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Z Press Books
Miscellaneous
Catalogues and publication nnnouncements 1975 - 1980
Distributors' invoices and inventories
JOE BRAINARD MATERIAL
Correspondence
Brainard, Howard L. 1966 - 1977
Burrow, Ruby 1965 - 1987
Shelby Hogg White Family Association 1965 - 1966
A-Z - Miscellaneous
A-Z unidentified correspondents.
Artwork and Writings
Miscellaneous Material
Announcements and flyers for exhibitions and readings by Joe Brainard 1970 - 1990
Correspondence 1950-1954
Writings and Music
BALLAD OF BABY DOE (1958). Flyer, program and article by A. R. Smith 1956 - 1993
GOLDEN APPLE (1954). Programs and poster 1954 - 1972
Hotel and auto cards 1950 - 1956
WRITINGS OF OTHERS
O'Hara, Frank. Four poems published in THE IOWA DEFENDER, November 4 1968
MISCELLANEOUS
Announcements, brochures, flyers, and programs for the exhibitions and performances of works by others 1960 - 1990
Accessions Processed in 2019-2021, 2024
BIOGRAPHICAL
Address books
Biographical sketches prepared for articles and other publications
Supporting biographical and website documentation 2001
Photographs of Elmslie and family 1995-2010
Certificates and awards 1994, 2002
Articles about Kenward Elmslie 2003, undated
Biographical notes and blurbs undated
CORRESPONDENCE
2019-2021 Additions
A - Miscellaneous
Abbott, Keith 1995-1999
Adler, Stella 1982-1984, undated
B - Miscellaneous
Ballard, Micah 2001-2004
Bamberger, Bill 1991-2005, undated
Bathos Journal (Daniel Mosher) 1997-1999
Belding, Vicky 2000-2002
Belwin Mills Publishing Corporation 1975-1976
Benjamin, Dyke and Marianne (Lazard Asset Management) 1998-2003
Böhlke, Rainer undated
Bouchard, Bill 2001-2006
Boulte, Jean 1980-2005, undated
Brainard, Joe 1987-1993, undated
Brown, Lee Ann 1995-2002
Burckhardt, Rudy and Yvonne Jacquette 1982-2005
C - Miscellaneous
Chernoff, Maxine 1970-1971
Clark, Jeff 1999-2002, undated
Coles, Matthew (American Civil Liberties Union) 1996-2006
Conjunctions literary journal 1986-1990
Corbett, William 1980-2004
D - Miscellaneous
Deanovich, Connie 1997-1999
Doubleday publisher (Susana Peschiera and others) regarding Orchid Stories 1968-1973
E - Miscellaneous
Elmslie, Kenward - Postcards to niece, Vivien (Weir) Russe 1968-1976
Elmslie, Kenward - Letters, cards and postcards to niece, Vivien Russe and her husband Willie Russe 1990-1997
Elmslie, Kenward - Letters, cards and postcards to niece, Vivien Russe and her husband Willie Russe 1998-1999
Elmslie, Kenward - Letters, cards and postcards to niece, Vivien Russe and her husband Willie Russe 2000-2006
Elmslie, Kenward - Unidentified outgoing correspondence
Elmslie, Kenward - 70th birthday cards sent to Elmslie 1999 April
Elmslie, Kenward - Unidentified incoming correspondence
Equi, Elaine 1999-2002
Evans, Richard B. 2004
Ex-Yu Pen (Pen Center of Writers in Exile from former Yugoslavia) undated
F - Miscellaneous
Fagin, Larry 2000-2001
First Identity Magazine (Lee Chapman) 1999-2000
Fitzgerald, Stephen 2003
Fox, Elizabeth 1982-1983, undated
Freedberg, Kate 1969-2003, undated
G - Miscellaneous
Group cards undated
Guest, Barbara 1999
H - Miscellaneous
Hacha Piedra Letters (George and Elizabeth) 1959-1965
Hampson, David and Anne 1997, 1999
Haste, Jeffrey 1997
Hill, Lott 1999-2006
Hudspith, Vicki 1982-1999
I - Miscellaneous
J - Miscellaneous
K - Miscellaneous
Kikel, Rudy 1981-1982
Killian, Kevin 1994-2001
