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Size | 6.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 6,800 items) |
Abstract | Southern Poetry Review is a journal dedicated to the publication and promotion of poetry in and of the American South. The collection includes correspondence, financial materials, circulation and advertising files, and other business records, typed originals of poems, and related records of Southern Poetry Review (and its forerunner Impetus) for the years 1962-1978, during which the journal was edited by Guy Owen, poet, novelist, and teacher at North Carolina State University. Letters from writers and editors discuss writing and publishing poetry; among correspondents are poets A. R. Ammons, Charles Edward Eaton, and Robert Morgan. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
Processed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
Updated by: Kate Stratton and Jodi Berkowitz, November 2009
This collection was rehoused and a summary created with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
This finding aid was created with support from NC ECHO.
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Southern Poetry Review is a journal dedicated to the publication and promotion of poetry in and of the American South. The first issue of Impetus, forerunner of Southern Poetry Review, was published by Guy Owen (1925- ) in Deland, Fla. Owen created the magazine out of frustration at the lack of a local outlet for the creative work of his students at Stetson University. Soon Impetus began publishing faculty work as well as that of students, and the work of poets with whom Owen was familiar. Owen moved to North Carolina State University in 1963, and continued to publish the journal there. In 1964, with its ninth issues, Impetus became Southern Poetry Review. Southern Poetry Review continued under Owen's editorship until 1978. As of 2009, the journal was still in publication, edited by Robert Parham of Augusta State University and hosted by Amstrong Atlatic State University, both in Georgia.
Among poets featured in Southern Poetry Review during Owen's tenure were A. R. Ammons, James Dickey, Fred Chappell, William Harmon, Wendell Berry, Van K. Brock, and Heather Ross Miller.
Back to TopThe collection includesorrespondence, financial materials, circulation and advertising files, and other business records, typed originals of poems, and related records of Southern Poetry Review (and its forerunner Impetus) for the years 1962-1978, during which the journal was edited by Guy Owen, poet, novelist, and teacher at North Carolina State University. Letters from writers and editors discuss writing and publishing poetry; among correspondents are poets A. R. Ammons, Charles Edward Eaton, and Robert Morgan. Finanical material, circulation files, and communications about advertising and reprinting largely constitute the business records included in these papers. There is also a group of printed material, which includes items illustrating the printing stages of Southern Poetry Review and information about other literary magazines, manuscript versions of much of the material which appeared in Impetus and Southern Poetry Review, and an incomplete run of issues of Impetus and Southern Poetry Review.
Back to TopArrangement: alphabetical by last name of letter writer.
Correspondence of Guy Owen with scholars, teachers, poets, and writers chiefly related to the publication of Southern Poetry Review. Some letters from personal and professional correspondence discuss their careers and the experience of writing poetry. Notable correspondents include Alice Moser Claudel, Julia Fields, Heather Ross Miller, Paul Ramsey, Leslie Phillabaum, David Howell Jones, Gordon Weaver, Norman McLeod, David Madden, Miller Williams, John Foster West, A. R. Ammons, Charles Edward Eaton, Doris Betts, Fred Chappell, William Harmon, Wendell Berry, and Jesse Stuart.
