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Title: The Papers of Joseph Langland, 1930-2004

ID: LCA/RG15/Langland, J

Primary Creator: Langland, Joseph (1917-2007)

Extent: 20.9 Linear Feet. More info below.

Arrangement:

This collection is arranged into twelve series:

Series I, Correspondence;

Series II, Publications;

Series III, Writings About Joseph Langland;

Series IV, Personal Papers;

Series V, Appearances;

Series VI, Poetry Not by Joseph Langland;

Series VII, Photography;

Series VIII, Art;

Series IX, Education; Class/School;

Series X, Albums;

Series XI, Indexes on Notecards;

Series XII, Realia; and

Series XIII, Audio Visual.

Languages: English

Abstract

A collection of personal and professional materials dating 1930-2004 relating to the life and career of poet Joseph Langland.

Scope and Contents of the Materials

Documentation consists of books of poetry written by Joseph Langland; misc papers. This collection contains information relating to Joseph Langland's personal and professional life as a nationally-known Norwegian-American poet. Materials include correspondence, compositions, biographical information, personal papers, appearances, related poetry, photograph, educator materials, scrapbook albums, indices, realia, and audiovisual items. A very small portion of this collection contains slides of art by Judith Langland, Joseph's wife. The entire collection covers the dates 1930-2004.

Biographical Note

Joseph Thomas Langland, a nationally known Norwegian-American poet, was born in Spring Grove, Minnesota on February 16, 1917. Langland’s parents, Charles M. Langland and Clara Elizabeth (Hille), raised him and his eight siblings in northeastern Iowa on the family’s general farm which had been homesteaded by his grandfather in 1877. Langland attended rural schools, Santa Ana College of California and the University of Iowa. In 1940, Langland was awarded his BA from the University of Iowa; a year later the same institute presented him with his MA.

Joseph Langland married Judith Gail Wood on June 26, 1943. The couple had three children: Joseph Thomas Jr., 1946; Elizabeth, 1948; and Paul, 1951.

Joseph Langland served in the U.S. Infantry for four years from 1942-1946. Two of these years were spent in Europe during WWII. He was near the Elbe River when Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt’s death was announced, and in Weimar on V.E. Day. After the combat had ended Langland spent several months with the Military Government in Bavaria. Langland was with a detail who liberated the Concentration Camp at Buchenwald. It was during the war years that Langland published his first collections of poems; For Harold (1945) for his younger brother who was killed in action in the Philippines. While in the Army, Langland worked his way up from the rank of Private to Captain.

Joseph Langland spent 1941-1942 as an instructor of English at Dana College, Nebraska. From 1946-1948 he was a part-time instructor at the University of Iowa. Working as an assistant professor and later associate professor, Langland spent 1948-1959 at the University of Wyoming. He then moved to the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, where he served as a faculty member from 1959-1979, Professor of English, 1964-1979 and Professor Emeritus 1979-present. While at U. Mass. Langland also served as the Director of the Masters of Fine Arts program in writing from 1964-1970, 1978-1979. Besides his normal teaching duties Langland traveled as a guest lecturer to the University of British Columbia, University of Washington, and San Francisco State University. He received an honorary doctorate from Luther College in 1974.

Joseph Langland was a distinguished, published poet and author. Published works include: Poems For Harold (1945), The Green Town (1956), The Wheel of Summer (1963) 2 nd edition (1966), An Interview and Fourteen Poems (1973), The Sacrifice Poems (1975), Any Body’s Song (National Poetry Series) (1980), A Dream of Love (A poem with etchings) (1986), Twelve Preludes and Postludes (1988), Selected Poems (1991) 2 nd edition (1992). Langland co-edited Poet’s Choice with Paul Engel(1962), The Short Story (1956); and co-translated Poetry From the Russian Underground (1973). Joseph Langland was awarded the 1953-1954 Ford Fellowship in Humanities, Harvard-Columbia Universities; the Amy Lowell Poetry Fellowship in Poetry 1966-1967; the Melville Cane Prize-Poetry, Poetry Society of America 1964; and was named a Living Art Treasure in Literature for the New England Arts Biennial 1985.

He died April 9, 2007 at his home in New Rochelle, NY at the age of 90.

Administrative Information

Repository: Luther College Archives

Alternate Extent Statement: 38 boxes

Use Restrictions: Though we may hold the property rights, Luther College Archives does not hold the copyrights for all materials. Individuals may use materials for non-commercial, private use, but commercial users must secure permissions from the copyright holders and/or Luther College Archives to reproduce, publish, or quote protected materials and photographs. For more information about the Luther College copyright and fair use policy, please visit https://www.luther.edu/library/copyright

Acquisition Method: The collection was collected and maintained by Joseph Langland. Materials were donated to the Luther College Archives by Joseph Langland.

Preferred Citation: Cite unpublished materials: Joseph Langland Papers, RG15 Manuscripts, Luther College Archives, Decorah, Iowa

Finding Aid Revision History:

Original finding aid written during the 1990s. Formatted for Archon July 2012.

6/10/24: Abby Bates updated copyright policy link.

11/20/19: EC updated the preferred citation.

Box and Folder Listing

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[Series 1: Correspondence, 1930-1959],
[Series 2: Publications by Joseph Langland],
[Series 3: Writings about Joseph Langland],
[Series 4: Personal Papers],
[Series 5: Appearances],
[Series 6: Poetry, not written by Joseph Langland],
[Series 7: Photography],
[Series 8: Art],
[Series 9: Education - Classes/School],
[Series 10: Albums],
[Series 11: Indexes on notecards],
[Series 12: Realia],
[Series 13: Oversized Materials],
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Series 1: Correspondence, 1930-1959

The first series, Correspondence, spans the years 1930-2003, and also contains some undated material. It includes letters to and from Joseph Langland, cards he received, as well as Business Correspondence with publishers and other poets, and letters of congratulation and appreciation from fans.

