MsC 417

Manuscript Register

PAPERS OF JOHN F. GILGUN

Collection Dates: 1948 -- 1992

(Bulk Dates: 1950s to 1970s)

4.5 linear ft.

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Iowa City, Iowa 52242-1420
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Posted to Internet: August 2002

Addenda: 1989, 1993

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Biographical Note

Poet and author, John Gilgun received his B.A. from Boston University in 1957. That same year he was accepted into the Writers' Workshop at the University of Iowa. He completed his M.A. there in two years. Gilgun's first teaching position was at the University of Indiana in Kokomo. He next taught at Clarkson College (1962 -- 1963) and from there moved to Drake University (1964 -- 1968). Gilgun returned to the University of Iowa in 1969 and earned both a MFA and a Ph.D. After finishing his graduate studies in 1972, he joined the faculty of Missouri Western State University. John Gilgun's published works include Music I Never Dreamed Of and Everything That Has Been Shall Be Again.

Box List

Box 1

Diaries, 1948 -- 1950

Typewritten Journal, summer 1951 -- January 27, 1954

Diaries, May 25, 1953 -- November 23, 1958

Box 2

Short Stories, 1953 -- 1959:

"Nostalgia" (3 versions)

"No Trophies of the Sun"

"Before Breakfast"

"Two Moderns in a Cruel Month"

"And Thou Beside Me Singing" (2 versions)

"Appalachian Spring"

"Jason"

Untitled story

"But Don't Bring Lulu"

"The King, My Father"

"Sad Duality"

"Maud"

Poetry, 1959, "nonesuch: or: somesuch:"

Section of In a Yellow Wood, which won a Saxton Grant

Articles and essays written for the Daily Iowan and Iowa Defender; personal clippings, 1960 -- 1962

Correspondence, 1962 -- 1966, 1977

Box 3

Manuscript copy of In a Yellow Wood

Box 4

Manuscript copy of In a Yellow Wood

December 26,1958 -- March 27, 1961

April 6, 1964 -- February 3, 1968

October 1968 -- March 18, 1970

Box 5

Journals and Notebooks:

1. November 8, 1970. "Angostura"

2. December 23, 1970 -- March 6, 1971. "Buckeen"

3. March 11, 1971 -- May 12, 1971. "Cquypt"

4. May 29, 1971 -- June 12, 1971. "Dukhobors"

5. July 12, 1971 -- August 9, 1971. "Everard"

6. August 9, 1971 -- September 3, 1971. "Fascia"

7. September 6, 1971 -- September 14, 1971. "Gilgamesh"

8. September 16, 1971 -- October 7, 1971. "Harlequin"

9. October 9, 1971 -- October 21, 1971. "Isis"

10. October 27, 1971 -- November 20, 1971

11. November 20, 1971 -- December 4, 1971

Box 6

Journals and Notebooks, continued :

12. December 5, 1971 -- December 21, 1971. "Lacedaemon"

December 21, 1971 -- December 31, 1971

13. December 28, 1971 -- January 6, 1972

14. January 1972. "Nepenthe"

15. January 6, 1972 -- March 9, 1972

16. March 9, 1972 -- April 13, 1972. "Passing Bell"

17. April 15, 1972 -- April 28, 1972. "Quercetin"

18. April 30, 1972 -- June 2, 1972. "Rattlesnake"

19. June 2, 1972 -- June 24, 1972. "Sebastian"

20. June 26, 1972 -- July 14, 1972. "Toby"

21. August 4, 1972 -- August 27, 1972. "Ubermensch"

22. September 5, 1972 -- September 26, 1972. "Valois"

23. September 29, 1972 -- October 16, 1972. "Wyvern"

24. October 21, 1972 -- November 9, 1972. "Xanthic"

Box 7

Journals and Notebooks, continued:

25. November l9, 1972 -- December 18, 1972. "Yalu"

26. December 21, 1972 -- February 1, 1973. "Zaragoza"

27. February 13, 1973 -- March 9, 1973. "Aaron"

28. March 12, 1973 -- April 3, 1973. "Bulbul"

29. April 4, 1973 -- May 5, 1973. "Cichlid"

30. May 5, 1973 -- June 2, 1973. "Dado"

31. Summer, 1973. "Eelpuout"

32. September 16, 1973 -- November 6, 1973. "Fafnir"

33. Winter, 1973. "Gauge"

34. January 7, 1974 -- March 22, 1974. "Hejaz"

Box 8

1989 Addendum

Correspondence between Gilgun and Carl Morse:

1952 -- 1953

1954 -- 1955

January -- July 1956

August -- December 1956

1957 -- 1958

1959 -- 1979

1980 -- 1984

Box 9

Magazines with contributions by Gilgun:

Amethyst, No. 6 (Summer 1990)

Chiron Review, Vol. 10, No. 3 (Autumn 1991)

Last Creek Letters (Spring 1991)

Soundings, Journal of the Living Arts, Vol. 3, Nos. 1 and 3 (1991), Vol. 4, No. 1 (1992)

Northwest Gay & Lesbian Reader, Vol. 3, No. 5 (September/ October 1991)

1993 Addendum

Advertising for books

Clippings, undated, 1981, 1982, 1991

Correspondence 1989 -- 1991, including a letter from Curtis Harnack

Music I Never Dream Of. Interviews and reviews, 1990 -- 1992

Speeches, Awards, and Programs, 1991


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