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Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Donald Justice was born August 12, 1925, in Miami, Florida, to Vascoe and Mary Ethel (Cook) Justice. He was educated at the University of Miami (B.A., 1945), the University of North Carolina (M.A., 1947), Stanford University (1947-1948), and the State University of Iowa (Ph.D., 1954). While at Iowa, Justice studied with Robert Lowell, Karl Sharpiro, Paul Engle, and John Berryman in the Iowa Poetry Workshop.
His distinguished teaching career has included positions at the University of Miami (1949-1951), University of Missouri (1955-1956), Hamline University (1956-1957), State University of Iowa (now the University of Iowa, 1957-1966, 1971-1982, 1992), Reed College (1962), Syracuse University (1966-1970), University of California - Irvine (1970-1971), University of Florida (1982-1992), Princeton University (1976), and the University of Virginia (1980). He retired from the University of Florida in 1992. As a teacher of poetry he influenced numerous young poets, including Charles Wright, Mark Strand, and Edgar Bowers.
A member of the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters since 1992, Donald Justice has received numerous awards and honors. Notable among these are the Lamont Poetry Selection, Academy of American Poets (1959) for Summer Anniversaries; a National Book Award nomination (1973) for Departures; the Pulitzer Prize in Poetry (1979) for Selected Poems; the Harriet Monroe Award, University of Chicago (1984); a National Book Critic Circle Award nomination (1988) for The Sunset Maker; the Bolligen Prize for poetry (1991); and the Lannan Literary Award for poetry (1996). Fellowships and grants awarded to Justice include a Rockefeller Foundation fellowship in poetry (1954-1955), Ford Foundation fellowship in theater (1964-1965), National Endowment for the Arts grants (1967, 1973, 1980, and 1989), Guggenheim fellowship in poetry (1976-1977), and American Academy of Poets fellowship (1988). In 1997 Donald Justice was elected a Chancellor of The Academy of American Poets.
The earliest publication of Donald Justice's poetry occurred during the 1940s in magazines and journals such as Coraddi, Poetry, Antaeus, and Literary Review. According to the bibliographical checklist in Certain Solitudes, his first published collection of poems was The Old Bachelor and Other Poems (Pandamus Press, 1951). His next collection, The Summer Anniversaries (Wesleyan University Press, 1960), was a Lamont Poetry Selection.
Since Summer Anniversaries, Donald Justice has authored numerous collections of poetry published by private and trade presses. Notable among these publications are Night Light (Wesleyan University Press, 1967); Departures (Atheneum, 1973); the Pulitzer Prize-winning Selected Poems (Atheneum, 1979); The Sunset Maker (Atheneum, 1987); A Donald Justice Reader (Middlebury College Press/University Press of New England, 1992); and New and Selected Poems (Alfred A. Knopf, 1995). His poetry is also available in anthologies, magazines, journals, newspapers, and on broadsides.
Justice has edited collections of poetry written by Weldon Kees, Henri Coulette, and Raeburn Miller, as well as collections of contemporary French poetry and Syracuse poetry. He has also written several librettos, of which The Death of Lincoln was published in 1988. Recently his book of essays, Oblivion: On Writers and Writing (Story Line Press, 1998), was published.
Justice's artistry extends beyond writing to painting and linocuts. Illustrations from his linocuts appear in his book of poems, Banjo Dog (Thaumatrope Press, 1995) and in Richard Frost's book, Jazz For Kirby (State Street Press, 1990). The dust jacket for The Sunset Maker was from a painting by Justice. Slides of several of his watercolor painting are available in Series II (F269).
Donald Justice died in Iowa City, Iowa, on August 6, 2004.
http://www.poets.org/LIT/poet/djustfst.htm (The Academy of American Poets online) Chapman, Jeff and John D. Jorgenson (eds.) Contemporary Authors. New Revision Series, Volume 54. Detroit: Gale Research, 1997. pp. 224-229. Dictionary of Literary Biography Yearbook. 1983. Detroit: Gale Research Co., 1983. pp. 266-271. Gioia, Dana and William Logan. Certain Solitudes: on the poetry of Donald Justice. Fayetteville: The University of Arkansas Press, 1997. May, Hal and James G. Lesniak (eds.) Contemporary Authors. New Revision Series, Volume 26. Detroit: Gale Research Inc., 1989. pp. 192-197.
The Donald Justice Papers span the dates 1936 to 1998, with the bulk of the collection dating between 1952 and 1996. Correspondence and drafts of poetry comprise the majority of the ten linear feet of manuscripts; however, drafts of other genre, such as reviews, stories, lectures, plays, and librettos complement the poetry. The papers are completed by photographs, clippings, programs, books, posters, transcripts, scrapbooks, calendars, broadsides, and financial papers.
Arranged in seven series, the collection clearly focuses on Donald Justice's work as a poet. Series I. Writing by Donald Justice consists of six subseries: poetry, opera and music, novels, plays, stories, and prose.
Over eighty percent of this series is associated with Justice's poetry, including some poems which remain unpublished. Beginning in 1943 with several poems sent to poet George Marion O'Donnell for critique, and continuing through his most recent collection of poems, New and Selected Poems (1995), the poetry subseries documents Justice's meticulous crafting of his poems. His writing is characterized by numerous revisions or the complete rewrites of his poems, experimention with diverse poetical forms, as well as the occasional use of a pseuodnym (F8). Even after poems are published they are still subject to Justice's revisions. This is illustrated by his revisions of previously published poems for his volumes of selected work or by the broadside of "Mule team and poster" (F158) which bears his autograph revisions.
Arranged chronologically, manuscripts are available for most of Justice's collections of poetry, as well as for small press publications, broadsides, and his doctoral dissertation. The Series List (pages 11-12) introduces the many units in the poetry subseries. Some units consist of a single folder, for example "Early Poems" or "Yaddo Lyric," but most are multi-folder groups related to published collections of Justice poems, such as Night Light or The Sunset Maker. The folders reflect Donald Justice's assembling of related material and in most cases his labeling of those folders.
In addition to the autograph worksheets and typescript drafts of poems present in the poetry subseries, sections related to published books may also include galley proofs, correspondence with the publisher, dust jackets, book reviews, contracts, and promotional material. Copies of books were removed and cataloged for Special Collections. Appendix A lists removed items and call numbers.
Though less extensive, the papers encompass other genres authored by Justice, particularly operas, plays, stories, and prose, plus several ideas for novels. Justice's three librettos, The Young God, The Iron Hand, and The Death of Lincoln, demonstrate his musical aptitude, first developed while studying with American composer Carl Ruggles from 1942 to 1945. Two letters from Ruggles (F377) confirm his critique and encouragement of Justice's musical composition.
Justice has written a number of short stories, from the 1950 award-winning "The Lady" to "Death, Night, Etc.," published by Yale Review in 1998. He has also written plays, several of which have been produced, such as "A Dream of Don Juan," "Narcissus at Home," and "Chance for Rain." Drafts of two of his plays, "The Whole World Knows" and "The Hitch-Hikers," are based on short stories written by Eudora Welty. A letter from Welty regarding the production of the plays accompanies one of the drafts.
The final subseries is prose and includes Justice's master's thesis, "The Fugitive-Agrarian "Myth"," reviews of the work of other poets, essays on poetry or poets, autobiographical sketches, editorial work on The Collected Poems of Weldon Kees, and an afterword to Robinson's The Torrent and the Night Before. Most of his editorial work has reflected his interest in and promotion of the work of other poets, such as Weldon Kees, Henri Coulette, and Raeburn Miller.
Donald Justice is an artist as well as a writer. Series II. Artwork by Donald Justice, is a limited introduction to his painting and linocut through a group of slides. Illustrations from his linocuts appear in his book of poems, Banjo Dog and in Richard Frost's book, Jazz For Kirby.
