Biographical Note
Stephen Kessler (b. 1947) is a poet, translator, essayist and editor. He is the author of eight books and chapbooks of original poetry, including Burning Daylight (2009); and fourteen books of literary translation, including Desolation of the Chimera: Last Poems by Luis Cernuda (2009). His essays and articles have appeared in dozens of periodicals; since 1999 he has been the editor of The Redwood Coast Review . His translations include works by Pablo Neruda, Vicente Aleixandre, Julio Cortazar, Mahmoud Darwish, Raymond Queneau, and Ernesto Cardenal, among others. He has received a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship and a Lambda Literary Award for his translation of Written in Water: The Prose Poems of Luis Cernuda . His translations of Cernuda have also been recognized with the Harold Morton Landon Translation Award (2010) for Desolation of the Chimera: Last Poems by Luis Cernuda and the PEN Center USA Translation Awards (2016) for Forbidden Pleasures: New Selected Poems 1924-1949 by Luis Cernuda. His translation Save Twilight: Selected Poems by Julio Cortázar won the Northern California Book Award (2017).
Scope and Content Note
The collection consists primarily of manuscripts, drafts, correspondence and other material reflecting the creative life of Stephen Kessler (b. 1947).
Arrangement
This collection is arranged following original order.
Restrictions
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Indexed Terms
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Persons
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Subjects
- Kessler, Stephen, 1947- --Correspondence
- Kessler, Stephen, 1947- --Translations
- Literature--translating
- Poets, American
- Spanish poetry--Translations into English
Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
[Item], Kessler mss., Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.
Acquisition Information
Acquired: 2008-2009
Collection Inventory
Box 1
Greenwood. Into the Center of America and letters
Box 1
Misc. printed items - broadsides, announcements, programs
Box 1
Notes on contributors. Alcaraz 2.
Box 1
Coleman, Wanda
General: (2 folders)
Box 3
Alegria, Fernando. Changing Centuries: Selected Poems of Fernando Alegria.
Box 3
Alegria, Fernando. The Funhouse.
Box 3
Alegria, Fernando. War Chorale
Box 3
Borges, Jorge Luis. Selected poems, translations, and business.
Box 3
Cernuda, Luis. Written in Water. Promotional business.
Box 3
Cernuda, Luis. Written in Water. Drafts.
General: (4 folders)
Box 3
Cernuda Luis. Desolation.... Proofs.
General: (3 folders)
Box 3
Cernuda, Luis. Desolation.... Final.
General: (2 folders)
Box 4
Cernuda, Luis. Desolation.... Drafts.
General: (5 folders)
Box 4
Cortazar. Save Twilight. Correspondence. Aurora Bernardez and Jorgellina Corbatta.
Box 4
Cortazar. Save Twilight. Neruda. Heights of Macha Picchu.
Box 4
Cortazar. Save Twilight. Outtakes/drafts.
Box 4
Cortazar. Save Twilight. Corrections.
Box 4
Cortazar. Save Twilight. Semifinal draft.
Box 4
Cortazar. Save Twilight. Master draft.
Box 4
Darwish, Mahmoud. From Beirut.
Box 4
Dorfman, Ariel. Putamadre.
Box 5
Herrera, Juan Felipe. Akrilica.
General: (8 folders)
Box 5
Kirsch, Sarah. Poems. Jack Hirschman.
Box 5
Neruda, Pablo. Joaquin Murieta.
Box 5
Neruda, Pablo. Ode to Typography.
Box 5
The Essential Neruda. Drafts and correspondence.
Box 5
Queneau, Raymond. Eyewaters. Drafts.
Box 5
Queneau, Raymond. Eyeseas. Business.
Box 5
Stock, Doreen. Transitional Object.
Box 5
Vallejo, Ceasar. Aphorisms.
Box 5
Winnick, Doreen. The Man I Loved on the Island.
Box 6
Kessler, Stephen. Living Expenses.
Box 6
Kessler, Stephen. Lost in the Future.
Box 6
Kessler, Stephen. Nostalgia of the Fortuneteller.
Box 6
Kessler, Stephen. Stress Supplement.
Box 6
Kessler, Stephen. Poems. , 1966-1969
Box 6
Kessler, Stephen. Poems. , 1970-1971
Box 6
Kessler, Stephen. Early unpublished poetry collection , (1972)
Box 6
Kessler, Stephen. Poems. , 1972-1973
Box 6
Kessler, Stephen. Poems. , (1974-1975?)
Box 6
Kessler, Stephen. A Study in the Novels of Saul Bellow.
Box 6
Miscellaneous Poems. , 1960s-1970s
General: (2 folders).
Box 7
Miscellaneous poems and drafts. , 1980s-1990s.
Box 7
Miscellaneous drafts - mostly poems. , 1990s.
Box 7
Business correspondence re: Asis (eventually After Modigliani ).
Box 7
Afer Modigliani. Original mss.
Box 7
After Modigliani and Tell It to the Rabbis. Rough cuts and original typescripts.
Box 7
Writing Business. , 1990-1991
Box 7
Writing Business. , 1994-1995
Box 7
Miscellaneous Literature Business. , 1996
Box 7
Miscellaneous Literature Business. , 1997
Box 7
Miscellaneous Literature Business. , 1998
Box 8
Miscellaneous Literature Business. , 1999
Box 8
Miscellaneous Literature Business. , 2000
Box 8
Miscellaneous Literature Business. , 2001
Box 8
Audio recordings: readings, radio shows, interviews by and with Stephen Kessler.
Box 9
Kessler, Stephen. The Tolstoy of the Zulus. Drafts.
General: (5 folders)
Box 9
Borges, Jorge Luis. Sonnets. Drafts.
