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Lawrence Lipton describes in the begining of the first interview segment his definition and interpretation of the ideology of the "beat generation."

Scope and Contents From the Series: This series consists of articles, poems, manuscripts, and typescripts written by Lipton from the 1950s to the 1970s and includes his articles for Radio Free America and his political commentary featured in his "Interface" columns that span an entire decade of current events. Materials found within this series display a good variety of the subject matter that Lipton was passionate about including sexual liberation, criticism of Western Christendom, speaking out against war, and poetry...

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File contains articles and an interview pertaining to 1968 Chicago protests.

Scope and Contents From the Series: This series consists of articles, poems, manuscripts, and typescripts written by Lipton from the 1950s to the 1970s and includes his articles for Radio Free America and his political commentary featured in his "Interface" columns that span an entire decade of current events. Materials found within this series display a good variety of the subject matter that Lipton was passionate about including sexual liberation, criticism of Western Christendom, speaking out against war, and poetry...

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Documentary is hosted by journalist Harry Reasoner and features the Haight-Ashbury Hippie establishment.

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The transcripts of interviews in this series pertain mostly to the hippie movement.

Scope and Contents From the Series: This series includes Lipton's collected periodicals, books, articles, poems, manuscripts, and typescripts by many of the literary figures whose work interested Lipton, whose work he critiqued, or whose work he disseminated. See also "Subject files" for material that Lipton organized topically with his research files. Some of the collected journals and magazines in this series feature articles and poems authored by Lipton. When a periodical contains Lipton's work, the relevant issue is...

Scope and Contents From the Series: This series consists of articles, poems, manuscripts, and typescripts written by Lipton from the 1950s to the 1970s and includes his articles for Radio Free America and his political commentary featured in his "Interface" columns that span an entire decade of current events. Materials found within this series display a good variety of the subject matter that Lipton was passionate about including sexual liberation, criticism of Western Christendom, speaking out against war, and poetry...

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This series consists of letters between Lawrence Lipton and key members of the Beat Generation movement, many of the publishers with whom Lipton corresponded regarding the publishing of his work, and publishers who sent Lipton the work of other writers. The correspondence between Lipton and noteworthy authors such as Allen Ginsberg, his ex-wife Craig Rice, and many jazz musicians demonstrates Lipton’s engagement with the literary and music community of the mid-twentieth century.

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This folder also contains various interviews with Lawrence Lipton.