Title: Martin J. Rosenblum Papers
Inclusive Dates: circa 1965-2006

Creator:

• Martin J. Rosenblum, 1946-

Call Number: UWM Manuscript Collection 304

Quantity:

• 5.6 cubic ft. (14 boxes)
• 1 oversize folder
• 2 audio cassettes
• 2 digital files (1.37 GB)
• 7 safety film negatives

Repository:

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries, Archives Department

Archival Location:

UW-Milwaukee Libraries, Archives / Milwaukee Area Research Ctr. (Map)

Abstract:

The collection consists largely of correspondence between Rosenblum and friends and colleagues, many of them poets and writers. This collection also contains the only final manuscript of Rosenblum's unpublished critical biography of Objectivist poet Carl Rakosi, Rosenblum's research materials relating to Rakosi and other Objectivist poets. Research materials on Rakosi include a recorded interview and rare photographs of Rakosi at his home both dating from the summer of 1974.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-mil-uwmmss0304

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Martin Jack Rosenblum was born August 19, 1946 in Appleton, Wisconsin. He married Maureen (Rice) Rosenblum in 1970 and they have two daughters. Rosenblum received his Bachelor of Science (with distinction) degree in English from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1969, his Master of Arts degree in English from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in 1971, and his doctorate in English from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in 1980. His dissertation is entitled Carl Rakosi's Americana Poems: Objectivist Word Machines from an American Assembly Line.

Rosenblum has worked for University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee for over thirty years, in both teaching and administrative capacities. As of 2012, he is a senior lecturer of music, literature, and history at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee's Peck School of the Arts.

Rosenblum is also a historian for the Les Paul's House of Sound exhibit at Discovery World in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and historian emeritus for the Harley-Davidson Corporation. He was featured in Peter Jennings' ABC series The Century in 1999, where he discussed the history of rock and roll.

Rosenblum is best known for his work as a poet and recording artist, although he is also a music and literary critic as well as an editor. Rosenblum has published over twenty books of poetry and recorded over a dozen albums, of both original compositions and spoken word. He has performed with his band in a British Broadcasting Company television program, as well as for many international television stations. He is a Gibson Guitars Montana endorsee and a Rounder Records recording artist.

Rosenblum has received many awards, including two Wisconsin Area Music Industry awards for Alternative Artist and Rock Journalist, two Knapp Fellowships in Modern Poetry Research, and the Shepherd Express Reader's Choice for Best Poet of the Year. He also received an honorable mention from the Academy of American Poets in 1971 for his poem The Logs.

Scope and content notes for each series are included in the contents list.

Series 1 is organized alphabetically by correspondent's last name or by first letter of the last name. Series 2 is organized by alphabetical entry.

A spreadsheet with file-level information on the electronic records is available in the Archives department. The spreadsheet contains information on duration, file size, and file format. Additional technical metadata is available; consult an archivist for more information.

Citation Guide for Primary Sources

• Martin J. Rosenblum Letters to Steve Nelson-Raney. UWM Manuscript Collection 305.

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.

Use Restrictions

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).

Acquisition Information

Martin J. Rosenblum donated the collection in May 2011 and made additions of audio cassettes in June 2012, and letters in September 2012 (accession 2010-057). Barry Bursak donated some additional materials in January 2017 (2017-016).

Processing Information

Laura Patterson processed the collection in March and April 2012 (Ellen Engseth supervised). Christel Maass added accession 2017-016 to the collection in November 2017.

