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Introduction | Biographical Sketch | Scope and Content | Series Description | Inventory

Introduction

The Carol Bergé Collection was purchased by the Center for Archival Collections, Jerome Library, Bowling Green State University, in 1993. Additional correspondence dating from 1983-1985 was donated by the author in February 1994. The collection consists of correspondence, subject files relating to poets and poetry publishing, literary manuscripts, and a supporting book and periodical collection, dealing with American poet/author Carol Bergé and her circle. It complements and supports the Rare Books and Special Collections Division's modern poetry collection. Related collections include the Thomas F. Eckman Memorial Collection, the Virginia Stranahan Collection, the Robert Peters Collection, and the BGSU Creative Writing Program Collection.

This collection is open for scholarly use. No material from Berge's unpublished manuscripts or published works may be copied or quoted without permission of Carol Berge's literary executor. Researchers are responsible for securing copyright permission when using all unpublished manuscripts and published works, whether authored by Bergé or by other writers whose works are found in this collection.

The finding aid was prepared by Lee N. McLaird, Curator of Rare Books and Special Collections in 1996, revised in April 1997 and January 2007.

Biographical Sketch

Carol Bergé was born in Manhattan October 4, 1928, daughter of Albert Peppis, and attended the Fieldston School there and schools in Westchester and Florida. She attended New York University and Columbia, studying social sciences, literature and fine arts, for over nine years, dismissing the option of a degree program. During the years 1946-1955, while attending college, she worked full-time for well-known publishing and advertising firms. In 1955, she married Jack Berge, an Argentine working in foreign trade. A son, Peter, was born in 1956. After a divorce, Bergé traveled alone and with Makoto Oda in Europe. In 1960, she won custody of her son and began a long association with the Deux Megots group of writers and other artists in New York City, where they lived. Her poetry was published widely; she was part of the Fluxus multimedia activities as well as reading from her work at coffeeshops and schools. She listed her early influences as Malinowski, Benedict, Mead, Kluckhohn, Freuchen, Twain, Dickens, Shakespeare, the Brontes, DuMaurier, Poe (the stories), Conan Doyle, Saki, Browning, and Chaucer. Among her contemporaries, she listed as authors she respected Donald Phelps, Fielding Dawson, John Cage, Amiri Baraka, Jackson Mac Low, and Howard McCord. In 1963, she began to move earnestly into fiction writing. The collection of stories, A Couple Called Moebius, from Bobbs-Merrill, was well-received by reviewers, and was followed by Acts of Love: An American Novel, also from Bobbs-Merrill and well-reviewed. Alongside the fiction publications (eight books, including two published novels), there were eleven books of poetry and many anthology inclusions. Always involved in explorations of new forms and innovative writing, in 1970, she began editing and publishing CENTER Magazine, an important forum for avant-garde writing on an international level. It continued for thirteen issues, eventually resulting in CENTER Press, which published books of fiction and co-published her own summary "Collected" (with Tribal Press), Zebras. CENTER Press also published a first novel by Miriam Sagan and a collection of short fiction by Carl Ginsburg. Many fiction writers had their earliest forays published in CENTER Magazine, which also produced two chapbooks of innovative fiction.

In 1970, in Woodstock, New York, Bergé began a teaching career which she continued throughout her life; she wrote and published a second novel (Acts of Love) and continued to develop a career as a collector of and dealer in antiques. She bought and renovated a 110-year-old farmhouse property in Woodstock, the first of eight such rehab projects.

Over the next thirty-five years, Bergé taught at some fifteen universities, traveled extensively, and lived in several countries, settling eventually in Santa Fe, New Mexico, where she owned and managed The Blue Gate, an antiques and art gallery, while she continued to write, teach, edit, and co-author. She was an inveterate correspondent as well. Her own fuller description of her life as a writer can be found in Volume 10 of Contemporary Authors Autobiography Series. Bergé died in Santa Fe, New Mexico on February 12, 2006.

Scope and Content

The Carol Bergé Collection consists of personal correspondence, manuscripts, photographs, subject/clipping files, periodicals and books.

The largest section is the correspondence files, including incoming and outgoing correspondence from 1983-1997. Bergé was a prolific letter-writer, and her friendships and intellectual life are fully revealed in these files. Topics in the correspondence cover poetry, poets, fiction, and publishing in the last years of the twentieth century. Many notable writers appear among her correspondents, including Judson Crews, Howard McCord, Eugene K. Garber, George Hitchcock, Ronald Tavel, Miriam Sagan, Robert Peters, and Diane Wakoski. The collection is particularly valuable in notating Berge's outgoing correspondence. She wrote extensively to students, providing critiques of their work and provided valuable insights into her own creative processes and personal history. Berge's early manuscripts are housed at the University of Texas-Austin (1960-1969) and at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri (1970-1983).

A section of project correspondence (1983-1997) documents Berge's activities in seeing manuscripts through publication, her CENTER Magazine, working with Althea Carlson and Margaret Price on books, and work related to her business, Blue Gate, dealing with employees and hosting exhibitions.

The subject and clipping files include biographical information about Bergé and many of her fellow authors, as well as subjects of interest to Bergé personally and professionally.

Manuscripts of poetry and prose through many drafts (dating from 1975 to 1997) illustrate Berge's writing technique. As an editor, teacher, and mentor to younger writers, Berge's commentary on others' manuscripts illuminates her own views of the writers' life and goals. The manuscripts sent to her by other writers give an indication of the range of material Bergé worked with, both as teacher and as editor.

A complete list of Berge's personal library can be gleaned from the BGSU online catalog, valuable for inscriptions documenting personal and professional relationships as well as revealing the range of Berge's reading. All of her published books are included.

The periodicals in the collection (a complete list is included) document the rest of Berge's published works. Especially notable are the examples from alternative presses of the 1960s and 1970s.

Series Description

CORRESPONDENCE

CORRESPONDENCE - PERSONAL
1985-1996, 759 folders
Arranged alphabetically by correspondent, then chronologically. A complete index of correspondents is found at the end of this register.

