Beat Generation Materials at Wilson Special Collections Library: Primary Sources about Beat Writers

• Diane Di Prima Papers, 1955-2008
• items relating to di Prima
• items authored by di Prima
• manuscripts and typescripts
• audio recordings
• video
• broadsides and posters
• vernacular printing (mimeographs, etc.)
• items published by Poets Press

• items relating to Ferlinghetti
• items authored by Ferlinghetti
• archival and manuscript material
• audio recordings
• video
• broadsides and posters
• vernacular printing (mimeographs, etc.)
• items published by City Lights Books/City Lights Bookstore

• items relating to Gregory Corso
• items authored by Gregory Corso
• archival and manuscript materials
• audio recordings
• video
• broadsides and posters

Because of his connections with many Beat writers, the Rare Book Collection's general collection contains many items by and relating to Amiri Baraka (formerly LeRoi Jones). Please note that, while searches for "Amiri Baraka" and "LeRoi Jones" largely overlap, they do produce different results:

• items relating to Amiri Baraka
• items relating to LeRoi Jones
• items authored by Amiri Baraka
• items authored by LeRoi Jones
• archival materials relating to Amiri Baraka
• archival materials relating to LeRoi Jones
• audio recordings relating to Amiri Baraka
• audio recordings relating to LeRoi Jones
• video relating to Amiri Baraka
• broadsides and posters relating to Amiri Baraka
• broadsides and posters relating to LeRoi Jones
• items published by Totem Press

Wilson Library holds a nearly bibliographically complete collection of Allen Ginsberg's published work as well as other items relating to the poet:

• items relating to Ginsberg
• items authored by Ginsberg
• archival materials, manuscripts, and typescripts
• audio recordings
• video
• broadsides and posters
• vernacular printing (mimeographs, etc.)

• items relating to Jack Kerouac
• items authored by Jack Kerouac
• Edie Parker Kerouac and Henri Cru papers, 1883-2004
• audio recordings
• video
• broadsides and posters

• items relating to William S. Burroughs
• items authored by William S. Burroughs
• audio recordings
• video
• posters and broadsides

Other writers who are represented in the materials held by Wilson Library include:

• Carolyn Cassady
• Neal Cassady
• Joyce Johnson
• Hettie Jones
• Edie Parker Kerouac
• Joanne Kyger
• Philip Lamantia
• Peter Orlovsky
• Janine Pommy-Vega
• Kenneth Rexroth
• Patti Smith
• Gary Snyder
• Anne Waldman
• Ruth Weiss