Open Places, Columbia, Missouri, Records, 1968-1987 (C3068)

149 folders on 6 rolls of microfilm

MICROFILM

INTRODUCTION

Records of a small poetry and review magazine. Consists of general, contributor, and publication correspondence. Includes materials primarily pertaining to the magazine's last six years of publication, 1981-1987. See Collection 3705 for material relating to the magazine's first fifteen years.

DONOR INFORMATION

Open Places was loaned to the University of Missouri for copying by Eleanor Bender, the editor of Open Places, on 2 August 1988 (Accession No. 4863).

HISTORICAL SKETCH

Eleanor M. Bender began editing Open Places, a contemporary poetry and review magazine, out of her New York City apartment in 1966. With the support of private monies and subscriptions, the magazine was published sporadically.

From its first appearance, Bender intended Open Places to be a quarterly publication, but this was not realized until 1968 when she moved to Columbia, Missouri. Through the assistance of Max Baird, Bender began printing the magazine quarterly as a Southern Critic publication. Together Bender and Baird produced issues 5 and 6.

With issue 7/8, Open Places was back on its own, publishing whenever money was available. In October of 1971, the magazine gained financial backing from Stephens College when Bender joined the faculty.

The magazine became a part of the college's creative writing program, while maintaining its status as a professional poetry quarterly. Stephens College students took on the positions of advisory editors and editorial staff.

Beginning in 1972, Open Places was issued semi-annually with an expanded format that included short fiction as well as poetry. In its review section the magazine focused on books printed by small and feminist presses and the importance of "little" magazines. Bender also established the Open Places Poet Series in 1972. In numbers 1-5, the works of E.S. Miller, James Camp, X.J. Kennedy, Keith and Rosmarie Waldrop, Peyton Houston, and George Anthony were highlighted.

On the fifteenth anniversary, Bender published a special issue of Open Places, a retrospective of issues 1-30. In 1985 Bender put out a special issue focusing on humor in America. The following year Bender published a special twentieth anniversary issue highlighting the works of American writers living abroad.

A "Best Friends" issue, the last issue, was printed in the summer of 1987. It was devoted to the work of writers who had been frequent contributors to Open Places.

SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE

This collection covers the last six years of Open Places publication, 1981-1987. Collection 3705 should be consulted for information on Open Places' founding and first fifteen years.

The correspondence in this collection provides a view of the magazine's contributors, activities, editorial and publication procedures, and the manuscript solicitation and selection process. It consists of correspondence to and from contributors, subscribers, publishers, editors, and the magazine's editorial staff; and includes such topics as the twentieth anniversary issue, fundraising, a special humor issue, drafts of manuscripts and poems, publishing, poetry, and the magazine's activities. The correspondence is arranged in alphabetical order by correspondent's last name.

FOLDER LIST

Correspondence

f. 1-4A
f. 5-15B
f. 16-24C
f. 25-30D
f. 31-33E
f. 34-38F
f. 39-47G
f. 48-56H
f. 57-58I
f. 59-61J
f. 62-69K
f. 70-75L
f. 76-91M
f. 92-93N
f. 94-97O
f. 98-107P
f. 108Q
f. 109-113R
f. 114-129S
f. 130-132T
f. 133U
f. 134-135V
f. 136-144W
f. 145-146Y
f. 147-149Z

INDEX TERMS

These index terms are the subjects, people, places, etc. under which this collection is listed in all available indexes at the Western Historical Manuscript Collection-Columbia. If you are interested in a specific index term, please contact the reference staff.