Kite, Mary 2001-2009
Kornblum, Allan (Coffee House Press) 2001
Krusoe, Jim (Santa Monica College) undated
Kyger, Joanne 1999-2001
L - Miscellaneous
Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, Incorporated (Kevin Cathcart) 1993-1997
Lansing, Gerrit 1999
Leahy, Patrick (United States Senate) 2001-2003
Leon, Oscar 1995, undated
Levine, Rhoda 1999-2002, undated
Levitsky, Rachel 2001
Lewallen, Constance (Berkeley Art Museum) 2001-2002
Lewis Cooper, Brenda 1983-1999
Lustig, Shelley 1999-2005
M - Miscellaneous
McCoy, David 2002-2003
McGinnes, Mac 1980-2006
Mike and Dale's Younger Poets 1997-1998
Moore, David Jr. 1996-2002, undated
Morgan, James (Jim/Jimbo) 1999-2006, undated
Morrow, Karen 1993, 1999
Murphy, Ryan 2005
N - Miscellaneous
Nest (magazine) 2002
New American Writing (NAW) 1997, 2000
North Clow, Mary 2001-2005, undated
Noto, John 1997-2000
O - Miscellaneous
O'Hara, Maureen (Frank O'Hara Foundation) 1997-2002
P - Miscellaneous
Penguin Books Ltd. 1971-1973
The Poetry Project (Anselm Berrigan) 1997-2006
Poetry Society of America 1983-2000
Powell, Adam 1999
Publishing correspondence 1969, undated
Q - Miscellaneous
R - Miscellaneous
Richardson, Claiborne (Claibe) 1981-2000
Rorem, Ned 1971-2003
Rubenstein, William (ACLU) 1990-1992
Russe, Vivien (Vivy) and Willie Russe - Alternative Press correspondence 1994-1999
Russe, Willie 1997-2002, undated
S - Miscellaneous
Schuyler, James (Jimmy) 1999
Sikelianos, Eleni (The Poetry Project) 1998-1999
Silver, Alain (Bay Cities) 1990
Snyder, Elsie 1983, undated
Sun and Moon Press (Douglas Messerli, Director) 1992-1999
T - Miscellaneous
Tampubolon, Jimmy 1983-2007
Taylor, Steven and family 1995-2006
Tisa, Ken 1983-2006
Torok, Karl 1974-1975
Tranter, John 1997-1999
U - Miscellaneous
V - Miscellaneous
Velsey, Don 2004-2005, undated
W - Miscellaneous
Waldrop, Rosmarie 1985-2000
Weinstein, Arnold 1985-1993
Weir, Chester (nephew) and Kate 1999-2011, undated
Weir, Cynthia (sister) 1982-1996
Weir, Cynthia "Cici" (sister) - Photocopies of Elmslie correspondence 1979-1985
Weir, Gordon and Susie (and family) 1998-2002, undated
Weir, William and Margaret (and family) 1998-2005
The White House (Carter Administration) - Invitation and program for dinner 1979
Wilson, Doric 2001-2002
Wilson, Robert 1999-2006
Winkfield, Trevor 1998-2006
Y - Miscellaneous
Yorck, Ruth 1963, undated
Young, Geoffrey 1976-1994
Z - Miscellaneous
Zivancevic, Nina 1996-2002
2024 Additions
B - Miscellaneous
Bamberger, Bill 1986-1990
Berkson, Bill
Boulte, Jean
Brainard, John ca. 2000
Budbill, David 2000
C - Miscellaneous
Camp, Pauline and Harold 1997-2001
Chernoff, Maxine 2001-2002
Clark, Jeff (Jiffy Lark) 2000-2001
Corbett, William (Bill) 1998-2001
D - Miscellaneous
Dempsey, Patricia Ann (Reverend Mother Placid) undated
F - Miscellaneous
Freedberg, Kate
G - Miscellaneous
Giorno, John - "Cum" performance invitation 1971
Granary Books 1999-2000
H - Miscellaneous
Hill, Lott 1996
K - Miscellaneous
Killian, Kevin 1999-2001
Kite, Mary
Kornblum, Allan - Coffee House Press 1999-2003
L - Miscellaneous
Lansing, Gerrit 1999-2001
Lauterbach, Ann (Anni)
Lustig, Shelley
M - Miscellaneous
Mayer, Bernadette 2001
McGinnes, Mac 2000-2001
Messerli, Douglas 1994-1999
Meyer, Tom 1969-1971
N - Miscellaneous
Nguyen, Hoa 1999-2000
Olson, Kirby 2002, 2016
Padgett, Ron and Patricia 2001
The Poets Foundation 1958-1974
Powell, Adam - Neotrope 1999
