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Finding Aid to the Richard Brautigan Papers, 1942-2003, (bulk 1958-1984)

Finding Aid written by Kristen Schutjer and John Hawk; revised by Alison E. Bridger

The Bancroft Library.

University of California, Berkeley

Berkeley, California, 94720-6000

Phone: (510) 642-6481

Fax: (510) 642-7589

Email: bancref@library.berkeley.edu

URL: http://bancroft.berkeley.edu

© 2006

The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.

Finding Aid to the Richard

Brautigan Papers, 1942-2003,

(bulk 1958-1984)

BANC MSS 87/173 c 1

Finding Aid to the Richard Brautigan Papers, 1942-2003, (bulk 1958-1984)

Collection number: BANC MSS 87/173 c

The Bancroft Library


Berkeley, California

Contact Information:

The Bancroft Library.


Berkeley, California, 94720-6000

Phone: (510) 642-6481

Fax: (510) 642-7589

Email: bancref@library.berkeley.edu

URL: http://bancroft.berkeley.edu

Processed by:

Kristen Schutjer and John Hawk

Date Completed:

June 1992

Encoded by:

Alvin D. Pollock

© 1996 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.

Collection Summary

Collection Title: Richard Brautigan Papers,

Date (inclusive): 1942-2003,

Date (bulk): (bulk 1958-1984)

Collection Number: BANC MSS 87/173 c

Creator: Brautigan, Richard

Extent: Number of containers: 9 boxes, 10 cartons, and 4 oversize foldersLinear feet: 15.9

Repository: The Bancroft Library.

Berkeley, California 94720-6000

Abstract: Contain manuscripts, notebooks, correspondence, financial and travel records, records of his literary agent The

Helen Brann Agency, clippings, reviews, publicity and flyers, a few photographs and some personal items.

Languages Represented: Collection materials are in English, with some German.

Physical Location: Many of the Bancroft Library collections are stored offsite and advance notice may be required for use.

For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the library's online catalog.

Access

Collection is open for research with the following exceptions:

Microfilm only to be used for Boxes 1-5 and Cartons 5-9;

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(bulk 1958-1984)

Original manuscripts, letters, notebooks, and other manuscript materials created by Richard Brautigan may not be photocopied except by written permission of the copyright holder. Requests for such permission will be forwarded by The

Bancroft Library. All other materials may be photocopied in accordance with standard Bancroft Library procedures.

Publication Rights

Copyright has not been assigned to The Bancroft Library. All requests for permission to publish or reproduce must be submitted in writing to the Head of Public Services, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720-6000.

Permission for publication is given on behalf of The Bancroft Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the reader.

Copyright restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research and educational purposes.

Literary rights have been assigned to Richard Brautigan's daughter, Ianthe Swensen.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Richard Brautigan papers, BANC MSS 87/173 c, The Bancroft Library, University of California,

Berkeley.

Alternate Forms Available

Boxes 1-5 and Cartons 5-9 are available on microfilm. (BANC MSS 87/173 FILM)

Note: notebook #38, found in carton 9, is on microfilm reel 10, it is included with notebook #39.

Additional Notes on Collection:

Many of the papers included in this collection, with the exception of the Helen Brann Agency files and some other files, were found with Richard Brautigan's body in 1984. These papers have been microfilmed and are restricted for public use.

Related Collections

Richard Brautigan Papers (BANC MSS 93/91)

Richard Brautigan Papers: From Dwain Richard Cox (BANC MSS 2006/220)

William Novak Collection of Richard Brautigan (BANC MSS 91/4)

City Lights Books Records: Additions (BANC MSS 77/89)

Bruce Conner Correspondence Concerning Jay DeFeo's "The Rose" (BANC MSS 98/32) contains photocopy of corrected typescript of Sombrero Fallout in box 2.

Separated Material

Videotapes and sound recordings have been transferred to the Microforms Division of The Bancroft Library. (Phonotape

1975; Motion Pictures 455 & 456)

Photographs have been transferred to the Pictorial Collections of The Bancroft Library. (BANC PIC 1987.068--AX)

Indexing Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.

Brautigan, Richard--Archives

Helen Brann Agency

Authors, American--20th century--California

American poetry--20th century

Manuscripts for publication

Poems

Notebooks

Acquisition Information

The Richard Brautigan Papers were purchased by The Bancroft Library from Serendipity Books in March 1987. Additions were made on February 9, 2005 by the Helen Brann Agency.

Accruals

No additions are expected.

Processing Information

Processed by Kristen Schutjer and John Hawk in 1992; additions by Alison E. Bridger in 2006.

Biographical Information

Richard Gary Brautigan, 1935-1984



(bulk 1958-1984)

American novelist, short story writer, and poet.

1935 Born 30 January in Tacoma, Washington, oldest child of Bernard F. Brautigan and Mary Lull Brautigan. Very little is known about his childhood, which he refused to discuss. Some sources say that Brautigan never knew his father, others say that his father never knew of him until Brautigan's death was announced

Allegedly committed to Oregon State Hospital after throwing rock through police station window, diagnosed as 1955?

paranoid schizophrenic and given shock therapy treatments. Left home soon after release from hospital.

1955-1958? Moved to San Francisco and became involved with the Beat Movement.

1956 The Second Kingdom, first known poem, published.

1957 Married Virginia Dionne Adler in Reno, Nevada, 8 June.

1957-1958? The Return of the Rivers, a single poem, published.

1958

1959

The Galilee Hitch-Hiker, a single poem, published

Lay the Marble Tea published, collection of twenty-four poems.

1960

1961

The Octopus Frontier published.

Daughter Ianthe born, 25 March.

Spent summer camping with family in Idaho's Stanley Basin and wrote Trout Fishing in America on a portable typewriter alongside the trout streams.

1964 A Confederate General from Big Sur published.

Involved with the Diggers and the hippies of San Francisco's Haight-Ashbury district and often gave away

copies of his poems on the streets.

1966-1967 Poet-in-residence at California Institute of Techonolgy .

1967

1968 Awarded a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.

In Watermelon Sugar and The Pill Versus the Springhill Mine Disaster published. Please Plant This Book also

Trout Fishing in America published

All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace published.

1969 published: eight seed packets, each containing seeds, with poems printed on the sides.

Trout Fishing in America, The Pill Versus the Springhill Mine Disaster, and In Watermelon Sugar published in

1970

collection.

Rommel Drives On Deep into Egypt published.

Divorced from Virginia, 28 July, in San Francisco.

The Abortion: An Historical Romance 1966 published.

1971 The Revenge of the Lawn published.

1972-1973? Establishes a residence in Pine Creek, Montana, just north of Yellowstone National Park. Allegedly refuses to

1974

1975

1976

1977

1978

deliver lectures or grant interviews for the next eight years.

The Hawkline Monster published.

Willard and His Bowling Trophies and Loading Mercury with a Pitchfork published.

Sombrero Fallout published.

Dreaming of Babylon published.

June 30th, June 30th published.

The Abortion, The Pill Versus the Springhill Mine Disaster, Trout Fishing in America, Rommel Drives On Deep

into Egypt, and A Confederate General from Big Sur banned in Union Hills High School in northern California.

1979

1980

1982

1984

ACLU case decided in favor of Brautigan and his publisher.

At December meeting of Modern Language Association in San Francisco, participated in a panel discussion concerning Zen and Contemporary Poetry with Gary Snyder,Philip Whalen,Robert Bly, and Lucien Stryk.

The Tokyo-Montana Express published. Begins lecture/promotion tour.

So the Wind Won't Blow It All Away published.

Commits suicide in house in Bolinas, California. Body discovered 25 October.

Chronology excerpted from Richard Brautigan: an Annotated Bibliography, by John F. Barber.(McFarland & Company, Inc.,

1990)

For more information on Richard Brautigan see the website Brautigan Bibliography and Archive: The Works and Life of

Richard Brautigan, by John F. Barber at http://www.brautigan.net/

Scope and Content

The Richard Brautigan Papers contain manuscripts, notebooks, correspondence, financial and travel records, records of his literary agent The Helen Brann Agency, clippings, reviews, publicity and flyers, a few photographs and some personal items.



(bulk 1958-1984)

reel 7, Box 1, folder 1 reel 7, Box 1, folder 2 reel 7, Box 1, folder 3 reel 7, Box 1, folder 4 reel 7, Box 1, folder 5 reel 7, Box 1, folder 6 reel 7, Box 1, folder 7 reel 7, Box 1, folder 8

reel 7, Box 1, folder 9 reel 7, Box 1, folder 10 reel 7, Box 1, folder 11 reel 7, Box 1, folder 12 reel 7, Box 1, folder 13 reel 7, Box 1, folder 14

Manuscripts of his poetry and prose appear in a variety of stages, including notes and notebooks, manuscript drafts and typescripts and comprise the bulk of the collection. Correspondence is mostly incoming letters concerning both his professional and personal life including letters from publishers, literary advisors and from family and friends. The Helen

Brann Agency files cover not only dealings with Brautigan but with his daughter and estate after his death. Files include correspondence, permissions, royalties and financial records.

Richard Brautigan was known to leave his papers with friends when he would leave town and some of these papers are included in other collections held at The Bancroft Library. See the Related Collections portion of this finding aid under

Information for Researchers.

Many of the papers included in this collection with the exception of the Helen Brann Agency files and some other files, were found with Richard Brautigan's body in 1984.

