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There are also Paul Bowles materials at the University of Delaware and at the Ransom Center.
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Correspondence and manuscripts of Bowles. Most of the letters in the collection are from Bowles to his friend, Ira Cohen, and pertain to Bowles' life in Morocco and his interest in the music of Morocco and Thailand. Bowles was particularly interested in Moroccan hypnotic music and made a commercial recording of it. His notes for an insert booklet to be included with the record are in this collection. There are also eight letters from Bowles to Frank Roberts, his friend and collaborator on the screenplay adapted from Bowles' novel, LOVE WITH A FEW HAIRS. There are also 4 letters from Bowles to Irving Stettner and 1 letter from Mohammed Mrabet to Stettner. The Bowles manuscripts also include three short stories, some poems, an interview with Bowles by Ira Cohen, and several pages (thermofax copies) from a notebook. In addition, a reel of tape with one of Bowles' compositions"Wet and Dry" and a short story by Mohammed Mrabet are in the collection.
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Paul Bowles papers; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.
Partly available on microfilm. Entire collection has been microfilmed except for a reel of tape with one of Bowles' compositions, "Wet and Dry," and a short story by Mohammed Mrabet.
Reproductions may be made for research purposes. The RBML maintains ownership of the physical material only. Copyright remains with the creator and his/her heirs. The responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.
Date of acquisition--03/20/1973. Accession number--M-73-03-20.
5 letters: Source of acquisition--2293B (General). Method of acquisition--Purchase; Date of acquisition--05/27/1998. Accession number--M-98-05-27.
American author and composer.
Cataloged Christina Hilton Fenn 04/07/1989.
5 letters Cataloged HR 06/19/1998.
Unique time-based media items have been reformatted and are available onsite via links in the container list. Commercial materials are not routinely digitized.
Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.
In the hand of Paul Bowles
Fragments of transcribed interview. Incomplete, unpublished, unnumbered and in no order.
Thermofax copies of 12 holograph pages of a Paul Bowles notebook
Transcribed from Mogrhebi by Paul Bowles
"Wet and Dry", circa June 17, 1968
Labelled "Tape of Original Composition 'Wet and Dry' Paul Bowles." Described in letter to Ira Cohen dated June 17 1968