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.
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.
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.
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…
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…
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…
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.
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.
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.
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…
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…
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.
This is the first page of sample questions for a citizenship test sent to Donald MacIvor in 1920. The questions on this page include routine questions, such as "What is your name?" to more inflammatory questions, such as "are you an anarchist?" …
Dedication Day and opening of the scenic bridge at Alberton, Montana. Missoula's Veterans of Foreign Wars drum and bugle corps stands within a crowd of people.
Harry P. Stanford emigrated from Canada to the United States in 1872. This document establishes Stanford's intent and eligibility to become a naturalized citizen of the United States. This practice dates back to the Naturalization Act of 1795 and…