INVENTORY OF THE CHARLES HENRI FORD PAPERS, 1906-1989,
bulk 1939-1989
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INVENTORY OF THE CHARLES HENRI FORD PAPERS, 1906-1989, bulk
1939-1989
Accession no. 900194
Finding aid prepared by Alan Tomlinson
Getty Research Institute
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Descriptive Summary
Title: Charles Henri Ford
papers
Date (inclusive): 1906-1989
Date (bulk): 1939-1989
Collection number: 900194
Collector:
Ford,
Charles Henri
Extent:
ca. 40 linear ft.
(79 boxes, 6 flat file folders )
Repository:
Getty Research Institute
Research Library
Special Collections and Visual Resources
1200 Getty Center Drive, Suite 1100
Los Angeles, CA 90049-1688
Abstract: American poet, playwright, painter, and
publisher. The Charles Henri Ford archive contains correspondence,
manuscripts, ephemera, art works, and newspaper clippings relating to himself,
his companion, Pavel Tchelitchew, and a large circle of friends, artists, and
literary figures.
Language: Collection material
is in English
Administrative Information
Access
Open for use by qualified researchers.
Publication Rights
Preferred Citation
Charles Henri Ford papers, 1906-1989, bulk 1939-1989, Research
Library, The Getty Research Institute, Accession no. 900194
Acquisition Information
Acquired in 1990.
Processing History
Processed by Alan Tomlinson.
Biographical/Historical Note
Charles Henri Ford, the American poet, playwright, publisher and
painter, was born Feb. 10, 1910, in Hazelhurst, Mississippi and died in 2002.
Ford's early and avid interest in poetry prompted him to publish a magazine
while he was still a young man in Mississippi.
Blues: A Magazine of new rhythms
attracted submissions from well-known writers such as Gertrude Stein and
William Carlos Williams, as well as from new voices, James Farrell, Erskine
Caldwell and Paul Bowles. Through the magazine Ford struck up a literary
conversation with Parker Tyler, whose descriptions of bohemian life in New
York's Greenwich Village drew Ford to New York. Ford turned their
correspondence into the collaborative novel,
Young and evil (Obelisk Press, 1933),
described by Michael Duncan as “a fragmented record of cruising, drag balls and
brittle repartee.” (
Art Forum, p.25) It was when
Young and evil was published that Ford
re-stated his birthdate as 1913 to become (in his words) “younger and more
evil.” (Information from MaryLynn Broe, Grinnell College in a scholar note
dated 27 March 1998 in Getty Research Library files.) Michael Duncan lists
Ford's birthdate as 1908 in his essay on Ford in
Art Forum, 41, no.5, Jan. 2003, p.
25.
In 1933 Ford traveled to Europe for the first time to meet artists
and writers. In Paris he met the Russian painter Pavel Tchelitchew. Pavel,
apparently dazzled by Ford, moved with Ford to New York City and thus began
the stormy 26-year relationship that continued until Tchelitchew's death in
1957.
Ford is probably best remembered for editing the influential
avant-garde magazine
View (1940-1947). Parker Tyler became
the associate editor and they published the avant-garde, of which they were now
a part.
Ford lived for extended periods in Nepal and Crete, keeping a home
base in the Dakota in New York City. Besides his publishing projects, Ford
wrote poetry and plays, produced photographs, collages, and an experiental film.
Shortly before he died he exhibited his art works at the Scene Gallery in New
York City.
In 1927 Ford wrote in his diary, “In two years I will be famous. In
two years I will be famous. In two years I will be famous. In two years I will
be famous. In two years I will be famous. In two years I will be famous. This
is my oath.” His papers document his intent, and his circle of intimates and
acquaintances, the little known and the famous.
Scope and Content of Collection
Papers contain correspondence (1920-1989), Ford's journals
(1938-1986), literary drafts, papers relating to the publication of
Blues 10 (1929-1930), works of art by
Ford and others (1934-1988), clippings and announcements (1940-1989), and
personal documents.
The correspondence details the business and personal activities of
Ford and his circle of friends. Correspondents include Angel Borrero, Paul
Bowles, Ronnie Burk, Ira Cohen, Nancy Cunard, Leonor Fini, Kimon Friar, Peter
Kostakis, Ted Joans, Gerard Malanga, Lynne Tillman, and Parker Tyler. Letters
from his sister Ruth Ford provide a detailed picture of her social life in New
York. Also included are pieces of mail art from Ronnie Burk, John Chick, Buster
Cleveland, Ira Cohen, Jerry Dreva, Paul Grillo, Ted Joans, Ray Johnson, and
Valery Oisteanu. Diverse works of art by Ford and others also are part of the
papers.
Ford's journals served as diaries and include drafts of his literary
works: poems and haiku appear in fragments throughout the journals. Also
included are his agendas and datebooks, and Pavel Tchelitchew's datebooks from
1938-1948.
Drafts of Fords novels, plays, and poetry exists in various stages of
revision. Manuscripts by others were sent to Ford, perhaps for publication in
Blues or
View. Several folders relate to the
publication of
Blues 10, the tenth issue of his
literary magazine, 1929-1930.
Several folders, intended for Ford's scrapbook, contain ephemera that
document his publications, gallery openings, poetry readings, dinners, teas and
other social events that he attended or that where given in his honor.
Newspaper clippings, many sent to him by his sister Ruth Ford, document social
activities, theater, exhibitions, opera, dance, literature, and gay rights.
Announcements and invitations provide a picture of the artistic events that
were an important part of Ford's life: exhibitions, readings, auctions,
announcements for publications, theatrical events.
The collection also includes miscellaneous papers, such as receipts
(royalty reports, gallery receipts, invoices) and some personal documents. Five
boxes hold publications and unprocessed materials.
Arrangement
Arranged in 11 series:
Series I. Correspondence, 1906-1989
Series II. Notebooks and datebooks, 1938-1986
Series III. Ford's manuscripts, 1933-1986
Series IV. Works by others, ca. 1980s
Series V. Blues 10, 1978-1989
Series VI. Works of art, 1934-1988, undated
Series VII. Personal and business documents, 1936-1986
Series VIII. Dossier scrapbook, undated
Series IX. Newspaper clippings, 1952-1989
Series X. Program announcements, 1940-1989, undated
Series XI. Receipts, ca. 1920-1989
Indexing Terms
Subjects - Names
Ford, Charles
Henri
Tchelitchew, Pavel,
1898-1957
Ford, Ruth,
1915-
Subjects - Topics
Art, Modern—20th
century
Gay liberation
movement
Haiku
Literature, Modern—20
th century
Mail art
Poetry, Modern—20th
century
Theater—United
States
Genres and Forms of Material
Audio
cassettes
Announcements—20th
century
Clippings—20th
century
Diaries—20th
century
Ephemera—20th
century
Receipts—20th
century
Contributors
Borrero, Angel
Bowles, Paul,
1910-1999
Burk, Ronnie
Chick, John
Cleveland,
Buster
Cohen, Ira
Cunard, Nancy,
1896-1965
Dreva, Jerry
Fini, Leonor,
1908-1996
Ford, Ruth,
1915-
Friar, Kimon
Grillo, Paul,
1943-
Johnson, Ray,
1927-
Joans, Ted
Kostakis, Peter
Malanga, Gerard
Oisteanu,
Valery
Tchelitchew, Pavel,
1898-1957
Tillman, Lynne
Tyler, Parker
Titles
Blues
View
Series I.
Correspondence,
1906-1989
Scope and Content Note
The files contain letters from Charles Henri Ford and Pavel
Tchelitchew, and to them from their friends, primarily fellow artists, and
writers. The letters detail the business, creative, and personal activities of
Ford and his circle of friends from 1920-1989. Included are some works of mail
art (particularly in the 1980s) from Ronnie Burk, John Chick, Buster Cleveland,
Ira Cohen, Jerry Dreva, Paul Grillo, Ted Joans, Ray Johnson, and Valery
Oisteanu.
