Finding Aid to the Neil Marcus papers
BANC MSS.2011/247
Lauren Lassleben, Marjorie Bryer, Kate Tasker, and Christina Velazquez Fidler
The Bancroft Library
2017 and 2022
The Bancroft Library
University of California
Berkeley, CA 94720-6000
bancref@library.berkeley.edu
Contributing Institution:
The Bancroft Library
Title: Neil Marcus papers
Creator:
Marcus, Neil, 1954-
Identifier/Call Number: BANC MSS.2011/247
Physical Description:
10 linear feet
7 cartons, 3 boxes, 1 oversize folder
Physical Description:
9 videocassettes
VHS
Physical Description:
1 audiocassette
compact cassette
Physical Description:
70.638 GB
(17,352 files)
Date (inclusive): 1945-2020
Date (bulk): 1958-2016
Abstract: The Neil Marcus papers document his life and work as a writer, actor, artist, dancer and disability rights activist from his
early childhood through his adult life. There is incoming and outgoing correspondence; writings, including materials related
to his play
Storm Reading; subject files; photographs; a small amount of audiovisual material, and web files.
Physical Location: Many of the Bancroft Library collections are stored offsite and advance notice may be required for use. For current information
on the location of these materials, please consult the library's online catalog.
Language of Material: Collection is in English.
Administrative Information
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The Neil Marcus Papers were given to The Bancroft Library by Neil Marcus in 2011 and 2017.
Accruals
No future additions are expected.
System of Arrangement
Arranged to the folder level.
Processing Information
Processed by Lauren Lassleben and Marjorie Bryer in 2017 and 2019. Digital files processed by Kate Tasker in 2016 and completed
by Christina V. Fidler in 2022. The digital materials from Neil Marcus were received on one 5.25" floppy disk, two CDs, twelve
CD-Rs, one CD-RW, seven DVDs, thirteen DVD-Rs, one DVD+R, one external HD, one Facebook capture done on 2016-05-05, one Flash
drive, one website capture (blog post), one Youtube channel capture. The files were scanned for viruses using Malware Bites.
Forensic disk images of the source media were made by Library staff using AccessData FTK Imager 3.1.3.2. The disk images were
saved to preservation storage. Archivists extracted and analyzed the files in FTK and also screened material for personal
identifiable information (PII) and protected health information (PHI). Five optical disks contained duplicate content, and
six optical disks could not be imaged due to file corruption.
Information for Researchers
Conditions Governing Access
Digital folders 002, 006, 008, 025, and 043 contain files with restriced information and are closed to researchers until 2072.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Access to digital materials is available on-site and by appointment only. Digital materials can be accessed by requesting
the corresponding Digital Folders.
Publication Rights
Copyright has not been assigned to The Bancroft Library. In addition, the reproduction of some materials may be restricted
by terms of University of California gift or purchase agreements, donor restrictions, privacy and publicity rights, licensing
and trademarks. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires
the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission
of the copyright owner. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user. All requests to reproduce, publish, quote
from, or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted in writing to the Head of Public Services, The Bancroft Library,
University of California, Berkeley 94720-6000. See: http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/reference/permissions.html
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Neil Marcus Papers, BANC MSS 2011/247, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Acknowledgments
The Bancroft Library would like to express its appreciation to the following people for their valuable assistance in processing
these papers:
Neil Marcus and his siblings, Kendra, Russell, Roger and Wendy Marcus;
Neil's assistants, including Agnieszka Nowicka, Edyta Gorska, Carius Gorsky, Patrick M. Goodspeed, Shane Brodie, Scott Wallin,
Paul McCold, Jessica Feeley and Melissa Chapman.
Bancroft Library staff members Marjorie Bryer and Kate Tasker.
Alternate Forms Available
There are no alternative forms of this collection.
Related Collections
Neil Marcus, performance artist : oral history transcript / interviews conducted by Esther Ehrlich in 2004 (BANC MSS 2008/141)
Artists With Disabilities Oral History Project : thematic excerpts (Motion Picture 1178E)
Biography
Neil Marcus is a writer, actor, artist, dancer and disability rights activist who lives in Berkeley, California. He was born
in White Plains, New York on January 3, 1934. His parents were Wil Marcus and Lydia Perera, and he has two older sisters
and two older brothers. In 1960, the family moved to Ojai, California.
In 1962, when he was in the fourth grade, Neil was diagnosed with dystonia musculorum deforman, which progressed rapidly over
six months. Dystonia is a rare, usually hereditary neuromuscular disease that affects his muscles and speech. He had three
cryosurgeries over a five-year period, which froze a small spot on his brain, and provided some relief.
Neil attended Ojai Valley School from 1963 through 1971, and graduated as class valedictorian. He lived on campus for the
last three years of high school, and got around campus in a golf cart. After a memorable trip to Laos to visit a high school
classmate, he hitchhiked to Bellingham to attend Fairhaven College at Washington State University. He also attended Moorpark
College and Solano Community College, both in California. He wrote a regular column in the student newspaper at Moorpark
College and contributed feature stories to the Ojai Valley News. As a counselor for disabled students at Solano College,
he wrote a column for
The Rising Tide. These would be followed by his own newsletters, entitled
Special Effects and
Fantastic Spastic. He also published an annual counseling journal called
Complete Elegance.
After Neil moved to Berkeley, California in 1980, he joined the nascent disability activist community based at the Center
for Independent Living. He wrote observations and biographical pieces. In addition to writing and producing newsletters,
he wrote and published articles, poetry, and a children's book,
The Princess and the Dragon. His other books include
Special Effects: Advances in Neurology and
Cripple Poetics: A Love Story.
Neil's most well-known piece is an autobiographical, two-act play entitled
Storm Reading, written in collaboration with his brother, Roger Marcus. In 1987, the brothers took the script and sheet music to Rod Lathim,
the head of Access Theater in Santa Barbara, who agreed to direct the play.