Documentation for some of Justice's public presentations is available in Series III. Lectures and readings presented by Justice. Drafts of lectures delivered at Breadloaf and other gatherings, as well as drafts or promotional material related to poetry readings provide a sampling of his public presentations.
Series IV. Personal and professional correspondence is divided between Justice's correspondence with friends and literary acquaintances and his business correspondence. The business correspondence is primarily with publishers, such as Atheneum, Wesleyan University Press, or literary journals. This correspondence regards publications schedules, royalties, permissions for collected works, and other publication issues. Letters from the Academy of American Poets, various libraries seeking manuscript donations, and universities regarding teaching assignments or leaves of absences, enlarge the scope of business correspondence and touch on aspects of Justice's teaching career, reputation, and professional life.
The personal and literary correspondence is a rich record of Justice's relationships with friends, many of whom are also accomplished poets and academics, and with other literary notables. The most extensive groups of letters written to Justice, both in number of letters and period of time, are from poets Mark Strand, Charles Wright, and Robert Mezey. Over 350 letters from these three friends communicate not only their thoughts on his poetry, but discuss mutual friends, teaching, travels, and a wide arrange of personal issues. They confer on current writing projects, particularly poems, sometimes enclosing copies for Justice's comments. A substantial number of letters from Richard Stern, Marvin Bell, Philip Booth, Donald Hall, Dana Gioia, and Philip Levine continue these topics.
These letters and others in the collection suggest the senders' high regard for Justice as a poet and as a valued friend, imply that Justice appreciates the input of other poets in refining his poems, and convey something of Justice's playful side, mentioning his fascination with gambling, his enjoyment of sports, and his intensely competitive spirit.
A few of the many literary notables among the remaining personal and literarycorrespondents are American composer Carl Ruggles; poets John Berryman, Robert Bly, James Dickey, Stephen Spender, and Yvor Winter; and novelist John Irving.
Letters written by Donald Justice to others, including original letters to his wife and son, over 100 letters to poet Henri Coulette, a letter to his mother, and drafts of letters to friends and associates, constitute a significant segment of the personal and literary correspondence. The draft letters, found in notebooks or on loose-leaf pages, were written during the 1990s, as was the "correspondence diary," which lists each letter Justice sent between 1990 and 1993. Folder descriptions list to whom the drafts were written and a brief summary of the letter's purpose. Justice's letters reflect his family life, his academic life, particularly as part of the Iowa Writers' Workshop, and his willingness to assist students through letters of reference.
It should be noted that Series I also includes some correspondence, either from publishers about a particular work in production or from individuals congratulating Justice on recent publications. Folder descriptions indicate when correspondence is present.
Appendix B provides a list of correspondence from literary notables. The alphabetical list includes the following information: name of the sender, dates of letters, types of letters, number of pages, folder location, and notes about enclosures.
Letters of notification are the primary contents in Series V. Awards and honors accorded to Justice. However, manuscripts displayed in an American Academy of Art and Letters/National Institute of Arts and Letters exhibition upon Justice's membership in 1992 and a folder photographs taken at Academy dinners and committee meetings round out this series.
Series VI. Interviews, books, articles, and review related to Donald Justice and his work, provides commentary by others on the life and poetry of Justice. Particularly helpful are Justice's interview with Dana Gioia and statements by Witter Bynner and Irving Feldman.
The final series of the collection, Series VII. Personal Papers, consists of a small assortment of college transcripts, photographs, university identification cards, pocket calendars, and financial papers. Over thirty different images of Donald Justice are represented among the photographs. The pocket calendars, for the years 1966, 1967, and 1970, are excellent sources of information about Justice's academic career during those years, listing appointments, meetings, and notes. References to his academic career are also found throughout the correspondence.
These papers record the "quiet but marked influence" (Certain Solitudes, p. xvii) of Donald Justice as a poet and as a teacher, inviting the researcher to explore the life and work of this "poet's poet."
A few of Donald Justice's poetry manuscripts have been donated to the following libraries: The University of Buffalo, Wesleyan University, The University of Florida, and The Pierpont Morgan Library.
The Donald Justice Papers are arranged in seven series. Series I. Writing by Donald Justice comprises sixty percent of the collection and has six subseries: poetry, opera and music, novels, plays, stories, and prose. Each of these subseries is arranged in chronological order with the earliest writing appearing first. Of the six subseries, poetry is largest and most complex. Arranged chronologically, the folders in the poetry subseries reflect original folder titles as given by Justice. The material for particular published works (e.g. both editions of Summer Anniversaries) have been gathered together within the subseries and arranged chronologically by the publication date of the first edition.
Series II. Artwork by Donald Justice consists of one folder of slides, plus a published book which has been removed and cataloged for Special Collections.
Series III. Lectures and reading presented by Justice is arranged in chronological order by the date of the reading or lecture.
Series IV. Personal and professional correspondence has two subseries: first, personal and literary correspondence and, second, business correspondence. The personal and literary correspondence is arranged alphabetically by the sender's name and then chronologically within folders.
The business correspondence is arranged alphabetically by name of the publisher or organization, plus one folder of miscellaneous business correspondence found at the end of the subseries. The items in folders related to a particular publisher or organization are arranged chronologically. Correspondence related to the publications of Justice's work may be found in Series I, with other material related to the publication, or in Series IV, as part of correspondence with a particular publisher. This reflects the collection's original arrangement.
Series V. Awards and honors accorded Justice and Series VI. Interviews, books, articles, and reviews related to Donald Justice and his work are arranged in chronological order.
Series VII. Personal papers includes four small groups of material, including college transcripts and Graduate Record Examination scores, pocket calendars and university identification cards, photographs of Justice and friends, and a small number of personal financial papers. The items are in chronological order within each of the groups.
Oversize items have been removed from folders throughout the collection and filed in the oversize section. Removal sheets have been placed in the original folders to identify removed items. Items are arranged in folder number order. Three oversize galley proofs are housed separately in the Galley Proof Section of the Manuscript Unit. Removal sheets identify these items.
Appendix A provides a list of books written or edited by Donald Justice, as well as books or periodicals to which he contributed. Most of these items were originally a part of the Donald Justice Papers or were donated by Justice. The items were cataloged for the book section of Special Collections and the call number (in parentheses) indicates the location of the book, journal, or broadside.
Appendix B offers an alphabetical index of selected correspondence. The index offers sender's name, date of letter/letters, type of letter, number of pages, folder number location in the collection, and notes about enclosures.
Boxes 1-9: Shelved in SPEC MSS record center cartons Removals shelved in SPEC MSS oversize boxes (32 inches) F53, F58, F134: Shelved in SPEC MSS oversize galleys
Purchase, 1982. Additions through purchase and gift, 1997, 1998, 1992, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2014.
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Collection Inventory
A number of books and journals were removed from the collection and cataloged for Special Collections. Where this has occurred a Special Collections call number is noted in parenthesis. A list of these books and journals is available in Appendix A.
Series consists of material toward Justice's published books of poetry, unpublished drafts in notebooks, and loose worksheets. Worksheets for abandoned or pseudonymous (a.k.a. Orville St. John, Vasco Lee, Rodney Cook, and Manfred Stonesifer) poems are available, as are his translations. The material is arranged in chronological order, using the publication date for material related to books. For notebooks and folders of worksheets (the contents of folders were collected and labeled by Justice) the earliest date noted in the material is used for the arrangement, though a range of dates is noted.
Typescript and autograph drafts of poems bearing extensive autograph revisions. Includes one poem written in collaboration with Mark Strand, one with a note by George Hitchcock, as well as several bearing autograph notations by poet George Marion O'Donnell.
