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Kay Boyle letters to Helga Einsele

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0655
Abstract Award-winning American author, educator, and political activist Kay Boyle (1902-1992) was a prominent member of the American expatriate modernist circle of the 1920s and 1930s. Boyle's later years are characterized by her extensive political activism. The Kay Boyle letters to Helga Einsele document Boyle's decades-long friendship with criminologist and prison reformer Helga Einsele (1910-2005). The collection comprises letters from Boyle and their enclosures, drafts of Einsele's replies,...
Dates: 1951-1992

Sir Joseph Gold political and miscellaneous ephemera collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0472
Abstract

The attorney and author Joseph Gold was born in London, England, on July 12, 1912; he died on February 22, 2000, in Bethesda, Maryland. The Sir Joseph Gold political and miscellaneous ephemera collection comprises .67 linear feet of newsletters, pamphlets, posters, blank letterhead, and typed pages from the 1960s through the 1990s.

Dates: 1960-1996; Majority of material found within 1960-1970

Alan Kaufman papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0599
Abstract The papers of Alan Kaufman--an American Jewish author, editor, performer, artist, and impresario--include drafts of his memoir Jew Boy, his novel Matches, editorial material related to volumes in his Outlaw Bible series, and the magazine Davka: Jewish Cultural Revolution. There are numerous notebooks with notes, observations, lists, and drafts of poetry and writing, as well as original...
Dates: circa 19th century, 1952-2007; Majority of material found within 1952-2007

Rae Lawton travel diary to California

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0097-Item 0155
Abstract

This travel diary documents the trip Illinois-native Rae Lawton made to California as a young woman in 1905. In addition to Lawton's thoughts on religious topics, daily chores and time spent with friends and family, the diary recorded her impressions of several areas in California including Santa Rosa, San Francisco, and Los Angeles.

Dates: 1905

Thomas Parkinson papers

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Identifier: MSS 0790
Abstract

The Thomas Parkinson papers consist of typescripts and manuscripts of poetry and prose by Parkinson, Parkinson's correspondence, periodicals and clippings related to Parkinson's work, and four original pen-and-ink drawings, probably created by Parkinson's wife, Ariel. The materials were created circa 1957-1972.

Dates: circa 1957-1972

Carl Rakosi letters to Tom Clark

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Identifier: MSS 0099-F0706
Abstract

Two autographed postcards, and a short typed note, written by Carl Rakosi to Tom Clark in 1984 regarding the release of the author's Collected Prose.

Dates: 1984 February 2-April 12

Frank X. Riedy photographs of the 1915 Panama-Pacific International Exposition

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Identifier: GRA 0158
Abstract

The Frank X. Riedy photographs of the 1915 Panama-Pacific International Exposition contains 33 photographs taken by American photographer Frank Xavier Riedy (1866-1957) at the exposition held in San Francisco, California. The photographs document examples of the art, architecture, and landscaping at the exposition and also include panoramic images of the fairgrounds and the surrounding city and bay.

Dates: 1915

San Francisco rock posters collection

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Identifier: GRA 0116
Abstract

The San Francisco rock posters collection consists of 378 posters for rock concerts and other performances from 1966 to 1971.

Dates: 1966-1971

World fairs and expositions collection

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Identifier: MSS 0630
Abstract

This artificial collection comprises a variety of types of material documenting world fairs and expositions, spanning the dates between 1851 and 1967, with the bulk of the collection dating from the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893. Material consists of printed matter and ephemera, including newspapers, programs, invitations, maps, brochures, viewbooks, advertisements, stationery, contracts, bonds, trade cards, and a scrapbook; photographs and prints; and realia souvenirs.

