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Accession Processed in 2011

 

BIOGRAPHICAL MATERIALS

Scope and Content of Series

Series 1) BIOGRAPHICAL MATERIALS: Award and grant information; newspaper clippings about Kyger's life and work; personal papers including calendars, biographies, and notes; and interviews with Kyger for various publications and projects. Materials related to Kyger's marriage to Gary Snyder include photographs of their wedding and reception, a photocopy of the marriage certificate, and newspaper clippings about the event.
Box 1, Folder 1

Awards and grants 1987-2005

Box 1, Folder 2

Bibliographies

Box 1, Folder 3

Calendars, 1965-1968 (incomplete)

 

Interviews

Box 1, Folder 4

1977-2007 and undated

Box 1, Folder 5

Interviewed by Michael Price and Dale Smith 1997

Box 1, Folder 6

Interviewed by Anne Waldman

Box 1, Folder 7

Interviewed by John Suiter - Two interviews 2000-2003

Box 1, Folder 8

Interviewed for Rain Taxi by Eric Lorberer 2001

Box 1, Folder 9

Bolinas Museum Oral History Project 2006

 

Marriage to Gary Snyder

Box 1, Folder 10

Photographs and ephemera

Box 1, Folder 11

Newspaper clippings 1960

Box 1, Folder 12

Newspaper clippings about Kyger 1974-2007

Box 1, Folder 13

Miscellaneous material

 

CORRESPONDENCE

Scope and Content of Series

Series 2) CORRESPONDENCE: Letters, cards, email, and postcards from friends, family, colleagues, editors, and publishers, ranging in date from 1950 to 2008. Correspondence details Kyger's life in San Francisco, Japan, New York, and Bolinas, California, as well as her working relationships with various publishers and magazine editors. Notable correspondents include Donald Allen, Ebbe Borregaard, Joe Brainard, Robert Creeley, Nemi Frost, Gary Snyder, Anne Waldman, Lewis Warsh, and Philip Whalen. Also of interest are a small number of typescript carbons of letters written by Kyger to friends and family describing her time in Japan. Arranged alphabetically by correspondent. Unidentified correspondents are arranged chronologically at the end of the series.
Box 1, Folder 14

A - Miscellaneous

Box 1, Folder 15

Abrams, Sam 1979-2000

Box 1, Folder 16

Accurso, Richard 1984-2003

Box 2, Folder 1

Acevedo, Susanna 1976-1991

Box 2, Folder 2

Acevedo, Susanna and Arthur Okamura, from Bali 1979-1980

Box 2, Folder 3

Adnan, Etel 1997-2006

Box 2, Folder 4

Alexander, Paul 1975-2008

Box 2, Folder 5

Allen, Donald 1959-1990

Box 2, Folder 6

Amandi, Jocelyn 1978-1990

Box 2, Folder 7

Anderson, Jim 1980-2006

Box 2, Folder 8

Antler 1997-2003

Box 2, Folder 9

Arnold, Bob 1987-2006

Box 2, Folder 10

Aronowitz, Al 1992-1995

Box 2, Folder 11

Avec, (Cydney Chadwick, ed.) 1988

Box 2, Folder 12

B - Miscellaneous

Box 2, Folder 13

Bachy, (Leland Hickman, ed.) 1977-1980

 

Bacon, Joe

Box 3, Folder 1

1975-2007

Box 3, Folder 2

Copies of letters written by Bacon to various people 1975-1986

Box 3, Folder 3

Baldwin, Gordon 1973-2007

Box 3, Folder 4

Baldwin, Mado (Gail) 1973-1996

Box 3, Folder 5

Ballard, Micah 2000-2005

Box 3, Folder 6

Batki, John 1993-2003

Box 3, Folder 7

Baude, Dawn-Michelle (Kolokithas) 1985-2007

Box 3, Folder 8

Belforti, Rose Marie 1987-1991

Box 3, Folder 9

Beltrametti, Franco 1974-1997

Box 3, Folder 10

Benedetti, David 1990-2007

Box 3, Folder 11

Benton, William 1977-1994

Box 3, Folder 12

Berg, Peter 1978-2003

Box 4, Folder 1

Berkson, Bill 1971-2008

Box 4, Folder 2

Berkson, Lynn O'Hare 1979-2007

General

Includes paste-ups of the Bolinas Hearsay News, with Lynn's column "Notes from a Broad."
Box 4, Folder 3

Berlandt, Herman 2006

Box 4, Folder 4

Berlin, Lucia 1997-2003

Box 4, Folder 5

Berssenbrugge, Mei-Mei 1979-1981

Box 4, Folder 6

Bertholf, Robert 1975-2001

Box 4, Folder 7

Beyond Baroque Foundation Literary/Arts Center 1975-1999

Box 4, Folder 8

Black, Noel 1998-1999

Box 4, Folder 9

Blackall, Simon 1966-1969

Box 4, Folder 10

Black Sparrow Press 1992-2002

Box 4, Folder 11

Blakebrough, Les 1961-2002

Box 4, Folder 12

Bombay Gin 1992-1999

Box 4, Folder 13

Borregaard, Ebbe 1960-2006

Box 4, Folder 14

Boughn, Michael 1988-2000

Box 4, Folder 15

Boyce, Jack 1964-1972

General

Includes letters to Kyger re. Boyce's death.
 

Brainard, Joe

Box 4, Folder 16-17

1971-1993

Box 4, Folder 18

Letters about Brainard, including correspondence with Ron Padgett about possible book 1994-2001

Box 4, Folder 19

Brandi, John 2005-2008

Box 4, Folder 20

Briggs, Eleanor 1974-1983

Box 4, Folder 21

Briggs, Robert 1994-2001

Box 4, Folder 22

Brill, Kastle 1984-1985

Box 5, Folder 1

Brodecky, Bill 1966-1983

Box 5, Folder 2

Brown, Bill 1966-1994

Box 5, Folder 3

Brown, Maggie 1978-2008

Box 5, Folder 4

Brown, Rebecca 1975-1988

 

Brunner, Jon

Oversize MC-011, Folder 19

ca. 1978

Box 5, Folder 5

1988-1995

Box 5, Folder 6

Burk, Ronnie 2000-2002

Box 5, Folder 7

Bye, Reed 1979-2005

Box 5, Folder 8

C - Miscellaneous

Box 5, Folder 9

Café Review, (Steve Luttrell, ed.) 1992-2000

Box 5, Folder 10

Caldwell, Christopher 2000-2004

Box 5, Folder 11

California College of Arts and Crafts 1977

Box 5, Folder 12

Cantor, Margery 1985

Box 5, Folder 13

Charters, Ann 1981-2000

Box 5, Folder 14

City Lights Booksellers & Publishers 2000-2003

General

Includes an interview of Joanne Kyger and David Meltzer's interview of Philip Whalen.
Box 5, Folder 15

Clark, Tom and Angelica 1966-2007

Box 5, Folder 16

Clorfeine, Stephen 1975-1997

Box 5, Folder 17

Coffey, Dan 2000-2001

Box 5, Folder 18

Collom, Jack 1994-2007

Box 5, Folder 19

Congdon, Kirby 1967

Box 5, Folder 20

Connor, Julia 1992-2006

Box 5, Folder 21

Coordinating Council of Literacy Magazines 1979

Box 5, Folder 22

Corman, Cid 1962-1991

Box 5, Folder 23

Creeley, Robert 1966-2003

Box 6, Folder 1

D - Miscellaneous

Box 6, Folder 2

Dahi, Soheyl, (ed. Sore Dove Press) 2004-2008

Box 6, Folder 3

Dahme, Dorothy 1999

Box 6, Folder 4

Daley, Debora 1976-1979

Box 6, Folder 5

Daley, John 1978-2007

Box 6, Folder 6

Daley, Patrice 1986-2001

Box 6, Folder 7

Daniel, Darrin 1990-1999

Box 6, Folder 8

Davidson, Michael 1976

Box 6, Folder 9

Davies, Alan 1975-1999

Box 6, Folder 10

De Ferreccio, Jazmin Aminian 2000

Box 6, Folder 11

Degli Esposti, Rita and John Gian Pozzi 1979-2001

Box 6, Folder 12

Demers, Robin 2005-2007

Box 6, Folder 13

DeSilver, Albert 1996-2005

Box 6, Folder 14

DeVore, Trane 2005-2006

Box 6, Folder 15

Dharmadhatu Berkeley 1976-1977

Box 6, Folder 16

di Prima, Diane 1976-2006

Box 6, Folder 17

Donlon, Helen 1987-1997

Box 6, Folder 18

Dorn, Ed and Jennifer 1974-2003

Box 6, Folder 19

Dorsky, Nathaniel 2000-2006

Box 6, Folder 20

Doss, Margot Patterson and John 1966-2002

Box 7, Folder 1

Drees, Mahina 1975-1979

Box 7, Folder 2

Dull, Dora 1959-1963

Box 7, Folder 3

Dunn, Annalee 2002-2006

Box 7, Folder 4

Dunn, James 2002-2008

Box 7, Folder 5

E - Miscellaneous

Box 7, Folder 6

East West House - Kyger's letters to friends at East West House detailing her trip to Japan ca. 1960

Box 7, Folder 7

Edwards, Ernesto 1986-2008

Box 7, Folder 8

Eigner, Larry 1986

Box 7, Folder 9

Ellingham, Lewis 1975-2007

Box 7, Folder 10

Elmslie, Kenward 1974-1999

Box 7, Folder 11

E.P. Dutton, Inc. 1985

Box 7, Folder 12

Everyman Publishers, PLC 2002

Box 7, Folder 13

Exquisite Corpse, (Andrei Codrescu, ed.) 1992-1995

Box 7, Folder 14

F - Miscellaneous

Box 7, Folder 15

Fagin, Larry 1967-2004

General

Includes Lettre de Paris by Kyger and Fagin.
Box 7, Folder 16

Falk, Jane 1999-2007

Box 7, Folder 17

Fattal, Simone 1996-2007

Box 7, Folder 18

Ferlinghetti, Lawrence 1979-2006

Box 7, Folder 19

Ferlinghetti, Selden "Kirby" 1988-2001

Box 7, Folder 20

Ferraris, Fred 1997

Box 8, Folder 1

Field, Tom ca. 1959-1995

Box 8, Folder 2

First Light Films, re. film Women and the Beats 1993-1994

Box 8, Folder 3

Fitzgerald, Dora 1978-2003

Box 8, Folder 4

Follet, CB, ed. Beside the Sleeping Maiden: Poets of Marin 1996-1997

Box 8, Folder 5

Fox, Hugh 1967-1968

Box 8, Folder 6

Frost, Nancy Drew 1962-2007

Box 8, Folder 7-9

Frost, Nemi 1957-2007

 

Frost, Robert T. M. "Robin"

Oversize MC-011, Folder 20

1957

Box 8, Folder 10

1957-1958

Box 8, Folder 11

Frumkin, Kathleen 2002-2007

Box 8, Folder 12

Frym, Gloria 1990-2006

Box 8, Folder 13

G - Miscellaneous

Box 8, Folder 14

Gach, Gary 1988-2007

Box 8, Folder 15

Gallup, Dick 1978-1981

Box 8, Folder 16

Gare du Nord, (Douglas Oliver and Alice Notley, eds.) 1997-1998

Box 8, Folder 17

Gas, (Kevin Opstedal, ed.) 1991-1998

Box 8, Folder 18

Gitin, Maria 1976

Box 8, Folder 19

Goldfarb, Sidney 1999-2007

Box 8, Folder 20

Grace, Nancy 2001-2002

Box 8, Folder 21

Greene, Anne 1976

Box 8, Folder 22

Grenier, Robert 1975-1999

Box 8, Folder 23

Grimm, Mary - Correspondence regarding Nancy Drew Frost's death 2007

Box 9, Folder 1

Guravich, Donald and family 1999-2007

Box 9, Folder 2

Gustafson, Jim 1981-1984

Box 9, Folder 3

H - Miscellaneous

Box 9, Folder 4

Hailey, Deborah 1993-2000

Box 9, Folder 5

Halper, Jon 1988-1989

Box 9, Folder 6

Harmon, Harvey S. 1958

Box 9, Folder 7

Haselwood, Dave 1990-2002

Box 9, Folder 8

Hastings, Lee Adair 1961-2006

Box 9, Folder 9

Hatch, Annie 1960-1963

Box 9, Folder 10

Hatch, Jim 1990-1993

Box 9, Folder 11

Hawkins, Bobbie Louise 1980-2007

Box 9, Folder 12

Heath, Jenny 1991-2007

Box 9, Folder 13

Heijinian, Lyn 1995-2003

Box 9, Folder 14

Heilig, Steve 2000-2007

Box 9, Folder 15

Heineman, Lydia 1999

Box 9, Folder 16

Hemensley, Kris 1976-1984

Box 9, Folder 17

Hennessy, Lois, [Gary Snyder's mother] 1961

Box 9, Folder 18

Hickman, Leland 1966-1991

Box 9, Folder 19

Hollo, Anselm and Jane 1981-2007

Box 9, Folder 20

Holt, Jessica 2006-2007

Box 9, Folder 21

Hoogstraten, Harry 1978-1980

Box 9, Folder 22

Hoyem, Judy 1968-2006

Box 9, Folder 23

Hriskos, Jim and Virginia 1965-1967

Box 9, Folder 24

Hunt, Byron Alton ca. 1979-1980

 

Hyner, Stefan

Box 9, Folder 25-26

1983-2000

Box 10, Folder 1

2001-2008 and undated

Box 10, Folder 2

I - Miscellaneous

Box 10, Folder 3

Intersection, Center for the Arts and Religion 1976-1989

Box 10, Folder 4

Irby, Kenneth 1989-2008

Box 10, Folder 5

J - Miscellaneous

Box 10, Folder 6

Jarnot, Lisa 1988-2006

Box 10, Folder 7

Jenkins, Dora 1998-2005

Box 10, Folder 8

Johnson, Diane 1977-1979

Box 10, Folder 9

Johnson, Kent 1988-1989

Box 10, Folder 10

Johnson, Maile 1987-2006

Box 10, Folder 11

Johnson, Ron 1984-1998

Box 10, Folder 12

Johnson, William J. (Bill) 1976-1997

Box 10, Folder 13

Johnston, Alastair and Dawn 1976-2006

Box 10, Folder 14

Jones, Jamey 1994-2007

Box 10, Folder 15

Joy, Joan 1962-2001

Box 10, Folder 16

K - Miscellaneous

Box 10, Folder 17

Kahn, Lloyd 2006-2008

Box 10, Folder 18

Kahn, Paul 1977-2006

Box 10, Folder 19

Kapleau, DeLancey 1962-1963

Box 10, Folder 20

Kearney, Margaret 1978-2005

Box 10, Folder 21

Kervin, Brian 2000-2007

Box 10, Folder 22

Killian, Kevin 1991-1997

Box 10, Folder 23

Kite, Mary 2004-2005

Box 10, Folder 24

Koller, Jim and Maggie Brown 1966-2006

Box 10, Folder 25

Kowit, Steve 1987-1988

Box 11, Folder 1

Krafft, Charles 1977-2004

Box 11, Folder 2

Kundawala, Ish 1988-1998

Box 11, Folder 3

Kush (Steven Kushner) undated

Box 11, Folder 4

Kyger, Anne [Kyger's mother] 1960-1986

Box 11, Folder 5

Kyger, Jacob [Kyger's father] 1960-1961

Box 11, Folder 6

L - Miscellaneous

Box 11, Folder 7

La Alameda Press 1999-2004

Box 11, Folder 8

Lally, Michael 1975

Box 11, Folder 9

Lamont, Kimberly M. 1991-1993

Box 11, Folder 10

Lampe, Keith (aka Ro-Non-So-Te, Ponderosa Pine) 1971-1995

Box 11, Folder 11

Lance, Jeanne 1973-2004

Box 11, Folder 12

Larsen, Nicolai undated

Box 11, Folder 13

LaVoie, Steven 1976-1987

Box 11, Folder 14

Lawless, Gary undated

Box 11, Folder 15

Laws, Judy 1967

Box 11, Folder 16

Lazzeri, Simone 1978-1990

Box 11, Folder 17

Lerner, Steve 1985-2005

Box 11, Folder 18

Levi, Louise Landes 1991-2007

Box 11, Folder 19

Lifshin, Lyn undated

Box 11, Folder 20

Loewinsohn, Ron 1963-1968

Box 11, Folder 21

Lowell, Douglas 1986

Box 11, Folder 22

Lowry, Thea [Gary Snyder's sister] 1961-1962

Box 11, Folder 23

M - Miscellaneous

Box 11, Folder 24

MacAdams, Lewis 1967-2007

Box 11, Folder 25

MacAdams, Ocean Lee 1978-2001

Box 12, Folder 1

MacAdams, Phoebe 1975-2005

Box 12, Folder 2

Main, Alvin and June 1960

Box 12, Folder 3

Mallman, Jerome 1958-2007

Box 12, Folder 4

Malone, Eric 2003-2004

Box 12, Folder 5

Marin Arts Council 1987

Box 12, Folder 6

Marin Poetry Center 1996-2003

Box 12, Folder 7

Marsh, Kate 1981-2003

Box 12, Folder 8

Marshall, Tom 1980-1995

Box 12, Folder 9

Martin, Richard 2000-2002

Box 12, Folder 10

Mayo, Gui 1999-2006

Box 12, Folder 11

Mazer, Ben 2004-2008

Box 12, Folder 12

McClure, Michael 1971-2004

Box 12, Folder 13

McIntyre, Joan 1975-1980

Box 12, Folder 14-15

McNaughton, Duncan 1975-2008

Box 12, Folder 16

McNaughton, Genie 1989-1994

Box 12, Folder 17

McNeill, William (Bill) ca. 1960-1981

General

Includes a small, undated notebook of McNeill's, describing Kyoto.
Box 12, Folder 18

McQuaid, Diana 1978-2003

Box 12, Folder 19

Meier, Barbara 1978-1994

Box 12, Folder 20

Meltzer, David and Tina 1975-2007

Box 12, Folder 21

Mikolowski, Ken 1978-1999

Box 13, Folder 1

Miller, Margaret Kyger 1960-2006

General

Includes correspondence regarding Margaret's death.
Box 13, Folder 2

Mills, Susannah 1978-2006

Box 13, Folder 3

Mills College 1999

Box 13, Folder 4

Millward, Pamela 1966-1967

Box 13, Folder 5

Money, Peter 1992-1999

Box 13, Folder 6

Montgomery, John 1982-1994

Box 13, Folder 7

Moore, Alvin William 1986-2007

Box 13, Folder 8

Morgan, Bill 1983-2008

Box 13, Folder 9

Morris, Virginia 1979-1989

Box 13, Folder 10

N - Miscellaneous

Box 13, Folder 11

Naropa Institute 1975-2004

Box 13, Folder 12

The National Poetry Series 1982-1992

Box 13, Folder 13

Navero, Bud 1978-2006

Box 13, Folder 14

Nevada County Poetry Series (NCPS) 2004

Box 13, Folder 15

Newton, Ryan 2003-2006

Box 13, Folder 16

Nicosia, Gerald 1977-1994

Box 13, Folder 17-18

Nisbet, Jim 1978-2007

General

Includes correspondence regarding Sweetie's Bar and Café readings.
Box 13, Folder 19