CORRESPONDENCE - JUDSON CREWS
1986-1996; 19 folders
Arranged chronologically
Includes correspondence with John McLoughlin.

CORRESPONDENCE - BUSINESS PROJECTS
1970s-1996; 44 folders
Arranged by topic, then chronologically

CORRESPONDENCE - LIGHT YEARS PROJECT
1993-1996; 51 folders
Arranged alphabetically by correspondent, then chronologically
Filed following sound recordings
Documents a project to prepare a history of the poets of the 1960s

SUBJECT FILES

SUBJECT FILES A - Z
1970s-1995; 35 folders
Arranged by subject
Includes promotional material about published works, poets and presses, and photocopies of published poetry signed by the poets.

LITERARY PRODUCTIONS

MANUSCRIPTS (LITERARY) - CAROL BERGÉ
1960-1996; 83 folders
Arranged alphabetically by title
Includes poetry and prose

MANUSCRIPTS (LITERARY) - OTHER WRITERS
1980s-1996; 83 folders
Arranged alphabetically by author
Includes drafts of single works and collections sent to Bergé by the authors.

MANUSCRIPTS (LITERARY) - LIGHT YEARS PROJECT
1993-1996; 34 folders
Arranged alphabetically by author
Includes drafts of works intended for Light Years project. Filed following sound recordings

SCRAPBOOK MATERIAL

CLIPPINGS
1970s-1995, scattered dates; 9 folders
Arranged by subject
Includes newspaper and periodical clippings

PRINTED MATERIAL

EPHEMERA
1960s-1996, scattered dates; 39 folders
Includes pamphlets, posters, bookmarks, postcards, etc.

PERIODICALS
1940s-1996, scattered dates
A complete list of periodicals is available in the repository. Many document printed appearances by Bergé.

BOOKS
1940s-1995
All books are available through the BGSU Online catalog

PHOTOGRAPHIC AND ART MATERIAL

PHOTOGRAPHS
1940s-1995, scattered dates; 18 folders
Arranged by format and date
Most photographs document family and friends of Bergé. Some photographs from Judson Crews have letters on the back and are filed in that section of correspondence.

ARTWORK - BERGÉ AND OTHERS
1980s-1996; 12 folders
Includes original artwork by Bergé, Philip Corner, George Hitchcock, Lynda Koolish, and Sue LeGere.

SOUND RECORDINGS

PHOTOGRAPH RECORDS AND TAPES
Scattered dates; 16 pieces
Arranged alphabetically by poet or title

Inventory

Box 1: Correspondence--Personal

Folder

  1. Abbott, Terry
  2. Abrams, Sam
  3. Abramson, Bob
  4. Academic Book Center
  5. Acheff, Bill and Cathy
  6. Adams, Betsy
  7. Adams, Ted
  8. Adler, Carol
  9. Aglietti, Susan
  10. Ahearn, Allen
  11. Ahern, Tom
  12. Alexander, Floyce
  13. Alexis, Austin
  14. Altman, Leonard
  15. American Biographical Directory
  16. American Poetry Archive
  17. Ames, Terry
  18. Anaya, Rudolfo
  19. Anderson, Elliott
  20. Andre, Michael, 1989-1991
  21. Andre, Michael, 1991-1992
  22. Andre, Michael, 1992-1993
  23. Appel, Rosaire
  24. Applegate, Nancy
  25. Arellano, Romolo
  26. Arenas, Marion
  27. Aronson, Selma Levy
  28. Ashcom, Clifford
  29. Author's League Fund
  30. Bader, Franz
  31. Baer, Tom
  32. Bail, Jay
  33. Baker, Earnest
  34. Balaban, John
  35. Baldinger, JoAnn
  36. Ballantine, David
  37. Barela, Joe and Teresa
  38. Barnard College, Special Collections
  39. Bartkowech, Ray
  40. Bartlett, Elizabeth
  41. Bartlett, Lee
  42. Bastian, Richard
  43. Bates, Peter
  44. Bauer, Betty
  45. Bayes, Ron
  46. Beard, Teresa and Tyler
  47. Beck, Julian
  48. Beck, Peggy
  49. Becker, Anne
  50. Bell, David
  51. Bell, Madison
  52. Benatovich, Beth
  53. Bennett, Evelyn
  54. Bentzen, Anne
  55. Bergé, Cammie
  56. Bergé, Jack
  57. Bergé, Peter, 1984-1989
  58. Bergé, Peter, 1990-1996

Box 2: Correspondence - Personal

Folders

  1. Bertholet, Virginia
  2. Bettina
  3. Bingham, Sallie
  4. Birk, Nancy
  5. Blount, Brian
  6. Blumenreich, Jack
  7. Blumenreich, Julia, 1983-1984
  8. Blumenreich, Julia, 1985
  9. Blumenreich, Julia, 1986-1988
  10. Bly, Carol
  11. Bobbs-Merrill Company
  12. Boccia, Michael
  13. Boissiere, Robert
  14. Bond, Holly
  15. Bonetti, Kay
  16. Borg, Kari
  17. Botts, May
  18. Bowling Green State University
  19. Bowman, John
  20. Boyer, Glenn
  21. Braman, Sandra
  22. Brennan, Jill W.
  23. Brewer, Darlyn
  24. Brill, Dee
  25. Britton, Burt
  26. Britton, Patricia
  27. rossard, Chandler
  28. Brown, Jean
  29. Browne, Jane Jordan
  30. Buchthal, Hela
  31. Buckeye, Bob
  32. Bunker, Robert
  33. Burbank, Jim
  34. Burnham, Peter
  35. Bush, Larry
  36. Byrd, Bobby
  37. Calyx
  38. Cantalupe, E. G.
  39. Cardinale, Bob
  40. Cardona-Hine, Alvaro
  41. Carlson, Althea
  42. Carol Wright Gifts
  43. Casey, Kevin
  44. Cassells, Cyrus
  45. Cate, Marsie
  46. Center for International Affairs
  47. Chapline, Claudia
  48. Chavez, Denise
  49. Chen, Xiao-ming
  50. Chernoff, Maxine
  51. Chester, Laura
  52. Childs, Barney
  53. Christian, Eddena
  54. Ciccarelli, Rose
  55. Citibank
  56. Clark, George
  57. Clift, G. W.

