Description
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.
Background
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).
Extent
0.02 linear feet
(1 folder)
Restrictions
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.
Availability
The collection is open for research.