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Machine-readable finding aid derived from MS Word. Date of source: 1997.Finding aid is written in English.Guide to the Gregory Corso Papers, 1980-1991Collection number: M0877Department of Special Collections and University Archives Stanford University Libraries Stanford, CaliforniaContact InformationDepartment of Special CollectionsGreen LibraryStanford University LibrariesStanford, CA 94305-6004 Phone: (650) 725-1022Email: speccoll@sulmail.stanford.eduURL: http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/spc/Processed by:Special Collections staffDate Completed:1997Encoded by:Steven Mandeville-Gamble

Descriptive SummaryGregory Corso Papers, 1980-1991Special Collections M0877Corso, Gregory.1.5 linear ft.Stanford University. Libraries. Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives.Administrative InformationAccess Restrictions

None.

Publication Rights

Property rights reside with the repository. Literary rights reside with the creators of the documents or their heirs. To obtain permission to publish or reproduce, please contact the Public Services Librarian of the Dept. of Special Collections.

Provenance

Purchased, 1996.

Preferred Citation:

[Identification of item] Gregory Corso Papers, M0877, Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

Scope and Content

The Gregory Corso Archive includes manuscript notebooks, published materials and personal and professional ephemera of Gregory Corso. They are housed in 3 document boxes and occupy 1.5 linear feet. The materials are arranged in the following series:

Manuscript notebooksPublicationsEphemera, letters and photographs

The collection covers Corso's work in the 1980s and early 1990s, including both manuscript notebooks and published works. The ephemera includes professional and personal correspondence with Allen Ginsberg as well as materials documenting Corso's public appearances and professional collaborations. The ephemera series also includes photographs of Corso. Most of the items in the collection are signed.

Access TermsCoppola, Francis Ford.Ginsberg, Allen, 1926-Kerouac, Jack, 1922-1969.American literature--20th century.Container ListSeries I. Manuscript notebooks1.5 linear ft.11Manuscript notebook, 198212Manuscript notebook, c. 1987-199013Manuscript notebook, 1988. NYC.14Manuscript notebook, 1988.Rome, Italy.15Manuscript notebook, 1988. Italy.16Manuscript notebook, 1988. NYC.17Manuscript notebook, 1988-1990.18Manuscript notebook, 1989. Paris.19Manuscript notebook, 1989. Rome, Italy.110Manuscript notebook, 1990. NYC.21Manuscript notebook, 1990. NYC.22Manuscript notebook, April 1992.23Manuscript notebook, Jan.- April 1992.24Manuscript notebook, n.d.25Manuscript notebook, n.d.31Manuscript notebook, 1985-1989.32Manuscript notebook, 1987-1988. Rome and Cherry Valley, NY.33Manuscript notebook, 1988.34Manuscript notebook, 1989. Yellow legal pad. Includes cover art for Mindfield.35Manuscript notebook, 1989-1990.36Manuscript notebook, n.d.37240 pages of manuscript poems and drawings.Series II. Publications.5 linear ft.26Bombay Gin. No. 4, Summer-Fall 1977. Boulder, CO: Naropa Institute. Literary magazine. Cover photo of Corso.27The Riverside Interviews 3: Gregory Corso. Ed. by Gavin Selerie with essays by Jim Burns and Michael Horovitz. London: Binnacle Press, 1982.28Gregory Corso. Hitting the Big 5-0. NY: Catchword Papers, 1983. Signed copy.29Gregory Corso. The Happy Birthday of Death. With "Bomb" as foldout. NY: New Directions , 1960.210Gregory Corso. The American Express. Paris: Olympia Press, 1961. The Traveler's Companion Series, no. 85. First edition. Signed copy.211Gregory Corso. The Japanese Notebook Ox. Unmuzzled Ox, nos. 8/9, 1974. Signed copy, only edition published 1974.212Gregory Corso. Mindfield, new & selected poems. NY: Thunder's Mouth Press, 1989.213Gregory Corso. Mindfield, new & selected poems. Uncorrected proofs for review. NY: Thunder's Mouth Press. Signed copy.Series III. Ephemera, letters and photographs.5 linear ft.388 photographs. Includes: signed photograph of Corso and Allen Ginsberg in fully nude frontal pose; 3 signed photographs taken early 1980s; photograph taken by Francis Ford Coppola for Godfather III, signed by Corso and Coppola.39Manuscript letters and ephemera. Includes:4 autograph postcards from Allen Ginsberg, 1990-1991.1 autograph note, Ginsberg to Corso, 1991.Typed manuscript by Corso. 2 pages. Introduction to Dr. Sax by Kerouac. All writing and signatures by Corso. 1991.2 page autograph letter, Ginsberg to Corso, thanking him for introduction to photos.3101 page autograph letter by Ginsberg to "Steven," his music consultant, about his book.311Printed broadside. "Freedom and the Poet's Responsibility to Society." Signed by Ginsberg.312"Bomba, bomb." Typed copy of "Bomb" in English and Italian. Signed.313Typed copy of "Meditation for Gregory Corso." Flyer for "Lowell Celebrates Kerouac 1989" - Corso and Diane DiPrima give poetry reading.