Summary

Creator:	Claire, William F.
Date(s):	2013 September 5
Call Number:	MSS 0099, F0950
Language:	Materials entirely in English.
Abstract:	American poet and editor William Claire inscribed this card, on which is printed his poem, "Thinking of Anais Nin," to University of Delaware Librarian Timothy Murray.
Physical Description:	1 item (2 pages)
Source:	Gift of William Claire, September 2013.
Processing:	Processed and encoded by Anita Wellner, November 2013. Further encoded by George Apodaca, October 2015. Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Biographical and Historical Notes

William F. Claire (1935- )

American poet and editor William F. Claire (1935- ) was founding editor and publisher of Voyages, a national literary magazine published in Washington, D.C., during the 1960s and 1970s.

Additionally, Claire has edited and published books relating to Alan Swallow, Mark Van Doren, the poetry of Michelangelo, and physicians as writers. He is also the author of several books of poetry, From a Southern France Notebook (1974), The Strange Coherence of Our Dreams: Poems (1973) and Poems: a Selection (2004).

Sources

"William Francis Claire." Contemporary Authors Online (reproduced in Gale Biography In Context). http://ic.galegroup.com (accessed November 18, 2013).

Scope and Content Note

American poet and editor William Claire inscribed this card, on which is printed his poem, "Thinking of Anais Nin," to University of Delaware Librarian Timothy Murray.

Sent in September of 2013, the verso of this card bears a handwritten note from William Claire to Murray in which he refers to his recent gift of an Arthur Mizener letter to John Monagan.

Using these materials

Shelving Summary

Box 66, F0950: Shelved in SPEC MSS 0099 manuscript boxes.

Access Information

The collection is open for research.

Preferred Citation

MSS 0099, F0950, William F. Claire card to Timothy Murray, Special Collections, University of Delaware Library, Newark, Delaware.

Related Materials in this Repository

This item forms part of MSS 0099 Miscellaneous Literary and Historical Manuscripts.

MSS 0099, F0935, William Claire Collection of James T. Farrell.

Terms Governing Use and Reproduction

Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. Please contact Special Collections, University of Delaware Library, http://library.udel.edu/spec/askspec/

Names & Subjects

Names

• Claire, William F.
• Claire, William F.--Correspondence
• Murray, Timothy, 1950-
• Nin, Anaïs, 1903-1977--Correspondence

Subjects

• Poets, American--20th century--Correspondence

Formats

• Cards (information artifacts)