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A University at Buffalo Libraries Special Collection, the Poetry Collection is the library of record for 20th- and 21st-century poetry in English. Founded in 1935 by Charles Abbott, the Poetry Collection now holds one of the world’s largest collections of poetry first editions and other titles, little literary magazines, broadsides and anthologies; a substantial collection of artworks; and more than 150 archives and manuscript collections from a wide range of poets, presses, magazines and organizations.

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Buffalo, NY 14260-1674
lpo-poetry@buffalo.edu
716-645-2917

James Joyce Collection
Photo from the James Joyce collection of him playing the guitar.

The James Joyce Collection. Comprising of more than 10,000 pages of the author’s working papers, notebooks, manuscripts, photographs, correspondence, portraits, publishing records, important memorabilia and ephemeral material, as well as Joyce’s private library and the complete body of significant Joyce criticism.

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News & Events
  • Green Fire in the Forest of Deep Memory: Strange Collages from a Cherished Friendship
    9/1/26

    A one-of-a-kind collage portfolio by poet and artist Helen Adam has joined UB’s Poetry Collection.

  • “Buffalo……Who Knew” that Our City Holds One of the Most Important Literary Treasures?
    7/27/26
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  • Meet Edric Mesmer, Cataloging Librarian
    6/16/26

    As a cataloging librarian on the UB Libraries' Discovery Team, Mesmer sat down to talk about what drew him to the work and what keeps him here.