Fonds consists of correspondence, written works and published materials by Blaser and other writers, photographs, and other records accumulated by Blaser during his lifetime. Records include poems, journals and notebooks, book manuscripts, essays, audio and video recordings of poetry readings, personal and financial records, teaching materials, genealogical records, collected publications and articles, and conference and promotional material. Fonds has been arranged into the following eighteen series: Correspondence of Robin Blaser ([between 1931 and 1937]-2009); Correspondence of others (1916-2009); Written works by Robin Blaser ([between 1941 and 1943]-2008); Poetry readings and other performances (1968-2009); Travel records (1959-2008); Articles and reviews regarding Robin Blaser ([194-]-2009); Teaching and academic related material (1946-2005); Business and financial records (1966-2008); Personal records and other biographical material (1925-2009); Honors and awards records (2001-2008); Photographs ([between 1880 and 1900]-2007); Family records and other genealogical material (1919-2007); Works by other authors ([195-]-2009); Ephemera ([195-]-2009); Research articles ([Photocopied 196-]-2007); Conference material ([196-]-2007); Promotional material ([195-]-2006); and Artistic material ([195-?]-2002).
Blaser, RobinSub-series consists of print photographs of miscellaneous people and places as well as objects such as statutes, paintings, and collages.
Sub-series consists of slides of Blaser and friends as well as interior and exterior images of Blaser’s house on Trafalgar Street in Vancouver, B.C. Also includes slides that were utilized by Blaser in his teachings.
File includes family vital records.
File includes obituaries of Blaser’s family members.
Sub-series consists of published books, chapbooks, broadsides, journals, and other published materials owned by Blaser. Many of the materials in this series were written by close friends and colleagues of Blaser and have inscriptions and signatures by the author.
File includes anthologies of poems from Colin [Browne?] to Blaser.
File contains correspondence about Dan Featherston, editor of A.BACUS. Also includes a poem published in A.BACUS by Ivan Argüelles titled “Three for WTC.”
File includes manuscript for E.D. Blodgett’s collection of poems titled “Woman at a Piano.” Correspondence and Blaser’s notes related to the manuscript are also enclosed.
File contains typescript of Michael Boughn’s Dislocations in Crystal, with notes and correspondence from Blaser to Boughn commenting on the manuscript. Blaser’s ‘blurb’ for the book also enclosed.
File consists of transcript from an interview with John Cage titled “Aerial 6/7.” A poem by Robert Duncan is also enclosed.
File consists of excerpt from Vow to Poetry titled, “Deviant Identities,” which quotes Blaser’s work. Correspondence from Coffee House Press to Blaser, seeking Blaser’s permission to quote his work also enclosed.
File includes two collections of poems by Douglas, “The Hills” and “The River Song.”
File contains volume 35, number 1 of The American Poetry Review, featuring poems by Landis Everson.
File consists of correspondence to Blaser from Ben Mazer requesting an endorsement ‘blurb’ for Landis Everson’s book. A copy of the manuscript for Everything Preserved: Poems 1955-2005 by Landis Everson, and Blaser’s notes also enclosed.
File includes correspondence to Blaser from Ben Mazer, in addition to a copy of the manuscript for Everything Preserved: Poems 1955-2005 by Landis Everson.
File consists of excerpts from Young Robert Duncan: Portrait of the Poet as Homosexual in Society by Ekbert Faas.
File contains carbon copy of “The Fountain The Mountain,” a series of poems for ‘Sharon’ presumably by Brian Fawcett.
File consists of Soma Feldmar’s Language is Love: A Blaserian Poethics.
File contains essay on medical research by James Felts and Richard J. Havel.
File includes photocopy of excerpt from Susan Griffin’s book, Woman and Nature: The Roaring Inside Her. A note to Blaser recommending the book is also enclosed.
File consists of correspondence and collection of poems titled “A History, Gawain, and other poems,” by Christina King.