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William S. Burroughs, City College of New York lecture, February 22, 1974

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Resource type	Sound
Creator	Burroughs, William S., 1914-1997
Description	Side B: Recording is inaccessible
Contributor	Seaton, Peter
Subject	Brain damage Universities and colleges--New York--Book lists College students--New York--Books and reading Universities and colleges--New York--Book selection City University of New York. City College--Lectures Crichton, Michael, 1942-2008--The Terminal Man Burroughs, William S., 1914-1997 Mental illness in literature Drug addiction
Rights statement	Copyright Not Evaluated
Language	eng
Date created	February 22, 1974
Last modified	March 12, 2024
Identifier	SPEC_RARE_CMS_87_audiofile_09
Summary	In 1974, William S. Burroughs taught a course on creative writing at City College of New York (CCNY). Side A: In this lecture, dated February, 22, 1974, Burroughs addresses the reading list of the semester and discusses the course's theme of authorship. He reads selctions from the course list, such as the passage from Michael Crichton's "The Terminal Man," among others. These passages detail themes such as mental illness and brain damage.
Source Collection	William S. Burroughs Papers
Collection identifier	SPEC.RARE.CMS.0087
Repository	Ohio State University. Libraries. Rare Books and Manuscripts Library
Alternative title	Tape D
File Format	text/xml image/jpeg audio/x-wave audio/mpeg
Access rights	Users may access the recordings on site in an Ohio State University Libraries’ reading room.
Related finding aid	https://library.osu.edu/collections/SPEC.RARE.CMS.0087/
Rights note	This item, made available for research and educational purposes, may be protected by copyright; the user is responsible for making a final determination of copyright status.
Medium	Audio cassette
Source	Item digitized from Box 58, William S. Burroughs Papers (WSB97), Rare Books and Manuscripts Library, The Ohio State University Libraries
Permanent link	https://hdl.handle.net/1811/e39667ee-21b1-4364-8a5a-491ada512708
Provenance	According to James W. Grauerholz, executor of William S. Burroughs' estate, the audio was recorded and previously owned by Peter Seaton.
Time period (Topic)	1970s (1970-1979)
Genre	lectures sound recordings
Extent	00:59:07 [Side A]

Credit line: William S. Burroughs Papers, The Ohio State University, Rare Books and Manuscripts Library

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Title	Date Uploaded	Visibility
Asset Front	2018-12-31	Public
Box Side	2018-12-31	Public
Tape Back	2018-12-31	Public