Patricia Goedicke and Leonard Wallace Robinson papers, 1910-2006, MSS 739
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Title
Patricia Goedicke and Leonard Wallace Robinson papers, 1910-2006, MSS 739
Description
The Patricia Goedicke and Leonard Wallace Robinson Papers primarily consists of correspondence, notebooks, and drafts of poetry and fiction by Goedicke and Robinson. Also included are lecture notes for classes taught at The University of Montana-Missoula, personal records, photographs, and audio and video recordings related to the literary work of Goedicke and Robinson. This collection documents in detail Goedicke and Robinson's writing careers.
Creator
Goedicke, Patricia; Robinson, Leonard Wallace, 1912-1999.
Publisher
University of Montana, Mansfield Library, Archives and Special Collections
Date
1910-2006
Rights
Copyright transferred to the University of Montana—Missoula. Permission may be required for use. For more information, please contact Archives and Special Collections at the University of Montana, Mansfield Library.
Identifier
MSS 739
Collection Items
Letter to Hugo from Wells College
Handwritten draft of Goedicke's poem "Letter to Hugo from Wells College".
Movie about Dead Cellist with notes from Rattlesnake Ladies Salon
Goedicke's notes on this draft reflect comments made by members of the Rattlesnake Ladies' Salon including Deirdre McNamer (Dee), Sandra Alcosser, Kate Gadbow, Jocelyn Siler (Joc), and Connie Poten.
Opening lecture for 2002 Graduate workshop
These notes for Patricia Goedicke's opening lecture for her Graduate workshop in 2002 (ENCR 511) at the University of Montana summarize her influences as a writer, her general aesthetic with regards to writing, as well as the general structure of the…
Opening lecture for 2002 Graduate workshop, page 2
These notes for Patricia Goedicke's opening lecture for her Graduate workshop in 2002 (ENCR 511) at the University of Montana summarize her influences as a writer, her general aesthetic with regards to writing, as well as the general structure of the…
Opening lecture for 2002 Graduate workshop, page 3
These notes for Patricia Goedicke's opening lecture for her Graduate workshop in 2002 (ENCR 511) at the University of Montana summarize her influences as a writer, her general aesthetic with regards to writing, as well as the general structure of the…
Opening lecture for 2002 Graduate workshop, page 4
These notes for Patricia Goedicke's opening lecture for her Graduate workshop in 2002 (ENCR 511) at the University of Montana summarize her influences as a writer, her general aesthetic with regards to writing, as well as the general structure of the…
Patricia Goedicke, Robert Frost letter, page 1
This is the letter and enclosed poems Patricia Goedicke (then Patricia McKenna) sent to Robert Frost in 1952 and Frost's reply. McKenna was a student at Middlebury College when the letter was sent, and judging by the date, the letter was sent during…
Patricia Goedicke, Robert Frost letter page 2
This is the letter and enclosed poems Patricia Goedicke (then Patricia McKenna) sent to Robert Frost in 1952 and Frost's reply. McKenna was a student at Middlebury College when the letter was sent, and judging by the date, the letter was sent during…
Opening lecture for 2002 Graduate workshop, page 5
These notes for Patricia Goedicke's opening lecture for her Graduate workshop in 2002 (ENCR 511) at the University of Montana summarize her influences as a writer, her general aesthetic with regards to writing, as well as the general structure of the…
Opening lecture for 2002 Graduate workshop, page 6
These notes for Patricia Goedicke's opening lecture for her Graduate workshop in 2002 (ENCR 511) at the University of Montana summarize her influences as a writer, her general aesthetic with regards to writing, as well as the general structure of the…
Opening lecture for 2002 Graduate workshop, page 7
These notes for Patricia Goedicke's opening lecture for her Graduate workshop in 2002 (ENCR 511) at the University of Montana summarize her influences as a writer, her general aesthetic with regards to writing, as well as the general structure of the…
Opening lecture for 2002 Graduate workshop, page 8
These notes for Patricia Goedicke's opening lecture for her Graduate workshop in 2002 (ENCR 511) at the University of Montana summarize her influences as a writer, her general aesthetic with regards to writing, as well as the general structure of the…
Opening lecture for 2002 Graduate workshop, page 10
These notes for Patricia Goedicke's opening lecture for her Graduate workshop in 2002 (ENCR 511) at the University of Montana summarize her influences as a writer, her general aesthetic with regards to writing, as well as the general structure of the…
Opening lecture for 2002 Graduate workshop, page 9
