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The Medallion poetry chapbook. V. 1
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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Manuscripts
Professional and personal papers of Otis R. Marston and his collection of the materials on the history of Colorado River and Green River regions.
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Publisher: Poetry Now (Eureka, Calif.) Related Content: "the red porsche" (p. 30, poem) Note: "Ban(?) ; 7.00 ; (1975)" written in ms. in upper right corner of cover p. [1]. Related Content Author: Charles Bukowski
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Manuscripts
This collection contains the papers of Los Angeles author and gay activist Joseph Hansen and includes drafts of published and unpublished work; correspondence; manuscripts of works by some of Hansen's friends, family, and students; professional papers primarily related to publishing; and personal and family papers. The bulk of the material dates from the 1940s through the early 2000s. The collection includes works by Joseph Hansen, which consists of chiefly typescript drafts for most of Hansen's novels (including those published under the pseudonyms Rose Brock and James Colton), poetry, essays and articles, and television and play scripts. While there are some handwritten edits and corrections among the drafts and proofs, the majority do not have annotations. There are also two boxes with copies of various publications, primarily literary magazines and newspapers, containing Hansen's published work. There are two boxes with various manuscripts of work by friends and family of Hansen including poems by FrancEyE, and drafts of novels: In Search of Truth by Chris Gugas and People Talking to Themselves by Armine D. Mackenzie. There is also a ledger and manuscript by Belle Race from the early 1900s, who presumably was a relative of Hansen's wife Jane Bancroft Hansen. The correspondence in the collection includes both personal and professional letters sent and received by Hansen. There is a sizable amount of correspondence between Hansen and his publishers and agents including Collier Associates, Countryman Press; Holt, Rinehart & Winston; Harper & Row; the John Johnson Agency; Joan Kahn; and Penguin Books. In addition, there are also five folders of rejection letters sent to Hansen. Within Hansen's personal correspondence, notable correspondents include: British author Beryl Bainbridge, who befriended Hansen in the 1970s while Hansen was living in London; English composer and musician Richard Rodney Bennett; the publisher Brandon House, who put out Hansen's Colton books; gay filmmaker Arch Brown, who collaborated with Hansen on a playscript of Hansen's novel Backtrack, which was not produced; American crime fiction writer Dorothy Salisbury Davis, with whom Hansen corresponded regularly; poet, and girlfriend of Charles Bukowski, FrancEyE (aka Frances Dean Smith); American author Philip Gambone who published a profile of Hansen in Something Inside: Conversations with Gay Fiction Writers; poet and literary critic Diana Gioia; gay activist William "Billy" Glover, who worked at One magazine and after helped form the Homosexual Information Center in 1968; poet and literary critic William Harry Harding; gay activist Ross Ingersoll; poet Bill Mohr; critic Terry Teachout, who reviewed some of Hansen's novels; and crime writer Charles Ray Willeford. There are also insignificant pieces of correspondence from well-known individuals: James Blish, James Broughton, Sue Grafton, Tony Hillerman, George Plimpton, Julian Symons, and Andrew Vachss. Professional and personal materials include a variety of materials related to many different parts of Hansen's life, including business, publishing, and financial documents; miscellaneous ephemera, research materials; family papers, with writings and papers by Jane Bancroft Hansen as well as the Hansen's only child Daniel Hansen; press features on Hansen and reviews of his publications; materials related to Hansen's KFI radio program "Stranger from the Sea"; documents related to Hansen's teaching, chiefly at the UCLA extension school; miscellaneous materials related to Hansen's involvement with the gay community such as the Gay Community Services Center and the homosexual Information Center; and some materials related to his work on a 1970 issue of the literary magazine Beyond Baroque. The collection contains one box of photographs with images of Hansen throughout his life, as well as family members including Jane Bancroft Hansen and Daniel Hansen, and some friends and residences. The collection also contains approximately 70 drawings on paper presumably by Jane Hansen from the 1960s, of which many may have been created as part of art class.
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Visual Materials
A collection of four chapbooks and seventeen chapbook covers dating from approximately the 1890s to the 1910s with artwork illustrated by Mexican lithographer José Guadalupe Posada (1852-1913). The materials were all printed for various publications produced by Mexican editor Antonio Vanegas Arroyo (1852-1917). Three of the four chapbooks are part of the same series and are titled: Galería Infantil del Teatro Los Novios; Galería Infantil del Teatro la Almoneda del Diablo; Galería del Teatro Infa[n]til Colección De Comedias para Niños ó Títeres Los Gendarmes. The three chapbooks in this series are printed in black ink on buff paper and include illustrated covers. The fourth chapbook is from the "Nueva Colección de Cuentos Patrioticos" series and is titled "La Gorra del Cuartel." The booklet includes hand-colored details of printed images throughout the interior pages. The chapbook covers in the collection are printed either in black ink or black-and-red ink on various colored papers. Images include satirical and traditional representations of Mexican plays, historical retellings, and comedic stories.
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Visual Materials
A collection of four chapbooks and seventeen chapbook covers dating from approximately the 1890s to the 1910s with artwork illustrated by Mexican lithographer José Guadalupe Posada (1852-1913). The materials were all printed for various publications produced by Mexican editor Antonio Vanegas Arroyo (1852-1917). Three of the four chapbooks are part of the same series and are titled: Galería Infantil del Teatro Los Novios; Galería Infantil del Teatro la Almoneda del Diablo; Galería del Teatro Infa[n]til Colección De Comedias para Niños ó Títeres Los Gendarmes. The three chapbooks in this series are printed in black ink on buff paper and include illustrated covers. The fourth chapbook is from the "Nueva Colección de Cuentos Patrioticos" series and is titled "La Gorra del Cuartel." The booklet includes hand-colored details of printed images throughout the interior pages. The chapbook covers in the collection are printed either in black ink or black-and-red ink on various colored papers. Images include satirical and traditional representations of Mexican plays, historical retellings, and comedic stories.
priPosada
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