Archives West Finding Aid
Table of Contents
- Overview of the Collection
-
Historical Note
- Content Description
- Use of the Collection
- Administrative Information
-
Detailed Description of the Collection
- Series 1: Poems (by title) and related documentation, 1928-1999
- Series 2: Publisher materials and Cooke's published poems, 1954-1992
- Series 3: Organizations, 1957-1999
- Series 4: Poetry classes, research materials, notes, and workshops, 1945-1992
- Series 5: Miscellaneous material and event files, 1946-1994
- Names and Subjects
Faith Beamer Cooke Papers, 1928-1999
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Cooke, Faith Beamer
- Title
- Faith Beamer Cooke Papers
- Dates
- 1928-1999 (inclusive)19281999
- Quantity
- 5.5 Linear Feet of Shelf Space, (11 boxes)
- Collection Number
- Cage 729 (collection)
- Summary
- The collection consists primarily of material related to Faith Cooke's poetry: drafts, notes, responses, and final versions of her poems. Other materials include her correspondence with publishers, writers, and government officials.
- Repository
-
Washington State University Libraries' Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (MASC)
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections
Terrell Library Suite 12
Pullman, WA
99164-5610
Telephone: 509-335-6691
mascref@wsu.edu - Access Restrictions
-
This collection is open and available for research use.
- Languages
- English
Historical NoteReturn to Top
Poet Faith Elinor Beamer Cooke (1910-2001) was a native of Oregon. She graduated from Vancouver (WA) High School and continued her education throughout her life, taking classes at Cheney (WA) Normal School, Oregon State University, the University of Washington, and the University of Idaho. In the early years of their marriage, during the Great Depression, she and her husband Phil Cooke lived in mining camps, then moved to Salt Lake City briefly for Phil Cooke's work as a chemical engineer with the Remington Arms Company. With the economic revival associated with World War II they returned to Washington, arriving at Hanford in October of 1943.
Everywhere she lived, Cooke was an active member of the local community, with a special interest in developing cultural programs. By 1945, she had founded the Writer's Workshop (later Mid-Columbia Writers League and the Mid-Columbia Writers Association) and a Unitarian Fellowship. She participated in school activities, adult education, and Girl Scouts. She continued throughout her life to develop her skills as a poet by participating in writer's organizations and seminars throughout the Pacific Northwest and often around the world.
As the Tri-Cities grew Cooke expanded her efforts to develop regional and statewide poetry and community organizations. She was a key participant in the Benton-Franklin County Fair, the creation of the Columbia Arts Center, the Washington Poets Association, the 1976 USA Bicentennial Project, the Washington State Centennial Project, and other similar events. The Washington Poets Association established a poetry award as a memorial to Cooke, their founder, in 1999.
Every year she sent her family and friends an original poem for Christmas and other religious holidays. Like most of her poetry, these related to events in her life and environment, and they often revealed her Christian world view. After Phil Cooke's death in 1994, she remained active in several community programs. She moved to Vancouver in 1999, where she lived until her death in 2001.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The collection consists primarily of material related to Faith Cooke's poetry: drafts, notes, responses, and final versions of her poems. Other materials include her correspondence with publishers, writers, and government officials. These papers reveal the long struggle of a poet trying to gain recognition and an audience, and her persistent efforts to see her work published. The collection also includes papers related to the numerous organizations and events in which Cooke was involved. There is a substantial documentation of her lifelong efforts to expand her knowledge and understanding and to improve her creative techniques.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Alternative Forms Available
Selected images and documents from this collection have been digitized and can be found online in the: Faith Beamer Cooke Digital Collection
Restrictions on Use
Copyright restrictions apply.
Preferred Citation
[Item Description] Faith Beamer Cooke Papers
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Arrangement
The collection is arranged in five series; its original order and has generally been retained.
Series 1: Poems (by title) and related documentation, 1928-1999 - Cooke's poems and related material: drafts, notes, and correspondence (primarily acceptance and rejection letters from publishers). Of particular note is an entire collection of Cooke's unpublished work, Shadows Within, a compilation of her poetry from 1928 to 1959.
Series 2: Publisher materials and Cooke's published poems, 1954-1992 - Correspondence from publishers including responses to Cooke's submissions, newsletters, and publications containing Cooke's poems.
Series 3: Organizations, 1957-1999 - Meeting minutes, newsletters, event and poetry contest materials, related to Cooke's participation in poetry and social organizations. She was particularly active in the Washington Poets Association and the Mid-Columbia Writers Association, both of which she co-founded with other poets in Washington State.
Series 4: Poetry classes, research materials, notes, and workshops, 1945-1992 - This series consists primarily of Cooke's notes related to research for her poetry, educational activities, travel, and personal matters. The research material is especially useful, offering information about the origins of some of her poems.
Series 5: Miscellaneous material and event files, 1946-1994 - This series includes printed ephemera (primarily poetry), newspaper articles, and items related to Cooke's honors and awards, community involvement and events, and photographs.
