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Scope and Contents of the Collection
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| Creator: | Huff, Robert, 1924- |
| Title: | Robert Huff Papers |
| Inclusive Dates: | 1947-1966 |
| Quantity: | 0.5 linear ft. |
| Abstract: | Papers of the American poet. Manuscript and published poems; published material by and about Huff. |
| Language: | English |
| Repository: | Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries 222 Waverly Avenue Syracuse, NY 13244-2010 https://library.syracuse.edu/special-collections-research-center |
Biographical History
Robert Huff (1924-1993) was an American poet. He studied at Wayne State University, where he received his B.A. (1949) and his M.A. (1952) degrees. He taught at the University of Oregon, Fresno State College, and Oregon State College, and was an associate professor of English and a Poet in Residence at the University of Delaware. Mr. Huff's poems appeared in The Paris Review, Harper's, The Atlantic Monthly, The Saturday Review and Poetry, and he authored a volume of verse entitled Colonel Jackson's Ride and Other Poems, (1959).
Scope and Contents of the Collection
The Robert Huff Papers consist of biographical material, correspondence, a subject file, manuscripts and published material.
Biographical material contains biographical data released by The University News magazine of Indiana University. Correspondence includes incoming correspondence from various notables in the field of poetry and one outgoing piece of mail. The single Subject file consists of a promotion sheet for a scheduled reading of Huff's poetry by Huff. Manuscripts contains poems by Huff. Published material includes a newspaper article about Huff and his poems and the published poems of Huff and others.
Arrangement of the Collection
Correspondence is divided into incoming (arranged alphabetically by sender) and outgoing. Manuscripts are arranged alphabetically by the title of the poem as it appears in the final draft. Poems are arranged as to whether they appear in a magazine of verse or singly as clippings. They are divided further alphabetically according to the title of the poem.
Restrictions
Access Restrictions
The majority of our archival and manuscript collections are housed offsite and require advanced notice for retrieval. Researchers are encouraged to contact us in advance concerning the collection material they wish to access for their research.
Use Restrictions
Written permission must be obtained from SCRC and all relevant rights holders before publishing quotations, excerpts or images from any materials in this collection.
Subject Headings
Persons
Subjects
Genres and Forms
Occupations
Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Preferred citation for this material is as follows:
Robert Huff Papers,
Special Collections Research Center,
Syracuse University Libraries
Finding Aid Information
Created by: --
Date: Jul 1967
Revision history: 6 Jun 2008 - converted to EAD (MRC)
Inventory
| Correspondence | |||||||||||
| Incoming | |||||||||||
| Box 1 | Booth, Philip (Xerox copy) 1961 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | C, H, W (2 Xerox copies) 1957, 1958, 1964 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Ciardi, John 1964 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | e.e. cummings (Xerox copies with explanatory notes by Huff) 1948-1949, 1951-1952, 1960-1962, undated | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Engle, Paul (Xerox copies) 1956 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Hecht, Anthony (Xerox copies) 1958 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Morehouse, Marion (Mrs. e.e. cummings) (Xerox copy) undated | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | O'Faolain, Sean (Xerox copy) 1964 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Roethke, Theodore (Xerox copy) 1961 | ||||||||||
| Outgoing | |||||||||||
| Box 1 | 1965 | ||||||||||
| Subject file | |||||||||||
| Box 1 | Promotion for scheduled reading by Huff undated | ||||||||||
| Manuscripts | |||||||||||
| Poems | |||||||||||
| Box 1 | "Between Wars" 1965 - worksheet and final draft | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | "Fred's Case" 1965 - worksheets | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | "My Tomboy's Doggerel" 1966 - worksheets | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | "Old Astronauts" undated - worksheets and final draft | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | "On Hearing of the Death of Bernard Strempek" 1965 - worksheet and final draft | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | "Passing Through" undated - typescript | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | "September, 1966" 1966 - worksheets and final draft | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | "Spirit Duck" undated - worksheets and final drafts | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | "With Robert Frost at Boiler Bay" undated - typescript and final draft | ||||||||||
| Published material | |||||||||||
| Newspaper clippings | |||||||||||
| Box 1 | About The Cardinal 1963 | ||||||||||
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| Box 1 | The Atlantic Monthly 1950, 1954, 1956, 1958 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Harper's 1947, 1948 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | N W R (North Western Review ?) undated | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Panorama 1950 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | The Paris Review 1958 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Poetry 1950 | ||||||||||
| Poems by Huff and Others | |||||||||||
| Box 1 | Folio 1958 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Milestone 1 1949 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Milestone 2 1949 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Milestone 3 1950 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Milestone 4 undated | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Poetry Northwest 1959 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Venture 1963 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Voices 1955 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Voices 1963 | ||||||||||