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Amiri Baraka papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0699
Abstract

Amiri Baraka (1934-2014), known early in his career as LeRoi Jones, was a widely published African American writer who produced poetry, drama, fiction, essays, and music criticism. Much of Baraka’s work addressed the subjects of Black liberation and white racism. The Amiri Baraka papers comprise the author’s writings, sketchbooks, and artwork, as well as correspondence and ephemera related to his involvement in theatrical and film productions.

Dates: circa 1965-2006

Donald Barthelme collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0466
Abstract

The collection contains galleys, proofs, manuscripts, published periodicals, and correspondence by the American novelist and short story writer Donald Barthelme.

Dates: 1963-1991

William Carlos Williams collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0146
Abstract

The William Carlos Williams collection, spanning the dates 1916-1973, consists of sixty-nine letters from noted American poet William Carlos Williams (1883-1963) to several different individuals discussing a variety of issues and reflecting his relationship to the various recipients. Letters from Florence Williams (wife of William Carlos) to several of these individuals, several letters written by Fred Miller, and manuscripts by Williams and Miller also comprise the collection.

Dates: 1916-1973; Majority of material found within 1934-1962

Robert A. Wilson collection

 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

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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Authors, American--20th century 4
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African American authors--20th century 1
African American authors--21st century 1
African American dramatists--20th century 1
African American poets--20th century 1
African American poets--21st century 1
American fiction--20th century 1
American literature--20th century 1
American literature--20th century--Periodicals 1
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California--History--1950- 1
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Healdsburg (Calif.) 1
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Kent State Arts Festival (1974 : Kent State University) 1
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San Francisco (Calif.) 1
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Names
Di Prima, Diane 2
Ginsberg, Allen, 1926-1997 2
McClure, Michael 2
Oppenheimer, Joel, 1930-1988 2
Adam, Helen, 1909-1993 1
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Albee, Edward, 1928- 1
Andre, Michael 1
Baraka, Imamu Amiri, 1934-2014 1
Beam, Jeffery, 1953- 1
Bergé, Carol, 1928-2006 1
Berlin, Lucia 1
Berrigan, Daniel 1
Berrigan, Ted 1
Berry, Wendell, 1934- 1
Berryman, John, 1914-1972 1
Bly, Robert 1
Bogan, Louise, 1897-1970 1
Booth, Philip, 1925-2007 1
Bowles, Jane, 1917-1973 1
Bowles, Paul, 1910-1999 1
Boyle, Kay, 1902-1992 1
Brakhage, Stan 1
Broughton, James, 1913-1999 1
Bullins, Ed 1
Burke, Clifford 1
Burroughs, William S., 1914-1997 1
Capote, Truman, 1924-1984 1
Congdon, Kirby 1
Corso, Gregory 1
Cranium Press 1
Creeley, Robert, 1926-2005 1
Dorn, Edward 1
Everson, William, 1912-1994 1
Gallup, Donald Clifford, 1913-2000 1
Harris, Theodore A. 1
Hermes Free Press 1
Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-1986 1
Jarrell, Randall, 1914-1965 1
Jess, 1923-2004 1
Joyce, James, 1882-1941 1
Koch, Kenneth, 1925-2002 1
Kyger, Joanne 1
LaVigne, Robert, 1928-2014 1
Laughlin, James, 1914-1997 1
Levertov, Denise, 1923-1997 1
London, Rick 1
Malanga, Gerard 1
Mead, Taylor 1
Micheline, Jack, 1929-1998 1
Myers, Michael, 1948-1982 1
Olson, Charles, 1910-1970 1
Orlovsky, Peter, 1933-2010 1
Patchen, Kenneth, 1911-1972 1
Phoenix Book Shop 1
Pound, Ezra, 1885-1972 1
Purdy, James, 1914-2009 1
Raworth, Tom 1
Reynolds, Tim 1
Riding, Laura, 1901-1991 1
Rusk, Robert 1
Sandy, Stephen 1
Simpson, Louis, 1923-2012 1
Sky, Gino 1
Smith, Patti 1
Smith, William Jay, 1918-2015 1
Snyder, Gary, 1930- 1
Spring Creek Typesetting Service 1
Steloff, Frances, 1887-1989 1
Swenson, May 1
Teter, Holbrook 1
Turtle Island Foundation 1
Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964 1
Wakoski, Diane 1
Welch, Lew 1
Whalen, Philip 1
Wiley, William T., 1937- 1
Williams, William Carlos, 1883-1963 1
Wilson, Lanford, 1937-2011 1
Wilson, Robert A. (Robert Alfred), 1922-2016 1
Windham, Donald 1
Zephyrus Image (Firm) 1
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