George Economou papers, 1954-2017

George Economou papers, 1954-2017

Summary Information

Abstract

This collection consists of correspondence, manuscripts, documents, photographs, video and tape recordings, and printed materials relating to Economou's poetry manuscripts, to publications and performances to which he contributed, and to his teaching career as a professor of medieval literature.

At a Glance

Call No.:
MS#0380
Bib ID:
4078725 View CLIO record
Creator(s):
Economou, George
Repository:
Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Physical Description:
12.5 linear feet (24 boxes, 1 map case drawer)
Language(s):
English .
Access:
You will need to make an appointment in advance to use this collection material in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room. You can schedule an appointment once you've submitted your request through your Special Collections Research Account.

Boxes 3-22 are located off-site. You will need to request this material at least three business days in advance to use the collection in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room.

This collection has no restrictions.

Unique time-based media items have been reformatted and are available onsite via links in the container list. Commercial materials are not routinely digitized.

Description

Summary

Correspondence, manuscripts, documents, photographs, video and tape recordings, and printed materials relating to Economou's poetry manuscripts, to publications and performances to which he contributed, and to his teaching career as a professor of medieval literature. Among the cataloged correspondents are: Paul Blackburn, Robert Creeley, Ted Enslin, Clayton Eshleman, Anselm Hollo, Robert Kelly, Margaret Randall, Charles Tomlinson, and Diane Wakoski. Boxes 1 & 2: Cataloged correspondence & manuscripts; Boxes 3 - 5: Arranged correspondence & manuscripts by other authors; Boxes 6 - 10: Writings by George Economou; Box 11: Tape recordings; Box 12: Photographs; Boxes 13 & 14: Printed materials; Map case 14-13-6: Oversize materials; Addition to the Papers, 2017.

Arrangement

Selected materials cataloged; remainder arranged.

Using the Collection

Restrictions on Access

You will need to make an appointment in advance to use this collection material in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room. You can schedule an appointment once you've submitted your request through your Special Collections Research Account.

Boxes 3-22 are located off-site. You will need to request this material at least three business days in advance to use the collection in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room.

This collection has no restrictions.

Unique time-based media items have been reformatted and are available onsite via links in the container list. Commercial materials are not routinely digitized.

Terms Governing Use and Reproduction

Reproductions may be made for research purposes. The RBML maintains ownership of the physical material only. Copyright remains with the creator and his/her heirs. The responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.

Preferred Citation

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); George Economou papers; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.

Related Materials

Rochelle Owens Papers. Columbia University Libraries.

Accruals

Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.

Ownership and Custodial History

Gift of George Economou, 1974, 1977, 1982& 1983.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Source of acquisition--Economou, George D. Date of acquisition--1974. Accession number--M-74.

Papers: Source of acquisition--6192B. Method of acquisition--Purchase; Date of acquisition--04/23/1997. Accession number--M-97-04-23.

About the Finding Aid / Processing Information

Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Processing Information

Processed Christina Hilton Fenn 06/--/1989.

Papers Processed HR 12/01/1997.

Revision Description

2012-06-12 xml document created by Judi Zupnick.

2019-05-20 EAD was imported spring 2019 as part of the ArchivesSpace Phase II migration.

Biographical / Historical

George Demetrios Economou (Columbia University Ph.D., 1967), American poet, critic, medievalist and college teacher (1936-2019). He was married to Rochelle Owens, poet and playwright.