Storm Reading was such a success in Southern California that the decision was made to take it on the road. Neil, actor and sign language
interpreter Kathryn Voice, and Roger (later replaced by Matthew Ingersoll) toured the United States and abroad extensively,
appearing in such prestigious venues as the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. They also played colleges, high schools
and elementary schools around the country. The company performed
Storm Reading more than 300 times between 1988 and 1996.
Storm Reading won the Outstanding Achievement in Play Writing Award from the U.N. Society of Writers, the Critic's Choice Award, and Drama-Logue
Magazine's Best Leading Actor and Best Ensemble Awards for 1992.
Throughout the early 21st Century, Neil continued to write and to carry on an extensive correspondence with friends. An active
user of social media, he remained an integral member of the disability community in the San Francisco Bay Area. He performed
locally and traveled to Europe and Australia. Neil served as a guest lecturer on arts and disability, and co-taught a class
with Professor Susan Schweik at U.C. Berkeley entitled Disability and Digital Storytelling. He collaborated with Professor
Petra Kuppers on the Olimpias Disability Culture Projects. Neil prepared his personal papers for transfer to The Bancroft
Library.
"Somewhere in my life I came to the conclusion that the image of fear and doom associated with disability needed change.
After all I was disabled, I was probably going to continue being disabled and I wanted to enjoy my life and my future. I
guess I just happened to stumble into the arts. I mean, I saw that images of disability were confining because they lacked
artistry. Further, when I acted with an artistic purpose, it made me feel good."
(Neil Marcus)
Scope and Content of Collection
"The message we [people with disabilities] often get in society is that we are worthless, unimportant beings. This is a lie.
We are glorious, essential, intelligent human beings, deserving of absolutely the best from life."
(Neil Marcus)
The Neil Marcus Papers provide ample proof of Neil's words. Neil has turned a serious disability into a lifelong meditation
on and appreciation of what it means to be a member of the artistic and disability activist community in the latter half of
the 20th Century and the beginning of the 21st Century.
Because the papers document his life beginning in early childhood, it is possible to trace his life and career from his student
days until the present. The wide range of his friendships and interests as well as his family life are well documented in
the wealth of outgoing and incoming correspondence found in Series 1. The collection also includes Neil's active web presence
as documented in his YouTube channel archive and his Facebook account data.
The earliest writings in the second series are his speech as high school valedictorian and his college admission essays.
Within a few years, Neil segues into a newspaper columnist, and then a newsletter editor and publisher of his own and others'
work. He has experimented with many kinds of writing, from observations about life in what he calls "Disabled Country" to
helpful hints for those writing about disability ("Tips for the Linguistically Correct").
One of the most interesting sections of the collection documents an intensely creative period during which the play
Storm Reading was written, rehearsed, produced and toured around the country and abroad. Neil's descriptions of the extreme physical effort
it took for him to perform while on tour are balanced against the pleasure he found in the stellar reviews, awards and the
ecstatic fan mail he received from adults and children alike. This series includes videotaped performances of the play.
Series 4., Subject Files, demonstrates Neil's wide range of interests, everything from the first picture of a disabled athlete
to appear on a box of cereal as a Wheaties Champion to a detailed medical diary and notes from the years 1962 to 1973. There
are also folders containing biographical information, descriptions of physical therapy sessions with Israeli physicist Moshé
Feldenkrais, programs from local performances and coursework from his years at the Ojai Valley School.
Series 5 contains photographic materials that document Neil's family, friends, and artistic work.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Marcus, Neil -- Archives
Artists with disabilities -- California
Performance artists -- California
Performance art -- California
Theater
Dystonia
Born digital
Correspondence Series 1:
1960-2016
Physical Description: Carton 1; Carton 2, folders 1-33; Carton 6, folder 1
Restrictions on Access
Email correspondence described at the end of Series 1) Correspondence contains restricted personal information and is closed
to researchers until 2072.
Scope and Content Note
Series 1 is divided into three parts: Outgoing Correspondence, 1960-2013; Incoming Correspondence, 1962-2015; and Incoming
Correspondence/Alphabetical Miscellany Files, 1963-2016. The outgoing correspondence is arranged chronologically. The incoming
correspondence and miscellany files are arranged alphabetically by the last name of the correspondent. There is one file of
unidentified correspondence and email correspondence at the end of the series.
carton 1, folder 1-21
Outgoing Correspondence
1960-2013, undated
carton 1, folder 28
Carpenter, Natalie
1991-1995
carton 1, folder 29
Chambers, Elnora and Scott
1971-1999
carton 1, folder 33
Cooper, Irving S.
1965-1978
carton 1, folder 38
Fuller, Buckminster
1969-1972
carton 1, folder 40
Jackins, Harvey
1970-1994
carton 1, folder 41
Jauregui, Robin
1983-1984
carton 1, folder 43
Konder, Bonnie and Adam
1978
carton 1, folder 48
Marcus, Roger and Alis
1971-1999
carton 1, folder 49
Marcus, Russell
1971-2000
carton 1, folder 56
McGreevy, Joyce
1975-1978
carton 1, folder 64
Pendergrass, Don
1970-1971
carton 1, folder 67
Rathbun, Lois Lee
1975-1988
carton 1, folder 68
Rutledge, Susan
1976-1977
carton 1, folder 69
Sananikone, Phouangkeo
1970-1973
carton 1, folder 71
Scheinberg, Herbert
1963-1978
carton 2, folder 6
Thiboutot, Jane
1994-1999
carton 2, folder 8
Trujillo, Felicia
1983-1989
carton 2, folder 10
Welton, Benzion
1977-1982
carton 2, folder 11
Yates, Kristina
1984-1985
carton 2, folder 12-33
Incoming Correspondence and Alphabetical Miscellany Files, A-Z and Unidentified Correspondents
1963-2016
carton 6, folder 1
Incoming and Outgoing Correspondence, Unidentified
circa 1972-2013
digital_folder 002
Email correspondence
1996-1999
Physical Description: 0.008 gigabytes(2,214 email files)
Restrictions on Access
Email correspondence contains restricted personal information and is closed to researchers until 2072.
