2018-03-28 Preliminary Inventory of the William S. Burroughs Papers, 1849-1995, bulk 1970-1986 SPEC.RARE.CMS.0090 Finding aid prepared by Courtney Bishop; Sierra McGee Ohio State University Libraries Special Collections

1858 Neil Avenue Columbus, OH, 43210

2018 March; 2025 December This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2026-01-06T09:18-0500 English Describing Archives: A Content Standard William S. Burroughs Papers SPEC.RARE.CMS.0090 Ohio State University Libraries Special Collections 14.22 Cubic feet Bulk, 1970-1986 1849-1995 William S. Burroughs (1914-1997) was an American novelist, short story writer, essayist, painter, and spoken word performer. The William S. Burroughs Papers contains books, serials, and other publications as well as correspondence and notes. Materials date from 1849-1995, with the bulk of materials dating from 1970-1986. (22) 5” legal document boxes; (8) 5” letter document boxes; (1) letter file folder English, German Burroughs, William S., 1914-1997 Arrangement of Materials

This collection is unprocessed. Materials are arranged in the order received. In some boxes, contents are in numbered folders (researchers should note that folder numbering continues in sequential order from one box to the next, including bypassing some boxes); boxes without numbered folders generally contain printed books and other literature.

Acquisitions Information

Donated by Berry Miles, 1994; Donated by the Estate of William S. Burroughs, 1998; Accession No. RARE.2025.0190: Purchased, 2018 April; some accessions are unknown.

Preferred Citation

[identification of item], William S. Burroughs Papers, SPEC.RARE.CMS.0090, Rare Books and Manuscripts Library, Ohio State University

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Contains an audiocassette and magnetic tape.

Access to Materials

Audio/visual materials and computer media may need a use copy produced before access is allowed. The remainder of this collection is available for patron research, but may be used only in the Thompson Library Special Collections reading room.

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Processing Information

This collection is unprocessed; finding aid written by: Courtney Bishop, 2018 March; Sierra McGee, 2025 December.

Biographical Note

William S. Burroughs (1914-1997) was an American novelist, short story writer, essayist, painter, and spoken word performer. A primary figure of the Beat Generation and a postmodernist author, Burroughs wrote eighteen novels and novellas, six collections of short stories, and four collections of essays.

Scope and Contents

The William S. Burroughs Papers contains books, serials, and other publications as well as correspondence and notes. Also in the collection are photographs and Burroughs’ military documents. Materials date from 1849-1995, with the bulk of materials dating from 1970-1986.

Related Materials

Materials that form the William S. Burroughs have been recieved by the Rare Books and Manuscripts Library in multiple accruals over an extended period of time. Most of these collections are currently unprocessed; researchers may need to consult multiple Burroughs collections to find all materials in scope for a particular topic.

SPEC.RARE.CMS.0016 The William S. Burroughs Papers, manuscripts for The Marijuana Newsletter and Fuck You: A Magazine for the Arts SPEC.RARE.CMS.0040 William S. Burroughs Papers SPEC.RARE.CMS.0085 Collection of manuscripts for Naked Lunch, The Soft Machine, Nova Express, The Ticket That Exploded, and Exterminator! SPEC.RARE.CMS.0087 William S. Burroughs Papers SPEC.RARE.CMS.0092 Jennie Skerl Research on William S. Burroughs, Brion Gysin, and William Burroughs, Jr. SPEC.RARE.0020 John M. Bennett and Geoff Smith Edits of William S. Burroughs’ Revised Boy Scout Manual Burroughs, William S., 1914-1997 Grauerholz, James Authors, American--20th century Avant-garde (Aesthetics)--20th century Books Correspondence Editors--20th century Gay culture in literature--20th century Notes (documents) Serials (publications) Mitchell (John) and Vincent Trasov "The Rise and Fall of the Peanut Party;" "The Rise and Fall of the Peanut Party: journal, twenty days in November, Vancouver: Air" 1 1 1976 Capalula "Capalula, Theory;" "Theory: 140 statements" 1 2 1979 "Blanco" journal 1 3 1979 Fall "Sphinx Magazine" magazine 1 4 1979 "New Edinburgh Review" journal 1 5 1979 Summer "La Bañera" magazine 1 6 1979 "Bananas" magazine 1 7 1979 "Dim Lake" book of poems and drawings 1 8 1975 Scope and Contents note

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

"Metal Hurlant" magazine 1 9 1977 Correspondence 1 10 1979-1981 Scope and Contents note

Correspondence between Graham Hodges, William S. Burroughs, and James W. Grauerholz regarding William S. Burroughs' participating in the New School's Conversations with Writers series, in which Burroughs took part in February 1981. Also includes flyers and Grauerholz's notes.