Noel, Susan 2000

Box 13, Folder 20

Nolan, Pat 1975-2007

Box 13, Folder 21

Northup, Harry 1994-2008

Box 13, Folder 22

Notley, Alice 1986-2001

Box 13, Folder 23

O - Miscellaneous

Box 13, Folder 24

O'Donnell, Joshua 2003-2007

Box 13, Folder 25

Okamura, Arthur 1978-2002

Box 13, Folder 26

Olin, Jeni 1998-2001

Box 13, Folder 27

Opstedal, Kevin 1993-2008

Box 13, Folder 28

Ostriker, Alicia 1991-1994

Box 13, Folder 29

Oswald, Ernest 1983-1984

Box 14, Folder 1

P-Q - Miscellaneous

Box 14, Folder 2

Patterson, Ron 1998

Box 14, Folder 3

Peabody, Richard ca. 1996

Box 14, Folder 4

Pearl, (Gregory Stephenson, ed.) 1977-1991

Box 14, Folder 5

Penguin Books 1966-2001

Box 14, Folder 6

Persky, Stan 1960-1971

Box 14, Folder 7

Pettet, Simon 1982-2007

Box 14, Folder 8

Phillips, Lynn 1975-1982

Box 14, Folder 9

Pirtles, Rebecca Bush 1992-1998

Box 14, Folder 10

The Poetry Center 1975-2003

Box 14, Folder 11

Poetry Flash 1997-2001

Box 14, Folder 12

The Poetry Project 1976-2004

Box 14, Folder 13

Pohlman, Edward 1983-2006

Box 14, Folder 14

Powell, Donald 1979-1982

Box 14, Folder 15

Prevallet, Kristen 1995

Box 14, Folder 16

Price, Michael 2001-2003

Box 14, Folder 17

R - Miscellaneous

Box 14, Folder 18

Raderman, Marlene 1984-1990

Box 14, Folder 19

Rain Taxi 2001-2005

Box 14, Folder 20

Ratcliffe, Steven 1998-2005

Box 14, Folder 21

Raworth, Tom 1961-2006

Box 15, Folder 1

Reddan, Jerry 2003-2006

Box 15, Folder 2

Reeves, Anne and Francis 1985-2004

Box 15, Folder 3

Rogoff, Marianne 1995-2006

Box 15, Folder 4

Romano, Denise 1995

Box 15, Folder 5

Ross, Charlie and family 1985-1993

Box 15, Folder 6

Rothenberg, Michael 1986-2007

Box 15, Folder 7

Rowan, Leslie and Peter 1976-1993

Box 15, Folder 8

Rubenstein, Carol 1977-1988

Box 15, Folder 9

Russo, Linda 1999-2009

Box 15, Folder 10

S - Miscellaneous

Box 15, Folder 11

Safdi, Joe and Sara Schrom 1978-2007

Box 15, Folder 12

Salazar, Deborah 1992-1997

Box 15, Folder 13

Sanchez, Ernesto 1995-2002

Box 15, Folder 14

Sand Dollar Booksellers (Jack Shoemaker) 1975-1978

Box 15, Folder 15

Sanders, Ed and Miriam 1974-2008

Box 15, Folder 16

Saroyan, Aram 1998-2002

Box 15, Folder 17

Scalapino, Leslie 1979-2007

Box 15, Folder 18

Schelling, Andrew 1993-2006

Box 15, Folder 19

Schiemann, Philipp 1999-2002

Box 16, Folder 1

Schneider, David 1983-2007

Box 16, Folder 2

Sears, Loren 1985-2007

Box 16, Folder 3

Shambhala Sun 1993

Box 16, Folder 4

Shekeloff, Mertis 1960-2006

Box 16, Folder 5

Sigo, Cedar 1998-2007

Box 16, Folder 6

Simpson, Steve 1999-2005

Box 16, Folder 7

Singh, Rani 1992-2007

Box 16, Folder 8

Skinner, Jonathan 2001-2007

Box 16, Folder 9

Skold, Annie 1960-1963

Box 16, Folder 10

Slack, Jane [Jack Boyce's sister] 1966-1967

Box 16, Folder 11

Small Press Distribution 1996-2001

Box 16, Folder 12

Small Press Traffic 2001

Box 16, Folder 13

Smith, Dale and Hoa Nguyen 1996-2006

Box 16, Folder 14

Smith, Willie 1994-2002

Box 16, Folder 15

Snell, Roger 2004-2006

Box 16, Folder 16

Snyder, Gary 1959-2007

Box 16, Folder 17

Snyder, Harold and Mathilde 1959-1964

Box 16, Folder 18

Stanley, George 1958-2003

Box 16, Folder 19

Sugioka, Kimi undated

Box 16, Folder 20

Suiter, John 2001-2008

Box 16, Folder 21

T - Miscellaneous

Box 16, Folder 22

Thomas, Jimo 1987-1999

Box 16, Folder 23

Tills, Steve 1995

Box 16, Folder 24

Todd, Glenn 1981-2006

Box 16, Folder 25

Tricycle: The Buddhist Review 1994-1996

Box 16, Folder 26

U - Miscellaneous

Box 16, Folder 27

University of California Press 1993-2007

Box 16, Folder 28

Upton, Charles - Photocopies of "open letters" to Gary Snyder, Allen Ginsberg, and the poets of Naropa Institute undated

Box 16, Folder 29

V - Miscellaneous

Box 16, Folder 30

VanDeWetering, Janwillem 2003-2007

Box 16, Folder 31

Van Gogh's Ear, (Ian Ayres, ed.) 2001

Box 17, Folder 1

Vincent, Stephen 1980-2008

Box 17, Folder 2

Vogel, Shelly 1980-1991

Box 17, Folder 3

W - Miscellaneous

Box 17, Folder 4-5

Waldman, Anne 1967-2008

Box 17, Folder 6

Warsh, Lewis 1982-2001

Box 17, Folder 7

Warshall, Peter 1974-2007

Box 17, Folder 8

Watsky, Paul 2006-2007

Box 17, Folder 9

Watts, Richard 1977

Box 17, Folder 10-11

Weigel, Evelyne Kyger 1958-1987

Box 17, Folder 12

Weishaus, Joel 1987-2007

 

Whalen, Philip

Box 17, Folder 13

1960-1991

Box 17, Folder 14

1959-1965 - Photocopies. Originals are located at Reed College

Box 18, Folder 1

Whaling City Review, (John Landry, ed.) 1995

Box 18, Folder 2

Whitefield, Chris 2003-2006

Box 18, Folder 3

Whitefield, Nancy Breedlove 1976-1997

Box 18, Folder 4

Wieners, John 1963-2002

Box 18, Folder 5

Whole Earth Magazine 1998-1999

Box 18, Folder 6

Wienpahl, Paul 1960-1961

Box 18, Folder 7

Wilmarth, Richard 1992-1998

Box 18, Folder 8

Wolfe, Michael 1980-1986

Box 18, Folder 9

Wolff, Joe 2007-2008

Box 18, Folder 10

Women-In-Literature, Inc. 1997

Box 18, Folder 11

World Bout Poetry Association 1992-2003

Box 18, Folder 12

The Writer's Almanac 1999-2002

Box 18, Folder 13

Wyrick, Claudia 2003-2004

Box 18, Folder 14

Y - Miscellaneous

Box 18, Folder 15

Yardas, William 1985-2008

Box 18, Folder 16

Young, Nicole 2000-2002

Box 18, Folder 17

Z - Miscellaneous

Box 18, Folder 18

Zeno, Karly and Jim ca. 1970-2008

Box 18, Folder 19

Zoland Books 1999

 

Miscellaneous correspondence

Box 18, Folder 20

Notes for Kyger while staying at the Hotel Boulderado 1978

Box 18, Folder 21

Notes, poems and artwork for Kyger's birthdays

 

Unidentified correspondents

Box 18, Folder 22

David 1990

Box 18, Folder 23

Mayra 1988

Box 18, Folder 24

Michael and Katie 2000-2001

Box 18, Folder 25

Micah 1988-2001

Box 18, Folder 26

1950-1969

Box 18, Folder 27

1979-1979

Box 18, Folder 28

1982-1989

Box 18, Folder 29

1991-2006

Box 18, Folder 30

Undated

 

WRITINGS

Scope and Content of Series

Series 3) WRITINGS: Handwritten and typescript poetry and writings - completed works as well as fragments of work in progress. Arranged in two subseries: A) Chronological Files and B) Collaborations.
A) Chronological Files: Handwritten and typescript manuscripts and drafts; scrapbooks of Kyger's work on school newspapers; journals and manuscripts for published works, including books where Kyger was a contributor; and, in the case of published projects, correspondence, contracts, galley copies, and page proofs. Of particular interest are the original bound journals Kyger kept in while in Japan and used to create Japan and India Journals published in 1981. The files, ranging in date from 1951 to 2007, are arranged chronologically and in most cases retain Kyger's original folder titles.
B) Collaborations: Arranged chronologically, contains pieces written by Kyger with friends and fellow writers. One unusual piece is a typescript on toilet paper, which Kyger wrote with Stan Persky in 1959. Titled In the Tunnel, the typescript is extremely fragile and a copy has been made for patron use.
 

Chronological Files

Box 19, Folder 1

Scrapbook - Newspaper clippings of JK's articles for school paper 1951-1952

Box 19, Folder 2

Scrapbook - Newspaper clippings of articles written by JK for paper El Gaucho 1954

 

Early poetry

Box 19, Folder 3

1952-1956

Oversize FB-515, Folder 01

1956

Box 19, Folder 4

Early writing and school assignments 1954-1955

Box 19, Folder 5

Miscellaneous notes and writings ca. 1957-1958

Box 19, Folder 6

Duncan poetry workshop notebook 1958-1959

Box 19, Folder 7-11

Writing 1958-1959

Box 20, Folder 1

Early spring 1959

Box 20, Folder 2

In progress and fragments ca. 1959-1961

Box 20, Folder 3

Writing 1959-1961

Box 20, Folder 4

Copies of "notebook" poems 1959-1964

Box 20, Folder 5

Poems from Japan 1960-1964

Box 20, Folder 6

Miscellaneous poems 1962-1963

 

Writings

Box 20, Folder 7

1964

Oversize FB-515, Folder 02

1964

Oversize MC-011, Folder 25

The Odyssey Poems 1964

Box 20, Folder 8

Imaginary Apparitions 1965

 

The Tapestry and the Web (1965)

Box 20, Folder 9-13

1965

Oversize FB-515, Folder 03

1965

Box 20, Folder 14

Writing 1965-1966

Box 20, Folder 15

Unpublished manuscripts 1965-1966

Box 20, Folder 16

The Throned Boy 1966

Box 20, Folder 17

Poems from Rome 1966

Box 20, Folder 18

Travels in Europe 1966 February-September

Box 21, Folder 1

New York City 1966 September-December

 

The Fool in April (1966)

Box 21, Folder 2

1966

Oversize FB-515, Folder 04

1966

Box 21, Folder 3

Three Days 1967

 

NYC writing, mostly unpublished

Box 21, Folder 4

1967

Oversize MC-011, Folder 21

1967

Box 21, Folder 5

NYC 1967

Box 21, Folder 6

San Francisco/Bolinas 1967-1968

Box 21, Folder 7

Buchanan Street 1968

Box 21, Folder 8

This Other Thing 1968

Box 21, Folder 9

Journals 1968-1969

Box 21, Folder 10

Salmon Creek, Bodega Bay 1968-1969

Box 21, Folder 11

Bodega Bay Cosmic News ca. 1968-1969

Box 21, Folder 12

Bodega Bay Cosmic Revolution 968-1969 winter

 

Handwritten copies of poems

Box 21, Folder 13

1968 - ca. 1970

Oversize FB-515, Folder 05

1968

Box 21, Folder 14

Bolinas 1969

Box 21, Folder 15

Ganesha March 1969

Box 21, Folder 16

The Tent 1969 spring - summer

Box 21, Folder 17

Writing 1969-1974

Box 21, Folder 18

Walk with Arthur O. to Secret Lake ca. 1970

Box 22, Folder 1-6

Places to Go (1970)

Box 22, Folder 7

Joanne (1970)

Box 22, Folder 8

Cliff House 1970 fall

Box 22, Folder 9

Lynne's house 1970 winter - spring

Box 22, Folder 10

Downtown Brighton Avenue 1970 fall - 1971 spring

 

Desecheo Notebook (1971)

Box 22, Folder 11-13

1971

Oversize MC-011, Folder 22

1971

Box 22, Folder 14

On the Mesa: An Anthology of Bolinas Writing (1971), ed. Joel Weishaus - Correspondence and contracts

Box 22, Folder 15

New house on Evergreen, Poetry Medicine Show 1971

Box 23, Folder 1

Miscellaneous writing ca. 1972

Box 23, Folder 2

Writing 1972

Box 23, Folder 3

Writing 1972 spring - winter

Box 23, Folder 4

Writing 1973

Box 23, Folder 5

Baul, produced by Lewis MacAdams, etc. 1973

Box 23, Folder 6

Keep it Together 1973-1974

Box 23, Folder 7

Writing 1973-1974

Box 23, Folder 8

Trip Out and Fall Back (1974)

Box 23, Folder 9

And So On 1974 summer

Box 23, Folder 10

Writing 1974-1977

Box 23, Folder 11

Older poems to be rescued ca. 1974-1985

Box 23, Folder 12-16

All This Every Day (1975) - Includes bound typescript with edits

Box 23, Folder 17

Miscellaneous copies of typescripts - Out the Window, Up My Coast, etc. 1975-1977

Box 24, Folder 1-2

Writing 1977

Box 24, Folder 3

Bolinas and Boulder 1977-1978 fall - winter

Box 24, Folder 4

Bolinas Soap Opera, for Radio Free Bolinas 1978

Box 24, Folder 5

Pretty contemporary summer 1978

Box 24, Folder 6

Writing 1978-1978

Box 24, Folder 7

The Wonderful Focus of You (1979)

Box 24, Folder 8

Writing January-October 1980

Box 24, Folder 9

The Oral Tradition of the Garden of Eden 1980

Box 24, Folder 10

Bolinas 1980-1981

Box 24, Folder 11-14

Japan and India Journals (1981) - Includes original journals, bound

Box 25, Folder 1-2

Japan and India Journals (1981)

Box 25, Folder 3-5

Up My Coast (1981)

Box 25, Folder 6

Calligraphic wonders, inspired brushstrokes 1981

Box 25, Folder 7

Writing 1982-1983

Box 25, Folder 8-10

Going On: Selected Poems 1958-1980 (1983)

Conditions Governing Access

Restrictions Apply
Box 25, Folder 11-13

Writing 1983-1986

Box 25, Folder 14-17

The Dharma Committee (1986)

Box 25, Folder 18

Man & Women (1987) - Written with Michael Rothenberg

Box 25, Folder 19

Kwan Yin 1987 summer

Box 25, Folder 20

Writing 1987-1988

Box 26, Folder 1

Writing 1988

Box 26, Folder 2-3

Phenomenological (1989)

Box 26, Folder 4

Writing 1989

Box 26, Folder 5

At John's house 1989

Box 26, Folder 6

Writing 1990

Box 26, Folder 7-10

Just Space: Poems, 1979-1989 (1991)

Box 26, Folder 11

Writing 1991

Box 26, Folder 12

Naropa 1991 fall - winter

Box 26, Folder 13

Boulder 1991 fall

Box 27, Folder 1

Joanne Kyger, 1934-. Contemporary Authors Autobiography Series 1991-1992

Box 27, Folder 2

Writing 1992

Box 27, Folder 3

Journals, typed 1992

Box 27, Folder 4

Poems by Joanne Kyger. The New Censorship, vol. 4, no. 10 January 1994

Box 27, Folder 5

Writing 1993

Box 27, Folder 6

Working manuscript 1993

Box 27, Folder 7

Journals, typed January-March 1993

Box 27, Folder 8

Writing 1994

Box 27, Folder 9

Miwok workings 1994

Box 27, Folder 10

The Brown Thrasher 1994

Box 27, Folder 11

Journal, typed 1994

Box 27, Folder 12

Introduction for Paul Elliott's book 1994

Box 27, Folder 13

Writing 1995

Box 27, Folder 14

Journal, typed 1995

Box 27, Folder 15

Buddhism and the Beat Generation, for Tricycle 1995

Box 27, Folder 16-17

Some Sketches from the Life of Helena Petrovna Blavatsky (1996)

Box 27, Folder 18

The Beat Book: Writings from the Beat Generation (1996), ed. Anne Waldman

Box 27, Folder 19

Women of the Beat Generation: The Writers, Artists and Muses at the Heart of a Revolution (1996), pub. Conari Press

Conditions Governing Access

Restrictions Apply
Box 28, Folder 1

Writing 1996

Box 28, Folder 2

A Different Beat: Writings by Women of the Beat Generation (1997), ed. Richard Peabody

Box 28, Folder 3

Writing 1997

Box 28, Folder 4

Eine Neue Landkarte (1998)

Box 28, Folder 5

Writing 1998

Box 28, Folder 6-8

Pátzcuaro (1999) - Includes original journal

Box 28, Folder 9

Writing 1999

Box 28, Folder 10

Article on Bobbie Louise Hawkins for Lee Christopher's book 1999

Box 28, Folder 11

Autobiographical, poetics and the Beats 1999-2004

Box 29, Folder 1

Some Life (2000)

Box 29, Folder 2-3

Strange Big Moon: The Japan and India Journals, 1960-1964 (2000)

Conditions Governing Access

Restrictions Apply
Box 29, Folder 4

The Real News, pub. in webzine Big Bridge (2000)

Box 29, Folder 5

Writing 2000

Box 29, Folder 6

Memorial tribute to Edward Dorn February 2000

Box 29, Folder 7

Introductions and blurbs, by Kyger for work of others 2000-2010

Box 29, Folder 8-13

Again: Poems, 1989-2000 (2001)

Box 30, Folder 1-3

Again: Poems, 1989-2000 (2001)

Box 30, Folder 4

Angel Hair Sleeps with a Boy in My Hair: The Angel Hair Anthology (2001), eds. Anne Waldman and Lewis Warsh

Box 30, Folder 5

Writing 2001 January-August

Box 30, Folder 6

Writing 2001 September-December

Box 30, Folder 7

Ten Shines (2002)

Box 30, Folder 8-10

As Ever: Selected Poems (2002)

Box 31, Folder 1-8

As Ever: Selected Poems (2002)

Box 32, Folder 1-3

As Ever: Selected Poems (2002)

Box 32, Folder 4-5

Writing 2002-2003

Box 32, Folder 6

Pomegranate Syrup 2003-2006

Box 32, Folder 7

The Distressed Look (2004)

General

Includes Coyote Books chapbook.
Box 32, Folder 8

God Never Dies: Poems from Oaxaca (2004)

Box 32, Folder 9

Detektivgeschichten der Leidenschaft (2005)

Box 32, Folder 10

Anne Waldman: The Early Years. Jacket Magazine (2005)

Box 32, Folder 11

"Thanks to David" and "Historic Afterglows" 2005

Box 32, Folder 12

Night Palace (2006)

General

Includes chaplet series broadside.
Box 32, Folder 13

Page proofs and correspondence from New 2006

Box 32, Folder 14

Writing 2006

Box 32, Folder 15

"Again," printed on a bookmark for Poetry Flash 2006-2007

Box 32, Folder 16

Not Veracruz: Poems, January-March 2006 (2007)

Box 33, Folder 1

Not Veracruz: Poems, January-March 2006 (2007)

Box 33, Folder 2-9

About Now: Collected Poems (2007)

Box 34, Folder 1-10

About Now: Collected Poems (2007)

Box 34, Folder 11

Miscellaneous papers by Kyger undated

Box 34, Folder 12

Miscellaneous blurbs written by Kyger undated

Box 34, Folder 13

Poems - Italian translations undated

Box 34, Folder 14

Notes

 

Collaborations

Box 47

In the Tunnel. Novel - Original typed on toilet paper 1959

General

Written with Stan Persky.

