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WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS PAPERS, WSB98:
GUIDE AND INVENTORY
SPEC.CMS.90

(Compiled by John M. Bennett, January 2000)

This collection of papers, books, serials, and other materials, designated WSB98, was given to OSU in 1998 by the Estate of William S. Burroughs (James W. Grauerholz, Executor). Throughout this Guide, "WSB" refers to William S. Burroughs, and "JWG" refers to James W. Grauerholz. WSB's son, William S. Burroughs, Jr., is referred to as "William S. Burroughs, Jr."

INTRODUCTION

This collection of materials, originally gathered by James W. Grauerholz, William S. Burroughs' assistant and editor, includes drafts and editorial materials for some of WSB's publications; copies of many of WSB's publications from the 1970's and 1980's; correspondence, fan mail, and printed matter received from the mid-1970's through the mid-1980's; books, chapbooks, and magazines received or acquired during the same period; Burroughs Communications business, travel, and tour files from that period; serial and other publications from that period including work by WSB, and/or reviews of and/or articles about WSB; and much other material.

In addition to providing source material for the study of WSB's life and works, this collection provides information about the avant-garde literary, art, and music worlds of the 1970's and 1980's, primarily in North America, but also in Europe and elsewhere. There is abundant correspondence, manuscript, and published material from a wide variety of writers and other artists, both contemporaries of WSB and younger artists and writers. Many of the latter are also represented in OSU's Avant Writing Collection.

Among the highlights of this collection are several manuscripts and drafts of WSB's book The Cat Inside, 1984-1986; a large collection of science fiction and other books and serials belonging to WSB, mostly published from the mid-1960's to the early 1980's; WSB's notes for a class he gave on Samuel Beckett and Marcel Proust (folder 118); a transcript of a 1960 interview with WSB (folder 166); a galley copy of WSB's 1977 edition of Junky (folder 176); and bound galleys of William S. Burroughs, Jr.'s 1984 book, Kentucky Ham (box 28). Throughout the collection there is correspondence with, or material about, Brion Gysin, John Giorno, Victor Bockris, Edie Kerouac Parker, Allen Ginsberg, Terry Southern, Patti Smith, Paul Bowles, Jack Kerouac, Claude Pelieu, James Grauerholz, and many others.

It should be noted that all material on a given topic is not necessarily in the same box; for example, material relating to The Cat Inside may be found throughout this collection. Further material on any given topic may be found in other WSB collections in the OSU Libraries.


WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS PAPERS (WSB98) -

CATALOGUE OF INVENTORY, OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY

Detailed Listing/ Box and Folder Listing:

Box 1

Folder Number #1-23

  1. The Rise and Fall of the Peanut Party
    Book by John Mitchell and Vincent Trasov, The Rise and Fall of the Peanut Party: journal, twenty days in November, Vancouver: Air, 1976. Signed by authors. Book documents a campaign by Mr. Peanut who was running for Mayor of Vancouver, BC. Book includes a letter of endorsement from WSB.


  2. Capalula, Theory
    Book by Capalula, Theory: 140 statements, Amsterdam: Kontexts Publications, 1979. Inscribed by author to WSB.


  3. Blanco, 1979
    Issue of Argentine intellectual journal, Blanco, otoño 1979. Includes an article, "Los Límites del control", by WSB.


  4. Sphinx Magazine, 5
    Issue of Swiss art and culture magazine, Sphinx Magazine, 5, 1979. Includes a conversation between WSB and Victor Bockris, and an article by Udo Breger, "Brion Gysin's Dreamachine". Both pieces in German with numerous photographs.


  5. New Edinburgh Review, 1979
    Issue of Scotch journal, New Edinburgh Review, Summer, 1979. Includes an essay by WSB, "Mob".


  6. La Bañera, 1979
    Issue of Spanish literary magazine, La Bañera, 4, 1979. Includes an article on WSB and the Nova Convention.


  7. Bananas, 1979
    Issue of British literary magazine, Bananas, 17, 1979. Includes an excerpt from WSB's Ah Pook is Here.


  8. Dim Lake
    Book of poems and drawings, Dim Lake, by Gregory W. Ritz, Leon Hushcha, and Jonathan Sisson, Loretto, Minnesota: Red Studio Press, 1975.


  9. Metal Hurlant, 1977
    Issue of French science fiction comics magazine, Metal Hurlant, 24, 1977. Two pages are partially cut out.


  10. New School of Social Research, 1981
    Correspondence, 1979-1981, between Graham Hodges, WSB, and JWG regarding WSB's participating in the New School's Conversations with Writers series, in which WSB took part in Feb. 1981. Also includes flyers and JWG's notes.


  11. 9:30 Club, 1981
    JWG's notes, correspondence, travel itineraries, receipts, announcements, and other material relating to an appearance by WSB at the 9:30 Club, Washington, DC, March 1981, to read from Cities of the Red Night. Also appearing were John Giorno, John Waters, and the music group R.E.M.


  12. P.S. 1, 1981
    JWG's notes, and other material, relating to a possible reading by WSB at P.S. 1, March 8, 1981.


  13. Rutgers, 1981
    JWG's notes regarding a reading by WSB at Rutgers University, March 11, 1981.


  14. Bloomington, 1981
    JWG's notes, clippings, promotional and other material regarding an appearance by WSB and John Giorno at the Bluebird in Bloomington, Indiana, March 19, 1981.


  15. Indianapolis, 1981
    JWG's notes and a business card regarding an appearance by WSB at The Vogue, Indianapolis, Indiana, March 20, 1981.


  16. Minneapolis, 1981
    JWG's correspondence and notes, posters, announcements, and other material regarding appearances by WSB in Minneapolis, March 22, 1981. These included a book-signing at a bookstore and a reading at Duffy's, the latter sponsored by the Walker Art Institute.


  17. Madison, 1981
    JWG's notes and other material regarding an appearance by WSB at Merlin's in Madison, Wisconsin, March 23, 1981.


  18. Chicago, 1981
    JWG's notes, correspondence, and other material regarding an appearance by WSB at Tut's, in Chicago, March 26, 1981. An interview and book-signing are also discussed.


  19. St. Louis, 1981
    JWG's notes and correspondence, and clippings, flyers, and other material regarding an appearance by WSB and John Giorno at Duff's Restaurant, in St. Louis, March 30, 1981, produced by Left Bank Books.


  20. MOMA, NY, 1981
    Empty folder, with "MOMA - NY - 20 Apr 81" written on it in JWG's hand.


  21. Santa Cruz, 1981
    JWG's notes, and other material, regarding an appearance by WSB at Vet's Hall, Santa Cruz, California, May 13, 1981. F. A. Nettelbeck was the contact person and arranger for this event. Also includes contractual documents regarding a recording of the event.


  22. Vancouver, 1981
    JWG's notes, correspondence, and other material regarding an appearance by WSB and John Giorno in Vancouver, May 18, 1981. Some of the correspondence discusses a reprint of WSB's "The Lemon kid" in the Seattle publication, The Rocket; and plans for Howard Brookner's film Burroughs.


  23. Toronto, 1981
    JWG's notes, correspondence, and other material regarding appearances by WSB in Toronto, June 1 and 2, 1981. Includes some correspondence with the magazine Art Metropole regarding publication of an excerpt from Cities of the Red Night.



Box 2

Folder Number #24-35

  1. Folders and Envelopes, 1981
    Empty folders and envelopes with brief notes on them in JWG's and other's hands, and 1 empty folder with "Letters to answer" written on it in WSB's hand. Ca. 1981.


  2. Printed Matter and Correspondence Received, 1981
    Printed matter, solicitations, announcements, JWG's office notes, literary business correspondence received (with some of JWG's cc replies), fan mail, and other material. Includes a letter from Timothy Leary commenting on Cities of the Red Night; and a postcard from Dick Higgins discussing 2 of his upcoming performances.


  3. JWG's Office Notes, 1980
    Several sheets of JWG's office notes, names and phone numbers, and other material, much of it referring to people in New York City. Includes a postcard announcement of the New York Art Theatre's production of Naked Lunch, Sept.-Dec. [1980]. Names on notes include Victor [Bockris], Lydia Lunch, John Arnoldy, John Giorno, Charles Gatewood, Diego Cortez, Ted Morgan, Robert Palmer, General Idea, [David] Ohle, Michael Petree, and others. At least 2 of the notes are in WSB's hand. All material originally in an unmarked manila folder.


  4. Quantrell's Raid
    Pamphlet titled Quantrell's Raid, Aug. 21 - 1863: from the autobiography of Peter D. Ridenour, who survived the raid, [Lawrence, KS]: Douglas County Historical Society, [nd].


  5. Jennie Skerl MSS
    Three pc ts by Jennie Skerl in a brown binder: "Burroughs chronology", "A Beat chronology: the first twenty years, 1944-1964", and "William S. Burroughs: pop artist". Some passages of the latter have been bracketed with pencil. 43 sheets.


  6. Correspondence Received, 1980-1981
    Correspondence received, fan mail, clippings, and other material. Includes some of WSB's cc ts replies. Correspondence deals with requests for information, and literary business. Includes letters from Gary Nargi, Francois Bucher, Theo Green, Edie Kerouac Parker, S. J. Bernstein, Daniel Halpern, Antony Balch, and many others. Includes a cc ts of a letter from WSB to Congressman Dornan; and an 11-sheet pc mixed ts with pc holographic editing of a WSB text; first line, "This reading is from an unpublished illustrated book entitled AH POOK IS HERE..." All in a manila folder.


  7. JWG's Office Notes and Correspondence Received, 1980-1981
    • JWG's office notes, literary business correspondence received, with some of JWG's cc ts replies, fan mail, printed matter, and other material. Includes correspondence from Francois Bucher, Joe Maynard, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Barry Gifford, and many others. Names on notes include Patti Smith, Tom Huckabee, [Michael] Petree, Charles Gatewood, [David] Ohle, Allen Ginsberg, Terry Southern, Diego Cortez, John Giorno, Victor Bockris, Peter Matson, Ted Morgan, Steven Lowe, Carl Weissner, and many others.
    • Includes a 14-sheet pc ts, with orig. holog. editing in WSB's hand, "Interview with William S. Burroughs" by George Whitmore. This ms was found loose in original box between folders 29 and 31.


  8. Esquire, April 1981
    Issue of magazine with an article on the attitudes of contemporary youth, Lydia Lunch, and so on.


  9. JWG's Office Notes and Correspondence Received, 1980-1981
    JWG's office notes, correspondence received, mail art, fan mail, printed matter, and other material, mostly from 1980. Includes some of JWG's cc ts replies. Includes correspondence from Regina Weinreich, Edie Kerouac Parker, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Bill Blackolive (3 pamphlets), and others. Names on notes include Allen Ginsberg, Ron Padgett, John Rechy, John Lennon, Abbie Hoffman, Hubert Selby, Harold Norse, Lydia Lunch, John Giorno, and others. All originally in an unmarked manila envelope.


  10. JWG's Office Notes and Correspondence Received, 1980-1981
    JWG's office notes, correspondence received (with some of JWG's cc ts replies), printed matter, fan mail, and other material. Much of the correspondence has to do with requests and arrangements for WSB's public appearances, interviews, and related matters. Includes some brief holog. notes by WSB. Includes correspondence from Edward Foster, James Sherry, and others. Names on notes include Allen Ginsberg, Michael Petree, John Giorno, and others. All material was found loose in original box between folders 32 and 34.


