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John Malcolm Brinnin papers supplement
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Poet and biographer John Malcolm Brinnin was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, on September 13, 1916, to John A. Brinnin and Frances Malcolm Brinnin. When he was young his family moved to Detroit, Michigan. Brinnin graduated from the University of Michigan in 1942 and within a year entered graduate school at Harvard University.
Brinnin, who was also a critic, anthologist, and teacher, taught at Vassar, Boston University, the University of Connecticut, and Harvard. He was Director of the Young Men's and Young Women's Hebrew Association Poetry Center (the 92nd Street Y) in New York City during one of the Center's most successful periods (1949-1956).
Brinnin was the first person to bring Welsh poet Dylan Thomas to the United States and was responsible for all of Dylan Thomas's reading tours in this country. Brinnin's best known work, Dylan Thomas in America, published in 1955, provides a personal memoir of Dylan Thomas's trips to America as Brinnin observed them, and carries a moving account of the period of Thomas's death in 1953. Dylan Thomas in America was made into the 1964 Broadway play, Dylan. Brinnin later narrated a motion picture, The Days of Dylan Thomas.
John Malcolm Brinnin published a number of collections of poems. Brinnin's first collection of verse, The Garden is Political, was published in 1942. Subsequent collections of poems include The Lincoln Lyrics (1942), No Arch, No Triumph (1945), The Sorrows of Cold Stone (1951), and Selected Poems of John Malcolm Brinnin (1963). Skin Diving in the Virgins, and Other Poems (1970) was Brinnin's final collection of published poetry, although he continued to tinker with a number of abandoned poems until his death.
In 1955 the Poetry Society of America awarded Brinnin its Gold Medal for Distinguished Service to Poetry. Following the publication of his Selected Poems in 1963, Brinnin was awarded the Centennial Medal for Distinction in Literature by his alma mater, the University of Michigan.
In addition to writing poetry, Brinnin edited a literary journal, Signatures (1936-1938), and compiled several anthologies of modern poetry. Brinnin's two popular works on transatlantic travel, The Sway of the Grand Saloon: A Social History of the North Atlantic (1971) and Beau Voyage: Life Aboard the Last Great Ships (1981), reflect his lifelong love of travel, particularly crossing the Atlantic on luxury liners.
John Malcolm Brinnin authored biographies of Gertrude Stein (The Third Rose, 1959) and Truman Capote (Truman Capote: Dear Heart, Old Buddy, 1986). His work, Sextet (1981), included biographical sketches of Truman Capote; Henri Cartier-Bresson; Elizabeth Bowen; Edith, Osbert, and Sacheverell Sitwell; Alice B. Toklas; and T. S. Eliot. In addition, he wrote a critical work on William Carlos Williams.
John Malcolm Brinnin died at his home in Key West, Florida, on June 25, 1999.
Evory, Ann (ed.) Contemporary Authors. New Revision Series, Volume 1. Detroit: Gale Research Company, 1981. page 72. Quartermain, Peter (ed.) Dictionary of Literary Biography, Volume 48: American Poets, 1880-1945, Second Series. Detroit: Gale Research Company, 1986. pages 52-57. Stewart, Barbara. "John Malcolm Brinnin, Poet and Biographer, Dies at 81," The New York Times. 1998 Jun 30.The Supplement to the John Malcolm Brinnin Papers comprises thirteen linear feet of material spanning the dates [1800s]-1998 (bulk dates 1935-1998). Most of the collection consists of letters to Brinnin; poems, a memoir, journals, and articles written by Brinnin; and personal documents, such as a passport, birth certificate, medical and hospice information, draft notice, photographs, and college diploma. However, the supplement also includes books or manuscripts written by other authors and friends, artwork, clippings, computer software, travel brochures and itineraries, and audiovisual material related to Brinnin.
There are six series in the Supplement: I. Correspondence, II. Writing by Brinnin, III. Writing by others, IV. Photographs, negatives, and slides, V. Printed material, and VI. Personal papers.
Most of the letters in the Series I. Correspondence, are written to John Malcolm Brinnin, although a few are addressed to his longtime companion, Bill Read; his mother, Frances Brinnin; or to his friends, Howard Moss and James Merrill. There is also a folder of letters, postcards, or drafts of letters written by Brinnin to Caitlin Thomas, Bill Read, John Thompson, and his mother. The letters in the supplement add to the holdings for several correspondents found in the original collection, such as James Merrill, Richard and Charlee Wilbur, and Kimon Friar.
The correspondents reflect the wide range of friendships Brinnin cultivated and maintained, from renowned composer Leonard Bernstein to college classmates such as Bowden Broadwater and Ankey Larrabee (Crumley). Among his correspondents were such poets and writers as John Ashbery, Henri Cole, Kimon Friar, Anthony Hecht, James Merrill, Howard Moss, Denise Levertov, and Richard Wilbur.
The topics of conversation in these letters are as varied as the individuals writing: from personal health to current writing projects, from travel plans to congratulatory notes to Brinnin on recent publication. The most substantial groups of letters are all from Brinnin's close friends, Rita Essayan, Kimon Friar, Ankey Larrabee (Crumley), James Merrill, and the Wilburs.
The Larrabee letters elucidate Brinnin's Bennington College, Vermont connection. Ankey Larrabee was a classmate of Brinnin's at Bennington during the summer 1940, when Brinnin held a scholarship to study modern dance. What began as a crush on Brinnin developed into a close friendship. The letters reflect Larrabee's outrageous sense of humor and creative talent.
The letters from poet Richard Wilbur and his wife Charlee reflect details of their lives, including health concerns, travel plans, reports of their children and grandchildren, and Richard Wilbur's poetry. Richard Wilbur sent a number of poems to Brinnin for comment.
In addition to the personal correspondence, the first series includes a folder of business correspondence related to several of Brinnin's writing projects, a folder containing letters from unidentified correspondents, and a folder of pending or "final correspondence" (maintained as it came from the estate). The letters, notes, cards, and faxed messages of love and support sent to John Malcolm Brinnin during his final months of life, as well as Brinnin's list of persons he wished to contact and things he wanted to complete during that time are collected in this folder.
Series II. Writing by Brinnin, is dominated by Brinnin's journals and drafts of a memoir which Brinnin did not complete. From 1943 until several days before his death, Brinnin kept a journal of his daily life. The journal, which began as an appointment book during his teaching appointment at Vassar, multiplied into one hundred and thirty-five volumes available in this collection. An additional two journals (years) are missing from the collections and occasionally pages are missing from a journal. The only period of time when nothing was recorded in the journals was during the hospitalization of Dylan Thomas in 1953. A summary description of the contents of the journals is available in the subseries note on page 26 of this finding aid.
