Collection of letters and literary manuscripts from William S. Burroughs, London, and Peter H. Matson, New York, to the editor of the Los Angeles Free Press, 1970 May : carbon copies of typescripts and typescript letters signed.

Collection of literary documents acquired together, cataloged separately, chronicling a feud between William S. Burroughs and Lawrence Lipton waged in the pages of The Los Angeles Free Press, "The Freep," an underground newspaper that also published Charles Bukowski, The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers, and Ron Cobb. Lipton wrote a negative review of Brion Gysin's novel "The Process" focusing on the use of "cut ups" published in Freep #295, March 1970 and Burroughs critiques the revew line by line in a letter to the editor (6 pages) with minor corrections (MA 23933.2). This typescript may have accompanied a short (1 page) typescript cover letter signed (MA 23933.1) and an envelope postmarked 18 May 1970. The collection also includes a carbon of the same letter to the editor (6 pages) with proofreader's marks (MA 23933.3); an additional envelope postmarked 8 May 1970; a typescript cover letter (1 page) dated 21 May 1970 from Harold Matson Company literary agency (MA 23933.4) accompanying a carbon of a typescript (3 pages) of the essay 'Cut Ups as Underground Weapon' (MA 23933.5).