Scope and Contents From the Collection: Like its sister collection, the May Swenson papers (COLL MSS 282), the May Swenson addendum has little or no original order left due to the piecemeal nature in which it was acquired. It was organized to mirror the order of the earlier collection, with three broad series containing the bulk of the manuscript materials: I. Personal, II. Professional, and III. Writings. A fourth series was added to accommodate a large number of audio recordings. Series I contains family...

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(1) "Good Grief," "Fire," "Birds and Fire," "Bird Talk" (2) "Birds," "Cards and Marbles Laughing," "Marbles, Shuffling, Laughing and Bell," "Whale Talk High Speed," "Door Squeek and Moog," "Stove Plate," "Lion Head Snap"

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(1) Practice reading for Chumley[?] reading (2) Practice for The Education of a Poet AAP reading at the Guggenheim; Composition for ¾ or 1 7/8 electric recording; Short piece: Tin plate drip in sink, hair dryer, radiator loose, notebook riffled

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(1) 4 Collage Modulations; "Lift off Apollo 9;" Guggenheim practice reading, Iconographs; "Woods at Night;" practice for Charleston reading; "The Walloping Window Blind" (2) "Streisand" and others, "Moon Trip" reading, Library of Congress reading practice, "Mahler Resurrection" collage, "Hair" collage

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The May Swenson Reading, University of Arizona; Added commentary and readings made at end of lecture

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"To Make a Play" set by Patsy Rogers (soprano and piano)