Lew Welch Papers, 1943-1971

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Lew Welch Papers, 1943-1971

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The papers of an important member of the West Coast Beat poetry community. The collection is divided into four series: 1) Correspondence; 2) Writings; 3) Reviews and Announcements; and 4) Personal and Business Records. The Correspondence series includes letters from Gary Snyder, Philip Whalen, Donald Allen, and 18 folders of material from Welch's mother, Dorothy Brownfield. The Writings series includes poetry, prose, plays, essays, songs, scrolls, and notebooks. The collection as a whole contains information pertaining both to Welch's personal battle with recurring depression as well as his struggle to construct a Beat poetry that might do justice to his notion -- inherited from his hero, William Carlos Williams -- of "The American Idiom."

2.40 linear feet; (7 archives boxes)

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University of California, San Diego. Geisel Library. Mandeville Special Collections Library.

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