Box 1

Folder 1: Correspondence, 1930-1945
Folder 2: Correspondence, 1945-1949
Folder 3: Correspondence, 1950s

Box 2

Folder 1: Correspondence, 1960
Folder 2: Correspondence, 1961
Folder 3: Correspondence, 1962
Folder 4: Correspondence, 1963
Folder 5: Correspondence, 1963
Folder 6: Correspondence, 1964

Box 3

Folder 1: Correspondence, 1965
Folder 2: Correspondence, 1966
Folder 3: Correspondence, 1967
Folder 4: Correspondence, 1968
Folder 5: Correspondence, 1969

Box 4

Folder 1: Correspondence, 1970
Folder 2: Correspondence, 1971
Folder 3: Correspondence, 1972
Folder 4: Correspondence, 1973-1974
Folder 5: Correspondence, 1975-1979

Box 5

Folder 1: Correspondence, 1980-1984
Folder 2: Correspondence, 1985-1989
Folder 3: Correspondence, 1990-1994
Folder 4: Correspondence, 1995-1999
Folder 5: Correspondence, 2000-2004
Folder 6: Correspondence, undated
Folder 7: unsent postcards, undated

Series 2: Publications by Joseph Langland

Series II contains items related to the numerous Publications (by Joseph Langland). This includes drafts of all of Joseph Langland’s poems including many first drafts. Manuscript copies of many of Langland’s books are also included. Some of these Manuscripts are made by Langland himself. This series also includes scores of all of Joseph Langland’s poems that have been set to music by either himself or other composers. Lastly, this series has copies of articles and critiques by Langland, interviews with him, and unfinished or unpublished works of his.

Box 6: Poems

Folder 1: A - G
Folder 2: H - P
Folder 3: Q - Z
Folder 4: Untitled
Folder 5: First Drafts
Folder 6: Poetry From the Russian Underground

Box 7: Manuscripts

Folder 1: "Anybody's Song" Manuscript, 1979
Folder 2: "Anybody's Song" Manuscript, 1980
Folder 3: Submission Copy of "Anybody's Song", 1979
Folder 4: "Anybody's Song" Bound Copy, 1979
Folder 5: Photocopies from "Any Body's Song", n.d.

Box 8: Manuscripts

Folder 1: "Contemporary Poems in English; 1945 - Present"

Box 9: Manuscripts

Folder 1: "Hans"
Folder 2: "Poems From the Russian Underground

Box 10: Manuscripts

Folder 1: "Selected Poems: Second Draft", 1980
Folder 2: "Selected Poems: Final Draft", 1981, n.d.
Folder 3: "Songs, Lyrics and Half-Songs", n.d.
Folder 4: "Selected Poems" Manuscript, 1990
Folder 5: "Songs, Lyrics, and Half-Songs", n.d.
Folder 6: "Selected Poems" Photocopies, n.d.

Box 11: Manuscripts

Folder 1: Manuscript of "The Wheel of Summer", ca. 1963
Folder 2: Three Untitled Manuscripts, Including Works by Jeffers and Book Descriptions, n.d.
Folder 3: Working Manuscript of "Poems with Preludes and Postludes", ca. 1988
Folder 4: "Deeper Music" MS Poems Ages 10-19, n.d.
Folder 5: "A Little Homily" Manuscript, Photocopies, ca. 1960
Folder 6: "Robert Francis Collected Poems 1936-1976" Manuscript, ca. 1976
Item 1: Bound Manuscript of "The Short Story", ca. 1955

Box 12: Manuscripts

Item 1: Untitled, bound manuscript
Item 2: Untitled, bound manuscript
Item 3: Untitled, bound manuscript
Item 4: Untitled, bound manuscript

Box 13: Music Scores

Folder 1: "All the Lovers You Ever Knew" - Patricia King / Joseph Langland
Folder 2: "The Amalfi Grotto" - Patricia King / Joseph Langland
Folder 3: "Ballad in a Summer Season" - Gerald Ginsburg / Joseph Langland
Folder 4: "Barcarole for Shira" - Robert Stern / Joseph Langland
Folder 5: "Buchenwald, Near Weimar" - Patricia King / Joseph Langland
Folder 6: "Come Up From the Valley, Children" - Morton Gould / Joseph Langland
Folder 7: "The Fallen Snow" - Danby L. M. / Joseph Langland
Folder 8: "Four Songs By Joseph Langland" - Patricia King / Joseph Langland
Folder 9: "The Friendly Beasts" - Joseph Langland
Folder 10: "A Hiroshima Lullaby" - Patricia King / Joseph Langland
Folder 11: "Hello Song" - Morton Gould / Joseph Langland
Folder 12: "In the Shell of the Ear" - Charles Bestor / Joseph Langland
Folder 13: "Loveliest of Trees" - A. E. Housman / Joseph Langland
Folder 14: "Morning, Noon, Evening" - Philip Berganson / Joseph Langland
Folder 15: "Recollections of Octobers" - Charles Smith / Joseph Langland
Folder 16: "The Seafarer" - Robert Stern / Joseph Langland
Folder 17: "Seven Song Settings" - Gerald Ginsburg, Patricia King / Joseph Langland
Folder 18: "Song at Evening" - Gerald Ginsburg / Joseph Langland
Folder 19: "War"- Gerhard Krapf / Joseph Langland

Box 14: Poets' Choice

Folder 1: Permission Lists - Contributors
Folder 2: "Poets' Choice" Biographies
Folder 3: Preface Drafts
Folder 4: "Poets' Choice" Bills/Expenses
Folder 5: "Poets' Choice" TIME Reading Program
Folder 6: "Poets' Choice"
Folder 7: Poets' Correspondence on "Poets' Choice" Project
Folder 8: "Poets' Choice" Royalties and Contracts
Folder 9: Chronological List of Poets in Poet's Choice, 1962
Folder 10: Preface of Poet's Choice, 1962
Folder 11: Poems in Poet's Choice, 1962

Box 15

Folder 1: "Russian Underground Poetry" - Dial Press
Folder 2: "Wheel of Summer"
Folder 3: "Kent State Memorial Poem"
Folder 4: "The Wheel of Summer" Royalties/Contracts
Folder 5: Holt, Rinehart, Winston Correspondence
Folder 6: Memoir, University of Iowa
Folder 7: Adlai Stevenson - Stone Wall Press
Folder 8: "Anthology" - Holt, Reinhart, Winston
Folder 9: Critiques
Folder 10: The Sacrifice Poems
Folder 11: Writings on William Butler Yeats
Folder 12: Articles on Poetry by Joseph Langland / Interviews w/ Joseph Langland
Folder 13: The Dorothy Taubman School of Piano and Amherst Music Festival, July 1982
Folder 14: Poems to a Listener - WFCR, ca. 1980
Folder 15: Untitled Poem, n.d.

