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Contains 82 Results:

Olson, Charles to John Wieners regarding a weekend visit, 1961 June 14

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 26
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The John Wieners collection includes correspondence between John Wieners and his friend and mentor Charles Olson, with whom Wieners studied at Black Mountain College. Their letters date between 1955 and 1967 and discuss poetry, metaphysical concerns, the literary scene in Boston and New York, Black Mountain College, mutual friends, and fellow poets including Robin Blaser, Robert Creeley, Robert Duncan, Allen Ginsberg, Gerrit Lansing, Frank O'Hara, Michael Rumaker, and Jack Spicer. There is...
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Dates: 1961 June 14

Olson, Charles to John Wieners regarding an address in Cuba, 1961 December 8

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 27
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The John Wieners collection includes correspondence between John Wieners and his friend and mentor Charles Olson, with whom Wieners studied at Black Mountain College. Their letters date between 1955 and 1967 and discuss poetry, metaphysical concerns, the literary scene in Boston and New York, Black Mountain College, mutual friends, and fellow poets including Robin Blaser, Robert Creeley, Robert Duncan, Allen Ginsberg, Gerrit Lansing, Frank O'Hara, Michael Rumaker, and Jack Spicer. There is...
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Dates: 1961 December 8

Olson, Charles to John Wieners regarding the poem "Ages of Youth", 1962 June 1

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 28
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The John Wieners collection includes correspondence between John Wieners and his friend and mentor Charles Olson, with whom Wieners studied at Black Mountain College. Their letters date between 1955 and 1967 and discuss poetry, metaphysical concerns, the literary scene in Boston and New York, Black Mountain College, mutual friends, and fellow poets including Robin Blaser, Robert Creeley, Robert Duncan, Allen Ginsberg, Gerrit Lansing, Frank O'Hara, Michael Rumaker, and Jack Spicer. There is...
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Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1962 June 1

Olson, Charles to John Wieners regarding Wieners' new book, Ace of Pentacles, and Wieners' family, 1964 March 9

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 29
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The John Wieners collection includes correspondence between John Wieners and his friend and mentor Charles Olson, with whom Wieners studied at Black Mountain College. Their letters date between 1955 and 1967 and discuss poetry, metaphysical concerns, the literary scene in Boston and New York, Black Mountain College, mutual friends, and fellow poets including Robin Blaser, Robert Creeley, Robert Duncan, Allen Ginsberg, Gerrit Lansing, Frank O'Hara, Michael Rumaker, and Jack Spicer. There is...
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Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1964 March 9

Olson, Charles to John Wieners regarding a Moroccan magazine, 1964 August 8

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 30
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The John Wieners collection includes correspondence between John Wieners and his friend and mentor Charles Olson, with whom Wieners studied at Black Mountain College. Their letters date between 1955 and 1967 and discuss poetry, metaphysical concerns, the literary scene in Boston and New York, Black Mountain College, mutual friends, and fellow poets including Robin Blaser, Robert Creeley, Robert Duncan, Allen Ginsberg, Gerrit Lansing, Frank O'Hara, Michael Rumaker, and Jack Spicer. There is...
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Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1964 August 8

Olson, Charles to John Wieners regarding Wieners' poems and a quote by Maurice Merleau-Ponty, 1964 October 6

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 31
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The John Wieners collection includes correspondence between John Wieners and his friend and mentor Charles Olson, with whom Wieners studied at Black Mountain College. Their letters date between 1955 and 1967 and discuss poetry, metaphysical concerns, the literary scene in Boston and New York, Black Mountain College, mutual friends, and fellow poets including Robin Blaser, Robert Creeley, Robert Duncan, Allen Ginsberg, Gerrit Lansing, Frank O'Hara, Michael Rumaker, and Jack Spicer. There is...
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Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1964 October 6