Letters from Ford to his parents detail his travels, news about
Pavel and other friends, and the success of his novel,
The Young and evil. He discusses his
readings and his opinions of specific artists and writers. Letters from his
sister, Ruth Ford, are written in a diary-like style and keep her brother
abreast of her social interactions with, and frank opinions about an extensive
circle of literary, artistic and theatrical figures, including Djuna Barnes,
Cecil Beaton, Robert Clairmont, Jean Cocteau, and Parker Tyler. She also
details her personal life, impresses Ford with the importance of a network of
influential friends and urges him to keep his finances in order. Letters to and
from writers and artists provide rich details of creative ventures, opinions
and personal events. Matta includes a set of illustrated notes. Stan Brakhage
writes of his ideas about film.
The correspondence is arranged chronologically, except for a
segment of letters that Ford kept in alphabetical order during the years, ca.
1933 to 1984. One folder contains letters addressed to Pavel Tchelitchew.
Box 1, Folder 1
Postcards,
1906-1919
Physical Description: 22 items
Scope and Content Note
Picture (kitschy) postcards, addressed to Florine Chomeaux,
Edward Chomeaux, Gladys
Gilgar, and M. Sullivan from unidentified correspondents
Box 1, Folder 2
Postcards to Pavel Tchelitchew,
1920-1929
Physical Description: 4 items
Box 1, Folder 3
1930-1939
Physical Description: 32 items
Scope and Content Note
3 letters from Ford, a telegram to Tchelitchew from Orson Wells,
copy of letter to Ruth Ford from Donald Sutherland (about Ford), 1 letter to
Tchelitchew from the U.S. INS (1937), 10 postcards to Tchelitchew, 13 postcards
to Ford, 2 postcards addressed to
Blue magazine, 1 blank
postcard
Box 1, Folder 4
1940-1949
Physical Description: ca. 18 items
Scope and Content Note
7 postcards to Ford, 4 postcards addressed to others, letter and
legal documents from Morris Fish (attorney) to Ford and Tchelitchew, telegram
to Tchelitchew, carbon of letter from Gertrude Ford, birthday greeting card
addressed to Ruth, “Baby” and “Shelley.”
Box 1, Folder 5
1950-1952
Physical Description: ca. 12 items
Scope and Content Note
Letters, postcards and telegrams to Ford and Tchelitchew, from
Stella, Choura Zaoussailoff, Ruth Ford and Zachery Scott, Gertrude Ford and
others. 2 letters (carbon copies) from Tchelitchew.
Box 1, Folder 6
1953-1955
Physical Description: 22 items
Scope and Content Note
Letters and postcards to Ford and Tchelitchew, include holiday
greetings, come hand-made, and 3 draft letters, 2 from Tchelitchew, 1 from
Ford.
Box 1, Folder 7
1954
Physical Description: 18 items
Scope and Content Note
correspondence between Kato Gondhi and Stephen Spender (
Encounter magazine); 2 letters to
Botteghe Oscure from Gondhi.
Box 1, Folder 8
1956
Physical Description: 36 items
Scope and Content Note
Letters, postcards, telegram, notes and holiday greetings to
Ford and Tchelitchew from various, including Ruth Ford, Zachery Scott, Leonore
Fini, “Tania” Blixon, Edouard Roditi. Most of the letters are from Andrew
Tagliabue.
Box 1, Folder 9
1957
Physical Description: ca. 28 items
Scope and Content Note
Letters and holiday cards to Tchelitchew and Ford. 1 telegram
from Tchelitchew to Ford; letter from Kirk Askew and 8 sheets (dated 1954-1957)
listing Durlacher Bros. account with Tchelitchew for his paintings.
Box 1, Folder 10
Letters to Pavel Tchelitchev, Rome,
June-July, 1957
Physical Description: ca. 30 items
Scope and Content Note
Letters from friends, most concerned about his health, including
from Ruth Ford, Kirk Askew; 1 photograph of young boy; 1 very small envelope
(mail art?) stamped “Pasta's parrot” contains 3 small objects. Includes
hospital bills, bank book.
Box 1, Folder 11
Condolence cables,
1957
Physical Description: 12 items
Scope and Content Note
Telegrams from Ford and Choura Zaisailoff to friends, reporting
Tchelitchew's death. Most are typed copies.
Box 1, Folder 12
Letters and Christmas cards,
1958-1959
Physical Description: 20 items
Scope and Content Note
2 letters from Ford (carbon copies), 1 to his sister; 18 holiday
cards sent to Ford.
Box 1, Folder 13
1960-1967
Physical Description: 15 items
Scope and Content Note
Letters and cards to Ford; letters between Zachery Scott (acting
in Ford's behalf) and Brown University, and University of Texas, Austin about
those libraries acquiring Ford's letters.
Box 1, Folder 14
1968
Physical Description: 11 items
Scope and Content Note
Most letters between Ford and his banks, 1 postcard; one note
from Ruth Ford to Susan Sontag, marked “not sent.” 11 items
Box 1, Folder 15
1969
Physical Description: 24 items
Scope and Content Note
Business and financial business in letters between Ford and his
banks; some letters from friends, publishers.
Box 1, Folder 16
1970
Physical Description: 34 items
Scope and Content Note
Most letters (carbon copies) between Frosch (attorney) and Ford,
Ruth Ford and other attorneys about legal implications of Ford's plan to marry
a Greek woman; short notes between Ford (“Bubu”) and Ruth (“Sis”).
Box 1, Folder 17
Letters,
1971
Physical Description: ca. 23 items
Scope and Content Note
Holiday cards and letters to Ford; some correspondence with his
sister Ruth.
Box 3, Folder 3
Correspondence between Ford and the American Advisory
Service,
1975-1977
Box 4, Folder 3
Letters to Jesse and Suzy Brandt,
1977
Box 6, Folder 1
Letters,
January-March 1981
Box 6, Folder 7
Letter from George-Thérèse Dickenson,
1981
Scope and Content Note
Contains small glass jar of frankincense inside a green
stocking.
Box 6, Folder 11
Correspondence and receipts regarding Ford, Ruth Ford,
and Sotheby's,
1982
Box 7, Folder 4
Letters in answer to a secretarial advertisement,
Oct
1983
Box 7, Folder 12
Letter from Byron Black,
Oct
1984
Scope and Content Note
Contains mail art, including used typewriter ribbon inside
plastic box.
Box 8, Folder 5
Correspondence and receipts between Ford and Sotheby's,
1985
Box 8, Folder 12
Letter from Ronnie Burk,
1986
Scope and Content Note
Contains mail art, including two small packets of perfumed Dhoop
sticks.
Box 10-14, 77*
Letters filed alphabetically, A-Z
Box 11, Folder 2-3
Letters from Ruth Elizabeth Ford
Box 12, Folder 1-4
Letters from Mrs. Gertrude Ford
Box 77*, Folder 5
Oversize letters, from alpha files
Flat file folder 1**
Oversize letters from alpha files
Series II.
Notebooks and datebooks,
1938-1986
Scope and Content Note
Series comprises Ford's notebooks, 1968-1986, which contain diary
entries and drafts of his writings, and his datebooks, 1952-1986. Also included
are nine of Pavel Tchelitchew's datebooks, 1938-1948.
Series IIA.
Notebooks,
1968-1986
Scope and Content Note
Ford used his notebooks as diaries, and also to record ideas and
drafts of poems. Most of the notebooks include haiku that were later
transcribed or re-worked for works such as
Kathmandu experience. In the back
of many of the notebooks are extensive vocabulary lists. The notebooks also
include bibliographies, addresses, lists of things to do. The notebooks are
dated, and frequently have notes written years later that show how he
continually mined them for ideas and later literary works. Arranged in
chronological order.
Box 15, Folder 1
3 notebooks,
1968-1972
Scope and Content Note
Jan-Mar 1968, New York (?). Oct-Nov, with note “Reread for
Multiple Exposure, April 20, 1973.”
Box 15, Folder 2
3 notebooks,
1973
Scope and Content Note
Nov-Jan 1973: Kathmandu. Jan 1973, Nepalese notebook VI; with
note: "gleaned 2nd time April 14, 1973 for Multiple Exposure." Jan-Mar 1973,
Kathmandu; with notes (1973-1984) regarding transcribed sections, and rereading
for Multiple Exposure.
