Finding Aid for the Alexandra Garrett papers and Records of the Beyond Baroque Foundation, 1965-1991 LSC.1615
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Title: Alexandra Garrett papers and Records of the Beyond Baroque Foundation,
Creator:
Garrett, Alexandra
Identifier/Call Number: LSC.1615
Physical Description:
8.5 Linear Feet
(17 boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1965-1991
Abstract: Alexandra Garrett was associated with the short-lived literary magazines
Coastline and
Trace. The first office of Beyond Baroque, a non-profit cultural and educational foundation in the Venice section of Los Angeles,
opened in 1968. In the same year, the first issue of its avant-garde magazine,
Beyond Baroque, was published, and its art gallery opened. In 1969, the Venice poetry workshops, readings, and music recitals began. In
1972, the Beyond Baroque Foundation was created. The first National Endowment for the Arts grant came in 1974, and by 1977,
its library had grown to 10,000 volumes. By 1979, Garrett had become executive vice-president of the Foundation and assistant
editor of
Beyond Baroque magazine. The collection consists of correspondence, staff bulletins, reports, organizational charts, catalogs, calendars, press releases,
board meeting minutes, by-laws, articles and printed materials, scrapbook, clippings and magazines.
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Language of Material:
English
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[Identification of item], Alexandra Garrett papers and Records of the Beyond Baroque Foundation (Collection 1615). UCLA Library
Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of Peter L. Garrett, 1992.
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Biography
Alexandra Garrett was brought up in the Eastern U.S., and attended Bennington College in Vermont, editing its literary magazine;
moved to Los Angeles; was associated with short-lived literary magazines
Coastline and
Trace; the first office of Beyond Baroque, a non-profit cultural and educational foundation in the Venice section of Los Angeles,
opened in 1968; in the same year, the first issue of its avant-garde magazine,
Beyond Baroque, was published, and its art gallery opened; in 1969 the Venice poetry workshops, readings, and music recitals began; in 1972
the Beyond Baroque Foundation was created; the first National Endowment for the Arts grant came in 1974, and by 1977 its library
had grown to 10,000 volumes; by 1979 Garrett had become executive vice-president of the Foundation and assistant editor of
Beyond Baroque magazine.
Scope and Content
Collection consists of correspondence, staff bulletins, reports, organizational charts, catalogs, calendars, press releases,
board meeting minutes, by-laws, articles and printed materials, scrapbook, clippings and magazines. Includes materials on
art and music programs, Olympic poetry festival, book fairs, poetry readings, and film club.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Arts -- California -- Los Angeles -- Societies, etc. -- Archives.
Women periodical editors -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archives.
Women poets, American -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archives.
Beyond Baroque Foundation
Garrett, Alexandra--Archives.
box 1, folder 1
Beyond Baroque gallery - art & music announcements.
box 1, folder 2
Beyond Baroque miscellaneous.
box 1, folder 3
Beyond Baroque programs
1972-1974.
box 1, folder 4
Beyond Baroque - Library history & archives.
box 1, folder 5
Readings - past
1972-1977.
box 1, folder 6
Beyond Baroque chronology.
box 1, folder 7
Beyond Baroque staff bulletins, reports, organizational charts
1975-1985.
box 1, folder 8
Miscellaneous business
1981-1982.
box 1, folder 9
Beyond Baroque parties
1972-1976.
box 2, folder 1
Beyond Baroque fundraising via mail.
box 2, folder 2
Beyond Baroque brochure
1973-1987.
box 2, folder 4
Correspondence
1979-1983.
box 2, folder 5
Manuscripts & correspondence
1979-1983.
box 2, folder 7
Olympics poetry festival.
box 2, folder 8
Beyond Baroque small press book fair and workshops
1981.
box 2, folder 9
Beyond Baroque rejection slips & manuscript envelopes.
box 2, folder 10
Board of Trustees, Board of Directors by-laws.
box 2, folder 11
Beyond Baroque publicity, news releases.
box 2, folder 12
Board meeting
March 1981.
box 3, folder 1
Miscellaneous poetry readings
1977-1985.
box 3, folder 2
Readings - miscellaneous.
box 3, folder 4-5
Friends of books & comics, San Francisco Book Fair.
box 4, folder 1
Zimmerman poems, etc., [?].
1970-1971
box 4, folder 3
Helen Luster's poetry workshop,
1971.
box 4, folder 6-7
Correspondence - miscellaneous.
box 5, folder 1-3
Writers & editors to Alexandra C. Garrett.
box 5, folder 4-6
Literary magazines, workshops & presses.
box 6, folder 1
Literary magazines, workshops & presses.
box 6, folder 5
Alexandra Garrett letterhead (Beyond Baroque).
box 10, folder 2
Isherwood reading, - cancelled.
February 8, 1984
box 10, folder 5
Beyond Baroque business
1985.
box 11, folder 6
Beyond Baroque Vagabond fund raiser - cancelled
1988.
box 11, folder 7
Beyond Baroque - A night at the movies fundraiser
March 1988.
box 12, folder 1
Beyond Baroque miscellaneous, , including minutes of Board meetings.
1988
box 12, folder 2
ABA convention guide.
1988
box 12, folder 5-6
Beyond Baroque, - calendar, press releases.
1990
box 13, folder 1-2
Beyond Baroque Board meeting minutes
1990.
box 13, folder 3-5
Beyond Baroque, - calendar, press releases, etc.
1991
box 13, folder 6-7
Beyond Baroque, - Board meeting minutes, etc.
1991
box 14, folder 1
Beyond Baroque Foundation by-laws.
box 14, folder 2
Beyond Baroque building commission.
box 14, folder 4
Beyond Baroque book fairs - supply checklist.
box 14, folder 5
Copyright - letters regarding.
box 14, folder 6
Beyond Baroque calendars.
box 14, folder 7
Beyond Baroque miscellaneous
ca. 1968-1983.
box 14, folder 8
Beyond Baroque Magazine - forms.
box 14, folder 9
Beyond Baroque Magazine - procedures & ideas.
box 14, folder 11
Beyond Baroque Magazine - forms - original pasteups.
box 15, folder 1-4
Articles & printed material about Beyond Baroque.
box 16, folder 1-4
Articles & printed material about Beyond Baroque.
box 16, folder 5
Magazine:
Southern California Women.
box 16, folder 6
Coastlines - correspondence
1954-1957.
box 17, folder 2
Coastlines - workshops, courses, readings, conferences.
box 17, folder 4
Extra
Coastlines clippings.
box 17, folder 5
Coastlines - organization.
box 17, folder 6
Coastlines - distribution.
box 17, folder 9
California Quarterly - correspondence of interest.