David R. Clark papers,
1957-1989
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Descriptive Summary
| Creator: | Clark, David R. |
|---|---|
| Title: | David R. Clark papers, 1957-1989 |
| Call Number: | MSS 180 |
| Extent: | 1 linear foot |
| Abstract: | The David R. Clark papers reflects the academic and publishing interests of the noted American Irish literary scholar, and comprises one linear foot of correspondence, manuscripts, newspaper clippings, publishers' announcements, photographs and ephemera. |
| Language: | Materials entirely in English. |
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Source
Purchase, February 1995.
Citation
MSS 180, David R. Clark papers, Special Collections, University of Delaware Library, Newark, Delaware.
Collection Description
Biographical Note
Born in Seymour, Connecticut, in 1920, the American scholar of Irish literature David R. Clark received his B.A. in English at Wesleyan University in 1947. He earned a master's degree in 1950 and a doctorate in 1955, both from Yale University. He taught at Indiana University, Smith College, and the University of Victoria, though he spent the bulk of his career as professor of Irish Studies at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. Clark was a Fulbright Lecturer at the University of Iceland during the 1960-1961 academic year and later received another Fulbright grant to teach at University College in Dublin.
Clark is the author of W.B. Yeats and the Theater of Desolate Reality (1965); The Tower of Polished Black Stones: Early Versions of The Shadowy Waters (1971); Critical Essays on Hart Crane (1982); and Day Tree: Poems (1966). He served as the editor for a number of books on Yeats, including William Butler Yeats, 1865-1965: Catalogue of His Works and Associated Items, Olin Library, Wesleyan University (1965); Yeats at Songs and Choruses (1983); W.B. Yeats and the Writing of Sophocles' King Oedipus: Manuscripts of W.B. Yeats (1989); and W. B. Yeats' The Winding Stair: Manuscript Materials (1995). He is also the co-editor, with Robin Skelton, of Irish Renaissance: A Gathering of Essays, Memoirs, Letters, and Dramatic Poetry from the Massachusetts Review (1965).
Clark has been an Emeritus professor at the University of Massachusetts since 1985.
Biographical Source: Press, Jacques Cattell. Directory of American Scholars. vol. 7 New York: R.R. Bowker Co., 1978.
Scope and Content Note
The David R. Clark Papers reflects the academic and publishing interests of the noted American Irish literary scholar, and comprises one linear foot of correspondence, manuscripts, newspaper clippings, publishers' announcements, photographs and ephemera. Spanning the years 1957 to 1989, the collection includes correspondence with and reference material about many of Ireland's foremost poets, writers, and publishers, as well as many scholars of Irish literature and theater. Among those represented in this collection are Seamus Heaney, Denis Johnston, Thomas MacGreevy, Liam Miller, Frank O'Connor, and Mary O'Malley. Materials related to Nigerian author Chinua Achebe and his visiting professorship at the University of Massachusetts are also found in the collection. Scholars of Irish literature will find this collection particularly interesting, as it details the early careers of many of Ireland's now-established writers, including Richard Murphy, Richard Weber, and Alexander Hutchison. Clark was a close friend and mentor to these poets, often arranging lectures and poetry readings or assisting them in their searches for academic positions or publishers for their work. The David R. Clark Papers also reflects the difficulties inherent in scholarly research: the frequent problems securing copyrights, the hardships involved with finding a publisher, and, perhaps the most prevalent concern for Clark's colleagues, the scarcity of funds for both scholarly and creative endeavors. Of particular note is the correspondence of Clark and George Mayhew during collaboration on a book entitled A Tower of Polished Stones for The Dolmen Press. These letters illustrate the problems which arise from a joint-publication effort -- particularly when the publisher is overseas. The folders 1-31 are arranged alphabetically by scholar or writer with whom Clark corresponded. Folders 28 and 29 are related to the publication of specific books (Clark and Mayhew's A Tower of Polished Stones, and Clark's Visible Array), and folder 30 contains materials which detail the establishment of the Cornell Press Yeats Series. The last folder in the collection houses miscellaneous material related to the Dolmen Press.Arrangement
The majority of the collection is arranged alphabetically by scholar or writer with whom Clark corresponded, followed by information on specific books, the Cornell Press Yeats Series, and the Dolmen Press.
Selected Search Terms
Corporate Names
Dolmen Press.
Topical Terms
English literature--Irish authors--Criticism and interpretation--History--Sources.
Publishers and publishing--History--20th century--Sources.
Form/Genre Terms
Correspondence.
Manuscripts.
Ephemera.
Photographs.
Occupation
Scholars.
Personal Contributors
Mayhew, George (George P.)
