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Ginsberg (Allen) photograph collection
MSS.PHOTO.0450
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Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Title: Photographs by and relating to Allen Ginsberg
Identifier/Call Number: MSS.PHOTO.0450
Physical Description:
26 Linear Feet
88,000 images
Date (inclusive): 1926-1997
Abstract: Photographs taken by Allen Ginsberg and colleagues, including images of Ginsberg and his family, friends, and fellow poets.
Allen Ginsberg Papers, 1937-1994 (M0733)
Allen Ginsberg film and video archive, 1983-1996 (MSS Media 0004)
This collection of roughly 88,000 photographs has been arranged into five series. Series 1 contains photographic prints and
is further divided into the subseries: Ginsberg by Others (subseries 1.1), Photographs by Others (Subseries 1.2), Photographs
of Friends (1.3) and Ginsberg Family Photographs (1.4). Series 2. Contact Sheets includes numbered contact prints which have
been described the print level. Series 3. contains numbered negatives sheets.
Series 4 and 6 contain later additions to the collection, and Series 5 contains reference photocopies.
Contains photographic prints, contact sheets and negatives of Ginsberg and his associates.
Irwin Allen Ginsberg was born on June 3, 1926 in Newark, New Jersey to Louis and Naomi (Levy) Ginsberg. American poet, author,
lecturer, and teacher who was one of the core members of the Beat Generation of American author in the 1950s and early 1960s
along with Jack Kerouac, William S. Burroughs, and Neal Cassady. He died of complications of liver cancer on April 6, 1997.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Accessions 2001-073, 2002-109, 2002-238, 2005-113.
Photographs by and relating to Allen Ginsberg, Mss Photo 450. Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford Libraries, Stanford,
California.
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.
Collection is open for research; materials must be requested at least 36 hours in advance of intended use.
Approximately 2600 contact sheets have been digitized and are available for viewing here: https://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/4783696
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Photoprints.
American literature -- 20th century.
Ginsberg, Allen