As early as the 1950s Brinnin began compiling material for a memoir. In 1965 Brinnin recorded in his journal, "Abandon memoir project, at least for some years." However, Brinnin continued to return to the project and was working on the memoir in the months prior to his death.
The drafts which are available in this supplement chronicle in detail Brinnin's life from birth to about 1953. The 1950s-1990s are represented by a few drafts, notes, and chronologies; none of which are comprehensive. The last working title for the memoir was "A Passing of Papers," for which Brinnin had written a "Prolegomenon." The memoir is provides enormous insight into Brinnin's life and work and priorities. Whereas his journals can be almost cryptic, his memoir is clear and revealing.
In these drafts he details his childhood and family life, including his sister's death when he was twelve years old and its effect on his family; his teenage years; and his work with Walter Reuther in the fledgling United Auto Workers in Detroit. His collegiate days at the University of Michigan, Bennington, and Harvard are depicted, introducing Kimon Friar, John Thompson, William Auden, the Wilburs, Truman Capote, Arthur Miller, and a host of others. The years of his directorship at the Poetry Center are chronicled in rich detail, with Brinnin reflecting on the demeanor and presentations of the poets he engaged for readings. The memoir is particularly substantial with regard to Dylan Thomas.
His memoir also reveals his thoughts about his journals. At one point in his memoir (F143), following an entry for April 5, 1951, Brinnin writes: "As journal entries continued to tell mainly what I did, I developed a secondary language of nuance and silence to remind me what I felt. A code I had myself devised, it could not be cracked simply because no one else was aware of its function, much less its purpose. Booby-trapped with declarative sentences about the pain in my joints that would keep me hunched and crab-like for days, or about the ulcerous eruptions that plagued my nights, this language might satisfy a casual reader without ever revealing that it was designed to deflect rather that inform..."
The second series is completed by a group of autograph and typescript drafts of poems; a notebook listing Brinnin's poetry submissions, readings, and awards for the period of 1935-1946; and several folders of material regarding Dylan Thomas in America or Brinnin's books on passenger ships.
Series III. Writing by Others includes the work of poets, novelists, or friends. Manuscripts of poems by Craig Arnold, Leonard Bernstein, Jane Brooks, Daniel Hall, and Nash Rosenblatt are available in the series. Poems by Richard Wilbur, Irving Feldman, Howard Moss, and Leonard Bernstein are also present among the letters of these individuals which are found in Series I. John O'Shea's story about Truman Capote, Philip Gerber's biographical essay regarding Brinnin, Richard Wilbur's eulogy for Brinnin, and typescript chapters of James Merrill's memoir, A Different Person, are also part of the series.
The travel journals of Bill Read, kept between 1951 and 1976, and six volumes of John H. Thompson's diaries (1939-1964) complete the series. Bill Read's five journals chronicle his trips to Europe. Entries in the journals list purchases and expenses, describe scenery and artwork he observed, detail meals eaten and an occasional recipe, and record information about new friends. The first diary (F8) contains a vivid account of Read's and Brinnin's visit with Dylan and Caitlin Thomas in Wales in 1951.
The entries in Thompson's journals vary from brief summaries of a day's activities to detailed descriptions of particular events, such as trips to New York City. A particularly close friend of Brinnin's who went to school with him in Ann Arbor and with whom he co-edited Signatures, their letters, conversations, and visits are frequently recorded in detail. In fact there are paper markers in the journals indicating that Brinnin acquired Thompson's journals as reference material for his memoirs.
Almost three hundred photographs, thirty contact sheets, as well as numerous negatives and slides comprise Series IV. The photographs are a mix of images taken by professional photographers, such as Rollie McKenna, Henri Cartier-Bresson and Michel Sima, and amateur snapshots. The photographs include images of Brinnin alone, Brinnin with others, other individuals (friends and poets), Dylan Thomas and his family or environs, Brinnin family photographs, and photographs of artwork and landscapes. Of particular note are the portrait images of Dylan Thomas (these complement the Thomas photographs found in the original Brinnin Papers) and other poets taken by Rollie McKenna; Michel Sima's images of modern artists; and Cartier-Bresson's images of Frank Lloyd Wright, Max Ernst, and Robert Flaherty.
Series V. Printed material includes books (many of which are inscribed by their authors to Brinnin), journals and magazines, programs, brochures, catalogs, and clippings. The series includes books of poetry from James Merrill, Elizabeth Bishop, John Ashbery, Tram Combs, and Richard Wilbur; as well as novels by John Hersey. The books have been removed from the collection and cataloged for Special Collections, with call numbers noted when available.
Many of the journals and magazines include poems or articles written by Brinnin or by his close friends, such as James Merrill or Kimon Friar. Among the programs, catalogs, and brochures are works by Rollie McKenna, C. R. Grigg, and John H. Thompson; as well as material related to Dylan Thomas.
The clippings and tear sheets provide samples of Brinnin's poetry, articles, or reviews as published in various newspapers or magazines. The file of obituaries suggests some of the personal loses Brinnin endured over his lifetime.
Series VI. Personal papers encompasses such items as Brinnin's birth certificate and notice of draft classification, his University of Michigan diploma, a passport, a guest book for his 70th birthday celebration, and his final journal and medical records. Several ephemeral items and realia reflect Brinnin's personal interests, such as his fountain pen and nibs used for his beautifully calligraphic letter writing, information about the game of anagrams, and material related to world travel. A video tape of an interview with Brinnin, conducted in Key West during the 1990s, reveals other elements of Brinnin's personality and interests.
Brinnin's active participation in such organizations as the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, the Key West Literary Seminar and Festival, and the Poetry Center is documented with programs, clippings, and correspondence. Among the miscellaneous items is a photocopy of an eighteen-page cartoon in which Brinnin is a central character.
The distinguishing documents in this supplement to the John Malcolm Brinnin Papers are Brinnin's journals and the drafts of his memoirs. These reveal much about the life, work, and character of John Malcolm Brinnin, as well as the individuals and life events he encountered.
The supplement to the papers of John Malcolm Brinnin begins with box number 48; this continues the box numbering sequence begun in the original collection of papers.