Container List
| Achebe, Chinua, 1974-1976 , 15 items | ||
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| Albert Chinualumogo Achebe (1930- ) is best known as the author of the widely-read Things Fall Apart. Also the author of such novels as No Longer at Ease (1960), Arrow of God (1964), and A Man of the People (1966), Achebe is politically active in his native country, Nigeria. | ||
| Box | Folder | Content |
| 1 | F1 | Letters, 1975-1976 , 5 items |
| Writings about Achebe, circa 1974 , 3 items | ||
| 1 | F1 | Chinua Achebe to Speak on "The Image of Africa," 1974 May |
| 1 | F1 | Chinua Achebe: An African Use of Language. The Alumnus 5:2 (May 1974): 16-18., 1974 February 21 |
| 1 | F1 | Hayes, Tom. "Achebe: African Man of Letters at UMass." University Bulletin., undated |
| Writing by Achebe, 1975 | ||
| 1 | F1 | Achebe, Chinua. "An Image of Africa." The Chancellor's Lecture Series, 1974-1975. Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 1975., 1975 , 3 copies |
| Beardsley, Aubrey, 1965-1966 , 9 items | ||
| The fame of English illustrator Aubrey Beardsley (1872-1898) was cemented when, at nineteen years old, he was selected to illustrate an edition of Sir Thomas Malory's La Morte D'Arthur for which he produced no less than 500 designs. He gained widespread recognition as the art editor of the avant-garde literary journal, The Yellow Book, a position he held until a perceived association with Oscar Wilde resulted in his termination. Beardsley died on March 16, 1898 at the age of twenty-five. | ||
| 1 | F2 | Letters, 1965-1966 , 8 items |
| Correspondence between Clark and such scholars and publishers as Percy H. Muir, Desmond Flower, and Henry Maas; all letters related to the possible existence of a Beardsley sketch for W.B. Yeats' The Shadowy Waters. | ||
| Writing about Beardsley, 1966 | ||
| 1 | F2 | Clark, David R. "Aubrey Beardsley's Drawing of the Shadows' in W.B. Yeat's The Shadowy Waters." Modern Drama (December 1966): 267-272., 1966 December |
| Off-print. | ||
| Bradford, Curtis Baker, 1976-1977 , 23 items | ||
| A scholar of Irish literature, Bradford (1911-1969) served as editor of Reflections of W.B. Yeats (1970), and W.B. Yeats: The Writing of The Player Queen (1977); he is also the author of Yeats at Work (1965). | ||
| 1 | F3 | Letters, 1976-1977 , 23 items |
| Most of the correspondence in this folder concerns the controversy over the publication of Yeats' The Player Queen. | ||
| Bushrui, Suheil B., circa 1969 , 4 items | ||
| A scholar of Irish literature, Bushrui is the author of Yeats' Verse Plays: The Revisions, 1900-1910 (1965); A Centenary Tribute to John Millington Synge, 1871-1909: Sunshine and the Moon's Delight (1972); Images and Memories: A Pictorial Record of the Life and Work of W.B. Yeats (1970); and James Joyce, an International Perspective: Centenary Essays in Honor of the Late Sir Desmond Cochrane (1982). | ||
| 1 | F4 | Typed letter signed, 1969 December 19 , 3 pp. |
| To Clark from Bushrui | ||
| Ephemera, 3 items | ||
| 1 | F4 | W.B. Yeats, 1865-1939: A Pictorial Biography |
| Program for an exhibition curated by S.B. Bushrui and D.E.S. Maxwell for York University Library | ||
| 1 | F4 | Review of Maurice Good's Performance of J.M. Synge |
| 1 | F4 | Report of the Synge Centenary Commemoration Committee |
| Ellmann, Richard, 1975-1987 , 9 items | ||
| Michigan native Richard Ellmann (1918-1987) is perhaps best known for his internationally recognized biography of James Joyce, published in 1959. He is also the author of Eminent Domain: Yeats Among Wilde, Joyce, Pound, Eliot, and Auden (1967); Golden Codgers: Biographical Speculations (1973); and Four Dubliners: Wilde, Yeats, Joyce, and Beckett (1986). | ||
| 1 | F5 | Letters, 1975-1982 , 7 items |
| Writings about Ellmann, 2 items | ||
| 1 | F5 | Donoghue, Denis. "Clashing Symbols," a review of Richard Ellmann's Eminent Domain: Yeats Among Wilde, Joyce, Pound, Eliot and Auden. The New York Times Book Review, undated |
| 1 | F5 | Abt, Samuel. "More Gift and Legwork than Luck." International Herald Tribune, 1987 May 20 |
| Fallon, Peter, circa 1986 , 3 items | ||
| A poet and publisher, Fallon was born in Germany on February 26, 1951, to parents of Irish descent. He was educated at Trinity College, Dublin. In February of 1970, he founded the Galley Press which is responsible for publishing many of Ireland's best poets and writers. Among his own volumes are Among the Walls (1971); Coincidence of Flesh (1973); Winter Work (1983); and News of the World: Selected Poems (1993). | ||
| 1 | F6 | Carbon copy of autograph letter (not signed), 1986 September 19 , 1 p. |
