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Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library 2000 Special Collections Department Web version of the finding aid funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Special Collections, University of Virginia Library Descriptive Summary Special Collections, University of Virginia Library Papers of Charles Wright ca. 1890-1998 11437 38 Hollinger boxes, ca. 16 linear shelf feet English This collection consists of the papers of American poet and University of Virginia English professor, Charles Penzel Wright (1935 - ), ca. 5,000 items (38 Hollinger boxes, ca. 16 linear shelf feet), ca. 1890-1999, including manuscripts, poetry and translation notebooks kept by Charles Wright, professional and personal correspondence, photographs, printed material, news clippings, artwork, interviews, book reviews, and tape recordings. Administrative Information Access Restrictions

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 Preferred Citation

Papers of Charles Wright, Accession # 11437, Special Collections Dept., University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va.

 Acquisition Information

This collection was acquired by the University of Virginia Library from Charles Wright, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, on October 5, 1998, and is unrestricted.

 Biographical/Historical Information

Charles Wright was born in Pickwick Dam, Hardin County, Tennessee on August 25, 1935, to Charles Penzel and Mary Castleman (Winter) Wright, and was educated at Davidson College (B.A., 1957), the University of Iowa Writer's Workshop (M.F.A., 1963) and the University of Rome (1963-1964). He served in the United States Army Intelligence Corps, 1957-1961, where he studied at the Army Language School, Monterey, California, the first year. He spent the remaining three years of service in and around Verona, Italy, returning there to study on a Fulbright grant in 1963-1964.

Since 1966, Wright has been an English professor, first at the University of California, Irvine (1966-1983), and then at the University of Virginia (1983 until the present). He married Holly McIntire in 1969, and published his first book of poems, The Grave of the Right Hand, in 1970. Other titles of poetry include: Hard Freight(1973); Bloodlines(1975); China Trace(1977); The Southern Cross(1981); Country Music: Selected Early Poems(1982); The Other Side of the River(1984); Zone Journals(1988); The World of Ten Thousand Things: Poems 1980-1990(1990); Chickamauga(1995); Black Zodiac(1997) and Appalachia(1998). During his entire career, Wright has won national recognition for his poetry. Several of these awards include the Edgar Allan Poe Award from the Academy of American Poets for Bloodlines(1976), the National Book Award in poetry for Country Music: Selected Early Poems(1983), the Ruth Lilly Poetry prize (1993), the Academy of American Poets Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize for Chickamauga(1996), and the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry for Black Zodiac(1998). He has also received awards for his work in translation, notably the PEN Translation Prize for his translation of the Italian poet Eugenio Montale's The Storm and Other Things. Wright has also published translations of the Italian poet Dino Campana ( Orphic Songs, 1984).

For more complete biographical and professional information consult the Gale Literary Database on Contemporary Authors and the web site for the Pulitzer Prizes on the Internet, Wright's essay in The Contemporary Authors Autobiography Series, the essay about Wright by George F. Buttrick in The Dictionary of Literary Biography, the volume The Point Where All Things Meet: Essays on Charles Wrightcollected and edited by Tom Andrews, and the biographical folder in Box 36. Also helpful are the two collections of critical essays and interviews about Wright published in Halflife: Improvisations and Interviews, 1977-1987, University of Michigan Press (1988) and Quarter Notes: Improvisations and Interviews, University of Michigan Press (1995).

 Scope and Content Information

This collection consists of the papers of American poet and University of Virginia English professor, Charles Penzel Wright (1935 - ), ca. 5,000 items (38 Hollinger boxes, ca. 16 linear shelf feet), ca. 1890- 1999, including manuscripts, poetry and translation notebooks kept by Charles Wright, professional and personal correspondence, photographs, printed material, news clippings, artwork, interviews, book reviews, and tape recordings.

The correspondence files with other poets and literary persons and family, have been arranged by the last name of the correspondent (Boxes 1-17). The more frequent correspondents and correspondence with some of the other Pulitzer Prize winners in poetry have been placed in separate folders with the total number of letters noted in the guide.

Correspondence with persons who have been awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry include: John Ashbery (1 item), Louise Gluck (6 items), Jorie Graham (13 items), Anthony Hecht (1 item), Richard Howard (4 items), Donald Justice (142 items), Galway Kinnell (3 items), Yusef Komunyakaa (1 item), Maxine Kumin (1 item), Philip Levine (207 items), William Meredith (3 items), W.S. Merwin (11 items), Lisel Mueller (1 item), Charles Simic (31 items), James Tate (27 items), Robert Penn Warren (2 items), and Richard Wilbur (2 items).

Other types of correspondence are arranged chronologically in a separate subseries B (Boxes 17-21). This includes correspondence about awards, conferences, workshops, poetry readings and other professional engagements, poems submitted to or accepted by poetry magazines and anthologies, and requests for Wright to judge poetry contests, write recommendations or evaluate candidates for academic positions; greeting cards; post cards; and invitations and announcements.

Of special interest in series two containing manuscripts by Charles Wright are the twelve volumes of hand-written poetry kept by Wright in bound notebooks, from 1968 until the present. These contain his autograph poems in chronological order as they were written. When the poems were used in his published books, Wright would mark through them in pencil. The manuscript series also has an autograph volume for Wright's translation work and one called "Halflife ( A Commonplace Notebook)," where he has recorded quotes or his own thoughts about poetry and related subjects.

