Inventory of the Charles Bukowski papers

Summary Information
Biographical note
Scope and Contents
Arrangement
Administrative Information
Controlled Access Headings
Collection Inventory: Original Works; Periodicals; Adapted works; Ephemera; Recording; Correspondence; Misc.

2010

Summary Information

Repository: USC Libraries Special Collections
Creator: Bukowski, Charles
Title: Charles Bukowski papers
Collection no.: 0155
Date: 1957-1994, undated
Extent: 15.0 Linear feet, 15 boxes
Language: English
Abstract: Drafts of Women, Factotum, Ham on Rye, Post Office, and Barfly; screenplays based on Bukowski's (1920-1994) fiction; periodical appearances; tape recordings; ephemera.

Preferred Citation

[Box/folder# or item name], Charles Bukowski papers, Collection no. 0155, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California

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Biographical note

Charles Bukowski was born on August 16, 1920 in Andernach, Germany, the son of a US soldier and German woman. His family immigrated to the United States in 1922 and settled in Los Angeles, where Bukowski spent most of his life. His father was in and out of work during the Depression years and was a reputed tyrant, verbally and physically abusing his son throughout his childhood. It was perhaps to numb himself from his father's abuse that Bukowski began drinking at the age of 13, initiating his life-long affair with alcohol.

After graduating from Los Angeles High School in 1939 Bukowski studied for a time at Los Angeles City College, taking courses in journalism and literature. He left school and home in 1941 after his father, who had finally read some of Bukowski's stories, threw his son's possessions into the street. Bukowski continued to write stories and traveled across America, supporting himself with a string of odd jobs: gas station attendant, elevator operator, truck driver, and overseer in a dog biscuit factory, to name a few.

In 1944 his story Aftermath of a Lengthy Rejection Slip was published in the magazine Story. He returned to Los Angeles and met Janet Cooney Baker, with whom he lived for the next ten years. In 1955, Bukowski was hospitalized with an alcohol-induced bleeding ulcer and came close to death. After a brief marriage to Barbara Frye, the rich publisher of a small poetry magazine, Bukowski took a job as a post office clerk in 1958, a job he held for the next twelve years.

In 1955, Bukowski also began writing poetry, publishing volumes almost annually. His first collection, Flower, Fist, and Bestial Wail, appeared in 1959. It was 30 pages long and the print run was only 200 copies. Bukowski's first volume of prose, All Assholes in the World and Mine, was published seven years later. By 1963, the year Bukowski published It Catches My Heart in Its Hands--a collection of poetry about alcoholics, prostitutes, losing gamblers, and other down-and-outs--he had developed a loyal following, and was famous for his use of violent images and graphic language in his work. His column Notes of a Dirty Old Man appeared regularly in Open City and Los Angles Free Press, and its run was later collected in book by the same title (1969). In 1970, Bukowski quit his job with the Postal Service when John Martin of the Black Sparrow Press offered him a $100 monthly stipend to continue his writing.

Although prolific, Bukowski remained a literary outsider who published his works with small presses, primarily on the West Coast. His short stories are unsparingly realistic and usually comic. They often observe the thoughts and actions of Bukowski's alter ego Henry Chinaski, a hard-drinking unskilled worker, a lover of classical music, and a racetrack gambler. This character was introduced in Bukowski's 1965 autobiographical Confessions of a Man Insane Enough to Live with the Beasts. In 1973, Bukowski gained a wider audience when an award-winning television documentary by director Taylor Hackford was aired, and he also began an incidental career in the film industry. The 1983 film Tales of Ordinary Madness, directed by Marco Ferreri, was based on stories of the author. Its script drew material from Erections, Ejaculations, Exhibitions and Tales of Ordinary Madness. The screenplay for the film Barfly (1987) was written by Bukowski himself and directed by Barbet Schroeder, and the experience of the filming became the subject of the 1989 novel Hollywood. Crazy Love/Love is a Dog from Hell (1989), directed by Dominique Deruddere, was based on The Copulating Mermaid of Venice and other stories by Bukowski.

In 1985 Bukowski married Linda Lee Beighle, a health food proprietor twenty-five years his junior. He had one daughter, Marina Louise, who was born in 1965 to Bukowski and Francis Dean Smith. In his later years, success caught up with the author at last and he evolved from down-and-out to up-and-in: he lived in a house with a swimming pool, drove a black BMW, wrote on a computer, and enjoyed his favorite recordings of Sibelius, Mahler, and Rossini on a new stereo.

Charles Bukowski died at age 73 on March 9, 1994, at a hospital in San Pedro, California, after an almost year-long bout with leukemia.

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Scope and Contents

Charles Bukowski papers consists of drafts of Women, Factotum, Ham on Rye, Post Office, and Barfly; screenplays based on Bukowski's (1920-1994) fiction; periodical appearances; tape recordings; photographs; and ephemera.

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Arrangement

The collection is generally arranged by type of material.

