Want to hear history as it was made in the 1960’s? This collection of magnetic reel and cassette tapes contain over 2000 pieces, many available to view, read or hear free online. The collection contains interviews and musings of Allen Ginsberg from the 1950’s through the 1980’s.

The Voices of the Beat Generation

The recordings not only let you listen in on informal coffee table conversations with Allen Ginsberg, but also include the reading of poems, audio recordings of William S. Burroughs, Kerouac, Bob Dylan, Gregory Corso and many other voices of the times. The digital project is a collaboration between the Stanford Media Preservation Lab, the department of Special Collections, and the Allen Ginsberg Estate.

The entire Ginsberg digitized catalog is available at here and includes not only audio recordings, but video and images.

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