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Lenore Kandel papers, 1953-2010.
BANC MSS 2017/141 box 1; BANC MSS 2017/141 carton 1; BANC MSS 2017/141 oversize folder 1; BANC MSS 2017/141
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Title:
Lenore Kandel papers, 1953-2010Buzoku the tribes
Creator/Contributor:
Kandel, Lenore, creator, creator.Creator/Contributor:
Kandel, Lenore, performer.Creator/Contributor:
Di Prima, Diane, performer.Creator/Contributor:
Branaman, Robert R., correspondent.Creator/Contributor:
Ginsberg, Allen, 1926-1997, correspondent.Abstract:
Contains correspondence, poetry, publications, interviews, clippings, drafts, etc. concerning the career and works of Lenore
Kandel. A portion of the material is related to her groundbreaking book of poetry, The Love Book, including galley proofs
and the corresponding publicity around it. Includes numerous small press publications of poetry and newspapers in which Kandel
is the author or a contributor. Includes poems and correspondence from poets, publishers, and organizations seeking permission
to use her works. Correspondents include Allen Ginsberg and an illustrated letter from cartoonist Robert R. Branaman. Also
includes material on the Hell's Angels and a photograph of her husband, Billy Fritsch, who was a member. Also includes one
audiocassete recording of a poetry performance by Kandel and Diane di Prima.
Date:
1953 (issued)Subject:
n-us-ca -- n-us---Kandel, Lenore -- Archives
Kandel, Lenore -- Correspondence
Kandel, Lenore -- Pictorial works
Kandel, Lenore
Hell's Angels.
Women poets, American -- California
Poets, American -- California
Erotic poetry, American
Erotic literature, American
Counterculture -- California -- San Francisco
Beats (Persons) -- California -- San Francisco
Publishers and publishing -- Correspondence
Authors and publishers -- Correspondence
Small presses -- United States
Small presses -- California
Note:
Lenore Kandel papers, BANC MSS 2017/141, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Purchase from Andover Street Archives; 2016.
Selected books and serials have been transferred to the Print Collections of The Bancroft Library.
Photographs transferred to the Pictorial Collections of The Bancroft Library (BANC PIC 2017.044).
Lenore Kandel (born January 14, 1932 in New York City; died October 18, 2009 in San Francisco, California) was an American
poet, affiliated with the Beat Generation and Hippie counterculture. Her work was performed in the Broadway play, Oh, Calcutta!,
and Kandel also performed a poem for the filming of The Last Waltz that was not used in the final cut.
In English.
Type:
Poems-California-20th century.Poems-California-21st century.
Manuscripts for publication.
Photographs.
Physical Description:
print
1.7 (1 1 1 oversize folder)
Language:
English
Identifier:
BANC MSS 2017/141 box 1
BANC MSS 2017/141 carton 1
BANC MSS 2017/141 oversize folder 1
BANC MSS 2017/141