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Collection
Identifier: MSS 0294
Abstract
These letters from American poet Charles Henri Ford (and others) to publishers Charles and Pamela Plymell concern publication plans for Ford's Om Krishna II (Cherry Valley Editions, 1981). In addition to Ford's letters there are single letters from Beat poet Allen Ginsberg, Nepalese artist Indra Tamang, bookbinder Alan Brilliant, writer Ed Germain, and the Plymells. A draft typescript of Om Krishna II,...
Dates:
1966-1981; Majority of material found within 1979-1981
Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0907
Abstract
Allen Ginsberg wrote these postcards and letters to Gregory Corso between 1982 and 1985.
Dates:
1982-1985
Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0719
Abstract
Eighteen typed and signed letters from Ron Loewinsohn to Basil King concerning domestic affairs, school, writing, publishing, and financial worries, dated from 1964 to 1970.
Dates:
1964 September 10-1970 June 29
Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0775
Abstract
One typed letter written and initialed by Laurence H. Scott to Robert A. Wilson on Harvard University Committee on Degrees in History and Literature letterhead, dated November 18, 1964. In the letter Scott describes a poetry reading given by Allen Ginsberg and Peter Orlovsky at Harvard University.
Dates:
1964 November 18
Collection
Identifier: MSS 0481
Abstract
The Robert A. Wilson collection comprises 9 linear feet of material related to 36 prominent literary figures, previously in the private collection of Robert A. Wilson, the final owner of the Phoenix Book Shop, in New York City (1962-1988).
Dates:
1906-2011
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