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Beat generation--Correspondence

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh88007452

Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

Allen Ginsberg letters to Gregory Corso

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0907
Abstract

Allen Ginsberg wrote these postcards and letters to Gregory Corso between 1982 and 1985.

Dates: 1982-1985

Robert Hawley letters to David Meltzer

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0897
Abstract

These letters, written by American publisher Robert Hawley to poet and musician David Meltzer between 1964 and 1966, reflect their book and poetry interests, their friendship, and the business of Oyez Press.

Dates: 1964-1966

Epistolary diary : typescript

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0974
Abstract

Consists of a sequence of correspondence written by John Clellon Holmes to his wife, Shirley, between May 18-27, 1974, and form a personal journal recording his reflections and experiences during a solitary trip to a family cabin in Maine.

Dates: 1974 May 18-27

John Clellon Holmes letter to Shirley Allen

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0864
Abstract

American author John Clellon Holmes typed this four-page letter to his future wife, Shirley Allen.

Dates: 1953 June 23

John Clellon Holmes letters to Richard Douglass

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0902
Abstract

American poet John Clellon Holmes wrote these letters, filled with encouragement and critique, to a young poet named Richard Douglass, who identified with the Beats.

Dates: 1976-2011; Majority of material found within 1976-1977

Laurence H. Scott letter to Robert A. Wilson

 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