Guide to the Love Magazine Archive
1965-1968
(Bulk 1966-1967)
Acc. #00.17; MSS. #17 MSS.017
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Descriptive Summary
| Creator: | Love (Berkeley, Calif.) |
|---|---|
| Title: | Love Magazine Archive |
| Dates [inclusive]: | 1965-1968 |
| Abstract: | The Love Magazine Archive consists of correspondence with and manuscripts sent to Love's editor, Al Young. The collection includes original poetry, fiction and plays from noted underground writers of the time. |
| Quantity: | 1 Linear Feet (2 boxes) |
| Call Phrase: | MSS.017 |
Historical/Biographical Note:
In its masthead, Love credited Al(bert) (James) Young, 1939-, and for a time, an organization
calling itself the East Bay Sexual Freedom League as editors. It was irregularly published from 1966-[1968] in Berkeley, California
and was a small, low-budget, avant-garde magazine. In order to differentiate itself
from other magazines with the same name, Love contained secondary titles like: "Incorporating
Intercourse" and "Incorporating Hate." Published 3 times per year in 1966 ([monthly]
in 1967), it cost $1 per issue and between $0.25-0.35 in 1967. Issues were 23cm. with
illustrated covers containing black and white illustrations and photographs accompanying
the text.
During the period that Love was published, Young, also known as a poet, musician,
novelist and screenwriter, was a DJ and a writing instructor at the San Francisco Museum of Art, San Francisco, California
, as well as a contributor to Love and other literary magazines. Love contained poetry,
prose, commentary, art, short stories, plays, interviews and explored the cultural
currents of the time. Contributors included: Ronald Dahl, Kay Boyle, Denise Levertov,
Jim Harrison and John Sinclair (see container list). In late 1967, Love ran out of
funds and was absorbed into Al Young's other simultaneous editorial venture, the poetry
magazine: Loveletter.
Note: Copies of the magazine are not part of this archive but are available in the Fales Collection.
Sources:
Missing Title
- Lee, Don. About Al Young: a Profile. Ploughshares. Boston: Emerson College, Spring, 1993. [Online http://www.pshares.org]. Feb. 25, 2002.
- Love. Berkeley, Cal., East Bay Sexual Freedom League. [etc.] 1966-[1967]. v. 1, no. 1, v. 2, no. [1].
- Loveletter. Palo Alto, Cal., Al Young. [1968]. v. [2], no. 4, 5, and 6.
- Contemporary Authors Online. The Gale Group, 2001. Reproduced in Biography Resource Center. Farmington Hills, Mich.: The Gale Group. 2002. (http://www.galenet.com/servlet/BioRC)
Scope and Content Note
The Love Magazine Archive is a part of the Avant-Garde Collection at the Fales Library, New York University. The collection contains correspondence and manuscripts submitted to the magazine by notable art, music and literature figures of the period.
Series 1 contains correspondence, most of which is from 1966 and 1967, with contributors (actual and potential), as well as a few typed manuscripts of material submitted to the magazine (see Levertov, box 1, folder 14). A portion of the correspondence refers to a simultaneously published poetry magazine that Young also edited called: Loveletter. Items are authored by: Philip Whalen, Jim Harrison, Robert Kelly, Denise Levertov, John Sinclair and Gary Snyder, among others of note. It also contains solicitations for material sent to John Coltrane, Allen Ginsberg, and Jack Kerouac.
Series 2 contains a collection of typed and some handwritten manuscripts submitted to the magazine.
Arrangement
Material is principally arranged alphabetically by subject/author.
Materials are arranged in two series. Series 1: Correspondence; and Series 2: Manuscripts
Missing Title
- Series I: Correspondence
- Series II: Manuscripts
Access Points
Subject Names
- Blazek, Douglas, 1941-
- Snyder, Gary, 1930-
- Harrison, Jim, 1937-
- Hershon, Robert
- Osterlund, Steven, 1943-
- Roth, Henry H.
- Silliman, Ronald, 1946-
- Whalen, Philip
- Levertov, Denise, 1923-1997
- Young, Al, 1939-
- Kelly, Robert, 1935-
Document Type
- Manuscripts for publication.
