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Series 1. Correspondence, 1916, 1939, 1941-2009, undated 
Note This series includes handwritten, typed, and computer printed correspondence; wedding invitations; programs; booklets; receipts; greeting cards; and poetry. It is a rich source for the analysis of poetry. Because of Robert Bly's position as publisher of the very influential literary magazine, The Fifties, which became The Sixties, then The Seventies, many aspiring poets (and some prison inmates) submitted their work for comments. "Unknown" poets just beginning their craft during the 1950s and 1960s submitted poems for Bly's critique, including Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry and Pulitzer Prize winning poet, Ted Kooser. There is much constructive criticism to and from correspondents on the fine points of poetry. Although many correspondents argued with Bly's criticism, there is an overwhelming number of grateful messages for his unusual generosity in thoughtfully and thoroughly critiquing their work.
There is also a large number of correspondents who wrote highly personal letters. Bly's work in his readings, workshops, and conferences evoked remarkably intimate letters where writers "bared their souls" to their confidante.
Following Robert Bly's organization of correspondence, this series is organized into two subseries; chronological and subject.
 
Subseries 1. Chronological, 1916, 1939, 1941-2009, undated 
Note Bly's protests against the U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War are well documented in the correspondence throughout the 1960s.
The chronological correspondence was received in the Archives boxed by year. The undated correspondence listed at the end of each year was found in the associated year's box.
Many of the envelopes received in the Archives dating from 1978 had the stamp cut off. Occasionally, the enclosed letter was also cut with the stamp.
In 1998 and 2007, there are a number of copies of letters written by Bly to many correspondents.
Box 1
Chronological correspondence, 1916, 1939, 1941-1945  Box 1, Folder 01
 
Chronological correspondence, 1946-1947  Box 1, Folder 02
 
Chronological correspondence, 1948  Box 1, Folder 03
 
Chronological correspondence, 1949  Box 1, Folder 04
 
Chronological correspondence, 1950  Box 1, Folder 05
Box 2
Chronological correspondence, 1951  Box 2, Folder 01
 
Chronological correspondence, 1952-1953  Box 2, Folder 02
 
Chronological correspondence, 1954-1955  Box 2, Folder 03
 
Chronological correspondence, 1956  Box 2, Folder 04
 
Chronological correspondence, 1957  Box 2, Folder 05
 
Chronological correspondence, January-August, 1958  Box 2, Folder 06
Box 3
Chronological correspondence, September-December, 1958, undated  Box 3, Folder 01
 
Chronological correspondence, January-June, 1959  Box 3, Folder 02
 
Chronological correspondence, July-October, 1959  Box 3, Folder 03
 
Chronological correspondence, November-December, 1959, undated  Box 3, Folder 04
 
Chronological correspondence, January, 1960  Box 3, Folder 05
Box 4
Chronological correspondence, February, 1960  Box 4, Folder 01
 
Chronological correspondence, March, 1960  Box 4, Folder 02
 
Chronological correspondence, April, 1960  Box 4, Folder 03
 
Chronological correspondence, May-June, 1960  Box 4, Folder 04
 
Chronological correspondence, July, 1960  Box 4, Folder 05
 
Chronological correspondence, August-October, 1960  Box 4, Folder 06
Box 5
Chronological correspondence, November, 1960  Box 5, Folder 01
 
Chronological correspondence, December, 1960  Box 5, Folder 02
 
Chronological correspondence, Undated, 1960  Box 5, Folder 03
 
Chronological correspondence, January, 1961  Box 5, Folder 04
 
Chronological correspondence, February, 1961  Box 5, Folder 05
 
Chronological correspondence, March, 1961  Box 5, Folder 06
 
Chronological correspondence, April-May, 1961  Box 5, Folder 07
Box 6
Chronological correspondence, June-September, 1961  Box 6, Folder 01
 
Chronological correspondence, October-November, 1961  Box 6, Folder 02
 
Chronological correspondence, December, 1961, undated  Box 6, Folder 03
 
Chronological correspondence, January-February, 1962  Box 6, Folder 04
 
Chronological correspondence, March-April, 1962  Box 6, Folder 05
Box 7
Chronological correspondence, May, 1962  Box 7, Folder 01
 
Chronological correspondence, June-July, 1962  Box 7, Folder 02
 
Chronological correspondence, August-September, 1962  Box 7, Folder 03
 
Chronological correspondence, October, 1962  Box 7, Folder 04
 
Chronological correspondence, November, 1962  Box 7, Folder 05
 
Chronological correspondence, December, 1962  Box 7, Folder 06
Box 8
Chronological correspondence, Undated, 1962  Box 8, Folder 01
 
Chronological correspondence, January-February, 1963  Box 8, Folder 02
 
Chronological correspondence, March-April, 1963  Box 8, Folder 03
 
Chronological correspondence, May-June, 1963  Box 8, Folder 04
 
Chronological correspondence, July, 1963  Box 8, Folder 05
Box 9
Chronological correspondence, August, 1963  Box 9, Folder 01
 
Chronological correspondence, September-October, 1963  Box 9, Folder 02
 
Chronological correspondence, November-December, 1963  Box 9, Folder 03
 
Chronological correspondence, Undated, 1963  Box 9, Folder 04
 
Chronological correspondence, January-February, 1964  Box 9, Folder 05
 
Chronological correspondence, March-July, 1964  Box 9, Folder 06
Box 10
Chronological correspondence, August, 1964  Box 10, Folder 01
 
Chronological correspondence, September, 1964  Box 10, Folder 02
 
Chronological correspondence, October, 1964  Box 10, Folder 03
 
Chronological correspondence, November-December, 1964, undated  Box 10, Folder 04
 
Chronological correspondence, January-June, 1965  Box 10, Folder 05
 
Chronological correspondence, July-October, 1965  Box 10, Folder 06
Box 11
Chronological correspondence, November-December, 1965, undated  Box 11, Folder 01
 