Also present in a second subseries and arranged according to the title of the book, are typescripts, setting copies, page proofs, and galleys, for many of his published works, although some typescripts of early manuscripts had already been sold to private collectors in the early eighties prior to the acquisition of these papers by the Library.

A third subseries contains copies of miscellaneous manuscripts by Charles Wright, including: a copy of his Masters Thesis submitted at the University of Iowa, typescripts and galleys of individual poems published in magazines such as The New Yorker, and miscellaneous other manuscripts by Wright.

A third series contains manuscripts by other authors sent to Wright for his comment or enjoyment and are arranged by the last name of the author. Most are not complete manuscripts of books by other authors, but when they are and the title of the book is known, it is included in the guide. Some are accompanied by letters from the authors, often discussing their work.

Series four contains miscellaneous papers including: interviews and essays about Charles Wright, artwork by other people, biographical entries about Wright, contracts and publication agreements, a dissertation chapter about Wright, news clippings and printed, photographs, programs, reviews of books by Wright, royalties and honorariums, student papers about Wright, translations of Wright's poetry into Italian and German, interviews and poetry readings by Wright on audio tape, and oversize photographs, artwork, news clippings, dust jackets, and a Winter family genealogical chart.

 Organization

This collection has been arranged in the following series and subseries: Series I: Correspondence: Subseries A: Alphabetical Correspondence arranged by last name of correspondent (Boxes 1-17) Subseries B: Chronological Correspondence arranged by date (Boxes 17-21) Series II: Manuscripts of Works by Charles Wright Subseries A: Bound Volumes of Poetry & Translation Notebooks kept by Charles Wright (Boxes 21-23) Subseries B: Poetry Manuscripts Arranged by Title of Book (Boxes 24-29) Subseries C: Miscellaneous Manuscripts (Box 29) Series III: Manuscripts by Other Authors arranged by the name of the author (Boxes 30-35) Series IV: Miscellaneous Papers (Boxes 36-38)

Contents List Series I Correspondence 1967-1998, n.d. 1-21

Arranged alphabetically by last name of correspondent

 A: Alphabetical Correspondence 1967-1998, n.d. 1-17 A 1984-1997 1 19 items

including: Brian J. Adams, Elizabeth Adams, W. Howard Adams, Dr. Nicoletta Alegi, Allen Anderson, Paul Anderson, Dyerval Angelini, Bim Angst, Philip Appleman, John Ashbery, Jan Austin-Hicken

 Ai (Florence Anthony, 1947-) 1970-1985 1 15 items Correspondence, Debra Allbery (1957-) 1994-1998 1 8 items Michael Anania (1939-) 1975-1996 1 8 Tom Andrews (1961-) 1984-1994 1 35 items Ralph Angel (1951-) 1976-1990 1 13 items Ba-Be 1975-1998 1

including: Lea Baechler, Dr. William J. Bailey, David Baker, Rosetta Baker, Samuel M. Baker, Jr., [?] Banks, Katherine A. Barham, Jim Barnes ( The Chariton Review), Virginia Meadors Barrett, Amy Bartlett, Rick Bass, Joan Baum, Bruce Beasley, Vereen M. Bell, Pam Beck, Pinckney Benedict, Donna Bennett, Steve Benson, Kimber Bentley, Steve Berg, David Berman

 Bi-By 1975-1996 1

including: S. Bishop, Randy Blasing, Laurel Blossom, Joe Bolton, Philip Booth, David Bottoms, Lucius H. Bracey, Jr., Bob Bradley, Dr. Ben B. Braude, Robert Bringhurst, Bunt Britton, Robert Broadway, Anne Brockenbrough, Olga Broumas, David Brown, Sharon Bryan, Heather Burns, S. Burris, Kathryn Stripling Byer

 Calvin Bedient 1980-1996 1 15 items Marvin Bell (1937-), 48 items (2 folders) 1967-1998 1 48 items (2 folders) Don Bogen 1987-1998 2 7 items Ken Botnick 1985-1987 2 10 items James Brasfield 1981-1996 2 11 items Lucie Brock-Boido 1984-1995 2 12 items Christopher Buckley 1980-1997 2 22 items Julia Budenz 1989-1996 2 6 items Franco Buffoni 1996-1997 2 9 items Ca 1984-1997 2

including: Christopher Cahill, Scott Cairns, Paul W. Carmen, Julie Carr, Keith Cartwright, Raymond Carver, Crysta Casey, John Casteen

 Ch-Cu 1972-1998 2

including: Stacey Chase, Alan Cheuse, Dale Chihuly, Mike Chrisman, Ian Clarke, Karen Clark, Kevin Clark, William Clark, Vince Clemente, Brian Clements, Joshua Clover, Henri Cole, Katie Coles, Michael Collier, Douglas Collins, Floyd Collins, D. Steven Conkle, Jan Conn, Matthew Cooperman, Bonnie Costello, Stephen Coyner, Nancy Crampton, Sybil Crawford, Brad Crenshaw, Cheryl Cross, Pat Cutting

