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Chester Aaron Papers, 1981-1982

Location Title

Series 12. Personal, Circa 1900s-2009, undated
Note From the baby book in 1926 to the high school notes and assignment papers; to the U.S. Naval documents and assignments; and the St. Olaf College and Harvard notes and assignments, there is a wealth of materials that provide detailed biographical information on poet, translator, publisher, and social critic, Robert Bly. These materials include completed assignments, handwritten and typed compositions, livestock programs, a run of Harvard Advocate publications with Bly's college entries, as well as other personal documents. The high school and U.S. Naval materials demonstrate Bly's ability to succeed in mathematics, physics, and trigonometry. His high school materials also display his beginning work as a poet. In addition, biographical essays on Bly, contracts for work on books and audiovisual materials, both published and unpublished interviews, as well as advertisements for Robert Bly appearances are included in this series.
The series is arranged in chronological order to aid researchers in following the life of Robert Bly.

Box 239
[Jacob Bly (?) photograph album], Circa 1900s-1920s Box 239, Folder 01

[Bly extended family (?) photograph album], Circa 1900s-1967, undated Box 239, Folder 02

[Alice (Aws) Bly (?) photograph album], Circa 1900s-1960s Box 239, Folder 03

[Jacob Bly keepsake (?) photograph album], Circa 1900s-1980s Box 239, Folder 04

Box 240
[Robert Bly's Collection of Jacob Bly photograph album (?)], Circa 1900s-1980s Box 240, Folder 01

[Alice Aws (?) photograph album], 1912-1946, undated Box 240, Folder 02

[Baby book and Sunday School certificate], 1926, 1932 Box 240, Folder 03

[Cradle roll certificate], 1927 Box 240, Folder 04

[Grade reports; first through eighth grade], 1932-1940 Box 240, Folder 05

[Scrapbook I], Circa 1936-1979 Box 240, Folder 06

[Autograph book], 1937 Box 240, Folder 07

Black Hills trip [photograph album], 1937 Box 240, Folder 08

[Teacher's reports to county Superintendent of schools], 1937-1938 Box 240, Folder 09

[Lamb] notes, 1937-1940 Box 240, Folder 10

Box 241
[Livestock showing prize ribbons], 1937-1941, undated Box 241, Folder 01

[4-H Club sheep and poultry records], 1937-1938, 1940, 1942 Box 241, Folder 02

4-H Club certificates of completion, Circa 1939-1941 Box 241, Folder 03

[Double photograph frame], Circa 1930s, 1968 Box 241, Folder 04

[Grade school diploma], 1940 Box 241, Folder 05

[Spelling award], 1940 Box 241, Folder 06

[Junior Livestock Show programs], 1940-1941 Box 241, Folder 07

[Diagram and list of booths for high school carnival], Circa 1940-1944 Box 241, Folder 08

[High school Biology notebook binder], Circa 1940-1944 Box 241, Folder 09

[High school Biology notebook contents], Circa 1940-1944 Box 241, Folder 10

[High school English notebook binder], Circa 1940-1944 Box 241, Folder 11

[High school English notebook contents] [1 of 2], Circa 1940-1944 Box 241, Folder 12

Box 242
[High school English notebook contents] [2 of 2], Circa 1940-1944 Box 242, Folder 01

[High school English papers], Circa 1940-1944 Box 242, Folder 02
Note Includes award-winning essay: "Pioneer patterns for our nation's tomorrow"

[High school Geometry papers], 1940-1944 Box 242, Folder 03

[High school History notebook binder], Circa 1940-1944 Box 242, Folder 04

[High school History notebook contents], Circa 1940-1944 Box 242, Folder 05

[High school History papers], Circa 1940-1944 Box 242, Folder 06

[High school Physics papers], Circa 1940-1944 Box 242, Folder 07

[Madison High School letter], Circa 1940-1944 Box 242, Folder 08

[Target practice sheet], Circa 1940-1944 Box 242, Folder 09

[Alice Bly and Carol Bly (?) photograph album], Circa 1940, 1962-1972, 1974, undated Box 242, Folder 10

