Finding Aid to City Lights Books Records, 1953-1970
Finding Aid written by Bancroft Library staff; revised by Tanya Hollis and Holly Fox.
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Finding Aid to City Lights Books Records, 1953-1970
Collection number: BANC MSS 72/107 c
The Bancroft Library
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA 94720-6000
Phone: (510) 642-6481
Fax: (510) 642-7589
Email: bancref@library.berkeley.edu
URL: http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/
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Collection Summary
Collection Title: City Lights Books records
Date (inclusive): 1953-1970
Collection Number: BANC MSS 72/107 c
Creator:
City Lights Books
Extent:
15 boxes, 4 cartons, 1 oversize box, 1 portfolio, and 4 oversize folders
(circa 13 linear feet)
7 digital objects (9 images)
Repository: The Bancroft Library.
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA 94720-6000
Phone: (510) 642-6481
Fax: (510) 642-7589
Email: bancref@library.berkeley.edu
URL: http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/
Abstract: Consists of correspondence, editorial and administrative files. Correspondents include Allen Ginsberg, Gregory Corso, William
S. Burroughs, Jack Kerouac, Paul Bowles, Jean Jacques Lebel, Henry Miller, Kenneth Patchen, and William Carlos Williams, among
others. Editorial files may contain correspondence with authors, manuscripts, mock-ups and dummies, and other editorial materials.
Administrative files pertain to both the City Lights Books bookstore and publishing company, and contain lists of publications,
publicity materials, and clippings, and publicity and documents on the obscenity trial resulting from the seizure of Allen
Ginsberg's book Howl by U.S. Customs.
Languages Represented: Collection materials are in English
Physical Location: Many of the Bancroft Library collections are stored offsite and advance notice may be required for use. For current information
on the location of these materials, please consult the library's online catalog.
Information for Researchers
Restrictions
Collection is open for research, with the following exceptions:
Portions of this collection have been microfilmed; originals restricted.
Publication Rights
Materials in this collection may be protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). In addition, the reproduction
of some materials may be restricted by terms of University of California gift or purchase agreements, donor restrictions,
privacy and publicity rights, licensing and trademarks. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond
that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be
commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owner. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.
All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted in writing to the
Head of Public Services, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley 94720-6000. See:
http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/reference/permissions.html .
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], [Identification of item], City Lights Books Records, BANC MSS 72/107 c, The Bancroft Library, University
of California, Berkeley., BANC MSS 72/107 c, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley
Alternate Forms Available
Digital reproductions of selected items are available.
Related Collections
Title: City Lights Books Records: Additions, 1947-[on-going],
Identifier/Call Number: BANC MSS 77/89 c
Title: Lawrence Ferlinghetti Papers, 1919-[on-going],
Identifier/Call Number: BANC MSS 90/30 c
Separated Material
- Some photographs have been transferred to the Pictorial Collections of The Bancroft Library.
- Allen Ginsberg's Uncle Sam hat and placard carried at Peace Parade transferred to the Object Collections of The Bancroft Library.
- Lawrence Ferlinghetti materials have been transferred to the Lawrence Ferlinghetti Papers, 1919-[on-going], BANC MSS 90/30
c.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog
Bowles, Paul, 1910-
Burroughs, William S., 1914-
Corso, Gregory.
Ferlinghetti, Lawrence.
Ginsberg, Allen, 1926-
Kerouac, Jack, 1922-1969.
Lebel, Jean Jacques.
Miller, Henry, 1891-
Patchen, Kenneth, 1911-1972.
Williams, William Carlos, 1883-1963.
Online Archive of California.
American literature--20th century.
Authors, American--20th century.
Booksellers and bookselling--California--San Francisco.
Poets, American--20th century.
Publishers and publishing--California--San Francisco.
Administrative Information
Acquisition Information
The City Lights Books records, relating to both the bookshop and the publishing company, were purchased in 1971 from the Gotham
Book Mart and Gallery, Inc.
Processing Information
Processed by Bancroft Library staff in 1973.
Rehoused in 2005 by Dean Smith and Holly Fox, under the supervision of Tanya Hollis.
Corporate History
City Lights Books, the first all paperback bookstore in the country, was started in San Francisco in 1953 by Lawrence Ferlinghetti,
in partnership with Peter Martin. Situated in North Beach on Columbus Avenue, it quickly became the center for Beat poets
and other experimental writers who figured strongly in the city's literary renaissance. On January 1, 1955, Ferlinghetti became
sole owner of the shop. Convinced that it was a natural for a publishing company, too, he began to publish paperbacks as well
as sell them. First to appear in 1955 was a book of his own poems,
Pictures of the Gone World, in the "Pocket Poet Series." In time, the series included works by Kenneth Rexroth, Kenneth Patchen, Allen Ginsberg, William
Carlos Williams, Robert Duncan, Gregory Corso, Frank O'Hara, Malcolm Lowry, Bob Kaufman, Philip Lamantia, and others. City
Lights also published a number of prose paperbacks, including Jack Kerouac's
Book of Dreams, Michael McClure's
Meat Science Essays, Alan Watts'
Beat Zen, Square Zen,
The Yage Letters by William S. Burroughs and Allen Ginsberg, Paul Bowles'
A Hundred Camels in the Courtyard, and Edward Dahlberg's
Bottom Dogs.
Scope and Content of Collection
Consists of correspondence, editorial and administrative files. Correspondents include Allen Ginsberg, Gregory Corso, William
S. Burroughs, Jack Kerouac, Paul Bowles, Jean Jacques Lebel, Henry Miller, Kenneth Patchen, and William Carlos Williams, among
others. Editorial files may contain correspondence with authors, manuscripts, mock-ups and dummies, and other editorial materials.
Administrative files pertain to both the City Lights bookstore and publishing company, and contain lists of publications,
publicity materials, and clippings, and publicity and documents on the obscenity trial resulting from the seizure of Allen
Ginsberg's book
Howl and
Other Poems by U.S. Customs.
Alternate Forms Available
The following materials are available on microfilm (BANC FILM 2794):
-
Howl correspondence
- Winters, Yvor, correspondence
- Kerouac, Jack, correspondence
- Ginsberg, Allen and Louis Ginsberg correspondence
Additional Notes on Collection
Collection rehoused in 2005; box numbers have been changed from earlier processing, and some items were removed to oversize.
Otherwise, order of collection has been maintained.
Correspondence,
1953-1970. Series 1:
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically.
Scope and Content Note
Includes letters from writers, poets, scholars, friends, etc.; other bookstores; publishing firms; private presses; magazines;
literary agents, etc. Letters which are not listed are arranged alphabetically in folders labeled "Correspondence Miscellany
(unlisted letters)," in Box 14. Very few copies of letters written by Ferlinghetti and other members of the company were included
in the collection. These have been retained with the incoming letters and are noted in the partial list of correspondents.
Letters from unidentified correspondents are at the end of the file. The following materials are available on microfilm (BANC
FILM 2794):
Howl correspondence, Yvor Winters correspondence, Jack Kerouac correspondence, and Allen Ginsberg and Louis Ginsberg correspondence.
Additional Note
Items formerly listed as box 8 were transferred to BANC MSS 90/30 c.
box 1, folder 1
Agence Hoffman, Paris
1964-1969
Physical Description:
27 letters
Additional Note
Agent for City Lights; two of the letters are photocopies of letters written to New Directions
box 1, folder 2
Agenzia Letteraria Internazionale, Milan
1961-1969
Physical Description:
22 letters
Additional Note
City Lights' agent in Italy; One letter is a photocopy of a letter addressed to New Directions
box 1, folder 3
Alberti, Rafael, 1902-
1966 Apr. 26
Physical Description:
1 letter
Additional Note
Re his poems,
El Matador
box 1, folder 4
AlegrÍa, Fernando, 1918-
1959-1962
Physical Description:
2 letters
Additional Note
Enclosure to letter, Oct. 6, 1959: typescript copy of his article, "Nicanor Parra, the Anti-Poet."
box 1, folder 5
Allen, Charles Albert, 1913-
1969 Dec. 4
Physical Description:
1 letter
Additional Note
Re his study of the American little Magazine, 1944-1969.
box 1, folder 6
Allen, Donald Merriam, 1912-
1956-1971,
undated
Physical Description:
33 letters
Additional Note
Many refer to his anthology of modern American poetry. Some of the letters written in 1959 comment on Ferlinghetti's ideas
for a quarterly. Several written while associated with Grove Press, Inc. Also included: three letters from Ferlinghetti to
Allen.
box 1, folder 7
Alvarez, Carlos
[1966] May 7
Physical Description:
1 letter
Additional Note
See also Borgens Forlag correspondence.
box 1, folder 8
American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California
1957-1967
Physical Description:
4 letters
Additional Note
From Ernest Besig, Marshall Krause, and Lawrence Speiser. The 1957 letters are carbon copies of those written by Speiser to
U.S. Collector of Customs, San Francisco, and to Assistant U.S. Attorney, San Francisco, re seizure of
Howl and
Miscellaneous Man. Letter, June 12, 1967, refers to The Love Book trial.
box 1, folder 9
American Literary Anthology
1959 Aug. 5
Physical Description:
1 letter
Additional Note
Includes the table of contents for the third anthology.
box 1, folder 10
Andrews, George
1964-1969,
undated
Physical Description:
6 letters
Additional Note
The 1969 letters refer to his poem, "Jailbreak Wild," written in Prison de Fresnes, France, April-July, 1969, and the explanatory
note he wished to be included if City Lights published the poem. MS of the poem (typescript) is also included.
See also Editorial files, carton 1.
box 1, folder 11
Ansen, Alan
1964
Physical Description:
3 letters
box 1, folder 12
Antoninus, Brother, 1912-
1958-1961
Physical Description:
2 letters
box 1, folder 13
Antonucci, Emil
undated
Physical Description:
2 letters
Additional Note
One refers to the publication of a Thomas Merton poem in Pax.
box 1, folder 14
[Artaud anthology correspondence]
1958-1967,
undated
Physical Description:
28 letters
Additional Note
[The Antonin Artaud Anthology, edited by Jack Hirschman was published by City Lights in 1965]. Included are Letters from Dave
Harewood, La Tour De Feu, Barry L. Hall, Michael Benedict, David Ball, Victor Corti, Paule ThÉvenin and Bernard Frechtman.
Also included: Copies of two letters, 1965-1966, written by Ferlinghetti.
See also Editorial files, carton 1.
box 1, folder 4
Letter from W. Berman to Laurence Ferlinghetti with illustration of a hand holding a photo.
1964 September BANC MSS 72/107 c
box 1, folder 15
The Asia Society
1962-1966,
undated
Physical Description:
13 letters
Additional Note
Letters are written by the directors of the Society's publication and literature programs. Several refer to contemporary Asian
writers and poets.
box 1, folder 16
Bachmann, Ingeborg, 1926-
1967 Oct. 13
Physical Description:
1 letter
Additional Note
Also included are two letters from Juris Svendsen re translations of Bachmann poems.
box 1, folder 17
Baciu, Stefan, 1918-
1962 Nov. 14
Physical Description:
1 letter
box 1, folder 18
Bakken, Dick
1966-1969
Physical Description:
5 letters
Additional Note
Re publication of Ginsberg/Portland by
Salted Feathers, and poetry of India's "Hungry Generation."
Ball, David
Additional Note
See Artaud anthology correspondence
Banks, Richard
Additional Note
See
Parnassus
box 1, folder 19
Barbara's Bookstore, Chicago, Ill.
1966,
undated
Physical Description:
5 letters
Additional Note
Bulk refer to Ferlinghetti's reading engagement in October.
Barker, Richard
Additional Note
See Beatitude Anthology correspondence
box 1, folder 20
Barnes, Djuna, 1892-
1958-1961
Physical Description:
9 letters
Additional Note
Re the proposed Djuna Barnes anthology.
box 1, folder 21
Baro, Gene
1961
Physical Description:
2 letters
box 1, folder 22
Baron, Jacques, 1905-
1960-1962
Physical Description:
3 letters
box 1, folder 23
Bastian, Heiner
1968,
undated
Physical Description:
6 letters
Additional Note
Many refer to the "Group 47" project. With these: copy of letter. June 1, 1968, from Ferlinghetti to Bastian.
box 1, folder 24
Beach, Mary
1966-1969,
undated
Physical Description:
16 letters
Additional Note
Many refer to books published jointly: Beach Books and City Lights Books. Many references to Claude Pelieu; some have notes
added by Pelieu. With these: copies of two letters, 1966, from Ferlinghetti.
box 1, folder 25
[Beatitude Anthology correspondence]
1960-1961
Physical Description:
5 letters
Additional Note
Include letters from Richard Barker, Richard McBride, Tim Reynolds, Jack Spicer. Re inclusion of poems in the anthology, which
was published by City Lights in 1960.
See also Editorial files, carton 1.
box 1, folder 26
Beck, Julian
1962-1969
Physical Description:
11 letters
Additional Note
Several written during the European tour of The Living Theatre. Included also is a letter, Apr. 13, 1962, written on behalf
of Beck by James Spicer.
See also Editorial files, carton 1.
box 1, folder 27
Beecher, John, 1904-
1962 Feb. 10
Physical Description:
1 letter
box 1, folder 28
Bell, Harry
1968-1969
Physical Description:
2 letters
Additional Note
Expressing interest in translating French surrealistic poetry for publication.
Benedict, Michael
Additional Note
See Artaud anthology correspondence
box 1, folder 29
Benmussa, Simone
1967 Aug. 21
Physical Description:
1 letter
Additional Note
Re the projected "Cahiers Renaud-Barrault."
box 1, folder 30
Bentley, Eric Russell, 1916-
1959-[1964?],
undated
Physical Description:
7 letters
Additional Note
Re publication of poems and plays by Bertold Brecht; references also to Ferlinghetti plays.
box 1, folder 31
BergÉ, Carol, 1928-
1960-1963
Physical Description:
3 letters
box 1, folder 32
Berke, Joseph
1966-1970
Physical Description:
13 letters
Additional Note
Re his magazine Fire and other publication and writing projects.
box 1, folder 33
Bernard, Pierre
1965-1968
Physical Description:
2 letters
Additional Note
Expressing interest in publishing some of Ferlinghetti's works in French translation.
