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Dick Higgins papers, 1960-1994, 1972-1993

Title: Dick Higgins papers 1960-1994 1972-1993

American artist, poet, writer, publisher, composer, and educator. The archive contains papers collected or generated by Higgins, documenting his involvement with Fluxus and happenings, pattern and concrete poetry, new music, and small press publishing from 1972 to 1994, with some letters dated as early as 1960.

ArchivalResource: ca. 108 lin. feet; (81 boxes)

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Charles Bernstein Papers, 1962-2000

Title: Charles Bernstein Papers, 1962-2000

Papers of Charles Bernstein, writer, editor, librettist, educator, and publisher, who is most often associated with L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E, a body of writing named for the journal (1978-1982) by this name which Bernstein co-edited with Bruce Andrews. Bernstein writes poetry, essays and librettos which foreground the materiality and sociality of language as it exists in different contexts. The papers include correspondence with writers, artists, publishers and friends; manuscript drafts and production materials for his collected works, especially CONTENT'S DREAM (1986), A POETICS (1992) and MY WAY (1998); notebooks and journals (1971-1994); and uncollected poem drafts and working papers. Also included are drafts for the multi-authored poem LEGEND written with Ray DiPalma, Bruce Andrews, Steve McCaffery, and Ron Silliman. Bernstein's editorial work on Asylum's Press publications, the L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E Journal, the Segue Catalog, BOUNDRY 2: 43 POETS and BOUNDRY 2: 99 POETS, as well as numerous smaller projects are well represented. The papers also contain correspondence and drafts for music theater projects, book reviews of his published work, critical essays on Bernstein, teaching materials, conference planning materials, and spoken word audio recording of readings and lectures, as well as several videotapes. Also included are high school and college notebooks and papers and freelance medical writings. The papers are arranged in fifteen series: 1) CORRESPONDENCE, 2) EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS, 3) NOTEBOOKS, 4) COLLECTED WORKS, 5) COLLABORATIONS AND TRANSLATIONS, 6) MUSIC THEATER, 7) UNCOLLECTED WORK, 8) EDITORIAL WORK, 9) REVIEWS AND CRITICISM, 10) MEDICAL WRITING, 11) TEACHING MATERIALS, 12) CONFERENCES, 13) MISCELLANEOUS MATERIALS, 14) RECORDINGS, and 15) ORIGINALS OF PRESERVATION PHOTOCOPIES.

ArchivalResource: 50.00 linear feet; (129 archives boxes, 5 card file boxes and 5 oversize folders)

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Lyn Hejinian Papers, 1966-2004

Title: Lyn Hejinian Papers, 1966-2004

Papers of Lyn Hejinian, American poet, publisher and editor of Tuumba Press, co-editor of POETICS JOURNAL, and co-director of the literary project Atelos. She has been a member of the Poetics Faculty at the New College of California and is a professor in the English department at the University of California, Berkeley. Hejinian has spent most of her life in the San Francisco Bay Area and is associated with the Language School of contemporary poetry. Prominent correspondents in the collection include Charles Bernstein, Jack Collom, Arkadii Dragomoshchenko, Ted Greenwald, Susan Howe, Hank Lazer, Katy Lederer, Alice Notley, Bob Perelman, Tom Raworth, Kit Robinson, Leslie Scalapino, Ron Silliman and Michael Palmer, as well as many younger experimental writers and students. The papers contain manuscripts and annotated typescripts of Hejinian's published and unpublished poetry; drafts for MY LIFE (1987), THE HUNT (1991), OXOTA: A SHORT RUSSIAN NOVEL (1991), THE CELL (1992), THE COLD OF POETRY (1994), HAPPILY (2000), THE LANGUAGE OF INQUIRY (2000), BORDER COMEDY (2001), and THE BEGINNER (2002); notebooks; and critical writings. Other notable material includes translations of Russian poet Arkadii Dragomoshchenko's DESCRIPTION and XENIA; collaborations; editorial projects, especially for Atelos and Tuumba Press; lecture and teaching materials; and audiorecordings of Hejinian's poetry readings and talks.

