Pym-Randall Press (Mss. Gr. 19)

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Inventory

Series 1. Correspondence
This series contains correspondence between the owners of the Pym-Randall Press, James and Joanne Randall, and persons interested in the press or its business. The letters are both personal and business related. There is also some outgoing correspondence from James and Joanne Randall concerning various publications of the press. Significant correspondence deals with the production of the press’s books, but there are also personal letters with many important contemporary poets. Important correspondents include Janice Biala (last companion of Ford Maddox Ford), Basil Bunting, Richard Eberhart, Dan Gerber, Thom Gunn, Donald Junkins, Robert Kelly, Thomas Kinsella, James Laughlin, Denise Levertov, Robert Lowell, Gerard Malanga, Kenneth Rexroth, and others.

A photocopy of a letter to David Maslyn in Folder 41 concerns the purchase of the Pym-Randall Press Archives by Special Collections. A folder at the end of the series contains unidentified material.

Container	Description	Date
Box 1, Folder 1	A-D	1964-1971
Box 1, Folder X-ref	Anthony, George. See Palmer, George A.
Box 1, Folder 2	Biala, Janice	1960, 1965-1967, 1970-1971
Box 1, Folder X-ref	Biala, Janice. See also Zavin, Theodora
Box 1, Folder 3	Brinnin, John Malcolm	1963, 1966
Box 1, Folder X-ref	Brustlein, Janice Biala. See Biala, Janice
Box 1, Folder 4	Bunting, Basil	1967, 1970-1971
Box 1, Folder 5	Bursk, Christopher	1965, 1966, 1971, undated.
Box 1, Folder 6	Carruth, Hayden	1969
Box 1, Folder X-ref	"Caterpillar." See Esthleman, Clayton
Box 1, Folder 7	Dean, Nicholas	1966, 1968
Box 1, Folder 8	Dunster, David. Correspondence re.	1968
Box 1, Folder 9	E-L	1964-1971
Box 1, Folder 10	Eberhart, Richard	1968-1969, 1971
Box 1, Folder 11	Eberhart, Richard	1980-1981
Box 1, Folder 12	Enslin, Theodore	1970-1971
Box 1, Folder 13	Eshleman, Clayton	1968-1969
Box 1, Folder X-ref	Ferguson Press. See Ferguson, William
Box 1, Folder 14	Ferguson, William	1964, 1966-1970
Box 1, Folder X-ref	Ford, Janice. See Biali, Janice
Box 1, Folder X-ref	Ford, Ford Maddox. Correspondence re: See Janice Biali, Basil Bunting, Robert Lowell, Arthur Mizener, Allen Tate.
Box 1, Folder 15	Fritz, Martha	1970-1972
Box 1, Folder 16	Fritz, Martha	1973-1975
Box 1, Folder 17	Gerber, Dan	1968-1970
Box 1, Folder 18	Gibson, Morgan	1968
Box 1, Folder X-ref	Goodman, Denise. See Levertov, Denise
Box 1, Folder 19	Gowrie, Grey (Lord Ruthven)	1972
Box 1, Folder 20	Graham, Courtenay Peter	1969-1972
Box 1, Folder 21	Grenier, Robert	1966-1968
Box 1, Folder 22	Grossman, Allen	1964-1965
Box 1, Folder 23	Grolier Bookshop	undated.
Box 1, Folder 24	Gunn, Thom	1967-1968
Box 2, Folder 25	Harper, Michael	1980-1982
Box 2, Folder 26	Harrison, Jim	1966-1969
Box 2, Folder X-ref	Haughey, William B. See Wallace Press
Box 2, Folder 27	Houghton Mifflin Company	1981
Box 2, Folder X-ref	Hunter, Anthony. See Hunter Press
Box 2, Folder 28	Hunter Press	1966, 1969
Box 2, Folder 29	Junkins, Donald	1963-1965
Box 2, Folder 30	Junkins, Donald	1966-1969, 1972
Box 2, Folder 31	Junkins, Mardi	1963-1964, 1966-1968
Box 2, Folder 32	Kelly, Robert and Button	1967-1971
Box 2, Folder 32a	Kelly, Robert: Correpsondence with John Martin and Ken Stuart	1969-1976
Box 2, Folder 33	Kennedy, X.J.	1963-1965, 1967, 1971
Box 2, Folder 34	Kinsella, Thomas	1969-1971
Box 2, Folder 35	Laughlin, James (New Directions Pub.)	1967-1969, 1971
Box 2, Folder 36	Levertov, Denise (Denise Levertov Goodman)	1964, 1968, 1970-1971
Box 2, Folder 37	Library of Congress	1971-1973, 1980, 1982
Box 2, Folder 38	Lowell, Robert	1966-1969, undated.
Box 2, Folder 39	Lux, Thomas	1970-1972
Box 2, Folder 40	Lux, Thomas	1980-1981
Box 2, Folder 41	M-R	1964-1971
Box 2, Folder 42	Mahon, Derek	1966-1968, [1972]
Box 2, Folder 43	Malanga, Gerard	1969-1970
Box 2, Folder 44	Malanga, Gerard	1971-1973
Box 2, Folder 45	Matthews, William	1970-1971
Box 2, Folder 46	Mizener, Arthur	1966-1968
Box 2, Folder 47	Moore, Richard	1959, 1965, 1968, 1969
Box 3, Folder 48	National Book Committee, Inc.	1969
Box 3, Folder 49	New England Foundation for the Arts	1981
Box 3, Folder 50	O'Grady, Desmond and Florence.	1965-1967, 1969, 1971, undated.
Box 3, Folder 51	Palmer, George Anthony and Phoebe	1965, 1967-1972
Box 3, Folder 52	Rexroth, Kenneth	1967-1970
Box 3, Folder 53	Rexroth, Kenneth	1971, 1972
Box 3, Folder 54	Reynolds, Tim	1964-1966, 1969
Box 3, Folder X-ref	Ricker, Bryant A. See Wallace Press
Box 3, Folder X-ref	Ruthven, Lord. See Gowrie, Grey
Box 3, Folder 55	S-Z	1964-1971
Box 3, Folder 56	Sadoff, Ira	1980-1981
Box 3, Folder 57	Silkin, Jon	1967-1969, 1971
Box 3, Folder 58	Southwick, Marcia	1980-1981
Box 3, Folder 59	Starbuck, George	1973-1974, 1980, undated.
Box 3, Folder X-ref	"Sumac." See Dan Gerber, Jim Harrison
Box 3, Folder 60	Tate, James. See also Yale University Press	1966-1968, 1972
Box 3, Folder 61	Taylor, Robert	1980
Box 3, Folder 62	Thompson, John A.	1967-1969
Box 3, Folder X-ref	Tinker, Carol. See Rexroth, Kenneth.
Box 3, Folder 63	Wallace Press	1969-1972, 1974
Box 3, Folder 64	Wallace Press. See also Harper, William	1980-1982
Box 3, Folder 65	Watershed Foundation	1982
Box 3, Folder 66	Whiting, Nathan	1968-1972
Box 3, Folder 67	Williams, Jonathon	1968-1969
Box 3, Folder 68	Wright, Charles	1971
Box 3, Folder 69	Wright, Franz	1981-1982
Box 3, Folder 70	Wylie, Andrew	1970-1971
Box 3, Folder 71	Zavin, Theodora. See also Biali, Janice	1965-1967, 1971
Box 3, Folder 72	Zimmer, Paul	1981
Box 3, Folder 73	Unidentified Correspondence	1968

