VINCENTFERRINIPAPERS

Creator: VincentFerrini

Dates: 1932-2007

Quantity: 31.5linearfeet(35containers,83manuscripts,250books/pamphlets)

Acquisition: Accession#:2000.46;Donatedby:VincentFerrini

(Furtherdetailin‘AcquisitionNote’)

Identification: A16;ArchiveCollection#16

Citation: [DocumentTitle].TheVincentFerriniPapers,[Box#,Folder#,Item#],CapeAnnMuseumLibrary&Archives,Gloucester,MA.

Copyright: RequestsforpermissiontopublishmaterialfromthiscollectionshouldbeaddressedtotheLibrarian/Archivist.

Language: English

FindingAid: PeterJ.Brown,2001-2003.

IntroductionThisfindingaidrepresentsapreliminarydescriptionofthepapersandlettersofGloucesterpoetandphilosopherVincentFerrini,(1913-2006).Additionalmaterialsandtheirsubsequentsortingwillcontinueinthefutureaswereceivethem.Addendatothefindingaidwillbeincludedasneeded.Ferrini’spersonallibrary,alsoheldinpartbytheCapeAnnHistoricalAssociation,isnotdescribedaspartofthepapersbutshouldberegardedbyresearchersasanimportantprimarysource.

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BiographicalNoteVincentFerrini,whohasbeencalled“thelastsurvivingProletarianPoet”(accordingtoGeorgeF.ButterickintheDictionaryofLiteraryBiographyVolume48:AmericanPoets,1880-1945,quotingWalterLowenfels),wasbornintheshoe-factorytownofLynn,Massachusetts,in1913,thesonofasometimes-employedshoemakerandhiswifewhohademigratedfromItalyin1909.Hischildhoodwasatoughone;ababysisterwaskilledinherhighchairbyanexplodingstove,andFerrini,sittingnexttoher,wasseriouslyinjured.Asayouth,hewasactivelydiscouragedfromwritingpoetrybyahighschoolEnglishteachertowhomhehadshownhisverses.Hisfather,too,discouragedhim,tellingtheboythathecamefromthewrongsocialclasstobeapoet.Ferrinitookaseriesofjobsunrelatedtowriting,includinganine-yearstintataGeneralElectricplantinhishometownbeginningin1941.However,hecontinuedtowriteandreadduringhisfreetime.Hisearlypoetrywasprotestwriting.Hisfirstbook,writteninthelate1930’sandpublishedin1941,wasNoSmoke,astudyofthepeopleandscenesofLynn,whichButterickcomparestoEdgarLeeMasters’SpoonRiverAnthology.Giventhetimeandplace,thecentralsubjectofthebookisthedismal,impoverishedlifeoftheinhabitantsofafactorytown.Ferrini’ssecondbook,the1943Injunction,reflectsthehistoricalshifttowartimefactoryproductiononthehomefront.Butterick,whocallsFerrini“theauthenticrepresentativeoftheindustrialworker,oneofthemostperfectexamplesoftheproletarianpoetpossible,::singlesoutthefinalpoem,“TalkingTenements,”forpraise.Aswell,praisecamefromDepressionnovelistMikeGold,whocalledthebook“genuineasasoldier’swoundorarowofstampingmachines.”CriticDavidDaiches,writingintheNewRepublic,found“skillandeffectiveness”inmanyindividuallines,thoughhecomplainedofalackofclosureinthepoems.PearlStrachan,intheChristianScienceMonitor,foundtheworktobe“provocative”and“foodforthought.”PoetryreviewerLeoKennedy,commentingaboutthepoems’fierceenergy,wrotethatFerrini“hasanastonishingfacilityformakingsuccessfulpoemsaboutworkadayinstitutions…FerrinithinksclearlyabouthimselfandotherAmericanworkingstiffs,andaboutwhatthereisinitforthem,andthewordsmostlyfitthethoughtwiththeclarityandemphasisofaburstinggrenade.”Ferrinicontinuedintheproletarianveinuntil1949.ShortlythereafterhemovedfromLynntoGloucester,Massachusetts.Inthatyear,hemetthepoetCharlesOlson,whohadsoughthimoutafterreadingoneofFerrini’spoems.FerrinicameunderOlson’sinfluence,andthetwomenformedatempestuousbutenduringfriendship.InthebooksSeaSprung(1949)andTheInfinitePeople(1950),Ferrinicelebratedthesights,sounds,andindividualsoftheseasidecommunityofGloucester,ofteninshort,imagisticlines.The“specialcharm”ofthismiddleperiodofFerrini’swork,accordingtoButterick(incommentsinconnectionwiththe1952TheHouseofTime),“isFerrini’sabilitytoachievemasterythroughmystery,andmysterythroughsimplicity.”

