Acid Test Poster Reprint Collection, 1990-2000

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Summary

Creators:
Kesey, Zane
Abstract:
The Acid Tests were a series of multimedia events held by author Ken Kesey and his associates, nicknamed the Merry Pranksters, from 1965-1966, primarily in the San Francisco Bay Area but also in Portland, Los Angeles, and Mexico. Centered around the use of the psychedelic drug LSD, which was legal at the time, the Acid Tests featured light shows and performances by the Grateful Dead, Neal Cassady, Hugh Romney (later Wavy Gravy), and others. Posters and handbills associated with the Acid Tests are very scarce, and Zane Kesey created these modern reprints and variants to meet collector demand. All are signed by Kesey and some of the Pranksters.
Extent:
2 Linear Feet 1 box
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Acid Test Poster Reprint Collection. MS 339. Special Collections and Archives, University Library, University of California, Santa Cruz.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection comprises modern reprints and variants of posters and handbills associated with the Acid Tests, created by Ken Kesey and his son Zane Kesey and sold through their business, Key-Z Productions.

Acquisition information:
The collection was acquired from Key-Z Productions, who produced these reprints, in 2010.
Arrangement:

The collection is arranged chronologically by the date of the original.

Physical location:
Special Collections and Archives, McHenry Library, UC Santa Cruz.
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Terms of access:

Property rights for this collection reside with the University of California. Literary rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. The publication or use of any work protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use for research or educational purposes requires written permission from the copyright owner. Responsibility for obtaining permissions, and for any use rests exclusively with the user. For more information on copyright or to order a reproduction, please visit guides.library.ucsc.edu/speccoll/reproduction-publication.

Preferred citation:

Acid Test Poster Reprint Collection. MS 339. Special Collections and Archives, University Library, University of California, Santa Cruz.

Location of this collection:
Special Collections and Archives, University Library
1156 High Street
Santa Cruz, CA 95064, US
Contact:
(831) 459-2547
speccoll@library.ucsc.edu
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