Lawrence Ferlinghetti papers
name: label: Creator
content: Ferlinghetti, Lawrence
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- California -- San Francisco
label: Occupation
content: Poets -- California -- San Francisco
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated in 2022 and 2023 by the Lawrence Ferlinghetti Artworks Trust via Joseph Sasser, Trustee.
creator: label: Creator
content: Ferlinghetti, Lawrence
setName: label: See more items in
content: Lawrence Ferlinghetti papers
abstract: label: Summary
content: The Lawrence Ferlinghetti papers measure 3.3 linear feet and date from 1980 to 2020. The papers document Ferlinghetti's career as a poet and artist through exhibition files, inventories, correspondence and other professional files; clippings, exhibition announcements, exhibition catalogs, and other printed material; sketches, sketchbooks, lithographs, and other artwork; and photographs and slides of Ferlinghetti and his artwork. There is a 0.3 linear foot unprocessed addition to this collection donated in 2023 that includes copy prints of images taken by Ferlinghetti during World War II made for an exhibition on Ferlinghetti at the Harvey Milk Photo Center in 2019. Also included are three reproductions from the photo book Splinter Fleet, 2018, used in the exhibition. Additional material includes a letter from Nancy Tucker to Lawrence Ferlinghetti, 2007; and six photographs of Ferlinghetti's Underwear series, circa 2000.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Lawrence Ferlinghetti (1919-2021) was a painter, poet, and activist in San Francisco, California. Ferlinghetti was born in Yokers, New York. He studied journalism at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, and completed a  Ph.D. in comparative literature at the University of Paris. In the 1950s, Ferlinghetti established City Lights, a publishing house in San Francisco. Ferlinghetti was also a poet writing in the vein of T. S. Eliot. Ferlinghetti painted throughout his lifetime and exhibited works throughout the United States. Ferlinghetti died in 2021.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 3.3 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1980-2020
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.ferllawr
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Drawings
label: Type
content: Sketchbooks
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The collection is arranged into five series.

Series 1: Professional Files, 1988-2020 (0.9 linear feet; Box 1)

Series 2: Printed Material, 1982-2019 ( 0.7 linear feet; Boxes 1-3, 5)

Series 3: Artwork, 1980-2005 (1.2 linear feet; Boxes 2-5)

Series 4: Photographic Material, 1990-2009 (0.3 linear feet; Box 2)

Series 5: Unprocessed Addition, 2007-2019 (0.3 linear feet; Box 6, OV 7)
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The collection was processed, and a finding aid prepared by Ricky Gomez in 2022.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Drawings
label: Genre/Form
content: Sketchbooks
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Original contact prints taken by Ferlinghetti are located at the Bancroft Libray, Berkeley.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The Lawrence Ferlinghetti papers measure 3.3 linear feet and date from 1980 to 2020. The papers document Ferlinghetti's career as a poet and artist through exhibition files, inventories, correspondence and other professional files; clippings, exhibition announcements, exhibition catalogs, and other printed material; sketches, sketchbooks, lithographs, and other artwork; and photographs and slides of Ferlinghetti and his artwork.

There is a 0.3 linear foot unprocessed addition to this collection donated in 2023 that includes copy prints of images taken by Ferlinghetti during World War II made for an exhibition on Ferlinghetti at the Harvey Milk Photo Center in 2019. Also included are three reproductions from the photo book Splinter Fleet, 2018, used in the exhibition. Additional material includes a letter from Nancy Tucker to Lawrence Ferlinghetti, 2007; and six photographs of Ferlinghetti's Underwear series, circa 2000.