Box 3: Correspondence - Personal

Folders

  1. Clinkert, Robert J.
  2. Clinton, D.
  3. Cochrane, Shirley
  4. Cockelreas, Charles
  5. Codrescu, Andrei
  6. Cohen, Esther
  7. Colby, Joan
  8. Coleman, Jane
  9. Colorado Council on the Arts
  10. Congdon, Kirby
  11. Conroy, Frank
  12. Cooley, Lisa
  13. Cooper, Edith
  14. Cooper-Marchesi, Susan
  15. Coordinating Council of Literary Magazines (CCLM)
  16. Coover, Robert
  17. Corner, Philip
  18. Cosmetco
  19. Cote, Michael
  20. Coyner, Stephen
  21. Creighton, Jane
  22. Crew, Louis
  23. Cross, William S.
  24. Crossing Press
  25. Cuelho, Art
  26. Dadds, Jerry
  27. Dahan, Bonnie
  28. Dailey, Joel
  29. Darhansoff, Liz
  30. Dawson, Ariel
  31. Dawson, Fielding
  32. DeCormier-Shekerjian, Regina
  33. DeFoe, Mark
  34. DeMaria, Robert
  35. Diester, W. A.
  36. Dixon, Stephen
  37. Dorset, Gerald
  38. Doubiago, Sharon
  39. Dove, Rita
  40. Drake, Albert
  41. Duff, Diane
  42. Duke, Elaine
  43. Dye, Alan
  44. Early, Robert
  45. Earth's Daughters
  46. Eddy, Pat
  47. Edel, Uli
  48. Eigo, J.
  49. Elder, Betty
  50. Ellison, Nancy
  51. Ellithorpe, Paul
  52. Emshwiller, Carol
  53. Epstein, Leslie

Box 4: Correspondence - Personal

Folders

  1. Erdman, Barbara
  2. Ernst, April
  3. Esget, Steve
  4. Ewing, Marilyn
  5. Exile Press
  6. Farley, Blanche
  7. Farrand, Noel
  8. Federman, Raymond
  9. Fein, John
  10. Fein, Judy
  11. Fellows, George
  12. Fenchel, Shirley
  13. Ferlinghetti, Lawrence
  14. Field, Marta
  15. Fishburn, William
  16. Fisher, Allen
  17. Fisher, David
  18. Fisher, Gretchen
  19. Fisher, Tom
  20. Flanagan, Richard
  21. Fletcher, Emery and Susan
  22. Flexner, John
  23. Flynn, Nancy
  24. Forman, Joanne
  25. Fortess, June
  26. Foss, Philip
  27. Fox, Bob
  28. Fox, Hugh
  29. Fox, William
  30. Frankel, Don
  31. Fraser, Kathleen
  32. Frazer, Tony
  33. Freedman, Robert M.
  34. Freeman, Cynthia
  35. Freifeld, Lois
  36. Frey, Julia
  37. Friedlander, Christine
  38. Fromberg, Robert
  39. Frumkin, Gene
  40. Frym, Gloria
  41. Fuller, George
  42. Fulton, Len
  43. Gage, Nancy
  44. Gallant, Gerald
  45. Galois, Katherine
  46. Garber, Eugene K., 1984-1988
  47. Garber, Eugene K., 1990-1994
  48. Garber, Euenge K., 1995-1996
  49. Garmhausen, James
  50. Garon, Beth
  51. Garrison, Peggy
  52. Gathrid, Erin

Box 5: Correspondence - Personal

Folders

  1. Gavronski, Serge
  2. Gawron, Jay
  3. Gaylor, Bob
  4. Gebert, Andrew
  5. Gersh, Bill
  6. Geryon Press
  7. Gibson, Morgan
  8. Gildzen, Alex
  9. Ginsberg, Allen
  10. Ginsburg, Carl, 1984-1985
  11. Ginsburg, Carl, 1986-1987
  12. Ginsburg, Carl, 1988-1990
  13. Ginsburg, Carl, 1992
  14. Ginsburg, Carl, 1993
  15. Ginsburg, Carl, 1994-1995
  16. Gjelsness, Barent
  17. Glaze, Andrew
  18. Glazier, Loss
  19. Gleeson, Ann
  20. Godart, Marion
  21. Goebel, Ulf
  22. Gold, Betty
  23. Gold, Vera
  24. Goldberg, Natalie
  25. Goldstein, Malcolm
  26. Goodell, Larry
  27. Gordon, Bonnie
  28. Gordon, Coco
  29. Gordon, Jesse
  30. Gosney, Michael
  31. Grana, Marigay
  32. Grand Valley State Colleges
  33. Grant, Robyn
  34. Green, Galen
  35. Greenlee, Janet
  36. Guggenheim Foundation
  37. Haas, Robert
  38. Hamburger, Syndey
  39. Hammett, Jane C.
  40. Handell, Albert
  41. Harakal, Jeff
  42. Hariton, Irma Levy
  43. Harjo, Joy
  44. Harmon, Bill
  45. Harmon, James
  46. Harriman, John
  47. Harris, Jana

