Scope and Contents
The collection consists of correspondence, writings, notebooks, clippings, writings of others, photographs, awards, student papers, teaching papers, audiovisual materials, and digital media documenting the life and work of poet John Koethe. Correspondence includes letters from other poets and writers including John Ashbery, Robert Dash, John Godfrey, Mary Kinzie, David Lehman, James Schuyler, Susan Stewart, and others. Writings include drafts of books by Koethe, individual poems, and other writings. Writings of others include manuscripts by John Ashbery, John Godfrey, and others.
Dates
- 1960 - 2021
Creator
- Koethe, John, 1945- (Author)
Information about Access
This collection is open for research.
Boxes 28 and 30 (audiovisual materials): Restricted fragile material. Reference copies may be requested. Consult Access Services for further information.
Box 29 (mold damaged photographs): Restricted fragile material. For further information consult the appropriate curator.
Box 30 (born digital): Restricted fragile material. Reference copies of electronic files may be requested. Consult Access Services for further information.
Box 37 (student works): Restricted until 2085. For further information consult the appropriate curator.
Ownership & Copyright
The John Koethe Papers is the physical property of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University. Literary rights, including copyright, belong to the authors or their legal heirs and assigns. For further information, consult the appropriate curator.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Granary Books, Inc. on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 2011 and on the Danford N. Barney, Jr. Fund, 2024.
Arrangement
Organized into twelve groupings: I. Correspondence, circa 1960s-2009. II. Writings, 1960s-2011. III. Notebooks, 1966-1969. IV. Clippings and printed material, 1965-2010. V. Writings of others, 1949-2010. VI. Photographs, 1970s-2000s. VII. Awards and memorabilia, 1959-1963. VIII. Student and teaching papers, 1967-2000s. IX. Other papers, 1960s-2000s. X. Audiovisual material, 1987-2008, undated. XI. Electronic media, 2005, undated. XII. February 2024 Acquisition, 1983-2021.
Extent
18.88 Linear Feet (38 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Catalog Record
A record for this collection is available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog
Persistent URL
John Koethe
John Koethe (1945- ) is an American poet, essayist, and retired professor of philosophy at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee.
Processing Information
Collections are processed to a variety of levels, depending on the work necessary to make them usable, their perceived research value, the availability of staff, competing priorities, and whether or not further accruals are expected. The library attempts to provide a basic level of preservation and access for all collections as they are acquired, and does more extensive processing of higher priority collections as time and resources permit.
This collection received a basic level of processing, including rehousing and minimal organization.
Information included in the Description of Papers note and Collection Contents section is drawn from information supplied with the collection and from an initial survey of the contents. Folder titles appearing in the contents list below are often based on those provided by the creator or previous custodian. Titles have not been verified against the contents of the folders in all cases. Otherwise, folder titles are supplied by staff during initial processing.
This finding aid may be updated periodically to account for new acquisitions to the collection and/or revisions in arrangement and description.
- American poetry -- 20th Century
- American poetry -- 21st century
- Ashbery, John, 1927-2017
- Audiovisual materials
- Born digital
- Dash, Robert
- Godfrey, John, 1945-
- Kinzie, Mary
- Koethe, John, 1945-
- Lehman, David, 1948-
- Photographs
- Poets -- United States -- 20th century
- Poets -- United States -- 21st century
- Poets, American -- 20th Century -- Archives
- Poets, American -- 21st century -- Archives
- Schuyler, James
- Stewart, Susan, 1952-
- Title
- Guide to the John Koethe Papers
- Author
- by Beinecke staff
- Date
- July 2019
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Part of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library Repository
Location
121 Wall Street
New Haven, CT 06511
Opening Hours
Access Information
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