Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Stuart Z. Perkoff Papers,
- Dates:
- ca. 1952-1974
- Creators:
- Perkoff, Stuart Z.
- Abstract:
- Stuart Z. Perkoff (1930-1973) was a Beat era poet living in Venice, California. The collection consists of his manuscripts and 46 handwritten journals.
- Extent:
- 6 boxes (3 linear ft.)
- Language:
- English.
- Preferred citation:
-
[Identification of item], Stuart Z. Perkoff Papers (Collection 1573). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Background
- Scope and content:
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Collection consists of manuscripts and 46 handwritten journals by poet Stuart Z. Perkoff.
- Biographical / historical:
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Perkoff was born in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1930; spent time in New York and then on the west coast before establishing himself in Venice, California; as one of the poets of the Beat era, Perkoff's books included: Suicide Room (1956), Eat the Earth (1971), Kowboy Pomes (1973), and Alphabet (1973); was arrested on a drug charge in 1968 and released from prison in 1971; after trying to establish a bookstore in Northern California, he returned to Venice in 1973; died of cancer in 1974.
- Acquisition information:
- Gift of Rachel Perkoff, 1988.
- 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.
Indexed terms
About this collection guide
- 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, unknown year . Frontmatter gathered from MARC record. Supplementary encoding and revision supplied by Caroline Cubé.
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access.
- Terms of access:
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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:
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[Identification of item], Stuart Z. Perkoff Papers (Collection 1573). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
- Location of this collection:
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A1713 Charles E. Young Research LibraryBox 951575Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
- Contact:
- (310) 825-4988