| To Fallon from Clark. | ||
| 1 | F6 | Ephemera |
| Clark's handwritten notes of introduction for Fallon's lecture at UMass Publicity flier for Fallon's Dublin-based press, The Gallery Press. | ||
| Heaney, Seamus, 1975-1987 , 15 items | ||
| Heaney (1939 - ) has written ten books of poetry, including Death of a Naturalist (1966); Door Into Dark (1969); After Summer (1978) and The Spirit Level (1996). He has also published three volumes of essays and an adaptation of Philoctetes' The Cure at Troy (1990). He won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1995. | ||
| 1 | F7 | Letters, 1979-1980 , 5 items |
| Writings about Heaney, 5 items | ||
| 1 | F7 | Deane, Seamus. "Talk with Seamus Heaney." New York Times, undated , 2 copies |
| 1 | F7 | Donoghue, Denis. "Review of Seamus Heaney's Field Work." undated |
| 1 | F7 | Hartnett, Michael. "Heaney's World." Irish Times (14 June 1975): 10., 1975 June 14 |
| 1 | F7 | Howard, Philip. "Ulster Poet Wins L1,000 W.H. Smith Award." undated |
| 1 | F7 | O'Connell, Shaun. "Seamus Heaney: Poetry and Power." New Boston Review 1980 September |
| 1 | F7 | Spillane, Margaret. "Penitence for an Irish Poet: Seamus Heaney Confronts his Ghosts." Review of Station Island. Valley Advocate 1987 February 27 |
| 1 | F7 | Webb, W. L. "Irish Poet Wins L1,000 Award." undated |
| 1 | F7 | "In the Mid-Course of His Life." Hibernia. 1979 October 11 |
| Hutchison, Alexander, 1972-1989 , 84 items | ||
| A Scottish poet, Alexander Hutchison now lives in Canada where he continues to write and publish widely. Among his many publications are Mr. Scales at the Auction (1972); Link-Light (1974); Four Poems in Broadside (1977); Flyting (1982); and The Moon Calf (1988). His collection Deep-Tap Tree was published by the University of Massachusetts Press in 1978. | ||
| 1 | F8 | Letters, 1972-1989 , 23 items |
| Enclosed with several letters are signed typescripts of some of Hutchison's poems, including Scales at Scapa Flow, Scales' Prairie Lay, In Brass and In Brimstone I Burn Like a Bell, The Dead-Carn Shifting Slowly in the Drift, The Death of Odinn, and A Slate Rubbed Smooth; also enclosed is a copy of Hutchison's curriculum vitae. | ||
| Writings by Hutchison 1973-1977 , 2 items | ||
| 1 | F8 | Four Poems in Broadside, 1977 |
| Removed to book collection. | ||
| 1 | F8 | Lyke-Wake, 1973 |
| 1 | F8 | Ephemera |
| Including publicity fliers, newspaper clippings, typescript poems, and an audio tape of Hutchison reading from his volume, Kinloss Abbey. | ||
| Johnston, Denis, 1961-1981 , 6 items | ||
| An actor, lawyer, teacher, broadcaster, and war correspondent for the BBC, William Denis Johnston (1901-1984) emerged as a major Irish playwright in the 1970s. Though his first play, Rhapsody in Green was rejected by the Abbey Theater, the Gate Theater did produce his play, and, in 1931, he was named its director. ( Rhapsody in Green was later renamed The Old Lady Says "No!"--a satiric reference to Lady Gregory and the Abbey Theater's rejection.) Johnston later relocated to the United States where he served as professor of English at Amherst and Mount Holyoke, followed by a term as chair of the drama department at Smith College. | ||
| 1 | F9 | Letters, 1963-1975 , 2 items |
| Writings by Johnston | ||
| 1 | F9 | The Old Lady Says "No!" Ed. by Christine St. Peter, 110 pp. |
| 1 | F9 | The Non-Theater of Bertolt Brecht , 2 pp. |
| Ephemera | ||
| 1 | F9 | Program for The Dreaming Dust, 1961 October |
| Produced at the Lyric Players Theater. | ||
| 1 | F9 | Publicity flier for Johnston reading at Mount Holyoke, Faculty Club, [1981?] April 6 |
| 1 | F9 | Advanced specimen copy of The Brazen Horn , 8 pp. |
| Limited to 50 copies. | ||
| MacGreevy, Thomas, 1965 , 2 items | ||
| A critic and a poet, MacGreevy (1893 - 1967) is well known for his friendships with many of Ireland's most renowned writers, including Samuel Beckett, Stephen MacKenna, Denis Devlin, James Joyce, and W.B. Yeats. He is the author of two books of literary criticism on T.S. Eliot and Richard Aldington, and wrote for such publications as The Dial, The Criterion, and Transition. | ||
| Letters, 1965 | ||
| 1 | F10 | Autograph letter signed, 1965 December 8 , 2 pp. |
| To Clark from MacGreevy. | ||
| 1 | F10 | Autograph letter signed, 1965 December 27 , 2 pp. |
| To Clark from MacGreevy. | ||
| MacKenzie, Norman, 1971-1983 , 27 items | ||
| Known as one of the foremost scholars on the work of Gerald Manley Hopkins (1844-1889), MacKenzie is the editor of Early Poetic Manuscripts and Notebooks of Gerald Manley Hopkins in Facsimile (1989) and Later Poetic Manuscripts and Notebooks (1991). He is also the author of The Reader's Guide to Gerald Manley Hopkins (1981) and Poetical Works of Gerald Manly Hopkins (1990). | ||