[Confirmation materials], 1941 Box 242, Folder 11

Box 243
[High school History notebook binder], 1941-1942 Box 243, Folder 01

[High school History notebook contents], 1941-1942 Box 243, Folder 02

[Madison High School production programs], 1941-1943, undated Box 243, Folder 03

[Madison High School Rouser yearbooks], 1941-1945 Box 243, Folder 04

[High School English binder], 1942 Box 243, Folder 05

[High School English contents], 1942 Box 243, Folder 06
Note Includes poetry research paper on Edgar Allan Poe and notes from his sources, for which Robert Bly received A+.

[Madison High School junior class play], 1943 Box 243, Folder 07

Box Flat Box 1
[Hand made Poetry book], Circa 1943-1944 Box Flat Box 1
Note Includes dedication of this book to his high school teacher who inspired Robert Bly's love of poetry.

Box 244
[High school Physics, Trigonometry, and Social Sciences notebook binder], 1943-1944 Box 244, Folder 01

[High school Physics, Trigonometry, and Social Sciences notebook contents] [1 of 2], 1943-1944 Box 244, Folder 02

[High school Physics, Trigonometry, and Social Sciences notebook contents] [2 of 2], 1943-1944 Box 244, Folder 03

Madison High School diploma and grade report, 1943-1944 Box 244, Folder 04

[High school senior Dutch program], 1944 Box 244, Folder 05

[Luther League], Circa 1944 Box 244, Folder 06

[Madison High School senior yearbook], 1944 Box 244, Folder 07

[Madison High School Rousers], 1944-1945 Box 244, Folder 08

[U.S. Navy publications], 1944-1946, undated Box 244, Folder 09

Box Shoe Box 2
[Three dimensional objects], 1944-1946, Circa 1960s-2000s Box Shoe Box 2
Note Includes stationery box with "Letters to Don Hall" written on cover, World War II objects, high school tassel, ring, slide rule with "personalized" case, and a Turkish medal.

Box 244
[Scrapbook III], 1944, 1946-1947, 1950, 1955- 1956, 1959, 1964-1965, 1967- 1968, 1971, 1973, 1977, undated Box 244, Folder 10

[Navy: Del Monte Primary School notebook binder], 1945 Box 244, Folder 11

Box 245
[Navy: Del Monte Primary School notebook contents] [1 of 2], 1945 Box 245, Folder 01

[Navy: Del Monte Primary School notebook contents] [2 of 2], 1945 Box 245, Folder 02

[Script for "Meet your Navy" by Blue Network Company], 1945 Box 245, Folder 03

[St. Olaf College bulletin], 1945 Box 245, Folder 04

Navy school [1 of 4], 1945-1946 Box 245, Folder 05

Navy school [2 of 4], 1945-1946 Box 245, Folder 06

Box 246
Navy school [3 of 4], 1945-1946 Box 246, Folder 01

Navy school [4 of 4], 1945-1946 Box 246, Folder 02

[St. Olaf publications], 1945-1946 Box 246, Folder 03

[U.S. Navy documents], 1945-1946, 1948, undated Box 246, Folder 04

[St. Olaf Campus - Literary Magazines], 1945-1948 Box 246, Folder 05

[Harvard tutorial bibliographies], 1945-1950 Box 246, Folder 06

[Veteran's Administration vocational tests report], 1946 Box 246, Folder 07

[St. Olaf fee statement and grade report], 1946, undated Box 246, Folder 08

[Original artwork received at St. Olaf; artist unknown], Circa 1946-1947 Box 246, Folder 09

