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Robert
Francis Papers
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Contents List
Series 1. Bio-bibliographical
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Guide to the Robert Francis Papers
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1988
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Box 1:1
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UMass public info file on Robert Francis
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n.d.
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Box 1:2
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Contemporary Authors biographical entry
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n.d.
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Box 1:3
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Bibliography
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n.d.
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Box 1:4
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Revised bibliography
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n.d.
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Box 1:5
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Syracuse and Jones Library inventories
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1977
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Box 1:6
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Guide to the Robert Francis Collection at
the Jones Library
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1979
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Box 1:7
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Autobiographical notes
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n.d.
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Box 1:8
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Allen grandparents: genealogy, news
clippings
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n.d.
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Box 2:9
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Francis: family genealogy
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n.d.
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Box 2:10
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Francis, James (RF's uncle): diary
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1891-1896
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Box 2:11
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Francis, May Allen (RF's mother): funeral
notices
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n.d.
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Box 2:12
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Francis, Ruth Isabel (RF's sister):
biographical sketch
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n.d.
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Box 2:13
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Francis grandparents: Tupper Family
Association
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1949-1980
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Box 2:14
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Robert Francis' education records
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1904-1919
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Box 2:15
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Fort Juniper house plans
see Fort Juniper blueprints, Map Case 4, Drawer 1,
and Posters for readings 1948-1977, Map Case 4,
Drawer 1
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1940
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Box 2:16
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Readings: notices
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1941-1977
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Box 2:17
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Readings: news clippings
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1941-1977
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Box 2:18
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Mass. State College: class notes, botany
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1946-1947
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Box 2:19
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Mass. State College: lecture notes, geology
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1946-1947
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Box 2:20
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Chautauqua Writer's Workshop: student
comments
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1956
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Box 2:21
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Notes on Italy, American Academy
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1957-1958
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Box 2:22
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School visits: mementos
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1960-1975
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Box 2:23
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Honorary degree from University of
Massachusetts
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1970
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Box 2:24
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Massachusetts Archive: pamphlet
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1973
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Box 2:25
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American Poets Fellowship Award
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1984
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Box 2:26
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Articles about Robert Francis
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1936-1967
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Box 3:27
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Articles about Robert Francis
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1969-1976
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Box 3:28
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Articles about Robert Francis
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1977-1981
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Box 3:29
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Articles about Robert Francis
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1982-1988
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Box 3:30
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Wellman, Cora B., undergraduate paper on RF,
Harvard University
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1937
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Box 3:31
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Lectures (2) on RF by Howard Nostrand
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1945
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Box 3:32
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California State College, student papers (7)
on RF
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1971
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Box 3:33
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Coleman, J.M., undergraduate paper on RF, U.
of Virginia
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1972
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Box 3:34
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Zmuda, R., undergraduate paper on RF,
Allegheny Community College
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1972
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Box 3:35
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California State College, undergraduate
papers (5) on RF
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1973
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Box 3:36
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"Robert Francis: A Critical Biography"
(master's thesis) by Elinor Phillips Cubbage
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1975
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Box 3:37
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"Freedom to Fastidious Form: Theory, Form
and Theme in the Poetry of Robert Francis" (master's
thesis) by Charles Sides
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1975
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Box 3:38
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Lecture by David Young
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1975
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Box 3:39
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"Move Over, Henry Thoreau" and "Robert
Francis's Concept of 'E'" by Charles Sides
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1976
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Box 3:40
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"Robert Francis: The Best Neglected Poet" by
Delores Whitney
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1978
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Box 3:41
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Abbe - Arnold (except Allen
grandparents)
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Box 4:42
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Allen grandparents
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Box 4:43
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Atlantic Monthly
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Box 4:44
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Baird - Beasley
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Box 4:45
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Beirut, American U.