Acquisition Information
This collection was donated to the Washington State University Libraries in 2008 by Elinor Perlich, daughter of Faith Cooke.
Processing Note
This collection was processed in 2008 by WSU graduate student Nathan James Roberts, with funding from the Washington Women's History Consortium.
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Series 1: Poems (by title) and related documentation, 1928-1999Return to Top
Cooke's poems and related material: drafts, notes, and correspondence (primarily acceptance and rejection letters from publishers). Of particular note is an entire collection of Cooke's unpublished work, Shadows Within, a compilation of her poetry from 1928 to 1959.
| Container(s) | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | |
| 1 | 1 | 33 A.D., 1961 |
| 1 | 2 | 1966, undated |
| 1 | 3 | 1967, undated |
| 1 | 4 | 1968, undated |
| 1 | 5 | Aberfan, circa 1969 |
| 1 | 6 | Above the Chalet, 1980 |
| 1 | 7 | Activitease, 1962 |
| 1 | 8 | The Adam's Girls, 1983 |
| 1 | 9 | Adeau, 1986 |
| 1 | 10 | Admiral Columbus, 1979 |
| 1 | 11 | All Hallowed Morn, 1989 |
| 1 | 12 | Ancient Charge (McAuley), 1982 |
| 1 | 13 | And Still the Lands Repeat,
1972 |
| 1 | 14 | Antique Tongue, 1955 |
| 1 | 15 | Apres Amor (Pre Amor), 1982 and
1984 |
| 1 | 16 | Artists at Fort Worden, 1975 |
| 1 | 17 | Ashes, 1990 |
| 1 | 18 | At Crescent Beach, 1989 |
| 1 | 19 | Away From Den, 1988 |
| 1 | 20 | Ball of Life, 1984 |
| 1 | 21 | Ballad of Larry at Raton, 1979 |
| 1 | 22 | Basalt Womb, 1997 |
| 1 | 23 | Basic Math, undated |
| 1 | 24 | A Bauble on the Christmas Tree,
undated |
| 1 | 25 | Beach Patrol, 1977 |
| 1 | 26 | Beak Talk, circa 1970s |
| 1 | 27 | Beatitude, undated |
| 1 | 28 | Beemerville, 1983 |
| 1 | 29 | Beginning, 1989 |
| 1 | 30 | Between Winter and Spring,
1975 |
| 1 | 31 | Boy Weeding, 1986 |
| 1 | 32 | Brave Love, circa 1963 |
| 1 | 33 | Breccia and Conglomerates,
1984 |
| 1 | 34 | Bridge of Dust, 1965 |
| 1 | 35 | Build Mansions, 1988 |
| 1 | 36 | Burren-Ireland, circa 1981 |
| 1 | 37 | By One They Return, 1984 |
| 1 | 38 | By the Kiosk, 1986 |
| 1 | 39 | By Old Scriptures--Three Women,
1980 |
| 1 | 40 | By the Sign of Sin, 1989 |
| 1 | 41 | Cassandra, 1982 |
| 1 | 42 | Cats, circa 1964 |
| 1 | 43 | Charles Proctor, 1986 |
| 1 | 44 | Christmas, 1986, undated |
| 1 | 45 | Christmas Like Sixty, circa
1955 |
| 1 | 46 | Cinquain, 1975 |
| 1 | 47 | Colored Pebbles, Broken Shells,
1980 |
| 1 | 48 | Columbia Head, 1987 |
| 1 | 49 | Columbia Oak, undated |
| 1 | 50 | Columbia Point, 1987 |
| 1 | 51 | Come Take Me, 1998 |
| 1 | 52 | Companion, circa 1999 |
| 1 | 53 | Compartments (a Quinelle),
1959 |
| 1 | 54 | Crucifix, 1967 |
| 1 | 55 | Curragh, 1979 |
| 1 | 56 | Curses and Blessings, circa
1968 |
| 1 | 57 | Cynthia, 1973 and 1977 |
| 1 | 58 | Dare Black Dream, 1975 |
| 1 | 59 | Dark Angel, 1975 |
| 1 | 60 | Dark Crib, undated |
| 1 | 61 | Death to Cuchulain, 1989 |
| 1 | 62 | Deer in October, 1981 |
| 1 | 63 | Divine Right, 1959 |
| 1 | 64 | Doughnuts In The Sky, 1958 |
| 1 | 65 | Drive On, undated |
| 1 | 66 | Easter-1967, 1967 |
| 1 | 67 | Easter-1982, 1982 |
| 1 | 68 | Easter Anthem, undated |
| 1 | 69 | Easter--One Lily, 1950 |
| 1 | 70 | The Electric Knife Hummed,
1967 |
| 1 | 71 | Elephant Hills, 1987 |
