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Special Collections

RICHARD WILMARTH PAPERS
1979-2003


MSG# 165

 

SERIES II

MANUSCRIPTS

DATES
4' (8 Boxes) 1982-2002

The Manuscript Series includes a variety of poetic materials including handwritten and typed drafts, notes, and preliminary versions of both his published and unpublished works. Distinct from the notebooks, the Manuscript Series often includes several versions of a work, with notes, addenda, and corrections. While many of these manuscripts illustrate the evolution of published works, the contents also includes unpublished items. Exemplary of the latter are the book length manuscript for Confessions of a Red Sox Fan, States, and Raleigh. Confessions of a Red Sox Fan, set during the 1995 pennant race, was scheduled for publication by Commonwealth Publications of Edmonton, Alberta. Unfortunately, Commonwealth went out of business. The book was never published. A lengthy excerpt from the manuscript appeared in the Waltham, Massachusetts based web site, The Buffalo Head Society, a "Red Sox Journal", in 1996, and is available on the World Wide Web at http://webpages.charter.net/joekuras/confes98.htm. (accessed 9/12/2003 ). A copy of the Buffalo Head Society excerpt is included in the Manuscript Series. The original handwritten draft and a typescript copy of the complete work, including laudatory comments by sports writers and fans are also in this series.

Most of the poems and stories that were printed from Wilmarth's computer have been stamped with a date that was provided by Richard when he organized his manuscripts. Some dates on the manuscripts that are enclosed in brackets were ascertained by the archivist while processing the collection. The drafts, typed copies, and pristine versions of the poems and stories are filed alphabetically by title. At the beginning of each letter of the alphabet is a folder that contains manuscripts whose title begins with that specific letter. Titled and untitled works (filed by the first word of the text) are filed together in alphabetical order within the folder. The articles a, an, and the, were not used as filing terms, (e.g. The Black Cat is filed under Black). The same work might also be filed in more than place if we were not able to discern the final title for the work. For example, Confessions of a Red Sox Fan is filed under its first iteration "Red Sox Fan." 

 

BOX FOLDER FOLDER TITLE DATES

4

1

A-Az

n.d.

 

2

Advice to Writers

n.d.

 

3

After Frost

n.d.

 

4

“After the Bombing”

1994

 

5

All Is Vanity

1994

 

6

The Almost Final Scene

1993, 1999

 

7

And He Wasn’t Even Annoyed

June-July 2000

 

8

Angles

1987, 1988

 

9

At St. Joseph's School

1994

 

10

At the Cantina

n.d.

 

11

At the Cape

1982-1983

 

12

B-By

n.d.

 

13

Backyard

May 2000

 

14

Bathroom

May 2000

 

15

Beginner’s Luck

n.d.

 

16

The Beginning of the Long Rebellion

1994

 

17

Bells

1987, 1989

 

18

The Big “E”

1994

 

19

Bill Clinton

n.d.

 

20

Bio

1990

 

21

The Boss

1982, 1995

 

22

Broncomaniac, Edited Typescript

1998

 

23

Broncomaniac, Redo Page

1998

 

24

C-Cy

n.d.

 

25

Casualties

n.d.

 

26

Christine

May 24, 1997

 

27

Christopher Luna

n.d.

 

28

Clara/Keys/Opening Day

Apr 1, 1997

 

29

Confessions?…..

1987

 

 

X-Ref: Confessions of a Red Sox Fan, See Red Sox

 

 

30

Control

1982-1983

 

31

“Curse of the Bambino”

1994

5

32

D-Du

n.d.

 

33

Dead End

1987

 

34

“The Death of Stalin”

1994

 

35

Denver to Boston

1987

 

36

Depressed

1982-1983, 1987

 

37

Dream

n.d.

 

38

Driving the Moonless Dream of April

1987

 

39

Dropped

1992

 

40

Dropped Most of the Money

1982-1983

 

41

E-Ex

n.d

 

42

Early to Bed, Early to Rise

1999

 

43

East and West

1999

 

44

Emotionally Speaking

1987

 

45

The Explanation

1993, 1999

 

46

F-Fu

n.d.

