Russell FitzGerald papers, circa 1952-1993.

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Russell FitzGerald papers, circa 1952-1993.

Correspondence, writings (poems, stories, essays, etc.), diaries, artwork, small-press books, and photographs. Includes manuscripts by Helen Adam, James Alexander, Robin Blaser, Paul Blackburn, Richard Buckle, Victor Coleman, Robert Creeley, Wesley Day, Samuel R. Delany, Thomas M. Disch, Harold Dull, Lewis Ellingham, Carol Emschwiller, Dora FitzGerald, David Franks, Marilyn Hacker, William Harris, Noah Joseph Howard, Bob Kaufman, Joanne Kyger, William McNeill, Marie Ponsot, Gilbert Sorrentino, George Stanley, Colin Stuart, Raymon(d) Taylor, Diane Wakoski, Anne Waldman, and Lewis Warsh. Also includes writings (including an original poem) by Jack Spicer and sample issues of early poetry zines containing his works. Correspondents include Harold Dull, Lewis Ellingham, Tom Field, Dora FitzGerald, Nemi Frost, Marilyn Hacker, Steve Jonas, Bob Kaufman, Joanne Kyger, Denise Levertov, William McNeill, Joel Oppenheimer, Stan Persky, Gary Snyder, Russell Snyder, George Stanley, and Irene Taverner. FitzGerald's diaries present day-by-day accounts of several years of life in San Francisco's North Beach during the 1950s and 1960s.

3 cartons, 1 oversize folder (4.0 linear feet)

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SNAC Resource ID: 7937357

UC Berkeley Libraries

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Kyger, Joanne

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Joanne Kyger is a West Coast poet who emerged as the Beat movement was beginning to wane in the 1960s. Kyger attended the University of California at Santa Barbara from 1952 to 1956, where she took classes with Hugh Kenner and Paul Wienphal both of whom were important to the development of her poetry. In 1957 she met John Wieners at The Place, a poetry bar, and through him met Robert Duncan and Jack Spicer; it was also during this time that she first met Gary Snyder. Later Kyger moved to the Eas...

Howard, Noah Joseph.

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Stuart, Colin

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Dull, Harold

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Warsh, Lewis.

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Waldman, Anne, 1945-

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Poet, performer, editor, publisher, and teacher; director of the St. Mark's Poetry Project (New York); co-founder, with Allen Ginsberg, of the Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics, Naropa University. From the description of Anne Waldman papers, 1945-<2002> (bulk 1958-1998). (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 68914842 American poet associated with the New York School of Poetry. From the description of 100 memories, 1970. (University of Calif...

Alexander, James Edwin, 1930-

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Dr. James Alexander, English physician in Genoa. In 1823 he prescribed Lord Byron pills, and was consulted by him on some warts. From the description of Dr. James Alexander manuscript material : 1 item, 1823 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 297985771 ...

Adam, Helen, 1909-1993

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American poet born in Scotland. From the description of Postcard to Diane di Prima, 1967 Nov. (University of California, San Diego). WorldCat record id: 18347343 Helen Adam was born on Dec. 2, 1909 in Glasgow, Scotland and died in New York City on Sept. 19, 1993. She was a writer of Scottish ballads and later participated in the Beat poetry movement. From the description of Papers, 1956-1976. (Kent State University). WorldCat record id: 40718661 ...

Spicer, Jack

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American poet who worked and resided in San Francisco for much of his adult life. From the description of You, Apollo ..., 1949. (University of California, San Diego). WorldCat record id: 32848532 Biographical Information John Lester Spicer was born on January 30, 1925, in Hollywood, California, where his parents managed a small hotel. He attended Hollywood and Fairfax High Schools from 1939 to 1943, then University of Re...

Disch, Thomas M.

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Kaufman, Bobbie, 1940-

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African American author; b. Bob Garnell Kaufman, 1925; d. 1986. From the description of Bob Kaufman collection, 1962-1990. (Boston University). WorldCat record id: 70968748 ...

Blaser, Robin.

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Robin Francis Blaser (May 18, 1925-May 7, 2009) was a noted author and poet in both the United States and Canada. From the description of Robin Blaser fonds. [n.d.]. (University of Victoria Libraries). WorldCat record id: 688600933 American poet. From the description of Robin Blaser papers, 1955-1971. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 122551936 ...

Day, Wesley.

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Snyder, Gary, 1930-....

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Poet, essayist, translator, Zen Buddhist, environmentalist, and teacher, Gary Snyder is considered one of the most significant environmental writers of the twentieth century and a central figure in environmental activism. From the description of Papers, 1910-2003 1945-2002. (University of California, Davis). WorldCat record id: 30107060 Gary Snyder (1930- ), poet, essayist, translator, Zen Buddhist, environmentalist, lecturer, and teacher, is considered one of the most signi...

