June Oppen Degnan Papers

http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/tf300005zv No online items June Oppen Degnan Papers Mandeville Special Collections Library Mandeville Special Collections Library The UCSD Libraries 9500 Gilman Drive University of California, San Diego La Jolla, California 92093-0175 Phone: (858) 534-2533 Fax: (858) 534-5950 URL: http://orpheus.ucsd.edu/speccoll/ Copyright 2005 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. June Oppen Degnan Papers MSS 0017 1

Descriptive Summary Creator: Degnan, June Oppen Title: June Oppen Degnan Papers, Date (inclusive): 1959-1973 Extent: 4.00 linear feet(8 archives boxes, 3 oversize folders) Abstract: Papers of June Oppen Degnan, writer, publisher, political activist, and sister of poet George Oppen (1908-1984). Most of the collection documents Degnan's activities as publisher of the San Francisco Review in the 1960s, and her association with New Directions Books. Included is correspondence and writings of many important members of the American literary community including Jack Anderson, Robert Bly, William Bronk, Basil Bunting, Hayden Carruth, Robert Creeley, Clayton Eshleman, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Erich Fromm, Allen Ginsberg, David Ignatow, Denise Levertov, George Oppen, Carl Rakosi, Jerome Rothenberg, C. P. Snow, Gary Snyder, Diane Wakoski, William Carlos Williams, and Louis Zukofsky. Virtually no references to Degnan's personal or political life can be found in the papers. Of special significance are letters from George Oppen. The collection is arranged in four series: 1) SAN FRANCISCO REVIEW AND NEW DIRECTIONS; 2) MISCELLANEOUS MATERIALS; 3) ; and 4) SAN FRANCISCO REVIEW ANNUAL, 1963. Repository: University of California, San Diego. Geisel Library. Mandeville Special Collections Library. La Jolla, California 92093-0175 Collection number: MSS 0017 Language of Material: Collection materials in English Access Collection is open for research. Acquisition Information Not Available Preferred Citation June Oppen Degnan Papers, MSS 0017. Mandeville Special Collections Library, UCSD. Publication Rights Publication rights are held by the creator of the collection. Biography June Oppen Degnan was born in New York City on June 7, 1918, the daughter of George August and Seville Shainwald Oppen. June's brother was George Oppen (1908-1984), who became a well-known poet and exponent of the Objectivist school. For her higher education, Degnan attended the University of California at Berkeley, the Sorbonne, and the University of San Francisco Law School. She was married at least twice: once to a Mr. McKeen (a relationship which ended around 1959), and once to George Degnan, a marriage which took place around 1960. From her first marriage, June had one daughter, Aubrey, who subsequently married Orly Lindgren. Beginning in 1959, Degnan served as publisher, along with George Hitchcock and Roy Miller, of the San Francisco Review, a journal of poetry and prose published in close cooperation with New Directions book publishers of New York City. New Directions often published (with Degnan's guidance and encouragement) books by writers who Degnan admired strongly -- writers who she published in the San Francisco Review. These writers included George Oppen, Charles Reznikoff, William Bronk and James Hall. Degnan appeared to have a very close but occasionally difficult relationship with her brother. George dedicated his 1965 book This In Which to her with the inscription, "For June/ Who first welcomed/ me home." With New Directions, June assisted him in publishing the major works of his later career: The Materials (1962), This In Which (1965), Of Being Numerous (1968) and The Collected Poems of George Oppen (1975). However, Degnan and Oppen had several disagreements about financial matters. George often wrote to June urging her to seek happiness beyond materialism and monetary wealth. Like George, June is avidly concerned with political, social and environmental issues. For a short period she was editor and publisher of Oceans magazine. She was an active member of the Oceanic Society and of Conservation International. In 1968 she served on the board of directors of the New School for Social Research, and she was president of the International Child Art Center in San Francisco from 1971-1972. Starting in 1956, she regularly assisted the finance committee of the California Democratic Central Committee, and she actively involved herself in the presidential campaigns of Eugene McCarthy and George McGovern. Degnan has a reputation as a competent, dedicated and assertive businessperson who is deeply concerned with both literary and political issues. Scope and Content of Collection June Oppen Degnan Papers MSS 0017 2

Accession Processed in 1990 Most of the materials in the collection are related to the publishing and editing affairs of June Oppen Degnan at the SAN FRANCISCO REVIEW and New Directions Books. In general, the papers provide documentation on the inner workings of the literary publishing business of the 1960s. Included are materials relating to many well-known poets and writers of that time, including Jack Anderson, Robert Bly, William Bronk, Basil Bunting, Hayden Carruth, Robert Creeley, Clayton Eshleman, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Erich Fromm, Allen Ginsberg, David Ignatow, Denise Levertov, George Oppen, Carl Rakosi, Jerome Rothenberg, C. P. Snow, Gary Snyder, Diane Wakoski, William Carlos Williams, and Louis Zukofsky. Degnan's original organization of her papers has been retained in the present collection. The materials are arranged in four series: 1) SAN FRANCISCO REVIEW AND NEW DIRECTIONS; 2) MISCELLANEOUS MATERIALS; 3) ; and 4) SAN FRANCISCO REVIEW ANNUAL, 1963. SERIES 1: SAN FRANCISCO REVIEW AND NEW DIRECTIONS The first series, SAN FRANCISCO REVIEW AND NEW DIRECTIONS, is comprised of four subseries of correspondence. Folders are arranged alphabetically by correspondent, and within each folder letters are ordered chronologically. The first subseries, "Correspondence between Degnan and other publishers," includes letters between Degnan and her fellow publishers at SAN FRANCISCO REVIEW and New Directions. This subseries has both the letters sent to Degnan by her colleagues George Hitchcock, James Laughlin, Robert MacGregor and Roy Miller, as well as the carbons of many of Degnan's responses. The second subseries, "General Correspondence," is devoted to letters sent to Degnan from her friends and associates concerning her publishing business. "Correspondence of Other Publishers and Editors," the third subseries in SAN FRANCISCO REVIEW AND NEW DIRECTIONS, is made up of letters sent by and to Degnan's publishing associates - Hitchcock, Laughlin, Miller, Mac Gregor, etc. - which were copied and sent to Degnan for her files. This subseries is highlighted by a letter sent to Laughlin by Carl Rakosi in which Rakosi informs Laughlin of his desire to begin writing after a long hiatus. The final subseries in SAN FRANCISCO REVIEW AND NEW DIRECTIONS, "Correspondence from Writers to SFR," consists of original letters and carbons from writers (sent to Degnan or one of her fellow publishers) whose work was published (or was being considered for publication) in San Francisco Review. Notable examples of the writers in this subseries include Paul Blackburn, Robert Bly, Robert Creeley, Hayden