Lucien Carr papers, 1951-1975

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Series I: Correspondence, 1956-1973

The correspondence series contains letters, telegrams, and postcards sent to Carr from his friends Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac. Some of these letters include fragments of works in progress, such as the Ginsberg letter that includes an early draft of the first section of "Howl: For Carl Solomon." Many of Kerouac's letters take the form of poems.


Cru, Henri to Jack Kerouac



Box 1 Folder 1 [1957]


Box 1 Folder 2 [1957]


Ginsberg, Allen to Lucien Carr


Box 1 Folder 3 January 16, 1956 (includes early draft of "Howl" with author's corrections), January 16, 1956


Box 1 Folder 4 1957


Box 1 Folder 5 April 4, 1957


Box 1 Folder 6 October, 1957


Box 1 Folder 7 December 11, 1957


Box 1 Folder 8 May 30, 1958


Box 1 Folder 9 January 26, 1960


Box 1 Folder 10 April 6, 1960


Box 1 Folder 11 April 20, 1960


Box 1 Folder 12 January 17, 1965


Box 1 Folder 13 March 28, 1965


Box 1 Folder 14 January 28, 1966



Mapcase 14-E-7 February 14, 1966



Box 1 Folder 16 July 3, 1967


Box 1 Folder 17 October 1, 1967


Box 1 Folder 18 July 17, 1968


Box 1 Folder 19 July 19, 1968


Box 1 Folder 20 August 17, 1968


Box 1 Folder 21 November 4, 1969


Box 1 Folder 22 1970


Box 1 Folder 23 March 22, 1970


Box 1 Folder 24 October 13, 1970


Box 1 Folder 25 October 16, 1970


Box 1 Folder 26 November 21, 1970


Box 1 Folder 27 July 27, 1971


Box 1 Folder 28 August, 1971


Box 1 Folder 29 August 19, 1971


Box 1 Folder 30 September 16, 1971


Box 1 Folder 31 March 8, 1972


Box 1 Folder 32 March 17, 1972


Box 1 Folder 33 March 27, 1972


Box 1 Folder 34 May 24, 1972


Box 1 Folder 35 June 2, 1972


Box 1 Folder 36 June 12, 1972


Box 1 Folder 37 June 24, 1972


Box 1 Folder 38 August 10, 1973


Box 1 Folder 39 November 10, 1975


Kerouac, Jack to Lucien Carr


Box 1 Folder 40 Undated (includes a pencil sketch of a woman's head), Undated


Box 1 Folder 41 Undated


Box 1 Folder 42 February 24, 1956


Box 1 Folder 43 February 28, 1957


Box 1 Folder 44 March 12, 1957


Box 1 Folder 45 October 22, 1957


Box 1 Folder 46 November 20, 1957


Box 1 Folder 47 December 14, 1957


Box 1 Folder 48 January 16, 1958


Box 1 Folder 49 February 18, 1958


Box 1 Folder 50 August 14, 1958


Box 1 Folder 51 May 23, 1959


Box 1 Folder 52 October 12, 1959


Box 1 Folder 53 January 19, 1960


Box 1 Folder 54 May 17, 1961


Box 1 Folder 55 October 31, 1961


Box 1 Folder 56 December 27, 1961


Box 1 Folder 57 January 6, 1962


Box 1 Folder 58 March 15, 1962


Box 1 Folder 59 May 28, 1962


Box 1 Folder 60 June 7, 1962


Box 1 Folder 61 August 11, 1962


Box 1 Folder 62 June 2, 1965


Box 1 Folder 63 1967


Kerouac, Jack to Francesca Carr


Box 1 Folder 64 October 22, 1962