, encouraged and
cooperated with the transfer of the book to Wesleyan Press.
F22 Correspondence, 1959-1962
Includes correspondence with the American Academy of Poets regarding the
Lamont Poetry Selection (with ticket, program, and dinner seating plans) and letters of congratulation.
F23 Uncorrected galley proofs, 1959 Dec 3
An incomplete set, marked "Plimpton Press...Duplicate Proofs."
1 Series I. Writing by Donald Justice (cont'd)
Series I.1. Poetry (cont'd)
Summer Anniversaries (cont'd)
F24 Reviews, 1959-1960
Loose newspaper clippings and photocopies.
No Album of clippings and material related to Summer Anniversaries, 1959-1960
F Includes clippings and tearsheets of reviews, a book jacket, and a Wesleyan Press
brochure announcing the book.
F25 Preservation photocopy of the material in the album, 1959-1960
F26 "Copy for the revised edition," [n.d.]
Autograph, typescript, and photocopied pages from the first edition, bearing
autograph revisions for the revised edition, plus text of author's note.
F27 Galley proofs, 1981 Jul 22
Galleys (removed to oversize), plus letter regarding the galleys, two autograph
pages of corrections, and copies of the pen and ink drawings for the cover design.
F28 "Poems from letters written to Henri Coulette," 1960-1982
Typescript and photocopies of drafts of poems and a few translations, written by
Justice and sent to Henri Coulette for his comments and critique. Includes several
original letters from Justice to Coulette and a page of suggestions from Coulette.
Some poems bear notes by Coulette, as well as revisions by Justice, and many
were later published.
A Local Storm, 1963-1965
First edition: Iowa City: The Stone Wall Press & The Finial Press, 1963
Author's autograph copy cataloged for Special Collections (Spec Folio PS 3519
.U825 L6). Includes correspondence, reviews, and a typescript.
F29 Typescript, [n.d.]
Bears a few autograph revisions.
F30 Correspondence and reviews, 1963-1965
Includes clippings, a copy of Poetry (1965 Jan) with Mona Van Duyn's review,
letters of congratulations and appreciation. Letters from Philip Levine, J. V.
Cunningham, Josephine Miles, Hortense Calisher, James Crenner, and John C.
Holmes are present.
1 Series I. Writing by Donald Justice (cont'd)
Series I.1. Poetry (cont'd)
Night Light, 1961-1981
First edition: Middletown, Conn.: Wesleyan University Press, [1967]
Revised edition: Middletown, Conn.: Wesleyan University Press, [1981]
Includes notebook and worksheets of poems, typescripts, galley proofs,
correspondence, reviews, and page proofs. See also the business correspondence
for Wesleyan Press (F460-463). Copies of both editions have been cataloged for
Special Collections (Spec PS3519 .U825 N5 and Spec PS3519 .U825 N5 1981).
F31 "Notebook with versions of poems from Night Light," 1964-1965
Notebook of autograph poems labeled: "notebook found in rented house in San
Francisco, summer/fall 1964-1965." Includes drafts of prose poems for "Bad
Dreams," "The Man Closing Up," "The Tourist from Syracuse," "To a Survivor,"
"The Missing Person," "Elsewheres (South)," "At a Rehearsal of Uncle Vanya,"
"In the Green Room," and translations of Enzensberger. ca. 85 pp.
Drafts of poems, 1961-1966
Multiple autograph and typescript drafts for each poem, bearing extensive
autograph revisions. Many include notes written by Justice indicating when and
where the poem was written.
F32 "The Grandfathers," ca. 1961
See also the section on novels (F243) for a draft of this poem.
F33 "A Local Storm," 1961-1962
F34 "After a Phrase Abandoned by Wallace Stevens," 1961-1965
F35 "The Suicides," 1962-1963
F36 "Orpheus Open His Morning Mail," [1964-1965]
F37 "Elsewheres," 1963-1965
F38 "The Evening of the Mind," 1963
F39 "Dreams of Water," [n.d.]
