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Archie Ammons papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 14-12-2665

Scope and content

The Archie Ammons papers, 1945-2010, contains correspondence from students and teaching colleagues, fellow poets and other literary figures, and family members, as well as formal and informal photographs of Ammons and other literary figures, poetry files, literary manuscripts, teaching material from his time in Cornell's Department of English, journals, personal art work, audio and video tapes, including tapes of Ammons reading his own poetry. Major correspondents include John G. Benedict, James Bertolino, Philip E. Booth, Frederick Buell, David Burak, James Burgess, Kathryn Stripling Byer, Stephen Cushman, Ephim Fogel, Kenneth Frazelle, Philip H. Fried, Alice Fulton, William Harmon, David Ardene Hinton, Josephine Jacobsen, Phyllis Janowitz, Cathrael Kazin, Milton Kessler, David Lehman, Gay Leonhardt, Michael McFee, Jim Merod, Frederick Morgan, Reeve Parker, Robert Dale Schultz, John E. Sitter, Mark Soifer, Stephen Tapscott, Helen Hennessy Vendler, Hugh Walthall, Jean West, Emily Herring Wilson, and Stuart Wright.

Dates

  • 1945-2010.

Creator

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

Access Restrictions:

Access restricted to the permission of the curator.

Access Restrictions:

Access to Box 130 restricted until 2033 or by permission of John Ammons.

Restrictions on Use:

For that part of the collection that is available for research, researchers may view one folder at a time.

Conditions Governing Use

Due to the fragility and potential degradation of moving image and sound recordings, viewing and listening is limited to items that have been digitized. If an item is in another media format, you may request to have the item digitized for access. Information on ordering access copies may be found on the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections webpage.

Conditions Governing Use

Audio visual media that has been digitized: V-410; TR-19930 (can be viewed here http://doloresbrandon.com/radioprofiles/a-r-ammons/)

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Poet and university professor Archie Randolph Ammons was born near Whiteville, N.C., in 1926. He earned a reputation as one of the nation's leading poets in the decades after he joined the Cornell University faculty in 1963, becoming Goldwin Smith Professor of Poetry a decade later. Recipient of the Bollingen Prize and the National Book Award and Critics Circle Award for poetry, Ammons was one of the first recipients of a MacArthur Foundation fellowship in 1981.

Extent

33 cubic feet. (33 cubic feet.)

1 mapcase folders. (1 mapcase folders.)

Additional Description

Abstract

Archie Ammons was born near Whiteville, N.C. in 1926. He was a poet and the Goldwin Smith Professor of Poetry at Cornell University. His papers span from 1945-2010 and include correspondence, photographs, poetry, manuscripts, teaching material, journals, audio/video tapes and personal art work.

SERIES LIST

Series I. Journals

1. Numbered, nos. 1-68 (1952 to 1992)Boxes 7-25

2. Un-numbered (24 journals, 1964 to 1988, 1949-1985)Boxes 26-27, 125

Series II. Poetry File Boxes 28-29, 112

Series III. Personal Records Box 30, 116, 121, 124

Series IV. Correspondence

1.Unidentified Correspondents, A-WBoxes 31-32 (fold. 1-2)

2.Correspondence with Family MembersBoxes 32 (fold. 3-5)-33, 113

3.Other Correspondence, A-ZBoxes 34-55

4.Correspondence, 1997-2000Box 114

5.Correspondence, [1974] 1997-2001, A-ZBox 119

6.CondolencesBox 120

Series V. Literary Manuscripts

1. Published

a. Collections of PoemsBoxes 56-62 (fold. 1-2)

b. Poems Appearing in MagazinesBox 62 (fold. 3-6)

c. Other WritingsBox 63

2. Unpublished

a. Loose PoemsBoxes 64-75, 122

b. Grouped PoemsBoxes 76-79, 122

c. Bound PoemsBoxes 80-83

d. Other Unpublished Writings Box 84 (fold. 1-6)

3. Combined Published and Unpublished or UnknownBox 122-124

Series VI. Professional Activities Box 84 (fold. 7-21)

Series VII. Broadcasts, Recordings, and Readings Boxes 124, 126, 128, 132, C-14-15, C-18

Series VIII. Awards Box 85, 116, 118, 121

Series IX. Critical Reception

1. Essays and ArticlesBoxes 86-87, 122

2. Clippings (articles, reviews)Box 88, 121

3. Ads for Events or PublicationsBox 89, 123

Series X. Writings and Works by Others Boxes 90-92, 116

Series XI. Photographs, Memorabilia, and Artwork Boxes 93-97, 115-117, 124, 129, 131, map case folder 1

Series XII. Books and Magazines

1. Works by A.R. Ammons (poetry, essays)Boxes 98-99, 100-105, 133

2. Works about A. R. Ammons (criticism, reviews, interviews, Ph.D. Thesis, posthumous compilations)Boxes 98-99, 106-108

3. Works inscribed to A.R. AmmonsBoxes 109-111

Series XIII. Phyllis Ammons' Files Boxes 98, 116, 127, 129-130

Physical Description

Journals, correspondence, manuscripts, photographs, chapbooks, typescript, memoranda, and paintings.

General

Contact Information:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections 2B Carl A. Kroch Library Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3530 Fax: (607) 255-9524 rareref@cornell.edu http://rmc.library.cornell.edu
Compiled by:
Patrizia Sione
Date completed:
April 23, 1998
EAD encoding:
Peter Martinez, October 2002
Date modified:
RMC Staff, August 2018

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Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Status
Completed
Author
Compiled by Patrizia Sione, April 23, 1998
Date
October 2, 2002
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Revision Statements

  • 12/07/2018: This resource was modified by the ArchivesSpace Preprocessor developed by the Harvard Library (https://github.com/harvard-library/archivesspace-preprocessor)
  • 2007-05-29: converted from EAD 1.0 to EAD 2002

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Repository Details

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Contact:
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3530
607-255-9524 (Fax)

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