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Collection Overview
| Size | 6.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 6,800 items) |
| Abstract | Southern Poetry Review is a journal dedicated to the publication and promotion of poetry in and of the American South. The collection includes correspondence, financial materials, circulation and advertising files, and other business records, typed originals of poems, and related records of Southern Poetry Review (and its forerunner Impetus) for the years 1962-1978, during which the journal was edited by Guy Owen, poet, novelist, and teacher at North Carolina State University. Letters from writers and editors discuss writing and publishing poetry; among correspondents are poets A. R. Ammons, Charles Edward Eaton, and Robert Morgan. |
| Language | English |
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Subject Headings
The following terms from Library of Congress Subject Headings suggest topics, persons, geography, etc. interspersed through the entire collection; the terms do not usually represent discrete and easily identifiable portions of the collection--such as folders or items.
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Historical Information
Southern Poetry Review is a journal dedicated to the publication and promotion of poetry in and of the American South. The first issue of Impetus, forerunner of Southern Poetry Review, was published by Guy Owen (1925- ) in Deland, Fla. Owen created the magazine out of frustration at the lack of a local outlet for the creative work of his students at Stetson University. Soon Impetus began publishing faculty work as well as that of students, and the work of poets with whom Owen was familiar. Owen moved to North Carolina State University in 1963, and continued to publish the journal there. In 1964, with its ninth issues, Impetus became Southern Poetry Review. Southern Poetry Review continued under Owen's editorship until 1978. As of 2009, the journal was still in publication, edited by Robert Parham of Augusta State University and hosted by Amstrong Atlatic State University, both in Georgia.
Among poets featured in Southern Poetry Review during Owen's tenure were A. R. Ammons, James Dickey, Fred Chappell, William Harmon, Wendell Berry, Van K. Brock, and Heather Ross Miller.
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Scope and Content
The collection includesorrespondence, financial materials, circulation and advertising files, and other business records, typed originals of poems, and related records of Southern Poetry Review (and its forerunner Impetus) for the years 1962-1978, during which the journal was edited by Guy Owen, poet, novelist, and teacher at North Carolina State University. Letters from writers and editors discuss writing and publishing poetry; among correspondents are poets A. R. Ammons, Charles Edward Eaton, and Robert Morgan. Finanical material, circulation files, and communications about advertising and reprinting largely constitute the business records included in these papers. There is also a group of printed material, which includes items illustrating the printing stages of Southern Poetry Review and information about other literary magazines, manuscript versions of much of the material which appeared in Impetus and Southern Poetry Review, and an incomplete run of issues of Impetus and Southern Poetry Review.
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Series 1. Correspondence, 1962-1978.
Arrangement: alphabetical by last name of letter writer.
Correspondence of Guy Owen with scholars, teachers, poets, and writers chiefly related to the publication of Southern Poetry Review. Some letters from personal and professional correspondence discuss their careers and the experience of writing poetry. Notable correspondents include Alice Moser Claudel, Julia Fields, Heather Ross Miller, Paul Ramsey, Leslie Phillabaum, David Howell Jones, Gordon Weaver, Norman McLeod, David Madden, Miller Williams, John Foster West, A. R. Ammons, Charles Edward Eaton, Doris Betts, Fred Chappell, William Harmon, Wendell Berry, and Jesse Stuart.
