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Series I: Correspondence, 1957-1971
Series II: Drawings, Writings, and Photographs, 1954-1958

Peter Orlovsky papers, 1954-1971

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Series II: Drawings, Writings, and Photographs, 1954-1958

This series contains sketches, dairy entries, and a small number of photographs created by Peter Orlovsky. The diary fragments are loose and many are undated.

Drawings


Box 2 Folder 1 Miscellaneous Drawings

(done mostly on paper napkins)

Box 2 Folder 2 "My Father and his Leg in Our Room on the 3rd Floor,", 1958 July

Box 2 Folder 3 [Sketch of Robert LaVigne], 1954

Box 2 Folder 4 [Portrait Sketch], unattributed, circa, 1956

Box 2 Folder 5 Photographs

(3 photos of Orlovksy and Allen Ginsberg shot by the Harold Chapman Studio, 1 photo booth frame with Gregory Corso, Allen Ginsberg, Paul Carroll, and Peter Orlovsky)

Box 2 Folder 6 Diary Fragments and Notes, circa, 1954 July-1956 January

Box 2 Folder 7 "Restraint and Seclusion Order,", 1958

Box 2 Folder 8 Miscellaneous Envelopes