Besig, Ernest
Additional Note
See American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California
Between Worlds [magazine]
Additional Note
See Neiman, Gilbert
box 1, folder 34
Beye, Holly, 1922-
undated
Physical Description:
3 letters
box 1, folder 35
Big Table [magazine]
1959,
undated
Physical Description:
15 letters
Additional Note
From Albert N. Podell, business manager. Also with these: copy of letter, May 3, 1959, written by Ferlinghetti to U.S. Post
Office re the impounding of
Big Table I.
See also Paul Carroll and Irving Rosenthal correspondence
box 1, folder 36
Birney, Earle, 1904-
1961-1968,
undated
Physical Description:
24 letters
Additional Note
Most of them refer to publication of selected poems of Malcolm Lowry.
box 1, folder 37
Bishop, Leonard, 1922-
1960 Aug. 31
Physical Description:
1 letter
box 1, folder 38
Blackburn, Paul
1959-1969,
undated
Physical Description:
18 letters
Additional Note
Some written while poetry editor of
The Nation; several refer to his translations of Picasso's poetry, published by City Lights. Included also: letter, Aug. 12, 1967 written
by his wife, Sara Blackburn; and three letters from
Papeles de Son Armadans to Ferlinghetti re Picasso's "Trozo de Piel."
box 1, folder 39
Blaisdell, Gus
1969-1970
Physical Description:
5 letters
Additional Note
Comments on literary scene in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Blau, Herbert
Additional Note
See The San Francisco Actors Workshop Guild, Inc., and
Howl correspondence
box 1, folder 40
Bly, Robert
1966-1970,
undated
Physical Description:
9 letters
Additional Note
Several refer to his anti-Vietnam poem, "The Teeth-Mother, Naked at Last," published by City Lights in 1969. With these: letter
from Santa Rosa College and Harry Gantt re Bly.
See also John Ridland correspondence
Additional Note
See also Editorial files, carton 1
box 1, folder 41
Borchardt, Georges
1959-1966
Physical Description:
3 letters
Additional Note
Literary agent, suggesting material for publication.
box 1, folder 42
Borgens Forlag, Copenhagen
1965-1966
Physical Description:
5 letters
Additional Note
The firm acted as agent for Carlos Alvarez. Re the publication of his poems by City Lights.
box 1, folder 43
Bosquet, Alain, 1919-
1958-1960
Physical Description:
2 letters
Additional Note
Re his anthology of young American poetry. With these: copies of two letters written by Ferlinghetti.
box 1, folder 44
Bourgois, Christian
1969-1970
Physical Description:
10 letters
Additional Note
Re French publication of City Lights books. Also with these: seven letters written by Anne Rives on behalf of Christian Bourgois.
Letters, May 30, 1969 and Jan. 9, 1970, addressed to Allen Ginsberg and Claude Pelieu respectively.
box 1, folder 45
Bourjaily, Vance Nye
1960 June 7
Physical Description:
1 postcard
box 1, folder 46
Bowles, Paul Frederic, 1911-
1961-1970
Physical Description:
37 letters
Additional Note
Primarily re City Lights publication of
A Hundred Camels in the Courtyard and
M'Hashish. With these also are two letters from his agent and three letters re translation rights of
A Hundred Camels in the Courtyard.
See also Owen (Peter) Ltd. correspondence
Additional Note
See also Editorial files, carton 1
box 2, folder 1
Boyle, Kay, 1903-
1963-1970
Physical Description:
2 letters
box 2, folder 2
Brakhage, Stan
1962-1966
Physical Description:
2 letters
Additional Note
See also Editorial files, carton 1
box 2, folder 3
Branaman, Robert
1965-1966
Physical Description:
2 letters
Additional Note
With these: three drawings and illustrated envelope.
box 2, folder 4
Brautigan, Richard
1964 Sept. 4
Physical Description:
1 letter
box 2, folder 5
Breit, Harvey, 1913-
1953-1965
Physical Description:
5 letters
Additional Note
The 1957 letters refer to Allen Ginsberg's
Howl, With these: copies of five letters, 1953-1954, written by Ferlinghetti.
Brigante, Louis
Additional Note
See Intro bulletin
Brilliant, Alan
Additional Note
See Unicorn Press
box 2, folder 6
British Broadcasting Corporation
1960-1968
Physical Description:
10 letters
Additional Note
Re Ferlinghetti's participation in BBC programs. Letters written in 1968 refer to a proposed TV film of Allen Ginsberg and
Gregory Corso.
box 2, folder 7
Brodey, James
1963,
undated
Physical Description:
3 letters
Additional Note
See also Editorial files, carton 1
box 2, folder 8
Broughton, James Richard, 1913-
1959 Mar. 30
Physical Description:
1 letter
Brown, Andreas L.
Additional Note
See Gotham Book Mart & Gallery, Inc., New York
box 2, folder 9
Brown, Kenneth H.
1963-1966,
undated
Physical Description:
18 letters
Additional Note
Some references to The Living Theatre. Also with these: letter written by his agent.
See also Editorial files, carton 1
box 2, folder 10
Bruce, Lenny
1963 Jan.
Physical Description:
2 letters
Additional Note
Letter and telegram
box 2, folder 11
Buckley, Richard [Lord H. R. H. Buckley]
1960
Physical Description:
1 letter
Additional Note
Also: two letters from Lady Lisbeth Buckley; related correspondence; Henry Miller's tribute to Lord Buckley; and publicity
material. Most relates to City Lights publication of Buckley's
Hiparama of the Classics.
box 2, folder 12
The Buddhist Society [London]
1962 Jan. 15
Physical Description:
1 letter
Additional Note
Offering American rights to
The Essence of Buddhism by D. T. Suzuki.
box 2, folder 13
Bukowski, Charles
1969-1970
Physical Description:
5 letters
Burdick, Eugene Leonard, 1918-1965
Additional Note
See [
Howl correspondence]
box 2, folder 14
Burleson, Bob
1967-1969
Physical Description:
2 letters
Additional Note
See also Editorial files, carton 1
box 2, folder 15
Burroughs, William S., 1914-
1962-1964,
undated
Physical Description:
10 letters
Additional Note
Most of them re publication of
The Yage Letters by City Lights. Also, with these: three letters re permissions, quotations, etc.
See also
Kulchur; Manganotti, Donatella; and Editorial files, carton 1
box 2, folder 16
Calder & Boyars Ltd., London
1961-1969
Physical Description:
7 letters
Additional Note
English publishing firm. Several refer to similarities in publishing lists.
box 2, folder 17
California. University. Extension
1959 Apr. 10
Physical Description:
1 letter
Additional Note
Re Ferlinghetti's participation in the literature weekend in the San Francisco Renaissance Program.
box 2, folder 18
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
1958-1962
Physical Description:
2 letters
Additional Note
The 1958 letter is concerned with plans for a broadcast of poets involved in the "San Francisco Renaissance."
box 2, folder 19
Cape (Jonathan) Limited, London
1961-1970
Physical Description:
17 letters
Additional Note
English publishing firm. Most of them refer to publishing works by Allen Ginsberg and Charles Olson. Letter, Sept. 11, 1961,
refers to a volume of Hemingway poetry.
box 2, folder 20
Carroll, Paul
1957-1970
Physical Description:
73 letters
Additional Note
Letters, 1957-1961, written while editing the
Chicago Review and
Big Table.
box 2, folder 21
Casa de las Americas, Habana, Cuba
1960-1969
Physical Description:
10 letters
Additional Note
From Roberto FernÁndez Retamar and from the director, sub-director and library director.
box 2, folder 22
Cassady, Carolyn
1962-1969
Physical Description:
4 letters
Additional Note
Re Neal Cassady. Also with these: letters re Cassady MSS, publication rights, etc.
See also Ann Charters correspondence
Cassady, Neal
Additional Note
See Cassady, Carolyn; and
Esquire
Castor, Henry
Additional Note
See
Howl correspondence
Caterpillar
Additional Note
See Eshleman, Clayton
box 2, folder 23
Catholic Worker
1958 Nov. 29
Physical Description:
1 letter
Additional Note
From Ammon Hennacy.
box 2, folder 24
Charters, Ann
1969-1970
Physical Description:
7 letters
Additional Note
Some refer to Neal Cassady MSS.
box 2, folder 25
The Chelsea Review
1959-1960
Physical Description:
2 letters
box 2, folder 26
Chicago Choice
1961
Physical Description:
2 letters
Additional Note
From John Logan.
Chicago Review
Additional Note
See Carroll, Paul and Rosenthal, Irving.
box 2, folder 27
Choudhury, Malay Roy
1963-1966
Physical Description:
7 letters
Additional Note
See also Editorial files, carton 1
box 2, folder 28
Christie, Margaret
1960-1962
Physical Description:
2 letters
box 2, folder 29
Ciardi, John, 1916-
1957-1958
Physical Description:
2 letters
Additional Note
Letter, Nov. 25, 1957, refers to
Howl.
box 2, folder 30
Clemens, Cyril, 1902-
1968 Nov. 15
Physical Description:
1 letter
box 2, folder 31
Climax [magazine]
Sept. 3
Physical Description:
1 letter
Coastlines Literary Magazine
Additional Note
See Zahn, Curtis
box 2, folder 32
Cohen, Ira
1964-1967,
undated
Physical Description:
5 letters
Additional Note
Most of them refer to Gnaoua.
box 2, folder 33
Cole, Thomas
1955
Physical Description:
2 letters
Additional Note
Re Ezra Pound and William Carlos Williams.
box 2, folder 34
Combs, Tram, 1924-
1957-1968
Physical Description:
34 letters
Additional Note
See also Editorial files, carton 1
box 2, folder 35
The Committee, San Francisco
undated
Physical Description:
1 letter
Additional Note
From Alan Myerson.
box 2, folder 36
Committee for Nonviolent Action
Jan. 14, 1965
Physical Description:
1 letter
box 2, folder 37
Committee of Small Magazine Editors and Publishers
1969,
undated
Physical Description:
4 letters
Additional Note
From Richard Morris, executive secretary. Also with these: issues of the COSMEP Newsletter-annotated. Other issues removed
to separate cataloging.
box 2, folder 38
ConcepciÓn, Chile. Universidad.
1959-1960
Physical Description:
2 letters
Additional Note
Re Conference of American Writers.
box 2, folder 39
Cone, Laurance D.
1962-1963
Physical Description:
5 letters
Additional Note
Re his interest in the peyote ceremony of the Southern Plain Indians.
box 2, folder 40
Congdon, A. Kirby
1962-1966,
undated
Physical Description:
29 letters
Additional Note
Many refer to his efforts to sell literary MSS to university libraries.
box 2, folder 41
Connell, Dan
undated
Physical Description:
1 letter
Additional Note
Re his plans for a magazine, to be called Presence.
box 2, folder 42
Contact [magazine]
1958 Oct. 30
Physical Description:
1 letter
Additional Note
With prospectus for the magazine.
box 2, folder 43
Coordinating Council of Literary Magazines
1969-1970
Physical Description:
5 letters
box 2, folder 44
Cormon, Cid
1958-1963,
undated
Physical Description:
19 letters
El Corno Emplumado [magazine]
Additional Note
See Randall, Margaret
box 2, folder 45
Corrington, John William
1960-1962
Physical Description:
3 letters
Additional Note
One written on behalf of Janus.
box 3, folder 1-2
Corso, Gregory
1956-1970,
undated
Physical Description:
111 letters
Additional Note
Many letters undated. At the end of the file are letters re translation rights and miscellaneous letters re Corso.
See also Editorial files, carton 1
Corti, Victor
Additional Note
See Artaud anthology correspondence
box 3, folder 3
Cossery, Albert, 1913-
1962-1963
Physical Description:
4 letters
Additional Note
Re City Lights publication of
Men God Forgot.
See also Editorial files, carton 1
box 3, folder 4
Costa, Ralph
undated
Physical Description:
2 letters
Additional Note
One encloses a copy of his translation of a poem by Neruda.
box 3, folder 5
Coyote Books
circa 1968 Sept. 16
Physical Description:
1 letter
Crazy Horse
Additional Note
See McGrath, Tom
box 3, folder 6
Creeley, Robert, 1926-
1962-1970
Physical Description:
24 letters
box 3, folder 7
Crews, Judson C., 1918-
undated
Physical Description:
2 letters
box 3, folder 8
Crosland, Margaret, 1920-
1965 Jan. 6
Physical Description:
1 letter
box 3, folder 9
Crowell (Thomas Y.) Company
1959-1961
Physical Description:
15 letters
Additional Note
Most of them refer to Tom Parkinson's
Casebook on the Beat.
box 3, folder 10
Cummings, Edward Estlin, 1894-1962
1955 June 8
Physical Description:
1 letter
Additional Note
With this: letter, Mar. 24, 1963, written by his wife, Marion Cummings.
box 3, folder 11
[Czechoslovakian letters-miscellaneous]
1959-1967,
undated
Physical Description:
32 letters
Additional Note
From writers, literary agencies, Union of Czechoslovak Writers, journals, translators, etc.
box 3, folder 12
Dahlberg, Edward, 1900-
1960-1966
Physical Description:
16 letters
Additional Note
Primarily re City Lights reprint of
Bottom Dogs. With these: related letters re copyrights and permissions.
See also Editorial files, carton 1
box 3, folder 13
Dane, Barbara
1969 Nov. 4
Physical Description:
1 letter
box 3, folder 14
David-Neel, Alexandra, 1868-1969
1967-1969
Physical Description:
8 letters
Additional Note
Re City Lights publication of
The Secret Oral Teachings in Tibetan Buddhist Sects. With these: copy of Ferlinghetti's letter, June 12,1967, to Madame David-Neel; and four letters, 1967-1969, from the French
Embassy, relative to the publication.
box 3, folder 15
de Antonio, Emile
1960
Physical Description:
3 letters
Additional Note
Re Jack Kerouac's
Pull My Daisy.
box 3, folder 16
Definition Press, New York
1957-1958
Physical Description:
2 letters
Additional Note
Written by Martha Baird.
box 3, folder 17
Delattre, Pierre, 1903-
1960,
undated
Physical Description:
3 letters
Dellinger, David T., 1915-
Additional Note
See Liberation
box 3, folder 18
De Loach, Allen
1968-1970
Physical Description:
3 letters
box 3, folder 19
Delta [magazine]
1963 July 15
Physical Description:
1 letter
Additional Note
Suggesting an anthology of translations of contemporary Dutch and Flemish poets.
box 3, folder 20
Deming, Barbara, 1917-
1956-1968
Physical Description:
8 letters
Dienst, Rolf-Gunter, 1939-
Additional Note
See
Rhinozeros
box 3, folder 21
Di Prima, Diane
1956-1970,
undated
Physical Description:
7 letters
Additional Note
Some refer to Poets Press publications.
box 3, folder 22
Dommergues, Pierre
1965-1967
Physical Description:
3 letters
box 3, folder 23
Dorfman, Ellie
1970,
undated
Physical Description:
2 letters
Additional Note
Re her book of photographs and poems to be dedicated to Gordon Cairnie.
box 3, folder 24
Doubleday & Company, Inc.
