Aya Tarlow Papers, 1954-2002

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Aya Tarlow Papers, 1954-2002

Consist of correspondence, writings, artworks, scrapbooks, flyers, announcements, clippings, biographical and miscellaneous materials that primarily illuminate the life as poet and intimate player of the Beat scene in San Francisco and Los Angeles during the 1950's. Correspondents include Wallace Berman, George Herms, ruth weiss, and Christopher Tree. Includes artworks of Aya Tarlow and Elias Romero, as well as of other artists.

Number of containers: 9 boxes, 2 volumes, 2 oversize boxes, and 12 oversize folders; Linear feet: approx. 5.0

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SNAC Resource ID: 6649761

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Berman, Wallace, 1926-1976

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Wallace Berman was born in 1926 in Staten Island, New York. In the 1930s, his family moved to the Jewish district in Los Angeles. After being expelled from high school for gambling in the early 1940s, Berman immersed himself in the growing West Coast jazz scene. During this period, he briefly attended the Jepson Art School and Chouinard Art School, but departed when he found the training too academic for his needs. In 1949, while working in a factory finishing antique ...

Tree, Christopher

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Romero, Elias Lee

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Aya, 1932-

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Aya Tarlow is a writer, artist and astrologist. From the description of Aya Tarlow papers, 1954-2002. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 62767030 Biographical Information Born Idell Rose Tarlow on August 14, 1932, in Los Angeles, California, Tarlow studied piano and dancing while growing up in Los Angeles. At 13, she began writing and compiling collections of poems and drawings. Upon finishing high ...

Herms, George, 1935-

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George Herms, California artist, musician, and poet, was one of the founders of the West Coast assemblage movement. From the description of George Herms papers, 1890-2009 ( bulk 1960-2000) (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 668457005 Herms, George, 1935, Assemblage and collage artist of Los Angeles and San Francisco, Calif. Central participant in the West Coast Beat culture. From the description of Oral history interview with...

Weiss, Ruth, 1928-

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