Box 15, Folder 3
6 notebooks, Kathmandu,
1973
Box 16, Folder 1
5 notebooks,
1973
Scope and Content Note
Kathmandu, Ceylon and Singapore, Bali and Bangkok, and
Srinigar.
Box 16, Folder 2
2 notebooks, Kathmandu,
1973
Box 16, Folder 3
1 notebook, Kathmandu,
1973
Box 17, Folder 1
4 notebooks,
1973
Scope and Content Note
Kathmandu and New York.
Box 17, Folder 2
1 notebook, Kathmandu,
1973
Scope and Content Note
Subtitled “Mysteries of Kathmandu.”
Box 17, Folder 3
1 notebook, Kathmandu,
1974
Box 18, Folder 1
1 notebook, Kathmandu,
Feb -
Jun 1974
Scope and Content Note
Includes monthly entries from 1973: transcriptions for
autobiography; tentatively titled "Theater of the Meaningless" written over
Multiple Exposures (large notebook).
Box 18, Folder 2
1 notebook, Kathmandu,
Jun -
Jul 1974
Box 19, Folder 1
6 notebooks Kathmandu,
1974
Scope and Content Note
Includes Collage Poems.
Box 19, Folder 2
2 notebooks,
1974
Scope and Content Note
Sep 1974 (date sealed) includes house furnishings inventory,
expenses.
Oct 1974, Paris.
Box 19, Folder 4
2 notebooks,
1975-1977
Scope and Content Note
1975-1976, crossed out title: “Flesh tones.”
Box 20, Folder 1
2 notebooks,
1977
Scope and Content Note
Feb 1977, Kathmandu.
27 Feb 1977, “Vocabulary book” written on outer envelope.
Box 20, Folder 2
3 notebooks,
1977-1978
Scope and Content Note
Dec - Jan 1978, Goa; some entries date back to 1976.
Jan 1978, Goa (Baga Beach), India; includes notes on BLUES
10.
Feb - Mar 1978, Goa.
Box 20, Folder 3
3 notebooks, Kathmandu,
1978
Box 21, Folder 1
1 notebook, Kathmandu,
1978
Scope and Content Note
Jun - Sep 1978, includes “Counterparts: the mirror before the
temple” crossed out title: “Time of the terrorists.”
Box 21, Folder 2
2 notebooks, Kathmandu,
1978
Scope and Content Note
Sep 1978, includes “Counterparts or, the mirror before the
temple.”
Nov- Dec 1978, re-titled “The Kathmandu Experience” and
includes “Notes for an exhibition: the Charles Henri Ford archive.”
Box 21, Folder 3
2 notebooks,
1978-1979
Scope and Content Note
India. Goa and Kathmandu; includes “In memory of Juan
Belmonte.”
Box 21, Folder 4
3 notebooks,
1979-1980
Scope and Content Note
Kathmandu, Vocabulary notebook, Chania, Greece, and Nepal.
Box 22, Folder 1
4 notebooks,
1980-1981
Scope and Content Note
Jul - Sep 1980, Kathmandu.
Sep 1980, Kathmandu; subtitled The Kathmandu Experience, with
newspaper clippings.
Dec 1980 to Jan 1981, New York.
Jan - Mar 1981, Kathmandu.
Box 22, Folder 2
2 notebooks, Kathmandu,
1981
Box 22, Folder 3
1 notebook, Kathmandu,
1981
Box 23, Folder 1
4 notebooks,
1981-1983
Scope and Content Note
Kathmandu, New York, Paris, and Chania.
Box 23, Folder 2
2 notebooks, Kathmandu,
1983-1984
Box 23, Folder 3
2 notebooks, Kathmandu,
1984
Box 24, Folder 1
3 notebooks, Kathmandu and Athens,
1984
Box 24, Folder 2
4 notebooks,
1984-1985
Scope and Content Note
Kathmandu, Thailand, and Paris.
Box 24, Folder 3
3 notebooks,
1985
Scope and Content Note
Chania and Kathmandu
Box 25, Folder 1
4 notebooks,
1986
Scope and Content Note
Kathmandu, Sri Lanka, Paris.
Series IIB.
Datebooks,
1938-1986
Scope and Content Note
Ford's datebooks (agendas) date from 1952-1986, with some years
incomplete or missing. In general they provide a running account of Ford's
social and business activities. He chronicles his appointments, birthdays,
shopping lists, visits, travels, and Indra's appointments and debts, but makes
few references to his artistic endeavors. Notations at the front and back of
the books include expense accounts, medication directions, addresses. A few of
the datebooks from 1956-1960 contain newspaper rental listings that he
evidently investigated as financial investments. Arranged in chronological
order. Also included are Pavel Tchelitchew's datebooks from 1938-1948.
Box 26, Folder 5
Paris and ?
1956
Scope and Content Note
Book is for 1953, but re-dated entries for 1956 Paris. Filled
with newspaper clippings of rentals.
Box 26, Folder 6
Paris
1957
July -
Sept
Scope and Content Note
Oct 4 to Nov 15;, additional entries for October (no year),
notes and clippings.
Box 26, Folder 8
Paris
1960
Scope and Content Note
Jan - Jun contains rental listings from newspapers
Box 27, Folder 1
Kathmandu (?)
1972,
April
20, 1973
Box 27, Folder 5
New York, Crete, Nepal
1976
Box 27, Folder 8
New York
1979-1980
Scope and Content Note
Calendar used from
Oct
1979 to
Jan
1980.
Box 28, Folder 3
1980
Scope and Content Note
Hardly used gift from sister.
Box 28, Folder 4
New York
1981-1982
(2 books)
Scope and Content Note
Three books, two for 1981.
Box 28, Folder 5
Paris (?) and New York (?)
1983-1986
Scope and Content Note
Paris, 1983; New York, 1984-1986.
Box 29
Pavel Tchelitchew's datebooks,
1938-1948
Series III.
Ford's manuscripts,
1933-1986
Scope and Content Note
Fords manuscripts in various stages of revision. Arranged by
titles, and type of manuscript.
Series IIIA.
Manuscripts with distinct titles,
1933-1985
Scope and Content Note
Subseries contains clearly titled manuscripts and collected
notes for drafts of manuscripts, in various stages of revision. Some of the
manuscripts have other, crossed-out, titles on them. Arranged in alphabetical
order by title.
Box 30, Folder 1
“The Bird and the cat,”
1952
Scope and Content Note
Typescript and manuscript with many corrections; folder
contains notes and script. Related in subject to the manuscript “One of the
thirty-six”; one page is dated
1952.
Box 30, Folder 2
“The Charles Henri Ford experience: an autobiography,”
1974 (?)
Scope and Content Note
Typescript with minor corrections. Originally titled,
“Intimate images” (crossed out on first p.). See “The Kathmandu experience” for
similar and related material.
Box 30, Folder 3-5
“Confessions of a freak,”
undated
Scope and Content Note
Typescript with minor corrections.
Box 30, Folder 6-7
“Culture clash,”
1978 (?)
Scope and Content Note
Typescripts and manuscripts with corrections.
Box 30, Folder 8
“Diary of a decade,”
undated
Scope and Content Note
Photocopy of typescript with corrections. The decade described
is
1948-1957.
Many pages are missing.
Box 30, Folder 9
“Diary of a decade,”
undated
Scope and Content Note
photocopies, illustrations with publication and identification
notes.
Box 31, Folder 1
“Distilled birthmarks,”
1973
Scope and Content Note
manuscript with corrections.
Box 31, Folder 3
“Distilled birthmarks” II
Box 31, Folder 4
“Distilled birthmarks,” recopied from I and
II
Box 31, Folder 5
“Drawings,”
undated
Scope and Content Note
Typescript with minor corrections. Note on outer envelope:
“first drafts and mms poems, sealed 20 Aug 1985.”
Box 31, Folder 6
“Golden dice in the fountain: an oriental idyll,”
undated
Scope and Content Note
Photocopied typescript with extensive revisions.
Box 31, Folder 7
“Ideas and events,”
undated
Scope and Content Note
Typescript with minor revisions.
Box 31, Folder 8-9
“The Innocent sleep: a play in three acts,”
194?
Scope and Content Note
Typescript of final draft without corrections. 2 copies.
Alternate title listed on one copy: “Time is a dream.”