| 1 | F11 | Letters, 1972 - 1982 , 20 items |
| Writings by MacKenzie 1971-1976 | ||
| 1 | F11 | "On Editing Gerald Manly Hopkins." Queen's Quarterly 78:4 (Winter 1971): 487-502, 1971 Winter |
| 1 | F11 | "Forensic Document Techniques Applied to Literary Manuscripts." The Bodleian Library Record 9:4 (June 1976): 234-239, 1976 June |
| 1 | F11 | "Review of Robert O'Driscoll's Theater and Nationalism in Twentieth-Century Ireland." The Dalhousie Review 15:3 (Fall 1971): 433-435, 1971 Fall |
| Ephemera | ||
| 1 | F11 | Publicity flier for MacKenzie's visit to UMass Amherst, 1972 February 12-13 |
| 1 | F11 | Publicity poster for MacKenzie's talk, "The Monk Gibbon Papers" at Queen's University Archives, 1983 April 13 |
| 1 | F11 | Notes for proposed changes to the constitution of the Canadian Association of Irish Studies, 1976 January 9 |
| 1 | F11 | Student Report Card, Queen's University, for Catherine MacKenzie |
| 1 | F11 | Title page of student paper by Catherine MacKenzie, titled "Learning to Use the Chisel: Aspects of Tragedy in Diarmuid and Grania by George Moore and W.B. Yeats and Lady Gregory's Grania" |
| With four page bibliography. | ||
| Mayhew, George P., 1967-1972 , 32 items | ||
| A scholar of Irish literature, Mayhew is the author of Rage or Raillery: The Swift Manuscripts at the Huntington Library (1967). He is also the co-author, with David R. Clark, of A Tower of Polished Black Stones: Early Versions of Yeats' The Shadowy waters (1971). | ||
| 1 | F12 | Letters, 1967-1972 , 32 items |
| Most of the correspondence between Mayhew and Clark details their joint editorship of W.B. Yeats' The Shadowy Waters manuscripts (See F28). | ||
| McHugh, Roger Joseph, 1966-1989 , 47 items | ||
| A playwright and critic, McHugh (1908- ) served as professor of Anglo-Irish literature and drama at University College, Dublin. He produced a biography of Henry Grattan, as well as two plays performed at the Abbey Theater, Trial at Greenstreet Courthouse (1941), and Rossa (1945), which won the Abbey Theater Prize. He is also the editor of such volumes as Letters to Katherine Tynan (1953); Jonathan Swift 1667-1967 (1967); and Ah, Sweet Dancer: W.B. Yeats, Margot Ruddick, a Correspondence (1970). | ||
| 1 | F13 | Letters, 1966-1979 , 20 items |
| Writings by McHugh | ||
| 1 | F13 | "Fifty Years After," Introduction to J.M. Synge by David H. Greene and Edward M. Stephens. New York: Macmillan Co., 1989., 1989 |
| (One holograph copy and three typed copies) | ||
| Ephemera | ||
| 1 | F13 | Publicity flier for McHugh's lecture, "Ah, Sweet Dancer: New Light on W.B. Yeats," at University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 1970 February 12 , 2 copies |
| 1 | F13 | Brochure for Postgraduate Study in Anglo-Irish Literature at University College, Dublin, 3 copies |
| 1 | F13 | Brochure for Japan Foundation Fellowship Program, 1980-1981 |
| 1 | F13 | Miscellaneous Notes |
| Miller, Liam, 1964-1987 , 33 items | ||
| A native of Mountrath, County Laois, Miller (1924-1987) was trained as an architect and earned his reputation as an award-winning set designer before assuming the directorship of the Lantern Theater. Miller was a respected authority on Yeats and Irish theater and published widely on both subjects. In 1951, Miller established Dolmen Press, which published many of Ireland's most respected poets and writers (see F31). | ||
| 1 | F14 | Letters, 1964-1987 , 19 items |
| Reviews, 1964-1977 | ||
| 1 | F14 | Boland, Eavan. "Review of David R. Clark's W.B. Yeats and the Theater of Desolate Reality." The Dublin Magazine 4.1 (Spring 1965): 71-72., 1965 Spring |
| 1 | F14 | Donoghue, Denis. "Players and the Painted Stage: Review of Liam Miller's The Noble Drama of W.B. Yeats." Hibernia. Vol. 41 No. 23 (October 1977)., 1977 October |
| 1 | F14 | Mercier, Vivian. "Review of David R. Clark's W.B. Yeats and the Theater of Desolate Reality." Modern Drama Vol.8 No.3, (December 1964): 357-58., 1964 December |
| 1 | F14 | Peschmann, Hermann. "Review of David R. Clark's W.B. Yeats and the Theater of Desolate Reality." English Vol. 16 No. 92 (Summer 1966): 67-69., 1966 Summer |
| Publicity fliers | ||
| 1 | F14 | "Stage Design at the Abbey Theater." Lecture by Liam Miller at the University of Massachusetts., October 23 , 7 copies |
| With autograph note: "Please run off as many of these as possible for distribution as far as possible. D.R. Clark." | ||
| 1 | F14 | For Miller's The Noble Drama of W.B. Yeats. Dublin: Dolmen Press, 1977 |
