This series includes correspondence between Donald Barthelme and contributors to the Forum during 1956-1960, arranged alphabetically by contributor name. Included are letters from such noted contributors as Robert Bly, Irving Howe, Alfred Kazin, Norman Mailer, and Harold Rosenberg. Some folders also include additional materials related to Forum contributors such as reprints of articles, photocopied bibliographies of works, photocopies of obituaries, and annotated lists of correspondence. Also included is correspondence related to a propsed meeting of editors of similar journals and miscellaneous administrative materials.