Correspondence for vol. 12, no. 2 (Spring-Summer 1976)

This collection relates principally to volumes of Approaches and Kentucky Poetry Review edited by Wade Hall from 1973 through 1991, although from 1973 through 1975 the editorship was shared between Hall and Joy Bale Boone. Beginning in 1977 individual issues featured or commemorated specific poets, whose names are given with the volumes listed below. Correspondence and materials relating to the following issues are contained in this collection: Vol. 9, no. 3 (Summer-Fall 1973) Vol. 10, no. 1 (Winter 1973-74) Vol. 10, no. 2 (Spring 1974) Vol. 11, no. 1 (Winter 1974-75) Vol. 11 no. 2 (Spring 1975) Vol. 11, no. 3 (Summer-Fall 1975) Vol. 12, no. 1 (Winter 1975-76) Vol. 12, no. 2 (Spring-Summer 1976) Vol. 12, no. 3 (Fall 1976) Vol. 13, no. 1 (Winter-Spring 1977) Vol. 13, no. 2 (Summer 1977) Vol. 13, no. 3 (Fall 1977): Jesse Stuart Issue Vol. 14, no. 1 (Winter-Spring 1978): James Still Issue Vol. 14, no. 2 (Summer 1978): Ruth Stone Issue Vol. 14, no 3 (Fall 1978): David Madden Issue Vol. 15, no 2 (Fall 1979): John Jacob Niles Issue Vol. 16, no. 1 (Winter-Spring 1980): Sara Henderson Hay (Lopatnikoff) Issue Vol. 16, nos. 2-3 (Summer-Fall 1980): Robert Penn Warren-Cleanth Brooks Issue Vol. 17, no. 1 (Spring 1981): Hollis Summers Issue Vol. 18, no. 1 (Spring 1982): John Unterecker Issue Vol. 18, no 2/vol. 19, no. 1 (1982-83): Jim Wayne Miller Issue Vol. 19, no. 2 (Fall 1983): Logan English Memorial Issue Special Issue, January 1984: The Circling Thread: Poems by Susan Clay Sawitzky Vol. 20, no. 2 (Fall 1984): Twentieth Anniversary Issue Vol. 21, no. 1 (Spring-Summer 1985): Albert Stewart Issue Vol. 21, no. 2 (Fall 1985): Wendell Berry Issue Vol. 22, no. 1 (Spring 1986): Jane Stuart (Juergensmeyer) Issue Vol. 22, no. 2 (Fall 1986): Sarah Litsey Issue Vol. 23, no. 1 (Spring 1987): James Laughlin Issue Vol. 23, no. 2 (Fall 1987): Reynolds Price Issue Vol. 24, no. 1 (Spring 1988): May Sarton Issue Vol. 24, no. 2 (Fall 1988); Thomas Merton Memorial Issue Vol. 25, no. 1 (Spring 1989): Philip Appleman Issue Vol. 25, no. 2 (Fall 1989): Ray Bradbury Issue Vol. 26, no. 1 (Summer 1990): Heather Ross Miller Issue Vol. 26, no. 2 (Fall 1990): Fred Chappell Issue Vol. 27, no. 1 (Spring 1991): Dabney Stuart Issue Vol. 27, no. 2 (Fall 1991): James A. Autry Issue

These typically consist of poems and accompanying correspondence, and various mock-ups and page proofs of the issue. There are apparent gaps in the collection, specifically vol. 10, no.2, vol. 15, nos. 1 and 3, vol. 17, no. 2, and vol. 20, no. 1. In general, the correspondence relating to the later issues is more voluminous than that for earlier volumes, although there are exceptions. Much of the correspondence deals with relatively routine matters associated with editing and publication, but a large amount of it is of a more substantive nature. Hall received numerous lengthy letters on both artistic and personal subjects from, among others, Heather Ross Miller, Charles Semones, Albert Stewart, Dabney Stuart, and John Unterecker. The collection also contains letters from most of the authors who were subjects of commemorative volumes, including Ray Bradbury, James Laughlin, and Robert Penn Warren, the latter two of whom each wrote numerous letters to Hall. In addition, the collection contains small amounts of correspondence relative to business matters, unused and unsolicited poems, republication permission requests, and miscellaneous matters, a few papers relative to two late 1970s poetry contests and a 1986-87 Leadership Education Program, and a few published volumes of individuals’ works and other poetry journals.