 

47

Fifty Years of Standing Up

Nov 12, 1999

 

48

Fifty Years of Standing Up Has Worn Me Down

1999

 

49

A Fledgling Ten Year Old

1994

 

50

The Flies and I

1982-1983

 

51

For Fernando, Dead at Twenty-Four

1987, 1989

 

52

Forget-Me-Not

n.d.

 

53

For Here Or To Go

1993, 1997

 

54

G-Gu

n.d.

 

55

Gallery

n.d.

 

56

Getting in Shape for the Boston Marathon

Feb-Mar 2000

 

57

The Gold Nova

1984

 

58

H-Ho

n.d.

 

59

Hadas Always Wore a Shawl…

Nov 2000

 

60

Haole With a Tan

Apr-May 2001

 

61

The Happy Hotel

Sept 1984

 

62

“Hawaiian Poems, Pearl Harbor

Apr 2001

6

63

The Heat’s On

1982-1983

 

64

Henry Miller Acrostics-Gallery, Page Proofs, Oversize

1996

 

65

Here We Go Again

1987

 

66

Holiday Questions About Martin Luther King

Jan 1999

 

67

Home

n.d.

 

68

The Home of the Brave

1988

 

69

Horses

2002

 

70

Hospital

1982-1983, 1988-1989

 

71

Howdy Doody Time

1994

 

72

How I Came About

1994

 

73

Hunger

1987

 

74

I-Iv

n.d.

 

75

I Am Very Fond of Seeing People…

1982-1983

 

76

I Don’t Know Anything About It

1982-1983

 

77

I Don’t Know What to Write Anymore

n.d.

 

78

I Heard the Metal

1982-1983

 

79

I Read my Poems

n.d.

 

80

I Wanted to Stop My Life

n.d.

 

81

“I Was Collecting Baseball Cards”

1994

 

82

“I Was Never Tortured by Kurt Barbie”

n.d.

 

83

If Words Were Bullets

1993, 1999

 

84

Immigrant Silence

1994

 

85

In the Examination Room

n.d.

 

86

In the Flurry

1982-1983

 

87

In the Housing Complex

1989, 1995

 

88

In the Same Egg Shop

1987

 

89

It Doesn’t Hurt As Much

1982-1983

 

90

J-Ju

n.d.

 

91

Jesse ‘The Body’ Ventura

n.d.

 

92

Jo-Ann

1982-1983

 

93

K-Ku

n.d.

 

94

Katherine Does it Again

n.d.

 

95

“Kelly Got the Turkey

n.d.

 

96

Kristina

1993, 1999

 

97

Kristina

1993

 

98

L-Lo

n.d.

 

99

Lately

1987

 

100

Laurel

n.d.

 

101

Laurel-Commentary

May 1999

 

102

Laurel-Forty-Four Poem For

n.d.

 

103

Laurel-Sixty-Seven Poem For

n.d.

 

104

Len

n.d.

 

105

Leslie

1993, 1999

 

106

Limits

1993, 1999

 

107

Lines for Frank Norris

Aug 1999

 

108

Listening

1988-1989, 2002

 

109

Little Buddha

n.d.

 

110

Living Over the Laundry Room

Apr-May 2000

7

111

M-My

n.d.

 

112

The Magic of Happiness (See also-The Vision)

1993, 1999

 

113

The Many Sides of America

1993, 1999

 

114

The Meal

1993

 

115

The Meeting of Robin and Richard, (That Safe Place)

1997

 

116

Melissa

1999

 

117

Modern Day Saviors

1994

 

118

“More Insane Than Usual”

n.d.

 

119

My Father

n.d.

 

120

N-Nu

n.d.

 

121

Nationalism (Korea/China)

1994

 

122

Neighbors

1988, 1997

 

123

Neighbors

1993, 1997

 

124

The Neutral Zone

May 1998

 

125

The Neutral Zone, Manuscripts and Drafts

1998

 

126

A New Birth of Freedom (Phones and Raleigh)

n.d.

 

127

“No Friend of Douglas MacArthur”

1994

 

128

No Instruction Manuals to Life

1987

 

129

Northern Latitudes

1989

 

130

Notation Made

n.d.

 

131

Nuclear Poker

1994

8

132

O-Ov

n.d.

 

133

Ojos de Luna

1997

 

134

Old Is a Prostate

1982-1983

 

135

On the Left Side

1987

 

136

One Hundred and Forty Two Years Late (At Least That’s What My Lawyer Tells Me)

Mar 2000

 

137

Opinions

1987, 1999

 

138

Original Sin

1994

 

139

Overheard Conversation at a Buddhist Café

1998

 

140

P-Pu

n.d.