1953-1971
Physical Description:
21 letters
Additional Note
Most of the letters refer to a proposed project for Ferlinghetti to translate some of Yevtushenko's poetry; some refer to
Ferlinghetti's translations of PrÉvert poems. Enclosure to letter, Mar. 14, 1969: photocopy of letter written by Yevgany Yevtushenko
and copy of translation. With these: copies of 4 letters from Ferlinghetti.
See also Kahn, Anthony
box 3, folder 25
Dowden, George
1966-1970
Physical Description:
26 letters
Additional Note
Most of them refer to his Allen Ginsberg bibliography.
Doyle, Kirby
Additional Note
See Editorial files, carton 1
box 3, folder 26
Drinnon, Richard
1963 Mar. 9
Physical Description:
1 letter
box 3, folder 27
Duncan, Robert Edward, 1919-
1958-1959
Physical Description:
2 letters
Additional Note
Re City Lights publication of
Selected Poems. With these: 3 letters re German language rights.
box 4, folder 1
Durnin, John Valentine George Andrew
1960-1962
Physical Description:
2 letters
box 4, folder 2
Durrell, Lawrence
undated
Physical Description:
1 letter
box 4, folder 3
Dylan, Bob, 1941-
1964
Physical Description:
2 letters
box 4, folder 4
Earth Read-Out
1969 Nov. 22
Physical Description:
1 Letter
Additional Note
From Keith Lampe aka Ponderosa Pine.
box 4, folder 5
The East Village Other
1967-1969,
undated
Physical Description:
3 letters
box 4, folder 6
Eberhart, Richard, 1904-
1956-1962
Physical Description:
6 letters
Additional Note
Some refer to
Howl.
box 4, folder 7
Eckman, Frederick, 1924-
1956-1960,
undated
Physical Description:
8 letters
Additional Note
Many refer to his reviews of poetry.
box 4, folder 8
Les Éditions DenoËl, Paris
1963-1965
Physical Description:
5 letters
Additional Note
Re an anthology of poetry of the "beat generation."
box 4, folder 9
Editions du Rocher, Monaco
1962-1963
Physical Description:
5 letters
box 4, folder 10
Editions Gallimard, Paris
1955-1970,
undated
Physical Description:
27 letters
box 4, folder 11
Editorial Losada S. A., Buenos Aires
1961 Aug. 22
Physical Description:
1 letter
Additional Note
Re publication of Spanish translation of Ginsberg and Ferlinghetti poems.
box 4, folder 12
Edwards, John [Hamilton], 1922-
1955
Physical Description:
3 letters
box 4, folder 13
Ehrlich, Paul R.
1969 Nov. 17
Physical Description:
1 letter
Additional Note
Re reprint of his article, "Eco-Catastrophe" by City Lights. With this: copy of letter, Dec. 1, 1969, from Ferlinghetti to
Ramparts.
Eighth Street Bookshop Inc., New York
Additional Note
See Wilentz, Theodore
box 4, folder 14
Einaudi, Giulio
1970 Feb 9
Physical Description:
1 letter
Additional Note
Transmitting his Italian edition of
Her.
box 4, folder 15
Elliott, George [Jorge]
1958-1960
Physical Description:
20 letters
Additional Note
Most of them refer to his translations of Nicanor Parra's poetry. With these: copy of a letter, Nov. 13, 1958, from Ferlinghetti.
See also Nicanor Parra correspondence
box 4, folder 16
Eluard-Valette, Cecile
1969
Physical Description:
4 letters
Additional Note
Re payment for publication of poems by her father, Paul Eluard.
See also Editorial files, carton 1
box 4, folder 17
Eshleman, Clayton
1959-1969,
undated
Physical Description:
31 letters
Additional Note
Many refer to his translations of Pablo Neruda and Cesar Vallejo. Letters written 1968-1969 refer to his magazine,
Caterpillar. With these: "First and Last Notice of QUENA" and
Caterpillar Booklist 1967-1968.
See also Editorial files, carton 1
box 4, folder 18
Esquire
1962-1970
Physical Description:
6 letters
Additional Note
Most of them from Gordon Lish, fiction editor. Suggesting pre-publication of Neal Cassady's The First Third in the magazine.
box 4, folder 19
Essex House, North Hollywood
1969
Physical Description:
2 letters
Additional Note
Publishing firm.
box 4, folder 20
Estrin, Marc
[1964?]-1967
Physical Description:
10 letters
Additional Note
Undated letters [circa 1964?] refer to the City Lights Artaud anthology. Most of the other letters refer to experimental theatre.
box 4, folder 21
European Publishers Representatives, Inc.
1958-1959
Physical Description:
2 letters
Additional Note
With these: copy of letter, Dec. 4, 1958, from City Lights.
box 4, folder 22
Evergreen Review, Inc.
1968-1971
Physical Description:
3 letters
Additional Note
Granting publication rights.
box 4, folder 23
Evtushenko, Eugenii
[circa 1970 Jan.]
Physical Description:
1 letter
Additional Note
With this: 2 letters, Jan. 5 & 7, 1970, from Kate Medina, Doubleday & Company, Inc.; and miscellaneous letters and clippings
re Evtushenko.
box 4, folder 24
Faber and Faber Ltd., London
1969 Feb. 14
Physical Description:
1 letter
box 4, folder 25
Fair Play for Cuba Committee
1961,
undated
Physical Description:
5 letters
box 4, folder 26
Fakir, Asoke
1965-1969
Physical Description:
7 letters
Additional Note
Letter, Feb. 6, 1969, written while founder- president of Sri Ramakrishna Temple, San Francisco.
See also Editorial files, carton 1
Fancher, Edwin
Additional Note
See
The Village Voice
box 4, folder 27
Fantasy Records
1958-1970
Physical Description:
8 letters
Additional Note
With these: Ferlinghetti's jacket notes for a record; royalty statements, etc.
box 4, folder 28
Farrell, Barry
1965 Dec. 29
Physical Description:
1 letter
Additional Note
Re article he was planning to write for Life.
box 4, folder 29
Fearing, Kenneth, 1902-1961
1959 May 5
Physical Description:
1 letter
box 4, folder 30
Feltrinelli Libra S. P. A., Milan
1961-1967
Physical Description:
4 letters
Additional Note
Re Italian translations of American "beat" poetry. Two of the letters are from the New York office.
Ferling, Clement J.
1960,
undated
Physical Description:
4 letters
Additional Note
Ferlinghetti's brother.
Transferred to BANC MSS 90/30 c.
box 4, folder 31
FernÁndez, Pablo Armandon, 1930-
1963 Sept.
Physical Description:
1 letter
FernÁndez Retamar, Roberto
Additional Note
See Casa de las Americas
box 4, folder 32
Festival Foundation, Inc.
1965
Physical Description:
2 letters
Additional Note
Inviting Ferlinghetti to the poetry week during the Festival of Two Worlds at Spoleto. Also with these: letter, May 18, 1966,
from Desmond O'Grady, Festival dei Due Mondi, re its projected souvenir edition of poems read at the 1965 Spoleto Festival.
box 4, folder 33
Finlay, Ian Hamilton
1962
Physical Description:
2 letters
Additional Note
Re
Poor Old Tired Horse and The Wild Hawthorn Press (Edinburgh, Scotland).
Fire [magazine]
Additional Note
See Berke, Joseph
box 4, folder 34
Ford, Charles Henri
1967-1970
Physical Description:
6 letters
Ford, Ruth
1962-1963
Physical Description:
9 letters
Additional Note
Expressing interest in Ferlinghetti's plays.
Transferred to BANC MSS 90/30 c.
The Ford Foundation
1963-1965
Physical Description:
4 letters
Additional Note
With these: biographical information and statement of interests as a writer, submitted by Ferlinghetti to the Foundation in
connection with the fellowship program.
Transferred to BANC MSS 90/30 c.
Forester, Cecil Scott, 1899-1966
Additional Note
See [
Howl correspondence]
box 4, folder 35
Fowler, Gene
1964 June 14
Physical Description:
1 letter
Additional Note
Encloses copy of his letter, same date, to Ed Sanders with copy of his poem, "Fuck Report."
See also Editorial files, carton 2
box 4, folder 36
Frechtman, Bernard
Additional Note
See Artaud anthology correspondence
box 4, folder 37
[French letters-miscellaneous]
1955-1969,
undated
Physical Description:
11 letters
Additional Note
From literary agencies, publishing firms, writers, etc., re translations, inclusion of poems in anthologies, etc.
box 4, folder 38
Friedman, Alan
1963,
undated
Physical Description:
2 letters
Additional Note
Introducing Claude Pelieu's work to Ferlinghetti.
box 4, folder 39
Frumkin, Gene
1967-1970
Physical Description:
2 letters
Fuck You [magazine]
Additional Note
See Sanders, Ed
box 4, folder 40
Fulcrum Press, London
1966 Sept. 7
Physical Description:
1 letter
Gallimard
Additional Note
See Editions Gallimard
box 4, folder 41
Garson, Barbara
1966
Physical Description:
3 letters
Additional Note
Re
MacBird! With these: 2 letters, 1966, written by her husband Marvin Garson, also relating to
MacBird!; and letter, Sept. 4, 1967, from Lisa Lyons.
box 4, folder 42
Gassman, Vittorio
undated
Physical Description:
4 letters
Additional Note
Most of them expressing his interest in beat poetry, theatre, etc.
Genet, Jean, 1910-
Additional Note
See Pury, Mariannelde and Payne, Les
See also Editorial files, carton 2
box 4, folder 43
[German letters-miscellaneous]
1958-1966
Physical Description:
19 letters
Additional Note
From literary agents, publishers, bookstores, etc.
box 4, folder 44
Ghilan, Maxim
1962-1964
Physical Description:
2 letters
Giachetti, Romano
1961-1969
Physical Description:
8 letters
Additional Note
Re translation of Ferlinghetti's poems into Italian.
box 4, folder 45
Gidlow, Elsa
1967 Aug. 12
Physical Description:
1 letter
box 4, folder 46
Gilbert, Jack
1964,
undated
Physical Description:
2 letters
Gilpin, Richard
Additional Note
See Liberation
box 5, folder 1-7
Ginsberg, Allen, 1926-
1956-1970
Physical Description:
243 letters
Additional Note
Also, one folder of letters re reprint permissions and letters re Ginsberg.
See also Editorial files, carton 2, and
Howl correspondence. Available on microfilm.
box 5, folder 8
Ginsberg, Louis, 1896-
1956-1970,
undated
Physical Description:
18 letters
Additional Note
With these: copy of letter, May 11, 1970, from City Lights. Many references to his son, Allen Ginsberg. Available on microfilm.
Girodias, Maurice
Additional Note
See The Olympia Press
box 5, folder 9
Gleason, Herbert P.
1962.
Physical Description:
2 letters
Additional Note
Re permission from Mrs. Ezra Pound to enable City Lights to reprint Ernest Fenellosa's essay, "The Chinese Written Character
as a Medium for Poetry," as edited by Ezra Pound.
box 5, folder 10
Gleason, Ralph J.
1969 Dec. 9
Physical Description:
1 letter
Gnaoua
Additional Note
See Cohen, Ira and Rosenthal, Irving
Godwin, Anthony
Additional Note
See Penguin Books Ltd.
box 5, folder 11
Gordey, Michel, 1913-
1968 Mar. 16
Physical Description:
1 letter
box 5, folder 12
Gotham Book Mart & Gallery, Inc.
1969-1970,
undated
Physical Description:
4 letters
Additional Note
From Andreas L. Brown.
box 5, folder 13
Greene, Felix
1960,
undated
Physical Description:
2 letters
box 5, folder 14
Grinberg, Miguel David
1960-1965
Physical Description:
28 letters
Additional Note
Many refer to his magazine,
Eco Contemporaneo, his poetry, and his translations.
box 5, folder 15
The Grolier Book Shop, Cambridge, Mass.
1969
Physical Description:
2 letters
Group 47
Additional Note
See Bastian, Heiner, and Editorial files, carton 2
box 5, folder 16
Grove Press, Inc.
1958-1970,
undated
Physical Description:
51 letters
Additional Note
From Barney Rosset, Fred Jordan, John Pizey and Richard Seaver.
See also Allen, Donald M.
box 6, folder 1
Guando (Ugo) Editore, Parma, Italy
1965-1968
Physical Description:
5 letters
Additional Note
Re Italian translations of Ferlinghetti's poems and plays; and the award, Premio di Taormina, given to Ferlinghetti in 1968.
box 6, folder 2
Guerrini, Rosanna
1969 Sept. 15
Physical Description:
1 letter
box 6, folder 3
Guest, Barbara
1966-1967,
undated
Physical Description:
9 letters
Additional Note
See also Editorial files, carton 2
Guetermann, Erika
1961-1962
Physical Description:
4 letters
Additional Note
Re translation of Ferlinghetti's poetry into German.
box 6, folder 4
Hackett, Jim
undated
Physical Description:
1 letter
box 6, folder 5
Hahn, Emily, 1905-
1963 Mar. 11
Physical Description:
1 letter
Hall, Barry L.
Additional Note
See Artaud Anthology correspondence
box 6, folder 6
Halpert, Stephen
1969 Nov. 12
Physical Description:
1 letter
Additional Note
Re his proposed book about City Lights.
The Hand and Flower Press
Additional Note
See Marx, Erica
box 6, folder 7
Hannon, Mike
1964-1968,
undated
Physical Description:
5 letters
box 6, folder 8
Hanser (Carl) Verlag, Munich, Germany
1967-1968
Physical Description:
4 letters
Additional Note
Re German rights to City Lights publications.