[St. Olaf Advanced Composition], 1946-1947 Box 246, Folder 10

[St. Olaf Ancient Philosophy], 1946-1947 Box 246, Folder 11

St. Olaf General Chemistry, 1946-1947 Box 246, Folder 12

[St. Olaf] Modern European History, Circa 1946-1947 Box 246, Folder 13

Box 247
[St. Olaf] Modern History, 1946-1947 Box 247, Folder 01

[St. Olaf Religion], Circa 1946-1947 Box 247, Folder 02

[St. Olaf writing courses], 1946-1947 Box 247, Folder 03

Harvard Advocates, 1947 Box 247, Folder 04

[St. Olaf College grade reports], 1947 Box 247, Folder 05

[St. Olaf] Viking [yearbook], 1947 Box 247, Folder 06
Note Includes photograph of future governor of Minnesota: Al Quie (page 33)

[Harvard English: Milton], 1947-1948 Box 247, Folder 07

[Harvard History of English Literature] [1 of 2], 1947-1949 Box 247, Folder 08

Box 248
[Harvard History of English Literature] [2 of 2], 1947-1949 Box 248, Folder 01

[Harvard Latin] [1 of 2], 1947-1949 Box 248, Folder 02

[Harvard Latin] [2 of 2], 1947-1949 Box 248, Folder 03

[Harvard catalogs, grade reports, and other student materials], 1947-1949, undated Box 248, Folder 04

[Harvard Greek], Circa 1947-1950 Box 248, Folder 05

Box 249
[Harvard Shakespeare], Circa 1947-1950 Box 249, Folder 01

[Miscellaneous Harvard work], Circa 1947-1950 Box 249, Folder 02

[Original artwork received at Harvard; artist unknown], Circa 1947-1950 Box 249, Folder 03

Harvard Advocates, 1948 Box 249, Folder 04

[Harvard Social Relations], 1948 Box 249, Folder 05

[Harvard] Comparative Literature: Proust, Joyce, Mann, 1948-1949 Box 249, Folder 06

[Harvard] French, 1948-1949 Box 249, Folder 07

Box 250
[Carol Bly (?) photograph album], 1948-1972, undated Box 250, Folder 01

[Civil suit], 1949 Box 250, Folder 02

[Harvard] Chaucer, 1949 Box 250, Folder 03

[Harvard's New England Poetry Club], 1949 Box 250, Folder 04

[Madison High School Dragon yearbook], 1949 Box 250, Folder 05

Harvard Advocates, 1949-1950 Box 250, Folder 06
Note The Commencement Issue of 1950 includes Robert Bly's Lloyd McKim Garrison Prize winning poem: "Famine" with notation on the front cover.

[Post-Harvard study options], 1949-1950, 1953-1954 Box 250, Folder 07

[Extended Bly family (?) photograph album], Circa 1940s-1980s Box 250, Folder 08

[Harvard Class Day photo], 1950 Box 250, Folder 09

[Harvard diploma], 1950 Box 250, Folder 10

Harvard graduation, 1950 Box 250, Folder 11

Box 251
[Harvard receipt acknowledgement of "The Indian Trial"], 1950 Box 251, Folder 01

[Performance at Highfield Playhouse], Circa 1950 Box 251, Folder 02

[Scrapbook II], 1950-1979 Box 251, Folder 03

[Bank book], 1951 Box 251, Folder 04

Financial materials, 1951 Box 251, Folder 05

A Confession, Circa 1951-1954 Box 251, Folder 06

[Financial worries], Circa 1951-1954 Box 251, Folder 07

[Loose sheets], 1951-1954 Box 251, Folder 08

Memoranda sheaf [of things to do], Circa 1951-1954 Box 251, Folder 09

Works of art, 1952, 1967, 1970, 1979, 1989, undated Box 251, Folder 10

Schedule, 1953 Box 251, Folder 11

Small play notes, Circa 1953 Box 251, Folder 12
Note Includes personal schedules and financial requirements for survival

