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Ginsberg's death in 1997. During these years, Morgan was Ginsberg's archivist and bibliographer, helping him to organize and maintain his ever-increasing library and records. As Ginsberg's bibliographer, Morgan spent 15 years corresponding with and visiting numerous publishers, editors, scholars and library collections in order to gather sufficient information to document the history of Ginsberg's prodigious output and the worldwide attention it had drawn. The results of his research appeared in a two-volume bibliography,
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By 1980, Morgan had moved to New York City. While he was still working on the
Ferlinghetti book, the poet had referred him to Ginsberg, whose own personal library and archive were invaluable sources of information on the Beats. Early consultations with Ginsberg grew into an enduring relationship that
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In the course of his decades of research on the Beats, Morgan gathered perhaps the largest private collections of printed works by and about
Ferlinghetti and Ginsberg in private hands. He found it increasingly difficult to maintain these very large and valuable collections in his New York apartment
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alumnus, he decided in fall 2001 to offer his collection of the San
Francisco poet to the university libraries. Discussions with library officials led to the transfer of the collection to Chapel Hill in December that year, partly as sale and partly as gift. Pleased with the outcome, Morgan then
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to pursue this project with a view toward eventual publication. He continued his research, working in close collaboration with
Ferlinghetti as his personal bibliographer, and, after a decade of research, he published
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offered a similar arrangement for his even more extensive
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The Typewriter Is Holy: The Complete, Uncensored History of the Beat Generation
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I Celebrate Myself: The Somewhat Private Life of Allen Ginsberg
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The Beats Abroad: A Global Guide to the Beat Generation
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Beat Atlas: A Guide to the Beat Generation in America
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The Beat Generation in San Francisco: A Literary Tour
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The Beat Generation in San Francisco: A Literary Tour
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Lawrence Ferlinghetti: A Comprehensive Bibliography
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