Steven J. Bernstein papers

Steven J. Bernstein papers, 1960-2010

Overview of the Collection

Creator: Bernstein, Steven J., 1950-1991
Title: Steven J. Bernstein papers
Dates: 1960-2010 (inclusive)
19602010
Quantity: 11.42 cubic feet (22 boxes, 19 folders, and 8 audiocassettes)
Collection Number: 5244
Summary: Correspondence, photographs, notebooks, sketchbooks, manuscripts, poems, articles, event fliers and posters, drawings, paintings, published books, published audio tape cassettes of poetry and music, published vinyl record of poetry, artifacts, and sound cassette recordings of interview excerpts of a musician, poet, playwright, novelist, singer/songwriter and performance artist
Repository: University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA
98195-2900
Telephone: 2065431929
Fax: 2065431931
speccoll@uw.edu
Access Restrictions: Open to all users.
Languages: English

Biographical NoteReturn to Top

Born in Los Angeles, Steven J. Bernstein (Jesse) worked as a musician during his chaotic adolescence and early adulthood. He suffered from infantile paralysis and mental illness, and later drug and alcohol abuse as well. From 1966 on, he lived mainly in Seattle, working as a poet, playwright, novelist, singer/songwriter and performance artist, often collaborating with other Seattle artists such as Pete Leinonen, Susy Schneider, Roberto Valenza and Kathleen Hunt. He often read at punk rock venues. He died at Neah Bay, Washington in 1991.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

Sound recordings; writings, artworks, and songs created by or relating to Bernstein; correspondence; photographs and other materials connected to Steven J. Bernstein.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

Some restrictions exist on copying, quotation or publication. Contact Repository for details.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

Organized into 4 accessions.

Accession No. 5244-001, Steven J. Bernstein papers, circa 1990
Accession No. 5244-002, Steven J. Bernstein papers, 1972-1991, 2001
Accession No. 5244-003, Steven J. Bernstein papers, 1960-2010
Accession No. 5244-004, Steven J. Bernstein papers, 1989-1992

Related Materials

Jeff Stookey and Jesse Bernstein papers, 1950-2010

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Accession No. 5244-001: Steven J. Bernstein papers, circa 1990Return to Top

0.21 cubic feet (1 box)

4 sound cassettes

Scope and Content: Sound cassette recordings. One cassette consists of National Public Radio interview excerpts with Bernstein (11/20/1990)

Restrictions on Access: Open to all users.

Acquisition Info: Donor: Leslie Fried, June 27, 1996

Accession No. 5244-002: Steven J. Bernstein papers, 1972-1991, 2001Return to Top

5.21 cubic feet (14 boxes and 4 folders)

Scope and Content: Prose, poetry, letters, plays, songs, ephemera, and other materials created by or relating to Bernstein.

Restrictions on Access: Open to all users.

