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Knute Stiles papers, 1948-2005.
BANC MSS 2006/238BANC MSS 2006/238LOCAL
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Title:
Knute Stiles papers, 1948-2005Creator/Contributor:
Stiles, Knute, 1923-2009, creatorCreator/Contributor:
Stanley, George, 1934-Creator/Contributor:
Goodwin, Jack, 1920-1991Creator/Contributor:
Krikorian, Leo, 1922-2005Abstract:
The Knute Stiles papers predominantly consist of correspondence and greeting cards to Stiles. Correspondents include John
Barrow, Leo Krikorian, Jack Goodwin, and George Stanley. Also consists of a small amount of artwork, photographs, biographical
material, and miscellaneous papers.
Date:
1948 (issued)Subject:
n-us-ca -- n-us---Beats (Persons) -- California
Artists -- United States
Beatniks -- Californie
Artistes -- États-Unis
Artists
Beats (Persons)
California
United States
Stiles, Knute -- 1923-2009 -- Archives
Krikorian, Leo -- 1922-2005 -- Correspondence
Goodwin, Jack -- 1920-1991 -- Correspondence
Stanley, George -- 1934- -- Correspondence
Krikorian, Leo -- 1922-2005
Stanley, George -- 1934-
Stiles, Knute -- 1923-2009
Note:
Purchase; in 2006.
American collage artist. Attended Black Mountain College in North Carolina. In 1953, Stiles and Leo Krikorian opened The Place,
a bar in San Francisco's North Beach. Among the Beat era poets, artists, musicians and filmmakers that frequented The Place
were Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Robert Creeley, Richard Brautigan, and Allen Ginsberg.
Preferred citation: Knute Stiles papers, BANC MSS 2006/238, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
In English.
Type:
Archives.Personal correspondence.
Physical Description:
print
12 boxes (4.8 linear ft.)
Language:
English
Identifier:
BANC MSS 2006/238
BANC MSS 2006/238LOCAL