ArchivalResource: 47.60 linear feet; (119 archives boxes and 2 card file boxes)

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Porcupine's Quill, Inc. Intimate Distortions, 1979.

Title: Intimate Distortions, 1979. 1979.

ArchivalResource: 1 file.

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Fanny Howe Papers

Title: Fanny Howe Papers

The Fanny Howe papers contain correspondence, publications, notebooks and journals, family history, and material relating to Fanny Howe's career as a writer. The collection is divided into seven series, with series III - V representing all her written work, namely her poetry, short stories, and major literary publications. This collection was rearranged from the order it was received from Arundel Press.

ArchivalResource: 8.5 linear ft.

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Aya Press. In England Now That Spring, 1979.

Title: In England Now That Spring, 1979. 1979.

ArchivalResource: 1 File.

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Press Porcepic. Dr. Sadhu's Muffins : a Book of Written Readings, 1974.

Title: Dr. Sadhu's Muffins : a Book of Written Readings, 1974. 1974.

ArchivalResource: 1 file.

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Ron Silliman Papers, 1965-1988

Title: Ron Silliman Papers, 1965-1988

Papers of Ron Silliman, American writer and editor. Silliman has lived in the San Francisco Bay Area most of his life and is associated with the Language school of contemporary writers. He edited the anthology In The American Tree, published in 1986. The papers include extensive correspondence with many prominent contemporary writers, including Rae Armantrout, Charles Bernstein, Michael Davidson, Lyn Hejinian, Douglas Messerli, John Taggart, and Hanna Weiner. Also included are drafts of Silliman's published works, notebooks, and materials relating to In the American Tree. The collection is divided into five series: 1) ORIGINAL FINDING AID, 2) CORRESPONDENCE, 3) WRITINGS, 4) IN THE AMERICAN TREE and 5) ORIGINALS OF PRESERVATION PHOTOCOPIES.

ArchivalResource: 10.60 linear feet; (26 archives boxes)

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Hejinian, Lyn. Lyn Hejinian papers, 1973-1994.

Title: Lyn Hejinian papers, 1973-1994.

Includes incoming correspondence, a small amount of outgoing correspondence, and manuscripts and annotated typescripts of Hejinian's published writings.

ArchivalResource: 21.20 linear ft. (53 archives boxes, 1 card file box)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/20533670 View

Mac Cormack, Karen, 1956-. [Poetry reading, Feb. 12, 1997 [sound recording] / Karen MacCormack and Steve McCaffery ; introduction by Rae Armantrout].

Title: [Poetry reading, Feb. 12, 1997 [sound recording] / Karen MacCormack and Steve McCaffery ; introduction by Rae Armantrout]. [1997]

ArchivalResource: 1 sound cassette (ca. 50 min.) : analog, 1 7/8 ips, stereo.

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Mac Low, Jackson. Papers, 1923-1995.

Title: Papers, 1923-1995.

Literary papers of an experimental United States writer, documenting his career from the late 1930s to 1995. The collection includes manuscript drafts of Mac Low's verse, plays, and criticism; documentation of conferences Mac Low attended and residencies he held; programs and posters for readings by Mac Low and other writers; biographical items such as bibliographies, resumes, and family photographs; transcripts of interviews of Mac Low; and Mac Low's notebooks for the years 1948-1990, which contain early drafts of a great number of his poems, as well as diaristic reflections about the business of writing and performing. A substantial portion of the collection is comprised of correspondence and manuscripts sent to Mac Low from a diverse group of poets, novelists, performance artists, editors, publishers, and scholars. Accession 2010.002, 115.8 linear feet - Papers include notebooks, biographical material, juvenilia, correspondence, manuscripts, audio visual material, ephemera.

ArchivalResource: 33.15 lin. ft. (80 archives boxes, 1 oversize folder)

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League of Canadian Poets. Scenarios - Poetry Flyers, 1980.

Title: Scenarios - Poetry Flyers, 1980. 1980.

ArchivalResource: 1 file.

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Bernstein, Charles, 1950-. Charles Bernstein papers, 1962-2000.