Olson, Charles to John Wieners thanking him for a book, 1964 December 10

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 32
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The John Wieners collection includes correspondence between John Wieners and his friend and mentor Charles Olson, with whom Wieners studied at Black Mountain College. Their letters date between 1955 and 1967 and discuss poetry, metaphysical concerns, the literary scene in Boston and New York, Black Mountain College, mutual friends, and fellow poets including Robin Blaser, Robert Creeley, Robert Duncan, Allen Ginsberg, Gerrit Lansing, Frank O'Hara, Michael Rumaker, and Jack Spicer. There is...
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Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1964 December 10

Olson, Charles to John Wieners requesting him to appear on Tuesday, 1965 January 22

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 33
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The John Wieners collection includes correspondence between John Wieners and his friend and mentor Charles Olson, with whom Wieners studied at Black Mountain College. Their letters date between 1955 and 1967 and discuss poetry, metaphysical concerns, the literary scene in Boston and New York, Black Mountain College, mutual friends, and fellow poets including Robin Blaser, Robert Creeley, Robert Duncan, Allen Ginsberg, Gerrit Lansing, Frank O'Hara, Michael Rumaker, and Jack Spicer. There is...
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Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1965 January 22

Olson, Charles to John Wieners regarding a visit and Panna Grady, circa 1966

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 34
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The John Wieners collection includes correspondence between John Wieners and his friend and mentor Charles Olson, with whom Wieners studied at Black Mountain College. Their letters date between 1955 and 1967 and discuss poetry, metaphysical concerns, the literary scene in Boston and New York, Black Mountain College, mutual friends, and fellow poets including Robin Blaser, Robert Creeley, Robert Duncan, Allen Ginsberg, Gerrit Lansing, Frank O'Hara, Michael Rumaker, and Jack Spicer. There is...
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Dates: circa 1966

Olson, Charles to John Wieners regarding love and sex, circa 1966

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 35
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The John Wieners collection includes correspondence between John Wieners and his friend and mentor Charles Olson, with whom Wieners studied at Black Mountain College. Their letters date between 1955 and 1967 and discuss poetry, metaphysical concerns, the literary scene in Boston and New York, Black Mountain College, mutual friends, and fellow poets including Robin Blaser, Robert Creeley, Robert Duncan, Allen Ginsberg, Gerrit Lansing, Frank O'Hara, Michael Rumaker, and Jack Spicer. There is...
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Dates: circa 1966

Olson, Charles to John Wieners regarding gossip from Clarke and asking Wieners to communicate directly with Olson, 1966 January 20

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 36
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The John Wieners collection includes correspondence between John Wieners and his friend and mentor Charles Olson, with whom Wieners studied at Black Mountain College. Their letters date between 1955 and 1967 and discuss poetry, metaphysical concerns, the literary scene in Boston and New York, Black Mountain College, mutual friends, and fellow poets including Robin Blaser, Robert Creeley, Robert Duncan, Allen Ginsberg, Gerrit Lansing, Frank O'Hara, Michael Rumaker, and Jack Spicer. There is...
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Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1966 January 20

U.B. Federal Credit Union vs. John Wieners and Charles Olson, summons and complaint, 1966 March 30

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 37
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The John Wieners collection includes correspondence between John Wieners and his friend and mentor Charles Olson, with whom Wieners studied at Black Mountain College. Their letters date between 1955 and 1967 and discuss poetry, metaphysical concerns, the literary scene in Boston and New York, Black Mountain College, mutual friends, and fellow poets including Robin Blaser, Robert Creeley, Robert Duncan, Allen Ginsberg, Gerrit Lansing, Frank O'Hara, Michael Rumaker, and Jack Spicer. There is...
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Dates: 1966 March 30