  • Adams, Betsy
  • Adams, Nancy
  • Agee, Jonis
  • Agoos, Julie
  • Ahern, Thomas
  • Amabile, George
  • Anania, Michael
  • Anaya, Rudolfo A.
  • Andros, Rebecca Monique
  • Anglesey, Zoe Rita
  • Arias, Ronald F.
  • Artman, Deborah
  • Atwood, Margaret
  • Bailin, George
  • Ball, Angela
  • Barclay, Heather
  • Barker, Wendy
  • Barnes, James
  • Beardsley, Ellen J.
  • Beck, Margaret
  • Bell, Marvin
  • Bellamy, Joseph David
  • Bender, Eleanor M.
  • Benedikt, Michael
  • Bennett, John M.
  • Bergan, Brooke
  • Berge, Carol
  • Berger, Donald
  • Berke, Judith
  • Bessie, Alvah
  • Bissert, Ellen Marie
  • Blaker, Margaret C.
  • Blazek, Douglas D.
  • Blum, Etta
  • Bode, Carl
  • Booth, Philip
  • Boruch, Marianne
  • Bracker, Jonathan
  • Bradbury, Ray
  • Braun, Richard Emil
  • Brigham, Besmilr
  • Brigham, Roy C.
  • Bringhurst, Robert
  • Broumas, Olga
  • Brown, Harriet
  • Brown, Rosellen
  • Bruce, Debra
  • Bruchac, Joseph
  • Camp, James
  • Caram, Richard
  • Carroll, Julie
  • Carruth, Hayden
  • Casey, Deb
  • Castro, Jan Garden
  • Cervantes, James
  • Chandler, Sally
  • Cherry, Eileen
  • Cherry, Kelly
  • Christopher, Nicholas
  • Citino, David
  • Clampitt, Amy
  • Clark, LaVerne
  • Clark, Thomas
  • Clift, Gary W.
  • Climenhaga, Joel
  • Cline, Susan
  • Coakley, William Leo
  • Cochrane, Shirley G.
  • Coe, Elizabeth
  • Cohen, Marc
  • Coleman, Wanda
  • Collins, Martha
  • Cone, Alice
  • Cooley, Peter J.
  • Cooper, Thomas A.
  • Copeland, Ann
  • Cosens, Susan
  • Crockett-Smith, D.L.
  • Cunningham, J.V.
  • Dacey, Florence
  • Dains, Kathy
  • Daniel, Cora
  • Davis, Carol V.
  • Dawkins, Cecil
  • DeBolt, William Walter
  • Decker, Susan
  • DeCoster, Cathleen Chrystal
  • DeFrees, Madeline
  • Der Hovanessian, Diana
  • Derricotte, Toi
  • DeVancy-Lovinguth, Sharon
  • DeVeaux, Alexis
  • Digges, Deborah
  • Dillingham, Thomas F.
  • Dimond, E. Grey
  • DiPasquale, Emanuel
  • Disch, Thomas
  • Dove, Rita
  • Drury, John
  • Dyer, Thomas A.
  • Eakins, Patricia
  • Eaton, Charles Edward
  • Eberhart, Richard
  • Edelman, Elaine
  • Edwards, Adrienne
  • Ehrman, Sally
  • Eichwald, Richard
  • Elledge, William Duane
  • Elovic, Barbara
  • England, Timothy K.
  • Enzweiler, Joseph A.
  • Etter, Dave
  • Fainlight, Ruth
  • Falk, Marcia
  • Farley, Blanche
  • Fay, Julie
  • Finkel, Donald
  • Finley, Michael
  • Fisher, Harrison
  • Forché, Carolyn
  • Foushee, Sandra
  • Fried, Philip
  • Friedman, Jeff
  • Frisch, Wendy Laura
  • Frost, Beth
  • Furtney, Diane
  • Gale, Zona
  • Gallagher, Tess
  • Gallant, James
  • Garepis, Demece
  • Garton, Victoria
  • Gaul, Ruth
  • Gefter, Judith
  • Gelwick, Beverly
  • Gerber, Dan
  • Gilbert, Sandra M.
  • Gildner, Gary
  • Gilgun, John
  • Gill, John
  • Gilliatt, Penelope
  • Glaze, Andrew L.
  • Glenn, Laura
  • Goedicke, Patricia (1931- )
  • Gold, Herbert
  • Gomez, Jewelle L.
  • Goodfriend, Gloria
  • Goodman, Alice
  • Gordon, Jaimy
  • Gorham, Sarah
  • Graham, Matthew
  • Graves, Neil
  • Greiner, George M.
  • Grennan, Eamon
  • Gresser, Seymour
  • Grossman, Richard
  • Guitteau, Denise M.
  • Guracar, Genny Pilgrim
  • Hacker, Marilyn (1942- )
  • Hadas, Pamela White
  • Hagedorn, Jessica
  • Hall, Donald
  • Hall, Walter
  • Hammond, Karla M.