"9:30 Club" Washington, D.C. appearances notes 1 11 1981 "P.S. 1" appearances notes 1 12 1981 Rutgers University appearances notes 1 13 circa 1981 Bloomington, Indiana appearances notes 1 14 circa 1981 Indianapolis, Indiana appearances notes 1 15 circa 1981 Minneapolis, Minnesota appearances notes 1 16 circa 1981 Madison, Wisconsin appearances notes 1 17 circa1981 Chicago, Illinois appearances notes 1 18 circa 1981 Saint Louis, Missouri appearances notes 1 19 circa 1981 Museum of Modern Art New York City, New York appearances notes 1 20 circa 1981 Santa Cruz, California appearances notes 1 21 circa1981 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada appearances notes 1 22 circa 1981 Toronto, Ontario, Canada appearances notes 1 23 circa 1981 Grauerholz (James W.) notes 2 24 circa 1981 Grauerholz (James W.) correspondence 2 25 1981 Grauerholz (James W.) office notes 2 26 1980 "Quantrell's Raid" pamphlet 2 27 undated Skerl (Jennie) manuscripts 2 28 undated Correspondence 2 29 1980-1981 Grauerholz (James W.) office notes and correspondence; George Whitmore "Interview with William S. Burroughs" manuscript edits 2 30 1980-1981 "Esquire" magazine 2 31 1981 April Grauerholz (James W.) office notes and correspondence 2 32 1980-1981 Grauerholz (James W.) office notes and correspondence 2 33 1980-1981 Vancouver and Seattle appearances notes 2 34 circa 1980 "Montreal" empty folder 2 35 undated Grauerholz (James W.) office notes and correspondence 3 36 1980-1981 "Newcomers" no. 7 magazine 3 37 1981 "T-Gasm" promotional material 3 38 1980 Correspondence 3 39 1979-1980 Correspondence 3 40 1979 Correspondence 3 41 1979 Stweart (Peter) correspondence 3 42 1979 August "City Paper" Baltimore newspaper vol. 3, no. 57 3 43 1979 "Machete" newsprint publication 3 44 1980 Ginsberg (Allen) "Punk rock your my big crybaby" broadside 3 45 circa 1980 "Magazine Litteraire" no. 57 3 46 1980 February "Das Merkheft" no. 41 magazine 3 47 circa 1979 "Machete" no. 12 newsprint publication 3 48 1979 "Wm. S. Burroughs' Naked Lunch" drawing 3 49 undated "Machete" no. 11 4 50 1979 Ginsberg (Allen) poetry reading itineraries 4 51 1972-1973 "Invisible City" no. 21-22 magazine 4 52 1977 "Invisible City" no. 23-25 magazine 4 53 1979 Grauerholz (James W.) notes 4 54 1979 Torregian (Sotere) "Amtrak Trek" book of poetry 4 55 circa 1979 "Wm. on Mars" Mars clippings 4 56 undated Miller (J. Kit) "Gods Bodyguards" 4 57 1979 Jones (Rufus) "Jomar" prospectus and sample of science fiction novel 4 58 undated Announcements; "The Poetry Project" no. 39 newsletter; "The poetry Project mailing list" 4 59 1976 "The City Moon" vol. 10, no. 1 magazine 4 60 1976 "The City Moon" vol. 10, no. 1 magazine; "Denver Post" clippings; "The Poetry Project" no. 57 newsletter 4 61 1976-1978 Gay Rights clippings 4 62 1977-1979 Display books receipt for University of Kansas 4 63 1984 "Gay Sunshine" no. 21 4 64 1974 Grauerholz (James W.) notes 5 65 circa 1985 "The Cat Inside" correspondence 5 66 1986 "The Cat Inside" long galleys 5 67 undated "The Cat Inside" final draft 5 68 1986 "The Cat Inside" draft 5 69 1986 February "The Cat Inside" pages 5 70 1986 March "The Cat Inside" first draft 5 71 undated "The Cat" book draft 5 72 1984 August 8 "The Cat Book" correspondence 5 73 1985 "The Cat Inside" manuscript 5 74 1985 November "The Cat Inside" added pages 5 75 1985 October "The Cat Inside" William S. Burroughs draft 5 76 1985 August "The Cat Inside" edits 5 77 1985 July "The Cat Inside" second draft 5 78 1985 June "The Cat Inside" draft 5 79 1985 June "The Cat Inside" drafts 5 80 1985 June 6 "The Cat Inside" correspondence 5 81 1985 April Frajndlich (Abe) "Lives I've Never Lived" book of photographs 6 82 1983 "Naked Lunch" numbering sheets 6 83 undated Grauerholz (James W.) correspondence; publications 6 84 1983-1984 "Gateavisa" no. 2, 7 magazine 7 85 1983 December, 1984 February "The New York Review of Books" vol. 31, no. 8 7 86 1984 May 10 "Creem" vol. 2, no. 17-18 7 87 1970 "Vanity Fair" vol. 47, no. 4 7 88 1984 April "Independent Publications" flyers 7 89 1984 Debout (Simone) "Jusqu'au Silence" article 7 90 1984 Dunbar (Ian) "Report" article 7 91 1983 Saunders (Jack) "See See Writer, Open Letter" and "Outfit Art" pamphlets 7 92 1984 "Alternative Media" vol. 14, no. 2 magazine 7 93 1983 Spring Cleveland, Ohio and Kent, Ohio appearances clippings 7 94 1984 May "The James White Review: a gay men's literary quarterly" vol. 1, no. 3 tabloid 7 95 1984 Spring "On location: the film & videotape production magazine" and "The Saxitone Catalog" publications 7 96 1984 Herman (Jan) "Burroughs: literary saint and sinner" article 7 97 1984 March 25 Gildzen (Alex) broadside; Open Theater Conference program 7 98 1983 "Hommage a William Burroughs" poster copies 7 99 1984 Grauerholz (James W.) correspondence 7 100 1984 "National Museum of Transport" brochures, newsletters, and catalog 7 101 1984 "Profils" no. 1 "Samourai" no. 18; "Gaihebdopied" no. 113 magazines 7 102 circa 1984 Huckabee (Tom) correspondence 8 103 1984 March 12 Green (Theo) "Inkblot" publications 8 104 1984 "On Film" no. 11 magazine 8 105 1983 Herman (Jan) "William Burroughs and the Power of Dreams" no. 210 article 8 106 1984 March 21-27 Gatien (Peter) Limelight press kit 8 107 1984 "Sylvester & Orphanos" catalog 8 108 1983 Grauerholz (James W.) Ira