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Administrative Information

Publication Information

USC Libraries Special Collections
2010
Doheny Memorial Library 206
3550 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles, California, 90089-0189
213-740-5900
specol@usc.edu

Revision Description

Finding aid edited and updated by Sue Luftschein, 2010 November

Conditions Governing Access

COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE. Advance notice required for access.

Conditions Governing Use

All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Manuscripts Librarian. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.

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Controlled Access Headings

Genre(s)

Audiotapes
Correspondence
Ephemera
Manuscripts
Photographs

Personal Name(s)

Bukowski, Charles -- Archives

Subject(s)

American literature--20th century--Archival resources
American literature--California--Los Angeles--Archival resources
Authors, American--Archival resources

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Collection Inventory

Series 1: Original Works
Art Work
	Box	Folder
Dear Mr. Bukowski 1979 Scope and Contents note illustrated fictional letter; copy 13 of 50 signed	1	1
Adventures of Clarence Sweetmeat Scope and Contents note ms. of cartoon	7	2
Dear Mr. Bukowski Scope and Contents note original ms. of cartoon	7	3
Misc. drawings Scope and Contents note 32 drawings and paintings in b/w and color	7	4
Short stories
	Box	Folder
Aftermath of a Lengthy Rejection Slip Scope and Contents note Uncorrected galley proof	1	2
100 Dollar Stuff 1971 Scope and Contents note typed draft	10	2
6 Inches Scope and Contents note typed draft with note from author	10	3
All the Pussy We Want Scope and Contents note typed draft with corrections	10	4
Animal Crackers in My Soup 1971 Scope and Contents note typed draft	10	5
Beertalk under a Kerosene Lamp 1970 typed draft with letter	10	6
Beginner Scope and Contents note typed draft	10	7
Big Dope Reading Scope and Contents note typed draft with corrections	10	8
Big Dope Reading 1976 Scope and Contents note typed draft with letter	10	9
Blanche Was New in the Big City Scope and Contents note typed draft	10	10
Bukowski Bitches Scope and Contents note typed draft	10	11
Christ With Barbecue Sauce Scope and Contents note typed draft with corrections	10	12
Hairy Fist Tales 1971 Scope and Contents note typed draft with sketches	10	13
Letters of John Steinbeck 1978 Scope and Contents note typed draft	10	14
Life in a Texas Whorehouse 1970 Scope and Contents note typed draft with letter by the author	10	15
Little Boy Blue Come Blow Your Horn 1970 Scope and Contents note typed draft	10	16
Love It Or Leave It 1970 Scope and Contents note typed draft	10	17
Notes of a Dirty Old Man Scope and Contents note typed draft	10	18
Notes of a Potential Suicide Scope and Contents note typed draft	10	19
Piece of Cheese 1971 Scope and Contents note typed draft with letter	10	20
Purple as an Iris Scope and Contents note typed draft with note from the author	10	21
Reading and Breeding for Kenneth 1971 Scope and Contents note typed draft	10	22
Red Fire Red 1976 Scope and Contents note typed draft	10	23
Reunion Separated Materials note typed draft	10	24
Sandcastle by the Sea Scope and Contents note first chapter of novel draft	10	25
Sound and Passion 1970 Scope and Contents note typed draft with letter	10	26
Stink of Death 1975 Scope and Contents note typed draft	10	27
Swastika Scope and Contents note typed draft	10	28
Time I Knocked Out Ernest Hemingway Scope and Contents note typed draft	10	29
Time I Knocked Out Hemingway Scope and Contents note typed second draft	10	30
Twelve Flying Monkeys Who Won't Copulate 1970 Scope and Contents note typed draft with corrections	10	31
Two Heads Are Better Than One 1971 Scope and Contents note typed draft	10	32
untitled 1971 Scope and Contents note typed draft with note	10	33
Upon the Death of a Great Little Magazine Editor 1971 Scope and Contents note typed draft	10	34
White Beard Scope and Contents note typed draft	10	35
Who's Got the Juice? Scope and Contents note typed draft with corrections	10	36
Workout 1976 Scope and Contents note typed draft with corrections	10	37