| 1 | F14 | For The New Yeats Papers, I - VIII, published by Dolmen Press, 1973 |
| Writings About Miller, 1987 | ||
| 1 | F14 | de Breadun, Deaglan. "Tributes Paid to Liam Miller." The Irish Times. May 20, 1987: 10., 1987 May 20 |
| 1 | F14 | "Liam Miller, publisher, dies at 63." The Irish Times. May 18, 1987: 9., 1987 May 18 |
| Ephemera | ||
| 1 | F14 | Canadian Association for Irish Studies Newsletter, Vol. 2 No. 1 (Spring 1987), 1987 Spring |
| 1 | F14 | Etching of Miller by John Coughlin, 2 copies |
| 1 | F14 | Programs for Yeats Centenary: The Death of Cuchulainn, [undated], and Silk on the Sword-Blade, Lantern Theater, July 21-31, 1965, 1965 July 21-31 |
| Montague, John, 1965-1977 , 4 items | ||
| Born in Brooklyn in 1929, Montague was raised in Ireland and attended University College, Dublin where he was graduated with a B.A. in English and History. He earned an M.F.A from the University of Iowa in 1955. Among his published volumes are Poisoned Lands (1961); Death of the Chieftain (1964, republished in 1991 as An Occasion of Sin); The Dead Kingdom (1984); and Figure in the Cave and Other Essays (1989). He is currently a Distinguished Professor in the Writers' Institute at SUNY-Albany. | ||
| 1 | F15 | Publicity flier |
| For "Poetry in Ireland Today." Montague's Lecture at Hampshire College sponsored by the Five College Irish Studies Seminar | ||
| Ephemera | ||
| 1 | F15 | Clark's notes of introduction to Montague's lecture |
| 1 | F15 | Calendar of Irish Studies Program, 1977 |
| 1 | F15 | Notes by Antonia S. Booth from a summer class taught by Montague, 40 pp. |
| Moore, John Rees, 1966-1977 , 3 items | ||
| A scholar of Irish literature, Moore helped establish The Hollins Critic in 1964 with Louis D. Rubin, Jr. | ||
| 1 | F16 | Letter, 1977 , 1 item |
| Writings by Moore | ||
| 1 | F16 | "Now Yeats Has Gone: Three Irish Poets." The Hollins Critic 3:2 (April 1966): 6-13., 1966 April |
| 1 | F16 | "Summary of Yeats as a Last Romantic." Virginia Quarterly Review, 37: 432-449. |
| Murphy, Richard, 1963-1978 , 32 items | ||
| Educated at Magdalen College, Oxford, Murphy (1927 - ) published his first volume of poetry, The Archeology of Love, the same year he earned his B.A., 1955. He held numerous jobs before he began his own fishing and tourism business in Cleggan. Among his published works are Sailing to the Island (1963); High Island (1974); The Price of Stone (1985); and The Mirrored Wall (1989). Murphy is the recipient of several awards, including the AE Memorial Prize for Poetry and the Guinness Award for Poetry. | ||
| 1 | F17 | Letters, 1963 - 1978 , 16 items |
| Most of the correspondence details Murphy's lecture tours of northeastern United States. | ||
| Writings by Murphy, 6 items | ||
| 1 | F17 | Selections from a Work in Progress: "Elegy for a Battle," undated , 9 pp. |
| Typed manuscript signed. Also includes photocopies of "Eclogue in the Louvre," and "September on the Embankment". | ||
| 1 | F17 | "The God Who Eats Corn." The Reporter. 30:10 (1964): 34 -38. 1964 |
| Off-print; with typed note: "This copy of THE REPORTER is being sent to you at the request of Richard Murphy whose verse, "The God Who Eats Corn" appears on page 34"; first page inscribed: "To David Clark / from Richard Murphy / Cleggan 1964"; also includes an additional copy of The Reporter. | ||
| Ephemera, 10 items | ||
| 1 | F17 | Photograph of Murphy |
| Inscribed on back: "Please return to David Clark / English Dept / U of M" | ||
| 1 | F17 | Biographical and Bibliographical notes about Murphy, 3 pp. |
| Typed manuscript signed. | ||
| 1 | F17 | Original mimeographed flier promoting Murphy's 1964 lecture tour, circa 1964 , 2 copies |
| Also includes Clark's 3 pp. handwritten draft of flier. | ||
| 1 | F17 | Clark's handwritten notes of introduction for Murphy's 1964 lecture circa 1964, , 4 pp. |
| Also includes typed copy, 2 pp. | ||
| 1 | F17 | Publicity flier for lecture tour of Murphy and Ted Hughes, 1970 Fall |
| 1 | F17 | Publicity flier for Murphy's 1964 lecture series, circa 1964 , 3 pp. |
| Published by Wide World Lecture Bureau, Inc.; also includes publicity flier for lecture by J. Donald Adams, published by aforementioned company | ||
| Murphy, William, 1967-1987 , 17 items | ||
| 1 | F18 | Letters, 1976-1981 , 10 items |
| Most are from Murphy to Robert O'Driscoll and vice versa and detail the development of the Yeats' Studies Series and its difficulty securing funding for a project that involves scholars from several countries; Clark is always carbon copied; enclosed with one letter is a photocopy of Yeats' report card from the Godolphin School, Hammersmith, for Spring Term, 1877 | ||