Restrictions

Restrictions Apply
Box 34, Folder 15

In the Tunnel. Novel - User copy printed from scan

Box 34, Folder 16

The Current Fall Social World - Written with David Hazelwood 1965

Box 34, Folder 17

1968-2005 and undated

Box 34, Folder 18

8 by 3 - Kyger with Lewis MacAdams and Anne Waldman ca. 1970

Box 35, Folder 1

1971, December

Box 35, Folder 2

Fair to the Dragon - Written with Lewis MacAdams 1976

Box 35, Folder 3

Naropa radio play 1978

Box 35, Folder 4

Amsterdam Memoirs or The Sex Life of Lewis MacAdams - Written with Bill Berkson 1978

Box 35, Folder 5

1982

Box 35, Folder 6

1998, September-October

Box 35, Folder 7

1999

Box 35, Folder 8

2001

Box 35, Folder 9

2003

Box 35, Folder 10

Full moon eclipse October 27, 2004

 

The Other Side of the News, for Bob Grenier

Box 35, Folder 11

2005

Oversize FB-515, Folder 06

2005

 

WRITINGS OF OTHERS

Scope and Content of Series

Series 4) WRITINGS OF OTHERS: Poetry, reviews, essays, and articles, written about Joanne Kyger and her work. In most cases, files contain typescript drafts, annotated by Kyger, along with correspondence between Kyger and the author. The series includes a 1964 article published in Kado: Japanese Floral Art, that mentions Joanne Kyger's time learning flower arranging in Japan and includes an image of her work. Arranged alphabetically.
Box 35, Folder 12

Clark, Tom 1968-1976

 

Keilty, James

Box 35, Folder 13

Script for play Ways of Spending Money. [Kyger played Elinor at Poetry Center Performance] ca. 1959

Conditions Governing Access

Restrictions Apply
Box 35, Folder 14

Script for play Honest Men undated

Conditions Governing Access

Restrictions Apply
Box 35, Folder 15

Falk, Jane. Daily Practice, Writing Practice: Zen and the Poetry of Joanne Kyger undated

Box 35, Folder 16

Levin, Nancy. Too Much Soy Sauce in This Recipe: A Study of Joanne Kyger 1993-1994

Box 35, Folder 17

Morgan, Tom and Tyler Doherty. For the Time Being: The Bootstrap Book of Poetic Journals 2005-2006

Box 35, Folder 18

Olson, Kirby. Joanne Kyger and the Tradition of Zen Beatitude 2001

Box 35, Folder 19

Opstedal, Kevin. A Literary History of the San Andreas Fault: Bolinas Section 1986-2001

Box 35, Folder 20

Penton, Jonathan. Untitled - [Describes a visit to Bolinas and meeting Joanne Kyger] ca. 2002

Box 35, Folder 21

Russo, Linda. Various papers on Kyger, some annotated by Kyger undated

Box 35, Folder 22

Smith, Dale. Various articles written about Kyger undated

Box 36, Folder 1

Wagnon, Drew. Handmade book for Joanne and Jack Boyce 1966

Box 36, Folder 2

Westerfield, Lauren. Exploding the Walls Against the Pattern: Conversations and Consensus in Joanne Kyger's The Tapestry and the Web 2007

Box 36, Folder 3

Unidentified author. Foreign Students Studying at the Training Center of the Ikenobo Headquarters. Article in Kado: Japanese Floral Art, no. 5 1964

Box 36, Folder 4

Various authors. Writings about Joanne Kyger ca. 1979-2000

Box 36, Folder 5

Introductions and blurbs about Joanne Kyger 1969-2007

Box 36, Folder 6

Poems written for or about Joanne Kyger 1973-1989

Box 36, Folder 7

Miscellaneous book reviews 1966-2003

 

OTHER PROJECTS

Scope and Content of Series

Series 5) OTHER PROJECTS: The series pulls together Kyger's activities outside of, but often still related to, writing. Arranged in three subseries: A) Readings, B) Teaching, and C) Miscellaneous Projects.
A) Readings: Correspondence, notes, posters, announcements, programs, and ephemera related to conferences and spoken word events Kyger participated in between 1965 and 2007. The folders are arranged chronologically with undated material filed at the end of the subseries.
B) Teaching: Material related to classes and workshops taught by Kyger on writing, journaling, and poetry from 1967-2003. Arranged chronologically, materials include class notes, correspondence, reference material, and ephemera.
C) Miscellaneous Projects: Materials documenting art, poetry, and editing projects in which Kyger participated. Editing projects include issues of the poetry journals Wild Dog and Turkey Buzzard Review, as well as local newspaper the Bolinas Hearsay News. Also contains materials related to the National Center for Experiments in Television (NCET). Kyger created the video piece Descartes (1968) while working at the NCET as an artist in residence.
 

Readings

Box 36, Folder 8

Various readings 1965-1999

Box 36, Folder 9

Berkeley Poetry Conference July 12-14, 1965

Box 36, Folder 10

The KPFA Poetry Festival, UC Berkeley May 14, 1977

Box 36, Folder 11

Poetry Tonight! Everyone's Bosom Buddies from Bolinas October 21, 1977

Box 36, Folder 12

P78 One World Poetry, Amsterdam September 11-16, 1978

Box 36, Folder 13

Bisbee Poetry Festival August 24-26, 1979

Box 36, Folder 14

Intersection Poetry and Prose Series, "Projectivist Sources: A Panel Discussion" September 19, 1983

Box 36, Folder 15

Poets on Poetry at the Boise Gallery of Art June 6, 1984

Box 36, Folder 16

Bolinas Library poetry readings ca. 1984-1988

Box 36, Folder 17

Taos Poetry Circus 1985-1994

Box 36, Folder 18

Eco-Poetry Round Up: Benefit Reading to Save the Blue Coral Reef of Shiraho, Okinawa 1988 June 3

Box 37, Folder 1

Friends of the KU Poetry Collection, First Annual Reading Series 1989 March 29

Box 37, Folder 2

Festival of Literary Arts, Bolinas, CA 1989 April 1 - May 31

Box 37, Folder 3

Sacramento Poetry Center Writers' Conference 1993 October 15-16

Box 37, Folder 4

The Beat Generation: Legacy and Celebration 1994 May 17-22

Box 37, Folder 5

The Recovery of the Public World: A Conference and Festival in Honour of Robin Blaser... 1995June 1-4

Box 37, Folder 6

Fast Speaking Women: A Celebration of the Women of the Beat Generation 1997November 6-7

Box 37, Folder 7

Northwest Spokenword LAB 1998 March 6

Box 37, Folder 8

European Reading Tour 1998

Box 37, Folder 9

Beat and the Spiritual Quest, Walker Art Center 1999 October 24

Box 37, Folder 10

SUNY Buffalo and Queens College 1999

Box 37, Folder 11

Various readings 2000-2007

Box 37, Folder 12-13

Reading tour in Italy 2001

Box 37, Folder 14

Bumbershoot Literary Arts Program 2002 August

Box 37, Folder 15

Place as Purpose: Poetry from the Western States 2002 October 10-12

Box 37, Folder 16

Miami Book Fair International 2002 November

Box 37, Folder 17

8th Annual Books by the Bay 2003 July 19

Box 37, Folder 18

Transatlantic Howl: A Tribute to Allen Ginsberg 2004 October 14

Box 37, Folder 19

Sixth Annual Allen Ginsberg Memorial Open Mic Poetry Marathon 2004 April 3-4

Box 37, Folder 20

Is Poetry Enough? Poetry in a Time of Crisis - Panel discussion 2004 April 17

Box 37, Folder 21

The Heart is a Quarter Pounder: A Tribute to Jeffrey Miller 2005 July 29

Box 37, Folder 22

Willits, California 2005 August 19

Box 38, Folder 1

A Poet in Buffalo: A Community Celebration of the Life and Work of Robert Creeley 2006 May 20-21

Box 38, Folder 2

Robert Creeley: A Symposium on His Poetry and His Place in American Letters 2005 November 5

Box 38, Folder 3

Henry Miller Library, Big Sur 2006 September 8-10

Box 38, Folder 4

University of California, Berkeley Lunch Poems reading series 2007 April 5

Box 38, Folder 5

Reading at the Palace of the Governors, Santa Fe, NM 2007 May 10

Box 38, Folder 6

California State University, San Marcos 2007 November 15

 

Various readings

Oversize MC-011, Folder 23

undated

Box 38, Folder 7

undated

 

Teaching

Box 38, Folder 8

Poets in Residence Program, New York 1967

Box 38, Folder 9

Indian Stories ca. 1980-1982

Box 38, Folder 10

Compassion for Place, Naropa 1981

Box 38, Folder 11

Poetics Workshop, New College 1990 fall

Box 38, Folder 12

Independent studies instructor, New College 1997 October-December

Box 38, Folder 13

Journal class, Mesa House 2001 May

Box 38, Folder 14

The Journal as Home: Keeping the World in a Notebook, Zen Mountain Monastery 2003

Box 38, Folder 15

Historical writing workshop, Boulder, CO undated

 

Miscellaneous Projects

Box 38, Folder 16

Wild Dog, co-edited by Kyger 1965

 

The National Center for Experiments in Television

Box 38, Folder 17-18

Notes and writing 1967-1968

Box 39, Folder 1

Flip Poem Garden, KQED 1967

Box 39, Folder 2

Articles and ephemera 1968-2000

Box 39, Folder 3

Pacific Film Archive - Correspondence and notes 2000

Box 39, Folder 4

Correspondence with Jane Falk - Includes Falk's paper 2005-2006

Box 39, Folder 5

California Video exhibit at the Getty 2007-2008

Box 39, Folder 6

Miscellaneous materials

Box 39, Folder 7

Bolinas Hearsay News 1975-2004

Box 39, Folder 8

Turkey Buzzard Review ca. 1978-1979

Box 39, Folder 9

Stories from the Land project, Bolinas Museum 1990

Box 39, Folder 10

Poetry group, Bolinas 1998

Box 39, Folder 11

Poetry and its Arts: Bay Area Interactions, 1954-2004 - Exhibit at the California Historical Society 2005 December 11 - April 16

Box 39, Folder 12

Recent Visitors: Poets and Publishing on the Bolinas Scene in the Seventies - Exhibit at the Book Club of California 2006 January 30 - March 30

 

SUBJECT FILES

Scope and Content of Series

Series 6) SUBJECT FILES: Newspaper clippings and ephemera. Subjects include poets Ted Berrigan, Allen Ginsberg, Gary Snyder, and Philip Whalen, as well as the Beat Generation and Bolinas, California. Miscellaneous ephemera is filed chronologically at the end of the series. The ephemera illustrates Kyger's life and interests over the years, from peace marches in the 1960s to poetry readings by friends. Arranged alphabetically by topic.
Box 39, Folder 13

Adam, Helen 1967

Box 39, Folder 14

Beat Generation 1960-2002

Box 39, Folder 15

Berrigan, Ted - Includes writing with and about Berrigan 1982-1983

Box 39, Folder 16

Black Sparrow Press ca. 1968-1977

Box 39, Folder 17

Bolinas, California ca. 1969-1976

Box 39, Folder 18

Boyce, Jack 1963-1966

Box 46

Burroughs, William "Billy," Jr. - Notes and beret ca. 1977

Box 40, Folder 1

Creeley, Robert - Includes memorial poems and obituary 2005

Box 40, Folder 2

Ferlinghetti, Lawrence 1996-1999

 

Ginsberg, Allen

Box 40, Folder 3

Clippings and ephemera

Box 40, Folder 4

Memorial tributes 1997-1998

Box 40, Folder 5

Naropa Institute 1975-1988

Box 40, Folder 6

Smith, Harry 1991-2002

 

Snyder, Gary

Box 40, Folder 7

Clippings ca. 1959-2007

Oversize FB-515, Folder 07

Ephemera 1962

Box 40, Folder 8

Ephemera 1962-1985

Box 40, Folder 9

Weird stories

 

Whalen, Philip

Box 40, Folder 10

Writings by Whalen

Box 40, Folder 11

Ten Titanic Etudes - Includes Kyger's introduction

Box 40, Folder 12

The Collected Poems of Philip Whalen (2007) - Includes Kyger's endorsement and reader report

Box 40, Folder 13

Writings of others, about Whalen

Box 40, Folder 14

Ephemera ca. 1965-2007

Oversize FB-515, Folder 08

Ephemera 1978-2002

Box 40, Folder 15

Posthumous material - Includes correspondence regarding Whalen's health, obituaries and memorial poems 2000-2003

Box 40, Folder 16

Notes for memorial piece in Poetry Project Newsletter 2002

 

Miscellaneous ephemera

Box 40, Folder 17

ca. 1958-1959

Box 40, Folder 18

Ephemera collected in Japan ca. 1960-1963

Box 41, Folder 1-4

1960-2005 and undated

Oversize FB-515, Folder 08

Undated

Oversize MC-011, Folder 24

Undated

 

IMAGES

Scope and Content of Series

Series 7) IMAGES: Arranged in two subseries: A) Artwork and B) Photographs.
A) Artwork: Drawings and sketches made by Joanne Kyger and friends. The subseries includes work by Bill Berkson, Tom Field, Nemi Frost, and Arthur Okamura, as well as collaborative drawings and sketchbooks comprised of work by several artists. One drawing of particular interest is a pen and ink drawing depicting Blabbermouth Night at The Place in San Francisco. The drawing has no identified artist and is located with the oversize, unidentified artwork.
B) Photographs: Images include snapshots of Joanne Kyger and other poets including Gary Snyder and Allen Ginsberg. Also includes slides taken in 1972 by Roy Kiyooka labeled "A Day in Bolinas and San Fran. with Friends."
 

Artwork

 

Berkson, Bill

Box 41, Folder 5

Includes a graphite portrait of Joanne Kyger undated

Oversize MC-011, Folder 26

1973

Box 41, Folder 6

Field, Tom 1977

 

Frost, Nemi

Box 41, Folder 7

1958

Oversize FB-515, Folder 09

1958

Box 41, Folder 8

Hastings, Lee Adair 1958

Box 41, Folder 9

McNeill, William undated

 

Okamura, Arthur

Box 41, Folder 10

undated

Oversize MC-011, Folder 27

Silkscreens by Okamura and Kyger undated

Box 41, Folder 11

Whalen, Philip 1964-1965

 

Sketchbook collaborations

Box 41, Folder 12

Undated

Oversize FB-515, Folder 10-11

Undated

Box 41, Folder 13

Dinner table collaborations undated

Box 41, Folder 14

Rabbits and tigers, by Arthur O., Don, Jack, etc. 1984-1987

Box 45

New Year's Eve collaboration at Robert Grenier's 1993

General

Rolled banner
Box 41, Folder 15

Miscellaneous collaborations undated

Box 41, Folder 16

Miscellaneous and unidentified drawings

Oversize FB-515, Folder 12-13

Miscellaneous and unidentified drawings

 

Photographs

Box 41, Folder 17

Joanne Kyger and Donald Guravich 2000

Box 41, Folder 18

Ginsberg, Allen 1977-1997

Box 41, Folder 19

Various poets, including Antler, Jeff Poniewaz and Gary Snyder ca. 1977-1997

Box 41, Folder 20

Kyger and friends in Bolinas and San Francisco - Slides 1972 summer

 

SOUND RECORDINGS

Scope and Content of Series

Series 8) SOUND RECORDINGS: Arranged in two subseries: A) Reel-to-Reel, and B) Cassettes. Original audiovisual media is restricted; researchers may request listening copies in advance of their visit.
A) Reel-to-Reel: Poetry readings by Joanne Kyger and other poets from 1966 to 1973. Many of the recordings have minimal descriptions.
B) Cassettes: Poetry readings and spoken word events by Joanne Kyger, Robert Duncan, Lewis MacAdams, Gary Snyder, Bobbie Louise Hawkins, and many other poets from 1971 to 2002.
 

Reel-to-Reel

Box 42, Folder 1

Berkeley Poetry Conference. Ron Loewinsohn, Joanne Kyger, Lew Welch 1966 July 24

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Box 42, Folder 2

Joanne [Kyger], "kitchen, dialogue, ramblings" 1967 Fall

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Box 42, Folder 3

Practice reading, 6/29; Koller and Cassandra, evening 1968 October

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Box 42, Folder 4

Jack Spicer reading, [Ebbe reading ?] 1969

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Box 42, Folder 5

Lewis [?] 1970 May

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Box 42, Folder 6

Joanne Kyger 1971 December 21

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Box 42, Folder 7

Robert Creeley, Joanne Kyger, Ed Dorn. San Francisco 1973 August 31

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Box 42, Folder 8

Joanne's experimental Boukla [?] July

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Box 42, Folder 9

John Wieners' Asylum Poems October 29

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Box 42, Folder 10-26

Unidentified recordings undated

General

17 sound recordings with illegible, blank, or very minimal container description.

