Patricia Goedicke and Leonard Wallace Robinson papers, 1910-2006 Overview of the Collection Title Patricia Goedicke and Leonard Wallace Robinson papers Dates 1910-2006 (inclusive) 1910 2006 Quantity 77.2 linear feet 2,437 electronic files, (197.5 megabytes of digital materials) Collection Number Mss 739 Summary 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. Repository University of Montana, Mansfield Library, Archives and Special Collections Archives and Special Collections Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library University of Montana 32 Campus Dr. #9936 59812-9936 Missoula, MT Telephone: 406-243-2053 Fax: 406-243-4067 [email protected]Access Restrictions Researchers must use collection in accordance with the policies of Archives and Special Collections, the Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library, and The University of Montana-Missoula. Some materials have been restricted to protect the privacy of living individuals. This includes privacy of third parties and former students of The University of Montana. Languages English, Spanish Biographical Note Patricia Goedicke (1931-2006) and Leonard Wallace Robinson (1912-1999) met at the MacDowell Colony in the summer of 1968. According to an article in the February 6, 2000 issue of the Missoulian, the attraction between Goedicke and Robinson was immediate. Shortly after their initial meeting, Goedicke moved in with Robinson, who lived in New York City at the time. In 1971, they moved to San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico, and in 1981 they moved to Missoula, Montana, which became their permanent residence until Robinson’s passing in 1999 and Goedicke’s in 2006. Patricia Goedicke and Leonard Wallace Robinson papers, 1910-2006 http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv43658 1
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Patricia Goedicke and Leonard WallaceRobinson papers, 1910-2006
Overview of the CollectionTitle Patricia Goedicke and Leonard Wallace Robinson papers
Dates 1910-2006 (inclusive)1910 2006
Quantity 77.2 linear feet2,437 electronic files, (197.5 megabytes of digital materials)
Collection Number Mss 739Summary The Patricia Goedicke and Leonard Wallace Robinson Papers
primarily consists of correspondence, notebooks, and drafts of poetryand fiction by Goedicke and Robinson. Also included are lecture notesfor classes taught at The University of Montana-Missoula, personalrecords, photographs, and audio and video recordings related to theliterary work of Goedicke and Robinson. This collection documents indetail Goedicke and Robinson's writing careers.
Repository University of Montana, Mansfield Library, Archives and SpecialCollectionsArchives and Special CollectionsMaureen and Mike Mansfield LibraryUniversity of Montana32 Campus Dr. #993659812-9936Missoula, MTTelephone: 406-243-2053Fax: [email protected]
Access Restrictions Researchers must use collection in accordance with the policies ofArchives and Special Collections, the Maureen and Mike MansfieldLibrary, and The University of Montana-Missoula. Some materialshave been restricted to protect the privacy of living individuals. Thisincludes privacy of third parties and former students of The Universityof Montana.
Languages English, Spanish
Biographical NotePatricia Goedicke (1931-2006) and Leonard Wallace Robinson (1912-1999) met at the MacDowellColony in the summer of 1968. According to an article in the February 6, 2000 issue of the Missoulian,the attraction between Goedicke and Robinson was immediate. Shortly after their initial meeting,Goedicke moved in with Robinson, who lived in New York City at the time. In 1971, they moved to SanMiguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico, and in 1981 they moved to Missoula, Montana, which becametheir permanent residence until Robinson’s passing in 1999 and Goedicke’s in 2006.
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Leonard Wallace Robinson was born in Malden, Massachusetts, to Henry M. Robinson, Sr. andEllen Flynn. The religious affiliations of Leonard’s parents (Henry, a Jewish immigrant, and Ellen, aCatholic) would play prominently in his unpublished biographical works. Amongst Leonard’s ten siblingsis novelist Henry Morton Robinson (married to Gertrude), author of The Cardinal. In 1935, Leonardgraduated from Columbia University. Amongst his classmates were Robert Giroux (of Farrar, Strausand Giroux) and Robert Lax.
Over the next three decades, Robinson held a number of editorial positions, including editor-in-chiefof Colliers magazine from 1956-1957 and executive editor for Rinehart, Holt, and Winston. Robinsonalso published a number of journalistic pieces for The New Yorker and The New York Times, as wellas short stories appearing in Harper’s and The New Yorker. In 1950 his short story “Ruin of the Soul”appeared in Prize Stories, the annual collection of O. Henry Award winning stories. Amongst his earlybook length works are The Secret Service Chief, for which Robinson was a ghost writer, and TheAssassin.
Before meeting Goedicke, Leonard married four times. In 1937, Robinson married Frances Fox, afriend of Anais Nin. Robinson’s second wife was Roseanne Smith, to whom he was married from1943-1954. During his second marriage Robinson’s only child, Roderick, was born in 1946. Afterdivorcing Smith, Robinson married Marie Nyswander, a noted psychiatrist. Nyswander published ThePower of Sexual Surrender in 1959 under the name Marie N. Robinson. The two divorced in 1965.Robinson’s fourth wife was Elizabeth Barrett, to whom he was married from 1965 until their divorce in1971.
Patricia Goedicke was born in Boston, Massachusetts to Helen Mulvey and John McKenna, professorof Neuroanatomy and Psychiatry at Dartmouth College. Patricia had one sibling, Jean-Marie, whoserved as a professor of English at the American University in Beirut for many years. In high school,Patricia was a highly competitive amateur skier and a contributor to her local newspaper in Hanover,New Hampshire. Patricia published her first poem in Seventeen in 1947 before attending MiddleburyCollege from 1949-1953. There she studied under Robert Frost and other Middlebury faculty.Immediately after college, Patricia worked for Harcourt, Brace and World in New York. While in NewYork, she continued to sharpen her craft, attending a series of lectures given by W.H. Auden at the YM-YWHA (Young Men’s-Young Women’s Hebrew Association).
In 1956, Patricia married Victor Goedicke, a professor of Mathematics and Astronomy at OhioUniversity, and moved to Athens, Ohio shortly thereafter. In 1958, John Crowe Ransom accepted threeof her poems for the Kenyon Review: “Proudflesh,” “Calypso,” and “Circumnavigation.” Patricia attainedher Masters of Arts at Ohio University in 1965. While living in Athens, Patricia befriended poet HollisSummers, as well as Pat Grean, with whom she edited a local literary journal titled Page One. In 1968,Harcourt, Brace and World, Inc. published her first book of poetry, Between Oceans.
After moving in with Robinson, Goedicke taught English at Hunter College. Robinson taught Journalismat Columbia University. In their brief time in New York, Goedicke and Robinson befriended a number ofwriters and academics including writers Rosellen Brown, Erica Jong, and Nancy Klein, journalist PaulBrodeur, Professor of Journalism Larry Pinkham, Professor of Dramatic Arts Bert O. States, and editorRust Hills. As stated in an unpublished interview by Marcia Corbino in 1980, Goedicke and Robinsonplanned to teach and write in New York before deciding to move to Mexico where they could live ontheir savings and dedicate more time to writing.
During their years in San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuanto, Goedicke and Robinson produced a numberof works. From 1971-1981, Robinson wrote a novel titled The Man Who Loved Beauty, which waspublished in 1976, as well as a number of poems that would appear in his first book of poetry In theWhale. Goedicke wrote four books of poetry during that time: For the Four Corners (1976), The Trailthat Turns on Itself (1978), The Dog that Was Barking Yesterday (1980), and Crossing the SamePatricia Goedicke and Leonard Wallace Robinson papers, 1910-2006http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv43658 2
River (1980). For Goedicke and Robinson, San Miguel de Allende provided them with a rich artisticand literary community that consisted of both permanent residents and visiting writers from the UnitedStates, including Robert Phillips, Constance Urdang, Donald Finkel, Patricia Hampl, James Moore,C.D. Wright, Forrest Gander, and David and Judy Ray.
