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Helen Adam papers, circa 1947-1993.
BANC MSS 2010/169 carton 1; BANC MSS 2010/169 carton 2; BANC MSS 2010/169
Collection Overview

Title:

Helen Adam papers, circa 1947-1993

Creator/Contributor:

Adam, Helen, 1909-1993, creator

Abstract:

Contains seventeen journals of various sizes containing clippings, quotations, visual images, collages, advertisements, and other inserted materials. Also contains handwritten and typescript correspondence, poems, articles, photographs of Helen Adam, ephemera, etc.

Date:

1947 (issued)

Subject:

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Adam, Helen -- 1909-1993 -- Archives
Adam, Helen -- 1909-1993 -- Correspondence
Adam, Helen -- 1909-1993 -- Portraits
Women poets, American
Beats (Persons)

Note:

Helen Adam papers, BANC MSS 2010/169, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Purchase; Serendipity Books; 20100920.
Helen Adam (December 2, 1909 in Glasgow, Scotland, died September 19, 1993 in New York City) was a Scottish poet, collagist, and photographer who was an active participant in the San Francisco Renaissance.
In English.
Preliminary list of contents available in the library.
Purchase; Serendipity Books; 20100920.

Type:

Poems-California-20th century.
Diaries.
Photographs.
Scrapbooks.
Collages (visual works)

Physical Description:

print
2 cartons (2.5 linear feet)

Language:

English

Identifier:

BANC MSS 2010/169 carton 1
BANC MSS 2010/169 carton 2
BANC MSS 2010/169

Origin:

California