Finding Aid for the Stanley Kurnik Papers, 1945-1986
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UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
Manuscripts Division
Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library
Box 951575
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
URL: http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/special/scweb/
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The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Finding Aid for the Stanley Kurnik Papers, 1945-1986
Collection number: 365
UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
Manuscripts Division
Los Angeles, CA
Contact Information
- Manuscripts Division
- UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
- Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library
- Box 951575
- Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
- Telephone: 310/825-4988 (10:00 a.m. - 4:45 p.m., Pacific
Time)
- Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
- URL: http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/special/scweb/
- Processed by:
- Dan Luckenbill, May 1999
- Encoded by:
- Caroline Cubé and Dan Luckenbill
- Online finding aid edited by:
- Josh Fiala, August 2002
© 1999 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Descriptive Summary
Title: Stanley Kurnik Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1945-1986
Collection number: 365
Creator:
Kurnik, Stanley
Extent: 14 boxes (7 linear ft.)
2 oversize boxes
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Abstract: Stanley Kurnik was a Los Angeles poet, author, teacher, and composer who ran the Los Angeles writers' workshops and Los Angeles
poets' workshops at the First Unitarian Church. The collection consists of manuscripts, teaching, research and personal material,
theater programs, memorabilia, correspondence, clippings, photocopies, photographs, reel to reel tape recordings, magazines,
posters, and ephemera.
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department
of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Language:
English.
Administrative Information
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections. Literary rights, including
copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds
the copyright and pursue the
copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
Restrictions on Access
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access.
Additional Physical Form Available
A copy of the original version of this online finding aid is available at the UCLA Department of Special Collections for in-house
consultation and may be obtained for a fee. Please contact:
- Public Services Division
- UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
- Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library
- Box 951575
- Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
- Telephone: 310/825-4988 (10:00 a.m. - 4:45 p.m., Pacific
Time)
- Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Arundel Press, purchase, 1993.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Stanley Kurnik Papers (Collection 365). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research
Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
UCLA Catalog Record ID
Biography
Kurnik was a Los Angeles poet, author, teacher, and composer who ran the Los Angeles writers' workshops and Los Angeles poets'
workshops at the First Unitarian Church.
Scope and Content
Collection consists of manuscripts, teaching material, research material, personal material, theater programs, memorabilia,
correspondence, clippings, photocopies, photographs, reel to reel tape recordings, magazines, posters, and ephemera. Contains
writers' files, with drafts and correspondence, including letters from Ray Bradbury. Tape recordings include his productions
for KPFK radio.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Kurnik, Stanley--Archives.
Poets, American--California--Los Angeles--Archival resources.
Writing, Research, and Publication Material
Box 3, Folder 6
Sketches, etc. n.d.
Physical Description: Pencil and water color or wash.
Box 2, Folder 2
Music Reviews.
Physical Description: Clippings.
Note
Not articles by Stanley Kurnik.
Box 2, Folder 1
Reviews. 1949- .
Physical Description: Manuscripts.
Box 3, Folder 3
College Papers. 1943, etc.
Scope and Content Note
Various papers on literature, etc.
Box 3, Folder 4
Various papers on music, etc. 1946, etc.
Scope and Content Note
College not given. Stanley Kurnik attended LACC and UC Berkeley (summer).
Box 1, Folders 1-2
Yearbook(s). 1945.
Scope and Content Note
- Includes portrait of Stanley Kurnik.
- Newspaper with article by Bob Bellah.
- Signatures from friends.
Educational Film
n.d. / v.d.
Box 3, Folder 1
American Immigrants.
Scope and Content Note
- Research material, outlines.
- Uncertain whether by Stanley Kurnik.
Items Collected
n.d. / v.d.
Box 10, Folder 3
Music. Some published in Los Angeles.
Physical Description: 3 folders. Copies.
Box 16
Music.
Physical Description: Copies [Oversize box].
Scope and Content Note
Includes material by Alvaro Cardona - Hine.
Box 10, Folder 4
Photographs.
Physical Description: Prints.
Scope and Content Note
Includes Dennis Stock photograph of James Dean. Magnum Photos.
Box 1, Folder 3
Photographs. n.d. (seem to be 1970s-1980s).
Physical Description: Prints.
Scope and Content Note
Snapshots and a 5 × 7, Stanley Kurnik holding an Oscar.
Box 3, Folder 13
Miscellaneous.
Scope and Content Note
Address jottings, job application, etc.
Application (1986) gives dates of his schooling, including college.
Box 3, Folder 9
Correspondence. Some are mid 1960s-1980s.
Physical Description: Drafts or copies. 3 folders.
Box 8, Folder 3
Doris Lessing's
Play with a Tiger.