Acquisition Info: Donor: Leslie Fried, February 13, 2012

General Notes: A portion of the material written by Bernstein is also dated 2001

Container(s)		Description	Dates
		Collections Published/Unpublished
Box/Folder	Accession
1/1	5244-002	Choking on Sixth	1979
1/2	5244-002	Diary of a Mad God	n.d.
1/3	5244-002	Exotic Disasters	1979
1/4	5244-002	A Ghost of His Former Self	1981
1/5	5244-002	Holy Night	1990
1/6	5244-002	Popo and Ginger	1990
		Ephemera
Box/Folder	Accession
2/1	5244-002	AA Notes	1991
2/2	5244-002	AA Work Notes	n.d.
2/3	5244-002	Bernstein: Autobiology	1991
2/4	5244-002	Big Score	n.d.
2/5	5244-002	Corrections for Jesse Bio Intro	n.d.
2/6	5244-002	Dear Dad and Andrey	1991
2/7	5244-002	Dear Bill	1991
2/8	5244-002	Hand Drawn Notebook	1991
2/9	5244-002	Hands	n.d.
2/10	5244-002	I Act As Though I Don't Have a Life	1990
2/11	5244-002	I Will Not Lay Among Weapons	1991
3/1	5244-002	Jesse Bernstein: Biographical Note	n.d.
3/2	5244-002	Les Fleurs D'Amour	1988
3/3	5244-002	Miscellaneous Fragments	ca. 1991
3/4	5244-002	Molesh	1986
3/5	5244-002	Notebook	1991
3/6	5244-002	Notebook with Biography	ca. 1991
3/7	5244-002	Re: Self-Treatment	1991
3/8	5244-002	Remember the Lord!	1991
3/9	5244-002	So Easy Lord	n.d.
3/10	5244-002	Statement of Purpose	1988
3/11-3/12	5244-002	Steven J. Bernstein: Autobiology	1991, n.d.
3/13	5244-002	What Happens	1989
		Letters
Box/Folder	Accession
4/1	5244-002	27 July	1979
4/2	5244-002	17 December	1987
4/3	5244-002	19 December	1983
4/4	5244-002	21 December	1987
4/5	5244-002	22 December	1987
4/6	5244-002	24 December	1987
4/7	5244-002	25 December	1987
4/8	5244-002	26 December	1987
4/9-10	5244-002	27 December	1987
4/11	5244-002	28 December	1987
4/12	5244-002	29 December	1987
4/13	5244-002	30 December	1987
4/14-15	5244-002	2 January	1988
4/16	5244-002	3 January	1988
4/17	5244-002	5 January	1988
4/18	5244-002	6 January	1988
4/19	5244-002	9 January	1988
4/20	5244-002	11 January	1988
4/21	5244-002	12 January	1988
4/22-23	5244-002	13 January	1988
4/24-25	5244-002	14 January	1988
4/26	5244-002	16 January	1988
4/27	5244-002	17 January	1988
4/28	5244-002	19 January	1988
4/29	5244-002	21 January	1988
4/30	5244-002	23 January	1988
4/31	5244-002	24 January	1988
4/32	5244-002	9 March	1988
4/33	5244-002	2 April	1988
4/34	5244-002	18 May	1988
4/35	5244-002	26 June	1989
4/36	5244-002	22 September	1989
4/37	5244-002	26 September	1989
4/38	5244-002	3 March	1990
4/39	5244-002	From a Letter to My Brother	n.d.
4/40	5244-002	From a Letter to My Mother	n.d.
4/41	5244-002	January Nineteen	1989
4/42	5244-002	Jeff These are the Only	n.d.
		Manuscripts
Box/Folder	Accession
5/1	5244-002	Hermione	1982
6/1-3	5244-002	Personal Effects	1990, n.d.
5/2	5244-002	Poems and Letters to L	n.d.
7/1	5244-002	The Sanctuary	1980
7/2	5244-002	Short Skirt	1991
5/3	5244-002	Soon Sweet Misery	1978
5/4	5244-002	The Wraith	1981
		Plays
Box/Folder	Accession
8/1	5244-002	Almost Home Port	1986
8/2	5244-002	Breaking In	1982
8/3	5244-002	The Bride of the Assassin	1988
8/4	5244-002	Candy	n.d.
8/5	5244-002	Critics	2001