Silverberg and correspondence 8 109 1984 Ruas (Charles) interview drats 8 110 1984 "Word of Mouth" magazine 8 111 1984 "Samourai" issue 19 magazine 8 112 circa 1984 "The New York Times Book Review" and "The Schenectady Gazette" articles 8 113 1984 Grauerholz (James W.) correspondence 8 114 1983 Grauerholz (James W.) and Denise Low correspondence 9 115 1983 Grauerholz (James W.) Kansas City Art Institute appearance notes 9 116 1983 "Grinning Idiot" magazine 9 117 circa 1982 Burroughs (William S.) notes for Beckett-Proust Class 9 118 undated "The James White Review" article 9 119 1983 Announcements, catalogs, and "Stories by Five" chapbook 9 120 circa 1983 Schwarzkogler (Rudolf) catalog of self-mutilation performance photographs 9 121 1970 Burroughs (William S.) correspondence 9 122 1983 Cronenberg (David) empty envelope 9 123 1983 "Kansas Alumni Magazine" 9 124 1983 Giorno (John) correspondence 9 125 1983 Grauerholz (James W.) Toronto appearance correspondence 9 126 1983 Grauerholz (James W.) Norway appearance correspondence 9 127 1983 Grauerholz (James W.) Walker Art Institute appearance correspondence 9 128 1983 Grauerholz (James W.) Fort Worth appearance correspondence 9 129 1983 Grauerholz (James W.) New York appearance correspondence 9 130 1983 Grauerholz (James W.) One World Poetry Festival appearance correspondence 9 131 1983 Grauerholz (James W.) and Robert Fulton correspondence 9 132 1983 "Inkbolt" magazine 9 133 1983 Correspondence 10 134 1983 "National Catholic Reporter" publication 10 135 1983 Silverberg (Ira) junk mail 10 136 1983 Walker (Robert) photo exhibitions, catalogs, postcards 10 137 1982-1983 Sweden clippings and photo 10 138 1983 Tour correspondence 11 139 1983 Blue Wind Press publishers lists 11 140 1977 Ferlinghetti (Lawrence) "Adieu a Charlot: second populist manifesto" broadside and Huncke (Herbert) "Huncke's Journal" 11 141 1965, 1978 Bockris (Victor) "Con Burroughs: conversazioni inedite 1974-1979" 11 142 1979 Carlsen (Robin Woodsworth) "The Final Heresy" 12 1979 Boyd (John) "The Gorgon Gestival" 12 1974 Haldeman (John) "Mindbridge" 12 1978 Gunn (James) "Future Imperfect" 12 1964 Black (David) "Ekstasy: out-of-the-body experiences" 12 1976 Baba (Meher) "The Secret of Sleep: the mystery of man's relation with God" 12 1969 Braun (Richard Emil) "Bad land" 12 1971 Levine (Stephen) "Synapse: sutras, myths, & visions of the 'retinal circus'" 12 1965 Corso (Gregory) "The Vestal Lady on Brattle and Other Poems" 12 1969 "The Secretly Obscene Chokecherry Monstrosity" 12 1968 Knief (William) "The Golden Monster" 12 1971 Perkins (David) "Midget Wonder and Other Poems" 12 1971 Russell (Norman H.) "Night Dog & Other Poems" 12 1971 Suggs (Jon Christian) "The Quick-Change Artist: poems" 12 1971 Weldon (Harry) "Abel's Grin: poems" 12 1971 Wilson (David) "Piñasco" 12 1971 Sherry (James) "Part songs" 12 1978 "Delta" vol. 21 magazine 12 1967 "Spit in the ocean" no. 2 magazine 12 1976 "Artful dodge" vol. 2, no. 4 poetry journal 12 1981 "Cottonwood Review" 12 1968 Fox (Ida) "In the Wind" 12 1970 Ginsberg (Allen) "Bixby Canyon, Ocean Path, Word Breeze" 12 1972 Lauria (Frank) "Communion" book 13 1977 Kerouac (Jack) "Maggie Cassidy" book 13 1959 Bradley (Marion Zimmer) "Darkover landfall" book 13 1972 Herbert (Frank) "Hellstrom's Hive" book 13 1974 Gramont (Sanche de) "The Way up: the memoirs of Count Gramont" book 13 1975 Buchanan (Marie) "The Dark Backward" book 13 1976 Stern (Stuart) "The Minotaur Factor" book 13 1977 Gerrold (David) "The Man Who Folded Himself" book 13 1973 [Anonymous] "All the Sad Young Men" book 13 circa 1962 Shea (Robert) and Robert Anton Wilson "The Eye in the Pyramid: illuminatus, part I" book 13 1975 Shea (Robert) and Robert Anton Wilson "The Golden Apple: illuminatus! part II" book 13 1975 Berry (Adrian) "The Iron Sun: crossing the universe through black holes" book 13 1978 Pauwels (Louis) and Jacques Berger "The Morning of the Magicians" book 13 1971 "Wonder Wart-Hog, Captain Crud & Other Super Stuff" edited by Chuck Alverson book 13 circa 1967 Kavan (Anna) "Ice" book 13 circa 1970 Williamson (Jack) "The Moon Children" book 13 1973 Herbert (Frank) "Soul catcher" book 13 1979 Smith (Clark Ashton) "Out of Space and Time: volume 1" book 13 1974 Bonnecarrere (Paul) "Ultimatum" book 13 1976 "Beyond Control: seven stories of science fiction" edited by Robert Silverberg book 13 1974 Edwards (Anne) "The Survivors" book 13 1977 Jakes (John) "Brak the Barbarian" book 13 1977 Leiber (Fritz) "The Wanderer" book 13 1976 Leiber (Fritz) "Our Lady of Darkness" book 13 1978 Lee (Martin A.) and Bruce Shlain "Acid Dreams: the CIA, LSD and the sixties rebellion" uncorrected proof copy 14 undated Quincey (Thomas de) "Theological Essays and Other Papers" volume II book 14 1860 McLoughlon Bros. "The Magic Mirror: an antique optical toy" book 14 1979 Shem (Samuel) "The House of God" book 14 1979 Forsyth (Frederick) "The Fourth Protocol" book 14 1985 Peck (Scott) "People of the Lie: the hope for healing human" book 14 undated "Evil" book 14 1985 Williams (Tennessee) "27 Wagons Full of Cotton: and other one-act plays" book 14 1966 Nolen (William A) "The Making of a Surgeon" book 14 1972 Kondrad (Gabe) correspondence 14 143 1980s Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Audiocassette; Approximate run time: unknown

