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Carol Berge Collection - MS 693
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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. An addition to the collection focusing on Bergé's last projects was donated to the collection by James Beach in 2012. 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 No material from Berge's unpublished manuscripts or published works may be copied or quoted without permission of Carol Berge's literary executor. Researchers are responsible for securing copyright permission when using all unpublished manuscripts and published works, whether authored by Bergé or by other writers whose works are found in this collection.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, January 2007, and November 2012.
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.
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.
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, and Lynda Koolish.
SOUND RECORDINGS
PHONOGRAPH RECORDS AND TAPES
Scattered dates; 16 pieces
Arranged alphabetically by poet or title
Box 1: Correspondence--Personal
Folder
- Abbott, Terry
- Abrams, Sam
- Abramson, Bob
- Academic Book Center
- Acheff, Bill and Cathy
- Adams, Betsy
- Adams, Ted
- Adler, Carol
- Aglietti, Susan
- Ahearn, Allen
- Ahern, Tom
- Alexander, Floyce
- Alexis, Austin
- Altman, Leonard
- American Biographical Directory
- American Poetry Archive
- Ames, Terry
- Anaya, Rudolfo
- Anderson, Elliott
- Andre, Michael, 1989-1991
- Andre, Michael, 1991-1992
- Andre, Michael, 1992-1993
- Appel, Rosaire
- Applegate, Nancy
- Arellano, Romolo
- Arenas, Marion
- Aronson, Selma Levy
- Ashcom, Clifford
- Author's League Fund
- Bader, Franz
- Baer, Tom
- Bail, Jay
- Baker, Earnest
- Balaban, John
- Baldinger, JoAnn
- Ballantine, David
- Barela, Joe and Teresa
- Barnard College, Special Collections
- Bartkowech, Ray
- Bartlett, Elizabeth
- Bartlett, Lee
- Bastian, Richard
- Bates, Peter
- Bauer, Betty
- Bayes, Ron
- Beard, Teresa and Tyler
- Beck, Julian
- Beck, Peggy
- Becker, Anne
- Bell, David
- Bell, Madison
- Benatovich, Beth
- Bennett, Evelyn
- Bentzen, Anne
- Bergé, Cammie
- Bergé, Jack
- Bergé, Peter, 1984-1989
- Bergé, Peter, 1990-1996
Box 2: Correspondence - Personal
Folders
- Bertholet, Virginia
- Bettina
- Bingham, Sallie
- Birk, Nancy
- Blount, Brian
- Blumenreich, Jack
- Blumenreich, Julia, 1983-1984
- Blumenreich, Julia, 1985
- Blumenreich, Julia, 1986-1988
- Bly, Carol
- Bobbs-Merrill Company
- Boccia, Michael
- Boissiere, Robert
- Bond, Holly
- Bonetti, Kay
- Borg, Kari
- Botts, May
- Bowling Green State University
- Bowman, John
- Boyer, Glenn
- Braman, Sandra
- Brennan, Jill W.
- Brewer, Darlyn
- Brill, Dee
- Britton, Burt
- Britton, Patricia
- rossard, Chandler
- Brown, Jean
- Browne, Jane Jordan
- Buchthal, Hela
- Buckeye, Bob
- Bunker, Robert
- Burbank, Jim
- Burnham, Peter
- Bush, Larry
- Byrd, Bobby
- Calyx
- Cantalupe, E. G.
- Cardinale, Bob
- Cardona-Hine, Alvaro
- Carlson, Althea
- Carol Wright Gifts
- Casey, Kevin
- Cassells, Cyrus
- Cate, Marsie
- Center for International Affairs
- Chapline, Claudia
- Chavez, Denise
- Chen, Xiao-ming
- Chernoff, Maxine
- Chester, Laura
- Childs, Barney
- Christian, Eddena
- Ciccarelli, Rose
- Citibank
- Clark, George
- Clift, G. W.
Box 3: Correspondence - Personal
Folders
- Clinkert, Robert J.
- Clinton, D.
- Cochrane, Shirley
- Cockelreas, Charles
- Codrescu, Andrei
- Cohen, Esther
- Colby, Joan
- Coleman, Jane
- Colorado Council on the Arts
- Congdon, Kirby
- Conroy, Frank
- Cooley, Lisa
- Cooper, Edith
- Cooper-Marchesi, Susan
- Coordinating Council of Literary Magazines (CCLM)
- Coover, Robert
- Corner, Philip
- Cosmetco
- Cote, Michael
- Coyner, Stephen
- Creighton, Jane
- Crew, Louis
- Cross, William S.
- Crossing Press
- Cuelho, Art
- Dadds, Jerry
- Dahan, Bonnie
- Dailey, Joel
- Darhansoff, Liz
- Dawson, Ariel
- Dawson, Fielding
- DeCormier-Shekerjian, Regina
- DeFoe, Mark
- DeMaria, Robert
- Diester, W. A.
- Dixon, Stephen
- Dorset, Gerald
- Doubiago, Sharon
- Dove, Rita
- Drake, Albert
- Duff, Diane
- Duke, Elaine
- Dye, Alan
- Early, Robert
- Earth's Daughters
- Eddy, Pat
- Edel, Uli
- Eigo, J.
