Letterhead for the Desert Hot Springs "Beat Hotel" (c.2005)

Desert Hot Springs, California: Beat Hotel (letterhead), c.2005
11" x 8.5", two sheets, unused.

Two sheets of letterhead from Steven Lowe's "Beat Hotel" in Desert Hot Springs, California, from around 2005. The hotel – opened in 2001 – contained elements from Lowe's extensive collection of Beat literature, ephemera, and rarities, and closed soon after his premature death in 2007.

These copies were acquired from Christian French (Seattle, Washington, US), who had acquired them from a visit to the hotel.

External Links: 

• PalmSpringsLife: Desert Hot Springs Motel and Beat Hotel: Steven Lowe Remembered
• KCRW (audio): An Homage to William Burroughs in Desert Hot Springs
• Los Angeles Times: For True 'Junky' Junkies
• Document: The Dreamachine, the Execution, and the Specter of William S. Burroughs
• YouTube: Steve Lowe Desert Hot Springs