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Allen Ginsberg Film and Video Archive, 1983 - 1996 http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/tf4d5nb0gw No online items Guide to the Allen Ginsberg film and video archive, 1983 - 1996 Processed by Steven Mandeville-Gamble; machine-readable finding aid created by Steven Mandeville-Gamble Department of Special Collections Green Library Stanford University Libraries Stanford, CA 94305-6004 Phone: (650) 725-1022 Email: [email protected] URL: http://library.stanford.edu/spc/ © 2001 The Board of Trustees of Stanford University. All rights reserved. Guide to the Allen Ginsberg film Mss Media 0004 1 and video archive, 1983 - 1996 Guide to the Allen Ginsberg film and video archive, 1983 - 1996 Collection number: Mss Media 0004 Department of Special Collections and University Archives Stanford University Libraries Stanford, California Contact Information Department of Special Collections Green Library Stanford University Libraries Stanford, CA 94305-6004 Phone: (650) 725-1022 Email: [email protected] URL: http://library.stanford.edu/spc/ Processed by: Steven Mandeville-Gamble Date Completed: 2001 Sept. Encoded by: Steven Mandeville-Gamble © 2001 The Board of Trustees of Stanford University. All rights reserved. Descriptive Summary Title: Allen Ginsberg film and video archive, Date (inclusive): 1983 - 1996 Collection number: Mss Media 0004 Creator: Aronson, Jerry Extent: 154 videotapes Repository: Stanford University. Libraries. Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives. Language: English. Access Restrictions None. Publication Rights Property rights reside with the repository. Literary rights reside with the creators of the documents or their heirs. To obtain permission to publish or reproduce, please contact the Public Services Librarian of the Dept. of Special Collections. Provenance Purchased, 2001. Preferred Citation: [Identification of item], Allen Ginsberg film and video archive, Mss Media 0004, Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif. Guide to the Allen Ginsberg film Mss Media 0004 2 and video archive, 1983 - 1996 Container List Box 1, Videotape Allen Ginsberg Performance, Part I. 1 Additional Note Time in: 0:00:00 Time out: 0:22:45 Total Time: 22m 45s Source: 3/4" Master unusable Screening Format: 3/4" Window Dub Dubbing format: Beta Dub Master Scope and Content Note Naropa Institute, Boulder, CO, May 27, 1983. Begins with shots of audience, continues with Peter and Allen playing music together and ends with an interview of Allen outside his Boulder house. Shots of audience. Additional Note Time in: 0:00:00 Time out: 0:09:12 Source: 3/4" Master unusable Screening Format: 3/4" Window Dub Dubbing format: Beta Dub Master Scope and Content Note In Naropa auditorium. Peter Orlovsky and Allen Ginsberg playing music. Additional Note Time in: 0:09:15 Time out: 0:11:55 Source: 3/4" Master unusable Screening Format: 3/4" Window Dub Dubbing format: Beta Dub Master Scope and Content Note In Naropa auditorium. Allen Ginsberg Interview. Additional Note Time in: 0:11:56 Time out: 0:22:45 Source: 3/4" Master unusable Screening Format: 3/4" Window Dub Dubbing format: Beta Dub Master Scope and Content Note End of interview on steps at Allen's house on Bluff St. in Boulder. Box 1, Videotape Allen Ginsberg Performance, Part II. 2 Additional Note Time in: 0:00:00 Time out: 0:21:20 Total Time: 21m 20s Source: 3/4" Master unusable Screening Format: 3/4" Window Dub Dubbing format: Beta Dub Master Scope and Content Note Naropa Institute, Boulder, CO, May 27, 1983. Ginsberg performs with a small band and reads poetry with music backup. Ginsberg later chants a mantra. "Why I Meditate". Additional Note Time in: 2:05:13 Time out: 2:08:53 Source: 3/4" Master unusable Screening Format: 3/4" Window Dub Dubbing format: Beta Dub Master Scope and Content Note Ginsberg sings with a small back-up band. "Put Down That Cigarette Rag (Don't Smoke)". Additional Note Time in: 2:09:05 Time out: 2:14:26 Source: 3/4" Master unusable Screening Format: 3/4" Window Dub Dubbing format: Beta Dub Master Scope and Content Note Ginsberg sings with a small back-up band. Guide to the Allen Ginsberg film Mss Media 0004 3 and video archive, 1983 - 1996 Container List Mantra. Additional Note Time in: 2:16:52 Time out: 2:19:00 Source: 3/4" Master unusable Screening Format: 3/4" Window Dub Dubbing format: Beta Dub Master Scope and Content Note Ginsberg chants with a small back-up band. "September on Jessore Road". Additional Note Time in: 2:19:02 Time out: 2:21:28 Source: 3/4" Master unusable Screening Format: 3/4" Window Dub Dubbing format: Beta Dub Master Scope and Content Note Ginsberg sings with a small back-up