By 1980, Goedicke and Robinson sought teaching appointments in the United States in order to haveaccess to better health care in light of Robinson’s cardiovascular condition. During the 1980-1981academic year, Goedicke taught Creative Writing at Sarah Lawrence College. While Goedicke pursuedan extension of her contract at Sarah Lawrence, she ultimately accepted a temporary position forthe 1981-1982 academic year at The University of Montana in Missoula, filling a position previouslyoccupied by Naomi Lazard. In the fall 1982, Goedicke, along with Paul Zarazyski, helped fill in for theailing Richard Hugo, teaching his graduate-level workshop that semester. By 1983, Goedicke began atenure track position at The University of Montana that ended with her retirement in 2003.
As professors at The University of Montana, Robinson served as an adjunct in 1989, filling in for BillKittredge as leader of a graduate workshop that included David Allan Cates, while Goedicke’s careerwas highlighted by a Distinguished Scholar Award in 1991 and the 2003 H.G. Merriam Award fordistinguished contributions to Montana literature. Goedicke’s students included Sandra Alcosser, GregGlazner, Jon Davis, Derick Burleson, Debra Kang Dean, Melissa Kwasny, Sarah Gridley, and ChrisDombrowski.
One notable influence on Goedicke’s writing was the Rattlesnake Ladies’ Salon. This group, whichconvened for a number of years over the eighties and nineties included Goedicke, Deirdre McNamer,Kate Gadbow, Caroline Patterson, Connie Poten, Sandra Alcosser, Beth Ferris, and Marnie Prange.According to Lois Welch, in her history of The University of Montana Creative Writing program entitledAll Our Stories are Here, “The Rattlesnake Ladies’ Writing Salon (deliberately so named) met regularlyduring the 1990s to give Missoula’s women writers a community of camaraderie and criticism awayfrom students and faculty, from stalwart husbands—and from fishing stories.”
During their years in Missoula, Goedicke and Robinson published several works. Robinson publishedtwo books of poetry, In the Whale in 1983 and Now and Zen, which was published posthumously in2005. Goedicke published eight books of poetry: King of Childhood (1984), The Wind of Our Going(1985), Listen Love (1986), The Tongues We Speak (1989), Paul Bunyan’s Bearskin (1992), InvisibleHorses (1996), As Earth Begins to End (2001), and Baseball Field at Night (published posthumously in2009). Goedicke’s selected volume of poems The Tongues We Speak was named a notable book byThe New York Times Book Review in 1990 and As Earth Begins to End was named by Booklist as oneof the top 10 books of the year.
Leonard Wallace Robinson, who had been suffering from dementia, passed away in his sleep onApril 30, 1999. Patricia Goedicke passed away on July 14, 2006. In the days leading up to her death,Goedicke was working on her final book while undergoing cancer treatment.
Content DescriptionThis collection contains the personal and professional papers of Patricia Goedicke and LeonardWallace Robinson. The majority of the collection is comprised of correspondence and materials relatedto Goedicke’s and Robinson’s works. These materials include drafts, notebooks, and business filesdocumenting the publication of their many works. Other materials include teaching files, personalrecords, previously published works collected either for research or as personal mementos, PatriciaGoedicke’s juvenilia, photographs, audio and visual recordings, and computer files. The computer files
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mostly comprise of Goedicke's poems and correspondence related to Goedicke's writing and work as aprofessor at the University of Montana.
The bulk of the collection consists of correspondence and drafts of works by Goedicke and Robinson.Series I (Works by Patricia Goedicke) and Series II (Works by Leonard Wallace Robinson) documentthe development of poems, stories, and novels by Goedicke and Robinson, including business filesregarding publication. The correspondence includes both professional and personal correspondence. Inaddition to correspondence with several literary figures such as Rosellen Brown and Robert S. Phillips,the correspondence also contains files also notable for their depth, such as the correspondencebetween Goedicke and her sister, Jean-Marie Cook.
Notable amongst the remainder of the collection is the documentation of Goedicke’s career at TheUniversity of Montana in Series IV (Teaching Files), the evidence of several major medical operationsimpacting Robinson and Goedicke in Series VII (Personal Records), and the works by Robert Laxcollected by Robinson in Series IX (Published Materials).
Use of the CollectionRestrictions on Use
Researchers are responsible for using in accordance with 17 U.S.C. and any other applicable statutes.Copyright transferred to The University of Montana.
Preferred Citation
[Name of document or photograph number], Patricia Goedicke and Leonard Wallace Robinson Papers,Archives and Special Collections, Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library, The University of Montana-Missoula.
Administrative InformationArrangement
The Patricia Goedicke and Leonard Wallace Robinson papers consists of 16 series:
Series I: Works by Patricia Goedicke, 1945-2006, 26.1 linear feet
Subseries 1: Individual Works, 1958-2006, 12.1 linear feet
Subseries 2: Gathered Works, 1945-2006, 1.2 linear feet
Subseries 3: General Business Files, 1952-2004, 1.2 linear feet
Subseries 4: Reading Files, 1977-circa 2006, 0.6 linear feet
Subseries 5: Notebooks, 1955-2006, 11.0 linear feet
Series II: Works by Leonard Wallace Robinson, 1931-2006, 16.5 linear feet
Subseries 1: Individual Works, 1931-2006, 10.2 linear feet
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Subseries 1: General Works, 1934-1988, 0.7 linear feet
Subseries 2: Works by Robert Lax, 1961-1984, 0.4 linear feet
Series XI: Juvenilia, 1938-1966, 0.2 linear feet
Series XII: Photographic Materials, circa 1910-2005, 4.7 linear feet
Subseries 1: Photographs, circa 1918-2005, 1.4 linear feet
Subseries 2: Negatives, slides, and disks, 1976-2003 and undated, 0.8 linear feet
Subseries 3: Albums, circa 1910-2002, 2.5 linear feet
Series XIII: Audio Visual Materials, 1929-2006, 4.0 linear feet
Subseries 1: Audio Recordings of Patricia Goedicke, 1975-2005, 0.6 linear feet
Subseries 2: Audio Recordings of Leonard Wallace Robinson, 1975-1993 and undated, 0.2 linear feet
Subseries 3: General Audio Recordings, 1973-2000 and undated, 0.4 linear feet
Subseries 4: Video Recordings, 1929-2006, 2.8 linear feet and 33 video cassettes and 6 DVDs
Series XIV: Awards, 1991, 2002-2003, 1 folder
Series XV: Computer Files, 1988-2010, 2,170 electronic files
Series XVI: Art Works, circa 1999, 1 item
Acquisition Information
The collection was acquired in 2007 from Deirdre McNamer and Connie Poten, the executors ofPatricia Goedicke's estate. Additional materials were submitted independently by Kate Gadbow andDeirdre McNamer in 2008, including recordings of Goedicke's memorial service, a compact diskcontaining documents from Goedicke's hard drive, and materials from Goedicke's safe deposit box,which contained copies of Goedicke's and Robinson's will, personal effects, and a letter from RobertFrost.
Processing Note
This collection has been organized into series intended to reflect the literary and academic careers ofPatricia Goedicke and Leonard Wallace Robinson. While certain parts of the collection largely reflectoriginal order (such as Series IV: Teaching Files), much of the collection has been reorganized atindividually arranged at the file level by the processing archivist. More specific statements regarding thearrangement of the collection may be found in the series level content notes.
Materials were appraised by the processing archivist according to their research value in relation to thestudy of literature at a national or regional level, to the study of The University of Montana, and to thelives of Patricia Goedicke and Leonard Wallace Robinson as writers and academics. Materials of littlevalue in these regards, such as routine financial records and mass produced audio recordings, weregenerally not retained. More detailed appraisal notes may be found in the series level content notes.