Title: Charles Bernstein papers, 1962-2000.

Literary papers of a United States poet, writer and editor documenting his career from the early 1960s to 2000. The collection contains correspondence with writers, editors, publishers, artists, and family members; notebooks and journals; manuscripts, typescripts and publication materials for poems, essays and other collected works; and documentation of collaborations, especially the multi-authored poem Legend. Includes high school and college writings and notebooks; medical journal writing for hire; and editorial projects, including the LANGUAGE Journal and Boundry 2. Also contains copies of prepublication writings of others; production and business materials pertaining to L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E, Segue Books, and the Asylum Press.

ArchivalResource: 50 lin. ft. (129 archives boxes, 5 card file boxes and 5 oversize folders)

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Silliman, Ronald, 1946-. Ron Silliman papers, 1965-1988.

Title: Ron Silliman papers, 1965-1988.

Incoming correspondence, drafts of published works, notebooks, and editorial materials.

ArchivalResource: 10.6 cubic ft. (26 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/20533668 View

Parnassus: poetry in review records, 1971-1996

Title: Parnassus: poetry in review records 1971-1996

Parnassus: Poetry in Review, a journal devoted to long reviews of new books of poetry and in depth retrospective essays covering the careers of particular poets, was founded in 1972 by Herbert Leibowitz (Editor) and Stanley Lewis (Publisher). In 1975, Leibowitz purchased the magazine from Lewis and set up the non-profit Poetry in Review Foundation whose only function was to publish Parnassus. Leibowitz assumed the duties of publisher in addition to his duties as editor. The Parnassus: Poetry in Review Records (1971-1996) consist mostly of general and editorial correspondence and revised and corrected typescripts, authors' galleys, and page proofs of pieces which appeared in the magazine. The correspondence also traces editor Herbert Leibowitz's personal and professional relationships with many notable and aspiring writers, poets, critics, artists, and academics. The records include additional editorial files, such as interoffice communications and readers' reports, typescripts of rejected or otherwise unpublished submissions to the magazine, art and photographs, administrative and financial files, and sound recordings.

ArchivalResource: 39.13 linear feet; 90 boxes

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Porcupine's Quill, Inc. In England Now That Spring, 1984.

Title: In England Now That Spring, 1984. 1984.

ArchivalResource: 1 File.

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MCCAFFERY, STEVE. Franklin Furnace artist file : miscellaneous uncataloged material.

Title: Franklin Furnace artist file : miscellaneous uncataloged material.

ArchivalResource: 1 folder

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Fanny Howe Papers

Title: Fanny Howe Papers

The Fanny Howe papers contain correspondence, publications, notebooks and journals, family history, and material relating to Fanny Howe's career as a writer. The collection is divided into seven series, with series III - V representing all her written work, namely her poetry, short stories, and major literary publications. This collection was rearranged from the order it was received from Arundel Press.

ArchivalResource: 8.5 linear ft.

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Rothenberg, Jerome, 1931-. Jerome Rothenberg papers, 1944-1985.

Title: Jerome Rothenberg papers, 1944-1985.

Documentation of Rothenberg's writing, editorial work, personal correspondence, and teaching. The Writings series includes materials representing nearly all of Rothenberg's published works, as well as notebooks dating from ca. 1945-ca. 1986. Includes a small group of personal and family materials. Books and journals from his library are detailed in a Separation List.

ArchivalResource: 49.8 cu. ft. (109 archives boxes, 49 oversize folders)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/22613849 View

Higgins, Dick, 1938-1998. Dick Higgins papers, ca. 1960-1994 (bulk 1972-1993).

Title: Dick Higgins papers, ca. 1960-1994 (bulk 1972-1993).