Series 2. Books
This series contains copies of books and pamphlets published by the Pym-Randall Press. It also contains some books published by Pym-Randall poets with other presses. The series is divided into three subseries: “Pamphlets and Broadsides,” “Books and Pamphlets of Other Presses,” and “Pym-Randall Books.”

Pamphlets and Broadsides
The first subseries consists of twenty broadsides and pamphlets published by Pym-Randall. They are arranged chronologically and then alphabetically by author within each year. Miscellaneous material is located at the end of the subseries.

Container	Description	Date
Box 4, Folder 74	Bunting, Basil. "What the Chairman Told Tom." Signed. Copy C.	1967
Box 4, Folder 75	Callahan, C.M. "Words for Shelley." (Edition limited to 200 copies)	1967
Box 4, Folder 76	Grenier, Robert. "Two New Poems." (Edition of about 200 copies, about 25 in wrappers. This copy in wrappers.)	1967
Box 4, Folder 77	Harrison, Jim. "Walking." Signed. Copy B.	1967
Box 4, Folder 78	Kelly, Robert. "Song XXIV." Signed. Copy C.	1967
Box 4, Folder 79	Ruthven, Grey. "For George Herbet." Signed. Copy B.	1967
Box 4, Folder 80	Tate, James. "The Destination." Signed. Copy B.	1967
Box 4, Folder 81	Wylie, Andrew. "Oetean Thermopylae." Signed. Copy C.	1967
Box 4, Folder 82	Eberhart, Richard. "Three Poems." Signed. Copy no. 148.	1968
Box 4, Folder 83	Gunn, Thom. "The Garden of the Gods." Signed. Copy B.	1968
Box 4, Folder 84	Rexroth, Kenneth. "The Spark in the Tinder of Knowing." Signed. Copy C.	1968
Box 4, Folder 85	Tillinghast, Richard. "The Keeper." Signed. Copy B.	1969
Box 4, Folder 86	Kinsella, Thomas. "Tear." Signed. Copy A. (Orange wrappers). Kinsella, Thomas. "Tear." Another copy: Signed. Copy 163. (Yellow wrappers)	1969
Box 4, Folder 87	Silkin, Jon. "Three Poems." Signed. Copy A.	1969
Box 4, Folder 88	Ferguson, William. "Revolution Dream." Signed. Copy A.	1970
Box 4, Folder 89	Hannigan, Paul. "Holland and the Netherlands." Signed. Copy no. 1	1970
Box 4, Folder 90	Tate, James. "Deaf Girls Playing." Signed. Copy A.	1970
Box 4, Folder 91	Fritz, Martha. "Tides." and Lux, Thomas. "The Last Sighted." Signed. Copy no. 1.	1970
Box 4, Folder 92	Hammer, Adam. "On a Train, Sleeping" and Newman, Joseph, "Starting Out Again." Signed. Copy no. 1.	1970
Box 4, Folder X-ref	Lux, Thomas. "The Land Sighted." and Fritz, Martha. "Tides." See Fritz, Martha. "Tides."	1970
Box 4, Folder X-ref	Newman, Joseph. "Starting Out Again." See Hammer, Adam.	1970
Box 4, Folder 93	Cornish, Sam. "Sometimes." Signed. Copy no. 1.	1973
Box 4, Folder 94	Miscellaneous materials: broadsides, announcements	undated.

Books and Pamphlets of Other Presses
The second subseries, "Books and Pamphlets of Other Presses," contains six small items from other presses arranged alphabetically by author.