- Elder, Betty
- Ellison, Nancy
- Ellithorpe, Paul
- Emshwiller, Carol
- Epstein, Leslie
Box 4: Correspondence - Personal
Folders
- Erdman, Barbara
- Ernst, April
- Esget, Steve
- Ewing, Marilyn
- Exile Press
- Farley, Blanche
- Farrand, Noel
- Federman, Raymond
- Fein, John
- Fein, Judy
- Fellows, George
- Fenchel, Shirley
- Ferlinghetti, Lawrence
- Field, Marta
- Fishburn, William
- Fisher, Allen
- Fisher, David
- Fisher, Gretchen
- Fisher, Tom
- Flanagan, Richard
- Fletcher, Emery and Susan
- Flexner, John
- Flynn, Nancy
- Forman, Joanne
- Fortess, June
- Foss, Philip
- Fox, Bob
- Fox, Hugh
- Fox, William
- Frankel, Don
- Fraser, Kathleen
- Frazer, Tony
- Freedman, Robert M.
- Freeman, Cynthia
- Freifeld, Lois
- Frey, Julia
- Friedlander, Christine
- Fromberg, Robert
- Frumkin, Gene
- Frym, Gloria
- Fuller, George
- Fulton, Len
- Gage, Nancy
- Gallant, Gerald
- Galois, Katherine
- Garber, Eugene K., 1984-1988
- Garber, Eugene K., 1990-1994
- Garber, Euenge K., 1995-1996
- Garmhausen, James
- Garon, Beth
- Garrison, Peggy
- Gathrid, Erin
Box 5: Correspondence - Personal
Folders
- Gavronski, Serge
- Gawron, Jay
- Gaylor, Bob
- Gebert, Andrew
- Gersh, Bill
- Geryon Press
- Gibson, Morgan
- Gildzen, Alex
- Ginsberg, Allen
- Ginsburg, Carl, 1984-1985
- Ginsburg, Carl, 1986-1987
- Ginsburg, Carl, 1988-1990
- Ginsburg, Carl, 1992
- Ginsburg, Carl, 1993
- Ginsburg, Carl, 1994-1995
- Gjelsness, Barent
- Glaze, Andrew
- Glazier, Loss
- Gleeson, Ann
- Godart, Marion
- Goebel, Ulf
- Gold, Betty
- Gold, Vera
- Goldberg, Natalie
- Goldstein, Malcolm
- Goodell, Larry
- Gordon, Bonnie
- Gordon, Coco
- Gordon, Jesse
- Gosney, Michael
- Grana, Marigay
- Grand Valley State Colleges
- Grant, Robyn
- Green, Galen
- Greenlee, Janet
- Guggenheim Foundation
- Haas, Robert
- Hamburger, Syndey
- Hammett, Jane C.
- Handell, Albert
- Harakal, Jeff
- Hariton, Irma Levy
- Harjo, Joy
- Harmon, Bill
- Harmon, James
- Harriman, John
- Harris, Jana
Box 6: Correspondence - Personal
Folders
- Harter, Penny
- Hartshorne, Steve
- Hasbrouch
- Haskins, Jim
- Hauser, Herbert David, 1985-1989
- Hauser, Herbert David, 1990-1996
- Hauser, Marianne
- Hawkins, Lawrence
- Hawn, Bill
- Hayes, Regina
- Hazard, Catherine
- Heimler, Charlie
- Heineman, Katherine
- Hejinian, Lyn
- Hellman, Nancy Ellison and Jenny Hellman
- Henderson, Bill
- Hershon, Robert
- Herz, Bob
- Higgins, Dick
- Higginson, William J.
- Hill, Nellie
- Hillier, Lynn
- Hintz, Linda
- Hitchcock, George
- Hogan, Ed
- Holland, Peter
- Holt, Lindsay
- Homidge, Marilis
- Horrell, Ruth
- Hoshoni
- Howard, Cheryl
- Howarth, Enid
- Hozmark, Harold
- Hunter, Doris
- Hykes, Susan, 1993
- Hykes, Susan, 1994-1995
- Inez, Colette
- Inman, Will
- International Biographical Center
- International Who's Who
- Jacob, John
- Jacobson, Shirley
- James, Sybill
- Janis, Jilly
- Janis, Noel
- Janssen, Marian
- Jason, Rita
- Jeffery, Lois
- Johnson, Curt
- Johnson, David
- Johnson, Judith
- Johnson, Ray
- Johnson, Rose
- Jones, Chester
- Jones, Joelle, 1992-1993
- Jones, Joelle, 1994-1996
Box 7: Correspondence - Personal
Folders
- Karp, Thomas L.
- Katz, Leandro
- Katz, Steve
- Katzman, Don
- Kaufman, Ed
- Kaufman, Michael
- Kenny, Maurice
- Kettner, Michael
- Kicknosway, Faye
- King, Martha
- Kinnell, Galway
- Kirshenbaum, Binnie
- Klass, Judith
- Kline, Fred
- Klotz, Marvin
- Knight, Arthur
- Knott, Bill
- Kokopelli Design
- Komunyakaa, Yusef
- Korn, Henry J.
