Correspondence Series
Collected Poems Series
Plays Series
Manuscript Series
Publications Series
Reseach Series
Proposals and Development Series
Reviews and Clippings Series
Subject Series
Anti-War (Vietnam) Series
Art Exhibits and Activities Series
University Activities Series
Biographical and Education Series
Subject Series

Box 1

1     Biographical material and finding aid 

Correspondence Series

2     Concerning Manuscript Submissions 11 May 1944 - 2 May 1972
3     Concerning Manuscript Submissions 23 Dec 1972 - 16 June 1980
4     Concerning Plays 1966 - 1981
5     Above Time, 1966
6     Admit Impediments, 1958 - 1963
7     The Big Sea, 1970 - 1977
8     The Chinese Curse, 1967 
9     Nightmare, 1967
10   Poetry and Photographs:  The Quest and the Questions 
11   Poetry North Anthology, 1970 - 1977
12   Public Journal, 1972
13   Racer and Lame, 1962 - 197?
14   Scanning the Land, 1980 - 1981
15   Waiting to be Hunted, 1970 - ?
16   Robert Bly, 1962 - 1970
17   Robert Bly, clippings
18   Ray Bongartz, 1964 - 1965
19   Phil Kienholz, 1966 - 1973
20   Phil Kienholz, clippings
21   Kent Kirby, 1962 - 1981
22   Kent Kirby, clippings
23   Ray Kril, 1968 - 1971
24   Ray Kril, clippings
25   William F. Langer, 1951
26   Walter Lowenfels, 1963 - 1971
27   Thomas McGrath, 1962 - 1971
28   Thomas McGrath, clippings
29   Joe McLellan, 1968 - 1969/
30   Joe McLellan, clippings
31   Robert Merideth, 1970 - 1971

Box 2

1     John Milton, 1960 - 1974
2     John Milton, clippings
3     Antony Oldknow, 1968 - 1970
4     Antony Oldknow, clippings
5     Antony Oldknow, poems
6     Bruce Severy, 1973 - ?
7     Bruce Severy, clippings
8     David Solheim, 1973 - 1976
9     Larry Woiwode, 1970 - 1980
10   Larry Woiwode, clippings
11   Concerning Captain Enoch G. Adams, 1952 - 1954
12   Concerning Thomas McGrath, 1966 - 1971
13   Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1950 - 15 Dec 1964
14   Miscellaneous Correspondence, Dec 1964 - 26 Jan 1971
15   Miscellaneous Correspondence, 9 Feb 1971 - 20 Mar 1982

Collected Poems Series

16   Note on Poems
17   Note on Collected Poems
18   1939 - 1949, pp. 1-50
19   1939 - 1949, pp. 51-100

Box 3

1     1939 - 1949, pp. 101-150
2     1939 - 1949, pp. 151-200
3     1939 - 1949, pp. 201-250
4     1939 - 1949, pp. 251-306
5     1950 - 1959, pp. 1-9
6     1950 - 1959, pp. 10-60, Fable from a North Window
7     1950 - 1959, pp. 61-110, Fable from a North Window
8     1950 - 1959, pp. 111-129, Fable from a North Window
9     1950 - 1959, pp. 130-186
10   1950 - 1959, pp. 187-211, One Squeaking Straw
11   1950 - 1959, pp. 212-247
12   1950 - 1959, pp. 248-278, Admit Impediments
13   1950 - 1959, pp. 279-311
14   1960 - 1969, pp. 1-50
15   1960 - 1969, pp. 51-100
16   1960 - 1969, pp. 101-150
17   1960 - 1969, pp. 151-209
18   1960 - 1969, pp. 1-50 plus contents, Walking Wide 
19   1960 - 1969, pp. 51-100, Walking Wide

Box 4

1     1960 - 1969, pp. 101-150, Walking Wide 
2     1960 - 1969, pp. 151-200, Walking Wide 
3     1960 - 1969, pp. 201-255, Walking Wide 
4     1960 - 1969, pp. 210-250
5     1960 - 1969, pp. 251-285 
6     1970 - 1981, pp. 1-50
7     1970 - 1981, pp. 51-100
8     1970 - 1981, pp. 101-150
9     1970 - 1981, pp. 151-200
10   1970 - 1981, pp. 201-250
11   1970 - 1981, pp. 251-300, Scanning the Land 
12   1970 - 1981, pp. 301-350, Scanning the Land 
13   1970 - 1981, pp. 351-400, Scanning the Land 
14   1970 - 1981, pp. 401-419, Scanning the Land 
15   1970 - 1981, pp. 420-470
16   1970 - 1981, pp. 471-520
17   1970 - 1981, pp. 521-570
18   1970 - 1981, pp. 571-618

