Overview
Taylor Stoehr's professional papers that were compiled during while writing Paul Goodman's biography, as well as correspondence with writer George Dennison, whose works Stoehr edited.
Dates
- Creation: circa 1932-2002
Language of Materials
In English.
Conditions Governing Access
Boxes 1-3, 6 are open for research. Boxes 4-5 are restricted: fragile; consult curatorial staff.
A portion of this collection is shelved offsite at the Harvard Depository. Retrieval requires advance notice. Readers should check with Houghton Public Services staff to determine what material is offsite and retrieval policies and times.
Extent
3.75 linear feet (5 boxes)12.7 Gigabytes (2 boxes)
Series I contains research material compiled for the Paul Goodman biography. It includes drafts, correspondence, audiovisual materials, born-digital materials, photographs, yearbooks, and music manuscript materials. Series II contains correspondence between Dennison and Stoehr, with many letters are from Dennison. Additionally contains manuscripts annotated with Dennison's and Stoehr's edits and notes and a few related clippings.
Biographical / Historical
Taylor Stoehr was a professor of English Literature at the University of Massachusetts Boston. Paul Goodman was an American novelist, playwright, poet, psychotherapist, social critic, and public intellectual. Stoehr edited many volumes of Paul Goodman's fiction, poetry, and social commentary and was Goodman's friend and literary executor. Stoehr further edited the works of writer George Dennison, and kept in regular correspondence with him throughout the 1970s-1980s.
Arrangement
Collection is minimally processed. Materials are loosely arranged into two series: I. Papers concerning Paul Goodman and II. George Dennison correspondence.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Special equipment or surrogate required; consult Houghton staff.
Physical Location
pf and Harvard Depository
Immediate Source of Acquisition
2013M-59 and 2013M-80. Gift of Christopher W. Stoehr, Holly Stoehr, Shaina Stoehr, Mark H. Stoehr, and Mary Stoehr in 2014 January and March.
Separated Materials
Born-digital material has been separated: Am2954BD
Printed books were separated at time of acquisition and cataloged individually.
General note
Includes audiovisual and/or digital media: CDs, audiocassettes, reel-to-reel audio tapes, microfilm, flash drive, and slide.
Processing Information
Accessioned by Melanie Wisner, 2014. Minimally processed by Magdaline Lawhorn, 2018, with materials added by Betts Coup, 2019.
Processing Information
There is no box 5 containing paper materials. The born digital carriers were separated and are held in Born-digital Box 4 and Born-digital Box 5.
- Title
- Stoehr, Taylor, 1931-2013. Taylor Stoehr papers, circa 1932-2002 (MS Am 2954): Guide
- Status
- completed
- Author
- Houghton Library, Harvard University.
- Date
- November 9, 2018
- Description rules
- dacs
- Language of description
- und
- EAD ID
- hou03048
Repository Details
Part of the Houghton Library Repository
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