Hardiment,
1963
Physical Description:
7 letters
Additional Note
Re Ferlinghetti's poetry reading in London.
Harewood, David
Additional Note
See Artaud Anthology correspondence
box 6, folder 9
Hawkes, John, 1925-
1960-1965
Physical Description:
2 letters
box 6, folder 10
Hayakawa, Samuel Ichiye, 1906-
[1959 May 29] 1959.
Physical Description:
1 letter
box 6, folder 11
Hemley, Cecil
1959
Physical Description:
2 letters
Hennacy, Ammon, 1893-1970
Additional Note
See
Catholic Worker
box 6, folder 12
Hennessy, Lois Snyder
1967-1970,
undated
Physical Description:
4 letters
Additional Note
Many references to Gary Snyder.
box 6, folder 13
Herman, Jan
1969 Aug. 2
Physical Description:
1 letter
box 6, folder 14
L'Herne
1964-1967
Physical Description:
30 letters
Additional Note
Re French translations of City Lights publications. With these: of a letter, July 12, 1964, written by Ferlinghetti.
Herron, Caroline Rand
Additional Note
See
Partisan Review
box 6, folder 15
Hirschman, Jack, 1933-
1959-1970,
undated
Physical Description:
90 letters
Additional Note
Many undated; many refer to the City Lights Artaud Anthology. With these: copies of two letters, [1963 or 1964], written by
Ferlinghetti.
box 6, folder 16
Hirschman, Ruth [Mrs. Jack Hirschman]
1960-1961
Physical Description:
2 letters
box 6, folder 17
HÖllerer, Walter, 1922-
1961-1967,
undated
Physical Description:
8 letters
Hogan, William
Additional Note
See
Howl correspondence
box 6, folder 18
Holiday [magazine]
1961
Physical Description:
2 letters
Additional Note
Re publication of Bob Kaufman material.
box 6, folder 19
Hollo, Anselm
1959-1969
Physical Description:
58 letters
Additional Note
Many refer to his translations of works of contemporary Russian poets, published by City Lights as
Red Cats.
See also Editorial files, carton 2
box 6, folder 20
Horovitz, Michael, 1935-
1965-1967,
undated
Physical Description:
17 letters
Additional Note
Some written on behalf of New Departures.
See also Editorial files, carton 2
box 6, folder 21
The House of Anansi
1969
Physical Description:
6 letters
Additional Note
Re joint publication of Allen Ginsberg's
Airplane Dreams. With these: letter, July 11, 1969, from U.S. Bureau of Customs to City Lights Bookstore.
box 6, folder 22
Howard, Richard
1970 June 24
Physical Description:
1 Postcard
box 6, folder 23
[
Howl correspondence]
1957 Mar.-Aug.
Physical Description:
37 letters
Additional Note
Relating to the
Howl obscenity trial. Include letters from
Evergreen Review. William Hogan, Eugene Burdick, C. S. Forester, Henry Castor, Mark Schorer, Vincent McHugh, Gil Orlovitz, and a statement by
Herbert Blau. Available on microfilm.
box 6, folder 24
The Hudson Review
1964
Physical Description:
2 letters
Additional Note
Re reprinting "Indians in Overalls." One letter from Frederick Morgan.
box 6, folder 25
Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967
1961 [Aug. 8]
Physical Description:
1 postcard
box 6, folder 26
Humphreys, Christmas, 1901-
1962 May 16
Physical Description:
1 letter
Additional Note
Re Dr. Suzuki's
Essence of Buddhism.
box 6, folder 27
The Hutchinson Group, London [publishing firm]
1959 Mar. 3
Physical Description:
1 letter
box 6, folder 28
Huxley, Matthew
[1963 Sept.].
Physical Description:
1 letter
box 6, folder 29
Impressions Workshop, Inc., Boston, Mass.
1967-1968
Physical Description:
5 letters
Indica Books and Gallery, London
Additional Note
See Miles, B.
box 6, folder 30
Intro Bulletin
1956-1957
Physical Description:
6 letters
Additional Note
From Louis Brigante and D. Anthony Fusco.
Irving, Jules
Additional Note
See San Francisco Actor's Workshop Guild, Inc.
box 6, folder 31
Jacobs, Paul, 1918-
1969
Physical Description:
2 letters
Janus
Additional Note
See Corrington, John William
Jargon
Additional Note
See Williams, Jonathan
box 6, folder 32
Jarrell, Randall, 1914-1965
1957 Feb. 14
Physical Description:
1 letter
box 6, folder 33
Jasudowicz, Dennis
circa 1963-1967
Physical Description:
30 letters
Additional Note
Most of them are undated.
See also Editorial files, carton 2
box 6, folder 34
Joans, Ted, 1928-
1963-1966,
undated
Physical Description:
11 letters
Additional Note
See also Editorial files, carton 2
box 6, folder 35
Jodorowsky, Alexandro
1964,
undated
Physical Description:
3 letters
Additional Note
Letter, May 12, refers to Roland Topor.
See also Editorial files, carton 2
box 6, folder 36
Johns, Richard, 1904-
1969 Dec. 2
Physical Description:
1 letter
box 6, folder 37
Johnson, Kay
1960-1968,
undated
Physical Description:
37 letters
Additional Note
See also Editorial files, carton 2
box 6, folder 38
Jones, Le Roi
1958-1962,
undated
Physical Description:
7 letters
Jordan, Fred
Additional Note
See Grove Press, Inc.
box 6, folder 39
Jouffroy, Alain, 1928-
1961-1966,
undated
Physical Description:
29 letters
Additional Note
See also Editorial files, carton 2
box 6, folder 40
KPFA
1958-1964
Physical Description:
6 letters
box 6, folder 41
KQED, San Francisco
1966 Jan. 19
Physical Description:
1 letter
Additional Note
Re Ferlinghetti's appearance on "U.S.A.: Poetry."
box 7, folder 1
Kahn, Anthony
1969-1970
Physical Description:
5 letters
Additional Note
Re his literal translations of poems by Yevtushenko.
box 7, folder 2
Kandel, Lenore
1963,
undated
Physical Description:
2 letters
Additional Note
One refers to publication of a poem in the Beatitude Anthology. Included also: miscellaneous material, primarily clippings
re
The Love Book.
box 7, folder 3
Kaprow, Allan
1964-1965
Physical Description:
2 letters
Additional Note
Enclosure to letter, April 5, 1964: scenario for three happenings.
box 7, folder 4
Katzman, Allen, 1937-
1969-1970
Physical Description:
2 letters
box 7, folder 5
Kaufman, Bob, 1925-
1960-1969
Physical Description:
2 letters
Additional Note
With these: four letters written by his wife, Eileen, 1960-1961.
See also Editorial files, carton 2
box 7, folder 6
Keenan, Larry, Jr.
1966,
undated
Physical Description:
2 letters
box 7, folder 7
Keene, Donald
1958-1960
Physical Description:
6 letters
Additional Note
Re his translations of Japanese stories and poems.
box 7, folder 8
Kenkyusha Limited, Tokyo
1967 May 12
Physical Description:
1 letter
Additional Note
Re a Japanese anthology of 20th century American poetry.
box 7, folder 9
Kepler, Roy
1958-1960
Physical Description:
2 letters
box 7, folder 10
Kerouac, Jack, 1922-1969
1957-1969,
undated
Physical Description:
46 letters
Additional Note
With these: postcard from Ferlinghetti to
Time, Sept. 15, 1962, re its review of
Big Sur; miscellaneous letters re Kerouac; clippings, etc.
See also Editorial files, carton 2
Additional Note
ORIGINALS RESTRICTED: use microfilm.
box 7, folder 10
Postcard from Jack Kerouac to Laurence Ferlinghetti.
1959 September 22 BANC MSS 72/107 c
portfolio 1
Postcard from Jack Kerouac to Laurence Ferlinghetti.
1961 December BANC MSS 72/107 c
Physical Description:
1 postcard
box 7, folder 11
Kherdian, David, 1931-
1966-1967,
undated
Physical Description:
3 letters
Additional Note
Re a Ferlinghetti bibliography.
box 7, folder 12
Kinter, William
1959-1965,
undated
Physical Description:
16 letters
Additional Note
Several refer to poetry readings at Muhlenberg College (Allentown, Pa.) and vicinity.
box 7, folder 13
Koch, Kenneth, 1925-
1960
Physical Description:
2 letters
box 7, folder 14
Kramer, Aaron, 1921-
1963 Mar. 13
Physical Description:
1 letter,
box 7, folder 15
Krassner, Paul
undated
Physical Description:
1 letter
box 7, folder 16
Kraus Reprint Co., New York
1968-1970
Physical Description:
4 letters
Additional Note
Re reprint of
City Lights Journal.
box 7, folder 17
Krim, Seymour, 1922-
1958-1968
Physical Description:
9 letters
Additional Note
Most of them written on behalf of
Swank and
Nugget Magazine.
box 7, folder 18
Kulchur [magazine]
1962-1964
Physical Description:
4 letters
Additional Note
From Lita Hornick.
box 7, folder 19
Labris Review (Belgium)
1966 Feb. 1
Physical Description:
1 letter
box 7, folder 20
Laitinen, Kai, 1924-
1962,
undated
Physical Description:
2 letters
box 7, folder 21
Lamantia, Philip, 1927-
1959-1969,
undated
Physical Description:
23 letters
box 7, folder 22
Landau, Saul
1964,
undated
Physical Description:
2 letters
box 7, folder 23
[Latin American letters-miscellaneous]
1959-1969,
undated
Physical Description:
16 letters
Additional Note
From translators, editors, poets, etc. With these: a copy of a printed letter. "Carta Abierta a Pablo Neruda," 25 de Julio
de 1966.
Laughlin, James, 1914-
Additional Note
See New Directions
box 7, folder 24
Leary, Timothy Francis, 1920-
1967 Apr.
Physical Description:
1 letter
Additional Note
With this: photocopy of "Memorandum of the Appellant Timothy Leary" in Timothy Leary v. State of California, Supreme Court
of the United States.
box 7, folder 25
Lebel, Jean-Jacques, 1936-
1961-1969
Physical Description:
43 letters
Additional Note
Many letters undated. With these: his scenario for a "happening clippings, etc.; and copy of a letter, Jan. 13, 1964, from
Ferlinghetti.
See also Editorial files, carton 2
box 7, folder 26
Lettau, Reinhard, 1929-
1969
Physical Description:
4 letters
box 7, folder 27
Levertov, Denise, 1923-
1955-1964,
undated
Physical Description:
24 letters
box 7, folder 28
Levine, Stephen
1963-1969,
undated
Physical Description:
4 letters
Additional Note
See also Editorial files, carton 2
box 7, folder 29
Liberation [magazine]
1957-1965,
undated
Physical Description:
19 letters
Additional Note
From David McReynolds, A. J. Muste, Richard Gilpin, Dave Dellinger
box 7, folder 30
Limes Verlag, Wiesbaden
1958-1965
Physical Description:
23 letters
Additional Note
Primarily re publication of City Lights books in Germany. With these: copy of a letter, Oct. 3, 1958, from Ferlinghetti.
Linenthal, Mark
Additional Note
See Poetry Center, San Francisco State College
box 7, folder 31
Lionni, Paoli
1965
Physical Description:
3 letters
box 7, folder 32
Lipton, Lawrence, 1898-
1956-1968
Physical Description:
11 letters
Additional Note
Some refer to the
Intro Bulletin. Some letters, 1956-57, discuss poetry recordings.
box 7, folder 33
Liveright Publishing Corporation
1958
Physical Description:
4 letters
Additional Note
Re City Lights offer for a reprint edition of Djuna Barnes'
Ryder.
The Living Theatre
Additional Note
See Beck, Julian; Brown, Kenneth H.; Spicer, James
box 7, folder 34
Lord, Sterling
1958-1969
Physical Description:
19 letters
Additional Note
Most of them written while acting as Jack Kerouac's agent.
box 8, folder 1
Lowenfels, Walter, 1897-
1958-1969
Physical Description:
21 letters
box 8, folder 2
Lowry, Margerie [Mrs. Malcolm Lowry]
1962-1963
Physical Description:
5 letters
Additional Note
Re City Lights publication of Malcolm Lowry poetry. With these: letters re permissions, clippings, etc.
box 8, folder 3
Lowry, Robert, 1919-
1960 Sept. 15
Physical Description:
1 letter
McBride, Richard
Additional Note
See Beatitude Anthology correspondence
box 8, folder 4
McBride, Robert
1966-1969,
undated
Physical Description:
8 letters
Additional Note
Re distribution of City Lights books in London. Four letters written in 1967 are copies of letters addressed to American publishers
re his proposed plan to set up a distribution center for books published by small presses.
box 8, folder 5
McCarthy, Eugene Joseph, 1916-
1969-1970
Physical Description:
2 letters
Additional Note
Letter, Sept. 10, 1969, is photocopy of a letter to New Directions.
box 8, folder 6
McClure, Michael
circa 1961-1969
Physical Description:
22 letters
Additional Note
Many are undated. With these: copy of a letter, Dec. 24, 1963, from Ferlinghetti to Frontier magazine; clippings, etc.
See also Editorial files, carton 2
box 8, folder 7
McCord, Howard
1965-1966
Physical Description:
8 letters
Additional Note
Several refer to the Hungry Generation in Indian poets.
box 8, folder 8
MacGibbon & Kee Ltd., London
1966-1969
Physical Description:
15 letters
Additional Note
Re publication of Ferlinghetti's selected poems.
box 8, folder 9
McGrath, Tom
1962-1964
Physical Description:
4 letters
Additional Note
Refer to
Crazy Horse and
Peace News.
MacGregor, Robert M.
Additional Note
See New Directions
box 8, folder 10
McHugh, Vincent, 1904-
1956-1970
Physical Description:
9 letters
Additional Note
Letter, July 17, 1957 is a copy of a letter addressed to Lawrence Speiser re
Howl.
box 8, folder 11
The Macmillan Company
1958-1959
Physical Description:
10 letters
Additional Note
Most of them refer to negotiations re Ferlinghetti's proposal for "a Marianne Moore sampler." With these: copy of a letter,
July 20, 1958, from Ferlinghetti.
