| "As you know, I am compiling …", 1958 October 6 | 2 pp. | F0748 |
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Typescript letter and contract from Donald M. Allen, New York, for Corso's inclusion in his Anthology of Modern American Poetry (1948 to 1958-59), signed and dated by Corso. |
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| "Dear Otto", [1959] April 27 | 2 pp. | F0748 |
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Typescript letter signed, Gregory Corso to Otto. With holograph postscript by Irving Rosenthal, "editor of Big Table." Corso advises 17-year old Otto to "stick Mulenberg [sic] out" and spend the time reading; Rosenthal counters Corso and advises the youth to leave. |
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| "Dear Anselm - I am in Paris …", 1962 August 25 | F0748 | |
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Postcard signed, Gregory Corso, Paris, to Anselm Hollo, London. |
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| "Dear Sir - I would like the fare home …", 1962 October 14 | 2 pp. with envelope | F0748 |
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Autograph letter signed, Gregory Corso, Paris, to U. Grant Roman, Roman Books, Inc., Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. Letter to the bookseller requesting fare home to the States in exchange for sale of his manuscripts; verso of the letter includes Corso's recollection of "these two poems," "On Mozart's Unmarked Grave" and "Sea Chanty." |
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| Typed letter signed, 1962 November 26 | 1 p. with envelope | F0748 |
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Corso, Paris, to Wilentz, New York. |
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| Autograph letter signed, 1962 December 12 | 2 pp. with envelope | F0748 |
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Corso, Paris, to Wilentz, New York. |
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| Autograph letter signed, 1963 January 5 | 1 p. with envelope | F0748 |
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Corso, London, to Wilentz, New York. Written while recovering at Cromwell Nursing Home. |
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| Postcard signed, 1963 June 20 | F0748 | |
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Corso, Capoke Falls, New York, to Wilentz, New York. |
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| Typed letter signed, 1964 January 8 | 1 p. with envelope | F0748 |
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Corso, New York, to Wilentz, New York. |
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| Birth announcement of Miranda November Corso, 1964 March 13 | Printed announcement with envelope. | F0748 |
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Mrs. Sally Corso, New York, to Wilentz, New York. |
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| "For Ignorance", [1975?] | 1 p. | F0748 |
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Typescript (copy) with autograph notes, signed "G. C.," Note in corner reads "from G. C. 8/20/75." |
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| "Hedgeville", undated | 1 p. | F0748 |
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Typescript manuscript signed. From Elegiac Feelings American , the early version of his "Last Night I Drove a Car" from Gasoline . First appeared in "Combustion" in 1956. Probably from the broken-up typescript of Elegiac . |
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| "The Sons of Italy / like Ferlingetti ...", undated | 1 p. | F0748 |
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Typescript and holograph draft of poem. |
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| "When that which is not / results in a dot ...", undated | 1 p. | F0748 |
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Holograph draft of poem. |
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| "Before me where I'm sitting ...", undated | 1 p. | F0748 |
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Typescript manuscript poem. |
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| "Seated in a Georgetown house ...", undated | 1 p. | F0748 |
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Holograph manuscript of poem. |
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| "The poet in man ...", undated | 1 p. | F0748 |
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Holograph draft of poem. |
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| "The poet in man ...", undated | 1 p. | F0748 |
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Typescript poem with holograph corrections, undated. Bears stamp "New Directions / 333 Sixth Ave. / New York 14, N.Y." |
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| Small notebook with short holograph drafts: "A Gift," "You don't know my life ... ," and "Poetry like psychiatry ... " [fragment], undated | F0748 | |