Found 7 collections related to Ginsberg, Allen, 1926-1997

Poetry magazine edited and published by Greg Masters, Michael Scholnick and Gary Lenhart in the East Village neighborhood of New York City. Fourteen issues appeared between 1977-1985; a fifteenth was begun, but was never completed. Prominent contributors included Amiri Baraka, Ted Berrigan, Edwin Denby, Larry Fagin, Allen Ginsberg, and Anne Waldman. Records consist of manuscripts and typescripts of published and unpublished poems, original cover artwork and negatives, mock-ups and final copies of each issue of the magazine, correspondence from readers and contributors, invoices, grant proposals, and business receipts. less

The Before Stonewall production files date primarily from 1982 to 1984 and contain files relating to the making of the documentary film, Before Stonewall, which explored, through personal stories, historical footage and photographs, the history of the gay and lesbian rights movement in the United States prior to 1969. less

The collection consists chiefly of photographs shot or collected for use in the magazine Hit Parade. Most of the photographs depict artists and performers, including female impersonators. Includes photographs taken at the Red Parrot, Interferon, the Union Club, the Ice Palace, and clubs in Provincetown, Massachusetts. Photographers include Bruce Jope, Dominique, Virginia Liberatore, Steve Aucoin, Gene Bagnato, and others. less

The Red Ozier Press is a private press noted for its fine quality limited editions of works by notable authors. The press was founded by Steven Ken Miller in Madison, Wisconsin, in 1976. In 1979 Miller moved the business to New York City and ran it with Ken Botnick. Collection consists of publication records, correspondence, business records of the Red Ozier Press, records pertaining to printing workshops, zinc printing plates, and papers of Steve Miller and Ken Botnick. Publication records, 1976-1986, include correspondence, typescripts, galley proofs, and materials related to books published by the press. Correspondence, 1976-1986, is with authors, artists, papermakers, printers, booksellers, and others associated with the production of the books. Business records, 1976-1984, contain correspondence, invoices, receipts, and related materials. Printing workshop records, 1982-1986, consist of files for workshops and classes taught by Steve Miller and Ken Botnick. Zinc printing plates, 1976-1986, are the original blocks used for printing illustrations for publications. Ken Botnick papers, 1980-1982, consist primarily of incoming letters when Botnick was proprietor of the Bedouin Press. Steve Miller papers, 1971-1986, include personal correspondence from family and friends, typescripts of his poems, photographs, and miscellaneous items. less

The Timothy Leary Memorandum to the Supreme Court and related documents contain a copy of a memorandum Leary submitted in 1970 to Justice William O. Douglas, known as the "Eagle Brief." The copy includes Leary's handwritten notes to his lawyer, Michael Kennedy. The collection also contains statements of support for Leary, including one by Allen Ginsberg; a statement of purpose for a legal defense corporation established for Leary, called Holding Together; a statement announcing Justice Douglas' decision; and a copy of a 1971 letter by the PEN American Center requesting that the Swiss government grant asylum to Leary. less

The collection contains correspondence, ephemera, publications, offprints of clinical studies, audio recordings, and other items documenting or commemorating the work of Timothy Leary, and a number of his associates and related entities, including the Castalia Foundation, Kriya Press, Freedom Center and Psychedelic Enterprises, and the house in Millbrook, New York, which served as Leary's main base of operations between 1963 and 1967. less