Papers collected or generated by Higgins, documenting his involvement with Fluxus and Happenings art movements, pattern and concrete poetry; new music, and small press publishing from 1972 to 1994, with some letters dated as early as 1960. Series I, Correspondence (57 lin. ft.): Letters filed alphabetically by correspondent, as well as printed ephemera, mail art, manuscripts, performance instructions, compositions, artists' books, drawings, and photographs of individuals, performances, and art work. Notable correspondents include: Eric Andersen, Mats B., Jerry Benjamin, Don Boyd, George Brecht, John Cage, Geoffrey Cook, Michael Cooper, Philip Corner, Robert Filliou, Ian Hamilton Finlay, Peter Frank, Ken Friedman, Ana Hatherly, Geoffrey Hendricks, Ray Johnson, Karl Kempton, Bengt Af Klintberg, Alison Knowles, Richard Kostelanetz, Jackson Mac Low, Dietrich Mahlow, Steve McCaffery, Thomas Mew, Robert Moran, Michael Morris, Charlie Morrow, Maurizio Nannucci, Opal Nations, Pauline Oliveros, Knud Pedersen, Robert Peters, Michael Joseph Phillips, Harry Polkinhorn, Bern Porter, Piotr Rypson, Sarenco, Hanns Sohm, Gábor Tóth, Ben Vautier, Wolf Vostell, Emmett Williams, Eugene Williams, and Jonathan Williams. Material and correspondence for performances (often referred to as "gigs") is generally filed alphabetically by city or institution. Series II, Works (7.5 lin. ft.): Manuscripts of poetry, essays and music compositions by Higgins, as well as some correspondence with editors and foul matter, arranged alphabetically by title. The manuscripts are accompanied by notes regarding where Higgins submitted them for publication and where published. About 10% of the manuscripts have several versions and notes regarding composition. In some cases, Series III should be consulted for other manuscript versions and full production material. Rejected manuscripts (Box 41) are works Higgins thought unworthy of publication; many of these files contain rewrites illustrating his attempt to correct or salvage the work. Also, two personal journals (1966 and 1973) that include notes and versions for poems and other works. Series III, Books (28 lin. ft.): Production material in the form of correspondence; manuscripts; proofs; galleys; repros; dummies; drawings; photographs and negatives for illustrations (especially for Of celebration of morning and Variations on a natural theme); and jacket and cover designs. Organized chronologically by publication date. Most notably documented are: Of celebration of morning (1980); Pattern poetry: Guide to an unknown literature (1987); and the translation of Giordano Bruno's On the composition of images, signs and ideas (1591, 1991). Series II should be consulted for other versions of manuscripts as well as some production material. Series III also contains financial papers relating to Something Else Press (1972-1974) and Printed Editions. Series IV, Personal (1.5 lin. ft.): Miscellaneous personal items such as telephone logs, calendars, and correspondence about the John W. Higgins Trust and Higgins' financial portfolio. Series V, Pattern poetry (16.5 lin. ft.): Research and study materials accumulated by Higgins in preparation for his book Pattern poetry: Guide to an unknown literature, a checklist and bibliography of pattern poems before 1900. Divided into two subseries: VA. Research materials. VB. Correspondence. (See Series III for book production material). Series V.A, Research materials: Mostly photocopies of monographs and articles by pattern poets and scholars, with some annotations, bibliographic and otherwise, by Higgins and colleagues. Also contains: photos, transparencies and photocopies of text reproductions with coordinating captions; some correspondence about pattern poetry searches; microfilm and permissions requests; and index cards used by Higgins for bibliographic notations. Organization follows closely that of the book, which is by language. Separate poet/author files exist for those with substantial material, filed alphabetically within language. Consult Appendix A of the finding aid for a list of microfilm reels which Higgins acquired from various libraries and institutions. Series V.B, Correspondence: Correspondence between Higgins and scholars, filed alphabetically by correspondent. Types of letters include inquiries, search status reports, theoretical descriptions, and dialogues about pattern poems. Notable correspondents are: Jeremy Adler, Ulrich Ernst, Ana Hatherly, Piotr Rypson. The bulk of the correspondence is from 1983-1987, when Higgins intensively conducted his research and book production activities. Post-1987 materials usually refer to loose ends and poems later discovered which were thought to be of interest to Higgins and others. (See also Series I for more correspondence relating to pattern poetry.).

ArchivalResource: ca. 108 linear feet (81 boxes)

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