Container	Description	Date
Box 4, Folder 95	Creely, Robert. "As How it Would be Snow." Seasonal greeting from Black Sparrow Press	1970
Box 4, Folder 96	Maytag, Kenneth. "Word Burning Stove." Seasonal greeting from Unicorn Press.	1969
Box 4, Folder X-ref	Metzler, David. "The Beginning of Machinery, the Start of Language." Seasonal greeting from Maya Publishers. See Shoemaker, Jack. "A Love Song for Basho and Pound."
Box 4, Folder 97	Price, Reynolds. "Torso of an Archaic Apollo." Seasonal greeting from Albodocani Press	1969
Box 4, Folder 98	Starbuck, George. "Election Day." Washington, D.C.: Watershed Intermedia. Signature Series. Cassettes. Tape of Poems.	1982
Box 4, Folder 99	Shoemaker, Jack. "A Love Song for Basho and Pound" and "The Beginning of Machinery, the Start of Language" by David Metzler. Seasonal greeting from Maya Publishers.	1968
Box 4, Folder 100	Welty, Eudora. "A Flock of Guinea Hens Seen from a Car." Seasonal greeting from Albodocani Press.	1970

Pym-Randall Books
The third subseries, “Pym-Randall Books,” contains the seventeen bound books issued by the press by the year 1974 (the press’s tenth anniversary), the tenth anniversary catalog, and variant copies of some of the books. It includes four additional books published by the press after 1974. It is arranged chronologically, and then alphabetically by author in each year.

Container	Description	Date
Box 5, Folder 101	Reynolds, Tim. Halflife. Signed. Copy no. 1.	1964
Box 5, Folder 102	Junkins, Donald. The Sunfish and the Partridge. Signed. Unnumbered.	1965
Box 5, Folder 103	Grossman, Allen. The Recluse. Signed. Copy no. 1.	1965
Box 5, Folder 104	Bursk, Christopher, William Corbett & Paul Hannigan. Three New Poets. Signed. Copy no. 1.	1966
Box 5, Folder X-ref	Corbett, William. Three New Poets. See Bursk, Christopher, William Corbett and Paul Hannigan	1966
Box 5, Folder 105	Ford, Ford Madox. Buckshee. With introductions by Robert Lowell, Kenneth Rexroth. Signed. Copy no. 4.	1966
Box 5, Folder X-ref	Hannigan, Paul. Three New Poets. See Bursk, Christopher, William Corbett and Paul Hannigan	1966
Box 5, Folder X-ref	Lowell, Robert. See Ford, Ford Madox. Buckshee.	1966
Box 5, Folder X-ref	Rexroth, Kenneth. See Ford, Ford Madox. Buckshee.	1966
Box 5, Folder 106	Grenier, Robert. Dusk Road Games. Signed. Copy no. 1.	1967
Box 5, Folder 107	Rexroth, Kenneth. The Heart's Garden The Garden's Heart. Signed. Copy no. 2.	1967
Box 5, Folder 108	Kelly, Robert. Songs I-XXX. Signed. Copy no.2	1968
Box 5, Folder 109	Kelly, Robert. Songs I-XXX. Another copy: hardcover, unsigned.	1968
Box 5, Folder 110	Kelly, Robert. Songs I-XXX. Another copy: paperbound, unsigned.	1968
Box 6, Folder 111	Thompson, John. The Talking Girl. Signed. Copy no. 1.	1968
Box 6, Folder 112	Graham, Courtenay Peter. ime.[sic] Signed. Copy no. 2.	1969
Box 6, Folder 113	Whiting, Nathan. While Courting the Sergeant's Daughter. Signed. Copy no. 1.	1969
Box 6, Folder 114	Whiting, Nathan. While Courting the Sergeant's Daughter. Another copy: paperbound, unsigned.	1969
Box 6, Folder 115	Whiting, Nathan. Buffalo Poem. Signed. Copy no. 1.	1970
Box 6, Folder X-ref	Bunting, Basil. Selected Poems of Ford Madox Ford. See Ford, Ford Madox. Selected Poems	1971
Box 6, Folder 116	Ford, Ford Madox. Selected Poems. Edited and with a Preface by Basil Bunting. Signed. Copy no. 3.	1971
Box 6, Folder 117	Malanga, Gerard. Chic Death. Signed. Copy no. 1.	1971
Box 6, Folder 118	Malanga, Gerard. Chic Death. Another copy: Signed. copy no. 27.	1971
Box 7, Folder 119	Lux, Thomas. Memory's Hand grenade. Signed. Copy No. 2.	1972
Box 7, Folder 120	Rexroth, Kenneth. One Hundred Poems from the French. Signed. Copy no. 2.	1972
Box 7, Folder 121	Randall, James, guest editor. Ploughshares. Vol. 1, no. 5 Signed. "Checked copy, Editor's copy."	1972
Box 7, Folder 122	Fritz, Martha. If the River's this High all Summer. Signed. Copy no. 1.	1974
Box 7, Folder 123	Pym-Randall Press Tenth Anniversary Catalog	1974
Box 7, Folder 124	Starbuck, George. Elegy in a Country Churchyard. Signed. Copy A	1975
Box 7, Folder 125	Starbuck, George. Talkin' B. A. Blues	1980
Box 7, Folder 126	Wright, Franz. The One Whose Eyes Open When You Close Your Eyes. Signed. Copy 1	1982
Box 7, Folder 127	Tapscott, Stephen. Penobscott. Signed. Copy no. 1	1983

Series 3. Manuscripts
This series contains poetry manuscripts, many of which were enclosed with the letters in the Correspondence series. They were removed and placed in this series, since other such enclosures were already separated from the covering letters. The series is divided into two subseries: "Manuscripts & Proofs of Books Published by Pym-Randall Press," and "Miscellaneous Manuscripts."

A folder titled, "Pym-Randall Inventory," precedes the two subseries. It contains a copy of the typescript inventory of the archive done by James Randall when he was preparing to transfer the records to the University of Rhode Island. The "Inventory" contains valuable notes on the Press's publishing history.

