Finding Aid for the Stuart Z. Perkoff Papers, ca. 1952-1974
Processed by Manuscripts Division staff; machine-readable finding aid created by Caroline Cubé
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/
© 1999
The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Finding Aid for the Stuart Z. Perkoff Papers, ca. 1952-1974
Collection number: 1573
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:
- Manuscripts Division staff, December 1988
- Encoded by:
- Caroline Cubé
- Online finding aid edited by:
- Josh Fiala, August 2002
© 1999 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Descriptive Summary
Title: Stuart Z. Perkoff Papers,
Date (inclusive): ca. 1952-1974
Collection number: 1573
Creator:
Perkoff, Stuart Z.
Extent:
6 boxes (3 linear ft.)
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Abstract: Stuart Z. Perkoff (1930-1973) was a Beat era poet living in Venice, California. The collection consists of his manuscripts
and 46 handwritten journals.
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
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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
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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
Gift of Rachel Perkoff, 1988.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Stuart Z. Perkoff Papers (Collection 1573). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young
Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
UCLA Catalog Record ID
Biography
Perkoff was born in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1930; spent time in New York and then on the west coast before establishing himself
in Venice, California; as one of the poets of the Beat era, Perkoff's books included:
Suicide Room (1956),
Eat the Earth (1971),
Kowboy Pomes (1973), and
Alphabet (1973); was arrested on a drug charge in 1968 and released from prison in 1971; after trying to establish a bookstore in
Northern California, he returned to Venice in 1973; died of cancer in 1974.
Scope and Content
Collection consists of manuscripts and 46 handwritten journals by poet Stuart Z. Perkoff.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Perkoff, Stuart Z.--Archives.
Poets, American--California--Los Angeles--Archival resources.
Beat generation--California--Los Angeles--Archival resources.
Diaries.
Manuscripts for publication.
Box 6, Folder 12
Ann Perkoff to Tony Scibella. September 8, 1976.
Box 5, Folder 10
Untitled drawing with poem on reverse, and Dwan Gallery folder.
Physical Description: 2 items.
Note
Filed in Dwan Gallery folder.
Box 1, Folder 1
Early 1950s and notes. 1952, 1953 & 1955.
Scope and Content Note
2pp. poem included.
Box 1, Folder 5
1957.
Physical Description: Spiral-bound notebook, cover damaged.
Box 2, Folder 1
1959-1960.
Physical Description: Spiral-bound notebook, front cover detached, back cover missing.
Box 2, Folder 2
January 1960.
Scope and Content Note
Poem to John Thomas included.
Box 2, Folder 4
April 1960.
Physical Description: Binding damaged.
Box 2, Folder 7
August 1960.
Physical Description: Collage cover.
Box 2, Folder 8
1960-1961.
Physical Description: Image on front cover.
Box 2, Folder 9
December 1960-1961.
Physical Description: Missing cover.
Box 3, Folder 1
1961.
Physical Description: Cover painted and pasted with clipping.
Box 3, Folder 2
January 1962.
Physical Description: Collage cover.
Box 3, Folder 3
April 1962.
Physical Description: Collage cover.
Box 3, Folder 8
1964-1965.
Physical Description: Collage cover.
Box 3, Folder 9
1965.
Physical Description: Cover missing.
Box 3, Folder 10
1965.
Physical Description: Collage cover.
Box 3, Folder 11
December 1965.
Physical Description: Collage cover.
Box 4, Folder 1
May 1965.
Physical Description: Collage cover.
Box 4, Folder 2
October 1965.
Physical Description: Collage cover.
Box 5, Folder 2
1971-1973.
Alphabet Poems, book store.
Box 5, Folder 3
August 1973.
Physical Description: Drawing on cover.
Box 5, Folder 4
1973.
Scope and Content Note
(Last journal).
Box 5, Folder 5
Journal. n.d.
Physical Description: Collage cover with drawing.
Box 5, Folder 6
May 1961(?).
Scope and Content Note
Beginning of a play.
Box 5, Folder 7
Jana[?].
Note
This journal is not Stuart Z. Perkoff's, possibly Jana Perkoff's.
Box 5, Folder 8
The Queen of Hearts.
Physical Description: Holograph, 2 leaves.
Note
Filed in Dwan Gallery folder.
Box 5, Folder 9
Kowboy Pomes.
Physical Description: 9 leaves. Carbon copies.
Note
Filed in Dwan Gallery folder.
Box 6, Folder 1
Venice Poems.
Scope and Content Note
Includes layout for cover design.
Box 6, Folder 2
Various poems. Some with holograph corrections.
Box 6, Folder 3
Writings: S.L. Perkoff, Bob Creely.
Box 6, Folder 4
Poems: Stuart Perkoff. Some with holograph corrections.
Box 6, Folder 5
Poems sent to Anthony Scibella by Susan B. Perkoff. 1976.
Physical Description: Photocopies.
Box 6, Folder 6
Visions for the Tribe by Stuart Z. Perkoff.
Physical Description: Manuscript with holograph and other corrections.
Box 6, Folder 7
Patricia T. Poems.
Physical Description: Thermofax copies.
Box 6, Folder 8
Prayer of Regeneration and Patrou.
Scope and Content Note
Various poems, some with holograph corrections.
Box 6, Folder 10
Manuscript sent to Anthony Scibella, untitled.
Physical Description: Typescript with corrections.
Scope and Content Note
Includes
Komik Strip, original pen drawing.
Box 6, Folder 11
Manuscript sent to Anthony Scibella, untitled.
Physical Description: Photocopy.
Box 6, Folder 13
How it is, doing what I do, by Stuart Z. Perkoff.
Scope and Content Note
Krusty K layout & production, layout for cover design.
Box 5, Folder 11
Free Venice Beachhead (newspaper). February 1979.
Physical Description: 3 copies.
Scope and Content Note
Includes Some Aspects of Prison for Frank Rios by Stuart Perkoff