| Folder 1a |
Original finding aid #04023, Series: "1. Correspondence, 1962-1978." Folder 1a |
| Folder 1-3 |
Correspondence, A #04023, Series: "1. Correspondence, 1962-1978." Folder 1-3Folder 2 contains letters from A. R. Ammons. Folder 1Folder 2Folder 3 |
| Folder 4-9 |
Correspondence, B #04023, Series: "1. Correspondence, 1962-1978." Folder 4-9Folder 6 contains lettes from Ron Bayles. Folder 4Folder 5Folder 6Folder 7Folder 8Folder 9 |
| Folder 10-18 |
Correspondence, C #04023, Series: "1. Correspondence, 1962-1978." Folder 10-18Folders 12-16 contain letters from Alice Moser Claudel. Folder 10Folder 11Folder 12Folder 13Folder 14Folder 15Folder 16Folder 17Folder 18 |
| Folder 19-24 |
Correspondence, D #04023, Series: "1. Correspondence, 1962-1978." Folder 19-24Folders 20-21 contain letters from Victor Dalmas. Folder 19Folder 20Folder 21Folder 22Folder 23Folder 24 |
| Folder 25-26 |
Correspondence, E #04023, Series: "1. Correspondence, 1962-1978." Folder 25-26Folder 26 contains letters from Charles Edward Eaton. Folder 25Folder 26 |
| Folder 27-29 |
Correspondence, F #04023, Series: "1. Correspondence, 1962-1978." Folder 27-29Folder 29 contains letters from Warren French. Folder 27Folder 28Folder 29 |
| Folder 30-32 |
Correspondence, G #04023, Series: "1. Correspondence, 1962-1978." Folder 30-32Folder 30Folder 31Folder 32 |
| Folder 33-39 |
Correspondence, H #04023, Series: "1. Correspondence, 1962-1978." Folder 33-39Folder 39 contains letters from Ralph W. Hyde. Folder 33Folder 34Folder 35Folder 36Folder 37Folder 38Folder 39 |
| Folder 40 |
Correspondence, I #04023, Series: "1. Correspondence, 1962-1978." Folder 40 |
| Folder 41-42 |
Correspondence, J #04023, Series: "1. Correspondence, 1962-1978." Folder 41-42Folder 42 contains letters from David Howell Jones. Folder 41Folder 42 |
| Folder 43-44 |
Correspondence, K #04023, Series: "1. Correspondence, 1962-1978." Folder 43-44Folder 43Folder 44 |
| Folder 45-46 |
Correspondence, L #04023, Series: "1. Correspondence, 1962-1978." Folder 45-46Folder 45Folder 46 |
| Folder 47-57 |
Correspondence, M #04023, Series: "1. Correspondence, 1962-1978." Folder 47-57Folder 50 contains letters from Norman McLeod; Folder 55 contains letters from Heather Ross Miller; Folder 57 contains letters from Robert Morgan. Folder 47Folder 48Folder 49Folder 50Folder 51Folder 52Folder 53Folder 54Folder 55Folder 56Folder 57 |
| Folder 58-60 |
Correspondence, N-O #04023, Series: "1. Correspondence, 1962-1978." Folder 58-60Folder 59 contains letters from Paul B. Newman. Folder 58Folder 59Folder 60 |
| Folder 61-64 |
Correspondence, P #04023, Series: "1. Correspondence, 1962-1978." Folder 61-64Folder 64 contains letters from Leslie E. Phillabaum. Folder 61Folder 62Folder 63Folder 64 |
| Folder 65-69 |
Correspondence, R #04023, Series: "1. Correspondence, 1962-1978." Folder 65-69Folder 66 contains letters from Paul Ramsey. Folder 65Folder 66Folder 67Folder 68Folder 69 |
| Folder 70-76 |
Correspondence, S #04023, Series: "1. Correspondence, 1962-1978." Folder 70-76Folder 70Folder 71Folder 72Folder 73Folder 74Folder 75Folder 76 |
| Folder 77-80 |
Correspondence, T #04023, Series: "1. Correspondence, 1962-1978." Folder 77-80Folders 78-79 containing letters, from William E. Taylor, are located in Box 13. Folder 77Folder 78Folder 79Folder 80 |
| Folder 81 |
Correspondence, U-V #04023, Series: "1. Correspondence, 1962-1978." Folder 81 |
| Folder 82-90 |
Correspondence, W #04023, Series: "1. Correspondence, 1962-1978." Folder 82-90Folder 84 contains letters from Gordon Weaver; Folder 89 contains letters from Miller Williams. Folders 85-86, containing letters from John Foster West, are located in Box 13. Folder 82Folder 83Folder 84Folder 85Folder 86Folder 87Folder 88Folder 89Folder 90 |
| Folder 91-92 |
Correspondence, Y-Z #04023, Series: "1. Correspondence, 1962-1978." Folder 91-92Folder 91 contains letters from Jack Zucker. Folder 91Folder 92 |
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Series 2. Business Records, 1964-1977.