Includes copies of magazines and journals in which Justice's poems appear, as well as photocopies of published poems. Includes an issue of
Carolina Magazine (1947 Mar) which contains Justice's story, "The Pink Rosebush and the Peachtree" and two clippings of early printed poems.Mimeographed typescript poems written by Justice while a student of Robert Lowell and John Berryman in the Iowa Poetry Workshop. The poems bear occasional notes on the verso.
Includes autograph drafts of poems, notes and ideas for poems, drafts of letters, notes on literature, lists of books to read, a list of expenses, a list of poems and journals to which they were submitted, names and addresses, and notes toward grant applications. Although most of the drafts of poems are untitled, titled poems include: "The Key" and "Dawn: May 23rd, 1954."
Autograph, mimeographed typescript, and photocopies of printed poems used as drafts, all bearing extensive autograph revisions. Includes drafts for "Don Juan in Hell," "The Ballad of Charles Starkweather" (with Robert Mezey), and "The Telephone Booth in the Woods." "The Ballad of Charles Starkweather" appeared in the winter 1976 issue of
Antaeus (Spec PS3519 .U825 B35).Typescript and autograph drafts with extensive autograph revisions of various songs, blues poems, and other work. Most of these poems are unpublished and some are unfinished. A sample of titles include "Uncle Vanya," "Landscape," "Aboard! Aboard!," "Draft," "Angel Death Blues," and "Kiting." "Kiting" appeared in the Summer 1962 issue of
Literary Review (Spec PS3519 .U825 K55).Photocopied typescript of Justice's doctoral dissertation submitted at the State University of Iowa in 1954.
Includes typescript and autograph drafts of poems written by Justice using the pseudonyms, Orville St. John, Vasco Lee, Rodney Cook, and Manfred Stonesifer. Some bear notes indicating they were "failed" or "abandoned," while most bear extensive autograph revisions. Titles include "Tiger," "Toy Pianos," "Homecomings," "Hopper's Women," "Stopping beside Highway 29 at Dusk," "Epitaph for a Pair of Old Shoes," "Variations on a Line by Jack Spicer," "To a Friend Whose Eye Was Stolen," "It Is," and others.
A collection of typescript poems with a few autograph revisions. The twenty-eight-page collection has a title page, listing a Miami, Florida, address for Justice, and a table of contents.
Some poems from this collection were published in issues of
Poetry (Spec PS3519 .U825 F77), Western Review, and The Literary Review. A portion of "Bad Dreams" was also included in New and Selected Poems (1995). Autograph and typescript worksheets, bearing extensive autograph revisions, notes, and photocopies of printed versions are present.Poem titled "Chorus of Servants."
Poem titled "Interlude: A Hard Though Brief Pain."
Poem titled "Epilogue to Bad Dreams."
Poem titled "The Winding of the Watch" or "The Station Agent's Watch."
Poem titled "Dream of the Young Girl" or "Dream of the Grand-Niece."
Poem titled "Dream of the Old Man Dying."
Poem titled "Chorus of Servants."
First edition: Middletown, Conn.: Wesleyan University Press, [1960] Revised edition: Middletown, Conn.: Wesleyan University Press, 1981 Includes correspondence, contract, galley proofs, reviews, announcements, typescript for the revised edition. See also the business correspondence for Hawk's Well (F448) and Wesleyan Presses (F460-463). Copies of both editions have been cataloged for Special Collections (Spec PS3519 .U825 S8 and Spec PS3519 .U825 S8 1981).
Because of press problems
Summer Anniversaries was never published by Hawk's Well Press. In fact, the editor, Jerome Dennis Rothenberg, encouraged and cooperated with the transfer of the book to Wesleyan Press.Includes correspondence with the American Academy of Poets regarding the Lamont Poetry Selection (with ticket, program, and dinner seating plans) and letters of congratulation.
An incomplete set, marked "Plimpton Press...Duplicate Proofs."
Loose newspaper clippings and photocopies.
Includes clippings and tearsheets of reviews, a book jacket, and a Wesleyan Press brochure announcing the book.
Autograph, typescript, and photocopied pages from the first edition, bearing autograph revisions for the revised edition, plus text of author's note.
Galleys (removed to oversize), plus letter regarding the galleys, two autograph pages of corrections, and copies of the pen and ink drawings for the cover design.
Typescript and photocopies of drafts of poems and a few translations, written by Justice and sent to Henri Coulette for his comments and critique. Includes several original letters from Justice to Coulette and a page of suggestions from Coulette. Some poems bear notes by Coulette, as well as revisions by Justice, and many were later published.
First edition: Iowa City: The Stone Wall Press & The Finial Press, 1963 Author's autograph copy cataloged for Special Collections (Spec Folio PS 3519 .U825 L6). Includes correspondence, reviews, and a typescript.
Bears a few autograph revisions.
Includes clippings, a copy of
Poetry (1965 Jan) with Mona Van Duyn's review, letters of congratulations and appreciation. Letters from Philip Levine, J. V. Cunningham, Josephine Miles, Hortense Calisher, James Crenner, and John C. Holmes are present.First edition: Middletown, Conn.: Wesleyan University Press, [1967] Revised edition: Middletown, Conn.: Wesleyan University Press, [1981] Includes notebook and worksheets of poems, typescripts, galley proofs, correspondence, reviews, and page proofs. See also the business correspondence for Wesleyan Press (F460-463). Copies of both editions have been cataloged for Special Collections (Spec PS3519 .U825 N5 and Spec PS3519 .U825 N5 1981).
Notebook of autograph poems labeled: "notebook found in rented house in San Francisco, summer/fall 1964-1965." Includes drafts of prose poems for "Bad Dreams," "The Man Closing Up," "The Tourist from Syracuse," "To a Survivor," "The Missing Person," "Elsewheres (South)," "At a Rehearsal of Uncle Vanya," "In the Green Room," and translations of Enzensberger. ca. 85 pp.
Multiple autograph and typescript drafts for each poem, bearing extensive autograph revisions. Many include notes written by Justice indicating when and where the poem was written.
See also the section on novels (F243) for a draft of this poem.
With drafts of "Memory of a Porch," "The Young God" (which became a play and later a libretto), and fragments of undeveloped poems.
Includes one draft of the poem which bears autograph comments in the margins by Mark Strand and numerous other drafts of the poem which was later performed as a play. See the play section (F247) for programs and scripts.
Setting copy bearing autograph notes.
Proofs have been cut and pasted to letter-size pages and labeled "author's file set," bearing autograph corrections and notes by Justice.
Unmarked galleys labeled "author's file set." Removed to galley section.
Correspondence with Nicholas Ranson, editor of
Bits, regarding Joan Barasovska's plagiarism of Justice's poem. Includes a copy of Bits 6.Includes reviews of the book, articles about Donald Justice, and a dust jacket.
Includes copies of journals, clippings, and photocopies of reviews.
Includes photocopies of the preliminary pages with autograph revisions by Justice, pages of autograph notes, typescript of the "author's note," and photocopies of four possible illustrations for the new book cover.
Photocopy of page proofs, with accompanying letter from editor Terry Nasta, and photocopy of the text for the dust jacket. Proof removed to galley section.
First edition: Iowa City: The Stone Wall Press, 1970 Author's autograph presentation copy (to his mother) has been cataloged for Special Collections (Spec Folio PS 3519 .U825 S55).
Includes typescript, photocopied, and autograph pages bearing extensive autograph revisions.
Several pages of original typescript are included, most pages bear autograph revisions.
Includes over one hundred pages of autograph drafts with extensive revisions of "Sonatina in Green," "Sonatina in Yellow," and "Sonatina in Blue."
Autograph, typescript, and photocopied drafts of sonatinas, bearing extensive autograph revisions.
Proof copies and two broadsides of Justice poems. Includes a signed and numbered broadside, "In the Attic" (a second signed copy of the broadside was cataloged - Spec PS3519 .U825 I52x 1980), "Lorcaesques" (broadside by Laurel & Hardy, 1971), "For Thomas Higgins, Pianist," and other untitled pieces.
