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Allen Ginsberg papers, 1943-1991, bulk 1945-1976 11.25 linear feet (26 boxes 1 oversized document box)

Ginsberg, Allen, 1926-1997
Papers of Allen Ginsberg, American poet and one of the founders of the beat generation. The collection contains correspondence, manuscripts, and publications created by Ginsberg and his associates. Note that the main body of Ginsberg's papers is found at Stanford University.
  1. Rare Book & Manuscript Library

Barry Miles papers, 1958-1990, bulk 1965-1997 16 linear feet (38 boxes: 27 document boxes 10 cassette tape boxes 1 half document box)

Miles, Barry, 1943-
The Barry Miles Papers contains correspondence, manuscripts, photographs, and printed materials concerned with Miles' literary activities in the London counterculture. Included are letters and manuscripts from William S. Burroughs and Allen Ginsberg, among numerous others. This collection also includes material used by Miles in the research and writing of his work Ginsberg: A Biography as well as from his editorship of the annotated edition of Ginsberg's Howl.
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Gregory Corso papers, 1949-1996 5 linear feet (10 boxes and 7 oversized folders)

Corso, Gregory
Includes published and unpublished writings, artwork, correspondence, and sound recordings created by or related to the Beat poet Gregory Corso.
  1. Rare Book & Manuscript Library

Jacques Barzun papers, 1900-1999 225 linear feet (533 boxes; 1 drawer of oversized material)

Barzun, Jacques, 1907-2012
The correspondence, research, and teaching files of French-American cultural historian and Columbia University professor emeritus Jacques Barzun (1907-2012).
  1. Rare Book & Manuscript Library

Lionel Trilling papers, 1899-1987 27 linear feet (51 document boxes 3 index card boxes)

Trilling, Lionel, 1905-1975
The Lionel Trilling Papers document the life of author, professor, and literary critic, Lionel Trilling. This collection contains his writings, extensive correspondence with other New York intellectuals, personal documents, and other records concerning his professional activities.
  1. Rare Book & Manuscript Library

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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Pa'lante records, 1959-1969 1 linear feet (3 boxes)

Pa'lante

The office file of the magazine. There is correspondence and manuscripts from many writers among whom are: William Burroughs; Diane di Prima; Allen Ginsberg; Anselm Hollo; Walter Lowenfels; Michael McClure; Gerard Malanga, and John Wieners

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Random House records, 1925-1999 702 linear feet (1693 boxes)

Random House (Firm)

The collection consists of the editorial and production archives of Random House, Inc. from its founding in 1925 to the 1990s. The correspondence and editorial files include many of the prominent novelists and short story writers from 20th-century American and European literature: Saul Bellow; Erskine Caldwell; Truman Capote; William Faulkner; Sinclair Lewis; André Malraux; Gertrude Stein and Thornton Wilder. Among the poets there are files for W. H. Auden; Allen Ginsberg; Robinson Jeffers; Robert Lowell; and Stephen Spender. In the area of theater there are files for Maxwell Anderson; Moss Hart; Lillian Hellman; Eugene O'Neill; and Tennessee Williams. Random House transacted business with many fine presses and noted typographers and the archives contain files for Nonesuch Press, Grabhorn Press and Golden Cockerel Press, as wll as for Bruce Rogers, Valenti Angelo, and Edwin, Jane, and Robert Grabhorn.

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