Correspondence and Name Files
The Correspondence and Name File series consists of correspondence and writings from those in David Cope's circle. Writings range from handwritten drafts to typescripts to photocopies of published work. Materials in this series are arranged alphabetically. Although the bulk of the material in the series is correspondence, manuscripts and other material created by or related to the person listed may also be found in the files. In cases where large amounts of material related to a person exist in the collection, the type of material has been grouped by genre and is indicated separately in the finding aid. In cases where the type of material is not listed separately, the file contains mainly correspondence, but may also include small amounts of other material, most likely manuscripts. Much of the correspondence, in fact, includes manuscript enclosures. This is particularly the case for the files of frequent correspondents such as Antler, Jeff Poniewaz, Jim Cohn, Bob Rixon, and to a lesser extent, Allen Ginsberg. The researcher should note that some manuscripts submitted to Cope, plus a small amount of correspondence related to Cope's editing and publishing activities, are to be found in the Writing series and Editing Materials series.