{"value"=>"<p>Daniel Halpern started the National Poetry Series in 1978 with the help of a grant from James Michener. The correspondence, proposals, annual reports, lists of winners, press releases, clippings, and financial reports in this series in part document the N. P. S. and its efforts to increase the amount of poetry published in the United States. However, because the N. P. S. was always run by Halpern out of Ecco's offices and many of the judges were Ecco or <span class=\"title\">Antaeus</span> poets, material relating to the National Poetry Series is spread throughout the collection, especially in the Author Files, Interoffice Communications, Submissions, and Daniel Halpern's General Correspondence.</p>"}