| Writing by Murphy, 5 items | ||
| 1 | F18 | Photocopy of "Father and Son: The Early Education of William Butler Yeats." A Review of English Literature. 8:4 (October 1967): 75-96., 1967 October |
| 1 | F18 | Photocopy of typescript of The Shadowy Waters, by William Butler Yeats, 9 pp. |
| Includes letter from Murphy asking Clark to compare the two versions of the manuscript, and Clark's carbon copy reply that the typescripts are, in fact, different (2 copies). | ||
| Ephemera, 2 items | ||
| 1 | F18 | Publicity flier for Murphy's book, The Parnell Myth and Irish Politics, 1891 - 1956Washington, D.C.: American University Studies, 1987 |
| 1 | F18 | Clark's handwritten notes regarding Murphy's lecture at UMass, 3 pp. |
| Murray, Alexander, 1984 , 6 items | ||
| Professor of Irish Studies at University College, Oxford. | ||
| Letters, 1984 , 4 items | ||
| 1 | F19 | Typed letter signed, 1984 March 17 , 1 p. |
| From Clark to Murray asking permission to reprint a letter to W.B. Yeats from Glibert Murray; with A. Murray's autograph response, dated November 4, 1984 (3 copies) | ||
| 1 | F19 | Typed letter, copy (unsigned), 1984 April 14 , 1 p. |
| From Clark to Murray; with 3 pp. Typed manuscript photocopy of the Yeats letter in question (2 copies) | ||
| O'Casey, Sean, 1957 - 1989 , 7 items | ||
| Born in Dublin, O'Casey (1880 - 1964) is considered one of Ireland's most gifted playwrights. Many of his plays, including The Shadow of a Gunman (1923), Juno and the Paycock (1924), and The Plough and the Stars (1926) were first produced at Dublin's noted Abbey Theater. O'Casey moved to England in 1926 to escape the negative publicity his plays received due to their highly politicized content. | ||
| Letter, 1981 , 1 item | ||
| 1 | F20 | Typed letter signed, 1981 May 28 |
| To Clark from Robert Lowry, editor of the Sean O'Casey Review. | ||
| Programs, 1957-1966 , 4 items | ||
| 1 | F20 | The Plough and the Stars. Abbey Theater, 1957 October 28-30 |
| 1 | F20 | The Plough and the Stars. Bolton Street College of Technology, Dramatic Society, 1966 January 18-19 |
| 1 | F20 | Pictures in the Hallway. Lantern Theater, 1965 August |
| 1 | F20 | Pictures in the Hallway. Eblana Theater, 1965 November |
| Writing by Casey, 1989 , 1 item | ||
| 1 | F20 | Cock-A-Doodle-Dandy. Ed. David Krause. Washington, D.C.: The Catholic University of America Press, 1989., 100 pp. |
| With a 1 pp. cover letter from the publisher dated May 26, 1989. | ||
| O'Clerigh, Gearoid, circa 1975-1978 , 26 items | ||
| Irish poet. | ||
| 1 | F21 | Letters, 1975-1976 , 4 items |
| 1 | F21 | Writings by O'Clerigh |
| Twenty-one photocopied poems including Purpose, Dedication, Even Solomon was not Arrayed, Praise of Athens, and Briciollach O Buachalla. | ||
| 1 | F21 | Ephemera |
| Invitation to a reception in celebration of Thomas Kinsella's Peppercanister Poems, 1972-1978 and Poems, 1955-1973, and John Montague's The Rough Field at the Consulate General of Ireland, November 28, [no year]. | ||
| O'Connor, Frank, 1982 , 2 items | ||
| O'Connor, a pseudonym for Michael O'Donovan (1903-1966) is best known as one of Ireland's foremost short story writers, though he also wrote novels, criticism, poetry, a biography of Michael Collins ( The Big Fellow, 1937), and several autobiographical works. An impassioned writer, his political convictions often found their way into his fiction and poetry. Among his many publications are the short story collections Guests of the Nation (1931); Bones of Contention and Other Stories (1936); Crab Apple Jelly (1944); Domestic Relations (1957); and The Coronet Player who Betrayed Ireland (1981). | ||
| Typescript, circa 1982 | ||
| 1 | F22 | O'Connor, Frank and Hugh Hunt. Moses' Rock: A Play in Three Acts. Ed. Ruth Sherry. Washington, D.C.: Catholic University Press, 1983. circa 1982 , 167 pp. |
| With 1 p. cover letter to Clark from Bob Mahony, dated 1982 October 26. | ||
| O'Driscoll, Robert, 1967-1986 | ||
| Professor at Saint Michael's College in Toronto, Ontario. He is the author of several volumes about Ireland and, specifically, the history of Irish theater, including Theater and Nationalism in Twentieth Century Ireland (1971); Yeats and the Theater (1975); Symbolism and Some Implications of the Symbolic Approach: W.B. Yeats During the Eighteen Nineties (1975); and The Celtic Consciousness (1982). O'Driscoll also founded the Yeats Studies Series, considered by many to be the foremost study of the life and work of Yeats. | ||
| 1 | F23 | 1967-1978 , 55 items |
| 1 | F24 | 1986 , 2 items |
| Ephemera, circa 1970-1982 | ||
