Finding aid for the F.T. Marinetti and Benedetta Cappa Marinetti papers, 1902-1965 920092
920092
Annette Leddy and Jeremy Parzen.
Special Collections
1998
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Los Angeles 90049-1688
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Contributing Institution:
Special Collections
Title: F.T. Marinetti and Benedetta Cappa Marinetti papers
Creator:
Marinetti, F. T., 1876-1944
Creator:
Marinetti Cappa, Benedetta, 1897-1977
Identifier/Call Number: 920092
Physical Description:
60 Linear Feet
(145 boxes, 5 flat file folders)
Date (inclusive): 1902-1965 (bulk 1920-1939)
Date (bulk): 1920-1939
Abstract: The founder and leader of the futurist movement. Married Benedetta Cappa, a futurist writer and artist, in 1923. Collection
includes minor manifesto manuscripts, generally typewritten, sometimes translated or excerpted; a number of minor literary
manuscripts; and 20,000 slides that reproduce the contents of Marinetti's five scrapbooks. Material on Benedetta includes
handwritten corrected drafts of her three novels, and a number of essays and speeches. Some correspondence suggests the central
role that Marinetti and Benedetta played relative to the other futurists, whose activities the collection selectively documents
via manuscripts, photos, clippings, slides, posters, scrapbooks, and musical scores
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Language of Material: Italian
Scope and Content of Collection
This archive of Filippo Tommaso Marinetti and Benedetta Cappa Marinetti papers consists primarily of material from the 1920s
and 30s, though correspondence and newspaper clippings date from before and after those decades. It offers a view of FTM in
the ceremonial rather than incendiary role that he played during Futurism's second phase. Pieces such as "Ritratti futuristi
del Duce" suggest the extent to which he served as a propagandist for the Fascist government and adapted the tenets of Futurism
to that purpose. There are a number of minor manuscripts on art and Futurist artists, generally typewritten, occasionally
with corrections, and some minor literary manuscripts as well.
The material on Benedetta includes handwritten corrected drafts of her three novels and a number of essays, speeches and
notes on women and art, women and Fascism, Futurism, and FTM. Benedetta's letters to her brother, Alberto Cappa, and to FTM
at the Russian Front, offer an intimate view of this woman who, as clippings in her Librone document, was presented in the
1930s Italian press as a role model for Italian women. Her correspondence with fellow Futurists and with American collectors
and institutions after FTM's death show her active role in preserving the accomplishments of Futurism for posterity.
Various media comprise the archive, including manuscripts, photos, clippings, slides, posters, scrapbooks, and scores. Through
all these media in combination the archive selectively documents the activities of the inner circle of the Futurist movement.
Arrangement note
The Archive is organized in nine series:
Series I: Manuscripts and Correspondence of Filippo Tommaso Marinetti;
Series II: Manuscripts and Correspondence of Benedetta Cappa Marinetti;
Series III: Assorted Manuscripts and Correspondence;
Series IV: Futurist music;
Series V: Newspaper clippings;
Series VI: Lantern slides;
Series VII: Photographs;
Series VIII: Libroni;
Series IX: Posters and oversized items.
Biographical/Historical Note
Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, born in Alexandria in 1876, attended secondary school and university in France, where he began
his literary career. After gaining some success as a poet, he founded and edited the journal
Poesia (1905), a forum in which the theories of Futurism rather quickly evolved. With "Fondazione e Manifesto del Futurismo," published
in
Le Figaro (1909), Marinetti launched what was arguably the first 20th c. avant-garde movement, anticipating many of the issues of Dada
and Surrealism. Like other avant-garde movements, Futurism took the momentous developments in science and industry as signaling
a new historical era, demanding correspondingly innovative art forms and language. Like other avant-garde movements, Futurism
found a solution in collage, which Marinetti called "parole in libertà" when applied to literary forms. Between 1909 and 1920,
the period known as Futurism's heroic phase, Marinetti energetically promoted his own work, and that of fellow Futurists,
through numerous manifestos, speeches, essays, meetings, performances and publications. Following WWI, in which he served,
Marinetti became an active member of the Fascist party; on April 15, 1919, he and Ferruccio Vecchi led the "battle" of piazza
Mercanti against socialists, communists, and anarchists, which was Italian Fascism's first decisive victory. In 1929 he was
elected to the Academy of Italy. Throughout the 1920s and 30s and until his death in 1944, Marinetti sought to reconcile the
theories of Futurism with the ideology of state Fascism and to serve as impresario for both.
In 1923, Marinetti married Benedetta Cappa. The author of three critically acclaimed Futurist novels, a sizable body of art
work, and the mother (with Marinetti) of three girls, Benedetta wrote essays and gave speeches on women and art and women
and Fascism, and was presented in the press during the 1930s as a role model for Italian women. After her husband's death,
Benedetta continued to correspond with fellow Futurists and to promote Futurism by organizing exhibitions, selling the Marinetti
art collection to prominent American collectors and museums, and writing catalog essays.
Separated Material
Polemica Carducciana by Ettore Romagnoli (Item #165), is catalogued in the Getty Research Library's general collection.
Processing History
The papers were quickly assembled for scholarly perusal using the dealer's box guide. Brent Sverdloff wrote temporary a RLIN
record and began writing a Finding Aid. Annette Leddy and Jeremy Parzen processed the papers in late 1994. Annette Leddy,
with the help of Jeremy Parzen, wrote the current Finding Aid, integrating some of Visiting Scholar Esther Cohn's comments
written on the dealer's box guide.
Acquisition Information
Acquired in 1992.
Preferred Citation
Papers of F.T. Marinetti and Benedetta Cappa Marinetti, 1902-1965 (bulk 1920-1939), Getty Research Institute, Research Library,
Accession no. 920092.
http://hdl.handle.net/10020/cifa920092
Access
Open for use by qualified researchers.
Publication Rights
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Photographic prints -- 20th century
Posters -- 20th century
Scores -- 20th century
Scrapbooks -- 20th century
Slides (photographs) -- 20th century
Fascism and literature -- Italy
Fascism and art -- Italy
Fascism in art
Photographs, Original
Fascism and women -- Italy
Italian literature -- 20th century
Clippings -- 20th century
Manifestoes -- 20th century
Art, Italian -- 20th century
Futurism (Literary movement)
Futurism (Art)
Futurism (Art) -- Collectors and collecting
Futurism (Art) -- Exhibitions
Futurism (Music)
Amendola Kühn, Eva, 1880-
Boccioni, Umberto, 1882-1916
Balla, Giacomo, 1871-1958
Campanini, Gustavo, 1879-1962
Brizzi, Carlo, -1903
Cappa, Alberto
Cangiullo, Francesco, 1888-1977
Marinetti, F. T., 1876-1944
Mascagni, Pietro, 1863-1945
Masnata, Pino
Mix, Silvio, 1900-1927
Mussolini, Benito, 1883-1945
Prampolini, Enrico, 1894-1956
Cappa, Amalia
Pratella, Francesco Balilla, 1880-1955
Casavola, Franco, 1891-1955
Sciorilli, Eros
Severini, Gino, 1883-1966
Chio, Ada
Tato
Cioffi, Giuseppe, 1901-1976
Windisch, Käthe
Farfa, 1879-1964
Giuntini, Aldo
Marinetti Cappa, Benedetta, 1897-1977
Manuscripts and Correspondence of Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, Series I.
1902-1944 1920s-1930s
Physical Description:
2 Linear Feet
Scope and Contents note
The majority of material is from the 1920s and 1930s, that is, from Futurism's second phase, and reflects FTM's sustained
endeavor to reconcile Fascism with Futurism and to serve as impresario of both. Among the manifesto and essay manuscripts
are minor, generally typewritten pieces, often on individual Futurist artists. There are two translated, excerpted versions
of "Destruction de la Syntaxe," the dating of which is uncertain; one of these is part of a longer, translated piece on art
and literature. The archive also includes FTM's open letters to Hitler and Mussolini, critiques of Einstein and Joyce, and
reflections on political issues. Seven manuscripts are specifically identified as speeches; these are on topics such as Prampolini's
portrait of Mussolini ("Ritratti futuristi del Duce"), the death of Bruno Mussolini, art, and aviation. Literary manuscripts
include reprint proofs of "Re Baldoria," corrected proofs of "La Città Carnale," and typed or handwritten drafts of various
minor short stories, scripts, and poems. Correspondence consists of letters, contracts, and receipts from FTM's publishers,
letters from fellow Futurists, (scattered to 1944; approx. 100 items), and a group of love letters from women, including Ada
Chio (1902-10; approx. 85 items). Among the miscellaneous material is a dossier of the National Honorary Conference for FTM
(1924), and newspaper articles about FTM and Benedetta's visit to Sofia (1932).
box 1, folder 1
MARINETTI
Scope and Contents note
ms., 7 typed pp., "Destruction de la Syntaxe," 1912(?).
box 1, folder 2
MARINETTI
Scope and Contents note
ms., 37 typed pp. (with extra copy of final four pp.), "La Poésie Futuriste," and other writings. Includes slightly different
version of "Destruction de la Syntaxe" (pp. 3-12).
box 1, folder 3
MARINETTI:
Scope and Contents note
ms., 3 typed pp., "La cinematografia ai poeti italiani moderni," signed.
box 1, folder 4
MARINETTI
Scope and Contents note
ms., 1 typed p., "Tipografia di guerra e dopo-guerra," signed.
box 1, folder 5
MARINETTI
Scope and Contents note
ms., 6 typed pp., "Poesia e Arti corporative," with corrections by Marinetti. 1937.
box 1, folder 6
MARINETTI
Scope and Contents note
ms., 11 handwritten pp., arguing that James Joyce was not the first to use "stream of consciousness".
box 1, folder 7
MARINETTI
Scope and Contents note
ms., 16 handwritten pp., on the Futurist exhibition at the Venice Biennale, 1926.
box 1, folder 8
MARINETTI
Scope and Contents note
ms., 3 typed pp., "Trionfo dell'aeropittura di guerra sulle nature morte," 1937(?).
box 1, folder 9
MARINETTI(?)
