Tom Clark papers

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: 0151

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Drafts and galleys of Writer: A Life of Jack Kerouac and The Exile of Celine; Kerouac chronology; notes for the 1986 Olson Lectures; holograph notebooks; typescript poems and articles by Clark (b.1941).

Dates

Creation: 1986 - 1991

Conditions Governing Access

COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE. Advance notice required for access.

Conditions Governing Use

All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Manuscripts Librarian. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.

Biographical note

Tom Clark is a poet, editor and biographer who resides in California. He has published biographes of Jack Kerouac, Ted Berrigan, Robert Creeley, Charles Oleon, Edward Dorn, and Celine. He served as editor of The Paris Review from 1963 to 1973 and has published numerous volumes of poetry with Black Sparrow Press. Charles Olson was one of his poetic mentors.