Bukowski, Charles, 1962 - 1969

File — Box: 5, Folder: 14

Identifier: Folder 14

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

The Carl Weissner Archive consists of correspondence, tapes of poetry readings, manuscripts and graphic materials by international avant-garde writers of the 1960s. Included are works by such authors as William Burroughs, Harold Norse, Ezra Pound, Charles Bukowski, Claude Pelieu, Mary Beach, Dan Georgakas, Donatella Manganotti, and Jan Herman, as well as Carl Weissner himself. Many of these artists were part of the Fluxus movement.

The Carl Weissner Archive consists of 4 parts: correspondence, typescripts and other forms of original work by several authors, tapes of poetry readings, and monographs and periodicals.

Dates

1962 - 1969

Creator

From the Collection: Weissner, Carl (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

There are no restrictions on use of the materials in the department for research; all patrons must comply with federal copyright regulations.

Extent

From the Collection: 9.00 Boxes

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Note

"The old brown cross in the graveyard of the undemolished dead," 3pp. Laugh Literary and Man the Humping Guns, vol. 1 no. 1-2, 1969. Epos, extra issue, 1962 with "Poems and drawings by Charles Bukowski." Notebook of miscellaneous drafts and drawings, 32pp. Drawing: "Bukowski in conversation" with note to Carl on verso. Miscellanous notes, 2pp. Letter to Hugh Fox from Carolyn Kizer, March 24, 1967 regarding National Foundation on the Arts and the Humaniteis grants to writers. Letter from Darnell. "The dirty business of running through fire because there's nothing else to do," 3pp. "The Epistle of Jay Robert Nash the Infantryman to the Child of Darkness: one Charles (Chuck) Bukowski (Buk)," December 20, 1965. "The tongues of my shoes have soles most worthy," 2pp. "Notes upon an afternoon crap," 1p. "The way the dead love," 18pp. 5 photographs and 2 negatives. Photo: "Bukowski, June 67. S. Cherry."