Processing Information
Neil Marcus's email files inlcude emails received and sent between 1996-01-27 to 1999-04-15. Marcus used Eudora 1.4.4 through
Eudora 3.0.1 as his email clients. The emails are stored in a folder titled WHLWRKS_WELL, and were transferred on a Lexar
flash drive along with other textual files. The WHLWRKS_WELL folder has five mbox files, 1) IN.MBX, 2) LONGMORE.MBX, 3) OUT.MBOX,
4) TRASH.MBX, and 5) VERYGOOD.MBX. Only IN.MBX, LONGMORE.MBX, and VERYGOOD.MBX contain envelope information.
digital_folder 002
"Phone Conversation.speech"
2004-2015
Physical Description: 0.026 GB
(30 files)
Writings Series 2:
1970-2016
Physical Description: Carton 2, folders 34-57; Carton 3, folders 1-64; Carton 6, folders 2-16; Box 1; Oversize folder 1
Arrangement
Most writings are arranged alphabetically by title. Additions are arranged chronologically.
Scope and Content Note
This series includes play scripts, book drafts, articles, short stories, observations, poems, newsletters, newspaper columns,
and videotaped performances of works. Files from the additions (in Carton 6) often contain multiple works.
carton 2, folder 34
"Acupuncture: A Revelation in Medicine"
1972
digital_folder 033
"AEGALKJ", a play manuscript
1988 March 08
Physical Description: 0.001 GB
(1 file)
digital_folder 043, digital_folder My Documents2
"aRT.DOC"
2001 December 24
Physical Description: 0.001 GB
(1 file)
carton 2, folder 36
The Art of Human Being (Excerpts)
undated
box 1
The Art of Human Being, VHS Tape
March 12 and 14, 1993
Physical Description: 1 videocassetteVHS
carton 2, folder 37
Articles for Book
undated
carton 2, folder 38
"Asia's Gift to Ojaian: Learn to Respect the Body"
undated
digital_folder 043, digital_folder My Documents2
"BRENDA"
undated
Physical Description: 0.001 GB
(9 files)
carton 2, folder 41
"Brute Force: Makes His Mark on in [sic] the Valley"
undated
carton 2, folder 42
"Build It and They Will Come"
2009
carton 2, folder 43
A Call to All Who Publish or Report
1989
carton 2, folder 44
Christy (Television Special Based on the Book)
1994
carton 2, folder 45
"Cleaning Up Class Confusion"
1983
carton 2, folder 46
College Admissions Essays
circa 1970
carton 2, folder 47
"Coming Home: Not to a Closet"
1980
carton 2, folder 48-49
Complete Elegance
1976-1990
carton 2, folder 50
["Continental Divide"]
undated
carton 2, folder 51
Cripple Poetics
2008-2009
oversize_folder 1A
Cripple Poetics – Posters (includes Posters for Other Events and Performances)
2010, undated
carton 2, folder 52
"The Crippled Question: Able, Able Who's Disabled"
1980
digital_folder 043, digital_folder My Documents2
"Current edit on bk"
1996-2000
Physical Description: 0.001 GB
(8 files)
digital_folder 043, digital_folder My Documents2
"DANCE"
1996-2002
Physical Description: 0.005 GB
(70 files)
carton 2, folder 55-56
Dancing Ecstatically: The Disabled Art Manifesto of Neil Marcus
1995
digital_folder 043, digital_folder My Documents2
"Diary"
1987-1998
Physical Description: 0.001 GB
(7 files)
carton 3, folder 1
"The Diary of the Rational Man"
undated
carton 3, folder 2
"Difference on a Platter"
undated
digital_folder 043, digital_folder My Documents2
"Digital class"
1999
Physical Description: 0.001 GB
(4 files)
carton 3, folder 3
Disabled Calligraphy
1988
carton 3, folder 4
Disabled Country
1984-2006
carton 3, folder 5
Disabled Country Wisdom
1995
oversize_folder 1A
Disabled Fable – Illustration for Neil's Book (by Clifford Page)
undated
carton 3, folder 7
"Disabling the Disabled"
2001
carton 3, folder 8
[Dystonia Newsletter]
undated
digital_folder 002
Dystonia
1999-2014
Physical Description: 0.034 GB
(102 files)
digital_folder 043, digital_folder My Documents2
Dystonia
1999-2002
Physical Description: 0.033 GB
(68 files)
digital_folder 043, digital_folder My Documents2
"Essays"
1992-2000
Physical Description: 0.001 GB
(8 files)
carton 3, folder 10
Fantastic Spastic
1994-1995
digital_folder 043, digital_folder My Documents2
"Fantasy thots"
1996-1999
Physical Description: 0.001 GB
(10 files)
digital_folder 043, digital_folder My Documents2
"Finished pages"
1996-2002
Physical Description: 0.002 GB
(40 files)
carton 3, folder 11
Flowers for the Living
1974
digital_folder 002
"Going Anywhere Essays"
1996-2015
Physical Description: .218 GB
(159 files)
carton 3, folder 12
"Handicapped Priest an Inspiration at St. Joseph's"
1982
carton 3, folder 13
"Incredible Journey"
1977
carton 3, folder 14
"Is Yours the Stuff that Dreams are Made Of?"
