Finding Aid to the Momo's Press Records, 1972-1986

Finding Aid written by Lucy Allen

The Bancroft Library

University of California, Berkeley

Berkeley, California, 94720-6000

Phone: (510) 642-6481

Fax: (510) 642-7589

Email: bancref@library.berkeley.edu

URL: http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/

Finding Aid to the Momo's Press Records, 1972-1986

Collection Number: BANC MSS 97/41

The Bancroft Library

University of California, Berkeley

Berkeley, California

Finding Aid Written By:: Lucy Allen
Date Completed:: January 2007

Collection Summary

Collection Title: Momo's Press records

Date (inclusive): 1972-1986

Collection Number: BANC MSS 97/41

Creators : Momo's Press

Extent: Number of containers: 8 cartons, 1 box, 2 oversize boxes Linear feet: 10

Repository: The Bancroft Library

University of California, Berkeley

Berkeley, California, 94720-6000

Phone: (510) 642-6481

Fax: (510) 642-7589

Email: bancref@library.berkeley.edu

URL: http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/

Abstract: The Momo's Press Records consist of editorial files, records of Shocks magazine, and administrative files. Editorial files contain final copies, manuscripts, and production materials of books published by Momo's Press as well as correspondence and publicity materials. Shocks magazine records contain manuscripts, correspondence, and publicity materials. Administrative files consist mainly of grant applications, with some copyright information and reviews of books published by Momo's Press.

Languages Represented: Collection materials are in English

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.

Information for Researchers

Access

Collection is open for research.

Publication Rights

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, 94270-6000. Consent is given on behalf of The Bancroft Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission from the copyright owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright owner. See: http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/reference/permissions.html .

Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research and educational purposes.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Momo's Press Records, BANC MSS 97/41, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.

Alternate Forms Available

There are no alternate forms of this collection.

Separated Material

12 cassette tapes have been transferred to the Microforms collection of The Bancroft Library.

Indexing Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.

Shocks (Magazine)--Archives

American poetry--20th century

Poetry--California--Periodicals

Vincent, Stephen, 1941-

Momo's Press--Archives

Administrative Information

Acquisition Information

The Momo's Press Records were purchased by The Bancroft Library on July 9, 1996.

Accruals

No additions are expected.

Processing Information

Processed at the container level by Lucy Allen in 2006.

Biographical Information

Momo's press was a literary organization founded by Stephen Vincent in June 1972. The press produced Shocks magazine, a critical periodical with a focus on poetry and poets of the San Francisco Bay Area and small press books featuring the work of new writers.

System of Arrangement

Arranged to the container level.

Scope and Content of Collection

The Momo's Press Records consist of editorial files, Shocks magazine records, and administrative files. Editorial files contain final copies, manuscripts, and production materials of books published by Momo's Press as well as correspondence and publicity materials. Shocks magazine records contain manuscripts, correspondence, and publicity materials. Administrative files consist mainly of grant applications, with some copyright information and reviews of books published by Momo's Press.

Series 1 Editorial Files 1972-1984

Physical Description: Cartons 1-6

Arrangement

Arranged in order received.

Scope and Content Note

Contains final copies of books, manuscripts, and design and production materials including blue-lines, page proofs, boards, and cover mock-ups. Also includes reviews and promotional materials, contract and copyright information, response, and editorial, printer, and other correspondence.

