Ken Friedman Collection
Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego
Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego
Copyright 2005
9500 Gilman Drive
La Jolla 92093-0175
spcoll@ucsd.edu
Descriptive Summary
Contributing Institution:
Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego
9500 Gilman Drive
La Jolla 92093-0175
Title: Ken Friedman Collection
Creator:
Friedman, Ken, 1949-
Identifier/Call Number: MSS 0128
Physical Description:
7.8 Linear feet
(9 archives boxes and 31 oversize folders)
Date (inclusive): 1964 - 1971
Abstract: Correspondence, manuscripts, conceptual and mail artwork, and ephemera documenting Ken Friedman's affiliation with Fluxus
art movement spearheaded by George Maciunas. The collection includes examples of Friedman's Fluxus offset press, art work
of other Fluxus artists, publications by Aktual, and examples of work by the Cleveland poet d.a. levy. Significant correspondents
include George Brecht, John Cage, Dick Higgins, Ray Johnson, Milan Knizak, d.a. levy, George Maciunas, Jerry Rubin, and Paul
Sharits.
Languages:
English
.
Scope and Content of Collection
The bulk of the materials in the Ken Friedman Collection date from 1967 to 1970 -- for Friedman, a period of expansive production
of Fluxus materials and a continuing commitment to Happenings / events, collaborations, and the Unitarian Universalist Church
and its affiliate organizations of Free Religious Youth (FRY) and Liberal Religious Youth (LRY). The collection best documents
graphic design of the period (with many examples from Friedman's Fluxus offset press), works of the Fluxus group and publications
by Aktual. Numerous scenarios, musical compositions, prose and poetry works are also included. Another interesting facet of
the collection are the works and correspondence by poet d.a. levy and New York Correspondence School founder Ray Johnson.
Arranged in five series: 1) CORRESPONDENCE, 2) WRITINGS, 3) COLLABORATIONS, 4) FLUXUS, and 5) D.A. LEVY.
Biography
Kenneth S. Friedman (born September 19, 1949- ) attended Shimer College (1966-1967) where he studied music theory and composition
with Richard Maxfield. He later received an MS from San Francisco State University in 1971 and, after that a Ph.D. from the
Graduate School of Human Behavior at U.S. International University in 1976. From 1967-1968, he was an instructor at San Francisco
State College Experimental College, where he taught course in the literature of surrealism, the avant-garde, and expanded
arts.
Ken Friedman experimented with many forms of conceptual art during the period covered by the collection, from the graphic
and concrete arts to music, writing and performance. While at Shimer College, Friedman directed an "underground" radio program,
"Garnisht Kigele." Later, he edited ephemeral magazines as a member of the Underground Press Syndicate and became Editor-in
Chief of Fluxus West Publications and General Manager of Something Else Press. Friedman founded Fluxus West in 1966 shortly
after becoming acquainted with George Maciunas and other members of the New York Fluxus coterie.
George Maciunas was the first person to use the term "Fluxus." In 1961, he sent out an invitation for an exhibition at the
AG Gallery, noting on the invitation that the $3.00 cover charge was to be used for publishing FLUXUS magazine. The term came
to designate an attitude toward art best exemplied in the work of Marcel Duchamp, the Dadaists, and John Cage. Indeed, many
of the participants in the movement during the 1960s had personally studied with Cage or one of his disciples such as Richard
Maxfield. Artistic values championed by principal Fluxus artists such as Friedman, Dick Higgins, George Brecht, and Yoko Ono,
included spontaneity and indeterminacy.
Besides Fluxus, Friedman also participated in Aktual and the New York Correspondence School, two other conceptual art movements
occurring during the time represented by the collection. Since the date of the collection, Friedman's work has appeared in
a number of exhibitions, and he has received commissions from the Joslyn Art Museum, the Western Museum Association, and the
University of Tulsa.
Publication Rights
Publication rights are held by the creator of the collection.
Preferred Citation
Ken Friedman Collection, MSS 0128. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.
Acquisition Information
Not Available
Restrictions
Original media formats are restricted. Viewing/listening copies may be available for researchers.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Mail art
Fluxus (Group of artists)
Art, Modern -- 20th century
Avant-garde (Aesthetics)
Happening (Art)
Performance art
Levy, D. A.
Fugs (Musical group)
Liberal Religious Youth
Free Religious Youth
CORRESPONDENCE
Scope and Content of Series
Series 1) CORRESPONDENCE: The series arranges Friedman's communications alphabetically, with incoming and outgoing correspondence
filed together. The correspondence has been segregated by author and arranged in chronological order when materials are dated.
Of particular interest is the correspondence Friedman conducted with George Brecht, John Cage, Dick Higgins, Ray Johnson,
Milan Knizák, d.a. levy, George Maciunas, Jerry Rubin, and Paul Sharits.
Box 1, Folder 1
Miscellaneous unidentified correspondence to Ken Friedman
1966 - 1968
Box 1, Folder 2
AAAB.A
1967
General note
A magazine edited by Friedman at Shimer College.
Box 1, Folder 3
Aktual
1967
General note
Correspondence regarding; for example of work produced under this imprint see series 3B.
Box 1, Folder 5
American MENSA Society
1968
Box 1, Folder 7
Anderson, Eric
1967 - 1971
General note
Exchange between Fluxus artist Anderson and Friedman.
Box 1, Folder 8
Asphodel Book Shop
1968
General note
Publicity announcements related to d.a. levy's suicide & the d.a. levy Anthology. Asphodel Book Shop is owned by James Russell
Lowell.
Box 1, Folder 9
Ay-o
1967
General note
Related to construction of Ay-o's Fluxus Fingerbox sets.
Box 1, Folder 11
Berner, Jeff
1967
General note
Exchange between Fluxus artist Berner and Friedman.
Box 1, Folder 13
Bory, J.F.
1967 - 1968
General note
Exchange between Bory, the Co-Publisher of APPROACHES magazine, and Friedman
Box 1, Folder 14
Brecht, George
1966 - 1968
General note
Photocopy reproductions of numerous exchanges between Fluxus artist Brecht & Friedman.
Box 1, Folder 15
Cage, John
1966 - 1967
General note
Correspondence with John Cage related to the publication or donation of Friedman's musical compositions and writing.
Box 1, Folder 16
Cazazza, Monte
General note
Postcard from West Coast Correspondence Art principle Cazazza proposing an "exchange" piece.
Box 1, Folder 17
Chase, Richard
1965 - 1968
General note
Correspondence with Richard Chase (Friedman's uncle), a folklorist.
Box 1, Folder 18
Congdon, Kirby
General note
A publisher of broadsides, magazines and books.
Box 1, Folder 19
City University of New York
1969
Box 1, Folder 22
de Vries, William
1967
General note
Related to the PROMETHEAN and Unitarian Universalist functions
Box 1, Folder 28
Egerer, Anna
1968 - 1969
General note
Correspondence with Anna Egerer and Jiri Tupler of Aktual detailing their flight from Czechoslovakia to West Germany after
the Russian repression of 1968.
Box 1, Folder 30
E.S.P.-Disk
1966
General note
Related to the Fugs and Friedman's duties as a publicist for the record company.
Box 1, Folder 31
Filliou, Robert
1967
General note
Correspondence with the Fluxus performance artist, poet and writer Robert Filliou.
Box 1, Folder 32
Fine, Albert
General note
Correspondence with Fluxus principle Fine. Several scenarios / works are represented in the Fluxus series in the Friedman
Collection.
Box 1, Folder 33
Fine Arts Society of San Diego
1969
Box 1, Folder 34
Flux / UPS
1967 - 1968
General note
Correspondence exchanged between subscribers and members of the Underground Press Syndicate, and Friedman and Sebastopol James,
as constituted as publishers of Flux / UPS.
Box 1, Folder 35
Fluxus West
1967 - 1968
General note
Press releases and correspondence related to the activities (education, events, performances, etc.) of Fluxus West.
Box 1, Folder 36
Foster, Don
General note
Foster was referred to Friedman by d.a. levy. In reply, Friedman sent a scenario for a Fluxus Performance / Event.
Box 1, Folder 37
Free Religious Association
1968
Box 1, Folder 38
Friedman to unidentified correspondents
1967 - 1969
Box 1, Folder 39
Friedman to Candida
1967 - 1968
General note
Correspondence with poetry submissions.
Box 1, Folder 40
Friedman to Ellen
1966 - 1967
Oversize FB-005, Folder 19
Friedman to Ruth (painting)
Box 1, Folder 43
Fugs
1966
General note
Correspondence related to the Fugs and the radio program GARNISHT KIGELE at WRSB at Shimer College.
Box 1, Folder 44
Garnisht Kigele
General note
Release in regard to the suspension of the radio program GARNISHT KIGELE for obscenity.
Box 1, Folder 45
Ginsberg, Allen
1966
General note
Request to A.G. for a submission to AAAB-A magazine.
Box 1, Folder 46
Graffiti
General note
Submission of SHAME ON YOU LYNDON JOHNSON to James R. Lowell.
Box 1, Folder 49
Heflin, Lee
1967
General note
Writer, filmmaker and sometime Fluxus contributor.
