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Weaving a Shared Vision: Crafting and Aligning Teaching Goals Across Library Departments
No full textGroup Picture of Rukeyser and Others at Yaddo.
No full textDated 1938. Group picture of Rukeyser with others at Yaddo, the artist residency in Saratoga Springs, New York State
Letter from Kertesz to Rukeyser, March 18 1975
No full textOriginal, fragile, typewritten letter, dated March 18th, 1975. The letter is from Louise Kertesz to Muriel Rukeyser. This is the first letter Louise wrote to Rukeyser. While Louise was preparing a talk on contemporary women poets several months ago, she was surprised to find that no substantial study had been done on Muriel Rukeyser’s work. Since then, Louise had been reading her poems, from Theory of Flight on, and is currently engrossed in her biography of Gibbs. Louise has compiled a long bibliography of the reviews of Rukeyser\u27s work and of the studies of Rukeyser’s work in journals and in books such as Gregory and Zaturenska’s A History of American Poetry, Rosenthal’s The New Poets, Beach’s Obsessive Images. Reading through this material, which was helpful at times but far from satisfying, compelled her to write a book-length study of Muriel Rukeyser’s work. Louise asks Muriel if she knows whether or not anyone has been working on a study already, Rukeyser’s account of Josiah Gibbs Sr. \u27s experience with Gesenius prompted her to ask Rukeyser. Louise describes herself as a former college English teacher with a PhD from Illinois, presently at home with two small children. Contemporary poetry by American Women is Louise’s main interest. Louise would like to devote her scholarly energies to demonstrating the vitality of Rukeyser’s work and give it its proper place in literary history. The task that Louise is setting for herself is a great one, which is to understand the development of Rukeyser’s work in its historical, political, and philosophical contexts and in a context in which the work of women poets is not slighted. Lousie will learn a lot, and hopes to teach it well. If Rukeyser says that no one else has undertaken a study of her work, Louise will begin her own. She ends the letter by saying that she hopes that Rukeyser is willing to respond to questions from Louise as the work progresses
Letter from John Cheever to Kertesz, December 12 1978
No full textDated December 13th, 1978. A typed letter from John Cheever to Louise Kertesz, talking about a photograph from Yaddo with Muriel in it. Also contains some handwritten notes by Louise Kertesz
Letter from Hayden Carruth to Kertesz, Feb. 1 1981
No full textEnvelope dated February 2nd, 1981, while the letter is dated February 1st, 1980, and then corrected to 1981. The typewritten letter is to Louise Kertesz from Hayden Carruth from the English Department of Syracuse University. Carruth acknowledges that he received both galleys and the finished book, and that everybody in the literary world, including Denise [Levertov] is pushing him to do the same sort of thing, but he can’t. He also states that he wrote a collective elegy for the poets who died last winter and spring, including Muriel, and that it will be published somewhere soon. Noteworthy lines: “Why don’t the young assume some of the burden? If I sound old and peevish, I am. But of course I mean nothing personal.
Letter from Muriel Rukeyser to Louise Kertesz
No full textAn original, two-page typewritten letter, dated April 1976. The letter was written by Muriel Rukeyser to Louise Kertesz. Rukeyser begins the letter with Dear Louise Kertesz. Apparently she had gotten a first glimpse of Louise at a poetry reading earlier that year at Assumption College in Worcester, Massachusetts. In the letter, Rukeyser answers Louise\u27s questions. She explains, for instance, that Noguchi the scientist as a baby was scalded. The story goes that he was saved by his mother\u27s care; she kept herself awake by propping up her eyelids
Purpose before Passion: Bridging Teaching Experiences with Librarian Identities for Future Career Planning Through Autoethnographic Methods and Reflexivity
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Art and Mary Schuman, Oral History Interview, 2025
No full textMary and Art Schuman are two of the most passionate members of the Center for Jewish Studies advisory board and became involved early on. They have been strong supporters of the program, contributing whatever way they can, financially or otherwise. They created the Art and Mary Schuman Endowment for Jewish Studies Lectures and Performances, and they also sponsor an annual lecture series on Eastern\u27s campus. In Fall 2024 with the first-floor renovation of Halle Library and dedication of the Center\u27s new space, the Schumans were honored with a plaque recognizing their dedication. In this interview, Art and Mary each talk about their different upbringings, the meeting where Art first heard about the plans for CJS, and why it\u27s so important to them.https://commons.emich.edu/oral_histories/1245/thumbnail.jp