Box 31, Folder 10
Interview tapes with Ira Cohen: conversations with
Charles Henri Ford, Kathmandu,
1974
Scope and Content Note
Audio cassette tapes of interview to be published in
Gay Sunshine: a journal of gay
liberation
, no. 24, Spring 1975.
Box 32, Folder 1
“Interview with Charles Henri Ford" by Lynne Tillman
and Clive Phillpot,
22 Oct
1980
Scope and Content Note
Typescript.
Box 32, Folder 2
“The Irresponsibles,”
undated
Scope and Content Note
Typescript of play with extensive revisions. Original title on
first page is crossed out: “No Thanks for Love: a serious comedy.”
Box 32, Folder 3
“Johnny Minotaur,”
1967-1969
Scope and Content Note
Manuscript notes, including notes for a scenario, technical
notes.
Box 32, Folder 4
“The Kathmandu experience,”
undated
Scope and Content Note
Typescript with extensive revisions. With several crossed out
titles. See also “The Charles Henri Ford experience: an autobiography” for
related material.
Box 32, Folder 5
“The Labyrinth,”
undated
Scope and Content Note
Typescript.
Box 32, Folder 6-9
“Labyrinth of Baudelaire,”
1952
Scope and Content Note
Typescripts and manuscripts with many corrections. See also
“What about Poetry and other notations including a paper on Baudelaire” for
related material.
Box 33, Folder 1-4
“Life of a Child,”
1933-1934
Scope and Content Note
Typescript with minor corrections.
Box 33, Folder 5
“Maura,”
undated
Scope and Content Note
Typescript with minor corrections.
Box 33, Folder 6-7
“Night is my mother,”
undated
Scope and Content Note
Typescript of final draft. 2 copies.
Box 33, Folder 8-11
“Nora's Novel (Mississippi),”
1933 (?)
Scope and Content Note
Manuscript with corrections.
Box 33, Folder 12
“Om Krishna,”
1977
Scope and Content Note
Note on outer envelope: “Aileen's typing from my final draft.
Phase III XVI missing (insert inserted),
1977.”
Box 34, Folder 1-2
“Om Krishna,”
undated
Scope and Content Note
Typescript with corrections. With added and crossed out
titles: “Book One: Distilled birthmarks,” and “Special effects.”
Box 34, Folder 3
“Om Krishna I: Special effects,” pp. 81-133,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Typescript with minor corrections.
Box 34, Folder 4
“Om Krishna I: Special effects,” pp. 81-86, 88-133,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Photocopy of above typescript.
Box 34, Folder 5
“Om Krishna III: Secret haiku,”
1984
or
1986
Scope and Content Note
Typescript with minor corrections, and notes about
publication.
Box 34, Folder 6-9
“One of the thirty-six: a dramatist's notebook,”
1951-1954
Scope and Content Note
Typescript and manuscripts with many corrections. Includes
notes, clipping, drafts of story in prose, scenario and script form. See also
“The Bird and the cat.”
Box 35, Folder 1-4
“Playback,”
1980
Scope and Content Note
Manuscripts and typescripts with extensive revisions. Also
notes, scenarios and scripts for play. Most complete typescripts are in folders
3 and 4.
Box 35, Folder 5
“Poe,”
1952
Scope and Content Note
Typescript and manuscript with corrections. Includes notes and
scenario for play.
Box 35, Folder 6-9
“The Poet in Kathmandu: an oriental idyll,”
1981 (?)
Scope and Content Note
Typescript with extensive revisions. See also “The Kathmandu
experience”
Box 35, Folder 10-11
“The Poet in Kathmandu: an oriental idyll,”
incomplete
Scope and Content Note
Photocopy of typescript with “cut and paste” corrections, only
pp. 65-184.
Box 35, Folder 13
“Poetry postcards, series 3,”
1985
Scope and Content Note
Set of postcards published by the Alternative Press,
1985, and including “Eight Words” by C.H.
Ford.
Box 35, Folder 14
“Portrait of the artist as a young whore,”
undated
Scope and Content Note
Typescript and manuscript with many corrections.
Box 36, Folder 1-2
“Sacred athlete,” related poems and notes,
1950-1951
Scope and Content Note
Typescript and manuscript with many corrections. Includes
notes, including plans for a play. Five different titles written at the top of
various pages.
Box 36, Folder 3-12
“Silver flower coo,”
1968
Scope and Content Note
Typographical composition of collaged printed fragments, with
notes for publication. Note on outer envelope: “Ford original paste-ups for
Silver Flower Coo; for Archives II; Sealed March 31, 1968.”
Box 37, Folder 1-2
“Special effects,”
undated
Scope and Content Note
Typescript with many corrections. “Sealed
November 23, 1971.”
Box 37, Folder 3
“Street of stairs” (out-take),
undated
Scope and Content Note
Typescript with minor corrections.
Box 37, Folder 4
“Theater of the Meaningless,”
undated
Scope and Content Note
Typescript with corrections.
Box 37, Folder 5
“To be: an autobiographical sketchbook,”
undated
Scope and Content Note
Typescript with minor corrections.
Box 37, Folder 6
Untitled play,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Typescript with extensive revisions.
Box 37, Folder 7-9
“What about Poetry and other notations, including a
paper on Baudelaire,”
1952
Scope and Content Note
Typescript with minor corrections. Includes: “From a record of
myself,” and “The Labyrinth of Baudelaire. See also Box 32, f. 6-9 for related
material.
Series IIIB.
Haiku and Imprints (I-IV)
Scope and Content Note
Material related to Ford's collaborative work with Reepak Shakya
on the collection of Ford's haiku entitled
Haiku & Imprints (I-IV). The
subseries contains material from various stages of production, including
original paste-ups of text, hand-colored copies of Reepak's collages and his
silhouette cut-outs, as well as the 2 of the finished books. See also Works of
art series for possibly related material.
Box 38, Folder 1
Haiku & Imprints I, and
Haiku & Imprints II,
1984-1985
Scope and Content Note
With collage prints by Reepak Shakya. Kathmandu, Nepal: An
Operation Minotaur Manifestation.
Box 38, Folder 2
Reepak collage postcards with Ford haiku,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Notebook containing hand-colored, photocopied collages glued
to postcards and set on pages opposite Ford's haikus.
Box 38, Folder 3
OM postcardiograms,
1984
Scope and Content Note
Printed and hand-colored postcards of Reepak Shakya's
collages. Note on outer envelope indicates these are from First series, set of
20.
Box 38, Folder 4
Enlarged collaged prints,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Hand-colored and enlarged from
Haiku & Imprints.
Box 38, Folder 5
Haiku with collages,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Photocopies of haiku juxtaposed and integrated with
hand-colored collages (by Reepak Shakya?).
Box 38, Folder 6
Haiku by Ford and collages by Reepak Shakya,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Photocopies (some hand-colored) of signed and dated collages
juxtaposed with haiku.
Box 38, Folder 7
Reepak collages, Ford haiku,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Hand-colored photocopies of collages glued to graph paper, and
photocopies of haiku
Box 38, Folder 8
For Reepak to color,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Photocopies of collages, some juxtaposed with haiku
Box 38, Folder 9-11
Collages I,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Original, hand-colored collages by Reepak Shakya with some
photocopies of haiku in typographic compositions; and original collages for
VIEW.
Box 38, Folder 12-13
Collages II,
1986
Scope and Content Note
Original hand-colored collages by Reepak Shakya juxtaposed
with haiku.
Box 38, Folder 14
Collages III,
1984
Scope and Content Note
Original collages by Reepak Shakya juxtaposed with haiku.
Box 39, Folder 1-2
Final production materials,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Include original collages at scale of final publication, title
pages (including for
Public haiku and
Operation Minotaur),
photocopies, collages, photographs, colophons.
Box 39, Folder 3
Production materials,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Includes title pages, haiku and silhouette imprint proofs.
Box 39, Folder 4
Watercolor prints,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Proofs of the silhouette prints, one hand-colored photocopy, 2
geometric watercolor designs
Box 39, Folder 5-7
Imprint proofs,
1984
Scope and Content Note
2 envelopes and one notebook of proofs of the silhouette
imprints. Envelopes are labeled: “
1984 Imprint proofs (rejects)” and “
1984 Imprints (reserve) framing
possibilities.”