band. Box 1, Videotape Allen Ginsberg Performance, Part III. 3 Additional Note Time in: 0:00:00 Time out: 0:14:47 Total Time: 14m 47s Source: 3/4" Master unusable Screening Format: 3/4" Window Dub Dubbing format: Beta Dub Master Scope and Content Note Naropa Institute, Boulder, CO, May 27, 1983. More of Ginsberg singing with his back-up band. "Do the Meditation Rock". Additional Note Time in: 1:11:02 Time out: 1:14:44 Source: 3/4" Master unusable Screening Format: 3/4" Window Dub Dubbing format: Beta Dub Master Scope and Content Note Ginsberg sings with a small back-up band. (Jump at 1:12:45) Box 1, Videotape Allen Ginsberg Interview, Part I. 4 Additional Note Time in: 0:00:00 Time out: 0:22:20 Total Time: 22m 20s Source: 3/4" Master unusable Screening Format: 3/4" Window Dub Dubbing format: Beta Dub Master Scope and Content Note Ginsberg's home on Bluff Street in Boulder, CO, May 28, 1983. Interview takes place outside. Peter Orlovsky working on garden outside. Additional Note Time in: 0:00:00 Time out: 0:04:21 Source: 3/4" Master unusable Screening Format: 3/4" Window Dub Dubbing format: Beta Dub Master Scope and Content Note General outdoor ambient sound. Allen Ginsberg walking and interview on steps outside. Additional Note Time in: 0:06:13 Time out: 0:22:20 Source: 3/4" Master unusable Screening Format: 3/4" Window Dub Dubbing format: Beta Dub Master Scope and Content Note Ginsberg outside his house on Bluff St. in Boulder, CO. Guide to the Allen Ginsberg film Mss Media 0004 4 and video archive, 1983 - 1996 Container List Box 1, Videotape Allen Ginsberg Interview, Part II. 5 Additional Note Time in: 0:00:00 Time out: 0:22:23 Total Time: 22m 23s Source: 3/4" Master unusable Screening Format: 3/4" Window Dub Dubbing format: Beta Dub Master Scope and Content Note Ginsberg's home in Boulder, CO May 28, 1983. Ginsberg outside his house on Bluff St. Box 1, Videotape Allen Ginsberg Interview, Part III. 6 Additional Note Time in: 0:00:00 Time out: 0:22:54 Total Time: 22m 54s Source: 3/4" Master unusable Screening Format: 3/4" Window Dub Dubbing format: Beta Dub Master Scope and Content Note Ginsberg's home in Boulder, CO May 28, 1983. Ginsberg outside his house on Bluff St. Box 1, Videotape Allen Ginsberg Interview, Part IV. 7 Additional Note Time in: 0:00:00 Time out: 0:22:11 Total Time: 22m 11s Source: 3/4" Master unusable Screening Format: 3/4" Window Dub Dubbing format: Beta Dub Master Scope and Content Note Ginsberg's home in Boulder, CO May 28, 1983. Ginsberg in the living room of his Bluff Street. residence, reading his own poetry, explaining and analyzing highlights of poems. "King of May". Additional Note Time in: 0:13:34 Time out: 0:18:26 Source: 3/4" Master unusable Screening Format: 3/4" Window Dub Dubbing format: Beta Dub Master Scope and Content Note Ginsberg reads his own poetry. "Kaddish". Additional Note Time in: 0:19:09 Time out: 0:21:01 Source: 3/4" Master unusable Screening Format: 3/4" Window Dub Dubbing format: Beta Dub Master Scope and Content Note Ginsberg reads his own poetry. Box 1, Videotape Allen Ginsberg Interview, Part V. 8 Additional Note Time in: 0:00:00 Time out: 0:22:55 Total Time: 22m 55s Source: 3/4" Master unusable Screening Format: 3/4" Window Dub Dubbing format: Beta Dub Master Scope and Content Note Ginsberg's home in Boulder, CO May 28, 1983. Ginsberg in the living room of his Bluff Street. residence, reading his own poetry, explaining and analyzing highlights of poems. "Father Death Blues" (spoken). Additional Note Time in: 0:01:05 Time out: 0:03:07 Source: 3/4" Master unusable Screening Format: 3/4" Window Dub Dubbing format: Beta Dub Master Scope and Content Note A spoken version of Ginsberg's blues tune. Guide to the Allen Ginsberg film Mss Media 0004 5 and video archive, 1983 - 1996 Container List "Howl". Additional Note Time in: 0:05:18 Time out: 0:07:07 Source: 3/4" Master unusable Screening Format: 3/4" Window Dub Dubbing format: Beta Dub Master Scope and Content Note Ginsberg reads his own poetry. About "Howl". Additional Note Time in: 0:07:08 Time out: 0:11:52 Source: 3/4" Master unusable Screening Format: 3/4" Window Dub Dubbing format: Beta Dub Master Scope and Content Note Ginsberg explains his poem. "On Neal's Ashes". Additional Note Time in: 0:13:31 Time out: 0:14:17 Source: 3/4" Master unusable Screening Format: 3/4" Window Dub Dubbing format: Beta Dub Master Scope and Content Note Ginsberg reads his own poetry. Interview with Allen Ginsberg. Additional Note Time in: 0:20:23 Time out: 0:22:55 Source: 3/4" Master unusable Screening Format: 3/4" Window Dub Dubbing format: Beta Dub Master Scope and Content Note Allen discusses the '68 Chicago Convention.
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