Series 1: Correspondence and Personal Papers, circa 1965-1984

Physical Description: Boxes 1-2

Scope and Content Note

Arrangement

Arranged into three subseries: incoming, outgoing, and miscellaneous personal papers.

Contains personal and professional letters of Richard Brautigan. Incoming correspondence is more extensive and significant, including letters from publishers, informal literary advisors, and friends. A few miscellaneous personal items are also included, such as passports and visas, and some material relating to his daughter, Ianthe. See series 9 for more correspondence with literary agent Helen Brann.

Subseries 1.1: Incoming, circa 1966-1984

Abbot, Keith undated

Ace undated

Allen, Don 1967

Beh, Siew Hwa 1976-1977

Bergsma, Stuart Jr. 1976 May 6

Bev 1976

Bliss, Earl undated

Blue Shield 1975-1976

Brann, Helen. See: Helen Brann Agency

Brautigan, Virginia (Ginny) 1976

Brown, William 1966 Dec. 16

Carpenter, Don 1976 June

Carroll, John 1975 Sept. 10

City Lights 1976 April 19

Conner, Bruce 1975-1976



(bulk 1958-1984)

Series 1: Correspondence and Personal Papers, circa 1965-1984

Subseries 1.1: Incoming, circa 1966-1984 reel 7, Box 1, folder 31 reel 7, Box 1, folder 32 reel 7, Box 1, folder 33-40 reel 7, Box 1, folder 41 reel 7, Box 1, folder 42 reel 7, Box 1, folder 43 reel 7, Box 1, folder 44 reel 7, Box 1, folder 45 reel 7, Box 1, folder 46-49 reel 7, Box 1, folder 50 reel 7, Box 1, folder 51 reel 7, Box 1, folder 52 reel 7, Box 1, folder 53 reel 7, Box 1, folder 23 reel 7, Box 1, folder 24 reel 7, Box 1, folder 25 reel 7, Box 1, folder 26 reel 7, Box 1, folder 27 reel 7, Box 1, folder 28 reel 7, Box 1, folder 29 reel 7, Box 1, folder 30 reel 7, Box 1, folder 15 reel 7, Box 1, folder 16 reel 7, Box 1, folder 17 reel 7, Box 1, folder 18 reel 7, Box 1, folder 19 reel 7, Box 1, folder 20 reel 7, Box 1, folder 21 reel 7, Box 1, folder 22

Conrad, Barnaby undated

Coutts — royalty statement 1974

Creeley, Robert 1975 Jan. 30

Delacorte Press — royalty statement 1973

Dell Books 1975 Oct. 1

Dolger, Jonathan undated

Doss, John and Margot 1976

Essex Junction High School English Class 1977 Jan.

Ferguson, Hoffman, Henn, and Mandel 1977

Ferlinghetti, Lawrence 1976 June 4

Foodym, Daralyn 1976 March 28

Froebel School 1971

Fujimoto, Kozuko no year Sept. 3

Fuller, Blair 1968 Oct. 16

Gatz, William Hjortsberg 1976

Gentry, Curt M. 1976

Grove Press 1974-1975

Guy undated

Helen Brann Agency — from Brann to Brautigan 1973-1977

Helen Brann Agency — from Brann to Simon and Schuster 1973-1976

Helen Brann Agency — to Brann from third parties arranged alphabetically, A-I

1974-76

Helen Brann Agency — to Brann from third parties arranged alphabetically, M-S

1975-76

Helen Brann Agency — from Brann to third parties arranged alphabetically, A-C

1975-76

Helen Brann Agency — from Brann to third parties arranged alphabetically, F-Z

1975-76

Helen Brann Agency — from John Hartnett to Brautigan 1975-1976

Helen Brann Agency — from Hartnet to third parties 1975-76

Helen Brann Agency — from Judy Faulkner to Brautigan 1976

Helen Brann Agency — to Brautigan from third parties 1974-1977

Helen Brann Agency — third party letters 1975-76

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Subseries 1.1: Incoming, circa 1966-1984 reel 8, Box 2, folder 9 reel 8, Box 2, folder 10 reel 8, Box 2, folder 11 reel 8, Box 2, folder 12 reel 8, Box 2, folder 13 reel 8, Box 2, folder 14 reel 8, Box 2, folder 15 reel 8, Box 2, folder 16 reel 8, Box 2, folder 17 reel 8, Box 2, folder 18 reel 8, Box 2, folder 19 reel 8, Box 2, folder 20 reel 8, Box 2, folder 21 reel 8, Box 2, folder 1 reel 8, Box 2, folder 2 reel 8, Box 2, folder 3 reel 8, Box 2, folder 4 reel 8, Box 2, folder 5 reel 8, Box 2, folder 6 reel 8, Box 2, folder 7 reel 8, Box 2, folder 8 reel 7, Box 1, folder 54 reel 7, Box 1, folder 55 reel 7, Box 1, folder 56 reel 7, Box 1, folder 57 reel 7, Box 1, folder 58 reel 7, Box 1, folder 59-60 reel 7, Box 1, folder 61 reel 7, Box 1, folder 62

Helen Brann Agency — publication and publicity materials found with

correspondence 1975-76

Herndon, Anthony undated

Hodge, Richard 1975 June 18

Holly 1976 May 12

Horowitz, Michael undated

Huppert and Swindlehurst, P.C. 1983 Dec.-1984 Sept.

Joanne ( The Richard Brautigan Story) undated

Krementz, Jill 1975 May 26

LaVoie, Steve 1975 Sept. 12

Lepper, Gary 1974 Nov. 18

Loewinsohn, Ron and Kitty 1976

Loie undated

Luke, Carole A. 1982 May 27

M. no year Oct. 2

MacAdams, Lewis undated

Margaret 1975 June 21

Maverick Realty 1978-1979

Melissa undated

Metzger, Claudia undated

Michi undated

Moscoso, Victor 1975 Dec. 11

Park County Montana. County Assessor 1975 Nov. 17

Robert P. Mills, Ltd. 1968 Feb. 21

Roberts, Flora 1975-1976

Robin 1971 April 14

Scherer, G. undated

Seacat, Ellen 1971-1972

Seymour Lawrence Incorporated 1974

Sharon undated



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7


Subseries 1.1: Incoming, circa 1966-1984 folder 30-31 reel 8, Box 2, folder 32 reel 8, Box 2, folder 33 reel 8, Box 2, folder 34 reel 8, Box 2, folder 35 reel 8, Box 2, folder 36-38 reel 8, Box 2, folder 39

reel 8, Box 2, folder 40 reel 8, Box 2, folder 22 reel 8, Box 2, folder 23 reel 8, Box 2, folder 24 reel 8, Box 2, folder 25 reel 8, Box 2, folder 26 reel 8, Box 2, folder 27 reel 8, Box 2, folder 28-29

Oversize folder 3 reel 8, Box 2, reel 8, Box 2, folder 41 reel 8, Box 2, folder 42 reel 8, Box 2, folder 43 reel 8, Box 2, folder 43a oversize-folder 3

Shawn, Joel 1984

Simon and Schuster undated

Simon and Schuster — royalty statements 1974

Snyder, Gary 1976 April 12

Sterling 1976 April 24

Stubhaug, Arild undated

Swenson, Ianthe (Brautigan's daughter) undated

Father's Day message undated

Toby 1976

United Agencies 1975 Nov. 7

U.S. Information Service 1983-1984

Upton, Charles undated

Valerie 1975-1976

Ward, Ray (Ward Dunham). 1974-1984

Whalen, Philip 1976 Sept. 7

Miscellaneous incoming

Small presses and readings, A-H undated

Small presses and readings, R-T undated

Love letters to Brautigan 1984

Unidentified correspondents and empty envelopes undated

Calligraphic greeting to Aki and Richard 1978 Spring

original 1978 Spring

reel 8, Box 2, folder 44 reel 8, Box 2, folder 45 reel 8, Box 2, folder 46 reel 8, Box 2, folder 47 reel 8, Box 2, folder 48 reel 8, Box 2, folder 49 reel 8, Box 2, folder 50

Subseries 1.2: Outgoing, 1964-1984

Candy Pie 1965 Sept. 1

Creeley, Robert undated

Dolger, Jonathan 1984

Gui 1964

Hess, Oliver G. 1984 July 18

Paul undated

Sam undated



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8


Subseries 1.2: Outgoing, 1964-1984 reel 8, Box 2, folder 51 reel 8, Box 2, folder 52 reel 8, Box 2, folder 53 reel 8, Box 2 reel 8, Box 2, folder 54 reel 8, Box 2, folder 55

Swenson, Ianthe 1983-1984

Swindlehurst, Joe 1984 July 13

Toby 1984 March 6

Valerie. See: Notebooks 8:61

Virginia (Brautigan's first wife) undated

Business letters — carbon copies 1974-1976

reel 8, Box 2, folder 56 reel 8, Box 2, folder 57 reel 8, Box 2, folder 58 reel 8, Box 2, folder 59 reel 8, Box 2, folder 60 oversize-folder 3 reel 8, Box 2, folder 61

Subseries 1.3: Personal Papers circa 1965-1984

Drawings, etc. by Ianthe undated

Materials relating to Ianthe undated

Two U.S. passports belonging to Brautigan 1976, 1981

Materials for Japanese Visa 1983

Texas Honorary Citizen (Photocopy) undated

original undated

Keio Plaza Hotel card, in Brautigan's name 1985

Series 2: Literary Miscellany, circa 1965-1984

Physical Description: Box 3


Arrangement

Arranged by form into five subseries: works by others, reviews, publicity and flyers, contracts, and miscellaneous printed material.