Dates: 1851-1967; Majority of material found in 1893

Zephyrus Image records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0880
Abstract Zephyrus Image, founded by Holbrook Teter and Michael Myers, was a small Northern California press operating from approximately 1969-1983, notable for its socially- and politically-subversive books and ephemera and its fine works on paper. The Zephyrus Image records document the activities of the California press and its proprietors and the planning and development of roughly 300 printed works of poetry and political and satirical books and ephemera. Zephyrus Image projects were created for...
Dates: 1960-2000; Majority of material found within circa 1969-1983

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Panama-Pacific International Exposition (1915 : San Francisco, Calif.) 2
Aitken, Robert, 1878-1949 1
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Berlin, Lucia 1
Black Panther Party 1
Bly, Robert 1
Boyle, Kay, 1902-1992 1
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Brakhage, Stan 1
British Airways 1
Bryant, Dorothy, 1930- 1
Burke, Clifford 1
Burroughs, William S., 1914-1997 1
Carter, Jimmy, 1924- 1
Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.) 1
Clark, Tom, 1941- --Correspondence 1
Cranium Press 1
Creeley, Robert, 1926-2005 1
Cummins Limited 1
Di Prima, Diane 1
Dorn, Edward 1
Einsele, Helga, 1910- 1
Einsele, Helga, 1910- -- Correspondence 1
Expo (International Exhibitions Bureau) (1967 : Montréal, Québec) 1
Family Dog Productions 1
Ferlinghetti, Lawrence 1
Franckenstein, Joseph von 1
Free Speech Movement (Berkeley, Calif.) 1
Ginsberg, Allen, 1926-1997 1
Gold, Joseph, 1912- 1
Great Exhibition (1851 : London, England) 1
Hampton, Fred, 1948-1969 1
Harvard College (1780- ) 1
Hell's Angels 1
Helms, Chet 1
Hermes Free Press 1
Hirschman, Jack, 1933- 1
Hongisto, Richard D. 1
Humphrey, Hubert H. (Hubert Horatio), 1911-1978 1
International Monetary Fund 1
Kaufman, Alan 1
Kaufman, Alan. Jew Boy 1
Kaufman, Alan. Matches 1
Kaufman, Alan. The Outlaw Bible of American Essays 1
Kaufman, Alan. The Outlaw Bible of American Literature 1
Kaufman, Alan. The Outlaw Bible of American Poetry 1
Kelham, George W. (George William), 1871-1936 1
Kolm, Ron 1
Kupferberg, Tuli 1
Kyger, Joanne 1
Ladd, Anna Coleman, 1878-1939 1
Lawton, Rae 1
London, Rick 1
Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904 : Saint Louis, Mo.) 1
Mamet, David 1
Maybeck, Bernard R. 1
McCarthy, Eugene J., 1916-2005 1
McClure, Michael 1
McGovern, George S. (George Stanley), 1922-2012 1
Mehring, Walter, 1896-1981 1
Mellen, Joan 1
Micheline, Jack, 1929-1998 1
Milk, Harvey 1
Moscone, George, 1929-1978 1
Muir, John 1
Myers, Michael, 1948-1982 1
New York World's Fair (1939-1940 : New York, N.Y.) 1
New York World's Fair (1964-1965 : New York, N.Y.) 1
Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994 1
Oppenheimer, Joel, 1930-1988 1
Oxfam 1
Pan Am Corporation 1
Pan-American Exposition (1901 : Buffalo, N.Y.) 1
Parkinson, Ariel, 1926- 1
Parkinson, Thomas Francis, 1920- 1
Pears (A. & F.) Limited 1
Radcliffe College. Institute for Independent Study 1
Rakosi, Carl, 1903-2004 1
Raworth, Tom 1
Reagan, Ronald 1
Rexroth, Kenneth, 1905-1982 1
Riedy, Frank Xavier, 1866-1957 1
Rosset, Barney 1
Rusk, Robert 1
San Francisco Mime Troupe 1
San Francisco State College 1
Shot, Danny 1
Silverman, Herschel 1
Sky, Gino 1
Snyder, Gary, 1930- 1
Socialist Workers Party 1
Spring Creek Typesetting Service 1
Teter, Holbrook 1
Turtle Island Foundation 1
United Farm Workers of America 1
War Resisters League 1
Welch, Lew 1
Wiley, William T., 1937- 1
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