These notes for Patricia Goedicke's opening lecture for her Graduate workshop in 2002 (ENCR 511) at the University of Montana summarize her influences as a writer, her general aesthetic with regards to writing, as well as the general structure of the…
Opening lecture for 2002 Graduate workshop 11
These notes for Patricia Goedicke's opening lecture for her Graduate workshop in 2002 (ENCR 511) at the University of Montana summarize her influences as a writer, her general aesthetic with regards to writing, as well as the general structure of the…
Reading notes for 2nd Wind 2000, page 1
These notes are for a reading by Patricia Goedicke on March 5, 2000 for the 2nd Wind Reading Series held by the University of Montana Creative Writing department in Missoula, Montana. In this reading, Goedicke reads one poem from each of her books…
2003 commencement speech to the University of Montana
Patricia Goedicke retired from the University of Montana in 2003. As one of her last acts as professor, she gave this commencement speech in which she elaborated upon the importance of the imagination in understanding each other and the world we…
2003 commencement speech to the University of Montana, page 2
Patricia Goedicke retired from the University of Montana in 2003. As one of her last acts as professor, she gave this commencement speech in which she elaborated upon the importance of the imagination in understanding each other and the world in…
2003 commencement speech to the University of Montana, page 3
Patricia Goedicke retired from the University of Montana in 2003. As one of her last acts as professor, she gave this commencement speech in which she elaborated upon the importance of the imagination in understanding each other and the world in…
2003 commencement speech to the University of Montana, page 4
Patricia Goedicke retired from the University of Montana in 2003. As one of her last acts as professor, she gave this commencement speech in which she elaborated upon the importance of the imagination in understanding each other and the world in…
2003 commencement speech to the University of Montana, page 5
Patricia Goedicke retired from the University of Montana in 2003. As one of her last acts as professor, she gave this commencement speech in which she elaborated upon the importance of the imagination in understanding each other and the world we live…
2003 commencement speech to the University of Montana, page 5
Patricia Goedicke retired from the University of Montana in 2003. As one of her last acts as professor, she gave this commencement speech in which she elaborated upon the importance of the imagination in understanding each other and the world we live…
2003 commencement speech to the University of Montana, page 6
Patricia Goedicke retired from the University of Montana in 2003. As one of her last acts as professor, she gave this commencement speech in which she elaborated upon the importance of the imagination in understanding each other and the world we live…
2003 commencement speech to the University of Montana, page 7
Patricia Goedicke retired from the University of Montana in 2003. As one of her last acts as professor, she gave this commencement speech in which she elaborated upon the importance of the imagination in understanding each other and the world in…
2003 commencement speech to the University of Montana, page 8
Patricia Goedicke retired from the University of Montana in 2003. As one of her last acts as professor, she gave this commencement speech in which she elaborated upon the importance of the imagination in understanding each other and the world in…
2003 commencement speech to the University of Montana, page 9
Patricia Goedicke retired from the University of Montana in 2003. As one of her last acts as professor, she gave this commencement speech in which she elaborated upon the importance of the imagination in understanding each other and the world in…
University of Kansas lecture notes
In November of 1988, Patricia Goedicke delivered a lecture at the University of Kansas in Lawrence about the function of sound and silence in poetry. These are the notes for that lecture, which emerged from an imitation workshop she taught centering…
Reading notes for 2nd Wind 2001
These notes are for a reading by Patricia Goedicke on October 7, 2001 for the 2nd Wind Reading Series held by the University of Montana Creative Writing department in Missoula, Montana. The notes for this reading reflect the backdrop of the…
Entry dated June 11, 1968
This entry includes drafts of two poems "The Outer Banks," which was published in For the Four Corners (1976) and "To a Sailor." This draft of "The Outer Banks" contains many references to Robert Kennedy's assassination, which occurred three days…
Draft of This Music Has Holes in It, November 17, 2002
This draft of the poem, as indicated by the notes along the top of the page, was read at a 2002 Second Wind reading. The poem underwent further revisions before appearing in The Baseball Field at Night.