[Tax withholding statements], 1953 Box 251, Folder 13

[Loose papers in Cambridge (?)], 1953-1954, undated Box 251, Folder 14

[Bank statement], 1954 Box 251, Folder 15

[State University of Iowa Theatre program (annotated)], 1954 Box 251, Folder 16

[Iowa Liquor Permit], 1954-1955 Box 251, Folder 17

[Greek study notebook in Iowa (?)], Circa 1954-1956 Box 251, Folder 18

[Iowa] Kuhl on Shakespeare, Circa 1954-1956 Box 251, Folder 19

[Iowa] Quantitative verse, Circa 1954-1956 Box 251, Folder 20

[Music Book from Iowa], 1954-1956 Box 251, Folder 21

[Reading list (?)], Circa 1954-1956 Box 251, Folder 22

[University of Oslo summer school publications], 1954,1956 Box 251, Folder 23

Box 252
[Car insurance policy], 1955 Box 252, Folder 01

[Iowa workshop materials], Circa 1955 Box 252, Folder 02

[Wedding certificate], 1955 Box 252, Folder 03

[Iowa] notebook for classes while teaching at Iowa City, 1955-1956 Box 252, Folder 04

[Master of Arts diploma: State University of Iowa], 1956 Box 252, Folder 05

[1956 personal day calendar], 1956-1957 Box 252, Folder 06
Note Includes April 30 meeting with "T.S. Eliot" at 8:30

[Anti-communist publications], 1956-1961, undated Box 252, Folder 07

Loose papers, 1956-1957, 1961, undated Box 252, Folder 08

Uke Kalender in Norway, 1957 Box 252, Folder 09

[Grant related proposals and other materials], Circa 1958-1959 Box 252, Folder 10

[New York apartment lease], 1959 Box 252, Folder 11

[Madison High School, class of '44 list of graduates], Circa 1959-1971 Box 252, Folder 12

Clippings Saved in New York, 1950s, undated Box 252, Folder 13

Clippings, 1950s-1960s, undated Box 252, Folder 14

[Poetry Society of America anniversary dinner program], 1960 Box 252, Folder 15

[Reptile book contract and edits], 1960 Box 252, Folder 16

[Fellowship program announcements], 1960, undated Box 252, Folder 17

[1953 DeSoto invoice], 1961 Box 252, Folder 18

The Story of Gösta Berling [contract], 1961 Box 252, Folder 19

Box 253
Thoughts, 1961, undated Box 253, Folder 01

[Silence in the] Snowy Fields [contract and list of poems published], 1962, 1982, undated Box 253, Folder 02

[Real estate assessment], 1964 Box 253, Folder 03

Norwegian immigrants notebook, 1965-1967, 1969, undated Box 253, Folder 04

All English editions [contracts], 1965-1971, 1975, undated Box 253, Folder 05
Note Titles include: The Light Around the Body, Silence in the Snowy Fields, Late Arrival on Earth, and Night Vision

Hunger [contract], 1966 Box 253, Folder 06

Light around the body [contract and lists of poems published], 1966, undated Box 253, Folder 07

[Idea book], 1966-1967, undated Box 253, Folder 08

Travel diary #2, 1966-1968 Box 253, Folder 09

[Ten poetry readings at the Guggenheim Museum program], 1967-1968 Box 253, Folder 10

[Biographical essays on Bly], Circa 1967, 1968, 1975, 1984, undated Box 253, Folder 11

With James Hogg [guru?], Circa 1968 Box 253, Folder 12

[Contract for Forty Poems Touching on Recent American History], 1969 Box 253, Folder 13

Harvard Advocate interview, 1969-1970, undated Box 253, Folder 14

[Some prized photographs (?)], Circa 1960s-2000s Box 253, Folder 15
Note Contains loose photographs of Robert Bly with Donald Hall, W.H. Auden, Yevgeny Yevtushenko, Marion Woodman, and Galway Kinnell, which were gathered in one untitled folder