Separated Materials
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Patricia Goedicke's poetry library was donated to the Mansfield Library and placed in the PoetryCorner. Personal copies of works by Robinson and Goedicke are housed in Mansfield Library's SpecialCollections.
Bibliography
The following are issues of literary journals containing tributes to Patricia Goedicke after her passing:
Neo 7, 2007
Cutbank 67, Spring, 2007
Related Materials
The Marcia Corbino Photographs at the Mansfield Library Archives and Special Collections consist ofphotographs, proofs and negatives of Patricia Goedicke and Leonard Wallace Robinson at their homein San Miguel de Allende, Guanojuanto, Mexico in 1980. This collection is currently unprocessed andhas an accession number of 2010-46.
Detailed Description of the CollectionSeries I: Works by Patricia Goedicke, 1945-2006
26.1 linear feetThis series includes files of drafts, notes, correspondence, business records, and notebooks relatedto Goedicke’s works. Within this series are five subseries: Individual Works, Gathered Works, GeneralBusiness Files, Readings Files, and Notebooks. In many ways, the subseries titled Individual Worksmay be seen as an extension of the subseries titled Notebooks and vice-versa. That is, the drafts firstconceived in Goedicke’s notebooks eventually emerge in type, thus beginning a cycle of revisionsappearing in the subseries of Individual Works.
While these works consist primarily of poems or books of poetry, the series also contains draftsof Goedicke’s autobiographical essay “Entering the Garden.” Drafts of other essays or articles byGoedicke may be found in Series V, Conference Files, as many of Goedicke’s critical writings emergedfrom conference papers.
While the files in most of the subseries reflect the way the originally files created by Goedicke, the filesarranged under Individual Works reflect a significant degree of intervention by the archivist. Notably,Goedicke tended to group drafts of poems in large alphabetical files. The archivist separated these filesinto smaller units to more explicitly identify individual titles. Furthermore, the archivist pulled togetherdrafts of poems contained in separate alphabetic files to avoid the need to search different files fordrafts of the same poem.
Container(s) Description Dates
Subseries 1: Individual Works12.1 linear feetThis subseries includes drafts of individual poems and filesof correspondence, notes, manuscripts, records, reviews,and publicity for book length works. Works are arranged in
1958-2006
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alphabetical order according to title. Because Goedicke datedmost of her drafts, it is often possible to track the developmentof a poem back to hand-written drafts in her journal using thedate of the first draft that appears in type print. In addition todating her drafts, Goedicke occasionally indicates readerswho have provided significant feedback regarding a work.For example, a draft dated “9/12/94 (after Salon)” indicatesthat the draft has been revised based on comments from theRattlesnake Ladies Salon, of which Goedicke was a regularparticipant.Drafts of individual poems may also be foundamongst files of works compiled in the subseries GatheredWorks. In addition, a handful of drafts by Goedicke appearwithin the Correspondence series. For example, some ofthe poems appearing in Invisible Horses appear amongstcorrespondence to and from Cal Bedient. Files for booklength works contain documents related to the compilation,publication, and promotion of books by Goedicke. This includespublisher correspondence, correspondence written in responseto individual books, notes on arrangement and themes, andreviews.
Box/Folder
1/1 100,000 upon 100,000 1976-1982
1/2 3rd Moon Poem 2004
1/3 Above the Birds 1988-1989
1/4 Across the Water undated
1/5 Adam's Own 2001
1/6 Adventure Story circa 1990
1/7 After Chekhov 1997 - 2005
1/8 After Lovemaking 1986
1/9 After the Defection of Meaning 1966 - circa1973
1/10 After the First Death undated
1/11 After the First Embrace undated
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Subseries 2: Gathered Works1.2 linear feetThis subseries consists of files containing drafts of multiplepoems. Some of these files contain poems listed in IndividualWorks. Materials within these files were kept together to retainthe organizational scheme created by Goedicke. The filesthemselves were then arranged by the archivist in chronologicalorder according to the oldest document in the file.
1945-2006
Box/Folder
30/1 Early poems 1945-1959
30/2 Junked poems 1951 - circa1970
30/3 Junked poems 1953-1966
30/4 Old Poems...probably not possible for new book 1958-circa 1982
30/5-6 Abandoned poems 1960-1973
30/7 Loose poems from box 30 1960-1983
30/8 Fragments 1965-1969
30/9 Untitled poems 1966
31/1 Marinating poem file 1966-1978
31/2 Non-critical poems 1966-1980
31/3 Old, old poems 1967-1994
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Subseries 3: General Business Files1.2 linear feetThis subseries contains files related to multiple works byGoedicke. The files are mainly comprised of reviews, publicity,and correspondence. Also included is Goedicke’s “Index ofpoems” that tracks her submission of poems to journals andcontains listings according to poem title and title of journalto which work has been submitted. This subseries has beenarranged by the archivist in chronological order according to theoldest document in the file.
1952-2004
Box/Folder
OS 207/4 Publicity 1952-1981
OS 209/7 Publicity 1977-1981
OS 226-228 Index of poems 1959-2004
33/10 Reviews 1968-1985
33/11 Biographical information circa 1969
34/1 Copyrights and agreements 1971-1993
34/2 Manuscript submission responses 1979-1985
34/3 Business file 1985-1992
34/4 Reviews and correspondence 1985-2001
34/5 The Tongues We Speak and Paul Bunyan's Bearskin -business correspondence
1989
34/6 Invisible Horses and The Tongues We Speak - reviews 1989-1997
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34/7 The Tongues We Speak and Paul Bunyan's Bearskin -marketing
circa 1991
34/8 Business file 1995-1999
OS 205/4 Broadsides 1996
35/1 Copper Canyon file 1999-2004
35/2 Submission guidelines 2004-2005
35/3 Business file 2005
Subseries 4: Reading Files0.6 linear feetThis subseries contains notes and copies of poems usedfor readings. Goedicke’s notes often reflect the theme orinspiration of the poems selected for the reading. These notesalso indicate the order and the duration of poems to be read.Many of these files correspond to recordings in the Audio Visualseries.
1977-circa 2006
Box/Folder
35/4-6 Readings files 1977-2004
35/7 Readings file - San Miguel 1979
35/8 Montana readings - notes and poems 1982-2005
35/9 Reading notes - Kent State 1990
35/10 Reading notes 1992-1997
36/1 Readings poems 1992-1997
36/2 Readings notes 2001-2005
36/3 Readings poems circa 2004
36/8 Reading notes - Holter Museum 2001
36/9 Reading notes - Indiana and Illinois 2001
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36/8 Reading notes - Woodstock Poetry Festival 2001
36/9 Reading notes - Montana 2001-2002
36/10 Reading notes 2001-2005
36/11 Reading notes 2003-2005
37/1 Poems for readings circa 2004
37/2 Notes about poems circa 2006
Subseries 5: Notebooks11.0 linear feetThis subseries consists of notebooks containing both drafts ofpoems and personal entries. In many of her journals, Goedickeindicates the location of drafts by date and title inside thefront cover the notebook. One of the more notable entriesbegins on May 8, 1990 and continues through May 25. Inlater journals, Goedicke uses post-its to mark the location ofdrafts. In addition, one can usually locate drafts in notebooksby looking up the earliest date referenced by the typed draftscontained in the Individual Works files. Notebooks are arrangedin chronological order according to date of the first entry.
1955-2006
Box/Folder
OS 160/1 October 01, 1955-October 12, 1955
OS 160/2 November 08, 1955-March 12, 1956
OS 160/3 March 14, 1956-June 26, 1956
OS 160/4 June 27, 1956-November 25, 1956
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Series II: Works by Leonard Wallace Robinson, 1931-2006
16.1 linear feetThis series consists primarily of files of drafts and notes for works of fiction, non-fiction, and poetry. Alsoincluded are notebooks containing general notes for writing, business files documenting the publicationof works by Robinson, and files used for readings.