 Karen Cangialosi 1980-1990 2 21 items Paul Carroll (1927-) 1971-1972, 1981 2 7 items Michael Chitwood 1990-1997 3 7 items Nicholas Christopher 1982-1988 3 11 items Killarney Clary 1977-1995 3 8 items Jeff Cobb 1983-1984, 1995 3 5 items Alfred Corn (1943-) 1976-1987 3 9 items Tony Crunk 1994-1997 3 4 items Michale Cuddihy 1973-1978 3 9 items D 1977-1997 3

including: Mack C. Dagenhart, Robert Dana, David Daniel, Daniel D'Arezzo, Chalmers Davidson, Lisa Davies, William Virgil Davis, Peter Davison, Sara Dawson, S.R. Day, Thomas Day, Phil Deaver, Gene DeGruson, Chip Delffs, Annie Dillard, Fred Dings, Simone DiPiero, Jim Dissette, Lynn Dow, Lynn Doyle, Becky Dunham, Sharon Dunn, Stephen Dunn

 Jordan Davies 1983-1986 3 11 items Wayne Dodd (1930-) 1986-1997 3 8 items E 1973-1997 3

including: Carol Ellis, Jon Enfield, John Engels, Hualing Engle, John Erickson, George Estreich, Pete Everwine

 F 1977-1998 3

including: Robert Fagles, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, Inc., Ruth Feldman, Casey Finch, Reed Finlay, Michael Fitzgerald, Ryan Flaherty, Mary [Flinn?], Harry Ford, Thomas Foster, Linda Jones Foster, Alastair Fowler, Bob Freedman, Terry Freeman, Philip Fried

 Benson Fenn 1987-1990 3 9 items Carolyn Forche 1972-1996 3 5 items Richard Ford (1944-) 1974-1978 3 5 items Antonella Francini 1985-1997 3 9 items David Freed 1979-1997 3 11 items Stuart Friebert (1931-) 1983-1988 3 18 items Ga 1974-1997 4

including: Gale Research Company re Contemporary Authors, Tess Gallagher, Jim Galvin, Mark Gamble, Forrest Gander, John W. Garden, George Garrett, Joseph M. Garrison, Jr.

 Ge-Gu 1970-1997 4

including: Alessandro Gentili, Margaret Gibson, Stephen Robert Gibson, Dana Gioia, Steven Clay, Michele Glazer, Greg Glazner, Dave Godfrey, Anne Goodman, Steve Goodwin, Linda Gregerson, Arthur Gregor, Maxine Groffsky, Lollie Groth, Chuck Guilford, Thom Gunn, Carol Gunther

 Jonathan Galassi 1976-1992 4 34 items Elton Glaser 1972-1996 4 71 items (3 folders) Louise Gluck (1943-) 1971-1993 4 6 items Arnie & Betty Goldstein 1985-1998 4 13 items Jorie Graham (1951-) 1978-1993 4 13 items Loren Graham (1958-) 1994-1995 4 7 items Frank Graziano (1955-) 1978-1983 5 17 items Ha 1971-1997 5

including: Rachel Hadas, Charles Hagenah, John Haines, Jim Hall, Daniel Halpern, Colin Hamilton, David Hamilton, Melissa Hammerle, Archie Hardy, James L. Harmon, William Harmon, Michael S. Harper, David Harris, Jeffrey Harrison, Henry Hart, Jim Hartz, William Hauser, John E. Hawkes, Tom Hawks

 He-Hy 1973-1998 5

including: Anthony Hecht, David Heimer, Barbara Heizer, Jim Hejna, Gregory Hengesbaugh, Graham Hettlinger, George Hitchcock, Kells Hogan, Gill Holland, Henry Hollenberg, John Clellon Holmes, Charles Hood, Kathy R. Howard, Richard Howard, Cyrus Hoy, Robert A. Hueckstedt, Harry Humes, Stanley H. Hyman

 Donald Hall (1928-) 1983-1988 5 10 items Oakley Hall 1967-1978 5 14 items Michael Hannon 1984-1994 5 10 items Kevin Hart (1954-) 1995-1998 5 7 items Peter Henry 1995-1997 5 6 items William Heyen (1940-) 1983-1996 5 8 items Tedd Higgs 1985-1990 5 8 items Brenda Hillman 1975-1994 5 37 items Edward Hirsch 1985-1992 5 7 items Garrett Hongo (1951-) 1978-1996 5 22 items I 1984-1994 6

including: Priscilla Ineff, Earl Ingersoll, Mark Irwin

 J 1978-1996 6

including: Robert H. Jacob, Leland S. Jamieson, Rod Jellema, Elizabeth Jenkins, Jonathan Johnson, Judy Jordan, Lawrence Joseph, Don Junkins

 Mark Jarman (1952-) 1975-1997 6 44 items (2 folders) Donald Justice (1925-) 1969-1990 6 142 items (5 folders) Correspondence K 1973-1997 7

including: Justin Kaplan, Judy Karasik, Deborah Keenan, John Keene, Hunter Kennedy, Joe Kennedy, Jennifer Key, Thomas N. & Carol B. Key, Kerry Shawn Keys, Mary Kinzie, Karl Kirchwey, Melissa Kirsch, Janet Knepper, Joseph Knittle, Damon, Sharon Kubasak, Maxine Kumin, John W. Kuykendall

 Edmund Keeley (Mike) 1974-1997 7 11 items James Kimbrell (1967-) 1994-1998 7 8 items Doug King 1986-1997 7 5 items Galway Kinnell (1927-) 1971 & 1980 7 3 items Susan Kinsolving 1986-1990 7 10 items Yusef Komunyakaa (1947-) 1987 7 1 item La-Le 1970-1997 7

including: Andy Lakritz, Linda Lappin, Philip Larkin, Carolyn Lau, Steve Lautermilck, Sydney Lea, Kristy Lee, Rolf Leeman, Margitt Lehbert, Daniel G. Leidig, Graham Leonard, Larry Levis