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The1950’sand1960’scontinuedtobeyearsofliteraryexperimentationforFerrini.AnunprovokedliteraryattackbyOlsoninLetterVoftheMaximusPoemscausedFerrinitobecomeapublicfigure,andtherefore,ironically,toberecognizedbyalargersegmentofthereadingpublic.Ferrinitookaforgivingstance,andthetwomenresumedtheirfriendship.The1950’sand1960’swerealsotimesofpersonalchangeforFerrini.Inthelatterdecade,hisfirstmarriageended,hissecondbegan,andhisyoungestchild,Deirdre,diedofleukemiaatagesixteen.WhenOlsondiedin1970,itmayhavecontributedtoFerrini’semergenceintoathirdperiodofhiswork,oneinwhichsocialandpersonalpreoccupationswerecombined.AccordingtoButterick,Ferriniwasnowfreetobecome“thepoetofGloucester,theDanteofhiscity,andtocreateanewworldofauthorityabouthimself.”HebecameanactiveparticipantintheciviclifeofGloucester,andsometimesworkedwithlocalartistsonthevisualaspectoftheproductionofhisbooks.Hebecame,asButterickputsit,a“psychicexplorer,”forwhom“heartcriesgivewaytomultiplemysteriesachingfordefinition.”Ferrini’sSelectedPoems,publishedin1976,gainedhimstillmorereaders.AsDanielL.GuillorydeemedinaLibraryJournalreviewofSelectedPoems,Ferrinihadbecome“avisionarycelebrantofthemysticseaandstars,albeitonewhohasn’tlosthiskeenperception”oftheworld’seconomicpain.ConnieFletcher,assessingthevolumeforBooklist,emphasizedtheearliersocialprotestpoetry,whichsheclaimedhadbeen“toolongneglected,”andfoundthesnapshotsofshabbystreetcharacters“startling.”AChoicereviewer,commentingonFerrini’sdistinctprogressthroughaseriesofartisticstages,commentedthatthepoethad“escaped[d]categorizingatlast.”Whileadmittingthepoet’sdidactictendencies,therevieweraddedthat“hehastoughnessinhimandsomefirst-ratepoetry…inmanyofhimpoemsFerriniexhibitsboththewrathandtendernessassociatedwithBlake.”Ferrinispokeforhimselfintheformofproseinthe1988autobiographyHermitoftheClouds:TheAutobiographyofVincentFerrini.CritiquingthebookintheAmericanBookReview,poetPaulMetcalfcalledthesectionsonOlsonparticularlywellwritten;asawhole,hetermedtheautobiographya“lovelybook.”PeterS.Kidd,areviewerforSmallPressReview,foundthechapteronDeirdre“thebestpieceofwritinginthebook.”Kiddfoundthebook’slackoflinearnarrativetobeaweakness,butcalledtheworkasawhole,“abonylittlebook,insightful,notbrooding,easytoread.”Atthatpoint,Ferrinihadbegunpublishinghismagnumopus,themulti-volumepoemKnowFish,asubstantialstudyofGloucesteranditspeople.Individualsectionsweremarkedlydistinctfromoneanother:thesecondsectionofthefirstvolumeiswritteninItalian-Americandialect,whileanothersectionconsistsentirelyofletterstoaneditor.Reviewingthethirdvolume,whichwassubtitledTheCommunityofSelfandincludedBooksIVandV,TerryKennedyofSmallPressReviewgushed,“NotsinceWaltWhitmanandEmilyDickinsonhasanAmericanpoetsosuccessfullyexpressedtheuniversalthemesoflove,death,andimmortalitywithsuchpassionatepersonalfeeling.TheresultisamysticaldirectnesscomparabletothatfoundintheworkofWilliamBlake.TherearesomethatwouldsayFerriniisBlakereincarnated!”Itwas

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rewardingpraiseindeedforapoetofperseverance,whomButterickcalled“amodelofendurance.”Ferrini,accordingtoButterick,hadproduced“aperfecthandfulofhonestandenduringpoems,”andhadsuccessfullytransmutedhimselffromangryprotestertosensitivemysticwithoutgivingupthepositivetraitsofhisformerrole.TheMagiImagewaspublishedin1995andheraldedasapoeticdiagramoftheconveyanceoftheuniomystica(mysticalunion)fromPersiatoGloucester.TheDictionaryofPhilosophyandReligionbyW.L.Reese,definesuniomysticaas“themysticalexperienceinwhichthesoulofmanissaidtoenterintounionwithGod.”KennethWarren,writinginHouseOrgan,relatedthatFerrini“usesthenaturalphenomenaofGloucestertofurthertheenactmentofmythindailyliving.”Havingnoacademicor“modernist”credentials,WarrenassertedthatFerriniinsteadprovidesuswithhis“sharptongueraisedheavenward[and]preparedinsimplemeasures.”WarrenfeltthatFerriniwas,attheageofeighty-five,searchingfortheextremewithinthelinesofTheMagiImage,thedefinitiveplaceforhiswork,ashenearedthetimeofhisowndeath.VincentFerrinidiedDecember24,2006

