Miller (Henry), Young (Noel) [Capra Press] correspondence, 1972-1979

Summary

Title:

Henry Miller, Noel Young [Capra Press] correspondence

Dates:

1972-1979

Creators:

Miller, Henry, 1891-1980 and Young, Noel

Abstract:

Includes nine letters from publisher Noel Young to Henry Miller. A series of nine typed mainly single page letters mostly on Capra Press letterhead and club sized stationery from Noel Young, editor, to Henry Miller.

Extent:

0.02 linear feet (1 folder)

Language:

English

Preferred citation:

[Identification of Item], Henry Miller, Noel Young [Capra Press] correspondence, SC 1151. Department of Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Background

Scope and content:

Includes nine letters from publisher Noel Young to Henry Miller. A series of nine typed mainly single page letters mostly on Capra Press letterhead & club sized stationery from Noel Young, editor, to Henry Miller. Each letter signed in ink "Noel"-most letters with Miller's initialed notes for various instructions for filing or further action. The letters have much to do with the physical production of Miller's book GREECE published by Capra. There are two holograph notes on Capra note/memo sized stationery added. Nine items in total. From dealer's description.

Biographical / historical:

Noel Young was the founder of Santa Barbara-based Capra Press, a small independent publishing house best known for publishing short works by famous authors such as Henry Miller. Young was a commercial printer who had been designing and printing books for Black Sparrow Press and other independent presses when he launched his own company in 1969 by publishing "Journey," a slim volume of poetry by his friend Gordon Grant. Young died on May 31 at his home in Santa Barbara. (Excerpts from Los Angeles Times, "Obituaries; Noel Young 79; Founded Independent Capra Press": Home Edition July 4, 2002).

Acquisition information:

Library purchase, 2014.

Physical location:

Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library

Rules or conventions:

Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Indexed terms

Subjects:

Letters (correspondence)

Names:

Capra Press
Miller, Henry, 1891-1980

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:

Finding aid prepared by Edward C. Fields and Zachary Liebhaber, 2014.

Date Encoded:

This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2019-03-06 10:26:04 -0800 .

Restrictions:

The collection is open for research.

Terms of access:

Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Research Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Research Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Department of Special Research Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of Item], Henry Miller, Noel Young [Capra Press] correspondence, SC 1151. Department of Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Location of this collection:

UC Santa Barbara, Special Research Collections

UC Santa Barbara Library

Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9010, US

Contact:

(805) 893-3062

special@library.ucsb.edu

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