[Harvard anniversary book], 1970 Box 253, Folder 16

[Interview about Bly in The Rising Generation], 1970 Box 253, Folder 17

Neruda and Vallejo [contract], 1970 Box 253, Folder 18

Sleepers [joining hands contract], 1970, undated Box 253, Folder 19

[Inverness, California leases], 1970-1971 Box 253, Folder 20

Box 254
[Essays] about Robert Bly, 1970, 1975, 1984, 1992, undated Box 254, Folder 01

[Contracts for readings], 1970, 1975-1980 Box 254, Folder 02

The Sea and the Honeycomb [contract], 1970, 1976 Box 254, Folder 03

The Teeth Mother [contract], 1970, 1977 Box 254, Folder 04

[James Bly memorial card], 1971 Box 254, Folder 05

Lorca and Jiménez [contract and amendment], 1971-1972 Box 254, Folder 06

Friends[: you drank some darkness contract], 1971, 1974-1975, 1987 Box 254, Folder 07

[Interviews unpublished (?)] [1 of 5], 1971, 1976, 1979-1984, 1997- 1990, 1994-1995, 1997-1999, 2001-2002, undated Box 254, Folder 08

[Interviews unpublished (?)] [2 of 5], 1971, 1976, 1979-1984, 1997- 1990, 1994-1995, 1997-1999, 2001-2002, undated Box 254, Folder 09

[Interviews unpublished (?)] [3 of 5], 1971, 1976, 1979-1984, 1997- 1990, 1994-1995, 1997-1999, 2001-2002, undated Box 254, Folder 10

Box 255
[Interviews unpublished (?)] [4 of 5], 1971, 1976, 1979-1984, 1997- 1990, 1994-1995, 1997-1999, 2001-2002, undated Box 255, Folder 01

[Interviews unpublished (?)] [5 of 5], 1971, 1976, 1979-1984, 1997- 1990, 1994-1995, 1997-1999, 2001-2002, undated Box 255, Folder 02

[Andrei] Voznesensky [Dogalypse contract], 1972 Box 255, Folder 03

Dreams from 1972, 1972 Box 255, Folder 04
Note Includes some dreams regarding James Bly crash in 1971

Jumping Out of Bed [contract], 1972 Box 255, Folder 05

[The Dulcimer Book], 1972 Box 255, Folder 06

Old man rubbing his eyes, 1972-1973, 1975-1976, undated Box 255, Folder 07

[A trail of poetry with Robert Bly], 1972, 1991, undated Box 255, Folder 08

[Article about Bly family], 1973 Box 255, Folder 09

New York Quarterly Review interview-details, 1973 Box 255, Folder 10

[Sheep purchase certificate], 1973 Box 255, Folder 11

Growing up in Minnesota [contract], 1973-1974 Box 255, Folder 12

Leaping poetry [contract], 1973, 1975, undated Box 255, Folder 13

[Black Box audio recording agreement], 1974-1975, undated Box 255, Folder 14

Morning Glory [contract and termination], 1974-1977, 1984, undated Box 255, Folder 15

Talking all morning [contract], 1975 Box 255, Folder 16

[Alice Bly's loose photographs?], 1975, undated Box 255, Folder 17

The Kabir book [contract], 1976 Box 255, Folder 18

East West Journal interview, 1976, undated Box 255, Folder 19

The eight sided house [in Laporte, Minnesota], 1976-1977 Box 255, Folder 20

Camphor and Gopherwood [contract], 1976-1978 Box 255, Folder 21

News of the universe [contract], 1977 Box 255, Folder 22

[Promotional bookmarks], 1977 Box 255, Folder 23

[Bibliographical introduction to Robert Bly], 1977, undated Box 255, Folder 24

Box 256
Greg Pratt film [contract], 1978 Box 256, Folder 01

Rilke [contract], 1978 Box 256, Folder 02

This tree [will be here for a thousand years contract], 1978 Box 256, Folder 03

[Annotated book: "River of No Return"], 1978, undated Box 256, Folder 04

Loving a Woman [in Two Worlds contract], 1978, 1981, 1985, 1987, undated Box 256, Folder 05

