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He became determined to be a major American writer during his high school years the early materials in his Archive reflect this youthful determination. Prior to attending Columbia he spent a preparatory year at Horace Mann School for Boys, where he wrote for school publications. He was recognized as an outstanding athlete, and won a football scholarship to Columbia University. Both parents were French-Canadian, and Jack Kerouac grew up in a predominantly Roman Catholic, French-Canadian community in Lowell. His mother, Gabrielle Ange Kerouac (nee Levesque) was a shoe-factory worker. His father, Leo Alcide Kerouac was a job printer. Jack Kerouac (Jean-Louis Lebris de Kerouac) was born in Lowell, Massachusetts on March 12, 1922. Other materials include Jack Kerouac's artwork, incoming and outgoing correspondence, photographs, personal and financial papers (including bank statements and canceled checks), publishing contracts, newspaper cuttings, maps, and realia. The collection chiefly consists of holograph and typescript drafts of Kerouac's novels, stories, poetry, plays and screenplays, journals, diaries, notebooks, autobiographical and spiritual prose, fantasy horseracing, and fantasy baseball game. The Jack Kerouac Archive spans the years 1920 to 1977, with the bulk dated 1935 to 1969. Berg Collection of English and American Literature Access to materials Restricted access. Berg Collection of English and American Literature, The New York Public Library Repository Henry W. Creator Kerouac, Jack, 1922-1969 Call number Berg Coll MSS Kerouac archive Physical description 90 Manuscript Boxes 22.5 linear feet 13 oversize folders Language Some material in French-Canadian English, French-Canadian.