"William S. Burroughs Literary Archive" at Ken Lopez Bookseller (2005)








Hadley, Massachusetts, US: Ken Lopez Bookseller (book, catalogue), 2005.
10" x 8" x 0.125", 36 pages, softcover, no ISBN.

William S. Burroughs Literary Archive, a book and catalogue of the Donna L. and Robert H. Jackson William S. Burroughs Archive, as presented by Ken Lopez, Bookseller (Hadley, Massachusetts, US), as a softcover catalogue in 2005. This includes multiple illustrations and images from the archive, commonly known as the "Vaduz" archive, as described in A Descriptive Catalogue of the William S. Burroughs Archive (Miles et al., 1973).  This catalogue was prepared by Bob Moore, Ken Lopez, and Brendan Devlin. 

This book offers a history of the "Vaduz" archive of Burroughs and Gysin materials, in preparation for its sale, which at the time was held by Robert and Donna Jackson. The book includes multiple images of rarely viewed archival materials, ranging from typescripts and manuscripts to photographs, and a partial listing of archive contents.

The archive was sold to the New York Public Library, where it is currently housed within its Berg Collection.

Contents: 

  • Introduction
  • History
  • Contents
  • A Sampling from the Archive:
    • The Early Years
    • The Beats
    • Brion Gysin and Paul Bowles
  • The Value of the Archive, in Context
  • Folio Summary:
    • Book-Length Manuscripts (Published and Unpublished)
    • Dream Calendars, Dream Poems and Collage Scrapbooks
    • Holograph Notebooks
    • Shorter Manuscripts (Short Pieces, Routines, Fragments, Essays, etc.)
    • Cut-Ups
    • Manuscripts (Others)
    • Literary and Artistic Correspondence
    • Business Correspondence
    • Photographs
    • Film Material
    • Research Files


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