Research Catalog

Title

Collection of five typed letters, signed and unsigned, and one typed journal entry : place not specified, to Jack Kerouac, 1950 Feb. 3-1965 July 15.

Author

Holmes, John Clellon, 1926-1988.

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Summary

Collection consists of the following letters: typed letter signed "John" in pencil, dated Feb. 3, 1950 (3 leaves, 6 p.), titled "Re: The Afternoon of a Tenor-Man," with "JCH to JK" in pencil overlined in blue pen in Holmes's hand at top of first page; typed journal entry, dated Feb. 3, 1950 (2 leaves, 3 p.), titled "Re: The Afternoon of a Tenor-Man," with "JHC-journal entry" in Holmes's hand in pencil overlined in blue pen at top of first page; typed letter, dated May 28, 1952 (2 leaves, 4 p.); typed letter signed "John" in pencil, dated June 9, 1952 (2 leaves, 4 p.), with "JHC" in pencil at top of first page; carbon copy typed letter signed "John" in pencil, dated June 12, 1963 (3 leaves, 6 p., p. 2-6 numbered in pencil by Holmes); carbon copy typed letter signed "John" in type, dated July 15, 1965 (1 leaf, 2 p.), with pencil correction in Holmes's hand, and with "JCH to JK" in blue pen in Holmes's hand at top of first page.

Subjects

• Cassady, Neal
• Beats (Persons) in literature
• Ginsberg, Allen, 1926-1997
• Kerouac, Jack, 1922-1969
• Burroughs, William S., 1914-1997
• Dostoyevsky, Fyodor, 1821-1881
• Holmes, John Clellon, 1926-1988

Note

• The letters' primary topics are Holmes's and Jack Kerouac's writing and publishing prospects; Fyodor Dostoyevsky; jazz; and observations about friends and colleagues, including William S. Burroughs, Neal Cassady, and Allen Ginsberg.
• June 9, 1952 letter responds to Kerouac's accusations that Holmes had plagiarized from Kerouac's as-yet-unpublished On the Road a jazz scene for Holmes's about-to-be-published novel Go!
• June 12, 1963 carbon copy letter contains questionnaire which Holmes asks Kerouac to complete for Holmes's book on Beat writers. (See Jack Kerouac Archive, Box 12, folder 43 for the original letter, folders 44 and 45 for Kerouac's notes and responses, and folder 46 for Kerouac's cover letter, June 23, 1963).

Access (note)

• Restricted access;

Call Number

Berg Coll Cased Holmes, JC T.l.s. to Kerouac 1950

OCLC

745639962

Author

Holmes, John Clellon, 1926-1988.

Title

Collection of five typed letters, signed and unsigned, and one typed journal entry : place not specified, to Jack Kerouac, 1950 Feb. 3-1965 July 15.

Access

Restricted access; request permission from holding division.

Local Note

Collection donated by Alfred Hirsch, 2011.

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Added Author

Hirsch, Alfred. Donor. Former owner

Research Call Number

Berg Coll Cased Holmes, JC T.l.s. to Kerouac 1950