Allen Ginsberg correspondence with Tom Maschler and related papers
Overview
Correspondence of Allen Ginsberg and publisher Tom Maschler with related papers.
Dates
- Creation: 1965-2017
Creator
- Ferlinghetti, Lawrence (Correspondent, Person)
Language of Materials
English
Condition Description
Good.
Conditions Governing Access
Open for research.
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Extent
.08 linear feet (1 folder)Correspondence between Allen Ginsberg and publisher Tom Maschler, with a small amount of correspondence of Peter Orlovsky and Lawrence Ferlingetti, the latter concerning Ginsberg's Indian Journals; an essay with bibliographica references to Ginsberg's works; a typescript essay by Eric Mottram on Ginsberg's importance as a poet; an essay on 50th anniversary activities for Ginsberg's "Wales, a Visitation"; and a printout of "Wales, 3 Visitations".
Biographical / Historical
Allen Ginsberg (1926–1997) was born in Newark, New Jersey, and educated at Columbia University. Literary notoriety followed publication of Ginsberg’s Howl and Other Poems (1956) in the Pocket Poet Series of Lawrence Ferlinghetti’s City Lights Books. This collection established Ginsberg as a leading poet of the Beat movement. After 1956, Ginsberg traveled extensively, became involved with civil rights campaigns and war resistance movements, and continued to write poetry.
Thomas Michael Maschler is a British publisher and writer, now retired. He travelled widely, worked on a kibbutz and did national service before going on to work in publishing. In his role as head of the firm of Jonathan Cape, he discovered and published many writers. Ginsberg's Wales, a Visitation was first published by The Goliard Press, now a subsidiary of Jonathan Cape, Ltd.
Arrangement
Collection is minimally processed.
Physical Location
Harvard Depository
Immediate Source of Acquisition
2020M-60. Purchased with funds from the Frank Brewer Bemis Bequest and the Parkman D. Howe Fund, 2019 October.
Processing Information
Processed by Melanie Wisner, 2019 December.
Creator
- Ferlinghetti, Lawrence (Correspondent, Person)
- Ginsberg, Allen, 1926-1997 (Person)
- Maschler, Tom, 1933-2020 (Correspondent, Person)
- Mottram, Eric (Person)
- Orlovsky, Peter, 1933-2010 (Correspondent, Person)
- Title
- Allen Ginsberg correspondence with Tom Maschler and other papers, 1965-2017 (MS Am 3345): Guide
- Status
- completed
- Author
- Houghton Library, Harvard University
- Date
- 2019 December 10
- Description rules
- dacs
- Language of description
- und
- EAD ID
- hou03290
Repository Details
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