Plays Series

1     Note on Plays
2     Round Trip to Motley 
3     Untitled
4     Surcease or Pain 
5     Hide 

Manuscript Series 

6     Admit Impediments 
7     Admit Impediments 
8     The Big Sea, 1974 
9     The Big Sea, 1974 
10   The Big Sea, 1974 
11   The Big Sea, 1974                  
12   The Big Sea, 1974 
13   The Big Sea, 1974 
14   The Big Sea, 1974 
15   The Big Sea, 1974 
16   The Big Sea, 1974 
17   The Big Sea, 1974 
18   The Big Sea, 1976 
19   The Big Sea, 1976 

Box 6

1     The Big Sea, 1976 
2     The Big Sea, 1976 
3     The Big Sea, 1976 
4     The Big Sea, 1976 
5     The Big Sea, 1976 
6     The Big Sea, 1976 
7     The Big Sea, 1976 
8     The Big Sea, 1976 
9     The Big Sea, 1977 
10   The Big Sea, 1977 
11   The Big Sea, 1977                             
12   The Big Sea, 1977 
13   The Big Sea, 1977 
14   The Big Sea, 1977 
15   Cast of (Nameless) Characters 
16   Cast of (Nameless) Characters 
17   The Chinese Curse 
18   Fictions and Fables

Box 7

1     Nightmare 
2     Nightmare 
3     Racer and Lame                                              
4     Racer and Lame 
5     Racer and Lame 
6     Racer and Lame, No. 4 
7     Racer and Lame 
8     Racer and Lame 
9     Scanning the Land 
10   Scanning the Land 
11   Scanning the Land 
12   Scanning the Land 
13   Scanning the Land, pages, cover, etc. 
14   Scanning the Land, paste-up 
15   Scanning the Land, paste-up 
16   Scanning the Land, paste-up 
17   Scanning the Land, paste-up 
18   Scanning the Land, paste-up 
19   Scanning the Land, paste-up

Box 8

1    Scanning the Land, paste-up 
2    Staying for Waftage 
3    Staying for Waftage 
4    Walking Wide, carbon 
5    Walking Wide, carbon 
6    Walking Wide, carbon 
7    Walking Wide, carbon 
8    Walking Wide, carbon 
9    Walking Wide 
10   White Noise 
11   Poems 
12   Poems 
13   Handwritten Poems 

Publications Series

14   Songs of Youth, Vol. 2, November 1938 
15   The Poet's Circle, 1940 - 1941 
16   The Poet's Circle, 1941 - 1942 
17   The Quickening Seed, Vol. IX, No. 2, 1942 
18   Quarterly Review of Literature, Vol. 1, No. 1, Autumn, 1943

Box 9

1     The University Review, Vol. X, No. 3, Spring, 1944 
2     Experiment, April, 1944 
3     The University of Kansas City Review, Vol. X, No. 4, Summer, 1944 
4     Crescendo, Vol. 3, Autumn, 1944 
5     Matrix, Little Book 4, Spring 1945 
6     The Tanager, Vol. XX, No 4, June, 1945 
7     Experiment, Vol. 2, No. 2, Summer, 1945 
8     Prairie Schooner, Vol. XIX, No. 2, Summer, 1945                
9     The University of Kansas City Review, Vol. XI, No. 4, Summer, 1945
10   Poet Lore, Vol. LI, No. 2, Summer, 1945 
11   Kaleidograph, Vol. XVII, No. 5, Sep 1945 
12   The University of Kansas City Review, Vol. XI, No. 1 Autumn, 1945
13   Experiment, Vol. 2, No. 3, Fall, 1945 
14   Voices, No. 126, Summer, 1946 
15   New Masses, Vol. LX, No. 1, 2 July, 1946 
16   The University of Kansas City Review, Vol. XII, No. 3 Spring, 1946 
17   Circle Nine, (photocopy) 
18   Poetry, No 18, 1946 
19   Tomahawk, March 1947

Box 10

1     Matrix, Fall-Winter, 1947 
2     Accent, Spring, 1949 
3     Prairie Schooner, Vol. XXIII, No. 3, Fall, 1949  
4     The Kenyon Review, Vol. XII, No. 4, Autumn 1950 
5     North Dakota Parent-Teacher, Vol. XXXII, No. 5, January 1951
6     The Beloit Poetry Journal, Vol. 2, No. 2, Winter 1951 
7     Prairie Schooner, Vol. XXV, No. 3, Fall, 1951 
8     Furioso, Fall 1952 
9     The Beloit Poetry Journal, Vol. 4, No. 2, Winter 1953 
10   Discovery, No 1, 1953 
11   Canadian Poetry Magazine, Vol. 16, No. 3, Spring, 1953 
12   Prairie Wings, Spring and Summer, 1953 
13   The New Yorker, 22 Jan 1955 
14   Prairie Schooner, Winter, 1955 
15   The Colorado Quarterly, Vol. IV, No. 4, Spring 1956 
16   Prairie Schooner, Vol. XXX, No. 4, Spring 1956