Carruth, Clayton Eshleman, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Allen Ginsberg, Jerome Rothenberg and William Carlos Williams. SERIES 2: MISCELLANEOUS MATERIALS MISCELLANEOUS MATERIALS is the second and smallest series, and it is divided into two subseries: SAN FRANCISCO REVIEW and NEW DIRECTIONS-related items; and Degnan's personal items. SERIES 3: The third series,, is devoted to materials relating to ten writers: William Bronk, Edward Dahlberg, James Hall, Yukio Mishima, George Oppen, Charles Reznikoff, Mary Oppen, C. P. Snow, Gilbert Sorrentino, and Curtis Zahn. These writers were promoted and advised by Degnan, and their work (with the exception of Mary Oppen) was published by New Directions. Each writer has his or her own subseries, and most of the subseries contain typescripts, correspondence (from the writer to Degnan; from Degnan or her associates to the writer; or from others to Degnan about the writer's work), publicity information and reviews of the writers' work. Typescripts, publicity information, and reviews are arranged chronologically, and correspondence is arranged alphabetically by author. Because Degnan did not extensively advise or promote Dahlberg, Mary Oppen, C. P. Snow or Sorrentino, their files are relatively small. The fifth subseries in is unusual in that it is devoted to two writers rather than one. This subseries consists primarily of materials (correspondence, publicity ephemera and reviews) relating to books written by George Oppen and Charles Reznikoff -- books which were published by New Directions at the same time. Because of their identical publication dates, the paperwork and publicity for these books were often created jointly; and this is probably why Degnan created this joint file. Degnan also maintained a separate file for Oppen and Reznikoff and, in almost all cases, her original arrangement has been preserved. Of great significance in the is the correspondence in the George Oppen file (the sixth subseries). Here, Oppen's correspondence to Degnan provides insight into his opinions about his own writing and that of his contemporaries -- particularly the writing of his friend, William Bronk -- as well as insight into Oppen's relationship with his sister. SERIES 4: SAN FRANCISCO REVIEW ANNUAL, 1963 In 1963, Degnan oversaw the publication of the San Francisco Review Annual, and materials concerning the Annual comprise the fourth and final series. This series, SAN FRANCISCO REVIEW ANNUAL, 1963, contains typescripts of selected poems for the Annual, an annotated draft of the Annual, galley proofs, and ephemera. June Oppen Degnan Papers MSS 0017 3

SERIES 5: ORIGINALS OF PRESERVATION PHOTOCOPIES Indexing Terms The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog. Subjects Degnan, June Oppen, -- Archives New Directions (Firm) San Francisco review (San Francisco, 1958-1962) -- Archives American poetry -- 20th century Publishers and publishing -- United States Contributors Oppen, George, -- correspondent Anderson, Jack, 1935- -- correspondent Blackburn, Paul, -- correspondent Bly, Robert, -- correspondent Bronk, William, -- correspondent Bunting, Basil, -- correspondent Carruth, Hayden, 1921- -- correspondent Creeley, Robert, 1926- -- correspondent Eshleman, Clayton, -- correspondent Ferlinghetti, Lawrence, -- correspondent Ginsberg, Allen, 1926- -- correspondent Ignatow, David, 1914- -- correspondent Levertov, Denise, 1923- -- correspondent Oppen, Mary, 1908- -- correspondent Rakosi, Carl, 1903- -- correspondent Reznikoff, Charles, 1894-1976, -- correspondent Rothenberg, Jerome, 1931- -- correspondent Snyder, Gary, 1930- -- correspondent Sorrentino, Gilbert, -- correspondent Wakoski, Diane, -- correspondent