Scope and Contents note
ms., 7 handwritten pp., regarding the international avant-garde, in Benedetta's handwriting, (dictated to her?), 1930s(?)
box 1, folder 10
MARINETTI; MAZZONI; SOMENZI
Scope and Contents note
manifesto, 1 large printed page, "Manifesto Futurista dell'architettura aerea."
box 1, folder 11
MARINETTI, ET AL
Scope and Contents note
ms., 3 typed pp., pages 7-9 of essay on cinema.
box 1, folder 12
MARINETTI
Scope and Contents note
ms., 3 typed pp., "Profili d'Artisti Futuristi, Renato Di Bosso," with corrections.
box 1, folder 13
MARINETTI
Scope and Contents note
ms., 3 typed pp. (carbon copy), "L'aeropittore Futurista Ugo Pozzo."
box 1, folder 14
MARINETTI
Scope and Contents note
ms., 3 typed pp., "Gerardo Dottori, pittore futurista umbro."
box 1, folder 15
MARINETTI
Scope and Contents note
ms., 5 typed pp., "Umberto Boccioni e lo stretto di Messina," 1930s(?).
box 1, folder 16
MARINETTI
Scope and Contents note
ms., 1 typed p., preface for poem by Tullio d'Albisola, 1937.
box 1, folder 17
MARINETTI
Scope and Contents note
ms., 13 typed pp., "Enrico Prampolini, vincitore del premio Boccioni," with corrections, 1930s(?).
box 1, folder 18
MARINETTI
Scope and Contents note
ms., 2 typed pp., on Fernand Léger, with corrections.
box 1, folder 19
MARINETTI
Scope and Contents note
ms., 5 typed pp., on Fillia.
box 1, folder 20
MARINETTI
Scope and Contents note
ms., 4 handwritten pp., "Il Pittore Futurista Balla," signed.
box 1, folder 21
MARINETTI
Scope and Contents note
ms., 2 typed pp., "Aeropoesie futuriste di Vladimiro Miletti," with note by Miletti.
box 1, folder 22
MARINETTI
Scope and Contents note
ms., 4 typed pp., on Paul Claudel.
box 1, folder 23
MARINETTI
Scope and Contents note
ms., 4 typed pp., "Studenti fascisti cantano così di Emilio Buccafusca."
box 1, folder 24
MARINETTI
Scope and Contents note
ms., 1 typed p., speech given at "exposition d'art italien ancien," Sorbonne(?), signed, 1924(?).
box 1, folder 25
MARINETTI
Scope and Contents note
ms., 4 typed pp., presentation speech given at "Mostra Aeropittura" at Venice Biennnale, signed.
box 1, folder 26
MARINETTI(?)
Scope and Contents note
ms., 10 handwritten pp., in Benedetta's handwriting (dictated to her?), "Futurismo mondiale, volontà futuriste," with corrections;
ms., 5 typed pp., "Volontà Futuriste," with corrections; ms., 6 typed p., "Futurismo mondiale, Volontà Futuriste."
box 1, folder 27
MARINETTI(?)
Scope and Contents note
ms., 3 typed pp., 2 copies, manifesto, "Il programma naturista," 1934(?).
box 1, folder 28
MARINETTI
Scope and Contents note
ms., 12 handwritten pp., draft of Italian Futurists' open letter to Hitler, 1937; ms., 2 typed pp., "Lettera aperta dei Futuristi
Italiani a Hitler," final version with corrections; ms., 3 typed pp., french translation of letter.
box 1, folder 29
MARINETTI
Scope and Contents note
ms., 1 typed p., manifesto, "Lettre ouverte a Mussolini pour defendre la publicité lumineuse" (in Piazza del Duomo, Milan),
note by Marinetti on reverse. ms., 1 typed p., 3 copies, Italian translation of above manifesto, 2 copies with hand corrections,
one signed by FTM.
box 1, folder 30
MARINETTI
Scope and Contents note
clipping, "Aesthetics of Electricity," English translation by "The Edison Monthly" from "Il carroccio," 1915(?); ms., 2 typed
pp., draft of Italian version of above article.
box 1, folder 31
MARINETTI
Scope and Contents note
ms., 3 typed pp., "Come Einstein vede il Mondo."
box 1, folder 32
MARINETTI
1930s?
Scope and Contents note
ms., 6 typed pp., "Message Futuriste aux Etudiantes Grecs," with corrections.
box 1, folder 33
MARINETTI
1933?
Scope and Contents note
ms., 5 handwritten pp., "Inquiétude de l'Europe.".
box 1, folder 34
MARINETTI
1930s
Scope and Contents note
ms., 14 typed pp., speech on Balbo and Italian aviation, with corrections; ms., 16 typed pp., "Omaggio della nuova Poesia
ai Transvolatori," with corrections (later draft) 1930s?.
box 1, folder 35
MARINETTI
1936
Scope and Contents note
ms., 15 typed pp., memorial speech for Lieutenant Savaré (killed in action at Ascheb Tzelá).
box 1, folder 36
MARINETTI
Scope and Contents note
ms., 3 typed pp., radio speech, "Ritratti futuristi del Duce."
box 1, folder 37
MARINETTI
1941
Scope and Contents note
ms., 13 typed pp., speech held in Brianza commemorating death of Bruno Mussolini, 1941. clipping about event attached to ms.
box 1, folder 38
MARINETTI
1936?
Scope and Contents note
ms., 1 typed p., fragment of preface to book on Mussolini by Ivon de Begnac(?), signed.
box 1, folder 39
MARINETTI(?)
1930s?
Scope and Contents note
ms., 3 typed pp., "Abolizione o riduzione dei debiti."
box 1, folder 40
MARINETTI
ca. 1910
Scope and Contents note
proofs of "Re Baldoria," reprints from 1910 edition.
box 1, folder 41
MARINETTI
1910?
Scope and Contents note
ms., 153 pp., proofs of "La Città Carnale," with corrections.
box 1, folder 42
MARINETTI
1908?
Scope and Contents note
ms., 64 typed pp., "Versi e Prose, prima traduzione italiana," Italian translation of Mallarmé.
box 1, folder 43
MARINETTI
Scope and Contents note
ms., 5 handwritten pp., "Navigazione Tattile," with corrections, signed; ms., 1 p., "Macchina Lirica."
box 1, folder 44
MARINETTI
Scope and Contents note
ms., 5 typed pp., script for 'romanzo discato,' "Amanti Simultanei," with corrections.
box 1, folder 45
MARINETTI
Scope and Contents note
clipping, 2 pp., short story, "Il commandante la Bella [Marino Canale]," with corrections.
box 1, folder 46
MARINETTI
Scope and Contents note
ms., 2 handwritten pp., "Il Cantico di San Giovanni."
box 1, folder 47
MARINETTI
Scope and Contents note
ms., 8 handwritten pp., elegy to Italy written during WWI, copied by Vito Nuzzo.
box 1, folder 48
MARINETTI
Scope and Contents note
ms., 10 typed pp., "La Grande Milano Tradizionale Futurista" (missing pp. 1 and 8).
box 1, folder 49
MARINETTI
Scope and Contents note
ms., 7 typed pp., "Forze diverse della centrale italiana."
box 1, folder 50
MARINETTI
1937?
Scope and Contents note
ms., 4 typed pp., notes on the African Poem.
box 1, folder 51
MARINETTI
Scope and Contents note
clipping, "Danza dell'aviatore," signed; ms., 2 typed pp., "Pantomina [sic] dell'Aviatrice." (later version of "Danza dell'aviatore").
box 1, folder 52
MARINETTI(?)
1930s
Scope and Contents note
ms., 19 typed pp., short stories, "Luna tagliente" and "Miss Radio."
box 1, folder 53
MARINETTI
Scope and Contents note
ms., 40 typed pp., script, "Simultanina (divertimento futurista in 16 sintesi)," with corrections, copy dedicated to Franco
Rosso.
box 1, folder 54
MARINETTI(?)
1930s
Scope and Contents note
ms., 12 handwritten pp., "L'elica e il paesaggio," dictated to Benedetta(?).
box 1, folder 55
MARINETTI
1926
Scope and Contents note
ms., 4 typed pp., memoir of Brazilian trip, 1926.
box 1, folder 56
MARINETTI
1936
Scope and Contents note
ms., 7 typed pp., "Meandri di un Rio della Foresta Brasiliana;" ms., 1 typed p., "Azione Imperiale," 1936.
box 1, folder 57
MARINETTI
Scope and Contents note
ms., 7 typed pp., on trip to South America aboard the Giulio Cesare.
box 1, folder 58
MARINETTI
Scope and Contents note
ms., 11 handwritten pp., account of Del Gurzo's embezzlement of funds meant to finance South American exhibition of Futurism,
dictated to Benedetta(?).
box 1, folder 59
MARINETTI
1924-1926
Scope and Contents note
ms., 22 typed pp., poems "A Beny.".
box 1, folder 60
MARINETTI
Scope and Contents note
ms., 5 handwritten pp., poem in French, "Tout au bout..."
box 1, folder 61
MARINETTI
Scope and Contents note
ms., 2 typed pp., poem, "Contre les cheveux courts."
box 1, folder 62
MARINETTI
Scope and Contents note
ms., 1 handwritten p., poem, "Saluto."
box 1, folder 63
MARINETTI
1902
Scope and Contents note
ms., 1 handwritten p., poem, "Chante ton or chante ton bleu."
box 1, folder 64
MARINETTI
Scope and Contents note
ms., 5 typed pp., from "Poema Africa," note by FTM on reverse.
box 1, folder 65
MARINETTI
1936-1938
Scope and Contents note
ms., 2 handwritten pp., fragment(?) of poem, "Ala Luce Vittoria" (to his daughters).
box 1, folder 66
MARINETTI
1911-1912?
