Philip Whalen letters : to Velna Whalen : ALS, 1943-2000 (bulk 1958-1992).

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Philip Whalen letters : to Velna Whalen : ALS, 1943-2000 (bulk 1958-1992).

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Letters written to younger sister Velna Whalen discuss military service, the happenings of the Beat scene in San Francisco, writing, activities while living in Japan, becoming a Buddhist Monk, family and happenings in Oregon and descriptions of the places he has been including Calif., N.M. and Japan. Also includes correspondence to Velna Whalen concerning a grant.

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Whalen, Philip.

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Philip Whalen was a Beat poet and a Buddhist Monk. From the description of Philip Whalen papers, [194-]-2001. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 57586331 Poet; associated with Gary Snyder, Lew Welch, San Francisco beat writers, and Charles Olson; ordained a Buddhist monk in the 1970s; b. 1923. From the description of Philip Whalen Collection, 1958-1977. (University of Connecticut). WorldCat record id: 28418352 Philip Glenn Whalen w...

Whalen, Velna.

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