8/6	5244-002	The Dead Dog	1980
8/7	5244-002	Dr. Emu and the Dead President's Wife	1989
8/8	5244-002	Dr. W	n.d.
8/9	5244-002	Father and Daughter	1984
8/10	5244-002	God in All Her Glory	1980
8/11	5244-002	Howard and Shirley	1987
8/12	5244-002	Mariana's Love Affair	n.d.
8/13	5244-002	Moms	1990
8/14	5244-002	Monologues for Paula Killen	n.d.
8/15	5244-002	Namu: Desert Angel	1992
8/16	5244-002	Separate Partners	1987
8/17	5244-002	Silent Partners	1987
8/18-20	5244-002	A Well-Ordered Room	1980-1986
		Poetry
Box/Folder	Accession
9/1	5244-002	All the Things I Always Wanted	n.d.
9/2	5244-002	The Amazing Healing Power of the Madman	1976
9/3	5244-002	Antonin Artaud	n.d.
9/4	5244-002	The Anvil	1985
9/5	5244-002	At Home in the Future	n.d.
9/6	5244-002	At the Movies	1989
9/7	5244-002	August 27	1991
9/8	5244-002	Bad Boy	1987
9/9	5244-002	The Bandages That Touch the Burned Skin	n.d.
9/10	5244-002	Bartholomew's Flower	1986
9/11	5244-002	Being Alone in Life	n.d.
9/12	5244-002	Being Broke	n.d.
9/13	5244-002	The Birds in the Mirror	n.d.
9/14	5244-002	Blood and Smoke	1989
9/15	5244-002	Born Free	1989
9/16	5244-002	A Brief Visit	1989
9/17	5244-002	The Broken and Chaotic Europe of the Forties	n.d.
9/18	5244-002	Car With No Driver	1990
9/19	5244-002	Catholic Toy Melancholy	n.d.
9/20	5244-002	The Cell	n.d.
9/21	5244-002	Cell Shock	n.d.
9/22	5244-002	Children's Slaughterhouse	1986
9/23	5244-002	The Concrete Looks Soft Today	1989
9/24	5244-002	A Day of Letters	n.d.
9/25	5244-002	Dead Animal Song	n.d.
9/26	5244-002	Dead on the Farm	n.d.
9/27	5244-002	Dice Player's Riddle	1989
9/28	5244-002	The Difference	1989
9/29	5244-002	Dirt Cheap	1991
9/30	5244-002	Down at the Orpheum	1991
9/31	5244-002	The Enemy	n.d.
9/32	5244-002	Excerpt From a Recent Novel	1977
9/33	5244-002	The False Front	n.d.
9/34	5244-002	The Family Tree	n.d.
9/35	5244-002	The Famous Weasles Eat Their Children	n.d.
9/36	5244-002	Fear of Piano Keys	1976
9/37	5244-002	Fire in the Untrusting Belly	n.d.
9/38	5244-002	For Matthew Parsons: Starting Another Fall	1991
9/39	5244-002	Frozen Sapphire	1987
9/40	5244-002	The Game is Played	n.d.
9/41	5244-002	Georgeous General Notes: Title is written as it appears on materials	2001
9/42	5244-002	Gestapo Square Dance Poem Number One	1989
9/43	5244-002	Girl General Notes: Contains only the second page	n.d.
9/44	5244-002	The Girl Has Faith	n.d.
9/45	5244-002	The Going to Bed After	1989
9/46	5244-002	A Guy's Job	n.d.
9/47	5244-002	Haircut	n.d.
9/48	5244-002	The Hard Knocks	1977
9/49	5244-002	Hands Work the Organ	1988
9/50	5244-002	The Happy Poet	1989
9/51	5244-002	Heartbreak Machine	1989
9/52	5244-002	Hendrix	n.d.
9/53	5244-002	He's Growing His Beard Again	1986
9/54	5244-002	Holding Onto the Cracks	n.d.
9/55	5244-002	The Housefire	1987
9/56	5244-002	How It Represents Itself	2001
9/57	5244-002	I Am Always Looking	2001
9/58	5244-002	I Tried Every Number in the Book	1991
9/59	5244-002	I Want to Be Like Dirt in Its Teeth	n.d.
9/60	5244-002	I Write Because I'm Bored	n.d.
9/61	5244-002	I'll Tell You What...	2001
9/62	5244-002	An Illusion of Freedom	1989
