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Autograph letter, signed ("Buddie Jack"), to Sebastian Sampas, March 25, 1943, 3 leaves (6 p.).
- Title
- Autograph letter, signed ("Buddie Jack"), to Sebastian Sampas, March 25, 1943, 3 leaves (6 p.).
- Author
- Kerouac, Jack, 1922-1969.
- Publication
- [Newport, RI], 1943.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Permit needed | Berg Coll m.b.Kerouac A.l.s. to Sampas March 1943 | Schwarzman Building - Berg Collection Room 320 |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Sampas, Sebastian.
- Description
- 6 pages on [3] leaves; approx. 19 x 14 cm
- Summary
- Role of the artist; creative process; need for the writer to observe the world closely, not just his psyche; suspicious about “working class” movements because of Soviet influence; labor of U.S. soldiers in armed services compared to “Nazi labor policies”; on guard duty in the barracks “wearing blue peacoat, trousers, leggings, and bowcap, carrying a club and wearing a white belt, etc. I have to see that everyone is buttoned up, etc.”
- Subjects
- Art > Political aspects
- Communist Party of the United States of America > History > 20th century
- Dos Passos, John, 1896-1970 > Views on politics
- Revolutions and socialism > Correspondence
- Communism > 20th century
- Debs, Eugene V. (Eugene Victor), 1855-1926
- Poets > Political and social views
- Poets, American > 20th century > Psychology
- Art > Political aspects > United States > History > 20th century
- Note
- Written in pencil during the 10-day period Kerouac was navy reserve recruit in Newport, Rhode Island naval base, before being sent to the sick bay and then the psychiatric ward.
- Access (note)
- Restricted access;
- Call Number
- Berg Coll m.b. Kerouac A.l.s. to Sampas March 1943
- OCLC
- 893980232
- Author
- Kerouac, Jack, 1922-1969.
- Title
- Autograph letter, signed ("Buddie Jack"), to Sebastian Sampas, March 25, 1943, 3 leaves (6 p.).
- Imprint
- [Newport, RI], 1943.
- Local Note
- Funds for purchase of letter donated by the Buddy Taub Foundation (Los Angeles), June 2015.
- Access
- Restricted access; request permission in holding division.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- Sampas, Sebastian. AddresseeBuddy Taub Foundation. Donor
- Research Call Number
- Berg Coll m.b. Kerouac A.l.s. to Sampas March 1943