  • Hand, Carol
  • Hankla, Susan (1951- )
  • Harms, Valerie
  • Harris, Jana
  • Harris, John Stephen
  • Harris, Peter
  • Hart, Stephanie
  • Hartz, James
  • Haseman, Nancy
  • Hauptman, Terry
  • Hazzard, Shirley
  • Heath, William
  • Heller, Janet Ruth
  • Henigan, Robert
  • Henning, Barbara
  • Hermsen, Terry
  • Hoffman, Daniel S.
  • Hollander, John (1929- )
  • Hoover, Paul
  • Horovitz, Israel
  • Howard, Lee
  • Howe, Lindsay
  • Hughes, Sophie
  • Inada, Lawson Fusao (1938- )
  • Inez, Colette (1931- )
  • Ingram, Alyce
  • Itzin, Charles F.
  • James, Sibyl
  • Janeway, Elizabeth
  • Jennings, Kate
  • Jiles, Paulette
  • Johnston, Mark
  • Jones, Patricia
  • Jordan, June
  • Joyce, William
  • Juhasz, Suzanne
  • Kaser, Karen
  • Katz-Levine, Judy
  • Kaufman, Shirley
  • Keister, D.S.
  • Keithley, George
  • Kelley, Shannon Keith
  • Kelly, Dave
  • Kempher, Ruth Moon
  • Kendrick, Dolores
  • Kennedy, Joseph (1929- )
  • Kenny, Maurice
  • Kent, Allison
  • Kertesz, Louise
  • Kidd, Virginia
  • Kizer, Carolyn A. (1925- )
  • Knutson, Nancy Roxbury
  • Komunyakaa, Yusef
  • Konecky, Edith
  • Konig, Hans
  • Koolish, Lynda
  • Kornfeld, Anita Clay
  • Kostelanetz, Richard (1940- )
  • Kramer, Laura
  • Kreigel, Phyllis
  • Krysl, Marilyn
  • Kuhner, Herbert
  • Ladwig, Jo
  • Lance, Jeanne L.
  • Lane, Mary
  • Laughlin, James (1914- )
  • Lazer, Hank
  • Leach, Peter
  • LeGuin, Ursula Kroeber (1929- )
  • Lehmann-Haupt, Alexander
  • Lense, Edward
  • Levine, Miriam
  • Levis, Lawrence
  • Levitsky, Melissa
  • Lewis, Carolyn
  • Lewis, J. Patrick
  • Libbey, Elizabeth
  • Lieberman, Laurence
  • Lish, Gordon
  • Liss, Jonathan David
  • Literature--Periodicals
  • Loftin, William
  • Lowe, Lisa
  • Loy, Willis
  • Ludvigson, Susan
  • Luria-Sukenick, Lynn
  • Lux, Thomas
  • MacArthur, Mary
  • Macauley, Robie
  • Magorian, James
  • Maisel, Carolyn
  • Major, Clarence
  • Malinowitz, Michael
  • Mallison, R. Elise
  • Maltz, Kris Larson
  • Mank, Christine
  • Marie, Janet
  • Marks, Susan B.
  • Mathieu-Grace, Lois
  • Mathis, Dennis
  • McAfee, James Thomas (1928-1982)
  • McAnally, Mary
  • McBride, Elizabeth
  • McClure, Joyce A.
  • McCorkle, James
  • McCurdy, Michael
  • McFerren, Martha
  • McGinn, Judy
  • McHugh, Hector
  • McKee, Jo
  • McNarie, Susan Decker
  • Meek, Jay
  • Meister, Shirley Vogler
  • Mitcham, Carl
  • Mitchell, Karen L.
  • Molina, Zureida
  • Moore, Kendra
  • Moose, Ruth
  • Mootry, Maria K.
  • Morgan, Speer
  • Morin, Edward
  • Moss, John W.
  • Ms.
  • Mueller, Lisel
  • Mullen, Harryette
  • Murata, Leigh
  • Murray, G.E. (Jerry)
  • Nagai-Rothe, Tomi
  • Nasio, Brenda
  • Nations, Opal Louis
  • Neilen, Deirdre C.
  • Nelson, Barry
  • Nelson-Cave, Wendy
  • Nepo, Mark
  • Nims, John Frederick
  • Norris, Gunilla
  • North, Susan
  • Ochester, Edwin F. (1936- )
  • Older, Julia
  • Olds, Sharon
  • Oliver, Charles M. (Tod)
  • Oliver, Merrill
  • Open Places
  • Opengart, Bea Carol
  • Ostriker, Alicia
  • Overton, Ronald
  • Owen, Maureen
  • Owens, Rochelle
  • Ozick, Cynthia
  • Painter, Charlotte
  • Painter, Pamela
  • Palmer, Phoebe
  • Pankey, Eric
  • Parody, Rex
  • Parson, Thomas
  • Pastan, Linda
  • Pau-Llosa, Ricardo (1954- )
  • Paulsen, Kathryn