| 1 | 72 | Epistle, 1968 |
| 1 | 73 | Epistle in England-1615, 1984 |
| 2 | 74 | Eratosthenes (circa 276-194 B.C.),
1984 |
| 2 | 75 | Ethiopia, circa 1985 |
| 2 | 76 | Ethos Web, 1992 |
| 2 | 77 | Except-Seed, 1973 and 1978 |
| 2 | 78 | Father's Day, undated |
| 2 | 79 | Fayda Speaks By The Fire, 1982 |
| 2 | 80 | Fealty, 1985 |
| 2 | 81 | Feather of Now, 1963 |
| 2 | 82 | February Storm, 1990 |
| 2 | 83 | Five Bodies, 1984 |
| 2 | 84 | Flattop at Easter Sunrise,
1983 |
| 2 | 85 | Footnote to the Golden Rule,
1979 |
| 2 | 86 | Fort Rock, 1959 |
| 2 | 87 | Fort Worden (Townsend) Brethren,
1975 |
| 2 | 88 | Free Verse, 1986 |
| 2 | 89 | Gay Retaliation, circa 1961 |
| 2 | 90 | Genera, 1965 and 1978 |
| 2 | 91 | Gloria Mundi, circa 1980 |
| 2 | 92 | Grace for Gratitude, 1973 |
| 2 | 93 | Grandmothers in Chapel,
undated |
| 2 | 94 | Grandmother's Parlour, 1963 |
| 2 | 95 | Haiku, 1986 and 1988 |
| 2 | 96 | Hakone Gardens, 1980 |
| 2 | 97 | Halloween, 1975 |
| 2 | 98 | Hannah's Ride, circa 1983 |
| 2 | 99 | Happy Birthday, 1983 |
| 2 | 100 | Hard Head Grass, 1987 |
| 2 | 101 | Haunted House, 1930 |
| 2 | 102 | Heartbreak House, undated |
| 2 | 103 | High Revelry, circa 1960s |
| 2 | 104 | Home Town (Portland), 1980 |
| 2 | 105 | The Host, 1992 |
| 2 | 106 | House at Night, 1986 |
| 2 | 107 | House on Hemlock Street, 1982 |
| 2 | 108 | If I Have Borrowed From You and Not
Repaid... (untitled) 1988 |
| 2 | 109 | I Have Time, 1967 |
| 2 | 110 | Inclined, 1984 |
| 2 | 111 | In DuPont Days, 1944 |
| 2 | 112 | In New Berg Town, 1990 |
| 2 | 113 | In Search of my Grandmother,
1979 |
| 2 | 114 | In September Sun, 1964 |
| 2 | 115 | Inspiration (Point) Mark, 1955 and
1967 |
| 2 | 116 | Issues and Answers, 1980 |
| 2 | 117 | Janeka, 1977 |
| 2 | 118 | JFK, 1965 |
| 2 | 119 | Joshua, 1980 |
| 2 | 120 | Joyous Yule, 1978, 1984, and
1987 |
| 2 | 121 | The Kalidoscope of Righteousness,
1993 |
| 2 | 122 | Keepers of Man's Soul, 1962 |
| 2 | 123 | Kyrio Mode of History, undated |
| 2 | 124 | Laboratory, 1977 |
| 2 | 125 | Lake Wallula, circa 1982 |
| 2 | 126 | Lenton Song, 1979 |
| 2 | 127 | Light of Learning, undated |
| 2 | 128 | Listen to the House, 1970 |
| 2 | 129 | Litany For Lost Children, 1975 |
| 2 | 130 | The Magical Thing, undated |
| 2 | 131 | Man's Reach, 1962 |
| 2 | 132 | Masks, 1961 |
| 2 | 133 | Men Fishing, 1990 |
| 2 | 134 | Men Like Work, undated |
| 2 | 135 | Missa, 1989 |
| 2 | 136 | Modern Architecture, 1973 |
| 2 | 137 | Mosaic of Memory, circa 1986 |
| 2 | 138 | A Mother's Prayer, circa 1965 |
| 2 | 139 | Mountains Watch, undated |
| 2 | 140 | My Granddaughter's Wedding,
1994 |
| 3 | 141 | My Young Friend Asks of Life,
1984-1985 |
| 3 | 142 | National Guard, 1983 |
| 3 | 143 | Natividay, 1987 |
| 3 | 144 | Nay, But a King (We Will Have A King),
1980 and 1982 |
| 3 | 145 | Necessity of Life, 1975 |
| 3 | 146 | No Reply, circa 1980 |
| 3 | 147 | Now Washington, circa 1982 |
| 3 | 148 | Oak in the Iowa Knolls, 1989 |
| 3 | 149 | Ocean Coast, 1955 |
| 3 | 150 | Olympian Cleansing, 1983 |
| 3 | 151 | Opinions, 1959 |
| 3 | 152 | Orthopedic Room A, circa 1988 |
| 3 | 153 | Our Constitution, 1987 |
| 3 | 154 | Outcast, 1990 |
| 3 | 155 | Pantoum for Phil's Building, 1968 and
1982 |
| 3 | 156 | The Passing, circa 1980 |