Box 1, Folder 50
Higgins, Dick (Something Else Press, dated correspondence)
1966 - 1969
General note
A large and varied holding of dated correspondence (1/9/66 - 3/19/69) with Dick Higgins: writer, publisher and Fluxus principal.
Box 1, Folder 51
Higgins, Dick (Something Else Press, undated correspondence)
General note
Undated correspondence with Fluxus principal Dick Higgins.
Box 1, Folder 54
Inner Space Magazine
1966 - 1967
General note
Correspondence and submissions for publication, including: "In the Palace of the King" and several unattributed poems.
Box 2, Folder 1
Johnson, Ray
1968 - 1969
General note
Exchanges with Ray Johnson, founder of the New York Correspondence School. Acknowledged to be one of the principal artists
of the Mail Art Movement of the 60s and 70s.
Box 2, Folder 2
Junior Fellowship Youth
1966 - 1967
Box 2, Folder 3
Kaplan, Philip
1967
General note
Collector of Surrealist works.
Box 2, Folder 4
Kaprow, Allan
General note
Correspondence with Allan Kaprow, founder of the Happening movement.
Box 2, Folder 5
Kirkeby, Per
General note
Founder of Fluxus North, Copenhagen. Supplemented with a brief CV.
Box 2, Folder 6
Knizak, Milan
1968 - 1969
General note
Photocopies. Friedman's collaborator on U.S. Aktual publications, and founder of Fluxus East, Prague.
Box 2, Folder 7
Knizak, Sonia
General note
Scenarios related to Aktual activities in Czechoslovakia and the U.S., in collaboration with Milan Knizak and Friedman.
Box 2, Folder 8
Knowles, Alison
1967
General note
Artist, performance artist and writer Knowles was a principal member of Fluxus. The folder includes a review of Knowles' BIG
BOOK by Friedman.
Box 2, Folder 9
Kupferberg, Tuli
1966
General note
Exchanges with Kupferberg, founding member of the Fugs and Birth Press. Folder contains two typed / holograph poems by Kupferberg:
FREAK FOR KNOWLEDGE and TEL-A-TYPE!.
Box 2, Folder 10
Landsbergis, Vytautas
1967
General note
Poems / Scenarios collected as Six Games (FLUXULF) and scores for "two piano-pieces for professional performance" (1962) by
the Lithuanian writer / musician.
Box 2, Folder 11
Lane, Brian
1967 - 1969
General note
Lane established a "branch" of the Surrealist Research Bureau in London and later handled Fluxus materials.
Box 2, Folder 12
Lauffer, Dan
General note
Some Fluxfest and Fluxus scenarios / proposals.
Box 2, Folder 13
Leman, Martin
1967
General note
Publisher of ARCADE.
Box 2, Folder 15
levy, d.a.
1967
General note
The collection also contains numerous books, mimeograph leaves, drawings and photocopies of news articles related to levy
and Jim Lowell in the d.a. levy Series. Some of the books have been separated and cataloged for the Archive for New Poetry's
monograph collection.
Box 2, Folder 16-18
Liberal Religious Youth
1965 - 1969
General note
Files related to the Unitarian Universalist organization.
Box 2, Folder 19
Liberal Religious Youth - Pacific Southwest LRY Literary Review
1965 - 1967
General note
File includes: "Literature and Liberal Religious Youth" and "Ken Friedman --- artist or arty?"
Box 2, Folder 20
Liberal Religious Youth - WESCOM
1966 - 1968
General note
Unitarian Universalist organization.
Box 2, Folder 21
Liberation News Service
1968
General note
Includes Friedman's: A JOURNEY TO SINGING MOUNTAIN.
Box 2, Folder 23
Maciunas, George
1967 - 1969
General note
The founder of Fluxus. The file includes the proposed FLUXSHOW for Gallery 669 and Friedman's: FLUXMYSTERY and FLUXPOME.
Box 2, Folder 24
Metropolitan Museum of Art
1967
Box 2, Folder 27
Mon, Franz
1967
General note
A poet and distributor of TYPOS-VERLAG.
Box 2, Folder 28
Newcomb, Mike
1969
General note
Collected poems (Newcomb?) and fact sheet on Fluxus West and Free Religious Association publication by Friedman.
Box 2, Folder 29
Oracle
General note
Release for Oracle by Friedman typed on the verso of mimeographs for a "Human Be-In".
Box 2, Folder 30
Palazzoli, Daniela
1967 - 1968
General note
Fluxus material exchange with Edizini di cultura contemporanea.
Box 2, Folder 32
Promethean
1965 - 1968
General note
Regarding a publication of Liberal Religious Youth.
Box 2, Folder 33
Promethean - Editorial Staff
1967 - 1968
Box 3, Folder 1
Raifman, Judy
1967
General note
d.a. levy reference.
Box 3, Folder 2
R.J.S. (Asphodel Bookstore)
1967 - 1968
General note
Related to small press work in Cleveland, d.a. levy and James R. Lowell.
Box 3, Folder 3
Rubin, Jerry
1968
General note
Yippie news releases with a brief typed note by Rubin.
Box 3, Folder 4
Ryan, Phillip
1968
General note
Photocopies of originals by Mail Artist Ryan.
Box 3, Folder 5
Sander
1967
General note
Linoleum cut New Years card.
Box 3, Folder 6
San Francisco State College
1967 - 1968
General note
Draft board matters and letters related to instruction of Surrealism Course.
Box 3, Folder 7
Sharits, Greg
1967
General note
Member of the Experimental Film Group at the University of Colorado, Boulder..
Box 3, Folder 8
Sharits, Paul
1967
General note
Fluxus principal. The file includes: WHEN I DROP OFF TO SLEEP a poem by Friedman. Other works by Sharits are contained in
the Fluxus Series
Box 3, Folder 9
Shiomi, Mieko (Chieko)
1967
General note
Fluxus principal. This folder contains a letter by Friedman recording colors that he has collected for a Shiomi conceptual
work.
Box 3, Folder 10
Sohm, Hans (Archiv Sohm)
1967 - 1969
General note
German archivist of Happenings and Fluxus.
Box 3, Folder 11
Spoerri, Daniel
1967
General note
Fluxus principle. Folder contains Friedman's "salad recipe for you: recipe 4 FOUR U".
Box 3, Folder 12
Steadman, Philip
1967
General note
Editor of FORM.
Box 3, Folder 13
Student Religious Liberals
1964 - 1969
General note
Unitarian Universalist organization.
Box 3, Folder 14
Sweigert, Gregory Howard (Captain Ohio)
1967
Box 3, Folder 17
Texts, miscellaneous by Ken Friedman
General note
Possibly drafts of letters.
Box 3, Folder 18
TwoOneTwo (212 group, or, Robert Linkola)
1967
Box 3, Folder 19
Underground
1966 - 1967
General note
Friedman's published works for UNDERGROUND are collected in oversize holdings.
Box 3, Folder 21
Underground Press Syndicate (affiliated)
1967
Box 3, Folder 22
Underground Press Syndicate (affiliated)
General note
Undated correspondence by U.P.S. members.
Box 3, Folder 23
Unitarian Universalist Association
1966 - 1969
Box 3, Folder 24
University of California, Santa Barbara
1970
Box 3, Folder 25
Vautier, Ben
General note
Fluxus principal. Folder includes an address list noting many avant-garde artist of the period.
Box 3, Folder 26
Vostell, Wolf
1967 - 1968
General note
Fluxus principal. Folder includes: notes on Vostell's ELECTRONIC HAPPENING ROOM, and UMFUNKTIONIERUNG at Documenta, also three
events by Friedman: FRUIT IN THREE ACTS; WITH LOVE FROM ME TO YOU; KEN! DON'T LICK!. Folder contains one Mail Art envelope
by Vostell with rubber stamping.
Box 3, Folder 27
Vucicevic, Branko
1967
General note
Fluxus member based in Yugolslavia. Folder includes: DOWN WITH ART, LONG LIVE LIFE! (MAYAKOVSKY) and FLUXUS MANUAL OF EVERYDAY
LIFE.
Box 3, Folder 28
Williams, Emmet
1966 - 1967
General note
Fluxus principal.
Box 3, Folder 29
Winchell, J. Talbot
1966
General note
Notes and manifesti on radical concerns; also an article on "Conflict Resolution".
WRITINGS
Scope and Content of Series
Series 2) WRITINGS: Arranged in five subseries, each organized alphabetically by title: A) Miscellaneous Documents, B) Compositions/Music,
C) Sermons, D) Free Religious Youth/Liberal Religious Youth, and E) Education Essays. The folders contain holograph manuscripts,
typescripts, carbons and photo reproductions of Friedman' s productions from college writings of 1966 through Fluxus works
of 1971. Of particular interest are numerous scenarios for Happenings, Fluxus events, and musical scores. Many examples of
lyrics, sermons, prose works and poetry are represented, as well as the short novel: "O.K. Joe Sonata."
Box 3, Folder 31
AB'DU HA'SHI -- MASTER MUSICIAN OF THE TOKI
Box 3, Folder 32
Achilo's Garden of Vegetables...