Subject Headings

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Genre/Form
Audiotapes
Collages (visual works)
Interviews
Manuscripts for publication
Performances (creative events)
Photographs
Poems
Posters
Proofs (printed matter)
Scores (documents for music)
Theses
Videotapes
Name
Antin, David
Auster, Paul, 1947-
Baraka, Amiri, 1934-2014
Blackburn, Paul
Bly, Robert
Boas, George, 1891-1980
Brinnin, John Malcolm, 1916-1998
Bronk, William
Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400
Codrescu, Andrei, 1946-
Congdon, Kirby
Creeley, Robert, 1926-2005
Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321
Di Prima, Diane
Dorn, Edward
Enslin, Theodore
Eshleman, Clayton
Ferlinghetti, Lawrence
Ginsberg, Allen, 1926-1997
Hollo, Anselm
Hornick, Lita R., 1927-
Kelly, Robert, 1935-
Kostelanetz, Richard
Laughlin, James, 1914-1997
Levin, Harry, 1912-1994
Meltzer, David
Merwin, W. S. (William Stanley), 1927-
Nicolson, Marjorie Hope, 1894-1981
Olson, Charles, 1910-1970
Oppenheimer, Joel
Owens, Rochelle
Randall, Margaret, 1936-
Sorrentino, Gilbert
Tomlinson, Charles, 1927-2015
Vas Dias, Robert
Wakoski, Diane
Waldman, Anne, 1945-
Wieners, John, 1934-2002
Williams, Jonathan, 1929-2008
Zukofsky, Louis, 1904-1978
Subject
American literature -- 20th century
Authors, American
College teachers
Critics
Editors
Greek literature, Modern -- 20th century
Literature, Medieval
Medievalists
Poets
Poets, American -- 20th century
Poets, Provençal
Radio broadcasting
Translations
Translators
Troubadours in literature
Women authors, American
Women dramatists
Women editors
Women poets, American

Series I: Correspondence & Manuscripts by other writers


Subseries I.1: Cataloged correspondence & manuscripts


Box 1-2

David Antin


Box 1-2

Paul Auster


Box 1-2

Paul Blackburn


Box 1-2

Robert Bly


Box 1-2

George Boas


Box 1-2

John Malcolm Brinnin


Box 1-2

William Bronk


Box 1-2

Andrei Codrescu


Box 1-2

Kirby Congdon


Box 1-2

Robert Creeley


Box 1-2

Robert Vas Dias


Box 1-2

Diane di Prima


Box 1-2

Ed Dorn


Box 1-2

Ted Enslin


Box 1-2

Clayton Eshleman


Box 1-2

Lawrence Ferlinghetti


Box 1-2

Anselm Hollo


Box 1-2

Lita R. Hornick


Box 1-2

LeRoi Jones


Box 1-2

Robert Kelly


Box 1-2

Richard Kostelanetz


Box 1-2

James Laughlin


Box 1-2

Harry Levin


Box 1-2

David Meltzer


Box 1-2

William Stanley Merwin


Box 1-2

Marjorie Hope Nicolson


Box 1-2

Charles Olson


Box 1-2

Joel Oppenheimer


Box 1-2

Rochelle Owens


Box 1-2

Margaret Randall


Box 1-2

Gilbert Sorrentino


Box 1-2

Charles Tomlinson


Box 1-2

Diane Wakoski


Box 1-2

Anne Waldman


Box 1-2

John Wieners


Box 1-2

Jonathan Williams


Box 1-2

Louis Zukofsky


Subseries I.2:Uncataloged correspondence & manuscripts by others


Box 3

A-G


Box 4

H-O


Box 5

P-Z & Unidentified


Box 15

Miscellaneous correcpondence, 1994-2015

Series II: Writings by Economou


Subseries II.1: Poems, essays, & book reviews


Box 6

AMEPIKH


Box 6

[book reviews]


Box 6

Buxó translations


Box 6

Century Dead Center; prose poems


Box 15

Notebook containing drafts and notes mostly related to "Century Dead Center" and "Unfinished and Uncollected (drafts of the finishing of C. P. Cavafy's unfinished poems), 2/19/16"


Box 6

The Early Poetry of Rochelle Owens


Box 6

The Elevator Maniac


Box 6

The God-Child


Box 6

Hercules in the Mind


Box 6

Lorca Translations by Paul Blackburn


Box 6

A Note on Rereading Diane Wakoski


Box 6

#15 (ed. By Economou); printed copy with some manuscripts by contributors


Box 6

Philodemus


Box 7

[poems; titled]