Manuscripts & Proofs of Books Published by Pym-Randall Press
The "Manuscripts & Proofs of Books Published by Pym-Randall Press" subseries contains all manuscripts, designs, and proofs for Pym-Randall publications. There are no manuscript materials for some books. It is arranged chronologically by year, and alphabetically by author and title within each year. Manuscripts, designs, and proofs are filed in separate folders for each book.

Container	Description	Date
Box 8, Folder 128	Pym-Randall Inventory	1974
Box 8, Folder 129	Reynolds, Tim. "Halflife." Author's typescript with printer's marks.	1964
Box 8, Folder 130	Reynolds, Tim. "Halflife." Copy of author's typescript with printer's marks.	1964
Box 8, Folder 131	Reynolds, Tim. "Halflife." Miscellaneous manuscripts.	1964
Box 8, Folder 132	Reynolds, Tim. "Halflife." First folded page proof (2 sets, one with cover).	1964
Box 8, Folder 133	Grossman, Allen. "The Recluse and Other Poems." Author's typescript of excluded poems with publisher's comments.	1965
Box 8, Folder 134	Grossman, Allen. "The Recluse and Other Poems." Two paintings by Henry Schwartz for the cover designs.	1965
Box 8, Folder 135	Junkins, Donald. "The Sunfish and the Partridge." Bound author's transcript.	undated.
Box 8, Folder 136	Junkins, Donald. "The Sunfish and the Partridge." Copies of Miscellaneous poems.	1965
Box 8, Folder 137	Junkins, Donald. "The Sunfish and the Partridge." One page of proofs.	1965
Box 8, Folder X-ref	Schwartz, Henry. See Grossman, Allen	1965
Box 8, Folder 138	Bursk, Corbett, & Hannigan. "Three New Poets." Christopher Bursk's typescripts with publisher's marks: first complete typescript with a copy; second draft; typescripts of various poems	1966
Box 8, Folder 139	Bursk, Corbett, & Hannigan. "Three New Poets." William Corbett's typescripts with publisher's marks: complete drafts; misc. drafts and revisions (including rejected poems).	1966
Box 8, Folder 140	Bursk, Corbett, & Hannigan. "Three New Poets." Paul Hannigan's typescript with publisher's marks: first draft; second draft; misc. revisions.	1966
Box 8, Folder 141	Bursk, Corbett, & Hannigan. "Three New Poets." Typescript used as printer's copy (with carbon copy).	1966
Box 8, Folder 142	Bursk, Corbett, & Hannigan. "Three New Poets." Cover photography by Nicholas Dean with design markings. For original photograph, see oversize folder.	1966
Box 8, Folder 143	Bursk, Corbett, & Hannigan. "Three New Poets." First proofs with authors' corrections; first proofs with publisher's corrections; first proofs (unmarked, incomplete).	1966
Box 8, Folder x-ref	Corbett, William. See Bursk, Corbett, & Hannigan. "Three New Poets."	1965
Box 8, Folder x-ref	Dean, Nicholas. See Bursk, Corbett, & Hannigan. "Three New Poets."	1965
Box 8, Folder x-ref	Hannigan, Paul. See Bursk, Corbett, & Hannigan. "Three New Poets."	1965
Box 8, Folder x-ref	Biala, Janice. See Ford, Ford Madox. "Buckshee"	1965
Box 8, Folder 144	Ford, Ford Madox. "Buckshee." Clipping from "New York Review of Books" used as printer's copy for Lowell's introduction. First and second carbons of Rexroth's introduction.	1966
Box 8, Folder 145	Ford, Ford Madox. "Buckshee." Watercolors by Janice Biala for cover design; glossy proof of cover.	1966
Box 8, Folder 146	Ford, Ford Madox. "Buckshee." First and second galley proofs.	1966
Box 8, Folder x-ref	Lowell, Robert. See Ford, Ford Madox. "Buckshee."	1966
Box 8, Folder x-ref	Rexroth, Kenneth. See Ford, Ford Madox. "Buckshee."	1966
Box 9, Folder 147	Kelly, Robert. "Song XXIV." Author's typescript with printer's marks.	1967
Box 9, Folder 148	Kelly, Robert. "Song XXIV." Proof with cover.	1967
Box 9, Folder 149	Bunting, Basil. "What a Chairman Told Tom." Proof	1967
Box 9, Folder 150	Grenier, Robert. "Dusk Road Games." Author's typescript with printer's marks.	1967
Box 9, Folder 151	Grenier, Robert. "Dusk Road Games." Cover photograph; reproductions with design markings; glossy proof of cover; glossy proof of cover lettering design (not used).	1967
Box 9, Folder 152	Harrison, Jim. "Walking." Author's typescript with printer's marks.	1967
Box 9, Folder 153	Harrison, Jim. "Walking." First proof.	1967
Box 9, Folder 154	Rexroth, Kenneth. "The Heart's Garden The Garden's Heart." Author's typescipt.	1967
Box 9, Folder 155	Rexroth, Kenneth. "The Heart's Garden The Garden's Heart." Author's calligraphic drawings.	1967
Box 9, Folder 156	Rexroth, Kenneth. "The Heart's Garden The Garden's Heart." Proof with author's corrections; corrected page proofs.	1967