Chronological correspondence, January-March, 1966  Box 11, Folder 02
 
Chronological correspondence, April-June, 1966  Box 11, Folder 03
 
Chronological correspondence, July-August, 1966  Box 11, Folder 04
 
Chronological correspondence, September-November, 1966  Box 11, Folder 05
Box 12
Chronological correspondence, December, 1966, undated  Box 12, Folder 01
 
Chronological correspondence, January-February, 1967  Box 12, Folder 02
 
Chronological correspondence, March, 1967  Box 12, Folder 03
 
Chronological correspondence, April, 1967  Box 12, Folder 04
 
Chronological correspondence, May-August, 1967  Box 12, Folder 05
 
Chronological correspondence, September-November, 1967  Box 12, Folder 06
Box 13
Chronological correspondence, December, 1967, undated  Box 13, Folder 01
 
Chronological correspondence, January-March, 1968  Box 13, Folder 02
 
Chronological correspondence, April, 1968  Box 13, Folder 03
 
Chronological correspondence, May-December, 1968  Box 13, Folder 04
 
Chronological correspondence, Undated, 1968  Box 13, Folder 05
 
Chronological correspondence, January, 1969  Box 13, Folder 06
Box 14
Chronological correspondence, February-March, 1969  Box 14, Folder 01
 
Chronological correspondence, April-May, 1969  Box 14, Folder 02
 
Chronological correspondence, June-September, 1969  Box 14, Folder 03
 
Chronological correspondence, October-December, 1969  Box 14, Folder 04
 
Chronological correspondence, January, 1970  Box 14, Folder 05
Box 15
Chronological correspondence, February-April, 1970  Box 15, Folder 01
 
Chronological correspondence, May-September, 1970  Box 15, Folder 02
 
Chronological correspondence, October-November, 1970  Box 15, Folder 03
 
Chronological correspondence, December, 1970, undated  Box 15, Folder 04
 
Chronological correspondence, January-April, 1971  Box 15, Folder 05
Box 16
Chronological correspondence, May, 1971  Box 16, Folder 01
 
Chronological correspondence, June-December, 1971  Box 16, Folder 02
 
Chronological correspondence, Undated, 1971  Box 16, Folder 03
 
Chronological correspondence, January-April, 1972  Box 16, Folder 04
 
Chronological correspondence, May-September, 1972  Box 16, Folder 05
 
Chronological correspondence, October-December, 1972  Box 16, Folder 06
Box 17
Chronological correspondence, Undated, 1972  Box 17, Folder 01
 
Chronological correspondence, January-May, 1973  Box 17, Folder 02
 
Chronological correspondence, June-December, 1973, undated  Box 17, Folder 03
 
Chronological correspondence, January-April, 1974  Box 17, Folder 04
 
Chronological correspondence, May-December, 1974  Box 17, Folder 05
Box 18
Chronological correspondence, Undated, 1974  Box 18, Folder 01
 
Chronological correspondence, January, 1975  Box 18, Folder 02
 
Chronological correspondence, February-March, 1975  Box 18, Folder 03
 
Chronological correspondence, April, 1975  Box 18, Folder 04
 
Chronological correspondence, May-June, 1975  Box 18, Folder 05
 
Chronological correspondence, July, 1975  Box 18, Folder 06
 
Chronological correspondence, August-October, 1975  Box 18, Folder 07
 
Chronological correspondence, November, 1975  Box 18, Folder 08
Box 19
Chronological correspondence, December, 1975  Box 19, Folder 01
 
Chronological correspondence, Undated, 1975  Box 19, Folder 02
 
Chronological correspondence, January-May, 1976  Box 19, Folder 03
 
Chronological correspondence, June-December, 1976, undated  Box 19, Folder 04
 
Chronological correspondence [1 of 2], January, 1977  Box 19, Folder 05
 
Chronological correspondence [2 of 2], January, 1977  Box 19, Folder 06
 
Chronological correspondence [1 of 2], February, 1977  Box 19, Folder 07
Box 20
Chronological correspondence [2 of 2], February, 1977  Box 20, Folder 01
 
Chronological correspondence, March, 1977  Box 20, Folder 02
 
Chronological correspondence [1 of 3], April, 1977  Box 20, Folder 03
 
Chronological correspondence [2 of 3], April, 1977  Box 20, Folder 04
 
Chronological correspondence [3 of 3], April, 1977  Box 20, Folder 05
 
Chronological correspondence, May-December, 1977, undated  Box 20, Folder 06
Box 21
Chronological correspondence, January-June, 1978  Box 21, Folder 01
 
Chronological correspondence, July-December, 1978  Box 21, Folder 02
 
Chronological correspondence, January-July, 1979  Box 21, Folder 03
 
Chronological correspondence, August-September, 1979  Box 21, Folder 04
 
Chronological correspondence [1 of 2], October, 1979  Box 21, Folder 05
 
Chronological correspondence [2 of 2], October, 1979  Box 21, Folder 06
 
Chronological correspondence, November-December, 1979, undated  Box 21, Folder 07
 
Chronological correspondence, January-July, 1980  Box 21, Folder 08
Box 22
Chronological correspondence, August-October, 1980  Box 22, Folder 01
 
Chronological correspondence, November-December, 1980, undated  Box 22, Folder 02
 
Chronological correspondence, January-December, 1981, undated  Box 22, Folder 03
 
Chronological correspondence, January-September, 1982, undated  Box 22, Folder 04
 
Chronological correspondence, October-December, 1982, undated  Box 22, Folder 05
 
Chronological correspondence, January, 1983  Box 22, Folder 06
Box 23
Chronological correspondence, February-April, 1983  Box 23, Folder 01
 
Chronological correspondence, May-June, 1983  Box 23, Folder 02
 
Chronological correspondence, July-December, 1983, undated  Box 23, Folder 03
 
Chronological correspondence, January-March, 1984  Box 23, Folder 04
 
Chronological correspondence, April-June, 1984  Box 23, Folder 05
Box 24
Chronological correspondence, July-August, 1984  Box 24, Folder 01
 
