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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

Sara Driver collection related to the film adaptation of Paul Bowles's "You Are Not I"

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0703
Abstract

This collection comprises material related to Independent filmmaker Sara Driver's short film You Are Not I (1981), based on the 1948 short story by American composer and author Paul Bowles (1910-1999) of the same name. Included in the collection is a variety of promotional materials, distribution information, and other ephemera from the film's initial release and early screenings.

Dates: 1980-2012

GDA Companies, Inc., records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0856
Abstract Founded in 1979 by Richard and Karin Florschutz in Wilmington, Delaware, Graphic Design Associates, Inc. (later GDA Companies, Inc.) was a communications and design business that ceased operation in 2016. The collection comprises administrative and organizational files as well as numerous design samples created for largely Delaware-based corporate clients, including major pharmaceutical enterprises, between 1979 and 2000. The records reflect adoption of electronic communication and digital...
Dates: approximately 1969-2000

Ray Johnson mail art collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0728
Abstract

This collection comprises American mail artist Ray Johnson's (1927-1995) letters, collages, and artwork sent to his friend and artist Phyllis Floyd. Also included in the collection are newspaper clippings about Johnson and promotional material for retrospectives of his career.

Dates: 1972-2014

Mergenthaler Linotype Company records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0520
Abstract

The Mergenthaler Linotype Company developed and manufactured the first modern, functional "line casting" machine. The company records include correspondence, promotional material, histories, chronologies, photographs, drawings, patent records, and assorted parts and supply catalogs.

Dates: 1876-1974, undated

Newark Publishing Co. records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0879
Abstract Newark Publishing Co. was a Newark, Delaware, printing business established in the mid-20th century and was owned and operated by William H. Durham from circa 1967 to 1981. Newark Publishing Co. records comprises over 3000 job printing files created by the press for largely Newark, Delaware-based businesses between 1963 and 1981. The collection also includes administrative and financial records of the company and its precursor, the Newark Post weekly newspaper,...
Dates: 1936-1981; Majority of material found within 1971-1981

Salmon Publishing, Ltd. records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0438
Abstract

The records of Salmon Publishing cover the activity of Salmon Publishing Ltd. of Clare, Ireland, from its inception in 1982 through 1997. Founded and directed by the American-Irish poet, Jessie Lendennie, Salmon Publishing is noted particularly for its promotion of the work of new women poets.

Dates: 1982-2000

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

Zephyrus Image records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0880
Abstract Zephyrus Image, founded by Holbrook Teter and Michael Myers, was a small Northern California press operating from approximately 1969-1983, notable for its socially- and politically-subversive books and ephemera and its fine works on paper. The Zephyrus Image records document the activities of the California press and its proprietors and the planning and development of roughly 300 printed works of poetry and political and satirical books and ephemera. Zephyrus Image projects were created for...
Dates: 1960-2000; Majority of material found within circa 1969-1983

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Fliers (printed matter) 6
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Poetry 2
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Printing--United States--History--20th century 2
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French 1
Greek, Modern (1453-) 1
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Names
Bly, Robert 2
Creeley, Robert, 1926-2005 2
Di Prima, Diane 2
Ginsberg, Allen, 1926-1997 2
McClure, Michael 2
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Snyder, Gary, 1930- 2
Waldman, Anne, 1945- 2
Alfred I. Du Pont Institute 1
André Harvey Studio 1
Angel Hair Books (New York, N.Y.) 1
Baldwin, James, 1924-1987 1
Baraka, Imamu Amiri, 1934-2014 1
Bartlett, E. E. 1
Beat Generation (Group of writers) 1
Bennet, Paul A. 1
Berlin, Lucia 1
Berrigan, Daniel 1
Borges, Jorge Luis, 1899-1986 1
Bowles, Paul, 1910-1999 1
Boyle, Kay, 1902-1992 1
Brakhage, Stan 1
Burke, Clifford 1
Burroughs, William S., 1914-1997 1
Cranium Press 1
Creator unidentified 1
Curtis Paper Company 1
Delaware Art Museum 1
Delaware. Division of State Police 1
Dodge, Philip T. 1
Dorn, Edward 1
Driver, Sara, 1955- 1
Du Pont Pharmaceuticals 1
DuMar Printing Co. 1
Duncan, Robert, 1919-1988 1
Durham, William H., 1905-1981 1
Eli Lilly and Company 1
Elizabeth Arden, Inc. 1
Florschutz, Richard 1
Floyd, Phyllis 1
GDA Communications (Wilmington, Del.) 1
GDA Companies, Inc. (Wilmington, Del.) 1
GDA Corporate Communications, Inc. (Wilmington, Del.) 1
GDA Digital Media (Wilmington, Del.) 1
General Foods Corporation 1
Graphic Design Associates, Inc. (Wilmington, Del.) 1
Harlan C. Williams Co. 1
Hermes Free Press 1
ICI Agricultural Products 1
ICI Pharmaceuticals 1
Jarmusch, Jim, 1953- 1
Joans, Ted 1
Johnson, Ray, 1927-1995 1
Joseph Papp Public Theatre (Organization : New York, N.Y.) 1
Justice, Donald, 1925-2004 1
Kelley, Clarence M. 1
Kyger, Joanne 1
Lendennie, Jessie 1
London, Rick 1
Mayer, Bernadette 1
McBreen, Joan, 1947- 1
Mergenthaler, Ottmar, 1854-1899 1
Minuteman Press (Newark, Del.) 1
Morrison, Toni 1
Myers, Michael, 1948-1982 1
NBC Entertainment (Firm) 1
NVF Company 1
New York School of poets and painters 1
Newark Country Club (Newark, Del.) 1
Newark Publishing Co. (Newark, Del.) 1
Newark United Methodist Church (Newark, Del.) 1
Oates, Joyce Carol, 1938- 1
Oppenheimer, Joel, 1930-1988 1
Pfizer Animal Health 1
Porter Motor Co. (Newark, Del.) 1
Raworth, Tom 1
Reed, Ishmael, 1938- 1
Rich, Adrienne, 1929-2012 1
Rusk, Robert 1
Salmon Poetry Ltd. 1
Selby, Hubert, Jr., 1928-2004 1
Shamrock Printing Co. 1
Sky, Gino 1
Spring Creek Typesetting Service 1
St. Mark's Church In-the-Bowery (New York, N.Y.). Poetry Project 1
Stuart Company 1
Stuart Pharmaceuticals 1
Teter, Holbrook 1
Trans World Airlines 1
Turtle Island Foundation 1
United Artists Books 1
University of Delaware 1
W.L. Gore and Associates 1
WNRK radio (Newark, Del.) 1
Ware, Richard T. 1
Warsh, Lewis 1
Welch, Lew 1
Whalen, Philip 1
Wiley, William T., 1937- 1
Williams, Jonathan, 1929-2008 1
Wilmington Medical Center 1
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