Howard McCord Papers, 1953-1979

Overview of the Collection

Creator
McCord, Howard, 1932-
Title
Howard McCord Papers
Dates
1953-1979 (inclusive)
Quantity
12 containers., (12 linear feet of shelf space.)
Collection Number
Cage 578
Summary
Collection contains correspondence, manuscripts of poetry, published works and ephemeral publications, all relating in some way to the work and career of Howard McCord.
Repository
Washington State University Libraries' Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (MASC)
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections
Terrell Library Suite 12
Pullman, WA
99164-5610
Telephone: 509-335-6691
mascref@wsu.edu
Access Restrictions

This collection is open and available for research use.

Languages
English
Sponsor
Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Biographical NoteReturn to Top

Howard McCord was born on November 3, 1932, in El Paso, Texas. After a hitch in the U.S. Navy during the Korean War, he returned to El Paso and attended Texas Western College receiving a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business. The following year he received a Master of Arts degree in English from the University of Utah. In 1960, he began teaching at Washington State University offering courses in Poetry and Eastern Civilizations. He also began the graduate program in Creative Writing. In 1965 he was awarded a Fulbright scholarship which allowed him to travel extensively in India and Nepal and study for a year at the University of Mysore. In 1971, he was appointed Professor of English and Director of the MFA program at Bowling Green State University. The North Carolina Poetry Circuit selected him as visiting poet for the fall of 1971, and he gave readings at campuses throughout the state. Besides his studies in India, he also traveled through Iceland and published a book of poetry about his trip. His published works include poems in over 15 collections of poetry, as well as inclusion in numerous journals and monographs. From 1960 to 1977 his Tribal Press published many works of poetry in various formats.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

The papers of Howard McCord relate to his activities as a poet, publisher, editor, and professor.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

Copyright restrictions may apply.

Preferred Citation

[Item description]

Howard McCord Papers, 1953-1979 (Cage 578)

Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

The initial papers are arranged in six series: Correspondence; Manuscripts; Published works in Journals; Monographs by McCord; Monographs by Others; and Ephemeral Publications. The first series, Correspondence, is arranged in alphabetical order by the subject of the correspondence or with the subject being the correspondent in keeping with McCord's original order. Most of the subjects are people that McCord had dealings with. The series of Manuscript Poetry consists of mostly typed poems, many with handwritten notes. These are arranged alphabetically by title of the piece. The third series consists of serials in which McCord's poems were published. This series is arranged in alphabetical order by the title of the serial. The fourth series, Monographs by Howard McCord, consists of books by McCord arranged alphabetically by title. Monographs by Others contains books by others that McCord usually had something to with (i.e. editor or publisher). The last series, Ephemeral Publications, consists of works, such as broadsides or poetry postcards, these works are arranged alphabetically by title. The last three works were placed in Box 8 because they are oversized pieces that would not fit in the series where they belonged. Additional material was later annexed to the collection and is arranged in two series: Correspondence and Poems, and Miscellaneous Files.

Acquisition Information

The papers of Howard McCord were purchased by the Washington State University Libraries from Howard McCord in 1978, 1980, and 1981 (MS 78-43, MS 80-5, MS 81-35). Additional material was annexed to the collection at an unknown date between 1990 and 2004.

Related Materials

Howard McCord Papers, 2003-2005 (Cage 697)

Preliminary Guide to the Howard McCord Papers, circa 1950-2012 (MSSM.032)

Preliminary Guide to the Dan McLachlan Papers on Howard McCord, circa 1970-2004 (MS 2004.19)

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.