First edition: Iowa City: The Seamark Press, 1972 Author's autograph copy cataloged for Special Collections (Spec PS 3519 .U825 F75).
Three copies of a mimeographed typescript poem, with an attached note indicating this poem was written by Justice upon hearing of the death of John Berryman.
Autograph drafts with revisions.
First edition: Iowa City: The Stone Wall Press, 1973 Author's autograph copy cataloged for Special Collections (Spec Folio PQ 2613 .U46 H6513).
First trade edition: New York: Atheneum, 1973 First limited edition: Iowa City: The Penumbra Press/The Stone Wall Press, 1973 See also the business correspondence with Atheneum (F434-442). Autograph copies of both editions have been cataloged for Special Collections (Spec PS3519 .U825 D4 and Spec PS3519 .U825 D4 1973)
Includes autograph, typescript, and mimeographed worksheets for poems included in
Departures, bearing extensive autograph revisions. Also includes photocopies of printed versions of poems used by Justice as worksheets for revising poems. These too bear extensive autograph revisions.One autograph draft removed to oversize.
One autograph draft removed to oversize.
One autograph draft removed to oversize.
Autograph, typescript, mimeographed, and photocopied drafts - all with revisions - for the typist. Also includes several lists of poems in chronological order, by categories, and where first published.
Typescript includes contents and acknowledgments.
Letters of congratulations and appreciation from friends and colleagues, including letters from R. P. Dickey, Erica Jong, Ralph Mills, Adrienne Shapiro, and others.
Clippings, journals, and photocopies of reviews. Some newspaper clippings have been removed to oversize.
Typescript or autograph copies of some of Justice's poems translated into French or Spanish. Includes letters and translations by Paulene Aspel, Dori Katz, and Melvin B. Yoken.
Autograph, typescript, and photocopied drafts of poems published in
Seneca Review (1992) and later in Poet's Notebook (1995).Typescript and autograph drafts of elegies written by Justice honoring his mother, most bear extensive autograph revisions. A portion was published as "Psalm and Lament" and the remainder abandoned.
Bound notebook in which nine pages are used for autograph drafts of blues poems titled "Blues," "Good Morning Blues," "Midnight Express," and "The Early Blues." Numerous autograph and typescript drafts are laid in the notebook, including drafts for "Gambling Blues," "Love is like Water," and "Goodbye Blues."
Ten pages of autograph drafts and notes for poems, including "Blues" and "Memories of the Depression #3."
First edition: New York: Atheneum, 1979 First English edition: [London]: Anvil Press Poetry, 1980 See also the business correspondence for Anvil Press (F433) and Atheneum (F434-442). Author's autograph copies of both editions have been cataloged for Special Collections (Spec PS3519 .U825 A17 1979 and Spec PS3519 .U825 A17 1980).
Most of these worksheets, whether autograph, photocopies, proofs, printed, or typescript, bear extensive autograph revisions.
Numerous dated autograph and typescript drafts. One autograph draft removed to oversize.
Autograph and typescript drafts, as well as three sets of page proofs for
The Ohio Review publication of the poem.Typescript draft.
Typescript draft.
Typescript drafts.
Typescript drafts.
One typescript draft.
Autograph and typescript drafts. See also the section on novels (F243) for a draft of this poem.
Autograph, typescript, and photocopied drafts.
Autograph, typescript, and photocopied drafts.
Autograph, typescript, and photocopied drafts.
Autograph and typescript drafts.
Autograph and typescript drafts.
Autograph, typescript, and photocopied drafts.
Autograph, typescript, and photocopied drafts. Includes two letters from Henri Coulette regarding "Portrait with Tequila."
Typescript drafts.
Autograph, typescript, and printed drafts.
Typescript and printed drafts.
Typescript draft.
Autograph, typescript, and photocopied drafts.
Typescript and photocopied drafts.
Autograph, typescript, mimeograph, and photocopies of printed drafts.
Autograph and typescript drafts.
Autograph, typescript, and photocopied drafts.
Two different typescript drafts.
Typescript, mimeograph, and photocopied drafts.
Photocopied typescript draft.
Autograph and photocopied pages.
An incomplete photocopied typescript manuscript with table of contents and extensive autograph revisions.
Photocopies of previously printed pages and typescript pages bearing extensive autograph revisions, plus notes to the typist.
Includes table of contents, acknowledgments, and two pages of notes by Strand.
Typescript with a few autograph corrections.
Includes pages of autograph corrections for the galleys. Galley proofs have been removed to galley proof section.
Includes newspaper clippings, journals, and tear sheets and photocopies of magazine articles (arranged in chronological order). Some clippings and copies of
London Review of Books and quarto were removed to oversize. Includes a draft of Justice's response to a review by Molesworth.Arranged alphabetically by sender, the letters convey congratulations from friends, former students, and literary colleagues, including Anthony Hecht, Lewis Turco, Daniel Halpern, and J. V. Cunningham.
Clippings and photocopies of articles regarding Justice's receipt of the Pulitzer Prize. Several oversize items removed to oversize.
Autograph and typescript drafts and notes for this now abandoned poem which was also titled "Billboard & Frame Houses." Also includes a photocopied typescript of Alan Trachtenberg's "Reading American Photographs."
Autograph and typescript drafts and notes (with extensive autograph revisions) for this now abandoned poem.
Includes autograph and typescript drafts for poems, such as "Elegiac Villanelle," as well as ideas for prose or a children's book, quotations, and translations.
First edition: [Iowa City]: The Windhover Press, [1984]. Author's autograph copy cataloged for Special Collections (Spec PS 3519 .U825 T73 1984).
First edition: Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press, [1984] Book includes poems, essays, and interviews. See also business correspondence for the University of Michigan Press (F457-459). Two copies, one with the author's signature and autograph annotations, were cataloged for Special Collections (Spec PS3519 .U825 P5 1984).
Includes two letters from Donald Hall to Justice regarding the manuscript.
Plus two cards and a letter from the editor Linda Howe to Justice.
Photocopied typescript plus two pages of autograph notes by Justice and a letter from Nancy Bower to Justice.
Twelve pages of autograph notes by Justice.
Autograph and typescript drafts (with extensive autograph revisions) of new versions of this previously published poem.
Autograph and typescript drafts with extensive autograph revisions.
Autograph and typescript drafts with extensive autograph revisions of this continuation of Justice's poem, "Purgatory."
First American edition: New York: Atheneum, 1987 First English edition: [London]: Anvil Press Poetry, 1987 Includes poems, stories, and a memoir. See also business correspondence for Atheneum (F434-442). Author's autograph copies of both editions and one proof copy were cataloged for Special Collections (Spec PS3519 .U825 S84 1987).
Most of the worksheets bear extensive autograph revisions by Justice. Photocopied drafts are frequently copies of a printed version of the poem as it appeared in a magazine, journal, or previous book.
Autograph, typescript, and photocopied drafts.
Autograph, typescript, and photocopied drafts, plus a broadside of the poem (#91 of 175 printed by Mantis Press), all bearing autograph revisions. The broadside and one autograph draft have been removed to oversize.
Numerous autograph, typescript, and photocopied drafts.
Autograph, typescript, and printed drafts, plus galley proofs.
Autograph, typescript, and photocopied drafts.
Typescript drafts.
Autograph, typescript, and photocopied drafts.
Autograph, typescript, and photocopied drafts.
Autograph and typescript drafts.
Autograph, typescript, and photocopied drafts.
Autograph, typescript, and photocopied drafts.
Autograph, typescript, and photocopied drafts.
Autograph, typescript, and photocopied drafts.
Autograph, typescript, and photocopied drafts.
Autograph, typescript, and photocopied drafts. One autograph draft has been removed to oversize.