Includes works by others, reviews and publicity concerning Brautigan's work, and printed material and notes which appear to be research material for Brautigan's novels.

reel 9, Box 3, folder 1 reel 9, Box 3, folder 2 reel 9, Box 3, folder 3 reel 9, Box 3, folder 4 reel 9, Box 3, folder 5 reel 9, Box 3, folder 6 reel 9, Box 3, folder 7 reel 9, Box 3, folder 8

Subseries 2.1: Works By Others circa 1965-1984

Armstrong, John 1965 June 7

Baizley, Doris undated

Chaney, Lon, Jr. undated

Diggers/The Communication Co./Free City undated

Greenwald, Ted 1972

Hollo, Anselm 1976 Jan. 9

Malecto, Miking undated

Rosenthal, Jonah undated



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9

Series 2: Literary Miscellany, circa 1965-1984

Subseries 2.1: Works By Others circa 1965-1984 reel 9, Box 3, folder 9 reel 9, Box 3, folder 10

Whalen, Philip 1966?

Unknown author undated

reel 9, Box 3, folder 11-12 reel 9, Box 3, folder 13 reel 9, Box 3, folder 14 reel 9, Box 3, folder 15 reel 9, Box 3, folder 16

Subseries 2.2: Reviews 1970-1976

Miscellaneous reviews 1971-1976

In Watermelon Sugar, in German 1970-1971

Trout Fishing in America, in German 1971-1973

Willard and His Bowling Trophies and The Hawkline Monster 1975

Partial list of published reviews 1970-1972

Subseries 2.3: Publicity and Flyers circa 1965-1984

Reading at Borregard's Museum by Brautigan no year March 17

Reading at Hallwall's Gallery by Brautigan no year Oct. 13

Publicity and flyers 1964-1969

Mailing list undated

reel 9, Box 3, folder 17

Box 7, folder 13 reel 9, Box 3, folder 18 reel 9, Box 3, folder 19


reel 9, Box 3, folder 21 reel 9, Box 3, folder 22 reel 9, Box 3, folder 23 reel 9, Box 3, folder 24 reel 9, Box 3, folder 25 reel 9, Box 3, folder 25a reel 9, Box 3, folder 25b oversize-folder 1

Box 7, folder 14


Subseries 2.4: Contracts 1964

Trout Fishing in America 1964 Jan. 22

Subseries 2.5: Miscellaneous Printed Material circa 1965-1984

Booklet printed in Japanese undated

Coroner's Office Regulations and Laws... 1970

Andrew Cole v. Black and Red, etc. 1984 May 16

5630 Hiram Malott — mug shots and description undated

J. Edgar Hoover for President undated

San Francisco restaurant menus

Miscellaneous printed pieces

San Francisco Chronicle (photocopies) 1942 Jan.

News clippings 1981, undated

Subseries 2.6: Miscellaneous Material in Another Hand undated

Notebook: police work, the morgue, in S.F. undated



(bulk 1958-1984)

10

Series 2: Literary Miscellany, circa 1965-1984

Subseries 2.6: Miscellaneous Material in Another Hand undated reel 9, Box 3, folder 27

$.40 problem undated

Series 3: Financial and Travel Records, 1965-1978

Physical Description: Carton 1


Arrangement

Arranged chronologically.

Contains expense accounts and receipts, including records pertaining to publications, travel, entertainment, and property holdings in Montana.

folder 20

Carton 1, folder 21

Carton 1, folder 22

Carton 1, folder 23

Carton 1, folder 24

Carton 1, folder 25

Carton 1, folder 26

Carton 1, folder 27

Carton 1, folder 28 folder 12

Carton 1, folder 13

Carton 1, folder 14

Carton 1, folder 15

Carton 1, folder 16

Carton 1, folder 17

Carton 1, folder 18

Carton 1, folder 19

Carton 1,

Carton 1, folder 1

Carton 1, folder 2

Carton 1, folder 3

Carton 1, folder 4-5

Carton 1, folder 6

Carton 1, folder 7

Carton 1, folder 8

Carton 1, folder 9-10

Carton 1, folder 11

Carton 1,

Entertainment receipts 1971

Expenses 1971

Transportation and book receipts 1971

Travel receipts 1971


Expenses 1972

Transportation 1972


Travel receipts — Montana 1972


Expenses 1973



Miscellaneous receipts 1973

Entertainment and sports receipts 1974

Expenses — San Francisco 1974

Expenses — Montana 1974

Transportation receipts 1974



Miscellaneous financial and tax Papers 1974

Entertainment 1975

Expenses 1975

Expenses — Montana 1975

Supplies 1975




(bulk 1958-1984)

Series 3: Financial and Travel Records, 1965-1978

Carton 1, folder 29

Carton 1, folder 30

Carton 1, folder 31

Carton 1, folder 32

Carton 1, folder 33

Carton 1, folder 34

Carton 1, folder 35

Carton 1, folder 36

Travel 1975

Miscellaneous receipts and financial papers 1975

Banking 1975


Miscellaneous financial statements and receipts 1965-1973

Montana leases and information

Sale of Livingston property 1978

Montana property assessments 1974-1976

Series 4: Published Books, circa 1964-1982

Physical Description: Cartons 2-4


Arrangement

Arranged by literary form into three subseries: novels and short stories, poetry, and miscellaneous relating to published works.

Includes drafts and notes for Richard Brautigan's published works of prose (novels and short stories) and poetry. Various stages of development are represented. Some manuscripts have been heavily edited, while others are nearly completed typescripts. Prose works include, but are not limited to, A Confederate General from Big Sur, Trout Fishing in America, In

Watermelon Sugar, The Abortion, and Dreaming of Babylon. Collections of poetry include, but are not limited to, Galilee Hitchhiker, The Pill Versus the Springhill Mine Disaster, and

Loading Mercury with a Pitchfork. This series also includes screenplay versions of his novels and translations in German.

Carton 2, folder 10

Carton 2, folder 11

Carton 2, folder 12

Carton 2, folder 13

Carton 2, folder 14

Carton 2, folder 15

Carton 2, folder 1

Carton 2, folder 2

Carton 2, folder 3

Carton 2, folder 4

Carton 2, folder 5

Carton 2, folder 6

Carton 2, folder 7

Carton 2, folder 8

Carton 2, folder 9



(bulk 1958-1984)

Subseries 4.1: Novels and Short Stories 1964-1982

4.1.1: A Confederate General from Big Sur (Grove, 1964)

Beginning pages of typescript undated

Typescript fragment undated

Ending pages of typescript undated

Corrections undated

Setting typescript, first section 1964

Setting typescript, second section 1964

Galley, uncorrected 1964

Galleys, marked set 1964 Aug.

Galleys, marked set 1964

Galleys, marked set, for final corrections and printing 1964 Aug. 24

Plate proofs, master set 1964 Sept.

Cover sample undated

Unpublished chapters undated

4.1.2: Trout Fishing in America (Four Seasons, 1967)

The Kool-Aid Wino undated

Preliminary pages 1967

BANC MSS 87/173 c 12

Series 4: Published Books, circa 1964-1982

Subseries 4.1: Novels and Short Stories 1964-1982

Carton 2, folder 31

Carton 2, folder 32

Carton 2, folder 33

Carton 2, folder 34

Carton 2, folder 35

Carton 2, folder 36

Carton 2, folder 33

Carton 2, folder 34

Carton 2, folder 35

Carton 2, folder 36

Carton 2, folder 37


Carton 2, folder 24

Carton 2, folder 25

Carton 2, folder 26

Carton 2, folder 27

Carton 2, folder 28

Carton 2, folder 29

Carton 2, folder 30

Carton 2, folder 16

Carton 2, folder 17

Carton 2, folder 18

Carton 2, folder 19

Carton 2, folder 20

Carton 2, folder 21

Carton 2, folder 22

Carton 2,

Original typescript undated


Typescript bound in black binder undated


4.1.3: In Watermelon Sugar (Four Seasons, 1968)

Composition schedule and notes 1964 July 19

Versions of the beginning undated

Original typescript, first half undated

Original typescript, second half undated


Setting typescript, first half undated

Setting typescript, second half undated

Shack — page proof undated


German translation 1968

Play version undated

4.1.4: Revenge of the Lawn (Simon & Schuster, 1971)

Notes and drafts undated


4.1.5: The Abortion (Simon & Schuster, 1971)

Notes and miscellany undated


Title page of part one undated

Original typescript, first section undated

Notes and miscellany undated

Preliminary pages undated

Title page of part one undated


Original typescript, second section undated

Original typescript, third section undated



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Subseries 4.1: Novels and Short Stories 1964-1982 folder 20

Carton 3, folder 21

Carton 3, folder 22

Carton 3, folder 23

Carton 3, folder 24

Carton 3, folder 25

Carton 3, folder 25a oversize-folder 2

Carton 3, folder 26

Carton 3, folder 27

Carton 3, folder 28

Carton 3, folder 29

Carton 3, folder 30 folder 11-13

Carton 3, folder 14

Carton 3, folder 15

Carton 3, folder 16

Carton 3, folder 17

Carton 3, folder 18

Carton 3, folder 19

Carton 3,

Carton 2, folder 39

Carton 3, folder 1

Carton 3, folder 2

Carton 3, folder 3

Carton 3, folder 4

Carton 3, folder 5

Carton 3, folder 6

Carton 3, folder 7

Carton 3, folder 8

Carton 3, folder 9 oversize-folder 3

Carton 3, folder 10

Carton 3,


4.1.6: The Hawkline Monster (Simon & Schuster, 1974)

