Black Stone Press : papers and ephemera, 1974-1996

Richard A. Gleeson Library (University of San Francisco)

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Gleeson Library Associates

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Ferlinghetti, Lawrence, 1919-2021

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Lawrence Ferlinghetti was an American poet and publisher, most closely associated with the Beat movement. Born in New York, Ferlinghetti suffered several family-related tragedies in his youth, and was raised in unusual circumstances. Educated at the University of North Carolina, he served in World War II, and continued his education at Columbia and The Sorbonne. He moved to San Francisco, where he co-founded City Lights book store and publishing house, which became integral wi...

Argento, Dominick

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Composed 1954-55. First performance Rochester, New York, 2 July 1958, Kilbourn Hall Chamber Orchestra, Eastman School of Music, Frederick Fennell conductor, Richard Woitach soloist. Dedication: "and again, for C."--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Divertimento for piano and string orchestra / Dominick Argento. 1955. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 42696224 American composer. From the description of Autograph letter signed, d...

California historical society

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First organized April 29, 1852. Official incorporation March 6, 1886. From the description of California Historical Society Correspondence, 1886-1888. (California State Library). WorldCat record id: 58746660 History The California Historical Society was first organized April 29, 1852 and officially incorporated March 6, 1886. The papers of the California Historical Society were published in two parts in 1887. ...

Kinnell, Galway, 1927-2014

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Poet and professor. From the description of Papers, 1936-1980. (Indiana University). WorldCat record id: 56815853 American poet. From the description of Introduction to Seamus Heaney's reading to the Academy of American Poets at the Morgan Library : typescript with autograph revisions, [1984]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270874953 From the description of The fundamental project of technology : typescript photocopy with autograph revisions, [n.d.]. (Un...

Jeffers, Robinson, 1887-1962

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Poet. Married Una Call Kuster in 1913. From the description of Papers of Robinson Jeffers, 1924-1941 (bulk 1924-1926). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71130961 Robinson Jeffers (1887-1962) was an American poet and dramatist. Born in Pittsburgh in 1887, he graduated from Occidental College in 1905. He married Una Call Jeffers (1884-1950) in 1913, and they had three children. His inspiration came from his wife, their home that he built in 1919, Tor House, and the rugged Big Sur...

Atwood, Margaret, 1939-

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Epithet: Canadian author British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000205.0x0001bb Margaret Eleanor "Peggy" Atwood was born November 18, 1939 in Ottawa. She earned a B.A. from Victoria College, University of Toronto, and an M.A. from Harvard. She is a novelist, poet, literary critic and a pioneer of Canadian women's writing. While primarily known for her novels and short fiction, she is the author of over fifteen books o...

Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900

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Epithet: writer of plays British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000765.0x00005f Irish writer, poet, and playwright. From the description of Collection, 1851-1957 (bulk 1877-1957). (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC); University of Texas at Austin). WorldCat record id: 122625016 Irish poet, dramatist and novelist. From the description of Autograph letter signed :...

Baxter, A. W.

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Waters, Alice

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Corporate History When Alice Waters and a small band of friends founded a neighborhood bistro called Chez Panisse in 1971, they named it after one of the characters in Marcel Pagnol's 1930s film trilogy about two generations of families in the small town Provencal atmosphere of the Marseilles waterfront - an act of homage to the genial comedy, sentiment, and informality of the classic movies in which so much is centered around eating and drin...

Peters, Nancy J. (Nancy Joyce)

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Rexroth, Kenneth, 1905-1982

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Born Dec. 22, 1905 in South Bend, IN; campaigned for many radical groups, particularly the Wobblies (Industrial Workers of the World), and espoused eroticism and general anarchy; influenced by poet William Carlos Williams and the Second Chicago Renaissance; founded San Francisco Poetry Center with Lawrence Ferlinghetti and Allen Ginsberg; although his Bohemian lifestyle was emulated by Beats, he did not like the movement for its artistic excess and lack of rigor; noted as an accomplished painter...

Koch, Elers

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Beck, Alan

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Merwin, W.S. (William Stanley), 1927-

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American poet and writer. From the description of Letters, to Arthur Gregor, 1966-1969. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122587287 Born in New York City, 1927; educated at Princeton University (class of 1948); Pulitzer Prize-winning author, poet, translator, and environmental activist. From the description of W.S. Merwin papers 1946- (University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign). WorldCat record id: 57553010 American poet and translator. From th...