Carton 1

The Ballad of Artie Bremer, by Stephen Vincent 1974

Correspondence, reviews, etc. 1974-1976

Copy signed by author and artist

Design and production

Editorial development and manuscripts

Yellow work notebook

Related materials 1972-1976

Carton 1

Pet Food and Tropical Apparitions, by Jessica Hagedorn 1975

Hard and paperback copies

Editorial correspondence and copy-edit 1977-1982

Partial manuscript, revisions 1981

Contracts and permissions 1978-1982

Original manuscript 1976

Production memoranda and correspondence 1981

Manuscript

Design and production art, typesetter, printer correspondence 1981-1982

Additional unused manuscript materials 1975-1977

"D" bound manuscript

Design and production

Promotion, reviews, response 1981-1984

The Woman Who Thought She Was More Than a Samba 1978

Carton 1

Hagedorn, Jessica

Contractual matters 1975-1993

Oversize Box 1

Her Encounters with the First Kind, article in Special People Weekly 1982

Carton 1

Dangerous Music, by Jessica Hagedorn 1975

Design and production 1975-1976

Promotions, reviews, response 1975-1977

2 "Heap no Good" bumper stickers, one with explanatory note from Stephen Vincent

Manuscript 1974

Contracts and permissions 1980-1981

Carton 2

This Passover or the Next I Will Never Be in Jerusalem, by Hilton Obenzinger 1980

Manuscript second draft with Lincoln Bergman notes

Editorial correspondence with Hilton Obenzinger and Lisa Kokin

Copyright and contents

Promotion, correspondence, advertising 1979-1983

Photographs

Reviews 1981-1983

Final manuscript 1980

Early draft in progress, 92 pp, 2 copies of Lisa Kokin's Batiks, 1 copy of Hope

Copy-edited manuscript

Production design printing

Reprint permission request 1992

Carton 2

By Lingual Wholes , by Victor Hernandez Cruz 1982

Original manuscript submitted

Additional poems submitted

Manuscript- later revised version

Review, promotion, correspondence

Design file

Budget, orders, proof check, invoices, packaging slips

Copy-edited manuscript and related materials

Editor correspondence

Hard and paper-back copies

Carton 3

See No Evil, by Ntozake Shange 1984

Unpublished manuscripts

Manuscript

Reviews, promotion 1983-1984

General file on Shange 1975-1982

Back cover photograph

Correspondence 1981-1984

Contracts and permissions 1983-1985

Production- painting and design

Typesetter's galleys

Oversize Box 1

Production files- cover mock-up

Oversize Box 1

Production files

Carton 3

A Reading 1-7, by Beverly Dahlen 1985

Printer's proofs

Editorial development 1983-1986

Draft for revised pages 1983

Design and printing 1984-1986

Manuscript

Contract materials

Related materials 1980-1985

Promotion, reviews, response 1985-1986

Oversize Box 1

Production files-boards 1985

Carton 3

Out of the Third, by Beverly Dahlen 1985

Promotion, reviews, correspondence 1974-1980

Manuscripts

Contract and permissions 1974-1979

Reprint copy (never done)

Carton 4

The Wellsprings, by Harry Lewis 1981

Hard and paperback copies

Signed copy

Design and production

Invoice from and carbons to Gail Larrick 1981-1984

Promotions, reviews 1976-1982

Publisher's working manuscript

Original manuscript circa 1979

Editorial correspondence 1981-1982

Page proofs

Oversize Box 1

Production files- boards

Carton 4

Five on the Western Edge 1977

Printer's proofs

Manuscripts (original & copy), printer's proofs, statement, photocopy of text with more poems

Hilton Obenzinger manuscripts and some corrections on printer's proof

Larry Felson manuscript and printer's proofs

Manuscript development: intro, back cover copy, layout

Steve Brooks correspondence

Steve Brooks manuscript and printer's proofs

Stephen Vincent manuscript and printer's proof

Reviews, promotion, response 1976-1979

Design and printing

Photographs

Original artwork

Cover mechanicals

Original proofs

Carton 5

Lorca/Blackburn 1979

Contract agreements and correspondence with New Directions and Joan Blackburn

Contract correspondence with New Directions and Joan Blackburn 1978-1984

Mulch Press uncorrected proof 1976

Cover copy

Basil King drawing negative

Printer's signature, blue lines

Galleys

Final corrections, printers proof

Final proofs

Artwork and sample pages of letter press edition

Correspondence- editorial, artist, typesetter 1978-1979

Cover

Production

Promotion and distribution 1979-1981

Carton 5

Omens from the Flight of Birds 1977

Boards (1 of 2)

Boards (2 of 2)