Box 40, Folder 1-6
Silhouette Imprints,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Silhouette imprints of cut-out, symmetrical designs used in
the printing of pages between the text, also preliminary designs and printing
examples.
Box 41
Production materials,
undated
Box 41, Folder 5
Blank sheets of paper
Scope and Content Note
Samples of paper used for final production.
Box 41, Folder 6
Binding boards
Scope and Content Note
Made of handmade papers tie-dyed and produced by Bhagtapur
Decorative Paper Products, Bhagtapur, Nepal.
Series IIIC.
Haiku
Scope and Content Note
Subseries contains haiku written by Charles Henri Ford, ranging
from transcriptions from Ford's notebooks, to collections prepared for
publication. The status of these works is unclear; some may be drafts, others
appear to have been culled from completed works for other publications. Many
files include annotations and notes by Ford, some of which signal his
intentions for these manuscripts. Titles are descriptive, or taken from Ford's
folder labels. Arranged in alphabetical order by title.
Box 42
Haiku manuscripts,
undated
Box 42, Folder 1
Caption haiku for the
Advocate
Scope and Content Note
Typescript.
Box 42, Folder 2
Erotika Asiatica: a haiku testament
Scope and Content Note
Typescript with corrections, first draft. With note: “Haiku
(Literati to be extracted).”
Box 42, Folder 3-7
Haiku, folder 1
Scope and Content Note
Typescript of haiku in various stages of being cut and pasted.
Annotated.
Box 42, Folder 8
Haiku, folder 2
Scope and Content Note
Typescripts and manuscripts of haiku.
Box 42, Folder 9-13
Haiku transcriptions
Scope and Content Note
Haiku transcribed from Ford's notebooks, with corrections.
Box 43
Haiku manuscripts,
ca.
1972-1986
Box 43, Folder 1-3
Emblems of Arachne,
1986
Scope and Content Note
Typescript of haiku with corrections.
Box 43, Folder 4-5
Haikus and Secret haikus,
1972-1973,
1977-1978
Scope and Content Note
Manuscript, with crossed out titles: Haikus from a diary;
Haikus for Indra; Upsidedown butterfly.
Box 43, Folder 6
Handshakes from heaven II, folder I,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Typescript of haikus used for
Handshakes from Heaven II, in
various stages of being cut, glued and photocopied.
Box 43, Folder 7
Handshakes from heaven II, folder II,
1986
Scope and Content Note
Typescript of haikus used for
Handshakes from Heaven II. Note
on envelope: 18.ii.86 next-to-last drafts of haiku for Indra's photographs.
Box 43, Folder 8-10
The Literati: a haiku commentary,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Typescript of poems.
Box 43, Folder 11-14
Par Hasard: jeu de mots et d'images,
1983
Scope and Content Note
Photocopies of Ford's haiku juxtaposed against photographs by
Indra Tamang. Also preparatory material: photocopies, title pages, haiku
collaged on graph paper and clippings from magazines and newspapers used as
source material for collage haiku.
Box 43, Folder 15
Public haiku,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Photocopies of collages and haiku, with a note about sending
duplicates to the
Advocate; Included is one
collage with “View” at top.
Box 43, Folder 16
Public haiku,
1984
Scope and Content Note
Photocopies of Reepak Shakya's collages with one of Ford's
haiku glued to page. Note on envelope about sending photocopies to the
Advocate, 16 Nov 1984.
Box 43, Folder 17
Silk Purses,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Signed originals of haiku glued onto hand-colored, photocopied
collages by Reepak Shakya.
Box 43, Folder 18
Silk Purses,
1984
Scope and Content Note
Typescript of haiku.
Series IIID.
Drafts of poems,
ca.
1973-1985
Scope and Content Note
Subseries comprises drafts of poems, many in single sheets.
Titles are descriptive or taken from Ford's original folder. Arranged
alphabetically by title.
Box 44
Manuscripts of poems,
ca.
1973-1985
Box 44, Folder 1
The End of the world is beautiful today, not after
1985
Scope and Content Note
Typescript of collection of poems with minor collections. With
note: first drafts and MSS poems, sealed 20 Aug 1985.
Box 44, Folder 2-4
Poems: duplicates; typed poems for Book II and first
typed drafts,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Manuscripts and typescripts of poetry with revisions. Poems
include: “Happy landing for Jonathan Williams” and “Om Krishna: a
tetrology”.
Box 44, Folder 5
Poems, first drafts,
1973
Scope and Content Note
Two manuscript notebooks contain numerous poems, vocabulary
lists, some journal entries and travel plans.
Box 44, Folder 6
Poems, first drafts,
1976
Scope and Content Note
Notebook contains manuscript poems, dated 23 Aug 1976 to 11
Nov 1976, vocabulary lists and notes. Cover title of notebook: Cahier of
Vocabularies and First drafts, 1976. Note on inside cover regards Ford's plan
for the poems. Various titles are listed in back pages: “Operation Minotaur,”
“Distilled birthmarks,” “Lizard under the curtain,” “Sausages,” and “Last will
and testament.”
Box 44, Folder 7
Poems: some first drafts (Kathmandu),
undated
Scope and Content Note
Typescript and manuscript with revisions. Includes poems under
the following titles: “Special effects (for Parker Tyler),” “Distilled
birthmarks,” “Distant lightning,” “Jonquils of propinquity for Henry James,”
and “In search of the indescribable mirages in a labyrinth.”
Box 44, Folder 8
Poetry reading, Chicago,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Photocopies of typescripts with annotations regarding
reading.
Box 44, Folder 9
Selected poems, folder I,
ca.
1938-1964
Scope and Content Note
Typescript. Note on envelope: First drafts and mss poems,
sealed 20 Aug 1985. Includes: from
The garden of disorder and other
poems
, 1938;
ABC's, 1940; “Ballad for
Baudelaire” from
The Mirror of Baudelaire, 1942;
poems from
The Overturned lake, 1941; poems
from
Sleep in a nest of flames, 1949;
Uncollected poems, 1949-1964
Box 44, Folder 10
Selected poems, folder II,
1976,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Typescripts and manuscripts with minor corrections. Includes:
“Serenade to Leonore,” “Plaint,” “The Overturned lake,” “Five elegies,”
“Bringing culture to Buffalo,” “Enshrined,” “Untitled,” 1976.
Box 44, Folder 11
Selected poems, folder III,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Ca. 28 typescripts and manuscripts, various titles
Series IIIE.
Notes on poems,
ca.
1945-ca. 1985
Scope and Content Note
The subseries contains sheets with titles and notes, although
the relationship of the notes to the poem titles is ambiguous due to Ford's
repeated changes. Files also contain supportive materials, such as vocabulary
lists, review clippings and notes for illustrations. Titles are descriptive or
taken from Ford's original folder labels. Arranged alphabetically by title.
Box 45, Folder 1-2
Miscellaneous notes I,
1950,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Typescript and manuscript notes on Baudelaire, with
corrections. Titles at the tops of many pages, such as: “Notes on Labyrinth -
Imagery for chapter V”; “The Mirror of Baudelaire”; “Notes on Le Spleen de
Paris”; “Phoenix sun”; “Notes (7/26/1950) Sun and Sea.”
Box 45, Folder 3
Miscellaneous notes II,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Manuscript and typescript notes with corrections refer to a
number of works in various stages in their production, including: “Johnny
Minotaur,” “Distilled birthmarks,” “Mirages in a labyrinth,” “Om Krishna,”
“Haiku,” “A Text,” “The Kathmandu experience,” “Silk purses,” “Secret haiku,”
“The book of hidden lights,” and others.
Box 45, Folder 4
Notebook: poems first drafts and vocabulary,
1976
Scope and Content Note
Manuscript includes poems, vocabulary lists and notes,
beginning 11/13/1976. Notes under titles: “Om Krishna,” and “Lizard behind the
curtain.”
Box 45, Folder 5-6
Poems: imperfect copies,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Poems date from before 1985. Typescripts and manuscripts of
poems and notes, with corrections. With note: sealed Aug. 20, 1985 .