| 3 | 157 | The Passing of Arthur (Notes),
1982 |
| 3 | 158 | Past Choice ("That Choice Back There"),
1980-1981 |
| 3 | 159 | Pax Romana, undated |
| 3 | 160 | Peach Tree, 1963 and 1971 |
| 3 | 161 | Persian Melon, 1986 |
| 3 | 162 | Pipes, 1968 |
| 3 | 163 | Point of Day, undated |
| 3 | 164 | Prayer For A Young Woman, 1954 |
| 3 | 165 | Preceptress, 1977 |
| 3 | 166 | Pride of Law, 1964 and 1971 |
| 3 | 167 | Prodigal Son--New Revelations (Parable),
1988 |
| 3 | 168 | The Proper Role of Women, circa
1968 |
| 3 | 169 | Proverbs In the Arab Manner, circa
1984 |
| 3 | 170 | Psalm, 1973 |
| 3 | 171 | The Questing Folk, undated |
| 3 | 172 | Realless, 1989 |
| 3 | 173 | Repacking, 1982 |
| 3 | 174 | Reservation, circa 1980 |
| 3 | 175 | Retaliation, circa 1962 |
| 3 | 176 | The Ripening, undated |
| 3 | 177 | Rite at the Eighth Gate, 1990 |
| 3 | 178 | Roadside Flowers, 1980 |
| 3 | 179 | Rock Town (Salutatorian) (Bureaucratic
Identity), 1985 |
| 3 | 180 | Saffron Martyrdom, 1982 |
| 3 | 181 | Saga Seed, 1985 |
| 3 | 182 | Scapegoat, 1980 |
| 3 | 183 | The School Board Sets the Curriculum,
1967 |
| 3 | 184 | Security, 1976 and 1983 |
| 3 | 185 | Self Complete, circa 1961 |
| 3 | 186 | September, 1090, 1989 |
| 3 | 187 | Sic Transit Gloria Mundi, circa
1960s |
| 3 | 188 | Silk and Wool, 1987 |
| 3 | 189 | Sister Ileana, 1986 |
| 3 | 190 | Sixty Years, 1991 |
| 3 | 191 | Slowly, Slowly The Trees Came Up, circa
1980 |
| 3 | 192 | Social Security, undated |
| 3 | 193 | Soap Bubble Vision, undated |
| 3 | 194 | Solutions, 1963 |
| 3 | 195 | Solving The Problem, 1980 |
| 3 | 196 | Sons of Abram, 1985 |
| 3 | 197 | The Spinning Wheel, 1961 |
| 3 | 198 | Spot Check, 1975 |
| 3 | 199 | Spring Cleaning, 1955 |
| 3 | 200 | Spring Walk, fall, 1983 |
| 3 | 201 | Star Seed, 1988 |
| 3 | 202 | Strong Beauty, 1961 |
| 3 | 203 | Sunday Easter, 1987 |
| 3 | 204 | Tax For Education ("Six Boxes of Scribble
Scraps"), 1980 |
| 3 | 205 | Tess Gallagher, 1986 |
| 3 | 206 | That Day I Would Have Been... (untitled),
circa 1981 |
| 3 | 207 | That Other World, circa 1986 |
| 3 | 208 | There Were Two Holy Mountains,
1982 |
| 4 | 209 | Time Piece, 1986 |
| 4 | 210 | Token, 1992 |
| 4 | 211 | To Literature, 1974 |
| 4 | 212 | To Oregon, 1982 |
| 4 | 213 | To Skipper, 1964 |
| 4 | 214 | Touch, 1967 and 1980 |
| 4 | 215 | Triad, 1986 |
| 4 | 216 | Twisted Torque: For My Golden Wedding
Anniversary, undated |
| 4 | 217 | Unlonliness, 1983 |
| 4 | 218 | Unwinding Gyre, 1986 |
| 4 | 219 | Villanelle, 1986 |
| 4 | 220 | Visiting Preacher, 1992 |
| 4 | 221 | Waitsburg, 1983 |
| 4 | 222 | Walk First, 1973 |
| 4 | 223 | The Wallula Tablet, 1955 |
| 4 | 224 | The Way, 1971 |
| 4 | 225 | The Way We Love, 1983 |
| 4 | 226 | Winter Poem, 1982, 1982 |
| 4 | 227 | Women, 1988 |
| 4 | 228 | Woman's Program, 1967 |
| 4 | 229 | Woman: Trinity, 1988 |
| 4 | 230 | Words, undated |
| 4 | 231 | You'd Better Believe, circa
1980 |
| 4 | 232 | Zirconium, 1967 and 1978 |
Shadows Within, 1928-1959, Part
One |
||
| Box | Folder | |
| 4 | 233 | "We have a small grey end-stone at our
place..." (untitled), undated |
| 4 | 233 | "Masks," undated |
| 4 | 233 | "Furrows-From an Essay,"
undated |
| 4 | 233 | "Seashore," 1929 |
| 4 | 233 | "Wanton River," 1929 |
| 4 | 234 | "Perhaps your heart gives a surge..."