Box 7

[poems; untitled]


Box 7

Poems: Summer '78


Box 7

Some Notes Towards Finding a View of the New Oral Poetry


Box 7

Star


Box 7

Teaching Homer in Honors Composition


Box 7

The Waste-Basket


Box 7

"Whoosh"


Box 7

Misc. manuscripts


Box 7

Misc. documents


Box 7

Notebooks


Subseries II.2: Medieval & Renaissance materials


Box 7

Misc. papers & translations


Box 8

Blackburn, Paul: Proensa & other translations, edited by Economou


Box 8A

Chaucer


Box 8A

Dante


Box 9

The Goddess Nature in Medieval Literature


Box 9

Notebooks


Box 9

Piers Plowman (1)


Box 10

Piers Plowman (2): Notebooks & William Langland's Piers Plowman The C Version: a Verse Translation by George Economou

Series III: Tape recordings


Subseries III.1: Reel to Reel


Box 11

Coconut Folksinger by Rochelle Owens, undated


Box 11

"How Much Paint" [by Rochelle Owens] Take 1…, undated


Box 11

[How Much Paint by Rochelle Owens] Video Nugget…, undated


Box 11

I Am the Babe of Joseph Stalin's Daughter. Rochelle Owens, undated


Box 11

A Real Vision: a Documentary on Paul Blackburn's Life and Work,, undated


Box 11

WBAI Rochelle Owens. Joe Chronicles: Sacre Coeur, undated


Box 11

Allen Ginsberg reading from unedited journals at the conference, Vancouver, B.C.,, 1963 August 2


Box 11

George Economou. Métro, 1965 July 21


Box 11

"The String Game" [by Rochelle Owens], 1965 February 20


Box 11

"Istanboul" [by Rochelle Owens], 1965 September 24


Box 11

Ted Enslin (at L.I.U.), 1965 February 25


Box 11

Rochelle Owens and Armand Schwerner (at L.I.U.: M. Moore Series),, 1965 April 27


Box 11

Paul Blackburn reading from Probençal at L.I.U.; George Oppen. L.I.U.,, 1966 February 15



Box 11

Rochelle Owens at Fischbach Gallery; Jackson MacLow at Fischbach Gallery,, 1966 January 13


Box 11

L.I.U. Read In for Vietnam, 1966 May 11


Box 11

Schwerner at Fischbach; Blackburn at Fischbach, 1966 May 18


Box 11

Family tape…, 1972 May 30


Box 11

Clayton Eshleman [and] Robert Kelly on Paul Blackburn for George Economou & WBAI (3" reel),, 1972 February


Box 11

Rochelle Owens at West End, 1974 February 4


Subseries III.2: Tape Cassettes


Box 11

U.C.S.D. Archive for New Poetry. Reading by Rochelle Owens & George Economou,, undated


Box 11

Black Box No. 17. [periodical with 2 tape cassettes of readings by Rochelle Owens and others], circa, 1979


Box 11

Dr. George Economou. Poetry Reading. Stillwater [OK], 1986 September 25


Box 11

Dr. George Economou. Stillwater, OK, 1986 September 25


Subseries III.3: Video Cassette


Box 11

Rochelle Owens/George Economou/ Poetry Reading- O.U. Art Museum,, 1987 April 30

Series IV: Photographs and Art


Box 12

Photographs


Box 15

Photograph


"Woman of Light" by George Economou. Signed watercolor, 1990

(This is housed in Box 19 of the Rochelle Owens Papers. Please go to the Rochelle Owens Papers and request Box 19 if you want to request this item)

Series V: Printed materials and Miscellaneous


Box 13

By & about George Economou & misc.


Box 14

By & about George Economou & misc.