ListofPublishedWorksPoetry:NoSmoke,FalmouthPublishingHouse(Portland,ME),1941.Injunction,SandPiperPress(LynnMA),1943.BloodoftheTenement,SandPiperPress,1944.ThePlowintheRuins,JamesA.DeckerPress(PrairieCity,IL),1946.TidalWave:PoemsoftheGreatStrikes,GreatConcordPublishers(NewYorkCity),1946.SeaSprung,CapeAnnPress(Gloucester,MA),1949.TheInfinitePeople,GreatConcordPublishers,1950.TheHouseofTime,FortunePress(London),1952.IntheArriving,HeronPress(Liverpool,England),1954.Mindscapes,PeterPauperPress(MountVernon,NY),1955.TheSquareRootofIn,HeureticPress(Gloucester,MA),1957.TheGarden,HeureticPress,1958.BookofOne,HeureticPress,1960.Mirandum,HeureticPress,1963.IHavetheWorld,FortunePress,1967.TheHidingOne,MeandTheePress(Brookline,MA),1973.TenPoundLight,ChurchPress(Gloucester,MA),1975.SelectedPoems,editedbyGeorgeF.Butterick,UniversityofConnecticutLibrary(Storrs,CT),1976.

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KnowFish,VolumeIBookI:TheLadyofMisbegottenVoyages,VolumeIBookII:DaSongs,cover

drawingbyFerriniandprefacebyPaulMetcalf,UniversityofConnecticutLibrary,1991.KnowFish,Volume2BookIII:TheNavigators,UniversityofConnecticutLibrary,1984.KnowFish,Volume3BookIV:TheCommunityofSelf,Volume3BookV:TheIlluminations, UniversityofConnecticutLibrary,1986.KnowFish,Volume4BookVI:ShadowsTalking(atwo-actplay),Volume4BookVII:ThisOther Ocean,UniversityofConnecticutLibrary,1991.ATaleofPsyche,IgneusPress(Bedford,NH),1991.MagdaleneSilences,IgneusPress,1992.DeluxeDaring,drawingsbyJaneRobbins,BlissPublications(Boston,MA),1994.TheMagiImage,IgneusPress,1995.PreambletoDivinity,JUXTA(Charlottesville,VA)and3300Press(SanFrancisco,CA),1996.DeusexMachina,1998.Drama:“TheInnermostILand”inTheBestShortPlays1952-1953,editedbyMargaretMayorga,Dodd,Mead (NewYorkCity),1953.“TellingoftheNorthStar”inTheBestShortPlays1953-1954,editedbyMayorga,Dodd,Mead,1954.FivePlays,FortunePress,1959.WarinHeaven,UniversityofConnecticutLibrary,1987.UnderseaBread:ThreePlays,UniversityofConnecticutLibrary,1989.Autobiography:HermitoftheClouds:TheAutobiographyofVincentFerrini,TenPoundIslandBookCo.(Gloucester MA)1988.HermitoftheCloudswastranslatedintoJapanesebyShingoTajimain1990.Editor:FerriniandOthers,Nessuno(Gloucester,MA),1953.ContributortoAnthologies:PoetsofToday,WalterLowenfels,InternationalPublishers(NewYorkCity),1964.AGatheringofGhettoWriters;Irish,Italian,Jewish,Black,andPuertoRican,editedbyWayneCharles Miller,NewYorkUniversityPress(NewYorkCity),1972.

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Poetiitalo-americani:Anthologiabilingue(titlemeans“Italo-AmericanPoets:ABilingualAnthology:), EditedbyFerdinandoAlfonsi,Catanzaro(Italy),c.1985.Contributortojournalsandperiodicals:Including–Smoke,MooseheadReview,IntermountainReview,Mutiny,PoundNewsletter,Athanor,Bezoar,Maps,NewAnvil,andReviewofContemporaryFiction.Adaptations:TheTrunk:SelectedPoemsandCommentaryreadbyVincentFerrini(audiotape),JohnCardin Audiotapes,1996.PoemsinAction(videoportraitofVincentFerrini).HenryFerrini,1992.WorkinProgress:DeusexMachina,abookofpoemsincluding“PreambletoDivinity”;anotherbookofpoemsaboutFerrini’sconnectionwithCharlesOlson.

AcquisitionNoteAdditionalPapers.Correspondencere:translationofHermitoftheCloudsintoJapanese. Accession#2000.46ACorrespondencewithJakeBerry. Accession#2000.46BDocumentsre:MikeHechtcorrespondence. Accession#2000.46CCorrespondencewithGregor&KayleenaBohen. Accession#2000.46DCorrespondencewithCarlCarlsen. Accession#2000.46EVideosofFerrini Accession#2000.46E2LetterstoDonaldMorrill. Accession#2000.46FLetterstoJoeNapora Accession#2000.46GLetterstoBillSpencer&ShaGleason Accession#2000.46HCorrespondencewithEdKaplan Accession#2000.46ICorrespondencewithJoeGarland Accession#2000.46JLetterstoCaroleeHazlet Accession#2000.46KLetterstoJimLeftwich Accession#2000.46LLetterstoElaineWing Accession#2000.46MLetterstoDorothyS.Nelson Accession#2000.46OLetterstoHelenV.MacLeod Accession#2000.46PLetterstoKateBlake Accession#2000.46QLetterstoPeterKidd Accession#2000.46RLetterstoJosephTorra Accession#2000.46S

