MC 71
10 boxes and 1 oversize box (5 cu.ft.)
About William Heyen:
William Helmuth Heyen was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1940 and was educated at SUNY Brockport and Ohio University. He taught American literature and creative writing at SUNY Brockport for over thirty years before his retirement in 2000. He also briefly served as Director of the Brockport Writers Forum, a series of readings by and video interviews with numerous American and international authors.
His books of poetry include Depth of Field (1970), Noise in the Trees (1974), The Swastika Poems (1977), Long Island Light (1979), Erika: Poems of the Holocaust (1984), Pterodactyl Rose (1991), The Host: Selected Poems 1965-1990 (1994), Crazy Horse In Stillness (1995), winner of the 1997 Small Press Book Award for Poetry, Pig Notes & Dumb Music: Prose on Poetry (1998), Diana, Charles, & the Queen (1998), Shoah Train (2004), a finalist for the National Book Award for poetry, and Confessions of Doc Williams and Other Poems (2006). He has edited three major collections of poetry, The Generation of 2000: Contemporary American Poets, American Poets in 1976, and September 11, 2001: American Poets Respond (2002). He also authored a novel, Vic Holyfield and the Class of ’57 (1986) a collection of short stories, The Hummingbird Corporation (2003), and a collection of 30 years of essays called Home: Autobiographies, etc (2004).
About the William Heyen Papers:
William Heyen and William B. Ewert, a publisher of fine limited edition poetry books, broadsides, and cards in Concord, NH, were close friends for many years. Heyen would often send Ewert drafts of his poems, some of them typed, but many written out in hand. Over the years, Ewert published many of them and these publsihed versions can be found in the William B. Ewert Papers. The manuscript versions of the poems can be found here in the William Heyen Papers, along with correspondence from Heyen to Ewert and material about Heyen’s career.
Folder Listing:
- Correspondence
- Bill Heyen to William Ewert
- Third party correspondence
- Between Heyen and Ewert families
- Manuscripts
- Poetry
- Prose
- Teaching material
- Published books used as “working copies”
- Ephemera and collections
- A. Material related to Heyen’s career
- B. Heyen bibliography material
- C. Published material written by Heyen, published by other than Ewert
- Oversized Material
I. Correspondence
A. Bill Heyen to William Ewert
| f.1 | 1979
February 16, written on the back of a broadside of “Pickerel” by Heyen,
numbered 52 of 125, Ordinary Broadside 1 by The Rook Press, signed by the author. |
| f.2 | 1983 August 18, includes a UPS receipt. August 22, written on a copy of a letter from Heyen to Evelyn (?) at Vanguard Publishing. August 28, (postcard); September 6; September 17; September 28, includes a draft of the poem “The Way”; September 28; October 2; October 6 (postcard); November 16; November 28; December 5; December 26. |
| f.3 | 1984: January – May January 4 (postcard); January 7; January 17; February 6, includes final 5 stanzas of “The Coffin.” February 8, written on a letter from Peter Dzwonkoski [University of Rochester Library], includes photocopy of article from Ohio University Today (Winter, 1984): 6-7; and typescript of a passage from Heyen’s proposed memoir. February 13, includes drafts of the poems “Again” and “Cherry”; February 15; February 17. March 12, includes a portion of the poem “Bread”; March 19; March 27 (postcard, poor legibility due to water damage). April 30, includes copy of text about Heyen from The Generation of 2000: Contemporary American Poets (1985), and a newspaper clipping. May 6; May 9; May 14, includes a photocopy of a letter from Betty Rugh [Bobbs-Merrill Educational Publishing] & accompanying copyright assignment agreement; photographs [1 of Bill Heyen; 1 of Bill Heyen with two unidentified men]; May 30. |
| f.4 | 1984: June- December June 1 (postcard); June 14; August 4, includes copy of “While We Are Still Alive.” August 18, includes handwritten draft of “Lily”; August 30. September 9, includes copy of letter from Bill Heyen to Evelyn [Vanguard Press]. September 24; October 14; October 20; October 30; November 2, includes two sun damaged photographs of Bill Heyen and William Ewert. December 10; December 18, includes a typed draft of “Brockport Sunflowers,” and December 26. |