9/63	5244-002	In Front of Me the Keys	1989
9/64	5244-002	In My Broken Mind	n.d.
9/65	5244-002	In the Daylight	n.d.
9/66	5244-002	In the End I Will Forget	1989
9/67	5244-002	In This Place	1991
9/68	5244-002	In This World of Solid Etc. and Waste	1991
9/69	5244-002	Islands of Faint Soap	1985, 2001
9/70	5244-002	It is a Mouth That Cries	n.d.
9/71	5244-002	It is Fake Statuary	n.d.
9/72	5244-002	The Jets	n.d.
9/73	5244-002	Last Word	2001
9/74	5244-002	Let's Just Sit Here and Get Drunk While the Real Men are Fixing the Streets	1984
9/75	5244-002	The Life of the Poet	1989
9/76	5244-002	Light of Dead Windows	1989
9/77	5244-002	Love: Another Cold Car Ride	1988
9/78	5244-002	Love or Not Love	n.d.
9/79	5244-002	The Lunatic Vision	1989
9/80	5244-002	The Lurid Details	n.d.
9/81	5244-002	The Man Upstairs	1989
9/82	5244-002	The Markings of Fish	n.d.
9/83	5244-002	The Marrow of a Tree	2001
9/84	5244-002	Me and Her Outside	1990
9/85	5244-002	Message From the Sun	1976
9/86	5244-002	The Modern Infant	1987
9/87	5244-002	More Noise, Please	1989
9/88	5244-002	Morning in the Sub-Basement of Hell	1991
9/89	5244-002	Mr. Charlie	1990
9/90	5244-002	Murdered in the Middle of the Dance	1989
9/91	5244-002	My Mind Gets Flatter and Flatter	1989
9/92	5244-002	My Mother is Uglier	n.d.
9/93	5244-002	My Mouth Hurts	n.d.
9/94	5244-002	My Purpose	n.d.
10/1	5244-002	Not Much Wind	n.d.
10/2	5244-002	Oceanographers Bite My Dick...	1989
10/3	5244-002	Off Duty Dancer	1989
10/4	5244-002	Oh, the Pleasant Shame	1989
10/5	5244-002	One Morning	1989
10/6	5244-002	Over Doughnuts and Tea	n.d.
10/7	5244-002	The Parade	n.d.
10/8	5244-002	Party Balloon	1990
10/9	5244-002	Passages to the East	n.d.
10/10	5244-002	The Peanut	1989
10/11	5244-002	People and Worries	n.d.
10/12	5244-002	The Perambulor Mixup	1988
10/13	5244-002	The Photo With Your Face	n.d.
10/14	5244-002	Pillhead	n.d.
10/15	5244-002	Poem for Executive Toy (Scrap Junky)	1988
10/16	5244-002	Poem for Hannah, #1	n.d.
10/17-22	5244-002	Poem for L, #1-#3, #5, #6, #12	1988, n.d.
10/23	5244-002	Poem for Leslie, #8	n.d.
10/24	5244-002	Poem for Yecutieleh, #4	n.d.
10/25	5244-002	Poem/July 8/I	n.d.
10/26	5244-002	Poor Animals of Flesh	n.d.
10/27	5244-002	Possession	1988
10/28	5244-002	The Prayer Rug	1989
10/29	5244-002	The Prison	1989
10/30	5244-002	Reasons You Can Understand	1989
10/31	5244-002	Rip Cord	n.d.
10/32	5244-002	The Saints of Today	1989
10/33	5244-002	The Second Time	1990
10/34	5244-002	See Us O Star	1991
10/35	5244-002	She Comes and Goes	n.d.
10/36	5244-002	Shell Shock on the Deaf Islands/Jesse Bernstein Intro	n.d.
10/37	5244-002	Signed a Contract, Got a Zero	2001
10/38	5244-002	Sister of Pain	1989
10/39	5244-002	Soft Font Test on Maris' Head	n.d.
10/40	5244-002	Some Naked Joy	n.d.
10/41	5244-002	Something to Cry About	1989
10/42	5244-002	A Song Recalled & Sung	n.d.
10/43	5244-002	The Sour Loops of Smoke	n.d.
10/44	5244-002	The Spitting Fan	1989
10/45	5244-002	Standing Against the Backs of Storms	1989
10/46	5244-002	Staring Mudfaced	n.d.
10/47	5244-002	Still Traffic	1989