Composition schedules and notes undated

Early notes undated



Setting typescript, first section undated

Setting typescript, second section undated

Photocopy of proofs undated

Paste-ups and printing sample undated

Advertising for New York Times Book Review (photocopy) no year Sept. 15 original no year Sept. 15

Screenplay — notecards undated

Screenplay in 326 pages undated

Screenplay, latest version no year April-June

4.1.7: Willard and His Bowling Trophies (Simon & Schuster, 1976)



Late typescript, first section undated

Late typescript, second section undated

4.1.8: Sombrero Fallout (Simon & Schuster, 1976)

Typescript fragment undated

First three chapters undated

Early typescript, first section undated

Early typescript, second section undated




Advertisement from New York Times Book Review 1976 Oct. 3

original 1976 Oct. 3

4.1.9: Dreaming of Babylon (Delacorte, 1977)

Notes undated

Early typescript, first section undated

Early typescript, second section undated


Revised early typescript, first section undated



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Subseries 4.1: Novels and Short Stories 1964-1982

Carton 3, folder 31

Carton 3, folder 32

Carton 3, folder 33

Carton 4, folder 1

Carton 4, folder 2

Carton 4, folder 3

Carton 4, folder 4

Carton 4, folder 5

Carton 4, folder 6

Revised early typescript, second section undated



Setting typescript, first section undated

Setting typescript, second section undated

Revised setting typescript, first section undated

Revised setting typescript, second section undated

Page proofs 1977

4.1.10: So the Wind Won't Blow it All Away (Delacorte, 1982)

Revised typescript — photocopy undated


Carton 4, folder 18

Carton 4, folder 19

Carton 4, folder 20

Carton 4, folder 21

Carton 4, folder 21a oversize-folder 2

Carton 4, folder 22

Carton 4, folder 23


Carton 4, folder 8

Carton 4, folder 9

Carton 4, folder 10

Carton 4, folder 11

Carton 4, folder 12

Carton 4, folder 13

Carton 4, folder 14

Carton 4, folder 15

Subseries 4.2: Poetry, 1958-1978

4.2.1: Galilee Hitchhiker (White Rabbit Press, 1958)

Original cover design undated


4.2.2: All Watched Over By Machines of Loving Grace (Communications Co., 1968)


Typescript with holograph revisions undated

4.2.3: The Pill Versus the Springhill Mine Disaster (Four Seasons, 1968)

Setting typescript undated

Galleys 1968 Feb.

Some Songs for Soprano and Guitar poems put to music (from The Pill) Music

by J. Elwain undated

Cover samples undated

4.2.4: Please Plant This Book (Graham Mackintosh, 1968)

Early manuscript draft of cover, with seed packets undated

Galleys, seed packets, notes undated

4.2.5: Rommel Drives On Deep Into Egypt (Delacorte, 1970)

Typescript poems undated

Title pages undated

Setting typescript undated

4.2.6: Loading Mercury With a Pitchfork (Simon & Schuster, 1976)

Group Portrait Without the Lions undated

Page proofs with printer's revisions undated


Advertisement from New York Times Book Review (photocopy) 1976 Aug. 1

original 1976 Aug. 1

4.2.7: June 30th, June 30th (Delacorte, 1978)

Typescript poetry 1976

Early typescript, paste-up 1976



(bulk 1958-1984)

reel 1, Box 5, folder 1 reel 1, Box 5, folder 2 reel 1, Box 5, folder 3 reel 1, Box 5, folder 4 reel 1, Box 5, folder 5 reel 1, Box 5, folder 6 reel 1, Box 5, folder 7 reel 1, Box 5, folder 8 reel 1, Box 5, folder 9 reel 1, Box 5, folder 10 reel 1, Box 5, folder 11 reel 1, Box 5, folder 12 reel 1, Box 5, folder 13 reel 1, Box 5, folder 14 reel 1, Box 5, folder 15


Subseries 4.2: Poetry, 1958-1978

Carton 4, folder 24

Carton 4, folder 25

Late typescript undated

Cover design undated

Carton 4, folder 26

Carton 4, folder 27

Carton 4, folder 28


Carton 4, folder 30

Subseries 4.3: Miscellaneous Relating to Published Works circa 1968-1971

Lost Chapters of Trout Fishing in America, tear sheets from ESQUIRE 1971 Oct.

I Was Trying to Describe You to Someone, tear sheets of a story from Revenge of

the Lawn undated

The San Francisco Public Library: a Publishing House — photocopied magazine

1968

Listening to Richard Brautigan — album cover undated


Composition schedules and corrections for unidentified work

Series 5: Individual Prose Works, circa 1962-1984

Physical Description: Box 5; Carton 5


Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by title.

Contains individual pieces of prose. Most are undated, many are without corrections, though some have multiple versions and are corrected. Items in Box 5 were formally in Carton

4:31-55.

The Ad undated

Added Days 1984 April 30

Africa Kore 1979 Oct. 22

After Hesiod undated

The Age of Aquarious Versus the Front Porch of the Ancient Egyptians undated

Aluminum Foil undated

American Dogs: Take a Look at My Life undated

American Hotels undated

America: the Beautiful undated

Another Short Story About Contemporary Life in California undated

Another Texas Short Story undated

An Apartment on Telegraph Hill undated

The Arkansas BB Gun undated

At Least 1979 Oct. 22

Autumn Cold the Teacher 1979 Oct. 25



(bulk 1958-1984)

Series 5: Individual Prose Works, circa 1962-1984 reel 1, Carton 5, folder 6 reel 1, Carton 5, folder 7-9 reel 1, Carton 5, folder 10 reel 1, Carton 5, folder 11 reel 1, Carton 5, folder 12 reel 1, Carton 5, folder 13 reel 1, Carton 5, folder 14 reel 1, Carton 5, folder 15 reel 1, Carton 5, folder 16 reel 1, Carton 5, folder 17 reel 1, Carton 5, folder 18 reel 1, Carton 5, folder 19 reel 1, Carton 5, folder 20 reel 1, Box 5, folder 16 reel 1, Box 5, folder 17 reel 1, Box 5, folder 18 reel 1, Box 5, folder 19 reel 1, Box 5, folder 20 reel 1, Box 5, folder 21 reel 1, Box 5, folder 22 reel 1, Box 5, folder 23 reel 1, Box 5, folder 24 reel 1, Box 5, folder 25 reel 1, Box 5, folder 26 reel 1, Carton 5, folder 1 reel 1, Carton 5, folder 2 reel 1, Carton 5, folder 3 reel 1, Carton 5, folder 4 reel 1, Carton 5, folder 5

Bach, Mozart, and Beethoven... undated

The Back Door to Job undated

Balance 1979 Oct. 18

Ballad of the Funeral Parlor Apples undated

The Beautiful Music 1979 Oct. 23

The Bed Salesman undated

Beowulf Umbrella 1964 Sept. 2

The Bet 1979 Oct. 18

A Brief Study in Chocolate Icecream 1979 Oct. 20

Broken Dishes 1981 July 28

The California Newspaper Stand undated

Cancelled undated

Cat Cantaloupe undated

Civil War undated

Coffee undated

Coffee Rent undated

Come Back, Salmon undated

The Complete Absence Of Twilight undated

A Constantly Changing Ticket for Passage 1979 Oct. 20

Construction Workers undated

Contemporary Life in California undated

The Correct Time undated

Counting Myself to Arrive at 120 1979 Oct. 31

A Couple Novels undated

Cracker Jacks undated

The Deserted Imagination undated

The Dinner Invitation undated

The Dipper undated

Dogs on the Roof undated



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Series 5: Individual Prose Works, circa 1962-1984 reel 1, Carton 5, folder 37 reel 1, Carton 5, folder 38 reel 1, Carton 5, folder 39 reel 1, Carton 5, folder 40 reel 1, Carton 5, folder 41 reel 1, Carton 5, folder 42 reel 1, Carton 5, folder 43 reel 1, Carton 5, folder 44 reel 1, Carton 5, folder 45 reel 1, Carton 5, folder 46 reel 1, Carton 5, folder 47 reel 1, Carton 5, folder 48 reel 1, Carton 5, folder 49 reel 1, Carton 5, folder 21 reel 1, Carton 5, folder 22 reel 1, Carton 5, folder 23 reel 1, Carton 5, folder 24 reel 1, Carton 5, folder 25 reel 1, Carton 5, folder 26 reel 1, Carton 5, folder 27 reel 1, Carton 5, folder 28 reel 1, Carton 5, folder 29 reel 1, Carton 5, folder 30 reel 1, Carton 5, folder 31 reel 1, Carton 5, folder 32 reel 1, Carton 5, folder 33 reel 1, Carton 5, folder 34 reel 1, Carton 5, folder 35 reel 1, Carton 5, folder 36

Down By the Old Mill Stream undated

The Elevator Down to the Hemingway Stories undated

Empire of Makeup 1979 Nov. 8

The [End] undated

Escape undated

An Eye for Good Produce undated

The F. Scott Fitzgerald AHHHHHH undated

The Fate of a West German Model in Tokyo: a Journalistic Dream from Japan undated

The Favor undated

A Feeling of Helplessness 1972 April 20

A Few Days Ago I Was Thinking About Russ... undated

Fifty-four Serious Mistakes in Punctuation that Can Alter the Memories of Childhood undated

The First Day on the Job undated

Flowers of 1939 undated

The Following Three Things Have Something to do with One Another undated

Football undated

The Friendless Little Brewmaster 1979 Nov. 9

The Frog that Found His Pond undated

The Fur Coat undated

Galaxie of Empties 1979 Nov. 1

Ghost Stories undated

Gone Before We Open Our Eyes undated

Gone Since Then undated

A Gothic Novel undated

The Great Golden Telescope undated

The Great Wall of California undated

A Gun for a Big Fish undated

The Habitue undated

The Haight-Ashbury Crawdad undated



(bulk 1958-1984)


The Hamburger Dancer undated

The Hanged, the Unemployed, and the Almost Strangled 1979 Oct. 18

The Hangman undated

Harmonica High undated

Hay on the Water 1971 Jan.