2001
digital_folder 043, digital_folder My Documents2
"Jane Stories"
1998-2000
Physical Description: 0.001 GB
(18 files)
digital_folder 043, digital_folder My Documents2
"Karl Slides"
1999
Physical Description: 0.001 GB
(1 file)
digital_folder 043, digital_folder My Documents2
"Kens book"
2000
Physical Description: 0.001 GB
(3 files)
carton 3, folder 16
"Lady from Spain: Grace Is Her Companion"
undated
digital_folder 043, digital_folder My Documents2
"Liliput"
1999
Physical Description: 0.001 GB
(1 file)
digital_folder 043, digital_folder My Documents2
"Ltrs"
1999
Physical Description: 0.001 GB
(2 files)
digital_folder 002, digital_folder image pix
"Lydia Nona"
1998-2004
Physical Description: 0.001 GB
(41 files)
carton 3, folder 18
"Making the Invisible Visible"
2001
digital_folder 043, digital_folder My Documents2
"Media Essays"
1999
Physical Description: 0.001 GB
(3 files)
digital_folder 043, digital_folder My Documents2
"Memoirs"
2000
Physical Description: 0.001 GB
(2 files)
carton 3, folder 21
Moorpark College Newspaper Columns
1974-1976
carton 3, folder 22
"More Advances in Neurology"
undated
digital_folder 043, digital_folder My Documents2
"My Docs"
2002
Physical Description: 0.004 GB
(38 files)
carton 3, folder 23
My Sexual History
1999-2007
carton 3, folder 24-25
"A New Kind of Communicator"
1974, 1988
digital_folder 043, digital_folder My Documents2
"Newer", manuscripts and photographs
undated
Physical Description: 0.042 GB
(118 files)
carton 3, folder 38
Oceans of Possibilities
1990-1995
carton 3, folder 39
Ojai Valley School, Graduation Speech
1971
digital_folder 043, digital_folder My Documents2
"Op Med Time"
2000-2002
Physical Description: 0.001 GB
(13 files)
digital_folder 043, digital_folder 6036
"The Poem"
1999
Physical Description: 0.003 GB
(11 files)
digital_folder 002
"PR"
2000-2014
Physical Description: 0.007 GB
(74 files)
digital_folder 043, digital_folder My Documents2
"Project SCHWEIK"
1996-2002
Physical Description: 0.004 GB
(118 files)
carton 3, folder 41
The Princess and the Dragon
1988
carton 3, folder 43
Proposal: Visability [sic]
undated
digital_folder 002
"The QXD Book"
2001-2002
Physical Description: 0.038 GB
(69 files)
carton 3, folder 45
The Rising Tide
1976-1978
digital_folder 043, digital_folder My Documents2
"Russ book on Neil"
1995-2000
Physical Description: 0.001 GB
(6 files)
digital_folder 043, digital_folder My Documents2
"Sections for the New Book"
2000
Physical Description: 0.001 GB
(1 file)
carton 3, folder 46
"Sharing an Appreciation and Information"
1986
carton 3, folder 47
"A Simple Sample Archive Search"
2016
carton 3, folder 49
"Somewhere in My Life"
undated
carton 3, folder 50
Song Lyrics and Music
1990
digital_folder 043, digital_folder My Documents2
"Songs"
1999-2002
Physical Description: 0.001 GB
(4 files)
carton 3, folder 51-52
The Soul of the Wheelchair
2005, undated
carton 3, folder 53-54
Special Effects
1982-1989, undated
carton 3, folder 55-58
Special Effects, Compilations
1988
digital_folder 043, digital_folder My Documents2
"Tanya"
1999
Physical Description: 0.001 GB
(1 file)
digital_folder 043, digital_folder My Documents2
"Texticles"
1997-2002
Physical Description: 0.001 GB
(53 files)
carton 3, folder 59
"Tips for the Linguistically Correct"
1990
digital_folder 043, digital_folder My Documents2
"U C Class"
1999-2000
Physical Description: 0.002 GB
(24 files)
digital_folder 002
[Unfoldered works]
approximately 1977-2004
Physical Description: 0.032 GB
(378 files)
digital_folder 043, digital_folder 6036
[Unfoldered works]
1980s-2002
Physical Description: 0.076 GB
(269 files)
Scope and Contents
Within the 6036 directory are 269 loose files, primarily photographs and Adobe Illustrator files formatted for an autobiographical
book.
digital_folder 043, digital_folder My Documents2
[Unfoldered works]
1996-2002
Physical Description: 0.009 GB
(328 files)
carton 3, folder 60-61
[Unidentified manuscripts]
undated
carton 3, folder 62
"With Helping Hands"
1977
carton 3, folder 64
["You Are Walking Along Quietly. . ."]
1976
box 1
visABILITY (Working Title), Poetry and Writings, Produced and Directed by Brenda Prager (VHS Tape, case only)
August 1994
carton 6, folder 2
Articles and Fiction, Newsletters and Autobiographical Writings
1970-1989, undated
carton 6, folder 3
Various, includes Poetry
circa 1976-1981, undated
carton 6, folder 4
Various, includes "Is Yours the Stuff Dreams Are Made of?," 2006 Oscars, Autobiographical Writings
1981-2009, undated
carton 6, folder 5
Various, includes "Hello," Editorial Comments, Autobiographical Writings
1983-1987, undated
carton 6, folder 6-7
Manuscript Fragments
1985-1993, undated
carton 6, folder 8
"How I Got Dystonia" and Other Writings
1987-1998, undated
carton 6, folder 9
Various, including "Your Theories and Thoughts about Dystonia," "Ettiquette...the Standard," and disabledmusic.txt
1991, undated
carton 6, folder 10
Autobiographical Writings
1995, undated
carton 6, folder 11
Various, including Poetry, "Zombie Hospital" (Screenplay) "In This Spastic Body," Dance
1998-2009, undated
carton 6, folder 12
"Cookies in Public" – University of Michigan Book Arts, For Art/Disability Class
2010
carton 6, folder 13
Various, including Gallery Event, Consent to Publish Form, "Making the Invisible...Visible," "Handicapped Not Incapable"
2014, undated
carton 6, folder 14-15
Marcus/Carryer [Iris Carryer]
undated
carton 6, folder 16
Various, including "Unholy Alliances," "Flying with Fess," Moshe, "My Right Foot" [Marcus/Carryer?]
undated
Storm Reading
Series 3:
1987-2011
Physical Description: Carton 3, folders 65-68; Carton 4, folders 1-40; Carton 6, folders 17-20; Box 1; Oversize folder 1
Language of Material: English.
