Subject: Beat generation--Correspondence - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

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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.

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Abstract:: American author John Clellon Holmes typed this four-page letter to his future wife, Shirley Allen.

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Extent:: 26 item (26 pages)
Abstract:: These letters, written by American publisher Robert Hawley to poet and musician David Meltzer between 1964 and 1966, reflect their book and poetry interests, their friendship, and the business of Oyez Press.

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Extent:: 17 item (20 pages)
Abstract:: American poet John Clellon Holmes wrote these letters, filled with encouragement and critique, to a young poet named Richard Douglass, who identified with the Beats.

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Extent:: 10 item (10 pages)
Abstract:: Allen Ginsberg wrote these postcards and letters to Gregory Corso between 1982 and 1985.

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Extent:: 8 item (14 pages)
Abstract:: Consists of a sequence of correspondence written by John Clellon Holmes to his wife, Shirley, between May 18-27, 1974, and form a personal journal recording his reflections and experiences during a solitary trip to a family cabin in Maine.

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