General note
Holograph on envelope.
Box 3, Folder 33
AFTER SOMETHING: WHAT?
1969
General note
Unitarian Universalist play / sermon.
Box 3, Folder 34
Ah, the wind the rain + the wind...
General note
Holograph on envelope.
Box 3, Folder 35
AMAZEMENT SERENADE
1968
General note
Annotated typed manuscript, signed KF '68.
Box 3, Folder 36
AMAZEMENT SERENADE in Ab Minor.
1967
General note
Three page annotated submission to Los Angeles Free Press.
Box 3, Folder 37
AMERICAN CAFETERIA
General note
Annotated typed manuscript with news articles.
Box 3, Folder 38
ANARCHIST TERRORISM...
General note
Holograph original.
Box 3, Folder 39
AND
General note
Poem with instructions for performance.
Box 3, Folder 40
ANTI-TIBETAN FREE BAPTIST BOOK OF THE DEAD...
Oversize MC-045, Folder 09
ANOTHER DAY by Julia McKail
Box 3, Folder 42
ARABS...
1967
General note
Four part prose poem with letter to "Margaret", dated 1/24/1967, attached.
Box 3, Folder 43
at first sparling words,...
Box 3, Folder 44
AT YOUR SERVICE
General note
Prose / sermon with Fluxus and Aktual cross references.
Box 3, Folder 45
Babe Ruth as a priest...
General note
Photocopy of drawing / poems.
Box 3, Folder 49
bibliography of feats and explorations
1968
General note
A record of writing and performance works by K. Friedman.
Box 3, Folder 51
BOLD SAAY YOU THEN
General note
Photocopy: annotated manuscript with separate sheet of rubber stamped figures.
Box 3, Folder 54
cdt...
General note
Concrete poem.
Box 3, Folder 55
complex deformation of the Mind...
General note
Three color marker holograph.
Box 3, Folder 56
CONCRETE POEM IN REPLY TO NONPERFORMING POEM FOR OEW (BY DICK HIGGINS)
General note
Folder also includes: (VERSION NUMBER TWO) of the above; MYSTERY POEM FOR EVERYONE and NONPERFORMANCE POEM FOR OEW by Dick
Higgins.
Box 3, Folder 57
Cosmic Garbage Collector
General note
Published (?) version with illustrations by Jack Tipple.
Box 3, Folder 58
Courage?...
General note
Photocopies of an annotated manuscript, with cover drawing.
Box 3, Folder 59
CRISIS IN MY LIFE
General note
Two and four page versions of the manuscript.
Box 3, Folder 60
CULTURE IN CRISIS
General note
21 page manuscript with annotations.
Box 3, Folder 61
CULTURE IN CRISIS
General note
20 page manuscript by Friedman.
Box 3, Folder 62
da coda... ripetendo ------
General note
Two pages, typed manuscript.
Box 3, Folder 63
dadda itself
General note
Typed and annotated manuscript on index card from: THE DADALAND POSTCARD SHOW, mail art exhibition.
Box 3, Folder 66
(DREAMS AND ADVENTURES OF) PAPA LARABOURROU
1967
General note
Typed manuscript (chapters one and two) with notations and date in Friedman's hand.
Oversize FB-005, Folder 5
PAPA LARABOURROU (selections published in Open Process)
Box 3, Folder 69
dustmoon is bay hanging scenario...
General note
Holograph: notes, poems and graphics.
Box 3, Folder 70
EARPHONES
General note
See also Dick Higgins correspondence folder for manuscript.
Box 3, Folder 71
Every rare while...
General note
Unitarian Universalist prose / sermon.
Box 3, Folder 72
FANTASTIC ARCHITECTURE
General note
See also Dick Higgins correspondence folder.
Box 4, Folder 1
FARTHER ALONG
1967
General note
Work submitted to Richard Maxfield under the Surrealist Research Bureau imprint.
Box 4, Folder 2
FARTHER ALONG
General note
Full title: FARTHER ALONG (or the Search for Heavy Water), holograph, 1 page.
Box 4, Folder 3
Farther Lemon
1967
General note
Noted as: automatic dream transcription.
Box 4, Folder 5
fiery indulgence of the sun...
Box 4, Folder 6
FIRST EPIC WORD STRING
General note
Photocopy: single word stanza poem, one-third sheet with rubber stamp.
Box 4, Folder 7
FLUXMYSTERY
General note
Fluxus scenario.
Box 4, Folder 8
FLUXMYSTERY (SOLVED BY KEN FRIEDMAN)
General note
Scenario response to FLUXMYSTERY.
Box 4, Folder 9
FOUR SQUARE POME
General note
Poem to d.a. levy.
Box 4, Folder 10
FRIEDMAN
General note
Fluxus poetry / events.
Box 4, Folder 11
FROM HERE TO DAVIS
General note
Fluxus concrete / prose poem.
Box 4, Folder 12
FUGUE AND TOCATTA FOR THE EYE
1965
General note
Mimeograph book in collaboration with E.J. Kiechler.
Box 4, Folder 13
GOD'S EYE IS OPENED
General note
Surrealist Research Bureau manuscript.
Box 4, Folder 14
GREAT AMERICAN NOVEL (SOME MORE ?)
Box 4, Folder 16
Heads are 3, Tails are 4...
General note
Event scenario / music composition / score.
Box 4, Folder 17
HEAVY WATER
1968
General note
Mimeograph book, signed.
Box 4, Folder 18
He flew upon the sky...
General note
Poem / lyric, with holographic notation of chord progression.
Box 4, Folder 19
hermit there was who lived in the dell...
General note
Bawdy LRY limericks.
Box 4, Folder 21
if i could love you...
General note
Holograph of poem / lyric, with chord progression notation.
Box 4, Folder 24
IMPLICATIONS TO THE END OF THE LINE
Box 4, Folder 26
IN REPLY (FOR THE EAR FACTORY)
General note
Also: THE LAST OF THINGS.
Box 4, Folder 27
INSTANT DADA POME TWO
General note
Also: CONCRETE DADA.
Box 4, Folder 29
ITEM OF INTEREST
General note
Mimeograph book with graphic.
Box 4, Folder 30
It is all well and good...
Box 4, Folder 31
It is the golden voice...
General note
Offset press broadsheet with graphic elements.
Box 4, Folder 32
It is the golden voice...
1967
General note
As published in INNERSPACE magazine.
Box 4, Folder 34
Joyous nakedfoot wonderchildren...
Box 4, Folder 35
JUST PASSING THROUGH
General note
Fluxus obituary.
Box 4, Folder 36
LANGUAGE OF THE IMAGINATION
General note
Offset, foldered and numbered by Friedman. Noted in pencil on obverse: S.D. Print, publ sim in NY, SF, SD, LA + Boston. See
folders 26, 27 for other extant examples.
Box 4, Folder 37
LETTER CONCERNING THE DUALISTIC NATURE OF THE GREAT ONENESS
1968
General note
Signed Jorge-Luis de Med-y-Ocre. Dated by Friedman, San Francisco 1968.
Box 4, Folder 38
let those who labor beneath...
1968
General note
Holograph, with notation: "An Affirmation. 1st Draft.", signed Ken Friedman, 1968.
Box 4, Folder 39
LEAVE IT ALL BEHIND
1968
General note
Subtitled: THE LAST TRACE OF KEN FRIEDMAN'S ELECTRONIC IMPULSES.
Box 4, Folder 40
LIFE AND LOVES OF CLEOPATRA
1967
General note
Communication Company
Box 4, Folder 41
LOVING, ODE / HOMAGE / TO / d.a. levy
General note
Photocopy facsimile, and signed offset press sheet, double-sided.
Box 4, Folder 42
make me a shirt of rainbows....
Box 4, Folder 43
MANIFEST KUNST NO 1
General note
Manifesto by Friedr Wolfr Heubach.
Box 4, Folder 44
MANIFESTO OF JOY
1966
General note
As published in INNER SPACE, page 29, signed by Friedman.
Box 4, Folder 45
man of sun and moon...
General note
Holograph, xerox of spiral bound original.
Box 4, Folder 45
Manifesto of 12/6/64
1964
General note
By Friedman and Andrea Witl.
Box 4, Folder 47
METATHEATRE OR THE WORKSHOP OF IS
Box 4, Folder 48
METAZAHORSKAN FILMSCRIPT
General note
Annotated as "box" ( Fluxus ).
Box 4, Folder 49
METRECAL: SUCCOR FOR THE SLIM SUCCESS SEEKER
1965
General note
Annotated ts.
Box 4, Folder 50
MOST ILLUMINATING AND SACRED BOOK OF PERCEPTIVE VISION
Box 4, Folder 51
MOUNT CARROLL BOOK OF THE DEAD
1966
Box 4, Folder 52
MOUNTAINS AND WANDERINGS
1967
General note
Typed and holograph manuscript for submission to the PROMETHEAN.
Box 4, Folder 53
MOUNTAINS AND WANDERINGS (VS 2)
1967
Box 4, Folder 56
Newcomb, Mike
General note
See Mike Newcomb correspondence folder.
Box 4, Folder 57
Niels Boar
General note
Photocopy of holograph with drawing.
