20106734David A. Sands Beat Materials collection20106734Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-11-12 20:34:04 -0500.Description is written in: English, Latin script. Rare Book and Manuscript Library David A. Sands Beat Materials collection Sands, David A. 20106734 MS#2218 English /repositories/2/resources/7258 1 Linear Feet 1 document box 1980-2020 Preferred Citation

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); David A. Sands Beat Materials Collection; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.

 Content Description

Diary of David A. Sands detailing his life among the Beats in Greenwich Village, NYC in the post-WWII era and in particular his relationship with Herbert Huncke, including three notebooks, CD of Herbert Huncke readings, and a sketchbook of Bill Heine's dedicated to Sands.

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 Beats (Persons) Beat literature Avant-garde (Aesthetics) -- United States -- History -- 20th century American poetry -- 20th century Diaries Huncke, Herbert Heine, Bill Series I: Manuscripts/repositories/2/archival_objects/1754419"How will all this work out?" Holograph notebook by Herbert Hunke/repositories/2/archival_objects/1754421198611Diary of David A. Sands. Holograph (photocopy)/repositories/2/archival_objects/17544231 volume198012Diary of David A. Sands. Holograph (photocopy)/repositories/2/archival_objects/17544241 volume1981-198513Series II: Audio Visual/repositories/2/archival_objects/1754415Sketchbook of Bill Heine's art/repositories/2/archival_objects/17544201 bound volumes14Scope and Contents

When Sands sent Heine $50 he received this sketchbook from Heine.

Guilty of Everything: Herbert Huncke in Amsterdam, Reading at Ins & Outs Press. Unrequited Records: Wheeling, WV/repositories/2/archival_objects/17544161 portfolio(2 CDs)201215Series III: Printed Material/repositories/2/archival_objects/1754417The Diary of David A. Sands Opening excerpt, Volume II/repositories/2/archival_objects/17544181 volume(small accordion book)September 201716Scope and Contents

(European Beat Studies Network: The University of Chicago Center, Paris)

The Diary of David A. Sands Opening excerpt, Volume II/repositories/2/archival_objects/17544251 volume(small accordion book)September 201717Scope and Contents

(European Beat Studies Network: The University of Chicago Center, Paris)