Chronological correspondence, September-October, 1984  Box 24, Folder 02
 
Chronological correspondence [1 of 2], November, 1984  Box 24, Folder 03
 
Chronological correspondence [2 of 2], November, 1984  Box 24, Folder 04
 
Chronological correspondence [1 of 2], December, 1984  Box 24, Folder 05
 
Chronological correspondence [2 of 2], December, 1984  Box 24, Folder 06
Box 25
Chronological correspondence, Undated, 1984  Box 25, Folder 01
 
Chronological correspondence, January, 1985  Box 25, Folder 02
 
Chronological correspondence, February-April, 1985  Box 25, Folder 03
 
Chronological correspondence, May, 1985  Box 25, Folder 04
 
Chronological correspondence, June, 1985  Box 25, Folder 05
 
Chronological correspondence, July, 1985  Box 25, Folder 06
 
Chronological correspondence, August, 1985  Box 25, Folder 07
Box 26
Chronological correspondence, September-October, 1985  Box 26, Folder 01
 
Chronological correspondence, November, 1985  Box 26, Folder 02
 
Chronological correspondence [1 of 2], December, 1985  Box 26, Folder 03
 
Chronological correspondence [2 of 2], December, 1985  Box 26, Folder 04
 
Chronological correspondence, Undated, 1985  Box 26, Folder 05
Box 27
Chronological correspondence, January-March, 1986  Box 27, Folder 01
 
Chronological correspondence, April-May, 1986  Box 27, Folder 02
 
Chronological correspondence, June, 1986  Box 27, Folder 03
 
Chronological correspondence, July-October, 1986  Box 27, Folder 04
 
Chronological correspondence, November-December, 1986  Box 27, Folder 05
Box 28
Chronological correspondence, Undated, 1986  Box 28, Folder 01
 
Chronological correspondence, January, 1987  Box 28, Folder 02
 
Chronological correspondence, February-May, 1987  Box 28, Folder 03
 
Chronological correspondence, June-December, 1987, undated  Box 28, Folder 04
 
Chronological correspondence, January-July, 1988  Box 28, Folder 05
 
Chronological correspondence, August, 1988  Box 28, Folder 06
Box 29
Chronological correspondence, September, 1988  Box 29, Folder 01
 
Chronological correspondence, October, 1988  Box 29, Folder 02
 
Chronological correspondence, November, 1988  Box 29, Folder 03
 
Chronological correspondence, December, 1988, undated  Box 29, Folder 04
 
Chronological correspondence, January-August, 1989  Box 29, Folder 05
Box 30
Chronological correspondence, September-December, 1989  Box 30, Folder 01
 
Chronological correspondence, Undated, 1989  Box 30, Folder 02
 
Chronological correspondence, January-March, 1990  Box 30, Folder 03
 
Chronological correspondence [1 of 2], April, 1990  Box 30, Folder 04
 
Chronological correspondence [2 of 2], April, 1990  Box 30, Folder 05
 
Chronological correspondence, May-June, 1990  Box 30, Folder 06
Box 31
Chronological correspondence, July-August, 1990  Box 31, Folder 01
 
Chronological correspondence, September-October, 1990  Box 31, Folder 02
 
Chronological correspondence, November-December, 1990  Box 31, Folder 03
 
Chronological correspondence, Undated, 1990  Box 31, Folder 04
 
Chronological correspondence, January-May, 1991  Box 31, Folder 05
 
Chronological correspondence, June-July, 1991  Box 31, Folder 06
Box 32
Chronological correspondence, August, 1991  Box 32, Folder 01
 
Chronological correspondence [1 of 2], September, 1991  Box 32, Folder 02
 
Chronological correspondence [2 of 2], September, 1991  Box 32, Folder 03
 
Chronological correspondence, October-November, 1991  Box 32, Folder 04
 
Chronological correspondence, December, 1991, undated  Box 32, Folder 05
 
Chronological correspondence, January-December, 1992, undated  Box 32, Folder 06
Box 33
Chronological correspondence, January-December, 1993, undated  Box 33, Folder 01
 
Chronological correspondence, March-November, 1994  Box 33, Folder 02
 
Chronological correspondence, December, 1995, undated  Box 33, Folder 03
 
Chronological correspondence, April-October, 1996  Box 33, Folder 04
 
Chronological correspondence, March-December, 1997  Box 33, Folder 05
 
Chronological correspondence, January-December, 1998, undated  Box 33, Folder 06
 
Chronological correspondence, January-June, 1999  Box 33, Folder 07
 
Chronological correspondence, July-December, 1999, undated  Box 33, Folder 08
 
Chronological correspondence, July-December, 2000, undated  Box 33, Folder 09
 
Chronological correspondence, February-October, 2002, undated  Box 33, Folder 10
 
Chronological correspondence, March-July, 2003, undated  Box 33, Folder 11
 
Chronological correspondence, January-September, 2004, undated  Box 33, Folder 12
Box 34
Chronological correspondence, January-December, 2005  Box 34, Folder 01
 
Chronological correspondence, January-November, 2006  Box 34, Folder 02
 
Chronological correspondence, December, 2006, undated  Box 34, Folder 03
 
Chronological correspondence, January-February, 2007  Box 34, Folder 04
 
Chronological correspondence, March-May, 2007  Box 34, Folder 05
 
Chronological correspondence, June-July, 2007  Box 34, Folder 06
Box 35
Chronological correspondence, August-September, 2007  Box 35, Folder 01
 
Chronological correspondence, October-November, 2007  Box 35, Folder 02
 
Chronological correspondence, December, 2007  Box 35, Folder 03
 
Chronological correspondence, Undated, 2007  Box 35, Folder 04
 
Chronological correspondence, January-February, 2008  Box 35, Folder 05
Box 36
Chronological correspondence [1 of 2], March, 2008  Box 36, Folder 01
 
