William S. Burroughs Papers

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Creator

Burroughs, William S.

Location

Berg Collection of English and American Literature

Extent

• 94 manuscript boxes (17 1951-1972 bulk (1958-1972).

Access Restrictions

Restricted access; request permission in holding division.

Scope/Contents Note

In addition to the 169 folios described above, the archivecontains eleven files compiled by Burroughs and related toScientology; 4 boxes of photographic files with approximately 1000 photographs, most of which were taken by Burroughs himself; and three boxes of audio material dating from 1960-1973. The archive also includes extensive correspondence to and from the author, written between 1955-1972, organized into 45 files. Correspondents include Paul Bowles, Mary Beach & Claude Pelieu, David Budd, Truman Capote, Gregory Corso, Brion Gysin, Allen Ginsberg, Rolf Gunter-Dienst, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Charles Henri Ford, Timothy Leary, Jack Kerouac, David Prentice and Terry Southern; as well as noted publishers Dick Seaver and Barney Rossett of Grove Press and Maurice Girodias of Olympia Press.

Controlled Access Terms

• Burroughs, William S., 1914-1997.
• Burroughs, William S., 1914-1997 -- Portraits.
• Corso, Gregory Michael, 1947- -- Portraits.
• Elvins, Kells -- Portraits.
• Ginsberg, Allen, 1926-1997 -- Portraits.
• Gysin, Brion -- Portraits.
• Kerouac, Jack, 1922-1969 -- Portraits.
• Sommerville, Ian, 1951- -- Portraits.

Additional Creator Names

• Anger, Kenneth.
• Ansen, Alan.
• Balch, Antony.
• Beiles, Sinclair Simon Maurice.
• Belli, Bill.
• Berkson, Bill.
• Berrigan, Ted.
• Bowles, Paul, 1910-1999.
• Capote, Truman, 1924-1984.
• Corso, Gregory Michael, 1947-
• Creeley, Robert.
• Di Prima, Diane.
• Gysin, Brion.
• Ginsberg, Allen, 1926-1997.
• Dienst, Rolf-Gunter.
• Ferlinghetti, Lawrence.
• Ford, Charles Henri.
• Giorno, John.
• Girodias, Maurice.
• Baraka, Amiri, 1934-
• Leary, Timothy, 1920-1996.
• Kerouac, Jack, 1922-1969.
• Miles, Barry, 1943-
• Norse, Harold.
• Nuttall, Jeff.
• Orlovitz, Gil.
• Padgett, Ron, 1942-
• Prentice, David.
• Rosenthal, Irving.
• Rossett, Barney.
• Seaver, Richard.
• Shero, Jeffrey.
• Sinclair, Iain.
• Sommerville, Ian, 1951-
• Southern, Terry.
• Tynan, Kenneth, 1927-1980.
• Veitch, Tom.
• Williams, Jonathan, 1929-2008.
• Webb, Jon.
• Williams, Heathcote.