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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.

Finding aid encoded by Lauren Connolly, January 2016. Further encoding by Tiffany Saulter, May 2016.

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University of Delaware Library Special Collections
Finding Aid Author
University of Delaware Library, Special Collections
Finding Aid Date
2016 January 5
Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research

Use Restrictions

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Collection Inventory

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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.

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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.

Early poems, 1942-1963.
Box 1 Folder F1
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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.

Printed copies early poems, 1943-1969.
Box 1 Folder F2
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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.
Iowa Poetry Workshop poems, 1952-1954.
Box 1 Folder F3
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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.

Small loose-leaf notebook, 1953-1954.
Box 1 Folder F4
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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."

"Versions of Songs,", 1953-1970s.
Box 1 Folder F5
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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).
Draft of poems, 1953-1979.
Box 1 Folder F6
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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).
"Beyond the Hunting Woods and other Poems", 1954 Aug.
Box 1 Folder F7
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Photocopied typescript of Justice's doctoral dissertation submitted at the State University of Iowa in 1954.

Pseudonymous poems, 1954-1984.
Box 1 Folder F8
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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.

"Goodbye to the Houses", [1955].
Box 1 Folder F9
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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.

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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.
"Worksheet #1", [n.d.].
Box 1 Folder F10
"Worksheet #2", [n.d.].
Box 1 Folder F11
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Poem titled "Chorus of Servants."

"Worksheet #3", [n.d.].
Box 1 Folder F12
"Worksheet #4", [n.d.].
Box 1 Folder F13
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Poem titled "Interlude: A Hard Though Brief Pain."

"Worksheet #5", [n.d.].
Box 1 Folder F14
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Poem titled "Epilogue to Bad Dreams."

"Worksheet #6", [n.d.].
Box 1 Folder F15
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Poem titled "The Winding of the Watch" or "The Station Agent's Watch."

"Worksheet #7", [n.d.].
Box 1 Folder F16
"Worksheet #8", [n.d.].
Box 1 Folder F17
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Poem titled "Dream of the Young Girl" or "Dream of the Grand-Niece."

"Worksheet #9", [n.d.].
Box 1 Folder F18
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Poem titled "Dream of the Old Man Dying."

"Worksheet #10", [n.d.].
Box 1 Folder F19
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Poem titled "Chorus of Servants."

Worksheets, notes, and copies of printed poems, 1955-1962.
Box 1 Folder F20
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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).

Contract with Hawk's Well Press, 1958 Jul 5.
Box 1 Folder F21
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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.
Correspondence, 1959-1962.
Box 1 Folder F22
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Includes correspondence with the American Academy of Poets regarding the Lamont Poetry Selection (with ticket, program, and dinner seating plans) and letters of congratulation.

Uncorrected galley proofs, 1959 Dec 3.
Box 1 Folder F23
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An incomplete set, marked "Plimpton Press...Duplicate Proofs."

Reviews, 1959-1960.
Box 1 Folder F24
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Loose newspaper clippings and photocopies.

Album of clippings and material related to Summer Anniversaries, 1959-1960.
Box 1
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Includes clippings and tearsheets of reviews, a book jacket, and a Wesleyan Press brochure announcing the book.

Preservation photocopy of the material in the album, 1959-1960.
Box 1 Folder F25
"Copy for the revised edition", [n.d.].
Box 1 Folder F26
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Autograph, typescript, and photocopied pages from the first edition, bearing autograph revisions for the revised edition, plus text of author's note.

Galley proofs, 1981 Jul 22.
Box 1 Folder F27
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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.

"Poems from letters written to Henri Coulette", 1960-1982.
Box 1 Folder F28
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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.

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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.

Typescript, [n.d.].
Box 1 Folder F29
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Bears a few autograph revisions.

Correspondence and reviews, 1963-1965.
Box 1 Folder F30
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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.
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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 with versions of poems from Night Light", 1964-1965.
Box 1 Folder F31
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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.

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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.

"The Grandfathers", ca. 1961.
Box 1 Folder F32
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See also the section on novels (F243) for a draft of this poem.

"A Local Storm", 1961-1962.
Box 1 Folder F33
"After a Phrase Abandoned by Wallace Stevens", 1961-1965.
Box 1 Folder F34
"The Suicides", 1962-1963.
Box 1 Folder F35
"Orpheus Open His Morning Mail", [1964-1965].
Box 1 Folder F36
"Elsewheres", 1963-1965.
Box 1 Folder F37
"The Evening of the Mind", 1963.
Box 1 Folder F38
"Dreams of Water", [n.d.].
Box 1 Folder F39
"Crossing Kansas by Train", [1963].
Box 1 Folder F40
"Poem to be Read at 3 a.m.", 1964.
Box 1 Folder F41
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With drafts of "Memory of a Porch," "The Young God" (which became a play and later a libretto), and fragments of undeveloped poems.

"Memory of a Porch", [n.d.].
Box 1 Folder F42
"Narcissus at Home", 1965.
Box 1 Folder F43
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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.

"To the Hawks", 1965 Feb-Mar.
Box 1 Folder F44
"Memo from the Desk of X", 1965.
Box 1 Folder F45
"Incident in a Rose Garden", 1965-1966.
Box 1 Folder F46
"In the Green Room", [1966].
Box 1 Folder F47
"Girl Sitting Alone at Party", [n.d.].
Box 1 Folder F48
"To Waken a Small Person", 1966 Spr.
Box 1 Folder F49
Partial typescript with some revisions, [n.d.].
Box 1 Folder F50
Typescript marked for printer, [1966-1967].
Box 1 Folder F51
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Setting copy bearing autograph notes.

Galley proofs, 1966 Oct 21.
Box 1 Folder F52
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Proofs have been cut and pasted to letter-size pages and labeled "author's file set," bearing autograph corrections and notes by Justice.

Galley proofs, 1966 Nov 14.
Box 1 Folder F53
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Unmarked galleys labeled "author's file set." Removed to galley section.

Correspondence regarding plagiarism of "The Thin Man", 1977.
Box 1 Folder F54
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Correspondence with Nicholas Ranson, editor of

Bits, regarding Joan Barasovska's plagiarism of Justice's poem. Includes a copy of Bits 6.
Album of material related to Night Light, 1963-1967.
Box 1
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Includes reviews of the book, articles about Donald Justice, and a dust jacket.

Preservation photocopy of the contents of the album, 1963-1967.
Box 1 Folder F55
Reviews of Night Light, 1967-1968.
Box 2 Folder F56
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Includes copies of journals, clippings, and photocopies of reviews.

Material for revised edition, 1981.
Box 2 Folder F57
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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.

Page proofs for the revised edition, 1981 Aug 20.
Box 2 Folder F58
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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.

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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).

Partial typescript, [n.d.].
Box 2 Folder F59
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Includes typescript, photocopied, and autograph pages bearing extensive autograph revisions.

Partial photocopied typescript, [n.d.].
Box 2 Folder F60
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Several pages of original typescript are included, most pages bear autograph revisions.

Spiral-bound notebook, 1970-1972.
Box 2 Folder F61
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Includes over one hundred pages of autograph drafts with extensive revisions of "Sonatina in Green," "Sonatina in Yellow," and "Sonatina in Blue."

Material originally laid in notebook of sonatinas, 1970-1972.
Box 2 Folder F62
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Autograph, typescript, and photocopied drafts of sonatinas, bearing extensive autograph revisions.