- Kostelanetz, Richard
- Kostro, Laura
- Kowitt, Steve
- Kretz, Tom
- Kruchkow, Diane
- Krysl, Marilyn
- Kyle, Carol
- LaBouerie, Mona Mae
- Laird, W. David
- Lamarre, Paul
- Lance, Jeanne L.
- Land's End
- Larcombe, Sam
- Larsen, Carl
- Legatsky, Kristine
- Leibowitz, Herb
- Lemme, Bob
- Lesser, Wendy
- Levertov, Denise
- Levinson, James H.
- Levita, Phyllis
- Lewis, Harry
- Lifshin, Lyn
- Lighthouse Press
- Lima, Robert
- Lippard, Lucy
- Lippert, Kathleen
- Lisella, Vince
- Lish, Gordon
- Litt, Iris
- Little, Stuart W.
- Lloyd, Joan
- Lloyd, Robert
- Lofaro, Frank
- Lopez, Bernard
- Lopez, Terry
- Lopez, Ruth
- Lowenstein, Barbara
- Lowrance, Muriel
- Loyd, Barbara Boothe
- Loydell, Rupert M.
- Luschei, Glenna
Box 8: Correspondence - Personal
Folders
- Mac Low, Jackson
- Mackey, Mary
- Major, Clarence
- Malina, Judith
- Marcus, Harold
- Marcus, Mordecai
- Marles, Bill
- Marquardt, Barbara
- Martin, Herb
- Martin, Jesse
- Martin, Stephen-Paul
- Martinson, Sue Ann
- Mason, Harold
- Matthews, Edwin S.
- McBride, John
- McCarthy, John
- McCarty, Helen
- McCaulay, Laurie
- McCauley, Gardiner
- McConnell, Suzanne
- McCord, Howard, 1982-1984
- McCord, Howard, 1985-1986
- McCord, Howard, 1988-1989
- McCord, Howard, 1990-1992
- McCord, Howard, 1993
- McCord, Howard, 1994-1996
- McFarland, Alex
- McGovern, Robert
- McKinley, Sara
- McLaird, Lee, 1993-1995
- McLaird, Lee, 1996
- McLaughlin, Tessa
- McPherson, Bruce
Box 9: Correspondence - Personal
Folders
- Mears, Charlotte
- Mechem, James, 1981-1984
- Mechem, James, 1985-1988
- Mechem, James, 1991
- Megibow, Carol
- Meissner, Bill
- Melhem, D. H.
- Menza, Claudia
- Meredith, William
- Merrill, Lisa
- Metcalf, Paul
- Michael, Ann E.
- Mid-American Review
- Middlebury College
- Mihopoulos, Effie
- Mikofsky, Anton
- Mikolowski, Ann
- Milenski, Paul, 1984
- Milenski, Paul, 1985-1991
- Milenski, Paul, 1993
- Milenski, Paul, 1994-1995
- Milenski, Paul, 1996
- Miller, David
- Miller, Michelle, 1982-1985
- Miller, Michelle, 1986
- Miller, Michelle, 19897-1994
- Miller, Warren
- Mindich, Bernard, 1980-1983
- Mindich, Bernard, 1984-1994
- Mississippi Arts & Letters
Box 10: Correspondence - Personal
Folders
- Moffeit, Tony
- Molinaro, Ursule
- Monroe, Margaret
- Moochnek, Cecile
- Moore, Elizabeth
- Moraff, Barbara
- Morris, Christine
- Morse, Sara
- Murphy, Frank
- Myers, George
- Myers, Walter Dean
- Nance, D. R.
- National Endowment for the Arts
- National Endowment for the Humanities
- Nasisse, Dorothy
- Nations, Opal
- Navarre, Jane
- Neighbors, Charles
- New Directions Press
- New Mexico Arts Division
- New Mexico Press Women's Scholarship
- New Rivers Press
- Newgarden, Al
- Newman, Robert
- Nichols, Bob
- Nicoulin, Kathy
- Niederman, Sharon
- Norse, Harold
- Nowak, Mark
- Nyholm-Vidano, Mary
- Oakes, Randy
- O'Connor, Philip
- Oda, Makoto
- Olds, Sharon
- Oliveira, David
- Olmstead, Robert
- Olson, Barbara
- Organick, Avrum, 1991-1993
- Organick, Avrum, 1994-1996
- Owens, Rochelle
- Ozick, Cynthia
- Pacernick, Gary
- Padilla, Nino and Nancy
- Painter, Charlotte
- Pardee, Jill
- Pardue, Dwight
- Paris, Matthew
- Parsons, Jim
- Partin, Beth
- Passages Bookshop & Gallery
- Pattengill, William
- Paul, Celina
- Paulding, Barbara
- Peabody, Rick, 1983-1984
- Peabody, Rick, 1985-1990, 1996
- Pearlman, Daniel
- Pedersen, Martin
- Peggy, Martin
- Pelieu, Claude
- Pell, Derek
- Pelton, Ted
Box 11: Correspondence - Personal
Folders
- Peppis, Albert, 1973-1976
- Peppis, Albert, 1981-1982
- Peppis, Albert, 1983-1985
- Perrault, John
- Perry, Bernice
- Perry, Pat
- Peters, Nancy J.