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Cassettes

Box 43, Folder 1

Joanne, Arthur, Brody, and Tom Clark ca. 1971

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Box 43, Folder 2

Anaïs Nin - The Art of Creative Writing. Kentfield 1974

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Box 43, Folder 3

Jim Gustafson, Bolinas, 1975 July 8. Jim Gustafson and Robert Creeley 1975 July 22

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Box 43, Folder 4

Bobbie Louise Hawkins 1975 September 15

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Box 43, Folder 5

Jim Carroll, Lewis MacAdams, Duncan McNaughton 1975 October 11

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Box 43, Folder 6

Wolfe, Carroll, Fox, Hawkins. Group reading, Bolinas 1975 December 9

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Box 43, Folder 7

Robert Duncan, Naropa 1978

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Box 43, Folder 8

Poltroon Press Benefit, S.F. Art Institute 1982 July 10

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Box 43, Folder 9

Kyger/Bromige/Grenier - Projectivist Sources, Intersection 1983 September 19

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Box 43, Folder 10

Joanne Kyger reading at Simon Fraser University 1985 February 26

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Box 43, Folder 11

Joanne Kyger, Bolinas Library 1985 May 16

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Box 43, Folder 12

Championship Poetry Bout, Taos, New Mexico 1985

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Box 43, Folder 13

Reading of No Difference Here. Book party 1986

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Box 43, Folder 14-15

Eco-Poetry Round Up [2 cassettes] 1988 June 3

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Box 43, Folder 16

Ed Sanders, Gary Snyder, Nanao Sakaki, Naropa Institute 1990 July 9

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Box 43, Folder 17

Collom, Kyger, MacAdams. Reading, Naropa Institute 1990 July 3

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Box 43, Folder 18

Steve Taylor, Bobbie Louise Hawkins, Peter Rowan, Jerome Rothenberg, Anne Waldman. Reading, Naropa Institute 1990 July 27

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Box 43, Folder 19

Angela Coon, Kimi Sugioka, Marilyn T. Collaboration, Cedar Alley 1991 March 19

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Box 43, Folder 20

Kyger, Collom, Mac Low. Reading 1991 July 6

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Box 43, Folder 21

Kyger, Guravich, Salazar, Hernandez Cruz. Naropa Summer Reading Series 1992

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Box 44, Folder 1

Joanne Kyger and Bobbie Louise Hawkins 1992 January

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Box 44, Folder 2

Bill Berkson, Duncan McNaughton. Bolinas Poetry Project 1992 May 23

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Box 44, Folder 3

Kyger, Guravich, Cruz, Salara. Reading 1992 July 21

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Box 44, Folder 4

Lewis MacAdams, Bolinas 1993 December 9

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Box 44, Folder 5

Ken Irby, Berkeley, CA 1999 August 1

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Box 44, Folder 6

Sidney Goldfarb and Philip Whalen. Reading 1999 August 2

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Box 44, Folder 7

Ed Dorn: Radio Homage 2000

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Box 44, Folder 8

Joanne Kyger 2001 April 4

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Box 44, Folder 9

Joanne Kyger and Janine Pommy Vega 2002 April 10

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Box 44, Folder 10

Robert Creeley and Larry Kearney undated

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Box 44, Folder 11

David Bromige undated

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Box 44, Folder 12

Larry Fagin undated

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Box 44, Folder 13

Joanne Kyger and John Daly

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Box 44, Folder 14

Joanne Kyger/Poetics undated

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Box 44, Folder 15

Duncan McNaughton undated

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Box 44, Folder 16

Joanne Kyger, practice reading from On Time undated

 

Accession Processed in 2021

 

JOURNALS/DIARIES

Scope and Content of Series

Series 9) JOURNALS/DIARIES: Arranged in three subseries: A) General, B) Japan Journals and C) Mexico Journals. Arranged chronologically within the subseries, journals date from 1944 through Kyger's death in 2017. These journals span the breadth of Kyger's writing life and include her daily musings, poems, record keeping and artwork. Also included are her travel journals from Japan, India and Mexico.
 

General

Box 48, Folder 1

Diary 1946-1951

General note

"From Aunt Joe."
Box 48, Folder 2

Journal and diary pages 1957-1959

General note

Includes some correspondence and other notes related to "The Dharma Committee."
Box 48, Folder 3

Notebooks 1956-1959

General note

Includes reflection on peyote (three loose pages) and a birthday note.
Box 48, Folder 4

Calendar and reading list 1959

Box 48, Folder 5-6

Notebooks 1959

General note

Includes draft letters to Gary Snyder and notes.
Box 49, Folder 1

Pocket notes 1959-1960

Box 49, Folder 2

"Hideously important notebook full of rebellious facts" 1960 March - May

Box 49, Folder 3

Notebooks - Amusements and Important Notations 1960

Box 49, Folder 4

Sketch book 1960

Box 49, Folder 5

Journal pads 1960 August - November

Box 49, Folder 6-7

Household expenses and cash book 1960-1962

Box 49, Folder 8

Address books ca. 1960-1970

Box 49, Folder 9

Journal pad 1961 August

Box 50, Folder 1-2

Journals 1963 January-October

Box 50, Folder 3

Calendars 1963-1965

Box 50, Folder 4

Journal 1964 September - 1965 June

Box 50, Folder 5-6

Journal pages 1964-1965

General note

Scrapbook materials including photographs, clippings, writing on dreams, poetry, and correspondence.
Box 50, Folder 7

Journal 1966 February-September

Box 51, Folder 1-2

Journal 1966-1968

Box 51, Folder 3

3 Days, New York City 1966-1967

Box 51, Folder 4-5

Copies of Kyger's personal letters 1966-1968

General note

New York City and San Francisco.
Box 51, Folder 6

Expenses 1967-1968

Box 51, Folder 7

Journal pages 1967-1969

Box 51, Folder 8

"October effluvia" 1967-1968

Box 51, Folder 9

Journal - "Beach travel notebook" 1967-1969

Box 52, Folder 1

Drawing pad 1969 March - September

Box 52, Folder 2

Journal 1969 April-November

Box 52, Folder 3

Appointment book 1969

Box 52, Folder 4

Composition notebook 1969 December - 1970 March

Box 52, Folder 5-6

Calendars and address books ca. 1970-1980

General note

Includes some loose-leaf and hand-drawn calendars.
Box 52, Folder 7

Journal - "Text for Joanne" 1970

Box 53, Folder 1-5

Journals 1970-1972

General note

Includes drawings and sketches.
Box 54, Folder 1

Journal and pocket notebook 1971-1972

Box 54, Folder 2

"A New England Journal" 1972

General note

Includes poster artwork for a poetry reading and includes collage-like material.
Box 54, Folder 3

Chiapas journal 1972 December - 1973 April

General note

Includes pressed leaves and flowers.
Box 54, Folder 4

Journal and pocket notebook 1972-1976

General note

Includes 1976 material from San Cristobal.
Box 54, Folder 5

Journals 1973-1974

Box 55, Folder 1-5

Journals 1974-1976

Box 55, Folder 6

Arizona/Bolinas journal 1976

Box 55, Folder 7

Journal pages 1977

Box 56, Folder 1

Calendars 1977-1978

Box 56, Folder 2-5

Journals 1977-1979

Box 57, Folder 1-2

Journals 1978-1980

Box 57, Folder 3

Book list and People's Store ca. 1980-1990

Box 57, Folder 4

Appointment books 1980 - 1984

Box 58, Folder 1-6

Journals 1980-1981

General note

Includes Davis trip.
Box 59, Folder 1-5

Journals 1982-1983

Box 60, Folder 1-6

Journals 1983-1984

General note

Includes "After Yucatan" notes.
Box 61, Folder 1-5

Journals 1984-1986

General note

Includes notes from journal.
Box 62, Folder 1-4

Journals 1986-1989

General note

Includes "Our Trip to Laytonville," from 1987.
Box 62, Folder 5

Salt Point Collaboration drawing pad journal 1988-1989

General note

Jim Nesbit, Kate Dezina, Donald Guravich, and Joanne Kyger.
Box 63, Folder 1-5

Journals 1988-1990

General note

Includes Naropa, travel notes, and expenses, and "Camping with David" notes.
Box 64, Folder 1-5

Journals 1990-1992

General note

Includes some pocket notebooks.
Box 65, Folder 1-7

Journals 1991-1992

General note

Includes travel journal pages for Santa Barbara trip.
Box 66, Folder 1-4

Journals 1992-1993

General note

Includes travel journal on Klamath Mountains and various trips.
Box 67, Folder 1-4

Journals 1993-1994

Box 68, Folder 1-4

Journals 1994-1995

General note

Includes "For Cass's Eyes Only: An Account of the Vancouver Visit."
Box 69, Folder 1-5

Journals 1995-1996

Box 70, Folder 1-4

Journals 1996-1997

General note

Includes Bodega Bay diary.
Box 71, Folder 1-5

Journals 1997-1998

General note

Includes trip to Germany, Switzerland and Italy diary.
Box 72, Folder 1-5

Journals 1998-1999

Box 73, Folder 1-6

Journals 1999-2000

Box 74, Folder 1-5

Journals 2000-2002

General note

Includes journal entitled "Sunday" and travel journals.
Box 75, Folder 1-7

Journals and sketchbooks 2000-2001

General note

Includes desert trip, Boulder and "New Borders" journals.
Box 76, Folder 1-7

Journals 2001-2002

General note

Includes Canada, New York City, Seattle and "two trips" journals.
Box 77, Folder 1-6

Journals 2002-2003

Box 77, Folder 7

Appointment book 2003

Box 78, Folder 1-5

Journals 2003-2004

General note

Includes trip to Milwaukee diary and Humboldt Redwoods sketchbook.
Box 79, Folder 1-6

Journals 2004-2005

General note

Includes trip to Humboldt Redwoods sketchbook and diary, Naropa and trip to Utah pocket notebook.
Box 80, Folder 1-8

Journals 2005-2006

General note

Includes "Joko Dave" and "Trip South" journals and sketchbooks.
Box 81, Folder 1-6

Journals 2006-2008

General note

Includes artwork and clippings 2006-2008.
Box 82, Folder 1-7

Journals 2007-2009

General note

Includes Hollister trip notes.
Box 83, Folder 1

Address book 2009

Box 83, Folder 2-5

Journals 2009-2010

Box 84, Folder 1

Address book ca. 2010-2015

Box 84, Folder 2-5

Journals 2010-2011

General note

Includes Salt Point, Fort Brigg and Santa Barbara trips sketchbook.
Box 85, Folder 1-6

Journals 2011-2013

General note

Contains excerpt from "Homage to Etel Adnan."
Box 86, Folder 1-7

Journals 2013-2015

General note

Includes Santa Barbara trip notebook.
Box 87, Folder 1-6

Journals 2014-2016

Box 88, Folder 1-4

Journals 2016-2017

General note

Includes "Daily Important Items and notes" pocket notebook.
Box 88, Folder 5

Journals undated

General note

Includes pocket notebooks.
Box 89, Folder 1-4

Miscellaneous journals ca. 1985-2005 and undated

General note

Nature journals, handmade journal, pocket notes and sketches in Tiffany catalog.
Box 90, Folder 1-4

Sketchbooks 1987-2000

General note

Large drawing pads of artwork, cartoons, and notes.
Box 91, Folder 1-8

Sketchbooks 2001-2005

General note

Large drawing pads of artwork, cartoons, and notes.
 

Japan Journals

Box 90, Folder 5

Kyoto notebooks 1960-1962

General note

3 original notebooks from Kyger's time in Japan.
Box 90, Folder 6

Flower arranging lessons and sketches 1960

General note

Includes brief correspondence.
Box 90, Folder 7

Japan wedding to Gary Snyder - Journal entries and publicity 1960

General note

Contains newspaper clippings and copy of marriage certificate.
Box 90, Folder 8

"Mother of the Buddha, Queen of Heaven, Mother of the Sun" 1962

General note

Hand lettered poem by Kyger.
Box 90, Folder 9

Journal pages - Dreams 1963

Box 90, Folder 10

Japanese ephemera undated

General note

Includes calligraphy sample.
Box 90, Folder 11

Notes - Folk art in Japan undated

Oversize MC-011, Folder 28

Rubbings from India and Japan, some with Kyger's seal/chop ca. 1960-1964

 

Mexico Journals

Box 92, Folder 1-6

Chiapas, Mexico City, and Veracruz 1997-2007

Box 92, Folder 7-8

Oaxaca 1981-1985

Box 93, Folder 1-8

Oaxaca 1997-2011

Box 94, Folder 1-5

Oaxaca 2011-2014

Box 94, Folder 6-12

Oaxaca - Ephemera, artwork, poems and research 1997-2014

General note

Includes ephemera, artwork, notes, poems and travel correspondence.
Box 95, Folder 1-9

Patzcuaro and Yucatan 1984-1990

General note

Includes script titled "Evenings in Progreso," typed copies of the journal entries, Spanish lessons and "Adventures of the Kidos."
Box 96, Folder 1-9

Patzcuaro and Yucatan 1990-2000

Box 97, Folder 1-3

Patzcuaro and Yucatan 2000-2001

Box 97, Folder 4

"Mexico Journal" 1993

General note

Journal by Bill Scheffel.
Box 97, Folder 5-7

Mexico notes, ephemera, and artwork 1986-2000

General note

Includes a 1998 copy of Hearsay News that was written and edited in Patzcuaro.
Box 97, Folder 8

Luminous Details workshop (presented by Great River Arts Institute) 1999-2000

General note

Includes schedule, correspondence and works for "17 Ibarra," an anthology of writing from the workshop.
Box 97, Folder 9

"Mi Canto es Sincero" 2000

General note

Poem with drafts, possibly for "17 Ibarra."
 

BIOGRAPHICAL

Scope and Content of Series

Series 10) BIOGRAPHICAL: Arranged alphabetically, materials document Kyger's private and professional life. Includes Kyger's baby book, juvenilia, writings and mementos from her early school life, various certificates and awards, and memorial materials.
Box 98, Folder 1

Autobiographical statements 1981-2015

Box 98, Folder 2

Awards - Small Press Traffic Lifetime Achievement Award 2005

Box 98, Folder 3-4

Baby book and childhood ephemera 1932-1942

Box 98, Folder 5

Certificates - Birth certificate, citizenship and marriage certificates, divorce papers 1934-1966

Box 98, Folder 6

Clippings - School achievements ca.1945-1957

Box 98, Folder 7

Drawing of Kyger - Portrait in charcoal, signed Spetsas [?] undated

Box 98, Folder 8

High School diploma 1952

Box 98, Folder 9

I.D. cards 1934-2014

Box 99, Folder 1

School certificates 1950-1956

Box 99, Folder 2

School event programs 1947-1056

Box 99, Folder 3-6

Junior High and High School newspaper articles written by Kyger 1947-1952

General note

Selected issues of "The Junior Post" and "The Forge" featuring Joanne Kyger's early writings.
Box 99, Folder 7-9

School papers and notebooks 1949-1952

Box 100, Folder 1-11

School papers and notebooks 1953-1956

Box 100, Folder 12-13

School friends - Photographs and notes 1945-1955

Box 101, Folder 1-2

Yearbooks, high school - Santa Barbara High School 1951-1952

Box 101, Folder 3-5

Yearbooks, college - UC Santa Barbara 1954-1956

Oversize FB-562, Folder 8

Joanne Kyger: A Celebration of her life and work - Album/guestbook 2017 July 22

Oversize FB-562, Folder 10

Joanne Kyger astrology chart undated

 

CORRESPONDENCE

Scope and Content of Series

Series 11) CORRESPONDENCE: Arranged in two subseries: A) Alphabetical, and B) Printed Emails.
A) Alphabetical correspondence includes cards and letters from friends, family and member of the poetry community. Correspondence is arranged by last name of correspondent and chronologically within folders and range in date from 1958-2018. Highlights include letters and cards from Bill Berkson, Robert Creeley, Allen Ginsberg, Charles Olson, Gary Snyder, Ann Waldman, Philip Whalen and others. Also included is a selection of cards, printed emails and letters of condolence to Kyger's husband Donald Guravich.
B) Printed Emails comprises of copies of email exchanges between Kyger with family and friends. These materials are arranged chronologically and date from 2008-2017.
 

Alphabetical

Box 102, Folder 1

A - Miscellaneous

Box 102, Folder 2

Adam, Helen undated

Box 102, Folder 3

Adnan, Etel 1997-1998

Box 102, Folder 4

Alcalay, Ammiel 2005-2012

Box 102, Folder 5

Alexander, Paul 2006-2013

Box 102, Folder 6

Alsup, Kelly 2011

Box 102, Folder 7

Anderson, Jim 2005

Box 102, Folder 8

B - Miscellaneous

Box 102, Folder 9

Bacon, Joe 2008

Box 102, Folder 10

Baker, Deborah 2006-2008

Box 102, Folder 11

Ballard, Micah 2012

Box 102, Folder 12

Baude, Dawn-Michelle 2008

Box 102, Folder 13

The Beat and the City 2001

General note

Production by Oswego State University of New York. Correspondents include Tom Kee and the actors. Also includes newsletter and production information.
Box 102, Folder 14

The Beat Generation Symposium 2008 October 10-11

General note

Regarding Joanne Kyger and Diane di Prima, keynote speakers.
Box 102, Folder 15

The Beats in India Symposium 2008 June 14

General note

Regarding poetry event presented by The Asia Society.
Box 102, Folder 16

Bedouin Books (M. D'Alessandro, Editor) 2004

Box 102, Folder 17

Beltrametti, Franco 1992-1995

Box 102, Folder 18-21

Berkson, Bill 1973-2011

General note

Includes handmade birthday books.
Box 103, Folder 1-3

Berkson, Bill 1973-2011

General note

Includes handmade birthday books.
Box 103, Folder 4

Berkson, Lynn O'Hare 198-2014

Box 103, Folder 5

Berrigan, Sandra 1993-2013

Box 103, Folder 6

Boldt, Lindsey 2015-2016

Box 103, Folder 7

Boren, Greg 2013

General note

Regarding Irene Taverner.
Box 103, Folder 8

Borregaard, Ebb 2016

Box 103, Folder 9

Botto, Ken 1967-2005

General note

Includes memorial materials, photographs and artwork, including drawing of Joanne Kyger.
Box 103, Folder 10