Series 1: Personal CorrespondenceReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
1 1
Randall W. Ackley
1969-1971
1 2
Randall W. Ackley
1971-1973
1 3
Randall W. Ackley
1974-1979
1 4
Randall W. Ackley, Troll Songs
1972
1 5
Randall W. Ackley, Union Graduate School
1972-1973
1 6
Randall W. Ackley, Union Graduate School
1974
1 7
Floyce M. Alexander
1966-1972
1 8
Dick Bakken
1966-1973
1 9
Dick Bakken
1974-1977
1 10
Russell Banks
1971-1972
1 11
Paul and Elizabeth Bartlett
1964-1966
1 12
James Bertolino
1968-1979
1 13
Dick Bianchi
1966-1971
1 14
Gus Blaisdell
1964-1969
1 15
Gus Blaisdell
1968-1977
1 16
Douglas Blazek
1971-1976
1 17
Rich Blevins
1972
1 18
Haldeen Braddy
1960-1974
1 19
Stan Brakhage
1978
1 20
John Brandi
1972-1976
1 21
John Brandi
1975-1979
1 22
Roy and Besmilr Brigham
1972-1976
1 23
Eileen Callahan
1974-1975
1 23.1
Fielding Dawson
1973-1975
1 23.2
Ted Enslin
1973-1976
1 24
General
1974-1976
1 25
Andrew M. Greely
1971
1 26
The Infamous Follett-Mietian Affair
1970
1 27
James Liddy
1970-1976
1 28
James Liddy
1976-1979
1 29
Haniel Long
1964-1972
1 30
Tim Longville
1970-1973
1 31
Walter Lowenfels
1971-1974
1 32
Walter Lowenfels, Love Letters to a Hemiplegic
undated
1 33
Howard McCord, Letters from India to Greece
1965
1 34
Howard McCord, Reviews
1969-1979
1 35
Sylvia Coe McCord
1978-1979
2 36
Tom McGrath
1973
2 37
Don McLachlan
1972-1978
2 38
Kenneth McTeer
1966
2 39
Don Madden
1970-1972
2 40
William Mathews
1970-1979
2 41
Arvind Mehrotra
1972-1977
2 42
Paul Metcalf
1973-1976
2 43
Rob Hollis Miller
1978-1979
2 44
Henri Montadon
1968-1970
2 45
Dick Morton
1972-1974
2 46
Conny Nelson
1965-1966
2 47
Sheila Nickerson
1979
2 48
Howard Norman
1974-1975
2 49
Anselm Parlatore
1972-1975
2 50
M.S. Patel
1966-1978
2 51
M.S. Patel's Poetry, Manuscripts
1966-1967
2 52
Allen Plantz
1973
2 53
Samuel G. Pendergast
1965-1967
2 54
Bob Peters
1974-1975
2 55
Poetry Society Of America
1978
2 56
debi Ray and Subimal Basak
1965-1979
2 57
Ann and Pat Rogers
1974-1979
2 58
Ralph and Patte Rogers
1974-1975
2 59
Alfred Sams
1966-1978
2 60
Michael Saso
1972-1973
2 61
Bruce Sendry
1969-1976
2 62
James Singer
1964-1968
2 63
Gary Snyder
1971-1979
2 64
Celia Stobie
1971-1974
2 65
Ron Sukenick
1972
2 66
Phyllis Thompson
1973
2 67
Jack Shoemaker and Gnomonological Letters
1970-1973
2 68
Jack Shoemaker and Gnomonological Letters
1974-1979
2 69
Michael Tobias
1977-1979
2 70
Bill Treusdale
1973-1975
2 71
Diane Wakoski
1973-1975
2 72
Keith Wilson
1972-1979
2 73
Dick Wolter
1967-1969

Series 2: Manuscript Poetry (By Howard McCord, unless stated otherwise.)Return to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
2 74
The Barefoot Bandit
1962
2 75
Beggar with a Stick
undated
2 76
Beggar with a Stick, description
undated
2 77
Beggar with a Stick: The Bitter Withy
undated
2 78
Beginnings, I, Part 1
1953-1964
2 79
Beginnings, I, Part 1
1963-1964
2 80
Beginnings, I, Part 2
1953-1964
3 81
Beginnings, II
1964-1965,
3 82
Beginnings, II
1964-1965
3 83
Beginnings, III
1965-1966
3 84
Beginnings, III
1965-1966
3 85
Beginnings, IV
1966-1961
3 86
Beginnings, V, Part 1
1967-1970
3 87
Beginnings, V, Part 1
1967-1970
3 88
Beginnings, V, Part 2
1967-1970
3 89
Beginnings, VI, Part 1
1970-1971
3 90
Beyond Pollution: The Revolution Of Necessity
1970
3 91
Bone/Hueso: Poems In Spanish and English
undated
3 92
The Brigadier & the Nephew
1966
3 93-95
Circle Of It-inter: A History in Two Voices, by Siv Cedering Fox and Howard McCord
undated
3 96
The Climbing Hunter, galley proof
1966
3 97
The Common Exile, the Single Ground
undated
3 98
The Death Of the World: A Mediation On Michael Fraenkel
undated
3 99
Fables and Transfigurations
1965
4 100
Fire Lady
1962
4 101
Fire Lady
undated
4 102
The Fire Visions
1970
4 103
For Dora, galley proofs
undated
4 104
The Great Toad Hunt
1964
4 105
The Great Toad Hunt & Other Expeditions, Poems, & Narratives
1972-1977
4 105
The Great Toad Hunt & Other Expeditions, Poems, & Narratives, galley proof
undated
4 106
The Layman's Guide To Castration
1965
4 107
The Life Of Battleship Billy, galley proof
1964
4 108
The Life Of Battleship Billy, reprint from Western Humanities Review
1965
4 109
Life Of Fraenkel's Death, by Howard McCord and Walter Lowenfels, galley proof
1969
4 110
Longjuaunes, His Periplus
undated
4 111
Maps: A Book Of Poems
1967-1968
4 112
The Odd Book
undated
4 113
The Old Beast, VII
1971-1972
4 114
The Old Beast, VII
1971-1972
4 115
The Old Beast, VIII
1972-1973
4 116
The Old Beast, VIII
1972-1973
4 117
The Old Beast, IX
1973
4 118
The Old Beast, IX
1973
4 119
The Old Beast, X
1974
4 120
The Old Beast, X
1974
4 121
The Old Beast, XI
1975
4 122
The Old Beast, XI
1975
4 123
The Old Beast, XII
1975-1976
4 124
The Old Beast, XII
1975-1976
5 125
The Old Beast, XIII
1977-1978
5 126
Peyote & the Tarahumara
1957
5 127
The Pilgrim's Tale, from Circle of Winter, by Siv Cedering Fox and Howard McCord
undated
5 128
Precise Fragments
undated
5 129
The Selected Poems of Howard McCord
1955-1971; undated
5 130
The Spanish Dark & Other Poems
1965
5 131
The Spanish Dark & Other Poems, galley proof
1965
5 132
What I Want To Do: The Poet's Task, television program in poem form
1969