McReynolds, David
Additional Note
See
Liberation
box 8, folder 12
Mademoiselle [magazine]
1958-1966
Physical Description:
3 letters
box 8, folder 13
Magowan, Robin
1961,
undated
Physical Description:
2 letters
box 8, folder 14
Mailer, Norman, 1923-
1958-1960
Physical Description:
6 letters
Additional Note
Most of them refer to
The White Negro.
box 8, folder 15
Mandarin Books Ltd., London
1965 Sept. 6
Physical Description:
1 letter
Additional Note
Re London distribution of City Lights books.
box 8, folder 16
Manganotti, Donatella
1963-1966
Physical Description:
7 letters
Additional Note
Re Italian translations of William Burroughs' works.
box 8, folder 17
Mansfield, Michael Joseph, 1903-
1963 Dec. 4
Physical Description:
1 letter
box 8, folder 18
Margolis, Morton
1960-1963,
undated
Physical Description:
11 letters
Additional Note
See also Editorial files, carton 2
box 8, folder 19
Margolis, William J.
1960-1962,
undated
Physical Description:
7 letters
box 8, folder 20
Marlowe, Alan S.
1965-1968
Physical Description:
9 letters
Additional Note
Re the Poets Press.
box 8, folder 21
Marshall, Herbert, 1912-
1965-1966
Physical Description:
3 letters
Additional Note
See also Editorial files, carton 2
box 8, folder 22
Martin, Peter D.
1964-1969
Physical Description:
3 letters
Additional Note
The 1965 letter describes his plans for a bookshop in New York.
box 8, folder 23
Martinelli, Sheri
1958-1966
Physical Description:
16 letters
box 8, folder 24
Marx, Erica
1956-1960
Physical Description:
14 letters
Additional Note
Letters, 1956-1958, re distribution of City Lights publications by the Hand and Flower Press. With these: copy of a letter,
Oct. 21, 1958, from City Lights.
May, James Boyer, 1904-
Additional Note
See Villiers Publication Ltd.
box 8, folder 25
Meltzer, David
1969-1970,
undated
Physical Description:
4 letters
Additional Note
Re his anthology and interviews of Bay Area poets.
box 8, folder 26
Merton, Thomas, 1915-1968
1961-1968
Physical Description:
6 letters
Additional Note
See also Editorial files, carton 2
box 8, folder 27
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures
1959
Physical Description:
3 letters
Additional Note
Concerning releases for the film based on Jack Kerouac's
The Subterraneans.
Metzner, Ralph
Additional Note
See
The Psychedelic Review
box 8, folder 28
Michaux, Henri, 1899-
1962
Physical Description:
3 letters
box 8, folder 29
Micheline, Jack
1960-1970
Physical Description:
7 letters
box 8, folder 30
Miles, B.
1965-1970
Physical Description:
23 letters
Additional Note
Re London distribution of City Lights books through Indica Books and Gallery and taping Ferlinghetti for records
box 8, folder 31
Miles, Josephine, 1911-
circa 1964 July 1
Physical Description:
1 postcard
Additional Note
Re Kenneth Patchen
box 8, folder 32
Miller, Charles H.
1964-1966
Physical Description:
4 letters
Additional Note
Re Traven Torsvan.
box 8, folder 33
Miller, Henry, 1891-
1958-1963
Physical Description:
18 letters
box 8, folder 34
Miller, Roy
1969 Oct. 2
Physical Description:
1 letter
box 8, folder 35
Miller, William Robert
1960 July 25
Physical Description:
1 letter
box 8, folder 36
Mills, Wright
[1961]
Physical Description:
1 letter
box 8, folder 37
Mitchell, Adrian, 1932-
circa 1965 June 25
Physical Description:
1 letter
box 8, folder 38
Mondadori, Fabrizio
1960-1961
Physical Description:
4 letters
box 8, folder 39
Mondadori Publishing Co.
1961-1969
Physical Description:
17 letters
Additional Note
Included also are letters from Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, Milan. Most of the letters refer to Italian rights for Ginsberg
books. With these: copy of a letter, Apr. 15, 1961, from City Lights.
box 8, folder 40
Montgomery, John
1960-1960,
undated
Physical Description:
11 letters
Additional Note
See also Editorial files, carton 2
box 9, folder 1
Moore, Daniel, 1940-
1963-1969,
undated
Physical Description:
13 letters
Additional Note
See also Editorial files, carton 2
box 9, folder 2
Moore, Marianne, 1887-1972
1958-1961
Physical Description:
5 letters
box 9, folder 3
Moraff, Barbara
undated
Physical Description:
2 letters
Morgan, Frederick, 1922-
Additional Note
See
The Hudson Review
Morris, Richard
Additional Note
See Committee of Small Magazine Editors and Publishers
box 9, folder 4
Morris, William
1959-1962,
undated
Physical Description:
11 letters
box 9, folder 5
Mottram, Eric
1960-1968
Physical Description:
8 letters
Museum of Modern Art, New York
Additional Note
See New York (City) Museum of Modern Art
Muste, Abraham John, 1885-1967
Additional Note
See
Liberation
box 9, folder 6
The Nation
1956-1968
Physical Description:
12 letters
Additional Note
Primarily from the poetry editors.
box 9, folder 7
The National Translation Center, Austin, Texas
1968
Physical Description:
2 letters
box 9, folder 8
National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities
1966-1969
Physical Description:
5 letters
Additional Note
Several refer to the Foundation's support for little presses. With these: photocopy of a letter, Dec. 31, 1966, from Ferlinghetti.
box 9, folder 9
Neiman, Gilbert
1960
Physical Description:
6 letters
Additional Note
Writing as editor of
Between Worlds. Some refer to a proposed poetry reading by Ferlinghetti in Puerto Rico.
Neruda, Pablo
Additional Note
See Paseyro, Ricardo
box 9, folder 10
Neville, Tove
1966 Feb. 21
Physical Description:
1 letter
Additional Note
Re proposed publication of poetry by "street poets" and other poets of the Bay Area.
New Departures
Additional Note
See Horovitz, Michael
New Directions
1955-1970
Physical Description:
833 letters
Additional Note
From James Laughlin, Robert M. MacGregor, and Griselda Ohannessian. Included are copies of letters addressed to others, forwarded
to Ferlinghetti for his information.
Transferred to BANC MSS 90/30 c.
box 9, folder 11
New York (City) Museum of Modern Art
1967
Physical Description:
2 letters
Additional Note
Re a Frank O'Hara commemorative volume.
box 9, folder 12
New York Times
1968-1969
Physical Description:
3 letters
Additional Note
From Lewis Nichols.
box 9, folder 13
The New Yorker
1968 Sept. 27
Physical Description:
1 letter
Additional Note
Re use of Picasso poems.
Newnham, Richard
Additional Note
See Penguin Books Ltd.
box 9, folder 14
Newsweek
1965-1968
Physical Description:
2 letters
Additional Note
With these: carbon copy of a letter, July 9, 1965, from Ferlinghetti.
box 9, folder 15
Nexis Bookshop, La Jolla, Calif.
1962,
undated
Physical Description:
3 letters
box 9, folder 16
Ngoma, Florian Alphonse
1964 Nov. 15
Physical Description:
1 letter
Additional Note
See also Editorial files, carton 2
Nichols, Lewis
Additional Note
See
New York Times
box 9, folder 17
Nichols, Robert, 1919-
1961-1967
Physical Description:
17 letters
Additional Note
See also Editorial files, carton 2
box 9, folder 18
Nin, Anais, 1903-
1957-1967,
undated
Physical Description:
22 letters
Additional Note
With these: "Portion of a Long Two Hour Talk between Jun Eto, Critic, and Kenzaburo Oe, Writer. Tokyo, Japan, July 1967."
box 9, folder 19
Nomad [magazine]
1959,
undated
Physical Description:
3 letters
box 9, folder 20
Norse, Harold
1961-1963
Physical Description:
10 letters
Nugget Magazine
Additional Note
See Krim, Seymour
box 9, folder 21
Ober, Thomas
1966-1970
Physical Description:
4 letters
Additional Note
Re offer to act as literary agent for collection of Allen Ginsberg's collected poems. With these: copies of two letters, 1970,
written by City Lights Editorial Offices.
box 9, folder 22
Odyssey [magazine]
1958-1959
Physical Description:
3 letters
Ohannessian, Griselda
Additional Note
See New Directions
box 9, folder 23
O'Hara, Frank, 1926-1966
1959-1965
Physical Description:
12 letters
Additional Note
With these: letter, Oct. 8, 1969, from The Frank O'Hara Foundation.
See also Editorial files, carton 2
box 9, folder 24
Okpaku, Joseph
1969 Mar. 10
Physical Description:
1 letter
box 9, folder 25
Olivant [magazine]
1956-1958
Physical Description:
6 letters
Additional Note
From D. Vincent Smith.
box 9, folder 26
Olson, Charles, 1910-1970
1966-1968
Physical Description:
10 letters
box 9, folder 27
The Olympia Press Inc., Paris
1960-1970
Physical Description:
16 letters
Additional Note
Most of them from Maurice Girodias.
box 9, folder 28
Omarr, Sydney
1958 Nov. 10
Physical Description:
1 letter
Orlovitz, Gil, 1918-
Additional Note
See
Howl correspondence
box 9, folder 29
Orlovsky, Peter
1962-1964
Physical Description:
6 letters
Additional Note
See also Editorial files, carton 2
Outburst [magazine]
Additional Note
See Raworth, Tom
box 9, folder 30
The Outsider [magazine]
1960-1964,
undated
Physical Description:
14 letters
Additional Note
From Jon Edgar Webb.
box 9, folder 31
Owen (Peter) Ltd., London
1958-1969
Physical Description:
14 letters
Additional Note
Most of them refer to the use of a piece by Paul Bowles in their book,
The Book of Grass, and to the use of the same material for French and Spanish editions. With these: copy of a letter, July 7, 1969, from City
Lights.
box 9, folder 32
Pacifici, Sergio
1959-1960
Physical Description:
2 letters
box 9, folder 33
Packard, William
1958 Oct. 2
Physical Description:
1 letter
Pa'lante
Additional Note
See Schulman, Howard
box 9, folder 34
The Paris Review
1962-1966
Physical Description:
3 letters
box 9, folder 35
Parkinson, Thomas Francis, 1920-
1958-1970
Physical Description:
17 letters
Additional Note
With these: material relating to reprinting a photograph from
the San Francisco Chronicle in
Protect the Earth.
box 9, folder 36
Parnassus [magazine]
1963 July 30
Physical Description:
1 letter
Additional Note
From Richard Banks, editor.
box 9, folder 37
Parnassus Press, Berkeley, Calif.
1958 Mar. 24
Physical Description:
1 letter
Additional Note
From Herman Schein.
box 9, folder 38
Parra, Nicanor, 1914-
1958-1963.
Physical Description:
6 letters
Additional Note
See also Editorial files, carton 2 and Elliott, George
box 9, folder 39
Partisan Review
1968 Aug. 22
Physical Description:
1 letter
Additional Note
From Caroline Rand Herron.
box 9, folder 40
Paseyro, Ricardo
1965 Sept. 13
Physical Description:
1 letter
Additional Note
Re his essay on Pablo Neruda, "La Palabra Muerta de Pablo Neruda." With this: copy of
Le Mythe Neruda containing a French translation of the piece; Clayton Eshleman's English translation, "The Dead Word of Pablo Neruda" and
a broadside, "Carta Abierta a Pablo Neruda."
box 10, folder 1
Patchen, Kenneth, 1911-1972
1951-1967
Physical Description:
42 letters
Additional Note
With these: miscellaneous letters re publication of Patchen poems and cover design for City Lights edition of
Memoirs of a Shy Pornographer: and letter, Feb. 1, 1956, from Ferlinghetti.
See also Editorial files, carton 2
oversize 1, folder 1
Flyer "Kenneth Patchen Reads with the Chamber Jazz Sextet"
box 10, folder 2
Patchen, Miriam [Mrs. Kenneth Patchen]
1957-1967
Physical Description:
19 letters
box 10, folder 3
Payne, Les
1970
Physical Description:
2 letters
Additional Note
Transmitting snapshots of Jean Genet, taken during May Day 1970 in New Haven.
Peace News
Additional Note
See McGrath, Tom
box 10, folder 4
Pelieu, Claude
1965-1970,
undated
Physical Description:
62 letters
Additional Note
Some have added notes from Mary Beach. Many are undated.
See also Beach, Mary and Editorial files, carton 2
box 10, folder 5
Penguin Books Ltd.
1953-1969,
undated
Physical Description:
47 letters
Additional Note
Many refer to inclusion of Ginsberg poems in a projected volume of modern poets; some to the publication of Ferlinghetti's
translation of
Paroles by PrÉvert. Letters from Richard Newnham and Anthony Godwin included. With these: copies of 5 letters from Ferlinghetti.
box 10, folder 6
Penthouse Magazine
1965 Sept. 30
Physical Description:
1 letter
Additional Note
With this: copy of letter, Sept. 21, 1965, written by Ferlinghetti.
box 10, folder 7
Perret, Christopher, 1930-1965
1964-1965
Physical Description:
14 letters
Additional Note
With these: three letters from Anne Hedley written after Perret's death; and letter, Dec. 19, 1965, from poÉsie vivante.
See also Editorial files, carton 3
box 10, folder 8
Persky, Stan
1961,
undated
Physical Description:
2 letters
Picasso, Pablo
Additional Note
See Editorial files, carton 3
box 10, folder 9
Picasso, Paloma, 1949-
1969,
undated
Physical Description:
2 letters
box 10, folder 10
Pickard, Tom, 1946-
1965-1966,
undated
Physical Description:
4 letters
Pizey, John
Additional Note
See Grove Press, Inc.
box 10, folder 11
Pivano, Fernanda Sottsass
1960-1970,
undated
Physical Description:
39 letters
Additional Note
Most of them refer to her publishing ventures in Italy.
box 10, folder 12
Playboy
1964,
undated
Physical Description:
4 letters
Additional Note
From David Solomon, associate editor, and A. C. Spectorsky.
box 10, folder 13
Plymell, Charles, 1935-
1966-1969,
undated
Physical Description:
10 letters
Additional Note
See also Editorial files, carton 3
box 10, folder 14
Pocket Books, Inc.
