The Jan Kerouac papers include correspondence; personalia; Jan Kerouac's writings; Kerouac family history; financial and legal records related to Jack Kerouac's literary estate and control over that estate; photographs and negatives; and audiovisual materials.

Janet "Jan" Kerouac (1952-1996) was a writer and the only child of Joan Haverty Kerouac and Beat Generation author Jack Kerouac. Ms. Kerouac published two novels during her lifetime, Baby Driver (1981) and Trainsong (1988); her third, Parrot Fever, was published posthumously (2000). In her later years, Ms. Kerouac fought for legal control of her father's literary estate and archives.

10.2 linear feet (8 cartons, 1 box)

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