Found 3 collections related to Schuyler, James

Kenneth Koch (1925-2002) was an American poet, playwright, essayist, screenwriter, novelist, and short-story writer. Kenneth Koch letters, 1961 and 1967, comprise his typed letter signed (2 pages) to "Don," dated [1961] February 10 at 69 Perry Street, New York City, and his typed letter signed (1 page) to poet James Schuyler ("Jimmy"), dated Thursday at 278 West 4th Street, with envelope postmarked 1967 June 1. The letter to Schuyler at Southampton, Long Island, encloses their collaborative poem "Titian Welds a Sculpture" (typescript with pencilled comment, 1 page), and a "mystery item," not present. The names James Schuyler & Kenneth Koch are typed below the poem's text. Koch's letter to Don discusses his work translating Haitian poetry and mentions his review of Frank O'Hara's poem "Second Avenue," appearing in the Partisan Review in 1961. Based on Koch's remarks regarding payment for his poems in The New American Poetry 1945-1960, it is likely that the recipient was Donald M. Allen, editor of the anthology less

Kenneth Koch was an American poet, playwright, essayist, screenwriter, novelist, and short-story writer. The Kenneth Koch papers document the personal and professional activities of the writer, Kenneth Koch. Holograph and typescript drafts comprise the bulk of the collection. The papers contain holograph manuscripts and typescripts of the author's published and unpublished work (in every genre, including plays, "comics," and games), notes and other material related to the works, Koch's correspondence, photographs, collaborations, material related to his work with children, miscellaneous personal documents, printed material, ephemera, scrapbooks, press cuttings and photocopied reviews of his books, and holograph manuscripts and typescripts of works by other writers (especially Frank O'Hara and John Ashbery). Also included in the papers are 9 boxes of unsorted printed ephemera, and 3 boxes of journals, magazines, and newspapers. The correspondence in the collection is mostly made up of incoming material, of which there are three categories: personal, professional, and fan mail. The personal and professional correspondence is arranged alphabetically by author; within each author's folder letters are arranged by date. Of the personal correspondence and works by others, the most substantial holdings are by "New York School" artists such as Frank O'Hara, John Ashbery, James Schuyler, Larry Rivers, Harry Mathews, Fairfield Porter, and Jane Freilicher. Also noteworthy are letters and works by Koch's former students, Ron Padgett, Frank Lima, Tony Towle, David Shapiro, and Jordan Davis. Also present are publishing contracts and royalty statements for several of Koch's books. less