Accession Processed in 2011
BIOGRAPHICAL MATERIALS
Scope and Content of Series
Series 1) BIOGRAPHICAL MATERIALS: Award and grant information; newspaper clippings about Kyger's life and work; personal papers
including calendars, biographies, and notes; and interviews with Kyger for various publications and projects. Materials related
to Kyger's marriage to Gary Snyder include photographs of their wedding and reception, a photocopy of the marriage certificate,
and newspaper clippings about the event.
Box 1, Folder 1
Awards and grants
1987-2005
Box 1, Folder 3
Calendars, 1965-1968 (incomplete)
Box 1, Folder 5
Interviewed by Michael Price and Dale Smith
1997
Box 1, Folder 6
Interviewed by Anne Waldman
Box 1, Folder 7
Interviewed by John Suiter - Two interviews
2000-2003
Box 1, Folder 8
Interviewed for
Rain Taxi by Eric Lorberer
2001
Box 1, Folder 9
Bolinas Museum Oral History Project
2006
Box 1, Folder 12
Newspaper clippings about Kyger
1974-2007
CORRESPONDENCE
Scope and Content of Series
Series 2) CORRESPONDENCE: Letters, cards, email, and postcards from friends, family, colleagues, editors, and publishers,
ranging in date from 1950 to 2008. Correspondence details Kyger's life in San Francisco, Japan, New York, and Bolinas, California,
as well as her working relationships with various publishers and magazine editors. Notable correspondents include Donald Allen,
Ebbe Borregaard, Joe Brainard, Robert Creeley, Nemi Frost, Gary Snyder, Anne Waldman, Lewis Warsh, and Philip Whalen. Also
of interest are a small number of typescript carbons of letters written by Kyger to friends and family describing her time
in Japan. Arranged alphabetically by correspondent. Unidentified correspondents are arranged chronologically at the end of
the series.
Box 1, Folder 16
Accurso, Richard
1984-2003
Box 2, Folder 1
Acevedo, Susanna
1976-1991
Box 2, Folder 2
Acevedo, Susanna and Arthur Okamura, from Bali
1979-1980
Box 2, Folder 4
Alexander, Paul
1975-2008
Box 2, Folder 6
Amandi, Jocelyn
1978-1990
Box 2, Folder 11
Avec, (Cydney Chadwick, ed.)
1988
Box 2, Folder 13
Bachy, (Leland Hickman, ed.)
1977-1980
Box 3, Folder 2
Copies of letters written by Bacon to various people
1975-1986
Box 3, Folder 3
Baldwin, Gordon
1973-2007
Box 3, Folder 4
Baldwin, Mado (Gail)
1973-1996
Box 3, Folder 7
Baude, Dawn-Michelle (Kolokithas)
1985-2007
Box 3, Folder 8
Belforti, Rose Marie
1987-1991
Box 3, Folder 9
Beltrametti, Franco
1974-1997
Box 3, Folder 10
Benedetti, David
1990-2007
Box 3, Folder 11
Benton, William
1977-1994
Box 4, Folder 2
Berkson, Lynn O'Hare
1979-2007
General
Includes paste-ups of the
Bolinas Hearsay News, with Lynn's column "Notes from a Broad."
Box 4, Folder 5
Berssenbrugge, Mei-Mei
1979-1981
Box 4, Folder 6
Bertholf, Robert
1975-2001
Box 4, Folder 7
Beyond Baroque Foundation Literary/Arts Center
1975-1999
Box 4, Folder 9
Blackall, Simon
1966-1969
Box 4, Folder 10
Black Sparrow Press
1992-2002
Box 4, Folder 11
Blakebrough, Les
1961-2002
Box 4, Folder 13
Borregaard, Ebbe
1960-2006
Box 4, Folder 14
Boughn, Michael
1988-2000
Box 4, Folder 15
Boyce, Jack
1964-1972
General
Includes letters to Kyger re. Boyce's death.
Box 4, Folder 18
Letters about Brainard, including correspondence with Ron Padgett about possible book
1994-2001
Box 4, Folder 20
Briggs, Eleanor
1974-1983
Oversize MC-011, Folder 19
Box 5, Folder 9
Café Review, (Steve Luttrell, ed.)
1992-2000
Box 5, Folder 10
Caldwell, Christopher
2000-2004
Box 5, Folder 11
California College of Arts and Crafts
1977
Box 5, Folder 14
City Lights Booksellers & Publishers
2000-2003
General
Includes an interview of Joanne Kyger and David Meltzer's interview of Philip Whalen.
Box 5, Folder 15
Clark, Tom and Angelica
1966-2007
Box 5, Folder 16
Clorfeine, Stephen
1975-1997
Box 5, Folder 21
Coordinating Council of Literacy Magazines
1979
Box 5, Folder 23
Creeley, Robert
1966-2003
Box 6, Folder 2
Dahi, Soheyl, (ed. Sore Dove Press)
2004-2008
Box 6, Folder 10
De Ferreccio, Jazmin Aminian
2000
Box 6, Folder 11
Degli Esposti, Rita and John Gian Pozzi
1979-2001
Box 6, Folder 13
DeSilver, Albert
1996-2005
Box 6, Folder 15
Dharmadhatu Berkeley
1976-1977
Box 6, Folder 16
di Prima, Diane
1976-2006
Box 6, Folder 18
Dorn, Ed and Jennifer
1974-2003
Box 6, Folder 19
Dorsky, Nathaniel
2000-2006
Box 6, Folder 20
Doss, Margot Patterson and John
1966-2002
Box 7, Folder 6
East West House - Kyger's letters to friends at East West House detailing her trip to Japan
ca. 1960
Box 7, Folder 7
Edwards, Ernesto
1986-2008
Box 7, Folder 9
Ellingham, Lewis
1975-2007
Box 7, Folder 10
Elmslie, Kenward
1974-1999
Box 7, Folder 12
Everyman Publishers, PLC
2002
Box 7, Folder 13
Exquisite Corpse, (Andrei Codrescu, ed.)
1992-1995
Box 7, Folder 15
Fagin, Larry
1967-2004
General
Includes Lettre de Paris by Kyger and Fagin.
Box 7, Folder 18
Ferlinghetti, Lawrence
1979-2006
Box 7, Folder 19
Ferlinghetti, Selden "Kirby"
1988-2001
Box 8, Folder 2
First Light Films, re. film
Women and the Beats
1993-1994
Box 8, Folder 3
Fitzgerald, Dora
1978-2003
Box 8, Folder 4
Follet, CB, ed.
Beside the Sleeping Maiden: Poets of Marin
1996-1997
Box 8, Folder 6
Frost, Nancy Drew
1962-2007
Frost, Robert T. M. "Robin"
Oversize MC-011, Folder 20
Box 8, Folder 11
Frumkin, Kathleen
2002-2007
Box 8, Folder 16
Gare du Nord, (Douglas Oliver and Alice Notley, eds.)
1997-1998
Box 8, Folder 17
Gas, (Kevin Opstedal, ed.)
1991-1998
Box 8, Folder 19
Goldfarb, Sidney
1999-2007
Box 8, Folder 22
Grenier, Robert
1975-1999
Box 8, Folder 23
Grimm, Mary - Correspondence regarding Nancy Drew Frost's death
2007
Box 9, Folder 1
Guravich, Donald and family
1999-2007
Box 9, Folder 4
Hailey, Deborah
1993-2000
Box 9, Folder 7
Haselwood, Dave
1990-2002
Box 9, Folder 8
Hastings, Lee Adair
1961-2006
Box 9, Folder 11
Hawkins, Bobbie Louise
1980-2007
Box 9, Folder 16
Hemensley, Kris
1976-1984
Box 9, Folder 17
Hennessy, Lois, [Gary Snyder's mother]
1961
Box 9, Folder 18
Hickman, Leland
1966-1991
Box 9, Folder 19
Hollo, Anselm and Jane
1981-2007
Box 9, Folder 21
Hoogstraten, Harry
1978-1980
Box 9, Folder 23
Hriskos, Jim and Virginia
1965-1967
Box 9, Folder 24
Hunt, Byron Alton
ca. 1979-1980
Box 10, Folder 3
Intersection, Center for the Arts and Religion
1976-1989
Box 10, Folder 12
Johnson, William J. (Bill)
1976-1997
Box 10, Folder 13
Johnston, Alastair and Dawn
1976-2006
Box 10, Folder 19
Kapleau, DeLancey
1962-1963
Box 10, Folder 20
Kearney, Margaret
1978-2005
Box 10, Folder 24
Koller, Jim and Maggie Brown
1966-2006
Box 11, Folder 1
Krafft, Charles
1977-2004
Box 11, Folder 3
Kush (Steven Kushner)
undated
Box 11, Folder 4
Kyger, Anne [Kyger's mother]
1960-1986
Box 11, Folder 5
Kyger, Jacob [Kyger's father]
1960-1961
Box 11, Folder 7
La Alameda Press
1999-2004
Box 11, Folder 9
Lamont, Kimberly M.
1991-1993
Box 11, Folder 10
Lampe, Keith (aka Ro-Non-So-Te, Ponderosa Pine)
1971-1995
Box 11, Folder 16
Lazzeri, Simone
1978-1990
Box 11, Folder 18
Levi, Louise Landes
1991-2007
Box 11, Folder 20
Loewinsohn, Ron
1963-1968
Box 11, Folder 22
Lowry, Thea [Gary Snyder's sister]
1961-1962
Box 11, Folder 24
MacAdams, Lewis
1967-2007
Box 11, Folder 25
MacAdams, Ocean Lee
1978-2001
Box 12, Folder 1
MacAdams, Phoebe
1975-2005
Box 12, Folder 2
Main, Alvin and June
1960
Box 12, Folder 3
Mallman, Jerome
1958-2007
Box 12, Folder 6
Marin Poetry Center
1996-2003
Box 12, Folder 9
Martin, Richard
2000-2002
Box 12, Folder 12
McClure, Michael
1971-2004
Box 12, Folder 14-15
McNaughton, Duncan
1975-2008
Box 12, Folder 16
McNaughton, Genie
1989-1994
Box 12, Folder 17
McNeill, William (Bill)
ca. 1960-1981
General
Includes a small, undated notebook of McNeill's, describing Kyoto.
Box 12, Folder 20
Meltzer, David and Tina
1975-2007
Box 12, Folder 21
Mikolowski, Ken
1978-1999
Box 13, Folder 1
Miller, Margaret Kyger
1960-2006
General
Includes correspondence regarding Margaret's death.
Box 13, Folder 2
Mills, Susannah
1978-2006
Box 13, Folder 4
Millward, Pamela
1966-1967
Box 13, Folder 6
Montgomery, John
1982-1994
Box 13, Folder 7
Moore, Alvin William
1986-2007
Box 13, Folder 9
Morris, Virginia
1979-1989
Box 13, Folder 11
Naropa Institute
1975-2004
Box 13, Folder 12
The National Poetry Series
1982-1992
Box 13, Folder 14
Nevada County Poetry Series (NCPS)
2004
Box 13, Folder 16
Nicosia, Gerald
1977-1994
Box 13, Folder 17-18
Nisbet, Jim
1978-2007
General
Includes correspondence regarding Sweetie's Bar and Café readings.
Box 13, Folder 24
O'Donnell, Joshua
2003-2007
Box 13, Folder 25
Okamura, Arthur
1978-2002
Box 13, Folder 27
Opstedal, Kevin
1993-2008
Box 13, Folder 28
Ostriker, Alicia
1991-1994
Box 14, Folder 3
Peabody, Richard
ca. 1996
Box 14, Folder 4
Pearl, (Gregory Stephenson, ed.)
1977-1991
Box 14, Folder 9
Pirtles, Rebecca Bush
1992-1998
Box 14, Folder 10
The Poetry Center
1975-2003
Box 14, Folder 12
The Poetry Project
1976-2004
Box 14, Folder 13
Pohlman, Edward
1983-2006
Box 14, Folder 18
Raderman, Marlene
1984-1990
Box 14, Folder 20
Ratcliffe, Steven
1998-2005
Box 15, Folder 2
Reeves, Anne and Francis
1985-2004
Box 15, Folder 3
Rogoff, Marianne
1995-2006
Box 15, Folder 5
Ross, Charlie and family
1985-1993
Box 15, Folder 6
Rothenberg, Michael
1986-2007
Box 15, Folder 7
Rowan, Leslie and Peter
1976-1993
Box 15, Folder 8
Rubenstein, Carol
1977-1988
Box 15, Folder 11
Safdi, Joe and Sara Schrom
1978-2007
Box 15, Folder 12
Salazar, Deborah
1992-1997
Box 15, Folder 13
Sanchez, Ernesto
1995-2002
Box 15, Folder 14
Sand Dollar Booksellers (Jack Shoemaker)
1975-1978
Box 15, Folder 15
Sanders, Ed and Miriam
1974-2008
Box 15, Folder 17
Scalapino, Leslie
1979-2007
Box 15, Folder 18
Schelling, Andrew
1993-2006
Box 15, Folder 19
Schiemann, Philipp
1999-2002
Box 16, Folder 1
Schneider, David
1983-2007
Box 16, Folder 4
Shekeloff, Mertis
1960-2006
Box 16, Folder 8
Skinner, Jonathan
2001-2007
Box 16, Folder 10
Slack, Jane [Jack Boyce's sister]
1966-1967
Box 16, Folder 11
Small Press Distribution
1996-2001
Box 16, Folder 13
Smith, Dale and Hoa Nguyen
1996-2006
Box 16, Folder 17
Snyder, Harold and Mathilde
1959-1964
Box 16, Folder 18
Stanley, George
1958-2003
Box 16, Folder 25
Tricycle: The Buddhist Review
1994-1996
Box 16, Folder 27
University of California Press
1993-2007
Box 16, Folder 28
Upton, Charles - Photocopies of "open letters" to Gary Snyder, Allen Ginsberg, and the poets of Naropa Institute
undated
Box 16, Folder 30
VanDeWetering, Janwillem
2003-2007
Box 16, Folder 31
Van Gogh's Ear, (Ian Ayres, ed.)