Missoula Museum of the Arts

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Odegaard, Charles E.

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Rilke, Rainer Maria, 1875-1926

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Rilke wrote to Werfel in 1913 after reading Werfel's first 2 books of poems, Der Weltfreund and Wir sind. They met for the first time in the same year. Ruth Siebe-Rilke was the daughter of Rilke and Clara Westhoff; here she signs her name Ruth Fritzsche-Rilke. She was at that time the administrator of the Rilke family archive, located in Fischerhude, near Bremen, Germany. (More recently the archive has been located in Gernsbach.) From the description of Correspondence with Franz Werf...

Scheiwiller, Giovanni, 1889-1965

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Transtomer, Tomas.

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Thomas, David, 1947 Apr. 1-

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Browne, Hablot Knight, 1815-1882

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English illustrator. From the description of If it were your friend what advice would you give me? : Pencil sketch, 1864. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122585750 From the description of Drawing, 1850? (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 367388596 From the description of Autograph letter signed : place not specified, to Charles Dickens, undated. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 747716414 English painter and illustrator. From the description of Letter :...

Andrews, Adolphus, Jr.

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Roxburghe Club

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Von dem Bussche, Wolf

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Fuller, June.

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Guest, Barbara

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American poet and dramatist. From the description of Port : a murder in one act : annotated typescript, c1964 / by Barbara Guest. (University of California, San Diego). WorldCat record id: 18433605 ...

Licko, Zuzana, 1961-

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Peter Koch, Printer

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Scheiwiller, Vanni.

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Folberg, Neil

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Severson, Elizabeth H.

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Morris, Charles Kendrick.

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Rutkow, Ira M.

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Silloway, Mary H.

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Duncan, Robert A.

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Epithet: film maker British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000758.0x000248 ...

Fisher, M.F.K. (Mary Frances Kennedy), 1908-1992

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Author M.F.K. Fisher wrote mainly about food. For biographical information, see M.F.K. Fisher, A Life in Letters: Correspondence, 1929-1991 (1997). Doris Tobias was a freelance food and wine writer. From the description of Letter of M.F.K. Fisher, 1985. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 472792486 Author M.F.K. Fisher wrote mainly about food. For biographical information, see M.F.K. Fisher, A Life in Letters: Correspondence, 1929-1991 (1997). Janet Fries is a lawyer p...

Gleason, Molly.

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Frederick, Molly

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Snyder, Gary, 1930-....

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Poet, essayist, translator, Zen Buddhist, environmentalist, and teacher, Gary Snyder is considered one of the most significant environmental writers of the twentieth century and a central figure in environmental activism. From the description of Papers, 1910-2003 1945-2002. (University of California, Davis). WorldCat record id: 30107060 Gary Snyder (1930- ), poet, essayist, translator, Zen Buddhist, environmentalist, lecturer, and teacher, is considered one of the most signi...

Smart, Christopher, 1722-1771

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English poet. From the description of Autograph letter signed : King's Bench Prison [London], to Dr. Charles Burney, 1770 Apr. 26. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270872260 From the description of Papers, 1748-1751. (Washington State University). WorldCat record id: 29854026 ...

Kyle-Brown, Ann.

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Koshland, Daniel E. (Daniel Edward), 1892-1979

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Gilhooly, David

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b. 1943- From the description of Artist file : miscellaneous uncataloged material. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 84686273 Printmaker. Born 1943. From the description of [Prints] [graphic] / David Gilhooly. 1983. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220205716 ...

Mason, J. H. (John Henry), 1875-1951

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Philippe Bonnafant Gallery.

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Brautigan, Richard

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Biographical Information Richard Gary Brautigan, 1935-1984 American novelist, short story writer, and poet. 1935 Born 30 January in Tacoma, Washington, oldest child of Bernard F. Brautigan and Mary Lull Brautigan. Very little is known about his childhood, which he refused to discuss. Some sources say that Brautigan never knew his father, others say that his father ne...

Fields, Ann

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Elliot, James Welsh.

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Southwick, Albert B.

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Acosta Hernandez, Juvenal.

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Rothenberg, Michael

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Levertov, Denise, 1923-1997

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The interview took place at Wells College, New York. From the description of Audio interviews with poet Denise Levertov by Clive Scott Chisholm : sound recordings, 1973 Jan. 27. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754864806 Correspondence to Lewis and Sophia Mumford from Denise Levertov and her husband, Mitchell Goodman. From the description of Letters, 1965-1976, to Lewis and Sophia Mumford. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155871475 ...

