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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Table of Contents
- Series II. Artwork by Donald Justice, 1990
- Series III. Lectures and reading presented by Justice, 1957-1993
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6 Series II. Artwork by Donald Justice, 1990 Includes slides of paintings and a copy of a book containing illustrations from linocuts. Justice created the illustrations for Richard Frost's book, Jazz For Kirby (Brockport, N.Y.: State Street Press, 1990). A copy of the book has been removed and cataloged for Special Collections. F269 Illustrations and paintings, [n.d.] Three color and one black and white slides of painting and linocuts by Justice. Painting titles include "Cafe," "Payday," "Still Life with Turnips," and "Old Building." 7 Series III. Lectures and readings presented by Justice, 1957-1993 Arranged in chronological order, this series includes posters, drafts of presentations, programs, schedules, clippings, and notes. See also F335 for notes related to a 1990 lecture at Breadloaf. F270 "Baudelaire's Sincerity," 1957 May 31 Poster for a lecture at the University of Iowa's "Centennial Celebration of Les Fleurs du Mal by Charles Baudelaire." Removed to oversize. F271 Programs, posters, schedules, and mailings related to poetry readings, 1958-1993 Material related to Justice's readings of his poetry or the work of other poets, such as T. S. Eliot or Weldon Kees. Includes readings at The Poetry Center (New York), the Library of Congress, Scripps College Humanities Institute, and the New England Poetry Circuit. Two posters removed to oversize. F272 "The Search for the New," 1967 Jan 31-Mar 2 A program for a series of ten lectures given by Justice as George Elliston Lecturer in Poetry at the University of Cincinnati in 1967. F273 "The Poetry of Florida," 1983 Feb Two typescript drafts bearing extensive autograph revisions. F274 "Notes from an Outsider" and "Further Notes from an Outsider," 1985 Autograph and typescript drafts and notes for a lecture at Breadloaf during 1985. F275 Untitled Breadloaf lecture, [1986] Includes notes, photocopied poems, and typescript draft with autograph revisions. F276 "Oblivion: Variations on a Theme," 1989 Includes autograph notes, typescript, and photocopied drafts, bearing extensive autograph revisions. Also includes a copy of Poetry Pilot (1988 Oct) announcing Justice's receipt of an Academy of American Poets Fellowship and including his article, "A Memoir of Henri Coulette (1927-1988)." The article bears Justice's extensive autograph revisions. F277 "Miami," 1990 Mar Typescript draft, bearing autograph revisions, for a talk delivered at South Dade Community College in Miami. F278 "The Second Wallace Stevens," 1992 Spr Typescript draft, bearing extensive autograph revisions, and autograph notes for remarks on Wallace Stevens delivered at a Poetry Society of America meeting. F279 "Poets Reading: A Lecture," 1993 Computer typescript with autograph additions and text of poems used for a tape recording for a Breadloaf lecture.
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