Box 9, Folder 157	Tate, James. "The Destination." Copy of author's (?) typescript	1967
Box 9, Folder 158	Wylie, Andrew. "Oetean Thermopylae." Copy of author's typescript.	1967
Box 9, Folder 159	Wylie, Andrew. "Oetean Thermopylae." First proof.	1967
Box 9, Folder 160	Eberhart, Richard. "Three Poems." Author's typescript.	1968
Box 9, Folder 161	Gunn, Thom. "The Garden of the Gods." Author's typescript including a rejected poem.	1968
Box 9, Folder 162	Gunn, Thom. "The Garden of the Gods." Proof.	1968
Box 9, Folder 163	Kelly, Robert. "Songs I-XXX." Author's early typescript.	1968
Box 9, Folder 164	Kelly, Robert. "Songs I-XXX." Author's typescript with corrections and design notes.	1968
Box 9, Folder 165	Thompson, John. "The Talking Girl and other Poems." Author's typescript (with rejected poems and a second copy).	1968
Box 9, Folder 166	Thompson, John. "The Talking Girl and other Poems." Page proofs and proof of cover.	1968
Box 9, Folder 167	Graham, Courtenay Peter. "ime." (sic). Author's typescript (two copies)	1968
Box 9, Folder 168	Graham, Courtenay Peter. "ime." (sic). Proofs (with proof of cover and editor's notes).	1968
Box 9, Folder 169	Kinsella, Thomas. "Tear." Proof.	1969
Box 9, Folder 169a	Pym-Randall Press. Catalog. Modern Poetry Publications. Layout Sheets and Negatives. (In Oversize, Box 28)	1969
Box 9, Folder 170	Silkin, Jon. "Three Poems." Proof.	1969
Box 10, Folder 171	Whiting, Nathan. "While Courting the Sergeant's Daughter." Author's typescript and rejected poems.	1969
Box 10, Folder 172	Whiting, Nathan. "While Courting the Sergeant's Daughter." Partial proofs.	1969
Box 10, Folder 173	Ferguson, William. "Revolutions Dream." Author's typescript.	1970
Box 10, Folder 174	Fritz, Martha. "Tides." Author's typescript (with rejected poems).	1970
Box 10, Folder 174a	Fritz, Martha. "Tides." with Lux, Thomas, "The Land Sighted." Mock-ups and Layout Sheets. (In Oversize, Box 28)	1970
Box 10, Folder 174b	Fritz, Martha. "Tides." with Lux, Thomas, "The Land Sighted." Negatives. (In Oversize, Box 28)	1970
Box 10, Folder 175	Hannigan, Paul. "Holland and the Netherlands." Author's typescipt and rejected poems.	1970
Box 10, Folder 176	Hannigan, Paul. "Holland and the Netherlands." Design mock-up.	1970
Box 10, Folder 177	Lux, Thomas. "The Land Sighted." Author's typescript & rejected poems.	1970
Box 10, Folder 178	Whiting, Nathan. "Buffalo Poem." Author's typescript (plus a copy).	1970
Box 10, Folder 179	Whiting, Nathan. "Buffalo Poem." Author's cover designs; rejected cover photographs.	1970
Box 10, Folder 180	Whiting, Nathan. "Buffalo Poem." Proposed cover design by Joanne Randall (original pastel drawing).	1970
Box 10, Folder 181	Whiting, Nathan. "Buffalo Poem." Proofs: first corrected, first unmarked, cover proofs.	1970
Box 10, Folder x-ref	Bunting, Basil. See Ford, Ford Madox. "Selected Poems."	1971
Box 10, Folder 182	Ford, Ford Madox. "Selected Poems." Typescript of Basil Bunting's introduction; editor's manuscript (copies made from "Collected Poems").	1971
Box 10, Folder 183	Ford, Ford Madox. "Selected Poems." Sample pages and cover proof.	1971
Box 10, Folder 184	Ford, Ford Madox. "Selected Poems." First proof and corrected proof.	1971
Box 11, Folder 185	Malanga, Gerard. "Chic Death." Partial author's typescript and rejected poems.	1971
Box 11, Folder 186	Lux, Thomas. "Memory's Handgrenade." Author's typescript plus a copy and information for copyright page.	1972
Box 11, Folder 187	Lux, Thomas. "Memory's Handgrenade." Miscellaneous designs.	1972
Box 11, Folder 188	Lux, Thomas. "Memory's Handgrenade." First page proofs.	1972
Box 11, Folder 189	Lux, Thomas. "Memory's Handgrenade." Folded proof with cover and dust jacket.	1972
Box 11, Folder 190	Rexroth, Kenneth. "One Hundred Poems from the French." Author's typescript.	1972
Box 11, Folder 191	Rexroth, Kenneth. "One Hundred Poems from the French." Publisher's typescript.	1972
Box 11, Folder 192	Rexroth, Kenneth. "One Hundred Poems from the French." Proofs.	1972
Box 11, Folder 193	Rexroth, Kenneth. "One Hundred Poems from the French." Photographs and reproductions for illustrations.	1972
Box 11, Folder 194	Rexroth, Kenneth. "One Hundred Poems from the French." Electrostatic copies of poems with notes.	1972
Box 11, Folder 194a	Cornish, Sam. "Sometimes Ten Poems." Mock-ups and layout. (In Oversize, Box 28)	1973
Box 11, Folder 194b	Cornish, Sam. "Sometimes Ten Poems." Layout negatives. (In Oversize, Box 28)	1973