Box 45, Folder 7
Mss poems for archive II (copied),
undated
Scope and Content Note
Typescripts and manuscripts of poems and notes, with
corrections. With note: sealed Aug. 20, 1985.
Box 45, Folder 8
Mississippi notes and re-copied material,
undated (before
1980)
Scope and Content Note
Notes, seemingly taken from reviews, along with vocabulary
lists, notes on works, recopied rough drafts and lists of titles. Note on
cover: Sealed for archive II, 22.ix.80.
Box 45, Folder 9
Notes for illustrations,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Manuscript notes about covers for
Water from a bucket,
View (magazine) and
ABC's.
Box 45, Folder 10
Notes on poems,
1945
Scope and Content Note
Notebook contains manuscript notes on various poems. Notes on
cover: “Prelude {\#}1 to Volume I,” and “For Yale University Library: to be
sealed until 2000 A.D.”
Box 45, Folder 11
Notes on poems,
1946-1947
Scope and Content Note
Notebook with manuscript notes on various poems, and journal
entries. Notes on cover: “School of existence -
1946-1947,” and “Prelude {\#}2 to Volume
I.”
Box 45, Folder 12
Piero Tmar,
1954
Scope and Content Note
Notebook with manuscript notes, contains various titles:
“Piero Tmar,” “A Life,” “Statues in the decor,” “Piero,” “The Last palace,”
“The Voice of a man,” “A Guiding star.”
Series IV.
Works by others,
ca. 1980s
Scope and Content Note
Typescripts and articles used Ford for his own reference, or sent
to him for possible publication. Arranged in alphabetical order by author.
Includes one translation by Ford, one interview with him, and one mss. about
him. See also Series VIII for other material about Ford.
Box 46, Folder 1
Baudelaire, Charles. A Voyage to
Cytherea.
Scope and Content Note
Translation by Charles Henri Ford.
Box 46, Folder 2
Bell, Millicent, “Henry James: the man who
lived”
Scope and Content Note
Photocopy of article from
Massachusetts Review.
Box 46, Folder 3
Bell, Millicent, “Virginia Woolf now,”
Scope and Content Note
Photocopy of article from
Massachusetts Review.
Box 46, Folder 4
Boultenhouse, Charles. “Parker Tyler's own
scandal”
Scope and Content Note
Typescript, pp. 35-42 and table of contents.
Box 46, Folder 5
Coleman, E.H. “An essay on Nightwood”
Scope and Content Note
Photocopy of typescript from University of Maryland, College
Park, with editorial corrections throughout, possibly by Djuna Barnes. The text
includes notes on other authors. Note on envelope: “Xerox - 34 pp - regarding
Djuna Barnes piece submitted to View mag.”
Box 46, Folder 6
Gorer, Geoffrey, “Tchelitchew”
Scope and Content Note
Typescript.
Box 46, Folder 7
Milinaire, Caterine, “High season in Goa: Caterine
Milinaire interviews Charles Henri Ford”
Scope and Content Note
Typescript with corrections.
Box 46, Folder 8
Rood, Karen, “Entry on Charles Henri Ford for
Dictionary of Literary
Biography
, vol. 48: “American Poets 1880-1945,”
1986
Scope and Content Note
Typescript contains bibliography and extensive biography.
Box 46, Folder 9
Rood, Karen, “Entry on Charles Henri Ford for
Dictionary of Literary
Biography
, vol. 48: American Poets, 1880-1945,” (revised copy)
1986
Scope and Content Note
Photocopy of transcript, with revision notes.
Box 46, Folder 10-11
Sartre, Jean Paul, “The Respectful
prostitute”
Scope and Content Note
Also translated as the “Deferential whore,” adapted from the
French by Lionel Abel.
2 typescripts of the play, with many corrections.
Box 46, Folder 12
Tillman, Lynne, “Coming of Age in
Xania”
Box 46, Folder 13
Various authors, Alternative Press
Postcards
Box 46, Folder 14
Various authors, poems, folder I
Scope and Content Note
Typescript poems submitted to Ford for publication. Works from:
Valery Oisteanu (1); Gerard Malanga (10); Anne Waldman (2); Lynne Tillman (1);
Andrei Codrescu (2); Robert Press (1); Jay Leyda (1); Harold Norse (1); James
David Landis (1).
Box 46, Folder 15
Various authors, poems, folder II
Scope and Content Note
Typescript poems, probably submitted to Ford for publication.
Works by: Ron Padgett (3); Tom Weigel (6); Angela Dryden (9).
Box 46, Folder 16
Various authors, poems, folder III
Scope and Content Note
Typescript poems, probably submitted to Ford for publication.
Works by: Bob Lovit; Ira Cohen; W.-C. Stickney; Parker Tyler; Indra Tamang;
Gerard Malanga; Tom Weigel; Ronnie Burk; Carlos; Dana; G.T. Dickenson; Ted
Joans; John Wilness; Ted Berrigan; Andrej Codrescu; Margot; Angela Dryden.
Series V.
Blues 10,
1978-1989
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence and literary manuscripts related to
Blues 10, the tenth issue of the
literary journal first published by Ford as
Blues: a magazine of new rhythms, in
Columbia, Missouri, 1929-1930 (vol. 1-vol. 2, no. 9).
Blues 10 was published in 1989 as
Unmuzzled ox, vol. 12, no. 4 (no.
26).
Box 47
Letters from poets and writers,
1978-1979
Box 47, Folder 1-3
Dickenson, George-Thérèse
Box 47, Folder 4
Blues 10
photographs
Scope and Content Note
Photographs (b/w) of Mark Mendel word piece.
Box 47, Folder 5
Blues 10 - manuscripts of works
published
Scope and Content Note
Works and or letters from: R.F. Sauer, John Digby, Ben Maddow,
Ira Cohen, Paul Grillo, Bill Wolak, Tom Peterson, Valery Oisteanu.
Box 47, Folder 6
Rejected manuscripts, and letters from
writers
Scope and Content Note
Allen Ginsberg, Jim Goodman, Bill Wolak, Anne Waldman.
Box 47, Folder 7
Rejected manuscripts, and letters from writers
Scope and Content Note
Works and or letters from: William Burroughs, Ira Cohen, Bill
Wolak, Andrei Codrescu, Ted Joans, Edouard Roditi, R.F. Sauer, John Digby,
Edouard Rodin, Ben Maddow, George Thérèse Dickinson, Paul Bowles, Virgil
Thomson, Parker Tyler.
Box 47, Folder 8
Rejected manuscripts, and letters from writers
Scope and Content Note
Works and or letters from: Richard Kostelanetz, Edouard Roditi,
Ronald Tavel, Edmond Jabès, Anthony Rudolf, Sky Garner, Harold Norse, Laura
Beausoleil, Brion Gysin, Steve Kowit, George Thérèse Dickenson, Will Bennett,
Nanos Valaoritis.
Box 48, Folder 1-3
Manuscripts and letters
Scope and Content Note
Works by: Parker Tyler, Will Bennett, Morton Gurewitch, R. F.
Sauer, Charles Plymell, James Penzi, Ronnie Burke, Anne Waldman, Edouard
Roditi, Peter Kostakis. File of rejected manuscripts?
Box 48, Folder 4-7
Manuscripts and letters
Scope and Content Note
Works by: Andrei Codrescu, Ira Cohen, Bill Wolak, George Thérèse
Dickenson, Harold Norse, Paul Bowles, Ben Maddow, Neil Hackman, John Digby,
Coburn Britton, Morton Gurewitch, Brion Gysin, Nanos Valaoritis, Bill Wolak,
Valery Oisteanu, Paul Grillo, Dick Higgins, Peter Kostakis, Harold Norse,
Donald Windham, Sam Abrams, Kit Knight, Ronald Tavel. File of rejected
manuscripts?
Box 77*, Flat file folder 4
Series VI.
Works of art,
1934-1988,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Works by Ford and others.
Series VIA.
Works by Charles Henri Ford,
1934,
1973,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Drawings and collages, some in photocopies, by Ford, according
to the labeling on the original envelopes and folders. In some cases
attributions may be questionable.
Box 49, Folder 2
Collages, folder I
Scope and Content Note
See also Box 77*, f. 1 for oversize collages.
