Guide to the David C. Walker Papers, 1964-1980
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David C. Walker Papers, George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections & Archives, Bowdoin College Library, Brunswick, Maine.
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David Walker (Bowdoin 1964), a poet, was born in Damariscotta, Maine, October 13, 1942. He married Mary McCarthy Walker on June 14, 1964, and they had a daughter, Emma. Walker received the 1st annual award of the Virginia Commonwealth University Series for Contemporary Poetry (1975), and was named Poetry Scholar at the Breadloaf Writers conference (1972). Walker was a feature writer for the Maine Sunday Telegram, and various journals, and is the author of three books of poetry, including Moving Out (1976), Holding Patterns (1980). More information is available through the Walker Papers.
The David C. Walker Papers contain letters from Walker to Louis Coxe (1964-80); typescripts, photocopies, and clippings of poetry (1962-81); manuscripts for Moving Out and Holding Patterns; and ephemera.
Correspondence, 1964-1967
Correspondence, 1968-1970
Correspondence, 1971-1973
Correspondence, 1974
Correspondence, 1975
Correspondence, 1976
Correspondence, 1977-1978
Correspondence, 1979-1980, n.d.
Poems, typescripts and typescript carbons, A-C
Poems, typescripts and typescript carbons, D-F
Poems, typescripts and carbon typescripts, G-L
Poems, typescripts and carbon typescripts, M
Poems, typescripts and carbon typescripts, N-P
Poems, typescripts and carbon typescripts, R-S
Poems, typescripts and carbon typescripts, T-W
Poems, miscellaneous and fragments
Poems, typescript photocopies in numerical sequence, 44 p.
Walker's Moving Out, typescript photcopy, 89 p.
Printed Ephemera
David Walker Papers
David Walker Papers
Moving Out. Typescript, 89 p.
Drafts, 1962-1972
Holding Patterns, typescript photocopy, 73 p.
Book: Drafts of 1974 rev.