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Box 4:46
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Bennetto - Boyd (except Berger, Arthur and
re: "The Boy Who Will Play Beethoven's
Fifth")
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Box 4:47
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Berger, Arthur
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Box 4:48
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re: "The Boy Who Will Play Beethoven's
Fifth"
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Box 4:49
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Brace - Cates
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Box 4:50
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Cheroweth - Crozier (except Contemporary
Poets)
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Box 4:51
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re: Contemporary Poets
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Box 4:52
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Dakin - DeMarrais
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Box 4:53
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Donnelly, Dorothy
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Box 4:54
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Dostal - Fox
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Box 4:55
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Fox, Walter
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Box 4:56
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Francis grandparents
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Box 4:57
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Francis, James, Francis, Matthew
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Box 4:58
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Francis, May Allen
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Box 4:59
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Francis, Robert (French author)
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Box 4:60
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Francis, Robert (RF's namesake)
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Box 4:61
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Francis, Ruth I.
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Box 4:62-63
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Francis - Hamburger
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Box 4:64
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Hammarstrom - Hosford
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Box 5:65
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re: "Home Forum" column
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Box 5:66
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Howes, Jeanne C.
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Box 5:67
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The Power of Will (Howes
enclosure)
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Box 5:68
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Humphries - Juscik (except Junkins,
Donald)
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Box 5:69
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Junkins, Donald
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Box 5:70
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Kaplan, Herbert
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Box 5:71
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Kaplan, Peter
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Box 5:72
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Hates - Ledert
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Box 5:73
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Lindh - Lyric
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Box 5:74
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McGinty - Maynard (except MacMillan
Publishing Co.)
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Box 5:75
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MacMillan Publishing Company
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Box 5:76
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Meachem - Musser (except Miller,
Charles)
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Box 5:77
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Miller, Charles
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Box 5:78
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Nelson, Howard
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Box 5:79
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NY Times - New Yorker
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Box 5:80
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Nicholson - Osbourne
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Box 5:81
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Pacelli - Phillips
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Box 5:82
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Piskor, Frank
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Box 5:83
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Plunge - Rigby
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Box 5:84
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Risdon - Scherer (except Sanborn,
Forest)
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Box 5:85
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Sanborn, Forest
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Box 6:86
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School groups
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Box 6:87
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Schoonmaker - Starbuck
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Box 6:88
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Stein - Thompson (except Still,
James)
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Box 6:89
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Still, James
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Box 6:90
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Theroux, Paul
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1962-1963
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Box 6:91
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Theroux, Paul
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1964-1970
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Box 6:92-93
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Torell - Virginia Quarterly (except re: The
Trouble With Francis and Tunnel Press)
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Box 6:94
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The Trouble With Francis
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Box 6:95
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Tunnel Press
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Box 6:96
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re: "Two Days Among the Feeble
Minded"
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Box 6:97
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U of Massachusetts Press
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Box 6:98-99
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U of Massachusetts Press (L. Stein - M.
Moore)
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1956-1968
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Box 6:100
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Visual Education - Walcott
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Box 6:101
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Warren, Gretchen
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Box 6:102
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Warren, Gretchen
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Box 7:103
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Wesleyan U. Press
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Box 7:104
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Wesleyan U. Press - Worrel
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Box 7:105
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Yoken Young
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Box 7:106
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Robert Francis' Christmas cards
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Box 7:107
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Poems written for Robert Francis
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Box 7:108
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Poems written for Robert Francis
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Box 7:109
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Poems written for Robert Francis
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Box 7:110
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Arrangement:
Arranged chronologically.
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Stand With Me Here: proofs
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1936
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Box 8:111
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Valhalla and Other Poems: proofs
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1938
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Box 8:112
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The Sound I Listened For: proofs
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1944
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Box 8:113
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Valhalla and Other Poems, The Sound I
Listened For: Reviews
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1938, 1944
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Box 8:114
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The Face Against the Glass: proofs
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1950
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Box 8:115
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The Orb Weaver: proofs
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1960
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Box 8:116
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We Fly Away, Face Against the Glass, The Orb
Weaver: reviews
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1948, 1950, 1960
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Box 8:117
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Come Out into the Sun: galley proofs
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1965
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Box 8:118
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Come Out into the Sun: proofs with author's
corrections
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1965
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Box 8:119
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Come Out into the Sun: proofs
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1965
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Box 8:120
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Come Out into the Sun: reviews
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1965
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Box 8:121
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Like Ghosts of Eagles: worksheets of poems
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n.d.