Heartbeat for a [Bucket] undated

Her Last Known Boyfriend: a Canadian Airman undated

Homage to Bullwinkle Moose undated

The Homecoming 1979 Oct. 16

House of Carpets undated

How Does it Feel to Be Rich and Famous... undated

I Remember Once Seeing a Movie in Chinatown... undated

I Used to Hunt Pheasants... undated

In Another Country 1979 Oct. 18

In the Talisman, Looking Out undated

The Instant Ghost Town undated

The Island Cafe 1962 March

Japan a Fantasy, Japan of Imagination 1979 Nov. 8

July 28th, 1981 Versus July 28th, 1982 1981 July 28

Just Friends 1979 Oct. 23

Kalasbel, Montana 1979 Oct. 26

Karate Candle 1979 Oct. 20

Key to the Frogs of South-Western Australia undated

Kitty Genovese-by-the-Sea undated

Largest Shipment of Vinegar Ever Made in the United States undated

Last Chance to Play the Piano 1979 Nov. 1

The Last of My Armstrong Spring Creek Mosquito Bites undated

Last Words About What Came and Went Yesterday 1979 Oct. 20

Leroy's Invention Works 1979 Oct. 22



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The Letter undated

Life Goes on in a Pornographic Theater in Tokyo 1979 Oct. 23

Like a Child undated

Limited Opportunities undated

[ The Locust Theater...] undated

The Lost Tree undated

Make Sure You Know What You Are Doing undated

The Manderfield Tomb undated

The Man Who Took Out the Plumbing in His House and Replaced it With Poetry undated

The May 19th undated

The Menu undated

The [Messengers] undated

Missing Like Youth 1979 Nov. 10

Montana Chain Saw Silence undated

Montana Love undated

Moose: an American Pastoral undated

Mussels undated

My Fault undated

My Name Forgotten in the [Grass] no year June 10

The Names of the Characters in This Novel undated

The Necklace 1979 Oct. 22

The Neighbors undated

The Nightly Rounds undated

Not in the Right Place in the Land of Fools, the Blind Man is an Astronomer 1979 Oct.

16

The Obvious Charm of Lee Mellon undated

Old Bottles undated

One Afternoon, 1939 undated

One Third, One Third, One Third undated

Ornaments I Request Not for My Bed Ever 1979 Oct. 24



(bulk 1958-1984)


The Owl and The Mouse 1979 Oct. 16

Pillow Talk undated

Pilots 1979 Oct. 16

The Planetarium undated

The Pond People undated

Pork Chops undated

The Post Offices of Eastern Oregon undated

President 22 of November no year Nov. 22

The Pretty Office undated

[Primer] for Party Groupies undated

[Proper] Place undated

The Prospects of a Good Business in San Francisco undated

The Purple Worm Jewelry of North Carolina undated

Railroading: a Sketch for Michael McClure undated

The Remarkable Dining Cars of the Northern Pacific Railroad undated

Revenge of the Lawn undated

The Royal Wedding no year July 29

Russel Chatham: a Portrait of an Artist in His Own Time undated

Rust 1979 Nov. 8

Sandwalker undated

Scenario for an Eight Millimeter Camera and $1.95 Worth of Film undated

Seven Things 1979 Oct. 20

The Short History of Religion in California undated

The Short Story undated

Slave of Uranium Passion 1979 Oct. 23

Some Humor in the San Francisco Style undated

Something Cooking on the Stove undated

The Standard Equipment of the Osaka Police Department 1979 Nov. 8

The Story of Freewheelin Frank and Henry David Thoreau as Friends and

Contemporaries undated



(bulk 1958-1984)

21


The Stove is Clean undated

A Study in California Flowers undated

Subscription Cancelled undated

Sunday undated

Taking Care of Practical Matters First undated

Talking to Friends undated

The Tape Recorder undated

Tell Springtime undated

Storm Statues of California Old People undated

Three Hooks undated

Three Hundred and Twenty Eight Ceilings 1981 June 20

Three Stories 1981

The Tokyo Rabbit Store 1979 Oct. 25

Trapped in the Center of a Mirror 1979 Oct. 24

Twice undated

The Two Hundred and Eleven Twist undated

Umbrellas in the Snow undated

An Unfortunate Woman 1982

An Unfortunate Woman 1983 April 4

A Very Special Happiness 1979 Nov. 5

A Very, Very, Very, Long Grocery List 1981 July 28

Walking Mushrooms 1979 Nov. 10

Watsonville undated

Way Back in 1947 undated

We Gave to the Dwarfs undated

The Weather in San Francisco undated

Welcome to the Border undated

Werewolf Rasberries undated

What the Mad Scientist Left Behind 1979 Oct. 26



(bulk 1958-1984)

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Series 5: Individual Prose Works, circa 1962-1984 reel 2, Carton 5, folder 166 reel 2, Carton 5, folder 167 reel 2, Carton 5, folder 168 reel 2, Carton 5, folder 169 reel 2, Carton 5, folder 170 reel 2, Carton 5, folder 171 reel 2, Carton 5, folder 172 reel 2, Carton 5, folder 173

reel 3, Carton 6, folder 1 reel 3, Carton 6, folder 2 reel 3, Carton 6, folder 3 reel 3, Carton 6, folder 4 reel 3, Carton 6, folder 5 reel 3, Carton 6, folder 6 reel 3, Carton 6, folder 7 reel 3, Carton 6, folder 8 reel 3, Carton 6, folder 9 reel 3, Carton 6, folder 10 reel 3, Carton 6, folder 11 reel 3, Carton 6, folder 12 reel 3, Carton 6, folder 13 reel 3, Carton 6, folder 14 reel 3, Carton 6, folder 15 reel 3, Carton 6, folder 16 reel 3, Carton 6, folder 17

Wheels of Fortune undated

When Time is Not Important 1979 Oct. 24

The Why Questions undated

Why Sharon Doesn't Stay Up to Watch the Johnny Carson Show Anymore undated

Without undated

Woman in a Snake Skin Coat no year Nov. 14

The Working Man 1979 Oct. 16

ZZZZZZTrain 1979 Oct. 25

Series 6: Individual Poems, circa 1958-1984



Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by title.

Contains individual poems. This series includes both manuscript and typescript copies.

Adrenalin Mother undated

Africa undated

After undated

After the Rain undated

After Sapho undated

Agnes undated

Ah, But Touch the Morning Light undated

Airplane Barber Shop undated

Alas, Measured Perfectly undated

Alba for Antelope undated

Albatross Candle undated

Albert Einstein undated

Alfred undated

Alice undated

Aligators of New Orleans undated

All That's Left undated

All the Centuries of Man Look undated



(bulk 1958-1984)

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Series 6: Individual Poems, circa 1958-1984 reel 3, Carton 6, folder 34 reel 3, Carton 6, folder 35 reel 3, Carton 6, folder 36 reel 3, Carton 6, folder 37 reel 3, Carton 6, folder 38 reel 3, Carton 6, folder 39 reel 3, Carton 6, folder 40 reel 3, Carton 6, folder 41 reel 3, Carton 6, folder 42 reel 3, Carton 6, folder 43 reel 3, Carton 6, folder 44 reel 3, Carton 6, folder 45 reel 3, Carton 6, folder 46 reel 3, Carton 6, folder 18 reel 3, Carton 6, folder 19 reel 3, Carton 6, folder 20 reel 3, Carton 6, folder 21 reel 3, Carton 6, folder 22 reel 3, Carton 6, folder 23 reel 3, Carton 6, folder 24 reel 3, Carton 6, folder 25 reel 3, Carton 6, folder 26 reel 3, Carton 6, folder 27 reel 3, Carton 6, folder 28 reel 3, Carton 6, folder 29 reel 3, Carton 6, folder 30 reel 3, Carton 6, folder 31 reel 3, Carton 6, folder 32 reel 3, Carton 6, folder 33