Chronological correspondence [2 of 2], March, 2008  Box 36, Folder 02
 
Chronological correspondence, April-June, 2008  Box 36, Folder 03
 
Chronological correspondence, July-September, 2008  Box 36, Folder 04
 
Chronological correspondence, October-November, 2008  Box 36, Folder 05
 
Chronological correspondence, December, 2008, undated  Box 36, Folder 06
Box 37
Chronological correspondence, January-February, 2009  Box 37, Folder 01
 
Chronological correspondence, March, 2009  Box 37, Folder 02
 
Chronological correspondence, April, 2009  Box 37, Folder 03
 
Chronological correspondence, May, 2009  Box 37, Folder 04
 
Chronological correspondence, June-July, 2009  Box 37, Folder 05
 
Chronological correspondence, August, 2009  Box 37, Folder 06
Box 38
Chronological correspondence, September, 2009  Box 38, Folder 01
 
Chronological correspondence, October, 2009  Box 38, Folder 02
 
Chronological correspondence, November, 2009  Box 38, Folder 03
 
Chronological correspondence, December, 2009, undated  Box 38, Folder 04
 
Subseries 2. Subject, 1944-2009, undated 
Note The materials in this subseries are correspondence received by Robert Bly, arranged alphabetically by subject. There are file titles in this subseries which correspond with other series, such as Vietnam, Readings, and Translations. However, because the documents in these files are entirely correspondence, they are located in this series.
Some correspondence, dated in 1960 and 1961, was received in the Archives in monthly envelopes. That arrangement was maintained to demonstrate Bly's and William Duffy's organization at the beginning of their business venture of publishing The Fifties and The Sixties magazines.
Box 39
[1986 Men's conference in Mendocino], 1985-1986  Box 39, Folder 01
 
'86 Mother conference [financial correspondence], 1986, undated  Box 39, Folder 02
 
1989 Mother conference [post- conference correspondence], 1989, undated  Box 39, Folder 03
 
Acceptance letters [and lists of published poems], 2002-2004, undated  Box 39, Folder 04
 
Addresses of editors [and requests for poems], 1992-1993  Box 39, Folder 05
 
Allan Chinen, 1992  Box 39, Folder 06
 
Ally Press, 1980-1981, undated  Box 39, Folder 07
 
Anthology by county correspondence, 1974, 1976, undated  Box 39, Folder 08
 
[August] Strindberg stories; rejections, 1962-1963, 1965, undated  Box 39, Folder 09
 
Australia trip, 1979-1980, undated  Box 39, Folder 10
 
Barnwood [Press Cooperative ], Tom Koontz, 1980, 1982, undated  Box 39, Folder 11
 
Beacon Press, 1969-1972, undated  Box 39, Folder 12
 
Bill Moyers [interviews] letters, 1976, 1979, 1989-1990  Box 39, Folder 13
 
Bill [Patrick's] letters [about Iron John], 1989-1990  Box 39, Folder 14
 
[Bly's response to review on James Wright's work], 1968  Box 39, Folder 15
 
[Bly's works:] translations into Norwegian, 1970-1972, undated  Box 39, Folder 16
 
Bob Bourey prose, 1991  Box 39, Folder 17
 
[Book collection with Mark Weiss], Circa 2006  Box 39, Folder 18
 
Boston-NY Men's [conference], 1988  Box 39, Folder 19
 
Calliopea Press (Carol Denison), 1980-1984, undated  Box 39, Folder 20
Box 40
[Carol Bly correspondence to Robert Bly], 1951-1953  Box 40, Folder 01
 
[Carol Bly correspondence to Robert Bly], 1954, undated  Box 40, Folder 02
 
[Carol Bly correspondence to Robert Bly], 1955, undated  Box 40, Folder 03
 
[Carol Bly correspondence to Robert Bly], 1959, 1961-1963, 1965-1967, 1969-1970, 1979, 1983-1985, 1989, 1992, 1999, 2007  Box 40, Folder 04
 
César Vallejo, 1959, undated  Box 40, Folder 05
Note Includes letters from James Wright and John Knoepfle
 
Charles Reynolds [and Grover Jackson] adventures, 1960-1963  Box 40, Folder 06
 
[Charles] Upton exchanges [on Iron John], Circa 1990s  Box 40, Folder 07
 
China Galland interview, 1986, undated  Box 40, Folder 08
Box 41
Choosing design [for Iron John book], 1990  Box 41, Folder 01
 
Correspondence '89 [appearances], 1987-1989, undated  Box 41, Folder 02
 
[Correspondence between Charles Reynolds and William Collins], 1967, undated  Box 41, Folder 03
 
[Correspondence on others' work], 1965, 1969-1970  Box 41, Folder 04
 
Correspondence on poems, 1987, undated  Box 41, Folder 05
 
[Correspondence received in Oslo], 1956-1957  Box 41, Folder 06
 
[Correspondence regarding] broadsides and post cards, 1973, 1975-1977, 1979, 1987, undated  Box 41, Folder 07
 
Correspondence with poetry editors, 1991-1994, undated  Box 41, Folder 08
 
Cranium Press, 1972, undated  Box 41, Folder 09
 
[Cris Foster promotiona l materials], 1980-1984, undated  Box 41, Folder 10
 
Crosscut Saw [Press]; [Tom] Plante and [Randy] Fingland, 1981  Box 41, Folder 11
 
Don [Hall's] comments on new prose poems, 1987  Box 41, Folder 12
 
Don Olsen short poem collection, 1972-1973  Box 41, Folder 13
 
Donald Carroll, 1963-1967, undated  Box 41, Folder 14
 
[Donald Hall correspondence from Robert Bly, Circa 1950s-1960s  Box 41, Folder 15
 
[Donald Hall-Robert Bly correspondence], 1949-1951  Box 41, Folder 16
Box 42
[Donald Hall-Robert Bly correspondence], 1952-1956, undated  Box 42, Folder 01
 
[Donald Hall-Robert Bly correspondence], 1957, undated  Box 42, Folder 02
 
[Donald Hall-Robert Bly correspondence] [1 of 2], 1958, undated  Box 42, Folder 03
 
