Bern Porter mail art collection, 1953-1992 (bulk 1978-1992).

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Bern Porter mail art collection, 1953-1992 (bulk 1978-1992).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/84098703

Five collections of mail art gathered by Bern Porter from his own collection (sometimes sent c/o his Institute for Advanced Thinking) and those of fellow mail artists John Pyros (c/o the Epistolary Stud Farm), Carlo Pittore (né Charles Stanley), Robert Saunders and Jay Yager. Highlights are the original contributions submitted to Pryos, Saunders and Yager for inclusion in mail art exhibitions they curated. Also noteworthy are letters sent to Pittore, Pyros and Saunders, which often mention the mail art network and the work and personal life of the corresponding artist.

ca. 19.25 linear ft. (40 boxes, 1 flat file folder)

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COLE, DAVID, 1939-

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Yager, Jay.

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Porter, Bern, 1911-2004

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Bernard Harden Porter was born on Feb. 14, 1911 in Porter Settlement, ME; Sc. B, Colby College, 1932; Sc. M, Brown Univ., 1933; special courses at Da Vinci School (1937), Convair School (1957), Univ. of Maine (1960), and Federal School (1963); in 1929 founded Bern Porter (publishing company) in Belfast, ME; became physicist for Acheson Colloids Corp. (1935-40) and for the Manhattan District Engineers (1940-45); became consulting physicist in 1945; director of Contemporary Gallery, West Coast Des...

Cantsin, Monty, 1949-

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VooDoo, Michael.

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Pittore, Carlo

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Altemus, Reed

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Held, John, 1947-....

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[Not to be confused with illustrator John Held, 1889-1958].) John Held, Jr. (the "Jr." is an appropriated addition) was born in 1947. He matured as an artist in the mid-seventies, and became involved in the international Mail Art network, mentored by Fluxus collector Jean Brown and the artist Ray Johnson. He holds a M.L.S. (1972) from the Syracuse University School of Information Science, and has combined his interests in information science and alternative art to form the largest archive of Mai...

Spiegelman, Lon 1941-....

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Saunders, Robert, 1940-

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Finlay, Eric (British painter, born 1930)

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Olbrich, Jürgen O.

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Pyros, John

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Craigie, Peter Campbell

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Bloch, Mark.

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Winkler, Chris.

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Random, Steve.

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Baroni, Vittore

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Welch, Chuck, 1948-

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