Seamus Cooney Black Sparrow Press Collection
Collection
Identifier: 03-exws_blacksparrow
Scope and Contents
The Seamus Cooney Black Sparrow Press Collection is named in honor of Seamus Cooney (1933- ), a Western Michigan University professor emeritus of English. Cooney served as an editor with Black Sparrow Press for many years and it was via his connection with the press that this collection was purchased by Western Michigan University Libraries after the press shut down in 2003. The collection is comprised of the records of the press's editorial office, plus copies of close to every book the press ever published in all of their various editions. The books are all cataloged individually and searchable through the the libraries' online catalog. This finding aid describes the contents of the editorial office records which consist primarily of typescripts for books, editors' copies of the manuscripts, first proofs, uncorrected page proofs, corrected page proofs, galley proofs, catalogs, screenplays, prospecti and correspondence between the editorial office and authors. There are also a few administrative documents. Western Michigan University Libraries does not hold the copyright to any of the titles that were published by Black Sparrow Press. The copyright for a number of old Black Sparrow titles has been transferred to Harper Collins, particularly in the case of works by Charles Bukowski.
Dates
- 1966-2006
- Other: Majority of material found within Bulk 1966-1996
- Other: Date acquired: 2001-2004
Creator
- Black Sparrow Press (Publisher, Organization)
Physical Description
The majority of the records are stored in archival folders inside of four Steelcase filing cabinets. For the sake of maintaining consistency in nomenclature across our various finding aids, file drawers in this collection have been given the designation "box" rather than "drawer." The rest of the collection, Boxes 25-31, are housed in seven archival boxes. Many of the editors' copies of manuscripts or proofs contain editorial comments, suggestions and corrections. In many cases the manuscript typescripts are photocopies of originals. All of the materials in this collection are in very good condition.
Conditions Governing Access
WMU Special Collections, Rare Book Room. Non-circulating. Contact department for access.
Extent
31 boxes
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Editorial office records of Blacksparrow Press (1966-2003), as well as a collection of nearly every title published by the press in all of their various editions. The books are all cataloged separately and are searchable via Western Michigan Libraries' online catalog. The archival portion of the collection consists primarily of typescripts for books, editors' copies of manuscripts, first proofs, uncorrected page proofs, corrected page proofs, galley proofs, catalogs, screenplays, prospecti and correspondence between the editorial office and authors. There are also a few administrative documents.
Arrangement Note
The items in this collection, across all 27 boxes, are organized alphabetically (A-Z) by authors' surnames. Boxes 29-31 contain bibilographic files for the books in the collection, and are arranged alphabetically by Library of Congress call numbers.
Source of Acquisition
Dr. Seamus Cooney, professor emeritus of English, Western Michigan University.
Method of Acquisition
Purchase.
Accruals and Additions
2001-2004
Physical Description
The majority of the records are stored in archival folders inside of four Steelcase filing cabinets. For the sake of maintaining consistency in nomenclature across our various finding aids, file drawers in this collection have been given the designation "box" rather than "drawer." The rest of the collection, Boxes 25-31, are housed in seven archival boxes. Many of the editors' copies of manuscripts or proofs contain editorial comments, suggestions and corrections. In many cases the manuscript typescripts are photocopies of originals. All of the materials in this collection are in very good condition.