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LetterstoPeterLaska Accession#2000.46TLetterstoRogerTaus Accession#2000.46ULetterstoThomasTaylor Accession#2000.46VAddendum1. JeanO’Hara,2000 Accession#2000.53Addendum2. VincentFerrini,2001 Accession#2001.1Addendum3. VincentFerrini,2005 Accession#2005.18Addendum4. EstateofVincentFerrini,2006 Accession#2008.28Addendum5. GraceSchrafft,2012 Accession#2012.85Addendum6. ColetteButterick,2011 Accession#2011.19Addendum7. ShaGleason,2012 Accession#2012.96

ScopeandContentoftheCollectionTheFerriniPaperscoveringtheperiod1950tothepresentweredonatedbyVincentFerrinitotheCAHAin2000.Thecollectionconsistedof22cartonscontainingpersonalcorrespondence,projectnotes,manuscripts,poems,businessandprofessionalcorrespondenceandmiscellaneousfragments.Alsoincludedwerearticles,magazinesandbooksthatcontainedeitherworksbyFerriniorarticlesaboutFerrini.Inadditionthereare4videotapesshowingFerrinireadingtoandteachingstudents.AdditionalPaperscontained:46Acontained39lettersbetween1988&2000re:translationofHermitoftheCloudsintoJapanese,givenbyTajimaShingoin2001.46Bcontained27lettersfromFerrinitoJakeBerry,1995-2000,givenbyJakeBerryin2001.46Ccontainedphotocopiesof5documentsre:MikeHecht’scorrespondencewithFerrini,givenbyMikeHechtin2001.46Dcontained47letterstoGregor&KayleenaBohen1982-2000,givenbyGregorBohenin2001.46Econtained4letterstoCarlCarlsen&ephemera,givenbyCarlCarlsenin2001.46E2contained4videosofFerrini(1980,1994,1995,2001)givenbyCarlCarlsenin2001.46Fcontained56letterstoDonaldMorrill1980-2001,givenbyDonaldMorrillin2001.46Gcontained4letterstoJoeNapora1994-1997,givenbyJoeNaporain2001.46Hcontained54letterstoBillSpencer&ShaGleason1990-2001,givenbyBillSpencer&ShaGleasonin2001.46Icontained92piecesofcorrespondencewithEdKaplan1979-1984,givenbyEdKaplanin2001.46Jcontained24piecesofcorrespondencewithJoeGarland,givenbyJoeGarlandin2001.46Kcontained68letterstoCaroleeHazlet1992-2000,givenbyCaroleeHazletin2001.46Lcontained7letterstoJimLeftwich2001,givenbyJimLeftwichin2001.46Mcontained31letters&poemstoElaineWing1974-1985,givenbyElaineWingin2001.46Ocontained95letterstoDorothyS.Nelson,givenbyDorothyS.Nelsonin2002.

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46PcontainedletterstoHelenV.MacLeod1970s-2001,givenbyHelenV.MacLeodin2002.46QcontainedletterstoKateBlake1989-2001,givenbyKateBlakein2002.46RcontainedphotocopiesofletterstoPeterKidd1978-1999,givenbyPeterKiddin2002.46ScontainedletterstoJosephTorra&ephemera,givenbyJosephTorrain2002.46Tcontained200letterstoPeterLaska1978-2000,givenbyPeterLaskain2002.46Ucontained123letterstoRogerTaus1984-2002,2books,8photos,givenbyRogerTausin2002.46VcontainedletterstoThomasTaylor1997-2003,givenbyThomasTaylorin2003.Addendum1contained3books,2journalsandaplaybill,givenbyJeanO’Harain2000.Addendum2contained4items(anaudiotape,avideo,aphotographandacopyofKnowFish,BookIV&V)givenbyVincentFerriniin2001.Addendum3containedlettersdated2004-2005,givenbyVincentFerriniin2005.Addendum5containedlettersdated1986-1988givenbyGraceSchrafftin2012.Addendum4consistedof60cartonscontaininghispersonallibrary;16foldersofpoetry,correspondence,photos,clippings,etc.fromthe1970s,80s&90s;109audiotapes(20ofwhichareofhisownreadings);19VCRtapesofFerrinireadings,1997-2004;1CDHomagetoVincentFerrini,2006,givenbyhisestatein2006.Addendum6contained7letterstoColetteButterickfromVincentFerrini&1photographofV.FerrinitakenbyColetteButterickdated1994-2004,givenbyColetteButterickin2011Addendum7contained33letters&otherpaperstoBillSpencer&ShaGleasonfromVincentFerrinidated1997-2007,givenbyShaGleasonin2000Alloftheabovewereincorporatedintotheoriginalcollection.