2001
Box 17, Folder 1
Vincent, Stephen
1980-2008
Box 17, Folder 7
Warshall, Peter
1974-2007
Box 17, Folder 10-11
Weigel, Evelyne Kyger
1958-1987
Box 17, Folder 14
1959-1965 - Photocopies. Originals are located at Reed College
Box 18, Folder 1
Whaling City Review, (John Landry, ed.)
1995
Box 18, Folder 2
Whitefield, Chris
2003-2006
Box 18, Folder 3
Whitefield, Nancy Breedlove
1976-1997
Box 18, Folder 5
Whole Earth Magazine
1998-1999
Box 18, Folder 7
Wilmarth, Richard
1992-1998
Box 18, Folder 10
Women-In-Literature, Inc.
1997
Box 18, Folder 11
World Bout Poetry Association
1992-2003
Box 18, Folder 12
The Writer's Almanac
1999-2002
Box 18, Folder 13
Wyrick, Claudia
2003-2004
Box 18, Folder 15
Yardas, William
1985-2008
Box 18, Folder 18
Zeno, Karly and Jim
ca. 1970-2008
Miscellaneous correspondence
Box 18, Folder 20
Notes for Kyger while staying at the Hotel Boulderado
1978
Box 18, Folder 21
Notes, poems and artwork for Kyger's birthdays
Unidentified correspondents
Box 18, Folder 24
Michael and Katie
2000-2001
WRITINGS
Scope and Content of Series
Series 3) WRITINGS: Handwritten and typescript poetry and writings - completed works as well as fragments of work in progress.
Arranged in two subseries: A) Chronological Files and B) Collaborations.
A) Chronological Files: Handwritten and typescript manuscripts and drafts; scrapbooks of Kyger's work on school newspapers;
journals and manuscripts for published works, including books where Kyger was a contributor; and, in the case of published
projects, correspondence, contracts, galley copies, and page proofs. Of particular interest are the original bound journals
Kyger kept in while in Japan and used to create Japan and India Journals published in 1981. The files, ranging in date from
1951 to 2007, are arranged chronologically and in most cases retain Kyger's original folder titles.
B) Collaborations: Arranged chronologically, contains pieces written by Kyger with friends and fellow writers. One unusual
piece is a typescript on toilet paper, which Kyger wrote with Stan Persky in 1959. Titled
In the Tunnel, the typescript is extremely fragile and a copy has been made for patron use.
Box 19, Folder 1
Scrapbook - Newspaper clippings of JK's articles for school paper
1951-1952
Box 19, Folder 2
Scrapbook - Newspaper clippings of articles written by JK for paper
El Gaucho
1954
Oversize FB-515, Folder 01
Box 19, Folder 4
Early writing and school assignments
1954-1955
Box 19, Folder 5
Miscellaneous notes and writings
ca. 1957-1958
Box 19, Folder 6
Duncan poetry workshop notebook
1958-1959
Box 20, Folder 2
In progress and fragments
ca. 1959-1961
Box 20, Folder 4
Copies of "notebook" poems
1959-1964
Box 20, Folder 5
Poems from Japan
1960-1964
Box 20, Folder 6
Miscellaneous poems
1962-1963
Oversize FB-515, Folder 02
Oversize MC-011, Folder 25
Box 20, Folder 8
Imaginary Apparitions
1965
The Tapestry and the Web (1965)
Oversize FB-515, Folder 03
Box 20, Folder 15
Unpublished manuscripts
1965-1966
Box 20, Folder 18
Travels in Europe
1966 February-September
Box 21, Folder 1
New York City
1966 September-December
Oversize FB-515, Folder 04
NYC writing, mostly unpublished
Oversize MC-011, Folder 21
Box 21, Folder 6
San Francisco/Bolinas
1967-1968
Box 21, Folder 10
Salmon Creek, Bodega Bay
1968-1969
Box 21, Folder 11
Bodega Bay Cosmic News
ca. 1968-1969
Box 21, Folder 12
Bodega Bay Cosmic Revolution
968-1969 winter
Handwritten copies of poems
Oversize FB-515, Folder 05
Box 21, Folder 16
The Tent
1969 spring - summer
Box 21, Folder 18
Walk with Arthur O. to Secret Lake
ca. 1970
Box 22, Folder 9
Lynne's house
1970 winter - spring
Box 22, Folder 10
Downtown Brighton Avenue
1970 fall - 1971 spring
Oversize MC-011, Folder 22
Box 22, Folder 14
On the Mesa: An Anthology of Bolinas Writing (1971), ed. Joel Weishaus - Correspondence and contracts
Box 22, Folder 15
New house on Evergreen, Poetry Medicine Show
1971
Box 23, Folder 1
Miscellaneous writing
ca. 1972
Box 23, Folder 3
Writing
1972 spring - winter
Box 23, Folder 5
Baul, produced by Lewis MacAdams, etc.
1973
Box 23, Folder 6
Keep it Together
1973-1974
Box 23, Folder 8
Trip Out and Fall Back (1974)
Box 23, Folder 11
Older poems to be rescued
ca. 1974-1985
Box 23, Folder 12-16
All This Every Day (1975) - Includes bound typescript with edits
Box 23, Folder 17
Miscellaneous copies of typescripts - Out the Window,
Up My Coast, etc.
1975-1977
Box 24, Folder 3
Bolinas and Boulder
1977-1978 fall - winter
Box 24, Folder 4
Bolinas Soap Opera, for Radio Free Bolinas
1978
Box 24, Folder 5
Pretty contemporary summer
1978
Box 24, Folder 7
The Wonderful Focus of You (1979)
Box 24, Folder 8
Writing
January-October 1980
Box 24, Folder 9
The Oral Tradition of the Garden of Eden
1980
Box 24, Folder 11-14
Japan and India Journals (1981) - Includes original journals, bound
Box 25, Folder 1-2
Japan and India Journals (1981)
Box 25, Folder 6
Calligraphic wonders, inspired brushstrokes
1981
Box 25, Folder 8-10
Going On: Selected Poems 1958-1980 (1983)
Conditions Governing Access
Restrictions Apply
Box 25, Folder 14-17
The Dharma Committee (1986)
Box 25, Folder 18
Man & Women (1987) - Written with Michael Rothenberg
Box 26, Folder 7-10
Just Space: Poems, 1979-1989 (1991)
Box 26, Folder 12
Naropa
1991 fall - winter
Box 27, Folder 1
Joanne Kyger, 1934-.
Contemporary Authors Autobiography Series
1991-1992
Box 27, Folder 4
Poems by Joanne Kyger.
The New Censorship, vol. 4, no. 10
January 1994
Box 27, Folder 7
Journals, typed
January-March 1993
Box 27, Folder 12
Introduction for Paul Elliott's book
1994
Box 27, Folder 15
Buddhism and the Beat Generation, for
Tricycle
1995
Box 27, Folder 16-17
Some Sketches from the Life of Helena Petrovna Blavatsky (1996)
Box 27, Folder 18
The Beat Book: Writings from the Beat Generation (1996), ed. Anne Waldman
Box 27, Folder 19
Women of the Beat Generation: The Writers, Artists and Muses at the Heart of a Revolution (1996), pub. Conari Press
Conditions Governing Access
Restrictions Apply
Box 28, Folder 2
A Different Beat: Writings by Women of the Beat Generation (1997), ed. Richard Peabody
Box 28, Folder 4
Eine Neue Landkarte (1998)
Box 28, Folder 6-8
Pátzcuaro (1999) - Includes original journal
Box 28, Folder 10
Article on Bobbie Louise Hawkins for Lee Christopher's book
1999
Box 28, Folder 11
Autobiographical, poetics and the Beats
1999-2004
Box 29, Folder 2-3
Strange Big Moon: The Japan and India Journals, 1960-1964 (2000)
Conditions Governing Access
Restrictions Apply
Box 29, Folder 4
The Real News, pub. in webzine
Big Bridge (2000)
Box 29, Folder 6
Memorial tribute to Edward Dorn
February 2000
Box 29, Folder 7
Introductions and blurbs, by Kyger for work of others
2000-2010
Box 29, Folder 8-13
Again: Poems, 1989-2000 (2001)
Box 30, Folder 1-3
Again: Poems, 1989-2000 (2001)
Box 30, Folder 4
Angel Hair Sleeps with a Boy in My Hair: The Angel Hair Anthology (2001), eds. Anne Waldman and Lewis Warsh
Box 30, Folder 5
Writing
2001 January-August
Box 30, Folder 6
Writing
2001 September-December
Box 30, Folder 8-10
As Ever: Selected Poems (2002)
Box 31, Folder 1-8
As Ever: Selected Poems (2002)
Box 32, Folder 1-3
As Ever: Selected Poems (2002)
Box 32, Folder 6
Pomegranate Syrup
2003-2006
Box 32, Folder 7
The Distressed Look (2004)
General
Includes Coyote Books chapbook.
Box 32, Folder 8
God Never Dies: Poems from Oaxaca (2004)
Box 32, Folder 9
Detektivgeschichten der Leidenschaft (2005)
Box 32, Folder 10
Anne Waldman: The Early Years.
Jacket Magazine (2005)
Box 32, Folder 11
"Thanks to David" and "Historic Afterglows"
2005
Box 32, Folder 12
Night Palace (2006)
General
Includes chaplet series broadside.
Box 32, Folder 13
Page proofs and correspondence from
New
2006
Box 32, Folder 15
"Again," printed on a bookmark for
Poetry Flash
2006-2007
Box 32, Folder 16
Not Veracruz: Poems, January-March 2006 (2007)
Box 33, Folder 1
Not Veracruz: Poems, January-March 2006 (2007)
Box 33, Folder 2-9
About Now: Collected Poems (2007)
Box 34, Folder 1-10
About Now: Collected Poems (2007)
Box 34, Folder 11
Miscellaneous papers by Kyger
undated
Box 34, Folder 12
Miscellaneous blurbs written by Kyger
undated
Box 34, Folder 13
Poems - Italian translations
undated
Box 47
In the Tunnel. Novel - Original typed on toilet paper
1959
General
Written with Stan Persky.
Restrictions
Restrictions Apply
Box 34, Folder 15
In the Tunnel. Novel - User copy printed from scan
Box 34, Folder 16
The Current Fall Social World - Written with David Hazelwood
1965
Box 34, Folder 18
8 by 3 - Kyger with Lewis MacAdams and Anne Waldman
ca. 1970
Box 35, Folder 2
Fair to the Dragon - Written with Lewis MacAdams
1976
Box 35, Folder 4
Amsterdam Memoirs or The Sex Life of Lewis MacAdams - Written with Bill Berkson
1978
Box 35, Folder 10
Full moon eclipse
October 27, 2004
The Other Side of the News, for Bob Grenier
Oversize FB-515, Folder 06
WRITINGS OF OTHERS
Scope and Content of Series
Series 4) WRITINGS OF OTHERS: Poetry, reviews, essays, and articles, written about Joanne Kyger and her work. In most cases,
files contain typescript drafts, annotated by Kyger, along with correspondence between Kyger and the author. The series includes
a 1964 article published in
Kado: Japanese Floral Art, that mentions Joanne Kyger's time learning flower arranging in Japan and includes an image of her work. Arranged alphabetically.
Box 35, Folder 13
Script for play
Ways of Spending Money. [Kyger played Elinor at Poetry Center Performance]
ca. 1959
Conditions Governing Access
Restrictions Apply
Box 35, Folder 14
Script for play
Honest Men
undated
Conditions Governing Access
Restrictions Apply
Box 35, Folder 15
Falk, Jane. Daily Practice, Writing Practice: Zen and the Poetry of Joanne Kyger
undated
Box 35, Folder 16
Levin, Nancy. Too Much Soy Sauce in This Recipe: A Study of Joanne Kyger
1993-1994
Box 35, Folder 17
Morgan, Tom and Tyler Doherty.
For the Time Being: The Bootstrap Book of Poetic Journals
2005-2006
Box 35, Folder 18
Olson, Kirby. Joanne Kyger and the Tradition of Zen Beatitude
2001
Box 35, Folder 19
Opstedal, Kevin. A Literary History of the San Andreas Fault: Bolinas Section
1986-2001
Box 35, Folder 20
Penton, Jonathan. Untitled - [Describes a visit to Bolinas and meeting Joanne Kyger]
ca. 2002
Box 35, Folder 21
Russo, Linda. Various papers on Kyger, some annotated by Kyger
undated
Box 35, Folder 22
Smith, Dale. Various articles written about Kyger
undated
Box 36, Folder 1
Wagnon, Drew. Handmade book for Joanne and Jack Boyce
1966
Box 36, Folder 2
Westerfield, Lauren. Exploding the Walls Against the Pattern: Conversations and Consensus in Joanne Kyger's
The Tapestry and the Web
2007
Box 36, Folder 3
Unidentified author. Foreign Students Studying at the Training Center of the Ikenobo Headquarters. Article in
Kado: Japanese Floral Art, no. 5
1964
Box 36, Folder 4
Various authors. Writings about Joanne Kyger
ca. 1979-2000
Box 36, Folder 5
Introductions and blurbs about Joanne Kyger
1969-2007
Box 36, Folder 6
Poems written for or about Joanne Kyger
1973-1989
Box 36, Folder 7
Miscellaneous book reviews
1966-2003
OTHER PROJECTS
Scope and Content of Series
Series 5) OTHER PROJECTS: The series pulls together Kyger's activities outside of, but often still related to, writing. Arranged
in three subseries: A) Readings, B) Teaching, and C) Miscellaneous Projects.
A) Readings: Correspondence, notes, posters, announcements, programs, and ephemera related to conferences and spoken word
events Kyger participated in between 1965 and 2007. The folders are arranged chronologically with undated material filed at
the end of the subseries.
B) Teaching: Material related to classes and workshops taught by Kyger on writing, journaling, and poetry from 1967-2003.
Arranged chronologically, materials include class notes, correspondence, reference material, and ephemera.
C) Miscellaneous Projects: Materials documenting art, poetry, and editing projects in which Kyger participated. Editing projects
include issues of the poetry journals
Wild Dog and
Turkey Buzzard Review, as well as local newspaper the
Bolinas Hearsay News. Also contains materials related to the National Center for Experiments in Television (NCET). Kyger created the video piece
Descartes (1968) while working at the NCET as an artist in residence.
