Overview
Personal and professional papers of American poet, translator, anthologist, editor, and author of children’s literature, X. J. Kennedy.
Dates
- Creation: circa 1945-2008
Creator
- Kennedy, X. J. (Person)
Language of Materials
English
Conditions Governing Access
There are no restrictions on physical access to this material. Collection is open for research.
Extent
8 linear feet (8 boxes)Personal and professional papers comprised of poetry, prose, reviews, lecture materials, photographs, poetry worksheets commonplace books, correspondence, and an early science fiction fanzine.
Biographical / Historical
Joseph Charles Kennedy, who used the nom de plume X. J. Kennedy, was born in 1929 and is a poet, translator, anthologist, editor, and author of children’s literature and textbooks on English literature and poetry. He was editor of Counter/Measure and poetry editor for the Paris Review.
Arrangement
Collection is minimally processed. Materials are loosely arranged into twelve series: Audio Materials; Correspondence; Exhibited Materials; Literary Works; Lecture Materials; Photographs; Poetry; Poetry Reviews and Other Reviews; Poetry Worksheets; Programs and Ephemera; Prose; and Science-Fiction Fanzines.
Physical Location
Harvard Depository
Immediate Source of Acquisition
2018M-108. Gift of X. J. Kennedy, 2018 May.
General note
Includes audiovisual and/or digital media: audio casesette and a reel.
Processing Information
Processed by Melanie Wisner, 2018.
Creator
- Kennedy, X. J. (Person)
- Title
- Kennedy, X. J. X. J. Kennedy Papers, circa 1945-2008 (MS Am 3184): Guide.
- Status
- completed
- Author
- Houghton Library, Harvard University.
- Date
- November 20, 2018
- Description rules
- dacs
- Language of description
- und
- EAD ID
- hou02947
Repository Details
Part of the Houghton Library Repository
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