Typographical copies of Justice poems, 1971-1980.
Box 2 Folder F63
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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.

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First edition: Iowa City: The Seamark Press, 1972 Author's autograph copy cataloged for Special Collections (Spec PS 3519 .U825 F75).

"Dream Song #309", 1972.
Box 2 Folder F64
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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.

"Presences" and unpublished drafts, 1972.
Box 2 Folder F65
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Autograph drafts with revisions.

L'Homme Qui Se Ferme: a Poem by Guillevic, The Man Closing Up: a Translation and an improvisation by Donald Justice, 1973.
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First edition: Iowa City: The Stone Wall Press, 1973 Author's autograph copy cataloged for Special Collections (Spec Folio PQ 2613 .U46 H6513).

Scope and Contents

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)

Scope and Contents

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.
"Things", 1966.
Box 2 Folder F66
"Lethargy", 1967.
Box 2 Folder F67
"ABC", 1967-1968.
Box 2 Folder F68
"The Confession" and "The Assassination", 1968 Sum.
Box 2 Folder F69
"The Success", 1968-1969.
Box 2 Folder F70
"Twenty Questions", [1966-1967].
Box 2 Folder F71
"Portrait with Brown Hair", [n.d.].
Box 2 Folder F72
"Portrait with One Eye", [n.d.].
Box 2 Folder F73
"Portrait with Flashlight", [n.d.].
Box 2 Folder F74
"Self-portrait as Still Life", [n.d.].
Box 2 Folder F75
"Portrait with Tequilla", [n.d.].
Box 2 Folder F76
"Poem", [n.d.].
Box 2 Folder F77
Scope and Contents

One autograph draft removed to oversize.

"On the Day of the Departure", [n.d.].
Box 2 Folder F78
"3 Odes", 1969 Jan.
Box 2 Folder F79
"Homage to the Memory of Wallace Stevens", [1966-1967].
Box 2 Folder F80
"A Dancer's Life", [n.d.].
Box 2 Folder F81
"White Notes", [n.d.].
Box 2 Folder F82
Scope and Contents

One autograph draft removed to oversize.

"The Telephone Number of the Muse", [n.d.].
Box 2 Folder F83
Scope and Contents

One autograph draft removed to oversize.

"Lorcaesques", 1970-1972.
Box 2 Folder F84
"A Letter", [n.d.].
Box 2 Folder F85
"1971", [n.d.].
Box 2 Folder F86
"An Elegy is Preparing Itself", [n.d.].
Box 2 Folder F87
"From a Notebook", 1971.
Box 2 Folder F88
"Brief Formal Ode to a Mirror", 1963-1972.
Box 2 Folder F89
"Variations on a Text by Vallejo", [n.d.].
Box 2 Folder F90
"Absences", [n.d.].
Box 2 Folder F91
"Sonation in Yellow", 1972 Dec.
Box 2 Folder F92
Copy of drafts for typist, 1972.
Box 2 Folder F93
Scope and Contents

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 for printer, [1972-1973].
Box 2 Folder F94
Scope and Contents

Typescript includes contents and acknowledgments.

Correspondence, 1973-1974.
Box 2 Folder F95
Scope and Contents

Letters of congratulations and appreciation from friends and colleagues, including letters from R. P. Dickey, Erica Jong, Ralph Mills, Adrienne Shapiro, and others.

Reviews, 1973-1976.
Box 2 Folder F96
Scope and Contents

Clippings, journals, and photocopies of reviews. Some newspaper clippings have been removed to oversize.

Translations of poems written by Justice, 1974-1975.
Box 2 Folder F97
Scope and Contents

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.

Selections from notebooks, 1974-1992.
Box 2 Folder F98
Scope and Contents

Autograph, typescript, and photocopied drafts of poems published in

Seneca Review (1992) and later in Poet's Notebook (1995).
"Elegiac Stanzas on my Mother's Death", 1975-1985.
Box 2 Folder F99
Scope and Contents

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.

"My Blues Notebook, 1977", 1977-1980.
Box 2 Folder F100
Scope and Contents

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."

Spiral notebook of drafts, 1978.
Box 2 Folder F101
Scope and Contents

Ten pages of autograph drafts and notes for poems, including "Blues" and "Memories of the Depression #3."

Scope and Contents

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).

Scope and Contents

Most of these worksheets, whether autograph, photocopies, proofs, printed, or typescript, bear extensive autograph revisions.

"Childhood", 1972-1978.
Box 2 Folder F102
Scope and Contents

Numerous dated autograph and typescript drafts. One autograph draft removed to oversize.

"First Death", 1973-1975.
Box 2 Folder F103
Scope and Contents

Autograph and typescript drafts, as well as three sets of page proofs for

The Ohio Review publication of the poem.
"Sonnet: A Devil", 1948 Sum.
Box 2 Folder F104
Scope and Contents

Typescript draft.

"Bad Dreams", [n.d.].
Box 2 Folder F105
Scope and Contents

Typescript draft.

"The Summer Anniversaries", [n.d.].
Box 2 Folder F106
Scope and Contents

Typescript drafts.

"Variations for Two Pianos", [n.d.].
Box 2 Folder F107
Scope and Contents

Typescript drafts.

"The Furies", [n.d.].
Box 2 Folder F108
Scope and Contents

One typescript draft.

"But That Is Another Story", [n.d.].
Box 2 Folder F109
Scope and Contents

Autograph and typescript drafts. See also the section on novels (F243) for a draft of this poem.

"Last Days of Prospero", [n.d.].
Box 2 Folder F110
Scope and Contents

Autograph, typescript, and photocopied drafts.

"Images of Suicide", [n.d.].
Box 2 Folder F111
Scope and Contents

Autograph, typescript, and photocopied drafts.

"Elsewheres", [n.d.].
Box 2 Folder F112
Scope and Contents

Autograph, typescript, and photocopied drafts.

"In the Green Room", [n.d.].
Box 2 Folder F113
Scope and Contents

Autograph and typescript drafts.

"Incident in a Rose Garden", 1966.
Box 2 Folder F114
Scope and Contents

Autograph and typescript drafts.

"Hands", [n.d.].
Box 2 Folder F115
Scope and Contents

Autograph, typescript, and photocopied drafts.

"Several Portraits", [n.d.].
Box 2 Folder F116
Scope and Contents

Autograph, typescript, and photocopied drafts. Includes two letters from Henri Coulette regarding "Portrait with Tequila."

"A Dancer's Life", [n.d.].
Box 2 Folder F117
Scope and Contents

Typescript drafts.

"Poem", [n.d.].
Box 2 Folder F118
Scope and Contents

Autograph, typescript, and printed drafts.

"From a Notebook", [n.d.].
Box 2 Folder F119
Scope and Contents

Typescript and printed drafts.

"Presences", [n.d.].
Box 2 Folder F120
Scope and Contents

Typescript draft.

"Little Elegy", [n.d.].
Box 2 Folder F121
Scope and Contents

Autograph, typescript, and photocopied drafts.

"Two Tremayne Poems", [n.d.].
Box 3 Folder F122
Scope and Contents

Typescript and photocopied drafts.

"The Three Memories of the Depression Years", 1978.
Box 3 Folder F123
Scope and Contents

Autograph, typescript, mimeograph, and photocopies of printed drafts.

"Unflushed Urinal" and "Sunday Afternoon in Buffalo, Texas", [n.d.].
Box 3 Folder F124
Scope and Contents

Autograph and typescript drafts.

