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Transcriptions of Larry Eigner Poems by Robert Grenier

 Collection
Call Number: MS 257

Overview

Robert Grenier (born 1941), an American poet and educator, transcribed these poems of Larry Eigner (1927-1996) in the early 1980s. He consulted with Eigner to assure that the typewritten transcriptions were correct and represented the poet's intentions. The transcriptions are from Eigner's Notebooks D, E, and F and poems numbered 1-1124.

Dates

  • Creation: early 1980s

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

No access restrictions.

Conditions Governing Use

Spencer Library staff may determine use restrictions dependent on the physical condition of manuscript materials.

Extent

2 Linear Feet (6 document cases)

Language of Materials

English

Scope and Contents

These transcriptions of Larry Eigner poems date from the early 1980s. Robert Grenier, in consultation with Larry Eigner, prepared them with the intention of eventually publishing a collected poems edition of Eigner's works.

Consult the PDF file attached to the finding aid for Larry Eigner poems and papers, 1950-1993, MS 39 at Kenneth Spencer Research Library, to ascertain if that collection includes Eigner's original poems.

Physical Location

MS 257

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Robert Grenier, 1989

Related Materials

getting it together, a film on larry eigner poet, by Leonard M. Henny and Jan Boon, 1970-1973, at MS 122, Spencer Research Library.

Larry Eigner correspondence with The Paris Review, 1964-1966, at MS 55 Ea and MS 55 B3, Spencer Research Library.

Larry Eigner poems and papers, 1950-1993, at MS 39, Spencer Research Library

Bibliography

  • Faville, Curtis and Robert Grenier. Collected poems by Larry Eigner. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2009
  • Leif, Irving P. Larry Eigner: A Bibliography of His Works. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1989
Title
Guide to the Transcriptions of Larry Eigner Poems Collection by Robert Grenier
Subtitle
Transcriptions of Larry Eigner Poems by Robert Grenier
Author
Finding aid prepared by mrm and mab, 2009. Finding aid encoded by mab, 2009.
Date
2009
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
Finding aid written in English.
Finding aid permalink
http://hdl.handle.net/10407/8566552954
Preferred citation
Transcriptions of Larry Eigner Poems, MS 257, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas

Repository Details

Part of the University of Kansas. Kenneth Spencer Research Library Repository

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