MC 42/43

Part I: Boxlist
Box 1
Folders:

  1. Journal, May 1969-February 1971
  2. Journal, 1969-1971, [unsorted, incomplete]
  3. Journal, 1978
  4. Journal, January 1979-June1979
  5. Journal, July 1979-January 1, 1980
  6. Journal, January 2, 1980-March 31, 1980
  7. Journal, April 1980-October 1980
  8. Journal, November 1980-December 1980
  9. Journal, January 1, 1981-April 2, 1981
Box 2
Folders:
  1. Journal, April 3, 1981-May 6, 1981
  2. Journal, May 7, 1981-June 30, 1981
  3. Journal, [undated, unsorted]
  4. Journal, Record of Daily Writing 1984-85
  5. Poems, untitled and A-L [see Part II for complete listing]
  6. Poems, M-Z [see Part II for complete listing]
  7. Poetry Contests, 1991-1994: submission to "Discovery"/The Nation contest in 1994: various
  8. sorted poems
  9. Poems, O-Z [arranged by C. Robb]
  10. Poems, written for G. Sarrantino Class, 1974
  11. Poetry, 1984: handwritten manuscripts, "The Suicide," "Thaw," "The Point of Autumn"
  12. Journal and Notes, regarding Gurdjieff, Ouspansky, January 1981-February 1982
  13. Prose, magazine and newspaper clippings
  14. Clippings, 1984-1986, "Mack the Knife"[detailing C. Robb's arrest for assault]
  15. Clippings, authors, 1975-1989
  16. Clippings, authors, undated
  17. Correspondence, "Lowney, Jim, and Harry" [Lowney Handy, James Jones, Harry Handy]
  18. Correspondence, Charles Wright to Charles Robb, letter from Morocco (April 1965) and letter from May 27, 1965
  19. Certificate of membership, Handy Colony (1953)
Box 3
  1. Book, (Jones, James. The Ice-Cream Headache and Other Stories. New York: Delalacorte Press, 1968.)
  2. Videocassette, "James Jones: Reveille to Taps," 1984
  3. Book, (Headley, HON. J.T. The Illustrated Life of Washington. Springfield, Mass: Burdon
  4. ll, 1865.)
  5. Book, (Jones, James. The Thin Red Line. New York: Avon Books, 1962.)
  6. Book, (Jones, James. Some Came Running. New York: Signet Books, 1957.)
  7. Book, (Jones, James. Go To the Widow-Maker. New York: Dell Publishing, 1967.)
  8. Book, (Jones, James. A Touch of Danger. New York: Popular Library, 1973.)
  9. Book, (Jones, James. The Merry Month of May. New York: Dell Publishing, 1971.)
  10. Folder: East River Review, 1976-77, four issues
  11. Book, (Selected Poems of Charles Robb. Edited with a preface by J. Michael Lennon. Robinson, Illinois: James Jones Literary Society, 1998.)

Books shelved in Special Collections:

D 743 J65 1975
Jones, James.
WWII. New York: Grosset and Dunlap, 1975.

DS 539.5 J6 1985
Jones, James.
Viet Journal. New York: Delta Book, 1985.

PS 3515 E37 A7 1950
Hemingway, Ernest.
Across the River and Into the Trees. New York: Scribner's Sons, 1950. 1st ed.

PS 3560 O49 F7 1951 c. 3
Jones, James.
From Here to Eternity. New York: Scribner's Sons, 1951. Presentation Edition #194. Inscribed to Charles Robb by the author and signed twice.

PS 3560 O49 Z66 1984 c. 2
Garrett, George.
James Jones. San Diego: Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich, 1984.

PS 3569 H56 L84 1988
Shirota, Jon.
Lucky Come Hawaii. Honolulu: Bess Press, 1988. Inscribed to Robb by the author.

PS 3573 R532 A15 1993
Wright, Charles.
Absolutely Nothing to Get Alarmed About: The Complete Novels of Charles Wright. New York: Harper Perennial, 1993.

MC42/3

Part II: Listing of Poems
Expanded Lists for Box 2, folders 5 and 6:
Folder 5:
Unititled poems: (listed by first line)

  1. "All the way to Vietnam…"
  2. "Already dusk in on the barks of trees…"
  3. "Death skulks behind no mask…"
  4. "EPISODE GROSSGOOD…"
  5. "His cap clasped to his head…"
  6. "If there were nightingales in America…"
  7. "in the gray of dawn by efficient nurses…"
  8. "Just a gray building and tatters…"
  9. "Lighting has shattered the moon…"
  10. "Many windows cradle plants on their sills…"; Sentimental; After A Hot July Night
  11. "Popcorn balls on strings, reindeer cut…"
  12. "Rain and wind that smashed…"
  13. "Improvization on a quote from Milton Sensagus…"
  14. "The snow-fields on the play-ground…"
  15. "A winter carved from smoke quarts…"

Titled poems, A - L:

16. ADVENTURES IN DARK PLACES
17. AFTER A HOT SPELL
18-19. AFTER NEW YEARS; CAMP ON THE USAMACINTA [2 versions]
20-21. AFTER NEW YEARS [2 versions]
22-23. AFTERNOON WALK [2 versions]
24. AFTER THE VISIT; THE DAY'S RESULTS
25. AFTER THE VISIT
26. altITUDE; PICK ONE; ACRES
27. ANOTHER DAY
28. ANYONE CAN
29. ASSAULT
30. ATTEMPT
31. THE BALCONY
32. THE BANKER'S CENTO
33. BASICS
34. BROKEN STRING COLLECTED FRAGMENTS
35-36. CASUaltY [2 versions]
37. CASUaltY; TONY THE PLAYER
38-39. CASUaltY [2 versions]
40. CHOICE
41. COME AGAIN
42. THE CODEX
43. COME DOWN
44. THE CONFESSION
45. CONTROL; THAT SHORE
46. THAT SHORE
47-49. THE CONVERT [3 versions]
50. COUCH
51. THE DAISIES
52. THE ESSENCE OF POETRY
53-58. THE FALLS [6 versions]
59. FATHER AND SON
60-63. FEBRUARY PIECE [4 versions]
64. THE FIND; MARCH GAME
65-66 THE FIND [2 versions]
67. THE FUNNEL; ROBINSON CRUSOE
68-70. THE FUNNEL [3 versions]
71. THE FUNNEL; THE SUBSTANCE
72. FLAMENCO DANCER; SYLVAN SITUATION
73-74. FLAMENCO DANCER [2 versions]
75-77. GLACKEN'S "CENTRAL PARK IN WINTER" [3 versions]
78-83. GUEST ROOM [6 versions]
84. HELICOPTER
85. HELICOPTER ACCIDENT
86. HELICOPTER ACCIDENT (page 2)
87. HELICOPTER ACCIDENT; PICK ONE
88-89. HER SUNDAY [2 versions]
90-91. INSOMNIAC [2 versions]
92. INTERRUPTION
93. JAKE'S VISITORS
94. JOURNEY
95. KHAKI MOON (page 2)
96. KHAKI MOON [handwritten]
97. THE LAMP; CAMP ON THE USANCINTA
98. LEAD US NOT
100. LESSONS
101. LESSONS; AFTER NEW YEAR'S; MAINE SUMMER ECHO
102-105. THE LEVEL [4 versions]
106. LIMITS; MARCH GAME; ACRES; LESSONS
107. LIMITS
108. LIMITS; THE VOWS
109. LIMITS
110. LIMITS; MARCH GAME; ACRES; LESSONS
111. LIMITS

Folder 6: titled poems, M - Z

1-3. MAIN ATTRACTION [3 versions]
4. MAKING SPACE; DIABETIC DOG
5. MARCH GAME; THE FIND
6. MIDSUMMER AUBADE
7-9. NATURE WALK [3 versions]
10-32. OUROBORUS (1949) [23 versions]
33. THE PROMISE; OCTOBER NIGHT
34. OFFICE PARTY; MAINE SUMMER (1974) ECHO
35. OFFICE PARTY
36. OFFICE PARTY; WINTER STREET
37. OFFICE PARTY
38-39. OUTPOUR [2 versions]
40. PASSACAGLIA FOR STREET GROUP
41. THE PLATFORM; THE RIGHT WORD
42. THE PLATFORM
43. PREDICTION; THE RIGHT WORD
44. PRETENDING TO BE A POET
45. THE PROMISE; OCTOBER NIGHT
46. RECAPITULATION
47. THE RED WHEEL BARROW
48. THE RETURN
49-50. REVOLT OF THE WEATHER VANES [2 versions]
51. ROBINSON CRUSOE; HELICOPTER
52. ROBINSON CRUSOE
53. ROBINSON CRUSOE; HELICOPTER
54. ROBINSON CRUSOE
55. ST. BERNARD'S HOSPITAL; INSULIN SHOCK TREATMENT
56. ST. BERNARD'S HOSPITAL
57. ST. BERNARD'S HOSPITAL (page 2)
58-59. SECRET [2 versions]
60-63. SEEDS [4 versions]
64-65. SELF-HATRED [2 versions]
66. THE SEPARATION
67. SEPARATION SONG; BIRTH-RIGHT; NATURE WALK
68. SEPARATION SONG; BIRTH-RIGHT
69-70. SEPARATION SONG [2 versions]
71. SETTLEMENT LINEAGE
72-79. SIMPIAD [8 versions]
80. SOMEWHERE SHE WAITS; THE FACE; INQUEST
81. SOMEWHERE SHE WAITS
82. SOMEWHWERE SHE WAITS; THE FACE; INQUEST
83. SOMEWHERE YOU WAIT
84. SONG; HELICOPTER; CATECHISM FOR THE YOUNG*BLOODS AT THE CEMETERY
85. SONG
86. SONG; NIGHT-SEARCH
87. SONG
88-98. SPANISH DANCER [11 versions]
99. THE STRANGERS
100. STATUE OF LIBERTY AS ARIADNE
101. STREET
102. STREET; CATECHISM FOR THE YOUNG-BLOODS AT THE CEMETERY; ACRES
103-108. THE SURVIVOR [6 versions]
109. THE SURVIVOR; JOURNEY
110. TELLS
111. THAW
112. TONY THE ACTOR
113. TUNE
114. TWO OR THREE ASPECTS OF REALITY
115. VILLANELLE
116-117. THE WALK [2 versions]
118. THE WARNING
119. THE WORTH OF THINGS; DISCTINCTIONS
120. "White rags of a kite's tail…" (NATURE WALK)

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