The material in the supplement is arranged in six series beginning with Series I. Correspondence, which is arranged alphabetically by correspondent and chronologically within each folder.
Series II. Writing by Brinnin includes four subseries: 1) journals, 2) memoir, 3) poetry, and 4) published material. The journals and drafts of the unfinished memoir are arranged in chronological order. The poetry is arranged alphabetically by the title of each poem and the published material is in rough chronological order.
Series III. Writing by others is arranged alphabetically by writer.
Series IV. Photographs, negatives, and slides, is divided into several categories: images of Brinnin alone, Brinnin with others, images of other individuals, images of Dylan Thomas and his family or environs, family photographs, photographs by Sima, photographs of artwork and landscapes, negatives, and slides. Photographs are arranged chronologically in each folder.
Series V. Printed material includes four subseries: 1) books, 2) journals and magazines, 3) programs, offprints, brochures, and catalogs, and 4) clippings and tear sheets. The first three subseries are arranged in alphabetical order by author or title (in the case of the journals and magazines). Clippings and tear sheets are arranged in chronological order within each folder.
Series VI. Personal papers has five subseries: 1) personal and family documents, 2) material related to Brinnin's personal interests, 3) material related to Brinnin's participation in organizations, 4) interview or readings by Brinnin, and 5) miscellaneous material. Material is arranged chronologically within each folder.
Boxes 1-34, 36-47: Shelved in SPEC MSS manuscript boxes Box 35: Shelved in SPEC MSS oversize boxes (17 inches) Removals: Shelved in SPEC MSS oversize boxes (32 inches)
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Collection Inventory
Includes letters written to John Malcolm Brinnin, a few letters to Bill Read, and some written to James Merrill, Howard Moss, or Frances Brinnin. Also includes a folder of letters written by Brinnin.
Arranged alphabetically by sender.
One Autograph Letter Signed.
One Typed Letter Signed.
One Autograph Letter Signed.
One Typed Letter Signed and one Autograph Letter Signed.
One Autograph Card Signed.
Two Autograph Cards Signed and one Typed Letter Signed regarding writing an introduction to Brinnin's The Third Rose.
One Typed Letter Signed.
Two Autograph Letters Signed, each written in verse form to Brinnin.
Autograph Card Signed to Mrs. Frances Brinnin.
One Autograph Card Signed.
One Typed Letter Signed to Mrs. Frances Brinnin.
Includes postcards, letters, or drafts of letters from Brinnin to Caitlin Thomas, Bill Read, his mother, John Thompson, Mrs. Nelson Smith, and others. Also includes correspondence regarding apartment rentals in Venice and miscellaneous notes.
Four Autograph Letters Signed.
One Typed Letter Signed.
One Typed Letter Signed regarding negative reaction to Brinnin's book on Dylan Thomas.
Five Typed Letters Signed.
Six Autograph Letters Signed plus a program for the memorial service for Burton.
One Typed Letter Signed regarding Sextet.
Eight letters and one printed invitation, with some references to Truman Capote.
Eighteen letters and cards.
One Typed Letter Signed.
One Autograph Letter Signed.
One Typed Letter Signed.
One Autograph Letter Signed and one Typed Card Signed.
One Typed Letter Signed.
Four Typed Letters Signed and photocopies of six drafts of poems by Howard Moss.
One Typed Letter Signed.
Two Typed Letters Signed and one Autograph Letter Signed regarding publications of the work of Dylan Thomas.
One Typed Letter Signed.
One Typed Letter Signed regarding teaching at the University of Connecticut, plus a reprint of Dean's article, "Richard Wilbur's New Poems," which Dean inscribed to Brinnin.
One Autograph Note Signed.
One Typed Letter Signed to Bill Read, with a photograph titled "Meshes of the Afternoon," both of which were laid in a copy of Deren's An Anagram of Ideas on Art, Form and Film (removed and cataloged for Special Collections). Also includes a photocopied Typed Letter.
One Autograph Letter Signed.
One Autograph Card Signed.
One Typed Letter Signed regarding a crisis at Yaddo.
One Autograph Letter Signed, with an enclosed photograph of Dove and Brinnin. Also includes Brinnin's copy of a letter inviting Dove to judge the annual Amy Lowell Poetry Traveling Scholarship.
One Autograph Card Signed from Eberhart to Bill Read.
One Autograph Card Signed.
Fifty-six letters and cards written to Brinnin and Read, plus a photograph of Essayan and a letter from her son informing them of her sudden death.
One faxed Typed Letter Signed with attached acknowledgment page.
Five letters and cards, plus seven poems (some of which are signed and dated).
One Typed Letter Signed to Brinnin and a copy of a letter from Ferris to Liz Reitell, which has comments by Reitell in the margins. Both letters are regarding a biography Ferris is researching concerning Dylan Thomas.
One Typed Card Signed.
Two Typed Letters Signed.
One Autograph Letter Signed.
Two Typed Letter Signed and one Autograph Card Signed, plus copies of correspondence with The New Criterion.
One Autograph Letter Signed, one Typed Letter Signed, and one Autograph Card Signed regarding Brinnin's book, Arthur the Dolphin.
Twenty-eight letters from Friar to Brinnin, discussing their relationship, writing projects, health, and mutual friends. Also includes a reprint of Friar's article, "The Medusa-Mask." For the bulk of Friar's correspondence with Brinnin see manuscript collections 103 and 257.
One Typed Letter Signed and one faxed letter.
Two Typed Letters Signed.
Three Typed Letter Signed regarding editing an edition of Elizabeth Bishop's letters.
One Typed Letter Signed regarding The Dylan Thomas Society.
One Autograph Letter Signed regarding Sextet.
One Autograph Card Signed.
Two Typed Letter Signed, plus one Autograph Card Signed, all regarding Leonard Bernstein or his death.
One Autograph Card Signed.
Autograph Note Signed on a copy of Harrison's poem, "Small Poem."
One Autograph Card Signed and one Autograph Letter Signed. The postcard also includes an Autograph Note Signed from Francis Steegmuller.
Three Typed Cards Signed, four Typed Letters Signed, and one Autograph Card Signed. Also includes three letters from Helen Hecht (wife). Most of the letters regard the Amy Lowell Travel Fellowships.
Two Autograph Letters Signed and one Typed Letter Signed from John Hersey, as well as three letters from Barbara Hersey.
One Typed Letter Signed
One Autograph Letter Signed.
Five Autograph Cards Signed and one Typed Letter Signed.
