Jan Herman Archive
Scope and Contents
The Jan Herman Archive consists of the files of the NOVA Broadcast Press which published San Francisco Earthquake (1967-1969), a little magazine featuring avant-garde writers and concrete and beat generation poets of the 1960s. Many of them were connected with Fluxus.
Included are correspondence, manuscripts, graphics, and photocollages by such authors as Charles Bukowski, William Burroughs, Henri Chopin, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Allen Ginsberg, Walter Lowenfels, Claude Pelieu, Dick Higgins, Alison Knowles, and Carl Weissner, as well as a significant amount of Herman's own work.
Herman edited Dick Higgins's Something Else Press publications for a few years as well; some of the correspondence relates to those publications. The financial records of the NOVA Broadcast Press and the production files for San Francisco Earthquake are kept separate from the general files. There is also a collection of 8mm films, tapes, slides, and computer tapes.
Dates
- 1967-2002
Creator
- Herman, Jan, 1942- (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.
Extent
33.00 Boxes
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The Jan Herman Archive consists of the files of the NOVA Broadcast Press which published San Francisco Earthquake (1967-1969), a little magazine featuring avant-garde writers and concrete and beat generation poets of the 1960s. Many of them were connected with Fluxus.
Included are correspondence, manuscripts, graphics, and photocollages by such authors as Charles Bukowski, William Burroughs, Henri Chopin, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Allen Ginsberg, Walter Lowenfels, Claude Pelieu, Dick Higgins, Alison Knowles, and Carl Weissner, as well as a significant amount of Herman's own work.
Herman edited Dick Higgins's Something Else Press publications for a few years as well; some of the correspondence relates to those publications. The financial records of the NOVA Broadcast Press and the production files for San Francisco Earthquake are kept separate from the general files. There is also a collection of 8mm films, tapes, slides, and computer tapes.
Arrangement
The Jan Herman archive is organized into: correspondence (in alphabetical order); Jan Herman production files; financial records (in chronological order); slides, films, and videotapes; serials, small presses and publicity (arranged in an approximately alphabetical order, by title, organization or topic); monographs (arranged alphabetically by author); oversize materials.
Method of Acquisition
Materials in the Jan Herman Archive were acquired from him in 1973 and 2006.
Separated Materials
Some monographs and serials from the archive have been catalogued for the McCormick Library with a note added about this archive; other titles are listed in this finding aid.
Processing Information
Sigrid Pohl Perry in 1980.
- Title
- Guide to the Jan Herman Archive
- Author
- Sigrid Pohl Perry
- Date
- 01/01/1980
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Repository 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