Collection number: MC 87
Size: 1 box (0.33 cu.ft.)
About Robert Huff
Born in 1924, Robert Huff was educated at Wayne State University, Michigan. He taught English at several universities in the West before taking a position at Western Washington University in Bellingham, from where he retired in 1989. Huff’s first book of poetry, Colonel Johnson’s Ride, was published in 1959. Three others followed: The Course (1966); The Ventriloquist (1977), and Shore Guide to Flocking Names(1985). He was a Bread Loaf Writers Conference Fellow in 1961, and a MacDowell Colony [Peterborough, N.H.] Fellow in 1963. He died in a fire at his home in 1993.
About the Robert Huff Papers
The Robert Huff Collection primarily contains correspondence from various American poets to Huff. The greatest number of letters are from e.e.cummings, who frequently wrote Huff from 1948 until his death in 1962, and Karl Shapiro. Other correspondents include Allen Ginsberg, William Carlos Williams, Bernard Malamud, and James Wright. The collection also contains over twenty-five typescripts of poems and a number of reviews and newspaper articles written about Huff.
Administrative Information
Access Restrictions
This collection is open.
Copyright Notice
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Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Robert Huff Papers, 1948-1989, MC 87, Milne Special Collections and Archives, University of New Hampshire Library, Durham, NH, USA.
Acquisitions Information
Purchased: Charles Seluzicki, June 2, 1986
Collection Contents
Series I: Correspondence
| Box 1 | |
|---|---|
| Box 1, Folder 1 | Anania, Michael-Ciardi, John, 1961-1977 |
| Michael Anania, Poetry Editor, The Swallow Press, 1971 (1) | |
| Philip Booth, 1961-1967, (3) | |
| John C. Broderick, Library of Congress, 1977,
(2) |
|
| Mrs. Hugh Bullock, Academy of American Poets, 1964 (1) | |
| Constance Carrier, undated (1) | |
| John Ciardi, 1967 (1) | |
| Box 1, Folder 2 | e.e. cummings, 1948-1952, (8) |
| Box 1, Folder 3 | e.e. cummings, 1953-1960, (11) |
| Box 1, Folder 4 | e.e. cummings and Marion Morehouse, 1961-1962,
(16) |
| Box 1, Folder 5 | Dickey, James – Engel, Paul John, 1962-1984 |
| James Dickey, 1972-1973, (2) | |
| Annie Dillard, undated, (1) | |
| Alan Dugan, 1966, (1) | |
| Richard Eberhart, 1967-1984,
(5) |
|
| Richard Eberhart, 1967-1984,
(5) |
|
| Galen Eberl, The Poetry Center, 1962,
(3) |
|
| Paul Engel, 1956-1960, (3) | |
| Box 1, Folder 6 | Garrett, George Palmer-Golstein, Lawrence, 1968-1977 |
| George Palmer Garrett, 1977,
(1) |
|
| Louis Ginsberg, 1968, (2) | |
| Allen Goldbarth, undated, (1) | |
| Lawrence Goldstein, 1977, (2) | |
| Box 1, Folder 7 | Hague, Albert-Hugo, Richard – Engel, 1958-1981 |
| Albert Hague, 1965, (1) | |
| Donald Hall, 1958-1976, (4) | |
| W. Harris, 1961, (2) | |
| Robert Hayden, 1970, (1) | |
| Seamus Heaney, 1989, (1) | |
| Tony Hecht, 1989, (4) | |
| Robert Hillyer, 1960-1961, (4) | |
| Dr. Ernest B. Hookand Huff’s reply, 1967,
(1) |
|
| Richard Hugo, 1976-1981, (2) | |
| Box 1, Folder 8 | Kennedy, X. J. (Joe) – Kumin, Maxine, 1960-1989 |
| X. J. (“Joe”) Kennedy, 1971-1985,
(4) |
|
| Milton Kenley, undated, (1) | |
| Margaret King, 1962, (2) | |
| Galway Kinnell, 1975, (2) | |
| Thomas Kinsella, 1989, (1) | |
| Elizabeth Kray, 1960-1961, (2) | |
| Maxine Kumin, 1980, (2) | |