 Li-Lu 1984-1998 7

including: Carl Little, Robert Hill Long, James Longenbach, Robert Longoni, Jon Loomis, John Lord, James Lott, Emily Lu

 John Lang 1991-1998 7 11 items Deborah Larsen 1984-1994 7 24 items James Laughlin (1914-) 1996 7 5 items David Lehman (1948-) 1984-1995 7 7 items Phil Levine (1928-) 1968-1997 8 207 items (9 folders) Tom Lux (1946-) 1970-1980 9 19 items Mc 1975-1997 9

including: Elizabeth McBride, Davis McCombs, James McCorkle, David W. McCullough, Cynthia McDonald, Marty McGovern, Rex McGuinn, Michael McGuire, John McIntire, Louis McKee, Virginia McKee, Anne McKeithen, John McKernan, Leigh McLellan, Sandy McPherson

 J.D. McClatchy "Sandy" (1945-) 1975-1996 9 46 items Michael McFee 1985-1991 9 6 items Lynne McMahon 1983-1997 9 12 items James McMichael 1970-1984 9 31 items Ma-Mi 1976-1997 9

including: Mark Madigan, M. Maggi, John Malcolm, Irving Malin, Marianna Manclossi, Coretta Marshall, Mike Martin, William Maxwell, Loredana May, Sue Ann Mead, William Meredith, Kim Merker, Anne Michaels, C. Wolfram Swetz von Middhlar, Jane Miller, Joseph C. Miller, Judy K. Miller, Michael Miller, Amy Minett, Ana Mitric

 Mo-Mu 1984-1997 9

including: Paul Monette, Lorne Mook, Hugh Moorhead,Pedro Escudero Moreno, Berry Morgan, Elizabeth Morgan, John Morgan, Vance Morgan, Edward Morin, Albert F. Moritz, Mary Morris, John H. Morrison, Craig Mueller, Jenny Mueller, Maureen Mulhern, Rick Mulkey, Michael Murphy

 Gerald Malanga (1943-) 1971-1996 9 9 items Jackie Marcus 1988-1990 9 9 items Lynn Martin 1984-1988 10 14 items William Matthews (1942-) 1972-1995 10 9 items Bill Merwin (1927-) 1975-1981 10 11 items Robert Mezey (1935-) 1969-1989 10 6 items Lenny Michaels (1933-) 1976-1984 10 6 items Susan Mitchell (1944-) 1984-1989 10 5 items Robert Morgan (1944-) 1984-1998 10 45 items Howard Moss (1922-1987) 1979-1986 10 16 items Lisel Mueller (1924-) 1982 10 1 item Carol Muske-Dukes (1945-) 1976-1996 10 27 items N 1984-1997 11

including: Shelly Nameroff, Peter Nijmeijer, Heidi Lynn Nilsson, Denis Noel, Howard Norman

 O 1978-1994 11

including: Joyce Carol Oates, Robert J. Oberg, Daniel S. Ogbe, Steve Orlen, Greg Orr, Linda Orr, Antonio Lopez Ortega, Victor Ourin

 Ingrid O'Brien 1974 11 6 items Pa-Pi 1972-1998 11

including: Ron Padgett, Michael Palmer, Suzanne Paola, Greg Pape, Jay Parini, Joseph Parisi, Charlie Parish, Kelli R. Patton, Frank H. Pearl, Lu Peck, Michael Peich, Heather Pendergraft, Sam Pereira, Marjorie Perloff, William Phillips, Marge Piercy, L. Piller, Robert Pinsky, Giancarlo Piscione

 Pl-Pz 1984-1998 11

including: Don Platt, Russell Platt, Marise A. Pokorny, Luke Ives Pontifell, Al Poulin, Jr., Gaetano Prampolini, Clifford W. Price, Bill Pritchard, Wyatt Prunty

 Eric Pankey (1959-) 1995-1997 11 18 items Stan Plumly (1939-) 1975-1995 11 19 items Q 1988-1994 11

including: Isa de Quesada, Alice Quinn, Ricardo J. Quinones

 Ra-Ri 1974-1997 11

including: Larry Raab, Jim Randall, Robert Randolph, Random House, Inc., Bob Rees, Richard Reeve, Melanie Rehak, James Reiss, David Remnick, Paige Rense, Jan Richman, John Ridland, Dan Rifenburgh, Mrs. J.W. Richel

 Ro-Ry 1972-1997 11

including: Eunice Robeck, Ellen Roberson, Janet Roberts, the Rockefeller Foundation, Joseph Rodrigues, Jr., William Pitt Root, Paul B. Roth, Louis D. Rubin, Jr., William Ruddy, Mark Rudman, A. Ellison Rumsey, Lex Runciman, Eleanor Rutledge, Peter Russell, Michael Ryan

 Robert Caudle Rogers 1987-1998 11 6 items Maggie Ross 1986-1994 12 14 items Sa-Si 1973-1997 12

including: Patrick Samway, Stephen Sandy, Sarabande Books, Molly Schen, Grace Schulman, Robert Schultz, D.J. Schwichow, Nathan A. Scott, Jr., Jim Seay, Joseph Secondi, David W. Sedgwick, Julianne Seeman, Barry Seiler, Mary Serpico-Lay, Bill Sheppard, Rosa Shand, Rukmini M. Sichitiu, Christine A. Sikorski, Alex Silberman, Gary Silva, Merle Singer, P. Singh

