Tram Combs papers : and other material, 1956-1973 (bulk 1958-1966).

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Tram Combs papers : and other material, 1956-1973 (bulk 1958-1966).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122393127

Newspaper clippings primarily on the literary scene in the San Francisco Bay Area in the late 1950s and early 1960s, and transcripts of poetry and published poems (including articles on or about poetry by Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Theodore Dreiser, Robert Barlow, Allen Ginsberg). Also includes correspondence, writings by Combs, materials from the Poetry Center at San Francisco State College, and programs and announcements for poetry events in the San Francisco Bay Area.

1 carton, 1 box (1.65 linear feet)

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SNAC Resource ID: 6699843

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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...

Ginsberg, Allen, 1926-1997

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Irwin Allen Ginsberg was born on June 3, 1926 in Newark, New Jersey to Louis and Naomi (Levy) Ginsberg. American poet, author, lecturer, and teacher who was one of the core members of the Beat Generation of American author's in the 1950's and early 1960's along with Jack Kerouac, William S. Burroughs, and Neal Cassady. He died of complications of liver cancer on April 6, 1997. From the description of Allen Ginsberg papers, 1937-1994. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 462019390 ...

Dreiser, Theodore, 1871-1945

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Theodore Dreiser was an American literary naturalist and author of two of the most significant works of early twentieth-century American fiction, SISTER CARRIE (1900) and AN AMERICAN TRAGEDY (1925). From the description of The mercy of God : manuscript, [1900-1945?] / by Theodore Dreiser. (Peking University Library). WorldCat record id: 63051908 Editor and author. From the description of Theodore Dreiser papers, 1910-1930. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71009534 ...

Barlow, R.H. (Robert Hayward), 1918-1951

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Robert Hayward Barlow was an American author, avant-garde poet, anthropologist and historian of early Mexico, and expert in the Nahuatl language. From the description of R.H. Barlow correspondence, 1934, 1943. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 759409458 ...

Combs, Tram, 1924-

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Elisha Trammel (Tram) Combs, Jr. was born September 25, 1924 in Riverview, Alabama. The son of Elisha Trammel, a cotton mill superintendent, and LaFaye Hunt Combs, Combs was educated in Southern schools until 1936, when his family moved to San Francisco. He became a writer and bookseller and lived in the San Francisco Bay Area until 1951 when he moved to St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, owning and operating a bookstore. He was associated with many well-known writers and was active in gay literary cir...