Autograph and typescript drafts.
Autograph, typescript, and photocopied drafts, plus galley proofs.
Autograph, typescript, and photocopied drafts.
Autograph, typescript, and photocopied galley drafts. Includes a letter from Howard Moss.
Autograph, typescript, and photocopied drafts.
Autograph, typescript, and photocopied drafts.
Autograph and typescript drafts, plus galley proofs.
Autograph, typescript, and photocopied drafts.
Autograph and typescript drafts.
Autograph, typescript, and photocopied drafts, plus galley proofs.
Autograph, typescript, and photocopied drafts.
Correspondence and forms regarding published poems.
Includes autograph draft of acknowledgments and copy for the dust jacket.
Photocopies of printed poems or galleys bearing autograph revisions.
Page proofs bear autograph corrections and notes by Justice. Includes two pages of autograph notes regarding revisions and a letter from Harry Ford.
Proofs bear autograph corrections by Justice.
Repros bear autograph corrections.
Material for Atheneum and Anvil publications.
Includes correspondence, certificate, and publicity.
Letters of congratulation on the nomination and praise for the book (arranged chronologically). Includes letters from Robert Mezey (with enclosed poems), Philip Booth, John Irving, Donald Hall, and others.
Clippings, tearsheets, and photocopied articles. Some reviews have been removed to oversize.
First edition: Hanover, N.H.: Middlebury College Press/University Press of New England, [1992] Author's autograph copy was cataloged for Special Collections (Spec PS3519 .U825 A6 1991).
Notebook of autograph notes, ideas, plans, drafts, and an epigraph for the book. Autograph and typescript poems, most bearing extensive autograph revisions, are laid in.
Typescript and photocopied pages of poems titled: "Selected Writings: Poems, Stories, and Essays." Material bears autograph revisions.
Combination of page proofs and draft pages.
Galleys bear Logan's autograph suggested revisions or corrections, plus some notes by Justice.
Includes autograph drafts or photocopies of Justice's letters.
Includes clippings, photocopies, and journals.
Autograph and typescript drafts, bearing extensive autograph revisions, of two poems, "City: Twilight and Fog" and "The night is a vast ballroom and dimly lighted." Justice labeled these "unsatisfactory" and "maybe to be finished later."
Includes seventeen pages of autograph drafts, with revisions, of the poems, "Canyon II," "Childhood," and "Sadness."
First edition: Riverside, Calif.: Printed by the Doe Press for Thaumatrope Press, University of California, Riverside, 1995. Autograph copy cataloged for Special Collections (Spec PS3519 .U825 B36x 1995).
Autograph notes for poems concerning the Great Depression, plus autograph, photocopied, and typescript drafts, bearing extensive autograph revisions.
Letters from printer Sid Berger.
First edition: New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1995.
The worksheets are computer generated typescripts with autograph revisions unless otherwise noted.
Photocopy of a typescript, the original is in the folder for "Sadness" (F220).
Clean copy.
Clean copy.
Autograph and computer typescripts with autograph revisions.
Autograph, typescript, and photocopied drafts with extensive autograph revisions.
Autograph and computer typescript drafts with extensive autograph revisions.
Autograph and computer typescript drafts with extensive autograph revisions.
Autograph, photocopied, and typescript drafts, plus galley proofs, all with extensive autograph revisions.
Autograph, photocopied, typescript drafts with extensive autograph revisions.
Autograph, typescript, and photocopied drafts with extensive autograph revisions.
Clean copy.
Autograph, computer typescript, and typescript drafts with extensive autograph revisions.
Numerous autograph, typescript, and computer typescript drafts with extensive autograph revisions.
Autograph, typescript, photocopied, and computer typescript drafts with extensive autograph revisions, plus a list of poems.
Includes introductory material and autograph notes attached.
Includes a letter from Harry Ford, pages listing Justice's autograph corrections, as well as autograph corrections throughout the proofs.
Bears some corrections by Justice.
Includes letters from Harry Ford and two pages of Justice's suggested corrections.
Correspondence regarding their suggestions of poems. Includes lists of possible inclusions with their choices marked, plus autograph notes by Justice.
Most of the letters are from editor Harry Ford are regard the book's publication. Also includes text for the dust jacket, a Knopf catalog, and an announcement for the book.
Photocopies of articles.
Program and medal awarded for being a National Book Award finalist.
Autograph and typescript drafts (bearing extensive autograph revisions) of an untitled, and now abandoned, poem related to Yaddo. Also includes an information sheet about Yaddo (1984).
Donald Justice has written several librettos, as well as the text for a choral performance.
Arranged chronologically.
A libretto by Justice, with music by Edward Miller, which was performed by the Opera Department of Hartt College of Music at the University of Hartford (1969 Apr 30-May 3). Includes programs and several scripts.
Text written by Justice and music composed by Edward Miller. Includes typescript of text and copy of sheet music.
Includes a program for the University of Illinois School of Music choral performance of Justice's libretto. The libretto is based on Herman Melville's poem, "The Martyr," which was inspired by Lincoln's assassination in 1865.
Published: [Austin, Tex.]: [W. Thomas Taylor], [1988] Librettist's autograph copy cataloged for Special Collections (Spec PS 3519 .U825 D42 1988).
Includes research regarding John Wilkes Booth, notes for the libretto, and draft pages with revisions.
Includes research notes, general notes, as well as autograph and typescript drafts of scenes. Also includes drafts of prologue and epilogue.
Autograph, typescript, and photocopied drafts with extensive autograph revisions.
Photocopy with autograph revisions.
Correspondence with the National Endowment for the Arts regarding his Composer/Librettist Fellowship-Grant for 1973-1974, the Contemporary American Opera Studio regarding the 1980 production, and with composer Edwin London.
Programs and flyers for performances by the Contemporary American Opera Studio (1980) and the Cleveland Chamber Symphony (1991).
Autograph notes for the publication of
The Death of Lincoln.Galley bears a few autograph corrections. Galley removed to oversize.
Two pages of autograph notes.
Four pages of autograph notes, plus drafts of the poems, "The Grandfathers" (see also F32) and "But That Is Another Story" (see also F109).
Arranged in chronological order.
Autograph and typescript drafts for an unfinished play.
Autograph and typescript drafts for an intended verse play, portions of which appeared in the
Donald Justice Reader.Mimeographed typescript with Justice's autograph revisions and productions notes. See also "Narcissus at Home," (F247) for a copy of the program for both plays.
Mimeographed and carbon typescript scripts which bear extensive autograph revisions. Also includes two programs for the 1966 production of both "Narcissus at Home" and "A Dream of Don Juan." See also F43 for drafts of this poem.
Includes mimeographed typescript with autograph revisions and a flyer for the studio production at the American Place Theater in 1967.
Four typescript pages of notes and ideas for a play based on this poem.
One autograph page.
Includes the original autograph script, typescripts and photocopied typescripts, notes, stage directions, and correspondence. The play is Justice's adaptation of Eudora Welty's short story, "The Golden Apples." Correspondence with theater directors and one letter from Eudora Welty regarding the play are present.
Material related to Justice's adaptation of Eudor Welty's story includes original autograph scripts, typescript drafts, all with extensive autograph revisions, plus a copy of the Reader's Theater version.
Five pages of autograph and typescript draft.
Program for a production by the Drama Department of the University of Miami.
Arranged in chronological order.
Clipping regarding a second prize awarded by the Stanford Creative Writing Contest in 1949 for Justice's short story.
First published in Western Review, this story was selected for the O. Henry Prize Collection of Stories for 1950, and reprinted in an anthology of O. Henry Award winners in 1984. Includes clippings, letters from Wallace Stegner and Ray B. West, and other correspondence. Issues of Western Review and Stanford Short Stories, in which "The Lady" was published, were cataloged for Special Collections (Spec PS3519 .U825 L34 1950 and Spec PS3519 .U825 L34 1950b).
