Alfred Leslie Papers
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Leslie, Alfred, 1927-
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content: Alfred Leslie papers
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2 Microfilm reels
label: Extent
content: 1 Folder
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1959-1964
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.leslalfr, Series 1
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Microfilm reels
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The bulk of the collection consists of correspondence between Alfred Leslie and actors, artists, filmmakers, poets, and writers. Much of the correspondence relates to Leslie's role as editor of the The Hasty Papers and to his film Last Clean Shirt. Scattered biographical material, general correspondence with museums and galleries, lists, printed material, and personal legal documents can also be found.

Notable correspondents include Samuel Becket, T.S. Eliot, Sam Francis, Allen Ginsberg, Barbara Guest, Hannalore Hahn, Pontus Hulten, Sam Hunter, Norman Mailer, Frank O'Hara, Joel Oppenheimer, and many others.