 

141

The Parable of Conspiracy

May 1994

 

142

Paraphernalia

1993, 1999

 

143

Part One

n.d.

 

143A

Periods

1989, 1999

 

144

Phaeton

n.d.

 

145

The Phone

1982-1983, 1987

 

146

Phones

1989, 1992

 

147

Poem Written in Spite of Myself

Mar 1999

 

148

Poems

1981

 

149

Poised for War-Page Proofs, Copies 184 and 199 of 250

1990, 1991

 

150

Power Lines

n.d.

 

151

Powerlessness

1993, 1999

 

152

Pretty Boy

n.d.

 

153

The Promise

n.d.

 

154

The Purchase

2000

 

155

Q-Qu

n.d.

 

156

Queen E.

1987

 

157

R-Ru

n.d.

 

158

Raining

1982-1983

 

159

Raleigh

1991

 

160

Raleigh, Edited Transcript

1991

 

161

Raleigh, Drafts

1991

 

162

Raleigh, Notes

1996

9

163

Red Sox…, Commonwealth, Publications, Copies of Page Proofs

1997

 

164

Red Sox…, List of Changes of Manuscript

1996

 

165

Red Sox…, Publisher’s Correspondence

1996

 

166

Red Sox…, Publisher’s Correspondence

1998

 

167

Red Sox…, Rough Draft

n.d.

 

168

Red Sox…, Rough Draft

n.d.

 

169

Red Sox…, Rough Drafts

n.d.

 

170

Red Sox…, Research

1995

 

171

Red Sox…, Reviews

1997-1998

 

172

Red Sox…, Tabulations of Editing Time

n.d.

 

173

Red Sox…, Text Editing

n.d.

10

174

Red Sox…, Typescript

1996

 

175

Red Sox Fan, Buffalo Head Society Excerpt

n.d.

 

176

Religious Relativism

Sept 2000

 

177

The Regulator

1997, 2000

 

178

Remember

n.d.

 

179

Resolution

n.d.

 

180

Rock Climbers

1993, 1999

 

181

Rocker

Apr 2000

 

182

S-Sy

n.d.

 

183

Scavenger Gulls

1982-1983

 

184

Scene from the Smoking Section

1993

 

185

The Scent of the Lilacs

1993, 1999

 

186

Seasons

n.d.

 

187

Secret

n.d.

 

188

Self-defense

1993

 

189

She Was an Old Wound

1982-1983

 

190

She Was the Prettiest Girl

n.d.

 

191

Skeleton Keys

1999, n.d.

 

192

Snowed In

1982-1983

 

193

Some Prime Examples of…

1987, 1995

 

194

Some Women Are So Intense

1982-1983

 

195

Song

1993, 1999

 

196

Sounds

1989, 1997

 

197

Spontaneous Apricot Poem

1984

 

198

A State of…

1993

 

199

States

n.d.

 

200

The Steel Wheel, (VW Rabbit)

Jun 2000

 

201

Steps

1993, 1999

 

202

The Story

1982-1983

 

203

Strawberry Guitars

Feb 1999

11

204

Structure

Jan 2002

 

205

The Stutterer

n.d.

 

206

Suzie

n.d.

 

207

T-Ty

n.d.

 

208

Temperature

n.d.

 

209

Till Death Do Us Part

1994

 

210

Topless

1999

 

211

Tools

n.d.

 

212

That Safe Place

Oct 1984, n.d.

 

213

Twenty-First Century War Rant

Sept 2001

 

214

U-Us

n.d.

 

215

Union Hospital (On the Twenty-Fourth Day)

1994

 

216

V-Vo

n.d.

 

217

Valerie

1993, 1999

 

218

Valery

n.d.

 

219

Veronica

n.d.

 

220

Views

n.d.

 

221

The Vision (The Magic of Happiness)

n.d.

 

222

W-Wr

n.d.

 

223

West and East (East and West, Clara, Molly)

n.d.

 

224

What I Learned in Assertiveness Training

1999, n.d.

 

225

When Buddy Holly,…

1982-1983

 

226

When I Ascend Into Guitar Heaven