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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APPENDIX B
INDEX OF SELECTED CORRESPONDENCE
Note: All letters are addressed to Donald Justice unless otherwise noted.
Baker, Carlos, 1909-1987.
1974 Dec 3 TLS 2p F454
Dec 23 TLS 1p F454
Bell, Marvin
1969-1987 Letters 60p F280-283
Note: Includes poems, letters to and from others, and a vita.
1979 Jun 4 TL (x) 1p F481
Berg, Stephen
1983 May 25 ANS 1p F431
Note: Written on a form letter.
Berryman, John, 1914-1972.
To Donald Justice
[1954 Jun 14] TCS 1p F284
1954 Sep 2 TLS 2p F284
[1955] TLS (x) 2p F284
To Thomas Mabry
1954 May 22 TL (c) 1p F284
Blessing, Lee
[1980] Apr 15 ACS 1p F138
Bly, Robert
1973 Oct 1 ALS 1p F285
1994 Jan 7 TLS 1p F285
Note: Includes three typescript poems, "The Sea," "Summer," and "Circle."
Booth, Philip E.
1965-1986 Letters 46p F286-287
Note: Includes poems and clippings.
1987 May 6 ALS 1p F193
Busch, Frederick, 1941-
[1980 Apr] ACS 1p F138
Bynner, Witter
1960 Mar 8 TL 1p F481
Note: Includes a carbon typescript of "Donald Justice - a New Poet," which
Bynner was sending to Henry Rago at Poetry.
Calisher, Hortense
[1963 Dec 13] TLS 1p F30
Carrier, Warren Pendleton
1980 Apr 21 TNS 1p F138
Carruth, Hayden, 1921-
1968 Jul 25 TL (x) S 1p F467
Note: Photocopied letter bearing Carruth's signature.
Carver, Raymond
1978 Sep 7 TLS 1p F291
Cole, Henri
1987 Jan 16 TLS 1p F430
Sep 4 TLS 1p F430
Note: Bears an autograph note on the bottom of the page.
[1994 Sep 30] ALS 1p F292
1995 Mar 11 ALS 1p F292
Cooper, Jane, 1924-
[1979] Jan 22 ALS 1p F293
[1981] Mar 7 TLS 2p F293
1995 May 26 ALS 2p F293
Coulette, Henri, 1927-1988.
1968 Nov 25 TLS 2p F116
1969 Feb 24 TLS 2p F116
1972 Aug 26 TLS 2p F294
1973 Feb 18 TLS 1p F294
1975 Jul 9 ALS 1p F294
1981 Mar 23 TL 1p F294 (Letter is incomplete)
1983 Mar 14 TLS 1p F458
1984 Mar 25 TLS 2p F294
1986 Jun 22 TLS 2p F294
Sep 22 TLS 2p F294
1987 Aug 19 TLS 1p F294
Note: Includes two copies of poems.
Cunningham, J. V. (James Vincent), 1911-
1963 Dec 16 ANS 1p F30
1980 Apr 15 ANS 1p F138
Dana, Robert, 1929-
1987 Jun 11 TLS 1p F193
Davison, Peter
1983-1986 Letters 3p F443
1987 Aug 26 TLS 1p F447
1988 May 19 TLS 1p F447
Dickey, James
1962 Oct 28 TLS 1p F295
Dickey, R. P. (Robert Preston), 1936-
1974 Nov 12 TLS 1p F95
Duncan, Harry
1964 Aug 26 TLS 3p F297
1978 Mar 15 TLS 1p F297
Mar 22 TLS 1p F297
1988 May 18 TLS 2p F297
Eberhart, Richard
1984 Apr 27 ALS 1p F298
Ehrenpreis, Irvin, 1920-
1974 Nov 6 TLS 1p F95
Engle, Paul, 1908-
1956-1987 Letters 14p F299
Note: Includes a broadside of Engle's poem, "Heartland," clippings, and a carbon
copy of the preface for Contemporary French Poetry.
[1980] Jun 2 TCS 1p F138
1983 Jan 9 TLS 1p F458
Feldman, Irving, 1928-
1976 Oct 18 ALS 1p F300
Oct 27 ALS 1p F300
1986 Nov 11 ANS 2p F481
Note: Includes a copy of a statement regarding Justice and his poetry.
Fitzgerald, Robert, 1910-
1977 Apr 26 ALS 1p F301
Gallagher, Tess
1980 Apr 16 Telegram 1p F139
Note: Telegram is also from Robert Houston.
