Jess papers, 1941-2004 (bulk 1962-1997).

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Herms, George, 1935-

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George Herms, California artist, musician, and poet, was one of the founders of the West Coast assemblage movement. From the description of George Herms papers, 1890-2009 ( bulk 1960-2000) (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 668457005 Herms, George, 1935, Assemblage and collage artist of Los Angeles and San Francisco, Calif. Central participant in the West Coast Beat culture. From the description of Oral history interview with...

Duncan, Robert, 1919-1988

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California poet. From the description of Robert Edward Duncan papers, 1960-1977. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 122545242 Robert Duncan (January 7, 1919 -February 3, 1988) was an American poet and a student of H.D. and the Western esoteric tradition who spent most of his career in and around San Francisco. Though associated with any number of literary traditions and schools, Duncan is often identified with the poets of the New American Poetry and B...

Jess, 1923-2004

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Jess, American visual artist, was born Burgess Collins on August 6, 1923 in Long Beach, California. Jess was educated as a chemist at the California Institute of Technology. Disillusioned with his scientific career, in 1949 he enrolled in the California School of the Arts (now the San Francisco Art Institute) and began referring to himself as "Jess". He met Robert Duncan in 1951 and maintained a relationship with the poet that lasted until Duncan's death in 1988. George ...