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Lawrence Ferlinghetti papers

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Lawrence Ferlinghetti papers

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Lawrence Ferlinghetti papers

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Lawrence Ferlinghetti papers

Finding Aid

Prepared for the Web by Kevin Ferst, March 13, 2002; Last Updated: March 2020


Inclusive Dates: 1969-1971
Extent: .33 cubic feet (1 document case,)
Physical Location: 11th floor


Biographical Note: American poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti was born March 24, 1919 in Yonkers, New York. He was educated at the University of North Carolina and the Sorbonne in Paris. In 1953, he co-founded the famous San Francisco bookstore and publisher, City Lights, which became a mecca for writers and artists, especially of the Beat period. In 1998, Ferlinghetti was declared the first "Poet Laureate" of San Francisco.


Scope and Content: This collection consists of correspondence between Ferlinghetti and Kate Medina of New York concerning the poems of  Yevgeny Aleksandrovich Yevtushenko. This material is arranged chronologically.


Box 1
Folder -- Contents

  1. Letter, Ferlinghetti to Kate Medina, July 22, 1969
  2. Letter, Ferlinghetti, July 1969
  3. Letter, Ferlinghetti to Kate Medina, August 26, 1969
  4. Letter, Ferlinghetti to Kate Medina, August 27, 1969
  5. Letter, Ferlinghetti to Kate Medina, September 1, 1969
  6. Letter, Ferlinghetti to Kate Medina, December 14, 1969
  7. Letter, Ferlinghetti to Kate Medina, December 16, 1969
  8. Letter, Ferlinghetti to Kate Medina, October 2, 1970
  9. Letter, Ferlinghetti to Kate Medina, February 17, 1971
  10. Letter, Ferlinghetti to Kate Medina, February 23, 1971
  11. Letter, Ferlinghetti to Kate Medina, March 13, 1971
  12. Letter, Ferlinghetti to Kate Medina, March 20, 1971
  13. Letter, Ferlinghetti to Kate Medina, April 24, 1971
  14. Letter, Ferlinghetti to Kate Medina, April 29, 1971
  15. Letter, Ferlinghetti to Kate Medina, October 14, 1971
  16. Letter, Ferlinghetti to Kate Medina, October 28, 1971
  17. Letter, Ferlinghetti to Kate Medina, November 2, 1971
  18. Letter, Ferlinghetti to Kate Medina, November 7, 1971
  19. Letter, Ferlinghetti to Kate Medina, November 20, 1971
  20. Letter, Ferlinghetti to Kate Medina, December 1, 1971
  21. Letter, Ferlinghetti to Kate Medina, October 11, 1971
  22. Letter from Ferlinghetti and 4 Poems by Yevtushenko(?), undated
  23. Miscellaneous, undated