Box 6: Correspondence - Personal

Folders

  1. Harter, Penny
  2. Hartshorne, Steve
  3. Hasbrouch
  4. Haskins, Jim
  5. Hauser, Herbert David, 1985-1989
  6. Hauser, Herbert David, 1990-1996
  7. Hauser, Marianne
  8. Hawkins, Lawrence
  9. Hawn, Bill
  10. Hayes, Regina
  11. Hazard, Catherine
  12. Heimler, Charlie
  13. Heineman, Katherine
  14. Hejinian, Lyn
  15. Hellman, Nancy Ellison and Jenny Hellman
  16. Henderson, Bill
  17. Hershon, Robert
  18. Herz, Bob
  19. Higgins, Dick
  20. Higginson, William J.
  21. Hill, Nellie
  22. Hillier, Lynn
  23. Hintz, Linda
  24. Hitchcock, George
  25. Hogan, Ed
  26. Holland, Peter
  27. Holt, Lindsay
  28. Homidge, Marilis
  29. Horrell, Ruth
  30. Hoshoni
  31. Howard, Cheryl
  32. Howarth, Enid
  33. Hozmark, Harold
  34. Hunter, Doris
  35. Hykes, Susan, 1993
  36. Hykes, Susan, 1994-1995
  37. Inez, Colette
  38. Inman, Will
  39. International Biographical Center
  40. International Who's Who
  41. Jacob, John
  42. Jacobson, Shirley
  43. James, Sybill
  44. Janis, Jilly
  45. Janis, Noel
  46. Janssen, Marian
  47. Jason, Rita
  48. Jeffery, Lois
  49. Johnson, Curt
  50. Johnson, David
  51. Johnson, Judith
  52. Johnson, Ray
  53. Johnson, Rose
  54. Jones, Chester
  55. Jones, Joelle, 1992-1993
  56. Jones, Joelle, 1994-1996

Box 7: Correspondence - Personal

Folders

  1. Karp, Thomas L.
  2. Katz, Leandro
  3. Katz, Steve
  4. Katzman, Don
  5. Kaufman, Ed
  6. Kaufman, Michael
  7. Kenny, Maurice
  8. Kettner, Michael
  9. Kicknosway, Faye
  10. King, Martha
  11. Kinnell, Galway
  12. Kirshenbaum, Binnie
  13. Klass, Judith
  14. Kline, Fred
  15. Klotz, Marvin
  16. Knight, Arthur
  17. Knott, Bill
  18. Kokopelli Design
  19. Komunyakaa, Yusef
  20. Korn, Henry J.
  21. Kostelanetz, Richard
  22. Kostro, Laura
  23. Kowitt, Steve
  24. Kretz, Tom
  25. Kruchkow, Diane
  26. Krysl, Marilyn
  27. Kyle, Carol
  28. LaBouerie, Mona Mae
  29. Laird, W. David
  30. Lamarre, Paul
  31. Lance, Jeanne L.
  32. Land's End
  33. Larcombe, Sam
  34. Larsen, Carl
  35. Legatsky, Kristine
  36. LeGere, Susan
  37. Leibowitz, Herb
  38. Lemme, Bob
  39. Lesser, Wendy
  40. Levertov, Denise
  41. Levinson, James H.
  42. Levita, Phyllis
  43. Lewis, Harry
  44. Lifshin, Lyn
  45. Lighthouse Press
  46. Lima, Robert
  47. Lippard, Lucy
  48. Lippert, Kathleen
  49. Lisella, Vince
  50. Lish, Gordon
  51. Litt, Iris
  52. Little, Stuart W.
  53. Lloyd, Joan
  54. Lloyd, Robert
  55. Lofaro, Frank
  56. Lopez, Bernard
  57. Lopez, Terry
  58. Lopez, Ruth
  59. Lowenstein, Barbara
  60. Lowrance, Muriel
  61. Loyd, Barbara Boothe
  62. Loydell, Rupert M.
  63. Luschei, Glenna

Box 8: Correspondence - Personal

Folders

  1. Mac Low, Jackson
  2. Mackey, Mary
  3. Major, Clarence
  4. Malina, Judith
  5. Marcus, Harold
  6. Marcus, Mordecai
  7. Marles, Bill
  8. Marquardt, Barbara
  9. Martin, Herb
  10. Martin, Jesse
  11. Martin, Stephen-Paul
  12. Martinson, Sue Ann
  13. Mason, Harold
  14. Matthews, Edwin S.
  15. McBride, John
  16. McCarthy, John
  17. McCarty, Helen
  18. McCaulay, Laurie
  19. McCauley, Gardiner
  20. McConnell, Suzanne
  21. McCord, Howard, 1982-1984
  22. McCord, Howard, 1985-1986
  23. McCord, Howard, 1988-1989
  24. McCord, Howard, 1990-1992
  25. McCord, Howard, 1993
  26. McCord, Howard, 1994-1996
  27. McFarland, Alex
  28. McGovern, Robert
  29. McKinley, Sara
  30. McLaird, Lee, 1993-1995
  31. McLaird, Lee, 1996
  32. McLaughlin, Tessa
  33. McPherson, Bruce

Box 9: Correspondence - Personal

Folders

  1. Mears, Charlotte
  2. Mechem, James, 1981-1984
  3. Mechem, James, 1985-1988
  4. Mechem, James, 1991
  5. Megibow, Carol
  6. Meissner, Bill
  7. Melhem, D. H.
  8. Menza, Claudia
  9. Meredith, William
  10. Merrill, Lisa
  11. Metcalf, Paul
  12. Michael, Ann E.
  13. Mid-American Review
  14. Middlebury College
  15. Mihopoulos, Effie
  16. Mikofsky, Anton
  17. Mikolowski, Ann
  18. Milenski, Paul, 1984
  19. Milenski, Paul, 1985-1991
  20. Milenski, Paul, 1993
  21. Milenski, Paul, 1994-1995
  22. Milenski, Paul, 1996
  23. Miller, David
  24. Miller, Michelle, 1982-1985
  25. Miller, Michelle, 1986
  26. Miller, Michelle, 19897-1994
  27. Miller, Warren
  28. Mindich, Bernard, 1980-1983
  29. Mindich, Bernard, 1984-1994
  30. Mississippi Arts & Letters

