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Bill Morgan papers, approximately 1960-2009.
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Bill Morgan papers, approximately 1960-2009Creator/Contributor:
Morgan, Bill, 1949-, creatorCreator/Contributor:
Wilbur, Richard, 1921-2017, author.Creator/Contributor:
Berrigan, Ted, author.Creator/Contributor:
Beck, Julian, 1925-1985, author.Abstract:
Bill Morgan's files of correspondence with various persons and organizations mostly concerning requests for assistance related
to his work and research on Allen Ginsberg. Also contains a small number of poems, broadsides, typescript and manuscript drafts
with edits, and correspondence with other authors concerning their work. Poems in the collection include those by Richard
Wilbur, Ted Berrigan, Julian Beck, and others. Also includes some publications, including one issue of Marijuana Review (Jan.-June
1971, Vol. 1, No. 6) inscribed to Morgan by the editor, and one audio-cassete tape, "Powaqqatsi", with the cover insert autographed
by the composer, Philip Glass. Also includes one portfolio volume containing flyers, announcements, and programs for poetry
related events, many featuring Allen Ginsberg, and a small amount of materials related to Ginsberg's concern for Dr. Timothy
Leary.
Correspondence, research information on Beat history, Lawrence Ferlinghetti and Allen Ginsberg, drafts of "A Literary History
of the Beat Generation," research materials for "A Civil War Guide to New York City," reviews, publicity, and appearances.
Records and slides from Morgan's art career, and photographs, negatives, and picture postcards.
Date:
1960 (issued)Subject:
n-us---Poets, American -- 20th century
Authors, American -- 20th century
Beats (Persons)
Bibliographers -- United States
Archivists -- United States
Poètes américains -- 20e siècle
Écrivains américains -- 20e siècle
Beatniks
Archivistes -- États-Unis
Beat generation
Archivists
Authors, American
Beats (Persons)
Bibliographers
Poets, American
United States
Morgan, Bill -- 1949- -- Archives
Morgan, Bill -- 1949- -- Correspondence
Ginsberg, Allen
Ferlinghetti, Lawrence
Leary, Timothy -- 1920-1996
Ginsberg, Allen
Leary, Timothy -- 1920-1996
Morgan, Bill -- 1949-
Note:
Partial list of correspondents available in the library.
Gift of Bill Morgan; 2008, 2012, and 2023.
Objects have been transferred to the Historical Object Collections of The Bancroft Library (BANC PIC 2013.007).
Bill Morgan is an American writer, editor and painter, best known for his work as an archivist and bibliographer for public
figures such as Allen Ginsberg, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Abbie Hoffman, and Timothy Leary.
Bill Morgan papers, BANC MSS 2008/125, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
In English.
Type:
manuscripts for publication.printed ephemera.
poetry.
Archives
Personal correspondence
Ephemera.
Poetry.
Poems.
Documents éphémères.
Poésie.
Physical Description:
print
23.5 linear feet (18 2 1
Language:
English