SeriesDescriptionThepapershavebeendividedinto5series: IManuscripts IICorrespondence IIIPersonalPapers/Works IVVideotapes VPersonallibrarySeriesI:Manuscripts.Thepaperscontain53boundmanuscripts.Somehavebeenpublished,othershavenot.Themanuscriptsarelistedfollowingthecontainerlist.SeriesII:CorrespondenceTheincomingcorrespondenceincludesmorethan8000lettersfromindividualsworldwide.Mostofitisundated.Ingeneral,manuscriptsofpoetryandprosesenttoFerrinibycolleaguesforhiscommentareincludedwiththecolleagues’correspondence.Mostofthe

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correspondenceisfiledinalphabeticalorder,butpartorallofthelargercorrespondenceislistedseparately.Miscellaneouscorrespondenceisgenerallysortedbyyearwhereindicated.Someoutgoingcorrespondence,eithercopiesorneversent,isincludedinthecorrespondent’sfile.Outgoingcorrespondenceisfiledalphabetically.TheseletterswereallsolicitedfromtheirrecipientsbytheAssociation.SeriesIII:PersonalPapers/WorksThesepapersincludecorrespondencerelatedtograntapplications,conferences,readings,publishingefforts,financialandrelateddocuments,individualpoems,letterstotheeditor(GloucesterTimes)andpublishedarticlesandcommentaryofFerrini’swork.SeriesIV:VideoTapesThesetapeswerefilmedbyCarlCarlsenofFerrinitalkingtostudentsatNorthShoreCommunityCollege.SeriesV:PersonallibraryThisconsistsof60boxesofbooksandmanuscriptsremovedfromMr.Ferrini’shomeafterhisdeath.Theyincluderarevolumesofpoetryfromthe1930sand40s.

ContainerListSERIESIManuscriptListing,(nocontainers):ATaleofEssexCountyAnInteriorDynasty[n.d.]AnInteriorDynastyAntiquePresent[Poems.Inc.5loosemss.andtypescriptpp.]TheBookofSt.AnnTheBookofSt.Gidget[poemsn.d.]Colleen’sBook[mid1980s]CorrespondencesDeuxExMachinaFabledEverpresentTheFisherKid[playn.d.]TheFisherKid,ATale[n.d.]

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TheFisherKidTheGoldAnchorHermitoftheClouds:theautobiographyofVincentFerrini[c.1971]HermitoftheClouds:theautobiographyofVincentFerrini[c.1987]Herrogon[individualpoems1980-1983]HolyAirHolyLocoTheInfinitePeople[1950]JustSayNoToWarKnowFish:BookI[1979]KnowFish:BookIIITheNavigators[Storrs,1984]KnowFish:BookIIITheNavigators[1984.Finalcopy]LifeisthePoemLifeisthePoem-AdditionsLordofLovingMagdalineSilences[Play,firstdraft.Publ1992.Inc.clippings,drawings,notes]TheMagiImage[poemsc.1995]TheMagiImage[poemsc.1995]MoonPrints:aoneactplay[n.d.]MyCETAYearsPoems(untitled)Poems(untitled)PoemsforDeluxeDarling[1994]PreambletoDivinityTheResurrectionTheSaturnCross[individualworksdated1973]TheSaturnCrossSpiritBread[n.d.Inc.mss.notesandtypescriptpp.]SoulBread[n.d.]SurvivalSusanneTableofthePermanent(EdKaplan)[Poetry1993]

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ThisOtheroceanBookVIITiresiasVisiting[3.5”x5”b&wphotoswithtitles,oneperpage.n.d.]TriadUnderstandingtheTidesUnitedNations:aoneactplay[c.1985]VoicesofaGeneration:AnOralHistory-GrowingupinLynnduringtheDeclineoftheShoeIndustry

[10poems;TheWeed(play)n.d.]VoiceoftheTriangle[becameMagdaleneSilencesin1992]TheWandofEros[poems]TheWandofEros[poemsn.d.]WarinHeaven[aplay,pub.1987]WarinHeaven:FourPlays[Storrs,c.1987]Wisteria[Poemsc.1937]CollectedPoemsofVincentFerrini Vol1,1941–1991 Vol11,1941–1991 LifeisthePoem 2ndUncollectedMSofPoemsManuscript OnionsandBread

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SERIESII:CorrespondenceBox1 MiscellaneousBox2 Incoming–miscellaneousBox3 Incoming–miscellaneousBox4 Incoming–miscellaneousBox5 Incoming-Anastas,Peter,1989-2000sBox6 Incoming–AdatoBrill Ada,1970s Alana,Eileen,1970s Alcalay,Ammiel,1970s

