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    About the Collection

    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.

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

    James Joyce Collection

    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.

    News & Events
    • Building the House of Poetry
      6/27/25

      This year, the Poetry Collection celebrates its 90th anniversary of preserving the art of modern and contemporary poetry.

    • Celebrating Joyce: Irish Legacies Concert at the AKG
      6/26/25

      Join us for Irish Legacies, a unique multimedia concert presented in partnership by the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, Buffalo AKG Art Museum, and the UB Libraries.

    • Bloomsday event in Buffalo’s Irish District will celebrate the works of novelist James Joyce
      6/12/25
      An annual celebration of Joyce’s work, Bloomsday commemorates the setting of Joyce’s novel Ulysses.