Anthology of God poems [Intensity will do the work contract], 1978, 1985-1986, 1993, undated Box 256, Folder 06

[Transcript of Bill Moyers program], February 19, 1979 Box 256, Folder 07

[Interview transcript proof; poetry project], October, 1979 Box 256, Folder 08

Alice Howell's astrology lectures notes, Circa 1979 Box 256, Folder 09

[Thirty-fifth high school reunion], 1979 Box 256, Folder 10

Truth barriers [contract], 1979 Box 256, Folder 11

[Personal materials], Circa 1979-1980 Box 256, Folder 12

Man in the Black Coat: cloth [contract], 1979-1981, 1985 Box 256, Folder 13

[Interviews published] [1 of 3], 1979-1984, 1986-1995, 1997- 1999, 2002-2004, undated Box 256, Folder 14

[Interviews published] [2 of 3], 1979-1984, 1986-1995, 1997- 1999, 2002-2004, undated Box 256, Folder 15

[Interviews published] [3 of 3], 1979-1984, 1986-1995, 1997- 1999, 2002-2004, undated Box 256, Folder 16

Box 257
Sweden and Norway, 1979, 2000 Box 257, Folder 01
Note Includes entries for Pacifica Conference in September, 2000

Addition to Robert Bly will - small bequests list, Circa 1970s Box 257, Folder 02

[Advertisements for Robert Bly appearances], 1970s Box 257, Folder 03

[Family slides], Circa 1970s Box 257, Folder 04

Fifties and Sixties reprint, Circa 1970s Box 257, Folder 05

Poems for memorization, Circa 1970s Box 257, Folder 06

Second East West Journal interview, Circa 1970s Box 257, Folder 07

Clippings, 1970s, undated Box 257, Folder 08

Box Shoe Box 3
[Wooden index card box], Circa 1970s-1990s Box Shoe Box 3

Box 257
[Syracuse Art History Landscape], 1981 Box 257, Folder 09
Note Includes annotation by Robert Bly

[Contract for "Selected poems"], 1982 Box 257, Folder 10

Machado [contract], 1982 Box 257, Folder 11

[Engagement calendar], 1983 Box 257, Folder 12

[Honeywell protest (?)], 1983-1984, undated Box 257, Folder 13

Box 258
Active imagination; a small book for Sam, 1983, 1985-1986, undated Box 258, Folder 01

The [Honeywell] trial, 1984 Box 258, Folder 02

A Love of Minute Particulars [contract], 1984-1985 Box 258, Folder 03

American Poetry Wildness & Domesticity [contract], 1984-1985 Box 258, Folder 04

Thoreau book [contract], 1984, 1986 Box 258, Folder 05

[Contract for reading in the United Kingdom], 1985 Box 258, Folder 06

[Contract for "Words Alive!" seminar], Circa 1985 Box 258, Folder 07

[Engagement calendar], 1985 Box 258, Folder 08

Selected poems [contract], 1985 Box 258, Folder 09

[Financial statement], Circa 1985-1986 Box 258, Folder 10

Susan Viera's class [I], 1985-1986 Box 258, Folder 11

[Miscellaneous notes and loose papers], Circa 1985-1986, 1988 Box 258, Folder 12

A Little Book on the Human Shadow [contract], 1986-1987 Box 258, Folder 13

Box 259
Susan's class (II); Donna's class [I], 1986-1987 Box 259, Folder 01

Jack and the Beanstalk [play contract], 1986-1987, undated Box 259, Folder 02

Expenses, [travel calendar, and] Noah rules, 1987 Box 259, Folder 03

Forty poems on recent Am[erican] history [contract termination], 1987 Box 259, Folder 04

