Kurnik (Stanley) Papers, 1945-1986

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Title:: Stanley Kurnik Papers,
Dates:: 1945-1986
Creators:: Kurnik, Stanley
Abstract:: Stanley Kurnik was a Los Angeles poet, author, teacher, and composer who ran the Los Angeles writers' workshops and Los Angeles poets' workshops at the First Unitarian Church. The collection consists of manuscripts, teaching, research and personal material, theater programs, memorabilia, correspondence, clippings, photocopies, photographs, reel to reel tape recordings, magazines, posters, and ephemera.
Extent:: 14 boxes (7 linear ft.) 2 oversize boxes
Language:: English.
Preferred citation:: [Identification of item], Stanley Kurnik Papers (Collection 365). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

Scope and content:: Collection consists of manuscripts, teaching material, research material, personal material, theater programs, memorabilia, correspondence, clippings, photocopies, photographs, reel to reel tape recordings, magazines, posters, and ephemera. Contains writers' files, with drafts and correspondence, including letters from Ray Bradbury. Tape recordings include his productions for KPFK radio.
Biographical / historical:: Kurnik was a Los Angeles poet, author, teacher, and composer who ran the Los Angeles writers' workshops and Los Angeles poets' workshops at the First Unitarian Church.
Acquisition information:: Arundel Press, purchase, 1993.
Physical location:: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.

Collection Guide Author:: Processed by Dan Luckenbill; machine-readable finding aid created by Caroline Cubé and Dan Luckenbill
Date Prepared:: © 1999
Date Encoded:: Machine-readable finding aid derived from database containing container list structure and data, encoding added via MS Access or other database program, 1999 . Frontmatter gathered from MARC record. Supplementary encoding and revision supplied by Caroline Cubé and Dan Luckenbill.

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Restrictions:: COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access.
Terms of access:: Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections. Literary rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.

Preferred citation:: [Identification of item], Stanley Kurnik Papers (Collection 365). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

Location of this collection:: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library

A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library

Box 951575

Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US