In sifting through a collection of correspondences and works by members of the Beat generation, we have each gravitated towards various themes that were explored by the different members of this famed literary group. On display is a select group of documents, each of which can be viewed as a point of entry into the individual research completed by the members of our class. Visitors will have the opportunity to experience a student run, online exhibit, where each student did intensive research, and also, along the help with Professor Goldsman, had a hand in shaping the look and structure of the exhibit.

There are many themes explored in each exhibit, however the underlying theme that ties each presentation together is the Beats’ rejection of mainstream society. This is truly one of the first major counterculture movements to rock the core of American society, and what exists here is fresh, firsthand research on documents from Beat writers that have not been widely exploited by research past.