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John Digby papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 0569
Abstract
British-born poet and collagist John Digby (born 1938) immigrated to the United States in 1978 and lives on Long Island with his wife Joan Digby, whose creative work is also represented in this collection. Digby's papers document nearly five decades (1963-2004) of a prolific artistic and literary career, with significant representation of Digby's collaborations with international colleagues exhibiting, publishing, and creating Surrealist works in the 1960s-1970s. The collection includes all...
Dates:
1963-2004; Majority of material found within 1974-2002
Charles Henri Ford letters to Ted Joans
Collection
Identifier: MSS 0292
Abstract
This small collection of letters from American poet and collagist Charles Henri Ford to fellow artist Ted Joans illuminate Ford's extensive world travels as well as his artistic and writing projects.
Dates:
1964-1987
Photograph of Ted Joans with Arthur and Kit Knight and letter from Joans to Arthur Knight
Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0764
Abstract
One black and white photograph of Ted Joans with Arthur and Kit Knight, on which Joans has pasted a balloon stemming from his mouth, in which he asks Knight to publish his autobiography and includes a note by Joans on the verso written in pencil, "A fortuitous encounter (but friendly due to this publishers encyclical books at Loeb Center of N.Y.U.)." Also includes a handwritten letter in black ink from Joans written on the back of an announcement for a reading by him held at Books...
Dates:
undated