Box 11

1     North Dakota Quarterly, Vol. 24, No. 3, Summer, 1956 
2     North Dakota Quarterly, Vol. 25, No. 1, Winter 1957 
3     Wisconsin Poetry Magazine, Vol. 2, No 5, May-June 1957 
4     North Dakota History, Vol. 24, No. 3, July 1957 
5     North Dakota Quarterly, Vol. 25, No. 3, Summer 1957 
6     Wisconsin Poetry Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 1 
7     Discourse, Vol. 1, No. 2, April 1958 
8     The Virginia Quarterly Review, Vol. 34, No. 2, Spring 1958 
9     Anthology of Magazine Verse for 1958 
10   North Dakota Quarterly, Vol. 26, No. 2, Spring, 1958 
11   Colorado Quarterly, Vol. VII, No. 1, Summer 1958 
12   Discourse, Vol. 1, No. 4, October, 1958 
13   Miami Dimensions, Vol. V, No. 1, November, 1958 
14   Seventy-fifth Anniversary Faculty Conference and Convocation, University of 
      North Dakota 6, 7, 8, November 1958

Box 12

1     Miami Dimensions, Vol. 5, No. 3, March 1959 
2     Discourse, Vol. II, No 4, Autumn 1959 
3     North Dakota Quarterly, Vol. 27, No. 4, Autumn 1959 
4     The Paris Review, Vol. 6, No. 23 
5     Discourse, Vol. III, No. 2, April 1960 
6     Discourse, Vol. III, No. 3, July 1960 
7     Minnesota Review, Vol. 1, No. 1, Fall 1960 
8     Miami Dimensions, Vol. VII, No. 1,  November 1960 
9     The Miami Alumnus, Vol. 14, No. 6, March 1961 
10   Minnesota Review, Vol. 1, No. 2, Winter 1961 
11   Minnesota Review, Vol. 1, No. 3, Spring 1961 
12   Discourse, Vol. IV, No. 3, Summer 1961 
13   North Dakota Quarterly, Vol. 29, No. 3, Summer 1961          
14   Minnesota Review, Vol. II, No. 1, Fall 1961 
15   Discourse, Vol. V, No. 1, Winter 1961-1962 
16   The CEA Critic, Vol. XXIV, No. 5, May 1962 
17   Minnesota Review, Vol. II, No. 4, Summer 1962

Box 13

1     Discourse, Vol. 5, No. 3, Summer 1962 
2     Discourse, Vol. 5, No. 4, Autumn 1962 
3     North Dakota Quarterly, Vol. 30, No. 4, Autumn 1962
4     Discourse, Vol. VI, No. 4, Autumn 1963 
5     Crazy Horse 2 
6     Vol. 6, Fall 1963 
7     South Dakota Review, Vol. 1, No. 1, December 1963 
8     Vol. 6, 1964 
9     Triad, No. 3, 1964 
10   South Dakota Review, Vol. 1, No. 2, May 1964 
11   North Dakota Quarterly, Vol. 32, No. 3, Summer 1964 
12   Vol. 6, 1964 
13   Poets of Today, 1964 
14   Penny Poems from Midwestern University, Vol. II, No.1, 31 January 1965 
15   South Dakota Review, Vol. 2, No. 2, Spring 1965 
16   South Dakota Review, Index to Vol. 1 & 2, 1963-1965 
17   Laurel Review, Vol. V, No. 1, Spring 1965 
18   Discourse, Vol. VIII, No. 3, Summer 1965