Workout 1976 Scope and Contents note typed second draft	10	38
Poems
	Box	Folder
Me and Your Sometimes Love Poems Scope and Contents note poems by Bukowski and Linda King, signed by author	2	1
Misc. poems Scope and Contents note 203 poem mss.	7	6
Misc. poems Scope and Contents note 57 poem mss. plus copies	7	7
Misc. poems Scope and Contents note 70 poem mss.	7	8
Weather Report Scope and Contents note drafts, proofs, printed galley	7	9
Life Is a Dog from Hell 1977 Scope and Contents note typescript of poems	9	12
Mockingbird Wish Me Luck 1972 Scope and Contents note uncorrected proof of poems	9	13
Play the Piano Drunk 1979 Scope and Contents note uncorrected proof of poems	9	14
Translation
	Box	Folder
Die Ochsentour 1980 Scope and Contents note translation into German of "Shakespeare Never Did	2	2
Misc.
	Box	Folder
Untitled Scope and Contents note illustrated menu by Bukowski for the Dew Drop Inn	4	3
Women Scope and Contents note dust jacket to novel	4	4
Novels
	Box	Folder
Love Tale of the Hyena 1976 Scope and Contents note drafts of chapters and notes sent to John Martin	6	10
Poet 1971 Scope and Contents note draft of unfinished novel and notes to John Martin	6	11
Ham on Rye 1982 Scope and Contents note typescript of novel	9	7
Women Scope and Contents note discarded material from the novel	9	8
Women 1978 Scope and Contents note first draft of novel	9	9
Women 1978 Scope and Contents note typescript of novel	9	10
Women 1978 Scope and Contents note unpublished chapter fom the novel	9	11
Essays
	Box	Folder
Book introductions 1970-1974 Scope and Contents note twelve Bukowski forewords to other authors' works	7	5
Portraits
	Box	Folder
Signed glossies Scope and Contents note 16 large prints, small unsigned prints, negatives	7	10
Screenplay
	Box	Folder
Barfly 1980 Scope and Contents note draft of original screenplay (copy 2)	9	15
Barfly 1980 Scope and Contents note new draft of original screenplay	9	16
Barfly 1980 Scope and Contents note original screenplay	9	17
Original works
	Box	Folder
Notes of a Dirty Old Man Scope and Contents note typed draft with sketches and corrections	10	1
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Other works
Bibliography
	Box	Folder
Charles Bukowski 1969 Scope and Contents note by Hugh Fox	1	3
Charles Bukowski: A Comprehensive Checklist 1982 Scope and Contents note compiled by Al Fogel	1	4
Biography
	Box	Folder
Charles Bukowski Spit in My Face 1982 Scope and Contents note memoir by David Barker	1	5
Poetry Flash, No. 215 1991 Scope and Contents note an excerpt from "Hank" by Neeli Cherkovski	2	4
Misc.
	Box	Folder
Charles Bukowski Archive Collection 1977 Scope and Contents note catalogue for sale by Roman Books	1	6
Charles Bukowski: a Bibliographic Price Guide 1983 Scope and Contents note volumes priced by David Barker	1	7
Hitler Painted Roses Scope and Contents note Bukowski foreword to book by Steven Richmond	2	5
Hitler Painted Roses 1966 Scope and Contents note by Steven Richmond; foreword by Bukowski	2	6
Invitation to a Dying 1972 Scope and Contents note by Al Maserik; intro by Bukowski	2	7
Announcing Letters to a Young Poet Scope and Contents note publicity poster	4	5
Love Is a Dog from Hell Scope and Contents note dust jacket for Bukowski book	4	6
Misc.articles Scope and Contents note misc. photocopied articles about Bukowski	4	7
Sweetwater Presents an Evening With Scope and Contents note poster for Bukowski reading	4	8
Photographs
	Box	Folder
Bukowski: Photographs 1977-1987 1987 Scope and Contents note photographed by Michael Montfort	1	8
Barfly 1987 Scope and Contents note 2 glossies of Mickey Rourke and Faye Dunaway	4	9
Charles Bukowski Bust Scope and Contents note photo of Bukowski bust, inscribed by Linda King	4	10
Poems
	Box	Folder
All's Normal Here: A Charles Bukowski Primer 1985 Scope and Contents note anthology of published works	1	9
Another Academy 198? Scope and Contents note singly-published poem in pocketsize book	1	10
Cockroach Hotel July 1986 Scope and Contents note poetry by "Willie:; copy signed by Bukowski	1	11
Coffin Scope and Contents note four poems	1	12
Peace and Pieces: An Anthology Scope and Contents note The Angel Who Pushed His Wheelchair; Fisherman	2	8
Pearl 1975 Scope and Contents note The Big Ride; Tables	2	9
Poets and Writers 1980 Scope and Contents note The Lady in Red	2	10