F40 "Crossing Kansas by Train," [1963]
F41 "Poem to be Read at 3 a.m.," 1964
With drafts of "Memory of a Porch," "The Young God" (which became a play and
later a libretto), and fragments of undeveloped poems.
F42 "Memory of a Porch," [n.d.]
F43 "Narcissus at Home," 1965
Includes one draft of the poem which bears autograph comments in the margins
by Mark Strand and numerous other drafts of the poem which was later performed
as a play. See the play section (F247) for programs and scripts.
F44 "To the Hawks," 1965 Feb-Mar
F45 "Memo from the Desk of X," 1965
F46 "Incident in a Rose Garden," 1965-1966
F47 "In the Green Room," [1966]
1 Series I. Writing by Donald Justice (cont'd)
Series I.1. Poetry (cont'd)
Night Light (cont'd)
Drafts of poems (cont'd)
F48 "Girl Sitting Alone at Party," [n.d.]
F49 "To Waken a Small Person," 1966 Spr
F50 Partial typescript with some revisions, [n.d.]
F51 Typescript marked for printer, [1966-1967]
Setting copy bearing autograph notes.
F52 Galley proofs, 1966 Oct 21
Proofs have been cut and pasted to letter-size pages and labeled "author's file set,"
bearing autograph corrections and notes by Justice.
F53 Galley proofs, 1966 Nov 14
Unmarked galleys labeled "author's file set." Removed to galley section.
F54 Correspondence regarding plagiarism of "The Thin Man," 1977
Correspondence with Nicholas Ranson, editor of Bits, regarding Joan
Barasovska's plagiarism of Justice's poem. Includes a copy of Bits 6.
No Album of material related to Night Light, 1963-1967
F Includes reviews of the book, articles about Donald Justice, and a dust jacket.
F55 Preservation photocopy of the contents of the album, 1963-1967
2 F56 Reviews of Night Light, 1967-1968
Includes copies of journals, clippings, and photocopies of reviews.
F57 Material for revised edition, 1981
Includes photocopies of the preliminary pages with autograph revisions by
Justice, pages of autograph notes, typescript of the "author's note," and
photocopies of four possible illustrations for the new book cover.
F58 Page proofs for the revised edition, 1981 Aug 20
Photocopy of page proofs, with accompanying letter from editor Terry Nasta, and
photocopy of the text for the dust jacket. Proof removed to galley section.
2 Series I. Writing by Donald Justice (cont'd)
Series I.1. Poetry (cont'd)
Sixteen Poems, 1970-1972
First edition: Iowa City: The Stone Wall Press, 1970
Author's autograph presentation copy (to his mother) has been cataloged for
Special Collections (Spec Folio PS 3519 .U825 S55).
F59 Partial typescript, [n.d.]
Includes typescript, photocopied, and autograph pages bearing extensive
autograph revisions.
F60 Partial photocopied typescript, [n.d.]
Several pages of original typescript are included, most pages bear autograph
revisions.
Notebook of Sonatinas, 1970-1972
F61 Spiral-bound notebook, 1970-1972
Includes over one hundred pages of autograph drafts with extensive revisions of
"Sonatina in Green," "Sonatina in Yellow," and "Sonatina in Blue."
F62 Material originally laid in notebook of sonatinas, 1970-1972
Autograph, typescript, and photocopied drafts of sonatinas, bearing extensive
autograph revisions.
F63 Typographical copies of Justice poems, 1971-1980
Proof copies and two broadsides of Justice poems. Includes a signed and
numbered broadside, "In the Attic" (a second signed copy of the broadside was
cataloged - Spec PS3519 .U825 I52x 1980), "Lorcaesques" (broadside by Laurel
& Hardy, 1971), "For Thomas Higgins, Pianist," and other untitled pieces.
From a Notebook, 1972
First edition: Iowa City: The Seamark Press, 1972
Author's autograph copy cataloged for Special Collections (Spec PS 3519 .U825 F75).