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Box 8:122
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Like Ghosts of Eagles: Poems 1966-74:
typescript with author's manuscript alterations
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1974
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Box 8:123
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Like Ghosts of Eagles: Poems 1966-74: mss.
and reader's evaluation
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1974
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Box 8:124
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Like Ghosts of Eagles: Poems 1966-74:
mock-up
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1974
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Box 8:125
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Like Ghosts of Eagles: Poems 1966-74: proofs
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1974
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Box 9:126
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Like Ghosts of Eagles: Poems 1966-74:
reviews and comments
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1974
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Box 9:127
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Collected Poems: worksheets
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n.d.
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Box 9:128
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Collected Poems: worksheets
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n.d.
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Box 9:129
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Collected Poems: original unpublished
preface
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1976
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Box 9:130
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Collected Poems: proofs
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1976
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Box 9:131
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Collected Poems: proofs
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1976
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Box 9:132-33
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Collected Poems: proofs
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1976
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Box 10:134-36
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Collected Poems: reviews
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1976
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Box 10:137
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Journals with Robert Francis' poems
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1972-1977
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Box 10:138
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Field: journal celebrating Robert Francis'
birthday
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1970
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Box 10:139
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The Hollins Critic: special issue on RF
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10/1977
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Box 10:140
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Misc. offprints, photocopies of published
poems
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n.d.
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Box 11:141
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Misc. offprints, photocopies of published
poems
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n.d.
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Box 11:142
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Miscellaneous worksheets
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n.d.
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Box 11:143
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Miscellaneous worksheets
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n.d.
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Box 11:144
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Father Gander Rhymes
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1952
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Box 11:145
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"Seagulls": signed typescript
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n.d.
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Box 11:146
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Poems by Robert Francis' students
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1950-1959
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Box 11:147
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Robert Francis' comments on poetic theory
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n.d.
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Box 11:148
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Notes on geographical locations of poems
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n.d.
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Box 11:149
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Arrangement:
Arranged chronologically.
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The Satirical Rogue: source materials
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1968
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Box 12:150
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The Satirical Rogue: essays in Field
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1975
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Box 12:151
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The Satirical Rogue: proofs of 1964 and1968
printings
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1964, 1968
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Box 12:152
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The Satirical Rogue: reviews
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1968
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Box 12:153
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The Trouble with Francis: author's notes
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n.d.
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Box 12:154
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The Trouble with Francis: "Soybeans for
Walden" typescript
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n.d.
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Box 12:155
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The Trouble with Francis: "Todo and the
Mantises": material related to
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n.d.
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Box 12:156
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The Trouble with Francis: original
typescript with author's alterations
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n.d.
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Box 12:157
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The Trouble with Francis: carbon copy of
final typescript, chapters 1-12
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n.d.
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Box 12:158
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The Trouble with Francis: carbon copy of
final typescript, chapters 13-17 and index (two drafts)
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n.d.
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Box 12:159
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The Trouble with Francis: reviews
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1971
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Box 12:160
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The Trouble with Francis: galley proofs with
manuscript corrections
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n.d.
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Box 13:161
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The Trouble with Francis: author's position
on Chapter 17
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n.d.
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Box 13:162
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The Trouble with Francis: materials
pertaining to J. Still, W. Shumway, R. Gillman
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1940-1948
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Box 13:163
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The Trouble with Francis: materials
pertaining to pp. 63-64
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n.d.
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Box 13:164
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The Trouble with Francis: materials
interleaved in author's copy (list attached)
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n.d.
