"Kenneth Patchen: Hurrah for Anything" Film Production Records., 1982

Collection context

Summary

Title:
"Kenneth Patchen: Hurrah for Anything" film production records
Dates:
1982
Creators:
KQED-TV (Television station : San Francisco, Calif.) and Muramoto, Jane
Abstract:
Contains transcripts, outtake reels and video tapes to "Kenneth Patchen: Hurrah for anything", a documentary on poet and novelist Kenneth Patchen produced by KQED Event & Presentation Unit in 1982.
Extent:
1 box, 5 reels, 2 VHS tapes
Language:
Languages represented in the collection: English
Preferred citation:

"Kenneth Patchen: Hurrah for Anything" film production records. MS 173. Special Collections and Archives, University Library, University of California, Santa Cruz.

Background

Scope and content:

Contains interview transcripts, outtake reels and video tapes to a documentary "Kenneth Patchen: Hurrah for anything" produced by KQED Event & Presentation Unit in 1982.

Biographical / historical:

In 1982 Jane Muramoto produced for public broadcasting television station KQED in San Francisco, a half-hour documentary film of Kenneth Patchen's California years.

Kenneth Patchen: Hurrah for Anything, conveys the personal and human side of Patchen's creativity as told by Miriam Patchen, poet Al Young, small press printer Jonathan Clark, poet and playwright James Schevill, and UCSC Special Collections librarian, Rita Bottoms. The documentary also draws upon existing recordings of Kenneth Patchen reading with jazz ensembles and a 1959 Pacifica network radio interview.

Film is a production of KQED's Events and Presentations Unit. Producers/Directions: Jane Muramoto and Allen Willis. Executive Producers; Jim Scalem and Nat Katzman.

Acquisition information:
Gift of KQED-TV c/o Jane Muramoto, 1982.
Arrangement:

Arranged by format.

Physical location:
Stored at Special Collections: Advance notice is required for access to the papers.
Rules or conventions:
Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
UCSC OAC Unit
Date Prepared:
2005
Date Encoded:
Machine-readable finding aid created by UCSC OAC Unit. Machine-readable finding aid derived from MS Word. Date of source: January 12, 2005.

Access and use

Restrictions:

Collection open for research.

Terms of access:

Property rights reside with the University of California. Literary rights are retained by the creators of the records and their heirs. For permission to publish or to reproduce the material, please contact the Head of Special Collections and Archives.

Preferred citation:

"Kenneth Patchen: Hurrah for Anything" film production records. MS 173. Special Collections and Archives, University Library, University of California, Santa Cruz.

Location of this collection:
Special Collections and Archives, University Library
1156 High Street
Santa Cruz, CA 95064, US
Contact:
(831) 459-2547