Jack Kerouac Papers, 1920-1977, bulk (1935-1969).

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Creator

Kerouac, Jack, 1922-1969.

Location

Berg Collection of English and American Literature

Extent

• 90 manuscript boxes (22.5 linear feet; 13 oversize folders).

Scope/Contents Note

The Jack Kerouac archive spans the years 1920 to 1977, with the bulk dated 1935 to 1969. The collection chiefly consists of holograph and typescript drafts of Kerouac's novels, stories, poetry, plays and screenplays, journals, diaries, notebooks, autobiographical and spiritual prose, fantasy horseracing, and fantasy baseball game. Other materials include Jack Kerouac's artwork, incoming and outgoing correspondence, photographs, personal and financial papers (including bank statements and canceled checks), publishing contracts, newspaper cuttings, maps, and realia.

Biographical/Historical Note

Jack Kerouac (1922-1969) was an American Beat novelist, essayist, and poet.

Controlled Access Terms

• Kerouac, Jack, 1922-1969.
• Cassady, Neal -- In literature.
• Catholic Church.
• Beat generation -- Fiction.
• Automobile travel in literature.
• Buddhism.
• Spirituality.
• Alcoholism.
• Drug abuse.
• Homosexuality.
• Mothers and sons.
• Clippings.
• Contracts.
• Correspondence.
• Diaries.
• Games.
• Notebooks.
• Photographs.

Additional Creator Names

• Amburn, Ellis.
• Apostolos, George J.
• Avakian, Albert.
• Baraka, Amiri, 1934-
• Beaulieu, Joseph Henry.
• Beckwith, Jacques.
• Beckwith, L. (Lois)
• Blake, Carolyn.
• Blake, Paul, (Mechanic)
• Buckley, William F. (William Frank), 1925-2008.
• Burroughs, William S., 1914-1997.
• Carney, Mary (Maggie Cassidy inspiration)
• Carr, Lucien, 1924?-
• Cassady, Carolyn.
• Cassady, Neal.
• Charters, Ann.
• Chase, Hal.
• Chippindale, Harry.
• Corso, Gregory.
• Cowley, Malcolm, 1898-1989.
• Creeley, Robert, 1926-2005.
• Cru, Henri.
• Cudworth, James.
• Dastou, George.
• Donovan, Vincent C., Father.
• Ferlinghetti, Lawrence.
• Fitzgerald, Jack.
• Garver, William.
• Ginsberg, Allen, 1926-1997.
• Giroux, Robert.
• Guernic, Youenn.
• Holmes, John Clellon, 1926-1988.
• Huncke, Herbert, E.
• Jeffries, Frank.
• Kazin, Alfred, 1915-1998.
• Kerouac, Edie Parker, 1923-1992.
• Kerouac, Gabrielle.
• Kerouac, Joan, d. 1990.
• Kerouac, Leo.
• Kerouac, Stella.
• Krim, Seymour, 1922-
• Lamantia, Philip, 1927-2005.
• Lax, Robert.
• Leary, Timothy, 1920-1996.
• Lord, Sterling, 1920-
• McClure, Mike.
• MacManus, Patricia.
• Micheline, Jack, 1929-1998.
• Morales, Adele.
• Orlovsky, Peter, 1933-2010.
• Padgett, Ron, 1942-
• Pivano, Fernanda Sottsass.
• Reynolds, Kelly.
• Rosset, Barney.
• Salvas, Roland.
• Sampas, Jim.
• Sampas, John.
• Sampas, Sebastian.
• Snyder, Gary, 1930-
• Sorrells, Lois.
• Sublette, Al.
• Twardowicz, Stanley, 1917-
• Van Doren, Mark, 1894-1972.
• Webber, Hugo.
• Whalen, Philip.
• White, Ed (Architect)
• Wyse, Seymour.