Also included in this series are indices of poems created by Goedicke and poems selected and retypedby Goedicke. Many of the retyped poems reference folders with an “SG” number. SG stands for SarahGridley, who helped Goedicke sort through Robinson’s works after his passing. A letter by Goedicke toRobinson’s sister, Helen, explains this process. A copy of this letter has been placed by the archivistat the beginning of the file titled “Poems typed by Patricia Goedicke.” The SG numbers for individualfolders are listed as notes beneath the corresponding folder title.
Container(s) Description Dates
Subseries 1: Individual Works10.2 linear feetThis subseries contains files created by Robinson for individualworks. Most of these works are book length. Amongst thesefiles are drafts, notes, correspondence, and notebooks for thebooks The Man Who Loved Beauty, In the Whale, and Now
1931-2006
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and Zen. Also included are a number of files for unpublishedand incomplete works, amongst them are various versions ofan autobiographical novel, eventually titled The Quack, and anunpublished collection of short stories titled The Sin and OtherStories. Many of the stories appearing in The Sin and OtherStories appeared originally in The New Yorker, Harper’s, andother publications. A few files also exist for short stories andreviews.
Box/Folder
37/3 3 Hours undated
37/4 Act of Love: A Play circa 1960
37/5 Andrew, Bearded / Bearding undated
37/6 The Assassin correspondence 1971-1972
37/7 Autobiography draft circa 1986
37/8 Autobiography draft circa 1986
37/9 Autobiography draft circa 1986
37/10 Autobiography draft circa 1986
38/1 Autobiography draft circa 1986
38/2 Autobiography draft circa 1986
38/3 Autobiography draft circa 1986
38/4 Autobiography draft circa 1986
38/5 Autobiography Section One circa 1986
38/6 Autobiography Section Two circa 1986
38/7 Autobiography discarded pages circa 1986
38/8 Autobiography discarded pages circa 1986
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60/1 The Sin and Other Stories drafts of stories circa 1985
60/2 The Sin and Other Stories drafts of stories circa 1989
60/3 The Sin and Other Stories drafts and notes 1987
60/4 The Sin and Other Stories loose pages circa 1985
60/5 The Sin and Other Stories notebook 1988
60/6 The Sin and Other Stories business correspondence 1984-1985
60/7 Ted Mooney review circa 1982
60/8 Thrown Election circa 1981
60/9 The Tooth Look draft circa 1985
60/10 The Tooth Look draft circa 1985
60/11 What Americans Believe chapter 1 circa 1962
61/1-3 What Americans Believe draft circa 1965
61/4 Wonder business correspondence 1989
Subseries 2: Gathered Works1.2 linear feetThis subseries consists primarily of drafts of individual poemsas grouped by Robinson. Notable exceptions are files ofretyped poems and indices created by Goedicke in 1999 and2000. Goedicke’s indices point to poems located in other fileswithin Robinson’s Gathered Works, as well as materials inRobinson’s notebooks (see Subseries 6, “Notebooks”). Thisseries has been arranged according to titles assigned by thearchivist which generally reflect the type of work containedwithin the file (e.g., poems, articles, limericks).
1931-1999
Box/Folder
OS 208/2-3 Articles 1959-1969
61/5 Book reviews 1981-1985
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OS 205/3 Short stories for Harper's Magazine - galleys 1945-1950
66/9 Short story undated
67/1 Speech to poker group undated
67/2 Speeches undated
Subseries 3: General Business Files0.3 linear feetThis subseries contains files related to multiple works byRobinson. The files are mainly comprised of reviews andcorrespondence.
1962-1990
Box/Folder
67/3 Business correspondence 1971-1985
67/4 Business correspondence 1981-1985
67/5 The Man Who Loved Beauty / The Assassin businesscorrespondence
1971-1973
67/6 Poetry - business correspondence 1978-1982
67/7 Publishing file 1982 -1983
67/8 Rejection letters 1985-1987
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Subseries 4: Reading Files2 foldersThis subseries contains notes for readings given by Robinson.
1984-1996
Box/Folder
67/13 Reading file dated 11/3/96 1984-1996
67/14 Reading notes 1989
Subseries 5: Notes0.3 linear feetThis series consists of files of notes originally arranged withother works by Robinson. Many of these files contain ideas forstories or novels not directly related to any of the titles listed inthe subseries Individual Works.
1976-1996 andundated
Box/Folder
67/15 Novel ideas 1976-1977
68/1 Notes 1981, undated
68/2 Notes on fiction 1996, undated
68/3 Book ideas undated
68/4 Notes undated
68/5 Notes undated
68/6 Notes found in study undated
Subseries 6: Notebooks4.0 linear feet
1931-1999
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This subseries contains notebooks that could not be associatedwith individual works. The entries in these notebooks largelyconsist of drafts of poems and fictional works. Also included isa series titled “Soul Books” which consist of inquiries into thehuman condition of a more philosophical nature. This subseriesis arranged chronologically, with the exception of the SoulBooks, which have been grouped together at the end of theseries.
Box/Folder
68/7 1931-1935
68/8 1931-1935, enclosed pageFound between pages 56 and 57 of 1931-1935 notebook
68/9 1955
68/10 1956
68/11 1959-1967
69/1 Comments on real facts circa 1963-1973
69/2 1967-March 18, 1980
Box
OS 229-OS231
circa 1970-1999Pocket sized notebooks
Box/Folder
69/3 January 23, 1972
69/4 1972
69/5 1973
69/6 circa 1975
69/7 June 10, 1976-August 11, 1977
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16.2 linear feet267 electronic files, (107 megabytes of digital materials)This series consists of correspondence that Goedicke and Robinson maintained independently of filesdedicated toward specific professional duties documented in other series, such as Teaching Files andthe series dedicated to works by Goedicke and Robinson. Much of the original correspondence fileshave been rearranged by the archivist into files of correspondence to and from specific individuals. Theindividual correspondence is arranged in alphabetical order. Originally the files were primarily labeledaccording to the date the correspondence was gathered. The remaining correspondence has beenarranged in rough chronological order loosely based on the files originally created by Robinson andGoedicke.
Individuals represented in this series were selected based on the amount of correspondence containedwithin the series and the importance of the correspondent in a literary context (whether regionallyor nationally). While files for Jean-Marie Cook (Goedicke’s sister), Pat Grean (Goedicke’s friend),and Larry and Joan Pinkham (Robinson’s former colleague from Columbia) are notable for theirdocumentation of Goedicke’s and Robinson’s life over a long period of time, other files reflect intensecollaboration over a more limited time frame. Such files include those for Cal Bedient, which documentsthe development of Invisible Horses and Bedient’s Candy Necklace, Sarah Gridley, which documentsthe development of Baseball Field at Night and Gridley’s Weather Eye Open, and Melissa Kwasny,which documents the development of Baseball Field at Night and Thistle.
Amongst the notable correspondence in the general correspondence subseries is the file titled“MacDowell Colony correspondence (1968-1970).” This file contains correspondence documentingGoedicke’s and Robinson’s first encounter.
Some correspondence has been separated from the alphabetical and general correspondence filesin order to protect the privacy of living individuals. Any file containing restricted correspondence willcontain a note beneath the file title in the container list.
The email correspondence has been restricted.
Container(s) Description Dates
Subseries 1: Correspondence between Patricia Goedickeand Leonard Wallace Robinson1.5 linear feet
1968-1999
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Many of the notes written between Goedicke and Robinsonwere compiled by Goedicke into albums. The archivist gatheredall other correspondence between the two that was originallylocated in their general correspondence files. Most of the filesin this subseries were originally created by either Goedicke orRobinson.