Scope and Contents note
ms., 6 typed pp., four poems: "Paysage d'Odeurs de Mon Chien-Loup"; "Portrait Olfactif d'une Femme"; "Temperatures du Corps
d'un Nageur (incomplete)"; "Machine Lyrique," 1911-1912 (?).
box 1, folder 67
MARINETTI(?)
1928
Scope and Contents note
ms., 2 typed pp., poem, "Paroliberi di Trapani."
box 1, folder 68
MARINETTI(?)
Scope and Contents note
ms., 3 handwritten pp., poems, "Après midi," "Fenêtre très remote," and "Nuit d'été," notes by Marinetti (?).
box 1, folder 69
MARINETTI(?)
Scope and Contents note
ms., 3 typed pp., "Pernambuco."
box 1, folder 70
MARINETTI
Scope and Contents note
ms., 15 typed pp., (first p. missing) autobiographical writings.
box 1, folder 71
MARINETTI
Scope and Contents note
ms., 1 typed p., "Per vincere! Concorso a Premi di 'Mediterraneo Futurista.'"
box 1, folder 72
MARINETTI
1922
Scope and Contents note
clipping, "Invito ai poeti...," anouncement for poetry contest by "I Poeti Vignaioli" (Marinetti, Govoni, and Lipparini);
ms., 6 handwritten pp., draft of announcement, 1922.
box 1, folder 73
MARINETTI(?)
Scope and Contents note
ms., 2 of 3 typed pp. (p. 2 missing), account of the Premio Nazionale "Al poeta originale" award ceremony (Masnata, Cucini,
Goretti).
box 2, folder 1
MARINETTI
1940
Scope and Contents note
ms., 1 p. (2 copies), WWII recruitment letter to fellow Futurists, 1940.
box 2, folder 2
MARINETTI
Scope and Contents note
ms., 2 typed pp., World War II obituaries: Alfredo Cappellini, Enrico Baroni, Umberto Novaro, Costantino Borsini, Carlo Margottini,
Corrado del Greco.
box 2, folder 3
MARINETTI
1915?
Scope and Contents note
ms., 2 handwritten pp., notes on "Comizio contro Nitti," religion, etc.
box 2, folder 4
MARINETTI
1924?
Scope and Contents note
clippings and ms., 1 handwritten p., "Scenografia Semifuturista di Appia."
box 2, folder 5
MARINETTI
Scope and Contents note
ms., 4 typed pp., "Collaudo;" ms., 6 typed pp., "Un libro decisivo su la scenotecnica," on Prampolini's Scenotecnica); clipping,
2 pp., with homage to Lieut. Carlo Erba in upper margin.
box 2, folder 6
MARINETTI(?)
Scope and Contents note
ms., 1 handwritten p., about set design for a play ("Tamburo di Fuoco?").
box 2, folder 7
(MARINETTI)
Scope and Contents note
ms., 1 typed p., about establishment of "Società di protezione delle macchine."
box 2, folder 8
MARINETTI
Scope and Contents note
ms., 3 typed pp., speech(?) celebrating the machine.
box 2, folder 9
MARINETTI(?)
Scope and Contents note
ms., 1 handwritten p., rebuttal to critics.
box 2, folder 10
MARINETTI(?)
1941
Scope and Contents note
ms., handwritten 4 pp., account of Capt. Tarigo and the the bombing of the Pietro de Cristoforo.
box 2, folder 11
MARINETTI
1935
Scope and Contents note
ms., 3 typed pp., radio interview with FTM in France,"A propos de l'exposition d'art Futuriste.".
box 2, folder 11
UNKNOWN
Scope and Contents note
ms., 2 typed pp., French article on Futurism.
box 2, folder 12
MARINETTI(?)
Scope and Contents note
ms., 2 handwritten pp., notes on WWI (names, date, locations).
box 2, folder 13
MARINETTI(?)
1913-1914
Scope and Contents note
ms., 1 p., list of paintings by Balla for exhibits in Rotterdam, 1913, and Lacerba catalogue, 1914.
box 2, folder 14
MARINETTI
1929
Scope and Contents note
ms., 21 pp., proofs/transcription of conference held at Galleria Pesaro: "Il Futurismo e il Novecento.".
box 2, folder 15
MARINETTI
Scope and Contents note
ms., 1 p. proof, 3 copies, "La Riforma delle Corride."
box 2, folder 16
MARINETTI
Scope and Contents note
ms., 4 pp. proof, with hand corrections, introduction (catalog essay?) to Futurist exhibition in Ferrara.
box 2, folder 17
MARINETTI
Scope and Contents note
ms., 14 pp., proofs (non-sequential) of three different books.
box 2, folder 18
MARINETTI
Scope and Contents note
ms., 25 pp., proofs of collections of articles, with hand corrections.
box 2, folder 19
MARINETTI & OTHERS
Scope and Contents note
miscellaneous proofs.
box 2, folder 20
MARINETTI
Scope and Contents note
letter, 2 handwritten pp., inquiring about the translated volume "Le Futurisme."
box 2, folder 21
MARINETTI
1940
Scope and Contents note
ms., 1 typed p., letter to Mussolini requesting audience.
box 2, folder 22
MARINETTI
1944
Scope and Contents note
letter, 1 typed p., to Amicucci.
box 2, folder 23
MARINETTI(?)
Scope and Contents note
letter, 2 handwritten pp., to "Marta," on "La neve in giardino."
box 2, folder 24
MARINETTI & BENEDETTA
Scope and Contents note
letter, 2 handwritten pp., to "Carissimo."
box 2, folder 25
(MARINETTI)
Scope and Contents note
ms., 7 typed pp., tributes to FTM and Futurism, by Mussolini, Romagnoli, Ezra Pound, etc.
box 2, folder 26
(MARINETTI)
through 1944
Scope and Contents note
letters and telegrams to FTM and Benedetta from Dottori, Janelli, Acquaviva, Masnata, Bragaglia, Buzzi, Corra, Bottai, Tato,
and others, approx. 40 items, through 1944.
box 2, folder 27
(MARINETTI)
through 1944
Scope and Contents note
letters and telegrams to FTM and Benedetta from Cesare Andreoni, Piero Bellanova, Anselmo Osti, Forlin, Tullio d'Albisola,
Primo Conti, Civello, Fillia, Ferrazzi, Tedeschi, Cucchetti, Poissy, E.A. Longo, Maria Goretti, George Vantongerloo, and others,
approx. 50 items.
box 2, folder 28-31
(MARINETTI)
1902-1910
Scope and Contents note
letters and postcards to FTM from women friends, approx. 85 items.
box 2, folder 29
Henriette (unknown last name)
box 2, folder 31
unidentified correspondents
box 3, folder 1-7
(MARINETTI)
Scope and Contents note
contracts, letters and receipts from FTM's publishers, over 100 items.
box 4, folder 1-2
(MARINETTI)
Scope and Contents note
dossier of National Honorary Conference for FTM, includes schedule, programs, guest list and over 300 letters, postcards,
and telegrams from Futurists Carrà, Azari, Prampolini, Casavola, Mix, Depero, and others, 1924. [117]
box 4, folder 3
(MARINETTI)
Scope and Contents note
dossier of WWI & II: documents, bulletins, clippings, letters, decorations, etc., approx. 40 items.
box 4, folder 4
(MARINETTI)
1915
Scope and Contents note
mortgage to FTM's house in Milan, and lease for house in Milan.
box 4, folder 5
(MARINETTI)
1922-1943
Scope and Contents note
personal records of FTM & Benedetta including Wasserman test results, electorcardiogram, other medical records, civil documents,
and licenses.
box 4, folder 6
(MARINETTI)
1914
Scope and Contents note
certificate for bicycle purchased in 1914.
box 4, folder 7
(MARINETTI)
1930s
Scope and Contents note
letter and clippings, regarding FTM's activities in P.E.N., 1930s.
box 4, folder 8
(MARINETTI)
1944
Scope and Contents note
ms., 2 handwritten pp., attendance record of 'Last Futurist Meeting' at FTM's house in Venice.
box 4, folder 9
(MARINETTI)
1937
Scope and Contents note
letter, 1 typed p., from Podesta of Recanati, thanking FTM for proposing creation of an Istituto Leopardiano in his city.
box 4, folder 10
(MARINETTI)
1937-1938
Scope and Contents note
program, 3 pp., "Lectures in Italian given at Liceo Italiano of London."
box 4, folder 11
(MARINETTI)
Scope and Contents note
birth certificate, duplicate from 1916 (with erroneous information?).
box 4, folder 12
(MARINETTI)
1932
Scope and Contents note
cover of FTM and D'Albisola's book Parole in libertà futuriste.
box 4, folder 13
letters and postcards to FTM, primarily regarding finances.
box 4, folder 14
(MARINETTI)
1936
Scope and Contents note
contract with publisher Casella (Naples), for "L'originalità napoletana del poeta Salvatore di Giacomo."
box 4, folder 15
(MARINETTI) ,
1899 1929-1934
Scope and Contents note
certificates and diplomas: Diplome de Bachelier, 1894; law degree, Università di Genova, 1899; honorary degree from La Mostra
d'Arte Coloniale, 1932; Order National de la Legion d'Honneur, 1930; Ouisam Alaouite, 1932; Ordine Corona Romanie, 1930; nomination
to Reale Accademia d'Italia, 1929-1934.
box 4, folder 15
(GROLLI, AMALIA (FTM's Mother)
1853-1854
Scope and Contents note
degree from Conservatorio di musica in Milano.
box 4, folder 16
(MARINETTI)
1932
Scope and Contents note
3 clippings from newspapers about FTM's visit to Sofia. Translations of articles from Bulgarian newspapers, 52 typed pp.,
1932. ms., 3 typed pp., review of "Mediterraneo Futurista," (by FTM?).