Box 16: Oversized Poems and Portrait, undated

Item 1: The Soul Hears Its Country Childhood Singing Near the Edge of Town, undated
Item 2: The Amalfi Grotto, undated
Item 3: The Church Bell, undated
Item 4: Windflower Songs: For Harvey, undated
Item 5: Libertyville, undated
Item 6: Woodcut of Joe Langland, 1977

Box 29: Publications with Introductions and Essays, 1943-1998

Item 1: "The Sower", Spring 1942
Item 2: "Splinters of Bone: Poems by Mahmoud Darweesh", 1974
Item 3: "Splinters of Bone: Poems by Mahmoud Darweesh", 1974
Item 4: "Splinters of Bone: Poems by Mahmoud Darweesh", 1974
Item 5: "Struga: International Poetry Review" Volume III Number 3, 1993
Item 6: "Custer Battlefield", 1969
Item 7: "Anna Akhmatova Requiem: Poems Adapted by Joseph Langland", 1969
Item 8: WFCR 88.5 FM Program Guide, 1972
Item 9: "From Music and 'Wise Speech' Toward Music and Poems", 1982
Item 10: "Poems in Progress", 1964
Item 11: "Poems by Hugh MacDiarmid and Norman MacCaig" Volume III Number 1, 1967
Item 12: "Baskin", 1959
Item 13: "Poems in Pamphlet", 1952
Item 14: "Short Fiction: A Critical Collection", 1969
Item 15: "Astronauts of Inner-Space: An International Collection of Avant-Garde Activity", 1966
Item 16: "The Sower", Spring 1942
Item 17: "A Camera Trip Through Camp Wolters"
Item 18: "Archibald MacLeish", Winter 1982
Item 19: "Eight Poets", Summer 1964
Item 20: "What of the Iowa Poets?", 1941
Item 21: "Moderne Dansk Poesi", 1995
Item 22: "The Reaper", 1982
Item 23: "Keep Silence, But Speak Out" by Charlie Langton, 1998
Item 24: "Selected Poems" by Yvan Goll, 1968
Item 25: "Poems in Progress", Autumn 1964
Item 26: "Der Rosenkavalier (The Rose-Bearer)", 1943
Item 27: "London Magazine" Volume 6 Number 6, Summer 1966
Item 28: "Critical Quarterly" Vollume 8 Number 3, Autumn 1966
Item 29: "Translantic Review" Number 23, November 1966
Item 30: "Translantic Review" Number 22, Autumn 1966
Item 31: "Conversations with a Recent Past", 1975
Item 32: "The Dial Press, Inc.", Spring-Summer 1969
Item 33: "Bavarian Memories", 1945
Item 34: Homecoming Program, 1958
Item 35: "Eurospan", Autumn-Winter 1992
Item 36: "Abstracts of English Studies" Volume 11 Number 8, August 1959
Item 37: "The Paris Review" Volume 14 Number 53, Winter 1972
Item 38: "The Paris Review" Volume 13 Number 50, Fall 1970
Item 39: "The Paris Review" Volume 10 Number 39, Fall 1966
Item 40: "The Paris Review" Volume 10 Number 40, Winter-Spring 1967
Item 41: "The Paris Review" Volume 10 Number 37, Spring 1966
Item 42: "The Paris Review" Volume 11 Number 41, Summer-Fall 1967
Folder 1: "Poetry Pilot" Newsletters, 1968-1995
Folder 2: "The American Poetry Review" Premiere Issue Volume 1 Number 1, 1972
Folder 3: "The University of Massachusetts Press", Fall and Winter 1992-1993
Folder 4: "The Alumnus" Newspaper, February and March 1988
Folder 5: "The Detonator" from the Academy of American Poets, 1969
Item 43: "The Program in Creative Writing"
Item 44: "Agora: A Journal of Interdisciplinary Discourse", Fall 1993
Item 45: A Little Homily, 1960
Item 46: A Dream of Love, 1976
Item 47: Book of Russian Poetry
Item 48: For Harold, 1945
Item 49: Joseph Langland: An Interview and 14 Poems, 1973
Item 50: Deeper Music
Item 51: A Hiroshima Lullaby, 1991