Series 3: Published Works from Journals (By Howard McCord, unless stated otherwise.)Return to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
5 133
Abraxas, v. 1, no. 2. Each of Us
1969
5 134
American Notes & Queries, v. 3, no. 1. Marianne Moore's Chinese Tadpoles
Sept, 1964
5 135
AMYTHON. Craft Interview: Howard McCord, no author
undated
5 136
The Animal Training Center Bulletin. Four Admissions, a Question
undated
5 137
Apple, no. 3. Three Poems From Cusik and North Skookum Creek
Summer 1969
5 138
El Burro. Astride the Yule Log (A Fable Revisited), by Smectymnuan (Howard McCord)
Dec. 1955
5 139
----. Murder Is Two Deeds
Jan. 1956
5 140
----. Almonds
May 1957
5 141
----. A Sord Of Sinners and Zoganes
undated
5 142
California Quarterly, no. 6. Friend
1973
5 143
Carolina Quarterly, vol. 26, no. 2. In This House
Spring 1974
5 144
----, vol. 27, no. 1. Storm
Winter 1975
5 145
Caterpillar, no. 8. The Country Of Our Consciousness, by Theodore Enslin, book review
April 1972
5 146
Changes Magazine. The Bear That Came To the Wedding and Metanoia: The Fullness
1971
5 147
----, vol. 2. Inside, Jade Ideogram, My Son's Speech, and Statement On Poetry
1973
5 148
Center, no. 6. Prior Causes Justify
1975
5 149
Cincinnati Poetry Review, no. 1. Instructions and Null Gestures
Spring 1975
5 150
City Lights Journal, no. 3. Note On the Hungry Generation
1966
5 151
The Classical Journal, v. 66, no. 6. The Wryneck In The Waste Land
March 1965
5 152
The Cold Spring Journal, no. 3. Two Days the Buddha Wind Was Blowing
Nov. 1974
5 153
Concerning Poetry, v. II, no. 1. Longjaunes His Periplus, book review, by Donald Ross
Spring 1969
5 154
Contributor's Copy, v. 2, no. I. Holding His Hand and Walking With the Moon Calf
Jan.-March 1971
5 155
----, v. 2, no. II. Christ the Dancer From The Diary of a Lost Girl
June 1971
5 156
Cougar. Particular Definition
undated
5 157
Cronopios, no. 6. Longjaunes His Periplus, book review, by James Stephen
Oct. 1969
5 158
Decal: Poetry Review, no. 3. The Lesson From The Diary of a Lost Girl and March
Winter 1972/73
5 159
----. Genesis, Silence
undated
5 160
Dialogue, no. 3. The Poet As Teacher (about McCord's teaching)
Fall 1970
5 161
Doones, v. 1, no. 4. The Circumnavigation of the Void, The Old Beast After Supper, The Old Beast Drabs and Mulligrubs, and The Old Beast Has Religion
1971
5 162
Etc.: A Review Of General Semantics, v. 23, no. 4. Jade Ideogram
Dec. 1966
5 163
Fervent Valley 3. Hell
Spring 1973
5 164
Gamut. Translation
March 1963
5 165
----. Certain Exhibits, by T. Macoutes (with notes by Howard McCord)
May 1963
5 166
----, v. 8. For Ovid's First Wife and The Lesson Of Iron
May 1967
5 167
Gamut, no.5. Protocol,, by E. S. Morales (i.e. Howard McCord) (Serial missing 3-4-1992.)
1964
5 168
----, no. 6. Age and Equipment
1965
5 169
Gegenschein Quarterly, v. 1, no. 3. A Memory, A Religious Question, and Yes
1972
5 170
The Goodly Co, no. 4. The Layman's Guide To Castration
Dec. 1965
5 171
----, no. 12. The Brigadier and the Nephew
July 1968
5 172
----, no. Dupuytren's Contracture, An Interview With a Poet, and A Rape
May 18, 1973
5 173
Granite, no. 4. Commercial, For the Closed Door, Language, The Last Demand, and Postscript At Evening: Some History
Autumn 1972-1973
5 174
----, no. 5. Fool's Mate, Guns, Martingale, and Yes, Odi Et Amo Again
Spring 1973
5 175
----, no. 6. 'Dupuytren's Contracture
Autumn 1973
6 176
Grosseteste Review, v. 3, no. 2. Travel In the Chiricahuas
Autumn 1972
6 177
----, v. 3, no. 3. Travel
Autumn 1971
6 178
----, v. 5, no. 2. A Note On Howard McCord's Gnomonology, book review by Tim Longville; also Kai and The Rock Climber
Summer 1972
6 179
guabi, no. 1. Fabels and Transfigurations and Longinus His Periplus
1969
6 180
----. The Rim Of the Great Basin
1970
6 181
Hearse, v. 13. The Fire Vision
1970
6 182
----, v. 15. The Rim Of the Great Basin
1971
6 183
----, v. 17. She
1972
6 184
Handbook Silence, v. 2. Envoi, Last Saturday and Peach Mountain Smoke Out
1978
6 185
The Iowa Review, v. 2, no. 2. Oh
Spring 1971
6 186
----, v. 8, no. 2. Three Admissions
Spring 1977
6 187