10/48	5244-002	Summer Solstice	1985
10/49	5244-002	Sunday June 23	1985
11/1	5244-002	The Tabloid Table	n.d.
11/2	5244-002	The Tantalizing Moment	n.d.
11/3	5244-002	Taste the Fumes of Hell	1991
11/4	5244-002	Teenage Girl From Mars	n.d.
11/5	5244-002	Teenagers Without Ankles	n.d.
11/6	5244-002	Test	2001
11/7	5244-002	Tete a Tete	n.d.
11/8	5244-002	There is a Fire Under the Seat	n.d.
11/9	5244-002	There is a Fortification of the Moon	1988
11/10	5244-002	There is a Moment	1991
11/11	5244-002	There is an Orange That Blushes	1989
11/12	5244-002	There is No Sun or Moon For Me	n.d.
11/13	5244-002	They Make the Batteries Out of Tylenol	1990
11/14	5244-002	They Say I am a Survivor	n.d.
11/15	5244-002	The Thief	n.d.
11/16	5244-002	This	n.d.
11/17	5244-002	This Clouded Heart	1990
11/18	5244-002	This Eye and Its Broken Lip	1989
11/19	5244-002	This Yellow Eyeball	1989
11/20	5244-002	The Tightrope Walker	n.d.
11/21	5244-002	The Toothache	1989
11/22	5244-002	The Top of Your Head	1989
11/23	5244-002	The Trash in the City	n.d.
11/24	5244-002	The Unseeable	1989
11/25	5244-002	Untitled (My Fingers Burned Like Furniture...)	1991
11/26	5244-002	Visit Number One	n.d.
11/27	5244-002	The Voices Win at 4 a.m.	n.d.
11/28	5244-002	Waiting for the Sandwich	n.d.
11/29	5244-002	The Way to Go	n.d.
11/30	5244-002	Wednesday	1975
11/31	5244-002	A Well-Planned Disappearance	n.d.
11/32	5244-002	What I Don't Need	1989
11/33	5244-002	What is Left	1989
11/34	5244-002	When I Go Outside	1989
11/35	5244-002	When the Sun is Finally Dry	1988
11/36	5244-002	When You're Not Here	n.d.
11/37	5244-002	Where the Fire is	n.d.
11/38	5244-002	The Wind is Fresh With Dogs	1987
11/39	5244-002	The Wind, the Wind, the Stale Wind	1991
11/40	5244-002	The Window Alone	1989
11/41	5244-002	The Wings of the Tortoise	1991
11/42	5244-002	The Winning Number is	n.d.
11/43	5244-002	Winter	n.d.
11/44	5244-002	The Wish is All There is	1986
11/45	5244-002	Writing in Bed	n.d.
11/46	5244-002	Yoo Hoo	n.d.
11/47	5244-002	You Animals	n.d.
11/48	5244-002	You are Not Ashamed	n.d.
11/49	5244-002	You Were the Thing	1988
11/50	5244-002	You With Your Indians Breath	n.d.
11/51	5244-002	Your Silence	2001
		Prose
Box/Folder	Accession
12/1	5244-002	82 KGNW	n.d.
12/2	5244-002	Actual Synchronous Happening	1990
12/3	5244-002	After T.V.	1979
12/4	5244-002	America Loves Its Gunfighters	1981
12/5	5244-002	Among Friends	n.d.
12/6	5244-002	Anyway You Cut Me	1980
12/7	5244-002	Bad Habits	1990
12/8	5244-002	A Bed to Lie On General Notes: Alternate title: Popo and Ginger	1989
12/9	5244-002	The Broken and Chaotic Europe of the Forties	n.d.
12/10	5244-002	Burnt Up Baseball Head	1985
12/11	5244-002	Car Accident	1987
12/12	5244-002	Catalogue of Silences	2001
12/13	5244-002	Cell Shock	1988
12/14-15	5244-002	Come Out Tonight	1989, n.d.
12/16	5244-002	Crying and Shitting at the Same Time	n.d.
12/17	5244-002	Daily Erotica	1987
12/18	5244-002	A Daily Life	n.d.
12/19	5244-002	Dog Dream: July 20	1986
12/20	5244-002	Door	n.d.
12/21	5244-002	Dream July 9	1987
12/22	5244-002	Excerpt From a Recent Novel	1977
