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Collection of Kenneth Patchen photographs
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Contributing Institution:
University of California, Santa Cruz
Title: Collection of Kenneth Patchen photographs
Identifier/Call Number: MS.171
Physical Description:
1 Linear Feet
1 flat
Date (inclusive): 1931-1959
Abstract: This collection contains 22 gelatin
silver photographs of Kenneth Patchen.
Language of Material:
English
Collection is open for research.
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Collection of Kenneth Patchen photographs. MS 171. Special Collections and Archives,
University Library, University of California, Santa Cruz.
Purchased from Leslie Potenza Antiques, 2009
Kenneth Patchen (December 13, 1911 - January 8, 1972) was an American poet and novelist. He
experimented with different forms of writing and incorporated painting, drawing, and jazz
music into his works, which were often compared with those of William Blake and Walt
Whitman.
Scope and Content of Collection
This collection contains 22 gelatin silver photographs of Kenneth Patchen. Some of the
photographs were water damaged and are in poor condition.
Processed by Patrick Haywood, M. Carey May 2014. Encoded by M. Carey.
- MS 160 Kenneth Patchen papers
- MS 161 Miriam Patchen papers
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Poets, American -- 20th
century
Jazz poetry
Patchen, Kenneth,
1911-1972