Autograph Note Signed on a printed Christmas poem by Howes, titled "Evening: Crown Point."
One Autograph Letter Signed regarding Elizabeth Bishop and declining to attend the seminar.
One Typed Letter Signed.
One Typed Letter Signed.
Six Autograph Letters Signed, one Autograph Card Signed, one Typed Letter Signed, one telegram, and an invitation to a memorial tribute to Kalstone in 1986.
One printed invitation.
One watercolor and one ink and watercolor drawings, one inscribed to Brinnin.
One Typed Letter Signed.
One Typed Letter Signed.
One telegram.
Includes letters to Brinnin, James Merrill, Connie Smith, and Howard Moss.
13 letters.
20 letters
6 letters.
11 letters and postcards, and one illustration.
Including one letter from William Crumley to Larrabee, to which Larrabee added a note and forwarded to Brinnin.
Physical Description17 letters and postcards.
13 letters and postcards.
40 letters and postcards, plus two drawings.
One postcard has a photograph of Howard Moss attached.
Physical Description10 letters and postcards
One Typed Letter Signed.
One Typed Letter Signed.
Printed invitations to a party.
One Typed Letter Signed, one Autograph Card Signed, and one Autograph Letter Signed written on verso of a printing of Levertov's poem "to the reader." The poem and letter are addressed to Bill Read.
One Typed Letter Signed.
Two Autograph Letters Signed.
One Typed Letter Signed.
Six Typed Letters Signed and one Typed Card Signed.
One Typed Letter Signed, plus a fax asking Brinnin to call McKenna.
Includes correspondence, clippings, poems written by Merrill, and material related to his death.
Eight Autograph Cards Signed and two Typed Cards Signed. Also includes two versions of Merrill's poem "Losing the Marbles," which is dedicated to Brinnin. Both are inscribed to Brinnin. Also includes a canceled check.
Twelve ACSs, three TCSs, two ALSs, and two TLSs. Also includes: Merrill's printed poem, "Vol. XLIV, No. 3," (inscribed), two photographs of Merrill, and photocopied typescripts of Merrill's poems, "Nine Lives," "Volcanic Holiday," "Quatrains for Pegasus," and "Self-Portrait in Tyvek (TM) Windbreaker." Two of the poems are inscribed to Brinnin. Merrill's booklet
Eight Bits (inscribed to Brinnin) has been removed and cataloged for Special Collections.Three ANSs, plus a list of corrections for an unidentified work, a note with Merrill's telephone number in the hospital, and an autograph poem by Brinnin. Also includes a signed four-line verse by Merrill for Brinnin's birthday, and three poems by Merrill: "Blow Voyage?" "To a Pocket Calculator" (inscribed to Brinnin), and "Bronze."
Includes a signed photocopy of Allan Gurganus's eulogy, correspondence related to Merrill's will (with a portion of the will included), and letters from Sandy McClatchy and Melissa Hammerle regarding memorials.
Two Typed Letters Signed and one Autograph Card Signed, regarding travels and mutual friends.
Eleven TLSs and one ALS (which is written on the verso of a photocopy of Miller's TLS to "Paul." One TLS is typed on the verso of a copy of Miller's poem, "Timekeepers," and another is typed on the verso of a typescript of his poem, "The Lighthouse at Cabo Tigre."
Two Typed Letters Signed regarding American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters business.
One Typed Letter Signed and one Autograph Letter Signed.
One Autograph Card Signed.
Includes two Typed Letters Signed, one Autograph Card Signed, and a clipping.
Nine Typed Letters Signed, two Autograph Cards Signed, and one Typed Card Signed, plus correspondence and program for Moss's memorial service and information regarding Moss's will.
Three Typed Letters Signed, plus one typescript poem "Enchanted Rock."
Eight Autograph Letters Signed, about travels, visits and companion Arthur Cady.
One Typed Letter Signed regarding "The Legend of Maya Deren."
One Autograph Note Signed, plus a related note from Diana MacKown.
Nine Autograph Letters Signed and two Typed Letters Signed, some of which discuss Truman Capote.
One Autograph Letter Signed, plus a clipping.
One Autograph Letter Signed from the daughter of John Thompson, granting permission to quote from Thompson's journals.
Two Autograph Letters Signed regarding a book of poetry by Charlie Miller.
One Typed Letter Signed.
One Autograph Letter Signed.
One Autograph Letter Signed.
One Typed Letter Signed.
One Typed Letter Signed regarding his first book and getting a job.
One Typed Letter Signed.
One Autograph Letter Signed to Brinnin and three documents related to his will.
One Autograph Card Signed.
Four Autograph Letters Signed and one Autograph Card Signed, regarding her work and travels, Brinnin's book on Dylan Thomas, and visiting Wales.
One Autograaph Card Signed.
Two Typed Letters Signed.
One Typed Letter Signed.
One Typed Letter Signed, one Autograph Card Signed, and one flyer with an autograph note by Rorem.
Five Autograph Letters Signed and one Typed Letter Signed, plus a clipping of Rosten's obituary.
One Typed Letter Signed.
Two Autograph Letters Signed.
One Autograph Letter Signed and one Typed Letter Signed.
Autograph note on a series of fourteen poems by Schwartz titled "Fourteen People."
Six Typed Letters Signed and one Autograph Card Signed regarding poetry, poets, San Francisco, and Elizabeth Bishop.
One Typed Letter Signed regarding a book on Leonard Bernstein.
Two Typed Letters Signed and one Autograph Letter Signed, all regarding income taxes, plus forms regarding 1993 income taxes.
Two Autograph Letters Signed, one Autograph Card Signed, and one Autograph Note Signed. Shepherd was a member of the British Parliament (House of Commons).
One Typed Letter Signed.
Transcript of thirteen letters from Smith to Brinnin and one letter from Smith's sister to Brinnin (1947).
One Typed Letter Signed regarding the Elizabeth Bishop papers at Vassar.
One Autograph Card Signed.
Five Typed Letters Signed and two Autograph Letters Signed.
One Typed Letter Signed and one Autograph Letter Signed regarding working as a selector (with Henri Cole and Brinnin) for the Amy Lowell award.
One Typed Letter Signed and one Autograph Letter Signed.
One Autograph Card Signed
One Typed Letter Signed and one Autograph Letter Signed.
Seven Autograph Cards Signed, four Autograph Letters Signed, and one Typed Letter Signed, regarding family, visits, etc.