Boyce, Jack 1972-1973

General note

Regarding his estate.
Box 103, Folder 11

Brandi, John and Renee 2013

Box 103, Folder 12

Brazil, David and Sara Larsen 2015-2016

Box 103, Folder 13

Brownstein, Michael 198, 2017

Box 103, Folder 14

Buckmaster, Linda 2008

Box 103, Folder 15

C - Miscellaneous

Box 103, Folder 16

Callahan, Bob 1978

Box 103, Folder 17

Castree, Genevieve 2012-2013

Box 103, Folder 18

Clark, Tom 2007

Box 103, Folder 19

Clarke, Cass 1988-2003

Box 103, Folder 20

Clarke, John (Jack) 1980-1990

Box 103, Folder 21

Collom, Jack 2011-2014

Box 103, Folder 22

Columbia Poetry Review 2008

Box 103, Folder 23

Columbia University Press 2016

Box 103, Folder 24

Corson, Madeleine 2009

Box 103, Folder 25

Creeley, Robert 1988, undated

Box 103, Folder 26

D - Miscellaneous

Box 103, Folder 27

Delbos, Stephan 2014

General note

Regarding Donald Allen and New American Poetry Anthology.
Box 103, Folder 28

Dewhurst, Robert 2012

General note

Regarding research on John Wieners.
Box 103, Folder 29

Dia Foundation 2017

General note

Regarding readings in Contemporary Poetry Anthology.
Box 103, Folder 30

Dill, Morgan 2008

Box 103, Folder 31

Dimitrov, Alex 2016

Box 103, Folder 32

Di Prima, Diane 2006, 2009

General note

Includes two poems, signed.
Box 103, Folder 33

Dorn, Jennifer 2011

Box 103, Folder 34

Doss, John and Steve Dickinson 2004-2005

General note

Regarding Donald Allen.
Box 103, Folder 35

Duncan, Robert 1958-1965

General note

Typed transcriptions of letters to Duncan from Kyger.
Box 103, Folder 36

Du Plessis, Klara 2010-2011

Box 103, Folder 37

E - Miscellaneous

Box 103, Folder 38

Earnheart-Gold, Tobi 2014

General note

Regarding library poetry reading.
Box 103, Folder 39

Edwards, Ernie 2005

Box 103, Folder 40

Ellingham, Lewis 1983-2014

Box 103, Folder 41

Eshelman, Clayton undated

General note

Draft of letter by Kyger.
Box 103, Folder 42

F - Miscellaneous

Box 104, Folder 1

Fagin, Lawrence 2013

Box 104, Folder 2

Fass, Deborah 2012-2013

Box 104, Folder 3

Fattal, Simone 2005-2014

Box 104, Folder 4

Ferlinghetti, Lawrence 2007

General note

Postcards.
Box 104, Folder 5

Fisher, Catherine 2009

General note

Regarding Café Review submission.
Box 104, Folder 6

Fleming, David and Jeanne Lance 2006

Box 104, Folder 7

Foundation for Contemporary Arts (Chelsea Keys) 2014

Box 104, Folder 8

Franklin, Neshama 2013-2014

Box 104, Folder 9

Fraser, Alison 2014

Box 104, Folder 10

Friedland, Susan 2009

Box 104, Folder 11

Friedman, Amy 1998-2008

General note

Includes "Joanne Kyger, Beat Generation Poet," "A Porcupine traveling at the Speed of Light," and "Being Here as Hard as I Could." Articles by Friedman about Kyger.
Box 104, Folder 12

G - Miscellaneous

Box 104, Folder 13

Gach, Gary 2013

Box 104, Folder 14

Gander, Forrest 2014

Box 104, Folder 15

Garland, Peter 2008-2017

Box 104, Folder 16

Gilman, Josh 2008

Box 104, Folder 17

Ginsberg, Allen 1969-1990

General note

A small selection of cards and letters.
Box 104, Folder 18

Ginsberg, Allen 1960

General note

Copies of letters to Bill Morgan.
Box 104, Folder 19

Golden, Alissa 2014

Box 104, Folder 20

Goldfarb, Sidney 2012-2014

Box 104, Folder 21

Goodyear, Dana 2008

Box 104, Folder 22

Greenlight Press (Kaye McDonough) 1978

Box 104, Folder 23

Grenier, Robert 2010-2013

Box 104, Folder 24

Guravich, Donald 2017-2019

Box 104, Folder 25-30

Guravich, Donald - Letters of condolence, A-F 2017-2018

General note

Includes copies of email correspondence to Guravich's friends and family.
Box 105, Folder 1-15

Guravich, Donald - Letters of condolence, G-Z 2017-2018

Box 106, Folder 1

Gustafson, Jim 1978

Box 106, Folder 2

H - Miscellaneous

Box 106, Folder 3

Hagin, Bowie 2012-2013

Box 106, Folder 4

Hans [?] 1982

Box 106, Folder 5

Hastings, Lee 1960-1962

General note

Includes airmail letters from Kyger and Gary Snyder.
Box 106, Folder 6

Heilig, Steve 2008-2013

Box 106, Folder 7

Higdon, Hailey 2016-2017

Box 106, Folder 8

Hill, Owen 2013

Box 106, Folder 9

Hollo, Anselm 1990

Box 106, Folder 10

Hollo, Anselm and Jane Dalyrymple-Hollo 2013

Box 106, Folder 11

Hyner, Stefan 2010-2016

General

Includes art and ephemera.
Box 106, Folder 11

I - Miscellaneous

Box 106, Folder 12

Irby, Kenneth 2001

Box 106, Folder 13

J - Miscellaneous

Box 106, Folder 14

Jacobsen, Colter 2014

Box 106, Folder 15

Jennings, Christopher 2015-2016

Box 106, Folder 16

Jones, Jamey 1996-1997

Box 106, Folder 17

K - Miscellaneous

Box 106, Folder 18

Killian, Kevin 1998

Box 106, Folder 19

Killion, Tom 2014-2015

Box 106, Folder 20

Klein, Lucas 2014

General note

Regarding translation of Burton Watson.
Box 106, Folder 21

Koller, Jim 1983-2013

Box 106, Folder 22

Kuhn, Ryan 1997

General note

Includes interview with Kyger and a few poems from his self-published chapbook.
Box 106, Folder 23

L - Miscellaneous

Box 106, Folder 24

Lawless, Gary (Blackberry Books) 2008

General note

Regarding the Nanao Sakai collection.
Box 106, Folder 25

Lee, Joe undated

General note

Includes photos of Bob Le Vigne and copy of Hope Savage drawing by Bob La Vigne.
Box 106, Folder 26

Liu, Waverly 2014

General note

Regarding the Beat Generation and the San Francisco Renaissance exhibit.
Box 106, Folder 27

M - Miscellaneous

Box 106, Folder 28

MacAdams, Lewis 2008-2013

Box 106, Folder 29

MacAdams, Phoebe 2013

Box 106, Folder 30

Malone, Eric 2012

General note

Regarding Scrambda #3.
Box 106, Folder 31

Mallmann, Jerome 2006-2013

Box 106, Folder 32

Manson, Jeffrey 2013

Box 106, Folder 33

Martin, C. J. 2015 July 31

Box 106, Folder 34

McCune, Marianne 2015

General note

Regarding Beat Poets walking tour.
Box 106, Folder 35

McNaughton, Duncan 2005-2013

Box 106, Folder 36

McNaughton, Genie 2008, 2013

Box 106, Folder 37

McQuaid, Diana 1984-2008

Box 106, Folder 38

MillAr, Jay (Toronto New School of Writing) 2011-2012

Box 106, Folder 39

Mills, Suzie 2008

Box 106, Folder 40

Montgomery, John and Laura Peterson 1991-1994

Box 106, Folder 41

Moore, William (Bill) and Bill Berkson 1996

General note

Regarding the paintings of Tom Field.
Box 106, Folder 42

Morgan, Ted 1985

Box 106, Folder 43

Morgan, William (Bill) 2008-2016

General note

Regarding The Letters of Allen Ginsberg.
Box 106, Folder 44

Morgan, William (Bill) 2014

General note

Regarding Peter Orlovsky reading at City Lights Bookstore.
Box 106, Folder 45

Moxley, Jennifer 2010

Box 106, Folder 46

Mythos Fine Arts Gallery 2011

Box 106, Folder 47

N - Miscellaneous

Box 106, Folder 48-52

Naropa University 2000-2014

General note

Various correspondence regarding: blog on Lew Welch, Richard Brautigan, and Lost and Found Series; poem in celebration of the Jack Kerouac School's 40th Anniversary; Summer Writing Program; workshop on Writing the Body/The Body Politic/Feminism and Gender; and the Audio Archive Project.
Box 106, Folder 53

National Endowment for the Arts 1979

Box 106, Folder 54

Nelson, Paul 2013-2014

General note

Regarding Cascadia Poetry Festival.
Box 107, Folder 1

Nguyen, Hoa 2008-2012

Box 107, Folder 2

Nichols, Miriam 2014

General note

Regarding Robin Blaser poetry.
Box 107, Folder 3

Nicosia, Gerald 2012-2013

Box 107, Folder 4

Nightboat Books (Stephen Motika) 2014-2015

General note

Regarding publication of Kyger's Japan and India journals.
Box 107, Folder 5

Nisbet, Jim 2008-2013

Box 107, Folder 6

Nolan, Pat 2011-2014

Box 107, Folder 7

O - Miscellaneous

Box 107, Folder 8

O' Donnell, Joshua 2019

Box 107, Folder 9-10

Okamura, Arthur 1980-2009

General note

Includes correspondence about Okamura from others, artwork and ephemera.
Box 107, Folder 11

Okamura, Kitty 2013

Box 107, Folder 12

Olin, Jeni 199, undated

General note

Includes poetry by Olin.
Box 107, Folder 13

Olson, Charles 1968 September 27

General note

Includes typescript of handwritten letter and copy of "A Curriculum of the Soul," by Olson.
Box 107, Folder 14

O'Malley, Matthew 2010

Box 107, Folder 15-16

Opstedal, Kevin 2004-2013

Box 107, Folder 17

Ozuma, Phoebe 2011-2016

Box 107, Folder 18

P - Miscellaneous

Box 107, Folder 19

Palau, Charles 2008-2013

Box 107, Folder 20

Patori, Jonathan 2002

General note

Includes "Visit to Nowhere."
Box 107, Folder 21

Peake, Channing 1986

Box 107, Folder 22

Pettet, Simon 1999-2016

Box 107, Folder 23

Plymell, Charles 2010-2011

General note

Includes ephemera and copies of poem "Santa Cruz."
Box 107, Folder 24

The Poetry Center, San Francisco State University 2013

General note

Regarding Nanao Sakaki poetry event.
Box 107, Folder 25

The Poetry Collection, University at Buffalo, State University of New York (SUNY) 2014

Box 107, Folder 26

The Poetry Foundation (Michael Slosek, Assistant Editor) 2014

Box 107, Folder 27

Point Reyes Bookstore (Steve Costa) 2011-2014

Box 107, Folder 28

Poniewaz, Jeff 2008

Box 107, Folder 29

Porter, William 2012

Box 107, Folder 30

Queens College of the City University of New York, English Language Institute 1966-1967

Box 107, Folder 31

R - Miscellaneous

Box 107, Folder 32

Rashkis, Suzie 2007-2008

Box 108, Folder 1

Ratnawati, Nani 2008

Box 108, Folder 2

Reilly, J. N. 2008

Box 108, Folder 3

Rogers, Julie 2013

Box 108, Folder 4

Rothenberg, Michael 2002-2015

Box 108, Folder 5

Russo, Linda 2010-2014

Box 108, Folder 6

S - Miscellaneous

Box 108, Folder 7

Safdie, Joe 2003-2014

Box 108, Folder 8

Safdie, Sara 2008-2012

Box 108, Folder 9

Saijo, Laura 2011

General note

Regarding Albert Saijo.
Box 108, Folder 10

Sakaki, Nanao 1989

Box 108, Folder 11

Sand Dollar Books 1976

Box 108, Folder 12

Sanders, Ed 2008-2014

Box 108, Folder 13

Sardines Press (Roger Snell) 1999

Box 108, Folder 14

Sarsgard, John 2013-2014

Box 108, Folder 15

Sasaki, Ruth Fuller 1959

General note

Letter to Gary Snyder.
Box 108, Folder 16

Schelling, Andrew 2008-2015

Box 108, Folder 17

Schlesinger, Kyle 2011-2012

Box 108, Folder 18

Schneider, David 2010-2011

Box 108, Folder 19

Serendipity Books 1972

Box 108, Folder 20

Shimoda, Brandon 2012

Box 108, Folder 21

Sigo, Cedar 1996-2016

Box 108, Folder 22

Simon Fraser University 1972

Box 108, Folder 23

Simpson, Steve 2008

Box 108, Folder 24

Skinner, Jonathan 2003, 2013

Box 108, Folder 25

Smith, Dale 2008-2012

General note

Includes "A Personal Bibliography on Bolinas, CA" for Wave Books.
Box 108, Folder 26-27

Snyder, Gary 1964-2016

General note

Includes email, a few handwritten letters and copies of letters.
Box 108, Folder 28

Sottsass, Fernanda Pivano 1980

Box 108, Folder 29

Spangler, Bud and Gwen 2006-2007

Box 108, Folder 30

Spicer, Jack undated

General note

Copy of poem for "Kids" [Joanne Kyger].
Box 108, Folder 31

Stanley, George 1999

Box 109, Folder 1

Steve [?] 2001-2004

General note

Includes poems for Joanne and Donald, some intended for Heresay News publication.
Box 109, Folder 2

Suiter, John 2002-2013

Box 109, Folder 3

T - Miscellaneous

Box 109, Folder 4

Takahashi, Ayako 2009-2013

General note

Includes interview and translations.
Box 109, Folder 5

Tinfish Press 2014

Box 109, Folder 6

Unger, Brian 2012

General note

Regarding Philip Whalen.
Box 109, Folder 7

Valley-Fox, Anne 2011-2012

Box 109, Folder 8

Van Aver, Philip 2015

Box 109, Folder 9

W - Miscellaneous

Box 109, Folder 10

Wagstaff, Christopher and Glenn Todd 2010-2011

Box 109, Folder 11-13

Waldman, Anne 1983-2016

General note

Includes correspondence regarding Waldman's 70th birthday and poem "Poetry Will Keep the World Safe," by Kyger.
Box 109, Folder 14

Warren, Kenneth 1997

Box 109, Folder 15

Warsh, Lewis 1972-1983

Box 109, Folder 16

Warshall, Peter 1970-2012

Box 109, Folder 17

Wassef, Mirabelle 2016

Box 109, Folder 18

Watsky, Paul 2006-2013

Box 109, Folder 19

Weishaus, Joel 2013

Box 109, Folder 20

Wesleyan University Press (Stephanie Elliott, Publicist) 2008

Box 109, Folder 21-26

Whalen, Philip 1973-

General note

Includes correspondence between Kyger and Whalen, copies of Whalen's correspondence with others, materials relating to the Collected Poems of Philip Whalen and correspondence regarding the Whalen Celebration.
Box 110, Folder 1

Wheeler, Jo 2015

Box 110, Folder 2

Whitefield Breedlove, Nancy 1998

General note

Regarding memorial.
Box 110, Folder 3

Whittington, Nicholas James 2011-2012

General note

Regarding Oaxaca Journals.
Box 110, Folder 4

Wieners, John "Pip" 1958

Box 110, Folder 5

Wolfe, Michael 1984

Box 110, Folder 6

Wright, C. D. 2014

Box 110, Folder 7

X, Y, Z - Miscellaneous

Box 110, Folder 8

Yardas, Mark 2014-2015

General note

Regarding Bill Yardas.
Box 110, Folder 9

Zeno, Jim 2013

Box 110, Folder 10

Unidentified correspondents 2008-2010

Box 110, Folder 11

Unknown correspondent from Germany 2008-2010

Box 110, Folder 12-15

Birthday cards 2011-2016

Box 110, Folder 16-19

Christmas cards 2011-2016

Box 111, Folder 1

Christmas cards 2016-2017

 

Printed Emails

Box 111, Folder 2-6

2008-2009

General note

Printed copies of Kyger's email correspondence with colleagues and friends. Arranged chronologically.
Box 112, Folder 1-7

2010-2011

General note

Printed copies of Kyger's email correspondence with colleagues and friends. Arranged chronologically.
Box 113, Folder 1-7

2011-2012

General note

Printed copies of Kyger's email correspondence with colleagues and friends. Arranged chronologically.
Box 114, Folder 1-6

2013-2015

General note

Printed copies of Kyger's email correspondence with colleagues and friends. Arranged chronologically.
Box 115, Folder 1-5

2015-2017

General note

Printed copies of Kyger's email correspondence with colleagues and friends. Arranged chronologically.
 

WRITINGS

Scope and Content of Series

Series 12) WRITINGS: Arranged in two subseries: A) Chronological Files and B) Collaborations. Includes manuscript poems dated 1990–2017, including handwritten and typescript drafts, some with edits, notes and related correspondence. Highlights includes a selection of earlier examples of Kyger's writing from the late 1990s and multiple folders of Kyger's book On Time: Poems 2005–2014. Kyger's collaborations with other artists include Donald Guravich, Lewis MacAdams, Bob Grenier, Ken Botto, Arthur Okamura and others, dated from 1970-2017.
 

Chronological Files

Box 115, Folder 6

Naropa's Story 1990-1999

General note

Includes draft of "The Life of Naropa, for Ted Berrigan," and "Replacement Buddhas" published in Again: Poems 1989-2000. Includes drafts other short poems on Naropa and Buddhism.
Box 115, Folder 7

Anglos Part I and II 2000-2001

General note

Includes Patzcuaro trip writings.
Box 115, Folder 8

New Smell in the Writing Room (broadside from Moe's Books) 2001

General note

Original poem copyright 1991.
Box 115, Folder 9

Day of the Dead 2001

Box 115, Folder 10

Writings and artwork 2002-2003

General note

Mostly political in nature.
Box 115, Folder 11

Writing - Revisions of some 2003 poems, and various handwritten and typescript poetry drafts 2003-2004

Box 115, Folder 12

Writing 2005

Box 115, Folder 13

Writing 2006

Box 116, Folder 1

Loose Renditions: Poems 2006-2007 2007

Box 116, Folder 2

Round Ups 2007

General note

Short entries that reflect on events of the year.
Box 116, Folder 3-5

Lo & Behold: Household and Threshold on California's North Coast 2009

General note

Published as part of Voices from the American Land, Vol 1 Number 1, Winter 2009. Typescript drafts with edits, correspondence with editors, proofs.
Box 116, Folder 6

Permission By The Horns 2008

General note

Includes drafts and correspondence. Printed by Ungovernable Press (online).
Box 116, Folder 7

Seventy Seven Beautiful and Adorable Things - For Arthur Okamura's 77th birthday 2009

Box 116, Folder 8

Writing 2009

Box 116, Folder 9

Writing 2010

Box 116, Folder 10

Writing 2011

General note

Includes poems and correspondence for The Poetry Project's publication, The Recluse. Includes a "round up" of the year. Includes writings describing a road trip taken to Hollister, CA.
Box 117, Folder 1

Peter Berg: An Excellent Lizard Man 2011-2014

General note

Contribution to The Biosphere and the Bioregion: Essential Writings of Peter Berg. Includes drafts and correspondence with editor, Cheryll Glotfelty.
Box 117, Folder 2

Writing 2012

General note

Includes "Sounds Abroad at Lassen," with correspondence from 2012 and handwritten draft from 1997. Also includes correspondence and poems for the Auerhahn Café Review.
Box 117, Folder 3

Fredericton Novel 2012

General note

Typescript draft of introduction and chapter outlines. Includes one poem by Donald Guravich.
Box 117, Folder 4

2012 2013

General note

Published by Blue Press. Includes typescript draft and correspondence.
Box 117, Folder 5

9 Spring Poems 2013 2013

General note

Published in Jung Journal. Includes drafts and correspondence.
Box 117, Folder 6

Field Work: Joanne Kyger 2013

General note

A chapbook of poetry, organized by Frank Smigiel and Kevin Killian, hand-produced by Andrew Kenower and Lara Durback. Also includes correspondence with Megan Brian and Andrew Kenower. Includes drafts for three selections of poems: Long Ago, Flash Forward, and Great Exceeding.
Box 117, Folder 7

Born Old: Joanne Kyger on Bruce Connor 2013

General note

Contribution to SF MOMA's Open Space Beyond Belief exhibit.
Box 117, Folder 8

Writing 2013

General note

Includes poems included in On Time.
Box 117, Folder 9

Writing 2014

Box 117, Folder 10

Writing 2015

Box 117, Folder 11

Eight Poems by Joanne Kyger in Slow Poetry in America, Issue #4 2015-2016

General note

Includes Joanne's copy of the publication, draft with edits, and correspondence with Dale Smith and Mike Cavuto.
Box 117, Folder 12

On Time: Poems 2005-2014 2015

General note

Includes publishing contracts with City Light Books.
Box 118, Folder 1-5

On Time: Poems 2005-2014 2015

General note

Includes correspondence, typescript drafts with edits and book layout notes.
Box 118, Folder 6

Writing 2016

Box 118, Folder 7

Year of the Ram 2016

General note

Published by Omerta Publications. Includes typescript draft copy, correspondence and color proof.
Box 118, Folder 8

Writing 2017

Box 118, Folder 9-10

There You Are: Interviews, Journals, and Ephemera 2017

General note

The inaugural book of Wave Book's interview series. Edited by Cedar Sigo. Includes drafts, notes, and correspondence.
 