| f.5 | 1985 January 22, includes a draft of “The Island” as well as drafts of “The Pond” and “The Island” (2 revisions). February 14 (postcard); February 26, includes drafts of “The Island”, “Place”, and “Bambino.” March 18 (postcard); March 29; April 28; June 10; July 3; July 21, written on a privately printed moving notice from Sylvia Pafenyk using “This Island” by Heyen. August 25; September 19; October 7; October 28 (postcard); December 1; December 9, and December 12. |
| f.6 | 1986 January 6, includes a copy of letter from Daniel Halpern [Antaeus Press] to Bill Heyen (12/7/85) and a letter from Bill Heyen to Daniel Halpern (12/30/85), and an ink & typed mock-up of a card proposal of “The Bambino.” January 8; February 14; February 15 (postcard); February 21; March 15 (postcard); April 21. June 11; June 19; July 13; July 30, includes photographs, response to a book review, and a draft of acknowledgments for unspecified book. August 3; September 11; October 5 (postcard); October 18 (postcard), and November 26. |
| f.7 | 1987 January 27, includes photographs; February 2; February 13, written on a photocopy of a review of “The Chestnut Rain,” dated February 15, 1987. February 26, includes a copy of a letter sent by Heyen to Frances Marx [director, Brockport Foundation, SUNY College]; March 3; March 25. May 16, includes photocopy of newspaper clipping from the Rochester Times Union. May 25, includes typescript draft of “If You Know Me At All.” May 26, includes partial listing of bibliography of Heyen’s collection; August (dated by W.B.Ewert); August 20 (postcard). September 21, written on a photocopy of a “Letter to the Editor” of the Rochester Times-Union [September 17, 1987] written by Heyen, includes a photocopy of review of The Way We Live Now, edited by Raymond J. Smith, published by Ontario Review Press, 1986, which includes “Any Sport” by Heyen, mentioned in the review. October 14 (postcard); November 12; November 22; December 1; December 31 Christmas card created by Heyen (numbered 38 of 40) containing typescript of “The Global Economy.” |
| f.8 | 1988 January 15 (postcard); January 25, includes typescript and proof of “The Colony” [postcard set published by Geryon Press]. January 27; January 30; February 13 (postcard); February 14, including a photograph of Heyen and Li-Young Lee [poet]. February 20; February 28, including draft of “Ben”; April 3, including potential customer list. April 11 (postcard); May 17; July 6; July 13; September 11; September 26, including copy of “An Open Letter to the Brockport College Community.” October 5, including additional note on envelope and program from a day honoring Elie Wiesel at which Heyen spoke. November 17; December 31. |
| f.9 | 1989 January 31; May 12; June 3; November 28, includes drafts of “Fast Food”, “Harpoon”, “The Gift” and “Crickets”; December 7, and December 16. |
| f.10 | 1990 January 24, includes typescripts of “My Sleigh Tonight”, “Somewhere in Ohio.” March 12, includes typescript of “My Sleigh Tonight”; March 31, includes typescript draft of “Beloved on the Earth.” April 14, includes typescript drafts of “Beloved on the Earth”; June 10; June 15 (postcard). |
| f.11 | 1991 January 14; February 5, includes copies of letter from L. D. to Heyen and from Heyen to L.D. April 1 (written on a flyer for a Poetry Awards Night featuring Heyen); April 3 (postcard). April 9 (written on a typescript draft of “Triton”). April 23, includes typescript draft of “Prayer” (letter written on a photocopy of a New York Times article written by Heyen). May 7 (postcard); June 5; July 22; August 14, written on a copy of a letter to L. D. |
| f.12 | 1992 March 2, including draft of “November 11, 1918″; May 7 [?]; May 26, including four typescript drafts of “Brockport Milkweed.” June 13 (postcard); August 4; September 2; October 18, including flyer from a reading including Heyen, and December 7. |
| f.13 | 1993