  11. Vancouver and Seattle, 1980
    JWG's notes, correspondence, and other material regarding plans for appearances by WSB in Vancouver and Seattle, 1980.


  12. Montreal Folder
    Empty folder with "Montreal" written on it in JWG's hand.



Box 3

Folder Number #36-49

  1. JWG's Office notes and Correspondence Received, 1980-1981
    JWG's office notes, printed matter, solicitations, announcements, correspondence received (with some of JWG's cc ts replies), and other material. Includes 1 sheet orig. ts, dated 17 Feb. 81, titled "Lines, dictated by WSB; will be sent to Rauschenburg today". Includes correspondence or material from the Minnesota Zen Center, The Church of the SubGenius, Franklin Furnace, and others. Also includes 4 pc copies of an interview with WSB and Allen Ginsberg published in Talk Talk, v. 2, nos. 12 & 13, [nd]. Names on notes and other materials include John Giorno, Patti Smith, Michael Petree, Allen Ginsberg, Stephen King, Robert Mapplethorpe, and others. All material found loose in original box between folders 35 and 37.


  2. Newcomers, 1981
    Issue of Newcomers magazine, no. 7, 1981. Has a story by Tom Ahern. In a manila envelope addressed to JWG.


  3. T-Gasm, 1980
    Promotional material for T-Gasm, the "fan club" of Throbbing Gristle, the band in which Genesis P. Orridge played guitar.


  4. Correspondence, 1979-1980
    Correspondence received, with some of JWG's cc ts replies, JWG's office notes, and other material. Most correspondence deals with literary business matters. Includes correspondence from JWG (to WSB), Allen Ginsberg, Christian Bourgois, Bob Gale, Alan [Ansen?], WSB (a postcard to JWG), and others. All in a folder with "File" written on it in JWG's hand.


  5. Correspondence Received, 1979
    Correspondence received, with some of WSB's or JWG's cc ts replies, JWG's office notes, and other material. Much of the correspondence deals with literary business matters, requests for interviews or information, and related matters. Includes correspondence from Gaetano Ruvolo Ruga, Peter Matson, Chris Reichhold (some letters in previous folders in this collection, also), JWG (to WSB), Gerard-Georges Lemaire, Terry [Southern], Eric Mottram, WSB (to Paul Bowles), Paul Bowles, Peter Stewart (with articles on the Nova Convention and Naked Lunch), Brion [Gysin] (with WSB's reply), Gerry Walsh, Kathleen ["Honey"] Hoffman, and others. Names on notes include Paul Bowles, Armando Verdiglione, Eric Mottram, Patti Smith, and others. In a folder with "Letters answered, considered or requiring no answer" written on it in WSB's hand.


  6. Correspondence Received, 1979
    Six letters (including 1 postcard) received by WSB in Oct. 1979: fan mail, or requests for information or for material for publication. All originally in an unmarked manila folder.


  7. Peter Stewart, 1979
    Letter from Peter Stewart, Aug. 1979, with JWG's cc ts reply. Stewart's letter includes ts copies or articles on Naked Lunch and the Nova Convention, and clippings from Swedish newspapers on The Nova Convention. All originally in an unmarked manila folder with 4 small sheets of notes; announcements; etc.


  8. City Paper, 1979
    Two copies of tabloid newspaper from Baltimore, City Paper, vol. 3, no. 57, 1979, with an article by William F. Ryan on WSB and WSB's appearance at Georgetown University, Nov. 10, 1979. Article is titled "The Burroughs zone".


  9. Machete, 1980
    Two copies of Jan. 1980 issue of Machete, a 1-sheet newsprint publication from Minneapolis. No direct WSB reference. In a mailing envelope addressed to JWG.


  10. Allen Ginsberg Broadside, 1980
    Copy of Ginsberg's broadside "Punk rock your my big crybaby", published by The Alternative Press, Grindstone City [Michigan], [nd] Inscribed by Ginsberg to WSB, and dated "New Years 1980". In a mailing envelope.


  11. Magazine Litteraire, 1980
    Issue of French magazine, Magazine Litteraire, no. 57, Fev. 1980. A special issue on the Beat Generation, with 2 articles on WSB (by Serge Greunberg and Gerard-Georges Lemaire), and "Les Limites du controle" by WSB. Other material by or on Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, et al. In a mailing envelope.


  12. Das Merkheft, 1979
    German magazine/catalog of books and records, no. 41, c1979. Includes a brief article on WSB, with a photo of WSB washing dishes. In a mailing envelope.


  13. Machete, 1979
    Ten copies of 1-sheet newsprint publication, Machete, no. 12, 1979. Includes an article, with photo, on WSB, and on his appearances at the Walker Art Center and University of Minnesota in Minneapolis. In a mailing envelope.


  14. Naked Lunch Drawings
    16 sheets pc drawings. Top sheet says "Wm. S. Burroughs' Naked Lunch" as part of drawing. No name or date on drawings.



Box 4

Folder Number #50-64

  1. Machete, 1979
    Two copies of an issue of Machete, no. 11, 1979, in a mailing envelope. No direct WSB reference.


  2. Allen Ginsberg's Itineraries, 1972-1973
    Several copies of Ginsberg's poetry reading itineraries, 1972-1973, as issued by the Committee on Poetry. Includes a note to WSB from Peter [Orlovsky] Also includes printed matter from Common Ground, Center for Arts Information, and Poets & Writers, Inc. In a manila mailing envelope.


  3. Invisible City, 1977
    Issue of Los Angeles, California avant-garde literary magazine, Invisible City, no. 21-22, 1977, an all-translation issue. No direct WSB reference.


  4. Invisible City, 1979
    Issue of Los Angeles, California avant-garde literary magazine, Invisible City, no. 23-25, 1979. No direct WSB reference.


  5. Legs McNeil/Schrapnel, 1979
    JWG's notes regarding a performance by Schrapnel, apparently in Lawrence, in 1979. Other venues are mentioned, as well as Patti [Smith?] and John Giorno. In a manila envelope with JWG's notes on it.


  6. Sotere Torregian, Amtrak Trek, 1979
    Book of poetry by Sotere Torregian, Amtrak Trek, New York: Telephone Books, c1979.


  7. Mars Photo
    Two newspaper clippings, undated; one showing a Martian landscape, the other discussing mysterious shapes in a Mars photograph. In a manila envelope with "Wm. on Mars" written on it in JWG's hand (although there is no reference to WSB in the article).


  8. J. Kit Miller, Gods Bodyguards, 1979
    Book of stories by J. Kit Miller, Gods Bodyguards [sic], Toronto: Permanent Press, 1979. In a mailing envelope.


  9. Rufus Jones
    48-sheet pc ts prospectus and sample for a science fiction novel, Jomar. Undated.


  10. Announcements and Printed Matter, 1976
    Printed matter and announcements of poetry readings and art exhibitions in New York City. Includes an issue of The Poetry Project newsletter, no. 39, 1976, and 2 issues, 1976, of The Poetry Project mailing list with work by Joel Oppenheimer and Jackson Mac Low. All in an unrelated manila mailing envelope.


  11. The City Moon, 1976 Two copies of The City Moon, vol. 10, no. 1, 1976.
    [Magazine edited by JWG and David Ohle.] Issue has stories by Steve Low[e], David Ohle, and others, an ad for a book by John M. Bennett, etc. Laid into 1 copy is a pc ts, 17 sheets, "The Monster and the spectacle: reflections on Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman" by Halina Charwat and Donald Freed. Found loose in original box between material in folders 59 and 61.


  12. Printed Matter and Other Material, 1976-1978
    One copy of The City Moon (same issue as in folder 60); a page from the Denver Post, 1977, with an article on 1960's culture with a photo of Allen Ginsberg; 1 issue of The Poetry Project newsletter, no. 57, 1978; an unsolicited MS from Richard Costello; and other material. Found loose in original box between material in folders 60 and 62.


  13. Gay Rights Clippings, 1977-1979
    Photocopied newspaper clippings of stories relating to gay rights from Minneapolis-area newspapers and The St. Louis Post-Dispatch. In a mailing envelope from the Walker Art Center.


  14. Receipt for Display Books, 1984
    One sheet original ts list of WSB's books delivered to Dept. of English, University of Kansas, for a display.


  15. Gay Sunshine, 1974
    16 copies of Gay Sunshine, no. 21, 1974. Includes an interview with WSB by Winston Leyland, a photo of WSB by Allen Ginsberg, other photos of WSB by Brion Gysin, Jack Kerouac, and Francisca Carr, and an article on WSB's fiction by James Martin.



  16. Box 5

    Folder Number #65-81

  17. Empty Envelopes and Folder
    Two empty envelopes and a folder, with JWG's notes on them referring to The Cat Inside. Two items dated 1985.


  18. The Cat Inside Correspondence, 1986
    Correspondence between JWG and Leslie Miller of the Grenfell Press regarding the galleys for The Cat Inside; a contract signed by WSB and Brion Gysin regarding the illustrations for The Cat Inside; 1 sheet orig. WSB ts (WSB's typing) with orig WSB holog. editing; and a poster for an apparently unrelated art opening.


  19. The Cat Inside Long Galleys
    17 sheets typeset text with pc holog. editing in JWG's hand, of The Cat Inside. In a manila envelope.


  20. The Cat Inside Final Draft, 1986
    45 sheets pc computer printout of The Cat Inside. In a manila envelope with JWG's note written on it: "The Cat Inside, final draft, 3/29/86 ..."


  21. The Cat Inside Draft, Feb. 1986
    66 sheets computer printout with extensive orig. holog. editing in JWG's hand, of The Cat inside. In a folder with JWG's note written on it, "TCI draft 2/2/86".


  22. The Cat Inside Pages, March 1986
    Nine sheets computer printout wlth orig. holog. editing in JWG's hand. Sheets are numbered 32, 34, 42-48, and are all headed "March 1986".


  23. The Cat Inside First Draft
    69 sheets pc computer printout (incl. 2 sheets pc holog. writing by WSB). Pages are all headed "CAT BOOK first draft" and have not been edited. In a manila envelope.


  24. The Cat Book Draft 8 Aug. 1984
    77 sheets pc ts (WSB's typing) with pc holog. editing and inserts in WSB's hand and some orig. holog. editing in JWG's hand. In a black binder with a label written in JWG's hand: "William S. Burroughs, 'The Cat Book', (draft a/o 8 Aug 84)".


  25. Cat Book Correspondence, Texts, Images, 1985
    Correspondence between WSB and Brion Gysin regarding The Cat Insidebook, several WSB ms pages from the book, printed pictures of cats, and other material. One sheet pc ts letter from WSB to Gysin, Oct. 12, 1985; 2 sheets pc ts WSB pages from The Cat book; 7 sheets orig. ts WSB pages from The Cat book; 5 sheets orig. holog. WSB pages; 1 orig. undated letter from Gysin to WSB referring to "my cats" (presumably drawings of cats); 2 sheets pc ts (not WSB's typing) letter regarding cats to The Lawrence Journal-World dated 27 June 1985; 1 sheet pc ts letter to WSB from Gysin, dated 12 April 1985; 2 sheets pc ts WSB letter from WSB to Gysin, dated 2 April 1985; 1 sheet orig. holog. letter from Gysin to WSB dated June 1985 in a manila mailing envelope; and 10 pieces printed matter and postcards, mostly with pictures of cats. In a manila folder with "10/85" written on it in WSB's hand and WSB's squiggly drawing on the front.