Box 14

1     North Dakota Quarterly, Vol. 33, No. 2, Spring 1965 
2     The CEA Critic, Vol. XXVII, No. 9, June 1965 
3     Verb, Vol. 3, No. 2, Dec 1965 
4     Spectrum, 15 September 1965                
5     The CEA Critic, Vol. XXVIII, No. 1, Oct 1965 
6     Response, Vol. VII, No. 3, Epiphany 1966 
7     South Dakota Review, Vol. 4, No. 1, Spring 1966 
8     Scopcraeft, Vol. 1, No. 2, December 1966 
9     South Dakota Review, Vol. 4, No. 4, Winter 1966 
10   Plainsong, Vol. 1, No. 1, Winter 1967 
11   The CEA Critic, Vol. XXIX, No. 9, June 1967 
12   Crazy Horse, 3  1967 
13   The San Francisco Keeper's Voice, Vol. 3, No. 1, 1967-1968 
14   Poetry and Jazz, 1967 
15   Scopcraeft, Vol. 2, No. 1 
16   Plainsong, Vol. 1, No. 3                            
17   Horseman, No. 5, December 1967 
18   Scopcraeft, Vol. 2, No. 3 
19   South Dakota Review, Vol. 6, No. 1, Spring 1968 
20   Descant, Vol. 12, No. 2, Winter 1968 
21   Poetry North, March 1968 
22   Refugee Journal of Poetry, Vol. 1, No. 1, March 1968 
23   The CEA Critic, Vol. XXX, No. 8, May 1968 
24   Scopcraeft, Vol. 2, No. 6, Summer 1968

Box 15

1     Discourse, Vol. XI, No. 3, Summer 1968 
2     Chelsea, October 1968 
3     Refugee Journal of Poetry, Vol. 2 
4     Laurel Review, Vol. VIII, No. 2, Fall 1968                         
5     Calliope 
6     Independent Socialist, No. 8, March 1969 
7     Independent Socialist, No. 9, April 1969 
8     The CEA Critic, Vol. XXXI, No. 6, March 1969 
9     Green River Review, Vol. 1, No. 2, May 1969 
10   Independent Socialist, No. 10, May 1969 
11   Red River Valley Historian, Vol. III, No. 1 
12   ARX, Vol. III, No. 2, June 1969 
13   ARX, Vol. III, No. 3, July 1969 
14   Ann Arbor Review, No. 5/6, 1969 
15   Independent Socialist, No. 11, June 1969 
16   International Socialist, No. 13, October 1969 
17   South Dakota Review, Vol. 7, No. 3, Autumn 1969 
18   ARX, Vol. 3, No. 6, October 1969 
19   Scopcraeft, Vol. 4, No. 1

Box 16

1     Zeitgeist, Vol. 3, No. 1, Autumn 1969 
2     International Socialist, No. 15, January 1970 
3     Scopcraeft, Vol. 4, No. 2 
4     International Socialist, No. 16, February 1970 
5     International Socialist, No. 17, March 1970 
6     Scopcraeft, Vol. 4, No. 3 
7     International Socialist, No. 18, April 1970 
8     Walking Wide, 1970 
9     Nickel Review, 13 April 1970 
10   Scopcraeft, Vol. 4, No. 4       
11   International Socialist, No. 19, May 1970 
12   International Socialist, No. 20, June 1970 
13   The Nation, 15 June 1970 
14   Worker's Power, No. 21, 11-24 September 1970 
15   Worker's Power, No. 22, 25 September - 8 October 1970 
16   Scopcraeft, Vol. 4, No. 6 
17   Scopcraeft, Vol. 5, No. 1 
18   Worker's Power, No. 24, 23 October - 5 November 1970 
19   Red River Valley Historian, Fall-Spring 1970-1971 
20   Worker's Power, No. 27, 11 December - 14 January 1971 
21   Worker's Power, No. 29, 29 January - 11 February 1971

Box 17

1     Dacotah Territory, Vol. 1, No. 1 
2     Worker's Power, No. 33, 26 March - 15 April 1971 
3     Scopcraeft, Vol. 5, No. 5 
4     New Generation Poetry, 1971 
5     Worker's Power, No. 37, June 1971 
6     Ann Arbor Review, No. 13, 1971 
7     Scopcraeft, Vol. 5, No. 6 
8     Poets of the Red River, 1972 
9     Scopcraeft, Vol. 5, No. 7 
10   The Mainstreeter, 17 November 1971 
11   Worker's Power, No. 45, 12-25 November 1971 
12   Six Poets of the Red River, 1971 
13   Dacotah Territory 2, 1972  
14   Enough of Dying, 1972 
15   The Mainstreeter, March 1972 
16   Time and Place, Spring 1972 
17   The Mainstreeter, 4, July 1972 
18   South Dakota Review, Vol. 10, No. 3, Autumn 1972 
19   North Country Anvil, No. 4, February - March 1973 
20   The Little Magazine, Vol. 7, No. 1 
21   Dacotah Territory, 3  Summer 1972

