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Michael Rothenberg Papers, Date acquired: 00/00/2018

 

Summary

Extent:
0.00 Linear Feet
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Michael Rothenberg Papers, MSS 2018-002, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. http://purl.fcla.edu/fsu/01/MSS_2018-002

Background

Scope and content:

Personal papers of Michael Rothenberg, including drafts of works by Rothenberg; press clippings, broadsides, and other publications collected by Rothenberg on his work as a poet, author, songwriter, and botanist; sound recordings and audiovisual recordings documenting studio and live performances of works by Rothenberg; and correspondence, textiles, and artifacts documenting the work and life of San Francisco beat poet Philip Whalen.

Biographical / historical:

Michael Rothenberg was born in Miami Beach, Florida. Rothenberg moved to the San Francisco Bay area in 1975. While there, Rothenberg published, edited, and contributed to dozens of collections of poetry, literary reviews, and poetic journals. Rothenberg is co-founder of the international activist group 100 Thousand Poets For Change, as well as the charity Poets In Need. As of 2018, he continues to serve as editor and publisher of Big Bridge Press. As of 2016, Rothenberg moved to Tallahassee, Florida in 2016, and died there on November 21, 2022, after an extended bout of lung cancer.

Note written by R. Grennan

Acquisition information:

Initial purchase agreement with Michael Rothenberg executed March 2018.

"Kerouac Peacoat" (Box 30) accepted on deposit in February 2019.

Philip Whelan transmission papers (Box 17) accepted on deposit in January 2020.

Jonathan Kane Collection donated by Kane family in July 2020.

Purchase Agreement

Arrangement:

unarranged; in process

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Indexed terms

Subjects:
Poetry
Botany
Places:
San Francisco (Calif.)

Access and use

Restrictions:

This collection is in process, and portions remain unavailable to researchers at this time. Please contact FSU Libraries Special Collections & Archives for more information about access to this collection.

This collection is in an offsite storage location. Please contact lib-specialcollections@fsu.edu with requests for access or for more information.

Boxes 17 and 30 may be accessed at the Claude Pepper Library.

Preferred citation:

Michael Rothenberg Papers, MSS 2018-002, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. http://purl.fcla.edu/fsu/01/MSS_2018-002

Location of this collection:
116 Honors Way
Tallahassee
FL
32306-2047
USA