Box 12, Folder 195	Fritz, Martha. "If the River's This High All Summer." Two poems: typescript.	1974
Box 12, Folder 196	Fritz, Martha. "If the River's This High All Summer." Author's typescript with printer's marks and an electrostatic copy.	1974
Box 12, Folder 197	Fritz, Martha. "If the River's This High All Summer." Printer's copy with corrections.	1974
Box 12, Folder 198	Fritz, Martha. "If the River's This High All Summer." Cover: design materials and proofs.	1974
Box 12, Folder 198a	Fritz, Martha. "If the River's This High All Summer." Cover: design materials and proofs. (In Oversize, Box 28)	1974
Box 12, Folder 199	Fritz, Martha. "If the River's This High All Summer." Mock-up copies (1 uncut).	1974
Box 12, Folder 200	Pym-Randall Press Tenth Anniversary Catalog. Mock-up with design for cover and electrostatic copy of proof.	1974
Box 12, Folder 201	Pym-Randall Press Tenth Anniversary Catalog. Design for cover.	1974
Box 12, Folder 202	Starbuck, George. "Elegy in a Country Churchyard." Electrostatic copies of typescript.	1975
Box 12, Folder 203	Starbuck, George. "Elegy in a Country Churchyard." Electrostatic copies of typescript: "Elegy Written." With notes.	1975
Box 12, Folder 204	Starbuck, George. "Elegy in a Country Churchyard." Galley copies: "Elegy Written." 1 copy with printer's notes.	1975
Box 12, Folder 205	Starbuck, George. "Elegy in a Country Churchyard." Mock-up with printer's notes.	1975
Box 12, Folder 206	Starbuck, George. "Elegy in a Country Churchyard." Designs, galley copies: cover, title page, etc.	1975
Box 12, Folder 207	Starbuck, George. "Elegy in a Country Churchyard." Proof without box.	1975
Box 12, Folder 208	Starbuck, George. "Elegy in a Country Churchyard." Untrimmed first proof.	1975
Box 12, Folder 209	Eberhart, Richard. "New Hampshire: Nine Poem." Electrostatic copy with publisher's notes.	1980
Box 12, Folder 210	Eberhart, Richard. "New Hampshire: Nine Poem." Electrostatic copy with printer's marks and cover design.	1980
Box 12, Folder 211	Eberhart, Richard. "New Hampshire: Nine Poem." Pamphlet mock-up.	1980
Box 13, Folder 212	Starbuck, George. "Talkin' B.A. Blues." Typescript original.	1980
Box 13, Folder 213	Starbuck, George. "Talkin' B.A. Blues." Electrostatic copy of typescript original with correction sheet.	1980
Box 13, Folder 214	Starbuck, George. "Talkin' B.A. Blues." Corrected galleys.	1980
Box 13, Folder 215	Starbuck, George. "Talkin' B.A. Blues." Page proofs.	1980
Box 13, Folder 216	Harper, Michael. "Rhode Island: Eight Poems." Mock-up for printer with publisher's notes.	1981
Box 13, Folder 217	Harper, Michael. "Rhode Island: Eight Poems." Electrostatic copy of proofs with corrections.	1981
Box 13, Folder 218	Harper, Michael. "Rhode Island: Eight Poems." Electrostatic copy of pamphlet mock-up.	1981
Box 13, Folder 219	Lux, Thomas. "Massachusetts: Ten Poems." Typescript printer's copy.	1981
Box 13, Folder 220	Lux, Thomas. "Massachusetts: Ten Poems." Electrostatic copy of printer's typescript copy with notes	1981
Box 13, Folder 221	Lux, Thomas. "Massachusetts: Ten Poems." Electrostatic copy of typescript with printer's notes.	1981
Box 13, Folder 222	Lux, Thomas. "Massachusetts: Ten Poems." Cover design.	1981
Box 13, Folder 223	Lux, Thomas. "Massachusetts: Ten Poems." First page of proofs with corrections.	1981
Box 13, Folder 224	Lux, Thomas. "Massachusetts: Ten Poems." Second set of page proofs.	1981
Box 13, Folder 225	Lux, Thomas. "Massachusetts: Ten Poems." Final set of page proofs.	1981
Box 13, Folder 226	Sadoff, Ira. "Maine: Nine Poems." Typescript original with notes; electrostatic copy.	1981
Box 13, Folder 227	Sadoff, Ira. "Maine: Nine Poems." Typescript with printer's marks.	1981
Box 13, Folder 228	Sadoff, Ira. "Maine: Nine Poems." Page proofs.	1981
Box 13, Folder 229	Southwick, Marcia. "Connecticut: Eight Poems." Publisher's work notes.	1981
Box 13, Folder 230	Southwick, Marcia. "Connecticut: Eight Poems." Final page proofs.	1981
Box 13, Folder 231	Wright, Franz. "The One Whose Eyes Open When You Close Your Eyes." Bound copy of author's typescript with printer's marks.	1982
Box 13, Folder 232	Wright, Franz. "The One Whose Eyes Open When You Close Your Eyes." Electrostatic copy of typescript with printer's marks.	1982
Box 13, Folder 233	Wright, Franz. "The One Whose Eyes Open When You Close Your Eyes." First set of page proofs with corrections.	1982
Box 13, Folder 234	Wright, Franz. "The One Whose Eyes Open When You Close Your Eyes." Final set of page proofs.	1982