F64 "Dream Song #309," 1972
Three copies of a mimeographed typescript poem, with an attached note
indicating this poem was written by Justice upon hearing of the death of John
Berryman.
F65 "Presences" and unpublished drafts, 1972
Autograph drafts with revisions.
2 Series I. Writing by Donald Justice (cont'd)
Series I.1. Poetry (cont'd)
L'Homme Qui Se Ferme: a Poem by Guillevic, The Man Closing Up: a
Translation and an improvisation by Donald Justice, 1973
First edition: Iowa City: The Stone Wall Press, 1973
Author's autograph copy cataloged for Special Collections (Spec Folio PQ 2613
.U46 H6513).
Departures, 1966-1976
First trade edition: New York: Atheneum, 1973
First limited edition: Iowa City: The Penumbra Press/The Stone Wall Press,
1973
See also the business correspondence with Atheneum (F434-442). Autograph
copies of both editions have been cataloged for Special Collections (Spec PS3519
.U825 D4 and Spec PS3519 .U825 D4 1973)
Worksheets, 1966-1971
Includes autograph, typescript, and mimeographed worksheets for poems included
in Departures, bearing extensive autograph revisions. Also includes photocopies
of printed versions of poems used by Justice as worksheets for revising poems.
These too bear extensive autograph revisions.
F66 "Things," 1966
F67 "Lethargy," 1967
F68 "ABC," 1967-1968
F69 "The Confession" and "The Assassination," 1968 Sum
F70 "The Success," 1968-1969
F71 "Twenty Questions," [1966-1967]
F72 "Portrait with Brown Hair," [n.d.]
F73 "Portrait with One Eye," [n.d.]
F74 "Portrait with Flashlight," [n.d.]
F75 "Self-portrait as Still Life," [n.d.]
F76 "Portrait with Tequilla," [n.d.]
F77 "Poem," [n.d.]
One autograph draft removed to oversize.
F78 "On the Day of the Departure," [n.d.]
F79 "3 Odes," 1969 Jan
F80 "Homage to the Memory of Wallace Stevens," [1966-1967]
F81 "A Dancer's Life," [n.d.]
F82 "White Notes," [n.d.]
One autograph draft removed to oversize.
F83 "The Telephone Number of the Muse," [n.d.]
One autograph draft removed to oversize.
2 Series I. Writing by Donald Justice (cont'd)
Series I.1. Poetry (cont'd)
Departures (cont'd)
Worksheets (cont'd)
F84 "Lorcaesques," 1970-1972
F85 "A Letter," [n.d.]
F86 "1971," [n.d.]
F87 "An Elegy is Preparing Itself," [n.d.]
F88 "From a Notebook," 1971
F89 "Brief Formal Ode to a Mirror," 1963-1972
F90 "Variations on a Text by Vallejo," [n.d.]
F91 "Absences," [n.d.]
F92 "Sonation in Yellow," 1972 Dec
F93 Copy of drafts for typist, 1972
Autograph, typescript, mimeographed, and photocopied drafts - all with revisions
- for the typist. Also includes several lists of poems in chronological order, by
categories, and where first published.
F94 Typescript for printer, [1972-1973]
Typescript includes contents and acknowledgments.
F95 Correspondence, 1973-1974
Letters of congratulations and appreciation from friends and colleagues, including
letters from R. P. Dickey, Erica Jong, Ralph Mills, Adrienne Shapiro, and others.
F96 Reviews, 1973-1976
Clippings, journals, and photocopies of reviews. Some newspaper clippings have
been removed to oversize.
F97 Translations of poems written by Justice, 1974-1975
Typescript or autograph copies of some of Justice's poems translated into French
or Spanish. Includes letters and translations by Paulene Aspel, Dori Katz, and
Melvin B. Yoken.
F98 Selections from notebooks, 1974-1992
Autograph, typescript, and photocopied drafts of poems published in Seneca
Review (1992) and later in Poet's Notebook (1995).