Sweet and Dirty 1972	2	11
Specimen 73: A Catalogue of Poets 1973 Scope and Contents note six poems	3	2
Z: An Anthology of Modern Poetry 1968 Scope and Contents note The Tragedy of Leaves	3	3
Article/review
	Box	Folder
Poetry Now Scope and Contents note Charles Bukowski, by William Childress	2	3
A Tribute to Jim Lowell 1967 Scope and Contents note monograph by Bukowski	3	1
Study
	Box	Folder
Unrealism in Bukowski's Short Stories 1986 Scope and Contents note thesis by Sophie Rachmul	3	4
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Series 3: Periodicals
Article/review
	Box	Folder
Camels Coming Newsletter, No. 5 1974 Scope and Contents note Rich Mangelsdorf writes about Bukowski's writing	1	13
Film Comment, Vol. 23, No. 4 1987 Scope and Contents note Gin-Soaked Boy--an interview of Bukowski	1	14
Grapevine, Vol. 6 No. 17 1975 Scope and Contents note Bukowski Reads Tonight, review by Jack Butler	1	15
Grapevine, Vol. 6 No. 19 1975 Scope and Contents note Douglas Howard interviews Bukowski	1	16
Bookmart, Vol. 6, No. 8 March 1983 Scope and Contents note article by Art Fogel "I Collect"	1	17
Bukowski Scope and Contents note review of Bukoski's poetry	1	18
Creem, Vol. 7, No.5 October 1975 Scope and Contents note Jaggernaut: Wild Horses on a Plastic Phallus	1	19
DTS 1975 Scope and Contents note comic strip featuring Bukowski	1	20
In New York, Vol. 1 issue 17 Scope and Contents note interview of Bukowski	2	12
Home Planet News, Vol. 5, No. 2 1985 Scope and Contents note Letter Interview in Reply to Gerald Locklin	2	13
Hustler, Vol. 3, No. 6 1976 Scope and Contents note interview of Bukowski by Bruce David	2	14
Nitty-Gritty, Vol. 1, No. 1 1975 Scope and Contents note review of Bukowski's "Poems Written Before Jumping	2	15
Northwest Review, Vol. 16, No. 3 1977 Scope and Contents note interview of Bukowski by Mark Chenetier	2	16
San Francisco Quarterly, Vol. 6 No. 1 1970 Scope and Contents note Charles Bukowski is Top Dog	3	5
San Francisco Review of Books, Vol. 4, No.8 1979 Scope and Contents note Lucy Ferris reviews Bukowski's "Women"	3	6
Small Press Review, Vol. 4, No. 4 1973 Scope and Contents note Bukowski issue: five articles	3	7
South Bay, Vol. 4, No. 8 1981 Scope and Contents note Penny Grenoble interviews Bukowski	3	8
Southern California Literary Scene, Vol. 1, No. 1 1970 Scope and Contents note William J. Robson and Josette Bryson interview Buk	3	9
Stonecloud, No. 1 1972 Scope and Contents note Phil Taylor interviews Bukowski	3	10
Throb, No. 2 1971 Scope and Contents note Charles Bukowski Answers Ten Easy Questions	3	11
Los Angeles Times 1975 Scope and Contents note brief mention of Bukowski in Ferlinghetti article	4	11
Berkeley Barb, issue 486 1974 Scope and Contents note Partying with the Poets, by Ric Reynolds	4	12
Die Hamburger Zeitung 1978 Scope and Contents note Bukowski kommt nach Hamburg	4	13
Interview, Vol. 17 No. 9 1987 Scope and Contents note interview of Bukowski	4	14
L.A. Weekly, Vol. 2 No. 1 1979 Scope and Contents note Making of a Dirty Old Man	4	15
L.A. Weekly, Vol. 2 No.1 1979 Scope and Contents note article by Linda Rudolph on Bukowski	4	16
Literary Times, Vol. 2 No. 4 1963 Scope and Contents note purported first interview of Bukowski	4	17
Literary Times, Vol. 3 No. 3 1964 Scope and Contents note review of "It Catches My Heart in Its Hands"	4	18
Literary Times, Vol. 4 No. 4 1965 Scope and Contents note review of "Crucifix in a Deathhand"	4	19
Literary Times, Vol. 4 No. 5 1966 Scope and Contents note John Miller reviews "Confessions of a Man Insane E	4	20
Los Angeles Free Press 1975 Scope and Contents note Conversations with Charles Bukowski	4	21
Los Angeles Free Press 1975 Scope and Contents note Notes of a Dirty Old Man	4	22
Los Angeles Times 1987 Scope and Contents note Big-Screen Time for Bukowski, by Patrick Goldstein	4	23
Los Angeles Times 1984 Scope and Contents note Great Writer Turns to Pulp Theater--review of play
	Box	Folder
Los Angeles Times 1983 Scope and Contents note Hot Water Music reviewed by Michael Harper	4	24
Los Angeles Times 1983 Separated Materials note review of movie Tales of Ordinary Madness	4	25
Los Angeles Times 1981 Scope and Contents note Sylvia Bizio interviews Bukowski	4	26
Los Angeles Times Book Review 1985 Scope and Contents note Kenneth Funsten reviews "War All the Time"	4	27
