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Beat generation -- Poetry

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Declaration of Independence for Dr. Timothy Leary, 1971-07-04

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Identifier: 2006.003.1.1.29
Scope and Contents

"Model statement in defense of the philosopher's personal freedom, as proposed to the American P.E.N. Club by San Francisco Bay Area poets, essayists, and novelist." Original statement signed by Allen Ginsberg; approved by Herb Gold, Michael McClure, Philp Whalen, Diane Di Prima, Ted Berrigan, Riobert Creeley, and Lawrencew Ferlinghetti.

Dates: 1971-07-04

Declaration of Independence for Dr. Timothy Leary, 1971-07-04

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Identifier: 2006.003.1.1.29
Scope and Contents "Model Statement in Defense of the Philosopher's Personal Freedom Proposed by San Francisco Bay Area Prose Poets' Phalanx." Poets, essayists and novelists represented: Ken Kesey, Lawrewnce Ferlinghetti, Michael McClure, Robert Creeley, Allen Ginsberg, Howard Becker, Lenore Kandel, Anais Nin, Alan Watts, Kenneth Rexroth, Diane di Prima, Philip Lamantia, Don Allen, Bill Berkson, Tom Veitch, Ted Berrigan, Margo Patterson Doss, Johbn Doss M.D., Lewis MacAdams, Gavin Arthur Paul Krassner,...
Dates: 1971-07-04

Press release, 1971-07-14

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Identifier: 2006.003.1.1.29
Scope and Contents

For release 6 PM EDT, July 14, 1971, Bastille Day. Bay Area writers appeal to Swiss government for Leary political asylum. Statement signed by Kesey, Ferlinghetti and others calls Leary fellow author without a country....

Dates: Issued: 1971-07-14

"The baby Jesus was born in the corner of a cardboard box..."

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Identifier: 2013.004 OVRSZ 1
Scope and Contents

"POEM. The baby Jesus was born in the corner of a cardboard box, the shoe box my cowboy boots came in...."

Dates: 1957 - 1966