1965 Nov. 9
Physical Description:
1 letter
Podell, Albert N.
Additional Note
See
Big Table
box 10, folder 15
Poetry
1957-1962
Physical Description:
5 letters
Additional Note
From Henry Rago and Robert Mueller. Some refer to the
Howl trial.
box 10, folder 16
The Poetry Center, San Francisco State College
1961-1970
Physical Description:
2 letters
Additional Note
From James Schevill and Mark Linenthal.
box 10, folder 17
The Poetry Book Society Ltd., London
1969 Mar. 6
Physical Description:
1 letter
Poets Press
Additional Note
See Di Prima, Diane and Marlowe, Alan
box 10, folder 18
Pollinger, Laurence
1965-1969
Physical Description:
11 letters
Additional Note
Writing as agent for Ferlinghetti.
box 10, folder 19
Pommy-Vega, Janine
1967 Jan. 9
Physical Description:
1 letter
Additional Note
See also Editorial files, carton 3
box 10, folder 20
Ponsot, Marie
1954-[1966?],
undated
Physical Description:
18 letters
Additional Note
See also Editorial files, carton 3
Poor Old Tired Horse [magazine]
Additional Note
See Finlay, Ian Hamilton
box 10, folder 21
Porter, Bernard H.
1959-1965,
undated
Physical Description:
7 letters
Additional Note
Signed Bern Porter.
Presence [magazine]
Additional Note
See Connell, Dan
box 10, folder 22
PrÉvert, Jacques
1952-1960,
undated
Physical Description:
17 letters
Additional Note
Letters from various individuals re publication of selections from his
Paroles. With these: copies of letters written by Ferlinghetti.
See also Editorial files, carton 3
box 10, folder 23
The Print Workshop
1956,
undated
Physical Description:
3 letters
Additional Note
From David Ruff.
box 10, folder 24
Proof [magazine]
1960 Feb. 6
Physical Description:
1 letter
box 10, folder 25
The Psychedelic Review
1963-1965
Physical Description:
9 letters
Additional Note
Primarily from Ralph Metzner, editor
box 10, folder 26
Pury, Marianne de
1970
Physical Description:
4 letters
Additional Note
Re Jean Genet's May Day speech, New Haven, 1970 and its publication by City Lights. Also with these: letter written on her
behalf by the secretary of the Open Theatre, Inc.
box 10, folder 27
Putnam's (G. P.) Sons
1957-1960
Physical Description:
3 letters
Additional Note
Letter, Aug. 22, 1960, refers to proposed "beat" anthology.
box 11, folder 1
Rachevsky, Zinaide
[1970]
Physical Description:
2 letters
Rago, Henry, 1915-
Additional Note
See
Poetry
box 11, folder 2
Ramparts
1962-1963
Physical Description:
3 letters
Additional Note
From Harry Stiehl, editor.
box 11, folder 3
Randall, Margaret
1962-1970
Physical Description:
37 letters
Additional Note
Many of them written on behalf of
El Corno Emplumado.
box 11, folder 4
Random House
1957-1969
Physical Description:
4 letters
Additional Note
Re rights for
Kora in Hell by William Carlos Williams and
Mount Analogue by Rene Daumal. With these: copies of four letters from City Lights.
box 11, folder 5
Rattray, David
1965,
undated
Physical Description:
4 letters
Additional Note
Refer to the Artaud anthology.
box 11, folder 6
Raworth, Tom
1961
Physical Description:
4 letters
Additional Note
Some written on behalf of
Outburst.
box 11, folder 7
Ray, Debi
1964-1965
Physical Description:
2 letters
Additional Note
With these: copy of letter, Mar. 3, 1965, from City Lights.
See also Editorial files, carton 3
box 11, folder 8
Red Clay [magazine]
1964-1966
Physical Description:
4 letters
Additional Note
From Charleen Swansea Whisnant, editor. Letters, July 10, 1964 and Jan. 11, 1966, refer to Ezra Pound.
box 11, folder 9
Reps, Paul, 1895-
1963-1964,
undated
Physical Description:
7 letters
box 11, folder 10
Resist
1969 July 22
Physical Description:
1 letter
Additional Note
Thanking Ferlinghetti for participating in Resist's benefit poetry readings.
box 11, folder 11
Rexroth, Kenneth, 1905-
1955-1966
Physical Description:
8 letters
Reynolds, Tim
Additional Note
See Beatitude Anthology correspondence
box 11, folder 12
Rhinozeros [magazine]
[1961],
undated
Physical Description:
3 letters
Additional Note
From Rolf-Gunter Dienst.
box 11, folder 13
Ridland, John
1969
Physical Description:
2 letters
Additional Note
Re John Bly's anti-Vietnam war poem.
box 11, folder 14
Rizzardi, Alfredo, 1927-
1959 Dec. 29
Physical Description:
1 letter
Additional Note
Re plans for an anthology of San Francisco poets.
box 11, folder 15
Rodman, Selden, 1909-
1969 July 12
Physical Description:
1 letter
box 11, folder 16
Rosenthal, Irving, 1912-
1958-1964
Physical Description:
8 letters
Additional Note
Some refer to the
Chicago Review,
Big Table and
Gnaoua. With these: photocopy of a memorandum from Rosalind Constable, Nov. 20, 1958, re the
Chicago Review.
box 11, folder 17
Rosenthal, Mark L.
1962-1966
Physical Description:
3 letters
Additional Note
Re his anthology of postwar British and American poetry.
box 11, folder 18
Roskolenko, Harry
1958 Nov. 5
Physical Description:
1 letter
Rosset, Barney
Additional Note
See Grove Press, Inc.
box 11, folder 19
Rothenberg, Jerome, 1931-
1958-1967
Physical Description:
33 letters
Additional Note
Most of them refer to his anthology of new German poetry published by City Lights. Some letters written while editor of
Some/Thing. With these: copy of letter, Mar. 16, 1959, written by Ferlinghetti.
box 11, folder 20
Rukeyser, Muriel, 1913-
1958 Dec. 9
Physical Description:
1 letter
box 11, folder 21
Russell, Bertrand Russell, 3d earl, 1872-1970
1962 Aug. 27
Physical Description:
1 letter
Additional Note
Also: letter, same date, written by his secretary; and letter, Sept. 28, 1966, from the Bertrand Russell Peace Foundation.
box 11, folder 22
Russell, Peter, 1921-
1963-1965
Physical Description:
6 letters
Additional Note
Included also: miscellaneous material re his publications, bookshop, etc.
box 11, folder 23
Russell, Phillips, 1884-
1960-1968
Physical Description:
7 letters
box 11, folder 24
Salamun, Tomaz
1970 Jan. 22
Physical Description:
1 letter
Additional Note
With this: letter, Jan. 13, 1970, from his translator, Filip Robar-Dorin.
See also Editorial files, carton 3
box 11, folder 25
Salazar Bondy, SebastiÁn, 1924-
1960
Physical Description:
2 letters
Salted Feathers
Additional Note
See Bakken, Dick
box 11, folder 26
San Francisco. Mayor
1966 Aug. 17
Physical Description:
1 letter
Additional Note
From John Francis Shelley, re the Arts Resources Development Committee.
box 11, folder 27
San Francisco. Public Library
1969 Sept. 4
Physical Description:
1 letter
Additional Note
With this: letter, Jan. 23, 1968, from Friends of the San Francisco Public Library.
box 11, folder 28
San Francisco Actor's Workshop Guild, Inc.
1961-1963,
undated
Physical Description:
8 letters
Additional Note
Include letters from Herbert Blau and Jules Irving.
box 11, folder 29
San Francisco Mime Troupe
1964-1967
Physical Description:
5 letters
box 11, folder 30
San Francisco Review
1958-1959,
undated
Physical Description:
3 letters
box 11, folder 31
Sanders, Ed, 1939-
1961-1964,
undated
Physical Description:
28 letters
Additional Note
Many refer to his magazine,
Fuck You.
Sankey, John V.
Additional Note
See Villiers Publications Ltd.
box 11, folder 32
Saporta, Marc, 1923-
undated
Physical Description:
1 letter
box 11, folder 33
Saturday Review
1968 Apr. 9
Physical Description:
1 letter
Additional Note
Photocopy of a letter from Richard L. Tobin to James Brown. With this: photocopy of a memo, Mar. 22, 1968, from John Ciardi
to Tobin. Re article on Ferlinghetti by Don Asher.
box 11, folder 34
[Scandinavian letters-miscellaneous]
1958-1967
Physical Description:
16 letters
Additional Note
From literary agents, publishers, bookshops, etc.
Schechner, Richard, 1934-
Additional Note
See Tulane Drama Review
box 11, folder 35
Scheer, Robert
[1963, Mar.]
Physical Description:
1 letter
Schevill, James Erwin, 1920-
Additional Note
See Poetry Center, San Francisco State College
box 11, folder 36
Schleifer, Marc
1961,
undated
Physical Description:
5 letters
Additional Note
The 1961 letter refers to
Kulchur; rest of the letters, undated, refer to Cuba.
Schorer, Mark, 1908-
Additional Note
See
Howl correspondence
box 11, folder 37
Schulman, Howard
1962-1963,
undated
Physical Description:
3 letters
Additional Note
Two written on behalf of
Pa'lante.
box 11, folder 38
Scorpion Press, Middlesex, Eng.
1959-1963
Physical Description:
4 letters
box 11, folder 39
Scribner's (Charles) Sons
1957-1969
Physical Description:
4 letters
Additional Note
With these: copies of two letters from Ferlinghetti.
Seaver, Richard
Additional Note
See Grove Press, Inc.
box 11, folder 40
Sergeyev, Andrei
undated
Physical Description:
1 letter
box 11, folder 41
Shakespeare and Company, Paris
1961-1967,
undated
Physical Description:
3 letters
Additional Note
From George Whitman.
box 11, folder 42
Shapiro, Karl Jay, 1913-
1959-1961
Physical Description:
4 letters
box 11, folder 43
Shattuck, Roger
1959-1968
Physical Description:
18 letters
Shelley, John Francis, 1905-
Additional Note
See San Francisco. Mayor
box 11, folder 44
Siegal, Barbara
undated
Physical Description:
3 letters
box 11, folder 45
Sillitoe, Alan
1965 Jan. 11
Physical Description:
1 letter
box 11, folder 46
Sirchuk, Mary
undated
Physical Description:
6 letters
Additional Note
With this: letter, Mar. 23, 1966, from Lou Stoumen re Mary Sirchuk.
See also Editorial files, carton 3
Smith, D. Vincent, 1933-
Additional Note
See
Olivant
box 12, folder 1
Snyder, Gary
1958-1969,
undated
Physical Description:
30 letters
Additional Note
See also Hennessy, Lois Snyder and Editorial files, carton 3
box 12, folder 2
SociÉtÉ des Editions du Soleil Noir
1965-1968
Physical Description:
4 letters
Additional Note
From Francois Dio. Re publication of J. P. Dupey's works and Ginsberg's Howl.
box 12, folder 3
Solomon, Carl W.
1957-1970
Physical Description:
7 letters
Additional Note
Also with these: letter, May 8, 1967, from his wife, Ann Shipman Solomon.
See also Editorial files, carton 3
Some/Thing [magazine]
Additional Note
See Rothenberg, Jerome
box 12, folder 4
Sontag, Susan, 1933-
[1964 June 15]
Physical Description:
1 letter
box 12, folder 5
[Spanish letters-miscellaneous]
1961-1965.
Physical Description:
7 letters
Additional Note
From publishers, booksellers, etc.
box 12, folder 6
Speyer, Lars
1966 Oct. 1
Physical Description:
1 letter
Spicer, Jack
Additional Note
See
Beatitude Anthology correspondence
box 12, folder 7
Spicer, James
1962 Nov. 28
Physical Description:
1 letter
Additional Note
Writing on behalf of The Living Theatre
box 12, folder 8
Spingarn, Lawrence Perry, 1917-
1959-1960
Physical Description:
2 letters
box 12, folder 9
Spoken Arts, Inc.
1966-1969
Physical Description:
4 letters
Spoleto Festival
Additional Note
See Festival Foundation, Inc.
box 12, folder 10
Stauffacher, Jack Werner, 1920-
1965 Jan. 26
Physical Description:
1 letter
box 12, folder 11
Stern, Gerd
1963-1965
Physical Description:
3 letters
Stiehl, Harry, 1927-
Additional Note
See
Ramparts
box 12, folder 12
Stolen Paper Review
1964
Physical Description:
3 letters
box 12, folder 13
Swallow, Alan, 1915-
1959-1960
Physical Description:
2 letters
Additional Note
Re The Swallow Press.
Swank
Additional Note
See Krim, Seymour
box 12, folder 14
Synanon House, San Francisco
1965 May 11
Physical Description:
1 letter
box 12, folder 15
Tallman, Warren
1963-1964
Physical Description:
4 letters
box 12, folder 16
Tate, James, 1943-
1970 Mar. 17
Physical Description:
1 letter
box 12, folder 17
Taylor, Simon Watson
1959(?)-1968,
undated
Physical Description:
8 letters
Additional Note
Most of them refer to the special issue of
Evergreen to be devoted to pataphysics.
box 12, folder 18
13 Productions, Inc.
1964-1967
Physical Description:
4 letters
box 12, folder 19
Thomas, Trevor
1958,
undated
Physical Description:
2 letters
box 12, folder 20
Tobias (Herb) & Associates, Inc.
1969
Physical Description:
2 letters
Additional Note
Re reprint permission for
Mount Analogue. With these: copy of a letter, Oct. 20, 1969, from City Lights.
box 12, folder 21
Tompkins Square Books, New York City
1967,
undated
Physical Description:
3 letters
box 12, folder 22
Topor, Roland, 1938-
1964-1969,
undated
Physical Description:
11 letters
Additional Note
Bulk are undated.
box 12, folder 23
The Transatlantic Review
undated
Physical Description:
2 letters
box 12, folder 24
Trimnell, Robert L.
