William S. Burroughs Jr.

William S. Burroughs Jr. was recorded at birth as William Seward Burroughs. The authorities additionally record the headings William Seward Burroughs III, William Seward Burroughs Jr. and William Burroughs. His recorded language was English.

He was the child of William S. Burroughs and Joan Vollmer.

14 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Art Institute of Chicago and Wellcome Collection. Their recorded dates run from 1890 to 2001.

Kentucky Ham. Speed. Cursed from Birth. Mummies, dated 1982, held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, inventory 1986.1099. Birthday Party, dated 1957, linocut on cream wove paper, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1991.895. Family, dated 1963, linocut in black on commercially produced green (faded to green-gray) japanese paper with gold metallic powder and a woodblock printed design in black on the verso, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 2010.543. A student anthology., dated [1959], held by Wellcome Collection. Oral history of the Wellcome Foundation Ltd. and Burroughs Wellcome Company: business, dated 2001-2003, held by Wellcome Collection. Strangeways Research Laboratory, dated c.1901-1999, held by Wellcome Collection. Henry Wellcome's Memorandum Book 1893 [Travelling Letter Book], dated Jun - Dec 1893, held by Wellcome Collection. Medawar, Sir Peter Brian (1915-1987), dated 1937-1991, held by Wellcome Collection. Company-wide Newsletters & Journals (internal), dated 1942 - 2000, held by Wellcome Collection. CORRESPONDENCE, dated 1910-1945, held by Wellcome Collection. Henry Wellcome Letter Book 3 ['Letter Book 3'], dated Mar 1890 - Nov 1896, held by Wellcome Collection.

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 3 named public collections.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art: 12 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. The Art Institute of Chicago: 2 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Wellcome Collection: 10 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

5 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Cybernetics and Techno-Paranoia: Kurt Vonnegut, Jr and William Burroughs, The Soft Machine, 2018. Understanding William S. Burroughs, Understanding William S. Burroughs, 2019. William Burroughs – kolaż, recykling, przetrwanie, William Burroughs, 2025. Burroughs [afterwards Traill-Burroughs], Sir Frederick William (1831–1905), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2018. Performance in the Work of William S. Burroughs, Burroughs Unbound, 2022.

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 10 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

This article draws on 5 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 5 means 5 genuinely separate publishers of record. 14 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.