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Box 13:165-169
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The Trouble with Francis: author's copy
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1971
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Box 13:170
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Frost: A Time to Talk: reader's evaluation
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1971
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Box 13:171
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Frost: A Time to Talk: page proofs with
author's manuscript corrections
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1971
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Box 13:172
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Frost: A Time to Talk: reviews
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1972-1973
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Box 13:173
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A Certain Distance: manuscript of the prose
items
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n.d.
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Box 13:174
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A Certain Distance: reviews
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1976
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Box 13:175
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Francis On the Spot: working papers
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1976
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Box 14:176
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Francis On the Spot: mock ups
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1976
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Box 14:177
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Travelling in Amherst: copy of book
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1986
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Box 14:178
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Newspaper publications
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1925-1977
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Box 14:179
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Two Days Among the Feeble Minded:
unpublished manuscript
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1931
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Box 14:180
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"Country Comment" column: selected newsprint
copies and carbon manuscripts
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1946-1950
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Box 14:181
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Philadelphia Forum: newsprint copies and
carbon typed version
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1947-1948
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Box 14:182
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"Home Forum" column: carbon typed
manuscripts
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1951-1954
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Box 14:183
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Christian Science Monitor: newsprint copies
of selected essays
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n.d.
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Box 14:184
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Christian Science Monitor: author's
statement on refusal to publish further columns in CSM
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1954
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Box 14:185
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"The Satirical Rogue Again": typescript with
author's manuscript alterations
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1970
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Box 14:186
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"The Satirical Rogue Returns": typescript
with author's manuscript alterations
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1970
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Box 14:187
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"A Month in Amherst in the 1920's": drafts,
news clippings
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1975
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Box 15:188
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Misc. publications in journals: typed
manuscripts and published versions
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1946-1966
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Box 15:189
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Misc. publications in journals: carbon typed
manuscripts and published versions
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1951-1967
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Box 15:190
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Publications in various journals
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n.d.
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Box 15:191
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Addresses
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Box 15:192
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Mr. Woodchuck: three chapters of an
unfinished novel
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c.1950
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Box 15:193
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"What a Witch Told Me": a copy of typescript
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n.d.
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Box 15:194
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Early photos of Robert Francis
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n.d.
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Box 16:195
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Photo album (1)
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n.d.
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Box 16:196
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American University of Beirut, Lebanon
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1923-1924
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Box 16:197
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Photo album (2)
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1936-1976
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Box 16:198
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American Academy, Italy
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1957-1958
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Box 16:199
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Photo album (3)
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1972-1976
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Box 16:200
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U of Mass. photo center: contact sheets
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1974
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Box 16:201
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Allen grandparents
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n.d.
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Box 16:202
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Francis grandparents
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n.d.
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Box 16:203
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Francis, James, and Francis, Matthew (RF's
uncles)
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n.d.
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Box 16:204
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Francis, May Allen (RF's mother)
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n.d.
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Box 16:205
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Robert Francis Reads His Poetry: 7 1/2 IPS two
track tape
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Box 17:206
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Discussion by Doris Abramson, Joseph
Langland, Quentin de Streel and Robert Francis of the
recently published Like Ghosts of Eagles, broadcast by
WFCR, Part I: 7 1/2 IPS two track tape
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1974
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Box 17:207
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Discussion, Part II: 7 1/2 IPS two track tape
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1974
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Box 17:208
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Robert Francis reading from his Collected
Poems at their publication party, with an introduction
by Joe Langland and introductory comments by Francis
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1976
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Box 17:209
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"Poems to a Listener" -- WFCR broadcast tape
of the program and script: 7 1/2 IPS two track tape
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1976
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Box 17:210
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RF Day, Jones Library
In MS Phonograph Records Box:
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1980
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Box 17
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1. Today's Poets, volume 1: 33 RPM
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1967
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Box 17
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2. Robert Francis Reads His Poems From
Like Ghosts of Eagles and Come Out Into the Sun: 33
RPM
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1975
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Box 17
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3. Picasso and Matisse: 33 RPM (and
score)
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1966
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Box 17
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