  26. The Cat Inside MS, Nov. 1985
    87 sheets mixed pc computer printout, cc ts, or orig. ts (2 sheets near end), all with pc or orig. holog. editing by WSB or JWG. The ts sheets are WSB's typing. 1 sheet is a computer printout discussing computer files of The Cat Inside. In a manila envelope with JWG's notes on it, dated Nov. 1985.


  27. The Cat Inside Added Pages, Oct. 1985
    Nine sheets orig. ts (WSB's typing) with WSB's orig. holog. editing. Sheets are numbered 1-9. Photocopies of these pages are in the ms in folder 74. Also includes an empty mailing envelope addressed to WSB in Brion Gysin's hand. All in a manila folder with "TCI - Oct 85 adds." written on it in JWG's hand.


  28. The Cat Inside, WSB's Draft, Aug. 1985
    72 sheets computer printout with several sheets orig. ts (WSB's typing) inserted. TS sheets have WSB's orig. holog. editing. JWG's pencilled orig. holog. editing thoughout. In a manila envelope with JWG's notes on it, "The Cat Inside, MS., Wm's Draft, August 1985 ..."


  29. The Cat Inside, July 1985
    49 numbered sheets computer printout of The Cat Inside with some minor pencilled editing by JWG and WSB. Also 2 sheets orig ts. (1 with WSB's typing) inserted sheets with orig. holog. editing. In a manila folder with a brief text written by WSB on the inside, WSB's squiggly drawing on the front, and JWG's note, "TCI July 85" on the tab.


  30. The Cat Inside, 2nd Draft, June 1985
    66 sheets computer printout of The Cat Inside, plus a pc printout letter to Brion Gysin from JWG asking for his editorial suggestions. In a manila envelope with JWG's note on it: "The Cat Inside (2nd draft), 6/17/85 - as sent to Brion".


  31. The Cat Inside, June 1985
    49 numbered sheets pc computer printout of The Cat Inside. In a manila envelope with "The Cat Inside, MS. 6/7/85" written on it in JWG's hand.


  32. The Cat Inside Draft 6/6/85
    Contains 2 folders:
    • (1) 53 sheets draft of The Cat Inside, mixed orig. ts and computer printout, some pages pasted up, all with extensive orig. holog. editing by WSB. Folder has a note from David Ohle written on the inside and "The Cat Inside, 6/6/85, OHLE, 11.25 hrs @ 7 ... " Apparently Ohle typed the ms from this draft.

    • (2) 23 sheets pages from The Cat Inside, mixed orig. ts and computer printout, all with extensive orig. holog. editing by WSB. Folder has "Out?" written on it in JWG's hand.


  33. The Cat Inside Book Texts, April 1985
    17 sheets, stapled together. Includes 2 sheets orig. ts (or cc ts) letter from WSB to Brion Gysin with orig. holog. signature, 2 sheets pc ts letter from Gysin to WSB. These letters are also in folder 73. Remaining sheets are all pc ts (WSB's typing) texts from The Cat Inside. All in a manila envelope with JWG's notes on it.



Box 6

Folder Number #82-84

  1. Abe Frajndlich, Lives I've Never Lived, 1983
    Two copies of book of photographs by Frajndlich,Lives I've Never Lived: a portrait of Minor White, Cleveland: ARC Press, 1983. Both copies inscribed by author to WSB; one has a note inserted. In a cardboard mailer.


  2. Naked Lunch Numbering Sheets
    Approx. 2-inch stack of identical printed sheets, each with the statement "The twenty-fifth anniversary edition of Naked Lunch was printed as 500 signed, slipcased copies, of which this is number ___." Sheets are not numbered or signed. In a padded mailer addressed to WSB, with Brion Gysin's return address.


  3. Publications and Correspondence Received, 1983- 1984
    Includes empty mailing envelopes with JWG's notes as to their original contents; gay publications; a copy of Arthur and Kit Knight's book The Beat Road, which includes photos of WSB; a 1984 Greek magazine with references to WSB in it; and other material.



Box 7

Folder Number #85-102

  1. Gateavisa, 1983
    Two issues of Oslo art and literature magazine, Gateavisa: no. 2, Feb. 1984; and no. 7, Dec. 1983. Dec. 1983 issue has an interview with WSB and other pages about him. In a mailing envelope with "Oslo/83 press ..." written on it in JWG's hand.


  2. Luc Sante, The Invisible Man, 1984
    Copy of The New York Review of Books, v. 31, no. 8, May 10, 1984, with an interesting article on WSB titled "The Invisible Man" ("William Burroughs' scene" on cover), pp. 12-15. With a 2-sheet orig. ts "draft letter" being WSB's response to Sante's article (not WSB's typing). In an apparently unrelated mailing envelope.


  3. Lester Bangs in Creem, 1970
    Two issues of Creem: v. 2, nos. 17 and 18, 1970, with a 2-part story by Lester Bangs on Iggy Pop and The Stooges. With a 1984 cc ts letter from JWG to John Morthland referring to this and other material by Bangs. In a manila envelope with "Lester Bangs Anthology" written on it in JWG's hand.


  4. Vanity Fair, April 1984
    Issue of Vanity Fair, v. 47, no. 4, April 1984, with 3 photos and a brief account of WSB's 70th birthday party.


  5. Independent Publications, 1984
    Printed matter, a magazine, and flyers advertising underground comics and other publications, in a mailing envelope from Independent Publications, Chicago. Two phone numbers written on envelope in WSB's hand.


  6. Simone Debout, "Jusqu'au Silence", 1984
    Copy of Passe Present, no. 3, 1984, a French literary journal, with an article by Simone Debout, "Jusqu'au silence", a film version of The Last words of Dutch Schultz. Article has a quotation from WSB, and a presentation note from Debout to WSB inserted. In a manila envelope.


  7. Ian Dunbar , Report, 1983
    24-page computer printout of an article by Dunbar critically discussing medical philosophy, drug safety, medical experimentation, and related matters, with a presentation letter to WSB. In a mailing envelope.


  8. Jack Saunders, Pamphlets, 1984
    Three 1984 pamphlets by Florida writer Jack Saunders: See See Writer,Open Letter, and Outfit Art. With 2 pc sheets: a letter from Saunders to Scott Meredith, and a nomination for Saunders for the Florida Arts Recognition Program. In a mailing envelope addressed to WSB.


  9. Alternative Media, Spring 1983
    Issue of magazine, Alternative Media, v. 14, no. 2, Spring 1983. Has articles on sexual expression, Nelson Algren, and other matters. No direct WSB reference. In a manila envelope.


  10. Cleveland and Kent, Ohio Press, May 1984
    Clippings and pc clippings from Cleveland and and Kent newspapers and magazines referring to WSB's appearances there. With a letter from Kent State University, and one from Robert Jackson; both sent with clippings. In a mailing envelope.


  11. The James White Review, Spring 1984
    Copy of the tabloid, The James White Review: a gay men's literary quarterly, v. 1, no. 3, Spring 1984, from Minneapolis. No direct WSB reference. In a mailing envelope.


  12. Recording Publications, 1984
    Two publications: On location: the film & videotape production magazine, Feb. 1984; and The Saxitone Catalog, 1984 (a catalog of tape recording equipment and supplies).


  13. Jan Herman, Burroughs, 1984
    Copy of tabloid section from Sun. March 25, 1984 edition of The Chicago Sun-Timeswith an article by Jan Herman, "Burroughs: literary saint and sinner". With 3 extra copies of the page that includes the article, and a note from Herman. In a mailing envelope.


  14. Alex Gildzen, Open Theater Conference, 1983
    Program for a conference and exhibition on The Open Theater, based in part on materials in the Special Collections dept. of Kent State University Library. With an exchange of correspondence between Gildzen and JWG, and a broadside printed poem by Gildzen. In a mailing envelope.


  15. Hommage a William Burroughs, 1984
    Two copies of a poster for Polyphonix 6, Festival International de Poesie Directe et Musique a Bourges les 2, 3 et 4 Avril 84, Hommage a William Burroughs. WSB is listed as a participant, as are Bernard Heidsieck, Julien Blaine, Brion Gysin, John Giorno, Amiri Baraka, Linton Kwesi Johnson, Emmett Williams, and others. In a mailing envelope.


  16. Banned Books by WSB, 1984
    Correspondence between JWG and the American Library Association and the National Coalition Against Censorship regarding books by WSB that have been banned or censored. Includes a list of several such books, and other material. In a mailing envelope.


  17. National Museum of Transport, 1984
    Brochures, newsletters, a catalog, and other printed matter from the National Museum of Transport, St. Louis, 1984. In a mailing envelope with JWG's note written on it: "from John Roberts (met 3/29/84 in St. Louis)".


  18. French Gay Magazines, 1984
    Three French gay men's magazines, ca. 1984:Profils, no. 1, [1984?]; Samourai, no. 18, [1984?]; andGaihebdopied, no. 113, 1984.



Box 8

Folder Number #103-114

  1. Tom Huckabee, 1984
    March 12, 1984 ts letter from Tom Huckabee introducing a 9-sheet pc ts, included, "My kingdom for a hearse" by Perkins Harnly. In a mailing envelope.


  2. Inkblot, 1984
    Two publications from Inkblot, Theo Green, publisher and editor: F. A. Nettelbeck, The Kiss Off, [ca. 1984]; and Inkblot Ink-Flash issue, May 1984. Latter has contributions from Julian Blaine, Vittore Baroni, Bernard Heidsieck, Dick Higgins, F. A. Nettelbeck, Harry Polkinhorn, and others. With a ts letter from Green to WSB. In a mailing envelope.


  3. On Film, 1983
    Issue of magazine, On Film, no. 11, 1983, published by UCLA Dept. of Theater Arts. Includes article on the UCLA Gay & Lesbian Media Conference held in Jan. 1983. No direct WSB reference. In a mailing envelope.


  4. Jan Herman, William Burroughs and the Power of Dreams
    Article/interview in tabloid St. Louis Weekly, no. 210, March 21-27, 1984, in advance of WSB's March 29 appearance in St. Louis for the opening of the film Burroughs. In a mailing envelope.


  5. Limelight Press Kit, 1984
    Press kit for Peter Gatien and his Limelight club, where WSB's 70th birthday party was celebrated. Kit includes several pc clippings of WSB's party. Also a ts letter from Ira Silverberg. In a mailing envelope.


  6. Sylvester & Orphanos Catalog, 1983
    Catalog of bookdealer and publisher; includes several WSB titles. Also a postcard from JWG requesting the catalog. In a mailing envelope.


  7. Ira Silverberg-JWG Correspondence, 1984
    Five ts or holog. personal letters (1 is a postcard) from Silverberg to JWG, and 1 cc ts letter from JWG to Silverberg. Also 2 copies of an announcement of a book-showing by Silverberg, and a copy of The New York Times Book Review, April 8, 1984, with an ad for WSB's The Place of Dead Roads and one of Silverberg's letters, and a tearsheet of another WSB ad from another newspaper. All was in a mailing envelope.


