The M. L. Rosenthal Papers is comprised of the correspondence, manuscripts and subject files of many notable literary figures; the manuscripts and business/production files for Rosenthal's scholarly books, essays, poetry, reviews, and lectures; journals, offprints, and other printed materials; biographical material; photographs; and audiovisual material. The M. L. Rosenthal Papers contains a comprehensive collection of the early to late literary career of M. L. Rosenthal. Sally M. Gall's original organization of Rosenthal's papers was preserved as much as possible.

SERIES DESCRIPTION

SERIES I: Correspondence: contains 2 boxes of correspondence with such important literary figures as William Carlos Williams, Ted Hughes, Robert Creeley, Christopher Grieve, Laura Riding Jackson, Muriel Rukeyser, and many others. It also contains family correspondence with Rosenthal's wife, Vicki, and his two sons, David and Alan.

SERIES II: Manuscripts: contains 3 boxes of manuscripts by Paul Blackburn, Kenneth Burke, Ramon Guthrie, Ted Hughes, Muriel Rukeyser, James Schevill, Grace Schulman, Theodore Weiss, and William Carlos Williams, among many others.

SERIES III: Subject Files: contains 2 boxes of subject files providing background information, notes, reviews, articles, etc. on the literary figures with which Rosenthal corresponded or studied. Subseries B contains 2 boxes of general subject files on various topics of interest for Rosenthal.

SERIES IV: M. L. Rosenthal's Writing: contains 6 boxes of Rosenthal's manuscripts and other book-related files, arranged chronologically by book. All materials related to each book are kept together, including later editions. Subseries B contains 4 boxes of Rosenthal's manuscripts for poems, essays, reviews and lectures, often in several drafts.

SERIES V: Printed Material: subseries A contains 2 boxes of the journals and other publications that include entries by Rosenthal. Subseries B contains 2 boxes of offprints and other miscellaneous printed material by authors other than Rosenthal.

SERIES VI: Biographical Material: contains 8 boxes of biographical materials including juvenilia, college materials, notebooks, teaching notes, syllabi, student papers, and other course-related materials pertaining to Rosenthal's teaching career. It also contains programs and playbills from various events he attended, information and souvenirs from places he traveled, and paperwork from grants and programs for which he applied. Box 1 of Series VI contains the most important biographical material, including articles about M. L. Rosenthal. Box 7 of Series 6 is a small gray box holding Rosenthal's address books and planners. Box 8 of Series 6 contains accretions from Rosenthal's office at the English Department and materials found in Rosenthal's books while cataloguing them at Fales.

SERIES VII: Production Files: contains 2 boxes of production files for several of Rosenthal's books, arranged alphabetically by book title.

SERIES VIII: Photographs: contains 1 small black box of photographs of Rosenthal, his family, and other miscellaneous group photographs.

SERIES IX: Audiovisual Files: contains 1 letter box of cassette tapes of readings and other miscellaneous recording, reel-to-reel tape, and one microfilm. [Research copies may not be available for these materials yet. Check with the Fales archivist.]

OVERSIZE: There is 1 flat oversize box that contains oversize materials from series 5 and 6.