Collection Summary
Information for Researchers
Administrative Information
Chronology
Scope and Content of Collection
Collection Summary
Collection Title: Lawrence Fixel papers
Date (inclusive): 1933-2004,
Date (bulk): bulk 1950-2004
Collection Number: BANC MSS 93/114 c
Creators :
Lawrence Fixel, 1917-2003.
Extent:
Number of containers: 10 Cartons
Linear feet: 12.5 linear feet
Repository: The Bancroft Library
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, California, 94720-6000
Phone: (510) 642-6481
Fax: (510) 642-7589
Email: bancref@library.berkeley.edu
URL: http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/
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.
Languages Represented: Collection materials are in English
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.
Information for Researchers
Access
Collection is open for research.
Publication Rights
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.
Alternate Forms Available
There are no alternate forms of this collection.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Poets, American--California--20th century
Fixel, Lawrence--Archives
Poems.
Manuscripts for publication.
Diaries.
Administrative Information
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.
Accruals
No additions are expected.
System of Arrangement
Arranged to the folder level.
Processing Information
Processed by Dean Smith in 2012.
Chronology
January 17, 1917 |
Born, Brooklyn, NY. |
1933 |
Graduates from White Plains High School, White Plains, NY. |
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Begins writing first poems. |
1935 |
Moves to New York City. |
1936 |
Hired by the Federal Writers' Project (WPA). |
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Made literary editor of
SFZ, a magazine devoted to the arts (later became the
American Arts Monthly).
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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.
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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.
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1961 - 1963 |
Justine Fixel receives a Fulbright Lectureship in Social Welfare in Rome. This lectureship is renewed in 1962 and 1963. |
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Finishes
Journey for a Witness while in Rome in 1963. The novel is to remain unpublished.
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1964 |
Returns to the U.S., settling for good in San Francisco. |
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Over the next several years begins publishing poems and parables with increasing frequency. |
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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.
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1970 |
A collection of parables,
The Scale of Silence is published by Kayak Press, Santa Cruz, Calif.
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1972 |
Time To Destroy/To Discover, a long poem on Picasso and the creative process is published by Panjandrum Press, Berkeley, Calif.
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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.
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1976 |
The
Edge of Something, a collection of fiction and parables by Cloud Marauder Press, Berkeley, Calif.
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1979 |
The Book of Glimmers, a collection of short reflections and aphorisms is co-published by Cloud Marauder and Manard Press, London.
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1991 |
Truth, War and the Dream-Game, a collection of prose poems and parables is published by Coffee House Press, Minneapolis , MN.
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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. |
Scope and Content of Collection
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.