The Occident
Object Details
- Creator
- Baraka, Amiri, 1934-2014
- Subject
- Thompson, Bob (Robert Louis)
- Place of publication, production, or execution
- No place, unknown, or undetermined
- Physical Description
- 1 poem : typescript ; 28 x 22 cm.
- Summary
- Identification in upper right corner of page (handwritten): A poem to be read at Bob Thompson's funeral.
Additional note in same hand, lower right reads "Leroi Jones," the poet who later changed his name to Amiri Baraka. - Citation
- Amiri Baraka. The Occident, 1966 June. Bob Thompson papers, 1949-2005. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
- Use Note
- Current copyright status is undetermined
- Location Note
- Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution Washington, D.C. 20560
- 1966 June
- Record number
- (DSI-AAA)8955
- Type
- Writings
- See more items in
- Bob Thompson papers, 1949-2005
- Archives of American Art
- Record ID
- AAADCD_item_8955
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Usage conditions apply
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