University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Archives Department.

A cover from Arena

Arena (Coolgreany, Ireland).

Editorial office files, 1963-1965.

UWM Manuscript Collection 2

.8 cubic ft. (2 archives boxes)


ABSTRACT: Editorial office files of the Arena, a short-lived Irish literary magazine. The bulk of the collection is composed of holograph and typewritten manuscripts that were published in the magazine. Among the notable contributors were Austin Clarke, Anthony Cronin, Edward Dahlberg, Robert Graves, Brian Higgins, Patrick Kavanagh, Thomas Kinsella, Mary Lavin, James Plunkett, Paul Potts, and C. H. Sisson. Includes galley and page proofs for all four issues of the magazine, editorial comments and corrections by contributors; and correspondence concerning subscriptions and advertising.

The term "items" used in this finding aid is the number of autograph letters; autograph letters signed; autograph manuscripts; autograph manuscripts signed; autograph notes; autograph notes signed; autograph postcards signed; typed letters; typed letters signed; typed notes; typed notes signed; typed manuscripts; and typed manuscripts signed. All of the entries provide page counts, which indicates the total number of sheets of paper in a folder.


ACCESS RESTRICTIONS: There are no access restrictions on the materials, and the collection is open to all members of the public in accordance with state law. However, the researcher assumes full responsibility for conforming with the laws of libel, privacy, and copyright which may be involved in the use of this collection (Wisconsin Statutes 19.21-19.39).

ADMINISTRATIVE HISTORY: James Liddy, Liam O'Connor, and Michael Harnett launched the Arena in the Spring of 1963. The magazine attempted to present the best prose and poetry of young Irish writers, although its also published works of older and non-Irish writers. The Arena ceased publication in 1965 after four issues.

COLLECTION CITATION: This collection should be cited as:

Arena (Coolgreany, Ireland). Editorial office files, 1963-1965. UWM Manuscript Collection 2. University Manuscript Collection. Archives. UWM Libraries. University of Wisconsin--Milwaukee.

ACQUISITION: The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Library purchased the collection from Bertram Rota Booksellers in 1966.

MARC RECORD SEARCH TERMS: The following terms were used in the online bibliographic MARC record to this collection:

UWM MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION 2 ITEMS PAGES BOX FOLDER
Administrative Correspondence, 1960-1965 65 68 1 1
Arena, Issues #1-4, 1963-1964 4 100 1 2
Galley Proofs, Issue #1, undated 28 28 1 3
Galley Proofs, Issue #2, undated 35 35 1 4
Galley Proofs, Issue #4, undated 28 28 1 5
Galley Proofs, Issue #4, 1965 41 41 1 6
Letters to the Editor, undated 6 12 1 7
Miscellaneous, 1963-1964 6 6 1 8
Page Proofs, Issue #2, 1963 30 30 1 9
Page Proofs, Issue #3, undated 29 31 1 10
Page Proofs, Issue #4, 1963 46 46 1 11
Page Proofs, Issue #4, 1964 24 24 1 12
Unidentified Typescripts, 1964 11 17 1 13
Amen, Grover, 1964-1965 4 4 2 1
Bardwell, Leland, 1960-1962 16 18 2 2
Bly, Robert, 1965 1 1 2 3
Bourke, Eoin, undated 2 2 2 4
Brannigan, Mial, 1964 3 3 2 5
Brecht, Berthold, undated 1 1 2 6
Brown, Christy, 1963-1964 10 16 2 7
Browne, Dominick, 1964 3 10 2 8
Campbell, Thomas, 1964 4 4 2 9
Carter, Jocelyn, undated 3 5 2 10
Clarke, Austin, 1963-1964 8 10 2 11
Corbett, James, 1963-1964 10 24 2 12
Cronin, Anthony, undated 3 6 2 13
Dahlberg, Edward, 1964-1965 5 16 2 14
Davidson, Gustav, 1964 3 6 2 15
Dillon, John, 1963 4 4 2 16
Dowden, George, 1964 3 3 2 17
Durcan, Paul, undated 4 4 2 18
Farrell, Patrick, 1964 1 2 2 19
Feldman, Irving, 1964 1 2 2 20
Fennell, Desmond, undated 1 8 2 21
Graves, Robert, 1964 2 2 2 22
Hackett, Joseph P., undated 9 11 2 23
Hall, Patrick, 1963 2 5 2 24
Harnett, Michael, 1965 15 42 2 25
Hazard, Geoffrey, 1964 5 8 2 26
Healy, Sean, undated 1 1 2 27
Higgins, Brian, 1964 2 2 2 28
Horgan, John, undated 2 2 2 29
Hutchinson, Pearse, 1963 6 8 2 30
Jordan, John, undated 2 7 2 31
Kane, Michael, 1963 2 7 2 32
Kavanagh, Patrick, undated 8 12 2 33
Keith, Joseph, undated 1 1 2 34
Kelly, James W., 1964 5 8 2 35
Kerrigan, Anthony, 1963-1965 10 11 2 36
Kinsella, Thomas, 1964 1 1 2 37
Lavin, Mary, 1963 2 17 2 38
Liddy, James, 1964 8 47 2 39
Lynch, Brian, undated 1 1 2 40
MacAuly, James J., 1963 5 5 2 41
MacIntyre, Thomas, undated 5 22 2 42
McCord, Howard, 1964 6 14 2 43
McGonigle, Thomas, undated 1 1 2 44
McGowan, Patrick, undated 2 8 2 45
McNamara, Thomas, 1964 2 2 2 46
Mahon, Derek, undated 2 2 2 47
Maloney, Donald, undated 2 4 2 48
Masters, Hilary, 1965 1 1 2 49
May, Frederick, undated 1 6 2 50
Michaelson, L.W., undated 3 3 2 51
Montague, John, 1964 6 10 2 52
Moss, Matthew, 1964 5 10 2 53
O'Conner, Liam, 1963-1964 5 16 2 54
O'Grady, Desmond, 1963-1965 17 24 2 55
Plunkett, James, 1964-1965 3 3 2 56
Potts, Paul, 1964 28 45 2 57
Pye, Patrick, 1963 4 4 2 58
Reed, J.D., undated 5 7 2 59
Renehen, Stephen, undated 1 1 2 60
Reynolds, Lorna, 1963-1965 8 9 2 61
Shuttle, Penelope, undated 2 2 2 62
Sisson, C.H., 1964 3 5 2 63
Skinner, Knute, 1964 10 11 2 64
Smith, Michael, undated 3 4 2 65
Thompson, Tracy, 1963-1965 5 6 2 66
Walsh, Charles, undated 1 1 2 67
Warner, Alan, 1965 1 1 2 68
Weber, Richard, 1963 6 6 2 69
Woods, MacDara, 1961 7 10 2 70
Woolsey, Gamel, undated 1 1 2 71

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