"In the Attic", 1978.
Box 3 Folder F125
Scope and Contents

Autograph, typescript, and photocopied drafts.

"Thinking About the Past", 1979.
Box 3 Folder F126
Scope and Contents

Two different typescript drafts.

"Angel Death Blues", [n.d.].
Box 3 Folder F127
Scope and Contents

Typescript, mimeograph, and photocopied drafts.

Two discarded poems, [n.d.].
Box 3 Folder F128
Scope and Contents

Photocopied typescript draft.

General notes, revisions, and discarded pages, [1979].
Box 3 Folder F129
Scope and Contents

Autograph and photocopied pages.

Typescript manuscript with revisions, [n.d.].
Box 3 Folder F130
Scope and Contents

An incomplete photocopied typescript manuscript with table of contents and extensive autograph revisions.

Manuscript copy for typist, [n.d.].
Box 3 Folder F131
Scope and Contents

Photocopies of previously printed pages and typescript pages bearing extensive autograph revisions, plus notes to the typist.

Photocopied typescript bearing comments by Mark Strand, [n.d.].
Box 3 Folder F132
Scope and Contents

Includes table of contents, acknowledgments, and two pages of notes by Strand.

Copy for printer, [n.d.].
Box 3 Folder F133
Scope and Contents

Typescript with a few autograph corrections.

Galley proofs, 1979.
Box 3 Folder F134
Scope and Contents

Includes pages of autograph corrections for the galleys. Galley proofs have been removed to galley proof section.

Scope and Contents

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.
1979-1981 Jul.
Box 3 Folder F135
1981 Fall-1982 and [n.d.].
Box 3 Folder F136
Notification telegram and certificate, 1980 Apr 14.
Box 3 Folder F137
Scope and Contents

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.

Baker - Evans.
Box 3 Folder F138
Ford - Johnson.
Box 3 Folder F139
Kutz - Potter.
Box 3 Folder F140
Quandt - Wolitzer.
Box 3 Folder F141
Pulitzer notices, 1980.
Box 3 Folder F142
Scope and Contents

Clippings and photocopies of articles regarding Justice's receipt of the Pulitzer Prize. Several oversize items removed to oversize.

"Walker Evans #2", 1980-1986.
Box 3 Folder F143
Scope and Contents

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."

"Small Towns", 1982-1985.
Box 3 Folder F144
Scope and Contents

Autograph and typescript drafts and notes (with extensive autograph revisions) for this now abandoned poem.

Drafts, notes, and fragments of poems, 1983 and [n.d.].
Box 3 Folder F145
Scope and Contents

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.

Scope and Contents

First edition: [Iowa City]: The Windhover Press, [1984]. Author's autograph copy cataloged for Special Collections (Spec PS 3519 .U825 T73 1984).

Letter from K. Kimber Merker suggesting the book.
Box 3 Folder F146
Scope and Contents

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).

Scope and Contents

Includes two letters from Donald Hall to Justice regarding the manuscript.

Pages 1-152.
Box 3 Folder F147
Pages 153-243.
Box 3 Folder F148
Miscellaneous typescript pages bearing editor's notes, 1983.
Box 3 Folder F149
Scope and Contents

Plus two cards and a letter from the editor Linda Howe to Justice.

Scope and Contents

Photocopied typescript plus two pages of autograph notes by Justice and a letter from Nancy Bower to Justice.

Pages 1-145.
Box 3 Folder F150
Pages 157-264.
Box 3 Folder F151
Miscellaneous notes, [n.d.].
Box 3 Folder F152
Scope and Contents

Twelve pages of autograph notes by Justice.

Reviews, 1985-1987.
Box 3 Folder F153
"Children Walking Home From School", 1984.
Box 3 Folder F154
Scope and Contents

Autograph and typescript drafts (with extensive autograph revisions) of new versions of this previously published poem.

"A Childhood Illness", 1984-1985.
Box 3 Folder F155
Scope and Contents

Autograph and typescript drafts with extensive autograph revisions.

"Hell", 1986.
Box 3 Folder F156
Scope and Contents

Autograph and typescript drafts with extensive autograph revisions of this continuation of Justice's poem, "Purgatory."

Scope and Contents

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).

Scope and Contents

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.

"Lines at the New Year", 1979-1980.
Box 4 Folder F157
Scope and Contents

Autograph, typescript, and photocopied drafts.

"Mule team and poster", 1980-1985.
Box 4 Folder F158
Scope and Contents

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.

Two autograph notebooks containing drafts, 1980-1982.
Box 4 Folder F159
Loose drafts, 1980-1986.
Box 4 Folder F160
Scope and Contents

Numerous autograph, typescript, and photocopied drafts.

"American Scenes (1904-1905)", 1985.
Box 4 Folder F161
Scope and Contents

Autograph, typescript, and printed drafts, plus galley proofs.

"Nineteenth Century Portrait", 1984.
Box 4 Folder F162
Scope and Contents

Autograph, typescript, and photocopied drafts.

"Young Girls Growing Up", 1986.
Box 4 Folder F163
Scope and Contents

Typescript drafts.

"Children Walking Home From School Through Good Neighborhood", 1982-1984.
Box 4 Folder F164
Scope and Contents

Autograph, typescript, and photocopied drafts.

"October: A Song", [n.d.].
Box 4 Folder F165
Scope and Contents

Autograph, typescript, and photocopied drafts.

"Seawind" and "Last Evening", 1984-1985.
Box 4 Folder F166
"Psalm and Lament", 1978-1985.
Box 4 Folder F167
Scope and Contents

Autograph and typescript drafts.

"In Memory of My Friend, the Bassoonist, John Lenox", [n.d.].
Box 4 Folder F168
Scope and Contents

Autograph, typescript, and photocopied drafts.

"In Memory of the Unknown Poet, Robert Boardman Vaughn", 1982-1983.
Box 4 Folder F169
Scope and Contents

Autograph, typescript, and photocopied drafts.

"Purgatory", 1986.
Box 4 Folder F170
Scope and Contents

Autograph, typescript, and photocopied drafts.

"Villanelle at Sundown", 1976-1984.
Box 4 Folder F171
Scope and Contents

Autograph, typescript, and photocopied drafts.

"Nostalgia and Complaint of the Grandparents", 1978-1980.
Box 4 Folder F172
Scope and Contents

Autograph, typescript, and photocopied drafts.

"Cinema and Ballad of the Great Depression", 1970-1986.
Box 4 Folder F173
Scope and Contents

Autograph, typescript, and photocopied drafts. One autograph draft has been removed to oversize.

"Manhattan Dawn (1945)", 1984-1986.
Box 4 Folder F174
Scope and Contents

Autograph and typescript drafts.

"Nostalgia of the Lakefronts", 1985-1986.
Box 4 Folder F175
Scope and Contents

Autograph, typescript, and photocopied drafts, plus galley proofs.

"Tremayne", 1978-1984.
Box 4 Folder F176
Scope and Contents

Autograph, typescript, and photocopied drafts.

"Mrs. Snow", 1985-1986.
Box 4 Folder F177
Scope and Contents

Autograph, typescript, and photocopied galley drafts. Includes a letter from Howard Moss.

"Piano Lessons: Notes on a Provincial Culture", 1980.
Box 4 Folder F178
Scope and Contents

Autograph, typescript, and photocopied drafts.

"The Piano Teachers: A Memoir of the Thirties", 1985-1986.
Box 4 Folder F179
Scope and Contents

Autograph, typescript, and photocopied drafts.