Research, notes, and typescript, with extensive autograph revisions, for an unpublished short story based on a passage in a Wallace Stevens letter.
Computer typescript drafts, autograph notes, galley proof, and an e-mail letter from Robert Mezey related to this short story published by Yale Review (1998 Spr). It was originally titled "Ma Non Troppo."
This section includes Justice's M.A. thesis, book reviews, essays, and autobiographical sketches written by Justice, as well as works he edited.
Arranged chronologically
Carbon typescript of Justice's 1947 Master of Arts thesis for the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, plus autograph pages of bibliography and table of contents.
Photocopies of Justice's reviews of books written by Thomas Merton, Kathleen Raine, Howard Moss, Paul Goodman, J. V. Cunningham, A. E. Housman, and Tennessee Williams.
First limited edition: Iowa City: The Stone Wall Press, 1960 First trade edition: Lincoln, Neb.: University of Nebraska Press, [1962] Revised edition: Lincoln, Neb.: University of Nebraska Press, 1975 First English edition: London: Farber & Farber, 1993 Justice edited and wrote the introduction for this collection. Autograph copies have been cataloged for Special Collections (Spec PS3521 .E285 A6 1960 and Spec PS3521 .E285 A6 1962).
Photocopies of stories by Kees, reviews, and Justice's introduction.
Correspondence regarding publication of various editions, a contract for the revised edition, royalty statements, and check stubs.
Two small notebooks and loose pages of autograph notes with Justice's autobiographical sketches.
Photocopy of article published in
The Iowa Review.Photocopy of article published in
The Michigan Quarterly Review.Photocopy of typescript with an introduction by Justice and Robert Mezey.
Typescript bearing extensive autograph revisions of an essay on Philip Larkin.
Includes typescript draft bearing extensive autograph revisions, galley proofs, and a letter from the publisher.
Includes slides of paintings and a copy of a book containing illustrations from linocuts. Justice created the illustrations for Richard Frost's book,
Jazz For Kirby (Brockport, N.Y.: State Street Press, 1990). A copy of the book has been removed and cataloged for Special Collections.Three color and one black and white slides of painting and linocuts by Justice. Painting titles include "Cafe," "Payday," "Still Life with Turnips," and "Old Building."
Arranged in chronological order, this series includes posters, drafts of presentations, programs, schedules, clippings, and notes. See also F335 for notes related to a 1990 lecture at Breadloaf.
Poster for a lecture at the University of Iowa's "Centennial Celebration of
Les Fleurs du Mal by Charles Baudelaire."Material related to Justice's readings of his poetry or the work of other poets, such as T. S. Eliot or Weldon Kees. Includes readings at The Poetry Center (New York), the Library of Congress, Scripps College Humanities Institute, and the New England Poetry Circuit.
A program for a series of ten lectures given by Justice as George Elliston Lecturer in Poetry at the University of Cincinnati in 1967.
Two typescript drafts bearing extensive autograph revisions.
Autograph and typescript drafts and notes for a lecture at Breadloaf during 1985.
Includes notes, photocopied poems, and typescript draft with autograph revisions.
Includes autograph notes, typescript, and photocopied drafts, bearing extensive autograph revisions. Also includes a copy of Poetry Pilot (1988 Oct) announcing Justice's receipt of an Academy of American Poets Fellowship and including his article, "A Memoir of Henri Coulette (1927-1988)." The article bears Justice's extensive autograph revisions.
Typescript draft, bearing autograph revisions, for a talk delivered at South Dade Community College in Miami.
Typescript draft, bearing extensive autograph revisions, and autograph notes for remarks on Wallace Stevens delivered at a Poetry Society of America meeting.
Computer typescript with autograph additions and text of poems used for a tape recording for a Breadloaf lecture.
Includes literary, personal, and business correspondence. See also Series I for correspondence related to the publication of particular books. The material in each subseries is arranged alphabetically by name or organization and then chronologically within folders.
Poet and teacher Marvin Bell was a close friend of Justice. Includes typescript poems by Bell and letters from others. In his forty letters he discusses writing, teaching, the Creative Writing Program at the University of Iowa, travels, poetry readings, and offers Justice feedback on his poems.
Includes three letters to Justice, which mention his work and Justice's poems, as well as a copy of his letter of recommendation for Justice.
Includes two letters and three typescript poems written by Bly.
Poet Booth, who taught with Justice at Syracuse, writes regarding teaching, his family, Justice's poetry, and his own poems. Includes thirty-four letters, six typescript poems written by Booth, and several photograph postcards.
Includes seven letters.
Three letters from the editor of Botteghe Oscur regarding possible publication of Justice's poems.
Postcard from Carlile and Sandy McPherson.
One letter.
Two letters.
Three letters.
Eight letters discussing his health, family, his and Justice's poetry, and travels. See also Justice's letters to Coulette (F322-329), an Justice's article on Coulette's poetry (F266), and "Poems from letters written to Henri Coulette" (F28).
One letter regarding teaching.
Poet and printmaker Laurence Donovan is an "old Miami friend" of Justice. The nine letters discuss travels, his work, friends, and include sixteen photographs and a clipping.
Four letters concerning a 1964 book of French translations, his poetry, and family.
One letter concerning Yaddo.
Eleven letters regarding the 1986 Iowa Creative Writing Workshop reunion, getting poetry published, Justice's
The Sunset Maker, and the "postface" (typescript included) for Contemporary French Poetry. Includes Engle's broadside poem, "Heartland."Two letters concerning poetry readings and praising
Departures.One letter.
One letter.
Forty-two letters regarding his job at General Foods, his poetry, contemporary poets, mutual friends, Weldon Kees, Justice's poetry and painting, music, travels, his interview with Justice, and Diane Wakoski. Includes two photographs of Justice with Gioia and one of Gioia and his new baby. Also includes poems by Gioia, articles and clippings, a copy of his introduction to a Weldon Kees volume, and a list of possible poems for Justice's
New and Selected Poems (with Gioia's comments). See also Gioia's interview with Justice (F477).Six letters regarding their joint poetry reading at the University of New Orleans and a request for Justice to judge the 1996 Akron Poetry Prize contest.
Four letters concerning Justice's essay on poetic meter for The Structure of Verse, co-edited by Gross.
Four letters requesting information regarding John Berryman for Haffenden's biography of Berryman.
Thirty letters discuss Hall's writing, publication and reviews, arranging a reading for Justice at the University of Michigan, other poets, being labeled a "conservative" poet, editing
Platonic Scripts, and Justice's contributions for New Poets of England and America (edited by Hall, Robert Pack, and Louis Simpson). Includes galley proofs of Justice's poems for New Poets of England and America and a permission sheet.Twenty-eight letters discussing Justice's works published in
Antaeus, mutual friends, his work, and travels. Includes postcards from his travels in Morocco and Europe, as well as a list of topics for a book on Wallace Stevens.One letter from the subject of Justice's poem, "Variations for the Piano."
Two letters regarding Justice's poetry and a poetry reading.
One letter regarding Weldon Kees and Justice's poetry.
One letter concerning Justice's
New and Selected Poems.Four letters regarding Justice's poetry.
Four letters discussing his life in Vermont, readings, his novels,
Cider House Rules and Trying to Save Piggy Sneed. Includes a flyer which attributes poems written by Justice to Irving.Two letters regarding Justice's books, plus a copy of the journal,
Pequod (1984), in which Jarman's article, "Ironic Elegies: the Poetry of Donald Justice," appears.In over 110 letters, Justice discusses the Iowa Creative Writing Program, his poetry, health, family, the Ford award, writing plays, mutual friends, travels, teaching, readings, as well as critiqued poems written by Coulette. Includes copies of his poems with extensive notes by Justice, two envelopes with a photograph of Justice used as a seal, and a letter to Coulette from Harry E. Maule. See also Coulette's letters to Justice (F294 and F28).