All the People That I Didn't Meet and the Places That I Didn't Go undated

All These Preludes to Dying undated

Alphabet for Rent undated

Ambiguity undated

The Amelia Earhart Pancake 1970 Nov. 30

America/The Better Mousetrap undated

Among Snowy Mountains undated

Angels Have Stopped On undated

Anna Wanted a Poem, and She Got It undated

Anstruther undated

April! April! undated

April 7, 1969 1969 April 7

[April 12, 1967: Coming Back From San Quentin] 1967 April 12

Are You the Lamb of Your Own Forgiving? undated

As If My Body Were a Window undated

As If the Nineteen undated

As Mechanical As a Flight of Stairs undated

At Big Sur We Put Fish Nets undated

At Faith With Death undated

At the Guess of a Simple Hello undated

At the Lantern of the Black Carrot in the Snow undated

At the Tomb of Mayakovsky undated

At the Tomb of the Unknown Housewife undated

Attila at the Gates of the Telephone Company undated

August Has Thirty One Days undated

August 12 undated

Autobiography (... 1971-1972

The Autographed Handiwork of Graves undated

Automatic Anthole undated



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Autumnal Poem undated

Bach undated

Back Door Luck undated

Bath no year Jan. 4

Bear Creek undated

The Beginning of a 10,000 Line Poem That Fell Asleep and Forgot to Wake Up 1979

Oct. 16

The Big Sur Poem undated

Bill Bailey, Won't You Please Come Home undated

Billy the Kid Versus Dracula 1967 May 2

A Bird In the Hand: It's the Passenger Pigeon 1960 Jan. 2

Birthday undated

The Blackberry Death undated

Block of Ice undated

Blue Floor, Sand Dollars on the Toilet undated

Boards undated

Boo, Forever undated

The Boogie Master of the Grand Canyon 1973 Sept. 1

Booths for the Ladies 1960 Jan. 2

Break Water undated

BusBeautifulOnOffBlondeOnlyLookingNeverSpeakingLifeForever undated

The Buses undated

Business undated

Cameo Turret undated

Camera undated

Camera of Secret Light undated

A CandleLion Poem undated

Cannon Ant undated

Casablanca undated

The Cats undated



(bulk 1958-1984)

25


Cement undated

A Certain Kind of Dream Forces undated

Chain Liquor undated

Champagne Over Bells undated

Chant for a Cat undated

Chess undated

Chicken Tune undated

Childfour undated

Christmas Poem undated

Christopher Columbus of Forgetting undated

Circus undated

Clock Wind undated

A Closet Freezes undated

Coin-Operated Death Mask undated

Cold Harbor undated

Cold Night in Hamburg undated

Cold Strange Things to Eat undated

Color as Beginning undated

Controlled Distance undated

Courtship undated

Crab Cigar undated

Cradle of Graves undated

The Craft undated

Crawling Down Your Body to Thrill You With My Mouth undated

The Creative Process as a Question undated

Crown of Weeds undated

Crumbs 1984 April 23

Curiously Young Like a Freshly Dug Grave undated

The Cyclic Rate of a Candle undated



(bulk 1958-1984)

26


The Daily Bread undated

Daughter of the Farm 1958 July 8

The Day They Busted the Grateful Dead undated

Dead Mirror 1973 May 5

Death Is Beautiful Car Parked Only undated

Death Like a Needle undated

Death Like an Unknown Passion 197? Sept. 7

December 15, 1970 1970 Dec. 15

Departure undated

Directions 1984 April 23

Discovery undated

Doing My Part undated

Domestic Scene undated

Donner Party undated

The Double-Bed Dream Gallows undated

Draped Like Night Across an Unmapped Land undated

Dream undated

Dreams of the Indoor Baseball Stadium undated

Drunk, Late in August Night undated

The Ducks undated

Dust undated

Early Egyptian Television Program undated

Education undated

Egypt undated

Empty Dog Light 1984 May 1

The Empty Houses of America undated

End undated

The End Got There Before the Beginning undated

The Entrails of My Uncle undated



(bulk 1958-1984)

27


The Essence of Candlelight undated

The Eternal Automobile undated

The Eternity Unit undated

Eulogy undated

Everybody Has Gone Home 1970-1973

Everything Includes Us undated

False Sexual Coin undated

Fame undated

The Fatal Glass of Poetry undated

Feasting and Drinking Went Far Into the Night undated

Firefly undated

The Firemen's Lake 1967 Jan. 17

The First Lady of Purple undated

The First Senior Citizen undated

The First Snowflake undated

The Fishermen undated

Five Poems undated

The Flag undated

Flowers for a Crow undated

Flowers for Those You Love 1967 March 31

Fog Horns into Ne undated

The Forest Fire Dress undated

For Fear You Will Be Alone undated

The Fourth of July in December undated

43 Movie undated

Fragment undated

Frank's Number undated

Free Fall Cul-de-sac undated

Fried Chicken undated



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Series 6: Individual Poems, circa 1958-1984 reel 3, Carton 6, folder 178 reel 3, Carton 6, folder 179 reel 3, Carton 6, folder 180 reel 3, Carton 6, folder 181 reel 3, Carton 6, folder 182 reel 3, Carton 6, folder 183 reel 3, Carton 6, folder 184 reel 3, Carton 6, folder 185 reel 3, Carton 6, folder 186 reel 3, Carton 6, folder 187 reel 3, Carton 6, folder 188 reel 3, Carton 6, folder 189 reel 3, Carton 6, folder 190 reel 3, Carton 6, folder 163 reel 3, Carton 6, folder 164 oversize-folder 4 reel 3, Carton 6, folder 165 reel 3, Carton 6, folder 166 reel 3, Carton 6, folder 167 reel 3, Carton 6, folder 168 reel 3, Carton 6, folder 169 reel 3, Carton 6, folder 170 reel 3, Carton 6, folder 171 reel 3, Carton 6, folder 172 reel 3, Carton 6, folder 173 reel 3, Carton 6, reel 3, Carton 6, folder 174 reel 3, Carton 6, folder 175 reel 3, Carton 6, folder 176 reel 3, Carton 6, folder 177

Friends undated

Fuck Me Like Fried Potatoes undated

framed and calligraphy copy undated

The Full Moon Has Vacated My Blood 1974 May 7

The Full-Moon L.A. Olympics 1984 Aug. 13

Fur Coats undated

The Garlic Meat Lady from undated

The Gate undated

General Custer Versus the Titanic undated

Genesis undated

Gettysburg undated

Girl undated

Given Darkness for the Moon undated

Glass undated

Glory! Glory! undated

Go California 1963 July 6

Good-bye, My Death, Good-bye undated

The Good-bye Thing no year April 8

Good Luck Captain Martin undated

Good Times undated

'Good Work,' He Said, and undated

Got Problems, Huh? undated

Group Portrait Without the Lions undated

Guide to Herbs undated

Haiku Ambulance undated

Ham Sandwich undated

Hands That Begin Babies undated

Hannibal undated

The Happiest Days of Your Life undated



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29


The Harbor undated

The Harpistrain undated

Have You Ever Been There? undated

Have You Seen the Gathered Dover of Death? undated

The Hazards undated

He Had a Mind Illuminated By Crows undated

Helen in the Summer undated

The Henry Thoreau Defect undated

Her Last Kiss Was Like the Titanic undated

Her Sex Life Was Like a Musical Instrument undated

Here is Something Beautiful (Etc.)

He's a Little Guy, He's undated

Hippie Girl Selling Necklaces in the Street undated

His Hat Stuck in the Ground Like a Shovel undated

His Occupation undated

Home Again, Home Again Like a Turtle to His Balcony undated

Home Cooking (All That Effort Wasted) undated

Honorable Mention undated

The Hoola-hoops of the Dark Kingdom undated

Hoot! Hoot! Hoot! Hoot! undated

Horse Child Breakfast undated

Horse In a Lightning Storm 1974 June 16

The Hound of the Baskervilles undated

The House undated

The House and Pets of Bill, Zoe, and Margaret Brown undated

House, Fire, Rain undated

Housewife Poem undated

How the Fog Chants Us In undated

Human Dignity undated



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30


Hummingbird Passport 1972 Sept. 2

I Am Summoned By a Door undated

I Answered the Telephone with My Grave undated

I Cannot Answer You Tonight In Small Portions undated

I Do Not Expect Love... undated

I Don't Want To Know About It undated

I Dream the Appearances of People Who Have Not Lived Yet undated

I Feel Good Today About My Freedom 1970 Oct. 14

I Lie Here Beside You While You Sleep undated

I Live In the Twentieth Century undated

I Seem To Be Covered With and Know So Many Places To Die undated

I Sit in My Kitchen Staring undated

I Sleep On the Floor undated

I Thought August 17, 1963 1963 Aug. 17

I Was Lost In the Company of Your Disguise undated

I Will Play a Poem For You undated

Ianthe Trying to Sleep undated

Ice Age Newsreel 1873 1963 Aug. 15

The Ice Man undated

The Ice Puppets` undated

If You Know What I Am Thinking undated

I'll Affect You Slowly undated

I'll Catch You Like A Sardine undated

I'll Court You undated

Imploding Back to the Simplest Component undated

In Carrion Umpire undated

In Her Sweetness Where She Folds My Wounds undated

In Its Own Way Huger Than King Kong undated

In Passing undated



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In Passing... undated

In the Rain, in the Santa Barbara Mountains, in April undated

In the Vicinity of Love undated

Indirect Popcorn undated

Information undated

It Is Passing Like A Star-Subtracted Ship undated

It Takes a Secret To Know a Secret undated

It's Technically Impossible For Me To Get Fucked 1967 March 9

It's Time To Train Yourself undated

It's True That So Much Is Visited undated

Itself Twice 1973 Feb.

