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Rare Book & Manuscript Library

Rare Book & Manuscript Library

6th Floor East Butler Library
535 West 114th Street
New York, NY 10027, USA
rbml@library.columbia.edu
The Rare Book & Manuscript Library is Columbia University’s principal repository for special collections. We collect, preserve, describe, promote, and provide access to the material evidence of diverse individuals and activities in alignment with the University’s research and teaching mission. We build and steward deep collections in select subject areas and connect them to a global audience through reference, teaching, exhibitions, publications, and public programs.
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Allen Ginsberg papers, 1943-1991, bulk 1945-1976

11.25 linear feet
Papers of Allen Ginsberg, American poet and one of the founders of the beat generation. The collection contains correspondence, manuscripts, and publications created by Ginsberg and his associates. Note that the main body of Ginsberg's papers is found at Stanford University.
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Lucie Brock-Broido Papers, 1965-2017, bulk 1981-2013

34.5 Linear Feet
Lucie Brock-Broido (1956-2018) was an American poet and educator. She authored four volumes of poetry A Hunger (1988), The Master Letters (1995), Trouble In Mind (2004), and Stay, Illusion (2013). The papers contain production material related to each book, drafts, manuscripts, personal and professional correspondence, teaching material, personal and biographical documents, printed resources, childhood mementos, books owned by Brock-Broido, and editions of Brock-Broido's books.
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Peter G. Stafford papers, 1960-1971

49 boxes

Papers of Stafford, reflecting a wide interest in psychedelic drugs, other drugs, and all aspects of the youth culture of the 1960s. Among the manuscript materials are drafts for chapters in his books, case histories, some correspondence, and materials showing the workings of the underground press. There are clippings, pamphlets, and books of both technical and popular interest.

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Lawrence Ferlinghetti papers, 1959-1970

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Correspondence of Ferlinghetti with Jack Hirschman about the editing, publishing, and reprinting of his ARTAUD ANTHOLOGY by City Lights Books; and correspondence with the poet Claude Pelieu and with Mary Beach.

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Tennessee Williams papers, 1920-1983

160 linear feet
A large and important collection of the correspondence, memoirs, and plays of Tennessee Williams. The collection is especially strong in the later works.
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Michael McClure Papers, 1958-1968

93 items

Letters from McClure to David Meltzer discussing McClure's writings, especially during a visit to New York in 1961. Also, three poems sent to Meltzer; one letter, dated 1965, and addressed to Joe Pinelli; letters from McClure to his agent, Max Gartenberg, 1965-1967, concerning his negotiations with Grove Press; and 43 drafts of his MEAT SCIENCE ESSAYS, published by City Lights Books in 1963 and 1966.

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