This series is comprised of letters and manuscripts composed by Robert LaVigne and his friends and associates. Because so many of LaVigne's friends were writers, there is a significant set of poetry manuscripts included on this series that were given to or reviewed by LaVigne.
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Aldan, Daisy-- "Christmas"
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Brukenfield, Richard to Gregory Corso, 13, November 1956
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Cassady Neal to LaVigne, 24, March 1958
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Corso, Gregory to LaVigne, undated and 1957-1958 (4 letters), undated, 1957-1958
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Dine, Jim to John Hancock, undated
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Doyle, Kirby and Lew Welch to LaVigne, 1961 May 13
Ginsberg, Allen
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to LaVigne, undated and 1960-1968 (4 letters), undated, 1960-1968
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Empty Mirror Typescript, 1961
(with notes and corrections by LaVigne)
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Poems, 1955-1961
(including some omitted fromEmpty Mirrorand "Record of Dream 6 June 1955")
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Preface to LaVigne's LION Exhibition, 1958 May 25
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Recipe for Spaghetti with Clam Sauce, undated
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Ginsberg, Louis to LaVigne, 1957
Lamantia, Philip
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to LaVigne, undated and 1962-1964, undated, 1962-1964
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"Blue Grace", undated
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Draft of Text for Poster Advertising a Poetry Reading, undated
LaVigne, Robert
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To Andreas Brown, 1969 (3 letters), 1969
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The Dangerous Garden of Robert LaVigne
(poems by a number of individuals, including Allen Ginsberg, inspired by LaVigne's art)
Box 1 Folder 18
Prologue to Endicott and the Red Cross
McClure, Michael
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To LaVigne, undated (5 letters), undated
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"Introduction to the Poems of John Wieners,", 1958
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Poems, undated and 1959, undated, 1959
Malanga, Gerard
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To Lavigne, undated
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Poems
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Orlovsky, Peter to LaVigne, 1954-1965
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Plymell, Charles-- Poems, undated and 1963, undated, 1963
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Rexroth, Kenneth-- Libretto for the ballet Original Sin, undated
(ballet commissioned by the San Francisco Ballet- file contains the first act)
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Sanders, Ed-- [Poem on the Death of His Mother], 1964
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Snow, John to Allen Ginsberg, undated
Whalen, Philip
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To LaVigne, 1957-1964
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"Against the Magic War: An Open Letter to Robert Duncan,", 1957
Wieners, John