F99 "Elegiac Stanzas on my Mother's Death," 1975-1985
Typescript and autograph drafts of elegies written by Justice honoring his mother,
most bear extensive autograph revisions. A portion was published as "Psalm and
Lament" and the remainder abandoned.
2 Series I. Writing by Donald Justice (cont'd)
Series I.1. Poetry (cont'd)
F100 "My Blues Notebook, 1977," 1977-1980
Bound notebook in which nine pages are used for autograph drafts of blues poems
titled "Blues," "Good Morning Blues," "Midnight Express," and "The Early
Blues." Numerous autograph and typescript drafts are laid in the notebook,
including drafts for "Gambling Blues," "Love is like Water," and "Goodbye
Blues."
F101 Spiral notebook of drafts, 1978
Ten pages of autograph drafts and notes for poems, including "Blues" and
"Memories of the Depression #3."
Selected Poems, 1948-1982
First edition: New York: Atheneum, 1979
First English edition: [London]: Anvil Press Poetry, 1980
See also the business correspondence for Anvil Press (F433) and Atheneum
(F434-442). Author's autograph copies of both editions have been cataloged for
Special Collections (Spec PS3519 .U825 A17 1979 and Spec PS3519 .U825 A17
1980).
Worksheets, 1948-1978
Most of these worksheets, whether autograph, photocopies, proofs, printed, or
typescript, bear extensive autograph revisions.
F102 "Childhood," 1972-1978
Numerous dated autograph and typescript drafts. One autograph draft removed to
oversize.
F103 "First Death," 1973-1975
Autograph and typescript drafts, as well as three sets of page proofs for The Ohio
Review publication of the poem.
F104 "Sonnet: A Devil," 1948 Sum
Typescript draft.
F105 "Bad Dreams, [n.d.]
Typescript draft.
F106 "The Summer Anniversaries, [n.d.]
Typescript drafts.
2 Series I. Writing by Donald Justice (cont'd)
Series I.1. Poetry (cont'd)
Selected Poems (cont'd)
Worksheets (cont'd)
F107 "Variations for Two Pianos," [n.d.]
Typescript drafts.
F108 "The Furies," [n.d.]
One typescript draft.
F109 "But That Is Another Story," [n.d.]
Autograph and typescript drafts. See also the section on novels (F243) for a draft
of this poem.
F110 "Last Days of Prospero," [n.d.]
Autograph, typescript, and photocopied drafts.
F111 "Images of Suicide," [n.d.]
Autograph, typescript, and photocopied drafts.
F112 "Elsewheres," [n.d.]
Autograph, typescript, and photocopied drafts.
F113 "In the Green Room," [n.d.]
Autograph and typescript drafts.
F114 "Incident in a Rose Garden," 1966
Autograph and typescript drafts.
F115 "Hands," [n.d.]
Autograph, typescript, and photocopied drafts.
F116 "Several Portraits," [n.d.]
Autograph, typescript, and photocopied drafts. Includes two letters from Henri
Coulette regarding "Portrait with Tequila."
F117 "A Dancer's Life," [n.d.]
Typescript drafts.
F118 "Poem," [n.d.]
Autograph, typescript, and printed drafts.
F119 "From a Notebook," [n.d.]
Typescript and printed drafts.
2 Series I. Writing by Donald Justice (cont'd)
Series I.1. Poetry (cont'd)
Selected Poems (cont'd)
Worksheets (cont'd)
F120 "Presences," [n.d.]
Typescript draft.
F121 "Little Elegy," [n.d.]
Autograph, typescript, and photocopied drafts.
3 F122 "Two Tremayne Poems," [n.d.]
Typescript and photocopied drafts.
F123 "The Three Memories of the Depression Years," 1978
Autograph, typescript, mimeograph, and photocopies of printed drafts.
F124 "Unflushed Urinal" and "Sunday Afternoon in Buffalo, Texas," [n.d.]
Autograph and typescript drafts.
F125 "In the Attic," 1978
Autograph, typescript, and photocopied drafts.
F126 "Thinking About the Past," 1979
Two different typescript drafts.