Box 15

By & about George Economou & misc.


Miscellaneous:


Box 15

Poems (photocopies); TLS Review of Cavafy; Exhibition "So Well-Suited"; Bio Notes for George Economou; Athens Arts & Entertainment; Book ad. from Shearsman Books


Box 15

Princeton University. Seeger Center for Hellenic Studies. Schedule for visit of G. Economu, December 2015


Box 17

George Econonou's review of Cavafy books in The New York Times, 24 October 1976


Box 17

Copy of The New York Times Book Review, 10 July 1977


Box 17

Austerity Measures: The New Greek Poetry. Edited by Karen Van Dyke, 2016


Box 17

Proensa: An Anthology of Troubadour Poetry. Selected and Translated by Paul Blackburn, 1978

Series VI: Oversize materials


Mapcase 14-M-6

Art works: Collage


Mapcase 14-M-6

Photograph of Rochelle Owens


Mapcase 14-M-6

"Portraits and Histories" [texts by George Economou] Music score, tape cassette, & poster


Mapcase 14-M-6

Posters (3)

Additions to the Papers, 2017-2022


2017:

Accession: 2017.2018.M033


Correspondence:


Box 16 Folder 1

Correspondence, 1967-2016


Box 16 Folder 2

Emails, 2015-2017


Box 16 Folder 3

Postcards and celebration/festive cards


Box 16

Re. prize from Modern Greek Studies Association, 2013


Manuscripts:


Box 16 Folder 4

"Deer-mice Singing up Parnassus" and "Aesculapius Umbound"


Box 16 Folder 5

"Inside the Cello" by George Economou, Mid July 2016-April 2017


Box 16 Folder 6

Notes re. translations of C. P. Cavafy's poems


Box 16 Folder 7

"A Tale of Lionel Trilling"


Box 16 Folder 8

Translations into Greek of poems by George Economou and Rochelle Owens by Stavros Deligiorgis, 1997


Box 16 Folder 9

Translations into English of Greek poems


Box 16 Folder 10

Annual Meeting of the Medieval Academy of America re translation, 4-6 April 2002


Awards:


Box 16 Folder 11

MGSA award, 2013


Drawings:


Box 16 Folder 12

Drawings by George Economou, summer 2014


Photograps:


Box 16 Folder 13

George Economou seated at coffe table, 1993


Box 16 Folder 13

George Economou with W.R. Askins, 2008


Agreements:


Box 16 Folder 14

Agreements with University of Iowa and UCSD, 2015


Agreements:


Box 16 Folder 15

Some reviews by George Economou, 2015


Ads:


Box 16 Folder 16

The Kelly Writers House at the University of Pennsylvania Announces a Poetry Event by George Economou and Rochelle Owens, October 17, 2013 and other notices/press


Paul Blackburn:


Box 16 Folder 17

Material re. Paul Blackburn event, September 2016


Box 16 Folder 18

"Rambling Poem being a Farewell Letter in Verse to Relatives, Friends, and Acquaintances" by Nail Chiodo


Box 16 Folder 19

Review of "Anaios" by Tim Whitmarsh, 29 July 2009


Box 16 Folder 20

Photocopy of Gary Totten article


2018:

Accession: 2018.2019.M018


Box 18 Folder 1

Autograph letter signed from Ken to George and Rochelle, 4/13/2018


Box 18 Folder 2

Emails, 2017-2018


Box 18 Folder 3

Birthday and Anniversary Cards


Box 18 Folder 4

Translation Review , April 2017


Box 18 Folder 5

Rough Trade (photocopy)


Box 18 Folder 6

Artwork (photocopy) KB


Box 18 Folder 7

Kelly Writers House, September 28, 2017


Box 18

Tripwire 14


2019:


