Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Peter Orlovsky Papers; Box and Folder;
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Series II: Drawings, Writings, and Photographs, 1954-1958
This series contains sketches, dairy entries, and a small number of photographs
created by Peter Orlovsky. The diary fragments are loose and many are undated.
Drawings
Miscellaneous Drawings
Box 2
Folder 1
(done mostly on paper napkins)
“My Father and his Leg in Our Room on the 3rd Floor,”
1958 July
Box 2
Folder 2
[Sketch of Robert LaVigne],
1954
Box 2
Folder 3
[Portrait Sketch], unattributed, circa,
1956
Box 2
Folder 4
Photographs
Box 2
Folder 5
(3 photos of Orlovksy and Allen Ginsberg shot by the Harold Chapman Studio, 1
photo booth frame with Gregory Corso, Allen Ginsberg, Paul Carroll, and Peter
Orlovsky)
Diary Fragments and Notes, circa 1954
July-1956 January