1957-1959
Physical Description:
3 letters
Additional Note
Re
Trim's Guides.
box 12, folder 25
Trocchi, Alexander, 1925-
1964-1967
Physical Description:
4 letters
box 12, folder 26
Truitt, James
1959-1962,
undated
Physical Description:
10 letters
Additional Note
Written while associated with
Time and
The Washington Post.
box 12, folder 27
Tulane Drama Review
1963-1966
Physical Description:
24 letters
Additional Note
From Richard Schechner and Erika Munk. Most of them refer to the publication of Dennis Jasudowicz plays in The City Lights-
Tulane Drama Review Play Series.
box 12, folder 28
Turner, Ethel (Duffy), 1885-1969
1963 Dec. 19
Physical Description:
1 letter
box 12, folder 29
Tuttle (Charles E.) Co., Tokyo, Japan
1958-1959
Physical Description:
3 letters
Additional Note
Re estimates for book production.
box 12, folder 30
Twentieth Century-Fox Television, Inc.
1968 Mar. 2
Physical Description:
2 letters
Additional Note
Written in response to a letter, Mar. 7, from Ferlinghetti (copy included) re the TV production of
A Coney Island of the Mind.
box 12, folder 31
Two Cities [bookshop], Paris (Jean Fanchette)
1960-1962
Physical Description:
5 letters
box 12, folder 32
Tynan, Kenneth, 1927-
1960-1962
Physical Description:
2 letters
Additional Note
Letter & telegram. With this: letter, Jan. 24, [1962] from Iris Productions Limited.
box 12, folder 33
Unicorn Press, Santa Barbara, Calif.
1967
Physical Description:
2 letters
Additional Note
From Alan Brilliant.
box 12, folder 34
Union de Escritores y Artistas de Cuba
1968-1969
Physical Description:
2 letters
box 12, folder 35
U.S. Bureau of Customs
1957-1962
Physical Description:
3 letters
Additional Note
Re custom regulations with regard to pornographic literature, seizures, etc.
box 12, folder 36
U.S. Library of Congress
1955-1970
Physical Description:
21 letters
Additional Note
With these: copy of a letter, May 3, 1965, from the business manager of City Lights.
box 12, folder 37
Upton, Charles, 1948-
1968,
undated
Physical Description:
4 letters
box 12, folder 38
VarÉse, Louise (McCutcheon), 1890-
1962-1963
Physical Description:
8 letters
Additional Note
Re her translation of Henri Michaux's
Miserable Miracle.
box 12, folder 39
Vassilikos, Vassilis
1960-1961
Physical Description:
2 letters
box 12, folder 40
VÁzquez Amaral, JosÉ
1960 Mar. 7
Physical Description:
1 letter
box 12, folder 41
Venture [magazine]
1959 Sept. 7
Physical Description:
1 letter
Additional Note
From Joseph Friedman.
box 13, folder 1
The Village Voice
1963-1966.
Physical Description:
5 letters
Additional Note
From Edwin Fancher, John Wilcox and Fred W. McDarrah.
box 13, folder 2-4
Villiers Publications Ltd.
1955-1970,
undated
Physical Description:
211 letters
Additional Note
Firm which printed many City Lights books. Letters are from both the London and Hollywood offices; primarily from John V.
Sankey and James B. May. With these: copies of two letters, 1956 & 1957, written by Ferlinghetti; invoices; and other miscellaneous
papers.
box 13, folder 5
Voznesenskii, Andrei Andreevich
1966-1968
Physical Description:
2 letters
Additional Note
With these: copy of letter, Apr. 8, 1966, from Ferlinghetti; and clippings and miscellaneous papers.
box 13, folder 6
Walsh, Chad, 1914-
1961 Aug. 28
Physical Description:
1 letter
box 13, folder 7
War Resisters League
1965
Physical Description:
2 letters
Additional Note
Re proposal to refuse to pay federal income tax.
box 13, folder 8
Watts, Alan Wilson, 1915-
1958-1959,
undated
Physical Description:
4 letters
Additional Note
See also Editorial files, carton 3
Webb, Jon Edgar
Additional Note
See
The Outsider
box 13, folder 9
Weissner, Carl
1969.
Physical Description:
2 letters
box 13, folder 10
Whalen, Philip
1962-1969,
undated
Physical Description:
7 letters
Whisnant, Charleen Swansea
Additional Note
See
Red Clay
box 13, folder 11
Whitehead, Peter
1965-1969
Physical Description:
14 letters
Additional Note
Several refer to his documentary film of a number of poets reading "beat" poetry at Albert HaIl, London, 1965.
Whitman, George
Additional Note
See Shakespeare and Company
box 13, folder 12
Wickes, George
1962
Physical Description:
2 letters
box 13, folder 13
Wieners, John, 1934-
1966-1970
Physical Description:
5 letters
box 13, folder 14
Wilbur, Richard, 1921-
1956 Jan. 8
Physical Description:
1 letter
Wilcox, John
Additional Note
See
The Village Voice
The Wild Hawthorne Press
Additional Note
See Finlay, Ian Hamilton
box 13, folder 15
Wilentz, Elias
1960-1966
Physical Description:
3 letters
box 13, folder 16
Wilentz, Theodore
1958-1969
Physical Description:
18 letters
Additional Note
Some written on behalf of The Eighth Street Bookshop, Inc., New York. With these: letter written by his wife, Joan.
box 13, folder 17
Willer, Claudio
1966 Jan. 10
Physical Description:
1 letter
Additional Note
Written from SÃo Paulo, Brazil, re a reading of beat poetry, selected and translated by Mario Chamie.
box 13, folder 18
Williams, Jonathan
1955-1964
Physical Description:
44 letters
Additional Note
Most of them refer to Jargon publications.
box 13, folder 19
Williams, Oscar, 1900-1964
undated
Physical Description:
1 letter
box 13, folder 20
Williams, William Carlos, 1883-1963
1955-1959.
Physical Description:
17 letters
Additional Note
Most of them refer to City Lights publication of
Kora in Hell. With these: three letters, 1962-1965, written by his wife, Florence.
See also Editorial files, carton 3
box 13, folder 21
Wilson, Colin, 1931-
1966-1969.
Physical Description:
10 letters
Additional Note
See also Editorial files, carton 3
box 13, folder 22
Winslow, Peter
1970 Apr. 24
Physical Description:
1 letter
box 13, folder 23
Winters, Yvor, 1900-1968
1956 Aug. 13
Physical Description:
1 letter
Additional Note
With this: copy of Ferlinghetti's reply, Aug. 15, 1956. Available on microfilm.
box 13, folder 24
Witt-Diamant, Ruth
1959-1967
Physical Description:
4 letters
Additional Note
Some written on behalf of The Poetry Center, San Francisco State College.
Yevtushenko, Yevgeny
Additional Note
See Evtushenko, Eugenii Aleksandrovich
box 13, folder 25
Yu Suwa
1959-1960
Physical Description:
6 letters
Additional Note
Re translations of City Lights poets into Japanese.
box 13, folder 26
Zahn, Curtis
undated
Physical Description:
4 letters
Additional Note
One written on behalf of
Coastlines Literary Magazine.
box 13, folder 27
Zen Mountain Center, Tassajara Springs. Calif.
1969 Sept. 26
Physical Description:
1 letter
Additional Note
From Peter Schneider, director.
box 13, folder 28
Unidentified Correspondents
1956-1978
Physical Description:
32 letters
box 13, folder 29
Zukofsky, Louis, 1904-
1955-1962
Physical Description:
3 letters
box 13, folder 30
Letters from rare book libraries, rare book dealers, etc.
1958-1970,
undated
Physical Description:
27 letters
Miscellaneous letters re Ferlinghetti plays
Additional Note
Fan mail, letters from little theater groups, etc.
Transferred to BANC MSS 90/30 c.
Miscellaneous letters re poetry readings
1958-1970
Additional Note
Transferred to BANC MSS 90/30 c.
box 14, folder 1-4
Correspondence Miscellany (unlisted letters)
undated
Editorial and Administrative Files,
1953-1977. Series 2:
Arrangement
Arranged hierarchically. Subdivided into Editorial Files, Lawrence Ferlinghetti Files, and City Lights Bookstore and Publishing
Files.
Editorial Files,
1953-1970. Subseries 2.1:
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically.
Scope and Content Note
Editorial files constitute the bulk of the series, and may include any of the following types of material: copies of poems
submitted for publication; proofs of City Lights publications; printer's copies of MSS; galleys; mock-ups, etc.
carton 1, folder 1
Abramson, Martin P.
1964-1965
Additional Note
Typescript copies of poems, including "Patron of the Arts," "Memorandum," "Heritage One," "The Burial, and Transformation.
"
carton 1, folder 2
Andrews, George
undated
Additional Note
Typescript copy of poem, "Delphic Delirium"
carton 1, folder 3-4
Antonin Artaud Anthology (City Lights Books, 1965)
1965-1968,
undated
Additional Note
Unbound copy of second edition revised; copies of photographs used; [draft of Ferlinghetti's cover blurb (Transferred to BANC
MSS 90/30 c)]; printer's copy for table of contents, Artaud chronology and bibliography; translation of Artaud's poetry, photocopies
of printed versions of some of Artaud's works, etc.; clippings of reviews.
carton 1, folder 5
Beatitude Anthology (City Lights Books, 1960)
1960
Additional Note
Brown-line proof; certification registration of a claim to copyright.
carton 1, folder 6
Beatitude #17 (City Lights Books, 1960)
1960,
undated
Additional Note
Printer's copy of portions of the issue; copies of poems not used; clipping.
carton 1, folder 7
Beck, Julian
1962
undated
Additional Note
Three sections from his MS, The Life of the Theatre (typescript); fragment from his Travel Diary (typescript).
oversize 1, folder 2
Poem and drawing, "Paradise Now."
OZ, July 12-25, 1968.
1968 July 12-25
carton 1, folder 8
Bly, Robert
undated
Additional Note
Holograph poem, "Ode for George Hitchcock"
carton 1, folder 9
Bowles, Paul Frederic
1969,
undated
Additional Note
Galleys and page proofs for
M'hashish, translated by Bowles (City Lights Books, 1969); printer's copy for cover blurb; galleys for
A Hundred Camels in the Courtyard (City Lights Books, 1962); negatives for cover; photographs.
carton 1, folder 10
Brakhage, Stan
1960,
undated
Additional Note
MSS: "From Carolee Schneeman;" "Metaphors on Vision;" "Move Meant;" and "State Meant." Typescript and photocopies.
carton 1, folder 11
Brodey, James
1962,
undated
Additional Note
Typescript copies of poems; holograph statement: Now about 'Home Numbers.'
carton 1, folder 12
Brown, Kenneth H.
1963,
undated
Additional Note
Typescript copies of poems.
carton 1, folder 13
Burleson, Bob
undated
Additional Note
MS (typescript) of "Shechinah: A Mime with Light;" photocopy of Ms of his play, "Ubu Roscoe or Our Gorgon's Glare in Thought,
The Transparent Shield."
carton 1, folder 14
Burroughs, William S.
undated
Additional Note
Corrected galleys and page proofs for
The Yage Letters; proof and photo negative for cover; printer's copy of text and cover blurb.
carton 1, folder 15
Celine, Louis-Ferdinand
1963-1964,
undated
Additional Note
Typescript copies of essays about Celine and his own writings, primarily unpublished prefaces.
carton 1, folder 16
Choudhury, Malay Roy
undated
Additional Note
Typescript copy (signed) of poem, "Stark Electric Carpenter."
carton 1, folder 17
City Lights Journal, Number One
1961-1963,
undated
Additional Note
Page proofs; proof for cover; printer's copy of text (some original MSS).
carton 1, folder 18-20
City Lights Journal, Number Three
1961-1966,
undated
Additional Note
Photograph for cover; printer's copy of text (some original MSS); galleys; unused material.
carton 1, folder 21
Combs, Tram
1961
Additional Note
Typescript copies of his poems collected under the title,
but never mind.
carton 1, folder 22
Corso, Gregory
1965-1970
undated
Additional Note
Typescript copies of poems: "Immutable Moods;" "An American in Suspension;" "Geometric Poem of Egyptics and Else;" "Bomb;"
and "Uccello;" photocopies of MS of original poem, "Elegaic Feelings American," and the version, "Spontaneous Requiem for
an American," sent to
Evergreen Review.
oversize 1A
Original MS: "The Last President," pasted on wrapping paper, folded. [Ferlinghetti's note on the envelope: "Gregory Corso
original manuscript for Posters Fall-1969. Done at City Lights 1969."]
1969
carton 1, folder 23
Cossery, Albert
undated
Additional Note
Proofs for title page and cover of
Men God Forgot.
carton 1, folder 24
Dahlberg, Edward
1961
Additional Note
Printer's copy of preface of
Bottom Dogs.
carton 1, folder 25
Daumal, RenÉ
1967,
undated
carton 1, folder 26
Doyle, Kirby
undated
Additional Note
Galleys for
Angel Faint; typescript copy of poem, "Zahir"
carton 1, folder 27
Echeverria, Serge C.