Collaborations

Box 119, Folder 1

Short Plays ca. 1970-1985

General note

Includes works with Donald Guravich, Lewis MacAdams, and others.
Box 119, Folder 2

Christmas Day 1996

General note

With Bob Grenier, Donald Guravich and Ken Botto [?].
Box 119, Folder 3-4

Collaborations with Karly and Jim Zeno 2000-2015

General note

Handwritten and typescript drafts with artwork.
Box 119, Folder 5

News Bulletin from Sunday Afternoon 2000

General note

With Diane [Di Prima?]
Box 119, Folder 6

With the Day After the Beach 2002

General note

Written after a day at the RCA Beach in Bolinas with Cedar, Johnny, Ginger, and Rachel.
Box 119, Folder 7

Cucumber Dreaming of Tomato 2002

General note

Unsigned collaboration.
Box 119, Folder 8

Untitled booklet collaborations 2002 May-September

General note

Includes two collaborative booklets with sketches and writing.
Box 119, Folder 9

Sight Unseen 2002 September

General note

Unsigned collaboration.
Oversize FB-562, Folder 6

Collaboration - "Arthur on Evergreen"- Joanne Kyger and Arthur Okamura 2003 May

Box 119, Folder 10

O.K. There We Are 2003 November

General note

Collaboration at Phoebe MacAdam's house.
Box 119, Folder 11

Short collaborations 2004-2006

General note

Includes work done on the Spring Equinox, Martin Luther King Day, and at Cedar Sigo's book party.
Box 119, Folder 12

Untitled booklet collaborations 2008

Box 119, Folder 13

How Do We Start Again When We Can't Even See the Screen? 2008 June

General note

Collaboration at Phoebe MacAdam's house.
Box 119, Folder 14

Tremendulate #7 2009

General note

Published by Eric Malone. Typescript draft.
Box 119, Folder 15

Birthday week 2010

General note

With Simon Pettet.
Box 119, Folder 16-17

Collaborative journal entries 2010-2011

General note

Daily entries on sheets of paper, done with friends. These include drawings and writings.
Box 120, Folder 1-4

Collaborative journal entries 2012-2016

General note

Daily entries on sheets of paper, done with friends. These include drawings and writings.
Box 120, Folder 5

Amsterdam Souvenirs 2016

General note

Collaboration with Bill Berkson, originally created in 1978 during a trip to the One World Poetry Conference. Includes republications from 2016 and correspondence.
 

WORKS BY OTHERS

Scope and Content of Series

Series 13) WORKS BY OTHERS: Arranged alphabetically, includes draft manuscripts by artists such as Bill Berkson, Joe Brainard, Robert Grenier, Frank O'Hara, Kevin Opstedal, Anne Valley-Fox, Anne Waldman and others. Also includes Peter Garland's Field Work: Encounters with Mexican Musics, 1997-2005 dedicated to Joanne Kyger and Donald Guravich. Materials are dated ca. 1960-2016.
Box 120, Folder 6

Adamson, Robert - Poems for Joanne Kyger 2007

Box 120, Folder 7

Armstrong, John - Notebook and photograph ca. 1960-1970

Box 120, Folder 8

Ballard [?], Micah - Patzcuaro and Ecuador journals 1985-1988

Box 120, Folder 9

Berkson, Bill - Serenade Poems and Prose: 1975-1989 2000

Box 120, Folder 10

Berkson, Bill - Japan Notebook and Invisible Oligarchs 2006

Box 120, Folder 11

Berkson, Bill - Memorial tributes 2016

Box 121, Folder 1

Botto, Ken - The Little Book of Renaissance Painters 2006

General note

Chapbook published by Blue Press, with Introduction and notes by Donald Guravich.
Box 121, Folder 2

Brainard, Joe - Bolinas Journal 1971

General note

Kyger's copy.
Box 121, Folder 3

Bye, Reed - Join the Planets (blurb) 2004

Box 121, Folder 4

Falk, Jane - The Beats and Independent Film: A Different Cast of Characters 2015

General note

Draft and correspondence.
Box 122, Folder 1-6

Garland, Peter - Field Work: Encounters with Mexican Musics, 1997-2005 2005

General note

Dedicated to Joanne Kyger and Donald Guravich.
Box 123, Folder 1-7

Garland, Peter - Field Work: Encounters with Mexican Musics, 1997-2005 2005

General note

Dedicated to Joanne Kyger and Donald Guravich.
Box 121, Folder 5

Gogue, Barrett - Fingers in the Sawgrass or American Moon-Pie Blues 2014

Box 121, Folder 6

Grenier, Robert and Stephen Ratcliffe - On Natural Language 2011

Box 121, Folder 7

Grenier, Robert - Blurbs 2012

Box 121, Folder 8

Holmes Bradley, Jon - An Evening With Big Joe and the Boys 2006-2007

Box 121, Folder 9

Hoyem, Judith - Miura Issh? R?shi and The Wordless Teaching 1995-2004

Box 121, Folder 10

Laughlin, Robert - Poem and drawing undated

Box 121, Folder 11

MacAdams, Phoebe - Reading Joanne: Response to Joanne Kyger's On Time 2015

Box 121, Folder 12

McClure, Joanna - Catching Light; Collected Poems 2013

General note

Includes blurb, correspondence, and table of contents only.
Box 121, Folder 13

O'Hara, Frank and Bill Berkson - Hymna of St. Bridget and Other Writings 2001

Box 121, Folder 14

Opstedal, Kevin - World at Large, Poems: 1971-1978 2010

General note

Includes drafts of introduction to the book written by Kyger.
Box 121, Folder 15

Opstedal, Kevin - Pacific Standard Time 2016

Box 124, Folder 1

Petroff, Stephen - Wild Gods Live Known and Selected Sightings of James Koller 2007-2015

Box 124, Folder 2

Ratnawati, Nani - Sleep Poem Series and an Interview with Joanne Kyger 2001, undated

Box 124, Folder 3

Rothenberg, Diane - Far East Journal 1990

Box 124, Folder 4-7

Rothenberg, Michael - Indefinite Detention: A Dog Story, In Memory of a Banyan Tree, Real and False Journals, and Wildflowers for the Bullies 2003-2016

General note

Indefinite Detention includes correspondence and Kyger's drafts for a blurb. The Real and False Journals folder includes notes, correspondence, and introductory pages (not the full manuscript).
Box 124, Folder 8

Schelling, Andrew - Michoacan Journal 1997

Box 124, Folder 9

Shaw, Judith - Relinquishing Immortality and Taking Chances (stories) ca. 2010-2015

General note

Includes correspondence. Relinquishing Immortality was a working title.
Box 124, Folder 10

Sigo, Cedar - Stranger in Town 2010

General note

Includes drafts of blurb for the book written by Kyger.
Box 124, Folder 11

Smart, Christopher "Kit" - Of Jeoffry, His Cat" from Jubilate Agno undated

General note

Typed by Philip Whalen for Joanne Kyger.
Box 124, Folder 12

Stanley, George - A Tall Serious Girl 2002

General note

Correspondence regarding blurb.
Box 124, Folder 13

Terrill, Mark - Memo From Stonehouse 2005

General note

Includes correspondence and notes only.
Box 124, Folder 14

Valley-Fox, Anne - Nightfall 2016

General note

Includes drafts of blurb for the book written by Kyger.
Oversize FB-562, Folder 7

Waldman, Anne - Broadside 2008

Box 124, Folder 15

Weiner, John - Poem and letter 1984

Box 124, Folder 16

Zeno, Karly - Poems 2002, undated

Box 124, Folder 17

Poetry written for Joanne Kyger in World Literature Today 2006

 

SUBJECT FILES

Scope and Content of Series

Series 14) SUBJECT FILES: Arranged alphabetically by topic, includes notes, newspaper clippings and ephemera. Subjects include poets Joe Brainard, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Allen Ginsberg, Alice Notley, Gary Snyder, Jack Spicer, Philip Whalen, and others. Also includes Kyger's notes and research on her lifelong interested in Buddhism and the practice of journal writing.
Box 125, Folder 1

Adam, Helen 2004

Box 125, Folder 2

Adnan, Etel 1993

Box 125, Folder 3

Alexander, Paul 1989-2015

General note

Includes a booklet of drawings by Alexander.
Box 125, Folder 4

Beltrametti, Franco 1992-2002

General note

Includes copies of Beltrametti's publication, "Mini."
Box 125, Folder 5

Berkson, Bill 1992-2010

Box 125, Folder 6

Blaser, Robin 1995

General note

Includes copy of Mirage #43.
Box 125, Folder 7

Botto, Ken 2008

Box 125, Folder 8

Boyce, Jack 2010-2012

General note

Includes correspondence with Christopher Wagstaff about Boyce research.
Box 125, Folder 9

Brainard, Joe 2013

General note

Contains correspondence with Joe Safdie concerning an article about Brainard.
Box 125, Folder 10

Brautigan, Richard 2004-2005

Box 125, Folder 11

Brodey, Jim 1993-1996

General note

Contains poetry and memorial information.
Box 125, Folder 12

Brown, Bill - Tree planting and ashes ceremony 1994

General note

Contains booklet written by Kyger for the event.
Box 125, Folder 13

Buddhist history - Notes and research 2006-2010

Box 125, Folder 14

Burroughs, William S. 1990, undated

General note

Includes prompt for final paper for "Beat Class."
Box 125, Folder 15

Clark, Tom 2+F29

Box 125, Folder 16

Corso, Gegory 1979, undated

General note

Includes writings about Corso by Burroughs, Ginsberg and Gordon Messing.
Box 125, Folder 17

De Angulo, Jaime 1995-1996

Box 125, Folder 18

Dodge Luhan, Mabel and Jaime de Angulo - "Lawrence in Taos" research 1996

Box 125, Folder 19

Doolittle, Hilda (H.D.) 1986-1991

Box 125, Folder 20

Dorn, Ed 1975-2000

General note

Includes issue of W'ORCs/ALOUD ALLOWED, Vol 14. #1, January/February, 2000.
Box 125, Folder 21

Dull, Harold and Spicer's Circle undated

Box 125, Folder 22

Duncan, Robert 2004

Box 125, Folder 23

Dunn, Joe undated

Box 125, Folder 24

Everson, William undated

General note

Includes short biographical note on James Broughton.
Box 126, Folder 1

Ferlinghetti, Lawrence 1990-2004

Box 126, Folder 2

Field, Tom 1886-1996

General note

Contains artwork, an interview and photograph of ashes ceremony.
Box 126, Folder 3

Ginsberg, Allen 1970-2003

Box 126, Folder 4

Hyner, Stefan 2003

Box 126, Folder 5

Kaufman, Bob 1991

Box 126, Folder 6

Kerouac, Jack 1997, undated

General note

Includes materials for the "Beat Class."
Box 126, Folder 7

Koller, James (Jim) 2007-2015

General note

Includes correspondence, memorial materials, interview questions, and biographical works by Peter Garland.
Box 126, Folder 8

Lamantia, Philip undated

Box 126, Folder 9

Levertov, Denise 1991

Box 126, Folder 10

Lowell, Amy undated

Box 126, Folder 11

Loy, Mina 1991

General note

Includes "Mina Loy and the Hot Cross Bum," by Hedy Berger.
Box 126, Folder 12

Mayo, Gui d' Angulo 2000-2005

General note

Includes correspondence.
Box 126, Folder 13

McClure, Michael undated

Box 126, Folder 14

McNeill, William (Bill) 1977, undated

General note

Includes photographs from an exibit of McNeil's artwork.
Box 126, Folder 15

Moore, Marianne undated

Box 126, Folder 16

Neidecker, Lorine undated

Box 126, Folder 17

Notley, Alice 2000-2004

Box 126, Folder 18

O'Connor, Mike undated

General note

Includes information on poet Chia Toa whose works were translated by O'Connor.
Box 126, Folder 19

O'Hara, Frank undated

Box 126, Folder 20

Okamura, Arthur 2009

Box 126, Folder 21

Ortiz, Simon 2005

Box 126, Folder 22

Porter, Bill 1987-2004

Box 126, Folder 23

Practice of writing - Materials on Buddhism and journaling 1997-2014

Box 126, Folder 24

Rexroth, Kenneth ca. 1990

Box 126, Folder 25

Rukeyser, Muriel undated

Box 126, Folder 26

Sabina, Maria undated

Box 126, Folder 27

Saijo, Albert 1996-1997

General note

Includes correspondence from Saijo and "Last Days of Lew Welch."
Box 126, Folder 28

Sanders, Ed 1991-2001

General note

Includes "A Tribute to Sappho," and "Green Economics," by Sanders.
Box 127, Folder 1

Sims, Michael - Memorial 1996

Box 127, Folder 2

Snyder, Gary 1991-2014

Box 127, Folder 3

Spicer, Jack 1970-1999

General note

Includes teaching files with Jack Spicer.
Box 127, Folder 4

Stein, Gertrude undated

Box 127, Folder 5

Waldman, Anne 1970-2004

General note

Includes "Sangha House: A Week in Verse."
Box 127, Folder 6

Welch, Lew 1991-2004

Box 127, Folder 7

Whalen, Philip 1990-2015

Box 127, Folder 8

Wieners, John undated

Box 127, Folder 9

Williams, William Carlos 1991-2004

General note

Research focuses on Williams' books on Paterson, New Jersey.
 

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Scope and Content of Series

Series 15) PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES: Arranged in three subseries, include A) Readings, Poetry Events, and Interviews, B) Teaching and C) Miscellaneous.
A) Readings, Poetry Events, and Interviews include materials documenting Kyger's poetry readings and her participation in other professional events.
B) Teaching materials include syllabi and lecture notes, in-house publications and background research for Kyger's classes. Kyger taught at the Naropa Institute from 1977–2015, New College from 1998–2007 and Mills College in 2004.
C) Miscellaneous includes materials documenting art, poetry, and editing projects in which Kyger participated.
 

Readings, Poetry Events, and Interviews

Box 128, Folder 1

White Rabbit Press Symposium and Jack Spicer Conference 1986

General note

Includes notes and correspondence.
Box 128, Folder 2

Wedding speech - Officiating the wedding of Shannon Dawdy and Dan McNaughton 1993

Box 128, Folder 3

Six Gallery, Jack Spicer reading 1995

Box 128, Folder 4

The Bancroft Library Symposium - Ferlinghetti, City Lights, and the Beats in San Francisco 1996

Box 128, Folder 5

Miscellaneous poetry readings 1999-2016

Box 128, Folder 6

Material for Beat Generation panels ca. 2000-2007

Box 128, Folder 7

Anne Waldman and Joanne Kyger poetry reading 2002

Box 128, Folder 8

Beyond Baroque - Reading/workshop 2003

Box 128, Folder 9

Nevada City poetry series 2003

Box 128, Folder 10

Miscellaneous poetry readings 2003-2004

Box 128, Folder 11

Watershed: Environmental Poetry Festival 2005

Box 128, Folder 12

Robert Creely reading 2006

General note

Includes notes and correspondence with Colin Still.
Box 128, Folder 13

City Lights Bookstore, readings from "About Now" 2007

Box 128, Folder 14

Ed Dorn celebration readings 2007

Box 128, Folder 15

Myokyo at Montreal - Zen Poetry Festival 2008

Box 128, Folder 16

Miscellaneous poetry readings 2008

Box 128, Folder 17

Introduction to Anne Waldman and Ambrose Bye - Small Press Traffic poetry event 2008

Box 128, Folder 18

The Pacific Rim Review of Books - "Collecting Kyger," interview by Trevor Carolan 2008-2016

General note

Includes ongoing correspondence with Trevor Carolan and draft interview.
Box 128, Folder 19

Beyond Baroque Summer Program - Poetry reading 2008

General note

Evening with Phoebe MacAdams and Joanne Kyger.
Box 128, Folder 20

Berkeley Public Library - 7th Annual Heaven Authors Dinner 2008-2009

Box 128, Folder 21

Duende Poetry Series reading - Placitas, New Mexico 2008-2009

Box 128, Folder 22

Poetry reading at the Otis College of Arts and Design 2008-2009

Box 128, Folder 23

Poetry reading in Vancouver 2009

General note

Includes correspondence.
Box 128, Folder 24

Illuminating landscape series - Garden reading 2009

Box 128, Folder 25

Reading with James Koller - Forest Books 2009

Box 128, Folder 26

PEN Award, speaking engagement 2009

Box 128, Folder 27

Anasazi Fields Winery, Evening with Joane Kyger and Donald Guravich 2009

Box 129, Folder 1

Interview on Buddhist practice and writing by John Whalen-Bridge 2009-2010

Box 129, Folder 2

Gary Snyder documentary film project and book tie-in, interview with Kyger 2009-2010

Box 129, Folder 3

Interview with Jane Falk 2009

General note

Included in Falk's essays, "Two Takes on Japan," (which discussed both Kyger and Whalen, and "Joanne Kyger's 'Descartes and the Splendor of.'"
Box 129, Folder 4

Miscellaneous poetry readings 2009-2010

Box 129, Folder 5

Poetry reading at Moe's Books, includes 2010

General note

Includes correspondence with Anne Valley Fox.
Box 129, Folder 6

Painters of The San Francisco Renaissance - interview with Paul Alexander 2010

Box 129, Folder 7

Bolinas Library readings 2010-2011

Box 129, Folder 8

Gallery 111 reading with Clive Matson 2010-2011

Box 129, Folder 9

Reading/potluck with friends 2011

Box 129, Folder 10

Interview by Alastair Johnson - "The Wonderful Focus of Joanne" 2011

Box 129, Folder 11-12

San Francisco MOMA: Living Room, reading - The Dharma Committee 2011

Box 129, Folder 13

Poetry in Sausalito with Joanne Kyger and Clive Matson 2011

Box 129, Folder 14

Interview with Zachary Clark, Where Magazine 2011

Box 129, Folder 15

The Collected Writings of Joe Brainard: A Celebration - Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive 2011-2012