Manuscripts and Correspondence of Benedetta Cappa Marinetti, Series II.
ca. 1920-1962
Physical Description:
2 Linear Feet
Scope and Contents note
The Benedetta section of Manuscripts and Correspondence contains handwritten drafts of Benedetta's three novels, with corrections
by FTM and Benedetta, and approximately twenty-five speeches and essays, often in both handwritten and typewritten corrected
drafts. The essays concern women and Fascism, women and art, Futurism, Futurist artists, and FTM. Correspondence includes
letters from Benedetta to her brother, Alberto Cappa, and her mother, Amalia Cappa, (1920s; approx. 100 items); letters to
FTM at the Front (1942; approx. 50 items); letters between Benedetta and the Malbin's, Sidney Janis, and others, regarding
the sale and exhibition of the Marinetti collection of Futurist paintings (1945-1957, approx. 140 items); correspondence regarding
the sale and exhibition of Boccioni, for, among other occasions, the 1949 MOMA exhibition of 20th c. Italian art (1947-1962;
approx. 90 items); and correspondence with Futurists (1946-1960s; approx. 150 items).
box 5, folder 1
BENEDETTA
Scope and Contents note
ms., 238 handwritten pp., "Sforzo differenziatore" ("Forze umane"), with corrections by FTM.
box 5, folder 2
BENEDETTA
Scope and Contents note
ms., 187 handwritten pp., "Il viaggio di Gararà"; ms., 176 handwritten pp., "Il viaggio di Gararà" (published 1931), with
corrections by FTM.
box 5, folder 3
BENEDETTA
Scope and Contents note
proofs, "Astra e sottomarino," with corrections, 1935.
box 5, folder 4
BENEDETTA
Scope and Contents note
ms., 217 handwritten pp., "Astra e sottomarino"; ms., 235 handwritten pp., "Astra e sottomarino."
box 6, folder 1
BENEDETTA
Scope and Contents note
ms., 3 typed pp. (2 copies), "A Message to the Women of America and Europe"; ms., 4 typed pp., "Alle donne d'Europa e d'America";
ms., 6 handwritten pp., draft of "Alle donne..."; ms., 6 handwritten pp., draft of "Alle donne..."
box 6, folder 2
BENEDETTA
Scope and Contents note
clipping, "Spiritualità della donna italiana"; ms., 8 handwritten pp., "Spiritualità...," 1935.
box 6, folder 3
BENEDETTA
Scope and Contents note
ms., 8 handwritten pp., "Contributo della donna moderna alla letteratura e all'arte"; ms., 5 typed pp. (2 copies), "The Contribution
of Modern Woman to Literature and Art."
box 6, folder 4
BENEDETTA
Scope and Contents note
ms., 4 typed pp., role of women in a Futurist/Fascist program; ms., 9 handwritten pp., on women in history; ms., 4 handwritten
pp., on women as musical composers; ms., 6 handwritten pp., on the male attitude toward women; ms., 1 handwritten p., on women
and the vote; poem, 2 handwritten pp., "Femminilita operante."
box 6, folder 5
(BENEDETTA)
Scope and Contents note
2 pamphlets on Fascist Women's conference, 1937; Benedetta's pass for the "Terza mostra del sindacato nazionale fascista belle
arti."
box 6, folder 6
BENEDETTA
Scope and Contents note
ms., 16 handwritten pp., speech to Fascist women; ms., 32 handwritten pp., speech to Fascist women; 3 pp. notes; one clipping.
box 6, folder 7
BENEDETTA
Scope and Contents note
ms., 30 typed pp. "Possibilità della donna nell'arte," 1941; correspondence and notes regarding lecture at Scuola di mistica
fascista, "Possibilità della donna..."
box 6, folder 8
BENEDETTA
Scope and Contents note
ms., 27 pp., proofs, "Donne della patria in guerra," with corrections by FTM; ms., 24 typed pp., "Donne della patria in guerra,"
1940; ms., 74 handwritten pp., "Donne della patria in guerra"; ms., 6 typed pp. (3 copies), list of locations where lecture
"Donne della patria in guerra" was delivered (1941-1942) and report on reception.
box 6, folder 9
BENEDETTA
Scope and Contents note
ms., 25 handwritten pp., on women and art.
box 6, folder 10
BENEDETTA
Scope and Contents note
ms., 11 handwritten pp., on humanity; assorted notes, 13 handwritten pp., on creativity; bibliography, 5 handwritten pp.
box 6, folder 11
BENEDETTA
Scope and Contents note
ms., 44 handwritten pp., autobiographical essay on female authors, "Ero a Palermo...," with notes.
box 6, folder 12
BENEDETTA
Scope and Contents note
ms., 11 handwritten pp., radio speech "Nascita artistica di Littoria"; ms., 4 typed pp., "Nascita artistica di Littoria,"
with corrections.
box 6, folder 13
BENEDETTA
Scope and Contents note
ms., 3 typed pp., "Volontà e Poesia nel Golfo di Napoli," signed; ms., 9 handwritten pp., notes.
box 6, folder 14
BENEDETTA
Scope and Contents note
ms., 36 handwritten pp., on FTM and Futurism; ms., 15 typed pp., version of same with corrections. Miscellaneous notes on
Futurism.
box 6, folder 15
BENEDETTA
Scope and Contents note
ms., 4 typed pp. (one duplicate), on FTM to "Amici Futuristi."
box 6, folder 16
BENEDETTA
Scope and Contents note
ms., 4 handwritten pp., "6 mesi di Futurismo," 1936 (?).
box 6, folder 17
BENEDETTA
Scope and Contents note
ms., 3 handwritten pp., on FTM.
box 6, folder 18
BENEDETTA
Scope and Contents note
ms., 10 handwritten pp., notes on FTM's publications.
box 6, folder 19
BENEDETTA
Scope and Contents note
ms., 12 handwritten pp., speech on FTM's African campaign (1936-1937); ms., 6 handwritten pp., notes on Krimer.
box 6, folder 20
BENEDETTA
Scope and Contents note
ms., 2 handwritten pp., on Marinetti's death, 1944(?).
box 6, folder 21
BENEDETTA
Scope and Contents note
ms., 1 typed pp., letter to FTM, 1936; ms., 2 handwritten pp., reflections on FTM?; poem, 1 handwritten p., "Pan ed Eco."
box 6, folder 22
BENEDETTA
Scope and Contents note
ms., 7 handwritten pp., catalogue essay for Tato exhibit.
box 6, folder 23
BENEDETTA
Scope and Contents note
ms., 16 handwritten pp., speech on Primarosa.
box 6, folder 24
BENEDETTA
Scope and Contents note
ms., 12 handwritten pp. and 12 typewritten pp. (French and Italian), on Balla and Futurism.
box 6, folder 25
BENEDETTA
Scope and Contents note
ms., 6 handwritten pp., on Prampolini.
box 6, folder 26
BENEDETTA
Scope and Contents note
ms., 29 handwritten pp., on Lucas Cranach (written for Cahiers d'Art); ms., 26 typed pp., of same, with corrections.
box 6, folder 27
BENEDETTA
Scope and Contents note
ms., 9 handwritten pp., "Eroismo suprema virtù," in honor of Fillia, signed, 1936.
box 6, folder 28
BENEDETTA
Scope and Contents note
ms., 6 handwritten pp., "Architettura d'avanguardia."
box 6, folder 29
BENEDETTA?
Scope and Contents note
ms., 6 typed, pp., celebration of the invention of rayon.
box 6, folder 30
BENEDETTA
Scope and Contents note
ms., 8 handwritten pp., bibliography on fashion.
box 6, folder 31
BENEDETTA
Scope and Contents note
ms., 13 handwritten pp., "Il sole di agosto"; ms., 6 typed pp., "Il sole di agosto."
box 6, folder 32
BENEDETTA
Scope and Contents note
ms., 6 handwritten pp., "Eccola muovere..."
box 6, folder 33
BENEDETTA
Scope and Contents note
ms., 6 handwritten pp., notes and drafts, with notes from FTM; fragments of notes by Benedetta and FTM.
box 6, folder 34
SERRA, LAURA
Scope and Contents note
ms., 23 typed pp., essay on Benedetta and her writings.
box 6, folder 34
UNKNOWN
Scope and Contents note
ms., 1 typed p., "L'opera letteraria di Benedetta."
box 6, folder 35
(BENEDETTA)
Scope and Contents note
certificates and degrees.
box 7, folder 1
BENEDETTA
Scope and Contents note
clippings, sketchbooks, report cards, certificates, postcards.
box 7, folder 2-4
BENEDETTA
1920s
Scope and Contents note
correspondence, approx. 100 items.
box 7, folder 2-3
letters from Benedetta to Alberto Cappa (brother)
box 7, folder 4
letter from Benedetta to Amalia Cappa (mother)
box 7, folder 5-7
(MARINETTI)
Scope and Contents note
letters from Benedetta to FTM at the Front, with some letters from Luce, Ala, and Vittoria included. Approx. 50 letters.
box 7, folder 5
to FTM at the Front, through Sept., 1942
box 7, folder 6
to FTM at the Front, October 1942.
box 7, folder 7
miscellaneous family letters to FTM, Benedetta, Luce, and Cappa, 1936, 1939-1943, 1950.
box 7, folder 8-10
BENEDETTA
1949-1957
Scope and Contents note
correspondence on sale and exhibition of Marinetti collection of Futurist paintings, with Lydia and Winston Malbin, Sidney
Janis, MoMA, and others. Includes material regarding sale of Boccioni's "Antigrazioso" and "The Footballer." Approx. 140 letters,
receipts, and telegrams.
box 8, folder 1
(BOCCIONI)
1947-1962
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence regarding sale and exhibition of Boccioni, with letters from Alfred Barr, Jr., James Thrall Soby, Nelson Rockefeller,
and others. Includes material about MOMA's 1949 exhibition of 20th c. Italian Art. Approx. 90 items.
box 8, folder 2-5
(BENEDETTA)
Scope and Contents note
correspondence with Futurists and others, often regarding exhibitions, approx. 150 items.
box 8, folder 6
(BENEDETTA)
1956
Scope and Contents note
3 letters, 3 typed pp., from Avv. Carlo Accetti, regarding L'Espresso article on Sant'Elia and FTM.
box 8, folder 6
MARCHI, V.
