Jack Kerouac collection, 1950-1959.

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

Jack Kerouac collection, 1950-1959.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/739645235

The collection consists mostly of correspondence written by and received by Jack Kerouac from circa 1950-1959. Correspondence includes letters from Kerouac to Neal Cassady (circa 1950), Kerouac to Gregory Corso (circa 1950), and Joyce Glassman to Kerouac (1957-1958). The collection also includes a proof copy of Sohaku Ogata's "Zen for the West" (1959), which has four handwritten poems by Kerouac inscribed in it.

.25 linear ft. (1 box)

Emory University. Special Collections and Archives

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 8111412

Emory University. Special Collections and Archives

Related Entities

There are 1 Entities related to this resource.

Kerouac, Jack, 1922-1969

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w66j57zj (person)

Jean-Louis Lebris de Kérouac (March 12, 1922 – October 21, 1969), known as Jack Kerouac, was an American novelist of French Canadian ancestry, who, alongside William S. Burroughs and Allen Ginsberg, was a pioneer of the Beat Generation. Raised in a French-speaking home in Lowell, Massachusetts, Kerouac learned English at age six and spoke with a marked accent into his late teens. Kerouac spent much of his youth engaged in sports and other physical activities. His athletic prowess earned him a...