General: (2 folders)
Box 9
Borges, Jorge Luis. Sonnets. Final (Original).
General: (2 folders)
Box 9
Borges, Jorge Luis. Sonnets. Page Proofs.
General: (2 folders)
Box 10
Nettelback, F.A. Americruiser. Draft.
Box 10
Aleixandre, Vicente. Poems of Consummation. Draft.
Box 10
Kessler, Stephen. Scratch Pegasus. Draft.
Box 10
Kessler, Stephen. Moving Targets. Edits.
General: (2 folders)
Box 10
Kessler, Stephen. Moving Targets. Drafts.
General: (3 folders)
Box 10
Kessler, Stephen. Burning Daylight. Drafts.
General: (5 folders)
Series:
Additions , 2010-2017
box 11
Articles about Kessler , 1979-1986
box 11
Articles about Kessler , 1986-1996
box 11
Articles about Kessler , 1987-2008
Subseries:
Correspondence
box 11
A3: Contributors , 1983-1984
box 11
Promotional Business , 2000
box 11
Alcatraz , 1979-1982
Physical Description: (2 folders)
box 11
Alcatraz 2 , 1981-1984
Physical Description: (2 folders)
box 11
Alcatraz/An Assemblage , 1979-1982
box 11
Brickner, Richard P. , 1992-2006
box 11
Coleman, Wanda , 1999-2007
box 11
Cook, Carolyn , 1998-2008
box 11
Cortazar & Offerhouse: High Peru , 1994-1997
box 11
Cortazar Business , 1995-1997
Physical Description: (3 folders)
box 11
Hofstadter, Marc , 1999-2008
Physical Description: (2 folders)
box 12
Moore, Richard , 1993-2007
Physical Description: (2 folders)
box 12
Tell It to the Rabbis , 2000-2004
Physical Description: (2 folders)
box 12
The Tolstoy of the Zulus... , 2005-2006
box 12
Weisman, Steven , 1984-2006
Subseries:
Alegria, Fernando
box 12
Dialogue of the Americas , 1983
Subseries:
Aleixandre, Vicente
box 12
Poems of Consummation , 2012
box 12
First Complete Translation
Subseries:
Borges, Jorge Luis
box 12
Poems of the Night , 2009
box 12
Bottle In the Sea undated
box 12
Desolation of the Chimera , 2015
box 12
Forbidden Pleasures Annotated Typescript Draft 1 , 2015
box 12
Forbidden Pleasures Annotated Typescript Draft 2 , 2015
Physical Description: (2 folders)
box 12
Los Placeres Prohibidos Spanish Version, undated
box 12
Los Placeres Prohibidos Annotated Typescript Draft
Physical Description: (2 folders)
box 12
Reality and Desires Annotated Typescript Draft 1, undated
Physical Description: (2 folders)
box 12
Reality and Desires Annotated Typescript Draft 2, undated
Physical Description: (2 folders)
box 13
Reality and Desires Bound Draft , 2 Sept. 2013-4 Nov. 2014
box 13
Reality and Desires Last Edit Draft, undated
Physical Description: (2 folders)
box 13
Mostly Cernuda translations , 2012-2013
Subseries:
Cortazar, Julio
box 13
El Examen and Save Twilight scrapbook , 1997-2000
box 13
Save Twilight: Selected Poems drafts , 1997
Physical Description: (4 folders)
box 13
Save Twilight: Selected Poems typescript draft , 1996-1997
box 13
Fuentes Film: As Old as the World draft translation , 2010
box 13
Machu Picchu manuscript and business file , 1999-2002
box 13
Charles E. Hayes Project Tripping , 1998-1999
box 13
Gustafson, Mark, Captain Robert Bly, Ortega y Gasset... , undated
Subseries:
Kessler, Stephen
box 13
Boardwalk Odyssey , Good Times , Vol. 39, No. 17 , 2013
box 13
Burning Daylight annotated typescript draft 1 , 2006
box 13
Burning Daylight annotated typescript draft 2 , 2006
box 13
Burning Daylight annotated typescript draft 3 , 2006
box 13
Independent Coast Observer , 1997
box 13
Independent Coast Observer , 1998
box 13
Independent Coast Observer , 1999
box 13
Independent Coast Observer , 2000
box 13
Independent Coast Observer , 2001
box 13
Independent Coast Observer , 2002
box 13
Independent Coast Observer , 2003
box 13
Independent Coast Observer , 2004
box 13
Independent Coast Observer , 2005
box 13
Independent Coast Observer , 2006
box 13
Jack's Last Words , This Is Important , 1997
box 13
Lost In the Future , This Is Important , 1980
box 14
The Mental Traveler original draft , 2002
Physical Description: (2 folders)
box 14
The Mental Traveler drafts , 2002
Physical Description: (4 folders)
box 14
Need I Say More? , 1982-2014
Physical Description: (3 folders)
box 14
Need I Say More? annotated typescript draft, p. 1-353
Physical Description: (2 folders)
box 14
Need I Say More? annotated typescript draft 1
Physical Description: (3 folders)
box 14
Need I Say More? annotated typescript draft - final corrections
Physical Description: (2 folders)
box 15
Need I Say More? annotated typescript draft - SK corrections
box 15
Nostalgia of the Fortuneteller , 1975
box 15
Scratch Pegasus early version , 2010
box 15
Scratch Pegasus typescript draft 1 , 2010
box 15
Scratch Pegasus typescript draft 2 , 2010
box 15
So Long, Mr. Chips: Democracy, Elitism, and the Arts , annotated typescript draft, undated
