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Beagle, Dorothy. Collection of Bob and Eileen Kaufman papers, circa 1959-1996.

Title: Collection of Bob and Eileen Kaufman papers, circa 1959-1996.

Contains copies of 3 poems by Bob Kaufman; a transcript of an interview of Eileen Kaufman; copyright registration of musical compositions with music, by Eileen Kaufman; journal and songs, by Eileen Kaufman; photographs including some of Bob Kaufman. Contains recordings of Bob Kaufman, some at KPFA; a video made for Eileen Kaufman of Dorothy "Jesse" Beagle readings.

ArchivalResource: Papers: 1 box (.2 linear ft.)Audio/Visual: 5 audiocassettes and 1 videocassette.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/215198036 View

Felver, Christopher, 1946-. Christopher Felver portraits of poets, authors, and artists [graphic] / photographed by Christopher Felver.

Title: Christopher Felver portraits of poets, authors, and artists [graphic] / photographed by Christopher Felver. <1981-2001>

Portraits of literary figures and artists, chiefly with California or Beat movement associations. Includes Joan Didion, Philip Whalen, Whalen with Gregory Corso, Thom Gunn, Philip Lamantia, Ishmael Reed, Maxine Hong Kingston, Michael McClure, Diane di Prima, McClure with Di Prima, McClure with Gary Snyder, McClure with Amy McClure and Gregory Corso, John C. Holmes, David Meltzer, Josephine Miles, June Jordan, Jan Kerouac, Robert Duncan, Jess, Robert Bly, Joanne Kyger, Adrienne Rich, Bob Kaufman, Ed Dorn, William Everson, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Jack Micheline, Micheline with Eddie Balchowsky, Micheline with Jan Kerouac, Bruce Conner, Jay DeFeo, Philip Lamantia, Harold Norse, Ted Joans, Joans with Cecil Taylor Joans with Hettie Jones and Joyce Johnson, and Jan Kerouac.

ArchivalResource: <53> photographic prints : b&w ; chiefly 8 x 10 in.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/52235782 View

Robert Alexander papers and Temple of Man records

Title: Robert Alexander papers and Temple of Man records

The papers of poet, artist, and ordained priest Robert Alexander and the records of Venice, California’s Temple of Man measure 11.7 linear feet and 1.01 GB, and date from 1938-2015. The papers and records document Alexander and the Temple of Man, which he founded in 1960 to serve as a meeting place for a community of artists, poets, and musicians. The collection contains biographical material pertaining to Alexander, Temple of Man administrative records, correspondence and artists files, project files, printed material, and photographic material.

ArchivalResource: 11.7 linear ft.; 1.01 Gigabytes

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw97be82627-46ab-4b66-8e3c-d3d79d85dc55 View

Felver, Christopher, 1946-. The group surrounding Allen Ginsberg : photographs, 1980-1985.

Title: The group surrounding Allen Ginsberg : photographs, 1980-1985.

Black and white prints, usually 154 x 101 mm.

ArchivalResource: 30 prints (.25 linear ft.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122448631 View

Mark Green papers

Title: Mark Green papers

The papers of San Francisco Beat photographer, journalist, and poet Mark Green consist of biographical information, correspondence, exhibition files, printed materials, scattered writings, and photographs. Photographs by Mark Green are of notable figures and places in the Beat movement, including Allen Ginsberg, Robert Rauschenberg, and Clyfford Still, as well as photographs by others of Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Mark Green, and Jack Kerouac among others.One folder of correspondence includes letters from Jay DeFeo, Wallace and Shirley Berman, and Robert Emory Johnson. Exhibition files are found for two Beat exhibitions that Mark Green assisted in organizing: "Rolling Renaissance", 1968 and "A Kind of Beatness: Photographs of a North Beach Era, 1950-1965", 1975. Exhibition files contain correspondence, photographs of work exhibited and installation views, clippings, announcements and catalogs. Photographs are of Thomas Albright, Francis Ford Coppola, Allen Ginsberg, Leonard Hull, Robert Emory Johnson, Bob Kauffman, J. Oliver Mitchell, Francis Rigney, Jerome Stauber, and Edward Silverstone Taylor. Correspondents include include Thomas Albright, Wallace Berman, Bill Eisenlord, Alfred Frankensten, Allen Ginsberg, Helen Johnson of the Focus Gallery, Robert Emory Johnson, Chester Kessler, and Philip Whalen. Mark Green's writings include a history of the Nanny Goat Hill Gallery, a statement about his photography, and various notes. Printed materials consist of clippings, exhibition announcements for the San Francisco area and Nanny Goat Hill Gallery, and comic books.The series of photographs is particularly rich due to Green's thoughtful and informative reflections written on the back of many of the photographs. The majority of the photographs identify the photographer, sitter, date, and place. Many times, Green included his own recollections of the particular sitter or photographer as well. In addition to photographs of Mark Green, there are photographs taken by Green and others of important Beat Movement figures. There are also photographs of beatnick "hot-spots" including the Co-Existence Bagel Shop, The Cellar, and The Place.

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Kaufman, Bob. Bob Kaufman collection, 1962-1990.

Title: Bob Kaufman collection, 1962-1990.

Manuscript, printed material, artwork, memorabilia, audiotape, electronic media, and photographs.

ArchivalResource: 1.5 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70968748 View

Joans, Ted. Ted Joans papers, 1948-2002.

Title: Ted Joans papers, 1948-2002.

Contains original manuscripts of poems, many unpublished, non-fiction, fiction, short stories, essays, plays, jazz critiques, reviews, movies, translations and prose, as well as his notes. Also includes personal papers containing correspondence from Amiri Baraka, Stokely Carmichael, Diane di Prima, Bob Kaufmann, and Ishmael Reed and professional papers containing invitations to readings, resumes, tributes, reviews, and clippings. Correspondence, poems, photographs, articles, publicity materials, and miscellaneous works.