One Typed Letter Signed.
Two Typed Letters Signed.
Two Typed Letters Signed regarding travels and Brinnin's book on Truman Capote.
Two Autograph Cards Signed.
One Autograph Card Signed, written by Thompson to Mrs. Brinnin.
One Autograph Letter Signed and one Typed Letter Signed.
One ALS to Brinnin and one ACS to "Tom." Also include a brochure regarding the "Jeff Town Collection" related to Dylan Thomas and a business card.
Two Autograph Cards Signed.
Five Autograph Cards Signed, one Autograph Letters Signed and two Autograph Notes Signed.
Three Typed Letters Signed, one Autograph Notes Signed, and two Autograph Cards Signed. Also includes a photocopy of a photograph of Dylan Thomas and Liz Reitell, a brochure regarding a Dylan Thomas celebration in 1998, and three photographs (two of Thomas's home as it appears in 1998 and one of memorial plaque in Westminster Abbey). Viela interviewed Brinnin regarding Thomas.
Autograph note with address.
Letters regarding daily life, writing, travels, health, and family. Charlee was Brinnin's confidant for over fifty years. Also includes typescripts of poems by Richard Wilbur.
Nine TLSs, four ALSs, two ACSs. Also includes an inscribed copy of Richard Wilbur's printed greeting and poem, "Hamlen Brook" (1982) and an eleven-line verse handwritten by Wilbur for Brinnin's 70th birthday, signed and with caricature of Brinnin on the bottom.
Nine Autograph Letters Signed and five Autograph Cards Signed.
Six Typed Letters Signed, one Autograph Letter Signed, three Autograp Cards Signed, and one Typed Card Signed. Includes two poems by Richard Wilbur: "At Moorditch" and "For C."
Three Typed Letters Signed, one Autograph Letter Signed, three Autograph Cards Signed, and three Autograph Notes Signed. Also includes clippings, some autograph notes by Richard Wilbur, a copy of the printed "A Christmas Hymn," and six poems by Richard Wilbur. Poems include: "Cayo Hueso," "On Freedom's Ground," "This Pleasing Anxious Being," "Zea," "The Catch," and "A Finished Man."
One Typed Letter Signed and one Typed Card Signed.
Seven Typed Letters Signed and twelve Autograph Cards Signed regarding travels, teaching, Key West, and Yaddo.
Includes two calendars for Wolfson, and clippings.
One invitation and a letter from Brinnin to Wolkowsky in which he asks questions regarding Truman Capote. Wolkowsky has written replies to each question and added a postscript of greeting.
One Typed Letters Signed regarding Brinnin's papers.
One Typed Letter Signed.
One Typed Letter Signed regarding his earlier review of Dylan Thomas in America.
One Typed Letter Signed regarding a controversy with John Hersey.
One Typed Letter Signed.
A folder of letters, cards, notes, and faxed correspondence from Brinnin's friends written during the last months of his illness. Arranged in chronological order. Includes letters from the Wilburs, Joy Williams, Rose Lauritzen, John Hohnsbeen, Angela Greatorex, Judith Kazantzis, Leonard Dean, K. M. Kuhn, Vince Sweeney, Walter Augustin DeMilly III, Tony Viela, Bill Mullen, Charles Seidenberg, Jane O'Reilly, Shirley Ratterree, Jane B. Phillips, Thomas O. Stratton, and Rollie McKenna. Also includes a letter by Brinnin, and a list of people to contact and things to do, plus a poem from Kirby Congdon.
Includes correspondence regarding Brinnin's papers at the University of Delaware, "New Arts Week End" at Stephens College (1948), the motion picture
Dylan (1964), a reader's report on Brinnin's Sextet (1980), a revision of Elements of Literature, permissions to quote from Dylan Thomas is America and The Selected Poems of John Malcolm Brinnin, and several invitations. Also include ten business cards, a program for a symposium at Sweet Briar College (1950), a receipt for Stamos's painting, "The Bier," and the mortgage for Duxbury, Massachusetts property.Nineteen cards or letters, including three photographs, from unidentified individuals. Includes a postcard sent in 1904 which depicts the Boston Public Library.
Includes personal journals, drafts toward an unfinished memoir, poetry, articles, and material toward published books.
Between 1943 and 1998 Brinnin faithfully kept a personal journal. One hundred and thirty-seven of Brinnin's journals, recorded in a variety of record books, ledgers or diaries, survive in this collection. The last journal, which includes Brinnin's notes written during the final month of his life, is found in Series VI. Personal papers with related material.
Brinnin numbered his first one hundred and one journals. The remaining journals bore a range of dates written on the inside cover but were not numbered. The numbering sequence for journals 102-137 has been continued for identifying purposes, with these numbers placed in brackets. Two journals, #11 (1948 Jan 1-Jun 2) and #100 (1983 Oct 27-1984 Apr 2), are missing. These journals were not received by the University of Delaware Library. The pages torn out of journals 21-31 were used in writing of Dylan Thomas in America. In most cases these pages have been replaced in the journals.
The journal entries usually take the form of brief statements, accompanied by times, shopping lists, or daily expenses noted in the margins. Frequently the entries included exhaustive lists of individuals included at gatherings Brinnin attended, such as conferences or parties. Entries record his annual cycle of migration: Spring in Cambridge, Summer in Venice, Italy, and Winter in Key West, Florida, as well as his regular transatlantic travels. At the end of most volumes is a list of names of persons whom Brinnin met during that year and who are mentioned in that volume.
The contents of the entries include the mundane details of life: when he rose, whether sleep was assisted, his meals, work (in later years whether he worked on his memoirs, e.g. noting "fair wordage" or "less than minimal work"), household chores, teaching regimen, and shopping lists. The highlights of each day, such as phone calls received or made, visitors, correspondence received, meals with others, and travel plans, are also recorded. The journals also contain accounts the Brinnin's health struggles, with cancer and his treatment for alcoholism.
Brinnin recorded his reactions to world events such as the assassination of the Kennedys and Martin Luther King, to Presidential elections (e.g. Nixon's election is "a depressing and embarrassing fact"), the Apollo 11 moon walk, Watergate, the Rosenberg's execution, watching the Halley-Bopp comet in 1997, Princess Diana's death and funeral. Games of scrabble, trivial pursuit, and anagrams (with seasonal scores recorded), movies viewed, and television programs watched (the Beatles and the Academy Awards) are also part of the record.
