Writings
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Gysin, Brion, 1916-1986
label: Collection Creator
content: Burroughs, William S., 1914-1997
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content: William Burroughs and Brion Gysin writings
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.4 Linear Feet (Box 1)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1963-1973
label: Date
content: 1997
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.burrwill, Series 1
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: This series is arranged chronologically.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The three books of writings by William Burroughs and Brion Gysin use a "cut-up technique" of diaristic writings graphically arranged with drawings, clippings, photographs, and other items pasted onto the pages and integrated into the narrative. Two of the volumes were created in agenda books and the third was created in a Les Goelands notebook. The third book has been identified as "John Brady's book." While Brady was a friend of Burroughs, the relationship between the book and Brady is unclear. There are a few loose pages removed from the third Les Geolands book in a corresponding folder. Also included is one folder of letters about Burroughs written by the artist David Bradshaw to art collectors Stanley and Elyse Grinstein, plus miscellaneous material such as a photograph, card, and drawing from Burroughs's funeral.