This series consists of letters sent to Kerouac by friends and associates, as well as letters sent by Kerouac to fans and admirers. This series also consists of a few letters about the author sent to and from Kerouac's family and acquaintances. These include 35 letters of William Burroughs to Jack Kerouac which deal with his daily life and thoughts in Louisiana, Mexico, and Morocco, with his writings and those of Kerouac, and with their mutual friends including Allen Ginsberg. Several examples of Burroughs' experimental prose are included.
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Arrabel, Fernando to Kerouac, 1968 February 28
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Burroughs, William to Allen Ginsberg, 1959 June 8
Burroughs, William to Kerouac
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1945 July - 1950 December (14 letters), 1945 July, 1950 December
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1951- 1952 April (7 letters), 1952 April
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1945 April- 1955 June (11 letters), 1945, 1955 June
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1957, 1962 (2 letters), 1957, 1962
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Giroux, Robert to Ellen Lucey, 1952 July 14
Kerouac, Jack
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to Elbert Lenrow, 1949 (2 letters), 1949
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to Ellen Lucey, 1951, 1961 (2 letters), 1951, 1961
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Kerouac, Stella Sampas to Ellen Lucey, 1969-1971, 4 letters
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Lax, Robert to Ellen Lucey, 1959-1971, 2 letters
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O'Neill, John H. to Kerouac, 1950 December 5
This series consists of a small number of manuscripts of Kerouac's poetry and prose fragments as well as proofs of two of Kerouac's novels, Desolation Angels and Tristessa. This series also includes clippings and reviews and some of Kerouac's published work. It includes Big Table 1 which contains the first installment of Kerouac's "Old Angel Midnight" as well as Evergreen Review no.33 which contains the second installment. There is also a memorial portrait of Kerouac by Robert LaVigne
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Desolation Angels- Uncorrected Proof, 1965
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"If onions made the eye more weep…" (includes lines later incorporated into "Pull My Daisy")
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"My eagle…"
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"In the rainy night the bat…" (untitled prose fragment)
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Tristessa- advance proof, 1960
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Clippings and Miscellaneous
Posters
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Poster for Jack Kerouac: A Chicken-Essay by Victor Levy-Beaulieu
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Photo Poster of Kerouac by Antonio A. Rubino
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Poster for "On the Road: The Jack Kerouac Conference,", 1982