box 15
Stress Supplement: 47 Poems unpublished manuscript , 1980s
box 15
A Timeless Contemporary annotated typescript draft, undated
box 15
Where was I? page proofs and printed final , 2015
box 15
Sharpio, Daniel, "Review of Poems of Consummation , American Book Review , Vol. 34, no. 5 , 2013
box 15
Mendocino County Outlook undated
box 15
Mendocino County Outlook , 2 April-16 April 1993
box 15
Mendocino County Outlook Issue 20 , 30 April-May 30 1993
box 15
Mendocino County Outlook Issue 21 , 14 May-27 May 1993
box 15
Mendocino County Outlook Issue 26 , Sept. 1993
box 15
Mendocino County Outlook Issue 27 , Oct. 1993
box 15
Mendocino County Outlook Issue 29 , Dec. 1993
box 15
Mendocino County Outlook Issue 30 , Jan. 1994
box 15
Mendocino County Outlook Issue 31 , Feb. 1994
box 15
Mendocino County Outlook Issue 32 , Mar. 1994
box 15
Mendocino County Outlook Issue 33 , Apr. 1994
box 15
Mendocino County Outlook , May 1994
box 15
Mendocino County Outlook , June 1994
box 15
Mendocino County Outlook , July 1994
box 15
Mendocino County Outlook , Aug. 1994
box 15
Mendocino County Outlook , Oct. 1994
box 15
Mendocino County Outlook , Nov. 1994
box 15
Mendocino County Outlook , Dec. 1994
box 15
Mendocino County Outlook , Aug. 1996
box 15
The New York Times Book Review , 2005
box 15
OR: A Literary Tabloid Issue 9 , 2012
box 15
OR: A Literary Tabloid Issue 10 , 2013
box 15
OR: A Literary Tabloid Issue 11 , 2013
box 15
OR: A Literary Tabloid Issue 12 , 2014
box 15
Poetry Flash page proofs, undated
box 15
Poetry Flash page proofs, No. 153 , Dec. 1985
box 15
Poetry Flash page proofs, No. 233 , Aug. 1992
box 15
Poetry Flash page proofs, No. 238 , Jan. 1993
box 15
Poetry Flash page proofs, No. 252 , May 1994
box 15
Poetry Flash page proofs, No. 259 , Mar. 1995
box 15
Poetry Flash page proofs, No. 271 , Feb.-Mar. 1997
box 15
Poetry Flash page proofs, No. 272 , Jun.-Jul. 1997
box 15
Poetry Flash page proofs , Jan.-Feb. 1998
box 15
Poetry Flash page proofs, No. 286 , Sept.-Oct. 2000
box 15
Poetry Flash page proofs, No. 289 , Jan.-Mar. 2002
box 15
Poetry Flash page proofs, No. 291 , Summer 2003
box 15
Poetry Flash page proofs , Winter/Spring 2006
box 15
Poetry Flash page proofs , Fall 2007/Winter 2008
box 15
The Redwood Coast Review page proofs , Fall 1999
box 15
The Redwood Coast Review page proofs, Vol. 1, No. 1 , Winter 1999
box 15
The Redwood Coast Review page proofs, Vol. 2, No. 1 , Winter 2000
box 15
The Redwood Coast Review page proofs, Vol. 2, No. 4 , Fall 2000
box 15
The Redwood Coast Review page proofs, Vol. 3, No. 2 , Spring 2001
box 15
The Redwood Coast Review page proofs, Vol. 4, No. 1 , Winter 2001
box 15
The Redwood Coast Review page proofs, Vol. 4, No. 2 , Spring 2002
box 15
The Redwood Coast Review page proofs, Vol. 4, No. 3 , Summer 2002
box 15
The Redwood Coast Review page proofs, Vol. 4, No. 4 , Fall 2002
box 15
The Redwood Coast Review page proofs, Vol. 5, No. 1 , Winter 2003
box 15
The Redwood Coast Review page proofs, Vol. 5, No. 2 , Spring 2003
box 15
The Redwood Coast Review page proofs, Vol. 5, No. 3 , Summer 2003
box 16
The Redwood Coast Review page proofs, Vol. 5, No. 4 , Fall 2003
box 16
The Redwood Coast Review page proofs, Vol. 6, No. 1 , Winter 2004
box 16
The Redwood Coast Review page proofs, Vol. 6, No. 2 , Spring 2004
box 16
The Redwood Coast Review page proofs, Vol. 6, No. 3 , Summer 2004
box 16
The Redwood Coast Review page proofs, Vol. 6, No. 4 , Fall 2004
box 16
The Redwood Coast Review page proofs, Vol. 7, No. 1 , Winter 2005
box 16
The Redwood Coast Review page proofs, Vol. 7, No. 2 , Spring 2005
box 16
The Redwood Coast Review page proofs, Vol. 7, No. 3 , Summer 2005
box 16
The Redwood Coast Review page proofs, Vol. 7, No. 4 , Fall 2005
box 16
The Redwood Coast Review page proofs, Vol. 8, No. 1 , Winter 2006
box 16
The Redwood Coast Review page proofs, Vol. 8, No. 2 , Spring 2006
box 16
The Redwood Coast Review page proofs, Vol. 8, No. 3 , Summer 2006
box 16
The Redwood Coast Review page proofs, Vol. 8, No. 4 , Fall 2006
box 16
The Redwood Coast Review page proofs, Vol. 9, No. 1 , Winter 2007
box 16
The Redwood Coast Review page proofs, Vol. 9, No. 2 , Spring 2007
box 16
The Redwood Coast Review page proofs, Vol. 9, No. 3 , Summer 2007
box 16
The Redwood Coast Review page proofs, Vol. 9, No. 4 , Fall 2007
box 16
The Redwood Coast Review page proofs, Vol. 10, No. 1 , Winter 2008
box 16
The Redwood Coast Review page proofs, Vol. 10, No. 2 , Spring 2008
box 16
The Redwood Coast Review page proofs, Vol. 10, No. 3 , Summer 2008
box 16
The Redwood Coast Review page proofs, Vol. 10, No. 4 , Fall 2008