Williams, William Carlos, 1883-1963, -- correspondent Zukofsky, Louis, 1904-1978, -- correspondent San Francisco Review SAN FRANCISCO REVIEW AND NEW DIRECTIONS Correspondence between Degnan and other publishers box 1, folder 1 Hitchcock, George 1961-1962 box 1, folder 2 Kuhlman, Gilda 1962-1962 box 1, folder 3 Laughlin, James B. 1961-1978 box 1, folder 4 Laughlin, James B. 1961-1978 box 1, folder 5 Lorch, Else B. 1965-1973 box 1, folder 6 Mac Gregor, Robert M. 1962-1974 box 1, folder 7 Mac Gregor, Robert M. 1962-1974 box 1, folder 8 Martin, Frederick R. 1969-1975 box 1, folder 9 Miller, Roy 1959-1959 June Oppen Degnan Papers MSS 0017 4

SAN FRANCISCO REVIEW AND NEW DIRECTIONS General Correspondence General Correspondence box 1, folder 10 Bly, Robert (The Sixties Press) 1967-1967 box 1, folder 11 Borchardt, Georges 1962-1966 box 1, folder 12 Cheshire Publishing Pty Ltd. 1972-1972 box 1, folder 13 Erbe, Edwin 1962-1964 box 1, folder 14 Ferry, W.H. 1961-1962 box 1, folder 15 Hawkes, John 1961-1965 box 1, folder 16 Houghton Mifflin Company 1970-1972 box 1, folder 17 King, Martin Luther, Jr. 1961-1961 box 1, folder 18 Kray (Ussachevsky), Betty 1962-1976 box 1, folder 19 Nemer, David 1966-1974 box 1, folder 20 NEW YORKER Magazine 1963-1963 box 1, folder 21 Pembes, Tim 1959-1962 box 1, folder 22 Pritchett, Victor S. 1962-1962 box 1, folder 23 Ray, Man and Julie 1959-1977 box 1, folder 24 Scott, Foresman and Company 1968-1970 box 1, folder 25 Spender, Stephen 1959-1959 box 1, folder 26 Webb, Thompson, Jr. 1969-1969 box 1, folder 27 Whittemore, Reed (THE CARLETON MISCELLANY) 1961-1961 box 1, folder 28 Miscellaneous Correspondence, A-Z box 1, folder 29 Unidentified Correspondence Correspondence of Other Publishers and Editors box 1, folder 30 Atheneum Publishers and SAN FRANCISCO REVIEW Editors 1963-1963 box 1, folder 31 Hitchcock, George and Roy Miller 1958-1959 box 2, folder 1 Hitchcock, George and Roy Miller 1959-1962 box 2, folder 2 Laughlin, James B. 1962-1965 box 2, folder 3 Mac Gregor, Robert 1962-1973 box 2, folder 4 Pollinger, Laurence and Robert Mac Gregor 1963-1974 box 2, folder 5 Orlovitz, Gil and Roy Miller 1958-1960 box 2, folder 6 Villiers Publications 1957-1961 Correspondence, Writers to SAN FRANCISCO REVIEW box 2, folder 7 Allen, Marijane 1960-1962 box 2, folder 8 Anderson, Jack 1960-1961 box 2, folder 9 Banks, Richard 1960-1961 box 2, folder 10 Bass, Robert 1961-1961 box 2, folder 11 Berge, Carol 1962-1962 box 2, folder 12 Bird, Dick 1960-1961 box 2, folder 13 Birney, Earle 1961-1961 box 2, folder 14 Blackburn, Paul 1961-1962 box 2, folder 15 Burdick, Eugene 1958-1958 box 2, folder 16 Carney, Matthew 1960-1962 box 2, folder 17 Carruth, Hayden 1961-1963 box 2, folder 18 Christie, David 1959-1962 box 2, folder 19 Corrington, William 1960-1962 box 2, folder 20 Creeley, Robert 1960-1960 box 2, folder 21 Cullen, Robert 1962-1962 box 2, folder 22 Cuomo, George 1961-1962 box 2, folder 23 Czerniawski, Adam 1962-1963 box 2, folder 24 Ellison, Miriam T. 1959-1959 box 2, folder 25 Eshleman, Clayton 1961-1962 box 2, folder 26 Faust, Irvin 1962-1964 box 2, folder 27 Ferlinghetti, Lawrence 1959-1959 June Oppen Degnan Papers MSS 0017 5