F127 "Angel Death Blues," [n.d.]
Typescript, mimeograph, and photocopied drafts.
F128 Two discarded poems, [n.d.]
Photocopied typescript draft.
F129 General notes, revisions, and discarded pages, [1979]
Autograph and photocopied pages.
F130 Typescript manuscript with revisions, [n.d.]
An incomplete photocopied typescript manuscript with table of contents and
extensive autograph revisions.
F131 Manuscript copy for typist, [n.d.]
Photocopies of previously printed pages and typescript pages bearing extensive
autograph revisions, plus notes to the typist.
3 Series I. Writing by Donald Justice (cont'd)
Series I.1. Poetry (cont'd)
Selected Poems (cont'd)
F132 Photocopied typescript bearing comments by Mark Strand, [n.d.]
Includes table of contents, acknowledgments, and two pages of notes by Strand.
F133 Copy for printer, [n.d.]
Typescript with a few autograph corrections.
F134 Galley proofs, 1979
Includes pages of autograph corrections for the galleys. Galley proofs have been
removed to galley proof section.
Notices and reviews, 1979-1982
Includes newspaper clippings, journals, and tear sheets and photocopies of
magazine articles (arranged in chronological order). Some clippings and copies of
London Review of Books and quarto were removed to oversize. Includes a draft
of Justice's response to a review by Molesworth.
F135 1979-1981 Jul
F136 1981 Fall - 1982 and [n.d.]
The Pulitzer Prize in Poetry, 1980
F137 Notification telegram and certificate, 1980 Apr 14
Letters of congratulation, 1980
Arranged alphabetically by sender, the letters convey congratulations from
friends, former students, and literary colleagues, including Anthony Hecht, Lewis
Turco, Daniel Halpern, and J. V. Cunningham.
F138 Baker - Evans
F139 Ford - Johnson
F140 Kutz - Potter
F141 Quandt - Wolitzer
F142 Pulitzer notices, 1980
Clippings and photocopies of articles regarding Justice's receipt of the Pulitzer
Prize. Several oversize items removed to oversize.
F143 "Walker Evans #2," 1980-1986
Autograph and typescript drafts and notes for this now abandoned poem which
was also titled "Billboard & Frame Houses." Also includes a photocopied
typescript of Alan Trachtenberg's "Reading American Photographs." One
autograph draft removed to oversize.
3 Series I. Writing by Donald Justice (cont'd)
Series I.1. Poetry (cont'd)
F144 "Small Towns," 1982-1985
Autograph and typescript drafts and notes (with extensive autograph revisions) for
this now abandoned poem.
F145 Drafts, notes, and fragments of poems, 1983 and [n.d.]
Includes autograph and typescript drafts for poems, such as "Elegiac Villanelle,"
as well as ideas for prose or a children's book, quotations, and translations.
Tremayne: Four Poems by Donald Justice, 1984
First edition: [Iowa City]: The Windhover Press, [1984].
Author's autograph copy cataloged for Special Collections (Spec PS 3519 .U825
T73 1984).
F146 Letter from K. Kimber Merker suggesting the book.
Platonic Scripts, 1983-1987
First edition: Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press, [1984]
Book includes poems, essays, and interviews. See also business correspondence
for the University of Michigan Press (F457-459). Two copies, one with the
author's signature and autograph annotations, were cataloged for Special
Collections (Spec PS3519 .U825 P5 1984).
Photocopied typescript, [1983]
Includes two letters from Donald Hall to Justice regarding the manuscript.
F147 Pages 1-152
F148 Pages 153-243
F149 Miscellaneous typescript pages bearing editor's notes, 1983
Plus two cards and a letter from the editor Linda Howe to Justice.
Revised version of typescript, 1984
Photocopied typescript plus two pages of autograph notes by Justice and a letter
from Nancy Bower to Justice.
F150 Pages 1-145
F151 Pages 157-264
F152 Miscellaneous notes, [n.d.]
Twelve pages of autograph notes by Justice.