12/23	5244-002	Face	1987
12/24	5244-002	First Met Bruce	1988
12/25	5244-002	First Poem of the Day	1989
12/26	5244-002	Gods and Religion	n.d.
12/27	5244-002	The Hand Knocks	1977
12/28	5244-002	The Harbor	1989
12/29	5244-002	The Highwayman	n.d.
12/30	5244-002	His Last Hours	n.d.
12/31	5244-002	How I Met My Present Wife	1988
12/32	5244-002	Identifying Consciousness	1990
12/33	5244-002	The In Out	1988
12/34	5244-002	In the California Sun	n.d.
12/35	5244-002	Is This What It All Comes Down To?	1979
12/36	5244-002	January Twenty-Seven	1989
12/37	5244-002	Jesse Bernstein 1950-1991	1991
12/38	5244-002	Junk	n.d.
12/39	5244-002	Letting the Horses Go (For L)	n.d.
12/40	5244-002	The Life of the Instrument: A Lexicon of Invocations	n.d.
12/41	5244-002	A Likely Story	1990
12/42	5244-002	Looking at Porno	1989
12/43	5244-002	Mainstreet USA	1986
12/44	5244-002	Me and Her Outside	1990
12/45	5244-002	The Memory	n.d.
12/46	5244-002	Monologues for Paula Killen	n.d.
12/47	5244-002	The Noon News	1989
12/48	5244-002	Now, He Plays the Accordion	n.d.
13/1	5244-002	Obsolete Model	n.d.
13/2	5244-002	Of Modern Cannibals	1982
13/3	5244-002	Our Moon of Moons	n.d.
13/4	5244-002	Out of the Picture	1987
13/5	5244-002	Palestine	n.d.
13/6	5244-002	Pictures of the War	1986
13/7	5244-002	Pirate	1988
13/8	5244-002	Plague Doctor	n.d.
13/9	5244-002	Pleasure on Platforms	1979
13/10	5244-002	Poems and Letters for L	1987-1988
13/11	5244-002	Police Mentality	n.d.
13/12	5244-002	Popo and Ginger - Unfinished	n.d.
13/13	5244-002	Portrait Collection	n.d.
13/14	5244-002	Poverty	n.d.
13/15	5244-002	A Purple Moon on Her Cheek	1990
13/16	5244-002	The Revolution	1989
13/17	5244-002	The Rooms Where Fish Lay Hissing	2001
13/18	5244-002	A Serious Crime	1986
13/19	5244-002	Short Skirt	1991
13/20	5244-002	Showdown	1982
13/21	5244-002	Sissies Suck It Up (Bad Boys Gulp It Down)	1986
13/22	5244-002	Slides From a Winter Vacation	n.d.
13/23	5244-002	Sometimes a Duck	n.d.
13/24	5244-002	Spookey and Fuck	n.d.
13/25	5244-002	St. Sob: Fog in the Hands of a Child (STUDIES)	n.d.
13/26	5244-002	Strip Poker	1989
13/27	5244-002	Taboo	1988
13/28	5244-002	Text for C. Iffland	1989
13/29	5244-002	That's Him in the Pants	n.d.
13/30	5244-002	There are Some Places	n.d.
13/31	5244-002	There Was a Star Over the Water	n.d.
13/32	5244-002	Tonight's Crime	1989
13/33	5244-002	The Tour	1986
13/34	5244-002	The Vacuous Form	n.d.
13/35	5244-002	Visit	n.d.
13/36	5244-002	The War With Love	1991
13/37	5244-002	Wednesday	1975
13/38	5244-002	When the Thing Happens	1990
13/39	5244-002	Window	1986
13/40	5244-002	The World is Auto Cannibal	n.d.
13/41	5244-002	Writer's Vocabulary	1986
13/42	5244-002	You are a Foot	n.d.
13/43	5244-002	Zulus	2001
		Songs
Box/Folder	Accession
14/1	5244-002	Adam	1987
14/2	5244-002	Angel of Luck	n.d.
14/3	5244-002	Elipses of Titanic Appeal General Notes: Title is written as it appears on materials	1985
14/4	5244-002	The Lighthouse and the Ship	1987
14/5	5244-002	Moon Up Like Aspirin	n.d.
14/6	5244-002	This Ship of Headless Sorrows	n.d.