Scope and Content Note
Series 3 is comprised of correspondence, fan mail, newsclippings, posters and photographs, programs, reviews, scripts and
touring schedules relating to the award-winning play,
Storm Reading. There are also videotaped recordings of the play.
box 1
Access Theatre Productions, Close Captioned and Audio Described, Open Captioned, and Master in Progress (4 VHS Tapes)
1996
Physical Description: 4 videocassettesVHS
digital_folder 036
Access Theatre Productions, Storm Reading directed by Rod Lathim, starring Neil Marcus, Matthew Ingersoll, Kathryn Voice
1996
Physical Description: 4.25 GB
(1 file)
carton 4, folder 1-5
Fan Mail
1988-1996, undated
carton 4, folder 6-12
Fan Mail from Children
1988-2005
carton 4, folder 13
Financial Reports
1989, 1994
carton 4, folder 14
Illustrations by Children
undated
carton 4, folder 20
Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and Stanford University/Very Special Arts Festivals
1989, 2001
carton 6, folder 20
Newsclippings
circa 1987-1994
carton 4, folder 31-32
Publicity
circa 1988-1996
box 1
Scenes from Kennedy Center and Maria Shriver Programs (with Neil, Michael Douglas and Roger Marcus) (VHS Tape)
circa 1989
Physical Description:
1 videocassette
VHS
digital_folder 029
Scenes from Kennedy Center and Maria Shriver Programs (with Neil, Michael Douglas and Roger Marcus)
circa 1989
Physical Description:
4.02 GB
(13 files)
digital_folder 002
"STORM TOURS"
1999-2006
Physical Description: 0.002 GB
(17 files)
carton 4, folder 39-40
Touring Schedules
1989-1994
oversize_folder 1A
Posters and Photographs
1994, undated
Subject Files Series 4:
1945-2011
Physical Description: Carton 4, folders 41-62; Carton 5; Carton 6, folders 21-28; Box 1; Oversize folder 1
Conditions Governing Access
Please note that access to some digital materials found in the folder, "Ephemera Scans" is restricted until 2072 and closed
to researchers.
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically.
Scope and Content Note
The Subject Files mostly consists of items created and collected by Neil, including biographical material, awards and other
personalia. It includes articles and newsclippings, calendars, medical diaries and notes, coursework, and a small amount
of audiovisual materialtape.
carton 4, folder 41
Access Theatre, Contracts
1990-1994
carton 4, folder 42-43
Access Theatre, Newsletters
1988-1996
carton 4, folder 44
Access Theatre, Poster
undated
carton 4, folder 46
Articles about Neil Marcus
2000-2009
carton 4, folder 49
Biographical information
1977-2008, undated
digital_folder 043, digital_folder 6036
"The Book"
2002
Physical Description: 0.038 GB
(68 files)
digital_folder 002
"Book Covers"
1988-2004
Physical Description: 0.363 GB
(58 files)
digital_folder 002
Cartoons and Comics
undated
Physical Description: 0.071 GB
(59 files)
carton 5, folder 1
Censorship by Doctor (and other essays by Wil Marcus)
circa 1945
carton 5, folder 2
Center for Independent Living
1979-1989
digital_folder 002
"Collages"
2009
Physical Description: 0.011 GB
(4 files)
box 1
Disabled Women: Visions & Voices from the Fourth World Conference on Women (Signed for Neil)
1996
Physical Description: 1 videocassetteVHS
digital_folder 002
"Draw K", computer drawings
2014
Physical Description: 0.003 GB
(25 files)
carton 5, folder 5
Dystonia Medical Research Foundation, Award
1999
carton 5, folder 6-8
Dystonia Medical Research Foundation Newsletter
1984-2006
carton 5, folder 9-9a
Ephemera (not Neil Marcus)
circa 1987-2008
digital_folder 002, digital_folder image pix
"Ephemera Scans"
1970-2011
Physical Description: 3.42 GB
(530 files)
Restrictions on Access
Access to two files in the "Ephemera Scans," folder is restricted and closed to researchers until 2072. The remaining files
in the directory are open for research.