Box 36, Folder 8
Various readings
1965-1999
Box 36, Folder 9
Berkeley Poetry Conference
July 12-14, 1965
Box 36, Folder 10
The KPFA Poetry Festival, UC Berkeley
May 14, 1977
Box 36, Folder 11
Poetry Tonight! Everyone's Bosom Buddies from Bolinas
October 21, 1977
Box 36, Folder 12
P78 One World Poetry, Amsterdam
September 11-16, 1978
Box 36, Folder 13
Bisbee Poetry Festival
August 24-26, 1979
Box 36, Folder 14
Intersection Poetry and Prose Series, "Projectivist Sources: A Panel Discussion"
September 19, 1983
Box 36, Folder 15
Poets on Poetry at the Boise Gallery of Art
June 6, 1984
Box 36, Folder 16
Bolinas Library poetry readings
ca. 1984-1988
Box 36, Folder 17
Taos Poetry Circus
1985-1994
Box 36, Folder 18
Eco-Poetry Round Up: Benefit Reading to Save the Blue Coral Reef of Shiraho, Okinawa
1988 June 3
Box 37, Folder 1
Friends of the KU Poetry Collection, First Annual Reading Series
1989 March 29
Box 37, Folder 2
Festival of Literary Arts, Bolinas, CA
1989 April 1 - May 31
Box 37, Folder 3
Sacramento Poetry Center Writers' Conference
1993 October 15-16
Box 37, Folder 4
The Beat Generation: Legacy and Celebration
1994 May 17-22
Box 37, Folder 5
The Recovery of the Public World: A Conference and Festival in Honour of Robin Blaser...
1995June 1-4
Box 37, Folder 6
Fast Speaking Women: A Celebration of the Women of the Beat Generation
1997November 6-7
Box 37, Folder 7
Northwest Spokenword LAB
1998 March 6
Box 37, Folder 8
European Reading Tour
1998
Box 37, Folder 9
Beat and the Spiritual Quest, Walker Art Center
1999 October 24
Box 37, Folder 10
SUNY Buffalo and Queens College
1999
Box 37, Folder 11
Various readings
2000-2007
Box 37, Folder 12-13
Reading tour in Italy
2001
Box 37, Folder 14
Bumbershoot Literary Arts Program
2002 August
Box 37, Folder 15
Place as Purpose: Poetry from the Western States
2002 October 10-12
Box 37, Folder 16
Miami Book Fair International
2002 November
Box 37, Folder 17
8th Annual Books by the Bay
2003 July 19
Box 37, Folder 18
Transatlantic Howl: A Tribute to Allen Ginsberg
2004 October 14
Box 37, Folder 19
Sixth Annual Allen Ginsberg Memorial Open Mic Poetry Marathon
2004 April 3-4
Box 37, Folder 20
Is Poetry Enough? Poetry in a Time of Crisis - Panel discussion
2004 April 17
Box 37, Folder 21
The Heart is a Quarter Pounder: A Tribute to Jeffrey Miller
2005 July 29
Box 37, Folder 22
Willits, California
2005 August 19
Box 38, Folder 1
A Poet in Buffalo: A Community Celebration of the Life and Work of Robert Creeley
2006 May 20-21
Box 38, Folder 2
Robert Creeley: A Symposium on His Poetry and His Place in American Letters
2005 November 5
Box 38, Folder 3
Henry Miller Library, Big Sur
2006 September 8-10
Box 38, Folder 4
University of California, Berkeley Lunch Poems reading series
2007 April 5
Box 38, Folder 5
Reading at the Palace of the Governors, Santa Fe, NM
2007 May 10
Box 38, Folder 6
California State University, San Marcos
2007 November 15
Oversize MC-011, Folder 23
Box 38, Folder 8
Poets in Residence Program, New York
1967
Box 38, Folder 9
Indian Stories
ca. 1980-1982
Box 38, Folder 10
Compassion for Place, Naropa
1981
Box 38, Folder 11
Poetics Workshop, New College
1990 fall
Box 38, Folder 12
Independent studies instructor, New College
1997 October-December
Box 38, Folder 13
Journal class, Mesa House
2001 May
Box 38, Folder 14
The Journal as Home: Keeping the World in a Notebook, Zen Mountain Monastery
2003
Box 38, Folder 15
Historical writing workshop, Boulder, CO
undated
Box 38, Folder 16
Wild Dog, co-edited by Kyger
1965
The National Center for Experiments in Television
Box 38, Folder 17-18
Notes and writing
1967-1968
Box 39, Folder 1
Flip Poem Garden, KQED
1967
Box 39, Folder 2
Articles and ephemera
1968-2000
Box 39, Folder 3
Pacific Film Archive - Correspondence and notes
2000
Box 39, Folder 4
Correspondence with Jane Falk - Includes Falk's paper
2005-2006
Box 39, Folder 5
California Video exhibit at the Getty
2007-2008
Box 39, Folder 7
Bolinas Hearsay News
1975-2004
Box 39, Folder 8
Turkey Buzzard Review
ca. 1978-1979
Box 39, Folder 9
Stories from the Land project, Bolinas Museum
1990
Box 39, Folder 10
Poetry group, Bolinas
1998
Box 39, Folder 11
Poetry and its Arts: Bay Area Interactions, 1954-2004 - Exhibit at the California Historical Society
2005 December 11 - April 16
Box 39, Folder 12
Recent Visitors: Poets and Publishing on the Bolinas Scene in the Seventies - Exhibit at the Book Club of California
2006 January 30 - March 30
SUBJECT FILES
Scope and Content of Series
Series 6) SUBJECT FILES: Newspaper clippings and ephemera. Subjects include poets Ted Berrigan, Allen Ginsberg, Gary Snyder,
and Philip Whalen, as well as the Beat Generation and Bolinas, California. Miscellaneous ephemera is filed chronologically
at the end of the series. The ephemera illustrates Kyger's life and interests over the years, from peace marches in the 1960s
to poetry readings by friends. Arranged alphabetically by topic.
Box 39, Folder 14
Beat Generation
1960-2002
Box 39, Folder 15
Berrigan, Ted - Includes writing with and about Berrigan
1982-1983
Box 39, Folder 16
Black Sparrow Press
ca. 1968-1977
Box 39, Folder 17
Bolinas, California
ca. 1969-1976
Box 46
Burroughs, William "Billy," Jr. - Notes and beret
ca. 1977
Box 40, Folder 1
Creeley, Robert - Includes memorial poems and obituary
2005
Box 40, Folder 2
Ferlinghetti, Lawrence
1996-1999
Box 40, Folder 4
Memorial tributes
1997-1998
Box 40, Folder 5
Naropa Institute
1975-1988
Oversize FB-515, Folder 07
Box 40, Folder 11
Ten Titanic Etudes - Includes Kyger's introduction
Box 40, Folder 12
The Collected Poems of Philip Whalen (2007) - Includes Kyger's endorsement and reader report
Box 40, Folder 13
Writings of others, about Whalen
Oversize FB-515, Folder 08
Box 40, Folder 15
Posthumous material - Includes correspondence regarding Whalen's health, obituaries and memorial poems
2000-2003
Box 40, Folder 16
Notes for memorial piece in
Poetry Project Newsletter
2002
Box 40, Folder 18
Ephemera collected in Japan
ca. 1960-1963
Oversize FB-515, Folder 08
Oversize MC-011, Folder 24
IMAGES
Scope and Content of Series
Series 7) IMAGES: Arranged in two subseries: A) Artwork and B) Photographs.
A) Artwork: Drawings and sketches made by Joanne Kyger and friends. The subseries includes work by Bill Berkson, Tom Field,
Nemi Frost, and Arthur Okamura, as well as collaborative drawings and sketchbooks comprised of work by several artists. One
drawing of particular interest is a pen and ink drawing depicting Blabbermouth Night at The Place in San Francisco. The drawing
has no identified artist and is located with the oversize, unidentified artwork.
B) Photographs: Images include snapshots of Joanne Kyger and other poets including Gary Snyder and Allen Ginsberg. Also includes
slides taken in 1972 by Roy Kiyooka labeled "A Day in Bolinas and San Fran. with Friends."
Box 41, Folder 5
Includes a graphite portrait of Joanne Kyger
undated
Oversize MC-011, Folder 26
Oversize FB-515, Folder 09
Oversize MC-011, Folder 27
Silkscreens by Okamura and Kyger
undated
Sketchbook collaborations
Oversize FB-515, Folder 10-11
Box 41, Folder 13
Dinner table collaborations
undated
Box 41, Folder 14
Rabbits and tigers, by Arthur O., Don, Jack, etc.
1984-1987
Box 45
New Year's Eve collaboration at Robert Grenier's
1993
Box 41, Folder 15
Miscellaneous collaborations
undated
Box 41, Folder 16
Miscellaneous and unidentified drawings
Oversize FB-515, Folder 12-13
Miscellaneous and unidentified drawings
Box 41, Folder 17
Joanne Kyger and Donald Guravich
2000
Box 41, Folder 18
Ginsberg, Allen
1977-1997
Box 41, Folder 19
Various poets, including Antler, Jeff Poniewaz and Gary Snyder
ca. 1977-1997
Box 41, Folder 20
Kyger and friends in Bolinas and San Francisco - Slides
1972 summer
SOUND RECORDINGS
Scope and Content of Series
Series 8) SOUND RECORDINGS: Arranged in two subseries: A) Reel-to-Reel, and B) Cassettes. Original audiovisual media is restricted;
researchers may request listening copies in advance of their visit.
A) Reel-to-Reel: Poetry readings by Joanne Kyger and other poets from 1966 to 1973. Many of the recordings have minimal descriptions.
B) Cassettes: Poetry readings and spoken word events by Joanne Kyger, Robert Duncan, Lewis MacAdams, Gary Snyder, Bobbie Louise
Hawkins, and many other poets from 1971 to 2002.
Box 42, Folder 1
Berkeley Poetry Conference. Ron Loewinsohn, Joanne Kyger, Lew Welch
1966 July 24
Conditions Governing Access
Restrictions Apply
Box 42, Folder 2
Joanne [Kyger], "kitchen, dialogue, ramblings"
1967 Fall
Conditions Governing Access
Restrictions Apply
Box 42, Folder 3
Practice reading, 6/29; Koller and Cassandra, evening
1968 October
Conditions Governing Access
Restrictions Apply
Box 42, Folder 4
Jack Spicer reading, [Ebbe reading ?]
1969
Conditions Governing Access
Restrictions Apply
Box 42, Folder 5
Lewis [?]
1970 May
Conditions Governing Access
Restrictions Apply
Box 42, Folder 6
Joanne Kyger
1971 December 21
Conditions Governing Access
Restrictions Apply
Box 42, Folder 7
Robert Creeley, Joanne Kyger, Ed Dorn. San Francisco
1973 August 31
Conditions Governing Access
Restrictions Apply
Box 42, Folder 8
Joanne's experimental Boukla [?]
July
Conditions Governing Access
Restrictions Apply
Box 42, Folder 9
John Wieners'
Asylum Poems
October 29
Conditions Governing Access
Restrictions Apply
Box 42, Folder 10-26
Unidentified recordings
undated
General
17 sound recordings with illegible, blank, or very minimal container description.
Conditions Governing Access
Restrictions Apply
Box 43, Folder 1
Joanne, Arthur, Brody, and Tom Clark
ca. 1971
Conditions Governing Access
Restrictions Apply
Box 43, Folder 2
Anaïs Nin - The Art of Creative Writing. Kentfield
1974
Conditions Governing Access
Restrictions Apply
Box 43, Folder 3
Jim Gustafson, Bolinas, 1975 July 8. Jim Gustafson and Robert Creeley
1975 July 22
Conditions Governing Access
Restrictions Apply
Box 43, Folder 4
Bobbie Louise Hawkins
1975 September 15
Conditions Governing Access
Restrictions Apply
Box 43, Folder 5
Jim Carroll, Lewis MacAdams, Duncan McNaughton
1975 October 11
Conditions Governing Access
Restrictions Apply
Box 43, Folder 6
Wolfe, Carroll, Fox, Hawkins. Group reading, Bolinas
1975 December 9
Conditions Governing Access
Restrictions Apply
Box 43, Folder 7
Robert Duncan, Naropa
1978
Conditions Governing Access
Restrictions Apply
Box 43, Folder 8
Poltroon Press Benefit, S.F. Art Institute
1982 July 10
Conditions Governing Access
Restrictions Apply
Box 43, Folder 9
Kyger/Bromige/Grenier - Projectivist Sources, Intersection
1983 September 19
Conditions Governing Access
Restrictions Apply
Box 43, Folder 10
Joanne Kyger reading at Simon Fraser University
1985 February 26
Conditions Governing Access
Restrictions Apply
Box 43, Folder 11
Joanne Kyger, Bolinas Library
1985 May 16
Conditions Governing Access
Restrictions Apply
Box 43, Folder 12
Championship Poetry Bout, Taos, New Mexico
1985
Conditions Governing Access
Restrictions Apply
Box 43, Folder 13
Reading of
No Difference Here. Book party
1986
Conditions Governing Access
Restrictions Apply
Box 43, Folder 14-15
Eco-Poetry Round Up [2 cassettes]
1988 June 3
Conditions Governing Access
Restrictions Apply
Box 43, Folder 16
Ed Sanders, Gary Snyder, Nanao Sakaki, Naropa Institute
1990 July 9
Conditions Governing Access
Restrictions Apply
Box 43, Folder 17
Collom, Kyger, MacAdams. Reading, Naropa Institute
1990 July 3
Conditions Governing Access
Restrictions Apply
Box 43, Folder 18
Steve Taylor, Bobbie Louise Hawkins, Peter Rowan, Jerome Rothenberg, Anne Waldman. Reading, Naropa Institute
1990 July 27
Conditions Governing Access
Restrictions Apply
Box 43, Folder 19
Angela Coon, Kimi Sugioka, Marilyn T. Collaboration, Cedar Alley
1991 March 19
Conditions Governing Access
Restrictions Apply
Box 43, Folder 20
Kyger, Collom, Mac Low. Reading
1991 July 6
Conditions Governing Access
Restrictions Apply
Box 43, Folder 21
Kyger, Guravich, Salazar, Hernandez Cruz. Naropa Summer Reading Series
1992
Conditions Governing Access
Restrictions Apply
Box 44, Folder 1
Joanne Kyger and Bobbie Louise Hawkins
1992 January
Conditions Governing Access
Restrictions Apply
Box 44, Folder 2
Bill Berkson, Duncan McNaughton. Bolinas Poetry Project
1992 May 23
Conditions Governing Access
Restrictions Apply
Box 44, Folder 3
Kyger, Guravich, Cruz, Salara. Reading
1992 July 21
Conditions Governing Access
Restrictions Apply
Box 44, Folder 4
Lewis MacAdams, Bolinas
1993 December 9
Conditions Governing Access
Restrictions Apply
Box 44, Folder 5
Ken Irby, Berkeley, CA
1999 August 1
Conditions Governing Access
Restrictions Apply
Box 44, Folder 6
Sidney Goldfarb and Philip Whalen. Reading
1999 August 2
Conditions Governing Access
Restrictions Apply
Box 44, Folder 7
Ed Dorn: Radio Homage
2000
Conditions Governing Access
Restrictions Apply
Box 44, Folder 8
Joanne Kyger
2001 April 4
Conditions Governing Access
Restrictions Apply
Box 44, Folder 9
Joanne Kyger and Janine Pommy Vega
2002 April 10
Conditions Governing Access
Restrictions Apply
Box 44, Folder 10
Robert Creeley and Larry Kearney
undated
Conditions Governing Access
Restrictions Apply
Box 44, Folder 11
David Bromige
undated
Conditions Governing Access
Restrictions Apply
Box 44, Folder 12
Larry Fagin
undated
Conditions Governing Access
Restrictions Apply
Box 44, Folder 13
Joanne Kyger and John Daly
Conditions Governing Access
Restrictions Apply
Box 44, Folder 14
Joanne Kyger/Poetics
undated
Conditions Governing Access
Restrictions Apply
Box 44, Folder 15
Duncan McNaughton
undated
Conditions Governing Access
Restrictions Apply
Box 44, Folder 16
Joanne Kyger, practice reading from On Time
undated
Accession Processed in 2021
JOURNALS/DIARIES
Scope and Content of Series
Series 9) JOURNALS/DIARIES: Arranged in three subseries: A) General, B) Japan Journals and C) Mexico Journals. Arranged chronologically
within the subseries, journals date from 1944 through Kyger's death in 2017. These journals span the breadth of Kyger's writing
life and include her daily musings, poems, record keeping and artwork. Also included are her travel journals from Japan, India
and Mexico.