Accession No. 5244-003: Steven J. Bernstein papers, 1960-2010Return to Top

6 cubic feet (7 boxes) plus 15 oversize folders

Scope and Content: Correspondence, photographs, notebooks, sketchbooks, manuscripts, poems, articles, event fliers and posters, drawings, paintings, published books, published audio tape cassettes of poetry and music, published vinyl record of poetry, and artifacts connected to Steven J. Bernstein.

Restrictions on Access: No restrictions on access.

Restrictions on Use: From Deed of Gift: These writings and artworks are donated to the University of Washington Libraries as artifacts with no copyright disposition. This donation neither grants nor denies copyright to the U of W Libraries. Status of creator's copyrights is unknown; restrictions may exist on copying, quotation, or publication. Users are responsible for researching copyright status before use.

Acquisition Info: Donor: Jeffrey Bernstein (brother of Steven J. Bernstein)

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Accession
1	5244-003	Letters from Steven Bernstein to Jeff Bernstein	circa 1970s-1990
1	5244-003	Letters from Steven Bernstein to Claire Greenberg Bernstein	circa 1960s-1980s
1	5244-003	Correspondence between Steven Bernstein and Claire Greenberg Bernstein	circa 1960s-1970s
1	5244-003	Correspondence between Steven Bernstein and Claire Greenberg Bernstein	1975-1998
1	5244-003	Correspondence between Steven Bernstein and family (parents, grandparents, brother)	circa 1960s-1970s
1	5244-003	Folder labeled "letters to answer"	circa 1982
1	5244-003	Correspondence about Steven Bernstein	1992
1	5244-003	Unsorted correspondence	circa 1960s-2000s
2	5244-003	Correspondence about circumstances of Bernstein's death	1992
2	5244-003	Correspondence between Claire Greenberg Bernstein and Peter Sillen about making a film about Steven Bernstein	circa 1994-1996
2	5244-003	Letter and copies of photographs from Alex Quinn (Steven Bernstein's son) to Jeff Bernstein	2002
2	5244-003	Certificate of Death	1991
2	5244-003	Notebook: contains 4 pages of miscellaneous notes	1991
2	5244-003	Sketchbook with notes, writings, and sketches	between 1955 and 1991?
2	5244-003	Notes and addresses from the pockets of Steven Bernstein's clothing	between 1955 and 1991?
2	5244-003	Five notepads with writings and sketches	circa 1960s, undated
2	5244-003	Notebook: contains notes and correspondence about Steven Bernstein	circa 1992-1996
2	5244-003	Manuscript: "Soon Sweet Misery"	1978
2	5244-003	Manuscript: "The Wraith"	1981
2	5244-003	"Father and Daughter" stage play	1984-1985
2	5244-003	Poems	circa 1988
2	5244-003	Manuscript: "Short Skirt" (Bernstein's last novel-unfinished)	1991
2	5244-003	Manuscript: "A Well Ordered Room"	between 1955 and 1991?
2	5244-003	Manuscript: "Grandpa-July 27, 1984"	between 1955 and 1991?
2	5244-003	Two posters for the film "I am Secretly an Important Man"	circa 2010
2	5244-003	Photographs	circa 1960s-1990s
2	5244-003	Unsorted documents	circa 1960s-2000s
2	5244-003	Unsorted documents	1978-1989
2	5244-003	Book: "Dennis the Menace Rides Again" (childhood copy of Steven Bernstein's)	1960
2	5244-003	Book: "Personal Effects" by Steven J. Bernstein, drawings by M. Helen J. Orr (inscribed to Claire Bernstein)	1989
2	5244-003	Book: "The Wraith" by Steven J. Bernstein (inscribed to Claire Bernstein)	1982
2	5244-003	Book: "Hermione" by Steven J. Bernstein (inscribed to Claire Bernstein)	1982
2	5244-003	Book: "I Am Secretly An Important Man" by Steven Jesse Bernstein	1995
2	5244-003	Book: "Good to Go-Short Stories West Coast Style" (features story by Steven Bernstein)	1994
2	5244-003	Book: "More Noise, Please!" by Steven J. Bernstein	1996
3	5244-003	Newsweek Magazine (connection to Steven Bernstein not apparent)	June 28, 1993
3	5244-003	Four copies of the Seattle Weekly (Steven Bernstein is on the cover, reads "Dead But Still Making Noise: Steven Jesse Bernstein, the Lasting Influence of Seattle's Seminal Underground Poet")	October 2003
3	5244-003	Unsorted documents in oversize plastic folder	circa 1970s-1980s
3	5244-003	Green mirror holder (approximately 8" x 4.5") with accompanying broken mirror pieces	undated
3	5244-003	Framed drawing by Steven Bernstein (portrait of a male)	September 1968
4	5244-003	Drawings and paintings by Steven Bernstein, smaller than 12" x 15" in size	circa 1960s-1991
5	5244-003	Canvas painting by Steven Bernstein (green background with variously colored squares, approximately 14" x 14")	between 1955 and 1991?
6	5244-003	Photograph on backing board (black and white, young Steven Bernstein playing guitar next to woman at swimming pool)	between 1955 and 1991?
6	5244-003	Vinyl record featuring four tracks from the later-released album "Prison" by Steven J. Bernstein	circa 1991-1992
7	5244-003	Wooden hinged box, painted green and gold, with portrait drawing of two women, filled with chestnuts (approximately 6.5" x 5" x 2")	undated
7	5244-003	Brown suitcase handle with Greyhound Bus tag attached	undated
7	5244-003	Clay sculpture shaped like a dinosaur with the initials SJB carved into the bottom (approximately 6.5" x 4.5" x 2")	undated
7	5244-003	Wooden box, the word "Power" is on the lid, with metal cage inside containing a small boy doll, a matchbox, a bell, and a small piece of wood resembling an old fashioned milk jug (approximately 5.5" x 2.5" x 2.5")	undated
7	5244-003	Pouch of tobacco in yellow plastic pouch	undated
7	5244-003	Pouch of tobacco in original package: Amphora pipe tobacco	undated
7	5244-003	Cassette tape: "Prison" by Steven Jesse Bernstein	1992
7	5244-003	Cassette tape: "The Sad Bag" by Steven Jesse Bernstein (listed as Jesse Bernstein)	1990
7	5244-003	Cassette tape: hand labeled "Steven J. Bernstein Archive Cassette"	undated
OS folders 1-14	5244-003	Artwork by Steven J. Bernstein and posters/event fliers related to Steven J. Bernstein	circa 1960s-1990s
OS folder 15	5244-003	Textured painting on wood board by Steven J. Bernstein (20" x 30")

