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Papers for a Beat Anthology [FRAGILE]

 File — Box: 1, Folder: K:1

General

"My original intros for "Beat Anthology": dates from 1958 and earlier (to 1920s). Mentions letter of 1958 as if it were in an earlier year; ages given indicate 1956; acquired before 1964.

Biographical accounts of Enow, Margaret Jane; Corso, Gregory (says anthology ends with Corso's 1958 letter to Kerouac); Persky, Stan (anthology contains prose "The Genius of Gregory"); Sublette, Al; Greenberg, Samuel, d. 1920s; Donlin, Bob (never wrote anything before this story); Tercero, Dave (says 1900-1955; first chapter of his autobiography); Huncke, Herbert (anthology includes prose piece on Penn Station 1948); Bremser, Raymond; Orlovsky, Peter; Cassady, Neal (anthology includes excerpt from letter from San Quentin); Snyder, Gary (anthology contains only excerpt from letter); Ginsberg, Allen; Jones, LeRoi; Kaufman, Bob; and Lamantia, Philip.

Typed on yellow draft paper, with typed and manuscript corrections.Title written in ballpoint at head of item 1. Each intro is on a separate sheet of yellow paper; each sheet has been folded once to make a 4-page booklet and the text crowded onto page 1. Item is fragile; handle with care. 16 leaves total.

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Part of the University of Kansas. Kenneth Spencer Research Library Repository

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