Miscellaneous Manuscripts
"Miscellaneous Manuscripts" mostly contains poetry manuscripts not published by the press. Most of the items are not dated. Unpublished and untitled poems are indicated by listing in lower case. The "Miscellaneous Manuscripts" are arranged alphabetically by author.

Container	Description	Date
Box 14, Folder 235	Adolph, Nina. miscellaneous poems. Author's typescript.	undated.
Box 14, Folder 236	Banks, Russell. "The Loyalty Oath" Copy of author's typescript.	undated.
Box 14, Folder 237	Bruckner, Edward. miscellaneous poems. Author's typescript & copy.	undated.
Box 14, Folder 238	Corbett, William. "City Nature: Early Poems 1962-66." Author's typescript.	undated.
Box 14, Folder 239	Curley, Dorothy. poem. Carbon of author's typescript.	undated.
Box 14, Folder 240	Dawson, Robert. miscellaneous poems.	undated.
Box 14, Folder 241	Eberhart, Richard." Chocorua." Two versions, 1964 & 1969; Spirit and electrostatic copies.	1964, 1969
Box 14, Folder 242	Eberhart, Richard. poems. Original typescript and electrostatic copies.	1981
Box 14, Folder 243	Ferguson, William. two poems. Author's typescript.	undated.
Box 14, Folder 244	Fritz, Martha. miscellaneous poems: author's typescript & electrostatic copies; 2 sketches.	undated.
Box 14, Folder 245	Gerber, Dan. miscellaneous poems. Author's typescript & copies.	undated.
Box 14, Folder 246	Graham, Courtenay Peter. miscellaneous poems. Author's typescript.	undated.
Box 14, Folder 247	Grenier, Robert. miscellaneous poems. Mimeograph copy & typescripts.	undated.
Box 14, Folder 248	Harrison, Jim. miscellaneous poems. Author's manuscript & typescript.	undated.
Box 14, Folder 249	Hollo, Anselm. miscellaneous poems. Author's typescript.	undated.
Box 14, Folder 250	Jonas, Steve. poem. Author's typescript.	undated.
Box 14, Folder 251	Junkins, Donald. "And Sandpipers She Said," plus miscellaneous poems. Author's typescript.	undated.
Box 14, Folder 252	Kelly, Robert. "For Joanne Randall." Copy of author's typescript.	undated.
Box 14, Folder 253	Kingston, Rodger. "Short Poem." Signed copy.	undated.
Box 14, Folder 254	Leviten, David. three poems. Author's typescript.	undated.
Box 14, Folder x-ref	Leviten, David. two poems typed on letter (8/3/68). See Correspondence series.	1968
Box 14, Folder 255	Lowell, Robert. "Ford Madox Ford." Signed typescript, corrected.	undated.
Box 14, Folder 256	Lux, Thomas. poems. Original typescripts.	1981
Box 14, Folder 257	Mahon, Derek. Poems, also miscellaneous poems. Two copies of author's typescript.	undated.
Box 14, Folder 258	Moore, Richard. miscellaneous poems. Author's typescript & copies.	undated.
Box 14, Folder 259	Nyren, Dorothy. two poems. Author's typescript.	undated.
Box 14, Folder 260	O'Grady, Desmond. "Self Portrait." Author's carbon copy.	undated.
Box 14, Folder 261	Randall, James. two review articles. Author's typescript.	undated.
Box 14, Folder 262	Reed, J.D. "Epithaphs," & miscellaneous poems. Author's manuscripts & typescripts.	undated.
Box 14, Folder 263	Rexroth, Kenneth. "A Song at the Winepress." Author's carbon copy.	undated.
Box 14, Folder 264	Reynolds, Tim. miscellaneous poems. Author's typescripts.	undated.
Box 14, Folder 265	Rukeyser, Muriel. "Wherever." Carbon of typescript.	undated.
Box 14, Folder 266	Sadoff, Ira. poems. Electrostatic copies of typescript with printer's marks.	1981
Box 14, Folder 267	Silkin, John. "New England Proverb." Spirit process copy.	undated.
Box 14, Folder 268	Sloman, Joel. miscellaneous poems. Author's typescript.	undated.
Box 14, Folder 269	Thiel, Paul. poem. Author's typescript.	undated.
Box 14, Folder 270	Wilkins/Rozen [?], Susan. miscellaneous poems. Author's typescript.	undated.
Box 14, Folder 271	Wright, Franz. poem. Typescript original.	1981

Series 4. Business Records
This series contains the business records of the Press from the year 1964 to 1974, mostly cash disbursements, receipts, ledgers, records of the sales of books, and other financial statements. The Randalls prided themselves on their bookkeeping. As Randall wrote, an IRS man investigated the Pym-Randall Press books and “he was wholly satisfied and said that they are the best books he has ever seen for a small business of our size.” (James Randall to David Maslyn, Aug. 28, 1974; Box 2, Folder 41.)

The series is arranged alphabetically by subject, then chronologically by date within each subject. The business records were given to Special Collections in 1986 as part of the final disbursement of the Pym-Randall Press Archives.

