Original accessions, received between 1978 and 1990.
A_box 1, folder 1
Bisland, Pressley
[1935?]
A_box 1, folder 2
Bisland, Mrs. Pressley
[1940s]
A_box 1, folder 3
Bisland, Mrs. Pressley
n.d.
A_box 1, folder 4
Bisland Family Photos
[1940s]
A_box 1, folder 5
Pencil Drawing of "Larry" by Mrs. Clark Walter
1939
A_box 1, folder 6
Ferlinghetti, Lawrence
[1940s]
A_box 1, folder 9
Ferlinghetti's Ship USS SC-1308
1945, July 19
A_box 1, folder 9
Ship SC1061 tied at dock next to unidentified ship. BANC PIC 1990_095__A
July 1945
Note
This material was selectively digitized from a larger resource or collection.
A_box 1, folder 9
Sailors and gear at dock. BANC PIC 1990_095__A
July 1945
Note
This material was selectively digitized from a larger resource or collection.
A_box 1, folder 10
Ferling Family Photos
1950-1968
A_box 1, folder 11
Ferlinghetti, Clemence Monsanto
[1940s], [1950s]
A_box 1, folder 12
Kirby and Lawrence Ferlinghetti Family Photos
1950-1966
A_box 1, folder 13
Ferlinghetti, Julie
1966-1976
A_box 1, folder 14
Ferlinghetti, Lorenzo
1970-1976
A_box 1, folder 15
Ferlinghetti, Kirby, Julie and Lorenzo
1980, Dec.
A_box 1, folder 16
Ferlinghetti, Lawrence
1939-1990
A_box 1, folder 17
Lawrence Ferlinghetti by Chris Felver
1981
A_box 1, folder 18
LF Portrait by Phillip Behymer
1983
A_box 1, folder 19
Lawrence Ferlinghetti by Andre Shan Lima
1985 Summer
A_box 1, folder 20
Rome; The Dinner in the Studio
1984, Sept.
A_box 1, folder 21
Miscellaneous Photos
1978, 1990
A_box 1, folder 22
Clemence Monsanto Ferlinghetti, Charles and Lillian Ferlinghetti
1939?
A_box 2, folder 1
Photos by Harry Redl
1955-1959
A_box 2, folder 2
Poets and friends outside City Lights bookstore as firemen respond to false fire alarm. BANC PIC 1990_095__A
December 5, 1965
Note
This material was selectively digitized from a larger resource or collection.
Note
Identification and date from related negatives in Fang family San Francisco Examiner photograph archive negative files, BANC
PIC 2006.029:139793.01--NEG.
A_box 2, folder 3
Portraits of Lawrence Ferlinghetti
1965, 1968, 1977
A_box 2, folder 4
Miscellaneous Photos
1970s
A_box 2, folder 5
Ferlinghetti and Voznesensky in Las Vegas at City Lights
1971, Nov. 13
A_box 2, folder 6
Coney Island of the Mind, Berkeley
1971
A_box 2, folder 7
Amsterdam and Paris trip photographed by Marti Mueller
1980
A_box 2, folder 8
Nicaragua(?) (color photographs)
1984
A_box 2, folder 9
"LF and Friends" photos used for the Silesky Biography. (Includes Kenneth Tynan)
1950s
A_box 2, folder 10
"LF and Friends" photos used for the Barry Silesky Biography. (Includes Jean Jacques Lebel and Andrei Voznesenski)
1960s
A_box 2, folder 11
"LF and Friends" photos used for the Barry Silesky Biography. (Includes Ginsberg, Corso, Patchen, Rexroth, McCLure, Snyder,
Orlovsky, Joanne McClure, Shigeyoshi Murao and Yevtushenko.)
1970s
A_box 2, folder 12
"LF and Friends" photos used for the Silesky Biography. (Includes Ginsberg, Studs Terkel, Alexander Cockburn, and Gary Snyder.)