Kaldron 2. The Old Beast Has Religion, Ontology, A Ramble In Northwest Ohio and The Sanctuary Of Need
undated
6 188
Kamadhenu, v. 3, no. 1. Gnomonology: A Handbook Of Systems, book review, by Geoff Young
April 1972
6 189
----, v. 3, no. 2. On the Pasqueflower and Systemics
Dec. 1972
6 190
Kasaba. The Childhood of the Old Beast, The Old Beast Dreams and The Old Beast Gives Advice
1971
6 191
Kayak, no. 29. Chicago-Albuquerque-Sangre de Cristo and Knowledge
1972
6 192
----, no. 32. Some Epitaphs
1973
6 193
----, no. 37. Seven Early Theories Of Fire
1975
6 194
Kuksu: Journal Of Backcountry Writing, no. 5. Candlemas and A Grackle's Poem
1976
6 195
The Lace Curtain, no. 3. For Chris
Summer 1970
6 196
Language and Style: An International Journal, v. X, no. 2. Free and Non-Free Verse: A Response To Howard McCord's Breaking and Entering Review, by Daniel Laferriere.
Spring 1977
6 197
----, no. 7. Walking To The Sea: A Suite For Bear and Gary Snyder: An Appreciation
Summer/Fall 1969
6 198
----, no. 8. Love Poem, May By North and A New Moon Moving Into Taurus
Winter 1970
6 199
----, no. 9. Five Schemes For the Culture Of the Damned, Midrash on Hosea I, Some Information About the Devil and Sparrow Lore (four poems from The Diary Of a Lost Girl)
Summer/Fall 1970
6 200
----, nos. 10 do 11. Three Dream Writings: Separation 24 xi 70, Simplicity 22 x 69 and Uncle Shorty 7 vii 70
1971
6 201
Maiden Lane. Overheads, Poker Anyway, Sam Pendergrast Talks Cowboy Talk, S. P. Recommends and Stolen Poem
1974
6 202
Mill Mountain Review, v. II, no. 2. The Old Beast Mourns
1975
6 203
Mosaic, first issue. Friend and Friend
1973
6 204
New Mexico Magazine, v. 53, no. 5. Sam Pendergrast Talks Cowboy Talk
May 1975
6 205
----, v. 53, no. 6. S.P. Recommends
June 1975
6 206
----, v. 55, no. 3. Sam Pendergrast Again
March 1977
6 207
New Mexico Quarterly, v. XXXV, no. 2. Being Men do Women Together
Summer 1965
6 208
----, v. XXXVI, no. 4. Kathmandu Valley: A Hillside and How
Winter 1966-67
6 209
----, v. XXXVIII, no. 4. After Gilles' Requiem, Consummation and My Cow
Winter-Spring 1969
6 210
The Nation, v. 210, no. 10. The Bear That Came To the Wedding
March 16, 1970
6 211
Notes and Queries, v. 8, no. 3. Dylan Thomas and Bhartrihari
March 1961
6 212
Nova, v. 4, no. 4. Ysleta, Texas
Summer 1969
6 213
----, v. 9, no. 2. Charting the Darker Mountains, by Les Standiford (about Howard McCord)
March 1974
6 214
Occurrence, issue 1. Dry Spell, Sheet Music and To Someone Standing
undated
6 215
The Ohio Review, v. XVI, no. 3. Tongues For Samuel Palmer
Spring 1975
6 216
The Old Palace, issue 6, no.26. On a Line By Dorothy Osborne
1961
6 217
----, issue 6, no. 38. Lost Arrow and Two There Are I Wish To Celebrate
1963
6 218
Out of Sight, no. 46. Again, Today and Beginning a Lecture On the Upanishads
undated
6 219
Overflow, v. 3, no. 3. Jade Ideogram and Solitude
1970
6 220
Paintbrush, no. 1. Gift and Honey
Spring 1974
6 221
Partisan Review, v. XLI, no. 3. Alexandria
1974
6 222
Pembroke, no. 2. Christ the Dancer: From The Diary of a Lost Girl
1971
6 223
Pocket Poetry, v. 2, no. 2, issue 8. The Duke of Chemical Birds Meets the Loupgarou of Wood Country and Jennifer
August 1976
6 224
Poetry Now, v. III, no. 2, issue 14. Field Note
1976
6 225
----, v. IV, no. 1, issue 19. Call
1978
6 226
Potato, no. 2. On the War, Poem and 3 Words, 2 Dates, 1 Direction
October 1969
6 227
Quarterly West, no. 2. Tonight and What's Happening Right Now
Winter 1977
6 228
Quetzal. Bike Trip, For Chris, Rivers, Stones, a Long Tangle Of Grapevine in the Poplars, Two Days the Buddha Wind Was Blowing: For Mary Ann, Travel in the Chiricahuas and Unfinished Poem
Spring 1970
6 229
----, v. I, no. 3. The Old Beast Warms To a Subject: In Two Versions
Summer 1971
6 230
----, v. II, no. 3. (Made up of material from the Southwest Poets' Conference '72.) For Dora, The Great Beasts and The Honey Bee and the Mustang
Summer 1972
6 231
Raspberry Press: The Definitive Laundromat Edition, no. 2. The Economy Of Things
1975
6 232
Redstart Magazine, v. I, no. 1. Pronunciamientos and Unfinished Poem
Spring 1970
6 233
Research Studies, v. 30, no. 2. Law and Equity In Measure For Measure
