Manuscripts

Friends, around town

Description: Loose prints and negatives of unidentified friends from the late 1960s and early 1970s, friends and gatherings in the 1980s, and a trip to Miami in the 1980s. Also includes prints and negatives of photographs Babitz took in Los Angeles around 1969 to 1970, including Echo Park, Griffith Observatory, and various locations on Sunset Boulevard.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1969-1988
Call number: mssBabitz
Creator: Babitz, Eve(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased from Eve Babitz through Glenn Horowitz Bookseller with support from Steve Martin and Anne Stringfield, November 2021.; gift of Mirandi Babitz, December 2024.
Restrictions: Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.

Photographs

Manuscripts

Photographs and negatives of Eve Babitz, her family and friends, and the Los Angeles area, including hundreds taken by Babitz of friends and gatherings during the years 1969-1972. Photo subjects from this time include Jackson Browne, the Byrds, Black Oak Arkansas, Glenn Frey, Steve Martin, Linda Ronstadt, Gram Parsons (38 images), and Dan Wakefield; and several Los Angeles locations including Echo Park and the Griffith Observatory. There are also photos from the late 1980s of friends and gatherings and a trip to Miami. Family photographs include Eve Babitz from childhood to the 2000s, her cats, her parents Sol and Mae Babitz, sister Mirandi Babitz, and their family home. Scrapbooks and photo albums feature snapshots of friends and family, with one album dedicated to the Slow Days, Fast Company book release party in 1977. There is also significant material related to dance in Los Angeles, which appears to be related to Babitz's book Two by Two: Tango, Two-Step, and the L.A. Night.

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Scrapbook - friends

Manuscripts

Scrapbook containing photographs of friends and ephemera approximately 1969. Includes photographs of Harrison Ford, Noel Harrison, and others, gatherings at Earl McGrath's, and photo booth snapshots of Babitz.

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Correspondence - friends and family incoming/outgoing

Manuscripts

Incoming letters and cards from friends, some unsigned or unidentified; and the majority of Babitz's outgoing correspondence. Babitz's outgoing correspondence is primarily from the late 1960s to early 1970s and includes carbon copies, drafts, and unsent letters and postcards. There is also incoming and outgoing family correspondence (mid 1950s to mid 1960s) with her parents Sol and Mae Babitz, sister Mirandi Babitz, and a few other relatives.

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Oversize photographs

Manuscripts

Unused images from Eve's Hollywood, including family photographs and shots of Hollywood High School. Also includes oversize photographs of Eve Babitz, her friends, and negatives used in Manifesto LAX.

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Correspondence - friends incoming

Manuscripts

Primarily incoming correspondence from Babitz's friends, admirers, and publishing contacts, including Larry Bell, Joseph Cornell (12 items including envelopes and inserts, plus photocopies), Jean Francois Dalle, John Gregory Dunne and Joan Didion, Peter Eden, "F" (unidentified), Paul Glass, Joseph Heller (6 items including envelopes, plus photocopies), Seymour Lawrence, Erica Spellman (ICM), Leah Spinrad, Paul Ruscha, Dan Wakefield, Victoria Wilson (Knopf), and Jann Wenner (Rolling Stone). There is back and forth correspondence in a few instances. Also included is a folder of other publishing-related correspondence, and get-well faxes and letters Babitz received after her 1997 accident.

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Friends

Manuscripts

Prints and negatives of Babitz's friends from the late 1960s and early 1970s, including Suzanne, Antoinette, Sofie, Fritz, Carl Gottlieb, Jac Holzman, Judy Kinnamer, Danny O'Keefe, Ray Mungo, and others; and gatherings and events from the early 1970s, including Peter Alexander party and Betty Gold show. Envelopes with negatives only include Dianne Gardiner and Michael Elias.

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Friends, around town

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