Finding Aid to the Streetfare Journal Records
Lara Michels
The Bancroft Library
2023
The Bancroft Library
University of California
Berkeley, CA 94720-6000
bancref@library.berkeley.edu
Contributing Institution:
The Bancroft Library
Title: Streetfare Journal records
Creator:
Streetfare journal
Creator:
Evans, George, 1948-
Identifier/Call Number: BANC MSS 2010/256
Physical Description:
12.75 linear feet
(10 cartons, 1 box, 1 oversize folder)
Date (inclusive): approximately 1984-1997
Physical Location: Many of the Bancroft Library collections are stored offsite and advance notice may be required for use. For current information
on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.
Language of Material:
English
.
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Burton Weiss in 2010.
Biographical / Historical
Non-profit public art and literature project which published and displayed contemporary poetry and photography on buses in
multiple cities within the United States, circa 1984-1997.
Custodial History
Burton Weiss purchased the complete literary and political archive of George Evans (including the Streetfare Journal records)
and Daisy Zamora in 2003. Mr. Weiss then donated the materials to The Bancroft Library in 2010. After being acquired by Bancroft,
accessioning and curatorial staff created three collections: the George Evans papers (BANC MSS 2010/255), the Daisy Zamora
papers (BANC MSS 2010/254), and the Streetfare Journal records (BANC MSS 2010/256).
Processing Information
Minimally processed at the box-level by archivist Lara Michels and student processing assistant Malayna Chang in 2023.
Scope and Contents
Production files for volumes 1-9, fliers, correspondence (some with notable poets), fan letters, proofs, and photos.
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Subjects and Indexing Terms
Streetfare journal
Evans, George, 1948-
Public art -- United States
Municipal (or other local) projects
carton 1
Volume IV, Numbers 1 and 2 (Spring and Fall)
1987
Scope and Contents
Volume IV, Number 1 features the poetry of Mary Barnard, Gwendolyn Brooks, Robert Creeley, Denise Levertov, Carl Rakosi,
Gary Soto; Volume IV, Number 2 [a Native American poetry series] features the poetry of Steve Crow, Nora Dauenhauer, Joy
Harjo, N. Scott Momaday, Mary TallMountain, and Ray A. Young Bear.
carton 1
Volume V, Number 1
Spring 1988
Scope and Contents
Featuring poems by Charles Bukowski, Lucille Clifton, Cid Corman, Bob Kaufman, Genny Lim, Octavio Paz, and full color reproductions
of paintings by Roy De Forest, Sam Francis, George McNeil, Kenneth Noland, Joe Sam, Miriam Schapiro.
carton 1
Volume V, Number 2
Fall 1988
Scope and Contents
Featuring poems by Yehuda Amichai, Theodore Enslin, Paulette Jiles, Roberto Juarroz, James Laughlin, Lorine Niedecker, and
full color reproductions of paintings by O.O. Johns, Morris Louis, George McNeil, Joan Mitchell, Robert Motherwell, Clyfford
Still.
carton 2
Volume VI, Number 1
Spring 1989
Scope and Contents
Featuring poems by Jimmy Santiago Baca, Rosario Castellanos, Victor Hernandez Cruz, George Evans, Linda Hogan, Nanao Sakaki,
and full color reproductions of paintings by Jake Berthot, Li Hua, Hon Sum Kwok, Larry Poons, Sachio Yamashita.
carton 2
Volume VI, Number 2
Fall 1989
Scope and Contents
1989 [Earthquake Series], featuring poems by Richard Caddel, Henry Dumas, Miyazawa Kenji, W.S. Merwin, Gary Snyder, Tomas
Transtromer, and reproductions of Black & White photography by Ansel Adams, David Lubbers, Michelle Vignes.
box 1
Correspondence from poets, artists, editors
1984-1988
Scope and Contents
Maria Baca, artist (6 letters to George Evans, copy of 1 Evans response); Mary Barnard, poet (1 letter to Evans); Jake Berthot,
artist (two letters to Evans); Chana Bloch, poet/translator (2 letters to Evans); Glenna Breslin, Lorine Niedecker scholar
(2 letters to Evans); William Bronk, poet (1 letter to Evans); Gwendolyn Brooks, poet (2 letters to Evans, one containing
Brooks' hand written version of her poem "We Real Cool" published in Vol. IV, No. 1); Charles Bukowski, poet (1 letter to
Evans, with small self portrait at bottom); Richard Caddel, poet (1 letter to Evans); James Cobb, artist (1 letter to Evans);
Robert Creeley, poet (1 postcard to Evans); Steve Crow, poet (2 letters to Evans and 1 manuscript in small manila envelope);
Mary Gates, Director of Dwight Foster Public Library, Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin, home town of Lorine Niedecker (4 letters to
Evans—one with photos of Niedecker/Streetfare display—and copies of 2 Evans responses); Thom Gunn, poet (2 letters to Evans);
Joy Harjo, poet (1 letter and 1 postcard to Evans); Bobbie Louise Hawkins, poet/fiction writer (1 letter to Evans); Paulette
Jiles, poet (1 letter to Evans); Denise Levertov, poet (2 letters and 1 postcard to Evans plus 1 letter from Levertov secretary,
and copy of one Evans letter to Levertov); Genny Lim, poet (1 letter to Evans); David Melnick, poet (1 letter to Evans and
copy of Evans response); W.S. Merwin, poet (2 letters and 1 postcard to Evans with copy of 1 Evans response); N. Scott
Momaday, poet (1 letter to Evans); Duane Niatum, editor/poet (1 letter to Evans); A. Poulin, editor (1 letter to Evans);
Hiroaki Sato, translator (1 letter to Evans); Aaron Siskind, photographer (1 letter to Evans); Gary Soto, poet (1 letter
to Evans); Bess Stewart, High School teacher and friend of Lorine Niedecker, Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin, home town of Niedecker
(2 letters to Evans and copy of 1 Evans response); Mary TallMountain, poet (1 letter to Evans); Ray Young Bear, poet (2
letters to Evans); small manila envelope containing: 1 letter from Charles Olson scholar George Butterick, 1 letter from
journalist Anna Creighton, 1 letter from poet Gloria Frym, 1 letter from book dealer Peter Howard, 1 letter from Edith Jarolim
(Paul Blackburn scholar/editor), 3 letters from cartoonist SARK with copies of 2 responses from Evans.