Box 4, Folder 58
nobody's buying the flowers...
Box 4, Folder 59
NON-OB #1
General note
Also includes: CASTER POEM, HAPPY LITTLE WORD / FISH POEM, and INSIDE MIND.
Box 4, Folder 60
notes
1966
General note
"First notes by Ken Frieddman on Daniel Spoerri's 'Anecdoted topography of chance", dated Spring 1966 in Friedman's hand.
Box 4, Folder 64
OF IMAGINATION
1968
General note
Paper submitted to Dr. Robert Leopold.
Box 4, Folder 65
OH - - SANTAYANA'S ODE:
General note
With other works.
Box 4, Folder 66
O.K. JOE SONATA
1968
General note
Original with drawings by Friedman, signed and dated 1963 - 1968. Folder also includes expanded manuscript version. Published
in Open Process.
Box 4, Folder 67
ONE HUNDRED BY KEN
General note
Concrete offset poem, "Boston" on verso in Friedman's hand.
Box 4, Folder 68
ONE WORLD TREE
General note
Essay in Friedman's name, age 17.
Box 4, Folder 69
Open Process
1968
General note
Manuscript dated April 1968, possibly published in Open Process as Skulls Like Eggshells.
Box 4, Folder 71
people who live...
General note
Holograph on Something Else Press letterhead.
Box 4, Folder 73
POLITE STORY ABOUT THE VEGETABLE FAMILY
Box 4, Folder 76
PURE IDEA IN THE ARTS
General note
Annotated manuscript. Stamped as K. S. Friedman, Shimer College, Mount Carroll Illinois 61053 U.S.A..
Box 4, Folder 78
RABBI'S POTATOES, A MODEST PROPOSAL
1967
Box 4, Folder 79
RELATIVITIES by Klaus Groh
1974
Box 4, Folder 80
RAMA LAMA OLD TIME TIBETAN FUNERAL BAND MARCHING AND CHOWDER SOCIETY
General note
See Dick Higgins correspondence folders.
Box 4, Folder 81
RUNES
General note
Annotated manuscript.
Box 4, Folder 83
secret message tickles...
Box 4, Folder 84
SHADOWS IN ONE KINGDOM
General note
Holograph on cardboard panel.
Box 4, Folder 85
SHAME ON YOU LYNDON JOHNSON, OR, TRIPE IS CERTAINLY WORSE THAN CHEWING GUM
General note
Play, with notes and directions.
Box 4, Folder 86
SKULLS LIKE EGGSHELLS
1968
Box 4, Folder 87
SOME GOOD QUESTIONS FOR OUR TROUBLED TIMES
1966
Box 4, Folder 88
SOME POSSIBLE AVENUES OF EXPLORATION
General note
Noted as: "ideas proposed by Ken Friedman".
Box 5, Folder 1
TAMALPAIS PROSODY
General note
Annotated manuscript.
Box 5, Folder 2
TEN
1967
General note
Also with: FRIEDMAN'S FOUR POINTS and IN REPLY (FOR THE EAR FACTORY)
Box 5, Folder 4
this is a slight explanation
General note
An explanation, of sorts, for several works of music by Friedman.
Box 5, Folder 5
thousand galaxies... / LOVE POEM
General note
Photocopy reproductions. "a thousand galaxies..." illustrated with pen drawing.
Box 5, Folder 6
Three Mountains
1967
General note
Holograph with drawings (possible mock-up for layout). Notation by Friedman: "score for see-pome, written in Spring of 1967
at Ann Halprin's house in Kentfield".
Box 5, Folder 7
THREE THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO, BBBROKEENN CORCLE HAIKU
General note
Offset book by Hard Press, Ventura.
Box 5, Folder 9
Thesis
General note
Holograph with diagrammatic drawings and formulas.
Box 5, Folder 10
This is really it....
General note
Mimeograph sheet, noted as Experimental College.
Box 5, Folder 11
THREE METAPHYSICAL POEMS BY KEN FRIEDMAN
Box 5, Folder 12
time passes in...
General note
Cut paper poem with drawing. Notation in Friedman's hand: "Concrete love-note to Jody by Joe Kollowski '6516".
Box 5, Folder 13
TRANSPARENT EXPERIENCE: MOVING WITH IT
Box 5, Folder 14
TRANSPORTATION AND YOU
1965
General note
Also: TRANSPORTATION VARIATION, CHRISTMAS TREE EVENT (December 31, 1964) , and CHRISTMAS TREE EVENT (January 1, 1965).
Box 5, Folder 15
TRIAL BY FIRE
General note
Possible Happening or Fluxus scenario.
Box 5, Folder 16
TRILOGY
General note
Mimeograph broadsheet with drawing.
Box 5, Folder 17
TRIP THROUGH THE BIG BOOK
General note
Annotated manuscript of Friedman's review of Fluxus artist Knowles' BIG BOOK.
Box 5, Folder 18
uncle bob - - uncle bob!...
Box 5, Folder 20
VASTNESS: THE HOLDING OF HANDS
Box 5, Folder 21
VISIONS OF A GONE WORLD
1966
General note
Photocopy reproduction of a mixed media book.
Box 5, Folder 24
We gather here today...
1968
Box 5, Folder 27
WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE: SOME NEW BRACKETS
Box 5, Folder 28
Who would live...
General note
Annotated manuscript.
Box 5, Folder 29
WIND SONG
1967
General note
With attached notes by Friedman. Subtitled: "AN IMMEDIATE & SINGULAR POEM OF SURRELIST (sic) REVOLUTION AND LOVING ANARCHY".
Box 5, Folder 30
WIT AND WISDOM OF GOOD SANCHO GLASSCOE
General note
Holograph on blue cardstock.
Box 5, Folder 32
YAM SESSION
1967
General note
Manuscript with annotation.
Box 5, Folder 34
You, if (not)...
General note
Annotated manuscript.
Box 5, Folder 36
ASBESTOS FLEA
1967
General note
Score and text: (concert for five voices and random music / electronic music). Attached correspondence to Dick Higgins.
Box 5, Folder 37
BARBARA, SUZY AND THE TWO JIMS
1968
General note
Typed and holograph manuscript.
Box 5, Folder 38
CALCIUM BED
General note
Performance piece scenario and text, with stage directions and music cues.
Box 5, Folder 39
CARDBALLET FOR AUDIENCE
General note
An addendum to CARDMUSIC.
Box 5, Folder 40
CARDMUSIC FOR AUDIENCE
General note
Music score / scenario for performance.
Box 5, Folder 41
come to me...
1968
General note
Annotated lyrics.
Box 5, Folder 42
diagram
General note
Diagram on loose leaf paper.
Box 5, Folder 43
Did you ever...
General note
Photocopy of holograph on envelope.
Box 5, Folder 44
EAGLE
General note
Words by Friedman, music by James Alan. Lyric sheet with chord progression.
Box 5, Folder 46
how I wish she'd call me...
General note
Holograph with chord progression.
Box 5, Folder 48
if I were king...
General note
Photocopy of holograph.
Box 5, Folder 49
In the quiet tides of evening
Box 5, Folder 51
I once did live...
1968
General note
Photocopy of holograph.
Box 5, Folder 52
It can be said...
General note
Photocopy of holograph.
Box 5, Folder 53
It is a century...
General note
Photocopy of holograph.
Box 5, Folder 54
it is the autumn...
General note
Lyric with chord progression.
Box 5, Folder 56
I've been...
General note
Photocopy of holograph.
Box 5, Folder 57
JUST LIKE THAT
General note
Typed and holograph versions of lyric.
Box 5, Folder 58
MOTORCYCLE BABY
General note
Carbon on loose leaf paper.
Box 5, Folder 59
Music (generic gathering)
General note
A gathering of musical works by Friedman, including: notes on the Fluxus work, SCORE 5; the score for WOODWORK (1967); FARTHER
ALONG symphony, and a letter to Richard (Maxfield?) outlining a three movement "Symphony".
Box 5, Folder 60
Notations, John Cage
General note
Facsimile of works by Friedman collected in NOTATIONS by John Cage, Something Else Press. Photocopies have been signed by
Friedman.
Box 5, Folder 61
notes for songs, Summer '66, San Francisco
1966
General note
Friedman's gathering of several lyrics with chord progressions.
Box 5, Folder 63
Once i used to live in New York...
Box 5, Folder 64
one October evening...
General note
Photocopy of holograph with chord progression.
Box 5, Folder 65
PIECE FOR 6 INSTRUMENTS IN 5:00
1966
General note
Folder also includes: SHRIEKS AND LAUGHTER, A PIECE FOR TWO VOICES. Holograph. "Sent as a gift to John Cage..."
Box 5, Folder 66
ROLL, TURN, SPIN
1967
General note
Photocopies of holograph and typed manuscripts.
Box 5, Folder 67
Said a friend...
General note
Words by Friedman, music by Bill Hull. Photocopies of typed manuscripts, some with chord progressions.
Box 5, Folder 68
SCORE 59
1967
General note
Offset press edition of graphic "score". "San Diego", on verso in Friedman's hand.