For the Four Corners cover
This is the cover for Patricia Goedicke's second book of poems Four the Four Corners, which was published by Ithaca House in 1976. The cover was created by designer and a personal friend Petra Cabot.
The Wind of Our Going cover
This is the cover for Patricia Goedicke's seventh book of poems, which was published by Copper Canyon Press in 1985.
The Baseball Field at Night cover
This is the cover for Patricia Goedicke's thirteenth book of poems, which was published by Lost Horse Press in 2009.
Undated entry
In these drafts of a poem titled "The Outer Banks," Goedicke drafts many of the lines that ultimately appear in the published version of this work, including the poem's conclusion "we must build more on less."
Entry dated July 2, 1968
These drafts of "The Outer Banks" were written while Goedicke was at the MacDowell Colony in 1968. It was during this stay that Goedicke met Leonard Wallace Robinson, who she would marry in 1971. The drafts in this entry is more raw, more visceral…
The Outer Banks published copy
This is a copy of "The Outer Banks" published in For the Four Corners, which was published by Ithaca House in 1976.
For All the Sad Rain final draft
For All the Sad Rain appeared first in The Slackwater Review in 1984 before appearing as the prelude to The Wind of Our Going, published in 1985. These drafts range in date from 1978-1983.
Entry dated September 10, 2002
This entry contains the initial drafts of "This Music Has Holes in It," which was published in Goedicke's thirteenth book of poems, The Baseball Field at Night. Goedicke also expresses concern that the United States will initiate a war against…
Entry dated September 11, 2002
This entry contains the initial drafts of "This Music Has Holes in It," which was published in Goedicke's thirteenth book of poems, The Baseball Field at Night. Goedicke also expresses concern that the United States will initiate a war against…
Draft of This Music Has Holes in It, September 10, 2002
As indicated by the date and notes in the upper right hand corner, this draft is the third draft printed on September 10, 2002.
Draft of This Music Has Holes in It, November 17, 2002
This is the November 17, 2002 draft of This Music Has Holes in It, edited just prior to Goedicke's reading in the 2nd Wind Series for that year.
Draft of This Music Has Holes in It, June 2006
This draft of "This Music Has Holes in It" is from a manuscript of The Baseball Field at Night dated June 2006. This poem reflects how the poem appears in the 2009 publication of The Baseball Field at Night.
Draft of For All the Sad Rain, October 2, 1978
This draft of "For All the Sad Rain" appears in a notebook dated August 11, 1978-October 13, 1978.
Draft of For All the Sad Rain, October 10, 1978
This an early draft of "For All the Sad Rain" titled "Whose World." The title would later change to "Best Bed" before finally changing to its published title. The poem would undergo many changes before its publication in The Slackwater Review in…
Draft of For All the Sad Rain, January 21, 1979
By this draft, the final introduction and conclusion are set. The notes along the upper right hand corner indicate that Goedicke has incorporated comments by Pierre (Delattre), Nancy (Ortenstone?), Carole (Stone?), and Leonard Robinson.