The journals chronicle his life as a teacher, poet, biographer, and traveler. One discovers his passion for travel, particularly ship voyages and his life with his partner of over 30 years Bill Read (who died in 1978). Among the entries are glimpses of the extraordinary people he knew, including Jean Garrique, Elizabeth Bishop, James Merrill, Dylan Thomas, Howard Moss, Richard Wilbur, Delmore Schwartz, Leonard Bernstein, Anne Sexton, Octavio Paz, Shel Silverstein, Katherine Anne Porter, Elizabeth Bowen, Kay Boyle, "Scotty" Fitzgerald, and Martha Graham. Details of meetings or interviews with Robert Frost, Sean O'Faolain, C. Day Lewis, and Truman Capote are entered.
Inside front cover: "replacement for lost journal." Many of the dates have blank pages.
Laid in newspaper clipping.
Notes and financial notations laid in.
Financial notes laid in.
Drafts of a memoir which Brinnin never completed.
Memoir regarding the Poetry Center, Dylan Thomas, Theodore Roethke, and Katherine Anne Porter.
One typescript regarding Brinnin's 1946 journey with Cartier-Bresson and three copies of a typescript regarding the Palazzo Barbaro (Venice) in the 1990s.
Draft pages.
Computer-generated typescript with autograph revisions, without page numbers. Roughly arranged in chronological order by the time period discussed in the draft.
Includes a photocopy of "A Matter of Passing Papers."
Arranged generally in chronological order.
Typescript pages and chronology.
Typescript pages and chronology through 1982
Includes typescript, clippings, notes, and letters.
Autograph, typescript and photocopies of notes.
An Autograph notebook which lists poems Brinnin submitted for publication, awards and prizes received, readings and lectures given, poems included in anthologies, and his poems in print. The lists include titles, dates, amounts paid for accepted poems, and names of magazines.
Arranged in alphabetical order by title or first line if no title is indicated.
Includes typescript and autograph drafts, most bearing extensive autograph revisions. Some drafts are also signed, bear notations about the meter of the lines, or bear unrelated notes or financial calculations.
Includes undated postcards and brochures about Dachau, including Nico Rost's "Concentration Camp Dachau."
Proofs for the preliminary material to the 1988 edition. Includes an attached note from the publisher and autograph corrections by Brinnin.
See also the correspondence section for poems by Richard Wilbur, Irving Feldman, Howard Moss, and Leonard Bernstein.
Photocopies of nineteen poems by Arnold.
Typescript photocopy of a poem by Bernstein. Inscribe to Brinnin by Bernstein, plus envelope. Also four transcripts of the poem made by Brinnin.
Three-page autograph poem in celebration of Brinnin's 70th birthday as written by Jane Brooks, decorative boards and signed.
Photocopy of the
Dictionary of Literary Biography article written by Gerber. Inscribed to Brinnin by Gerber. Also an offprint of "A Kind of Exorcism."Five typescript poems by Hall.
Typescript photocopy of chapters 1-14 of Merrill's memoir. This manuscript varies from the final published version and bears a few autograph revisions by Merrill.
Photocopied typescript of a eulogy for Truman Capote by O'Shea.
Five travel journals kept by Read chronicling trips to Europe, most with Brinnin. Each trip was numbered. These journals contain notes for trips #2-5 and 9-18. The journals include financial notes and lists of purchases, descriptions of artwork, scenery, people met, travel, and meals. Includes some recipes, lists of books read, and bibliographic information regarding books to order after his return home.
Trip #2 to Europe. Includes information on the acquiring of the Sima photographs found in F12 of Series IV. Includes a description of Read's and Brinnin's visit with Dylan and Caitlin Thomas in Wales.
Trips #3-4, both to Europe. With decal and financial notes laid in.
Trip #5 to Europe.
With laid in notes describing a trip to St. Thomas in December.
Photocopied typescript of a poem by Rosenblatt, inscribed to Brinnin.
Six volumes of diaries kept by Thompson record the daily activities and thoughts of Thompson. Entries for some days are brief summaries, while others are detailed descriptions of particular events, travels, or conversations occurring on that day, from scores of football games watched, to details of lectures attended to family life. The diaries include (the left-hand pages) notes about or quotes from books read, details of plays attended, vocabulary words, poems. Some notes, letters, and drawings are laid in and occasionally a map or clipping is pasted in. Information about letters, conversations, visits with Brinnin are described throughout. There are notes in the journals indicating that Brinnin had read and was planning to use references from these journals for his memoirs.
The first entries in this diary are summaries for entire months of January, April, and May of 1954. Beginning in June Thompson returns to daily entries. Laid in material includes several letters, a program based on the stories of Dylan Thomas, and the draft of a letter from Thompson to Brinnin.
Includes laid and pasted in material from Thompson's trip to Europe with Brinnin, such as letters and postcards sent to his wife, photographs of Thompson in England and of his return, clippings, and ephemera related to the trip.
Includes laid or pasted in material such as clippings, notes, and draft letters.
See also Series I, F153-156 for poems written by Wilbur which he included in letters to Brinnin.
Faxed typescript of Richard Wilbur's eulogy for John Malcolm Brinnin.
Photocopied typescript of a one-page untitled poem by an unidentified writer. The first line of the poem reads: "Rapture, he lets the words reorganize." Bears one autograph note, "rotten spot identified by JMB," next to a circled word in the poem.
Includes contact sheets, portrait photographs, a metal plate engraving, and snapshots. Many of the photographs were taken by Rollie McKenna.
Physical Description16 contact sheets, 1 slide, 20 photographs
Includes portrait photographs and snapshots, as well as contact sheets. Individuals pictured with Brinnin are Barbara and John Hersey, Charlee and Richard Wilbur, Bill Read, Rita Dove, Jean Stafford, Lauren McIver, Lloyd Frankenberg, Howard Moss, Truman Capote, James Merrill, Seymour Lawrence, David Wolkowsky, Leonard Bernstein, John Ashbery, Elizabeth Bowen, Noel Coward, Richard Eberhart, Lady Caroline Blackwell (Mrs. Robert Lowell), Phillip Caputo, Jane O'Reilly, Liz Lear, Joseph Lash, William Mansfield, Charles Simic, and James Scully. There are also a number of photographs which include Brinnin and unidentified individuals. See also Series I. F36 for a photograph of Brinnin and Rita Dove which was enclosed in a letter from Dove.