"The Pupil", 1985.
Box 4 Folder F180
Scope and Contents

Autograph and typescript drafts, plus galley proofs.

"Afterschool Practice: an Episode", 1985.
Box 4 Folder F181
Scope and Contents

Autograph, typescript, and photocopied drafts.

"The Sunset Maker", 1986.
Box 4 Folder F182
Scope and Contents

Autograph and typescript drafts.

"Little Elegy for Cello and Piano", 1983.
Box 4 Folder F183
Scope and Contents

Autograph, typescript, and photocopied drafts, plus galley proofs.

"The Artificial Moonlight", 1980.
Box 4 Folder F184
Scope and Contents

Autograph, typescript, and photocopied drafts.

Permission files, 1984-1986.
Box 4 Folder F185
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and forms regarding published poems.

Photocopy of portions of the manuscript, 1986 Aug.
Box 4 Folder F186
Scope and Contents

Includes autograph draft of acknowledgments and copy for the dust jacket.

Revised photocopies, [1986].
Box 4 Folder F187
Scope and Contents

Photocopies of printed poems or galleys bearing autograph revisions.

Corrected page proofs, [1987].
Box 4 Folder F188
Scope and Contents

Page proofs bear autograph corrections and notes by Justice. Includes two pages of autograph notes regarding revisions and a letter from Harry Ford.

Photocopy of page proofs, 1987 Jan 19.
Box 4 Folder F189
Scope and Contents

Proofs bear autograph corrections by Justice.

"Author's set unretouched repros", 1987.
Box 4 Folder F190
Scope and Contents

Repros bear autograph corrections.

Publication notices, catalogs, and proof of dust jacket, 1987.
Box 4 Folder F191
Scope and Contents

Material for Atheneum and Anvil publications.

Material related to the National Book Critic Nomination, 1987.
Box 4 Folder F192
Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence, certificate, and publicity.

Correspondence, 1987-1988.
Box 4 Folder F193
Scope and Contents

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.

Reviews, 1987.
Box 4 Folder F194
Scope and Contents

Clippings, tearsheets, and photocopied articles. Some reviews have been removed to oversize.

Scope and Contents

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).

Work considered for A Donald Justice Reader, [1991].
Box 5 Folder F195
Scope and Contents

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.

Photocopy of manuscript sent to printer, [1991].
Box 5 Folder F196
Scope and Contents

Typescript and photocopied pages of poems titled: "Selected Writings: Poems, Stories, and Essays." Material bears autograph revisions.

Photocopy of page proofs and typescript drafts, [1991].
Box 5 Folder F197
Scope and Contents

Combination of page proofs and draft pages.

Galley bearing corrections by William Logan, [n.d.].
Box 5 Folder F198
Scope and Contents

Galleys bear Logan's autograph suggested revisions or corrections, plus some notes by Justice.

Correspondence with University Press of New England, 1991-1992.
Box 5 Folder F199
Scope and Contents

Includes autograph drafts or photocopies of Justice's letters.

Mailing lists for complimentary and review copies, [n.d.].
Box 5 Folder F200
Reviews, 1992-1993.
Box 5 Folder F201
Scope and Contents

Includes clippings, photocopies, and journals.

Two unsatisfactory poems, 1992 and [n.d.].
Box 5 Folder F202
Scope and Contents

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."

Bound notebook of drafts, 1993.
Box 5 Folder F203
Scope and Contents

Includes seventeen pages of autograph drafts, with revisions, of the poems, "Canyon II," "Childhood," and "Sadness."

Scope and Contents

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).

Worksheets and notebook of poems, 1988-1994.
Box 5 Folder F204
Scope and Contents

Autograph notes for poems concerning the Great Depression, plus autograph, photocopied, and typescript drafts, bearing extensive autograph revisions.

Correspondence, 1994-1995.
Box 5 Folder F205
Scope and Contents

Letters from printer Sid Berger.

Scope and Contents

First edition: New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1995.

Scope and Contents

The worksheets are computer generated typescripts with autograph revisions unless otherwise noted.

"On a Picture by Burchfield", 1993.
Box 5 Folder F206
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a typescript, the original is in the folder for "Sadness" (F220).

"The Artist Orpheus", [n.d.].
Box 5 Folder F207
Scope and Contents

Clean copy.

"Lorca in California", [n.d.].
Box 5 Folder F208
Scope and Contents

Clean copy.

"A Variation on Baudelaire's "La Servante au Grand Coeur", [n.d.].
Box 5 Folder F209
Scope and Contents

Autograph and computer typescripts with autograph revisions.

"Invitation to a Ghost", 1991-1992.
Box 5 Folder F210
Scope and Contents

Autograph, typescript, and photocopied drafts with extensive autograph revisions.

"Vague Memory From Childhood", 1994.
Box 5 Folder F211
"The Miami of Other Days", 1994.
Box 5 Folder F212
"On an Anniversary", 1978-1994.
Box 5 Folder F213
Scope and Contents

Autograph and computer typescript drafts with extensive autograph revisions.

"A Man of 1794", 1994-1995.
Box 5 Folder F214
Scope and Contents

Autograph and computer typescript drafts with extensive autograph revisions.

"Body and Soul", 1989-1990.
Box 5 Folder F215
Scope and Contents

Autograph, photocopied, and typescript drafts, plus galley proofs, all with extensive autograph revisions.

"On a Woman of Spirit Who Taught Both Piano and Dance", 1989.
Box 5 Folder F216
Scope and Contents

Autograph, photocopied, typescript drafts with extensive autograph revisions.

"Dance Lessons of the Thirties", 1986-1987.
Box 5 Folder F217
Scope and Contents

Autograph, typescript, and photocopied drafts with extensive autograph revisions.

"Banjo Dog Variations", [n.d.].
Box 5 Folder F218
Scope and Contents

Clean copy.

"Pantoum of the Great Depression", 1990-1993.
Box 5 Folder F219
Scope and Contents

Autograph, computer typescript, and typescript drafts with extensive autograph revisions.

"Sadness", 1984-1994.
Box 5 Folder F220
Scope and Contents

Numerous autograph, typescript, and computer typescript drafts with extensive autograph revisions.

"Handwritten revisions and corrections for poems in New and Selected Poems,", 1994.
Box 5 Folder F221
Scope and Contents

Autograph, typescript, photocopied, and computer typescript drafts with extensive autograph revisions, plus a list of poems.

Computer print-out of complete text, 1995.
Box 5 Folder F222
Scope and Contents

Includes introductory material and autograph notes attached.

Author's page proofs, 1995 May 15.
Box 5 Folder F223
Scope and Contents

Includes a letter from Harry Ford, pages listing Justice's autograph corrections, as well as autograph corrections throughout the proofs.

Author's page proofs, 1995 May 15.
Box 5 Folder F224
Scope and Contents

Bears some corrections by Justice.

Revised page proofs, 1995 Jun 16.
Box 6 Folder F225
Scope and Contents

Includes letters from Harry Ford and two pages of Justice's suggested corrections.

Correspondence with Robert Mezey and William Logan, 1993.
Box 6 Folder F226
Scope and Contents

Correspondence regarding their suggestions of poems. Includes lists of possible inclusions with their choices marked, plus autograph notes by Justice.

Correspondence with Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., 1994-1995.
Box 6 Folder F227
Scope and Contents

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.

Reviews, 1995.
Box 6 Folder F228
Scope and Contents

Photocopies of articles.