New York Times Book Review 1982 Scope and Contents note review of "Dangling in the Tournefortia"	4	28
Nola Express, No. 130 1973 Scope and Contents note Notes of a Dirty Old Man	4	29
Nola Express, No. 143 1973 Scope and Contents note Notes of a Dirty Old Man	4	30
Nola Express, No. 144 1973 Scope and Contents note Notes of a Dirty Old Man	4	31
Nola Express, No. 145 1973 Scope and Contents note Notes of a Dirty Old Man	4	32
Open City, issue 21 1967 Scope and Contents note Notes of a Dirty Old Man	4	33
Open City, issue 26 1967 Scope and Contents note Notes of a Dirty Old Man	4	34
Open City, issue 27 1967 Scope and Contents note Notes of a Dirty Old Man	4	35
Open City, issue 32 1967 Scope and Contents note Notes of a Dirty Old Man	4	36
Open City, issue 33 1967 Scope and Contents note Notes of a Dirty Old Man	4	37
Open City, issue 38 1968 Scope and Contents note Notes of a Dirty Old Man	4	38
Open City, issue 42 1922 Scope and Contents note Notes of a Dirty Old Man	4	39
Open City, issue 50 1968 Scope and Contents note Notes of a Dirty Old Man	4	40
Open City, issue 52 1968 Scope and Contents note Notes of a Dirty Old Man	4	41
Open City, issue 61 1968 Scope and Contents note Notes of a Dirty Old Man	4	42
Open City, issue 61 1968 Scope and Contents note Notes of a Dirty Old Man	4	43
Open City, issue 65 1968 Scope and Contents note Notes of a Dirty Old Man	4	44
Open City, issue 67 1968 Scope and Contents note Notes of a Dirty Old Man	4	45
Open City, issue 68 1968 Scope and Contents note Notes of a Dirty Old Man	4	46
Open City, issue 72 1968 Scope and Contents note Notes of a Dirty Old Man	4	47
Open City, issue 74 1968 Scope and Contents note Notes of a Dirty Old Man	4	48
Open City, No. 7 1967 Scope and Contents note Notes of a Dirty Old Man	4	49
Open City, No. 9 1967 Scope and Contents note Notes of a Dirty Old Man	4	50
Paris Metro, Vol. 3 No. 21 1978 Scope and Contents note Ron Blunden writes about Bukowski	4	51
Reader, Vol. 2 No. 8 1979 Scope and Contents note Day at the Races with Bukowski	4	52
Reader, Vol. 2 No. 8 1979 Scope and Contents note Day at the Races with Bukowski, by Ben Pleasants	4	53
Rolling Stone, issue 215 1976 Scope and Contents note Bukowski in the Raw, by Glenn Esterly	4	54
Santa Barbara Review 1975 Scope and Contents note Musings of a Dirty Old Man	4	55
Letters
	Box	Folder
Bastard Angel, No. 2 1974 Scope and Contents note letters to the editor about Bukowski	1	22
Black Cat Review, No. 2 March 1963 Conditions Governing Access note letter to editor Neeli Cherry; artwork	1	23
Downhere, Vol. 1, No. 1 1966 Scope and Contents note letters Tom Macnamara - Bukowski	1	24
Rolling Stone, issue 218 1976 Scope and Contents note letter to the editor re: Bukowski article	4	56
Artwork
	Box	Folder
Harrison Street Review, No. 2 1971 Scope and Contents note Bukowski portfolio	1	21
Sunset Palms Hotel, Vol. 2, No. 4 1974 Scope and Contents note drawings	3	12
Misc.
	Box	Folder
Gallows Scope and Contents note advertisement for "Run with the Hunted"	1	25
Herald 1987 Scope and Contents note short article on Sean Penn, by Linda Bukowski	1	26
Hustler, Vol 4, No. 10 1978 Scope and Contents note no Bukowski material	2	17
Paget Press Books 1984 Scope and Contents note catalogue, contains reviews of Bukowski biography	2	18
Panorama 1978 Scope and Contents note Italian magazine with no apparent Bukowski materia	2	19
Playboy, Vol. 29, No. 3 1982 Scope and Contents note no material	2	20
Washington Free Press, Vol. 2 No. 34 1968 Scope and Contents note no material	3	13
American Poetry Review, Vol. 4 No. 4 1975 Scope and Contents note no material related to Bukowski	4	57
Los Angeles Free Press 1976 Scope and Contents note article about Henry Miller	4	58
Renaissance, section 2 Scope and Contents note edited by Bukowski	4	59
Renaissance, section 2 Scope and Contents note edited by Bukowski	4	60
Renaissance, section two Scope and Contents note edited by Bukowski	4	61
Poems
	Box	Folder
Amphora 1972 Scope and Contents note Louis Ferdinand, Death, Winterlust, All the Sacred	1	27
Ante, Vol. 1, No. 4 fall 1965 Scope and Contents note Discussion, Ivan the Terrible	1	28
Bastard Angel, No. 3 1974 Scope and Contents note Blue Head of Death, Blue Cheese and Chili Peppers	1	29