carton 5, folder 10
ER (Television Show), Script
1998
carton 5, folder 11
Fairhaven College, Washington State University
1971-1972
carton 5, folder 12
Feldenkrais, Moshé
1980-1981
box 1
Funkmaster Flex Presents
Slam: The Soundtrack (Cassette Tape)
1998
Physical Description: 1 audiocassettecompact cassette
digital_folder 009
Marcus, Lydia stories and audio recordings
2010-2011
Physical Description: 0.30 gigabytes(61 digital files)
carton 5, folder 17-19
Medical Diary
circa 1962-1983
carton 6, folder 21-28
Medical Notes, Medicines, Whole Life Medical
1962-2003
carton 5, folder 21
Memorial Programs
1996-1999
carton 5, folder 22
Monica Ros School
1961-1963
carton 5, folder 23
Moorpark College
1975-1977
box 1
The Moving Body: A Video Documentary of a Movement Course for Disabled and Non-Disabled Students at the University of California,
Berkeley (The Exposed to Gravity Project)
undated
Physical Description: 1 videocassetteVHS
carton 5, folder 25
Neil's Notes to Self
undated
box 1
O'Brien, Mark, Art Celebrating Difference (Interview); and Breathing Lessons: The Life and Work of Mark O'Brien, a Film by
Jessica Yu
1996, undated
Physical Description: 1 videocassetteVHS
carton 5, folder 28-29
Ojai Valley School, Coursework
1963-1971
carton 5, folder 30-32
Ojai Valley School, English Notebook
1968-1969, undated
carton 5, folder 33-34
Ojai Valley School, Spanish Notebook
1969, undated
carton 5, folder 35-36
Ojai Valley School, Writings
undated
box 1
Olimpias, Earth Stories (VHS Tape, PAL Format)
2001
Physical Description: 1 videocassetteVHS (PAL)
carton 5, folder 37
Olimpias Disability Culture Projects
2007-2011
digital_folder 002
"Organize flyer2" scans of various performance flyers
1980-2004
Physical Description: 0.019 GB
(24 files)
carton 5, folder 40
Performances
circa 1999-2011
carton 5, folder 42
Pre-School and Camp
1958-1963
digital_folder 002
"Science", childhood homework
undated
Physical Description: 0.009 GB
(6 files)
carton 5, folder 46
The Small Farmer (by Lydia Perera)
undated
carton 5, folder 47
Society for Disability Studies
2002
carton 5, folder 48
Solano Community College
1977-1978
digital_folder 035
Talking about Abuse and Disability: Resources Supporting Adults with Disabilities
2006
Physical Description: 0.095 gigabytes(10 digital files: 4 .mov, 3 .pdf, and 3 .doc files)
carton 5, folder 50
University of California, Berkeley, English 143B, Disability and Digital Storytelling
2000
carton 5, folder 51
Webpages, Michael Chacko Daniels
2006-2007
oversize_folder 1A
"Just like everyone else": The Changing Image of Disability
1992
Photographs and Slides Series 5.
circa 1958-2010
Physical Description: Carton 7; Box 2; Oversize Folder 1
Restrictions on Access
Please note that access to some digital materials found in folders, "Pix Jokes," "Images of Disability," "Disability Culture,"
and "07.02.03," is restricted until 2072 and closed to researchers.
Scope and Content Note
Includes albums; contact sheets; negatives; photo collages; photocopies of photographs; black & white and color photographs,
Polaroids, and snapshots; and slides. Subjects include Neil's family, friends, artwork, and performances. Original folder
titles were retained when available. Please handle with care when removing folders: Marcus wrapped slips of paper with his
handwritten notes around photographs.
digital_folder 002, digital_folder image pix
"Scanz"
approximately 1922-2014
Physical Description: 1.63 GB
(3,033 files)
carton 7, folder 1
Neil's Book – Kindergarten
circa 1958
digital_folder 002
"60's random"
approximately 1960-1969
Physical Description: 0.002 GB
(10 files)
carton 7, folder 3
Various Photographs
1960s-2007
digital_folder 002
"00001_jpg" digitized and born digital photographs spanning childhood to adulthood
approximately 1960-2009
Physical Description: 0.336 GB
(307 files)
carton 7, folder 4
Photographs and Photocopies of Photographs
1962-2001
carton 7
Class Photo, Ojai Valley School
1967
carton 7, folder 7
Photographs – Various, including School Friend, Ojai Valley School
1969-2010
carton 7, folder 8
Identified
1971-1978, undated
carton 7, folder 9
Aronson, Sanda – House
1974-1986
carton 7, folder 10
Moorpark College
1974, undated
digital_folder 002, digital_folder image pix
"Pix Past"
1975-2015
Physical Description: 0.829 GB
(107 files)
carton 7, folder 11
Bentzion Welton, Rabbi, 504 Sit-In – Has Dystonia
1977
digital_folder 002, digital_folder image pix
"Pix Jokes"
1977-2012
Physical Description: 0.389 GB
(399 files)
Restrictions on Access
Access to eight files in the "Pix Jokes," folder is restricted and closed to researchers until 2072. The remaining files in
the directory are open for research.
digital_folder 002, digital_folder image pix
"CILS mural", Center for Independent Living Mural
1975-2013
Physical Description: 0.074 GB
(60 files)
digital_folder 002
"Pix Great"
1977-2014
Physical Description: 2.16 GB
(157 files)
carton 7, folder 12
Neil's Photos, 16-30
circa 1978-1981
carton 7, folder 13
Photos of Friends
1978-1990
digital_folder 002
"Flyers Folder Pix"
1979-2008
Physical Description: 0.080 GB
(82 files)
carton 7, folder 34-40
Storm Reading – Photos and Slides
circa 1978-1988
Scope and Content Note
Includes correspondence; first incarnation; Santa Barbara performance –congratulations, photo for newspaper, light man; publicity
photos; with Matt Ingersol; dancing – caligraphy/original show slides.
digital_folder 043, digital_folder 6036
"Roger"
1980s
Physical Description: 0.001 GB
(9 files)
carton 7, folder 14
Taken by a Friend – Neil's Apartment, Berkeley
1981
carton 7, folder 16
[ER], Anthony Edwards Documentary, Neil with Celebrities, My Sexual History
1984-1988, undated
carton 7, folder 18
Photos of Protest
circa 1985
box 2, folder 1-5
Storm Reading – Slides
1987-1988, undated
Scope and Content Note
Includes miscellaneous – ideas for acting and story, Fred Astaire face shot, Burger King sign; laundromat screen, publicity
photos, beach – Neil and snail scenes for the play; Sanjiro – older version with Roger (PR), publicity photos, deleted scene
– future of human race; Fed Astaire, creating dance scenes; beach scene, end of play slide, deleted scene (lifestyles)...;
Hermes statue, slides used in play; Institute of Mental Health letter.
carton 7, folder 20
Doolittle Theater, Hollywood - Set - Setting Up the Set at a School
1988, undated
carton 7, folder 21
Photos, including Photocopies
circa 1988-2010
digital_folder 002
"Images of Disability"
1989-2008
Physical Description: 0.350 GB
(372 files)
Restrictions on Access
Access to seven files in the "Images of Disability," folder is restricted and closed to researchers until 2072. The remaining
files in the directory are open for research.