Box 48, Folder 1
Diary
1946-1951
General note
"From Aunt Joe."
Box 48, Folder 2
Journal and diary pages
1957-1959
General note
Includes some correspondence and other notes related to "The Dharma Committee."
Box 48, Folder 3
Notebooks
1956-1959
General note
Includes reflection on peyote (three loose pages) and a birthday note.
Box 48, Folder 4
Calendar and reading list
1959
Box 48, Folder 5-6
Notebooks
1959
General note
Includes draft letters to Gary Snyder and notes.
Box 49, Folder 2
"Hideously important notebook full of rebellious facts"
1960 March - May
Box 49, Folder 3
Notebooks - Amusements and Important Notations
1960
Box 49, Folder 5
Journal pads
1960 August - November
Box 49, Folder 6-7
Household expenses and cash book
1960-1962
Box 49, Folder 8
Address books
ca. 1960-1970
Box 50, Folder 1-2
Journals
1963 January-October
Box 50, Folder 4
Journal
1964 September - 1965 June
Box 50, Folder 5-6
Journal pages
1964-1965
General note
Scrapbook materials including photographs, clippings, writing on dreams, poetry, and correspondence.
Box 50, Folder 7
Journal
1966 February-September
Box 51, Folder 3
3 Days, New York City
1966-1967
Box 51, Folder 4-5
Copies of Kyger's personal letters
1966-1968
General note
New York City and San Francisco.
Box 51, Folder 8
"October effluvia"
1967-1968
Box 51, Folder 9
Journal - "Beach travel notebook"
1967-1969
Box 52, Folder 1
Drawing pad
1969 March - September
Box 52, Folder 2
Journal
1969 April-November
Box 52, Folder 4
Composition notebook
1969 December - 1970 March
Box 52, Folder 5-6
Calendars and address books
ca. 1970-1980
General note
Includes some loose-leaf and hand-drawn calendars.
Box 52, Folder 7
Journal - "Text for Joanne"
1970
Box 53, Folder 1-5
Journals
1970-1972
General note
Includes drawings and sketches.
Box 54, Folder 1
Journal and pocket notebook
1971-1972
Box 54, Folder 2
"A New England Journal"
1972
General note
Includes poster artwork for a poetry reading and includes collage-like material.
Box 54, Folder 3
Chiapas journal
1972 December - 1973 April
General note
Includes pressed leaves and flowers.
Box 54, Folder 4
Journal and pocket notebook
1972-1976
General note
Includes 1976 material from San Cristobal.
Box 55, Folder 6
Arizona/Bolinas journal
1976
Box 57, Folder 3
Book list and People's Store
ca. 1980-1990
Box 57, Folder 4
Appointment books
1980 - 1984
Box 58, Folder 1-6
Journals
1980-1981
General note
Includes Davis trip.
Box 60, Folder 1-6
Journals
1983-1984
General note
Includes "After Yucatan" notes.
Box 61, Folder 1-5
Journals
1984-1986
General note
Includes notes from journal.
Box 62, Folder 1-4
Journals
1986-1989
General note
Includes "Our Trip to Laytonville," from 1987.
Box 62, Folder 5
Salt Point Collaboration drawing pad journal
1988-1989
General note
Jim Nesbit, Kate Dezina, Donald Guravich, and Joanne Kyger.
Box 63, Folder 1-5
Journals
1988-1990
General note
Includes Naropa, travel notes, and expenses, and "Camping with David" notes.
Box 64, Folder 1-5
Journals
1990-1992
General note
Includes some pocket notebooks.
Box 65, Folder 1-7
Journals
1991-1992
General note
Includes travel journal pages for Santa Barbara trip.
Box 66, Folder 1-4
Journals
1992-1993
General note
Includes travel journal on Klamath Mountains and various trips.
Box 68, Folder 1-4
Journals
1994-1995
General note
Includes "For Cass's Eyes Only: An Account of the Vancouver Visit."
Box 70, Folder 1-4
Journals
1996-1997
General note
Includes Bodega Bay diary.
Box 71, Folder 1-5
Journals
1997-1998
General note
Includes trip to Germany, Switzerland and Italy diary.
Box 74, Folder 1-5
Journals
2000-2002
General note
Includes journal entitled "Sunday" and travel journals.
Box 75, Folder 1-7
Journals and sketchbooks
2000-2001
General note
Includes desert trip, Boulder and "New Borders" journals.
Box 76, Folder 1-7
Journals
2001-2002
General note
Includes Canada, New York City, Seattle and "two trips" journals.
Box 78, Folder 1-5
Journals
2003-2004
General note
Includes trip to Milwaukee diary and Humboldt Redwoods sketchbook.
Box 79, Folder 1-6
Journals
2004-2005
General note
Includes trip to Humboldt Redwoods sketchbook and diary, Naropa and trip to Utah pocket notebook.
Box 80, Folder 1-8
Journals
2005-2006
General note
Includes "Joko Dave" and "Trip South" journals and sketchbooks.
Box 81, Folder 1-6
Journals
2006-2008
General note
Includes artwork and clippings 2006-2008.
Box 82, Folder 1-7
Journals
2007-2009
General note
Includes Hollister trip notes.
Box 84, Folder 1
Address book
ca. 2010-2015
Box 84, Folder 2-5
Journals
2010-2011
General note
Includes Salt Point, Fort Brigg and Santa Barbara trips sketchbook.
Box 85, Folder 1-6
Journals
2011-2013
General note
Contains excerpt from "Homage to Etel Adnan."
Box 86, Folder 1-7
Journals
2013-2015
General note
Includes Santa Barbara trip notebook.
Box 88, Folder 1-4
Journals
2016-2017
General note
Includes "Daily Important Items and notes" pocket notebook.
Box 88, Folder 5
Journals
undated
General note
Includes pocket notebooks.
Box 89, Folder 1-4
Miscellaneous journals
ca. 1985-2005 and undated
General note
Nature journals, handmade journal, pocket notes and sketches in Tiffany catalog.
Box 90, Folder 1-4
Sketchbooks
1987-2000
General note
Large drawing pads of artwork, cartoons, and notes.
Box 91, Folder 1-8
Sketchbooks
2001-2005
General note
Large drawing pads of artwork, cartoons, and notes.
Box 90, Folder 5
Kyoto notebooks
1960-1962
General note
3 original notebooks from Kyger's time in Japan.
Box 90, Folder 6
Flower arranging lessons and sketches
1960
General note
Includes brief correspondence.
Box 90, Folder 7
Japan wedding to Gary Snyder - Journal entries and publicity
1960
General note
Contains newspaper clippings and copy of marriage certificate.
Box 90, Folder 8
"Mother of the Buddha, Queen of Heaven, Mother of the Sun"
1962
General note
Hand lettered poem by Kyger.
Box 90, Folder 9
Journal pages - Dreams
1963
Box 90, Folder 10
Japanese ephemera
undated
General note
Includes calligraphy sample.
Box 90, Folder 11
Notes - Folk art in Japan
undated
Oversize MC-011, Folder 28
Rubbings from India and Japan, some with Kyger's seal/chop
ca. 1960-1964
Box 92, Folder 1-6
Chiapas, Mexico City, and Veracruz
1997-2007
Box 94, Folder 6-12
Oaxaca - Ephemera, artwork, poems and research
1997-2014
General note
Includes ephemera, artwork, notes, poems and travel correspondence.
Box 95, Folder 1-9
Patzcuaro and Yucatan
1984-1990
General note
Includes script titled "Evenings in Progreso," typed copies of the journal entries, Spanish lessons and "Adventures of the
Kidos."
Box 96, Folder 1-9
Patzcuaro and Yucatan
1990-2000
Box 97, Folder 1-3
Patzcuaro and Yucatan
2000-2001
Box 97, Folder 4
"Mexico Journal"
1993
General note
Journal by Bill Scheffel.
Box 97, Folder 5-7
Mexico notes, ephemera, and artwork
1986-2000
General note
Includes a 1998 copy of Hearsay News that was written and edited in Patzcuaro.
Box 97, Folder 8
Luminous Details workshop (presented by Great River Arts Institute)
1999-2000
General note
Includes schedule, correspondence and works for "17 Ibarra," an anthology of writing from the workshop.
Box 97, Folder 9
"Mi Canto es Sincero"
2000
General note
Poem with drafts, possibly for "17 Ibarra."
BIOGRAPHICAL
Scope and Content of Series
Series 10) BIOGRAPHICAL: Arranged alphabetically, materials document Kyger's private and professional life. Includes Kyger's
baby book, juvenilia, writings and mementos from her early school life, various certificates and awards, and memorial materials.
Box 98, Folder 1
Autobiographical statements
1981-2015
Box 98, Folder 2
Awards - Small Press Traffic Lifetime Achievement Award
2005
Box 98, Folder 3-4
Baby book and childhood ephemera
1932-1942
Box 98, Folder 5
Certificates - Birth certificate, citizenship and marriage certificates, divorce papers
1934-1966
Box 98, Folder 6
Clippings - School achievements
ca.1945-1957
Box 98, Folder 7
Drawing of Kyger - Portrait in charcoal, signed Spetsas [?]
undated
Box 99, Folder 1
School certificates
1950-1956
Box 99, Folder 2
School event programs
1947-1056
Box 99, Folder 3-6
Junior High and High School newspaper articles written by Kyger
1947-1952
General note
Selected issues of "The Junior Post" and "The Forge" featuring Joanne Kyger's early writings.
Box 99, Folder 7-9
School papers and notebooks
1949-1952
Box 100, Folder 1-11
School papers and notebooks
1953-1956
Box 100, Folder 12-13
School friends - Photographs and notes
1945-1955
Box 101, Folder 1-2
Yearbooks, high school - Santa Barbara High School
1951-1952
Box 101, Folder 3-5
Yearbooks, college - UC Santa Barbara
1954-1956
Oversize FB-562, Folder 8
Joanne Kyger: A Celebration of her life and work - Album/guestbook
2017 July 22
Oversize FB-562, Folder 10
Joanne Kyger astrology chart
undated
CORRESPONDENCE
Scope and Content of Series
Series 11) CORRESPONDENCE: Arranged in two subseries: A) Alphabetical, and B) Printed Emails.
A) Alphabetical correspondence includes cards and letters from friends, family and member of the poetry community. Correspondence
is arranged by last name of correspondent and chronologically within folders and range in date from 1958-2018. Highlights
include letters and cards from Bill Berkson, Robert Creeley, Allen Ginsberg, Charles Olson, Gary Snyder, Ann Waldman, Philip
Whalen and others. Also included is a selection of cards, printed emails and letters of condolence to Kyger's husband Donald
Guravich.
B) Printed Emails comprises of copies of email exchanges between Kyger with family and friends. These materials are arranged
chronologically and date from 2008-2017.
Box 102, Folder 4
Alcalay, Ammiel
2005-2012
Box 102, Folder 5
Alexander, Paul
2006-2013
Box 102, Folder 12
Baude, Dawn-Michelle
2008
Box 102, Folder 13
The Beat and the City
2001
General note
Production by Oswego State University of New York. Correspondents include Tom Kee and the actors. Also includes newsletter
and production information.
Box 102, Folder 14
The Beat Generation Symposium
2008 October 10-11
General note
Regarding Joanne Kyger and Diane di Prima, keynote speakers.
Box 102, Folder 15
The Beats in India Symposium
2008 June 14
General note
Regarding poetry event presented by The Asia Society.
Box 102, Folder 16
Bedouin Books (M. D'Alessandro, Editor)
2004
Box 102, Folder 17
Beltrametti, Franco
1992-1995
Box 102, Folder 18-21
Berkson, Bill
1973-2011
General note
Includes handmade birthday books.
Box 103, Folder 1-3
Berkson, Bill
1973-2011
General note
Includes handmade birthday books.
