The Holly Prado Papers include material spanning the career of poet Holly Prado, from examples of early efforts written in her youth in the 1950s, through her professional work in the 2010s. Prado's personal journals, dating from 1960 - 2019, make up the largest portion of the collection. Influenced by Jungian psychology, Prado has described journals an important tool for "nourishing" her writing. The second largest group of material consists of drafts of poetry, prose, and talks and lectures. The collection also includes correspondence, photographs, artwork, audiovisual recordings, and publication materials from Cahuenga Press.

Holly Prado was born Holly Kay Johnson on May 2, 1938 in Lincoln, Nebraska. She attended Grand Rapids Junior College and Albion College, where she was awarded a bachelor of arts with honors in 1960. After graduating, she moved to Los Angeles, where she remained to become an active, influential member of the Southern California literary community as a poet, educator, and regular participant in live poetry readings and literary events. She began writing as Holly Prado during her marriage to George Prado (1967-1975) and continued using that name after her marriage to actor and poet Harry Northup in 1990. She has also used the names Holly Schwartz and Holly Prado Northup.

22 Linear feet (55 archives boxes, 3 oversize folders)

Publication rights are held by the creator of the collection.

Original audiovisual and digital media are restricted; listening/viewing copies may be available for researchers.