Department of Rare Books and Special Collections
University of South Carolina Libraries
Joyce Morrow Pair Collection
of James Dickey, 1984-2007
Mss. 2008: 3
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Scope and Contents Note
This collection comprises the files of the founding editor of the James Dickey Newsletter.
It contains editorial files for each issue from Volume 1 (1984) through
Volume 17 (2001). These records contain article submissions and
revisions, editorial correspondence, and printing, advertising,
indexing and subscription records. There is an extensive correspondence
series divided into two parts: named correspondent files, many of whom
are members of the newsletter’s editorial board, and a general
correspondence series. There are over 30 letters from James Dickey in
this series, primarily concerning his reactions to issues of the
Newsletter and arrangements for reading and speaking dates. There is
also a substantial group of correspondence with Paula Goff, a poet who
served as Dickey’s secretary and assistant for many years. Other
correspondents include Matthew J. Bruccoli, Jimmy Carter (1997), Fred
Chappell, Malcolm Cowley, and Ron Rash. Correspondents in the files
relating to the founding of the Newsletter include William F. Buckley,
Jr., Willie Morris, and Robert Penn Warren.
The second part of the collection contains subject files on Dickey
collected by Joyce Morrow Pair: biographical, subject and clipping
files, groups of printed writings and drafts, photographs, and
audio/visual material. Also included are documents reflecting Pair’s
scholarly activities such as conference papers and organized panels,
and her role in organizing poetry festivals and poetry readings.
Series Listing
Series
Box
James Dickey Newsletter
Editor’s
files
1-11
Correspondence
11-20
James Dickey
Biography and
writings
20-21
Clippings and
ephemera
21-22
Photographs
23
Related Dickey
scholarship
24-25
Audio/Visual
Materials
26-28
Oversize
folder
Contents
Box: 1
James Dickey Newsletter, vols. 1-2, 1984-86
Box: 2
James Dickey Newsletter, vols. 3-4, 1986-88
Box: 3
James Dickey Newsletter, vols. 5-6, 1988-90
Box: 4
James Dickey Newsletter, vols. 7-8, 1990-92
Box: 5
James Dickey Newsletter, vols. 9-10, 1992-94
Box: 6
James Dickey Newsletter, vols. 11-12, 1994-96
Box: 7
James Dickey Newsletter, vols. 13-14, 1996-98
Box: 8
James Dickey Newsletter, vols. 15-17, 1998-2001
Box: 9
James Dickey Newsletter, vols. 19, 2002-2003
Computer diskettes (5¼” and 3½”) containing Newsletter files
Box: 10
Formation of Newsletter, correspondence and clippings, 1984-85 (2 folders)
Financial statements, 2002-2003 (2 folders)
Box: 11
Permissions, subscriptions, media, general correspondence, 1985-2002
Correspondence, alphabetical
Ronald Baughman, 1984-96
James Dickey, 1984-96 (3 folders)
Box: 12
Paula Goff, group I, 1989-2003 (folders 1-3 of 5)
Box: 13
Paula Goff, group I, 1989-2003 (folders 4-5 of 5)
Paula Goff, group II, 1989-2003 (folders 1-2 of 4)
Box: 14
Paula Goff, group II, 1989-2003 (folders 3-4 of 4)
Robert Kirschten, 1987-99 (folder 1 of 3)
Box: 15
Robert Kirschten, 1987-99 (folders 2-3 of 3)
Linda Roth, 1996-98 (2 folders)
Box: 16
Dave Smith, 1984-93
Ernest Suarez, 1991-99
Gordon Van Ness, 1984-97 (folders 1-2 of 3)
Box: 17
Gordon Van Ness, 1984-97 (folder 3 of 3)
Rejections, 1986-89, 1995
Correspondence, general, 1985-2002 (folders 1-2 of 10)
Box: 18
Correspondence, general, 1985-2002 (folders 3-6 of 10)
Box: 19
Correspondence, general, 1985-2002 (folders 7-9 of 10)
Box: 20
Correspondence, general, 1985-2002 (folder 10 of 10)
James Dickey – Biography and Writings
World War II rosters and squadron history, photocopies
Symbol and Image in the Shorter Poems of Herman Melville (MA Thesis, Vanderbilt University, 1950), photocopy
Wayfarer, text galleys and publicity, 1988
The Eagle’s Mile, corrected typescript, photocopy, 1989
“Lightnings or Visuals,” SAMLA address, photocopy,1991
Final class at the University of South Carolina, transcriptions, photocopies, 1996
Box: 21
Gordon Van Ness. Striking In: The Early Notebooks of James Dickey, early drafts and correspondence, 1994
James Dickey – Clippings and Ephemera
Contains printed interviews, profiles, news, poems and prose. Folders 1-3 of 6.
Box: 22
Clippings and ephemera. Folders 4-6 of 6.
Box: 23
James Dickey – Photographs
North Fulton High School reading, Oct. 1985
1986 Poetry Festival, DeKalb Community College
Oxford Bookstore, Wayfarer signing, Oct. 1988
Agnes Scott College reading, Apr. 1989
SAMLA Conference, Atlanta, 1991
Creative Loafing photoshoot with reporter Robert Morris.
166 West Wesley (childhood home), Aug. 1999, before renovation
Memorial Service, Manuel’s – Atlanta, Feb. 2, 1997
Negatives
Loose photographs (3 folders)
Box: 24
Other scholarly activities by Joyce Pair
Poetry Festival, DeKalb Community College, 1986 (2 folders)
SAMLA, 1988
“James Dickey at Seventy” tribute, 1993
Box: 25
SAMLA panel, 1997
University of South Carolina Dickey seminar talk, 1999
James Dickey Conference, Columbia SC, Jan. 2007
Boxes: 26 – 28
Audio/Visual Materials. Readings and symposia, on VHS videotape and cassette.
Oversize – 1 map folder
The Eagle’s Mile, broadside, copy 147 of 250, signed
May Day Sermon performance poster and fan
DeKalb Community College Poetry Festival poster, signed by participants, 1986
Bronwen, The Traw, and The Shape Shifter, performance poster (2 copies)
Wayfarer calendar, 1989
Oversize clippings