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Richard Brautigan papers, circa 1950-1959.
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Title:

Richard Brautigan papers, circa 1950-1959

Creator/Contributor:

Brautigan, Richard., creator

Creator/Contributor:

Webster, Edna, correspondent.

Abstract:

Early poems, short stories, "experimental dramas," miscellaneous correspondence with Edna Webster and publishers, and high school memorabilia (diploma). Several of the literary manuscripts were written for Edna Webster or Linda Webster. Most are undated but are known to have been written in Eugene, Oregon in the mid-1950s. The materials in this collection were given to Edna Webster by Brautigan.

Date:

1950 (issued)

Subject:

n-us-ca
Poets, American -- California -- 20th century
Authors, American -- California -- 20th century
Poètes américains -- Californie -- 20e siècle
Écrivains américains -- Californie -- 20e siècle
Authors, American
Friendship
Poets, American
California
Brautigan, Richard -- Archives
Brautigan, Richard -- Friends and associates
Webster, Edna -- Correspondence
Brautigan, Richard

Note:

Edna Webster collection of undiscovered writings. Berkeley ; Forest Knolls : Burton Weiss & James Musser, 1999, c1995.
For information on publication rights consult the repository.
Portraits transferred to the Pictorial Collection of The Bancroft Library (BANC PIC 1992.053--PIC).
Related collection: Richard Brautigan papers, 1942-2003 (BANC MSS 87/173 c).
Related collection: Richard Brautigan papers, circa 1975-1981 (BANC MSS 2006/220).
Richard Gary Brautigan was an American writer (novelist, poet). Born Tacoma, Washington, January 30 1935. Died Bolinas, California, around September 14, 1984 of a self-inflicted gunshot wound (the exact date of his death is unknown; his body was discovered October 25, 1984).
Edna Webster (1915-2000) was a close personal friend and "surrogate mother" of Richard Brautigan. Her son, Peter, was Brautigan's best friend during the time these materials were written. Her daughter, Linda, was Brautigan's "first love."
In English.
Preferred citation: Richard Brautigan papers, circa 1950-1959, BANC MSS 93/91 c, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.

Type:

manuscripts for publication.
Archives.
Personal correspondence.
Poems.

Physical Description:

print
2 boxes (.6 linear feet)

Language:

English

Origin:

California

Copyright Note:

For information on publication rights consult the repository.