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Louis Zukofsky papers

Special Collections and Archives

Louis Zukofsky papers

Special Collections and Archives

Louis Zukofsky papers

Louis Zukofsky papers


Finding Aid

Prepared for the WWW by Barbara Bass, June 12, 2002; Last Updated: April 2020


Inclusive Dates: 1961-1964
Extent: .33 cubic foot (1 document case)
Physical Location: 11th floor


Biographical Note: Louis Zukofsky was born on the Lower East Side of Manhattan in 1904, to Russian immigrant parents. He was a self-termed objectivist poet: that is, he believed that the poem should call attention to itself on the page. His major influences included Pound, Eliot, and Shakespeare, and he was a devoted Marxist. His anthologies include All: The Collected Poems, 1923-1958 (1965) and A 1-12 (1959). Zukofsky died in 1978.


Scope and Content: This collection contains correspondence between Louis Zukofsky and Will Petersen and Hank Chapin.


Arrangement: The letters are arranged by date.


Box 1
Folder -- Contents

  1. Correspondence: Louis Zukofsky to Will Petersen: Apr. 19, 1961
  2. Correspondence: Louis Zukofsky to Will Petersen: Apr. 24, 1961
  3. Correspondence: Louis Zukofsky to Will Petersen: Apr. 25, 1961
  4. Correspondence: Louis Zukofsky to Will Petersen: May 2, 1961
  5. Correspondence: Louis Zukofsky to Will Petersen: May 15, 1961
  6. Correspondence: Louis Zukofsky to Will Petersen: May 15, 1961
  7. Correspondence: Louis Zukofsky to Will Petersen: May 22, 1961
  8. Correspondence: Louis Zukofsky to Will Petersen: May 31, 1961
  9. Correspondence: Louis Zukofsky to Will Petersen: May, 1961
  10. Correspondence: Alpheus Walter to Will Petersen: June 1, 1961
  11. Correspondence: Louis Zukofsky to Will Petersen: June 10, 1961
  12. Correspondence: Louis Zukofsky to Will Petersen: June 26, 1961
  13. Correspondence: Louis Zukofsky to Will Petersen: July 14, 1961
  14. Correspondence: Louis Zukofsky to Will Petersen: July 27, 1961
  15. Correspondence: Louis Zukofsky to Will Petersen: Aug. 25, 1961
  16. Correspondence: Louis Zukofsky to Will Petersen: Sept. 5, 1961
  17. Correspondence: Louis Zukofsky to WIll Petersen: Sept. 12, 1961
  18. Correspondence: Louis Zukofsky to Will Petersen: Sept. 13, 1961
  19. Correspondence: Louis Zukofsky to Will Petersen: Sept. 26, 1961
  20. Correspondence: Louis Zukofsky to Will Petersen: Oct. 2, 1961
  21. Correspondence: Louis Zukofsky to Will Petersen: Oct. 5, 1961
  22. Correspondence: Louis Zukofsky to Will Petersen: Oct. 11, 1961
  23. Correspondence: Louis Zukofsky to Will Petersen: Oct. 26, 1961
  24. Correspondence: Louis Zukofsky to Will Petersen: Oct. 27, 1961
  25. Correspondence: Louis Zukofsky to Will Petersen: Oct. 29, 1961
  26. Correspondence: Louis Zukofsky to Will Petersen: Nov. 1, 1961
  27. Correspondence: Louis Zukofsky to Will Petersen: Nov. 20, 1961
  28. Correspondence: Louis Zukofsky to Will Petersen: Nov. 24, 1961
  29. Correspondence: Louis Zukofsky to Will Petersen: Dec. 8, 1961
  30. Correspondence: Louis Zukofsky to Will Petersen: Dec. 26, 1961
  31. Correspondence: Louis Zukofsky to Will Petersen: Feb. 10, 1962
  32. Correspondence: Louis Zukofsky to Will Petersen: July 14, 1962
  33. Correspondence: Louis Zukofsky to Hank Chapin: July 19, 1962
  34. Correspondence: Louis Zukofsky to Hank Chapin: July 27, 1962
  35. Correspondence: Louis Zukofsky to Hank Chapin: Aug. 4, 1962
  36. Correspondence: Louis Zukofsky to Will Petersen: Aug. 4, 1962
  37. Correspondence: Louis Zukofsky to Hank Chapin: Aug. 15, 1962
  38. Correspondence: Louis Zukofsky to Will Petersen: Aug. 22, 1962
  39. Correspondence: Louis Zukofsky to Hank Chapin: Aug. 29, 1962
  40. Correspondence: Louis Zukofsky to Will Petersen: Sept. 1, 1962
  41. Correspondence: Louis Zukofsky to Will Petersen: Oct. 13, 1962
  42. Correspondence: Louis Zukofsky to Hank Chapin: Oct. 22, 1962
  43. Correspondence: Louis Zukofsky to Will Petersen: Oct. 26, 1962
  44. Correspondence: Louis Zukofsky to Will Petersen: Nov. 6, 1962
  45. Correspondence: Louis Zukofsky to Hank Chapin: Feb. 20, 1963
  46. Correspondence: Louis Zukofsky to Hank Chapin: Feb. 28, 1963
  47. Correspondence: Louis Zukofsky to Hank Chapin: May 15, 1963
  48. Correspondence: Louis Zukofsky to Hank Chapin: May 29, 1963
  49. Correspondence: Louis Zukofsky to Will Petersen: June 29, 1963
  50. Correspondence: Louis Zukofsky to Will Petersen: Aug. 1, 1963
  51. Correspondence: Louis Zukofsky to Hank Chapin: Oct. 8, 1963
  52. Correspondence: Louis Zukofsky to Hank Chapin: Nov. 30, 1963
  53. Correspondence: Louis Zukofsky to Will Petersen: Dec. 30, 1963
  54. Correspondence: Louis Zukofsky to Will Petersen: Jan. 13, 1964
  55. Correspondence: Louis Zukofsky to Hank Chapin: Feb. 7, 1964