ArchivalResource: 26 boxes, 6 cartons, 4 oversize boxes and 14 oversize folders (circa 19.5 linear feet)Copy of "I Too at the Beginning, Beat Generation Segment," typescript with corrections, 1989 (Box 14, folders 1-3) : 1 microfilm reel : negative (BNEG Box 2961) and positive.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/697543004 View

FitzGerald, Russell. Russell FitzGerald papers, circa 1952-1993.

Title: 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.

ArchivalResource: 3 cartons, 1 oversize folder (4.0 linear feet)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/648256713 View

Christian, Barbara, 1943-2000. Sound recordings from the Barbara Christian papers [sound recording].

Title: Sound recordings from the Barbara Christian papers [sound recording]. ca. 1966-1999.

Speeches and lectures by Christian and recordings used in her work. Includes recordings by and/or about Alice Walker, Toni Morrison, Gloria Naylor, June Jordan, Gwendolyn Brooks, Bob Kaufman, Walter Rodney, and others.

ArchivalResource: 46 sound cassettes, 2 sound tape reels.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/53981165 View

Nowinski, Ira. Cafe Society photographs [graphic] : Beat poets and North Beach, San Francisco / photographed by Ira Nowinski.

Title: Cafe Society photographs [graphic] : Beat poets and North Beach, San Francisco / photographed by Ira Nowinski. 1973-1999.

Portraits of poets and others associated with San Francisco's North Beach neighborhood including Allen Ginsberg, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, William S. Burroughs, Gregory Corso, Michael McClure, Jack Hirschman, Richard Brautigan, Bob Kaufman, Jack Micheline, Harold Norse, Imamu Amiria Baraka, and Ruth Weiss. Also includes photographs of various cafes and other North Beach establishments, as well as portraits of other San Francisco poets and artists.

ArchivalResource: 1 box + six folders (52 photographic prints) : b&w ; 16 x 20 in. or smaller.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/228709810 View

Hanuman books. Hanuman books records, 1978-1996, (bulk 1986-1994).

Title: Hanuman books records, 1978-1996, (bulk 1986-1994).

Collection includes: correspondence, invoices, manuscripts, typescripts, artwork, audiotapes, printed ephemera, photographs and books. Records document the founding of Hanuman Books, the administration of a small New York Press, Indian printing practices, San Francisco's North Beach and New York's Lower East Side literary and art scenes, Beat poetry, the Naropa Institute, contemporary music and film, and gay men and gay literature in the 1980s and 1990s.

ArchivalResource: 20 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/68917307 View

Allen, Donald, 1912-2004. Unpublished anthology of the San Francisco Renaissance, ca. 1965.

Title: Unpublished anthology of the San Francisco Renaissance, ca. 1965.

Notes for the plans for the anthology and the poems collected from which a final choice would be made.

ArchivalResource: .5 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122553412 View

Felver, Christopher, 1946-. Videos, 1982-2000.

Title: Videos, 1982-2000.

West coast; beat and beyond, a documentary tribute to Jack Kerouac and the San Francisco literary renaissance, featuring Allen Ginsberg, Philip Lamantia, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Ken Kesey and others, 1982-1983. Aired by KQED on June 26 and June 30, 1984. Our copy dated 1 June 1993. Footage dated by asking Chris Felver. This documentary features thirteen writers who knew Kerouac, including his daughter, Jan. The film is narrated by Kerouac's biographer, Gerald Nicosia. It is filmed on location in San Francisco's North Beach and at a recent conference celebrating the 25th anni. Allen Ginsberg. Kerouac Festival, Lowell, MA, 1994. One hour. Allen Ginsberg with David Amram and Steven Taylor, De Young Museum, 1996. The Coney Island of Lawrence Ferlinghetti, nd. "Hum Bom, " Allen Ginsberg & David Amram, 1999. 3 min. "Timing is everything" (Tiger Woods), 2000. 8 min.

ArchivalResource: 6 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122510834 View

Ginsberg, Allen, 1926-1997. Allen Ginsberg papers, 1937-1994.

Title: Allen Ginsberg papers, 1937-1994.

Contains correspondence, manuscripts by Ginsberg and other Beat Generation authors, business records, notebooks and journals, clipping files, books, periodicals, audiotapes, videotapes, photographs, posters, and a CD-rom. Accessions received in 1998, 1999, 2002 and 2004 totaling some 154 linear feet have not yet been processed. Accession 2011-038, .25 linear foot, includes letters from Alan Ansen, Charles Bukowski, Robert Creeley, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Louis Ginsberg, John Holmes, Norman Mailer, Michael McClure, Kate Orlovsky, kenneth Rexroth, Gary Snyder, Anne Waldman, Philip Whalen, and others. Also included is "A commonplace book, " a bound manuscript notebook by Ginsberg, 1946.

ArchivalResource: circa 1,330 linear feet.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/462019390 View

Robert Alexander papers and Temple of Man records

Title: Robert Alexander papers and Temple of Man records

The papers of poet, artist, and ordained priest Robert Alexander and the records of Venice, California’s Temple of Man measure 11.7 linear feet and 1.01 GB, and date from 1938-2015. The papers and records document Alexander and the Temple of Man, which he founded in 1960 to serve as a meeting place for a community of artists, poets, and musicians. The collection contains biographical material pertaining to Alexander, Temple of Man administrative records, correspondence and artists files, project files, printed material, and photographic material.

ArchivalResource: 11.7 linear ft.; 1.01 Gigabytes

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw97be82627-46ab-4b66-8e3c-d3d79d85dc55 View