 Sk-Sp 1979-1997 12

including: David A. Skeel, Jr., Jeffrey Skinner, Tom Sleigh, Arthur Smith, Dean Smith, Gibbs M. Smith, Random Smith, Todd Smith, Ellison A. Smyth, Ross J. Smyth, Ann Snodgrass, Ted Solotaroff, Gary Soto, Marcia Southwick, Patricia Meyer Spacks, Amy Spanel

 St-Sw 1972-1997 12

including: Bill Stafford, George Starbuck, George M. Steele, Rene Steinke, Lisa Stending, Gerald Stern, Amy Stewart, Gale Stewart, Jody Stewart, Stride Publications, Dabney Stuart, Adrienne Su, Ron Sukenick, David Summers, Dorothy Sutton, Mary Swander, Joan T. Swenson, Tree Swenson, David Swerdlow

 Ira Sadoff (1945-) 1974-1981 12 8 items Mary Ann Samyn (1970-) 1995-1997 12 9 items Sherrod Santos (1948-) 1979-1994 12 23 items David St. John (1949-) 1975-1992, n.d. 1975-1977 (25 items) Box 12 1978-1992, n.d. (42 items) Box 13 12-13 67 items (3 folders) Harold Schimmel 1972-1997 13 31 items Charles Seluzicki 1979-1992 13 43 items Charles Simic (1938-) [1970]-1996 13 31 items Maurya Simon 1983-1997 13 28 items Dave Smith (1942-) 1972-1994 13 27 items Marcia D. Smith, "Marky" 1984-1996 14 54 items (3 folders) Willard Spiegelman 1991-1995 14 6 items Peter Stitt 1983-1995 14 21 items Mark Strand (1934-) 1968-1994, n.d. 14 37 items (2 folders) Larissa Szporluk 1994-1995 14 6 items Mary Szybist 1994-1997 14 10 items T 1983-1998 15

including: John Tagliabue, Indrek Tart, Phillip Taylor, Ross Taylor, Mac Test, Libby Thayer, Mike Theune, Stephen Thomas, Frances Thronson, Ann Townsend, Danielle Truscott

 James Tate 1967-1990, n.d. 15 27 items Alexander Thorburn 1984-1995 15 16 items Richard Tillinghast (1940-) 1979-1991 15 6 items Chase Twichell 1976-1993 15 26 items U 1987-1996 15

including: University of Michigan Press, University of Tennessee Lupton Library

 Unidentified 1969-1998 15 39 items V 1976-1997 15

including: Jean Valentine, Corinna Vallianatos, Nance Van Winckel, Greg Varner, Reetika Vazirani, Helen Vendler, Richard F. Venezia, Ellen Bryant Voigt, Hans Christian von Baeyer

 Wa-We 1977-1997 15

including: David Walker, Rosanna Warren, Patricia Waters, Watershed Foundation, Julia Watson, Miles G. Watson, Richard J. Weekley, Bruce Weigl, Ken Weisner, Barry Weller, Ingrid Wendt

 Wi-Wy 1972-1998 15

including: Allen Wier, Dara Wier, Ann Williams, John Willson, Joseph Wilmott, Robert A. Wilson, Sam Witt, Tibor Wlassics, C.D. Wright, Barbara Wuest, Edith Wylder

 Sidney Wade 1983-1997 16 9 items Diane Wakoski (1937-) 1970-1982 16 8 items Robert Penn Warren (1905-1989) 1978 & 1981 16 2 items Wesleyan University Press 1983-1996 16 37 items Betsy Tice White 1983-1997 16 24 items Richard Wilbur (1921-) 1974 & 1977 16 2 items C.K. Williams (1936-) 1972-1992 16 38 items (2 folders) Franz Wright (1953-) 1977-1996 16 16 items Jay Wright (1935-) 1988-1997 16 26 items Stuart Wright (9 items) 1983-1986, n.d. 17 9 items Wright Family & Related 1970-1997 17 43 items (2 folders) X-Z 1973-1998 17

including: Max Yeh, Al Young, Dale Young, Gary Young, John A. Yount, Chris Yu, Corda Zajac, Bill Zander, Mary Zeppa

 David Young (1936-) 1975-1993, n.d. 17 63 items (3 folders) Yiheng Zhao 1982-1983 17 5 items B: Chonological Correspondence 1970-1998, n.d. 17-21