Institute of Arts and Letters, 1987 Box 259, Folder 05

Lorca and Jiménez [contract termination], 1987 Box 259, Folder 06

Moon on a Fence Post [contract], 1987 Box 259, Folder 07

Olav H. Hauge [contract], 1987 Box 259, Folder 08

[Personal and Samuel Ray memorial bank statements], 1987 Box 259, Folder 09

[Personal measurements], 1987 Box 259, Folder 10

Sea and the Honeycomb [contract termination], 1987 Box 259, Folder 11

What I like [about myself], 1987 Box 259, Folder 12

[Personal expenses], 1987, undated Box 259, Folder 13

Donna's class (2), 1987-1988 Box 259, Folder 14

Interview with Canadian poets, 1987-1988 Box 259, Folder 15

Box 260
Micah's typing record, 1987-1988 Box 260, Folder 01
Note Details the typing that Robert Bly's son did for his father, and charges for his labor

Interview [for "Family secrets"], 1987-1988, undated Box 260, Folder 02

[Apartment lease], 1988 Box 260, Folder 03

[Contract for translating collection of poetry into Russian], 1988 Box 260, Folder 04

Poems and essays listed - 88, Circa 1988 Box 260, Folder 05

Kabir project with Hunt [contract], 1988, undated Box 260, Folder 06

["Iron John" contract], 1988, 1990 Box 260, Folder 07

[Contracts], 1989 Box 260, Folder 08

[Advertisements for Robert Bly appearances] [1 of 3], 1980s Box 260, Folder 09

[Advertisements for Robert Bly appearances] [2 of 3], 1980s Box 260, Folder 10

[Advertisements for Robert Bly appearances] [3 of 3], 1980s Box 260, Folder 11

Autobiographies, Circa 1980s Box 260, Folder 12

["Bodyshaping"], Circa 1980s Box 260, Folder 13

Clippings, 1980s, undated Box 260, Folder 14

[Lists of published] interviews, Circa 1980s Box 260, Folder 15

Box 261
[Miscellaneous loose notes], Circa 1980s Box 261, Folder 01

[Notes on letters from James (Wright?)], Circa 1980s Box 261, Folder 02

[Portion of Bush (?) Fellowship application], Circa 1980s Box 261, Folder 03

[Contract for television appearance in the United Kingdom], 1990 Box 261, Folder 04

[Unsigned authorization for] taping done, March 9, 1990 Box 261, Folder 05

Apple found in the Plowing [contract], 1990, undated Box 261, Folder 06

Moyers transcript [and contract], 1990, undated Box 261, Folder 07

New Age interview, 1990, undated Box 261, Folder 08

Iron John publicity tour in the United Kingdom, 1990-1991 Box 261, Folder 09

Astrology journal, 1991 Box 261, Folder 10

[Benedictine College adoption of Robert Bly], 1991 Box 261, Folder 11

[Some receipts and invoices], 1991 Box 261, Folder 12

[Speaking and teaching schedule], 1991 Box 261, Folder 13

Point Reyes video [contract], 1991, 1993 Box 261, Folder 14

["A letter to Robert" by David Ray], 1992 Box 261, Folder 15

A Private Fall [contract], 1992 Box 261, Folder 16

Maiden Czar video project [details], 1992, undated Box 261, Folder 17

Scenes and passages [with mother and brother], 1992, undated Box 261, Folder 18

Box 262
Tannen - Bly audio tape [details], 1992, undated Box 262, Folder 01

[Marion] Woodman - Bly [articles], 1992-1993 Box 262, Folder 02

Record of poems sent out in, 1992-1993 Box 262, Folder 03

African trip, 1993 Box 262, Folder 04

Alaska trip, August 1993 Box 262, Folder 05

Wayne Ude interview, 1993-1994 Box 262, Folder 06

[Picture wall calendars], 1993, 2000 Box 262, Folder 07
Note The calendars include annotations of travel destinations

Note The 1993 calendar is very fragile; researchers must use caution when handling