Box 129, Folder 16

The Poetry Foundation - Creation of online poetry archive 2011-2012

General note

Includes correspondence.
Box 129, Folder 17

Homage to Etel Adnan 2011-2012

General note

Regarding website tribute to Adnan.
Box 129, Folder 18

Memorial reading for Peter Warshall 2011-2013

General note

Includes correspondence.
Box 129, Folder 19

Interview by Andrew Schelling 2011-2014

General note

Includes draft of introduction, questions and correspondence.
Box 129, Folder 20

Reading for Lew Welch's "Ring of Bone" release 2012

General note

Includes copy of Kyger's reading, correspondence, and "Out Looking for Lew: Bioregional Poetics and the Legacy of Lew Welch," article by Jerry Martien.
Box 129, Folder 21

The Poetry Center reading (with Lewis MacAdams and Kevin Opstedal) 2012

General note

Includes correspondence and flyer for the event.
Box 129, Folder 22

The Poetry Project, New York City, reading 2012

Box 130, Folder 1

An evening with Rufus Wainwright with a reading by Joanne Kyger, Henry Miller Memorial Library 2012

Box 130, Folder 2

"Artists of the Buzz Gallery" reading - Mythos Gallery 2012

Box 130, Folder 3

Big Sur poetry reading 2012

Box 130, Folder 4

Naropa Institute reading notes 2012

Box 130, Folder 5

Marin Poets Live 2012-2013

General note

Moderated by Neshama Franklin.
Box 130, Folder 6

Harriet Reading Series, Chicago 2012-2013

General note

Featuring poets from The Poetry Foundation's blog. Includes correspondence with Michael Slosek and John Suiter.
Box 130, Folder 7

Interview by Paul Watsky 2013

General note

Includes correspondence.
Box 130, Folder 8

"Robert Duncan in San Francisco" 2013

Box 130, Folder 9

Reading for Anselm Hollo's memorial 2013

General note

Includes poems requested for a memorial issue of Pallaksch poetry journal.
Box 130, Folder 10

Words and Places: Etel Adnan, exhibition opening 2013

Box 130, Folder 11

Ed Dorn celebration readings: New Collected Poems 2013

Box 130, Folder 12

Readings in Contemporary Poetry Series - Dia Art Foundation (New York City) 2013-2015

General note

Includes correspondence with Vincent Katz and Megan Witko. Also includes small notebook.
Box 130, Folder 13-14

Richard Brautigan mini-symposium and memorial event 2014

Box 130, Folder 15

Reading for Frank O'Hara's Lunch Poems 50th Anniversary - The Poetry Center 2014

General note

Kyger was unable to attend, but annotated and prepared selections from "Lunch Poems" read by Gloria Frym.
Box 130, Folder 16

Seattle Cascadia Workshop 2014

Box 130, Folder 17

Serpentine Galleries - Marathon event 2014

General note

Kyger was unable to attend, but contributed poetry read by Etel Adnan.
Box 130, Folder 18

Poetry reading notes, various 2014

Box 130, Folder 19

Interview for Cascadia Poetry Festival 2014-2015

General note

Email interview conducted by Jeffrey Kahrs for the Cascadia Poetry Festival Website.
Box 130, Folder 20

Reissuing of The Japan and India Journals - Reading at Diesel Bookstore 2015 January

Box 130, Folder 21

San Francisco Public Library, readings from "On Time" 2015

Box 130, Folder 22

Release, readings, reviews, and correspondence regarding "On Time" 2015

Box 130, Folder 23

San Francisco Weekly interview profile series (exchanges with Evan Karp) 2015

Box 130, Folder 24

Where Magazine (City Lights) interview 2015

Box 130, Folder 25

The Poetry Center reading with Robert Adamson 2015

Box 130, Folder 26

Interview of Kyger by David Chadwick, rewritten and edited by Kyger 2015

General note

Original interview took place in 1995.
Box 130, Folder 27

Commonweal interview 2015

Box 130, Folder 28

Memorial reading for Joko Dave Haselwood 2015

Box 130, Folder 29

Reading with Hoa Nguyen at Sonoma State University 2015-2016

Box 131, Folder 1

Miscellaneous poetry readings, list of titles 2015-2016

Box 131, Folder 2

Pompidou exhibition - The Beat Generation, reading 2015-2016

General note

Kyger completed an interview for the exhibition and contributed photographs and a letter for display. She was invited to do readings for the event in Paris but was unable to attend.
Box 131, Folder 3

Bolinas Poet's Portrait Show 2015-2016

Box 131, Folder 4

Edits and blurb for From Almost Everywhere, Poetry at Bolinas Library event 2015-2016

Box 131, Folder 5

"A Rangy Sense of Self: An Interview with Joanne Kyger," by Andrew Schelling 2016

General note

For inclusion in the Quo Anima Anthology, includes publishing agreement with Akron University Press.
Box 131, Folder 6

Commonweal 40th Anniversary - Thoreau event 2016

General note

Kyger read an excerpt from Thoreau's journals.
Box 131, Folder 7

PoemTalk (Al Filreis) 2016

General note

Includes correspondence regarding an episode of PoemTalk and the poet Philip Whalen.
Box 131, Folder 8

Reading with Julien Poirier at Book Passage 2016

Box 131, Folder 9

Beats and Beyond: A Gathering 2016

General note

Includes correspondence. Kyger was not able to attend the event.
Box 131, Folder 10

Broadside production for "Wild at Home: California Natives in the Garden a Celebration of Place" 2016

Box 131, Folder 11

Vegas Valley Book Festival 2016

Box 131, Folder 12

New College of California, interview 2016

Box 131, Folder 13-14

Poetry readings, Kyger's lists and notes 1980-2016

Box 131, Folder 15

Poetry readings and events - Flyers and ephemera for various events 1999-2016

Box 131, Folder 16

Poetry events, miscellaneous notes 2003-2010

Box 131, Folder 17

Interview questions on feminism for Jess Holt undated

Box 131, Folder 18

Gary Snyder events and poetry readings, flyers and promotion undated

 

Teaching

Box 132, Folder 1

Naropa Institute, list of classes taught by Kyger 1977-2015

Box 132, Folder 2-3

Lineage into the Pacific, Naropa Institute 1977-1978

Box 132, Folder 4

University of Colorado Writers Conference 1977

Box 132, Folder 5

Compassion for Place, Naropa Institute 1981

Box 132, Folder 6

Lectures on Native People, New College 1982

Box 132, Folder 7

Miscellaneous class materials, Naropa Institute 1986

Box 132, Folder 8

Performance as Everyday Life, Naropa Institute 1989

Box 132, Folder 9

How They Did It, Naropa Institute 1990

Box 132, Folder 10

Pan-American Conference 1990

Box 132, Folder 11

Miscellaneous class materials Naropa Institute 1991

Box 132, Folder 12

Ephemera and calendars, Naropa Institute 1991

Box 132, Folder 13

American Women in the Experimental Tradition, Naropa Institute 1991

Box 132, Folder 14

Course on the Beats, Naropa Institute 1991

Box 132, Folder 15

Chinese Poetry (Independent Studies) 1991

Box 132, Folder 16

Collected Poetics, Naropa Institute 1991

Box 132, Folder 17

The Literary Tradition of Journal and Notebook Writing and Counter Poetics, Naropa Institute 1992

Box 132, Folder 18

Journals of the New American Mythology Workshop. Pacific Arts Center/Naropa Institute 1993

Box 132, Folder 19-23

Journal Writing Class, Naropa Institute - Includes student produced group journal 1992-1993

Box 133, Folder 1-15

Journal Writing Class, Naropa Institute - Includes student produced group journal 1994-2005

Box 134, Folder 1

Naropa 20th Anniversary Summer Program - Correspondence and ephemera 1994

Box 134, Folder 2

Practice of Autobiographical Writing, Naropa Institute 1994

Box 134, Folder 3

Dharma and Eco Poetics: Nature Writing, Naropa Institute 1995-1998

Box 134, Folder 4

Naropa Institute Summer Writing Program - Correspondence 1995-2010

Box 134, Folder 5

Narrations of Literary History, Naropa Institute 1996

Box 134, Folder 6

Traveling class, Naropa Institute 1997

Box 134, Folder 7

Poetry Writing Seminar, New College of California 1998

Box 134, Folder 8-10

The Beats and Buddhism, Naropa Institute 1998-1999

Box 134, Folder 11

Naropa Institute, 25th Anniversary - Correspondence and ephemera 1999

Box 134, Folder 12

Journal Writing Class, Bolinas 2000

Box 134, Folder 13

Writing Your Life: Journals and Notebooks, Naropa Institute 2000

Box 134, Folder 14

Poems in Sequence/Sequential Writing, New College of California 2000

Box 135, Folder 1

Poems in Sequence/Sequential Writing, Naropa Institute 2001

Box 135, Folder 2

Travel Writing workshop, Mexico 2001

Box 135, Folder 3

Poems in Sequence/Sequential Writing, New College of California 2002

Box 135, Folder 4

20th Century Women Poets in the Experimental Tradition, Naropa 2002

Box 135, Folder 5

Writing the Body/The Body Politic/Feminism and Gender, Naropa Institute workshop 2003

Box 135, Folder 6

Panel on Cultural Activism, Naropa Institute 2003

Box 135, Folder 7

The San Francisco Renaissance, New College of California 2004

Box 135, Folder 8

Borders: Where the Moment Counts, Naropa Institute workshop 2004

Box 135, Folder 9

Creative Writing graduate class, Mills College 2004

Box 135, Folder 10

Journal Writing Class, Bolinas 2005

Box 135, Folder 11

Journal Notes From Emptiness is Full of Everything, Naropa Institute workshop 2005

Box 135, Folder 12

East/West: Poetics of Attention, New College of California 2006-2007

Box 136, Folder 1

Journal Writing Class, Naropa Institute 2008

Box 136, Folder 2-3

A Curriculum of the Soul, Naropa Institute 2012

Box 136, Folder 4

Journal Writing Class 2013

Box 136, Folder 5

Writing in Empty Space, Naropa Institute 2014

Box 136, Folder 6

Dharma Gaze: Buddhist and Native World View panel, Naropa Institute 2014

Box 136, Folder 7

Writing in Dream Time, Naropa Institute 2015

Box 136, Folder 8

Philosophy panel, Naropa Institute 2015

Box 136, Folder 10

New College course material - Carobeth Laird and Theodora Kroeber undated

Box 136, Folder 9

New School of California - Syllabi and class notes undated

Box 136, Folder 10

A Summer Day, workshop on making folio books with words and images undated

 

Miscellaneous

Box 137, Folder 1

VideoSpace Program - Mentions Kyger's "Descartes" 1968

General note

List for the National Center for Experiments in Television (NCET) program.
Box 137, Folder 2-3

Living Creatures Associates, San Francisco 1970-1974

General note

Includes correspondence from Keith Lampa (Ro-Non-So-Te.) Also includes Earth Read Out Newsletter.
Box 137, Folder 4

Notes and questions for Simon Ortiz ca. 1970-1979

Box 137, Folder 5

Archive for New Poetry, UC San Diego Newsletter 1976 April 2

Box 137, Folder 6

Calendar 1976

Box 137, Folder 7

Sand Dollar Booksellers - New titles lists 1978-1979

Box 137, Folder 8

All Species Day, San Francisco 1979

General note

Contains ephemera, correspondence, newsletter from the San Francisco Ecology Center, and announcement from Mayor Dianne Feinstein.
Box 137, Folder 9

Buddhism events - Guru Dudjom Rinpoche ca. 1979

Oversize FB-562, Folder 3

Calendars 1980-2000

Box 137, Folder 10

"The Poetry of Joanne Kyger, A Personal Appreciation." Statement by Michael Rafferty 1986

Box 137, Folder 11

Deep Bioregional Action-Examiner 1987

Box 137, Folder 12

Talking Poetics - Statement for The Naropa Institute 1991

Box 137, Folder 13

Six Poets at Six Gallery, notes on exhibition 1995

Box 137, Folder 14

Poetics statement, "and other grubby stuff" 1997

Box 137, Folder 15

Some Thoughts on Poetry Writing and Buddhism 1997 November 14

Box 137, Folder 16

Notes ca. 1997 June

Box 137, Folder 17

"One Word" booklet with drawings 1999 December 4

Box 137, Folder 18

"Brought to You By the Current Dharma Committee," drafts with edits 2008 May 24

Box 137, Folder 19-21

Reviews of Kyger's work ca. 2000-2017

Box 138, Folder 1

Beat Generation/Beats in America, note and exhibit 2004

Box 138, Folder 2

Zen Master: Gary Snyder and the Art of Life, from The New Yorker 2008 October 20

Box 138, Folder 3

Submission requests 2008-2011

Box 138, Folder 4

Introduction for Ed Sander's book, Let's Not Keep Fighting the Trojan War 2009

General note

Includes drafts and correspondence.
Box 138, Folder 5

The Slogan Series - Postcards by Sore Dove Press 2009 October

Box 138, Folder 6

Blurb for Renee Claire's "Drenched" 2009

Box 138, Folder 7

Marin County Community Foundation - Grant materials 2010

Box 138, Folder 8

Court Green Magazine 2011

General note

Includes poems for inclusion and correspondence.
Box 138, Folder 9

Poetry Professional Development Program - Mills College 2011

Box 138, Folder 10

Blurb for Lewis MacAdams' "Dear Oxygen" 2011

Box 138, Folder 11

Spoon River Poetry Review 2011

General note

Includes correspondence.
Box 138, Folder 12-15

Buzz Gallery, album materials 2012

General note

Includes Buzz Time essay by Kyger and correspondence with Cedar Sigo.
Box 139, Folder 1

Milk #3, literary magazine (Abel Debritto) 2013

Box 139, Folder 2

Materials for The Quiet American 2016

Box 139, Folder 3

National Poetry Foundation, contracts 2016

Box 139, Folder 4

"The Time of Your Life," anonymous written account on San Francisco art scene undated

Box 139, Folder 5

Flower Power Day, disarmament protest flyers undated

Box 139, Folder 6

Bibliographies - List and cards undated

Box 139, Folder 7

India notes undated

Box 139, Folder 8

Shivastan Press ephemera undated

Box 139, Folder 9

Renku, for Poetry Weather undated

Box 139, Folder 10

Zephyrus Image Press - Ephemera undated

Box 139, Folder 11

San Francisco Renaissance reading lists undated

Box 139, Folder 12

Frances Rich postcards undated

Box 139, Folder 13

Artwork - Paul Alexander undated

Box 139, Folder 14

Artwork - Tom Field drawings undated

Box 139, Folder 15

Artwork - Arthur Okamura undated

Box 139, Folder 16

Small handmade chapbooks by Kyger 1992

Box 139, Folder 17-18

Artwork - Joanne Kyger, includes miscellaneous sketches and drawings, some with words ca. 1985-2010

Box 140, Folder 1-2

Artwork - Joanne Kyger, includes miscellaneous sketches and drawings, some with words ca. 2000-2012

Oversize FB-562, Folder 5

Joanne Kyger various artwork/journaling 2002-2008

Box 140, Folder 3

Artwork - Earth Dragon, collaboration 1988

Box 140, Folder 4

Artist book - "Philip's Flower Books. High Sierra" by Philip Whalen 1959

Box 140, Folder 5

Artist book - "The Best of It" by Philip Whalen 1964

Box 140, Folder 6

Artwork - Unidentified drawings, sketches, etc. undated

Oversize FB-562, Folder 9

Joanne Kyger, color portrait on fabric undated

 

BOLINAS MATERIALS

Scope and Content of Series

Series 16) BOLINAS MATERIALS: Arranged in three sections: Bolinas History, Art and poetry community and Bolinas Heresay News . These materials comprise of primary documentary material and ephemera dated from the early 1960s to 2015 relating to the town of Bolinas, California and its vibrant art and poetry community. Kyger moved to Bolinas in 1969 and lived there until her death in 2017. Also included is a selection of paste-ups of Bolinas Heresay News , a community newsletter, of which Kyger was an editor of the Wednesday paper from 2008-2011.
 

Bolinas history

Box 140, Folder 7

Bolinas Historical Society - Meeting minutes and ephemera 1962-1980

Box 140, Folder 8-11

Clippings and ephemera 1971-1985

Box 141, Folder 1-12

Clippings and ephemera 1986-2006

Box 142, Folder 1

Bolinas ephemera - Environmental activism and Bolinas Mesa septic materials 1988-1989

Box 142, Folder 2

Bolinas Timeline - Booklet compiled by Kyger 1992

Box 142, Folder 3

Bolinas land survey 1993

Box 142, Folder 4

Bolinas-Stinson Beach Library Improvement Society 1993-1997

Box 142, Folder 5

Bolinas Community Directory 2011

Box 142, Folder 6

Bolinas Museum - Oral history project undated

 

Art and poetry community

Box 142, Folder 7

Bolinas friends - Miscellaneous photographs ca. 1970-1980

Box 142, Folder 8

Bolinas Poetry Reading Group 1990-1994

Box 142, Folder 9-10

"At Bolinas - A Literary History of the San Andreas Fault: Bolinas Section, 1967-1980" by Kevin Opstedhal 2001-2007

General note

Drafts with Kyger's edits. Includes correspondence.
Box 143, Folder 1-4

Annual Poultry Conventions 2000-2003, 2008

Box 143, Folder 5

Miscellaneous flyers for Bolinas poetry, art and music events undated

Box 143, Folder 6

Friends of the Coyote Bush - Pamphlets and promotional materials undated

General note

Includes poetry submitted by Kyger.
 