	Series: 1. Correspondence, circa 1965-2006 Scope and Content Note: Series 1 contains correspondence between Rosenblum and other writers, including Bob Arnold, Cid Corman, Ted Enslin, Howard McCord, Steve Nelson-Raney, George Oppen, Norman Holmes Pearson, Carl Rakosi, Carl Thayler, Laura (Cairney) Winter, and Karl Young. Also present is correspondence between Rosenblum and friends and family members, and publishers and magazine editors. Topics discussed in the correspondence include Rosenblum's research on Carl Rakosi and Objectivist poets, academia, poetry, short stories, poetry readings, travel, family events, motorcycles, firearms, and Rosenblum's recordings, appearances in documentaries, and experiences with publishers. In addition to the correspondence, this series also includes a few files of Rosenblum's research material which was interfiled with the general correspondence. The meaning of the roman numeral designations for the Corman, Enslin, and McCord correspondence is unknown but reflects original order.
Box   1 Folder   1-2	A
Box   1 Folder   3-5	B
Box   1 Folder   6	Barryman, Peter, 1971-1991, undated
Box   1 Folder   7	Berge, Carol, 1988-1990
Box   1 Folder   8	Berryman, John, circa 1967-1974 Note: Research materials only
Box   1 Folder   9	Bly, Robert, circa 1973
Box   1 Folder   10	Bly, Robert, 1971-1973 Note: Research materials only
Box   12 Folder   10	Bursak, Barry, 1979-1980
Box   1 Folder   11	Byrd, Donald, 1987
Box   2 Folder   1	C
Box   2 Folder   2	Contoski, Victor, 1972-1989
Box   2 Folder   3	Coolidge, Clark, 1987
Box   2 Folder   4	Corman, Cid, "I", 1989-1998
Box   2 Folder   5-6	Corman, Cid, "II", 1987-1989
Box   2 Folder   7	Corman, Cid, "III", 1986-1995
Box   2 Folder   8	Corman, Cid, 2002-2003
Box   2 Folder   9	D
Box   2 Folder   10	Duncan, Robert, 1979
Box   2 Folder   11	E
Box   2 Folder   12	Ellis, Ron, 1987
Box   3 Folder   1	Enslin, Ted, "I", 1989-1990
Box   3 Folder   2-3	Enslin, Ted, "II", 1987-1990, 1998
Box   3 Folder   4-5	Enslin, Ted, "III", 1987-1988
Box   3 Folder   6-7	Enslin, Ted, "IV", 1980-1995
Box   3 Folder   8	F
Box   4 Folder   1	G
Box   4 Folder   2	Ginsberg, Allen, circa 1967-1979 Note: Research materials only
Box   4 Folder   3	H
Box   4 Folder   4	Haggard, Ned, 1975-1980
Box   4 Folder   5	Hahn, Greg, 1975-1979, undated
Box   4 Folder   6	Hassan, Ihab, 1979-1980
Box   4 Folder   7	Hazard, James (Jim) 1971, 1977, 1989
Box   4 Folder   8	Heller, Mike, 1986-1991
Box   4 Folder   9-11	Hill, Edwin, 1970-1991
Box   4 Folder   12	J
Box   5 Folder   1	J
Box   5 Folder   2	K
Box   5 Folder   3-4	L
Box   5 Folder   5	Louis, Adrian, 1989-1991
Box   5 Folder   6	M
Box   5 Folder   7	Macleod, Norman, 1971, 1975
Box   5 Folder   8	Mailer, Norman, circa 1961-1975 Note: Research materials only
Box   5 Folder   9	Martone, John, 1987-1988
Box   5 Folder   10	Mc
Box   5 Folder   11	McCord, Howard, "I", 1987-1995
Box   6 Folder   1-3	McCord, Howard, "I", 1987-1995
Box   6 Folder   4-6	McCord, Howard, "II", 1988
Box   6 Folder   7	McCord, Howard, "III", 1988
Box   7 Folder   1	McCord, Howard, "III", 1988
Box   7 Folder   2-4	McCord, Howard, "IV", 1989-1997
Box   7 Folder   5-7	McCord, Howard, "V", 1989-2002
Box   8 Folder   1	McCord, Howard, circa 1972-2004
Box   8 Folder   2	McCord, Robert, 1988
Box   8 Folder   3	Miller, Henry, Independent Study Course, 1976
Box   8 Folder   4	N
Box   8 Folder   5	Nelson-Raney, Steve, circa 1984-1990
Box   8 Folder   6	New Directions, 1973-1980
Box   8 Folder   7	O
Box   8 Folder   8-9	Olson, Toby, circa 1970-1987
Box   8 Folder   10-12	P
Box   9 Folder   1	Pacernick, Gary, 1980
Box   9 Folder   2	Pearson, Norman Holmes, 1971-1976