Container	Description	Date
Box 15, Folder 272	Bank Check Records	1967 Jan 01-1967 Dec 16
Box 15, Folder 273	Bank Check Records	1967 Dec 20-1967 Oct 14
Box 15, Folder 274	Bank Check Records	1967 Oct 20-1971 May 24
Box 15, Folder 275	Bank Check Records	1971 Mar 30-1974 Apr 24
Box 15, Folder X-ref	Cash Disbursements. For earlier years, see Voucher receipts.
Box 15, Folder 276	Cash Disbursements	1970 Jan-Jun
Box 15, Folder 277	Cash Disbursements	1970 Jul-Dec
Box 16, Folder 278	Cash Disbursements	1971 Jan-Jun
Box 16, Folder 279	Cash Disbursements	1971 Jul-Dec
Box 16, Folder 280	Cash Disbursements	1972 Jan-Jun
Box 16, Folder 281	Cash Disbursements	1972 Jul-Dec
Box 16, Folder 282	Cash Disbursements	1973 Jan-Jun
Box 16, Folder 283	Cash Receipts	1964
Box 16, Folder 284	Cash Receipts	1965
Box 16, Folder 285	Cash Receipts	1965
Box 16, Folder 286	Deposits	1965 Oct-Dec
Box 17, Folder 287	Expenses	1964
Box 17, Folder 288	General Ledger and Subsidaries	FY 1964-1966
Box 17, Folder 289	General Ledger and Subsidaries	1967
Box 17, Folder 290	General Ledger and Subsidaries	1968
Box 17, Folder 291	General Ledger and Subsidaries	1969
Box 17, Folder 292	General Ledger and Subsidaries	1970
Box 18, Folder 293	General Ledger and Subsidaries	1971
Box 18, Folder 294	General Ledger and Subsidaries	1972
Box 18, Folder 295	General Ledger and Subsidaries	1973
Box 18, Folder 296	Money Receipts Ledger	1964 Oct-1966 Jan
Box 18, Folder 297	Money Receipts Ledger	1966 Jan-1966 Nov
Box 18, Folder 298	Money Receipts Ledger	1966 Nov-1967 Jul
Box 19, Folder 299	Money Receipts Ledger	1967 Jul-1968 Oct
Box 19, Folder 300	Pym-Randall Press Receipts	1965
Box 19, Folder X-ref	Sales. For earlier years, see Money Receipts Ledger
Box 19, Folder 301	Sales	1966 Jan-May
Box 19, Folder 302	Sales	1966 Jun-Dec
Box 19, Folder 303	Sales	1967 Jan-Mar
Box 19, Folder 304	Sales	1967 Apr-Jun
Box 19, Folder 305	Sales	1967 Jul-Sep
Box 20, Folder 306	Sales	1967 Oct-Dec
Box 20, Folder 307	Sales	1968 Jan-Apr
Box 20, Folder 308	Sales	1968 May-Aug
Box 20, Folder 309	Sales	1968 Sep-Oct
Box 20, Folder 310	Sales	1968 Nov-Dec
Box 20, Folder 311	Sales	1969 Jan
Box 20, Folder 312	Sales	1969 Feb
Box 20, Folder 313	Sales	1969 Mar
Box 21, Folder 314	Sales	1969 Apr
Box 21, Folder 315	Sales	1969 May
Box 21, Folder 316	Sales	1969 Jun
Box 21, Folder 317	Sales	1969 Jul
Box 21, Folder 318	Sales	1969 Aug
Box 21, Folder 319	Sales	1969 Sep
Box 21, Folder 320	Sales	1969 Oct
Box 21, Folder 321	Sales	1969 Nov
Box 21, Folder 322	Sales and Writeoffs	1969 Dec
Box 22, Folder 323	Sales	1970 Jan
Box 22, Folder 324	Sales	1970 Feb
Box 22, Folder 325	Sales	1970 Mar
Box 22, Folder 326	Sales	1970 Apr
Box 22, Folder 327	Sales	1970 May
Box 22, Folder 328	Sales	1970 Jun
Box 22, Folder 329	Sales	1970 Jul
Box 22, Folder 330	Sales	1970 Aug
Box 22, Folder 331	Sales	1970 Sep
Box 22, Folder 332	Sales	1970 Oct
Box 22, Folder 333	Sales	1970 Nov
Box 22, Folder 334	Sales	1970 Dec
Box 23, Folder 335	Sales	1971 Jan
Box 23, Folder 336	Sales	1971 Feb
Box 23, Folder 337	Sales	1971 Mar
Box 23, Folder 338	Sales	1971 Apr
Box 23, Folder 339	Sales	1971 May
Box 23, Folder 340	Sales	1971 Jun
Box 23, Folder 341	Sales	1971 Jul-Aug
Box 23, Folder 342	Sales	1971 Sep
Box 23, Folder 343	Sales	1977 Oct, Nov, Dec
Box 23, Folder 344	Sales	1972 Jan, 1972 Feb
Box 23, Folder 345	Sales	1972 Mar
Box 23, Folder 346	Sales	1972 Apr
Box 24, Folder 347	Sales	1972 May
Box 24, Folder 348	Sales and Adjustments	1972 Jun
Box 24, Folder 349	Sales	1972 Jul
Box 24, Folder 350	Sales	1972 Aug
Box 24, Folder 351	Sales	1972 Sep
Box 24, Folder 352	Sales	1972 Oct
Box 24, Folder 353	Sales	1972 Nov
Box 24, Folder 354	Sales	1972 Dec
Box 25, Folder 355	Sales	1973 Jan
Box 25, Folder 356	Sales	1973 Feb
Box 25, Folder 357	Sales	1973 Mar
Box 25, Folder 358	Sales	1973 Apr
Box 25, Folder 359	Sales	1973 May
Box 25, Folder 360	Sales and Bad Debts	1973 Jun
Box 25, Folder 361	Statement of Account	1965 Nov-1966 Dec
Box 26, Folder 362	Statement of Account	1967 Jan-Dec
Box 26, Folder 363	Statement of Account	1968 Jan-Dec
Box 26, Folder 364	Statement of Account	1969 Jan-Dec
Box 26, Folder 365	Statement of Account	1970 Jan-Dec
Box 26, Folder 366	Statement of Account	1971 Jan-Dec
Box 26, Folder 367	Statement of Account	1972 Jan-Dec
Box 26, Folder 368	Statement of Account	1973 Jan-Dec
Box 26, Folder X-ref	Voucher Register. For earlier years, see Cash Disbursements.
Box 26, Folder 369	Voucher Register	1966
Box 26, Folder 370	Voucher Register	1967 Jan-Jun
Box 26, Folder 371	Voucher Register	1967 Jul-Dec
Box 27, Folder 372	Voucher Register	1968 Jan-Jun
Box 27, Folder 373	Voucher Register	1968 Jul-Dec
Box 27, Folder 374	Voucher Register	1969 Jan-Jun
Box 27, Folder 375	Voucher Register	1969 Jul-Dec

Series 5. Permissions
The series contains permission agreements to reprint materials. This series is arranged alphabetically by poet and/or publisher, then chronologically within each of these categories.

Container	Description	Date
Box 27, Folder 376	Copyright assignments.	1964-1965, 1967, 1970, 1972-1973
Box 27, Folder 377	Permission agreements to reprint materials.	1964,1968, 1970-1973, 1976
Box 27, Folder 378	Rexroth, Kenneth. 100 Poems from the French. Correspondence and notes on rights to poems.	1972
Box 27, Folder 379	Rexroth, Kenneth. 100 Poems from the French. Credit lines.	1972
Box 27, Folder 380	Rexroth, Kenneth. 100 Poems from the French. Invoices.	1972

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