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Finding Aid to the Jack Spicer Papers, 1939-1982, bulk 1943-1965

Collection Summary

Collection Title:
Jack Spicer papers 1939-1982, bulk 1943-1965

Collection Number:
BANC MSS 2004/209

Creator :
Spicer, Jack

Extent:
Number of containers: 32 boxes, 1 oversize box
Linear feet: 12.8 linear ft.

Repository:
The Bancroft Library
Berkeley, California 94720-6000

Abstract:
The Jack Spicer Papers, 1939-1982, document Spicer's career as a poet in the San Francisco Bay Area. Included are writings, correspondence, teaching materials, school work, personal papers, and materials relating to the literary magazine J. Spicer's creative works constitute the bulk of the collection and include poetry, plays, essays, short stories, and a novel. Correspondence is also significant, and includes both outgoing and incoming letters to writers such as Robin Blaser, Harold and Dora Dull, Robert Duncan, Lewis Ellingham, Landis Everson, Fran Herndon, Graham Mackintosh, and John Allan Ryan, among others. Also included are writings by other Bay Area writers, including Blaser, Duncan, and a significant amount by Stephen Jonas.

Languages Represented:
Collection materials are in English

Physical Location:
Many of the Bancroft Library collections are stored offsite and advance notice may be required for use. For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the library's online catalog.