Folder 1a |
Original finding aid |
Folder 1-3
Folder 1Folder 2Folder 3 |
Correspondence, AFolder 2 contains letters from A. R. Ammons. |
Folder 4-9
Folder 4Folder 5Folder 6Folder 7Folder 8Folder 9 |
Correspondence, BFolder 6 contains lettes from Ron Bayles. |
Folder 10-18
Folder 10Folder 11Folder 12Folder 13Folder 14Folder 15Folder 16Folder 17Folder 18 |
Correspondence, CFolders 12-16 contain letters from Alice Moser Claudel. |
Folder 19-24
Folder 19Folder 20Folder 21Folder 22Folder 23Folder 24 |
Correspondence, DFolders 20-21 contain letters from Victor Dalmas. |
Folder 25-26
Folder 25Folder 26 |
Correspondence, EFolder 26 contains letters from Charles Edward Eaton. |
Folder 27-29
Folder 27Folder 28Folder 29 |
Correspondence, FFolder 29 contains letters from Warren French. |
Folder 30-32
Folder 30Folder 31Folder 32 |
Correspondence, G |
Folder 33-39
Folder 33Folder 34Folder 35Folder 36Folder 37Folder 38Folder 39 |
Correspondence, HFolder 39 contains letters from Ralph W. Hyde. |
Folder 40 |
Correspondence, I |
Folder 41-42
Folder 41Folder 42 |
Correspondence, JFolder 42 contains letters from David Howell Jones. |
Folder 43-44
Folder 43Folder 44 |
Correspondence, K |
Folder 45-46
Folder 45Folder 46 |
Correspondence, L |
Folder 47-57
Folder 47Folder 48Folder 49Folder 50Folder 51Folder 52Folder 53Folder 54Folder 55Folder 56Folder 57 |
Correspondence, MFolder 50 contains letters from Norman McLeod; Folder 55 contains letters from Heather Ross Miller; Folder 57 contains letters from Robert Morgan. |
Folder 58-60
Folder 58Folder 59Folder 60 |
Correspondence, N-OFolder 59 contains letters from Paul B. Newman. |
Folder 61-64
Folder 61Folder 62Folder 63Folder 64 |
Correspondence, PFolder 64 contains letters from Leslie E. Phillabaum. |
Folder 65-69
Folder 65Folder 66Folder 67Folder 68Folder 69 |
Correspondence, RFolder 66 contains letters from Paul Ramsey. |
Folder 70-76
Folder 70Folder 71Folder 72Folder 73Folder 74Folder 75Folder 76 |
Correspondence, S |
Folder 77-80
Folder 77Folder 78Folder 79Folder 80 |
Correspondence, TFolders 78-79 containing letters, from William E. Taylor, are located in Box 13. |
Folder 81 |
Correspondence, U-V |
Folder 82-90
Folder 82Folder 83Folder 84Folder 85Folder 86Folder 87Folder 88Folder 89Folder 90 |
Correspondence, WFolder 84 contains letters from Gordon Weaver; Folder 89 contains letters from Miller Williams. Folders 85-86, containing letters from John Foster West, are located in Box 13. |
Folder 91-92
Folder 91Folder 92 |
Correspondence, Y-ZFolder 91 contains letters from Jack Zucker. |
Includes circulation files, business communications, records of day-to-day financial transactions, information about grants, and other items. The bulk of this material consists of files, established by the Southern Poetry Review office, which pertain to the distribution of Southern Poetry Review. For each letter of the alphabet there are two folders, one marked "Subscription," containing material pertaining to institutional subscribers, and one marked "Membership," containing material pertaining to individual subscribers. The latter category also includes letters from subscribers with personal discussions and comments about poetry and publishing.
Business correspondence is principally concerned with finances, printing, reprinting, and advertising; only a small number of copies of communications from the Southern Poetry Review office are included. Some office and inter-departmental memoranda discuss financial difficulties.
Other business material includes bills and receipts, records of deposits and withdrawals, information about grants pursued and received by Southern Poetry Review and copyright certifications.