Box/Folder
76/7 Patricia Goedicke to Leonard Wallace Robinson 1969-1982
76/8 Patricia Goedicke to Leonard Wallace Robinson circa 1974-circa1983
76/9 Patricia Goedicke to Leonard Wallace Robinson 1980-1982
76/10 Patricia Goedicke to Leonard Wallace Robinson 1984-1985,undated
76/11 Patricia Goedicke to Leonard Wallace Robinson 1983-1987,undated
Box
OS 220-222 Patricia Goedicke to Leonard Wallace Robinson 1968-1999
OS 223-224 Leonard Wallace Robinson to Patricia GoedickeAlbums of notes created by Patricia Goedicke. See also"Correspondence - 1968-1970".
1968-1999
Box/Folder
77/1 Between Patricia Goedicke and Leonard Wallace RobinsonFile created by archivist.
1975-1999
Subseries 2: Alphabetically Arranged Correspondence8.0 linear feet
1926-2006
Box/Folder
77/2 Sandra Alcosser 1986-2001
77/3 Anderson Center 1996
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113/6 Patricia Goedicke professional correspondence 2005-2006
113/7 Correspondence undated
113/8 CorrespondenceFile created by Robinson.
undated
Subseries 4: University of Montana FacultyCorrespondence0.2 linear feet
1982-2003
Box
113 1982-2003
Box/Folder
156/8 1999Restricted.
Subseries 5: Email267 electronic files(107 megabytes of digital files)Restricted.
2000-2010
Series IV: Teaching Files, circa 1965-2003
4.0 linear feetThis series includes lecture notes and handouts used for classes and workshops run by Goedicke andRobinson. This series also includes administrative files related to promotion or hire. Records regardingstudent performance at The University of Montana were removed from the collection unless theycontained comments by Goedicke or Robinson and serve as evidence of their teaching style. Accessto records that were retained is currently restricted due to privacy laws concerning student records. Anyfiles containing restricted materials will contain a note below the file title in the container list.
Container(s) Description Dates
Subseries 1: Patricia Goedicke Class Notes2.4 linear feet
1971-2003
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This subseries contains materials used in classes taught atThe University of Montana, in San Miguel de Allende, and atvarious special events. The notes contain Goedicke’s thoughtsabout writing, as well as her thoughts on specific writers whosework she taught in imitation workshops offered from 1982-1987.Notable lectures include an introductory lecture given to hergraduate writing workshop in 2002, which details her influencesand motivation for writing, and her “Ur” lecture on rhythm givenin 1992.
120/5 Workshop on Emily Dickinson and Denise Levertov - notes onLevertov
1982
120/6 Workshop on Hart Crane and Elizabeth Bishop - notes onBishop
1984
120/7 Workshop on Hart Crane and Elizabeth Bishop - notes onCrane
1984
120/8 Workshop on Marianne Moore and James Dickey 1985
121/1 Workshop on Robert Lowell and W.S. Merwin 1985
157/5 Workshop on Robert Lowell and W.S. Merwin studentassignmentsRestricted
1985
Subseries 2: Patricia Goedicke Administrative Files0.6 linear feetThis subseries contains materials related to promotion andmerit raises at The University of Montana. Faculty EvaluationCommittee (FEC) materials are also contained on computerdisks mentioned in Series XIV, Computer Files.
1968-1999
Box/Folder
121/2 Documentation for academic review 1986-1987
121/3 Fan mail 1982-1986
121/4 Guggenheim application 1993
121/5 Guggenheim applications 1988-1990
121/6 Letters about workshops 1986-1987
121/7 Letters of recommendation for academic review 1983-1985
121/8 Letters of request 1983-1986
121/9 Merit Award application 1995
121/10 Merit Award application 1999
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121/11 Outstanding Creativity Award file 1990-1991
122/1 Promotion to Professor application 1990
122/2 Publications file 1968-1986
122/3 Supplemental materials for academic review circa 1975-1985
122/4 Supplemental materials for academic review circa 1983
122/5 Supplemental materials for academic review 1985
122/6 Thank you letters 1984 - 1985
122/7 University business 1983 - 1987
Subseries 3: Leonard Wallace Robinson Teaching Files1.0 linear feetThis subseries consists largely of materials used in coursestaught by Robinson at Columbia University, in San Miguel deAllende, and at The University of Montana.
124/10 Short stories used in class circa 1992,undated
125/1-2 Short stories used in class undated
125/3 Vita brevis circa 1986
125/4-5 Workshop for the elderly 1995-1996
125/6 Workshop for the elderly 1997
Series V: Conference Files, 1983-2005
0.9 linear feetThis series includes materials from conferences and workshops attended by Patricia Goedickeincluding notes and papers presented by Goedicke. Notable amongst these files are the extensivenotes and drafts Goedicke retained for her attendance at the 1989 Modern Language Associationannual meeting, where she presented in a session titled “Schools of the Self in Contemporary AmericanPoetry.”
At least one of Goedicke’s conference papers, “Keeping the Faith,” was revised into an article by thesame title for The Hiram Poetry Review, issue 48-49 (1990-1991).
Some of Goedicke’s presentations are also recorded to audio or video tape. These include her lecturesat the Midnight Sun Writers’ Conference (1983), Muriel Rukeyser Workshop (1991), and the Yellow BayWriters’ Workshop (1993). The Midnight Sun and Yellow Bay lectures and readings were recorded onaudio tape, while Goedicke’s reading for the Muriel Rukeyser Workshop was recorded on a video tapelabeled “Salmon, ID reading,” which was where the workshop took place.
Container(s) Description Dates
Box/Folder
126/1 Midnight Sun Writer's Conference lecture notesLecture titled "Sounds and Silences"
1983
126/2 Modern Language Association conference notes 1989
126/3 Modern Language Association conference notes 1989
126/4 Modern Language Association correspondence and conferencenotes
1989
126/5 Modern Language Association conference paper 1989
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126/6 Modern Language Association conference paper notes 1989
126/7 Modern Language Association conference paper by Dick Allen 1989
126/8 Modern Language Association panel session notes 1989
126/9 Modern Language Association panel session notes 1989
127/1 Modern Language Association conference paper revisions 1990
127/2 Muriel Rukeyser Workshop file 1991
127/3-4 Yellow Bay Writers' Workshop drafts of lecture by PatriciaGoedicke
1993
127/5 Yellow Bay Writers' Workshop lecture by Patricia GoedickeLecture titled "Sound of One's Voice"
1993
127/6 Yellow Bay Writers' Workshop notes by Leonard WallaceRobinson
1993
127/7 Yellow Bay Writers' Workshop notes by Patricia Goedicke 1993
127/8 Bellagio file 1993 - 1994
128/1 Bellagio file (continued) 1993-1994
128/2 Associated Writing Programs conference paper and notesIncludes paper titled "'Tell Harry of Nottingham Slow': TheLegacy of Richard Hugo"
2005
Series VI: Subject Files, 1939-2006
1.1 linear feetThis series includes files regarding individuals, topics appearing in Patricia’s and Leonard’s writing, andfiles for various writing groups or organizations. This series also contains a subseries for files related toLeonard Wallace Robinson’s memorial service.
Container(s) Description Dates
Subseries 1: Patricia Goedicke Subject Files0.4 linear feet
1983-2006
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This subseries consists of files compiled by Goedicke. Manyof these files relate to topics covered in Goedicke’s writing. Inaddition, the subseries contains files concerning other writers.
