Carl Weissner Archive
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Scope and Contents
The Carl Weissner Archive consists of correspondence, tapes of poetry readings, manuscripts and graphic materials by international avant-garde writers of the 1960s. Included are works by such authors as William Burroughs, Harold Norse, Ezra Pound, Charles Bukowski, Claude Pelieu, Mary Beach, Dan Georgakas, Donatella Manganotti, and Jan Herman, as well as Carl Weissner himself. Many of these artists were part of the Fluxus movement.
The Carl Weissner Archive consists of 4 parts: correspondence, typescripts and other forms of original work by several authors, tapes of poetry readings, and monographs and periodicals.
Dates
- 1965-1973
Creator
- Weissner, Carl (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
There are no restrictions on use of the materials in the department for research; all patrons must comply with federal copyright regulations.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright for materials resides with the literary executors of individual letters and manuscripts. All users must comply with federal copyright regulations.
Extent
9.00 Boxes
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The Carl Weissner Archive consists of correspondence, tapes of poetry readings, manuscripts and graphic materials by international avantgarde writers of the 1960s, and some monographs and serials related to these authors. Included are works by such authors as William Burroughs, Harold Norse, Ezra Pound, Charles Bukowski, Claude Pélieu, Mary Beach, Dan Georgakas, Donatella Manganotti, and Jan Herman, as well as Carl Weissner himself. Many of these artists were part of the Fluxus movement.
Arrangement
The Carl Weissner archive is organized into: correspondence (arranged alphabetically by surname or topic); typescripts and graphics (arranged alphabetically by author or title); monographs (arranged alphabetically by author or title); tapes; and periodicals (arranged alphabetically by title).
Method of Acquisition
All materials in the Carl Weissner Archive were acquired from Carl Weissner in 1973.
Separated Materials
Some of the monographs and serials which were originally part of the collection have been cataloged for the McCormick Library. The list in this finding aid contains call numbers for these items. For related material see the following collections: Jan Herman, Dick Higgins, Agentzia, Outsider and Loujon Press, and Hungry Generation.
Processing Information
The Carl Weissner Archive was processed by McCormick Library staff in 1975, and revised by Sigrid Pohl Perry in 1981, 1995 and 2007.
Machine readable finding aid encoded in EAD 2002 by TechBooks on November 18, 2005.
- Beach, Mary, 1919-2006
- Beiles, Sinclair, 1930-2000
- Belart, Gerard
- Bergé, Carol, 1928-2006
- Blazek, Douglas, 1941-
- Bukowski, Charles
- Burroughs, William S., 1914-1997
- Choudhuri, Pradip
- Clays, Gino
- Di Prima, Diane
- Dowden, George
- Fluxus (Group of artists)
- Georgakas, Dan
- Ginsberg, Allen, 1926-1997
- Gysin, Brion
- Herman, Jan, 1942-
- Higgins, Dick, 1938-1998
- Johnson, Ray, 1927-1995
- Knowles, Alison, 1933-
- Manganotti, Donatella
- Norse, Harold
- Nuttall, Jeff
- Paik, Nam June, 1932-2006
- Pélieu, Claude
- Vostell, Wolf, 1932-1998
- Weissner, Carl
- Williams, Heathcote
- Title
- Guide to the Carl Weissner Archive
- Author
- Staff; Sigrid Pohl Perry
- Date
- 03/03/1997
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- eng
Library Details
Part of the Charles Deering McCormick Library of Special Collections Repository
Deering Library, Level 3
1970 Campus Drive
Evanston IL 60208-2300 US
847-491-3635
specialcollections@northwestern.edu