Box 30: Periodicals and Anthologies with Joseph Langland Poems, 1945-1981

Item 1: "Robert Frost: A Biography" edited by Edward Connery Lathem, 1981
Item 2: "Mid Country: Writings from the Heart of America" edited by Lowry C. Wimberly, 1945
Item 3: "Mid Country: The Best Writings from the Heart of America" edited by Lowry C. Wimberly, 1945
Item 4: "The Massachusetts Review: A Centenary Gathering for Henry David Thoreau", Autumn, 1962
Item 5: "Anatomy of Reading" by Laura Hackett and Richard Williamson, 1970
Item 6: "Anatomy of Reading" by Laura Hackett and Richard Williamson, 1965
Item 7: "The Wind is Round" compiled by Sara Hannum and John Terry Chase, 1970
Item 8: "The Play Man Number One: Poems of Modern Man" compiled by Sarah Hannum and John Terry Chase, 1969
Item 9: "Thunderbolts", 1971
Item 10: "Poetry for Pleasure: The Hallmark Book of Poetry" selected by the Editors of Hallmark Cards, Incorporated, 1960
Item 11: "53 American Poets of Today" edited by Ruth Witt-Diamant and Rikutaro Fukuda, 1968
Item 12: "New World Writings: A Mentor Book" Number 11, 1957
Item 13: "New World Writings: A Mentor Book" Number 11, 1957
Item 14: "New World Writings: A Mentor Book" Number 11, 1957
Item 15: "Thoreau in Our Season" edited by John H. Hicks, 1962
Item 16: "The View from the Top of the Mountain: Poems After Sixty", 1981
Item 17: "The View from the Top of the Mountain: Poems After Sixty", 1981
Item 18: "The View from the Top of the Mountain: Poems After Sixty", 1981
Item 19: "A Country in the Mind" edited by Ray B. West, 1962
Item 20: "The Various Light: An Anthology of Modern Poetry in English" edited by Leah Bodine Drake and Charles Arthur Muses, 1964
Item 21: "Robert Frost: Complete Poems of Robert Frost", 1949
Item 22: "Shenandoah: The Washington and Lee University Review" Volume XXI Number 3, 1970
Item 23: "Robert Frost: A Living Voice" by Reginald L. Cook, 1974
Item 24: "Robert Frost: The Early Years, 1874-1915" by Lawrence Thompson, 1966
Item 25: "Willmore City" Issue 6 and 7, 1978
Item 26: "The Massachusetts Review: For Archibald MacLeish"
Item 27: "The Massachusetts Review: For Archibald MacLeish"
Item 28: "The Massachusetts Review: For Archibald MacLeish"
Item 29: "The Massachusetts Review", 1960
Item 30: "The Massachusetts Review", 1977
Item 31: "The Massachusetts Review", 1977
Item 32: "What is that Country Standing Inside You: A Bicentennial Anthology of Contemporary American Poetry" edited by James R. Scrimgeour, 1976
Item 33: "What is that Country Standing Inside You: A Bicentennial Anthology of Contemporary American Poetry" edited by James R. Scrimgeour, 1976
Item 34: "Annals of Iowa: A Historical Quarterly", 1976-77
Item 35: "Annals of Iowa" Volume 43 Number 7, 1977
Item 36: "Annals of Iowa" Volume 43 Number 7, 1977
Item 37: "Annals of Iowa" Volume 43 Number 7, 1977
Item 38: "Annals of Iowa" Volume 43 Number 7, 1977
Folder 1: "The Massachusetts Review" Photocopies, n.d.

Box 31: Periodicals and Anthologies with Joseph Langland Poems, 1935-2001

Item 1: "Accent: A Quarterly of New Literature" Volume XI Number 4, Autumn 1951
Item 2: "Chicago Review" Volume 16 Number 1, Winter-Spring 1963
Item 3: "Poetry Caravan", Spring 1937
Item 4: "Poetry Caravan", Summer 1937
Item 5: "Poetry Caravan", Autumn 1937
Item 6: "Poetry Caravan", Winter 1937-1938
Item 7: "Poetry Caravan", Spring 1938
Item 8: "Poetry Caravan", Autumn 1938
Item 9: "Poetry Caravan", Winter 1938-1939
Item 10: "Poetry Caravan", Spring 1939
Item 11: "Poetry Caravan", Summer 1939
Item 12: "Poetry Caravan", Autumn 1939
Item 13: "Poetry Caravan and Silhouettes", Winter 1939-1940
Item 14: "Poetry Caravan: Special Pilgrimage Issue", 1940
Item 15: "Poets of Today III", 1956
Item 16: "Any Body's Song: Poems by Joseph Langland" selected by Ann Stanford, 1980
Item 17: "The Chancellor's Lecture Series", 1978-1979
Item 18: "New Mexico Quarterly" Volume XXVII Number 3, Autumn 1957
Item 19: "The London Magazine" Volume 3 Number 8, August 1956
Item 20: "In the Poet's Hand", 1965
Item 21: "In the Poet's Hand", 1965
Item 22: "Quabbin: A Poetry Quarterly" Number 1, January 1970
Item 23: "In The Poet's Hand", 1965
Item 24: "A Valedictory Poem" by Robin Skelton, 1963
Item 25: "Poems by Hugh MacDiarmid and Norman MacCaig" Volume VIII, Winter 1967
Item 26: "Sage" Volume XI Number 1, Spring 1966
Item 27: "Sage" Volume XI Number 1, Spring 1966
Item 28: "Prism: A Magazine of Contemporary Writing" Volume 2 Number 1, Fall 1960
Item 29: "For Harold", Autumn 1945
Item 30: "For Harold", Autumn 1945
Item 31: "Quabbin" Number 1, 1970
Item 32: "The Hudson Review" Volume VIII Number 2, Summer 1955
Item 33: "Chappell's Vocal Library of Part Songs Arranged for Mixed Voices"
Item 34: "Chappell's Vocal Library of Part Songs Arranged for Mixed Voices"
Item 35: "Chappell's Vocal Library of Part Songs Arranged for Mixed Voices"
Item 36: "Smoke Signals", 1972
Item 37: "Tavern Post", February 1936
Item 38: "Tavern Post", June 1936
Item 39: "The Bard", Winter 1940
Item 40: "The Bard", Spring 1941
Item 41: "From a Curving Bowl", 1937
Item 42: "The Bard", Fall 1940
Item 43: "Poetry" Volume 89 Number 4, January 1957
Item 44: "The Bard", Summer 1939
Item 45: "Tavern Post", June 1935
Item 46: "Review" Volume 10 Number 1, Summer 1968
Item 47: "Sage: Adlai Stevenson: 1900-1965" Volume XI Number 1, Spring 1966
Item 48: "Northwest Review", Spring 1960
Item 49: "Northwest Review", Summer 1968
Item 50: "For Harold", Autumn 1945
Item 51: "Poetry Northwest" Volume II Number 1 and 2, Winter 1960-1961
Item 52: "Poetry Northwest" Volume II Number 1 and 2, Winter 1960-1961
Item 53: "Northwest Review", Summer 1968
Item 54: "Quabbin" Number 1, January 1970
Item 55: "Report of School and College Conference on English", 1971
Item 56: "The Chancellor's Lecture Series", 1978-1979
Item 57: "The Chancellor's Lecture Series", 1978-1979
Item 58: "The Chancellor's Lecture Series", 1978-1979
Item 59: "Robert Frost: The Years of Triumph, 1915-1938" by Lawrence Thompson, 1970
Item 60: "Robert Frost: The Later Years 1938-1963", 1976
Item 61: "The Short Story", 1956
Item 62: "The New Orleans Poetry Journal" Volume 3 Number 1, January 1957
Item 63: "The New Orleans Poetry Journal" Volume 1 Number 2, April 1955
Item 64: "The New Orleans Poetry Journal" Volume 1 Number 4, October 1955
Item 65: "The New Orleans Poetry Journal" Volume 1 Number 1, January 1955
Item 66: "The New Orleans Poetry Journal" Volume 2 Number 4, October 1956
Item 67: "Review" Volume 10 Number 1, Summer 1968
Item 68: "Northwest Review", Spring 1957
Item 69: "Northwest Review", Fall 1957
Item 70: "Poetry Northwest" Volume II Numbers 1 and 2, Winter 1960-1961
Item 71: "Listen: A Quarterly Review of Poetry and Criticism" edited by George Hartley, 1960
Item 72: "College Art Journal" Volume XVIII Number 2, Winter 1959
Item 73: "Poetry" Volume 84 Number 3, June 1954
Item 74: "Accent: A Quarterly of New Literature", Autumn 1951
Item 75: "Poet's Choice" edited by Paul Engle and Joseph Langland, 1962
Item 76: "For Harold" Draft, 1974
Item 77: "For Harold" Draft, 1974
Item 78: "In the Shell of the Ear and Other Poems by Joseph Langland", 1977
Item 79: "Paintbrush: A Journal of Poetry and Translation" Volume XXVI, 1999-2000
Item 80: "The Sacrifice Poems", 1963
Item 81: "The Sacrifice Poems", 1963
Item 82: "Iowans in the Arts", 1977
Item 83: "Poets of Today III", 1956
Item 84: "Poet's Choice" edited by Paul Engle and Joseph Langland, 1962
Item 85: "Poetry from the Russian Underground: A Bilingual Anthology", 1973
Item 86: "In the Shell of the Ear and Other Poems by Joseph Langland", 1977
Item 87: "Diner: A Journal of Poetry", 2001
Item 88: "The Poetry of Robert Frost", 1969
Item 89: "Diner: A Journal of Poetry", 2001
Item 90: "Joseph Langland Selected Poems"
Item 91: "The Wheel of Summer", 1963
Item 92: "The Wheel of Summer", 1963
Item 93: "A Dream of Love", 1984
Item 94: "A Dream of Love", 1984
Item 95: "Twelve Poems with Preludes and Postludes", 1988
Item 96: "Twelve Poems with Preludes and Postludes", 1988
Item 97: "Twelve Poems with Preludes and Postludes", 1988
Item 98: "Poems of Today III", 1956
Item 99: "Poems of Today III", 1956
Item 100: "An Interview and Fourteen Poems", 1973
Item 101: "Splinters of Bone: Poems by Mahmoud Darweesh", 1974
Item 102: "A Review", 1974
Item 103: "The Twenty Second Season of The Poetry Center", 1961
Item 104: "When You Put the Fire to the World", 1981
Folder 1: "Poets of Today III" Photocopies, n.d.