National Book Awards, 1995 Nov 15.
Box 6 Folder F229
Scope and Contents

Program and medal awarded for being a National Book Award finalist.

Yaddo lyric, [n.d.].
Box 6 Folder F230
Scope and Contents

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).

Scope and Contents

Donald Justice has written several librettos, as well as the text for a choral performance.

Arrangement

Arranged chronologically.

The Young God - a Vaudeville, 1965-1969.
Box 6 Folder F231
Scope and Contents

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.

"The Seven Last Days", 1971.
Box 6 Folder F232
Scope and Contents

Text written by Justice and music composed by Edward Miller. Includes typescript of text and copy of sheet music.

The Iron Hand, 1975 Dec 9.
Box 6 Folder F233
Scope and Contents

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.

Scope and Contents

Published: [Austin, Tex.]: [W. Thomas Taylor], [1988] Librettist's autograph copy cataloged for Special Collections (Spec PS 3519 .U825 D42 1988).

Drafts and notes, [n.d.].
Box 6 Folder F234
Scope and Contents

Includes research regarding John Wilkes Booth, notes for the libretto, and draft pages with revisions.

Drafts and notes, [n.d.].
Box 6 Folder F235
Scope and Contents

Includes research notes, general notes, as well as autograph and typescript drafts of scenes. Also includes drafts of prologue and epilogue.

Libretto drafts, [n.d.].
Box 6 Folder F236
Scope and Contents

Autograph, typescript, and photocopied drafts with extensive autograph revisions.

Complete typescript, [n.d.].
Box 6 Folder F237
Scope and Contents

Photocopy with autograph revisions.

Correspondence, 1973-1987.
Box 6 Folder F238
Scope and Contents

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, 1980-1991.
Box 6 Folder F239
Scope and Contents

Programs and flyers for performances by the Contemporary American Opera Studio (1980) and the Cleveland Chamber Symphony (1991).

"Production notes", [1987].
Box 6 Folder F240
Scope and Contents

Autograph notes for the publication of

The Death of Lincoln.
Galley proof, [1988].
Box 6 Folder F241
Scope and Contents

Galley bears a few autograph corrections. Galley removed to oversize.

Notes for the developing "The Lady" into a novel, ca. 1951.
Box 6 Folder F242
Scope and Contents

Two pages of autograph notes.

Notes for a novel regarding the Florida Keys, ca. 1961.
Box 6 Folder F243
Scope and Contents

Four pages of autograph notes, plus drafts of the poems, "The Grandfathers" (see also F32) and "But That Is Another Story" (see also F109).

Arrangement

Arranged in chronological order.

"Henry and Rosemary", [1950s].
Box 6 Folder F244
Scope and Contents

Autograph and typescript drafts for an unfinished play.

"In the Attic", 1958.
Box 6 Folder F245
Scope and Contents

Autograph and typescript drafts for an intended verse play, portions of which appeared in the

Donald Justice Reader.
"A Dream of Don Juan", 1965.
Box 6 Folder F246
Scope and Contents

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.

"Narcissus at Home", 1966.
Box 6 Folder F247
Scope and Contents

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.

"Chance for Rain", 1967.
Box 6 Folder F248
Scope and Contents

Includes mimeographed typescript with autograph revisions and a flyer for the studio production at the American Place Theater in 1967.

"Telephone Booth in the Wood", [1968].
Box 6 Folder F249
Scope and Contents

Four typescript pages of notes and ideas for a play based on this poem.

"Fragment from an intended song for an intended play", [early 1970s].
Box 6 Folder F250
Scope and Contents

One autograph page.

"The Whole World Knows", 1977-1978.
Box 6 Folder F251
Scope and Contents

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.

"The Hitch-Hikers", [1970s].
Box 6 Folder F252
Scope and Contents

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.

"Out of a Suitcase #2 - The Whistler", [n.d.].
Box 6 Folder F253
Scope and Contents

Five pages of autograph and typescript draft.

"The Surrealist Police", [n.d.].
Box 6 Folder F254
Scope and Contents

Program for a production by the Drama Department of the University of Miami.

Arrangement

Arranged in chronological order.

"The Doctor's Wife", [1949].
Box 6 Folder F255
Scope and Contents

Clipping regarding a second prize awarded by the Stanford Creative Writing Contest in 1949 for Justice's short story.

"The Lady", 1949-1984.
Box 6 Folder F256
Scope and Contents

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).

"In the Green Room", 1983.
Box 6 Folder F257
Scope and Contents

Research, notes, and typescript, with extensive autograph revisions, for an unpublished short story based on a passage in a Wallace Stevens letter.

"Death, Night, Etc.", 1994-1998.
Box 6 Folder F258
Scope and Contents

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."

Scope and Contents

This section includes Justice's M.A. thesis, book reviews, essays, and autobiographical sketches written by Justice, as well as works he edited.

Arrangement

Arranged chronologically

"The Fugitive-Agrarian "Myth"".
Box 6 Folder F259
Scope and Contents

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.

Book reviews, 1956-1960.
Box 6 Folder F260
Scope and 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.

Scope and Contents

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).

Introduction, Kees material, and reviews, 1960-1979.
Box 6 Folder F261
Scope and Contents

Photocopies of stories by Kees, reviews, and Justice's introduction.

Correspondence and financial material, 1963-1995.
Box 6 Folder F262
Scope and Contents

Correspondence regarding publication of various editions, a contract for the revised edition, royalty statements, and check stubs.

"Reminiscences I", 1982-1983.
Box 2 Folder F263
Scope and Contents

Two small notebooks and loose pages of autograph notes with Justice's autobiographical sketches.

"The Invention of Free Verse", 1985.
Box 6 Folder F264
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of article published in

The Iowa Review.
"The Prose Sublime or, The Deep Sense of Things Belonging Together, Inexplicably", 1988 Fall.
Box 6 Folder F265
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of article published in

The Michigan Quarterly Review.
"The Enormous Lonlies: Selections from the Notebooks of Henri Coulette", [1989?].
Box 6 Folder F266
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of typescript with an introduction by Justice and Robert Mezey.

"A Certain Unreasonableness of Feeling", 1994.
Box 6 Folder F267
Scope and Contents

Typescript bearing extensive autograph revisions of an essay on Philip Larkin.

Afterword to Edwin Arlington Robinson's The Torrent and the Night Before, 1996.
Box 6 Folder F268
Scope and Contents

Includes typescript draft bearing extensive autograph revisions, galley proofs, and a letter from the publisher.

Scope and Contents

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.
Illustrations and paintings, [n.d.].
Box 6 Folder F269
Scope and Contents

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."

Scope and Contents

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.

"Baudelaire's Sincerity", 1957 May 31.
Box 7 Folder F270
Scope and Contents

Poster for a lecture at the University of Iowa's "Centennial Celebration of

Les Fleurs du Mal by Charles Baudelaire."
Programs, posters, schedules, and mailings related to poetry readings, 1958-1993.
Box 7 Folder F271
Scope and Contents

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.

"The Search for the New", 1967 Jan 31-Mar 2.
Box 7 Folder F272
Scope and Contents

A program for a series of ten lectures given by Justice as George Elliston Lecturer in Poetry at the University of Cincinnati in 1967.

"The Poetry of Florida", 1983 Feb.
Box 7 Folder F273
Scope and Contents

Two typescript drafts bearing extensive autograph revisions.