Box 5, Folder 69
score - treble clef
General note
Photocopy of holograph score, untitled.
Box 5, Folder 70
SCRIPT FOR FLUXSOUND - - KEN FRIEDMAN '66
General note
Fluxus music scenario.
Box 5, Folder 71
SEND YOUR CLEANING BILLS TO JESUS
General note
Photocopies of typed and holograph lyrics, some with chord progression.
Box 5, Folder 72
shall it not...
General note
Poor photocopies of holograph.
Box 5, Folder 75
Speak to me of love...
General note
Photocopies of typescripts and holographs, some with chord progressions.
Box 5, Folder 76
that which is yours...
General note
Photocopy of holograph with coversheet illustration.
Box 5, Folder 77
THREE DUETS - - KEN FRIEDMAN (A CANON AND SOME ODD PIECES)
General note
Noted as: CANTATA ATH FIFTH INTERVALS; CANON FOR CANNON; HYMNA FOR ONAN; GREGARIOUS GREGORIAN.
Box 5, Folder 78
Two eyes in the forest...
General note
Photocopies of holographs and typed lyrics with chord progressions. Credited as: "Words + Music by Ken Friedman, arranged
by Bob + Bill Hull".
Box 5, Folder 79
We'll meet again some day...
General note
Photocopy of holograph.
Box 5, Folder 80
well i once was a high old cowboy...
1968
Box 5, Folder 81
when you walked by,..
General note
Two versions of the manuscript, one titled: YOU PALE BLUE LOVELINESS, but considerably truncated. Photocopies.
Box 5, Folder 82
where is my...
General note
Photocopy of holograph.
Box 5, Folder 83
dear, miss, case
1968
General note
Explanation of writings and performance scenarios in the form of correspondence.
Box 5, Folder 84
Education For Life -- 1969, notes
1969
Box 5, Folder 85
FLUX, RELIGION AS NOTHING ELSE
Box 5, Folder 86
FLUX: RELIGION AS NOTHING ELSE
General note
A release detailing Friedman's "view of a new religion" based on Fluxus and Aktual methods.
Box 5, Folder 87
FLUXWERKSHOP
General note
Offset press Fluxus poster.
Box 5, Folder 88
Kosher Nostra,..
General note
Holograph on paper bag.
Box 5, Folder 89
mystic signiture:.. (sic)
General note
Three mimeograph leaves.
Box 5, Folder 91
POSSIBILITY OF YOU
1969
General note
Notes for sermon.
Box 5, Folder 92
PRESS RELEASE
General note
Mimeograph release written by Sebastopol James.
Box 5, Folder 93
sermons are not lectures...
General note
Holograph on graph paper.
Box 5, Folder 94
SHORT STORY LESSON PLAN: "THE SOUTH"
1968
General note
"Plan by Ken Friedman used in workshop '68, PSLRY Conference of June"; in Friedman's hand. Mimeograph booklet with offset
press cover.
Box 5, Folder 95
some/Things (events) are sacred,..
Free Religious Youth / Liberal Religious Youth
Box 6, Folder 1
AFTER SOMETHING -- WHAT?
General note
Offset poster.
Box 6, Folder 2
Avis cover page booklets
1966
General note
Fluxus activities and sale of Fluxus press works and objects at a LRY gathering.
Box 6, Folder 3
BOOK OF UNCOMMON PRAYER
1969
General note
"A set of uniquely religious texts published by Fluxus in the Aktual Goodbook series." Two copies extant, numbers 1 and 21,
of an edition of 35 mimeograph books.
Box 6, Folder 4
CLF HORIZONS
1965 - 1967
General note
Contributions by Friedman to the publication by the Junior Fellowship Youth Church of the Larger Fellowship, Unitarian Universalist.
Box 6, Folder 5
EDUCATION FOR LIFE -- 1969
1969
Box 6, Folder 6
F.R.A. NEWS
General note
Free Religious Association newsletter, Vol. 1, No. 2.
Box 6, Folder 7
GAME OF TOUCH
General note
Offset poster.
Box 6, Folder 9
Hello...
1968
General note
Mimeograph of an open letter dated June 30, 1968. Five pages.
Box 6, Folder 11
I want the Free Church...
Oversize FB-005, Folder 6
Box 6, Folder 13
LIBERAL'S ROAR
1964 - 1968
General note
Newsletter with contributions by Friedman.
Box 6, Folder 14
LETTER CONCERNING CONT. CONF. NEWSLETTER...
1966
General note
Mimeograph newsletter.
Box 6, Folder 15
MEMO (OF A SORT)
General note
Mimeograph newsletter.
Box 6, Folder 16
movement towards a new church...
General note
Photocopy of holograph.
Box 6, Folder 17
ODE TO CAPTAIN OHIO
1967
General note
Mimeograph book with graphic by Friedman.
Box 6, Folder 18
PROMETHEAN
1968
General note
Offset publication edited by Friedman and published by LRY, with Fluxus graphic contributions by Friedman, DeVries, J.F. Bory,
Yoko Ono and George Maciunas.
Box 6, Folder 19
Thanksgiving Day
1968
General note
Contribution to the "New Worship Manual".
Box 6, Folder 20
PRESS RELEASE
General note
Fluxus West release by Sebastopol James.
Box 6, Folder 21
WE WOULD BE ONE, AN ESSAY BY KEN FRIEDMAN
1967
General note
Printed in San Diego, 5th edition of the LRY essay.
Box 6, Folder 22
ENGLISH 177.02 EXPLORATORY COURSE IN SURREALISM AND THE AVANT - GARDE
Box 6, Folder 23
English lesson plans
General note
Papers compiled by Friedman.
Box 6, Folder 24
EXPERIMENTAL COLLEGE ARTS AND LETTERS OFFERINGS
General note
Offset poster listing courses at San Francisco State College.
Box 6, Folder 25
FINAL PRIME IN EXPANDED ARTS...
1968
General note
Mimeograph booklet.
Box 6, Folder 26
HAPPENING AS EDUCATION
1967
General note
"Remarks of preparation to do a happening w/ student teachers at San Diego State College. Fall '67 Guest of Bob Poileman -
invitational lecture."
Box 6, Folder 28
INFORMATION SHEET FOR PUBLISHERS AND CORRESPONDENTS
General note
Exploration in Surrealism and the Avant-Garde.
Box 6, Folder 29
NEW ART SEMINAR SERIES
1967
General note
Seminar flyer in advance of San Francisco State College offering, graphic cover, two page ditto.
Box 6, Folder 30
Papers on conflict resolution
1966 - 1996
General note
Collected papers, including: SOME NOTES ON THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF CONFLICT-RESOLVING GROUPS and THEORY AND PRACTICE OF
CONFLICT-RESOLVING GROUPS written by Friedman at Shimer College.
Box 6, Folder 31
Philosophy
General note
Two color mimeograph in advance of speaking engagements by Friedman and Sebastopol James.
Box 6, Folder 32
PROGRAM AND BIBLIOFILE
1966
General note
Artist's book and handout for HAPPENING AS EDUCATION at San Diego State College. Offset, signed as Fluxus '66 Friedman.
Box 6, Folder 33
Registration Card: Eng 177
General note
San Francisco State College computer punch card, ENG 177 Exp Surreal New Art.
Box 6, Folder 34
REPORT ON THE COORDINATORSHIP
1968
General note
LRY / education matters.
Box 6, Folder 35
SHORT STORY ARTISTICALLY DEFICIENT
1968
General note
Mimeograph, English 150.
Box 6, Folder 36
Surrealism in Everyday Life
1967
General note
Materials related to the instruction of English 177, at San Francisco State College.
Box 6, Folder 37
SURREALISM IN EVERYDAY LIFE
1967
General note
Course description with cover graphic.
Box 6, Folder 38
THIS IS REALLY IT! THIS IS REALLY IT! THIS IS?
1968
General note
Mimeograph with offset cover graphic. File also contains two examples of the graphic, Omaha penciled on the verso.
COLLABORATIONS
Scope and Content of Series
Series 3) COLLABORATIONS: Arranged in five subseries: A) Miscellaneous (General, Catalogues, Events, Happenings), B), Aktual,
C) Garnisht Kigele, D) Surrealist Research Bureau, and E) Collected Works, with each subseries alphabetically arranged. Numerous
Fluxus related works are evidenced in this series, with examples of offset posters, Aktual mimeograph books, and a radio play
by Dick Higgins for Garnisht Kigele titled
Die Fabelhafte Geträume von Taifun Willi.
Misc. materials (Catalogs, Events, and Happenings)
Box 7, Folder 2
BIFROST* BRIDGE
1967
General note
Offset poster.
Box 7, Folder 3
biography / bibliography
1964 - 1970
Box 7, Folder 4
BIRD IN FLIGHT : TRANS-CONTINENTAL EVENT
1967
Box 7, Folder 5
BRIEF LIST OF FACTS ABOUT KEN FRIEDMAN
1969
Box 7, Folder 6
BULL MOOSE PARTY
1965
General note
News clips from the MIRROR DEMOCRAT of Mt. Carroll, Illinois.
Box 7, Folder 7
CELEBRATION OF SUNS AND MOONS
General note
Offset poster.