Box 10: Correspondence - Personal

Folders

  1. Moffeit, Tony
  2. Molinaro, Ursule
  3. Monroe, Margaret
  4. Moochnek, Cecile
  5. Moore, Elizabeth
  6. Moraff, Barbara
  7. Morris, Christine
  8. Morse, Sara
  9. Murphy, Frank
  10. Myers, George
  11. Myers, Walter Dean
  12. Nance, D. R.
  13. National Endowment for the Arts
  14. National Endowment for the Humanities
  15. Nasisse, Dorothy
  16. Nations, Opal
  17. Navarre, Jane
  18. Neighbors, Charles
  19. New Directions Press
  20. New Mexico Arts Division
  21. New Mexico Press Women's Scholarship
  22. New Rivers Press
  23. Newgarden, Al
  24. Newman, Robert
  25. Nichols, Bob
  26. Nicoulin, Kathy
  27. Niederman, Sharon
  28. Norse, Harold
  29. Nowak, Mark
  30. Nyholm-Vidano, Mary
  31. Oakes, Randy
  32. O'Connor, Philip
  33. Oda, Makoto
  34. Olds, Sharon
  35. Oliveira, David
  36. Olmstead, Robert
  37. Olson, Barbara
  38. Organick, Avrum, 1991-1993
  39. Organick, Avrum, 1994-1996
  40. Owens, Rochelle
  41. Ozick, Cynthia
  42. Pacernick, Gary
  43. Padilla, Nino and Nancy
  44. Painter, Charlotte
  45. Pardee, Jill
  46. Pardue, Dwight
  47. Paris, Matthew
  48. Parsons, Jim
  49. Partin, Beth
  50. Passages Bookshop & Gallery
  51. Pattengill, William
  52. Paul, Celina
  53. Paulding, Barbara
  54. Peabody, Rick, 1983-1984
  55. Peabody, Rick, 1985-1990, 1996
  56. Pearlman, Daniel
  57. Pedersen, Martin
  58. Peggy, Martin
  59. Pelieu, Claude
  60. Pell, Derek
  61. Pelton, Ted

Box 11: Correspondence - Personal

Folders

  1. Peppis, Albert, 1973-1976
  2. Peppis, Albert, 1981-1982
  3. Peppis, Albert, 1983-1985
  4. Perrault, John
  5. Perry, Bernice
  6. Perry, Pat
  7. Peters, Nancy J.
  8. Peters, Robert
  9. Peterson, Marsha
  10. Peterson, Robert
  11. Phillips, Donna
  12. Pickett, Walter
  13. Piercy, Marge
  14. Pillsbury, Henry
  15. Plumb, David
  16. Plymell, Charles
  17. Poetry Society of America
  18. Pollet, Sylvester
  19. Pollitt, Katha
  20. Pomeroy, Kelly
  21. Ponce de Leon, Cameron
  22. Poole-Gilson, Eva
  23. Porridge, Genesis
  24. Porter, Joe Ashby
  25. Portland Review
  26. Proyect, Martin
  27. Pryor, Annie-Amelia
  28. Quasha, George
  29. Rabbit, Peter
  30. Raborg, Ferderick
  31. Radner, Rebecca
  32. Rae, Sonja
  33. Ragan, James
  34. Randall, John
  35. Randall, Margaret
  36. Raphael, Maudie
  37. Raphael, Phyllis
  38. Rask, Dan
  39. Ratcliff, Iris
  40. Ratner, Rochelle
  41. Ray, Jesse
  42. Rebus, Connie
  43. Richardson, Keith
  44. Ritchie, Elisavietta
  45. Robins, Richard
  46. Rodefer, Stephen
  47. Rogers Museum
  48. Rosen, Michael
  49. Rosenblatt, Joe
  50. Rosenblum, Martin
  51. Rosenthal, Barbara
  52. Rosser, Ellen
  53. Rosten, Norman
  54. Roth, Dieter
  55. Rothenberg, Jerome
  56. Roychoudhury, Malay
  57. Rubenstein, Carol
  58. Rusk, Winifred
  59. Ruwe, Craig

Box 12: Correspondence - Personal

Folders

  1. Sagan, Miriam
  2. Sage, Alia
  3. St. James Press
  4. Sales, Susan
  5. Salter, Marcella
  6. Saltzman, Bob
  7. Sanders, Ed
  8. Sandifur, Ann
  9. Sanford, Christy
  10. Santistevan, Shizuko
  11. Sanger, Scott
  12. Sardenburg, Julie
  13. Sasek, Ed
  14. Sauls, Frederick
  15. Schaff, Lana
  16. Scheinbaum, Janet
  17. Scherch, Meg
  18. Scholsberg, Marjorie L.
  19. Schmidt, Stephen
  20. Schneeman, Carolee
  21. Schoeneich, Juergen
  22. Scholes, Lloyd D.
  23. Schoonover, David
  24. Schwaid, Alfred
  25. Schwartz, George
  26. Semmens, Daniel P.
  27. Seto, Thelma
  28. Severson, Roland
  29. Shannon, Jeanne
  30. Sharkey, Gail
  31. Sharp, C. Richard
  32. Sharp, Virginia
  33. Sherman, Susan
  34. Shochet, Sheila
  35. Silbert, Layle
  36. Silesky, Barry
  37. Silverman, Gilbert
  38. Simon, Marjorie, 1982-1988
  39. Simon, Marjorie, 1991-1994
  40. Sirowitz, Hal
  41. Skorapa, Olga
  42. Skratz, G. P.
  43. Slosson, Joyce
  44. Small Press Review
  45. Smallfield, Edwin
  46. Smirti, Doug
  47. Smith, Arthur
  48. Smith, Carol Sturm
  49. Smith, Gibbs
  50. Smith, Greg
  51. Smith, Harry
  52. Smith, Jared
  53. Snow, Steve
  54. Solo, Judith
  55. Spalding, Michael
  56. Speckler, Rena
  57. Speer, Laurel
  58. Spellman-Silverman, Erica
  59. Spiller, Burton
  60. Stammel, Marcia
  61. Staples, David