- Correspondence.
Subject Organizations
- Love (Berkeley, Calif.)
Subject Topics
- Small presses -- California -- Berkeley.
- Subculture -- California -- Berkeley.
- Authors, American -- 20th century
- American poetry |y 20th century.
- Poets, American -- 20th century
- Literature, Experimental
- Literature, Modern -- 20th century.
- American literature |y 20th century.
- Nineteen sixties.
Subject Places
- Berkeley (Calif.)
Administrative Information
Access Restrictions
Materials are open to researchers. Please contact the Fales Library and Special Collections, fales.library@nyu.edu, 212-998-2596.
Use Restrictions
Copyright (or related rights to publicity and privacy) for materials in this collection was not transferred to New York University. Permission to use materials must be secured from the copyright holder. Please contact the Fales Library and Special Collections, fales.library@nyu.edu, 212-998-2596.
Preferred Citation
Published citations should take the following form:
Identification of item, date (if known); The Love Magazine Archive; MSS 017; box number;
folder number; Fales Library and Special Collections
, New York University Libraries.
Separated Material
There is no information about materials that are associated by provenance to the described materials that have been physically separated or removed.
Provenance
Collection was purchased by Fales; the date and vendor are unrecorded.
Container List
Series I: Correspondence
Scope and Contents noteThis series is contained in one box and materials are for the most part arranged alphabetically (with the exception of the first two folders of box 1) by author/subject. |
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| Container 1 | Container 2 | Title | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Box: 1 | Folder : 1 | Correspondence to: Coltrane, John; Fulton, Len; Ginsberg, Allen |
undated | |
| Box: 1 | Folder : 2 | Correspondence to: Kerouac, Jack; Presidency Magistrate of Calcutta; Thiel, Bob; Zukofsky,
Louis |
undated | |
| Box: 1 | Folder : 3 | Correspondence from: Alexander, D.; Appel, Ellen P.; Barter, Tom |
undated | |
| Box: 1 | Folder : 4 | Correspondence from: Bell, John; Blazek, Douglas; Boyle, Kay |
undated | |
| Box: 1 | Folder : 5 | Correspondence from: Brigham, Besmilr; Brown, Geoff; Caplan, Ronald |
undated | |
| Box: 1 | Folder : 6 | Correspondence from: Choudhury, Malay Roy; Cody, William(Bill); Co-operative of Small
Magazines |
undated | |
| Box: 1 | Folder : 7 | Correspondence from: Crockett, Jim; Cunliffe, David; Delpino, Lou |
undated | |
| Box: 1 | Folder : 8 | Correspondence from: Downey, Leo; Eigner, Larry; Etter, David |
undated | |
| Box: 1 | Folder : 9 | Correspondence from: Faulwell, Dean; Foster, Donn; Galt, Tom |
undated | |
| Box: 1 | Folder : 10 | Correspondence from: Gilbert, Ilsa; Gries, Goodman; Hall, Tom |
undated | |
| Box: 1 | Folder : 11 | Correspondence from: Harrison, Jim; Hartman, Joan; Hershon, Robert |
undated | |
| Box: 1 | Folder : 12 | Correspondence from: Holter, Teri; Houston, James; Huggett, Colin |
undated | |
| Box: 1 | Folder : 13 | Correspondence from: Jackson, Booker T.; Jackson, William; Kahn, Matthew; Kelly, Robert |
undated | |
| Box: 1 | Folder : 14 | Correspondence from: Kessel, George; Krech, Richard; Levertov, Denise |
undated | |
| Box: 1 | Folder : 15 | Correspondence from: Levin, Barbara |
undated | |
| Box: 1 | Folder : 16 | Correspondence from: Little Magazines |
