Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives
Allen Ginsberg photograph collection
UUS_P0591
1 box
.25 linear feet
1956-1980
The Allen Ginsberg photograph collection consists of 4 strips of black and white negative film with 24 total individual images, a contact sheet, eight 8x10 enlargments from these individual negatives, and eight additional images from various stages of Ginsberg's life from the 1950s to the 1970s. All of the negatives appear to be from an unknown Ginsberg lecture on Buddhist Mantras. In some of the images Ginsberg is playing a harmonium.
Material in English
Processed in June of 2016.
Purchased from Ken Saunders Rare Books in 2014-2018
No restrictions on use, except: not available through interlibrary loan.
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances.
Permission to publish material from the Allen Ginsberg photograph collection must be obtained from the Photograph Curator and/or the Special Collections Department Head.
Initial Citation: USU_P0591; Allen Ginsberg photograph collection; Photograph Collections Special Collections and Archives. Utah State University Merrill-Cazier Library. Logan, Utah.
Following Citations:USU_P0591, USUSCA.
Allen Ginsberg (1926-1997) was one of the principle members of the Beat Generation in the 1950s and later an icon of the counter-culture movement in the 1960s. His poem, The Howl, is the best-known single work of the Beat Poets. He published a number of books of poetry receiving the National Book Award in 1974 for The Fall of America. Ginsberg was a practicing Buddhist who took part in numerous protests against imperialism, militarism, sexual repression, and censorship.
The Allen Ginsberg photograph collection consists of 4 strips of black and white negative film with 24 total individual images, a contact sheet, eight 8x10 enlargments from these individual negatives, and eight additional images from various stages of Ginsberg's life from the 1950s to the 1970s. All of the negatives appear to be from an unknown Ginsberg lecture on Buddhist Mantras. In some of the images Ginsberg is playing a harmonium.
For more photographs of Ginsberg see the Walter Lehrman photograph collection P0577.
Literature
Photographs
Poets, American--20th century--Photographs.
Beats (Persons)--Photographs.
Four strips of 35mm black and white negatives, a contact sheet, and eight enlargments from an unknown Ginsberg lecture on Mantras
1967-1970
Contact sheet of 35mm film strips
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Enlargements of Ginsberg from the 35mm film strips
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Consists of four strips of 35mm black and white negatives, 24 images total from an unknown Ginsberg lecture on Buddhist Mantras. One of the images shows a blackboard with Ginsberg's notes
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Images from various stages of Ginsberg's life
1956-1977
Ginsberg during a lecture. Copyright by Graham Keen, London
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Approximately 1970
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Ginsberg at Colorado State University with the harmonium. Copyright by George Post
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1977 April 7
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Studio portraits, taken by an unknown photographer
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circa 1960
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Snapshot of Ginsberg on the beach
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circa 1960
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Publicity photograph of Ginsberg by Fred MacDarrah
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circa 1960
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