June 1962
6 234
----, v. 34, no. 4. Jackson MacLow
December 1966
6 235
----, v. 35, no. 4. Michael Fraenkel: A Biographical and Bibliographical Sketch
December 1967
6 236
----, v. 36, no. 2. Sad Jackself Hamlet
June 1968
7 237
Rogue River Gorge, no. 1. Midrash on Nahum I:5, The Question Of McCord's Head and Two Poems Of Wounds
1970
7 238
Rozinante, no. 1. I Thought It Was the Ballock. . ., Later, Off a Bit, Poem On Hunger, Language, Wind and XXVI
1978
7 239
Rupambara. For George Eliot and Mute Women
July 1969
7 240
San Marcos Review, first issue. Little Sutra For Los Angeles and Travel.
7 241
Schist, no. 2. Definition and Siddhi: Aux Sorciers Alanque's
Summer 1974
7 242
Seizure :Magazine, v. 2, no. 1. Friend and Friend
Spring/Summer 1973
7 243
----, no. 5/6. The Artic Desert: Section Three
1975
7 244
Sol Tide. Poem For Scriabin Who Used the Earth For Bell Moon For Clapper Broke the Sky To Dust
undated
7 245
Spectrum, v. VIII, no. 1. From The Spanish Dark, The Objects and Categories and Poem and Mosaic For Sargis Tmogveli
Spring 1965
7 246
----, v. VIII, no. 3. Fables and Transfigurations: After an Autobiography and Wants
Summer 1966
7 247
Stony Brook, no. 3/4. Signs and Gifts
1969
7 248
Stooge, no. 2. The He-Linnet, Homenaje a Su Cumpleanos don Roberto Sterling and The Poet's Prayer
undated
7 249
----, no. 3. The Childhood Of the Old Beast, KAI, Listening To Maps, The Old Beast and Power and The Old Beast Has Religion
undated
7 250
----, no. 6. Four Dreams includes: The Great Beasts 15 v 70, The Mirror 4 iv 70, Initiation 11 ii 70 and The Kabbalah 29 xi 69
1971
7 251
----, no. 7. Holding, Muse, iv 72 and Out the Window
May 1972
7 252
----, no. 8. The Green Qutub, Or, 137.036 the Number Which Rules Nature,., The Little Tao, A Rape and What Ohio Needs
March 1973
7 253
----, no. 9. From: The Artic Dessert: Section One
undated
7 254
----, no. 11. The Duke Of Chemical Birds
undated
7 255
----, no. 13. Love Poem and No Title
Spring 1975
7 256
The Sunstone Review, v. 4, no. 1. Two Lives
1975
7 257
----, v. 4, no. 4. Ojos Verdes: For Dora
1975
7 258
Sur, nos. 322-323. Consumacion
1970
7 259
Three Rivers Poetry Journal, nos. 7/8. On Games and Walking Away Song For Poor John Clare
1976
7 260
Their Place in the Heat, v. III, no. 1. Prologue
Spring 1971
7 261
Three Witch. The Rock Climber
1974
7 262
Toothpick, Lisbon and the Orcas Islands. Five Dreams includes: The Great Beasts 15 v 70, The Mirror 4 iv 70, Initiation 11 ii 70, The Kabbalah 29 xi 69 and Kundalini 17 iii 70
1971
7 263
----, v. 2, nos. 1-2. The, Nihilist 's Lesson: For Gus and A Note On Order, On Time
Fall 1972
7 264
Trace, v. 6, no. 6. The Vision Of Rumpelstiltskin
1966
7 265
Tractor, no. 6. Howard McCord A the Prayer Of the Heliotrope
1975
7 266
Tree, no. 5. A Hymn Or Letter To the Lady
Summer 1975
7 267
Trellis, no. 2. About the Old Beast; and Eight Poems From The Old Beast including: Old Beast Talk, The Old Beast Dreams, The Old Beast Heals a Paralytic, The Old Beast After Supper, The Childhood Of the Old Beast, The Old Beast On Retreat, Sermon In Jacksonville and The Old Beast Gives Advice
Spring 1975
7 268
University of Portland Review, v. XVIII, no. 2. The Wisdom Of Silenus: Myth In the Modern World
Fall 1966
7 269
----, v. XIX, no. 2. Out
Fall 1967
7 270
W.S.U. News Bulletin. The Plight Of the Renegade Thinker
February 25, 1966
7 271
Western Humanities Review, v. XIX, no. 4. The Life Of Battleship Billy
Autumn 1965
7 272
Where, no. 1. The Existence Of Augustine: A Counterplaint With Raniel Long
Summer 1966
7 273
Which Way, no. 1. Call, Consumation, Critical Histories, Flying, Just Past, A Lesson In Famous Chemists, Menestor Of Sybaris: His Fragment, The Observations Of Benjamin Syke, Ode and Entracte For Timon Of Athens, On Fallacies, On Energy, Poem For an Older Child, Purity Of Heart Is To Will One Thing, Ragnarok, The Sanctuary Of Meed, Some Music, 3 Words, 2 Dates, 1 Direction,', Two Lives and Two Poems Of Wounds
Spring 1975
7 274
Writers In Residence, no. 5. What He Is Saying On One Greek Island (Two copies-one for review.)
Fall 1975