Box 32: Periodicals and Anthologies with Joseph Langland Poems, 1935-2001

Item 1: "International Who's Who in Poetry", 1972-1973
Item 2: "Growing Up in Iowa: Reminisces of 14 Iowa Authors", 1978
Item 3: "The Southern Review", Autumn 1965
Item 4: "Review" Volume 10 Number 1, Summer 1968
Item 5: "Sage: Adlai Stevenson 1900-1965" Volume XI Number 1, Spring 1966
Item 6: "Quest", 2000
Item 7: "Poetry Northwest" Volume 1 Number 2, Fall 1959
Item 8: "Abstracts of English Studies" Volume II Number 9, September 1959
Item 9: "The Sower", Spring 1942
Item 10: "Tavern Post" Volume 7 Number 1, March 1935
Item 11: "Chicago Review" Volume 16 Number 1, 1963
Item 12: "Poetry" Volume 101 Number 4, January 1963
Item 13: "Tavern Post" Volume 7 Number 1, March 1935
Item 14: "Summer Academy of Contemporary Arts", 1968
Item 15: "A Little Homily", 1960
Item 16: "Four Songs", 1980
Item 17: "The Sacrifice Poems", 1975
Item 18: "The Dial Press, Inc.", Spring-Summer 1968
Item 19: "Encounter: Peaceful Engagement", April 1965
Item 20: "Robert Frost: Poetry for Young People" edited Gary D. Schmidt, 1994
Item 21: "Robert Frost: A Pictorial Chronicle" by Kathleen Morrison, 1974
Item 22: "James Hendricks"
Item 23: "Poetry of Solitude: Edward Hopper's Drawings September 9 - October 15, 1995"
Item 24: "Dial '67", Fall 1967
Item 25: "Growing Up in the Midwest", 1981
Item 26: "Diner: A Journal of Poetry", 2001
Item 27: "Prairie Schooner" edited by Karl Shapiro, 1958-1959
Item 28: "Any Body's Song", 1980
Item 29: "Any Body's Song", 1980
Item 30: "Any Body's Song", 1980
Item 31: "Secular Devotions" by Francis Smith
Item 32: "American Artist", January 1960
Item 33: "Christmas Chimes" Volume XXI, 1941
Item 34: "The New Yorker", 7 March 1977
Item 35: "Paintbrush: A Journal of Poetry and Translation" Volume XXVI, 1999-2000
Item 36: "A Figure of Plain Force: Poems by Michael Heffernan", 1978
Item 37: "For Harold"
Folder 1: Various Poems, 1954-1970

Box 36: Contemporary Poetry in English and Russian Underground Poetry, 1971-1980

Folder 1: "Contemporary Poetry in English 1945-Present", n.d.
Folder 2: "Contemporary Poetry in English 1945-Present", n.d.
Folder 3: "Contemporary Poetry in English 1945-Present", n.d.
Folder 4: "Contemporary Poetry in English 1945-Present" Bound Book, 1980
Folder 5: "A Bilingual Anthology - Poetry from the Russian Underground", 1973
Folder 6: "Notes on Underground", 1971
Folder 7: Russian Underground Poems - "Requiem" by Anna Akhamatova Working Manuscript, n.d.
Folder 8: "Poetry from the Russian Underground" Includes Original Russian, 1973