Box/Folder
128/3-4 Cancer and birthday 1993
128/5 Feminism circa 1983
128/6 Frank Nelson Doubleday Awards 1989
128/7 Patricia Goedicke memorial wishes circa 1987-2006
128/8 Ireland vacation circa 1984
128/9 Latin America publications and correspondence 1983
128/10 Science 1999-2001
129/1 Science circa 2001
129/2 Patricia Traxler circa 1989
129/3 Greta Wrolstad 2005
Subseries 2: Leonard Wallace Robinson Subject Files0.2 linear feetThis subseries contains files compiled by Robinson aboutvarious genres of literature, as well as files of jokes andquotes. The only exception to this is a file, compiled by PatriciaGoedicke after Robinson’s death, of documents posted in hisoffice.
circa 1970-1990and undated
Box/Folder
129/4 Beethoven notes undated
129/5 Dictionary game undated
129/6 Fiction circa 1983
OS 209/4 Irish newspapers 1984
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129/8 Robert LaxCopies of 21 Pages and New Poems separated and placed inSeries IX: Published works.
undated
129/9 Marie Nyswander circa 1970,undated
129/10 Oregon Book Awards 1990
129/11 Poems and short stories undated
129/12 Quotes and poems circa 1979
129/13 San Miguel de Allende play file circa 1976
129/14 Theater 1978-1983
129/15 Theater circa 1980
Subseries 3: Leonard Wallace Robinson Memorial ServiceFiles0.4 linear feetThis subseries contains materials collected for or relatedto Robinson’s memorial service. Included are poems andmusic used in the service, as well as a program and a sign-inbook. Also included are correspondence, photos, and recordsgathered by Goedicke and grouped with the memorial servicefiles.
1939-1999
Box/Folder
129/16 Alzheimer's disease 1990-1995
129/17 Correspondence and clippings 1969-1999
129/18 Correspondence to Leonard Wallace Robinson 1939-1998
130/1-4 Documents used in memorial servicePhotos enclosed.
1999
130/5 Medical log for Leonard Wallace Robinson 1997
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130/6 Poems by Patricia Goedicke for memorial service 1968-1970
130/7 Poems by Patricia Goedicke printed for memorial service 1999
130/8 Records and correspondence 1999
Subseries 4: Wedding File2 foldersThis subseries consists of documents related to the vowrenewal ceremony for Patricia Goedicke and Leonard WallaceRobinson held on May 16, 1987 in Missoula, Montana.
circa 1987
Box/Folder
130/9-10 Wedding circa 1987
Series VII: Personal Records, 1910-2006
2.4 linear feetThis series includes financial, medical, and vital records for Patricia Goedicke and Leonard WallaceRobinson, as well as records relating to immediate family.
Container(s) Description Dates
Subseries 1: Financial Records1.1 linear feetThis subseries includes records documenting income andexpenses related to Goedicke’s and Robinson’s writingcareer, as well as records relating to major life changes,such as relocation. In addition, two ledgers documenting theoperation of the Robinson family flower business in Boston,Massachusetts, have been retained in this subseries.
circa 1920-1999
Box/Folder
141/9 Ledgers circa 1920
131/1 Home improvement records 1971
131/2 Notes 1971
131/3 Financial notes and resume 1971, undated
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Subseries 2: Medical records0.9 linear feetThis subseries contains records from doctors, insurancecompanies, correspondence, and notes created by Goedickeand Robinson. Files containing records relating to non-routineprocedures were retained, such as records regarding surgeriesand life threatening conditions, such as cancer and heartdisease.
1978-2006
Box/Folder
133/10 Medical insurance records 1978-1981
133/11 Medical records 1979
133/12 Medical and financial records 1981
134/1 Leonard Wallace Robinson cardiovascular treatment 1981
134/2 Medical insurance records 1981-1982
134/3 Medical bills 1981-1982
134/4 Medical correspondence 1982
134/5 Medical records and correspondence 1982
134/6 Medical records 1984-1985
134/7 Medical insurance records 1984-1985
134/8 Medical records 1985
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135/3-9 Patricia Goedicke's psychological notesBulk of file ordered in reverse chronological order.
1995-2001, bulk1998-2001
135/10 Medical reports on Patricia Goedicke 1998-2006
135/11 Patricia Goedicke medical records and notes 2001
135/12 Medical records and patient log 2006
Subseries 3: General records0.4 linear feetThis subseries contains vital records, living wills, andinstructions from Goedicke to her executors regarding her lastwishes. Also included in this subseries are correspondence andrecords regarding Goedicke’s and Robinson’s literary papers.
1910-2006
Box/Folder
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OS 208/1 Publishing contracts and marriage certificates 1948-1972
135/13 Vital records circa 1956-1999
136/1 Vital records 1962-1987
136/2 Patricia Goedicke Master of Arts file 1964
136/3 Leonard Wallace Robinson academic records and letter of hire 1969, 1976
136/4 John McKenna Trust records 1981-1983
136/5 McKenna family records 1987-1988
136/6 Patricia Goedicke's and Leonard Wallace Robinson's wills 1989-2006
136/7 Instructions to executors 1993-1999
136/8-9 Archives file 1996-2005
136/10 Leonard Wallace Robinson Memorial Fund records 1999-2003
136/11 Instructions to executors 2006
Series VIII: Works by Others, circa 1960-2006
1.4 linear feetThis series contains files consisting largely of drafts created by someone other than Robinson orGoedicke. While all of the files in this series were maintained by Goedicke or Robinson, a numberhave been removed by the archivist from boxes that mainly contained correspondence. These files arearranged by the individual authoring the particular work or set of works.
Unmarked materials identified as student assignments were removed from the collection. The loneremaining student work is the title work of Neil McMahon’s thesis, Heart, which includes comments byRobinson.
Two files closely associated with work by Goedicke are a score by Paul Earls for “I Wanted You toMake Love to Me and You Did Baby, You Did” and an interview of Goedicke by Debra Kang Dean andConnie Poten.
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144/4 New Yorker office clippingsEnclosed in envelope from Charles McGrath.
1981, undated
144/5 Roderick Robinson clippings 1989
144/6 Mayo Clinic newsletters 1991
OS 209/2 Clippings circa 1991
144/7 Emotional therapy flyers and clippings circa 1993
144/8 Shan Guisinger article circa 1994
OS 207/1 Flyers and clippings circa 1994
144/9 Columbia College newsletter 1995
144/10 Articles, clippings, and bibliography 1995-2003
OS 207/6 Fanny Flagg article undated
Series X: Published Materials, 1934-1988
1.1 linear feetA number of chapbooks that were originally a part of the collection were separated and placed inthe Mansfield Library’s Poetry Corner, as were books from Goedicke’s personal library. Chapbooksdeemed too fragile for the Poetry Corner were retained in this collection of Goedicke’s papers. A listof separated chapbooks may be found in the file titled “Chapbooks.” A number of published materials
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that were not deemed appropriate for the Poetry Corner were retained due to annotation by Goedickeor Robinson or their significance to other materials in the collection. Annotated books include worksabout Alzheimer’s disease and materials used for background research for Robinson’s autobiographicalnovel. Unannotated works from Robinson’s research files were removed from the collection. Othermaterials offer either unique biographical information about Goedicke and Robinson or supportcorrespondence files, in particular, the Robert Lax correspondence and Bella Cooney correspondence.
Container(s) Description Dates
Subseries 1: General Works0.7 linear feetThis series contains published materials annotated by Robinsonor Goedicke and a copy of The Phoenix (1938), which wasedited by Robinson’s close friend, Bella Cooney. The issue ofThe Phoenix contained in this file (volume 1, issue 1) includesstories by Henry Miller, whose works Tropic of Cancer andBlack Spring were banned in the United States at time of thejournal’s release.
1934-1988
Box/Folder
141/1 Columbia Review May 1934
141/2 The Phoenix 1938
Box
142 Annotated research materials for The Quack 1970-1992
Box/Folder
141/3-4 Journals 1971-1997
141/5 Catalogs and periodicals 1972-1976
141/6 Transcript of Bly interview 1979
141/7 Montana Sketchbook 1988
141/8 Chapbooks circa 1989-2000
Subseries 2: Works by Robert Lax0.4 linear feetThis subseries consists primarily of a file of materials by RobertLax. Included in this file is a book about Thomas Merton, Lax’sclassmate at Columbia University.