Beyond Baroque 792, Vol. 10 No. 2 1979 Scope and Contents note Mirror; Time Off	1	30
Caterpillar 1969 Scope and Contents note What a Man I Was	1	31
Chat Noir Revue, Vol 2, No. 3 1964 Scope and Contents note Fleg	1	32
Coastlines, Vol. 3 No. 4 1959 Scope and Contents note Dow Jones: Down	1	33
Coastlines, Vol. 5 No. 4 1963 Scope and Contents note Warble In	1	34
Coastlines, Vol. 6 No. 1/2 1964 Scope and Contents note Upon Listening to Symphonic Music; Everything	1	35
Down Here, Vol. 1, No. 2 1967 Scope and Contents note untitled; Green	1	36
Epos Extra Issue 1962 Scope and Contents note All Bukowski: Poems and Drawings	1	37
Epos, Vol. 10 No. 4 1959 Scope and Contents note Soiree	1	38
Epos, Vol. 11 No. 2 1959 Scope and Contents note The Death of a Roach	1	39
Epos, Vol. 12 No. 4 1961 Scope and Contents note Evening Class, 20 Years Later	1	41
Epos, Vol. 13 No. 2 1961 Scope and Contents note The Priest and the Matador	1	42
Epos, Vol. 14 No. 1 1962 Scope and Contents note 2 Views	1	43
Epos, Vol. 12 No. 2 1960 Scope and Contents note The Sun Wields Mercy	1	40
Epos, Vol. 14 No. 4 1963 Scope and Contents note The Singular Self	1	44
Epos, Vol. 16 No. 2 1965 Scope and Contents note Advice for Some Young Man in the Year 2064 AD	1	45
Epos, Vol. 16 No. 3 1965 Scope and Contents note The Terror of the Breath Upon the Hand	1	46
Epos, Vol. 16 No. 4 1965 Scope and Contents note 4:30 AM	1	47
Epos, Vol. 22 No. 2 1970-1971 Scope and Contents note Blues Song	1	48
Frank, Vol. 1, No. 4 1985 Scope and Contents note About a Non-Typing Night	1	49
Galley Sail Review 1959 Scope and Contents note The Twins	1	50
Galley Sail Review, Vol. 2, No. 2 1960 Scope and Contents note Conversations in a Cheap Room; The Milkman's Side	1	51
Gallows Scope and Contents note What a Man I Was; The Birds	1	52
Harbor Review 1980 Scope and Contents note Mozart Wrote His First Opera Before the Age of Fou	1	53
Harbor Review 1979 Scope and Contents note Reading; Vallejo; Virgins	1	54
Hearse, No. 10 1969 Scope and Contents note The Days Run Away Like Wild Horses over the Hills	1	55
Hearse, No. 11 1969	1	56
Hearse, No. 17 1972 Scope and Contents note eleven poems	1	57
Epos, Vol. 3, No. 7 1962 Scope and Contents note fourteen poems and drawings	1	58
Hiram Poetry Review, No. 5 1968 Scope and Contents note Just Another Wino	2	21
Hull House Theater 1966 Scope and Contents note Portrait of a Soul for Flies; The Terror of Sunlig	2	22
Invisible City, No. 4 1972 Scope and Contents note The Hatred for Hemingway	2	23
Invisible City, No. 8 1973 Scope and Contents note The Last Round	2	24
Koff, Vol. 2, No. 2/3 1978 Scope and Contents note Rhine Cruise; The Girls Are Gone	2	25
Laugh Literary, Vol. 1, No. 3 1971 Scope and Contents note Bukowski to Cherry; The Time I knocked Out Ernest	2	26
Literary Artpress, Vol. 2, No. 1 1960 Scope and Contents note Anthony	2	27
Mano Mano, No. 10 1971 Scope and Contents note The Angels of Sunday	2	28
Marilyn, Vol. 2 S1976 Scope and Contents note All God's Rats	2	29
Mica, No. 7 1962 Scope and Contents note W.W.2	2	30
Midwest, No. 3 1961 Scope and Contents note Minor Impulse; Sundays Kill; Monday Beach	2	31
Midwest, No. 4 1962 Scope and Contents note 12,000 Dollars in Three Months	2	32
Nadada, No. 1 1964 Scope and Contents note My Real Love in Athens	2	33
Nomad, No. 1 1959 Scope and Contents note four poems	2	34
Notes from Underground II 1966 Scope and Contents note A Nice Place; All the White Rats	2	35
Notes From Underground II 1966 Scope and Contents note A Nice Place; All the White Rats	2	36
Odyssey, Vol. 2, No. 1 1959 Scope and Contents note I Live Too Near the Slaughterhouse; When Hugo Wolf	2	37
Ole, No. 4 1966 Scope and Contents note O, We Are Outcasts, O We Burn in Wondrous Flame!	2	38
Ole, No. 6 1966 Scope and Contents note Nature Poem; The Noiseless Case of a Blue Violet	2	39
Ontario Review, No. 2 1975 Scope and Contents note The Drunk Tank Judge	2	40
Ouija Madness, 2 1982 Scope and Contents note Room 22	2	41
Out of Step 1978 Scope and Contents note Mosquito	2	42
Outcast 1966 Scope and Contents note And Now I Sit in a Small Paper Place	2	43
Outcast Jan. 1967 Scope and Contents note Cement Man on Cement Horse; Love	2	44
Outcast July 1967 Scope and Contents note Heat	2	45
Outcast 1968 Scope and Contents note My Eyes Sleep	2	46