Box 37: Periodicals and Anthologies with Joseph Langland Poems, 1936-1993

Item 1: "A Little Treasure of Modern Poetry" edited by Oscar Williams, 1970
Item 2: "The Creative Reader" by R.W. Stallman and R.E. Watters, 1962
Item 3: "The Creative Reader" by R.W. Stallman and R.E. Watters, 1962
Item 4: "Poetry" volume 111 number 6, March 1968
Item 5: "The Sewanee Review", Summer 1964
Item 6: "Writing at Wyoming", 1953
Item 7: "Poems in Progress", 1964
Item 8: "The German Sections of Vanity Fair and Other Studies by John K. Mathison", 1975
Item 9: "Landscape Presences: Daylight", n.d.
Item 10: "Four Songs" Set to Music by Patricia W. King, 1963-1980
Item 11: "Any Body's Song", 1980
Item 12: "Note from President Johnson and My Poem on Adlai Stevenson", 1965
Item 13: "While Listening to Music for the Piano and Writing Poetry", circa 1990s
Item 14: "Annals of Iowa" Third Series Volume 43 Number 7, Winter 1977
Item 15: "The Massachusetts Review" Volume I Number 2, 1960
Item 16: "The Massachusetts Review", Winter 1982
Item 17: "The Massachusetts Review", Summer 1975
Item 18: "The Massachusetts Review", Summer 1977
Item 19: "The Massachusetts Review", Winter 1970
Item 20: "Inheriting the Land: Contemporary Voices from the Midwest" edited by Mark Vinz and Thom Tammaro, 1993
Item 21: "Epoch" Volume XXIX Number 1, Fall 1979
Item 22: "Western Review" Volume 18, Summer 1954
Item 23: "The Iowa Writers' Workshop" by Stephen Wilbers, 1980
Item 24: "NIMROD: Old People, A Season of the Mind" edited by Francine Ringold Volume 20 Number 2, 1976
Item 25: "The Wheel of Summer" Draft, 1960
Item 26: "Poems to Eat" by Ishikawa Takuboku, 1993
Item 27: "Muse of Life: Approaches to Poetry" by H. Edward Richardson and Frederick B. Shroyer, 1971
Item 28: "Icarus: An Anthology of Literature" by John H. Bens and Douglas R. Baugh, 1970
Item 29: "Some Haystacks Don't Even Have Any Needle and Other Complete Modern Poems" compiled by Stephen Dunning, Edward Leuders and Hugh Smith, 1969
Item 30: "Poems: Wadsworth Handbook and Anthology", 1965
Item 31: "The Selected Poems of Emily Dickinson", 2000
Item 32: "Poetry" Volume 89 Number 6, March 1957
Item 33: "An Introduction to Poetry: The Real Imagination" by Admont Gulick Clark, 1972
Item 34: "First the Blade", 1936
Item 35: "Poetry and the Visual Arts" by D.G. Kehl, 1975
Item 36: "Inheriting the Land: Contemporary Voices from the Midwest" edited by Mark Vinz and Thom Tammaro, 1993
Item 37: "Out of This World: Poems from the Hawkeye State", 1975
Item 38: "Beyond Survival", 1971
Item 39: "Discovery and Recollection: An Anthology of Literary Types", 1970
Item 40: "Points of Light" by R.J. McMaster, 1971

Box 38: Periodicals and Anthologies with Joseph Langland Poems, 1951-1993

Item 1: "Poems for Remembering" edited by Gene Koehler, 1981
Item 2: "A Review" Volume VII, Amherst College, 1979
Item 3: "A Review" Volume VIII, Amherst College, 1980
Item 4: "Writing at Wyoming Spring", 1953
Item 5: "Writing at Wyoming Spring", 1952
Item 6: Uncorrected proof of "Anybody's Song", 1980
Item 7: "Selected Poems" by Joseph Langland, 1991
Item 8: "The Wheel of Summer", 1963
Item 9: "Poets of the Midwest Heartland" edited by Lucien Stryk, 1967
Item 10: "Poetry" Volume 111, no. 6, March 1968
Item 11: "Sage," University of Wyoming, Spring 1966
Item 12: "The New Orleans Poetry Journal" Volume 1, No. 2, April 1955
Item 13: "The New Orleans Poetry Journal" Volume 1, No. 2, April 1955
Item 14: "Paintbrush: A Journal of Poetry, Translations, and Letters" No. 3, Spring 1975
Item 15: "Midland: Twenty-five Years of Fiction and Poetry, selected from the Writing Workshops of the State University of Iowa" edited by Paul Engle, 1961
Item 16: "Midland: Twenty-five Years of Fiction and Poetry, selected from the Writing Workshops of the State University of Iowa" edited by Paul Engle, 1961
Item 17: "Northwest Review", University of Oregon, Summer 1968
Item 18: "Lynx" Volume 1, no. 1, 1972
Item 19: "La Carovana: Rassegna Bimestrale di Cultura", March-April 1964
Item 20: "La Carovana: Rassegna Bimestrale di Cultura", March-April 1964
Item 21: "Spectrum", University of Massachusetts, 1978
Item 22: "Poetry Northwest" Volume 1, No. 2, Fall 1950
Item 23: "Poetry Northwest" Volume 1, No. 2, Fall 1959
Item 24: "The Colorado Quarterly" Volume III, No. 3, Winter 1955
Item 25: "Literature as Art: A Reader", 1972
Item 26: "Nagyvilag", February 1961
Item 27: "New Poets of England and America" edited by Donald Hall, Robert Pack, and Louis Simpson, 1957
Item 28: "Poems of Protest Old and New" edited by Arnold Kenseth, 1968
Item 29: "The New Yorker Book of Poems", 1969
Item 30: "Words in Flight: An Introduction to Poetry", 1972
Item 31: "Reading Poetry" Second Edition, 1968
Item 32: "Old People, A Season of the Mind," "Nimrod" Volume 20, no. 2, Spring/Summer 1976
Item 33: "The German Sections of Vanity Fair: and Other Studies by John K Mathison" University of Wyoming, 1975
Item 34: "The German Sections of Vanity Fair: and Other Studies by John K Mathison" The University of Wyoming, 1975
Item 35: "Fine Frenzy: Enduring Themes in Poetry", 1972
Item 36: "Inheriting the Land: Contemporary Voices from the Midwest", 1993
Item 37: "The Insistent Present", 1970
Item 38: "Man: Alternatives of Experience", 1967
Item 39: "Interpretation: Writer, Reader, Audience" Second Edition, 1970
Item 40: "The Modern Poets: An American-British Anthology", 1963
Item 41: "A Love for God", 1960
Item 42: "When You Put Fire to the World" Peace Calendar, 1981
Item 43: "When You Put Fire to the World" Peace Calendar, 1981
Item 44: "Sage" Humanities review of the University of Wyoming Volume XI, No. 1, "Adlai Stevenson", Spring 1966
Item 45: "Springfield City Library Bulletin" Volume 91, No. 5, September 1972
Item 46: "6-60: A Magazine of Original Writing" University of Wyoming, 1951
Item 47: "6-60: A Magazine of Original Writing" University of Wyoming, 1951
Item 48: "Borestone Mountain Poetry Awards" Seventh Issue, 1955
Item 49: "Best Poems of 1963" Borestone Mountain Poetry Awards, 16th Issue, 1964
Item 50: "Best Poems of 1955" Borestone Mountain Poetry Awards 1956, Eighth Issue, 1957
Item 51: "Best Poems of 1963" Borestone Mountain Poetry Awards, Sixteenth Issue, 1964