Draft letter disputing Torgersen's review in
American Poetry Review.Twenty-eight letters written to his family during his travels for poetry readings, summer teaching jobs, stays at the MacDowell Colony, and during a 1976 trip to England with Henri Coulette. Affectionate letters in which he discussed his travels, life in England, teaching and reading experiences, his health, and movies. Includes three poems, a program, and a receipt.
One spiral-bound notebook in which Justice listed and numbered all letters written between 1990 and 1993. Includes name of recipient, dates, a brief line about the letter's contents, and lists enclosures.
Mimeograph copy of a letter from Justice to University of Iowa graduate students regarding the poor writing displayed on recent M.F.A. examinations.
Legal-size notepad containing drafts of letters to Patrick Dillon (Atheneum), Claudia Johnson, Belle Randall, Ken Fields, Joseph Parisi, Miller Williams, Paul Elledge (re: Mark Jarman), Joseph Dermant, Dana Gioia, Eric Parker, plus letters of reference for Leon Stokesbury, Jeff Franklin, and Lewis Turco. Also includes lists of addresses, notes for library research, an outline for a course on poetry, and a letter regarding personal investments. The notepad also includes notes for a reading and notes for a lecture at Breadloaf in 1990.
Loose pages of autograph drafts of letters to Elise Pascher, Jane Jones, Charles Martin, Robert Pack, Stephen Robitaillo, Scott Jones, Charles Wright, Dee Clark, Steve Kunsisto, Matthew Graham, Henry Carlile, Vern Rutsala, Ed London, W. D. Snodgrass, Harry Ford, Richard Frost, Harriet Mosher, Gregory Smith, Melissa Hammerle, Lewis Turco, Sidney Berger, and others. Also includes a 1991 update to Justice's resume and a letter of reference for Peter Klappert.
Physical Description32 pp.
Standard-size notepad, with some loose pages inserted, containing drafts of recommendations for Robert Mezey, Dana Gioia, Gail Shepherd, Padgett Powell, William Logan, Eric Parker, as well as a letter regarding Breadloaf. Also includes five pages of revisions for Dana Gioia's interview (F477) of Justice (published in a 1995 issue of American Poetry Review) and four pages of notes related to research for a course on poetry.
Standard-size notepad with autograph drafts of letters to Kate Hensler, Paul Mariani, and others.
Physical Description6 pp.
Standard-size notepad (plus a few pages laid in) with autograph drafts of letters to Willis Regier, T. McFarland, Donald Hall, Harry Ford, Walter Martin, William Logan, Robert Pack, and others. Also includes letters of recommendation for Carol Frost, Debora Gregor, Bill Young, Ginny MacKenzie, Steve Kronen, and Offitt. Also includes paragraphs reviewing books by Richard Russo, Stuart Dybek, and Andre Dubris III.
Physical Description33 pp.
Standard-size notepad which contains drafts of letters to Stephen Foster, Catherine Davis, Hualing Engle, Edgar Bower, James Reidel, and others. Also includes a list of names and addresses.
Standard-size notepad containing autograph drafts of letters to Glenna Nowell, Danny Smith, Mark Melnicove, Robert Farnsworth, Peter Jay, and others. Also includes a list of expenses for a trip to New England.
One card celebrating Justice's seventieth birthday.
One letter regarding his establishment of an art school in Italy for the University of Tulsa.
Sixteen letters discussing John Berryman, mutual friends (Mezey, Bell), his readings, Yaddo, other poets, Atheneum, get-togethers with Justice, and academic department politics.
One letter regarding Justice's poetry.
Thirty-three letters regarding his current writing projects, faculty life, book reviews, other poets, readings, his sabbatical in England, his personal life and family. Includes poems by Logan, newspaper clippings and programs from England, and photocopies of letters to others.
One card from this composer who collaborated with Justice on
Death of Lincoln.Three letters regarding his writing, audio cassette tapes featuring Jerome Mazzaro, Harte Crane, and Justice's
New and Selected Poems.Two letters regarding Justice's poems.
One Christmas greeting from a writer who was Justice's colleague at the University of Missouri.
Two letters from Justice's undergraduate roommate at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (Fall 1944).
One thank you note with Meredith's poem, "In the Canyon."
One letter regarding publishing translations by Justice.
These eighty-one letters from Justice's long-time friend and fellow poet include information regarding Mezey's writing, Justice's poetry, a long-distance chess game between them, his family, travels, students, struggle with depression, the death of Jim Wright, mutual friends, and other poets. Mezey has enclosed clippings, typescript poems, and a typescript of his Seamus Heaney review.
Three letters regarding England, the University of Iowa, readings, U. S. university teaching jobs, and Sri Lanka and the Tamils.
One letter regarding
Yugen.Three letters from the first poet with whom Justice was acquainted. O'Donnell's letters discuss Justice's poems, his own writing, the job of a poet, and thoughts on public recognition of poets or the lack thereof.
Two letters (with enclosed resume and typescript poems) regarding mutual friends, his family, and writing a novel.
Two letters requesting Justice's reflections on Allen Tate for a biography O'Gorman is writing.
One letter regarding the future of the Breadloaf conference.
Two letters regarding his printing of a poem written by Justice and Mezey titled "Starkweather Ballad." Includes a typescript page regarding the creation of the poem, with Justice's revisions and a note from Mezey.
Nine letters mentioning readings, travels, teaching at Princeton, Marvin Bell, and poetry by Justice or himself.
One letter written to Mrs. Jean Justice regarding teaching and his family.
One letter regarding publishing a poem by Justice.
Two letters from this American composer, with whom Justice studied music composition, critiquing musical scores by Justice.
One thank you card.
One letter praising Justice's translations of Rilke poems.
One card complimenting Justice's linocuts and his reading at Pomona, CA.
Four letters regarding working with Justice at the University of Florida.
One letter regarding Helmut Goebbels, his writing and his Erieville home.
Three letters requesting permission to write a musical score based on Justice's poem, "To the Hawks."
One letter regarding
Departures and meeting Justice in Iowa City.One letter regarding Justice's poetry and her
Worldling.Six letters regarding readings and teaching at the University of Iowa.
Forty-eight letters from poet Stern discussing plays in New York, his teaching, travels, writing a novel, and his poetry, as well as critiquing poems by Justice. He mentions Marianne Moore, Eudora Welty, Saul Bellow, and John Berryman. Enclosed are a few poems, letters from others, and a 1955 letter offering Justice a teaching position at the University of Chicago. Also includes one letter from Gay Stern.
One hundred and thirty-four letters from poet Strand discussing his travels, teaching, poetry, anthologies, the Iowa Workshop, other poets, his family, Justice's poems and paintings, readings, buying land in Nova Scotia, gambling, and mutual friends. Enclosed are typescripts or photocopies of poems by Stern, autograph notes on a play, a page of doodles by Strand, and a copy of Strand's 1978 satire, "The Presidential Resignation."
Three letters regarding Justice's poems, jobs, and recommending students for the Iowa Workshop.
Thirteen letters from poet Turco discussing mutual friends, translations, teaching at Hillsdale, and writing. Enclosed are clippings and reviews by Turco. One letter is written on the verso of a broadside of Turco's poem, "Oswego" (1988).
One letter regarding jobs and gambling.
Two letters praising Justice's
Selected Poems.One thank you card.
One letter regarding Princeton and a mutual friend.
Five letters regarding readings, travels, and acknowledging Justice's praise for his book.
Two letters responding to Justice's review of his book and regarding students who imitate his poetry.
Six letters regarding teaching, writing, and readings in England. Enclosed is a Thomas Hardy program.