1980s
A_box 2, folder 13-14
Nicaragua trip, 1984 (51 photoprints, 3 negatives)
1984
A_box 2, folder 15
Nicaragua trip: (25 contact sheets by Chris Felver)
1984, Feb.
NEG_box (strip) misc. 6
Negatives of important personal photos
Scope and Contents
30 negatives, described by Ferlinghetti as "important personal photos".
PIC_box 1
Portraits of Lawrence Ferlinghetti. 1950s, 1960s.
PIC_box 1
Snapshots of Julie Ferlinghetti. circa 1970s.
PIC_box 1
Colored snapshots of Bixby Pond House. 1977. [Corresponding negatives housed in NEG(strip) misc. box 6.]
PIC_box 1
Miscellaneous snapshots. 1980s-2015.
PIC_box 1
Lawrence Ferlinghetti in Berkeley e.g. KALA (by Susan Sperm). 1990s.
PIC_box 1
Lawrence Ferlinghetti at National Book Award. 1990s.
PIC_box 1
Snapshots of Dorthea Raoul Black and daughter Morison. late 1990s.
PIC_box 1
Snapshots (by Reimerstuff). late 1990s.
PIC_box 1
Snapshots of Paula Ferlinghetti in Lombardi. 1995.
PIC_box 1
Snapshots of Julia and Joe Sasser; Lawrence Ferlinghetti's distinguished alumni award, UNC. 1996.
PIC_box 1
Lawrence Ferlinghetti and June King, Sather Gate illumination (by Terrance L. Riemer). 1996.
PIC_box 1
Snapshots of Florence Italy (by Terrance L. Riemer). circa 1997.
PIC_box 1
Snapshots in Bolinas. 1997. [Corresponding negatives housed in NEG(strip) misc. box 6.]
PIC_box 1
Snapshots in Italia (by Terrance L. Reimer). May 1997.
PIC_box 1
Snapshots of Santa Cruz. 1998.
PIC_box 1
Snapshots of Jonathan, Joe, and Julia Sasser and Lawrence Ferlinghetti. 1998.
PIC_box 1
Snapshots of marked dupes. 2000.
PIC_box 1
Prints, "Old West Hotel", Bixby Canyon, Big Sur. 2000. [Corresponding negatives housed in NEG(strip) misc. box 6.]
PIC_box 1
Snapshots of California Book Award, Cody Award for Nancy Peters (by Steven C. Wilson). 2010.
PIC_box 1
Snapshots of Lawrence Ferlinghetti with Soheyl Dahi; Capp's Corner, SF. 2013.
PIC_box 1
Snapshots of Lawrence Ferlinghetti with Erik Baversfield in Taos (by Helen Macleod. 2013.
PIC_box 1
Fiber prints and photos. (Portraits of Ferlinghetti by Steven C. Wilson.) 2013.
PIC_box 1
Snapshots of Lawrence Ferlinghetti with Soheyl Dahi and Giada Diano. 2013.
PIC_box 1
Fiber photographs of Lawrence Ferlinghetti (by Steven C. Wilson). 2013.
PIC_box 1
Art opening (photographs by Steven C. Wilson). May 30, 2013.
PIC_box 1
Art opening (photographs by Steven C. Wilson). May 30, 2013.
PIC_box 1
City Lights anniversary celebration (photographs by Steven C. Wilson. June 23, 2013.
PIC_box 1
Snapshots of art opening (by Mauro Aprile Zanetti). 2015.
PIC_box 1
Mounted photographs of graffiti on wood.
PIC_box 2
Photograph album of Mississippi trip. 2003. (7 folders).
A_box 3
Kirby Smith family photograph album and related material. 1930s-1940s. (10 folders).
AX_box 1
Miscellaneous photographs: Richard Olsen photographs of Bixby cabin (2014); Lawrence Ferlinghetti posing with globe painted
with word "God", dated 2003; reproduction of Allen Ginsberg snapshot of Ferlinghetti in upstairs City Lights office with dog
Pooch (1984); reproduction of Allen Ginsberg snapshot of Bob Donlon, Neal Cassady, Ginsberg, Robert La Vigne and Ferlinghetti
on sidewalk outside of City Lights Books (1956); Lawrence Ferlinghetti at rack of paintings, "Studio of Light"?
