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Title: Stuart Z. Perkoff Papers,
Date (inclusive): ca. 1952-1974
Collection number: 1573
Creator:
Perkoff, Stuart Z.
Extent:
6 boxes (3 linear ft.)
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Abstract: Stuart Z. Perkoff (1930-1973) was a Beat era poet living in Venice, California. The collection consists of his manuscripts
and 46 handwritten journals.
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department
of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Language:
English.
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections. Literary rights, including
copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds
the copyright and pursue the
copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access.
Additional Physical Form Available
A copy of the original version of this online finding aid is available at the UCLA Department of Special Collections for in-house
consultation and may be obtained for a fee. Please contact:
- Public Services Division
- UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
- Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library
- Box 951575
- Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
- Telephone: 310/825-4988 (10:00 a.m. - 4:45 p.m., Pacific Time)
- Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of Rachel Perkoff, 1988.
[Identification of item], Stuart Z. Perkoff Papers (Collection 1573). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young
Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
UCLA Catalog Record ID:
2722769
Perkoff was born in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1930; spent time in New York and then on the west coast before establishing himself
in Venice, California; as one of the poets of the Beat era, Perkoff's books included:
Suicide Room (1956),
Eat the Earth (1971),
Kowboy Pomes (1973), and
Alphabet (1973); was arrested on a drug charge in 1968 and released from prison in 1971; after trying to establish a bookstore in
Northern California, he returned to Venice in 1973; died of cancer in 1974.
Collection consists of manuscripts and 46 handwritten journals by poet Stuart Z. Perkoff.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Perkoff, Stuart Z.--Archives.
Poets, American--California--Los Angeles--Archival resources.
Beat generation--California--Los Angeles--Archival resources.
Diaries.
Manuscripts for publication.