Box 103, Folder 4
Berkson, Lynn O'Hare
198-2014
Box 103, Folder 5
Berrigan, Sandra
1993-2013
Box 103, Folder 7
Boren, Greg
2013
General note
Regarding Irene Taverner.
Box 103, Folder 9
Botto, Ken
1967-2005
General note
Includes memorial materials, photographs and artwork, including drawing of Joanne Kyger.
Box 103, Folder 10
Boyce, Jack
1972-1973
General note
Regarding his estate.
Box 103, Folder 11
Brandi, John and Renee
2013
Box 103, Folder 12
Brazil, David and Sara Larsen
2015-2016
Box 103, Folder 13
Brownstein, Michael
198, 2017
Box 103, Folder 17
Castree, Genevieve
2012-2013
Box 103, Folder 20
Clarke, John (Jack)
1980-1990
Box 103, Folder 22
Columbia Poetry Review
2008
Box 103, Folder 23
Columbia University Press
2016
Box 103, Folder 25
Creeley, Robert
1988, undated
Box 103, Folder 27
Delbos, Stephan
2014
General note
Regarding Donald Allen and New American Poetry Anthology.
Box 103, Folder 28
Dewhurst, Robert
2012
General note
Regarding research on John Wieners.
Box 103, Folder 29
Dia Foundation
2017
General note
Regarding readings in Contemporary Poetry Anthology.
Box 103, Folder 32
Di Prima, Diane
2006, 2009
General note
Includes two poems, signed.
Box 103, Folder 34
Doss, John and Steve Dickinson
2004-2005
General note
Regarding Donald Allen.
Box 103, Folder 35
Duncan, Robert
1958-1965
General note
Typed transcriptions of letters to Duncan from Kyger.
Box 103, Folder 36
Du Plessis, Klara
2010-2011
Box 103, Folder 38
Earnheart-Gold, Tobi
2014
General note
Regarding library poetry reading.
Box 103, Folder 40
Ellingham, Lewis
1983-2014
Box 103, Folder 41
Eshelman, Clayton
undated
General note
Draft of letter by Kyger.
Box 104, Folder 4
Ferlinghetti, Lawrence
2007
Box 104, Folder 5
Fisher, Catherine
2009
General note
Regarding Café Review submission.
Box 104, Folder 6
Fleming, David and Jeanne Lance
2006
Box 104, Folder 7
Foundation for Contemporary Arts (Chelsea Keys)
2014
Box 104, Folder 8
Franklin, Neshama
2013-2014
Box 104, Folder 11
Friedman, Amy
1998-2008
General note
Includes "Joanne Kyger, Beat Generation Poet," "A Porcupine traveling at the Speed of Light," and "Being Here as Hard as I
Could." Articles by Friedman about Kyger.
Box 104, Folder 17
Ginsberg, Allen
1969-1990
General note
A small selection of cards and letters.
Box 104, Folder 18
Ginsberg, Allen
1960
General note
Copies of letters to Bill Morgan.
Box 104, Folder 20
Goldfarb, Sidney
2012-2014
Box 104, Folder 22
Greenlight Press (Kaye McDonough)
1978
Box 104, Folder 23
Grenier, Robert
2010-2013
Box 104, Folder 24
Guravich, Donald
2017-2019
Box 104, Folder 25-30
Guravich, Donald - Letters of condolence, A-F
2017-2018
General note
Includes copies of email correspondence to Guravich's friends and family.
Box 105, Folder 1-15
Guravich, Donald - Letters of condolence, G-Z
2017-2018
Box 106, Folder 5
Hastings, Lee
1960-1962
General note
Includes airmail letters from Kyger and Gary Snyder.
Box 106, Folder 10
Hollo, Anselm and Jane Dalyrymple-Hollo
2013
Box 106, Folder 11
Hyner, Stefan
2010-2016
General
Includes art and ephemera.
Box 106, Folder 15
Jennings, Christopher
2015-2016
Box 106, Folder 20
Klein, Lucas
2014
General note
Regarding translation of Burton Watson.
Box 106, Folder 22
Kuhn, Ryan
1997
General note
Includes interview with Kyger and a few poems from his self-published chapbook.
Box 106, Folder 24
Lawless, Gary (Blackberry Books)
2008
General note
Regarding the Nanao Sakai collection.
Box 106, Folder 25
Lee, Joe
undated
General note
Includes photos of Bob Le Vigne and copy of Hope Savage drawing by Bob La Vigne.
Box 106, Folder 26
Liu, Waverly
2014
General note
Regarding the Beat Generation and the San Francisco Renaissance exhibit.
Box 106, Folder 28
MacAdams, Lewis
2008-2013
Box 106, Folder 30
Malone, Eric
2012
General note
Regarding Scrambda #3.
Box 106, Folder 31
Mallmann, Jerome
2006-2013
Box 106, Folder 33
Martin, C. J.
2015 July 31
Box 106, Folder 34
McCune, Marianne
2015
General note
Regarding Beat Poets walking tour.
Box 106, Folder 35
McNaughton, Duncan
2005-2013
Box 106, Folder 36
McNaughton, Genie
2008, 2013
Box 106, Folder 38
MillAr, Jay (Toronto New School of Writing)
2011-2012
Box 106, Folder 40
Montgomery, John and Laura Peterson
1991-1994
Box 106, Folder 41
Moore, William (Bill) and Bill Berkson
1996
General note
Regarding the paintings of Tom Field.
Box 106, Folder 43
Morgan, William (Bill)
2008-2016
General note
Regarding The Letters of Allen Ginsberg.
Box 106, Folder 44
Morgan, William (Bill)
2014
General note
Regarding Peter Orlovsky reading at City Lights Bookstore.
Box 106, Folder 46
Mythos Fine Arts Gallery
2011
Box 106, Folder 48-52
Naropa University
2000-2014
General note
Various correspondence regarding: blog on Lew Welch, Richard Brautigan, and Lost and Found Series; poem in celebration of
the Jack Kerouac School's 40th Anniversary; Summer Writing Program; workshop on Writing the Body/The Body Politic/Feminism
and Gender; and the Audio Archive Project.
Box 106, Folder 53
National Endowment for the Arts
1979
Box 106, Folder 54
Nelson, Paul
2013-2014
General note
Regarding Cascadia Poetry Festival.
Box 107, Folder 2
Nichols, Miriam
2014
General note
Regarding Robin Blaser poetry.
Box 107, Folder 3
Nicosia, Gerald
2012-2013
Box 107, Folder 4
Nightboat Books (Stephen Motika)
2014-2015
General note
Regarding publication of Kyger's Japan and India journals.
Box 107, Folder 9-10
Okamura, Arthur
1980-2009
General note
Includes correspondence about Okamura from others, artwork and ephemera.
Box 107, Folder 12
Olin, Jeni
199, undated
General note
Includes poetry by Olin.
Box 107, Folder 13
Olson, Charles
1968 September 27
General note
Includes typescript of handwritten letter and copy of "A Curriculum of the Soul," by Olson.
Box 107, Folder 15-16
Opstedal, Kevin
2004-2013
Box 107, Folder 20
Patori, Jonathan
2002
General note
Includes "Visit to Nowhere."
Box 107, Folder 23
Plymell, Charles
2010-2011
General note
Includes ephemera and copies of poem "Santa Cruz."
Box 107, Folder 24
The Poetry Center, San Francisco State University
2013
General note
Regarding Nanao Sakaki poetry event.
Box 107, Folder 25
The Poetry Collection, University at Buffalo, State University of New York (SUNY)
2014
Box 107, Folder 26
The Poetry Foundation (Michael Slosek, Assistant Editor)
2014
Box 107, Folder 27
Point Reyes Bookstore (Steve Costa)
2011-2014
Box 107, Folder 30
Queens College of the City University of New York, English Language Institute
1966-1967
Box 108, Folder 4
Rothenberg, Michael
2002-2015
Box 108, Folder 9
Saijo, Laura
2011
General note
Regarding Albert Saijo.
Box 108, Folder 13
Sardines Press (Roger Snell)
1999
Box 108, Folder 15
Sasaki, Ruth Fuller
1959
General note
Letter to Gary Snyder.
Box 108, Folder 16
Schelling, Andrew
2008-2015
Box 108, Folder 17
Schlesinger, Kyle
2011-2012
Box 108, Folder 18
Schneider, David
2010-2011
Box 108, Folder 22
Simon Fraser University
1972
Box 108, Folder 24
Skinner, Jonathan
2003, 2013
Box 108, Folder 25
Smith, Dale
2008-2012
General note
Includes "A Personal Bibliography on Bolinas, CA" for Wave Books.
Box 108, Folder 26-27
Snyder, Gary
1964-2016
General note
Includes email, a few handwritten letters and copies of letters.
Box 108, Folder 28
Sottsass, Fernanda Pivano
1980
Box 108, Folder 29
Spangler, Bud and Gwen
2006-2007
Box 108, Folder 30
Spicer, Jack
undated
General note
Copy of poem for "Kids" [Joanne Kyger].
Box 109, Folder 1
Steve [?]
2001-2004
General note
Includes poems for Joanne and Donald, some intended for Heresay News publication.
Box 109, Folder 4
Takahashi, Ayako
2009-2013
General note
Includes interview and translations.
Box 109, Folder 6
Unger, Brian
2012
General note
Regarding Philip Whalen.
Box 109, Folder 7
Valley-Fox, Anne
2011-2012
Box 109, Folder 10
Wagstaff, Christopher and Glenn Todd
2010-2011
Box 109, Folder 11-13
Waldman, Anne
1983-2016
General note
Includes correspondence regarding Waldman's 70th birthday and poem "Poetry Will Keep the World Safe," by Kyger.
Box 109, Folder 16
Warshall, Peter
1970-2012
Box 109, Folder 20
Wesleyan University Press (Stephanie Elliott, Publicist)
2008
Box 109, Folder 21-26
Whalen, Philip
1973-
General note
Includes correspondence between Kyger and Whalen, copies of Whalen's correspondence with others, materials relating to the
Collected Poems of Philip Whalen and correspondence regarding the Whalen Celebration.
Box 110, Folder 2
Whitefield Breedlove, Nancy
1998
General note
Regarding memorial.
Box 110, Folder 3
Whittington, Nicholas James
2011-2012
General note
Regarding Oaxaca Journals.
Box 110, Folder 8
Yardas, Mark
2014-2015
General note
Regarding Bill Yardas.
Box 110, Folder 10
Unidentified correspondents
2008-2010
Box 110, Folder 11
Unknown correspondent from Germany
2008-2010
Box 110, Folder 16-19
Christmas cards
2011-2016
Box 111, Folder 1
Christmas cards
2016-2017
Box 111, Folder 2-6
2008-2009
General note
Printed copies of Kyger's email correspondence with colleagues and friends. Arranged chronologically.
Box 112, Folder 1-7
2010-2011
General note
Printed copies of Kyger's email correspondence with colleagues and friends. Arranged chronologically.
Box 113, Folder 1-7
2011-2012
General note
Printed copies of Kyger's email correspondence with colleagues and friends. Arranged chronologically.
Box 114, Folder 1-6
2013-2015
General note
Printed copies of Kyger's email correspondence with colleagues and friends. Arranged chronologically.
Box 115, Folder 1-5
2015-2017
General note
Printed copies of Kyger's email correspondence with colleagues and friends. Arranged chronologically.
WRITINGS
Scope and Content of Series
Series 12) WRITINGS: Arranged in two subseries: A) Chronological Files and B) Collaborations. Includes manuscript poems dated
1990–2017, including handwritten and typescript drafts, some with edits, notes and related correspondence. Highlights includes
a selection of earlier examples of Kyger's writing from the late 1990s and multiple folders of Kyger's book
On Time: Poems 2005–2014. Kyger's collaborations with other artists include Donald Guravich, Lewis MacAdams, Bob Grenier, Ken Botto, Arthur Okamura
and others, dated from 1970-2017.
Box 115, Folder 6
Naropa's Story
1990-1999
General note
Includes draft of "The Life of Naropa, for Ted Berrigan," and "Replacement Buddhas" published in
Again: Poems 1989-2000. Includes drafts other short poems on Naropa and Buddhism.
Box 115, Folder 7
Anglos Part I and II
2000-2001
General note
Includes Patzcuaro trip writings.
Box 115, Folder 8
New Smell in the Writing Room (broadside from Moe's Books)
2001
General note
Original poem copyright 1991.
Box 115, Folder 10
Writings and artwork
2002-2003
General note
Mostly political in nature.
Box 115, Folder 11
Writing - Revisions of some 2003 poems, and various handwritten and typescript poetry drafts
2003-2004
Box 116, Folder 1
Loose Renditions: Poems 2006-2007
2007
Box 116, Folder 2
Round Ups
2007
General note
Short entries that reflect on events of the year.
Box 116, Folder 3-5
Lo & Behold: Household and Threshold on California's North Coast
2009
General note
Published as part of Voices from the American Land, Vol 1 Number 1, Winter 2009. Typescript drafts with edits, correspondence
with editors, proofs.
Box 116, Folder 6
Permission By The Horns
2008
General note
Includes drafts and correspondence. Printed by Ungovernable Press (online).
Box 116, Folder 7
Seventy Seven Beautiful and Adorable Things - For Arthur Okamura's 77th birthday
2009
Box 116, Folder 10
Writing
2011
General note
Includes poems and correspondence for The Poetry Project's publication,
The Recluse. Includes a "round up" of the year. Includes writings describing a road trip taken to Hollister, CA.
Box 117, Folder 1
Peter Berg: An Excellent Lizard Man
2011-2014
General note
Contribution to
The Biosphere and the Bioregion: Essential Writings of Peter Berg. Includes drafts and correspondence with editor, Cheryll Glotfelty.
Box 117, Folder 2
Writing
2012
General note
Includes "Sounds Abroad at Lassen," with correspondence from 2012 and handwritten draft from 1997. Also includes correspondence
and poems for the Auerhahn Café Review.
Box 117, Folder 3
Fredericton Novel
2012
General note
Typescript draft of introduction and chapter outlines. Includes one poem by Donald Guravich.
Box 117, Folder 4
2012
2013
General note
Published by Blue Press. Includes typescript draft and correspondence.