Box 13: Correspondence - Personal

Folders

  1. Steiner, Robert
  2. Steiner, Stan
  3. Stephens, Jack
  4. Steward, D. E.
  5. Stillwell, Kathleen
  6. Stoddart, Beverly
  7. Stoll, Jack L.
  8. Strausbaugh, John
  9. Stuart, Jerrold
  10. Sun, Stella
  11. Sunstone Press
  12. Sveikauskas, Geddy
  13. Swanberg, Ingrid
  14. Sward, Robert
  15. Swart, Omar
  16. Swenson, Karen
  17. Sze, Arthur
  18. Szerlip, Barbara
  19. Tafoya, Mark
  20. Talley, Judith
  21. Tan, Margaret Hee-Leng
  22. Tankel, Sylvia
  23. Taos Spring Arts Celebration
  24. Tarn, Nathaniel
  25. Tartakoff, Laura
  26. Taste of Home Magazine
  27. Tavel, Ron
  28. Teller, Betty
  29. Than, Nguyen Duy
  30. Thelin, John
  31. Thomas, Piri
  32. Thompson, Joanna
  33. Thompson, Phyllis Kirtley, 1985-1986
  34. Thompson, Phyllis Kirtley, 1987-1994
  35. Thorp, Deborah
  36. Tischler, Maurice
  37. Tomkiw, Lydia
  38. Torrence, Ron
  39. Truesdale, C. W. (Bill
  40. Truscott, Mary E.
  41. Trusky, Tom
  42. Tucker, Martin
  43. Turco, Lewis
  44. Tyler, Ralph
  45. Udall, Julia
  46. Ugoretz, Kathryn Grace
  47. Uhrig, Betsy
  48. Ungar, Lois Freifeld
  49. Urbont, Tony
  50. Vaintrub, Mildred

Box 14: Correspondence - Personal

Folders

  1. Van Nouhuys, Dirk
  2. Vandeloo, Joseph
  3. Vas Dias, Robert
  4. Veveris, Christina
  5. Vidano, Ron
  6. Vigil, Joe and Evelyn
  7. Vitale, Tom
  8. Voigt, Ellen
  9. Von Horvath, Irene
  10. Von Schlegell, Abigail
  11. Waddell, Robert
  12. Wagner, Jim
  13. Waitzkin, Stella, 1982-1989
  14. Waitzkin, Stella, 1990-1995
  15. Wakoski, Diane
  16. Walker, Aaron
  17. Walker, Nancy
  18. Wallit, Carol
  19. Webb, Don
  20. Weber, Marc
  21. Webster, Lee
  22. Weiner, Hanna
  23. Weinman, Paul
  24. Weisfeld, Eugene
  25. Weiss, Victor
  26. Weissman, Peter
  27. Wells, Donna
  28. Weyr, Rhoda
  29. Wheeler, Marty
  30. White, William
  31. Whitmeyer, Joseph
  32. Whitson, Skip
  33. Whitt, Dale
  34. Wilcock, John
  35. Williams, C. K.
  36. Williams, Jonathan
  37. Willilamson, Eric
  38. Wilson, Keith
  39. Wilson, Robert A., 1984-1993
  40. Wilson, Robert A., 1994-1995
  41. Wiltered, R.
  42. Winans, A. D.
  43. Wingert, Laban
  44. Winick, Marion
  45. Winson, Robert
  46. Witherspoon, David
  47. Witkowski, Terence

Box 15: Correspondence - Personal

Folders

  1. Woodman, Allen
  2. Woods, Christopher
  3. Wos, Joanna
  4. Wright, Annie
  5. Wright, Carolyne
  6. Wright, Dion
  7. Wright, "Sam" (Mary)
  8. Write Now Books
  9. Yellow Silk
  10. Yon, Paul D., 1992-1993
  11. Yon, Paul D., 1994-1996
  12. Young, Karl, 1988-1991
  13. Young, Karl, 1993-1994
  14. Zadrozny, Mark
  15. Zekowski, Arlene
  16. Ziegfield, Ernest
  17. Zink, Melissa
  18. irkel, Bonnie
  19. Zolpe, Mike
  20. Zusman, Barbara
  21. Unidentified A
  22. Unidentified B
  23. Unidentified D
  24. Unidentified E-F
  25. Unidentified G-H
  26. Unidentified J-K
  27. Unidentified L-M
  28. Unidentified N-P
  29. Unidentified R
  30. Unidentified S
  31. Unidentified T-Z
  32. Unidentified Miscellaneous

Box 16: Correspondence - Judson Crews

Folders

  1. Crews-Bergé Correspondence, 1986
  2. Crews-Bergé Correspondence, January-March 1987
  3. Crews-Bergé Correspondence, April-June 1987
  4. Crews-Bergé Correspondence, July-December 1987
  5. Crews-Bergé Correspondence, 1988
  6. Crews-Bergé Correspondence, 1989
  7. Crews-Bergé Correspondence, 1990-1991
  8. Crews-Bergé Correspondence, 1992
  9. Crews-Bergé Correspondence, January-April 1993
  10. Crews-Bergé Correspondence, May-August 1993
  11. Crews-Bergé Correspondence, September-December 1993
  12. Crews-Bergé Correspondence, 1994
  13. Crews-Bergé Correspondence, 1995-1996

Box 17: Correspondence - Judson Crews; Subject

Folders

  1. McLoughlin-Bergé Correspondence, 1992
  2. McLoughlin-Bergé Correspondence, 1993
  3. McLoughlin-Bergé Correspondence, January-June 1994
  4. McLoughlin-Bergé Correspondence, July-December 1994
  5. McLoughlin-Bergé Correspondence, 1995
  6. Other Crews-related Correspondence, 1984-1994
  7. Blue Gate Gallery. Including correspondence, etc. regarding Bergé's business, 1985-1996
  8. CENTER Magazine. Writers Workshops. Including correspondence and publicity, 198?-1995
  9. CENTER Magazine. Correspondence, 1982-1983
  10. CENTER Magazine. Paste-ups, notes, etc., scattered dates
  11. Creative Artists Public Service Program, 1983-1984
  12. Creative Writers Survival Manual. Includes correspondence with publishers and agents regarding preparation and marketing of this unpublished manuscript. Includes rejection notes from publishers, 1969-1975; 1959-1977
  13. Creative Writers Survival Manual, Chapter notes, glossary, n.d.
  14. Rolf Koppel. Includes biography and correspondence, 1989

