- unitid
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{"value"=>"186265", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"Berg Coll MSS 186265", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"b23386931", "type"=>"local_b"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"1973-2023", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1973/2023"}
{"value"=>"1973-1986", "type"=>"bulk", "normal"=>"1973/1986"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Allen Ginsberg interview file and correspondence with Jan Castro"}
- physdesc
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"1 box", "unit"=>"containers"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"0.21 linear feet", "unit"=>"linear_feet"}]}
{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"1 audio recording", "unit"=>"audio_recordings"}]}
- repository
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{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature</span>"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"The Allen Ginsberg interview file and correspondence with Jan Castro contains correspondence, an interview transcript, notes, press, and an audio recording collected by Castro in preparation for her interview of Ginsberg, published in 1982 in her literary magazine <span class=\"title\">River Styx</span>."}
- langmaterial
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{"value"=>"English"}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Castro, Jan Garden", "type"=>"persname"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>Jan Garden Castro (born 1945) is an art and literary critic, poet, and educator from Saint Louis, Missouri. Castro attended both Cornell University and the University of Wisconsin-Madison for her undergraduate education, earning her degree in 1967. Castro later earned both a Master of Arts in Teaching and English (in 1974) and a Master of Arts in Art History and Comparative Literature (in 1994), both from Washington University in Saint Louis.</p> <p>In 1968, while living in San Francisco, Castro began her career by writing feature articles on writers and musicians, publishing these in <span class=\"title\">The Daily Californian</span> and the <span class=\"title\">San Francisco Express Times</span>. She returned to Saint Louis in 1970 and married poet and educator Michael Castro (1945-2018) in 1972. In 1975, Castro self-published her first poetry collection, <span class=\"title\">Mandala of the Five Senses</span>. She began her teaching career in 1980, starting as an adjunct humanities professor at Lindenwood College (now University). In 1985, Castro published her first major work, <span class=\"title\">The Art and Life of Georgia O'Keeffe</span>. In 1988, she published a collection of essays on Margaret Atwood, titled <span class=\"title\">Margaret Atwood, Vision and Forms</span>. From them on she continued to publish reviews and essays, write poetry, and teach and organize artistic events in the Saint Louis area.</p> <p>In 1975, Castro and her husband co-founded the literary and visual arts magazine <span class=\"title\">River Styx</span>, which is still in operation as of 2024. In 1982, <span class=\"title\">River Styx</span> published an interview with the poet Allen Ginsberg, conducted by Jan Castro on April 5th of that year.</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>The collection consists of material regarding Jan Castro's interview with Allen Ginsberg for <span class=\"title\">River Styx</span>. This includes correspondence from Castro, Ginsberg, and the Allen Ginsberg Trust, a transcript of the interview with edits, notes, related press, and an audio recording of answers to Castro's questions. The correspondence is mainly focused on the interview and later publications of the interview. Also included are Castro's 2023 reflections on Ginsberg.</p>"}
- arrangement
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{"value"=>"<p>Chronological order.</p>"}
- acqinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Purchased from <span class=\"persname\">Jan Castro</span> in <span class=\"date\">2023</span>.</p>"}
- processinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Processed by <span class=\"name\">Stacey Ference</span> in <span class=\"date\">2024</span>.</p>"}
- date_start
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1973
- keydate
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1973
- date_end
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2023
- date_inclusive_start
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1973
- date_inclusive_end
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2023
- date_bulk_start
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1973
- date_bulk_end
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1986
- extent_statement
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0.21 linear feet (1 box). 1 audio recording
- prefercite
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{"value"=>"Allen Ginsberg interview file and correspondence with Jan Castro, Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature, The New York Public Library"}