- Peters, Robert
- Peterson, Marsha
- Peterson, Robert
- Phillips, Donna
- Pickett, Walter
- Piercy, Marge
- Pillsbury, Henry
- Plumb, David
- Plymell, Charles
- Poetry Society of America
- Pollet, Sylvester
- Pollitt, Katha
- Pomeroy, Kelly
- Ponce de Leon, Cameron
- Poole-Gilson, Eva
- Porridge, Genesis
- Porter, Joe Ashby
- Portland Review
- Proyect, Martin
- Pryor, Annie-Amelia
- Quasha, George
- Rabbit, Peter
- Raborg, Ferderick
- Radner, Rebecca
- Rae, Sonja
- Ragan, James
- Randall, John
- Randall, Margaret
- Raphael, Maudie
- Raphael, Phyllis
- Rask, Dan
- Ratcliff, Iris
- Ratner, Rochelle
- Ray, Jesse
- Rebus, Connie
- Richardson, Keith
- Ritchie, Elisavietta
- Robins, Richard
- Rodefer, Stephen
- Rogers Museum
- Rosen, Michael
- Rosenblatt, Joe
- Rosenblum, Martin
- Rosenthal, Barbara
- Rosser, Ellen
- Rosten, Norman
- Roth, Dieter
- Rothenberg, Jerome
- Roychoudhury, Malay
- Rubenstein, Carol
- Rusk, Winifred
- Ruwe, Craig
Box 12: Correspondence - Personal
Folders
- Sagan, Miriam
- Sage, Alia
- St. James Press
- Sales, Susan
- Salter, Marcella
- Saltzman, Bob
- Sanders, Ed
- Sandifur, Ann
- Sanford, Christy
- Santistevan, Shizuko
- Sanger, Scott
- Sardenburg, Julie
- Sasek, Ed
- Sauls, Frederick
- Schaff, Lana
- Scheinbaum, Janet
- Scherch, Meg
- Scholsberg, Marjorie L.
- Schmidt, Stephen
- Schneeman, Carolee
- Schoeneich, Juergen
- Scholes, Lloyd D.
- Schoonover, David
- Schwaid, Alfred
- Schwartz, George
- Semmens, Daniel P.
- Seto, Thelma
- Severson, Roland
- Shannon, Jeanne
- Sharkey, Gail
- Sharp, C. Richard
- Sharp, Virginia
- Sherman, Susan
- Shochet, Sheila
- Silbert, Layle
- Silesky, Barry
- Silverman, Gilbert
- Simon, Marjorie, 1982-1988
- Simon, Marjorie, 1991-1994
- Sirowitz, Hal
- Skorapa, Olga
- Skratz, G. P.
- Slosson, Joyce
- Small Press Review
- Smallfield, Edwin
- Smirti, Doug
- Smith, Arthur
- Smith, Carol Sturm
- Smith, Gibbs
- Smith, Greg
- Smith, Harry
- Smith, Jared
- Snow, Steve
- Solo, Judith
- Spalding, Michael
- Speckler, Rena
- Speer, Laurel
- Spellman-Silverman, Erica
- Spiller, Burton
- Stammel, Marcia
- Staples, David
Box 13: Correspondence - Personal
Folders
- Steiner, Robert
- Steiner, Stan
- Stephens, Jack
- Steward, D. E.
- Stillwell, Kathleen
- Stoddart, Beverly
- Stoll, Jack L.
- Strausbaugh, John
- Stuart, Jerrold
- Sun, Stella
- Sunstone Press
- Sveikauskas, Geddy
- Swanberg, Ingrid
- Sward, Robert
- Swart, Omar
- Swenson, Karen
- Sze, Arthur
- Szerlip, Barbara
- Tafoya, Mark
- Talley, Judith
- Tan, Margaret Hee-Leng
- Tankel, Sylvia
- Taos Spring Arts Celebration
- Tarn, Nathaniel
- Tartakoff, Laura
- Taste of Home Magazine
- Tavel, Ron
- Teller, Betty
- Than, Nguyen Duy
- Thelin, John
- Thomas, Piri
- Thompson, Joanna
- Thompson, Phyllis Kirtley, 1985-1986
- Thompson, Phyllis Kirtley, 1987-1994
- Thorp, Deborah
- Tischler, Maurice
- Tomkiw, Lydia
- Torrence, Ron
- Truesdale, C. W. (Bill
- Truscott, Mary E.
- Trusky, Tom
- Tucker, Martin
- Turco, Lewis
- Tyler, Ralph
- Udall, Julia
- Ugoretz, Kathryn Grace
- Uhrig, Betsy
- Ungar, Lois Freifeld
- Urbont, Tony
- Vaintrub, Mildred
Box 14: Correspondence - Personal
Folders
- Van Nouhuys, Dirk
- Vandeloo, Joseph
- Vas Dias, Robert
- Veveris, Christina
- Vidano, Ron
- Vigil, Joe and Evelyn
- Vitale, Tom
- Voigt, Ellen
- Von Horvath, Irene
- Von Schlegell, Abigail
- Waddell, Robert
- Wagner, Jim
- Waitzkin, Stella, 1982-1989
- Waitzkin, Stella, 1990-1995
- Wakoski, Diane
- Walker, Aaron
- Walker, Nancy
- Wallit, Carol
- Webb, Don
- Weber, Marc
- Webster, Lee
- Weiner, Hanna
- Weinman, Paul
- Weisfeld, Eugene
- Weiss, Victor
- Weissman, Peter
- Wells, Donna
- Weyr, Rhoda
- Wheeler, Marty
- White, William
- Whitmeyer, Joseph
- Whitson, Skip
- Whitt, Dale
- Wilcock, John
- Williams, C. K.