| Box 1, Folder 9 | Lieberman, Larry-Poage, Mam, 1960-1976 |
| Larry Lieberman, 1962, (1) | |
| John Logan, 1967-1976, (3) | |
| Mám Poage, 1960, (1) | |
| Box 1, Folder 10 | ?, Mike-Moss, Stanley1964-1985 |
| Mike ?, undated, (1) | |
| K. McClanahan, undated, (3) | |
| Sandy McPherson, 1973-1985, (6) | |
| Bernard Malamud, 1960-1976, (9) | |
| Ann Malamud, 1974, (1) | |
| Marcia ?, Chicago Tribune, 1968,
(2) |
|
| Howard Moss, The New Yorker, 1964, (1) | |
| Stanley Moss,New American Review, 1968, (1) | |
| Box 1, Folder 11 | Nims, John Frederick – Roethke, Theodore, 1957-1976 |
| John Frederick Nims, 1961, (1) | |
| K. McClanahan, 1976 (1) | |
| Frank P?, undated, (1) | |
| Don Petersen, 1972, (1) | |
| George Plimpton, 1970, (1) | |
| Dudley Randall, 1968, (1) | |
| Dave Ray, undated, (1) | |
| Wallace and Anne Andrews Robson, 1957,
(1) |
|
| Theodore Roethke, 1961, (1) | |
| Box 1, Folder 12 | Salvatore, Domininc – Sexton, Anne 1960-1972 |
| Dominic Salvatore, 1960 (3) | |
| Anne Sexton, 1967-1972, (2) | |
| Box 1, Folder 13 | Karl Shapiro, 1960-1982, (29) |
| Box 1, Folder 14 | The Swanee Review – Swenson, May 1955-1984 |
| The Sewanee Review, 1955, (2) | |
| William Stafford, 1960-1976,
(7) |
|
| Peter Steel, 1984, (1) | |
| Hamilton Stillwell, 1961, (1) | |
| Mark Strand, 1970, (4) | |
| May Swenson, 1963-1964, (3) | |
| Box 1, Folder 115 | T?, Peter – Wright, Anne 1960-1981 |
| Peter T?, undated, (1) | |
| John Wain, 1966, (1) | |
| Diane Wakoski, 1969-1970, (3) | |
| Chad Walsh, undated, (1) | |
| Richard Wilbur, 1968, (2) | |
| Miller Williams, 1964-1985, (4) | |
| William Carlos Williams, 1960,
(1) |
|
| John Woods, 1956, (1) | |
| James Wright, 1958-1962, (2) | |
| Anne Wright, 1981, (1) |
Series II: Manuscripts
| Box 1 | |
|---|---|
| Box 1, Folder 16 | Handwritten drafts of poems, n.d. |
| Box 1, Folder 17 | Typewritten: “Accident,” “Affinity,” “Adonis Walks…,” “Apology,” “Aunt Getrude and Apollo” |
| Box 1, Folder 18 | “Caitlin’s Because,” “Dilly’s,” “The Fat Man…,” “Father Waking,” “For Gene Lundahl” |
| Box 1, Folder 19 | “For Philip Booth,” “For Ursula,…,” “High,” “I Dream…,” “I Hear…” |
| Box 1, Folder 20 | “In Memory…,” “Inmate,” “1964,” “The Postman’s Dream,” “Revelation at Hand” |
| Box 1, Folder 21 | “A Riddle…,” “A Sketch…,” “Their Suicide,” “Wife Waking” |
| Box 1, Folder 22 | Shore Guide to Flocking Names [paste up]. |
| Box 1, Folder 23 | Taking Her Sides on Immortality [typescript] |
Series III: Publications
| Box 1 | |
|---|---|
| Box 1, Folder 24 | Venture, Robert Hillyer Memorial Issue, May 1962 |
| Box 1, Folder 25 | e.e. Cummings: Sketches and Watercolors of the Twenties and Thirties, Gotham Book Mart, New York City, 9 March-6 April, 1968 |
Series IV: Miscellaneous
| Box 1 | |
|---|---|
| Box 1, Folder 26 | Reviews, 1960-1962 |
| Box 1, Folder 27 | Memorabilia and Newsclippings, 1962-1972 |
| Box 1, Folder 28 | Photographs: e.1: B and W, 3×5 of Ed McClanahan, n.d. e.2: Photomat strip of four images of Karl Shapiro, n.d. |
July 4th, 2008 at 12:24 pm
[...] one point he [Toby Thompson, in Positively Main Street: An Unorthodox View of Bob Dylan)] mentions is that the first A he got on a graduate English paper was given to him by one Robert Huff, along with a witty comment. Seeing Huff’s name took me back to my undergraduate years (when [...]