SAN FRANCISCO REVIEW AND NEW DIRECTIONS Correspondence, Writers to SAN FRANCISCO REVIEW box 2, folder 28 Ford, Gena 1961-1963 box 2, folder 29 Galler, David 1961-1962 box 2, folder 30 Ginsberg, Allen 1959-1959 box 2, folder 31 Gonzalez-Gerth, Miguel 1960-1962 box 2, folder 32 Greer, Scott 1962-1962 box 2, folder 33 Haag, John 1960-1962 box 2, folder 34 Haines, John 1961-1963 box 2, folder 35 Honig, Edwin 1961-1961 box 2, folder 36 Ishikawa, Robert 1960-1961 box 2, folder 37 Kroll, Ernest 1961-1962 box 2, folder 38 Leahy, Jack 1961-1962 box 2, folder 39 Levertov, Denise 1961-1961 box 2, folder 40 Lowenfels, Walter 1961-1962 box 2, folder 41 Marsh, Willard 1961-1962 box 2, folder 42 McGrath, Thomas 1961-1963 box 2, folder 43 Meyers, Bert 1961-1962 box 2, folder 44 Montgomery, Jean 1962-1962 box 2, folder 45 Nelson, Raymond 1962-1962 box 2, folder 46 Nin, Anais 1958-1961 box 2, folder 47 Oates, Joyce Carol 1961-1961 box 2, folder 48 Ordon, Edmund 1962-1962 box 2, folder 49 Othus, Rita 1962-1962 box 2, folder 50 Ozick, Cynthia 1960-1962 box 2, folder 51 Pauker, John 1959-1961 box 2, folder 52 Ridland, John M. 1962-1963 box 2, folder 53 Rothenberg, Jerome 1961-1962 box 2, folder 54 Rule, Jane 1960-1961 box 2, folder 55 Russell, Bertrand 1958-1961 box 2, folder 56 Saroyan, William 1958-1959 box 2, folder 57 Shapiro, Norman R. 1962-1962 box 2, folder 58 Simpson, Louis 1961-1962 box 2, folder 59 Snyder, Gary 1960-1960 box 2, folder 60 Stoutenburg, Adrien 1961-1962 box 2, folder 61 Tagliabue, John 1962-1962 box 3, folder 1 Taylor, H. George 1960-1962 box 3, folder 2 Thomas, John 1960-1962 box 3, folder 3 Thomas, Norman 1958-1959 box 3, folder 4 Touster, Saul 1961-1966 box 3, folder 5 Vliet, R.G. 1961-1963 box 3, folder 6 Wang, David Rafael 1960-1962 box 3, folder 7 Weingarten, Robert 1961-1962 box 3, folder 8 Williams, William Carlos 1958-1958 box 3, folder 9 Witt, Harold 1959-1962 box 3, folder 10 Zukofsky, Louis 1958-1960 box 3, folder 11 Miscellaneous Correspondence A-Z box 3, folder 12 Miscellaneous Correspondence A-Z box 3, folder 13 Miscellaneous Correspondence A-Z box 3, folder 14 Unidentified Correspondence MISCELLANEOUS MATERIALS box 3, folder 15 SAN FRANCISCO REVIEW and New Directions - Book Sales and Inventory Records 1965-1974 box 3, folder 16 SAN FRANCISCO REVIEW and New Directions - New Directions Catalogs 1962-1980 box 3, folder 17 SAN FRANCISCO REVIEW and New Directions - New Directions Catalogs 1962-1980 box 3, folder 18 SAN FRANCISCO REVIEW and New Directions - Basic Review List 1962-1962 List of periodical names and addresses June Oppen Degnan Papers MSS 0017 6

MISCELLANEOUS MATERIALS box 3, folder 19 SAN FRANCISCO REVIEW and New Directions - Unidentified Items box 3, folder 20 Degnan's Personal Items - RAMPARTS Magazine - Financial Statements 1966-1968 box 3, folder 21 Degnan's Personal Items - Miscellaneous Financial Records box 3, folder 22 Bronk, William - Miscellaneous Works - Selected Published Poems - Two booklets: one complied by the author and one copy of AUDIT vol 2. no. 5 box 3, folder 23 Bronk, William - Miscellaneous Works - Selected Typescript With some notes by the author box 3, folder 24 Bronk, William - Books - EMPTY HANDS - 1965-1965 Early version with dedication and signature box 3, folder 25 Bronk, William - Books - WORLD, THE WORLDLESS - 1964-1964 Typescript version submitted to the Lamont Poetry Selection box 3, folder 26 Bronk, William - Books - WORLD, THE WORLDLESS - 1963-1964 Legal and copyright forms, carbons, photocopies box 3, folder 27 Bronk, William - Books - WORLD, THE WORLDLESS - 1965-1965 Advertisement in "Americans for Democratic Action" Convention brochure, ad on page 17 box 3, folder 28 Bronk, William - Books - WORLD, THE WORLDLESS - 1964-1964 Selected Advertisements and Mailing List for Review Copies box 4, folder 1 Bronk, William - Books - WORLD, THE WORLDLESS - 1965-1965 Reviews box 4, folder 2 Bronk, William - Correspondence - Letters about WORLD, THE WORLDLESS 1963-1967 Mailed to June Degnan box 4, folder 3 Bronk, William - Correspondence - Letters from Bronk to Degnan 1962-1978 box 4, folder 4 Bronk, William - Correspondence - General Correspondence 1964-1966 Mostly letters from New Directions publishers box 4, folder 5 Bronk, William - Royalty Statements - 1968-1973 box 4, folder 6 Dahlberg, Edward - Publicity information on BECAUSE I WAS FLESH 1964-1964 box 4, folder 7 Hall, James - Miscellaneous Works - Letters Never Mailed - Spring 1963, pages from the printed version in KENYON REVIEW; also includes a note from Hall June Oppen Degnan Papers MSS 0017 7