Box 19 Folder 1

Map of Greece


Box 19 Folder 2

Biographical Note


Box 19 Folder 3

"Only in Greece" Manuscript


Box 19 Folder 4

Correspondence, 2002-2019


Box 19 Folder 5

Photographs


Box 19 Folder 6

Advertisements and Notices


Box 19 Folder 7

Obituary, 2019


Box 19 Folder 8

"The Least Ancient Greek Poet" 4 CDs


Box 19 Folder 9

Acts of Love (Agreement, Introduction, Correspondence)


Box 19 Folder 10

Poetry


Box 19 Folder 11

Copyright


Box 19 Folder 12

Cavafy material


Box 19 Folder 13

Art


Box 19 Folder 14

Comments on the poetry of George Economou


Box 19 Folder 15

George Economou identity cards


Box 19 Folder 16

Plaza, Philadelphia

a folder of advertisements, copies from articles and essays by Economou: "Romancing the Railroad" and "Only in Greece", "Chaucer and Langland"


Box 19 Folder 17

Translations


Box 19 Folder 18

"Adventures in Translation Land" Nadav Vardi Lecture


Box 19 Folder 19

Miscellaneous news clippings, articles, etc.


Box 19 Folder 20

Notebook


Box 19 Folder 21

Notebook (mostly blank "Composition")


Box 19 Folder 22

Reviews of The Goddess Natura


Box 19 Folder 23

Piers Plowman (ads, reviews, etc.)


Box 19 Folder 24

Lists of Greek publications


Box 19 Folder 25

"Chaucer and Langland: A Fellowship of Makers"


Box 19 Folder 26

George Ecomomou's paintings created in Wellfleet, MA, 1980s-1990s


Box 19 Folder 27

Articles and Essays by Economou and others


Box 19

Broadside: ECONOMOU: An Evening in Kingfisher (3 copies), 13 November 2000


Box 20 Folder 1

Miscellaneous notes


Box 20 Folder 2

Acts of Love Ms.


Box 20 Folder 3

Acts of Love Reviews


Box 20 Folder 4

George Economou's Offprints


Box 20 Folder 5

Review by Tim Whitmash of Economou's Ananios of Kleitor


Box 20 Folder 6

Memorandum of Agreement re Economou's Ananios of Kleitor


Box 20 Folder 7

Selections from harmonies and fits and review of Act of Love


Box 20 Folder 8

Some Economou's article's and poems


Box 20 Folder 9

George Economou's article on Natura


Box 20 Folder 10

Notebook of George Economou's poems


Box 21

Black binder of poems


Box 21

"A Study of The Castell of Perseverance and the Thematic Traditions in which it was Written" Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts, in the Faculty of Philosophy, Columbia University by George Economou.


Box 21

Miscellaneous magazines: American Poetry Review, PNR, Rain Taxi, etc.


2020:


Box 22 Folder 6

Text of a review of Ananios (sent to George by Bill)


Box 22 Folder 7

"A Century's Retrospective" (Web print out of authors list), 1 April 2002


Box 22 Folder 8

Donald Futers to George Economou (t.l.s.), 15 June 2016


Box 22 Folder 5

"Kimon Friar Lecture" from College News


Box 22 Folder 2

The American Review Volume I, Number 4, July/August 1981


Box 22 Folder 4

Photocopy of a painting by George Economou


Box 22 Folder 1

"Woman Bathing" Original watercolor by George Economou, 1989


Box 22 Folder 3

Poetry Project Newsletter #259, January 2020


2022:


Box 23 Folder 1

"Remembering George Economou" by Robert W. Hanning (Professor Emeritus of English and Comparative Literature, Columbia University) , May 3, 2019


Box 23 Folder 1

Royalty Statements ("Piers Plowman,", etc.)


Box 23 Folder 1

Poetry Project newsletter, November-December 2019


Box 23 Folder 2

Royalty Statements, 2000-2007


Box 23 Folder 3

Contracts


Box 23 Folder 3

C.V.


Box 23 Folder 3

Driver's License, badges, etc.