undated | |
| Box: 1 | Folder : 17 | Correspondence from: Lowenfels, Walter; MacDougal, Philip S.; McKenzie, Darline |
undated | |
| Box: 1 | Folder : 18 | Correspondence from: Major, Clarence; Malanga, Gerard; Marcus, Mort |
undated | |
| Box: 1 | Folder : 19 | Correspondence from: Mehrotra, Arvind Krishna; Miller, Brown; Mondragon, Sergio |
undated | |
| Box: 1 | Folder : 20 | Correspondence from: Morris, Richard; Muhr, Tycho; Oppenheimer, Dorothea |
undated | |
| Box: 1 | Folder : 21 | Correspondence from: Osterlund, Steven; Owen, Sean; Parker, Pat |
undated | |
| Box: 1 | Folder : 22 | Correspondence from: Perry, Phil; Randall, Margaret; Romero, Amando |
undated | |
| Box: 1 | Folder : 23 | Correspondence from: Roth, Henry H.; Sandberg, David; Schwartz, Stephen A. |
undated | |
| Box: 1 | Folder : 24 | Correspondence from: Segger, Frank; Silliman, Ronald; Simon, John |
undated | |
| Box: 1 | Folder : 25 | Correspondence from: Sinclair, David; Sinclair, John and Magdalena; Smuin, Stephen
K. |
undated | |
| Box: 1 | Folder : 26 | Correspondence from: Snyder, Gary; Sobral, Geraldo; Spaulding, Ida |
undated | |
| Box: 1 | Folder : 27 | Correspondence from: Staudacher, Carol; Stoll, Louise; Stone, Ed |
undated | |
| Box: 1 | Folder : 28 | Correspondence from: Supporting Organizations |
undated | |
| Box: 1 | Folder : 29 | Correspondence from: Swenddal, Philip; Van Newkirk, Allen; Wade, John Stevens |
undated | |
| Box: 1 | Folder : 30 | Correspondence from: Wagner, D.R.; Walsh, Marion; Whalen, Philip; Wieners, John |
undated | |
| Box: 1 | Folder : 31 | Correspondence from: Williams, John A.; Winslow, Peter |
undated | |
| Box: 1 | Folder : 32 | Correspondence from: Unidentified |
undated | |
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Series II: Manuscripts
Scope and Contents noteFolders are arranged alphabetically by author. |
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| Container 1 | Container 2 | Title | Date | |
| Box: 2 | Folder : 1 | Writings: Contents[1965-66?] |
undated | |
| Box: 2 | Folder : 2 | Writings: Anonymous |
undated | |
| Box: 2 | Folder : 3 | Writings: Appel, Ellen; Barters, Tom; Bell, John |
undated | |
| Box: 2 | Folder : 4 | Writings: Blazek, Douglas; Brigham, Besmilr; Brown, Geoff |
undated | |
| Box: 2 | Folder : 5 | Writings: Crockett, James; Downey, Leo; Etter, David |
undated | |
| Box: 2 | Folder : 6 | Writings: Faulwell, Dean; Foster, Rick; Friis, Irene |
undated | |
| Box: 2 | Folder : 7 | Writings: Galt, Tom; Gensler, Kinereth; Gries, Goodman |
undated | |
| Box: 2 | Folder : 8 | Writings: Griffin, Susan; Hall, Timothy; Harrison, Jim |
undated | |
| Box: 2 | Folder : 9 | Writings: Hartman, Susan; Hershon, Robert; Houston, James D. |
undated | |
| Box: 2 | Folder : 10 | Writings: Jackson, Booker T.; Jackson, William; Kelly, Robert |
undated | |
| Box: 2 | Folder : 11 | Writings: Krech, Richard; Major, Clarence; Miller, Brown |
undated | |
| Box: 2 | Folder : 12 | Writings: Palmer, Michael; Randall, Margaret; Schwartz, Stephen A. |
undated | |
| Box: 2 | Folder : 13 | Writings: Silliman, Ronald; Smart, Peter; Staudacher, Carol P. |
undated | |
| Box: 2 | Folder : 14 | Writings: Stoll, Louise; Swenddal, P.; Tremble, Stella Craft |
undated | |
| Box: 2 | Folder : 15 | Writings: Walsh, Marion; Washington, Elsie; Worthen, Holly |
undated | |
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