carton 7, folder 22
Brenda Praeger Photos, including Mark O'Brien
circa 1991, undated
digital_folder 002
"Neil in Art"
1991-2013
Physical Description: 0.011 GB
(22 files)
digital_folder 002, digital_folder image pix
"Starz_the ones"
1992-2008
Physical Description: 0.020 GB
(81 files)
carton 7, folder 23
Art Book/The Altered State, Volume 2, Number 1
1993
digital_folder 042
Photos of Neil Marcus
1996 May 10
Physical Description: 0.014 gigabytes(31 files)
Processing Information
Original files are .pcd (Kodak photo cd) files. Access copies were created in .jpg format from converted .pcd files.
carton 7, folder 24
Neil Marcus and Jane Thibotout – Alaska, includes Brenda Prager Photos, Photos with Friends
1998, undated
digital_folder 016
"PhotoJam-art mus"
1999-2002
Physical Description: 0.02 GB
(145 .jpg files and 1 .mp3)
Scope and Contents
Folder includes .jpg files of a photoshoot of Neil Marcus and an .mp3 file of "Pure Imagination" sung by Gene Wilder.
digital_folder 011
Photos and scans of artwork and clippings
1999-2005
Physical Description: 0.44 GB gigabytes(95 digital files)
digital_folder 043, digital_folder 6036
"QD event"
2000s
Physical Description: 0.002 GB
(14 files)
digital_folder 002
"Disability Culture Images"
2000-2011
Physical Description: 0.113 GB
(52 files)
Restrictions on Access
Access to eight files in the "Disability Culture Images," folder is restricted and closed to researchers until 2072. The remaining
files in the directory are open for research.
digital_folder 002, digital_folder image pix
"Cartoons"
2000-2015
Physical Description: 0.072 GB
(61 files)
digital_folder 043, digital_folder 6036
"May 30"
2001
Physical Description: 0.018 GB
(30 files)
digital_folder 043, digital_folder 6036
"Bookcover fixit"
2001-2002
Physical Description: 0.002 GB
(5 files)
digital_folder 043, digital_folder 6036
"Anger"
2002
Physical Description: 0.001 GB
(26 files)
digital_folder 043, digital_folder 6036
"Anna Mariasnt"
2002
Physical Description: 0.007 GB
(38 files)
digital_folder 043, digital_folder 6036
"Anthro"
2002
Physical Description: 0.018 GB
(18 files)
digital_folder 043, digital_folder 6036
"Bella"
2002
Physical Description: 0.006 GB
(12 files)
digital_folder 043, digital_folder 6036
"Bridges sf"
2002
Physical Description: 0.001 GB
(7 files)
digital_folder 043, digital_folder 6036
"Disbled studies"
2002
Physical Description: 0.017 GB
(57 files)
digital_folder 043, digital_folder 6036
"Great book pix"
2002
Physical Description: 0.012 GB
(46 files)
digital_folder 002, digital_folder image pix
"Ivanek"
2002-2005
Physical Description: 0.869 GB
(747 files)
digital_folder 002, digital_folder image pix
"sIgN agE"
2002-2008
Physical Description: 0.024 GB
(96 files)
digital_folder 002
"Jokes"
2002-2009
Physical Description: 0.018 GB
(21 files)
digital_folder 008
"07.03.04" performance photographs
2004 July 03
Physical Description: 0.576 GB
(181 files)
Restrictions on Access
Access to the "07.03.04," folder is restricted and closed to researchers until 2072.
digital_folder 002
"Calig Edits", photographs of calligraphy works
2006
Physical Description: 0.021 GB
(114 files)
digital_folder 002
"Calig2", photographs calligraphy works
2006
Physical Description: 0.029 GB
(96 files)
digital_folder 002
"Copy of calig edits", photographs calligraphy works
2006
Physical Description: 0.001 GB
(5 files)
digital_folder 002
"CB Bbbutoh", photographs of Marcus butoh performance
2007
Physical Description: 0.001 GB
(14 files)
carton 7, folder 27
Neil Painting by Petra (Picasa)/Gary Ivanck Interview (Friend/Photographer)
2007, undated
carton 7, folder 28
Eric Ferguson/Portland Theater
circa 2010
digital_folder 002
"Cooper F Shoot"
2011
Physical Description: 0.037 GB
(34 files)
digital_folder 002, digital_folder image pix
"Medusa Mirror 2011"
2011
Physical Description: 0.020 GB
(30 files)
digital_folder 002
"Lists Catalog", photographs of binder contents
2015
Physical Description: 0.002 GB
(143 files)
carton 7, folder 29
Photo Collages by Neil
undated
carton 7, folder 30
Stephen Hawking Collage
undated
carton 7, folder 32
Lydia Marcus – Mom
undated
oversize_folder 1A
Newsprint Photo Collage of Neil
undated
oversize_folder 1A
Darius Gorski Photograph
undated
digital_folder 002, digital_folder image pix
CVS images
undated
Physical Description: 0.018 GB
(18 files)
digital_folder 043, digital_folder 6036
"DIGI PICS"
undated
Physical Description: 0.072 GB
(328 files)
digital_folder 002
Green River Trip
undated
Physical Description: 0.035 GB
(31 files)
digital_folder 043, digital_folder 6036
"Jane"
undated
Physical Description: 0.001 GB
(8 files)
digital_folder 043, digital_folder 6036
"Liz"
undated
Physical Description: 0.001 GB
(7 files)
digital_folder 043, digital_folder 6036
"Margit"
undated
Physical Description: 0.010 GB
(10 files)
digital_folder 004
Photos of Neil Marcus memorabilia binder
undated
Physical Description: 0.187 gigabytes(139 .jpg files)
digital_folder 043, digital_folder 6036
"Remy"
undated
Physical Description: 0.002 GB
(16 files)
digital_folder 002, digital_folder image pix
"Shterfly"
undated
Physical Description: 0.044 GB
(92 files)
digital_folder 002, digital_folder image pix
"Spefcover"
undated
Physical Description: 0.065 GB
(68 files)
digital_folder 043, digital_folder 6036
"Stef"
undated
Physical Description: 0.023 GB
(101 files)
digital_folder 043, digital_folder 6036
"Stoney"
undated
Physical Description: 0.037 GB
(146 files)
digital_folder 002, digital_folder image pix
"STORM PHOTOS"
undated
Physical Description: 0.001 GB
(1 file)
digital_folder 002, digital_folder image pix
"TV Pix"
undated
Physical Description: 0.115 GB
(27 files)
digital_folder 043, digital_folder 6036
[Unfoldered photographic works]
Physical Description: 0.076 GB
(269 files)
digital_folder 043, digital_folder 6036
"Yampa"
undated
Physical Description: 0.003 GB
(20 files)
Audiovisual
2000-2011
Physical Description: 29.14 gigabytes
Restrictions on Access
Please note that access to digital materials in, "Eng 143 FA2000," is restricted until 2072 and closed to researchers.