- Williams, Jonathan
- Willilamson, Eric
- Wilson, Keith
- Wilson, Robert A., 1984-1993
- Wilson, Robert A., 1994-1995
- Wiltered, R.
- Winans, A. D.
- Wingert, Laban
- Winick, Marion
- Winson, Robert
- Witherspoon, David
- Witkowski, Terence
Box 15: Correspondence - Personal
Folders
- Woodman, Allen
- Woods, Christopher
- Wos, Joanna
- Wright, Annie
- Wright, Carolyne
- Wright, Dion
- Wright, "Sam" (Mary)
- Write Now Books
- Yellow Silk
- Yon, Paul D., 1992-1993
- Yon, Paul D., 1994-1996
- Young, Karl, 1988-1991
- Young, Karl, 1993-1994
- Zadrozny, Mark
- Zekowski, Arlene
- Ziegfield, Ernest
- Zink, Melissa
- irkel, Bonnie
- Zolpe, Mike
- Zusman, Barbara
- Unidentified A
- Unidentified B
- Unidentified D
- Unidentified E-F
- Unidentified G-H
- Unidentified J-K
- Unidentified L-M
- Unidentified N-P
- Unidentified R
- Unidentified S
- Unidentified T-Z
- Unidentified Miscellaneous
Box 16: Correspondence - Judson Crews
Folders
- Crews-Bergé Correspondence, 1986
- Crews-Bergé Correspondence, January-March 1987
- Crews-Bergé Correspondence, April-June 1987
- Crews-Bergé Correspondence, July-December 1987
- Crews-Bergé Correspondence, 1988
- Crews-Bergé Correspondence, 1989
- Crews-Bergé Correspondence, 1990-1991
- Crews-Bergé Correspondence, 1992
- Crews-Bergé Correspondence, January-April 1993
- Crews-Bergé Correspondence, May-August 1993
- Crews-Bergé Correspondence, September-December 1993
- Crews-Bergé Correspondence, 1994
- Crews-Bergé Correspondence, 1995-1996
Box 17: Correspondence - Judson Crews; Subject
Folders
- McLoughlin-Bergé Correspondence, 1992
- McLoughlin-Bergé Correspondence, 1993
- McLoughlin-Bergé Correspondence, January-June 1994
- McLoughlin-Bergé Correspondence, July-December 1994
- McLoughlin-Bergé Correspondence, 1995
- Other Crews-related Correspondence, 1984-1994
- Blue Gate Gallery. Including correspondence, etc. regarding Bergé's business, 1985-1996
- CENTER Magazine. Writers Workshops. Including correspondence and publicity, 198?-1995
- CENTER Magazine. Correspondence, 1982-1983
- CENTER Magazine. Paste-ups, notes, etc., scattered dates
- Creative Artists Public Service Program, 1983-1984
- 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
- Creative Writers Survival Manual, Chapter notes, glossary, n.d.
- Rolf Koppel. Includes biography and correspondence, 1989
Box 18: Correspondence - Subject
Folders
- Rolf Koppel. Correspondence, 1990
- Rolf Koppel. Correspondence, January-February 1991
- Rolf Koppel. Correspondence, March 1991
- Paul Lamarre. Materials gathered, ca. 1981
- Bernard Mindich. Correspondence
- Bernard Mindich. Publicity materials and clippings
- Bernard Mindich. Gallery notes, price list, cost of exhibition
- Bernard Mindich. Invitations, photographs of exhibit
- National Endowment for the Arts. Grant application, 1984
- Michael Osterweil, 1981
- Paper Air. Correspondence with Jackson Mac Low and Gil Ott, draft manuscripts, 1980
- Margaret Price. Correspondence, 1976-1983
- Margaret Price. Letters of Agreement, invoices, 1985
- Margaret Price. Correspondence with Berge, 1985
- Margaret Price. Correspondence with agents, attorneys, 1985
- Margaret Price. Notes and clippings
- Janine Pommy-Vega. Includes correspondence with Ann Charters regarding an entry in Dictionary of Literary Biography
- Real Estate. Correspondence with realtors and tenants
Box 19: Correspondence - Subject
Folders
- Secrets, Gossip, Slander. Correspondence with Ishmael Reed
- Secrets, Gossip, Slander. Correspondence with Gundars Strads
- Secrets, Gossip, Slander. Correspondence with Claudia Menza
- Secrets, Gossip, Slander. Correspondence about book orders
- Southwestern Anthology. Correspondence with Gibbs-Smith Publishing
- Submissions, A-K
- Submissions, L-R
- Submissions, S-Z
- Submissions, Miscellaneous
- Tom Waldron. Includes correspondence and clippings, 1989-1990
- Victor "Zak" Zaikine. Correspondence, 1983-1989
- Victor "Zak" Zaikine. Clippings, etc. about Zaikine, 1988-1989
- Datebooks, address book, 1993 and 1994
- Finances. Notes and statements, ca. 1984
- From a Soft Angle: Poems about Women (dust jacket with notes)
- Gale Research. Contemporary Authors Autobiography Series (correspondence)
