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Origin Archive

Call Number

MSS.021

Date

1951-1968, inclusive

Creator

Origin (Boston, Mass.)

Extent

0.5 Linear Feet (1 box)

Language of Materials

Materials are in English.

Abstract

Origin was a small avant garde literary magazine that was published from 1951 to 1985. The Origin Archive consists of correspondence and manuscripts that were sent to its editor, Cid Corman, for the first 17 years of the magazine's existence.

Historical/Biographical Note:

Origin was a small avant garde literary magazine that was published from 1951 until 1985. Its editor, Cid Coreman, was a poet, writer and translator. In 1948, he endeavored to establish a "poetic community" and organized poetry events at public libraries around Boston as well as poetry readings on the radio. In the midst of this activity, in 1951, Corman started Origin which featured his works and other emerging poets of the day, including: Carol Berge´, Robert Creeley, Theodore Enslin, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Gary Snyder, Denise Levertov, Louis Zukofsky, Paul Blackburn, William Bronk, and Charles Olson, among many others. In the late 1950's, Corman moved to Japan where he continued to write and began translating works of Japanese poetry. He has also translated works from Italian and French. He now lives in Kyoto, Japan.

Sources:

Arnold, Bob and Susan. "Cid Coreman and Origin Press." Longhouse publishers and Booksellers. 22 Jan. 2003. [http://www.longhousepoetry.com/corman.html] Cid Corman, Papers, 1942-76 [finding aid]. Kent State University Libraries. 30 January 2003 [http://speccoll.library.kent.edu/].

Arrangement

Folders are arranged alphabetically by subject/author heading.

The files are grouped into one series.

Missing Title

  1. Series I: Correspondence

Scope and Content Note

The Origin Archive is a part of the Avant Garde Collection at the Fales Library, New York University. The Fales Library is the primary special collections division of the NYU libraries, housing nearly 200,000 volumes of English and American literature from 1700 to the present. Strengths of the collection include the development of the English and American novel, with an emphasis on the Gothic and the Victorian novel.

The Origin Archive consists of the correspondence received by Cid Corman concerning the avant garde journal Origin. The collection comprises original manuscripts from: Carol Berge´, Robert Creeley, Theodore Enslin, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Denise Levertov, and Gary Snyder. Copies of Origin are not part of this archive but are available to view at the Fales Library.

Access Restrictions

Materials are open to researchers. Please contact the Fales Library and Special Collections, fales.library@nyu.edu, 212-998-2596.

Use Restrictions

Copyright (or related rights to publicity and privacy) for materials in this collection was not transferred to New York University. Permission to use materials must be secured from the copyright holder. Please contact the Fales Library and Special Collections, fales.library@nyu.edu, 212-998-2596.

Preferred Citation

Published citations should take the following form:

Identification of item, date (if known); The Origin Archive; MSS 021; box number; folder number; Fales Library and Special Collections , New York University Libraries.

Separated Material

There is no information about materials that are associated by provenance to the described materials that have been physically separated or removed.

Collection processed by

Processed by: Amber Creger, February 1999

About this Guide

This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2023-08-20 17:03:30 -0400.
Language: Description is in English.

Edition of this Guide

This version was derived from origins FINAID.wpd

Repository

Fales Library and Special Collections
Fales Library and Special Collections
Elmer Holmes Bobst Library
70 Washington Square South
2nd Floor
New York, NY 10012