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Acid Test Poster Reprint Collection
MS.339
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Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
University of California, Santa Cruz
Title: Acid Test Poster Reprint Collection
creator:
Kesey, Zane
Identifier/Call Number: MS.339
Physical Description:
2 Linear Feet
1 box
Date (inclusive): 1990-2000
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.
Physical Location: Special Collections and Archives, McHenry Library, UC Santa Cruz.
Collection is open for research.
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.
Acid Test Poster Reprint Collection. MS 339. Special Collections and Archives, University Library, University of California,
Santa Cruz.
The collection was acquired from Key-Z Productions, who produced these reprints, in 2010.
Digital images of these posters are available online at
Grateful Dead Archive Online (GDAO)
Scope and Content of Collection
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.
The collection is arranged chronologically by the date of the original.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
LSD (Drug)
Posters, American -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area
Merry Band of Pranksters
Kesey, Ken