Scope and Contents note
letter, 2 typed pp., 2 copies, disputing
L'Espresso article.
box 8, folder 7
BENEDETTA
1930
Scope and Contents note
letter, 2 handwritten pp., to Alberto Cappa; letter, 1 handwritten p., to Alberto Cappa; letter, 1 typed p., to FTM regarding
release of Ferruccio Parri from prison.
box 8, folder 8
(BENEDETTA)
1950
Scope and Contents note
letter, 3 handwritten pp., to Wehrli from Zervos, 1950. letter, 1 typed p., to Zervos from Wehrli, 1950. letter, 1 typed p.,
to Wehrli from Toninelli, 1950. note, handwritten on envelope, by Benedetta about Wehrli, 1950. Concerning expositions of
Italian art.
box 8, folder 9
BENEDETTA
Scope and Contents note
letter, 1 p. handwritten.
box 8, folder 9
NAME?
Scope and Contents note
letter, 4 handwritten pp., to Benedetta from the University of Florence rector.
box 8, folder 9
OJETSI?
Scope and Contents note
letter, 1 typed p., to Benedetta, 1941.
box 8, folder 9
(BENEDETTA)
Scope and Contents note
postcard, telegram, note.
box 8, folder 10
letters and postcards to Benedetta, regarding finances
Assorted Manuscripts and Correspondence, Series III.
1913-1952
Physical Description:
3.5 Linear Feet
Scope and Contents note
This section of manuscripts and correspondence consists of alphabetically organized writings to or by persons other than FTM
and Benedetta, including Futurist colleagues, friends, and family members. Alberto Cappa correspondence (1919-1932; approx.
400 letters) consists of 2 linear ft. Letters from Cappa's women friends comprise approximately one third of this correspondence;
there are also approximately sixty letters from Cappa's mother, Amalia Cappa, two letters and a telegram from FTM to Cappa,
twenty-five letters from Cappa to others, and some professional correspondence. There are two diaries by Cappa (1932,1941).
The remaining material in the series (1.5 linear ft.) consists of manifestos, essays, poems and letters from approximately
thirty individuals, including Eva Amendola (pseud. Magamal), Boccioni, Severini, Farfa, Tato, Balla, D'Annunzio, Masnata,
and several unidentified authors.
box 9, folder 1
ACQUAVIVA, GIOVANNI
1948
Scope and Contents note
extract, 4 pp., "Splendore dialettale d'Italia," signed,.
box 9, folder 2
ALBIN, MICHEL
1935
Scope and Contents note
letter, 1 typed p., to FTM.
box 9, folder 3
(AMBROSI)
1933
Scope and Contents note
extract, 4 pp., "5 opere futuriste di A.G. Ambrosi," by Luigi Pesenti.
box 9, folder 4
AMENDOLA, EVA (pseud. MAGAMAL)
1936
Scope and Contents note
ms., 6 handwritten pp., "Perche noi futuristi abbiamo il diritto..," signed "Magamal," November 4, 1936.
box 9, folder 5
AMENDOLA, EVA (pseud. MAGAMAL)
1912-1919
Scope and Contents note
letter, 6 handwritten pp., to "Mafarka" (FTM), 1919. letter, 2 handwritten pp., to FTM, 1918; ms., 8 handwritten pp., poem,
"Il guerriero che torna..", signed "Magamal," 1917; ms., 4 handwritten pp., essay,"Il tradimento nell'amore sessuale," signed
"Magamal," 1917; ms., 3 handwritten pp., poem, "Il Canto d'Amore della Donna Cosmica," signed "Magamal," 1918; ms., 60 handwritten
pp., essay, "La pazzia e la riforma del manicomio," signed "Magamal," 1913; ms., 19 handwritten pp., essay/letter, "Certe
Carezze;" letter, 2 handwritten pp., to FTM, 1917(?); ms., 32 handwritten pp., essay, "Manuale sintetica."
box 9, folder 6
ANDREONI
1943
Scope and Contents note
letter, 3 handwritten pp., to FTM.
box 9, folder 7
ANSELMI, PIERO
Scope and Contents note
ms., 9 typed pp., thesis on "Contraddizioni critiche sul futurismo ne "Il Novecento" di Alfredo Galletti."
box 9, folder 8
ASCHIERI, BRUNO
Scope and Contents note
ms., 7 typed pp., "Poema simultaneo del giornalismo fascista."
box 9, folder 9
BALLA
Scope and Contents note
letter, 1 handwritten p., on Boccioni's death.
box 9, folder 10
BALLA; DEPERO
Scope and Contents note
ms., 1 typed pp., on Futurist aesthetics, fragment of "The Futurist Reconstruction of the Universe" (?)
box 9, folder 11
BELLANOVA, PIERO
Scope and Contents note
ms., 2 typed pp., "Enrico Prampolini -Premio Boccioni della R. Accademia d'Italia."
box 9, folder 12
(BELLI, PIERO)
Scope and Contents note
ms., 8 typed pp., "Memoria per il Giury nella vertenza Pirazzoli-Belli."
box 9, folder 13
BELLONZI, F.
1919
Scope and Contents note
ms., 20 typed pp., speech given at Piazza Bel Gioioso, Milan, 1919.
box 9, folder 14
BELLOTTI, LUIGI
1938
Scope and Contents note
2 handwritten pp., to FTM.
box 9, folder 15
BELLOTTI, LUIGI ANTONIO
1938
Scope and Contents note
ms., 1 typed p., poem, "La bottega del orologio."
box 9, folder 16
BERNOUARD
1935
Scope and Contents note
letter, 1 typed p., to "Cher Ami."
box 9, folder 17
BESTAUX, EUGENE
1930
Scope and Contents note
ms., 3 typed pp., poem, "Hommage a Marinetti," 1930; ms., 5 handwritten pp., draft of "Hommage."
box 9, folder 18
BOCCIONI
1912-1913
Scope and Contents note
ms., 4 typed pp., "Prefazione al catalogo della prima esposizione di scultura futurista a Parigi," 1913; ms., 9 handwritten
pp., "Préface du catalogue de l'exposition de sculpture futuriste à Paris," 1913; ms., 9 typed pp., "Pittura Futurista," with
corrections; ms., 3 typed pp., "La Scultura Futurista," 1912.
box 9, folder 18
BOCCIONI WITH OTHER FUTURISTS
Scope and Contents note
ms. 6 typed pp., "Manifesto des Peintres Futuristes." (appears to be slightly altered and translated version of "La Pittura
Futurists, Manifesto Tecnico; last p. not identified).
box 9, folder 19
BONETTI, ALFONSO
Scope and Contents note
ms., 14 typed pp., 3 poems.
box 9, folder 20
BUCCAFUSCA, EMILIO
1942
Scope and Contents note
ms., 2 typed pp., "Col Foturista [sic] Marinetti in un villagio cosacco," 1942.
box 9, folder 21
BUCCAFUSCA, EMILIO
Scope and Contents note
ms., 2 typed pp., "Celebrità di Marinetti e del futurismo italiano."
box 9, folder 22
BUZZI, PAOLO
Scope and Contents note
ms., 6 typed pp., "Il Futurismo nei ricordi di Paolo Buzzi," 1950.
box 9, folder 23
BUZZI, PAOLO
Scope and Contents note
ms., 1 typed p., poem, "Mario Carli."
box 9, folder 24
CAPPA, ALBERTO
1932
Scope and Contents note
ms., 82 handwritten pp., diary.
box 9, folder 25
CAPPA, ALBERTO
1941
Scope and Contents note
W.W. II diary, 24 handwritten pp., sent to Benedetta.
box 10, folder 1-8
(ALBERTO CAPPA)
1922-1932
Scope and Contents note
letters from friends and family members; some professional correspondence, approx. 400 items.
box 12, folder 2
from Gretchen Lee,
1929-1930
box 12, folder 3
from Alliccia ____?,
1927-1932
box 12, folder 4
from Alliccia ____?,
1927-1932
box 13, folder 1
letter, 1 handwritten p., from FTM, with enclosure from Benedetta.
box 13, folder 1
letter, 1 handwritten p., from FTM.
box 13, folder 1
telegram, 1 p., from FTM, 1929.
box 13, folder 1
(MARINETTI)
Scope and Contents note
letter, 2 typed pp., to FTM regarding Alberto Cappa.
box 13, folder 1
(MARINETTI)
Scope and Contents note
letter, 6 handwritten pp., to FTM from Amaldo Cappa regarding Aurelio Cappa.
box 13, folder 2
ALBERTO CAPPA
Scope and Contents note
7 letters, miscellaneous business and personal letters.
box 13, folder 3
from Fanny Bozzolo,
1930-1931
box 13, folder 4
ALBERTO CAPPA
1930
Scope and Contents note
letters to Fanny Bozzolo.
box 13, folder 5
from his mother,
1919-1927
box 13, folder 6
from his mother,
1928-1931
box 13, folder 8
Photos, notes, clippings found in letters
box 14, folder 1
CAPRONI, GIANNI
1942
Scope and Contents note
ms., 1 typed p., letter to FTM (from airplane manufacturer?).
box 14, folder 2
CAPUANA, LUIGI
1909
Scope and Contents note
ms., 3 handwritten pp., letter to FTM; ms., 4 handwritten pp., letter.
box 14, folder 3
CARACCIOLO, EUGENIO
Scope and Contents note
ms., 21 handwritten pp., "L'Aeropoema del Basso Sulcis;" ms., 19 typed pp., "Il Poema del Basso Sulcis;" ms., 12 typed pp.,
"Falpalà" (poem).
box 14, folder 4
CARRA, CARLO
1929
Scope and Contents note
letter, 1 handwritten p., 1924; ms., 1 handwritten p., letter to FTM, 1929.
box 14, folder 5
CHIO, ADA (?)