- Gale Research. Contemporary Authors Autobiography Series, draft
- Gale Research. Contemporary Authors Autobiography Series, draft and notes
- Gargoyle Magazine interview
- Posters and flyers. Readings, 1965-1979
- Program. Bless Me, Anima, 1979
- Program. Rhythms of the Southwest, 1979
- Posters and flyers. Readings, 1980s
- Program. Poets & Writers, 10th Anniversary, 1980
- Programs, posters, flyers for readings, 1980-1990s
Box 20: Subject Files
Folders
- Poster and program. Jackson Mac Low, 1982
- Program. Taos Spring Arts Celebration, 1984
- Program. International Shadows Project (2 copies), 1990
- Flyers (postcards) for Readings, ca. 1990
- Teaching. Promotional materials, programs, 1976-1977
- Teaching. Promotional materials, programs, etc., Thomas Jefferson College, 1977
- Teaching. Notes and materials. Thomas Jefferson College, 1977
- Teaching notes and materials for English 220, University of New Mexico
- Teaching notes and materials for English 221, University of New Mexico
- Bergé, Carol. Contemporary Authors Autobiography
- Bergé, Carol. Hanging Tough (related materials
- Program. J. Parker Copley Dance
- Harter, Penny.
- Higgins, Dick. Contemporary Authors Autobiography Series
- levy, d. a.
- Mason Jordan Mason; Ed McGranahan; W. S. Merwin; Paul Milenski
- Publishers' catalogs
- Rosenblum, Martin
- Who's Who of American Women
- Williams, Hart.
- Miscellaneous publications gathered for background for Creative Writers Survival Manual
- Exhibition information. John Cage
Box 21: Literary Productions - by Bergé
Folders
- Bibliographies
- Acts of Love
- All Settled
- Anima Version
- Anti-Bodies
- As After a Long Illness
- At the Edge of Home
- A Business Venture
- California Idol
- The Cauldron
- Central Nervous System
- Changing Partners
- Collage of Changes
- Coming Apart
- Companion Piece
- Contour Lines
- Creative Writers Survival Manual - draft
- Creative Writers Survival Manual - notes and drafts
- Creative Writers Survival Manual - notes and drafts
Box 22: Literary Productions - by Bergé
Folders
- Different Winters
- The Doyennes
- Dying Breed
- East Meets West
- The Encounter
- An Ethos of Melancholia
- Events during an Ordinary Summer Evening
- The Firedrake
- From a Soft Angle
- Guess What
- Hands (from the book In Motion)
- Hanging Tough
- Hesitation Step
- In Motion
- In Trouble (Winter)
- Invitation to the Dance
- Journal typescript, notes on fear written at MacDowell Colony, 1974
- Life Support System
- A Likely Story
- The Man with the Tingle-Line Syndrome
- The Meeting
- Mixed Blessings
- The Neighbors
- Never to Say Your Name No More
- Of Memory and Desire
- On a Farm
- On Sight
- On the Way from Someplace to Somewhere Else
- One-page novels
Box 23: Literary Productions - by Bergé
Folders
- Poetry: Blue Gate
- Poetry: long poems
- Poetry: published
- Poetry: "Somewhere" (poems submitted at the time file was completed)
- Poetry: unpublished
- Poetry: drafts, 1960-1979
- Poetry: drafts, 1980-1990s
- Prose Fragments
- The Pull (from Secrets, Gossip, Slander)
- Remembrance of Things to Come
Box 24: Literary Productions - by Bergé
Folders
- Secrets, Gossip, Slander: notes
- Secrets, Gossip, Slander: early draft, partial
- Secrets, Gossip, Slander: early draft, partial
- Secrets, Gossip, Slander: early draft, fuller, with revisions
- Secrets, Gossip, Slander: later draft, fuller, with revisions
- Secrets, Gossip, Slander: later draft, fuller, with revisions
- The Water Ceremony: A Moebius Myth: drafts
Box 25: Literary Productions - by Bergé by Others
Folders
- Skin Deep
- The Suburban Housewife and Friends
- Terrific People
- Turn Signal/Arrow
- Two Women and One Man
- Under the Rainbow
- [untitled]
- Very Much at Love
- Watch Out for Children
- The Water Ceremony
- You Be the Judge
- You Know What I Mean
- Zebras, early draft
- Abshire, Marc
- Akiko, Yosano
- Ashcom, Clifford Scott
- Bach, Phil
- Bail, Jay
- Bartkowech, R.
- Blumenreich, Julia
- Blumenreich, Julia
- Blumenreich, Julia
- Brennan, Jill Wilson
- Brennan, Jill Wilson
- Buckeye, Robert
- Burbank, Jim
- Butler, Vernon
- Coleman, Jane
- Creeley, Robert
- Crews, Judson
- Dickey, R. P.