[Donald Hall-Robert Bly correspondence] [2 of 2], 1958, undated  Box 42, Folder 04
 
[Donald Hall-Robert Bly correspondence], 1959, undated  Box 42, Folder 05
 
[Donald Hall-Robert Bly correspondence] [1 of 2], 1960, undated  Box 42, Folder 06
Box 43
[Donald Hall-Robert Bly correspondence] [2 of 2], 1960, undated  Box 43, Folder 01
 
[Donald Hall-Robert Bly correspondence], 1961, undated  Box 43, Folder 02
 
[Donald Hall-Robert Bly correspondence], 1962, undated  Box 43, Folder 03
 
[Donald Hall-Robert Bly correspondence] [1 of 2], 1963, undated  Box 43, Folder 04
 
[Donald Hall-Robert Bly correspondence] [2 of 2], 1963, undated  Box 43, Folder 05
 
[Donald Hall-Robert Bly correspondence], 1964, undated  Box 43, Folder 06
 
[Donald Hall-Robert Bly correspondence], 1965, undated  Box 43, Folder 07
 
[Donald Hall-Robert Bly correspondence], 1966, undated  Box 43, Folder 08
Box 44
[Donald Hall-Robert Bly correspondence], 1967, undated  Box 44, Folder 01
 
[Donald Hall-Robert Bly correspondence], 1968, undated  Box 44, Folder 02
 
[Donald Hall-Robert Bly correspondence], 1969, undated  Box 44, Folder 03
 
[Donald Hall-Robert Bly correspondence], 1970, undated  Box 44, Folder 04
 
[Donald Hall-Robert Bly correspondence], 1971, undated  Box 44, Folder 05
 
[Donald Hall-Robert Bly correspondence], 1972, undated  Box 44, Folder 06
 
[Donald Hall-Robert Bly correspondence], 1973, undated  Box 44, Folder 07
 
[Donald Hall-Robert Bly correspondence], 1974, undated  Box 44, Folder 08
Box 45
[Donald Hall-Robert Bly correspondence], 1975, undated  Box 45, Folder 01
 
[Donald Hall-Robert Bly correspondence], 1976, undated  Box 45, Folder 02
 
[Donald Hall-Robert Bly correspondence], 1977, undated  Box 45, Folder 03
 
[Donald Hall-Robert Bly correspondence], 1978, undated  Box 45, Folder 04
 
[Donald Hall-Robert Bly correspondence], 1979, undated  Box 45, Folder 05
 
[Donald Hall-Robert Bly correspondence] [1 of 2], 1980  Box 45, Folder 06
Box 46
[Donald Hall-Robert Bly correspondence] [2 of 2], 1980  Box 46, Folder 01
 
[Donald Hall-Robert Bly correspondence] [1 of 2], 1981, undated  Box 46, Folder 02
 
[Donald Hall-Robert Bly correspondence] [2 of 2], 1981, undated  Box 46, Folder 03
 
[Donald Hall-Robert Bly correspondence] [1 of 2], 1982  Box 46, Folder 04
 
[Donald Hall-Robert Bly correspondence] [2 of 2], 1982  Box 46, Folder 05
 
[Donald Hall-Robert Bly correspondence], 1983  Box 46, Folder 06
Box 47
[Donald Hall-Robert Bly correspondence], 1984, undated  Box 47, Folder 01
 
[Donald Hall-Robert Bly correspondence], 1985  Box 47, Folder 02
 
[Donald Hall-Robert Bly correspondence], 1986  Box 47, Folder 03
 
[Donald Hall-Robert Bly correspondence], 1987  Box 47, Folder 04
 
[Donald Hall-Robert Bly correspondence], 1988  Box 47, Folder 05
 
[Donald Hall-Robert Bly correspondence], 1989  Box 47, Folder 06
 
[Donald Hall-Robert Bly correspondence], 1990  Box 47, Folder 07
 
[Donald Hall-Robert Bly correspondence], 1991  Box 47, Folder 08
 
[Donald Hall-Robert Bly correspondence], 1992- 1994, 1997  Box 47, Folder 09
 
[Donald Hall-Robert Bly correspondence], 1998, undated  Box 47, Folder 10
 
[Donald Hall-Robert Bly correspondence], 1999  Box 47, Folder 11
Box 48
[Donald Hall-Robert Bly correspondence], 2000  Box 48, Folder 01
 
[Donald Hall-Robert Bly correspondence], 2002, 2005-2006, 2009  Box 48, Folder 02
 
Duane Schneider, 1979-1980  Box 48, Folder 03
 
[Early 80s workshops], 1980-1984, undated  Box 48, Folder 04
 
Early responses to Iron John, 1978, 1982-1986, 1988, undated  Box 48, Folder 05
 
East-West [Journal] interview reactions, 1976, undated  Box 48, Folder 06
 
"Eight Stages of Translation" as pamphlet, 1981-1982, 1984, undated  Box 48, Folder 07
 
Ekelöf book with Paul Lawson, 1966-1967  Box 48, Folder 08
 
Ekelöf, Martinson, Tranströmer : details, 1971, 1973-1975, undated  Box 48, Folder 09
 
Essay on Paul Carroll, 2000-2002, undated  Box 48, Folder 10
Note Includes photocopy of draft of poetry book of Carroll's poems: 1950-1990 and preface by Lawrence Ferlinghetti
 
Essays commissioned, 1995-1996, undated  Box 48, Folder 11
Box 49
Essays that need to be done, 1998-2000, undated  Box 49, Folder 01
 
Exclusive translation rights, 1973-1974, undated  Box 49, Folder 02
 
[Faythe Nelson correspondence to Robert Bly], 1947-1949, 1951  Box 49, Folder 03
 
February trip [to] Utah [and] Oregon [correspondence], 1975-1976, undated  Box 49, Folder 04
 