Gioia, Dana
1985-1996 Letters 73p F303-305
Note: Includes photos of Gioia and Justice, clippings, copies of poems, an
introduction to a book on Weldon Kees, and a list of suggested poems for
Justice's New and Selected Poems.
Gilder, Gary
1980 May 7 ANS 1p F139
Grosholz, Emily, 1950-
1987 Jun 9 ALS 2p F193
Haffenden, John
1977-1978 Letters 4p F308
Hall, Donald, 1928-
1956-1987 Letters 34p F309-311
Note: Includes galleys of Justice poems and several permission sheets.
1956 Apr 12 TLS 1p F467
1983 Feb 15 TLS 2p F147
Jun 28 TLS 2p F147
1987 Aug 3 TLS 1p F193
Halpern, Daniel, 1945-
1977-1982 Letters 30p F312-314
Note: Includes a list of topics for a book on Wallace Stevens.
[1980 Apr 21] Telegram 1p F139
1984 Mar [8] TLS 1p F432 1986 Aug 16 TLS 1p F432
Hanzlicek, C. G., 1942-
[1973 Oct 19] TLS 1p F95
Note: Letter is written in verse form.
Harnack, Curtis, 1927-
1980 Apr 15 TLS 1p F139
Harper, Michael S., 1938-
1980 Apr 22 ACS 1p F139
Hecht, Anthony, 1923-
1980 Apr 19 ALS 2p F139
Note: Includes a typescript note on the verso.
Hirschman, Jack, 1933-
[1960 Jan 14] TLS 2p F317
Hollander, John
[1996 Feb 20] TLS 1p F318
Holmes, John Clellon, 1926-
1963 Oct 31 TLS 1p F30
Howard, Richard, 1929-
[1971] Nov 2 TLS 1p F319
[1971 Nov 11] TCS 1p F319
[1972 Apr 1] ACS 1p F319
[1977] Feb 5 TCS 1p F319
Irving, John, 1942-
1976 Sep 19 TLS 1p F320
1985 May 14 TLS 1p F320
Note: Flyer enclosed.
Aug 6 TLS 1p F320
1987 May 29 TLS 1p F193
1996 Jan 25 TLS 1p F320
Jarman, Mark
1987 May 23 TLS 1p F193
1994 Jun 6 TLS 1p F321
Dec 23 TLS 1p F321
Jong, Erica
1974 Feb 20 ALS 1p F95
Lea, Sydney, 1942-
[1980] Apr 20 TLS 1p F140
Lehman, David, 1948-
1988 Jan 21 TLS 1p F193
Levine, Philip, 1928-
1970-1982 Letters 27p F344-345
1963 Dec 29 TLS 1p F30
Logan, John, 1923-
1954 Nov 27 ALS 1p F346
Logan, William, 1950-
1985-1995 Letters 68p F347-350
Note: Includes poems, clippings, and programs.
McAfie, Thomas, 1928-
[1956 Dec 12] TCS 1p F354
Meredith, William, 1919-
[1967 Dec 19] ANS 1p F356
Note: The note is written on a off-print of the poem, "In the Canyon."
1980 Apr 16 ALS 1p F140
Mezey, Robert
1976-1997 Letters 96p F358-366
Note: Includes typescript poems, translations, a photograph, clippings, reviews,
and letters to others.
1980 Apr 16 Telegram 1p F140
[1987] May 26 TLS 2p F193
Note: Includes poems and a photograph of William Carlos Williams.
Miles, Josephine, 1911-
[1963 Dec 13] ACS 1p F30
Moss, Howard, 1922-
1974 Mar TLS 1p F469
1977 Apr 19 TLS 1p F452
1978 May 19 TLS 1p F452
May 30 TLS 1p F452
Nov 14 TLS 1p F452
1982 Sep 7 TLS 1p F452
1983 Jun 2 TLS 1p F452
1986 Feb 28 TNS 1p F177
Murphy, Richard, 1927-
1976 Nov 24 ALS 2p F367
1979 Dec 14 TLS 1p F367
1986 Aug 23 ALS 1p F367
Muske, Carol, 1945-
1987 May 23 TLS 2p F193
Nims, John Frederick, 1913-
1960 Oct 3 TLS 1p F453
1994 Dec 7 TLS 1p F368
O'Donnell, George Marion
1943 Jan 24 TLS 3p F369
Feb 4 TLS 2p F369
Apr 20 TLS 2p F369
Note: All of the letters bears autograph postscripts.
