Jack Kerouac's funeral: mourners leaving church, Peter Orlovsky (with beard) and John Clellon Holmes (center)

Item Information

Title:
Jack Kerouac's funeral: mourners leaving church, Peter Orlovsky (with beard) and John Clellon Holmes (center)
Description:
From a series of photographs labeled, "Jack Kerouac funeral." Including service at the St. Jean Baptiste Church, procession, and burial at Edson Cemetery.
Photographer:
Simon, Peter, 1947-
Date:
October 24, 1969
Format:
Photographs
Manuscripts
Genre:
Black-and-white negatives
Location:
Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries
Box 001 (shelf locator)
Collection (local):
Peter Simon Collection
The American Revolution Documentary Collection
Subjects:
Funereal rights and ceremonies--Massachusetts--Lowell--Photographs
Kerouac, Jack--1922-1969--Death and burial
Orlovsky, Peter, 1933-2010
Holmes, John Clellon, 1926-1988
Places:
Massachusetts > Middlesex (county) > Lowell
Extent:
1 photograph ; 35 mm
Link to Item:
http://credo.library.umass.edu/view/full/muph009-v08-sl031-i013
Terms of Use:
Copyright is held by Peter Simon. Requests to publish, redistribute, or replicate this material should be addressed to Special Collections and University Archives, UMass Amherst Libraries.
Contact host institution for more information.
Place of origin:
Lowell (Mass.)
Language:
English
Identifier:
muph009-v08-sl031-i013