Five contact sheets and 16 photographs
One contact sheet and 34 photographs
Portrait photographs of Frank Lloyd Wright, Max Ernst, and Robert Flaherty taken during the summer of 1947. These photographs appear in Brinnin's chapter on Cartier-Bresson in
Sextet. Physical Description3 photographs
Includes photographs of Edith Sitwell, Osbert Sitwell (inscribed), W. H. Auden, Truman Capote, David Gascoyne, Howard Moss, Elizabeth Bowen, Kathleen Raine, T. S. Eliot, and Anne Sexton. Some of these photographs appear in Brinnin's
Twentieth Century Poetry, Sextet, and Truman Capote. Physical Description1 contact sheet and 34 photographs
Includes images of Bill Read, Theodoros Stamos, Mitchell Wolfson, Jr., Richard and Charlee Wilbur, Ned Rorem, John H. Thompson, Anna Doherty (inscribed), Peggy Guggenheim, F. O. Matthiessen, Elizabeth Bishop, Truman Capote, Robert Lowell, James Merrill, Maya Deren, Sidney Toler (inscribed), Edith Sitwell, Katherine Anne Porter, Louis Untermeyer, Edwin O. Behrendt, William Carlos Williams, Rollie McKenna, and J. A. Ritchie. There are also photographs of unidentified individuals. See also Series I. F39 for a photograph of Rita Essayan.
Physical Description39 photographs and 4 tear sheets
Many of these photographs were taken in the 1950s by Rollie McKenna.
Physical Description11 photographs and 1 flyer
Includes photographs taken by Rollie McKenna, several of which appear in Brinnin's
Dylan Thomas in America and McKenna's Portrait of Dylan. Physical Description9 photographs
Includes photographs by Rollie McKenna (several appear in Portrait of Dylan) and some snapshots.
Physical Description8 photographs and 1 negative
Most of the photographs were taken by Rollie McKenna and some appear in Portrait of Dylan.
Physical Description8 photographs
Photographs of the rehearsal and performance of Thomas's
Under Milk Wood on May 14, 1953. Physical Description3 photographs
Twenty-nine photographs of artists as taken by Michel Sima and list of photographs. Many appear in his book, Faces of Modern Art. Includes photographs of Georges Braque, Fernand Leger, Henri Matisse, Joan Miro, Francis Picabia, Pablo Picasso, Maurice Utrillo, Zadkine, and others.
Physical Description29 photographs
Includes photographs of John Malcolm Brinnin as a boy; his sister, Margaret; his parents, John T. Brinnin and Frances Malcolm; his maternal grandparents; homes where the Brinnins lived; extended family; and family friends. Some photographs are unidentified. Includes one tintype.
Physical Description69 photographs and 17 negatives
Includes photographs of houses in Great Village, Nova Scotia (where Elizabeth Bishop was born) and Italy.
Physical Description11 photographs and 4 postcards
Includes images of Dylan Thomas and family, Brinnin, Bill Read, Howard Moss, Elizabeth Bishop, John Thompson, and other unidentified persons
Physical Description172 negatives
Includes images of Brinnin, Bill Read, and other unidentified persons. Also twelve slides of Elizabeth Bishop's childhood home and town, Great Village in Nova Scotia.
Physical Description18 slides
Inscribes to Brinnin by Ashbery. Removed and cataloged for Special Collections: Spec PS3501 .S475 S4 1975 c.2.
Inscribed to Brinnin by Ashbery. Removed and cataloged for Special Collections: Spec PS3501 .S475 S5 1981b.
Inscribed to Brinnin by Bishop. Removed and cataloged for Special Collections: Spec PS3503 .I785 Q4x 1965 c.2.
Inscribed by Combs to JMB (#235 of 425 copies). A second copy is #201. Removed for cataloging for Special Collections.
Poetry Signature Six. Removed for cataloging for Special Collections.
Inscribed by Deren to Bill Read. With letter and photograph from Deren to Read laid in. This is #9 of the "Outcast" series of chapbooks. Removed for cataloging for Special Collections.
Jean Stafford's copy, with a few marginal markings. Removed for cataloging for Special Collections.
Inscribed to Brinnin by Hersey. Removed and cataloged for Special Collections: Spec PS3515 .E7715 A85 1991.
Inscribed to Brinnin by Hersey. Removed and cataloged for Special Collections: Spec PS3515 .E7715 B58 1987.
Inscribed to Brinnin by Hersey. Removed and cataloged for Special Collections: Spec PS3515 .E7715 F55 1990.
Inscribed to Brinnin by Hersey. Removed and cataloged for Special Collections: Spec CT120 .H435 1989.
Inscribed to Brinnin by Macmillan. Removed for cataloging for the main library stacks.
Inscribed to Brinnin by David [Jackson]. Removed and cataloged for Special Collections: Spec PS3525 .E6645 Z68 1996.
With program laid in. Removed for cataloging for Special Collections.
Inscribed to Brinnin by Merrill. Removed and cataloged for Special Collections: Spec PS3525 .E6645 B7x 1972 c.2.
Inscribed to Brinnin by Merrill. Removed and cataloged for Special Collections: Spec PS3525 .E6645 C48 1982 c.2.
Inscribed to Brinnin by Merrill. Removed and cataloged for Special Collections: Spec PS3525 .E6645 Z464 1993.
Inscribed to Brinnin by Merrill. Removed and cataloged for Special Collections: Spec PS3525 .E6645 D5 1976 c.2.
Inscribed to Brinnin. Removed for cataloging for Special Collections.
Inscribed to Brinnin by "DJ and JM." Number 23 of 290 copies. Removed for cataloging for Special Collections.
Twenty-four copies printed. Removed for cataloging for Special Collections.
Inscribed to Brinnin by Merrill. Removed and cataloged for Special Collections: Spec PS3525 .E6645 L3 1985 c.2.
Inscribed to Brinnin by Merrill. Removed and cataloged for Special Collections: Spec PS3525 .E6645 M5 1978 c.2.
Inscribed to Brinnin by Merrill. Removed and cataloged for Special Collections: Spec PS3525 .E6645 P47 1982 c.2.
Inscribed to Brinnin by Merrill. Removed and cataloged for Special Collections: Spec PS3525 .E6645 S3 1980 c.2.
Inscribed to Brinnin by Merrill. Removed and cataloged for Special Collections: Spec PS3525 .E6645 Y4 c.2.
Inscribed to Brinnin by Paz. Removed and cataloged for Special Collections: Spec PN1161 .P3x 1974.
