Creator: | Meltzer, David, 1937-2016 |
Title: | Meltzer mss. |
Collection No.: | LMC 1837 |
Dates: | 1954-1974 |
Quantity: | Quantity: 3041 Items |
Abstract: | The Meltzer mss., 1954-1974, consists of the correspondence and writings of Lionel David Meltzer, 1937- , poet. |
Location: | ALF (Auxiliary Library Facility); Wells - Map Case |
Language: | Materials are in English . |
Repository: | Lilly Library 1200 E. Seventh St. Bloomington, Indiana 47405-5500 Business Number: 812-855-2452 liblilly@indiana.edu URL: https://libraries.indiana.edu/lilly-library |
Lionel David Meltzer, 1937- , is an American poet and musician. He is considered one of the key poets of the Beat Generation in San Fransisco.
Included are texts and galleys for the biennial periodical of writings by Jewish authors, Tree: 1 -4, edited by Meltzer. Drawings and pictures, financial statements, miscellaneous items, and a folder of printed pieces complete the collection.
The collection has been partially indexed at the item level in the manuscripts index of the Lilly Library. A list of index entries is available at the end of the finding aid.
Note on Indexing Term - "Art": Of particular interest are several letters which have ink drawings appended and notebooks with drawings included as well as other drawings and art work for Meltzer's poetry.
The collection is arranged into four series: Correspondence; Writings; Writings by others; and Miscellaneous.
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Meltzer mss., Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.
Acquired: 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1976
Scope and Contents: This series includes the writings of David Meltzer, arranged in alphabetical order by title or first line as designated by the author. Some effort has been made to cross reference variant titles of essentially the same work, but it is by no means complete. Portions of stories, collections of poems, or no other works in revised form may be located under more than one title.
General: illus. By John Brandi. Incl. Typescript and water colors. July 1970; photocopy of typescript draft
General: Carbon typescript; carbon typescripts of The Agent How Many Blocks [novels]. 1967-68. In back binder.
General: Typescript with autograph corrections. Apr. 4, 1972. 2 leaves
General: Typescript. 10 leaves
General: Several drafts, typescript. June-July, 1974. 83 leaves
General: 2 drafts, typescript. 2 leaves
General: 4 drafts, typescripts and photocopy of final typescript. 1972
General: 2 drafts, 11 leaves and 14 leaves, typescripts
General: Typescript, 1972. approx. 370 leaves, photocopy copy; 2 drafts of tape transcript; galley proofs
General: proofs
General: Typescript draft. 12 leaves
General: Typescript of final draft, 1974. 23 leaves
General: 2 drafts, typescript. In blue binder. Oct. 12, 1952
General: Several drafts, typescripts. 35 leaves
General: Carbon typescript, 175 leaves; typescript outline
General: Carbon typescript, 168 leaves
General: Carbon typescript, 183 leaves; notecards
General: Carbon typescript, 185 leaves; autograph notes on scratch paper, 6 leaves
General: Typescript, 118 leaves; typescript and carbon of partial revision each 14 leaves (Also titled Paula.)