Grauerholz (James W.) correspondence and notes 14 144 1979-1980 Austin, Texas Honorary Citizens Decree 14 145 1976 November 10 "Time Out" no. 495 magazine 14 146 1979 October Student papers on anthropology and literature 14 147 1966-1973 "Straight Lines" magazine 14 148 1979 Ashton (John) "The 'Orderly' life of William S. Burroughs" article 14 149 1979 Duval (Michel) Burroughs interview in "En Attendant" article 14 150 1979 November "The Harvard Crimson" articles 14 151 1979 February-May Falk drawing 14 152 1976 November 12 DeRugeris (C.K.) "Void Districkt" poetry manuscript 15 153 1977 Meyer (Stewart) "The Criminal City" prose fiction 15 154 undated Binder (Timoth A.) "General Advice on Diet" article 15 155 undated "The Muse Concerts for a Non-Nuclear Future" program 15 156 1979 Fitzgerald (F. Scott) "Redbook" magazine stories 15 157 1934-1941 "X" magazine flyer 15 158 1977 Fall Tynan (Kenneth) "The Girl in the Black Helmet" in "The New Yorker" magazine 15 159 1979 June 11 Lawrence, Kansas fire clippings 15 160 1979 "Black Hills Alliance" publications 15 161 1979 Kleyhauer III (Alfred Deitrich) "Traveler" manuscript 15 162 undated Brown (Jerry) (California governor) clippings 15 163 1979 Correspondence 15 164 1979 Brooks (Steve) "Stolen Wealth" play typescript; "Dechadenede" film 15 165 undated Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

