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Kenneth Koch papers, 1932-2007 (bulk, 1973-2002).

Title: Kenneth Koch papers, 1932-2007 (bulk, 1973-2002).
Author: Koch, Kenneth, 1925-2002.
Publication: New York, etc. : 1932-2007.
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Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person.	Mixed material	Permit needed	Berg Coll Koch MSS 1932-2007	Schwarzman Building - Berg Collection Room 320

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Description

103 linear feet (206 manuscript boxes).

Subjects

Genre/Form

Board games.
Clippings files.
Correspondence.
Contracts.
Diaries.
Manuscripts.
Notebooks.
Printed ephemera.
Royalty statements.
Scrapbooks.

Note

Organized into 7 Series: Series 1: Works by Kenneth Koch ; Series 2: Correspondence ; Series 3: Personal and professional documents and effects ; Series 4: Reviews and critical works on Koch ; Series 5: Contributions to periodicals and musical settings not in published form ; Series 6: Works by others ; Series 7: Koch's Working Folders.
The Kenneth Koch Collection of Papers spans the years 1932 to 2007, with the bulk dated 1973 to 2002; 1932 is the date of the earliest text item, but the collection contains several photographs of an earlier date, as described in the finding aid.
Also housed in the Berg Collection are the Kenneth Koch Papers, ca. 1939-1995 (http://archives.nypl.org/brg/19344), and the 5-item Kenneth Koch Collection of Papers [1974]-1979 (http://archives.nypl.org/brg/19190); see the collection-level records, with links to the finding aids, in the NYPL on-line catalog, or go to the NYPL Manuscripts and Archives portal, accessible through the RESEARCH option on NYPL's homepage.
Contains material from the entirety of Kenneth Koch's career, but is particularly strong in his later poetry and in his unpublished poetry.
The collection of papers comprises: 78 boxes of poetry ; 21 boxes of writing about poetry and teaching poetry ; 15 boxes of correspondence ; 9 boxes of comics ; 7 boxes of drama ; and 4 boxes of fiction.
With interviews, notebooks and papers, contracts, permission and royalty statements, audiovisual material, photographs, and a board-game.
Contains materials in English, French and Italian; Catalan, Chinese, Czech, German, Greek, Haitian Creole, Hebrew, Icelandic, Japanese, Malagasy, Russian, Spanish, and Swedish.
Acquired from Karen Koch through Glenn Horowitz, in November 2008.

Access (note)

Restricted access;

Call Number

Berg Coll Koch MSS 1932-2007

OCLC

887277643

Author

Koch, Kenneth, 1925-2002.

Title

Kenneth Koch papers, 1932-2007 (bulk, 1973-2002).

Imprint

New York, etc. : 1932-2007.

Access

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Finding aid

Added Author

Ashbery, John, 1927-2017. Author

Auxemery, Jean-Paul, 1947- Author

Baraka, Amiri, 1934-2014.

Bates, Mason. Author

Berkson, Bill, 1939- Author

Berrigan, Anselm, 1972- Author

Berrigan, Anselm, 1972- Addressee

Burckhardt, Rudy, 1914-1999. Author

Collins, Michael. Author

Davis, Jordan. Author

Davis, Jordan. Addressee

Deguy, Michel. Author

Dine, Jim, 1935- Author

Dorny, Bertrand, 1931- Author

Elmslie, Kenward. Author

Epstein, Barbara, 1928-2006. Addressee

Ginsberg, Allen, 1926-1997. Addressee

Groffsky, Maxine, 1936- Addressee

Halliday, Mark, 1949- Author

Halliday, Mark, 1949- Addressee

Harrison, Jeffrey. Author

Harvey, Emily. Author

Jarmusch, Jim, 1953- Author

Katz, Alex, 1927- Author

Katz, Vincent, 1960- Author

Katz, Vincent, 1960- Addressee

Kermode, Frank, 1919-2010. Author

Koch, Jay Kenneth, 925-2002. Author

Koch, Karen Culler, 1948- Author

Koch, Katherine Loth, 1955- Author

Koch, Lillian Amy Loth, 1897-1983. Author

Koch, Lillian Amy Loth, 1897-1983. Addressee

Koch, Mary Janice Elwood, 1930-1981. Author

Koch, Mary Janice Elwood, 1930-1981. Addressee

Koch, Stuart Jay, 1896-1973. Author

Koch, Stuart Jay, 1896-1973. Addressee

Lee, Stan, 1942- Author

Lehman, David, 1948- Author

Levine, Philip, 1928-2015. Author

Lima, Frank, 1939- Author

Lima, Frank, 1939- Addressee

Longley, Michael, 1939-

Longley, Michael, 1939- Addressee

Lopate, Phillip, 1943- Author

McEwen, Rory, 1932- Author

McGough, Roger. Author

Mathews, Harry, 1930-2017. Author

North, Charles, 1941- Author

Notley, Alice, 1945- Author

Padgett, Ron, 1942- Author

Panni, Marcello. Author

Porter, Anne, 1911-2011.

Porter, Fairfield. Author

Porter, Fairfield. Addressee

Rivers, Larry, 1925-2002. Author

Rorem, Ned, 1923-2022. Author

Salter, James. Author

Schuyler, James, 1933- Author

Shapiro, David, 1947-

Shapiro, David, 1947- Addressee

Silliman, Ronald, 1946- Author

Snyder, Gary, 1930- Author

Statman, Mark, 1958- Author

Towle, Tony, 1939- Author

Tranter, John E. Author

Violi, Paul, 1944-2011. Author

Waldman, Anne, 1945- Author

Weinstein, Arnold. Author

Young, Dean, 1955- Author

Locus Solus Rare Books.

Tibor de Nagy Gallery.

Research Call Number

Berg Coll Koch MSS 1932-2007

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