Draft of For All the Sad Rain, July 17, 1983
This draft of For All the Sad Rain reflect some of the final changes made to the poem. Gone, for example, are lines "there is garbage to eat, / but there is also chateaubriand" and in its place, the comparison of squash blossoms to white…
Letter to Sam Hamill, January 18, 1999
In this letter to Sam Hamill at Copper Canyon Press, officially submits her manuscript to Copper Canyon for publication. As stated in the letter, she had previously submitted the manuscript to Milkweed Press, who published her prior three books, to…
Letter to Emilie Buchwald, August 14, 1998
This is letter was written to Emilie Buchwald of Milkweed Press after Milkweed passed on the manuscript for As Earth Begins to End. Here, Goedicke recounts the changes in her revised manuscript. This item may be found in Box 2, Folder 10.
Letter to Michael Wiegers, April 29, 1999
This is letter to Michael Wiegers of Copper Canyon Press was written as Leonard Robinson's condition was rapidly deteriorating. The letter reflects Copper Canyon's publishing process, particular with regards to the editorial process and the…
Letter to Michael Wiegers and Sam Hamill, March 15, 1999
In this letter to Michael Wiegers and Sam Hamill Goedicke asks for feedback regarding new editions to her manuscript.
Statement of intent for As Earth Begins to End
This statement of intent was sent to Michael Wiegers of Copper Canyon Press on February 28, 1999.
First grouping of poems for As Earth Begins to End
These documents illustrate Patricia Goedicke's initial process for creating a manuscript of As Earth Begins to End. This process is characteristic for Goedicke and is reflected in the notes for her other books. Also included are notes regarding…
Excerpts from drafts of This Music Has Holes in It
These are lines from drafts of This Music Has Holes in It that date from September 10, 2002 and September 19, 2002. They have been created solely for the purpose of creating an exhibit titled "Inextricable Fusion." The image with Goedicke's…
Patricia Goedicke skiing
This photograph is of Patricia Goedicke skiing in Stowe, Vermont. According to the photo's verso, Goedicke was a teenager when the photo was taken.
Entry dated November 16, 1955
This is the first page of an entry where Patricia Goedicke describes a lecture by W.H. Auden. She describes the differences between Auden's public persona and the persona he presents through his poetry. Goedicke also notes Marianne Moore's presence…
Entry dated March 31, 1956
This is the first page of an entry where Patricia Goedicke describes an early encounter with her first husband, Victor Goedicke. At the time of the entry, Patricia was visiting her family in New Hampshire.
Clipping from Athens messenger dated February 4, 1960
This clipping from the Athens Messenger dated February 4, 1960 is about Page One, a weekly periodical of poems by writers local to Athens, Ohio. The periodical was edited by Patricia Goedicke and Patricia Grean.
Clipping from Atencion San Miguel dated May 27, 1980
This clipping announces Patricia Goedicke's and Leonard Wallace Robinson's temporary departure from San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. Goedicke and Robinson, who were residents of San Miguel de Allende left for the 1980-1981 academic year so that…
Clipping of bison annotated by Patricia Goedicke
This clipping features a photo of a heard of bison at the National Bison Range in Montana. Above each bison Patricia Goedicke wrote the name of a late-twentieth century author associated with Western Montana. At the time Goedicke annotated the…
Entry dated January 24, 1998
Despite the date written by Goedicke, the more likely date is 1998 based on the rest of the entries in the journal. In this entry, Goedicke describes many of the themes that would define her twelfth book of poetry, As Earth Begins to End.
Entry dated January 26, 1998
In this entry, Goedicke discusses Otherwise, a book of poems by Jane Kenyon, who passed away two years prior to the book's release. Specifically, she discusses the resonances between Kenyon's book and the manuscript she is putting together (As Earth…
Photograph of Patricia Goedicke and Leonard Wallace Robinson at the University of Montana
This photograph of Goedicke and Robinson was taken on the west end of the Oval at the University of Montana. The statue is of a grizzly bear, the University's mascot.
Photograph of Patricia Goedicke
Photograph of Patricia Goedicke appearing on the back cover of The Baseball Field at Night.
Letter from Helen Vendler to Patricia Goedicke
In this letter, Helen Vendler comments on As Earth Begins to End and the passing of Leonard Robinson, which is one of the emotional focal points of the book. It also should be noted that Vendler and Robinson were friends.