Translated by Richard Wilbur. Inscribed to Brinnin by Wilbur. Removed and cataloged for Special Collections: Spec PQ1890 .A38 1982.
#65 of 100 numbered editions, signed by Tillinghast. Removed for cataloging for Special Collections.
Inscribed to Brinnin by Walcott. Removed and cataloged for Special Collections: Spec PR9272.9 .W3 O44 1990 c.2.
Removed and cataloged for Special Collections: Spec PS3545 .I32165 M67 1991.
Removed and cataloged for Special Collections: Spec PS3545 .I32165 N49 1988.
Arranged in alphabetical order by title.
Brinnin's poem, "Observatory Hill"
Ankey Larrabee piece.
Brinnin's poem, "Marianne Moore's"
Includes Rollie McKenna's photographs and quotes from Brinnin.
Inscribed by Peter Sanger.
Dylan Thomas home.
Includes Brinnin's article, "Dylan Thomas in Wales."
Includes three poems by Brinnin
Includes a story and poems by Dylan Thomas.
Issue regarding the Key West Seminar honoring Elizabeth Bishop.
Includes Brinnin's poem, "The Sorrows of Cold Stone."
Includes poems by Dylan Thomas
Four poems by Brinnin
Two poems by Brinnin
Brinnin is a contributing editor.
With note attached.
"Dylan Thomas and His Village" + DT
Physical Description(2 copies)
Edited by James Merrill + poems by Merrill and Kimon Friar
2 copies
Dylan Thomas poem
Two poems by Brinnin
Poem by Brinnin
Poem by Brinnin
Poem by Brinnin
Review by Brinnin
Brinnin awarded a prize
Dylan Thomas poem
Three poems by Brinnin
Three poems by Brinnin
Two copies
Four poems by Brinnin
Brinnin's article, "Remembering Howard Moss."
Includes a poem by Brinnin.
Includes a poem by Brinnin.
Edited by JMB and John Thompson
Ankey Larrabee's copy
Ankey Larrabee's copy
Includes an article regarding Key West.
Brinnin's article on Wallace Stevens.
Article about Elizabeth Bishop (with photo of Brinnin).
Includes a poem by Brinnin.
Includes an article by Brinnin.
Includes an article regarding Truman Capote in which Brinnin is quoted. Removed to oversize.
Exhibition catalog with preface by Brinnin and includes image of Brinnin with Eudora Welty.
Copy also cataloged for the main library stacks.
Copy also cataloged for the main library stacks.
(Volume 46, Number 6)
Exhibition based on the Jeff Towns/Dylans Bookstore Collection.
Exhibition catalog inscribed by artist Roger de Montebello to Brinnin.
Inscribed to Brinnin by Porter.
Exhibition catalog inscribed to Brinnin.
With a flyer for a Dylan Thomas program laid in. Two copies removed and cataloged for Special Collections and main library stacks. Two copies remain in the collection.
Several items removed to oversize.
Includes clippings regarding Dylan and Caitlin Thomas and Brinnin's views on poetry and poets.
Includes articles on Venice, smoking, death, the Kennedy assassination, and other topics.
Certificate of birth issued in 1982, plus a memorial card for Maggie Malcom (died 1892 Jan 10) and a page listing Malcom family births (possibly torn from a family Bible).
Brinnin's draft classification of 4A was issued by the Washtenaw County (Michigan) Selective Service Board.
Diploma in cover.
Hosted by Kay Kuhn in Norwell, Massachusetts. Includes a copy of the invitation, signatures of the guests who attended and notes of regret from friends who were unable to attend. Regrets from Philip Burton, Denise Levertov, Ralph Ellison, George Starbuck, and Peter Stansky. Guests included Jim Scully, Richard Wilbur, Rollie McKenna, Robert Pounder, Howard Moss, and James Merrill.
Computer printout of Brinnin's medical history and recent laboratory test results.
Faxed form signed by Brinnin authorizing the cremation of his mother.
Four computer diskettes. Two of the diskettes are unlabeled and the other two use Claris/Macwrite programs.
Brinnin's journal details his final month, as well as financial calculations, a list of questions for his doctors, blank checks, uncancelled postage stamps, Brinnin's library card, a photograph of Bill Read, the medical records kept by the Visiting Nurse Association and Griswold Special Care, and Brinnin's medical directive.
Includes distribution lists for letters in the game of anagrams, which Brinnin played and enjoyed throughout his life. His diary indicate the number of games won at each session and occasionally a cumulative total for a season in Key West.
Uncancelled postage stamps depicting passenger ships and the artwork of Alexander Calder.
Brinnin's calligraphic writing was admired by many.
Unused postcards depicting Venice, passenger ships, works of art, St. Thomas (Virgin Islands), and Florence. Also includes a postcard used to advertise Brinnin's
Dylan Thomas in America.Includes travel brochures for cruises, information on vacation rentals, a booklet regarding British Airways's Concorde, hotel envelopes, a map and guide to South Miami, and a brochure for the exhibit "Rapallo Letteraria," in 1994.
Includes invitations and programs.
Includes clippings, program, and other printed material related to the seminar or to Elizabeth Bishop. Brinnin was instrumental in organizing and moderating this seminar.
Programs for seminars related to Tennessee Williams and "Literature in the Age of AIDS."
According to his unpublished memoir, Brinnin met Walter Reuther in Detroit during the formation of the United Auto Workers. At the age of nineteen Brinnin did office work and distributed flyers. His memoir chronicles the first sit-down strike in Detroit.
Program and ticket for the dedication service which Brinnin attended. He has annotated the program with his comments.
Video cassette of an interview with Brinnin in Key West, Florida. Brinnin comments on his decision to live in Key West, Truman Capote, his works on passenger ships, writers living in Key West, and Dylan Thomas. The interview is obviously edited with live shots of Brinnin intermixed with images of his books and is approximately five minutes in length.
Hosted by Valerie Henderson, the show features Brinnin reading poems from his
Selected Poems and Skin Diving in the Virgins. The show was produced while Brinnin was a professor at Boston University.There is no indication as to the owner. Some penciled markings are found in the margins.
Includes a dust jacket for Stephen McCauley's The Easy Way Out, a portion of the dust acket for Peter De Vries's Consenting Adults and a photocopy of an eighteen-page cartoon which includes Brinnin.
Diskette and user's manual.
Six diskettes.
Three diskettes.
Five diskettes.
Four diskettes.