Manuscripts

Correspondence and biographical

Description: Correspondence, primarily from Robert Mezey to Eileen Senner and dating from approximately 1991-2008. Also biographical articles and clippings, ephemera related to poetry readings and other events, and some photographs of Mezey in college and as an older man.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1959-2000s
Call number: mssMezey
Creator: Senner, Eileen(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Eileen Senner, September 2023.
Restrictions: Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.

Eileen Senner collection on Robert Mezey

Manuscripts

Correspondence, photographs, writings, publications, and ephemera related to the poet Robert Mezey, collected by his former romantic partner Eileen Senner. Correspondence consists primarily of postcards and letters from Mezey to Senner, some including poetry. Writings include copies of publications in which Mezey's poetry appeared, broadsides, photocopies, and a small amount of handwritten notes related to his E.A. Robinson and Thomas Hardy projects. The collection also includes biographical articles and clippings, ephemera related to poetry readings and other events, and several photographs of Mezey.

mssMezey

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Writings

Manuscripts

Writings of Robert Mezey, including publications in which his poetry appeared, a few of his books, broadsides, photocopies, and some handwritten notes about his E.A. Robinson and Thomas Hardy projects. Most of the material is from the 1990s; a few of the publications are inscribed to Eileen Senner.

mssMezey

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Broadsides and posters

Manuscripts

Poetry broadsides primarily authored by Dana Gioia, with a few by other poets. Also includes posters either featuring Gioia's poetry, or advertising poetry readings by him. Box 80 includes an incomplete set of The Printed Poem, The Poem as Print, an oversize broadside series edited by Dana Gioia and Alastair Reid, printed by James Trissel, and published by the Press at Colorado College. Posters include two samples of advertising used in the Los Angeles and New York City public transit systems featuring Gioia's poetry, and a few posters for Gioia's poetry readings. Box 81 includes broadsides printed by Michael Peich (Aralia Press, Green Library Press); Norman Clayton; and others including hit & run press, Red Hen Press, and Salt-Works Press.

mssGioia

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L.A. Weekly. v. 16 no. 16

Rare Books

Content: "Readings" (event listing - short paragraph about the "Charles Bukowski Poetry Memorial", held at "To the Curb" Bookstore in Los Angeles, March 20th, 1994), p. 120

602814

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TV Commercials

Manuscripts

Format of original: Reel Promoting energy savings in the home, man in shower, electric stovetop, thermostat. Founded in 1886, SCE is the largest electric utility in California. The Edison archive contains films from and for the company, circa 1900-2008, documenting the development of electric, hydro-electric, nuclear, and solar power.

SCE MP 018

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Professional correspondence and papers

Manuscripts

The professional correspondence (1963-2015), includes letters, notes, telegrams, faxes, cards, postcards from publishers, organizations, other writers, and readers. All letters are addressed to Paul Theroux unless otherwise noted; some folders also include correspondence from Paul Theroux. The agreements, literary contracts, correspondence, and royalty statements (1966-2015), include publishers, magazines and other publications, and literary agencies. The works by others (1969-2008), include a film treatment, novels, essays, poems, short stories, and a memoir written by, among others, Etienne Leroux, Alexander Theroux, Louis Theroux, Marcel Theroux, and Moritz Thomsen.

mssTheroux

Correspondence and biographical

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