A Guide to the Kirby Congdon letter , 1962 #11185

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Abstract

The letter concerns the establishment of The Plumed Horn or El Corno Emplumado , "an attractive and fresh handling of contemporary poets and poetry of both North and South America," and provides distribution and subscription information.

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Preferred Citation

Kirby Congdon Letter, 1962, Accession #11185, Special Collections Dept., University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.

Processing Information

This letter was transferred from the Rare Book Division to the Manuscripts Division on June 30, 1995.

Biographical/Historical Information

Kirby Congdon, born November 13, 1924, in West Chester, Pennsylvania, was educated at Columbia College, 1950, and Columbia University, 1951. He has been associated with the John Schaffner Literary Agency in New York, 1954-1958, and Collier's Encyclopedia , New York. He is the author of several books; miscellaneous collections of poems and plays; and, introductions to volumes of avant-garde poetry. He has been the editor of Crank Books, Interim Books, and the annual Magazine . He has been active in establishing a poetry milieu independent of commercial and academic publishing traditions.

Scope and Content Information

The 26 September 1962 letter from A. Kirby Congdon of New York, New York, to the head librarian of the Library at Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, concerns the establishment of The Plumed Horn or El Corno Emplumado , "an attractive and fresh handling of contemporary poets and poetry of both North and South America," and provides distribution and subscription information.