Overview of the Collection |
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| Creator: | Ginsberg, Allen, 1926-1997. |
| Title: | Allen Ginsberg Collection |
| Inclusive Dates: | 1962-1966 |
| Quantity: | 9 items (SC) |
| Abstract: | Papers of the American poet. Four outgoing items of correspondence to LeRoi Jones, Marshall Bean, and Geoffrey Hazard; two signed and dated holograph poems; and three signed typescript poems. |
| Language: | English |
| Repository: | Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Library 222 Waverly Avenue Syracuse, NY 13244-2010 http://scrc.syr.edu |
Allen Ginsberg (1926-1997) was an American poet and -- with William S. Burroughs and Jack Kerouac -- a seminal member of the Beat Generation. Ginsberg is best known for the poem Howl (1956), celebrating his fellow Beats and attacking what he saw as the destructive forces of materialism and conformity in the United States at the time.
The Allen Ginsberg Papers consists of correspondence and writings. Correspondence consists of four outgoing items, dated 1962 to 1966, and addressed to Imamu Amiri Baraka (Leroi Jones), Marshall Bean, and Geoffrey Hazard. Writings include two signed and dated holograph poems and three signed typescript poems.
Correspondence is arranged in alphabetical order. Writings are subdivided by type and then arranged alphabetically by title.
There are no access restrictions on this material.
Written permission must be obtained from SCRC and all relevant rights holders before publishing quotations, excerpts or images from any materials in this collection.
See also the Allen Ginsberg Interview. Special Collections Research Center also has Beat-related books, pamphlets, serials and other items are inour Rare Books holdings. Please search SUMMIT, our main catalog for a complete listing.
Preferred citation for this material is as follows:
Allen Ginsberg Collection,
Special Collections Research Center,
Syracuse University Library
Created by: KM
Date: Jul 1987
Revision history: 30 May 2008 - converted to EAD (MRC);
31 Jul 2009 - added related material (MRC)
| Correspondence | |||||||||||
| SC 24 | Baraka, Imamu Amiri (LeRoi Jones) Apr. 24, 1962 (1 postcard) | ||||||||||
| SC 24 | Bean, Marshall 1965, 1966 (2 letters) | ||||||||||
| SC 24 | Hazard, Geoffrey undated (1 postcard) | ||||||||||
| Writings | |||||||||||
| Poems - signed, dated holographs | |||||||||||
| SC 24 | "Guru" May, 1965 | ||||||||||
| SC 24 | "The masters of silent illumination . . ." (untitled) 1966 | ||||||||||
| Poems - signed typescripts | |||||||||||
| SC 24 | "Malest Cornifici Tuo Catullo" | ||||||||||
| SC 24 | "Message" | ||||||||||
| SC 24 | "The Shrouded Stranger" | ||||||||||