Box 18: Correspondence - Subject

Folders

  1. Rolf Koppel. Correspondence, 1990
  2. Rolf Koppel. Correspondence, January-February 1991
  3. Rolf Koppel. Correspondence, March 1991
  4. Paul Lamarre. Materials gathered, ca. 1981
  5. Bernard Mindich. Correspondence
  6. Bernard Mindich. Publicity materials and clippings
  7. Bernard Mindich. Gallery notes, price list, cost of exhibition
  8. Bernard Mindich. Invitations, photographs of exhibit
  9. National Endowment for the Arts. Grant application, 1984
  10. Michael Osterweil, 1981
  11. Paper Air. Correspondence with Jackson Mac Low and Gil Ott, draft manuscripts, 1980
  12. Margaret Price. Correspondence, 1976-1983
  13. Margaret Price. Letters of Agreement, invoices, 1985
  14. Margaret Price. Correspondence with Berge, 1985
  15. Margaret Price. Correspondence with agents, attorneys, 1985
  16. Margaret Price. Notes and clippings
  17. Janine Pommy-Vega. Includes correspondence with Ann Charters regarding an entry in Dictionary of Literary Biography
  18. Real Estate. Correspondence with realtors and tenants

Box 19: Correspondence - Subject

Folders

  1. Secrets, Gossip, Slander. Correspondence with Ishmael Reed
  2. Secrets, Gossip, Slander. Correspondence with Gundars Strads
  3. Secrets, Gossip, Slander. Correspondence with Claudia Menza
  4. Secrets, Gossip, Slander. Correspondence about book orders
  5. Southwestern Anthology. Correspondence with Gibbs-Smith Publishing
  6. Submissions, A-K
  7. Submissions, L-R
  8. Submissions, S-Z
  9. Submissions, Miscellaneous
  10. Tom Waldron. Includes correspondence and clippings, 1989-1990
  11. Victor "Zak" Zaikine. Correspondence, 1983-1989
  12. Victor "Zak" Zaikine. Clippings, etc. about Zaikine, 1988-1989
  13. Datebooks, address book, 1993 and 1994
  14. Finances. Notes and statements, ca. 1984
  15. From a Soft Angle: Poems about Women (dust jacket with notes)
  16. Gale Research. Contemporary Authors Autobiography Series (correspondence)
  17. Gale Research. Contemporary Authors Autobiography Series, draft
  18. Gale Research. Contemporary Authors Autobiography Series, draft and notes
  19. Gargoyle Magazine interview
  20. Posters and flyers. Readings, 1965-1979
  21. Program. Bless Me, Anima, 1979
  22. Program. Rhythms of the Southwest, 1979
  23. Posters and flyers. Readings, 1980s
  24. Program. Poets & Writers, 10th Anniversary, 1980
  25. Programs, posters, flyers for readings, 1980-1990s

Box 20: Subject Files

Folders

  1. Poster and program. Jackson Mac Low, 1982
  2. Program. Taos Spring Arts Celebration, 1984
  3. Program. International Shadows Project (2 copies), 1990
  4. Flyers (postcards) for Readings, ca. 1990
  5. Teaching. Promotional materials, programs, 1976-1977
  6. Teaching. Promotional materials, programs, etc., Thomas Jefferson College, 1977
  7. Teaching. Notes and materials. Thomas Jefferson College, 1977
  8. Teaching notes and materials for English 220, University of New Mexico
  9. Teaching notes and materials for English 221, University of New Mexico
  10. Bergé, Carol. Contemporary Authors Autobiography
  11. Bergé, Carol. Hanging Tough (related materials
  12. Program. J. Parker Copley Dance
  13. Harter, Penny.
  14. Higgins, Dick. Contemporary Authors Autobiography Series
  15. levy, d. a.
  16. Mason Jordan Mason; Ed McGranahan; W. S. Merwin; Paul Milenski
  17. Publishers' catalogs
  18. Rosenblum, Martin
  19. Who's Who of American Women
  20. Williams, Hart.
  21. Miscellaneous publications gathered for background for Creative Writers Survival Manual
  22. Exhibition information. John Cage

Box 21: Literary Productions - by Bergé

Folders

  1. Bibliographies
  2. Acts of Love
  3. All Settled
  4. Anima Version
  5. Anti-Bodies
  6. As After a Long Illness
  7. At the Edge of Home
  8. A Business Venture
  9. California Idol
  10. The Cauldron
  11. Central Nervous System
  12. Changing Partners
  13. Collage of Changes
  14. Coming Apart
  15. Companion Piece
  16. Contour Lines
  17. Creative Writers Survival Manual - draft
  18. Creative Writers Survival Manual - notes and drafts
  19. Creative Writers Survival Manual - notes and drafts

Box 22: Literary Productions - by Bergé

Folders

  1. Different Winters
  2. The Doyennes
  3. Dying Breed
  4. East Meets West
  5. The Encounter
  6. An Ethos of Melancholia
  7. Events during an Ordinary Summer Evening
  8. The Firedrake
  9. From a Soft Angle
  10. Guess What
  11. Hands (from the book In Motion)
  12. Hanging Tough
  13. Hesitation Step
  14. In Motion
  15. In Trouble (Winter)
  16. Invitation to the Dance
  17. Journal typescript, notes on fear written at MacDowell Colony, 1974
  18. Life Support System
  19. A Likely Story
  20. The Man with the Tingle-Line Syndrome
  21. The Meeting
  22. Mixed Blessings
  23. The Neighbors
  24. Never to Say Your Name No More
  25. Of Memory and Desire
  26. On a Farm
  27. On Sight
  28. On the Way from Someplace to Somewhere Else
  29. One-page novels