Series 3: Writings about Joseph Langland

Closely related to Series II are the items in Series III: Writings About Joseph Langland. This series contains articles about Langland and his poetry as well as critiques of his work. Newspaper clippings relating to public appearances, family, his work, career, and involvement in WWII are all included in this series.

Box 15

Folder 16: Chicago Review "Poems and Mirrors" by: Ralph J. Mills Jr.
Folder 17: Comments on the poetry of Joseph Langland / Reviews
Folder 18: "The Writers Directory" - St. James Press
Folder 19: Poetry Reviews
Folder 20: "Who's Who in the East"
Folder 21: 195 Magazine, May 1963
Folder 22: "Another Viking Landing" from "Post-Bulletin," Rochester, MN, May 2000
Folder 23: "Paintbrush" Volume XXVI, 1999-2000
Item 1: The Cambridge Program for the High School Equivalency Examination, undated

Box 16: Publicity

Folder 1: Appearances
Folder 2: Family / Personal Life
Folder 3: Subject Files
Folder 4: Reviews of Langland's Work
Folder 5: Interviews and Articles by Joseph Langland
Folder 6: Teaching Career
Folder 7: WWII Newspaper Clippings
Folder 8: "Poets' Choice" Press Clippings Album
Folder 9: Notes from Conversations with Joseph Langland, 2002

Series 4: Personal Papers

The fourth series, Personal Papers, contains a variety of papers related to Joseph Langland’s life and family. A collection of Biographical handouts provides a detailed look at his life and works. Property information for the Langland home at 16 Morgan Circle, Amherst, Mass. and for Joseph Langland Jr.’s home are included. Royalty statements and copyright/permission forms are included. Lastly, information pertaining to Judith Langland’s memorial service can be found here.

Box 17

Folder 1: Biographical
Folder 2: Judith Langland Memorial Service
Folder 3: Waverly Theft records
Folder 4: Property Information, Joseph Langland Jr. (Joey
Folder 5: Joseph Langland Jr. (Joey) College Information
Folder 6: Rental Lease - 16 Morgan Circle, Amherst, Mass.
Folder 7: Royalty Statements
Folder 8: Charles Scribner's Sons and other publishers - Copyrights/Permissions
Folder 9: Correspondence, Notepads, Yearbook and Other Materials, 1960-1974

Box 33: Books Including Study and Reading Notes by Joseph Langland

Item 1: "The Collected Poetry of W. H. Auden", 1945
Item 2: "Five Great Dialogues" by Plato, 1942

Box 34: Books Including Study and Reading Notes by Joseph Langland

Item 1: "A Bough of Needles"
Item 2: "The Black Hawks Songs"
Item 3: "The Aeneid of Virgil"
Item 4: "The Illiad"
Item 5: "Babiyar"
Item 6: "Crime and Punishment"
Item 8: "Selected Poems"
Item 9: "The Black Hawk Songs"
Item 10: "Brief Oasis"
Item 11: "Past's Persisting"
Item 12: "The Creek"
Item 13: "The Creek"
Item 14: "Faust"
Item 15: "An Anthology of Greek Drama"
Item 17: "Collected Poems"

Series 5: Appearances

Series V, Appearances, covers the time that Joseph Langland was working as a professional poet. Flyers for Poetry Readings and Poetry tours are a prominent part of this collection. Besides this, though, are detailed records from various professional related trips around the country and world.

Box 18

Folder 1: Norway/Lapp Trip
Folder 2: China Trip, 1982
Folder 3: Amherst Humanities Panel/ Arts Council, 1975
Folder 4: Luther College Commencement, May 18-19, 1974
Folder 5: School College Conference on English - Barnard, NYC, 1970
Folder 6: Library of Congress Recording Laboratory, 1960
Folder 7: Florida Poetry Trip, 1971
Folder 8: West Coast Poetry Trip, March 1-12, 1972; 1977
Folder 9: Poetry Society of America
Folder 10: Recordings/Broadcasts
Folder 11: Wyoming Fine Arts Festival
Folder 12: Poetry Tours / Business Info.
Folder 13: Poetry Readings
Folder 14: March Moratorium Poetry Festival, 1970

Series 6: Poetry, not written by Joseph Langland

Poetry not by Joseph Langland can be found in Series VI. These are works that are meaningful to Joseph Langland either for subject matter or because of the author.

Box 19

Folder 1: Jon Klimo, n.d.
Folder 2: John Linthicum, n.d.
Folder 3: Mohmoud Darweesh, n.d.
Folder 4: Dmitry Bobyshev, 1981, n.d.
Folder 5: Mya Angelou, n.d.
Folder 6: Ann Stanford, n.d.
Folder 7: Various Poets, n.d.
Item 1: "The One-Eyed Gunner and Other Poems" by Robert Beloof, 1956, 1962
Item 2: "The Rough-Hewn Table" Poems by Henry Carlile, 1971

Series 7: Photography

Series VII contains Photography, are a collection of images related to Joseph Langland and his life. Spanning topics of his childhood, family, and time in WWII are most of this collection. Portraits of Joseph Langland can also be found here. There are also a series of photographs taken at the 1974 class in poetry at ‘Wheel of Summer’ in Highlandville, IA.