arranged by date

 Correspondence re Awards 1980-1998 17 Correspondence--Greeting Cards [ca. 1980-1997] 17 Correspondence re Invitations & Announcements 1982-1998 18 Correspondence re Invitations to Conferences, Workshops, Poetry Readings, etc. 1970-1998, n.d. 1970-1989 (7 folders) Box 18 1990-1998, n.d. (4 folders) Box 19 18-19 11 folders Correspondence re Poetry Magazine Publications and Anthologies 1972-1998, n.d. 1972-1994 (4 folders) Box 19 1995-1998, n.d. (7 folders) Box 20 19-20 6 folders Correspondence--Postcards [ca. 1970-1990] 20 2 folders Correspondence re Requests to Judge Poetry Competitions 1974-1997 20 2 folders Correspondence re Requests for Recommendations and Evaluations 1983-1998 1983-1986 (1 folder) Box 20 1987-1998 (5 folders) Box 4 20-21 5 folders Series II Manuscripts of Works by Charles Wright 1963-1999, n.d. 21-29 A: Bound Volumes of Poetry & Translation Notebooks kept by Charles Wright 1968-1999 21-23 Poetry Notebooks, AMsS, containing original poetry by Charles Wright 1968 Nov-1999 Feb 1968 Nov-1974 Jan (2 volumes) Box 21 1974 Jan-1985 Oct (6 volumes) Box 22 1985 Oct-1999 Feb (4 volumes) Box 23 21-23 12 volumes Poetry Notebook--Translations, etc., by Charles Wright 1983 Jul-1993 Oct 23 "Halflife (A Commonplace NoteBook)" 1977-1990 23 B: Poetry Manuscripts Arranged by Title of Book ca. 1968-1994 24-29 AppalachiaPage Proofs, with corrections 1998 Apr 24 AppalachiaPage Proofs 1998 Jun 24 Black ZodiacTMs (Setting Copy) 1996 24 Black ZodiacPage Proofs, with corrections 1996 24 Black ZodiacPage Proofs (Author's Copy), with corrections ca. 1996 24 Black ZodiacPage Proofs, Master Pages First Pass 1997 24 Black ZodiacMaster Pages 1997 24 ChickamaugaTMs ca. 1994 24 ChickamaugaTMs (Setting Copy) ca. 1994 24 ChickamaugaTMs 1994 Dec 25 ChickamaugaTMs (Setting Copy) 1994 Dec 25 China TraceTMs ca. 1977 25 Country Music Selected Early PoemsTMs ca. 1982 25 The Grave of the Right Handand The Dream AnimalTMs ca. 1968-1970 25 Halflife Improvisations and Interviews, 1977-1987, chiefly printed sources previously published in various jounals and used in the compilation of the book ca. 1977-1987 25 Halflife Improvisations and Interviews, 1977-1987TMS, with corrections ca. 1988 25 Halflife Improvisations and Interviews, 1977-1987TMS ca. 1988 26 2 folders Quarter Notes Improvisations and Interviews, TMs & printed sources previously published in various journals and used in the compilation of the book ca. 1989-1994 26 Translation Dante's Inferno: Translations by Twenty Contemporary Poets Canto XIIITMs & Galley 1992 Nov 26 Translation Motetsby Eugenio Montale TMs, with corrections [1981] 26 Translation Orphic Songsby Dino Campana TMs ca. 1984 26 Translation The Storm and Other Thingsby Eugenio Montale, TMs, with heavy corrections ca. 1978 26 Translation The Storm and Other Thingsby Eugenio Montale, TMs, with corrections ca. 1978 26 Translation The Storm and Other Thingsby Eugenio Montale, TMs, with notations by Vinio Rossi ca. 1978 26 The World of the Ten Thousand ThingsTMs, with corrections ca. 1990 26 The World of the Ten Thousand ThingsMaster Galleys 1990 Apr 27 The World of the Ten Thousand ThingsAuthor's Galleys 1990 Apr 27 The World of the Ten Thousand ThingsPage Proofs, Master Pages 1990 27 Zone JournalsTMs ca. 1987 27 Zone JournalsTMs, 9 Electrostatic Copies ca. 1987 27-28 5 folders Zone JournalsTMs (Setting Copy) 1987 28 Zone JournalsMaster Galleys, with cover sample 1987 Jun 28 Zone JournalsAuthor's Galleys, with corrections 1987 Jun 28 Zone JournalsGalleys (2 Sets) 1987 Jun 28 Zone JournalsPage Proofs, Master Pages 1987 Aug 29 Zone JournalsPage Proofs [1987 Aug] 29 C: Miscellaneous Manuscripts 1963-1998, n.d. 29 Brief Introductions and Discussions re Giacomo Leopardi, Larry Levis, Eugenio Montale, Charles Simic, and Peter Taylor; and notes re "Coda" ca. 1996-1998, n.d. 29 Contemporary Authors AutobiographyEssay AMs ca. 1988 29 Contemporary Authors AutobiographyEssay 4 TMs ca. 1988 29 CorrespondencesMasters Thesis submitted to the State University of Iowa 1963 Jun 29 Foreword to The Gatehouse Heaven: Poemsby James Kimbrell & TMs [1997 Apr] 29 Gettysburg ReviewEssays 1992 & 1994 29 "Poems rejected for The Grave of the Right Handand The Dream Animal(and forever)" TMs ca. 1968-1970 29 Poems--Miscellaneous ca. 1988-1998 29

, including: "After Rereading Robert Graves, I Go Outside to Get My Head Together," "American Twilight," "Citronella," "Disjecta Membra," "Jesuit Graves," "A Journal of One Significant Landscape," "Looking Around II," "St. Augustine and the Arctic Bear," "3 January 1993," and untitled

 The New YorkerPoetry Galleys 1977-1991 29 Poetry published in Magazines (Galleys) 1989-1997 29 Questions about "A Journal of the Year of the Ox" n.d. 29 "Remarks at the 4th Sino-American Writer's Conference, Leshan, Sichan Province, China" 1988 Apr 12 29