General: Several drafts, typescripts. 6P
General: Typescript of poems in brown binder, 79 leaves; anonymous criticism of The Individualist on notepaper, 1 leaf. 1950-51
General: Several drafts, typescripts, Sept. 2, 1973
General: Several drafts, carbon typescripts. March 1971
General: Typescript, 26 leaves. May 26, 1955
General: Typescript drafts for poems that later appeared in Dark Continent; approx. 120 leaves
General: Incl. 2 sets of galleys (1st galleys and authors copy); page proofs; carbon of final typescript; carbon typescript of some 1st draft material; proof of cover print; sample proof of title page; sample proof of cover
General: Several carbon typescript drafts of parts of Dark Continent. 1967
General: Typescript drafts. June 30, 1971
General: 2 drafts, typescript
General: 2 drafts, carbon typescripts. (See also Green Atom )
General: Carbon typescripts, 171 leaves
General: Several drafts of a fragment of the first chapter, 9 Leaves
General: Several drafts of a proposed but unfinished cookbook review, typescript
General: Several drafts, typescript and carbon typescript. 1970
General: See Saga
General: Typescript draft, 2 leaves
General: 2 drafts, typescript. Also contains typescript drafts of material for Dark Continent
General: Several drafts - typescript, carbon typescript and photocopy; page proofs. 1970-1973
General: Several drafts of Books 1 and 2, typescript
General: Typescript and photocopy of typescript for Book 1 and part of Book 2
General: Typescript; reader's report
General: Typescript. Includes VAV, Tree, Face, Lights, Cracks
General: 2 drafts, typescript; proofs of From a Midrash (title change) as published in Tens; selected poems 1961-1971
General: Typescript drafts, 4 leaves
General: Typescript draft, 2 leaves
General: Typescript, June-July, 1956. 38 leaves
General: Typescript drafts
General: Early drafts, typescript. Aug. 1965. 33 leaves
General: Several typescript; carbon transcript and photocopy of typescript drafts; photopcopy of drawings. 1969
General: Carbon of final transcript
General: Proof of cover for Hero
General: Carbon typescript of Lil (illustrated); sheet of deletions to be made from typescript; galleys for
General: Typescript, 12 leaves
General: Typescript, May 1965. 20 leaves
General: Typescript, 9 leaves
General: Photocopy of heavily corrected typescript, 36 leaves; typescript of later draft, 28 leaves. Oct. 4, 1973
General: galley proofs; typescript of 1st complete draft; carbon typescript of 15 letters between Meltzer and U. Grant Roman or Jim Roman, Sept. 21, 1962 to Apr. 13, 1963
General: Carbon typescript of 1st draft. 5 leaves
General: Typescript of early drafts; typescript of final 1st draft; typescript of late (final?) draft
General: Typescript and autograph preliminary notes, 120 leaves
General: Typescripts, carbon typescripts and autograph translations by Hirschman
General: Photocopies of texts to be used in anthology
General: Galleys: 2 copies of 1st set, one corrected; carbon of final typescript; artwork
General: Typescript of 1st draft, 13 leaves. Dec. 22, 1955; 1 miscellaneous sheet, apparently unrelated
General: By Meltzer and Michael McClure. Carbon typescript, 2 leaves
General: Early drafts, carbon typescript and photocopy
General: Typescript of early drafts; carbon typescript From: Lil , 10 leaves; carbon typescript of final revisions, 5 leaves
General: 3 drafts, typescript, 2 with autograph revisions. March 1969
General: Typescript. 2 leaves
General: [Unpublished partial of erotic novel]. Carbon typescript. 33 leaves
General: Several drafts, typescripts; autograph notes; research correspondence. ca 1969-1970
General: Typescript, 12 leaves
General: 3 drafts, typescript
General: 2 drafts, typescript, one with autograph corrections
General: Typescript, 12 leaves; rejection notice
General: Carbon typescript, 179 leaves; outline, 2 leaves
General: Typescript, 6 leaves
General: Typescript, 9 leaves; reader's report
General: Typescript, 12 leaves
General: Carbon typescript in blue binder. Oct. 1951-June 1952
General: Typescript, 11 leaves
General: 3 drafts, typescript
