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Jack Kerouac Papers
- Title
- Jack Kerouac Papers, 1920-1977 bulk 1935-1969.
- Author
Collection information
Finding aid
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Status | Format | Access | Call number | Item location |
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Status Available by appointment at Schwarzman Building - Berg Collection Room 320. See the finding aid for details. | FormatArchival Mix | AccessPermit needed | Call numberBerg Coll MSS Kerouac archive | Item locationSchwarzman Building - Berg Collection Room 320 |
Details
- Additional authors
- Amburn, Ellis
- Apostolos, George J.
- Avakian, Albert
- Baraka, Amiri, 1934-2014
- Beaulieu, Joseph Henry
- Beckwith, Jacques
- Beckwith, L. (Lois)
- Blake, Carolyn
- Blake, Paul, (Mechanic)
- Buckley, William F. (William Frank), Jr., 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, -1990
- Kerouac, Leo
- Kerouac, Stella
- Krim, Seymour, 1922-
- Lamantia, Philip, 1927-2005
- Lax, Robert
- Leary, Timothy, 1920-1996
- Lord, Sterling, 1920-
- McClure, Michael
- 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
- Description
- 90 (22.5 13
- Summary
- 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.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Clippings.
- Contracts.
- Correspondence.
- Diaries.
- Games.
- Notebooks.
- Photographs.
- Call number
- Berg Coll MSS Kerouac archive
- Language
- English
- Note
- The Berg Collection also holds a synthetic collection of materials by and about Jack Kerouac that were acquired through gift and purchase from various sources. See the Jack Kerouac collection of papers, [1942]-1969 for description and collection guide.
- Please note the following emended finding aid descriptions: Box 15, folder 6: Holograph prose fragment. "The De-Activators." With note: "False begin again, modern prose now -" On verso of third leaf: "The Kerouac fairy tale/Ecoutez le Monde" (in French), which is first page of French story, "The Trap of the World--Apocalypse of the Fellaheen--Listen, People," in 15.8., 3 leaves. (D1, f.5); Box 15, folder 18: Folder labeled "D2 1951 Scraps and My 'Tourian' version," related to: Holograph, untitled. (Begins: "Le plu vieux des fils, Joseph . . .") Fragment in French-Canadian,1954, 1 leaf, 3.38 (A6, f.21)
- Source (note)
- the estate of Jack Kerouac
- Biography (note)
- Jack Kerouac (1922-1969) was an American Beat novelist, essayist, and poet.
- Language (note)
- Some material in French-Canadian.
- Indexes/finding aids (note)
- Printed finding aid available in repository.
- Provenance (note)
- Previously owned by John Sampas, executor of the Kerouac estate.
- Local note
- The processing of the Jack Kerouac Archive was made possible, in part, through the generous assistance of the Gladys Kreible Delmas Foundation.
- Author
- Kerouac, Jack, 1922-1969.
- Title
- Jack Kerouac Papers, 1920-1977 bulk 1935-1969.
- Biography
- Jack Kerouac (1922-1969) was an American Beat novelist, essayist, and poet.
- Provenance
- Previously owned by John Sampas, executor of the Kerouac estate.
- Indexes
- Printed finding aid available in repository.
- Source
- Purchased from: the estate of Jack Kerouac, July 28, 2001.
- Connect to:
- Added author
- Amburn, Ellis.
- Apostolos, George J.
- Avakian, Albert.
- Baraka, Amiri, 1934-2014.
- Beaulieu, Joseph Henry.
- Beckwith, Jacques.
- Beckwith, L. (Lois)
- Blake, Carolyn.
- Blake, Paul, (Mechanic)
- Buckley, William F. (William Frank), Jr., 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, -1990.
- Kerouac, Leo.
- Kerouac, Stella.
- Krim, Seymour, 1922-
- Lamantia, Philip, 1927-2005.
- Lax, Robert.
- Leary, Timothy, 1920-1996.
- Lord, Sterling, 1920-
- McClure, Michael.
- 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.
- Research call number
- Berg Coll MSS Kerouac archive