including text from Barry Lopez

 Series III Manuscripts by Other Authors 1974-1998, n.d. 30-35

arranged by the name of the author

 Gale Acuff [1994] 30 Ai (Florence Anthony) ca. 1979-1982 30 Pam Alexander 1988 30 Tom Andrews 1989 30 David Berman n.d. 30 Don Bogen 1994 30 Robert Bradley [1990] 30 James Brasfield 1996 30 Lucie Brock-Broido, Trouble Childand A Hunger 1986-1987 30 Julia Budenz, "Umbra," Chapter 1 of Umbrageous Vision1989 30 Franco Buffoni 1996-1997 30 Heather Burns 1994 30 Stuart Calderwood 1988 30 Mike Chitwood 1990 30 Nicholas Christopher, Desperate Characters & Other Poems1987 30 Leonard Cirino 1991 30 Killarney Clary, October Play1993 30 Brian Clements 1994 30 Stephen Conkle 1978, 1984 30 Alfred Corn, The West Door1987 31 Tony Crunk, New Covenant Bound1992 31 Philip Deaver 1986 31 Annie Dillard, "The Land Nobody Knows [North Yemen]" [1984 Jun 8] 31 Robert Fagles 1983-1987 31 Aaron Fischer, Hansel in Recovery1989 31 Scott Ellsworth Francis 1987 31 Sarah Gambito 1996 31 Dana Gioia 1986-1987 31 Rebecca Givens 1997 31 Elton Glaser 1975-1977, 1997 31 Michele Glazer, It is Hard to Look at What We Came to Think We'd Come to See1997 31 Loren Graham, Mose1992 31 Frank Graziano [1983] 31 Donald Hall, The One Day1988 31 Colin Hamilton, "The Memory Palace" 1997 31 Michael Hannon 1989-1993 31 David Harris n.d. 31 Brian Henry, "Exquisite Disjunctions, Exquisite Arrangements: Jorie Graham's 'Strangeness of Strategy'" 1997 31 Brenda Hillman, Death Tractates1989 31 Garrett Hongo, The River of Heaven1987, n.d. 31 Garrett Hongo, Volcano Journal1993 32 Laura Jensen, Walking Tour1994 32 Donald Justice 1982-1992 32 Hunter Kennedy 1997 32 Kerry Shawn Keys, Bones and Buzzards1994 32 Damon Krukowski, "Lyrical Misgivings," & "Poems Four to Six" [1989], n.d. 32 Jo Ellen Kwiatek, Eleven Days Before Spring1994 32 Carolyn Lau, Wode Shuofa (My Way of Speaking)1987 & 1989 32 Jon Loomis 1994-1996 32 J.D. McClatchy, Scenes from Another Life& Essay re Poetry 1979, 1988 32 Lynne McMahon, Faith[1986] & n.d. 32 J. Michael Martin 1983 32 Bill Matthews 1976 32 Paul Monette, Love Alone[1987] 32 Eugenio Montale, Collected Poetry 1926-1956, translated from Italian by Jonathan Galassi 1992 33 2 folders Rochelle Nameroff, Runaway1984 33 Paul Nelson, The Hard Shapes of Paradise[1987] 33 Marlon Ohnesonge-Fick 1985 33 Sophia Orr n.d. 33 Eric Pankey, The Late Romances1996 33 John Piller, Blossom in the Blood1994 33 Don Platt, Fresh Peaches, Fireworks, & Guns1993 33 Gaetano Prampolini, "Robert Lowell's Dante" n.d. 33 John Ridland 1996 33 Rainer Maria Rilke, The Book of Fresh Beginnings, translated by David Young ca. 1994 33 Maggie Ross 1992 33 Peter Russell 1996 33 David St. John 1979-1989 33 David St. John, Terraces of Rain1987 33 Rod Santos 1987-1995 34 Rod Santos, The Southern Reachesca. 1989 34 Nathan A. Scott, Jr. 1989 34 William A. Sessions 1984 34 Charles Simic 1989-1998 34 Maurya Simon, The Golden Labyrinth: Poems1994 34 Jeffrey Skinner 1984 34 Dave Smith 1988 34 Marcia Southwick 1997 34 Mark Strand 1987-1993 34 Mary Szybist 1994 34 James Tate, Viper Jazz1974 35 Richard Tillinghast 1994 35 Unknown Authors n.d. 35 Bruce Weigl, Song of Napalm1988 35 Dana White 1984 35 Sam Witt n.d. 35 David Young 1977-1992, n.d. 35 2 folders David Young, The Planet on the Desk Selected & New Poems 1960-1990[1989 Aug 16] 35 Series IV Miscellaneous Papers ca. 1890-1998, n.d. 36-38 Artwork 1985, n.d. 36 Artwork--J.M. Martin 1992 36 Artwork--Maurya Simon 1984-1997 36 Artwork--Heather Spears 1988 36 Artwork--David Summers n.d. 36 Biographical Entries 1983-1998 36 Contracts & Publication Agreements 1977-1998 36 2 folders Dissertation Chapter "Charles Wright's Dora Markus" by Antonella Francini 1985 36 Essay "New Son of Imagism Gone Baroque" by Peter Stitt 1986 36 Essays concerning Charles Wright by Annie Finch, Mark Strand, Andrew Zawackie, David Swerdlow, David St. John, Pat Cutting, Dorothy Barresi, and David Young 1986-1997 36 Essay "The Pragmatic Imagination and the Secret of Poetry" by Mark Jarman about Charles Wright, C.K. Williams, and Philip Levine, published in Gettysburg Review1988 36 Essay "Charles Wright's Invention" by Stephen Coyner 1990 36 Essay "A Wright-er's Landscape of the Impersonal" by Tori Rowan in The Declaration1990 Nov 36 Essay "Cryptography: Photography and Quotation in Charles Wright's Poetry and Poetic" by Michael Theune 1997 36 Essay "Poetry and Silence at the End of the Century" by Calvin Bedient n.d. 36 Interview "Charles Wright on Eugene Montale and Dino Campana" by Mary Zeppa in Poet News1985 Oct 36 Interview "The Metaphysics of the Quotidian" A Conversation with Charles Wright edited by Earl Ingersoll and Stan Sanvel Rubin 1986 Apr 3 36 Interview with Carol Ellis, published in Iowa Journal of Literary Studies1986 36 Interview with Sherod Santos (1987), published in Halflife 1986-1987 37 Interview--Oberlin College Creative Writing Program Guest Writer Questions 1987 37 "An Interview with Charles Wright" by J.D. McClatchy, published as "The Art of Poetry XLI, Charles Wright" in The Paris Review1988 37 Interview "The Impossibility of Salvation A Conversation with Poet Charles Wright" by Miriam Marty Clark 1989 Feb 37 Interview & Essay from the 10th Annual Literary Festival honoring Charles Wright at Emory & Henry College and published in The Iron Mountain Review1991 Oct 37 Miscellaneous ca. 1969-1988, n.d. 37 News Clippings & Printed 1976-1997, n.d. 37 Photographs ca. 1890-1997, n.d. 37 2 folders Programs for Awards, Readings, etc. ca. 1975-1998 37 2 folders Reviews-- Bloodlines 1975-1976 38 Reviews-- China Trace 1977-1978 38 Reviews-- Country Music 1984-1985 38 Reviews-- The Dream Animal[1968] 38 Reviews-- The Grave of the Right Hand1970 38 Reviews-- Halflife1990 38 Reviews-- Hard Freight 1973-1974 38 Reviews-- Orphic Songsby Dino Campana, translated by Charles Wright 1985 38 Reviews-- The Other Side of the River1984 38 Reviews-- The Southern Cross 1982-1983 38 Reviews-- The World of the Ten Thousand Things: Poems 1980-19901990 38 Reviews-- Zone Journals 1987-1990 38 Royalties & Honorariums ca. 1977-1997 38 Slides of Artwork by David Freed and Ferrara, Italy 1985, n.d. 38 Student Papers re Wright's Work ca. 1976-1997 38 Translation of The Other Side of the Riverby Charles Wright into Italian by Gaetano Prampolini 1998 38 Translations of the Poetry of Charles Wright into Italian & German 1991-1995, n.d. 38 Virginia Writers of Distinctions: Charles Wright "Notes to Help in the Study of Charles Wright and Chickamauga" [ca. 1997] 38 Recording of Charles Wright, mailed to him by Professor Janet E. Dunleavy, Department of English, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee 1973 Nov 2 Audiotape 0001 Reel-to-reel tape recording Interview of Charles Wright at Oberlin College; an edited transcript of the interview was printed in Field, no. 17, and in 1976 Nov Audiocassette 0017 no. 1 & no. 2 Cassette tape recording