Box 7, Folder 8
CONSORT OF GNU MUSIC
1968
General note
Offset mailer.
Box 7, Folder 9
DADA IS NEVER RIGHT
General note
Rubber stamped Avery label and found tag by the group DADALAND.
Box 7, Folder 11
diagram
General note
Diagrammatic treatment of "status".
Box 7, Folder 12
DIRECTION
General note
Rubbing, with signature.
Box 7, Folder 13
doodles
1966
General note
Photocopy of drawing / text.
Box 7, Folder 14
eggshells drawing
General note
Photocopy of graphic from SKULLS LIKE EGGSHELLS.
Box 7, Folder 15
ENVELOPE W/LABEL
General note
Preparatory sketch for MESSY ASPECT SCORE 4. Signed in Friedman's hand " FLUX, KF ".
Box 7, Folder 16
ENVELOPE EVENTS
General note
Fluxus event scenario, typed and holographic manuscript.
Box 7, Folder 17
EVENT #1
General note
Scenario for event.
Box 7, Folder 18
FESTIVALS
General note
Offset poster.
Box 7, Folder 19
FESTIVALS AND THE UNICORN PRESENT UMBRELLA KOZLOWSSKY
General note
Offset poster.
Box 7, Folder 20
figurative drawing
General note
Photocopy of a figurative drawing.
Box 7, Folder 21
FLUXFEST
General note
Offset poster.
Oversize FB-005, Folder 7
FLUXFEST (Baldwin and Berner)
Box 7, Folder 23
FLUXFEST : PRAGUE (1966)
1966
General note
Description of proposed Fluxus events.
Box 7, Folder 24
FLUX GARNISHT KIGELE FLUX TOWER (A CONSTRUCTION)
1967
General note
Offset poster with "GRAPHIC TOWERS" by John Furnival.
Oversize FB-005, Folder 8
Flux Mountain Concert Schedule
Box 7, Folder 26
FLUX TOUCH
General note
Offset poster.
Box 7, Folder 27
FLY EVENT
General note
Offset poster. "Berkeley" on verso in pencil.
Box 7, Folder 28
FUNNY THOUGHTS FOR LITTLE HEADS
1965
General note
Photocopy of cover lettering, imprinted: "Mothuh's Press".
Box 7, Folder 29
Free wall painting
General note
News article on the apprehension of Friedman at San Francisco State College.
Box 7, Folder 30
graphic work
General note
Offset on, "Boston" on verso.
Box 7, Folder 31
GYPSY GUITARIST
General note
Photocopy of drawing with fragment.
Box 7, Folder 33
HAPPENING NEO-HAIKU EVENT
General note
Offset. One sheet contains a score fragment on the verso in pen.
Box 7, Folder 34
I speak to you children...
General note
Photocopy of figurative drawing with manuscript fragment.
Box 7, Folder 35
I'M YOUR PERSONAL WALRUS
General note
Photocopy of drawing.
Box 7, Folder 36
ink figurative / calligraphic drawing
General note
On envelope.
Oversize FB-005, Folder 22
INVISIBLE WOUNDS by Tommy Mew
Oversize FB-005, Folder 9
Oversize FB-005, Folder 10
Box 7, Folder 40
LECTURE FOR SEVEN WITH LIVE CHICKEN
General note
Scenario by Lee Heflin.
Box 7, Folder 42
LIGHTS OUT IN GERM CITY, U.S.A.
General note
Photocopy of drawing and text.
Box 7, Folder 43
LONG LEGGED BIRD HE WAS
General note
Photocopy of drawing with text.
Box 7, Folder 44
MASS MEDIA COMMUNICATION THINGS
1963 - 1967
Box 7, Folder 45
MONKEY'S NIGHT OUT ( A NEW YEAR FLUXDRAMA )
General note
Offset poster.
Box 7, Folder 46
MORE EVENTS
1967
General note
Collected events: DOING HIS THING WITH YOU, DOING HIS THING WITH YOU - TWO, FIRST RESTAURANT EVENT, RESTAURANT EVENT, AKTUAL
TELEPHONE, AKTUAL TELECAR, AKTUALPHONE, BREATH, FLUXUS INSTANT THEATRE EVENTS, STRING QUARTET, OPUS 2 / 1967, SOLOS, RIFF,
GRAUNCHY WHOOP WHOOP, CAGE EVENT, END OF THE WORLD.
Box 7, Folder 47
MUGU ATMAN
General note
Graphic published in newsprint, signed in ballpoint by Friedman.
Box 7, Folder 48
NEO - HAIKU THEATRE
General note
Prose on various Fluxus events.
Box 7, Folder 49
Niagra Falls doesn't it...
General note
Photocopy of drawing with text.
Box 7, Folder 50
NYCSWB, Vol. 2, No. 1
General note
This issue of the Weekly Breeder was a two page, staple bound publication of the New York Correspondence School.
Box 7, Folder 51
NYCSWB
General note
New York Correspondence School Weekly Breeder: Vol. 2 No. 3; Vol. 2 No. 5; Volume 2, Number 10 (May 20, 1972). Works by Robert
Johnson, Monte Cazazza, Bill Griffith and the Dadaland Postcard Show.
Box 7, Folder 52
Ohio graphics
General note
Photocopy of graphic drawings.
Oversize FB-005, Folder 5
OPEN PROCESS (vol. 2, no. 2, vol. 3, nos. 1 and 9)
1967-1968
Box 7, Folder 54
pen drawing of Richard Chase
Box 7, Folder 55
POPE PIUS THE XII, A SHEEP IN WOLF'S CLOTHING
General note
Photocopy of drawing.
Box 7, Folder 56
PORTABLE - DISPOSABLE, SHIT SCRAPER
General note
Rubber stamp on popsicle stick.
Box 7, Folder 57
PROCESSION KIT ******** FRIEDMAN ( 4 FLUXUS )
General note
Text describing contents of: PROCESSION KIT and FRIEDMANFLUXKIT.
Box 7, Folder 58
PROGRAM AND BIBLIOFILE, HAPPENING AS EDUCATION
1966
General note
Artist's book. See Education series for uncut version.
Box 7, Folder 59
ROCK EVENT
General note
See Daniela Palazzoli correspondence folder.
Box 7, Folder 60
SELECTIVE VITA
1971
General note
Offset of Friedman's CV.
Oversize FB-005, Folder 11
Box 7, Folder 62
SOMETHING ELSE READINGS
1967
General note
Offset poster in advance of readings by Fluxus artists Knowles, Filliou and Vostell.
Box 7, Folder 64
STAR DOT
General note
Offset, Aktual event.
Box 7, Folder 65
THIS IS REALLY IT! THIS IS REALLY IT! THIS IS?
General note
Offset poster, also found in Education series.
Box 7, Folder 66
THIS IS THE FIRST DAY IN THE REST OF YOUR LIFE GOODBYE BROTHER MARTIN
General note
Blown ink lettering and typewriter, offset.
Box 7, Folder 67
THIS IS THE LETTER "A"
General note
Photocopy of drawing and holograph.
Box 7, Folder 68
tin lantern green horn...
General note
Drawing with text.
Box 7, Folder 69
TONY TUSLER DOING HIS THING WITH YOU
General note
Fluxus West event poster, offset.
Box 7, Folder 70
TWO SHORT PIECES:
General note
Two events by Friedman.
Box 7, Folder 71
VAUTIER DAY / KNIZAK NIGHT
1968
General note
Poster offset.
Box 7, Folder 72
WAXWORK
General note
Holograph notes gathered by Friedman under the title above.
Box 7, Folder 73
WINGED ART
1967
General note
Scenario for "crzy arab-gypsy art-mongers".
Box 7, Folder 74
ZEN IS WHEN
General note
Photocopy of drawing.
Box 7, Folder 76
AKTUAL ART INTERNATIONAL
1967
General note
Photocopy of San Francisco Museum of Art Catalogue and other ephemera.
Box 7, Folder 77
AKTUAL ATENTAT PROJECT !
1967
General note
Mimeograph book, single staple, five pages.
Box 7, Folder 78
AKTUAL DEC. 29, 1968 EVENTS IN MOTION
1968
General note
Poster offset.
Box 7, Folder 79
AKTUAL IS HOLDING HANDS
General note
Offset poster. On verso, in pencil: "SD - print. Prague, CZECH - PUBL".
Box 7, Folder 80
AKTUAL IS LIFE
General note
Mimeograph book, single staple, five pages.
Box 7, Folder 81
AKTUAL " KEEPING TOGETHER MANIFESTATION "
1967
General note
A photocopy gathering of materials by Milan and Sonia Knizak.
Box 7, Folder 82
AKTUAL KEEP TOGETHER
1968
General note
Mimeographic book, staple bound (1), five pages.
Box 7, Folder 83
AKTUAL LITTLE BOOK ( BY SEBASTOPOL JAMES )
1968
General note
Mimeographic book, staple bound (2), four pages, "SF 68".
Box 7, Folder 84
AKTUAL LITTLE BOOK '68 - 7
1968
General note
Mimeographic book, staple bound (2), four pages.