Firefly [Press], Carol Kay, 1980, 1982, undated  Box 49, Folder 05
 
Gendron Jensen, 1972-1979, undated  Box 49, Folder 06
 
[G.J.] Thieme [correspon dence], 1965-1968, undated  Box 49, Folder 07
 
Graywolf [Press] (Scott Walker), 1979  Box 49, Folder 08
 
[Great Mother Conferences], 1975-1976  Box 49, Folder 09
 
[Great Mother Conferences], 1976-1977  Box 49, Folder 10
Box 50
[Great Mother Conferences], 1978, 1980, 1985, 1987  Box 50, Folder 01
 
[Great Mother Conferences], 1988-1991, 1996, 1998-1999, 2006, undated  Box 50, Folder 02
 
[Great Mother conferences business correspondence], 1975-1978, undated  Box 50, Folder 03
 
[Great Mother Newslitter], 1967-1977  Box 50, Folder 04
 
[Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship], 1962-1964  Box 50, Folder 05
 
[Gunnar] Ekelöf [publishing issues], 1966-1967  Box 50, Folder 06
 
[Hafiz translations], 1990, 1995, 1999-2005, undated  Box 50, Folder 07
 
Hardie St. Martin correspondence [and other translation materials], 1961-1964, undated  Box 50, Folder 08
 
[Harvard correspondence], 1947, 1949-1950  Box 50, Folder 09
 
Hungarian [poets and] poems, 1963, undated  Box 50, Folder 10
 
Hunger [publishing details], 1966-1967, undated  Box 50, Folder 11
Box 51
"In the Month of May" broadside- Stone House Press, 1983  Box 51, Folder 01
 
Invitations to read, 1968-1969, undated  Box 51, Folder 02
 
[Invitations to submit translations], 1970-1973, 1975, undated  Box 51, Folder 03
 
[Invitations to submit work], 1964-1967, undated  Box 51, Folder 04
 
[Invitations to submit work], 1967-1972, undated  Box 51, Folder 05
 
[Invitations to submit work], 1973-1978, undated  Box 51, Folder 06
 
[Invitations to submit work], 1979-1987, undated  Box 51, Folder 07
 
[Invitations to submit work from] England and Australia, 1968-1973, 1975, 1979, undated  Box 51, Folder 08
 
[Iron John] comments by friends, notes, 1988-1989, undated  Box 51, Folder 09
Box 52
[Iron John correspondence], 1990-1991  Box 52, Folder 01
 
[Iron John correspondence], 1991-1992  Box 52, Folder 02
 
[Iron John] correspondence on men's chapters, 1984-1985  Box 52, Folder 03
 
[Iron John] letters from the Germans, 1983-1984  Box 52, Folder 04
 
[Iron John manuscript rejection letters], 1985-1986  Box 52, Folder 05
 
Iron John-Swedish, 1985, 1987-1988, 1990  Box 52, Folder 06
 
Italian letters and Mss, 1959-1960  Box 52, Folder 07
 
Jack [and the beanstalk] correspondence, 1988-1989  Box 52, Folder 08
 
[James] Dickey book, 1963-1964, undated  Box 52, Folder 09
 
[James Wright correspondence from Robert Bly], 1958-1959  Box 52, Folder 10
Note Included are letters written by Carol Bly, Donald Hall, and others. James Wright-Robert Bly letters were gathered for possible publication.
Box 53
[James Wright correspondence from Robert Bly], 1960-1961  Box 53, Folder 01
Note Included are letters written by Carol Bly, Donald Hall, and others. James Wright-Robert Bly letters were gathered for possible publication.
 
[James Wright correspondence from Robert Bly], 1962-1967  Box 53, Folder 02
Note Included are letters written by Carol Bly, Donald Hall, and others. James Wright-Robert Bly letters were gathered for possible publication.
 
[James Wright correspondence from Robert Bly], 1968-1979  Box 53, Folder 03
Note Included are letters written by Carol Bly, Donald Hall, and others. James Wright-Robert Bly letters were gathered for possible publication.
 
[James Wright correspondence to Robert Bly], 1958-1960  Box 53, Folder 04
Note Included are letters written by Carol Bly, Donald Hall, and others. James Wright-Robert Bly letters were gathered for possible publication.
 
[James Wright correspondence to Robert Bly], 1961-1979, undated  Box 53, Folder 05
Note Included are letters written by Carol Bly, Donald Hall, and others. James Wright-Robert Bly letters were gathered for possible publication.
Box 54
[James] Wright letters [to James Dickey and Donald Hall], 1958-1961, 1963-1964  Box 54, Folder 01
 
Jim Sitter [Bookslinger], 1981, undated  Box 54, Folder 02
 
Jiménez book, 1965-1969, undated  Box 54, Folder 03
 
Joyce Peseroff book, 1981-1982  Box 54, Folder 04
 
Julio Hernandez, 1967-1968, undated  Box 54, Folder 05
 
Jumping out of Bed [publishing details], 1973  Box 54, Folder 06
 
Kabir small presses [publishing details], 1974-1975, undated  Box 54, Folder 07
 
[Keith Thompson correspondence], 1980, 1982-1987, 1989, 1991, undated  Box 54, Folder 08
 
Ken Ostensoe correspondence and poems, 1963-1964  Box 54, Folder 09
 
Kerryman [Printers], 1963-1967  Box 54, Folder 10
 
Leaping Poetry: final details, 1971-1975, undated  Box 54, Folder 11
 
Leonard Seastone: Tideline Press, 1976, 1979-1980, undated  Box 54, Folder 12
 
Letter [drafts of grant refusal for The Sixties Press], 1967  Box 54, Folder 13
Note Robert Bly refused a $5,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities
 
[Letter to Archibald MacLeish], Circa 1947-1950  Box 54, Folder 14
 
Letters about men's things, 1977, 1979-1980, 1982- 1988  Box 54, Folder 15
Box 55
Letters about men's things, 1989, circa 1980s, 1990  Box 55, Folder 01
 
