Jack & Colleen Simpson, 1960-1998
- Containers:
- Box 9, Folder 6
- Dates:
- 1960-1998
- Scope and content:
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Jack Simpson (sometimes known as Jak although he signs his name in a variety of ways) was a poet and art teacher who lived around the Bay Area; he and his wife Colleen were close friends with Gerd and his family. In the period before these letters, Simpson was involved with the BooBam Bamboo Drum Company (see Music series) and introduced Stern to Maya Angelou (see Personal series). Later, the Simpsons sold USCO merchandise including posters and diffraction gratings. There are mentions of Stewart Brand, Janie [Lewis?], Bill Loughborough, Buckwheat, the Durkees, Millbrook, Bucky Fuller, Carol Berge, the San Jose State LSD conference in May 1964, and the emerging Haight-Ashbury. Jack is mentioned a number of times in James Gavin's Deep in a Dream: The Long Night of Chet Baker.
- Language:
- English .
Access and use
- Parent restrictions:
- Open for research, with the exception of born-digital materials, which are closed until processed. Note that material must be requested at least 36 hours in advance of intended use. Audiovisual and born-digital materials are not available in original format, and must be reformatted to a digital use copy.
- Parent terms of access:
- While Special Collections is the owner of the physical and digital items, permission to examine collection materials is not an authorization to publish. These materials are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study. Any transmission or reproduction beyond that allowed by fair use requires permission from the owners of rights, heir(s) or assigns.
- Location of this collection:
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Department of Special Collections, Green Library557 Escondido MallStanford, CA 94305-6004, US
- Contact:
- (650) 725-1022