The following boxes are located off-site: 98-104. 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.
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Correspondence, manuscripts, audio cassettes, photographs, and printed materials. The correspondence covers the years 1934 through 1999 and consists mostly of letters to and from James L. Weil, whose Elizabeth Press was Bronk's publisher from 1969 to 1981, from Eugene Canadé, an artist who illustrated many of Bronk's books, from Bronk's sisters, and from many friends. There are also letters from W.H. Auden; Paul Auster, Cid Corman (Bronk's first publisher and founder of ORIGIN, the magazine in which many of Bronk's early poems first appeared), Robert Creeley, Samuel French Morse, Gilbert Sorrentino, and many other well-known authors. The manuscripts include notebooks and binders containing handwritten and typed drafts of poems and essays. They document nearly all of Bronk's published writings including the collection of essays he completed in the 1940s which was published in 1980 as THE BROTHER IN ELYSIUM as well as the collection of poems published in 1981 as LIFE SUPPORTS: NEW AND COLLECTED POEMS for which Bronk won the American Books Award in 1982. There are also page proofs, photographs of Bronk, many audio cassettes of Bronk reading his work in the 1970s and the 1980s and printed materials
Arranged in 10 Series.
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.
The following boxes are located off-site: 98-104. 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.
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.
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); William Bronk Papers; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.
See also: SAGETRIEB: A JOURNAL DEVOTED TO POETS IN THE IMAGIST/OBJECTIVIST TRADITION (1988 Winter Vol. 7, No. 3: "William Bronk Special Issue")
Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.
Papers: Source of acquisition--Bronk, Willaim. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1989. Accession number--M-1989.
Letters from Bronk to Weil: Source of acquisition--Weil, James L. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--08/23/1990. Accession number--M-90-08-23.
Letters from Bronk to Weil: Source of acquisition--Weil, James L. Method of acquisition--Gift; Accession number--M-1991.
Letters from Bronk: Source of acquisition--Lyman, Henry. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1990. Accession number--M-1990.
Letters from Bronk: Source of acquisition--Canadé, Eugene G. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--02/15/1991. Accession number--M-91-02-15.
Book: Source of acquisition--Elman, Richard. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--01/08/1994. Accession number--M-94-01-08.
Letters & printed items: Source of acquisition--Lee, Elizabeth Clark. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--02/23/1996. Accession number--M-96-02-23.
Letters from Bronk & others: Source of acquisition--Weil, James L. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--06/28/1996. Accession number--M-96-06-28.
55 items re. Bronk: Source of acquisition--Weil, James L. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--10/14/1993. Accession number--M-93-10-14.
3 Bronk letters to Booth: Source of acquisition--Booth, Philip. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1999. Accession number--M-1999.
133 letters re. Bronk: Source of acquisition--Weil, James L. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--07/07/1999. Accession number--M-99-07-07.
Letters to J. Weil re. W.Bronk: Source of acquisition--Weil, James L. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--02/28/2000. Accession number--M-00-02-28.
50 Bronk letters to Mark Katzman: Source of acquisition--AQZ7507 (Katzman). Method of acquisition--Purchase; Date of acquisition--09/11/2000. Accession number--M-09-11-00.
Gift of William Bronk, 1989 & 1990.
Gift of the estate of Elizabeth Bronk.
Gift of Henry Lyman, 1990.
Gift of James L. Weil, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1996, 1999& 2000.
Gift of Eugene G. Canadé, 1991.
Gift of Richard Elman, 1994.
Gift of Elizabeth Clark Lee, 1996.
Gift of Philip Booth, 1999.
Gift of the estate of William Bronk, 1999.
Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Papers Entered in AMC 02/--/1991.
Letters from Bronk to Weil Cataloged HR 04/03/1995.
Letters from Bronk to Weil Cataloged HR 04/03/1995.
Letters from Bronk Cataloged HR 04/03/1995.
Letters from Bronk Cataloged HR 04/03/1995.
Book Processed HR 02/--/1996.
Letters & printed items Cataloged HR 03/--/1996.
Letters from Bronk & others Cataloged HR 07/15/1996.
55 items re. Bronk Cataloged & processed HR 01/25/2000.
3 Bronk letters to Booth Cataloged HR 01/25/2000.
133 letters re. Bronk Cataloged & processed HR 01/25/2000.
Letters to J. Weil re. W.Bronk Processed HR 03/15/2000.
50 Bronk letters to Mark Katzman Cataloged HR 10/09/2000.
2009-07-07 File created.
2012-10-11 XML document instance created by Catherine C. Ricciardi
2019-05-20 EAD was imported spring 2019 as part of the ArchivesSpace Phase II migration.
American poet. born in 1918 in Fort Edward, N.Y. and was the author of more than 15 books of poems and essays and a winner of the American Book Award in 1982. William Bronk died on 22 Feb 1999.
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