box 4, folder 8 Hall, James - Miscellaneous Works - God Cares, But Waits Spring 1969, short story reprinted from VIRGINIA QUARTERLY REVIEW, 45:2, typeset copy with note from Hall box 4, folder 9 Hall, James - US HE DEVOURS - Selected Stories for the final version 1964-1964 Photocopies of printed material, two copies box 4, folder 10 Hall, James - US HE DEVOURS - Selected Stories for the final version 1964-1964 Photocopies of printed material, two copies box 4, folder 11 Hall, James - US HE DEVOURS - Reviews 1964-1965 Photocopies, some originals box 4, folder 12 Hall, James - Correspondence - Letters between Hall and Degnan 1962-1965 box 4, folder 13 Hall, James - Correspondence - Letters between Hall and George Hithcock 1958-1962 box 4, folder 14 Hall, James - Correspondence - Letters about Hall to New Directions 1962-1964 box 4, folder 15 Hall, James - Miscellaneous Materials - Contract, Copyright form, advertisements 1962-1964 box 4, folder 16 Hall, James - Miscellaneous Materials - Royalty Statements 1968-1969 box 4, folder 17 Mishima, Yukio - Miscellaneous Works - Dojoji Play translated by Donald Keene, photocopy of typescript, ca. 1965 box 4, folder 18 Mishima, Yukio - Miscellaneous Works - Onnagata Short story translated by Donald Keene, photocopy of a typescript, ca. 1965 box 4, folder 19 Mishima, Yukio - Swaddling Clothes Translated by Ivan Morris in TODAY'S JAPAN, copy of printed version box 4, folder 20 box 4, folder 21 Mishima, Yukio - Correspondence - Letters between Mishima and Robert MacGregor 1962-1965 Mishima, Yukio - Correspondence - Letters from Robert MacGregor about Mishima 1962-1965 Carbons of originals box 4, folder 22 Mishima, Yukio - Ephemera 1963-1965 box 4, folder 23 Oppen/Reznikoff - BY THE WATERS & THE MATERIALS - Bluestone, George 1962-1962 box 4, folder 24 Oppen/Reznikoff - BY THE WATERS & THE MATERIALS - Bogan, Louise 1962-1962 June Oppen Degnan Papers MSS 0017 8

box 4, folder 25 Oppen/Reznikoff - BY THE WATERS & THE MATERIALS - Coulette, Henri 1962-1962 box 4, folder 26 Oppen/Reznikoff - BY THE WATERS & THE MATERIALS - Erbe, Edwin 1962-1962 box 4, folder 27 Oppen/Reznikoff - BY THE WATERS & THE MATERIALS - Levine, Philip 1962-1962 box 4, folder 28 Oppen/Reznikoff - BY THE WATERS & THE MATERIALS - Rago, Henry 1962-1962 box 5, folder 1 Oppen/Reznikoff - BY THE WATERS & THE MATERIALS - Smith, Roger 1962-1962 box 5, folder 2 Oppen/Reznikoff - BY THE WATERS & THE MATERIALS - Miscellaneous A-Z, ca. 1962 box 5, folder 3 Oppen/Reznikoff - BY THE WATERS & THE MATERIALS - Publicity Ephemera Includes list of persons to be sent review copies of the books, ca. 1962 box 5, folder 4 Oppen/Reznikoff - BY THE WATERS & THE MATERIALS - Gotham Book Mart reception 1962-1962 Publicity Photographs of Oppen and Reznikoff, also includes photos of C.P. Snow and Degnan box 5, folder 5 Oppen/Reznikoff - BY THE WATERS & THE MATERIALS - Gotham Book Mart reception 1962 Article and Photographs of the reception in THE VILLAGER, photocopy box 5, folder 6 Oppen/Reznikoff - BY THE WATERS & THE MATERIALS - Gotham Book Mart reception 1962-1962 Reviews of the two books box 5, folder 7 Oppen/Reznikoff - THIS IN WHICH & TESTIMONY - Publicity ephemera box 5, folder 8 Oppen/Reznikoff - Publicity for Poetry Center Ready by Reznikoff and Oppen 1974-1974 box 5, folder 9 Oppen, George - Miscellaneous Work - Published Work - The Mind's Own Place Carbon of typescript June Oppen Degnan Papers MSS 0017 9