1924
Scope and Contents note
ms., 1 typed p., letter to FTM from "Art et Action."
box 14, folder 6
CHIOCCHIO, ANTONIO & UGO PICCONE
Scope and Contents note
ms., 37 typed pp., "Frrrrando il mondo."
box 14, folder 7
CINI
Scope and Contents note
note on visitor's card, 1 handwritten p., (to FTM?).
box 14, folder 8
CIVELLO
Scope and Contents note
ms., 4 handwritten pp., letter about tribute to Benedetta in Sicily.
box 14, folder 9
CORRA, BRUNO
1938
Scope and Contents note
ms., 19 pp., proofs, "Marinetti poeta della parole in libertà simultanee," with corrections.
box 14, folder 10
CORRA, BRUNO
1914-1915
Scope and Contents note
ms., 2 typed pp., letter (to FTM?); ms., 2 typed pp., letter( to FTM?); ms., 2 typed pp., letter (to FTM?), 1914; ms., 1 handwritten
p., letter (to FTM?), 1915; ms., 3 small handwritten pp., letter (to FTM?); telegram, 1 p., (to FTM?), 1914.
box 14, folder 11
D'ANNUNZIO, GABRIELE
Scope and Contents note
ms., 12 handwritten pp., "(Dalla tragedia) La nave."
box 14, folder 12
DANZI, GUGLIEMO
Scope and Contents note
ms., 49 typed pp., "Ritratto di F.T. Marinetti."
box 14, folder 13
DEPERO
Scope and Contents note
ms., 1 handwritten p., letter to FTM; ms., 5 typed pp., "Discorso fascista-futurista."
box 14, folder 14
DEPERO
Scope and Contents note
ms., 1 typed p., preceding pp., missing.
box 14, folder 15
DI BOSSO, RENATO
Scope and Contents note
ms., 2 handwritten pp., letter to Scrivo, with list of Futurist writers and painters.
box 14, folder 16
DIVOIRE, FERNAND
Scope and Contents note
ms., 2 typed pp., poem.
box 14, folder 17
DIVOIRE
Scope and Contents note
ms., 1 typed p., quotations from book by Fernand Divoire.
box 14, folder 18
DOTTORI
1937
Scope and Contents note
ms., 7 typed pp., "La seconda mostra di plastica murale," with corrections by Marinetti (?). 1937 (?).
box 14, folder 19
DUJARDIN, E
1933
Scope and Contents note
ms., 1 typed p., letter to FTM.
box 14, folder 20
FARFA
Scope and Contents note
ms., 6 typed pp., "Alla 'barca sbarcata'," and other poems.
box 14, folder 21
FARFA
1944
Scope and Contents note
ms., 1 handwritten p., letter to FTM.
box 14, folder 22
FARFA
1940
Scope and Contents note
announcement, 1 handwritten p., about thirty-first anniversary of Futurism.
box 14, folder 23
FORLIN, CORRADO
Scope and Contents note
ms., 1 typed p., manifesto, "Il Gruppo Futurista Savare ai Combattenti di Terramarecielo;" flyer, 1 printed p., by Gruppo
Futurista Savare.
box 14, folder 24
GARGIULLO, MARINO
1943
Scope and Contents note
ms., 8 typed pp., "Per aspera ad astra."
box 14, folder 25
GELLONZI, FORTUNATO
Scope and Contents note
ms., 5 typed pp., "Purezza dell'epopea marinettiana."
box 14, folder 26
GIARDINA, GIACOMO
1941
Scope and Contents note
ms., 1 typed p., poem, "Vanita Inglese," 1941; ms., 1 typed p., poem, "Instantanea di Guerra;" ms., 1 typed p., poem, "Due
Vittorie."
box 14, folder 27
GORETTI, MARIA
Scope and Contents note
ms., 52 typed pp., "Nozze futuriste: campana di guerra con trimotore."
box 14, folder 28
GOVONI, CORRADO
Scope and Contents note
ms., 3 handwritten pp., 3 poems.
box 14, folder 29
GRUPPO FUTURISTA DI MILANO
1934?
Scope and Contents note
ms., 3 typed pp., "Manifesto Tecnico dell'Aeroplastica Futurista."
box 14, folder 30
GRUPPO UNIVERSITARIO FASCISTA DI FERRARA
1941
Scope and Contents note
Mss. entered in contest for young fascists: ms., 1 typed p., poem, "Nostalgia di Lontananza" ; ms., 2 typed pp., poem, "La
casa del deserto."
box 14, folder 31
HIDAKA, SHIROKURO
1952
Scope and Contents note
ms., 3 typed pp., "Le president du conseil d'un pays vaincu," on the book "Le Troisième Richelieu" by M. Fouques Duparc, 1952.
box 14, folder 32
HIDAKA, SHIROKURO
1946
Scope and Contents note
ms., 12 typed pp. (two copies), "Stati d'animo di F.T. Marinetti."
box 14, folder 33
HIDAKA, SHIROKURO
1944-1952
Scope and Contents note
1 letter from Hidaka to FTM, in French, followed by a description of the same letter, in Italian, by Benedetta; 2 letters
(or drafts of letters) from Benedetta to Hidaka: 7 June 1944 (in French), and 14 September 1946 (in Italian); A typed manuscript
of the poem "Le Chant de l'Aeropoète" by FTM; and 5 letters (or drafts of letters) from Benedetta to Hidaka, all in Italian:
22-29 May 1946, 16 June [1946?], 6 February 1947, 25 August 1946, 1 January 1947.
box 14, folder 34
JANNELLI, GUGLIELMO
1949
Scope and Contents note
ms., 1 handwritten p., letter to Benedetta.
box 14, folder 35
JARRY, ALFRED(?)
1907?
Scope and Contents note
ms., 4 handwritten pp., letter to FTM.
box 14, folder 36
LABELLA, SILVIO & ARNALDO DE GIOVANNI
1942
Scope and Contents note
ms., 1 typed p., "Manifesto futurista dei gruppi romani 'Gondar' e 'Duca d'Aosta."
box 14, folder 37
LUGNE-POE
1937
Scope and Contents note
ms., 1 handwritten p., letter (to FTM?).
box 14, folder 38
MACCARANI, GERTRUDE ALLI
Scope and Contents note
ms., 2 typed p., "L'accademico F.T. Marinetti (visto da Gertrude Alli Maccarani)."
box 14, folder 39
MANULESCU(?)
Scope and Contents note
ms., 3 handwritten pp., notes about Romanian theater.
box 14, folder 40
MARAINI, ANTONIO
Scope and Contents note
ms., 1 typed p., letter to FTM.
box 14, folder 41
MASNATA
1935
Scope and Contents note
telegram, 1 p., to FTM.
box 14, folder 42
MASNATA(?)
Scope and Contents note
ms., 38 handwritten pp., draft for an anthology of Fascist poetry, poems by Pino Masnata, Bruno Sanzin, Ignazio Scurto and
Ada Negri, two page preface by Masnata (?).
box 14, folder 43
MASNATA(?)
1937
Scope and Contents note
ms., 50 small handwritten pp., "Autocarri tende muli di futuristi A.O. (Africa occidentale)."
box 14, folder 44
MEI, RAFFAELLO
1942
Scope and Contents note
ms., 8 typed pp. (2 copies), "Aereoterracqua."
box 14, folder 45
MENSI, ARTURO
1937
Scope and Contents note
ms., 1 typed p., letter to FTM from president of Istituto Nazionale di Cultura Fascista, Sezione di Alessandria.
box 14, folder 45
MARINETTI
Scope and Contents note
draft of letter, 1 handwritten p., on reverse of Mensi's letter.
box 14, folder 46
MICHEL, ALBIN
1935
Scope and Contents note
ms., 1 typed p., letter to FTM.
box 14, folder 47
MICHELONI
Scope and Contents note
ms., 15 pp., extract of "Il calcolo d'iperprogetto."
box 14, folder 48
MILAN FUTURISTS
Scope and Contents note
ms., 3 typed pp., "Manifesto Tecnico dell'Aeroplastica Futurista."
box 14, folder 49
MILETTI, VLADIMIRO
1941
Scope and Contents note
ms. 7 typed pp., 6 poems.
box 14, folder 50
MIRT, DANILO
Scope and Contents note
ms., 1 typed p., poem, "Rapsodia di Guerra."
box 14, folder 51
MOLINARI
1938
Scope and Contents note
ms., 3 typed pp., letter to FTM.
box 14, folder 52
MOMIGLIANO
1937
Scope and Contents note
1 typed p., to FTM.
box 14, folder 53
MORETTI
1937
Scope and Contents note
ms., 2 handwritten pp., letter to "Eccellenza" (FTM?).
box 14, folder 54
MUNARI
1950 1940
Scope and Contents note
ms., 1 typed p., letter to Benedetta.
box 14, folder 55
MUSSOLINI
1925
Scope and Contents note
ms., 10 typed pp., "Discorso del tre gennaio," with notes by FTM.
box 14, folder 56
NICOLAI, RANIERO
Scope and Contents note
ms., 3 typed pp., "Di Bosso: scultore -pittore e xilografo."
box 14, folder 56
DI BOSSO, RENATO
Scope and Contents note
ms., 1 typed p., "Riassunto autobiografico."
box 14, folder 57
NOTARI
1933
Scope and Contents note
ms., 3 handwritten pp., letter to Benedetta. ms., 2 handwritten pp., letter to Benedetta.
box 14, folder 58
OLMI, R
1942
Scope and Contents note
ms., 2 typed pp. (2 copies), "Sentinelle nel Donez," "Paradiso sovietico," signed.
box 14, folder 59
OLMI, R
1942
Scope and Contents note
ms., 2 typed pp., "Polverizzazione di cavalleria cosacca nel Donjez."
box 14, folder 60
ORANO
1917-1918
Scope and Contents note
ms., 2 handwritten pp., letter (to FTM?), 1917; ms., 3 handwritten pp., letter (to FTM?), 1918.
