Lester Afflick Papers
Call Number
MSS.097
Date
ca. 1975-1998, inclusive
Creator
Afflick, Lester, 1956-2000
Extent
7 Linear Feet (7 boxes)
Language of Materials
Materials primarily in English.
Abstract
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.
Biographical Note
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.
Arrangement
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.
Missing Title
- Series I: Correspondence
- Series II: Manuscripts
- Series III: Biographic Materials
- Series IV: Works by Other Writers/Poets
Scope and Content Note
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.
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- 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.
Subjects
Conditions Governing Access
Materials are open without restrictions. Please contact the Fales Library & Special Collections for more information and to schedule an appointment, fales.library@nyu.edu, 212-998-2596.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright (or related rights to publicity and privacy) for materials in this collection, created by Lester Afflick, 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 Lester Afflick Papers; MSS 097; box number; folder number; Fales Library and Special Collections, New York University Libraries.
Provenance
The Lester Afflick papers were a gift of the Lester Afflick estate. They were initially sorted by friends of Lester Afflick.
Separated Material
There is no information about materials that are associated by provenance to the described materials that have been physically separated or removed.
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Language: Description is in English.
Edition of this Guide
This version was derived from Afflickfinaid.doc
Repository
Fales Library and Special Collections
Series I: Correspondence
Correspondence, 1975 - 1989
Box: 1, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Correspondence, 1990
Box: 1, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Correspondence, 1990
Box: 1, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Correspondence, 1991 - 1992
Box: 1, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Correspondence, 1993
Box: 1, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Correspondence, 1994
Box: 1, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Correspondence, 1995
Box: 1, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Correspondence, 1996
Box: 1, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Correspondence, 1997
Box: 1, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Correspondence, 1998
Box: 1, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Correspondence, 1999
Box: 1, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
correspondence [n.d.], undated
Box: 1, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Martin Afflick correspondence, undated
Box: 1, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Series II: Manuscripts
Subseries A: Poems
"Abiding" - "Always", undated
Box: 2, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Amulet" - "At Present, undated
Box: 2, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Back at the Reader" - "Black Moon", undated
Box: 2, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Black, White" - "By the Side of the Road", undated
Box: 2, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Cafe" - "Childhood", undated
Box: 2, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Chill in the Air" - "Curtains", undated
Box: 2, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Dance" - "Dust", undated
Box: 2, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Early" - "Ex-Priestess", undated
Box: 2, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Face Down" - "Few Days", undated
Box: 2, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Fiesta" - "Fuel", undated
Box: 2, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Galleon" - "Gypsy Prayer", undated
Box: 2, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Habitations" - "Here", undated
Box: 2, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Hibiscus, Lime, Palm" - "Hurry", undated
Box: 2, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"I" - "I Do Like to Doom", undated
Box: 2, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"I Dream About You Baby" - "I Set Out for Islands", undated
Box: 2, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"I Shall Whisper" - "If This Is a Poem", undated
Box: 2, Folder: 16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"I'm a Man" - "In the Desert", undated
Box: 2, Folder: 17 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"In the Evening" - "Island", undated
Box: 2, Folder: 18 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Island Wild Breezes" - "I've Looked Too Long", undated
Box: 2, Folder: 19 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"J. B. Token..." - "Koa", undated
Box: 2, Folder: 20 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"L. A." - "Little Eyes", undated
Box: 2, Folder: 21 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Little Green Apples" - "Lovesong", undated
Box: 2, Folder: 22 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Mad" - "Mexican Landscape", undated
Box: 2, Folder: 23 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Midday Walk with Hills" - "My Understanding", undated
Box: 2, Folder: 24 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Naked" - "No", undated
Box: 2, Folder: 25 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"No Bird" - "Nocturne", undated
Box: 2, Folder: 26 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Nod to the Night" - "Now on the Balcony", undated
Box: 2, Folder: 27 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Observation After the Fact" - "On the Balcony", undated
Box: 2, Folder: 28 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
On the Eve of Another... - "Outside the Fashion", undated
Box: 3, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Painter Is a Fool - "Pharoh", undated
Box: 3, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Photograph - "Poem Song", undated
Box: 3, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Poems to a Dancer - "Pubs", undated
Box: 3, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Raoul - "Ruined Temple", undated
Box: 3, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
She Is Dancing - "Small Song", undated
Box: 3, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Smoking - "Sometimes", undated
Box: 3, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Somewhat Like a Goddess... - "Story", undated
Box: 3, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
The Street Is Littered - "Survivalist", undated
Box: 3, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"The Table at the Bar" - "There Are No Birds", undated
Box: 3, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"There Are No Temples" - "They Wooded", undated
Box: 3, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"They Were There" - "This Strange City", undated
Box: 3, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"This Wanton Night" - "Trail", undated
Box: 3, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Train" - "Two Gods", undated
Box: 3, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Uncalibrated" - "Urn Myself", undated
Box: 3, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Vacation" - "Vodka", undated
Box: 3, Folder: 16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Waiting There" - "Westbound", undated
Box: 3, Folder: 17 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Western Haiku" - "Winter Sky", undated
Box: 3, Folder: 18 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Wiseass" - "World Is a Ghetto", undated
Box: 3, Folder: 19 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Yawning" - "The Zen Way Out, undated
Box: 3, Folder: 20 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Fragments, undated
Box: 3, Folder: 21 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Handwritten manuscripts of poems, undated