"Notes from an Outsider" and "Further Notes from an Outsider", 1985.
Box 7 Folder F274
Scope and Contents

Autograph and typescript drafts and notes for a lecture at Breadloaf during 1985.

Untitled Breadloaf lecture, [1986].
Box 7 Folder F275
Scope and Contents

Includes notes, photocopied poems, and typescript draft with autograph revisions.

"Oblivion: Variations on a Theme", 1989.
Box 7 Folder F276
Scope and Contents

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.

"Miami", 1990 Mar.
Box 7 Folder F277
Scope and Contents

Typescript draft, bearing autograph revisions, for a talk delivered at South Dade Community College in Miami.

"The Second Wallace Stevens", 1992 Spr.
Box 6 Folder F278
Scope and Contents

Typescript draft, bearing extensive autograph revisions, and autograph notes for remarks on Wallace Stevens delivered at a Poetry Society of America meeting.

"Poets Reading: A Lecture", 1993.
Box 7 Folder F279
Scope and Contents

Computer typescript with autograph additions and text of poems used for a tape recording for a Breadloaf lecture.

Scope and Contents

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.

Scope and Contents

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.

1969-1971.
Box 7 Folder F280
1972-1979.
Box 7 Folder F281
1980-1981.
Box 7 Folder F282
1982-1987.
Box 7 Folder F283
Berryman, John, 1954-1955.
Box 7 Folder F284
Scope and Contents

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.

Bly, Robert, 1973-1994.
Box 7 Folder F285
Scope and Contents

Includes two letters and three typescript poems written by Bly.

Scope and Contents

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.

1965-1972.
Box 7 Folder F286
1973-1986.
Box 7 Folder F287
Bowers, Edgar, 1956-1996.
Box 7 Folder F288
Scope and Contents

Includes seven letters.

Caetani, Marguerite, 1955-1957.
Box 7 Folder F289
Scope and Contents

Three letters from the editor of Botteghe Oscur regarding possible publication of Justice's poems.

Carlile, Henry, [1981 Nov 13].
Box 7 Folder F290
Scope and Contents

Postcard from Carlile and Sandy McPherson.

Carver, Ray, 1978 Sep 7.
Box 7 Folder F291
Scope and Contents

One letter.

Cole, Henri, 1994-1995.
Box 7 Folder F292
Scope and Contents

Two letters.

Cooper, Jane, 1979-1995.
Box 7 Folder F293
Scope and Contents

Three letters.

Coulette, Henri, 1972-1987.
Box 7 Folder F294
Scope and Contents

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).

Dickey, James, 1962 Oct 28.
Box 7 Folder F295
Scope and Contents

One letter regarding teaching.

Donovan, Laurence, 1994-1995.
Box 7 Folder F296
Scope and Contents

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.

Duncan, Harry, 1964-1978.
Box 7 Folder F297
Scope and Contents

Four letters concerning a 1964 book of French translations, his poetry, and family.

Eberhart, Richard, 1984 Apr 27.
Box 7 Folder F298
Scope and Contents

One letter concerning Yaddo.

Engle, Paul, 1956-1987.
Box 7 Folder F299
Scope and Contents

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."
Feldman, Irving, 1976.
Box 7 Folder F300
Scope and Contents

Two letters concerning poetry readings and praising

Departures.
Fitzgerald, Robert, 1977.
Box 7 Folder F301
Scope and Contents

One letter.

Fussell, Paul, 1979 Feb 2.
Box 7 Folder F302
Scope and Contents

One letter.

Scope and Contents

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).
1985-1986.
Box 7 Folder F303
1987.
Box 7 Folder F304
1990-1996.
Box 7 Folder F305
Glaser, Elton, 1995-1996.
Box 7 Folder F306
Scope and Contents

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.

Gross, Harvey, 1977-1978.
Box 7 Folder F307
Scope and Contents

Four letters concerning Justice's essay on poetic meter for The Structure of Verse, co-edited by Gross.

Haffenden, John, 1956-1987.
Box 7 Folder F308
Scope and Contents

Four letters requesting information regarding John Berryman for Haffenden's biography of Berryman.

Scope and Contents

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.
1956-1978.
Box 7 Folder F309
1981-1983.
Box 7 Folder F310
1985-1987.
Box 7 Folder F311
Scope and Contents

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.
1977.
Box 7 Folder F312
1978-1981.
Box 7 Folder F313
1982-1983.
Box 7 Folder F314
Higgins, Thomas, 1969 Nov 17.
Box 7 Folder F315
Scope and Contents

One letter from the subject of Justice's poem, "Variations for the Piano."

Hirsch, Edward, 1986.
Box 7 Folder F316
Scope and Contents

Two letters regarding Justice's poetry and a poetry reading.

Hirschman, Jack, [1960 Jan 14].
Box 7 Folder F317
Scope and Contents

One letter regarding Weldon Kees and Justice's poetry.

Hollander, John, 1996 Feb 20.
Box 7 Folder F318
Scope and Contents

One letter concerning Justice's

New and Selected Poems.
Howard, Richard, 1971-1977.
Box 7 Folder F319
Scope and Contents

Four letters regarding Justice's poetry.

Irving, John, 1976-1996.
Box 7 Folder F320
Scope and Contents

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.
Jarman, Mark, 1994.
Box 7 Folder F321
Scope and Contents

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.
Scope and Contents

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).

1959-1962.
Box 7 Folder F322
1963-1964.
Box 7 Folder F323
1965-1968.
Box 7 Folder F324
1969-1978.
Box 7 Folder F325
1979-1982.
Box 7 Folder F326
1983-1985.
Box 7 Folder F327
1986-1988.
Box 7 Folder F328
Letter to Mr. Torgersen, 1982 Oct 3.
Box 7 Folder F329
Scope and Contents

Draft letter disputing Torgersen's review in

American Poetry Review.
Letter to Mary Ethel Justice (mother), [1936-1937?].
Box 7 Folder F330
Scope and Contents

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.

1960-1967.
Box 7 Folder F331
1968-1976.
Box 7 Folder F332
"Correspondence Diary", 1990-1993 Aug.
Box 7 Folder F333
Scope and Contents

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.

"Copy to all who took the recent M.F.A. Examination", [1970s].
Box 7 Folder F334
Scope and Contents

Mimeograph copy of a letter from Justice to University of Iowa graduate students regarding the poor writing displayed on recent M.F.A. examinations.

"Notebook of lectures and certain business correspondence", 1990-1991.
Box 7 Folder F335
Scope and Contents

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.

Drafts of letters, 1991-1992.
Box 7 Folder F336
Scope and Contents

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 Description

32 pp.

Drafts of letters, 1991-1992.
Box 7 Folder F337
Scope and Contents

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.

Drafts of letters, [1992].
Box 7 Folder F338
Scope and Contents

Standard-size notepad with autograph drafts of letters to Kate Hensler, Paul Mariani, and others.

Physical Description

6 pp.

Drafts of letters, 1994.
Box 7 Folder F339
Scope and Contents

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 Description

33 pp.

Drafts of letters, 1995.
Box 7 Folder F340
Scope and Contents

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.

Drafts of letters, [1996].
Box 7 Folder F341
Scope and Contents

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.

Kronen, Steve, 1995 Aug 6.
Box 7 Folder F342
Scope and Contents

One card celebrating Justice's seventieth birthday.

Lang, Daniel, 1994 Sep 27.
Box 7 Folder F343
Scope and Contents

One letter regarding his establishment of an art school in Italy for the University of Tulsa.