Box 7, Folder 85
AKTUAL SCHEDULE
General note
Mimeographed scenario.
Box 7, Folder 87
AKTUAL USA
1967
General note
Poster in advance of the March 1967 KEEPING TOGETHER MANIFESTATION in cooperation with FLUXUS WEST. Four color offset (possibly
ditto) poster.
Box 7, Folder 88
AKTUAL U.S.A...ALL FELLOW BEINGS...
General note
Ditto flyer.
Box 7, Folder 89
Aktual / USA
General note
Compendium of Aktual materials in photocopy form.
Box 7, Folder 90
AMERICA DEDICATES THIS AKTUAL LITTLE BOOK TO!
General note
Mimeograph book, staple bound (2), four pages.
Box 7, Folder 91
CHOICES BY ROBERT BOZZI (AN AKTUAL GOODBOOK NUMBER 6)
1969
General note
Mimeographic book, staple bound (1), eight pages. Numbers 18 and 20 of an edition of 25. Copyright to FLUXUS and FLUXUS WEST.
Box 7, Folder 92
DOUBLE PUKE - SPD OF POLITICS
General note
Mimeographic book, staple bound (1), seven pages.
Box 7, Folder 93
For Alison
General note
Photocopy of book, filed by Friedman under the heading above, titled: 7 STUDIES OUTLINING THE BASIC MYTH.
Box 7, Folder 94
GOD IS A HAPPY NIHILIST
1969
General note
Mimeographic book by Dave Anderson, #5 in the AKTUAL GOODBOOK series, staple bound (1), six pages. Numbers 33 and 34 of an
edition of 35.
Box 7, Folder 95
IMPULSE TO BE A BEACHCOMBER
1969
General note
Mimeographic book by Richard L. Harris, staple bound (1), eight pages. Numbers 9 and 21 of an edition of 35.
Box 8, Folder 1
1 + 9 X A, A = Aktual, Aeric = A (ONE PAGE AND NINE POEMS)
1968
General note
Mimeographic book by Aeric Stratton, staple bound (1), 12 pages.
Box 8, Folder 2
PAPER BIRD (TEXT BY MILAN KNIZAK, GRAPHIS BY KEN)
1967
General note
Mimeographic book with offset cover, staple bound (1), ten pages. "dedicated to d.a. levy; jim lowell; rjs; & all the martyrs
of cleveland...". Published by Flux / UPS, and copyright by " FLUXUS NYC NY USA ".
Box 8, Folder 3
PAPER BIRD
1967
General note
Offset poster, same as the cover of the FLUX / UPS book of the same name.
Box 8, Folder 4
SOME FURTHER WORDS
General note
Mimeographic book, staple bound (1), four pages.
Box 8, Folder 5
SOME MORE OHIODES
1968
General note
Mimeographic book, staple bound (1), seven pages, signed by Friedman in ballpoint pen. Published in San Diego.
Box 8, Folder 6
TALES MY GRANDFATHER TOLD HIS KNEE
1969
General note
Mimeographic book by Thad Freeman, staple bound (1), 11 pages. Number 16 of an edition of 25.
Box 8, Folder 7
AAABA Magazine / Garnisht Kigele
1966
General note
Friedman's photocopy gathering of contributions to his publication AAABA at Shimer College, news articles related to the radio
program Garnisht Kigele, and press coverage of d.a. levy.
Box 8, Folder 8
DIE FABELHAFTE GETRAUME VON TAIFUN - WILLI BY DICK HIGGINS
1966
General note
A radio play with directions for staging and music. Related correspondence included in the file.
Box 8, Folder 9
FEATS OF EXHIBITIONISM
1968
General note
Offset poster in advance of an exhibition at the San Francisco State College Library.
Box 8, Folder 10
FEATS OF EXHIBITIONISM
1968
General note
A compilation of offset posters for the exhibition at San Francisco State College. Offset with graphics and hand lettering.
Box 8, Folder 11
GARNISHT KIGELE
1968
General note
Exhibition note from San Francisco State College Library show.
Box 8, Folder 12
GARNISHT KIGELE IS HERE
1966
General note
Mimeographic fact sheets.
Box 8, Folder 13
GARNISHT KIGELE RIDES AGAIN !!!
1966
General note
News release.
Box 8, Folder 14
GARNISHTIK GARNISHT MANIFESTO - MANIFEST OF THE NOTHING PARTY
1966
Box 8, Folder 15
Garnisht Kigele stationary
1966
General note
Mimeograph with annotations.
Box 8, Folder 16
PHILOSOPHY
General note
Two color mimeograph poster / news release in advance of speaking engagements by Sebastopol James and Friedman.
Box 8, Folder 17
Shimer College Record
1966
General note
Article, page 13: RADI - STACHIO SHIMER PIONIRAS NOVAJN EDEOJN EN RADIA PROGRAMADO (SHIMER RADIO STATION INTRODUCES NEW IDEAS
IN BROADCASTING).
Surrealist Research Bureau
Box 8, Folder 18
BUREAU DE RECHERCHES SURREALISTES
1967
Box 8, Folder 19
DECLARATION OF 27, JANUARY, 1927
Box 8, Folder 20
FIRST SURREALIST CONGRESS OF AMERICA
General note
Mimeograph, includes: TRANSPARENT BRAIN MANIFESTLET.
Box 8, Folder 21
GOD'S EYE
1967
General note
Offset poster.
Box 8, Folder 22
GOD'S EYE IS OPENED !
General note
Three page collection of writings: SAGE WORDS; TRANSPARENT BRAIN; TRANSPARENT BRAIN MANIFESTLET; GOODNIGHT, CHET.
Box 8, Folder 23
GRAW*OOOOR ANIMA MUNDI GRAWOOOOOOOOO!
General note
Surrealist Research Bureau materials, also includes: INSTANT BOOKS and MANIFEST !.
Box 8, Folder 25
PRESS CONFERENCE
General note
Mimeograph release by Sebastopol James.
Box 8, Folder 26
PRESS CONFERENCE FOR THE SURREALIST CONGRESS OF AMERICA
General note
Release highlighting event at San Francisco State College with a list of participating / exhibiting artists.
Box 8, Folder 27
SLATS [ SURREALIST LEAGUE OF ACTION FOR TIRED SCHOLARS ]
General note
Ditto poster.
Box 8, Folder 28
SURREALIST RESEARCH BUREAU AND EXPERIMENTAL COLLEGE PRESENT...
1967
General note
Offset poster with FLUXUS performance photograph.
Box 8, Folder 29
SURREALIST CKNGRESS (sic) OF AMERICA
General note
News release / poster.
Box 8, Folder 30
Surrealist Congress Events
1970
General note
A compendium of Events by Sebatopol James and recorded on Archiv Sohm forms. Originally filed under the SRB heading by Friedman,
and thus duplicated here.
Box 8, Folder 31
Surrealist Congress Press Coverage
1967
Box 8, Folder 32
SURREALIST PART TICKET ELECT KEN FRIEDMAN
General note
Four color ditto poster.
Box 8, Folder 33
Surrealist Press Clippings
1967
Box 8, Folder 34
SURREALIST RESEARCH BUREAU
General note
Ditto poster.
Box 8, Folder 35
TRANSPARENT BRAIN MANIFESTLET
1967
General note
Also filed under DECLARATION OF MAY 27, 1967.
Box 8, Folder 36
ZOOKFIST - SRB
General note
Offset poster.
Oversize MC-045, Folder 10
Box 8, Folder 39
Calligraphic script with rubber stamp
Box 8, Folder 41
DOWN WITH ART, LONG LIVE LIFE! (MAYAKOVSKY) by BRANKO VUCUCEVIC
General note
FLUXUS manifesto.
Box 8, Folder 42
EPICKALL (sic) QUEST OF THE BROTHERS DICHTUNG AND OTHER OUTRAGES by DICK HIGGINS
1978
Box 8, Folder 43
EXTRAITS DE LA FEUILLE D'AVIS DE LAUSANNE, INFORMATIONS DE L' INTERMAGINAIRE
1971
Box 8, Folder 44
FUGS
1965-1966
General
A compilation of materials related to the Fugs and Ed Sanders, including: Oversize posters, press releases, photographs, and
a 45 rpm vinyl disk sound recording: ESP - Disk 4507A/B FRENZY b/w I WANT TO KNOW.
Oversize MC-045, Folder 01
FUGS posters
circa 1965-1966
Box 8, Folder 45
KNIVES IN THE DRAWERS by MARVIN GARSON
1966
Box 8, Folder 46
Kupferberg, Tulli
1964
General note
Works published in the East Side Review and by Birth Press by one of the founding members of the Fugs. The CHRISTINE KEELER
COLOURING BOOK AND CAUTIONARY TALE can be found in Special Collections.
Box 8, Folder 48
Lowell, James Russell
1967
General note
An ersatz Ralph A. Locher Poetry Award.
Box 8, Folder 49
POEM ABOUT ORKS by ROBERT BLY
Box 8, Folder 50
Radical Ephemera
General note
Radical political and environmental papers and graphics, some in the style of the New York Correspondence School.