February 10, includes copy of a letter to Heyen from Michael Broomfield and a list of Broomfield’s Heyen collection. |
| f.14 | 1994 March 8, including information about GRIST on-line publishing March 20 (postcard) June 6 (postcard) June 15, includes postcard proofs for “Meditation” and “Visitor” June 22 (fax), includes “The Key” and a draft of “Ghost’s Dance: A Prophecy” August 17, includes typescript draft of “Welcome”, “Patent Office” and “Restoration: Alfalfa Woodstock ’94″ Labor Day, includes typescript drafts of “Mother” and “Patriot 1890″ October 18 (postcard) October 31, includes flyer for a reading by Heyen December 14, includes draft of “Listeners” December 18, includes inscribed copy of “Owl Winter” [as published by Ewert]. |
| f.15 | 1995 January 30, includes press release from SUNY Brockport and a promotional cd of a Heyen interview on National Public Radio February 2, includes a draft of “Tarot” February 13 (postcard) March 28 April 3 (postcard), including draft of “Reverie” April 28 June 7 June 20, includes typescript drafts of “Visitor”, “The Closing”, “Curly Watches A Storyteller, 1850″, “Trepidation”, and “First Translation” July 24, includes typescript drafts of “Faith” and “The Rapture” September 13, includes typescript draft of “Desert Moths” November 26 December 7. |
| f.16 | 1996 undated; January 12; February 21; May 8; May 20, written on a page with sample illustrations of wood blocks by John De Pol. June 3, includes a mock-up of the title page of “Dumb Beautiful Ministers.” June 17, includes drafts of “Blackbird Spring” and “Windfall”; August 2 (postcard); August 11 (postcard); September 14, and December 6. |
| f.17 | 1997 June 26, includes drafts of “The Snow Question” and “Time’s Body”; August (unspecified); October 1; November 19. |
| f.18 | 1998 January 2 (postcard); January 13; March 31; April 27; June 17, includes two drafts of “Snowballs” and a set of note cards pertaining to Heyen’s bibliography September 27; November 30, includes drafts of “False Advertising: A Christmas Story” and a page of poetry draft notes (untitled). December 3, includes letter to Steve and Thom [BOA]. |
| f.1 | 1999 January 10 (postcard); January 30; February 2; February 8; February 10; February 13. February 16, includes photocopies of pages of Heyen bibliography; February 18; February 22; February 27; March 29; April 6. April 27, includes draft of “The Hero”; May 24, includes draft of “Catlin’s Flamingoes.” July 12, includes letter from William Mer**** to Bill Ewert [June 30, 1999]. September 21, holiday letter, includes Ewert Publishing card “First Snow,” inscribed. |
| f.2 | 2000 March 2; March 7. |
| f.3 | Undated |
B. Third party correspondence
| f.4 | From Richard Layman [project editor, First Printings of American Authors] to William Heyen, October 18, 1976 (includes photocopies of two letters of recommendation for Heyen’s book The Swastika Poems, copy of letter from William Heyen to Donald Swaim, November 5, 1985, with photocopy of letter from Donald Swaim to William Heyen, October 25, 1985 and copy of an internal Ballantine/Del Rey/Fawcett memo written by Robert Wyatt [Available Press], October 7, 1985. |
| f.5 | Memorandum from Robert Marcus [Vice-President for Academic Affairs, SUNY Brockport] to John Van de Wetering [President, SUNY Brockport], January 20, 1986. From Peter [probably Dzwonkoski] [University of Rochester Library] to William Heyen, January 29, 1986. Letter from William Heyen to John E. Van de Wetering, February 14, 1986. Letter from William Heyen to Peter [?], February 19, 1986. Letter from Bill Roberson [?] to William Heyen, August 14, 1986. Letter from Peter Dzwonkoski to Raj Madan [librarian, SUNY Brockport], August 7, 1986. |
| f.6 | Letter from Arnold Goodman [Goodman Associates, Literary Agents] to William Heyen, July 15, 1987, with a copy of the motion picture rights agreement for “Vic Holyfield and the Class of 1957″ letter from Dong Jiping to William Heyen, April 20, 1989. |
| f.7 | Letter from Kenneth Lohf [Librarian for Rare Books & Manuscripts, Columbia University] to William Heyen, December 19, 1991 with a note to Bill Ewert from William Heyen, January 3, 1991 written on it.
