Roger Weaver Papers, 1989-2012

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Weaver, Roger.
Title
Roger Weaver Papers
Dates
1989-2012 (inclusive)
Quantity
0.1 cubic foot, including 1 audio cassette, (2 boxes)
Collection Number
MSS Weaver
Summary
The Roger Weaver Papers reflect the poetry and teaching career of Weaver and include biographical materials, books of Weaver's poems, a journal, and a sound recording. Weaver was a faculty member in the Oregon State University English Department from 1962 until his retirement in 1996.
Repository
Oregon State University Libraries, Special Collections and Archives Research Center
Special Collections and Archives Research Center
121 The Valley Library
Oregon State University
Corvallis OR
97331-4501
Telephone: 5417372075
Fax: 5417378674
scarc@oregonstate.edu
Access Restrictions

Collection is open for research.

Languages
English

Biographical NoteReturn to Top

Roger Weaver was a faculty member in the Oregon State University English Department from 1962 until his retirement in 1996. Weaver studied English literature and poetry at the University of Oregon and the University of Washington and earned a BA (1957) and MFA (1967) from the University of Oregon and MA (1962) from the University of Washington. Weaver's poems have been published in journals, anthologies, and poetry books. Weaver promoted poetry at Oregon State by establishing the Poetry Interest Group and the Weaver Undergraduate Poetry Award. In 2012, Weaver collaborated with Oregon State alumna Judith Walls Freeman on Five Songs for Voice, Piano, and Cello, featuring five of Weaver's poems set to original musical compositions by Freeman.

Roger Keys Weaver was born in Portland, Oregon on February 2, 1935 and graduated from Salem High School in 1953. In addition to his University teaching, Weaver has taught children, youth, and adults in school settings as well as through workshops and summer programs.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

The Roger Weaver Papers reflect the poetry and teaching career of Weaver and include biographical materials, books of Weaver's poems, a journal, and a sound recording. The collection includes three books of Weaver's poetry: Traveling on the Great Wheel (1990), Reading the Stones (2003), and The Ladder of Desire (2006). Five Songs for Voice, Piano and Cello (2012) consists of poems by Weaver set to music composed by Judith Walls Freeman. The journal that is included with the collection was created in June and July 1994 and includes poems, drawings, and narrative entries. It documents Weaver's daily ruminations during the summer of 1994 in Greece. The biographical materials include a curriculum vita as well as an introduction of Weaver written and delivered by Tracy Daugherty at a poetry reading in 2006.

Traveling on the Great Wheel - Poetry by Roger Weaver is a 1989 audio cassette recording of Weaver reading his poems that were published in the book with the same title.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Preferred Citation

Roger Weaver Papers (MSS Weaver), Oregon State University Special Collections & Archives Research Center, Corvallis, Oregon.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Acquisition Information

The Papers were donated to the Special Collections & Archives Research Center by Weaver in 2013.

Related Materials

The Special Collections & Archives Research Center houses the papers of several Oregon State English faculty including Peter Copek; Elizabeth Henley, also a poet; Ray S. Hewitt; Bernard Malamud; Sigurd H. and Ruth Peterson; and M. Ellwood Smith as well the Richard Dankleff Sound Recording of poetry reading. The English Department Records are part of the College of Liberal Arts Records (RG 143); the English Department Photographs (P 222) consist of photographs of Bernard Malamud during his years as a faculty member at Oregon State. The Edwin T. Reed Papers include poetry written by Reed.

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • American poetry--Oregon.
  • Oral interpretation of poetry.

Form or Genre Terms

  • Audiocassettes.

Other Creators

  • Personal Names
    • Daugherty, Tracy. (creator)