Includes circulation files, business communications, records of day-to-day financial transactions, information about grants, and other items. The bulk of this material consists of files, established by the Southern Poetry Review office, which pertain to the distribution of Southern Poetry Review. For each letter of the alphabet there are two folders, one marked "Subscription," containing material pertaining to institutional subscribers, and one marked "Membership," containing material pertaining to individual subscribers. The latter category also includes letters from subscribers with personal discussions and comments about poetry and publishing.
Business correspondence is principally concerned with finances, printing, reprinting, and advertising; only a small number of copies of communications from the Southern Poetry Review office are included. Some office and inter-departmental memoranda discuss financial difficulties.
Other business material includes bills and receipts, records of deposits and withdrawals, information about grants pursued and received by Southern Poetry Review and copyright certifications.
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Series 3. Manuscript Versions of Material that Appeared in Southern Poetry Review, 1960-1975.
Includes original typescripts of many of the poems published in Southern Poetry Review and of some of those published in Impetus. In some cases editorial emendations and comments have been added. A copy of the typescript version of Paul Ramsey's In an Ordinary Place is also included.
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Series 4. Printed Material, 1960-1977.
Includes printed material about the Southern Poetry Reivew, received as correspondence, a sample of material illustrating stages of printing Southern Poetry Review, and miscellaneous printed material. Printed material about Southern Poetry Review includes clippings and articles, an announcement, and an advertisement.
The printed material received as correspondence by the Southern Poetry Review office includes circulars, form letters, newsletters, and press releases, many about other magazines. Some, especially those from Committee of Small Magazine Editors and Publishers (COSMEP) are annotated. The miscellaneous material consists of articles and clippings making no direct reference to Southern Poetry Review.
| Folder 180 |
Impetus, 5 #04023, Series: "4. Printed Material, 1960-1977." Folder 180 |
| Folder 181 |
Impetus, 7 #04023, Series: "4. Printed Material, 1960-1977." Folder 181 |
| Folder 182-183 |
Southern Poetry Review, VIII, 1 #04023, Series: "4. Printed Material, 1960-1977." Folder 182-183Folder 182Folder 183 |
| Folder 184 |
Southern Poetry Review, XII, 1 #04023, Series: "4. Printed Material, 1960-1977." Folder 184 |
| Extra Oversize Paper Folder X-OPF-4023/1 |
Printing examples #04023, Series: "4. Printed Material, 1960-1977." X-OPF-4023/1Includes items illustrating printing stages of Southern Poetry Review. |
| Folder 185-191 |
Printed Material Received as Correspondence #04023, Series: "4. Printed Material, 1960-1977." Folder 185-191Folder 185Folder 186Folder 187Folder 188Folder 189Folder 190Folder 191 |
| Folder 192-194 |
Other Printed Material #04023, Series: "4. Printed Material, 1960-1977." Folder 192-194Folder 192Folder 193Folder 194 |
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Series 5. Copies of Impetus and Southern Poetry Review
Includes copies of about three-fourths of the issues of Impetus and Southern Poetry Review published before 1978. Also includes a copy each of Southern Poetry Today (1962); In An Ordinary Place, by Paul Ramsey (1965); and Southern Poetry Review: A Decade of Poems (1969).
| Folder 195-211 |
Copies of Impetus and Southern Poetry Review #04023, Series: "5. Copies of Impetus and Southern Poetry Review" Folder 195-211Folder 195Folder 196Folder 197Folder 198Folder 199Folder 200Folder 201Folder 202Folder 203Folder 204Folder 205Folder 206Folder 207Folder 208Folder 209Folder 210Folder 211 |
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Items Separated
Oversize papers (X-OPF-4023/1).
Back to TopProcessed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
Updated by: Kate Stratton and Jodi Berkowitz, November 2009
This collection was rehoused and a summary created with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
This finding aid was created with support from NC ECHO.
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