  8. Conversations with American Writers, 1984
    Draft of protions of interviews with Maurice Girodias, WSB, and Allen Ginsberg for use in Charles Ruas' book Conversations with American Writers, (NY: Knopf, 1985). The interviews have to do with Naked Lunch and The Yage Letters, and related matters, and were sent to WSB and JWG for WSB's permission. Includes a letter from Ruas, JWG's cc ts reply and a sheet of JWG's editorial notes, and a pc of WSB's signed release form. 45 sheets in all. In a mailing envelope.


  9. Word of Mouth, 1984
    Copy of promotional magazine from Warner Bros. Records, May 1984. No direct WSB reference.


  10. Samourai, 1984
    Issue no. 19 [1984?] of French gay men's magazine. Includes an article on Divine.


  11. WSB in the Press, Feb.-March, 1984
    Two issues of The New York Times Book Review (March 11 and March 18, 1984) with letters to the editor referring to Perry Meisel's Feb. 19 review of The Place of Dead Roads and a reference to WSB's 70th birthday party. Also some pc copies of the letters, and pc copies of an article on the birthday party from The Schenectady Gazette, Feb. 1984. In a mailing envelope.


  12. Correspondence Received, 1983
    Correspondence received, fan mail, JWG's office notes, mail art, and other material. Includes a few sheets of WSB's replies and notes. Includes letters or cards from Claude Pelieu, Duncan Fallowell (with a newspaper article on AIDS), Ian Dunbar, Michael McClure, Lucien [Carr?] (a brief note), Mary Beach-Pelieu, Victor [Bockris?], and many others. The WSB notes and texts include the following:
    • sheet mixed ts and holog., undated.
    • 1 sheet holog. text (2 sides) about cats, dated Sept. 14-15, 1983.
    • 2 versions orig. ts letter, reply to a fan, dated Sept. 1, 1983.
    • 1 sheet holog. list of words, etc., (2 sides), dated Aug. 26, 1983.
    • 1 envelope with time of a TV show noted on it.
    • All in a manila envelope with "fan ltrs etc., closed out 11/15/83" written on it in JWG's hand.



Box 9

Folder Number #115-133

  1. University of Kansas Conference, 1983
    1983 correspondence between JWG and Denise Low regarding a conference in Sept. 1983 at the Associated Writing Programs of Kansas, at the University of Kansas. Also discussed is the selection of some passages from The Place of Dead Roads for an anthology of poetry by Kansas writers to be published by the Cottonwood Review Press. In a manila folder.


  2. Kansas City Art Institute, 1983
    One sheet of JWG's notes regarding a [WSB?] appearance at the Kansas City Art Institute in November 1983. In a manila folder.


  3. WSB Poems in Grinning Idiot, 1982
    Unnumbered issue of Grinning Idiot literary magazine, c1982, with 2 short poems by WSB: "Heavily Muscled Randy Scott" and "Sung by the". In a mailing envelope postmarked Sept. 1983.


  4. WSB's Beckett and Proust Notes
    Undated ts, 6 sheets orig. ts and 1 sheet cc ts, all WSB's typing, discussing WSB's visits with Beckett, Beckett's and Proust's writing, and comparing WSB's own work with Beckett's and Proust's. In an envelope with "WSB's Notes for Beckett-Proust Class" written on it in JWG's hand.


  5. The James White Review, 1983
    Vol. 1, no. 1, 1983 of this Minneapolis "gay men's literary quarterly". Includes a letter to WSB from the editor asking for an interview. In a mailing envelope.


  6. Announcements and Catalogs, 1983
    Group of exhibition and performance announcements, catalogs and publication announcements, and other material, mostly from Fall 1983. Includes an announcement for a show of photographs at City Lights Bookstore which is a postcard print of a photo of WSB; several copies of an announcement for a show of photographs by Ira Cohen; and a chapbook, Stories by Five Teenage Mothers, ed. by G. Varela Marin with Laura Grunfeld, Tijeras, NM: Y Que! Publications, c1983. All in a manila envelope.


  7. Rudolf Schwarzkogler Catalog, 1970
    Catalog of self-mutilation performance photos of Schwarzkogler, from a show at Galerie Nachst St. Stephan, Vienna, Nov.-Dec. 1970. In a manila envelope.


  8. Burroughs Communications Material, 1983
    Correspondence received, solicitations, fan mail, and other material. Includes some of JWG's cc replies. Includes several pages from JWG's address book. Also includes a chapbook, Blood and Balls: an epic poem, by Jonathan Robbins, New York: Presses Branlemoi, 1982, with a cc ts letter from WSB to the author. Some of the names on notes and other materials include Timothy Leary, Felicity [Mason], Julian Schnabel, Gregory Corso, Laura Boss, and others. All in a mailing envelope with Alan Ansen's return address (no Ansen material in folder).


  9. David Cronenberg Envelope, 1983
    Empty 10 x 13" envelope with "from: David Cronenberg..." written on it, and addressed to "William S. Burroughs, King Edward Hotel...10/12/83". King Edward Hotel is in Toronto (cf. JWG's notes in folder 126).


  10. Kansas Alumni Magazine, 1983
    Three issues of Kansas Alumni Magazine, 1983; a cc ts letter from JWG to Daniel Reeder, the magazine's editor, regarding JWG's providing some essays for the magazine; and 1 sheet of JWG's notes.


  11. John Giorno Letter, 1983
    Brief letter from Giorno to JWG, presenting a photo of Kate Simon (photo not included), and discussing a possible tour. In a mailing envelope.


  12. WSB in Toronto, 1983
    Correspondence between JWG, Elliott Lefko, Peter McGehee, and others, regarding a performance by WSB, John Giorno, and Jim Carroll in Toronto, Oct. 11, 1983. Includes JWG's notes, and a poster for the performance. In a manila folder.


  13. WSB in Norway, 1983
    Correspondence between WSB and various persons in Oslo regarding a performance by WSB and John Giorno there in Oct. 1983. Includes JWG's notes. In a manila folder.


  14. WSB at the Walker Art Institute, 1983
    Correspondence between JWG and various persons associated with the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis regarding an appearance by WSB at the Walker's Word Works festival, Oct. 6, 1983. Includes JWG's notes. In a manila folder.


  15. WSB in Fort Worth, 1983
    Correspondence between JWG, Honey Hoffman, and others regarding a performance by WSB and Brion Gysin at Caravan of Dreams, a new performing arts center. Includes printed matter, clippings, and pc clippings about the Caravan of Dreams; and press releases and pc clippings about WSB and Gysin. Includes JWG's notes. In a manila folder.


  16. WSB in New York, 1983
    Correspondence between JWG and Jason Schindler of the Poetry Society of America regarding a WSB reading at 63rd St. YMCA in New York City, Oct. 14, 1983, with novelist Stewart Meyer. Includes JWG's notes, and an interesting 3-sheet ts mailing list of WSB's friends in New York City. In a manila folder.


  17. One World Poetry Festival, 1983
    Correspondence, JWG's notes, travel schedules and printed matter related to the One World Poetry Festival, held in Amsterdam, Oct. 1983. Includes 2 letters and a postcard from John Giorno relating to the festival and travel plans. WSB, Giorno, and many others participated. In a manila folder.


  18. WSB's Wilderness Text, 1983
    Correspondence between Robert Fulton and JWG regarding a text by WSB for a film by Fulton on The Wilderness Society. Includes WSB's orig. ts, with holog. editing in WSB's hand, 5 sheets; a 3-sheet pc ts (WSB's typing) 2nd draft; and Fulton's 2-sheet edited version of text. In a manila mailing envelope.


  19. Inkblot, 2, 1983
    Issue of Inkblot, literary magazine edited by Theo Green. Includes work by Vittore Baroni, Udo Breger, Bob Cobbing, Ira Cohen, Jean-Jacques Lebel, F. A. Nettelbeck, Claude Pelieu, and others.



Box 10

Folder Number #134-138

  1. Correspondence Received, 1983
    Correspondence received,requests for interviews, signatures, and submissions; clippings; printed matter; JWG's office notes; and other material. Includes an orig. ts reply by WSB to a fan letter, and correspondence from Theo Green, Sylvere Lotringer (includes pc articles), John Giorno, Laurie Anderson, D. Braddey, Gerald Nicosia, Anne Waldman (with several pc ts pages from Blue Mosque, Richard Dillon (with several sheets pc photos of WSB, Allen Ginsberg, and others, some of them apparently in WSB's NYC "Bunker"), and others. Names on notes include Karl Jirgens, Kathy Acker (with pc article about her), Terry Southern, and others. All material originally in a single unmarked manila folder.


  2. Knights of Malta Article, 1983
    Issue of National Catholic Reporter, Oct. 14, 1983, with an article by Martin A. Lee about the right wing nature of the Knights of Malta and their connections in U.S. corporate and government circles. In a manila envelope with JWG's note on it: "Marty Lee Article on SMOM".


  3. Ira Silverberg's Junk Mail, 1983
    Group of items addressed to Ira Silverberg, Box 147, Lawrence, KS 66044 [WSB's address]: unopened junk mail, solicitations, catalogs, etc.


  4. Robert Walker Photo Exhibitions, 1982-1983
    Two catalogs of group exhibitions of photography, and 3 postcard announcements of photo exhibitions of work by Robert Walker. Walker is also a participant in the shows covered in the catalogs. All in a padded mailer with "Robert Walker" written on it in JWG's hand.


  5. WSB in Sweden, 1983
    Group of clippings and pc clippings covering WSB's trip to Sweden (Goteborgs) in Oct. 1983. Includes an orig. 8X10 black-and-white photo print of WSB taken by Erik Pauser, apparently in Goteborgs. All in a padded mailer.



Box 11

Folder Number #139-142

  1. October 1983 Tour File
    Correspondence, travel itineraries, tickets, receipts, clippings, programs, printed matter, photos, JWG's notes, and other material related to an Oct. 1983 tour taken by WSB and JWG to Minneapolis, New York City, Toronto, Amsterdam, Helsinki, Bergen (Norway), Oslo, and Copenhagen to give readings, etc. Includes numerous issues and pages from the Scandanavian press, and a lot of printed matter from the Amsterdam One World Poetry Festival. Also includes 4 8X10 black-and-white photo prints of WSB by Kate Simon, in an envelope from Elliott Lefko of Downsview, Ontario. All in an envelope with "Euro Tour '83" written on it in JWG's hand.


  2. Publisher's Lists and JWG's Donation Cards
    Two copies of a list from Blue Wind Press, 1977, that includes WSB's The Book of Breeething; and a 1972 catalog/list from Crossing Press. Also includes a group of cards detailing gifts to Ohio state University of books for the William S. Burroughs Collection.


  3. Ferlinghetti and Huncke Publications
    Folded broadside by Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Adieu a Charlot: second populist manifesto, San Francisco: White and Wail, c1978; and pc pages 46-57 from Herbert Huncke, Huncke's Journal, New York: The Poet's Press, 1965, with references to "Bill".


  4. Bockris, Con Burroughs, 1979
    Italian edition of Victor Bockris' book, Con Burroughs: conversazioni inedite 1974-1979, Roma: Arcana Editrice, c1979. Two copies, wrapped, in a padded mailer, with a received note in JWG's hand, date-stamped Feb. 20, 1980.