box 16
The Redwood Coast Review page proofs, Vol. 11, No. 1 , Winter 2009
box 16
The Redwood Coast Review page proofs, Vol. 11, No. 2 , Spring 2009
box 16
The Redwood Coast Review page proofs, Vol. 11, No. 3 , Summer 2009
box 16
The Redwood Coast Review page proofs, Vol. 11, No. 4 , Fall 2009
box 17
The Redwood Coast Review page proofs, Vol. 12, No. 1 , Winter 2010
box 17
The Redwood Coast Review page proofs, Vol. 12, No. 2 , Spring 2010
box 17
The Redwood Coast Review page proofs, Vol. 12, No. 3 , Summer 2010
box 17
The Redwood Coast Review page proofs, Vol. 12, No. 4 , Fall 2010
box 17
The Redwood Coast Review page proofs, Vol. 13, No. 1 , Winter 2011
box 17
The Redwood Coast Review page proofs, Vol. 13, No. 2 , Spring 2011
box 17
The Redwood Coast Review page proofs, Vol. 13, No. 3 , Summer 2011
box 17
The Redwood Coast Review page proofs, Vol. 13, No. 4 , Fall 2011
box 17
The Redwood Coast Review page proofs, Vol. 14, No. 1 , Winter 2012
box 17
The Redwood Coast Review page proofs, Vol. 14, No. 2 , Spring 2012
box 17
The Redwood Coast Review page proofs, Vol. 14, No. 3 , Summer 2012
box 17
The Redwood Coast Review page proofs, Vol. 14, No. 4 , Fall 2012
box 17
The Redwood Coast Review page proofs, Vol. 15, No. 1 , Winter 2013
box 17
The Redwood Coast Review page proofs, Vol. 15, No. 2 , Spring 2013
box 17
The Redwood Coast Review page proofs, Vol. 15, No. 3 , Summer 2013
box 17
The Redwood Coast Review page proofs, Vol. 15, No. 4 , Fall 2013
box 17
The Redwood Coast Review page proofs, Vol. 16, No. 1 , Winter 2014
box 17
The Redwood Coast Review page proofs, Vol. 16, No. 2 , Spring 2014
box 17
The Redwood Coast Review page proofs, Vol. 16, No. 3 , Summer 2014
box 17
The Redwood Coast Review page proofs, Vol. 16, No. 4 , Fall 2014
box 17
Santa Cruz Sentinel: Opinion , 2013
box 17
Santa Cruz Sentinel: Opinion , 2014
box 17
Santa Cruz Sentinel: Opinion , 2015
box 18
Aleixandre, Vicente Poems of Consummation business files
box 18
Aleixandre, Vicente Poems of Consummation typescript
Physical Description: (2 folders)
box 18
Borges, Jorge Luis Sonnets business files
box 18
Cernuda, Luis Desolacion de la Quimera business files
box 18
Cernuda, Luis Forbidden Pleasures corrected page proofs
box 18
Cernuda, Luis Forbidden Pleasures corrected page proofs (round 2)
box 18
Cernuda, Luis Forbidden Pleasures bound typescript
box 18
Cernuda, Luis New Selected... business files
box 18
Cernuda, Luis, "Poems (Ocnos)"
box 18
Cernuda, Luis Written in Water business files
box 18
Cortazar, Julio Save Twilight "new edit"
box 18
Cortazar, Julio Save Twilight review
box 18
Darweesh, Mahmoud, "From Beirut"
box 18
Gaspar, Lorand The House by the Sea
box 18
Manea, Norman, "To Ernesto Sabato"
box 18
Queneau, Raymond Les Ziaux
Physical Description: (2 folders)
box 18
Specter of Freedom business files
box 18
Specter of Freedom typescript
box 18
After Modigliani business files
box 18
Tell It to the Rabbis and Other Poems , outtakes; Burning Daylight , cuts
box 19
Burning Daylight business files
box 19
Burning Daylight "subscribers"
box 19
Moving Targets business files
box 19
Moving Targets , orders; The Tolstoy of the Zulus , letters
box 19
The Tolstoy of the Zulus business files
box 19
The Tolstoy of the Zulus final manuscript and page proofs
box 19
The Mental Traveler "post-publication clips, letters, orders, etc."
box 19
The Mental Traveler promotion/PR and post "Creative Arts"
box 19
The Mental Traveler "Creative Arts" business
box 19
The Mental Traveler typescript
box 19
The Mental Traveler unrevised typescript
Physical Description: (2 folders)
box 19
The Mental Traveler page proofs
Physical Description: (2 folders)
box 19
Scratch Pegasus outtakes , 2006-2010
box 19
Scratch Pegasus business files and correspondence
box 20
Need I Say More? business files
box 20
Need I Say More? page proofs
box 20
Where Was I? semi-final/rough draft
box 20
Where Was I? responses, outtakes, and business files
box 20
Where Was I? review in "Rain Taxi"
box 20
Garage Elegies "various drafts and proofs"
box 20
Garage Elegies "next-to-last draft"
box 20
Garage Elegies "ms. in progress"
box 20
Santa Cruz Sentinel , 2015
box 20
Santa Cruz Sentinel , 2016
box 20
Santa Cruz Sentinel , 2017
Physical Description: (2 folders)
box 20
Santa Cruz Sentinel , 2018
box 20
Essays and articles , 1990-1993
box 20
Essays and articles , 1994-1996
box 20
Essays and articles , 1997-1998
box 20
Essays and articles , 1999-2000
box 20
Miscellaneous drafts - prose (essays)
box 21
"Year of the Rat," poem by Kessler with print by his wife
box 21
Maps to the Stars Homes typescript (unpublished?)