(untitled), undated |
| 4 | 234 | "Dance Dance," Summer 1930 |
| 4 | 234 | "Our Time," 1929 |
| 4 | 234 | "June," 1928 |
| 4 | 234 | "Haven for Spring,"
undated |
| 4 | 234 | "Night Cap," 1929 |
| 4 | 235 | "Private Exhibit," 1929 |
| 4 | 235 | "The Wind," 1929 |
| 4 | 235 | "Dead Leaves," 1945 |
| 4 | 235 | "Evolution of Deities,"
1930 |
| 4 | 235 | "Mockery," undated |
| 4 | 235 | "The Brown Room," undated |
| 4 | 236 | "Not Gone," undated |
| 4 | 236 | "To Jack," undated |
| 4 | 236 | "Thanksgiving for '31,"
undated |
| 4 | 236 | "Far Peaks and Diamonds,"
undated |
| 4 | 236 | "City Owl," circa 1966 |
| 4 | 236 | "Mountain Goat," undated |
| 4 | 236 | "The Bride," 1936 |
| 4 | 237 | "Thought," undated |
| 4 | 237 | "Snatches at Life,"
undated |
| 4 | 237 | "On to the Sea," Winter,
1934 |
| 4 | 237 | "Look at us Europe..." (untitled),
Spring 1934 |
| 4 | 237 | "Suzette," undated |
| 4 | 238 | "Fool All The People," Spring
1934 |
| 4 | 238 | "And He Charged Man To Tend The
Garden," undated |
| 4 | 238 | "Dear To Know," Winter
1934 |
| 4 | 238 | "Gowns," undated |
| 4 | 238 | "Soldiers Wife," undated |
| 4 | 238 | "Thanksgiving for 30,"
undated |
| 4 | 238 | "Closed Door," 1931 March
16 |
| 4 | 238 | "Death," 1931 April 18 |
| 4 | 238 | "Love Among The Chimney Pots," Winter
1930 |
| 4 | 239 | "My Life A Pool," Fall
1930 |
| 4 | 239 | "Winter Sun," Winter 1930 |
| 4 | 239 | "Hand Bells of the Wind,"
undated |
| 4 | 239 | "God Is A Mountain,"
undated |
| 4 | 239 | "Notice to Lucifer,"
undated |
| 4 | 239 | "Apartment House," Spring
1935 |
| 4 | 239 | "Tea Party," undated |
| 4 | 239 | "Dilemma's Horns," undated |
| 4 | 239 | "Ripples--Salt And Pool,"
undated |
| 4 | 239 | "This Beating Breast,"
undated |
| 4 | 239 | "Myself In This City,"
undated |
| 4 | 240 | "Receptacle (The Skull),"
undated |
| 4 | 240 | "Fickle Poet," undated |
| 4 | 240 | "Ma Dame," undated |
| 4 | 240 | "Lifted Pennants," undated |
| 4 | 240 | "Oh Mountain," undated |
| 4 | 240 | "Small Jewels Their Precious Keeping
Have," undated |
| 4 | 240 | "Cities A Fruitful Reaping Are,"
undated |
| 4 | 241 | "Resurrection In Fief," Spring
1935 |
| 4 | 241 | "The Captured Pearl,"
undated |
| 4 | 241 | "Conservatism," March 1938 |
| 4 | 241 | "Brae's In Bloom," undated |
| 4 | 241 | "Purification By Tears,"
undated |
| 4 | 242 | "My Heritage," undated |
| 4 | 242 | "Wed," undated |
| 4 | 242 | "Child Mother," undated |
| 4 | 242 | "Dethrowned," undated |
| 4 | 242 | "Reversed Alchemy," 1939 |
| 4 | 242 | "Pariah," undated |
| 4 | 242 | "Om Mani Padme Hoom,"
undated |
| 4 | 243 | "Fragment--Kerard,"
undated |
| 4 | 243 | "Lyric in Concert,"
undated |
| 4 | 243 | "After Tchaikovsky's Symphony in B
Minor," undated |
| 4 | 243 | "Indictment," undated |
| 4 | 244 | "Lease Only," undated |
| 4 | 244 | "Coin of Passage," undated |
| 4 | 244 | "Courage For A Puritan,"
undated |
| 4 | 244 | "Christmas At War," 1944 |
| 4 | 244 | "Nostalgia of the Angels,"
1943 |
| 4 | 245 | "Silver Promise," Summer
1944 |
| 4 | 245 | "After the Station," 1945 |
| 4 | 245 | "Term Unknown," February,
1945 |
| 4 | 245 | "Only The Lonely Dare,"
1945 |
| 4 | 246 | "Into Legend," 1945 March |
Shadows Within, 1928-1959, Part