Prevallet, Kristin
The Pulitzer Prize offices 1985-1987
R - Miscellaneous
Rorem, Ned 1964-1965, 1999
Russe, Vivien (Vivy) and Willie
Salerno, Mark - Arshile Magazine
Smith, Dale 2000
Swets van Middhlar, Cornelius Wolfram (C.W. Swets)
T - Miscellaneous
Tampubolon, Jimmy
Taylor, Steven 2001-2002
Tisa, Ken
Winkfield, Trevor 2000-2002
Wolff, Rebecca - Fence 1999
Miscellaneous copyright and permissions correspondence 1960-1965
Unidentified outgoing correspondence
Unidentified incoming correspondence
WRITINGS BY ELMSLIE
Performance/Theatre Works
Lizzie Borden: An Opera (1965)
The Grass Harp (1972)
The Grass Harp (1972) - Sheet music/score for "It Takes All Kinds"
Palais Bimbo, A Cabaret Revue (1987) - Scores for: Air, Bang Bang Tango, Bio, Eggs, Meat, Sin in the Hinterlands, Sneaky Pete, The Woolworth Song
Palais Bimbo, A Cabaret Revue (1987) - Orchestrations by Steven Taylor for: Bio, Girl Machine, Meat, The Palais Bimbo Spa, and Sneaky Pete
Night Emerald (1989) - Research, libretto outline and script
Postcards on Parade (1993)
Postcards on Parade (1993)
Postcards on Parade (1993) - Partial drafts with revisions
Postcards on Parade supporting material
LingoLand: A Musical (2005) - Poster for York Theatre Company performance
Adele Songs, They, The World's in a Bad Bad Way, Sewerville, Nobody Dreams of Me, Valnetino, Petroleum, Every Morning, Angelica, Who Knows?, The Stranger with the Special Face, The Candygram Song, and the Beauty Part - Scores/Sheet music
Alaska, Petroleum, The Stranger with the Special Face, The Crazy Old Lady Mazurka, Miss Got Rocks, Spit N' Whittle, and an untitled piece, sheet music/vocal scores 1971, undated
And I Was There, Brazil, One Thing in Particular, Who'll Prop Me Up in the Rain? - Sheet music
General Fong Song, by Elmslie, arrangement by Roger Trefouse - Sheet music
Hollywood Koffee Klatch Fragment script, with notes and text for other spoken word performances
One Night Stand, lyrics by Elmslie, music by Claibe Richardson - Sheet music/copy of original score
Untitled [Wishing you a glorious 4th of July] stage production collage
Kenward Elmslie Visited album inset proof
Introduction for "Librettoland" 2000
Published Work
Tropicalism (1975) - Marked copy of book used for poetry reading
Sung Sex (1989) - First revised draft of book and correspondence
Champ Dust (1994)
Champ Dust slide queues
Nite Soil (2000) 1997-2002
Blast from the Past (2000)
Agenda Melt (2004) - Marked copy of book with author's marginalia, used for poetry reading
Poetry, Prose, Collages and Other Writings
Alabama, poem by Elmslie published in Via Rome, p. 29 1960
The Aleutians: For Ruth Yorck (copy of a play)
Al's Nite Sky
Apologia 1999
Babe Dwarf (poem for Jean Boulte)
Barbie and Ken at the Wednesday Club
B-Day Odette for Lott
Beauty Maestro (poem for Jean Boulte)
Calais Palace Welcome (for VW)
Christmas Letter and Age Plaint (for Ken and Ann Mikolowski)
Country Junket
The Crystal Palace, draft with revisions
Doll Folly
Fifties Probe
Fiscal Nonsense (poem for Jimmy Tampubolon)
Forty
Gaps, from Orchid Stories in Just Friends: A Magazine, issue #2
Gordon Clan Conundrum
Happy Re-return
Has Been
Hungry Women
Irons in the Fire 2002-2003
Irons in the Fire 2002-2003
Introduction to Elmslie's mother's published diary undated
Jakarta Night Arrival, poem
Jiffy Lark (for Jeff Clark) 1999
Love Letter (poem for Ken Tisa)
Memory Ghosts and Murders, script