Amero,Gidget,1970s Antler,1990s Alsterberg,Rebekah,1990s Atherton,Wayne,1980s-2000s Badot,Jennifer,1990s Bates,Peter/Costley,Bill,1970s-1980s Bensen,Joyce,1980s Berge,Carol,1980s Berry,Jake,1990s Bever,Marilyn,1970s Bianchini,David,1980s-1990s Bohen,Greg,1990s-2000 Bosshard,Anne,1990s Boyle,Kate,1980s Brill,Erni,1980sBox7 Incoming–BrowntoCorina Brown,Karen,1990s-2000 Buell,Carol,nd Butters,Chris,2000 Butterick,Colette,1980s-2000 Butterick,George,1980s-2000 Byrnes,John,1970s-1980s

Calhoun,Doug,1870s Carsen,Carl,1980s-1990s Carpenter,Ginni,1990s Carradini,Lawrence,1990s

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Carroll,Charles,1980s Clark,Jack,1980s-1990s Chapman,John,1970s Chapman,Lee,1990s Corman,Cid,1990s Colette,Marie,1980s Corina,John,1980sBox8 Incoming–CrehantoFay Crehand,Hubert,1970s-1980s Cultrera,Paul,1990s Cumberland,David,1980s-2000 Dan(?),1970s Driscoll,Karen,1990s Duff,Doris,1980s-2000 Eigner,Larry,1970s-1990s Elizabetta,1990s-2000 Ellis,Steve,1990s Everly,Michael,1970s Fay,Jim,1990s-2000Box9 Incoming,Ferrini–FamilytoBusinessCorrespondence Ferrinifamily,1970s-1980s Ferrini,Lindo,1970s-2000 Ferrini,Mary,nd Ferrini,Paul,1970s-1980s FerriniBusinessCorrespondencendBox10 Incoming–FergusontoHazlet Ferguson,Hartley,1990s-2000 Flibbert,Joe,1990s Foley,Jack,1990s Garland,Joseph,1980s-2000 Gass,Nathan,1970s Georgines,Bill,1990s Glass,Jesse,1990s Green,Hanna,1960s-1970s Goulding,Alan,1980s Groves,Tally,1970s-2000 Hamilton(Bates),Kate,1970s-2000 Haining,James,1970s Harjo,Jay,1980s Hathaway,Priscilla,1980s

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Hayes,Sewell,1990s Hazen,Lois,1980s-1990s Hazlet,Carolee,1990s-2000Box11 Incoming–HechttoKaplan Hecht,Mike,1970s-1990s Herley,PeterandJeanne,2000 Hibben,Julie,1990s Hillock,Colleen,1980s-2000 Hirschman,Jack,1970s-1980s Hobbs,Ralph,1980s Janes,Daniel,1990s Jones,Jackie,2000 Joanne(?),1980s Judson,June,1980s Kailin,Linda,1980s Kaplan,Ed,1970s-1990sBox12 Incoming–KaplantoLandry Kaplan,Ed,1970s-1980s Katsura,Sam,1950-1966 Kemmett,Bill,1980s Kenny,Herb,1990s-2000 Kent,Catherine,1990s Kidd,Peter,1980s-2000 King,John,1990s Kubinyi,Doris,1990s Labriola,Joe,1970s Landry,John,1970sBox12A Incoming–Laier,Hatti,1970s-1990sBox13 Incoming–LaskatoMberri Laska,Peter,1970s-1990s Lazard,Patricia,1970s Leary,Mary,1970s Leftwich,Jim,1990s-2000 LeSeur,Meridel/Colligan,Molly,1980s-1990s Luce,Ralph,1970-1990s Luttrell,Steve,1990s Lynne,(?),1970s Miller,Malcolm,1980s Marie(?),1980s

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Marino,John,1980s Mary(?),1970s MBerri,Antar,1980sBox14 Incoming–MacleodtoMcGarrity Macleod,Helen,1970s-2000s McGarrity,Grandtree,1970s-2000s Mcgarrity,Teresa,ndBox15 Incoming–McGrawtoMorrill McGraw,Rob/Grace,1970s McKim,Eliz,1970s-1990s McNaughton,Duncan,2000 McNiff,Liam,1990s McNiff,Shaun,1980s-2000 McNulty,Lois,1970s-1980s Metcalf,Paul,1970s-1990s Michelle(?),1960s Mittleman,Sharon,1980s Morrill,DonBox16 Incoming–MorrilltoNelson Morrill,Don,1980s-2000 Murray,Dayle,1970s Murray,Kathleen,1980s-2000 Murray,Maureen,1980s-1990s Murray,Ramona,1980s Nash,SusanSmith,1990s Namenwirth,Zui,1990s Napord,Joe,1990s Nelson,Dorothy,1990s-2000Box17 Incoming–O’SullivantoSawyer O’Sullivan,Donna,1980s Page,Susan,1980s Panger,Daniel,1980s Parson,Gloria,1990s Perchan,Bob,1970s Perry,Josephine,1970s-1990s Petit,Jeannine,1980s-1990s Pratson,Dawn,1980s-1990s Raphael,Frank,1970s Ray,Linc,1980s-1990s