Box 12

Books and Magazines Not in Folders
(Some with Turned-Down Pages or Dedications)


  • Carlsen, Robin Woodsworth, The Final Heresy, Victoria, British Columbia: The Snow Man Press, 1979. [inscribed to WSB by author]

  • Boyd, John, The Gorgon Gestival, NY: Bantam Books, 1974.

  • Haldeman, John, Mindbridge, NY: Avon Books, 1978.

  • Gunn, James, Future Imperfect, NY: Bantam Books, 1964.

  • Black, David, Ekstasy: out-of-the-body experiences, NY: Berkley Medallion Books, 1976.

  • Baba, Meher, The Secret of Sleep: the mystery of man's relation with God, Poona: Meher Era Publications, 1969.

  • Braun, Richard Emil, Bad land, Penland, North Carolina: The Jargon Society, 1971.

  • Levine, Stephen, Synapse: sutras, myths, & visions of the 'retinal circus', San Francisco: Arbat Press, 1965.

  • Corso, Gregory, The Vestal Lady on Brattle and Other Poems,[San Francisco]: City Lights Books, 1969.

  • The Secretly Obscene Chokecherry Monstrosity, Lawrence, KS: University of Kansas, 1968. [poetry anthology]

  • Knief, William,The Golden Monster, [Lawrence, KS]: Cottonwood Review, 1971.

  • Perkins, David, Midget Wonder and Other Poems, Lawrence, KS: Cottonwood Review, 1971.

  • Russell, Norman H., Night Dog & Other Poems, Lawrence, KS: Cottonwood Review, 1971.

  • Suggs, Jon Christian, The Quick-Change Artist: poems, [Lawrence, KS]: Cottonwood Review, 1971.

  • Weldon, Harry, Abel's Grin: poems, [Lawrence, KS]: Cottonwood Review, 1971.

  • Wilson, David, Piñasco, Lawrence, KS: Cottonwood Review, 1971.

  • Sherry, James, Part songs, NY: Roof Books, 1978. [inscribed by author "for Reed and Anne"]

  • Delta, v. 21, 1967, Louisiana State University. [student literary magazine]

  • Spit in the ocean, no. 2, 1976, Pleasant Hill, OR. [literary magazine ed. by Ken Keseyj

  • Artful dodge, v. 2, no. 4, 1981, Bloomington, IN [poetry journal]

  • Cottonwood Review, [4 issues]: 1968, Spring 1969, Fall 1969, Winter 1969-70, Lawrence, KS.

  • Fox, Ida, In the Wind, St. Davids, Wales: Antiphon Press, 1970.

  • Ginsberg, Allen, Bixby Canyon, Ocean Path, Word Breeze, NY: Gotham Book Mart, 1972. [signed by author, 17 March 1972]



Box 13

Paperback Books Not in Folders
(Mostly Science Fiction, Some with Turned-Down Pages)


  • Lauria, Frank, Communion, NY: Bantam Books, 1977.

  • Kerouac, Jack,Maggie Cassidy, NY: Avon, c1959. ["An Avon Original"]

  • Bradley, Marion Zimmer, Darkover landfall, NY: Daw Books, 1972.

  • Herbert, Frank, Hellstrom's Hive, NY: Bantam Books, 1974.

  • Gramont, Sanche de, The Way up: the memoirs of Count Gramont, Frogmore, St. Albans: Panther Books, 1975.

  • Buchanan, Marie, The Dark Backward, NY: Ballantine Books, 1976.

  • Stern, Stuart, The Minotaur Factor, Chicago: Playboy Press, 1977.

  • Gerrold, David, The Man Who Folded Himself, NY: Popular Library, 1973.

  • [Anonymous], All the Sad Young Men, NY: Wisdom House, c1962.

  • Shea, Robert, and Robert Anton Wilson, The Eye in the Pyramid: illuminatus, part I, NY: Dell, 1975.

  • Shea, Robert, and Robert Anton Wilson, The Golden Apple: illuminatus!, part II , NY: Dell, 1975.

  • Berry, Adrian, The Iron Sun: crossing the universe through black holes, NY: Warner Books, 1978.

  • Pauwels, Louis, and Jacques Berger, The Morning of the Magicians, NY: Avon, 1971.

  • Wonder Wart-Hog, Captain Crud & Other Super Stuff, edited by Chuck Alverson, designed by Terry Gilliam, [S.1]: Fawcett, c1967. ["head" comics]

  • Kavan, Anna, Ice, NY: Popular Library, c1970. [unattributed original drawings on the insides of front and back covers]

  • Williamson, Jack, The Moon Children, NY: Berkley Medallion Books, 1973.

  • Herbert, Frank,Soul catcher, NY: Berkley Publishing Corp., 1979.

  • Smith, Clark Ashton, Out of Space and Time: volume 1, Frogmore, St. Albans, Panther, 1974.

  • Bonnecarrere, Paul, Ultimatum, NY: Ballantine Books, 1976.

  • Beyond Control: seven stories of science fiction, ed. by Robert Silverberg, NY: Dell, 1974.

  • Edwards, Anne, The Survivors, NY: Dell, 1977.

  • Jakes, John, Brak the Barbarian, NY: Pocket Books, 1977.

  • Leiber, Fritz, The Wanderer, NY: Ballantine Books, 1976.

  • Leiber, Fritz, Our Lady of Darkness, NY: Berkley Medallion Books, 1978.



Box 14

(1) Books Not in Folders - Some with Turned-Down Pages
(2) Folders #143-152


  • Lee, Martin A., and Bruce Shlain, Acid Dreams: the CIA, LSD and the sixties rebellion, NY: Grove Press, [n.d.] [uncorrected proof copy]

  • Quincey, Thomas de, Theological Essays and Other Papers, vol. II, Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1860. [inscribed to WSB by Jonathan Robbins]

  • McLoughlon Bros., The Magic Mirror: an antique optical toy, NY: Dover, 1979. [inscribed to WSB by "Michael"]

  • Shem, Samuel, The House of God, NY: Dell, 1979. [includes a postcard to "Ohle's" from Belize inserted]

  • Forsyth, Frederick, The Fourth Protocol, NY: Bantam Books, 1985. [newspaper clipping about Belize inserted]

  • Peck, M. Scott, People of the Lie: the hope for healing human

  • Evil, NY: Simon & Schuster, 1985 [with inscription in WSB's hand: "thought you might enjoy this book, William"]

  • Williams, Tennessee,27 Wagons Full of Cotton: and other one- act plays, NY: New Directions, 1966.
  • Nolen, William A., The Making of a Surgeon, NY: Pocket Books, 1972.


  1. Cassette Tape by Grey Tissue
    C-90 audio cassette in a case. No writing on cassette, but there is a typed list of songs ("Processing song"... etc.) in the cassette case. With a letter, envelope, printed matter, and some notes by JWG (the latter probably not related to tape). Letter is from Gabe Konrad, a high school student, and discusses the tape. Date in postmark is illegible: [198-?]


  2. Correspondence Received and JWG's Notes, 1979-1980
    Correspondence received regarding editing of WSB's texts, JWG's notes, travel itineraries, lists of names, and other materials. Includes 2 sheets of contact prints of WSB in an envelope from Jerry Bauer, Rome. All in a red folder with WSB's note on it: "useable material for retyping".


  3. WSB Austin Honorary Citizens Decree
    Decree issued by City of Austin, TX, commissioning WSB as an honorary citizen, dated Nov. 10, 1976. In a grey presentation folder.


  4. Time Out, Oct. 1979
    Issue of London entertainment-listing magazine, no. 495, Oct. 12-18, 1979. In mailing envelope addressed to JWG.


  5. Student Papers, 1966-1973
    Group of pc ts and pc holog. student class papers on anthropology and literature, some dated, by different writers, some unattributed. Includes a group of pc holog. unattributed poems, some with orig. holog. overwriting where the pc is faint. In a manila envelope with "Bill" written on it, and some I Ching hexagrams.


  6. Straight Lines, 2, 1979
    Issue of English literary magazine, with work by Robert Coover, Seamus Heaney, Thom Gunn, and others. In 2 mailing envelopes addressed to WSB.


  7. WSB in Rocky Mountain News, 1979
    PC of pages from tabloid-size newspaper for Aug. 8, 1979, with an article by John Ashton, "The 'Orderly' life of William S. Burroughs". 3 copies of the same pages. Includes photo.


  8. WSB in En Attendant, 1979
    Copy of music tabloid magazine from Brussels, Belgium, no. 22, Nov. 1979, with an interview of WSB by Michel Duval. In French. Includes photo. In manila envelope addressed to WSB.


  9. The Harvard Crimson, 1979
    Pages and supplements from The Harvard Crimson, Feb.-May 1979. Includes 2 articles on the CIA by Trevor Barnes, and articles on The Ramones and Patti Smith by David A. deMilo. The article on Patti Smith includes a quote by WSB. In a mailing envelope from deMilo addressed to Allen Ginsberg.


  10. Drawing by Falk, 1976
    Matted drawing by "Falk", dated Nov. 12, 1976, and dedicated to WSB.



Box 15

Folder Number #153-171

  1. C.K. DeRugeris, Void Districkt, 1977
    60-sheet pc ts poetry ms, dated 8/4/77, with a note to WSB on first sheet. In mailing envelope.


  2. Stewart Meyer, The Criminal City
    Undated pc ts, 14 pgs., prose fiction somewhat in WSB's style.


  3. General Advice on Diet
    Undated 16-pg. pc ts on diet as "natural healing", by Dr. Timothy A. Binder.


  4. The Muse Concerts for a Non-Nuclear Future, 1979
    Program for a series of rock concerts to protest nuclear power, at Madison Square Garden, Sept. 19-23, 1979.


  5. F. Scott Fitzgerald, Stories in Redbook, 1934-1941
    Stories by Fitzgerald from several issues of Redbook, 1934-1941. Photocopies of the magazine's pages, with orig. holog. annotations in an unidentified hand.


  6. X Flyer, 1977
    Folded advertising flyer for first issue of a magazine called X, for Fall 1977. Issue was to include work by Timothy Leary, Henry Miller, Blaise Cendrars, Jack Micheline, and others.


  7. Kenneth Tynan, The Girl in the Black Helmet, 1979
    PC of an article in The New Yorker, June 11, 1979, about the movie actress Louise Brooks, whose career was in the 1920's and 1930's.


  8. Big K Fire, 1979
    Three articles from Lawrence, KS newspapers discussing a fire in a downtown building that destroyed several businesses, including a bar called Big K. In a manila envelope with JWG's note on it, "Big K Fire clippings".


  9. Black Hills Alliance, 1979
    Publications, printed matter, and a clipping from the Black Hills Alliance, South Dakota, an organization opposed to mining and nuclear energy activities in the Black Hills. In a manila envelope.


  10. Alfred Deitrich Kleyhauer III, Traveler
    Undated pc ts literary work, approx. 56 sheets


  11. Jerry Brown Clippings, 1979
    Group of newspaper clippings on Governor Jerry Brown (California), along with 2 pc of the same clippings. In a white folder with JWG's unrelated notes on it.


  12. Correspondence Received, 1979
    Correspondence received (addressed to WSB or JWG), JWG's office notes, clippings, printed matter and other material. Includes letters from Michel Gaboury, Mark Melnicove, Allen Ginsberg (brief note forwarding a submission request), Gerald Nicosia, and others. Names on notes include Patti Smith, Udo Breger, Howard Brookner, Gerard Malanga, Robert Rauschenberg, and others. In a manila envelope with "Letters answered" written on it in WSB's hand.


