MS/VMF. Vertical Manuscript Files
Collection Subgroup Term
Identifier: MS/VMF
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
William S. Burroughs Collection
Collection — Box VMF 20, Folder: 1
Identifier: MS-VMF-vmf234
Scope and Contents
A pair of Burroughs’ “automatic drawings” from the cycle of Surrealistic experiments he created in Paris while his 1959 novel Naked Lunch was being prepared for publication. Inspired to try his hand at visual pieces by the artist Brion Gysin—who was assisting Burroughs in the organization of the book, and would later become a long-time collaborator—the drawings arrange loose circular spirals and diagonal scrawls, respectively, in rows and columns over the...
Found in:
Manuscripts
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William S. Burroughs Collection
Buzz Spector Collection
Collection — Box VMF 20, Folder: 3
Identifier: MS-VMF-vmf236
Scope and Contents
Two cards illustrating An Orthodox Theory and one broadside for "A Picture" by Buzz Spector.
Found in:
Manuscripts
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Buzz Spector Collection