8mm film; Color; Sound; Approximate run time: unknown

Interview transcript 15 166 circa 1960 Grauerholz (James W.) notes 15 167 undated McCrary (Jim) correspondence 15 168 1985 "Brian Cullman's Steohen Foster Project" 15 169 1984 "MAC formatting experiments" 15 170 circa 1984 "Fotografie" journal 15 170A 1984 "American Photographer" magazine 15 171 1984 January Shagan (Steve) "The Circle" 16 1983 Townsend (Larry) "The Leatherman's handbook II" 16 1983 Hakim "Crowstone: the chronicle of Qamar" 16 1983 Blagg (Max) "From Here to Maternity" 16 1980 Witting (Judith) "Sun Roots" 16 1976 Ginsberg (Allen) "Sad Dust Glories: poems during summer in woods" 16 1975 "Mission and Libertatia" retold by Larry Law 16 1980 Stern (Theresa) "Wanna Go Out?" 16 1973 Delacorta "Diva" 16 1983 Mitton (Simon) "The Crab Nebula" 16 1979 "Rencontre Internationale de la Contre-Culture" program 16 1975 Wurlitzer (Rudolph) "Slow Fade" uncorrected proof copy 16 1984 "Gay Comix" no. 2 serial 16 1981 "Gay Comix" no. 3 serial 16 1982 "Unmuzzled Ox" vol. 2, no. 3 serial 16 1974 "Lowlands Review" vol. 2 serial 16 1976 "The Poem Company" phase 3, no. 2 serial 16 undated "The Poem Company" phase 3, no. 6 serial 16 undated "Some" 4 serial 16 1973 "New Letters" v. 40, no. 2 serial 16 1973 "Caterpillar" 17 serial 16 1971 "Mensuel 25" no. 5 [Belgium] serial 16 1977 Lemnacées publications: Otis W. Caldwell "On the life-history of Lemna minor;" Francois Van Horen "Observations sur la physiologie des Lemnacées;" M. H.-A. Weddell "Observations sur une espece nouvelle du genre Wolffia (Lemnacées)" 16 172 1849-1899 Correspondence; brochures 16 173 undated O'Hara (Frank) "Odes" book 17 circa 1969 Gray (Darrell) "A Dog's Life: poems rural & domestic" book 17 cica 1978 Plymell (Charles) "Blue Orchid Numbero Uno" book 17 circa 1975 McCord (Howard) "Gnomonology: a handbook of systems" book 17 1971 Moore (William) "The Philadelphia Experiment" uncorrected proof copy 17 1979 Friedman (Ed) "The Black Star Pilgrimage: the escape story" book 17 circa 1976 Watson (Scott) "Stories" book 17 1974 Cannon (Orlan) "Six Days From: toujours la truite" book 17 circa 1975 Brownstein (Michael) "Brainstorms: stories" book 17 circa 1975 Levine (Faye) "The Culture Barons" dust jacket 17 undated Grauerholz (James) "Rusty Jack" book 17 circa 1974 Barthes (Roland) "Alors la Chine?" book 17 1975 Dewdney (Christopher) "Fovea Centralis" book 17 1975 Gilfillan (Merrill) "To Creature" book 17 1975 Lentz (Jon Warren) "Poems 1972-1974" book 17 circa 1975 Alkes (Joey) "In the face of all that is apparent" book 17 circa 1975 Collom (Jack) "Ice" book 17 circa 1974 General Idea "Manipulating the Self" book 17 circa 1971 Nations (Opal L.) "Steady Jelly: 6 works" book 17 circa 1974 Pelieu (Claude) "Coca neon / Polaroidrainbow" translated by Mary Beach book 17 1975 Malanga (Gerard) "Prelude to International Velvet Debutante" book 17 1967 Brodey (Jim) "Blues of the Egyptian Kings (1962-1975)" book 17 circa 1975 "Song Books X" book 17 circa 1977 "Beware 666 X Song Book" book 17 undated Lunch (Lydia) and Exene Cervenka "Adulterers Anonymous" book 17 1982 Denby (Edwin) "Snoring in New York" book 17 circa 1974 "The Barataria review" vol. 1, no. 1 serial 17 1974 "The Periodical lunch" no. 5 serial 17 1975 "Not guilty" vol. 1, no. 1 serial 17 1975 "Is" no. 11 serial 17 1972 "Undine" no. 1 serial 17 1974 "The Tenth Muse" serial 17 1973 Fall "Living Hand" no. 1 serial 17 1973 "Assassin" no. 3 serial 17 1977 "Some" no. 5/6 serial 17 1975 "Penumbra" no. 12 serial 17 1973 "Penumbra" no. 11 serial 17 1972 "Other Scenes" serial 17 1974 Spring "City" no. 2 serial 17 1974 "The Art of Maya Hieroglyphic Writing" exhibition catalog 18 1971 "New York - Downtown Manhattan: SoHo" exhibition catalog 18 1976 Jouffroy (Alain) "La Seance est Ouverte" book 18 circa 1974 Trost (Lucille Wood) "A Cycle of Seasons: the little brown bat" book 18 circa 1971 Fulcanelli (Master Alchemist) "Le Mystère des Cathedrales" book 18 circa 1971 Crowley (Aleister) "The Book of the Law" book 18 undated Seitz (Don C.) "Under the Black Flag" book 18 1925 "The Illustrated Presidential Report of the Commission on Obscenity and Pornography" book 18 circa 1970 Kupferberg (Tuli) and Sylvia Topp "As They Were" book 18 circa 1973 Tucholsky (Kurt) "Deutschland, Deutschland Uber Alles" book 18 1972 "Blue Wind Press Newsletter" 18 undated Mishlove (Jeffrey) "The Roots of consciousness: psychic liberation through history, science and experience" book 19 1975 Cutler (Roland) "The Firstborn" book 19 circa 1978 Chandler (Evan) "Dying Light" book 19 1979 Conrad (Joseph) "Under Western Eyes" book 19 1963 Rossman (John F.) "The Door" book 19 1975 Dickson (Gordon R.) "Wolfling" book 19 1977 Lauria (Frank) "Communion" book 19 1977 Anne (David) "Rabid" book 19 1978 Smith (Wilbur) "The Sunbird" book 19 1974 Ramsay (Jack) "The Rage" book 19 1978 Wetering (Janwillem van de) "Outsider in Amsterdam" book 19 1978 Cunningham (Jere) "The Visitor" book 19 1979 Walton (Travis) "The Walton Experience" book 19 1978 Wilson (Colin) "The Space Vampires" book 19 1977 Collins (Charles M.) editor "Harvest of Fear" book 19 1975 Wernick (Saul) "Cain's Touch" book 19 1978 Clark (Mary Higgins) "Where are All the Children?" book 19 1976 Delany (Samuel R.) "Nova" book 19 1969 Hillerman (Tony) "The Blessing Way" book 19 1978 Lieberman (Herbert) "Crawlspace" book 19 1977 Masterton (Graham) "Charnel house" book 19 1978 Conrad (Joseph) "Lord Jim: a tale" book 20 1978 Foster (Alan Dean) "Orphan Star" book 20 1977 Durrell (Gerald) "The Whispering Land" book 20 1975 Petronium "The Satyricon" translated by William Arrowsmith book 20 circa 1959 Conway (David) "Magic: an occult primer" book 20 1973 Dalton (David) "James Dean: the mutant king" book 20 1975 Masterton (Graham) "The Manitou" book 20 1976 Stickgold (Bob) and Mark Noble "Glory Hits" book 20 1978 Rosenblum (Robert) "The Mushroom Cave" book 20 1976 Chandler (Raymond) "The Long Goodbye" book 20 1973 Anson (Jay) "The Amityville Horror" book 20 1978 Sartre (Jean-Paul) "Nausea" translated by Lloyd Alexander book 20 circa 1964 Menegas (Peter) "The Nature of the Beast" book 20 1975 Wambaugh (Joseph) "The Blue Knight" book 20 1976 Himmel (Richard) "The Twenty-Third Web" book 20 1978 Packer (Bernard) "Caro" book 20 1976 Brady (Ryder) "Instar" book 20 1977 Masterton (Graham) "Plague" book 20 1978 Goldstein (Martin) and Erwin J. Haeberle "The Sex Book" book 20 1973 Amare (Rothayne) "The Visitation" book 20 circa 1977 Lauria (Frank) "Doctor Orient" book 20 1974 Gide (Andre) "Strait is the Gate" book 20 circa 1952 McCarry (Charles) "The Tears of Autumn" book 20 1976 Burns (John Horne) "The Gallery" book 20 1977 Crichton (Michael) "The Terminal Man" book 21 1973 Benchley (Peter) "The Deep" book 21 1977 Castaneda (Carlos) "The Teachings of Don Juan" book 21 1972 Sutton (Henry) "The Sacrifice" book 21 1978 Cook (Robin) "Coma" book 21 1977 Levin (Ira) "The Boys from Brazil" book 21 1977 Glob (P. V.) "The Bog People: Iron Age man preserved" book 21 1975 Ross (Ian) "Amazons" book 21 1976 Trevor (Elleston) "The Theta Syndrome" book 21 circa 1977 Nashe (Thomas) "The Unfortunate traveller: and other works" book 21 1972 James (M. R.) "Ghost Stories of An Antiquary" book 21 1975 Rosenblum (Robert) "The Mushroom Cave" book 21 1976 Lawrence (Jodi) "Alpha Brain Waves" book 21 1972 Ruskin (Ronald) "The Last Panic" book 21 1979 Gunn (James E.) "The Burning" book 21 1972 Luckless (John) "The Death Freak" book 21 1979 Fuller (John G.) "The Interrupted Journey" book 21 1974 Dane (Christopher) "Psychic Travel" book 21 circa 1974 Cormier (Robert) "I am the Cheese" book 21 1978 Trevor (William) "The Children of Dynmouth" book 21 1978 Lauria (Frank) "The Seth Papers" book 21 1979 McCarry (Charles) "The Secret Lovers" book 21 1978 Picano (Felice) "Smart as the Devil" book 21 1978 Hurwood (Bernard J.) "Kingdom of the Spiders" book 21 1978 Hodgson (William Hope) "The House on the Borderland" book 21 1974 Hinkemeyer (Michael T.) "Sea Cliff" book 21 1979 "One-eighty-five" edited by Alix book 22 circa 1973 Takahashi (Mutsuo) "A Bunch of Keys" book 22 circa 1984 Pancake (Bruce D'J) "The Stories" book 22 1984 Sloane (Eric) "Diary of an Early American Boy" book 22 1974 Nuttall (Jeff) "What happened to Jackson" book 22 1978 Whitmore (George) "Confessions of Danny Slocum: or gay life in the big city" book 22 circa 1980 Welch (Denton) "A Voice Through a Cloud" book 22 circa 1966 Welch (Denton) "Maiden Voyage" book 22 circa 1968 Armstrong (Hart) "The Beast" book 22 circa 1967 Spicer (Jack) "After Lorca" book 22 1974 Eaton (Manford L.) "Bio-music" book 22 1974 Winslow (Pete) "A Daisy in the Memory of a Shark" book 22 1973 Miller (Henry) "On Turning Eighty; journey to an antigue land" book 22 1972 Ondaatje (Michael) "The Collected Works of Billy the Kid" book 22 1974 "The Paris review" no. 57 serial 22 1974 "The Unspeakable Visions of the Individual" serial vol. 10 22 1980 "Blanco" no. 2-3 serial 22 1980 "Neurotica" no. 5 serial 22 1949 "CoEvolution quarterly" no. 25 serial 22 1980 Dawson (Fielding) "An Emotional memoir