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Amiri Baraka papers, 1945-2015, bulk 1970s-2000s 219.5 linear feet

Baraka, Amiri, 1934-2014
The Amiri Baraka Papers contains correspondence, writings, and the personal, political activism and teaching materials related to Amiri Baraka's career as a poet, writer, editor, activist, and teacher in the New York City Beat, Downtown, and Black Arts literary scenes from the 1960s through the 2000s. Included are manuscripts from Baraka's numerous books of poetry, non-fiction, fiction, plays, editorial work, and screenplays. The collection also features organizational and documentary materials relating to Baraka's university teaching and Newark, NJ-based Black radical activism, as well as audio/visual material, photographs, and printed material collected and created by Baraka.
  1. Rare Book & Manuscript Library

Ann Charters photographs, 1966-1982 1 linear feet

Charters, Ann

Twenty-five matted photographs taken by Ann Charters of beat writers. She has identified, dated, and signed them on the mount. The twenty-two black and white pictures were printed by Samuel Charters.

  1. Rare Book & Manuscript Library

Barry Miles papers, 1958-1990, bulk 1965-1997 16 linear feet

Miles, Barry, 1943-
The Barry Miles Papers contains correspondence, manuscripts, photographs, and printed materials concerned with Miles' literary activities in the London counterculture. Included are letters and manuscripts from William S. Burroughs and Allen Ginsberg, among numerous others. This collection also includes material used by Miles in the research and writing of his work Ginsberg: A Biography as well as from his editorship of the annotated edition of Ginsberg's Howl.
  1. Rare Book & Manuscript Library

Hettie Jones papers, 1895-2009, bulk 1958-2009 26.5 linear feet

Jones, Hettie
The Hettie Jones Papers contains correspondence, writings, and teaching materials related to Hettie Jones' career as a writer, editor, and teacher in the New York City Beat and Downtown literary scene, from the 1960s through the 2000s. Included are manuscripts from Jones' numerous books of poetry and children's and young adult novels, as well as her 1990 autobiography, How I Became Hettie Jones. The collection also features materials from her time as co-editor of Totem Press and Yugen literary journal. A small amount of material pertaining to Jones' former husband, the poet LeRoi Jones/Amiri Baraka, including unpublished early manuscripts and photographs is also here.
  1. Rare Book & Manuscript Library

Kulchur Foundation records, 1936-1994, bulk 1969-1989 29.74 linear feet

Kulchur Foundation
Kulchur-- a little magazine focused on cultural criticism and later a small press, was an important publisher of avant-garde poets, particularly poets associated with what became known as the New York School. The Kulchur Foundation Records include administrative, financial and editorial records related to Kulchur Magazine, Kulchur Press, and the Kulchur Foundation. Additionally, it includes photographs, correspondence, artwork and manuscripts related to the Foundation or to its president-- writer, publisher, and art collector, Lita Hornick.
  1. Rare Book & Manuscript Library

Lawrence Ferlinghetti papers, 1959-1970 1 box

Ferlinghetti, Lawrence

Correspondence of Ferlinghetti with Jack Hirschman about the editing, publishing, and reprinting of his ARTAUD ANTHOLOGY by City Lights Books; and correspondence with the poet Claude Pelieu and with Mary Beach.

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Lucien Carr papers, 1951-1975 0.5 linear feet

Carr, Lucien, 1925-2005
A founding member of the Beat Generation, Carr was a friend of Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac, and other beat writers, and attended Columbia University in 1944. The Lucien Carr Papers contain correspondence with prominent Beat writers Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac, as well as some clippings and ephemera.
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Michael McClure Papers, 1958-1968 93 items

McClure, Michael

Letters from McClure to David Meltzer discussing McClure's writings, especially during a visit to New York in 1961. Also, three poems sent to Meltzer; one letter, dated 1965, and addressed to Joe Pinelli; letters from McClure to his agent, Max Gartenberg, 1965-1967, concerning his negotiations with Grove Press; and 43 drafts of his MEAT SCIENCE ESSAYS, published by City Lights Books in 1963 and 1966.

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Ted Berrigan papers, 1961-1975 1.26 linear feet

Berrigan, Ted
A second generation New York School poet, Ted Berrigan's life and work was heavily influenced by the Beat poets whom he greatly admired. This collection of personal letters and journals allows insight into the poet's thought processes and inspirations.
  1. Rare Book & Manuscript Library