I've Never Had It Done So Gently Before undated

I've Written This Before But Never So Elegantly undated

Ixtlan undated

January 3 undated

January 20 1967 Jan. 20

January 30, 1967 1967 Jan. 30

The Jew of Me undated

Job: 24 Hours a Day, 7 Days a Week, Etc. undated

The Joseph Henry Jackson Award undated

June 12, 1963 1963 June 12

June 15, 1963 1963 June 15

Just a Farm Woman undated

Just an Ordinary Girl, 118 undated

Kitty Hawk Kimono undated

Language Laundry 1984 April 23

The Last Day of November undated

The Last Surprize undated

Last Words undated



(bulk 1958-1984)

32


Last Year undated

The Late, Late Show of a Grizzly Bear undated

The Leaf Priest undated

The Leaning Tower of Sleep undated

Leaning Up Against the Pacific Ocean undated

Lemon Lard undated

Leopard undated

Let It Die Without Words undated

Light Without Water undated

The Lightning Trance undated

Lighthouse undated

Like a Towering Cookie We Crumble Toward Sainthoood undated

Like the Telegraph Key of an Ax Murderer undated

Lime undated

Linear Farewell, Nonlinear Farewell undated

Lip Pencil Like Ghosts undated

Listening to John Fahey, Such a Beautiful Guitar undated

Listening To a Postmark That Says, 'Alive and Well in Death' undated

Living Like I'm Living undated

Loading Mercury With a Pitchfork undated

Logging Trucks Go By the Topless undated

The Long Fluid Hands of the Harpsichordist undated

Lost undated

Lost, Forgotten, Gone undated

Love Ain't No Tragedy 1967 June 15

LoveFuneralStop undated

Love Pamel Poem no year April 24

Love Poem undated

The Lovely Sleepy Places Where We've Fucked undated



(bulk 1958-1984)

33


Love's Not the Way To Treat a Friend undated

Lovers 1967 March 11

Loving: the First Time undated

A Lyric For a Dandelion Dulcimer undated

Magic undated

The Magic Wand undated

Mammal Farewell undated

Mammal Fortress 1963 Jan. 23

Man undated

Map Shower 1967 July 16

March 11, 1968 1968 March 11

March 17 no year March 17

March 18, Resting in the Maytag Homage undated

March 25 no year March 25

Marcia in Montreal 1967 Sept. 27

Margaret in October 1975 Oct. 28

Marriage/Loser undated

Mating Saliva undated

A Memory of Gate Creek undated

The Mexican undated

Mickey Mouse undated

Milena undated

Mirror undated

Moon in Leo Hangover undated

The Moon Versus Us Ever Sleeping Together Again undated

Morning undated

The Morning Star undated

A Moth In Tucson, Arizona undated

Mouths That Kissed in the Hot Ashes of Pompeii undated



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Mrs. Myrtle Tate, Movie Projectionist undated

Mustard Soup undated

My Heart Laid Bare undated

The Names undated

Nancy Drew Versus the Perfect Mystery undated

The Necessity of Appearing in Your Own Face undated

The New Apartment Thing undated

Night. June 5, 1963 1963 June 5

Nightingale undated

1939 undated

No Dishes undated

No Mark undated

Nobody Knows What the Experience is Worth undated

Notes on Triumph of the Will undated

November 2 undated

November 28 undated

The Nude undated

An Occasional Poem for Tom and Lois to Celebrate Having Dinner with Them on

August 23, 1965 1965 Aug. 23

Ode to 1961 undated

Of Visionary Accidents undated

Oh, Libra Ladies undated

The Oil Wells undated

On My Infant Daughter undated

On Pure Sudden Days Like Innocence undated

One Poem undated

101.5 undated

Oranges undated

Ornithology undated

Osiris Acres undated



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The Other Lovers undated

Painfully Shy Like a Dead Deer undated

The Palace of Porfirio Diaz in Oxian Mexico undated

The Park undated

The Peacock Song undated

Peeing on Highway 88 undated

Peeling Darkness Like an Orange undated

The Penis of the Woman undated

Perfection Controls That I Should Fall undated

Perhaps I Should Have Called You undated

Period Piece undated

The Phone undated

A Place Where the Wind Doesn't Live 1967 July 16

The Planted Eggs, the Harvested Birds 1967 July 16

Please undated

The Plumage of a Different Bird undated

The Poem undated

A Poem Done in Late December undated

Poem For Gary Snyder undated

A Poem for In Front of the Mouth undated

Poem for Michael McClure 1967 March 14

A Poem for Richard [Dareton] undated

A Poem for Ron Loewinsohn undated

Poem for Women Who Are Always Late undated

A Poem That Finally Goes All Together undated

Poem to the Eiffel Tower undated

Poem Written Between 2:45 A.M. and 2:52 A.M. on December 10, 1966 1966 Dec. 10

Poet's Easter undated

Poker Star undated



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Postcard undated

Potatoes undated

Praise Loving Mammal Our Dreams Begin With Your Shadow undated

President William McKinley undated

The Privacy of My Dreams is Like Death 1968 Jan. 15

Private Secret, Public Secret undated

Professional, Non-Offensive, Bland undated

Pronoun Census undated

Psalms of a Gold Rush Whore undated

Punitive Ghosts Like Steam-Driven Tennis Courts undated

The Rain undated

The Rain Came Down So Hard undated

Rainy Gary Snyder Poetry Reading Night 1967 March 16

Ralf undated

The Ralph Waldo Emerson of Your Thighs undated

Restaurant undated

Richard Brautigan undated

Right Beside the Morning Coffee undated

Roberta undated

The Rocket undated

Rockets undated

Running undated

Salmon Creek Days to Jersey Thursday undated

San Francisco undated

San Francisco House undated

San Francisco Poem undated

The Second Century undated

Second Poem Written on a Japanese Novel 1974 Oct. 27

Second Thoughts undated



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September 16, 1968 1968 Sept. 16

September 24 no year Sept. 24

September 30, the Last Day of this God Damn Month 1969 Sept. 30

September Song undated

Sexual Accident undated

Sexually Signalling undated

Shack Weather Days undated

Shadowy Carpenter undated

She Bids Her Birds To Fly undated

She Has Favored Me With Her Body undated

She Sleeps This Very Evening in Greenbrook Castle undated

She Stands on the Corner, Broadway undated

She'll Make the Pass undated

The Shenevertakesherwatchoff Poem 1967 July 16

She's Balanced Liked a Flower on the Inner Thigh of What Goes on Forever undated

She's Sold Her Body So Many Times undated

Shinjuku Cato undated

Silence undated

The Silver Stairs of Ketchikan undated

The Sitting Here, Standing Here Poem undated

Sleeping With My Body After I Am Dead undated

Snowing in Eden undated

Socks undated

Some Days She Looks Good undated

Somehow We Live and Die Again undated

The Song of Kitty Hawk undated

Sonnet undated

Sorting Through Breakfast As If It Were a Closet undated

A Sort of Frankie and Johnny Ice Age Song undated



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The Sort of Minus undated

Soup Feet 1966 Aug. 19

Spare. Back. Yard. 1965

Sperm Furniture 1968 Jan. 15

Spikes undated

Spot is the World's Greatest Dog undated

Standard Beginning undated

Star-Spangled Nails 1967 Dec. 11

Starting With Death and Counting Backwards undated

Stonehenge undated

The Story of a Puddle undated

The Story of My Whole God-Damn Life 1966

Strange Shit Comes Out of My Ass 1984 April 23

Stuck-up undated

A Study in May 6, 1969 1969 May 6

A Study in 3 undated

Sunday undated

The Swan Song undated

Sweet Typewriter of Only These Words 1968 April 11

Syntaxical Weather undated

Talking undated

The Tatoo 1973 Jan. 24

Ted Likes That Idea undated

A Telephone Call For R.E.L. 1963 June 9

Telephone Company undated

A Telescope, a Planetarium, a Firmament of Crows undated

Tell Everyone undated

Temple For a Minor Diety undated

Ten Dollars undated



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Ten O'Clock 1966 Dec. 16

Then They Don't Know You undated

There Are About 50 Other Things I Can Do Right Now... undated

There Is A Hopelessness That Bares Its Walls undated

There Is Darkness On Your Lantern undated

There Is No Room Service Except Death... undated

There Is Nothing Quite Like the Lonliness Of Public Places undated

They Did Just What They Said They Were Going To Do undated

They Gave Him Dictionary Odds undated

Thirty Cents, Two Transfers, Love undated

Three Cities undated

Three Days of History undated

Three Descriptions undated

Three Greek Columns undated

Three Poems To Celebrate Marcia undated

Ticket To A Diamond Railroad Track undated

Tide Teeth undated

The Tired Poet undated

To a Friend undated

To Anna a Song To Alice 1963 July 11

To Arrive undated

To Be Sung undated

To Be Sung in California undated

To Eat High On the Hawk undated

To My Daughter, Age One, Then Krausgrill undated

To My Grandmother Split In Half By Lightning undated

To Run in the Middle of Writing Another Poem, Not This One undated

Tokyo Cats Roaming About undated

Tomato Soup and Transfiguration undated



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Toward a Congolese Constitution undated

Towards the Pleasures of a Reconstituted Crow undated

Translation undated

Travelling Together Like Siamese Graves undated

Tribute To a Clam 1973 Sept.