Notes while reading [and] for an autobiography, 1994 Box 262, Folder 08

[American Literary Voices biography of Robert Bly], 1997, undated Box 262, Folder 09

[Dedication of Robert Bly study in Madison, Minnesota], 1999 Box 262, Folder 10

Some notes for an autobiography, 1999 Box 262, Folder 11

[Interview questions for Bly], 1999, undated Box 262, Folder 12

[Advertisements for Robert Bly appearances], 1990s Box 262, Folder 13

Macro biotic notes; recipes, Circa 1990s Box 262, Folder 14

Box 263
Passages on Amae, Circa 1990s Box 263, Folder 01

Clippings, 1990s-2000s Box 263, Folder 02

Drawings of mine, Circa 1990s-2000s Box 263, Folder 03

Paris Review interview, 2000, undated Box 263, Folder 04
Note Includes correspondence from Donald Hall and faxed copies of two letters from T.S. Eliot, received by the Harvard Advocate in 1949, regarding reprinting his poems without his permission

[75th birthday exhibit at the Loft; postcard], 2001 Box 263, Folder 05

Ruth in India, 2001 Box 263, Folder 06

[Maurice English Poetry award announcement], 2002 Box 263, Folder 07

[Bess Hokin Prize], 2003 Box 263, Folder 08

Introduction [of] Robert Bly, February 16, 2003 Box 263, Folder 09

Visit to Albuquerque Ayurvedic Institute, 2003 Box 263, Folder 10

[80th birthday commemorative materials], 2006 Box 263, Folder 11

92nd Street Y[MCA]: Tribute to Robert Bly, 2006 Box 263, Folder 12

[Robert Bly-Coleman Barks trip to Iran photograph album], 2006 Box 263, Folder 13

[Celebration of Robert Bly's archive acquisition], October 26, 2006 Box 263, Folder 14

Box 264
[80th birthday celebration at Guthrie Theater photograph album], 2006-2007 Box 264, Folder 01

[Contract Prama Institute 2008 presentation], 2007 Box 264, Folder 02

["Last night, as I was sleeping" contract], 2007 Box 264, Folder 03

Bill Moyers interview [preparation], 2007, undated Box 264, Folder 04

[Poet laureate application], Circa 2007-2008 Box 264, Folder 05

[Tomas Tranströmer Prize itinerary and details], 2007-2008 Box 264, Folder 06

[Contract for Prairie Home Companion performance], 2008 Box 264, Folder 07

["Eating the honey from words" print permissions agreement], 2008 Box 264, Folder 08

[Governor Pawlenty's appointment of Bly as Minnesota's first poet laureate], 2008 Box 264, Folder 09

[Knut Hamsun's "Hunger" translation permission agreement], 2008 Box 264, Folder 10

[Loose, random notes], 2008 Box 264, Folder 11

[Syllabus for Introduction to poetry], 2008 Box 264, Folder 12
Note Robert Bly's poetry is featured in this class

["You are the notes, and we are the flute" license agreement], 2008 Box 264, Folder 13

[Itinerary for Georgia Southwestern State University], February 17-19, 2009 Box 264, Folder 14

[Robert Bly Day proclamation], April 16, 2009 Box 264, Folder 15
Note Proclaimed by Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak

["Robert Bly in this world" conference], April, 2009 Box 264, Folder 16

[Advertisements for Robert Bly appearances], 2000s Box 264, Folder 17

Box 265
[Literary works by Luca Vettori (Bly's grandson)], Circa 2000s Box 265, Folder 01

[Advertisements for Robert Bly appearances], Undated Box 265, Folder 02

[Color drawing of Robert Bly], Undated Box 265, Folder 03

[Drawing by Robert Bly], Undated Box 265, Folder 04

[Eugene Larkin's signed woodcut: "The Listeners"], Undated Box 265, Folder 05

Notes on being a poet, Undated Box 265, Folder 06