Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Papers, 1969-71

Inventory

Prepared for the Web by Kevin Ferst, March 13, 2002
1 document case, .33 cubic feet, 11th floor

Biographical Note

American poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti was born March 24, 1919 in Yonkers, New York. He was educated at the University of North Carolina and the Sorbonne in Paris. In 1953, he co-founded the famous San Francisco bookstore and publisher, City Lights, which became a mecca for writers and artists, especially of the Beat period. In 1998, Ferlinghetti was declared the first "Poet Laureate" of San Francisco.

Scope and Content

This collection consists of correspondence between Ferlinghetti and Kate Medina of New York concerning the poems of , Yevgeny Aleksandrovich Yevtushenko. This material is arranged chronologically.

Box 1

  1. Letter, Ferlinghetti to Kate Medina, July 22, 1969
  2. Letter, Ferlinghetti, July 1969
  3. Letter, Ferlinghetti to Kate Medina, August 26, 1969
  4. Letter, Ferlinghetti to Kate Medina, August 27, 1969
  5. Letter, Ferlinghetti to Kate Medina, September 1, 1969
  6. Letter, Ferlinghetti to Kate Medina, December 14, 1969
  7. Letter, Ferlinghetti to Kate Medina, December 16, 1969
  8. Letter, Ferlinghetti to Kate Medina, October 2, 1970
  9. Letter, Ferlinghetti to Kate Medina, February 17, 1971
  10. Letter, Ferlinghetti to Kate Medina, February 23, 1971
  11. Letter, Ferlinghetti to Kate Medina, March 13, 1971
  12. Letter, Ferlinghetti to Kate Medina, March 20, 1971
  13. Letter, Ferlinghetti to Kate Medina, April 24, 1971
  14. Letter, Ferlinghetti to Kate Medina, April 29, 1971
  15. Letter, Ferlinghetti to Kate Medina, October 14, 1971
  16. Letter, Ferlinghetti to Kate Medina, October 28, 1971
  17. Letter, Ferlinghetti to Kate Medina, November 2, 1971
  18. Letter, Ferlinghetti to Kate Medina, November 7, 1971
  19. Letter, Ferlinghetti to Kate Medina, November 20, 1971
  20. Letter, Ferlinghetti to Kate Medina, December 1, 1971
  21. Letter, Ferlinghetti to Kate Medina, October 11, 1971
  22. Letter from Ferlinghetti and 4 Poems by Yevtushenko(?), n.d.
  23. Miscellaneous, n.d.

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