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Gregory Corso Papers
405 Babbidge Road, Unit 1205
Storrs, Connecticut 06269-1205
Overview of the Collection |
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| Repository: | Archives & Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Center. |
| Creator: | Corso, Gregory. |
| Title: | Gregory Corso Papers. |
| Dates: | 1957-1980. |
| Quantity: | .25 linear feet. |
| Identification: | MSS19970105 |
| Language: | English. |
| Abstract: | Gregory Corso was born 26 March 1930, in New York, NY. His career included working as a writer, manual laborer in New York City (1950-1951), and employee of the Los Angeles Examiner (Los Angeles, CA, 1951-1952), a merchant seaman on Norwegian vessels (1952-1953) and in the English department of the State University of New York at Buffalo (1965-1970). |
Biography
Gregory Corso was born 26 March 1930, in New York, NY, the son of Fortunato Samuel and Michelina (Colonni) Corso. His career included working as a writer, manual laborer in New York City (1950-1951), and employee of the Los Angeles Examiner (Los Angeles, CA, 1951-1952), a merchant seaman on Norwegian vessels (1952-1953) and in the English department of the State University of New York at Buffalo (1965-1970). He appeared in Peter Whitehead's film, “Wholly Communion” and in Andy Warhol's “Couch.” He wrote novels, short stories, plays, screenplays and poetry. Corso was awarded the Longview Award for poem, “Marriage”, $1,000 Poetry Foundation award, the Jean Stein Award for Poetry, and is a member of the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters (1986).
Published Works:
Also coauthor of screenplay “Happy Death”, 1965; contributor to periodicals, including Evergreen Review and Litterair Paspoort.
Source: Contemporary Authors Online. The Gale Group, 1999.
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Scope and Content
The collection contains correspondence pertaining to the publication of Corso's poems in an anthology and manuscripts of poems, a notebook and an essay.
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Arrangement
Series I: Correspondence (1958-1960)
Series II: Manuscripts (1957-1980)
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Restrictions
Restrictions on Access
There are no access restrictions on this collection.
Restrictions on Use
Permission to publish from these Papers must be obtained in writing from both the University of Connecticut Libraries and the owner(s) of the copyright.
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Related Material
Archives & Special Collections has a substantial collection of literary materials, especially those associated with the Beat Generation and Black Mountain College. For detailed information on these collections please contact the curator or ask at the reference desk.
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Index Terms
This record series is indexed under the following controlled access subject terms.
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Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
[Item description, #:#], Gregory Corso Papers. Archives & Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center, University of Connecticut Libraries.
Acquisition Information
The collection was purchased from several different vendors.
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Detailed Description
| Series I: Correspondence, 1958-1960 | |||||||||||||
| 1:1 | Corso to Max Gartenberg, 1958-1960 | ||||||||||||
| Series II: Manuscripts, 1957-1980 | |||||||||||||
| 1:2 | “Literary Revolution in America”, 1957 | ||||||||||||
| 1:3 | Notebook, ca. 1970 | ||||||||||||
| 1:4 | Unpublished poems and fragments, ca. 1972 | ||||||||||||
| 1:5-7 | Poems, ca. 1975-1980 | ||||||||||||