Fixel (Lawrence) Papers, 1933-2004,, bulk bulk 1950-2004

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Title:
Lawrence Fixel papers
Dates:
1933-2004,, bulk bulk 1950-2004
Creators:
Lawrence Fixel, 1917-2003.
Abstract:
The Lawrence Fixel papers consist of extensive correspondence (outgoing and incoming) with many notable literary figures, family correspondence, his journals and notebooks, writings, and professional and personal papers.
Extent:
Number of containers: 10 Cartons Linear feet: 12.5 linear feet
Language:
Collection materials are in English
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Lawrence Fixel Papers, BANC MSS 93/114 c, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.

Background

Scope and content:

The Lawrence Fixel papers consist of extensive correspondence (outgoing and incoming) with many notable literary figures, family correspondence, his journals and notebooks, writings, and professional and personal papers.

Biographical / historical:
Date Event
January 17, 1917 Born, Brooklyn, NY.
1933
Graduates from White Plains High School, White Plains, NY.
Begins writing first poems.
1935 Moves to New York City.
1936
Hired by the Federal Writers' Project (WPA).
Made literary editor of SFZ, a magazine devoted to the arts (later became the American Arts Monthly).
1939 Departs New York City and hitch-hikes through the South arriving in Los Angeles in 1941.
1942 Joins the Merchant Marines.
1944 Marries Alexa [maiden surname unknown]. A year later, Kate his daughter is born. Divorces Alexa in 1948.
1952
Two poems published in the California Quarterly.
Moves to San Francisco and meets Justine Jones.
1953 Marries Justine.
1956 - 1957 Lives in Valle de Bravo, Mexico with Justine.
1958 Begins work on the novel, Journey for a Witness.
1961 - 1963
Justine Fixel receives a Fulbright Lectureship in Social Welfare in Rome. This lectureship is renewed in 1962 and 1963.
Finishes Journey for a Witness while in Rome in 1963. The novel is to remain unpublished.
1964
Returns to the U.S., settling for good in San Francisco.
Over the next several years begins publishing poems and parables with increasing frequency.
Begins teaching at the University of California, San Francisco.
1967 A book of poems is accepted for publication by Unicorn Press, Santa Barbara, Calif., but the contract is reneged due to financial difficulties.
1970 A collection of parables, The Scale of Silence is published by Kayak Press, Santa Cruz, Calif.
1972 Time To Destroy/To Discover, a long poem on Picasso and the creative process is published by Panjandrum Press, Berkeley, Calif.
1975 Through Deserts of Snow, a novella is published by Capra Press, Santa Barbara, Calif. as part of a chapbook series. This novella was nominated by author, Raymond Carver for the Pushcart Prize.
1976 The Edge of Something, a collection of fiction and parables by Cloud Marauder Press, Berkeley, Calif.
1979 The Book of Glimmers, a collection of short reflections and aphorisms is co-published by Cloud Marauder and Manard Press, London.
1991 Truth, War and the Dream-Game, a collection of prose poems and parables is published by Coffee House Press, Minneapolis , MN.
2001 Is listed in The Academy of American Poets roster of members and donors.
August 24, 2003 Dies at home in San Francisco of natural causes.
Acquisition information:
The Lawrence Fixel papers were given to The Bancroft Library by Lawrence Fixel on June 18, 1993. Additions were made on July 24, 1993, June 20, 1994, December 19, 1994, March 9, 1996, July 18, 1996, October 12, 1998, and July 26, 2004.
Processing information:

Processed by Dean Smith in 2012.

Arrangement:

Arranged to the folder level.

Accruals:

No additions are expected.

Physical location:
Many of the Bancroft Library collections are stored offsite and advance notice may be required for use. For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.
Rules or conventions:
Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Finding Aid written by Dean Smith
Date Prepared:
© 2007
Date Encoded:
Machine-readable finding aid generated by Finding Aid author(s) via EAD XPress; markup validated by The Bancroft Library staff using OAC validation tools; Date of source: September 2012

Access and use

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Terms of access:

All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted in writing to the Head of Public Services, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, 94720-6000. Consent is given on behalf of The Bancroft Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission from the copyright owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright owner. See: http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/reference/permissions.html.

Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research and educational purposes.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Lawrence Fixel Papers, BANC MSS 93/114 c, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.

Location of this collection:
University of California, Berkeley, The Bancroft Library
Berkeley, CA 94720-6000, US
Contact:
510-642-6481
bancref-library@berkeley.edu
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