Photocopy of exhibit labels for Heyen’s work from an exhibit at the Butler Library, Columbia University. |
| f.8 | Photocopy of letter from Cynthia [?] to William Heyen, January 30, 1992. Photocopy of letter from William Heyen to L. D. [?], September 15, 1991, with handwritten note to Bill Ewert in the margins. Photocopy of letter from William Heyen to John Van de Wetering, September 15, 1989. Photocopy of letter from William Heyen to John Van de Wetering, June 22, 1991. Photocopy of letter from William Heyen to L. D. [?], June 7, 1992. |
| f.9 | Copy of letter from Michael Tarachow to Bill Heyen, July 11, 1996 with handwritten note from William Heyen to Bill Ewert, July 28, 1996. |
| f.10 | Letter from Don Lee [editor, Ploughshares] to Bill Heyen, September 13, 1999 with galley proofs of Heyen’s poem “Respects” and a copy of an e-mail from William Heyen to Don Lee, September 17, 1999, with a note from Heyen to Bill Ewert, September 17, 1999. |
C. Between Heyen and Ewert families
| f.11 | Note from William Heyen to Mary Ewert, May 20, 1999. Invitation to the dedication of the William and Hannelore Heyen Collection, March 6, 2000. Letter from Hannelore Heyen to Mary Ewert, June 28, 1999. Postcard from Hannelore Heyen to Bill and Mary Ewert, July 8, 1999. Invitation to Hannelore Heyen’s 60th birthday party, May 20, 2000. From William Heyen to Helen Ferry [Bill Ewert's mother?]. Card “Stereopticon” one of 100 published at Penmaen Press for Bill & Mary Ewert, inscribed to Helen by William Heyen, April, 1983. postcard from William Heyen to Helen, May 15, 1983. |
II. Manuscripts
A. Poetry
| f.1-2 | Individual poems: List of poem titles and format. |
| f.3 | “Again”: copy of typescript draft with handwritten notes, dated 2/12/84; typescript. |
| f.4 | “Americans” typescript of collection with hand written note to W.B.E. dated 7/17/88. |
| f.5 | “Angel Voices, The” typescript with letter to W.B.E. undated. |
| f.6 | “Annuli” four typescripts, each with notes to W.B.E. dated 6/7/95; 6/19/95; 2/21/96; 6/26/96. |
| f.7 | “Census, The” hand written drafts and typescripts with a letter to W.B.E. dated 8/8/83. |
| f.8 | “Chestnut Rain, The”: cover from Available Press edition; photocopy of corrected proofs. |
| f.9 | “Chestnut Rain, The”: photocopy of typescript, numbered 11 of 12, inscribed to W.B.E. dated 5/26/85. |
| f.10 | “The Common Thing” two mock-ups of tri-fold Christmas card for 1997 with three poems: “Snow,” “Time,” and “The Question.” |
| f.11 | “Crazy Horse” notebook. |
| f.12 | “Crazy Horse & Custer: The River of Electricity” typescript inscribed to W.B.E. dated 7/4/97. |
| f.13 | “Crazy Horse in Stillness”: typescript with note to W.B.E. written on title page, dated 2/12/95. |
| f.14 | “Crazy Horse in Stillness”: partial typescript. |
| f.1 | “Crazy Horse in Stillness”: typescript of Table of Contents with handwritten note to W.B.E. dated 8/12/95. |
| f.2 | “Crazy Horse Mountain”: handwritten on decorated card stock, inscribed to the Ewerts, dated June, 1996; typescripts of poems, with note to W.B.E. dated 2/20/96. |
| f.3 | Photocopies of typescripts; “As Best He Could”: handwritten on scrap card stock, inscribed to W.B.E. dated 2/4/94; “Objet D’Art”: handwritten on scrap card stock, inscribed to W.B.E., dated 2/4/94. |
