Michael McClure papers : additions 1874-2003, bulk 1949-2002

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Michael McClure papers : additions 1874-2003, bulk 1949-2002

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The Michael McClure Papers: Additions, 1874-2002, (bulk 1949-2002), present a comprehensive view of his work as a writer, spanning the length of McClure's career. The bulk consists of notebooks and writings, including poems, prose, and plays in manuscript, draft and final form. There is very little correspondence. There are also professional papers, which include posters, flyers, and broadsides, many advertising readings by McClure and others, and productions of his plays, including . There is a small amount of artwork by McClure, his family, and friends; and materials by and about artists Bruce Conner, Wallace Berman, and George Herms from William Jahrmarkt and the Batman Gallery, among others. The small amount of personal papers include records and family correspondence. These papers complement The Bancroft Library's other extensive holdings documenting the postwar San Francisco poetry renaissance and its influence on American literature. The Beard

Number of containers: 53 boxes, 14 volumes, 2 oversize boxes, and 13 oversize folders; Linear feet: Approx. 23

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McClure, Michael.

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Michael McClure was an American poet, playwright, songwriter, and novelist, and part of the Beat Generation of poetry. He was one of five authors who read at the famous San Francisco Six Gallery reading, and became close with Jack Kerouac, being immortalized as Pat McLean in Big Sur. He is known as the Prince of the Frisco Scene. From the guide to the Michael McClure letter to Diane di Prima, September 1968, (Ohio University) San Francisco-based ...

Jahrmarkt, William

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Conner, Bruce.

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Printmaker and filmmaker; San Francisco, Calif. From the description of Bruce Conner papers, 1956-1975. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 82285090 Biographical Information Bruce Conner in twenty-five words or less: Bruce Conner is the best cereal in America. Tasty and nutritious. He never gets soggy. He's always crisp. - Richard Brautigan (1975) Sculptor, filmmaker, collagist, painter, dra...

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