of Franz Kline" book 23 circa 1967 Micheline (Jack) "North of Manhattan: collected poems, ballads and songs,1954-1975" book 23 circa 1976 Zinsser (David L.) "Then When" book 23 circa 1974 Coleman (Victor) "America" book 23 1972 Vanier (Denis) "Lesbiennes d'acid" book 23 1972 "Homage to Frank O'Hara" edited by Bill Berkson and Joe LeSueur book 23 circa 1978 McElroy (Joseph) "Lookout Cartridge" book 23 1974 Messagier (Matthieu) "Vic et Eance" book 23 circa 1978 McMillan (Priscilla Johnson) "Marina and Lee" book 23 circa 1977 Taylor (Norman) "Narcotics: nature's dangerous gifts" book 23 circa 1963 Nuttall (Jeff) "Snipe's Spinster" book 23 1975 Thompson (Earl) "The Devil to Pay" book 23 1981 Barker (Ronnie) "Fletcher's Book of Rhyming Slang" book 23 1979 Welch (Denton) "The Journals of Denton Welch" book 24 1984 Mack (Stan) "Stan Mack's Out-Takes" book 24 1984 Glidzen (Alex) "The Avalanche of Time: selected poems 1964-1984" book 24 circa 1985 Ginsberg (Allen) "As Ever: the collected correspondence of Allen" book 24 undated "Ginsberg & Neal Cassady" book 24 circa 1977 Muller (Friedrich) "Taschenbuch der Medizinisch-Klinischen" book 24 undated "Diagnostik" book 24 1938 "Whale Sound: an anthology of poems about whales and dolphins" edited by Greg Gatenby book 24 1978 Jay (Ricky) "Cards as Weapons" book 24 1977 American Poetry Archive and Resource Center: "The Videotape collection of the poetry center at San Francisco State University, first series, 1975" book 24 circa 1975 Simone (O) "Rosy belligerents" book 24 circa 1983 Breger (Udo) "Tiara to Artist of Polish Descent" book 24 circa 1976 Kamenszain (Tamara) "De este lado del Mediterráneo" book 24 1973 Pelieu (Claude) "Amphetamin Cowboy" book 24 1976 Miller (Henry) "Opus pistorum" book 24 1983 Ginsberg (Allen) "Morning in spring and other poems" book 24 1970 Spears (Andre) "Xo: a tale for the new Atlantis" book 24 circa 1983 "Revista chicano-riqueña" vol. 4, no. 3 serial 24 1976 "The Paris Review" vol. 23, no. 79 serial 24 1981 "Ins and Outs" no. 4/5 serial 24 1980 "Talk talk" vol. 2, no. 1 serial 24 1980 "Talk talk" vol. 2, no. 12 serial 24 1980 Porter (D. H.) "Baggage" book 25 1974 Acker (Kathy) "Great Expectations" advance galley copy 25 circa 1980 "Prairie Fire: the politics of revolutionary anti-imperialism, the political statement of the Weather Underground" book 25 1974 Shelton (Gilbert) "Wonder Wart-Hog and the Nurds of November" book 25 1980 Valaoritis (Nanos) "Hired Hieroglyphs: poems and collages" book 25 circa 1971 Minkoff (Gerald) "Alias" book 25 1973 Ginsberg (Allen) "Allen Verbatim: lectures on poetry, politics, consciousness" book 25 circa 1974 Ballard (J. G.) "The Best Short Stories of J. G. Ballard" uncorrected proof 25 1978 Ashbery (John) "As We Know" book 25 1979 Morgan (Ted) "On Becoming American" book 25 1978 Beltrametti (Franco) "La Poesia è un luogo" book 25 1978 Ackroyd (Peter) "Dressing up: transvestism and drag, the history of an obsession" book 25 circa 1979 Kampen (Michael Edwin) "The Sculptures of El Tajín, Veracruz, Mexico" book 25 1972 "Volume: international discography of the new wave" book 25 circa 1980 Ironstone (John) "To be Gay" book 25 circa 1977 Galouye (Daniel F.) "Simulacron-3" book 25 1964 "White Mule: a poetry journal" serial 25 circa 1976 "New Letters" vol. 51, no. 3 serial 25 1985 "Paris/Atlantic" no. 2 serial 25 1983 "Heavy metal" vol. 5, no. 3 serial (2) 25 1981 "High times" vol. 66 serial 25 1981 February White (Edmund) "A Boy's Own Story" dust jacket 26 undated Jones (Sara) "Death by Misadventure: a dream of Brian Jones" book 26 circa 1977 Thomas (Tracy) and Walt Bodine "Right Here in River City: a portrait of Kansas City" book 26 1975 Harrison (Hank) "The Dead Book: a social history of the Grateful Dead" book 26 circa 1973 Zinan (Larry) "mEYEnd" book 26 circa 1977 "The American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, 1985-1986" book 26 circa 1985 Reich (Wilhelm) "The Impulsive Character and Other Writings" book 26 1974 Pritchard (A.) "Death's Tit" book 26 circa 1973 Bulteau (Michel) "Des siècles de folie dans les calèches étroites" book 26 circa 1976 Goytisolo (Juan) "Juan the landless" book 26 1977 Rechy (John) "The Sexual outlaw: a documentary" uncorrected proof copy 26 1977 Dorn (Edward) "Some Business Recently Transacted in the White World" book 26 1971 Faussot (Jean-Jacques) "Les Epaules lacrymales" book 26 circa 1975 Kenyon (Marrie) "A Walking Tour of the Village" book 26 circa 1974 "Blending Into the Life: an oral history" book 26 circa 1976 Fisher (Minnie) "Born