Olson, Charles to John Wieners regarding forwarding mail, 1966 April 15

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 38
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The John Wieners collection includes correspondence between John Wieners and his friend and mentor Charles Olson, with whom Wieners studied at Black Mountain College. Their letters date between 1955 and 1967 and discuss poetry, metaphysical concerns, the literary scene in Boston and New York, Black Mountain College, mutual friends, and fellow poets including Robin Blaser, Robert Creeley, Robert Duncan, Allen Ginsberg, Gerrit Lansing, Frank O'Hara, Michael Rumaker, and Jack Spicer. There is...
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Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1966 April 15

Olson, Charles to John Wieners regarding Allen Ginsberg, 1966 May 7

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 39
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The John Wieners collection includes correspondence between John Wieners and his friend and mentor Charles Olson, with whom Wieners studied at Black Mountain College. Their letters date between 1955 and 1967 and discuss poetry, metaphysical concerns, the literary scene in Boston and New York, Black Mountain College, mutual friends, and fellow poets including Robin Blaser, Robert Creeley, Robert Duncan, Allen Ginsberg, Gerrit Lansing, Frank O'Hara, Michael Rumaker, and Jack Spicer. There is...
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Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1966 May 7

Olson, Charles to John Wieners and Panna Grady, 1966 June 8

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 40
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The John Wieners collection includes correspondence between John Wieners and his friend and mentor Charles Olson, with whom Wieners studied at Black Mountain College. Their letters date between 1955 and 1967 and discuss poetry, metaphysical concerns, the literary scene in Boston and New York, Black Mountain College, mutual friends, and fellow poets including Robin Blaser, Robert Creeley, Robert Duncan, Allen Ginsberg, Gerrit Lansing, Frank O'Hara, Michael Rumaker, and Jack Spicer. There is...
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Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1966 June 8

Olson, Charles to John Wieners and Panna Grady with a "message to your newlyweds" (sic), 1966 June 26

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 41
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The John Wieners collection includes correspondence between John Wieners and his friend and mentor Charles Olson, with whom Wieners studied at Black Mountain College. Their letters date between 1955 and 1967 and discuss poetry, metaphysical concerns, the literary scene in Boston and New York, Black Mountain College, mutual friends, and fellow poets including Robin Blaser, Robert Creeley, Robert Duncan, Allen Ginsberg, Gerrit Lansing, Frank O'Hara, Michael Rumaker, and Jack Spicer. There is...
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Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1966 June 26

Olson, Charles to John Wieners and Panna Grady regarding Olson's attempts to contact them, 1966 Summer or Fall

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 42
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The John Wieners collection includes correspondence between John Wieners and his friend and mentor Charles Olson, with whom Wieners studied at Black Mountain College. Their letters date between 1955 and 1967 and discuss poetry, metaphysical concerns, the literary scene in Boston and New York, Black Mountain College, mutual friends, and fellow poets including Robin Blaser, Robert Creeley, Robert Duncan, Allen Ginsberg, Gerrit Lansing, Frank O'Hara, Michael Rumaker, and Jack Spicer. There is...
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Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1966 Summer or Fall

Olson, Charles to John Wieners regarding Olson's trip to London with Panna Grady, 1966 November 18

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 43
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The John Wieners collection includes correspondence between John Wieners and his friend and mentor Charles Olson, with whom Wieners studied at Black Mountain College. Their letters date between 1955 and 1967 and discuss poetry, metaphysical concerns, the literary scene in Boston and New York, Black Mountain College, mutual friends, and fellow poets including Robin Blaser, Robert Creeley, Robert Duncan, Allen Ginsberg, Gerrit Lansing, Frank O'Hara, Michael Rumaker, and Jack Spicer. There is...
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Dates: 1966 November 18

Olson, Charles to John Wieners regarding "the courses of life", 1967 January 28

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 44
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The John Wieners collection includes correspondence between John Wieners and his friend and mentor Charles Olson, with whom Wieners studied at Black Mountain College. Their letters date between 1955 and 1967 and discuss poetry, metaphysical concerns, the literary scene in Boston and New York, Black Mountain College, mutual friends, and fellow poets including Robin Blaser, Robert Creeley, Robert Duncan, Allen Ginsberg, Gerrit Lansing, Frank O'Hara, Michael Rumaker, and Jack Spicer. There is...
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Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1967 January 28