Series 4: Monographs by Howard McCordReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
7 275
America As Desolation, monograph
1971
7 276
American Family Mottoes, collected by Howard McCord, monograph
1975
7 277
The Arctic Desert, monograph
1975
7 278
Community, Howard McCord editor, journal
1970-1971
7 279
Fables & Transfigurations, monograph
1965
8 280
Fables & Transfigurations: Poems, monograph
1967
8 281
The Fire Visions, monograph
1970
8 282
Friend, monograph
1974
8 283
Gnomonology: A Handbook Of Systems, monograph. (Two copies in different sizes.)
1971
8 284
The Honey Bee and the Mustang, Or. . ., monograph
1976
8 285
The Life of Fraenlel's Death, by Walter Lowenfels and Howard McCord, monograph
1970
8 286
Longjaunes His Periplus, monograph
1968
8 287
Maps: Poems Toward an Iconography Of the West, monograph
1971
8 288
Mirrors, with drawings by Cheryl Doering, monograph
1973
8 289
The Old Beast, monograph
1975
8 290
Ovens: Poems On the War and Tyranny, monograph
1970
8 291
Peach Mountain Smoke Out, monograph
1977
8 292
Perfecting an Unspeakable Act, monograph
1975
8 293
[Poems], monograph
undated
8 294
The Selected Poems of Howard McCord, monograph
1975
8 295
Some Notes To Gary Snyder's Myths & Texts, typescript of monograph
1968
8 296
Some Notes to Gary Snyder's Myths & Texts, monograph
1971
8 297
The Spanish Dark and Other Poems, monograph
1965
8 298
Ten Poems For a Friend, monograph
New Year's Day 1973