Two |
||
| Box | Folder | |
| 4 | 246 | "The Cost Of Love," 1945
May |
| 4 | 246 | "Bon Voyage My Son,"
undated |
| 4 | 246 | "Ad Astra," undated |
| 4 | 246 | "Michael," undated |
| 4 | 247 | "Novitiate," 1945 July |
| 4 | 247 | Wallflower," 1946 July |
| 4 | 247 | "Epipheras," 1946 |
| 4 | 247 | "And I Say," 1946 August |
| 4 | 247 | "But A Strength," undated |
| 4 | 248 | "Sword of Release," 1946
November |
| 4 | 248 | "Shout Victory," 1946
December |
| 4 | 248 | "And These Things Also Are,"
undated |
| 4 | 248 | "Pensive Musings on the Way of a Man
with a Maid," undated |
| 4 | 248 | "From She To He," undated |
| 4 | 249 | "Mix-Master," undated |
| 4 | 249 | "Why," undated |
| 4 | 249 | "This Is Not The End," 1948
March |
| 4 | 249 | "Desecration," undated |
| 4 | 250 | "Lust-2," undated |
| 4 | 250 | "Michael's Teacher," Winter
1948 |
| 4 | 250 | "The Color Of Questing," Winter
1948 |
| 4 | 250 | "Pagan Belief," undated |
| 4 | 250 | "Easter 1950-One Lily,"
undated |
| 4 | 251 | "Ballad-Black Is The Color,"
undated |
| 4 | 251 | "Basic Math," undated |
| 4 | 251 | "Activitease," undated |
| 4 | 251 | "Bravado," undated |
| 4 | 251 | "Michal," undated |
| 4 | 251 | "Suburban Autumn," Fall
1951 |
| 4 | 251 | "Mutations," undated |
| 4 | 251 | "False Fractions," undated |
| 4 | 252 | "Cry Rescue," undated |
| 4 | 252 | "No Brave Songs," undated |
| 4 | 252 | "Proof," undated |
| 4 | 252 | "April Showers Bring May Flowers,"
undated |
| 4 | 252 | "Constant," undated |
| 4 | 252 | "Early In The Four O-Clock,"
undated |
| 4 | 253 | "Before Breakfast," 1953 |
| 4 | 253 | "O Night Of Carols," 1953 |
| 4 | 253 | "Fall," undated |
| 4 | 253 | "Saint Michael's Day,"
1953 |
| 4 | 253 | "Wisdom and Plenty," Easter,
1954 |
| 4 | 254 | "Prayer For A Young Woman," Easter,
1954 |
| 4 | 254 | "Spirit Aspire," 1954
October |
| 4 | 254 | "Play On," 1954 October |
| 4 | 254 | "Love Suffers Not," 1954
October |
| 4 | 254 | "Truly, Dear," 1954
October |
| 4 | 255 | "God's Gift," 1954 October |
| 4 | 255 | "Disarmament," 1954
October |
| 4 | 255 | "Skid Ride," undated |
| 4 | 255 | "To Shoot Off At The Mouth,"
undated |
| Box | Folder | |
| 5 | 256 | "Lake Wallula Reflections," volumes 1-6,
1961-1965 |
| 5 | 257 | "Lake Wallula Reflections," publisher
correspondence, 1961-1965 |
| 5 | 258 | "Lake Wallula Reflections," newspaper
clippings, 1961-1965 |
| 5 | 259 | "Coin of Passage," 1968 |
| 5 | 260 | "Coin of Passage," publication
correspondence, 1968 |
| 5 | 261 | "Coin of Passage," newspaper clippings,
1968 |
| 5 | 262 | "Rescuing the Past," 1982 |
| 5 | 263-264 | "The Mountains Watch," 1986 |
| 5 | 265 | Holiday poems and postcards,
1960s-1970s |
Christmas card poems |
||
| Box | Folder | |
| 5 | 266 | 1960s |
| 5 | 267 | 1970s |
| 5 | 268 | 1980s |
| 5 | 269 | 1990s |
| 5 | 270 | Undated |
| Box | Folder | |
| 5 | 271 | Unidentified and incomplete manuscripts,
undated |
| 5 | 272 | Book reviews: "Night of the Comet" and
others, 1969 |
Series 2: Publisher materials and Cooke's published poems, 1954-1992Return to Top
Correspondence from publishers including responses to Cooke's submissions, newsletters, and publications containing Cooke's poems.
