James S. Jaffe collection of Jonathan Williams and The Jargon Society 1949-1990 1968-1980

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James S. Jaffe collection of Jonathan Williams and The Jargon Society 1949-1990 1968-1980

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This collection consists of correspondence, manuscripts, galley proofs, and artwork that documents a varied sample of projects undertaken by Jonathan Williams and The Jargon Society, 1949-1990. Correspondence documents associations Williams had with collaborators for projects for The Jargon Society and with other publishers. Correspondents include Dana Winslow Atchley, Thomas A. Clark, Ian Gardner, Michael Loeb, Tom Phillips, U. Grant Roman, David Ruff, Henry Holmes Smith, Jon Edgar Webb, and Henry Weaning. Manuscripts and galley proofs document projects related to Williams. This includes a description of the ceramic art of Arnold Ward written by Williams in 1949, and the graphic design work of Dana Winslow Atchley for Jonathan Williams and Nicholas Dean, Blues & Roots, Rue & Bluets (1971) and a manuscript by Michael McClure for Passage (1957) published by The Jargon Society. Artwork documents illustration material created, used, or considered by Williams in his personal projects or works published by The Jargon Society, as well as works by artists associated with him and the press. Artists include Fielding Dawson, Thomas Reuben George, Barbara Mildred Jones, David Ruff, and Paul Sinodhinos.

3.42 linear feet (4 boxes, including 2 oversize boxes and 1 broadside folder)

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Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6349353

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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Clark, Thomas A., 1952-

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Smith, Henry Holmes

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Webb, Jon Edgar

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Proprietor of the Loujon Press. From the description of Papers, 1961-1969. (Indiana University). WorldCat record id: 47660390 ...

Jargon Society.

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Atchley, Dana W. (Dana Winslow), 1892-1982

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Physician. From the description of Reminiscences of Dana Winslow Atchley : oral history, 1956. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309727626 ...

Dean, Nicholas, president

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A major figure in the American Maritime community, Nicholas B. Dean (1933-2005), of Edgecomb, Me., was a writer, photographer, and adventurer. He was instrumental in returning the bow of the Snow Squall to South Portland from Port Stanley in the Falkland Islands in 1987. This correspondence sheds unique light on the day to day work of a late 20th century Maine historian. During the periods of this correspondence, Mr. Dean was engaged in important book projects including The Portland Marine Socie...

McClure, Michael.

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Michael McClure was an American poet, playwright, songwriter, and novelist, and part of the Beat Generation of poetry. He was one of five authors who read at the famous San Francisco Six Gallery reading, and became close with Jack Kerouac, being immortalized as Pat McLean in Big Sur. He is known as the Prince of the Frisco Scene. From the guide to the Michael McClure letter to Diane di Prima, September 1968, (Ohio University) San Francisco-based ...

Smith, Henry Holmes

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Roman, U. Grant

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Jaffe, James S.

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James S. Jaffe is a bookseller and a bibliographer of works by Jonathan Williams and material published by The Jargon Society. Jonathan Chamberlain Williams (1929-2008) was a poet, essayist, and photographer, as well as the founder and publisher of The Jargon Society. From the description of James S. Jaffe collection of Jonathan Williams and The Jargon Society, 1949-1990 (bulk 1968-1980). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702196934 James S....

Clark, Thomas A.

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Gardner, Ian, 1944-

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Dawson, Fielding, 1930-2002

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Short story writer, novelist, essayist, painter and art critic, and student at Black Mountain College (early 1950s), of New York, N.Y. From the description of Fielding Dawson papers, ca. 1949-1983. (University of Connecticut). WorldCat record id: 28417602 ...

Phillips, Tom, 1937-....

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Ruff, David

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Dean, Nicholas

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Atchley, Dana

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George, Thomas, 1918-

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Williams, Jonathan, 1929-2008

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Jonathan Williams is a poet, publisher, and photographer. He was educated at St. Albans School, Princeton University, and Black Mountain College, and also studied art and design at the Institute of Design in Chicago. His published books of poetry include An Ear in Bartram's Tree (1969), Blues and Roots/Rue and Bluets (1971), The Loco Logodaedalus in Situ (1972), and Elite/Elate Poems (1979), and his published books of photography include Portrait Photographs (1979) and A Palpable Elysium: Photog...

Jargon Society.

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Webb, Jon Edgar

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Sinodhinos, Paul

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Jones, Barbara, 1912-1978

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