carton 3
Volume VII, Number 1
Spring/Summer 1990
Scope and Contents
Featuring poems by Elizabeth Bishop, Jayne Cortez, Diane Di Prima, Jack Marshall, Michael Smith, Gary Soto, and full color
reproductions of paintings by Maria Baca, James Cobb, Robert Goodnough, James Rosenquist, Frank Stella.
carton 3
Volume VII, Number 2
Spring 1991
Scope and Contents
Featuring poems by William Bronk, Beatrice Hawley, D.H. Lawrence, Denise Levertov, Antonio Machado, Charles Olson, and Black
& White photography by Michael Kenna.
carton 4
Lannan Foundation Fundraising and Development Grant materials
1991
carton 4
Volume VII, Number 3
Winter 1991-1992
Scope and Contents
Featuring poems by Thomas McGrath, Ariwara No Narihira (trans. Kenneth Rexroth), Pablo Neruda (trans. Nathaniel Tarn), Janet
Rodney, Nathaniel Tarn, Quincy Troupe, and full color reproductions of paintings by Richard Diebenkorn, Toko Shinoda, Joe
Sam, Gerhard Richter.
carton 5
Volume VII, Number 4
Fall/Winter 1992-1993
Scope and Contents
Featuring poems by Paul Celan (trans. Katharine Washburn & Margret Guillemin), Robert Desnos (trans. Carolyn Forche), Sigitas
Geda (trans. Laima Sruoginyte), Ho Xuan Huong (trans. John Balaban), George Oppen, Aleksandar Ristovic (trans. Charles Simic),
and Black and White photography by Sebastiao Salgado.
carton 5
Volume VII, Number 5
Fall/Winter 1993
Scope and Contents
Featuring poems by Lucille Clifton, Wanda Coleman, Michael McClure, Yannis Ritsos, Muriel Rukeyser, Xavier Villaurrutia and
Black & White photography by Mary Ellen Mark.
carton 5
Proposal for San Francisco transit shelter program
approximately 1985
Scope and Contents
Proposal for San Francisco transit shelter [bus shelter] program, researched & written by George Evans: contains all paperwork
and drafts for proposal, in depth information about Winston Network [original name of Streetfare Journal's corporate sponsor],
with mentions of Streetfare Journal.
carton 6
Volume VIII, Number 1
1994
Scope and Contents
Featuring poems by Lorine Niedecker, Langston Hughes, Charles Reznikoff, Carl Sandburg, Wallace Stevens, William Carlos Williams,
and Black and White photography by Dorothea Lange.
carton 6
Miscellaneous correspondence, project information, memos between corporate sponsor and George Evans
approximately 1984-1994
carton 7
Volume VIII, Number 2
Fall/Winter 1994-1995
Scope and Contents
[Australian Series] (including correspondence with series consultant Australian poet John Tranter), featuring poems by David
Campbell, Robert Churnside (Ngarluma), Laurie Duggan, John Kinsella, Oodgeroo of the tribe Noonuccal (formerly known as Kath
Walker, John Tranter and full color reproductions of paintings by Curly Bardkadubbu, Jeannie Nungarrayi Egan, Mick Kubarkku,
Alec Mingelmanganu, Clarise Nampijinpa Poulson, Pinta Pinta Tjapanangka.
carton 7
Volume VIII, Number 2 (miscellaneous papers)
Fall/Winter 1994-1995
Scope and Contents
[Australian Series]—including manuscripts/poems for editorial consideration, some correspondence with Australian poet John
Tranter, and misc. art reproductions for editorial consideration.
carton 8
Volume IX, Number 1 [Vietnam Series]
1995-1996
Scope and Contents
[Vietnam Series], featuring poems by Kevin Bowen, George Evans, Yusef Komunyakaa, Bruce Weigl, two Vietnamese Folk Poems (Ca
Dao) translated by John Balaban, and color photography by Mitch Epstein.
carton 9
Fan letters and other correspondence and papers
1985-1991
carton 10
Volume I (October 1984) through Volume III (1986)
1984-1986
Scope and Contents
All extant papers for Streetfare Journal from Volume I (October 1984) through Volume III (1986); miscellaneous early materials
mixed in. Papers include (as with every series) all working papers, correspondence, proofs, relevant documents, six art-quality
black and white Claudia Gordillo photographs used in the series.
oversize_folder 1B
Six poster set of Volume VIII, Number 1 and one poser of Bruce Weigl poem
1994