| 1 | F23 | Program, "Faces of Ireland in the Eighteenth Century," Third Inter-university Seminar in Irish Studies, University of Toronto, 1970 February 4-8 |
| 1 | F23 | Program, "Theater and the Visual Arts," Fourth Inter-university Seminar in Irish Studies, University of Toronto, 1970 February 10-14 |
| 1 | F23 | Minutes of the Canadian Irish Studies Committee Meeting, 1972 March 18 , 12 pp. |
| 1 | F23 | Program, "Theater and Nationalism in Twentieth Century Ireland", 2 copies |
| 1 | F23 | Program, "A Soundscape of Ireland, Musical Performance by Treasa O'Driscoll" |
| 1 | F23 | Program, "Sound and Lighting History of the Abbey Theater, and The Death of Culchain" by W.B. Yeats |
| 1 | F23 | Application for research grant from the Connaught Committee for the Yeats Studies Series, partially filled in by O'Driscoll |
| 1 | F23 | Information concerning the Connaught Committee's rejection of the Yeats Studies proposal, 7 pp. |
| 1 | F23 | Photocopied press releases and reviews of Treasa O'Driscoll, 9 pp. |
| 1 | F23 | Program, "Canada and the Celtic Consciousness: A Symposium," 1978 February 12-15 |
| 1 | F24 | Program, "Celtic Studies, Major and Minor Programmes, 1981-1982," 1981 |
| Saint Michael's College, University of Toronto. | ||
| 1 | F24 | Program, "A James Joyce Centenary Festival," 1982 January 28-February 9 |
| Saint Michael's College. | ||
| 1 | F24 | Publicity flier for O'Driscoll lecture at Northeastern University, November 8 |
| 1 | F24 | Publicity flier, art exhibit by Anne Yeats, Saint Michael's College, undated |
| Includes Yeats' poem "A Prayer for My Daughter." | ||
| 1 | F24 | Press Release, The Speckled Bird, by W.B. Yeats |
| Third volume in the Yeats Studies Series, published by Macmillan of Canada. | ||
| 1 | F24 | Newspaper clipping, undated |
| "St. Michael's Professor Lands W.B. Yeats Project." | ||
| Writings by O'Driscoll | ||
| 1 | F24 | "A Greater Renaissance: The Revolt of the Soul Against the Intellect", 14 pp. |
| Typed manuscript signed (photocopy). | ||
| 1 | F24 | "Dragon's Teeth: Essays for the Centenary of Sir Samuel Ferguson, 1810-1886", 8 pp. |
| Typed notes and outline. | ||
| 1 | F24 | "Scholarly Edition of the Manuscript of Yeats' Plays", 15 pp. |
| Autographed notes. | ||
| 1 | F24 | Proposal for volume entitled "The Irish in Canada", 3 pp. |
| Autograph notes and outline | ||
| Material Related to the Yeats Studies Series | ||
| 1 | F24 | Brochure, "John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowships, 1986" |
| 1 | F24 | Application, Guggenheim Fellowship, 6 pp. |
| Partially filled in by O'Driscoll. | ||
| 1 | F24 | Application, Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada, 16 pp. |
| 1 | F24 | Request for recommendation, Social Science and Humanities Research Council, 2 pp. |
| Addressed to Clark. | ||
| 1 | F24 | Clark's holograph rough draft of O'Driscoll recommendation, 3 pp. |
| 1 | F24 | Description of the Yeats Studies Series, 6 pp. |
| 1 | F24 | Notes, 24 pp. |
| Suggested guidelines for the catalogue of Yeats manuscripts to be published in the Yeats Studies Series (4 copies). | ||
| O'Malley, Mary, circa 1959-1981 | ||
| Born in Connemara and educated at University College, Galway, O'Malley is currently the Director of the Lyric Players Theater in Belfast. She is also the editor of the periodical, Threshold. Her published volumes of poetry include A Consideration of Silk (1990); Where the Rocks Float (1993); and The Knife in the Wave (1997). | ||
| 1 | F25 | Letters, 1963-1965 , 9 items |
| Writings by O'Malley | ||
| 1 | F25 | "Irish Theater Letter," undated , 8 pp. |
| Typed manuscript signed. Includes 2 pp. typed list of all the Lyric's productions (3 copies); written for special Irish edition of The Massachusetts Review. | ||
| Ephemera, circa 1959-1981 | ||
| 1 | F25 | Lyric Players Theater, Annual Report for the 1962-1963 season, circa 1963 , 5 pp. |
| Typed manuscript signed. | ||
| 1 | F25 | Lyric Players Theater, Annual Report for the 1963-1964 season, circa 1964 , 2 pp. |
| Typed manuscript signed. | ||
| 1 | F25 | List of Lyric Players productions from 1951-1964, circa 1964 , 2 pp. |
| Typed manuscript signed. | ||
| 1 | F25 | List of Special Productions of the Lyric Players, 1959-1962, circa 1962 , 1 p. |
| Typed manuscript signed. | ||
| 1 | F25 | Publication, The Lyric Players, 1951 - 1959, circa 1959 |
| 1 | F25 | Typed letter, circa 1981 |
| From Conor O'Malley and publicity for his forthcoming History of the Lyric Players Theater, 1951 - 1981. | ||
| Stalworthy, Jon, circa 1964-1984 | ||