Letters about men's things, 1991-1994, 1998, undated  Box 55, Folder 02
 
Letters from [David] Ray, 1963  Box 55, Folder 03
 
Letters from Göran Sonnevi, 1969-1971, undated  Box 55, Folder 04
 
Letters from Kerryman, 1960-1962, undated  Box 55, Folder 05
 
Letters I wrote home, 1944, 1947-1951  Box 55, Folder 06
 
Letters I wrote home [1 of 2], 1952  Box 55, Folder 07
Box 56
Letters I wrote home [2 of 2], 1952  Box 56, Folder 01
 
Letters I wrote home in early 1953, 1953  Box 56, Folder 02
 
Letters I wrote home in late 1953, 1953  Box 56, Folder 03
 
Letters I wrote home, 1954  Box 56, Folder 04
 
Letters on Hine, Howard, Bloom article, 1973  Box 56, Folder 05
 
Letters to Annie Simpson, 1960  Box 56, Folder 06
 
[Letters to parents], 1945-1947  Box 56, Folder 07
 
[Letters to parents], 1948-1952  Box 56, Folder 08
 
[Letters to parents while in New York] [1 of 2], 1953  Box 56, Folder 09
Box 57
[Letters to parents while in New York] [2 of 2], 1953  Box 57, Folder 01
 
"Light Around the Body" letters, 1967-1969, undated  Box 57, Folder 02
 
Light Around the Body [publishing details], 1966-1967, undated  Box 57, Folder 03
 
Lorca Jiménez book details, 1969-1973, undated  Box 57, Folder 04
 
[Los Angeles reading] trip, 1970-1971, undated  Box 57, Folder 05
 
Making money; grants, projects, [and more], 1960-1966, undated  Box 57, Folder 06
 
[Man in the Black Coat publishing details correspondence], 1981, undated  Box 57, Folder 07
 
Mendocino Men's Conference (third), May 1-8, 1983, undated  Box 57, Folder 08
 
Minnesota Men's [conference correspondence], 1986  Box 57, Folder 09
 
Moyers program on men scrapbook, 1988-1990, undated  Box 57, Folder 10
 
My audio [and video] tapes old details, 1984, undated  Box 57, Folder 11
 
Neruda and Vallejo [permissions and royalties correspondence], 1964, 1971-1975, undated  Box 57, Folder 12
Note Includes letter from Pablo Neruda and cancelled check endorsed by Neruda
 
New letters to The Sixties, 1968-1969, undated  Box 57, Folder 13
 
Notes by Wang [Hui-Ming on] Wang Wei and Pei Ti, 1970, undated  Box 57, Folder 14
 
[November '68 readings trips], 1968, undated  Box 57, Folder 15
 
NY Times petition, 1960-1961, undated  Box 57, Folder 16
 
Olav Hauge details [and] early versions, 1972-1974, 1981, undated  Box 57, Folder 17
 
["Old Man Rubbing His Eyes" letters], 1976  Box 57, Folder 18
 
Poems by Gregory Hall, 1974-1977, undated  Box 57, Folder 19
Box 58
[Poetry booklet correspondence], 1993  Box 58, Folder 01
Note Includes discussion regarding whaling trip
 
[Poetry East issues responses], 1981  Box 58, Folder 02
 
Poetry East special issue, 1981, undated  Box 58, Folder 03
 
Possible teachers for men's conferences, 1988, 1990, undated  Box 58, Folder 04
 
Preprint letters on Sleepers Joining Hands, 1970-1971  Box 58, Folder 05
 
"Ramage:" press at Colorado College, 1984  Box 58, Folder 06
 
[Reading trips], 1971-1972, undated  Box 58, Folder 07
 
Readings enquired about that never came to pass, 1966-1967, undated  Box 58, Folder 08
 
Readings in '69, 1968-1969, undated  Box 58, Folder 09
 
Readings [in] Spring 1970, 1969-1971, undated  Box 58, Folder 10
 
Readings in California, 1969-1972, undated  Box 58, Folder 11
 
Readings in '71-'72, 1970-1973, undated  Box 58, Folder 12
 
Readings [in] 1973- 1974, 1971-1975, undated  Box 58, Folder 13
Box 59
[Readings in 1975], 1972-1975, undated  Box 59, Folder 01
 
[Readings in] '76, 1975-1976, undated  Box 59, Folder 02
 
[Readings in] '77, 1976-1977, undated  Box 59, Folder 03
 
[Readings in] 1978, 1977-1978, undated  Box 59, Folder 04
 
Readings [in] 1979, 1978-1979, undated  Box 59, Folder 05
 
Readings [in] 1980, 1979-1980, undated  Box 59, Folder 06
Box 60
Readings in 1981, 1980-1981, undated  Box 60, Folder 01
 
Readings in '82 [1 of 2], 1981-1982, undated  Box 60, Folder 02
 
Readings in '82 [2 of 2], 1981-1982, undated  Box 60, Folder 03
 
[Readings in '83], 1981-1983, undated  Box 60, Folder 04
 
Readings in '84, 1982-1984, undated  Box 60, Folder 05
 
Readings in '85 cancelled, 1983-1984, undated  Box 60, Folder 06
 
Readings [in] Fall of '85, 1984-1985, undated  Box 60, Folder 07
 
[Readings in '86], 1984-1986, undated  Box 60, Folder 08
Box 61
[Readings in '87], 1985-1987, undated  Box 61, Folder 01
 
[Readings in '88], 1986-1988, undated  Box 61, Folder 02
 
[Readings in] Fall, 1988, 1987-1988, undated  Box 61, Folder 03
 
Readings not settled 1981-83, 1978-1983, undated  Box 61, Folder 04
 
Readings not yet arranged, 1968-1971, undated  Box 61, Folder 05
 
Red Ozier [Press]; Steve Miller, 1978, 1980-1984 undated  Box 61, Folder 06
 
[Reprint rights] requests, 1973-1977, undated  Box 61, Folder 07
 
[Requests to translate Bly's poetry into Swedish], 1975-1976  Box 61, Folder 08
 
Responses to men's conferences scrapbook, 1989-1990, undated  Box 61, Folder 09
Box 62
[Review of Donald Hall's book], 1969  Box 62, Folder 01
 