box 21
Miscellaneous literary business , 2002-2003
box 21
Miscellaneous literary business , 2004
box 21
Miscellaneous literary business , 2005
box 21
Miscellaneous literary business , 2006
Subseries:
Correspondence
box 21
Boffey, Peter
Physical Description: (2 folders)
box 21
Coleman, Wanda , 2007-2013
box 21
Elgrably, Jordan
Physical Description: (3 folders)
box 21
Foster, Sesshu
Physical Description: (Folder 1)
box 22
Foster, Sesshu
Physical Description: (Folders 2-3)
box 22
Fruchter, Barry , 2009-2013
box 22
Fruchter, Barry , 2014-2015
box 22
Harms, Norman
Physical Description: (6 folders)
box 22
Kadetsky, Elizabeth
Physical Description: (4 folders)
box 22
Moore, Richard O. , 2008-2015
box 22
Matthews, Joseph
Physical Description: (Folder 1)
box 23
Matthews, Joseph
Physical Description: (Folders 2-5)
box 23
Redwood Coast Review "Antler" letters/poems
box 23
Redwood Coast Review R. O. Moore
box 23
Redwood Coast Review editorial correspondence , 1999-2004
box 23
Redwood Coast Review editorial correspondence , 2005-2012
box 23
Redwood Coast Review letters , 2013-2014
box 23
Redwood Coast Review writers correspondence
box 23
Sumrall, Amber
Physical Description: (3 folders)
box 23
Tipton, Carolyn , 2002-2007
box 23
Tipton, Carolyn , 2007-2015
Physical Description: (Folder 1)
box 24
Tipton, Carolyn , 2007-2015
Physical Description: (Folders 2-3)
box 24
Wills, Rich, "Kuumbwa Jazz Center Origins"
Subseries:
Walter Martin Files
box 24
Writings and correspondence , 2009-2012
box 24
Writings and correspondence , 2012-
box 24
Writings and correspondence , 2012-2013
box 24
Writings and correspondence , 2014-2015
box 24
Writings and correspondence , 2015-
Physical Description: (2 folders)
box 24
Writings and correspondence , 2016
Physical Description: (3 folders)
box 24
The Dust Behind the Door typescript
box 24
"Miscellaneous classical knockoffs"
Box 25
Photobroadside "Tor House Carmel" created for the premier issue of "Catalan"
Box 26
"Redwood Coast review, 2009-2014", bound volume
Series:
Additions , 2023
Quantity: 15 Boxes
Box 28
Box 29
Box 30
Box 31
Subseries:
Correspondences , 1956-2022
Quantity: 4 Boxes
Box 28
folder 1-13
Alcatraz 3 Correspondence , 1980-1986
Quantity: 13.0 folder(s)
Box 28
folder 14-23
Alcatraz Correspondence , 1985-1986
Quantity: 10.0 folder(s)
Box 28
folder 24-26
Boffey, Peter Correspondence , 1970-1989
Quantity: 3.0 folder(s)
Box 28
folder 27
Boffey, Peter Correspondence , 1993
Box 28
folder 28
Boffey, Peter Correspondence , 1994
Box 28
folder 29
Boffey, Peter Correspondence , 1996
Box 28
folder 30-31
Boffey, Peter Correspondence , 1997
Quantity: 2.0 folder(s)
Box 28
folder 32
Boffey, Peter Correspondence , 1998
Box 28
folder 33
Boffey, Peter Correspondence , 1999
Box 28
folder 34
Boffey, Peter Correspondence , 2000
Box 28
folder 35
Boffey, Peter Correspondence , 2001
Box 28
folder 36
Boffey, Peter Correspondence
Box 28
folder 37
Boffey, Peter Correspondence , December 25, 2002
Box 28
folder 38
Boffey, Peter Correspondence , 2005-2006
Box 28
folder 39
Boffey, Peter Correspondence , 2007-2008
Box 28
folder 40
Boffey, Peter Correspondence , 2009
Box 28
folder 41
Boffey, Peter Correspondence , 2010-2012
Box 28
folder 42
Boffey, Peter Correspondence , 2013-2014
Box 28
folder 43
Boffey, Peter Correspondence , 2015-2016
Box 28
folder 44-45
Baranda, María Correspondence , undated
Quantity: 2.0 folder(s)
Box 28
folder 46-49
Bradner, Kay Correspondence , 2020
Quantity: 4.0 folder(s)
Box 28
folder 50-57
Bradner, Kay Correspondence , undated
Quantity: 8.0 folder(s)
Box 28
folder 58-66
Fruchter, Barry Correspondence , 2019
Quantity: 9.0 folder(s)
Box 29
folder 67-79
Fruchter, Barry Correspondence , 2020
Quantity: 13.0 folder(s)
Box 29
folder 80-86
Fruchter, Barry Correspondence , 2021
Quantity: 7.0 folder(s)
Box 29
folder 87-103
Hofstadter, Marc Correspondence , 2007-2019
Quantity: 17.0 folder(s)
Box 29
folder 104-117
Martin, Walter Correspondence , 2019
Quantity: 14.0 folder(s)
Box 29
folder 118-128
Martin, Walter Correspondence , 2020
Quantity: 11.0 folder(s)
Box 29
folder 129-140
Martin, Walter Correspondence , 2020
Quantity: 12.0 folder(s)
Box 30
folder 141-151
Martin, Walter Correspondence , 2021
Quantity: 11.0 folder(s)