Creator
- Black Sparrow Press (Publisher, Organization)
- Cooney, Seamus (Collector, Person)
- Berlin, Lucia (Author, Person)
- Blackburn, Paul (Author, Person)
- Morrow, Bradford, 1951- (Author, Person)
- Bowles, Jane (Bowles, Jane Auer), 1917-1973 (Author, Person)
- Boutilier, Nancy, 1961- (Author, Person)
- Bromige, David (Author, Person)
- Bukowski, Charles (Author, Person)
- Clark, Tom (Thomas Willard), 1941- (Author, Person)
- Christensen, Paul, 1943- (Author, Person)
- Codrescu, Andrei, 1946- (Author, Person)
- Coleman, Wanda (Author, Person)
- Corman, Cid (Author, Person)
- Cossery, Albert, 1913-2008 (Author, Person)
- Creeley, Robert, 1926-2005 (Author, Person)
- Dawson, Fielding, 1930-2002 (Author, Person)
- Dorn, Edward (Author, Person)
- Dreiser, Theodore, 1871-1945 (Author, Person)
- Edwards, Paul, 1950- (Author, Person)
- Eigner, Larry, 1927-1996 (Author, Person)
- Enslin, Theodore (Author, Person)
- Eshleman, Clayton (Author, Person)
- Everson, William, 1912-1994 (Author, Person)
- Faas, Ekbert, 1938- (Author, Person)
- Fante, John, 1909-1983 (Author, Person)
- Field, Edward, 1924- (Author, Person)
- Frank, Thaisa (Author, Person)
- Goodman, Paul, 1911-1972 (Author, Person)
- Grossinger, Richard, 1944- (Author, Person)
- Hartley, Marsden, 1877-1943 (Author, Person)
- Jaffe, Sherril, 1945- (Author, Person)
- Kelly, Robert, 1935- (Author, Person)
- Koller, James (Author, Person)
- Lally, Michael, 1942- (Author, Person)
- Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert), 1885-1930 (Author, Person)
- Lewis, Wyndham, 1882-1957 (Author, Person)
- Lifshin, Lyn (Author, Person)
- Loy, Mina (Author, Person)
- Malanga, Gerard (Author, Person)
- Martin, John (Author, Person)
- Montale, Eugenio, 1896-1981 (Author, Person)
- Mrabet, Mohammed, 1940- (Author, Person)
- Mudd, Harvey, 1940- (Author, Person)
- Myles, Eileen (Author, Person)
- Oates, Joyce Carol, 1938- (Author, Person)
- Olson, Charles, 1910-1970 (Author, Person)
- Oppen, Mary, 1908-1990 (Author, Person)
- Joel Oppenheimer, 1930-1988 (Author, Person)
- Owens, Rochelle (Author, Person)
- Palmer, Michael, 1943- (Author, Person)
- Parker, Tyler (Author, Person)
- Purdy, James, 1914-2009 (Author, Person)
- Rakosi, Carl, 1903-2004 (Author, Person)
- Reznikoff, Charles, 1894-1976 (Author, Person)
- Roditi, Edouard (Author, Person)
- Sanders, Ed (Author, Person)
- Sanford, John B. (Author, Person)
- Saroyan, Aram (Author, Person)
- Schuyler, James (Author, Person)
- Shelnutt, Eve, 1943- (Author, Person)
- Smith, Fred, 1933- (Author, Person)
- Sorrentino, Gilbert (Author, Person)
- Spender, Stephen, 1909-1995 (Author, Person)
- Stein, Gertrude, 1874-1946 (Author, Person)
- Spicer, Jack (Author, Person)
- Stepanchev, Stephen (Author, Person)
- Tarn, Nathaniel (Author, Person)
- Pommy-Vega, Janine (Author, Person)
- Wakoski, Diane (Author, Person)
- Woolf, Douglas, 1922- (Author, Person)
- Morris, Wright, 1910-1998 (Author, Person)
- Yau, John, 1950- (Author, Person)
- Title
- Seamus Cooney Black Sparrow Press Collection Finding Aid
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Sydney Small
- Date
- 2012-02-15
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Zyyy
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the Western Michigan University Special Collections Repository
Contact:
Waldo Library, Special Collections
Western Michigan University Libraries
1903 W Michigan Ave.
Kalamazoo MI 49008-5353 US
(269) 387-5221
lib_rbr@wmich.edu
Waldo Library, Special Collections
Western Michigan University Libraries
1903 W Michigan Ave.
Kalamazoo MI 49008-5353 US
(269) 387-5221
lib_rbr@wmich.edu