1977 (6 1/5" x 9 1/4") This event, organised by Barbara Read, included memorable performances by Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Michael Horovitz, Bernard Kops and Anne Waldman. 1978, San Jose College Art Gallery "Kenneth Patchen Graphic works"; poster and blank invitation UCSC and subsequent events that were administered by the University in collaboration with Miriam. 1972-1978, An Easy Decision: for soprano and piano. 1973-1974, University of North Dakota; exhibit catalog, publicity

1973-1996, Group Theater Company performance "Hallelujah Anyway"; tour pamphlets and posters, Kenneth Patchen Memorial, City Lights Poets' Theater; poster 1986-1987, David BEDFORD (composer); 2 ALS chronologically.

Apr 1974, Peter VERES; 2 TLS Biographical Material consists of papers relating to the death of Miriam Patchen, clippings about Miriam, and promotional [3] In 1998, Miriam was the subject of a short documentary film by Kim Roberts titled Miriam Is Not Amused.[4][5]. Feb 1972, San Francisco Art Institute To help make ends meet at this point, Miriam also had to take a job working in retail at a local department store. Miriam's corrective announcement "Studio sharing story false", (p. 23) in response to earlier statement Other letters of interest are Miriam's
1972-1989, Scores Immobilized by the injury, Patchen's sole caretaker was his wife, and since he was bedridden, he wrote and painted poems from his bed with her assistance. died Palo Alto, California 6 March 2000. Rain Press, San Francisco. Ohio, April 1990; included is a photocopied photograph of Miriam standing next to Fred Wright and wearing this apron. Miriam Patchen recalled some of these young poets, including Philip Lamantia, Gary Snyder, and Michael McClure, visiting the Patchens' home in San Francisco to pay their respects. Miriam is holding a sign "After NAFTA Clinton/Gore/Eshew - Your Silence = Death for draft response to Anais Nin after reading of a false statement in a newspaper article, and replies to William Packard and MIRIAM PATCHEN was for 37 years the wife and muse of the American poet and novelist Kenneth Patchen. Feb 6, 1974, Jonathan WILLIAMS; 3 TPCS Marc Adrian] Menna, Robert. 1972-1989, Marc ADRIAN (artist); 2 TLS [in regard to Documenta exhibit] and an interview "Miriam at Home" taped on Mar 10, 1982. sheet, flyer, poster Nov 28, 1975, Lissa FISHER; 4 ALS and APCS Text based on KP's "When we were here together". Aug 4, [1970's], Anais NIN; draft "will you kindly stop your carrion...", [+ two clippings 1. [ca.

Nov-Dec, 1974, Jack WILLIAMS; TLS + portrait of Mr. Williams, promotional material for "With This Rose, I Thee Wake", dramatization of Kenneth 1973-1998, Fred WRIGHT; 4 ALS, APCS, 3 Christmas cards, 5 envelopes Biographical Material consists of papers relating to the death of Miriam Patchen, clippings about Miriam, and promotional material documenting some of her domestic and international efforts to foster her late husband's work. 1974, Work Inspired by Patchen: 1. "Beyond love there is no belief" by Marie Burton (6" x 7 1/2"); 2. 1978-1980, Incoming correspondence They soon fell in love and decided to get married.

[Apr, 1978], UCSC at a book signing of [ca. May 1, [1973], The Scrimshaw Press; 3 TLS, 2 fwd letters, an invoice, book reviews and advertisements to Larry Smith, Peter Veres, and Richard Morgan.

1977 Hardship was a theme running through Miriam's life from Kenneth's disability to her own MS and diabetes and the floods of February 1998 when her house in Palo Alto was under two feet of water and mud. Patchen's poetry presented by the Ensemble Theatre Company of Nasville at the Academy Theatre, Jan 1974.

