City Lights Books Records: Additions, 1947-[on-going] (bulk 1970-1994)

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City Lights Books Records: Additions, 1947-[on-going] (bulk 1970-1994)

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Correspondence, editorial files, publicity, clippings, of and pertaining to City Lights Books, and papers of owner-publisher Lawrence Ferlinghetti. Correspondents include: Allen Ginsberg, Charles Bukowski, William S. Burroughs, Sam Shepard, and Richard Brautigan.

Number of containers: 85 boxes, 3 oversize boxes, 13 oversize folders; Linear feet: ca. 36

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City Lights Books, the first all paperback bookstore in the country, was started in San Francisco in 1953 by Lawrence Ferlinghetti, in partnership with Peter Martin. Situated in North Beach on Columbus Avenue, it quickly became the center for the beat poets and other experimental writers who figured strongly in the city's literary renaissance. From the description of City Lights Books records, 1953-1970. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 227535655 ...