Night Soul
No Liquor in the House (for The Drawing Center's anthology) 2001
Outback Taunt (for Anni)
Panopticon for Calamity Winifred
Real Wasted, poem
Russian Bananas (for Anni)
Rummage Sale (poem for CW)
Scimitar for Brenda Lewis, collage and poem 1965 March 21
Sin in the Hinterlands, lyrics
Snippets (2002)
Spleen
Sun Spots
Tongue of Fire 2005 September 23
Notes concerning the "Black Trunk" - A collaborative play with James Schuyler
Collages by Elmslie sent to niece, Vivien Russe 1996-1999
Nite Soil outline for Beyond Baroque ca. 2000
Lord Lumley (short poem) undated
Postcard art and marker drawings ca. 2015
Journals
Blood glucose journals - Bound notebooks, with artful free-form doodles and daily notes undated
Scrapbook of poetry readings and events ephemera Between 1965 and 1975
Notes on City Junket ca. 1972
Journal, including Detroit notes 1976
Notebook 1981
Journal entries and ephemera 1983
Journal with artwork 2014
Drawings and notes inside a copy of "Aubaderrying" by Anne Waldman ca. 2014
Journals ca. 2015
Travel journal - Visit with Jimmy [Tampubolon] undated
Travel journal (Nepal) and general notebook undated
Sketchbooks undated
Birthday books undated
Notes on Joe Brainard
Joe Album, A Pressed Wafer Collage [copy]
Dedication for Joe's Room, Michael Callen/Audre Lorde Community Health Center, with correspondence 1999
Drawing of Kenward Elmslie by Joe Brainard
Homage to Joe Brainard outline
Kenward Elmslie interview by Joe Brainard 1964
Letter to Joe - Short poem
Rosy's Dilemma and other comics (facsimile) undated
Prevallet, Kristin. "Poetry and the Artful Presence of Materials: Joe Brainard at PS1," with Kenward Elmslie interview undated
"Yellow Drum" - Watercolor on paper artwork by Joe Brainard undated
Untitled graphic art/comics
WORKS BY OTHERS
Bamberger, W. C. - "On the Backstretch," a homage to Joyce Cary undated
Bye, Reed and Anne Waldman. Typescript draft of "The Secret of the Waterfall: A Domestic Visitation" 1983
Chernoff, Maxine - "Pop Culture/Mom Muse," "Bop," and poems 1988 September 21, undated
Clark, Jeff. "Little J.C. in a Conflict of Towers"
Fraser, Kathleen. "Wing" poem series 1994
Godfrey, John. "Kenward Elmslie Birthday Drawing" poem
Gooch, Brad. "The Writer"
Hoover, Paul - "Some Polonius" undated
Kyger, Joanne and Larry Fagin. Draft letter from Paris 1966
Ogawa, Ai interviewed by Okla Elliot - Transcript undated
Swets, C.W. - From the Journal Notes 1997-1999
Various artists - Artwork for Elmslie, some for birthday celebration
Watkins, Ben - Photographs 1985-1990
Yorck, Ruth - Two works and photograph 1962-1963, undated
Yorck, Ruth - Unknown Soldier, signed broadside card for Elmslie 1965-1966
Unknown writer, poetry drafts
Short works by others dedicated/sent to Kenward Elmslie
MISCELLANEOUS
Art object inventory at Greenwich Ave. 1984
Book tour 1998
Brown University lecture and performance 2000 March 20
Buffalo gig - Elmslie's script for talk in Buffalo, NY
Buffalo script for New York City reading 2007
Donations - Letters and acknowledgements of Elmslie's philanthropic activities 1985-2009
Flyers and performance schedule - Materials from Kenward Elmslie's 70th and 75th Birthday Bashes 1999, 2004
Flyers, postcards, and announcements for poetry events, art exhibits and appearances
Flyers, postcards, and announcements for poetry events, art exhibits and appearances 1990-1999