  13. Steve Brooks MS and Dechadenede Film
    Undated pc ts play by Steve Brooks, Stolen Wealth, 38 sheets. Also a small reel of 8mm film in a plastic case, and in an envelope with "Dechadenede" written on it. All material in a manila envelope with "Dechad Film, Steve Brooks Ms" written on it in JWG's hand.


  14. 1960 WSB Interview Transcript
    22-sheet pc ts transcript of a 1960 interview with WSB, and an account of how the interview came about. Interviewer is not identified, but the interview took place in London. JWG's note on ts says "rec'd 31 Aug 79 from [illegible word] Pennington/Aloes Books". In a manila envelope.


  15. Insurance Folder
    Empty manila folder with "Insurance" and other office notes written on it, in JWG's hand.


  16. Best of Grist, 1985
    Exchange of correspondence between Jim McCrary and JWG, 1984-1985, regarding an anthology of Gristmagazine, apparently to be edited by both. 2 letters in a manila folder with "Best of Grist" written on it in JWG's hand.


  17. Brian Cullman's Stephen Foster Project, 1984
    Correspondence contracts, proposals, and notes regarding a record and documentary film of performances by contemporary artists of Stephen Foster's songs. WSB was to be one of the artists performing. In a manila folder.


  18. MAC Formatting Experiments
    Computer printouts of fonts, forms, and other material, and JWG's notes. Ca. 1984. In a folder with "MAC: Formatting Experiments" written on it in JWG's hand.


    • 170A - Fotografie, 32/33, 1984
      Issue of German photography and art journal with an article by WSB, "Notizen zu Playback-Experimenten". Also an article by Udo Breger that includes references to, and photos of, WSB. Also material by Brion Gysin, Klaus Peter Dencker, Richard Hamilton, and others.


  19. American Photographer, Jan. 1984
    Issue of magazine; includes a story on Anne Leibowitz. Also a group of clippings from various Kansas newspapers and other sources, on bands, homosexuality, and other matters.



Box 16

(1)Books and Pamphlets Not in Folders
(2)Serials Not in Folders
(3)Folder #172-173


  • Shagan, Steve, The Circle, NY: Bantam Books, 1983.

  • Townsend, Larry, The Leatherman's handbook II, NY: Modernismo Publications, 1983

  • Hakim, Crowstone: the chronicle of Qamar, Amsterdam: Spartacus, 1983.

  • Blagg, Max, From Here to Maternity, London: Aloes Books, 1980.

  • Witting, Judith, Sun Roots, Oshkosh: The Wisconsin Review, 1976.

  • Ginsberg, Allen, Sad Dust Glories: poems during work summer in woods, Berkeley: The Workingman's Press, 1975.
  • Misson and Libertatia, retold by Larry Law, London: Spectacular Times, 1980.

  • Stern, Theresa, Wanna Go Out?, NY: Dot Books, 1973.

  • Delacorta, Diva, NY: Summit Books, 1983. [Delacorta is pseudonym of Daniel Odier, who edited WSB's The Job]

  • Mitton, Simon, The Crab Nebula, NY: Scribner's, 1979.

  • Rencontre Internationale de la Contre-Culture, [Paris]: Atelier d'Expression Multidisciplinaire, 1975. [program for an conference in which WSB participated, along with Charles Plymell, Ed Sanders, Claude Pelieu, Allen Ginsberg, Mary Beach, John Giorno, Anne Waldman, and many others]

  • Wurlitzer, Rudolph, Slow Fade, NY: Knopf, 1984. [uncorrected proof copy]

Serials Not in Folders
  • Gay Comix, no. 2, 1981.
  • Gay Comix, no. 3, 1982.
  • Unmuzzled Ox, vol. 2, no. 3, 1974.
  • Lowlands Review, vol. 2, 1976.
  • The Poem Company, phase 3, no. 2, [n.d.]
  • The Poem Company, phase 3, no. 6, [n.d.]
  • Some, 4, 1973.
  • New Letters, v. 40, no. 2, 1973.
  • Caterpillar, 17, 1971.
  • Mensuel 25, no. 5, 1977 [Belgium]


  1. Lemnacées
    Three publications on Lemnacées or Lemna minor:
    • Caldwell, Otis W.,On the life-history of Lemna minor, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1899.

    • Van Horen, Francois, Observations sur la physiologie des Lemnacées, Bruxelles: Societé Royale de Botanique de Belgigue, 1869.

    • Weddell, M. H.-A., Observations sur une espece nouvelle du genre Wolffia (Lemnacées), [Paris]: Annales des Sciences Naturelles, 1849.


  2. Printed Matter and Correspondence
    Small group of printed matter, brochures, correspondence received, and empty mailing envelopes. Includes printed matter from Art Metropole, L'Atelier de l'Agneau, The SubGenius Foundation, Gerard Malanga, and other sources. Found together loose in original box.



Box 17

Books Not in Folders

  • O'Hara, Frank, Odes, NY: Poet's Press, c1969.

  • Gray, Darrell, A Dog's Life: poems rural & domestic, Berkeley: Poltroon Modern Poets, c1978.

  • Plymell, Charles, Blue Orchid Numero Uno, NY: Telephone Book Press, c1975.

  • McCord, Howard, Gnomonology: a handbook of systems, Berkeley: Sand Dollar, 1971.

  • Moore, William, The Philadelphia Experiment, [S.1]: Grosset & Dunlap, [1979] [uncorrected proof copy]

  • Friedman, Ed, The Black Star Pilgrimage: the escape story, NY: Frontward Books, c1976.

  • Watson, Scott, Stories, Vancouver, B.C.: Talon Books, 1974.

  • Cannon, Orlan, Six Days From: toujours la truite, Charlottesville, VA: Alphaville Books, c1975.

  • Brownstein, Michael,Brainstorms: stories, Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, c1975. [inscribed by the author to "Bill"]

  • Levine, Faye, The Culture Barons, NY: Crowell, [n.d.] [dust jacket only]

  • Grauerholz, James, Rusty Jack, Cherry Valley, NY: Cherry Valley Editions, c1974. [cover by S. Clay Wilson]

  • Barthes, Roland, Alors la Chine?, Paris: C. Bourgois, 1975.

  • Dewdney, Christopher, Fovea Centralis, Toronto: The Coach House Press, 1975.

  • Gilfillan, Merrill, To Creature, Berkeley: Blue Wind Press, 1975.

  • Lentz, Jon Warren, Poems 1972-1974, Encinitas, CA: Instant Randomhouse Press, c1975. [inscribed by author to "Bill"]

  • Alkes, Joey, In the face of all that is apparent, Bowery: Black Ace, [1975?] [includes a note from the author to WSB, and a pc clipping of a review of the book]

  • Collom, Jack, Ice, Boulder, CO: Lodestar Press, c1974.

  • General Idea, Manipulating the Self, Toronto: The Coach House Press, c1971.

  • Nations, Opal L., Steady Jelly: 6 works, Newcastle Upon Tyne: Laundering Room Press, c1974.

  • Pelieu, Claude, Coca neon / Polaroidrainbow, translated by Mary Beach, Cherry Valley, NY: Cherry Valley Editions, 1975.

  • Malanga, Gerard, Prelude to International Velvet Debutante, Milwaukee, WI: Great Lakes Books, 1967.

  • Brodey, Jim, Blues of the Egyptian Kings (1962-1975), Bolinas, CA: Big Sky Books, c1975.

  • Song Books X, [S.1. : s.n., 1977?]

  • Beware 666 X Song Book, [S.1.: s.n., n.d.]

  • Lunch, Lydia, and Exene Cervenka, Adulterers Anonymous, NY: Grove Press, 1982.

  • Denby, Edwin, Snoring in New York, NY: Angel Hair Books/Adventures in poetry, c1974. [signed and lettered by author]


Serials Not in Folders
  • The Barataria review, v. 1, no. 1, 1974.

  • The Periodical lunch, no. 5, 1975. [includes work by Anselm Hollo and others]

  • Not guilty, v. 1, no. 1, 1975. [includes work by Anne Waldman, Michael McClure, Anselm Hollo, Kenneth Patchen, Tuli Kupferberg, and others]

  • Is, no. 11, 1972. [includes work by Opal L. Nations, and others]

  • Undine, no. 1, 1974. [Copy 309, inscribed to WSB] [includes work by John Tagliabue, Richard Kostelanetz, and others]

  • The Tenth Muse, Fall 1973.

  • Living Hand, no. 1, 1973.

  • Assassin, no. 3, 1977. [includes work by Bill Knott, Ira Cohen, Opal L. Nations, Claude Pelieu, and others]

  • Some, no. 5/6, 1975. [includes work by Bob Heman, Bill Knott, Gerard Malanga, Ken Saville, and others]

  • Penumbra, no. 12, 1973. [includes work by Paul Grillo, Bruce Andrews, and others]

  • Penumbra, no. 11, 1972. [includes work by Simon Perchik, John Giorno, Andrei Codrescu, Guy Beining, Richard Kostelanetz, and others]

  • Other Scenes, Spring 1974.

  • City, no. 2, 1974. [2 copies]



Box 18

Books Not in Folders

  • The Art of Maya Hieroglyphic Writing, [exhibition catalog; exhibition at the Center for Inter-American Relations, 1971]

  • New York - Downtown Manhattan: SoHo, Berlin: Akademie der Kunste, 1976. [exhibition catalog]

  • Jouffroy, Alain, La Seance est Ouverte, [S.1.]: Editions Etrangeres, c1974. [inscribed by author to WSB]

  • Trost, Lucille Wood, A Cycle of Seasons: the little brown bat, Reading, Mass.: Young Scott Books, c1971. [inscribed to "William" by "Steven"]

  • Fulcanelli, Master Alchemist, Le Mystère des Cathedrales, London: Neville Spearman, c1971.

  • Crowley, Aleister, The Book of the Law, [S.l: s.n., n.d.]

  • Seitz, Don C.,Under the Black Flag, NY: The Dial Press, 1925.

  • The Illustrated Presidential Report of the Commission on Obscenity and Pornography, San Diego, CA: Greenleaf Classics, c1970. [has a holog. note on first pg. in WSB's hand: "This copy given me by Terry Southern 1971, Source material for scrap books, William S. Burroughs, Feb. 2, 1974". Copy is missing some of its color plates.]

  • Kupferberg, Tuli, and Sylvia Topp, As They Were, NY: Links, c1973. [photos of famous people as children; does not include WSB.]

  • Tucholsky, Kurt, Deutschland, Deutschland Uber Alles, Amherst: The University of Massachusetts Press, 1972.

  • Blue Wind Press Newsletter[includes an announcement of WSB's The Book of Breeething]



Box 19

Books Not in Folders
(Mostly Science Fiction; Many with Page Corners Turned Down )


  • Mishlove, Jeffrey, The Roots of consciousness: psychic liberation through history, science and experience, NY/Berkeley: Random House/Booksworks 1975.

  • Cutler, Roland, The Firstborn, NY: Fawcett, c1978.

  • Chandler, Evan, Dying Light, NY: New American Library, 1979.

  • Conrad, Joseph, Under Western Eyes, NY: Doubleday, 1963.

  • Rossman, John F., The Door, NY: New American Library, 1975.