Box 117, Folder 5
9 Spring Poems 2013
2013
General note
Published in
Jung Journal. Includes drafts and correspondence.
Box 117, Folder 6
Field Work: Joanne Kyger
2013
General note
A chapbook of poetry, organized by Frank Smigiel and Kevin Killian, hand-produced by Andrew Kenower and Lara Durback. Also
includes correspondence with Megan Brian and Andrew Kenower. Includes drafts for three selections of poems: Long Ago, Flash
Forward, and Great Exceeding.
Box 117, Folder 7
Born Old: Joanne Kyger on Bruce Connor
2013
General note
Contribution to SF MOMA's Open Space Beyond Belief exhibit.
Box 117, Folder 8
Writing
2013
General note
Includes poems included in
On Time.
Box 117, Folder 11
Eight Poems by Joanne Kyger in
Slow Poetry in America, Issue #4
2015-2016
General note
Includes Joanne's copy of the publication, draft with edits, and correspondence with Dale Smith and Mike Cavuto.
Box 117, Folder 12
On Time: Poems 2005-2014
2015
General note
Includes publishing contracts with City Light Books.
Box 118, Folder 1-5
On Time: Poems 2005-2014
2015
General note
Includes correspondence, typescript drafts with edits and book layout notes.
Box 118, Folder 7
Year of the Ram
2016
General note
Published by Omerta Publications. Includes typescript draft copy, correspondence and color proof.
Box 118, Folder 9-10
There You Are: Interviews, Journals, and Ephemera
2017
General note
The inaugural book of Wave Book's interview series. Edited by Cedar Sigo. Includes drafts, notes, and correspondence.
Box 119, Folder 1
Short Plays
ca. 1970-1985
General note
Includes works with Donald Guravich, Lewis MacAdams, and others.
Box 119, Folder 2
Christmas Day
1996
General note
With Bob Grenier, Donald Guravich and Ken Botto [?].
Box 119, Folder 3-4
Collaborations with Karly and Jim Zeno
2000-2015
General note
Handwritten and typescript drafts with artwork.
Box 119, Folder 5
News Bulletin from Sunday Afternoon
2000
General note
With Diane [Di Prima?]
Box 119, Folder 6
With the Day After the Beach
2002
General note
Written after a day at the RCA Beach in Bolinas with Cedar, Johnny, Ginger, and Rachel.
Box 119, Folder 7
Cucumber Dreaming of Tomato
2002
General note
Unsigned collaboration.
Box 119, Folder 8
Untitled booklet collaborations
2002 May-September
General note
Includes two collaborative booklets with sketches and writing.
Box 119, Folder 9
Sight Unseen
2002 September
General note
Unsigned collaboration.
Oversize FB-562, Folder 6
Collaboration - "Arthur on Evergreen"- Joanne Kyger and Arthur Okamura
2003 May
Box 119, Folder 10
O.K. There We Are
2003 November
General note
Collaboration at Phoebe MacAdam's house.
Box 119, Folder 11
Short collaborations
2004-2006
General note
Includes work done on the Spring Equinox, Martin Luther King Day, and at Cedar Sigo's book party.
Box 119, Folder 12
Untitled booklet collaborations
2008
Box 119, Folder 13
How Do We Start Again When We Can't Even See the Screen?
2008 June
General note
Collaboration at Phoebe MacAdam's house.
Box 119, Folder 14
Tremendulate #7
2009
General note
Published by Eric Malone. Typescript draft.
Box 119, Folder 15
Birthday week
2010
General note
With Simon Pettet.
Box 119, Folder 16-17
Collaborative journal entries
2010-2011
General note
Daily entries on sheets of paper, done with friends. These include drawings and writings.
Box 120, Folder 1-4
Collaborative journal entries
2012-2016
General note
Daily entries on sheets of paper, done with friends. These include drawings and writings.
Box 120, Folder 5
Amsterdam Souvenirs
2016
General note
Collaboration with Bill Berkson, originally created in 1978 during a trip to the One World Poetry Conference. Includes republications
from 2016 and correspondence.
WORKS BY OTHERS
Scope and Content of Series
Series 13) WORKS BY OTHERS: Arranged alphabetically, includes draft manuscripts by artists such as Bill Berkson, Joe Brainard,
Robert Grenier, Frank O'Hara, Kevin Opstedal, Anne Valley-Fox, Anne Waldman and others. Also includes Peter Garland's
Field Work: Encounters with Mexican Musics, 1997-2005 dedicated to Joanne Kyger and Donald Guravich. Materials are dated ca. 1960-2016.
Box 120, Folder 6
Adamson, Robert - Poems for Joanne Kyger
2007
Box 120, Folder 7
Armstrong, John - Notebook and photograph
ca. 1960-1970
Box 120, Folder 8
Ballard [?], Micah - Patzcuaro and Ecuador journals
1985-1988
Box 120, Folder 9
Berkson, Bill - Serenade Poems and Prose: 1975-1989
2000
Box 120, Folder 10
Berkson, Bill - Japan Notebook and Invisible Oligarchs
2006
Box 120, Folder 11
Berkson, Bill - Memorial tributes
2016
Box 121, Folder 1
Botto, Ken - The Little Book of Renaissance Painters
2006
General note
Chapbook published by Blue Press, with Introduction and notes by Donald Guravich.
Box 121, Folder 2
Brainard, Joe - Bolinas Journal
1971
General note
Kyger's copy.
Box 121, Folder 3
Bye, Reed - Join the Planets (blurb)
2004
Box 121, Folder 4
Falk, Jane - The Beats and Independent Film: A Different Cast of Characters
2015
General note
Draft and correspondence.
Box 122, Folder 1-6
Garland, Peter -
Field Work: Encounters with Mexican Musics, 1997-2005
2005
General note
Dedicated to Joanne Kyger and Donald Guravich.
Box 123, Folder 1-7
Garland, Peter -
Field Work: Encounters with Mexican Musics, 1997-2005
2005
General note
Dedicated to Joanne Kyger and Donald Guravich.
Box 121, Folder 5
Gogue, Barrett - Fingers in the Sawgrass or American Moon-Pie Blues
2014
Box 121, Folder 6
Grenier, Robert and Stephen Ratcliffe - On Natural Language
2011
Box 121, Folder 7
Grenier, Robert - Blurbs
2012
Box 121, Folder 8
Holmes Bradley, Jon - An Evening With Big Joe and the Boys
2006-2007
Box 121, Folder 9
Hoyem, Judith - Miura Issh? R?shi and The Wordless Teaching
1995-2004
Box 121, Folder 10
Laughlin, Robert - Poem and drawing
undated
Box 121, Folder 11
MacAdams, Phoebe - Reading Joanne: Response to Joanne Kyger's
On Time
2015
Box 121, Folder 12
McClure, Joanna - Catching Light; Collected Poems
2013
General note
Includes blurb, correspondence, and table of contents only.
Box 121, Folder 13
O'Hara, Frank and Bill Berkson - Hymna of St. Bridget and Other Writings
2001
Box 121, Folder 14
Opstedal, Kevin - World at Large, Poems: 1971-1978
2010
General note
Includes drafts of introduction to the book written by Kyger.
Box 121, Folder 15
Opstedal, Kevin - Pacific Standard Time
2016
Box 124, Folder 1
Petroff, Stephen - Wild Gods Live Known and Selected Sightings of James Koller
2007-2015
Box 124, Folder 2
Ratnawati, Nani - Sleep Poem Series and an Interview with Joanne Kyger
2001, undated
Box 124, Folder 3
Rothenberg, Diane - Far East Journal
1990
Box 124, Folder 4-7
Rothenberg, Michael - Indefinite Detention: A Dog Story, In Memory of a Banyan Tree, Real and False Journals, and Wildflowers
for the Bullies
2003-2016
General note
Indefinite Detention includes correspondence and Kyger's drafts for a blurb. The Real and False Journals folder includes notes,
correspondence, and introductory pages (not the full manuscript).
Box 124, Folder 8
Schelling, Andrew - Michoacan Journal
1997
Box 124, Folder 9
Shaw, Judith - Relinquishing Immortality and Taking Chances (stories)
ca. 2010-2015
General note
Includes correspondence. Relinquishing Immortality was a working title.
Box 124, Folder 10
Sigo, Cedar - Stranger in Town
2010
General note
Includes drafts of blurb for the book written by Kyger.
Box 124, Folder 11
Smart, Christopher "Kit" - Of Jeoffry, His Cat" from Jubilate Agno
undated
General note
Typed by Philip Whalen for Joanne Kyger.
Box 124, Folder 12
Stanley, George - A Tall Serious Girl
2002
General note
Correspondence regarding blurb.
Box 124, Folder 13
Terrill, Mark - Memo From Stonehouse
2005
General note
Includes correspondence and notes only.
Box 124, Folder 14
Valley-Fox, Anne - Nightfall
2016
General note
Includes drafts of blurb for the book written by Kyger.
Oversize FB-562, Folder 7
Waldman, Anne - Broadside
2008
Box 124, Folder 15
Weiner, John - Poem and letter
1984
Box 124, Folder 16
Zeno, Karly - Poems
2002, undated
Box 124, Folder 17
Poetry written for Joanne Kyger in
World Literature Today
2006
SUBJECT FILES
Scope and Content of Series
Series 14) SUBJECT FILES: Arranged alphabetically by topic, includes notes, newspaper clippings and ephemera. Subjects include
poets Joe Brainard, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Allen Ginsberg, Alice Notley, Gary Snyder, Jack Spicer, Philip Whalen, and others.
Also includes Kyger's notes and research on her lifelong interested in Buddhism and the practice of journal writing.
Box 125, Folder 3
Alexander, Paul
1989-2015
General note
Includes a booklet of drawings by Alexander.
Box 125, Folder 4
Beltrametti, Franco
1992-2002
General note
Includes copies of Beltrametti's publication, "Mini."
Box 125, Folder 6
Blaser, Robin
1995
General note
Includes copy of Mirage #43.
Box 125, Folder 8
Boyce, Jack
2010-2012
General note
Includes correspondence with Christopher Wagstaff about Boyce research.
Box 125, Folder 9
Brainard, Joe
2013
General note
Contains correspondence with Joe Safdie concerning an article about Brainard.
Box 125, Folder 10
Brautigan, Richard
2004-2005
Box 125, Folder 11
Brodey, Jim
1993-1996
General note
Contains poetry and memorial information.
Box 125, Folder 12
Brown, Bill - Tree planting and ashes ceremony
1994
General note
Contains booklet written by Kyger for the event.
Box 125, Folder 13
Buddhist history - Notes and research
2006-2010
Box 125, Folder 14
Burroughs, William S.
1990, undated
General note
Includes prompt for final paper for "Beat Class."
Box 125, Folder 16
Corso, Gegory
1979, undated
General note
Includes writings about Corso by Burroughs, Ginsberg and Gordon Messing.
Box 125, Folder 17
De Angulo, Jaime
1995-1996
Box 125, Folder 18
Dodge Luhan, Mabel and Jaime de Angulo - "Lawrence in Taos" research
1996
Box 125, Folder 19
Doolittle, Hilda (H.D.)
1986-1991
Box 125, Folder 20
Dorn, Ed
1975-2000
General note
Includes issue of W'ORCs/ALOUD ALLOWED, Vol 14. #1, January/February, 2000.
Box 125, Folder 21
Dull, Harold and Spicer's Circle
undated
Box 125, Folder 24
Everson, William
undated
General note
Includes short biographical note on James Broughton.
Box 126, Folder 1
Ferlinghetti, Lawrence
1990-2004
Box 126, Folder 2
Field, Tom
1886-1996
General note
Contains artwork, an interview and photograph of ashes ceremony.
Box 126, Folder 3
Ginsberg, Allen
1970-2003
Box 126, Folder 6
Kerouac, Jack
1997, undated
General note
Includes materials for the "Beat Class."
Box 126, Folder 7
Koller, James (Jim)
2007-2015
General note
Includes correspondence, memorial materials, interview questions, and biographical works by Peter Garland.
Box 126, Folder 11
Loy, Mina
1991
General note
Includes "Mina Loy and the Hot Cross Bum," by Hedy Berger.
Box 126, Folder 12
Mayo, Gui d' Angulo
2000-2005
General note
Includes correspondence.
Box 126, Folder 14
McNeill, William (Bill)
1977, undated
General note
Includes photographs from an exibit of McNeil's artwork.
Box 126, Folder 16
Neidecker, Lorine
undated
Box 126, Folder 18
O'Connor, Mike
undated
General note
Includes information on poet Chia Toa whose works were translated by O'Connor.
Box 126, Folder 23
Practice of writing - Materials on Buddhism and journaling
1997-2014
Box 126, Folder 24
Rexroth, Kenneth
ca. 1990
Box 126, Folder 27
Saijo, Albert
1996-1997
General note
Includes correspondence from Saijo and "Last Days of Lew Welch."
Box 126, Folder 28
Sanders, Ed
1991-2001
General note
Includes "A Tribute to Sappho," and "Green Economics," by Sanders.
Box 127, Folder 1
Sims, Michael - Memorial
1996
Box 127, Folder 3
Spicer, Jack
1970-1999
General note
Includes teaching files with Jack Spicer.
Box 127, Folder 5
Waldman, Anne
1970-2004
General note
Includes "Sangha House: A Week in Verse."
Box 127, Folder 9
Williams, William Carlos
1991-2004
General note
Research focuses on Williams' books on Paterson, New Jersey.
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Scope and Content of Series
Series 15) PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES: Arranged in three subseries, include A) Readings, Poetry Events, and Interviews, B) Teaching
and C) Miscellaneous.
A) Readings, Poetry Events, and Interviews include materials documenting Kyger's poetry readings and her participation in
other professional events.
B) Teaching materials include syllabi and lecture notes, in-house publications and background research for Kyger's classes.
Kyger taught at the Naropa Institute from 1977–2015, New College from 1998–2007 and Mills College in 2004.
C) Miscellaneous includes materials documenting art, poetry, and editing projects in which Kyger participated.
Readings, Poetry Events, and Interviews
Box 128, Folder 1
White Rabbit Press Symposium and Jack Spicer Conference
1986
General note
Includes notes and correspondence.