F153 Reviews, 1985-1987
3 Series I. Writing by Donald Justice (cont'd)
Series I.1. Poetry (cont'd)
F154 "Children Walking Home From School," 1984
Autograph and typescript drafts (with extensive autograph revisions) of new
versions of this previously published poem.
F155 "A Childhood Illness," 1984-1985
Autograph and typescript drafts with extensive autograph revisions.
F156 "Hell," 1986
Autograph and typescript drafts with extensive autograph revisions of this
continuation of Justice's poem, "Purgatory."
4 The Sunset Maker, 1970-1988
First American edition: New York: Atheneum, 1987
First English edition: [London]: Anvil Press Poetry, 1987
Includes poems, stories, and a memoir. See also business correspondence for
Atheneum (F434-442). Author's autograph copies of both editions and one proof
copy were cataloged for Special Collections (Spec PS3519 .U825 S84 1987).
Worksheets, 1970-1986
Most of the worksheets bear extensive autograph revisions by Justice.
Photocopied drafts are frequently copies of a printed version of the poem as it
appeared in a magazine, journal, or previous book.
F157 "Lines at the New Year," 1979-1980
Autograph, typescript, and photocopied drafts.
F158 "Mule team and poster," 1980-1985
Autograph, typescript, and photocopied drafts, plus a broadside of the poem (#91
of 175 printed by Mantis Press), all bearing autograph revisions. The broadside
and one autograph draft have been removed to oversize.
"My South," 1980-1986
F159 Two autograph notebooks containing drafts, 1980-1982
F160 Loose drafts, 1980-1986
Numerous autograph, typescript, and photocopied drafts.
F161 "American Scenes (1904-1905)," 1985
Autograph, typescript, and printed drafts, plus galley proofs.
F162 "Nineteenth Century Portrait," 1984
Autograph, typescript, and photocopied drafts.
4 Series I. Writing by Donald Justice (cont'd)
Series I.1. Poetry (cont'd)
The Sunset Maker (cont'd)
Worksheets (cont'd)
F163 "Young Girls Growing Up," 1986
Typescript drafts.
F164 "Children Walking Home From School Through Good Neighborhood," 1982-1984
Autograph, typescript, and photocopied drafts.
F165 "October: A Song," [n.d.]
Autograph, typescript, and photocopied drafts.
F166 "Seawind" and "Last Evening," 1984-1985
Typescript and photocopied drafts.
F167 "Psalm and Lament," 1978-1985
Autograph and typescript drafts.
F168 "In Memory of My Friend, the Bassoonist, John Lenox," [n.d.]
Autograph, typescript, and photocopied drafts.
F169 "In Memory of the Unknown Poet, Robert Boardman Vaughn," 1982-1983
Autograph, typescript, and photocopied drafts.
F170 "Purgatory," 1986
Autograph, typescript, and photocopied drafts.
F171 "Villanelle at Sundown," 1976-1984
Autograph, typescript, and photocopied drafts.
F172 "Nostalgia and Complaint of the Grandparents," 1978-1980
Autograph, typescript, and photocopied drafts.
F173 "Cinema and Ballad of the Great Depression," 1970-1986
Autograph, typescript, and photocopied drafts. One autograph draft has been
removed to oversize.
F174 "Manhattan Dawn (1945)," 1984-1986
Autograph and typescript drafts.
F175 "Nostalgia of the Lakefronts," 1985-1986
Autograph, typescript, and photocopied drafts, plus galley proofs.
4 Series I. Writing by Donald Justice (cont'd)
Series I.1. Poetry (cont'd)
The Sunset Maker (cont'd)
Worksheets (cont'd)
F176 "Tremayne," 1978-1984
Autograph, typescript, and photocopied drafts.
F177 "Mrs. Snow," 1985-1986
Autograph, typescript, and photocopied galley drafts. Includes a letter from
Howard Moss.
F178 "Piano Lessons: Notes on a Provincial Culture," 1980
Autograph, typescript, and photocopied drafts.