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Ray,Martin,1990s Reitano,Joseph,1980s-1990s Robertson,Gwyn,1970s Robinson,Earl,1980s Rosen,Joe,1990s Sandra(?),1980s SarahEllen(?),1970s Sawyer,Alan,1970s-2000Box18 Incoming–“Serpentfoot”toTuttle “Serpentfoot,”1990s Sibley,Anne,1980s-2000 Sigler,Eric,1980s-1990s Sklar,Danny,1990s Snyder,Bob,1990s Spencer,Bill,1980s-1990s Spencer,Nancy,1970s Standish,Lisa,1980s Stan(?),1980s StudentletterstoVincent,1980s Stolz,Anne,1980s Sullivan,Joan,1990s Tajima,Shingo,1990s-2000 Tarnower,Jain,1970s-2000 Taus,Roger,1980s-2000 Todd(?),1990s Tripp,Cathy,1970s Torra,Joseph,1990s Tuttle,Peter,2000Box19 Incoming–Taylor,Tom,1970s-2000Box20 Incoming–WahtoWalley Wah,Michelle,1960s Walley,Gay,1970s-2000Box21 Incoming–WaltertoWhitehead Walter,DanielandStephanie,1970s Warren,Ken,1990s Weld,Philip,1970s-1980s Wentz,Wendell,1990s-2000 Whitehead,Fred,1980s-2000

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Box22 Incoming–Wingto1950’s Wing,Elaine,1990s-2000 Wixson,Doug,1990s-2000 1950’sSERIESIII:PersonalPapers/WorksBox23 FerriniNotes/Correspondence/LettersRe: TrumanNelson,nd LetterstoDonnaMalone,nd HenriFerriniandfilm Oddsandends-notes Readings Guggenheimapplication Notes–bookpublishing Letters–1960’sBox24 FerriniPublicletters,poems,plans,prelimHermitoftheCloudsRe: Publicletters,1970s-1980s Oddsandends Poems,biography,plans–KnowFish Prelimnotes–HermitoftheCloudsBox25 Ferrininotes,dreams,poemsRe: Oddsandends,notes Dreams Poems,clippings Poems Letterstotheeditor,2000Box26 Ferrinipoems,letterstotheeditor,clippingsre:Ferrini/OlsonRe: Poems,letterstotheeditor Poems LetterstoDorothyNelson/PeterAnastas,2000 NewspaperclippingsonFerrini/CharlesOlson Letterstotheeditor,1980s Poems,drawings PoemsunknownBox27 FerriniPoems PoemsBox28 Ferrinipoems,miscellaneous,readings

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Poems Poems/play Earlydreams LetterstoJonathanBayliss Miscellaneouspublications–non-FerriniSERIESII:CorrespondenceBox29 FerriniLetters,outgoing–AlcalaytoKaplan Alcalay,Ammiel,1970s Berry,Jake,1990s Blake(Hamilton),Kate,1980-2000s Bohen,Greg,1980s-1990s Butterick,Collette,1980s Carlsen,Carl,1990s-2000 Garland,Joseph,1970s-1990s Hazen,Lois,nd Hazlet,Carolee,1990s Hecht,Mike,nd Kaplan,Ed,1970s-1990sBox30 FerriniLetters,outgoing–KennedytoLeftwich Kennedy,Terry,2005 Kidd,Peter,1980s-1990s Laska,Peter,1970s-1990s Leftwich,Jim,2000Box31 FerriniLetters,outgoing–Macleod,1970s-2000sBox31A FerriniLetters,outgoing–MacleodtoNapora Macleod,Helen,1990s-2000 Morrill,Don,1980s-2000 Napora,Joe,1990sBox32 FerriniLetters,outgoing–NelsontoWing Nelson,Dorothy,1970s-2000 Nolan,Kim,2000

SamKatsura,1960s Spencer,Bill,1990s-2000 Shingo,Tajima,1990s-2000 Taus,Roger,1990s-2000 Torra,Joe,1980s-1990s Wing,Elaine,1980s

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SERIESIVVideoandaudiotapesBox33 Ferrinivideos Ferrini:Peoplewhowrite,1994 Ferrini:VFintheClassroom1995 Ferrini:Poetryreading,NorthShoreCommunityCollege,1980 Ferrini:60years,nosmoke.2001Addendum4.SERIESII:CorrespondenceBox34 Incoming–Miscellaneous,1990s Box35 Incomingcorrespondence,2004-2006 Ananstas,Peter Billias,George Brush,Stephen

Dickson,RayClarkDinsmore,JimGleason,Hazlet,CaroleeJensen,SarahKennedy,TerryMacleod,HelenManey,J.BretMaud,RalphMcNamara,MichaelNelson,DorothyNolon,KimSawyer,AlanSokolowski,MichaelTaylor,TomTaus,RogerWhitehead,Fred

