Ron Whitehead Papers

Repository: UCC Library Archives Service

Identity Statement

TitleRon Whitehead Papers
Archive ReferenceIE BL/SC/RW
Web Link to this Entryhttps://iar.ie/archive/ron-whitehead-papers
Creation Dates2004-2005
Extent Medium14 items

Context

Creator(s): Ron Whitehead and Laurence Ferlinghetti, City Lights Booksellers & Publishers, San Francisco, California

  • Administrative History ↴

    Whitehead is a Nobel nominated Beat poet, based in Louisville, Kentucky: http://www.tappingmyownphone.com/ Laurence Ferlinghetti is an American poet and painter, and co-founder of City Lights Booksellers & Publishers in San Francisco, California: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_Ferlinghetti

  • Archival History ↴

    IE BL/SC/RW is Ron Whitehead material held in UCC Library. The collection was acquired from Mr. Whitehead in 2005 by John FitzGerald, Librarian, UCC Library.

  • Immediate Source Acquisition ↴

    Donation

Content & Structure

  • Scope & Content: Ron Whitehead and Laurence Ferlinghetti, City Lights Booksellers & Publishers, San Francisco, California ↴

    The collection holds mss letters mostly from Laurence Ferlinghetti, to Ron Whitehead, with illustrations.

  • Appraisal Destruction ↴

    Permanent Retention

  • Arrangement ↴

    The letters are described individually and by date-order.

Conditions of Access & Use

Access Conditions Available by appointment with the Archives Service to holders of UCC Readers tickets.
Conditions Governing ReproductionBy application to the Archivist only.
Creation Dates2004-2005
Extent Medium14 items
Material Language ScriptEnglish
Finding Aids Item description Archive Web Link →

Allied Materials

There are no Allied Materials

Descriptive Control Area

Archivist NoteEmer Twomey
Rules/ConventionsISAD(G): General International Standard Archival Description. 2nd ed. Ottawa: International Council on Archives, 2000.
Date of Descriptions2010