Box 128, Folder 2
Wedding speech - Officiating the wedding of Shannon Dawdy and Dan McNaughton
1993
Box 128, Folder 3
Six Gallery, Jack Spicer reading
1995
Box 128, Folder 4
The Bancroft Library Symposium - Ferlinghetti, City Lights, and the Beats in San Francisco
1996
Box 128, Folder 5
Miscellaneous poetry readings
1999-2016
Box 128, Folder 6
Material for Beat Generation panels
ca. 2000-2007
Box 128, Folder 7
Anne Waldman and Joanne Kyger poetry reading
2002
Box 128, Folder 8
Beyond Baroque - Reading/workshop
2003
Box 128, Folder 9
Nevada City poetry series
2003
Box 128, Folder 10
Miscellaneous poetry readings
2003-2004
Box 128, Folder 11
Watershed: Environmental Poetry Festival
2005
Box 128, Folder 12
Robert Creely reading
2006
General note
Includes notes and correspondence with Colin Still.
Box 128, Folder 13
City Lights Bookstore, readings from "About Now"
2007
Box 128, Folder 14
Ed Dorn celebration readings
2007
Box 128, Folder 15
Myokyo at Montreal - Zen Poetry Festival
2008
Box 128, Folder 16
Miscellaneous poetry readings
2008
Box 128, Folder 17
Introduction to Anne Waldman and Ambrose Bye - Small Press Traffic poetry event
2008
Box 128, Folder 18
The Pacific Rim Review of Books - "Collecting Kyger," interview by Trevor Carolan
2008-2016
General note
Includes ongoing correspondence with Trevor Carolan and draft interview.
Box 128, Folder 19
Beyond Baroque Summer Program - Poetry reading
2008
General note
Evening with Phoebe MacAdams and Joanne Kyger.
Box 128, Folder 20
Berkeley Public Library - 7th Annual Heaven Authors Dinner
2008-2009
Box 128, Folder 21
Duende Poetry Series reading - Placitas, New Mexico
2008-2009
Box 128, Folder 22
Poetry reading at the Otis College of Arts and Design
2008-2009
Box 128, Folder 23
Poetry reading in Vancouver
2009
General note
Includes correspondence.
Box 128, Folder 24
Illuminating landscape series - Garden reading
2009
Box 128, Folder 25
Reading with James Koller - Forest Books
2009
Box 128, Folder 26
PEN Award, speaking engagement
2009
Box 128, Folder 27
Anasazi Fields Winery, Evening with Joane Kyger and Donald Guravich
2009
Box 129, Folder 1
Interview on Buddhist practice and writing by John Whalen-Bridge
2009-2010
Box 129, Folder 2
Gary Snyder documentary film project and book tie-in, interview with Kyger
2009-2010
Box 129, Folder 3
Interview with Jane Falk
2009
General note
Included in Falk's essays, "Two Takes on Japan," (which discussed both Kyger and Whalen, and "Joanne Kyger's 'Descartes and
the Splendor of.'"
Box 129, Folder 4
Miscellaneous poetry readings
2009-2010
Box 129, Folder 5
Poetry reading at Moe's Books, includes
2010
General note
Includes correspondence with Anne Valley Fox.
Box 129, Folder 6
Painters of The San Francisco Renaissance - interview with Paul Alexander
2010
Box 129, Folder 7
Bolinas Library readings
2010-2011
Box 129, Folder 8
Gallery 111 reading with Clive Matson
2010-2011
Box 129, Folder 9
Reading/potluck with friends
2011
Box 129, Folder 10
Interview by Alastair Johnson - "The Wonderful Focus of Joanne"
2011
Box 129, Folder 11-12
San Francisco MOMA: Living Room, reading - The Dharma Committee
2011
Box 129, Folder 13
Poetry in Sausalito with Joanne Kyger and Clive Matson
2011
Box 129, Folder 14
Interview with Zachary Clark, Where Magazine
2011
Box 129, Folder 15
The Collected Writings of Joe Brainard: A Celebration - Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
2011-2012
Box 129, Folder 16
The Poetry Foundation - Creation of online poetry archive
2011-2012
General note
Includes correspondence.
Box 129, Folder 17
Homage to Etel Adnan
2011-2012
General note
Regarding website tribute to Adnan.
Box 129, Folder 18
Memorial reading for Peter Warshall
2011-2013
General note
Includes correspondence.
Box 129, Folder 19
Interview by Andrew Schelling
2011-2014
General note
Includes draft of introduction, questions and correspondence.
Box 129, Folder 20
Reading for Lew Welch's "Ring of Bone" release
2012
General note
Includes copy of Kyger's reading, correspondence, and "Out Looking for Lew: Bioregional Poetics and the Legacy of Lew Welch,"
article by Jerry Martien.
Box 129, Folder 21
The Poetry Center reading (with Lewis MacAdams and Kevin Opstedal)
2012
General note
Includes correspondence and flyer for the event.
Box 129, Folder 22
The Poetry Project, New York City, reading
2012
Box 130, Folder 1
An evening with Rufus Wainwright with a reading by Joanne Kyger, Henry Miller Memorial Library
2012
Box 130, Folder 2
"Artists of the Buzz Gallery" reading - Mythos Gallery
2012
Box 130, Folder 3
Big Sur poetry reading
2012
Box 130, Folder 4
Naropa Institute reading notes
2012
Box 130, Folder 5
Marin Poets Live
2012-2013
General note
Moderated by Neshama Franklin.
Box 130, Folder 6
Harriet Reading Series, Chicago
2012-2013
General note
Featuring poets from The Poetry Foundation's blog. Includes correspondence with Michael Slosek and John Suiter.
Box 130, Folder 7
Interview by Paul Watsky
2013
General note
Includes correspondence.
Box 130, Folder 8
"Robert Duncan in San Francisco"
2013
Box 130, Folder 9
Reading for Anselm Hollo's memorial
2013
General note
Includes poems requested for a memorial issue of Pallaksch poetry journal.
Box 130, Folder 10
Words and Places: Etel Adnan, exhibition opening
2013
Box 130, Folder 11
Ed Dorn celebration readings: New Collected Poems
2013
Box 130, Folder 12
Readings in Contemporary Poetry Series - Dia Art Foundation (New York City)
2013-2015
General note
Includes correspondence with Vincent Katz and Megan Witko. Also includes small notebook.
Box 130, Folder 13-14
Richard Brautigan mini-symposium and memorial event
2014
Box 130, Folder 15
Reading for Frank O'Hara's Lunch Poems 50th Anniversary - The Poetry Center
2014
General note
Kyger was unable to attend, but annotated and prepared selections from "Lunch Poems" read by Gloria Frym.
Box 130, Folder 16
Seattle Cascadia Workshop
2014
Box 130, Folder 17
Serpentine Galleries - Marathon event
2014
General note
Kyger was unable to attend, but contributed poetry read by Etel Adnan.
Box 130, Folder 18
Poetry reading notes, various
2014
Box 130, Folder 19
Interview for Cascadia Poetry Festival
2014-2015
General note
Email interview conducted by Jeffrey Kahrs for the Cascadia Poetry Festival Website.
Box 130, Folder 20
Reissuing of The Japan and India Journals - Reading at Diesel Bookstore
2015 January
Box 130, Folder 21
San Francisco Public Library, readings from "On Time"
2015
Box 130, Folder 22
Release, readings, reviews, and correspondence regarding "On Time"
2015
Box 130, Folder 23
San Francisco Weekly interview profile series (exchanges with Evan Karp)
2015
Box 130, Folder 24
Where Magazine (City Lights) interview
2015
Box 130, Folder 25
The Poetry Center reading with Robert Adamson
2015
Box 130, Folder 26
Interview of Kyger by David Chadwick, rewritten and edited by Kyger
2015
General note
Original interview took place in 1995.
Box 130, Folder 27
Commonweal interview
2015
Box 130, Folder 28
Memorial reading for Joko Dave Haselwood
2015
Box 130, Folder 29
Reading with Hoa Nguyen at Sonoma State University
2015-2016
Box 131, Folder 1
Miscellaneous poetry readings, list of titles
2015-2016
Box 131, Folder 2
Pompidou exhibition - The Beat Generation, reading
2015-2016
General note
Kyger completed an interview for the exhibition and contributed photographs and a letter for display. She was invited to do
readings for the event in Paris but was unable to attend.
Box 131, Folder 3
Bolinas Poet's Portrait Show
2015-2016
Box 131, Folder 4
Edits and blurb for From Almost Everywhere, Poetry at Bolinas Library event
2015-2016
Box 131, Folder 5
"A Rangy Sense of Self: An Interview with Joanne Kyger," by Andrew Schelling
2016
General note
For inclusion in the Quo Anima Anthology, includes publishing agreement with Akron University Press.
Box 131, Folder 6
Commonweal 40th Anniversary - Thoreau event
2016
General note
Kyger read an excerpt from Thoreau's journals.
Box 131, Folder 7
PoemTalk (Al Filreis)
2016
General note
Includes correspondence regarding an episode of PoemTalk and the poet Philip Whalen.
Box 131, Folder 8
Reading with Julien Poirier at Book Passage
2016
Box 131, Folder 9
Beats and Beyond: A Gathering
2016
General note
Includes correspondence. Kyger was not able to attend the event.
Box 131, Folder 10
Broadside production for "Wild at Home: California Natives in the Garden a Celebration of Place"
2016
Box 131, Folder 11
Vegas Valley Book Festival
2016
Box 131, Folder 12
New College of California, interview
2016
Box 131, Folder 13-14
Poetry readings, Kyger's lists and notes
1980-2016
Box 131, Folder 15
Poetry readings and events - Flyers and ephemera for various events
1999-2016
Box 131, Folder 16
Poetry events, miscellaneous notes
2003-2010
Box 131, Folder 17
Interview questions on feminism for Jess Holt
undated
Box 131, Folder 18
Gary Snyder events and poetry readings, flyers and promotion
undated
Box 132, Folder 1
Naropa Institute, list of classes taught by Kyger
1977-2015
Box 132, Folder 2-3
Lineage into the Pacific, Naropa Institute
1977-1978
Box 132, Folder 4
University of Colorado Writers Conference
1977
Box 132, Folder 5
Compassion for Place, Naropa Institute
1981
Box 132, Folder 6
Lectures on Native People, New College
1982
Box 132, Folder 7
Miscellaneous class materials, Naropa Institute
1986
Box 132, Folder 8
Performance as Everyday Life, Naropa Institute
1989
Box 132, Folder 9
How They Did It, Naropa Institute
1990
Box 132, Folder 10
Pan-American Conference
1990
Box 132, Folder 11
Miscellaneous class materials Naropa Institute
1991
Box 132, Folder 12
Ephemera and calendars, Naropa Institute
1991
Box 132, Folder 13
American Women in the Experimental Tradition, Naropa Institute
1991
Box 132, Folder 14
Course on the Beats, Naropa Institute
1991
Box 132, Folder 15
Chinese Poetry (Independent Studies)
1991
Box 132, Folder 16
Collected Poetics, Naropa Institute
1991
Box 132, Folder 17
The Literary Tradition of Journal and Notebook Writing and Counter Poetics, Naropa Institute
1992
Box 132, Folder 18
Journals of the New American Mythology Workshop. Pacific Arts Center/Naropa Institute
1993
Box 132, Folder 19-23
Journal Writing Class, Naropa Institute - Includes student produced group journal
1992-1993
Box 133, Folder 1-15
Journal Writing Class, Naropa Institute - Includes student produced group journal
1994-2005
Box 134, Folder 1
Naropa 20th Anniversary Summer Program - Correspondence and ephemera
1994
Box 134, Folder 2
Practice of Autobiographical Writing, Naropa Institute
1994
Box 134, Folder 3
Dharma and Eco Poetics: Nature Writing, Naropa Institute
1995-1998
Box 134, Folder 4
Naropa Institute Summer Writing Program - Correspondence
1995-2010
Box 134, Folder 5
Narrations of Literary History, Naropa Institute
1996
Box 134, Folder 6
Traveling class, Naropa Institute
1997
Box 134, Folder 7
Poetry Writing Seminar, New College of California
1998
Box 134, Folder 8-10
The Beats and Buddhism, Naropa Institute
1998-1999
Box 134, Folder 11
Naropa Institute, 25th Anniversary - Correspondence and ephemera
1999
Box 134, Folder 12
Journal Writing Class, Bolinas
2000
Box 134, Folder 13
Writing Your Life: Journals and Notebooks, Naropa Institute
2000
Box 134, Folder 14
Poems in Sequence/Sequential Writing, New College of California
2000
Box 135, Folder 1
Poems in Sequence/Sequential Writing, Naropa Institute
2001
Box 135, Folder 2
Travel Writing workshop, Mexico
2001
Box 135, Folder 3
Poems in Sequence/Sequential Writing, New College of California
2002
Box 135, Folder 4
20th Century Women Poets in the Experimental Tradition, Naropa
2002
Box 135, Folder 5
Writing the Body/The Body Politic/Feminism and Gender, Naropa Institute workshop
2003
Box 135, Folder 6
Panel on Cultural Activism, Naropa Institute
2003
Box 135, Folder 7
The San Francisco Renaissance, New College of California
2004
Box 135, Folder 8
Borders: Where the Moment Counts, Naropa Institute workshop
2004
Box 135, Folder 9
Creative Writing graduate class, Mills College
2004
Box 135, Folder 10
Journal Writing Class, Bolinas
2005
Box 135, Folder 11
Journal Notes From Emptiness is Full of Everything, Naropa Institute workshop
2005
Box 135, Folder 12
East/West: Poetics of Attention, New College of California
2006-2007
Box 136, Folder 1
Journal Writing Class, Naropa Institute
2008
Box 136, Folder 2-3
A Curriculum of the Soul, Naropa Institute
2012
Box 136, Folder 4
Journal Writing Class
2013
Box 136, Folder 5
Writing in Empty Space, Naropa Institute
2014
Box 136, Folder 6
Dharma Gaze: Buddhist and Native World View panel, Naropa Institute
2014
Box 136, Folder 7
Writing in Dream Time, Naropa Institute
2015
Box 136, Folder 8
Philosophy panel, Naropa Institute
2015
Box 136, Folder 10
New College course material - Carobeth Laird and Theodora Kroeber
undated
Box 136, Folder 9
New School of California - Syllabi and class notes
undated
Box 136, Folder 10
A Summer Day, workshop on making folio books with words and images
undated
Box 137, Folder 1
VideoSpace Program - Mentions Kyger's "Descartes"
1968
General note
List for the National Center for Experiments in Television (NCET) program.