box 14, folder 61
ORAZI, VITTORIO
Scope and Contents note
ms., 10 typed pp., "Nuovi avviamenti della poesia italiana e loro cause."
box 14, folder 62
ORESTANO
1936
Scope and Contents note
ms., 40 handwritten pp., "L'opera letteraria di Benedetta."
box 14, folder 62
D'AVILA
1937
Scope and Contents note
clipping, 1 p., "Opera letteraria di Benedetta vista da F. Orestano."
box 15, folder 1
PAGANO
1939
Scope and Contents note
ms., 1 typed p., letter to FTM, 1939.
box 15, folder 2
PERUZZI
1941
Scope and Contents note
ms., 5 typed pp., draft of "Plastica dell'Essenza Individuale," Aug.
box 15, folder 3
PICCIONI, SERGIO & MAURIZIO CALVESI
Scope and Contents note
ms., 1 typed p., poem.
box 15, folder 4
PONENTE, NELLO
1958
Scope and Contents note
ms., 4 typed pp., "Il futurismo e il teatro."
box 15, folder 4
MARINETTI
Scope and Contents note
ms., 6 typed pp., "Dopo il teatro sintetico..."
box 15, folder 4
PRAMPOLINI
Scope and Contents note
ms., 5 typed pp., "L'Atmosfera Scenica Futurista."
box 15, folder 4
ORAZI
Scope and Contents note
ms., 3 typed pp., "Il teatro del colore."
box 15, folder 4
LUCIANI; BRAGAGLIA; CASAVOLA
Scope and Contents note
ms., 2 typed pp., "Le sintesi visive."
box 15, folder 5
POSATI, PERICLE
1936
Scope and Contents note
ms., 7 typed pp., poems.
box 15, folder 6
(POUND, EZRA)
1914?
Scope and Contents note
ms., (xeroxed) 1 typed p., letter from Richard Aldington(?) about FTM (1914?).
box 15, folder 7
PRAMPOLINI, ENRICO
1937
Scope and Contents note
list, 2 handwritten pp., of paintings proposed for Prampolini's room at the Quadriennale, in Prampolini's hand with corrections
(by FTM?), 1937. Blank Exposition form, 1 p., with FTM's handwriting on reverse.
box 15, folder 8
PRATELLA, BALILLA
Scope and Contents note
ms., 7 typed pp., "Manifeste des musiciens futuristes."
box 15, folder 9
RACHILDE
1910
Scope and Contents note
ms., 1 p. proof, 3 copies, "Mafarka le Futuriste."
box 15, folder 10
UNKNOWN
Scope and Contents note
ms., 9 handwritten pp., "Prefazione al volume inedito, 'La sensibilità futurista' di Ettore Romagnoli."
box 15, folder 10
UNKNOWN
Scope and Contents note
ms., 3 typed pp., "Per tutte le ruote, Dramma di oggetti," on Romagnoli.
box 15, folder 10
ROMAGNOLI, ETTORE
1926
Scope and Contents note
clippings, articles on Marinetti and Futurism.
box 15, folder 11
RUSSOLO, LUIGI
1913
Scope and Contents note
ms., 8 typed pp., "L'Arte dei Rumori."
box 15, folder 12
RUSSOLO, MARIA
1954
Scope and Contents note
ms., 1 handwritten p., letter to Benedetta, 1954; list, 6 typed pp., of Luigi Russolo's paintings; list, 2 handwritten pp.,
of photos of Russolo's paintings and of Russolo's etchings, 1954.
box 15, folder 13
SALADIN
1940
Scope and Contents note
ms., 2 typed pp., letter to FTM, with notes by FTM, 1940.
box 15, folder 14
SALADIN
1941
Scope and Contents note
ms., 1 typed p., letter.
box 15, folder 15
SANTORO, MADDALENA
1930s?
Scope and Contents note
ms. 37 typed pp. "Gerardo Dottori e l'aeropittura futurista umbra.".
box 15, folder 16
SARTORIS, ALBERTO
Scope and Contents note
ms., 5 typed pp., on Prampolini.
box 15, folder 17
SAUERWEIN, JULES
1937
Scope and Contents note
ms., 2 typed pp., letter to FTM.
box 15, folder 18
SCAGLIA, R.
1937
Scope and Contents note
ms., 2 handwritten pp., letter to FTM from director of magazine Alexandria.
box 15, folder 19
SCAGNARDI
1940
Scope and Contents note
ms., 5 handwritten pp., "La nouvelle conquête des étoiles."
box 15, folder 20
SERVRANCKX, VICTOR
1937
Scope and Contents note
ms., 2 pp. handwritten, letter to FTM, 1937; ms., 2 handwritten pp., letter to FTM, 1937.
box 15, folder 21
SEVERINI & RUSSOLO
Scope and Contents note
3 metal postcards and brass name plates used in exhibitions.
box 15, folder 22
SEVERINI, GINO
1913-1930
Scope and Contents note
ms., 4 handwritten pp., letter to FTM, 1930; ms., 12 pp. with reproductions, catalog,"The Futurist Painter Severini Exhibits
His Latest Works," signed, 1913; ms., 4 pp., invitation to exhibition, "Gino Severini: 1re Exposition Futuriste d'Art Plastique
de la Guerre et d'autres oeuvres antérieures," 1916; ms., invitation postcard with color print, "Oeuvres par Gino Severini,"
1919; ms., 2 handwritten pp., list of personal shows, 1913-1926.
box 15, folder 23
(SOMENZI)
1920s
Scope and Contents note
letters and telegrams to Mino Somenzi from various Futurists, including Azari, Fillia, Mix, Depero, and FTM, 1920s.
box 15, folder 24
SORRENTO, FERNANDO
Scope and Contents note
ms., 3 typed pp., poem, "Attacco di Madrid."
box 15, folder 25
STERN, ANATOL
1965 1968
Scope and Contents note
ms., 2 typed pp., letter to Benedetta, 1965. ms., 2 typed pp., letter to Benedetta, 1968.
box 15, folder 26
TATO & SEVERINI
1925-1926
Scope and Contents note
8 postcards.
box 15, folder 27
TAYLOR, JOSHUA
1964
Scope and Contents note
1 Christmas card, to Benedetta.
box 15, folder 27
-------?, ZERVOS
1963
Scope and Contents note
letter, 2 handwritten pp., to Benedetta.
box 15, folder 28
TEDESCHI, EMMA & MARIO BRANDI
1935
Scope and Contents note
ms., 54 typed pp., "La scienza del genio.".
box 15, folder 29
THAYAHT, RAM, THAYAHT
1932
Scope and Contents note
ms., 2 typed pp., "Il manifesto futurista per la moda italiana," with note from FTM 1932.
box 15, folder 30
TODOROV
Scope and Contents note
telegram, 1 p., to FTM.
box 15, folder 30
DONCEV, NICOLAI
Scope and Contents note
1 business card.
box 15, folder 31
TRIPODI, G.B. MARCIANTI
1924
Scope and Contents note
ms., 36 typed pp., "Il Senso Occulto nella 'Conquista delle Stelle,' di F.T. Marinetti;" ms., 4 handwritten pp., letter to
Comitato Promotore per le Onoranze di F.T. Marinetti, 1924.
box 15, folder 32
ZAFFREDO(?), MARIO
1940
Scope and Contents note
ms., 18 typed pp., "Poema di guerra."
box 15, folder 33
UNKNOWN
Scope and Contents note
clipping, 4 pp., "Influenza del Futurismo."
box 15, folder 34
UNKNOWN
Scope and Contents note
ms., 23 typed pp., "Parlano fra loro della casa degna i paesaggi dalla Giudea."
box 15, folder 35
UNKNOWN
Scope and Contents note
ms., 30 handwritten pp., sketch for novel, "In virtù di una eredità 8 personaggi si trovano in possesso di un miliardo."
box 15, folder 36
UNKNOWN
Scope and Contents note
leaflet (2 copies), "Inno a Garibaldi," with note by FTM.
box 15, folder 37
UNKNOWN
1939
Scope and Contents note
ms., 4 typed pp., response to Lajos Kassák's critique of Futurism.
box 15, folder 38
UNKNOWN
Scope and Contents note
list, 1 handwritten p., of names of Futurists who volunteered to serve in WWII.
box 15, folder 39
UNKNOWN
Scope and Contents note
writings about Futurism.
box 15, folder 40
UNKNOWN
Scope and Contents note
ms., 1 typed p., "Idrovolante trimotore Marchetti."
box 15, folder 41
UNKNOWN
Scope and Contents note
ms., 14 typed pp., "Manifesto del nuovo diritto"; ms., 1 typed p., notes.
box 15, folder 41
MARINETTI
Scope and Contents note
1 handwritten p., notes.
box 15, folder 42
UNKNOWN
Scope and Contents note
ms., 3 typed pp., draft of article censuring critics for defining Futurism in terms of the first manifesto.
box 15, folder 43
UNKNOWN
Scope and Contents note
ms., 8 handwritten pp., reader's report for French publisher (Sansot?) on "La nuit des indomables" (Gli Indomabili).
box 15, folder 44
UNKNOWN
Scope and Contents note
ms., 3 typed pp., "Mostra nazionale di Plastica Murale," proposal for showing in Turin.
box 15, folder 45
UNKNOWN
1937
Scope and Contents note
ms., 1 typed p., letter to FTM from president of Societa Nazionale Dante Alighieri.
box 15, folder 46
UNKNOWN
Scope and Contents note
ms., 2 typed pp., minutes of meeting of commission awarding prize "Al poeta originale."
Futurist music, Series IV.