Heresay News

Box 143, Folder 7

Chronology (list of editors through the years) and editor certificate 1974-1988

Box 143, Folder 8

Event flyers 1984-1987

Box 143, Folder 9

Layout and notes, includes Ocean Wind Zendo 1990-1994

Box 143, Folder 10

Correspondence, art and notes 1999-2003

Box 143, Folder 11

Board meeting minutes 1999-2003

Box 143, Folder 12

Board meeting minutes, includes Mesa Park 2002-2011

Box 143, Folder 13

The Coon, column reprints 2005

Box 143, Folder 14

Wednesday Heresay News materials 2004-2008

Box 143, Folder 15

Artwork - Drawings by Christine Whitefield 2008-2009

Box 143, Folder 16

Artwork - Drawings and poems by Ariana Hooper 2008

Box 143, Folder 17

Artwork - Rat drawings by Kyger 2008

Box 143, Folder 18

Artwork - Drawings by Charlie Docherty 2008

Box 143, Folder 19

Artwork - Drawings by John Batki 2008

Box 144, Folder 1

Board meeting minutes 2008

Box 144, Folder 2

Museum show 2010-2011

Box 144, Folder 3-4

Correspondence with contributors 2011

Box 144, Folder 5

Heresay News interviews 2013-2015

Box 144, Folder 6-7

Heresay News - Layout and designs, various undated

Box 144, Folder 8

Poems by Scott Hannan undated

Oversize FB-562, Folder 11

Arthur Okamura artwork "Heresuck News" undated

 

PHOTOGRAPHS AND NEGATIVES

Scope and Content of Series

Series 17) PHOTOGRAPHS AND NEGATIVES: Arranged by type and range in date from the 1950s until 2014, photographs include both formal portraits and informal snapshots of Joanne Kyger during her travels, from poetry events and other gatherings, and some childhood and school portraits. Some photographs and negatives also include other poets including Gary Snyder and Allen Ginsberg. Highlights include Joanne Kyger and Gary Snyder's wedding album and her mother's scrapbook of their wedding, both dated 1960, as well as photograph albums from Kyger and Snyder's Japan and India trips dated 1960-1964.
Box 145

Negatives 1958-1992

General note

Informal photographic negatives of Kyger and friends and family. Includes negatives from vacation and poetry events.
Box 146

Negatives 1993-1999

Box 147

Negatives 2000-2002

Box 148

Negatives 2002-2012

Box 149

Photographs 1982-1998

General note

Informal photographs of Kyger and friends and family. Includes some vacation and poetry event photos.
Box 150

Photographs 1998-2014

Box 151, Folder 1-2

Photographs and scrapbook album ca. 1950-1970

Box 151, Folder 3

Joanne Kyger and Gary Snyder - Wedding album, Japan 1960 February 28

Box 151, Folder 4

Joanne Kyger and Gary Snyder - Anne Lamont Kyger's scrapbook of daughter's wedding in Japan 1960

General note

Includes photographs, clippings and ephemera.
Box 151, Folder 5

Joanne Kyger - India, Japan and Ceylon ca. 1960-1962

Box 151, Folder 6

Joanne Kyger - Japan ca. 1960-1968

Oversize FB-562, Folder 1

Joanne Kyger and Gary Snyder photographs by Allen Ginsberg 1963

Box 152, Folder 1

Joanne Kyger portraits by Jerome Mallman 1965

General note

Includes photographs of Kyger, John Wieners and others, and letter from Mallman dated 1999.
Box 152, Folder 2

Contact sheets - City Lights and other events 1966-1967

Box 152, Folder 3

Joanne Kyger portraits 1967-2006

Box 152, Folder 4

Purple Gate Foundation reading ca. 1970

Oversize FB-562, Folder 2

Joanne Kyger photographs by Bill Berkson 1970s, 2011-2014

Oversize FB-562, Folder 4

Joanne Kyger portraits by John Doss, Chris Felver and Eleanor Lewis 1981, undated

Box 152, Folder 5

Joanne Kyger portraits by Allen Ginsberg 1989 Novemeber

Box 152, Folder 6-7

Joanne Kyger childhood and school portraits undated

Box 152, Folder 8

Donald Guravich undated

Box 152, Folder 9-10

Miscellaneous photographs 1968-1982

Box 152, Folder 11

Slides 1968-1982

Box 153

Photo albums - Japan I and II 1960-1964

Box 154

Photo albums - India I Hong Kong to Mahabalipuram and India II Bhubaneswar to Khajuraho 1962

Box 155

Photo albums - India III Gwalior to Dharamshala: The Fair and India IV Dharamshala to Bombay 1962

 

VIDEO AND FILM

Scope and Content of Series

Series 18) VIDEO AND FILM: Includes a small selection of VHS tapes and two 8mm films. Topics of recordings include poetry readings and events, an interview of Kyger from 2004, and two recordings of The Sanders Report which feature Joanne Kyger.
Oversize FS-183

Donald Guravich (8mm film) undated

Box 156, Folder 12

Film sent to Gary Snyder (8mm) 1962

Box 156, Folder 1

Descartes - Joanne Kyger in collaboration with Robert Zagone, Loren Sears, Walt Bjerke, NCET experimental film 1968

Box 156, Folder 2

Eco Poetry Round Up - Peter Coyote, Master of Ceremony 1988 June 3

General note

Includes Joanne Kyger reading, with Michael McClure, Allen Ginsberg, Gary Snyder and Nanao Sakaki.
Box 156, Folder 3

Stand-up Women and a Few Good Men - Maryland Institute, College of Art 1989 November 30

General note

Includes unedited footage of interview with Joanne Kyger followed by a poetry reading.
Box 156, Folder 4

Naropa Institute Summer Performing Artists Series - Joanne Kyger reading 1992

Box 156, Folder 5

The Sanders Report #7 - On Bolinas, includes image of Kyger from 1963 1993

Box 156, Folder 6

The Sanders Report #30 - "The Kyger Factor," from Ed Sanders 1994, June 18

Box 156, Folder 7

Joanne Kyger and Gerrit Lansing - St. Mark's tree planting memorial for Allen Ginsberg 1999 April 21

General note

Includes Philip Lamantia reading.
Box 156, Folder 8

Joanne Kyger at UCSC - Many Floating Realities reading and birthday celebration 1997 Novemeber 18

Box 156, Folder 9-10

Overtime I & II - "In Love of Philip Whalen," Cloud House poetry archive recording 1999 August 21

Box 156, Folder 11

Joanne Kyger interview - The D. T. Suzuki documentary video project (unedited) 2004 September 16

 

KYGER FAMILY PAPERS

Scope and Content of Series

Series 19) KYGER FAMILY MATERIALS: Arranged in four subseries: A) Correspondence, B) Scrapbooks, Journals and Albums, C) Photographs and Negatives, and D) Lamont and Kyger Families - Miscellaneous. Materials range in date from approximately 1875 to 1995 and include Kyger and Lamont family memorabilia, historical and genealogical documents, scrapbooks, family portraits and photographs, and journals and correspondence. Highlights include Joanne Kyger's correspondence between her mother and siblings, and correspondence between her parents Jacob Holmes Kyger and Anne Lamont Kyger primarily from the early 1930s to 1960s.
 

Correspondence

Box 157, Folder 1-9

Kyger, Anne Lamont - Letters to Jacob Holmes Kyger 1930-1963

Box 158, Folder 1-9

Kyger, Anne Lamont - Letters from friends and family 1916-1928

Box 159, Folder 1-11

Kyger, Anne Lamont - Letters from friends and family 1929-1994 and undated

Box 160, Folder 1

Kyger, Anne Lamont - Letters to her mother, Margaret Emily Lamont 1933

Box 160, Folder 2

Kyger, Anne Lamont - Letters and cards to daughter Joanne ca. 1960-1967

Box 160, Folder 3-13

Kyger, Jacob Holmes - Letters to Anne Lamont Kyger 1929-1944

Box 161, Folder 1-8

Kyger, Jacob Holmes - Letters to Anne Lamont Kyger 1944-1963

Box 161, Folder 9-10

Kyger, Jacob Holmes - Family correspondence to daughters Joanne, Margaret and Evelyn 1945-1969

Box 161, Folder 11

Kyger, Jacob Holmes - Miscellaneous correspondence 1953-1961

Box 162, Folder 1-9

Kyger, Joanne - Letters to her mother, Anne Lamont Kyger 1941-1996

Box 162, Folder 10

Kyger, Joanne - Letters to Evelyn (Kyger's sister) 1953-1966

Box 162, Folder 11

Lamont, Margaret Emily Callin (Joanne's grandmother) - Letters to William Alexander Lamont 1892-1941

Box 162, Folder 12-14

Lamont, Margaret Emily Callin (Joanne's grandmother) - Letters to daughter Anne Kyger 1923-1942

Box 163, Folder 1-2

Lamont, Margaret Emily Callin (Joanne's grandmother) - Letters to daughter Anne Kyger 1943-1944

Box 163, Folder 3

Lamont, Reginald Sanders - Letters to family ca. 1914-1945

Box 163, Folder 4-5

Lamont, William Alexander - Letters to daughter Anne Kyger 1922-1939

Box 163, Folder 6

Lamont family - Miscellaneous cards and correspondence 1929-1945

Oversize FB-562, Folder 12

Handmade birthday card to Joanne from her grandmother undated

 

Scrapbooks, Journals and Albums

Box 163, Folder 7

Kyger, Anne Lamont - Pocket diaries and journals 1923-1939

Box 164, Folder 1-7

Kyger, Anne Lamont - Pocket diaries and journals 1971-1987

Box 165, Folder 1-6

Kyger, Anne Lamont - Pocket diaries and journals 1987-1995

Box 166, Folder 1-2

Kyger, Anne Lamont - Diaries, weekly planners, & scrapbooks 1974-1995

Box 166, Folder 3

Kyger, Anne Lamont - Photograph album 1956-1969

Box 167, Folder 1

Shanghai and Beijing souvenir photograph album ca. 1935-1949

Box 167, Folder 2-3

Kyger family photograph albums 1935-1940

Box 167, Folder 4

Kyger family photograph album - Japan and China ca. 1930

Box 168, Folder 1

Souvenir photographs and other travel ephemera from China (Shanghai, Beijing) and Japan ca. 1940

Box 168, Folder 2

Lamont, William Alexander - Scrapbook ca. 1908-1939

Box 168, Folder 3

Lamont family photograph album - Primarily from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada 1917-1928

 

Photographs and Negatives

Box 169, Folder 1

Callin family portraits ca. 1880-1940

Box 169, Folder 2

Callin family photographs - Tintype photographs of Margaret Emma Callin and Tom Callin ca. 1875

Box 169, Folder 3

Kyger, Anne Lamont 1905-1955

Box 169, Folder 4-9

Kyger, Jacob Holmes - Photographs and scrapbook album ca. 1920-1960s

Box 170, Folder 1-7

Kyger, Joanne - Childhood photographs with sisters Margaret and Evelyne, and parents ca. 1934-1950

Box 170, Folder 8

Kyger, Joanne - Photographs with mother and husband Donald Guravich 1984

Box 170, Folder 9

Kyger, Joanne - Studio portraits undated

Box 170, Folder 10

Kyger, Margaret [sister] undated

Box 170, Folder 11

Kyger family portraits 1935-1960

Box 171, Folder 1-10

Kyger family photos - Miscellaneous ca. 1870-1950

General note

Includes miscellaneous and unidentified family and friends - Cabinet cards, portraits, carte de visite.
Box 172, Folder 1-6

Kyger family photos - Miscellaneous ca. 1960-1998

Box 173, Folder 1-29

Kyger family - Negatives ca. 1945-1969

Box 174, Folder 1-10

Lamont family photographs ca. 1860-1930

General note

First folder includes tintype specimens.
 

Oversized photographs

Oversize FB-131, Folder 5

Joanne Kyger and sisters Margaret and Evelyn

Oversize FB-131, Folder 6

Misc. portraits, Callin family, and others

Oversize FB-131, Folder 7

Kyger, Jacob Holmes (Kyger's father)

Oversize FB-131, Folder 8

Kyger, Anne Lamont (Kyger's mother)

Oversize FB-131, Folder 9

Lamont, William Alexander (Kyger's grandfather)

 

Lamont and Kyger Families - Miscellaneous

Box 175, Folder 1-10

Jacob Holmes Kyger materials 1922-1963

General note

Navy records, writings (Abbreviated Bridge for Two), ephemera, and funeral announcement and service book.
Box 175, Folder 11

Jacob Holmes Kyger - Voice recordings on records ca. 1946-1947

 

Evelyne Kyger materials

Box 176, Folder 1

Artwork and childhood drawings ca. 1947-1965

Box 176, Folder 2

Baby book - Journal on Evelyn's childhood 1940-1947

Box 176, Folder 3

Correspondence - Cards and letters to/from parents ca. 1952-1988

Box 176, Folder 4-6

Juvenilia and school writings ca. 1945-1957

General note

Includes drafts of her short story, "Rene Rabbit and his Wonderful Beret."
Box 176, Folder 7

Memorial service materials 1988 February 1

General note

Includes a reading by Joanne Kyger.
Box 176, Folder 8-9

Photographs - Portraits and snapshots with family members ca. 1940-1988

Box 168, Folder 4-7

Lamont, Kyger and Callin family genealogies 1893-1963, undated

 

DIGITAL FILES

Scope and Content of Series

Series 20 ) DIGITAL MATERIALS: This addition to the Joanne Kyger Papers was acquired by the Library in 2019, and included approximately fifty 3.5" floppy disks and several compact discs. All of the floppies were imaged (copied) in an attempt to preserve and access their content. Only twenty-one disks were found to have readable files that could be restored--the rest were degraded due to age and bit rot. Kyger crafted her digital files using a Smith Corona word processor. Most of the original files on the disks were created using a 1992 version of Personal Word Processor software, which is not readable in a modern Office or Mac environment. The text content was restored using a script that interpreted the bits in the files that demarcated formatting such as line breaks, emphasis, and punctuation, and was normalized for user access as PDFs. Accordingly, most of the files are legible and render similarly to how they were displayed when they were created, but some may exhibit formatting or text quirks that may differ from Kyger's original version.
The compact discs included some scanned photographs and audiovisual recordings, including poetry readings and three memorial services held in tribute to Kyger's legacy following her death. All of those files are included in this online collection.
Digital files may be requested and consulted to registered library users via the UC San Diego Library Digital Collections website, or the links in the finding aid container list, below.
 

Floppy disks - Text Files

 

Kyger floppy disk - Course materials, Naropa Summer Workshop 1995 June

 

Kyger floppy disk - Material from "The Extraordinary Life and Influence of Helena Blavatsky, Founder of the Modern Theosophical Movement" by Sylvia Cranston ca. 1993-1996

 

Kyger floppy disk - Letters, poetry, journal entries, and selected quotes from Pablo Neruda 1997 August-December

 

Kyger floppy disk - Draft letters, talks, diary entries and poems from July 1998-December 1999 1998 July-1999 December

General note

Includes drafts of poem to Bill Berkson and draft article on Bobbie Louise Hawkins.
 

Kyger floppy disk - Poetry, letters, journal entries, and other writings 1999

General note

Includes Kyger's introduction to Michael Rothenburg's Paris Journals.
 

Kyger floppy disk - Poetry and journalistic entries 1995

 

Kyger floppy disk - Draft letters, poetry, journal entries and other writings 1998 February-May

General note

Includes a review by Kyger of "Gardening with a Wild Heart, Restoring California's Native Landscapes at Home."
 

Kyger floppy disk - Poems, musings, and draft letters 1996 September-1997 March

General note

Includes family letters regarding the estate of Kyger's mother, Anne Lamont Kyger, and typed poems by Raymond Carver.
 

Kyger floppy disk - Poetry, letters, journal entries, and other writings ca. 2000

General note

These files were originally stored on a 3.5" floppy disk with data decay (bit rot) corrupting the integrity of the data stored on the original disk. These digital files may include some stray characters, unintended paragraph breaks, and/or loss of content, rendering some sections only partially readable.
 

Kyger floppy disk - Poems, musings, and draft letters 1994-1996

General note

Includes writings regarding the Beat legacy; draft letters to family regarding the estate of Anne Lamont Kyger; dated draft poems.
 

Kyger floppy disk - Journalistic entries and poems, Patzcuaro, Mexico 1995 January 25-February 23

 

Kyger floppy disk - Poems and journal entries 1998 November-1999 January

 

Kyger floppy disk - New College [?]; draft writings about Bolinas; Kyger interview with "Mike and Dale" 1998 June-November

 

Kyger floppy disk - Poetry, journal entries, and other writings 1998-2000

General note

Includes draft of "Living a Spiritual Life in the 'Woods' for Alice and Douglas," and poems and musings relating to Naropa.
 

Kyger floppy disk - Materials on Spicer's Circle for Kyger's Naropa Summer Poetry Workshop ca. 1999

 

Kyger floppy disk - Draft writings on Japan recollections and Zen Buddhism 1995 May

General note

Includes Kyger's draft writings about Allen Ginsberg.
 

Kyger floppy disk - Journalistic entries and dreams, Oaxaca, Mexico 1997 January 11-February 8

 

Kyger floppy disk - Journal entries and poems, Patzcuaro, Mexico 1997-1998

 

Kyger floppy disk - Poetry and journalistic entries 1994-1997

 

Kyger floppy disk - Draft letters, talks, diary entries and poems from January-April 1999 1999 January-April

 

Kyger floppy disk - Writings on Lawrence in Taos, Mabel Dodge Luhan and Jaime de Angulo 1996

 

Optical Media - Images & Recordings

 

Photographs

 

Tom Field at Black Mountain 1954-1955

 

Harry Jacobus at Stinson Beach 1957

 

Jack Spicer, Ebbe Borregaard, and Joanne Kyger on Halloween 1957 October

 

Tom Field outside John Barrow's house 1959 January

 

William McNeill circa 1960

General note

Kyger's friend Bill McNeill, whom Kyger describes as having been a "painter, poet, and student at Black Mountain College when Charles Olson was teaching there."
 

Harry Jacobus with portrait of Tom Field 1965

 

Buzz Gallery group portrait, San Francisco 1964-1965

 

Recordings

 

Question and answer session with Joanne Kyger between 2000 and 2015

General note

Questions from the audience cannot be heard; Kyger's answers touch on reminencing about Buddhism, traveling, and the San Francisco poetry scene. Event date and venue unknown.
 

Joanne Kyger reading at Cloud House, San Francisco circa 2003

General note

Introductions by Kevin Killian, David Hazelwood, and Michael Rothenberg, followed by a reading by Kyger.
 

Joanne Kyger at a reading for The Distressed Look, Cody's Books, Berkeley 2004

 

Joanne Kyger reading in Willits, Calif. 2005 August 19

General note

Poetry reading, with comments. Introduced and interviewed by William J. Ray; filmed and edited by Andy Wright.
 

Donald Guravich and Joanne Kyger read at the Anasazi Fields Winery 2009 September 13

General note

This reading was part of the 2009 Duende Reading Series, distributed on compact disc. Recorded in Placitas, NM. Edited by Bruce Holsapple.
 

Joanne Kyger memorial service 2017

 

Joanne Kyger memorial event, Commonweal Retreat Center, Bolinas 2017 July 22

General note

Introduction by Steve Heilig. Part 1: Diana Middleton-McQuaid. Part 2: Anne Waldman, Anne Valley-Fox, Michael Rothenberg, and Duncan McNaughton. Part 3: Lewis MacAdams. Part 4: Michael Wolfe, Gloria Frym. Part 5: Cedar Sigo, Simone Fattal, and Bill Porter. Part 6: Michael McClure.
 

Joanne Kyger memorial reading, The Poetry Project, St. Mark's Church, New York 2017 November 6

General note

Beginning of Part 1 includes a scan of the event program, and speakers.