Pagliari, Ulisse.

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Forbes, David W.

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Powell, Lawrence Clark, 1906-2001

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Lawrence Clark Powell was a noted writer and librarian. Powell was well-known for his writings on librarianship and the literature of the American Southwest, including books such as Books West Southwest and Southwest Classics. He served as head librarian at UCLA from 1944 to 1961, when he became the founding dean of the UCLA Graduate School of Library Service. After retiring from UCLA, Powell moved to Tucson, Arizona in 1971, where he served as a Professor in Residence at the University of Arizo...

D'Alessandro, Pat

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Sund, Robert, 1929-2001

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Gifford, Barry, 1946-....

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American writer who has published novels, nonfiction, poetry, plays, and screenplays. He currently lives in Berkeley. From the description of Barry Gifford papers, circa 1970-2005. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 462019551 ...

Aplon, Roger, 1937-

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Walters, Sylvia Solochek, 1938-

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Wemyss, Nina

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Clark, Tom M.

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Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley

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Poage, Michael, 1945-

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Hawks, Nelson Crocker, 1840-1929

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Nations, Opal L.

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Davenport, Guy

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Author and illustrator (Nov. 23, 1927-Jan. 4, 2005). Nov. 23, 1927 Born in Anderson, South Carolina 1944 1948 Studied classics and English literature at Duke University 1948 Won Rhodes Scholarship to Merton College, Oxford ...

Maje, Malles.

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Horn, Holly.

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Bernhard, Ruth

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B. October 14, 1905 in Berlin, Germany; d. Dec. 18, 2006, San Francisco, CA ;Education: Edward Weston was her mentor, became part of Group f/64and joined the Modernist West Coast photographers. From the description of Ruth Bernhard. (International Center of Photography). WorldCat record id: 607345757 ...

Brower, David R.

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Antinova, Eleanora.

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Book Club of California

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The Book Club of California, founded in 1912, is a non-profit organization of book lovers and collectors who have a special interest in Pacific C oast history, literature, and fine printing. Its chief aims are to further the interests of book collectors and scholars and to promote an understanding and appreciation of fine books. From the description of Book Club of California records, 1914-[on-going]. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 122453532 ...

Pagnol, Marcel, 1895-1974

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Burdette, Robert J. (Robert Jones), 1844-1914

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American humorist and clergyman. From the description of Letters, 1877-1914. (University of Iowa Libraries). WorldCat record id: 122561397 American humorist and lecturer. From the description of ALS, [ca. 1885] Mar. 8, San Francisco, to Thomas G. Gentry. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122540649 Robert Jones Burdette was an American humorist and lecturer. Born in Pennsylvania and raised in Illinois, he served with distinction in the...

White, Kerr L.

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Black Stone Press

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Peter Koch, founder and proprietor of Black Stone Press, views his role in book creation as multifaceted. The poet, publisher, and printer has described himself as “Artist/Collaborationist, Designer/Printer, and Publisher,” as well as an “Archeologist of the Book, Book Architect,... Typographer/Printer to the Ur-text Project, [and] (urban) Cowboy Surrealist.” In describing his intentions, he quotes Chairil Anwar: “I’ll dig down and root out every word until I’ve gone...

Sanchez, Thomas

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Zamorano Club

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The Zamorano Club is a Southern Californian organization for bibliophiles and manuscript collectors. It was founded in 1928, and sponsors lectures and publications on book-related topics. From the description of Zamorano Club Collection, 1920-1900. (University of California, Los Angeles). WorldCat record id: 426499660 Biography The Zamorano Club is a Southern Californian organization for bibliophiles and manuscript collec...

Gilbert, Sandra M.

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Koch, Peter

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Biography The Black Stone Press was located in Missoula, Montana, from 1974-1978. It then moved to San Francisco. In 1982 the press was renamed Peter Koch, Printer, and in 1984 it moved from San Francisco to Oakland. Following the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, the press again relocated, this time to Berkeley. From the guide to the Black Stone Press : papers and ephemera, 1974-1996, (Stanford University. Libraries. Dept. of Special ...

Stent, Mary.

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Levinson, Joel D.

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Marlis, Stefanie, 1951-

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Bancroft Library. Friends

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Seibert, Richard

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Hormone Derange Editions

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