box 5, folder 10 Oppen, George - Miscellaneous Work - Published Work - 20 poems and an Interview 1973-1973 In CHICAGO, October 1973, no. 1, photocopy box 5, folder 11 Oppen, George - Miscellaneous Work - Published Work - Selected poems 1980-1980 Published in Poetry Pilot, issued by Academy of American Poets box 5, folder 12 Oppen, George - Miscellaneous Work - Typescripts - Poems 1960-1961 Sent by Oppen to Degnan for review box 5, folder 13 Oppen, George - Miscellaneous Work - Typescripts - Miscellaneous Poems box 5, folder 14 Oppen, George - Miscellaneous Work - Typescripts - Miscellaneous Poems box 5, folder 15 Oppen, George - Miscellaneous Work - THE MATERIALS - Typescript of poems 1962-1962 Includes some correspondence between Oppen and Degnan relating to the poems box 5, folder 16 Oppen, George - Miscellaneous Work - THE MATERIALS - Publicity ephemera ca. 1962 box 5, folder 17 Oppen, George - Miscellaneous Work - THIS IN WHICH - Typescripts of poems for ca. 1965 box 5, folder 18, oversize MC03713 Oppen, George - Miscellaneous Work - THIS IN WHICH - Galley Proofs 1965-1965 Three copies box 5, folder 19 Oppen, George - Miscellaneous Work - THIS IN WHICH - Ephemera Includes contract and publicity materials, ca. 1964-1965 box 5, folder 20 Oppen, George - Miscellaneous Work - THIS IN WHICH - Reviews 1966-1966 box 5, folder 21 Oppen, George - Miscellaneous Work - OF BEING NUMEROUS - Typescripts of poems 1968-1968 Photocopies box 5, folder 22 Oppen, George - Miscellaneous Work - OF BEING NUMEROUS - Publicity material 1969-1969 box 5, folder 23 Oppen, George - Miscellaneous Work - COLLECTED POEMS - Reviews 1972-1972 box 5, folder 24 Oppen, George - Correspondence - Letters between Oppen and Degnan 1965-1981 box 5, folder 25 Oppen, George - Correspondence - Letters between Oppen and Degnan 1965-1981 box 5, folder 26 Oppen, George - Correspondence - Letters between Oppen and Degnan 1965-1981 box 5, folder 27 Oppen, George - Correspondence - Letters regarding THIS IN WHICH 1965-1976 box 5, folder 28 Oppen, George - Correspondence - Letters from New Directions to Oppen 1969-1976 box 6, folder 1 Oppen, George - Miscellaneous Items - Poetry in the Sixties 1969 Article in NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW, Mentions Oppen's poetry, three copies June Oppen Degnan Papers MSS 0017 10

box 6, folder 2 Oppen, George - Miscellaneous Items - Royalty Statements 1968-1973 box 6, folder 3 Oppen, George - Miscellaneous Items - Review PRIMITIVE, MEANING A LIFE 1978 Reviews by Michael Heller in NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW box 6, folder 4 Oppen, George - Miscellaneous Items - A Tribute to George Oppen 1983-1983 By Charles Amirkhanian in FOLIO box 6, folder 5 Oppen, George - Miscellaneous Items - From Pulitzer to Alzheimer 1984 Article on the life of Oppen in NORTHERN CALIFORNIAN JEWISH BULLETIN, vol. 132. no. 15, photocopy box 6, folder 6 Oppen, Mary - Typescripts of Poems ca. 1970's, photocopies box 6, folder 7 Oppen, Mary - Poems by Mary Oppen Typeset box 6, folder 8 Oppen, Mary - Reviews of MEANING A LIFE 1979-1979 Her autobiography box 6, folder 9 Reznikoff, Charles - Miscellaneous Poems - Selected Poems Three carbon copies of typescript box 6, folder 10 Reznikoff, Charles - Miscellaneous Poems - Selected Poems Three carbon copies of typescript box 6, folder 11 Reznikoff, Charles - Miscellaneous Poems - Collected Poems ca. 1959, three carbon copies of typescript box 6, folder 12 Reznikoff, Charles - Miscellaneous Poems - Collected Poems ca. 1959, three carbon copies of typescript box 6, folder 13 Reznikoff, Charles - Miscellaneous Poems - Collected Poems ca. 1959, three carbon copies of typescript box 6, folder 14 Reznikoff, Charles - Books - BY THE WATERS OF MANHATTAN 1962-1962 Ephemera and publicity materials box 6, folder 15, oversize MC03714 Reznikoff, Charles - Books - Galley proofs 1965-1965 Two copies, one has corrections June Oppen Degnan Papers MSS 0017 11