Scope and Contents

Sixteen letters discussing John Berryman, mutual friends (Mezey, Bell), his readings, Yaddo, other poets, Atheneum, get-togethers with Justice, and academic department politics.

1970-1972.
Box 7 Folder F344
1973, 1982.
Box 7 Folder F345
Logan, John, 1954 Nov 27.
Box 8 Folder F346
Scope and Contents

One letter regarding Justice's poetry.

Scope and Contents

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.

1985 May-Jul.
Box 8 Folder F347
1985 Aug-Nov.
Box 8 Folder F348
1986-1987.
Box 7 Folder F349
1994-1995.
Box 8 Folder F350
London, Ed, 1980 Mar 18.
Box 8 Folder F351
Scope and Contents

One card from this composer who collaborated with Justice on

Death of Lincoln.
Mariani, Paul, 1987-1996.
Box 8 Folder F352
Scope and Contents

Three letters regarding his writing, audio cassette tapes featuring Jerome Mazzaro, Harte Crane, and Justice's

New and Selected Poems.
Martin, Walter, 1994.
Box 8 Folder F353
Scope and Contents

Two letters regarding Justice's poems.

McAfie, Thomas, [1956 Dec 12].
Box 8 Folder F354
Scope and Contents

One Christmas greeting from a writer who was Justice's colleague at the University of Missouri.

McCain, Murray, 1957-1958.
Box 8 Folder F355
Scope and Contents

Two letters from Justice's undergraduate roommate at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (Fall 1944).

Meredith, William, [1967 Dec 19].
Box 8 Folder F356
Scope and Contents

One thank you note with Meredith's poem, "In the Canyon."

Merker, K. K., 1964 August 27.
Box 8 Folder F357
Scope and Contents

One letter regarding publishing translations by Justice.

Scope and Contents

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.

1976-1978.
Box 8 Folder F358
1979.
Box 8 Folder F359
1980.
Box 8 Folder F360
1981-1982.
Box 8 Folder F361
1986-1988.
Box 8 Folder F362
1993-1994.
Box 8 Folder F363
1995 Jan-Jul.
Box 8 Folder F364
1995 Aug-Dec.
Box 8 Folder F365
1996-1997.
Box 8 Folder F366
Murphy, Richard, 1976-1986.
Box 8 Folder F367
Scope and Contents

Three letters regarding England, the University of Iowa, readings, U. S. university teaching jobs, and Sri Lanka and the Tamils.

Nims, John Frederick, 1994 Dec 7.
Box 8 Folder F368
Scope and Contents

One letter regarding

Yugen.
O'Donnell, George Marion, 1943.
Box 8 Folder F369
Scope and Contents

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.

Offutt, Chris, 1994.
Box 8 Folder F370
Scope and Contents

Two letters (with enclosed resume and typescript poems) regarding mutual friends, his family, and writing a novel.

O'Gorman, Ned, 1979.
Box 8 Folder F371
Scope and Contents

Two letters requesting Justice's reflections on Allen Tate for a biography O'Gorman is writing.

Pack, Robert, 1991 Aug 31.
Box 8 Folder F372
Scope and Contents

One letter regarding the future of the Breadloaf conference.

Peich, Michael, 1990.
Box 8 Folder F373
Scope and Contents

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.

Plumly, Stanley, 1976-1982.
Box 8 Folder F374
Scope and Contents

Nine letters mentioning readings, travels, teaching at Princeton, Marvin Bell, and poetry by Justice or himself.

Ramsey, Paul, [n.d.].
Box 8 Folder F375
Scope and Contents

One letter written to Mrs. Jean Justice regarding teaching and his family.

Randall, Belle, [1991 Dec 16].
Box 8 Folder F376
Scope and Contents

One letter regarding publishing a poem by Justice.

Ruggles, Carl, 1943.
Box 8 Folder F377
Scope and Contents

Two letters from this American composer, with whom Justice studied music composition, critiquing musical scores by Justice.

Schmitt, Peter, 1991 Jan 31.
Box 8 Folder F378
Scope and Contents

One thank you card.

Schulman, Grace, 1986 Mar 14.
Box 8 Folder F379
Scope and Contents

One letter praising Justice's translations of Rilke poems.

Simon, Maurya, 1996 Mar 19.
Box 8 Folder F380
Scope and Contents

One card complimenting Justice's linocuts and his reading at Pomona, CA.

Smith, Dave, 1976-1981.
Box 8 Folder F381
Scope and Contents

Four letters regarding working with Justice at the University of Florida.

Snodgrass, W. D., 1994 Jun 11.
Box 8 Folder F382
Scope and Contents

One letter regarding Helmut Goebbels, his writing and his Erieville home.

Sollberger, Harvey, 1967-1968.
Box 8 Folder F383
Scope and Contents

Three letters requesting permission to write a musical score based on Justice's poem, "To the Hawks."

Spender, Stephen, 1977 Jan 14.
Box 8 Folder F384
Scope and Contents

One letter regarding

Departures and meeting Justice in Iowa City.
Spires, Elizabeth, 1995.
Box 8 Folder F386
Scope and Contents

One letter regarding Justice's poetry and her

Worldling.
Starbuck, George, 1965-1971.
Box 8 Folder F386
Scope and Contents

Six letters regarding readings and teaching at the University of Iowa.

Scope and Contents

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.

1951-1955.
Box 8 Folder F387
1956.
Box 8 Folder F388
1957-1962.
Box 8 Folder F389
1964.
Box 8 Folder F390
1986.
Box 8 Folder F391
1987.
Box 8 Folder F392
1988-1995.
Box 8 Folder F393
Scope and Contents

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."

1964-1965.
Box 8 Folder F394
1966.
Box 8 Folder F395
1967-1970.
Box 8 Folder F396
1971.
Box 8 Folder F397
1972 Jan-Jul.
Box 8 Folder F398
1972 Aug-Dec.
Box 8 Folder F399
1973.
Box 8 Folder F400
1974-1976.
Box 8 Folder F401
1977-1978.
Box 8 Folder F402
1979-1984.
Box 8 Folder F403
1985-1987.
Box 8 Folder F404
1989-1995 and [n.d.].
Box 8 Folder F405
Taylor, Peter, 1948-1994.
Box 8 Folder F406
Scope and Contents

Three letters regarding Justice's poems, jobs, and recommending students for the Iowa Workshop.

Scope and Contents

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).

1964.
Box 8 Folder F407
1986-1995.
Box 8 Folder F408
Twichell, Chase, 1979 Mar 9.
Box 8 Folder F409
Scope and Contents

One letter regarding jobs and gambling.

Vendler, Helen, 1980.
Box 8 Folder F410
Scope and Contents

Two letters praising Justice's

Selected Poems.
Voigt, Ellen, 1995.
Box 8 Folder F411
Scope and Contents

One thank you card.

Weiss, Theodore Russell, 1976 Oct 24.
Box 8 Folder F412
Scope and Contents

One letter regarding Princeton and a mutual friend.

Williams, Miller, 1976-1986.
Box 8 Folder F413
Scope and Contents

Five letters regarding readings, travels, and acknowledging Justice's praise for his book.

Winters, Yvor, 1954.
Box 8 Folder F414
Scope and Contents

Two letters responding to Justice's review of his book and regarding students who imitate his poetry.

Wiseman, Christopher, 1994-1996.
Box 8 Folder F415
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Six letters regarding teaching, writing, and readings in England. Enclosed is a Thomas Hardy program.

