Allen Ginsberg papers [manuscript], 1962-1991.

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Allen Ginsberg papers [manuscript], 1962-1991.

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The collection contains two typescripts by Ted Wilentz "The Kaddish manuscript" explaining his purchase of the Ginsberg manuscript and "Some words on Allen Ginsberg who deserves many." The collection contains three brief letters to Ginsberg from Charles Plymell, Bob Rosenthal, and Theodorre Willentz, 1968-1984, mention a contract, and Peter Orlovsky. The collection consists chiefly of letters to Ted Wilentz, 1962-1990, discussing his current writing and other activities. Specific topics include trip to India, current crises in Cuba and India, finances, music, Buddhism, conferences and readings. He mentions William S. Burroughs, Lucien Carr, Robert Frank, Peter Orlovsky, Bertrand Russell, and Anne Waldman. Letters to Willentz from James E. Breslin, Louis Ginsberg, Cordula [Koschembahr?] and Bill Morgan discuss permission to quote, a festschrift in honor of Ginsberg's 60th birthday, and Morgan's work on Ginsberg. A photograph of Ginsberg with [Amiri Baraka?] is enclosed in the letter from Cordula. There is a brief note from Ginsberg on the verso of the Breslin letter. The collection also contains photographs and sketches, chiefly of Ginsberg and Orlovsky, and also a Viet Nam war protest. Additional miscellaneous materials include a review of "Kaddish and other poems, 1958-1960, by Harvey Shapiro; a newsletter concerning the Naropa Institute in Boulder, Coloradlo, and The Jack Kerouac Poetics School; and a broadside from the Neptune Theatre Liverpool advertising an Allen Ginsberg poetry reading.

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University of Virginia. Library

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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 ...

Orlovsky, Peter, 1933-2010

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Writer, associate of Allen Ginsberg. From the description of Papers, 1954-1971. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122482491 American poet, born July 8, 1933, in New York City. From the description of Peter Orlovsky Papers, 1952-1983. (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC); University of Texas at Austin). WorldCat record id: 122590485 Peter Orlovsky, poet, musician, farmer, teacher, and companion of po...

Burroughs, William S., 1914-1997

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William S. Burroughs (1914-1997) was an American experimental novelist, "beat" poet, and cultural icon. From the guide to the William S. Burroughs Letter, undated, (Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries) William S. Burroughs (1914-1997), American novelist, essayist, writer of experimental fiction. A primary member of the Beat generation, he was an avant-garde author who affected postwar popular culture as well as literature. From the ...

Plymell, Charles,

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Charles Plymell, b. 1935, (part Cherokee) poet, editor, and publisher, closely associated with the Beat writers. From the description of Charles Plymell papers, ca. 1968-1969. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 81484810 From the description of Charles Plymell papers, ca. 1968-1969. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702152755 ...

Koschembahr, Cordula.

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Morgan, Bill, 1949-....

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Bill Morgan (1949- ), bibliographer of Lawrence Ferlinghetti and Allen Ginsberg, collector of material by, about, and related to Ferlinghetti and Ginsberg, assembled these items. From the guide to the Allen Ginsberg Reviews: Books, Films, Performances, and Exhibitions, 1966-2001, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Rare Book Collection.) From the guide to the Poetry Readings, Film and Theatrical Shows, Exhibitions, Book Announcements, and Other Events: Posters, Pro...

Rosenthal, Bob

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Baraka, Amiri, 1934-2014

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Amiri Baraka was born LeRoi Jones in Newark, New Jersey, in 1934. He was educated at Rutgers and Howard Universities, graduating from the latter at the age of 19. In 1958 he founded the influential poetry magazine Yugen, which ran until 1962. His writings, including fiction, essays, and poetry, appeared in such publications as The nation, Evergreen review, Downbeat, and The floating bear. From the description of Imamu Amiri Baraka papers, 1958-1982. (University of California, Berkele...

Breslin, James E.B., 1935-

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Wilentz, Ted

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Wilentz was proprietor of the Eighth Street Bookshop; New York, N.Y. From the description of Ted and Joan Wilentz collection of Fluxus-related materials, 1963-1983. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 83985504 ...

Shapiro, Harvey, 1924-2013

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Neptune Theatre (Liverpool, England)

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Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics

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Orlovsky, Peter, 1933-2010

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Writer, associate of Allen Ginsberg. From the description of Papers, 1954-1971. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122482491 American poet, born July 8, 1933, in New York City. From the description of Peter Orlovsky Papers, 1952-1983. (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC); University of Texas at Austin). WorldCat record id: 122590485 Peter Orlovsky, poet, musician, farmer, teacher, and companion of po...

Russell, Bertrand, 1872-1970

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Russell was an English logician and philosopher. Marsh edited Russell's Logic and knowledge: essays 1901-1950 and wrote about Russell. From the guide to the Letters to Robert C. (Robert Charles) Marsh, 1950-1959., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) Russell, British philosopher and mathematician and the 3rd Earl Russell. From the description of [Letter, 19]44 Dec. 8, Trinity College, Cambridge [to] Dear Sir / Bertrand Russell. (Smith C...

Frank, Robert, 1924-

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Waldman, Anne, 1945-

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Poet, performer, editor, publisher, and teacher; director of the St. Mark's Poetry Project (New York); co-founder, with Allen Ginsberg, of the Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics, Naropa University. From the description of Anne Waldman papers, 1945-<2002> (bulk 1958-1998). (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 68914842 American poet associated with the New York School of Poetry. From the description of 100 memories, 1970. (University of Calif...

Carr, Lucien, 1925-2005

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Lucien Carr was born in New York City in 1925, but spent most of his childhood in St. Louis, Missouri. It was in St. Louis that he first met Washington University instructor David Kammerer and Kammerer's childhood friend William S. Burroughs. After graduating from Andover Academy, Carr briefly enrolled in Bowdoin College, but soon transferred to the University of Chicago, where he stayed for two semesters until an apparent suicide attempt caused him to be briefly institu...

Naropa Institute

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The Naropa Institute was founded in 1974 by Chogyam Trungpa, Rinpoche, as a summer school. It offered courses, workshops and performances in dance, theater, music, painting, religious studies, psychology and cognitive science. By 1976, two year-round Master of Arts programs and three one-year certificate programs had begun. In 1978, the Institute received candidacy for accreditation status from the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools. By 1982, the Naropa In...