Series 5: Monographs by OthersReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
8 299
The All Night Salt Lick, by Laura Chester and Geoffrey Young, Howard McCord-publisher, monograph
1972
8 300
In a December Storm, by John Brandi, Howard McCord-editor, monograph
undated
8 301
Dented Fenders: Poems 1960-1975, by Gus Blaisdell, Howard McCord-publisher, monograph
1976
8 302
Drum Book, by Floyce Alexander, et al., monograph
1967
8 303
Fire Prayers, by Gordon Curtis, Howard McCordpublisher, monograph
1966
8 304
Nightlatch (also Measure, no. 8), by Laura Chester, edited by Howard McCord, monograph
1974
8 305
Some Versions Of Tres Cosas Me Tienen Preso 6y Baliazar de Alcazar, by Rich Behm, et al.
undated
8 306
Stark Electric Jesus, by Malay Ray Choudhury, typescript monograph
1966
8 307
Troll Songs, by Randall Ackley, monograph
1972

Series 6: Miscellaneous MaterialsReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
8 308
Articles and reviews on Howard McCord
1979-1980
8 309
Celebration At Elkin's Cabin, broadside
undated
8 310
Chess Or Icepicks: The Choices Of American Poetry, essay
undated
8 311
The Climbing Hunter, typescript article
1966
8 312
Dear, poetry postcard
1967
8 313
The Death Of Art, typescript article
1964
8 314
The Death Dream: Notes On Michael Franenkel, typescript article
undated
8 315
The Diary Of A Young Girl, poetry pamphlet
1972
8 316
Extra Books For John Thomas, Who Makes a Good List, typescript essay
undated
8 317
The Existence Of Augustine: A Counterplaint With Haniel Long, typescript essay
undated
8 318
Flower Ideology, typescript essay
undated
8 319
The Goosetree Poets, typescript essay
undated
8 320
The Great Toad Hunt and Other Expeditions: Poems and Narratives, order form
undated
8 321
The Honors Course In the Development Of Eastern Civilization, typescript essay and article
1968
8 322
The Hungry Generation, typescript essay
undated
8 323
In Iceland, broadside
1975
8 324
Jennifer, broadside
1975
8 325
John Beecher and the Poetry Of Social Concern, typescript essay
1967
8 326
KAI, broadside
1971
8 327
Law and Equity In Measure For pleasure, typescript essay
1962
8 328
Making the Beat Come Out Even, broadside
undated
8 329
Measure, no. 2, edited by Howard McCord, journal
1972
8 330
Measure, no. 3, edited by Howard McCord, journal
1972
8 331
Measure, no. 4, edited by Howard McCord, journal
1973
8 332
Measure, no. 4, edited by Howard McCord, typescript copy of journal with handwritten notes
1973
8 333
Measure, no. 5, edited by Howard McCord and Donald H. Ross, journal
undated
8 334
Measure, no. 6/7, edited by Howard McCord, journal
1974
8 335
Measure, edited by Howard McCord and Donald H. Ross, journal
undated
8 336
Michael Fraenkel: A Biographical and Bibliographical Sketch, typescript essay
undated
8 337
Mit Brennender Sorge (14 March 1937), braodside, March 14
1967
8 338
A Note On the Future Of the University, typescript essay
undated
8 339
The Only Journal Of the Tibetan Kite Society, edited by Howard McCord, journal
undated
8 340
On The Way Out, typescript essay
undated
8 341
The People Pattern, typescript essay
undated
8 342
Photocopies of poems printed in magazines
undated
8 343
Poem For an Older Child, broadside
undated
8 344
The Poems Of Walter Lowenfels, typescript essay
undated
8 345
The Poet and the Poem: With Apparently Seven Asides, typescript essay
undated
8 346
A Poetry Of Chaos and Death, typescript essay
undated
8 347
A Preface To Certain Poetry, typescript essay
undated
8 348
Propaedeutic To a Celebration Of Blake, typescript essay
undated
8 349
The Range Of Sensibility, typescript essay
undated
8 350
On Reading History Of the Turtle, typescript essay
undated
8 351
The Relevant Poets, typescript essay
undated
8 352
De La Respuesta A Sor Filotea De La Cruz: A Translation, typescript essay
undated
8 353
[A Review Of] El Rio de los Anos, book review
undated
8 354
[Review Of] Walter Lowenfels, Some Deaths [and] Land of Roseberries, book reviews
undated
8 355
Sad Jackself Hamlet, typescript essay
undated
8 356
Desert, typescript of work in progress
undated
8 357
A Sermon Preached to a Typewriter On Saint Gildas' Day, 1968, typescript essay
1968
8 358
A Shape of Words: The Poet and the World, typescript essay
1964
8 359
Gary Snyder: An Appreciation,, typescript essay
undated
8 360
Additional Notes To The Spanish Dark and Other Poems, typescript notes
undated
8 361
Charas, no. 5. `Something There sd/Santayna' (Ezra Pound), by Anita Wells, review of Gnomology
1973
8 362
Tongues For Samuel Palmer, broadside
undated
8 363
12 Bones, pamphlet
1964
8 364
The Universal Dictionary & Key To the Enigmas World, Or ..., author unknown, pamphlet
1972
8 365
Untitled class lecture
undated
8 366
Untitled speech
May, 1970
8 367
The Vision Of Rumpelstiltskin, typescript essay
1961
8 368
Wants, poem postcard
undated
8 369
What I Want To Do: The Poet's Task, typescript essay
undated
8 370
The Wisdom Of Silenus: Myth In the Modern World, typescript essay
1966
8 371
The Wryneck In The Wasteland, typescript essay
undated