box 6, folder 16 Reznikoff, Charles - Books - TESTIMONY: THE UNITED STATES (1885-1890) - 1965-1966 Publicity and advertising materials box 6, folder 17 Reznikoff, Charles - Books - TESTIMONY: THE UNITED STATES (1885-1890) - 1966-1966 Review by Milton Hindus in COMMENTARY box 6, folder 18 Reznikoff, Charles - Books - TESTIMONY: THE UNITED STATES (1885-1890) - 1965-1966 Miscellaneous Reviews box 7, folder 1 Reznikoff, Charles - Correspondence - Letters between Reznikoff and Degnan 1961-1975 box 7, folder 2 Reznikoff, Charles - Correspondence - About BY THE WATERS OF MANHATTAN ca. 1962-1973 box 7, folder 3 Reznikoff, Charles - Correspondence - Correspondence about TESTIMONY 1965-1965 box 7, folder 4 Reznikoff, Charles - Correspondence - Miscellaneous Correspondence to Reznikoff 1969-1974 box 7, folder 5 Reznikoff, Charles - Miscellaneous Materials - Royalty Statements 1968-1973 box 7, folder 6 Reznikoff, Charles - Miscellaneous Materials - Reznikoff's Obituary 1976 Printed in the NEW YORK TIMES, includes note from Marie Syrkin to Degnan box 7, folder 7 Snow, C.P. - Preface to BY THE WATERS OF MANHATTAN 1961-1961 Written by Snow, two copies, typescript and carbon box 7, folder 8 Snow, C.P. - Miscellaneous Clippings about Snow ca. 1978 box 7, folder 9 Snow, C.P. - Correspondence between Snow and Degnan 1961-1978 box 7, folder 10 Sorrentino, Gilbert - The Perfect Fiction 1966-1966 Short Story, typescript, also includes some correspondence between Sorrentino and Degnan box 7, folder 11 Zahn, Curtis - AMERICAN CONTEMPORARY - Typescript 1963-1963 Two copyedited versions box 7, folder 12 Zahn, Curtis - AMERICAN CONTEMPORARY - Typescript 1963-1963 Two copyedited versions box 7, folder 13 Zahn, Curtis - AMERICAN CONTEMPORARY - Ephemera and Publicity Materials 1962-1965 June Oppen Degnan Papers MSS 0017 12

box 7, folder 14 Zahn, Curtis - AMERICAN CONTEMPORARY - Reviews 1965-1965 box 7, folder 15 Zahn, Curtis - Correspondence - Letters between Zahn and Degnan ca. 1961-1969 box 8, folder 1 Zahn, Curtis - Correspondence - Letters between Zahn and George Hitchcock 1962-1962 box 8, folder 2 Zahn, Curtis - Correspondence - Letters between Zahn and James Laughlin 1962-1966 box 8, folder 3 Zahn, Curtis - Correspondence - Letters between Zahn and Roy Miller 1958-1960 box 8, folder 4 Zahn, Curtis - Correspondence - Correspondence about Zahn, A-Z 1962-1965 box 8, folder 5 Zahn, Curtis - Royalty Statements 1968-1974 SAN FRANCISCO REVIEW ANNUAL, 1963 box 8, folder 6 SAN FRANCISCO REVIEW Annual - Typescripts - Three French poems 1963-1963 By Brierre, Damas, Gratiant box 8, folder 7 SAN FRANCISCO REVIEW Annual - Typescript - Polish Poems & Related Materials 1963-1963 box 8, folder 8 SAN FRANCISCO REVIEW Annual - Typescripts - Too Soon for Pigeons, James Spencer 1963-1963 Short story, photocopy box 8, folder 9 SAN FRANCISCO REVIEW Annual - Typescript - Annotated draft of the Annual 1963-1963 Carbon copy with annotations box 8, folder 10, oversize MC03712 SAN FRANCISCO REVIEW Annual - Galley Proofs - 22 April 1963 and 5 July 1963 1963 Includes corrections box 8, folder 11 SAN FRANCISCO REVIEW Annual - Miscellaneous Ephemera 1963-1963 Galley cover, contributors' note, and publicity information ORIGINALS OF PRESERVATION PHOTOCOPIES box 8, folder 12 Originals of Preservation Photocopies 1963-1963 June Oppen Degnan Papers MSS 0017 13