- Duff, J. Diane
- Flynn, Nancy
- Fontaine, Brigitte (tr. By Barbara Szerlip)
Box 26: Literary Productions - by Others
Folders
- Gage, Nancy
- Gallant, Geraldd
- Ginsburg, Carl
- Gold, Vera
- Green, Galen
- Hazuka, Tom
- Inez, Colette
- Inman, Will
- Johnson, [David J.?]
- Kicknosway, Faye
- Kirtley, Phyllis
- Klaper, Steven
- Klinkowitz, Jerome
- Kretz, Thomas
- LaRue, Steve
- Levinson, James Heller
- Litt, Iris
- Lloyd, Robert
- Martinez, Victor
- McCord, Howard
- Mechem, James
- Milenski, Paul
- Milenski, Paul
- Miller, Michelle
- Molinaro, Ursule
- Morrison, Madison
- Murphy, Frank
- Oda, Makoto
- Olds, Sharon
- Ott, Gil
Box 27: Literary Productions - by Others
Folders
- Pederson, Martin
- Peterson, Marsha
- Plumb, David
- Pollet, Sylvester
- Price, Margaret
- Price, Margaret
- Randall, Margaret
- Rask, Dan
- Roll, Elizabeth
- Schwaid, Alfred
- Shannon, Jeanne
- Sharp, Virginia
- Sherman, Susan
- Silesky, Barry
- Silverman, Herschel
- Simon, Marjorie
- Smallfield, E.
- Sorrentino, Gilbert
- Stadtmauer, Saul
- Sward, Robert
- Truscott, Mary
- Walker, Aaron
- Watson, Tom
- Weinman, Paul
- Weinman, Paul
- Webb, Don
- White, William
- White, William
- Williamson, Eric
- Woods, Christopher
- Wos, Joanna
- Zekowski, Arlene
- Unidentified author (prose works)
Box 28: Scrapbook Materials, Printed Material
Folders
- Clippings gathered for Creative Writers Survival Manual
- Complete publications used in research for Creative Writers Survival Manual
- Articles about art, artists, antiques and design
- Clippings. Writing by Bergé
- Clippings. Articles about Bergé
- Clippings. Book reviews about Bergé's work
- Clippings. Publicity about Bergé's readings
- Clippings. Articles, reviews about other writers
- Clippings. Articles on miscellaneous topics
- Bergé. Alba Genesis
- Bergé. Amazing Grace
- Bergé. At Big Sur
- Bergé. (Poems from) Bless Me, Anima
- Bergé. The Blue Gate, a Fugue (on white paper)
- Bergé. The Blue Gate, a Fugue (on blue paper)
- Bergé. Double Memory
- Bergé. J's Song Water and Fire
- Bergé. Lumina
- Bergé. The Revolting Machines
- Bergé. Sky-Yell
- Bergé. Size Places (one page novel)
- Bergé. Workshop. "Raggedy Andy Strikes Again"
Box 29: Printed Material - Ephemera; Photographic Material
Folders
- Alternative Press materials.
- Backwood Broadsides, #20, #21, #22, #23
- Cohen, Ira
- Crews, Judson
- diSuvero, Victor
- Farley, Susan
- Fisher, David and Susan
- Harjo, Joy
- Kitchell, Marilyn
- Kowit, Steve
- mares, E. a.
- Moraff, Barbara
- Mycue, Edward
- Newman, Robert
- Raintree People
- Rice, Ray
- Rosenblum, Martin
- Skratz, G. P.
- Steward, D. E.
- Tribal Press (one-page novels)
- [unidentified "for Carol Bergé"]
- Women Write; a Selected Bibliography. 1975
- Lambda Iota Tau. Membership certificate
- Vocational Biographies, 1973/11-1
- Series D, V 13 (#9 is about Berge)
- The Small Publisher's Book
- Grant information from CAPS and NEA
- Colony Newsletter. MacDowell Colony, Summer 1973
- Photograph Album (orbis)
- Photograph Album (black), includes much loose material
Box 30: Photographic Material, Artwork
Folders
- Black and white negatives w/ contact prints (negs #6-10 not present)
- One-step color photographs (22); students at Bergé home
- Color photographs with identification
- Color photographs without identification
- Photographs from correspondence (Eva McCord, November 24, 1993)
- Photographs, xerography process
- Black and white photographs with identification
- Black and white photographs with identification (Polaroid process)
- Black and white photographs without identification
- Black and white photographs without identification (Polaroid process)
- Postcards, no messages
- Color slides of Bergé (5)
- Color slides taped to a note from Robert Newman (6)
- Michael Osterweil. Photographs and postcards of his work
- Victor "Zak" Zaikine. Photographs of his work
- Color photographs of artwork, artist unidentified
- Artwork. Bergé. Sketches and greeting card
- Artwork. Philip corner. Drawing #10/10, 1994
- Artwork. L. Goodell. Thataway Prints #1-2, 1978
- Artwork. George Hitchcock. 2 pritns
- Artwork. Linda Koolish. Print: Krober Collage #34/50; Print: untitled #9/50
- Miscellaneous artwork
- Pasteup for "The Workshop Center"
- Mockup of dustjacket for Acts of Love
Box 31: Sound Recordings
Phonograph Records. (Transferred to BGSU Sound Recordings Archive)
- Farrand, Noel. "Six Songs for Mezzo Soprano & Piano"
- Giorno Poetry Systems Records: Dial-a-Poem Poets "Disconnected"
- "San Francisco Poets"
Cassette Tapes
- Bergé(reading). A Moveable Feast (WBAI, 1982/05/02)
- Corner, Philip (reading). The Music...from Lines & Curves, 198
- Inscribed
- David Bob and G. P. Skratz (reading) Planetary Diversions
- Enmagram, 3 & 4, 5
- The Fugs
- Hamilton, Richard and Dieter Roth (reading) Collaborations.