Scope and Content Note
- Production Material
- 5 playbooks. Some with blocking, with music cues, etc.
Research Material
n.d. / v.d.
Box 9, Folder 3
General (no subject given). v.d.
Physical Description: Clippings, photocopies.
Box 10, Folder 6
Miscellaneous journals.
Physical Description: Copies.
Scope and Content Note
Also clippings, etc.
Box 10, Folder 5
Music Reviews.
Physical Description: Clippings.
Research Material and Ephemera
n.d. / v.d.
Box 11
General (no subjects given).
Physical Description: Clippings and photocopies. 4 folders.
Box 15
Various publications (no subjects given).
Physical Description: [Oversize box] Primarily newsprint.
Scope and Content Note
Uncertain whether some contain contributions by Stanley Kurnik.
Box 10, Folder 1
Autumn Thunder by Dorothy Somers. 1983.
Physical Description: Copy of publication.
Note
Also copy cataloged for Special Collection.
Box 10, Folder 2
Windfalls by Dorothy Somers. 1983.
Physical Description: Copy of publication.
Note
Also copy cataloged for Special Collection.
Screen or Stage Treatment(?)
Box 3, Folder 5
Starr King.
Physical Description: Various drafts.
Scope and Content Note
Synopsis.
Theater Group: Itinerant Players
n.d. / v.d.
Box 1, Folder 9
Programs and press releases. v.d.
Box 8, Folder 1
Alcoholics Anonymous Essay(?).
Physical Description: Copy.
Note
Purpose unknown.
Box 4, Folder 3
Drafts, correspondence, etc.
Box 4, Folder 4
Drafts, correspondence, etc.
Box 5, Folder 1
Drafts, correspondence, etc.
Physical Description: 2 folders.
Box 4, Folder 5
Drafts, correspondence, etc.
Box 4, Folder 6
Drafts, correspondence, etc.
Box 4, Folder 7
Drafts, correspondence, etc.
Box 4, Folder 8
Drafts, correspondence, etc.
Note
Materials filed elsewhere, as well.
Box 4, Folder 9
Drafts, correspondence, etc.
Box 4, Folder 10
Drafts, correspondence, etc.
Box 4, Folder 11
Drafts, Correspondence, etc. April 7, 15 and May 23, 1964.
Physical Description: Each is 1 leaf. Typed, signed.
Box 4, Folder 12
Ephemera.
Physical Description: Letter is folded cardboard, sender unknown, post marked from New Orleans, date illegible.
Scope and Content Note
Copies (by Stanley Kurnik) of Charles Bukowski poems, and letter to Charles Bukowski
Box 4, Folder 13
Drafts, correspondence, etc.
Box 4, Folder 14
Letters to Dorothy Babb. 1937-1938, 1942.
Physical Description: Copies.
Box 4, Folder 15
Drafts, correspondence, etc.
Box 4, Folder 16
Manuscripts and ephemera. Some are early 1960s.
Scope and Content Note
Play program with Stanley Kurnik drawing, etc.
Box 5, Folder 2
Drafts, correspondence, etc.
Box 5, Folder 3
Drafts, correspondence, etc.
Box 5, Folder 4
Drafts, correspondence, etc.
Box 5, Folder 5
Drafts, correspondence, etc.
Box 5, Folder 6
Drafts, correspondence, etc.
Box 5, Folder 7
Drafts, correspondence, etc.
Box 5, Folder 8
Drafts, correspondence, etc.
Box 5, Folder 9
Drafts, correspondence, etc.
Box 5, Folder 10
Drafts, correspondence, etc.
Box 5, Folder 11
Drafts, correspondence, etc.
Box 6, Folder 1
Drafts, correspondence, etc.
Box 6, Folder 2
Drafts, correspondence, etc.
Box 6, Folder 3
Drafts, correspondence, etc.
Box 6, Folder 5
Drafts, correspondence, etc.
Box 6, Folder 8
Drafts, correspondence, etc.
Box 6, Folder 6
Drafts, correspondence, etc.
Box 6, Folder 7
Drafts, correspondence, etc.
Box 6, Folder 9
Drafts, correspondence, etc.
Box 6, Folder 10
Drafts, correspondence, etc.
Box 6, Folder 11
Drafts, correspondence, etc.
Box 6, Folder 4
Drafts, correspondence, etc.
Box 6, Folder 12
Drafts, correspondence, etc.
Box 6, Folder 13
Drafts, correspondence, etc.
Box 6, Folder 14
Drafts, correspondence, etc.
Box 6, Folder 15
Drafts, correspondence, etc.
Box 6, Folder 16
Drafts, correspondence, etc.
Box 6, Folder 17
The Party. n.d.
