Charles Harper Webb papers
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Scope and Contents
The Charles Harper Webb papers consist of drafts of poetry and prose, correspondence, publications featuring Webb's work, and ephemera from poetry events created and assembled by the American poet and professor, Charles Harper Webb (born 1948). The majority of the drafts in the collection relate to Webb's poems and short stories, along with drafts of unpublished novels and one published novel, The Wilderness Effect (1982, Chatto & Windus). Some of the correspondence in the collection concerns the three Stand-Up Poetry anthologies that Webb edited -- published in 1990, 1994, and 2002. The collection also holds ephemera, including posters, from the Los Angeles Poetry Festival and other events. Charles Harper Webb earned a BA in English from Rice University, an MA in English from the University of Washington, and an MFA in professional writing and a PhD in counseling psychology from the University of Southern California. Webb is a professor of English at California State University, Long Beach. Webb's other books include Brain Camp (2015, University of Pittsburgh Press), A Million MFAs Are Not Enough (2016, Red Hen Press), and Sidebend World (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2018).
Dates
- Creation: 1970 - 2020
Creator
- Webb, Charles Harper (1948) (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE. Advance notice required for access.
Conditions Governing Use
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Department of Special Collections at specol@usc.edu. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
Rights Statement for Archival Description
Finding aid description and metadata are licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.
Extent
48.04 Linear Feet (48 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The Charles Harper Webb papers consist of drafts of poetry and prose, correspondence, publications featuring Webb's work, and ephemera from poetry events created and assembled by the American poet and professor, Charles Harper Webb (born 1948). The majority of the drafts in the collection relate to Webb's poems and short stories, along with drafts of unpublished novels and one published novel, The Wilderness Effect (1982, Chatto & Windus). Some of the correspondence in the collection concerns the three Stand-Up Poetry anthologies that Webb edited -- published in 1990, 1994, and 2002. The collection also holds ephemera, including posters, from the Los Angeles Poetry Festival and other events. Charles Harper Webb earned a BA in English from Rice University, an MA in English from the University of Washington, and an MFA in professional writing and a PhD in counseling psychology from the University of Southern California. Webb is a professor of English at California State University, Long Beach. Webb's other books include Brain Camp (2015, University of Pittsburgh Press), A Million MFAs Are Not Enough (2016, Red Hen Press), and Sidebend World (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2018).
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Charles Harper Webb, April 13, 2022.
Processing Information
This collection was minimally processed. The finding aid's box-level records are titled with approximate content summaries and the box-level date ranges are also approximate.
Subject
Genre / Form
- Books
- Correspondence
- Drafts (documents)
- Ephemera
- Journals (periodicals)
- Magazines (periodicals)
- Manuscripts
- Poems
- Posters
Topical
- American poetry -- 20th century -- Archival resources
- American poetry -- 21st century -- Archival resources
- Authors, American -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources
- Novelists, American -- California -- Los Angeles -- 20th century -- Archival resources
- Poets, American -- 20th century -- Archival resources
- Title
- Finding aid for the Charles Harper Webb papers
- Status
- Minimally Processed
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the USC Libraries Special Collections Repository
Doheny Memorial Library 206
3550 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles California 90089-0189 United States
specol@usc.edu