F179 "The Piano Teachers: A Memoir of the Thirties," 1985-1986
Autograph, typescript, and photocopied drafts.
F180 "The Pupil," 1985
Autograph and typescript drafts, plus galley proofs.
F181 "Afterschool Practice: an Episode," 1985
Autograph, typescript, and photocopied drafts.
F182 "The Sunset Maker," 1986
Autograph and typescript drafts.
F183 "Little Elegy for Cello and Piano," 1983
Autograph, typescript, and photocopied drafts, plus galley proofs.
F184 "The Artificial Moonlight," 1980
Autograph, typescript, and photocopied drafts.
F185 Permission files, 1984-1986
Correspondence and forms regarding published poems.
F186 Photocopy of portions of the manuscript, 1986 Aug
Includes autograph draft of acknowledgments and copy for the dust jacket.
F187 Revised photocopies, [1986]
Photocopies of printed poems or galleys bearing autograph revisions.
4 Series I. Writing by Donald Justice (cont'd)
Series I.1. Poetry (cont'd)
The Sunset Maker (cont'd)
F188 Corrected page proofs, [1987]
Page proofs bear autograph corrections and notes by Justice. Includes two pages
of autograph notes regarding revisions and a letter from Harry Ford.
F189 Photocopy of page proofs, 1987 Jan 19
Proofs bear autograph corrections by Justice.
F190 "Author's set unretouched repros," 1987
Repros bear autograph corrections.
F191 Publication notices, catalogs, and proof of dust jacket, 1987
Material for Atheneum and Anvil publications.
F192 Material related to the National Book Critic Nomination, 1987
Includes correspondence, certificate, and publicity.
F193 Correspondence, 1987-1988
Letters of congratulation on the nomination and praise for the book (arranged
chronologically). Includes letters from Robert Mezey (with enclosed poems),
Philip Booth, John Irving, Donald Hall, and others.
F194 Reviews, 1987
Clippings, tearsheets, and photocopied articles. Some reviews have been removed
to oversize.
5 A Donald Justice Reader: Selected Poetry and Prose, 1991-1993
First edition: Hanover, N.H.: Middlebury College Press/University Press of New
England, [1992]
Author's autograph copy was cataloged for Special Collections (Spec PS3519
.U825 A6 1991).
F195 Work considered for A Donald Justice Reader, [1991]
Notebook of autograph notes, ideas, plans, drafts, and an epigraph for the book.
Autograph and typescript poems, most bearing extensive autograph revisions, are
laid in.
F196 Photocopy of manuscript sent to printer, [1991]
Typescript and photocopied pages of poems titled: "Selected Writings: Poems,
Stories, and Essays." Material bears autograph revisions.
5 Series I. Writing by Donald Justice (cont'd)
Series I.1. Poetry (cont'd)
A Donald Justice Reader (cont'd)
F197 Photocopy of page proofs and typescript drafts, [1991]
Combination of page proofs and draft pages.
F198 Galley bearing corrections by William Logan, [n.d.]
Galleys bear Logan's autograph suggested revisions or corrections, plus some
notes by Justice.
F199 Correspondence with University Press of New England, 1991-1992
Includes autograph drafts or photocopies of Justice's letters.
F200 Mailing lists for complimentary and review copies, [n.d.]
F201 Reviews, 1992-1993
Includes clippings, photocopies, and journals.
F202 Two unsatisfactory poems, 1992 and [n.d.]
Autograph and typescript drafts, bearing extensive autograph revisions, of two
poems, "City: Twilight and Fog" and "The night is a vast ballroom and dimly
lighted." Justice labeled these "unsatisfactory" and "maybe to be finished later."
F203 Bound notebook of drafts, 1993
Includes seventeen pages of autograph drafts, with revisions, of the poems,
"Canyon II," "Childhood," and "Sadness."
Banjo Dog: Poems and Linocut Illustrations, 1988-1994
First edition: Riverside, Calif.: Printed by the Doe Press for Thaumatrope Press,
University of California, Riverside, 1995.