Box 8, Folder 51
Rock ephemera
General note
A collection of postcards and handbills in promotion of concerts.
Oversize MC-045, Folder 02
Rock ephemera - Promotional posters
undated
Box 8, Folder 52
SWEDEN COLLAGE by PETER BELOW
1975
General note
Artist's photocopy book.
Box 8, Folder 53
SWEDISH COLLAGE BOOK by PETER BELOW
1975
General note
Artist's photocopy book, unbound, 11 leaves.
Box 8, Folder 54
THIRTEEN TRAGIC TALES by MONTE CAZAZZA
1976
General note
Artist's book, pencil drawing on black construction paper; eight photocopy pages.
Box 8, Folder 55
TIME OF YEAR by F. RAY
1966
Box 8, Folder 56
UNIVERSAL LIFE CHURCH, INC.
FLUXUS
Scope and Content of Series
Series 4) FLUXUS: Work in this series is arranged into two subseries: A) Fluxus West/UPS and B) Collected Work. The subseries
are alphabetically arranged. When titles are unavailable, offset graphic works are arranged by Friedman's numbering system,
e.g., KF#31. This series contains an important holding of Fluxus Posters and broadsheets gathered or produced from 1964 -
1971, with numerous examples of oversized graphics produced by Friedman and other Fluxus principals including: "Spatial Poem
No. 2", by Meiko (Chieko) Shiomi (1965); "Communist Must Give Revolutionary Leadership" by Henry Flynt and George Maciunas
(1965); "Fluxpost 17-17", postage stamps by Robert Watts (1964).
Box 8, Folder 58
TRANSFER
1967
General note
A FLUXUS SEE - POME (sic). Offset poster.
Box 8, Folder 59
Address list of Fluxus people, etc.
Box 8, Folder 60
ALPHABET IS
1967
General note
Offset poster.
Box 8, Folder 61
EMMET WILLIAMS
General note
Offset poster.
Box 8, Folder 63
FLUX MOUNTAIN CONCERT
1968
General note
Offset poster.
Box 8, Folder 64
Published by Fluxus.
General note
Bibliography.
Box 8, Folder 65
FLUX ENGLAND WEST
1972
General note
A collection of articles by David Mayor.
Box 8, Folder 66
FLUX MOUNTAIN CONCERT - FLUX WEST
1968
General note
Offset poster.
Box 8, Folder 67
FLUXNEWSLETTER, DECEMBER 2, 1968
1968
Box 8, Folder 68
FLUXSHOPNEWS
General note
Offset poster.
Box 8, Folder 70
FLUXUS WEST INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR THE INVESTIGATION OF FLUX PHENOMEMA
Box 9, Folder 1
Fluxus West news release (NEWS FROM FLUXUS WEST)
Box 9, Folder 3
FLUXUS WEST PAPER SALE
General note
Annotated mimeograph order sheet, notes in Friedman's hand in pencil and pen.
Box 9, Folder 4
GEORGE MACIUNAS
General note
Offset poster, "Boston" on verso in pencil.
Box 9, Folder 5
HIS MOST CATHOLIC MAJESTY
General note
Offset poster, "print San Jose, pbl SF" on verso in pencil.
Box 9, Folder 6
KF #42
General note
Offset poster, "San Jose, SF" on verso in pencil.
Box 9, Folder 7
KF #43
General note
Offset poster, "Pasadena" on verso in pencil.
Box 9, Folder 8
KF #45
General note
Offset poster.
Box 9, Folder 9
KF #56
General note
Offset poster.
Box 9, Folder 10
KF #69
General note
Offset poster.
Box 9, Folder 11
LANGUAGE OF THE IMAGINATION
1968
General note
Offset poster.
Box 9, Folder 13
OPEN NEW FLUX YEAR
General note
Offset poster.
Box 9, Folder 15
SOMETIMES IT'S BETTER NOT TO CLIMB A POLE.
General note
Offset poster.
Box 9, Folder 16
TULIP CLAUSE
1973
General note
Offset titled and identified by Friedman, nine leaves.
Box 9, Folder 17
Unsigned graphic ( FLUXUS )
General note
Offset poster.
Box 9, Folder 18
VAUTIER DAY TOTAL ART THEO
Oversize FB-005, Folder 12
ASTRONAUTS OF INNER SPACE
General note
Offset poster.
Box 9, Folder 20
BIG BOOK by EMMET WILLIAMS
General note
Review of Alison Knowles' BIG BOOK.
Box 9, Folder 21
Birth Press
General note
Offset with rubber stamp on verso: "from YEAH 10, 99 cents, Birth Press, 381, E 10 St, NY9". See Tuli Kulpferberg (Fugs) folders
for other printed matter and correspondence related to Birth Press.
Box 9, Folder 22
CLOTHSEPIN SPRING by ALBERT M. FINE
General note
Double sided offset - Fluxus scenario.
Oversize FB-005, Folder 13
COMMUNIST MUST GIVE REVOLUTIONARY LEADERSHIP IN CULTURE
1965
General note
Offset poster.
Oversize MC-045, Folder 03
COMMUNIST MUST GIVE REVOLUTIONARY LEADERSHIP IN CULTURE
General note
Offset poster.
Box 9, Folder 25
CONDITIONS FOR PERFORMING FLUXUS PUBLISHED COMPOSITIONS, FILMS AND TAPES
Box 9, Folder 26
Eric Anderson
1975
General note
Photocopies of artwork and performance / site documentation.
Box 9, Folder 27
ECS
1968
General note
Offset poster.
Oversize FB-005, Folder 20
FLUXFEST SALE
General note
Offset poster.
Box 9, Folder 29
FLUXHOUSE NO.1
General note
Photocopy, pieced and assembled with tape.
Oversize FB-005, Folder 14
FLUXUS IT'S HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT AND RELATIONSHIP TO AVANT-GARDE MOVEMENTS
General note
Offset poster.
Oversize MC-045, Folder 04
FLUXUS NO. 8
General note
Offset poster.
Oversize FB-005, Folder 15
FLUXORCHESTRA
General note
Offset poster.
Box 9, Folder 33
FLUXORCHESTRA CIRCULAR LETTER NO. 2
General note
Offset scenario.
Box 9, Folder 34
FLUXUS PIECE FOR G.M. by ALBERT M. FINE
General note
Offset sceanrio.
Box 9, Folder 35
FLUXPOST 17-17 (DIY12W70640)
1964
Oversize FB-005, Folder 18
FLUXSHOP
General note
Offset poster.
Box 9, Folder 37
Higgins, Dick - collected works
1959 - 1967
General note
Gathered scenarios by Dick Higgins.
Box 9, Folder 38
HI RED CENTER FLUXCLINIC
General note
Double-sided offset.
Oversize FB-005, Folder 16
Box 9, Folder 40
ICE CREAM PIECE by ALBERT FINE
General note
Scenario offset.
Box 9, Folder 41
NORTHWEST MOUNTED VALISE
1972
General note
Offset press, mail art, rubber stamps, stickers, and ephemera.
Box 9, Folder 42
OPEN PROCESS - JOHN FURNIVAL: EUROPA AND HER BULL
Oversize MC-045, Folder 05
PERPETUAL FLUXFEST AT THE NEW CINEMATIQUE
Box 9, Folder 44
POSTMAN'S CHOICE LE CHOIX DU FACTEUR, FLUXPOSTCARD BY BEN, 1965
1965
General note
Double-sided offset.
Box 9, Folder 45
POSTMAN'S CHOICE LE CHOIX DU FACTEUR, FLUXPOSTCARD BY BEN, 1965 1967 BY FLUXUS
1967
General note
Double-sided offset.
Box 9, Folder 48
Shiomi, Chieko
General note
Two typescripts for performance works
Box 9, Folder 50
SOME GRAPHIS MIRRORS by Dick Higgins
1967
Oversize MC-045, Folder 06
Oversize MC-045, Folder 07
THREE NEWSPAPER EVENTS FOR THE PRICE OF $1.00
Box 9, Folder 55
These artifacts by hand are of....
Oversize MC-045, Folder 08
Box 9, Folder 58
Charm to free the spirit from ignorance
d.a. levy
Scope and Content of Series
Series 5) D.A. LEVY WORKS: Friedman's collection of d.a. levy's small press works. Several drawings and silkscreen works are
contained in the series, along with single leaf mimeo sheets, limited editions, and documentation of levy's criminal prosecution
for obscenity.
Oversize FB-005, Folder 21
Box 9, Folder 60
Egyptian Stroboscope
1966
General note
With D.R. Wagner
Box 9, Folder 61
God bless our television
1966
Box 9, Folder 63
levy ephemera: Cleveland presses
Box 9, Folder 64
levy ephemera: press clippings
Box 9, Folder 66
marijuana ready-made
1966
Box 9, Folder 68
of the ink- pot and palette
Box 9, Folder 70
Poets at the gate, vol 1 #2
Box 9, Folder 73
What the Great Society will do for you
Box 9, Folder 74
You can have the fucking city bank
Box 9, Folder 75
Originals of preservation photocopies
Box 9, Folder 76
Originals of preservation photocopies
Box 9, Folder 77
Originals of preservation photocopies
