Kenneth Patchen, 1911-1972
Literary File, Photography Collection
153 items (1 box)
Acquisition: Internal transfers
Access: Open for research
Processed by: Susan McClellan, 2006
RLIN Record ID: None
Table of Contents
Scope and Contents
The Kenneth Patchen Literary File consists of 153 items, including portraits of Patchen and his wife, Miriam, images of their house in Old Lyme, Connecticut, and photographic reproductions of some of his prints. Further descriptions of some items are available in a card catalog in the repository.This file forms a part of the Literary File Collection, which is comprised of photographs and albums withdrawn from the libraries and/or papers of literary figures, and generally include portraits and images collected by or of those figures.
*Items are located at PH:Patchen, K., Box, unless otherwise indicated.
Item List
| Container | Accession / P No. | Description |
| * | P2-P7 | Portraits of Patchen, 1953-1954. |
| * | P8-P12 | Portraits and snapshots of Patchen, circa 1940s-1960s. |
| * | P13 | Snapshot of Patchen and Allen Ginsberg. |
| * | P15-P25 | Snapshots and portraits of Patchen's wife, Miriam. |
| * | P26 | Snapshot of Patricia Harris standing next to a painting by her. |
| * | P27 | Snapshot of William Shank and an unidentified woman. |
| * | P28 | Snapshot of Frank Bacher and "Jane" (his wife?). |
| * | P29 | Snapshot of David Ruff and Harold Chumbly. |
| * | P30 | View of a building (in San Francisco?) with two unidentified people standing in front. |
| * | P31-P32 | Images of a few pages of Patchen's manuscripts. |
| * | P33-P65 | Images of display tables showing some of Patchen's books and prints. |
| * | P122-P126 | Color transparency of a print by Patchen. |
| * | P123-P126 | Color transparencies of prints by Patchen from Hallelujah Anyway (P123-P125) and But Even So (P126). |
| * | P127 | Negative print of an illustrated poem by Patchen. |
| * | P128-P131 | BW photographic reproduction of a print by Patchen from Hallelujah Anyway (see P123 for color transparency). |
| * | P132-P134 | BW photographic reproduction of a print by Patchen. |
| * | P135-P137 | BW photographic reproductions with negatives of (Patchen's?) "Panels for the Walls of Heaven." |
| * | P138-P143 | BW photographic reproductions of prints by Patchen. |
| * | P148 | View of the Patchens' house in Old Lyme, Connecticut, with Miriam Patchen standing in the doorway. |
| * | P149 | Snapshot of four houses on a street in San Francisco. |
| * | P150 | Snapshot of a house (in New Mexico?). |
| * | P151-P152 | Images of posters advertising performances by Patchen. |
| * | P153 | New Directions publicity portrait of Patchen. |
| PH:LF:OV Box, Small | P1 | Portrait of Patchen, signed by Irving Penn, 1947. |
| PH:LF:OV Box, Small | P14 | Group portrait with Patchen, eight young men, and two young women on a basement stairway next to a sidewalk, some holding paintings and one holding a copy of Patchen's book Sleepers Awake. |
| PH:LF:Albums:Patchen, K. | P144-P147 | Four BW snapshots of the Patchens' house in Old Lyme, Connecticut, in 1947. |
| NV:LF Boxes | P66-P121 | Images of display tables showing some of Patchen's books and prints (nitrate negatives, some of which correspond to prints P33-P65). |
Index of Photographers
Dunkin, Ronald--P151-P152
Kessler, Chester--P3
Penn, Irving--P1
Pope, E. Donnell--P139-P143
Redl, Harry--P2, P4-P7
Wareing, William--P12
(Last modified: 23 April 2007 )
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