Box 23: Literary Productions - by Bergé

Folders

  1. Poetry: Blue Gate
  2. Poetry: long poems
  3. Poetry: published
  4. Poetry: "Somewhere" (poems submitted at the time file was completed)
  5. Poetry: unpublished
  6. Poetry: drafts, 1960-1979
  7. Poetry: drafts, 1980-1990s
  8. Prose Fragments
  9. The Pull (from Secrets, Gossip, Slander)
  10. Remembrance of Things to Come

Box 24: Literary Productions - by Bergé

Folders

  1. Secrets, Gossip, Slander: notes
  2. Secrets, Gossip, Slander: early draft, partial
  3. Secrets, Gossip, Slander: early draft, partial
  4. Secrets, Gossip, Slander: early draft, fuller, with revisions
  5. Secrets, Gossip, Slander: later draft, fuller, with revisions
  6. Secrets, Gossip, Slander: later draft, fuller, with revisions
  7. The Water Ceremony: A Moebius Myth: drafts

Box 25: Literary Productions - by Bergé by Others

Folders

  1. Skin Deep
  2. The Suburban Housewife and Friends
  3. Terrific People
  4. Turn Signal/Arrow
  5. Two Women and One Man
  6. Under the Rainbow
  7. [untitled]
  8. Very Much at Love
  9. Watch Out for Children
  10. The Water Ceremony
  11. You Be the Judge
  12. You Know What I Mean
  13. Zebras, early draft
  14. Abshire, Marc
  15. Akiko, Yosano
  16. Ashcom, Clifford Scott
  17. Bach, Phil
  18. Bail, Jay
  19. Bartkowech, R.
  20. Blumenreich, Julia
  21. Blumenreich, Julia
  22. Blumenreich, Julia
  23. Brennan, Jill Wilson
  24. Brennan, Jill Wilson
  25. Buckeye, Robert
  26. Burbank, Jim
  27. Butler, Vernon
  28. Coleman, Jane
  29. Creeley, Robert
  30. Crews, Judson
  31. Dickey, R. P.
  32. Duff, J. Diane
  33. Flynn, Nancy
  34. Fontaine, Brigitte (tr. By Barbara Szerlip)

Box 26: Literary Productions - by Others

Folders

  1. Gage, Nancy
  2. Gallant, Geraldd
  3. Ginsburg, Carl
  4. Gold, Vera
  5. Green, Galen
  6. Hazuka, Tom
  7. Inez, Colette
  8. Inman, Will
  9. Johnson, [David J.?]
  10. Kicknosway, Faye
  11. Kirtley, Phyllis
  12. Klaper, Steven
  13. Klinkowitz, Jerome
  14. Kretz, Thomas
  15. LaRue, Steve
  16. Levinson, James Heller
  17. Litt, Iris
  18. Lloyd, Robert
  19. Martinez, Victor
  20. McCord, Howard
  21. Mechem, James
  22. Milenski, Paul
  23. Milenski, Paul
  24. Miller, Michelle
  25. Molinaro, Ursule
  26. Morrison, Madison
  27. Murphy, Frank
  28. Oda, Makoto
  29. Olds, Sharon
  30. Ott, Gil

Box 27: Literary Productions - by Others

Folders

  1. Pederson, Martin
  2. Peterson, Marsha
  3. Plumb, David
  4. Pollet, Sylvester
  5. Price, Margaret
  6. Price, Margaret
  7. Randall, Margaret
  8. Rask, Dan
  9. Roll, Elizabeth
  10. Schwaid, Alfred
  11. Shannon, Jeanne
  12. Sharp, Virginia
  13. Sherman, Susan
  14. Silesky, Barry
  15. Silverman, Herschel
  16. Simon, Marjorie
  17. Smallfield, E.
  18. Sorrentino, Gilbert
  19. Stadtmauer, Saul
  20. Sward, Robert
  21. Truscott, Mary
  22. Walker, Aaron
  23. Watson, Tom
  24. Weinman, Paul
  25. Weinman, Paul
  26. Webb, Don
  27. White, William
  28. White, William
  29. Williamson, Eric
  30. Woods, Christopher
  31. Wos, Joanna
  32. Zekowski, Arlene
  33. Unidentified author (prose works)

Box 28: Scrapbook Materials, Printed Material

Folders

  1. Clippings gathered for Creative Writers Survival Manual
  2. Complete publications used in research for Creative Writers Survival Manual
  3. Articles about art, artists, antiques and design
  4. Clippings. Writing by Bergé
  5. Clippings. Articles about Bergé
  6. Clippings. Book reviews about Bergé's work
  7. Clippings. Publicity about Bergé's readings
  8. Clippings. Articles, reviews about other writers
  9. Clippings. Articles on miscellaneous topics
  10. Bergé. Alba Genesis
  11. Bergé. Amazing Grace
  12. Bergé. At Big Sur
  13. Bergé. (Poems from) Bless Me, Anima
  14. Bergé. The Blue Gate, a Fugue (on white paper)
  15. Bergé. The Blue Gate, a Fugue (on blue paper)
  16. Bergé. Double Memory
  17. Bergé. J's Song Water and Fire
  18. Bergé. Lumina
  19. Bergé. The Revolting Machines
  20. Bergé. Sky-Yell
  21. Bergé. Size Places (one page novel)
  22. Bergé. Workshop. "Raggedy Andy Strikes Again"

Box 29: Printed Material - Ephemera; Photographic Material

Folders

  1. Alternative Press materials.
  2. Backwood Broadsides, #20, #21, #22, #23
  3. Cohen, Ira
  4. Crews, Judson
  5. diSuvero, Victor
  6. Farley, Susan
  7. Fisher, David and Susan
  8. Harjo, Joy
  9. Kitchell, Marilyn
  10. Ko