Guide to the Collection of Kenneth Patchen photographs
Patrick Haywood, M. Carey
University of California, Santa Cruz
2013
1156 High Street
Santa Cruz 95064
speccoll@library.ucsc.edu
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
Access
Collection is open for research.
Publication Rights
Copyright for the items in this collection is owned by the creators and their heirs.
Reproduction or distribution of any work protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair
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information see UCSC Special Collections and Archives policy on Reproduction and Use.
Preferred Citation
Collection of Kenneth Patchen photographs. MS 171. Special Collections and Archives,
University Library, University of California, Santa Cruz.
Acquisition Information
Purchased from Leslie Potenza Antiques, 2009
Biography
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.
Processing Information
Processed by Patrick Haywood, M. Carey May 2014. Encoded by M. Carey.
Related Material
- MS 160 Kenneth Patchen papers
- MS 161 Miriam Patchen papers
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Poets, American -- 20th
century
Jazz poetry
Patchen, Kenneth,
1911-1972
box 1
"On sun roof of Palo Alto Hospital K.P. in full-body cast after Spinal fusion,
June 1956"
ms0171_pho_0001
1956
Physical Description: 3.5 x
5
box 1
"San Francisco 1955", ms0171_pho_0002
1955
Physical Description: 4 x
5
box 1
"New York City, 1935", ms0171_pho_0003
1935
Physical Description: 4.5 x
5.75
box 1
"Photo by Leo Horwitz, Very special, Take Care, Kenneth Patchen, App 193.
Return to Kenneth Patchen Old Lyme, Conn.",
ms0171_pho_0004
ca. 1931
Physical Description: 6 x
8
box 1
[Kenneth Patchen], ms0171_pho_0005
n.d.
Physical Description: 8 x
10
General
Photograph attributed to Chester Kessler
box 1
"Kenneth Patchen standing in front of 81 Bleecker St., where "The Journal of
Albion Moonlight" was written. The Patchen flat is at the top right.",
ms0171_pho_0006
n.d.
Physical Description: 8 x
10
box 1
[Display of Kenneth Patchen publications], ms0171_pho_0007
n.d.
Physical Description: 8 x
10
General
Photograph by Ronald Dunkin
box 1
[Kenneth Patchen smoking], ms0171_pho_0008
n.d.
Physical Description: 8 x
10
General
Photograph by Harry Redl
box 1
"Patchen and friend, Arthur Sturcke in Patchen home N.Y.C., Paintings visible
by Sturcke, Sept. 1946",
ms0171_pho_0009
1946
Physical Description: 8 x
10
box 1
"K.P. with Charles Mingus, March 1959, New York City", ms0171_pho_0010
1959
Physical Description: 8 x
10
box 1
"with Chamber Jazz Sextet, 'Stars of Jazz" T.V. Show", ms0171_pho_0011
1958
Physical Description: 8 x
10
box 1
[Painted books & sculptures by Kenneth Patchen], ms0171_pho_0012
n.d.
Physical Description: 8 x
10
box 1
"Booker Ervin" [and Kenneth Patchen, Lower Manhattan], ms0171_pho_0013
1959
Physical Description: 8 x
10
General
Photograph by Jonathan Williams
box 1
[Kenneth Patchen and unidentified friends], ms0171_pho_0014
n.d.
Physical Description: 8 x
10
box 1
[Kenneth Patchen], ms0171_pho_0015
[1959]
Physical Description: 8 x
10
General
Photograph by Harry Redl
This is a black and white reproduction of an original color photograph.
box 1
[Profile of Kenneth Patchen performing, San Francisco, CA], ms0171_pho_0016
n.d.
Physical Description: 8 x
10
box 1
[Kenneth Patchen on a deck, San Francisco, CA], ms0171_pho_0017
n.d.
Physical Description: 8 x
10
box 1
[Kenneth Patchen on deck, Coit tower behind, San Francisco, CA], ms0171_pho_0018
n.d.
Physical Description: 8 x
10
box 1
"Judging Show For Bay Printmakers Society, Oakland Art Museum, Summer 1957. In
the background - on the standing screen - are copies of pages from the portfolio
'Surprise For a Bagpipe Player'",
ms0171_pho_0019
1957
Physical Description: 8 x
10
General
Photograph by Harry Redl
box 1
"Reading at Los Angeles City College, 1958" ms0171_pho_0020
1958
Physical Description: 11 x
14
box 1
[Kenneth Patchen on stage at unidentified performance] ms0171_pho_0021
n.d.
Physical Description: 11 x
14
box 1
[Portrait of Kenneth Patchen with book "An Astonished Eye Looks Out of the
Air"]
ms0171_pho_0022
ca. 1945-1946
Physical Description: 10.5 x
11.25