Part One covers from page 59-74 in HalflifePart Two covers from page 74-88 in Halflife

 Interview of Charles Wright by Robert Peters at the University of California at Irvine, discussing China Traceas the completion of his trilogy of poem books 1978 Feb 2 Audiocassette 0017 no. 3 Cassette tape recording Poetry Reading by Charles Wright at the Poetry Center, SFSU, including "Homage to Paul Cezanne" and discussing and reading from China Trace1980 Apr 16 Audiocassette 0017 no. 4 Cassette tape recording Watershed Tapes Recording of Charles Wright Poetry, Side One 32:00 Minutes, Side Two 31:37 Minutes "Approval Copy" 1985 Audiocassette 0017 no. 5 Cassette tape recording Identification Pin of Charles Penzel Wright, Sr., an engineer at the United States Tennessee Valley Authority Pickwick Dam, No. 11 ca. 1935 Mini-Tray 45 Identification Pin of Charles Penzel Wright, Jr., for the the Port Townsend Writers Conference 1984 Mini-Tray 45 Three Wood Blocks, with the letters X, Y, and Z n.d. Mini-Tray 45 "Berkeley 1962" Study for Charles and Holly from Carlo [1962] OS Box P-24 Photograph of Charles Wright by Gerard Malanga 1975 OS Box P-24 Pen & Ink Drawing, "Pilgrims (After Michaux)" by Charles Seluzicki for Charles Wright 1982 Dec 17 OS Box P-24 Four Calendars illustrated by [Elio Schneeman] 1994-1997 OS Box P-24 Artist's Proof "My Right Hand Aches For You" by R. Fredrikhelson 1987 Oct OS Box P-24 Reprint of "Walking in the Mad Space" by Elio Schneeman 1998 May 16 OS Box P-24 Photograph of Charles and Luke Wright n.d. OS Box P-24 Photograph of Charles Wright n.d. OS Box P-24 Prints of Charles Wright, Philip Levine, and unidentified by David Freed n.d. OS Box P-24 Five Prints, "Like the Old Songs," "As Love Is . . .," "The Red Clay Below Him," "That Stalk," and "Are You Here?" n.d. OS Box P-24 Newsclippings re Charles Wright and the winning of the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize 1993 OS Box P-24 Dust Jackets for Appalachia, Bloodlines, Chickamauga, The Grave of the Right Hand, The Other Side of the River, and The World of the Ten Thousand Things Poems 1980-1990ca. 1970-1998 OS Box M-22 Genealogical Chart for the Winter family n.d. OS Box M-22 A Rubbing of Oriental Artwork; a man is seated in a one-horse chariot and followed by a servant with an umbrella n.d. OS Tray 17