Series II is comprised of Herbert Huncke's writings, including manuscripts, notebooks, and journals. Many of the notebooks include both fragments of published and unpublished manuscripts as well as general notes and daily observations.
1948
Box 2 Folder 1
"Philosophizing"
Box 2 Folder 2
"Song of the Self"
Box 2 Folder 3
"A Story- New York"
Box 2 Folder 4
[Thoughts About Writing]
Box 2 Folder 5
[The Urge to Write]
Box 2 Folder 6 to 7
Untitled Manuscripts, (2 Folders)
(includes "Alone," "Suicide," and "A Fix")
1949
Box 2 Folder 8
"Dear Dad Letter"
1959
Box 2 Folder 9
Criticism of a Poem (II)
Box 2 Folder 10
"Cuba"
Box 2 Folder 11
"Dancing in Prison"
Box 2 Folder 12
"Good Talker"
Box 2 Folder 13
"Love"
Box 2 Folder 14
"A New Orleans Scene"
Box 2 Folder 15
"Poem"
Box 2 Folder 16
"Spencer's Pad"
Box 2 Folder 17
"Miscellaneous and Untitled Manuscripts"
(including "Arrested" and "Youth")
1959-1960
Box 2 Folder 18
Notebook and Diary Excerpts
1960
Box 2 Folder 19
"Ed Leary"
Box 2 Folder 20
"A Sea Voyage-- and Junk"
Box 2 Folder 21
"Strangers"
Box 2 Folder 22
Untitled Manuscripts
1961
Box 2 Folder 23 to 25
Huncke's Journal, (3 Folders)
Box 2 Folder 26
Notebook
(includes draft of "The Magician")
Box 2 Folder 27
Notes en Route to Lexington, July 10, 1961
Box 2 Folder 28
Untitled Manuscript
1962
Box 2 Folder 29
"The Party"
1963
Box 2 Folder 30 to 32
Notebooks, (3 Folders)
1963
Box 3 Folder 1 to 2
Notebooks, (2 Folders)
(contains drafts of "Beware of Fallen Angels")
Box 3 Folder 3 to 5
Notebooks, 1963-1966, (3 Folders)
1964
Box 3 Folder 6 to 12
Notebooks, (7 Folders)
(include drafts of "In the Park" and "Russian Blackie")
Box 3 Folder 13
"Ponderosa Pines
Box 3 Folder 14
"Untitled Manuscript"
1965
1971
Box 4 Folder 4
Notebooks
(these document Huncke's trip to Nepal)
Undated
Box 4 Folder 5
"Alvarez"
Box 4 Folder 6
"A Beginning of a Portrait"
Box 4 Folder 7
"Detroit Redhead"
Box 4 Folder 8
"Faery Tale"
Box 4 Folder 9
"Funny Notes"
Box 4 Folder 10
"Johnie I"
Box 4 Folder 11
"Johnie II"
Box 4 Folder 12
Journal-- typescript excerpts
Box 4 Folder 13 to 16
Notebooks, (4 Folders)
(includes drafts of "New York Notes")
Box 4 Folder 17
Notes
Folder 18 to 21
Miscellaneous and Untitled Manuscripts, (5 Folders)