An Inventory of His Collection at the Harry Ransom Center
Creator:
Beck, Julian, 1925-1985
Title:
Julian Beck Collection
Dates:
1937-1968, undated
Extent:
3 boxes (1.26 linear feet)
Abstract:
Contains mostly correspondence of the American actor, director, and poet Julian Beck
and his wife Judith Malina. Beck and Malina co-founded the Living Theatre, an experimental
theatre group in New York City. Correspondents include Edward Albee, Lawrence Ferlinghetti,
Jack Gelber, Allen Ginsberg, Ezra Pound, Terry Southern, Tennessee Williams, William
Carlos Williams, and other notables.
Call Number:
Manuscript Collection MS-0296
Language:
English, French, German
Access:
Open for research
Administrative Information
Processed by:
Apryl Voskamp and Joan Sibley, 2015
Note:
This finding aid replicates and replaces information previously available only in
a card catalog. Please see the explanatory note at the end of this finding aid for
information regarding the arrangement of the manuscripts as well as the abbreviations
commonly used in descriptions.
