{"value"=>"<p>Marx became a member of The Poetry Society of America in 1959, and served on the executive board for eight years in the 1970s. She has been the Executive Director of the Westchester County Branch. Her uninterrupted involvement as a monthly contest judge, discussion leader, and speaker at meetings began in 1960.</p> <p>Approximately half of this series consists of copies of the quarterly publication, <span class=\"title\">The Bulletin</span>, from the years 1959-1981. The remainder includes brochures, correspondence, and worksheets that document the monthly and yearly poetry contests and awards, including a file on the Joyce Award of 1968, for which Marx served as a judge. Of note among the correspondence in Box 2 are two letters from Louis Ginsberg, the poet (and father of Allen).</p> <p>Researchers interested in the history of the PSA will note the documentation of the 1978 vice-presidential election scandal in which Anne Marx and Alfred Dorn were elected and the incumbent, Charles Wagner, was criticized openly for administrative and financial incompetence. Additional information about the PSA can be found in all volumes of the Scrapbooks in Series 5.</p>"}