Box 77*, Flat file folder 1
Box 49, Folder 3
Miscellaneous signed works,
1973,
undated
Scope and Content Note
“Submarine monster” 1973; “Before leaving - do nothing,”
undated; and assorted drawings, collages and photocopies.
Series VIB.
Art works by others,
1940s-1986
Scope and Content Note
Individual art works, filed alphabetically by artist. Series
VIC. should be consulted in conjunction with this subseries. Some oversize
material is filed in Box 77* and in flat file folder 2**.
Box 49, Folder 4
Anonymous,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Etched copper plate
Box 49, Folder 5
Anonymous,
1986
Scope and Content Note
“Cut-outs by Lee.”
Box 49, Folder 6-7
Anonymous: miscellaneous,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Drawings, collages, photographs, photocopies, fragments
See also Box 77*, f.3, f.7, f.8 for oversize works by
Anonymous.
See also flat file folder 2** for oversize works by
Anonymous.
Box 77*, Flat file folder 3
Anonymous, “Miscellaneous”
Scope and Content Note
Oversize from Box 49, folder 6.
Box 77*, Flat file folder 7
Anonymous: “Watercolors and Imprints”
Scope and Content Note
Oversize from Box 49, folder 7.
Box 77*, Flat file folder 8
Anonymous: “Indra and Jeremiah”
Scope and Content Note
Oversize from Box 49, folder 8.
Flat file folder 2**
Anonymous
Scope and Content Note
Oversize, from Box 49.
Box 49, Folder 8
Baarslag, Lee,
1984
Scope and Content Note
“The Brick Boys,” photographs.
Box 77*, Flat file folder 2
Black, Byron: Printed Matter
Box 49, Folder 9
Burk, Ronnie,
1982 ?
Scope and Content Note
Envelope contains a photograph, a drawing and a newspaper
clipping.
Box 49, Folder 10
Burk, Ronnie,
1981-1988
Scope and Content Note
Photocopied collages. See also flat file folder 2** for 1
oversize sheet.
Box 49, Folder 11
Cleveland, Buster,
1977?
Scope and Content Note
Envelope contains circular note, calling cards and
photocopies.
Box 49, Folder 12
Cohen, Ira,
1977
Scope and Content Note
“Happy Birthday to the poet.”
Box 49, Folder 13
Cohen, Ira,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Miscellaneous photographs and collages.
Box 50
Cohen, Ira, photographs,
1973-1975
Box 50, Folder 1
2 Photographs,
1975
Scope and Content Note
Beggar boy with silver foil fingernails, signed; Petra Vogt
with tiger, signed.
Box 50, Folder 3
Cow festival, (Jatra), signed,
1975
Box 50, Folder 4
Floating Tara, signed,
1975
Box 50, Folder 5
Flower seller at Pashupatinath, signed,
1975
Box 50, Folder 6
The photo stressed the unimportance of makeup, signed,
1973.
Box 50, Folder 7
Untitled,
1973
Scope and Content Note
note on envelope: “At the Hermitage.”
Box 51
Works by others, C-S,
ca.
1984-1986
Box 51, Folder 1
Cohen, Ira,
1974
Scope and Content Note
Photographs.
Box 51, Folder 2
Cohen, Ira,
1974
Scope and Content Note
Photographs, Kathmandu.
Box 51, Folder 3
Cohen, Ira,
1980
Scope and Content Note
Photographs of Indra.
Box 51, Folder 4
Cohen, Ira,
1981
Scope and Content Note
Postcards.
Box 51, Folder 5
Cohen, Ira,
1981
Scope and Content Note
Postcards with letter.
Box 51, Folder 6
Cohen, Ira,
1978
Scope and Content Note
Unauthorized pictures of Ford. See also flat file folder 2**
for oversize work by Cohen.
Flat file folder 2**
Cohen, Ira
Scope and Content Note
Oversize from Box 51.
Box 51, Folder 7
Duchamp, Marcel,
ca.
1935
Scope and Content Note
Rotoreliefs. Probably the first series printed in Paris, 1935,
including the black plastic viewer, but without the circular holder.
Box 51, Folder 8
Emerson, Beth,
1980
Scope and Content Note
Audio cassette tape: Beth Emerson live at Stone Street.
Box 51, Folder 9
Goodman, Jim, photographs,
1981-1984
Box 51, Folder 10
Grillo, Paul,
1975
Scope and Content Note
“The Birth of the Blues” and “Homocarium” with letter to
Ford.
Box 51, Folder 11
Grillo, Paul,
1976,
1978
Scope and Content Note
“Dreamskins,” 1976 and “Visual Poem,” 1978.
Box 77*, Flat file folder 9
Hassell, Jon: “Dream Theory in Malaya”
Scope and Content Note
Oversize from Box 51.
Box 51, Folder 12
Joans, Ted,
1975
Scope and Content Note
“A present for Ford”
Box 51, Folder 13
Joans, Ted,
1986
Scope and Content Note
Tchelitchef connection in Minataur selection.
Box 51, Folder 14
Johnson, Ray,
1976,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Photocopied collages.
Box 51, Folder 15
Korbanka,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Untitled painting.
Box 51, Folder 16
Lama, Surendra,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Drawings.
Box 77*, Flat file folder 9
Malanga, Gerard “Photograph”
Box 51, Folder 17
Mayo,
undated
Scope and Content Note
2 drawings.
Box 51, Folder 18
Newton, Jeremiah,
1976
Scope and Content Note
“Found : Changes in Crew.”
Box 51, Folder 19
Oisteanu, Valery,
1982
Scope and Content Note
Collage postcard
See also Box 77, f. 10 for oversize Oisteanu work.
Box 77*, Flat file folder 10
Oisteanu [?], Valery: “Collage
Drawing”
Box 51, Folder 20
Ray, Man,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Photograph of Mina Loy.
Box 51, Folder 21
Shakya, Reepak,
1986
Scope and Content Note
Drawings.
Box 51, Folder 22
Stamey, Chris,
1977
Scope and Content Note
“The Summer Sun; Where the fun is,” Long-playing record.
Box 52
Works by others, T-Y,
ca.
1935-ca. 1982
Box 52, Folder 1
Tamang, Indra,
1974-1980
Scope and Content Note
Collages.
Box 52, Folder 2
Tanguey, Yves and Kay Sage,
ca.
1945
Scope and Content Note
Christmas and New Year's greeting.
Box 52, Folder 3
Tyler, Parker,
undated,
1935
Scope and Content Note
Valentine and postcard.
Box 52, Folder 4-7
Various artists postcards,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Postcards labeled: “The Image Bank Post Card Show”; Note on
outer box: “Postcards from Michael Morris...”
Box 52, Folder 8
Various artists postcards,
undated
Scope and Content Note
View postcards, series
I-III.
Box 52, Folder 9
Various artists postcards,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Collection of postcards: “9 photographers,” edited by Gerard
Malanga.
Box 52, Folder 10
Warhol, Andy: “Ones”,
undated
Box 52, Folder 11
Weigel, Tom,
1982
Scope and Content Note
Photocopy collages.
Box 52, Folder 12
Whitman, Robert, “Artcash,”
1976
Box 52, Folder 13
Young, Dana: color photocopies,
1976
Scope and Content Note
“Future stroll thru the park,” “Discovery of Nepal I,” and
“Discovery of Nepal II.”
Series VIC.
Miscellaneous art material
Scope and Content Note
The bulk of this subseries is visual art, interfiled with
related letters, poetry and prose. The visual works are collages, drawings,
artist's card, and mail art. The work is not dissimilar to that in Series VI.B,
above, but was filed separately by Ford. Each folder contains a grouping of
works by artists / writers, A-Z, and this arrangement has been maintained.
Oversize material is filed in flat file folder 3**.
Flat file folder 3**
Black, Byron
Physical Description:
Oversize miscellaneous art material, from Box
53, folder 1.
Box 53, Folder 8-9
Dickenson, George-Thérèse
Series VII.
Personal and business documents,
1936-1986
Scope and Content Note
The series contains miscellaneous official and personal documents,
momentos, guest lists, mailing lists and assorted items of a miscellaneous
nature. Some of the files relate to Ford's sister, Ruth Ford, to Gertrude Cato
Ford, and to the estate of Pavel Tchelitchew. The material in this series was
originally interspersed with correspondence. Oversize items are filed in Box
77* and flat file folder 3**. See Series VIII for more material about Ford.
