Papers of Jackson Mac Low, a poet, composer and performance artist who has frequentlyused systematic chance operations and other non-intentional compositional methods in hiswork. The bulk of the collection dates between 1937 and 1995. The collection containsnotebooks (1948-1990); biographical material; correspondence (1943-1995); manuscripts ofpoetry, prose, essays, plays, music and performance instructions; writings of others;interviews with Mac Low; conference and residency documentation; posters and programs;and subject files. Prominent correspondents include Kathy Acker, Julian Beck, Carol Berge, Paul Blackburn,John Cage, Robert Creeley, Larry Eigner, Clayton Eshleman, Peter Ganick, Paul Goodman,Allen Ginsberg, Donald Hall, Spencer Holst, Vera Lachmann, Denise Levertov, GeorgeMaciunas, Judith Malina, Steve McCaffery, Nam June Paik, Jerome Rothenberg, Ron Silliman,John Taggart, Diane Wakoski, Anne Waldman, and William Carlos Williams. The collection is arranged in ten series: 1) NOTEBOOKS, 2) BIOGRAPHICAL MATERIAL, 3)CORRESPONDENCE, 4) WRITINGS, 5) WRITINGS OF OTHERS, 6) INTERVIEWS, 7) CONFERENCES,FESTIVALS AND RESIDENCIES, 8) PROGRAMS AND POSTERS, 9) SUBJECT FILES, and 10) ORIGINALSOF PRESERVATION PHOTOCOPIES.