  • Dickson, Gordon R., Wolfling, NY: Dial, 1977.

  • Lauria, Frank, Communion, NY: Bantam Books, 1977.

  • Anne, David, Rabid, NY: Dell, 1978.

  • Smith, Wilbur, The Sunbird, NY: New American Library, 1974.

  • Ramsay, Jack, The Rage, NY: Ace Books, 1978.

  • Wetering, Janwillem van de, Outsider in Amsterdam, NY: Pocket Books, 1978.

  • Cunningham, Jere, The Visitor, NY: Berkley, 1979.

  • Walton, Travis, The Walton Experience, NY: Berkeley, 1978.

  • Wilson, Colin, The Space Vampires, NY: Pocket Books, 1977.

  • Collins, Charles M., ed., Harvest of Fear, NY: Avon, 1975.

  • Wernick, Saul, Cain's Touch, NY: Dell, 1978.

  • Clark, Mary Higgins, Where are All the Children?, NY: Dell, 1976.

  • Delany, Samuel R., Nova, NY: Bantam Books, 1969.

  • Hillerman, Tony, The Blessing Way, NY: Avon, 1978.

  • Lieberman, Herbert, Crawlspace, NY: Pocket Books, 1977.

  • Masterton, Graham, Charnel house, Los Angeles: Pinnacle Books, 1978.



Box 20

Books Not in Folders
(Science Fiction and Others; Some with Page Corners Turned Down)


  • Conrad, Joseph, Lord Jim: a tale, London: Pan Books, 1978.

  • Foster, Alan Dean, Orphan Star, NY: Ballantine Books, 1977.

  • Durrell, Gerald, The Whispering Land, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1975.

  • Petronium, The Satyricon, translated, with an introduction, by William Arrowsmith, NY: New American Library, c1959.

  • Conway, David, Magic: an occult primer, NY: Bantam Press, 1973.

  • Dalton, David, James Dean: the mutant king, NY: Dell, 1975. [inscribed to WSB by the author]

  • Masterton, Graham, The Manitou, NY: Pinnacle Books, 1976.

  • Stickgold, Bob, and Mark Noble, Glory Hits, NY: Ballantine Books, 1978.

  • Rosenblum, Robert, The Mushroom Cave, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1976.

  • Chandler, Raymond, The Long Goodbye, NY: Ballantine Books, 1973.

  • Anson, Jay,The Amityville Horror, NY: Bantam Books, 1978.

  • Sartre, Jean-Paul , Nausea, translated ... by Lloyd Alexander, NY: New Directions, c1964.

  • Menegas, Peter, The Nature of the Beast, NY: Bantam Books, 1975.

  • Wambaugh, Joseph, The Blue Knight, NY: Dell, 1976.

  • Himmel, Richard, The Twenty-Third Web, NY: Ballantine Books, 1978.

  • Packer, Bernard, Caro, NY: Avon, 1976.

  • Brady, Ryder, Instar, NY: Ballantine Books, 1977.

  • Masterton, Graham, Plague, NY: Ace Books, 1978.

  • Goldstein, Martin, and Erwin J. Haeberle, The Sex Book, NY: Bantam Books, 1973.

  • Amare, Rothayne, The Visitation, Canoga Park, Calif.: Major Books, c1977.

  • Lauria, Frank,Doctor Orient, NY: Bantam Books, 1974.

  • Gide, Andre, Strait is the Gate, NY: Vintage Books, c1952.

  • McCarry, Charles, The Tears of Autumn, Greenwich, CT: Fawcett, 1976.

  • Burns, John Horne,The Gallery, NY: Avon, 1977.



Box 21

Books Not in Folders
(Many Are Science Fiction; Some Have Page Corners Turned Down or Marginal Markings)


  • Crichton, Michael, The Terminal Man, NY: Bantam Books, 1973.
  • Benchley, Peter, The Deep, NY: Bantam Books, 1977.
  • Castaneda, Carlos, The Teachings of Don Juan, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1972.
  • Sutton, Henry, The Sacrifice, NY: Charter, 1978.
  • Cook, Robin, Coma, NY: New American Library, 1977.
  • Levin, Ira,The Boys from Brazil, NY: Dell, 1977.
  • Glob, P. V., The Bog People: Iron Age man preserved, NY: Ballantine Books, 1975.
  • Ross, Ian, Amazons, NY: New American Library, 1976.
  • Trevor, Elleston, The Theta Syndrome, NY: Fawcett, c1977.
  • Nashe, Thomas, The Unfortunate traveller: and other works, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1972.
  • James, M. R., Ghost Stories of An Antiquary, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1975.
  • Rosenblum, Robert, The Mushroom Cave, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1976.
  • Lawrence, Jodi, Alpha Brain Waves, NY: Avon, 1972.
  • Ruskin, Ronald, The Last Panic, NY: Bantam Books, 1979.
  • Gunn, James E., The Burning, NY: Dell, 1972.
  • Luckless, John, [Clifford Irving & Herbert Burkholz], The Death Freak, NY: Ballantine Books, 1979.
  • Fuller, John G., The Interrupted Journey, NY: Berkley, 1974.
  • Dane, Christopher, Psychic Travel, NY: Popular Library, c1974.
  • Cormier, Robert, I am the Cheese, NY: Dell, 1978. [on inside front cover: "William S. Burroughs, Sr."]
  • Trevor, William, The Children of Dynmouth, NY: Pocket Books, 1978.
  • Lauria, Frank, The Seth Papers, NY: Ballantine Books, 1979.
  • McCarry, Charles, The Secret Lovers, London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1978.
  • Picano, Felice, Smart as the Devil, NY: Dell, 1978.
  • Hurwood, Bernard J., Kingdom of the Spiders, London: Granada, 1978.
  • Hodgson, William Hope, The House on the Borderland, NY: Freeway Press, 1974.
  • Hinkemeyer, Michael T., Sea Cliff, NY: Pocket Books, 1979.



Box 22

Books Not in Folders

  • One-eighty-five, edited by Alix, San Francisco, CA: Mongrel Press, c1973. [inscribed by editor to WSB]
  • Takahashi, Mutsuo, A Bunch of Keys, Trumansburg, NY: The Crossing Press, c1984.
  • Pancake, Bruce D'J, The Stories, NY: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1984.
  • Sloane, Eric, Diary of an Early American Boy, NY: Ballantine Books, 1974.
  • Nuttall, Jeff, What happened to Jackson, London: Aloes Books, 1978.
  • Whitmore, George, Confessions of Danny Slocum: or gay life in the big city, NY: St. Martins Press, c1980.
  • Welch, Denton, A Voice Through a Cloud, NY: Dutton, c1966.
  • Welch, Denton, Maiden Voyage, NY: Dutton, c1968.
  • Armstrong, Hart, The Beast, Kansas City, MO: Defenders of the Christian Faith, c1967.
  • Clar, Tom, Ron Padgett, Ted Berrigan,Back in Boston again, NY: Telephone Books, c1972. [inscribed to WSB by Ted Berrigan]
  • Spicer, Jack, After Lorca, [S.l: s.n.], 1974.
  • Eaton, Manford L., Bio-music, Barton, VT: Something Else Press, 1974.
  • Winslow, Pete, A Daisy in the Memory of a Shark, San Francisco: City Lights Books, 1973.
  • Miller, Henry, On Turning Eighty; journey to an antigue land, Santa Barbara: Capra Press, 1972.
  • Ondaatje, Michael, The Collected Works of Billy the Kid, NY: Norton, 1974. [inscribed to WSB by the author]

Serials Not in Folders
  • The Paris review, no. 57, 1974.
  • The Unspeakable Visions of the Individual, v. 10, 1980. [includes work by Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, Gregory Corso, Philip Whalen, and others]
  • Blanco, no. 2-3, 1980. [includes work by Ray Johnson, Severo Sarduy, and others]
  • Neurotica, no. 5, 1949. [includes work by Marshall McLuhan and others]
  • CoEvolution quarterly, no. 25, 1980.



Box 23

Books Not in Folders

  • Dawson, Fielding, An Emotional memoir of Franz Kline, NY: Pantheon Books, c1967. [signed by author]

  • Micheline, Jack, North of Manhattan: collected poems, ballads and songs,1954-1975, South San Francisco: ManRoot, c1976. [inscribed to "Bill and James" by the author]

  • Zinsser, David L., Then When, Cambridge, Mass.: Brahman Publishing Co., c1974. [inscribed to JWG by the author]

  • Coleman, Victor, America, Toronto: Coach House Press, 1972.

  • Vanier, Denis, Lesbiennes d'acid, Ottawa: Partis Pris, 1972. [inscribed to WSB by Allen [Ginsberg]]

  • Homage to Frank O'Hara, ed. by Bill Berkson & Joe LeSueur, Bolinas, CA: Big Sky, c1978. [Big Sky, 11/12] [includes work by Anne Waldman, Ted Berrigan, Philip Whalen, Terry Southern, Allen Ginsberg, Gerard Malanga, and many others]

  • McElroy, Joseph, Lookout Cartridge, NY: Knopf, 1974. [unbound signatures in dust wrapper]

  • Messagier, Matthieu, Vic et Eance, Paris: Bourgois, c1978.

  • McMillan, Priscilla Johnson, Marina and Lee, NY: Harper & Row, c1977.

  • Taylor, Norman, Narcotics: nature's dangerous gifts, NY: Delta, c1963.

  • Nuttall, Jeff, Snipe's Spinster, London: Calder and Boyars, 1975.

  • Thompson, Earl, The Devil to Pay, NY: New American Library, 1981. [includes a long inscription to JWG from his father, and 5 color snapshots of or by JWG's father inserted, all dated Nov. 1984]

  • Barker, Ronnie, Fletcher's Book of Rhyming Slang, London: Pan Books, 1979. [inscribed to "Bill" from ["Miles"?]]