Wormser, Baron, 1985-1988.
Box 8 Folder F416
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Fourteen letters (plus one article) regarding art, Francis Bacon, his poetry, and reviewing

The Sunset Maker.
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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.

1965-1966.
Box 8 Folder F417
1967-1970.
Box 8 Folder F418
1971.
Box 8 Folder F419
1972-1973.
Box 8 Folder F420
1974-1976.
Box 8 Folder F421
1977.
Box 8 Folder F422
1978-1979.
Box 8 Folder F423
1980-1982.
Box 8 Folder F424
1983-1984.
Box 8 Folder F425
1985-1986.
Box 8 Folder F426
1987-1995.
Box 8 Folder F427
Wright, Franz, 1982-1996.
Box 8 Folder F428
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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.

Wright, Stuart, [1987 Feb 2].
Box 8 Folder F429
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One letter regarding Justice's papers.

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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.

The Academy of American Poets, 1974-1987.
Box 9 Folder F430
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Three letters (two from Henri Cole) regarding readings for the Academy and a "Poets' Salute to Harry Ford," plus a tax receipt.

American Poetry Review, 1976-1983.
Box 9 Folder F431
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Most of the nine letters are with editor Arthur Vogelsang, regarding Justice's submissions or requests for permissions.

Antaeus/Ecco Press, 1984-1988.
Box 9 Folder F432
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Three letters, two from Daniel Halpern, regarding publication of Justice's poems.

Anvil Press, 1976-1985.
Box 9 Folder F433
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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).
Scope and Contents

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).
1972-1975.
Box 9 Folder F434
1976-1978.
Box 9 Folder F435
1979.
Box 9 Folder F436
1980.
Box 9 Folder F437
1981-1983.
Box 9 Folder F438
1984-1986.
Box 9 Folder F439
1987-1989.
Box 9 Folder F440
1990-1992.
Box 9 Folder F441
Royalty statements, 1974-1992.
Box 9 Folder F442
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Includes check stubs, Justice's completed author's questionnaire, and statements.

Atlantic, 1983-1986.
Box 9 Folder F443
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Three letters from poetry editor Peter Davison.

British Broadcasting Corporation, 1959.
Box 9 Folder F444
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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).

The Georgia Review, 1982 Jan 31.
Box 9 Folder F445
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Justice letter regarding a review by Stitt.

Harper's Magazine, 1958-1959.
Box 9 Folder F446
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Four letters, including three from R. B. Silver, regarding the publication of Justice's poems in 1959.

Houghton Mifflin Company, 1987-1990.
Box 9 Folder F447
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Letters from Al Poulin and Peter Davison regarding

Contemporary American Poetry.
Hudson River Press/Hawk's Well Press, 1958-1959.
Box 9 Folder F448
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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.
The Iowa Review, 1982-1986.
Box 9 Folder F449
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Twelve letters with editor Dave Hamilton regarding "Notes of an Outsider."

Libraries, 1958-1982.
Box 9 Folder F450
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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.

The New Criterion, 1984-1995.
Box 9 Folder F451
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Twenty-one letters from Robert Richman regarding publication of Justice's poems, with copies of letters from Philip Levine and Fellowes.

The New Yorker, 1956-1994.
Box 9 Folder F452
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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.

Poetry, 1942-1986.
Box 9 Folder F453
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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.
Princeton University, 1974.
Box 9 Folder F454
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Two letters from Carlos Baker regarding Justice's engagement as the Bain-Swiggett Lecturer in the Spring of 1976.

The Southern Review, 1994-1995.
Box 9 Folder F455
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Four letters regarding publication or copyright of Justice's poetry and the inclusion of his poetry in

Pushcart Press XX.
University of Iowa, 1976.
Box 9 Folder F456
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Two letters from John Leggett regarding Justice's leave of absence for a Guggenheim Fellowship.

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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.
1966-1982.
Box 9 Folder F457
1983-1988.
Box 9 Folder F458
Royalty statements and financial papers, 1965-1993.
Box 9 Folder F459
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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.

1959-1960.
Box 9 Folder F460
1961-1965.
Box 9 Folder F461
1966-1968.
Box 9 Folder F462
1969-1994 and [n.d.].
Box 9 Folder F463
1961-1975.
Box 9 Folder F464
1976-1985.
Box 9 Folder F465
1986-1990.
Box 9 Folder F466
Miscellaneous business correspondence, 1948-1996.
Box 9 Folder F467
Arrangement

Arranged in chronological order

Scope and Contents

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.

Arrangement

Arranged in chronological order.

Scope and Contents

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).
Ford Foundation Fellowship, 1963-1964.
Box 9 Folder F468
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Letter and newsletter announcing Justice's 1964-1965 fellowship.

Award in Literature, 1974.
Box 9 Folder F469
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Includes correspondence, program for awards ceremony, and a catalog for the exhibition associated with the award. The exhibition included manuscripts written by Justice.

Exhibition upon membership in the Institute, 1992.
Box 9 Folder F470
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Includes a receipt for manuscripts lent for the exhibition, a statement written by Justice regarding his work, typescript poems, and a catalog.

Photographs taken at American Academy of Arts and Letters dinners and committee meetings, 1994-1995.
Box 9 Folder F471
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Three group photographs, all of which include Justice, one contact sheet of four photographs of Justice, and one letter are available.

John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship, 1976.
Box 9 Folder F472
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Letter and check stub related to Justice's fellowship in 1976-1977.

Pushcart Prize XII, 1987.
Box 9 Folder F473
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Letter of notification for selection of his poem, "Psalm and Lament."

Bollingen Prize in Poetry of the Yale University Library, 1991.
Box 9 Folder F474
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Notification letter regarding Justice's shared prize with Laura Riding Jackson.

Hartwick College - Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters, 1995.
Box 9 Folder F475
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Letter of notification.

Pulitzer Prize in Poetry nomination, 1996.
Box 9 Folder F476
Scope and Contents

Letter of notification.

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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.
Interview by Dana Gioia, [n.d.].
Box 9 Folder F477
Scope and Contents

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.

Certain Solitudes: on the Poetry of Donald Justice, [1997].
Box 9 Folder F478
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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.

"Images of Time in Modern American Poetry", [n.d.].
Box 9 Folder F479
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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."

"For Donald Justice", 1981 Jul.
Box 9 Folder F480
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Copy of The Southern Review containing Raeburn Miller's poem, "For Donald Justice," which Miller has inscribed to Justice.

"Sampling of comments on Donald Justice's work", 1960-1987.
Box 9 Folder F481
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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.
Articles and general reviews of Justice's poetry, 1981-1992.
Box 9 Folder F482
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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.

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The series consists of pocket calendars, college transcripts and GRE scores, photographs, university identification cards, and a small group of financial papers.

College transcripts and Graduate Record Examination scores, 1944-1951.
Box 9 Folder F483
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Includes transcripts for work at the University of Miami (1944-1947, Master of Arts) and Stanford University (1948), plus GRE scores (1951).

Pocket calendars and university identification cards, 1966-1970.
Box 9 Folder F484
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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).

Photographs, 1961-1986.
Box 9 Folder F485
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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.

Financial papers, 1955-1964.
Box 9 Folder F486
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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).

Appendix A.. Published Material related to the Donald Justice Collection, 1948-1998.
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Appendix B.. Index of selected correspondence, 1943-1997.
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