Box 30
folder 152-163
Martin, Walter Correspondence , 2022
Quantity: 12.0 folder(s)
Box 30
folder 164-172
Misc. Correspondence , 2017-2019
Quantity: 9.0 folder(s)
Box 30
folder 173
Misc. Writer Friend Letters , 1956
Box 30
folder 174
Misc. Writer Friend Letters , 2001
Box 30
folder 175
Misc. Writer Friend Letters , 2007
Box 30
folder 176
Misc. Writer Friend Letters , 2008
Box 30
folder 177
Misc. Writer Friend Letters , 2009
Box 30
folder 178
Misc. Writer Friend Letters , 2010
Box 30
folder 179
Misc. Writer Friend Letters , 2011
Box 30
folder 180
Misc. Writer Friend Letters , 2012
Box 30
folder 181
Misc. Writer Friend Letters , 2013
Box 30
folder 182
Misc. Writer Friend Letters , 2014
Box 30
folder 183
Misc. Writer Friend Letters , 2015
Box 30
folder 184-185
Misc. Writer Friend Letters , 2016
Quantity: 2.0 folder(s)
Box 30
folder 186
Misc. Writer Friend Letters , 2017
Box 30
folder 187
Misc. Writer Friend Letters , 2018
Box 30
folder 188-192
Misc. Writer Friend Letters , undated
Quantity: 5.0 folder(s)
Box 30
folder 193-200
Perkins, Fionna Correspondence , 1994-2009
Quantity: 8.0 folder(s)
Box 30
folder 201-203
Special Letters , 1969-1979
Quantity: 3.0 folder(s)
Box 30
folder 204-206
Special Letters , 1980-1989
Quantity: 3.0 folder(s)
Box 30
folder 207-208
Special Letters , 1990-1999
Quantity: 2.0 folder(s)
Box 30
folder 209-210
Special Letters , undated
Quantity: 2.0 folder(s)
Box 30
folder 211-212
Stephen and Joseph Correspondence , January 1968-January 1969
Quantity: 2.0 folder(s)
Box 31
folder 213-214
Stephen and Joseph Correspondence , April 1970-February 1972
Quantity: 2.0 folder(s)
Box 31
folder 215
Stephen and Joseph Correspondence , May-June 1972
Box 31
folder 216-217
Stephen and Joseph Correspondence , May 1972-December 1974
Quantity: 2.0 folder(s)
Box 31
folder 218
Stephen and Joseph Correspondence , June-July 1976
Box 31
folder 219
Stephen and Joseph Correspondence , June-August 1978
Box 31
folder 220-222
Stephen and Joseph Correspondence , October 1978-July 1982
Quantity: 3.0 folder(s)
Box 31
folder 223-224
Stephen and Joseph Correspondence , September 1982-December 1985
Quantity: 2.0 folder(s)
Box 31
folder 225
Stephen and Joseph Correspondence , December 1985-December 1988
Box 31
folder 226-228
Stephen and Joseph Correspondence , January 1990-November 1991
Quantity: 3.0 folder(s)
Box 31
folder 229-231
Stephen and Joseph Correspondence , February 1992-January 1997
Quantity: 3.0 folder(s)
Box 31
folder 232-237
Taksel, Rebecca Correspondence , 2010-2020
Quantity: 6.0 folder(s)
Box 31
folder 238
Teresa Correspondence , January 06, 1972
Box 31
folder 239
Thirty for Fifty (+ Photo) , January 12, 1997
Box 31
Box 32
Box 33
Box 34
Box 35
Box 36
Subseries:
Journals , 1966-2020
Quantity: 5.0 Boxes
Box 31
Envelope 241
August 12-August 17, 1966
Box 31
Envelope 242
August 17-September 09, 1966
Box 31
Envelope 243
September 12, 1966-February 13, 1967
Box 31
Envelope 244
February 18-July 27, 1967
Box 31
Envelope 246
August 12, 1967-January 30, 1968
Box 31
Envelope 247
January 30, 1968-December 08, 1971
Box 31
Envelope 249
February 18-December 23, 1975
Box 31
Envelope 250
February 27, 1975-December 30, 1976
Box 31
Envelope 251
January 27, 1977-March 30, 1978
Box 32
Envelope 253
November 03, 1977-October 04, 1980
Box 32
Envelope 254
November 20, 1977-November 11, 1978
Box 32
Envelope 255
April 04, 1978-February 26, 1979
Box 32
Envelope 257
October 26, 1978-March 30, 1979
Box 32
Envelope 258
November 15, 1978-December 31, 1979
Box 32
Envelope 259
May 29, 1979-April 04. 1982
Box 32
Envelope 260
Book Six , February 02, 1980-October 31, 1981
Box 32
Envelope 261
Book Nine , February 29, 1980-June 09, 1982
Box 32
Envelope 262
April 08,1982-December 20,1983
Box 32
Envelope 263
June 20-December 13, 1982
Box 32
Envelope 264
December 11, 1982-May 19, 1983
Box 32
Envelope 265
May 03, 1983-September 21, 1985
Box 32
Envelope 266
Book Seven , May 26, 1983-August 09, 1984
Box 33
Envelope 267
February 16, 1984-November 23, 1985
Box 33
Envelope 268
January 06, 1985-November 20, 1991
Box 33
Envelope 269
July 13, 1985 - June 03, 1987
Box 33
Envelope 270
January 23, 1986-October 11, 1989
Box 33
Envelope 271
July 18, 1987-December 31, 1988