Box: 3, Folder: 22 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Handwritten manuscripts of poems, undated
Box: 3, Folder: 23 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Handwritten manuscripts of poems, undated
Box: 3, Folder: 24 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Handwritten and untitled manuscripts of poems, undated
Box: 3, Folder: 25 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Handwritten and untitled manuscripts of poems, undated
Box: 3, Folder: 26 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Handwritten and untitled manuscripts of poems, undated
Box: 3, Folder: 27 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Subseries B: Poetry Collections
Note on Folder Numbering
In March 2009, folder numbers in Box 4 were changed. For citation purposes, the changes are tracked below:
Subseries B, Folders 1 - 10: no change. Subseries C: former folder 1 is now 11 former folder 2 is now 12 former folder 3 is now 13 Subseries D:
former folder 1 is now 14 former folder 2 is now 15 former folder 3 is now 16 former folder 4 is now 17 former folder 5 is now 18 former folder 6 is now 19 former folder 7 is now 20 former folder 8 is now 21 former folder 9 is now 22
Under the Almond Trees (Complete Manuscript), undated
Box: 4, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Under the Almond Trees (Incomplete Manuscript), undated
Box: 4, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Lester in Brooklyn, undated
Box: 4, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Lester in Brooklyn, undated
Box: 4, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Lester in Brooklyn, undated
Box: 4, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Lester in Brooklyn, undated
Box: 4, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Lester in Brooklyn, undated
Box: 4, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Untitled Book Project, undated
Box: 4, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Untitled Book Project, undated
Box: 4, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Lists of Poems, undated
Box: 4, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Subseries C: Essays, plays, and articles
Plays, Stories, and Essays, undated
Box: 4, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Articles, undated
Box: 4, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Untitled Projects, undated
Box: 4, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Subseries D: Disks and printouts of disks
Computer disks, undated
Box: 4, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Computer disks, undated
Box: 4, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Computer disks, undated
Box: 4, Folder: 16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Computer disks, undated
Box: 4, Folder: 17 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Printout of disk 1 - (Under the Almond Trees), undated
Box: 4, Folder: 18 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Printout of disk 2, undated
Box: 4, Folder: 19 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Printout of disk 3A, undated
Box: 4, Folder: 20 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Printout of disk 3B, undated
Box: 4, Folder: 21 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Printout of disk 4, undated
Box: 4, Folder: 22 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Series III: Biographic Materials
I. N. S. Correspondence and papers, undated
Box: 5, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Receipts, undated
Box: 5, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Birth certificate, undated
Box: 5, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Announcements, undated
Box: 5, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Addresses and phone numbers, undated
Box: 5, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Misc. biographic materials, undated
Box: 5, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Scrapbook/notebook, undated
Box: 5, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Scrapbook/notebook, undated
Box: 5, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Scrapbook/notebook, undated
Box: 5, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Scrapbook/notebook, undated
Box: 5, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Scrapbook/notebook, undated
Box: 5, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Scrapbook/notebook, undated
Box: 5, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Scrapbook/notebook, undated
Box: 5, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Scrapbook/notebook, undated
Box: 5, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Scrapbook/notebook, undated
Box: 5, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Scrapbook/notebook, undated
Box: 5, Folder: 16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Scrapbook/notebook, undated
Box: 6, Folder: 17 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Scrapbook/notebook, undated
Box: 6, Folder: 18 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Scrapbook/notebook, undated
Box: 6, Folder: 19 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Scrapbook/notebook, undated
Box: 6, Folder: 20 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Scrapbook/notebook, undated
Box: 6, Folder: 21 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Scrapbook/notebook, undated
Box: 6, Folder: 22 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Scrapbook/notebook, undated
Box: 6, Folder: 23 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Scrapbook/notebook, undated
Box: 6, Folder: 24 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Scrapbook/notebook, undated
Box: 6, Folder: 25 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Scrapbook/notebook, undated
Box: 6, Folder: 26 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Scrapbook/notebook, undated
Box: 6, Folder: 27 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Scrapbook/notebook, undated
Box: 6, Folder: 28 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Scrapbook/notebook, undated
Box: 6, Folder: 29 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Scrapbook/notebook, undated
Box: 6, Folder: 30 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Scrapbook/notebook, undated
Box: 6, Folder: 31 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Scrapbook/notebook, undated
Box: 6, Folder: 32 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Scrapbook/notebook, undated
Box: 6, Folder: 33 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Scrapbook/notebook, undated
Box: 6, Folder: 34 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Scrapbook/notebook, undated
Box: 6, Folder: 35 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Series IV: Works By Other Writers/Poets
The Door Newsletter, undated
Box: 7a, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Appearances, undated
Box: 7a, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Forty Pounds of Salt, undated
Box: 7a, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Harelquin Sound Productions, undated
Box: 7a, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Manhattan Poetry Review, undated
Box: 7a, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
NYS Waterways Project, undated
Box: 7a, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Poetry in Performance, undated
Box: 7a, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Poetry in Performance, undated
Box: 7a, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Poetry in Performance, undated
Box: 7a, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Youth Magazine, undated
Box: 7b, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Other poets' manuscripts, undated
Box: 7b, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Showcase at Sweeny's, undated
Box: 7b, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Drawings/illustrations, undated
Box: 7b, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Articles on artists, undated
Box: 7b, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