| Container(s) | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | |
| 5 | 273 | Publisher newsletters,
1960s-1980s |
| 5 | 274 | Publisher information and announcements,
1960s-1990s |
| 5 | 275 | Publisher correspondence,
1950s-1980s |
| 5 | 276 | Other publisher material (magazines,
anthologies, etc.), 1970s-1980 |
| 5 | 277 | Author contact information,
undated |
| 5 | 278 | "Rejections" (publisher rejection
letters), undated |
Publications with Cooke's
poems |
||
| Box | Folder | |
| 6 | 279 | American Mosaic: Creative Offerings by
Today's Mosaic Authors, 1976 |
| 6 | 280 | Caravan, 1963 |
| 6 | 281 | Cavalcade of Poetry: Best Poems of
1963, 1964 |
| 6 | 282 | Ellensburg Anthology, 1980 |
| 6 | 283 | Flame, Avalon Anthology (2 issues),
1962-1963 |
| 6 | 283 | Warriors of Eternity, Avalon
Anthology, 1963 |
| 6 | 284 | Golden Circle, 1965 and
1966 |
| 6 | 285 | Haiku, 1977-1981 |
| 6 | 286 | Kavita (Poetry) 100, 1960 |
| 6 | 287 | Kayak 56 Richland Workshop,
1981 |
| 6 | 288 | The Muse, 1961-1962 |
| 6 | 289 | Nascent: LCC Student Creative Arts
Magazine, undated |
| 6 | 290 | New Athenaeum, 1963-1964 |
| 6 | 291 | The Pendulum of Time and the Arts,
1964 |
| 6 | 292 | The Poesy Book, 1961 and
1963-1964 |
| 6 | 293 | Projections, 1973 |
| 7 | 294 | Quarterly Unitarian, 1966
March |
| 7 | 295 | Sand Script, 1966-1967 |
| 7 | 296 | Sand Tracks: Anthology of Columbia
Basin Poetry, 1976 |
| 7 | 297 | The Spring Anthology, 1967 |
| 7 | 298 | Stable Stops, 1980 |
| 7 | 299 | Treasures of Parnassus--Best Poems of
1962, volume 2, 1963 |
| 7 | 300 | Wisconsin Poetry Magazine, issue 11.1,
undated |
Series 3: Organizations, 1957-1999Return to Top
Meeting minutes, newsletters, event and poetry contest materials, related to Cooke's participation in poetry and social organizations. She was particularly active in the Washington Poets Association and the Mid-Columbia Writers Association, both of which she co-founded with other poets in Washington State.
| Container(s) | Description | |
|---|---|---|
Washington Poets Association |
||
| Box | Folder | |
| 7 | 301 | History, 1971-1984 |
| 7 | 302 | Newspaper Articles, 1983 and
1999 |
| 7 | 303 | Newsletters, 1998-1999 |
| 7 | 304 | Correspondence, 1978 |
| 7 | 305 | Ephemera, undated |
| 7 | 306 | Meetings and events,
1975-1994 |
| 7 | 307 | "A Poetry Event," 1986 |
| 7 | 308 | "Festival and Faire of Poetry,"
1978-1983 |
| 7 | 309 | Poetry Readings, circa
1970s |
Mid-Columbia Writers
Association |
||
| Box | Folder | |
| 7 | 310 | Meeting minutes and miscellaneous,
1974-1987 |
| 7 | 311 | Newsletters and flyers,
1957-1998 |
| 7 | 312 | Newspaper Articles,
1967-1994 |
| 7 | 313 | Notes, 1967-1968 |
| 8 | 314 | Conferences, 1963-1987 |
| 8 | 315 | Correspondence, 1960-1994 |
| 8 | 316 | Seminars, "Syllabic Verse,"
1985-1986 |
| Box | Folder | |
| 8 | 317 | Mid-Columbia Writers League, 50th
Anniversary "Collage of Memories," 1994 |
| 8 | 318 | Mid-Columbia Writers League, Poetry Day
and other poetry readings, 1964-1989 |
| 8 | 319 | Mid-Columbia Writers Association. Poetry
Contests, 1994-1995 |
| 8 | 320 | Poetry clubs, 1964-1967 |
| 8 | 321 | Arts Council, 1976 |
| 8 | 322 | Columbia Basin College Performing Arts
Center, 1977 |
| 8 | 323 | Environmental Information Network,
1991 |
Series 4: Poetry classes, research materials, notes, and workshops, 1945-1992Return to Top
This series consists primarily of Cooke's notes related to research for her poetry, educational activities, travel, and personal matters. The research material is especially useful, offering information about the origins of some of her poems.