Box 33
Envelope 272
February 21, 1989-April 28, 1991
Box 33
Envelope 273
November 27, 1991-June 15, 1993
Box 33
Envelope 274
April 24, 1991-April 30, 1993
Box 33
Envelope 275
February 07, 1992-April 21, 1994
Box 33
Envelope 276
June 19, 1993-March 19, 1994
Box 33
Envelope 277
"Business Notebook" , 1994-2008
Box 33
Envelope 278
October 14, 1994-October 20, 1995
Box 33
Envelope 279
April 30, 1997-December 11, 1999
Box 33
Envelope 280
October 12, 1997-December 02,1999
Box 33
Envelope 281
November 23, 1998-October 20, 2002
Box 33
Envelope 282
October 20, 1995-April 11, 1997
Box 33
Envelope 283
January 02, 2000-February 15, 2003
Box 33
Envelope 284
November 01, 2002-October 31, 2005
Box 34
Envelope 285
September 15, 2003-November 22, 2007
Box 34
Envelope 287
November 01, 2005-December 28, 2008
Box 34
Envelope 288
July 18, 2007-March 01, 2009
Box 34
Envelope 289
February 24, 2008-May 11,2009
Box 34
Envelope 290
December 29, 2008-June 01, 2012
Box 34
Envelope 291
May 12, 2009-April 28, 2012
Box 34
Envelope 293
May 20, 2012-December 08, 2013
Box 34
Envelope 294
June 26, 2012-July 21, 2013
Box 34
Envelope 295
January 22, 2013-August 10, 2013
Box 34
Envelope 296
August 10, 2013-August 14-2014
Box 34
Envelope 297
January 01, 2014-January 24, 2015
Box 34
Envelope 298
August 22, 2014-December 15, 2015
Box 34
Envelope 299
February 01, 2015-April 12, 2017
Box 34
Envelope 300
Febraury 17, 2015-January 12, 2016
Box 34
Envelope 301
November 20, 2015-January 08, 2016
Box 35
Envelope 302
December 25, 2015-September 09, 2016
Box 35
Envelope 303
January 15, 2016-June 06, 2017
Box 35
Envelope 304
September 15, 2016-August 05, 2017
Box 35
Envelope 305
August 05, 2017-August 05, 2018
Box 35
Envelope 306
April 19, 2018-May 12, 2019
Box 35
Envelope 307
July 21, 2018-March 27, 2020
Box 35
Envelope 308
August 11, 2018-July 22, 2019
Box 35
Envelope 309
May 14, 2019-April 01, 2020
Box 35
Envelope 310
August 06, 2019-September 09, 2020
Box 35
Envelope 311
April 03-November 01, 2020
Box 36
Envelope 321
"Jack Kessler Notes, Poems, Lists and Unsettled Accounts" , August 1991-February 05, 1992
Box 36
Box 37
Subseries:
News Clippings and Ephemera , 1991-2022
Quantity: 2.0 Boxes
Box 36
folder 322-324
Misc. Clips and Ephemera , 1991-2007
Quantity: 3.0 folder(s)
Box 36
folder 325
Outlook Issue 33 , April 1994
Box 36
folder 326
Outlook No. 34 , Mary 1994
Box 36
folder 327
Outlook No. 35 , June 1994
Box 36
folder 328
Outlook No. 36 , July 1994
Box 36
folder 329
Outlook No. 37 , August 1994
Box 36
folder 330
Outlook No. 38 , September 1994
Box 36
folder 331
Outlook No. 39 , October 1994
Box 36
folder 332
Outlook No. 40 , November 1994
Box 36
folder 333
Outlook No. 41 , December 1994
Box 36
folder 334
Outlook No. 42 , January 1995
Box 36
folder 335-353
Box 37
News Clippings , 2019-2020
Quantity: 19.0 folder(s)
Box 37
folder 354-362
News Clippings , 2021
Quantity: 9.0 folder(s)
Box 37
folder 363-369
News Clippings , 2022
Quantity: 7.0 folder(s)
Box 37
Box 38
Subseries:
Literary Business , 1974-2012
Quantity: 2.0 Boxes
Box 37
folder 370-377
Old Poetry Business , 1974-1982
Quantity: 8.0 folder(s)
Box 37
folder 378-388
Writing Business , 1975-1989
Quantity: 11.0 folder(s)
Box 37
folder 389-391
The Sun Business Plan , 1986
Quantity: 3.0 folder(s)
Box 37
folder 392-402
Business , 1989
Quantity: 11.0 folder(s)
Box 37
folder 403-408
Misc. Lit Business , January-March, 2008
Quantity: 6.0 folder(s)
Box 38
folder 409-414
Misc. Lit Business , December 2006-April 2007
Quantity: 6.0 folder(s)
Box 38
folder 415-421
Misc. Lit Business , 2009
Quantity: 7.0 folder(s)
Box 38
folder 422-429
Misc. Lit Business , 2010
Quantity: 8.0 folder(s)
Box 38
folder 430-435
Misc. Lit Business , 2011
Quantity: 6.0 folder(s)
Box 38
folder 436-439
Misc. Lit Business , 2012
Quantity: 4.0 folder(s)
Box 38
Box 39
Subseries:
Columns and Op-Eds , 2005-2021
Quantity: 2.0 Boxes
Box 38
folder 440-443
Recent Essays , 2005-2013
Quantity: 4.0 folder(s)
Box 38
folder 444-446
Essays , 2014-2020
Quantity: 3.0 folder(s)
Box 38
folder 447-453
Sentinel Op-Eds Through 2016
Quantity: 7.0 folder(s)
Box 38
folder 454-462
Sentinel Op-Eds , 2017-2018
Quantity: 9.0 folder(s)
Box 38
folder 463-468
Sentinel Columns , 2019
