Abstract Helen Adam (1909-1993) was a poet and visual artist of the San Francisco Renaissance. Born in Scotland, she garnered acclaim at a young age for her collection of poems titled The Elfin Peddlar. After attending Edinburgh University for two years Helen and her sister and frequent collaborator Pat Adam worked as journalists in London before moving to the United States with their mother in 1939. The family made their way to San Francisco, at the beginning of...

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The Robert Duncan collection comprises over 100 linear feet of manuscript material, correspondence, artwork, ephemera, audio visual material, and printed material related to Robert Duncan’s (1919-1988) life and work, including a significant amount of material related to his partner, Jess (1923-2004), a visual artist who often collaborated with Duncan.

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The Manroot/Paul Mariah Collection contains the editorial and business records for Manroot including production material, correspondence, and financial records; personal records for Paul Mariah including manuscripts, correspondence, school work, poetry community ephemera; and activism records for gay and prisoners rights.

Scope and Contents From the Series: This series includes paper materials created and used by Boone between the years 1980 and 2012. Some of the materials relate peripherally to his poetry and writing, while the bulk relates to his professional and private life. Included are reports from his time as chaplain intern at UCSF Medical Center, resumes and job applications, as well as writings, artwork, and ephemera related to different projects and groups he was involved in, including the Marxist Summer Institute, the Left/Write...

Scope and Contents From the Series: This series includes paper materials created and used by Boone between the years 1980 and 2012. Some of the materials relate peripherally to his poetry and writing, while the bulk relates to his professional and private life. Included are reports from his time as chaplain intern at UCSF Medical Center, resumes and job applications, as well as writings, artwork, and ephemera related to different projects and groups he was involved in, including the Marxist Summer Institute, the Left/Write...

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Series IV, consists of audiovisual materials that aided in Prevallet’s research or were created by Prevallet during the course of her research. Contained in this series are recordings of interviews Prevallet conducted as well as archival interviews with Adam's contemporaries, recordings of performances and readings of Helen Adam's work, and original works inspired by Helen Adam.

This series is subdivided into subseries based on format.