AX_box 1
Mounted group portrait: Nancy Cotton (Ash's mother), the Kirby Smiths, Brooks and Eggleston families. Sewanee, Tennessee,
1887.
AX_box 1
Oversize photographic print mounted on wood frame: Howl Trial. 1957.
AX_box 1
Oversize photographic print mounted on wood frame: Philip Whalen?
AX_box 1
Oversize photographic print mounted and framed: Lawrence Ferlinghetti in "Studio of Light," Hunters Point, Richard Nagler.
circa 1990.
B_box 1
Oversize photographic print mounted on wood frame: Philip Whalen, Robert Branaman, Anona, Allen Ginsberg, Bob Kaufman, Lawrence
Ferlinghetti, Charles Plymell at City Lights. circa 1960.
B_box 1
Oversize photographic print mounted on wood frame: People with dog near wall with graffiti "Understanding".
oversize_folder --C folder 1
Amatrice poster, inscribed to Lawrence Ferlinghetti. December 2016.
oversize_folder --C folder 1
Lawrence Ferlinghetti "Legends of the Bay Area" Marin MOCA poster.
oversize_folder --C folder 1
Poetry benefit for United Farm Workers, by Robert Bly and Lawrence Ferlinghetti poster. circa 1970s.
oversize_folder --C folder 1
"Ferlinghetti reads and sings new poems," poster.
C_box 1
Oversize photographic print mounted on wood frame: Allen Ginsberg. circa 1970s.
C_box 1
Oversize photographic print mounted on wood frame: Allen Ginsberg and two other people, seated at unidentified event. circa
1970s.
C_box 1
Oversize photographic print mounted on wood frame: Lawrence Ferlinghetti with unidentified man, smiling.
C_box 1
Oversize photographic print mounted on wood frame: Bob Kaufman.
oversize_folder --D folder 1
Mounted photographic print of Allen Ginsberg.
oversize_folder --D folder 2
Mounted photographic print of Lawrence Ferlinghetti.
oversize_folder --D folder 3
Mounted photographic prints of Gary Snyder.
oversize_folder --F folder 1
Not like Dante, Lawrence Ferlinghetti a Roma. Poster. 2008.
box ffALB box 1
Original drawing for City Lights Books symbol by Lawrence Ferlinghetti (with text: "After Koch, Book of Signs"), in custom
box, circa 1956-1960
Note
Accompanied by additional sketch of symbol and bag illustrated with printed City Lights Books logo.
Conditions Governing Access
RESTRICTED. Requests for use of original must be approved by the appropriate curator.
NEG_box (strip) misc. 6
Corresponding negatives for prints in PIC box 1: Bixby pond 1977; Bolinas 1997; Old West Hotel, Big Sur 2000.
Conditions Governing Access
NEGATIVES: RESTRICTED. ǂb Available for use by appointment only.
OBJ_box 1
Objects (restricted)
Scope and Content
Memorabilia including a City Lights Bookstore t-shirt, a Howl cap, an Ambrose Lightship t-shirt, a Piazza Saint Francis/Poets
Plaza pin, a City Lights pin, and a Hot Wheels car painted by Iggy Pop.
Conditions Governing Access
Objects: RESTRICTED. Requests for use of original must be approved by the appropriate curator.
box temp 1 (ROLL)
Rolled prints (unavailable)
Conditions Governing Access
UNPROCESSED. UNAVAILABLE FOR USE. Inquiries regarding these materials should be submitted to The Bancroft Library via the
Notice of Interest in Unprocessed Collections form.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Rolled photographs require conservation treatment prior to use.
PIC_box 3
Additions, 2021
Scope and content
1 box of photographs which include snapshots taken by Ferlinghetti while serving in World War II, many of them during and
following the D-Day invasion of Normandy.