Gab-Fest script - A talk about LingoLand: A Musical
Ginsberg, Allen signed poetry reading flyer
Kenward Elmslie dream notes
The Kenward Elmslie Show: A Radio Retrospective of Songs, Poems, and Plays - Flyers and show production list 1978
Kenward Elmslie's World - Interview by Robert Wilder Blue for US Opera Web 2003
Letters to Loosha project for Lucia Berlin
List of publications 1997-2001
Miscellaneous collages by Elmslie
Mutiny at the Bathhouse: A Conversation with Kenward Elmslie - "Reflex" interview by Kirby Olson 1993 September-October
Naropa collaboration, incomplete draft
Naropa Institute Summer Writing Program - Itinerary and schedules 1993, 2001
National Endowment for the Arts Music Advisory Panel meeting materials 1975-1976
Publishing agreements
Pulitzer Prize dinner program and guest list 1966 May 10
Reading manuscript for Elmslie's reading at Woodland Pattern, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Screen treatment, drafts
Showstoppers talk given by Elmslie undated
The New York Poets - Kaufman Center and the New York Festival of Song, featuring Elmslie 2003 October 15
Three Chandeliers (Set II), print by unknown artist
Transcription - The Diary of Constance Pulitzer, a selection read by Elmslie for an event
Transcription (PDF) - The Diary of Constance Pulitzer
Travel itinerary and journal pages
Various cards - Memberships, etc.
T-shirt - Four designs from Elmslie's collages
Flyers and announcements for Elmslie poetry readings and performances
Flyers and announcements for Elmslie poetry readings and performances
Reviews of Elmslie's works 1998-1999
AUDIOVISUAL RECORDINGS
Audiocassettes
"Air" performance, by Steven Taylor, song by Kenward Elmslie undated
Alaska Blues, Woolworth Song, Figmill Piano undated
Anne Jacobsen, Steven Taylor undated
Bang Bang Tango: Kenneth Deifik performance ("en estereo vocal on right channel") undated
Bang Bang Tango (MOMA), Lola in Vermont undated
Bio, Movies in my Head, Air undated
Bio - Song and vocal by Kenward Elmslie, harmonica by Kenneth Deifik undated
Cajun Vitrine performance, Steven Taylor undated
City Junket essential effects for performance undated
City Junket - John Ashbery "Museum Speech" and Sneaky Pete undated
City Junket museum speech (Chicago Jimmy) - 1. Who'll Prop Me Up? 2. A Perfect Night 1976 November
City Junket - New York Cultural Center performance 1974
City Junket - Perfect night, end of reading undated
Eggs - Music only, no vocals undated
"Eggs," "Bang Bang Tango" ["my version"], and "The Woolworth Song" undated
Experts at Veneers (piano only) undated
Kenward Elmslie - Girl Machine undated
Girl Machine, from the record 1998
Girl Machine (NNR), performance copy 1985 March 16
Hotel Firbank Spa, by Kenward Elmslie 1996 April 14-15
Kenward Elmslie and Tony Greco rehearsing (informal) - Includes "Air" and "1967 Game Calendar" undated
Kenward Elmslie at the Church Street Center, Burlington, VT 1979 September 7
Kenward Elmslie interview: Don and Newly Preciozi 1992 December 11
Kenward Elmslie live performance undated
Kenward Elmslie on KPFA, Berkeley (Tinker Greene) 1980 March 25
Kenward Elmslie reading and singing poems and song at The Poetry Room undated
Kenward Elmslie reading at the Smolin Gallery in New York City ca. 1963
Kenward Elmslie singing undated
LA Postcard Queen (practice tape) Steven Taylor vocals 1993 January 7
Libretto Land - "They" undated