Accession No. 5244-004: Steven J. Bernstein papers, 1989-1992Return to Top

8 audiocassettes

Scope and Content: 8 audiocassette tapes with audio recordings of Bernstein. Includes audio recordings of poems, Jesse Bernstein memorial tapes, session tape, and mash-up tape.

Restrictions on Access: Open to all users, however advanced notice is required to access tapes. Contact Special Collections for more information.

Restrictions on Use: Creator's copyrights transferred to the University of Washington Libraries Special Collections.

Acquisition Info: Donated by Steve Fisk, June 27, 2022.

Container(s)		Description	Dates
cassette	Accession
Tape 997	5244-004	"Bernstein Poems B.U." 1 audiocassette General Notes: Note on case reads "1) Completed 2) These tapes are weird…"	undated
Tape 998	5244-004	"Jesse Bernstein Memorial Tape One" 1 audiocassette	1991 October 28
Tape 999	5244-004	"Jesse Bernstein Memorial Tape Two" 1 audiocassette	1991 October 28
Tape 1000	5244-004	"Jesse Bernstein 5-31-91" 1 audiocassette	1991 May 31
Tape 1001	5244-004	"Jesse/Ashdly" 1 audiocassette	1989 September 1
Tape 1002	5244-004	"Bernstein Avast Roughs" 1 audiocassette	1991 December 23
Tape 1003	5244-004	"Session Tape" 1 audiocassette Scope and Content: Includes "No No Man pt 1," "Morning of," "More Noise Please," "The Sport pt 1," "Party Balloon," "Face," "This Clouded Heart," "The Sport pt 2," "No No Man pt 2," "The Sport pt 1 Remix"	1992 January 18
Tape 1004	5244-004	"Bernstein Mash Ups" 1 audiocassette General Notes: Note on case reads: "Noticed drops around 10:30-11 minute marks. Restarted comp. but unsure if helped--Xavier"	undated

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