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Victoria Frenkel Harris collection of Robert Bly audio recordings

 Collection
Identifier: Mss081G

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

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.

Related Material

Related collections at the University of Minnesota Libraries include: Robert Bly Papers (Mss081).

Processing Information

The collection was processed and the finding aid written by Ann Mulfort in 2010.

Subject

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

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