Contains a Centre College of Kentucky Doctor of Humane Letters citation for Maxine Kumin (1976 May 30), a letter from bookseller Bert Babcock to Maxine Kumin regarding the return of a diploma (1997 December 19), Maxine Kumin's Centre College of Kentucky Doctor of Humane Letters diploma (1976 May 13), and a Radcliffe College diploma for Maxine Kumin (1948).
Includes handwritten notes, a colored print-out of The Long Marriage book cover, a Concord Reads 2013 poster and with associated material, Maxine Kumin's self-inking address stamp, a "non-profit poet" button, and The Writer's Chronicle periodical, Vol. 43, No. 3 (2010 December).
The January 2005 Acquisition contains additional correspondence, writings, personal papers, and audiovisual material. In addition to large files of family correspondence, material relating to the poetry collection The Long Marriage (2001), and calendars, the group features sound recordings of poetry readings by Kumin and interviews.
The January 2012 Acquisition contains writings, other papers, and audiovisual material. Writings include drafts and other materials relating to books published from the late 1990s onward. Other papers include correspondence, printed materials, financial and legal records, material documenting Kumin's professional and public engagements, and personal papers. Audiovisual materials document readings by Kumin and other cultural events.