Sore Dove Press records, 1986-2018

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Summary

Title:
Sore Dove Press records
Dates:
1986-2018
Creators:
Sore Dove Press and Dahi, Soheyl, 1954-
Abstract:
Founded in 1986 by Soheyl Dahi in San Francisco, CA, Sore Dove Press specializes in the publication of Beat writers. These records include correspondence, magazines, press releases, manuscripts, posters, photographs, chapbooks, boxed editions, broadsides, crockery, and artwork. These materials feature numerous prominent writers and figures including Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Jack Hirschman, Leonard Cohen, Amber Tamblyn, Linda King, as well as many others.
Extent:
22.88 linear feet (15 document boxes, 14 flat boxes, 1 audiocassette, 1 DVD)
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Identification of Item], Sore Dove Press records, Printers Mss 104. Department of Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Background

Scope and content:

Spanning from 1986 until 2018, the collection, featuring numerous Beat poets and prominent figures, consists of three series. The first series is Editorial files, which include editorial correspondence, checks signed by artists of note, contracts, manuscripts and proofs with editorial notes and corrections, photographs, several explanatory notes by Dahi, and a small number of published materials including magazines, broadsides and chapbooks.

The second series is Published Materials, which includes chapbooks, broadsides, artwork and boxed editions. Most all materials in this series have been signed by their authors and/or artists.

Lastly, the third series is Audiovisual, which includes a Harold Norse documentary, and an audiotape of Soheyl Dahi interviewing Lawrence Ferlinghetti.

Biographical / historical:

Soheyl Dahi, the founder of Sore Dove Press, was born in Iran in 1954. After completing his education in England in 1978 and deciding he wanted to experience living in the United States, Dahi returned to an Iran plagued by political unrest that affected his travel. Finally arriving in the U.S in 1979, Dahi headed west to California and settled in San Francisco.

There, Dahi pursued his literary interests. As an Iranian in America during fraught political times, he was comforted by the open and accepting community of poets and writers surrounding City Lights Bookstore. Inspired by the artistic scene he found, Dahi established Sore Dove Press in 1986 with two friends; however, after publishing two magazines in 1986 and a few books by 1992, a lack of funds eventually led Dahi to put his publishing efforts and press to the side.

In 2003, however, Dahi was inspired by John Martin's model for Black Sparrow Press. Dahi adapted this model and adjusted and focused his output goals to limited and boxed editions, broadsides, and artwork. Since 2003, the press has been in continuous operation, and Dahi has published works by and developed relationships with Jack Hirschman, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Michael McClure, Harold Norse, Joanne Kyger, Diane di Prima, ruth weiss, David Meltzer, and many others.

Acquisition information:
Gift of Soheyl Dahi, 2018.
Arrangement:

This collection has been organized into the following series: 1. Editorial Files; 2. Published Materials; and 3: Audiovisual.

Physical location:
Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Finding aid prepared by Nicole Stark, 2018.
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2020-01-13 09:26:19 -0800 .

Access and use

Restrictions:

The collection is open for research.

Terms of access:

Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Research Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Research Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Department of Special Research Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of Item], Sore Dove Press records, Printers Mss 104. Department of Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Location of this collection:
UC Santa Barbara Library
Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9010, US
Contact:
(805) 893-3062
special@library.ucsb.edu
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