The Twentieth of November Street undated

Two undated

Two Guys Get Out of a Car undated

Two More Words Towards the Definition of a Straw undated

Two Pigeons Walk Past a Filling Station undated

Umbrellaing Herself Like a Poorly-Designed Angel undated

Valerie's Birthday Poem 1969 April 9

Varieties of Picture undated

The Vase undated

Vicious Like A Carrot undated

The Visibility of a Dream undated

A Visit to the Minor Emotions undated

Voluntary Quicksand undated

Wagon Wheels 1967 Nov. 13

Walking With Their Pretty Mother undated

Walking Through the House Performing Senseless Tasks, Lovebetrayalchildhood

Memories undated

Wallpaper undated

Walls undated

War Horse undated

The Way She Looks At It undated

We Are In a Kitchen undated

We Choose to Look Like People Who Are Dead undated

We Stop at the Rain undated

We Were the Eleven O'Clock News undated



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Weather Report undated

We'll Sail Like the Flowers of Freedom undated

We're Here undated

We've All Done This Once Or Twice undated

The Whale Dance From Finnegans Wake undated

What Do You Think? undated

What Other Reason? undated

What's It All About? undated

What's Your Name? undated

When the Darkness Started... 1984 April 23

The Whorehouse At the Top of Mount Ranier undated

Winter and Summer undated

Winter Rain 1984 April 23

Wood undated

Wordless Questions Haunt All That Is Memory 1971 Oct. 6

World Traveller 1970 July 23

Would undated

Written on the Back of a Japanese Novel 1974 Oct. 27

Xerox Candy Bar undated

Yeah, There Was Always Going to Be a June 5, 1968 1968 June 5

Yes Is a Candle That You Light With Water undated

You [Are] Like a Gull in The Wind undated

You Can't Be Bored... undated

You Look At Her. She's Beautiful. You Know 1970 July 24

You Were the Prettiest Girl in Your High School Graduating Class undated

You Will Have Unreal Recollections of Me undated

Your Departure Versus the Hindenburg undated

Your Housekeeping Portrait As the Sky 1967 July 16

Your Love undated



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Series 6: Individual Poems, circa 1958-1984 reel 4, Carton 7, folder 303

reel 5, Carton 8, folder 1 reel 5, Carton 8, folder 2 reel 5, Carton 8, folder 3 reel 5, Carton 8, folder 4 reel 5, Carton 8, folder 5 reel 5, Carton 8, folder 6 reel 5, Carton 8, folder 7 reel 5, Carton 8, folder 8 reel 5, Carton 8, folder 9 reel 5, Carton 8, folder 10 reel 5, Carton 8, folder 11 reel 5, Carton 8, folder 12 reel 5, Carton 8, folder 13 reel 5, Carton 8, folder 14 reel 5, Carton 8, folder 15 reel 5, Carton 8, folder 16 reel 5, Carton 8, folder 17 reel 5, Carton 8, folder 18 reel 5, Carton 8, folder 19 reel 5, Carton 8, folder 20 reel 5, Carton 8, folder 21 reel 5, Carton 8, folder 22 reel 5, Carton 8, folder 23

Your Necklace Is Leaking undated

Series 7: Notebooks, circa 1961-1984



Arrangement

Arranged chronologically, with undated volumes at the end.

Includes addresses, phone numbers, expense accounts, poems, prose, and drafts of letters.

The notebooks have been numbered by Bancroft staff (1-48 dated, 49-86 undated.)

Numbering of undated volumes was arbitrary.

1 1961

2 1962

3 1963

4 1963

5 1964-1965

6 1965

6a 1967

7 1967

8 1968

9 1969

10 1970

11 1971

12 1972

13 1973-1977

14 1973

15 1973

15a 1974

16 1975

17 1976

18 1976

19 1976

20 1976

21 1976



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Series 7: Notebooks, circa 1961-1984

reel 10, Carton 9, folder 2

reel 10, Carton 9, folder 3 reel 10, Carton 9, folder 4 reel 10, Carton 9, folder 5 reel 10, Carton 9, folder 6 reel 10, Carton 9, folder 7 reel 10, Carton 9, folder 8 reel 10, Carton 9, folder 9 reel 10, Carton 9, folder 10 reel 10, Carton 9, folder 11 reel 10, Carton 9, folder 12 reel 5, Carton 8, folder 24 reel 5, Carton 8, folder 25 reel 5, Carton 8, folder 26 reel 5, Carton 8, folder 27 reel 5, Carton 8, folder 28 reel 5, Carton 8, folder 29 reel 5, Carton 8, folder 30 reel 6, Carton 8, folder 31 reel 6, Carton 8, folder 32 reel 6, Carton 8, folder 33 reel 6, Carton 8, folder 34 reel 6, Carton 8, folder 35 reel 6, Carton 8, folder 36 reel 6, Carton 8, folder 37 reel 6, Carton 8, folder 38 reel 6, Carton 8, folder 39 reel 10, Carton 9, folder 1



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22 1976

23 1976

24 1976

25 1976

26 1976

27 1976

28 1976

29 1979

30 1979

31 1979

32 1979

33 1979

34 1979

35 1979

36 1979

37 1982

38 1983


(filmed with notebook 39)

39 1983

40 1983-1984

41 1983-1984

42 1983-1984

43 1984

44 1984

45 1984

46 1984

47 1984

48 1984

49 undated


Series 7: Notebooks, circa 1961-1984 reel 11, Carton 9, folder 29 reel 11, Carton 9, folder 30 reel 11, Carton 9, folder 31 reel 11, Carton 9, folder 32 reel 11, Carton 9, folder 33 reel 11, Carton 9, folder 34 reel 11, Carton 9, folder 35 reel 11, Carton 9, folder 36 reel 11, Carton 9, folder 37 reel 11, Carton 9, folder 38 reel 11, Carton 9, folder 39 reel 11, Carton 9, folder 40 reel 11, Carton 9, folder 41 reel 10, Carton 9, folder 13 reel 10, Carton 9, folder 14 reel 10, Carton 9, folder 15 reel 10, Carton 9, folder 16 reel 10, Carton 9, folder 17 reel 10, Carton 9, folder 18 reel 10, Carton 9, folder 19 reel 10, Carton 9, folder 20 reel 10, Carton 9, folder 21 reel 11, Carton 9, folder 22 reel 11, Carton 9, folder 23 reel 11, Carton 9, folder 24 reel 11, Carton 9, folder 25 reel 11, Carton 9, folder 26 reel 11, Carton 9, folder 27 reel 11, Carton 9, folder 28

71 undated

72 undated

73 undated

74 undated

75 undated

76 undated

77 undated

78 undated

63 undated

64 undated

65 undated

66 undated

67 undated

68 undated

69 undated

70 undated

50 undated

51 undated

52 undated

53 undated

54 undated

55 undated

56 undated

57 undated

58 undated

59 undated

60 undated

61 undated

62 undated



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Series 7: Notebooks, circa 1961-1984 reel 11, Carton 9, folder 42 reel 11, Carton 9, folder 43 reel 11, Carton 9, folder 44 reel 11, Carton 9, folder 45 reel 11, Carton 9, folder 46 reel 11, Carton 9, folder 47 reel 11, Carton 9, folder 48 reel 11, Carton 9, folder 49

79 undated

80 undated

81 undated

82 undated

83 undated

84 undated

85 undated

86 undated

Series 8: Fragments and Miscellaneous, undated

Physical Description: Box 4


Arrangement

Arranged by literary form into three subseries: poetry, prose, and miscellaneous.

Includes fragments of both prose and poetry which are incomplete or lack a title. Also contains envelopes and napkins that contain notes written by Brautigan.

reel 6, Box 4, folder 1 reel 6, Box 4, folder 2 reel 6, Box 4, folder 3 reel 6, Box 4, folder 4 reel 6, Box 4, folder 5 reel 6, Box 4, folder 6

reel 6, Box 4, folder 7 reel 6, Box 4, folder 8-9 reel 6, Box 4, folder 10

reel 6, Box 4, folder 11 reel 6, Box 4, folder 12

Subseries 8.1: Poetry undated

Notes and undeciphered pieces undated

Notes on scraps of paper undated

Notes on napkins undated

Collected poems and notes undated

Manuscripts of two poems undated

Typescript, collected poems undated

Subseries 8.2: Prose undated

Notes and undeciphered pieces undated

Miscellaneous fragments undated

Typescript, reviews of other authors by R.B. undated

Subseries 8.3: Miscellaneous undated

Typescript list of poems by Richard Brautigan undated

Glasses undated



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Series 8: Fragments and Miscellaneous, undated

Subseries 8.3: Miscellaneous undated reel 6, Box 4, folder 13

Key to the Montana ranch undated

Series 9: The Helen Brann Agency Files, 1969-2003

Physical Description: Boxes 6-9; carton 10

Arrangement

Arranged by form into four subseries: correspondence, published works by Brautigan, financial records and miscellaneous.


Includes correspondence, copies of published works by Brautigan, royalty statements, clippings, and photos. Correspondence with Brautigan, his estate, with publishing companies and individuals, concern publication rights, translations, and royalties.

box 6, folder 1-11

box 7, folder 1-3 box 7, folder 4-11 carton 10, folder 21-36

Subseries 9.1: Correspondence, 1969-2003

Permissions and royalties with Brautigan 1969-1981

Permissions and royalties with Brautigan 1982-1984

Permissions and royalties with Brautigan estate 1985-1996

Permissions and royalties with Brautigan estate 1981-2003

box 8, folder 1 box 8, folder 2 box 8, folder 3 box 8, folder 4

box 9, folder 1-8 box 8, folder 5-22 carton 10, folder 1-20

box 7, folder 12

Subseries 9.2: Published Works by Brautigan 1976, 1984

The Full Moon LA Olympics (copy) 1984

Loading Mercury with a Pitchfork (copy) 1976

Revenge of the Lawn (copy) 1976

Sombrero Fallout and other books (copy) 1976

Subseries 9.3: Finacial records 1974-2003

Dell statements 1974-1985

Foreign statements and royalities circa 1981-2003

General statements circa 1981-2003

Subseries 9.4: Miscellaneous circa 1984-1985

Photographs and clippings circa 1984-1985



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