O'Gorman, Ned, 1929-
1979 May 29 TLS 1p F371
[1979 Jul 22] ACS 1p F371
Pack, Robert, 1929-
1991 Aug 31 TLS 2p F372
Plumly, Stanley
1976-1982 Letters 11p F374
Rago, Henry, 1915-
1958-1960 Letters 3p F453
1959 Apr 29 TLS 1p F453
Note: Includes an acceptance notice signed by Rago.
Ramsey, Paul
[1962] Mar 18 ALS 2p F375
Note: Includes two pages of autograph poems by Ramsey.
Rothenberg, Jerome, 1931-
1958-1959 Letters 23p F448
Note: Includes information about the Lamont Prize and a copy of volume 1 of
Poems From the Floating World.
Ruggles, Carl, 1876-1971.
[1943] Jun ALS 3p F377
Note: Ruggles includes musical scoring within the text of the letter.
1943 Aug 24 ALS 2p F377
Rutsala, Vern
1980 Apr 15 ACS 1p F141
Ryan, Michael, 1946-
[1987] Jun 9 ACS 1p F193
Schulman, Grace
1976 Mar 17 TLS 1p F467
1986 Feb 25 TLS 1p F467
Mar 14 ALS 1p F379
1987 May 25 TLS 1p F193
Shapiro, Karl Jay, 1913-
[n.d.] ANS 1p F453
Shore, Jane, 1947-
1980 Apr 18 ANS 2p F141
Simon, Maurya, 1950-
1996 Mar 19 ACS 2p F380
Smith, Dave, 1942-
1976-1981 Letters 5p F381
Snodgrass, W. D. (William DeWitt), 1926-
1994 Jun 11 TLS 2p F382
Spender, Stephen, 1909-
1977 Jan 14 ALS 2p F384
Spires, Elizabeth
1995 Nov 18 TLS 1p F385
St. John, David, 1949-
1987 Feb 8 TLS 1p F193
Starbuck, George, 1931-
1965-1971 Letters 8p F386
Stegner, Wallace Earle, 1909-
1949 Aug 22 TLS 1p F256
Stern, Gerald, 1925-
[1987] Apr 3 ANS 1p F193
Stern, Richard G.
1951-1995 Letters 83p F387-393
Note: Includes poems and letters from Gay Stern and Blair.
[1980] Apr 11 ALS 2p F141
Stokesbury, Leon, 1945-
1987 Jun 8 TLS 1p F193
Strand, Mark, 1934-
1964-1995 Letters 150p F394-405
Note: Includes poems, a page of doodles, and a satire.
Taylor, Peter Hillsman, 1917-
[1948] Sep 7 TLS 1p F406
1971 Nov 12 ALS 2p F406
1994 Sep 17 TCS 1p F406
Turco, Lewis
1964-1994 Letters 19p F407-408
Note: Includes clippings and a broadside of Turco's poem, "Oswego."
1980 Apr 18 ACS 1p F141
1987 May 21 TLS 1p F193
Turner, Alberta T.
1982 Nov 22 TLS 1p F457
Twichell, Chase, 1950-
1979 Mar 9 ALS 2p F409
Voigt, Ellen Bryant, 1943-
[1980] Apr 16 TLS 1p F141
1987 Jul 7 TLS 1p F193
Weiss, Theodore Russell, 1916-
1976 Oct 24 ALS 2p F412
Welty, Eudora
1977 Sep 24 TLS 2p F251
Note: Carbon of a letter from Welty to Patricia Prince is enclosed.
West, Ray Benedict, 1908-
1949 Nov 25 TLS 1p F256
1950 Apr 24 TLS 1p F256
Williams, Hugo, 1942-
1986 Feb 26 ALS 2p F467
May 2 ALS 2p F467
Williams, Miller
1976-1986 Letters 5p F413
1987 Mar 10 TNS 1p F193
Aug 12 TLS 1p F193
Winters, Yvor, 1900-1968.
1954 Feb 1 TLS 1p F414
Feb 15 TLS 1p F414
Wolitzer, Hilma
[1980] May 11 TLS 1p F141
Wright, Charles, 1935-
1965-1995 Letters 179p F417-427
Note: Includes typescript poems, copies of letters, and an essay on poetry.
Wright, Franz, 1953-
1982-1996 Letters 14p F428
Note: Includes autograph and copied poems.
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