Buckle, Richard, 1959-

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Blackburn, Paul (Paul Richard)

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American poet associated with the projective verse movement. From the description of Paul Blackburn letters, 1949. (University of California, San Diego). WorldCat record id: 42721935 American poet. From the description of Affinities I : typescript, [ca. 1957]. (University of California, San Diego). WorldCat record id: 32416027 From the description of The lottery : annotated typescript, [ca. 1956] / PB. (University of California, San Diego). WorldCat reco...

Stanley, George, 1934-

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Michael Gizzi was born in Schenectady, New York in 1949 to Carolyn and Anthony Gizzi. He had two brothers, Peter and Thomas Gizzi. He spent part of his childhood living in Ohio and lived in East Greenwich, Rhode Island for three years (10th, 11th, and 12th grade) of high school. His parents moved up to Pittsfield, Massachusetts and he returned to Rhode Island as an undergraduate student at Brown University where he recieved a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1976. He would return to Brown...

Levertov, Denise, 1923-1997

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The interview took place at Wells College, New York. From the description of Audio interviews with poet Denise Levertov by Clive Scott Chisholm : sound recordings, 1973 Jan. 27. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754864806 Correspondence to Lewis and Sophia Mumford from Denise Levertov and her husband, Mitchell Goodman. From the description of Letters, 1965-1976, to Lewis and Sophia Mumford. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155871475 ...

Oppenheimer, Joel

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Poet and journalist, of New York, N.Y., and later Henniker, N.H.; b. Joel Lester Oppenheimer, 1930; d. 1988. From the description of Papers, ca. 1953-1989. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 86123194 From the description of Joel Oppenheimer papers, 1925-1988. (University of Connecticut). WorldCat record id: 28419831 Joel Oppenheimer was born in Yonkers, New York, in 1930 to Jewish parents. He failed out of Cornell University after one year (in 1948) and spe...

Taylor, Raymond Garrett

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Sorrentino, Gilbert

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David Markson was born in Albany, New York, on December 20, 1927. He received his B.A. from Union College in 1950 and his M.A. from Columbia University in 1952. He has written seven novels and a critical study. From the description of Letters to David Markson, 1998 Sept. 3-2000 Feb. 5. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122571237 Louis Mackey was known for his works on Kierkegaard, Saint Augustine and Medieval Philosophy. His published work also included literary criticism, lite...

Emschwiller, Carol.

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Persky, Stan, 1941-

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Frost, Nemi

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Coleman, Victor, 1944-....

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FitzGerald, Russell.

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Painter, illustrator; born in Philadelphia; moved to San Francisco; longtime lover and associate of Jack Spicer, who wrote "Billy the Kid" for him and based the lead character in "Tower of Babel" on him. From the description of Russell FitzGerald papers, circa 1952-1993. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 648256713 ...

Creeley, Robert, 1926-2005

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Sponsored by Stanford University, the English Department, the Creative Writing Program, the Stanford Humanities Center, the Stanford Library, and the Library Associates. From the description of A symposium on his poetry and his place in American letters : recording, 2005 Nov. 5. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754864090 David Shaff was at Yale at this time; he wrote and edited poetry. From the description of Letters to David O. Schaff, 1962-1965. (Unknown). WorldC...

Wakoski, Diane.

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Poet. From the description of Letters, 1984-1996. (Indiana University). WorldCat record id: 47287823 American poet. From the description of Papers, 1959-[ongoing] (bulk 1959-1978) (University of Arizona). WorldCat record id: 28318855 Diane Wakoski (b. 1937), American poet and teacher. From the description of Diane Wakoski poems, 1971-1972. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702199357 From the description of Diane Wakoski letters to John ...

Jonas, Stephen

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FitzGerald, Dora.

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Ellingham, Lewis

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Lew Ellingham is a San Francisco writer and critic who has served as book editor for the Sierra Club. He has published poems in numerous magazines and journals and is the author of POET, BE LIKE GOD (1984), an unpublished account of the Jack Spicer circle. Jack Spicer, 1925-1965, was an influential San Franciso poet celebrated for his experiments with language. The publisher of White Rabbit Press, Spicer became the central figure in a coterie of experimental poets living...

McNeill, William Hardy, 1917-....

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Ponsot, Marie.

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Delany, Samuel R., 1942-

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Samuel R. Delany, born April 1, 1942, in New York City, is an author, editor, professor, and literary critic, noted for his work in the science fiction genre. Delaney's writing is often characterized by his interest in gender, sexual orientation, race, and social issues. Delany identified as a gay black male, but for twelve years, he remained married to the poet Marilyn Hacker, whom he met in high school. During their marriage, the couple raised a daughter and co-edited a short-lived magazine...

Snyder, Russell

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Hacker, Marilyn, 1942-....

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Taverner, Irene.

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Field, Tom, 1930-1995

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Franks, David, 1948-

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Harris, William, 1940-

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