Box36 OutgoingcorrespondenceMurray,Kathleen,1980s-1990sTaylor,Tom,2000sAdams,Rosemary1990sAnastas,Peter,2000s

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Box37 MiscellaneouscorrespondenceFolder1Misc.letters,2000-2006Folder2Misc.letters,2000-2006Folder3Outgoingletters&poems,2000-2006Folder4CorrespondenceVincentFerrini-DawnPratson,2000sFolder5Poems&letters,2000s

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SERIESIII:PersonalPapers/worksBox40 4smallnotebooks,1950s-1960sBox41 4smallnotebooks,1950s-1960sBox42 PhotographsBox43 Photographs ShaunMcNiffunpublishedmanuscriptBox44 Folders1-6Misc.poems,letters&notes,1990s-2000s

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Folder1Bianchini,David,1991-1992Folder2Bianchini,David,1991-1992Folder3Murray,Kathleen,1982-1985Folder4Murray,Kathleen,1982-1985Folder5Murray,Kathleen,1982-1985

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PoemsBox49

Folder1PoemsFolder2Poems&notesFolder3Reviews-LetterstotheeditorFolder4Misc.reviews-bios.

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Folder1Letters,1990sFolder2PoemsFolder3PoemsFolder4Misc.articles

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PoemsBox52

Poems&notes

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Box53Folder1Outgoingletters,2000sFolder2Outgoingletters,2000sFolder3Outgoingletters,2000sFolder4Misc.articles&notesFolder5Misc.articles&notes

Box54 ShaunMcNiff-VincentFerriniLifeisthePoemSERIESIV:RareBooksBox55

An“Objectivists”Anthology,LouisZukofsky,To,Publishers,1932WarElegies,WilliamEverson,1943TheHornedMoon,GlenCoffield,1944Transition:AQuarterlyReview,No.24June1936

ASSIGNBOXAddendum5 Schrafft#2012.85

1.ReferencetoaPeterAnastascolumn10/27/1986“Shotgunmethoddoesn’twork”2.Letterdated12/29/1986Fishing3.Letterdated1/28/1987Abortion4.Letterdated5/23/1987“BigSleep”heroin5.Lettertodated6/3/1987invitingGracetoapubpartyofFerrini’snewbook“WarinHeaven”6.Lettertotheeditordated8/28/1987onColesIsland7.LettertoGracen/dBearsevs.Liberalsandlettertoeditor10/17/1987i.e.Bearse’s

politics8.Non-datedlettertoeditorabouttheMayor9.Lettertoeditordated3/20/1988onthewatershed

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10.LettertoeditorfromVincentFerrinin/d 11.LettertoGracefromVincentFerrinin/dAddendum6 Butterick1994-2004#2011.19

LetterstoColetteButterick1.2/29/19942.10/18/19943.12/12/19974.12/12/19985.6/27/20006.8/1/20027.2/15/20048.PhotoofVincentFerrinitakenbyColetteButterick

Addendum7 BillSpencer&ShaGleason1991-2007#2012.96FF1

7/27/91with7/25/1991GDTarticleFerriniReviewlacksinsight12/16/91LitanyforlandinaBottleofPort12/29/91PoemonairplanendTheAlchemist5/7/94inc.poemSongoftheSecret11/4/95toSha12/11/963/9/98TheUnlistedGenius3/10/98CodeIngognitoforBill’sbirthday6/29/98HouseOrgan#23Summer19988/8/98WeavingtheClothofDestinyforSha’sbirthday10/1/983/10/99AtBellsongforBill’s70thbirthday1/24/2000HouseOrgan#29Winter2000withpoemSongoftheFirstPoem2/21/2000GDTAGrandOpportunitytoRock&Roll,V.Ferrini12/18/012/26/02ArticleonV.FerriniinEncyclopediaofAmericanLiterature3/1/02April2002MinutesofCharlesOlsonSoc.#454/12/02TheMorningAfterinc.copiesof4/11/02NYReviewTheRoadtoNowhere,Tony

Judt;4/6/02GDTSymposium5/15/02NorthShoreMag.SaveCapeAnn,GregSmith9/27/0211/10/02

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FF25/9/036/23/03inc.GDTarticle5/31/03TheOracleat906/24/037/7/03inc.poemsPreface,ForetellingoftheSecret7/14/03inc.poemTheAxis&bookreviewbyKennethWarren10/6/03inc.poemAMonkinTransition11/1/03with10/22/03NYTimesarticle,SwiftFooted,NicholasD.Kristof&interviewwithEckhartTolle11/12/03inc.copyofcoverofTheWholeSong&Ferrini’snatalchart11/26/03withastrologytext11/30/03toSha6/22/04toSha7/4/04toSha8/17/04toSha1/30/05toSha&copyofpoemTheHymnofLenaNovelloin1/26/05GDT3/10/05toSha&poemTheSublimeProcessBiographyofVincentFerrini10/13/053/7/06toSha2/8/07toSha2/14/07toSha

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