1912-1936
Physical Description: 11 scores, 1 sound recording
Scope and Contents note
The Futurist music series includes eleven handwritten or printed scores by Pratella, Mix, Campanini, Brizzi, Windisch, Masgani,
Casavola, Cangiullo & Coioffi, and Sciorilli. There is also a 78 rpm recording by Aldo Giuntini, "Gli eroi della nostra guerra,"
presented by FTM, 1936.
box 16, folder 1
PRATELLA
Scope and Contents note
ms., 7 handwritten pp., score, "Madrigali," signed.
box 16, folder 2
PRATELLA
Scope and Contents note
ms., 4 handwritten pp., "Canzone di Mabina," for FTM's "Tamburo di Fuoco," signed.
box 16, folder 3
PRATELLA
1912
Scope and Contents note
ms., 50 printed pp., score,"Teoria della Musica," dedicated to FTM, signed.
box 16, folder 4
MIX, SILVIO
Scope and Contents note
ms., 2 handwritten pp., score, "Crepuscolo."
box 16, folder 5
CAMPANINI
Scope and Contents note
ms., 2 handwritten pp., score, "il solfeggio delle rondini."
box 16, folder 6
BRIZZI
Scope and Contents note
ms., 4 handwritten pp., score, "Andante Patetico." (dedicated to Benedetta.)
box 16, folder 7
WINDISCH
1937
Scope and Contents note
ms., 4 handwritten bound pp., score, "Ritmo Dinamico," choreography by Ilse Vordemberge, dedicated to FTM, signed.
box 16, folder 8
MASCAGNI
1928
Scope and Contents note
ms., 7 printed pp., score for poem, "Il Canto del Lavoro," by Rossoni and Bovio, signed by poets and composer, 1928.
box 16, folder 9
CASAVOLA
1920
Scope and Contents note
ms., 3 printed pp., score for poem, "Gioelleria Notturna," by Moscardelli.
box 16, folder 10
CASAVOLA
1929
Scope and Contents note
98 printed bound pp., score for libretto, "Il Gobbo del Califfo," by Rossato.
box 16, folder 11
CANGIULLO/CIOFFI
1938
Scope and Contents note
2 printed pp., 3 copies, score, "Canzone Futurista," 1938.
box 16, folder 12
SCIORILLI
1931
Scope and Contents note
ms., 6 printed pp., score, "Motore Innamorato," signed, dedicated to FTM.
box 16, folder 13
(BRIZZI)
Scope and Contents note
program, postcard, for concert, "Dal Poema Africano di Marinetti."
box 16, folder 14
MARINETTI
Scope and Contents note
review, 4 printed pp., of Silvio Mix performance.
box 17
GIUNTINI, ALDO
1936
Scope and Contents note
Sound recording, 78 rpm, "Gli eroi della nostra guerra," presented by FTM, 1936. A cassette recording of the record is also
available.
Newspaper clippings, Series V.
ca. 1912-1944
Physical Description:
1.5 Linear Feet
Scope and Contents note
Newspaper clippings belonging to FTM (and Benedetta?) offer vivid evidence of FTM's prolific publication record first as a
poet and reviewer in France and Italy and later as a propagandist for Fascism. Articles are organized according to subject
matter and include the following: articles by FTM, articles and proofs by FTM in French, poems by FTM in French, articles
about FTM, art images, articles about machinery and extraordinary events, articles about FTM's debate with Hitler over Futurist
art, articles of general interest (i.e., politics or Futurism), articles for a book on WWII that FTM planned to write.
See flat file folder for oversize items.
box 18, folder 1-4
MARINETTI
Scope and Contents note
newspaper and magazine clippings of articles by FTM.
box 18, folder 5
MARINETTI
Scope and Contents note
newspaper and magazine clippings of articles by FTM in French; proofs of essays published in books in French.
box 19, folder 1
MARINETTI
Scope and Contents note
clippings from journals and proofs of poems by FTM in French.
box 19, folder 2-3
(MARINETTI)
Scope and Contents note
clippings of articles about FTM.
box 19, folder 4
(MARINETTI & BENEDETTA)
Scope and Contents note
newspaper, magazine and journal clippings of art images.
box 19, folder 5
(MARINETTI)
Scope and Contents note
newspaper and magazine clippings about machinery and extraordinary events.
box 19, folder 6
(MARINETTI)
Scope and Contents note
clippings about FTM's debate with Hitler over Futurist art.
box 20, folder 1-3
(MARINETTI & BENEDETTA)
Scope and Contents note
newspaper and magazine clippings concerning politics, futurism, general interest.
box 20, folder 4-5
(MARINETTI)
Scope and Contents note
newspaper and magazine clippings for book on WWII that FTM planned to write.
Lantern slides, Series VI.
undated
Physical Description:
13 Photographic Slides
Scope and Contents note
This series consists of lantern slides of Futurist art work, architecture and exhibitions. (Some are damaged.)
box 21
(MARINETTI & BENEDETTA)
Scope and Contents note
13 lantern slides of Futurist art work, architecture and exhibitions. (some damaged).
Photographs, Series VII.
ca. 1910-1944
Physical Description:
2.5 Linear Feet
ca. 1,000 photographs
Scope and Contents note
The archive has photographs of Futurist art, architecture, and exhibitions, consisting of 1 1/2 linear ft., and personal photographs,
consisting of 1 linear ft. Twenty-eight Futurist artists are represented by individual file folders of photos; many others
are grouped together. Some are signed or have explanatory notes on them. Coverage of Boccioni and Tato is especially comprehensive,
though there are many duplicate photos in these and other files. The personal photographs portray FTM and Benedetta at various
artistic and political gatherings in the 1920s and 30s: rallies, meetings, ceremonial dinners, military funerals, etc. Some
photos of individual Futurist colleagues are signed. There is a small number of family photographs.
Photographs of Futurist painting, sculpture, architecture, and exhibitions, some with notes by the artist or by FTM, some
signed. Organized alphabetically by artist's last name with file folders numbered consecutively within each box.
box 24, folder 5
Unidentified painting and sculpture
box 24, folder 6
Graphics, architecture, etc.
box 25, box 26
Personal photographs of Marinetti, family and colleagues,
ca. 1918-1940
Scope and Contents note
Benedetta, family members and Futurist colleagues, primarily from the 1920s and 1930s. Three flap files in each box.
Libroni, Series VIII.
1904-1944
Physical Description:
119 box(es)
20,000 slides, 1 vol.
Scope and Contents note
The very large scrapbooks that FTM and Benedetta compiled contain international clippings about Futurist exhibitions, publications,
and political activities. FTM's five libroni are available on 20,000 slides organized chronologically. Benedetta's one librone,
which focusses on reviews of her novels and paintings, and articles about her public appearances, exists in its original form,
with clippings glued into it in more or less chronological order. Included are clippings of some of the articles and speeches
that Series II contains in draft form, such as "Donna della patria in guerra," and "Spiritualità della donna italiana."
box 27**
BENEDETTA
1924-1942
Scope and Contents note
librone, 1 large original volume, containing clippings about Benedetta and her work, compiled by Benedetta, 1924-1942. Additional
clippings, left loose in the librone, have been placed in file folders and kept in the librone box.
box 28A
Prints made from slides of Marinetti libroni in Boxes 28-30
box 31a
Prints made from slides of Marinetti libroni in Boxes 31-32
box 33a
Prints made from slides of Marinetti libroni in Boxes 33-34
box 28B*
Photocopies made from slides of Marinetti libroni in Boxes 28-30
MARINETTI,
1904-1944
Scope and Contents note
20,000 slides of 5 libroni (approx. 24" x 26" x 3"), containing international clippings about Futurist exhibitions, publications,
invitations, etc., compiled by FTM, 1904-1944.
box 28A
prints 1/1 - 1/193-11 made from slides in boxes 28-30
box 28B*
photocopies made from assorted slides
box 96
4/806 - 4/814; 4/560 - 4/599; Vol. 4, Series 2: 4/1 - 4/40
box 107
4/872 - 4/913; 4/601 - 4/637 (not dupes)
box 109
4/721 - 4/794; 4/901 - 4/903
box 115
5/401 - 5/537; 22 unnumbered and Vol. 5, series 2: 5/1-511
box 136
6/1198 - 6/1204; vol. 6, series 2: 6/1-6/88
Posters & oversized items, Series IX.
1914-1956
Physical Description: ca. 12 items
Scope and Contents note
Six posters advertise some of Marinetti's activities from 1914 to 1942, including his Russian tour, a speech at the Istituto
di Cultura Fascista, and a performance of "L'Oceano del Cuore." One poster, by Farfa, was sent to Benedetta in 1956. There
is also one page from a Russian newspaper discussing FTM's visit to Moscow; pages from
Der Sturm featuring articles and poems by FTM; front page photos of FTM addressing assembled "black shirts," with transcripts of his
speech to them; miscellaneous material regarding war or Futurism.
flatfile 1**, flatfile 2**, flatfile 3**, flatfile 4**, flatfile 5**
Posters, clippings, printed matter
Russian poster announcing Marinetti's tour, Moscow,
1914
Scope and Contents note
28 1/4" x 21 1/2", (repaired).
Istituto di Cultura Fascista,
1942
Scope and Contents note
"Aeropoetie Aeropittori Futuristi della Divisione '28 Ottobre,'" Oratore: FTM, (74 1/2 x 27 1/2).
Teatro Paganini,
1927
Scope and Contents note
"Seconda Recita della Tournee del Teatro Futurista" by FTM and "L'Oceano del Cuore," by FTM, 38 3/4" x 13 3/4".
Teatro di Condominio-Gallarate,
1927
Scope and Contents note
"L'Oceano del Cuore" di FTM, 33 x 24 1/4".
Bernheim-Jeune,
1935
Scope and Contents note
"Les Futuristes Italiens" (including FTM, Fillia, Prampolini, D'Albisola, Tato, etc.), 31 1/2 x 12 3/4".
Farfa, "Ceramiche Futuriste,"
1956
Scope and Contents note
addressed to Benedetta in Farfa's handwriting.
1 Russian newspaper clipping discussing FTM's visit to Moscow, 1914.
Oversized or deteriorating items include pages from
Der Sturm featuring articles and poems by FTM
Scope and Contents note
front page photos of FTM addressing assembled "black shirts," with transcript of his speech to them; miscellaneous material
regarding war or Futurism.
