Philadelphia Area Archives

Start Over People Orlovsky, Peter, 1933-2010

Allen Ginsberg poems and letters, 1959-1966, 1984 (inclusive)

Extent:: 17 item
Abstract:: Typescript poems, a published letter, a postcard written by Allen Ginsberg, and items related to the article "The Sound of Beat" published in the July 1959 issue of Playboy.

Held at: University of Delaware Library Special Collections [Contact Us]

Laurence H. Scott letter to Robert A. Wilson, 1964 november 18 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 item (1 page)
Abstract:: One typed letter written and initialed by Laurence H. Scott to Robert A. Wilson on Harvard University Committee on Degrees in History and Literature letterhead, dated November 18, 1964. In the letter Scott describes a poetry reading given by Allen Ginsberg and Peter Orlovsky at Harvard University.

Held at: University of Delaware Library Special Collections [Contact Us]

Robert A. Wilson collection, 1906-2011 (inclusive)

Extent:: 11 linear foot (29 boxes)
Abstract:: The Robert A. Wilson collection comprises 9 linear feet of material related to 36 prominent literary figures, previously in the private collection of Robert A. Wilson, the final owner of the Phoenix Book Shop, in New York City (1962-1988).

Held at: University of Delaware Library Special Collections [Contact Us]