Libretto Land (for Columbia College: Chicago) 1984 May 3
Lines: National Series, Kenward Elmslie workshop 1985
Lola: A Musical, "A New Life" undated
Love letter vocal practice by Kenward Elmslie undated
Love Letter with Ken Deifik undated
Madonna's Milk Bar - Kenward Elmslie performance undated
Madonna's Milk Bar - Practice session undated
Movies in My Head (piano) undated
New Langton Arts - San Francisco 1984 October 9
"Night Emerald," by Elmslie and Taylor, six songs undated
"Oink" Benefit - Chicago 1984 May 3
Palais Bimbo Lounge Show - Madonna's Milk Bar to Sneaky Pete undated
Palais Bimbo Lounge Show - Finale: Girl Machine undated
[Palais] Bimbo Dirt & Bang Bang Tango, versions undated
Palais Bimbo Lounge Show (home) undated
Palais Bimbo Lounge Show - Performance of end of Act I, complete Act II undated
Palais Bimbo Spa by Kenward Elmslie, vocals by Steven Taylor undated
Philadelphia reading (with Kenneth Deifik) undated
Postcards on Parade, at Granary Books, Act I only 1993 April 8
Postcards on Parade - Live performance undated
Postcards on Parade: A Musical Play - 10 songs undated
The Seagull - Act II (outside) undated
Sin in the Hinterlands - Kenward Elmslie undated
Sin in the Hinterlands - Vocal undated
Slow Awakener (No can take leak...) undated
Spit 'n Whittle/Where's My Sister?/You Fry undated
Playback! Song with vocals by Kenward Elmslie undated
St. Mark's poetry project - Kenward Elmslie and Steven Taylor 1984 February 22
St. Mark's reading. Piano: Tony Greco 1974 February 20
Three Sisters - Act 1, scenes 1-2, recorded by Jimmy Tampubolon undated
Three Sisters - On Morning Edition, National Public Radio 1986
Various performers doing Elmslie songs; Rare Meat 1986
White Attic (vocals by Kenward Elmslie) - Alaska undated
Zaniest Fair [Pair?] (Amsterdam version) undated
Reel-to-Reel and LP
26 Bars - Amazon Club-Last Chance
26 Bars - Nouvelle Kiwis 'n Art-Top o' Silo
26 Bars - Underground Disco-Zanzibar
Madonna's Milk Bar - Complete version with vocals
Madonna's Milk Bar - Performance version without vocals
Miss Julie, parts 1-2
Three Sisters - Production recording for Z Press (A/B, C and D on 3 reels)
Palais Bimbo Lounge Show (Kenward Elmslie and Steven Taylor) - Master of 16 tracks 1987 April 6
Palais Bimbo Lounge Show (possibly at Naropa University) - Performance reels 1-4 1987 April 11
Palais Bimbo Lounge Show - Performance Master 1985 April 9
They 1981 November 21
Instrumental compiled master - They, Candy Gram, I Trust the Wrong People, and One Night Stand 1981 November 22
Instrumental compiled master - Beauty Secrets, The One and Only Person in the World, The Richest Man in the World, Brazil 1981 November 22
Tones at top - Who'll Prop Me Up in the Rain, Bang Bang Tango, Eggs 1981 November 22
Candy Gram - Instrumental version 1981 November 22
Tones at tail - Beauty Secrets, One Night Stand, The One and Only Person in the World, Brazil, They 1981 November 23
Beauty Secrets - Instrumental and vox version 1981 November 24
Beauty Secrets, One Night Stand, The One and Only Person in the World, Brazil 1981 November 24
Washington Square, reels 1-4
Washington Square - The Lyric Theatre, New York (Kenward Elmslie and Thomas Pasatieri)
City Junket - Performance at the New York Cultural Center 1974 May 2
Reading: Southampton College. Kenward Elmslie with Kenneth Deifik 1980 February 28
The Seagull
Videos
26 Bars - Live at Naropa Institute