| Born in 1935, Stalworthy was educated at Magdalen College, Oxford, where he received a B.A. in English literature and, later, a B.Litt for his thesis on Yeats, published in 1963 as Between the Lines: W.B. Yeats' Poetry in the Making. Stalworthy is also the author of several volumes of poetry, including The Anatomy of Love (1963), and Out of Bounds (1963). A former professor at Cornell University, Stalworthy was also instrumental in the establishment of the Cornell Yeats Series. | ||
| 1 | F26 | Letters, circa 1964-1984 , 23 items; 27 pp. (26 leaves) |
| Also includes one page of handwritten notes by unknown author, as well as four photocopied pages from an unidentified source. | ||
| Weber, Richard, circa 1964-1984 | ||
| An Irish poet, Weber is the author of several volumes, including The Time Being: A Poem in Three Parts (1957); O'Reilly: Poems (1957); Lady and Gentleman (1963); Stephen's Green Revisited (1968); and A Few Small Ones (1971). | ||
| 1 | F27 | Letters, 1964-1984 , 54 items |
| Most of these letters were written to Clark from Weber; there are also several typed and handwritten drafts of letters of recommendation Clark wrote for Weber. Also included are two photographs of Weber and his wife; and five copies of Weber's three-page curriculum vitae; two copies of Sigrid Weber's curriculum vitae. | ||
| 1 | F27 | Writings by Weber 1966-1984 , 17 items |
| Also included are 17 typescript poems, many with autograph notes, and one newspaper clipping from the September 1970 issue of Hibernia. Among those poems in the collection are Preacher, Reflection, A Visit to the Bridge House: For Austin Clarke, and Birthday Letter from America. | ||
| A Tower of Polished Black Stones, 1966 | ||
| Written by David R. Clark and George Mayhew, A Tower of Polished Black Stones was five years in the making. It was supposed to have been published by Gehenna Press, with designs by Leonard Baskin and sketches by W.B. Yeats. The manuscript was finally published by Dolmen Press without Baskin's designs, even though his name still appears on the title page. Most of the correspondence in F12 (George Mayhew) is related to its somewhat rocky publication history. | ||
| Visible Array: Yeats's Theater of Dream and Reality, 1982-1983 , 5 items | ||
| Written by David R. Clark and published in 1983 by the Dolmen Press in Ireland and Syracuse University Press in the United States, Visible Array won international praise and secured Clark's position as a Yeats' scholar. | ||
| 1 | F29 | One cover letter from Clark to Dolmen's Liam Miller, 1983 July 26 , 1 p. |
| Typed letter, copy. | ||
| 1 | F29 | Proofs to the introduction and preface to the volume, circa 1982-1983 , 20 pp. |
| With holograph notations. | ||
| 1 | F29 | Eleven designs (photocopied) for the book jacket and cover, circa 1982-1983 |
| 1 | F29 | Publicity flier for Visible Array from Dolmen Press, circa 1982-1983 , 2 copies |
| Cornell Press Yeats Series, 1966-1977 , 5 items | ||
| Correspondence and ephemera related to the establishment of the Cornell University Yeats Manuscript Series in 1977. The eight-member editorial board consisted of Phillip Marcus, Steven Parrish, Ann Saddlemeyer, Jon Stallworthy, George Harper, William Murphy, Richard J. Finneran, and David R. Clark. They proposed to publish between twenty and thirty volumes of the manuscripts to Yeats's plays, poems, prose, and family papers. | ||
| 1 | F30 | Letters, 1966-1977 , 4 items |
| Dolmen Press, circa 1960-1984 , 6 items | ||
| Founded in Dublin in 1951 by Liam and Josephine Miller, the Dolmen Press has a long tradition of publishing Ireland's foremost writers of fiction, drama, biographies, bibliographies, and especially poetry. The press is also known for the quality of its illustrations and has showcased the work of such well respected graphic artists as Tate Adams, Jack Coughlin, S.W. Hayter, and Anne Yeats. | ||
| Ephemera, circa 1960-1984 | ||
| 1 | F31 | Single sheet biography of Padraic Colum (1881-1972) 1972 |
| Printed by Dolmen Press | ||
| 1 | F31 | Brochure from Graphic Studio Dublin, circa 1960s , 11 pp. |
| With description of upcoming classes such as lithography, etching, wood cutting, etc. | ||
| 1 | F31 | List of the files of Dolmen Press, circa 1960-1984 , 12 pp. |
| Compiled by Michael J. Durkan, Olin Library, Wesleyan University | ||
| 1 | F31 | Dolmen Press stock list, 1973 , 4 pp. |
| 1 | F31 | Dolmen Press Books 1984, 1984 |
| Catalogue of new publications, including Clark's Visible Array. | ||
| 1 | F31 | Brochure for Elo 70, exhibition of Irish publishers including Dolmen Press, circa 1960-1984 |
| Catalogue of new publications, including Clark's Visible Array. | ||