Saturday Press records, 1975-1996

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Series I: Correspondence with Authors, 1981-1996

Series I contains the Saturday Press' correspondence with its authors. This section is arranged alphabetically by correspondent, and chronologically within each folder.



Box 1 Folder 1 Carpenter, Anne, 1984-1994


Box 1 Folder 2 Hollander, Jean, 1986-1994


Box 1 Folder 3 Inez, Collette, 1983


Box 1 Folder 4 Little, Geraldine, 1982-1990


Box 1 Folder 5 Orth, Ghita, 1981-1996


Box 1 Folder 6 Partridge, Dixie, 1991-1994


Box 1 Folder 7 Radin, Doris, 1991-1992


Box 1 Folder 8 Thaddeus, Janice, 1984-1990


Box 1 Folder 9 Wagner, Anneliese, 1985


Box 1 Folder 10 Remainder Letters, 1992-1996

Series II: The Eileen W. Barnes Award, 1981-1990

This series consists of materials relating to the Eileen W. Barnes Poetry Award, which was given three times by the Saturday Press, in 1982, 1986, and 1990. The materials include contestants' biographies, which they submitted as part of their application in 1982, correspondence between the judges during the 1986 competition, and announcements of the competitions in 1986 and 1990. The correspondence is arranged chronologically, and the biographies are arranged alphabetically by poet and chronologically within each poet's file.


Box 1 Folder 11 Correspondence, 1981


Box 1 Folder 12 Correspondence, 1984


Box 1 Folder 13 Correspondence, 1989-1990


Box 1 Folder 14 Biographies A-H, 1981


Box 1 Folder 15 Biographies I-Z, 1981

Series III: Publicity, 1981-1993

This series comprises clippings from articles concerning the Saturday Press, records of promotional events such as poetry readings, transcripts of talks given by Charlotte Mandell on various occasions, and correspondence with distinguished poets for the purpose of collecting "blurbs" to be published on the Press' books.



Box 2 Folder 1 Correspondence, "Blurb", 1982-1991


Box 2 Folder 2 Correspondence, Grant, 1985-1991


Box 2 Folder 3 Manhattan Theater Club Event, 1983


Box 2 Folder 4 Poets and Writers' Magazine Article,, 1988-1991


Box 2 Folder 5 Promotional Materials, 1983-1992


Box 2 Folder 6 Reviews, 1981-1993


Box 2 Folder 7 Talks, 1984-1988


Box 2 Folder 8 Student Comments, 1984

Series IV: Visual Materials, undated

This series consists of photographs and negatives of Saturday Press books.


Box 2 Folder 9 Photographs, undated

Series V: Publications, 1975-1993

This series contains the full press run of the Saturday Press; 13 books of poetry and one audio cassette of the author's reading of one of the books (Charlotte Mandel's The Life of Mary). The books are arranged chronologically.


Box 2 Folder 10 Letters Stacked to be Mailed , 1975


Box 2 Folder 11 A Disc of Clear Water , 1981


Box 2 Folder 12 The Music of What Happens , 1982


Box 2 Folder 13 Saturday's Women , 1982


Box 2 Folder 14 Hand Work , 1983



Box 3 Folder 1 eight minutes from the sun , 1983


Box 3 Folder 2 Ma's Ram , 1985


Box 3 Folder 3 Crushed Into Honey , 1986


Box 3 Folder 4 Lot's Wife , 1986


Box 3 Folder 5 The Life of Mary , 1988


Box 3 Folder 6 A Well-Tuned Harp , 1988


Box 3 Folder 7 Keeping Him Alive , 1990


Box 3 Folder 8 There Are Talismans , 1991


Box 3 Folder 9 Watermark , 1991


Box 3 Folder 10 The Life of Mary , 1993, audio cassette recording