Rilke corrections, Circa 1990s-2000s  Box 62, Folder 02
 
Ripping off mothers argument, 1992  Box 62, Folder 03
 
Robert Bly's 75th birthday celebration at the Loft, 2002  Box 62, Folder 04
 
[Rockefeller Foundation grant], 1967  Box 62, Folder 05
 
[Ruth Bly correspondence from Robert Bly], 1980-1982  Box 62, Folder 06
 
Saul [Galin's] comments on poems and prose poems, 1980  Box 62, Folder 07
 
Sea and Honeycomb II-new edition, 1967, 1970-1971, undated  Box 62, Folder 08
 
Shipment [correspondence], 1960-1962, undated  Box 62, Folder 09
 
[Silence in the] Snowy Fields [publishing and copyright details], 1961-1964, 1967, undated  Box 62, Folder 10
 
Sleepers Joining Hands publishing details, 1970-1973, undated  Box 62, Folder 11
 
Summer readings, 1970  Box 62, Folder 12
 
Swedish [translation s letters], 1969, 1971, undated  Box 62, Folder 13
 
Taos[: D.H. Lawrence Festival], 1970, undated  Box 62, Folder 14
 
"Teeth Mother" in Danish, 1972-1973, undated  Box 62, Folder 15
 
The Fifties letters, 1959-1960, undated  Box 62, Folder 16
 
[The Seventies correspondence], 1969-1975, undated  Box 62, Folder 17
 
The Sixties letters, November, 1959, undated  Box 62, Folder 18
 
The Sixties letters, March, 1960, undated  Box 62, Folder 19
 
The Sixties letters, April, 1960  Box 62, Folder 20
 
The Sixties letters, May, 1960  Box 62, Folder 21
 
The Sixties letters, June, 1960, undated  Box 62, Folder 22
 
The Sixties letters, July, 1960, undated  Box 62, Folder 23
Box 63
The Sixties letters, August, 1960  Box 63, Folder 01
 
The Sixties letters, September, 1960  Box 63, Folder 02
 
The Sixties letters, October-November, 1960, undated  Box 63, Folder 03
 
The Sixties letters, December, 1960, undated  Box 63, Folder 04
 
[The Sixties letters], January, 1961, undated  Box 63, Folder 05
 
[The Sixties letters], February, 1961  Box 63, Folder 06
 
[The Sixties letters], March, 1961  Box 63, Folder 07
 
[The Sixties letters], April, 1961  Box 63, Folder 08
 
[The Sixties letters], May, 1961  Box 63, Folder 09
 
[The Sixties letters], June, 1961, undated  Box 63, Folder 10
 
[The Sixties letters], July, 1961  Box 63, Folder 11
 
[The Sixties letters], August, 1961  Box 63, Folder 12
 
[The Sixties letters], 1964, 1966-1967, undated  Box 63, Folder 13
 
[The Sixties Press advertising], 1965-1967, 1969  Box 63, Folder 14
 
The Sixties scrapbook [correspondence], 1969-1976, undated  Box 63, Folder 15
 
The Story of Gösta Berling details, 1961, 1972, 1975-1976  Box 63, Folder 16
 
The Teeth Mother [folder and booklet publication], 1969-1970, undated  Box 63, Folder 17
 
Third Men's [conference in northern California], 1983-1984  Box 63, Folder 18
 
Time in Bloomington, Indiana, 1954  Box 63, Folder 19
 
Timothy Ferris interview [for Smithsonian], 1980  Box 63, Folder 20
 
Tom Pickard's tour, 1972-1973  Box 63, Folder 21
 
[Tomas Tranströmer correspondence transcriptions], 1964-1968  Box 63, Folder 22
Box 64
[Tomas Tranströmer correspondence transcriptions], 1969-1972  Box 64, Folder 01
 
[Tomas Tranströmer correspondence transcriptions], 1973-1981  Box 64, Folder 02
 
[Tomas Tranströmer correspondence transcriptions], 1982-1990  Box 64, Folder 03
 
Tomas Tranströmer letters about Truth barriers, 1980, undated  Box 64, Folder 04
 
Toothpaste Press, Allan Kornblum, 1980, 1985  Box 64, Folder 05
 
[Translation correspondence], 1960-1964, 1966-1967, 1971-1972, 1976, 1980-1982, 1987, 1990, undated  Box 64, Folder 06
 
Translation duel with X.J. [Joe Kennedy], 1973-1974, undated  Box 64, Folder 07
 
Trip to Norway [correspondence], 1972, undated  Box 64, Folder 08
 
[Undated correspondence] [1 of 2], undated  Box 64, Folder 09
Note The contents in this folder were found throughout the materials received in the Archives. They were not associated with any other materials in the collection.
Box 65
[Undated correspondence] [2 of 2], undated  Box 65, Folder 01
Note The contents in this folder were found throughout the materials received in the Archives. They were not associated with any other materials in the collection.
 
Various workshops [correspondence], 1980-1983, undated  Box 65, Folder 02
 
[Vietnam correspondence], 1966-1967, 1969-1970, 1984, 1988, undated  Box 65, Folder 03
 
Voznesensky, Maureen Sager, Catherine Leach, 1971, undated  Box 65, Folder 04
 
What Have I Ever Lost by Dying? Letter, 1992  Box 65, Folder 05
 
What is wrong with haikus in English?, 1973  Box 65, Folder 06
 
Wild Man essay, 1987  Box 65, Folder 07
 
[William Matthews] Kabir booklet correspondence and Mss], 1970-1971  Box 65, Folder 08
 
[William Morgan correspondence to Robert Bly], 1950-1955, undated  Box 65, Folder 09
 
Wisconsin [reading] trip, 1968-1969  Box 65, Folder 10
 
[Yale University application], 1947  Box 65, Folder 11
 
Yellow Moon Press (Bob Smyth), 1980  Box 65, Folder 12
 
Young Norwegian poets, 1972, undated  Box 65, Folder 13
 
Young poets issue, 1971-1973, undated  Box 65, Folder 14