- Creator
- Standard, Michael, 1935-2014
- Call number
- MssCol 23286
- Physical description
- 1.1 linear feet (3 boxes)
- Preferred Citation
Michael Standard files related to Timothy Leary, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library.
- Repository
- Manuscripts and Archives Division
- Access to materials
- Request an in-person research appointment.
Michael Standard (1935-2014) was an attorney who represented Timothy Leary in court proceedings and also acted as his agent for publishing projects. The collection contains multiple draft manuscripts of Leary's book It's About Time, with handwritten changes. The book was published in 1973 as Confessions of a Hope Fiend. Correspondence and contracts related to Leary's publications date from 1968 to 1973 and include letters from Timothy and Rosemary Leary. The collection also contains correspondence and court documents related to legal cases in New York, Texas, and California; transcripts and notes on interviews with Dennis Martino; documents related to archivist Michael Horowitz's grand jury testimony in August 1975 regarding Leary's archives and their seizure by the FBI; a 1970 manuscript titled Millbrook Thanksgiving by Walt Schneider; and a 1997 letter from Leary biographer Robert Greenfield.
Administrative information
Source of acquisition
Donated by Elinore Standard, 2015.
Processing information
Compiled by Kit Fluker, 2015.
Using the collection
Location
Manuscripts and Archives DivisionStephen A. Schwarzman Building
Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018-2788
Brooke Russell Astor Reading Room, Third Floor, Room 328