Small Archive of Materials from Dr. James R. Russell (c.1995)

card contents not shown, discussing Burroughs.

Cambridge, Massachusetts, US: James R. Russell, et al (ephemera), c.1995.
card, closed: 7" x 5", handwritten from "Morris" on November 17, year unstated.
postcard of Ginsberg: 4.25" x 6", unused. 
postcard of Burroughs: 6" x 4.25", handwritten "Larangé Song" in two languages on verso.
note with Harvard locations: 5" x 3", recto only, in pencil and ink.

note with biographical details: 7" x 5", recto only, black ink on yellow lined paper.

notes on The Place of Dead Roads: 5" x 3", both sides, black ink on lined index card.

notes on The Western Lands: 8.5" x 5.5",  both sides, blue, red, and black ink on green Harvard University memo sheet.

copies of Mary McCarthy essay: 8.5" x 11", recto only, six photocopied sheets.

A small archive of items from Harvard Professor of Armenian Studies James R. Russell. This includes: 

1. A letter from “Morris” to Dr. Russell which notes a discussion about Burroughs
2. An unused postcard of Allen Ginsberg as photographed by Burroughs in NYC in 1953
3. A postcard of Burroughs by Richard Avedon with a cryptic message on verso [Dr. Russell corresponded with Burroughs about the Voynich Manuscript, and this appears to be in two alphabets]
4. A sheet of paper noting Burroughs’ residential rooms at Harvard between 1933 and 1935 along with what looks to be an extension for “Felicity” – possibly Felicity Mason (?) – in an unknown hand
5. A yellow sheet of paper with notes on Burroughs' biography
6. An index card with notes on both sides about The Place of Dead Roads
7. A green Harvard University memo sheet with notes on both sides about The Western Lands
8. A paper-clipped set of photocopies of Mary McCarthy's "Burroughs' Naked Lunch", reproduced from her book The Writing on the Wall

In addition, the archive also has photocopied correspondence between Dr. James Russell and William S. Burroughs on the topic of the Voynich Manuscript. 

These items were acquired together from Philip Smith, Bookseller (Berkeley, California, US).