General: Carbon typescript, 2 leaves
General: Typescript, 91 leaves; typescript and autograph notes, 29 leaves; outline. ca 1954
General: 2 drafts of Book I, typescript; draft of Book II, typescript. ca. 1960
General: Typescript with autograph corrections. 21 leaves
General: Typescript. 1 leave
General: Typescript with autograph corrections. ca. 1970
General: Typescript. Mar. 12, 1970. 2 leaves
General: Typescript of notes for a projected essay
General: Incomplete draft of television play, typescript
General: Typescript. June 12, 1955
General: See Carla
General: Typescript with autograph corrections. May 5, 1958. 31 leaves
General: 6 drafts, typescript. 7 leaves
General: Typescript drafts. 13 leaves
General: Typescript drafts. ca. 1968-1969
General: Typescripts of most Meltzer poems published in Poems by David Meltzer and Donald Schenker, 1957
General: Typescripts in tan binder. 40 leaves
General: Typescripts in white binder. ca. 125 leaves
General: Typescripts in orange binder. ca. 125 leaves
General: Typescripts in red binder. ca. 100 leaves
General: 5 drafts, typescript , of p. 10 of introduction
General: Typescript. Sept. 1959. 11 leaves
General: Notes and typescript drafts of poems. ca. 200 leaves (2 folders)
General: Typescript drafts of short stories and essays in grey binder. ca. 130 leaves
General: Typescripts in tan binder. Jan. 13-16, 1959
General: 3 drafts, typescript. 18 leaves
General: 3 leaves
General: Typescript in brown binder. Aug.-Sept. 1955. 329 leaves
General: 2 drafts, typescript; bibliography. Feb. 22, 1975
General: Typescript drafts. 5 leaves
General: Typescript of beginning. Sept. 12, 1954. 42 leaves. [s.fr. Epic]
General: Typescript. 7 leaves
General: Typescript drafts in tan binder
General: Typescript drafts in black binder
General: Typescript. 7 leaves
General: Typescript and autograph drafts of songs for Sperent Power
General: Carbon typescript drafts. 9 leaves
General: Autograph notes for sound track. 1 leave
General: Typescript. 2 leaves (appears to lack p. 15, 18)
General: Several drafts, typescript and carbon. ca. 1971. (Also titled: Well-Fair Stage)
General: Typescript. July-Aug. 1955
General: Typescript and carbon drafts
General: 2 incomplete drafts, carbon typescript. (Some of the material later appeared in Yesod)
General: Carbon typescript. Oct. 11, 1952. 70 leaves
General: Autograph draft. 1 leave
General: Carbon typescript. 4 leaves
General: Typescript. 7 leaves
General: Several drafts, typescript. ca. 1972
General: Carbon typescript in blue binder. Jan 28-Sept. 5, 1953. 130p.
General: Incomplete draft, typescript. May 12, 1955. 7 leaves
General: Typescript. 7 leaves
General: Carbon typescript. 1971. 2 leaves
General: See State Grant
General: Typescript. 9 leaves
General: 3 typescript drafts and excerpts from drafts. ca. 1955
General: See also: Ten Lost Books and Ten Lost Prophets
General: Carbon typescript of poem and commentary.
General: 24 volumes containing poetry, trip notes, drawings, etc.
General: Typescript, 16 leaves
General: Typescript draft, 74 leaves; galleys, 21 leaves
General: Xerox of ms.; Xerox of galleys, corrected; page proofs; sample cover. 88 leaves
General: Xerox of page proofs, corrected; ms.; photocopy and typescript; paste-up. 50 leaves
General: Ms.; Xerox of galleys; graphics; page proof; sample cover. 113 leaves
General: Ms.; 2 sets of galleys, corrected. 94 leaves
General: Xerox of ms., 105 leaves; 2 xeroxes of paste-up, corrected, 9 leaves; 2 paste-ups 187 leaves.; page proof, 99 leaves (4 folders)
General: 2 Xeroxes of ms,. 34 leaves graphics; page proof, 6 leaves
General: Cover designs; ms,. 27 leaves; 2 sets of galley proof, 9 leaves each
General: Xerox of ms., 16 leaves
General: Xerox of ms., 21 leaves; galleys, 9 leaves; graphics
General: Photocopy of ms., 9 leaves [unpublished?]
General: Trans. By Jack Hirschman. Xerox of ms., 8 leaves
General: Trans. By Alexander Altman and Jack Hirschman. 1974. Xerox and holograph, 26 leaves
Physical Description: (3 folders)
Scope and Contents: (All are poems unless otherwise identified)
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