Fourteen letters (plus one article) regarding art, Francis Bacon, his poetry, and reviewing
The Sunset Maker.One hundred and thirty letters from poet and long-time friend Charles Wright, in which he discusses his poetry, his wife (artist Holly McIntire), teaching, his health, awards, travels, California poets, the University of Virginia, and the Iowa Workshop. Includes typescript poems and an essay by Wright.
Letters from the son of James Wright in which he discusses his health, poetry, and appreciation for Justice's encouragement. Includes poems by Franz Wright.
One letter regarding Justice's papers.
Arranged alphabetically by publisher, organization, or company and then chronologically within folders. The series includes one folder of miscellaneous business correspondence which is filed at the end.
Three letters (two from Henri Cole) regarding readings for the Academy and a "Poets' Salute to Harry Ford," plus a tax receipt.
Most of the nine letters are with editor Arthur Vogelsang, regarding Justice's submissions or requests for permissions.
Three letters, two from Daniel Halpern, regarding publication of Justice's poems.
Twenty-five letters regarding Anvil Press's British publication of
Selected Poems. Includes royalty statements, copies of reviews, and advertisements for the book. Most of the letters are from Peter Jay and include personal information regarding Jay's family and own writing, plus several poems written by Jay. See also Antheneum Press for related correspondence (F434-441).Atheneum merged into Macmillan in June of 1984. Most of the correspondence is between editor Harry Ford and Justice, and includes the original letters written by Justice to Ford. Their discussions center on Atheneum's publication of
Departures (1973), Selected Poems (1979), and The Sunset Maker (1987).Includes check stubs, Justice's completed author's questionnaire, and statements.
Three letters from poetry editor Peter Davison.
Three letters requesting permission to broadcast a BBC "Third Programme" which would include the poetry of Justice and other young American poets (1959 Jul 5).
Justice letter regarding a review by Stitt.
Four letters, including three from R. B. Silver, regarding the publication of Justice's poems in 1959.
Letters from Al Poulin and Peter Davison regarding
Contemporary American Poetry.Eighteen letters from Jerome Dennis Rothenberg regarding the publication of Justice's poetry. The press had a contract to publish Summer Anniversaries, but because of press problems, Justice was amicably released from the contract and the book was published by Wesleyan. Rothenberg nominated Justice for the Lamont Prize. Enclosed is volume one of Poems From the
Floating World.Twelve letters with editor Dave Hamilton regarding "Notes of an Outsider."
Letters from libraries at the University of Buffalo, Weslyan University, University of Florida, and the Pierpont Morgan Library regarding lectures or donations of manuscripts by Justice.
Twenty-one letters from Robert Richman regarding publication of Justice's poems, with copies of letters from Philip Levine and Fellowes.
Eighteen letters from editors Howard Moss, Alice Quinn, or Charles McGrath, regarding the copyrights, acceptance, rejection, and/or publication of Justice's poems. Some letters include Justice's typescript poems, which bear editor's notations. Check stubs and fan letters are also included.
Eight letters from Karl Shapiro, Henry Rago, or John Frederick Nims regarding publication of Justice's poems and the Inez Boulton Prize in 1960. Also includes a group of three early rejection notices (1942-1943) from
Poetry, American Mercury, and The Atlantic Monthly, all pasted to one sheet.Two letters from Carlos Baker regarding Justice's engagement as the Bain-Swiggett Lecturer in the Spring of 1976.
Four letters regarding publication or copyright of Justice's poetry and the inclusion of his poetry in
Pushcart Press XX.Two letters from John Leggett regarding Justice's leave of absence for a Guggenheim Fellowship.
Includes correspondence, contract, royalty statements, check stubs, and income tax records. The press published
Platonic Scripts, Contemporary French Poetry, and Poets on Poetry, to which Justice contributed. Also includes reviews of Contemporary French Poetry.Wesleyan University Press, which later merged with the University Press of New England, published Summer Anniversaries and Night Light. Some Wesleyan correspondence is present in the series for those books. Includes correspondence, royalty statements, copies of checks, and tax forms. The correspondence primarily covers publication details, such as permissions, contracts, proof pages, publicity, and readings. Information about the Lamont Prize and plagiarism of Justice's poems is also present.
Arranged in chronological order
This folder of correspondence includes eighteen letters from various magazines, journals, and organizations. Magazine and journals include
Mademoiselle, The Paris Review, New York Times Review of Books, The Formalist, The New England Review, Nation, The Statesman, and North American Review. Most of the letters discuss publication of Justice's poems. Includes a typescript of Justice's poem, "Doom Poem (To the Hawks)" and letters from Hayden Carruth, Grace Schulman, Paul Carroll, and Donald Hall.Arranged in chronological order.
See also the files for
Summer Anniversaries (Lamont Prize, 1959), Selected Poems (Pulitzer Prize, 1980), and The Sunset Maker (National Book Critics nomination, 1987), and New and Selected Poems (National Book Awards finalist, 1995).Letter and newsletter announcing Justice's 1964-1965 fellowship.
Includes correspondence, program for awards ceremony, and a catalog for the exhibition associated with the award. The exhibition included manuscripts written by Justice.
Includes a receipt for manuscripts lent for the exhibition, a statement written by Justice regarding his work, typescript poems, and a catalog.
Three group photographs, all of which include Justice, one contact sheet of four photographs of Justice, and one letter are available.
Letter and check stub related to Justice's fellowship in 1976-1977.
Letter of notification for selection of his poem, "Psalm and Lament."
Notification letter regarding Justice's shared prize with Laura Riding Jackson.
Letter of notification.
Letter of notification.
This series includes Justice's interview with Dana Gioia, journals containing articles about Justice or reviews of his poetry, and material related to
Certain Solitudes: on the Poetry of Donald Justice.Photocopied typescript of the text, plus three typescript pages of "additions and corrections to Gioia interview" as written by Justice. See also F337 for notes related to this interview.
Typescript of the table of contents, bearing autograph notes by Justice, plus pages of autograph notes and questions from Justice to authors, Dana Gioia and William Logan.
Photocopy of a prospectus for a special session of the Modern Literature Association which includes Paul Ramsey's paper, "The Present and the Absent: Allen Tate and Donald Justice."
Copy of The Southern Review containing Raeburn Miller's poem, "For Donald Justice," which Miller has inscribed to Justice.
Folder of material collected and labeled by Justice which includes letters or statements by Witter Bynner and Irving Feldman, a photocopy of a letter from Marvin Bell, a copy of
Envoy which contains comments by John Irving, and excerpts from an interview with Charles Wright.Included here are copies of Southern World (1981 Feb) and Alumni Review (University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, 1982 Apr) which contain articles about Justice, plus photocopies of articles and clippings. For reviews of particular published collections of poetry see the series for that book.
The series consists of pocket calendars, college transcripts and GRE scores, photographs, university identification cards, and a small group of financial papers.
Includes transcripts for work at the University of Miami (1944-1947, Master of Arts) and Stanford University (1948), plus GRE scores (1951).
Three pocket-size calendars (1966, 1967, and 1970) used to record appointments, dates and details for readings, brief quotes, expenses, lists of students, descriptions of housing possibilities, names and addresses of friends or new acquaintances, notes, and results of poker games. The 1966 calendar includes four university identification cards laid in (Princeton University, University of Syracuse, University of Virginia, and the University of California-Irvine).
Consists of seven photographs, all including Justice (two of which also include poet Mark Strand), plus a photocopy of Justice (taken by tabolid photographer Weegee at an afer-hours jazz session in trumpeter Frankie Newton's basement apartment). Also includes four contact sheets of thirty-one images of Justice. Most of the photographs are undated.
Includes a certificate of purchase for a grand piano (1957), tax return forms and withholding statements for Donald and Jean (wife) Justice for 1955-1957, and a contract for the transport of an automobile (1964).
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