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American and English poetry readings fliers, posters, and cards

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0878
Abstract

This collection of American and English poetry readings fliers, posters, and cards comprises promotional ephemera documenting live poetry events in America and England. The collection contains posters, fliers, postcards, calendars, newsletters, programs and other printed and hand-drawn ephemera documenting the activities of poets, live performance venues, and literary networks largely associated with the California and New York experimental poetry scenes.

Dates: 1951-2011; Majority of material found within 1965-1998
Found in: University of Delaware Library Special Collections

Charles Henri Ford papers related to Om Krishna II

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0294
Abstract These letters from American poet Charles Henri Ford (and others) to publishers Charles and Pamela Plymell concern publication plans for Ford's Om Krishna II (Cherry Valley Editions, 1981). In addition to Ford's letters there are single letters from Beat poet Allen Ginsberg, Nepalese artist Indra Tamang, bookbinder Alan Brilliant, writer Ed Germain, and the Plymells. A draft typescript of Om Krishna II,...
Dates: 1966-1981; Majority of material found within 1979-1981
Found in: University of Delaware Library Special Collections

St. Mark's Church In-the-Bowery Poetry Project posters and fliers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0759
Abstract

The Poetry Project at St. Mark’s Church In-the-Bowery was founded in 1966 in New York City's East Village. Inspired by the "Berkeley Renaissance" of the 1940s, the Project served as a nexus for New York poets in the 1960s and 1970s. The collection comprises forty fliers and posters featuring reproductions of handmade artwork that promoted and publicized poetry readings and other activities of the landmark project during the 1970s through the mid-1980s.

Dates: 1971-1984
Found in: University of Delaware Library Special Collections

Lewis Warsh collection of twentieth-century poetry ephemera

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0701
Abstract

American poet Lewis Warsh (born 1944) compiled this collection of promotional ephemera primarily documenting what is known as the second generation of the New York School. The collection also includes material relating to Warsh's own readings and performances, writing, and publishing ventures.

Dates: 1962-2012
Found in: University of Delaware Library Special Collections

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Fliers (printed matter) 3
Poets 3
Poets, American--20th century 3
Calendars 2
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Postcards 2
Printed ephemera 2
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Alternative spaces (Arts facilities) 1
American poetry--20th century 1
American poetry--20th century--Correspondence 1
American poetry--21st century 1
Announcements 1
Artists (visual artists) 1
Artists--United States--20th century 1
Arts facilities 1
Authors 1
Authors, American--20th century 1
Black Arts movement 1
Black Mountain school (Group of poets) 1
Brochures 1
Catalogs (documents) 1
Centers for the performing arts 1
Clippings (information artifacts) 1
Colophons (parts of books) 1
Correspondence 1
English poetry--20th century 1
Experimental poetry, American--20th century 1
Literary readings 1
Mimeograph copies 1
Newsletters 1
Petitions 1
Poems 1
Poets, American--20th century--Correspondence 1
Poets, American--21st century 1
Poets, English--20th century 1
Press releases 1
Publishers and publishing--United States--20th century--Correspondence 1
Publishers and publishing--United States--History--20th century 1
Typescripts 1
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Ginsberg, Allen, 1926-1997 2
St. Mark's Church In-the-Bowery (New York, N.Y.). Poetry Project 2
Waldman, Anne, 1945- 2
Angel Hair Books (New York, N.Y.) 1
Ashbery, John, 1927- 1
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Baldwin, James, 1924-1987 1
Baraka, Imamu Amiri, 1934-2014 1
Beat Generation (Group of writers) 1
Berrigan, Daniel 1
Bly, Robert 1
Borges, Jorge Luis, 1899-1986 1
Boyle, Kay, 1902-1992 1
Brilliant, Alan--Correspondence 1
Burckhardt, Rudy 1
Burckhardt, Tom 1
Cherry Valley Editions 1
Creator unidentified 1
Creeley, Robert, 1926-2005 1
Di Prima, Diane 1
Duncan, Robert, 1919-1988 1
Ford, Charles Henri 1
Ford, Charles Henri--Correspondence 1
Germain, Edward B.--Correspondence 1
Ginsberg, Allen, 1926-1997--Correspondence 1
Grooms, Mimi Gross 1
Joans, Ted 1
Justice, Donald, 1925-2004 1
Mayer, Bernadette 1
McClure, Michael 1
Morrison, Toni 1
New York School of poets and painters 1
Oates, Joyce Carol, 1938- 1
Owen, Maureen, 1943- 1
Phoenix Book Shop 1
Plymell, Charles 1
Plymell, Charles--Correspondence 1
Plymell, Pamela 1
Plymell, Pamela--Correspondence 1
Reed, Ishmael, 1938- 1
Schneeman, George 1
Selby, Hubert, Jr., 1928-2004 1
Snyder, Gary, 1930- 1
St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery (New York, N.Y.) 1
Tamang, Indra--Correspondence 1
United Artists Books 1
Warsh, Lewis 1
Whalen, Philip 1
Williams, Jonathan, 1929-2008 1
Wilson, Robert A. (Robert Alfred), 1922-2016 1
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