Lester Afflick was a downtown poet, writer and once co-editor of ' The Door Newsletter.' The collection is an assemblage of his writings and biographical material which illustrate aspects of his style and the downtown scene in general of the 1990's. Afflick died of a heart attack in 2000.

The Lester Afflick papers are comprised mostly of correspondence and manuscripts of his poetry.

SERIES DESCRIPTIONS

Series 1: Correspondence contains correspondence to and from Afflick. It is arranged in chronological order with the exception of a folder of correspondence with Martin Afflick.

Series 2: Manuscripts consists of three subseries.

Subseries A contains materials and drafts of Afflick's poetry. They are arranged alphabetically according to a comprehensive list provided by Afflick.

Subseries B contains materials from poetry collections and projected collections. The last folder contains a comprehensive list of Afflick's poems.

Subseries C contains materials manuscripts of plays, essays, and articles.

Subseries D contains disks of Afflick and printouts from those working disks.

Series 3: Biographic Materials contains a small number of biographic materials such as copies of Afflick's birth certificate, announcements, immigration papers, and scrapbooks.

Series 4: Afflick's Personal Library consists of periodicals in Afflick's collection including The Door Newsletter of which he was a co-editor. This series also includes manuscripts of other poets' works.

Folders arranged chronologically or alphabetically depending on the nature of the series. Correspondence is arranged chronologically. Poetry is arranged alphabetically by title.

The files are grouped into 4 series.

There is no information about materials that are associated by provenance to the described materials that have been physically separated or removed.

The Lester Afflick papers were a gift of the Lester Afflick estate. They were initially sorted by friends of Lester Afflick.

Published citations should take the following form:

Identification of item, date (if known); collection name; MSS number; box number; folder number; Fales Library and Special Collections, New York University Libraries.