| f.4 | Custer and/or Crazy Horse poems: typescripts and photocopies of typescripts. |
| f.5 | “Custer Minus Custer”: typescript with letter to W.B.E. dated 2/6-7/95; holograph of “Dakota A.D.” on decorated card stock inscribed to W.B.E. dated 3/17/95 . |
| f.6 | “Di in Love”: typescript with hand written note to W.B.E. dated 2/15/97. |
| f.7 | “Eight Poems for Saint Walt,” photocopy of a dummy copy by Stone House Press, with a hand written note to W.B.E. dated 10/10/85. |
| f.8 | “Erika”: blueprints of the Vanguard Press edition. |
| f.9 | “Ewe, The”: handwritten drafts. |
| f.10 | “Exact Location of the Soul, The”": Typescript with letter from Robert Wyatt [Ballantine] to Heyen dated 10/5/87 and a handwritten note on scrap to W.B.E. dated 9/29/93. |
| f.11 | “Exact Location of the Soul, The”: Photocopy of type script with a hand written note to W.B.E. dated February, 1988 on the title page. |
| f.12 | “Fires”: handwritten and typescript drafts. |
| f.13 | “Fountain Pen”: handwritten drafts, final copy hand written on card stock and inscribed to W.B.E. dated August, 1987. |
| f.14 | “German Poems”: small notebook with a selection of poems hand written by Heyen for W.B.E. dated 8/26/82. |
| f.1 | “Handbook of Heartbreak, The”: notebook. |
| f.2 | “Handbook of Heartbreak, The”: notebook. |
| f.3 | “Handbook of Heartbreak, The”: drafts. |
| f.4 | “Handbook of Heartbreak, The”: drafts. |
| f.5 | “Harpoon” drafts. |
| f.6 | “Holocaust Songs”: handwritten drafts. |
| f.7 | “The Leaves”: handwritten & typescript drafts. |
| f.8 | “Lord Dragonfly”: typescript with printer’s notations. |
| f.9 | “Mantle” drafts. |
| f.10 | “This Night” drafts. |
| f.11 | “Noise in the Trees”: bound photocopy of original typescript, inscribed by Heyen to W.B.E. dated July 3, 1976. |
| f.12 | “Off the Expressway” drafts. |
| f.13 | “Pickerel” drafts. |
| f.14 | “Pigeons, The”: drafts; typescript; correspondence re. printing with The Perishable Press, including a proof. |
| f.15 | “Pterodactyl Rose”: plastic spiral-bound typescript. |
| f.1 | “Ribbons: The Gulf War” (anthology): photocopy of typescript with a handwritten letter to W. B. E. dated March 10, 1992. |
| f.2 | “The Rope” (anthology): typescript draft with handwritten note to W. B. E. dated February 2, 1997. |
| f.3 | “The Swastika Poems” (collection): handwritten and typescript draft; handwritten letter to W. B. E. dated December 13, 1977. |
| f.4 | “The Tower,” sample of broadside by Magpie Press, numbered letter A, with handwritten note to W.B.E. on the back, dated 2/5/94. |
| f.5 | “This Year,” typescript and handwritten drafts . |
| f.6 | “Witness” handwritten draft; typescript with hand written notations dated June 15, 1976. |
| f.7 | “XX Poems” (anthology): blank book bound by W. B. E. containing twenty poems, handwritten by Heyen on February 3, 1984. Title page includes a watercolor by Heyen dated 1983. |
| f.8 | Index of titles compiled and printed by Heyen; includes a handwritten note to W. B. E. dated July 4, 1994. |
B. Prose
| f.9 | “The Babies”: typescript with handwritten note to W.B.E. dated October 7, 1996. |
