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Ken Knabb papers

 Collection
Call Number: GEN MSS 1456

Scope and Contents

Correspondence, writings, printed material, photographs, audio visual material, electronic files, and other papers by or relating to Ken Knabb.

Dates

  • circa 1939-2010

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research.

Boxes 13: Restricted fragile material. For further information consult the appropriate curator.

Boxes 43-47 (audiovisual materials): Restricted fragile material. Reference copies may be requested. Consult Access Services for further information.

Boxes 48-49 (digital media): Use of originals is restricted. Reference copies may be requested. Consult Access Services for further information.

Conditions Governing Use

The Ken Knabb Papers is the physical property of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University. Literary rights, including copyright, belong to the authors or their legal heirs and assigns. For further information, consult the appropriate curator.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Purchased from Ken Knabb and Didier Lecointre-Dominique Drouet on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 2016.

Arrangement

Organized into seven series: I. Correspondence, circa 1970s-2010s. II. Writings and publications, circa 1970s-2003. III. Subject files, 1939-2005. IV. Printed material, circa 1960s-2006. V. Posters, circa 1970s. VI. Audiovisual material, 1956-1996. VII. Electronic media, circa 1977-2000s.

Extent

52.58 Linear Feet ((48 containers) + 1 broadside)

Language of Materials

English

Catalog Record

A record for this collection is available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog

Persistent URL

https://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/beinecke.knabb

Ken Knabb

Ken Knabb is an American writer, translator, and radical theorist known for his translations of Guy Debord and the Situationist International.

Processing Information

Collections are processed to a variety of levels, depending on the work necessary to make them usable, their perceived research value, the availability of staff, competing priorities, and whether or not further accruals are expected. The library attempts to provide a basic level of preservation and access for all collections as they are acquired, and does more extensive processing of higher priority collections as time and resources permit.

This collection received a basic level of processing, including rehousing and minimal organization.

Information included in the Description of Papers note and Collection Contents section is drawn from information supplied with the collection and from an initial survey of the contents. Folder titles appearing in the contents list below are often based on those provided by the creator or previous custodian. Titles have not been verified against the contents of the folders in all cases. Otherwise, folder titles are supplied by staff during initial processing.

This finding aid may be updated periodically to account for new acquisitions to the collection and/or revisions in arrangement and description.

Title
Guide to the Ken Knabb Papers
Author
by Beinecke staff
Date
February 2019
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description note
Finding aid written in English.

Part of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library Repository

Contact:
P. O. Box 208330
New Haven CT 06520-8330 US
(203) 432-2977

Location

121 Wall Street
New Haven, CT 06511

Opening Hours

Access Information

The Beinecke Library is open to all Yale University students and faculty, and visiting researchers whose work requires use of its special collections. You will need to bring appropriate photo ID the first time you register. Beinecke is a non-circulating, closed stack library. Paging is done by library staff during business hours. You can request collection material online at least two business days in advance of your visit, using the request links in Archives at Yale. For more information, please see Planning Your Research Visit and consult the Reading Room Policies prior to visiting the library.