| Container(s) | Description | |
|---|---|---|
Classes |
||
| Box | Folder | |
| 8 | 324 | Notes on American poetry,
1966 |
| 8 | 325 | Verse writing, University of
Washington, 1967 |
| 8 | 326 | Language and Literature of Britain to
1500, 1979-1980 |
| 8 | 327 | Summer writing workshop, Eastern
Washington University (held in Dublin), 1981 |
| 8 | 328 | David Wagner summer workshop at
Haystack, 1982 |
| Box | Folder | |
| 8 | 329 | "Poetry is an Art of Patience" (pamphlet),
1955 |
| 8 | 330 | "Writer's Notes and Quotes" (magazine),
1961-1963 |
Index card files |
||
| Box | Folder | |
| 9 | 331 | Early British or Celtic, Latin, Greek,
Etruscan bibliography; undated |
| 9 | 332 | Linguistics bibliography,
undated |
| 9 | 333 | Anglo Saxon bibliography,
undated |
| 9 | 334 | Celtic bibliography,
undated |
| 9 | 335 | Poetry copyright listing by title,
undated |
| 9 | 336 | Publications by title,
undated |
| 9 | 337 | Poems by title, undated |
Subject note files |
||
| Box | Folder | |
| 10 | 338 | Poetry classes, undated |
| 10 | 339 | Various topics, undated |
| 10 | 340 | Poetry of the Finns,
undated |
| 10 | 341 | American poets, circa 1965 |
| 10 | 342 | Greek poetry, 1972 |
| 10 | 343 | Welsh poetry, 1972 |
| 10 | 344 | Persian poetry, 1972 |
Lecture notes |
||
| Box | Folder | |
| 10 | 345 | Mark Halperin, 1980 |
| 10 | 346 | David Wagoner, 1985 |
| Box | Folder | |
| 10 | 347 | Trip to England (travel notes),
1991 |
Research notes |
||
| Box | Folder | |
| 10 | 348 | Feminist publications, 1982 and
1984 |
| 10 | 349 | Halley's Comet, 1985-1986 |
| 10 | 350 | Queen Marie Room at Maryhill Museum,
1987 |
| Box | Folder | |
| 10 | 351 | News clippings, Sunday Oregonian, 1941 and
1981 |
| 10 | 352 | Historical Backgrounds of Benton and
Franklin Counties (pamphlet) by Margaret Thompson, 1945 |
| 10 | 353 | "Praise," Spokane Symphony Orchestra,
1981 |
Workshops |
||
| Box | Folder | |
| 10 | 354 | M and M, 1977 |
| 10 | 355 | Lance Olson: Fiction-Nonfiction,
1981 |
| 10 | 356 | Judith Roche, 1985 and
1989 |
| 10 | 357 | Rattlesnake Mountain Workshop,
1985-1989 |
| 10 | 358 | Short Story workshops, circa
1986 |
| 10 | 359 | The Inquiring Mind: A Forum In The
Humanities, 1988 |
| 10 | 360 | Unknown, 1991 |
| 10 | 361 | Clark College poetry workshop,
1992 |
Series 5: Miscellaneous material and event files, 1946-1994Return to Top
This series includes printed ephemera (primarily poetry), newspaper articles, and items related to Cooke's honors and awards, community involvement and events, and photographs.
| Container(s) | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | |
| 10 | 362 | Awards, 1953-1976 |
| 10 | 363 | Newspaper articles authored by Cooke,
1946-1980 |
| 10 | 364 | Incoming correspondence (praise and
thank-you letters), 1980-1983 |
| 10 | 365 | Personal correspondence,
1960-1990s |
| 11 | 366 | Photographs, 1950s-1990s |
| 11 | 367 | Contests, 1952-1987 |
| 11 | 368 | "Tie Wires" By "Smokie Joe" Meek
(pamphlet), 1971 |
| 11 | 369 | Off the Aleutian Chain: poetry by Linda
Bierds (pamphlet), 1985 |
| 11 | 370 | Poems by others (miscellaneous typescripts
and printed items), undated |
| 11 | 371 | Poem: "My Mother Would Weep," Florence
Mayne Merrick (newspaper clipping), 1980 |
| 11 | 372 | Favorite Welsh and English Hymns and
Melodies (pamphlet), circa 1940s-1950s |
| 11 | 373 | From Pig's Feet to Corn Pone: Mama's
Family Favorites (cookbook; pamphlet), Nina Whitaker Pickren,
1981 |
Event files |
||
| Box | Folder | |
| 11 | 374 | West Richland Days (newspaper
clippings), 1960 |
| 11 | 375 | Scandinavian Yuletide Dinner,
1970 |
| 11 | 376 | An Appreciation of the Arts of Black
African, Asian, Semitic, Amerindian, 1970 |
| 11 | 377 | United States Bicentennial, "The
American Revolutionary Experience," 1976 |
| 11 | 378 | Tri-City Chinese Language School year
end program, circa 1977 |
| 11 | 379 | Chinese Language School dinner
(newspaper clippings), 1980 |
| 11 | 380 | "Art of the Peoples," 1981 |
| 11 | 381 | "Talking Turkey About Gratitude,"
1988 |
| 11 | 382 | Benton and Franklin County authors,
library book display, 1988 |
| 11 | 383 | Public lecture, "The Uncontrollable
Mystery: The Life and Works of W. B. Yeats," Keith Scales,
1989 |
| 11 | 384 | Washington Centennial, Benton and
Franklin Counties, 1989 |
| 11 | 385 | Miscellaneous events, circa
1960-1990 |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Poets, American -- 20th century -- Archives.
- Women poets, American -- 20th century -- Archives.
Personal Names
- Cooke, Faith Beamer -- Archives.
Corporate Names
- Mid-Columbia Writers Association -- History.
- Washington Poets Association -- History.
Finding aid prepared by Nathan James Roberts
2016
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
