Research Catalog

Title

Beatitude.

Publication

San Francisco : J. Kelly, 1959-

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Details

Additional Authors

• Ginsberg, Allen, 1926-1997.
• Orlovsky, Peter 1933-2010.
• Newcomb, Barbara.

Publication Date

No. 1 (May 9, 1959)-

Description

v. : ill.; 21-28 cm.

Uniform Title

Beatitude/East.

Subjects

• Annotations (Provenance)
• Authors' presentation inscriptions (Provenance)
• American poetry > 20th century > Periodicals
• Authors' copies (Provenance)
• Beats (Persons) > California > San Francisco > Periodicals
• American literature > California > San Francisco > Periodicals

Genre/Form

• Authors' presentation inscriptions (Provenance).
• Annotations (Provenance).
• Authors' copies (Provenance).

Note

• No.15 (June 17, 1960) issued in new, smaller format, edited by C. V. J. Anderson.
• No. 33 published 1985 called: "Silver Anniversary."
• Description based on: No. 3 (May 23, 1969).
• No. 11 is staple-bound, with top wrapper of mimeographed orange paper, containing title, issue number, and sketch of young man's face in forefront of protesters walking with signs, one of which reads "Peace," by Barbara Newcomb.
• No. 11 includes Allen Ginsberg's poem "On Visions" on leaf [8] and Peter Orlovsky's poems "#4" and "#5" on leaf [22]; other contributors to no. 11 include C.V.J. Anderson, Ted J. Berk, Roberts Blossom, Robert Chrisman, Don Crowe, Pierre Henri Delattre, Gene Detro, Jean-Marie Deschamps, Alan Dienstag, Richard Gumbiner, Bob Kaufman, William J. Margolis, Richard McBride, David Meltzer, Blake Reed, Eugene Schwank, John B. Smithback, and Ruth Weiss.

Numbering (note)

• Publication suspended 1961-1967.
• No. 14 (on cover) called 15 (May 6, 1960) on leaf [1].

Provenance (note)

• Berg Coll. copy of no. 6: Jack Kerouac's copy with his ms. notes in pencil throughout; from Jack Kerouac's archive.
• Berg Coll. copy 2 of no. 7: Jack Kerouac's copy with a sketch on verso of loose leaf beginning, "Seen from the Europe, the beats are indeed old hat..."; from Jack Kerouac's archive.
• Berg Coll. copy 2 of no. 17: Jack Kerouac's copy; from Jack Kerouac's archive.

Linking Entry (note)

• Beginning with no. 16 a San Francisco ed. and New York ed. were issued. The latter, edited by Anderson, eventually titled Beatitude/East.

Call Number

JFM 87-521

ISSN

0408-7461

OCLC

• 2776968
• NYPG87-S10045

Title

Beatitude.

Imprint

San Francisco : J. Kelly, 1959-

Numbering

Publication suspended 1961-1967.

No. 14 (on cover) called 15 (May 6, 1960) on leaf [1].

Provenance

Berg Coll. copy of no. 6: Jack Kerouac's copy with his ms. notes in pencil throughout; from Jack Kerouac's archive. NN-BGC

Berg Coll. copy 2 of no. 7: Jack Kerouac's copy with a sketch on verso of loose leaf beginning, "Seen from the Europe, the beats are indeed old hat..."; from Jack Kerouac's archive. NN-BGC

Berg Coll. copy 2 of no. 17: Jack Kerouac's copy; from Jack Kerouac's archive. NN-BGC

Local Note

Berg Coll. copy of 33 ("Silver Anniversary") inscribed by the editor. NN-BGC

Linking Entry

Beginning with no. 16 a San Francisco ed. and New York ed. were issued. The latter, edited by Anderson, eventually titled Beatitude/East.

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Added Author

Ginsberg, Allen, 1926-1997. Contributor

Orlovsky, Peter 1933-2010. Contributor

Newcomb, Barbara. Contributor

Kerouac, Jack, 1922-1969. Former owner NN-BGC

Added Title

Beatitude/East.

Research Call Number

JFM 87-521 Library has: Vol. 33 (1985).

Berg Coll+ Beatitude B44 1959 Library has: 7, 11, 15, 17, 21, 29, 30, 33 (1959-1985)

Berg Coll+ Kerouac ZA3 B44 1959 Library has: 6 ([1959?])-7 (July 1959), 17 (Oct.-Nov. 1960)