Outcast 1966 Scope and Contents note My God, My Mother, Most Holy Thing	2	47
Outcast April 1967 Scope and Contents note My Mother, Bless Her	2	48
Outcast 1967 Scope and Contents note We Knew We Were Dead	2	49
Outsider, Vol. 1 No. 3 1963 Scope and Contents note three poems; letter to the editor	2	50
Outsider, Vol. 1 No. 3 1963 Scope and Contents note three poems; letters to the editor	2	51
Outsider, Vol. 1, No. 1 1961 Scope and Contents note eleven poems	2	52
Outsider, Vol. 1, No. 2 1962 Scope and Contents note Sick Leave	2	53
Outsider, Vol. 2 No. 4/5 1968 Scope and Contents note Kaakaa & Other Immolations	2	54
Pig in a Pamphlet 12 1985 Scope and Contents note song; Magic Machine; Tragic Meeting; Never	2	55
Purr, No. 1 1975 Scope and Contents note Bluebird; A Poem Written in a Letter	3	14
Purr, No. 2 1975 Scope and Contents note It Works Like Liquid Snot Coming Out; My Lucky Fri	3	15
Purr, No. 3 1975 Scope and Contents note AT&T	3	16
Purr, No. 4 1976 Scope and Contents note no title	3	17
Quicksilver, Vol. 15, No. 1 Spring 1962 Scope and Contents note 2 Outside, As Bones Break in My Kitchen	3	18
Quixote, 13 Spring 1957 Scope and Contents note Poem for Personnel Managers; As the Sparrow	3	19
Quixote, 19 Autumn 1958 Scope and Contents note Hell, Yes, the Hydrogen Bomb!	3	20
Renaissance, Vol. 1, No. 4 1962 Scope and Contents note Peace, Baby, Is Hard Sell	3	21
Rong Wrong, No. 1 Scope and Contents note State of World Affairs; Hello, Willie Shoemaker; L	3	22
Satis, No. 5 1962 Scope and Contents note three poems	3	23
Second Coming, Vol. 1, No. 2 1972 Scope and Contents note Burning in Water, Drowning in Flame	3	24
Schist, No. 1 1973 Scope and Contents note These Little Talks in Room #109 With This Guy Call	3	25
Schist, No. 2 1974 Scope and Contents note The New One	3	26
Schist, No. 3 1975 Scope and Contents note Problems About the Other Woman; A Class Broad	3	27
Second Aeon, Vol. 16, No. 17 1972 Scope and Contents note Assault; A Poorly Night	3	28
Second Coming, Vol. 2, No. 4/5 1973 Scope and Contents note A Critic; In the Name of Love and Art	3	29
Second Coming, Vol. 5, No. 1 1977 Scope and Contents note Bukowski issue: 25 poems	3	30
Sparrow 30 1975 Scope and Contents note Africa, Paris, Greece	3	31
Sparrow 5 1973 Scope and Contents note seven poems	3	32
Sparrow 54 1977 Scope and Contents note Maybe Tomorrow	3	33
Sparrow, 14 1960 Scope and Contents note The Loser	3	34
Targets, No. 10 1962 Scope and Contents note Have You Ever; Imbecile Night; Poem in the City	3	35
Targets, No. 11 1962 Scope and Contents note Our Breath's Fondness; Counsel; Out of It	3	36
Targets, No. 15 1963 Scope and Contents note six poems	3	37
Targets, No. 4 1960 Scope and Contents note eight poems 1	3	38
Targets, No. 7 1961 Scope and Contents note 3:30 AM Conversation; Sheet; The Elephant	3	39
Targets, No. 8 1961 Scope and Contents note After Receiving a Contributors Copy of Nothing	3	40
Unmuzzled Ox 1971 Scope and Contents note Poem; Tragedy Is My Bacon	3	41
Unmuzzled Ox, Vol. 3, No. 2 1975 Scope and Contents note O Here Comes the Rodeo Lover	3	42
Vagabond 18 1974 Scope and Contents note poem by Linda King about Bukowski	3	43
Vagabond, 11 1971 Scope and Contents note The Shoelace	3	44
Vagabond, Vol. 1, No. 3 1966 Scope and Contents note I Will Never Ride a Horse Along the Sands	3	45
Vagabond, Vol. 1, No.3 1966 Scope and Contents note These Mad Windows That Taste Life and Cut Me if I	3	46
Venture, Vol. 4, No. 1 1961 Scope and Contents note Serligev	3	47
Water Row Review, 6 1987 Scope and Contents note Cleansing the Ranks; Summing Up; Carry On	3	48
We Are the Secret Living Leprosy 1977 Scope and Contents note four poems	3	49
Wormwood Review, 16 Scope and Contents note six poems	3	50
Wormwood Review, Vol. 12, No. 1 1972 Scope and Contents note The Outsider	3	51
Wormwood Review, Vol. 14, No.1 1974 Scope and Contents note 200 years; Finish; 55 Beds; Tarot; Eleven; No Bra;	3	52
Wormwood Review, Vol. 20, No. 1 1980 Scope and Contents note Dead Again; 1984; Note Upon Waste; et.al	3	53
Wormwood Review, Vol. 20, No. 2 1980 Scope and Contents note Hotel Felix; Yes	3	54
Wormwood Review, Vol. 6, No. 4 1966 Scope and Contents note five poems	3	55
Renaissance, No. 1 1966 Scope and Contents note A Picture Book for Marina Louise Bukowski	3	56