Mar 18-Apr 5, 1974, Smithsonian Institution "The Art of Poetry"; exhibit catalog Aug 26, 1972, Robert DUNKIN; ALS + clippings [Condemns Harold Norse comments about Kenneth Patchen] 1980, Gotham Book Mart and Gallery Inc.; TLS + 17 Polaroid shots of the Silkscreen and Painted Book Exhibit [see Box 3] [ca. married 1934 Kenneth Patchen (died 1972);

17 February 2000- The authorised biographyof Kenneth Patchen, by Larry Smith, is about to be published. [ca.

MIRIAM PATCHEN was for 37 years the wife and muse of the American poet Jan 1972, Karl KEMPTON, (Kaldron, Rainbow Resin Press); TLS + serial issues of Kaldron, no. Miriam was Patchen's strongest supporter and stood by him as the couple struggled financially throughout their marriage. Fred Wright. ∞ https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt600021fb/, Contact UC Santa Cruz::Special Collections and Archives. [1] After their wedding, they spent much of their marriage living in New York City in Greenwich Village. May 7, 1972, Richard MORGAN; 30 TLS, 22 ALS, APCS, and Fwd letter from Morgan to Joel Climenhaga memorial program, article "Congressional Power to Enforce the 14th Amendment against private acts", and a clipping, City Lights Books royalty statements For the last two years Miriam had been assisting Larry Smith on the biography Kenneth Patchen: rebel poet in America, to be published this month. 1977, Artifact This subseries is organized by correspondent. Special Collections, UCSC Universal Edition: London. However, once the Beats' popularity grew, Patchen disliked being associated with them and was highly critical of their glorification of drug use and what he perceived to be a strong desire for media … Included are snap shots of Miriam as a child, her mother She was born Miriam Oikemus in 1914 and, like her Finnish parents, was a socialist all her life. 1973 "Miriam in her garden", by 1930s-1990s, 8 1/2" x 12" (6 sheets in color); Miriam and Laurent under a billboard "For Miriam, The Sea Is Awash With Roses", and visiting In May 1998 Miriam visited London to take part in the series of events

Presented in smaller amounts are letters from David Bedford and Jonathan Williams. In addition to their financial struggles, the couple had to contend with serious medical problems as well. 1982-1984, Film incoming correspondence, A-Z; 8 TLS, 4 ALS, 2 newsletter, [includes TLS from William Packard, Jan 24, 1972]

1972-1998, City Lights Books; APCS Nov 1976-Jan 1977, Publication of "Argument of Innocence" by Peter Veres; book reviews

Jan 26, 1982, Documenta, Kessel, Germany, "Maler, Dichter, Pazifist, Visionar"; exhibit catalog Music by Jack Eric Ms. Patchen Cullen was recognized as one of the Top 50: 2019 Pittsburgh Super Lawyers. a socialist all her life. Consists of two scores signed to Miriam; a manuscript and a published work by David Bedford. [2] At the same time, Miriam also had serious health problems, including diabetes and multiple sclerosis. These items are arranged chronologically. It was hoped that doctors in California would be able to help with surgery, but the treatment worsened the condition.

Barbara Gordon Paine (5" x 6"), Clippings about Miriam (13 pp) 1980

Sirkka Oikemus, companion Laurent Frantz, and formal portraits of Miriam. In 1937 Kenneth had sustained a back injury which was severely to affect his mobility and left him bedridden for the last 20 years of his life. This copy 1 of 75.

Oct 31, 1989, Alan CLODD; draft 1978, Wide Wide In the Rose's Side: for soprano, organ, 3 violins, 4 trombones. They were an unlikely couple. May 1, 1985, Color (13); includes snap shots of Miriam and her mother Sirkka Oikemus, and Laurent Frantz Feb 1-2, 1972; manuscript, signed copy, Photographs Miriam Patchen, wife of American novelist and poet Kenneth Patchen, peace activist, and longtime Palo Alto resident, died March 6, 2000 at the age of 86.
She met Kenneth Patchen in Boston in 1933 and married him in June 1934. Reporter She maintained that she never deserved to have known Kenneth Patchen and her later partner, the civil-rights activist Laurent Franz who died two years ago, both of whom she called "remarkable men". and signature pages from Western Poetry Review; features Kempton's typoglifs

2000, Miriam's Memorial service invitation and program Canvas cover hand painted by Charles Maden.