Physical Description: 14 leaves. Typescript mimeograph(?). 2 copies.
Scope and Content Note
Note from Joan Ankrum about a Varda exhibit.
Box 6, Folder 18
Related correspondence, ephemera.
Scope and Content Note
Note from Joan Ankrum to Stanley Kurnik about Varda exhibit. Cities of the Interior publication announcement, Rupert Pole
card (blank).
Box 6, Folder 19
Letter to Stanley Kurnik. n.d.
Physical Description: Holograph, signed on back of folded Varda exhibit announcement. Ink is light / faded(?).
Scope and Content Note
Giving sympathy on death of Stanley Kurnik's father, asking for address of Alvaro (Cardona - Hine?).
Box 7, Folder 1
Drafts, correspondence, etc.
Box 7, Folder 2
Drafts, correspondence, etc.
Box 7, Folder 3
Drafts, correspondence, etc.
Box 7, Folder 4
Drafts, correspondence, etc.
Note
Also see music files.
Box 7, Folder 5
Drafts, correspondence, etc.
Box 7, Folder 6
Drafts, correspondence, etc.
Box 7, Folder 7
Drafts, correspondence, etc.
Box 7, Folder 8
Drafts, correspondence, etc.
Box 7, Folder 9
Offprints and clippings.
Scope and Content Note
Two Poems, reprinted from the
Southern Review (Spring 1966) signed For Stanley Kurnik with best regards, Ann Stanford.
Box 7, Folder 10
Drafts, correspondence, etc.
Box 7, Folder 11
Note, Signed Judy H. on William Grant Still Notepaper. July 30, 1983.
Physical Description: 1 leaf. Holograph, signed.
Box 7, Folder 12
Drafts, correspondence, etc.
Box 7, Folder 13
Drafts, correspondence, etc.
Box 7, Folder 14
Drafts, correspondence, etc.
Box 7, Folder 16
Drafts, correspondence, etc.
Box 7, Folder 15
Drafts, correspondence, etc.
Box 7, Folder 18
Drafts, correspondence, etc.
Box 7, Folder 17
Drafts, correspondence, etc.
Box 7, Folder 19
Drafts, correspondence, etc.
Box 9, Folder 2
Collected offprints by Robert Bellah.
Note
Cf. Bob Bellah, Stanley Kurnik high school classmate.
Box 3, Folder 7
Non Fiction:
Getting the Edge.
Physical Description: Holograph and typescript.
Scope and Content Note
Essay drafts.
Box 8, Folder 2
Play / Radio Or Screenplay(?)
New Adam(?).
Scope and Content Note
Drafts.
Box 2, Folder 8
Poetry.
Physical Description: Typed manuscripts.
Scope and Content Note
Also bill for reviews written by Stanley Kurnik, etc.
Box 2, Folder 9
Poetry / Translation:
Eugene Onegin. n.d.
Physical Description: Manuscripts.
Scope and Content Note
Drafts.
Box 3, Folder 2
Poetry, etc. Some dated 1950s, early 1960s.
Scope and Content Note
Drafts, notes.
Boxes 12-13
Readings, etc.(?).
Physical Description: Reel-to-reel recordings
Note
Primarily unidentified.
Box 14
Readings, etc.(?).
Physical Description: Reel-to-reel recordings, also 1 film.
Note
Primarily unidentified, film unidentified.
Box 3, Folder 8
Students' drafts.
Note
Some retyped by Stanley Kurnik for readings(?).
Box 3, Folder 12
Drafts of others' works.
Scope and Content Note
Primarily poetry.
Box 2, Folder 3
Notebooks, Daybooks, etc.
Physical Description: Primarily in small spiral binders, etc.
Box 9, Folder 1
Offprints, little magazines, etc.
Note
Unclear if these contain contributions by Stanley Kurnik.
Various, Including Poetry
Box 2, Folder 4
Notes and drafts.
Physical Description: 4 folders.
Writing / Workshop Teaching
n.d. / v.d.
Box 4, Folder 2
Playwright's Workshop.
Scope and Content Note
Files.
Unitarian Writers Workshop
Box 4, Folder 1
Attendance roll and guest speaker list. 1954- .
Scope and Content Note
Guests included: Thomas McGrath, Anais Nin, Ray Bradbury, Peter Yates, Carolyn See, William Inge.....Also leaves from published
book (unknown).
Unitarian, Various
n.d. / v.d.
Box 1, Folder 4
Programs.
Physical Description: 5 folders.
Writing / Play Production
n.d. / v.d.
Box 16
The Fountain of Youth.
Physical Description: [Oversize box].
Scope and Content Note
Personae Dramatis [Poster]. Drawing by Stanley Kurnik.