Wieners, John to W. S. Merwin regarding seeing Charles Olson at a reading at the State University of New York College at Cortland, 1967 October 28

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 45
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The John Wieners collection includes correspondence between John Wieners and his friend and mentor Charles Olson, with whom Wieners studied at Black Mountain College. Their letters date between 1955 and 1967 and discuss poetry, metaphysical concerns, the literary scene in Boston and New York, Black Mountain College, mutual friends, and fellow poets including Robin Blaser, Robert Creeley, Robert Duncan, Allen Ginsberg, Gerrit Lansing, Frank O'Hara, Michael Rumaker, and Jack Spicer. There is...
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Dates: 1967 October 28

Olson, Charles to John Wieners regarding Olson's manuscript submission, undated

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 46
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The John Wieners collection includes correspondence between John Wieners and his friend and mentor Charles Olson, with whom Wieners studied at Black Mountain College. Their letters date between 1955 and 1967 and discuss poetry, metaphysical concerns, the literary scene in Boston and New York, Black Mountain College, mutual friends, and fellow poets including Robin Blaser, Robert Creeley, Robert Duncan, Allen Ginsberg, Gerrit Lansing, Frank O'Hara, Michael Rumaker, and Jack Spicer. There is...
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Dates: undated

Olson, Charles to John Wieners regarding poetry and a visit, undated

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 47
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The John Wieners collection includes correspondence between John Wieners and his friend and mentor Charles Olson, with whom Wieners studied at Black Mountain College. Their letters date between 1955 and 1967 and discuss poetry, metaphysical concerns, the literary scene in Boston and New York, Black Mountain College, mutual friends, and fellow poets including Robin Blaser, Robert Creeley, Robert Duncan, Allen Ginsberg, Gerrit Lansing, Frank O'Hara, Michael Rumaker, and Jack Spicer. There is...
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Dates: undated

Olson, Charles to unidentified recipients in welcome, undated

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 48
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The John Wieners collection includes correspondence between John Wieners and his friend and mentor Charles Olson, with whom Wieners studied at Black Mountain College. Their letters date between 1955 and 1967 and discuss poetry, metaphysical concerns, the literary scene in Boston and New York, Black Mountain College, mutual friends, and fellow poets including Robin Blaser, Robert Creeley, Robert Duncan, Allen Ginsberg, Gerrit Lansing, Frank O'Hara, Michael Rumaker, and Jack Spicer. There is...
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Collection is open for research.

Dates: undated

Wieners, John to Robert W. Greene regarding mutual friends and Rimbaud's poetry, 1955 February 9

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 49
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The John Wieners collection includes correspondence between John Wieners and his friend and mentor Charles Olson, with whom Wieners studied at Black Mountain College. Their letters date between 1955 and 1967 and discuss poetry, metaphysical concerns, the literary scene in Boston and New York, Black Mountain College, mutual friends, and fellow poets including Robin Blaser, Robert Creeley, Robert Duncan, Allen Ginsberg, Gerrit Lansing, Frank O'Hara, Michael Rumaker, and Jack Spicer. There is...
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Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1955 February 9

Wieners, John to Robert W. Greene regarding Black Mountain College, Dana, and the Stylus, 1955 Winter or Spring

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 50
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The John Wieners collection includes correspondence between John Wieners and his friend and mentor Charles Olson, with whom Wieners studied at Black Mountain College. Their letters date between 1955 and 1967 and discuss poetry, metaphysical concerns, the literary scene in Boston and New York, Black Mountain College, mutual friends, and fellow poets including Robin Blaser, Robert Creeley, Robert Duncan, Allen Ginsberg, Gerrit Lansing, Frank O'Hara, Michael Rumaker, and Jack Spicer. There is...
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Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1955 Winter or Spring