Folder 93-95
Folder 93Folder 94Folder 95 |
Business Correspondence |
Folder 96 |
Office and Interdepartmental Memoranda |
Folder 97-144
Folder 97Folder 98Folder 99Folder 100Folder 101Folder 102Folder 103Folder 104Folder 105Folder 106Folder 107Folder 108Folder 109Folder 110Folder 111Folder 112Folder 113Folder 114Folder 115Folder 116Folder 117Folder 118Folder 119Folder 120Folder 121Folder 122Folder 123Folder 124Folder 125Folder 126Folder 127Folder 128Folder 129Folder 130Folder 131Folder 132Folder 133Folder 134Folder 135Folder 136Folder 137Folder 138Folder 139Folder 140Folder 141Folder 142Folder 143Folder 144 |
Circulation Files |
Folder 145 |
Information about Exchange Subscriptions |
Folder 146 |
Contributors Payment Lists |
Folder 147 |
Copyright Certificates |
Folder 148 |
Deposit Records |
Folder 149 |
Withdrawal Records |
Folder 150 |
Account Statements |
Folder 151 |
Bills and Receipts |
Folder 152 |
Cash Book, 1964-1973 |
Folder 153 |
Varitype Records |
Folder 154-155
Folder 154Folder 155 |
Grants: Coordinating Council for Little Magazines |
Folder 156 |
Grants: National Endowment for the Arts |
Folder 157-158
Folder 157Folder 158 |
Grants: North Carolina Arts Council |
Includes original typescripts of many of the poems published in Southern Poetry Review and of some of those published in Impetus. In some cases editorial emendations and comments have been added. A copy of the typescript version of Paul Ramsey's In an Ordinary Place is also included.
Folder 159 |
Impetus, 5 |
Folder 160 |
Southern Poetry Today |
Folder 161 |
Impetus, 7 |
Folder 162 |
Impetus, 8 |
Folder 163 |
In An Ordinary Place |
Folder 164 |
Southern Poetry Review, VII, 2 |
Folder 165 |
Southern Poetry Review, VIII, 1 |
Folder 166 |
Southern Poetry Review, VIII, 2 |
Folder 167 |
Southern Poetry Review: A Decade of Poems |
Folder 168 |
Southern Poetry Review, XI, 2 |
Folder 169 |
Southern Poetry Review, XII, 1 |
Folder 170 |
Southern Poetry Review, XII, 2 |
Folder 171 |
Southern Poetry Review, Special Raleigh Issue |
Folder 172 |
Southern Poetry Review, XIII, 1 |
Folder 173 |
Southern Poetry Review, XIII, 2 |
Folder 174 |
Southern Poetry Review, XIII, 3 |
Folder 175 |
Southern Poetry Review, Special Women's Issue |
Folder 176 |
Southern Poetry Review, XIV, 1 |
Folder 177 |
Southern Poetry Review, XIV, 2 |
Folder 178 |
Southern Poetry Review, XV, 1 |
Folder 179 |
Southern Poetry Review, Special Issue, North Carolina Poetry: The Seventies |
Includes printed material about the Southern Poetry Reivew, received as correspondence, a sample of material illustrating stages of printing Southern Poetry Review, and miscellaneous printed material. Printed material about Southern Poetry Review includes clippings and articles, an announcement, and an advertisement.
The printed material received as correspondence by the Southern Poetry Review office includes circulars, form letters, newsletters, and press releases, many about other magazines. Some, especially those from Committee of Small Magazine Editors and Publishers (COSMEP) are annotated. The miscellaneous material consists of articles and clippings making no direct reference to Southern Poetry Review.
Folder 180 |
Impetus, 5 |
Folder 181 |
Impetus, 7 |
Folder 182-183
Folder 182Folder 183 |
Southern Poetry Review, VIII, 1 |
Folder 184 |
Southern Poetry Review, XII, 1 |
Extra Oversize Paper Folder X-OPF-4023/1 |
Printing examplesIncludes items illustrating printing stages of Southern Poetry Review. |
Folder 185-191
Folder 185Folder 186Folder 187Folder 188Folder 189Folder 190Folder 191 |
Printed Material Received as Correspondence |
Folder 192-194
Folder 192Folder 193Folder 194 |
Other Printed Material |
Includes copies of about three-fourths of the issues of Impetus and Southern Poetry Review published before 1978. Also includes a copy each of Southern Poetry Today (1962); In An Ordinary Place, by Paul Ramsey (1965); and Southern Poetry Review: A Decade of Poems (1969).
Folder 195-211
Folder 195Folder 196Folder 197Folder 198Folder 199Folder 200Folder 201Folder 202Folder 203Folder 204Folder 205Folder 206Folder 207Folder 208Folder 209Folder 210Folder 211 |
Copies of Impetus and Southern Poetry Review |
Oversize papers (X-OPF-4023/1).
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