Evergreen Review, Vol. 13 No. 63 1969 Scope and Contents note Even the Sun Was Afraid	4	62
Evergreen Review, Vol. 14 No. 79 1970 Scope and Contents note Soup, Cosmos and Tears	4	63
Figaro, Vol. 9 No. 10 1980 Scope and Contents note Bukowski in Stereo	4	64
Short Stories
	Box	Folder
High Times, No. 77 1982 Scope and Contents note My War of 1939	2	56
High Times, No. 87 1982 Scope and Contents note The Player	2	57
Hustler, Vol. 3, No. 5 1976 Scope and Contents note The Fiend	2	58
Hustler, Vol. 4, No. 4 1977 Scope and Contents note Birds of a Feather	2	59
London Magazine, Vol. 13, No. 6 1974 Scope and Contents note Would You Suggest Writing as a Career?	2	60
Roche-Zeitung 1976 Scope and Contents note Dr. Nazi translated to German	3	57
Story, Vol. 24, No. 106 1944 Scope and Contents note Aftermath of a Lengthy Rejection Slip	3	58
Poems/artwork
	Box	Folder
Renaissance, No. 1 1966 Scope and Contents note Picture Book for Marina Louise Bukowski	4	65
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Series 4: Adapted works
Screenplay
	Box	Folder
Barfly 1987 Scope and Contents note press publication	4	1
Barfly 1987 Scope and Contents note press release folder	4	2
Barfly Scope and Contents note presentation (synopsis) for the motion picture	9	2
Factotum 1979? Scope and Contents note screenplay adapted from 1979 Bukowski novel	9	3
Post Office Scope and Contents note screenplay adapted from Bukowski novel	9	4
Post Office Scope and Contents note screenplay adapted from the novel (copy 2)	9	5
Tales of Ordinary Madness Scope and Contents note screenplay adapted from short stories	9	6
Adapted works
	Box	Folder
Only a Tenant 1974 Scope and Contents note play script by Linda King	9	1
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Series 5: Ephemera
Personal
	Box	Folder
Untitled 1982 Scope and Contents note 2 Bukowski publicity buttons	5	1
Untitled Scope and Contents note address file cards	5	2
Untitled Scope and Contents note Budweiser beer bottle from Bukowski's collection	5	3
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Series 6: Recording
Audio
	Box	Folder
Amer. Lit. Phono Tape 1968 Scope and Contents note reel-to-reel tape of Bukowski reading	5	4
Bukowski at the Golden Bear 1975 Scope and Contents note audio cassette	5	5
Bukowski Live 1978 Scope and Contents note audio cassette of poetry reading in Hamburg	5	6
Bukowski Reading Poems 1967 Scope and Contents note reel-to-reel recorded in L.A.	5	7
Charles Bukowski 1970	5	8
Charles Bukowski Live 1978 Scope and Contents note audio cassette of poetry reading in Hamburg	5	9
Charles Bukowski Live in Los Angeles 1980 Scope and Contents note audio cassette of poetry reading	5	10
Charles Bukowski: The Early Years 1970 Scope and Contents note audio cassette of poetry reading	5	11
Video
	Box	Folder
Bukowski 1975 1994 Scope and Contents note videocassette by Francis Hogan Brown	5	12
Bukowski at Bellevue 1988 Scope and Contents note videotape by Black Sparrow Press, 1970	5	13
Bukowski at Bellevue 1988 Scope and Contents note videotape by Black Sparrow Press, 1970	5	14
Bukowski KCET Show Scope and Contents note 3/4 inch video tape	5	15
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Series 7: Correspondence
Misc.
	Box	Folder
Misc. letters Scope and Contents note letters to/from Bukowski, John Martin	6	1
Charles Bukowski correspondence files Scope and Contents note copies of Bukowski letters in book-shaped box	8	1
Outgoing
	Box	Folder
Conte, Joseph F. 1966-1967 Scope and Contents note ten letters	6	2
Fogel, Al 1981-1984 Scope and Contents note 28 letters, envelopes	6	3
Hageman, William 1966-1968 Scope and Contents note nine letters, postcard	6	4
Martin, John 1968-1978 Scope and Contents note 57 letters, envelopes	6	5
Misc. letters outgoing 1965-1975 Scope and Contents note 20 letters to various recipients	6	6
Misc. unsent 1964-1970 Scope and Contents note ten letters to various recipients	6	7
Richmond, Steve 1965-1973 Scope and Contents note copies of 72 notes and letters	6	8
Young, Lafayette 1970-1982 Scope and Contents note 19 envelopes, 21 letters	6	9
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Series 8: Misc.
	Box	Folder
Bukowski interview Scope and Contents note photocopy of interview	7	1
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