James Schuyler Papers

Collection

Identifier: 2004-0083

Staff Only

Scope and Content

The collection contains three letters from Schuyler to Donald Allen, and several articles about Schuyler and his work.

Dates

1971, 1980, 1985-1986.

Access

The collection is open and available for research.

Restrictions on Use

Permission to publish from these Papers must be obtained in writing from both the University of Connecticut Libraries and the owner(s) of the copyright.

Biography

James Schuyler was born 9 November 1923 in Chicago, Illinois the son of Marcus James (a reporter) and Margaret (Connor) Schuyler. He attended Bethany College (1941-1943) and the University of Florence (1947-1948). Schuyler was on the staff of the Museum of Modern Art from 1955-1961 (New York, NY) and an art critic at Art News. A poet, novelist, and playwright, Schuyler was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry for The Morning of the Poem. He was also the recipient of the Longview Foundation award (1961), Frank O'Hara Prize (1969), National Endowment for the Arts grants (1971, 1972), National Institute of Arts and Letters award (1976), Guggenheim fellowship (1981), Academy of American Poets fellowship (1983), Whiting Award (1985) and the Lambda Literary Award (1994).

James Schuyler died following a stroke on 12 April 1991, in New York, New York.

Extent

0.1 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

James Schuyler, American poet, novelist and art critic, won the Pulitzer Prize, for his book The Morning of the Poem.

Arrangement

The materials are arranged chronologically in one folder.

Acquisition Information

The materials were donated by Donald Allen and accessioned into the collection in 2004.

Related Material

Archives & Special Collections has a substantial collection of materials pertaining to literary materials, especially those associated with Black Mountain College, Charles Olson and the Beat Generation Poets. For detailed information on these collections please contact the curator or ask at the Reading Room desk.

Bibliography

Additional information on James Schuyler is available in Contemporary Authors Online. The Gale Group, 2001.

General note

Published Works:

Poetry

Missing Title

Salute, Tiber Press, 1960.
(With Kenward Elmslie) The Wednesday Club, East End Theatre, 1964.
May 24th or So, Tibor de Nagy, 1966.
Freely Espousing: Poems, Doubleday, 1969.
The Crystal Lithium, Random House, 1972.
A Sun Cab, Adventures in Poetry, 1972.
Hymn to Life: Poems, Random House, 1974.
Song, Kermani Press, 1976.
The Home Book: Prose and Poems, 1951-1970, Z Press, 1977.
The Morning of the Poem, Farrar, Straus, 1980.
A Few Days, Random House, 1985.
Selected Poems, Farrar, Straus, 1988.
Collected Poems, Farrar, Straus, 1993.

Novels

Missing Title

Alfred and Guinevere, Harcourt, 1958.
(With John Ashbery)A Nest of Ninnies, Dutton, 1969.
What's for Dinner?, Black Sparrow Press, 1978.
Early in '71, Figures, 1982.

Plays

Missing Title

Presenting Jane (one-act), first produced in Cambridge, MA at Poets' Theatre, 1952.
Shopping and Waiting (one-act), first produced in Cambridge, MA at Poets' Theatre , 1953.
(With Elmslie) Unpacking the Black Trunk (one-act), first produced Off-Broadway, 1965.

Other

Missing Title

(With Paul Bowles) A Picnic Cantata (recording), Columbia Records, 1955.
The Fireproof Floors of Witley Court: English Songs and Dances, Janus Press, 1976.
(Editor with Charles North) Broadway Two, Swollen Magpie Press, 1979.