Williams, Jonathan, 1929-2008
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1929-2008
Helen Adam Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: PCMS-0079
Overview
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 what...
Found in:
The Poetry Collection
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Helen Adam Collection
Robert Duncan collection
Collection
Identifier: PCMS-0110
Overview
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.
Found in:
The Poetry Collection
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Robert Duncan collection
Jargon Society Collection
Collection
Identifier: PCMS-0019
Overview
The Jargon Society Collection features an extensive collection of materials relating to the long and influential life of the press, including numerous manuscripts and correspondence from such American and English poets as Charles Olson and Robert Duncan, production and promotional materials, financial records, and photographs as well as the manuscripts and personal papers of Jonathan Williams.
Found in:
The Poetry Collection
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Jargon Society Collection
Robert Kelly Collection
Collection
Identifier: PCMS-0023
Overview
The Robert Kelly Collection contains an extensive collection of Kelly’s autographed and typed manuscripts and notebooks (approximately 58,000 pages); over 4,000 letters to Kelly from such writers as Cid Corman, Robert Creeley, Robert Duncan, Ted Enslin, Clayton Eshleman, Charles Olson, Jonathan Williams, and Diane Wakoski; and copies of many of Kelly’s letters to others.
Found in:
The Poetry Collection
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Robert Kelly Collection
Elias Wilentz Collection
Collection
Identifier: PCMS-0011
Overview
The Elias Wilentz Collection contains manuscripts by poets such as Ted Berrigan, Joel Oppenheimer, and Jonathan Williams; correspondence; photographs; and miscellaneous items.
Found in:
The Poetry Collection
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Elias Wilentz Collection