City Junket - Part 1 (master on Sony U-Matic) undated
City Junket - Part 2 (master on Sony U-Matic) undated
Irons in the Fire - Barbara Guest, tapes 1-2 2002 May 2
Irons in the Fire - Lucia Berlin, tapes 1, 3-4 2002 April 5
Kenward Elmslie at San Francisco State University, Poetry Center 1990 March 1
Kenward Elmslie at St. Marks, reading 1988 May
Palais Bimbo Lounge Show - 3 VHS labelled "Tapes #1-12" 1987 May 13
Palais Bimbo Lounge Show - Rough edit master undated
Palais Bimbo Lounge Show - Seattle undated
Palais Bimbo Lounge Show - J. West recording undated
Palais Bimbo Lounge Show and Night Emerald, by Kenward Elmslie and Steven Taylor - Naropa Institute performance 1991 July 23
Radio Thin Air - The Kenward Elmslie Show, produced by Mitch Corber 1990 April 27
AUDIOVISUAL RECORDINGS - 2020 ADDITIONS
Reel-to-Reel
Three Sisters - Z Press Master 2" tapes on 10.5" reels 1986
Tapes 1, 1A, 1B
Tapes 2, 2A, 2B
Tapes 3, 3A, 3B
Tapes 4, 4A, 4B
Tapes 5, 6, 7
Tapes 8, 9, 10
Tapes 12, 13, 14
Tapes 15, 16, 17
Painted Smiles - Master 1" tapes on large cores 1984
Kenward Elmslie Visited - Z Press Master 2" tapes on 10.5" reels 1981
Kenward Elmslie Visited - Z Press Master 2" tapes on 10.5" reels 1981
Kenward Elmslie Visited - Z Press Master 2" tapes on 10.5" reels 1981
Miss Julie (2) and Palais Bimbo (9) - 10.5" reels and cores 1979-1981
Sin in the Hinterlands 1984
Tones at Top 1985
Kenward Elmslie Visited 1984
One Night Stand, Beauty Secret, and Shuffle the Cards with Steven Marooshes on piano undated
The Grass Harp undated
The Grass Harp undated
Chaillot undated
Poetry reading at 98 Greene St. loft - Elmslie and Lee Crabtree undated
Arthur Seigal singing Latouche; Act I of Sweet Bye and Bye undated
"Rorem & me" undated
Poulenc undated
Untitled, with music by Taylor and words by Elmslie undated
Palais Bimbo performance narration 1987 April 29
Chaillot "Angelica" undated
Adele - Steber and Rorem-Flanagan concert undated
Sweet Bye and Bye undated
Videos
City Junket - Master and copy on Sony 720mm videotape
City Junket - NARM Presentation on U-Matic (Parts 1-2) 1979 April
26 Bars, Naropa - Raw, unedited footage 1988 July 19
Lingoland undated
Blasts from the Past 2002 August 6
Palais Bimbo Lounge Show excerpted from New City Theatre performance undated
Palais Bimbo Lounge Show, New City Theatre, Seattle (unedited) 1986 May 12
Homemade media show (cable) feat. Palais Bimbo Lounge Show and Nat Ayer 1986 July 2
Palais Bimbo lecture/reading at Naropa, with Elmslie and Steven Taylor 1988 July 21
Palais Bimbo undated
Palais Bimbo and Night Emerald at Naropa, with Elmslie and Steven Taylor 1991 July 23
Lizzie Borden undated
Postcards on Parade - Elmslie performs at the St. Johnsbury, VT Athenaeum with intro. by William Corbett 1995 August
Elmslie/Taylor Postcards 1993 April 8
Postcards on Parade, Brown University 1993 September 22
Postcards on Parade, unedited Act I 1995 August 9
Postcards on Parade, unedited Act II 1995 August 9
The Grass Harp - York Players undated
Songs from The Grass Harp, Camera 3 1977 May 20
The Grass Harp, Phoenix Rising Theatre, North Hollywood 1980 January 28
Naropa reading with Elmslie and Steven Taylor 2001 July 13
Ballad for Americans, Golden Apple, Grass Harp, and Pacific Overtures undated
Lola Act I undated
Lola Act II undated
Bobbie Hawkins live in San Diego 1985 June
