John Macker Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-2023-02-23
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of personal and professional papers relating to the literary and academic career of John Macker. The collection includes personal journals, original manuscripts, photographs, interviews, copies of published works, broadsides and correspondence. The collection is currently unprocessed; please consult with CSWR reference staff with questions and for access.
A preliminary collection inventory is as follows: Box 1: books, broadsides, original manuscripts, a two-page autobiography detailing publications and awards and a two-page list of Books and Broadsides, 1983-2022; Box 2: copies of literary magazines, journals and anthologies with contributions from John Macker, 1983-2020; Box 3: copies of literary magazines, journals and anthologies with contributions from John Macker, 1983-2020; Box 4: binders (individually labeled), poetry broadsides, posters, photos, publicity, one folder of correspondence with poet John Knoll; Box 5: five audio cassettes of interviews with Venice West poet Tony Scibella (1985 and 1987) and journals edited and published by John Macker, including “Retirement Poems” by Tony Scibella; Box 6: Personal Journals, 1983-2019; Box 7: Personal Journals, 1983-2019.
A preliminary collection inventory is as follows: Box 1: books, broadsides, original manuscripts, a two-page autobiography detailing publications and awards and a two-page list of Books and Broadsides, 1983-2022; Box 2: copies of literary magazines, journals and anthologies with contributions from John Macker, 1983-2020; Box 3: copies of literary magazines, journals and anthologies with contributions from John Macker, 1983-2020; Box 4: binders (individually labeled), poetry broadsides, posters, photos, publicity, one folder of correspondence with poet John Knoll; Box 5: five audio cassettes of interviews with Venice West poet Tony Scibella (1985 and 1987) and journals edited and published by John Macker, including “Retirement Poems” by Tony Scibella; Box 6: Personal Journals, 1983-2019; Box 7: Personal Journals, 1983-2019.
Dates
- 1983 - 2020
Access Restrictions
The collection is open for research.
Biographical / Historical
Originally from Colorado, award-winning poet, playwright, essayist, editor, journalist and teacher John Macker resides in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Macker studied at the University of Missouri and Naropa Institute at the Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics, Boulder, Colorado. His fiction, prose, poetry and plays have been widely published and performed and have received such recognition as a New Mexico-Arizona Book Award, a Colorado Council on the Arts grant and two nominations for Pushcart Small Press Prizes. John Macker is also Vice-President of the Frank Waters Foundation, Taos, New Mexico.
Extent
7 Boxes
Language of Materials
English
Physical Location
The collection is shelved on B3-3A.
- Title
- Finding Aid of the
- Status
- In Progress
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the UNM Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections Repository
Contact:
University of New Mexico Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections
University Libraries, MSC05 3020
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque NM 87131
505-277-6451
University of New Mexico Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections
University Libraries, MSC05 3020
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque NM 87131
505-277-6451