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Rare Book & Manuscript Library

Rare Book & Manuscript Library

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The Rare Book & Manuscript Library is Columbia University’s principal repository for special collections. We collect, preserve, describe, promote, and provide access to the material evidence of diverse individuals and activities in alignment with the University’s research and teaching mission. We build and steward deep collections in select subject areas and connect them to a global audience through reference, teaching, exhibitions, publications, and public programs.
Start Over Repository Rare Book & Manuscript Library Names Ginsberg, Allen, 1926-1997 Subjects American poetry -- 20th century

Goliard Press records, 1961-1970 3 linear feet (5 manuscript boxes, 3 flat boxes)

Goliard Press

Correspondence and production files of The Goliard Press, relating to the publication of contemporary English and American poetry. Most of the letters are addressed to Barry Hall or Tom Raworth. Among the poets represented are Basil Bunting, Robert Creeley, Allen Ginsberg, Anselm Hollo, Ted Hughes, Christopher Logue, Michael McClure, Charles Olson, and Louis Zukofsky.

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Jacob Rabinowitz letters, 1978-1993 0.5 linear feet (55 items in 1 box)

Rabinowitz, Jacob

Letters from William Burroughs, Robert Creeley, Allen Ginsberg, and others concerning his poetry and translations and about their own lives. There are also a few poems and photographs.

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John Eugene Unterecker papers, 1961-1987 53 linear feet (125 manuscript cartons, 3 file card boxes)

Unterecker, John, 1922-1989

The collection documents the scholarship and writing of John Eugene Unterecker, a poet, biographer of the poet Hart Crane, and professor of English. The majority of the collection is composed of correspondence and manuscripts. Materials date from 1961 to 1987.

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Lucien Carr papers, 1951-1975 0.5 linear feet (1 manuscript box)

Carr, Lucien, 1925-2005
A founding member of the Beat Generation, Carr was a friend of Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac, and other beat writers, and attended Columbia University in 1944. The Lucien Carr Papers contain correspondence with prominent Beat writers Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac, as well as some clippings and ephemera.
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Peter Orlovsky papers, 1954-1971 .75 linear feet (1 document box 1 half size document box)

Orlovsky, Peter, 1933-2010
The papers of the poet, member of the Beat Generation, and Allen Ginsberg's lover. The collection is comprised primarily of correspondence with some sketches, photographs, and diary fragments.
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Philip Whalen papers, 1941-1979 8.34 linear feet (20 document boxes)

Whalen, Philip
Papers of Philip Whalen, American poet, novelist, and Zen Buddhist associated with the Beat Generation and the San Francisco Renaissance.
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Robert Lavigne papers, 1954-1969 3 linear feet (2 document boxes 1 map case drawer)

LaVigne, Robert, 1928-2014
The papers of artist and Beat Generation figure Robert LaVigne. The collection contains correspondence, artwork, and event invitations.
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