Artwork

Extra related manuscripts- Tom Raworth, Hilton Obenzinger

Stephen Vincent original drafts

Xerox manuscript

Production and review 1976-1978

Editorial correspondence and development 1976-1978

Design and production

Original manuscript and copy edit

Xerox printer's proofs

Oversize Box 2

Excerpt printed in California Living 1978

Carton 6

The Poetry Reading 1981

Hard and paperback copies

Blue lines

Manuscripts- back matter

Manuscripts- bibliography

Manuscripts- The Argument for the Page

Manuscripts- As Sound

Manuscripts- disc and cassette

Manuscripts- video

Manuscripts- performance

Manuscripts- oral

Manuscripts- history

Manuscripts- front matter

Uncorrected typeset galleys with notes by Gail Larrick

Gail Larrick correspondence, design and production

Stephen Vincent text

Contributors' response

Reviews

Promotion and Advertising

Printer correspondence and invoices

Editorial correspondence and development 1975-1981

Editorial correspondence

Folders- photos, permissions, LC cataloguing data sheet

Carton 7

Individual contributors' folders (2 folders)

Box 1

Production files

Oversize Box 2

Production files The Argument for the Page

Oversize Box 2

Brothers and Fathers Series 1979

Oversize Box 2

Production files - Now Everyone Knows Childcare and Other Poems 1979

Oversize Box 2

Production files- How the Conversation Began 1979

Series 2 Shocks Magazine Files 1972-1976

Physical Description: Carton 7

Arrangement

Arranged chronologically.

Scope and Content Note

Consists of manuscripts, editorial correspondence and materials, reviews, and response.

Carton 7

Shocks #1 1972

Editorial correspondence and manuscript

Original, Xerox copy, fliers announcing first issue

Carton 7

Shocks #2 1973

Original manuscripts

Mailed-to list

Rejected manuscripts

Rough draft- Shocks Logue, front introduction

Typed manuscript

Shocks #3-4 1974

Robin Blaser correspondence re Jack Spicer

Response and reviews

Gary Snyder material

Partial typeset copy and original manuscripts

Editorial correspondence

Carton 7

Shocks #5 1975

Response, reviews, and related material

The Day Book- manuscripts and editorial corrections

Shocks #6 1976

Centerfold and cover mock-up

Letters received with rejected poems, editorial comment sheets

Reviews, response, correspondence

Editorial correspondence, submissions

Original manuscripts

Editorial development

Oversize Box 2

Production files- page proofs/camera ready

Oversize Box 2

Production files- front and inside covers

Shocks, general

Copyrights

Correspondence that has been responded to

Fictitious name statement, San Francisco 1973

Series 3 Administrative Files 1974-1983

Physical Description: Carton 8

Arrangement

Arranged in order received.

Scope and Content Note

Consists mainly of grant applications, including applications to the Coordinating Council of Literary Magazines, California Arts Council, and the National Endowment for the Arts. Also contains copyright information and promotional materials.

Carton 8

ISBN log book

General promotional schemes

Promotion file

Local press listings

Momo's copyright information and miscellaneous

Brochure development

Goodchild, Jon

Inquiries, etc.

Coordinating Council of Literary Magazines application 1979

Coordinating Council of Literary Magazines distribution projects

California State Arts Commision

Zellerbach Family Fund

California Arts Council, AC-0479 1980-1981

Coordinating Council of Literary Magazines project application and correspondence

Coordinating Council of Literary Magazines- $5,000

Coordinating Council of Literary Magazines grant- poetry reading issue 1977

National Endowment for the Arts 1977

National Endowment for the Arts grant application 1980-1981

National Endowment for the Arts 1978

National Endowment for the Arts 1979

Grant application- Small Press 1977-1978

Material for Small Press National Endowment for the Arts grant 1975-1976

California Arts Council 1982-1983

Library of Congress- Cataloging in Publication Division

Final Report- National Endowment for the Arts

National Endowment for the Arts Small Press grant 1974-1975

Coda: Poets and Writers newsletter

California Arts Council Grant 1979-1980

California Arts Council Grant 1981-1982

National Endowment for the Arts