| f.10 | “The Boulder: A Journal”: two typescripts, one dated April 6, 1981, the other with a handwritten note to W.B.E. dated August, 1997; handwritten journal, entitled “The Boulder” – draft notes. |
| f.11 | “Corky” typescript with handwritten note to W.B.E. undated. |
| f.12 | “Distance” typescript with a handwritten note to W.B.E. undated includes a typescript draft of the poem “Cherry,” with a handwritten note to W.B.E. dated August 29, 1998. |
| f.13 | “The Elvis Presley Room”: first half of photocopy of typescript with a handwritten note to W.B.E. dated May, 1991 [this was the working title of Vic Holyfield and the Class of 1957 - see BOX 7 f.13 below]. |
| f.14 | “The Elvis Presley Room” second half of photocopy of typescript. |
| f.1 | “Home” photocopy of Heyen section in Contemporary Authors Autobiography Series, volume 9, with handwritten note to W.B.E. dated June 10, 1993. |
| f.2 | “Long Island Light” blueprint proof sets from Vanguard Press; letter from Vanguard Press to Heyen dated February 23, 1979. |
| f.3 | “Memorial Day: The Voices” photocopy. |
| f.4 | “Old Flame” typescript with handwritten note to W.B.E. dated October 7, 1996. |
| f.5 | “Old Topaz” typescript. |
| f.6 | “Open Letter to Oates” typescript with handwritten note to W.B.E. dated February 14, 1988. |
| f.7 | “Our Song” typescript. |
| f.8 | “Pig Notes & Dumb Music” typescript with handwritten note to W.B.E. on title page, undated. |
| f.9 | “Roseville” two typescript drafts, one with a handwritten letter to W.B.E. dated March 13, 1987. Also includes a typescript of “The Car Behind You.” |
| f.10 | “Sarge” typescript. |
| f.11 | “Son” typescript. |
| f.12 | “Tongues” photocopy of typescript with handwritten note to W.B.E. dated June 10, 1993. |
| f.13 | “Vic Holyfield and the Class of 1957″: photocopy of proofs with handwritten note to W.B.E. dated February 7, 1986. (sample of dust jacket – see BOX 6 f.12 above) |
| f.14 | “The Village” mimeograph copy. |
| f.15 | Regarding Walt Whitman: typescripts and manuscripts of poetry and prose. |
| f.16 | “With Me Far Away” photocopy of proof set from Stone House Press with photocopy of letter to Morris [?] dated October 26, 1993. |
| f.17 | “The Wolf: A Story” photocopy from unidentified book or journal. |
C. Teaching material
| f.18 | Printed “Guide for Pterodactyl Rose”: material prepared for a visit to Pearl London’s class, including a copy of the essay “Milkweed,” a typescript of the poem “In the Subway,” a letter from Pearl London to Heyen dated April 1, 1983, with poetry drafts and lecture notes handwritten by Heyen on the backs; original manuscript of section 44 of a book-length poem (unidentified). |
D. Published books used as “working copies” by Heyen
| f.1 | Heyen, William. Noise in the Trees: Poems and a Memoir. New York: Vanguard Press, 1974.
Most pages contain handwritten changes or revisions made by the author. |
| f.2 | Heyen, William. Lord Dragonfly. Ruffsdale, Pennsylvania: Scrimshaw Editions, 1978. Numbered copy 25 of 450. Contains a handwritten note from Heyen to W.B.E. on the title page, dated May 26, 1992. Title page, Half Title page and Afterword all contain handwritten notes or corrections by the author. |
| f.3 | Heyen, William. Lord Dragonfly: Five Sequences. New York: Vanguard Press, 1981.