Box 20

Folder 1: Portraits
Folder 2: WWII
Folder 3: Misc.
Folder 4: Childhood
Folder 5: Class in Poetry at Wheel of Summer, Highlandville, IA, Summer 1974
Folder 6: Family

Series 8: Art

A few Art items are located in Series VIII. These are slides of Judith Langland’s work. Half the images are part of her 1966 Masters Degree Project. The other half are other paintings by Judith Langland throughout the years.

Box 20

Folder 7: Judith Langland Masters Project, 1966
Folder 8: Paintings of Judith Langland

Series 9: Education - Classes/School

Miscellaneous papers relating to Joseph Langland’s teaching career are in Series IX: Classes / Education. This includes syllabuses, assignment information, and instructor evaluation forms for the time Joseph Langland spent teaching in Massachusetts, Washington, Oregon, Wyoming, and elsewhere.

Box 21

Folder 1: MFA Students
Folder 2: Creative Writing 202-203
Folder 3: English 413; University of Washington, Fall 1964
Folder 4: Misc. University of Mass. Amherst
Folder 5: Oregon University, 1969
Folder 6: Wyoming Conference on English, University of Wyoming
Folder 7: Summer Academy of Contemporary Arts
Folder 8: Faculty Reports on Joseph Langland
Folder 9: Lecture Notes
Folder 10: Student Evaluations of Joseph Langland classes
Folder 11: English 267
Folder 12: English 211

Series 10: Albums

The next series in the collection, Series X, contains four Albums pertaining to Joseph Langland. These books are made by Langland to collect some news clippings and other items relating to various works and family events/locations.

Box 22

Folder 1: Langland Country
Folder 2: 1960s

Box 23

Folder 1: Poetry
Folder 2: Poetry

Series 11: Indexes on notecards

Series XI is three sets of Indexes. These indexes contain information on poets, poets and the poems they wrote, and poems and where they were published

Box 24

Folder 1: Poets
Folder 2: Poets/Poems
Folder 3: Poems and Publications

Series 12: Realia

Series XII contains Realia or memorabilia relating to the Langland family. Diplomas of Joseph and Judith Langland can be found here, as well as an Alumni Achievement Award plaque presented to Joseph Langland in 1971. Langland’s WWII pocket New Testament is also here. Three U.S. passports belonging to Langland are here as well. A collection of homemade birch paper is present. Two reindeer antlers are found, as is a large chalk portrait and oversized score to “Haruspicating on Valley View Farm.” Audio Visual items can also be found. These include records, reel-to-reel, cassette tapes, and CDs of Langland’s poetry readings. VHS tapes are also present documenting poetry readings, and TV specials of areas of interest to Joseph Langland.

Box 25

Item 1: Diploma: State University of Iowa; B.A. Joseph Langland
Item 2: Diploma: State University of Iowa; M.A. Joseph Langland
Item 3: Diploma: University of Massachusetts; M.A. Judith Langland
Item 4: Alumni Achievement Award Plaque: Santa Ana College; Joseph Langland, 1971
Item 5: New Testament; WWII, Joseph Langland
Item 6: U.S. Passport issued to Joseph Langland, 1955
Item 7: U.S. Passport issued to Joseph Langland, 1966
Item 8: U.S. Passport issued to Joseph Langland, 1968
Item 9: Homemade Birch "paper"
Item 10: Chalk Portrait
Item 11: Score Haruspicating on Valley View Farm

Box 26

Item 1: Reindeer Antlers

Series 13: Oversized Materials

Box 35: Poems, Review Articles, and Other Materials

Item 1: Poems, Review Articles, and Other Materials

Box 27: Audio-Visual Materials

Item 1: Today's Poets: Their Poems - Their Voices: Donald Hall, Louis Simpson, Joseph Langland, Robert Francis: Physical Description: Record
Item 2: Joe Langland Singing Popular Ballads: Physical Description: Record
Item 3: Original Songs by Joseph Langland, 1981: Physical Description: Reel-to-Reel
Item 4: Writings from Nature, 1985: Physical Description: Reel-to-Reel
Item 5: Untitled: Physical Description: Reel-to-Reel
Item 6: Joseph Langland at the Joves Library on Frost, 1998: Physical Description: Cassette
Item 7: Joe Langland: Ballads, Decorah, Summer 2000: Physical Description: Cassette
Item 8: Joseph Langland Poetry Reading; Horse Poems: Physical Description: Cassette
Item 9: In the Shell of the Ear: Physical Description: CD
Item 10: Joseph Langland: A Dream of Love and My Own Country: Physical Description: CD
Item 11: Iowa State Wrestling / Living In Iowa: Physical Description: VHS
Item 12: Delafield: Physical Description: VHS
Item 13: In Search of Wild Horses: Physical Description: VHS
Item 14: Dad and Frost: Physical Description: VHS
Item 15: Joseph Langland Poetry Reading, 2003: Physical Description: VHS
Item 16: Joseph Langland: Norwegian Rivers: Physical Description: VHS
Item 17: Delafield: Physical Description: VHS
Item 18: Fathers and Sons: Physical Description: VHS
Item 19: Getting Ready to Really Leave: Physical Description: VHS
Item 20: Paul and Joseph: Getting Ready to Really Leave: Physical Description: VHS
Item 21: Copy of book cover to "The Wheel of Summer"
Item 22: Norwegian Coastal Voyage Hurtigruten, n.d.
Folder 1: Norwegian Travel Brochures and Planner, n.d.

Box 28: Posters, Correspondence, Poetry, Portrait, 1989-1992

Item 1: Correspondence and poems to 'Bob' regarding use in class, 1989
Item 2: Des Moines National Poetry Festival poster, May 1992
Item 3: Poster of "Norwegian Rivers" for sesquicentennial of Norwegian immigration, 1975
Item 4: Sketched Portrait of Langland for Robinson Jeffers Festival, 1991