Box 54, Folder 1
Chronologies,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Biographical sketches and chronologies of Charles Henri Ford,
Pavel Tchelitchew, Reepak Shakya and Indra Tamang
Box 54, Folder 2
Bibliographies,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Works of Charles Henri Ford, with annotations regarding
reprints.
Box 54, Folder 3
Official documents,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Contracts; certification for English conversation class for
Indra Tamang; estate documents for Pavel Tchelitchew and Annie B. Aycock; visas
and passport documentation.
Box 54, Folder 4
Passports,
1955-1981
Scope and Content Note
Renewed and re-issued passports for scattered years (5).
Box 54, Folder 5
International certificates of vaccination,
1972-1980
Box 54, Folder 6
Health care documents,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Medical reports and x-rays.
Box 54, Folder 7
Books signed to Charles Henri Ford
Box 54, Folder 8
Personal notes,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Short personal notes, memoranda, maps to friends houses;
includes some annotations on literary works.
Box 54, Folder 9
Gertrude Cato Ford papers
Scope and Content Note
School report cards, church membership, estate records.
Box 54, Folder 10
Preparatory material for an exhibition: “Postcards to
Charles Henri Ford,”
1976
Scope and Content Note
Gallery announcements, press releases, mailing lists.
Box 54, Folder 11
Photocopies of postcards in exhibition: “Postcards to
Charles Henri Ford,”
1976
Box 54, Folder 15
Membership cards,
undated
Scope and Content Note
YMCA, New York, Social Security, Medical Information card, The
Cavern.
Box 55, Folder 1-6
Family snapshots, passport and other
photographs
Scope and Content Note
Some that may have been used as artistic sources. The
photographers include Ford, Ruth Ford, Ira Cohen and Indra Tamang.
Box 58
Guest lists, mailing lists,
ca.
1939-1986
Box 58, Folder 1
Guest registers,
1939-1951
Scope and Content Note
Ford and Pavel T. in Weston, Connecticut.
Box 58, Folder 2
Guest registers,
1955,
1973
Scope and Content Note
Chez Francois Reichenbach, Place des Etats-Unis, Paris,
1955.
Kathmandu experience, in a chemistry exercise book, 1973.
Box 58, Folder 3
Guest registers,
1979-1980
Scope and Content Note
“High tea at the Dakota” (New York City).
Box 58, Folder 4
Guest register,
1980
October 15
Box 58, Folder 5
Dinner party,
1986,
June
26
Scope and Content Note
Notes, letters, guest lists and a photograph related to a dinner
party given by Ruth Ford for Operation Minotaur's
Handshakes from heaven II.
Box 58, Folder 6
Mailing list,
1975
Scope and Content Note
For the Kathmandu experience, New York Cultural Center.
Box 58, Folder 7
Old mailing list - finished business,
1981
Jan
Box 58, Folder 9
Mailing lists,
1986,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Out of town, foreign, the Dakota (1986), Press, and Couri
Hey.
Box 59
Guest lists and mailing lists,
ca.
1966,
undated
Box 59, Folder 1
Miscellaneous mailing lists
Box 59, Folder 2
Mailing list for
Silver flower
coo
Box 59, Folder 3
Old lists (Johnny Minotaur premiere)
Box 59, Folder 5
Lists and labels no. 2 (duplicates)
Box 59, Folder 6
Mailing list typed for photocopying, gummed
labels
Box 59, Folder 7-11
Guest and mailing lists for various
events
Scope and Content Note
Lists for teas, parties, Christmas cards, screenings,
exhibitions and other events.
Box 60, Folder 1-8
Lists of things to do
Scope and Content Note
People to call and visit, letters to write, errands to run, and
inventory and grocery lists. Arranged chronologically by year.
Box 61, Folder 2
The Dakota [apartment in New York]
Scope and Content Note
Directory and sheet regarding tipping staff at his apartment in
New York.
Box 61, Folder 3
Holy bible with 4-leaf clovers,
1946
Box 61, Folder 4
Tru-Vu film viewer of Gypsy Rose Lee performing a strip
tease
Scope and Content Note
Box is addressed to P. Tchelitchew.
Box 62, Folder 1
Unopened birthday present
Scope and Content Note
From Hasley, Denise Mercedes, Patrick Mack.
Box 62, Folder 2
7 Photos of Zachary,
1985
Scope and Content Note
Photos of the actor Zachary Scott (married to Ruth Ford), a
present from Ford's sister.
Box 62, Folder 3
Paris jazz,
1985
Scope and Content Note
Audio cassette tape. Note on envelope: “ 1985 Paris tape -
begins with Ted Joans re Operation Minotaur. Side II - Jazz, etc.”
Box 62, Folder 4
Material related to looking for a loft,
1975
Scope and Content Note
Classified advertisements with notations.
Box 62, Folder 5
Rental advertisements
Scope and Content Note
Rough drafts for ads.
Box 62, Folder 6
All about everybody,
1936-1949
Scope and Content Note
Miscellaneous autographs.
Box 62, Folder 7
Press photographs,
1980
Scope and Content Note
“A gift of Balarama.”
Box 62, Folder 8
Goa: Photos and documents
Scope and Content Note
Notes, newspaper clippings and photocopied articles about Goa,
India.
Box 62, Folder 9
Illustrations
Scope and Content Note
Printed illustrations of Hindu and Buddhist deities. See also
flat file folder 3** for oversize items.
Flat file folder 3**
Illustrations of Hindu dieties
Scope and Content Note
Oversize items from Box 62, folder 9.
Box 62, Folder 11
Proposal for an anthology
Scope and Content Note
Entitled The Page as alternative space, co-edited by Martha
Wilson and Ingrid Sischy.
Box 62, Folder 16
Horoscope and bio-rhythm information
Box 62, Folder 17
Rough drafts for a social column
Scope and Content Note
High Tea at the Dakota. Leonora Carrington.
Box 62, Folder 18
Accounts, Kathmandu,
1981
Box 62, Folder 19
Order forms
Scope and Content Note
Completed, but unsent orders for books, slides, senior
discounts, etc.
Box 62, Folder 21
Seeds
Scope and Content Note
3 packets.
Box 77*, Flat file folder 6
Series VIII.
Dossier scrapbook,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Files in this series were intended for Charles Henri Ford's
dossier. They contain ephemera, other printed material, and manuscripts that
document his life and work. The files contain newspaper clippings, reviews,
announcements, press releases, advertisements, chronologies and bibliographies,
articles and interviews by and about him, photocopies of entries from
biographical dictionaries. Also included: some poetry with corrections,
publication catalogues and journal issues. The folders reflect Ford's
labeling.
Box 63, Folder 1
Ford dossier miscellaneous
Box 63, Folder 2
Dossier and scrapbook material
Series IX.
Newspaper clippings,
1952-1989
Scope and Content Note
The bulk of the clippings were sent to Ford by his sister Ruth.
Her annotations on the clippings range from gossip to editorial comments. The
subjects of the clippings include society news, reviews, advertisements and
articles related to theater, fine art galleries, opera, dance, literature and
gay rights. Some of the clippings were collected by Ford himself. Clippings are
arranged chronologically.
Series X.
Program announcements,
1940-1989,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Series comprises printed announcements for various artistic
activities, many with personal inscriptions. The events announced include
performance art, poetry readings, art exhibitions, auctions, theatre
performances, as well as announcements of books for sale. The formats include
small catalogues, cards and postcards, advertisements, posters, playbills,
press releases and price lists. Arranged chronologically by year.
Box 77*, Folder 14
Gallery announcements: Poetry Project
Series XI.
Receipts and publications,
ca.
1920-1989
Scope and Content Note
Primarily personal financial papers, the series contains royalty
reports, auction reports from Sotheby's, gallery receipts, invoices, travel and
household receipts, bank statements, check stubs, and notes regarding sums of
money lent. Many items are undated. Includes publications that came with the archive.
Box 74-76
Publications and unprocessed
Box 78-79
Publications and unprocessed
