Larry Eigner papers (Ms. 79.10)

The first series of the collection contains the poetry of Larry Eigner, acclaimed by such writers as William Carlos Williams, Denise Levertov and Robert Duncan. It consists of a series of poetry manuscripts spanning two of Eigner's most productive decades, and includes three poetry collections filed separately containing: a publisher's proof of "From the Sustaining Air" "All the bones are white" and "The -/Towards Autumn". Only fifteen of the poems are original manuscripts, although many of the carbons and photocopies have Eigner's handwritten notes and corrections on them.

The second series of this collection is composed of the correspondence between Eigner and Felix Stephanile, Bill Thomas, John Martin and James Weil. The subject matter of these letters covers a number of topics, including: Eigner's view on his own, and contemporary poetry, discussion of the then current literary magazines, an Eigner edition of Sparrow, and Eigner's views of his father's illness and death

The third and final series in this collection consists of miscellaneous items, including a post card with Eigner's poem "running around" printed on it; the Penny Poem Sheet no. 4 which contains Eigner's poems, "I sit still, as philosophers do, I guess," and "same thing" and Sparrow 4, the publication which Eigner and Stephanile discuss in their correspondence.