Victoria Frenkel Harris collection of Robert Bly audio recordings
Scope and Content Note
This collection contains audio recordings of poet, translator, social critic, and publisher, Robert Bly reading his and others' poetry. Other notable poets who are recorded in this collection include T.S. Eliot, Louis Simpson, Gary Snyder, Tomas Tranströmer, and William Carlos Williams.
Dates
- Creation: 1955, 1959-1961, 1966, 1968-1984, 1988, undated
Creator
- Harris, Victoria Frenkel, 1945- (Person)
Language of Materials
English
Restrictions on Access
The collection is open and available for use by researchers in the Andersen Library Reading Room.
Restrictions on Use
Copyright retained by the creator.
Biographical Note
Dr. Victoria Frenkel Harris, author of The Incorporative Consciousness of Robert Bly(Southern Illinois University Press, 1992), received her B.A. and M.A. degrees in English from Illinois State University, and her Ph.D. in Communication and Culture from the University of Illinois. She is Professor Emerita in English from the Illinois State University. Harris presented a paper at the 2009 "Robert Bly in this World" conference sponsored by the University of Minnesota Libraries entitled: "Robert Bly: Still Taking on the Wor(l)d".
Extent
0.7 Cubic Feet (3 flat boxes)
Abstract
This collection contains audio recordings of poet, translator, social critic, and publisher, Robert Bly reading his and others' poetry.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged in approximate chronological order, as some cassette tapes include recordings for two separate occasions. The file titles were transcribed from the cassette tapes. When two titles are included on one tape, both titles are listed, separated by a semi-colon [;].
Physical Location
AV (R1, D9, S1)
Acquisition
Collection was donated by the collector in 2010.
Processing Information
The collection was processed and the finding aid written by Ann Mulfort in 2010.
Subject
- Bly, Robert (Person)
- Title
- Victoria Frenkel Harris collection of Robert Bly audio recordings
- Author
- Ann Mulfort
- Date
- April 2010
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid in English
Collecting Area Details
Contact The Upper Midwest Literary Archives Collecting Area
