A Guide to the Oscar Williams Papers 1940-1969 Oscar Williams Papers, 1940-1969 10820

A Guide to the Oscar Williams Papers 1940-1969

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The Special Collections Department
Accession Number 10820

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Repository

Special Collections, University of Virginia Library

Accession number

10820

Title

Oscar Williams Papers 1940-1969

Physical Characteristics

There are 17 items in this collection.

Language

English

Administrative Information

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Use Restrictions

See the University of Virginia Library’s use policy.

Preferred Citation

Oscar Williams Papers, 1940-1969, Accession #10820, Special Collections Dept., University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.

Acquisition Information

This item was purchased by the library on January 27, 1989.

Scope and Content Information

This collection consists of 17 items pertaining to poet and anthologist Oscar Williams. There are ten letters and postcards, 1940-1941, from Williams and his wife, Gene Derwood, to John and Gini Pauker. Topics mentioned are John Pauker's verse, a possible Derwood portrait of Pauker, Williams' New Poems: 1940 , and Archibald MacLeish's poem "Voyage West." There is also a carbon copy of a letter, March 30, 1959, from [John Pauker] to Oscar Williams concerning Spoken Arts. In addition, there is a letter, January 4, 1944, from Williams to Arthur Mizener of Kenyon Review in the form of a poem, "Telegram for Mister M" in response to a negative review of A Little Treasury of Modern Poetry edited by Williams, along with a carbon typescript of the review. Biographical information on Williams includes: an obituary, October 11, 1964, from the New York Times ; a poem, "Oscar," by Roy Basler sent to John Pauker on March 24, 1965; and, an article, "A Letter to Ali Baba" by Roy Basler in an issue of Prairie Schooner sent to Pauker on October 31, 1969. Miscellaneous papers include a poem, "Star, star" sent to Howard Nemerov from Gene Derwood.