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BANC MSS 2006/179
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Collection Title: Philip Lamantia papers
Date (inclusive): 1944-2005
Collection Number: BANC MSS 2006/179
Creators :
Lamantia, Philip, 1927-2005
Extent:
Number of containers: 24 cartons, 1 box, 1 oversize box, 1 oversize folder
Linear feet: 30.4
Repository: The Bancroft Library
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, California, 94720-6000
Phone: (510) 642-6481
Fax: (510) 642-7589
Email: bancref@library.berkeley.edu
URL: http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/
Abstract: The Philip Lamantia Papers consist of correspondence, general files and personal papers. Correspondence is both incoming
and outgoing, and correspondents include contemporary writers, publishers and publishing companies, members of the Surrealist
Movement and Lamantia's mother and friends. General files make up the bulk of the collection and consist of writings by Lamantia
in the forms of proofs, manuscripts, typescripts, drafts of poems and prose, and notebooks. General files also contain works
by contemporary writers, publicity and professional materials, materials from courses taught at San Francisco Art Institute,
and research materials. Personal papers include documents belonging and pertaining to Philip's parents, Nunzio and Mary Lamantia,
papers and scrapbooks from Philip's childhood, marriage and divorce records, and other papers. Materials removed from individual
books from the Philip Lamantia Library are included throughout the collection.
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.
Collection is open for research.
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, 94270-6000. Consent is given on behalf of The
Bancroft Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission from the copyright
owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright owner. See:
http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/reference/permissions.html .
Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research
and educational purposes.
[Identification of item], Philip Lamantia Papers, BANC MSS 2006/179, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
There are no alternate forms of this collection.
Printed materials have been transferred to the book collection of The Bancroft Library. Photographs have been transferred
to the Pictorial Collections of The Bancroft Library. Videotapes and sound recordings have been transferred to the Microforms
Collections of The Bancroft Library.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Lamantia, Philip, 1927-2005--Archives
Ginsberg, Allen, 1926-1997--Correspondence
McClure, Michael--Correspondence
Kerouac, Jack, 1922-1969--Correspondence
Rosemont, Franklin--Correspondence
San Francisco Art Institute
Authors, American--20th century
Surrealism (Literature)--United States
Manuscripts for publication.
The Philip Lamantia Papers were purchased by The Bancroft Library on October 17, 2005.
No additions are expected.
Processed at the container level by Lucy Allen in 2006.
Arranged to the container level.
Scope and Content of Collection
The Philip Lamantia Papers consist of correspondence, general files and personal papers. Correspondence is both incoming
and outgoing, and correspondents include contemporary writers, publishers and publishing companies, members of the Surrealist
Movement and Lamantia's mother and friends. General files make up the bulk of the collection and consist of writings by Lamantia
in the forms of proofs, manuscripts, typescripts, drafts of poems and prose, and notebooks. General files also contain works
by contemporary writers, publicity and professional materials, materials from courses taught at San Francisco Art Institute,
and research materials. Personal papers include documents belonging and pertaining to Philip's parents, Nunzio and Mary Lamantia,
papers and scrapbooks from Philip's childhood, marriage and divorce papers, and other papers. Materials removed from the
Philip Lamantia Library are included throughout the collection, by date.