Box 24

Books Not in Folders

  • Welch, Denton, The Journals of Denton Welch, edited by Michael De-la-Noy, NY: Dutton, 1984.
  • Mack, Stan, Stan Mack's Out-Takes, Woodstock, NY: The Overlook Press, 1984. [note to "Jamie" from "Ira" inserted]
  • Gildzen, Alex, The Avalanche of Time: selected poems 1964-1984, Berkeley, CA: North Atlantic Books, c1985. [note in JWG's hand inserted with Gildzen's address on it]
  • Ginsberg, Allen, As Ever: the collected correspondence of Allen
  • Ginsberg & Neal Cassady, Berkeley, CA: Creative Arts Book Co., c1977. [inscribed, with a note, to WSB by Ginsberg]
  • Muller, Friedrich, Taschenbuch der Medizinisch-Klinischen
  • Diagnostik, Munchen: Bergman, 1938.
  • Whale Sound: an anthology of poems about whales and dolphins, edited by Greg Gatenby, North Vancouver: J. J. Douglas, 1978. [signed by editor]
  • Jay, Ricky, Cards as Weapons, NY: Darien House, 1977.
  • American Poetry Archive & Resource Center, The Videotape collection of the poetry center at San Francisco State University, first series, 1975, San Francisco, c1975.
  • Simone 0, Rosy belligerents, [S.1]: Poltroon, c1983. [inscribed to WSB by the author]
  • Breger, Udo,Tiara to Artist of Polish Descent, Goteborg- Stockholm: Blue Sweat Press, c1976. [inscribed to WSB by the author]
  • Kamenszain, Tamara, De este lado del Mediterráneo, Buenos Aires: Ediciones Noé, 1973. [inscribed to WSB by the author]
  • Pelieu, Claude Amphetamin Cowboy, [Gottingen?]: Expanded Media Editions, 1976. [inscribed to JWG by "Chano Pozo" [Pelieu?]]
  • Miller, Henry, Opus pistorum, NY: Grove Press, 1983.
  • Ginsberg, Allen, Morning in spring and other poems, NY: Morrow, 1970. [inscribed to WSB by the author]
  • Spears, Andre, Xo: a tale for the new Atlantis, NY: Pangaea Press, c1983. [inscribed to WSB by the author; and a letter from the author to JWG is inserted]

Serials Not in Folders
  • Revista chicano-riqueña, v. 4, no. 3, 1976. [includes work by Miguel Algarín, and others]
  • The Paris Review, v. 23, no. 79, 1981. [double 25th anniversary issue]
  • Ins and Outs, no. 4/5, 1980. [includes work by Paul Bowles, Gregory Corso, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Jan Kerouac, Charles Henri Ford, Gerard Malanga, Ira Cohen, and others]
  • Talk talk, v. 2, no. 1, 1980. [music fanzine]
  • Talk talk, v. 2, no. 12, 1980. [includes an interview with WSB and Allen Ginsberg]



Box 25

Books Not in Folders

  • Porter, D. H., Baggage, Toronto: Coach House Press, 1974. [2 copies]
  • Acker, Kathy, Great Expectations, NY: Grove Press, c1982. [advance galley copy, with 2 letters from publisher requesting a blurb from WSB]
  • Prairie Fire: the politics of revolutionary anti-imperialism, the political statement of the Weather Underground, San Francisco: Communications Co., 1974.
  • Shelton, Gilbert, Wonder Wart-Hog and the Nurds of November, San Francisco: Rip Off Press, 1980.
  • Valaoritis, Nanos, Hired Hieroglyphs: poems and collages, Santa Cruz, CA: Kayak Books, c1971. [inscribed to WSB by the author]
  • Minkoff, Gerald, Alias, Geneve: Ecart Publications, 1973. [Double sphinx serie, 4] [initialed by the author]
  • Ginsberg, Allen, Allen Verbatim: lectures on poetry, politics, consciousness, edited by Gordon Ball, NY: McGraw-Hill, c1974. [inscribed to WSB by both the author and the editor, with short notes]
  • Ballard, J. G., The Best Short Stories of J. G. Ballard, NY: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, c1978. [uncorrected proof; 2 copies]
  • Ashbery, John, As We Know, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1979. [inscribed to JWG by the author]
  • Morgan, Ted, On Becoming American, Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1978. [uncorrected page proof copy; with publisher's flyer inserted]
  • Beltrametti, Franco, ed., La Poesia è un luogo, Amsterdam: One World Poetry, 1978. [includes work by, or documentation on, Beltrametti, Udo Breger, Lewis MacAdams, Steve Lacy, and others]
  • Ackroyd, Peter, Dressing up: transvestism and drag, the history of an obsession, NY: Simon and Schuster, c1979.
  • Kampen, Michael Edwin, The Sculptures of El Tajín, Veracruz, Mexico, Gainesville: University of Florida Press, 1972.
  • Volume: international discography of the new wave, NY: One Ten Records, c1980.
  • Ironstone, John,To be Gay, Santel, CA: The Blueboy Library, c1977.
  • Galouye, Daniel F., Simulacron-3, NY: Bantam Books, 1964.
Serials Not in Folders
  • White Mule: a poetry journal, [unnumbered], c1976.
  • New Letters, v. 51, no. 3, 1985.
  • Paris/Atlantic, no. 2, 1983. [a flyer and a note inserted, requesting a submission from WSB]
  • Heavy metal, v. 5, no. 3, 1981. [includes a brief review of WSB's Cities of the Red Night. 2 copies]
  • High times, v. 66, Feb. 1981. [includes an interview with WSB and Terry Southern discussing drugs, drug culture, film- making, and other matters]



Box 26

Books Not in Folders

  • White, Edmund A Boy's Own Story, NY: Dutton, [n.d.] [dust jacket only, with a card from William Grant Whitehead]

  • Jones, Sara, Death by Misadventure: a dream of Brian Jones, c1977. [signed by author]

  • Thomas, Tracy, and Walt Bodine, Right Here in River City: a portrait of Kansas City, NY:Doubleday, 1975. [uncorrected proof copy]

  • Harrison, Hank, The Dead Book: a social history of the Grateful Dead, NY: Links, c1973. [includes accompanying soundsheet of Neal Cassady's "Raps"]

  • Zinan, Larry, mEYEnd, Los Angeles: Brytryt Press, c1977. [in mailing envelope]

  • The American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, 1985-1986, NY: [ca. 1985] [list of members, including WSB]

  • Reich, Wilhelm,The Impulsive Character and Other Writings, NY: New American Library, 1974.

  • Pritchard, A.,Death's Tit, c1973. [newspaper clipping on whales inserted]

  • Bulteau, Michel, Des siècles de folie dans les calèches étroites, Paris: Pierre Belfond, c1976.

  • Goytisolo, Juan, Juan the landless, NY: Viking, 1977.

  • Rechy, John, The Sexual outlaw: a documentary, NY: Grove Press, 1977. [uncorrected proof copy]

  • Dorn, Edward, Some Business Recently Transacted in the White World, West Newbury, Mass.: Frontier Press, 1971.

  • Faussot, Jean-Jacques, Les Epaules lacrymales, Paris: Seghers, c1975.

  • Kenyon, Marrie, A Walking Tour of the Village, NY: M. Kenyon, c1974.

  • Blending Into the Life: an oral history, [NY]: Community Documentation Workshop, c1976.

  • Fisher, Minnie, Born One Year Before the 20th Century, [NY]: Community Documentation Workshop, c1976.

  • Sanders, Ed, Poem from Jail, San Francisco: City Lights Books, c1963. [4th printing]

  • Strong, Jonathan, Tike: and 5 stories, NY: Avon, 1970.

  • Garwood, Darrell, Under Cover: thirty-five years of CIA deception, NY: Grove Press, 1985. [publisher's flyer inserted]


Serials Not in Folder
  • Scree, no. 6, 1976. [includes work by Karl Kempton, Guy R. Beining, and others]

  • The Spirit that moves us, v. 2, no. 1, 1976. [includes work by Guy R. Beining, Richard Kostelanetz, Clayton Eshleman, and others]

  • Abracadabra, no. 2, 1977. [includes work by Steve Lacy, Anne Waldman, Julien Blaine, Ulises Carrion, Carl Weissner, John Giorno, Franco Beltrametti, Clemente Padín, and others]



Box 27

Folder Number #174-177

  1. Emmett Grogan, Final Score, 1976
    500-pg. pc ts of a novel by Grogan, with pc holog. editing. Novel was published by Holt, Rinehart and Winston in 1976. Title page has an adhesive label on it from the Hy Cohen Literary Agency. In 2 cardboard boxes, the outer one with JWG's note on it, "Final Score, (Grogan), Ms."


  2. William S. Burroughs, Jr., Kentucky Ham, 1984
    Galleys of WSB, Jr.'s book (NY: Overlook Press, 1984), bound in plain paper and tape. Letter inserted from "Ira" on Overlook Press stationary, to JWG ("Jamie") presenting book, dated 12 October 1984.


  3. Junky Galley, 1977
    Galley copy of WSB's Junky, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1977. On cover: "Galley no. 61". In a manila envelope with "Junky Galleys" written on it in JWG's hand.


  4. Cobble Stone Gardens, 1976
    Hardbound copy of WSB's Cobble Stone Gardens, Cherry Valley, NY: Cherry Valley Editions, c1976. Signed by WSB on title page.



Box 28

Books by WSB Not in Folders

  • Cities of the Red Night, NY: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1982. [An Owl book]

  • Early Routines, Santa Barbara, CA: Cadmus Editions, c1982.

  • The Book of Breeething, Berkeley, CA: Blue Wind Press, 1975. [hard cover ed.]

  • The Book of Breeething, Berkeley, CA: Blue Wind Press, 1975. [soft cover ed.]

  • [Nova Express] [Japanese language ed.], Tokyo: Tuttle-Mori, Inc., 1978.

  • [The Ticket that Exploded] [Japanese language ed.], Tokyo: Tuttle-Mori, Inc., c1979.

  • A Decade and Then Some, ed. Allen De Loach, Buffalo, NY: Intrepid, 1976. [Intrepid 25-35] [includes WSB's "CCNY lecture #11 - 'Writing as a magical operation'", and pieces by JWG and many others]

  • Exterminator!, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1981.

  • Exterminator!, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1985.

  • Roosevelt After Inauguration, San Francisco: City Lights Books, c1979.

  • New writing and writers, 16, London: John Calder, 1979. [softbound ed.; includes note on half-title page in JWG's hand, "10 Feb 79"] [includes "Cobble stone gardens" by WSB]

  • New writing and writers, 16, London: John Calder, 1979. [hardbound ed.; includes "Cobble stone gardens" by WSB]

  • Blade Runner (a movie), Berkeley, CA: Blue Wind Press, 1979. [hardbound ed.]

  • Blade Runner (a movie), Berkeley, CA: Blue Wind Press, 1979. [softbound ed.]

  • Zwischen Mitternacht und Morgen: ein Traumtagebuch mit dem Traum con Tibet von Allen Ginsberg, Basel: Sphinx Verlag, 1980. [German translation of The Retreat diaries]

  • Ali's Smile, Naked Scientology, Bonn: Expanded Media Editions, 1978. [text in German and English]

  • William S. Burroughs, Jr., Kentucky Ham, Woodstock, NY: The Overlook Press, 1984.



Box 29

Books by WSB Not in Folders

  • WSB & Brion Gysin, The Third Mind, New York: The Viking Press, 1978. [A Seaver book]

  • WSB & Brion Gysin, The Third Mind, New York: The Viking Press, 1978. [A Seaver book] [inscribed by both WSB and Gysin to each other]

  • WSB & Brion Gysin, The Third mind, London: John Calder, 1979.

  • El Almuerzo desnudo, Barcelona: Bruguera, 1980. [Club Bruguera, 22] [Spanish translation of Naked Lunch]

  • Dead roads: roman, München: Goldmann Verlag, 1985. [German translation of The Place of Dead Roads]

  • The Place of Dead Roads, London, John Calder, 1984. [paperbounded.]

  • The Place of Dead Roads, London: John Calder, 1984. [paperbounded.] [note from Michael Sissons to Peter Matson, dated 11 June 1985 inserted, accompanying 4 copies of this ed. from the publisher]

  • The Place of Dead Roads, New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1985. [An Owl book]

  • The Ticket that exploded, London: John Calder, 1985. 2nd ed.

  • Bockris, Victor, Con Burroughs: conversazioni inedite 1974- 1979, Roma: Arcana Editrice, 1979. [Situazioni, 44] [Italian translation of With William Burroughs]

  • Mottram, Eric, & WSB, Snack, London: Aloes Books, 1975. [on cover: "Two tape transcripts"]

  • Port of Saints, Berkeley: Blue Wind Press, 1980.


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