Box   9 Folder   3	Perchik, Simon, 1985-1989
Box   9 Folder   4	Peterson, Perry, 1980-1985
Box   9 Folder   5	R,
Box   9 Folder   6	Rothenberg, Jerome, 1980
Box   9 Folder   7-10	S
Box   10 Folder   1-3	S
Box   10 Folder   11	Sandy, Chuck, re. Cid Corman's illness, 2004,
Box   10 Folder   4-6	T
Box   10 Folder   7	Taggart, John, 1987
Box   10 Folder   8	Taggart, John & Schwerner, Armand circa 1981, 1986-1988
Box   10 Folder   9-10	Thayler, Carl, 1973-1980
Box   11 Folder   1-7	Thayler, Carl, 1981-2002
Box   11 Folder   8	V
Box   11 Folder   9	W
Box   12 Folder   1	W
Box   12 Folder   2	Watson, Craig, 1987-1990
Box   12 Folder   3	Winter, Laura (Cairney) circa 1978-1986, 2001, 2006
Box   12 Folder   4-5	Young, Karl, circa 1975-1990, 2008
Box   12 Folder   6	Z
Box   12 Folder   7	Zukofsky, Louis, 1975
Box   12 Folder   8	Letters of Support & Recommendation, circa 1976-1986
Box   12 Folder   9	Unidentified Correspondents, 1973-1991
	Series: 2. Research and Writings, 1965-1991 Scope and Content Note: This series is primarily Rosenblum's research and writing on Objectivist poets, in particular Carl Rakosi. Rosenblum's research process on Rakosi is documented in this series. Also included is a product of his research, an unpublished manuscript of Rosenblum's critical biography of Carl Rakosi, completed circa 1981. [Note: in addition, Rosenblum's 1980 doctoral dissertation Carl Rakosi's Americana Poems: Objectivist Word Machines from an American Assembly Line, is available in the UWM Libraries' general collection.] This series also includes the recording, and an edited transcript, of a rare interview with Rakosi conducted by Rosenblum in August of 1974 (Rosenblum "discovered" Rakosi, who was living under a different name in Minneapolis, Minnesota, during his research process). The interview and meeting is documented by photographs taken by Maureen Rosenblum. This series also includes files compiled by Rosenblum on paracriticism, as well as some newsclippings and articles.	⇧
Box   13 Folder   1	Carl Rakosi by Martin J. Rosenblum, Ph.D [unpublished manuscript], circa 1981
Box   13 Folder   2	Collected Poems, undated
Box   14 Folder   9	Newsclippings and Articles, 1979-1990, undated
Box   13 Folder   3	Objectivist Casebook Correspondence (including Holmes Pearson, Rakosi, Reznikoff, Zukofsky), 1965-1982
Box   13 Folder   4	Oppen, George, Correspondence, 1974-1987
Box   13 Folder   5	Paracriticism, undated
Box   14 Folder   1	Paracriticism, undated
35 mm Safety Film Box   4	Photographic Negatives, Rakosi and Reznikoff, 1974 Physical Description: 35 mm safety film negatives
Box   14 Folder   2	Photographic Prints, Rakosi and Reznikoff, and Rosenblum 1974, 1980
Box   14 Folder   10	Poems, Miscellaneous 1977, undated
Oversize Folder   1	Posters and Oversize, undated
Box   14 Folder   3	Rakosi, Correspondence 1975-1991, undated
Box   14 Folder   4	Rakosi Critical Biography Materials and Correspondence circa 1979, 1987
Box   14 Folder   5	Rakosi Interview, Edited and Published in Margins, February 1975
	Rakosi Interview, Original, 29-30 August 1974 Access Restrictions: The original audio cassette is restricted; users must use network access copies in the Archives.
Audio   1-2	Physical Description: 2 audio cassettes
Electronic Folder	UWMMss304_Rakosi_19741029_19741030_Tape1, UWMMss304_Rakosi_19741029_19741030_Tape2 Physical Description: 2 digital files (1 hr, 33 min and 1 hr, 33 min)
Box   14 Folder   6	Rakosi Research and Manuscript, undated
Box   14 Folder   7	Terrell, Carol, Correspondence, 1980-1986
Box   14 Folder   8	Twayne Publishing Correspondence, Including Rakosi Book Contract, 1975-1982