1962-1984
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143 The Man in the Sycamore Tree: The Good Times and Hard Lifeof Thomas Merton
1970
143 Works by Journeyman Press circa 1970-circa1977
143 Works by Pendo 1974-1983
143 Works by Furthermore Press circa 1984
143 Separated materialsMaterials removed from subject files.
1962, 1984
Series XI: Juvenilia, 1938-1966
0.2 linear feetThis series consists of materials regarding Goedicke’s youth and college years. These files weregathered by Goedicke and have been arranged chronologically. Of note within this series is Goedicke’sfirst published poem, which was printed in Seventeen, as well as a number of articles written for herlocal paper in Hanover, New Hampshire. This series also contains photographic materials.
Container(s) Description Dates
Box/Folder
144/11 Articles and school records 1938-1966
145/1 Notebooks, story, and cards circa 1938-1944
145/2 Correspondence 1940-1952
145/3 Ephemera and notes 1942-1954
145/4 Correspondence from Seventeen 1947
145/5 College clippings 1948-1953
Series XII: Photographic Materials, circa 1910-2005
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Robinson’s life from 1982-2001. There is also a large framed work of art used in Robinson's memorialservice. A relatively small number of digital images were saved to Goedicke’s hard drive and copied toDVD with other files from the hard drive. Since the DVD consists primarily of email and word processingdocuments, the archivist has filed the DVD in Series XIV, Computer Files. The DVD is also described inthe notes for Series XIV.
Container(s) Description Dates
Subseries 1: Photographs1.4 linear feetThe files in this subseries are titled according to subject, whenpossible, and arranged chronologically. Photographers, whenknown, are also included in the file title.
circa 1918-2005
Box/Folder
145/6 Henry M. Robinson, Sr. circa 1918
145/7 "For Leonard Robinson" circa 1920-1939
145/8 McKenna family circa 1920-1969
145/9 Patricia Goedicke and Jean Marie Cook circa 1931-1952
145/10 Patricia Goedicke and family circa 1935-1944
OS 209/6 Patricia Goedicke high school photographs 1948-1950
146/1 Photographs removed from frames 1948-circa 2003
146/2 Patricia Goedicke's college years circa 1950
146/3 Patricia Goedicke and Robert Frost 1952
146/4-5 Athens Years circa 1954-circa1975
OS 206/4 circa 1955-1986
146/6 John McKenna 1956, 1998,undated
146/7 For Leonard Wallace Robinson memorial service circa 1956-1999
146/8 Family and friends circa 1957-1995
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Many of the photos within the albums have the names of thesubjects featured in the photo written on the back.
Box
OS 211 Album circa 1910-1983
OS 212 Album 1982-1985
OS 220 Album 1986-1987
OS 212 Vow renewal ceremony album 1987
OS 213 Album 1989-1990
OS 214 Album 1991-1992
OS 215 Album 1992-1993
OS 216 Album 1993-1994
OS 217 Album 1994-1996
OS 218 Album 1996-2001
OS 219 Album 2001-2002
Series XIII: Audio Visual Materials, 1929-2006
4.0 linear feet,This series contains audio and video recordings of Goedicke and Robinson. Audio recordings arelargely audio cassettes, but also include reel-to-reel recordings and CDs. Video recordings are largelyVHS tapes. Also included are ¾” tapes, Kodascope Eight film, DVDs, and reel-to-reel magnetic tape.
Container(s) Description Dates
Subseries 1: Audio Recordings of Patricia Goedicke0.6 linear feetThis subseries includes recordings of readings, interviews, andlectures by Goedicke. In addition to containing interviews andlectures not widely available in published form, these recordingsalso provide the listener the opportunity to hear Goedickereading her poems. In some cases, the recordings are practicetapes, not recordings of the actual event.
1975-2005
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153 Missoula Public Library reading and Hillman introduction -practice
2000
153 University of Nevada Reno reading practice 2000
153 Woodstock reading practice 2001
153 KUFM interview - "Selected Shorts" 2001
153 Montana Radio reading 2001
153 Montana Radio reading (use copy) 2001
153 Santa Fe and Second Wind practice 2003
153 Now and Zen for 2nd Wind (12/3/05) and AWP reading -practice
2005
153 2nd Wind practice undated
153 Reading and class? undated
153 KUFM event undated
155 "unlabeled (In Progress)" (reel-to-reel) undated
Subseries 2: Audio Recordings of Leonard WallaceRobinson0.2 linear feetThis subseries includes recordings of readings, lectures, andtalks given by Robinson.
1975-1993 andundated
Box
153 Funny Chopin and other recordings 1975
153 Reading with Paul Earls 1978
153 Leonard Robinson reading at Instituto Allende 1978
153 Leonard Robinson reading at Instituto Allende (use copy) 1978
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Subseries 3: General Audio Recordings0.4 linear feetThis subseries includes recordings of interviews and readingsgiven jointly by both Goedicke and Robinson, as well asrecordings of others. The recordings of both Goedicke andRobinson include a joint interview intended for the ChristianScience Monitor and a Valentine’s Day reading at Fred’s Feedand Read in Missoula, Montana. Recordings of others are of aliterary nature. Of particular note are Garrison Keillor’s readingof Goedicke’s works for a radio program called The Writer’sAlmanac, as well as readings and panel discussions froma nature writing conference titled “In the Thoreau Tradition”featuring W.S. Merwin and Bill Kittredge.
1973-2000 andundated
Box
153 Perce's wake / Live music 1973
155 I Wanted You to Make Love to You... (reel-to-reel) 1973
155 I Wanted You to Make Love to You... with time codes (reel-to-reel)
1973
155 I Wanted You to Make Love to You (reel-to-reel) circa 1973
153 I Wanted You to Make Love to You circa 1973
153 I Wanted You to Make Love to You circa 1973
154 Thanksgiving 1973
154 Marblehead recordings of friends of Goedicke and Robinson 1975
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Subseries 4: Video Recordings2.8 linear feet (1 box Kodascope Eight film, 33 video cassettesand 6 DVDs)This subseries largely consists of readings, interviews, andlectures given by Goedicke or Robinson. Also included arerecordings of Robinson’s and Goedicke’s memorial services,the 2003 Merriam Awards banquet, in which Goedickewas honored, and movie titled Beneath the Surface, whichincorporates a number of poems by Goedicke.
1929-2006
Box
OS 233 Vacation footage - McKennas 1929-1950
OS 158 Bentley College reading (3/4" tape) 1975
OS 159 Interview - Leonard Wallace Robinson and Patricia Goedicke 1976
155 Interview - Leonard Wallace Robinson and Patricia Goedicke(use copy)
1976
OS 159 Video tape reel of 1976 interview 1976
OS 158 American Poetry Archive interview (3/4" tape) 1981
OS 159 Word and Image 1988
OS 159 Valentine's party 1988
OS 159 Salmon, ID reading 1991
OS 159 Patricia Goedicke interview for the Brockport Writers Forum 1991
155 Patricia Goedicke interview for the Brockport Writers Forum(use copy)
1991
OS 159 Mountain Writers Series reading 1992
OS 159 Patricia Goedicke Interview on MCAT 1992
OS 158 Waiting for Leonard 1992
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1 folderThe series titled Awards contains The University Distinguished Scholar Award (1991), the Helen andLaura Krout Memorial Ohioana Poetry Award (2002), and the H.G. Merriam Award (2003).
Container(s) Description Dates
Box/Folder
OS 209/1 1991, 2002-2003
Series XV: Computer Files, 1988-2010
2,170 electronic files, (90.5 megabytes of digital materials)This series consists primarily of computer disks that contain documents in Word Perfect, Word Star,and Word, as well as files downloaded from Outlook. These disks were most likely gathered byGoedicke and include 5.25 inch disks, 3.5 inch disks, zip disks, as well as a flash drive and DVDcontaining the contents of Goedicke’s hard drive, both submitted by Deirdre McNamer after the initialacquisition of the papers by Archives and Special Collections. These materials contain drafts ofGoedicke’s works, downloaded email files, and photographs. Corrupt files that could not be transferredare listed within text files titled “Archivist Note,” which are located within the directory containing thefiles from the corresponding disk.
