Jack Kerouac papers, 1945-1971

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Series I: Correspondence, 1945-1971

This series consists of letters sent to Kerouac by friends and associates, as well as letters sent by Kerouac to fans and admirers. This series also consists of a few letters about the author sent to and from Kerouac's family and acquaintances. These include 35 letters of William Burroughs to Jack Kerouac which deal with his daily life and thoughts in Louisiana, Mexico, and Morocco, with his writings and those of Kerouac, and with their mutual friends including Allen Ginsberg. Several examples of Burroughs' experimental prose are included.



Box 1 Folder 1 Arrabel, Fernando to Kerouac, 1968 February 28


Box 1 Folder 2 Burroughs, William to Allen Ginsberg, 1959 June 8


Burroughs, William to Kerouac


Box 1 Folder 3 1945 July - 1950 December (14 letters), 1945 July, 1950 December


Box 1 Folder 4 1951- 1952 April (7 letters), 1952 April


Box 1 Folder 5 1945 April- 1955 June (11 letters), 1945, 1955 June


Box 1 Folder 6 1957, 1962 (2 letters), 1957, 1962


Box 1 Folder 7 Giroux, Robert to Ellen Lucey, 1952 July 14


Kerouac, Jack


Box 1 Folder 8 to Elbert Lenrow, 1949 (2 letters), 1949


Box 1 Folder 9 to Ellen Lucey, 1951, 1961 (2 letters), 1951, 1961


Box 1 Folder 10 Kerouac, Stella Sampas to Ellen Lucey, 1969-1971, 4 letters


Box 1 Folder 11 Lax, Robert to Ellen Lucey, 1959-1971, 2 letters


Box 1 Folder 12 O'Neill, John H. to Kerouac, 1950 December 5

Series II: Manuscripts and Miscellaneous, 1960-1965, undated

This series consists of a small number of manuscripts of Kerouac's poetry and prose fragments as well as proofs of two of Kerouac's novels, Desolation Angels and Tristessa. This series also includes clippings and reviews and some of Kerouac's published work. It includes Big Table 1 which contains the first installment of Kerouac's "Old Angel Midnight" as well as Evergreen Review no.33 which contains the second installment. There is also a memorial portrait of Kerouac by Robert LaVigne


Box 1 Folder 13 Desolation Angels- Uncorrected Proof, 1965


Box 1 Folder 14 "If onions made the eye more weep…" (includes lines later incorporated into "Pull My Daisy")


Box 1 Folder 14 "My eagle…"


Box 1 Folder 15 "In the rainy night the bat…" (untitled prose fragment)


Box 1 Folder 16 Tristessa- advance proof, 1960


Box 1 Folder 17 Clippings and Miscellaneous


Posters



Shelf Oversize Poster for Jack Kerouac: A Chicken-Essay by Victor Levy-Beaulieu


Shelf Oversize Photo Poster of Kerouac by Antonio A. Rubino


Shelf Oversize Poster for "On the Road: The Jack Kerouac Conference,", 1982