Most pages contain handwritten changes or revisions made by the author. |
| f.4 | Heyen, William. “The Snow Hen” Sections 1-7 of The Chestnut Rain. Concord, New Hampshire: William B. Ewert, Publisher, 1979. Numbered hors commerce, signed by author, printers, binder and publisher. Most pages contain handwritten changes or revisions made by the author. |
| f.5 | Heyen, William. “The Ewe’s Song” Sections 8-18 of The Chestnut Rain. Concord, New Hampshire: William B. Ewert, Publisher, 1980. Numbered hors commerce, signed by author, printers, binder and publisher.
Most pages contain handwritten changes or revisions made by the author. |
| f.6 | Heyen, William. “Blackberry Light” Sections 19-32 of The Chestnut Rain. Concord, New Hampshire: William B. Ewert, Publisher, 1981. Numbered hors commerce, signed by author, printers, binder and publisher. Most pages contain handwritten changes or revisions made by the author. |
| f.7 | Heyen, William. Depth of Field. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1970. Most pages contain handwritten changes or revisions made by the author. |
| f.8 | Heyen, William. The City Parables. Athens, Ohio: Croissant & Company, 1980. Most pages contain handwritten changes or revisions made by the author. |
| f.9 | Ammons, A. R. Diversifications: Poems. New York: W. W. Norton, 1975.
Contains a handwritten note from Heyen to W.B.E. on dedication page dated August 7, 1997. Most pages contain handwritten poems, revisions of poems, or notes for poems by Heyen. |
| f.10 | Green, Gerald. The Artists of Terezin. New York: Schocken Books, 1978. Most pages contain margin notes or poetry handwritten by Heyen. |
III. Ephemera and collections
A. Material related to Heyen’s career
| f.1-2 | Miscellaneous material relating to Heyen’s career; includes items such as newspaper interviews, flyers from readings, etc. |
B. Heyen bibliography material
| f.3-7 | Includes bibliographical lists of Heyen’s titles in various forms and stages, compiled throughout his career. |
C. Material written by Heyen, published by other than Ewert
| f.1-3 | Miscellaneous material relating to Heyen’s publications; includes newspaper reviews, publishers press releases, etc. |
IV. Oversized Material
| f.1 | Broadsides:
“1829-1979: The Bells” There are two copies of this, on homemade paper printed by Challenger Press. Both are signed by Heyen.
There are also two letters to W.B.E. from Bill Andrews of Challenger Press regarding W.B.E.’s purchase of these broadsides. “Abortion” printed by Yoder Printing, signed, inscribed to W.B.E., dated July 17, 1979, and lettered E. “The Beam,” “A Bridge,” “This Acre,” and “If You Know Me At All,” inscribed to W.B.E., dated February 14, 1988. “The Eternal Ash” printed by Tamarack Press, signed by Heyen, letter U. “From the Ukraine” handwritten by Heyen, signed and dated October, 1981. “Mother and Son” printed by Northouse & Northouse, signed and numbered VI. “The Mower” inscribed to W.B.E., signed, dated August 13, 1980, and numbered 80/300. “The Numinous” printed by Opera House Printing, illustrated by David Fitzgerald, signed by Heyen. There are two copies, one inscribed to W.B.E., signed, dated June, 1983, and numbered 9; the other inscribed to W.B.E., signed, dated June, 1983, and numbered 18 of 40 out-of-series. “Oak Spring” and “Oak Autumn” illustrated by James Voshell, signed by Heyen and Voshell, numbered 190/200. “The Pearl” printed by Hoechstetter Printing Company, signed by Heyen and numbered 47. |
| f.2 | Material related to his career written by Heyen. |
| f.3 | Material written about Heyen’s career. |
June 24th, 2012 at 8:35 pm
Thanks for all this work. Very glad to see how close Bill and I were for so many years. I miss him and think of him often. And, by the way, my huge “deluxe” Ewert collection is now at the Beinecke at Yale–though I still have many wonderful things here at home. Warm regards. William Heyen