Original order of these computer files was not retained by the processing archivist because of the needto separate out restricted materials and the need to combine all of the files from the separate disksinto one cohesive series. The current arrangement of the files reflects the arrangement imposed onthe paper materials. Exact duplicate files were removed along with temporary files and executablefiles. The file names were stripped of special characters but otherwise remain the same. The files weremigrated from their original format into PDFs.
Most of the drafts of individual poems contained in this series have likely been printed out and may befound in Series I, Subseries 1 (Works by Patricia Goedicke, Individual Works). Goedicke’s faculty filesmay include materials not included in Series IV (Teaching Files), as applications for normal raises werediscarded. While Goedicke did print much of the correspondence received or written in a digital format,there is no evidence that she printed out all of her correspondence. Due to potential privacy issuesPatricia Goedicke and Leonard Wallace Robinson papers, 1910-2006http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv43658 131
surrounding correspondence and teaching records, many of the documents contained within this serieswill be accessible only with the consent of the archivist.
Disks that do not contain documents authored by Goedicke or Robinson, such as support softwarefor a zip drive, were removed from the collection. Also removed was a disk containing only Facultyevaluations of Goedicke's peers within the English Department at The University of Montana.
The dates associated with the files are the dates the files were last modified. Goedicke conscientiouslybacked up her computer files. So much so, that the original creation dates of the oldest files have beenlost unless explicitly documented in the file itself by Goedicke.
Container(s) Description Dates
Electronic_folder
ElectronicFolder
Computer files associated with Series I (Works by PatriciaGoedicke) Subseries 1 (Individual Works)Goedicke's poems, the front matter and biographical detailsused in her books. There are multiple versions of many of thepoems.
1997-2010
ElectronicFolder
Computer files associated with Series I (Works by PatriciaGoedicke) Subseries 2 (Gathered Works)Collections of Goedicke's poems.
1999-2010
ElectronicFolder
Computer files associated with Series I (Works by PatriciaGoedicke) Subseries 3 (General Business Files)Correspondence cocerning the publication of Goedicke'svarious works, interviews, and biographical information meantto accompany publications.
1998-2010
ElectronicFolder
Computer files associated with Series I (Works by PatriciaGoedicke) Subseries 4 (Reading Files)Correspondence and notes for Goedicke's poetry readings.
1999-2010
ElectronicFolder
Computer files associated with Series I (Works by PatriciaGoedicke) Subseries 5 (Notebooks)Typed transcriptions of selections from Goedicke's journals.
1998-2010
ElectronicFolder
Computer files associated with Series II Works by LeonardWallace Robinson) Subseries 1 (Individual Works)Correspondence concerning the publication of a book ofRobinsons's poems.
2001
ElectronicFolder
Computer files associated with Series II (Works by LeonardWallace Robinson) Subseries 2 (Gathered Works)Collections of Robinson's poems curated by Goedicke.
2000
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Computer files associated with Series II (Works by LeonardWallace Robinson) Subseries 3 (General Business Files)Correspondence concerning the multiple works by Robinson.
2005-2006
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Computer files associated with Series III (Correspondence)Subseries 1 (Correspondence between Patricia Goedicke andLeonard Wallace Robinson)Correspondence to Goedicke from Robinson.
2001-2010
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Comptuer files associated with Series III (Correspondence)Subseries 2 (Alphabetically Arranged Correspondence)Correspondence arranged alphabetically.
1997-2010
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Computer files associated with Series III (Correspondence)Subseries 3 (General Correspondence)General correspondence.
1997-2010
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RESTRICTED Computer files associated with Series III(Correspondence) Subseries 3 (General Correspondence)These files are recommendations for Goedicke's students. Theyinclude academic information that is restricted under FERPA.
1999-2010
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Computer files associated with Series III (Correspondence)Subseries 4 (University of Montana Faculty Correspondence)Goedicke's retirement letter and a file where Goedicke keptreccommendations for colleagues.
2003-2005
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RESTRICTED Computer files associated with Series III(Correspondence) Subseries 5 (Email)These email files are restricted due to possible FERPAconcerns.
2000-2010
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Computer files associated with Series IV (Teaching Files)Subseries 1 (Patricia Goedicke Class Notes)Goedicke's class notes used in lectures, workshops, andspecial events.
1998-2010
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RESTRICTED Computer files associated with Series IV(Teaching Files) Subseries 1 (Class Notes)These files are restricted due to FERPA.
1998-2010
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Computer files associated with Series IV (Teaching Files)Subseries 2 (Patricia Goedicke Administrative Files)Administrative files related to promotion, merit raises, andretirement at the University of Montana.
1997-2010
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Computer files associated with Series IV (Teaching Files)Subseries 3 (Leonard Wallace Robinson Teaching Files)Robinson's cirriculum vitae.
2010
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Computer files associated with Series V (Conference Files)Materials from conferences and workshops attended byGoedicke including notes and papers presented by Goedicke.
1999-2010
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Computer files associated with Series VI (Subject Files)Subseries 1 (Patricia Goedicke Subject Files)Files that relate to topics covered in Goedicke's writing. Someof these files concern other writers.
1998-2010
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Computer files associated with Series VI (Subject Files)Subseries 3 (Leonard Wallace Robinson Memorial ServiceFiles)
1999
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Computer files associated with Series VII (Personal Records)Subseries 1 (Financial Records)Financial records related to major life changes.
1996-2010
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Computer files associated with Series VII (Personal Records)Subseries 2 (Medical Records)Correspondence with doctors and insurance companies as wellas notes created by Goedicke and Robinson.
1998-2010
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Computer files associated with Series VII (Personal Records)Subseries 3 (General Records)Vital records, living wills, and instructions from Goedicketo her executors regarding her last wishes. Also includedare correspondence and records regarding Goedicke's andRobinson's literary papers.
1998-2010
ElectronicFolder
Computer files associated with Series VIII (Works by Others)These are works by other authors, some of these files includeedits by Goedicke. These files are restricted to being viewed inthe archives only.
1997-2010
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Computer files associated with Series IX (Ephemera)Ephemera - primarily receipes, news articles and personal lists.
1998-2006
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Computer files associated with Series XII (PhotographicMaterials) Subseries 1 (Photographs)The digital photographs Goedicke kept in her "My Pictures"folder on her computer.
2002-2006
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Comptuer files associated with Series XIV (Awards)Correspondence concerning the H. G. Merriam Award and theOhioana Award that Goedicke won.
2000-2003
Series XVI: Art Work, circa 1999
1 itemThis series contains a hand drawn rendering of Leonard Wallace Robinson and Patricia Goedickesigned by Janet McGahan. The piece is framed and was displayed at Robinson's memorial service.
Names and SubjectsSubject Terms :American literature--20th centuryAmerican poetry--20th centuryCreative writing (Higher education)--Montana--MissoulaPersonal Names :Brown, Rosellen--Correspondence.Cook, Jean-Marie--CorrespondenceGoedicke, Patricia--ArchivesLax, RobertPhillips, Robert S.--CorrespondenceRobinson, Leonard Wallace, 1912-1999--ArchivesCorporate Names :University of Montana--Missoula--FacultyOccupations :Authors, AmericanWomen authors, AmericanWomen college teachers--Montana--MissoulaWomen poets, AmericanOther Creators :
Personal Names :Goedicke, PatriciaLax, RobertRobinson, Leonard Wallace, 1912-1999.
Finding aid prepared by Steven Bingo and Erin Baucom2010
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