Robert Kelly Papers
Scope and Content
The collection contains correspondence between George Minkoff, Robert Kelly and "Button", primarily in regard to the publication of a broadside of Common Shore, Book 5.
Dates
- 1967-1969
Access
The collection is open and available for research.
Biography
Robert Kelly was born 24 September 1935, in Brooklyn, New York, the son of Samuel Jason and Margaret Rose (Kane) Kelly. He attended City College, now City College of the City University of New York, (A.B., 1955) and Columbia University (1955-1958). He has been employed as a translator (Continental Translation Service, New York City, 1955-1958), lecturer in English (Wagner College, New York City, 1960-1961) and assistant professor of English (1961-1968) and professor of English (1974-) at Bard College. He has also been the co-director of the writing program at the Milton Avery Graduate School of the Arts (Annandale-on-Hudson, NY, 1974-). He is a co-founder, with George Economou, of the Chelsea Review (1957-1960) and Trobar (1960--); editor of Matter (1963--); assistant professor of English (1964) at the State University of New York at Buffalo; visiting lecturer in modern poetry (1966) at Tufts University; and conducted a fiction workshop at the New York City Writers Conference, Staten Island (summer, 1967). He has been Poet-in-residence at California Institute of Technology, Pasadena (1971-1972), University of Kansas (1975), Dickinson College (1976), and Naropa Institute (1977--). Kelly has received the Los Angeles Times First Annual Book Award (1980) for Kill the Messenger Who Brings Bad News and the American Book Award, Before Columbus Foundation (1991) for In Time.
Extent
0.1 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The collection contains correspondence between George Minkoff, Robert Kelly, and "Button," primarily in regard to the publication of a broadside of Common Shore, Book 5.
Arrangement
The materials are arranged chronologically.
Custodial History
Unknown, purchase probable. A collection of Kelly's manuscripts are housed at the Lockwood Memorial Library, State University of New York at Buffalo.
Bibliography
- American poetry Subject Source: Fast
- Authors and publishers Subject Source: Fast
- Correspondence Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Great Neck (inhabited place) Subject Source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- New York (State) Subject Source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- New York (inhabited place) Subject Source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- Poems Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Publishers and publishing Subject Source: Fast
- Twentieth century. Subject Source: Fast
- Typescripts Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- United States (nation) Subject Source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- Title
- Robert Kelly Papers
- Status
- Published
- Author
- Archives & Special Collections staff
- Date
- 2002 May
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Archives and Special Collections, University of Connecticut Library Repository
University of Connecticut Library
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