Box 18

1     The Last Picture Book, 1973 
2     Ann Arbor Review, No. 17, 1973 
3     North Country Anvil, No. 7, August - September 1973 
4     South Dakota Review, Vol. 11, No. 4, Winter 1973-1974 
5     North Country, [1973?] 
6     North Country, Vol. 1, No. 2, March 1974 
7     Quoin, April 1974 
8     North Country Anvil, No. 11, May-June 1974 
9     Fred Helmeke Memorial Exhibition, 1974 
10   North Country, Vol. 2, No. 1, Fall 1974 
11   The Chowder Review, No. 3, 1974 
12   Dacotah Territory, No. 8/9, Fall and Winter 1974 
13   Racer and Lame, Spring 1975 
14   Bits 2, July 1975 
15   South Dakota Review, Vol. 13, No. 4, Winter 1975-1976

Box 19

1     Heartland II, 1975                
2     The Mainstreeter, No. 6, February 1976 
3     The Dickinson Review, Vol. IV, No. 11, Spring 1976 
4     The Mainstreeter, No. 7, Fall 1976 
5     Dakota Arts Quarterly, Vol. 1, No. 1, Summer 1977 
6     Abraxas 14-15, The Chowder Review, 1977 
7     A Coloring Book of Poetry for Adults, Vol. 3, 1977 
8     Bloodroot, No. 4, Spring 1978 
9     Free Passage, No. 5, 1978 
10   Weed, Vol. 1, No. 2, April 1978 
11   The Mainstreeter, No. 9, Summer 1978 
12   Dacotah Territory, 15, Winter-Spring, 1977-1978 
13   Dakota Arts Quarterly, 5/6, Late 1978                        
14   Bloodroot, No. 6, Spring 1979 
15   Dakota Arts Quarterly, No. 7, 1979 
16   North Dakota Horizons, Summer 1979 
17   Free Passage, No. 8, 1979 
18   Dacotah Territory, No. 13, Fall 1979 
19   Dacotah Territory, 16, 1979

Box 20

1     North DakotonHorizons, Summer 1980 
2     Dacotah Territory, 17, 1980 
3     North Dakota Quarterly, Vol. 48, No. 4, Autumn 1980 
4     Prairie Fire, Vol. 2, No. 8, 25 July 1981 
5     DAQ, 14, Spring, 1982 

Research Series

6    Captain Enoch G. Adams 
7    Aaron Beede 
8    Notecards on North Dakota and the Northwest 

Proposals and Development Series

9     Cast of (Nameless) Characters 
10   Poetry North Anthology 
11   Poetry and Photographs: The Quest and the Questions 
12   Poetry and Photographs: The Quest and the Questions 
13   Public Journal 
14   Scanning the Land 
15   Third Rib Knife by Phil Kienholz 

Reviews and Clippings Series 

16   Above Time 
17   Cast of (Nameless) Characters 
18   The Picture 1909 
19   Cast of (Nameless) Characters 
20   Poetry and Photographs: The Quest and the Questions 
21   Public Journal 
22   Racer and Lame

Box 21

1     Scanning the Land 
2     Walking Wide 

Subject Series

3     Thomas McGrath Interview Transcript 
4     Charles Beck article             
5     Poetry North Introductions: Robert Bly and Jack Beeching
6     Introduction:  Kenneth Pitchford and Robin Morgan 
7     "A Sense of Place" Panel Discussion 
8     Miscellaneous Programs and Brochures (Appearances and Publications)

Anti-War (Vietnam) Series

9     Anti-War Literature 
10   Vietnam Summer 

Art Exhibits and Activities Series

11   Art Exhibition Catalogs, Programs, Contracts 1946-1959 
12   Art Exhibition Catalogs, Programs, Contracts 1961-1979 
13   Rourke Art Gallery - Newsletters, Receipts Correspondence, 1974 - ?

University Activities Series

14   American Studies Proposals 
15   American Studies Association of Minnesota and the Dakotas          
16   Connections 
17   Course Material - Introduction to Humanities, English 300, 1956 
18   Course Material - Introduction to Humanities, English 300 
19   Course Material - Introduction to Humanities, English 300, painting

Box 22

1     Course Material - Introduction to Humanities, English 300, 1956 
2     Course Material - Introduction to Humanities, English 300, 1957 
3     Adviser, The Bellows 

Biographical and Educational Data Series 

4     Educational Records 
5     Vita (from 1976) 
6     Job Applications - College and Specialist Bureau 
7     National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship Application and Materials

Subject Series

8     Clippings By or About Richard Lyons 
9     David Martinson, Clippings 
10   Robin Morgan, Kenneth Pitchford, Clippings 
11   Robert Nelson, Clippings 
12   Fargo Community Development Project
 
 
 

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