Oversized materials: (all from Series 4)Return to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
8 372
Harper's Bazaar, v. 102, no. 3085. Kathmandu Valley: A Hillside
December 1968
8 373
----, v. 102, no. 3086. The Spirit Dream for Rob
January 1969
8 374
Lillabulero: A Journal of Contemporary Writing, v. II, no. 1. A Preface to Certain Poetry
Winter 1968

Annex, Series 1: Correspondence and poemsReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
9 375
Asphodel Bookshop
ca 1960s
9 376
Authors, miscellaneous correspondence
1964-1972
9 377
Authors, miscellaneous correspondence
1971-1973
9 378
Authors, miscellaneous correspondence
1978-1979
9 379
Editors
1963-1966
9 380
Editors
1978-1979
9 381
Ceaser, Norma
1967-1972
9 382
Ceaser, Norma, poems
undated
9 383
Chandra, G.S. Sharat
1971-1974
9 384
Clark, John, Institute of Foreign Studies
1968
9 385
Clinton, DeWitt
ca 1978
9 386
Collins, Paul, Graduate Theological Union
1972
9 387
Curtis, Gordon
1963-1972
9 388
Crossing Press
1973-1978
9 389
Dawson, Fee
ca 1976
9 390
Delpino, Lou
1967-1969
9 391
Delpino, Lou
1970-1971
9 392
Delpino, Lou
1972-1976
9 393
Eisenberg, Barry
ca 1976
9 394
Eshlman, Clayton
1976-1977
9 395
Forche, Carolyn, thesis
1978
9 396
Fox, Hugh
1972
9 397
Gaess, Roger
1971
9 398
Gjellsness, Barent, correspondence and poems
1968-1971
9 399
Glynn, Mary Theresa
1967-1972
9 400
Grabill, James
1975-1978
9 401
Gray, Don, Two Windows Press
1970-1972
9 402
Grossinger, Richard
1969-1971
9 403
Gunter, Larry B.
1961-1978
10 404
Hale, Robert
1974-1976
10 405
Hamill, Sam, Copper Canyon Press
1974-1977
10 406
Harris, Marguerite
1972
10 407
Harris, Marie
1972-1976
10 408
Hitchcock, George
1973-1978
10 409
Hollo, Anselm
1972-1974
10 410
Irby, Ken
1979
10 411
Kempton, Karl
1974
10 412
Kherdian, Dave
1974
10 413
Kitch, Ken K.
1974
10 414
Kryss, Tom
ca 1971
10 415
McNamara, Tom
1969
10 416
Young, Geoffrey
1967
10 417
Young, Geoffrey
1968-1971
10 418
Young, Geoffrey
1971-1972
10 419
Young, Geoffrey
1973-1974
10 420
Young, Geoffrey
1974-1979
10 421
Miscellaneous correspondence, "Friends"
1970-1979
10 422
Miscellaneous personal papers
1975-1978
10 423
Personal correspondence
September 1953
10 424
Personal correspondence
October 1953
10 425
Personal correspondence
December 1953
10 426
Personal correspondence
January 1954
10 427
Personal correspondence
February 1954
10 428
Personal correspondence
November 1954
10 429
McCord family correspondence
1964-1968
10 430
McCord family correspondence
1967-1971
11 431
McCord family correspondence, to Sylvia McCord
ca 1967-1970
11 432
McCord family correspondence, regarding Governor's Award (Washington State)
1968
11 433
McCord family correspondence, to family during sabbatical, La Jolla
ca 1969
11 434
"Special letters"
1968-1970
11 435
Family correspondence
1971-1972
11 436
Family correspondence during D. H. Lawrence fellowship, Taos, NM
1971
11 437
Family correspondence while in Wilmington, NC
1971
11 438
McCord family correspondence, Iceland, Sweden
1973
11 439
McCord family correspondence
1973
11 440
McCord family correspondence
1974
11 441
Family correspondence regarding divorce, remarriage and new family
1975
11 442
McCord family correspondence
1978

Annex, Series 2: Miscellaneous filesReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
11 443
Personal file, WSU employment
1967-1971
11 444
Community newsletter, WSU
1970-1971
11 445
Miscellaneous ephemera
undated
11 446
Additional notes to The Spanish Dark and Other Poems (ditto copy)
undated
11 447
Assorted papers for Honors 350
undated
11 448
Astrology
undated
11 449
Personal astrological data
undated
11 450
Drafts
undated
11 451
Drafts
undated
11 452
Duplicated items
undated
11 453
Environmental science lecture
1970
11 454
Gnomonology notes
undated
11 455
Gregorian chants, Dominic R. Bianchi
undated
11 456
Jarbridge request
1970
11 457
Jazz notes
undated
11 458
Magic
undated
12 459
Breaking and Entering
ca 1975
12 460
Gordon Curtis poems
undated
12 461
First poems and other items
undated
12 462
"Glyphs" manuscript
undated
12 463
Indian poets manuscripts
undated
12 464
Indian poets
1968-1970
12 465
Poems re: Anthology of Indian poetry
undated
12 466
McCord lecture notes, India
1965
12 467
McCord notes
1972
12 468
Measure 2: contributors/correspondence
1971
12 469
Measure 2: manuscripts
undated
12 470
Measure 5: original manuscripts
undated
12 471
Miscellaneous finished papers
undated
12 472
Miscellaneous finished drafts
undated
12 473
Miscellaneous finished papers
ca. late 1960s
12 474
National Council on the Arts
1968-1970
12 475
Notes
ca 1969
12 476
Notes
ca 1971
12 477
Notes, "On Poetics"
undated
12 478
One page novels, submissions
1975
12 479
One page novels, submissions
1976
12 480
Only journal of the Tibetan Kite Society, drafts by members of the Society, poems
undated
12 481
McCord poems
undated
12 482
Photographs and flyers
undated
12 483
Poems, notes
undated
12 484
Poetry dittos
undated
12 485
Poetry dittos
undated
12 486
Poetry flyers and pictures
undated
12 487
Poetry and Math
ca 1972
12 488
Research notes, poems, bibliography
undated
12 489
Research topics (for English students)
undated
12 490
Rio Grande Writers newsletters
1976
12 491
"Some Notes on Poetry," mimeographed handout
1974
12 492
Stories--Drafts
undated
12 493
Work notes
undated

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Personal Names

  • McCord, Howard 1932- -- Archives (creator)
  • McCord, Howard, 1932- -- Correspondence

Corporate Names

  • Washington State University -- Faculty -- Archives.