Autograph copy cataloged for Special Collections (Spec PS3519 .U825 B36x
1995).
F204 Worksheets and notebook of poems, 1988-1994
Autograph notes for poems concerning the Great Depression, plus autograph,
photocopied, and typescript drafts, bearing extensive autograph revisions.
F205 Correspondence, 1994-1995
Letters from printer Sid Berger.
5 Series I. Writing by Donald Justice (cont'd)
Series I.1. Poetry (cont'd)
New and Selected Poems, 1978-1995
First edition: New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1995.
Worksheets, 1978-1995
The worksheets are computer generated typescripts with autograph revisions
unless otherwise noted.
F206 "On a Picture by Burchfield," 1993
Photocopy of a typescript, the original is in the folder for "Sadness" (F220).
F207 "The Artist Orpheus," [n.d.]
Clean copy.
F208 "Lorca in California," [n.d.]
Clean copy.
F209 "A Variation on Baudelaire's "La Servante au Grand Coeur,"" [n.d.]
Autograph and computer typescripts with autograph revisions.
F210 "Invitation to a Ghost," 1991-1992
Autograph, typescript, and photocopied drafts with extensive autograph revisions.
F211 "Vague Memory From Childhood," 1994
F212 "The Miami of Other Days," 1994
F213 "On an Anniversary," 1978-1994
Autograph and computer typescript drafts with extensive autograph revisions.
F214 "A Man of 1794," 1994-1995
Autograph and computer typescript drafts with extensive autograph revisions.
F215 "Body and Soul," 1989-1990
Autograph, photocopied, and typescript drafts, plus galley proofs, all with
extensive autograph revisions.
F216 "On a Woman of Spirit Who Taught Both Piano and Dance," 1989
Autograph, photocopied, typescript drafts with extensive autograph revisions.
F217 "Dance Lessons of the Thirties," 1986-1987
Autograph, typescript, and photocopied drafts with extensive autograph revisions.
5 Series I. Writing by Donald Justice (cont'd)
Series I.1. Poetry (cont'd)
New and Selected Poems (cont'd)
Worksheets (cont'd)
F218 "Banjo Dog Variations," [n.d.]
Clean copy.
F219 "Pantoum of the Great Depression," 1990-1993
Autograph, computer typescript, and typescript drafts with extensive autograph
revisions.
F220 "Sadness," 1984-1994
Numerous autograph, typescript, and computer typescript drafts with extensive
autograph revisions.
F221 "Handwritten revisions and corrections for poems in New and Selected Poems,"
1994
Autograph, typescript, photocopied, and computer typescript drafts with extensive
autograph revisions, plus a list of poems.
F222 Computer print-out of complete text, 1995
Includes introductory material and autograph notes attached.
F223 Author's page proofs, 1995 May 15
Includes a letter from Harry Ford, pages listing Justice's autograph corrections, as
well as autograph corrections throughout the proofs.
F224 Author's page proofs, 1995 May 15
Bears some corrections by Justice.
6 F225 Revised page proofs, 1995 Jun 16
Includes letters from Harry Ford and two pages of Justice's suggested corrections.
F226 Correspondence with Robert Mezey and William Logan, 1993
Correspondence regarding their suggestions of poems. Includes lists of possible
inclusions with their choices marked, plus autograph notes by Justice.
F227 Correspondence with Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., 1994-1995
Most of the letters are from editor Harry Ford are regard the book's publication.
Also includes text for the dust jacket, a Knopf catalog, and an announcement for
the book.
6 Series I. Writing by Donald Justice (cont'd)
Series I.1. Poetry (cont'd)
New and Selected Poems (cont'd)
F228 Reviews, 1995
Photocopies of articles.
F229 National Book Awards, 1995 Nov 15
Program and medal awarded for being a National Book Award finalist.
F230 Yaddo lyric, [n.d.]
Autograph and typescript drafts (bearing extensive autograph revisions) of an
untitled, and now abandoned, poem related to Yaddo. Also includes an
information sheet about Yaddo (1984).
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