Quantity: 6.0 folder(s)
Box 38
folder 469-476
Sentinel Op-Ed , 2020
Quantity: 8.0 folder(s)
Box 39
folder 477-483
Sentinel Columns , 2021
Quantity: 7.0 folder(s)
Box 39
folder 484-488
Essays / Columns , 2022
Quantity: 5.0 folder(s)
Box 39
Envelope 489
Photo of Stephen Kessler , undated
Box 39
Box 40
Subseries:
Kessler Publications , 2017-2021
Quantity: 2.0 Boxes
Box 39
folder 490-513
Last Call (Raw) , 2017-2020
Quantity: 24.0 folder(s)
Box 39
folder 514-550
Last Call Final Final
Quantity: 37.0 folder(s)
Box 39
folder 552
Last Call Promo Posters , undated
Box 39
folder 553-557
Misc. Poetry , undated
Quantity: 5.0 folder(s)
Box 40
folder 561-563
Specter Outtakes , undated
Quantity: 3.0 folder(s)
Box 40
folder 564-577
The Specter of Freedom , undated
Quantity: 14.0 folder(s)
Box 40
folder 578-593
The Tolstoy of the Zulus Semi-Final , undated
Quantity: 16.0 folder(s)
Box 40
folder 594-601
Misc. Publications , undated
Quantity: 12.0 folder(s)
Box 40
folder 603
Loose Papers from Book One , undated
Box 40
Envelope 604
Journal , July 24-August 12, 1966
Box 40
Envelope 605
Journal , January 04, 1976-February 02, 1978
Box 40
Envelope 606
Journal , June 22, 1976-October 24, 1977
Box 40
Box 41
Box 42
Subseries:
Publications from Others , 2004-2021
Quantity: 3.0 Boxes
Box 40
Envelope 607
Eating Flowers - Doreen Stock , June 2004
Box 40
Envelope 608
Steeped in the World of Tea , January 30, 2005
Box 41
Envelope 609
American Poet Vol. 39 , 2010
Box 41
Envelope 610
The Crows - A. Blinken , 2013
Box 41
Envelope 611
The 26th Annual Literary Awards Festival , September 28, 2016
Box 41
Envelope 612
Catamaran Vol. 5 Issue 2 , 2017
Box 41
Envelope 613
A Noise in the Garden - Doreen Stock , 2017
Box 41
Envelope 614
Book Eleven , January 28, 2018
Box 41
Envelope 618
Wait for the Dark - Dov Rose , 2018-2020
Box 41
Envelope 619
Woodstock Unveiled - Dov Rose , March 27, 2019
Box 41
Envelope 620
Autumnal - Marc Elihu Hofstadter , 2019
Box 41
Envelope 621
The Heart of a Stranger , 2019
Box 41
Envelope 622
My Name is Y - Doreen Stock , 2019
Box 41
Envelope 624
Paper Dolls - Doreen Stock , 2019
Box 41
Envelope 625
The Brass Ring - Marc Elihu Hofstadter , 2020
Box 41
Envelope 626
Brother and Sister - Diane Keaton , 2020
Box 41
Envelope 627
Catamaran Vol. 8 Issue 1 , 2020
Box 41
Envelope 628
Catamaran Vol. 8 Issue 3 , 2020
Box 41
Envelope 629
Chicago Quarterly Review Vol. 31 , 2020
Box 42
Envelope 630
Life Is Its Own Meaning , 2020
Box 42
Envelope 632
New American Writing 38 , 2020
Box 42
Envelope 633
Tango Man - Doreen Stock , 2020
Box 42
Envelope 634
I Dream of Snow - Doreen Stock , February 28, 2021
Box 42
Envelope 635
Bye Bye Blackbird - Doreen Stock , 2021
Box 42
Envelope 638
The Complete Poems of San Juan de la Cruz , 2021
Box 42
Envelope 639
The New World Written - María Baranda , 2021
Box 42
Envelope 640
Fog and Light: San Francisco Through the Eyes of the Poets Who Live Here - Selected by Diane Frank , 2021
Box 42
Envelope 641
The God Cake - Doeen Stock , undated
Box 42
Envelope 642
Los Angeles Review of Books No. 31 , undated
Box 42
Envelope 643
Luna Vol. 2 Issue 1 , undated
Box 42
Envelope 644
Robert Browning and the Theatrical Aspects in the Dramatic Monologues of Luis Cernuda , undated
Box 42
Envelope 645
St. Petersburg Review Issue 8 1/2 , undated
Box 42
Envelope 646
Watering the Dead - Doreen Stock , undated
Box 42
folder 647
Walter Martin Alcaeus of Messene , undated
Box 42
folder 648-649
Walter Martin Anytē , undated
Quantity: 2.0 folder(s)
Box 42
folder 650-653
Walter Martin Three Jokers , undated
Quantity: 4.0 folder(s)
Box 42
folder 654-657
Walter Martin Index of Poems , undated
Quantity: 4.0 folder(s)
Box 42
folder 658-659
Walter Martin , August 30, 2019
Quantity: 2.0 folder(s)
Box 42
folder 660-662
That's What I Thought - Gary Young , undated
Quantity: 3.0 folder(s)
Box 42
folder 663
Tourism Series I - Mark Primack , undated
Box 42
folder 664-671
Gary Young mss. , undated
Quantity: 8.0 folder(s)
Box 42
Daniela Hurezanu. Word-processed drafts and newspaper clippings , 2004-2007
Box 42
Printouts of writings by others , 2016
Box 42
McGraw, DeLoss. "Poison" (small painting)
Box 43
Subseries:
Kessler opinion column in the Santa Cruz Sentinel