One Year Before the 20th Century" book 26 circa 1976 Sanders (Ed) "Poem from Jail" book 26 circa 1963 Strong (Jonathan) "Tike: and 5 stories" book 26 1970 Garwood (Darrell) "Under Cover: thirty-five years of CIA deception" book 26 1985 "Scree" no. 6 serial 26 1976 "The Spirit that moves us" v. 2, no. 1 serial 26 1976 "Abracadabra" no. 2 serial 26 1977 Grogan (Emmett) "Final Score" manuscript 27 174 1976 Burroughs, Jr. (William S.) "Kentucky Ham" galleys 27 175 1984 October 12 Burroughs (William S.) "Junky" galley 27 176 1977 Burroughs (William S.) "Cobble Stone Gardens" book 27 177 circa 1976 Burroughs (William S.) "Cities of the Red Night" book 28 1982 Burroughs (William S.) "Early Routines" book 28 circa 1982 Burroughs (William S.) "The Book of Breeething" hard cover book 28 1975 Burroughs (William S.) "The Book of Breeething" soft cover book 28 1975 Burroughs (William S.) "Nova Express" Japanese language edition book 28 1978 Burroughs (William S.) "The Ticket that Exploded" Japanese language edition book 28 circa 1979 Burroughs (William S.) "A Decade and Then Some" book 28 1976 Burroughs (William S.) "Exterminator!" book 28 1981 Burroughs (William S.) "Exterminator!" book 28 1985 Burroughs (William S.) "Roosevelt After Inauguration" book 28 circa 1979 Burroughs (William S.) "New writing and writers" soft cover book 28 1979 Burroughs (William S.) "New writing and writers" hard cover book 28 1979 Burroughs (William S.) "Blade Runner (a movie)" hard cover book 28 1979 Burroughs (William S.) "Blade Runner (a movie)" soft cover book 28 1979 "Zwischen Mitternacht und Morgen: ein Traumtagebuch mit dem Traum con Tibet von Allen Ginsberg" [German translation of "The Retreat Diaries" by William S. Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg, James Grauerholz] book 28 1980 Burroughs (William S.) "Ali's Smile, Naked Scientology" book 28 1978 Burroughs Jr. (William S.) "Kentucky Ham" book 28 1984 Burroughs (William S.) and Brion Gysin "The Third Mind" 29 1978 Burroughs (William S.) and Brion Gysin "The Third Mind" 29 1978 Burroughs (William S.) and Brion Gysin "The Third Mind" 29 1979 Burroughs (William S.) "El Almuerzo desnudo" [Spanish translation of "Naked Lunch"] book 29 1980 Burroughs (William S.) "Dead roads: roman" [German translation of "The Place of Dead Roads"] book 29 1985 Burroughs (William S.) "The Place of Dead Roads" book 29 1984 Burroughs (William S.) "The Place of Dead Roads" book 29 1984 Burroughs (William S.) "The Place of Dead Roads" book 29 1984-1985 Burroughs (William S.) "The Ticket that exploded" book 29 1985 Bockris (Victor) "Con Burroughs: conversazioni inedite 1974- 1979" [Italian translation of "With William Burroughs"] book 29 1979 Mottram (Eric) and William S. Burroughs "Snack" book 29 1975 Burroughs (William S.) "Port of Saints" book 29 1980 Photograph album 30 1 circa 1964 "Photographs of Collages and Arrangements: William Seward Burroughs Duke Street Saint James' London" 30 2 circa 1971-1972 Miles (Berry) "Snapshots of William Seward Burroughs Duke Street Saint James' London" 30 3 1972 Miles (Berry) "Photographs as Weapons: William Seward Burroughs Photographs London" 30 4 1972 "Johnny Brady and Friends: William Seward Burroughs Photographs London" 30 5 1971-1972 Burroughs (William S.) balck and white photographs 30 6 undated Burroughs (William S.) balck and white photographs 30 7 undated Unidentified black and white photographs 30 8 undated Unidentified black and white photographs 30 9 undated Burroughs (William S.) black and white photographs 30 10 undated Burroughs (William S.) black and white photographs 30 11 undated Burroughs (William S.) black and white photographs 30 12 undated Burroughs (William S.) black and white photographs (and envelope) 30 13 undated "Western Lands" manuscript photocopy 30 14 undated Military documents 30 15 1945 July 21 Accession No. RARE.2025.0190 0.02 Cubic feet 1979-1995 (1) letter file folder Scope and Contents

Contains letters, envelopes, postcards, and greeting cards sent to S. Clay Wilson from William S. Burroughs. Burroughs collaborated with Wilson on the German editions of Cities of the Red Night and The Wild Boys. Correspondence topics include exchanging greetings and discussing their projects. Correspondence between Burroughs's publishers and Wilson are also included. The layout and lettering Wilson created for the German edition of Burroughs's novel, Cities of the Red Night, is also included. Materials are dated 1979-1995.

Correspondence, notes, and postcards 2025 RARE Accessions Box 3 1979-1995