  • Peckenpaugh, Angela
  • Peden, Margaret Sayers
  • Peden, William H. (1913- )
  • Peich, Michael
  • Penner, Jonathan
  • Perera, Padma
  • Petrie, Donna
  • Phillips, Jayne Anne
  • Piercy, Marge (1936- )
  • Pierman, Carol J.
  • Plymell, Charles (1935- )
  • Poetry, Periodicals
  • Ponsot, Marie
  • Powers, Arthur
  • Pursifull, Deborah
  • Quarto Marketing Limited, New York, New York
  • Quayle, Louise
  • Rachel, Naomi
  • Radin, Doris
  • Ragosta, Raymond
  • Raiziss, Sonia
  • Rakosi, Carl
  • Ralston, Patricia L.
  • Randall, Dudley
  • Randall, Margaret
  • Ray, Judy
  • Rea, Susan Irene
  • Rector, Liam
  • Rees, Elizabeth
  • Rent, Clyda S.
  • Rivera, Louis Reyes
  • Robins, Natalie S.
  • Robinson, Leonard Wallace
  • Romtvedt, David
  • Rondette, Jacob
  • Rosen, Michael J.
  • Rosenthal, M.L.
  • Rubin, Larry
  • Rudnik, Raphael
  • Rudy, Dorothy L.
  • Russell, Carol Ann
  • Russell, Moses
  • Russell, Norman H.
  • Rutsala, Vern
  • Sakellariou, Becky Dennison
  • Salisbury, Linda
  • Sallis, James
  • Saner, Reginald
  • Schechter, Robert S.
  • Schevill, James
  • Schreiber, Ronald
  • Schub, Phyllis
  • Schulman, Grace
  • Schultz, Robert M.
  • Seator, Lynette
  • Secor, Cynthia
  • Seetch, Beth
  • Selman, Robyn
  • Selvaggio, Marc
  • Shaw, Janet Beeler
  • Shaw, Richard O.
  • Shelley, Pat
  • Shiffert, Edith M.
  • Silbert, Layle
  • Simic, Charles
  • Simmerman, James
  • Simon, Marjorie
  • Simoncelli, Rick
  • Sklar, Morty
  • Slate, Ron
  • Slavitt, David R.
  • Sleadd, Michael
  • Small, John
  • Smith, Gary
  • Smith, Winn
  • Solheim, James
  • Soniat, Katherine
  • Sontag, Ned
  • Soto, Gary
  • Southwick, Marcia
  • Spence, Michael
  • Spencer, Elizabeth
  • Spires, Elizabeth
  • Spivack, Kathleen
  • Sprinkle, Mary Ann
  • Squire, Charles
  • St. Andrews, Bonnie A.
  • St. John, David
  • Staekel, Ilene Mala
  • Stafford, William
  • Stanton, Maura
  • Stein, Agnes
  • Stein, George P.
  • Stein, Hadassah
  • Stephens, Dorothy
  • Stephens, Jack
  • Stessel, Harry
  • Stevenson, Richard
  • Stewart, Pamela
  • Stone, Arlene
  • Stowell, Phyllis
  • Stryk, Daniel
  • Stryk, Lucien
  • Stuart, Dabney
  • Summers, Anthony J.
  • Summers, Pamela
  • Swander, Mary
  • Swann, Brian
  • Swann, Roberta Metz
  • Sweig, Heidi
  • Swords, Betty
  • Sykes, Michael
  • Talese, Nan A.
  • Terry, Megan
  • Thomas, Joyce Carol
  • Torgersen, Eric
  • Travis, Beverly
  • Trimble, Lara G.
  • Tudor, Stephen
  • Ullman, Leslie
  • Urdang, Constance
  • Vaeth, Kim
  • Valenzuela, Luisa
  • Van Spanckeren, Kathryn
  • Vandersee, Charles
  • Victorin, Annetto
  • Wakefield, John
  • Waldrop, Keith
  • Waldrop, Rosmarie
  • Walker, Nancy
  • Walker, Susan
  • Wallace, Robert
  • Wallenstein, Barry
  • Ward, Jerry W., Jr.
  • Warshawski, Morris
  • Waters, Chocolate
  • Watson, Ellen
  • Weatherford-Harper, Alice
  • Weissman, Perry A.
  • White, Sarah
  • Wickless, Robert
  • Wilder, Rex
  • Wilk, David
  • Wilkinson, Robert
  • Willey, Edward
  • Williams, John A.
  • Williams, Jonathan
  • Wilson, Amy S.
  • Wilson, Robert
  • Winik, Marion
  • Wolff, Daniel
  • Wong, Nellie
  • Wright, Carolyne
  • Wright, Charles
  • Yates, J. Michael (1938- )
  • Youmans, Marlene
  • Zavrian, Suzanne Ostro
  • Zeiger, Lila L.
  • Zulauf, Sander W.