Box 137, Folder 2-3
Living Creatures Associates, San Francisco
1970-1974
General note
Includes correspondence from Keith Lampa (Ro-Non-So-Te.) Also includes Earth Read Out Newsletter.
Box 137, Folder 4
Notes and questions for Simon Ortiz
ca. 1970-1979
Box 137, Folder 5
Archive for New Poetry, UC San Diego Newsletter
1976 April 2
Box 137, Folder 7
Sand Dollar Booksellers - New titles lists
1978-1979
Box 137, Folder 8
All Species Day, San Francisco
1979
General note
Contains ephemera, correspondence, newsletter from the San Francisco Ecology Center, and announcement from Mayor Dianne Feinstein.
Box 137, Folder 9
Buddhism events - Guru Dudjom Rinpoche
ca. 1979
Oversize FB-562, Folder 3
Box 137, Folder 10
"The Poetry of Joanne Kyger, A Personal Appreciation." Statement by Michael Rafferty
1986
Box 137, Folder 11
Deep Bioregional Action-Examiner
1987
Box 137, Folder 12
Talking Poetics - Statement for The Naropa Institute
1991
Box 137, Folder 13
Six Poets at Six Gallery, notes on exhibition
1995
Box 137, Folder 14
Poetics statement, "and other grubby stuff"
1997
Box 137, Folder 15
Some Thoughts on Poetry Writing and Buddhism
1997 November 14
Box 137, Folder 17
"One Word" booklet with drawings
1999 December 4
Box 137, Folder 18
"Brought to You By the Current Dharma Committee," drafts with edits
2008 May 24
Box 137, Folder 19-21
Reviews of Kyger's work
ca. 2000-2017
Box 138, Folder 1
Beat Generation/Beats in America, note and exhibit
2004
Box 138, Folder 2
Zen Master: Gary Snyder and the Art of Life, from
The New Yorker
2008 October 20
Box 138, Folder 3
Submission requests
2008-2011
Box 138, Folder 4
Introduction for Ed Sander's book, Let's Not Keep Fighting the Trojan War
2009
General note
Includes drafts and correspondence.
Box 138, Folder 5
The Slogan Series - Postcards by Sore Dove Press
2009 October
Box 138, Folder 6
Blurb for Renee Claire's "Drenched"
2009
Box 138, Folder 7
Marin County Community Foundation - Grant materials
2010
Box 138, Folder 8
Court Green Magazine
2011
General note
Includes poems for inclusion and correspondence.
Box 138, Folder 9
Poetry Professional Development Program - Mills College
2011
Box 138, Folder 10
Blurb for Lewis MacAdams' "Dear Oxygen"
2011
Box 138, Folder 11
Spoon River Poetry Review
2011
General note
Includes correspondence.
Box 138, Folder 12-15
Buzz Gallery, album materials
2012
General note
Includes Buzz Time essay by Kyger and correspondence with Cedar Sigo.
Box 139, Folder 1
Milk #3, literary magazine (Abel Debritto)
2013
Box 139, Folder 2
Materials for The Quiet American
2016
Box 139, Folder 3
National Poetry Foundation, contracts
2016
Box 139, Folder 4
"The Time of Your Life," anonymous written account on San Francisco art scene
undated
Box 139, Folder 5
Flower Power Day, disarmament protest flyers
undated
Box 139, Folder 6
Bibliographies - List and cards
undated
Box 139, Folder 8
Shivastan Press ephemera
undated
Box 139, Folder 9
Renku, for Poetry Weather
undated
Box 139, Folder 10
Zephyrus Image Press - Ephemera
undated
Box 139, Folder 11
San Francisco Renaissance reading lists
undated
Box 139, Folder 12
Frances Rich postcards
undated
Box 139, Folder 13
Artwork - Paul Alexander
undated
Box 139, Folder 14
Artwork - Tom Field drawings
undated
Box 139, Folder 15
Artwork - Arthur Okamura
undated
Box 139, Folder 16
Small handmade chapbooks by Kyger
1992
Box 139, Folder 17-18
Artwork - Joanne Kyger, includes miscellaneous sketches and drawings, some with words
ca. 1985-2010
Box 140, Folder 1-2
Artwork - Joanne Kyger, includes miscellaneous sketches and drawings, some with words
ca. 2000-2012
Oversize FB-562, Folder 5
Joanne Kyger various artwork/journaling
2002-2008
Box 140, Folder 3
Artwork - Earth Dragon, collaboration
1988
Box 140, Folder 4
Artist book - "Philip's Flower Books. High Sierra" by Philip Whalen
1959
Box 140, Folder 5
Artist book - "The Best of It" by Philip Whalen
1964
Box 140, Folder 6
Artwork - Unidentified drawings, sketches, etc.
undated
Oversize FB-562, Folder 9
Joanne Kyger, color portrait on fabric
undated
BOLINAS MATERIALS
Scope and Content of Series
Series 16) BOLINAS MATERIALS: Arranged in three sections: Bolinas History, Art and poetry community and
Bolinas Heresay News . These materials comprise of primary documentary material and ephemera dated from the early 1960s to 2015 relating to the
town of Bolinas, California and its vibrant art and poetry community. Kyger moved to Bolinas in 1969 and lived there until
her death in 2017. Also included is a selection of paste-ups of
Bolinas Heresay News , a community newsletter, of which Kyger was an editor of the Wednesday paper from 2008-2011.
Box 140, Folder 7
Bolinas Historical Society - Meeting minutes and ephemera
1962-1980
Box 140, Folder 8-11
Clippings and ephemera
1971-1985
Box 141, Folder 1-12
Clippings and ephemera
1986-2006
Box 142, Folder 1
Bolinas ephemera - Environmental activism and Bolinas Mesa septic materials
1988-1989
Box 142, Folder 2
Bolinas Timeline - Booklet compiled by Kyger
1992
Box 142, Folder 4
Bolinas-Stinson Beach Library Improvement Society
1993-1997
Box 142, Folder 5
Bolinas Community Directory
2011
Box 142, Folder 6
Bolinas Museum - Oral history project
undated
Box 142, Folder 7
Bolinas friends - Miscellaneous photographs
ca. 1970-1980
Box 142, Folder 8
Bolinas Poetry Reading Group
1990-1994
Box 142, Folder 9-10
"At Bolinas - A Literary History of the San Andreas Fault: Bolinas Section, 1967-1980" by Kevin Opstedhal
2001-2007
General note
Drafts with Kyger's edits. Includes correspondence.
Box 143, Folder 1-4
Annual Poultry Conventions
2000-2003, 2008
Box 143, Folder 5
Miscellaneous flyers for Bolinas poetry, art and music events
undated
Box 143, Folder 6
Friends of the Coyote Bush - Pamphlets and promotional materials
undated
General note
Includes poetry submitted by Kyger.
Box 143, Folder 7
Chronology (list of editors through the years) and editor certificate
1974-1988
Box 143, Folder 9
Layout and notes, includes Ocean Wind Zendo
1990-1994
Box 143, Folder 10
Correspondence, art and notes
1999-2003
Box 143, Folder 11
Board meeting minutes
1999-2003
Box 143, Folder 12
Board meeting minutes, includes Mesa Park
2002-2011
Box 143, Folder 13
The Coon, column reprints
2005
Box 143, Folder 14
Wednesday Heresay News materials
2004-2008
Box 143, Folder 15
Artwork - Drawings by Christine Whitefield
2008-2009
Box 143, Folder 16
Artwork - Drawings and poems by Ariana Hooper
2008
Box 143, Folder 17
Artwork - Rat drawings by Kyger
2008
Box 143, Folder 18
Artwork - Drawings by Charlie Docherty
2008
Box 143, Folder 19
Artwork - Drawings by John Batki
2008
Box 144, Folder 1
Board meeting minutes
2008
Box 144, Folder 3-4
Correspondence with contributors
2011
Box 144, Folder 5
Heresay News interviews
2013-2015
Box 144, Folder 6-7
Heresay News - Layout and designs, various
undated
Box 144, Folder 8
Poems by Scott Hannan
undated
Oversize FB-562, Folder 11
Arthur Okamura artwork "Heresuck News"
undated
PHOTOGRAPHS AND NEGATIVES
Scope and Content of Series
Series 17) PHOTOGRAPHS AND NEGATIVES: Arranged by type and range in date from the 1950s until 2014, photographs include both
formal portraits and informal snapshots of Joanne Kyger during her travels, from poetry events and other gatherings, and some
childhood and school portraits. Some photographs and negatives also include other poets including Gary Snyder and Allen Ginsberg.
Highlights include Joanne Kyger and Gary Snyder's wedding album and her mother's scrapbook of their wedding, both dated 1960,
as well as photograph albums from Kyger and Snyder's Japan and India trips dated 1960-1964.
Box 145
Negatives
1958-1992
General note
Informal photographic negatives of Kyger and friends and family. Includes negatives from vacation and poetry events.
Box 149
Photographs
1982-1998
General note
Informal photographs of Kyger and friends and family. Includes some vacation and poetry event photos.
Box 151, Folder 1-2
Photographs and scrapbook album
ca. 1950-1970
Box 151, Folder 3
Joanne Kyger and Gary Snyder - Wedding album, Japan
1960 February 28
Box 151, Folder 4
Joanne Kyger and Gary Snyder - Anne Lamont Kyger's scrapbook of daughter's wedding in Japan
1960
General note
Includes photographs, clippings and ephemera.
Box 151, Folder 5
Joanne Kyger - India, Japan and Ceylon
ca. 1960-1962
Box 151, Folder 6
Joanne Kyger - Japan
ca. 1960-1968
Oversize FB-562, Folder 1
Joanne Kyger and Gary Snyder photographs by Allen Ginsberg
1963
Box 152, Folder 1
Joanne Kyger portraits by Jerome Mallman
1965
General note
Includes photographs of Kyger, John Wieners and others, and letter from Mallman dated 1999.
Box 152, Folder 2
Contact sheets - City Lights and other events
1966-1967
Box 152, Folder 3
Joanne Kyger portraits
1967-2006
Box 152, Folder 4
Purple Gate Foundation reading
ca. 1970
Oversize FB-562, Folder 2
Joanne Kyger photographs by Bill Berkson
1970s, 2011-2014
Oversize FB-562, Folder 4
Joanne Kyger portraits by John Doss, Chris Felver and Eleanor Lewis
1981, undated
Box 152, Folder 5
Joanne Kyger portraits by Allen Ginsberg
1989 Novemeber
Box 152, Folder 6-7
Joanne Kyger childhood and school portraits
undated
Box 152, Folder 9-10
Miscellaneous photographs
1968-1982
Box 153
Photo albums - Japan I and II
1960-1964
Box 154
Photo albums - India I Hong Kong to Mahabalipuram and India II Bhubaneswar to Khajuraho
1962
Box 155
Photo albums - India III Gwalior to Dharamshala: The Fair and India IV Dharamshala to Bombay
1962
VIDEO AND FILM
Scope and Content of Series
Series 18) VIDEO AND FILM: Includes a small selection of VHS tapes and two 8mm films. Topics of recordings include poetry
readings and events, an interview of Kyger from 2004, and two recordings of The Sanders Report which feature Joanne Kyger.
Oversize FS-183
Donald Guravich (8mm film)
undated
Box 156, Folder 12
Film sent to Gary Snyder (8mm)
1962
Box 156, Folder 1
Descartes - Joanne Kyger in collaboration with Robert Zagone, Loren Sears, Walt Bjerke, NCET experimental film
1968
Box 156, Folder 2
Eco Poetry Round Up - Peter Coyote, Master of Ceremony
1988 June 3
General note
Includes Joanne Kyger reading, with Michael McClure, Allen Ginsberg, Gary Snyder and Nanao Sakaki.
Box 156, Folder 3
Stand-up Women and a Few Good Men - Maryland Institute, College of Art
1989 November 30
General note
Includes unedited footage of interview with Joanne Kyger followed by a poetry reading.
Box 156, Folder 4
Naropa Institute Summer Performing Artists Series - Joanne Kyger reading
1992
Box 156, Folder 5
The Sanders Report #7 - On Bolinas, includes image of Kyger from 1963
1993
Box 156, Folder 6
The Sanders Report #30 - "The Kyger Factor," from Ed Sanders
1994, June 18
Box 156, Folder 7
Joanne Kyger and Gerrit Lansing - St. Mark's tree planting memorial for Allen Ginsberg
1999 April 21
General note
Includes Philip Lamantia reading.
Box 156, Folder 8
Joanne Kyger at UCSC - Many Floating Realities reading and birthday celebration
1997 Novemeber 18
Box 156, Folder 9-10
Overtime I & II - "In Love of Philip Whalen," Cloud House poetry archive recording
1999 August 21
Box 156, Folder 11
Joanne Kyger interview - The D. T. Suzuki documentary video project (unedited)
2004 September 16
KYGER FAMILY PAPERS
Scope and Content of Series
Series 19) KYGER FAMILY MATERIALS: Arranged in four subseries: A) Correspondence, B) Scrapbooks, Journals and Albums, C) Photographs
and Negatives, and D) Lamont and Kyger Families - Miscellaneous. Materials range in date from approximately 1875 to 1995 and
include Kyger and Lamont family memorabilia, historical and genealogical documents, scrapbooks, family portraits and photographs,
and journals and correspondence. Highlights include Joanne Kyger's correspondence between her mother and siblings, and correspondence
between her parents Jacob Holmes Kyger and Anne Lamont Kyger primarily from the early 1930s to 1960s.
Box 157, Folder 1-9
Kyger, Anne Lamont - Letters to Jacob Holmes Kyger
1930-1963
Box 158, Folder 1-9
Kyger, Anne Lamont - Letters from friends and family
1916-1928
Box 159, Folder 1-11
Kyger, Anne Lamont - Letters from friends and family
1929-1994 and undated
Box 160, Folder 1
Kyger, Anne Lamont - Letters to her mother, Margaret Emily Lamont
1933