digital_folder 002
"audiO projects"
undated
Physical Description: 5.41 GB
(3,748 files)
digital_folder 043, digital_folder 6036
"AVI moves"
2001-2002
Physical Description: 0.003 GB
(16 files)
digital_folder 010
"Chicago" trip video
2006 April 5
Physical Description: 1.07 GB
(4 files)1 videodisc (DVD) forensically imaged;00:30:25
digital_folder 014
Collage of various TV appearances and videos featuring Neil Marcus
2005 March 1
Physical Description: 1.07 GB
(12 files)1 videodisc (DVD) forensically imaged.00:19:16
digital_folder 020
"Compiled Credit," montage art video of personal and commercial works
2005 September 25
Physical Description: 2.24 GB
(1 file)1 videodisc (DVD) forensically imaged;02:07:00
digital_folder 021
"Compiled Porn," montage art video of personal and commercial works
2005 September 25
Physical Description: 4.34 gigabytes(1 file)1 videodisc (DVD) forensically imaged;04:06:12
digital_folder 038
Cripple Poetics
2010 August 30
Physical Description: 0.54 GB
(3 files)1 videodisc (DVD) forensically imaged;
00:10:21
digital_folder 040
Dance for all: Bodies & Abilities Showing
2006 December 11
Physical Description: 1.07 GB
(1 file)1 videodisc (DVD) forensically imaged;00:37:35
digital_folder 002
"Disabled video"
undated
Physical Description: 3.04 GB
(11 files)
digital_folder 041
Disability Songs, Singers, and Songwriters
1994 December 31
Physical Description: 0.049 GB
(23 .mp3 files)
digital_folder 037
Embodied Poetics: Olimpias Disability Culture Projects: water burns sun, Cripple Poetics: A Love Story, and Journey to the
Holocaust Memorial in Berlin
2009-2011
Physical Description: 1.56 GB
(1 file)1 videodisc (DVD) forensically imaged;00:25:20
digital_folder 025
"Eng 143 FA2000," student video essays
2000
Physical Description: 0.256 GB
(10 files)
Restrictions on Access
Video contains restricted student information and is closed to researchers until 2072.
digital_folder 019
"Erik Neil"
2003 January 15
Physical Description: 0.06 GB
(1 file)1 videodisc (DVD) forensically imaged;00:00:18
Scope and Contents
This 18 second video is a recording of Neil Marcus with "Erik" sitting on a stage, in silence, nude.
digital_folder 002
Lynn Manning recordings
2007
Physical Description: 0.110 GB
(34 files)
digital_folder 017
Mat Fraser performance
2007 April 20
Physical Description: 0.25 GB
(1 file)1 videodisc (DVD) forensically imaged;01:00:03
digital_folder 013
Moshé Feldenkrais
2005 February 24
Physical Description: 1.07 GB
(1 file)1 videodisc (DVD) forensically imaged;00:28:46
Scope and Contents
Recording of a physical therapy session with Neil Marcus and Moshé Feldenkrais.
digital_folder 018
Peter Alsop Sex and Sexuality music album
2006 December 25
Physical Description: 0.055 GB
(12 files)
Scope and Contents
The original Peter Alsop Sex and Sexuality music album contains 26 songs. The CD in this collection contains 12 songs.
digital_folder 031
"Pre Dos Liz," montage of childhood and personal videos
2005 January 1
Physical Description: 2.63 GB
(1 file)1 videodisc (DVD) forensically imaged;00:56:25
digital_folder 015
Seeking Community: NZDVD Living with a Learning Diability video
2007 August 16
Physical Description: 4.13 GB
(1 file)1 videodisc (DVD) forensically imaged;01:32:22
digital_folder 002
"Water DVD"
undated
Physical Description: .851 GB
(14 files)
Web Files
Restrictions on Access
Please note that access to some digital material in Marcus's Facebook data is restricted until 2072 and closed to researchers.
digital_folder 006
Facebook data
2008-2016
Physical Description: 0.20 gigabytes(475 files)
Conditions Governing Access
Access to Facebook private messages is restricted and closed to researchers until 2072. Posts made on the Marcus's message
board and other data are open for research.
Neil Marcus Archived YouTube channel
2006-2020
Neil Marcus Archived YouTube channel: 2008-2016
Processing Information
Web crawl of Neil Marcus's YouTube channel was completed using Archive-It.
National Museum of American History blog post: "body/freedom/art": Rethinking disability through art, written by Chelsea Miller
2015 August 18
National Museum of American History blog post: "body/freedom/art": Rethinking disability through art, written by Chelsea Miller:
2015-08-18
Physical Description: 7.1 GB
Processing Information
Web crawl of Chelsea Miller's blog post was completed using Archive-It. Crawl was completed on February 20, 2020.
box 3
Barbie Becky School Photographer doll (in wheelchair)
approximately 1998