1969
Additional Note
Typescript copy of poem, "One More Birthday"
carton 1, folder 28
Ecology Manifestos
1969-1972,
undated
Additional Note
Copies of news letters of
Earth Read-Out; printed statements from Ecology Action and other ecology-oriented groups.
carton 1, folder 29
Eluard, Paul
1948,
undated
Additional Note
Mary Beach's translations of his political poems, with introduction by Claude Pelieu; printed edition of
PoÈmes Politiques.
carton 1, folder 30
Eshleman, Clayton
1962-1963
Additional Note
Typescript copy of his translation of Pablo Neruda's poem, "Ode to Cesar Vallejo;" typescript copy of his short story, "The
Rat."
carton 1, folder 31
Fainlight, Harry
undated
Additional Note
Photocopy of typescript copy of
London: A Book of Poems.
carton 1, folder 32
Fakir, Asoke
undated
Additional Note
Typescript copies of translations of poems of Nazrul Islam and translations of Baul Songs.
carton 2, folder 1
Fenellosa, Ernest
1962-1964,
undated
Additional Note
Page proofs of
The Chinese Written Character as a Medium for Poetry; copy for the cover blurb; quotation for production by the Peninsula Lithograph Co.; cover by Ferlinghetti, from a drawing
of Ezra Pound by Martinelli (not used).
carton 2, folder 2
Fowler, Gene
1969
Additional Note
Typed copy of his poem, "A Day in the Zapp"
carton 2, folder 3
Gallagher, Patrick
1966,
undated
Additional Note
Typescript copy of poems, "Sauce for the Goose"
carton 2, folder 4
Genet, Jean
1964-1970,
undated
Additional Note
Photocopy of typescript of his May Day Speech delivered 1970 at Yale University; photocopy of English translation of the speech
with printer's copy of Allen Ginsberg's introduction and an appendix containing text not read in New Haven; typescript of
"Love Song" translated into English by Mary Beach; mimeographed copy of "Un Chant d'Amour," translated by Frank O'Hara from
Fuck You: A Magazine of the Arts, No. 5, v. 6
carton 2, folder 5-7
Ginsberg, Allen
1970
undated
Additional Note
Dummy for cover of
Howl; jacket blurb
for Indian Journals; proofs for 2nd American offset printing of
Planet News; typescript copies of poems, "Fragment 1957" and "Pentagon Exorcism;" photocopies and mimeographed reprints of poems appearing
in various publications; mock-up for covers of
Airplane Dreams; reproduction proof for
Indian Journals and
Kaddish; cover dummy for Ginsburg's
Indian Journals
oversize 2A
Reproduction proofs for Allen Ginsburg's
Kaddish [MISSING, 3/2005]
oversize 1, folder 3
Mock-up of ad for books by Allen Ginsberg BANC MSS 72/107 c
Scope and Content Note
Illustration of a star-spangled Allen Ginsberg with wings.
carton 2, folder 9
Group 47
undated
Additional Note
Copies of German poems and other writings. Translated into English by Carl Weissner; photocopies of pages from books of contemporary
German poetry containing works to be considered for the projected anthology.
carton 2, folder 10
Guest, Barbara
1966-1967,
undated
Additional Note
Typescript copy of three poems
carton 2, folder 11
Hollo, Anselm
1962-1966,
undated
Additional Note
Proofs for introduction for
Red Cats; typescript copies of some of his own poems and poems translated by him, including poems by Andrei Voznessensky.
carton 2, folder 12
Horovitz, Michael
1966,
undated
Additional Note
Poem, "Bank Holiday" (revised typescripts, two versions and his notes; poem, "Poetry for the People" (typescript); notes for
a record sleeve.
carton 2, folder 13
Jasudowicz, Dennis
1965-1969,
undated
Additional Note
Revised and corrected copy of
Flea Street (City Lights Books, 1965) for second printing; MS of his play,
The Brishits (typescript).
carton 2, folder 14
Joans, Ted
1962-1967
Additional Note
Revised typescript of poem, "Afrique Accidentale;" mimeographed copies of other poems.
carton 2, folder 15
Jodorowsky, Alexandro
1965,
undated
Additional Note
MSS: translation of "Towards Ephemeral Panic or Removing the Theater from the Theater" into English; melodrame "Sacramentel
de Alexandro Jodorowsky;" translation of "Panic Games" into English; and marked copy of "Juegos PÁnicos."
carton 2, folder 16
Johnson, Kay
1961-1968,
undated
Additional Note
Galleys for
Human Songs; MSS of poems (typescript; some with corrections and revisions).
carton 2, folder 17
Jouffroy, Alain
1965,
undated
Additional Note
Photocopy of MS of "La PlongÉe."
carton 2, folder 18
Journal for the Protection of All Beings
1961-1963,
undated
Additional Note
Copy for table of contents and introduction; mock-up for cover.
carton 2, folder 19
Kaufman, Bob
1959-1967,
undated
Additional Note
Mock-up for cover of
Golden Sardine; copy for jacket blurb; printer's copy of
Golden Sardine; MS of portion of a novel-in-progress (revised typescript) published as
Does the Secret Mind Whisper; printer's copy of
The Abomunist Manifesto; printer's copy of
Second April; MSS of poems and other writings.
carton 2, folder 20
Kerouac, Jack
undated
Additional Note
MS for
Pull my Daisy (Typescript, carbon); MS of "An Excerpt from "Paraphrase of the Diamond Sutra: The Diamond Cutter of the Act of Wisdom" (typescript).
carton 2, folder 21
Lebel, Jean-Jacques
1969,
undated
Additional Note
Introduction to
Little Sur Anthology (holograph); untitled MS about Berkeley (holograph).
carton 2, folder 22
Levine, Stephen
1968
Additional Note
Photocopy of MS of poem, "Navigations on a Journey to Deathrow."
carton 2, folder 23
Margolis, Morton
1960-1963,
undated
Additional Note
MSS of poems, sketches, stories-some holograph, some typescript.
carton 2, folder 24
Marshall, Herbert
1941-1965,
undated
Additional Note
MSS of translations of poems by Russian poets.
carton 2, folder 25
McClure, Michael
1963-1967,
undated
Additional Note
Revised and corrected copy of
Meat Science Essays for a 2nd edition; corrected page proofs for the 2nd edition; McClure's suggestions for cover blurb, preface and introduction;
article, "Defense of Jayne Mansfield," clipped from
Film Culture, with instructions to printer for reprint.
carton 2, folder 26
Meimaris, Spyros
undated
Additional Note
MS of poem, "Factory Poem" (typescript, signed).
carton 2, folder 27
Merton, Thomas
1961,
undated
Additional Note
MS of
Original Child Bomb (typescript, carbon, corrected); mimeographed copy of "The Good Samaritan."
carton 2, folder 28
Montgomery, John
1965,
undated
Additional Note
MSS of poems (typescript) and a short story; broadsides of two poems.
carton 2, folder 29
Moore, Daniel
undated
Additional Note
Notes for jacket blurb for
Dawn Visions; instructions to printer for setting
Dawn Visions; MS of poem, "The Crosslegged Hut," with illustrations (holograph); MS of his translation of a poem by Artaud (typescript).
carton 2, folder 30
Ngoma, Florian Alphonse
1961-1964,
undated
Additional Note
MSS of poems (typescript); English translations of some of his poems by Mary Beach.
carton 2, folder 31
Nichols, Robert
undated
Additional Note
MS of poem, "The Man Who Sold Mahatma Ghandi Life Insurance" (typescript); corrected copy of
Slow Newsreel of Man Riding Train.
carton 2, folder 32
O'Hara, Frank
1953-1964,
undated
Additional Note
Page proofs for
Lunch Poems; MSS of two poems, "How To Get There" and "Rhapsody" (typescript); mimeographed copy of poem, "In the Movies."
carton 2, folder 33
On the Barricades
1968,
undated
Additional Note
Paste-up copy.
carton 2, folder 34
Orlovsky, Peter
1964
Additional Note
Copies of poems, printed and mimeographed.
carton 2, folder 35
Parra, Nicanor
undated
Additional Note
Printer's copy and text for cover blurb for "The Vices of the Modern World;" MSS (typescript) of poems, including "The Individual's
Soloquy" translated by Allen Ginsberg.
carton 2, folder 36
Patchen, Kenneth
1960
Additional Note
Page proofs for
The Love Poems of Kenneth Patchen; text for cover blurb.
carton 2, folder 37-40
Pelieu, Claude
1964-1969
undated
Additional Note
MSS of poems, sketches, stories, etc.
oversize 1, folder 4
Photocopy of article "Moments littÉraires"
Gazette de Lausanne, June 6, 1969.
1969 June 6
carton 3, folder 1
Perret, Christopher
1965,
undated
Additional Note
MSS of poems, primarily typescript; one holograph copy, "There's More to this One Night..."
carton 3, folder 2
Picasso, Pablo
1967,
undated
Additional Note
Mimeographed copy of MS of his play,
Desire Caught by the Tail; another version with title,
Desire; typescript copy of Paul Blackburn's translation of Picasso's poem, "Hunk of Skin."
carton 3, folder 3
Plymell, Charles
1962-1966,
undated
Additional Note
MSS of poems (typescript)
carton 3, folder 4
Pommy-Vega, Janine
1968
Additional Note
Page proofs for Poems to Fernando; photocopy of a corrected poem for inclusion.
carton 3, folder 5
Ponsot, Marie
undated
Additional Note
MSS of poems (typescript; some with revisions).
carton 3, folder 6
PrÉvert, Jacques
1964
Additional Note
Text of Ferlinghetti's translator's note for Selections from Paroles, transferred to BANC MSS 90/30 c.
carton 3, folder 7
Ratcliffe, Michael
undated
carton 3, folder 9
Ray, Debi
undated
Additional Note
MS of a play (typescript); holograph and typescript copies of poems; MS of a short story (typescript).
carton 3, folder 19
Salamun, Tomaz
undated
Additional Note
MSS of translations of his poems by Robar-Dorin.
carton 3, folder 11
Sirchuk, Mary
1964-1966,
undated
Additional Note
MSS of poems (typescript).
carton 3, folder 12
Snyder, Gary
1963-1967,
undated
Additional Note
MSS of two poems: "Maya" and "A Curse on the Men in Washington Pentagon."
carton 3, folder 13
Solomon, Carl W.
1960-1968,
undated
Additional Note
Printer's copy and negative of photo for cover of More Mishaps.
carton 3, folder 15
Trachis, Carl
1965-1966,
undated
Additional Note
MSS of short stories.
carton 3, folder 16
Watts, Alan Wilson
1959
Additional Note
Printer's copy of Beat Zen, Square Zen, and Zen.
carton 3, folder 17
Williams, William Carlos
1957
Additional Note
Williams prologue to reprint of Kora in Hell and text for preliminary pages.
carton 3, folder 18
Wilson, Colin
1969
Additional Note
Galleys for Poetry and Mysticism.
Lawrence Ferlinghetti Files Subseries 2.2:
Additional Note
Transferred to BANC MSS 90/30 c:
Personalia; biographical information; genealogical information; transcript of a taped interview with Paul Carroll for Harper's;
statements made by Ferlinghetti, etc.
Miscellaneous letters written by Ferlinghetti. Most of the Ferlinghetti letters in the collection have been kept with the
related incoming letters and are noted in the list of correspondents.
Writings - galleys, photocopies of MSS, etc.
Translations of Ferlinghetti material - tear sheets, clippings, pamphlets, etc.
Reviews and programs for plays written by Ferlinghetti; publication announcements; miscellaneous letters re permission for
performance, etc.
Clippings and tear sheets of articles, poems, etc. written by Ferlinghetti
Papers re his real estate in Monterey and Marin Counties
Royalty statements, copyrights, income tax statements, miscellaneous financial papers
City Lights Bookstore and Publishing Administrative Files,
1953-1977. Subseries 2.3:
Arrangement
Arranged hierarchically.
Scope and Content Note
Consists of administrative documents pertaining to the running of the bookstore and publishing of City Lights Books, including
contracts, publicity, programs, and some general correspondence. Included here as well are papers and clippings pertaining
to the
Howl obscenity trial.
carton 3, folder 19
Lists of City Lights publications
1961-1977
carton 3, folder 20
Publicity: ads, press releases, flyers, radio scripts, etc.
1954-1969
undated
carton 3, folder 20
City Lights advertisement, San Francisco Chronicle, p. 34
1962 September 16 BANC MSS 72/107 c
Scope and Content Note
Advertisement headline: News from City Lights.
carton 3, folder 20
City Lights advertisement, San Francisco Chronicle, p. 22
1957 December 1 BANC MSS 72/107 c
Scope and Content Note
Ad text: We have all the books you can't find in the library.
carton 3, folder 21
Miscellaneous letters re advertising, 1953-1970: Primarily letters to and from publishing houses re advertising books in City
Lights bookstore.
1953-1970
carton 3, folder 22
Letters and quotations from printing firms
1955-1970,
undated
carton 3, folder 23
Papers regarding formation of copartnership with Peter Martin; notice of intent to sell; agreements; inventory papers; financial
statements, etc. Some related correspondence.
1953-1966,
undated
carton 3, folder 24
Reprint fees: miscellaneous letters, permission forms, statements, etc.
1964-1969,
undated
carton 3, folder 25
Mailing: requests to be put on review lists; lists of reviewers; notes; addresses, etc.
1955-1970,
undated
carton 3, folder 26
Contracts: sample contracts; copies of contracts
1954-1969,
undated
Photographs: (Transferred to Pictorial collection)
Additional Note
Primarily photographs of the exterior of the bookstore. Most of the photographs of the authors represented in the collection
have been removed and placed in the portrait collection.
carton 3, folder 27
Notes on foreign bookstores
1960-1961,
undated
carton 3, folder 28
Notes on foreign poets; addresses, etc.
1948-1968,
undated
carton 3, folder 29
Miscellaneous notes and addresses
1956-1964,
undated
carton 3, folder 30
Forms used by City Lights Books
undated
carton 3, folder 31
Programs for poetry readings; announcements of exhibits, etc.
1955-1968,
undated
carton 3, folder 32
Poem postcards, ideas for
1958,
undated
carton 3, folder 33
Miscellany
1956-1970,
undated
carton 4, folder 1-2
Clippings and miscellaneous papers re Allen Ginsberg
1957-1969
oversize 3A
Article, "Battle of the Books is On."
San Francisco Chronicle, August 17, 1957.
1957 August 17
carton 4, folder 3-6
Clippings, legal documents and miscellaneous papers relating to the
Howl trial
1956-1965
undated
oversize 1, folder 5
Article, "Big Day for Bards at Bay," LIFE magazine
1957 September 9
oversize 1, folder 5
LIFE magazine cover
1957 September 9
Scope and Content Note
Cover to magazine that contains article, "Big Day for Bards at Bay."
carton 4, folder 7
Clippings and miscellaneous items re Ezra Pound
1962-1965,
undated
carton 4, folder 8
Clippings regarding writers' forum, University of ConcepciÓn, Chile [bulk missing, 02/25/05]
1960 January
Clippings, mainly regarding Ferlinghetti
Additional Note
Transferred to BANC MSS 90/30 c.
carton 4, folder 9-13
Clippings regarding the bookstore, various poets, City Lights publications, etc.
1953-1970,
undated
oversize 4A
Kupferberg, Tuli. "Yiggers, Blonkies, & Crackers: Philosophies of Murder."
San Francisco Express Times.
1968 May 2
oversize 1, folder 6
Article regarding Hemingway, "The Call of Danger,"
LIFE.
1961 July 14
oversize 1, folder 7
Article regarding Fidel Castro, "Cuba: Revolutionary Rags to Riches," The New York Times Magazine.
1974 December 1
carton 4, folder 14-15
Miscellaneous printed materials
1963-1969