Elmslie - Who'll Prop Me Up in the Rain from Poetry in Motion (Sony mini digital video) undated
Irons in the Fire - Diane Di Prima 2002 October 29
Ron Padgett reading event 2002 November 20
Irons in the Fire - Ron Padgett 2002 August 7
Irons in the Fire - Constance Lewallen 2002 October 11
Irons in the Fire - Bill Berkson 2002 October 3
Irons in the Fire - Maxine Chernoff undated
Cloud House Poetry Archives recordings
Elmslie in Champ Dust, a solo revue featuring highlights from Postcards on Parade at SFAI, with intro. by Bill Berkson 1994 November 9
Tom Clark, Joe Elegy, Jay DeFeo, Robin Blasé and Ladoh in special tape made for Elmslie undated
Elmslie - Small Press Traffic 1997 January 10
Edmund Berrigan - Small Press Traffic, first reading 1997 October 3
Ed Dorn - Holloway Poetry Series, Maude Fife Room at UC Berkeley 1997 October 30
Women of the Beat Generation book discussion 1997 February 26
Kenward Elmslie Visited
Audiocassettes
Madonna's Milk Bar
Woolworth Song
Bookworm, with Michael Silverblatt (KCRW) 1997, 1999
Lola
Bill Berkson and Kenward Elmslie 1969 December 7
The Seagull
Kenward Elmslie in: Champ Dust: A Solo Review 1994 November 9
Librettoland
Lizzie Borden Act II
The Grass Harp - Rehearsals
The Grass Harp - WQXR live program
26 Bars
The White Attic
One Night Stand (and other songs)
Coughlin orchestrations
Kenward Elmslie song set Small Press Traffic at New College (Bare Bones, Elegy for Joe, and others) 1997 January 10
And I Was There
Postcards on Parade
Palais Bimbo Lounge Show
17 Years
Sin in the Hinterlands
NYC #1-2
Bombay Gin Benefit / One Night Stand with Anne Waldman 1990 October 19
Kenward Elmslie - Night Emerald performance
Beyond Baroque readings 1982
Kenward Elmslie singing (home recording)
Floozies (from The Grass Harp)
Alaska Blues
Brazil
Rose Tattoo
The Middle of Nowhere
Practice for Providence
Area J
Change Your Name
Sneaky Pete
Cajun Vitrine
A Secret Sacred Niche
Night of my Soul 1994-1995
Auden 1969 January
Elmslie set 2, Bartos 1998 November 12
Oink live benefit performance with Steven Taylor
The Golden Apple
Karen Morrow
Washington Square
Improvs with Lee Crabtree and Kenward Elmslie
Schlock n' Sleaze
Overture / Yellow Drums
Indian Blues
Iridescence sampler / Blind Witness News - Barry McBride, Yusef Lateef, Kenward Elmslie 1988
KE with Steven Taylor at St. Mark's Church 1984 February 22
Interview with Don and Newly Preciosi 1992 December 11
KE and Claiborne Richardson "ramble"
Squeegee Bijoux
Postcards on Parade (R-60 DAT mastering audiocassettes)
Elmslie interviews (3" Sony digital audio recordable mini-discs)
Z PRESS MATERIALS
Correspondence
A-Z Miscellaneous
Bamberger Books (Bill Bamberger)
The Grenfell Press 1998-2000
Haste, Jeffrey
Lazard Asset Management
Padgett, Ron
The Poetry Project
Sun and Moon Press
Swets, C.W. - Outgoing from Z Press
Permissions and copyright correspondence
Thank you notes from poets directed to The Fund for Poetry and Z Press grants 1988-2000, 2013
Thank you notes from poets directed to The Fund for Poetry and Z Press grants 1988-2000, 2013
Z Press Books, Chapbooks & Magazine
Brainard, Joe, Michael Brownstein, Kenward Elmslie, and Anne Waldman - "Almost Heaven" broadside working file 1973
Clark, Jeff - Sun on 6 2000
Elmslie, Kenward - Adventure in the Vermont Woods, For C.W. 1997
List of Z Press publications
Miscellaneous
Invoices and cost estimates
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