Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Clark, Tom
- Abstract:
- Drafts and galleys of Writer: A Life of Jack Kerouac and The Exile of Celine; Kerouac chronology; notes for the 1986 Olson Lectures; holograph notebooks; typescript poems and articles by Clark (b.1941).
- Extent:
- 3 Linear Feet 3 boxes
- Language:
- English
- Preferred citation:
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[Box/folder# or item name], Tom Clark papers, Collection no. 0151, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California
Background
- Scope and content:
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Drafts and galleys of Writer: A Life of Jack Kerouac and The Exile of Celine; Kerouac chronology; notes for the 1986 Olson Lectures; holograph notebooks; typescript poems and articles by Clark (b.1941).
- Biographical / historical:
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Tom Clark is a poet, editor and biographer who resides in California. He has published biographes of Jack Kerouac, Ted Berrigan, Robert Creeley, Charles Oleon, Edward Dorn, and Celine. He served as editor of The Paris Review from 1963 to 1973 and has published numerous volumes of poetry with Black Sparrow Press. Charles Olson was one of his poetic mentors.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE. Advance notice required for access.
- Terms of access:
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All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Manuscripts Librarian. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
- Preferred citation:
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[Box/folder# or item name], Tom Clark papers, Collection no. 0151, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California
- Location of this collection:
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Special CollectionsDoheny Memorial Library, Room 209Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189, US
- Contact:
- (213) 740-5900