- Mac Low, Jackson and Anne Tardos (reading) Songs and Simultaneities
- Needleman, J. (reading) Money & Spirit
- Through the Mysterious Barricade (New York, March 10, 1990, inscribed)
- WBAI radio, 1982/12/01 (#1) Watermark Press
- WBAI radio, 1983/01/05 (#2) Watermark Press
- Williams, Dennis (reading). Contrapuntal Poetry
- Winson, Robert, Miriam Sagan and Brian S. Curley. Poetry Devils
Box 32: Correspondence - Light Years
Folders
- Acid Work Productions
- Antin, David
- Antin, Eleanor
- Arrison, Sandra (typesetter)
- Blackburn, Paul
- Bloedow, Jerry
- Blossom, Roberts
- Congdon, Kirby
- Corner, Philip
- Dawson, Fielding
- DeLoach, Allen
- Economou, George
- Ellison, Nancy
- Fowler, John (from)
- Fowler, John (to)
- Garber, Eugene
- Gavronski, Serge
- Gildzen, Alex
- Ginsburg, Carl
- Glaze, Andrew
- Harris, Hannah
- Hernton, Calvin
- Higgins, Dick
- Holman, Bob
- Inman, William
- Katzman, Allen
- Katzman, Don
- King, Martha
- Kowit, Steve
- Levy, Andrew
- Lima, Robert
- Lippard, Lucy
- Mac Low, Jackson
- Marshall, Kathy
- Martin, Herb
- Matson, Clive
- Mead, Taylor
- Micheline, Jack
- Miller, Patrick
- Moraff, Barbara
- Newman, Robert
- Nichols, Bob
- Owens, Rochelle
- Padget, Ron
- Payne, Claudia
- Pollet, Sylvester
- Randall, Margaret
- Rachleff, Melissa (Exit Art)
- Rothenberg, Jerome
- Schneeman, Carolee
- Schwerner, Armand
- Sherman, Susan
- Shetline, Leonard
- Spuyten Duyvil
- Swanson, Lynn
- Tardos, Ann
- Tavel, Ron
- Thomas, Lorenzo
- Van Den Heuvel, Cornelisz
- Wakoski, Diane
- Wallenstein, Barry
- Weiner, Hannah
- Whitt, Dale
- Wilson, Robert
- Young, Karl
- Miscellaneous Correspondence
Box 33 - Antics and Light Years: Manuscripts
Folders
- Bergé, Carol. Antics
- Bergé, Carol. Antics publicity notes
- Bergé, Carol. Miscellaneous manuscripts
- Bergé, Carol. Light Years early drafts
- Bergé, Carol. Light Years Introduction
- Bergé, Carol. Light Years notes, biography
- Abbott, Ward
- Antin, Eleanor
- Congdon, Kirby
- Corner, Philip
- Dawson, Fielding
- Economou, George
- Ellison, Nancy
- Fowler, John. Grist On-Line
- Gavronski, Serge
- Ginsburg, Carl
- Harris, Hannah
- Hernton, Calvin
- Holstein, Neil
- Inman, William
- Katzman, Allen and Don
- King, Basil and Barbara
- Kowit, Steve
- Lima, Robert
- Lippard, Lucy
- Mac Low, Jackson
- Malina, Judith
- Martin, Herb
- Matson, Clive
- Newman, Robert
- Nichols, Robert
- Owens, Rochelle
- Randall, Margaret
- Rothenberg, Jerome
- Schneeman, Carolee
- Schwerner, Armand
- Sherman, Susan
- Shetline, Leonard
- Tavel, Ron
- Thomas, Lorenzo
- Wakoski, Diane
- Wallenstein, Barry
- Weiner, Hannah
- Wilson, Robert
- Young, Karl
- Light Years Advertising
- Light Years contributors biographies and bibliographies
- Light Years cover designs
- Light Years permissions
- Light Years photographs
- Light Years CD's
Oversize Material
Folders
- Calendar, 1985
- Stern, Robert. "Sutra" musical score for Bergé poem
- Magazine. Portland Review, vol. 27, #2, 1981
- Magazine. Bienvenidos, Summer, 1993
- Magazine. T.H.E., 1992
- Stevenson, ?. Chester Anderson, #9/200
- Garmhausen, Jim (BGSU)
- Poster. Carol Berge
- Poster. Carol Bergé and Judson Crews (2 copies)
- Poster. Opal Nations on KPFA radio
- Bergé. Carol. Proof copy of cover for Fierce Metronomes
- Crews, Judson. Collage by S. Crews (i.e., Judson Crews), 2 items
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